Traveling the Heavens in Thunderbolt

Chapter 1263 Challenge
The news that the Holy Pope conquered the War Cloud Realm in less than half a day quickly spread throughout the world.

If it weren't for the suggestion of the peerless genius to relocate most of the residents of the War Cloud Realm in advance, I'm afraid the War Cloud Realm would have been truly destroyed.

Once the news of the destruction of the War Cloud Realm spread, the whole world was shocked.

You must know that Tian Zhili, who once required the gathering of five swords to kill, was nothing more than a prisoner of war from the Zhanyun Realm.

The Celestial Empire also spent a considerable amount of time and launched several campaigns of encirclement and suppression before it was able to completely eradicate the Li Clan.

Unexpectedly, the more powerful Zhanyun Realm was destroyed by the Holy Church in one battle.

Moreover, under the special publicity of the Holy Church, the deeds of the Holy Pope who, after conquering the War Cloud Realm, single-handedly suppressed the entire world and waved his palm to repel the demon god were also emphasized.

How could one not be shocked by such god-like strength?

Suddenly, all the martial arts factions that had surrendered to the Zi Yao Dynasty were in a panic.

Things became even more complicated as the Holy Pope ordered all martial arts sects within a hundred miles of the Holy Church to surrender.

Dozens of sects are within the hundred-mile radius designated by the Holy Church. After years of peace, these sects are once again faced with a life-and-death decision.

And the sects outside the range of one hundred miles were also watching the attitude of Zi Yao Tian Dynasty.

Compared with the land ruled by the Ziyao Dynasty, a hundred miles of land is just a drop in the ocean.

But behind the Holy Church's actions, the challenge is far more significant than the actual reality.

You must know that ever since the Zi Yao Dynasty unified the world and implemented the order to stop using force, all martial arts factions have resolved disputes and conflicts in accordance with the laws of the Dynasty.

Never before has any force dared to so blatantly circle its power under the rule of the Celestial Empire.

By doing this, the Holy Religion can be said to be challenging the ruling authority of the Celestial Empire.

As soon as this happened, people all over the world were watching how Zi Yao Dynasty would respond.

However, the Celestial Empire's response was surprising. It did not send a large army to attack, nor did it call on the various martial arts sects to attack together.

Instead, they chose to relocate the people living there, which seemed to be a way of avoiding the enemy's attention.

In fact, long before the Holy Pope gave the order, the Zi Yao Dynasty had already ordered people to notify more than a dozen sects within a radius of a hundred miles to relocate.

Only a small number of sects chose to obey the orders of the Heavenly Dynasty. Among them, the eight most powerful sects used their own military forces, hoping to take advantage of the power vacuum left after the Heavenly Dynasty left, in order to compete with the Heavenly Dynasty and the Holy Church.

The result was that the Holy Pope sent a holy envoy to the six dusts.

In less than a day, all the disobedient sects were eliminated.

From then on, the Holy Church became the de facto ruler of that hundred-mile area.

As for the Zi Yao Heavenly Dynasty, there was still no response, as if it was allowing the Holy Religion to shake the prestige of the Heavenly Dynasty.

Many ambitious people and sects who were intimidated by the strength of the Celestial Empire and did not take any action, saw that the Celestial Empire did not react and began to think about it.

Some were even more stubborn and directly declared their independence from the Celestial Empire and established their own territory.

Many also approached the Holy Church, hoping to cooperate with it and work together to rule the world.

The fate of these two types of people was either to be destroyed by the Heavenly Empire with thunder and lightning, or to be killed by a palm strike from the Holy Pope.

Neither the Ziyao Dynasty nor the Holy Church took these clowns seriously. The news that the Holy Church announced in the public pavilion that it would attack the Tianfo hometown in the near future once again made the martial arts world boil.

Everyone's eyes were fixed on the Zi Yao Dynasty, and they were watching how this dynasty, which had ruled the world for so many years, would respond to the aggressive challenge from the Holy Church.
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In an unknown cave somewhere in Wulin, there is a bonfire and three figures.

In the light of the fire, the faces of the two people lying on the ground were revealed. They were Chao Tianjiao and Juedai Tianjiao who escaped from the Holy Pope.

The cave was silent except for the occasional crackling of the campfire.

The peerless Tianjiao woke up from his coma, and the first thing he did when he got up was to subconsciously look for Chao Tianjiao's trace, "Sister Wang..."

When he turned around, he saw Chao Tianjiao still in a coma.

"You're awake." At this time, the person who saved the two geniuses turned around and stepped forward to check the condition of the peerless geniuses.

In the light of the fire, the face became clearer and clearer. It was the shepherd god.

"You are……"

The Shepherd God revealed his identity, "My name in the human world is 'Lin Mu', and my name in heaven is 'Shepherd God'.

“Tianjiang, Mushen?” Such unfamiliar names made the peerless genius a little confused.

The Shepherd God smiled and said, "As a person from the War Cloud Realm, you don't even know your origin. When she wakes up, I will explain it to both of you. It's almost done now."

"Cough cough cough..."

As soon as Mu Shenshen finished speaking, Chao Tianjiao woke up from his coma with a light cough.

"Where is this..." Chao Tianjiao woke up from his coma, looked at the unfamiliar environment, and struggled to get up.

The peerless genius at the side helped Chao Tianjiao up and explained the situation to her, "Sister Wang, you were injured by the Holy Pope and the War Cloud Realm was defeated. I led you out of the encirclement, but I was seriously injured and unconscious on the way, and was rescued by this benefactor."

Upon hearing that Zhanyun Realm was defeated, Chao Tianjiao hurriedly asked, "How is Zhanyun Realm? Where are Yu Yu and the others?"

The peerless Tianjiao explained what happened after Chao Tianjiao fell into a coma, and said sadly: "My brother stayed in the War Cloud Realm to launch the formation. And the Lord of the Order also chose to stay and delay."

After Chao Tianjiao heard Yu Yu Tianjiao activate the formation, he already knew the result, "Once the formation is activated, the Giant Demon God pulling the War Cloud Realm will break free and attack the War Cloud Realm together. The War Cloud Realm will also turn into clouds during the fall. Yu Yu is determined to die together with the Holy Pope."

Seeing the two people in grief, the Shepherd God couldn't bear it, but he still decided to tell them the news he had received recently. "Unfortunately, during the time you were unconscious, I went out to get information. Under the propaganda of the Holy Church, it was spread everywhere that the Holy Church had occupied the War Cloud Realm and used it as a base for the Holy Church."

Upon hearing this news, Chao Tianjiao asked in shock: "Didn't the formation start?"

As the lord of the War Cloud Realm, Chao Tianjiao naturally knew the power of the World Destroying Array after it was activated.

Once the formation is activated, the Giant Demon God will be unleashed and they will attack the rapidly falling War Cloud Realm together.

This was where the War Cloud Realm was created back then, as a means to perish together with the enemy.

Although the Holy Pope's performance in the battle to capture the War Cloud Realm was promoted by the Holy Church as a miracle, many people in the martial arts world were skeptical about it, believing that it was simply nonsense.

Seeing Chao Tianjiao's shock and doubt, the Shepherd God told the two of them the news, "According to the Holy Church's own propaganda, it was the Holy Pope who held the falling War Cloud Realm with one hand and repelled the Giant Demon God you mentioned with the other hand. Although I don't know if the Holy Pope is as the Holy Church claims..."

Chao Tianjiao was obviously shocked by the strength of the Holy Pope, and muttered to himself in disbelief: "How... is this possible?"

Having stayed in the Realm of Bitterness for so many years, witnessed the rebellion of Emperor Qi Tian, ​​felt the calamity of the double body of Buddha Karma, and watched the great battles between the Realm of Bitterness and the Realm of Gathering, the Kingdom of Death, and the Buddha Hell, the Shepherd God was no longer surprised by this.

(End of this chapter)