Chapter 2473: Facing the World

The One True Dao Master was active in the near-ancient era, but the One True Dao did not only emerge in the near-ancient era.

Its ideas originated in ancient times and have flowed down to the present, deeply embedded within the development of the Dao Gate.

The One True Dao Master was an absolutely unique, world-class hero, the culmination of the One True Dao's achievements. Because of his existence, the One True Dao, a highly secretive organization, was able to come to the forefront, even leading the situation and ruthlessly eliminating enemies for a period of time. Also because of his existence, the One True Dao became widely known and had to be watched.

It even achieved an era!

Before the One True Dao Master and after the One True Dao Master, the One True Dao always existed.

Zong Dezhen never thought he was inferior to Ji Yusu.

In that year, under the support of the Dao Gate, Ji Yusu established the state system and the world's first empire. It could be said that he was a pioneer of an era, a direction that countless people looked up to.

Zong Dezhen, as a disciple of the One True Dao during the "Destruction Era," managed to preserve the One True Dao's fire and secretly unify the One True Dao's power, but on the surface, he was already one step behind.

Even so, he still strived for the support of a large portion of the Dao Gate's power, and in secret, he became the head of the One True Dao's top layer, gaining the full support of the One True Dao's power. From this, he established the Sui Country and participated in the great struggle for the world at the beginning of the Dao Calendar.

At its peak, the Sui Country also became a foundation of the Dao, not inferior to any hegemonic country.

When the names of Ji Yusu, Ji Yanqiu, Tang Yu, Ying Yunian, and Hong Junyan shone, Zong Dezhen's name was among them!

If Ji Yusu could unify the world, he could achieve the position of Six Harmonies Heavenly Son. The Dao Gate's Three Venerables might also be able to leap to the rank of great achievement supreme sages. No matter how the Dao pulse diverged, in the end, they would all be considered one family. Coupled with the extraordinary power that the three Dao Masters originally possessed, taking another step up based on this was also a clear path.

He, Zong Dezhen, was different. He controlled both the Sui Country and existed as the head of the One True Dao's top layer. His influence within the organization was almost on par with that of the One True Dao head at that time.

The One True Dao's restraint on him was far less severe than the Dao Gate's suppression on Ji Yusu.

The One True Dao head at that time was, of course, also a temporary hero. But he only pushed out the Dao flag to attract attention and cover his surface identity.

After all, he was also a figure participating in the opening of a new era, a hero within the state system, and it was inconvenient to be stained by the dust of the old era.

If he could prove his position as Six Harmonies Heavenly Son, he would also have enough certainty to overthrow the One True Dao head, and then replace the Dao Gate with the One True, achieving dual great achievement supreme sagehood!

But the winds and clouds changed not as one willed. The grand plan and great undertaking were blocked overnight. Ji Yusu used the obstruction of expansion as a reason to transfer the pressure from Ji Yanqiu to the Dao Gate, demanding the integration of the Dao Country's power. Just like this, he seized his foundation without shedding blood.

Seeing that the internal Dao Gate was unable to compete, and seeing that the world was hard to decide victory, he simply sought another way, enduring a difficult struggle. At the cost of the Sui Country's complete foundation, and with Ji Yusu's support, he walked up Jade Capital Mountain.

World affairs are just this complex. The person he resented the most could become his most solid ally.

He walked up Jade Capital Mountain, but not with Jade Pure Primordial Beginning as his Dao, because there was already a Jade Capital Dao Master hanging high like the sun and moon, eternal since the distant ancient era.

He was the highest leader of Jade Capital Mountain in the contemporary era, but Jade Capital Mountain did not belong to him. This was one of the Dao Gate's Three Sacred Grounds, one of the three lineages passed down eternally. His commands only carried enough weight when they conformed to the overall interests of Jade Capital Mountain. If his commands violated Jade Capital Mountain's consistent purpose or harmed its interests, West Heavenly Master Yu Xi would be the first to stand up and oppose him!

His road was in the One True Dao!

After losing the Sui Country, he had even less choice.

Enduring a dragon and tiger struggle, he exhausted his mind to eliminate the original One True Dao head. From this, he held two great positions, Jade Capital Mountain Great Head Teacher and One True Dao head, holding great power both openly and secretly.

And all the goals of his remaining life were to replace the Dao Gate with the One True and rely on the One True Dao's power to control the Dao Country again.

As one of the Dao Gate's highest leaders, bearing the title of Jade Capital Mountain Great Head Teacher, he was simply a big rat guarding the warehouse door. Under his control, the One True Dao developed extremely rapidly. Not only did it quickly rise from the ashes, but it also became increasingly intense.

Now, compared to the extremely glorious One True Era, it only lacked an invincible One True Dao Master!

That was the difficulty he wanted to overcome.

Ji Yusu and he had the enmity of blocking the Dao. Not only did Ji Yusu swallow his Sui Country, but after he ascended Jade Capital Mountain, Ji Yusu still guarded against him strictly. And all this would finally pay a price. After Ji Yusu's death, he would also want to nibble away at Ji Yusu's foundation and personally reclaim his deserved compensation.

Why was it him who walked into the Original Heaven God Temple after Yin Xiaoheng died?

Because Penglai Head Teacher Ji Zuo was injured in the Cang Sea War. Facing the general situation was naturally no problem, but in front of the Original Heaven God, it was easy to be seized upon, and instead lose dignity.

And he had some old grudges with Jiang Mengxiong. If he replaced Yu Zhaoluan and went to Qi Country, that would not only embody dignity, but truly provoke, wanting to go to war with Qi Country. It wouldn't solve the problem, but create problems.

So he was the best choice to go to the Original Heaven God Temple.

He also wanted to personally take a look, how exactly did the core figure of the One True Dao, who could oppose Ying Jianghong and Yin Xiaoheng in the future, die, and how much plot and danger were involved.

But was it necessary to trample on the Original Heaven God like a dog?

He was a Dao Gate highest leader, his status was not inferior to Jing Country's Heavenly Son Ji Fengzhou, and by generation, he was Ji Fengzhou's ancestor! He had enough autonomy. How he treated the Original Heaven God was all up to him.

Trampling on the Original Heaven God's dignity would undoubtedly establish Jing Country's dignity.

And the troubles triggered by this, the Original Heaven God's hatred, even whatever the Original Heaven God did out of extreme emotion, would all be borne by Ji Fengzhou— this was the responsibility that the Great Jing Heavenly Son, holding the handle of the country, should bear!

Ji Fengzhou had a heavy burden, while the One True Dao bore less pressure. He could review the situation more leisurely.

Insulting and enraging the Original Heaven God also conveniently allowed him to push Xian Nanqiao.

If the He Country Divine Strategy Army commander surrounded by soldiers unfortunately died under the Original Heaven God's anger... then the One True Dao's Divine Strategy General Jiang Zhongjun could naturally take power.

For a long time holding Jade Capital Mountain, he just like this slowly nibbled and swallowed, seizing control of the Dao Country.

Of course, talent like Yin Xiaoheng was rare in a thousand years. Seeing the hidden life, Kuang Min, in Kuang Ming's body was an even more unexpected joy.

It was a pity that a born Dao child like Kuang Ming was watched by too many eyes, making it difficult to secretly change his thoughts, only witnessing his increasing bias— Kuang Ming had suffered many hardships since childhood, and cherished everything he had abnormally. His loyalty to Jade Capital Mountain was beyond doubt, but it was a pity that he was only loyal to Jade Capital Mountain.

On the surface, Zong Dezhen tilted Jade Capital Mountain's resources to cultivate Kuang Ming, while secretly absorbing Kuang Min into the One True Dao. He used the former to maintain influence in Jade Capital Mountain, and used the latter to open up the territory of the One True Dao.

It could be said that people exhausted their talents, and things had their uses.

Earlier, Virtual Abyss Zhi was also similar to Kuang Ming.

Generally, heaven-bestowed talents all have stubborn views. They cannot be simply ordered around.

Under his guidance, Virtual Abyss Zhi indeed had thoughts about the current situation of the Dao Gate, and from this embarked on another path, but it was not the purest, most glorious One True.

He actually thought that outside the Dao Gate, there were other roads, and firmly stepped onto them.

Why must Virtual Abyss Zhi fail?

Because Xuan was born from Dao.

His disciple, personally taught by him, Zong Dezhen, actually wanted to establish Xuan Study, the greatest heresy of the new era!

Then he could only personally cut off its path.

These years passed just like this, whether obedient or not, cooperating or opposing him, no one could stop the One True Dao from advancing.

During this time, there were some failures, such as You Yuheng's large-scale extermination of the One True Dao in that year, and the early exposure of heaven-bestowed talents like Wan Si Jinghu.

There were also some victories, including sinking the Taiping You Clan, including erasing the Immortal Seed and destroying the Immortal Court's plot.

Failure and victory were all steps towards a great preparation, on the road to eternal truth, it was impossible to avoid false bubbles, but only to crush these falsities one by one, and pick the truth to pave the true as a long stairway.

In short, under his guidance, the One True Dao just like this lurked within the blood of the Dao Country, greedily swallowing provisions, regrowing as a terrifying existence within the shadow of the central empire.

He would become the new era's One True Dao Master, surpassing the old truth and existing.

The future is true, not false, the future is within reach.

And today—

All destroyed!

Four thousand years of painstaking planning, all turned into bubbles.

He finally felt hate.

He hated Ye Lingxiao just like Ye Lingxiao hated him!

But Ye Lingxiao no longer felt.

Left there, only a brilliant smile.

Zong Dezhen pinched the already stiff Immortal body in his hand, his expression momentarily ferocious. He originally wanted to wipe it away with one hand, but finally loosened his hand, letting this blood-stained white-clothed Immortal body float down.

The person was completely dead, no one could save them back.

Things had already happened, and could no longer return to before the Nine Palaces Heaven Sound rang.

Indeed, he lost one move.

Not losing to some famous opponent.

But losing to someone who was fundamentally not felt to be a threat beforehand.

Lost is lost.

Crushing Ye Lingxiao's bones and scattering his ashes would not cover this defeat.

He was not for meaningless anger, useless hate.

He could not let false emotion lead his true self.

What he wanted to do now was—

Boom rumble!

Crack crack crack!

Just at this moment, the world he covered with one hand encountered an impact that could be called terrifying.

He forcibly pinched together the world of the Hidden Sun Sundial, like a porcelain cup already full of cracks, which exploded into fragments again!

Zong Dezhen looked expressionlessly at what was in front of him. Everything was collapsing, falling. The constantly folding heaven light seemed like flying flowers, the cracks in the world were like mourning music, all this seemed to be the funeral of that white-clothed Immortal corpse!

Boom rumble!

The impacts from outside the world continued.

In the vast universe, countless voices were heard entering through the cracks, finally forming the voice of the most famous True Monarch in All Heavens and Ten Thousand Worlds, shaking through this world—

"Limited to today. You release Pavilion Master Ye, and I will release you."

Zong Dezhen was first shocked, then dazed, then felt absurd, so absurd that he wanted to laugh!

From the beginning of the Dao Calendar to the present, he had always stood at the peak of the current world.

Whether in terms of power or individual power, he was at the absolute peak.

His opponents were Ji Yusu, Yu Zhaoluan, and Ji Zuo!

A thirty-year-old junior, actually so arrogant.

How the era changed, who would "release me"?

But he actually couldn't laugh.

He couldn't laugh not only because Ye Lingxiao had destroyed everything he had, but more because in the next moment, that green-shirted, jade-crowned figure had already killed his way into this world!

One person, one sword, the world flowed with light.

The shaky, about-to-fall world seemed to stop because of him. He seemed to be rebuilding all this.

He was a newly promoted True Monarch, but he could not be viewed as newly promoted!

And on the left side of his person, closely following him as he killed in, was a young person wearing a strange sacrificial mask, slightly looking over with curiosity, and even facing his, Zong Dezhen's, eyes, did not show fear.

Zong Dezhen, of course, knew that this young sacrifice was only a virtual body, his true body was outside the world— that was a terrifying starry sky giant beast tens of thousands of *zhang* long, releasing starlight, fixing this shaky, broken world, and again opening its giant mouth, ready to swallow this world whole at any time.

But this starry sky giant beast was not its true life source core. Its life was linked to some vigorous big world.

Zong Dezhen's gaze looked again to the right side of that green-shirted figure—

Clear as water, the Jade Balance star light formed a figure in moon-white and black clothes.

Although the Jade Balance Star Monarch had already returned to secular life, he had not changed his old attire. At this level of existence, the external was indeed only a skin.

He looked over very gently.

Zong Dezhen actually saw himself in that pair of eyes!

Having proven the supreme divine power of Heart Reading, the Jade Balance Star Monarch, who was now in complete control of the Jade Balance Star, what power could he exert upon the starlight crossing the deep parts of the universe?

Zong Dezhen was not very willing to feel it!

And…

There was a voice that almost immediately followed Jiang Wang's figure and boomed down.

An old friend's voice!

"Long time no see, Zong Dezhen, you are still this sneaky, not like a human monarch!"

The snow-colored dragon robe seemed to unfold into a piece of new sky. The former Ancestor of Snow Country, today the founding emperor of Li Country, Hong Junyan, completely disregarded any old feelings and stepped into this world with one foot! "I've come to see you!"

Saying "see" was just a phrase, yet the killing intent was sharp and completely unconcealed. For Hong Junyan, the hatred between the Immortal Palace and the One True Dao was secondary. Even the death of Frost Immortal Monarch Xu Qiuci could be set aside. Killing Zong Dezhen himself was a once-in-a-thousand-year opportunity! Not to mention weakening Jade Capital Mountain, it was good for Li Country's south. Just the influence of this matter... just like Tang Yu killed God Pool that year, establishing himself in the northwest from then on. If the Li Heavenly Son could kill the Jade Capital Mountain Head Teacher, who would dare say that Li Country did not have the foundation of a hegemon?

Zong Dezhen was the Jade Capital Mountain Great Head Teacher! He could still urge Jade Capital Mountain, display the power to suppress all this, and first pass this hurdle.

But on Jade Capital Mountain, the Phoenix Heaven Stele had fallen. Huang Weizhen wanted to settle accounts with him for that year. The Kunwu Mountain war between the majestic Huang Weizhen and You Yuheng in the past was indeed his secret push— everyone knew that the Kunwu Mountain war was one of the causes of Huang Weizhen's death in that year, and after another ten years, it was exactly the anniversary of Huang Weizhen's death.

Even more, the arrogant shadow of the Original Heaven God pressed down on the top of Jade Capital Mountain: "You think this Venerable doesn't dare come to Jade Capital Mountain? Ah!? Speak up! Zong Dezhen, little one, stand up! Pick up your broken mountain, and smash it at this Venerable!!!"

All accounts were calculated together!

Bearing the Head Teacher Seal, and suppressed by the Heavenly Master Seal and the joint force of the Jade Pure Gold Book and the Primordial Beginning Jade Book, he was unable to mobilize the authority of Jade Capital Mountain.

The mountain truly collapsed at once, and the sky tilted in an instant.

Jade Capital Mountain could no longer be relied upon.

Zong Dezhen's remaining light in the corner of his eye had already seen, in the void, a corner of a robe unfurled, the momentum of the central country, the waves of mountains and rivers, surging within.

Exhausting the power of Heaven Capital, the Minister of the Zongzheng Temple of the Great Jing Empire, Ji Yumin, who had tracked the trace of the One True Dao head in All Heavens and Ten Thousand Worlds, had already rushed over.

Also an old acquaintance from the past!

Above the heavens and below the earth, from ancient times to the present, all of Zong Dezhen's enemies in the world were also isolated in the river of time!

No allies, all enemies!

No roads, only blockers on the roads!

At such a moment, he instead calmed down.

Extremely calm!

He looked at Jiang Wang in front of him and said indifferently: "I also wanted to trade with you, but it's a pity it's too late."

Jiang Wang, of course, knew it was too late.

Ye Lingxiao's lifeless Immortal body had just fallen in his eyes. Every remnant of Ye Lingxiao's extinguished Immortal thought was particularly clear in his eyes.

This was the elder who had protected Jiang Anan for so many years, making him have no worries in the rear.

And he had promised Ye Qingyu that he would bring him back!

Thousands of sights and sounds of light were woven into the sight and sound Immortal Boat, supporting Ye Lingxiao's relic body.

Jiang Wang drew out Longxiangsi. At this moment, this world fiercely shook, his power rolled within his Dao body, his entire person's momentum surged wildly— there was a Heaven Pattern between his eyebrows, his left eye was the red of a Demon Ape, his right eye was the frost of an Immortal Dragon, the blazing light in his heart was the freedom of his true self, and the compassion for all beings flowed upon the sword's edge!

All phases prove me, I am without limit.

The power he displayed at this moment made everyone look askance at it.

He didn't say anything, only pointed this sword at Zong Dezhen.

Yes. It's too late.

Then, die.

Not another day, not later, just today… just at this time!

Boom boom!!

Suddenly, a voice, overbearing beyond compare, collided in, abruptly intruding into everyone's ears.

"A bunch of people dawdling here—"

The voice was distant when it rose, and right in front when it fell. "Are you all waiting for him to commit suicide?"

An iron-black finger tiger directly shattered space-time.

Breaking the heaven light, piercing the iron rules of the world, it smashed directly towards Zong Dezhen's face without avoidance. Everything from this finger tiger to Zong Dezhen's face distorted sharply.

When this finger tiger boomed close, the fist wind was already like a tornado howling over a world. The fist was embedded in this finger tiger, only the outline was clear, and the fibers were clearly visible!

The fist peak was like a mountain, the fist pattern was like a gully, the fist itself was everything!

Demolishing mountains and breaking temples, overthrowing armies and killing generals.

Above the heavens and below the earth, there is no me, no enemy!!