Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin: I Set Taboos in the Heavens

When the Crown Prince died, Yun Hailan's life also came to an end.

The once peerless woman is now gripped by extreme fear; the shadow of death has never loomed over her so vividly.

Looking into Yang Qi's murderous eyes, her mental defenses completely collapsed. She could no longer care about saving face or maintaining her composure and screamed in a shrill voice.

"Yang Qi, don't kill me! Please don't kill me! I... I'm willing to be your woman! I'm willing to be your woman, and from now on, I'll only be loyal to you and never betray you again! I'm willing to do anything, spare my life!"

She was incoherent, tears streaming down her face, trying to use this most humble method to buy a glimmer of hope for survival.

All the pride, scheming, and ruthlessness of the past vanished in the face of the fear of death.

However, her words were like the hottest oil poured on the burning hatred in Yang Qi's heart.

"Be my woman?"

Yang Qi's voice was hoarse and cold, filled with extreme mockery and disgust. "Yun Hailan, you dare to say that? Your body and your soul are already filthy! I, Yang Qi, even if I am lonely for the rest of my life, will never be tainted by you in the slightest."

Before he finished speaking, Yang Qi appeared in front of Yun Hailan like a ghost. His right index finger flashed with a dark golden light that had been refined to the extreme. Without the slightest hesitation, he pointed it down at Yun Hailan's brow with lightning speed.

"Pfft!"

A soft, yet unsettling thud.

The dark gold finger force easily pierced through Yun Hailan's forehead and penetrated directly into the deepest part of his consciousness.

"what!!!"

Yun Hailan let out a scream so shrill it was inhuman. Her eyes bulged out, filled with endless pain, fear, and disbelief.

"Yang Qi...you...you're so ruthless! I'll remember you! For all eternity...I'll haunt you..."

With her last bit of strength, Yun Hailan unleashed a mental wave brimming with extreme resentment, and then her voice abruptly ceased.

Her once alluring face, now contorted with fear and pain, along with her entire beautiful body, crumbled rapidly like a weathered sand sculpture, drifting away in the wind.

On the ground, only a few scorch marks on the clothes remained.

This woman, who schemed and plotted, was ambitious but ultimately met such an end, vanished from the world completely, her chance for reincarnation erased entirely.

Yang Qi slowly withdrew his finger, looking at the scattered ashes. The ferocity and hatred in his eyes receded like the tide, replaced by a deep weariness and relief.

With his revenge fulfilled, the heavy weight that had been pressing on his heart for so long finally lifted. He took a deep breath, as if exhaling all the gloom of the past.

Fang Qing took in all of this and nodded slightly: "Yun Hailan, you brought this upon yourself. You did very well, cousin. Your inner knot is now untied, and your Dao heart should take another step forward."

Then, Fang Qing's gaze fell on the storage bag that remained in the void after the Crown Prince's fall.

He reached out and grabbed the dark green bag, which landed in his palm.

With a slight probe of his divine sense, he opened the pocket directly.

"Crash!!!"

It was as if the door to a treasure trove had been opened.

An endless stream of pure spiritual energy burst forth like a tangible mist, instantly filling the entire Pure Land space.

Upon closer inspection, inside the pocket was a small mountain made up of countless crystal-clear sacred spirit stones, numbering innumerable, probably no less than a million.

This is enough to drive any great sage crazy!
However, at the very top of that mountain of sacred spirit stones, like stars surrounding the moon, floated several exceptionally different spirit stones.

They are a warm, milky white color, with a faint, ethereal aura flowing naturally on their surface. The energy they contain is of a higher quality and purity than that of sacred spirit stones, and they have subtly touched upon the realm of "immortals".

"A Heavenly Grade Spirit Stone!"

This is a true rare treasure, extremely rare even in higher planes. Usually, only those ancient relics or the core of a major power who have touched the threshold of the Heavenly Realm are qualified to enjoy it.

The fact that the crown prince possessed several of these items speaks volumes about the power and resources behind him, as well as the amount invested in him.

Besides a massive amount of spirit stones, there were also many rare materials, pills, magic treasures, and some jade slips containing secrets about cultivation techniques in his pocket.

Fang Qing scanned the jade slips with his divine sense. Most of them contained the cultivation techniques practiced by the Crown Prince. Although they were profound, they were more of a reference than a practical tool for Fang Qing.

However, when his divine sense touched a dark golden talisman that exuded an ancient and weathered aura, his heart stirred slightly.

He retrieved the talisman.

The talisman is shaped like a token, neither gold nor jade, and feels warm and heavy to the touch. On the front, a lifelike ancient painting is carved.

The four vast lands are covered in a golden hue, as if it were the harvest season. The rice stalks droop low, the fruits are plentiful, and the people live in peace and contentment, creating a scene of prosperity and harmony.

Within the painting, there is a subtle sense of the Daoist philosophy that nourishes all things and gives birth to life.

On the back are countless intricate ancient characters and patterns, recording various powerful and profound martial arts techniques.

"The Order of Abundance?"

The name naturally came to Fang Qing's mind.

A magical artifact crafted by the Abundant Emperor.

With a thought, Fang Qing directly implanted the Abundance Token into the Great Emperor Tower within Yang Qi's body.

"Boom!!!"

The Emperor Tower was infused with the most primal vitality, causing it to tremble violently and emit a deafening roar.

The already imposing tower began to expand and grow taller at a visible rate.

The ancient reliefs and runes on the surface of the tower shone with a dazzling light, as if they had been freshly polished.

A purer and more vast aura, seemingly capable of suppressing eternity and ruling the eight wastelands, emanated from the tower like a primordial beast awakening.

Meanwhile, the material of the tower is undergoing a subtle transformation, with wisps of ethereal, cloud-like marks beginning to appear on its surface. Though extremely subtle, they are undeniably real.

This means that the quality of the Great Emperor's Tower, nourished by the abundant power of the Great Emperor's origin, is advancing to a higher level.

"Good! Good! Good!"

Yang Qi felt the earth-shaking changes in the Great Emperor Tower within his body, and he cheered repeatedly, overjoyed.

"Cousin, this Abundance Token is truly a treasure! The power of the Great Emperor Tower now is probably enough to truly suppress the fortune of a continent!"

Fang Qing smiled and nodded: "This item is destined for you, and it will be of great help to you. Now that the internal hidden dangers have been eliminated, it is time to completely integrate this bountiful continent."

His gaze became deep and resolute.

Over the next two weeks, an unprecedented storm and transformation swept across the entire Abundant Continent. With the Celestial Academy at its core, Fang Qing's will, like the highest decree, was rapidly transmitted to every corner of the continent through the powerful execution capabilities of the Holy King's Faction.

The four academies were forced to disband their original structures, and all resources, disciples, and traditions were merged into the "Saint King Academy," which was rebuilt based on the Saint King Sect.

Revolt?

Faced with the absolute power of Fang Qing, this invincible Great Sage, any resistance would seem pale and powerless.

Some die-hards and remnants of the Crown Prince faction in the Sea God Academy and True Dragon Academy attempted to incite resistance, but without exception, they were all suppressed and killed by the elites of the Holy King faction with thunderous force.

Blood once again stained some hilltops and palaces, but in return, it brought faster integration and less subsequent resistance.

The Holy Ancestor Dynasty was directly ordered to be dissolved. Members of the royal family were investigated, those found guilty were executed, and those innocent were demoted to commoners. Its territory and institutions were directly incorporated into the new governance system.

Under Fang Qing's absolute strength and iron fist, the integration and transformation of the Bountiful Continent proceeded at an overwhelming speed.

The old order was completely shattered, and a new order was rapidly established amidst blood and fire.

The Holy King City, a magnificent metropolis that Fang Qing relocated entirely from the original site of Yandu City using his great supernatural powers and reshaped, stands on the ruins of the former capital of the Holy Ancestor Dynasty.

This place is one of the core areas where the earth's veins converge and spiritual energy is most abundant.

Fang Qing personally intervened, using the power of the Great Sage to change the world.

He drew upon the vast, primordial chaos deep beneath the rich continent, guiding it out and transforming it into nine giant dragons of spiritual energy that coiled around the Holy King City, forming a "nine dragons guarding" formation.

At the same time, relying on his profound understanding of the laws of space and his perception of the fragments of the Primordial Heart, he forcibly opened dozens of stable spacetime wormholes leading to different high-level immortal planes in and around the Holy King City.

A massive amount of high-level primordial energy poured down from the wormhole like a waterfall, flowing into Holy King City and its surrounding area, instantly elevating the cultivation environment there to a level unimaginable to outsiders.

Holy King City was named "City of Divine Blessing" by Fang Qing, meaning it was protected by the gods.

The city walls soar into the clouds, inscribed with countless defensive and spirit-gathering divine arrays; the streets inside the city are as wide as plazas, and the buildings are magnificent and grand, blending classical and Taoist styles.

In the center of the city stands a towering "Holy King Tower," serving as the center of power and symbolism for the entire continent, and also Fang Qing's training ground.

The entire Bountiful Continent is in dire need of reconstruction, with countless tasks such as infrastructure development, resource extraction, array deployment, and road construction requiring a massive workforce.

The "gift" from the Western continent solved the immediate problem.

Thanks to Yang Qi's previous visit and the subsequent sweep by the Holy King Sect, the Western Continent had already suffered heavy losses, and a large number of spirit stone veins, mithril deposits, and other cultivation resources were continuously transported back to the Bountiful Continent.

Spirit stones are to cultivators what food is to mortals.

Only with sufficient "food" can the massive construction and cultivation plan be supported.

At the same time, while consolidating its internal forces, the elite forces of the Holy King's faction also began an unprecedented sweep of various demonic forces that had been entrenched on the Bountiful Continent for many years.

The "Seventy-two Cave Demon Kings" and "Thirty-six Cave Demon Kings," beings that once struck fear into the hearts of ordinary cultivators, are now like clay chickens and earthenware dogs in the face of the Holy King Sect.

Yang Qi, Huo Qingquan, Jun Tianchou and other powerful figures personally took action, unleashing the full power of the Great Emperor Tower. Combined with the well-trained battle formation of the Holy King Sect, wherever they went, demons were subdued and their lairs were uprooted.

Countless demon kings and evil lords who wreaked havoc on the region were slain, and their lesser demons were either purified and incorporated into the army or driven away.

After the bloody suppression and cleanup, an unprecedented peace and order followed.

Wide, flat "Saint King Avenues," reinforced with sturdy bluestone and array formations, extend outwards from Saint King City like a radiating spider web in all directions of the continent.

These major roads not only facilitated the flow of people and goods, but also slowly and continuously transported the high-level spiritual energy gathered in Holy King City to various parts of the continent through the earth's veins and formations, improving the cultivation environment of the entire continent.

After breaking with the old and establishing the new, the entire bountiful continent presents a thriving, harmonious, and stable new look.

The chaotic situation of the past, where numerous sects fought each other, demons roamed freely, and the common people lived in constant fear, is gone forever.

All people, whether cultivators or mortals, have found their place under the new order, living in peace and prosperity, and striving to cultivate or produce.

A brand new and vibrant "Era of the Holy King" has officially begun.

As the saying goes, with Fang Qing's arrival, the clear sky was restored.

With Fang Qing's arrival, the world will be at peace.

However, as the creator and core of all this, Fang Qing knew that his steps could not stop here.

The top floor of the Holy King Tower in Holy King City.

Fang Qing stood with his hands behind his back by the window, looking down at the prosperous and orderly megacity below, and further away at the continent that was undergoing a rebirth.

His aura had been completely stabilized at the peak of the Great Sage realm, and he had even touched the ethereal barrier of the "Heavenly Realm".

Within his body, the chaotic inner world, the sun, moon, and stars became increasingly clear, the mountains and rivers more and more real, and his whole being radiated an eternal, sacred radiance.

"The mainland has been pacified and its foundation is solid. If I remain here, I can certainly ensure temporary peace, but it will also limit the growth of both the mainland and myself."

Fang Qing pondered this in his heart.

He needs to venture into a wider world to seek opportunities to break through to the Celestial Realm, acquire higher-level resources and knowledge, and pave the way for the future integration of the Abundant Continent into a grander cosmic framework.

The ancient teleportation arrays discovered in the Chaos Realm, as well as other relics related to the Great Emperor of Abundance that may be sensed through the "Abundance Token," are all potential directions.

But he can't completely abandon the responsibility.

With the mainland newly unified, it still needs a strong symbol and a stabilizing force.

"It's time to leave behind a 'me'."

Fang Qing muttered to himself.

He sat down cross-legged, his hands forming an incredibly profound mudra.

A dazzling holy light erupted from between Fang Qing's brows, and a figure with an appearance and aura almost identical to his own slowly condensed from the light, eventually materializing and standing before him.

This avatar possesses a portion of Fang Qing's memories, will, and fighting instincts, making it capable of handling daily affairs on the continent, dealing with general crises, and serving as a bridge for communication with the original.

At its core, it incorporates a fragment of the Primordial Heart, enabling it to mobilize a portion of the continent's primordial power within the Bountiful Continent, thus amplifying its power.

"From now on, you will reside in the Holy King Tower, overseeing the continent and handling routine matters on my behalf. If you encounter any major or difficult decisions, you may inform me through soul communication."

Fang Qing said to his avatar.

"I will obey Your Majesty's command."

The avatar nodded slightly, its voice identical to Fang Qing's.

"Time to go out and see the world again!" (End of Chapter)