"Don't think about hiding, come out for this old man."

Grandmaster Zhang was somewhat angered. Within the Forbidden City, there was actually a strange thing that could avoid his investigation. Such an abnormal thing should not and could not happen. The only explanation was that the thing itself was part of the Forbidden City.

Could it be that Emperor Wanli had again randomly conferred titles on some lonely wandering ghosts, brewing a mistake?

The black shadow left no trace or aura, so Grandmaster Zhang controlled the Jade Emperor's divine position and searched the entire imperial city.

The national prestige fluctuated, and the divine position of Doumu Yuanjun descended. The Milky Way cascaded down like a curtain. In the Longde Hall, the black shadow reappeared, appearing as a child in front of Emperor Wanli.

The fox dragon, as the emperor's bodyguard, took the lead!

However, a dragon's roar echoed into nothingness, shattering the incense barrier in the main hall. The fox dragon was shocked, and Emperor Wanli reacted in the meantime, grabbing the sword beside his pillow and slashing forward!

An unparalleled sword might that terrified gods and ghosts burst forth!

The Jingzhen Divine Sword was unhesitatingly swung out, cutting the black child in half at the waist. The lower body stood upright on the ground, while the upper body was swept far away by the sword energy, piercing through the tightly closed palace door and falling into the courtyard.

"You villainous evildoer, how dare you harm my life!"

Since acquiring the Jingzhen Sword, Emperor Wanli's words had become much tougher!

What demons and ghosts would dare to jump around in front of him now?

Eat my sword!

Almost the instant the sword was swung, Grandmaster Zhang arrived. In theory, he should have set up a magic circle and barrier to prevent the monster from escaping, but with the emperor present, Grandmaster Zhang did not dare to do these things rashly, fearing that he would be misunderstood.

But fortunately, the Grandmaster had many tricks. At this moment, a divine talisman fell, sticking to the black child's upper body chest.

Countless Dao rhymes transformed into special characters of Taoist priests worshiping the gods, firmly locking the black child in place.

"No aura, no trace, even its presence is so faint, able to freely enter and exit the Forbidden City, Your Majesty, could this be..."

The Grandmaster suspiciously sought confirmation, but the emperor flatly denied it: "I have never sealed such a strange thing!"

The Jin Yi Wei's divine generals also surrounded them, and everyone looked at the Grandmaster Zhang, who felt that the severed half shadow seemed to contain incredible power.

However, there was another force outside, suppressing it, shrinking it inward, and inhibiting its outer shell.

Emperor Wanli suddenly felt increasingly heavy in his chest, but fortunately, he had previously undergone the Grandmaster's marrow cleansing, and his physical fitness was now comparable to that of a second-rate martial arts master. Compared to before, the strength of his body had also undergone earth-shaking changes. The difference between being unable to lift a chicken and being able to lift a five-hundred-pound cauldron was still very significant.

"This shadow seems to be affecting me."

Emperor Wanli's perception also became keen. After the Jingzhen Divine Sword severed the black child, the sword's strike itself would shatter the origin of the other party's existence, but the injuries caused by this seemed to affect himself through a strange connection.

And this connection...

In an instant, powerful cognition entered Emperor Wanli's mind. The vast national fortune, a power he had never seen before, was now presented before his eyes. And within the black child's body, there was actually another national fortune, suppressed by the Ming Dynasty's national fortune, not allowing it to leak out.

"It's... a spirit transformed from a nation's fortune."

Emperor Wanli's sudden opening made Grandmaster Zhang extremely surprised. At this moment, strange changes seemed to occur. For spirits, they were the so-called "Ten Directions Divine Sha," things produced by the spirituality of heaven and earth or certain special things, mysterious and profound, neither demons nor devils, nor ghosts or zombies. Because they were unpredictable, they could only be summoned by calling their names or sensing them with the mind, so they were called "Divine Sha."

"National fortune turned into Divine Sha...? I have never heard of such a thing."

This was obviously also beyond Grandmaster Zhang's knowledge.

From the level of Golden Core Earth Immortal, when it came to tribulation, the Ten Directions Divine Sha would be alarmed, indicating that the cultivator's own spirituality could resonate with the mind of heaven and earth.

But could national fortune also transform into Divine Sha?

Its appearance at this time, was there someone resonating with it?

"Things that have not been heard of in the past may not be non-existent. Perhaps it is because we ourselves are too young."

The fox dragon spoke appropriately, and Grandmaster Zhang stroked his beard and nodded: "That's true."

"Everything that happened in history cannot be recorded in detail. Only heaven and earth themselves can know everything."

"Then, is it Your Majesty who resonated with it?"

Emperor Wanli's face was a little pale at this time: "It's not me, this national fortune is not from my Ming Dynasty."

"Your name..."

Emperor Wanli was about to call out the name of this spirit. Divine Sha, spirits, and even Fire Gods and Fire Demons like Song Wuji and the Scarlet Banner Child, would cause all sorts of magical changes as long as their names were called.

For monsters, calling out the true name of a specific monster might cause them to lose their magic power or cause their bodies to collapse.

But for Divine Sha, calling out their true name would bring many magical changes to the caller themselves.

A spirit like a savage on the road is called Ji. When you are lost, call its name and it will guide you;

The spirit of the house is called Man Cai. It appears in a house that has not been lived in for three years. Calling its name will bring you good fortune;

A solitary grave not only has wild ghosts but also the spirit of the tomb, which is called Wu Zhuang. Calling its name will bring you food;

The spirit that opens and closes doors is called A Lun Ran. Calling its name will help you guard the door.

Things like that.

"Sechen!"

Emperor Wanli called out the spirit's true name. Instantly, the feeling of heaviness and discomfort in his chest was greatly reduced, and the upper half of the black shadow could not move, but the lower half responded to Emperor Wanli's call. From the place where it was severed by the divine sword, a burst of dragon-patterned five-colored energy suddenly burst out!

"Sechen? What does this mean?"

Luo Sigong, the commander of the Jin Yi Wei, was a little puzzled. After all, he was a martial artist and did not understand what this Tatar-flavored name meant.

In the Ming Dynasty's palace, there appeared a spirit with a Tatar-flavored name?

"Sechen refers to a wise sage. Only Mongolian monarchs who meet certain conditions can have this title. It is said that those who have the title of Sechen possess divine power. They are the pride of heaven, the children beloved by the Eternal Sky, destined to be the king of kings, the lord of thousands of lords, able to gather the blessings and fortunes of the world."

Grandmaster Zhang was now giving Luo Sigong a little popular science.

"But more specifically, this is the title of a Yuan Dynasty monarch."

"Since this spirit of national fortune is the title of a Yuan Dynasty sage-king, its origin is self-evident. I just don't know who sealed it in the Forbidden City. Or perhaps, from the beginning... it was being suppressed by the Forbidden City."

After all, "this place... in the past era,"

"Was the Yuan capital."

Everyone looked at the dragon-patterned five-colored energy, and Emperor Wanli reached out. At this moment, the energy descended, as if to merge into his body.

"Your Majesty!"

The Jin Yi Wei were immediately shocked. After all, according to Grandmaster Zhang's previous speculation, since this thing was suppressed by the Forbidden City, it might not be a good thing. Now that Emperor Wanli was absorbing it, who knew what problems would arise.

Emperor Wanli waved his hand, indicating that he would not be too reckless, and therefore did not reach out to take the ball of five-colored energy.

"Speaking of which, there is a legend." The fox dragon seemed to have thought of something and said to Grandmaster Zhang: "During the Hongwu Emperor's reign, there was a wild history book called Geng Shen, which said that after Emperor Gong of Song, Zhao Xian, surrendered to the Yuan Dynasty, he was granted the title of Duke of Ying. Kublai Khan later sent him to Tibet to become a monk."

"When passing by a temple in Ganzhou, Prince Zhao came to visit and pitied Emperor Gong of Song for being old and lonely, so he gifted him a Hui woman. In April of the seventh year of Yanyou, she gave birth to a son. It just so happened that Prince Zhou, Heshibala, was passing through this place and saw a dragon-patterned five-colored energy above the temple, so he entered the temple and took the mother and son as his own. This is the origin of Emperor Yuanshun."

"Therefore, during the Hongwu era, some people said that this was the Song Dynasty's virtue continuing, allowing 'Heaven' to retaliate against the Yuan, and destroy the Song Dynasty, only to have Emperor Gong of Song give birth to the Yuan Dynasty's monarch who lost the country."

The fox dragon pointed in the direction of Emperor Wanli: "This dragon-patterned five-colored energy, or something like this!"

"However, this dragon-patterned five-colored energy seems to only symbolize the fate of an emperor. It has no other use."

Grandmaster Zhang laughed: "Does the fate of an emperor have no use! But Emperor Yuanshun was not captured by the Hongwu Emperor, and at this time, dragon-patterned five-colored energy appeared in this black shadow, which does not seem to match the wild history legend."

"Furthermore, the things on the monarch who lost the country, if I were to say something mysterious, this is not a good thing!"

Grandmaster Zhang said that if it was really according to this legend, then Your Majesty! This five-colored dragon-patterned energy is not something you should take!

Maybe it's a time bomb buried by the Yuan Dynasty, just waiting for the emperor of your dynasty to dig it out, and then have a big explosion.

However, Emperor Wanli said that he had also read the History of Yuan, and Emperor Yuanshun was a famous slacker emperor.

When the Red Turban Army attacked Shangdu, he looked at the celestial phenomena and said that whoever had the blessing should take it, and that this matter was not a big deal and he did not need to leave. Later, when Zhu Yuanzhang attacked the gates of Dadu, when he ran away, he looked at the celestial phenomena again, and several foxes窜 (cuàn, darted) past his seat. The censor-in-chief said that this was a sign that the country was about to fall. Emperor Yuanshun immediately said that falling was also the will of heaven. Could it be that if I didn't fall, heaven wouldn't let me fall? What should fall must fall.

However, falling was one thing, and running away was another. He was just following the will of heaven to perish, but he didn't say he would die for his country.

Such a slacker could not possibly have made a big bomb thinking about reversing the will of heaven.

And at this time.

"In short, if there is a problem, this sword should react, let me try it."

"Thinking from another perspective, if this kind of thing can be suppressed under the Forbidden City, and the Forbidden City is a palace built by Emperor Yongle modeled after the Southern Forbidden City, does that mean that this thing has actually been subdued and is a treasure left by my Ming Dynasty's ancestors?"

"The five-colored energy containing the emperor's fortune itself has a feeling of inheritance."

Emperor Wanli was about to take action, but Grandmaster Zhang said he would try it. Thinking that the Grandmaster was very strong, Wanli didn't say anything. The Grandmaster took the five-colored energy and didn't feel anything wrong, and looked at Emperor Wanli.

Emperor Wanli understood and pierced the ball of five-colored energy with the Jingzhen Divine Sword.

At first, nothing happened. Just when everyone thought that there was nothing wrong with this thing...

The relaxed expression on Grandmaster Zhang's face disappeared without a trace.

He suddenly sensed a call in the five-colored dragon-patterned energy, and the entire Forbidden City seemed to be changing!

Whoosh—!

The blowing of the wind, the flow of water, the flashing of lightning, the crackling of fire, the rhythm of dust, the voices of people speaking, the hissing of animals, the songs of the market, the storytelling, the hawking...

Not only Grandmaster Zhang, but all the divine generals and cultivators around the Longde Hall, including Emperor Wanli himself, clearly heard these sounds encompassing heaven and earth! And the huge, vast, and chaotic sounds almost shattered their minds!

"This is... the influence of the Heavenly Dao!"

Grandmaster Zhang was the first to react. When truly comprehending the Dao, this kind of situation would appear, being able to hear all the sounds in the world in an instant. This was the influence of the mind briefly touching the Heavenly Dao, and it was not a phenomenon that would appear during the comprehension of the Dao itself!

This ball of dragon-patterned five-colored energy contained not only the emperor's fortune, but also... a kind of power that could trigger the Heavenly Dao!

.......

The Treasure Basin spat out a large amount of national prestige, replenishing the broken pillars, allowing the Forbidden City Dharma Realm to release greater power and prolong its collapse time.

It was for this reason that Ji Xiang was allowed to enter here.

The existence representing the will of heaven awakened the sleeping Qian Yuan essence.

Within the Dharma Realm, the black shadow existing on the illusion of Emperor Jianwen shook, sensed the major events happening in the north, and let out a sigh:

"Finally, the power suppressed under the Yuan capital... has also come out."

Ji Xiang: "Is... the change here causing some kind of change in the Forbidden City to the north?"

Black Shadow: "The time to touch the Heavenly Dao has come."

"But they are destined to fail."

"But... although they will fail."

"They can leave behind something else, that is excess destiny, prolonging the time of the dynasty's loss of the Dao... Perhaps, it may not necessarily become a turning point for reversing the final fate, but at least... it can be considered a hope..."

Ji Xiang: "Fatalism is unpleasant. The matter of reincarnation is false. The underworld is just a collection of several Dharma Realms, no need to say more."

Black Shadow: "........Not so."

"Destined to fail is because the Heavenly Dao has not descended since a long time ago."

"In the beginning, it was because of this point that... the creation of this Dharma Realm failed."

"If the Heavenly Dao does not descend, how can one touch it?"

Ji Xiang blinked.

The answer to this kind of thing is easy to answer on the surface.

Then naturally, one can only keep climbing higher, constantly, constantly upwards, until one can touch it!

"What will happen? Will the Forbidden City in the north fly into the sky?"