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Chapter 621 - 537: Because of a Promise, 28 Celestial Mansions are Born and Astonish the Spirit Suppressing Town!

Chapter 621: Chapter 537: Because of a Promise, 28 Celestial Mansions are Born and Astonish the Spirit Suppressing Town!

"This Blood Coffin is unique and possesses a strange power that should assist considerably in your breakthrough. I will not completely remove it for you or else it will dissipate,"

"When the Twenty-Eight Star Array opens, you will all be connected and make a concerted breakthrough, drawing the power of the Blood Coffin as a resource. Perhaps the acquired energy could yield some special gains."

"I presume that before you chose slumber, you already understood the Array and how breakthroughs work. You can use this time to familiarize yourselves anew."

"Focus on preparing to advance your Primordial Spirit; leave the rest to me."

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Wang Zijia floated in the Array, speaking to all the people standing in their coffins in a calm tone.

Upon hearing Wang Zijia’s words, everyone who had just awoken from their slumber wore expressions of surprise and delight.

They realized their gamble had paid off.

"Patriarch Sheng Hong? Did the Patriarch truly succeed in Reincarnation?"

"The rumor is actually true!"

"The rumor is indeed true! Haha, those old fools laughed at me for having no ambition, turns out they are the real frogs in the well!"

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As these people gradually regained their sobriety, their thoughts rapidly became more lively.

Even though they had chosen self-sealing slumber when their lifespan was less than a hundred years and they were about to enter their period of decline, not many of them truly believed in it.

They had gambled, but more so out of late desperation!

But now, to their surprise, it had worked out!

Wang Zijia refrained from speaking further, simply waiting quietly.

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Above the underground palace, within Sword Tomb City.

After Wang Zijia and Gui Ling’er disappeared, the whole of Sword Tomb City was boiling over.

There were already numerous legends about Sword Immortal Li Shenghong, which were now even more so widely discussed.

Some were discussing the event itself, some were sharing various rumors, and some even started making up their own rumors on the spot to grab attention······

At first, Li Shenghong was believed to be just a normal Reincarnated Sword Immortal. Later, he was thought to be a senior Cultivator who had passed the Tribulation and was over eight thousand years old, now just suddenly resurfacing.

Within two hours, rumors circulated that he had already become an Immortal and had been provoking the mortal realm for years!

Should this continue, it would probably not even be half a day before he would have the honor of becoming a Buddha, surpassing everything else.

In any case, the rumors were getting more absurd.

Behind all the commotion, secret spies began to become active, all eagerly investigating the true and false aspects of the sudden emergence of Shenghong, the Sword Immortal.

Not two hours after the event, lights began to hurry from all directions towards Changbao, either wobbling precariously or stealthily moving in.

Two groups of people had even come from the direction of the Changbao Capital.

The two remaining God Monarchs of Changbao and two Dragon Turtles, aged six to seven thousand years old, had all arrived.

The entire Sword Burial Valley was lively, with white, black, and grey figures all rushing in, like a chaos of mixed magic.

After being lively for a full four hours, when it reached midday and the sunlight was just right-

"Groan!"

With a trembling sound, the entire Sword Tomb City shook for a moment.

"Has the Earth-Dragon turned over?"

"Look outside?"

"It’s broad daylight! Why has it turned dark?"

"Has the City Protection Array kicked in?"

"Look, something is rising from the ground!"

"What is that, a cluster of blood-colored stars?"

"How come it looks like coffins?"

"The Sword Burial Valley? Sword Burial Valley! There can’t be a bunch of Great Cultivator corpses buried underneath, can there?"

"Uh, so this is why we are not allowed to dig around in the city?"

"What are they trying to do? Can’t be an act of a Devil Cultivator, right?"

"Do we still have time to get out of here?"

"Someone is flying up!"

"Wearing a Dragon Robe? Why has the Emperor of Changbao appeared? Is he going to set the Dragon Vein of Changbao in motion? Is he trying to make such a big move?"

Amid all the discussions, the City Protection Array began to work.

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A dark sky had covered the entire city. Countless runes formed a complex Array Map of stars in the sky. The flashing Rune, sketched Innately, appeared like a studded night’s sky.

Then, one by one, the blood-colored coffins arose from the ground. Seven each in the east, south, and west, only five in the north. In addition, there was a human and two turtles extra, totaling to twenty-eight occupants, occupying twenty-eight key points.

As people puzzled over the situation, a middle-aged man wearing a yellow Golden Dragon Robe flew into the sky.

Even though he was only a Sacrificial Wine in terms of cultivation, he was radiating a dignity comparable to a Yuan Shen Cultivator. He held a small Golden Seal in his hand. A phantom Golden Dragon was towing him towards the center of the Array.

Having been the emperor over a territory for more than a hundred years, he was unusually nervous. After taking several deep breaths to suppress the unease in his heart, he raised his hand and threw the Golden Seal towards the sky.

A strong power was pulled, and he opened his mouth, reciting in an almost sotto voce:

"Empowered by Heaven, I declare: The Dragon Vein of Changbao begins at the villages, gathers at the prefectures, and ends at the Capital. It steadies the mountains and rivers and ensures peace for all generations. I command: Gather the spiritual veins of the entire empire at the Sword Burial Valley, manifest the Golden Dragon to protect the law! Oblige this!"

As he struggled to issue the decree until his face turned pale and he wobbled as though about to faint, a golden scroll slowly spread open in the sky, suspended amidst the stars, flickering in golden light.

The emperor, who could not be considered young any longer, fainted outright. But before he could fall from the sky, someone caught him and retrieved him, quickly disappearing out of sight.

"Roar!"

The next moment, accompanied by the emergence of the Imperial Edict, a dragon chant echoed through the Nine Heavens. A Golden Jiao Dragon appeared, its huge body coiling around the Array once, encompassing the entire Sword Burial Valley. It coiled and gathered at the center of the Array.