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Chapter 438 Reunion with Emperor Qi

This realization instantly darkened his expression.

He first discovered that the environment of the entire Qi state had undergone a strange change.

A dark gray, foul power, like an invisible cloud, is gradually covering the entire territory of the Qi Kingdom.

Under the influence of this force, the concentration of spiritual energy in the entire Qi Kingdom has been declining continuously over the past few years.

This time, however, the situation seems to be even more serious.

Even the Qi royal family, which symbolized the fate of the nation, was shrouded in a thick, unclean gray aura, appearing lifeless and gloomy.

The source of that palpitation, which was causally connected to him, was Qin Chengcheng.

In Chen Yi's perception, Qin Chengcheng was currently in this harsh environment and unclean atmosphere, about to face a life-or-death ordeal.

Chen Yi immediately focused his mind and began to calculate again.

This time, he put in a lot of effort and calculated with even greater precision.

The result made his heart tighten.

Qin Chengcheng is very likely to face his Nascent Soul Tribulation in the coming months.

Given Qin Chengcheng's qualifications and preparations, under normal circumstances, her chances of successfully transcending the tribulation are quite high.

However, given the bizarre environment of Qi State and the high possibility of human sabotage, his chances of successfully overcoming the tribulation are less than 50%.

In other words, there is a 99% chance that he will fail to transcend the tribulation and die!

Therefore, Chen Yi set off immediately without any further hesitation.

This return is vastly different from the arduous journey north more than a hundred years ago.

He no longer needed any external assistance, nor did he need to hide his presence and conceal his aura as he had before, fearing that he would be discovered by high-level cultivators.

Chen Yi unleashed his mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivation without reservation, piloting the flying boat and soaring proudly through the sky, rapidly heading towards the Demon Beast Mountain Range.

The airship was moving at extreme speed, leaving a dazzling trail of light hundreds of miles long in the sky, like a meteor falling to earth.

The terrifying pressure emanating from the ship's hull caused everything below to tremble in awe.

Wherever it passed, cultivators from all sects, whether Xuanmen or Momen, immediately suppressed their escape light and bowed their heads to avoid it, not daring to offend it in the slightest.

Even after entering the notoriously chaotic and demonic mountain range, the situation remained the same.

Upon sensing that a powerful cultivator of Chen Yi's caliber was passing through, the demon kings deep within the mountains, who usually acted arrogantly and domineeringly, all concealed their auras, lowered their heads, and lay in hiding, not daring to come out and disturb them in the slightest.

They sped along the road without any obstacles.

In just half a day, Chen Yi had already flown hundreds of thousands of miles.

He returned to this land of Qi, which was both familiar and somewhat unfamiliar.

Not long after the flying boat entered Qi territory, Chen Yi raised an eyebrow slightly.

He clearly sensed a powerful aura rising into the sky from the distant capital of Qi.

That was the aura of magic power from a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator.

After taking off, the aura did not pause at all, heading straight towards his location.

"Which great figure from Zhongzhou has visited the territory of my Qi state? I, Qi, was unprepared and have failed to give him a proper welcome."

The sound rolled in from the horizon, like muffled thunder from the heavens, pressing down layer upon layer. Yet it was not merely a force of magic, but rather carried a vast energy that resonated with the surrounding mountains and rivers for tens of thousands of miles.

Before he finished speaking, a bright yellow streak of light tore through the clouds and instantly moved from the horizon to a point ten miles in front of Chen Yi.

As the light faded, a middle-aged man dressed in a nine-dragon imperial robe and wearing a flat-topped crown appeared.

The visitor was none other than the Emperor of Qi.

His face was dignified, exuding authority without anger, but his eyes concealed a hint of weariness and vigilance that was difficult to detect.

More than a hundred years later, Emperor Qi's cultivation has now advanced to the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm.

This level of cultivation is unparalleled in the entire Qi Kingdom for hundreds of years, enough to support the glory of the royal family for generations. He is truly a savior of the Qi royal family.

However, this level of cultivation is not enough in the entire Great Qing cultivation world.

Especially in Zhongzhou, a place teeming with geniuses and abundant resources, he, at the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm, has been quietly surpassed by some rising stars who have only emerged in the last one or two hundred years.

Chen Yi could see right through Qi Huang's magical power and cultivation.

Chen Yi did not respond immediately, but simply looked at him calmly.

With the enhancement of the two supernatural powers, "Insightful Eye" and "Perception of Heaven and Earth," the opponent's entire state is revealed.

His magical power at the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm was merely ordinary, and his foundation appeared somewhat weak.

What truly underpinned his imposing presence was the faint royal aura within him, tightly intertwined with the entire territory of the Great Qing Qi Kingdom.

It seems this is a secret technique unique to the royal family, using the spiritual energy of the entire kingdom to forcibly elevate his cultivation to the peak of the mid-stage Nascent Soul realm.

However, this power generated by external forces was full of flaws in Chen Yi's eyes.

His gaze easily pierced through the bright yellow aura of royal fortune, revealing a deeper essence.

Hidden within the faint golden aura of imperial destiny of the Qi Emperor was a dark and filthy line.

The lines, though small and as thin as a hair, were incredibly clear, and like maggots clinging to the bone, they were deeply rooted in the source of destiny, exuding a decaying, decadent, and nauseating aura.

Chen Yi was all too familiar with this aura.

More than a hundred years ago, the gap that was opened up due to the secret realm of the lake was now permeated with the foul and demonic aura that had seeped out, and had almost polluted the spiritual energy of the entire Qi Kingdom.

Today, this pollution has penetrated to the bone marrow, and even the royal family of Qi, who enjoy the blessings of the nation, cannot escape it.

This is the fundamental reason why Qin Chengcheng, despite having considerable talent, was unable to break through the bottleneck and successfully form his Nascent Soul stage even after more than a hundred years.

To cultivate oneself in such a polluted quagmire is already a stroke of luck if one is not dragged down, let alone go against the current and break through to a higher realm.

Chen Yi felt something.

I have a general idea of ​​the purpose of this trip back.

Before the filth of this demonic realm completely consumes everything, save Qin Chengcheng and take her away.

As for cleaning up the filthy demonic aura of the entire cultivation world in Qi Kingdom?

Chen Yi himself couldn't do it.

This kind of pollution, deeply intertwined with the spiritual essence of a nation, is simply unsolvable unless a top-tier being is willing to pay an unimaginable price to unravel the mysteries of the universe with unparalleled power.

Not to mention him, even the Nascent Soul cultivators who promised to help throughout the entire Great Azure Realm didn't take action. Either they couldn't do it, or they were unwilling to do it. It's not his place to play the hero.

All he could do, and all he wanted to do, was save the people he wanted to save.

Thinking of this, Chen Yi raised his eyes to meet the scrutinizing gaze of the Qi Emperor and nodded.

"Chen Yi, a former minor scholar from Qi State and a guest minister of Miaoyin Mountain, has met with the Emperor of Qi."

Chen Yi said he had met him, but his attitude was merely a nod. He didn't move, his back was straight, and it was very clear that he was treating him as an equal.