Lord of Deception

Not far from the southern border of Dali, several strong men from Dali quietly retreated with different expressions on their faces as they watched the calamity clouds gradually dissipating.

There was some doubt in the eyes of Prince Da Li. When the tribulation appeared, it was so powerful that anyone who was not blind could tell at a glance that it was at least a strong person from the third tribulation who was going through the tribulation again.

And only those who have followed the right path and practiced the Eight Sutras will encounter such a bright disaster.

So everyone was just watching the fun, and no one wanted to do anything.

If it weren't for the special status of the people who had overcome the calamity, the calamity cloud would have expanded to the territory of Dali, and the people in Dali would have just pretended not to see it.

After all, you can count the number of powerful people in the third calamity in the world on your fingers. Everyone has to go through this.

It is normal to find a place with few people to survive the tribulation.

The place at the junction of Dali and Daqian really meets this requirement because of the wars in the past few years, coupled with a series of natural disasters and other events.

When Prince Dali was born, Emperor Lao Qian had already been famous for a long time and had great pressure.

Even though she didn't understand why Lao Qianhuang overcame the tribulation, she also understood that Lao Qianhuang's attempt to overcome the tribulation would definitely not feel like an anticlimax.

Ordinary monks are afraid of heavenly catastrophes, especially the kind of catastrophes that must be resisted forcefully. But for the truly strong, it is actually difficult to encounter battles in the past where they have to use all their strength and squeeze to the limit.

This Heavenly Tribulation is the best way to squeeze the limits and break through the limits. What they actually hope is that the Heavenly Tribulation will be stronger.

It's best to let them try their best and wait until it's over, just about to die.

This is the way to maximize profits.

But after the Heavenly Tribulation of Emperor Lao Qian, after the appearance of thunder and earth fire, there was no wind at all, and it ended in an anticlimax.

This made Prince Dali feel that the rumors were shattered. It seemed that Emperor Lao Qian was not as strong as the rumors.

Because other things can be disguised, but there is really no way to disguise the Heavenly Tribulation, and it does not depend on human thinking. No matter how strong you are, the Heavenly Tribulation will definitely be stronger than you.

This is a normal calamity. If there are some strong people who practice evil ways, or strong people who use strange auras to benefit themselves at the expense of others, the calamity may be one level stronger than humans.

This is also the reason why there are very few top experts in the evil way.

But at the same time, everything has its disadvantages and advantages. The natural calamity is too strong, and it is difficult for the evil powerhouse to survive it. But if it can be overcome, the benefits will be particularly great, and the evil powerhouse will be particularly strong.

This is part of the reason why none of the very few top experts in the evil path are good.

Prince Dali didn't know why, but he just felt that it was a good thing that Lao Qianhuang's Heavenly Tribulation was so fierce that it withered very quickly. At least Lao Qianhuang wouldn't get many benefits.

She no longer had the mind to think about the reason, what happened to the old Emperor Qian. He returned to the palace, immediately issued a letter of credence, sternly condemned, and directly mobilized troops to the southern border.

Use the evil energy of the army to draw the power of the Dali Divine Dynasty over and disperse the power of the Daqian Divine Dynasty that diffused there.

Anyway, don't think of spitting out the territory that was eaten so easily.

The territory close to the south has a better environment and resources, but it is much better than the cold and freezing places in the north.

She had no choice but to lose part of the territory she had snatched from the north. She did not want to be attacked by Da Zhen and Da Qian from both sides.

There is another reason for this. It is getting colder in the north and the ice line is moving southward year by year.

Within the earthquake, half of the northern half of the territory was too cold to be inhabited, and everyone was moving south, compressing their living space.

If it weren't for this, Emperor Zhen's cleanup of the internal crown princes would not have been so smooth.

Every time a king is cleared, a large number of people can survive.

Prince Dali felt that he would be allowed to let go of part of the territory he had snatched from the Great Earthquake, but he did not want to push too far.

When the living space of a divine dynasty is squeezed to the point where it can no longer survive, only one thing will happen.

That is war, the fight for survival.

When a person is dying, he can do anything.

Therefore, the Prince of Dali used the slope to get off the donkey, released part of it in the north, and took the larger and better part in the south.

Now Lao Qianhuang abdicated the throne and concentrated on cultivation, waiting to reach the tenth level, but inexplicably people felt that he was pulling.

It seems that he is no longer the peak emperor he used to be.

Now, many ideas will change.

Just like now, some strong people have begun to wonder whether the reason why Emperor Qian was so strong back then was because he was Emperor Qian.

Now that he has abdicated, is he withdrawing?

This includes some powerful people within Daqian.

The old Qianhuang pulled the strings, but the new Qianhuang still lacked prestige. Usually, at such times, it would be a storm.

An outlet for the rise of power, or an outlet for the expansion of certain major forces.

As long as you act within the rules, you don't have to worry about being reckoned with by the queen. Those who are reckoned with by the queen are pigs that have not yet taken flight.

The pigs that really take flight may use this period of time to recruit one or two more strong men to take care of the situation.

Undercurrents were surging in invisible places. The new emperor took the sternly condemning letter of credence sent by Da Li and sighed quietly.

He also didn't expect that his father would end up like this after surviving a calamity.

In fact, the thunder and earth fire, which can be resisted head-on throughout the whole process, is already very strong, but this does not fit in with everyone's impression of Lao Qianhuang.

Sometimes that's the case. It doesn't matter whether you are actually strong or not. What matters is that everyone thinks you're stupid.

Many, many people may have some thoughts that they shouldn't have, and they may appear involuntarily.

Trouble will also arise.

When more people come up with those ideas and act on them, no matter what, it is impossible to kill them all.

At most, it would be enough to kill two leading birds to frighten them.

The stability of the government is like this. It does not depend on whether you can deal with problems. If you do, your vitality will be greatly damaged. It lies in preventing problems from arising and preventing people from having inappropriate thoughts.

The new emperor looked at the new report. Dali had already sent troops to the border. He had to react and could only mobilize troops to the border for confrontation.

A fight is probably unlikely. Unfortunately, no one dares to bet on this matter. What if it happens?

What if your mind changes? What if the gun goes off?

On the third day, during the imperial meeting, the new emperor was very pleased. As expected, the iron-headed censor jumped out and said in a roundabout way that the emperor was no longer in charge, so stop jumping around. Now that the operation is complete, the war will start again in Daqian.

It's not easy to work for the common people. We haven't cultivated ourselves for a few years yet, and the benefits provided by the big forces to their disciples have been cut.

This requires recruiting and deploying troops. Where does the money come from?

It wastes people and money and only increases the number of wars. Your Majesty, please don't imitate the Supreme Emperor and be more honest.

Anyway, that's what the tongzhao article means in a roundabout way.

The new emperor was very pleased, and then killed the censor to destroy his reputation.

The meaning behind the words is: My father is wise and powerful, you are not allowed to slander my father. I will kill anyone who says my father is not. If Dali wants to fight, then teach them a lesson. Anyway, my father is not. wrong.

A bunch of courtiers were feeling uncomfortable, and they couldn't explain clearly that it was wrong for you to be filial to the Supreme Emperor, and it was wrong for you to be tough on Da Li now.

However, the new emperor's anxious posture caused several people below him to look at each other, inexplicably feeling that the Supreme Emperor might have really lost his temper after losing the blessing of the throne.

…

In the secret room of seclusion, Lao Qianhuang digested the benefits gained from this tribulation, his eyes were deep and his mind was full of doubts.

Why?

Why is this happening? It shouldn't be. His tribulation was over before he even felt the pressure.

He couldn't possibly know why. Yu Ziqing just stood there and did nothing. Even if Lu Bu was alive, Tianjie would take the initiative to avoid Yu Ziqing. If he couldn't avoid it, he could only end it hastily.

Not to mention that no one could peep out of anything in the calamity cloud at that time. Even if there were any traces left, they would have been completely swept away by the calamity cloud, and even the Shadow Mirror could not reveal them.

Qingping stood aside, looking at Lao Qianhuang with doubts, and said.

"Is it possible that there are mistakes or omissions in what I studied before?"

Lao Qianhuang was silent, there was indeed no other possibility.

His refining of the gods was based on what Qingping realized.

In other words, the one in the void was still dishonest and secretly kept a secret.

So much so that after he was allowed to practice God again, he was actually not that strong.

Originally, this tribulation was over, but now there must be another one.

At first glance, it seems that if you overcome the tribulation twice, you will get the benefits twice.

In fact, there is a qualitative difference.

The combined benefits of ten low-level tribulations are not as great as the benefits of one high-level tribulation.

At his level, the benefits are particularly obvious, like increasing the upper limit.

Originally, the upper limit of a small realm was increased, but now it has become better than nothing. It is strange that it can be accepted.

Lao Qianhuang thought about all the possibilities, but considering that the heavenly calamity was completely positively related to his own strength, in the end, the blame could only be put on the head of the Cliff God King.

He conveniently buried a trap for the Cliff God King, and others conveniently buried a trap for him, which was very reasonable.

As for whether it is true? What evidence is there?

No evidence is needed for this kind of thing.

As long as you eliminate them one by one and there is only one suspect left, it will be you.

…

On the cliff of the void, the breath of the Cliff God King is constantly changing. He has obtained the method of refining the gods and is practicing it like the human race.

He did not practice according to any one method, but integrated and merged those methods together to practice.

He has to carve out a path and then integrate it into his own way.

Now that this road has reached the peak of the ninth level, he will try to integrate into his own way.

Use this as a fulcrum to leverage the entire way of refining gods.

The integration went smoothly at first, but once it was fully integrated, changes began to appear.

His body began to disintegrate and his Tao began to twist.

Logically speaking, the pit buried in it should have emerged a long time ago, but the Cliff God King is too strong, and he can go through no matter how crooked the road is.

I had to rely solely on my own strength to get through it. It was a bit difficult, but I still got through it.

When one truly begins to integrate one's own path, a straight path coincides with a crooked path, merging from the most essential point, and distortion appears.

The Cliff God King does not have a physical body. His body is his true form. After it began to disintegrate, he responded to the Soul Refining Realm, the eighth realm of the way to refining gods. He refined all the thoughts of the physical body into the Yang God to achieve Yuan Shen. God, after this, even if his physical body is destroyed, he can be easily resurrected.

Even just the soul is considered a complete individual.

Unfortunately, the true form of the Cliff God King corresponds to the meaning of this physical body.

At this moment, the fusion of Tao began to disintegrate the true form of the Cliff God King, using it as nourishment to strengthen the soul.

If he lost his true form and really cultivated into a complete version of Yuanshen, he might actually become stronger.

It would indeed be possible to integrate the Tao he created into your own Tao, use it as a fulcrum to leverage the entire Tao of God Refining, and then take it away entirely.

It's a pity that he is guarding the Tao here, and he is not just guarding his own Tao, and he cannot lose his current true form at all.

The methods given by Lao Qianhuang and Yu Ziqing in a tacit understanding do have problems, but they are indeed good methods. They can be practiced, and they are very powerful after they are practiced.

But the more this happens, the more ruthless it is to trick people.

Now the Cliff God King is faced with a choice, either give up guarding the Tao, or cut off the flesh, cutting off the part that is integrated into the Tao of his body, and by the way, also cutting off the twisted part.

His breath was dull, his hair was flying, and he had no choice.

If you give up on keeping the Tao, you will give up even more, and your persistence for so many years will be completely over.

Back then, the entire world was overturned, the gods were overthrown, and a new world emerged. Some of the gods were completely annihilated, some lost their true forms, and many more were directly overthrown and turned into demons.

And the way he guarded was the way the gods used to be gods, the way they returned to gods.

If he gives up, the former gods will never have the chance to turn back into gods, and will only be completely reduced to demons who were knocked down into the abyss.

He is the last god-king, and only he can hold it.

He can actually feel that there are still gods resurrecting now, like the Moon God.

Unfortunately, the Moon God back then was too weak and was not qualified to be among the gods at that time.

Even if he was affected by the overthrow of the gods and lost his true form later, now because he is not among the gods, it is a good thing and he can be revived directly.

But among the gods, returning from strength to strength is not such a good thing.

The Cliff God King has always looked down on the Moon God. Even when it is silent, the bright moon will sprinkle moonlight according to the rules. It is true that it will sprinkle the emperor's liquid. Gods will definitely not do this.

If it were left to the Cliff God King to choose, not even the bright moon would shine on the current world, and he wished that the current world would turn into eternal night.

Now that a choice was before him, Cliff God King had no choice. He could only give up the part of his Tao that had just been integrated into his body, and even add a part of his own Tao.

He even had to give up using this method to regain the Tao that was taken away by Hajime. If he wanted to do it again in the future, he would have to find another way.

The twisted Tao is cut off, which is comparable to digging out bones to heal wounds, gouging out flesh to remove carbuncles. If you want to be thorough, some good parts will inevitably be involved.

Those cut-out paths were twisted out of shape, turning into extremely complex rivers of charm and runes, falling from the cliff.

The next moment, the way of refining the gods emerged, swallowing all the parts that the Cliff God King had cut off in one breath.

After just one glance, the Cliff God King turned his head.

The human race has always liked to make things extremely complicated, and the method of refining gods has long been completely different from when it was first captured.

Nine twists and turns, countless small branches, stacked on top of each other to form a thoroughfare.

The twisted path that had been cut off fell into it, and it was like dripping into the sea, and it seamlessly blended into it in the blink of an eye. The only thing that didn't blend in immediately, and still needed to be digested slowly, was the good meat that he cut off when he was cutting out the carbuncle.

After the way of refining the gods appeared, it slowly dissipated. The Cliff God King could only watch helplessly, not even daring to take another look for fear of being affected again.

At the same time, Zhong Shouzheng, who was reportedly still recovering from his injuries after adapting to a new body for decades or hundreds of years, suddenly opened his eyes.

He opened his mouth in astonishment, feeling inexplicably that practice seemed to be easier, and inexplicably, he felt that the upper limit had become higher.

It's just the ninth level, and the upper limit has become higher.

And this process is still going on, very weak, but it really exists.

His sensory ability is a gift. He is full of good luck and avoidance of misfortune. At this moment, he is getting lucky, urging him to keep up the pace. This first bite of meat must be eaten in his mouth.

Suddenly facing such a huge change, Zhong Shouzheng hesitated for a moment, and sent a letter to Yu Ziqing first, asking Yu Ziqing to come back. These things had to be said face to face.

He shamelessly stayed in Jinlan Mountain, nestled in the west of Jinlan Mountain, just like the hungry ghosts here, lying down and unwilling to go out.

I just feel like this place is so safe.

The so-called healing, well, everyone understands it, but as long as he doesn't expose it to the outside, I'm afraid his injury will never heal.

Now it feels like a big benefit has fallen from the sky for no reason, but Zhong Shouzheng feels wary. Benefits falling from the sky are not necessarily good things.

After hesitating for a moment, Zhong Shouzheng was not in a hurry to practice. He felt that he had to wait.

After having this idea, he felt that he was right. Without the trap, it would be impossible for him to have such an idea based on his ability.

Yu Ziqing received the news and rushed back immediately.

After getting into the secret room, Zhong Shouzheng immediately told Yu Ziqing what he sensed.

Yu Ziqing looked a little surprised.

"You didn't practice immediately?"

"After I sensed it, I stopped practicing, and I haven't practiced again until now."

Yu Ziqing understood instantly. Zhong Shouzheng didn't even take the first bite, so there must be something wrong.

The way of refining gods suddenly strengthened. Yu Ziqing raised his head and took a look, as if he saw the cliff god king in the void.

With this kind of enhancement, Yu Ziqing could only think of the Cliff God King, or maybe it had just begun.

It can only be related to the two, but the probability of it being the beginning is low.

Is the Cliff God King so kind?

Impossible, absolutely impossible.

It could only be that he was forced to do this.

Yu Ziqing thought about it for a while, and the only introductions he could think of were those high-end techniques that were sent to him back then.

Hey, does this pit have such a big impact? You won’t let the Cliff God King cut off your flesh, right?

After thinking about it, Yu Ziqing felt that it was better to be cautious and take a look at what happened.

He knocked on the source of the earth.

"Please give me a guide and take a look at the way to refine the gods."

The source of the earth is very face-saving. It leads the way out and pulls out the way to refine the gods. It only takes a moment, and it is enough.

Yu Ziqing saw that on the road to refining gods, there were obviously some disharmonious places, like some bits and pieces of fresh meat suddenly falling on a road, which had not been fully integrated into the road, which was very irritating.

It will take some time for it to be digested.

Yu Ziqing came back to his senses and glanced at Zhong Shouzheng. Is Laman's ability to seek good fortune and avoid misfortune so great?

Fortunately, this guy didn't rush to take the first bite of meat, otherwise, he would have suffered from indigestion.