The Ancient Imperial City stood majestically.
It was the king of all the cities outside of Crimson Dragon City. There was no other reason than the Ninth Servant, a Holiness of Nirvanas who was ranked on the Regional King Ranking.
However, the battle two years ago had directly threatened the position of the Ancient Imperial City, and they could replace it at any time.
Furthermore, the Ninth Servant had spent most of his time training in isolation after returning from the battle at Qianye City, and he had not clashed with Qianye City again.
It was obvious that the Ninth Servant was not confident in taking down Qianye City.
The Ancient Imperial City would naturally keep an eye on Qianye City's movements. They knew that all the Holiness of Nirvanas were still in Qianye City, and they had set up the Sword Matrix of the Void. If he were to attack again, the matrix would be activated again. The Ninth Servant knew that he would still be injured if he were to face the power of the matrix at close range.
He was not confident in taking it down.
At that moment, Xing Qiu was walking on the stairs in front of the Ancient Imperial City Lord's magnificent palace. He had just finished training in isolation, but his progress was not very obvious.
The battle back then had a great impact on him, especially the death of his elder brother.
He hated himself for being useless, but there was nothing he could do. This was the first time the Ancient Imperial City had felt so powerless.
They could not take down a mere Qianye City.
At that moment, a terrifying aura descended. Dazzling spatial light appeared in the air, and a figure stood in the air. It was Gai Huang.
Terrifying spatial will appeared in front of him, turning into a spatial light screen that shrouded the sky. He shouted, "Mr. Ninth, there are swords coming."
A terrifying aura came from one of the palaces before he had even finished speaking. The Ninth Servant, who was dressed in gray robes, appeared. He extended his hands behind his back, and a cold light shone from his eyes.
It was obvious that the arm that had been cut off had been restored, and there was nothing unusual about it.
A sword screen appeared in the sky, as if there was a Sword Matrix of Heaven Slaying covering the vast sky. Countless people in the Ancient Imperial City looked up at the sky, and a terrifying storm of sword aura suddenly whipped up around them. Their expressions changed, revealing a hint of panic.
If that sword matrix were to fall on them, they would most likely die.
The sword matrix shrouded the sky above, and billions of sword auras rained down. Tens of thousands of beams of light shot out from the sword matrix, piercing through the sky and heading downwards.
"Boom!" Gai Huang's defenses crumbled right away. The Ninth Servant stepped into the air and said to Gai Huang, "Stand down."
Gai Huang found it hard to resist the killing power of the Void Sword Formation.
He raised his hand and covered the sky with it. A towering will of the great path shrouded the sky, and a palm print that covered the sky appeared in the void.
As the Ninth Servant lashed out with his palm, the palm print shook the sky. Furthermore, the palm prints overlapped as if thousands of palm prints had appeared at the same time. A loud rumble was heard in the sky, and it seemed as if the sky itself was about to be shattered by the power.
As the sword fell, that space seemed to have turned into doomsday and collapsed crazily.
Endless currents of the Way of the Sword rained down, and a loud rumble was heard. The City Lord's Office of the Ancient Imperial City exploded and was destroyed in a frenzy. Endless Sword Will blasted down, shattering it into nothingness.
In the blink of an eye, the majestic ancient palaces had turned into ruins.
Boom … A loud rumble was heard, and the Ninth Servant's body was sent flying back. He stood on a broken stone pillar and let out a muffled grunt. However, most of the sword matrix had collapsed, and the sword might that had been able to destroy everything gradually dissipated.
The people of the Ancient Imperial City looked at the ruins in front of them from afar and felt their hearts clench.
Was this the power of the Sword Matrix of the Void?
Back then, the City Lord had been wounded by a sword like this.
That scene was too terrifying. It was like doomsday. It could have destroyed a city, but the Ninth Servant had destroyed it. However, he had also razed the City Lord's Office to the ground.
The purpose of the sword matrix did not seem to be to kill.
It was more like a warning.
Two years ago, the Ninth Servant had come to Qianye City and razed the City Lord's Office to the ground.
Today, the Sword Matrix of the Void had traveled through the void, proving its power. At the same time, it had destroyed the City Lord's Office of the Ancient Imperial City.
It had also reminded him that the Sword Matrix of the Void had the power to kill across space.
If he were to be angered, they could destroy cities across space.
Was that a threat?
However, why did Qianye City suddenly let the sword matrix break through the air on this day? Doing so would have wasted a super killing matrix that had been set up, but it did not seem to have achieved very good results. From a practical point of view, there was not much meaning to it.
Obviously, it was not worth it.
What was the purpose of Qianye City?
The Ninth Servant looked into the distance, where Qianye City was. His eyes were cold.
For the first time, he was being threatened by someone else.
Gai Huang, Xing Chou, and the others came behind the Ninth Servant. They all felt a lingering fear. The threat of such a long-distance attack was too great.
If the Ninth Servant had gone to Qianye City and the other party had thrown a sword matrix at Ancient Imperial City, it would have been a disaster.
After a long while, someone flashed over. Seeing the scene, he was shocked. He then bowed to the Ninth Servant and said, "The people of Qianye City all left the City Lord's Office not long ago."
"All of them?" The Ninth Servant raised his eyebrows.
"Yes. Ye Futian and Xia Qingyuan also came out of the Regional Palace. This happened after they returned to the City Lord's Office of Qianye City. They should have returned to Emperor Xia's Realm," the person continued.
The Ninth Servant understood. Did they warn him before they left?
How arrogant.
…
The relationship between Emperor Xia's Realm and Emperor Li's Realm had been deteriorating ever since the incident all those years ago.
Back then, Emperor Li's Realm had been pressing hard, mobilizing armies everywhere. However, Xia Qingyuan had brought several Holiness of Nirvanas from Emperor Xia's Realm to the Crimson Dragon Realm. Three Holiness of Nirvanas had been brought to Emperor Xia's Realm to serve Emperor Xia's Realm.
The situation had been reversed. The top-notch forces of Emperor Xia's Realm were even stronger than those of Emperor Li's Realm, which had lost the Imperial Advisor's Residence.
However, Dali Dynasty was a royal force, and they had direct control over other forces. Emperor Xia's Realm was different. As such, even though the situation had changed, the two sides still did not have a decisive battle. They had only continued to have small-scale conflicts.
At that moment, in Emperor Xia's Palace, the deputy general of the Tian Army, who was also the Eldest Prince of Emperor Xia's Realm, Xia Rong, was meeting with Emperor Xia.
He was dressed in military attire and looked unyielding. He said to Emperor Xia, "Father, now that we, the Holiness of Nirvanas, have the upper hand, why don't we just order all the top-notch forces to lead their people to participate in the war and attack Dali?"
Emperor Xia naturally knew that his eldest son, who had grown up in the army, was in the pro-war camp. From his perspective, the decision he made in the Crimson Dragon Realm could be said to have been to put his ideals into practice, but it seemed cold-blooded and ruthless.
"Apart from the top-notch forces, the overall strength of Dali is still stronger than that of Emperor Xia's Realm. If a war between realms were to break out, I don't know how many people would die on the battlefield unless they had an absolute advantage," Emperor Xia said.
"War has always been like this. Dali Dynasty has always been ambitious to move against us. If it were not for the Imperial Advisor of Dali and King Tiandao's political disagreements, they would have sent their armies to our borders long ago. Father, you wouldn't have to think so much." Xia Rong continued, "War can transform people. Those who have been baptized in Emperor Xia's Realm will become stronger as long as they survive. If there are any major changes in the future, Emperor Xia's Realm will have enough power."
Emperor Xia knew what Xia Rong was referring to.
However, if it were possible, he would never have to go through it again.
At that moment, Emperor Xia looked into the distance and a warm smile appeared on his face, which stunned Xia Rong.
"Your sister is back," Emperor Xia said.
Xia Rong turned around and looked into the distance as well. He said, "I'll go get Qingyuan."
He then turned around and walked away, waiting outside Emperor Xia's Palace.
After a period of time, a group of figures appeared in the sky and arrived outside the palace.
Emperor Xia's Realm had a teleportation matrix that connected to the Crimson Dragon Realm, and the Crimson Dragon Realm also had a spatial matrix that connected to other realms in the region. However, the fees were extremely high, and ordinary people could not afford it.
After Ye Futian and the others returned, they dropped off the people of the top forces along the way. They had been training outside for several years, and it was a good time to go back and take a look.
While Ye Futian was training in seclusion in the Regional Palace, the others were not idle either. They were all training all over the Crimson Dragon Realm to improve their training.
Xia Rong stood outside the palace and looked at Ye Futian. His temperament was even more outstanding. This silver-haired young man had trained to the level of True Self.
What shocked him even more was that there were several people beside Ye Futian with unfathomable auras, who were of a higher plane than him.
This meant that they were Holiness of Nirvana.
These were the cultivators of the nine tribes that Ye Futian had conquered in the Crimson Dragon Realm.
They were the same as Zhu Kong and the others.
There was a group of mighty cultivators behind them, like an army of mighty ones. The ones who came were all cultivators of True Self Saint Plane and above.
Xia Rong turned around and looked at Xia Qingyuan. He smiled warmly and called, "Qingyuan."
Xia Qingyuan glanced at him, and her expression was rather cold. She could not forgive what had happened back then.
Xia Rong felt helpless seeing the look in Xia Qingyuan's eyes. It had been a few years, and she was still like this.
Her brother was still not as important as her lover.
"Ye Futian …" Xia Rong looked at Ye Futian again and was about to say something, but Ye Futian took a step and walked past him, heading for the palace, leaving him where he was.
Ye Futian was expressionless. He did not even look at Xia Rong.
Regardless of what Xia Rong's stance was, regardless of whether Xia Rong was right or wrong, it was all Xia Rong's business.
But when it came to Xia Rong, it was unforgivable.
Back in the Crimson Dragon Realm, Xia Rong's decision caused the Imperial Advisor's Residence to cease to exist. His master was crippled and was still imprisoned.
If the Imperial Advisor had not chosen to bear the consequences himself, he would not be standing here today.
Xia Rong knew very well what his decision would bring, but he did it without hesitation. He was decisive and ruthless, weakening the power of Dali.
But at the same time, he had completely offended Xia Rong. Perhaps Xia Rong did not care back then.
Similarly, he did not need to care about Xia Rong.
Their backgrounds were the same: they were both Emperor Xia. Xia Rong respected and was grateful for everything that Emperor Xia had done for him, but it had nothing to do with Xia Rong.
Xia Rong's body stiffened. He did not turn around with his back to Ye Futian. There was no emotion in his deep eyes.
It seemed that there was no chance of reconciliation!
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