Saint Emperor Devourer of Heaven

A large number of young cultivators from the Jitu Dynasty were in groups, parading through the streets of the imperial capital, banging gongs and drums, and loudly proclaiming:

“At noon today, Crown Prince Zhao Ce will crush Wang, the strongest young prodigy of the Liming Dynasty! Stay tuned!”

“The last dignity of the Liming Dynasty's younger generation will be completely torn to shreds. The last fig leaf will be ripped off, like a woman stripped of her clothes and running naked, leaving only shame and the ridicule of the world, hahaha!”

“Crown Prince Zhao Ce said that even in a two-on-one situation, he wouldn't need ten rounds to crush the strongest person in your Liming Dynasty's younger generation!”

“The Crown Prince said that the cultivators of your Liming Dynasty's younger generation don't know the immensity of heaven and earth and don't understand reverence. It's time to teach you how to keep your tails between your legs and behave. What does it mean to be invincible? What does it mean to be powerful beyond compare? There are some people you need to look up to for the rest of your lives!”

… …

The people of the Jitu Dynasty shouted loudly, their voices echoing in different streets, incredibly arrogant.

People's faces were grim, and they had the urge to rush up and beat up the people of the Jitu Dynasty, but they forcibly restrained themselves.

A duel between the younger generation should have rules and regulations. Although the Liming Dynasty was only established a few years ago, it has the dignity and pride of an imperial dynasty.

“Too arrogant, these people are too arrogant!”

“Half a year has passed, and I don't know if the injuries of the two commanders of the Prison Overseeing Division have healed. If we lose again in today's noon duel, the dignity of our Liming Dynasty's younger generation will really be trampled under their feet!”

“Yes, if we lose again, not only will the people of the Jitu Dynasty be extremely arrogant, but those lowly bootlickers within our dynasty will probably jump even higher than their masters!”

“I wonder when Lord Jun will appear. He probably isn't in the dynasty, otherwise, how could these clowns have the opportunity to jump around!”

“If Lord Jun were here, with his methods, he would probably settle accounts with those bootlickers as well! Damn it, just thinking about those bastards makes my blood boil, a bunch of traitors!”

“Hmph, don't be impatient. Lord Jun dared to establish a dynasty. With Lord Jun's wisdom, how could he not have anticipated the various attacks he would encounter? As long as Lord Jun returns, he will surely resolve everything. Just watch! Let these scoundrels jump around for a while, there will always be a day of reckoning!”

… …

Within the city, many of the dynasty's citizens were discussing, feeling incredibly angry and aggrieved, but they endured it, silently waiting, believing that Jun Wuxie would resolve all the problems when he returned.

In the central urban area of the imperial capital, the buildings here are not very dense, but rather sparse.

In this area, there is an open space where a stone platform is built.

The stone platform is not very large, circular, with a radius of about a thousand meters.

Such a stone platform would be incredibly huge if it appeared in a secular city, but for a city in the cultivation world with a radius of thousands of miles, a thousand-meter stone platform is really too small.

Stone railings are built along the edge of the stone platform, with runes engraved on them, forming a special magic array.

The seemingly thousand-meter stone platform will actually construct a special inner space after the array is activated. The runes will activate, creating a very vast world inside.

This stone platform is the dueling platform in Qingyun City, the imperial capital of Liming.

The original intention of building the dueling platform was to allow cultivators to learn from each other and verify their cultivation, but now it is used for eternal duels.

The area around the dueling platform is no longer empty. It has long been filled with countless figures.

A large number of the dynasty's citizens poured in here, creating a sea of people.

People with slightly higher cultivation levels took the initiative to make space for those with lower cultivation levels.

They don't need to get close to watch. As far as their eyes can see, they can see clearly from a distance.

People with too low cultivation levels can't do that, so they need to be closer to prepare to watch the battle.

… …

In the luxurious courtyard of a certain inn in the city, an old man wearing a mask of desire sat in front of a stone table under a tree, with a Sacred Ancestor of the Jitu Dynasty accompanying him.

Near them, there was also a handsome young man wearing a khaki brocade robe, with a face like a knife, distinct features, bright eyes, and a head of thick black hair tied into a hair crown on top of his head and then scattered down, with a bit of heroic spirit.

“That person from the Liming Dynasty is really patient. We have been provoking them like this every day, but they just won't accept the challenge. Fortunately, their young prodigy king couldn't bear it anymore. After today, the situation should change.”

The Sacred Ancestor powerhouse of the Jitu Dynasty said this.

The special Hongchen Desire Envoy of the Fallen Red Dust nodded and said, “If that woman doesn't take action and doesn't take the lead in breaking the rules, this envoy has no reason to take action. She is patient, but someone finally couldn't hold back. At noon, during the duel, as long as she dares to take action to rescue them, this envoy will definitely suppress her with the force of thunder!”

“Special Envoy is wise! By then, the Liming Dynasty will lack a strong person to guard it. With the foundation of their newly built dynasty, disintegration will be imminent. Our Jitu Dynasty only needs to use some means to disintegrate it and make it collapse!”

“Zhao Ce!” The Sacred Ancestor powerhouse of the Jitu Dynasty listened to the words of the special Hongchen Desire Envoy, turned to look at the youth standing nearby, and said, “Have you remembered the words of the Special Envoy? You must understand the purpose of our trip. Don't get carried away and kill them in three or two moves.”

“Elder King, Zhao Ce has remembered. Zhao Ce will grasp the degree and push them to the brink of despair, but always give them a glimmer of hope, so that they struggle bitterly on the edge of life and death!”

Zhao Ce had a cold smile on the corner of his mouth and immediately responded.

Of course, he knew the plans of the Special Envoy and the Elder King, which was to force that female powerhouse of the Liming Dynasty to take action, forcing her to violate the established rules, so that they could use strong counterattack methods without any worries.

“Well, it's almost time, you should go to the duel venue.”

The Hongchen Desire Envoy said lightly.

“Then, Special Envoy, we're leaving, excuse us.”

The Elder King of the Jitu Dynasty gave an apologetic tone, and then left with Zhao Ce.

Outside the inn, a group of people from the Jitu Dynasty were already waiting here. When they saw them coming out, they immediately greeted them.

“How is the momentum building?”

The Elder King of the Jitu Dynasty glanced indifferently at the middle-aged man leading these people in front of him.

“Reporting to the Elder King, according to your instructions, we have been promoting and provoking in the streets of the city these days. Today's provocative words are the most intense, but no officials from the Liming Dynasty have come out to respond. Do you think that Xu Wuying and Feng Yu will arrive as scheduled today? Will the high-level officials of the Liming Dynasty forcibly stop them?”

“If they wanted to stop them, they would have stopped them long ago. Why wait until after accepting the challenge to stop them today? Since these days, we have been provoking them like this, and the high-level officials of the Liming Dynasty have already been holding back a belly of anger. They didn't stop us, so they must have something to rely on, perhaps some way to stimulate the fighting potential of those two prodigy kings.”

Speaking of this, the Elder King of the Jitu Dynasty sneered, “It's a pity that the Wheels of Life of those two people are broken, and it is impossible to repair them even today. Coming to fight with seriously injured bodies, no matter what tricks they have, they can only humiliate themselves and seek their own death. This seat wants to see if that powerhouse will ask for help at the last moment.”

“Well, noon is approaching, you etc. follow this seat, we will go to the duel place and wait.”

The Elder King of the Jitu Dynasty strode away, and the other people of the Jitu Dynasty followed closely behind.

Crown Prince Zhao Ce also respectfully followed behind him.

Although he is the Crown Prince, the son of a prince, and his father has a pivotal position in the Jitu Dynasty, it can be said that he is in a high position of power.

However, in front of the Elder King of the Jitu Holy Hall, where the top combat power of the Jitu Dynasty gathers, he does not dare to be presumptuous at all.

… …

Inside the Liming Imperial Palace, Anning, Xu Yan'ning, and Yun Shu had already boarded the dragon carriage and were heading towards the dueling platform area, followed by a large number of civil and military officials, with Ning Wang prominently among them.

Not only them, but also the people from Qingyun Cave Heaven came.

Qingyun Cave Heaven was renamed Qingyun Sect a year ago and was designated as the National Sect by Anning, with a very special position in the dynasty.

Qing Mu and Qingxuan Zhenren led the team, and all the high-level officials of Qingyun came, along with a large number of outstanding disciples.

Nan Jin, Yi Ling, and Han Ye of Zhenwu Peak also followed Chengyuan Zhenren to the imperial capital.

The imperial capital was extraordinarily lively and noisy at any time.

Especially near the fighting arena, it was almost blocked by people.

Everyone was waiting quietly, the dynasty's citizens feeling nervous and uneasy.

They were afraid that today would still be an unacceptable ending, but at the same time, they hoped that a miracle could happen, so that humiliation would no longer trample on the dignity of the dynasty's younger generation, and so that the people of the Jitu Dynasty would no longer show their proud and ugly faces!

“The Emperor has arrived!”

From afar, a loud voice came, and a dragon carriage crushed through the long sky, approaching rapidly, followed by a large number of officials.

“Long live the Emperor!”

All the dynasty's citizens knelt down at this time, whether willing or unwilling, all shouting long live.

“Rise.”

The dragon carriage stopped in the inner ring of the dueling platform area, the curtain was lifted, Anning stepped out, her eyes swept across the audience, noble and not lacking in majesty.

Xu Yan'ning and Yun Shu followed her footsteps closely.

“Liming Emperor, this seat observes that there seems to be some worry between the Emperor's eyebrows. Is there something troubling you? If the Emperor has any difficulties, you can try to speak them out, perhaps this seat can help the Emperor relieve your worries.”

The Elder King of the Jitu Dynasty stroked his beard and said with a smile, but the smile was mocking and hypocritical no matter how you looked at it. Everyone could hear that he was teasing.

“I am worried about state affairs, and it is not surprising that there is often worry between my brows. However, I see that this Elder King of the Jitu Dynasty is refreshed and full of rosy light, as if he has encountered something joyful. However, I still want to remind you that there is an ancient saying called 'extreme joy begets sorrow'. I wonder if the Elder King has heard of it?”

"Worthy of being the Empress of the Dawn Dynasty, your words are sharp. It's just that some things seem meaningless with words alone."

Elder Wang of the Sacrificial Earth Sanctuary responded calmly.

"Whether it has meaning or not, we might as well wait and see."

After Anning finished speaking, she said nothing more and sat down on the imperial throne that had been prepared, with Xu Yan Ning and Anning sitting on either side of her.

"Hmm, the Dawn Empress is indeed confident."

Zhao Ce couldn't help but speak, a hint of mockery on his face.

"What are you? How could you interrupt when His Majesty is speaking with Elder Wang of the Sacrificial Earth!"

A minister suddenly shouted sternly, instantly causing Zhao Ce's face to turn red. The muscles in his face twitched fiercely, wanting to explode but unable to find a reason.

Indeed, with his identity as a Young Master, he really didn't have the qualifications to interrupt.

However, he was unwilling to suffer this silently. A cold light bloomed in his eyes, and he stepped onto the battle stage.

"The time is approaching. Where are your Dawn Dynasty's Void Shadow and Wind Rain? Today, this Young Master will shatter the last of your Dawn Dynasty's illusions! This Young Master will make you deeply realize that some people require you to kneel on the ground and look up to!"

He landed on the battle stage and uttered arrogant words. The runes around the battle stage were activated, and light soared into the sky, forming a barrier that transformed the inside of the battle stage into a vast inner world, revealing boundless mountains and rivers, lakes, plains, and deserts...