857: You finish your performance and I will take the stage

Qin Zheng steadied his Dao Heart, and without hesitation, abandoned his peerless generals and strategists, fleeing with Zhuge Liang.

It wasn't that he didn't want to use the Twelve Heaven Gods and Demons Formation to eliminate Luo Li and all the Boundless Divine Sect powerhouses present.

But he dared not gamble.

The Twelve Heaven Gods and Demons Formation was activated by national destiny; once it was broken, the national destiny would lose one percent.

Xi Ling might even wish for him to kill Luo Li and Gu Qing's other women.

However, she probably wouldn't allow him to use the Twelve Heaven Gods and Demons Formation to wipe out everyone present.

Furthermore, he couldn't be sure if this Dao Master was an ancestor of the Boundless Divine Sect or somehow related to the Starry Sacred Mother.

The national destiny of the Great Qin Immortal Dynasty truly couldn't afford any more losses.

Qin Zheng actually wanted to take everyone with him, but as soon as this thought arose, a strong sense of crisis welled up in his heart.

Qin Zheng became even more certain that the unseen Dao Master was constantly monitoring the battlefield.

Under such circumstances, he could only cut off his tail to survive.

Anyway, the Great Qin Immortal Dynasty had a Reincarnation Pool that could reshape the body without any side effects, but it could only restore cultivation below the Saint realm.

Cultivation above the Saint realm could also be restored, but it required the use of national destiny, and the higher the cultivation, the more national destiny was needed.

“You're quick on your feet.”

Luo Li's expression was grim; she had been looking for an opportunity to unleash the Nirvana Mirror, planning to eliminate Qin Zheng in one fell swoop.

The original form of the Nirvana Mirror was the Grand Void Mirror, an Innate Treasure she had obtained in her youth, which she later refined into the Nirvana Mirror.

To this day, the Nirvana Mirror had been upgraded by her to an innate treasure, imbued with her Phoenix Nirvana Great Dao.

Theoretically, its power had no upper limit; the stronger her divine soul power, the greater the power it could unleash.

Relying on the Nirvana Mirror, Luo Li had slain countless powerful enemies, and even Sky Dao's Chosen had fallen beneath the Nirvana Mirror.

It could be said that the Nirvana Mirror was her greatest trump card.

Every time she used it, she made sure to eliminate all witnesses.

Now, however, it was no longer necessary.

Across the entire Origin Continent, besides Qin Zheng, there were no other enemies; continuing to hide it would just make her seem foolish.

Moreover, after this battle, she planned to extract some of the Profound Fire Treasure Mirror's essence to upgrade the Nirvana Mirror.

Then, she would seek out some chaos mother gold to melt into it, and by then, the Nirvana Mirror might be upgraded to a mid-tier Chaotic Spiritual Treasure.

Luo Li believed that Qin Zheng certainly couldn't withstand the Nirvana Divine Light of the Nirvana Mirror; even if he escaped with his life using a trump card, he would pay a huge price.

At that point, she would then unleash the Profound Fire Treasure Mirror to incinerate Qin Zheng in one go.

However, she never expected Qin Zheng to flee so decisively, even abandoning his subordinates.

This was completely unlike Qin Zheng's 'Heaven and Earth, I alone am supreme' personality.

But it didn't matter.

Qin Zheng could run from the monk, but not from the temple.

She could simply go to him.

“???”

Qin Zheng's peerless generals and countless strategists, seeing Qin Zheng's defeat and flight, instantly turned pale, their hearts filled with despair.

They weren't afraid of death, nor did they harbor resentment because Qin Zheng had abandoned them.

It was because Qin Zheng had lost, unable to even defeat the small Luo Li.

One must remember that Luo Li was only one of Gu Qing's women.

Not to mention, above Gu Qing, there was also the Starry Sacred Mother and that mysterious Dao Master.

The Great Qin Immortal Dynasty was now like the setting sun, barely clinging to life; its demise was only a matter of time.

“Success by the Dynasty, failure by the Dynasty, ah...” Guo Jia sighed to the heavens, his expression sorrowful.

The Dynasty relied on national destiny, which could rapidly increase the cultivation of all cultivators in the nation without any bottlenecks; the higher the official position, the greater the benefits received.

But the drawbacks of the Dynasty were also fatal.

The Dynasty could only win, not lose; if it lost, the nation would surely perish, and even fleeing would be impossible, nor could they avoid battle.

Because their fates were already bound to the national destiny of the Dynasty, living and dying with the nation.

Before encountering the Boundless Divine Sect, how glorious and incomparably domineering their Great Qin Immortal Dynasty had been.

All the forces of the entire Origin Continent had to tremble beneath the might of their Great Qin Immortal Dynasty's military.

Yet now, they had become lambs to the slaughter for the Boundless Divine Sect, fish on a chopping block.

“Yesterday's glory cannot remain, like the rolling Yangtze River flowing eastward.”

“Your Majesty has led me astray, ah...”

Watching one powerhouse after another being slain, Cao Cao gave up resisting, a deep unwillingness in his eyes.

He had long advised Qin Zheng that the Origin Continent was a supreme plane, with very deep waters, and not to be so eager to expand territory, much less indiscriminately offend immortal orthodoxies.

It was necessary to appropriately befriend immortal orthodoxies, powerful races, and so on.

And to appropriately feign weakness to the enemy, attack nearby, befriend distant, develop discreetly, and accumulate national destiny.

Governing a great nation was like cooking a small fish; it could not be rushed, especially a Dynasty, which required even greater caution; once a formidable enemy was encountered, it would be eternal damnation.

But Qin Zheng refused to listen.

“Heaven and Earth, I alone am supreme,” he declared arrogantly, “Under the heavens, is there any land that is not the king's? Wherever the sun and moon shine, wherever rivers reach, all are Qin land.”

Now it was done.

Finally, he had encountered a formidable enemy, suffering defeat after defeat, with his national destiny shattered, and no power left to turn the tide.

The Great Qin Immortal Dynasty, after all, was like a fleeting moment, decaying in its ultimate glory.

If Gu Qing were here, he would definitely comfort Cao Mengde, saying, “You're overthinking it.”

Qin Zheng's strategy had no flaws whatsoever.

As everyone knows, protagonists without brains are the strongest.

Just charge ahead mindlessly, and leave the rest to the system.

It's just that Qin Zheng was unlucky enough to encounter Gu Qing, who also had cheats.

“Wait, now is not the time to destroy the Great Qin Immortal Dynasty, you all should return.”

Youmeng saw Luo Li's intention and transmitted her voice to stop her.

Luo Li was startled, her mind racing, and she frowned, asking, “What does Senior mean by this?”

She understood that Gu Qing wanted to treat the Great Qin Immortal Dynasty as a fat sheep to shear, but the Great Qin Immortal Dynasty still had a lot of national destiny, far from reaching the point of national collapse.

There was no need to stop her at all.

Could it be that Youmeng wanted to prevent her from becoming stronger, and give the Great Qin Immortal Dynasty's fortune to someone else?

“This is Gu Qing's order.”

The life or death of the Great Qin Immortal Dynasty and Qin Zheng was not important at all.

The Great Dao Golden Lotus was the top priority.

If the Great Qin Immortal Dynasty were to be destroyed all at once, the Great Dao Golden Lotus Artifact Spirit might abandon Qin Zheng and seek out the next host.

Therefore, when necessary, a little hope must be given to the Great Qin Immortal Dynasty.

While shearing the wool, they must try their best to severely wound the Artifact Spirit, and this balance must be carefully maintained.

“What about Xi Ling and the others?” Luo Li's heart sank, and she pressed on with a voice transmission.

“They are all the same; once they repel the Great Qin Immortal Dynasty's army, they can no longer participate in the battle.”

She wanted to show the Great Dao Golden Lotus the hope of turning defeat into victory, so that she could continue to severely damage the Great Qin Immortal Dynasty's national destiny and make the Great Dao Golden Lotus suffer from the backlash of fate.

“Alright!”

Hearing that everyone was treated equally, Luo Li had nothing more to say.

“After slaying the enemy, return to the Divine Sect for secluded cultivation.”

With that, Luo Li took a step and returned to the Boundless Heavenly Palace for secluded cultivation.

Everyone: “...”

Everyone was bewildered, not understanding why Luo Li would issue such an order.

In their minds, Luo Li should have seized the momentum of victory and plundered the greatest fortune.

Despite not understanding, everyone still complied.

After spending a month to completely annihilate this army, everyone, still feeling unfulfilled, returned to Wu Liang Heaven to collect their rewards and happily went into secluded cultivation.

As one act concluded, another began.

Just as Qin Zheng breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the Boundless Divine Sect had finally retreated, Zhi Meng arrived with Xian'er.

He led his army out of the city to meet them in battle, only to return in defeat, losing countless magical treasures and national destiny.

Then came Xiao Hongdou, Yan Hongluo... and finally, the Nine Heavens Mysterious Woman.

“Finally, it's my turn...” The Nine Heavens Mysterious Woman's expression was complex, filled with emotion.

She, a dignified Innate Sacred, was reduced to being the last one to clean up; truly, fate played tricks on people.

This was also because she was Gu Qing's Little Sister-in-law; otherwise, the cleanup job wouldn't even fall to her.

After harvesting a wave of the Great Qin Immortal Dynasty's national destiny and conveniently snatching one of the Great Qin Immortal Dynasty's nation-guarding divine artifacts, she successfully withdrew.

“One last time, this is the last time...”

The Great Dao Golden Lotus Artifact Spirit secretly made up its mind: if anyone else came knocking, it would no longer help Qin Zheng, this good-for-nothing, bear the backlash of national destiny.

After being continuously cut like meat by a dull knife by the Boundless Divine Sect, it really wanted to just leave.

But it couldn't bear to.

After all, it had sacrificed too much for the Great Qin Immortal Dynasty, and with success seemingly at hand, it was truly unwilling to give up just like that.

Fortunately, after the Boundless Divine Sect had their fill, they finally left.

But it knew that after the Boundless Divine Sect digested the national destiny, they would surely come back to harvest again.

It had to recover to the Dao Master realm before the Boundless Divine Sect emerged from secluded cultivation.

“Expand territory with all your might...” The Great Dao Golden Lotus issued a task to Qin Zheng.

However, its ideas were good, but they remained just ideas.

Whenever the Great Qin Immortal Dynasty dispatched its army, the Boundless Divine Sect would act as a troublemaker, hindering the Great Qin Immortal Dynasty's expansion, and the two sides fell into a tug-of-war.

However, this also allowed the Great Qin Immortal Dynasty to recover some strength.

As long as the Boundless Divine Sect didn't come knocking and didn't slaughter an entire army, the Great Qin Immortal Dynasty's national destiny could steadily increase.

Time flew by.

Qin Zheng worked diligently for ten years, and his cultivation finally recovered to the Fifth-Layer Dao Lord realm.

His national destiny also recovered to ninety percent of its original state.

Just as Qin Zheng was about to personally lead an expedition to expand territory, Gu Qing arrived.

“Brother Qin, we meet again.”

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