"Do you even hear yourself, Big Brother?
We're preparing for government independence!
Why are you acting like we're digging a well for the village?
'It's like this...' Mo Chuan took out a jade seal from his怀 and said, 'I've puppeted the Japanese government. Now, with just one phone call, their entire nation will work for me.'
No... How can you make puppeting an entire country sound as simple as having a bun for breakfast?
Lian Shanrang, standing beside him, picked up the jade seal and looked at it. He then said to Xuanyuan Qi, 'This is the Great Summoning Jade Seal of the Japanese Emperor, equivalent to their imperial seal... and it seems to be genuine.'
The Great Summoning Jade Seal was the seal used by the Japanese Emperor to issue urgent summons and national calls. It was known as one of the 'Two Great Seals' alongside the Imperial Chrysanthemum Gold Seal.
Before Mo Chuan left, he had asked Hong Ren for a token. Hong Ren had unhesitatingly shoved a seal into his hand. If it weren't for the gold inlay and jade carving on it, Mo Chuan would have thought the man was trying to trick him.
'My demands are very simple,' Mo Chuan said, holding up three fingers. 'First, I want to know all the details of the Longjing incident.'
Xuanyuan Qi nodded, agreeing to this condition.
'Second, my actions will not be restricted by you, but I will do my best to complete the missions you assign me.'
Xuanyuan Qi's brow furrowed slightly upon hearing this, but seeing that Lian Shanrang had no objections, he also said, 'Agreed, but we must maintain constant contact with you and know your whereabouts regularly so that we can find you when needed.'
Mo Chuan nodded, indicating no problem, and then continued, 'Third, I have some... uh... formerly divine artifacts here. I need you to find some people who are proficient in this field to help me examine them. To be clear, these things are very dangerous.'
Xuanyuan Qi nodded and asked, 'May we watch from the side?'
'No...' Mo Chuan shook his head. 'These things have cognitive contamination. If something goes wrong, we're all finished.'
In the end, Xuanyuan Qi agreed to Mo Chuan's demands, they exchanged contact information, and began arranging for people to examine the 'treasure' for Mo Chuan.
While waiting, Mo Chuan called for Ronnie and asked her to take him to Jibei City.
The Sui Ren government's troops should now be preparing to force their way across the Yellow River.
...
Suzhou, Yulin City.
Four figures descended before a low hill.
A woman with a cast on her left hand; a middle-aged man with snow-white temples; a bald man with a protruding belly; and a man with an unhealthy pale complexion.
They were: King Du Shi, King Yama, King Bian Cheng, and King Song Di.
'Why were we summoned at such a crucial time? Is King Zhuan Lun going to reincarnate?' King Bian Cheng asked, looking at the gloomy sky.
Yi Tianxing kept his eyes focused on his nose and his nose on his heart, remaining motionless.
Meanwhile, below the hill.
King Zhuan Lun sat quietly on the Six Paths Reincarnation Disk. His appearance had changed drastically – from the youth he was before, to the middle-aged man in Jiaozhou, and now he had become a frail old man.
'King Qin Guang...' King Zhuan Lun's withered lips parted, emitting a hoarse voice. 'Guard me.'
The woman not far away nodded, then raised her hand to cast a powerful magic array here before flashing away.
...
King Qin Guang appeared before the four.
'I have an announcement to make,' King Qin Guang said coldly. 'King Zhuan Lun failed his reincarnation and is now in slumber. I will temporarily lead the Yama Hall in his stead. Any objections?'
Except for King Yama, the expressions of the other three changed.
King Song Di was the first to notice something was amiss. He summoned several white snakes from beneath the ground, attempting to investigate.
King Qin Guang glanced at King Song Di and said, 'Kill.'
With a swift stroke of his sword from King Yama, King Song Di was decapitated before he could even blink. Then, a surge of sword energy spread out, and the white snakes struggled to emerge from the ground, finally suffocating with hoarse hisses.
King Du Shi and King Bian Cheng exchanged glances, immediately understanding what was happening – King Qin Guang intended to stir up trouble.
Thus, they prostrated themselves before King Qin Guang and said, 'We are willing to follow your command.'
'Good,' King Qin Guang nodded. 'Now, follow me to do something. After it's done, there will be great rewards.'
The four were enveloped by King Qin Guang's magic array and then teleported away.
A flash of light in the dim underground palace, and the four kings appeared at King Zhuan Lun's secluded cultivation place.
King Qin Guang gave King Du Shi and King Bian Cheng a meaningful look, signaling them to take the lead.
The two immediately understood who King Qin Guang intended to deal with. But between the present threat and unknown fear, they pragmatically chose the latter.
King Bian Cheng's body gradually grew larger, eventually transforming into a centipede tens of meters long with a hundred eyes. He let out a hoarse roar and then slammed into the sealed stone door.
King Du Shi transformed into a giant spider, perched directly above the stone door, sending a swarm of small spiders with glowing red eyes into the chamber.
In an instant, explosions mixed with dust billowed out of the stone cavity.
As the dust settled, the four kings entered the stone chamber. They saw King Zhuan Lun still seated on the Six Paths Reincarnation Disk, completely unharmed.
Clearly, even the aging King Zhuan Lun was not someone King Du Shi and King Bian Cheng could harm.
King Zhuan Lun's extraordinary ability was the Six Paths Reincarnation Disk, one of the Ten Sacred Artifacts. From it, King Zhuan Lun could draw upon six different powers: the heavenly path, the human path, the beast path, the asura path, the hell path, and the hungry ghost path. Simultaneously, it granted King Zhuan Lun near-immortal life. These were the primary reasons for the Yama Hall's enduring existence.
However, the Reincarnation Disk was not invincible – King Zhuan Lun's time flowed six times faster than that of a normal person. Therefore, he had to repeatedly go through birth, growth, rebellion, maturity, old age, and rest. Moreover, he could not commit suicide, as that would stop the reincarnation.
Thus, King Zhuan Lun had experienced hundreds of years of birth, aging, sickness, and death, enduring all the Eight Sufferings of life, and his mindset had long since changed.
Madness, distortion, extremism, emptiness... King Zhuan Lun's establishment of the Yama Hall might have even been a way to entertain himself.
King Zhuan Lun did not show any anger at the four kings' betrayal. He merely raised his eyelids, as if sizing up a group of cornered mice.
'Why?' King Zhuan Lun asked, looking at King Qin Guang.
'I need to borrow your power.'
'Naive,' King Zhuan Lun sneered. 'You don't really think you can wield the power of this reincarnation tool, do you?'
'I indeed cannot,' King Qin Guang shook his head and said, 'but someone can.'
As soon as he finished speaking, six command flags flew around King Zhuan Lun, activating the defensive formation that King Qin Guang had previously set up. Several overlapping arrays, stimulated by the flags, slowly revealed their different functions.
'Six Paths Sealing? Impossible! He's dead, isn't he?!' King Zhuan Lun's withered face contorted. He rapidly performed hand seals, channeling the power of the Six Paths Reincarnation Disk step by step, attempting to counter the formation's power.
'Don't worry, it will be over soon,' King Qin Guang said, tossing out the stone disk that sealed King Tai Shan's soul. The great formation seemed to be re-activated, emitting even brighter light.
'You! All! Of! You! Stop! Dreaming!'
King Zhuan Lun said word by word, his spiritual energy surging. The surrounding command flags began to tremble, and the formation showed signs of cracking."