14: Chapter 14 The Kings Are Terrified, People from the Holy Land Arrive

That Sword Qi pierced through three thousand li of mountains and rivers.

When it dissipated, it was as if it had never appeared at all.

Between heaven and earth, there was no longer any sound.

A long time passed.

Only then was this silence broken.

Within the territory of the Great Xia Divine Dynasty.

From peddlers and foot soldiers to high officials and nobles, everyone who had witnessed that scene awoke from their extreme shock.

Following that came thunderous cheers.

"Sword God! The Sword God has descended to the world!"

"From the direction of the Imperial Capital! Our Great Xia has a deity guarding us!"

"More than just a deity! With that single sword strike, even the souls of my ancestors for eighteen generations trembled!"

Countless commoners spontaneously knelt and bowed toward the direction of the Imperial Capital.

The excitement on their faces was far more sincere than when they worshipped the clay statues in temples.

They did not understand what a Supreme Sword Body was.

Nor did they understand what the Array Formation Realm was.

But they had seen that sword light that stood between heaven and earth.

They had seen the miraculous spectacle of ten thousand swords paying homage.

They only understood one thing.

From this day forward, whoever wants to move against Great Xia must first ask themselves if they can withstand that sword strike.

The hearts of the people had never been so unified.

Meanwhile, outside of Great Xia.

For those Dynasties and Sects that had been alarmed, it was a completely different scene.

The Black Wolf Dynasty.

Deep within the royal court.

Within an underground palace, shrouded in black fog year-round, the security was extremely tight.

"Pfft!"

In the center of a blood pool, a withered old man suddenly spat out a mouthful of black blood.

He was filled with shock and uncertainty.

He was the pillar of the Black Wolf Dynasty.

An Old Ancestor at the Peak who had been in seclusion for two hundred years, at the ninth stage of the Cave-Heaven Realm.

Yet just a moment ago, a sharp intent had almost frozen his Divine Soul.

That Sword Qi was thousands of miles away.

The aura it leaked had almost sliced apart his Cave-Heaven, causing his two hundred years of Dao foundation to collapse on the spot.

What kind of power was that?

Such power should not exist in the Mortal World.

"Someone! Get in here immediately!"

The Old Ancestor's voice was hoarse and filled with rage.

Several royal court experts scrambled in.

Seeing the Old Ancestor spitting blood, they were shocked and all knelt down together.

"Old Ancestor! What… what has happened to you?"

"What happened?"

The Black Wolf Old Ancestor grabbed the collar of the person in front, lifted him up, and looked frantic.

"I am asking you, who the hell caused trouble for me recently! Who went to provoke those lunatics in Great Xia?!"

The expert being held up trembled in fear and stammered.

"Reporting to the Old Ancestor, it was the Great Chanyu. He said that since the new Emperor of Great Xia has ascended the throne and their national strength is hollow, he wanted to go and make a profit."

"Make a profit? I'll make a profit off your mother's head!"

The Black Wolf Old Ancestor slapped the expert away with one palm.

He was absolutely furious on the spot.

"A bunch of idiots! Pig brains! My Black Wolf Dynasty will sooner or later perish in the hands of this bunch of good-for-nothings!"

"Do you have any idea what that Sword Qi just now was? That was a Supreme Sword Cultivator who has touched the threshold of the 'Marquis Realm' declaring his existence!"

"What is the concept of the Marquis Realm? It is an existence that could make my Black Wolf Dynasty disappear from the map with a single breath! You actually dared to provoke him? Are you tired of living, or do you think I'm not dying fast enough?!"

The more the Old Ancestor spoke, the angrier and more afraid he became.

The Marquis Realm.

A living legend.

Their strength is sufficient to easily annihilate an entire Dynasty.

His own reckless juniors actually ran to their doorstep to show off their might?

And demanded they cede territory, pay reparations, and send a bride for marriage?

This wasn't just kicking an iron plate.

This was no different from an ant trying to shake a tree.

The several experts kneeling on the ground had already been scared out of their wits.

They had never seen their invincible Old Ancestor look so terrified.

"Old Ancestor, what should we do now?"

"What should we do?"

The Black Wolf Old Ancestor forcibly suppressed his fear, his expression a mix of heartache and determination.

"Pass on my order! Immediately! Right now! Get those three hundred thousand pigs at the front line to roll back here!"

"No, retreat five hundred li! Leave no defenses! Show that existence that we have absolutely no hostility!"

"Also, open my private treasury immediately. Take that 'Millennium Blood King Ginseng' I prepared for my Breakthrough, along with those three pieces of 'Star Iron Mother', and pack them all up!"

"Send the most eloquent envoy, at the fastest speed, and get them to the Great Xia Imperial Capital!"

"Tell them that everything before was a misunderstanding! It was us being blind and offending a deity! This is the apology from our Black Wolf Dynasty! Take however much you want! As long as that existence can be appeased, even cutting off the Great Chanyu's head and sending it over is fine!"

The Black Wolf Old Ancestor finished giving the orders almost by roaring.

His strength exhausted, he slumped by the side of the blood pool, gasping for air.

His heart ached terribly.

That was his family fortune accumulated over a hundred years.

But compared to the survival of the entire Dynasty, no matter how precious the items were, they had to be thrown away.

He only prayed that the Great Xia Sword God was not someone who held grudges.

The same scene was playing out around Great Xia as well.

The Great Yu Imperial Dynasty.

The Protector Mage of the state, who had been in deep seclusion for three hundred years, broke through seclusion and emerged.

He gazed toward the direction of Great Xia, silent for a long time.

In the end, he only left behind eight words that spread throughout the court and the wild.

"Great Xia has a deity, do not offend for a hundred years!"

The Hundred Thousand Mountains of the Southern Border.

Deep within the Demon Valley, a peerless great demon that had been sleeping for five hundred years was awakened.

Its massive demon consciousness scanned toward Great Xia, but it sank like a stone into the sea.

It roared irritably, shaking the valley.

Afterward, it went back to sleep and gave a death order to the demon kings under its command.

Whoever dares to step into the territory of Great Xia, kill without mercy.

One ancient Dynasty after another, one powerful Legacy after another, were all alarmed on this day.

That ancient Divine Dynasty, which had been silent for a hundred years, suddenly became the focus of attention for all parties.

But when they wanted to further investigate the source of the Sword Qi, they discovered that the area of the Great Xia Imperial Palace was shrouded in chaotic heavenly secrets.

It was impossible to spy on even a fraction of it.

This only added to the awe in everyone's hearts.

To be able to shield heavenly secrets meant that the opponent's strength was far beyond what they could imagine.

For a time, the word "Great Xia" became the most untouchable taboo.

Of course, there are always exceptions.

In a blessed land of immortal mountains ten thousand li to the east of the Great Xia Divine Dynasty.

Clouds and mists drifted, and occasionally immortal cranes flew by.

On the mountain gate archway, four vigorous characters were carved.

Ziyang Holy Land.

This was the only cultivation Holy Land within a radius of one hundred thousand li.

They called themselves an immortal Sect and had always looked down upon the Mortal Dynasties in the Mortal World.

At this moment, in the main hall of the main Peak of Ziyang Holy Land.

Dozens of Elders wearing purple Daoist robes were gathered together.

The gazes of everyone in the hall fell upon a water mirror in the center.

Inside the water mirror, that heaven-shocking Sword Qi was being replayed repeatedly.

"You have all seen it."

A Head Elder spoke, his voice filled with excitement.

"Such Sword Qi is rare throughout the ages! It is definitely not human power; it must be that a supreme Sword Dao treasure has appeared!"

"Indeed!" Another burly Elder nodded. "That place is the Mortal Dynasty to the west called Great Xia. A Mortal kingdom, is it even worthy of possessing such a treasure?"

"Our Ziyang Holy Land acts on behalf of heaven; such a treasure should naturally be held by us!"

Once these words were spoken, everyone in the hall became excited.

The Elders echoed in agreement, their expressions greedy.

In their view, the Great Xia Divine Dynasty was just a three-year-old child holding a gold nugget.

And they were the adults "acting on behalf of heaven."

A more cautious Elder raised a concern.

"Being able to trigger such a phenomenon, could there be an existence within the Great Xia Dynasty that we cannot afford to provoke?"

"Elder Zhao is overthinking it."

The burly Elder sneered.

"A Mortal Dynasty, the strongest among them is only in the Innate Realm, how is that different from an ant? Even if there really is some guardian, at most it would be a Loose Cultivator at the Early Stage of the Cave-Heaven Realm. Can they really block the Divine Might of our Holy Land?"

"That's right! Our Ziyang Holy Land has dominated this region for thousands of years, and I have yet to hear of any Mortal Dynasty daring to oppose us!"

"I suggest that we immediately send an Elder, bring along a few Core Disciples, and pilot our Holy Land's 'floating cloud flying boat' to Great Xia. Firstly, to demonstrate our Divine Might, and secondly, to 'invite' that treasure back to our mountain gate!"

This proposal immediately received the approval of all the Elders.

The Head Elder nodded with satisfaction and looked around at everyone.

Finally, his gaze fell upon an Elder with a hooked nose.

"Elder Qian, your cultivation has reached the Peak of the Cave-Heaven Realm, only one step away from the Array Formation Realm. Let you take this trip."

"Remember, if those Great Xia monarch and subjects are sensible and offer the treasure voluntarily, then spare their lives."

The Head Elder said coldly.

"If they dare to refuse, then let this so-called Divine Dynasty change its surname."

"I obey the decree!"

Elder Qian stood up, sneered, and bowed to accept the order.