Daxuan Wusheng: Start by practicing and adding points

Chapter 443: Rebellion in Zhongzhou
Crash.

The dark and bitter sea water flowed back and poured into the underground cave where Chen Mu was in retreat, quickly submerging the place completely and turning it into an underwater water cave, submerging Chen Mu's body, the corpse of the red dragon in the cave, and the pool of red dragon's blood.

But such flooding did not affect the situation in the cave in the slightest.

Chen Mu's body was still sitting cross-legged next to the Dragon Blood Pool. The Dragon Blood Pool was still boiling in the sea water. It did not melt into the sea water, and even in contact with the sea water, it would make a sizzling sound from time to time, causing the sea water to evaporate.

The entire seabed gradually turned into silence. The pervasive demonic aura mixed with the cleansing and scouring of the power of heaven and earth gradually faded away, while Chen Mu remained sitting cross-legged by the dragon blood pool, motionless.

Above his head.

The blazing fire of the soul was gradually dissipating at this time, revealing a bright moon. However, this moon was obviously much smaller than before, but at its core, there was a faint golden light. This light was like the flickering flame of a candle, but no matter how the power of heaven and earth washed it, it remained unshakable, just like real gold forged by fire.

The burning of the heart and soul has extremely huge side effects. Even a master of heaven and earth will never use such means unless they are in a truly desperate situation. Once it is used, it is difficult to reverse. At the very least, the realm will fall and the unity of heaven and earth can no longer be maintained. At worst, the consciousness will collapse and fall into a state of half-madness and half-wakefulness.

For someone like Chen Mu, whose soul has not yet entered the celestial realm, being entangled and burned by the soul of a celestial master, which ignites his own body, is almost impossible to reverse the situation, and his soul will be destroyed on the spot.

but.

It just so happens that Chen Mu's heart and soul power is comparable to that of a celestial being, able to withstand the burning of soul fire, and he is currently being refined and washed away by the power of heaven and earth. As long as a little bit of spiritual light is not extinguished, he will slowly recover with the passage of time.

Chen Mu's current situation is far from being so bad. A lot of his heart and soul power has been burned out, but under Ji Yongzhao's desperate fight, he has examined himself more clearly and has a clearer understanding of himself and his self. What's more, Ji Yongzhao is practicing the way of heaven and earth. The burning of his soul fire is the most suitable soul and heart training for Chen Mu!

thus.

After being tempered by the soul fire, Chen Mu finally developed a little "immortal" spiritual light in his soul!
Compared with the body, the soul is extremely fragile. There are very few means in the world that can heal the soul, and the spiritual objects in the world that can heal the soul are also extremely rare. This is why when Qin Mengjun was ambushed when she tried to have a blood transfusion and her soul was injured, countless people felt sorry for her and thought that she was doomed.

For Qin Mengjun, being able to finally heal old wounds and make up for the damage to his heart and soul depends not only on his own talent and hard work, but also on some chance and destiny.

And now, after Chen Mu condensed a bit of 'Immortal Aura', his mind and soul have undergone a qualitative change!

He is who he is.

He is Chen Mu!
Coming from the world outside the heavens, fused with the body of this world, irreplaceable, unique!
As long as this spiritual light is not extinguished, even if his heart and soul are damaged, no matter how great the trauma is, and he falls into unconsciousness and silence, it can be healed gradually with the passage of time, and the damage to his heart and soul will no longer be irreversible!

It was after this immortal spiritual light was completely condensed that the soul fire burning on Chen Mu's soul completely dissipated, and along with it, everything about Emperor Xuan Ji Yongzhao also dissipated.

Those wisps of soul fire seemed to still retain Ji Yongzhao's unwillingness, swaying in an attempt to launch a final counterattack, but they could no longer shake Chen Mu's soul in the slightest, and were eventually completely annihilated and ceased to exist!
This is the end.

The Emperor Daxuan, who had reigned for more than two hundred years and ruled the country for a hundred and fifty years, was reduced to ashes.

The demise of a celestial master is no small matter. Under normal circumstances, the death of a celestial being is enough to cause the heaven and earth within a thousand miles to shake, manifest strange phenomena, and all living things to mourn.

But at this moment, whether it was because of the attempt to devour Chen Mu's soul and merge with Chen Mu, or for some other reasons, the entire world was silent, without any ripples, and not even the slightest sign of strangeness appeared.

If Chen Mu was fully conscious at this moment, he would quickly understand that although Ji Yongzhao was a master of heaven and earth, and might even be the strongest man in the world, he was no longer recognized by the world when he practiced the evil method of fusing souls and stealing the lifespan of others. In other words, from that moment on, in the cognition of the world, 'Ji Yongzhao' was already dead.

In fact.

For the entire Daxuan, Ji Yongzhao should have died long ago. He should have died the moment he practiced the evil art of merging souls and stealing other people's bodies and lifespans. This is not the method that should appear in the world of Daxuan.

And at the same time.

In Zhongzhou, a place with vast resources, dense population and flourishing martial arts, in the center of the ninety-nine states of Daxuan, the empire is located.

The King of Han and the King of Liang were still discussing how to deal with Chen Mu.

The King of Jin, the King of Chu and other figures are still considering how to use Chen Mu to ascend to the throne.

Wei He, the seal holder of the Imperial Household Department, was still guarding the Hall of Supreme Harmony, serving with a calm face, covering up everything for Ji Yongzhao, waiting for Ji Yongzhao to return and bring peace to this chaotic world again.

……

No one knew about Ji Yongzhao's death.

This king who treated the ninety-nine states of Daxuan as toys died quietly without causing any waves or ripples. The entire Daxuan continued to move forward in its established direction just as it had changed over the years.

It was not until about four months later that someone finally realized that Emperor Xuan, Ji Yongzhao, was no longer in the Hall of Supreme Harmony. This caused an uproar within the imperial court. The many forces belonging to the Eight Kings almost all took action together, trying to capture Wei He, the key figure, and find out the truth about Emperor Xuan's disappearance, but ultimately ended in failure.

This is the end.

Emperor Xuan Ji Yongzhao and Wei He, the seal holder of the Imperial Household Department and the Prime Minister of Emperor Xuan, who was the only link between Ji Yongzhao and the outside world for many years, disappeared together and their whereabouts were unknown, which finally plunged the already chaotic court into chaos.

No matter what the truth of the disappearance of Emperor Xuan Ji Yongzhao is, whether Ji Yongzhao had died many years ago and Wei He concealed the truth and used it to seize power and cause chaos in the court for many years, or whether something happened at some time not long ago, all these secrets were completely cut off after Wei He's disappearance.

The disappearance of Emperor Xuan also completely opened the curtain for the eight kings to fight for the throne!

A country cannot live without a king for a day!
When Emperor Xuan Ji Yongzhao was still alive, even though rumors spread throughout the court that he practiced evil magic and was half crazy and half awake, and Wei He stole power and caused chaos in the court, no one dared to rebel. Even the most powerful of the eight princes, the Prince of Jin, only dared to secretly accumulate his power and fight and suppress the other seven princes, and never thought of forcing the emperor to abdicate. After all, Ji Yongzhao had ruled the world for 150 years, and his prestige and power were difficult to shake. Even though he had not taken care of state affairs for more than ten years, none of the eight princes dared to rebel and force the emperor to abdicate. As princes, they knew best how terrifying this "father" was.

But now.

Ji Yongzhao disappeared, and his whereabouts were unknown, not even his life or death. The only key person who knew about the situation, Wei He, also disappeared, as if he had evaporated from the face of the earth. The supreme position was thus completely vacant!

No matter what the specific situation is, at this moment, it will never be wrong to fight for that position. After all, they are no longer forcing the emperor to abdicate and seize the throne. Even if their father Ji Yongzhao reappears in the future, it will not be wrong to respect him as the emperor.

Even if Ji Yongzhao had not died, he was already in his twilight years.

Although there are various rumors that he practices evil magic to prolong life, no matter what, those evil magics will most likely not last long. Ji Yongzhao will pass away one day, and whoever sits on the throne at that time will be the real new emperor.

Among the eight kings, the ones who were most eager for the throne were none other than King Han and King Liang. Although they had never met Chen Mu before, they already had an irreconcilable hatred between them!
If you want to compete with someone like Chen Mu, who is respected for his personal strength, you must ascend to that position!
As long as he ascends the throne, is supreme and rules the world, even someone like Chen Mu, who is so powerful that he will be invincible in the future, can rely on the authority of the emperor and compete with him!
For the King of Han and the King of Liang who are facing the huge threat of Chen Mu, this is undoubtedly the only way out. It is a path they have to fight to the death even if they have to burn their boats!
then.

During the next few months, the entire imperial city was depressing and a bloody storm broke out!
In the past, there were masters that ordinary people rarely saw, and fighting between them happened almost every day in the imperial city. There was even a case where a famous master died overnight, with his body pierced by a spear and hung on the city wall.

Not to mention the existence of these masters, even the masters of the blood exchange realm would occasionally clash and fight in the imperial city. However, after all, the fighting between the blood exchange masters was too loud and the consequences were extraordinary, so they were relatively restrained against each other.

At this point.

Throughout the entire Daxuan world, countless eyes from all the major forces in the ninety-nine states were almost all cast towards the imperial city in Zhongzhou, paying attention to this battle for the throne.

For a moment, the attention paid to Chen Mu decreased a lot.

Even the Master of Xuanji Pavilion and the Master of Xueyin Tower, who were searching for Chen Mu's whereabouts in the outer sea and wanted to sabotage Chen Mu's efforts to reach the Blood Exchange Realm, were recalled by King Han, King Liang and others, and all of them entered Zhongzhou, all with the goal of seizing the throne as their top priority.

It's not just that the commotion in Zhongzhou is too big, the fight for the throne has attracted worldwide attention. At the same time, in the past six months or so, there has been no news about Chen Mu. Naturally, the world's discussion about Chen Mu has faded with the passage of time.

……

Imperial City.

A vast and solemn place.

But on the white jade floor tiles, there are dragon patterns engraved, symbolizing the supreme authority. This square paved with white jade is a thousand feet square and can be said to be extremely luxurious.

There are no palace guards here. It is a wide open space as far as the eye can see, and there are no buildings. Only in the very center of this white jade square, there is a high platform carved from green jade. On the platform, there are about six or seven figures in gray clothes sitting cross-legged. Their aura is natural and restrained, condensed into one with the entire platform, and their expressions are solemn and dignified.

Located in the center of these gray-clothed figures is a huge bronze tripod!
This bronze tripod is covered with strange patterns, has two ears and three feet, and supports the heaven and earth. Although it does not seem to have any spiritual light, as long as you approach it within a hundred feet, you can feel a kind of oppression from the heaven and earth, which makes you want to kneel down.

Heaven and Earth Cauldron!
This is one of the Daxuan Dynasty's magical weapons. It is not included in the Daxuan Spiritual Weapon List, but even if it is taken out alone, its level is enough to rank among the top three in the Spiritual Weapon List. And now this tripod is the core of the 'Qiankun Wuyuan Formation' that suppresses the entire imperial court!

The Qiankun Wuyuan Formation is the most advanced formation in the world. It was created more than a thousand years ago by the great Emperor Xuanwu, who pacified the troubled times. He gathered countless formation masters from the ninety-nine states and spent more than ten years to construct the formation to guard the imperial court.

Even the Qixuan Sect's Qiankun Locking Dragon Formation evolved from the Qiankun Wuyuan Formation.

This formation has no means of attack or defense, and its only effect is suppression. Even a master at the Blood Exchange Realm will be trapped in a military formation under the fully awakened Qiankun Wuyuan Formation. He will be isolated from the heaven and earth and unable to draw Yuan Qi from the heaven and earth to replenish himself. Even his other means will be greatly suppressed!

The only way to avoid this suppression is to have royal blood!
Every royal bloodline, no matter whether they are princes or princesses, will have a drop of blood injected into the Qiankun Cauldron when they are born, so that they can be recognized and distinguished by the Qiankun Wuyuan Formation. However, other people with other surnames cannot get it.

At this moment, neither the Qiankun Cauldron nor the Qiankun Wuyuan Formation have been awakened. The effective range of the Qiankun Wuyuan Formation is limited to the thousand-foot area of ​​the White Jade Square. If it is fully awakened, it can cover the entire imperial court.

"Is this the Qiankun Ding..."

In the distance, a figure was seen walking towards them. He was wearing a black robe and there seemed to be a hint of illness between his brows. He cast his gaze towards the huge bronze tripod, and while muttering, he suddenly couldn't help coughing twice, appearing a little weak.

The man in black robe is none other than Cheng Zu, the master of Xuanji Pavilion.

After trying to divine Chen Mu's future and suffering the backlash of the heavenly secret, he was seriously injured. Even after half a year, the remaining injuries have not yet fully healed. The internal injuries have penetrated deep into the foundation of his martial body and are almost incurable. Now he is just suppressing the internal injuries forcefully. However, when he came to the depths of the palace and stepped into the range of the Qiankun Wuyuan Formation, he was suppressed by the formation and immediately showed signs of weakness.

Under the Qiankun Wuyuan Formation, not only was the Yuan Qi of heaven and earth almost isolated, but his strength was also suppressed by nearly 70%!

It can be said,
For a Blood Exchange Master like him, even if he was facing a Marrow Washing Grandmaster in the Qiankun Wuyuan Formation, as long as the opponent was not restricted by the formation, it would be almost impossible for him to win, and he would most likely be defeated in the end!
"The Qiankun Wuyuan Formation is extraordinary. Brother Cheng's old injuries have not yet healed, so don't go too deep into it."

At this time, another low voice was heard, and a figure was seen stepping over from the side. It was Xiang Yuan, the leader of Kaoshan Sect.

Along with Xiang Yuan, there were several other masters of the Blood Exchange Realm, and a man in a black python robe. His eyes were cold and his aura was deep. He was not affected by the Qiankun Wuyuan Formation at all and stepped onto the white jade square.

King of Han, Ji Xuanfei!

Almost at the same time when King Han appeared, figures appeared one after another from other directions of Baiyu Square. Even though these figures were suppressed by the Qiankun Wuyuan Formation, their aura was still as strong as the abyss. They were all top masters of the world in the Blood Exchange Realm. In addition, there were several people who appeared in python robes and were surrounded by people.

The King of Jin, the King of Chu, the King of Liang...the eight kings of Zhongzhou are all listed!

(End of this chapter)