Boom! Under everyone’s gaze, the "Reincarnation God Seat" flew into Xue Rengui’s manor.
In an instant, a terrifying aura erupted from within Xue Rengui’s body, shooting straight into the firmament, piercing through the myriad worlds of the heavens, its dreadful might shaking both the Yin and Yang realms.
Behind him, a vast stretch of Void shattered, space and time extending without end!
Two phantoms emerged!
One wore armor, his eyes dazzling, bow in hand, drawing the string to shoot down the sun.
The other wore royal robes, wielding supreme divine authority, his gaze discerning good and evil, adjudicating the next life.
Divine Spark of the Arrow God!
Reincarnation God Seat!
Two supreme inheritances blessed him!
Xue Rengui’s eyes closed slightly as he carefully comprehended the power of the "Reincarnation God Seat." The Yin God power around him flickered; his bearing grew ever more ethereal, his aura ever more void.
A moment later, Xue Rengui opened his eyes, now filled entirely with supreme divinity, without the slightest trace of humanity!
God!
At this moment, he was the true Yama, the Revolving King of the Tenth Hall!
"Your subject kowtows in gratitude, Your Majesty!"
Saluting toward the imperial palace, Xue Rengui tapped his toes, transforming into a streak of flowing light that flew into the Endless Palace, beginning secluded cultivation.
Very soon, the abnormal phenomena above the Great Thousand World of the Nine Provinces dissipated.
Warm sunlight poured down, driving away the chill.
"What just happened?"
"I feel like I just went to the Underworld, saw countless ghosts and monsters, and the ghost-gods who rule life and death!"
"Too terrifying..."
Countless commoners of the Qin Dynasty discussed in low voices, a trace of fear and dread still lingering on their faces.
...
"System, summon Huang Zhongyong and Lu You!"
In the Imperial Study, Qin Wudao withdrew his gaze and spoke inwardly.
Crack!
The Void split open once more.
Two figures stepped out, their eyes deep, containing both the Yin and Yang realms, and they bowed respectfully toward Qin Wudao.
Name: Huang Zhongyong!
Cultivation: Late-stage Quasi-Saint!
Cultivation Technique: "Yama’s Sutra"!
Divine Office: Taishan King!
Profile: Courtesy name Changxing, styled Juncheng Jushi, a Northern Song litterateur and statesman; once studied at the Imperial Academy, assisted Sima Guang in compiling the Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance; representative works include the Collection of Clear Piercing Winds of Pufeng and the Collected Poems of Huang Wenzheng!
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Name: Lu You!
Cultivation: Late-stage Quasi-Saint!
Cultivation Technique: "Yama’s Sutra"!
Divine Office: Equality King!
Profile: Courtesy name Wuguan, styled Fangweng, a native of Shanyin in Yuezhou, a Southern Song litterateur, historian, and patriot poet, who rose to the post of Attendant to the Baozhang Pavilion; major works include Jian’nan Poetry Drafts, Weinan Collected Works, and Notes from the Old Learning Studio!
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"You two are to proceed to the Underworld, join up with Bao Zheng and the others, and handle the affairs of the Underworld!"
Qin Wudao looked at Huang Zhongyong and Lu You, smiling as he spoke.
"As you command!"
The two saluted, tore open the Void, and prepared to leave.
"Wait a moment!"
Just then, Qin Wudao called out to halt them.
Huang Zhongyong and Lu You turned back to see Qin Wudao writing an imperial edict. His brush danced like dragons and serpents, each character surging with immense momentum, leaping to life upon the paper.
Vaguely, one could even hear the world-shaking roar of dragons.
"Take this imperial edict and deliver it to Bao Zheng!"
After finishing the edict, Qin Wudao waved his hand. The edict flew into Huang Zhongyong’s hand as he issued the command with majestic authority.
"We heed the decree!"
The two saluted once more, stepped into the spatial rift, and vanished.
"The Underworld should be unified as well."
Qin Wudao leaned obliquely against the imperial seat, gazing at the gradually healing spatial passage, tapping the armrest with his fingers as he spoke with a soft chuckle.
He had a premonition.
When Xue Rengui emerged from seclusion and the Ten Yama Kings gathered, that would be the time to unify the Underworld.
By then, the Qin Dynasty’s fortune-court would be able to establish rules in the Underworld.
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Inner-Perimeter World of Chaos.
Within the Purple Mist Palace.
Hongjun sat cross-legged, eyes half-closed. A supreme power burst forth from his body, sweeping in all directions, enveloping endless chaotic space-time.
The Three Thousand Great Daos manifested, prostrating at his feet!
Countless strands of Rule Power circled around him, crowning him as an invincible supreme.
At this moment, he was but a single step away from the true rule domain, and likewise at the critical juncture of breaking through into the rule domain.
The hall remained silent until nightfall.
A terrifying suction force erupted from within Hongjun, swallowing and devouring as it frenziedly absorbed Chaos Qi, forming a colossal vortex above his head that connected heaven and earth.
Such a fearsome commotion naturally drew the attention of countless beings in the Inner-Perimeter World of Chaos.
"Is Master about to break through?"
In a certain suspended Daoist arena, Taihong Dao Saint, who had been cultivating, abruptly ended his seclusion, stepped out of his secret chamber, and gazed toward the Purple Mist Palace, speaking in uncontrollable excitement.
Rule domain!
He was finally breaking through!
During this period, watching the war outside the myriad worlds of the heavens had truly frightened him badly. Each day he lived in constant fear, terrified that the Qin Dynasty’s fortune-court would invade the Inner-Perimeter World of Chaos.
"With the Dao Ancestor’s breakthrough, I shall become one beneath a single man and above all others!"
On Mt. Wangshen, the Heavenly Emperor also looked toward the Purple Mist Palace above the Nine Heavens, laughing loudly.
After Hongjun broke through to the rule domain, he would definitely wage war upon the Outer-Perimeter Worlds of Chaos and the myriad worlds of the heavens. At that time, the Heavenly Emperor would be sovereign of this realm and reap immense benefits.
Though he was but a puppet.
He had not been deprived of a single portion of the fortune he ought to enjoy.
The status of Lord of the Heavenly Court had increased his cultivation speed hundreds and thousands of times.
At the same time.
Within the Underworld, the Heaven Protecting Realm, and the Heavenly Path Realm, countless powerful beings opened their eyes one after another, turning their faces toward the Purple Mist Palace and bowing in reverence.
Under the gaze of all beings, time flew swiftly by; yet another three days passed.
By now, most of the Chaos Qi in the Inner-Perimeter World of Chaos had been absorbed by Hongjun, leaving it exceedingly thin.
Boom!
On this day.
An indescribably powerful aura erupted from within Hongjun, in an extremely short span of time bursting out of the Inner-Perimeter World of Chaos, then diffusing into the myriad worlds of the heavens, and finally reaching the Xuan Universe.
Within the Inner-Perimeter World of Chaos, Rule Power crisscrossed, paving the endless expanse of space-time.
All living beings, from Dao Saints above to ordinary Immortals below, all uncontrollably dropped to their knees, offering their utmost reverence.
Within the myriad worlds of the heavens, Qin Wudao, Liu Bei, Sun Quan, and the others looked toward the Inner-Perimeter World of Chaos, their expressions incomparably grave.
They knew that Hongjun had broken through!
He had attained the Rule Supreme!
"Transmit my order!"
"All ranks of the Qin Dynasty’s fortune-court, prepare for war!"
A few breaths later, a voice filled with majesty echoed from within the imperial palace, reverberating through the myriad worlds of the heavens and the Outer-Perimeter Worlds of Chaos.
Hearing this command, countless powerhouses of the Qin Dynasty’s fortune-court grew solemn in expression, a trace of killing intent flashing in their eyes.
Within the Xuan Universe, many powerful civilizations also sensed the aura that Hongjun released.
"This is... Rule Power!"
"Someone has broken through to the rule domain? How is that possible?"
In Xuan City, Old Lian sprang up from his chair, his face shifting repeatedly. For a Martial Artist in the Xuan Universe to step into the rule domain—this, in his eyes, was utterly absurd.
"This is bad!"
"Hongjun is about to break through, speed up!"
Amid the starry sky, Bai Qi was leading the expeditionary army back toward the myriad worlds of the heavens. Sensing the Rule Power, his expression changed drastically, and he hastened their march.
He clenched his fists, his face full of worry.
They had to make it in time!
Chapter 1295: 1288: Hongjun’s Breakthrough
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