After three days of flying, the flying boat arrived at the center of King Xi's territory, the upper region's' Light Capital '.
This place, together with the central region's Yang Capital and the lower region's Huang Capital, was one of the three capitals of the Boundless Race. It was also where the Boundless Race had started in the early years. Most of the ancient Boundless Race's citizens were still here. These citizens could be said to be the group of people who had the closest relationship with the early royal family.
However, because of the internal struggle for power within the Boundless Race, after several changes and changes, these citizens gradually lost their early status and were replaced by new nobles.
Now, they had become King Xi's staunchest supporters. They hoped that this king could lead them back to their original power and status.
As soon as the flying boat arrived near the city, Zhang Yu could feel that he was enveloped by an omnipresent spiritual energy. This energy was far stronger than the energy he felt in Bright Radiance City. He could already feel a substantial pressure.
The blazing sun in the sky was like an eye that looked down below, as if it was monitoring everyone. On the ground, massive towers of creation were erected everywhere, gathering the spiritual energy from the heavens and earth into a single entity.
It wasn't hard to imagine that if other cultivators came here, their strength would definitely be weakened to an extremely low level. Perhaps only cultivators with permission would be able to move freely here.
But for cultivators at his level, the restrictions weren't too great. It was just a slight suppression. Even so, he still paid great attention to restraining his own strength.
After all, this was the true heart of the Boundless Race. This was a place where the 'upper self' might exist, so he had to be on guard.
Before he truly understood which side the 'upper self' belonged to, he wasn't prepared to expose himself.
At this time, Daoist Wang walked over and handed over a sun-shaped jade with a hole in it. He said, "Mister Tao, this is a gift from King Xi to you. If you wear this, you won't be suppressed by the spiritual energy here."
Zhang Yu took it, and as soon as it touched his hand, he felt the scorching aura around him recede. Only the eye in the sky still glanced at him from time to time. However, the vigilance from before had turned into kindness and protection. This was the first time he had seen a creation with such strong emotional changes.
After the flying boat landed in the city, he was arranged to stay in a rather luxurious and gorgeous Creation Ring. This kind of building was called the "Conquest Ring". It was a creation with powerful defensive and offensive power. When necessary, it could soar into the air and fight like the flying boat.
However, they were not Douzhan Creations alone. When they worked with the Creation River beneath the city and the Creation Star above, they would form a Creation Weapon that covered a wider area. And this was only a small part of the entire regional war system.
And this was also the result of over a thousand years of fighting against the various great sects. After all, the Boundless Race possessed a vast territory and population. This was both the Boundless Race's advantage and weakness. Thus, they had to possess weapons of war that could ensure the safety of the entire region.
And after the Vast Race had their own Daoist cultivators, they had set up formations in some important areas. It could be said that they were impregnable.
It was also because of this that the Boundless Race's local forces were extremely powerful. If they wanted to attack a region with a complete war system, they would have to pay ten times or even a hundred times the price.
Zhang Yu felt that if he brought these skills back, if the Tianxia Creation Sect could digest and absorb them, the defensive power of Tianxia would definitely rise to another level.
After he stayed for only half a day, Zhu Zonghu, who also stayed in the Capital of Light, came looking for him. When he saw him, he asked, "Are you satisfied with the gift I gave you last time?"
Zhang Yu, "It's very good. I have to thank Zhu Zonghu."
Zhu Zonghu smiled and said, "As long as you like it."
In fact, he was very satisfied with Zhang Yu's hobby. This was because people with desires were easier to control. Usually, those Daoist cultivators with powerful magic power were mostly focused on cultivation. It was very difficult for him to control them. Someone like this who had both abilities and hobbies, but whose magic power wasn't too high, was very suitable.
He said again, "I originally wanted to introduce you to King Xi, but King Xi has just recovered and has many important matters to deal with. For the time being, he can't find the time to meet you. I hope you won't take it to heart."
His words were very sincere. If King Xi could be cursed once, then it was possible for him to be cursed a second time. Although the removal of the curse didn't seem complicated, the only person who could point out the correct direction and solve the problem was the person in front of him. In a sense, he could be said to be the guarantor of King Xi's life.
Even in the future … he could be the guarantee of his life.
Zhang Yu didn't care about this. He said, "On the way here, I already heard about the current situation from Wang Zhidao. King Xi has the high hopes of hundreds of millions of people. Naturally, he should prioritize the overall situation."
Zhu Zonghu smiled again and asked with concern, "If there's anything you need, please don't hesitate to tell me."
Zhang Yu said, "Then may I ask Zonghu if I can borrow some Daoist scriptures?"
Zhu Zonghu said cheerfully, "Of course you can." He took out a crystal jade and handed it to Zhang Yu. "Keep this well, Sir. With this, you can go to any library except for some forbidden areas."
Zhang Yu took it and thanked him.
Zhu Zonghu didn't wait here for long. He left after sitting for a while.
In the following days, Zhang Yu took the crystal jade and went to the library in Guangdu to read Daoist scriptures and various files.
His main purpose was to find the location of the "Upper Self". Even if the Vast Race didn't want to expose their own higher-ups, they must have records of the various sects.
As he flipped through, he found some information. Among the sects beyond the heavens, the six sects were the most powerful. Each sect had at least a few mighty figures overseeing it.
However, it mentioned that above them, there was one or two existences with even greater magic power. However, the records weren't detailed. It wasn't that they didn't want to record it, but whenever they tried to write about the existence of such characters, the person who recorded it would either forget it himself, or the information would automatically become blank after a period of time. Thus, they could only use a more obscure method to express such existences.
Then, could the "Upper Self" be among them?
He thought about it. It didn't matter if he couldn't confirm it now. The Vast Race was currently in a civil war, and the boundaries of power were being broken. If he could enter the center of power, then he could borrow the Vast Race's power to investigate.
In order to have a clear understanding of the Vast Race's power, he even deliberately flipped through the records of the Vast Race's various sects.
From the records, the Vast Race was now divided into hundreds of forces of various sizes. However, there were only three that were the most powerful. The first was the elder group in the central region's Yang Capital.
There were a total of three organizations that were the most powerful in the upper echelons of the Vast Race. They were the "Office of Machinery", the "Office of Brilliance", and the "Office of All Souls". And in a situation where Emperor Hao wasn't on the throne, the elder group also held the authority of the "Office of Machinery" and the "Office of Brilliance" that originally belonged to Emperor Hao. They were the most powerful among all the forces.
However, they also had their own shortcomings. Because the elder group wasn't the real Emperor Hao, they were only acting on his behalf. Thus, unless an external enemy invaded the central region, they couldn't mobilize the two forces to attack outside.
This was also why they were so wary of the sect king who was qualified to inherit Emperor Hao's position. Because once a new Emperor Hao appeared, these two forces would no longer completely obey their orders.
And the force second only to the central region was King Xi. He controlled one of the three "Office of All Souls". According to the tradition of the Vast Race, this was usually controlled by the most powerful member of the imperial family. Not only that, this person had a generous personality and didn't care about trifles. He was also very popular among the imperial family, so he was also very popular among the middle class. Thus, the elder group was also the most wary of him.
The reason why this person was cursed this time was because he was plotted against by a trusted relative in the past. And Zhu Zonghu had long been designated as King Xi's successor, so he had been flying around all these years and never stayed in one place for too long.
As for the last force, it was the Lie King who tried to forcefully invite Zhang Yu to his territory.
Like King Xi, the Lie King was also one of the twelve sect kings with the surname Zhu. He, Emperor Hao, and King Xi had the same father but different mothers. He was also the oldest. His mother was originally the daughter of a sect leader of a cultivation sect. Moreover, his relatives were mostly related to other sects by marriage.
Thus, many sects had been trying to support him to take the position so that they could change the Vast Race's strategy of attacking and suppressing cultivators. The Lie King also made full use of this point and gave cultivators a considerable amount of power. Moreover, this person was very good at managing his territory. He could be considered the largest force in the north.
Zhang Yu pondered for a moment. If there were no surprises, Emperor Hao's authority should be decided among the three forces.
Now, the elder group was the most powerful force. The Lie King temporarily stood on the elder group's side, but his attitude did not seem very resolute. For example, after attacking Yinguang City, he did not do anything else.
However, although Yinguang City was King Xi's force, it was only a border city. This kind of attack was not enough to hurt King Xi at all.
Because the elder group needed to rope in the Lie King, as long as he showed his attitude, they would not force him too much.
Now that King Xi had allied with most of the nobles of the imperial family, he promised that after he became Emperor Hao, he would give them more power and benefits. Overall, he could compete with the other two forces.
Zhang Yu looked down. Because the elder group could not use their power to win, they were more than enough to defend but not enough to attack.
And because of the Lie King's existence, King Xi could not go head-to-head with the elder group. Therefore, he believed that if there was no decisive power, then this civil war would not be decided in a short period of time. The war could go on for hundreds of years, or it could cause the Vast Race to split.
However, if he could see all this, these sect kings must be able to see it too. Then, if there was a decisive power, where was it?
Although he could not see it now, he believed that as long as this power existed, it would be used in the end.
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