Past and Present (II)
After years of pursuit, the Twelfth Prince finally eloped with Bai Yueyin.
Not long after, they got married.
That wedding was an extremely grand affair, taking place in the Great Gan Imperial Capital and lasting for Twelve Heavens. People from ancient Ancient Kingdom Immortal Sects all came to offer their congratulations.
It truly boasted countless outstanding talents and enjoyed a period of great prosperity.
After their wedding, the Twelfth Prince and Bai Yueyin devoted themselves to martial arts training. Bai Yueyin was limited by her background, and although she was exceptionally talented, she faced many constraints in terms of resources and inheritance. However, after marrying the Twelfth Prince, these issues were no longer a problem.
Bai Yueyin was able to learn the best traditions and enjoy the best resources. Even the small sect from which Bai Yueyin originally came grew and developed, eventually becoming the number one sect in the Great Gan Dynasty.
Bai Yueyin truly possessed exceptional martial arts talent. After making up for her shortcomings in inheritance and resources, her strength improved by leaps and bounds, and she quickly became a peerless Heavenly Proud Daughter among her peers. Later on, her cultivation level was not much worse than that of the Twelfth Prince.
She and the Twelfth Prince would spar in martial arts from time to time, and the two of them made progress together, their cultivation advancing by leaps and bounds.
Not long after, the two were jointly known as the Holy Saint Emperor Saint Empress. One was unrestrained and ruled the ancient kingdom, while the other was humble and virtuous, serving as the mother of the world.
Both men were not only incredibly capable, but also virtuous and wise, and were praised by the world.
Later, at a Martial Arts Tea Party jointly hosted by several ancient kingdoms, the Saint Emperor Saint Empress attended together. Their unparalleled demeanor and admirable strength made them stand out at the Martial Arts Tea Party, showcasing the prestige of the Great Gan Kingdom!
By this time, everyone thought that the Twelfth Prince's life had reached its peak, but in reality, what happened next was even more unexpected.
Years later, the Twelfth Prince and Bai Yueyin went on a journey. They went to the Guixu Secret Realm, where time and space were disordered, countless geniuses had perished, and even the most powerful figures dared not venture deep into it.
The Twelfth Prince was always arrogant and unruly. He roamed freely in the Ruins of Return, which made his entourage extremely worried.
In this situation, an unexpected change occurred. Spacetime within the Ruins suddenly became disordered, and the Twelfth Prince and his entourage were separated!
This terrified the attendants, who searched everywhere for two years without success, but still could not find it.
Left with no other choice, they could only leave a few people behind while the rest returned to the Great Gan Kingdom.
This incident also separated Bai Yueyin from the Twelfth Prince.
After Bai Yueyin returned to her country, she managed the Great Gan Kingdom as the Saint Empress. The entire country remained well-organized, and people praised Bai Yueyin for being able to shoulder such a great responsibility despite being a woman. It was a blessing for the Great Gan Kingdom to have such an Empress.
Even so, the Saint Emperor's disappearance still caused concern among the people.
And so, twenty years passed.
Almost everyone believed that the Saint Emperor had perished in the Guixu Secret Realm.
However, just as people were getting used to the absence of the Saint Emperor returned.
Not only did he return, but his cultivation level also improved by leaps and bounds!
He actually obtained an astonishing treasure in an ancient ruin in Guixu, and also discovered two fragments of the supreme Dao scroll!
He has already mastered a small part of one of these two incomplete scrolls of supreme Dao, which has led to a qualitative leap in his strength!
This can only be described as having incredible luck!
The Saint Emperor's return was met with nationwide celebration.
However, before people could even hold a celebration, they received news that caused a sensation throughout the country.
It turns out that in the Central State Heavenly Prefecture, the old generation of Great World Divine Lord had reached the end of their lifespan. Before he died, according to the rules of the Heavenly Palace, he had to decide on the successor of the Great World Divine Lord.
All citizens of the ancient kingdoms under the jurisdiction of Central State Heavenly Prefecture, regardless of gender or age, are qualified to become Great World Divine Lord, provided they meet the required strength and are not heinous criminals!
Upon hearing the news, the Saint Emperor has already traveled to Zhongzhou to vie for the position of the next Great World Divine Lord!
The Great World Divine Lord, who holds the Divine Lord Seal, is a legendary being.
Although the Great Gan Dynasty has been established for a long time and has a vast territory, ruling over hundreds of millions of people, it has never produced a Great World Divine Lord!
This would require a dynasty ten or a hundred times larger than the Great Gan Kingdom, with its national fortune concentrated to its extreme, to even have a slight chance of success!
Although the Great Gan Kingdom of Da Gan loves and respects their Saint Emperor, few people are optimistic about his chances of winning the position of Great World Divine Lord.
That's too difficult. Those who compete with the Saint Emperor are all extraordinary talents, figures beyond their comprehension!
Because they cared deeply for their Saint Emperor, many people traveled to the Central State Heavenly Prefecture, hoping to witness that glorious era.
However, the struggle for the title of Great World Divine Lord is inherently mysterious and grand, and ordinary people have no chance of getting involved.
While people lingered in the Central State Heavenly Prefecture, they saw the divine sun shining brightly in the sky, and the boundless Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi transformed into a vast ocean that enveloped the Central Plains, as if a terrible battle was taking place above the ancient kingdom.
This battle lasted for more than ten days and nights, until the sky darkened and the sun and moon lost their light!
People don't know how the battle went, they only know that on the thirteenth day, their Saint Emperor returned.
He stood between heaven and earth, dressed in a tattered long robe, alone with his sword!
He won, defeating numerous competitors and securing the position of the next Great World Divine Lord!
People cheered wildly; the Great Gan Kingdom of Daqian was in a frenzy of excitement!!
From then on, he was not only the Saint Emperor of the Great Gan Kingdom, but also the Great World Divine Lord of the Central State Heavenly Prefecture — Lord Qingyang!
His surname was "Jian" (剑), and because he became Lord Qingyang, people called him Jian Qingyang!
A Saint Emperor of a nation, a Great World Divine Lord, wielding the Divine Lord Seal — Jian Qingyang's life had truly reached its pinnacle!
However, obtaining the position of Great World Divine Lord also means facing enormous challenges.
In the ancient times, after the ancestral god who ruled over the Heavenly Dao was destroyed, he shattered into endless Heavenly Dao rules, which wandered among the Twelve Emperor Heavens.
These great laws spontaneously condensed into supreme Dao seals. Each Emperor Heaven has seventy-two Dao seals, which are held by the seventy-two Great World Divine Lord. These are the Divine Lord Seal.
By refining the Divine Lord Seal into oneself, one can gain unparalleled power.
The difference in strength between two geniuses, one with the Divine Lord Seal and the other without, is enormous!
The higher one's cultivation level, the more difficult it becomes to improve one's strength. The gap between two different martial arts realms is often like an insurmountable chasm.
The Divine Lord Seal is so coveted!
Meanwhile, people also know that Jian Qingyang obtained a secret treasure and two sets of incomplete scrolls of supreme inheritance in the Ruins of Return.
These two sets of inheritances are -- the Yang God Scripture and the Nine Nether Sacred Canon!
These two sets of traditions are truly remarkable.
Each of the Twelve Emperor Heavens possesses a unique and supreme Dao, a predetermined destiny or the rule of the Heavenly Dao.
Within any given set of rules, there can only be one divine scripture that is closest to the Way of Heaven.
There are rumors that the Twelve Divine Codexes were created by the twelve ancient powerful beings who founded the Twelve Emperor Heavens.
There are also rumors that the Twelve Divine Codexes were naturally formed by the evolution of the Great Dao rules over countless years after the death of the Primordial Ancestral God...
People tend to favor the latter explanation, that the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth itself condensed the Twelve Divine Codexes.
Regardless of which explanation is correct, the preciousness of the sacred text is beyond doubt! (To be continued~^~)