God Emperor

Sword World, Aoki Continent.

At the foot of the Qi Mountain, there is an endless peach forest. When the peach blossoms are in full bloom, the pink and fragrant colors and the fallen flowers are colorful. It is like walking into a painting, which makes people intoxicated.

Zhang Ruochen walked up the glacier stream, using bluestone as steps, feeling happy both physically and mentally.

The ancient peach trees here have been planted for countless thousands of years, and they are all amazingly beautiful. Some are rooted in the cliff, and their flower branches can cover half of the mountain. Some of them are as tall as the clouds, and their roots are thicker than a human body. They are not as delicate and shy as ordinary peach trees.

The water in the forest is gurgling, and the calls of tree sparrows, cuckoos, white swallows... various birds are intertwined. The scenery is breathtakingly beautiful with snow-capped mountains in the distance.

After walking for three hours, we arrived halfway up the mountain, walked through the forest, and saw a pavilion built on the edge of the cliff.

In the pavilion, Yun Qing and Xu Rulai were sitting opposite each other on the straw mat, drinking peach blossom tea and talking about all kinds of interesting things in the world.

Seeing Zhang Ruochen appear, both of them were slightly surprised and immediately stood up to greet him.

"Father!"

Yun Qing walked out of the pavilion, stood in the spring sunshine, and saluted Zhang Ruochen.

Xu Rulai clasped his hands together and said, "I have met Lord Di Chen."

Zhang Ruochen walked under the shade of a tree and said with a smile: "What a coincidence! Master Can Deng also came to Qishan?"

Behind him, there was the sound of footsteps.

Master Candeng was dressed in spotless white Buddhist robes, and every inch of his skin seemed to be glowing. He carried a bamboo basket in his hand and picked a basket full of peach blossoms. He smiled and said, "I heard that the leader of the Yama clan, the owner of the Baiyi Valley, Pan God Yuan Gu, many of the top powerhouses in the world have gone to the Origin Temple to visit you, why did you come to Qi Shan?”

Master Candeng and Zhang Ruochen passed by each other and walked into the pavilion. After sitting down, they added freshly picked peach blossoms to the pot on the stove.

The pot is made of clay and the water has boiled.

Zhang Ruochen then walked in and said: "They all came for Qinqin, and they all want to master the power to deal with the ancestors."

Returning to Wuding Divine Sea, Zhang Ruochen spread the news about Yuan Qin.

Of course, it only claims to the outside world that the magical power of "Lan Ai Burns Together" is a magic trick.

The current monks, including the half-ancestor, all live in the shadow of the ancestor and have no way to deal with it. If you want to self-destruct the divine source, it is as difficult as climbing to the sky.

This feeling of powerlessness is even more uncomfortable for the more powerful monks.

The news about the Great Master's magical power "Lan Ai Burning Together" came out, which is naturally very attractive. Everyone knows that since Zhang Ruochen leaked this matter, he is looking for the owner of Qin Qin.

I am asking the monks in the world, who dares to die?

Lan Ai burned together, Yuan Qin, and the monk himself were burned together, just to exchange the enemy's life. Even the ancestors had to be afraid of this kind of deterrence.

In recent days, no less than ten deities and half-ancestrals have visited Zhang Ruochen.

Master Can Deng asked: "Has the Reason Qin been sent out?"

Zhang Ruochen shook his head and said: "The reason why I spread the news and let powerful people from all sides come to me is just to cover up the truth."

Master Can Deng said: "You don't want the ancestor to know in advance who you gave the Reason Qin to? So, use this method to confuse the public. But you can absolutely not make Lan Ai Burn with the Magic to the public. , wouldn’t it be even more unexpected?”

Zhang Ruochen said: "The purpose of announcing it to the public is to make the ancestors of all parties restrain themselves and not be able to do whatever they want."

Master Can Deng nodded understandingly, opened the steamy teapot, poured a cup of scented tea for Zhang Ruochen, and said: "So, who is the master you chose for the reason piano? It can't be a poor monk, right?"

Zhang Ruochen said: "Master, are you willing to burn with the ancestor Lan Ai?"

"I don't want to!"

Master Can Deng said: "Any monk who has the confidence to challenge the realm of the ancestors will not be willing to do so."

Zhang Ruochen said thoughtfully, "Actually, one of the monks who came to visit me convinced me, and I have already made the decision to hand over the Reason Qin to him."

"Who?" Master Candeng asked.

Zhang Ruochen said: "White Clothes Valley, the God of Fury. He said that he is the son of the great Lord Fudo Ming, and he is the most qualified person to inherit this magical power. He is also the most compatible with this magical power, and has the best chance of attracting attention in front of the ancestor." This kind of magical power. Other Tianzun-level and even half-ancestors may have died in the hands of the ancestor before they could activate this magical power."

Master Can Deng said calmly and naturally: "This is an advantage that no one else can match! But why didn't you send the Reason Qin away?"

Zhang Ruochen said: "It's not time yet! In addition to the magical power of Lan Ai Tongfen, Qin also has the magical power of Returning. I want to find a master for this magical power first!"

"This magical power is acceptable to a poor monk." Master Can Deng said with a smile.

"Stop making trouble! If you take off the Buddhist robes, the ancestors won't even be able to do anything to you. Why do you need this magical power?"

Zhang Ruochen picked up the cup and saw three or four crystal clear flower petals floating on the surface. He took a sip and said, "It smells so fragrant, so familiar. Yun Qing, where is your father?"

"My father is on the hill! Every year when the peach blossoms bloom, he said that he will think of someone, but he forgets who that person is and what he looks like. I only know that every year when the flowers bloom, there is always an inexplicable melancholy." Yun Qingdao.

Zhang Ruochen frowned, not knowing whether to be happy or sad for him.

That year, in the Sea of ​​Disillusioned Stars, Peach Blossom's death was so tragic that forgetting it was a good thing.

Zhang Ruochen originally asked Ah Le to send the peach blossoms that turned into corpses of time into the starry sky. The purpose was to make him forget the past and get out of the pain.

He seemed to have done it, but he seemed not to have done it.

Zhang Ruochen said quietly: "What about you? Have you forgotten too?"

"Does the foster father refer to the mother? I only have such a familiar yet unfamiliar shadow deep in my memory. I want to draw it, but I can't." Yun Qing said.

"You were still young at that time, so it's normal if you don't remember."

Zhang Ruochen let out a long sigh.

During a person's lifetime, he has cried, laughed, and experienced scenery, which seems to be of great importance and leaves traces behind. In fact, everything is false and there will be no trace after death.

Zhang Ruochen carried the teapot and came to the top of the hill alone, where he saw Ah Le sitting under the tree and gazing at the sky.

It seems like I am looking at the clear blue sky and catching the trajectory of the white clouds; it also seems like I am just meditating and recalling bits and pieces of the past.

Zhang Ruochen said: "The flowering period of peach blossoms is the shortest, dying in ten days, but they are prosperous and gorgeous, the fragrance floats hundreds of miles, and there are splashes of ink everywhere. When the spring breeze comes next year, the peach blossoms will still bloom for you."

After a long time, A Le seemed to have regained his life and said, "Are you leaving?"

"Just these few days." Zhang Ruochen said.

A Le took the teapot and asked, "Can you get it back?"

Zhang Ruochen sat down with his back to A Le and said: "To others, I will tell you that I will definitely come back. To you, I will tell you the truth, maybe I will never come back."

"What do you have to say? Kill someone?" A Le said.

Zhang Ruochen said: "This time is different, I want you to save people."

"Who to save?" A Le said.

Zhang Ruochen said: "I don't know! Save the person you think should be saved. I will leave the Qin to you because no one would have guessed that I would leave it to you, so that you have the opportunity to use it. After using it, give the Qin to you Go to Baiyi Valley.”

"good!"

A Le held the teapot in both hands and said: "I'd like to give you a pot of tea. I hope you can bloom again like this peach blossom next year. I'll still be waiting for you in Qishan."

All the tea in the pot was spilled on the ground.

…

Zhang Ruochen took a sacred tree boat and headed for the hell realm along the Santu River.

The pace is very slow and there is no rush.

Inside the boat, he unfolded a corner of the divine world.

The majestic and formidable Underworld City is located on this land.

The battle flags are hanging on the city head, and the bricks and stones are like magic iron. There are many palaces and shrines in the city.

Eighty thousand towers of wind and thunder, corpses and ghosts build the underworld city.

This Hades City was forged by Corpse Nightmare and Ghost Mother for Hades Ancestor, and is one of the four parts of the Hades Ancestor's divine world.

Zhang Ruochen has understood the Tao contained in the remaining three parts, Minghai, Minghe, and Mingguo.

As long as you supplement the Tao contained in the underworld, you will have the opportunity to light up the fortieth regiment of Tao light, truly reach the realm of Xiaoyan perfection, and step into the semi-ancestral level.

The sacred tree boat went down the river, merged into the main river from the tributary, entered the Santu River Basin, and then sailed westward for five hundred years.

For five hundred years, all the monks knew that Zhang Ruochen left the Wuding Divine Sea and the Sword World, but no one knew where he went.

Some half-ancestors and even the first ancestors tried to calculate, but they ended in failure.

This disappearance did not cause much shock, because everyone knew that Zhang Ruochen would definitely appear one day in the future, and there would definitely be someone who could force him to take action.

After understanding the Taoist rules within the Underworld City, Zhang Ruochen began to try to outline them.

"Wow!"

The first rule divine pattern is outlined.

It is exactly the same as the ancestral regular divine pattern left by Hades in Hades City.

It can be said that with Zhang Ruochen's current ability, if he pretends to be the Ming Ancestor, he can definitely deceive most of the monks of the Ming Ancestor faction.

Zhang Ruochen waved his finger lightly, and the ancestral regular divine pattern flew into the fortieth group of light.

"Wow! Wow! Wow..."

Zhang Ruochen continued to outline the rules of the ancestors, and the light of the fortieth regiment became brighter and brighter.

Just when the Dao light was about to reach a certain critical point, the forty groups of Dao light in Zhang Ruochen's body, which were originally running regularly, were actually running in a disorderly manner, and the speed was getting faster and faster, beyond his ability to control.

"not good!"

Zhang Ruochen wanted to release forty balls of Dao Light from the Xuan Fei to prevent his body from bursting, but the Xuan Fei began to shrink inward.

Both the outward and inward forces exceed Zhang Ruochen's current power. If it is allowed to develop like this, it is very likely that both body and soul will be destroyed.

As a last resort, Zhang Ruochen had no choice but to withdraw the ancestral regular divine pattern that had just been injected into the fortieth regiment of light.

Gradually, the forty groups of Dao Light in the Xuan Fei calmed down and began to operate stably and regularly. But the light of the fortieth regiment of light dimmed by half.

Obviously, this time the attack on Xiaoyan's success ended in failure.

"This step is indeed not that simple."

Zhang Ruochen let out a long breath and looked at the thick dust on his body.

He stood up, his energy shook from the inside out, and the dust flew out.

After walking out of the underworld and the divine world, he reappeared on the sacred tree boat.

Sitting on the bow of the ship, God Xiu Chen asked: "As soon as you open and close your eyes, five hundred years have passed, and you don't care about the outside world at all?"

"The world will still function normally without me, Zhang Ruochen." Zhang Ruochen said.

God Xiu Chen asked: "Has a breakthrough been achieved?"

Zhang Ruochen shook his head.

Xiuchen Tianshen said: "I knew it wouldn't be that easy! If you break through again, your fighting power will definitely be able to defeat the ancestors. This is the realm that many talented people have dreamed of throughout the ages. If you can reach it by opening and closing your eyes, you will be able to achieve it. How many people were angry?"

The selfless lantern hanging on the bow of the ship said: "It's been five hundred years, where are we going?"

"arrive!"

Zhang Ruochen looked towards the front of the Santu River. The Dark Abyss defense line was already visible.

On the defense line that is more than a thousand light years long, you can clearly see the two World Trees where Fengdu Ghost City and Destiny Domain are located. Beyond the defense line, the deeper parts of the universe are filled with darkness and emptiness.

Zhang Ruochen went to Fengdu Ghost City and paid a secret visit to the Fengdu Emperor.

"In the past five hundred years, Di Chen has made it easy for monks to find him, but where has he gone?" Emperor Fengdu asked.

Zhang Ruochen did not answer this question directly and said: "I wonder where I went? Why isn't the Emperor curious about where the missing Xu Fengju, Meng Ge, and Ming Gu went?"

"Actually, I really know where they went. Before Xu Fengjin left, he told me his destination and said that if he didn't come back within a thousand years, he would ask me to go and help him." Emperor Fengdu said.

Zhang Ruochen smiled: "This old ghost! Will the Emperor go?"

"Yes, I will definitely go. Originally, I should have gone a long time ago, but I just thought that Di Chen was missing and you went there in person! Now it seems that is not the case. It must be very uncomfortable for Xu Fengjin to not return for five hundred years. Good luck." Emperor Fengdu said.

Zhang Ruochen observed the tens of thousands of miles high ghost body of Emperor Fengdu and said, "Did the Emperor refine the ancestral realm left by Emperor Huangquan?"

"That's right! In this era, you must improve your own strength as much as possible. Every time you improve, you have one more chance of survival." Emperor Fengdu said.

Zhang Ruochen said: "If I have a way to help the emperor increase his combat power by two points, how should the emperor repay me?"

As he spoke, Zhang Ruochen took out the Huangquan Seal and the ancestral divine source of Emperor Huangquan, and suspended them in the void between him and Emperor Fengdu.

Emperor Fengdu asked: "What price does Di Chen want to offer?"

"Do two things for me." Zhang Ruochen said.

Emperor Fengdu was very happy and said: "Okay, Di Chen, feel free to mention it."

"I won't mention it! I believe in the emperor's character, and I also believe in the value of the Underworld Seal and the Ancestral Divine Source. The emperor has his own considerations in his heart."

Seeing the doubt in Emperor Fengdu's eyes, Zhang Ruochen smiled and left, leaving only one sentence: "Soon, the emperor will understand!"

After leaving Fengdu Ghost City, Zhang Ruochen looked at the gorgeous stars and mist of the Huangquan Galaxy, trying his best to clear his mind of distracting thoughts and worries, and just wanted to go into battle without any restraints and face fate, life and death.

At this moment, Zhang Ruochen looked in the direction of Baiyi Valley, wanting to have a good talk with Prajna and recall his youthful days that he could never go back to. I also want to sit under the bodhi tree with the wonderful Zen girl, listen to the leaves falling, and watch the clouds.

Who doesn’t want to enjoy a relaxing time?

Then he looked towards the Destiny Realm.

If there is no accident, Fengtian must be busy in the temple at the moment. Should he go to see her one last time?

There are too many fetters in a person's life. How easy is it to let go of all worries and have no worries?

Zhang Ruochen took off the victory crown on his head and handed it to Xiu Chen.

God Xiu Chen was flattered and said, "Can you finally let me wear it?"

"It's not for you, why are you excited? You help me send it to the Temple of Destiny, give it to Fengtian, and say... if the dust falls, this crown will replace the Phoenix crown."

Zhang Ruochen's long sleeves fluttered and he strode into the void with meteoric strides.

God Xiu Chen asked: "What do you mean? Feng Caiyi doesn't practice the way of light, so if you give it to her, you'll be blind in vain!"

Zhang Ruochen's back disappeared into the darkness.