Although Xuanzong only had five seventh realms, Li Mu had to be fully prepared because of Tian Jizi's existence.
He didn't go there to start a war with Xuanzong, but to force them to hand over Qing Chengzi so that Xiao Bai could take revenge. In the past, Li Mu didn't have the strength to make Xuanzong give in. Now, Xuanzong didn't have the power to make Xuanzong give in.
Other than Xiao Bai, he was the first to tell the Empress about this. Zhou Yi didn't think too much and said, "I'll go with you."
Li Mu shook his head and said, "With Your Majesty's identity, it's not appropriate for you to show yourself in public. I can handle this matter."
In the entire Zu Continent, or even the Ten Continents, she was the most distinguished person. How could the monarch of a country leave the capital to fight?
Zhou Yi frowned. After a while, she said, "Then I'll let the four principals go with you."
Li Mu continued to shake his head and said, "The four principals represent the Great Zhou. This is a personal matter between Xuanzong and me. The imperial court shouldn't interfere. Moreover, they have the responsibility of guarding Shen 'du and can't leave."
Zhou Yi thought for a while and said unhappily, "You don't want me to help you. Are you going to find that fox and your ghost sister?"
Li Mu didn't comment. The Great Zhou was a human country, and the central imperial court of the Zu Continent was orthodox. Everything the imperial court did had to follow etiquette. However, the Yao Country and the Ghost Realm were different. They had always been barbaric and violent. Naturally, they didn't have so many concerns.
Looking at the Empress who was obviously jealous, Li Mu held her hand and comforted her, "This time, we're condemning Xuanzong. It's improper for the Empress of a country to follow. Next time, if there's a chance like this, I'll definitely bring you …"
The Empress had a childish temper. She was only dissatisfied that Li Mu had asked for help from Phantom Princess and Su He, leaving her behind. Li Mu comforted her for a while, and she felt better.
After settling the matter with the empress, Li Mu looked at Linglong, who was busying herself at the table, and said, "Linglong, you haven't returned home in a long time. You can accompany me to the State of Yong."
Princess Linglong had learned many ways to govern a country from the Heavenly Tomes. As the Yong Kingdom was too small, it did not give her too much space to display her skills. It was only during this period of time in the Great Zhou that she was able to display all her skills, even forgetting the time. Only after Li Mu reminded her did she realize that she had not returned for a long time.
For a moment, her heart was filled with thoughts of her hometown and family. She immediately stood up and said, "Okay, okay …"
Li Mu did not delay. After leaving the palace, he brought Linglong and Xiao Bai to the State of Yong.
In the Yong Imperial Palace, he and the Yong Emperor had a private discussion. Not long after, the Yong Emperor personally escorted him and Xiao Bai out of the Imperial Palace, saying, "Rest assured, Lord Li. I will definitely be there when the time comes."
Li Mu cupped his hands and said, "Many thanks, Your Imperial Majesty."
The Yong Emperor smiled and returned the greeting, saying, "What are you saying, Lord Li? You have done a great favor for the State of Yong. This is also an opportunity for us to repay your kindness."
After leaving the State of Yong, Li Mu went to the State of Liang, the State of Yu, the State of Jiang, and the State of Jing, respectively visiting the Danding Sect, the Ling Formation Sect, the Southern Sect, and the Northern Sect.
When he left the Northern Sect, the Northern Sect Master and the two Grand Elders looked at each other and sighed, "If Xuanzong had known this would happen, why did he do it in the first place?"
Only one of the Grand Elders was puzzled, muttering, "Martial Uncle Tian Jizi's divination skills are unparalleled in the world. He can even predict the future for a short period of time. Could it be that he didn't predict that Xuanzong would have this day?"
The other Grand Elder shook his head and said, "The mysteries of heaven are hard to predict. Who can completely predict them? Those who scheme against the mysteries of heaven will eventually be schemed against by the mysteries of heaven. I don't know if Xuanzong will regret his original decision when the time comes …"
After leaving the Northern Sect, Li Mu took Xiao Bai to the Buddhist Sect's Heart Sect. He reminisced with Xuandu for two hours, then had a secret discussion with the Venerable of the Heart Sect for fifteen minutes before leaving the Heart Sect.
Over the years, he had made use of the Heavenly Tomes to form many relationships. It was now time to use them.
He didn't plan on fighting with Xuanzong. He wanted to avoid internal strife among the Righteous Path before officially clashing with the Demonic Path. He could only use strength to crush Xuanzong and force him to submit without expending a single soldier.
After contacting the Daoist sects, only the three Buddhist sects of the Shen Kingdom remained.
When Li Mu and Xiao Bai passed by the Shen Kingdom, they could clearly feel that this kingdom was very different from the last time they visited. The Shen Kingdom had a new ruler. Under Zhou Zhong's promotion, reforms were carried out from the bottom up. The legal system established was on the verge of perfection. If the Yong and Great Zhou were a combination of the rule of law and the rule of man, then the Shen Kingdom was a pure rule of law.
There was no distinction between close and distant, no distinction between high and low. Everything was decided by the law. In the Shen Kingdom, Zhou Zhong pushed Legalism's ideology to the extreme.
In troubled times, severe punishments were used. When the heads of the Shen Kingdom's criminals were piled up several zhang high outside the execution ground, the crime rate within the kingdom plummeted. In a very short period of time, everyone became fair and law-abiding citizens.
Li Mu's destination was the Shen Kingdom's new capital. On the Zu Continent, this kingdom's strength was once second only to the Great Zhou. Now, the one controlling it behind the scenes was actually a former minister of the Great Zhou. The Shen Kingdom's court officials had also undergone a change of blood. They were led by Wei Peng and transferred over from the Great Zhou by Li Mu.
The closer they got to the new capital, the more Li Mu could sense the changes in the Shen Kingdom.
Flying over the new capital, Li Mu's expression changed slightly. He could sense an abnormally powerful aura from below. This aura was so powerful that even he felt some fear.
Obviously, there was a Seventh Realm expert in the Shen Kingdom's new capital who was no weaker than him.
Li Mu quickly locked onto this aura. Then, he was pleasantly surprised. He held Xiao Bai's hand and landed in the Shen Kingdom's palace. They walked straight into a palace.
In the palace, a middle-aged man sat cross-legged. He opened his eyes and looked at Li Mu. He said, "Lord Li, long time no see."
Li Mu smiled and said, "Long time no see. Congratulations on your advancement, Lord Zhou."
Zhou Zhong smiled and said, "Congratulations to you too."
There was more than one way to advance to the Seventh Realm. For example, Li Mu and the Empress advanced by refining the Emperor Qi. After advancing, their strength was stronger than those who advanced through the sect's inheritance. However, people like Zhou Zhong and Fu Daozi did not accept the sect's inheritance and did not refine the Emperor Qi. Only those who advanced through their own strength could be considered true Seventh Realm experts. Their strength was incomparable to others.
The school of Legalism blazed a new path and was actually very powerful. The current Zhou Zhong was probably even stronger than Fu Daozi.
After a brief moment of catching up, Li Mu went straight to the point and said, "I plan to go to the Xuan Sect to seek justice for Little White. Originally, I was here to invite the Venerables of the three sects. Since Lord Zhou has also advanced, why don't we go to the Xuan Sect together? The scenery in the East Sea is much better than here …"
Without a doubt, Zhou Zhong, who had just advanced to the Seventh Realm of Legalism, was grabbed by Li Mu just like that.
As for the three Supremacies of the Shen Kingdom's Buddhist Sect, Nirvana Sect, Ku Sect, and Yan Sect, their soul blood was still in Li Mu's hands. After receiving the message, they immediately came to the Shen Kingdom's imperial palace and expressed their obedience to Li Mu's arrangements.
The Yong Kingdom, the other four Daoist sects, and the four Buddhist sects were Li Mu's allies. Li Mu was also the first to visit. The Ghost Realm and the Yao Kingdom were Li Mu's backyard. Gathering the experts of these two places was just a matter of a word from Li Mu.
After leaving the Shen Kingdom, he and Xiao Bai first went to the Ghost Realm, which was the closest to them.
Compared to last time, Fengdu City had undergone great changes. Su He was using the power of the ghosts to enter seclusion and break through to the next realm. Within Fengdu City, the ghosts were gathered in a huge plaza. A stone tablet stood in the center of the plaza. The telekinesis in their bodies was attracted by the stone tablet and sank into it.
Compared to the Great Zhou and the Yao Kingdom, Su He, as the Ghost Lord, had the strongest control over her territory. With the Heavenly Tomes in hand, all the cultivators of the Ghost Realm had absolute submission to her. In this aspect, even the Empress and Phantom Princess couldn't compare to her.
Su He and Su Miao were both in seclusion. During this period of time, she was at a critical juncture in breaking through to the Seventh Realm. Li Mu didn't disturb her and went straight to the Ghost Servant.
The Ghost Realm's current strength was stronger than the Yao Kingdom's.
The four Ghost Kings, the Three Elders of You and Ming, as well as the Ghost Servant who could directly contend with Xuanming, were the peak experts on the surface. Even the Great Zhou couldn't compare to them.
Devil King and the others naturally obeyed Li Mu's orders. The Three Elders of You and Ming also had no other choice.
After discussing the time with the Ghost Servant, Li Mu didn't delay and went to the Yao Kingdom without stopping.
In Fengdu City, the Three Elders of You and Ming had strange expressions. Bi 'er sighed with emotion. "I didn't expect that one day, we would actually be able to fight Xuanzong. It's like a dream …"
For more than a thousand years, Xuanzong of the Dao Sect had always been the Demon Sect's number one enemy.
If it weren't for Xuanzong, they probably would have destroyed the six Dao Sects long ago and seized the Heavenly Tomes of the Six Sects.
When the three of them were still working for the Demon Sect, one of their ultimate goals was to fight Xuanzong. They didn't expect that they would be able to do what they couldn't do in the Demon Sect here. It had to be said that fate made fools of them …
Those people in Xuanzong probably didn't expect that the first to attack their sect wasn't from the Demon Sect.
Not long after, in the Thousand Fox Nation.
Li Mu and Xiao Bai had just landed in the square in front of the palace when Xiao Bai ran toward the two figures in front of her. She happily said, "Sister Huan Ji, Sister Hu Liu!"
Ever since coming to the Thousand Fox Nation, Xiao Bai's mood had obviously improved a lot. The entire city was filled with the aura of her race. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that it was her heaven.
Huan Ji and Hu Liu also doted on her very much. After hearing Li Mu's intentions, Huan Ji held Xiao Bai's hand and said, "Damn that Xuanzong, bullying our family's Xiao Bai like this. Sister will take you to take revenge!"
Li Mu asked, "Are you going too?"
Huan Ji rolled her eyes and said, "Of course, this is our Fox Race's matter. How can I not go?"
Li Mu didn't dissuade her like he dissuaded the Empress. After all, she was from the Monster Race and didn't have as many rules as the Human Race.
After Huan Ji finished speaking, she thought of something and asked Li Mu, "Is Zhou Yi going?"
Li Mu shook his head and said, "Not going."
"Then I have to go even more." Huan Ji lightly snorted, then patted Xiao Bai's head and said, "Xiao Bai, now you should know who treats you better …"
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