Ascension Through Generations

After hesitating for a moment, Zhao Sheng slowly "flowed" a ray of divine light from the center of his eyebrows, falling on the Yuanshen Fruit.

In the dark, a hot and broad aura invaded the spiritual mind from the Yuanshen Fruit, instantly giving Zhao Sheng an extremely fresh "hot" feeling.

Within a hundred feet of the surrounding area, billions of fire aura particles became more active than ever before, turning into countless bright points of light and concentrating on them. They cheered around the Yuanshen Fruit, which actually made his mind feel inexplicable joy.

Sensing the vast spiritual power constantly surging in the Yuanshen Fruit, Zhao Sheng had the urge to swallow it in one gulp several times.

Later, he gritted his teeth and suddenly put the Yuanshen Fruit back into the box, closed the lid, and quickly affixed the seal.

"Alas, it's not time to take it yet. Firstly, taking it at this time will waste most of the soul power. Secondly, this fruit is condensed from other people's soul after all, and there may be hidden hidden dangers. Wait, in the future Find a suitable person to eat one first, and then make a decision after observing the results." Zhao Sheng looked complicated and muttered to himself as he put the jade box back into the storage bag.

At the same time, he had another gray-white nine-story tower in his hand.

Zhao Sheng's eyes were filled with divine light, and his spiritual thoughts penetrated into the interior of Jiu Ming Pagoda. At this moment, the Great Sage's hair was still suspended in the dark cloud of light, looking at it as if it were real or illusory, not in the world.

But compared with a few years ago, the dark light clouds in the tower have become a little "rich", but they are still very sparse!

In the past few years, Zhao Sheng has tried many ways to uncover the true face of the dark light cloud, but he has achieved very little.

He still doesn't understand what kind of extraordinary energy the dark light cloud belongs to. He only knows that it can swallow spiritual thoughts, but does not react with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. Under normal circumstances, it exhibits an "inert" phenomenon.

After putting away the Jiu Ming Tower, Zhao Sheng fell into deep thought for a while: ". Should I catch some ghosts and throw them into the Jiu Ming Tower to see if I can find anything?"

Thinking of this, he suddenly slapped the ground, his body rose into the air, then turned into a golden light, and galloped away. In the blink of an eye, the Wuding Star Cave became empty.

…

Half a year later, the Jiu Ming Pagoda test ended, and the results were very gratifying.

This pagoda likes to eat ghosts and ghosts, ranging from the ghost king of ten thousand years to the unconscious living souls. It can be said that it refuses all comers, and its appetite is as big as a bottomless pit.

After half a year of testing, many conclusions have been drawn: the lower three floors of Jiu Ming Pagoda correspond to ghosts below the Qi Refining Realm, the fourth to sixth floors are ghosts that have built their foundation to the second Golden Core Realm, and starting from the seventh floor, they will only devour ghosts. The ten-thousand-year-old ghost king who is comparable to Nian Ying.

In addition, Zhao Sheng also discovered that after the black divine light in each tower level accumulates to a certain level, it will naturally sublimate to a higher level.

However, he has only seen this kind of sublimation phenomenon twice in the first three levels. The quantity accumulated in the upper levels may be too small and has not reached the standard of qualitative change and sublimation.

Normally, even a thousand-year-old ghost that is comparable to the Foundation Builder can only add a trace of the dark divine light to the fourth floor of the Netherworld Tower after being put into it.

As for the ten-thousand-year-old ghost king sent by the family with great effort, his strength is not inferior to that of the Yuanying monks, but after being swallowed by the Nine Underworld Pagoda, it only added a bright color to the seventh floor of the Underworld Tower.

The huge appetite of Jiu Ming Pagoda shocked the well-informed Zhao Sheng.

Based on his observations in the past few years, Zhao Sheng is very convinced that Jiu Nether Tower must have other ways to replenish energy, most likely from the mysterious Jiu Nether Realm.

After the test results came out, he almost gave up his plan to capture ghosts to feed Jiu Ming Pagoda. After all, the gap between gain and effort was too big.

But a sudden piece of news a few days later changed the matter.

After receiving the message from Yin Gui, Zhao Sheng hurriedly left the customs and quickly arrived at the mountain city.

After a while, in the Jinxiu Tower located in the center of the city, Zhao Sheng, Zhao Jingheng and Qingshan Ancestor sat at the top, with seven or eight family golden elixirs sitting below the three of them.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Patriarch Qingshan stopped talking nonsense and said with a solemn expression: "Since the conspiracy of the Ten Thousand Corpses and Ten Thousand Souls religions to destroy the time and space sealing formation was foiled a year ago, the armies of the two religions have They fled from the Celestial Burial Ground. Over the past year, the remnants of the two sects have been running around, committing numerous murders wherever they go.

Today, according to reliable news, Master Tianzhi of the Ten Thousand Corpses Sect and Cao Gui Langjun of the Ten Thousand Souls Sect have led the remaining troops to sneak into the capital of God secretly, seemingly to harm the royal family of our clan.

These two are both Yuanying realm monks, and their strength is extraordinary.

The purpose of my coming here today is to invite reinforcements to go to the capital of the gods. On the one hand, I want to protect the royal children, and on the other hand, I want to capture the two demons, the Heavenly Corpse and the Caogui.

I don’t know who is willing to volunteer and accompany me to the divine capital! "

After Qingshan Patriarch finished speaking, his eyes turned around among the people below, and finally stopped at Zhao Jingheng and Zhao Sheng.

Zhao Jingheng saw the expectation in the eyes of the Seventh Patriarch, but he just sat there without saying a word, and took the initiative to close his eyes and rest, as if he didn't hear it.

Seeing the city lord's behavior, the Zhao family's Jindan below immediately hesitated. Two or three people seemed to be interested in making a move, but they did not dare to come forward and only looked at Zhao Sheng.

When Zhao Sheng saw this scene, he shook his head secretly and lowered his expectations for Zhao Jingheng again.

This person is truly selfish. I am afraid that the family's interests are not as important as protecting his own interests in his eyes.

You must know that Zhao Jingheng was the Holy Emperor of the previous generation, and most of the royal family's descendants and relatives were his descendants and relatives.

Just because I don’t want to give up my position as city lord,

Just because both the previous generation and the current generation of Holy Emperors came from the Huaying lineage, he was very difficult to deal with as he came from the Huaxiong lineage.

Zhao Jingheng can be so cold and ruthless that he turns a blind eye to it, he is simply heartless!

Perhaps he was confident, knowing that the family would never sit idly by.

Zhao Sheng's eyes flashed and he said: "I haven't seen the sights of Shendu for a long time, and I miss it very much. Just let me go there."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Jingheng suddenly opened his eyes, a glimmer of light flashing in his eyes.

At this moment, two people stood up immediately below.

"I want to go!"

"I would also like to return to the capital of gods, just in time to visit my relatives and descendants!"

Surprise flashed through Qingshan Patriarch's eyes, but he soon showed a satisfied smile, cupped his hands towards Zhao Sheng, and said: "Then I'll trouble Qiongtian, you have followed me to stay in the capital of the gods for a few years. Without further ado, , how about we leave immediately?"

"That's fine!" Zhao Sheng thought for a moment and nodded immediately.

At this moment, Zhao Jingheng suddenly looked apologetic and explained to Zhao Sheng: "It's not that I don't want to return to the Divine Capital, it's just that the Nine Sects Conference is about to be held, because this conference involves the ownership of the Mountain City in the next hundred years, and I have a heavy responsibility as the city lord. You must not leave your post without permission at this critical moment. So."

Zhao Sheng suddenly interrupted him and said calmly, "No need to say it! It's all for the sake of the family's future. I can understand."

I have to say that Zhao Jingheng found a good excuse!

The purpose of the so-called Nine Sects Conference is only to own the city in the mountain.

You must know that the city in the mountain is built on the only fifth-level spiritual vein in the Tianzhu world.

Previously, because Zhao Xuanjing was in charge, the eight major sects in Zhongzhou dared not speak out about the construction of the city and could only turn a blind eye.

But in the past ten years, with the birth of a new God-Transforming True Lord from the Taishang Inspiring Sect, this matter has undergone new changes.

After all, Tianzhu Mountain is an unclaimed land in this world, and fifth-level spiritual veins are also common to this world.

Previously, you, Nantian Zhao Clan, relied on the fact that you had the only true god-incarnation king in Central Continent to try to seize the spiritual veins. It was simply unreasonable!

Now that the new True Lord is born, the eight major sects suddenly have a backbone, so the eight major sects headed by the Ethereal Induction Sect recently came to the door and called for a meeting of nine sects to decide the ownership of the mountain city in the next hundred years.

Deciding on ownership is false, coming to divide the benefits is true!

However, the mountain city was built by Lord Zhao Dazhen himself after all, so no matter what the outcome of the conference, Nantian Zhao's share will be indispensable in the end.

It’s just a question of whether the position of city lord still belongs to Zhao Jingheng!

Anyway, in order to keep this position, Zhao Jingheng didn't even care about the safety of his descendants.

After a cup of tea, a hundred-foot cloud boat suddenly flew out of Dongtian City at the foot of Tianzhu Mountain.

As soon as the cloud boat came out of the cave wall, it immediately soared into the sky, like a bolt of lightning, rushing into the depths of the sea of ​​clouds and rushing toward the northeast.

…

Three days later,

A hundred-foot cloud boat emerged from the end of the sky. In just ten breaths, it had flown hundreds of miles and arrived over a vast and boundless plain.

After Yunzhou circled for half a circle, it dived straight down.

At this time, an unimaginably huge city stood on the ground below.

The city stretches for hundreds of miles. The city walls are as thick as mountains. There are countless pavilions, courtyards and alleys in the city. They are as dense as a forest but orderly. Tens of thousands of straight streets naturally divide the entire city into more than a thousand large and small squares. , except for the core imperial city.

This is the capital of God! A super giant city with three walls and a population of over 30 million.

The magnificent city walls, each layer taller than the next, divided the divine capital into four distinct worlds: the Imperial City, the Inner City, the Outer City and the Walls.

There are countless towering, gorgeous and magnificent spiritual palaces and palaces all over the two cities inside and outside the divine capital.

Even the outermost city wall of the Divine Capital is a hundred feet high, the overall circumference exceeds a thousand miles, and there are as many as ninety-nine city gates.

Outside each city gate, there is a straight official road that is one hundred and eighty feet wide. The official road is full of people and traffic. From a distance, it looks like colorful long worms entering the divine capital from the city gate.

During the 500 years since the founding of the Zhao Dynasty, the city of God has been flourishing with flowers blooming and burning oil cooking.

If Zhao Sheng was asked to describe the scenery of Shendu, the words "Fengheng Heda" would be more appropriate.

The arrival of Qingshan Patriarch and Zhao Sheng made Zhao Zhenhai, the ninth ancestor who guarded the divine capital, very happy.

Zhao Zhenhai is a member of the Yongzi Clan of the Eight Meridians of the Zhao family. He has passed his thousand years this year and is in the middle stage of Nascent Soul.

The technique that this person majored in was very familiar to Zhao Sheng. It was the "Tianyi Zhenshui Technique" passed down from the fifth generation.

However, Zhao Zhenhai has practiced this skill to an unprecedented level, and even successfully deduced and perfected the idea mentioned by Zhao Sheng at the end of the skill, and truly created a Nascent Soul-level water-moving magical skill. The name of the skill is "Xumi" "Nahai Jing"

Zhao Sheng once heard the Third Patriarch Zhao Changdu mention that the Ninth Patriarch Zhao Zhenhai's Nascent Soul Realm "Xumi Water Realm" is both offensive and defensive, and has infinite power!

And Zhao Zhenhai is the most proficient in the art of defense. Usually one person can withstand the siege of three Nascent Souls of the same level. Even an ordinary late-stage monk cannot break through his water defense for a while.

Therefore, he was first sent to the divine capital to protect the safety of the royal children!

Zhao Zhenhai personally introduced Qingshan Patriarch and Zhao Sheng into the imperial city, and flew them through many palaces to the Eternal Life Palace adjacent to Huangji Palace.

Huangji Palace is one of the most important core buildings in the imperial city. It is where the contemporary Holy Emperor usually slept.

Not long after the three Nascent Soul Ancestors sat down in the Eternal Life Hall and were greeting each other, they suddenly heard the sound of neat footsteps coming from outside the hall, and the sound of armor clanging quickly came closer and closer.

At this time, Zhao Zhenhai suddenly smiled heartily, and it happened that Zhao Sheng and Qingshan Ancestor also had slightly moved expressions.

"Haha, after more than ten years on the throne, Du Tian still can't change his impatient temper. He must have known that you were here, so he quickly put down his government affairs and came to pay homage to the ancestor of the family."

Ancestor Qingshan heard this and said: "Old Jiu, you admire him very much! Could it be that you also think that this boy can be a good Holy Emperor?"

Zhao Sheng on the side had a thoughtful look on his face after listening.

The contemporary Holy Emperor of the Zhao Clan Imperial City, whose common name is Zhao Dutian, is rumored to have a graceful and generous personality, but he is also not lacking in imperial skills. He has only been on the throne for less than 20 years, and has successively dealt with the three major factions in the court, firmly holding power in his hands. inside.

Several Yuan Ying ancestors in the Zhao clan were very optimistic about this son, and they all hoped that he could eliminate the accumulated abuses, increase revenue and reduce expenditure, enrich the national treasury, and reverse the declining trend of the dynasty's fiscal deficit every year.

It's just that this is easy to say, but extremely difficult to do. I'm afraid it's much more difficult than surviving the thunder tribulation and successfully being promoted to Nascent Soul!

In just a short moment, Zhao Sheng had recalled all the information about the divine capital.

At this moment, the door of the Palace of Eternal Life was slowly pushed open, and a sharp and thin voice shouted outside the door: "The Holy Emperor has arrived!"

As soon as he finished speaking, an emperor wearing a nine-dragon gilt robe, divine dragon boots, and a twelve-pointed crown walked into the palace with a dragon's pace. Behind him were four people wearing eight dragons and cloud robes. The young prince.

Zhao Dutian raised his head and looked at the three ancestors who were high above them. His face was solemn. After adjusting his clothes, he took three steps in a row. He had crossed dozens of feet and arrived at the bottom of the jade steps.

"The emperor's grandson, Zhao Dutian, pays homage to the Seventh, Ninth, and Sixteenth Ancestors! Our ancestors will enjoy immortal blessings forever and live forever."

As Zhao Dutian bowed his head and saluted, the four princes following him knelt down on the ground one after another, kowtowed and shouted: "My ancestors will enjoy immortal blessings forever and live forever!"

Ancestor Qingshan laughed and waved: "Come up, Dutian."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Dutian straightened his body and climbed up the steps.

At this time, Patriarch Qingshan pointed to the four princes below, turned to look at Zhao Sheng, and asked with a smile: "The four boys below have all kowtowed to us, so we must give you this greeting gift! Old Sixteen, everyone in the family knows this You have the richest net worth. What kind of treasure do you think should be rewarded? Let’s talk about it first, ordinary treasures cannot catch the eyes of these boys. "

While speaking, Holy Emperor Zhao Dutian had already walked up to the three of them. Hearing these words, he couldn't help but look slightly moved, and then turned his eyes to Zhao Sheng.

"Seventh Ancestor, you are trying to criticize me! It seems that I can't do it until I get some blood!"

Zhao Sheng smiled and shook his head, and sent out his spiritual thoughts to scan the four men below. He saw that all four of them were handsome and mighty, with outstanding demeanor, and their cultivation levels were all above the foundation level.

He thought for a moment and quickly came up with an idea.