After the three-month mourning period, bad news broke.
Bad news spread everywhere. First, Shi Cheng's stronghold on the mountain was attacked by experts of unknown origins. These experts were all from the Earth Realm to the Heaven Realm, and their strength was far from what they had seen before.
In addition to these experts, experts from the Yao Race and Shura Race also entered the human territory in the mountains and attacked human strongholds.
There was no big battle, but these small scale disturbances were continuous. The army and Stone City's army worked together to sweep through several times, but the results were minimal.
These sneaky attackers were very cunning. Once Stone City's army and the army worked together to sweep through, they would disappear without a trace. When the army left, they would immediately attack Stone City's hunting and gathering teams.
Moreover, the armies of the two alliances in the mountains were not attacked, which sharply reduced Stone City's income.
At the same time, the Jubao Hall's caravan was intercepted in the Eastern Region.
The interceptors were a few mysterious Great Emperors. These Great Emperors did not rob the Jubao Hall's caravan, but only prohibited the Jubao Hall's caravan from entering White Tiger City.
Under the threat of Jubao Hall, they destroyed a few shuttles, but did not rob any goods.
For Stone City, Jubao Hall was the bridge to the Southern Region's Tiannan State. The resources of Buzhou Mountain had to be transported to Tiannan through Jubao Hall to cultivate talents in Tiannan.
The talents of Tiannan had to be transported to Stone City through Jubao Hall to replenish Stone City's core forces.
With the Jubao Hall intercepted, the bridge between Stone City and Tiannan was broken, and the complete system could not be formed.
But this was not the biggest problem, because Stone City now had three hundred thousand soldiers, including seventy thousand Huben elites. If there was a big battle, they would have plenty of soldiers.
The biggest threat came from Lu Xiufu and the two alliances in the Eastern Region and Northern Region.
After the fall of the Mortal King, the situation of the entire human race changed drastically. Without the Mortal King, the Heavenly Dao Academy became the leader of the entire human race.
The Divine General's Mansion and the Human Emperor Palace had given up many benefits and made many concessions in order to protect the stability of the human race and prevent the alien races from taking advantage of the situation.
The Heavenly Dao Academy rose to the top and became the decision-maker of the human race's affairs.
During the three months of mourning, the Heavenly Dao Academy had already set a trap for the Divine General's Estate.
Lu Xiufu was under immense pressure because the Heavenly Dao Academy demanded that the White Tiger Legion return the territory that originally belonged to the three great alliances to the three great alliances. They also wanted to abolish the agreement between Stone City and the two great alliances. Stone City would be jointly managed by the legion and the five great alliances.
The benefits on the mountain were equally split between the army and the Great Five Alliance.
As for Stone City?
Shi Cheng's army would be split into the legions and the Five Great Alliances. Each of them would have to hand over the main culprit, Ye Tianze, to the Five Great Alliances to deal with.
Lu Xiufu bore most of the pressure, but as time passed, his attitude began to waver.
Not only was he the commander of the White Tiger Legion, he was also the lord of the Human Emperor Palace. He needed to maintain the stability of the human race and guard against the invasion of the other races.
If he had to choose a side, Lu Xiufu could only choose to sacrifice one side for the stability of the human race.
At this time, Ye Tianze wasn't in Stone City. Stone City's answer to Lu Xiufu was that Ye Tianze was in seclusion.
In truth, the city's upper echelons didn't know where Ye Tianze had gone. Most believed that he was still cultivating on the ninth floor to increase his strength.
But they were well aware that the sudden appearance of so many great emperors, as well as many old monsters who had come down from the mountain, meant that they could protect the interests of Mount Buzhou, but not the interests of the outside world, especially the South Heaven.
Stone City was impregnable. No rebel soldiers appeared in the army due to the pressure from the Heavenly Dao Academy.
When Ye Tianze returned to the pagoda, he happened to encounter Panwang Hall and Black Lotus cultivators besieging the pagoda.
Although the pagoda had lost some people, it wasn't in imminent danger.
Ye Tianze didn't participate in the battle because he discovered that these people were only probing attacks. They had no intention of taking down the pagoda.
Their goal was obvious. They wanted to keep the cultivators in the pagoda so that they couldn't go out to hunt.
In this way, the cultivation system of the pagoda would be broken. Although the upper echelons of the pagoda were controlled by Ye Tianze's Deterring Eye, they were still at the pinnacle of the pagoda.
However, the basic strength of the nine-storied pagoda was still the strength of these one-star to seven-star Elders. Ye Tianze couldn't possibly control all of them with his Eyes of Intimidation.
Even if he wanted to, his cultivation wasn't enough unless he reached the great emperor realm.
When he returned to the pagoda, Sun Qiqi was stunned when she saw him. Then, she pounced on him.
Ye Tianze thought that she would give him a hug. He didn't expect that she would punch him as soon as she arrived in front of him.
Ye Tianze's bones felt like they were about to fall apart.
Seeing him take three steps back and crouch on the ground in pain with a twisted expression, Sun Qiqi's expression changed. She said, "You … what happened to you? Why is your body so weak all of a sudden? "
She still remembered that when she had punched him earlier, her fist had turned into a bloody mess, but Ye Tianze was completely fine.
After a while, Ye Tianze recovered. He had suffered such a serious injury on the mountain. Although his body recovered quickly, it didn't recover so quickly.
"If you were a little more ruthless, I would have been killed by you." Ye Tianze complained.
Sun Qiqi immediately took out a jar of wine and said, "You're lucky. Tell me, how was it on the mountain?"
"Look, I came back alive. What do you think?" Ye Tianze said.
"Xuan is dead?" Sun Qiqi said in disbelief, "When we felt that dark power, I thought it was the end of the world!"
At this moment, Sun Qiqi suddenly found an old woman standing beside Ye Tianze. Because her cultivation was gone, she seemed to be in her twilight years. Sun Qiqi didn't recognize that this was the famous Xuan. However, she belonged to Diva's half.
"Who is she?" Sun Qiqi asked.
Although this old woman didn't emit any aura, Sun Qiqi felt that this old woman made her feel uncomfortable, especially those eyes.
Sun Qiqi didn't dare to look at her.
"She's a powerhouse that I just subdued." Ye Tianze hid the truth.
If others found out that she was Xuan, even if she was once Diva, she would probably be killed.
Especially the four heavily injured Emperors, they should have sensed that Xuan's power had disappeared. However, if they knew that Xuan was still alive, they would definitely do whatever it took to eliminate the root of the problem.
It was always better to be safe than sorry. After all, the Four Emperors were being rubbed against the ground by Xuan.
Knowing that Xuan was still alive, they were naturally worried that Xuan might make a comeback. This was an existence that threatened their lives.
"What do you mean by a powerhouse that you just subdued? Can't you tell the truth?"
Diva's face was cold as she said unhappily, "Will you die if you call me your mother?"
Sun Qiqi looked at the old woman and was stunned. Then, she looked at Ye Tianze with a face full of question marks. It was as if she was saying, 'What the hell are you doing? When did you have a mother?'
Ye Tianze was also a little confused. He didn't expect Diva to be so direct. However, without his previous life, his current life seemed to be related to Diva.
After all, this body of his was an incarnation that the Heavenly Empress had refined with her own essence blood. She had given birth to the Heavenly Jade Dragon.
Therefore, it seemed … reasonable for him to call her mother!
However, Ye Tianze soon threw the thought out of his mind.
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