Saint Emperor Devourer of Heaven

Qingzhou, Dawn Dynasty, the imperial capital Qingyun City.

Linglong was in the imperial palace's garden, surrounded by Anning, Xu Yanning, Yunshu, as well as the pale-faced Zhao Wenting and Dugu Ruyan.

"Wenting, Ruyan, how are your injuries?"

Anning had a worried look between her brows. Their injuries had been sustained for half a month. They were severely injured at the time, and after more than ten days of recuperation, they were still very weak.

Their injuries could be considered stable, with no further deterioration, but the problem was that they were not improving either.

In recent days, Anning had met with them every time, but she had not seen any improvement.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your concern. It is good that our injuries are currently under control. When Lord Divine returns, he will surely have a solution."

Dugu Ruyan responded calmly, while Zhao Wenting showed a slight relieved smile on her pale face.

"The injuries have damaged your origins. We can only wait for Junior Brother to return. If you can be provided with several types of origins for you to fuse and refine, you will recover after a period of time." Linglong finished speaking and then instructed, "Before Junior Brother returns, you can only stay in this area and cannot go anywhere."

"Ruyan and Wenting respectfully remember Venerable Linglong's instructions."

"The Sacrificial Earth Dynasty's Sacrificial Earth Secret Technique can indeed bring a lot of trouble to people. Once injured by Sacrificial Earth True Qi, as long as you are on the planet, within the atmosphere, you will be affected by the power of the earth, causing the injury to continue to worsen. Without extraordinary recovery ability, it is very fatal."

Linglong's expression was solemn. Although she was in charge of the dynasty, there was very little she could do in the face of such a situation.

The younger generation of the Sacrificial Earth Dynasty came to challenge the young cultivators of the Dawn Dynasty. Of course, it was impossible for a peak Saint Ancestor like her to directly intervene.

The Qingzhou younger generation was not as talented, but the difference in realms.

The young cultivators who came from the Sacrificial Earth Dynasty were at a much higher realm than Dugu Ruyan and the others, even several minor realms higher than Xu Wuying and Feng Yu.

In this era, the changes in the environment were too fast, and various opportunities emerged one after another, most of which were monopolized and controlled by major forces.

Many opportunities, people did not even know about, were controlled by those major forces, cutting off the news, and ultimately monopolized by their people.

In this era full of opportunities, the cultivation speed of the younger generation of major forces was naturally very rapid, because their starting point was already high, and they continued to have rare resources supplied to them.

"The Sacrificial Earth Dynasty's methods are despicable. They sent people to infiltrate our Dawn Dynasty, using various means to promote certain ideas, bewitch people's hearts, and then use those who have been bewitched to publish various remarks, create opposition, and split society, which has already had an impact on us in some areas. Although we reacted in time and have been secretly removing those Sacrificial Earth tumors, it is difficult to change those whose minds have been enslaved, and they have spontaneously become knives that stab us…"

Anning became angry when she talked about this, and felt anger in her heart.

Her anger came not only from the people of the Sacrificial Earth Dynasty, but also half from some of the citizens of the Dawn Dynasty.

"Since the establishment of the dynasty, Lord Divine has promulgated new laws. We have carried out reforms according to Lord Divine's will, striving to take care of the dynasty's citizens in all aspects, comprehensively solving the problem of food, clothing, and housing, giving them an environment rich in vitality, where everyone can cultivate, and there is no more illness!"

Xu Yanning's face was frosty, "We have done so much, but there are still so many people who are well-fed and clothed, even with food and clothing provided, who do nothing and enjoy the dynasty's benefits, who are easily bewitched and actually believe that the Sacrificial Earth Dynasty is heaven, saying that our dynasty's laws are strict and lack freedom. They say every day that the men of the Dawn Dynasty are inferior men, and only the men of the Sacrificial Earth Dynasty are the great men that women dream of. When our younger generation is seriously injured on the competition stage, this group of people actually cheers and screams excitedly under the stage, cheering for the young men of the Sacrificial Earth Dynasty, a bunch of bastards!"

"Sister Yanning, don't be angry with that group of people, it's not worth it." Yunshu shook her head and sighed, "Never overestimate everyone's IQ and thinking logic. With a large population, it is inevitable that some people will have unclear minds, or so-called exquisite egoists. These people have a kind of mysterious self-confidence, always thinking that their ideas are the truth, and thinking that everyone in the world should revolve around them. These people, even if they only have one point, will think they have a hundred points, thinking they are very good, but in fact, they are just a group of very ordinary people."

"Although they once lived at the bottom, now the dynasty allows them to have enough food and clothing, and not worry about survival, so they easily think wildly, especially fantasy. I call these people bottom-phantasizers, who are clearly at the bottom, but have unrealistic fantasies all day long."

"If it was just bottom-phantasizing, I wouldn't be so angry!" Xu Yanning said coldly: "The most hateful thing is that these bottom-phantasizers attack their compatriots with heavy fists, and in front of those young powerhouses of the Sacrificial Earth Dynasty, they can't wait to be slaves and kneel down to lick them! This reminds me of when similar situations occurred in Lord Divine's dynasty in the lower realm. Such methods are used by enemies everywhere."

"Sometimes I really want to let the Heavenly Pride Guard Supervisory Criminal Division be dispatched to secretly clean them up!"

Anning attached great importance to this matter, because at present, the impact was not very large, but as that kind of people continued to influence more people, the consequences would become more and more serious, and even cause social division, which was a huge hidden danger for the dynasty.

But she was helpless and dared not make some decisions.

There was no problem in secretly removing the tumors planted by the Sacrificial Earth Dynasty, but if those who were bewitched were cleaned up, as long as the Sacrificial Earth Dynasty caught a trace once, they would definitely make a big fuss about it, making Qingzhou know, and take the opportunity to smear the imperial court, or even demonize the imperial court.

If such a thing really happened, Anning was worried that she would not be able to suppress it.

So, she could only endure it. She believed that as long as Lord Divine returned, everything would be solved easily.

With Lord Divine's prestige in Qingzhou, no one could shake it. No matter how the Sacrificial Earth Dynasty created momentum through public opinion, it would be useless.

"Our spirit needs to become more and more tense. The Sacrificial Earth Dynasty's methods are probably more than that, and we need to be prepared." Linglong reminded, and then she got up and walked to the pond, reaching out and wiping in the void, and a mirror-like light curtain appeared in the air.

The light curtain presented a picture, which was inside an elegant quiet room. All kinds of furnishings were very particular, with a low-key luxury.

In the quiet room was a jade futon, on which sat an old man in an earth-yellow robe, closing his eyes and resting.

At this time, the old man seemed to sense something, and suddenly opened his eyes, with terrible pictures of the birth and death of the void evolving in his pupils.

"Is Your Excellency the expert from the Dawn Dynasty?"

The yellow-robed old man in the void mirror spoke, his voice low, but full of energy.

Before Linglong could respond, the yellow-robed old man showed a complacent smile on his face, "It seems that Your Excellency can't hold back after all. So, Your Excellency, do you want to negotiate with this old man?"

"Our two dynasties have always been separate, but these days, your people from the Sacrificial Earth Dynasty have frequently caused trouble in our imperial capital. Although I disdain to attack young cultivators, it does not mean that I will not attack. Your people have made enough trouble. I hope your people can restrain themselves, return to Sacrificial Earth as soon as possible, and not cause trouble in my Qingzhou."

"Your Excellency's words are too confident." The yellow-robed old man stroked his beard, with a confident smile on the corner of his mouth, and said: "Your Excellency should know that if you attack the younger generation, we old guys will not sit idly by. Could it be that Your Excellency wants to turn the battle of the younger generation into a direct confrontation between the high-level officials of the dynasty?"

"It seems that you are very confident. If it is just a Saint Ancestor like you, I am afraid that you are not qualified to say such things in front of me."

Linglong responded indifferently, with disdain for the yellow-robed old man in her words.

The yellow-robed old man was not angry, but just smiled faintly when he heard the words, and said: "This old man admits that Your Excellency is very strong, but besides Your Excellency, I don't know if there are any stronger people in the Dawn Dynasty, is there a Supreme? Could it be that Your Excellency thinks that our dynasty only has Saint Ancestor-level powerhouses on the surface?"

"If that's the case, let the strongmen of the Supreme Saint Realm come out and talk about it!"

Linglong's attitude was very strong. How could she be frightened by the other party mentioning the Supreme? Wouldn't that be a joke that the Dawn Dynasty had no one?

"Your Excellency is too arrogant. Why need the Supreme? Soon a strongman will come. At that time, I don't know if Your Excellency will still be so arrogant as now!"

"Then you can come and try!"

Linglong finished speaking and waved her sleeves, and the void mirror in front of her shattered like glass, and all the pictures disappeared.

Then, she fell into silence.

Anning and others all came forward, but did not speak, and the atmosphere gradually became a little depressing.

"For the time being, it should be able to slow down. The young powerhouses of Sacrificial Earth should restrain themselves in the short term. They will be afraid of me attacking. At the same time, Sacrificial Earth will send the news back, and stronger people may come soon. At that time, the battle of the younger generation will have to continue, and they will have to solve it themselves. I will find it difficult to intervene again. Before Junior Brother returns, I can't risk the risk of a dynasty war to forcibly protect them, which is unwise. The current situation is complicated, and many things can only be decided by him. Whether it is me or Anning, we can't make the decision. It's just, I don't know when he will return…"

Listening to Linglong's words, Anning, Xu Yanning, Yunshu, Dugu Ruyan, and Zhao Wenting were all silent, and at the same time, there was a look of hope in their eyes, all looking at the distant sky.

Yes, when will that god-like man return?

He has been away from the dynasty for a year and a half.

In the past year and a half, except for knowing that he went to the Soul-Stirring Ridge, there has been no other news.

They were a little worried, but more believed that he was safe, but delayed because of something.

…

At the same time, the largest and oldest city in the Eastern Territory—the Ancient City of the Eastern Territory.

Inside a luxurious inn in the city, surrounded by auspicious clouds, in the superior courtyard, a young man with untidy clothes, letting his clothes open most of the way, leaning back on the chair, with an evil smile on the corner of his mouth.

Beside him, several scantily clad and beautiful women attended to his needs, some massaging his shoulders, others rubbing his legs, and still others feeding him grapes.

At that moment, in the center of the courtyard, an aura of decadent mortal desires manifested, revealing a man wearing a mask of desire.

“Any news? Still no word from them?”

Young Master Yu spoke languidly, a cold glint flashing in his half-closed eyes.

“Reporting to Young Master Yu, there is still no news of Mu Ciyin and Jun Wuxie. We have also been unable to find any trace of Nanli Jingya in Qingzhou. It is as if she has vanished into thin air.”

The man wearing the mask of desire spoke in a hoarse voice.