I bear witness to immortality in the human world.

Chapter 158 Changes in Heaven and Earth
After dealing with Chen Gui's matter, Wu Ming returned to the Shenxing Division.

Upon arriving at the main hall on the fourth floor of the building, Wu Ming sat down behind a purple wooden table. Immediately, an attendant brought him tea. He picked up the teacup, took a sip, and then began to look through the files on the table.

In recent months, he has been busy with cultivation and has indeed rarely managed the affairs of the Criminal Investigation Division. In fact, the entire Criminal Investigation Division is now quite empty. The heads of the major departments have basically gone to the border, and even Liu Muyuan is not in the division. He is the only one left in charge of the Criminal Investigation Division. It can be said that he can make decisions on almost all the affairs of the Criminal Investigation Division with a single word.

However, Wu Ming himself didn't like getting involved in things. What ordinary people saw as enviable power was just a burden to Wu Ming. After all, this world was a place where strength was paramount. As long as you were strong enough, you would have power wherever you went. But if you didn't have strength, no matter how much power you had, it would be nothing.

Even if someone is a king or nobleman, or of royal blood, if they lack real strength, an ordinary assassin can take their life.

"These gangs are quite adept at exploiting loopholes."

After flipping through the files, Wu Ming let out a soft snort, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.

The current situation is chaotic. The various forces in the city may have seen that the Shenxing Division is weak and that he, the only resident official, is too lazy to manage things. As a result, they are becoming more and more rampant. Blood Blade and the leader of the Red Eagle Gang are examples of what he saw today.

As the head of a region, temporarily in charge of almost the entire Shenxing Division, Wu Ming was also very clear about the situation outside the city. The chaos in the wasteland had reached a certain level, and a major change was imminent. It was hard to say what impact it would have on Jingye City.

"In times of chaos, harsh measures are necessary."

Wu Ming put down the dossier and said coldly, "Pass on my order: from today onwards, martial law will be imposed in the city. Anyone who commits crimes will be severely punished, and anyone who deliberately disrupts the order of the city will be executed on the spot!"

Although he wasn't exactly bloodthirsty, he was by no means a benevolent person either. Under his very nose, various forces in the city were acting recklessly and committing crimes, which was a veiled threat to him. If he didn't deal with them severely, he would lose face when Liu Muyuan returned.

"Yes."

Upon hearing Wu Ming's words, the subordinate beside him shuddered and immediately responded.

Jingye City is vast, with no less than a million households. Wu Ming is now the highest-ranking official in the Shenxing Division. With a single word from him, he can stir up a bloodbath throughout the city. All the forces in the city will soon know that although Wu Ming, the newly appointed official, is young and lazy in his duties, he is definitely not someone to be trifled with!
……

Wu Ming's orders were swiftly disseminated through the various departments of the Censorate.

into the night.

Somewhere in the city.

A group of people pulled a cart and gathered in a small alley, pulling the cart into a courtyard.

A group of people immediately came out of the courtyard to greet them. The two sides gathered in the courtyard and extinguished their torches.

"Mr. Zhang, the goods have been delivered. Please check if there are any problems."

Someone spoke in a low voice.

Meanwhile, someone was already inspecting the items on the vehicle, which turned out to be odds and ends from various demons, including valuable demon hearts and a batch of medicinal supplies from outside the city.

"Okay, the quantity is fine, you can go back now."

After the inspection was completed, someone spoke in a deep voice.

but,
Before the group of people being transported could leave, a cold snort suddenly rang out.

This cold snort exploded in the courtyard like a thunderclap. In an instant, the more than twenty people holding weapons in the courtyard all froze, their eyes rolled back, and they fell down in swathes like wheat being harvested.

Wu Ming's primordial spirit floated in the darkness, ten feet above the ground. He glanced indifferently at the courtyard below, then guided his soul with a thought, pointing towards the sky. A flashing white light rose into the sky, blooming into a ball of light under the night sky.

soon.

A large number of night patrolmen arrived.

Without communicating with the night patrol, Wu Ming dealt with the numerous lawless individuals in the courtyard in an instant and then continued on his way, his soul wandering in different directions. Along the way, he occasionally encountered some thieves and bandits, but with a flick of his finger, lightning struck them down in an instant, turning their bodies into charred corpses, killing them on the spot.

That night.

No fewer than a hundred thieves and bandits perished at Wu Ming's hands. Whether ordinary people or martial artists, they were all reduced to charred remains, as if they had been punished by the heavens. When these charred remains were discovered during the day, they immediately caused widespread panic.

This situation continued for three or four days, finally chilling all forces in the city to the bone. All the thieves and bandits were terrified by the terrifying methods of Wu Ming, the head of the Censorate, a Daoist master at the fourth level of Nascent Soul cultivation. For a time, they all fell silent, and the order in the entire city was completely restored in just a few days!
It was mainly Wu Ming who took action personally. A Daoist master who had reached the fourth level of Yuan Shen cultivation was making a lot of noise in the city. His methods were too terrifying, far more frightening than a martial arts master who had reached the fourth level of blood coagulation. After all, a martial arts master was just a mortal. Jingye City was extremely large. No matter how powerful a martial arts master was, how many places could he patrol in one night?
However, Wu Ming, a master of Taoist arts, could travel thousands of miles in a single night, floating in the sky. His perception and exploration range was extremely large, and he could almost traverse the entire city in one night. Even if it was impossible to monitor the entire city at the same time, such ability was far beyond what martial arts masters could achieve, and it was naturally terrifying to those thieves and bandits.

Besides thieves and bandits, Wu Ming also uncovered dozens of cases of smuggling and lawbreaking at night, and brought them all to justice in just a few nights. During the day, he also followed the clues and dealt with the forces behind them one by one, which made all parties feel terrified and dare not act recklessly.

Some gangs even secretly gave Wu Ming the nickname "Wu Dao Gui" (meaning "Wu the Ghost"), describing his Taoist magic as being like that of a ghost or god, terrifying and frightening. With Wu Ming's power alone, in just a few days, the order in the city was even better than when the entire Shenxing Division was stationed in the city.

After restoring order within the city, Wu Ming didn't take it to heart. It wasn't a remarkable achievement for him, and compared to the chaos on the border outside the city, the internal turmoil within the city was just a minor matter.

……

It is located 1,100 li north of Jingye City.

wasteland.

On a desolate mountain, a figure stood silently; it was none other than Liu Muyuan, the head of the Cautious Punishment Division.

Liu Muyuan's eyes were deep as he gazed at the distant desolate region. He could clearly see surging demonic energy gathering in a certain place. Each of these demonic energies had reached the fifth level of transformation and were all at the level of a demon king.

But he only glanced at these demon kings before turning his gaze away and looking down at the ground.

"coming soon."

After an unknown amount of time, a glint of light finally flashed in Liu Muyuan's eyes.

Almost as soon as Liu Muyuan finished speaking, the entire world suddenly changed color. The once azure sky turned pitch black and gloomy, and the power of heaven and earth within a hundred miles began to become chaotic. Boom!!!
Suddenly, a deafening roar exploded.

It was as if the sky had fallen and the earth had split open.

This was a terrifying, world-destroying power, beyond human capabilities. Even a master who had reached the fifth level of blood coagulation would be like an ant before this sudden change in the power of heaven and earth.

Liu Muyuan's gaze also narrowed slightly. He lightly leaped away from the top of the desolate mountain and appeared in mid-air. At the same time, he tore down a cloud and forcibly gathered it into one place to support his body.

He looked down at the viewpoint.

From the depths of Liu Muyuan's eyes, a clear image could be seen reflected in a desolate area spanning hundreds of miles. At the center of this desolate area, a crack suddenly appeared, spreading outwards as if ice had shattered.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

This terrifying upheaval of heaven and earth continued to unfold in all directions. Centered on a single point, the earth collapsed and shattered, creating deep ravines that stretched for hundreds of miles!

In a short period of time, the largest ravine even broke apart for more than 300 miles, forming an extremely spectacular huge canyon that continued to break apart from the wasteland and stretched all the way to the border 800 miles north of Jingye City!
Border area.

Whether it was the experts from the Demon Suppression Division and the Cautious Punishment Division who were fighting against the demons, the demons living on the border of the desolate region, or the disciples and followers of the Black Fiend Sect and the Profound Jade Sect, almost everyone stopped what they were doing at this moment.

They could all feel the terrifying upheaval of the world, and they could all feel the earth trembling violently!

"what happened?"

"A landslide?!"

"No! It's not just a landslide, it's not just here, the entire mountain range over there is moving!"

Many people looked shocked.

Somewhere in the hills.

Yan Chuyu was standing on a protruding rock. Her blood energy was surging, and she was no longer in the third stage of blood clotting, but had entered the fourth stage of blood clotting!
Since the battle at Baimohe six months ago, she has been accumulating blood energy and attempting to break through to the fourth stage of blood condensation. She has finally succeeded quietly and has now truly entered the fourth stage of blood condensation. She has also consolidated her realm and become a martial arts master with four levels of blood condensation.

Besides her, the Black Fiend Sect and the Profound Jade Sect also have young talents who have reached the fourth level of Blood Coagulation. Ling Zhonghan of the Cautious Punishment Division has also successfully broken through in the border stronghold and entered the realm of the fourth level of Blood.

Although it was much later than Wu Ming and Yan Luo, being able to break through at this age and enter the fourth stage of blood coagulation means that the path of martial arts is still open, and there are still infinite possibilities and opportunities to reach higher levels in the future!

but,

Even Yan Chuyu, who had reached the fourth stage of blood clotting, was still terrified by the terrible upheaval of heaven and earth as she stood there.

"This is a fissure in the earth..."

Yan Chuyu gazed into the distance toward the desolate region, murmuring to herself.

As Yan Yuntian's only daughter, she naturally knew more than ordinary people. She knew that there were many kinds of changes in the world, and it was often difficult to predict which kind it would be before it actually happened. There might be a sudden flood that would cause a hundred miles of land to sink into a huge lake and submerge the surrounding area. Or there might be scorching heat that would burn the land for a hundred miles and turn it into scorched earth.

Judging from the current situation, the current changes in the world should undoubtedly be considered as a crack in the earth!

The earth will tremble, crack, and break apart, forming a huge canyon stretching for tens or even hundreds of meters!
now,

The terrain along the entire border of the desolate region is changing. The once long Baimo River has not only failed to expand further, but has instead been squeezed inward, eventually shrinking to less than a few miles.

As for the Poison Valley, it was completely overturned and buried by the surrounding land, disappearing without a trace.

……

Inside Jingye City.

The building of the Shenxing Division has four floors.

Wu Ming was sitting upright behind the desk when suddenly his gaze changed slightly. He abruptly stood up, went to the window, and looked far into the north of the city.

Just a few breaths later, the ground suddenly began to shake.

Boom! !

Not only the tower beneath his feet, but the entire city of Jingye was shaking; everything was trembling!

In an instant, the Imperial Prison was in an uproar. Countless patrolmen and officials rushed out of the house with horrified expressions, looking around in bewilderment, wondering what had happened.

"quiet!"

"Don't panic!"

Wu Ming was inside the building. Although the ground was shaking, the building itself was made of extremely tough bluestone, and the shaking of the ground could not destroy it. His feet were firmly rooted to the ground. At this moment, his expression was calm and he spoke in a deep voice: "This is an earthquake. All departments of the Censorate, do not cause any chaos. All patrol officers should take stock of their personnel and immediately patrol the entire city after the earthquake stops."

Despite the earth shaking and the constant rumbling, Wu Ming's voice still resonated clearly throughout the entire Shenxing Division, containing a strange, inexplicable power that brought clarity, allowing even the most terrified low-ranking officials to calm down.

After the order was conveyed,

Wu Ming also leaped away, leaving the watchtower and heading straight for the north of the city. He soon arrived at the northern city wall of Jingye City, climbed to the highest point of the watchtower, and looked northward with a calm expression in his eyes.

(End of this chapter)