Traveling across the globe for the first time

Chapter 1068 Northern Imperial Palace

Zhang Haoran waved his hand and put away the roots of the Dao Tree.

"Boom!"

The spatial passage shook even more violently, as if it would collapse completely at any moment.

He didn't care at all. It was already so broken, it didn't matter if it got a little more damaged, since it would have to be repaired anyway.

Zhang Haoran glanced at the collapsing spatial passage and felt a surge of anger rising in his heart. He said with a hint of disappointment, "Damn it, are all these demonic plants brainless?"
"The last time the spatial passage collapsed, it didn't do anything to me. What's the meaning of this again? Are you trying to deliberately annoy me?"

Daoshu used the same method, which was very much in the sense that he wanted to disgust you to death, even if he couldn't kill you.

With a wave of his hand, he took out the Myriad Realms Top again and began to channel his blood and qi into it. Streams of spatial power surged out, disappeared into the cracks everywhere, and the spatial passage that was on the verge of collapse gradually stabilized and was repaired at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Knowing it's useless, why do you still do it? Just to cause me some trouble?"
The evolutionary direction of the demonic plants in this world is definitely problematic.

Having intelligence but not being smart is worse than having no intelligence at all!

Wouldn't it be better to be a demonic plant that only produces life essence? At least it could live longer!

The spiritual roots of heaven and earth in all the myriad realms basically do not develop sentience, and they all live very well.

Like the ginseng fruit tree, the peach of immortality... which one isn't of a higher rank than the Dao tree? They haven't developed sentience, yet they are objects of adoration, served the best food and drink.

Those intelligent demons are mostly cunning, while those who are not smart enough have long been eliminated.

The demonic plants of this world are neither here nor there. Before reaching their peak, their consciousness is hazy and they lack complete intelligence, making communication very difficult.

Even if one cultivates to the highest level and can use spiritual power to take on a physical form, they are not particularly intelligent.

Rather than that, it would be better not to evolve intelligence at all, but to honestly remain a spiritual root of heaven and earth, at least it won't bring disaster upon itself.

In the previous level, he cut off the roots of the passage tree, but the opponent still didn't learn his lesson and didn't think about how he got through the last time the space passage collapsed.
With the Myriad Realms Peak, a spatial artifact, he wasn't afraid of the spatial passage collapsing; it would only cause him some trouble.

A large amount of spatial power poured in, and the spatial passage began to recover. However, this time it was the Dao Tree that guided the spatial passage to self-destruct, and the damage was quite severe. It will take a lot of time to fully repair it.

Zhang Haoran quickly realized the Dao Tree's purpose! Somewhat frustrated, he said, "Damn it! I can provide spatial power to repair the passage, but I can't restore the teleportation function!"

He has some understanding of constructing spatial channels, so he can help with the repairs, but he is relatively unfamiliar with teleportation!
The key point is that this time the channel self-destructed, and the previous coordinates may have been lost. Even if the channel is completely repaired, it may not be possible to teleport.

This is like repairing the railway tracks, but there are no trains running, so the train itself has to run there.

This is a spatial passage; distance is meaningless. Who knows how long it will take to get here?
"That bastard Daoshu, all he does is cause trouble for me. Next time we meet, I'm going to give him a good beating."

"If all else fails, I'll just go back to the Earth Emperor Gate and teleport again! Anyway, I still have a pass token."

Zhang Haoran did indeed have a token of passage, which he planned to give to Su Xiao as a gift.

Those special tokens of passage all contain a trace of the Earth Emperor's aura. If they fall into the hands of the hunters, finding the Earth Emperor's true form will be an absolute breeze.

He remembered that Su Xiao also had the ability to store his own misfortune in a piece of equipment. If he put the Earth Emperor's aura into it...

Tsk tsk tsk!
The consequences would be unimaginable!

If all the immense misfortune of the Destroyer of Laws were transferred to the Earth Emperor, he would probably die of bad luck!

Just thinking about it makes me sweat for the Earth Emperor!

Hmm, that old silver coin, the Earth Emperor, has been operating in the Three Realms for many years and is quite powerful. He shouldn't be killed by misfortune, right?

Just as Zhang Haoran was preparing to use the Myriad Realms Tower to teleport back...

Suddenly, an extremely powerful energy fluctuation came from the sky, and all the laws began to converge, giving people the feeling that the Heavenly Dao had descended.

Swish!
A dazzling beam of light shone down, enveloping the entire passage. This beam of light was colorful, like a collection of laws.

Zhang Haoran stared at the sky in shock and muttered, "Holy crap, are you kidding me! It's just a spatial passage collapsing, how did it disturb the seed's projection?"

The seed projected here is equivalent to the ruler of this world. If only a spatial passage collapses, it will not be disturbed. This world has its own rules. If a passage collapses, another one will be generated soon.

However, that's under the condition of complete collapse.

The space passage that Zhang Haoran helped repair now lacks teleportation functionality; such a defective product is not allowed to exist.

As the beam of light descended, a massive amount of power of laws and spatial energy surged into the passage.

In just a few breaths, the entire passage was restored to its original state.

Then a pulling force came.

Even the teleportation function has been restored!
Under the direct supervision of the seed projection, the teleportation proceeded without incident, and the surrounding light began to stretch, creating a bizarre and wondrous spectacle.

He exclaimed sincerely, "As expected of a seed, this method is truly amazing. The passage was just repaired, and it can be teleported in an instant."

This was the first time he had ever seen a seed make a move; it was on a completely different level from a martial artist.

No matter how strong a martial artist is, they can only use the portion of the laws they control. But the seed is different. When that beam of light shone down, he felt as if the whole world was pressing down on him.

All known and unknown laws were mobilized and harmoniously integrated into a whole.

If this were used for an attack, who knows what kind of power it would unleash?
The power of the world?

Do not!
It's probably not yet; it's only in its embryonic stage. Those laws have only been integrated, and no new power has yet been born from them.

Perhaps the laws governing this small world are not yet perfect enough to give birth to the power of the world.

This beam of light brought Zhang Haoran many insights, just like the swordsmanship he now controls. It integrates multiple laws, but it is merely stitched together and does not give birth to new power.

If I really reach that level, I might be able to attain the Heavenly Sword Realm.

At this moment, Zhang Haoran thought a lot. Perhaps it's not about having more laws to control, but about the sublimation of power.

The Five Elements, the Four Symbols, Yin and Yang, space and time... If these complementary principles are fully integrated, will a new power be born?
The power of the five elements?

The power of yin and yang?

The power of spacetime?

If new power can truly be born, it will be a qualitative leap.

He is now relying on his powerful sword spirit to unify all his power. When he attacks, he only has a few more special characteristics, but there has been no qualitative change.

Zhang Haoran then thought of the Earth Sword Realm's concept of "all things becoming swords"...

My mind suddenly cleared up!
The goal is quite clear: to take sword intent as the core and integrate various forces in nature. As for the integration of laws, that is something that should only be done when one reaches the Heavenly Sword Realm; otherwise, he wouldn't be completely clueless.

This realization instantly elevated Zhang Haoran's swordsmanship to a new level, reaching the mid-stage of the Earth Sword realm. His control over his qi and blood also improved significantly, and he was now almost on par with Zhan Tiandi.

He thought to himself, "Is this what it feels like to have an epiphany?" This feeling of enlightenment was different from the enlightenment he had in the Myriad Realms Tower. It was truly an epiphany that lasted for a lifetime. Although his enlightenment seemed to have taken a long time, in the outside world, only a moment had passed.

He had just finished teleporting when he regained consciousness.

brush!
A flash of white light, and Zhang Haoran appeared in a bronze hall.

The first thing he saw was a tall statue standing in the center of the hall. It was a majestic middle-aged man, probably an emperor.

The decorations inside the main hall are simple and grand, giving people a solemn feeling; it should be the main hall or a council chamber.

Zhang Haoran said somewhat dejectedly, "Damn, could this be the Northern Imperial Palace?"

In his memory, the only one who could exist in the form of a statue seemed to be the Northern Emperor.

"Damn it, was it Dao Shu who did this, or am I really that unlucky? There's not much profit to be made from the Northern Emperor!"

He said with absolute certainty, "Yes! This must have been done by Dao Shu! He changed the teleportation coordinates first before destroying the spatial channel."

Even if I could repair the passage, I would still come here, gaining nothing, wasting a lot of time, and possibly even paying a price. That's for sure.

Zhang Haoran would never admit that he was just unlucky, and he shifted all the blame to Daoshu. After all, Daoshu was an enemy he would deal with in the future, so it was normal to throw more mud at him now.

Even he himself didn't believe this when he said it. The seed projection personally presided over the transmission. How could the Dao Tree have the ability to tamper with it?

They come, the security!

At least we have the Northern Emperor Golden Body Technique to refer to in this level, so it's not entirely without its benefits.

Zhang Haoran stared at the statue of the Northern Emperor and began to think.

He knew the rules of this level very well: as long as he broke the statue, the scene of the Northern Empress's fall would be recreated.

The requirement to pass the test is to rescue the Northern Empress.

Of course, the goal wasn't to actually revive the Northern Empress, as even an emperor at his peak couldn't do that, let alone anyone else. The goal was to find a way to prolong the existence of this projection.

There are several methods. When Dao Shu cleared the level, he used a lot of his life force to help the Northern Empress prolong her life, which allowed the projection to remain for a long time without dissipating.

Mo Wenjian's method was rather disgusting!

He actually shattered his golden body and used his own flesh and blood to create a body for the Northern Imperial Consort.

It is said that it took more than ten years to create a lifelike portrayal of the Northern Empress.

In reality, these were just tricks to fool people, meant to satisfy the Northern Emperor's obsession.

Both methods are feasible.

Another method, like Fang Ping in the original work, is to use the Human Emperor's Dao to manifest the Northern Imperial Palace within the Origin World, which would then produce the phantom image of the Northern Imperial Consort.

Although the nature of the phantom is not even as good as the projection here, it is still a resurrection.

Unfortunately, Zhang Haoran can't use this method!

He lacked the imperial eloquence of a human emperor and the persuasive skills of Fang Ping, enabling him to deceive the Northern Emperor.

Then we need to think of other ways to preserve the projection here.

The simplest way is to learn from the Dao Tree, which provides a massive amount of vitality.

He possessed a large amount of life essence and over five hundred life fish; whichever he chose, it would allow the Northern Empress's projection to persist for a while longer.

But he didn't want to waste these things; he hadn't even forged his jade bones yet, and he didn't know how much life force he would use up.

Even if the forging of the jade bones is completed, these treasures can be left to human martial artists and should not be wasted on a projection that is destined not to live much longer.

As for the Life Elixir, he hadn't even considered it. If he had to waste the Life Elixir to pass the level, he might as well just kill the Northern Emperor's projection, forcefully break through the barrier, and see where he would be teleported to.

Taking a risk is better than wasting these precious resources.

"How can we help the Northern Princess? Or rather, how can we help her hold on a little longer?"

Zhang Haoran began to think seriously, and a flash of inspiration struck him, giving him an idea.

"How about I go to Batman now and have him make a cyborg based on the Northern Empress?"

This is far superior to the Northern Imperial Consort that Mo Wenjian created with his own flesh and blood.

The cyborgs look no different from normal people; they can talk and chat, and even warm someone's bed without any problem.

However, this is somewhat difficult to explain. After all, current technology has not developed to that point yet. Besides, the cyborgs are not powerful enough. If the Northern Emperor were to breathe louder, he might just blow himself to death.

In fact, cyborgs are not truly without power; rather, those with power possess consciousness, making them living beings that cannot be brought into the Myriad Realms Tower.

His so-called cyborg was just a life-size figurine that looked exactly like the Northern Empress, an empty shell without a soul.

"If cyborgs don't work, let's make a robot instead. At least it won't die from being touched."

At least in terms of appearance, it resembles the Northern Imperial Concubine more than Mo Wenjian, which was forged from flesh and blood.

I wonder if such a replica will pass inspection.

Zhang Haoran shook his head and said, "There are still quite a few problems here."

First of all, I don't know what the Northern Empress looks like, so I can't order her in advance.

Besides, suddenly bringing out a living person could easily frighten the Northern Emperor.

Zhang Haoran was quite interested in the Northern Emperor Golden Body Technique; at least he could use it as a reference.

"Forget it! Let's not think of any underhanded tricks! If we suddenly make a life-size figure, we might get killed by the Northern Emperor."

After all, what are you trying to do by carrying around someone else's wife's life-size figure?
Instead of creating cyborgs and robots, it would be better to bring out Number Two and have him transform into the Northern Empress in person.

Ah!
This seems a bit disgusting, let's forget about it!
What if the Northern Emperor takes a liking to Number Two and wants him to stay here?
Zhang Haoran shook his head, clearing those messy thoughts from his mind.

If we don't use these tricks, then we have to work on the projection of the Northern Empress and find a way to prolong her life.

There are many ways to extend someone's life...

Zhang Haoran slapped his forehead, somewhat annoyed, and said, "Damn it, what's the use of me just thinking about this here?"
Even the best method needs the approval of the Northern Emperor.

If he thinks that having a talking, life-size figurine to keep him company is enough, wouldn't that save him a lot of trouble?

(End of this chapter)