Daqin Zhentiansi

"Roar--!"

"Wow—!"

"hold head high--!"

The roars of divine beasts, filled with liberation, rebirth, and boundless gratitude, resounded throughout the collapsing space!

Their remaining will was completely awakened, and their eyes were no longer filled with rage and chaos, but only with clarity, vicissitudes, and a deep gratitude to Zhang Yuan.

"The flame has been lit, and I am not alone on this path!"

"The legacy is yours; break free from this cage!"

"For us...behold the primordial world once more!"

One after another, clusters of inherited light, each imprinted with their original Dao and lifelong insights, flew towards Zhang Yuan like shooting stars.

A flash of clear light emanated from the Chaos Pearl between Zhang Yuan's brows, absorbing all the inherited imprints. Simultaneously, the remains and remnants of the divine beasts that had undergone initial transformation were also drawn into a chaotic portal he had opened—

A small realm that had just been opened up and contained the faint outline of the Great Qin Heavenly Dao was completely received and protected within it.

Having lost the supply of the essence of countless divine beasts, the dark golden torrent that pierced through the core and led to the depths of the Heavenly Palace was like a giant tree whose roots had been severed, emitting a piercing wail, trembling violently, and collapsing inch by inch!
It transformed into countless fragments of laws and golden light that scattered across the sky!

Zhang Yuan's eyes flashed like lightning, and he waved his hand: "Collect!"

The shattered fragments of the precious chains, as if drawn by an invisible hand, flew into his arms and were enveloped and sealed by the chaotic aura.

Just as the seal on Shenxiang Mountain completely collapsed.

"How dare you! You have destroyed my foundation and stolen my Dao fruit! You deserve to die a thousand deaths to atone for it!"

Two thoughts, carrying boundless rage, were like a world-destroying storm, instantly tearing apart the already chaotic spatial barriers above Mount Shenxiang!
Two core Venerables of the Heavenly Palace Patrol Hall, dressed in nebula-patterned robes and exuding a profound aura, clearly having reached the fourth level of the Venerable Realm, appeared with a single step that shattered the void!
The Venerable One's Fourth Realm: Primordial Beginning.

Words spoken become law, and words embody the constitution of Heaven!

Its overwhelming power even caused the collapsing Shenxiang Mountain to freeze in place!

Their gazes were fixed on Zhang Yuan, who was collecting the chain fragments, and their killing intent was like a solid ice spike, piercing straight towards him!

"Get back!"

A clear and melodious phoenix cry resounded throughout the heavens!
The Vermilion Bird manifested its true form, its wings spreading out to cover half the sky!

The Eternal True Flame was no longer in the form of magnificent feathers, but transformed into the "Purifying Fire Domain" that burned away the void and froze time, descending upon the two Venerables like a world-destroying furnace!
Within the fiery domain, the laws of space were burned and distorted, and even the flow of time became viscous!

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The deep, resonant drumbeats, like the heartbeat of ancient stars, shook the universe!
Lei Yu, with his hair and beard standing on end, wielded a giant hammer crackling with thick purple lightning, and slammed it down hard on an ancient Kui Niu Thunder Drum!

Each drumbeat summoned a devastating thunderbolt that seemed to annihilate the heavens, transforming into countless roaring thunder dragons that formed a destructive "Nine Heavens Thunder Prison," precisely blocking the path of the two Venerable Ones!

The destructive intent contained within the thunder was so intense that even the divine senses of a fourth-level Venerable felt a stinging pain!
The Vermilion Bird Fire Domain burns the sky, and the Thunder Prison Thunder Drum suppresses the Dao!
The two Heavenly Palace Fourth Realm Venerables suddenly froze, their anger almost burning away their reason, but they were temporarily blocked by the perfectly coordinated divine beast's ultimate attack, unable to advance an inch!
They could only watch helplessly as Zhang Yuan calmly collected the last piece of the chain!
In that stalemate—

"Boom!!!"

High above the heavens, in the endless depths of the void, a golden gate of indescribable magnificence, radiating supreme majesty that reigns over all realms, slowly condensed and opened!

Golden light shines everywhere!

The entire Nine Shepherds Wilderness, spanning hundreds of millions of miles, was startled by this vast golden light. Whether it was the myriad races of the wilderness and the Heavenly Palace army engaged in fierce battle, or the countless creatures lurking in the endless mountains and abysses, or even the ancient beings sleeping deep in the earth's veins, they all involuntarily looked up at it!
The divine light shone brightly, and the gate was majestic, as if it were connected to the origin of the Heavenly Dao!

Above the door, illusory images of the sun, moon, stars, primordial spirits, and the laws of the heavens flow, emanating an unparalleled pressure that commands all things to submit and makes the Great Dao murmur!

"Heaven... Heavenly Palace Golden Gate!" The Clan Chief of the Soul-Crying Bird Clan's voice was hoarse, filled with fear and trembling from the deepest part of his bloodline.

“Millions of years…the Heavenly Palace manifests…and it happens today…” The Earth Fire Lizard Elder’s scales stood on end, his turbid eyes filled with unbelievable shock.

"The primordial world... is really about to change..." The Black Scale Crocodile leader sank deeper into the magma, leaving behind only a complex whisper.

On the desolate plains, the kings such as Shenyue King and Lieqiong King gazed at the Heavenly Palace Gate, which symbolized absolute power and rule. Their mountain-like bodies were taut to the extreme, and their eyes held an unprecedented solemnity and... a determination to die.

Faced with the manifested Heavenly Palace, they knew that the resistance of ants might ultimately be futile.

At the front of the three million-strong garrison, the leading powerful abbots, such as Cangming, Panshi, Lingxiao, and Zhenyue, also looked tense, their palms sweating.

Although they acted on Zhang Yuan's orders, the oppressive aura emanating from the Heavenly Palace still weighed heavily on their hearts like a giant mountain.

In contrast, the leader of the Heavenly Palace Guards who was stopped first showed a look of wild joy on his face, as if he had seen a savior and the hope of punishing the rebels.

But this ecstasy was quickly replaced by the humiliation of being humiliated on the battlefield and unable to advance an inch, turning into a grim and ferocious expression: "Useless! A bunch of useless trash! How could you let the rebels go this far! Heavenly Palace has manifested its divine power, you rebels, why don't you surrender!"

The Heavenly Palace Guard Commander roared at the three million-strong garrison and the myriad races of the wasteland, but his voice sounded somewhat fierce but weak under the oppressive aura of the Heavenly Palace Golden Gate.

Amidst the dust and smoke of the collapsed Shenxiang Mountain, a figure in black ink soared into the sky!

Zhang Yuan stood in the void, draped in chaotic divine light. Beneath his feet were the ruins of a collapsed divine mountain, above him was the manifested golden gate of the Heavenly Palace, and around him were countless brilliant streams of light representing the inheritance of divine beasts and flashing with various Daoist charms, like stars guarding an emperor!
On the desolate plain, all was silent except for the low hum emanating from the Heavenly Palace Golden Gate and countless breaths of tension or ecstasy.

Zhang Yuan's voice rang out clearly, not loud, but with a strange penetrating power, ignoring the barriers of space and resounding in the hearts of every wild creature:

"Nine Shepherds Wilderness Atomic Citizens!"

"The legacy of Shenxiang Mountain is now in my hands! It is the legacy of our ancestral god, the guardian elephant of the mountain, and also contains gifts from countless divine beasts!"

"Your bloodline has been revived because I broke the chains! The power to suppress the prison has been restored because I regained control of its origin!"

"Today, the Heavenly Palace has manifested, intending to annihilate us!"

"I ask you all—"

"Are you willing to submit to me? Are you willing to swear an oath to forever guard this wasteland for ten thousand years, protecting this realm and safeguarding our human race?"

"If you so desire, from this moment forward, you shall be the 'Guardians of the Wasteland'! The divine legacy shall be bestowed upon you, kings! All races of the wasteland shall receive this blessing, return to their ancestral origins, and rebuild their glory!"

He raised his hand, pointing at King Chenyue, King Lieqiong, and several powerful chieftains of the wasteland tribes. At this moment, the Venerable of the Patrol Guard roared, his face contorted with rage: "Zhang Yuan! How dare you collude with traitors and betray the Heavenly Palace—"

Zhang Yuan suddenly turned his head, his gaze piercing the opponent like an icy blade, his voice shaking the heavens:
"Betrayal? My three million garrison commanders are under orders from the Heavenly Palace to conquer the wasteland, and now the battle situation is clear—if the Heavenly Palace is dissatisfied with our army's deployment..."

He roared at the army below: "Governors, listen to my command! Retreat! Hold your positions and await orders! Do not move a single soldier without my order!"

"As you command, Commander!" The abbots Panshi, Cangming, and others responded in unison, their voices like a tidal wave!
Upon receiving the order, the three million-strong army instantly withdrew its fierce aura, and the originally fierce battle lines retreated like a tide, completely exposing the isolated and helpless Heavenly Palace Guards to the myriad races of the wilderness.

This unexpected turn of events left everyone in the wasteland completely bewildered!
The Celestial Leader was struck dumb, his face instantly turning from ashen to deathly pale: "You... you actually threatened to withdraw your troops?!"

—A three million-strong army ceased fighting, leaving the wildlands, whose strength had surged dramatically, directly to the patrol army? This is clearly a scheme to use someone else to do the dirty work!
"Hahahaha—!" The Savage Bull King Lieqiong was the first to let out a deafening laugh, his laughter filled with joy and determination: "What is there to be afraid of! Fire General! We, the Nine Savage Bull Clan, are willing to submit! We will forever guard the wasteland for ten thousand years, as the 'Wilderness Guardian'! We will go through fire and water without hesitation!"

"The White Elephant Clan submits! They will forever guard the wasteland and protect our ancestral land! We beg the Fire General to bestow upon us the inheritance!" King Shenyue lowered his enormous head, his voice deep and firm, like a mountain falling to the ground.

"The Rock Python Clan is willing to submit!"

"The Soul-Crying Bird Tribe submits!"

"The Fire Lizard Clan is willing to submit!"

……

After a brief moment of shock, the powerful royal families and fierce tribal leaders of the wilderness all swore oaths of submission!
Compared to the terror manifested by the Heavenly Palace, the "Fire General" before them, who could sever the shackles of the Heavenly Palace and grant them new life and power, was undoubtedly a more real and more worthy hope to follow!
They've paid a heavy price for ten thousand years of guarding the territory, allowing their clan to rise to power!

"good!"

Zhang Yuan's gaze swept over the submissive king, no longer looking at the Heavenly Venerable's eyes that were almost spitting fire, and he raised his hand in a gesture!

Several core inheritance light clusters, each condensing the power of the Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison, along with several streams of divine beast legacy light tailored to the characteristics of each race, flew towards Kings like Shenyue and Lieqiong like shooting stars!
A ball of light enters the body!

In an instant—

"Roar—!" King Shenyue's body swelled up again, and even more ancient and profound pictographic divine patterns appeared on his body. Beneath his four feet, the laws of the earth surged like a gentle river!

A pure aura, far surpassing that of our ancestors, began to awaken!
"Moo-!"

The Sky-Splitting Horn atop the Sky-Splitting King's head emitted a golden light that pierced the heavens, and his massive body, with its bulging muscles, ignited an even greater power dormant deep within his bloodline!
The withered body of the withered vine demon elder was rejuvenated and transformed into a towering ancient tree, its branches entwined with the divine light of green wood!

The Sand Wolf warriors' claws gleamed with a divine light of Gengjin that could cleave through the void!
……

On the desolate plains, divine light rained down!
Countless beams of light, representing breakthroughs in power and the return of bloodlines to their ancestral origins, shot into the sky!

The entire wasteland seemed to have transformed into a giant altar, where an unprecedented feast of bloodline awakening was being held!
The power of all races surged several times over the moment they submitted and received the inheritance!
The outcome is decided!

The Vermilion Bird and the Thunder Prison Venerable quietly withdrew their earth-shattering divine powers. Their figures blurred in the golden light and lightning, and they silently vanished into the void, as if they had never appeared.

The Heavenly Palace and Golden Gate still hang high, their majesty boundless.

However, the two Fourth Realm Venerables who were blocked looked at the transformed and imposing myriad races of the wasteland below, at the three million garrison troops who were eyeing them covetously and could "obey orders" to fight again at any time, and then at the mysterious figure in the sky draped in chaos, facing the Golden Gate of the Heavenly Palace from afar. Their expressions changed several times.

Finally, the celestial leader let out a roar filled with boundless frustration and resentment: "Retreat! The entire army retreats!!"

The sound of retreat rang out in panic, and the Heavenly Palace Guards, having lost their armor and weapons, retreated in disarray like a tide to the outside of the blocking light chain, leaving behind a mess and countless pairs of eyes filled with contempt.

Above the sky, the two fourth-realm Venerables gave Zhang Yuan a deep look, and then glanced at the Heavenly Palace Golden Gate, which remained majestic but temporarily motionless.

They exchanged a glance, and a barely perceptible, meaningful smile flickered deep within their cold eyes.
Immediately, their figures vanished silently into the golden light.

Standing alone in the void, Zhang Yuan gazed at the slowly disappearing golden gate of the Heavenly Palace, then looked down at the revitalized and powerful wasteland below. Feeling the presence of the chain fragments in his arms and the remnants of countless divine beasts within the realm, a slight smile appeared on his lips.

Conquering the wasteland? Mission accomplished.

The shackles of the Heavenly Palace? They have already been severed.

Divine beast inheritance? All within your grasp.

All the myriad races of the wilderness? They were all captured and transformed into guardian deities to protect the wilderness.

Human military power? Through this battle, the three million-strong army became as swift as an extension of their own limbs, their power and prestige even greater.

The Great Qin Heavenly Dao? It has quietly taken root, forging the Dao at the beginning of the primordial world!
The strategy is in place, and the tide is in our hands!
The dust from the ruins of Shenxiang Mountain slowly settled, as if drawing a temporary end to this earth-shattering change, or as if foreshadowing the beginning of a new and magnificent era.

The primordial order has indeed changed!
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Before the aftershocks of the collapse of Shenxiang Mountain had subsided, a dark golden edict carrying the majesty of the heavens tore through the clouds above the Qianguan Guardian Hall. Its resounding heavenly sound, like a great bell, shook the entire Chensha River war zone.

"Decree from the Xuanqiong Palace: The Chaos Trial Grounds have been activated, and the Primordial Barrier is under critical condition!"

"Summon 'Fire Commander' Zhang Yuan, with 10,000 elite troops, to arrive at the 'Boundary Barrier Pass,' the Ruins of the 'Shattered Star Sea,' within three months! Failure to arrive by the deadline will be considered treason and will be punished by the entire primordial world!"

The edict hovered, the cold "Heavenly Palace Mark" and "Mysterious Vault Palace Emblem" shining brightly, their unquestionable will forcing all living beings within a thousand miles to bow their heads.

Inside the hall, Venerable Yue Zhenshan, Cangming, Panshi, and others wore extremely solemn expressions.

The shock of losing three million troops was still fresh when this conscription order for ten thousand men followed closely behind!

"Shattered Star Sea, Ruins Node... Boundary Barrier Pass..."

Sword Master Lingxiao's body was filled with surging sword energy, and his voice was chilling.

"This is the front line facing the chaotic beasts and star behemoths! This order from the Xuanqiong Palace is to push the Fire Commander's 'blade' directly onto the most dangerous whetstone!"

"Ten thousand elite troops? A three-month deadline?" Venerable Rock was furious and laughed. "You want the horse to run but don't feed it! It's clearly a case of using someone else to kill us, trying to destroy our foundations on the Chaos Battlefield!"

Zhang Yuan stood in the hall, his body, formed by a myriad of furnaces, as steady as a mountain. His eyes shone with a deep, chaotic divine light, and his fingertips unconsciously caressed the "Primordial Heavenly Law Ring," which had already undergone a transformation.

He had already anticipated the possibility of the trial being brought forward, but he hadn't expected it to come so swiftly and decisively.

The Xuanqiong Palace, or rather the higher-ups of the Heavenly Palace behind it, reacted to the upheaval at Shenxiang Mountain with astonishing speed. (End of Chapter)