He was invincible from the beginning of the Heaven-Covering Era.

The Secret Technique of the Character "Zhe" was renowned in ancient times, known as the Divine Art of Immortality, the Divine Art of Longevity, and so on. It had various names. If one possessed this secret technique, it would be fine if one's strength was several levels higher than the opponent's. However, if one's strength was similar to the opponent's, it would be a nightmare. One would find that the opponent would always be at their peak, and their condition would decline extremely slowly.

The Sun Maiden remained silent, and opened...

He began to employ two extremely unique boxing techniques.

His left fist seemed to contain the myriad vicissitudes of life, the joys and sorrows of humanity, as it swept through the air and struck Yuan Gu, affecting even his Dao heart.

"I abandoned everything, forgot all my relatives and friends, and was reborn in this life just to prove the Way. It was my only hope and goal, but now that hope is gone." Yuan Gu whispered, tears streaming down his face, a hint of sorrow in his voice.

The road to enlightenment is a ruthless one. People like him, who have been sealed away since ancient times to the present world, have too many stories to tell. At this moment, he misses the ancient times, recalls his relatives and the most precious feelings, and can't help but burst into tears. He has a death wish and even wants to give up resistance and let the enemy kill him.

Suddenly, he snapped out of his daze. What was wrong with him? How could he be caught up in such emotions during the midst of a great battle? I haven't lost yet, so why do I think I'm powerless to resist?

Yuan Gu then realized that the woman's fist was about to hit his face!

At such a crucial moment, he was inexplicably affected and almost took the punch without any warning!

"boom"

Yuan Gu hastily defended himself, but didn't have time to prepare better protection, which resulted in him sustaining some injuries. However, compared to the previous situation where he might have been caught completely off guard by the punch, this was much better.

However, the Sun Maiden's right fist came flying right away.

His right fist seemed to contain the subtle arts of the six desires, with greed, anger, and ignorance constantly surging in his mind. Yuan Gu's mind was in chaos, and various desires struggled in his heart, affecting his judgment and slowing down his reaction. He only hurriedly defended when the punch was about to hit his face.

"boom"

Yuan Gu was knocked back more than ten steps. After that, the Sun Saintess just swung her fists in an ordinary way, while Yuan Gu seemed to have forgotten that he was still fighting. He cried loudly one moment and laughed loudly the next. Sometimes he was sad, sometimes he was extremely angry, and he was knocked back again and again.

Later on, Yuan Gu was left with nothing but being beaten, completely trapped in a terrible mental maze from which he could not escape no matter what.

Fortunately, the Yuan Guang Reincarnation Wheel was working to heal his body; otherwise, he would have been defeated long ago.

But this only made things more agonizing, with constant injuries, recovery, more injuries, and more recovery, making it all look incredibly miserable.

"What kind of boxing technique is this?" The white-haired ancestral king stared at the scene in disbelief and was very anxious.

"The Seven Emotions Fist and the Six Desires Fist are my own creations. What do you think of them? How do they compare to the secret techniques of the Yuan Emperor?" Zhou Qing smiled.

"What kind of strange boxing technique is this? How can it specifically affect people's minds? So... cunning!" The white-haired ancestral king held back for a long time before finally managing to utter the last word.

Actually, what he wanted to say was that this kind of secret technique was really shameless. What kind of secret technique is designed to affect people's minds? Oh, it is said that a ruthless emperor of the human race did this, but that was not a secret technique used for attack. What kind of secret technique used in normal combat would mess with people's mentality like this!

However, he was worried that he might offend the human saint by using such language. After all, he had already been subdued and his life was in someone else's hands. For his own safety, he decided to use a less offensive term.

"When I merge my two fists into one, that will be when it shines the brightest. It will possess both powerful offensive capabilities and a strong influence on the mind. That will be the true peerless fist technique." Zhou Qing's voice was calm and unaffected.

The Seven Emotions Fist and the Six Desires Fist are both further evolutions of the Sorrow, Desire, and Anguish Fist created in Ziwei back then. In recent years, the main body has been cultivating in seclusion under the Fusang Divine Tree, focusing on the realm of cultivation. Meanwhile, the other Dao bodies are not idle either, constantly comprehending the various scriptures in his hands, cultivating various secret techniques, and perfecting some of the methods he created in the past.

The Seven Emotions Fist and the Six Desires Fist are among his achievements. He passed them on to the Sun Saintess, and now it seems that they are very effective, at least in the case of Yuan Gu, who was almost powerless to fight back.

At this moment, Zhou Chengxian frowned as he looked at the two fighting, and said with dissatisfaction, "Is this the strongest successor of the Primordial Lake? If you're going to fight, then fight properly. How come you got beaten to tears by Sister Yu'er? Is your heart so fragile?"

The white-haired ancestor's face darkened. He wanted to say, "If you're so capable, go up there and try it yourself. You're so far away here, of course you can't feel anything. You don't understand how powerful that kind of force that affects the mind is."

They weren't experts of their caliber, so this distance felt like it was right in front of him, yet he could clearly sense that power.

Chapter 316 Quasi-Emperor's Edict

The battle has been going on for quite some time now, yet Yuan Gu has already fallen into a disadvantageous position.

This wasn't because Yuan Gu was too weak, but because he was distracted first, and the Sun Saintess seized the opportunity. He was almost punched through the chest by the Sun Emperor's Fist, and ended up vomiting blood repeatedly, suffering very serious injuries.

Although he recovered in time using the Yuan Guang Reincarnation Wheel, his condition inevitably declined, and he was no longer at his previous peak combat power.

Now, Yuan Gu was caught off guard and hit by the Sun Saintess's Seven Emotions Fist and Six Desires Fist in succession. His mentality changed drastically, and he was trapped in a mental maze of constantly changing emotions and desires, unable to make an effective response.

When the strength is similar, once the mind is affected, even if there was an advantage before, it may be lost in a single day, let alone if there was no advantage to begin with.

Yuan Gu has already been defeated, and both Zhou Qing and the white-haired ancestral king of the Primordial Lake have realized this.

Even if Yuan Gu is able to escape the mental labyrinth soon, his bloody injuries will inevitably cause his condition to decline severely, making it impossible for him to contend with the Sun Saintess.

"This is not Yuan Gu's true strength; he has not yet fully unleashed it," sighed the White-Haired Ancestral King.

"The real battlefield is about using every means possible to kill, and doing whatever it takes to kill the enemy. Who cares whether you perform well or not?" Zhou Qing snorted coldly, targeting the white-haired ancestral king.

The white-haired ancestral king sighed again. Today, he had truly disgraced the Primitive Lake. An entire royal family, from top to bottom, had been brutally beaten!

Half an hour later, the Sun Saintess switched to another secret technique to attack. Yuan Gu looked dazed, as if he had some aftereffects and had not yet recovered.

"boom!"

Yuan Gu was sent flying once again. Despite the excruciating pain in his body, his rationality returned, and he regained control of his body, enabling him to make the best response.

He quickly adjusted his position in mid-air, straightened his body, and avoided hitting the ground, but after landing, he staggered back dozens of steps before finally regaining his footing.

"Yuan Guang Reincarnation Wheel!" Yuan Gu roared.

Above its head, the precious wheel emitted an extremely dazzling light. If it shone on itself, it would grant immortality and allow it to regenerate at an incredibly fast speed. If it shone on its enemies, it could devour their life force and cause them to perish.

However, this secret technique is not true immortality and cannot be without cost. Using the Yuan Guang Reincarnation Wheel several times has already taken a great toll on him.

Although his injuries have healed, his combat strength is no longer at its peak and has declined significantly, making his hopes of defeating the Sun Saintess even more remote.

Moreover, the Sun Saintess seemed to have changed her fighting strategy. She was no longer in a hurry to end the battle, but instead used various strange and wonderful methods on Yuan Gu one by one.

Yuan Gu's eyes were practically spitting fire; he felt extremely frustrated, as if he had become a guinea pig used to test the practicality of secret techniques.

"Stop." Zhou Qing spoke, and invisible sound waves flew forward, resounding in the ears of the Sun Saintess and Yuan Gu, like the booming of the Dao.

The Sun Saintess immediately stopped, while Yuan Gu's face turned bright red, from holding back his anger. This was too humiliating, and he found it difficult to face the outcome before him.

Zhou Qing removed the seal from the white-haired ancestral king.

Yin said, "There's no point in continuing this fight. This battle ends here. You can now leave with your clan's descendants."

The white-haired Ancestral King swiftly brought Yuan Gu to his side, then looked at Zhou Qing with a complicated expression and said, "Today, my Primordial Lake suffered this loss because it encountered a great calamity in the past, and its foundation was severely damaged. We cannot start a war again for no reason. But if you continue to act in this way and anger the other major royal families, they may not be so willing to swallow this insult."

Kidnapping the strongest successor of another race and forcibly arranging a battle is going a bit too far.

Although these successors are supposed to fight each other, there is a big difference between actively seeking out fights and being forced to fight.

The reason why the White-Haired Ancestral King endured it was because he had no choice. His royal family was actually in a very weak state at the moment. Otherwise, he wouldn't be the only Ancestral King standing up for Yuan Gu.

If Zhou Qing continues to forcefully arrange battles like this, it will inevitably anger some even more terrifying members of the royal family. They may not be able to tolerate it like he has, and it could lead to a fierce conflict.

Zhou Qing smiled and said, "You don't need to worry about that. Do you think I can't handle things properly? This is just an exception."

Seeing this, the white-haired ancestral king didn't want to say anything more and turned to leave with Yuan Gu.

“By the way, there have been quite a few ancient races awakening recently. I think it’s time to hold a grand meeting of all races so that we can all sit down and discuss how we should coexist. What do you think?” Zhou Qing suddenly said.

The white-haired Ancestral King had just turned his body away, but now he turned back, his brows furrowed as he looked at this human saint, wondering what he was thinking, that he was going to propose some kind of All Races Assembly.

Now, the various ancient races have awakened. Some are inclined to be closer to the human race, deeply moved by the human race's development over the years. Some remain neutral, neither getting close nor hostile. Others are extremely hostile, believing that the human race is nothing more than servants and has no right to occupy such a vast land.

The lack of consensus has led to a chaotic situation, with some places remaining peaceful while others are on the verge of conflict. No one can say for sure what the future holds.

If there could be a grand assembly of all races at this time, where each race could sit down and discuss some tense issues, perhaps there would be less bloodshed and less oppression in the future.

"You want to forcibly suppress those races that are hostile to humanity? Although you are strong, you are only one person. How can you face so many races that have emerged from the great calamity at the end of the ancient era? The Grand Assembly of Ten Thousand Races will only benefit others and be used to promote the prestige of certain royal families," the white-haired Ancestral King said, turning around.

Is it really that pessimistic?

"Although not all ancient royal families are hostile to the human race, there are still quite a few, at least dozens of races. This only includes those races that have ancestral kings and can be called kings among all races. There are even more small races that do not have ancestral kings."

"Do you believe you have that kind of spirit? Or to put it another way, do you have that most important strength? Yes, you are very strong, but the human race also..."

"It's just you, but how many Ancestral Kings are there in that surging tide of myriad races, in those slumbering ancestral lands? Can you withstand them all, can you kill them all? Even if only one Ancestral King from a royal family were to emerge, that would be a number unimaginable to your human race!"

After the White-Haired Ancestral King finished speaking, he opened a void passage and left with Yuan Gu, disappearing completely from this place.

Before disappearing completely, Yuan Gu's gaze was still fixed on the Sun Saintess, and he said in a low voice, "This time it was just my carelessness. After I return, pass through the eighteen Primordial Death Barriers, sever my Dao, and master the secret techniques of the forbidden chapters, I will fight you again at the same level. The result will definitely be different then!"

Yuan Gu was defeated this time, but he was not convinced. He did not think that his combat strength was inferior to his opponent's. He only thought that he lost his mind when he saw his ancestral king being suppressed, which caused him to suddenly turn the tide.

He believed that once he returned and spent some time figuring out how to deal with that strange, mind-affecting technique, he could then attempt to break through to the Dao realm, master the secret techniques in the forbidden chapters left by the Yuan Emperor, and then fight this woman again at the Dao-breaking level. He was certain he would win!

The Sun Saintess landed lightly beside Zhou Qing, her robes fluttering in the wind, her face calm and serene, not taking Yuan Gu's words to heart.

Behind her is the God Lord, who possesses many ancient scriptures of the Great Emperors. There is more than one forbidden chapter, and the various secret techniques created by the God Lord are all terrifyingly powerful. Even if Yuan Gu has mastered the forbidden chapters left by the Yuan Emperor, he still cannot restrain her in terms of secret techniques.

After the people of the original lake completely left.

"Heh, do you all think that I'm the only saint among the human race?" Zhou Qing chuckled, then tore open a void passage with his hands, and the group disappeared into the passage.

The Northern Region is in chaos now. Even a prodigy like Ji Haoyue, who is almost the next head of the Ji family, can no longer roam freely in the outside world. Not long ago, Ji Haoyue experienced an attack from an ancient creature and returned to the Ji family covered in blood, frightening a group of elders.

There are no rules in the Northern Region now, or rather, only those with strength have rules!

As for this strength, you have to show it to the ancient beings. They don't care about anything like foundation or resources. What they care about is the current fighting power!

Lingzhou is a very orderly oasis. Although many ancient creatures have appeared here, none of them dare to cause trouble. They are all extremely well-behaved.

According to the thinking of the ancient beings, if a race has an ancestral king, it can be called a royal family, standing above all other races. It is the most powerful race besides the royal family.

If the ancestors of this clan were extremely powerful, like the Zhou family with the foundation of a quasi-emperor, then they would be even more terrifying, and even royal families would not dare to provoke them.

For all the ancient beings in the Northern Region, they believed that the human race was most powerful here. Even if they could disregard the power in other places, they had to pay attention to the various rules of the Zhou family in Lingzhou.

This includes the impact of the Blood Moon Clan's annihilation back then.

Back then, the Blood Moon Clan, one of the ancient royal families, was wiped out and removed from the list of all races, bringing extreme fear to all living beings.

The Blood Moon Clan, as a major royal family of the ancient times, has a long history

Having endured countless tribulations and survived since ancient times, it has always stood firm and never fallen. What kind of adversary has it not encountered?

The ancient times were incredibly cruel. Numerous ancient tribes existed and experienced bloody wars, with battles between races often lasting for thousands or even tens of thousands of years.

They are the cream of the crop; otherwise, how could they have survived, fought with ever-growing strength, been granted royal status, and become accustomed to grand occasions and countless formidable enemies?

In particular, the Blood Moon Clan is one of the most notorious and ferocious clans, extremely brutal, yet it has never been destroyed, making it far more terrifying than ordinary royal clans.

The clan leader was a Saint King, but they had just survived the Great Calamity of Antiquity. They thought they could rule the world and recuperate for thousands of years, but they were wiped out as soon as they were born.

Moreover, it was done by the human race, whom they despise. You must know that in the ancient times, this race was not favored and faced several near-extinctions, barely making it to where it is today.

Having just awakened from their slumber, believing they had entered their glorious era, they were met with such an ending that many ancient tribes gasped in shock and felt a chill run down their spines.

The most crucial point is that the one who made the move was a saint!

If the human race has no saints, what good are several supreme imperial weapons? They can't exert any power at all. They are more than capable of self-preservation, but not of advancement. When all races emerge, the human race can only have its living space constantly squeezed. Countless human leaders have turned white-haired overnight, but they can't come up with a solution.

However, if the human race has even one openly recognized saint, it would be enough to make all races wary. At least 90% of the ancient races would be afraid, including a large number of royal families!