Twenty-seven thousand strands of Samsara power, estimated to be enough to summon a top-tier Spirit Venerable expert. Yang Hao gazed at the dense golden Samsara energy, which poured madly into the Samsara Xuanhuang Tower, a sense of anticipation surging within him!
The Samsara Xuanhuang Tower stood as before, as mysterious as ever. To fix one's gaze upon it was to blur its form, yet to divert attention was to feel as though it could be grasped at any moment. It was utterly enigmatic!
The Samsara Xuanhuang Tower resonated with divine sounds, its aura magnificent. The celestial tones were mysterious, ancient, and weathered. The entire tower was bathed in golden light, which suddenly flared.
Within the tower's body, carved figures, now bathed in a golden luminescence, shone brighter than ever before, illuminating Yang Hao's entire Sea of Consciousness.
"Buzz~"
A vast galaxy unfurled, time flowed, historical scrolls turned, stars shifted like sand, and banners fluttered fiercely!
Buzz buzz!
The river of time instantly sped to the mighty Ming Dynasty!
A character, the character of Li, the size of a flood dragon, appeared before his eyes.
Li!
Yang Hao watched the great banner bearing the character "Li" flutter in the wind, murmuring to himself. During the Ming Dynasty, there were indeed many generals and officials surnamed Li, such as Li Chengliang and Li Rusong... these were all prominent figures of an era!
However, these two were comparable to Qi Jiguang but far from reaching the Spirit Venerable realm!
Then who could it be?
Yang Hao gazed at the vast galaxy, anticipation rising within him.
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully summoning the ancient hero, Li Wenzhong of the Ming Dynasty's Qiyang Royal clan, through the cycle of Samsara!"
Li Wenzhong of the Ming Dynasty's Qiyang Royal clan!
Yang Hao's eyes gleamed as he watched a radiant figure step out from the river of history!
Yang Hao whispered, "Li Wenzhong, a founding minister and general of the Ming Dynasty, the only one among Zhu Yuanzhang's close relatives with some education. He could wield a brush to serve the military, and wield a brush to govern the court. He ranked third in the Hall of Meritorious Officials of the Ming Dynasty!"
He was a rather versatile individual!
His battlefield achievements were slightly inferior to the more famous Lan Yu, but his overall contributions to the Ming Dynasty were quite significant!
"View data for Li Wenzhong of the Ming Dynasty's Qiyang Royal clan!"
"Name: Li Wenzhong"
"Courtesy name: Sibao"
"Childhood name: Bao'er"
"Dynasty: Ming Dynasty"
"Cultivation: Ninth Layer of Spirit Venerable!"
"Cultivation technique: Imperial Tiger Burning Sea True Scripture"
"Attached troop type: Top-tier troop type - 100,000 Elite Ming Soldiers!"
Biography: Nephew of Emperor Taizu of Ming, a famous general and strategist of the Ming Dynasty's founding.
When Li Wenzhong was twelve years old, his mother, Princess Cao, passed away. His father, Li Zhen, led him through the chaos of war, facing death numerous times.
Two years later, he met his uncle Zhu Yuanzhang in Chuzhou. Zhu Yuanzhang was very fond of Li Wenzhong and adopted him as his son, allowing him to take the surname Zhu.
At the age of nineteen, Li Wenzhong, as a subordinate, led his personal troops to support Chizhou, defeating the Tianwan army. His bravery in battle placed him at the forefront of the generals.
Zhu Yuanzhang deeply favored Li Wenzhong, often assigning him to supervise armies on campaigns with other generals.
Wenzhong fought on various battlefields, eventually holding the post of Ronglu Daifu and Governor of Zhejiang Province, resuming his surname Li.
After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, Li Wenzhong repeatedly led troops to campaign against the remaining Yuan forces in the north, achieving remarkable military victories and was enfeoffed as the Duke of Cao.
In the twelfth year of Hongwu, Emperor Taizu of Ming again ordered Li Wenzhong to preside over the Grand Secretariat of Military Affairs (the highest military institution) and concurrently manage the Imperial Academy (the highest academic institution in the country).
In the seventeenth year of Hongwu, Li Wenzhong passed away from illness. He was posthumously granted the title of Prince of Qiyang, with the posthumous name "Wu Jing." He was enshrined in the Imperial Ancestral Temple and his portrait hung in the Hall of Meritorious Officials, ranking third. He was buried at Zhongshan.
Yang Hao smiled as he looked at the information about Li Wenzhong of the Ming Dynasty's Qiyang Royal clan, his heart overflowing with joy. A hero at the peak of the Spirit Venerable realm, a Spirit Venerable expert, no longer required the strategic planning of the previous campaigns against the eight dynasties.
A single Spirit Venerable expert was enough to suppress an entire dynasty!
...
The Royal Palace of the Moluo Dynasty's capital.
The Royal Palace of the Moluo Dynasty's capital lacked the noble and majestic aura of human dynasties. Soldiers with human bodies and beast heads were everywhere.
Inside the grand palace hall, a massive spinning wheel rotated. Beasts continuously placed human warriors into the center of the wheel. The human warriors were thrown into a blood-red slot in the middle.
"Buzz~~"
"Kacha! Kacha!!"
The giant wheel spun, completely devouring the human warrior. Fresh blood then flowed from a lower slot on the wheel's edge, into goblets made from human skulls.
"Hahaha!!"
A group of beasts, having transformed into human form, bared their fangs and reached out greedily towards the spinning wheel.
The massive wheel held various forms of flesh and blood, all the corpses of human warriors, some steamed, some braised, some stir-fried... and even newborn infants were directly thrown into the beasts' mouths.
At the head of the palace hall, the Moluo King, pretending to be human, sat on the throne.
However, his pair of scarlet pupils betrayed his inherent wildness.
The Moluo King, whose strength had reached the peak of the Spirit Sea realm, was also the chieftain of the Dragon Elephant tribe!
"Your Majesty!!"
Two maidservants, who had transformed from white foxes, brought an eighteen-year-old human woman before the Moluo King.
The Moluo King looked up, his eyes filled with satisfaction.
Seeing the King's approval, the two maidservants directly forced the human woman onto the table before the Moluo King.
She was then secured with various chains, her limbs locked in place.
"Screech!!"
"Ah!!"
The two white fox maidservants then scooped up a bowl of boiling hot water and poured it directly onto the human woman's head.
"Hahaha!!"
The beasts in the hall erupted in wild laughter at the sight.
The human woman wailed in agony as the two white fox maidservants repeatedly poured bowls of scalding hot water onto her.
"Bang!"
Just as the human woman was about to succumb, one of the white fox maidservants directly cracked open her skull.
"Jie jie jie!!"
The Moluo King, excitedly gazing at the tender, white brain, licked his lips.
...
"Your Majesty!"
A porcupine beast soldier rushed in, presenting a yellow jade slip, and said softly, "Your Majesty, the Luoyue Dynasty has sent a distress signal, requesting Your Majesty's troops to provide support and jointly resist the Great Han!"
"The King of Luoyue has also promised that if Your Majesty can repel the Great Han Dynasty and protect Luoyue, the King of Luoyue is willing to provide Your Majesty with fresh blood food annually!!"
"Bang!!"
"Your Majesty!"
"Your Majesty!"
The beast kings' eyes were filled with greed and excitement as they looked at the Moluo King. They had grown tired of the human race they raised and trained.
"Slurp!!"
The Moluo King scooped a spoonful of human brain and slurped it down. "Announce to all that starting today, we declare war on the Great Han Dynasty, and the Moluo army will march into the Luoyue Dynasty!"
As soon as the Moluo King's words fell, the beast kings in the hall roared madly, their eyes blazing with ferocity.