Mythical Three Kingdoms: Martial Arts Reach Divine Ranks, I Alone Rule the World

As the three emperors' incarnations dissipated...

Zhang Jiao, having abandoned his arrogant demeanor after killing Emperor Liu Zhao, reverted to his usual dignified and otherworldly Taoist master appearance.

He first glanced at the Imperial Seal of the Nation, which was being held in place by the remnant will of the Dragon Stele Empress. His murky eyes held no greed, only a calm that came from seeing through the vicissitudes of life.

then.

Zhang Jiao then turned his gaze away and instead focused on Zhang Mu.

"Kongji little friend!"

"If you have time in the future, you might as well come to Jizhou to visit the old Taoist priest more often."

"With your current level of skill, traveling from Bingzhou to Jizhou is merely a matter of a blink of an eye."

From beginning to end.

Zhang Jiao's gaze didn't linger on the imperial seal, which symbolized the rightful rule of the world, for even a moment.

It was just like a stubborn rock by the roadside, not worth even a second glance from his great and wise teacher.

"good!"

Faced with Zhang Jiao's invitation, Zhang Mu accepted without hesitation.

Even if Zhang Jiao didn't mention it.

In his original plan.

He had already decided to have an in-depth, heart-to-heart talk with this "great teacher" who would stir up trouble next year before he started his rebellion, a talk that would determine the future landscape.

He had many doubts and speculations, all of which needed to be confirmed by this old Taoist priest.

Seeing Zhang Mu agree, Zhang Jiao's face showed a satisfied smile.

He then said no more.

Under his mental control, the Daoist nine-section staff, which was intertwined with his own life, and the three volumes of heavenly books suddenly disappeared into his body like swallows returning to their nests.

After glancing at the old Taoist priest in black robes who was quietly preparing to slip away in the distance...

Zhang Jiao's figure transformed into a wisp of pure, clear energy and vanished before Zhang Mu's eyes.

"This Taoist priest..." After watching Zhang Jiao leave, Zhang Mu's gaze shifted slightly and instantly locked onto the black-robed old Taoist priest who was preparing to make a runaway.

Then, Zhang Mu's figure flashed.

Like a ghost, it traversed the distance of space and directly blocked the path of the black-robed old Taoist priest.

With a warm smile on his face, Zhang Mu asked a meaningful question.

"Where are you planning to go?"

Zhang Mu's voice wasn't loud, but it carried a strange penetrating power, causing the old Taoist priest in black robes to abruptly stop in his tracks.

"Speaking of which..."

"I don't even know your name, Daoist Master!"

"If I do not know the chief's name, how can I repay your kindness in mediating peace today?"

When he mentioned the word "return," Zhang Mu emphasized it.

His tone conveyed both genuine gratitude and a subtle sense of assertiveness.

Upon hearing Zhang Mu's words, the black-robed old Taoist's smirk became even more stiff.

He waved his hands repeatedly, his body unconsciously taking half a step back, as if Zhang Mu were some kind of prehistoric beast.

"What are you saying, young master?"

"I have come here today only because... only because I cannot bear to see any more killing and suffering in this world."

"I never thought about it, nor did I ever ask for anything in return."

As he spoke, the old Taoist priest in black robes, like a startled rabbit, hurriedly tried to bypass Zhang Mu.

They looked so panicked, as if they wished they had two more legs to escape this place immediately.

It's as if I could linger a little longer.

He's about to lose his life here.

however.

Just as the old Taoist priest in black robes made a move, preparing to bypass Zhang Mu...

He suddenly felt an irresistible, terrifying force pressing down on his shoulders like a mountain.

The old Taoist priest in black robes looked sadly at his shoulder...

There.

A hand that didn't look strong, and even looked a bit pale, gently rested on his shoulder and patted him twice.

but.

Just these two light taps.

However, the black-robed old Taoist priest felt the Taoist energy within his body, which flowed like a river, instantly freeze.

This rendered him completely unable to mobilize even the slightest bit of his power.

Faced with this situation.

Just as the old Taoist priest in black robes was racking his brains, considering how to escape and whether he should use some extreme secret technique...

Zhang Mu's words, tinged with amusement and curiosity, rang clearly in his ears.

"Maki is really curious..."

Zhang Mu's voice was soft, but every word struck the black-robed old Taoist priest's heart like a heavy hammer.

"What exactly is the reason?"

"How could it be that Xu Fu, the renowned alchemist once valued and trusted by the First Emperor, hadn't even reached the realm of Dao Venerable?"

As he spoke, Zhang Mu's eyes were fixed on the black-robed old Taoist's expression, capturing every subtle reaction.

He looked forward to seeing shock, panic, or the horror of being recognized on the other person's face.

however.

To Zhang Mu's utter surprise,

When he pointed out the old Taoist priest's identity, the other party did not show the expression he expected. Instead, he slowly put away the smirk on his face.

Instead.

It is an indescribable complexity, a desolation that seems to have endured countless ages.

as well as……

A chilling statement uttered by the old Taoist priest in black robes sent shivers down one's spine.

"Xu Fu was a wise man!"

"but."

"Old Taoist priest, not Xu Fu!"

These words struck Zhang Mu like a thunderclap from a clear sky.

"and……"

"Young master, you misspoke. In fact, Xu Fu did reach the Dao Venerable realm back then."

"only……"

The old Taoist priest in black robes paused, then raised his eyes and looked at Zhang Mu with a deep gaze.

"Later, he died!"

"They died from the wrath of the owner of that imperial tomb!"

"Hmm?" Zhang Mu's brows furrowed sharply upon hearing the old Taoist priest's words.

He stared intently at the seemingly ordinary, even somewhat disheveled, old Taoist priest in black robes before him, feeling that the other party was deliberately trying to deceive him.

"He is Xu Fu, but he is not Xu Fu?"

This statement was full of contradictions and strangeness, leaving Zhang Mu completely baffled.

Just then.

A sudden flash of inspiration struck Zhang Mu, causing his pupils to contract sharply as he stared incredulously at the old Taoist priest in black robes before him.

"No way?"

With this in mind, Zhang Mu no longer hesitated. His vast, star-like divine sense, regardless of whether the black-robed Taoist agreed or not, directly probed into the deepest part of the other's body, pointing straight to the source.

The moment his divine sense probed into it...

Even with Zhang Mu's current knowledge and state of mind, he was deeply shocked by the scene before him!

All that could be seen was the deepest part of the black-robed old Taoist's origin.

The Dao Foundation Space, which should have been the foundation for Daoist cultivators to live and work, was actually occupied by a Daoist Palace that floated in the sky... the Nine Heavens!

It was a Taoist palace that had long since lost all its splendor and sacred aura.

At a glance.

Everywhere you look is ruin and desolation, much like an ancient battlefield abandoned for countless years.

The towering palaces collapsed, and the carved beams and painted rafters turned into rotten wood.

Everywhere there were broken walls and ruins, a shocking scene of devastation.

Within the ruins of the Dao Palace in each of the heavens, countless stark white skeletons lay scattered.

The remains were scattered all over the ground, each with a different appearance.

but.

Judging from the shape and size of their bones, they are clearly not what an adult male or female should have.

It's more like...

The skeletons of children, or rather, boys and girls!

That's fine.

What shocked Zhang Mu even more was...

On those skeletons, and in every corner of the palace, on the walls and pillars, even in the cracks of the floor tiles…

There was an extremely dense and cold aura remaining on them, as if the evil energy and death energy from the deepest hell lingered there for a long time.

It gave the impression that in the distant past, an army of undead from hell had invaded the Taoist palace that the old Taoist priest in black robes had created.

then.

They carried out a one-sided, crushing, and inhumane massacre.

Not only did it completely destroy this Dao Palace world, which could only be opened by beings at the Dao Venerable Realm, but it also turned this place into a desolate wasteland of death.

"Before even reaching the Dao Venerable realm, a Dao Palace has already opened up within his body..."

Zhang Mu whispered to himself, silently processing everything he had glimpsed with his divine sense, while rapidly deducing in his mind.

He is very clear.

The Dao Palace, an inner world that can only be opened by beings at the Dao Venerable Realm, corresponds to the "Blood Sea Life Domain" that can only be possessed by beings at the Martial Dao Overlord Realm, and the "Literary Palace Cave Heaven" that can only be possessed by beings at the Literary Dao Sage Realm.

The old Taoist priest in black robes before them clearly had a cultivation level that hadn't even reached the Dao Venerable realm, yet within his body truly existed a Dao Palace that defied the heavens.

This completely violates the common principles of cultivation in the world!

Zhang Mu didn't believe that the black-robed old Taoist in front of him could be like him, receiving supreme fortune from "His Majesty" and "Overlord Phantom" before even entering the Emperor Realm, thus being able to condense his Fate Domain and Literary Palace Cave Heaven ahead of time.

"Therefore, there is only one explanation."

Zhang Mu recalled the image of the Overlord's corpse that he had seen not long ago when he used the Overlord's phantom's first-person perspective to break through that eerie black portal.

Combined with what the old Taoist priest in black robes just said, "Xu Fu is dead, killed by the wrath of the owner of the imperial tomb"...

Zhang Mu's suspicions immediately became clear, as if the clouds had parted to reveal the sun.

"Under the influence of the eerie imperial tomb, a completely new life was conceived on the old corpse of the deceased Daoist Xu Fu?"

Zhang Mu's gaze transformed into two sharp blades, fixed intently on the black-robed old Taoist priest.

Or perhaps...

Zhang Mu then changed the subject and revealed another guess.

"You are the reincarnation of the Daoist master Xu Fu!"

"That's precisely why."

"You managed to deceive the imperial tomb's purge of you, causing the Qin Emperor to turn his attention away from you."

Zhang Mu acknowledged the strangeness of the imperial tomb and the difficulty of dealing with the Qin Emperor, but he would not underestimate a Dao Venerable Realm being.

If the Daoist master Xu Fu did not leave any contingency plan before being purged by the Qin Emperor...

He absolutely did not believe it.

As he said this...

Zhang Mu slowly withdrew his divine sense and the overwhelming suppression he had exerted on the black-robed old Taoist priest.

Realizing that the terrifying force binding his body had disappeared, the black-robed old Taoist priest, like a frightened bird, suddenly looked up at Zhang Mu.

Faced with Zhang Mu's almost fundamental speculation...

He completely ignored Zhang Mu and instead clutched his chest, taking a sudden step back.

With his retreat.

An extremely ancient Bagua compass, exuding an aura as if from the beginning of time, suddenly appeared above his head.

It emits a soft glow.

The figure of the black-robed old Taoist priest vanished from Zhang Mu's sight in an instant, like a bubble in water, leaving not even a trace of his presence.

Its speed was so fast that it seemed to have been frightened out of its wits by Zhang Mu's previous actions.

They were afraid of being even a second late.

Zhang Mu would seize it and dissect it thoroughly.

"That old Taoist priest is such a coward!"

Looking at the spot where the other person had disappeared, Zhang Mu couldn't help but chuckle and mutter a curse.

With his current level of insight.

It's not hard to tell that the Bagua compass that suddenly appeared and helped the black-robed old Taoist escape from this place was a genuine Taoist weapon.

It simply means that Zhang Mu didn't want to force the other party to stay.

If he really wanted to keep the other person.

Let alone relying on just one imperial weapon, even if the opponent brought two more, they wouldn't be able to escape from him.

"The Hegemon Xiang Yu has a shed corpse... Daoist Xu Fu seems to have been reborn, with a new consciousness emerging within his old body..."

Zhang Mu stood there, muttering to himself, trying to piece together the incredibly chaotic clues.

"How does Mu feel?"

"Those who oppose that imperial tomb never end well!"

Zhang Mu shook his head slightly, sighed, and then completely forgot about his fear of the imperial tomb and the mysterious Qin Emperor.

The imperial tombs are even more mysterious!

Qin Shi Huang was unfathomable!

so what?

He didn't believe that the Qin Emperor could lead a strange imperial army to invade the chaotic world within Zhang Mu's body, just as he had destroyed the Dao Palace within Dao Venerable Xu Fu's body!

Ha ha!

If that day ever comes...

So.

The eternal crimson sun that He himself transformed into, the celestial pillars formed from the many sages within the chaotic world within His body, and the four sacred beasts guarding the four poles of the world…

The cruelest reality will show that arrogant Qin Emperor what cruelty truly means!

Playing at home!

Zhang Mu couldn't understand why he would lose.

Thinking about it like this.

Zhang Mu pulled himself out of his chaotic thoughts and his gaze fell on the Imperial Seal of the Nation, which had been subdued by the incarnation of the Dragon Stele Empress and was now quietly floating in mid-air.

As he gazed upon this treasure, which symbolized supreme imperial power and carried the destiny of the Han Dynasty, his eyes, like those of Zhang Jiao before him, held neither greed nor any desire to possess it.

After observing for a moment.

With a flick of Zhang Mu's finger, an invisible force gently struck the Imperial Seal of the Nation.

"Buzz"

The Imperial Seal emitted a soft chime.

It transformed into a streak of light and flew towards the location of Luodu, disappearing into the clouds shortly afterward.

It wasn't that Zhang Mu feared the hidden Han dynasty's resources in Luodu and dared not claim the imperial seal as his own.

Zhang Mu simply had a vague premonition...

If he were to keep this imperial seal, which was created by the Qin Emperor and later held by many Han emperors, by his side...

So.

One day in the future, he will inevitably suffer a great deal of trouble because of this, and may even get burned.

Thinking of this.

For some reason, the names of two unlucky guys popped into Zhang Mu's mind.

Yuan Shu!

Sun Jian!

Especially when he thought of the name Sun Jian, Zhang Mu suddenly had a whim and glanced towards the Jiangdong region.

there.

He noticed a valiant young man who seemed to be guided by some unseen destiny, and was steadily approaching the location of the Heavenly Dragon City-Breaking Halberd, the imperial weapon left behind after Xiang Yu's fall.