The gods began by supporting Guo Jing to become emperor

Chapter 400 Their Agreements, the Ancient Kingdom of Loulan

Su Ming sneered, "So what if I pester you? So what if I don't?"

He had killed two of his sons and destroyed a key piece in Xiao Sanxiao's grand scheme. He didn't believe Xiao Sanxiao would give up so easily.

Xiao Sanxiao stroked his beard and sighed, "The affairs of the martial world should be left to the martial world. I cannot shirk my responsibility for the fate of my two rebellious sons. I did indeed do what happened back then intentionally, but even though they are dead, the Great Calamity of a Thousand Autumns has not disappeared. The Heavenly Cry Scripture is not omnipotent, nor can it foresee everything. The future is full of variables, not fixed. Your elimination of the person responsible for the Great Calamity of a Thousand Autumns will only postpone it for a while, but that will only make the calamity stronger."

"I originally thought that by making the two brothers the key players in the game, I could trigger the great calamity ahead of time and control it. But alas..." He suddenly stopped talking at this point.

However, he didn't believe a single word of what Xiao Sanxiao said. If he could survive for a thousand years, most people would be dead, and he would still be alive. How could Xiao Sanxiao be as concerned about the world as he claimed?

He could see many things, but he simply didn't do them. He even exerted influence overtly and covertly, making the situation unpredictable, just like Jian Chen. Without him, Wuming wouldn't have ended up like that.

With his abilities, he could have easily swept everything aside, but he chose to stay behind the scenes. As a result, most people died while he survived.

Su Ming stood in the void and said in a deep voice, "There's no need for further nonsense. I know you want to kill me, but you can't do anything about it. But there's no point in continuing to fight. There are very few, if any, people in this world who can defeat the two of us."

"However, my goal is the Great Calamity of All Ages. Whether you push the Great Calamity forward or resolve it in your own way, it's up to each of us to rely on our own abilities. Besides that, I welcome you to come and seek revenge on me."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Sanxiao gritted his teeth, his face not looking good. For a moment, he even considered poisoning his opponent, but after fighting for so long, his opponent's martial arts of turning all kinds of energy into his own were too mysterious, and poison might not be effective.

At their level, poison has little effect on them, let alone killing a person. It was precisely because he couldn't defeat his opponent that he had no choice but to stop.

Immediately, his expression softened, and he clasped his hands in a fist salute to Su Ming, saying, "Alright, let's each rely on our own abilities. Until we meet again."

Su Ming returned the greeting with a fist and palm salute, saying, "Until we meet again."

After they finished speaking, they left in different directions; one headed towards the vast ocean, while the other went to a small island in Japan.

A moment later, Su Ming arrived at the battlefield after the battle with Xiao Jingtian. The surrounding sea was in ruins, with the surface covered with countless dead fish and shrimp. Various destructive auras still permeated the area, including wind, rain, thunder, fire, yin and yang forces, and the power of wind and clouds, making it almost a forbidden zone.

This power, the power of wind and clouds, is it the god of immortality?

Sensing the immeasurable power here, Su Ming immediately recognized the other party's identity. He had been in contact with Bai Suzhen before, and her Earthly Extreme Maha power was completely different from the remaining power here, even diametrically opposed.

Besides him and Bai Suzhen, the only other person in the world who can perform the Maha Wuliang technique is the God of Immortality.

But how did he end up here?

"receive!"

Su Ming reached out and grabbed, and countless drops of blood surged from the sea surface, condensing into a blood sphere. This sphere contained the dragon turtle bloodline from Xiao Jingtian. He planned to conduct an experiment and give this thing to the Fire Qilin to see how that guy would react.

The dragon turtle and the phoenix are both dead. Of the four divine beasts, only the fire qilin and the divine dragon are still alive. It won't be long before these two also die.

Without the Xiao brothers, Xiao Sanxiao would lose his grip on the Great Calamity, and the prophecy seen by the so-called Great Swordsman in the Tui Bei Tu would no longer come true. Without the Xiao Sanxiao father and son as the driving force behind the scenes, the mere island nation of Japan could never compare to the Central Plains.

However, killing the Xiao brothers is only a temporary solution. In a few years, the world will rise, and Xiong Ba will unify the martial arts world in just over ten years, achieving unparalleled hegemony.

Subsequently, due to a prophecy from Mud Bodhisattva, Fengyun and Xiong Ba became enemies, and he was defeated by his disciple Fengyun. The World Society also fell into the hands of the Twelve Fiends of Tianchi.

Then came the invasion of the Central Plains by the Wujue Divine Palace of the Eastern Kingdom, who attempted to seize the Central Plains. During this process, the Fire Qilin was killed and the dragon vein that suppressed the fortune of the Central Plains was destroyed.

Twelve years later, the Heavenly Gate appeared, unifying the martial arts world. Emperor Shitian Xu Fu gathered seven fierce weapons to slaughter the true dragon, and the seven dragon essences created a large number of masters, ushering in the Divine Martial Era.

The Dragon Essence even influenced the later Divine Martial Era, having a profound impact.

Because of the destiny of the wind and clouds, Di Shitian was unable to complete his mission. After being killed by Duan Lang, Duan Lang built the Dengtian Dragon Tower on the site of the World Society, almost causing a bloodbath in the martial arts world.

With Duan Lang's defeat and death at the hands of Feng Yun, twenty years later, the Japanese Emperor Lian Chengzhi once again invaded the Central Plains, nearly triggering the legendary Great Calamity. He was eventually killed by Feng Yun, temporarily stopping the chaos in the martial arts world. Only then did the land of China finally usher in a long-awaited peace.

A thousand years later, in the era of the Divine Martial Age, the entire world was struck by a meteorite, a mass extinction comparable to the dinosaur era. Even the appearance of a demigod could only save a few thousand people from the world.

Subsequently, under the arrangement of the demigod, the surviving humans were forced to live in an alternate dimension created by the demigod, living in a dream...

Among them, there is a very crucial point: the birth of the demigod and the tomb left by Fengyun.

The power and genes of the Dragon Yuan Divine Beast were inherited, causing a great impact. In the world of Fengyun, the blood of the four divine beasts contains mysterious power, which can be inherited through genes. He was also very curious about the wonders of this.

However, while China has suffered many disasters, it still cannot compare to the Bitter Realm, which can be described as hellish.

Having obtained the blood of the dragon turtle, Su Ming did not go to Japan, but returned directly to China.

……

"What? The Hidden Sword Style is gone?"

Inside the valley, the seventh leader of Xuanhua, who had just finished forging weapons, came out to find that the Hidden Sword School had been wiped out. Only a few scattered members, including Big Cat and Little Cat, were left outside, and they dared not use the name of the Hidden Sword School.

At this time, they also discovered that the head of the Xuanhua ship had disappeared.

Without the suppression of the leader, Xiao Aoshi, the Xuanhua ship fell into internal strife. The old emperor of Japan contacted various forces to gradually take over the Xuanhua ship, simply because the Xuanhua ship was the force behind the Yinjianliu.

The Wushen Jue Palace, which should have taken this opportunity to expand, lost a great opportunity due to Wushen's seclusion. During this process, the Japanese Imperial Family gathered many masters and its prestige soared.

The Xuanhua Company was in turmoil. The remaining six leaders either died or defected. The seventh leader, disheartened, returned to the Central Plains. His true identity was Bu Yuanting, the father of Bu Jingyun.

……

On the shore of the East China Sea.

Warships blockaded the port, standing ready, seemingly waiting for someone's return.

Inside the cabin, a monk dressed in robes, holding a begging bowl, felt uneasy. Suddenly, a voice rang out, "Who are you waiting for?"

The monk turned around abruptly and saw a figure in blue standing by the window, with his back to him.

This monk was Fahai, the person in charge of the Search for Gods Palace at that time. Upon seeing the figure, he struck out with his palm without saying a word. However, the force of his palm disappeared without a trace three feet away from the opponent.

Seeing the powerful strength of the newcomer, Monk Fahai's heart sank. He put his hands together and said, "Amitabha, may I ask your honorable name, senior? This humble monk pays his respects." "Your Buddhist etiquette is quite unique."

The man turned around, a faint smile on his face. His demeanor was unparalleled, ethereal and otherworldly. The moment he saw him, the monk Fahai was stunned. When he came to his senses, he said, "I was just being reckless. Please forgive me, senior."

Su Ming glanced at them and casually asked, "Are you waiting for someone?"

In his perception, the port was sealed off, and there were many elites inside and out, who would be considered formidable figures in the martial arts world. Such a force was rare in the martial arts world.

The monk Fahai, thinking of his omnipotent god, felt reassured. "Senior, I am from the Search God Palace. I have important business to attend to on this trip. Please forgive me."

He was unaware that the god of the Search God Palace was now reduced to nothing but ashes.

"So they were from the Search God Palace."

Su Ming's smile widened. Back in West Lake, the gods of the Searching God Palace offered themselves to him as a sacrifice for his sword. Bai Suzhen also killed many people. When he went to sea to fight Xiao Sanxiao, the immortal god inexplicably appeared and perished together with Xiao Jingtian.

He truly has a special connection with this God-Searching Palace.

Then, he looked at Monk Haizhi, his eyes flashing with an unusual light, "Come, let me see what's in your memories."

The moment their eyes met, the monk Fahai felt dizzy and lost consciousness.

When he woke up, he felt as if he had had a very long dream, in which he started by joining the Palace of Searching for Gods, inheriting the name of Fahai, and becoming a high-ranking member of the Palace of Searching for Gods...

The next moment, a familiar voice rang out, "Fahai, take the people from the Search for Gods Palace back and continue to lie low!"

Fahai instinctively replied, "Yes, sir!"

Then, he bowed respectfully in Su Ming's direction and turned to leave.

Gazing in the direction the other party had left, Su Ming's eyes flickered. "The Crossing of the Heart, the Crossing of the Scriptures, the Six Great Demon Crossings are indeed all mysterious in their own way."

With his level of skill, he could easily intimidate other people's minds or rewrite their memories, but that only applied to ordinary people, and the altered memories were prone to deviation.

However, Bai Suzhen's six great demonic crossings were realized at the moment of life and death, involving the reversal of life and death. The most important of them is the spiritual immortality, which is more mysterious than the Heaven-Shifting Divine Technique in some ways.

He had only tried it out, but he had already probed into Fahai's memories and rewritten them, replacing him with the immortal god.

The Search for Gods Palace contains many experts, whose strength far surpasses that of the current World Society. However, these individuals are not normal people; they are extremely fanatical about immortality and are unlikely to become a force capable of unifying the world.

However, Su Ming had no intention of unifying the world. He decided to let the Search God Palace lie low for now, as a covert operation.

……

Leaving the coast of the East China Sea, Su Ming traversed the heart of the Central Plains and took a distant look outside the imperial city.

The luxurious palace was already dilapidated and decaying. Although the entire imperial city was majestic, it still gave people a sense of the setting sun. In this world of turmoil, there was an emperor, whom people in the martial arts world called the Supreme.

However, this imperial court has a very weak presence, existing only as a nominal legitimacy, much like the Zhou emperor during the Warring States period. Almost no martial arts force pays them any attention, but they also avoid provoking them.

There are many skilled individuals within the royal family, but these individuals did not remain in the court, leaving the court with only a nominal authority and no real power.

After a quick glance, Su Ming stepped into the desert, where he found what he wanted.

The desert is desolate yet teeming with life. Rolling yellow sand stretches as far as the eye can see, and apart from the occasional passing camel caravan and the jingling of camel bells, there is no other sign of life on either side of the road.

Beneath the yellow sand, faintly visible are white bones, whether human or animal bones, it is unknown.

Until a figure set foot in this remote place.

Following the guidance of the Heavenly Crying Scripture, Su Ming arrived at a place buried by yellow sand.

A thousand years ago, this place was an oasis with a prosperous kingdom, and the ancient Silk Road passed through here.

Now, there is nothing here but endless yellow sand; all the prosperity has been buried by the sand.

The world changes, and things come and go; such is the way of things.

Su Ming stood in the yellow sand, stretched out his palm, and the turbid yellow earth energy circulated before disappearing into the ground. After a while, a stone tablet slowly emerged from the yellow sand, and the two characters "Loulan" were clearly written on the mottled and broken surface of the tablet.

As the earth's energy shifts, the yellow sand is slowly swept away, and countless ruins gradually emerge. The buildings, of varying heights, tell tales of past glory. This is the outline of a vast old city buried in the desert.

Amidst the ruins, there were many skeletons, and countless poisonous insects, as if frightened, fled in all directions.

The yellow sand flows backward, and the ancient city reappears.

Unfortunately, apart from Su Ming, no one saw him lightly touch the stone tablet before stepping into the city.

Ruins were everywhere, but the scale of its heyday was still faintly visible. He came to the most central, dilapidated hall, where there was a stone chair with a skeleton sitting quietly on it. Behind him, two sentences were lightly engraved on the wall.

"The city walls crumbled and the armor was laid down on the day of our surrender; the orchids withered and the plum blossoms broken, a time of heartbreak!"

The two sentences are arranged vertically side by side, and the first two characters are "Loulan".

In his quest for immortality, the King of Loulan once dispatched a large army to capture the Dragon Turtle, one of the four auspicious beasts.

But in reality, they didn't find the dragon turtle, they only found its shed shell. Even though it was just the dragon turtle's shell, it still contained mysterious and unpredictable power.

After obtaining the dragon turtle shell, the King of Loulan summoned masters from the entire Western Regions and, based on the natural patterns on the dragon turtle shell, created the "Wuqiu Yijue" (Easy Martial Arts Technique), a martial arts technique that leads directly to the root of martial arts.

This divine skill emphasizes following the natural way and acting in accordance with the opposite. It allows one to unleash their greatest potential by conforming to nature and following its laws.

The Wuqiu Yijue doesn't have any specific moves; instead, it's a martial art that emphasizes intention. It shares some similarities with Su Ming's Minghai Guiyuan Jin, which is one of the purposes of his trip.

(End of this chapter)