Returning to Yanling Commandery (Part One)

In the Hundred Emperors Pagoda, Zhuge Xiang had obtained the Black Dragon Ring, and the Great Qin Empire's destiny had automatically entered it. Yet the shattered destiny of the Six Nations had poured into Wu Zhao's body of its own accord. It truly left him scratching his head. Still, it was not a bad thing, after all. Unable to work out the reason, Zhuge Xiang said no more and left the Hundred Emperors Tomb with Wu Zhao.

The dense Dragon Qi deep within the Hundred Emperors Tomb, and even the formation of Dragon Qi Crystals, had arisen from the struggle between two streams of national destiny. Now, Zhuge Xiang had drawn one stream of dragon destiny into the Black Dragon Ring, while the other had poured into Wu Zhao's body. The very source of the Dragon Qi Crystals had been cut off. Naturally, the terrifyingly dense spiritual Qi in the tomb's depths gradually began to thin as well.

Below the Hundred Emperors Pagoda, the struggle over Dragon Qi Crystals continued unabated. But as more than half a month passed, the fighting slowly approached its end.

The weaker cultivators had either been eliminated, banded together, or attached themselves to teams led by stronger cultivators. By now, almost no lone cultivators acting independently could be seen in the depths. Everyone had gathered into teams.

The cultivators from Yanling Commandery, including Lu Yuling, Qin Qing, and Pei Yingxiao, had naturally formed a team. Because of Zhuge Xiang, the Canghai Commandery cultivators, including Dongfang Yan and Leng Ningxiang, also maintained something of an alliance with them. For the time being, the other cultivators did not dare attack them.

Atop the Hundred Emperors Pagoda, Xiao Yue's cultivation had risen again after devouring numerous Treasure Artifacts during the fighting there over the past several days. Meanwhile,