For Chen Yuan, the most important thing right now is not to return to Shu Prefecture to preside over the overall situation, nor anything else, but to immediately set off for the Dragon God Island in the East Sea to slay a dragon.

Of course, this does not mean that the foundation in Shu Prefecture is not important. On the contrary, it is actually very important. Wasn't he risking his life here in the capital for the sake of those foundations in Shu Prefecture?

However, someone will help him take care of everything there. Although he is not there, he still has the Heavenly Book Exotic Treasure, which allows him to understand the movements in Shu Prefecture at any time.

And the first priority for the experts from the Taixu Palace, Shu Mountain, and the Dao Shen Palace is to build momentum in Shu Prefecture.

When he returns, he will directly launch a war against Nan Prefecture, take down the Zhennan Army, kill the Zhennan King, and seize the destiny on Nangong Lie for his own use!

"The Demon Lord is truly a celestial being."

Daoist Tianxu stroked his beard and laughed.

Although he felt a little incredulous about Chen Yuan's improvement in strength, it was clear that the stronger Chen Yuan was, the more beneficial it would be for them, and the more hope they would have for the things they pursued in the future.

The Taixu Palace had reached a point where it had to change, otherwise, he wouldn't have come out of the mountain to observe the overall situation of the world in the capital of Zhong Prefecture.

The Biyou Palace has restraint because the Biyou Palace has a deep foundation that is not as simple as it appears on the surface.

But the Taixu Palace can't.

If they really had the confidence, there would be no need to get involved in those things in the world.

"I understand."

Daoist Lingxu nodded.

"The matter of Shu Mountain will be entrusted to you all for now."

"Please instruct us, Demon Lord, on what to do next."

"First, recruit soldiers and horses on a large scale to make Shu Prefecture as solid as gold, and immediately begin planning the annexation of Xue Prefecture and Qing Prefecture.

Second, when we launch an attack on Nan Prefecture later, send out all the spies to keep a close watch on Nangong Lie's movements. In short, we must not let him bring the demons of the South over. This is the most important thing. When today's events spread, it will be the beginning of great chaos in the world. It's hard to guarantee that Nangong Lie won't have other ideas.

The strength of the demon race is too great. It's best to delay facing them for a while longer. We must not let the forces under Nangong Lie unite with the demon race in the Southern Border."

Chen Yuan said with a solemn expression.

This time, he had exposed almost everything, far exceeding Nangong Lie. If the other party was afraid and directly opened Zhennan Pass.

For Chen Yuan now, it would not be a good thing.

"Okay."

"I understand."

"Demon Lord, what should be done with Sima Che?"

Chen Yuan glanced at Sima Che, who looked like a dead dog, and took a deep breath:

"For now, imprison him in Shu Mountain. When we raise an army in the future, we will use him as a sacrifice to the flag in public!"

Daoist Lingxu and Daoist Qingxu took their leave first, while Daoist Tianxu quickly returned to his mountain gate to begin preparations. Chen Yuan then came to the vicinity of Jiang He and the others.

At this moment, all the people from the Dao Shen Palace were gathered here.

Li Suqing, Yang Huatian, and Chu Changfeng were all present.

And they stood aside, quietly watching Li Hongshuang build a grave of earth in place.

There was nothing in the grave. Li Kuangxiu had disintegrated, and his divine soul had dissipated, leaving only a divine axe. However, if this axe was left here, it would only allow some people to dig up the grave in the future.

Therefore, this was considered a cenotaph.

Jiang He seriously burned three incense sticks for Li Kuangxiu, showing no sign of the momentum he had had before when he invited his father-in-law to die. For him, the past was the past, and the present was the present.

Li Kuangxiu was dead, and the grudges had been settled.

He was only offering incense to his father-in-law.

Chen Yuan did not step forward to offer incense, nor did he step forward to comfort Li Hongshuang.

The destruction of Chen Family Village had Li Kuangxiu involved, and he had fought for the imperial court until the very end. For Chen Yuan, he was an enemy. In fact, if Jiang He couldn't do it, he would have taken action.

The Divine Martial True Lord Li Kuangxiu and the Grand Inspector of the Sky Patrol Department Gu Tianqiong were the two most well-known experts in the imperial court, and they were important ministers of the imperial court at the level of Pillar of State.

They were loyal to the Sima family, so... they had to die.

As for Li Hongshuang, although they had some personal friendship, her father had just died, so there was nothing good to say if he went up. These things would be taken care of by Jiang He.

Although he was a good person... although he was rumored to be a good husband by outsiders, he was not so immoral as to covet the woman of his friend, and he consciously drew a line between them.

"Is the matter settled?"

Jiang He raised his head and looked at Chen Yuan and asked.

"It's settled. It's just planting a nail in the capital and appeasing Shu Mountain and Taixu Palace. They actually understand in their hearts, so it doesn't matter whether I say it or not.

I just asked them to go to Shu Prefecture quickly to stabilize the situation for me."

Chen Yuan said.

"You're not going back?"

"I have something to do and need to go to the East Sea. It may take a while. Although I have already entrusted Shu Mountain and Taixu Palace, our Dao Shen Palace are our own people.

Actually, I still have to rely on you to be the stabilizing force. The Shuxi Alliance and the Shuzhong Alliance will be handed over to you. It doesn't matter whether we hide or not now.

Since it has already been exposed today, then we might as well expose all our forces. I hope that after I come back, all the trivial matters in Shu Prefecture will be taken care of by you."

"Okay."

"What are you going to do?"

Chen Yuan's eyes glanced in Li Hongshuang's direction.

His meaning was naturally not to settle her down, but to ask when he was going to get married.

"Three years later, perhaps."

Jiang He pondered.

"Alright, by the way, if your wife is still a little uncomfortable, send her to Ziyue after you two have bonded. After all, they are old acquaintances."

"I understand."

"It's a pity that I can't expose myself for the time being." Li Suqing shook her head.

Now, almost all of the Dao Shen Palace have gathered around Chen Yuan, only she, due to her status, can only show herself as the Evergreen Daoist Master of the Dao Shen Palace.

"Feng Jiuge should have already guessed your identity."

Jiang He suddenly said.

"Heh, it's not surprising."

Li Suqing was stunned for a moment, but she just smiled.

They were too familiar after all. If they didn't appear together, it would be fine, but once they appeared together, they basically couldn't hide their hidden identities.

"This is not a bad thing."

Chu Changfeng's eyes flashed, and he nodded.

"Yes, although the Goddess Palace also bears the name of a Immortal Sect, to be honest, among the Ten Great Immortal Sects, the Goddess Palace is probably at the bottom. It has been suppressed too much by the Sima family in the past two hundred years. Otherwise, Feng Jiuge wouldn't have come today. Evergreen Daoist Master, don't worry when you go back. The one who is anxious now is Feng Jiuge.

If she is sensible, she will recognize the general trend. At that time, you can persuade her, and it's best to win the Goddess Palace over to our side.

You also know my character. Based on the friendship between you and me, as long as the Goddess Palace doesn't do anything rebellious, I won't mistreat the Goddess Palace in the future. You can promise her on my behalf the name of a national religion and the name of a national teacher."

Chen Yuan said solemnly.

It is true that the Goddess Palace is declining, but it still has some foundation, and it has a great influence in Yun Prefecture. Moreover, it also has a high reputation in the martial world.

The Ten Great Immortal Sects have long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people in the martial world.

Chen Yuan did not expect to be able to win over all the Immortal Sects, but even if it was only half of them, it would be able to calm the hearts of the people and expand his power to the entire Central Plains faster.

And...

In the future, he would be more confident in dealing with the even more terrifying Immortal Realm.

From one small thing, you can know the whole.

According to Moro, Mount Meru is likely to be connected to the Immortal Realm, and the connection is very deep. As the spokesperson of the Immortal Realm in the human world, it is already so strong.

What about the real Immortal Realm?

Therefore, he must prepare early.

Be prepared to go to war with the Immortal Realm at any time.

He cannot place his hope on the other party taking action after he grows up. What if the other party doesn't play by the rules and doesn't want to raise a tiger as a threat and directly attacks him?

"Okay."

Li Suqing nodded with a solemn expression.

She was not saddened by Chen Yuan's underestimation of the Goddess Palace, because this was indeed the fact. The other Immortal Sects either had several True Lords or even Immortal remnants.

What about the Goddess Palace?

Perhaps it has some Immortal foundations, but at least in her understanding, apart from Feng Jiuge, the Goddess Palace has no other Yang God experts. In fact, it has long been supported by only the name of a Immortal Sect, and its true strength is only about the same as that of the top forces in the martial world.

Did the Goddess Palace not want to be high-profile at the time?

It really didn't have the ability.

"This time, the martial world is probably going to be greatly shaken again." Chu Changfeng smiled.

Yang Huatian shook his head:

"This battle determines the future trend of the world. Even an immortal war has occurred. Martial world? Hehe, the entire human world will be shaken by the impact of this battle."

Only those who participated in this battle knew how great its impact was.

In the martial world, True Persons who can be powerful and open up top forces, whether they are Nascent Soul True Persons or Refining Spirit True Persons, are basically not worth mentioning.

Only True Lords in the Yang God Realm can truly participate in the war.

Not to mention, there was an immortal war later!

"By the way, Brother Chu, it seems that you and I also agreed on a spar, but it's probably not possible now. You also need to recuperate your injuries. How about this, when I come back from the East Sea, you and I can spar again?"

Chen Yuan suddenly asked.

Chu Changfeng: "..."

He only had one thought in his mind now.

Don't you have any idea about your own strength?

You even killed Jingtai, who was comparable to an immortal god. How could he possibly be able to beat you?

Just matching Puxian was enough to get him half-killed. If they really fought, wouldn't he be directly defeated in a few breaths? Would that still be called a spar?

However, of course, it was not good to say such things. Chu Changfeng just waved his hand:

"Now that it has come to this point, there is no point in sparring or not. Forget it, forget it..."

"Master Xuyan, we meet again."

Seeing that Chu Changfeng had no intention of fighting again, Chen Yuan turned his attention to this very familiar person.

"Where is the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva now..."

"Senior suffered some injuries and needs to recuperate for a while, but before he fell asleep, he asked me to tell you something."

"What is it?"

Monk Xuyan raised his head, seemingly expectant.

"He said that he is doing something truly great. You are the successor he values. He hopes that you can assist me in making things happen and seek a way out for the beings in the human world."

Monk Xuyan took a deep breath and nodded:

"This humble monk will."

"Okay, then Master will return to Shu Prefecture with Jiang He and the others first. How about you meet with the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva again after I come back?"

Chen Yuan naturally knew how to dangle such a 'sycophant'.

"Okay, this humble monk understands. Thank you, Benefactor Chen."

"Hehe... You and I are considered to have a connection. Don't mention the word 'thank you'."

Yang Huatian's statement was actually not wrong. When the common people and martial artists who were fortunate enough to survive that day spread the word about the battle on the Zijin Mountain outside the capital.

The entire human world was in a great shock!

This time, the news affected not only a small martial world, but the entire world, like a terrifying hurricane, affecting all directions.

The capital, which was closest, was frightened into silence.

That day, only half of the court officials and members of the imperial clan returned alive. However, those common people saw that the situation was not good and ran away directly, and many martial artists also had some conscience and deliberately did not affect them.

As a result, half of the common people survived.

But among them, some had been completely frightened and paralyzed. After returning home, they were either dazed or maniacally crying and laughing.

And this was just a small microcosm.

The real impact would only be greater.

This battle was described as dark and earth-shattering, the void collapsing, mountains and rivers reversing, and the human world shattering. Although it was somewhat exaggerated, if one were to leave the capital and take a look near Zijin Mountain, they would find that.

What was said was actually quite pertinent.

The original landform there had disappeared, replaced by various deep pits caused by the fighting, and flattened high mountains.

It was a dense mass of broken limbs and arms as far as the eye could see.

It was... a river of blood that dyed the entire ground red.

The impact fermented over time, becoming greater and greater.

Jingtai sacrificed millions of living beings to become an immortal god and merge with the national destiny. Moreover, he was the true identity of the Eternal Mother Ancestor of the Eternal Life Sect, who was hated by everyone in the Central Plains!

This one thing alone caused condemnation from all sides, and forces in the martial world attacked local governments, proclaiming the need to punish the violent Jin and exterminate the Sima family's treacherous dogs.

This was a torrent that had been instigated by various forces in secret.

The South, North, East, and West, and even the Central Prefecture where the Sima family was located, were all impacted to varying degrees, vowing to overthrow the Sima family.

Large and small uprisings that had been prepared in various places also began to ignite little by little at this moment with great tacit understanding.

That day, Chen Yuan said in front of Jingtai:

"The chaos in the world begins with him, Chen Yuan!"

This sentence was fulfilled!

In fact, the reason for such an impact was not because the Sima family's elites had been annihilated on Zijin Mountain. Fundamentally, that was just a beginning. What truly caused the chaos in the world.

Was because Chen Yuan produced evidence of Jingtai's blood sacrifice in front of a million people!

This was what made people unable to bear it, and it gave them an excuse!

However, all parties were still restrained at the moment, only slowly eroding the Sima family's foundation and accumulating strength little by little.

The forces that participated in the battle that day were well aware that now was not the time to directly raise the flag of rebellion.

Nor were they the ones to raise the flag.

It was Chen Yuan.

The strength and power he displayed that day, as well as his reputation, made many people realize that he was the only one who could truly cause complete chaos in the entire world.

As for the others, they could only cause chaos in one county or one prefecture at most, and could not affect the entire world.

Those people did not want to be the first to stick their necks out.

Many people secretly hated why Chen Yuan did not directly destroy the capital. In this way, there would be a better excuse to aim their guns at him.

Chen Yuan's power was very strong, but it was not strong enough to contend with the entire world!

This was the trend of the human world.

And outside of the trend, was the impact of that battle on the martial world.

It was no less than dropping a nuclear bomb on the water.

In that battle, there were only a few things that attracted the most attention.

First, Jingtai sacrificed millions of living beings and merged with the national destiny, becoming immortal and indestructible.

Second, twenty True Lords fought in a melee. The four great Bodhisattvas of Mount Meru all appeared, as well as the City Lord of Martial Emperor City, Ye Xiangnan, the Hall Master of the Heavenly Demon Palace, Dongfang Sheng, the Sect Leader of Taixu Palace who had been in seclusion for many years, the Sect Leader of Shu Mountain, the head of the Seven Sons of Wudang, and so on and so forth.

Third, tens of thousands of martial artists from the martial world directly confronted the imperial court in a bloody battle outside the capital, the only one in two hundred years.

Fourth, the Buddha of Mount Meru appeared, the Old Celestial Master of Wudang appeared, and the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva appeared, starting an immortal war outside the capital!

Fifth, Chen Yuan's true identity was the famous Asura Demon Lord and Lin Demon True Lord in the martial world. He shocked the world in one battle and publicly killed the invincible Jingtai.

Just being able to be listed among these events was enough to prove how great Chen Yuan's influence was now.

You must know, what were the previous ones?

That was Jingtai disregarding the world, regarding the beings of the human race as ants, and doing the blood sacrifice that Heaven and man abandoned. Moreover, he was also the ancestor of the Eternal Life Sect.

He almost gambled everything of the Sima family, wanting to make a desperate comeback, forcibly stop the chaos in the world, and protect the Great Jin Dynasty and the ancestral foundation of the Sima imperial family.

This was something that could truly shake people's hearts.

Second, a melee of famous and powerful figures in the world forcibly gathered the Eight Great Immortal Sects. Except for the Seven Kill Hall and Biyou Palace, all of them were involved.

There was an Eight Great Immortal Sects attacking Jingtai.

Even the battle to destroy the Former Chu more than two hundred years ago did not involve so many Immortal Sect experts.

Many people who heard this news were shocked!

It was definitely a grand event in the martial world.

After all, it seemed that there had never been a time in thousands of years when so many Immortal Sects could be gathered together. You must know that Kunlun Mountain had not appeared for several hundred years.

The Taixu Palace had also long been hidden from the world.

However, it happened to appear at this time, which was simply unimaginable.

Third, tens of thousands of martial artists from the martial world directly confronted the imperial court in a bloody battle, which was also the only one since the battle to destroy the Former Chu. Even that battle was not so direct.

Since ancient times, the imperial court and the martial world have been opposed to each other, and the martial world has long been dissatisfied with the imperial court. Now, tens of thousands of heroes and experts from the martial world have directly started a war, which has excited the hearts of countless people in the martial world.

Many people regretted hitting their chests and wished they had not cherished their lives and had to witness such a major event.

Even if they died, it would be worth it.

The fourth one was even more extraordinary.

That was an immortal war!

A true immortal war!

Even immortal wars at the level of the Liangshan Battle and the Shu Mountain Battle had set off hurricanes in the martial world. One could imagine how much shock the real immortals would cause when they took action.

(End of this chapter)