As Ben Heng entered the Great Han territory, four figures appeared within a teleportation array in a city at the northeasternmost part of the Nine Li Heavenly Dynasty. As the four figures emerged from the array, several high-pitched cries echoed.
At the same time, the soldiers of the Nine Li Heavenly Dynasty guarding the teleportation array bowed in extreme humility.
"The Divine Might King Xian Yuan of the Nine Li Heavenly Dynasty greets you, honored ones. We were unaware of your sudden visit, and the Nine Li Emperor has not prepared to receive you. We beg your indulgence!"
Xian Yuan, the Divine Might King, was the biological brother of the current Emperor of the Nine Li Heavenly Dynasty and a powerful being at the ninth level of the Heavenly God realm. As a king of a dynasty and a being at such a high level, he dared not even lift his head, bowing hastily.
"Rise!"
"Our Princess is merely traveling for leisure. There is no need for such formality. You need not mind us, hee hee!"
At this moment, a woman in a red dress stepped forward and smiled lightly.
"We dare not!"
Xian Yuan lowered his head even further. Although this teleportation array was within the territory of the Nine Li Heavenly Dynasty, everyone in the dynasty knew that this array did not belong to them. Even during the past conflicts between the forces of Yan Yun Daozhou, whoever controlled Yan Yun Daozhou never dared to trespass here.
Even Liao Seng and Liao Yan did not dare to approach. When they were still monks at the Buddha Nether Temple, they had the right to use this teleportation array.
This teleportation array was jointly constructed by the Heavenly Origin Sect and the Buddha Nether Temple. The reasons for its construction were ancient and long forgotten. Currently, this teleportation array had become ownerless.
Even though the Heavenly Origin Sect and the Buddha Nether Temple did not control it, the Nine Li Heavenly Dynasty, and even Liao Yan and Liao Seng, who had reached the Quasi-Saint realm, did not dare to destroy it.
The current Nine Li Emperor, in order to gain the protection of a power like the Heavenly Origin Sect, had personally dispatched Xian Yuan to guard this place, with the intention of showing loyalty and submission to the Heavenly Origin Sect and the Buddha Nether Temple in the future.
"May I know from where the Princess hails? I can then inform the Emperor to prepare a place for the Princess to rest!"
"You!"
The woman in red clothes was a little annoyed. "When was I ever a princess? My Princess is right here! Really, you don't even look up properly. You haven't even identified people correctly, and you're already bowing and flattering."
"We dare not! We dare not!"
Xian Yuan's forehead was beaded with sweat. He did not know which power these women came from, but their ability to use this teleportation array clearly indicated they had received permission from the Heavenly Origin Sect and the Buddha Nether Temple.
The other end of this teleportation array led only to the border of the Heavenly Origin Sect and the Buddha Nether Temple. Those who could pass through both forces to arrive here were likely from the Feng An Divine Dynasty!
After all, there was a princess among them!
"Rise!"
A soft voice, extremely pleasant and ethereal, vibrated through space, as if resonating with the heavens and earth. However, Xian Yuan, this being at the ninth level of the Heavenly God realm, could not detect any divine power or spiritual energy in the woman's voice. She seemed as ordinary as a mortal.
"Thank you, Princess!"
Xian Yuan wiped the sweat from his forehead and gently looked up. His gaze did not first fall upon the Princess, but rather upon three women who resembled celestial maidens. Each was dressed in a different color: one in red, one in colorful flowing light, and one shrouded in auspicious clouds.
What they had in common was that they were all adorned with many feathers, as if they were descendants of the Phoenix clan.
"That is!!!"
Xian Yuan's heart trembled. These feathers!!
They were beings from the Primordial Divine Mountain!!
Xian Yuan was filled with shock, his breathing ceasing. The Primordial Divine Mountain was a remnant force from ancient times, even older than the current Three Thousand Dao Provinces.
Legend had it that the Primordial Divine Mountain was the ancestral land of the Phoenix clan in ancient times. However, after the collapse of the world and the reshaping of the Great Dao, the Phoenix clan had vanished entirely, but the Primordial Divine Mountain remained.
The current Primordial Divine Mountain was not as powerful as it was in ancient times, but many close relatives of the Phoenix clan still resided there.
The three most powerful clans among them were the Fire Phoenix clan of the Fire Spirit Palace, the Seven-Colored Divine Phoenix clan of the Seven-Colored Mountain, and the Nine-Headed Phoenix clan of the Nine Origins Dao. Each of these clans was far more powerful than the Heavenly Origin Sect and the Buddha Nether Temple!
It could be said that although the three clans had declined over the long river of time, and their territories were gradually being encroached upon by other forces.
The eight great families who controlled the central region of the Three Thousand Dao Provinces still had to show them some respect.
The Eight Great Families!!
They were the heavens of the Three Thousand Dao Provinces!
Of course, Xian Yuan had never seen them. Let alone the eight great families, he had never even seen the supreme overlords of the Western Six Hundred Dao Provinces. He had never even left the seven Dao Provinces controlled by the Heavenly Origin Sect.
What he knew, and what most forces knew, were obscure tidbits passed down from antiquity. Whether they were true or not, no one knew.
Since the stabilization of the Three Thousand Dao Provinces, the Primordial Divine Mountain had always been the ruler of the Western Six Hundred Dao Provinces. However, later, a mysterious incident occurred, as if the ancestor of the Primordial Divine Mountain suffered an ominous fate and ultimately perished.
Countless powerful forces joined forces and declared war on the Primordial Divine Mountain, vying for territory and cultivation paths. Numerous close relatives of the Phoenix clan were annihilated one after another, and the Primordial Divine Mountain gradually declined, leaving only the twelve core Dao Provinces.
Only the Fire Phoenix, Seven-Colored Divine Phoenix, and Nine-Headed Phoenix clans, as close relatives of the Phoenix, remained.
And those gradually growing forces were still unwilling to let go, aiming to exterminate all the Phoenix's close relatives, pacify the Primordial Divine Mountain, and even destroy the Primordial Divine Mountain itself.
For a long historical period, the forces of the six hundred-plus Dao Provinces in the Western Region had been enslaved by the Primordial Divine Mountain, enduring immense suffering!
Finally, when these close relatives of the Phoenix clan declined and lost their former divine radiance, how could they be allowed to survive!
Kill!
They must be killed!
Countless forces and sects surrounded them. At that time, even beings at the Saint Lord realm were considered inferior existences, not true experts.
But just as the Primordial Divine Mountain was on the verge of annihilation, eight figures emerged from the central region.
The eight beings were exceptionally ordinary!
Yet, with a casual strike from these nine beings, tens of thousands of Saint Lord realm cultivators were annihilated. The three supreme overlords of the Western Region were all exterminated, and their blood flowed for a thousand years in regret!
It was this battle that preserved the Primordial Divine Mountain. It was also this battle that dealt a devastating blow to the countless newly risen forces, and the three supreme leaders of that time were all destroyed.
The Western Six Hundred Dao Provinces fell into chaotic warfare once again, and it was only after several epochs that the current territorial map of the Three Thousand Dao Provinces' Western Six Hundred Dao Provinces was gradually established.
And it was this battle that made countless forces in the Three Thousand Dao Provinces realize who the supreme overlords of this world were!