Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?
Chapter 910 - 750: The Rift of Heaven Palace

Chapter 910: Chapter 750: The Rift of Heaven Palace

Just as the great battle at Podi Mountain was about to draw to a close, in the faraway Jinque Palace, Shaosiming Yuan Taiwei stepped into her own Shaosiming’s palace.

This place had been sealed by Dasiming, and countless runes had sealed off the palace.

However, the moment Yuan Taiwei arrived, those runes shattered one after another, with countless beams of red-golden light seeping out.

These beams of light ultimately twisted and bent, converging into Yuan Taiwei’s body like birds flying into the woods.

——It was originally the authority of ’Shaosiming,’ belonging to her, the power granted to Yuan Taiwei by the Book of Jinque.

At this time, Yuan Taiwei appeared as if enveloped in a layer of sacred radiance.

Yuan Taiwei’s mana spread from this point, with the Rule of Extreme Heaven over life and death covering the entire Jinque Palace.

The ’Immortal Slashing Order,’ which had been temporarily retrieved from Li Xuan, floated in front of her, emitting a cold and faint glow.

About ten breaths later, the originally invisible and formless "Nine-square Divine Array of the Large Circle" finally revealed its shape.

Innumerable Purple Gold Immortal Talismans, piled upon each other in layers, appeared in the void to form an array.

This was Yuan Taiwei, using her status and power as ’Shaosiming,’ taking back control of this divine array, restoring their original appearance.

Just as the "Nine-square Divine Array of the Large Circle" was restored, Yuan Taiwei looked up towards the supreme hall above the Nine Palaces.

This grand hall was situated above the Nine Palaces of the Second Command, Three Enclosures, and Four Symbols, suspended a hundred feet above the Jinque Palace.

It was splendid and magnificent to an indescribable extent, its height and width impossible to measure visually.

Above the hall’s plaque were the bold letters ’Lingxiao Treasure Hall.’

When people looked at it with their naked eyes, they would inherently feel awe and unconsciously bow down in submission.

Yuan Taiwei, without any hesitation, stepped into the void and flashed to the entrance of the Lingxiao Treasure Hall.

Looking inside, she could distinctly see countless golden threads crisscrossing, densely woven throughout the interior of the hall.

The hall was empty, except for two figures standing beneath the central throne.

One was ’Palace Master of Tianshi Palace’ Guo Jing, and the other was ’lord of Zimei Palace’ Wenshifei.

Both had extremely solemn expressions, their faces dark and grim.

Yuan Taiwei glanced at them and paid no further mind.

At this time, her interior sentiment was focused on those threads, on the repulsion coming from within the hall against her.

At this moment, the entire Jinque Palace, the entire "Nine-square Divine Array of the Large Circle" was under the control of Shaosiming, yet only this ’Lingxiao Treasure Hall’ was still resisting her power, resisting her authority.

But as Yuan Taiwei stepped in, the golden threads inside began to unravel one by one. They turned into golden dust and scattered within the hall.

Guo Jing and Wenshifei couldn’t help but look angrily at Yuan Taiwei.

Yet neither of them had the power to stop Yuan Taiwei’s approach, especially considering that outside the Lingxiao Treasure Hall.

Zhu Mingyue, Qiu Qianqiu, Master Zhongliu, and Lord of Qinglong Palace Si Shenhua were all standing in the air, using their true meaning of Martial Law and even the Rule of Extreme Heaven from afar to lock the two of them in place.

A sharp sword mark was present between the brows of Tianshi Palace Master Guo Jing, which would widen slightly with every movement he made.

lord of Zimei Palace Wenshifei, on the other hand, was holding a scroll in one hand and the Qianqiu Brush in the other.

At the end of the scroll was faintly written, ’With an Extreme Heavenly Level from the Outer Void descending, aid Wenshifei in expelling the rebellious Shaosiming from Heaven Palace.’

But upon closer inspection, the six characters for ’descend from the Outer Void’ and ’expel’ were actually incorrect; either with an extra stroke or missing one.

It was precisely Master Zhongliu’s method of ’Hunxiao,’ confusing Wenshifei’s intent.

With his Divine Artifact’s might not manifesting, Wenshifei was already sweating profusely, even droplets forming on the tip of his nose, yet he was not able to write another word on the scroll.

Yuan Taiwei’s steps were slow and resolute, unstoppable.

Step by step, she walked into the hall, ascended the nine staircases, and then reached out towards one side of the throne with her hand.

In many people’s understanding, the Book of Jinque and the Qianqiu Brush were the core of Jinque Palace, while ’Zhushen Order’ and ’Immortal Slashing Order’ were the symbols of Dasiming and Shaosiming.

But Yuan Taiwei knew that the true core of Jinque Palace was actually this throne that once belonged to the third-generation Heaven Emperor.

Only by securing this throne of the Heaven Emperor could she be said to truly control the Heaven Palace.

Otherwise, her current control over the "Nine-square Divine Array of the Large Circle" would be as fragile as a castle in the air.

As Yuan Taiwei’s hand neared the throne, her body suddenly burst into dark-black flames, and countless golden Sword Qi exploded in front of the throne, slicing her hand until it was covered in cuts and wounds, while azure-white Thunderbolt struck down from the sky.

Yet at this moment, Yuan Taiwei’s Rule of Extreme Heaven displayed its mighty power.

All the opposing forces ’died,’ the flames extinguished, the Thunderbolt vanished, and the Sword Qi shattered.

Yuan Taiwei’s hand firmly grasped one side of the throne’s armrest.

But in this instant, another figure, resplendently dressed and wearing a bronze mask on her face, suddenly flashed into the ’Lingxiao Treasure Hall.’

——It was none other than Dasiming, who had traveled countless miles from Meng Wu’s Podi Mountain to this place.

When she caught sight of Yuan Taiwei, her expression became unsightly to the extreme.

Without any hesitation, she too seized the other side of the Heaven Emperor’s throne.

At that instant, the entire Jinque Palace began to thunderously quake, and the palace suspended in the air showed numerous cracks, hinting at a tendency to split in two.

As the power of the two clashed and their authority contested, the fissures in the Jinque Palace grew ever larger.

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Li Xuan was entirely unaware of the developments at Jinque Palace, for he had been locked in fierce combat with Yecian Chrolus to the south of Podi Mountain for a full ten hours.

Until the early hours of the next day, the two were still engaged in a fierce battle.

Every ounce of blood and vital essence within Yexian had nearly burned out. His hair had turned gray, his flesh sunken, his skin yellowed and covered in wrinkles, making him resemble a corpse that had been dead for years.

Yet, the Khan of Vala still fought desperately, exhausting every bit of his strength to strike at Li Xuan.

In his eyes lurked a deep-seated hatred, as though he wished to shred Li Xuan into ten thousand pieces, flaying and slicing him to bits.

But at this time, Yecian’s soul was so weak that it flickered like a phantom flame, threatening to extinguish at any moment.

Shaofu Yu Jie could no longer bear to watch and had left early.

In Yu Jie’s view, Li Xuan’s actions were downright despicable.

It seemed as though he was giving Yecian a fair chance to fight, offering him the glory of dying in battle.

In reality, he was scheming to use Yecian to hone his own Martial Law, calculatingly draining every ounce of potential from Yecian Chrolus.

The subsequent fight held little worth watching, and as soon as Yu Jie was certain that there was no possibility for Yecian to awaken the Rule of Extreme Heaven, he decisively left.

He needed to manage the aftermath of the ’Podi Mountain Battle,’ such as tallying achievements, clearing the spoils, comforting the wounded and dead, and concurrently arranging the chase.

These tasks should have been the responsibilities of Li Xuan, the main commander, but since Li Xuan was preoccupied, it fell to Yu Jie to act in his stead.

The massive battle involving a million people completely ended yesterday evening.

The entire war lasted for approximately one and a half Shichen.

During that one and a half Shichen, Jin Army’s full Firearm Tactics showcased an incredibly efficient killing capacity, resulting in the Meng Wu forces leaving behind well over five hundred thousand corpses on the battlefield.

The rest either fled or surrendered.

About one hundred thousand surrendered, while those who fled numbered more than twice this amount.

What caused Shaofu Yu Jie some concern was that, among them, about thirty thousand from the Qiexue army and roughly forty thousand Meng Wu cavalrymen were being led by a ’Borzigin’ Taiji westward in flight.

During yesterday’s battle, the majority of the fleeing Meng Wu forces had no organization and were in a state akin to stragglers.

Only these seventy thousand were organized into an army during their flight, showing the strong organizational capabilities of this descendant of the Golden Family.

Therefore, Yu Jie promptly arranged a chase, organizing a cavalry of one hundred thousand men led personally by the Zongdu of Xuanfu, Zhu Guoneng, to pursue these remaining forces of Meng Wu.

Yu Jie knew the direction these Meng Wu remnants intended to flee to: undoubtedly, it was Turpan—the Chagatai Khanate.

In the past, Bunyashiri Borzigin, the direct grandson of Yuan Emperor, had fled to the Chagatai Khanate. After years of exile in the Western Region and with the combined support of the Chagatai Khanate and the Timur Empire, he took advantage of the Jingnan rebellion to lead an army back into the grasslands and seize the position of Khan of Vala.

Yu Jie was determined not to let this scene repeat itself, so he entrusted the pursuit to Zhu Guoneng.

This Zongdu of Xuanfu was as cautious as a deer, yet as fierce as a tiger or leopard.

He was alert to every change in his surroundings and would ferociously pounce upon discovering prey.

Having Zhu Guoneng leading the army in pursuit was the most reassuring choice for Yu Jie, who was also adept at commanding cavalry.

But by the time Yu Jie had taken care of everything on the battlefield, he discovered that the battle between Li Xuan and Yecian was still not over.

Yu Jie gazed toward the battlefield in the early morning sunlight, then fell silent.

With not a trace of vital essence left in Yecian’s body, Li Xuan surprisingly also restrained his spiritual mechanisms, engaging in a sword fight with Yecian like an ordinary person.

The two fought as if they were ordinary second-tier Wu cultivators, but each sword strike they delivered bore the Yun of ’skill approaching the path.’

"It seems he intends to completely wring out the Khan of Vala," Lord Tushan mused nearby, watching Li Xuan intently and clicking his tongue in admiration, "Everyone says I, Lord Tushan, am cunning and malicious, but in truth, I don’t hold a candle to our Majesty here."

"I’ll be sure to pass on that message to Li Xuan," responded Lv Qiluo, indifferent to the battle beside her. "Actually, he’s just helpless. Li Xuan is about to face a life-and-death tribulation and must continue to break through in Martial Law. Yecian is the most suitable opponent for him now."

As she spoke, her attention was entirely focused on the ’Divine General Yuanchen’ before her.

As the Dari rose again, illuminating this world, Lv Qiluo’s soul force had fully recovered.

Immediately, she ignited a green flame and began to refine the shell of ’Divine General Yuanchen.’