Two Great Camps of the Origin Continent

Upon hearing this, Marquis Jiu Jiang smiled. "Alright, everything will be as Brother Luo He says."

He secretly sighed as well. This Brother Luo He had only an old servant and a disciple close to him, so naturally he had few scruples when acting. How enviable. Fortunately, such a peak Chaos Realm existence was his friend.

"Huyang City will belong to Brother Luo He. I still need to report this to the Country Ruler," Marquis Jiu Jiang said. "The main issue is making arrangements for the Five Great Families that originally managed the City Lord's Mansion."

"Then I'll have to trouble Marquis Jiu Jiang," Luo Feng said with a nod.

As the two spoke, they determined the fate of every faction in Huyang City.

Within Huyang City, the Heart Shadow Gate was gripped by panic.

"Marquis Liu Yin has retreated. What do we do now?" The Heart Shadow Gate Master, the Eighteen Elders, and Qiu Yi were all flustered. Their lives and deaths were now in Marquis Jiu Jiang's hands.

"What can we do? Great Sage Luo He and Marquis Jiu Jiang are both in the city. We have no power to resist and can only accept whatever punishment comes."

"For the sake of the two ancestors, they should spare our lives. As for our treasures? They will probably be taken."

They discussed it among themselves.

Suddenly—

A ripple of spatial force swept across the entire Heart Shadow Gate residence. Every Eternal True God of the Heart Shadow Gate was spatially shifted away without the slightest ability to resist.

"Where is this?"

"Have we been captured?"

When they saw their surroundings clearly, they found themselves inside an enormous prison.

The Heart Shadow Gate Master and the others all understood that they had been captured alive without any ability to resist, and by spatial transportation at that. It had most likely been Marquis Jiu Jiang himself who acted.

Inside the prison, Jiang Yu You, one of the commanders of Marquis Jiu Jiang's personal guards, stood with his subordinates, coldly watching the thousands of Eternal True Gods before them. Moluo Sa and Mo Yu Qing Yan stood beside him.

"By order of the Luo He City Lord, we will investigate the Heart Shadow Gate's plundering of Huyang City and slaughter of its citizens," Jiang Yu You said.

The moment those words were spoken, the hearts of the many Eternal True Gods of the Heart Shadow Gate trembled.

Investigate the plundering and slaughter?

"Ancestors, Great Sage Luo He and Marquis Jiu Jiang have captured us all alive. They still want to investigate our plundering and slaughter. What should we do?" The Heart Shadow Gate Master immediately contacted the two Chaos Realm ancestors.

"Endure it."

"Our Heart Shadow Gate cannot afford to provoke Great Sage Luo He now!"

One ancestor gave a brief reply, while the other offered an explanation.

"Are we just going to let them kill us?" The Heart Shadow Gate Master pressed on. Were the two ancestors really going to watch helplessly?

One ancestor directly cut off communication.

"That depends on whether Great Sage Luo He is merciful," the other ancestor replied before cutting off communication as well.

The two Chaos Realm ancestors were already exhausted.

Last time, it had been because Heart Shadow Gate disciples had run wild for too long and accidentally caused the death of Great Sage Jiu Yuan's descendant. Great Sage Jiu Yuan had come to kill them, and one ancestor had died while the other two fled for their lives.

Great Sage Jiu Yuan, at least, had many concerns when acting.

This Great Sage Luo He could suppress Marquis Liu Yin and had few attachments. If they angered him again, one of the two remaining ancestors might die as well.

"Ancestors, ancestors."

No matter how the Heart Shadow Gate Master tried to contact them, the two ancestors had severed communication.

"By order of the Luo He City Lord, the Heart Shadow Gate issued orders for plundering and slaughter throughout the sect. The entire sect need not continue to exist. Disperse from this day onward," Jiang Yu You said. "Any Heart Shadow Gate disciple who carried out plundering and slaughter will be killed without mercy."

The thousands of Eternal True Gods present trembled in terror.

The sect was gone, and they were going to be killed?

"Those who merely obeyed orders to plunder but did not commit slaughter may receive lighter punishment," Jiang Yu You added.

"Lighter punishment?" Many Eternal True Gods breathed a sigh of relief. Only a small portion had truly slaughtered wantonly.

"Our Heart Shadow Gate has two Chaos Realm ancestors. How dare you kill us?"

"Great Sage Luo He and Marquis Jiu Jiang are both Chaos Realm existences. They cannot bully the weak!"

Many of the Eternal True Gods who had participated in slaughter immediately panicked and went mad.

Yet beneath the City Lord's Mansion's formation, they were easily restrained and unable even to speak. With Luo Feng and Marquis Jiu Jiang overseeing the City Lord's Mansion, how could the Eternal True Gods of the Heart Shadow Gate resist?

"My City Lord's Mansion monitors the entire city and recorded many scenes of plundering and slaughter. Moreover, the Heart Shadow Gate itself recorded those acts of plundering and slaughter," Jiang Yu You said to Moluo Sa beside him. "Not a single one who committed slaughter will escape, but not a single Eternal True God will be wrongly killed either."

"Master is still very merciful." Moluo Sa calmly watched the group of Eternal True Gods from the Heart Shadow Gate.

"Great Sage Luo He is merciful."

"Those who enjoyed slaughter deserved to die."

"Those weak citizens had no power to resist at all. There was no need to slaughter them. Some disciples simply caused havoc as they pleased and implicated the rest of us."

"Great Sage Luo He is merciful indeed to spare us."

The Eternal True Gods of the Heart Shadow Gate who could survive began praising him.

As long as they lived, what did the sect matter?

The sect had already declined and splintered anyway. Now, perhaps it was better for it to vanish completely.

In the Royal Capital of Yu Country, within the residence of Princess Yu Shui Tian Yu.

"What?"

Yu Shui Tian Yu received detailed intelligence regarding the battle in Huyang City.

The sudden rise of a peak Chaos Realm existence might not have been conspicuous within the Two Great Ancient Nations, but it was a major event in the peripheral second- and third-rate countries. Clients who had purchased long-term intelligence from the Dark Hall of Yan Feng Pavilion received the news immediately.

"Luo He is actually a peak Chaos Realm existence who had been living in seclusion in Huyang City?" Yu Shui Tian Yu could not believe it.

As the daughter of the Yu Country Ruler, she held high status and had seen much. She understood exactly what a peak Chaos Realm existence meant. In peripheral countries, such an existence could already determine certain rules within a country. Even descendants of the imperial families of the Two Great Ancient Nations had to exercise restraint before such a being.

"Bring Black Butcher and Suo Zi here," Yu Shui Tian Yu ordered.

"Yes." The attendant outside the hall accepted the order. Before long, Black Butcher arrived with his disciple Suo Zi. Both were extremely respectful. Ever since coming to the Royal Capital, their lives had indeed become far more comfortable.

"Your Highness." Black Butcher and Suo Zi respectfully saluted her. Suo Zi was somewhat puzzled. After all, he was merely one of Black Butcher's disciples and normally had no right to meet the princess.

"I just received some news today." Yu Shui Tian Yu looked at the two of them and smiled. "Marquis Liu Yin personally made a move in Huyang City."

Black Butcher and Suo Zi were startled.

He had truly made a move?

"Luo He acted and defeated Marquis Liu Yin." Yu Shui Tian Yu smiled at the stunned Black Butcher and Suo Zi. She had been equally shocked when she first received the news.

"Th-this..." Black Butcher and Suo Zi could not believe it.

"Luo He's true identity is that of a peak Chaos Realm existence living in seclusion in Huyang City," Yu Shui Tian Yu said. "For the two of you to befriend him during his seclusion can be considered your good fortune."

"You may withdraw," Yu Shui Tian Yu ordered.

"Yes." Black Butcher and Suo Zi respectfully departed.

Yu Shui Tian Yu watched their departing figures. The two of them may prove useful in the future.

Yan Feng Pavilion.

Di Chu Yu and Luo Feng sat across from each other, with the Deputy Pavilion Master accompanying them at the side.

"Brother Luo He, you deceived me quite thoroughly." Di Chu Yu smiled. "I thought you truly were an Eternal True God."

"I lived in seclusion in Huyang City because I was wholeheartedly studying body-refining methods," Luo Feng explained.

Since he had Moluo Sa with him, he had to act somewhat more normally.

Taking the initiative to admit that he was a peak Chaos Realm existence living in seclusion was the best explanation. Perhaps outsiders would suspect that he was a reincarnated expert? Such a little suspicion was nothing worth mentioning.

"Since you were already in the Chaos Realm, and I have also broken through to the Chaos Realm for some time," Di Chu Yu said, "we can prepare to return to the Yan Feng Ancient Nation."

"I can depart at any time," Luo Feng said.

Because he possessed extensive intelligence from both his teacher Sitting Mountain Guest's lineage and the Duan Dong He lineage, Luo Feng was very curious about the Yan Feng Ancient Nation and truly wanted to see it for himself. Yuan Zu was also in the Yan Feng Ancient Nation, and Luo Feng had promised to go meet up with him.

"You should know that most of the true experts across the entire Origin Continent are in the Two Great Ancient Nations," Di Chu Yu said. "For example, in Chaos Realm cultivation, those in peripheral countries generally cannot improve further once they reach the peak Chaos Realm. But within the Two Great Ancient Nations... there are stronger, more special inheritances that give Chaos Realm cultivators hope of possessing the strength of ordinary God Kings."

"Such strength is what our Two Great Ancient Nations consider the limit of the Chaos Realm, and it is called the Chaos Realm Transcendence level," Di Chu Yu explained.

"And in cultivation at the God King level, our Two Great Ancient Nations far surpass every other country as well."

"Powerful God Kings who establish second-rate countries, such as the Yu Country Ruler and the Food Country Lord, are almost all guest elders of one of the Two Great Ancient Nations," Di Chu Yu said. "Apart from the natives, every other force on the Origin Continent chooses to align with one of the Two Great Ancient Nations."

Luo Feng nodded.

He knew this.

The peripheral countries of the Origin Continent had to choose a side to align with. Only forces at the level of first-rate countries could maintain ties with both ancient nations.

Yu Country, Food Country... both had only Yan Feng Pavilion within their territories.

"Across the entire Origin Continent, it is truly the Two Great Ancient Nations that set the rules," Di Chu Yu said.

All other experts revolved around them.

"The territories occupied by the Two Great Ancient Nations are also the center of the entire Origin Continent. The Origin Continent's most precious resources are all in the hands of the Two Great Ancient Nations." Di Chu Yu looked at Luo Feng. "Likewise, competition within the ancient nations is extremely fierce."

"Our Yan Feng Ancient Nation has countless internal factions."

"The imperial family's thirteen branches, the disciples under the Emperor's command, the disciples under guest elder God Kings, and independent cultivators like you, Brother Luo He... internal competition is incredibly brutal," Di Chu Yu said. "There are only so many precious resources, yet there are many competitors. In the end, the strong grow stronger, while the weak have even fewer resources."

Di Chu Yu looked at Luo Feng. "When I return to the ancient nation, I will need your help. Naturally, I will help you as well."

"I understand. I have long heard that the Two Great Ancient Nations are filled with experts and fierce competition," Luo Feng said.

Avenging his teacher Sitting Mountain Guest would not be easy.

The three Country Rulers of Food Country had joined forces back then, yet Sitting Mountain Guest had still escaped with his life. Clearly, at the God King level, it was extremely difficult to completely kill a God King.

For Luo Feng to kill the three Food Country Rulers, he would have to far surpass them...

To grow to such a level, he did not even have a suitable inheritance now. The best option was to go to the Yan Feng Ancient Nation.

Competition?

He had never feared competition!

"Besides internal competition, there is also conflict with the Thunder Ancient Nation," Di Chu Yu said. "The border conflicts between the Yan Feng Ancient Nation and the Thunder Ancient Nation have never ceased. Minor conflicts involve battles and killings at the Chaos Realm level. Major conflicts... involve God Kings taking action."

"I've heard all about it." Luo Feng grinned, though his heart burned with fighting spirit.

War?

Would a Chaos Realm Perfect Divine Body with all five Transformation Methods fused into one fear war?

"Good." Seeing Luo Feng's confidence, Di Chu Yu felt increasingly pleased. To be honest, he was somewhat worried about the future. He had only recently broken through, and his strength was still relatively weak. During the early stages of his growth, he truly needed the aid of guest elders.

"Very soon, Yan Feng Pavilion will have a new Pavilion Master arriving. Once the affairs are handed over, we can return." Di Chu Yu was also looking forward to it.