"You······"
Upon hearing Su Xiuyi's words, the great demon was filled with rage, but he instantly suppressed it, knowing that he couldn't kill Su Xiuyi today. To provoke her further would be suicide, and he wasn't being foolish.
At this moment, the great demon saw the Blood Dog devouring his essence blood Wuji. He dared not speak out in anger, because Su Xiuyi's failure to stop it was a warning. This time, the Blood Dog devoured half of his essence blood, which was extremely ruthless. His strength directly dropped out of the Saint Realm.
[bite!]
[You can sign in today. Would you like to sign in now?]
The system's voice echoed in my mind.
"Check-in!"
Su Xiuyi excitedly signed in, eager to see what this guy who had regained his strength could bring her. Just as Su Xiuyi Su Xiuyi filled with anticipation, the system's voice rang out.
[Ding, check-in successful. Congratulations, host, you have obtained a fragment of Grotto-Heaven.]
Su Xiuyi was quite satisfied with the result. After all, she had only obtained two fragments of the Grotto-Heaven in the past six years. Now that she had obtained another one, she was extremely pleased. With the fragment of the Grotto-Heaven, her Grotto-Heaven could expand rapidly.
Under the horrified gazes of the demons, Su Xiuyi carried the Blood Dog away. The Blood Dog, having devoured too much powerful essence blood, was now fast asleep, seemingly beginning another transformation.
After settling the Blood Dog, Su Xiuyi immediately took out the fragment of the Grotto-Heaven she had obtained from the sign-in and began to refine and integrate it into her own Grotto-Heaven.
After refining the fragments of the Grotto-Heaven, Su Xiuyi felt that her Grotto-Heaven had reached its limit and was extremely stable, making it possible to open a second Grotto-Heaven.
"Indeed, a life with a system is truly incredible. To completely stabilize a Grotto-Heaven, it would take at least several decades, or even hundreds of years, but I only spent a few days. I hope to continue to collect Grotto-Heaven fragments and open up all nine Grotto-Heaven."
In the final three years, I hope to elevate my strength to the pinnacle of the Grotto-Heaven realm.
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Time flies, and two years have passed in a short time. At this moment, Su Xiuyi has been in seclusion for more than eight years.
The Great Zhou remained peaceful for a full eight years. During these eight years, under Su Yun's political maneuvering, the conflict between Buddhism and Daoism reached its peak. However, recently, the conflict between Buddhism and Daoism has suddenly subsided.
Inside the Hall of Bright Virtue, Su Yun looked at the endless stream of memorials being delivered, his expression extremely solemn.
After reading the entire document, Su Yun slammed it hard onto the table.
"Damn it, damn the Supreme One Sect!"
The name Supreme One Sect has been causing Su Yun a lot of trouble lately. A month ago, Supreme One Sect Supreme One Sect and became extremely powerful. It directly suppressed the Vajra Temple and ended the conflict between Buddhism and Daoism. However, after being designated as the state religion, Supreme One Sect was not satisfied and had extremely great ambitions. Its influence was so great that it could not be suppressed for a while.
Moreover, the Supreme One Sect is now far too arrogant, claiming that the Great Zhou Dynasty must submit to the Supreme One Sect Supreme One Sect pay tribute to them every year. The Supreme One Sect doesn't take the Great Zhou Imperial Clan Great Zhou Imperial Clan family seriously at all, treating them directly as subjects. They even told the Great Zhou Emperor that if he doesn't submit, the Great Zhou guardians can challenge the Supreme One Sect. If the Supreme One Sect loses, they will disband their sect. Their arrogance has reached its extreme.
The prestige of the Great Zhou plummeted instantly.
"Your Majesty, what should we do now? Otherwise, the prestige of the Great Zhou will be completely lost." The old eunuch's eyes were full of worry.
"Offer tribute!"
"Go, send someone to offer tribute!"
At this moment, Su Yun's expression was extremely gloomy. The Supreme One Sect was simply too powerful. Although the Great Zhou Dynasty had a strong foundation, its peak combat strength was no match for the Supreme One Sect. Sending someone to challenge it would only be a humiliation. What angered Su Yun the most was that the Supreme One Sect not only made the Great Zhou Dynasty pay tribute, but also became the leader of all the Daoist Dao Sect in the world. All the Daoist Dao Sect in the world now followed the Supreme One Sect's lead, and their awe of the Great Zhou Dynasty had disappeared.
However, as soon as Su Yun finished speaking, a young eunuch nervously walked in, not daring to look at Su Yun, handed the letter to the old eunuch, and slowly withdrew.
"What's up?"
Su Yun was in a bad mood at the moment, and seeing the little eunuch's nervous appearance, his expression became even more gloomy.
Upon hearing Su Yun's words, the old eunuch said with a grim expression, "Your Majesty, it's a letter from the Supreme One Sect!" After the old eunuch finished speaking, he hurriedly presented the letter, naturally not daring to look at it first.
" Supreme One Sect?"
At this moment, Su Yun looked at the Supreme One Sect emblem on the letter, and a hint of irritation instantly appeared in his eyes. However, Su Xiuyi was currently in seclusion and had no choice but to submit to the tyranny of the Supreme One Sect. The Supreme One Sect had already made the Great Zhou submit and pay tribute to the Supreme One Sect. This was already domineering enough, and Su Yun felt that there shouldn't be anything more domineering.
However, when Su Yun opened the letter, before he had even finished reading it, Su Yun became completely enraged. He clenched his fist, and the letter turned to ashes in Su Yun hand.
" Supreme One Sect Supreme One Sect, you think you're made of clay?"
"It's one thing for me to make Great Zhou submit, but they actually want the Crown Prince to cultivate at the Supreme One Sect. Cultivation? Is this cultivation? They want to make my son a hostage, completely control him, and then directly seize control of the foundation of my Great Zhou Dynasty!"
"If you want to become the Supreme Emperor of the Great Zhou, then I'll see if you're qualified."
"Guards! Go to the Supreme One Sect and tell them that the Great Zhou Imperial Clan has bones of iron. Paying tribute is out of the question. If they want the Great Zhou to submit, they must fight!"
"I, the Emperor, am waiting for them in the capital!"
Su Yun's voice was filled with anger.
At this moment, Su Yun also suddenly realized that he had originally wanted to compromise and wait for Su Xiuyi to emerge from seclusion for more than a year. However, Su Yun had now realized that Taiyi Supreme One Sect would only take advantage of him and that yielding would only make them more aggressive.
Su Yun planned to use all his accumulated resources to fight against the Supreme One Sect. If he couldn't hold out against them, he would then try other methods. The Zhou Imperial Family family couldn't afford to be weak, otherwise, if the Great Shang launched a surprise attack, the Great Zhou would truly be finished.
Therefore, at this moment, Su Yun did not hesitate to revoke the title of the Supreme One Sect the state religion, and there was only one word: war.
The moment the news spread, the entire Daoist Dao Sect was shaken. No one had expected that the Great Zhou Emperor would declare war on the extremely powerful Supreme One Sect.
Countless powerful figures pondered whether the guardians of the Great Zhou Imperial Clan could no longer tolerate this and decided to fight.
The Great Zhou Emperor's declaration of war instantly stirred up undercurrents among the world's powers. Countless forces were watching the Supreme One Sect Supreme One Sect to see how it would react. Eight years ago, Su Xiuyi had wiped out all the feudal lords in one night, and her deterrent effect on the world's powers still lingered.
At this moment, all the forces in the world want to know who is behind the Great Zhou Emperor and what their current strength is. The domineering Supreme One Sect Supreme One Sect naturally wants to take advantage of this opportunity to test the Great Zhou.
Some powerful figures are even secretly pushing for further escalation of the situation.
With all the forces in the world waiting, the Supreme One Sect Supreme One Sect finally announced its intentions: its disciples would travel to the Great Zhou Imperial Capital to kill Great Zhou Emperor Su Yun and elect a new emperor.
After expressing their stance, a young disciple from the Supreme One Sect descended the mountain.
Under the watchful eyes of countless forces, Song Weiyi Supreme One Sect, descended the mountain in a spirit boat, which slowly made its way to the capital. Ninety-nine pairs of young boys and girls accompanied him, and wherever they passed, flower petals danced in the air, making it seem like an immortal procession with an extremely grand display.
(End of this chapter)