36: Chapter 36 The nation's destiny is bestowed upon me; I am destiny itself.

Inside Zhaoyang Hall.

Li Xuan opened his eyes.

At this moment.

The entire Great Xia Divine Dynasty.

Awakened along with him.

Without even needing to spread his Divine Thought, it merged with the Golden Dragon of Fortune that covered the entire nation.

At the Shore of the East Sea, giant waves crashed against the reefs, and even the droplets of water carried Spiritual Qi.

In the Western Desert, beneath the yellow sands, ancient ruins were being awakened by Spiritual Qi.

In the Hundred Thousand Mountains of the South, the beasts of the mountains gained spiritual wisdom and bowed their heads toward the Imperial Capital, letting out low cries.

In the Northern Frozen Snowfield, deep within the ice, Spiritual Veins were reviving.

The joys and sorrows, the emotions of the hundreds of millions of citizens across these millions of miles of mountains and rivers all flooded into his perception, yet it was not at all chaotic.

He was the Dominator of this world.

With a single thought.

Every change within the territory was clear in his heart.

He "saw" an old farmer whose rheumatism was cured by Spiritual Qi, kneeling on the field ridge and kowtowing toward the Imperial Capital, muttering about the protection of the true Dragon.

He "heard" a young man in a martial arts hall in a border town, who had been stuck in the Body Refining Realm for many years, suddenly break through his Bottleneck as the National Fortune ascended, letting out an excited roar.

He "felt" countless newborns being bathed in golden light, their bones being refined and their Aptitude far exceeding what it once was.

This feeling was too wonderful.

The entire Great Xia Divine Dynasty was an extension of his body.

On this land, he was destiny.

He was the one and only.

"This is the Human Emperor Realm."

Li Xuan whispered to himself, unable to hold back his smile.

This feeling was truly intoxicating.

"Hu... Husband?"

A voice filled with shyness and awe pulled Li Xuan's thoughts back.

He turned his head; Su Muxue had already stood up.

She was still wearing that magnificent Phoenix Crown and Official Robes, but her entire temperament had undergone a transformative change.

Before, she was beautiful.

But she carried an air of sickness, as if she might break at any moment.

Now, her complexion was rosy, her skin translucent, and she radiated a sacred and noble brilliance from the inside out.

Divine light flowed in those eyes; there wasn't a trace of her sickly appearance left.

A complete transformation.

Like a different person.

Her cultivation had steadily stopped at the Peak of the ninth level of the Array Formation Realm, only one step away from entering the Marquis rank.

Feeling Li Xuan's gaze, Su Muxue's cheeks flushed red, and she instinctively lowered her head, her heart racing.

The shock this man had brought her was simply too great.

He had not only seen through the source of all her pain at a glance but had also used an extremely domineering method to reshape her Physique and give her a new life.

Now, he had summoned the true Dragon to descend, causing the entire Dynasty to ascend.

These were not means a Mortal could possess.

This was a deity.

She had actually married a living deity?

Li Xuan looked at her nervous yet curious expression, smiled slightly, and reached out his hand toward her.

Su Muxue hesitated for a moment but still gently placed her small hand in his palm.

This time, her hand was no longer bone-chillingly cold but warm and moist, filled with the vitality of life.

"How do you feel?"

Li Xuan asked.

"I... I feel better than ever before."

Su Muxue's voice was very soft, but that joy and relief came from the very core of her being.

"Thank you, husband."

"We are family, no need to be so formal."

Li Xuan led her to the railing in front of the hall, standing side by side with her, overlooking the brightly lit and cheering night view of the Imperial Capital.

At this time.

Tens of thousands of miles away.

No, across endless space, at a distance of countless billions of miles on the Eastern Desolate Continent, deep within a Holy Land.

The ancestral land of the Ziyang Holy Land Sect.

Unlike the "branch" in the Wilderness Desolation used for domination, every inch of land here flowed with rich Spiritual Veins, and every mountain Peak was inscribed with ancient Dao patterns.

In the deepest part of the ancestral land, inside a deathly silent active volcano where the dragon's head was locked by nine giant mountain ranges.

An old man with white hair and a withered body sat cross-legged above a churning lava lake, having not moved for thousands of years.

His body had long since merged with this volcano; every breath he took caused the entire lava lake to rise and fall.

He was the only surviving Old Ancestor of the Ziyang Holy Land, having lived for nearly ten thousand years.

A genuine Saint.

The Ziyang Saint.

For thousands of years, he had been in secluded cultivation here, hoping to break through his shackles and live another life.

However, at this very moment.

The eyelids of this Saint Old Ancestor, which had been closed for thousands of years, suddenly trembled.

They snapped open.

Boom!

Two beams of divine light shot from his eyes, instantly piercing through the volcano's dome and the Holy Land's protective array, soaring straight into the Nine Heavens and tearing two massive holes in the sky.

The entire Ziyang Holy Land shook violently in that instant.

Countless Elders and Disciples in seclusion were startled awake, looking toward the ancestral land in horror.

"What happened?"

"It's the Old Ancestor! The Saint Old Ancestor has awakened!"

"Heavens! What major event could have disturbed the Old Ancestor who ignores worldly affairs?"

Inside the volcano, the Ziyang Saint ignored the commotion outside.

His Saintly eyes stared fixedly toward the distant east, in the direction of the Wilderness Desolation isolated by the Return to Ruins Dead Sea.

His face first showed astonishment.

Then, it was filled with burning rage and murderous intent.

"Human Emperor!"

"In that abandoned, cursed land, a new Human Emperor has actually been born?"

His voice was hoarse and ancient, yet carried an unquestionable majesty as it echoed within the volcano, causing the surrounding lava to churn frantically.

The Human Emperor Realm, even in the entire Eastern Desolate, was considered a powerhouse capable of founding an immortal clan.

But how could such a figure appear in that place of exile with fragmented Laws and thin Spiritual Qi?

He seemed to sense something else; his withered face twisted in anger, his expression becoming hideous.

"So that's how it is... so that's how it is!"

"Our Sect's Luck has actually been stolen by him!"

He clearly sensed that the Luck of the Ziyang Holy Land had been severed by something out of thin air just now, and a large portion of it was frantically draining away.

The direction of the flow was exactly where the new Human Emperor was born.

He finally understood.

The fleet he sent, and the Saint he had high hopes for, hadn't just disappeared.

They were all dead.

Their Luck, their Dao fruits, their everything had become stepping stones for that newly ascended Human Emperor.

A great humiliation.

This was a great humiliation that the Ziyang Holy Land had never experienced in the hundreds of thousands of years since its founding.

"Good! Quite a Mortal Dynasty! Quite a new Human Emperor!"

The Ziyang Saint let out a cold laugh.

"You dare use the blood and bones of my Ziyang Holy Land as fuel to light your fire of becoming an Emperor!"

"No matter who you are, no matter who stands behind you!"

"This seat will personally wipe you, along with your so-called Dynasty, completely from this world!"

"I shall imprison your Divine Soul within the Nine Netherworld Earth Fire, burning it for ten thousand years to vent the hatred in my heart!"

He slowly stood up from the lava lake.

As he stood, his withered body rapidly filled out.

His gaunt skin regained its luster, and his gray hair and beard quickly turned pitch black and shiny.

In an instant, he transformed from a dying old man into a domineering middle-aged man wearing a purple-gold Daoist robe, with a majestic face and sharp eyes.

He fully displayed the majesty of a Saint.

He took a step forward, and his figure disappeared into the volcano, leaving only murderous intent that lingered over the lava lake for a long time.

...

Li Xuan, who was in the Great Xia Divine Dynasty, was naturally completely unaware of all this.

At this moment, he was enjoying the double joy of being a newly ascended Human Emperor and a newlywed husband.

[Ding!]

[Detected Dragon Qi entering the body of consort 'Su Muxue'. Successful conception!]

[Offspring potential testing in progress...]

[Ding! Congratulations Host! Your third offspring has an extraordinary Bloodline and innate talent!]

[Potential Assessment: Innate 'God of Wealth Destiny'! Great Emperor Potential!]

[Innate Physique: Treasure Gathering Golden Body (Perfectly resonates with the mother's 'Ten Thousand Treasures Glazed Body', allowing active absorption of wealth Qi, treasure Qi, and Luck from the myriad worlds for its own use. Walking through the world, it is a mobile treasury of Luck, a humanoid cornucopia!)]

[Ding! Congratulations Host for 'Spreading the Leaves' and 'Gaining a Precious Son'. Triggering the Billion-Fold Critical Hit Reward for Many Children, Many Blessings!]

[Congratulations, you have obtained the supreme Divine Ability — Will Manifests as Law (Elementary)!]

A series of System prompts exploded in Li Xuan's mind, making him overjoyed.

Another one with Great Emperor Potential!

Good heavens.

God of Wealth Destiny, a humanoid cornucopia?

Li Xuan glanced at Su Muxue, who was still a bit shy beside him, his expression becoming somewhat strange.

This mother and child duo—one is a walking treasury, and the other is a walking cornucopia.

In the future, the Great Xia national treasury might be burst by them.

However, what surprised him the most was the newly acquired Divine Ability.

Will Manifests as Law!

This sounded quite extraordinary.

"Husband, what are you thinking about?"

Su Muxue saw Li Xuan staring at her in a daze and couldn't help but ask softly.

"I'm thinking about what it feels like to be a god."

Li Xuan smiled slightly and decided to use his new wife as the first test subject.

He looked at Su Muxue and said in an unquestionable tone:

"I say, the cultivation in your body shall be completely stabilized, without a trace of instability."

As soon as he finished speaking.

Su Muxue felt a mysterious power descend upon her from thin air.

Her Realm, which had been somewhat unstable due to the sudden surge in cultivation, instantly became incomparably solid and stable.

"This... this is..."

Su Muxue's eyes widened in surprise.

It worked.

Li Xuan was delighted, but at the same time, he felt a tiny sliver of the vast Human Emperor power within him being drawn away.

Though it was just a sliver, it was genuine Human Emperor power, and the consumption was not small.

He became interested and decided to try something else.

He looked at an empty table in the hall.

"I say, there shall be a pot of nectar and two white jade glazed cups here."

Buzz!

The air distorted slightly.

Immediately, a jade pot emitting misty Spiritual Qi and an intoxicating wine fragrance, along with two translucent jade cups, appeared out of thin air on the red sandalwood table.

Creation out of nothing.

Su Muxue was beyond shocked; the scene before her overturned her understanding of reality.

"I said let there be light, and there was light. So this is how it feels; it's so satisfying."

Li Xuan was now thoroughly enjoying himself.

He thought for a moment and looked at a patch of empty ground in the courtyard outside the hall.

"I say, a thousand-year-old 'Dragon Blood Ginseng' shall grow here."

As his voice fell, he clearly felt his connection with the Golden Dragon of National Fortune being mobilized.

A large amount of National Fortune power and his own Human Emperor power mixed together and were instantly drawn away.

Then, on that empty patch of ground, the soil churned, and a piercing red light broke through the earth.

A Spirit Medicine, entirely crimson and shaped like a miniature Flood Dragon with dense ginseng roots, emitting a powerful blood-qi force, rapidly broke through the soil, sprouted, and grew, eventually reaching the size of an adult's arm.

The thick medicinal fragrance filled the entire inner palace.

It worked!

He could even create something from nothing and accelerate the growth of Heaven And Earth Treasures.

Although the consumption this time was more than a hundred times greater than all the previous ones combined, the feeling was truly exhilarating.

"Will Manifests as Law is indeed an ability only a god possesses."

Li Xuan nodded in satisfaction.

Although it was only at the Elementary level, with huge consumption, and the things created could not exceed his own cognition and power range.

The potential was infinite.

He looked at the millions of miles of territory before him, his heart filled with grand ambitions.