A person in the heavens, starting with a Chaos Emperor Dao Fruit

"Alright! Let's not delay, let's set off now, the next stop is Beihai County!" The burly man immediately signaled the Yinglong Guard next to the teleportation array to activate it.

"Yes!" The Yinglong Guard soldier beside him nodded immediately and activated the teleportation array.

"Om!"

After a burst of brilliant light, Yunhua and his group immediately disappeared into the teleportation array of the Crimson Dragon Mountains.

Following the mission dispatched by the Yinglong Guard headquarters, Yunhua was continuously teleported, traveling through more than a thousand counties.

This teleportation also allowed Yunhua to witness the vastness of the Great Xia Dynasty. The area of ​​the Great Xia world is comparable to a single inhabited planet in the world of Shrouding the Heavens, not to mention the boundless Three Thousand Realms.

As they continued to teleport, the number of cultivators surrounding the group increased. In each prefecture, there were anywhere from one to three to five people joining them.

Chapter 991 The Royal Capital

During this time, Yunhua also encountered all sorts of cultivators.

There are powerful demons with overwhelming demonic aura, as well as gods and demons born from birth like Yunhua, and descendants of gods and demons with the bloodline of ancient gods and demons. Of course, the most numerous are the human race. The Great Xia is a dynasty of the human race, and other races are only qualified to enter the Yinglong Guard if they are loyal to the Great Xia.

Finally, after completing the last "Qingyang County", the group was ready to return to the headquarters of Yinglong Guard.

"Buzz!!" Accompanied by the glow of the teleportation array, a massive group of nearly two thousand people quickly left the teleportation array and arrived in the capital of the Great Xia Dynasty.

The light faded, and the group appeared in a huge square.

The square was already packed with people, numbering around four or five thousand.

"Haha, Shang Xiang, you're the last one! We've been waiting for you for so long!!" As soon as they came out, a rough voice came from behind, and a burly man walked towards the big man who had brought Yun Hua and the others, laughing loudly.

Yun Hua's eyes flickered; he now realized that the burly man who had brought them here was named "Shang Xiang".

"It's just that a few of the little ones are too slow!" Shang Xiang said helplessly.

"Alright, now that everyone's here, let's head to the main hall!" At that moment, a woman with a captivating figure walked over from a distance. She glanced around and then exclaimed in surprise.

"Prime Minister Shang, how come there's a Void Returning Realm god-demon here?" The man looked at Yun Hua with a hint of surprise.

“He recently broke through his cultivation level, and since he’s on the list anyway, I brought him along to see what His Majesty’s plans are!” Shang Xiang said casually. “That’s all. Let’s go to the main hall together, so as not to keep His Majesty waiting.”

The capital of the Great Xia Dynasty is the core of this great world.

Within the capital of the Great Xia Kingdom, there stands a majestic mountain that stretches for ten thousand miles. This mountain is the highest mountain within the entire capital, and its name is Yinglong Divine Mountain!

This is also the headquarters of Yinglong Guard.

Halfway up Yinglong Divine Mountain are a series of huge teleportation arrays, including the one that brought Yunhua and his group here.

Of course, there are other teleportation arrays here, which lead to other great worlds. Every day, countless beings travel between these great worlds using these teleportation arrays.

After leaving the square, Yunhua and the others were suddenly greeted by a breathtaking view, able to overlook the entire capital from a high vantage point.

The mountainside of Yinglong Mountain, which is tens of thousands of miles high, is also more than three thousand miles high, but there is not a single cloud or mist in this place. Everything is crystal clear and every detail is visible.

Looking down from here, one can see the magnificent city below, stretching as far as the eye can see. The only thing visible is an equally enormous celestial palace opposite, the Heavenly Palace, where the Great Xia Emperor usually resides.

Yinglong Divine Mountain is the tallest mountain in the capital, and Tianmang Palace is the second tallest. Yinglong Divine Mountain is ten thousand li high, while Tianmang Palace is nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine li high.

These two buildings are undoubtedly the first and second largest buildings in the entire Great Xia Dynasty.

Indeed, Yinglong Divine Mountain is not a natural mountain range, but a massive architectural treasure. Similarly, the Tianmang Palace opposite it is also a magical structure.

"See that? That's the Heavenly Mang Palace. His Majesty is waiting for us there!" The leader began to introduce some well-known information about the Heavenly Mang Palace to everyone.

This Heavenly Light Palace is a magical treasure in itself, radiating various colors of precious light: gold, silver, blue, purple, red... The various precious lights illuminate the entire capital, making the night as bright as day.

There were no clouds below the Tianmang Palace, but clouds began to appear starting from six thousand miles away. The most obvious clouds at six thousand miles away were red clouds, and there were other clouds above them, making a total of nine layers.

In terms of power and prestige, it is comparable to the Heavenly Palace in the Cloud Realm.

"This Heavenly Mang Palace and Yinglong Divine Mountain are at least Immortal-grade magic treasures, and may even be Pure Yang magic treasures," Yunhua silently assessed in his heart.

However, the group soon arrived at a "dock" near Yinglong Mountain.

That's right, it's the dock. The capital city is too big, especially the distance between Yinglong Divine Mountain and Tianmang Palace, which is tens of thousands of miles. However, these two places are very close and they often travel between each other.

If we let the immortals fly over directly, wouldn't that mean the people below would be watching the immortals like they're flying in an airplane every day?

Therefore, the capital city had a special magical artifact for moving—a ship—and naturally, a "dock" came into being.

Yunhua and his companions were aboard a large black ship with a dragon's head.

Soon, everyone entered the ship, the magical artifacts were activated, and the giant ship began to slowly fly towards the Heavenly Mang Palace.

Yunhua leaned against the ship's side, quietly watching the scenery below. The ship was moving very fast, and soon they approached the vicinity of the Tianmang Palace.

Yun Hua glanced around and looked at the entrance of the Heavenly Light Palace, where several towering gods and demons were guarding the gate.

"The gods and demons guarding the gate are all at the Void Returning Realm. Tsk tsk, Emperor Xia's entourage is really quite grand!" Yun Hua thought to himself.

As the black ship approached the Heavenly Mang Palace, a brilliant golden light suddenly burst forth from it. Then, the entire ship seemed to have pierced through the void, rapidly ascending and breaking through several layers of clouds in the blink of an eye, directly arriving at the highest layer of clouds within the Heavenly Mang Palace.

At the same time, everyone also saw the main hall of the Heavenly Mang Palace.

The large black ship came to a stop, and Yunhua and the others disembarked and came to the huge square outside the main hall.

"You all wait here. No one may enter without orders!" The three leaders instructed Yunhua and the others before entering the main hall of the Tianmang Palace.

The main hall at the highest point of the Tianmang Palace.

The Emperor of Great Xia sat on the highest throne, dressed in a jet-black dragon robe. His face was ancient and his eyes were like those of lightning. Wherever his gaze fell, the heavens and earth seemed to crack open.

Even the slightest unintentional display of majesty was enough to awe the celestial beings.

Below, they were divided into two rows, with people standing in front. Those standing at the front were naturally some of the Heavenly Immortals, Gods, Demons, and Princes of the Great Xia royal family, while those behind them were some Heavenly Immortals, Gods, and Demons from the military and political departments.

Just by looking down, one could see that there were four or five hundred celestial beings and demons standing below.

"Greetings, Your Majesty!" The three celestial beings who entered the main hall bowed respectfully at the same time.

"Rise!" The majestic voice of the Great Xia Emperor resounded throughout the heavens and earth.

"How did the mission go?" the Emperor of Great Xia continued to ask.

The three exchanged glances, and the woman among them spoke up: "Your Majesty, half a year ago, our Yinglong Guard selected a total of 6,213 outstanding talents from 3,600 counties across the country."

Of the 6,206 people who perished in the accident, all but seven who participated in the expedition arrived here.

"Among them, there are 778 Purple Mansion Realm Gods and Demons, 3,159 Myriad Manifestations Realm Prodigies, 1,993 Primordial Spirit Realm cultivators, 273 Returning Void Earth Immortals, and 3 Returning Void Realm Gods and Demons!"

As the report was presented, all the military and political officials, as well as the princes, nodded slightly. The Great Xia Dynasty was indeed becoming more and more prosperous. This time, after traveling through all 3,600 prefectures of the country, they were able to bring back more than 6,000 outstanding talents, which was truly impressive, much more than before.

Chapter 992 Emperor Xia

The Emperor of Great Xia asked, "Did those three Void Returning Realm gods and demons break through within the last six months?"

"Your Majesty, all of them broke through within half a year. One of them broke through to the Void Returning Realm by cultivating the Thunder God Body, one broke through by cultivating the Wind Demon God Body, and the other broke through by cultivating the Crimson Bright Nine Heavens Diagram," Shang Xiang continued.

"The other two are nothing special, except that the one who broke through with the 'Crimson Bright Nine Heavens Diagram' is a primordial god-demon born in Anchan County a few years ago, and is now less than ten years old."

"what!"

"Not even ten years old?"

"how is this possible?"

Upon hearing this, the many princes and military and political officials present immediately showed expressions of shock.

It's normal for a born god or demon to cultivate to the Void Returning Realm, because such a person is inherently exceptionally talented; however, breaking through with the Crimson Bright Nine Heavens Diagram is abnormal, because it means that he has destroyed his own innate divine body and then rebuilt it with the Crimson Bright Nine Heavens Diagram.

In this way, the difficulty of his cultivation of the "Crimson Bright Nine Heavens Diagram" is actually no less than that of others. He also needs to comprehend the fusion and collision of Yin and Yang, water and fire in order to advance.

It's unbelievable that he accomplished this before he was even ten years old!

Even the Emperor of Great Xia's expression changed.

"To possess such insights at less than ten years old?" The Great Xia Emperor's gaze and divine sense instantly pierced through the hall and landed on Yun Hua. He wanted to observe Yun Hua's situation more closely.

In fact, he had already seen some of Yunhua's intelligence. The Great Xia Dynasty was dedicated to promoting the "Crimson Bright Nine Heavens Diagram" cultivation method, and naturally, a genius like Yunhua who cultivated the Crimson Bright Nine Heavens Diagram had already caught his eye.

However, all he knew was information about Yun Hua's Nascent Soul Realm six months ago. Now that Yun Hua had broken through to the Returning Void Realm, he was naturally extremely surprised.

As a disciple of the Crimson Bright Dao Ancestor, the Emperor of Great Xia also cultivated the "Crimson Bright Nine Heavens Diagram" in the field of divine and demonic body refinement. However, his talent in this area was too weak, and he could only barely cultivate to the Yuan Shen realm. He himself was well aware of how difficult it was to break through from the Yuan Shen realm to the Returning to Emptiness realm.

The moment the Great Xia Emperor's gaze fell upon Yun Hua, Yun Hua was suddenly jolted. He felt a mysterious power trying to penetrate his body. This power was something similar to a pupil technique or divine sense.

The omnipresent mental power also generated a force of resistance. The extremely domineering mental power of the third realm, the Sovereign Realm, instantly and completely wiped out all other forces.

"If I'm not mistaken, that force just now should have been the Emperor of Great Xia. He was observing me?" Yun Hua realized. Outside the main hall of the capital city of Great Xia, who else besides the Emperor would have such ability?

"But is this the divine sense of a Pure Yang True Immortal? It is indeed more powerful than mine now. If it weren't for the mental strength of the third realm, I really wouldn't be able to withstand it," Yunhua thought to himself.

As Yunhua withstood the Great Xia Emperor's divine sense and gaze, the Great Xia Emperor was also shocked: "There is no mistake, he just used mental power."

Moreover, it's at least the mental strength of the third realm! How could he possess such power? The secret manuals of the Yinglong Guards don't contain any methods for cultivating or using mental strength. Could he have figured it out himself?

Upon this thought, the Emperor of Great Xia couldn't help but have a thought: "With such outstanding talent in the Divine Demon Body Refinement, coupled with the mental strength of the third realm, could it be that Great Xia is also going to produce an invincible archer?"

"More than a decade ago, the Underworld was attacked, the Six Paths of Reincarnation collapsed, and those enemies vanished without a trace." Suddenly, the Emperor of Great Xia thought of a question, "The Underworld is the place where souls from the Three Realms are reborn. It is such an important place, and its guards are so strict. Whether it is the Ten Kings of Hell or Lord Cui, they are all Pure Yang True Immortals, and there is also the Buddhist Ksitigarbha who guards the Underworld..."

"With so many powerful figures guarding it, the Six Paths of Reincarnation could still be destroyed by a surprise attack, and we can't even find out who did it. Even my master couldn't find any trace of it. Such a terrifying force is hiding in the dark. The Three Realms are bound to be in great chaos, and it is very likely to be an unprecedented chaos."

The turmoil that could cause the Emperor of Great Xia to worry was extremely terrifying.

Before the endless ages of antiquity, Pangu separated heaven and earth from chaos, and then the ancient world came into being. After countless great battles, the ancient world was shattered, and finally, the three thousand great worlds and billions of small worlds of today came into being.

Such a major upheaval is bound to affect the entire world.

"Heroes emerge in times of chaos. Every great upheaval will surely give birth to a true peerless hero; which of the great powers in the Three Realms today did not rise from the midst of turmoil?" The Emperor of Great Xia's eyes were deep and unfathomable.

"The Yinglong Guard of my Great Xia is the strongest force in this world. Logically speaking, it is normal for such heroes to enter the Yinglong Guard and emerge in response to the times... Could Yun Hua be a hero who emerged in response to the times? But, isn't his appearance a bit too early?" The Emperor of Great Xia pondered.

Even heroes in times of turmoil need to go through numerous battles to grow rapidly, but those who have already risen to this level before such a war may have little to do with heroes in times of turmoil.

"Could it be someone else?" The Great Xia Emperor's gaze swept over the others again. He wanted to see who was truly qualified to become the strongest in the future upheaval of the Three Realms.

"This year's Yinglong Guard has produced quite a few outstanding talents, with 283 of them possessing the Golden Light of Merit."

The Yinglong Guard's primary duty is to eradicate sinful cultivators, and compared to other cultivators, they generally possess higher merit. The Great Xia Emperor pondered silently, "High merit means high fortune; but low merit doesn't necessarily mean low fortune."

“There are even people with little merit who have incredibly amazing luck.”

Merit and good fortune are not the same thing.

Those who accumulate great merit will naturally be blessed with good fortune, so those who have accumulated great merit will not have bad luck.

However, other things can also bring blessings. For example, becoming a disciple of a powerful figure will naturally bring the blessings of that powerful figure.

For example, if one inherits the treasures of a predecessor's cave, one will naturally inherit their fortune; if one's parents or relatives suddenly become powerful figures, then one will naturally be blessed with good fortune...

In short, fortune and merit are different. Merit can be seen through at a glance; but fortune is something that no one can explain clearly, not even the Dao Ancestor.

"Your merits are commendable, but I wonder how your fortune will turn out." The Great Xia Emperor's gaze returned to Yun Hua, as he observed Yun Hua's merits.

Yunhua was surrounded by golden light, and his merits naturally met the standard for generating golden light of merit.

Although he had only been with the Yinglong Guard for a short time and hadn't eliminated many sinful cultivators, his strength was extremely high, and the quality of the sinful cultivators he eliminated was extremely high—one of them was equivalent to hundreds of others. Naturally, the merit he accumulated was astonishing.

"However, to be able to cultivate to such a level in such a short time, one's luck cannot be bad."

"When chaos descends upon the Three Realms, even I am in danger of perishing. I need the addition of such a powerful figure to bless the fortunes of my Great Xia!" The Great Xia Emperor's goal was clear.

Finally, his gaze fell on Yun Hua and the other two Void Returning Realm gods and demons.

According to the training standards of the Yinglong Guard, there's little to no training for gods, demons, and celestial immortals at the Void Returning Realm. In fact, precisely because they know this, they don't want to break through so early unless absolutely necessary.

Chapter 993 The Divine Power of the Candle Dragon's Eye

Earth Immortals need to undergo tribulations to ascend to Celestial Immortals, so those Earth Immortals in the Void Returning Realm could be suppressed to some extent, and none of them broke through to the Celestial Immortal Realm; however, three Gods and Demons broke through, because Gods and Demons did not undergo tribulations to break through, and may even have broken through in a single enlightenment, which is difficult to suppress.

The Emperor of Great Xia said, "The rest of the Yinglong Guards will be trained according to the usual standards. As for these three Void Returning Realm gods and demons, they can go to the treasury of my Great Xia Dynasty and choose any supernatural power or secret technique."

Upon hearing this, everyone was shocked. According to past standards, those who broke through to a higher realm would at most receive a reward similar to that of a Nascent Soul Realm god or demon, namely, a supernatural power below 500,000 merit points.

But this time, they actually got to choose any subject?

They knew that the Great Xia's treasury contained the most powerful divine ability—the "Eye of the Candle Dragon," which was worth tens of millions of merit points.

With this supernatural power at their disposal, and given that these three are both gods and demons, what other choices do they have?

Everyone would definitely choose this supernatural power. This time, with the emperor's word, the reward has increased twentyfold?

However, since the emperor had spoken, these people naturally dared not say anything more, and the celestial being in charge of managing the treasury nodded and said "yes".