"Boom!!!"
Deep within the True Demon Sect, in the Sect Master's Grand Hall.
A muffled grunt was heard.
"Pfft—"
The guards standing outside the Sect Master's Grand Hall changed their expressions, feeling that the aura of the presence within the hall was somewhat chaotic.
But they dared not rashly step inside.
'Bie Huan,' who had already taken office as the Great Commander of Chen Jiuyang's guard, looked puzzled, " Did the Sect Master fail in his breakthrough?"
There was a faint scent of blood in the grand hall.
Chen Jiuyang's lips were bleeding, his aura was chaotic, and his face flashed with an abnormal flush.
He had devoured a trace of the Golden Origin and attempted to break through to the fourth level of the Venerable Realm, only to find that this world, in its mysterious ways, prevented him from breaking through.
He was being suppressed.
"Is this due to the Human World's mortal realm itself..."
"Or is it a problem with the Human Emperor's Path."
"Or perhaps it's a karmic issue caused by my use of divine abilities that defy heavenly principles."
Chen Jiuyang's expression was gloomy and uncertain.
Since he began practicing martial arts, breaking through his cultivation had always been a natural progression, a forceful breakthrough.
Even entering the Venerable Realm had been smooth sailing; the four-nine tribulations of wind and fire could not suppress him.
But now, when trying to advance a minor stage of cultivation, he was suppressed to the point of being unable to break through.
It was impossible for there to be no strangeness in this.
He waved his hand, stabilized his aura, took out a spiritual medicine from his spatial ring, and swallowed it to recover his injuries.
"Those divine abilities that defy heavenly principles, like the ones taught by Princess 'Shi Le,' should not be used lightly unless in a desperate situation."
"To seek a breakthrough, I must go to the Small Immortal Realm; that world is, after all, different..."
"With a peak cultivation of the third level of the Venerable Realm, I still fell into Bie Huan's hands. If I don't have higher cultivation, how can I suppress and subdue the remaining sects..."
At this moment.
Fang Bahua walked in.
Only those closest to him and his confidantes could enter the Sect Master's Grand Hall without reporting.
Chen Jiuyang's expression was calm as he sat on the Sect Master's dragon throne and looked at Fang Bahua:
"Uncle Fang, what is it?"
Fang Bahua's expression was solemn as he reported, "Young Master, the situation outside has become serious."
"Oh?" Chen Jiuyang's mind stirred, "To what extent?"
"Britain, the Lighthouse Nation, the Indian God Nation, Thailand, the Eastern Sun Nation, and the Combat Nation have dispatched powerful beings at the Dao Integration stage to enter the Dragon Country's territory."
Chen Jiuyang's expression flickered slightly, "Continue."
"The Dragon Country's Human Emperor has suffered more than half casualties, and the Five Great Sacred Lands have also dispatched peerless powerful beings to battle, but the war situation is not good, and the losses are heavy."
"Half an hour ago, the Yan Emperor set out from the northern border of the Dragon Country towards City 318 on the western border."
"The Yan Emperor is making a move..."
Chen Jiuyang's heart trembled.
This did not seem to be part of the Yan Emperor and Jixia Academy's plan.
Considering all possibilities, Chen Jiuyang took a deep breath...
That could only mean that the plan had gone wrong and deviated from its course.
The Dragon Country, on the surface, only had this one martial arts powerful being capable of shaking the Dao Integration stage.
He was also the founder of the Protector system...
His eyes lit up.
He had never seen the Yan Emperor truly make a move, nor had he witnessed the power of the Protectors.
It would be a good opportunity to observe and learn some experience.
Chen Jiuyang tapped the armrest and said, "Immediately arrange a plane. I want to go to 318 to witness the Yan Emperor's conquest."
"Yes, Sect Master."
With the collapse of the Sword Bearer and the King-sealing systems, the Yan Emperor remained the primary hidden danger for other major powers.
He was also the current pillar of the Dragon Country's martial arts world.
Every move he made would attract the attention of countless people.
As the Yan Emperor headed to City 318, not only Chen Jiuyang but also many important figures followed suit.
...
City 318.
At this moment, there were no civilians left, only legions. The well-known Blade Legion had been transferred from Feng Province to this border.
The Blade Legion and Duke Gong's Western Suppression Army joined forces to suppress the border.
Before the Dao Integration stage beings appeared, they could still barely hold on, but once the Dao Integration stage beings emerged, they immediately could not withstand it, and then notified the nearest Kunlun Sacred Land for support.
However, the powerful beings dispatched by the Kunlun Sacred Land were heavily injured by the powerful beings from the Indian God Nation, Britain, and the Combat Nation, and they fled back to the Kunlun Sacred Land for healing.
Baiyujing was stationed in the north, Kunlun in the west, Penglai in the south, the Forbidden City in the east, and Mount Shu in the center.
Enemies were attacking from all directions, and for a time, even the Five Great Sacred Lands were struggling to cope. Ancestor-level figures like those in the Tribulation Crossing stage and Mahayana stage, who were not of the current generation, would be suppressed by the heavenly luck. Moreover, their goal was to ascend to the Immortal Realm and achieve eternal life, and they did not care about the life and death of the mortal world.
Or rather, they felt that dispatching Dao Integration stage beings was sufficient.
After all, at present, these major countries were only sending enemies of this cultivation level to probe and attack.
"Some resources that do not belong to any master, if they want to take them, let them. Sacred Land disciples should still focus on collecting the children of destiny. Our goal is to ascend to the Immortal Realm, and we have waited too long for this day."
"Indeed, those fellow Daoists before were too impatient, but by using the affiliated destiny and the bloodline of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors to trigger the vibration of the Nether Book and open the Heavenly Gate, we have not yet tested what lies beyond the Heavenly Gate."
"The Nine Forbidden Lands have schemed against us. Once we find the Nether Book, we can have immortals from the Immortal Realm's Heavenly Court descend, and thus, having immortals escort us to the Immortal Realm is the most reliable way."
"Our lifespans are already short, and we have fallen to a cursed star of burial emperors like the Small Immortal Realm. What a pity for those old Daoists."
Within the Five Great Sacred Lands, some ancient and terrifying immortal cultivators were communicating.
The Yan Emperor was a child of destiny for thousands of years in the martial arts world.
Chen Jiuyang was a child of destiny before the great era.
Now that the great era had revived, neither of them caught their eyes and were of no use.
"However, we still need to send some juniors out to maintain order in the mortal realm, otherwise, the laws of the Sacred Lands will not be maintained, which will affect us..."
...
Chen Jiuyang, traveling by plane, passed over City 318 and then, wearing the nine-dragon embroidered robe, leaped from the sky and landed in City 318.
"Swish swish swish!!!"
The sky, tens of degrees below zero, did not cause any impact on Chen Jiuyang. What met his eyes was a world of white snow mountains.
The buildings of City 318 were as usual, but as his gaze shifted, he saw densely packed soldiers guarding the area.
At the end of his sight, outside the border of City 318, enemy troops and powerful beings were also stationed.
Powerful beings killed, and subordinates collected resources and handed them over. The division of labor was very clear.
Upon seeing the emblem of the Blade Legion, Chen Jiuyang's eyes revealed a hint of complexity.
But he was now the Sect Master of the Demonic Dao, standing opposite the Five Great Sacred Lands, and he did not dare to let his information leak.
He could only quietly sense the direction of the Yan Emperor's aura and find where the Yan Emperor was.
On the city wall of City 318, outside the city, the snow was falling heavily. Centered around the Yan Emperor, within a radius of a thousand meters, not a single drop of snow fell.
The Yan Emperor was resting with his eyes closed, then he sensed Chen Jiuyang's aura. His expression was slightly stunned, and he smiled:
"Why are you here?"
Chen Jiuyang's figure emerged from the darkness, surveyed the border line outside the city wall, and said:
"To witness the Yan Emperor's divine might."