My cultivation disguise has been exposed by Xiao Sizi.

News broke that the Tang Dynasty's expeditionary force had achieved a great victory, annihilating the Turks and Tianlang Valley, and even repelling a Nascent Soul stage expert from afar.

It was like a Category 12 super hurricane.

There was no need for deliberate concealment; it swept through all the surrounding small foreign countries at an alarming speed.

Goguryeo, the royal palace.

The King of Goguryeo was holding a glass of fine wine, admiring the graceful dance of the dancers in his palace.

Sudden.

A sweaty spy stumbled and crawled into the main hall.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty, something terrible has happened!"

The spy's voice was mournful, as if he had lost his parents.

"Urgent report from the northern frontier! The entire 300,000-strong Turkic cavalry has been annihilated!"

"The immortal masters of Sirius Valley...were all charred into pieces by the Tang Dynasty's lightning magic!"

The King of Goguryeo's hand trembled.

The exquisite luminous cup shattered on the ground with a "crash."

He suddenly stood up, his face instantly turning ashen.

"What did you say?! How is this possible! Sirius Valley has a powerful cultivator overseeing it!"

"Your Majesty..."

The spy swallowed hard, his whole body trembling like a leaf.

"It's not just Sirius Valley."

"Your humble servant witnessed it with his own eyes! The golden dragon of the Tang Emperor's destiny traversed ten thousand miles of sky."

The spy's voice was filled with desperate fear.

"That dragon...that dragon devoured the Buddhist Heavenly Eye that descended from the heavens...it ate it alive!!!"

boom!

Upon hearing this...

The King of Goguryeo felt a sudden darkness before his eyes, his legs went weak, and he collapsed onto his throne.

The Tang Dynasty was no longer the mortal dynasty it once was.

This is a colossal cosmic beast capable of devouring gods and Buddhas whole!

"quick……"

The King of Goguryeo scrambled off his throne and grabbed the Prime Minister by the collar.

"Quickly open the national treasury!"

"Load all the most valuable rare and precious herbs and thousand-year-old ginseng from the warehouse into my carriage!"

"Prepare the horses! I am going to Chang'an myself!"

The prime minister was greatly alarmed. "Your Majesty, what are you doing?"

"What are you doing? Kneel down!"

The King of Goguryeo was on the verge of tears, his voice hoarse.

"If we had arrived any later, the thunder of the Tang Dynasty would have struck our capital!"

at the same time.

Tibet, Xueyantuo, Uyghurs...

In all the surrounding foreign lands, the same chaotic and terrifying scenes were unfolding.

All the rulers made the same decision.

To Chang'an!

Go and pay homage to that invincible Emperor of the Tang Dynasty!

however.

Just when the entire land of China was shrouded in the supreme majesty of the Tang Dynasty at its zenith.

On the command ship of the Tang Dynasty expeditionary force.

Li Chen, who was originally lounging lazily in the chair, enjoying the joy of victory, was now at the top of his game.

The smile on his face suddenly froze slightly.

A strange, unusual look flashed deep in his eyes.

"bite."

Deep in my mind, the long-silent mechanical voice of the system echoed.

It rang without warning.

"Alert: High-dimensional space coordinate lock detected."

"Target: The territory of the Tang Dynasty."

"An extremely faint aura of the true form of the Buddha realm has been detected approaching the boundary barrier. The countdown to the full-scale arrival of the Buddhist calamity has begun..."

Li Chen suddenly sat up straight.

He squinted and looked up at the now calm sky.

Deep in my mind, the system's cold, mechanical alarm still echoed over and over again.

High-dimensional space coordinate locking.

The countdown to the full-scale arrival of the Buddhist calamity has begun.

Li Chen stood at the bow of the command ship.

The wind whipped his long hair. His deep black eyes showed no sign of panic; instead, a frenzied fighting spirit slowly, gradually, ignited within them.

"Higher dimensions? The Great Immortal Realm?"

Li Chen sneered.

He reached out and crushed the last wisp of golden Buddhist light remaining in the air.

"Since you bald monks are so eager to die, wanting to harvest the offerings of my Great Tang Dynasty."

"Then let's go."

"If you dare to step even half a step into the territory of the Tang Dynasty, I dare to skin you alive and make you into Buddha Jumps Over the Wall!"

Li Chen took a deep breath.

He completely suppressed the bloodthirsty killing intent in his heart.

When the sky falls, the tall ones will hold it up.

Even if all the gods and Buddhas were to descend to earth, that would be a matter for the future.

Nowadays.

It was a triumphant celebration for the Great Tang Expeditionary Force!

Li Chen suddenly turned around.

Looking at the 100,000 Xuanjia soldiers on the deck, their blood boiling and their faces full of fervor.

He drew his longsword and pointed it straight at the sky.

"All troops, listen to my command!"

"Return in triumph! Go back to the capital!"

"roar--!"

The deafening battle cries echoed through the sky.

Hundreds of massive black spirit ships turned around.

Amidst the booming of the formation, it resembled a moving continent of steel, triumphantly marching towards Chang'an City.

……

three days later.

Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty.

This is the most prosperous and largest city in the land of China.

At this moment, it has completely turned into a boiling red ocean!

The urgent battle report of the great victory in the northern frontier had already been delivered to Taiji Palace a day earlier.

Annihilate 300,000 Turkic cavalry!

We'll raze the otherworldly demonic cultivators of the Heavenly Wolf Valley to the ground!

Even the golden dragon of the Tang emperor's destiny, high in the heavens, bit through the divine decree that had been sent down by the gods!

Each message was like a magnitude 12 earthquake.

This propelled the already inflated national pride of the Tang Dynasty people to its absolute peak.

On Suzaku Avenue.

The streets were brightly lit and decorated, and the city was deserted as everyone flocked to see it.

People even stopped doing business and crowded on both sides of the street, eagerly waiting.

Even more outrageous is...

Among the crowd, Tang Dynasty citizens could be seen everywhere holding up "Lingjing phones".

"Hey guys! Family! Let's send some gifts!"

A vendor selling flatbread is standing on his cart.

He held the crystal shard high in his hand and shouted at the top of his lungs at the image-recording array.

"See that? That dark mass in the sky—that's our Great Tang's invincible fleet!"

"Today, I, Old Wang, am not selling pancakes! I'll be broadcasting the triumphant return of the Expeditionary Force around the clock, from every angle!"

"Thank you so much, Brother 'Chang'an's Most Affectionate', for the ten spirit stone rockets! Wishing you a speedy breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment stage and a life of marriage every night!"

on the screen.

The dense barrage of spiritual energy scrolled wildly like a waterfall.

Under the insane infighting of Prince Wei, Li Tai, the cultivation technology tree of the Tang Dynasty has borne bizarre yet incredibly dazzling fruit.

"Boom!"

at last.

The massive fleet of spirit ships slowly landed at the royal naval port outside Chang'an City.

The heavy hatch opened.

Li Chen, dressed in a loose white robe, stretched and was the first to step off the main ship.

however.

Before he could even take a couple of breaths of the fresh air of Chang'an City...

"boom!"

A roar like that of an ancient ferocious beast echoed directly within the naval port.

Followed by.

A bright red, extravagantly designed "spirit-charged twelve-cylinder convertible supercar".

It features an extremely stylish drift and tail-sliding maneuver.

It came to a steady stop in front of Li Chen.

The car door popped open.

Prince Li Tai of Wei was dressed in a tight black leather outfit and wore specially made black sunglasses.

He patted the leather seat in the passenger seat.

"Sixteenth Brother! Get in the car quickly!"

Li Tai grinned widely, his smile incredibly flamboyant.

"Father is waiting for us at the Taiji Palace! Your second brother will be your driver today, let's make a grand entrance around Chang'an!"

Li Chen's lips twitched twice.

But looking around at those veterans whose eyes were gleaming with greed, ready to pounce on him and toss him high into the air at any moment.

Li Chen decisively chose to get on the bus.

"Hold on tight!"

Li Tai stepped on the central point of the formation.

"boom--!"

The convertible sports car spewed out a three-foot-long azure flame from its rear, like a red lightning bolt, and rushed directly into the wide Zhuque Avenue!

"Long live His Highness the King of Qin! Long live His Highness the King of Wei!"

The sports car had just entered the city.

The deafening cheers, mixed with a shower of flowers, came crashing down like a tsunami.

The young women of Chang'an looked at Li Chen, who was sitting in a convertible sports car, wearing sunglasses, with one hand resting on the car door.

They screamed with excitement, and several even fainted on the roadside.

"Keep a low profile, keep a low profile."

While waving perfunctorily at the crowd, Li Chen lowered his voice and spoke to Li Tai.

"Keep it low-key my ass!"

Li Tai's face turned bright red with excitement.

"Sixteenth Brother, you are the number one hero of the Tang Dynasty today! This glorious moment must not be wasted!"