Reborn as a lotus, she initially refuses to hand it over to the state.

After the Moon Palace disappeared into the depths of the waning moon, the entire world fell into a brief silence.

The rift in the sky disappeared.

The giant hand that plucked the moon retreated.

Yet the crescent moon still hung in the sky above the ancestral realm, its light spilling onto the earth with an indescribable chill and desolation.

On Heilong Lake.

The Chu Zhou body slowly closed the lotus leaves.

In order to block the aftershocks of the battle in the outer heavens, he activated the five major earth vein nodes, which greatly depleted his spiritual energy.

Although his level of cultivation in the late stage of the eighth rank has been stabilized.

But Chu Zhou was also very clear about it.

The giant hand that plucked the moon just now was merely a palm reaching out through a crack in the sky.

If its true form were to truly descend.

I am not qualified to fight him head-on now.

Standing before the stone steps of Zhenyuan Ancient City, Guai Shi said in a deep voice, "The Moon Palace is damaged, and a corner of the Taiyin Suppressing Realm Array is missing. At most, the Moon Palace can still buy a few more days for the Ancestral Realm."

"Lotus Demon, you must become stronger as soon as possible."

Chu Zhou was about to speak.

above the sky.

The crescent moon suddenly trembled slightly.

hum!

A sliver of moonlight, pure white, flew out from the depths of the full moon.

A ray of light pierced through the sea of ​​clouds.

Crossing Changbai Mountain, crossing the Nanjiang River, and traversing the East China Sea and Heilong Mountain.

At last.

It transformed into a fist-sized, silvery-white bead, hovering above Black Dragon Lake.

The beads are crystal clear.

It's as if a miniature moon is sealed inside.

Moonlight surrounded the pearl.

With each rotation, the spiritual energy between heaven and earth vibrates once.

The strange stone patterns suddenly lit up.

"The Taiyin Boundary-Suppressing Pearl!"

Chu Zhou's roots paused slightly.

"What is it?"

The strange rock's sound carried an unmistakable vibration.

"One of the core elements of the Moon Palace Suppressing Boundary Array."

"In the past, the Moon Fairy suppressed the outer star sea, using the Moon Palace as the array's core and the Moon Suppressing World Pearl as its origin."

"A side hall of the Moon Palace was removed, and the Great Array that guards the boundary was incomplete. It even took the initiative to detach the Taiyin Pearl."

"This is no ordinary opportunity; the Moon Palace is entrusting you with the power to suppress the world."

The Taiyin Zhenjie Pearl vibrated slightly.

next moment.

It transformed into a streak of silvery light and crashed straight into the main body of Chu Zhou.

boom!

The nine lotus leaves of the Chu boat unfolded simultaneously.

The silvery beads disappeared into the lotus heart.

In an instant.

The entire Black Dragon Lake was engulfed in towering waves.

The lake water surged into the sky.

The ancient city of Zhenyuan at the bottom of the lake shook violently.

On the Soul-Suppressing Platform of Ten Thousand Beasts, the black and gold lotus patterns lit up layer by layer.

Changbai Mountain Tianhu Lake.

The nine lotus leaves of Chu Zhou's clone swayed simultaneously, and the lake water boiled.

Tokyo Bay.

The Moon-Suppressing Nail emitted a low hum.

The massive body of the Azure Sea Dragon Whale King trembled violently, and the Tide-Suppressing Ancestral Pattern on its back lit up towards Black Dragon Lake.

Fuyue Stone Ridge.

The mountain-shaped stone on the mountain chieftain's shoulder floated in mid-air.

On Zhenhai Relic Island, countless vines of Qingfeng pierced into the seabed, and at this moment, the spiritual energy of the five major nodes frantically converged towards Chu Zhou's main body.

【Ding! 】

[The Taiyin Boundary-Suppressing Bead has been detected.]

[The original essence of Moon Palace Town has been detected.]

[Five major leyline nodes have been detected on the host.]

[The Taiyin Boundary Pearl is rewriting the evolution conditions.]

[Should we merge?]

Chu Zhou did not hesitate.

"Integration".

hum!

The Taiyin Zhenjie Pearl erupted within Chu Zhoulian's heart.

In an instant, Chu Zhou seemed to see countless shattered images.

He saw the ancient moon palace hanging in the sky, and the Moon Fairy standing in front of the moon sea.

I saw countless human warriors and beast armies, building a defensive line that stretched across the heavens and the earth, along rivers, mountains, and ancient crossings.

He also saw a ten-petaled blue lotus, rooted in the mountains.

Lotus leaves support the sky, and roots penetrate every inch of the ancestral land.

Above that blue lotus, countless extraterrestrial beings were suppressed in the depths of the starry sea.

The scene shattered abruptly, Chu Zhou's body trembled violently, and a faint phantom of a tenth lotus leaf slowly emerged from outside the nine lotus leaves.

At first, that lotus leaf was just a phantom.

Soon, the endless moonlight, the earth's primordial energy, and the power of the Zhenyuan Emperor Seal surged toward the tenth lotus leaf.

The edges of the lotus leaves gradually solidified, and bluish-silver veins emerged.

Then, three kinds of light—moon white, black gold, and pale blue—intertwined.

boom!

The tenth lotus leaf has fully bloomed!

Above Heilong Lake.

A phantom image of a ten-petaled blue lotus slowly rose.

It was only a few hundred meters tall at first, but it continued to expand.

Thousands of meters, tens of thousands of meters, hundreds of thousands of meters!

The blue lotus obscures the sky over Lingnan.

Ten lotus leaves, like ten directions of sky, covered Heilong Mountain, Linjiang City, Nanjiang River, and the surrounding endless mountains and rivers.

The terrifying, overwhelming aura of a king swept across the ancestral realm.

In the Black Dragon Mountain.

Countless strange beasts lay prostrate on the ground.

The seventh-tier beast lowered its head.

The sixth-tier beast trembled in fear.

Even the Mountain Demon, who had just broken through to the mid-stage of the seventh rank, knelt down on one knee towards Black Dragon Lake while holding the Mountain-Bearing Embryo Stone.

"Master has broken through."

Little Jinbao stopped in mid-air.

Its wings froze.

After a long while, it muttered to itself, "When will I be even one-thousandth as powerful as my master?"

Bai Shan Jun gazed at the ten-petaled blue lotus in the sky, remaining silent as the platinum tiger aura within its body slowly circulated.

It was clearer at that moment than ever before.

The initial stage of the seventh rank is far from enough; the master has already stepped into the realm of kings.

Their families and relatives must not remain in the same place any longer.

【Ding! 】

[Main body evolution complete!]

[Realm Breakthrough: Early Stage of Ninth Rank!]

[Current Realm: King Realm!]

[Obtained the King's Domain: Lotus Domain of Ten Leaves Town.]

[Ten-Leaf Town Lotus Domain: Within its domain, mountains and rivers are stable, all living beings are protected, and the erosion of the abyss recedes.]

[Gained the King's Ability: The Myriad Miles of Azure Lotus Realm.]

[The Azure Lotus nodes can be linked together to form a complete domain.]

[Gained King's Ability: Realm-Suppressing Lotus Platform.]

[The area suppressed by the Lotus Platform of the Boundary is governed by the suppression of all external fissures, eroded ley lines, and the deathly aura of the Soul River.]

Ninth level.

The Realm of Kings.

Chu Zhou slowly unfurled ten lotus leaves.

That oppressive aura was not violent.

Yet it possesses an irresistible vastness.

It was as if the entire Black Dragon Mountain had become his domain.

Mountains and rivers are his roots.

Rivers are his lifeblood.

The myriad strange beasts were the creatures under his command.

Chu Zhou's divine sense spread out.

This time, it's not just thousands of miles.

His perception transcends Lingnan, Changbai Mountain, Tokyo Bay, and endless seas, even extending to ancient nodes across the ancestral realm that are currently revitalizing.

The darkness behind Kunlun Tianmen, the battle flag rising on the ancient battlefield in the southwest.

The beast bones slumbering beneath the northern ice plains and the churning, eroded mists in the South China Sea trenches were all clearly perceived by Chu Zhou.

A ninth-tier king possesses the divine sense to observe mountains and rivers.

A single thought can subdue an entire region.

Four Nine Cities.

Ninth Bureau Headquarters.

Zhou Zhenshan stood in front of the psionic map.

On the large screen, countless spiritual pressure curves were pulsating violently.

But just as the ten-petaled blue lotus appeared...

All the curves suddenly came to a standstill.

Then, the patch of bluish-silver light belonging to Black Dragon Lake instantly spread across the entire map.

Lingnan, Changbai Mountain, Tokyo Bay, Zhenhai Relic Island, and Fuyue Stone Ridge.

Five nodes lit up simultaneously.

Immediately afterwards, the five beams of azure and silver light merged into one, forming a phantom of a blue lotus that covered most of the Dragon Kingdom.

Inside the meeting room.

Everyone fell silent.

Old Ye stared intently at the large screen, his fingers trembling slightly.

"Ninth-order...King-level life form."

Zhou Zhenshan exhaled, his spiritual energy reviving to this day.

The strongest human is still struggling to reach the threshold of the eighth rank.

And the master of the Azure Lotus.

On the first day of the fourth tide.

He entered an unprecedented realm of kingship.

One of the higher-ups couldn't help but ask, "Director Zhou, shouldn't we contact the Azure Lotus Forbidden Zone immediately?"

Zhou Zhenshan was silent for a moment: "Contact him immediately and congratulate the Lord of the Azure Lotus on his breakthrough."

He gazed at the illusory blue lotus that stretched across the Dragon Kingdom on the map, his voice resolute.

"The Lord of the Azure Lotus guards the ancestral realm's ley lines, protecting not only the exotic beasts, but also the mountains and rivers of our human race."

The White House, United States.

Federal Psionic Strategy Agency.

Inside the huge conference hall, dozens of monitoring screens all turned crimson red.

A blond official stared at the screen, his voice trembling: "Unknown life force fluctuations of a king have been detected in the East!"

"The life energy level exceeds the instrument's capacity limit; satellite images are being interfered with by spiritual pressure!"

"Rebooting... Reboot failed!"

The head of the conference table.

An elderly man with white hair stood up.

He looked at the blurry ten-petaled lotus phantom on the screen, his expression grave: "That lotus in the east has broken through again."

A tall man clad in silver armor walked to the window.

He is Adam, one of the strongest Awakened in the United States today, a Saintly Knight at the peak of the seventh rank.

But when the ten-petaled blue lotus swept across the Pacific Ocean with its kingly aura.

The divine power within Adam trembled violently.

He clenched his fist, and after a long while, he spoke in a low voice: "It's not the eighth rank. That power has surpassed all the high-ranking life forms we know."

The white-haired old man looked at him: "What do you mean?"

Adam paused for a moment and then said, "The King."

The conference room fell silent instantly.

The word "king" is like a mountain.

The weight on everyone's hearts was that the seventh-tier powerhouse painstakingly cultivated by the United States did not even have the right to stand shoulder to shoulder with the Lord of the Azure Lotus.

"Immediately cease all probing actions against the coast of the Dragon Kingdom."

The white-haired old man said in a deep voice, "Also, change the danger level of the Azure Lotus Lord from the highest level to 'unassessable'."

Europe.

Above the holy city.

A dilapidated ancient bell rings without wind.

Deep within the Vatican, several elderly men in white robes emerged from the temple.

They looked at the eastern sky, their expressions complex.

"When the ten-petaled lotus blooms, the king of the East descends. This ancestral realm is indeed different from the prophecy."

The northern ice plains.

An eighth-tier ice beast, slumbering beneath the ice, slowly opened its eyes and bowed its head toward the east.

Under the overwhelming pressure of the king, it chose to remain asleep.

Heilong Lake.

Chu Zhou withdrew his divine consciousness that had been scattered towards the ancestral realm.

The phantom of the ten-petaled blue lotus slowly shrank.

It eventually fell back into the air above Heilong Lake.

The landscape surrounding Heilong Lake is completely different this time.

Ten lotus leaves are reflected in the lake.

A deep rumble emanated from the ancient town of Zhenyuan at the bottom of the lake.

The black and gold lotus patterns on the Soul-Suppressing Platform of Ten Thousand Beasts intertwine with the Taiyin Suppressing Bead, gradually condensing into a lotus platform with alternating black and gold and moon white colors.

The roots of the Chu boat landed on the lotus platform.

[Ding! The Lotus Platform for Suppressing Boundaries has been successfully formed.]

[Azure Lotus Forbidden Zone Advancement: King's Forbidden Zone.]

[Currently, the area that can be suppressed is the entire land.]

[Countdown to the full-blown fourth wave: Six days.]

The strange rock stands before the stone steps of the ancient city.

It looked at the ten lotus leaves on Chu Zhou and remained silent for a long time.

Finally, it spoke softly: "Lotus Demon, from this day forward, you are truly qualified to stand before the Ancestral Realm."

The lotus leaves on the Chu boat swayed gently.

He looked up at the waning moon in the sky, then at the ancient battlefield of ten thousand spirits gradually rising in the southwest.

Reaching the ninth rank of King is not the end.

With the seal on the ancestral realm loosening, it's unclear how many powerful figures will descend, and time is running out for me.