Wow!
Xie Feng's words instantly caused a huge uproar.
The atmosphere instantly became incredibly lively!
A sea of voices!
" The Great Wilderness Heaven has actually offended the Immortal Alliance?!"
"That's fantastic!"
"I've long disliked the Immortal Alliance, and offending them suits me perfectly!"
" The Immortal Lord is mighty!"
" The Immortal Lord is mighty!"
Hundreds of thousands of prisoners raised their arms, clenched their fists, and waved them up and down.
They shouted loudly, their emotions running high!
Xie Feng was taken aback.
This outcome was something he hadn't anticipated.
These prisoners did not lose their courage and backbone during their long years of imprisonment!
The Great Wilderness Heaven is the Tenth Sequence, the absolute bottom of the First Heavens. They offended the high and mighty Immortal Alliance of the Second Sequence, but most of these convicts were not afraid, but cheered instead!
Xie Feng's gaze swept across the crowd; most of the prisoners were quite agitated, while a few remained silent.
Everyone has their own reasons!
Xie Feng reached out and pressed down slightly, and the voices among the prisoners gradually decreased until silence.
Amidst the watchful eyes of the crowd, he solemnly declared, "As the Great Wilderness Celestial Lord, I am dedicated to leading the Great Wilderness to glory and ascending the path to the ultimate Dao."
"Now I need an army, an army that can serve me, protect the Great Wilderness Heaven, and be free! Although you are convicts, I will treat you all equally."
You now have three choices before you.
Xie Feng paused, and all eyes were on him. Everyone held their breath, waiting for him to continue!
This includes Chi Hun, the leader of the second district, whose arm was once cut off by Zhao Yuejia!
As Immortal King Seventh Stage, his severed arm should normally regenerate, but Zhao Yuejia was too powerful! His strength far surpassed Zhao Yuejia's! That's why he has been without an arm ever since!
Facing Xie Feng, Chi Hun's expression was serious, with a hint of respect in his eyes!
One can imagine how powerful someone must be to command the complete devotion of Zhao Yuejia!
Chi Hun is not an arrogant person. He is hostile to the strong, but he also respects, reveres, and submits to the strong!
Xie Feng's voice was deep, his gaze sharp, and his imposing presence inspired an unconscious sense of conviction and urge to follow him!
"First, you can choose to stay in the Great Wilderness Heaven and continue being convicts! The result is that you will be imprisoned in the Convict Tower until you die! This is my Great Wilderness Heaven, not the Great Wilderness Heaven of other heavens. My treatment of convicts is life imprisonment!"
"Secondly, you can choose to leave and make a living on your own. What happens to you in the future is none of the Great Wilderness Heaven!"
"Third, stay and pledge allegiance to the Great Wilderness Heaven, or rather, to the Xuanji Sect! You are familiar with the sect behind the Wilderness City; it is my Xuanji Sect. Stay and become part of the Great Wilderness Army, and you will have a certain degree of freedom and endless resources."
"Three paths lie before you. Now, you have ten breaths to consider. Choose carefully!"
After Xie Feng finished speaking, he put his hands behind his back, closed his eyes slightly, and waited for a reply!
Surprisingly, there was no great discussion among the prisoners; instead, they remained deathly silent!
Five breaths later...
One hundred thousand prisoners chose to leave!
Eight breaths later...
Another 100,000 prisoners have been released!
Ten breaths later!
Of the 500,000 convicts, 300,000 survived!
Most of them came from the lower classes and were randomly discarded.
Many more people are alone, without any ties or obligations. The only difference between leaving and staying is that those who stay have a place to live!
Another group came from the upper echelons; they had committed serious crimes and were being retaliated against or punished by higher powers.
Because of the powerful figures behind these convicts, they couldn't openly kill them, so they exiled them to this harsh and cold land to fend for themselves!
The Great Wilderness Heaven is hell!
Those who remained were stripped of their convict status by Xie Feng and given a brand new, glorious title— the Great Wilderness Army!
Xie Feng waved his hand, drawing upon the energy of the Saint Dragon Earth Vein to temper their bodies, bestow upon them the blessings of divine fortune, and remove the humiliating Punishment Mark!
The entire Great Wilderness Troops knelt down.
I support Xie Feng!
At this moment!
Suddenly, the space fluctuated violently, and beams of golden light descended from the sky, weaving a crisscrossing net. Energy surged, and the heavens and earth trembled.
Golden clouds appeared on the horizon, covering the sky and making the entire sky a magnificent and splendid sight!
boom!
With a thunderous roar, a vast expanse of purple light stretched for ninety thousand miles!
Heaven and earth were like a dream, the sun and moon like illusions, only endless golden light enveloped the vast earth, startling countless people in the Upper Realm!
What's going on?
"Golden light shines, purple qi surges—a sign of good fortune!"
"I sensed a terrifying, immense pressure lurking behind the heavens! An unpredictable, undivinifiable, Supreme energy!"
"Look! What's that?!"
The 300,000 Great Wilderness Troops were in an uproar. When they suddenly saw the strange phenomenon in the sky, their voices became even more excited.
With the appearance of dazzling golden light, a golden scroll appeared out of nowhere, its origin and destination unknown, with no beginning or end in sight.
The scroll obscured the entire magnificent heavens, and golden light shone upon the boundless land of the First Heavens.
Golden light shone on the scroll, and the aura of the Great Dao, spanning countless ages, was slowly unfurling!
Xie Feng was slightly taken aback upon seeing this.
The Heavenly Ranking!
He couldn't be mistaken; this was the Heavenly Ranking!
Will there be Heavenly Ranking in the Upper Realm?
He calmed his mind and sensed an extremely subtle connection between himself and the Heavenly Ranking!
It's as if the Heavenly Ranking was created just for him! As if it came specifically for him!
Could it be because of the time traveler?
Because they are not from this world, their existence here might cause slight mutations in the rules and power of the entire First Heavens plane?!
Xie Feng raised an eyebrow, pondering to himself.
There are nine great heavens in the Upper Realm, but each heaven is not in a hierarchical relationship; rather, each heaven is a universe in itself!
The Nine Great Heavens exist in nine different planes!
The Heavenly Ranking have arrived!
This is the first time such a phenomenon has appeared in the First Heavens!
The southern part of the First Heavens.
Azure Nether Heaven.
The buildings appear and disappear amidst the clouds, exquisitely beautiful and magnificent.
Inside the room, a man dressed in black, with lips like an overturned boat and sharp eyes, sat cross-legged on a stone platform, fiddling with a blue abacus.
Immortal Lord, Feng Beiyou!
"Things have been rather turbulent lately..."
"The moon rises above the dragon's path, the stars dim, signifying a tyrant and upheaval—a great omen! A great omen!"
How can there be such contradictory astrological interpretations?
Feng Beiyou stared at the abacus in his hand. In his eyes, the beads on the abacus had transformed into stars, arranged into different mysterious patterns, for him to use in divination!
He flicked a bead off with his finger.
Bang!
The bead exploded!
Feng Beiyou's pupils trembled, his brows furrowed, and he muttered to himself:
"This bead represents Azure Nether Heaven's control over Great Wilderness Heaven, and it's the most solid bead in the abacus. Now it's inexplicably exploding. What does this signify?"
He rubbed his temples again, his gaze cold. "Something extraordinary is about to happen in the Great Wilderness Heaven! And it's very likely related to the Dragon Divination!"
" Great Wilderness Heaven... Zhao Yuejia... He has broken free of the golden shackles, and his whereabouts are currently unknown. Hmph, no matter where you flee to, this Immortal Lord will not let you go!"
Feng Beiyou clenched his fist.