The Black Sun turned, blazing with golden light.
The pale figures nearby vanished entirely.
But as the pale torrent grew ever more numerous, until it filled the skies in every direction, that golden light which feared no law shrank by a circle.
That tiny circle was like the horn of a charge.
The remaining pale figures all transformed into white meteors, converging into a vast vortex of stars as they raced, churned, and compressed.
Like countless blades, layer by layer, they scraped away that invincible golden light.
"From this day forth, the Idle Prince Army shall sever itself from Qi Kingdom and no longer be citizens of Qi. And we declare war on Qi Kingdom!" Li Qingxian's voice echoed between heaven and earth.
A dragon's roar resounded through the high heavens.
The golden light cast by the Black Sun abruptly shrank by another circle.
"The Dingnan Army shall sever itself from Qi Kingdom and no longer be citizens of Qi. And we declare war on Qi Kingdom." Dingnan Prince's voice echoed.
"My Eastern Ding Kingdom declares war on Qi Kingdom!"
"All Martial Cultivators under heaven shall no longer be citizens of Qi, and declare war on Qi Kingdom!"
"All Literary Cultivators under heaven, together with Literary Sage Mountain and Eight Directions Academy, shall no longer be citizens of Qi, and declare war on Qi Kingdom!"
At the same time, the voices of countless scholars and other cultivators rose from cities, villages, and towns, one after another.
"For this life, I will not be a citizen of Qi!"
"For this life, I will not be a citizen of Qi!"
In but an instant, cries of "not citizens of Qi" converged from every direction and exploded above Divine Capital.
"Not a citizen of Qi."
The golden light around Emperor Taining shrank