128: Chapter 128 Ten Thousand Dragon Cavalry! The Demon Emperor's Pledge of Allegiance

To the extreme south of the Central Continent lie the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains.

If someone had said a day ago that the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains were a forbidden zone for humans, the Cultivators of the Central Continent would have certainly agreed.

But now, this million-mile stretch of primitive jungle was busier than a human wet market.

"Awoo—! Don't grab my tail! I surrender! Can't I just be a mount for this Golden Core Stage big brother?!"

"Roar! I am a dignified Fourth-Rank Armored Tyrant Bear... Ouch! Don't hit my face! I'll sign the master-servant contract right now!"

The mountains and plains were in a state of utter chaos.

The hundred thousand elite troops of the Immortal Slaying Pavilion were like hungry wolves entering a buffet.

Holding dark silver long sabers mass-enchanted by Lin Que with time crystal sand, they chased the usually high-and-mighty Great Yao across the mountains in groups of three and five.

Did the Great Yao dare to resist? Not at all!

Because as soon as they looked up, they would see a terrifying sight in the sky that was enough to shatter the worldviews of the entire Yao Race—

An Ancient Void Blood Dragon (Demon Emperor Ancient Demon Emperor Di Qing) over fifty thousand feet long, radiating the peak aura of the Middle Stage Soul Transformation, was pathetically wearing several thick dark iron chains around its neck, huffing and puffing like an old ox as it slowly towed the massive human Nine Dragon Flagship through the sky.

Even the Demon Emperor who had ruled them for five thousand years was pulling a carriage for someone; what did these little Yao amount to!

On the flagship, atop the Nine Dragon Throne.

Lin Que reclined lazily in the wide seat, holding a cup of top-grade spiritual tea just brewed by Su Qingyu, taking a gentle sip.

As the breeze brushed the hem of his white robes, he didn't emit even a trace of spiritual energy fluctuation, yet the surrounding space faintly produced a distorted sense of "submission" around him.

"My Lord, the army's progress in capturing mounts is extremely fast. The Hundred Thousand Great Mountains have a profound foundation, and they actually managed to gather a hundred thousand flying Great Yao with Dragon Clan or high-level exotic beast Bloodlines!"

Holding the ledger, the Chen Family Old Ancestor's hands were trembling with excitement:

"Once these Yao Beasts finish their integration with the army, our Immortal Slaying Pavilion will possess a **[Heavy Armored Dragon Cavalry]** that can strike like the wind and operate in all weather conditions! Such military might would be enough to sweep across the world even in ancient times!"

"Hmm, it's passable."

Lin Que put down his teacup, his gaze calm:

"But this isn't enough to go and crash the party in the heavens."

He slowly stood up and walked to the bow of the ship.

Feeling Lin Que's approach, the carriage-pulling Ancient Demon Emperor Ancient Demon Emperor Di Qing's massive dragon body shuddered violently, and he unconsciously sped up his pace, even his breathing becoming cautious.

"Ancient Demon Emperor Di Qing."

Lin Que spoke indifferently.

"My... My Lord! This old servant is here!"

Ancient Demon Emperor Di Qing's massive dragon head quickly turned around, his eyes no longer holding a shred of the Ancient Demon Emperor's arrogance, leaving only deep awe and fanaticism.

This wasn't because he was weak-willed.

During the half-hour he had been pulling the carriage, Ancient Demon Emperor Di Qing had felt the looming World Power within Lin Que's body at close range.

As an old monster who had lived for five thousand years, he knew better than anyone what that power represented.

That wasn't cultivation; that was creation!

What were the Immortals of the Upper Realm?

They were merely parasites under the Heavenly Dao of the Major Thousand Worlds.

But the man before him was nurturing a Heavenly Dao within his own body!

Was pulling a carriage for such an eternal, unique monster a humiliation? That was a damn merit of following a dragon to greatness!

"Is this all the foundation the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains have?"

Lin Que looked at him, the corners of his mouth curling into a faint, half-smile:

"If you're only fit to be a coachman, then I might as well take this Middle Stage Soul Transformation flesh and blood to give the army an extra meal."

"Wait, My Lord! This old servant has a peerless treasure to offer!!"

Ancient Demon Emperor Di Qing was so scared that his dragon scales stood on end, and he quickly roared:

"The Hundred Thousand Great Mountains have existed for eons; it is by no means as simple as it appears on the surface! Deep underground, there is a hidden ultimate Forbidden Ground that even this old servant dares not easily enter—the [Demon God Blood Pool]!"

"Oh?" Lin Que's brow twitched slightly, his interest piqued.

Ancient Demon Emperor Di Qing swallowed some dragon saliva and lowered his voice, as if afraid of disturbing something:

"That Demon God Blood Pool is rumored to be the Lake of Origin formed after the first generation of native gods and demons fell during the birth of this world in the ancient era! It contains the terrifying 'Law of Thick Earth' and 'Primordial Blood Qi'!"

"Back then, this old servant merely inhaled a breath of the mist drifting from the edge of the blood pool to cultivate this Ancient Void Blood Dragon body. But the core of that blood pool has an extremely terrifying **'Bloodline Rejection Strangling Formation'**! Anyone who isn't a first-generation pure-blooded Demon God will be ground into dust by those violent earth Laws, even if they are at the Great Perfection of Spirit Transformation!"

Ancient Demon Emperor Di Qing looked at Lin Que with eyes full of fanaticism:

"My Lord's Physical Body has attained sainthood. If you can absorb the earth Origin within that blood pool, it will surely cause your foundation to undergo a Heaven-Defying qualitative change again!"

"Law of Thick Earth? Primordial Blood Qi?"

Lin Que's eyes suddenly lit up. Within his Dantian's inner heaven and earth, the world tree sapling had already grown three leaves representing space, vitality, and time.

What was most lacking now was the "Earth Law" that could carry all things and completely stabilize the inner heaven and earth!

This old dragon really delivered a pillow just when he was getting sleepy.

"Old Chen, Qingyu, you stay here and oversee the reorganization of the army."

Lin Que didn't hesitate; he took a step forward, and his figure vanished from the deck.

"Ancient Demon Emperor Di Qing, lead the way!"

...

Ninety thousand feet beneath the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, the Demon God Underground Palace.

This was an extremely vast underground cavern.

Even without the light of night-luminescent pearls, the entire space was filled with an intense dark yellow glow.

In the very center of the cavern, a pool no more than a hundred feet wide flowed quietly.

The liquid in the pool was a viscous mixture of dark yellow and crimson, like the lifeblood of the earth itself.

A vast, heavy, terrifying gravity Law that seemed capable of crushing the void was frantically distorting the space above the blood pool.

"My Lord, this is the place. That invisible red light curtain ahead is the Bloodline strangling Law. This old servant dares not go any further."

Ancient Demon Emperor Di Qing, now in human form, stood at the entrance of the passage, looking at the rippling red light around the blood pool with a face full of dread.

Lin Que walked leisurely to the red light with his hands tucked in his sleeves.

He could feel the extremely ancient repulsive force within this red light; it was the most primitive defense mechanism of this world, and it was extremely violent.

"Anyone not a pure-blooded Demon God dies upon entry?"

Lin Que extended a finger and lightly touched the red light.

"Sizzle—!"

Just at the moment of contact, the skin on Lin Que's finger, which was tough enough to withstand top-grade Magic Treasures, actually emitted a puff of white smoke!

"It does have some tricks. However, there is no VIP box in this world that I cannot enter."

Lin Que closed his eyes slightly, a domineering cold smile curling at the corners of his mouth.

"System, time for an inspection. Change the lock on this broken door to my fingerprint."

[Warning! Ancient high-dimensional defense Law (Demon God Bloodline Strangling Formation) detected!]

[Analysis: The Formation is performing a 'gene sequence comparison'! Host detected as a Human Race Demon God Body, not on the specified whitelist Bloodline. The highest-level destruction and erasure program is about to start!]

[Logic restructuring initiated—'All-channel highest-level hacker override and VIP real-name authentication' mode!]

[Operation 1: Forcibly intercepting the low-level strangling command! Cutting off the Formation's self-destruct program!]

[Operation 2: Conceptual tampering! Forcibly overriding the 'Demon God Pure Blood Comparison Mechanism' with 'inner heaven and earth Creator Aura Authentication'!]

[Operation 3: VIP exclusive passage opened! Modifying the violent 'Law of Thick Earth' within the blood pool to 'Gentle and Warm Hot Spring SPA Mode'!]

"Ding! Respected Creator of the inner heaven and earth, your super VIP passage has been opened. We wish you a pleasant bath."

The moment the System's cheeky notification sound faded.

Under Ancient Demon Emperor Di Qing's ghost-seeing gaze from behind.

The violent red light, capable of grinding a Soul Transformation old monster into meat paste, actually split apart from the middle to both sides like it had met its most noble master, even emitting a melodious heavenly sound as if welcoming him in a lineup!

"This... this... how is this possible?! That's an ancient Law!! My Lord can actually dismiss an ancient Law at will?!!"

Ancient Demon Emperor Di Qing's worldview had collapsed countless times in one day; now he simply knelt on the ground, prostrating himself.

Without even taking off his clothes, Lin Que stepped directly into the center of the Demon God Blood Pool and sat down cross-legged.

"Boom—!!!"

As soon as Lin Que sat down, the entire blood pool boiled instantly, like dry wood meeting a raging fire!

Extremely pure and heavy Earth Origin and Primordial Blood Qi frantically poured into his body through all his hundred and eight thousand pores!

"Refreshing!"

Lin Que threw back his head and let out an extremely comfortable low growl.

The Blood Scripture transformed into a high-powered water pump within his body!

His Demon God Body, which had just broken through to twenty million jin of strength, began to show a layer of dark yellow jade-like luster on its bones under the nourishment of this Primordial Blood Qi!

Although his physical strength didn't undergo another exaggerated doubling, his "damage resistance" and "recovery speed" experienced a terrifying surge!

But the real massive change occurred within Lin Que's Dantian!

Rumble!!

Upon contact with this massive amount of Law of Thick Earth, Lin Que's inner heaven and earth finally underwent a qualitative leap!

The space, originally only five thousand miles in size, began to expand frantically! Six thousand... eight thousand... ten thousand miles!!!

When it expanded to a radius of ten thousand miles, the world tree sapling in the sky of the inner heaven and earth burst forth with brilliant light.

The fourth leaf—representing the **[Law of Thick Earth (Dark Yellow)]** that carries all things—was completely formed!

Heaven and earth became distinct; clear Qi rose, and turbid Qi descended.

Lin Que's inner heaven and earth finally transformed from an illusory prototype into a truly living, self-sustaining—Ten-Thousand-Mile Small World!

[Ding! Congratulations to the host! Fused with the Law of Thick Earth!]

[inner heaven and earth expanded to 'Ten-Thousand-Mile World', world barrier strength increased a hundredfold!]

[Current Realm consolidation complete: inner heaven and earth · Early Soul Transformation Stage (Great Perfection level foundation)!]

[Special Passive: Lord of the Earth (As long as your feet are on the ground, the host's strength and recovery will be endless, placing you in an invincible position)!]

"Phew—"

A full three hours later.

Lin Que slowly exhaled a breath of turbid Qi.

He opened his eyes; the Demon God Blood Pool before him had been sucked dry, leaving only a parched crater.

He stood up and lightly clenched his fist.

No earth-shaking pressure leaked out.

But every punch and kick he made now carried the terrifying gravity of a ten-thousand-mile world!

At this moment, although his Realm was still at the Early Soul Transformation Stage, he was confident that if he encountered that Immortal projection again, he wouldn't even need a saber; a single punch could smash him and the surrounding space into nothingness!

"My foundation is finally completely full."

Lin Que satisfiedly brushed the dust off his clothes and stepped out of the dry blood pool.

"Congratulations to My Lord on the great success of your divine technique! May you rule the world for thousands of years!!"

Ancient Demon Emperor Di Qing quickly knocked his head against the ground loudly; he was now completely and utterly devoted.

"Alright, stop the flattery. Let's go up and see how the army's reorganization is going."

Lin Que and Ancient Demon Emperor Di Qing turned into two streaks of light, soaring directly into the sky above the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains.

Outside, it was already dusk.

The firmament was like blood.

"My Lord! You've come out of seclusion!"

Su Qingyu and the Chen Family Old Ancestor immediately came forward, their faces filled with unmaskable fanaticism and pride:

"My Lord, please look! The hundred-thousand-strong army is fully reorganized!"

Lin Que looked out.

The hundred thousand soldiers were now all mounted on various massive flying Great Yao.

There were fire-breathing Red-Scaled Wyverns, Shadow Thunder Eagles with bodies like iron... a hundred thousand heavy-armored Golden Core Cultivators, holding dark silver long sabers enchanted with time crystal sand, their auras perfectly fused with the hundred thousand Great Yao!

This was an army armed to the teeth, enough to make any power in the cultivation world tremble—the Invincible Dragon Cavalry!

"Very good."

Looking at this ultimate war machine of his, a sharp glint of extreme satisfaction finally flashed in Lin Que's eyes.

He drew the quasi-Immortal artifact - starfall from his back, the tip of the blade pointing diagonally at the firmament.

The chips for the final battle were finally gathered.

However.

Just as Lin Que was about to give the order to return to court and wait for the Upper Realm's descent.

"Dong————!!!!!"

An ancient funeral bell toll that seemed to split the entire Central Continent in two exploded without warning high in the Nine Heavens!

This bell sound was different from the previous descent of the Immortal projection.

It carried an aura of ultimate destruction that truly tore through the world barrier and crossed endless dimensions!

Crack! Crack! Crack!

In the sky at the border of the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains and the Central Continent, the blood-colored dusk firmament suddenly collapsed in large areas like a shattered mirror!

A terrifying spatial black hole with a diameter of over ten thousand miles slowly formed high in the Nine Heavens!

In the deepest part of that black hole.

One could faintly see countless Immortal Gold Warships a hundred times larger than the Immortal Slaying Pavilion's flagship, and on those ships, the densely packed Upper Realm army radiating despair-inducing Immortal Dao pressure!

"What?!! The world barrier has been torn open?!"

Demon Emperor Ancient Demon Emperor Di Qing looked at that massive black hole, his scales trembling all over:

"This is impossible! The three-year period hasn't arrived yet; how could the Upper Realm army forcibly descend to the Lower Realm?! The backlash from the world barrier's Laws will make them pay an extremely painful price!!"

"Paying a price? It seems that my strike on the Ascension Platform really hurt those masters up there."

Lin Que looked up at the cross-Realm black hole that was frantically expanding, attempting to swallow the entire Central Continent.

Instead of having even a hint of panic, two clusters of purple-gold flames capable of boiling the heavens and burning the seas ignited in his deep, heterochromatic eyes!

The purple-gold blood qi of his Great Accomplishment Demon God Body erupted, transforming into a ten-thousand-foot-tall demon shadow that roared at the sky behind him!

"Order the three armies! Form the array!!"

Lin Que's roar drowned out the ancient funeral bell in the Nine Heavens.

Holding his long saber, its edge pointing directly at the ten-thousand-mile cross-Realm black hole, he let out his first roar of rebellion against the Nine Heavens:

"If they dare to come down early..."

"Then today, I will thoroughly poke a hole through this sky of the Central Continent!!!"