Starting as the young master of a medicine shop, he practiced swordsmanship for twenty years.

Chapter 370 The Perfection of Three Lifetimes in the Mortal World! The Fourth Mortal World!
Seven days later, in the Golden Palace.

The morning sun pierced through the newly built glazed dome, shining on the gleaming gold bricks.

All the civil and military officials knelt in orderly rows. Prince Shangwu and Peng Lie, who were at the head of the officials, both closed their eyes and concentrated, as if waiting for something.

"The late emperor's edict—"

The high-pitched voice of the Grand Eunuch of the Directorate of Ceremonial echoed in the hall, startling many officials who looked up abruptly.

"By the Mandate of Heaven, the Emperor decrees—"

A trembling voice echoed in the hall, and the five-clawed golden dragon pattern on the bright yellow imperial edict in the chief eunuch's hand shone brightly in the morning light.

"The thirteenth prince, Lu Xumin, is exceptionally intelligent, loves the people like his own children, is gentle and refined, selfless and devoted to public service, and benevolent and kind... He has won my heart deeply. Therefore, the throne shall be passed to the thirteenth prince. This is my decree!"

The entire court was in an uproar, and several senior officials were so shocked that their hair and beards trembled.

The thirteenth prince, Lu Xumin, ascended the throne, and what about the Crown Prince in the Eastern Palace...?

"Another decree—" the eunuch's shrill voice continued to read:

"The Emperor's father-in-law, Peng Lie, is loyal to the Emperor and devoted to the country, working tirelessly day and night. The Martial King, Lu Zhanshi, is also loyal to the country and dedicated to public service. He is hereby appointed as a Minister of State Assistance to assist in governing the country. This is the imperial decree!"

Behind the beaded curtain, a young figure could be vaguely seen sitting on a large dragon throne.

In the shadow of the palace pillars, Lu Xuan stood with his hands behind his back, golden light swirling in his eyes.

"This... Your Majesty... Your Majesty..."

Just as several senior ministers were about to offer their advice, they saw King Shangwu and Peng Lie open their eyes at the same time.

The two elderly ministers' gazes sharpened instantly, silencing all dissent. They bowed respectfully, saying, "Your Majesty, we obey the decree!"

Only then did the officials realize—this was not an edict of succession at all.
During these seven turbulent days, the imperial court experienced unprecedented upheaval.

Taking advantage of the chaos, the Ninth Prince Lu Xuyang raised an army and led three thousand soldiers straight to the capital.

However, he was suppressed by the Imperial Guards led by Prince Shangwu at Xuanwu Gate. This once arrogant prince was ultimately killed on the spot outside the Meridian Gate.

The other eight princes also confessed their crimes.

The second prince, Lu Xuhua, had all his cultivation stripped away and was demoted to a commoner.

The hands that once wielded such power can now only sweep fallen leaves for the ancestors in the imperial mausoleum.

The third prince was stripped of his python robe and demoted to an ordinary member of the imperial family.

That obese body could no longer enjoy delicacies and could only live a normal life every day.

The fourth prince was imprisoned in the "Tower of Repentance" and was forbidden from ever stepping out of it for the rest of his life.

The tower is covered with scriptures for meditation, and the sound of chanting can be heard day and night.

The Fifth Prince...
Every prince who once dominated the political scene tasted the bitter fruit of his own actions within these seven days.

Alongside the issuance of the edict of succession, another edict that shook the entire empire spread throughout the Wen and Jing dynasties:
"Crown Prince Lu Xuan fell ill from grief over the late emperor and passed away. He was posthumously honored as 'Holy, Benevolent, Martial, and Supreme Emperor,' and his temple name was Heavenly Supreme Holy Ancestor."

The whole country was dressed in mourning, and the people wept bitterly.

The people of the capital spontaneously burned incense and offered sacrifices, and white banners covered the entire imperial city like snow.

Only the bewildered thirteenth prince, Lu Xumin, was helped onto the dragon throne without any prior knowledge of what was happening.

"Grandson, is this what you're after?"

In the stillness of the night, Peng Lie gazed at the starry sky and murmured to himself.

He knew that all of this was the last gift left to the Wenjing Dynasty by his grandson, who had transcended the mundane world—a new dynasty without factional strife or infighting.

Peng Lie stood on the winding corridor of the garden, his aged fingers gently caressing the warm jade pendant in his arms.

In the soft light of dawn, the golden light inside the jade pendant flowed like water, and countless tiny dragon-shaped phantoms could be vaguely seen swimming within it.

"This kid..."

A slight smile appeared on Peng Lie's lips, but tears welled up in his eyes.

This wondrous jade pendant was a gift from Lu Xuan before his departure. It not only contained all the profound mysteries of breaking through to the realm of terrestrial immortals, but also sealed a wisp of pure power of heaven and earth.

The moment his fingertips touched the jade surface, Peng Lie shuddered.

He seemed to see an endless sea of ​​stars unfolding before his eyes, the trajectories of the sun, moon, and stars transforming into the true meaning of martial arts, and the veins of the laws of heaven and earth clearly discernible...
"I see.…."

Peng Lie suddenly laughed loudly, his crimson aura erupting uncontrollably around him.

The nearby artificial rocks instantly vaporized, and the pool water boiled and evaporated, but strangely enough, those splashing water droplets condensed in the air into fiery lotuses!
Upon seeing this, the Peng family guards patrolling in the distance were so frightened that they knelt down on the ground.

They saw that Old Master Peng's white hair was turning black at a visible speed, his hunched back was gradually straightening, and even the wrinkles on his face were slowly smoothing out...

"You little rascal, you've certainly left your grandfather a great gift."

Peng Lie carefully put the jade pendant into his bosom.

He looked toward the direction of the Forbidden City—where King Shangwu was instructing the new emperor on how to handle state affairs.

I learned from my grandson that he had also left a jade pendant for the Marco Polo Commander.

When the dynasty is stable, that will be the time for the two of them to pursue the path of transcendence, and all things in the mortal world will be nothing but fleeting clouds.

Peng Lie stroked the jade pendant and suddenly burst into laughter.

The laughter startled the birds perched under the eaves, which then vanished in the moonlight as specks of golden light.

Meanwhile, King Shangwu in the palace gazed at the shooting star in the sky and suddenly thought, perhaps it was that nephew.

They reside in a realm beyond their reach, smilingly surveying the human world...

At that moment, Lu Xuan emerged from seclusion!
Host: Lu Xuan, the Immortal of the Mortal World (Third Incarnation)

Realm: Heavenly Being (Dacheng)

Kung Fu: Nine Dragons Protective Scripture 20/9
Score: 20000
Having squandered all 2 million system points, Lu Xuan deduced the Nine Dragons Protective Scripture nine times, successfully breaking through to the martial arts realm of the unity of heaven and man.

Lu Xuan stood atop the clouds, his body radiating golden light as dazzling as the blazing sun.

With each breath he took, the sea of ​​clouds within a hundred miles surged and billowed.

This is the true state of harmony between humanity and nature—every gesture resonates with the universe!
Click!

Fine cracks suddenly appeared in the surrounding void, indicating that this world was rejecting his existence.

That terrifying pressure was enough to crush a martial arts grandmaster into dust, yet it only made Lu Xuan frown slightly.

"Not enough..."

His eyes blazed with golden light as he forcefully resisted the rejection of the world's will.

Through the eyes of the celestial beings, the mortal world at this moment appears completely different to them.

Colorful spiritual energy flows through the mountains and rivers, while crimson fiery essence lurks deep within the earth's veins.

What's even more alarming is that the malevolent energy, invisible to ordinary people, coils around every town like a venomous snake!
"I see."

Lu Xuan sneered and suddenly raised his hand in a grabbing motion.

In an ancient city thousands of miles away, a black mist that had lingered for hundreds of years was suddenly pulled out by an invisible force and vanished amidst screams.

"Since you're leaving..."

"Then clean up this filth...!" These are system points, after all.

Before he finished speaking, twelve golden rays suddenly shot out from Lu Xuan's body, like meteors, towards every corner of the Wenjing Dynasty.

Wherever the golden light passed, those lurking evil spirits had nowhere to hide...

Fifty years later, the celestial phenomena of the entire world suddenly changed.

Thousands of golden dragon phantoms coiled in the nine heavens, dyeing the entire sky a dazzling gold.

The mighty dragon roar resounded throughout the eight directions, yet strangely, it brought a sense of peace.

Countless people looked up and felt a warm golden light brush against their cheeks, and their long-standing ailments were cured without medicine.

Peng Lie and King Shangwu emerged from their seclusion simultaneously, the two terrestrial immortals staring blankly at the sky. They clearly saw a familiar figure gradually fading away deep within the endless golden light.

"grandson.……"

Peng Lie's eyes were filled with tears, yet he smiled with satisfaction: "Good! Good!"

King Shangwu, his black robes fluttering, suddenly exclaimed with emotion, "Throughout history, someone has finally taken this step!"

Host: Lu Xuan, the Immortal of the Mortal World (Third Incarnation)

Realm: Human Immortal (Beginning)

Kung Fu: Nine Dragons Protective Scripture 24/9
Score: 1000
Fifty years have passed in the blink of an eye. At this moment, Lu Xuan has finally transcended all limitations and achieved the realm of a human immortal!

He stood atop the clouds, surrounded by dazzling golden light, each ray of which contained a terrifying power capable of overturning the mortal realm below.

"This is... immortal power?"

Lu Xuan looked down at his palm, where a ball of pure, golden immortal energy, as clear as glass, was circulating.

This is similar to the mortal immortal power achieved in the Heavenly Martial Realm, but even more transcendent.

At this moment, Lu Xuan has already broken free from the constraints of this world's rules, and even the will of Heaven can no longer impose any restrictions on him.

Rumbling--

Suddenly, the entire sky began to tremble violently.

Amidst the churning sea of ​​clouds, a colossal face composed of purple lightning slowly emerged—the embodiment of the world's will!
“An anomaly…”

The sound of thunder was deafening, and countless chains of rules stretched out from the void, but they all melted away within three zhang of Lu Xuan.

Lu Xuan chuckled, and golden immortal light surged in his eyes.

With a gentle flick of his sleeve, the chains of world rules that were powerful enough to strangle even terrestrial immortals vanished like a spring breeze and rain.

Then, Lu Xuan suddenly closed his five fingers, and a terrifying pressure that caused the heavens and earth to change color burst forth from between his fingers.

In an instant——

"Roar--!!!"

Tens of thousands of golden dragons roared from his palm, each carrying the power to shatter the void.

As the golden dragon's shadow passed, the endless space shattered like a mirror, revealing a dazzling galaxy and sea of ​​light behind it.

That thunderous face, formed from the will of the world, was torn to pieces by the dragon horde!

The entire sky began to collapse, and the sun, moon, and stars appeared simultaneously. Lu Xuan laughed loudly and stepped into the sky.

However, before the smile on Lu Xuan's lips had completely faded, the entire world suddenly erupted in chaos!

A deafening roar of thunder!
The world's will was utterly enraged, and a roar that shook even Lu Xuan's immortal body resounded from the depths of the void.

The clouds, stretching for tens of thousands of miles, instantly vaporized, revealing the twisted and deformed chains of celestial rules behind them.

Those chains were no longer empty laws, but had solidified into substantial purple lightning.

Each one contains the terrifying power to destroy an entire world.

As these purple lightning bolts, beyond the comprehension of living beings, appeared, a gigantic purple hand that blotted out the sky also emerged from the shattered void.

The massive purple lightning palm was covered with countless interwoven laws of heaven and earth, and a chaotic vortex capable of instantly annihilating even those at the Celestial Realm swirled in its center!
boom!
When the giant purple lightning palm pressed down, the space where Lu Xuan was located collapsed into nothingness.

At this moment, the mountains and rivers of Kyushu were dim and lifeless, as if the colors of the entire world had been drained by that one palm strike.

Faced with the colossal hand of the Heavenly Dao that could annihilate all things, Lu Xuan simply smiled calmly.

"it's time."

He looked down at his palm, where the newly acquired purplish-gold essence pulsed, shimmering with a radiance even more dazzling than the previous two worlds combined.

Click!

The purple lightning struck Lu Xuan's shoulder, but it didn't even lift the hem of his clothes.

Lu Xuan's figure began to become illusory. This was not because he was being erased by the Heavenly Dao, but rather a sign of true transcendence!
"thanks for treatment."

He nodded slightly to the enraged avatar of the Heavenly Dao, as if bidding farewell to an old friend.

As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Xuan suddenly emitted a light more dazzling than the sun, directly tearing apart the barrier of this world!
When the sea of ​​purple lightning dissipated, only absolute nothingness remained in the original place!
There is no matter, no energy, and not even the concept of "existence".

The will of the world, in the most violent way, proclaimed to all living beings what true divine authority is—unassailable!
Lu Xuan was no longer there.

Tianwu Realm!

Host: Lu Xuan

Realm: Second Incarnation of a Mortal Immortal (Perfect)
功法：焚天刀法17/9（可推演），咫尺天涯16/9（可推演），不死不灭16/9（可推演）

Points: 36100 million

Please confirm whether you wish to consume 8000 million points to deduce the concept of "nearly distant".

Please confirm whether you wish to consume 12000 million points to deduce the Heaven-Burning Blade Technique.

Please confirm whether you wish to consume 8000 million points to deduce immortality!
The system points increased by 3 million.

"Deduction!"

In the blink of an eye, more than a hundred years have passed. When Lu Xuan awoke again, he had already broken through to the realm of the Three Incarnations of the Mortal World Immortal.

Host: Lu Xuan

Realm: Immortal of Three Lifetimes in the Mortal World (Perfect)
功法：焚天刀法18/9，咫尺天涯17/9，不死不灭17/9。

Points: 8100 million

Lu Xuan hovered in the abyss, his eyes gleaming with divine light that pierced through countless mountains and rivers, taking in the entire scene of the Great Xia Dynasty.

The incense at the Lu family ancestral hall still burns brightly, and several children are practicing martial arts under the guidance of the clan elders. Although their moves are clumsy, the martial arts talent in the Lu family bloodline is already faintly visible.

The current head of the Lu family is reviewing clan affairs in his study, and one can still vaguely discern the shadow of Lu Yunqing from back then between his brows.

"Never mind..."

Lu Xuan simply sighed softly, the divine light in his eyes gradually fading.

Seeing the Lu family descendants living in peace and prosperity, and the family's fortunes rising steadily, he finally severed his last ties to the world.

A streak of black-gold flame once again emerged from Lu Xuan's body, piercing through countless void rifts...
One after another, blurry worlds appeared before Lu Xuan's soul.

"Cao Jin, this time it's your turn to report back to your godfather. Stop making excuses and trying to shirk responsibility!"

Cao Haosheng slammed his fist on the table and stood up, his eyes flashing with cold light.

"Bastard!"

Cao Jin slammed the teacup to the ground, shards of porcelain flying everywhere. "Why don't you, Cao Haosheng, go yourself?"

"How could the failure of this matter be the fault of any one person?"

He continued through gritted teeth, "They're all those treacherous, ungrateful dogs from the Embroidered Uniform Guard! How dare they defy my adoptive father's will..."

No sooner had he finished speaking than Cao Jin suddenly grinned maliciously: "If you ask me, we should just kill that bastard Shen Wanbao!"

"Oh?"

Cao Haosheng raised an eyebrow and sneered, slowly walking around to Cao Jin's back, standing with his hands behind his back: "Such arrogance!"

"If you can really take that old monster's head, I, Cao Haosheng, am willing to kneel down and call you godfather!"

The slanting sunlight filtering through the carved window lattice cast long shadows of the two men facing each other.

The brocade cushion on the rosewood chair has been scratched and has several tears.

Even the sandalwood incense filling the hall couldn't suppress the tense atmosphere.

(End of this chapter)