Ming Dynasty: pacifying the rebellion and defending the border, dominating the world

Chapter 254 A Terrifying Possibility, Shattering the Void

"Yes!"

"If I hadn't ascended to heaven, what about my memories?"

"If I have already shattered the void and ascended to heaven, then who am I in the mortal realm?"

"Did the Supreme Master order the East to come?"

"Or……"

Ling Donglai was bewildered. The aura of a peak Celestial being exploded from his body, stirring up a storm of wind and clouds. Boundless black clouds rolled in like an inky flood, accompanied by countless thunderbolts, creating a scene of apocalypse.

The ground was cracked in countless ways, spreading in all directions.

The Mongol capital, Dadu, trembled under his power.

When a celestial being is angered, the heavens and the earth change.

Many of the wolf guards who got closer and wanted to investigate the truth were directly blown to pieces, turning into blood mist, and were crushed to death by Ling Donglai's celestial aura.

"Am I... me?" Ling Donglai looked down at his hands in confusion, completely ignoring everything around him and the casualties he had caused. Clearly, his memories were real, his heaven-reaching and earth-shattering cultivation was real, he was flesh and blood, able to breathe the air of this world, feel the flow of the wind, and smell the blood in the air.

But for some reason, Ling Donglai had a feeling that he was not real.

Li Changsheng and Zhang Sanfeng exchanged a glance, both seeing the solemnity and a hint of fear in each other's eyes.

Zhang Sanfeng is hailed as a legend in the martial arts world. He once wielded the Zhenwu Sword to vanquish demons for sixty years, striking fear into the hearts of the entire Ming Dynasty and surrounding countries. Even before reaching the Celestial Realm, he could fight Celestial Realm beings without ever being defeated.

Li Changsheng even called himself a banished immortal, a terrestrial celestial being at the peak of his realm. He believed that if he wanted, he could tear apart the Heavenly Gate, shatter the void, and ascend to the upper realm to become a true immortal.

Given their level of cultivation, perspective, experience, and temperament, they shouldn't have such emotions.

But seeing Ling Donglai lost in confusion, disarray, and even self-doubt, Li Changsheng and Zhang Sanfeng felt a sudden, inexplicable fear.

The feeling was like an ant suddenly being swept into the starry sky, seeing the vast and boundless universe, the truth of the world—no surprises, only insignificance, only fear.

This emotion arises from nowhere and disappears without a trace.

It came abruptly, and it left just as abruptly.

However, it still left a strong psychological shadow on the two of them.

"Mr. Li, Master Zhang, what's wrong with you?" Mo Yi didn't know what had happened between the two, but she felt that for a moment, their eyes seemed to have changed, as if they had seen a flood or a ferocious beast.

"No, it's nothing," Li Changsheng replied first, his voice trembling noticeably.

This was something that Mo Yi had only just met about Li Changsheng, something that should have been absolutely impossible, but now it had actually happened, making Mo Yi even more curious.

If it weren't for her obsession with the Heavenly Sword and reviving her sister, Mo Yi would have even wanted to ask more questions.

Li Changsheng and Zhang Sanfeng also tacitly agreed not to offer any explanation.

He just stared intently at Ling Donglai.

Just then, Ling Donglai raised his head, his eyes bloodshot, and let out a deafening, maniacal laugh: "Who am I? Who am I? Why?!"

Boom!

Thunder rumbled from the heavens.

As Ling Donglai roared, thunder and lightning rained down, as if to annihilate this rebellious person who dared to question the heavens.

Ling Donglai, who was below him, wore a chillingly cruel smile.

He couldn't understand why, despite his profound learning, having sought out wise men throughout the land and traveled to various states, no one was worthy of discussing the Dao with him. This person was so intelligent that he was almost supernatural. The slightest clues and the confusion and initial entry in his memory were magnified.

Ling Donglai naturally realized that something was wrong with him.

Is he a fake?
One thought caused all of Ling Donglai's persistence, pride, and rationality to vanish.

"roll!!"

Ling Donglai's black hair flew wildly, his eyes were chaotic and filled with an astonishing killing intent. The blade light he slashed out with his right hand transformed into a huge blade aura composed of dazzling divine light, soaring straight into the sky and making the heavens and earth tremble.

"Bang!" The void split open, and the dark clouds and rolling thunder were cleaved into nothingness by this one strike.

When the common people looked up at the sky, they could only see a huge knife mark stretching across the horizon, as if it were about to split the heavens and the earth apart, revealing the scene beyond the void.

"The Heavenly Gate... the Heavenly Gate has opened!"

In the Mongol capital, cries of alarm echoed across the land. Everyone looked up in horror at the sky and saw that behind the shattered void above, brilliant golden light was shining down upon the world, illuminating thousands of miles.

Zhang Sanfeng, Li Changsheng, and Mo Yi all fell silent.

They never expected that, in his madness, Ling Donglai would shatter the void and open the Heavenly Gate.

Yibula Mountain, deep in the grassland.

Cao Xueyang looked up and saw a scene of shattered void appearing on the horizon, with golden light that did not belong to the human world falling down. He guessed that someone was shattering the void.

only……

"Someone has shattered the void in the direction of the Mongol capital. Could it be Phagpa? Or is it the Longevity Divine Art that is said to be able to borrow power from the heavens?" Cao Xueyang frowned slightly. After carefully sensing the surroundings, she quickly realized something through the interaction between heaven and man. Her face gradually turned cold. "Such an aura, the peak of the terrestrial celestial realm?"

"There are also two other celestial thoughts, and one celestial being is present?"

"My battlefield will not allow any changes."

Whether it's a celestial being or the Eternal Heaven Divine Art, it doesn't matter.

These are all variables that Cao Xueyang does not accept.

Nature is a variable, and should therefore be... erased.

The next moment, Cao Xueyang directly ordered the Youlong Riders to stand by, while she soared nine hundred miles into the blue sky, transforming into a rainbow of light that instantly tore through the heavens and earth, rushing towards the direction of Dadu.

Cao Xueyang, roaming freely above the heavens, had a faint phantom image surrounding him, like a divine dragon soaring through the nine heavens, surveying the eight wastelands at an unimaginable speed.

In just a few breaths, a hundred miles were covered.

The void shattered, and the gates of heaven opened wide.

Cao Xueyang was able to notice such a sensational event.

Zhu Jinzhen could naturally sense it as well.

Zhu Jinzhen stood tall in the sky above Yan'an Prefecture, gazing intently into the distance. "Peak-level terrestrial celestial beings, the Mongol Yuan, no, not the Mongol Yuan, are going through a turbulent time!"

After consolidating the troops on all four sides, Zhu Jinzhen was originally prepared to continue sending troops to quickly finish the Jingnan campaign.

As a result, an entity that could shatter the void appeared on the Mongol side!
Moreover, it was an unfamiliar celestial aura.

"Your Highness, on the Mongol side, one of the celestial wills, like a yin-yang millstone, is a unified whole, and seems to be... Zhang Sanfeng?" Yan Yimei gazed in the direction of the Mongol Yuan, calmly saying, "The other two seem to be celestial thoughts, not their true forms. They should be Li Changsheng and Mo Yi from Beili. The other is a terrestrial celestial being..."

The aura emanating from Ling Dong made Yan Yimei quite wary.

As the void shattered and the Heavenly Gate opened, the aura coming from the east began to fluctuate, seemingly poised to break through to a higher realm in the mortal world. Although still at the peak of the terrestrial celestial realm, its momentum had already subtly surpassed that of the peak celestial realm, indicating a breakthrough towards an even higher realm.

"Ok?"

Zhu Jinzhen suddenly realized something, his gaze shifted slightly, looking in a certain direction, a smile appearing on his face: "Xueyang seems to have put aside what he was doing and rushed over there first."

Yan Yimei naturally noticed it as well.

Moreover, they sensed Cao Xueyang's aggressive aura, which carried a murderous intent.

He immediately smiled and asked, "Your Highness, what about us?"

Zhu Jinzhen glanced at the orderly Cangyun Army and Yan'an Prefecture below, and nodded with a smile: "Let's go join in the fun. I also want to see who this person is who would choose to break through the void in the Mongol Yuan Dynasty."

After he finished speaking, an illusory portal materialized from nothingness.

The perfect tool for home and travel: the Anywhere Door.

(End of this chapter)