It has been more than six years since the Demon King ascended.
Within these six years, the land of Middle-earth finally showed a decline in which all dragon veins were cut off.
In six years, Xiao Fei, Ding Guogong and other Yunluo giants, who were only half a step away from the Grand Master, were still unable to take a step forward, stir up the general trend of the world, develop visions, and ascend to the Grand Master realm.
Moreover, within the mountains and rivers, there are only a few people who have broken through to the Grandmaster level, which is far inferior to the past era when the greatest Grandmasters and Broken Diamonds emerged one after another.
The martial arts in Middle-earth seems to have been wiped out by the Demon Emperor, Li Chunfeng and others for hundreds of years, forming a martial arts dynasty that will last for several decades.
The former leader of the Demon Sect's true teachings, now the Duke of Daluo An, and the Houndian Supervisor Zuo Youxian, on the astrological platform, observing the images of heaven and earth, once sighed: "Ye Tai'a will never come out in ten thousand years, and Li Chunfeng, the sinner of the ages, will not be seen again in a hundred years."
The great master, who was great for ten years, is no longer alive."
This statement is nothing more than a declaration that in today's Middle-earth, if you want to give birth to another Tai'a Immortal Emperor, even if it takes thousands of years, it will be difficult to give birth to such an extremely powerful person.
All of this was the result of Li Chunfeng, Yuan Tiangang and others trying to use the energy of the Middle Earth to fight against the Demon Emperor, but he shattered the nine dragon veins and broke off the star power.
Within hundreds of years, the vitality of heaven and earth has been greatly damaged, and it is difficult for anyone to inspire the general trend of heaven and earth and enter the realm of the great master where heaven and man are unified and visions are manifested.
This is not an outcome that can be changed by one person.
At the Grand Master level, one must be linked to the general trend of the world. Otherwise, no matter how amazing someone is, they will only be half a Grand Master within a few hundred years.
Now that Tai'a has been ten years old, it has long lost the splendor of its past when many outstanding people emerged.
Even in another sixty years, all the top experts of this generation will pass away. I am afraid that the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains and thousands of miles of splendor that the giants swore to the Tai'a Immortal Emperor on the Ascension Day will gradually become empty talk.
But the good thing is that although Immortal Emperor Tai'a has ascended, his shadow still remains in the world.
In the past few years, although the number of martial arts wizards who have broken through to the master level has been decreasing year by year, until it is less than 23% of the past.
But I don’t know when, a new sect appeared in Middle-earth: Xiaoyao Sect.
They claimed to be the descendants of the Immortal Emperor, and they became famous for their exquisite skills that were very different from ordinary Chinese martial arts, such as "Tianshan Plum Blossom Hand", "Xiao Wuxiang Kung Fu", and "White Rainbow Palm Power".
Some of the giants of the Demon Sect know about Ye Tai's deeds of "burying Easter eggs" in Central-Earth in the past.
So when those disciples of the Xiaoyao Sect claimed to be the contemporary successors of the Demon Emperor, the Da Luo court did not stand up to refute them, but chose to remain silent.
The court's subtle attitude made China, Turks, and Goryeo countries begin to take a serious look at this new force called "Xiaoyao".
And the Xiaoyao Sect did not disappoint the people of the world.
Although his disciples come from all over the world, from all walks of life, and of all ages, they have risen rapidly in a few years by virtue of the exquisite skills they have inherited.
Among the new generation in Middle-earth, the Xiaoyao sect alone accounts for half of those who have broken through to the master level in recent years.
But what puzzles the world is that the Xiaoyao Sect's exercises actually have many similarities with the Taoist sect's exercises.
In addition, the Da Luo court did not directly recognize it, and the Xiaoyao sect was founded by the Immortal Emperor Tai'a.
This also led later generations of scholars who studied "Tai Xue" to continue to argue about the origin of the Xiaoyao Sect, and could not completely prove that the origin of this mysterious sect came from Tai'a.
The fourteenth year of Tai'a.
The eighth day of the third lunar month.
It had been ten years since any vision had manifested, and Anguo Gong Zuo Youxian had declared that there would not be another great master in Middle-earth within hundreds of years. However, on this day in the Chang'an Imperial Court, blue magic patterns appeared.
Visions fill the sky.
A Qi similar to that of the Demon Emperor in the past, but a thousand times weaker, spread across Chang'an,
All over the world, people are speculating whether it is the time when the Immortal Emperor Tai'a shows his divine power. News spreads in the imperial court that it is the twelve-year-old princess Ye Mingkong who has awakened the bloodline of the Demon Emperor!
The world is shaken.
Could it be that after the Demon Emperor, one of his descendants will go against the general trend of the world and forcefully become a Grand Master?
The eldest princess Ye Mingkong is only twelve years old!
People from all over the country once again set their sights on the imperial court of Chang'an.
However, in the end, the eldest princess's biological mother, Concubine Wan, stood up to refute the rumors. It turned out that the eldest princess's martial arts was far from the master level. She just accidentally awakened the bloodline of the Demon Emperor, and might be able to carve out a new path in the future. She would not rely on the general trend of the world, but just rely on it.
The power of blood can explore the broken new martial arts!
Although everyone in the world was shocked, they thought that the eldest princess was the descendant of the Demon Emperor, so they calmly accepted this fact.
The Demon King can conquer the sky.
His close relatives' bloodline, without relying on the heavenly phenomena and terrain, might be able to open up a new martial arts path that points directly to the broken world.
It seems there is nothing difficult to accept?
But no one knew that after manifesting this world-shaking vision, the originally lively and jumping princess lay in bed for several months. Not only did her martial arts not improve, she almost collapsed.
However, the goal of his biological mother, Concubine Wan, was completely achieved.
From then on, the humerus of the dynasty, including almost all the giants of the Demon Sect, no longer had any doubts about the bloodline of the eldest princess!
I would like to ask, who else, besides the Demon Emperor’s biological heirs, can induce such visions and auras that do not belong to this world, but are unique to the Demon Emperor’s immortal power?
Even Concubine Xiao, who had obtained the true inheritance of the Demon Emperor, couldn't do it at all!
late at night.
Yushu Pavilion.
Queen Zhu Yuyan and Concubine Wanwan screened away everyone and had a secret conversation under the moonlight.
Zhu Yuyan glanced at the dimly lit room, and found Ye Mingkong, who was lying on the hospital bed with bleeding from his mouth and nose, and said calmly: "I never thought that this would be the case, but there is no other way.
"
Wanwan looked coldly towards her former master and said, "But the queen knows that if Ming Kong disappears, all our plans will come to nothing."
Zhu Yuyan looked at her, her expression still unchanged, and said: "One hundred and thirty-six pregnant women who were selected back then took a drop of the Demon Emperor's blood. But except for this girl's biological mother, all the others survived until the day of delivery.
All the candidates were killed suddenly.
Since this girl was able to survive and endured the beating of the Demon Emperor's blood in her belly, it shows that her attributes are very consistent with those of the Demon Emperor.
It has been less than two years since the crown prince officially ascended the throne. If we don’t take a chance now, how can we wait for it?”
Wanwan clenched her fists and wanted to say something, but she sighed and looked into the room through the window. The blood overflowing from Ye Mingkong's seven orifices was scarlet, but there was a faint trace of blue, as thin as a hair, almost invisible.
But for a master like Wanwan, who has been serving the Demon Emperor all year round, it is very shocking.
She sighed: "Then you shouldn't just let her try to refine so much immortal blood? Even for us, it's enough to be fatal!"
Zhu Yuyan shook her head and said: "We are us, she is different. She has been assimilated by the immortal blood since her mother's womb, and her body has been treated with the medicinal soup made from the immortal blood all year round, so she naturally has stronger resistance!
At least the current result is beneficial to us, isn't it?"
Wanwan's eyes were complicated, but she also knew that her master was right. She said: "I hope Mingkong can survive this test. Now the powerful officials are almost all convinced that Mingkong is the blood of the Demon Emperor, but
If she only inherited the Demon Emperor's pathology but not his martial arts, that position would still be difficult to aspire to."
Zhu Yuyan was more confident than her, saying: "It can be done. Since she can survive, she must be able to digest that kind of energy. At the end of the world, if we don't find another way, how can we reach the Grand Master realm? As long as we survive this level.
, maybe it will really open up a new martial arts path."
Wanwan looked worried and said, "I hope..."
The seventeenth year of Tai'a.
The new year has passed.
Fifteen years ago, the Tai'a Immortal Emperor's plan was finalized, and the time for the Crown Prince to ascend the throne is getting closer.
But the atmosphere in the imperial court became very subtle.
In the past, there were two sects of the Demon Sect, the Six Paths, and now there are two sects and the Seven Paths. Although the Demon King is a strict enforcer, the Demon Emperor wants to put an end to all the various laws and regulations that gave birth to powerful families.
However, over the years, the moves of the two factions and the Seven Paths have spread throughout the core layer of Daluo, each forming its own power.
Externally, although it is still like the magic gate of the past, it is twisted into one and is shining brightly to this day.
But internally, in fact, each has its own power, dividing and controlling the world.
However, the new emperor's accession to the throne means that this pattern that has been maintained for more than ten years will be broken in an instant.
The most important point is that the dozens of demon sect giants actually all know that the crown prince is not the demon emperor's relic, but the eldest princess Ye Mingkong is most likely...
So when Concubine Xiao proposed that she would fulfill the Demon Emperor's previous decree and elect the Crown Prince to the throne, she encountered side effects from various parties on the grounds that "the Crown Prince was weak" and "the Crown Prince was still young".
Shirk.
Only Fuguo Gongxi responded and stood firmly on the side of Concubine Xiao and the Crown Prince. It would be difficult for him to change the overall situation by himself.
To this day, although those people dare not refute the Demon Emperor head-on, even though he is a bastard, they are extremely respectful when facing this powerless crown prince.
Just because he is the person chosen by the Demon King.
But more than ten years have passed, the Daluo pattern has taken shape, and there are several giants from two factions and seven paths. In fact, they are waiting for the day when the real bloodline of the Demon Emperor, the eldest princess Ye Mingkong, joins the force, and the people who belong to the surname Ye will be
The throne will be returned to the true bloodline of Ye.
Therefore, the crown prince's wish to ascend the throne seems to have hit a bottleneck and has been continuously postponed.
Until a year later.
The eighteenth year of Tai'a.
A full year has passed since the day he was supposed to ascend the throne.
Over the past year, the Crown Prince's biological mother, Concubine Xiao, has tried to force the Crown Prince into the throne.
But later she discovered that the "Dragon Cutting Sword" given by the Demon Emperor was more useful.
When a meeting of all the giants was held, Concubine Xiao, who had been pushed around for nearly a year, went straight to the meeting holding the Dragon Cutting Sword in her arms, as euphemistically as she had done in the past when carrying the sword for the Demon Emperor.
But when those white-eyed wolves tried to push the blame again.
Concubine Xiao, who was tactful, drew her sword and chased a group of giants including the two great masters, Wang Shi Zhixuan of Wu'an and Queen Zhu Yuyan, and slashed at her indiscriminately!
No one dared to face the dragon sword directly. They could only be chopped down by Concubine Xiao and chased to the end.
The significance of "Cutting Dragon Sword" can be understood from just three words.
If the emperor has no virtue, the Dragon Cutting Sword can also kill the emperor!
This is the privilege given by the Demon Emperor to Concubine Xiao, and it is also the only privilege granted to his concubines.
Even the emperor can beheaded, let alone giant ministers like them.
Concubine Xiao, who was usually gentle and virtuous, was as mad as a demon on that day. While scolding these powerful officials of the Great Luo Dynasty, she chased and killed them all until they were fifty miles outside Chang'an City.
The effect is remarkable.
It seems that after Concubine Xiao's sword-wielding pursuit that day, the demon sect giants finally remembered a little bit about the supreme Jade-mouthed Golden Words.
Ten days later.
The Tianlian Sect lineage to which Dingguo Gonganlong belongs.
An Guogong Zuo Youxian belonged to the true lineage of Taoism.
Together with Fuguo Gongxi Ying, who has always supported Concubine Xiao and the Crown Prince, we jointly support the Crown Prince’s enthronement!
The rest of the people wanted to say something, but seeing that Concubine Xiao, who had returned to being tactful, seemed to have the tendency to draw her sword again, they could only lower their heads and remain silent.
At this point, Concubine Xiao had been worrying about helping the Crown Prince to ascend the throne for several years before it came to an end.
The Royal Court of Da Luo announces to the world that on the first day of the fifth lunar month, the new emperor will ascend the throne!
Congratulations came from several surrounding countries, and all the people in the world celebrated.
Everything has been announced to the world, and everyone is celebrating. Everything seems to be destined. The throne of Ye will eventually be Ye Ye.
The entire imperial city was filled with a joyous atmosphere.
But just two months before he officially ascended the throne, in the third month of the lunar calendar, a piece of outrageous and shocking news, with the help of a secret promoter, swept across the land of Middle-earth like a spark of fire!
Zhao Fugui, a native of Jingzhou, fled to Youzhou with his wife, son and daughter, a total of six people, during the war in China in the past.
Youzhou is close to the former headquarters of the Demon Sect.
Eighteen years ago, Zhao Fugui and his wife Wang Shufen were in a famine. They had no clothes to wear, no food to eat, and it was difficult to survive. They were reduced to selling their young girls at a low price to survive.
Among the refugees, the benefactor of the Zhao family turned a blind eye to the others who were selling their bodies at a low price, and directly bought their newborn baby, Zhao Goucheng, from Zhao Fugui and his wife Wang Shufen.
The price was a full meal, a mahogany food box, and seven beautifully carved silver plates.
Zhao Fugui's family also relied on this food box and seven dinner plates to survive the nightmare years of famine.
Based on this, he established a firm foothold in the troubled times, and after the world was settled, he borrowed the east wind of the Demon Emperor's enlightened system, grew from a small one to a big one, and is now a wealthy man in Jingzhou City.
To this day, he is still brooding over the sale of his children at a low price in the past. He wants to find his benefactor and the children, not asking for recognition, but only for his long-cherished wish.
Wang Shufen, Zhao Fugui's wife, had a very good memory. Many years later, she could still vaguely remember the appearance of her benefactor and his female relatives. The painter painted two portraits of a man and a woman, which vaguely conveyed the charm of the two benefactors.
And the two of them still have a silver dinner plate that was inside a mahogany food box from the past.
This was originally a normal family-seeking announcement. After the world was settled, there would be 80,000 or even 80,000 similar family-seeking events.
However, Zhao Fugui was now extremely wealthy. He found a painter to copy the portrait, and within a month, it was posted all over the towns and cities hundreds of miles around Youzhou City.
What's more, these two portraits of a man and a woman are so similar to the Immortal Emperor Tai'a, and the current Crown Prince's biological mother, Concubine Xiao, Xiao Meiniang, even the details of the Demon Emperor having one arm and the golden light flowing through his body are all consistent.
And it just so happened that the silver dinner plate was the unique and exquisite carving of the former head rudder of the Demon Sect.
This time the problem is big.
When the appearance of the portrait and the dinner plate were seen by an important minister of a certain court, they were immediately revealed to a few interested people.
The person behind this incident spread the news to all parts of Central-Earth in almost ten days.
A folk song whose origin is unknown, no one dares to sing, and yet it leaves people scratching their heads, spread throughout the dynasty and beyond, and was widely posted and circulated for a time:
"The leaves are not leaves, the bright sky is the bright sky, the demon king resists the heaven and the earth, the demon pattern summons the blood."
Zhao Fugui is in big trouble.
The crown prince is in trouble.
Great troubles have also occurred in the Imperial Court of Da Luo.
Such nonsense news caused a huge uproar for a while and naturally reached the ears of Emperor Ye Zi.
His first reaction was to be stunned.
The second reaction is anger.
The third reaction is to kill the person behind it!
The fourth reaction is to find my mother to discuss countermeasures!
late at night.
Harem.
Yunluo Pavilion.
Ye Ye, who was already a talented person and full of economics, came angrily.
His sickly constitution could not hide the murderous intention in his heart.
Unexpectedly, his biological mother, Concubine Xiao, was already sitting quietly at the stone table in the courtyard, waiting for him.
"mother!"
Ye Zi clenched his fist and shouted.
"Little Leaf, you're here."
Xiao Meiniang responded with complicated eyes.
Ye Zi said coldly to the attendants behind him: "You all go down and watch the door!"
"yes!"
The attendants withdrew from the courtyard one after another, guarding the surroundings for the most distinguished mother and son.
Only then did Ye Zi come forward with itching teeth, drank a cup of tea on the table, sat down, and said, "Mom, do you know the news?"
Xiao Meiniang nodded quietly and said, "I understand, mother."
Ye Zi took a deep breath to calm down the anger in his heart and said: "Who do you think is behind this?"
Xiao Meiniang smiled and said: "Besides her and her, who else."
"snort!"
Ye Zi patted the stone table and said: "After the children ascend the throne, they must be deposed! Consigned to the cold palace! Imprisoned for life!"
Xiao Meiniang smiled bitterly and said, "What about Mingkong?"
The leaves choked.
Then he looked sick and said firmly: "Mingkong is Mingkong, and those two are those two! We can't generalize! If she hadn't been the queen appointed by her father, my child... my child would have killed her!"
As an emperor, it is natural to have the consciousness of an emperor. Ye Zi is sixteen years old and has learned the art of kingship for twelve years.
Even though he had a very good relationship with his only sister Ye Mingkong, to the point where they could rub shoulders and talk all night long.
But there must be zero tolerance for this kind of thing!
Everyone who deserves to be killed must be killed!
Even if I think about the supreme majesty of my father, I will abolish my martial arts and resign myself to the cold palace for the rest of my life for this evil queen of the cholera community!
It doesn't matter what Mingkong thinks, even if she is herself, Ye Zi can monitor her. At worst, she can turn her beloved sister into a canary in the palace, so that she can enjoy all the glory and wealth in the world!
We cannot tolerate this kind of rebellious behavior at all!
Xiao Meiniang looked straight at her "child".
Sixteen years.
No.
It must have been seventeen years.
He himself raised him from a helpless person to the talented man he is today.
Seventeen years of careful nurturing.
It seems that whether it is biological or not is not so important anymore.
He is the son he has high hopes for, and this is a fact that cannot be erased no matter what.
Sometimes, seeing the frail child exhausted by the pressure of the situation and unable to hide his fatigue, Xiao Meiniang even had the thought of not having the heart to let him ascend the throne as the emperor.
Because even if he ascends the throne as emperor, his body is even more frail than that of a child of the former Demon Emperor. In addition to dealing with all kinds of opportunities, he also has to face those demon giants who are already biased against him, and he is always looking for opportunities.
The two snake and scorpion ladies who killed him.
As long as he is here, he can't resist, so resorting to the dragon-slaying sword is only a temporary solution, and it will be difficult to check and balance those demons in the long run.
Even Xiao Meiniang feels powerless every time she thinks about it. Does she, a weak and stubborn child, really have the ability and mental strength to control those people?
In fact, Xiao Meiniang has never had much confidence, but the child is stubborn and the Demon Emperor has established himself, so she can only push the leaf forward step by step.
"Abominable! Hateful! Killable! If my father were alive, he would overwhelm everything in the world! Do they dare to act so boldly?!"
Ye Zi is still angry.
Xiao Meiniang suddenly said: "Little Yezi, do you have to sit on this throne?"
Ye Zi was startled and said calmly: "Of course! Mother, why did you say this? The child is the only male bloodline of the father of the emperor. He is the most powerful immortal emperor in the world and the crown prince!
If I don't become emperor, will it be difficult for me to hand over the power of my country to those ambitious people?
Mingkong...she is born as a girl, and the child does not want her to suffer criticism from the world, and bear such a difficult responsibility that should belong to the child.
Therefore, my son, I will do my best to take the throne!"
Xiao Meiniang smiled miserably and said: "There are some things that I can be more iron-blooded about. As early as seventeen years ago, I would have prevented all future troubles for you.
Your father asked me that day if I wanted to eradicate the root cause.
But my mother was a benevolent woman at that time, and she thought that she could hide the truth from the sky, so she couldn't bear to kill at will.
But I didn’t want to end up like today…
Little Ye Zi, you are the only person I love most in this world.
Rather than letting other people confront you in Tai Chi Hall and leaving you at a loss, I might as well tell you as my mother..."
The leaves are like being struck by lightning!
He trembled all over and opened his mouth, but was speechless!
After being carefully taught by Xiao Meiniang for more than ten years, he has become a talented person in the country. There is no need to listen to the subsequent plot!
Xiao Meiniang naturally knew it, so she remained silent and looked at her only "closest relative" in the world with extremely complex eyes.
Ye Zi's face turned paler.
His words were vague and difficult to express clearly. His eyes suddenly blurred and he was about to faint.
Xiao Meiniang suddenly stretched out her hand and introduced a stream of true energy into his body, which even stabilized his mind.
Xiao Meiniang said complicatedly: "Yi Zi, I don't want you to face this, and I also want you to sleep peacefully, but the time waits for no one, and the two people's messengers have already left Chang'an.
However, Niangsheng is in Jingzhou, has close subordinates, and occupies a favorable location...
There is no need to say more, I will ask you again, Ye Zi, do you still sit on this throne?"
sit.
Then cut the grass and root it out!
Send your biological parents, brothers and sisters a happy birthday!
No, I can't be happy. If I want to secure the throne, I will not only kill Zhao Fugui's whole family, but also kill all nine of his clans and kill everyone related to them!
We should even denounce them as eternal sinners, who will be laughed at and despised by future generations for generations to come!
If you don't sit down.
Quite simple.
As long as he and Ye Zi are willing to give in, relying on the relationship between Ye Mingkong and Ye Zi, and relying on the dragon-cutting sword in his hand.
Zhu Yuyan and Wanwan should help to calm this turmoil.
By then, Ye Zi will definitely be able to enjoy glory and wealth from generation to generation.
Moreover, there is absolutely no problem in taking care of his biological parents, Zhao Fugui, and others in private.
And all of this is related to Ye Zi's words at this moment.
Ye Zi was trembling constantly and almost fainted, but the determined Xiao Meiniang took away a burst of energy and forcibly maintained his heartbeat.
syncope.
Can.
But time waits for no one, and I must give an answer.
Finally, after giving Ye Zi another wisp of the Vajra Indestructible Qi, Ye Zi, who was originally in a state of turmoil and vague to the point of gibbering, finally calmed down a little while panting violently.
He looked at his "biological mother".
After a long time, he swallowed his saliva and said with difficulty: "Mom, the child is Ye Zi, the Son of Heaven! Yes, he is an immortal on earth, the descendant of the Demon Emperor Tai'a! No, he is not some Zhao Goucheng!"
Xiao Meiniang said quietly: "So for the sake of the throne..."
"Except for my mother, I can kill everyone in the world!"
However, Ye Zi, who was about to faint, suddenly turned pale, but spoke firmly.
"Including all the nine Zhao Fugui clans?"
"Including the entire nine clans of Zhao Fugui, the treacherous minister and traitor!"
"Including Ye Mingkong?"
"Bao, Bao, including Ye Mingkong!"
"Okay, Mom, I understand. You can sleep peacefully. When you wake up, you will be the only emperor of Daluo Mountain and River."
"..."
Xiao Meiniang withdrew her bare hands that used to remove her true energy.
The leaf then collapsed and was temporarily placed on the stone table by Xiao Meiniang.
That night, dozens of Chang'an birds flew from the imperial court and pierced the night sky.