196: Director of the Imperial Observatory

The System's notification sounds continuously rang out.

One thousand experience points per person.

How many experience points should a million-strong army yield?

A million experience points—killing ten thousand people is enough.

Going from the Early Mahayana Stage to the Middle Stage of Mahayana requires one million experience points; going from the Middle Stage of Mahayana to the Late Stage of Mahayana requires two million experience points; and going from the Late Stage of Mahayana to the Mahayana Peak requires three million experience points.

And going from the Mahayana Peak to the Early Stage of Tribulation Crossing requires ten million experience points.

Li Changsheng's cultivation also rapidly increased, directly reaching the Tribulation Crossing Peak.

Holy crap.

Li Changsheng was completely numb.

One billion experience points.

Less than one hundred million had been used.

There were still over nine hundred million experience points remaining.

Going from the Tribulation Crossing Peak to the Heavenly Immortal Realm requires one billion experience points. Others in the Tribulation Crossing Realm must pass the Three-Nine Heavenly Tribulation, the Six-Nine Heavenly Tribulation, and the Nine-Nine Heavenly Tribulation, but he was lucky enough to be exempted from all three Heavenly Tribulations.

His leveling had always been slow.

This time, he got a massive wave.

With nine hundred million experience points, Li Changsheng now had two choices: light up the stars or wait to increase his cultivation.

Nine hundred million experience points could ignite nine million stars. Combined with the hundreds of thousands of stars ignited previously, the total number of stars ignited within his body was rapidly approaching ten million.

His combat power would inevitably soar.

Most importantly, the Central Immortal Dynasty had no shortage of people, so the slaughter might have just begun.

Of course, this massacre should also come to an end.

Having finished all this.

Li Changsheng's eyes were focused and incredibly profound as he looked toward the Void Realm.

He believed Emperor Venerable should understand that look.

This was a declaration of war, and also a provocation.

Over eleven hundred strands of Immortal Slaying Sword Intent.

This was enough for him to truly threaten a Grand Unity Golden Immortal, and if he met Emperor Venerable, he could kill him in one move.

Emperor Venerable was furious at this moment.

He coldly snorted, "You know nothing about my Central Immortal Dynasty, yet you dare to provoke me. Very well. Now that I know your strength, I admit I am indeed not your match in a one-on-one fight. But don't forget, this is the Central Immortal Dynasty! By utilizing the power of the Immortal Dynasty, I can even slay a Taiyi Golden Immortal who descends!"

"When that time comes, your Innate Spirit Treasure will be mine."

Emperor Venerable's confidence.

Little did he know.

While he was plotting against others, others were plotting against him too.

Over a thousand strands of Immortal Slaying Sword Intent were not something a Grand Unity Golden Immortal could compare to.

The shattered world.

Although shattered, it still contained countless resources and Opportunities, and quite a few living creatures survived.

Furthermore, the World War was not yet over. The world duration was one month, but Li Changsheng had killed everyone in less than three days. He had to leave first, unless he chose to abandon the shattered world.

Otherwise, he would have to stay for the full month before he could leave.

Thus, another two days passed.

He had originally planned to explore thoroughly, but now he had lost interest.

Honestly, he didn't care for these meager resources.

Choosing to leave.

Li Changsheng immediately took action.

Don't tell me it's not interesting.

With one sword strike.

A rift instantly appeared in the world, and Li Changsheng chose to leave by following the rift.

He entered the Chaos once again.

However, having had previous experience, and since this remnant world was not far from the Central Immortal Dynasty, Li Changsheng easily returned to his dwelling in the Central Immortal Dynasty.

After a good night's sleep, all that remained was waiting.

Waiting for when Emperor Venerable would make his move against him.

And then starting another great slaughter.

Emperor Venerable, don't force me. I don't want to kill, but I'm not afraid of killing either.

Heh heh, Li Changsheng looked indifferent.

His gaze was like a torch.

When he had nothing to do, he would run to the front of the Imperial Palace and take a look.

He gained a lot of information.

But there was no information at all regarding Emperor Venerable.

This waiting lasted for more than ten days.

That day, Li Changsheng arrived at the entrance of the Imperial Palace, just as usual.

But he saw an old man walking out.

Most importantly, the information he received made him extremely interested.

[The Director of the Directorate of Astronomy of the Central Immortal Dynasty, the most mysterious person in the entire Central Immortal Dynasty, a being whose status is second only to Emperor Venerable. He is actually a Golden Immortal in the Early Stage of cultivation, deliberately hiding his cultivation and displaying the cultivation of a Heavenly Immortal Peak. No one has discovered this yet.]

He was in the same Realm as Emperor Venerable.

But he was hiding his cultivation. Since even Emperor Venerable hadn't discovered it, it meant he was intentionally concealing it from Emperor Venerable.

How interesting.

Clearly.

While Li Changsheng was paying attention to the Director of the Directorate of Astronomy, the Director was also paying attention to Li Changsheng.

He nodded slightly toward Li Changsheng and said, "Your Excellency is Fellow Daoist Li Changsheng. Could you spare some time to talk with me?"

"I can."

Li Changsheng nodded.

He followed the old man to a restaurant.

The restaurant was well-decorated and quite bustling, and it seemed the staff knew the old man.

Li Changsheng couldn't help but ask, "Judging by appearances, you come here often."

"Mhm."

The old man showed no intention of hiding it and nodded, "Indeed, I've spent quite a bit of time here."

"Shopkeeper, the usual spot."

"Right away, Your Excellency, please follow me."

Immediately, he led the old man into a private room.

And then they sat down.

The Director of the Directorate of Astronomy carefully sized up Li Changsheng.

Li Changsheng said calmly, "What's wrong? Is there a flower on my face?"

The Director of the Directorate of Astronomy shook his head and said, "You are the second person I cannot see through."

"Oh."

Li Changsheng asked with great interest, "Who was the first person? Emperor Venerable?"

"Correct, it was him."

"When I first met him back then, I found I couldn't see through him at all, which is why I followed him. Tens of thousands of years have passed in a flash."

"But recently, I found that I can see through him again. This all started when he went on an expedition to the Tianyuan World. In other words, since meeting you, his destiny began to change."

Li Changsheng smiled faintly, "I'm quite curious. What did you see?"

"Death?"

"That's right."

The old man nodded, "It seems you are very confident in yourself. I did indeed see death, and that he would be killed by you."

"I really want to know how you accomplished this, but unfortunately, everything about you is too confusing; I cannot see any information at all."

Li Changsheng smiled slightly.

It would be strange if he could see it.

According to the classification.

He was currently at the Rank of Child of the Heavenly Dao, while Emperor Venerable should have been a Child of the Era. However, upon meeting him, Li Changsheng knocked Emperor Venerable's status as a Child of the Era into the dust, changing him from a proper Child of the Era into a Child of Destiny.

Don't underestimate this small change. A Child of Destiny is only responsible for the entire world, while a Child of the Era possesses the talent to spread throughout the Myriad Heavens and Ten Thousand Realms and achieve this Central Immortal Dynasty.

The old man said, "I wish to ask Your Excellency if you could show mercy, spare Emperor Venerable, and not kill him."

"Stop."

Li Changsheng shook his head, "You shouldn't beg me; you should go find him. Whether I kill him or not depends on him, not me. Besides, I am only a Mahayana Cultivator, and he is a Golden Immortal existence. How could I possibly kill him? You think too highly of me."

The old man shook his head, "I don't believe I have ever been wrong. Based solely on the combat power you displayed during the World War, I believe Emperor Venerable is not your opponent."