"Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining twenty Epic Blind Boxes!"
"Ding! Do you want to open them!"
"Open!" Yang Hao said as he looked at the Epic Blind Boxes.
"Bang!"
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining, ten Emperor-grade Immortal Treasure Battleships, a piece of Chaos Stone (Chaos Stone: A spiritual material of the Ancient Star Road, possessing Chaos Divine Power, and imprinted with runes from the Immortal Ancient Era, it is a mandatory material for forging supreme treasures!), a piece of Chaos Soil (Chaos Soil: Contains rune imprints from the Savage Era, adding it when forging supreme treasures can make the forged supreme treasures infinitely powerful!), one hundred thousand sets of Azure Dragon Legion armor, one hundred thousand Bingzhou Iron Cavalry, a piece of Emperor-grade Immortal Gold (Emperor-grade Immortal Gold: A material for forging supreme treasures, hidden within blessed lands and sacred mountains, which, after enduring long ages, can develop divine consciousness and embark on the path of cultivation.), one hundred thousand Kui Niu Legion armor, a crafting blueprint for Guardian Immortal Talismans (Guardian Immortal Talismans: Top-tier defensive talismans!), ten Emperor-grade Immortal Treasure Battleships, and one hundred thousand sets of Ying Long Legion armor!"
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Yang Hao successively opened ten billion points worth of fortune and merit blind boxes. After consuming ten billion points of fortune and merit, Yang Hao opened his eyes.
"Wei Zhongxian!"
"Holy Emperor!" Wei Zhongxian, who was waiting by the side, quickly bowed.
"Issue an imperial decree that from today onwards, the Great Han Sacred Court shall focus on recuperation, consolidating national strength, and benefiting the common people. The former territory of the Void Demon Race shall be designated as Sheng Prefecture, and the territories of the Wushan Immortal Court shall be designated as Feng Prefecture and Ding Prefecture."
"Confer Lu Bu as the Grand General of the Great Han, rank two, to be placed under the Vermilion Bird Legion controlled by Zhuge Liang, leading the Third Army as its main general!"
"Your decree is received!" Wei Zhongxian took the imperial decree and left the hall. Not long after Wei Zhongxian departed, Gan Jiang bowed and entered.
"From today onwards, you shall work harder, my dear minister, and forge supreme treasures as soon as possible to strengthen the national destiny of the Great Han!" Yang Hao said, looking at Gan Jiang, whose cultivation had reached the ninth rank but had not yet achieved the Nine Yuan Gui Yi, with great anticipation.
Once a supreme treasure is forged and falls into Lu Bu's hands, his combat power will be unmatched!
"Your decree is received!" Gan Jiang accepted the vast resources and left the hall excitedly. It was known that in the current Immortal Realm, the most precious material for forging supreme treasures, Chaos Stone, was firmly controlled by the four major giant forces. Looking at Yang Hao's reward, a whole piece of it! How precious, how immense! Even a fingernail-sized piece of Chaos Stone would be enough for forging.
"System, how many Emperor's Mandates can a hero at the Immortal Emperor realm contend against across?" Yang Hao knew that once a living being attained the Dao and reached the Immortal Emperor realm, there were no longer minor divisions. The distinction between a powerful Immortal Emperor and a weaker one depended on how many Emperor's Mandates they controlled.
Controlling one to ten Emperor's Mandates made them an ordinary Immortal Emperor; ten to twenty made them a top-tier Immortal Emperor; twenty to thirty made them an ultimate Immortal Emperor; thirty to fifty made them a peerless Immortal Emperor; fifty to seventy made them an immortal Immortal Emperor; seventy to ninety made them a supreme overlord!
One Emperor's Mandate often represented a world of difference, though this also depended on the Immortal Emperor's aptitude.
"Ding! Immortal Emperor heroes can contend across eight Emperor's Mandates, capable of annihilating the blood qi and imperial might of Immortal Emperor experts and erasing them from the river of history! Exceeding eight Emperor's Mandates, when battling those with more Emperor's Mandates than the hero, the limit is ten, capable of contending or suppressing! However, they cannot be killed or annihilated!"
Eight Emperor's Mandates!
Yang Hao was slightly disappointed. He immediately recalled how Wang Zhongsi, Zhao Yun, Guan Yu, and Murong Ke, the four quasi-emperors, had fought the Void Immortal Emperor who controlled nine Emperor's Mandates some days ago without being at a disadvantage, even suppressing him. This was, to some extent, related to the Imperial Edict of the supreme overlord stripping away Emperor's Mandates.
Lu Bu was born and was not suppressed by the Great Dao. He forcefully entered the Ancient Star Road. However, in the core region of the distant Immortal Realm, within a towering black pagoda, an old man sat cross-legged. His eyes were vacant, devoid of any expression. Not far in front of him, a colorless talisman shimmered with light.
*Dong!*
With a soft sound, the old man stood up nervously. Under his close gaze, the colorless talisman revealed a line of text: "Southern Immortal Realm, did not enter the Ancient Star Road, yet obtained two Emperor's Mandates!"
"Someone!"
The old man's expression changed, and he coldly shouted.
"Elder!" A figure entered and knelt on one knee.
"Investigate!" the old man uttered.
The figure raised his head and saw the line of text on the colorless talisman, his face changing greatly. He said, "Elder, shall we dispatch the Sky Patrol Army?"
"No need!"
"Do not alert the world about this matter. After verification, immediately annihilate his blood qi and kill him in the river of history." The old man then closed his eyes, as if he had exerted great effort, and sat cross-legged with a weary spirit, seemingly falling into a slumber.
"Your command is received!"
The figure's tone was quite light. After leaving the black pagoda softly, the figure's eyes moved, and imperial patterns appeared. The space not far away tore open, and a figure emerged from the depths of space. It was a young man, dressed in dark golden yellow brocade robes, with a blue belt inlaid with a piece of Chaos Stone around his waist. His white hair swayed slightly. Beneath his brows were piercing eyes, as if a blade capable of cleaving the heavens was nurtured within his pupils. Behind him, nine Emperor's Mandates hovered in the air. Though not yet at the power of a top-tier Immortal Emperor, with the Chaos Stone on his person, he was bound to possess a supreme treasure!
"Tian Xing greets you, Lord!" Tian Xing stepped forward and bowed respectfully to the figure.
"Carry my order and patrol the southern Immortal Realm!" The figure extended his palm, shattered the river of history, and intercepted a wisp of aura from Lu Bu's birth. But the moment he grasped it, the aura instantly disintegrated. He wondered, "Cannot lock onto it! Then we can only investigate."
"Yes!" Tian Xing's eyes widened in surprise. His lord had actually failed to lock onto the aura. In his memory, his lord had never made a mistake.
"Find him, annihilate his blood qi, and kill him in the river of history, severing all thoughts!" The figure withdrew his palm.
"Yes!"
Tian Xing bowed and then knelt again towards the black pagoda bathed in moonlight. After rising, he shattered space and entered the void.
"Why is there a being in the current Immortal Realm who has escaped control? Strange!" The figure looked in the direction where the aura had scattered and said with a solemn expression. Not only him, but the old man within the black pagoda was now staring blankly at the colorless talisman, unable to calm down for a long time. He had held the colorless talisman for an epoch, from the beginning of the era of the Emperors until now, and he had never witnessed such an event.
The Immortal Realm was vast, with myriad races. No matter who attained the Dao, they had to enter the Ancient Star Road. This was an unavoidable path, from which no one could escape. Yet today, it was truly bizarre. A strange Immortal Emperor's aura, suddenly appearing in the Immortal Realm, had not entered the Ancient Star Road.
"Strange, but how can one escape the eyes of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth!" the old man whispered, slowly closing his eyes.