Shi Zongtang did not get up from his throne, but his hands continuously formed seals. Five-colored light gathered together and turned into a golden Dao Fruit.
The Fruit of the Way rose to the top of the palace, and beams of light shot out in all directions.
The Great Qin Empire's capital, Xiling City, seemed to have turned into a massive magic formation. Countless talismans and inscriptions were connected together, forming a magic formation that covered the entire city.
The light from the magic formation spread out in all directions, as if it was going to cover the entire Great Qin Empire's territory.
At the center of this giant magic formation was naturally the Great Qin Imperial Palace.
At this moment, within the Great Qin Imperial Palace, there were rays of golden light rising from the ground, as if there were thousands of pillars that connected the heavens and the earth.
Within the sky full of golden light, there seemed to be a massive five-clawed golden dragon dancing in the air.
Above the palace, at the center of the giant magic formation, there was a massive disc made up of golden light. It continuously spun, gathering the Dragon Vein Qi from all directions.
However, at this moment, the golden disc's rotation seemed to be disrupted, and it continuously tilted and shook. Red, green, yellow, black, and white Dragon Qi continuously dissipated.
The dissipating Dragon Qi passed through the boundless space and gathered in another direction. As it pulsed, the five-colored light dragon's appearance gradually changed. It lost its original colors and became purplish-gold.
The purplish-gold light dragon entered the space, and in the deep space, it was as if the heavens had chosen it, gathering the True Dragons.
In the distant Great Zhou Empire's territory, there was also a large amount of Dragon Vein Qi gathering towards Tianjing City from all directions.
The light dragons formed by the Great Zhou Dragon Vein Qi were purplish-gold in color. The purplish-gold light dragons gathered in Tianjing City. At this moment, there was also a huge formation above Tianjing City that covered the sky. A large amount of Dragon Qi was gathered in this huge formation.
Within Xiling City, Great Qin's Emperor and Ministers all had serious expressions. Apart from the new Emperor Shi Zongtang, all of Great Qin's experts stood up and turned into rays of light as they flew out of the palace and went to the other important buildings within the palace.
Under their control, another nine massive pillars of light shot into the sky from the royal palace, forming a protective formation around the main hall of the royal palace. Together, they strengthened West-Hill City's protective formation, helping the new Emperor Shi Zongtang stabilize the Great Qin's Dragon Vein Qi, preventing it from being intercepted by Emperor Liang Pan of Zhou and the First Imperial Palace.
Shi Zongtang's expression was solemn. He was the new Emperor, and the inheritance of the Dragon Vein Qi had yet to be completed. The former Emperor Shi Yu had personally led an expedition, but he had died in battle in Tianhuang Mainland. This had caused a huge impact on the hearts of the people of Great Qin, causing the inheritance of the Dragon Vein Qi to become extremely unstable.
If there was enough time, then with the protection formations that West-Hill City had built over the generations, unless the Great Zhou Dynasty directly attacked West-Hill City, Great Qin would be able to safely survive this disaster.
However, after the First Imperial Palace was restored, it unexpectedly gathered all of the Divine Land's Dragon Vein Qi, causing the Great Qin Dynasty to be in a precarious situation.
The Grand Emperor was the last Human Emperor of the Primordial Era. He was also the first Human Emperor of the human race after the Heaven Primordial World split into the Divine Land and Tianhuang Mainland.
The Grand Emperor, the creation treasure that he had created, had finally been restored after being heavily damaged, immediately dealing a silent blow to the Great Qin Dynasty.
Unlike the Immortal Dragon City, which protected its own people and the human race, the First Imperial Palace carried the will of the Grand Emperor. It wanted to rule over all living beings, and no one dared to disobey it. It wanted to be the supreme leader of the world and the only ruler of the era.
Even if the Great Qin Dynasty did not lose the Immortal Dragon City, it would still be at a disadvantage when facing the Great Zhou Dynasty, which had the First Imperial Palace.
If they had the Immortal Dragon City, Shi Zongtang could rely on it to defend and survive the period when he had just ascended to the throne and the inheritance of the Dragon Vein Qi.
However, even though they pushed the West-Hill City's formation to its limits, they could only watch as the Dragon Vein Qi continued to leak out.
What made Shi Zongtang, Shi Zongmao, and the other Great Qin experts' faces turn ashen was that the Great Qin Dynasty's citizens, whom they had recruited and protected, were becoming more and more unstable.
As the Dragon Vein Qi was connected, a voice suddenly sounded out in the hearts of the Great Qin citizens.
"The Great Qin Emperor, Shi Yu, was greedy and blindly conquered the Tianhuang Mainland. As a result, he died and Great Qin's soldiers died. He even lost the Immortal Dragon City, implicating the citizens and causing them to fall into danger. Great Qin has lost its virtue and suffered this calamity.
"Today, the Demon Race has caused chaos and brought disaster to the Divine Land. We are here under the mandate of the heavens to protect our people …"
It was Emperor Zhou's Liang Pan's voice. His tone was calm but majestic. It was like the morning bell and evening drum, heavily striking everyone's heart.
He was clearly the ruler of the Great Zhou Dynasty, their mortal enemy. Even though his words were quite ordinary, they seemed to have a strange power that touched the hearts of the commoners of Great Qin, causing them to fall into a daze. Before they could even think about what he was saying, they couldn't help but want to kowtow and submit to his might.
The people of Great Qin seemed to be strangely twisted at this moment.
That strange power did not have any offensive properties, so the West-Hill City's defensive formation could not defend against it.
Monarch Genyang, Shi Zongmao, who had not returned to West-Hill City and was still on his way, projected his magic power into the West-Hill City Imperial Palace's main hall. When he heard Liang Pan's voice, he could not help but curse, "Liang Pan, that traitor!"
Emperor Zhou Liang Pan was clearly bullying the Great Qin Dynasty because it had lost the Immortal Dragon City and could not defend against the Grand Imperial Palace's strange power. He wanted to take drastic measures and destroy the Great Qin Dynasty's foundation.
Great Qin's new Emperor Shi Zongtang's expression was dark. As the people of Great Qin became more and more unstable, the Great Qin Dynasty's Dragon Vein Qi was being lost faster and faster.
The way to resolve this was quite simple: Great Qin would immediately stop gathering its Dragon Vein Qi. That way, if Emperor Liang Pan didn't take down Western Hill City, he wouldn't be able to continue to bewitch people. Even if he tried to take in Great Qin's Dragon Vein Qi from outside, it would be much less effective.
However, this way, the Great Qin Dynasty, which had already fallen into a crisis, would become even weaker, and the situation would become even more difficult.
If the top experts of the Great Devils attacked, it would be difficult to defend, even if they would be instantly annihilated.
"However, if this continues, we'll just be supporting the enemy for nothing. Most of the Dragon Vein Qi will be taken away by Liang Pan and the Grand Imperial Palace." Shi Zongtang frowned.
One wrong step would lead to many more mistakes. In such a dangerous environment, everyone was staring at each other. Once one party made a mistake, the result would be a series of disasters until the offender was consigned to eternal damnation. It would be very difficult for them to catch their breath and turn things around.
Just as Shi Zongtang ascended to the throne, the Great Qin Dynasty faced a new crisis and fell into a difficult situation.
By stopping the gathering of the Dragon Vein Qi, they would be able to temporarily defend against the Great Zhou Dynasty's sneak attacks, but it would not benefit Great Qin at all. In the following war between two worlds, they could only resign themselves to fate and pray that the Devil Race experts would not attack them.
Even though Shi Tianhao and the others would come to West-Hill City, with the war reaching its climax, no one would be able to guarantee their safety.
Even if Xuanmen Tianzong became furious, the Great Qin Dynasty would definitely suffer losses. No matter how they tried to take revenge, the dead would be dead, and it would be difficult for them to come back to life.
If they continued to gather the Dragon Vein Qi, most of the Dragon Vein Qi would be taken away by the Great Zhou Dynasty. Shi Zongtang would only be able to keep a small portion. It was not even a question of whether he was willing to do so, and it was still unknown whether the limited power would be useful.
Shi Zongmao looked at Shi Zongtang on the throne. Both of their expressions were extremely serious. Shi Zongtang said slowly, "I, the former Emperor, and you are the same. We don't like to put our fate in the hands of others, but right now, we can only trust the Daoist Sect Master and Xuanmen Tianzong."
"Bear with it and leave one last chance for the Great Qin Dynasty in the future. It's better than letting the Great Zhou Dynasty benefit for nothing!"
Shi Zongmao looked at Shi Zongtang and sighed, "That's the only way."
Shi Zongtang immediately pointed at the golden Fruit of Way floating above the palace. The Fruit of Way flashed slightly and turned back into a five-colored ray of light, dispersing in all directions.
Even the Dragon Vein Qi that was gathering around the Great Qin Dynasty paused slightly and gradually calmed down.
But right at this moment, a voice rang out in the sky above West Tomb City. "Youdu has returned, and the entire divine prefecture is facing a crisis. I'm also trying to gather the power of the human cultivation world to defend against the Youdu Race. This is something that everyone in the human cultivation world is duty-bound to do."
"It's fine if the spirit is willing but the strength is insufficient, and I won't force you. However, the Great Qin Dynasty clearly still has strength to spare, yet you want to protect yourself. That's not wise. Don't you know that when the nest is turned upside down, no egg can remain intact?"
The expressions of Shi Zongtang and the rest changed slightly. That voice was from Emperor Zhou's Liang Pan.
Then, Shi Zongtang, who still had the Dragon Vein Qi around him, immediately felt that something was wrong. Through the Dragon Vein Qi, he could feel an extremely huge pressure coming from the other side!
The violent power followed the Dragon Vein Qi that hadn't been completely cut off and attacked West Tomb City with a destructive force!
The Dragon Vein Qi couldn't be forcefully cut off, but the violent power could attack West Tomb City along the Dragon Vein Qi. Shi Zongtang's gaze flickered, and he suddenly understood. "Liang Pan, you guided the power of the Grand Imperial Palace and the Dragon Vein Qi to White Cloud Mountain?"
Emperor Zhou's Liang Pan's tone was calm. "Quickly gather the Dragon Vein Qi, or else the current West Tomb City won't be able to withstand the power of Youdu. Not only you, but the entire West Tomb City might be razed to the ground."
As if to prove that he wasn't lying, the formation that shrouded West Tomb City started to shake violently. In the center of the formation, the sky above the Great Qin Imperial Palace flashed continuously. It looked like it was about to collapse at any moment.
The strong practitioners of Great Qin that occupied the four corners and were activating the formation all felt the pressure. Those with weaker cultivations couldn't bear the pressure, and their primordial spirits started to suffer damage.
In the main hall of the imperial palace, King Ruyang Shi Zongmao roared at the sky with an expression of unwillingness. His magic power projection couldn't even be maintained and shattered.
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