I wield power with my innate talents, and forge the Heavenly Court.

As the blood shadow merged into the blood river, Zhang Xianzhong's heart instantly recovered, and a new vitality burst forth.

The body that was about to fall stood up again, drawing down an even more powerful national destiny dragon energy and blood light, with even more surging blood flowing outwards.

Gradually, the river of blood overflowed the palace halls and covered the entire ground of the imperial city.

During this process, Zhang Xianzhong faced death crises time and time again.

However, through the repeated deaths of the remaining people, he was able to recover and survive again.

However, his body had already been reduced to a barely connected fragment.

If it weren't for the national destiny and dragon energy, the support of countless lives transformed into blood light, and the life force of those who died in his place, he would have been shattered and dead long ago.

At this moment, the blood that flowed out had turned into a lake of blood, flooding the entire capital city.

In the end, the last of the nation's destiny's dragon energy and blood light poured back into his body, and Zhang Xianzhong's body could no longer withstand it, exploding with a bang.

However, after its body was torn to pieces and shattered into the blood lake, a blood shadow remained in its original location, exuding an extremely terrifying and overwhelming aura, with a fierce and malevolent energy soaring into the sky, staining half the sky red.

Even Li Shu, who was watching from afar, couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine.

What a ruthless person, what a fierce aura.

This was truly a massacre of heaven and earth, killing all living beings, including his subordinates, brothers, wives, children, and even himself.

but
Li Shu narrowed his eyes.

No matter what the situation, the national destiny and dragon energy that should be handed over must not be reduced in the slightest.

Otherwise, the only option is to die.

As for the claim that the national destiny and dragon energy have already been integrated into Zhang Xianzhong's body, it can simply be extracted.

In any case, with the imperial power of the Celestial Empire, it is fully capable of digesting it.

"Zhang Xianzhong, King of the Great Western Kingdom, I am now leading my army on a northern expedition and passing through this place."
I hope you will generously bestow your dragon energy upon me, and lend a hand.

Zhang Xianzhong, who was immersed in the immense power, was suddenly enraged when he heard Li Shu's thunderous voice. He glared fiercely at Li Shu.

I was inferior to others before, and you bullied me by ordering me around.

Now that I have the power of an entire nation, I am already incredibly strong. Do you think I would let you bully me?
The blood shadow that Zhang Xianzhong transformed into stood in mid-air, with a blood lake below him churning with blood waves, truly a powerful blood demon.

With his gaze, boundless bloodthirsty aura instantly pressed down on Li Shu and the others.

"die!"

Zhang Xianzhong reached out and transformed his hand into a blood-red handprint a hundred feet in size, like a blood-red Five Finger Mountain, which pressed down on Li Shu and the others.

Upon seeing this, Li Shu's expression turned cold.

"Hmm? You're courting death!"

【Azure Dragon Probing with its Claws】

"Ang~!"

With a dragon's roar, the azure dragon army spirit, which was ten thousand feet in size, suddenly stretched out its front claws above the army formation.

He didn't use any special techniques or secret skills; it was just a simple, powerful attack.

However, its power was in no way weaker than that of Zhang Xianzhong.

"boom!"

With a loud bang, the two collided heavily, even causing space itself to distort slightly.

The violent shockwave spread, creating a crater in the sea below, which took a long time to recover.

The bloody palm print left by Zhang Xianzhong finally collapsed after a period of time.

The two sides may be evenly matched.

However, in terms of quality alone, plum trees are clearly superior.

Without warning, Zhang Xianzhong's eyes filled with solemnity, and a blood-red light emanated from his body, rippling outwards like water.

As for his expression, Zhang Xianzhong, who was merely a blood-red shadow, could not discern it.

"laugh!"

"Ang~!"

Li Shu pressed his advantage relentlessly, and after shattering the bloody palm print, he immediately thrust out with a vicious spear.

At the same time, the Azure Dragon Army Soul suddenly raised its head and exhaled, merging with Li Shu's spear momentum, instantly transforming into a dazzling spear light that pierced through everything, shooting out like a laser beam.

Wherever the spear's edge passed, space itself distorted.

Facing the sharp spear light, Zhang Xianzhong's expression changed drastically. He instantly mobilized all his strength, and with a clenched fist, a blood-red blade appeared and slashed down forcefully.

"Dang~!"

"boom!"

"Tsk~!"

Accompanied by a clear, resonant clang of metal clashing, the blood-stained blade and the spear's edge collided, but they only held out for a moment before being shattered by a single blow.

But the spear light continued its momentum, instantly piercing Zhang Xianzhong's chest.

Feeling a sharp pain and a chill in his chest, Zhang Xianzhong couldn't help but pause, lowering his head slightly.

Looking at the spearhead that pierced through his chest, Zhang Xianzhong's eyes were filled with gloom.

He had already paid such a price, yet he still couldn't withstand a single blow from a general of the Celestial Empire.

but
Zhang Xianzhong raised his head again, looked in the direction of Li Shu, and muttered to himself.

"So what if you're stronger? You can't kill me."

The moment the words fell, Zhang Xianzhong's body exploded, turning into a pool of blood that fell into the blood lake below.

The spear light that pierced through its body was destroyed by the violent explosion, turning into specks of light and dissipating.

In the next instant, blood waves surged in the blood lake, and then a stream of blood quickly coalesced, revealing Zhang Xianzhong's figure once again, who looked at Li Shu with a cold smile.

"Hahaha, I am immortal."

"As long as the sea of ​​blood never dries up, I will never die!"

"Eh~?"

Upon seeing this, Li Shu couldn't help but feel a sense of surprise.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Xianzhong also had the ability to come back to life after death.

Looking at the reappearance of Zhang Xianzhong, and then at the blood lake beneath him, Li Shu revealed a thoughtful expression.

Is the sea of ​​blood immortal?

"Come again!"

Li Shu shouted and thrust out his spear once again.

This time, a powerful azure military aura instantly amplified the spear.

"Ang~!"

A cyan spear light streaked across the sky, like an extremely domineering cyan dragon, instantly rushing towards Zhang Xianzhong.

"Ah~!"

Zhang Xianzhong roared, and the blood waves beneath him surged, instantly transforming into a blood-red curtain of water, attempting to block this domineering attack.

However, when faced with the spear light that resembled a blue dragon, the blood-red water curtain was as fragile as paper and was instantly pierced and torn apart.

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Xianzhong's body was pierced and destroyed once again.

Unlike before, the cyan spear light did not dissipate, but instantly split into countless dragon-like cyan spear lights, crisscrossing and transforming into a large cyan net that covered an area of ​​several miles, completely enveloping the blood lake that Zhang Xianzhong had created.

Blood waves surged within the lake of blood, attempting to solidify once more into the figure of Zhang Xianzhong.

However, it had barely begun to emerge when it was torn apart and annihilated by countless spear beams.

This time, however, Li Shu's attack was no longer simply an attack.

It also contains an extremely strong corrosive power, as well as a strong and domineering will to kill enemies, destroy evil, and eliminate demons.

Zhang Xianzhong's power at this time could be described as the most evil of the evil, the most demonic of the demons, which was precisely countered by the military aura.

Therefore, this attack will not only break Zhang Xianzhong's body, but will also continuously erode his strength.

In the next instant, countless spear beams rushed into the blood lake, constantly cutting and grinding away the blood.

Since Zhang Xianzhong said that he would not die as long as the sea of ​​blood did not dry up, then Li Shu would completely strangle and obliterate that sea of ​​blood, which was barely even a lake of blood.

Sensing a deadly crisis, Zhang Xianzhong was instantly gripped by boundless fear. No, how could I die? How could I die here?

"Blood light splits, endless blood shadows!"

Zhang Xianzhong roared, and the massive blood lake below exploded instantly, turning into endless crimson light that rushed in all directions.

Upon closer inspection, those countless blood-red lights are clearly blood-red figures shimmering with a faint red glow.

However, Li Shu reacted instantly.

【Azure Dragon Probing with its Claws】

The Azure Dragon Army Soul slammed out with its claw, unleashing endless azure light, as if the azure sky had fallen, instantly enveloping countless blood shadows.

After all, Zhang Xianzhong's roar was so loud, and Li Shu wasn't deaf, so how could he not hear it?

Even in his heart, he couldn't help but complain that the spirit and energy of a nation's people had been corrupted by the thoughts of the masses, and his mind had become somewhat abnormal.

Who in their right mind would shout out their escape plan when they're trying to save their life?
Is this because they're afraid their opponent won't be prepared, so they can escape?
"Puff puff"

The endless blood shadows collided with the azure light and instantly collapsed, exploding into clusters of blood light, which were then annihilated by the azure light.

If we consider the combined strength, it still possesses some ability to resist Li Shu's attacks.

But now, with the Blood Shadows split into countless forms, they are truly powerless to resist.

"Rumble"

Finally, the endless blue light pressed down, instantly creating a huge crater in the earth, and the entire capital of the Great Western Kingdom was destroyed in one blow.

The surging blood and blood-red light were all obliterated by the blue light.

When only a tiny bit remained, a faint yet extremely pure golden dragon suddenly burst forth and crashed directly into the azure light.

"boom!"

With a loud bang, the space in the middle twisted violently, and the remaining blood light was instantly swallowed and pulverized.

The golden dragon was instantly blasted into dust.

"Ang~!"

The next instant, a dragon's roar came from where Li Shu and the others were, and boundless national fortune gathered, and a golden divine dragon emerged.

Immediately afterwards, the golden dragon inhaled forcefully and swallowed the shattered dragon energy.

Even though the last bit of dragon energy exploded into countless fragments, the power of the rules contained within it still remained.

Li Shu's attack, which formed a military formation, was far from being able to annihilate the rules.

For the golden dragon of China's national fortune, it is still a delicious meal.

After casting a golden light, the golden dragon of national destiny suddenly collapsed and transformed back into the bright yellow national destiny.

Although he knew that Zhang Xianzhong was indeed dead, Li Shu still carefully sensed the Great Western Kingdom and the surrounding area after withdrawing his attack.

Only after confirming that there was absolutely no trace of Zhang Xianzhong's presence did they disband the Azure Dragon Army formation.

"What a pity, why couldn't they think of that?"

Li Shu glanced at the direction of the Great Western Kingdom again and shook his head.

He originally wanted to harvest another wave of dragon energy, but he didn't expect Zhang Xianzhong to be so out of touch with reality, even if it meant swallowing up the people of a country, he would still fight against them.

Otherwise, it wouldn't be such a small amount.

Touching the golden dragon mark between his eyebrows, Li Shu was slightly dissatisfied.

Although their attacks cannot destroy the rules, the power of the rules will also dissipate as the dragon energy is consumed.

As a result, the power of the dragon's blessing will naturally be greatly reduced.

However, it doesn't matter if the harvest is less; with their current strength, they are more than capable of overthrowing the Qing Dynasty.

Moreover, there are Da Shun and Korea to the north; surely there will be some gains.

After thinking it over, Li Shu once again led his army north.

On the other side, upon realizing that the Great Western Kingdom had been destroyed, Li Zicheng felt a chill in his heart, thankfully they had left quickly.

Otherwise, their Da Shun dynasty probably wouldn't be much better off.

When Li Shu arrived outside the Great Shun Kingdom, all he saw was a faint national fortune filled with gray and black resentment; the golden dragon of national fortune had long since disappeared.

After sending someone to inquire, Li Shu learned the truth with a mixture of amusement and exasperation.

Because Li Zicheng was worried about their attack, he had already fled with his civil and military troops.

"Could it be..."

As if he had just thought of something, Li Shu turned around and looked in the direction of the Great Western Kingdom.

Could it be that Zhang Xianzhong also thought that their northward march was to completely occupy these places?

Therefore, Zhang Xianzhong, who was already tyrannical and was inevitably affected by the study of supernatural energy, finally decided to go all out and sacrifice the people of an entire country to increase their power in order to fight against him.

Li Shu could only cry out that he was wronged.

Although the Celestial Empire aspires to encompass the world, its current territory mainly consists of neighboring countries on land, formerly the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

So this time, they really didn't intend to take action against Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng.

but
Putting aside the fact that the Great Western Kingdom is now almost a wasteland, it doesn't have much value for occupation at the moment.

However, since Li Zicheng had already abandoned this place, the Great Shun Kingdom would not mind taking it over.

Without much hesitation, Li Shu reported to the dynasty and began sending officials to accept the Da Shun Kingdom.

To this, the word "dynasty" can be summed up in one word.

"Can!"

With the dynasty's approval, the nation's fortune instantly spread, devouring and merging with the fortune of the Great Shun Kingdom.

Without the dynasty's consent, these already-owned territories might be suppressed by the Celestial Empire's national fortune and military might, even leading to the collapse of the nation's destiny.

However, these national fortunes will still exist sporadically within the territory, and once the imperial army withdraws, they will converge again.

However, once the dynasty agrees and the fate of the Celestial Empire completely covers its territory, there will be no possibility of reunification; it will only be integrated into the fate of the Celestial Empire.

After conquering the Great Shun Kingdom, Li Shu once again led his army north. When they arrived in Korea, before they could do anything, the Korean king had already led his civil and military officials to line up at the port to welcome them and request to submit to the Celestial Dynasty.

Just as Li Shu was about to speak, demanding that North Korea hand over its national destiny and dragon energy, he felt a lump in his throat, extremely uncomfortable.

Well, the plan to harvest dragon energy has fallen through again.

After the dynasty agreed, the national fortune of the Celestial Empire spread instantly, and along with Li Shu and his group, it extended further north.

And the golden dragon of North Korea's national fortune naturally collapsed and merged into the national fortune of the Celestial Empire.

At the same time, a golden light shone down, and the golden dragon mark between Li Shu and the others' eyebrows became brighter again before slowly fading away.

Meanwhile, Wang Shi had already led his troops across the Taizi River and was launching a fierce attack on the Qing army.

Faced with the full-scale attack from the Celestial Empire, the Qing army fought desperately, but to little avail.

Even within the Qing Dynasty's territory, despite the immense power of the Qing Dynasty's national fortune suppressing it, the speed of the Celestial Empire's army's advance could not be stopped.

Moreover, wherever the Celestial Empire's army arrives, the Celestial Empire's national fortune will spread.

The gold, silver, and copper coins that had already spread out, and the resulting national fortune of the Celestial Empire, instantly resonated with it, completely transforming it into the territory of the Celestial Empire.

Following closely behind the army were countless officials of all ranks.

Each time a territory was occupied, countless officials would quickly take over and completely control the area.

After the Qing army was largely defeated by the Celestial Empire's forces, the remaining resistance was completely incapable of causing any trouble.

You must understand, these officials of the Celestial Empire are not the powerless civil servants of the past.

When they use their supernatural powers in battle, they may not be as good as the regular army of the Celestial Empire, but compared to other people, or even soldiers and generals from other countries, they can still easily crush them.

Not to mention, it can also influence the fate of a region.

If a battle were to break out in their territory, even if the enemy formed a complete army, it would be difficult for them to pose a threat.

Therefore, any region occupied by the Celestial Empire would soon be completely controlled.

It can be said that the Chinese army never had to worry about logistics when it launched an offensive.

Because their rear was not far behind them.

In just two days, Wang Shi had led his troops to the outskirts of Shenyang. (End of Chapter)