320: Chapter 320 The Rebel Army

Everything had settled down.

Su Mo had absolutely no interest in the throne; it was nothing more than a gaudy set of shackles that restricted his hands and feet.

What he truly needed was the massive resources the Huangji Immortal Dynasty had accumulated over ten thousand years, the profound Foundation sufficient to support him in advancing toward a higher Realm.

His Incarnation, Immortal Emperor, smoothly succeeded to the throne and quickly stabilized the political situation in the name of the Old Ancestor's support.

It was announced to the outside world that the previous emperor had suffered from Qi Deviation during cultivation and died in an accident.

As for Su Mo himself, he entered an independent Small World called the Universal Pavilion.

This was the place where past Immortal Emperors went into seclusion. The Spiritual Qi here was so dense it was nearly liquid, and the flow of time differed slightly from the outside world. It was also filled with powerful Spirit Gathering and defensive Formations, which were controlled and activated by his Incarnation, Immortal Emperor, personally.

A massive amount of cultivation resources, all transported from the national treasury, were gathered around Su Mo.

He sat cross-legged in the center of the resources and began his seclusion.

Devouring, refining, comprehending, breaking through.

Time flew by in the silent cultivation.

Ten years passed. The massive amount of resources transformed into pure cultivation. Su Mo's body was surrounded by immortal light, and his Aura was harmonious and unobstructed. He easily crossed the threshold of the Late-stage True Immortal Realm and reached the Peak True Immortal Realm directly, with only a thin layer of paper remaining between him and the Profound Immortal Realm.

In the fifteenth year, a slight cracking sound resonated from within his body. A mysterious and profound Aura permeated the area. He easily passed the Profound Immortal Lightning Tribulation and officially stepped into the Profound Immortal Realm!

In the twentieth year, he reached the Middle Stage of the Profound Immortal Realm.

His control over power reached the Transcendent state; with a wave of his hand, he could manipulate the power of heaven and earth in a small area.

In the thirtieth year, inside the Universal Pavilion, Su Mo slowly opened his eyes. Within them, it seemed as if galaxies were flickering out of existence and the scene of the Universe's initial creation flashed by.

Peak Profound Immortal!

Even though he deliberately restrained his overwhelming pressure, it still caused ripples in the stable surrounding space.

At this moment, his immortal essence was as vast as the sea, and his Divine Soul was as solid as diamond. He was only one step away—refining the Cangxu Realm into his own immortal Foundation, then triggering the Golden Immortal Great Tribulation, and condensing the immortal Dao fruit. Then, he could ascend to the true Peak of the Yuqing Heaven—the Golden Immortal Realm!

"It is time..." Su Mo whispered.

Just as he was preparing to leave this place and return to the Cangxu Realm, his brows suddenly furrowed.

An extremely subtle yet dense, rain-like fluctuation faintly passed through the layers of Restrictions of the Universal Pavilion and the Imperial Palace's Formation.

It was not the fluctuation of cultivation, but rather... the fluctuation of battle!

Moreover, it was on a massive scale; the energy was mixed and chaotic, filled with an Aura of slaughter and destruction!

"The Imperial Capital... is under siege?" A trace of surprise flashed in Su Mo's eyes.

With his Incarnation, Immortal Emperor, at the Peak Profound Immortal Realm, combined with the Imperial Palace's Formation and the Imperial Dynasty's Luck, no ordinary force would dare to invade.

With a thought, his figure vanished from the Universal Pavilion.

Outside the Imperial Capital of the Huangji Immortal Dynasty.

The once prosperous and majestic great city was now surrounded tightly by a massive army of Cultivators.

Banners fluttered, Killing Intent filled the sky, and the light of various Magic Treasures and the radiance of techniques illuminated the sky with bizarre colors. The roars, explosions, battle cries, and screams intertwined into a deafening cacophony.

The city-protecting Formation had been fully activated. A translucent golden light shield covered the Imperial Capital like an inverted giant bowl, rippling violently under countless attacks. From time to time, the light in some places would dim, only to be quickly replenished by energy surging from the Formation base.

On the city walls, the defending troops looked tense. Under the command of their generals, they fought back desperately; arrows fell like rain, and beams of light from the Formation continuously bombarded outward.

Su Mo's figure quietly appeared at the top of the highest stargazing tower in the Imperial Palace. He stood with his hands behind his back, overlooking the battlefield outside the city.

With his eyesight and Divine Sense, he took in the entire battle situation at a glance and simultaneously captured several rather familiar Auras.

His gaze passed over the dense crowd of ordinary Cultivators and landed on the few figures at the very front of the besieging army, whose Auras were the most powerful and conspicuous.

At this sight, the expression on his face couldn't help but become somewhat... strange.

He saw that in front of the army, in mid-air, several people stood in the sky with extraordinary Auras.

The leader was actually a woman clad in golden armor, holding a Phoenix-winged Gilded Halberd.

The armor outlined her vigorous figure. Her visor was lifted, revealing a pretty face that was heroic, as beautiful as peach blossoms, yet as cold as frost. Between her brows, there was a sharpness and determination born from long experience on the battlefield.

It was none other than the eldest Young Miss of the Prince of Zhenbei's Residence back then—Yun Ge!

However, compared to the slightly willful young girl from back then, her Aura now was clearly at the Early Stage of the Profound Immortal Realm!

The few people standing slightly behind her made Su Mo's eyelids twitch.

An old man shrouded in a grey cloak, with a hunched figure, exuding an icy, deathly Aura—Old Man Yin Gu!

A sturdy man with a tall, burly figure like an iron tower, bronze-colored skin, knotted muscles, carrying a giant axe the size of a door panel, grinning with wild Battle Intent flashing in his eyes—Savage Stone!

There was also a middle-aged Taoist wearing a Taoist robe, a high crown, holding a horsetail whisk, looking like an immortal with a refined air—Heavenly Valley!

And what surprised Su Mo the most was the young man standing on the other side of Yun Ge, holding a sword, his Aura as arrogant and sharp as a drawn divine weapon.

Li Xinghe!

How did they end up together?

At this moment, Yun Ge's crisp yet majestic and angry voice rolled across the battlefield and clearly reached Su Mo's ears:

"Immortal Emperor is licentious and devoid of Dao, extorting taxes and levying heavy taxes, caring only for his own enjoyment, emptying the national treasury, causing the people to suffer, and leaving the borders restless! Such a foolish ruler, what face does he have to hold the imperial throne, and what qualification does he have to rule the Immortal Dynasty?!"

"Today, I, Yun Ge, unite with the righteous people of the world to act on behalf of Heaven, clear the emperor's side, and rectify the court! Break through this city and return the Huangji Immortal Dynasty to a bright and clear world!"

She pointed her Phoenix-winged Gilded Halberd toward the Imperial Capital, her voice resolute:

"Soldiers, follow me—break the Formation! Execute the foolish ruler!"

"Kill!!!"

The army behind her shouted in unison, the sound shaking the heavens, and the attacks immediately became a few degrees more intense.

Watching the insurgent army below composed of familiar faces and listening to Yun Ge's righteous declaration of war, the wry, laughing-but-not-laughing expression on Su Mo's face deepened.

He shook his head, his figure moved slightly, and the next instant, he appeared silently in the air in front of Yun Ge, Li Xinghe, and the others, just in time to block them from the Imperial Capital's city-protecting Formation.

"Everyone, long time no see." Su Mo's voice was not loud, but it clearly drowned out the noise of the battlefield and reached the ears of every leader. "You are in high spirits, putting on such a grand display."

The sudden appearance of Su Mo caused Yun Ge and the others, who were fully driving their offensive with soaring momentum, to freeze abruptly.

"Se...Senior Su?!" Yun Ge was the first to react. Her pretty, heroic face was instantly replaced by shock and disbelief, followed by undisguised, immense joy. "Why are you here?!"

Su Mo smiled: "I am here cultivating, but what are you all doing here?"

Only then did Yun Ge realize that the Aura on Su Mo's body had already far surpassed hers, reaching the Peak Profound Immortal Realm.

Yun Ge gasped, her beautiful eyes widening. She remembered that thirty years ago, when Su Mo left Zhenbei Pass, he was only a new True Immortal!

In just thirty years, he had actually reached this step?

What a terrifying cultivation speed this was!