Traveling the Heavens in Thunderbolt

Chapter 488: Peace in the World
“Of course.” Falling into a slump, Zhao Kuangyin ignored the pain in his body and used another ultimate move. The energy of heaven and earth continued to gather and transformed into continuous mountains, covering the sky and the sun, “The heavens and the earth shook. The fourth strike. The mountains frightened the gods and ghosts.”

"This isn't the real Mountain Shocks the Gods and Ghosts. This is it!" Facing the pressing mountain, Li Chenzhou showed no fear at all. He used his Xiantian Qiankun Gong, which was more powerful than the moves in Zhao Kuangyin's hands, "Shocking the Heavens and Earth·The Fourth Strike·Shocking the Gods and Ghosts of the Five Mountains".

With the double impact, Zhao Kuangyin's mountain was no match for the spiritual energy of the Five Mountains and fell apart.

Mount Tai, the Eastern Peak, is located in Shandong Province and is the first of the Five Mountains. It is the ancestor of all mountains, the patriarch of the Five Mountains, the grandson of the Emperor of Heaven, and the residence of the gods. The mountain god is the Lord of Mount Tai, who is in charge of the 365 gods in the world and is the ruler of the Ten Kings of Hell in the underworld and the Eighteen Levels of Hell.

Zhongyue Songshan, the mountain god is Songgao Jun, who leads 30,000 fairy officials and jade maidens, wears yellow silk robes, wears yellow jade Taiyi crowns, wears Shenzong Yanghe seals, rides yellow dragons, and is followed by other officials. He rules the world's land, mountains, rivers, hills and valleys, and also feeds cattle, sheep and rice.

Hengshan Mountain, the Northern Peak, is located in Quyang County, Hebei Province. The mountain god is Beiyue Jun, who wears Taizhen Mingling Crown and commands seven thousand immortals and countless tigers, leopards, snakes and insects.

Huashan, the Western Peak, is located in Shaanxi. It can cause clouds and rain, and produces the energy that connects all things. The mountain god Huashan Jun leads more than 4,000 immortal officials and palace maids. He wears a white robe, a Taichu Jiuliu crown, and a seal of Kaitian Tongzhen. He rides a white dragon and controls the world's gold, silver, copper, iron, and winged birds.

Mount Hengshan, Nanyue, is located in Hunan. The mountain god is Nanyue Jun, who wears red clothes, a crown of nine elixirs and the sun's essence, a seal of luminous heaven, rides a red dragon, and leads 7700 gods and spirits.

Just when the Five Mountains were about to crush Zhao Kuangyin, Li Chenzhou stopped again, allowing Zhao Kuangyin to shatter the mountains that had lost the blessing of the Five Mountains' spiritual energy.

The soldiers on both sides, unaware of the situation, only felt that the battle was fierce and lamented that Zhao Kuangyin could hold out for so long in Li Chenzhou's hands.

Unlike others, Yang Ye inherited Li Chenzhou's true skills and was able to see the battlefield clearly. He was curious as to why his master frequently held back, causing the battle that should have ended long ago to be delayed until now.

Seeing Yin Ling's sad face, he asked, "Ji Jiu, have you noticed the heresy?"

After a sigh, Yin Ling said, "When you experience more things, you will understand your master's intentions."

Only she understood that the more leniency Li Chenzhou showed, the less hope Zhao Kuangyin had.

Zhao Kuangyin took a breath and asked, "Why did you hold back so often since just now?"

Li Chenzhou stretched out his hand, spread his palm, showing five fingers, and said: "Five moves, I will let you show all you have learned in this life in front of the world, and leave your name in history. This is my last love and loyalty to you, my brother."

"Then I have to thank you, my brother. Come on, the last move!" The last move, the final move, Zhao Kuangyin stretched out his limbs, absorbing the endless essence between heaven and earth, the immortal spirit and the yin and yang of the universe were vibrating.

"Heaven and Earth Shake·Fifth Strike·Thunder Shatters Heaven and Earth"

Countless large and small thunder balls suddenly appeared in the sky, and yin and yang lightnings kept bursting out. The thunder was piercing, and the majestic momentum was the eighth strike of the Tyrant Soul Purple Thunder Sword Technique, which was to kill the real dragon with thunder from the sky.

Li Chenzhou's thunder shattered the heaven and earth. The electric current around his body caused the heaven and earth to change drastically, and countless thunder balls appeared in the sky.

However, this move changed again and was completely different from Zhao Kuangyin's move, "Thunder and the Sky Shattered".

It is actually a fusion of the two ultimate martial arts, "Hun Tian Bao Jian" and "Xian Tian Qian Kun Gong", to achieve the devil-killing trick of the past.

The thunder and lightning combined with the blood power of the sky formed the Bagua blood ball, which doubled its power and frightened all the ghosts and gods.

The ultimate moves collided, the thunder balls collided continuously, the thunder rumbled incessantly, accompanied by a shocking explosion, the sky and the earth were in chaos, and the universe was shaking.

After the smoke and dust cleared, only extinction and desolation remained, the earth was shaking continuously, and the two stood facing each other.

Zhao Kuangyin spoke up, "Li Chenzhou, you win!"

As soon as he finished speaking, countless electric currents burst out from Zhao Kuangyin's body, blood splattered everywhere, and he exploded and died.

Li Chenzhou seemed to be reluctant and turned his back.

After Zhao Kuangyin's death, Li Chenzhou looked at the turbulent earth and the sky with lightning and thunder, and lamented that although "Heaven and Earth Shaking" could absorb the energy of all things in the world into one body, each move was a shocking move using the power of nature. The more energy of heaven and earth absorbed, the greater the power exerted, which can be called the most destructive move in the emperor's martial arts.

But the price is that once used, it will destroy the balance of nature, cause the wrath of heaven and earth, and lead to natural disasters and the loss of all lives.

If it is not dealt with, Kaifeng City might be destroyed because of the remaining troubles after his fight with Zhao Kuangyin.

Li Chenzhou's aura suddenly changed, and the image of Vairocana Tathagata appeared behind him. His hands formed the 'Seal of Accomplishment of All Light', which was the 'Tathagata Palm·Ninth Style·Ten Thousand Buddhas Paying Homage to the Buddha'.

The holy light shines, dissipating the remaining power of the earth-shaking move, and dissipating natural disasters.

The soldiers and civilians in Kaifeng felt as if the holy monk from the past had come back to their hometown, and they all knelt down to thank the Living Buddha for his great kindness.

When Zhao Guangyi saw this situation, he realized that the army had lost morale, the situation was hopeless and could not be reversed.

He immediately followed Zhao Kuangyin's instructions before the decisive battle, dropped his weapons, and ordered the soldiers of the Song Dynasty to surrender.

After witnessing the stunning battle between Li Chenzhou and Zhao Kuangyin, the Song soldiers had already lost all their will to fight. Led by the prince Zhao Guangyi, they dropped their weapons and walked out of Kaifeng to surrender to the Tang army outside the city.

Led by Yin Ling, Yang Ye and others, the Tang army accepted the surrender of the Song army and marched into the city.

Afterwards, Zhao Guangyi and Empress Dowager He (the real empress of Zhao Kuangyin in history) formally surrendered to Li Chenzhou in the name of the young emperor Zhao Dezhao.

He also ordered all troops within the territory of Song to immediately stop resisting and accept the reorganization of the Tang army.

As soon as this order was passed to Shandong, the Song army stationed in Shandong surrendered to the Tang army.

At this point, the last enemy who prevented Li Chenzhou from unifying the world fell, the chaotic times ended, and the world was unified.

It has been just over eight years since he made the bold statement in Shuangfei Castle that "within ten years, the whole world will be at my fingertips."

In order to commemorate the pacification of the world, the restoration of the Li Tang Dynasty, and the pacification of the chaotic world in this year, Li Chenzhou named this year "Guangping", which is the first year of Guangping.

Li Chenzhou conferred the titles of "Prince of Chengle" and "Prince of Chengping" on Zhao Kuangyin's two sons, Zhao Dezhao and Zhao Defang, out of consideration for their sworn brotherhood and in order to win the hearts of the civil and military officials of the State of Song. Their titles were higher than those of Li Yu and Meng Chang.

After unifying the country, after more than fifty years of turmoil, everything needed to be rebuilt.

Li Chenzhou took the people's strength into consideration and changed his previous radical style to a policy of allowing the people to recuperate and recuperate.

During this period, drastic reforms were made to the civil service, tax reforms were introduced, corvee labor was formally abolished, and all projects that cost the people a lot of money and labor were stopped.

While encouraging agriculture and sericulture, we should also develop industry and commerce to further improve social productivity.

In terms of ideology, we formulated reforms in education, promoted new culture, and attached importance to technology.

In terms of system, the separation of military and political power was implemented, the scope of the imperial examination was improved, and government governance and supervision were strengthened.

In just less than five years, the whole world has been completely transformed under Li Chenzhou's governance, no longer resembling the dilapidated image of the past.

In the fifth year of Guangping, Yin Ling, who had completed her mission, formally resigned to Li Chenzhou.

Li Chenzhou understood that Yinling had always loved the Long Ge'er of the past, and he was unwilling to force it.

He let Yin Ling go and gave her the title of "National Master".

In the eighth year of Guangping, the country had recovered after a period of recuperation and was even better than before.

Li Chenzhou officially began to implement his plan, marching north to the grasslands and Liaodong, clearing out the land and establishing the Liaodong Protectorate.

He marched south to Jiaozhi, destroyed numerous countries, and established the Annan Protectorate.

He launched western expeditions against Tubo and Uighur, established the Western Regions Protectorate and the U-Tsang Pacification Office, and reopened the Silk Road.

He went out to the sea to the east, launched an expedition to Japan, opened up Izu (Taiwan), and established a provincial government.

After these conquests, the New Tang Dynasty regained the glory of the Han and Tang Dynasties under Li Chenzhou.

After doing these things, Li Chenzhou focused his energy on internal development, immigration and border expansion, trying to fully digest the occupied land.

Until the twenty-fifth year of Guangping, the seas were calm and the rivers were peaceful.
Li Chenzhou, who was over fifty years old, fulfilled his promise and officially abdicated to the 28-year-old crown prince, Li Yuan, his eldest son with Yun Piaopiao.

After Li Yuan succeeded to the throne, he changed the reign title to "Xingping" and honored Li Chenzhou as the emperor emeritus.

After abdicating, Li Chenzhou left the palace and disappeared.

The world had no idea where he was. In the 30th year of Xingping, Li Yuan followed his father's example and abdicated the throne to his son Li Sheng.

Li Chenzhou was given the posthumous title "Xingwu" and the temple name "Shizu". Historians called the era he created "Xingwu Zhongxing".

Thanks to Wu Mengsheng for the reward.

Thanks to Dutianshensha Zhoutianxingchen for the reward.

(End of this chapter)