Daqin Zhentiansi

Deep within the Black Wind Rift Valley.

The rekindled altar fire is like a beacon lit in the filthy abyss.

The pure golden light of the Heavenly Dao pierced through the rolling demonic clouds, but it also became the most frenzied target of the endless demonic tide!
"Roar!"

Several Heart-Eating Demon Lords, who had just been repelled and whose auras were unstable, roared in fury.

Together with the demons surging from the depths of the chaotic vortex, they, along with the destructive turbid waves, once again frantically rushed towards that fragile yet incredibly resilient golden pillar of light!
Beneath the altar, dozens of Rock Camp warriors, who had just completed the heroic act of lighting the fire, were nearly exhausted.

Leaning on a broken awl, his heavy armor stained with blood, Yue Zhenshan gazed at the overwhelming tide of demons, his eyes filled with resolute determination to die.

"Fire General! We will hold this position to the death!"

Yue Zhenshan roared, and the remaining soldiers struggled to their feet, trying to use their broken bodies to build the last line of defense.

"No!" Zhang Yuan's voice was resolute, like a thunderclap, instantly drowning out the demonic howl and roar.

He took a step forward, and his figure appeared in front of the golden pillar of light, with his back to the blazing flame of hope and his face to the torrent of destruction!
"Om-!"

A dark gold battle blade, wrapped in chaotic lightning and profound divine patterns, instantly appeared in his palm—it was an extension of his will, a manifestation of protection!

Daxia dragon bird!

Where the blade points, the space hums!

“Lei Zhen! Yue Zhenshan!” Zhang Yuan’s voice carried an unwavering and resolute will.

"Take any brothers who can still move and evacuate the rift valley immediately! Target—300 miles southeast, the abandoned fortress of 'Meteor Gorge'! Set fire to the altar there too! This is a military order!"

Lei Zhen's eyes were bloodshot: "Fire Commander! You—"

"Execute the order!" Zhang Yuan's voice was as cold as the cold iron of the underworld, yet it contained a conviction to burn everything in its path. "I will guard this fire! You, go and ignite more sparks!"

Almost at the same time the order was given, several streaks of light tore through the demonic clouds and rushed towards the Blood Millstone!

These were the elite celestial beings, including Young Master Xuanlan, who had come to reinforce them.

"Fire General! We have come to help you guard the altar!" Young Master Xuanlan's voice was urgent, and his body was filled with sword energy.

However, Zhang Yuan did not turn around. His gaze was fixed on the surging demonic tide vanguard, its claws powerful enough to tear through space!

"Well done!" Zhang Yuan suddenly raised his sword, the blade pointing in another direction. His voice resounded through the sky, filled with an overwhelming sense of pride and urgency. "Xuan Lan! Take them to the 'Northwest Rift Valley,' the altar node there is closer! Light it! Quickly! I'll handle this!"

Before the words were even finished, the first wave of the demonic tide's giant claws slammed down!
"boom--!"

Instead of retreating, Zhang Yuan advanced, unleashing a divine light from the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow in his hand that pierced through the chaos, fiercely meeting the attack head-on!
The moment the blade clashed with the demonic claw, a terrifying shockwave exploded in a ring, instantly turning the surrounding low-level demons into dust!
The rocks beneath Zhang Yuan's feet shattered inch by inch, and his body sank slightly.

But his footsteps were like iron pillars rooted to the ground, not moving an inch!
One man, one sword, pinned firmly between the altar and the demonic tide!

"Roar--!"

The Demon Lord was enraged, and more attacks rained down like a storm!

A raging torrent of poisonous flames, soul-tearing threads of curse, a storm of bone blades powerful enough to shatter stars…

Countless attacks instantly engulfed Zhang Yuan's figure!

The golden light flickered uncertainly amidst the filthy demonic energy, as if it would be extinguished at any moment.

however--

"The Heavenly Dao of the Great Qin Dynasty—!"

Zhang Yuan, who was submerged in the center of the attack, suddenly let out a roar that pierced through eternity!

"Follow me—clear the way!!!"

"Boom—!!!"

Downstream of the distant river of time, in the Nine Provinces of the Great Qin Dynasty!

Imperial City, Qianyang Palace!

Emperor Yuankang, who had been standing with his hands behind his back, his mind closely connected with the Spring Mountain Grotto, suddenly had his eyes burst forth with a divine light more dazzling than the blazing sun the moment Zhang Yuan's roar that transcended time and space rang out!

"The Marquis of Qingyang needs strength..." The emperor's voice was deep, yet like a divine decree, resounding throughout the imperial city and then spreading across the entire land of Qin. "Show your backbone, Great Qin!"

As he spoke, an indescribable, supreme power, carrying the will of hundreds of millions of people and condensing the earth's veins of the nine provinces, suddenly erupted from Emperor Yuankang's body!
That was not just simple true essence, but the original will of the Great Qin!
A massive, jet-black pillar of light, seemingly supporting the heavens and the earth, rose from the Qianyang Palace and shot straight into the sky!
"Zheng—!"

"hold head high--!"

"Wow—!"

……

Across the vast land of China, countless dormant wills were awakened, drawn in, and resonated with by this pillar of light!
At the very bottom of the Yangtianzhou Sword Tomb, the overwhelming killing intent surged violently. A blurry yet terrifyingly murderous blood shadow trembled slightly amidst the ten thousand sword cries, and an extremely pure killing intent merged into the pillar of light!
God of Slaughter, Bai Qi!

On a solitary peak in Tianxuan Sword Pavilion, Yangtianzhou, Ying Yuexuan, dressed in plain clothes, suddenly opened her eyes.

The sword energy in her eyes pierced through the void, and the illusory image of the Nine-Bend Heavenly River, which she severed, flashed behind her and transformed into a sharp sword intent that merged into the pillar of light of the imperial city!
On the top of the Heavenly Mystery Tower in Liangzhou, Li Chunfeng, holding the Ice Jade Star Disc of Yongzhou, had his blindfolded silk ribbons moving without wind. The power of the stars in the heavens surged wildly into the star disc, transforming into a dazzling ribbon of starlight that flowed into the Heavenly Profound Pillar!

At the Prajna Zen Forest in Liangyuan, Master Chanxin chanted the Buddha's name, and illusory images of dragons and elephants appeared around him, with the Buddha's light merging into the torrent.

Throughout the Nine Provinces, countless illusory butterflies fluttered about, and Zhuangzi's dream-like avatars traversed between reality and illusion, contributing Daoist charm that surpassed even the Grandmaster realm.

Deep within the Purple Extreme Palace, Ying Wuji's aura was slightly stirred.

Yongzhou, Liangzhou, Shuzhou... Across the Nine Provinces, countless primordial auras, some strong, some weak, some heavy, some ethereal, soared into the sky!

That is the will of countless powerful figures in the Great Qin Dynasty, the spirit of the mountains and rivers, and the belief of the people in the city!

They traversed space and converged into the dark pillar of light above the imperial city! Under the control of Emperor Yuankang's will, the power of the Heavenly Dao of the entire Qin Dynasty transformed into an unprecedented, extremely condensed dark torrent.

Following that resonant trajectory that spans countless ages, the torrent roared into the river of time and space, reaching the front lines of the primordial wilderness!
The primordial wilderness, the Black Wind Rift Valley!
Just as Zhang Yuan was engulfed by endless demonic energy and the altar fire was flickering and about to go out, at the critical moment of life and death!

"Buzz—!!!"

A dark torrent, seemingly surging from the source of time, containing the weight of the Nine Provinces, the will of billions of people, and the Daoist essence of countless powerful beings, disregarded the barriers of space and time and descended with a roar!
It was precisely injected into Zhang Yuan's tall and solitary body!

At the same time, the pure golden pillar of light above Zhang Yuan's head, representing the will of the primordial barrier, seemed to have found the perfect point of resonance, instantly intertwining, entwining, and merging with this dark torrent!
Gold and black, two different origins, yet at this moment, the vast power of the Heavenly Dao, with its shared will, has achieved an unprecedented convergence in Zhang Yuan!

"boom--!"

An unimaginable, terrifying power erupted from Zhang Yuan's body!
His dark ink Taoist robe fluttered wildly, and his dark gold battle blade emitted a dragon's roar that shattered the void!
Between the two eyes, the left eye evolved into chaos, with stars and rivers flowing.

The right eye holds a profound and mysterious will, capable of controlling the rise and fall of mountains and rivers!
With the blessing of the Heavenly Dao of the Two Realms, his cultivation level instantly broke through the limits!

The barrier of the Venerable Realm is as thin as paper in the face of the vast Heavenly Dao!
Chaos Evolution Realm! Starfall Realm! Return to Nothingness Realm! Primordial Realm!
The power of the four realms of Venerable One surged, overlapped, and merged wildly within his body!
At this moment, the physical body, cultivation level, and soul were forcibly pushed by the Heavenly Dao of the Two Realms to an unprecedented, brief, invincible state that was comparable to or even surpassed that of a Venerable!

"Get out of my way!"

Zhang Yuan roared and swung his dark gold battle blade horizontally!

It was no longer a skill, no longer a supernatural power, but a pure outpouring of the mighty power of the Heavenly Dao!

A magnificent blade aura, merging the golden light of the primordial era with the profound blackness of the Qin Dynasty, was like the first ray of light after the creation of the world, instantly tearing apart all the demonic energy attacks that had engulfed him!
"Boom—!!!"

The poisonous flames extinguished!

The curse has broken!

Bone blade shattered!

The few high-ranking demon generals that rushed towards them, along with a large swarm of demons, were silently evaporated and vaporized under this blade of energy, like ice and snow under the sun!
Even those few terrifying Heart-Eating Demon Lords were violently repelled by this overwhelming and unstoppable power of the Dual Realms Heavenly Dao, leaving deep, bone-revealing knife marks on their demonic bodies, and for the first time, their eyes revealed horror and disbelief!
A man with a sword, his body intertwined with black and gold light, like a god or demon descending to earth, firmly nailed to the altar!

No matter how many demons there are, how fierce and terrifying they are, I will not retreat even a single step!

The altar fire burned even more brightly behind him!
The Great Qin Dynasty, atop the Imperial City!
As the dark torrent carrying the power of the entire nation poured into the primordial world, an ancient and extremely pure primordial force originating from the primordial world also followed the trajectory of that resonance and fed back to the Great Qin Dynasty in strands!
"Om..."

The spiritual energy of heaven and earth suddenly became more active and pure than ever before!
It was as if a dried-up riverbed had been flooded with sweet, primordial spring water!

Throughout the Nine Provinces, all cultivators felt a jolt in their hearts at this moment, as if some invisible shackles had been loosened!
At the Imperial City Training Ground, the Imperial Guards soldiers who were practicing were filled with energy and blood. Many of them had broken through the bottlenecks that had been hindering them for a long time, and their cultivation levels broke through instantly!

At the Prajna Zen Forest in Liangyuan, Master Chanxin was surrounded by a great aura of Buddha, and the illusory images of dragons and elephants became more and more solid, as if he had touched a higher threshold of the Buddhist kingdom.

At the top of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion, the Zhou Tian Star Chart in Li Chunfeng's hand shimmered with light, its deductive power surged, and his grasp of heavenly secrets instantly became several times clearer!
At the Sword Tomb of Yangtianzhou, the overwhelming baleful aura seemed to have been infused with a trace of primordial vitality, causing it to churn even more violently, and Bai Qi's aura at the core seemed to have solidified slightly!
On the solitary peak of Tianxuan Sword Pavilion, Ying Yuexuan's sword intent intensified, and the phantom that severed the Milky Way almost materialized, her sword comprehension pointing directly to a higher realm!
Throughout the Nine Provinces, the fluttering butterflies became even more vibrant, their ethereal aura spreading and inspiring countless cultivators...

The entire Great Qin seemed to be injected with new vitality. The auras of countless powerful individuals began to rise under the nourishment of the primordial source, and the light of breakthroughs shone everywhere, like a prairie fire!
This is a feat that transcends time and space!
One man guards the altar, guides the celestial paths of the two realms, defeats the Demon Lord, and protects the flame!

It also secured a direct route to the heavens for their distant homeland!

A golden pillar of heavenly light pierced through the filthy demonic clouds of the Black Wind Rift Valley, like a spear of dawn piercing the night.

Its light not only cleansed the demonic atmosphere of the primordial world, but also transcended the barriers of time and space, sending a wisp of extremely pure primordial power back to the distant Qin Dynasty in the future!

The Qin Dynasty, the Imperial City, the Qianyang Palace.

Emperor Yuankang stood with his hands behind his back on the high steps in front of the palace, his deep eyes gazing at the torrent of time and space that was not visible to the naked eye, but was crystal clear in his imperial heart and in the communion with the Dao of Heaven.

When the aura containing the essence of the primordial chaos and fragments of the original rules flowed into the Great Qin Heavenly Dao like sweet rain melting into parched earth, this ambitious and talented emperor finally revealed a heartfelt joy after a long period of tension!

"Excellent! Excellent! Excellent!" Emperor Yuankang exclaimed three times, his voice resounding throughout the palace. His eyes flashed with an unprecedented brilliance, as if he had become ten years younger. "Marquis Qingyang! Zhang Yuan! This is an extraordinary achievement! You have secured a path to heaven for our Great Qin!"

He turned abruptly, looking out at the mountains and rivers of the Nine Provinces, his voice carrying an undeniable will: "Issue my decree: May the Nine Provinces rejoice! All the people of my Great Qin shall share in this primordial bounty!"

"This is the future that Marquis Zhang Yuan of Qingyang fought for us countless ages ago!"

Above the imperial city, the dark pillar of light that connected the primordial world had disappeared, but the spiritual energy of the entire world was boiling like a sea, more active and pure than ever before.

Countless cultivators, no matter where they are, clearly feel the accelerated circulation of true energy within their bodies, and the bottlenecks that have plagued them for many years suddenly loosen!
Yangtianzhou, the solitary peak of Tianxuan Sword Pavilion.

Ying Yuexuan stood quietly on the edge of the cliff, feeling the unprecedented activity and refinement of the Heaven-Slaying Sword Intent within her body, as if she had touched the threshold of a higher level of swordsmanship.

She gazed towards the imperial city, a complex light flickering in her cool eyes, which ultimately turned into a whisper that dissipated with the wind: "Zhang Yuan, Yang Tianzhou will remember this kindness."

Liangzhou, the top of Tianji Tower.

Li Chunfeng, holding the Yongzhou Ice Jade Star Disc, had his blindfolded ribbon move automatically even without wind.

On the star chart, the originally blurry celestial trajectories became clearer than ever before under the wash of the primordial power.

His lips twitched slightly, and he silently uttered a name, his voice filled with deep shock and a hint of awe.

Liang Yuan Domain, Prajna Zen Forest.

Master Chanxin was surrounded by a radiant aura of Buddha, and the power of the dragon and elephant he had gathered was even more powerful and profound, with the faint image of a Buddhist kingdom appearing behind him.

He faced the direction of the imperial city, clasped his hands together, and bowed deeply: "Amitabha. Marquis Qingyang has blazed trails through countless ages, his merits are immeasurable, and his blessings extend to all living beings."

Tongtian Continent, deep within the Purple Palace.

That aura, as silent as an abyss and seemingly supporting the core of heaven and earth, also stirred with an extremely subtle yet powerful fluctuation within the torrent of primordial origin.

An ancient and supremely majestic thought seemed to transcend layers of spatial barriers and was projected onto the distant, ancient battlefield of time: "Drawing upon the source of the primordial world and reversing the flow of eternity, this child... has truly become a bridge."

Throughout the entire Qin Dynasty, from the imperial court to the martial world, from sacred places of cultivation to bustling streets and alleys, there was an abundance of inspiration for breakthroughs and the ecstatic joy of surviving a calamity.

The name "Marquis Qingyang, Zhang Yuan" is deeply etched in the hearts of countless powerful individuals, their gratitude flowing like a mighty river. (End of Chapter)