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A group of monks followed Nangong Yunxiao and stepped onto the floating island.

Before entering the island, they had already seen the sacred tree that supported the sky and the earth not far away. When they got closer, they saw it like an ant looking up at the blue sky, and their expressions were filled with shock.

The ancient trees reach straight into the clouds, with trunks so thick that they are difficult to measure with the naked eye. The rough bark is covered with lines left by the years, as if carrying fragments of time. The branches and leaves are lush, covering the sky and blocking out the sun.

The light from the six suns shines through the layers of silver leaves, leaving only mottled shadows, which fall to the ground like dots of stars.

"These ancient trees are truly towering! The ancients were not deceiving me!"

"I have only seen this kind of sacred tree in books. In ancient times, when the heaven and earth had not yet collapsed, it was said that this kind of sacred tree could be seen frequently."

The one in front of us is already quite rare, and many creatures may hardly see it once in their entire lives.

The group of people were talking about it, and Nangong Yunxiao could not hide the horror in his eyes. He remembered very clearly that before the spiritual energy tide began, this ancient tree definitely did not have such a terrifying appearance.

This growth rate is too outrageous.

While he was shocked, he couldn't help but feel a little confused. Logically, this sacred tree should have been discovered long ago, but he had never heard any news about it before. This was obviously not in line with common sense.

After a slight hesitation, Nangong Yunxiao entered a city at the foot of the tree roots, grabbed a passerby and asked about the situation:

"Has this ancient tree always been like this?"

The person who was caught and questioned subconsciously wanted to get angry, but when he saw the large number of people behind Nangong Yunxiao, the anger that had just risen was swept away and he shook his head:

"I moved here not long ago, before the spiritual energy tide... it didn't seem to be this big. There must have been a change in the tide."

Nangong Yunxiao frowned slightly and began to search around for people to ask and inquire. After spending a lot of effort, he finally found out some information.

"It wasn't this big before. It started to grow gradually more than 200 years ago, and then this Yinhua City was built."

"When I was a child, I often played under the tree. It should have started during those two years. At that time, this place was just a small village with only three or four hundred households."

The owner of a restaurant grew up here and has a deep understanding of the sacred tree.

Hearing this, Nangong Yunxiao pondered for a moment, and without staying for too long, he went straight towards the sacred tree.

The shopkeeper leaned against the door, watching the group leave. He looked at the dim sunlight above his head and chuckled:

"Hey, maybe it's because of my inspiration that he became spiritual."

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Nangong Yunxiao, with a group of cultivators from the Tianyi Dynasty, slowly came to the foot of the sacred tree.

The spiritual energy here is the most abundant, and it is the most suitable place for cultivation in the entire floating island. Many cultivators gather at the roots of the trees.

"The spiritual energy here is not much worse than that of the capital."

"If we can move this tree back to the capital..."

There was a whisper behind him. Nangong Yunxiao frowned, turned around and looked at the monk behind him, and whispered, "Be careful with your words."

According to previous situations, this tree has long been psychic and has a very high intelligence. If they accidentally annoy it, it will be difficult for them to escape alive.

In fact, he had been confused for some time as to why the tree demon let him and Ren Ke go that day.

Nangong Yunxiao glanced around and displayed his cultivation without any concealment, awakening the cultivators who were practicing in seclusion around him.

"Within half an incense stick of time, all outsiders will retreat ten thousand feet."

Nangong Yunxiao spoke in a deep voice that could be heard over a hundred miles away. Seeing that some cultivators were hesitant to move, he frowned and shouted:

"Disperse!"

This sound was mixed with magical power, like thunder and lightning, which instantly frightened the surrounding monks and made them scatter like birds and beasts.

After most of the monks had dispersed, Nangong Yunxiao thought for a moment and spoke in a deep voice:

"Shenshu, the Emperor of our Tianyi Dynasty regards your presence as a sign of good fortune from heaven, and wishes to summon you to the court and treat you with great courtesy. Today, I come here with the Emperor's decree to invite you. Are you willing to join our Tianyi Dynasty?"

Listening to the questions below, Chu Zheng was somewhat surprised by the reaction of the Tianyi Dynasty, but he did not have much aversion to it.

Having such a dynasty in front of him will only help him in overcoming difficulties.

There are still three hundred and thirty years before the next spiritual energy tide erupts. If the Tianyi Dynasty is willing to support him, the time it takes for him to enter the eighth level will be further shortened.

Under the gaze of Nangong Yunxiao and his group, the fallen leaves on the ground slowly moved, forming a line of large characters.

[I agree, but the consequences from now on...you will be responsible for them.]

He himself was not sure how far the subsequent disaster would go. He was not sure whether the Tianyi Dynasty would be implicated or whether it could withstand it, so he might as well say it in advance.

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Nangong Yunxiao was silent for a while, looking at the supporting sacred tree in front of him, somewhat puzzled.

At your own risk? What does that mean? A threat?

After pondering for a while, he slowly opened the imperial edict in his hand and completed the mission of this trip.

The imperial edict was filled with a strong aura, and its content was not long, only two sentences.

The spiritual tree was canonized as a divine tree bestowed by heaven, with a status equal to that of a god in the imperial court, and it could enjoy offerings of blood and food.

The moment the imperial edict was read out, it spontaneously ignited and turned into a ray of spiritual light, which was imprinted on the trunk of the sacred tree and condensed into two large characters "Heaven-given".

By joining the dynasty, you can naturally enjoy a certain degree of blessing from the dynasty's fortune.

This was the first time that Chu Zheng came into contact with the existence of the dynasty's destiny. The feeling was very different. There were some differences between it and the destiny, and the effects were also different.

The dynasty's luck can increase the speed of living beings' cultivation and ward off all evil. In addition, it has many other benefits.

However, at the same time, the creatures themselves will be deeply bound to the dynasty because of the dynasty's fortune. When the dynasty's fortune is prosperous, their own way will be prosperous, and when the dynasty's fortune is declining, their own way will decline.

The fall of a dynasty often means the end of the path to spiritual practice, and even the possibility of sacrificing one's life. There are gains and losses.

This is undoubtedly a new way to fight for destiny. It is difficult for one person to fight for destiny, but if we gather the strength of hundreds of millions of lives to fight, there will be hope.

For a moment, Chu Zheng was a little hesitant. If the current path didn't work in the future, establishing a government might be an option.

But for those who practice Qigong, this will undoubtedly involve a lot of cause and effect.

Nangong Yunxiao and others did not stay long and left soon.

About a month later, the army of the Tianyi Dynasty arrived at the floating island. There were about 400,000 people, led by Nangong Yunxiao. They stationed there directly and incorporated the floating island into the territory of the Tianyi Dynasty.

This time, Nangong Yunxiao also brought blood food to Chu Zheng, the flesh and blood of three complete eighth-level alien species. This was the standard of offering that Chu Zheng could enjoy, which happened once every hundred years.

Although it was only an alien species that had just entered the eighth level, the essence in its body was enough for Chu Zheng to digest for some time.

At the same time, the entire floating island began to migrate, moving towards an extremely large floating island in the distance.

This migration took nearly twenty years.

During this period, there were naturally many creatures who wanted to take over this floating island, but they were all stopped by Chu Zheng. He did not kill them, but just endured them head-on, and the calamity energy was almost completely exhausted.

Finally, the floating island stopped in a group of floating islands, alongside more than a hundred floating islands.

Because of the existence of clouds, there is an inexplicable repulsive force between these floating islands. They can only be brought closer together to form a chain-like island community, but they cannot merge with each other.

These islands, guarding the Tianyi Dynasty, formed a fortress and were the Tianyi Dynasty's most forward outposts.

Obviously, the Tianyi Dynasty had no intention of letting Chu Zheng eat and drink for free, but instead used him as a shield and kept him at the outermost edge.

This move undoubtedly played into Chu Zheng's hands. He came here to experience the calamity, and his current incarnation had such strong endurance, so he naturally didn't want to miss this rare opportunity.

Nangong Yunxiao did not stay with Chu Zheng for long and left quickly, appearing a little hurried.

The Tianyi Dynasty is one of the most powerful forces in the Lingyue Realm, and few people would dare to make plans against it. But on the other hand, once someone really has plans to do so, it will definitely not be a small matter, but a thunderstorm.

After arriving in the territory of the Tianyi Dynasty, Chu Zheng spent more than ten years in peace, and then some small-scale conflicts would occasionally break out, during which time there were no shortage of eighth-level creatures attacking and wanting to plunder.

Every time he encountered such a situation, he would stretch his body completely, protecting the monks of the Tianyi Dynasty behind him, bearing most of the impact and often covered with bruises.

After each war, the blood and food offerings given to him by the Emperor of the Tianyi Dynasty would be upgraded by one level and become more generous.

The legend of the god-given tree began to spread within the Tianyi Dynasty. The dynasty's luck also gradually gathered on Chu Zheng, allowing his cultivation speed to reach a new level.

The somewhat dull time passed by like a white horse, and a hundred years had gone by in the blink of an eye.

The disputes caused by the spiritual energy tide gradually subsided, and the entire Lingyue Realm entered an extremely peaceful period of recuperation.

This will last for nearly two hundred years until the next spiritual energy tide begins, and the cycle will repeat itself.

Chu Zheng's consciousness fell into a semi-dormant state, and he was ready to transfer his consciousness back to his body to begin preparations for crossing the earth catastrophe.

In the dim light, a figure came into his perception. He was dressed as a wandering Taoist priest, and his cultivation level was only at the sixth level. He looked very ordinary.

However, this person's words and actions instantly made Chu Zheng's nerves tense and woke him up from his dream.

With the supply from the Tianyi Dynasty and the influence of the Chu government over the years, Yinhua City has become increasingly prosperous.

A wandering Taoist priest was walking among the crowd, holding the Taoist seal in his palm, with a smile on his face, and he would approach and talk to everyone he met:

"You must follow me to worship the Taoist Master Zhengchu. He is a deity that has survived from ancient times to the present day. He has supreme power. If you worship him every day, mortals will be healthy and all diseases will be cured. People who are practicing can even receive the Taoist Master's blessing and make rapid progress!"