The Sacred Beast Stirs, a Morsel Ripe for the Taking

"Captain, you..." The female archer was about to say something when she saw him almost fall to the ground and crawl towards the fallen little girl.

"Yinyin, Uncle has come to see you--." Li Yue grasped the little girl's cold hand, tears streaming down his face. "It's my fault, it's all my fault..."

"Hmm~" A soft moan came, and the little girl miraculously opened her eyes.

Lin Xu's eyes lit up. "The soul is still there?"

The Spirit Light Lamp in her hand flickered, and a green spell enveloped her, slowly healing the wounds on her body, trying to maintain the last remaining life force in this young body.

"Uncle Li..." It seemed the spell had given her strength; Yinyin looked at him with difficulty.

"Uncle, I'm here..." Li Yue grabbed her hand, a glimmer of hope in his eyes.

Lin Xu's spiritual sense swept over the little girl's body; it was empty, like a dried-up piece of wood.

The sacrificial ritual had drained her of her life, leaving only a sliver of embers stubbornly burning.

"Gemstone, gemstone..." Yinyin struggled to pull a necklace from her neck. A sapphire the size of a thumb gleamed ominously under the light. "Uncle, here you go, Yinyin. You need to go see your mom and dad..."

Her small hand fell limply to her side, mingled with Li Yue's painful cries. "Yinyin, Junyin, Uncle is here to save you!"

Inside the sacrificial hall, the survivors watched this scene with sorrow.

Every invasion from the Spirit Realm is a separation of life and death.

As Lin Xu conceived the thought, the Glazed Spirit Lamp in his hand shone brightly. In the unseen realm of the Night Watchers, souls flew out from the corpses in the room and instantly fell into the lamp.

"The dragon egg moved?"

Thousands of miles away, in a courtyard within the inner ring of Beijing.

The middle-aged man, who had been deep in thought while looking at the chessboard, stopped what he was doing and glanced at it with surprise.

In a secluded basement several miles away, a giant egg rests quietly on an altar adorned with mysterious spiritual patterns.

The entire object is as lustrous as yellow jade, with lively seal script shimmering on its surface. The Spiritual Qi of the box spontaneously gathers around the giant egg, which is about a meter tall, as if it is worshipping a sacred object.

The seal script suddenly moved like a dragon, the giant egg trembled slightly, and the dragon's roar faintly emanated from deep within the eggshell, causing the spirit patterns on the altar to flicker uncertainly.

After a few breaths, the dragon egg calmed down again.

Item: Yellow Dragon Rank: Crimson Mythic Type: Biological Incubator Effect: Can hatch the sacred beast Yellow Dragon, born with the power to overturn rivers and seas, understands the Earth Vein Mantra, and can command mountains and manage the Earth Vein. Description: The central god, guarding the pivot of the earth, controlling the veins of mountains and rivers. The man looked up and gazed into the distance, seemingly seeing the war taking place in Qimeng City a thousand miles away.

He saw the invading orcs and vaguely sensed the shadows behind it all, but none of that mattered as much as the territory that was anchoring itself to the present world.

"Another Spirit Realm Lord has been born!"

In the dim light, he saw a territory in the Spirit Realm that was approaching the mortal realm, and he saw the Xuanwei Monastery.

Is he the one you've been waiting for?

The seal script on the surface of the dragon egg flickered intermittently, its faint glow pulsating like breath.

On a whim, Lin Xu left the room and went to the window.

After the sacrificial array was destroyed, the Spirit Realm Passage was also destroyed.

However, the orc invasion did not stop. To the orc tribes of the Spirit Realm, these orcs themselves were Spirit Realm Beacon.

Lin Xu leaped into the air, the spirit lamp in his hand shone, and flames condensed, silently transforming into a long arrow that shot towards an orc warrior.

The fire arrow pierced through the enchanted armor, igniting the orc's tough body and turning him into a charred mess amidst screams.

"The territory of the Spirit Realm has been initially anchored with Meng City— " Lin Xu looked up at the sky, and behind the hazy city at night, the illusory image of Xuanwei Monastery could be vaguely seen.

Immediately after he destroyed the sacrificial array, the connection between the territory and Meng City became clearly visible.

The two worlds overlapped, and reality and illusion interacted.

He could sense that this overlap and fusion was continuing, and the lord's authority was penetrating the present world through the barriers of reality, gradually empowering him.

Once he obtains a bonus in Meng City equal to that of the Spirit Realm territory, the two worlds will be completely anchored. From then on, Lin Xu will become the lord recognized by both worlds!

"I can see Meng City now." Standing in the night sky, empowered by the lord's authority, he looked down and gradually "saw" the entire city.

In the Spirit Realm, lords can use their authority to achieve omniscience-like abilities, and now that Meng City has been initially anchored, this ability has also been granted to Lin Xu.

He can now stand anywhere in Meng City and observe every corner of the city at will. However, the anchoring is not yet fully complete; this ability is not invincible and can be affected by magic or higher-level forces.

Blocking it is enough.

"This is the lord~" He recalled what he saw that night, a majestic figure in the sky, like a god.

Once the Spirit Realm is anchored to the real-world cities, the lords will be able to demonstrate their due power in the real world.

Just like now, if he wanted, he could cast spells in any corner of Meng City.

With a thought, several arrows of fire traced arcs in the air, accurately striking an orc squad attempting to annihilate the Night Watchers combat group a mile or two away.

The high-temperature fire arrows, like armor-piercing bullets, penetrated the heavy metal armor. In the shocked gaze of the Night Watchers on the other side, the strong orc warriors were reduced to charred remains with cries of agony within seconds.

"For example, right now, I can make Chen Hao die silently..." With these thoughts in mind, Lin Xu's gaze fell on the Chen Lineage.

He had never forgotten Chen Lingfeng, this potential threat. The two were now mortal enemies. Now that he had initially secured his territory, he would take advantage of this joyous occasion to eliminate his enemy, bringing double happiness!

"As expected of the tyrant of Meng City, the array protection in this courtyard..." He frowned.

The protective array slightly blurred his vision. The light swept across the imposing courtyard, finally settling on a brightly lit room in the backyard. "According to the tracing of the Mountains and Rivers Reflection Mirror, Chen Hao should be here..."

Lin Xu frowned slightly. His keen senses allowed him to detect a subtle anomaly. Complex spiritual patterns flickered in his eyes. A moment later, his vision blurred as his gaze quietly penetrated the protective array.

He broke the protective magic circle.

"Is Chen Hao planning to go to the Spirit Realm?" His gaze pierced through the cover of the house and he saw Chen Hao putting on the fish scale armor, with scattered Spirit Realm items lying haphazardly on the edge of the bed.

Lin Xu's gaze swept past the armor and focused on a familiar jade pendant.

The Ice Heart Jade Pendant was a jade pendant given to him by Jiang Wanqing at the beginning of his trial.

The only difference is that the other jade pendant had a phoenix design, while this one has a dragon design.

"Are these jade pendants a pair?" Lin Xu frowned immediately. After thinking for a moment, his invisible spiritual sense extended out and quietly enveloped Chen Hao.

Chen Hao, who was busy putting on his armor, gradually became dazed, and after a few seconds, he stood there blankly.

He was hypnotized.

"What are you planning to do?" Lin Xu asked.

Chen Hao replied blankly, "I'm going to the Spirit Realm."

"Spirit Realm territory?" Lin Xu was slightly taken aback. He had only asked casually before getting to the point, but he hadn't expected this result. "Whose Spirit Realm territory?"

"From the Chen Lineage." Chen Hao's answer startled him again, but he quickly realized what was going on.

"The Chen Lineage's territory must be a pseudo-territory without any solidified authority!" Lin Xu was overjoyed. He never expected that he would make such a gain from such a casual move!

The anchoring of the Spirit Realm and the real city mainly relies on Bond.

Given the Chen Lineage's influence in Meng City, if Chen Lingfeng had already consolidated Territory Authority, he could probably completely control the city in just one night. What chance would he have then?

Such a pseudo-territory is a piece of easy prey for him!

Composing himself, he asked again, "When did the Chen Lineage acquire the Spirit Realm territory?"

"About 20 years ago," Chen Hao replied.

"Twenty years, that's such a long time..."

Lin Xu frowned slightly. "How large is the Chen Lineage's territory? How far has it developed?"