The Star River Era! The Dimensional Freedom Demon

However, before heading north to Beijing, Ji Chen had one more thing to resolve.

Baiyang Sect.

Recently, the Baiyang Sect has been taking advantage of his presence in Yingtian Prefecture to cause trouble in his territory.

Chen Xianli repeatedly sent urgent messages to Ji Chen, saying that certain counties and cities south of Yangzhou had been turned against and occupied by the Baiyang Sect, and hoped that he could return to Bingzhou as soon as possible to take charge of the overall situation.

The White Sun Sect's territory was adjacent to Ji Chen's, and after Ji Chen killed the leader of the World Society, the World Society withdrew from the stage of vying for supremacy in the Nine Provinces and retreated to the islands of the South Seas.

As a result, a huge power vacuum suddenly appeared in the south, and the Wenxiang Sect, Ji Chen's forces, and the Baiyang Sect all took this opportunity to expand their spheres of influence and attack each other.

Then, because Ji Chen and the leader of the Wang sect were both in Yingtian Prefecture, their two families lacked top-level military strength, and their momentum of expansion was far less rapid than that of the Baiyang Sect.

With the Liu family's territory expanding rapidly and old grudges compounded, Baiyang Sect quickly turned its attention to Ji Chen.

"Your Majesty, it's getting cold. It's warmer to stay indoors."

Just then, Xue Baochai took a mink coat, draped it over Ji Chen, and blinked her almond-shaped eyes as she spoke.

"With my health, even if the weather gets even colder, it won't make a difference to me."

Although Ji Chen said that, he didn't refuse her kindness. He smiled slightly, pinched her plump, collagen-rich cheeks, and said:

"Weren't you hiding in your room crying the past few days? Why are you suddenly taking care of a rough guy like me today?"

After spending many days together, Ji Chen had already discovered that his personal maidservant was quite talented. She had previously been looking for a husband among the sons of powerful and wealthy families through the arrangements of the family elders.

However, ever since Ji gave the order, all the powerful and wealthy people in the city were automatically granted a private room in the mass grave and turned to ashes, which also completely changed the fate of this young lady from a prominent family.

For some unknown reason, Xue Baochai's cheeks flushed, and she leaned weakly against Ji Chen.

"Before, I was ignorant and confused, and my relatives were..."

At this point, she couldn't help but shed tears again.

Regardless of his past or present life, Ji Chen considers himself to be quite unruly. As a child, he enjoyed making Xiao Ni cry, and as an adult, he also enjoys engaging in online feminist battles. But now, seeing a beautiful woman shed tears, he can't help but feel a headache.

"Alright!"

Ji Chen's tone was somewhat harsh, and Xue Baochai felt a tightness in her chest, feeling wronged. However, thinking of her own situation, she immediately became strong and put away her girlish demeanor.

Ji Chen wasn't really angry. In feudal society, she was a weak woman who didn't know martial arts, helpless and reduced to a plaything. It was perfectly normal for her to secretly drop her little pearls because she felt insecure.

If she always had a healthy complexion and an elegant demeanor, Ji Chen's paranoia would kick in.

"Didn't you say you have relatives in the capital? Tell me about them, and I'll go to the capital another day. If I'm in a good mood, I might be able to look after them."

Xue Baochai suddenly opened her almond-shaped eyes wide, filled with joy, and after giving a curtsy, said:

"Thank you, Your Majesty. My relatives are the Jia family, descendants of the Duke; the Shi family, descendants of the Marquis of Baoling; and the Wang family, commanders of the Grand Commandant. They are all prominent families in the capital..."

Ji Chen's head went blank, and he could no longer hear what Xue Baochai was saying next.

Jia, Shi, Wang, Xue.

If Ji Chen still can't remember what this thing is, he'll really be letting down his past life's experience of reading excerpts from Chinese novels during high school self-study sessions.

"Xue Baochai, I should have thought of this sooner!"

Ji Chen's first thought wasn't about the Twelve Beauties of Jinling or Lin Daiyu uprooting the willow tree, but rather...

"The Realm of Illusion! One Buddha, One Daoist!"

Ji Chen pushed Xue Baochai away, focusing most of his attention on Ji Yuanxu, who was wandering around Nanhai.

The handsome Taoist priest on the cliffside pavilion had a bright light in his eyes. With a thought, he connected with heaven and earth and grasped the vast number of 'factors' in this world.

This is the ability to connect with heaven and earth that one automatically possesses when one is at the pinnacle of the world or has reached a certain level of profound cultivation.

In this state, Ji Chen can inquire about the heavens and earth, which is equivalent to directly communicating with the Gaia consciousness of this world, or the Dao of Heaven.

As long as the answer to his question exists in the database containing the past and present information of all beings, he can get a general response.

First, Ji Chen asked the monk and the Taoist priest if they were some of the most powerful people in the world who were impersonating them.

The answer is... ...

No!

Ji Chen's expression became even more solemn.

How could the Great Master of Vastness and the Immortal of Infinite Space, who could predict the future, not be the most outstanding beings in the world?

But given the outcome, it can only be said that those two people were definitely involved at a higher level.

Ji Chen then asked if the Illusory Realm of Taixu existed.

The answer is... ...

It exists and it doesn't exist.

Ji Chen wanted a more detailed answer, but Tiandi's response was the same as before, stiff and rigid, repeating the previous answer.

"Stubborn!"

Ji Chen felt annoyed.

Yet, it is also known that this is the natural order of things, which has not yet developed its own will, and should react accordingly.

If Heaven had a will, every single one of these supposedly supreme beings would suffer.

Ji Chen forced himself to ask two or three more questions, but felt the mental burden growing heavier and heavier, as if he were carrying a mountain.

Knowing that he had reached the limit of his Heavenly Inquiry and would find it difficult to glimpse the secrets of heaven in the short term, he could only calm his mind and give up helplessly.

He's quiet now.

The others were startled by his sudden burst of energy.

On this day, the three most powerful beings in the world simultaneously sensed a surge of energy rising from the South China Sea, recklessly asserting its presence in the world.

That energy had shed all its yin and turbidity, revealing pure yang and righteousness. It was bright yet not piercing, gentle yet dignified. Its profound cultivation was rarely seen in the world.

Wudang Mountain, Lianfeng Peak.

With a slender face, slightly prominent cheekbones, and long white eyebrows that droop to the corners of his eyes, Master Zhang opened his eyes, which had been closed for ten years. As his aura expanded, the clouds in the sky seemed to be dyed with five colors.

He gazed at the South China Sea, his delicate, baby-like fingers about to form a hand seal, but at the last moment, he sighed softly, stopping his impulse to deduce the secrets of heaven.

"Getting old, why do you still think about fighting with others?"

With a slight thought, Master Zhang's voice traveled through the pine trees and surging clouds to the ears of the disciples within the temple:

"I have already established my foundation for immortality and am about to ascend. Now, I will close the mountain gates and meditate diligently."

Yongqiu.

The leader of the Heavenly Principle Sect had a gloomy expression.

He was a master who specialized in the principles of heaven and earth, and his lifelong wish was to break through the shackles of this world and shatter the void to go away.

Others pursue spiritual and willpower ascension, breaking free from old shackles, returning to the old world, and rebuilding their boat in the furnace of the new world to achieve the Dao body.

He pursued the unity of his innate self, never abandoning his physical form, and left with a body full of debt, intact and complete.

This is why he is exceptionally perceptive about the flow of Qi in the universe.

After the deductions I just made, I felt that the future secrets were becoming increasingly unclear, as if shrouded in a thick fog, which made me uneasy.

As for the lamas of the Great Snow Mountain, they remained completely still this time, their Buddhist hearts unchanged.