The purple primordial spirit emerged from the Niwan Palace, radiating divine light all around, hovering three inches above Chen Yuan's head. His original nine-inch spirit had unknowingly grown to ten inches!

Although seemingly insignificant, it was deeply impactful.

It felt as though a shackle had been broken, a cage shattered, giving rise to a sense of unbridled freedom.

In Chen Yuan's understanding, the peak of the primordial spirit stage was nine inches. He had never heard of a ten-inch primordial spirit, not even from Senior Moro within the Imperial Slaughter Blade.

It seemed to be an iron rule of martial arts cultivation.

Yet, Chen Yuan, for some unknown reason, had inadvertently broken this constraint.

After entering Ping'an County, he felt a sense of disorientation, recalling the silhouette that secretly handed him an egg in front of the shop. This itself put him into a rather peculiar state.

Later, entering the county town, he saw many of his old acquaintances, like a bystander, fleetingly witnessing past scenes and meeting several people who had significantly influenced his early days in this world.

Wu Qingfeng, Wang Ping, Zhao Nanshan.

He felt enlightened, his mind complete. After offering incense, his state of mind approached perfection.

Adding to his previous accumulation, this transformation occurred.

During the battle in Liang Prefecture, Chen Yuan, unable to fully activate the True Martial Immortal Sword, used the Myriad People Umbrella as a foundation, mobilizing hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians of Liang Prefecture, and fell into a near-death state.

At the summit of Mount Wudang, he experienced countless reincarnations, laying a solid foundation.

This was equivalent to having walked through the mortal world. The divine insights he gained then weren't as profound as they were now. Now, after long accumulation, their true power was revealed.

This also seemed to be one of the few opportunities where he didn't rely on the guidance of the Destiny Altar, directly breaking through with his own comprehension.

In his view, perhaps even with an opportunity, he couldn't have achieved such a mystical thing because it wasn't dependent on any spiritual object, but on his own enlightenment.

Chen Yuan understood something. He didn't look at the ten-inch primordial spirit floating above his head but sat cross-legged before the spirit tablet, carefully guarding his mind.

Above Ping'an County.

The originally clear sky seemed to have undergone a slight change, causing people to instinctively look up. Then, someone exclaimed in astonishment.

"What... What is that thing?"

"It... It is..."

"Celestial Purple Qi!"

Rising from the east, emerging from the void, strands of purple aura appeared in the sky, extraordinarily divine under the sunlight.

The purple Qi gathered quickly. In a short while, the sky above half of Ping'an County was filled with purple Qi, inspiring awe and making people want to submit.

"A divine omen from the heavens!!!"

"An auspicious sign! An auspicious sign!"

"Heaven is watching over us!"

"Could it be that a sage is about to emerge in our Ping'an County!"

The sounds rose and fell. The market stopped. Vendors, commoners, scholars, and even martial artists of the Jianghu couldn't help but kneel in worship.

When a sage is born, all living beings welcome him!

In the Ping'an County magistrate's office, County Magistrate Wu Qingfeng frowned upon hearing the noise outside. He put down the official documents in his hand, walked out of the hall, and looked at the sky. Seeing the purple Qi filling the sky, he was stunned for a moment.

Watching the surrounding officials kneel, he couldn't help but return to his room and immediately kneel in submission.

He didn't know why, but the first time he saw the purple Qi, he had the urge to submit, not daring to profane heavenly might.

Sanhe Fist Hall.

The hundreds of disciples practicing also couldn't help but bow down, constantly recalling the rumors. Purple Qi, this was a sign of a sage!

Regardless of whether it was useful or not, kneeling to heaven and earth didn't seem to hurt.

Zhao Nanshan's teacup fell to the ground. A strange sense of familiarity arose in his heart. After hesitating for a moment, he knelt down facing the heavens and earth.

Inside the Misty Rain Tower.

Wang Ping, who was smoking, couldn't care less about anything else. He opened the window. The purple Qi filled the sky. For some reason, he suddenly thought of his childhood playmate.

"Yuan-ge'er, a divine omen has descended, what a pity you can't see it. I will definitely tell you all about it when you come back." Wang Ping muttered, pulling a few girls who were smoking and kneeling down facing the heavenly phenomenon.

In this world, ordinary people were not entirely uneducated, but they were definitely somewhat ignorant and superstitious. They believed in fox spirits and white snakes.

They believed that the emperor's words contained heavenly laws and that his decrees were immediately effective.

Naturally, they felt awe towards this phenomenon of purple Qi coming from the east.

This time, unlike Mount Wudang, there was no immortal to conceal the heavenly secrets and cover up the phenomenon for him.

The purple Qi from the east blatantly appeared in the eyes of all the people.

Ping'an County was silent, as if the void had frozen.

The purple Qi churned, manifesting strange beasts.

Inside the Chen Family Courtyard.

The originally extremely profound primordial spirit had now received even more purple Qi, making it even more divine.

The purple light shone on his physical body. Chen Yuan's suddenly increased cultivation seemed to have stabilized, quietly experiencing this mystical state.

The phenomenon above Ping'an County was great. Even from a distance, many people outside could see it.

In the void not far from Ping'an County, a black-clad figure slowly emerged, his expression solemn.

Xiang Qianqiu looked at the purple Qi above Ping'an County, frowning slightly, but quickly relaxed, thinking of something recorded in the family secret history, which seemed somewhat similar to the present situation.

After a few moments of silence, Xiang Qianqiu waved his hand, and an invisible Dao essence enveloped heaven and earth, concealing the purple Qi, making it only visible to the naked eye.

Others, even if they were very close, would find it difficult to detect this phenomenon.

"The Mandate of Heaven! The Mandate of Heaven!"

"The Great Chu, which has lasted for eight hundred years, will be passed down for ten thousand generations!"

Xiang Qianqiu stood with his hands behind his back, muttering to himself.

Chen Family Courtyard.

After an unknown amount of time, Chen Yuan woke up from that mystical state, looking at and sensing the ten-inch primordial spirit suspended above his head. With a thought, he merged with his physical body.

The purple primordial spirit turned into a stream of light and returned to the Niwan Palace.

Above Ping'an County, the purple Qi, which had lasted only a moment, began to dissipate slowly at a speed visible to the naked eye, but Ping'an County could not calm down.

A series of vibrations quickly occurred.

The news, mixed with exaggeration, spread outwards.

Chen Yuan hid in the void, erasing all traces of his appearance.

Originally, he had planned to take this opportunity to meet Wang Ping and Zhao Nanshan, but now that such a thing had happened, he must not show himself, otherwise people would associate it with him.

Ping'an County was originally the place where he rose to prominence, and it was because of him that it was known to the world.

If he returned to Ping'an County and triggered a phenomenon, what would others think?

Ordinary phenomena were fine, but this was purple Qi.

The aura of an emperor, the aura of a sage.

In the perception of the world, purple Qi was extremely noble. He hadn't yet risen to prominence and couldn't be feared, especially by that old thing Jingtai.

What if he was ordered back to the capital?

He would naturally not return, and as a result, he would have to tear his face here, which would still not meet his expectations.

After careful consideration, Chen Yuan quietly left Ping'an County.

When he reappeared, he was more than two hundred miles away from Ping'an County, located in a relatively desolate mountain range.

The surge in cultivation had been stabilized a lot with the help of the purple Qi, not affecting other things, and he couldn't wait to see what the ten-inch primordial spirit, which had broken the limit, was capable of.

If it only made the primordial spirit stronger and increased it by one inch, it didn't seem to be of much use.

It was a bit unworthy of such a big commotion in Ping'an County.

It felt a bit anticlimactic.

The primordial spirit left the body, surrounded by purple Qi, like a god.

Hanging in the void, Chen Yuan's divine thought moved, and he began to explore the secrets of the primordial spirit.

Before long, the surrounding ten feet of void suddenly froze for a moment.

Although it was only a short moment, Chen Yuan felt it clearly, as if the surrounding void had directly stilled, even a blown leaf had stopped for a moment.

"This is..." Chen Yuan's pupils shrank, a look of joy on his face, and he muttered:

"Void Stasis!!!"

Although, relying on the divine ability of the ten-inch primordial spirit, he could only achieve stasis for a moment, Chen Yuan, as a martial artist, could perceive the terror within it.

When martial artists fight, especially those with comparable realms, what would happen if there was a sudden stasis for a moment during a fierce battle?

Instant kill!

Especially since Chen Yuan was good at close-quarters combat. In an instant, he could reach the front and smash his physical body.

It was definitely an incredible divine technique.

It might even be possible to touch the edge of the 'Dao realm rules'.

And he was only a primordial spirit martial artist.

In that case, wasn't he invincible below the Yang God realm?

As for the Yang God True Monarch, Chen Yuan thought that even if he froze the void, he would not be able to kill him with one blow. It was more or less possible to hope to kill the Refined Spirit True Person.

Breathing out a long mouthful of turbid air, Chen Yuan suppressed the excitement in his heart.

In order to prevent himself from feeling wrong, he quickly tried again.

The result made him completely relax.

His perception was not wrong. He could indeed, with the help of the purple primordial spirit, freeze the void for a moment, and the specific reason might come from the purple Qi.

In his perception, now that he was urging the primordial spirit to do something similar to a divine secret technique, it was almost only possible to have a range of about ten feet, and if he tried his best, he could expand it another circle.

Obviously, this was not fixed.

When Chen Yuan's primordial spirit was even more powerful and had undergone the tempering of the wind and fire tribulations, it was very likely that the range would be even greater.

But before he could be happy too early, a strange feeling of weakness came to his mind.

Urging the primordial spirit to do such a heaven-defying thing was by no means easy, because this was not an ordinary divine power secret technique, but something that could freeze the void. As long as it was within this range, it would be affected.

It was a pity that he could not do this continuously, otherwise, as long as the opponent got close, he would be able to kill them unexpectedly. It was not an exaggeration to say that he could fight against many people alone.

Although it could only last two or three times, Chen Yuan was actually already very satisfied.

This kind of divine power can definitely be regarded as a sure-kill trump card.

The ten-inch primordial spirit was not in vain!

Not only that, Chen Yuan also felt that breaking this limit when exploring the divinity of the ten-inch primordial spirit may possess more than just this kind of divine power.

This thing was more like an attachment.

The real divinity had not been found yet.

Although it was just his inexplicable feeling, Chen Yuan was somewhat inexplicably certain.

The ten-inch primordial spirit would definitely bring him great progress in the future.

Sure enough, all the way, it was a blessing in disguise.

Without the power of all living beings in Liangzhou City and the foundation of the mind established by thousands of reincarnations, Chen Yuan would not have had such feelings when he returned to Ping'an County. Without such feelings, the primordial spirit would not have changed.

After the nine-inch primordial spirit, he might have directly started to attack the Refined Spirit Realm.

With another trump card, Chen Yuan's strength was further enhanced. He had the confidence to do everything. Before, when he was at the peak of the primordial spirit realm, he hoped to fight against the Refined Spirit True Person.

But with this trump card, he could hope to kill.

Fighting and killing were two completely different concepts.

After staying in this nameless mountain range for half a day to eliminate most of the feeling of weakness, Chen Yuan did not stay any longer and went straight to Tangshan Prefecture.

After more than half a year of separation, it seemed that the power under his control had become stronger.

Although it was a bit distant from him, it was not to blame for the people below being incompetent. It was mainly because his growth was too abnormal. No force could keep up with him.

But these were the basics after all. Even if he swallowed some forces, the skeleton had to be filled, otherwise, he would not be at ease with only some newly joined martial artists.

Status was sometimes directly proportional to strength, but sometimes it was not.

As long as he favored them, even an ordinary foundation-building martial artist could still be comfortable among a group of Core realm grandmasters, and no one would dare to cause trouble.

While Chen Yuan was rushing to Tangshan Prefecture,

The news about the purple Qi descending on Ping'an County quickly spread throughout the surrounding counties. Some secret agents even used some secret methods to transmit the news to the outside world.

For a time, it caused a huge sensation in Nanling Prefecture and surrounding areas.

Many martial artists, after hearing about this matter, quickly began to gather towards Ping'an County.

When a phenomenon occurs, there must be something divine.

Many people felt that Ping'an County might have produced some kind of treasure, and treasures belonged to those who were virtuous. Those who dared to go to Ping'an County all felt that they were the virtuous ones.

The rumors were spreading more and more, and there were already signs of word-of-mouth.

In the end, the purple Qi that covered most of Ping'an County suddenly turned into a hundred-mile radius of the entire Ping'an County, all shrouded in purple Qi.

The people inside received divine rain from the heavens, which could prolong their lives, and the martial artists broke through their realms one after another.

What's more, many treasures fell from the sky and landed somewhere in Ping'an County, waiting for those who were destined to find them.

Zhang Xuan of Nanling Prefecture was shocked when he heard about this. It was a pity that he did not see such a heavenly phenomenon. It was really a pity.

The second reaction, for some reason, was to think of Chen Yuan.

His brother-in-law would definitely go to Ping'an County after leaving Nanling Prefecture, and if his travel speed was used to estimate, it seemed that the time he arrived in Ping'an County was when the phenomenon occurred.

Could it be?

Zhang Xuan suddenly had a bold idea.

Was this phenomenon of purple Qi coming from the east caused by Chen Yuan?

It was no wonder that he thought so. Ping'an County was a remote and poor place. In hundreds of years, only Chen Yuan had emerged as a true dragon, standing at the top of the court in a few short years.

His talent was even rarer in ancient times.

It was not impossible that he was the chosen one.

And according to rumors, every existence with great achievements in the future was born with visions and divine gifts from heaven.

Chen Yuan was very in line with such rumors.

But if it was an ordinary phenomenon, Zhang Xuan would not mind helping him make a name for himself, but if the saying that purple Qi was an image of an emperor was put on Chen Yuan, what would the emperor think?

That would not be helping him, but harming him!

Wait, the image of an emperor!

Zhang Xuan suddenly shocked and thought of this thing. Goosebumps could not help but appear on his body. He was 50% sure that the purple Qi was related to Chen Yuan.

Could it be said that Chen Yuan... had the legendary image of an emperor?

Today, the situation in the world was turbulent, the human world was unstable, all forces were ready to move, and the imperial court had declined to the lowest point since the founding of the country. First, the border was broken, and then there were riots in all directions.

Hundreds of years of accumulated contradictions and pressure were about to erupt.

His father once sighed about this matter, and he remembered it very clearly, but he rarely thought about it, because his status was too low, so why worry about the affairs of the imperial court?

But now it was different.

The world was in turmoil, the chosen one, born with a phenomenon.

It seemed that it could indeed be connected.

Chen Yuan was extraordinary in his methods, decisive in killing, had unparalleled talent, and had great righteousness in his heart. He had not thought of it before, but now that he connected it, it seemed that he really had the meaning of a king.

After thinking for a long time, Zhang Xuan rejected these thoughts. This idea was too dangerous. If it was spread out, Chen Yuan would definitely die.

It must be kept secret, and even muddled through it.

First of all, the news that Chen Yuan had been to Nanling Prefecture must not be leaked out. Secondly, people must be sent to spread some rumors, saying that it was just a normal phenomenon and that there was not so much divinity.

He did not know if he could help Chen Yuan, but he could only do his best.

Of course, when he thought of that idea, Zhang Xuan had a new idea.

Chen Yuan had become his brother-in-law, and the Zhang family shared weal and woe with him. If Chen Yuan rebelled, the Zhang family, as his closest relative, would definitely be suspected, if not be exterminated.

Unless Chen Yuan really rose up, and the Zhang family abandoned their power to help him, and fought for the credit of following the dragon!

He could not make up his mind. He decided to try to find out his father's intentions after returning to the capital, whether to be loyal to the imperial court and keep the family safe, or to betray the Sima family and fight for a great fortune.

"Brother-in-law, you have given our Zhang family a difficult problem!" Zhang Xuan frowned, rubbed his temples, and felt extremely upset.

With Zhang Xuan's authorization, many people also believed the news that the purple Qi in Ping'an County was false, and felt that the ignorant people of Ping'an County had no knowledge and only believed what they saw when the sky changed.

In fact, as long as they were Core Realm martial artists, they could cause changes in the world.

Perhaps someone was just acting mysteriously.

The state government below said so, and Jiang He, who was one level higher, also immediately muddied the waters after receiving the letter from Chen Yuan, trying to prevent people from associating it with Chen Yuan as much as possible.

The plan of the Daoshen Palace had not been completed, and there must be no mistakes.

However, the fact that there was a natural phenomenon and that the purple Qi came from the east was a bit too mythical. After the secret agents left by the imperial court in various places investigated some situations, they quickly transmitted the news to the Divine Capital.

Then, it also reached Jingtai's ears.

In the imperial study, looking at the memorial presented by Cao Zhengxian, which said that it was a good omen from heaven, he also had an illusion.

"Am I the chosen one!"

(End of this chapter)