Emperor Wu Shihuang's handwriting, do not go out of the Milky Way border

"Then what do you want?" Ying Zheng asked helplessly. "You are too big and too heavy. Going to other realms would take up too much space and might even damage them."

"Could you grant me shapeshifting, allowing me to travel like a human? I wish to explore the world," said the spirit of the Supreme Palace.

"Let you transform..." Ying Zheng pondered for a moment, "This is a bit difficult."

“You are the spirit of the artifact, and you already have a physical form, which is this Supreme Palace. If you want to take on a different form, there are only two ways. One is to recast the entire Supreme Palace, and the other is to separate you from the Supreme Palace.”

“Anything is fine!” the Supreme Palace Spirit said eagerly.

"You really dislike yourself that much?" Ying Zheng couldn't help but want to laugh.

However, he then said, "It would be a great pity to recast the Supreme Palace. After recasting, the Supreme Palace will no longer be one of the Ten Artifacts, which would be equivalent to its being useless. As for separating it, the Supreme Palace will also be severely damaged, and if you lose the Supreme Palace, you will also become mediocre."

"I don't care! As long as I can separate from the Supreme Palace, I'm willing to become an ordinary person." The spirit of the Supreme Palace shouted.

“I’ve been trapped for far too long, and over the years I’ve felt the Supreme Palace getting heavier and heavier! When that happens, I’ll be trapped forever!”

That's true, and Ying Zheng knew it.

As the Hongmeng Universe grows, the Supreme Palace naturally grows as well.

"What you want is the ability to travel around, isn't it?" Ying Zheng said thoughtfully.

“Yes!” said the Supreme Hall.

“If that’s all there is to it, I do have another idea,” Ying Zheng said.

"What method?" asked the Supreme Palace Spirit.

“It’s very simple, I’ll make you a pair of legs!” Ying Zheng said.

As he spoke, Ying Zheng constructed a cosmic furnace and used it to refine weapons.

This time, however, he wasn't crafting a magic weapon, but a puppet!
Ying Zheng flicked his finger, placing a drop of his own blood essence into the furnace, and then added various immortal ingredients to refine it.

Tens of thousands of years later, a towering war puppet was forged in the furnace.

This war puppet looks almost exactly like Ying Zheng, except it has no expression and its aura has reached the cosmic level! Moreover, it is at the second level of the cosmic level!
"From now on, you will stay with the Supreme Palace! You can carry it around. Wherever it wants to go, you can take it there," Ying Zheng said.

"Yes, sir!" The war puppet nodded.

As he spoke, he walked toward the Supreme Hall and hoisted it onto his shoulder.

The Supreme Hall was incredibly heavy, but for a level two cosmic-level battle puppet, carrying it was a piece of cake.

"Haha, that works too! Let's go, let's hit the road! Let's go check out the Lingtai Star Region first! I'm going to show off to that old woman Hongluo first!" the Supreme Palace Spirit shouted triumphantly.

"He deserves a beating," Ying Zheng said, speechless.

However, he didn't say anything more.

After being carried a few steps by the war puppet, the Supreme Palace turned back and shouted loudly to Ying Zheng, "Wait a minute, wait a minute, there's a small problem."

"What's the problem?" Ying Zheng asked.

"Could you shrink me down a bit? Being this big is too inconvenient for me to move around in the Free Origin Realm," said the Supreme Palace.

“If it’s just about changing the appearance without changing the essence, then there’s naturally no problem,” Ying Zheng replied. “Actually, you don’t even need to come to me about this; this war puppet can handle it.”

After Ying Zheng finished speaking, he cast a spell on the war puppet carrying the Supreme Palace. Its massive body, along with the Supreme Palace, shrank continuously until it became the size of a normal person. At this moment, the Supreme Palace, held in the palm of the war puppet, looked like an ordinary magical artifact.

But in reality, the weight of the Supreme Palace has not changed. If the war puppet were to fall out of its hands, the Supreme Palace would be enough to smash through a large domain!

However, the weight of the Supreme Palace is now being borne by the war puppets.

"That works! Haha, let's go! Goodbye! Bye-bye!"

The Supreme Palace Spirit shouted triumphantly again, then, carried by the battle puppet, it traversed the void and departed from the Thirty-Third Heaven.

After leaving the Supreme Hall, Ying Zheng shook his head helplessly, then transformed into a beam of light and returned to the Heavenly Emperor's Palace.

After returning to the Heavenly Emperor's Palace, Ying Zheng summoned the Illusionary Realm Pearl and entered the Azure Illusionary Realm.

Ying Zheng spent a long time in the outside world, but in reality, only one day had passed in the Canglan Illusionary Realm.

One day in the Canglan Fantasy Realm is less than one hundred million years in the outside world.

In Hongmeng Town, everyone was still working enthusiastically to prepare fortifications, thinking about raising the walls surrounding Hongmeng Town.

Previously, the enemy's wolf riders had leaped over the wall in an instant, which greatly worried the Hongmeng group.

Ying Zheng's return immediately alarmed everyone in Hongmeng Town, and Immortal Venerable Hongluo and the others rushed over.

"How is the situation?" Upon meeting, the Supreme Lord of Hongdu asked Ying Zheng.

Before leaving, Ying Zheng said that he would find a way to deal with the Fire Jade Universe this time, so everyone is naturally very concerned about the outcome.

Faced with the question from the Supreme Lord of Hongdu, Ying Zheng looked around at everyone, cleared his throat, and said, "Ahem, I originally planned to try negotiating with them, but when I arrived at the Fire Jade Universe, it just so happened that the Fire Jade Universe was attacked by the Wanderers."

"Huh?!" Upon hearing Ying Zheng's words, all the Hongmeng Venerables were somewhat stunned.

"Attacked by homeless people? What happened?"

"Yeah, what's going on?"

The assembled dignitaries looked puzzled and asked questions one after another.

"Well, that's roughly it. There was a wanderer who was halfway to the Ancient Saint realm, who was wanted by the Canglan Universe Alliance. He was on the run and happened to run into the Fire Jade Universe, so he destroyed it on the spot," Ying Zheng explained.

"Such a thing is possible?!" The assembled dignitaries were all astonished upon hearing this.

"What a coincidence!" Emperor Wu Xuan and the others exchanged bewildered glances.

Only a few people, such as the Great Mighty Saint Venerable and the Crimson Luo Immortal Venerable, had a hint of doubt in their eyes. They hesitated to speak, and finally, like Ying Zheng, they looked at everyone without saying anything.

Some things are better left unsaid; it's enough to understand them implicitly.

"The Fire Jade Universe has been destroyed. Because the Fire Jade Gods were in the Illusionary Realm and escaped the calamity, I have allowed them to temporarily reside in a corner of our Hongmeng Universe. Therefore, the enmity between Fire Jade City and our Hongmeng Town ends here. From now on, the two sides will coexist peacefully and not invade each other," Ying Zheng said.

"The Fire Jade Gods intend to temporarily reside in our Primordial Universe?!" The Primordial Venerables were startled once again.

"Are you confident?" Mahadeva couldn't help but ask.

"It's alright," Ying Zheng said.

"If they dare to cause trouble, I can wipe them all out in the blink of an eye."

After Ying Zheng finished speaking, the Great Mighty Saint Venerable nodded.

"I can rest assured that."

“Yes.” Hongdu Supreme and the others all nodded in agreement.

The Great Vajra Saint, the Supreme Lord Hongdu, and the Martial Profound Emperor trusted Ying Zheng implicitly. Since Ying Zheng had given his guarantee, they naturally had no doubts. Among the remaining Hongmeng Venerables, although some harbored doubts, seeing that the leaders of the Hongmeng Universe, Great Vajra and Hongdu, supported Ying Zheng, they refrained from saying anything further.

I could only swallow my worries.

"Now that the Fire Jade Universe has made peace with us, does that mean we don't need to continue building our defenses?" Fire Velvet Supreme asked.

"No, the defensive fortifications must continue," Ying Zheng said. "After the Fire Jade Universe incident, there's no guarantee that other things won't happen in the future."

“That’s right,” Mahadeva Saint Venerable nodded in agreement.

“Those wolves can jump about five meters. Our city walls must be built to be at least six meters high.”

"To the south lies Fire Jade City. Heading east, we're blocked by mountains and also by Emerald City. I think our only option is to explore westward," said Crimson Luo Immortal Venerable.

"By the way, now that the Fire Jade Universe has made peace with us, can we share their intelligence?" asked Immortal Venerable Crimson Luo.

Ying Zheng nodded.

“That river must be the Changlang River,” Ying Zheng said.

"The Changlang River originates from the Yunyu Marsh and stretches for tens of thousands of miles all the way to the Ghost Desert. In the Canglan Fantasy Realm, it can be considered a landmark. Emerald City also relies on this great river. Knowing the Changlang River, we can roughly determine our current location."

Information about the Canglan Fantasy Realm is also available for sale, and the general geographical maps are not expensive.

"Over in Huoyu City, they tried to cross the river to the south, but failed. There are too many powerful monsters in the Changlang River, and sometimes they even crawl out of the river to attack Huoyu City."

"West of Fire Jade City lies a vast grassland with several small towns. Fire Jade City has had some conflicts with them, resulting in casualties on both sides."

"As for the east, there are continuous mountain ranges. Beyond the mountains are plains, which is the territory of Emerald City. Fortunately, there are mountains separating us, otherwise, a large power like Emerald City would not be able to sustain its small outposts."

"And further north lies the Ten Cities Alliance."

"The Ten Cities Alliance?" Immortal Venerable Hongluo and the others looked puzzled.

"It's a sphere of influence formed by ten Level 4 and Level 5 cosmic civilizations, including the Xuan Dai Universe, the Fei Luo Universe, and the Titan Universe!" Ying Zheng said.

"Their goal is to confront the nearby eternal cosmic civilization."

"Considering all the factors, we can focus our efforts on the Changlang River from now on," Ying Zheng said.

As soon as he finished speaking, the various venerable beings of Hongmeng looked at each other and finally nodded in agreement.

"Going east is impossible, and Emerald City is not to be trifled with. With the current strength of our Hongmeng Universe, it's not even in the same league as Emerald City; there's no comparison whatsoever."

Upon hearing this, all the dignitaries nodded in agreement.

The Emerald Universe Civilization—that is an eternal cosmic civilization.

Compared to the Jade Universe civilization, the Hongmeng Universe is like an egg and a stone, a firefly and the bright moon—they are well aware of this.

"The Changlang River is teeming with wildlife, and the species are generally of high quality," Ying Zheng continued.

"As everyone knows, there is a lot of energy floating in the world of Canglan Fantasy Realm. The energy that tends to accumulate in water is particularly high, so the monsters born in water are naturally of a higher level."

"Given our current situation, the monsters in the Changlang River are enough to improve our cultivation."

Upon hearing Ying Zheng's words, the assembled dignitaries nodded once more.

“We understand that. But the monsters in the Changlang River probably won’t be so easy to deal with,” said the Great Mighty Saint.

“That’s natural,” Ying Zheng replied.

The Changlang River flows swiftly, its waves surging like a stampede of ten thousand horses. If an ordinary person were to enter the water, they would be swept away by the giant waves in the blink of an eye, making it impossible to swim.

"You want to go fishing in the Changlang River?" Binghan interjected.

"Go fishing in the Changlang River?" Immortal Venerable Hongluo and the others looked at each other in bewilderment.

"I'm afraid that won't work," Supreme Lord Hongdu said instinctively.

He had seen the Changlang River with his own eyes; its surging waves looked like a raging dragon speeding across the surface. And what kind of fish could be caught with a fishing line? It was completely meaningless.

However, Ying Zheng actually nodded.

After nodding, Ying Zheng continued, "Of course, it's not just simple fishing. To fish in the Changlang River, the fishing line would have to be at least this thick!"

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and gestured, indicating that it was about two fingers wide!

"Who knows what kind of monsters are lurking in the Changlang River? Maybe even higher level than the monsters in the lakes and ponds. A rope two fingers wide might not be enough," Binghan said.

She hesitated for a moment, then added, "In the past, the Azure Spirit Universe used diamond silk!"

"Diamond Silk?" Immortal Venerable Hongluo and the others looked puzzled.

"That's the fur of a high-level ferocious beast, extremely tough, even tougher than metal cables made of twisted metal wire," Binghan explained. "But even so, the diamond wire they used before was sometimes bitten through, or even broken off!"

"Even if they are both at the fifth level of the universe, the brute force of those wild creatures is not even on the same level as ours."

“I don’t think using hemp rope will work; it will break very easily.”

“This is exactly what I wanted,” Ying Zheng said.

"If we catch something too fierce and it breaks the rope, we don't need to exert ourselves to pull it up, thus avoiding danger."

"And those that we can pull up with hemp ropes, we can certainly handle as well."

"I see." Binghan nodded.

"The fishing line will be made of hemp rope about two fingers wide; let the old village chief and the others make it. As for the fishing hooks..."

As Ying Zheng spoke, he looked at the Great Power Saint, "Have we discovered any metal mines?"

“No.” The Holy One of Vajrabhairava shook his head.

"Then we'll have to buy some metal ingots and forge them ourselves," Ying Zheng said.

"Oh, and while you're at it, build another trailer to haul these things. Also, make some wooden stakes to secure the cables!" Ying Zheng explained the other things he had thought of to the Great Vajra Saint Venerable.

"Our main targets are wild organisms at the level of Cosmic Level II and above, but below the level of Cosmic Level V."

"If the target is too strong, we'll inevitably suffer casualties. If it's too weak, killing it is pointless and a pure waste of time!"

"In this operation, everyone at the second level of the Universe Realm or above will participate. Those below the second level will do missions in the town, including hunting wild dogs," Ying Zheng said.

"Yes." All the venerable ones nodded, showing their approval of Ying Zheng's arrangements.

After the plan was finalized, the venerable ones went about their own business.

Over three days, they made several bundles of hemp rope, each hundreds of meters long, and also forged three iron hooks. (End of Chapter)