Traveling through the heavens from swallowing

Chapter 540: The first thing a new official does after taking office: the support I receive is unparalleled, and my lineage of ruthless people is exposed!
After the cheers died down, Liu Mang officially took office as the Holy Lord of Yaoguang. Although he was the Holy Lord in reality before, he now had both the name and the reality, and could justify himself to the outside world.

He looked around at everyone, and his eyes met with the king from the Ji family who came to congratulate him, and they both nodded slightly.

It's time to deal with the hidden dangers in Yaoguang Holy Land.

"Anyun Peak Master Xiao An, please step out!"

Suddenly, Liu Mang spoke in a deep voice, and the clear voice spread throughout the Yaoguang Holy Land, making everyone's heart skip a beat.

What is this for? To reward meritorious officials?

All the guests looked at a sturdy middle-aged man dressed in black: Is he Xiao An? With the favor of Lord Li Hong, his future is limitless!

Anyun Peak is just one of the 1080 secondary peaks in the Yaoguang Holy Land. As the environment has improved in recent years, cultivation has become easier than before. The cultivation limit of the peak master has been raised to at least the early stage of Dragon Transformation, instead of the previous four extreme peaks. Xiao An is in the middle stage of Dragon Transformation, and his strength ranks in the middle among the secondary peak masters, which is not bad.

But no matter how good it is, it depends on who you compare it with. As everyone knows, Liu Mang’s first master Qinghe in Yaoguang Holy Land is already a half-step great master of the nineteenth level of the immortal realm. You know, before meeting Liu Mang, Qinghe was only at the seventh level of the dragon realm!

Less than seven years had passed, and he had already run all the way to become a half-step great power. One can imagine how great an opportunity it was to have Liu Mang's favor.

Now, Xiao An, the leader of Anyun Peak, was the first to be rewarded when Liu Mang ascended the throne, and he obviously had his trust. Except for the king of the Ji family, almost all the guests thought so.

But they were wrong. Liu Mang was not trying to reward his subordinates, but to eliminate the disobedient ones!
Previously, when he used the Divine Conversion Technique to convert the people of the Yaoguang Holy Land, he also converted a high-level member of the ruthless lineage. He learned that Xiao An was one of the two kings who held power in the world of the ruthless lineage, and was specifically responsible for the control of the Yaoguang Holy Land, the leased land of the ruthless lineage.

At that time, Liu Mang was only at a high level and could not easily defeat Xiao An, the top king, so he postponed the settlement and asked the Ji family to join in and make a five-year agreement to carry out the attack together.

Although it is less than five years now, Liu Mang has already completed all the preliminary preparations in advance. Not only has he seized the power of Yaoguang, but his cultivation has also reached the fourth level of Zhandao. If he does not initiate a reckoning, he will become a saint!

Therefore, he simply took this opportunity to announce the matter of the ruthless lineage to the world, led the Yaoguang Holy Land to wipe out the ruthless lineage, and completely cut off ties with the ruthless lineage!
This time some people will definitely be killed, and a lot of them. Xiao An is the only ruthless person in the entire Yaoguang Holy Land who has not been converted by Liu Mang. But this one king is far from enough to give an explanation to the world, and his weight is not enough.

Therefore, Liu Mang wanted to give Xiao An a chance to release the ruthless saints among the Yaoguang saints.

Xiao An is the only one who knows who among the saints with background is the ruthless one. Even the leader of the other ruthless one, the king, doesn’t know, so they can only give Xiao An a chance.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Xiao An walked step by step to the center of the square and looked up at Liu Mang, who was in a state of chaos.

He seemed to be completely unaware of the danger. Even though all 57 powerful beings from Yaoguang Holy Land were staring at him with hostility, he seemed to be unaware of it.

The atmosphere became weird. The changes in the aura of so many people in Yaoguang Holy Land could not be concealed from the many forces present. They stopped talking, silently led their people to retreat a distance, and handed the place over to the people of Yaoguang Holy Land.

An oppressive atmosphere spread out, and a sense of danger crept up everyone's spine, making them shiver.

The auspicious clouds in the sky that were cheering for Liu Mang turned into gray and black, blocking out the sun and making it hard to breathe.

The guests didn’t know what exactly happened, but that didn’t stop them from seeing that there was going to be internal strife in the Yaoguang Holy Land.

"Holy Lord, what do you want me to do?"

Xiao An bowed and kowtowed, his etiquette was impeccable, but everyone knew it wasn't that simple.

Of course he knew that his cultivation and identity as a ruthless person might have been exposed, otherwise this scene would not have happened. But he didn't care. The ruthless person lineage has a long history, how could a young boy deal with them?
"You're very calm, Xiao An. Don't you sense any danger? Or do you not think there's anything dangerous about this situation? Are you very confident in yourself?" Liu Mang lowered his eyes and said calmly to Xiao An at his feet.

Xiao An stood up and raised his head. His eyes were no longer as gentle as before, but defiant instead.

"Holy Lord, you don't think that once you become the Holy Lord, the Yaoguang will be yours, right?"

Liu Mang smiled: "Oh, isn't it?"

Xiao An shook his head: "Young people are naive. Who has the final say in Yaoguang Holy Land does not depend on you or me, but on who the Supreme Elders listen to. How many Supreme Elders do you think will listen to you? Even Li Daoqing, who has been the Holy Lord for more than a thousand years, has less than ten Supreme Elders willing to listen to his orders. How many do you think you have?"

Liu Mang inspected the 127 supreme elders present at Yaoguang Holy Land and said to Xiao An with a smile, "I think they all listen to me."

Xiao An laughed in silence: "You are really confident."

The Supreme Elder of Yaoguang Holy Land or all forces of this level use the same criterion for judgment, which is that the cultivation level must be at least half a step to becoming a great power.

The 127 supreme elders of Yaoguang Holy Land are superior to any force in the Eastern Wilderness except for the Yaochi Holy Land.

There is no other way. The Holy Land of Yao Chi can mass-produce secondary magical medicines such as the Peaches of the Immortal Realm. The Great Saint Body, the Western Emperor, and the Great Emperor Wu Shi have all left many good things for Yao Chi, so its foundation is extremely profound.

Even if he is only a half-step great power, he has already reached the top of a powerful force. It is impossible for him to completely obey the orders of someone. Various resources above the Immortal Platform are very scarce and need to be snatched. The supreme elders are also divided into factions, and the conflicts of interest are very serious. How can he completely listen to the words of the Holy Lord?

What's more, even if others don't know, Xiao An knows it, that many of these 127 supreme elders are from his ruthless lineage. The ruthless lineage has special methods to control people, and those people all listen to him, Xiao An!

Thinking of this, Xiao An couldn't help but laugh.

"In that case, why don't we make a bet on the number of supreme elders who listen to me and the number who listen to you? The one with more support will win. How about that?" Xiao An suggested with a smile.

"Oh?" Liu Mang pretended to be surprised, and stroked his chin and said, "It's not impossible. So what if we win, and what if we lose?"

Xiao An restrained his smile. Liu Mang's confidence made him somewhat suspicious. He didn't think that this most powerful genius in the history of Beidou was stupid. He must have realized that he must have the confidence to propose such a bet. Why didn't he refuse?
But the arrow was on the string and had to be shot. He conveyed a message in his heart, then stared at Liu Mang and said:
"Since ancient times, the victors have been kings and the victors have been bandits. If I win, I'll have to trouble the Holy Lord to step down and spend a few years in jail. If you win, haha, I'll leave it to you to decide."

As soon as these words were spoken, all major forces were in an uproar.

This person has such great ambitions that he actually wants to imprison a king who has just taken office as the Holy Lord, the number one genius in Beidou!

It has to be said that it was truly extraordinary that Xiao An, a mere fifth-level Dragon Transformation Realm cultivator, could have such an ambition. Everyone admired his courage.

Only the king of the Ji family, who had some understanding of the situation, looked at Liu Mang with a frown and said, "Why are you wasting your time talking? Just freeze the dragon-patterned black gold tripod and start working. I have my Void Mirror ready!"

But Liu Mang ignored the urging of the Ji family king. He wanted to see how Xiao An would react when he was deserted by everyone.

"As you said, then everyone, let's stand in line. Those who support me stand behind me, and those who support Xiao An stand behind him. Let's get moving." Liu Mang ordered.

Xiao An flashed a hint of teasing and said coldly, "All come behind me."

boom!
He displayed his true level of cultivation; his aura soared into the sky and tore through the clouds. The aura of a supreme king was fully revealed, dominating the entire arena!
"what!"

"King!"

"This is impossible!"

All major forces exclaimed, and even some saints from the Ten Thousand Dragons Nest frowned, because even they had not noticed that Xiao An had hidden his cultivation level before.

Many people looked at Liu Mang and then at Xiao An, and suddenly felt pessimistic about Liu Mang's future.

There is a gap of five small realms between the fourth level of the Way of Killing and the ninth level of the Way of Killing. Judging from Xiao An's aura, he is undoubtedly the king of the world.

In this Dharma-Ending Age, the difficulty of becoming a king is no less than becoming a saint at other times, and may even be higher. Xiao An must be a person of extraordinary talent, with at least the power of the Six Forbiddens.

Six plus five equals eleven, which means that if Liu Mang wants to defeat Xiao An, he needs to surpass the eight prohibitions and reach the divine prohibitions. And it is not a simple divine prohibition, he needs to cross eleven small steps!

The Eight Forbidden Rules are still extremely rare throughout the ages, let alone the Divine Forbidden Rules. One can imagine how difficult it would be to push the Divine Forbidden Rules to the eleventh level.

Although Liu Mang is an unparalleled genius in Beidou's history, it is still unknown whether he can fight against the enemy across eleven small realms.

As outsiders, they would have such thoughts, but wouldn’t the supreme elders of Yaoguang Holy Land have the same thoughts?
During this voting session, Xiao An demonstrated his boundless strength, which would obviously greatly shake the ideas of many supreme elders and gain him a huge advantage.

Even the king with the most profound background in Ji family changed his expression. As both of them were top kings, he felt that Xiao An was much stronger than him. If he could win over more supreme elders, even if Ji family and Liu Mang's side cooperated, both sides would suffer in the end!
He did not think that Liu Mang would be able to have absolute control over the Dragon Patterned Black Gold Tripod after becoming the Holy Lord of Yaoguang. Once Xiao An's support became stronger, as they were all people from the Holy Land of Yaoguang, it would be hard to say who would control the Dragon Patterned Black Gold Tripod. Liu Mang might not be able to snatch it away.

He anxiously sent a message to Liu Mang: "Don't play around, just take control of the Dragon Patterned Black Gold Cauldron first, I will activate the Void Mirror to kill Xiao An to prevent future troubles, don't give him the chance to gather strength!"

Liu Mang chuckled and transmitted his voice: "Be patient, if we want to destroy them, we must destroy them completely. One top king is not enough, there are still people among them. We have to wait until he calls them out before we take action. We will wipe out the ruthless lineage in one battle."

The Ji family king was going crazy: "You are crazy! If their saints come out, what can we use to fight? This is the Yaoguang Holy Land. Your friends from the Ten Thousand Dragon Nest will never be able to kill people from the Yaoguang Holy Land here. Under the Yaoguang formation, the emperor's soldiers and gods will never allow such a thing to happen! Our only chance is to use the Void Mirror to hold back the Dragon Patterned Black Gold Tripod. We will work together to kill Xiao An first, and then cut off the power of the ruthless lineage step by step!"

"I've told you to be patient," Liu Mang said helplessly, "I still have three other imperial weapons in my hand. If necessary, I can also borrow the Immortal Iron Rod in the hands of the Fighting Buddha. Add to that the Void Mirror in your hand. With five imperial weapons against the Dragon Patterned Black Gold Tripod, it will be safe no matter what."

What's more, Liu Mang was very confident in his ability to control the Dragon Patterned Black Gold Tripod. He firmly believed that except for the ruthless emperor himself, no one could snatch his control over the Dragon Patterned Black Gold Tripod.

Are you kidding? Was it in vain that he raised little girl for so long? Was it in vain that he kept the dragon-patterned black gold tripod in his body for a long time to perform the military secret ritual? Was it in vain that his strength comparable to that of a saint was wasted?

"You" The king of the Ji family was speechless and almost swore. You didn't tell me such an important thing earlier, causing me to worry for so long in vain. It's true that the eunuchs are anxious even when the emperor is not!
It seemed like a long time had passed, but in fact, only a few breaths had passed since Xiao An demonstrated his strength.

Xiao An looked at Liu Mang expectantly, wanting to see expressions of shock and disbelief on his face, but gradually, this expression appeared on his face instead.

Ten breaths, fifty breaths, a hundred breaths, no one moved.

Xiao An looked at the more than 100 supreme elders around Liu Mang with a confused face and repeated, "Come here!"

Still no one moved.

Xiao An was stunned for a moment, and then he shouted, "Zou Gang, what are you doing? Come here!" He then looked at another great elder, "Gong Yuan, come here!"

Then he mentioned several names in succession, including Ji Dayong, Jin Deming, Bi Jing, Miao Chuan, etc., all of whom were famous and powerful figures in the Yaoguang Holy Land.

But contrary to his expectations, all the people whose names were called looked at him coldly, and were not moved at all!
"This, how is this possible?"

Xiao An took two steps back in shock. He was extremely confused. This made no sense at all. You have to know that the people he mentioned were the absolute backbone of the ruthless lineage in the Yaoguang Holy Land. Their loyalty had been tested and their minds were controlled by special means. How could they be won over by a young boy?
He looked at the calm Liu Mang and gritted his teeth, "What kind of magic did you cast? What did you do?!"

Xiao An lost his composure, he really did not expect such an unexpected development. Even if those people's identities were discovered in advance and they were suddenly captured, it was better than this situation of suddenly surrendering to the enemy!
Liu Mang chuckled twice: "Perhaps this is my personal charm. They admire my majesty, desire my favor, obey my laws, and support my rule. You may not understand this feeling of being completely convinced by a person."

Xiao An was furious. What a shameless guy! He used other people's honorifics to describe himself. How shameless!
"Asshole! Do you think I wouldn't know if you didn't tell me? He must have used magic to control people's minds. Great, what a devil. Everyone, are you just going to watch him use his magic like this?" Xiao An shouted and looked at the guests from various forces.

Lan Xi twisted her dragon waist and was the first to step forward. She snorted domineeringly on the spot: "Don't just watch. If necessary, I, the Ten Thousand Dragons Nest, will help him to swallow the world!"

Yan Ruyu came over with lotus steps and said coldly with her perfect mouth: "Do you expect us monsters to fight against demons and defend the way? Do you know why monsters and demons are always mentioned together?"

The bandits in the Northern Territory laughed and said, "We didn't mean any good things, hahaha!"

Shi Yating followed suit: "Don't be so arrogant, old man. Let me count your ancestors first. I don't believe you are a good person!"

The Ji family king's body melted into the void, as if he had disappeared, but his voice spread in all directions: "You know who the devil is."

Ye Fan, Pang Bo, Monkey and other powerful Tianjiao also announced their support for Liu Mang: "Old man, you still don't allow others to abandon the dark and join the light? You are so domineering like a devil. No, you are the devil!"

Dongfang Taiyi and Old Crazy could tell at a glance that many of the Supreme Elders of Yaoguang Holy Land were not right, as if they had been converted by special methods. However, this did not affect their support for their eldest brother:
"The old man is looking for death!" "The old man is so outrageous!"

He could tolerate everything else, but Xiao An couldn't tolerate this: "You are much older than me!"

Even the Divine King Jiang Taixu said, "I believe in young friend Li Hong."

When the Divine King Patriarch spoke, the Jiang Family naturally followed suit. Jiang Yun couldn't wait to say, "The Jiang Family and Saint Lord Li Hong will advance and retreat together!"

Liu Mang glanced at him and said, "Why are you retreating when the wind is favorable to you?"

"You, you!" Xiao An almost vomited blood. What kind of support is this? Is this Li Hong an ancient emperor?

He glanced around and cast an expectant look at the guest from Western Desert, the Fighting Buddha.

The Princess of the Divine Silkworm glanced at him fiercely, and the Fighting Buddha opened his mouth, deciding to break the restriction of not taking sides that had existed for many years.

"Amitabha, I see that the donor has a deep demonic nature in his body, and seems to be a ruthless person as mentioned in the legend. I wonder if you can give me an explanation?" The old monkey looked at Xiao An and spoke with a fatal blow.

"What? A lineage of ruthless people!"

"A lineage of ruthless demons throughout the ages!"

"It turns out that they are from a lineage of ruthless people. No wonder they are targeted like this!"

"What the Holy Buddha said must be true. Xiao An, you deserve to die!"

Many originally neutral forces were in an uproar on the spot, and they all looked at Xiao An as if they wanted to skin him alive.

I wonder if there is any major force in the world that has not had its ancestral graves dug up by a ruthless lineage?
Not at all. They even dug up their own ancestral graves, let alone other people’s!
Back then, this lineage of ruthless people caused public outrage and was hunted down by many extreme forces until they disappeared. Unexpectedly, there are still descendants now, and they are hiding in the Yaoguang Holy Land!
Such a boiling scene not only made Xiao An look ugly, but also made the Jiang family members look a little strange.

Because the Jiang family also has a ruthless inheritor, and that is Jiang Yifei.

This lineage of ruthless people is definitely not only based in the Yaoguang Holy Land, they can also be found in the aristocratic families of the Donghuang Holy Land and even in the Immortal Dynasty of Zhongzhou.

Many years ago, a group of ruthless people approached the Ji family and the Jiang family, trying to cultivate a successor from among the two most powerful families.

The Ji family was powerful and had a son. Ji Haoyue had shown his extraordinary talent early on and did not need the help of the ruthless martial arts at all. So he simply killed all the ruthless people he found.

The Jiang family was in a bad situation at the time, with a lack of successors and no outstanding descendants. The Jiang family's divine body was just a child adopted from outside by a powerful Jiang family member, and he did not have the Jiang family bloodline.

In order to train a new generation of capable people for the Jiang family, the Jiang family accepted people from the ruthless lineage. Jiang Yifei was designated as the successor of this lineage and was taught a series of peerless skills including the Immortal Heavenly Skill.

But the Jiang family turned against them. After Jiang Yifei learned all the magical skills of the ruthless lineage, the Jiang family used the Hengyu Furnace to wipe out all the members of this branch of the ruthless lineage, allowing Jiang Yifei to become an independent branch of the ruthless lineage and no longer be controlled by them.

Until now, the ruthless people themselves didn't know that Jiang Yifei was also one of them.

After Jiang Yifei's rebellion, the ruthless Yaoguang lineage chose the Holy Son of Yaoguang as their successor, which led to the establishment of Hua Yunfei of the Taixuan Sect.

It can be said that Jiang Yifei is the first ruthless inheritor of this generation.

Now, seeing that many forces were denouncing the ruthless lineage, some people in the Jiang family who were familiar with the situation felt a little frightened.

In the blink of an eye, the whole world was against him, and Xiao An was going crazy.

He glanced at Fighting Buddha angrily. If it weren’t for this dead monkey, would he be so passive?

The only person who could define his identity and gain widespread recognition was the famous Dou Sheng Buddha. This holy Buddha had ruled the Western Desert for thousands of years and dominated the world. He was the only great sage in the entire Beidou who was confirmed by the world in thousands of years. His words were extremely credible. After all, there was a saying: Monks do not tell lies!

The crowd's condemnation of the ruthless group became more and more intense, and many people took out their weapons and wanted to hit Xiao An.

Xiao An took a look around and suddenly burst into laughter, suppressing the condemnation of thousands of people.

Duan De is now Liu Mang's lackey. Seeing Xiao An still laughing in this situation, he couldn't help but speak up: "What are you laughing at, old bastard? Are you being praised by our ancestors for digging too many graves?"

Many people looked at Duan De speechlessly, you are not much better than others!
Xiao An's laughter paused, his gaze fell on Duan De, the king's pressure poured out, and Duan De felt that a disaster was imminent.

Duan De's cultivation level was only the fourth level, so how could he withstand the pressure from the king? At that moment, he felt a pain as if his muscles were being torn apart, and he seemed to be torn apart!

Liu Mang also immediately released his aura. Under his precise control, his aura did not affect anyone except Xiao An. All the pressure was applied to Xiao An, forcing him to give up Duan De and concentrate his aura to fight against Liu Mang.

"Xiao An, the Holy Lord is here, and you still dare to act violently. You don't take me seriously at all!"

Liu Mang snorted coldly, his whole body was glowing, the yin and yang energies were flowing endlessly, and they turned into a huge Tai Chi diagram that fell from the sky and pressed down on Xiao An's head.

"Well"

Xiao An groaned, his proud and upright back was almost bent. He looked at Liu Mang in disbelief. Is this the fourth level of Zhan Dao?

Xiao An's heart sank completely. Even if he had aroused public anger, he was not worried about being killed by people from other forces in the Yaoguang Holy Land.

He has been secretly controlling the Dragon-Patterned Black Gold Tripod for thousands of years, and has already left his own immortal mark in it. The Dragon-Patterned Black Gold Tripod has the support of the Yaoguang Array, and the Array is fully activated because of this grand event.

In such a situation, under the guidance of the mark, the imperial soldiers will not allow themselves to be killed by outsiders.

This is also the reason why no one uses the imperial soldiers to attack when the Jidao forces are in internal strife. Everyone has a mark in the imperial soldiers, and as long as they do not leave the range of the large formation, they cannot do anything to their own people even if they activate the imperial soldiers.

This is for internal use. If it is for external use, if a person without the mark wants to kill a person with the mark within the range of the activated formation, the Emperor's soldiers' instinctive counterattack is no joke, and there is even a chance that the Emperor's soldiers' gods will be revived.

After all, all their own people were killed in the activated formation. Wouldn’t the imperial soldiers and gods have to stand up and take a look?
Therefore, as long as he can suppress Liu Mang's side with his personal strength and regain control of the imperial army, none of these external forces today will be able to escape.

Unfortunately, Liu Mang's strength was beyond his expectations. He suppressed him with just a slight move and was obviously stronger than him.

Xiao An didn't want his identity as a ruthless person to be exposed, so he had to silence them.

To be honest, the pressure is huge. Even with a large formation and imperial soldiers, it is still difficult to wipe out so many great saints, saint kings, and saints. He may not even be able to take the first step of defeating Liu Mang.

Fortunately, he realized that something was wrong long ago and separated a Taoist body to revive the Saint Ancestor. By then, the Saint Ancestor's large formation and imperial soldiers would be enough to wipe out everything.

If you want to blame someone, just blame yourself for entering the Yaoguang Holy Land without any precautions! Xiao An's eyes were cruel, sentencing everyone to death.

But he didn't know that even if his saint ancestor came out, it would be useless.

First of all, the Saint Ancestor might not be able to defeat Liu Mang and seize control of the imperial soldiers. Even when Xiao An went to unseal the Saint Ancestor, it was Liu Mang who deliberately let him go.

Secondly, even if he seized it, there were still five imperial weapons belonging to Liu Mang's side in the field, but they were just held back for the time being. If he could use any two imperial weapons to restrain the dragon-patterned black gold tripod, wouldn't he be able to kill them with the remaining three?

Therefore, Liu Mang had already written the script for Xiao An from the very beginning. His fate and the fate of the ruthless lineage of Yaoguang Holy Land were already determined the moment he joined the Yaoguang Holy Land.

boom!
The skylight shook, inspiration burst out, and an ancient breath came from the depths of the Yaoguang Holy Land, filling the sky and the earth, filling time and space. From afar, it was like the first ray of light blooming in the opening of the universe, spreading, instantly replacing the skylight and illuminating an area of ​​hundreds of thousands of miles!

There is no doubt that this is Holy Power!
Liu Mang looked at the light that seemed to fill the world, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Very good, he turned out to be a Saint of the Second Heaven, just enough to be my opponent."

(End of this chapter)