Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?
Chapter 838 - 696: No Other Choice

Chapter 838: Chapter 696: No Other Choice

Just as Li Xuan pressed the seal down, an immense flood of Divine Power surged out from his Divine Token.

Li Xuan was not surprised in the least, for although he had enshrined these two individuals as gods, they had no incense offerings in the human realm, so the maintenance of their divine power could only be supplied by him, the enroller of gods.

Fortunately, Li Xuan’s current reputation among the common folk was soaring high. His source of divine power was not limited to his identity as Immortal Master Shuide; it also included incense offerings from millions of households north and south.

Especially after the battle at Xuanfu several months prior, the number of families erecting Changsheng boards for him had nearly doubled.

In terms of divine power, providing for two Great Heavenly Position Divine Generals was an easy task for Li Xuan.

——Although in life these two were only of the Middle Heaven level, their Wuyi approached the God Realm, sufficient to sustain their Divine General positions.

At the same time, a grand array suddenly opened beneath the Tianxingtai, countless Runes revealed themselves from the ground, their light hitting the sky, turning the ash-gray Void into golden yellow.

Li Xuan concentrated his gaze, a strange luster appearing in his eyes. The Divine Power from incense offerings, the Book of Jinque, and the Fengshentai beneath his feet——

At this moment, two vermillion Divine Talismans were forming within the souls of Fu Youde and Lan Yu.

Simultaneously, the crimson chains around them also violently shook.

The thick chains slid one after another, weaving towards ’Jianxing Divine General’ Fu Youde. The tips of these chains directly vanished into Fu Youde’s soul.

The same happened with the broken chopper on the platform, though it didn’t vanish into ’Tianxingtai Divine General’ Lan Yu’s soul. However, from Lan Yu’s body, threads of Divine Power seeped into the broken chopper.

"The three generations of Heavenly Court also had Jianxing Divine Generals and Tianxingtai Divine Generals. The Jianxing Divine General held the ’Huntian Chain’, the Tianxingtai Divine General wielded the ’Immortal Slashing Shear’. Although their positions were not high, they were revered by all within the Heavenly Court.

With the aid of these two Divine Artifacts, their combat power was not inferior to the esteemed Marshals of Heavenly Court, sadly they all fell in battle with the first Emperor during the Pre-Qin Dynasty. The Divine Talismans I am now condensing for them are the very same as those of the two Divine Generals from the third generation of Heavenly Court. It will allow them initial control over these two Divine Treasures.

However, don’t expect too much in a short time. Refining Divine Artifacts takes perseverance, often decades. In the short term, if they can harness one or two tenths of the power of the ’Huntian Chain’ and the ’Immortal Slashing Shear’, it will already be quite impressive. Also, the ’Immortal Slashing Shear’ has been significantly damaged and will need a skilled artisan to repair it,"

Li Xuan’s eyes shone brightly, thinking that it was quite strong already.

The seven Palace Masters of Jinque Palace, who are at the middle heaven level, wield fake divine treasures, let alone the current Heavenly Palace, which likely can no longer produce sufficient fake divine treasures for the Palace Masters’ use.

Lv Qiluo didn’t deceive him; this was indeed a capital sufficient to stand against Jinque Palace.

About half an hour later, the Divine Talismans for Fu Youde and Lan Yu had condensed. The Divine Generals’ souls also underwent significant changes; though as fierce as before, they no longer bore the sinister and gloomy aura of yore.

Their divine bodies were towering and majestic, covered in heavy armor, and their presence was thick and commanding.

When Fu Youde and Lan Yu opened their eyes, their expressions were complex, beyond words.

But in the end, both bowed respectfully towards Li Xuan from a distance, kowtowing four times, "We both thank our lord! We are willing to serve our master until death."

The first bow was in gratitude for Li Xuan’s grace in liberating their souls; the subsequent three bows were to confirm their roles as master and servant.

Only at this moment, although Li Xuan had partial control over the Haotian Seal’s remnant, he did not yet have an official divine name to call his own, leaving his title ill-defined and speech inconvenient, causing them unsure of how to address him properly.

After consideration, they could only refer to him as ’lord’.

Li Xuan did not stop them; he waited until they had bowed four times before nodding slightly, "You may rise. Please refine the Divine Talismans and take charge of the divine weapons as soon as possible. This king will rely on you greatly in the future."

Fu Youde immediately bowed respectfully, signaling understanding, while Lan Yu’s eyes showed a trace of rebelliousness and unwillingness, yet he too paid Li Xuan respectful homage.

Lan Yu harbored resentment towards Li Xuan’s identity as a Jin dynasty duke, but his enthronement and divine power stemmed from Li Xuan, tying their honor and decline together.

However, Fu Youde then spoke, "May our lord release the countless former subordinates of Wuqu Pojun? They accompanied us in our downfall and clan’s extinction, and their True Spirits have been sealed in this arm guard for hundreds of years. They cannot rest in peace until they’re liberated, nor can Lan Yu and I find peace of mind."

Li Xuan thought to himself that this Master of Ying Country was indeed as heavy on loyalty and righteousness as the stories suggested.

Yet it was precisely this loyalty that led to his downfall.

Li Xuan calmly promised, "This is simple, but at present my divine power is insufficient for massive enshrinement of divine soldiers. So this matter must be postponed for a while, please General Fu be patient and don’t rush."

It was not actually a lack of divine power, but rather the low efficiency of his use of divine power.

Although Li Xuan had incense offerings from millions of people in the human world, without formal Divine Enthronement, the divine power converging to him was actually less than one tenth.

At this time, Lv Qiluo once again formed a hand sign, "You shouldn’t waste this Immortal Artifact arm guard. I remember at that time Tianxingtai, a Marshal of Heavenly Court also perished, his True Spirit still lingers in the world. I can make an attempt to gather his True Spirit into the arm guard to help you cultivate a Hufa Divine General."

She then pointed into the air, and in an instant a myriad of red and black mists swirled from all directions, finally condensing in front of Li Xuan into a giant soul shadow five Zhang tall.

At the same time, dozens of black rays surged from within the arm guard Wuqu Pojun. These were the souls of many powerful beings swallowed by Li Xuan’s manipulation of ’Wuqu Pojun’.

As these wu’s souls merged into the giant soul shadow, they began a fierce conflict, causing the shadow to undulate, even twist and expand.

But in the end, it stabilized once more, returning to its original form. The figure had an austere demeanor, a stern face, and eyes as resolute as iron.

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In the celestial punishment platform, just as Li Xuan was about to ascend to divinity, Dasiming was desperately fleeing with the "Ziwu Optic Disk" in her control.

After she sent Li Xuan into the Tianxingtai, the pressure she faced only eased slightly. However, with the appearance of both Shaofu Yu Jie and Master Zhongliu on the battlefield, she fell into peril once again.

The combination of Master Zhongliu’s "Hunxiao" and "Ranmie" alone was extremely formidable; Shaofu Yu Jie’s "Zhenya" could fully confront her "Lvling" with the "Rule of Extreme Heaven."

The only saving grace was that Yu Jie’s cultivation was far inferior to hers, and in terms of accumulation and understanding of the Rule of Extreme Heaven, he also lagged behind Dasiming.

Otherwise, the moment this man joined forces with Master Zhongliu, they would have been sufficient to severely injure Dasiming.

Therefore, without any hesitation, Dasiming left the more than two hundred Taoist boys still on the battlefield behind and directly flew away from Xiangyang City with the "Ziwu Optic Disk" towards the north.

But their crisis had only just begun; a hundred miles outside the city lay the "Zhengfan Xiantian Beidou Stars Array."

As soon as the "Ziwu Optic Disk" entered the array, its speed was forced to slow down significantly.

At that time, not only was the power of the heavenly stars being drawn down by the Stars Array, entwining around the "Ziwu Optic Disk"; the directions around them were also constantly twisting and changing, with south, north, east, west, forward, and reverse in a jumbled orientation as the stars shifted positions.

Even more so, seven strands of Sword Qi corresponding to the stars "Tian Shu, Tian Xuan, Tian Ji, Tian Quan, Yu Heng, Kai Yang, and Yao Guang" kept slashing down, hitting the "Ziwu Optic Disk."

The Sword Qi, comparable to the Great Heavenly Position, caused waves of tumultuous blood and qi within Dasiming.

The seven strands of Sword Qi were still manageable; the Palace Masters of the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Xuanwu, and Vermilion Bird she had brought with her, alongside many others at heavenly level, were able to help her share the burden of resistance.

What was truly troublesome were Shaofu Yu Jie and Master Zhongliu, whose Hao Qi and mighty punches kept bombarding the "Ziwu Optic Disk."

Among them, Shaofu Yu Jie’s Style Speed was the weakest and far slower than the "Ziwu Optic Disk."

Yet within this "Zhengfan Xiantian Beidou Stars Array," he was able to keep pace with this Immortal Artifact, continuously bombarding it with his Liuli Haoqi.

This caused the ’Ziwu Optic Disk’ to dim and tremble incessantly, and some of the Immortal Talismans within it were even on the verge of collapse.

Dasiming herself felt darkness before her eyes and blood oozing from her seven orifices.

The wounds from the great battle in Capital City and the Rule of Extreme Heaven left within her by Shaosiming were fully erupting.

What alarmed Dasiming even more was that when she attempted to draw upon the Power of Jinque, she faintly felt resistance from this divine treasure.

This also left Dasiming on the brink of decline in both blood and qi within a very short period of time.

A chill grew within Dasiming’s heart, and she also couldn’t believe what was happening.

She couldn’t believe that under Li Xuan’s scheme, she, along with Jinque Palace, now found themselves on the brink of ruin—

But Jinque Palace was supposedly the executor of the Heavenly Dao, the spokesperson of heaven’s will.

Could it be that the rebellious fates brought forth by that scourge truly couldn’t be reversed?

At that moment, a cold voice rang out beside Dasiming’s ear.

"Truly laughable and yet so pitiful! The guardian appointed by the three realms to protect heaven is being pushed to this state by a mere mortal."

Dasiming’s pupils contracted slightly, "The Changsheng Emperor of the South?"

The price for her distraction was her liver, which had just healed, being incinerated in one strike by Master Zhongliu.

This caused Dasiming to spew black blood from her nostrils, which then turned into flames.

"It seems you won’t be able to escape today,"

the Changsheng Emperor of the South’s voice remained as cold as before, "What do you think? Do you want to borrow strength from me?"

Dasiming’s pupils shrank slightly, and her heart involuntarily throbbed tightly.

The power controlled by the Changsheng Emperor was similar to Shaosiming, capable of restoring her to her original state in an instant.

But allowing this being’s power to enter this realm also meant that the ’Heaven Gap’ would widen further.

This was precisely what Jinque Palace guarded against with all its might, one of its missions being to prevent the powers of the celestial demons, gods, and Buddhas from infiltrating this realm.

"You decide for yourself."

At this moment, the Changsheng Emperor of the South moderated his tone, "If Jinque Palace fell here, then the ’Heaven Gap’ would still continue to widen, the chaotic fates could no longer be reversed, and this world would inevitably head towards its end. But if you borrow my power today, there is at least a chance for redemption."

Dasiming couldn’t help but take a deep breath, as her heart’s chaotic thoughts finally began to dissipate.

She knew that at this moment, she actually had no other choice.