In 587, the Imperial Capital, including those who flocked in from all over the country, had a population of over ten million. At this time, they all looked at the Map of Mountains and Rivers, filled with anxiety and unease.
This Heavenly Fortune Dao Artifact, which guards the Imperial Capital and the Great Yu Dynasty, was actually opened up by two giant, towering hands, who even pulled people inside.
The Heavenly Fortune Dao Artifacts are the foundation of the nation and a symbol of the dynasty's authority.
But no one expected that the Demon Summoning Cult had kept a secret.
For a time, the people of the Imperial Capital were in turmoil.
It's understandable that His Majesty didn't personally intervene.
What about the eighth realm of the royal family?
The Great Yu Dynasty, which possesses the entire land of China and encompasses the vastness of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, surely has no eighth realm?
Just as this absurd idea was fermenting in people's minds, a cold snort rang out from inside the imperial city.
The voice echoed between heaven and earth, yet it was impossible to tell whether the speaker was male or female, old or young; it was like the natural sound of a river lapping against the shore and the earth surging.
A small, bright yellow Squad Commander condensed in the void.
The vast and majestic aura shone brightly across the sky, its oppressive power so profound that even martial artists at the Sixth Realm could hardly contain themselves. Their Will Soul dimmed, the inner and outer worlds solidified, and their physical bodies and Dharma Body abilities vanished.
Another Seventh Realm expert has made a move?
No, this is not the Seventh Realm, but the genuine eighth realm, with divine power reaching the heavens.
A dragon's roar arose from the Squad Commander, and hundreds and thousands of them, along with the national destiny power on the Map of Mountains and Rivers, condensed into dragon scales, instantly taking on the shape of a dragon.
This dragon was countless feet long, with five claws, dragon horns and whiskers, and facial features, but no eyes.
The long dragon pierced the sky, heading straight for the Map of Mountains and Rivers.
A dragon's shadow pierced the sky, illuminating the heavens.
A drop of blood emerged from the gate of the Heavenly Human City.
Blood mist obscured the sky, and blood shadows loomed everywhere. The crimson light seemed to have completely burned the Map of Mountains and Rivers, giving this Heavenly Fortune Dao Artifact a bewitching and eerie aura.
The next second.
The dragon entered the sea of blood, and the churning waves were tens of thousands of meters high. The two forces eroded each other and submerged everything above the Imperial Capital.
Strange light was coalescing and collapsing; this was a struggle between forces beyond the comprehension of ordinary people.
The world depicted in the Map of Mountains and Rivers has transformed into a kaleidoscope of colors, both beautiful and terrifying.
"Second Emperor Ancestor..."
All the civil and military officials present knelt on the ground, as did the common people and martial artists who were not under the protection of the Seventh Realm Profound Mastery.
Li Mo almost buckled at the knees just now.
Fortunately, Ice Block held him, her cold yet soft hand inexplicably stirring a sense of defiance within him.
The ordinary stick in the Small World emitted a booming sound, and its towering aura made him straighten his back little by little.
"This is the eighth realm, the Heaven-Reaching Realm expert..."
Li Mo's throat felt dry.
They even clashed within the Map of Mountains and Rivers people, with only a few survivors managing to exhale their auras.
If the battle were to take place over the Imperial Capital, even though it is the Imperial Capital, ordinary people without the protection of the Seventh Realm Profound Mastery would likely find it extremely difficult to survive.
"Ice Block, have you ever seen a battle between people at the eighth level?"
It took Li Mo a while to straighten up.
Ying Bing remained calm and composed throughout, as if she were not standing on the ground. Although she was looking up, her clear and cold gaze seemed to be looking down at someone.
"Not in this lifetime."
"Then why...?"
"Jiang Wen is only at the bottom of the eighth realm; his advancement to the eighth realm wasn't entirely due to his own efforts."
Ying Bing spoke softly, but her words made Li Mo lean back slightly.
How did she know?
You're talking like she hit you...
"Hmph, it's just borrowing the power of the nation's destiny."
Shang Wu wrinkled her nose, rolled up her sleeves in annoyance, and seemed to still be in a fighting stance.
"Master, this... let's let them go today."
"Alright, I'll give my precious apprentice some face. We'll deal with Yu Fushang another time."
Shang Wu brazenly seized the opportunity to back down, revealing his wolfish ambitions.
"Who will win in the end?" Li Mo asked.
Ying Bing frowned slightly and pondered for a moment:
"They're evenly matched. If the Map of Mountains and Rivers completely tilts in Jiang Wen's favor, then Jiang Wen's chances of winning are 100%, it's just a matter of time."
The Heavenly Fortune Dao Artifact is enough to tip the scales of victory or defeat in the Eighth Realm...
Li Mo gained a new understanding of Heavenly Fortune Dao Artifacts, but then he realized something was amiss:
"The Map of Mountains and Rivers has been controlled by the Great Yu royal family for so many years, and the resurrected Blood God is merely a prisoner sealed within it. There's no reason for him to use the power of Heavenly Fortune Dao Artifact, is there?"
"But He seemed to know this divine object... intimately, almost as if He had participated in its creation..."
Ying Bing expressed her feelings.
Li Mo found it quite mysterious.
But Little Li had a somewhat unreliable guess: he might not understand those great principles, Heavenly Fortune Dao Artifacts, but he could probably explain them much better using his experience from his previous life.
The Map of Mountains and Rivers is like a program, and the Blood God was suppressed within it for many years, gradually becoming a virus within this program.
The Nine Heavens and Ten Earths were all recreated by the Nine Immortals led by Ying Huang, and the Map of Mountains and Rivers seems to have the greatest function of reflecting the heavens and the earth.
In other words, Blood God might even be one of the developers of this program...
Great Yu is the current administrator of this program.
While pondering...
The battle depicted in the Map of Mountains and Rivers has ended, but not completely; rather, the two sides have begun a stalemate.
A sound, sometimes majestic and awe-inspiring, sometimes dark and deep, resounded throughout the heavens and earth.
It's like two beings are having a conversation, but ordinary people can't understand what they're saying because language has lost its function as a medium.
This method of communication is probably similar to the way Li Mo and Ying Bing communicated through their Taiyin -Yang Will Soul connection.
What are you saying?
A clear light appeared behind Ying Bing, and the energy of the Taiyin entered Li Mo's Will Soul.
"The Blood God said, 'You betrayed His faith back then. If you obstruct His return now, may we all perish together, and may the Map of Mountains and Rivers in a sea of blood.'"
Jiang Wen said that if He hadn't been hiding in the Map of Mountains and Rivers, He would not only have been separated from His torso and limbs, but would have already vanished completely.
"The Blood God is not only leaving, but also taking the Heavenly Phoenix Domain with him."
Jiang Wen refused, telling him to take it himself if he felt he could.
A few more moments passed.
The Taiyin Will Soul continued to emanate fluctuations:
"They seem to have reached an agreement."
"Using this Celestial Person Trial as the limit for the wager, if Heavenly Human City is destroyed during the trial, the Blood God wins and can take the Heavenly Phoenix Domain; otherwise, He will leave on His own."
Upon hearing this, Li Mo frowned; this bet seemed rather unfair.
Regardless of victory or defeat, the Blood God can leave.
If we consider Him as a virus in a program, His departure would indeed be beneficial to the Map of Mountains and Rivers...
But the reality is, if we let this ancestral god of a demonic sect go free, wouldn't that throw the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths into chaos?
Or perhaps it's a mysterious celestial being from the Nine Heavens, deliberately leaving room for negotiation?
"Jiang Wen agreed," Ying Bing said softly again.