Chapter 2598: A Good Plan

Random recommendation:An aged, decrepit voice, a majestic, grand voice.Divine language, grassland language, earthly language.Two kinds of voices, three kinds of languages, constantly shifting.The speeches of the two revered beings clashed, not to influence each other, but to seize Helian Zhaotu's will.Fierce words collided, repeatedly impacting Helian Zhaotu's consciousness. The struggle between divine power and kingly authority repeatedly crushed Helian Zhaotu's soul.Helian Zhaotu's dragon form had already manifested, his sword possessed the power to tilt the heavens—The divine seat cracked and split in two!The decrepit god fell within the ruins of the divine seat.The power within this divine body, repeatedly surpassing absolute peak power between its fingers and palms, finally broke free from imprisonment. At the same moment the descending sword struck, it descended in front of the divine seat, pouring down with the posture of frost wind killing withered leaves, instantly extinguishing Helian Zhaotu's dragon qi.But Helian Zhaotu's figure suddenly blurred, and when it solidified again, he had retreated back in front of the statue of the Great Shepherdess Empress.“Mother……”A tremor of light appeared in Helian Zhaotu's eyes!The stone statue, of course, was silent.“Zhaotu.” The decrepit god body in the ruins of the divine seat lifted that aged wolf head, the cyan in its eyes seemingly shaken and scattered, becoming increasingly cloudy: “Your sword… deviated by an inch!”The struggle between Helian Qingtong and Cangtu God was, of course, real and not false.Helian Qingtong's determination to struggle with Cangtu God again for a lifetime was also beyond doubt.Great Shepherd Taizu simply didn't tell the later generations that for Helian Zhaotu… with this sword descending, power from above the absolute peak descends, and Helian Zhaotu must die!But this was originally nothing to say.How could the descendants of the Helian clan fear death?For the thousand autumns and ten thousand generations of the Great Shepherd Dynasty, how could the men of the Helian clan not sacrifice themselves?Helian Zhaotu was indeed brave, and he did swing his sword as soon as he came up, but the position where the sword fell was not right! It was neither stopped by Cangtu God, nor was it as he wished.Shattering this divine seat weakens this divine body's authority over the heavenly kingdom.Chopping off this wolf head can let him and Cangtu God return to a balance of seizing divinity—because of the changes in human history, this battle is already imbalanced!He emptied the heavenly kingdom's accumulation, and with the help of the two generations of emperors, Helian Renrui and Helian Wenhong, he successfully initiated the seizing of divinity, invaded Cangtu God's divine position, and even killed his way into Cangtu God's great divine body, seizing dominance over the divine body.There was no divine name of Helian Qingtong in the heavenly kingdom, because he had already merged with Cangtu God. As a divine spirit, his divine name was Cangtu!But Cangtu God countered by erasing human history, wiping out his existing foundation, to digest him within the divine body.This war had already continued for many years, and the fight to the end was just to see who could endure.Cangtu God had eternal life, while he… had endless sons and grandsons as well.“Taizu Emperor.” Helian Zhaotu held his sword in one hand and pressed the other to his heart: “The inch it deviated is my heart currently beating.”The divine body was decrepit, its heavenly eyes gradually aging, that aged voice said: “You are my bloodline, my descendant, your heart ought to beat for the Great Shepherd Dynasty.”Helian Zhaotu's eyelids drooped slightly. Within his eyes, always full of golden dragon qi, the national momentum obscured the cyan. Today's cyan eyes were not his reliance, but rather his restraint!He asked: “Do you know why Yunyun did not receive your bloodline summon letter?”Helian Qingtong was silent for a moment.The Helian clan, starting from him, Helian Qingtong, had continued on the grassland for dozens of generations. Only Helian Yunyun had a pair of eyes identical to his, true heavenly eyes.Initially, to win the war against Cangtu God, he had then paid a huge price to place this drop of innate source blood deep within the bloodline.He only waited for the crucial moment of the decisive battle, to use those eyes to fill the source, thereby winning the war of attrition against Cangtu God and immediately establishing victory and defeat.But at this moment, Helian Yunyun surprisingly did not ascend to the heavenly kingdom!The ancient covenant fixed deep within the bloodline was actually forgotten by the human world.But an absolute peak level Helian Zhaotu came, and he could similarly influence the result of the divine seizure.He, this human emperor, the founding ancestor, of course would not mention this matter again.Not coming was not coming.He acquiesced to this result, acknowledging this choice. He only wanted to grasp the current conditions and continue towards victory.Only Cangtu God, who manifested outside in that divine form, would deliberately show stupidity and rashly ask why Helian Yunyun did not come.With that extremely impatient question, he indeed let Helian Zhaotu confirm part of the truth!This was very likely to lead to the defection of this child, Helian Zhaotu—people are often influenced by emotion and cannot make correct choices. The so-called great plan of ten thousand years, the eternal dynasty, to a young child, sometimes truly cannot withstand the emotions of being together every day.After all, he was a world-class hero who established hegemony, and Helian Qingtong did not shy away from this dangerous question, only asking: “I also want to know why?”“Because my mother blocked it down.” Helian Zhaotu answered: “In the most difficult divine seizure battlefield, my mother refused this assistance, and even risked to obscure it.”He looked directly at the divine body in front of him, which he didn't know was human or ghost: “It was me, standing outside the absolute peak, overlooking the current world's limits, spying on this old covenant deep within the bloodline—coming to pay respects.”Helian Qingtong gasped like a flickering candle: “The road to victory often has to be stained with fresh blood. The sacrifices of dozens of generations of the Helian family have always required one person to end it. Zhaotu, you are a descendant of the Helian family, the future emperor of the Shepherd country, this principle should not need the old ancestor to teach you again.”Helian Zhaotu said: “The so-called ‘sacrifice’ is merely a thin page in history, but in front of my eyes, it is the mountain path I have walked. But in my life, that is my closest blood relative, the blood sister who called me ‘elder brother’ for nearly thirty years.”He forced Helian Yunyun to go far to Xingyue Plain, not only to quickly grasp power and gather national momentum to open the heavenly gate, not only to guard against Cangtu God.It was also to guard against the family's old ancestor… Helian Qingtong!“Bastard!” The aged divine body among the ruins of the divine seat supported itself on the ground with both hands and gasped forcefully: “You also know that the sacrifice in your eyes is the mountain path you have walked—successive generations of Helian family emperors all sacrificed for this, why can't Helian Yunyun sacrifice?!”“Because I came.” Helian Zhaotu said.“Good… good child. You truly have responsibility.” In the aged voice of the divine body, there was a clear satisfaction: “I understand your protection of your younger sister as an elder brother, you are a good man of the Helian family.”“Now is the time to end all this.”Helian Qingtong said: “Cangtu God with great difficulty squeezed out that surpassing strike, and it returned without merit. In this current space-time segment, it is already powerless to resist. You just go forward… raise your emperor sword again, and kill this divine body!”If this divine body was killed with national momentum, he and Cangtu God, who were manifested in this body, would both fall to a remnant soul state and could only contend in the depths of the divine position in the weakest state.Whoever won would inherit everything in Cangtu heavenly kingdom, and the divine position would be seized instantly, proving transcendence eternally.He had complete certainty, he could bite this consistently high and mighty current god to death even by tearing with his hands and biting with his mouth.Because he had risen from the most humble position, he already understood power, while Cangtu God had always been on the divine seat and did not understand weakness!The aged voice suddenly became urgent: “Quick! I cannot suppress It for too long!”Helian Zhaotu remained still, only asking: “My mother? Where is she now?”Within the cyan heavenly eyes of the divine spirit, there was obvious doubt again, seemingly not understanding why Helian Zhaotu would have such a question: “She is behind you.”The aged voice sighed: “You are only a step late. Just before you ascended to the heavenly kingdom, she was already exhausted and unfortunate. But she also helped me suppress Cangtu God to this extent—a thousand-year god war, accomplished in one action, just waiting for you to ascend and pay homage!”“No.” Helian Zhaotu shook his head: “I know she saved me just now.”He said with abnormal certainty: “In some time and space that I still cannot gaze upon, she is certainly still fighting.”“…Child!” The male lord who established hegemony sighed repeatedly today: “This is a surpassing war, there is no true immortality, no one can ensure safety. You had best abandon your blind belief. I also very much want her to still be alive, but she is not! That strike just now was me consuming life source and wiping out Cangtu God's power!”“This is not blind.” Helian Zhaotu said: “Because she is Helian Shanhai. The world's first empress. I believe that in the places I cannot see, there are certainly great stories happening.”He tightly grasped the sword: “Ancestor, you are a person who pursues victory. I do not believe that at such a critical moment, you would waste surpassing level power to save me—at that time, my sword had already struck down, if I had not deviated, this game would have already ended. How could a true emperor like you risk doing this unnecessary thing?”No one could deny Helian Qingtong's outstanding talent and strategy, his civil administration and military achievements.Helian Zhaotu also had full reverence for his ancestor.But he would also not overlook the coldness of his ancestor as an emperor.Placing the source blood deep within the bloodline, his own full blood sister, was merely a pair of spare eyes!“I understand you respect her as a god! But—” In Helian Qingtong's voice, there was a sigh, regret, and anger at not fighting, finally leaving only helplessness and compromise: “Whether Shanhai is alive or dead, you will always see the result. If she is still alive, you should now even more shatter the divine body and help me exterminate Cangtu, this way you can help your mother, isn't it? Time is short, do not miss the opportunity!”“I am helping her, in my way.” The sword in Helian Zhaotu's hand, which had paid homage upon his ascension, was already dotted with starlight, and national momentum surged. They flew on the cold blade, like the lamps of ten thousand households illuminating the Milky Way: “I will not rashly kill this divine body, but I will wipe out all your heavenly kingdom authority.”In Helian Qingtong's cloudy heavenly eyes, a truly surprised emotion flowed out for the first time: “We?”Helian Zhaotu calmly said: “All of you.”With those words, the sword struck horizontally.Instantly, the red steps cracked, the jade railings shattered, and the sun and moon within the dome of the divine hall shook.Helian Qingtong sat stunned there, lost in thought for a moment.He had originally hoped that the sword Helian Zhaotu used to shatter the divine seat was merely a desperate measure taken under a warning of danger.He hadn't expected that Helian Zhaotu had truly made that determination at that moment.He was risking the danger of certain death to strike and chop off the heaviest heavenly kingdom authority!It wasn't just wisdom and bravery; what moved Helian Qingtong was this share of belief.Communication was cut off, yet he could believe without reservation.The son was willing to die for his mother, and the mother was willing to perish for her son.Who said the heavenly family was emotionless?!Speaking of which, it was precisely through the successive generations of blood relatives succeeding, sacrificing their lives and forgetting death, that he and Cangtu God were able to contend equally. Only then was there this good situation in the Cangtu heavenly kingdom today.But from when did he himself no longer believe in this power?Was it because he had already touched eternity, felt that kind of power that surpassed time… and was himself no longer willing to sacrifice?He himself was unwilling, so he also did not believe others were willing.Cold light flickered, and sword light struck out in four directions.The supervising crown prince of the great hall, like a bricklayer, was urging the national momentum, madly dismantling the divine hall! The accuracy of his sword drawing, the speed of his sword usage, indeed stripped away heavenly authority with national momentum!Finally, that decrepit body in the ruins of the divine seat rose, its aged voice returning to majestic.“Hehehe—” Belonging to Cangtu God's voice, he laughed coldly: “Opportunity lost.”It was unclear whether Cangtu God had suppressed Helian Qingtong again, or if Helian Qingtong had released the seal.In any case, the divine breath was released externally at this moment.This trembling and towering body finally showed some freedom. The trembling divine palm suddenly waved, and the divine sound descended like a heavenly decree: “Invade the heavenly kingdom, protector god descends!”The magnificent wall paintings around the divine hall surged with divine light at this moment.A piece of brilliant light flew out and descended into a powerful figure riding a nine-zhang white wolf, guarding in front of the divine seat!This figure wore chain mail armor, war boots on its feet, and iron claws on both hands. Its body was quite small, but its aura was extraordinarily fierce. A pair of wolf vertical eyes turned, emitting a remnant evil green light.It was precisely the “Wolf Commander” of the Wangzhang cavalry, the contemporary “Huna Ba”, Naliang!Within the Wangzhang cavalry, he was already second only to the “Tiger Commander” Helian Xiaohu, truly holding heavy troops and responsible for guarding the supreme royal court.At this time, once he descended, his divine power instantly topped, and both he and his mount wolf sharply expanded in size.According to the Cangtu religion's "Creation God Canon," beyond the twelve main gods and many servant gods, the Cangtu heavenly kingdom still had three protector gods with special status. They possessed supreme brave force and were powerful divine spirits representing war in the Cangtu heavenly kingdom. Many myth legends of god wars were all initiated by these three protector gods.They were respectively the protector wolf god “Huna Ba,” the protector eagle god “Zhigeqi,” and the protector horse god “Yuan Ningge.”They respectively represented the Wolf Totem, the Eagle Totem, and the Jun Totem, which were also the names of the three divine arts.During the prosperous period of the Cangtu God religion, there were no less than ten “God-favored ones” in each generation, who respectively took the corresponding divine arts and acted as human walkers for the protector gods, maintaining the orthodoxy of the Cangtu God religion.As the Cangtu heavenly kingdom was sealed and divine grace was no more, the “God-favored ones” gradually became sparse.In the contemporary grassland, there was only Naliang.Just as the preaching high priest of the Divine Crown could not resist Cangtu God's command, the protector wolf god was also unable to resist Cangtu God's summons.Under the irrigation of the heavenly kingdom's divine power, the power of successive generations of protector wolf gods settled upon his body. Naliang's power surged rapidly, instantly reaching the absolute peak! The absolute peak itself could not be sought by external forces; this was pure divine nature power. Cangtu God's summons was for the vacant protector wolf god within the divine kingdom—Now, he summoned Naliang to become a god!This final battle of divine seizure was the highest secret of the Shepherd country, even Tu Hu had to deceive himself and others. Naliang, a “God-favored one” of this kind, was naturally impossible to hear of it. Even to avoid alarming Cangtu God, his military position had not been moved by half, until this moment of being summoned to the heavenly kingdom, he still bore the heavy responsibility of guarding the royal court.He was unaware of the situation, only feeling a stirring in the hearts of the grassland people due to the empress's delayed return, and he faintly had some guesses. In the power struggle between Helian Zhaotu and Helian Yunyun, he, representing the Wangzhang cavalry's absolute loyalty to the emperor, maintained silence.At this moment, divine power poured in, and he, this “God-favored one,” could be said to have taken a single step to heaven, immediately possessing the true honor of “Huna Ba” and obtaining the position of protector god in the Cangtu heavenly kingdom!Blood light bloomed on his body, and his aura surged repeatedly.Wolf nature is for greed, and blood devours all beings!The “Wolf” part was the most evil power of Cangtu God.He had already manifested a height of a thousand zhang and was still expanding sharply.The great divine master issued a command—“Kill this servant who rebels upwards!”Naliang's wolf eyes, emitting green light, instantly turned into blood pupils.Within the blood pupils, they reflected Helian Zhaotu's dao body, with its dragon qi flying, and of course, they also reflected the silent stone statue of the Great Shepherdess Empress behind Helian Zhaotu.“…Your Majesty!”Within the blood-colored pupils of his divine nature eyes, waves of human emotion suddenly arose. Although he struggled and trembled, he finally uttered this call.Divine light became greatly brilliant for a time, and divine sound resounded throughout the sky—“Great Shepherd Taizu, you are still just a child under the seat. A human emperor is noble for no more than a hundred years, how can you make me bow my head!”One thought, and the divine position is eternally solid; one thought, and one is high above.With a single thought turning in his heart, from now on he is an honored god within the Cangtu heavenly kingdom, no need to strive for anything. The unreachable Yellow River head, which he once aspired to reach, was now merely on the same level as the Zhen River True Monarch, who led the way with a single ride—also at the absolute peak!But…“Father, what is this?”“Must not damage it, this is… a book!”“What is a book?”“A book is something that teaches us how to be human—this is what the patrol tutor said. He will come again the day after tomorrow, baby must listen carefully.”“Where did our family get a book?”“Your Majesty sent it, every family has one, saying they must be literate. Saying that by reading books and recognizing characters, you will know what is right and what is wrong.”What is right, what is wrong?In these times, who truly graces the grassland?Who allows the pastoral people to eat their fill, who is in the fertile grasslands, who pacifies the four directions, who sends books to enlighten the people's wisdom, and enlighten ten thousand households?And who views the people as pasture grass? Even only harvesting and not planting?A child picked back from a wolf pack can eat well, drink well, grow healthy, become literate, practice skills, and furthermore enter the supreme royal court, be granted official positions and promoted—this is today's Shepherd country.“God master—” Naliang's momentum climbed sharply, but his voice trembled low.“Huna Ba!” An angry shout came from the decrepit divine body: “Huna Ba!”“I am not called ‘Huna Ba’, I am called Naliang. This is the name I took myself after becoming literate—Do you know what ‘Liang’ is called?” Naliang's divine body was already over five thousand zhang, still continuing to expand, its back to Cangtu God, while facing the stone statue of the Great Shepherdess Empress, it actually swayed… and half-knelt down, performing a military salute!“The character ‘Wolf’ removing the beast radical is for ‘Liang’.”“’Liang’ means ‘good’.”Saying this, he trembled as he reached out his hand and fiercely plunged it into his own chest—He gritted his teeth again! And tore off a whole piece of skin from his chest!That was the brilliantly lit Wolf Totem! Instantly, the divine light dimmed, leaving only fresh blood dripping.His aura sharply declined, his huge divine body like a poked bubble!The contemporary God-favored one “Huna Ba” self-destructed the Wolf Totem! He self-abolished the divine art! With this, he resisted the summoning of the divine!The divine light in his eyes instantly scattered, yet he then stared blankly forward.The Empress seemed no longer there!But he still showed respect.He seemed to hear that voice beside his ear, that affectionate voice—“Wolf child, are you willing to follow me and conquer?”He trembled, trembled, yet finally found a bit of strength: “Your minister is willing to follow Your Majesty and conquer!”