Immortality: Starting with a grave, I'm invincible when burying corpses.

The 45th year of the Qiming era.

Cloud Legion, Tiger Legion, Heavenly Destiny Legion, Seven Kill Legion, Apocalypse Warships...

The elite troops of the Daqi court were all mobilized and launched a large-scale offensive against the rebel forces in various regions.

Under the fierce attack of the Daqi court, all the rebel armies were retreating and shrinking back.

When the truly elite legions are all engaged in the war, those rebels who were swaggering in local areas become like wheat in the field.

They can cut off flesh without hesitation, and kill without warning.

The team led by Jun Huayang doesn't consider the consequences at all when they do things; as long as they believe it's right, they will do it.

They didn't care how many people would die in the process.

In just two years, tens of millions of rebels were defeated.

In this world where resources are highly concentrated, cutting-edge technologies are only in the hands of powerful forces.

Even though the gods and immortals did not participate in the war, there was still an unimaginable gap between ordinary people and the truly powerful forces.

War fortresses like the Cloud Warship and the Apocalypse Warship, which combine cultivation and technology, can easily crush any organized army.

Even if they restrain themselves and dare not use a massacre-style fighting approach, the gap between them is still unimaginably large.

Even if an army were composed of millions or tens of millions of ordinary people, it would be impossible to defeat a warship soaring through the sky.

Without considering the existence of terrestrial deities, the Cloud Warship and the Apocalypse Warship are undoubtedly war weapons that transcended eras.

It's like a group of primitive people still living in the Stone Age facing a space carrier soaring through the sky.

Even if primitive people threw stones into the sky with all their might, they couldn't possibly fail to harm the space carrier in the slightest.

The difference between them is simply too great.

In the Nine Realms, the values ​​that the people desire have been suppressed to the lowest level, and the people's resistance seems exceptionally powerless.

This era belongs to the high and mighty gods and the powerful at the pinnacle; it does not belong to these ordinary people.

There are far too few people willing to consider the plight of these ordinary people.

That being said, the people's resistance was not entirely ineffective.

For more than a decade, during the war, the Great Qi acted like a firefighter, rushing to wherever a fire broke out.

While the wars largely suppressed the rebellion, they also completely destroyed the economic system of the Great Qi, causing its strength to decline further.

From the initial all-out suppression to the current continuous shrinking of the operational perimeter.

Anyone with eyes can see that the Great Qi is already at its last gasp.

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In the 46th year of the Qiming era, various rebel forces were constantly shrinking their power and fleeing to the mountains and forests.

Mu An wrote down her different opinions in her diary.

"Use others' strength against them, blend in with the world... If we can stay true to our original aspirations, the people of Datong Academy may very well realize their dreams."

"But... original intention, original intention... how is it something so easy to come by... power is addictive..."

When indifference becomes a habit, and recklessness becomes the norm, how many people can still remember their initial aspirations?

"The close comrades of yesteryear will eventually go their separate ways. They came from all corners of the country, shared joys and sorrows, but in the end, they turned against each other, each pursuing their own dreams..."

"The Great Qi has been passed down for thousands of years, and its orthodoxy has long been deeply rooted in people's hearts. In the eyes of many talented people, the most likely way to achieve peace in the world is to recreate the Great Qi."

"Heroes emerge in times of chaos; this battle is far from over..."

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"Judging by the time, those forces that have been holding back should be sending their subordinates to the scene soon."

Even though the smaller vassal states, equipped with supplies, could not defeat the imperial court's elite troops, they were still able to drag these already mired legions into an even deeper quagmire.

And these opportunistic aristocratic families have also recently started placing their own bets.

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The 47th year of the Qiming era.

"Old Niu is indeed ruthless. In just over twenty years, he has orchestrated six blood sacrifices, trying them out on the human race, the demon race, and the sea race... all for that almost non-existent possibility."

"As expected, what Elder Deng Xuanling said was right. In the eyes of that old ox-nose, all the spirits of heaven and earth are just consumables that can be used at will."

"The creatures of this Yin Yin Domain are really unlucky. They've been fighting on this scale for over twenty years, and more than a billion have died in total. It's truly a lose-lose situation."

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The 49th year of the Qiming era.

"The concentration of spiritual energy in the world has begun to rise, but the rate of increase is truly appalling. At this pace, slower than a snail's crawl, it would take at least tens of thousands of years to cultivate the ancient methods of 'Qi Refining.'"

"The gestation of the Heavenly Dao's will is much faster than initially thought. The number of Heavenly and Earthly Fruits should increase in three hundred years. As for the true formation of the Heavenly Dao, it should be in twelve hundred years."

"Twelve hundred years... I wonder what I'll be like then?"

"That old Taoist priest with the bull's nose was so certain that I wouldn't stop him from achieving enlightenment twelve hundred years from now. He's really confident..."

"But to be honest, the old Taoist priest's idea isn't entirely unreasonable. Actually, there's no conflict between me and this old Taoist priest on the Great Dao. Even if the old Taoist priest replaces the Heavenly Dao, it won't affect my path of cultivation..."

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The 50th year of the Enlightenment.

"As always, the fighting continues, with flames of war and corpses everywhere... bones exposed in the wilderness, and not a rooster crows for miles."

"Including those who were displaced by the war and eventually died on the road, at least two or three hundred million people have died in the Great Qi over the years because of the war, and there has been no end to it."

"Speaking of which, in recent years, Xiao Ling'er has been going out more and more frequently, and I'm quite curious about what she's been up to..."

"Alright, I won't pry into her privacy. Since I have nothing to do, I'll go read a book... The methods of ancient Qi cultivators are said to have been passed down from the immortal realm, so they still have some reference value."

"There are no gods in the Nine Realms, but according to many legends from the past, it is possible to create gods through faith."

"Ancient texts record that in the northernmost part of the world, in the land of extreme ice, there exists an immortal pure ice that has been nurtured by the world for hundreds of millions of years and has the power to protect the soul."

"If we can forge a soul lamp with immortal ice, shape a divine body with the origin of the Four Symbols World, and use the faith of the people as the source of power, it may be possible to create an artificial god."

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The fifty-second year of the Qiming era.

Southern Xinjiang declared independence, and Bai Qingming, the former Marquis of Zhennan, became the first King of Southern Xinjiang.

The various lords and local chieftains of the southern border immediately pledged their allegiance to him.

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The fifty-third year of the Qiming era.

The Northern Territory declared independence, and Shen Zhixin, the adopted daughter of the Ice Fairy Shen Yunwei and the former Duke of Zhenbei, was crowned as the Queen of the Northern Territory.

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The fifty-fourth year of the Qiming era.

The maternal clan of Empress Daqi, the lineage of Marquis Haining, issued a manifesto denouncing the various rebellious forces.

A million-strong army set off from the coast of the East China Sea to march westward and support the Daqi royal family.

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The fifty-sixth year of the Qiming era.

Qi'an City, Imperial Palace.

"You twelve bastards! It was one thing to set up your own power back then, but now you've even instigated the current emperor, plunging the land into chaos, with war raging everywhere and countless people displaced. What exactly do you want to do?"

"Su Xiang! Prime Minister Su! Our teacher took us in back then, and this is how you repay him?"

"How can you face Master Zhuang, Master Wan, and Uncle Qin who saved us?"

Inside the Huaran Palace, where the Daqi Cabinet was located, Su Xiaoyu, now an old woman, glared at her brother with red eyes.

Her voice was loud, her tone agitated and filled with anger, which seemed somewhat out of place in the solemn and dignified cabinet.

Following behind her were a dozen or so young men and women from Datong Academy. These were all Su Xiaoyu's students who had come to Qi'an City with her from Changzhou.

Some of them lowered their heads, staring at their feet, seemingly losing their courage because of the solemnity and magnificence of the cabinet.

The imposing palace seemed to be telling them in the most direct way that this was not a place for country bumpkins to set foot in.