Shennong Daojun.

Chapter 505 We Admit Defeat (10,000 words)

Venerable Yumu and Venerable Zhaibing were stunned, but Zhao Xing burst into laughter after hearing this.

Withdraw divine power? The cockpit itself is merely at the level of an ordinary reincarnation soldier. If divine power is withdrawn, then with his abilities, he wouldn't even need to destroy the cockpit; he could kill the two people through the cabin.

"Meng Wu, no! If you take it back now, aren't you putting us to death?"

"Meng Wu, you are definitely spreading false information about the God of War. This is biased!"

"General Meng, Lord Meng..."

At first, Carlos's two demigods were still stubborn, but when Meng Wu took out a gourd and pointed it at the cockpit, the writing on it slowly turned into golden light and disappeared, they really panicked and began to beg for mercy.

However, Meng Wu just looked at them coldly: "Back then, when you made your move, I advised you not to do it so ugly."

"As a result, you turned around and launched an economic encirclement, forcing the Great Zhou to engage in a war of cause and effect."

"Heaven's sins can be mended, but self-inflicted sins cannot be escaped."

"Speak," Meng Wu said, annoyed by their noise, and simply blocked out the sounds coming from inside.

As he absorbed the divine power, Meng Wu turned around and looked at him: "Zhao Xing."

"General Meng." Zhao Xing cupped his hands in greeting. He had always respected Meng Wu. When Yuan Hai tricked Meng Wu into coming here, the other party was very generous and did not hold it against him. He was only imprisoned for five hundred years. In fact, these five hundred years were also a kind of training, allowing him to learn the Great Five Finger Mountain from Wu Tian.

Later, when the Annihilation Star Ancient Road was developed, Meng Wu, as a partner, actually did some things beyond cooperation, such as stopping the Carlos family's military actions.

However, Meng Wu was unable to offer any further assistance in the subsequent causal conflict stemming from the business war.

After all, he's not alone; he needs to consider the thoughts of many people.

"At the beginning of the Desolate Domain Era, a point of formal establishment of a spacetime defense was also set. Back then, the Great Emperor and many other God Realm experts took some protective measures for their meritorious officials to prevent them from perishing in the Desolate Domain Era."

Meng Wu explained, "During that special period of shared hatred against the enemy, Priest Carlos asked my master to inscribe a message for his son."

"My teacher used his divine power to carve the virtues of a martial artist onto a stone wall, namely benevolence, righteousness, trustworthiness, courage, courtesy, filial piety, loyalty, and abstaining from arrogance, extravagance, and debauchery."

"Afterwards, Priest Carlos carved the stone wall into the cabin of the boundary ship and gave it to his son."

"After delivering the gifts, Master went into seclusion."

Zhao Xing listened quietly to this story.

Meng Wu continued, "As you know, the empire's system grants great privileges to the strong, let alone the Carlos family. Therefore, the words left by my master were merely a beautiful expectation, not an expectation that they would become moral gentlemen."

"As long as they don't go too far, the words imprinted by Master with his essence, energy and spirit will always protect them."

"But if you go too far, these words will slowly fade away."

Zhao Xing suddenly realized: "No wonder most of the words on the cockpit were blurred, with only three words and the signature of the God of War remaining. So that's why."

Meng Wu nodded: "Yes, but my teacher is in seclusion and won't concern himself with such trivial matters. He just instructed me that if the martial virtue divine power he left behind were to disappear one day, I should collect the remaining divine power."

Zhao Xing nodded. The two Venerables of the Carlos family, even if they erased the inscription, might not necessarily violate the Empire's laws. For example, their wanton slaughter of cultivators of secondary status did not break the Empire's laws. In fact, given their privileges, some things could be redeemed by paying fines.

As long as the Carlos family doesn't betray their country, they can basically continue to prosper.

However, the empire's laws are merely the most basic moral baseline. The standards of the Martial God Yan Ao are clearly above this baseline.

Even if they are not punished by the empire, they will no longer be protected by Yan Ao's divine power.

"Zhao Xing, my mission is complete." The divine light quickly disappeared completely, and Meng Wu swallowed the gourd.

"Do whatever you want."

"But my teacher asked me to pass on a message to you."

"General Meng, please speak." Zhao Xing became respectful, but he did not rush to make a move.

My teacher said:

"You have a good chance of becoming a god, so don't waste your energy on this. Don't torture them with cruel methods; give them a quick death."

Zhao Xing nodded: "I have learned a lot."

After saying that, Meng Wu left without looking back.

At this moment, Venerable Yumu and Venerable Zhaibing, who could still hear Meng Wu and Zhao Xing's conversation inside the cockpit, were completely dumbfounded.

"Zhao Xing is at the Divine Realm? Did I hear that right?"

"My God, neither Father nor my eldest brother have ever received such praise. Yan Wushen actually said that Zhao Xing is 'very promising'?"

"If we had known this would happen, we would never have bothered with Zhao Xing..."

Venerable Yumu and Venerable Zhaibing both trembled.

If they had known that Zhao Xing had such a high opinion of them, they would never have bothered to try and take over the Annihilation Star Ancient Path.

“It’s too late to say anything now! Brother, hurry up and reincarnate.” Venerable Yumu said to Venerable Zhaibing. “Reincarnation offers hope of survival.”

"If Zhao Xing triggers a true spirit tribulation, then we're completely finished."

Venerable Zhaibing gritted his teeth and immediately took out his natal reincarnation weapon from his robes, intending to undergo a true spirit reincarnation.

However, at that moment, the cockpit suddenly shattered, interrupting their reincarnation ritual.

The two found themselves in a fiery red world.

But Zhao Xing swallowed the two of them along with the cabin.

The second secret technique of the Nine Ze Gods' descendants was activated: Heavenly Ruins Five Organs.

"The five internal organs form a world of their own, capable of devouring the vast majority of non-divine objects and transforming them into nutrients."

“However, I find it disgusting to eat them,” Zhao Xing snorted.

A pair of fiery eyes reflected the souls of the two.

The second type of innate secret technique is activated.

The World-Burning Divine Eye, activated with the power of the Profound Soul, is a talent skill that amplifies the power of the True Spirit.

The World-Burning Divine Eye didn't kill them directly, but rather added fuel to the fire of their true spirits.

Zhao Xing knew very well that killing these two people in the ordinary sense would likely result in their reincarnation or resurrection by Priest Carlos.

As a result, my plan for the first phase could not achieve the expected results.

Therefore, Zhao Xing chose to burn away the opponent's true spirit in this way, forcing them to undergo the eleventh True Spirit Tribulation!

The fire from the World-Burning Divine Eye gave them a boost, making their true spiritual fires burn incredibly brightly, as if proclaiming their existence to the dark universe.

"The True Spirit Tribulation is a calamity born from violating the laws of the universe's lifespan."

"Burning one's own true spirit fire is very likely to trigger a true spirit tribulation."

"Therefore, demigods of the fourteenth rank or above rarely go all out; they can't even dodge in time."

Zhao Xing's eyes continuously stimulated the true spiritual fire between the two.

With each attempt, the spiritual energy of these two was forced to surge continuously.

On the seventh attempt, their true spirits became stronger than ever before!
As if sensing something, Zhao Xing immediately threw out Venerable Yu Mu and Venerable Zhai Bing.

“Zhao Xing…you, you are so ruthless…” Venerable Zhai Bing looked at the void layer above his head with an expression of extreme fear. It suddenly cracked open, and a gust of void wind suddenly appeared.

“The eleventh tribulation of Venerable Zhaibing is the Wind Spirit Tribulation.” Zhao Xing looked at it carefully.

This gust of wind appeared extremely abruptly, as if the primordial Dao, which is omnipresent in the universe, had suddenly descended upon this place and was heading towards Venerable Zhaibing.

“True spiritual tribulations are divided into tangible tribulations and intangible tribulations. This way of destroying living beings with the violent original Dao is called a tangible tribulation.”

"I've never encountered a tangible calamity before, so I can take a closer look," Zhao Xing thought to himself.

As for Venerable Yumu? His calamity seems to be brewing, but he is imprisoned by Zhao Xing's Void Claw talent and cannot escape. He can only quietly wait for death to come, which makes him even more desperate.

"Zhao Xing... listen to me, I can tell you a big secret, and you can spare my life." Venerable Yumu transmitted his voice to Zhao Xing. Seeing that his brother's true spirit tribulation had been triggered, he calmed down instead.

Zhao Xing ignored him.

Soon, another gust of wind appeared, trapping Venerable Yumu as well.

"laugh!"

The winds of the void seemed to traverse endless void layers, encircling the area from all four sides, forming a box representing the origin of wind.

The square box kept shrinking and rotating in layers, forming tens of thousands of different types of wind, which began to strangle Venerable Ice Fortress.

"This is a tangible calamity! Once it descends, there is no way to avoid it, and Venerable Zhaibing can only withstand it head-on." Zhao Xing carefully observed the formation of the winds, constantly sensing them.

“There are yin winds from the Dao Ancient Layer, and solar winds blowing from the largest star in the Xuanling Star System, the Giant Sun Star. Some of these winds also come from the Mirage Sea, and some from the extreme ice zone…”

In the eyes of Zhao Xing, the Minister of Agriculture, wind is not only classified by its direction but also by its region; this is the Minister of Agriculture's regional classification of wind force.

Zhao Xing could remember every type of wind he had ever been to, but now, the Wind Spirit Tribulation that Venerable Zhaibing was undergoing had produced billions of types of wind.

Many of these were things Zhao Xing had never seen before, and each one was extremely powerful. Even the spiritual energy winds, in this confined space, were not a help from Venerable Zhaibing, but rather a death trap.

"Break! Break! Break!" Venerable Zhaibing threw out his Dao weapons recklessly.

Several of them are objects of divine power.

However, under the eleventh Wind Spirit Tribulation, the power of the divine object was quickly extinguished.

The essence of the True Spirit Tribulation is the origin of the Great Dao of the Universe, the operation of the natural laws. Even if one can resist it for a while with the help of divine objects, one will be trapped again immediately.

Unless protected by an exceptionally powerful divine weapon, which is extremely demanding to withstand a true spirit tribulation.

In most cases, it can only be used once, and it will be completely useless the second time, because the divine weapon made from the original materials of the Great Dao is ultimately a part of the rules of the universe.

You can avoid it for a while, but you can't avoid it forever.

Therefore, the same method cannot be used multiple times; it can only be used once at most. This is why demigod resources are so precious.

"Hmm? This Venerable Yumu is quite something." Zhao Xing quickly lost interest in Venerable Zhaibing.

Because this person wasn't strong enough, he didn't dare to resist the calamity on his own and relied entirely on the treasure.

However, his younger brother, Venerable Yumu, took out two swords.

Venerable Yumu and Venerable Zhaibing both follow the path of martial arts, which is why they were given the words they obtained from the Martial God Yan Ao.

Yan Ao's calligraphy is not only for protection, but can also be used for observation, enlightenment, and improvement of martial arts skills.

The twin swords used by Venerable Zhaibing are top-grade reincarnation Dao weapons.

"Only a natal Dao weapon can be fully activated and connected with one's mind. When a divine object is undergoing tribulation, unless it is particularly heaven-defying, it is not as useful as a top-grade reincarnation Dao weapon."

"Clearly, Venerable Zhaibing has more confidence in the twin swords in his hands."

"Zhao Xing, I have a secret to tell you, in exchange for your life." Even amidst the tribulation, Venerable Yu Mu still had the mind to send a telepathic message to Zhao Xing.

Zhao Xing looked over and saw Venerable Yu Mu's twin swords whipping up a whirlwind as he moved gracefully within the box, like a dancer.

His swordsmanship was extraordinary. His left-hand sword was mainly for defense, protecting himself, while his right-hand sword constantly emitted bursts of golden light, probing into the source of wind time and time again, actively shattering various wind sources.

Upon closer inspection, Zhao Xing discovered that Venerable Yumu's right-hand sword technique was yang in nature, while his left-hand sword technique was yin in nature, forming a perfect balance on his body.

Within this balance of Yin and Yang, Venerable Yumu positioned himself at the equilibrium point, and gradually a glimmer of life began to emerge.

“Every time he uses his swordsmanship, his own martial body becomes stronger, and he is actually strengthening himself by taking advantage of the Wind Spirit Tribulation.”

"This is the reward for successfully transcending the tribulation."

"This is not simple." Zhao Xing narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Venerable Yumu is probably quite confident in passing the eleventh True Spirit Tribulation, but according to the information, his brother is even stronger. It seems that he has been hiding his strength all along."

The fact that he was willing to ask me to let him go clearly shows that he was extremely confident in surviving the tribulation.

Venerable Yumu must have realized that even after surviving the eleventh tribulation, he still couldn't defeat himself in Houbian's state.

"Zhao Xing, I beg you to give me a chance! I am willing to repent and make amends," Venerable Yumu roared, his voice filled with a desperate desire to survive.

He was certainly confident in passing the eleventh True Spirit Tribulation, but he would not take the initiative to undergo it. He would delay it for as long as possible. After all, being in the Carlos family, the need to become stronger through tribulation was not great, unless one became a god.

Having survived the eleventh True Spirit Tribulation, the next True Spirit Tribulation will be even stronger, far exceeding the benefits gained from passing the tribulation.

"In Zhao Xing's current state, even if I survive the eleventh tribulation, I won't be able to live. If he triggers my twelfth True Spirit Tribulation, I'm doomed." Venerable Yu Mu was extremely anxious.

During his tribulation, he had no way to notify his elder brother and father, and besides, it was simply too late.

Who could have imagined that the two brothers would be assassinated? Who could have imagined that Yan Wushen's divine power would crumble, and that Meng Wu had come not to save people but to take away divine power?

Perhaps they had considered it, but having enjoyed too much comfort and held power for too long, they hadn't taken it seriously. They hadn't even brought any powerful divine artifacts with them. After all, this was just a small-scale incorporation operation.

However, calamities often occur unexpectedly.

Zhao Xing, with his overwhelming strength, plunged them into a deadly predicament.

There was no other way but to bow down and beg Zhao Xing for mercy.

"Even the laws of the universe, in their operation, offer a glimmer of hope. Zhao Sinong, you are the model of agriculture for all under heaven. Are you unwilling to spare my life? I will tell you the secret, and I will be reincarnated immediately. The Great Emperor has stipulated that once our children are reincarnated, they will no longer enjoy his protection, and all karma will be wiped away. I am no longer a threat to you!"

Venerable Yumu's will to survive was absolutely off the charts.

Because at this moment, both his tribulation and his brother's tribulation were slowly dissipating.

But his brother was gone, melted and crushed into the source of wind, drifting with the wind to all parts of the universe, completely indistinguishable from me.

He survived this ordeal, but Zhao Xing was still by his side; that was the greatest calamity!

"The original aura of Venerable Zhaibing has completely disappeared." Zhao Xing watched the void wind gradually vanish.

"They can't be separated at all, nor can they be reassembled or pieced together. Even dying under the True Spirit Tribulation couldn't reverse time and bring him back to life. Because in this era, he has completely ceased to exist." Zhao Xing realized this.

Theoretically speaking, if a powerful god-king were willing to take the Ice Venerable from a certain point in the past to the past, he could still live in an earlier point in time.

But Venerable Zhaibing is just a nobody. Which god-king would be willing to cross the barriers of time and space just to save a nobody?

Moreover, even Venerable Zhaibing in the past was utterly bewildered. "I'm perfectly fine, and you're saying I'm going to die in the future, so you're taking me away? Are you crazy?!"
This would be considered a definite evil god.

“Venerable Yumu, then tell me.” Zhao Xing said calmly, “You’d better think it over. You only have one chance. If this secret doesn’t satisfy me, you will still die.”

"Yes." Venerable Yu Mu, who had survived eleven True Spirit Tribulations, adopted a very humble posture, desperately praising Zhao Xing: "With Zhao Sinong's talent and current strength, I am just a minor character. After reincarnation, I will never be able to catch up with you, and I will no longer pose a threat to you..."

"Alright, hurry up and say it." Zhao Xing interrupted Venerable Yu Mu.

“Zhao Sinong, the secret I’m about to tell you concerns the Black Abyss and the Lord of Cold Food,” said Venerable Yumu.

"Ever since Bovi released a god-king avatar called the Lord of Cold Food, a black abyss has appeared near the Black Sky Wasteland, along with many altars."

"An altar to an evil god, is that what you call a secret?" Zhao Xing interrupted again. "I now have a chance to become a god. Do you think I can't find out the information you have?"

“No, no, no…” Venerable Yumu said, sweating profusely, “That’s not what I meant. Of course you may know, but as a member of the Carlos family, I know many specific details.”

“Back then, the divine realm of the Origin Heavenly Palace went to investigate, and subsequently sent many demigods to monitor the situation in various desolate regions, because if one wanted to hide, the desolate regions were the best places to hide.”

"Of course you have some understanding of the big picture, but the news I'm talking about is something I analyzed myself."

Seeing Zhao Xing's somewhat impatient expression, Venerable Yu Mu could only quickly say, "Aside from the Black Abyss in the Black Heaven Wasteland, which is on the surface, there should be similar altars in other wastelands."

"In the past two years, many geniuses at the Origin Realm and Dao Domain Realm have emerged in various parts of the Xuanling Starfield. I have analyzed their experiences and they all have similar characteristics, namely, after entering a certain desolate region, they suddenly experienced a significant increase in their abilities."

"Since this data comes from vassals controlled by my Carlos family or from foreign demon territories, only I know this speculation."

Zhao Xing stared intently at Venerable Yu Mu, then took out a mirror and reflected the other person in it.

"Senior, is what he said true?"

"It has a certain degree of authenticity." The spirit of the Eight Directions Divine Mirror nodded.

“The Divine Realm focuses on a different dimension. If they only focus on high-end power, they will regard this Transcendent Tower incident as a short-term, high-intensity accident.”

"Suppose that the evil god left behind the spacetime altar not to bewitch the emperors and demigods, but rather to those with decent talent in the Origin Realm and Dao Domain Realm, intending to wage a protracted war."

"If the altar in the Black Sky Wasteland is just a facade, and people think they're safe once it's removed, then it's easy to overlook some details."

Zhao Xing pondered, "So, Venerable Yu Mu really did provide me with some good information."

"This contribution must be substantial. Did Venerable Yumu simply not have time to report it?"

The spirit of the Eight Directions Divine Mirror said, "I don't think it's because he didn't have time to report it. Maybe this guy wants to try it himself. He might be thinking of being a spy from another time."

"Don't kill him. Take him back and interrogate him. I feel like we can get some information out of him, which will also help your plan."

Zhao Xing nodded, grabbed Venerable Yu Mu, and began to cast the Dream Desire Technique on him, causing him to sink into an endless illusion.

"Yan Wushen told me not to torment him because of hatred, so that I would not let hatred cloud my mind and affect my Dao heart."

"I am torturing him now for the safety of the entire Xuanling Starfield, not for my own pleasure."

Zhao Xing's mind was calm. He began his return to the imperial territory, while simultaneously, within the Dream Realm, he separated a thought to observe Venerable Yu Mu's experiences. The mind is most vulnerable in a dream; any secret could be revealed. At the same time, the soul doesn't collapse, but some methods of extracting information can easily cause the true spirit to crumble.

Zhao Xing tormented Venerable Yumu for a long time using the Dream of Desire technique, but found that the man never revealed his secret.

His true spirit was on the verge of collapse, yet it remained out of control.

Zhao Xing was also puzzled. He carefully observed hundreds of reincarnations before he finally understood the reason.

“Killing Venerable Yu Mu is easy, but interrogating him is more difficult than dealing with Fu Mengzhen.”

"Because he has been blessed by the God of Freedom, he can be killed but cannot be possessed or enslaved."

"Either die or maintain the independence of your soul"—this was the protection that a certain spiritual god of the empire offered to Venerable Yumu.

"The Dream of Desire is good, but it can't force Venerable Yumu to confess. It seems I have no choice but to take him back first and remove this layer of protection," Zhao Xing thought to himself.

"But this is just right, it can be used as a means to attack the Carlos family in the second phase."

……

Zhao Xing, along with Venerable Yu Mu, returned directly to the Primordial Realm.

In the seventy-fifth year before the end of the second era of the Desolate Region, news of the death of Venerable Zhaibing and the injury of Venerable Yumu spread like wildfire.

This immediately caused a great uproar.

"What? The Carlos family, two demigods, one dead and one injured? Who did it?"

"I heard it was Zhao Xing who did it."

"How is that possible? When did Zhao Xing become a demigod?"

“Why is it impossible? You laymen simply don’t understand the ingenuity of Zhao Sinong’s legal theories. In Sinong’s eyes, he is already a demigod.”

"Now that the Annihilation Star Ancient Path has been sold, isn't it normal for Zhao Sinong to have this kind of strength?"

"That's a demigod from the Carlos family! That's incredible! He's improved so much in just two thousand years?"

"The Carlos family is really unlucky. They're used to bullying others, but this time they've met their match."

"Oh ho? It's the Carlos family. Tell me in detail how they've been so unlucky."

"It's a long story. Back when Zhao Sinong was developing the Annihilation Star Ancient Road, he was ambushed by these two, which caused a significant delay in the development of the ancient road..."

"..."

The news spread, shocking most of the Xuanling Starfield.

Since the Desolate Era, there have been wars with the Demon Race and wars of expansion with the Tianze Starfield. In the two eras combined, no more than twenty demigods have died.

But now, one of them has actually died, and this news immediately caused a sensation.

The three elder brothers of the Carlos family, including the Ice Venerable, were also extremely angry.

"This is outrageous! Zhao Xing actually killed Zhai Bing'er? He didn't even give her a chance to reincarnate!" A man with fiery red skin and a black crescent moon mark on his brow slammed his fist on the table and stood up.

“Yes, brother, we must retaliate, otherwise the Carlos family’s prestige will be completely destroyed!” Another figure, identical to the Black Moon Man, stood up angrily.

"Yiping, Yile, please sit down first." A green-robed man sitting at the head of the table, stroking the strings of a zither, said calmly.

He was none other than Carlos's first son, Fujin.

“I’ve been thinking about doing what you want to do for three hours now,” Fu Jin said calmly. “But I was warned by the mind-body general ‘Qi Luo’ just as I was about to act.”

"What?" Yi Ping and Yi Le immediately sat down.

Qi Luo, the spiritual master, was more famous than Yan Ao among the empire's high-ranking officials.

Despite his brilliant record and formidable strength, Yan Wushen did not concern himself with the petty squabbles among his subordinates.

However, the spirit of Qiluo is known as the judicial god of the empire.

The Great Emperor inherited some systems from the Five Emperors era. The God of Justice was in charge of the gods, so he was naturally terrifying. However, the Crimson Star Empire was not as strong as the Five Emperors era and did not have as many gods to manage. Therefore, theoretically, demigods who had the potential to become gods were also under his supervision.

Of course, those below the level of demigod are not worth the mental effort of Qiluo.

If they were warned by the spirit, it proves that their two younger brothers have violated some taboos, or at least... are unclean!
"Big brother, do you mean that Zhai Bing'er and the other two have broken a taboo?" Yi Ping and Yi Le asked cautiously.

“I don’t know, but no force is allowed. This is a warning,” Fu Jin said. “I heard Yu is still alive. Let’s check the situation first.”

……

The Carlos family wanted to assess the situation, but Zhao Xing's second phase of attack had already begun.

Zhao Xing summoned his former partners, including Du Yun, Tuo Sen, Yang Baihe, the Black Sea Emperor of Mirage Tower, the Xu Xing Emperor of Ziwu Heavenly Temple, the Tianwu Emperor of the Origin Heavenly Palace who owed him a favor, the Chi Xiao Emperor whom he had met on Polaris Island, the prince of Tianyou Kingdom whom he had saved before, the current ruler Liang Rui, the Yushu Emperor of the Ancient Kingdom Alliance, and others, and declared war on the Carlos family.

Seventy years before the end of the Second Era of the Wasteland, a battle that used economic encirclement as a method, but was in fact a war of cause and effect, began.

"Ji Si, put this on." Zhao Xing lent Ji Si the palm bone of Xue Rui Qi Yun Shen, and then handed her the Eight Directions Divine Mirror.

Ji Si had seen a lot in his life, and he calmly accepted the two items.

The next moment, the word "Holy shit" came out of his mouth.

This drew the attention of all the causal incarnations within the temple of the mind.

"Lord Ji, what's wrong with you?"

"Venerable Ji, what's wrong?" the Black Sea Emperor of Mirage Sea Tower asked hurriedly.

He just ordered the cut-off of the sea market supply from the Southern Spirit Sea territory to the Carlos family. Could there be something wrong with this decision?

"Lord Ji, are we not strong enough?" the Black Sea Emperor asked cautiously. The first step was to cut off the Carlos family's foreign trade market, because this step was crucial.

Most of the Carlos family's debts are located overseas.

The reasoning is simple: the Carlos family can borrow cheap money abroad, so why not take advantage of it?

"No, it has nothing to do with you... Everyone, please continue." Ji Si realized she had lost her composure and quickly regained her calm.

The others, unsuspecting, continued their actions.

Ji Si was trembling with excitement.

He and Zhao Xing opened a private chat window: "Grand Minister of Agriculture, where did you get such a wonderful thing! It's simply... truly an eye-opener!"

"Is it easy to use?" Zhao Xing asked.

"It's so damn useful!" Ji Si couldn't help but swear.

Xue Rui's Qi Luck Divine Bone directly raised his Qi Luck level to level 30. The Eight Directions Divine Mirror was an even more divine artifact for a Fate Master.

If I had these two treasures during the last battle of cause and effect, would I have had to face life and death, or have nightmares every day?

Ji Si has never fought such a rich battle before!
"As long as it works, that's fine." Zhao Xing laughed. "Return the bone to me afterward. You can try the mirror and see if you can gain the approval of the spirit."

"Good, good."

Ji Si was immediately filled with confidence.

……

From the very beginning of the conflict, Zhao Xing's side gained the upper hand.

Because Venerable Yumu was captured alive and handed over to Qiluo by Zhao Xing through Venerable Xinghuo's channels, Qiluo was imprisoned by Xinshen.

This made the Carlos family hesitant to act, resulting in a very weak counterattack.

Aside from verbal protests against the cooperating forces that broke their agreements, there has been almost no substantive action.

This weakness immediately led to a major problem.

Seeing the situation was not good, the old noble families began to prepare to cut ties or hedge their bets, so as not to offend the Carlos family, but also to send money to Zhao Xing's side.

In just five years, most of their overseas businesses were cut off. Apart from those businesses supported by the empire, almost all private businesses came to a standstill.

This scene utterly shocked all the major powers that operated chambers of commerce.

How did the once invincible Carlos family become so weak?

"Quickly, quickly throw away all the Carlos family's debt bonds!" The deputy island master of the Myriad Hearts River roared in a star mirror hall.

"Island Master, it's too late, no one's answering!"

“Sell it to Zhao Xing’s side. They need it to strike at the Carlos family!” The deputy island master in charge of business operations at Wanxin Mother River was trembling.

He seemed to see countless causes and effects gaining momentum through commercial activities, about to spread to all the star systems of the empire.

"Island Master, what price should we discuss?"

"What's the point of negotiating? We'll sell it at a discount, we'll sell it for whatever price you offer! Go and contact the Great Zhou Chamber of Commerce!"

"Yes Yes!"

……

In the Four Seasons Palace, the Summer Palace Master is discussing matters with the other four palace masters.

"Raise prices! Raise prices on everything! Increase the price of all economic crops sold to Carlos-controlled star systems by fifty times!"

"All cargo ships that have already been dispatched, turn back immediately!"

"Teacher, this will cause us serious losses as well. What if the Carlos family buys the seeds from other sources?" someone questioned.

"Stop talking nonsense and just do as I say. You'll make up for the losses quickly later. Execute immediately!" Palace Master Ji Xia roared.

When the disciple went to carry out the mission, Palace Master Ji Xia looked at the information sent by Xing Huo, feeling both nervous and extremely relieved.

"Even the Five Poison Venerables have given their unequivocal support, and all sixteen Primordial Envoys have participated. What cheap seeds can the Carlos family still buy?"

"Fifty times? In another year they'll have to buy a hundred times more!"

“Ordinary restrictions imposed by chambers of commerce are one thing,” Palace Master Zhongxia couldn’t help but say, “but cultivation seeds used by those at the Origin Realm and above are restricted to specific regions based on their life origin. In the territory belonging to Van Carlos, not a single seed can survive.”

"This must be the Venerable One's method, right? How could such a decree be successfully issued from the Primordial Realm?"

The Palace Master of Winter Palace laughed and said, "No need to think, it must be the Venerable's method. You don't know, more than a thousand years ago, the Five Poisons was an Emperor. After receiving dividends from the disciples of the Great Zhou Chamber of Commerce, he was attempting to break through to the True Spirit Tribulation."

"In the end, the Carlos family forced me to go into seclusion."

"Although they reconciled later, you all know the nature of the Five Poisons."

"He has neither a family nor personal influence. This is a grave enemy who has blocked his path. How could he possibly let it go?"

"That's true." Palace Master Ji Xia nodded: "There is never such a thing as 'letting go,' only 'giving up' when you're forced to because you don't have enough strength."

"Now that the Five Poisons have become Venerables, I think the Carlos family is in for a rough time."

……

"Why is everyone attacking Carlos? What happened?"

"Forget about it, shorting Carlos right now is all you need to make money. Brother, stop cultivating and quickly borrow some money to cut your losses!"

"coming!"

……

In this battle of cause and effect, the Carlos family can be said to have suffered repeated defeats.

In the sixtieth year before the end of the second era of the Wasteland, the Carlos family could barely resist, let alone fight back.

"The Carlos family, which has always been tough, will be pushed down by everyone if they show the slightest weakness."

"Since the empire began developing the wasteland, a large amount of wealth has been divided up, and the powerful elites within the empire have to be reshuffled."

"The Emperor doesn't spend the poor's money, which can be seen in the policy of developing the ancient road. Large forces always suffer losses year after year, while small and medium-sized forces often make money."

"This time, Da Zhou is the initiator in hunting down the Carlos family, a big fish, and its purpose is simple." Zhao Xing emphasized his philosophy at a partners' expansion meeting: "Da Zhou will only take a small share of the wealth harvested from the Carlos family. I have already made appropriate adjustments based on everyone's proportions in the Chamber of Commerce back then."

"When using a small force to defeat a large one, the attack should be fiercer and more relentless!"

"Please take a look at this contract, everyone."

Du Yun was secretly alarmed when he saw the dividend ratio that Zhao Xing had reissued.

His advisors told him that if the Great Zhou's approach encountered any obstacles in the attack, the casualties would be significant.

Even if the harvest is completed, it will be difficult for Da Zhou to make a significant profit in the short term.

"Brother Zhao is really ruthless. He'd rather lose a piece of his own flesh than let the Carlos family die?"

"However, only with such momentum can one challenge the Carlos family's management over hundreds of eras."

Du Yun immediately ordered his subordinates, "Go! Drain all the liquid funds from my territory immediately. Forget about conversions and valuations. Bring in everything that can be brought into the Empire. I want to accompany Brother Zhao to slay the dragon!"

"Furthermore, place all the talented Fate Masters under Ji Si's leadership and let them seize the opportunity!"

"If they win this battle of cause and effect, they will all become lords from now on!"

"Yes, Lord." Du Yun's advisor immediately went to mobilize manpower and funds.

……

The forty-fifth boundary star year before the end of the second era of the Desolate Region.

Fu Jin sat in his palace, his brows furrowed as he watched one bad news after another arrive at his desk.

In front of him was a standing Bagua diagram, and next to it was a star chart.

The map above indicates the Carlos family's territories and the various locations they operate.

At this point, 60% of the dots have turned red, indicating a dangerous situation and difficulties in non-military conflict.

The remaining half is also under serious alert.

In particular, mid- to high-end cultivation crops, herbs, and military units are in dire need, indicating an extreme shortage!

"In just over thirty years, it collapsed so quickly."

Fu Jin's gaze passed through the palace walls and landed on another Bagua Hall.

This is where the Carlos family trained their life masters; almost all of their elites have been transferred here.

For over thirty years, these fortune tellers have spent their days either scheming or taking drugs.

Even so, most of them already have gray hair.

"Xin Yue, what are our chances of winning?" Fu Jin walked into the Fate Master's Palace and asked the Fate Master at the top.

She was also a demigod fortune teller. Before entering this Palace of Destiny, she was very beautiful, with fair skin, delicate features, and an outstanding temperament, like a fairy.

But now, Xin Yue looks like an old woman.

This was the strongest astrologer in their Carlos family, but in just thirty-five years, he had become like this.

Xin Yue has been Fu Jin's childhood friend since he was a child, accompanying him since he was young.

Seeing her like this, Fu Jin felt a little sorry for her.

“Young Master, if we continue with our current strategy of only resisting and not attacking, we can only hold out for another eighty years at most,” Xin Yue said.

"So short?" Fu Jin wanted to wait until his brother's matter was settled, but he didn't expect Xin Yue to say it was only eighty years.

“Yes, time and fate are on Zhao Xing’s side.” Xin Yue said meaningfully.

Fu Jin understood: "Father has held a high position for many years and has controlled a lot of resources, but he has been unable to break through to the Divine Realm... while Zhao Xing has a better chance of becoming a god. Gu Luohe tacitly allowed the Five Poisons to set up that prohibition, and the Mind God Qi Luo has been delaying his brother's judgment, making us hesitant to act."

"But at this time, my father was sent to explore the Black Abyss..."

Fu Jin suddenly realized: it wasn't that time and fate were on Zhao Xing's side, but that God was on Zhao Xing's side.

The Carlos family was abandoned by the gods.

No matter how hard we fight, it's useless in this battle.

Fu Jin even felt that if things continued like this, the Carlos family would only see the judgment of the God of Heart when they collapsed!

Fu Jin felt as if he could see countless Zhao Xings outside, laughing at him.

It's time to stop... Fu Jin thought to himself.

He sighed and sent a spiritual medicine into Xin Yue's body: "Xin Yue, contact Zhao Xing for me through the causal thread."

"Are you sure, young master?" Xin Yue asked hesitantly. "I still have the strength to fight."

“No, there’s no need for that,” Fu Jin said calmly. “We concede.”

(End of this chapter)