The master went down the mountain

"Of the eight direct disciples under Demon Ape, only Qingzhu remains, aside from the Buddha Maiden who defected to my side!"

After Tang Zhan devoured Hai Shan and An Ge to death, he took out his phone and called Cai Bao:

"Where is the green bamboo?"

Vegetable Bun: "I don't know!"

"have no idea?"

Tang Zhan was taken aback and asked:

"What do you mean?"

Cai Bao: "Since Bao Bao took over the Royal Court's surveillance system, she hasn't seen Qing Zhu. However, through eavesdropping on other people's conversations, she learned that before Mo Xiao went into seclusion, he divided the Dark Kingdom's army among Qing Yu, Qing Zhu, Hai Shan, An Ge, and 119 peak-level third-rank warriors. But the army assigned to Qing Zhu, apart from initially receiving Qing Zhu's order to kill all enemy troops within the Royal Court, lost contact with Qing Zhu, leaving her army leaderless!"

Strange, where did Qingzhu go...? Tang Zhan frowned and said:

"Found her!"

Vegetable Bun: "I'll try my best!"

Tang Zhan hung up the phone and immediately disappeared into the mountains beneath his feet, entering the Floating Mountain Sea and returning to the Sword Pavilion!

"I just received some bad news!"

Upon seeing Tang Zhan return, Luo Shen spoke with a solemn expression.

"What bad news?" Tang Zhan asked.

"Perhaps an era of universal awakening is about to arrive!" Luo Shen said solemnly.

Tang Zhan didn't understand: "What do you mean?"

"Starting three days ago, a number of awakened individuals suddenly appeared in various countries. The number was small, so I didn't pay much attention to it. But in the last two days, the number of awakened individuals has suddenly increased, and it seems that it is going to be a nationwide awakening!" Luo Shen said.

Tang Zhan's expression finally changed: "If the entire population truly awakens, the whole world will probably descend into chaos!"

"Yes, when ordinary people suddenly gain great power and ability, their hearts will inevitably swell. Things they wouldn't dare to do before, it's hard to say after awakening. If all 80 billion people in the world were to awaken, even if only one percent of them used their awakened abilities to vent their desires, it could overturn the existing order of various countries. The harm of a nationwide awakening is far greater than that of the demons and the resurrected beings of the last spiritual era!" Luo Shen said.

Tang Zhan agreed with Luo Shen's statement and asked:

How many awakened individuals have emerged in China?

"There are only a few hundred for now..."

At this point, Luo Shen hesitated for a moment before continuing:

"Three cultivators on the list of the Huaxia Anti-Tang Alliance, who were imprisoned in the dungeons of Xuanmen Clubs across the country, have awakened, along with seven family members of officials on the list!"

Tang Zhan's face immediately darkened. He took out his phone and called Dai Yuan directly. After the call connected, he asked:

"I want to imprison all the officials and cultivators on the list of the Huaxia Anti-Tang Alliance, along with their families, inside this spatial treasure!"

Dai Yuan: "When I learned that an Awakened One was on the list, I brought it up with the King, and he convened a high-level meeting specifically for this!"

"How did the meeting go?" Tang Zhan asked.

Dai Yuan: "The King has agreed to my proposal, but there is a lot of opposition, so the matter is currently at a stalemate. A Zhan, you must understand that China is not a dictatorship; there are some things the King cannot decide!"

Tang Zhan was so angry he almost ground his teeth to powder, and said coldly:

"Please remind those who oppose it that the Reiki revival has only been going on for a few days, yet so many Awakened Ones have appeared worldwide. This could very well be an era of universal awakening. If their opposition leads to the loss of control over those on the list and their families after their awakening, they will bear full responsibility, and I will not clean up their mess!"

He hung up the phone immediately after saying that!

"Politics is about balance and negotiation!"

Luo Shen looked at Tang Zhan with concern and reminded him:

"You wield far too much power, far too much. Looking across the entirety of China, no one, no force, can rival you. This has made many uneasy, and they are trying to find ways to restrain and suppress you. The people and their families on the list of the China-Tang Annihilation Alliance are the cards they use to do so!"

There's a saying that Luo Shen didn't say: "When the cunning rabbit dies, the hunting dog is cooked; when the birds are all gone, the good bow is put away." Now, those people need Tang Zhan to wage war everywhere and eliminate all threats!

But once the threat is eliminated, those people will not allow Tang Zhan, the number one powerful minister, to continue to suppress them. They will try every means to get rid of Tang Zhan!

"They dare to restrict and suppress me? They don't deserve to!"

Tang Zhan scoffed dismissively and said:

"I know what you're worried about. Don't worry, I'm not a rigid person, nor will I be bound by the Tang family's rules. If those people behave themselves, that's fine, but if they really dare to oppose me, I'll show them that power is nothing but a fart in the face of absolute strength!"

These words made Luo Shen secretly breathe a sigh of relief. What she was most worried about was that Tang Zhan would stick to the Tang family rules. If he did, those politicians would use the Tang family rules to control Tang Zhan, which would put Tang Zhan in danger!

"Alright, hurry up and continue your cultivation!" Luo Shen smiled.

"Um!"

Tang Zhan nodded!

Just then, the demon ape, who had been in seclusion, suddenly opened its eyes, its face filled with wild joy:

"My strength has finally been restored!"

Despite his joy, he was not in a hurry to leave seclusion. In the 20 years since he came to Earth, although he was injured and his cultivation could not be restored, he had not been idle. He had been constantly comprehending the Dao and improving his realm, which had already reached the middle stage of the first rank!

Therefore, he needs to continue his seclusion to raise his cultivation level to the middle stage of the first rank!

Just 1 days!

His cultivation level successfully advanced to the middle stage of the first rank!

"I wonder how the battle is going outside. But with the quantity and quality of my troops, the allied forces should be almost wiped out. I just don't know if Tang Zhan and the Four Divine Guards have sent troops, or if those resurrected peak-level first-rank soldiers have come to the royal court..."

Thinking this, Mo Xiao left the space equipment, but he did not escape from the ground, fearing that he would be seen by the Netherworld's intelligent light brain. Instead, he used his escape technique to escape to the vicinity of the ant nest, found a hidden place, and peeked out!

Then he was stunned!

All he could see were broken walls and ruins, not mountains of corpses but seas of blood, countless bean soldiers, paper figures, and corpses running around and hacking and slashing, as well as cultivators from various countries, all engaged in a chaotic battle with the army of the Dark Kingdom!

"What happened here? How did it turn into a battlefield? Why are there still so many cultivators from various countries? What's with those strange people and paper figures? Why are the corpses alive? Why are the corpses all dried up?"

The demon's head was full of question marks, but he quickly figured out the answers to the first three questions:

"Tang Zhan and Youming must have known that the families of my army were all in the ant nest, so they used firearms to blow this place up, luring my army here. That's why the casualties among the cultivators from various countries weren't too heavy."

"The reason why cultivators from various countries have appeared here is probably to infiltrate the ant nest and take control of the army and their families..."

Thinking of this, the demon emerged from the ground, soared into the sky, and roared:

"I have recovered my cultivation and successfully broken through!"

After shouting, it flew to other places and shouted again!

Upon hearing the demon's roar, the Dark Kingdom's army instantly surged with high morale, each soldier acting as if they had been injected with adrenaline!

Upon hearing the demon's shouts, practitioners from various countries turned tail and ran!

They knew very well that the Demon Ape that had recovered its cultivation was at the initial stage of the first rank, but who knew whether the Demon Ape that had successfully broken through would be at the initial or middle stage of the first rank, or even possibly the high or peak stage, which was simply beyond their ability to deal with!

"What a waste of time!"

Upon hearing the voice of the demon, the Old Monster of Heavenly Secrets sighed inwardly!

He and Tang Zhan made such a big commotion to buy time and opportunity for cultivators from various countries to break into the ant nest, but in the end, those bastards still failed to break in.

"What a bunch of incompetent teammates!"

The Old Monster of Heavenly Secrets quietly slipped away. Originally, he came to the royal court to help Tang Zhan kill the Demon Demon, and he could indeed do it because he still had the Lotus Sword Heart in his hand!

But now he's changed his mind!

The demon was the culprit who wiped out the Tang family. Such a deep-seated hatred must be avenged by Tang Zhan himself. If he helps, Tang Zhan might not only be ungrateful but also angry!