Bitter Realm: My Feet Step Through the Flames of War

Even my friend Zhi Xin, who was staying in the city, was assigned a task, which shows that the capital is severely short of manpower.

Empress Wu volunteered: "Let me lead Liaotian and Xianling on the expedition."

Rahu looked at his wife, then at his son. Was it too high a starting point to fight Mara in the first battle?

"Father?"

"Father!"

"Godfather~"

"Heroes have always emerged from among the young. I agree, but Shaohao has other plans."

The meeting has adjourned.

Everyone went about their own business. Luo Hou led Shao Hao and flew thousands of miles to an unfamiliar desert.

"Godfather, where am I?"

"A vast expanse of sandy desert, where the ancient site of the hidden divine palace lies."

"This is the place where the predecessors like Yi Ye Shu defeated the Abandoned Emperor in the past."

"Of course."

"Father, tell me the story of the Forsaken Emperor."

Luo Hou gazed at the desert. The wind still blew the yellow sand as fiercely as it had many years ago. In the endless sand and dust, there were only a few broken pillars half-hidden and half-exposed, and a jumble of rocks.

"The Abandoned Emperor, the first Martial God from the Six Heavens Realm, betrayed the Heavenly Realm out of disgust for the greed and selfishness of humankind, falling into the descent of the God of Destruction, bringing endless annihilation, and calling himself the Abandoned Emperor. Later, due to a pact with the Sun God, he wagered the survival of humanity, creating the Otherworld Demon Realm in another dimension..."

"Damn it! Is the survival of humanity just a gamble in the eyes of these gods?"

"This is the arrogance of the creators; they hold the power of life and death in their hands."

"Godfather, one day I will set foot in the realm of the Six Heavens and ask them myself what right they have!"

“My son has great ambition. However, the human world is not as fragile as they think. The Otherworld Demon Realm has successively cut down three pillars of heaven: the Extreme Sealing Spirit Land, the Hidden Azure Cloud Land, and the Northern Crossing Heavenly Sea. The Abandoned Heaven Emperor came to the Pan Yin Divine Palace to cut down the fourth pillar of heaven, and the righteous path ambushed him here.”

What would happen if the four pillars of heaven were cut down?

"The four pillars not only support the land of the Bitter Realm, but also govern the four elements of water, fire, earth, and wind. Once the four pillars collapse, the four elements will be in chaos, and the land of China will sink."

"and then?"

The righteous ambush was divided into three waves:

In the first wave, the raging sandstorm was fought by Yi Ye Shu and Feng Zhi Hen. In this battle, Feng Zhi Hen used the "Sword Follows the Wind" move to pierce through the protective shield around Qi Tian Di, while Yi Ye Shu injured Qi Tian Di with the "Armor-Piercing Seven-Spinning Finger". Afterwards, Yi Ye Shu used the "Eight Dragon God Fire" to severely injure Qi Tian Di's Holy Demon Embryo.

The second wave, outside the Iwan Shrine, was blocked by the Japanese sword saint Yagyu Kenkage, who had already comprehended the ultimate meaning of the Dao. The final form of the Myriad Gods Calamity transformed into the sword saint's blood, which was sprinkled on thousands of sharp swords and further transformed into the true meaning of the sword saint's Dao—to protect the shrine.

In the third wave, inside the Pan Yin Divine Palace, in order to allow the three innate beings to borrow the holy energy of the divine pillar to expel the five turbid evil energies and jointly cultivate the Heavenly Extreme Holy Light, Cang, the leader of the Six Strings, and Yin Huang Zhu Wu combined their Heaven-Destroying Move and fought desperately to prolong the battle.

Although the Abandoned Emperor absorbed the Silver Huang Zhu Wu to restore his complete Holy Demon Embryo, he was unaware of the trap. He was first purified by the "Heavenly Extreme Holy Light," a technique of the Sun God that the Three Primordial Beings had learned at the Pan Yin Divine Palace. Cang then used magic to help the Silver Huang Zhu Wu break free from the Abandoned Emperor's body, causing him to be attacked by the Three Primordial Beings and have his physical body destroyed by the sacred artifact, the Buddha Tablet.

This battle not only resulted in the sacrifice of Sword Saint and Zhu Wu, but also damaged the physical abilities of Yi Ye Shu, Feng Zhi Hen, the Three Innate Ones, and Xian Shou, who have not yet fully recovered.

After hearing about this heroic and valiant battle, Shao Hao clenched his fist: "One day, I will definitely stand in front of him."

Luo Hou circulated his ultimate energy and sensed the faint Buddhist energy fluctuations within the vast sandstorm. He felt relieved, as the residual power of the Eight Dragon God Fire was still present.

"Hao'er, let's not worry about the Abandoned Emperor for now. Your godfather wants you to improve the spatial teleportation technique as soon as possible, and make a directional teleportation between the Central Plains and the Ten Thousand Miles of Sands, so that the Demon Buddha Bo Xun can be instantly teleported here."

"Directional teleportation?"

"Indeed, the teleportation address is Mount Luofu and the Panyin Divine Palace."

Chapter 212 To deal with Lady Hou, the only way is to use magic to defeat magic.

Luo Hou and Shao Hao lingered at the ruins of the Pan Yin Divine Palace for a long time.

"Godfather, what are you thinking?"

"I'm considering whether to make a cut and enter the Hidden Shrine."

Why go to the Hidden Shrine?

The Celestial Holy Light is a truly divine move. If they could witness it firsthand, even just a fragment of it, it might inspire them to refine their own techniques.

In particular, Shao Hao mastered magic, which controls all things and requires absolute skill.

However, with his current strength, a single strike might injure the divine pillar.

If this road is blocked, try another one.

"Follow me to the Spring Night Dream Pavilion. The pavilion's master, Bu Xiangchen, possesses a heaven-defying divine power."

"Ah."

The Eighth Grade Divine Power is a supreme martial art. Its theoretical knowledge was created by Bu Wu Donghuang Qi Taizu, and then successfully put into practice by Bu Xiangchen.

The Eighth Grade Divine Power is achieved by perceiving the growth of flowers during the process of cultivating them, thereby comprehending the Way of Nature, seeing the big picture from the small, cultivating eight kinds of divine essence, and then gathering the eight kinds of divine essence into one to attain the Great Universal Divine Realm.

When one's supernatural powers are fully developed, one can understand the mysteries of the changes in heaven and earth, analyze all things, command all spirits of heaven and earth, and communicate with all the heavens of the universe.

Similar to Shao Hao's magic, it also uses one's own cultivation to create space and set up a domain, within which one is invincible.

Another wonder of the Eighth Grade Divine Power lies in the simultaneous cultivation of techniques and foundation. Not only can it control the arrangement of flowers, trees, and spirits, and analyze martial arts techniques, but it can also regenerate mana during combat, making its internal energy inexhaustible.

Such supernatural powers cannot be acquired overnight, and with Mara about to be born, Shao Hao had little time left.

Arriving at the Spring Night Dream Pavilion.

Perhaps there weren't many guests today, or perhaps Wu Jun's aura was too imposing, but the third-ranking scholar let the two of them into the garden without saying a word and went straight to Bu Xiangchen's soft couch.

"Are you Lord Luo Hou, the Martial Lord?"

"Of course."

"Are you the god of the land of the dead?"

"Shaohao greets the Master of Youmeng Tower."

Bu Xiangchen couldn't help but get up from the soft couch, gazing intently at the father and son. Her eyes flickered with shock, excitement, admiration, and, above all, undisguised desire.

Soon, her face flushed, and she was filled with lust. The flowers blooming in the garden, along with the green grass on the ground, silently released a strange fragrance.

Bu Xiangchen stepped forward and leaned against Luo Hou's chest: "So the legendary Martial Lord is so magnificent and extraordinary, I... oh dear!"

She fell straight down, unable to even use her supernatural powers before collapsing to the ground with a thud.

"Hana-kun~"

Baoqin exclaimed in surprise. Huajun had taken a hard fall, and she quickly rushed over to help Qixiangchen up.

Luo Hou laughed and said, "Why does Madam perform such a grand ceremony?"

"I...I'm so excited."

Knowing that it was Luo Hou who was behind this, Bu Xiangchen was terrified and dared not provoke him again. She turned her head and looked at Shao Hao. Even though she had seen many beauties, she was still captivated by Shao Hao's face.

"God of the Land of the Dead, God of the Land of the Dead..."

Muttering to herself, Bu Xiangchen reached out and touched Shao Hao's face.

Unexpectedly, the ground beneath his feet gave way, and he was instantly transported into a strange barrier. Inside the barrier, there was only black and white space and a cold, deathly aura.

Bu Xiangchen immediately came to her senses; Luo Hou and his son were not people she could manipulate.

She secretly used her eighth-grade divine power to try to escape this barrier. She tried several times to gather her qi and condense her essence, but found that the secret technique of cultivating flowers could not be used here. Without vitality and energy, no flowers or plants could grow.

Suppressing her inner fear, Bu Xiangchen sent a message: "Martial Lord must have come with important business. Why make the transaction more difficult in this way?"

"This approach will reduce the difficulty of the transaction, don't you think, Madam?"

"Heh, I've heard that the Heavenly Clan is collecting the Golden Dragon Lock of the Death Forbidden Technique. I've already opened the Mystery Box and obtained a Golden Lion Coin. If Martial Lord wants it, I, Bu Xiangchen, will gladly offer it to you."

“Then I would be impolite to refuse. However, the purpose of my visit is to learn the eighth-grade divine power. I would like to ask you to pass on the eighth-grade divine power to my son.”

"what!"

Compared to life, the Golden Lion Coin is naturally unimportant, but the Eighth Grade Divine Power is my trump card for survival, so how can I easily pass it on to others?

Upon learning of Luo Hou's purpose, Bu Xiangchen was no longer in a hurry.

"Hehehe, Lord Wu is joking. If you need me to use my eighth-grade divine power to save someone, I can reluctantly help you, but you must teach me." Bu Xiangchen refused.

A soft laugh came from outside the space: "Is that so? Back then, in order to obtain the eighth-grade divine power, you didn't hesitate to disguise yourself as a painted-face assassin and kill Wuxin from the Jie tribe, Tianjizi from the Guai tribe, and even Huan Rumeng from the Yu tribe, who was on good terms with you, did not escape. Is such a secret worth exchanging?"

"In order to achieve his goal, Lord Wu did not hesitate to slander me, which has made Bu Xiangchen realize his mistake."

"It's alright, you can take your time to think within the Death God's Barrier, but you don't have much time left."

"you!"

No sound came from outside the barrier.

Bu Xiangchen was both anxious and angry, her mind racing.

She had initially thought that Luo Hou, who coveted the eighth-grade divine power, would not kill her, but now, she was wavering.

The power of this Death God Barrier has surpassed that of a domain condensed from an eighth-grade divine power.

Bu Xiangchen could conclude that her barrier could not trap the God of the Dead, much less Luo Hou, but the God of the Dead could trap her.

As for killing the Eight Tribes, it's not that serious. Anyway, apart from Qi Luosheng, all the members of the Eight Tribes are dead. Qi Luosheng won't seek revenge on her because of those irrelevant people.

As time went by, Bu Xiangchen felt her physical strength beginning to decline.

A naturally born human can go for a long time without breathing, relying on the microcosmic and macrocosmic orbits within the body to operate on their own and provide the energy needed for life. However, whether it is the microcosmic or macrocosmic orbit, the operation requires the primordial energy of heaven and earth, otherwise it cannot be sustained for a very long time.

Now, not only is there no vital energy from heaven and earth, but it also faces the erosion of death energy.

Bu Xiangchen lost this psychological battle.

"Wu Jun, I agree to your request, but I also have one condition."

"Tell me about it."

"I want to become a member of the Heavenly Capital Banner, and from now on, the Spring Night Dream Pavilion will be under the protection of the Martial Lord."

Having escaped mortal danger, Bu Xiangchen began to daydream again, thinking that becoming a subordinate of Tiandu would give her more opportunities to meet the Martial Lord or the God of the Dead Kingdom.

Isn't the affection between people cultivated over a long period of time?

Silence fell outside the barrier.