Chapter 2346: Eternal Mountains and Rivers

The Long River, like a dragon, seems to be merely flicking its tail, adding various layers of meaning to this simple motion. The Emperor Boats, Jade Mountain, the South Heaven Master... all feel like mere splashes of water.

It has been suppressed for several hundred thousand years, as if it could eternally be the Long River’s Nine Towns.

It is not actually rooted on the banks of the Long River; it can actually be lifted up!

Before Ao Shu Yi did this, no one knew.

Many people believe that certain things will never change, perhaps only because the time for change has not yet arrived. Where is there anything eternal in heaven and earth!

This time, too, the Long River rose ten thousand *li*, and the Divine Land shook.

It was as if mountains were uprooted and rivers dried up. All the heavens and myriad realms could feel the shaking of the present world.

The Divine Firmament had not yet opened, but all sides were already stirred.

The next moment, heaven and earth heard a dragon's roar!

This sound did not issue from the Long River, nor did it come from the Dragon Monarch.

Listening closely, it was not one sound, but two.

One high-pitched, one low, one spirited, one heavy. These two contradictory dragon roars were harmoniously blended, each chasing the other, opposing and yet complementing.

From the land of Central State, a flag suddenly unfurled!

It was as if a piece of the sky had been pulled down.

The flag was raised high, with a fierce north wind. On the flag's surface were embroidered two intertwined black and white wandering dragons, their bodies forming a line that divided the flag, creating a profound and wondrous Two Instruments shape. As this flag completely unfurled, the dome of the sky was already altered by it.

If people looked up at this moment, they would see the sun and moon hazy, the sky dome confused, a scene where the heaven was actually divided into two layers, half chaotic and half clear, you in me, I in you.

This is neither the blue heaven nor the yellow heaven, but the "Central Two Instruments Heaven".

It encompasses all things, it is the beginning of all. The massive waves stirred by the Long River's shaking world were also under this piece of sky, not rolling outwards beyond it.

This time, the flag unfurled was precisely the Emperor Flag of the Great Scenery Empire, the Qian Kun Wandering Dragon Flag!

After this flag waved, an extremely grand voice sounded forth—

"Obstinate and unenlightened!!!"

*Boom boom boom!* The sound of the Long River's roar was temporarily suppressed, the eight winds fully opened, green thunder split the sky!

The person who issued this voice was the Heavenly Son of Great Scenery, Ji Feng Zhou!

His voice originally echoed above the Cang Sea on the Eternal Heaven Stele, but at this moment it issued from Heaven Capital City, echoing along the banks of the Long River!

Each time he uttered a sound, the Central Two Instruments Heaven would roll once, wiping away the residual waves of the Divine Land's shaking. He had already withdrawn from the Cang Sea and used national power to confront the Long River Dragon Monarch.

"Lie Mountain's eternal will, mountains and rivers in eternal peace!"

"Years in harmony with the people, sun and moon in the sky!"

"I am the Heavenly Son of the Central Empire's Great Scenery. Now, in the Dao Calendar year three nine two nine—for the common people under heaven, I request the Human Emperor's supreme treasure!"

Ji Feng Zhou gave not an inch of leeway. As soon as he returned, he immediately launched a killing blow. Opening his mouth, he used the means that had suppressed the Long River forever, seeking to retrieve the treasure left by Human Emperor Lie Mountain—although it is said to be left by the Human Emperor, it was also endlessly offered by human experts, nurtured for generations, entrusted with the glorious victory of the human way, a magnificent flood.

The power of this esteemed treasure has not only not decayed with time, but has far surpassed that of the Middle Ancient era.

The people had already been forced to withdraw from the Cang Sea to deal with the water disaster, and indeed, there was no need for any more leeway.

The heroic voice rolled for ten thousand *li*.

And then, a phoenix cry suddenly sounded!

The southern half was crimson, the Divine Firmament Phoenix Flag waved, its tail like a rainbow crossing the sky, fire burning red clouds, incredibly bright. Xiong Ji's noble voice, born within that fiery and splendid flame color, responded first, saying—

"The Great Chu Emperor approves this seal!"

The western sky dome was temporarily all ink, as if it had separately fallen into eternal night. Even the clear glory of Jade Capital Mountain was obscured, and even the virtual shadow of Purple Void True Monarch was in the shadows. After the extremely dignified, sky-determining voice of the Great Qin Heavenly Son sounded, the outline of Jade Capital Mountain then re-emerged in the night.

Qin Emperor Ying Zhao was concise, saying: "This should be executed!"

Ao Shu Yi's lifting of the Long River and the movement of the Nine Towns had already thoroughly torn away the facade of false affection from the past several hundred thousand years and touched the human race's bottom line. This time, the Heavenly Sons of the hegemonic countries moving the Human Emperor's treasure was no longer for suppression, but for suppression and killing!

Iron cavalry charged with the sound of blades and spears! After the Central Two Instruments Heaven, brilliant stars of all heavens were temporarily imprinted. The voice of Jing Country's Heavenly Son, Tang Xuan Jian, was like a solitary cavalry rushing out from within those stars of all heavens. Tempered by countless collisions, it already possessed a sharpness that could kill through everything.

He said—"Execute immediately!"

The establishment of Jing Country was originally built upon the corpses of the Divine Pool water race. The fame of Jing Tai Zu, Tang Yu, was built upon the foundation of the Divine Pool Heaven King. From its founding until now, Jing Country's attitude towards the Dragon Palace has always been tougher compared to other countries.

Again, an eagle cried in the long sky, rolling in a piece of blue sky and sea, scattering ten thousand *zhang* of divine glory.

The voice of Great Mu's Female Emperor, He Lian Shan Hai, appeared even more distant in the blue sky, broader than the sky dome, higher than divinity. Her voice said: "Then let it be discussed!"

Actually, there was nothing to discuss. If Ao Shu Yi himself was unwilling to turn back, no one would let it go at this time.

They couldn't truly watch the Long River depart and allow this old dragon freedom!

Since the new beginning of the Dao Calendar, the present world has almost never experienced such violent changes. All sorts of strange scenes were like a turning lantern. Like a painting of thick ink and heavy colors, one layered upon another. This world may change in myriad ways, but it is always firmly held.

Several kings wielding the highest power of the human race, with a single thought, changed the color of heaven and earth, overturning with a hand, the human way flooding.

Finally, the eastern sky dome was a expanse of purple, crisscrossed like a chessboard. The voice of Great Qi's Heavenly Son, Jiang Shu, was within it, saying only one word—

"Allow!"

This was the final move in this game.

It is said that once a piece is played, there is no regret. Life and death are determined by fate.

The entire Divine Land suddenly froze!

A great seal descended from the sky.

Its shape was precious to the extreme, unique through ten thousand ages.

The upper part depicted nine dragons holding the sun, the lower part depicted the rivers and mountains of the six directions.

It was actually not huge; compared to the ten thousand *li* Long River, it was simply an insignificant small reef.

But at the moment of its appearance, the heaven and earth that had just been overturned, the angry waves rolling in the Long River, instantly became still. The terrifying waves were all suppressed. The water surface was flat like a mirror, without a single ripple to be seen! The ten thousand *li* of the Long River had no waves, clinging to the riverbed, aligning with the river banks, like white soil, silent and plain!

The strange scenes of heaven and earth that had continuously changed following the opening of the six hegemonic countries' Heavenly Sons all turned into large pieces of floating light, investing within this seal.

At this moment, it gathered the hegemonic power of the six countries, combined with the supreme power under heaven, the embodiment of the peak of the state system, almost representing the contemporary flood of the human way!

The waves Ao Shu Yi was stepping on were already still, forming a water-carved mountain.

Solidified water, still mountain.

Standing on the mountaintop was the Long River Dragon Monarch. Its originally straight body, which had transcended heaven and earth, instantly returned to heaven and earth, returned to the mountaintop, instantly hunching over!

As if bearing a heavy burden, and unexpectedly unable to bear it!

There is actually a weight that transcendent beings cannot bear.

Its neck was still raised straight and awkwardly. It just raised its head like this, looking at the seal that hung statically high in the sky.

"Nine Dragons Holding Sun Eternal Suppress Mountains and Rivers Seal..." It muttered with a laugh. In its brilliant golden pupils, there was a clear daze: "When Lie Mountain Clan was here, he once gave me this seal to play with. At that time, I believed that all things have spirits, heaven and earth are one family, and races are not a barrier. And now he leaves this seal, using this seal to give me a slap, as a gift to me—perhaps from the very beginning, from the very beginning, he did not trust me!"

Lie Mountain Human Emperor once allowed Ao Shu Yi to play with the Nine Dragons Holding Sun Eternal Suppress Mountains and Rivers Seal?

Ao Shu Yi's words were too absurd, as if it had already gone mad with despair!

If Lie Mountain Human Emperor truly had this act, it would almost hint at the next esteemed Emperor! Not to mention whether Ao Shu Yi had the ability to rule under heaven, to let a dragon rule as the common lord under heaven, how could such a thing be possible?!!

And the question Ao Shu Yi asked, about Lie Mountain Human Emperor's "trust". For the Heavenly Sons of the six hegemonic countries, it was perhaps even more ridiculous.

Does this even count as a problem?

How could a Human Emperor completely trust a true dragon?

As a Human Emperor, how could he use the safety of the entire human race to verify whether Ao Shu Yi was reliable?

As a ruler, as an emperor, one does not even test human nature and often eliminates dangerous signs at the first hint, let alone test "dragon nature"!

No one paid attention to Ao Shu Yi's muttering. That Nine Dragons Holding Sun Eternal Suppress Mountains and Rivers Seal pressed down mercilessly.

*Ka ka ka ka!*

The water-carved mountain Ao Shu Yi was stepping on issued a sound like ice cracking, instantly shattering into fine dust!

And Ao Shu Yi's body fell, falling into the fine dust, also like dust!

*Boom boom boom boom!*

The nine stone towns gradually fell, re-fettering the Long River. The prisoner who had gained a breath of freedom was re-locked into prison.

Ao Shu Yi seemed to hear the Long River's wail. But the Long River was still the same, almost pressed onto the riverbed. Where were the waves, where was the sound?

"Hehe hehe..."

Ao Shu Yi lowered its head and laughed. It could almost no longer raise its head. Its back was also more hunched.

It knew this result early on...

That Emperor called "Lie Mountain Clan," when alive, was invincible in the world. How could the means he left behind be resisted by Ao Shu Yi?

Moreover, the present time is better than the old times. The power of the human way now is also not comparable to the Middle Ancient period!

But the Nine Towns... were lifted for an instant.

The Nine Towns, personally built by Lie Mountain Clan, were lifted for an instant by me, Ao Shu Yi!

*Ka cha!*

Ao Shu Yi suddenly raised its head! Because it used too much force, conflicting with the suppressing force of the Nine Dragons Holding Sun Eternal Suppress Mountains and Rivers Seal, its neck bone broke in the conflict!

This was a transcendent being's bone, originally indestructible for ten thousand worlds, capable of eternal existence without decay.

But it did not want to lower its head again!

"Lie Mountain Clan!!!"

Ao Shu Yi's hair was dishevelled, without any imperial dignity. It raised its head and roared angrily at the sky, looking like a madman: "I exhausted my promise, guarded my covenant, practiced my way, defended our common ideal! But you did not do what you promised me! I know you are already dead, I do not resent you—"

Its chest heaved violently. It gasped angrily and painfully, in anger and with the tragic spirit of gouging its heart with a steel knife: "But how can I not resent you?!"

How can I not resent you?

I treated you as a teacher, viewed you as a father, and always followed you!

*Boom long!!!*

At the westernmost end of the Long River, after the outline of Jade Capital Mountain, the tall virtual shadow representing Purple Void True Monarch, Zong De Zhen, temporarily glared angrily! The virtual eyes within the virtual shadow, outlined as if by a virtual brush, instantly became real from virtuality. The lines of the outline were deep, like exploding purple sky thunder!

Jade Clear Dao Law, Yuan Shi Break Delusion Extreme Light Extinguish!

From these double, thunder-like eyes, two straight electric lights shot out, piercing time and space, falling on Ao Shu Yi's Dao body, as if wanting to block something.

But it was too late!

The angry voice of Great Scenery's Heavenly Son, Ji Feng Zhou, rolled under the Qian Kun Wandering Dragon Flag—"You are seeking death!"

But it was also too late!

The Nine Towns were lifted for an instant after all.

So, when Ao Shu Yi roared angrily at the sky, near the sea where the wind and waves were gradually stopping, above the Cang Sea where the world was declining, people saw—

A golden divine dragon of immeasurable length, appearing to transcend all. It stretched across time, twisting and turning in the void, directly pouncing onto that golden, brilliant Middle Ancient heaven road, tangling with it with its dragon body! The golden glory of one mutually shone with the other, as if they were originally one body!

Yu Que led the ten thousand Dou E great army, possessing almost invincible might, sweeping under heaven, looking around proudly, yet fundamentally not coming to block. Even when he discovered it, the golden divine dragon was already inseparable from the golden Middle Ancient heaven road.

The power of transcendent beings transcends all. Under the limitations of the present world, all are considered part of the transcendent. Of course, this also includes Yu Que and his Dou E army.

Ao Shu Yi's goal was actually this strip of Middle Ancient heaven road!

In the air above the Long River, Ao Shu Yi's piled up eyelids drooped down, blocking Zong De Zhen's "Yuan Shi Break Delusion Extreme Light Extinguish," issuing a ringing sound like a heaven-shaking, earth-moving bell. Its eyelids were indeed pierced, but the golden light bursting from the pierced gap was even more dazzling than before.

The world pounded, the sky dome sank.

Under Ji Feng Zhou's active urging, the power of the Nine Dragons Holding Sun Eternal Suppress Mountains and Rivers Seal was once again mobilized, pressing down again.

Ao Shu Yi's skull, stubbornly resisting without lowering its head, was as stubborn as an awl being smashed down. With its skull as the awl, it smashed through its neck, smashed into its body, sinking in by more than half. This time, still no blood flowed out, but that which transcends all and exists eternally, was already showing clear and visible weakening.

It was still laughing with difficulty!

Its immortal Dao body was here, but its power was sent to that bridge crossing time horizontally, turning into a visible golden divine dragon, tangling with the heaven road built by Jing Country's people with all their human and material resources, tangling with this creation called a "miracle," creaking and groaning!

The preparations needed to build this strip of Middle Ancient heaven road were probably not limited to carefully nurturing the bloodline of the nine sons of the Dragon Emperor. Although each one was a miracle of beast rearing, they only served as a lead. To completely recall the power of the Dragon Emperor's nine sons, Jing Country, over the past few decades, reaching broad and boundless space, deep into distant history, did not know how many arrangements it had made!

Qi Country cleared the sea disaster, exterminated Xia and swallowed Yang. Qin Country repaired the Great Wall of Yu Abyss, sending Tai Zu to transcend. Mu Country's kingly power ordered divine power, Chu Country reformed and changed the new heaven, even Jing Country, which was trapped in the northern land, repeatedly suppressed demonic tides. The first Central Great Scenery Empire of the present world, however, only passively welcomed challenges.

Their main resource investment over the years, massive human and material resources, were all on this strip of Middle Ancient heaven road.

It could be said that once destroyed, it cannot be rebuilt.

And it could originally eternally cross above the Cang Sea and the near sea, becoming a creation near the East Sea Dragon Palace, like Tian Jing Country, becoming Jing Country's watchtower and bridgehead in the sea, laying the foundation for sea power!

"You all forced me down this road, yet say I am seeking death. You all have the composure of the perpetrators, yet accuse the victim of being mad."

Ao Shu Yi struggled to pull its head from its deeply sunken chest, but could not immediately do so. Its voice, retransmitted through the echo inside its chest, sounded particularly low and sad: "The water race cannot simply perish like this, the Cang Sea cannot simply die like this. All of this is not the same as what was agreed."

"Uh... ah." It spoke slowly and painfully, and desperately exerted force! "Lie Mountain Clan promised me, saying the water race could live well, live a very good life. He promised me but did not do it. He told me to wait, but did not tell me wait until which day. I watched with open eyes as I fell myself, watched with open eyes as the noose approached my neck, watched with open eyes as the Divine Pool Heaven King died. Before his death, he once looked towards me!! Today, I cannot again watch with open eyes!"

"Dragon Monarch! I gazed at the Long River from a young age, felt its grandeur, and also deeply felt the Dragon Monarch's merit. I admire you greatly. But how unwise you are today!" Wei Country's Heavenly Son had already returned with the Emperor Boat at this time. In the air above the stabilized Long River, he gazed at the miserable form of the Long River Dragon Monarch. His tone was quite one of hating iron for not becoming steel: "Today's sea race is fundamentally not the water race. They also do not admit that they are the water race. Open your eyes and look clearly. You are all completely different races, born separately! If you want to guard the water race, look in my Wei Country's Si River, in his Qi Country's Zi River, in that Chu Country's Yun Meng... look in each country! Only not in the Cang Sea! If the Monarch dies now for the Cang Sea, what about the water race under heaven?"

Wei Xuan Che?

Ao Shu Yi made an effort to raise its head, wanting to look at that person—when Wei Ming Emperor and Jing Xian Emperor met on a boat on the Long River, the child named Wei Xuan Che was by their side, and it also gazed over. These years, it had watched him grow on the south bank, but not with the true feeling it had today.

Those who become kings can always hide a sharp sword in warmth. They can always say threatening words as if they are caring?

But its head could not be raised.

Instead, with the Nine Dragons Holding Sun Eternal Suppress Mountains and Rivers Seal smashing down once again, it was completely buried within its chest!

Much like a tombstone, smashed into the yellow soil.

The stone had no name or surname, only blood marks like tear streaks.