Chapter 2608: The King's Crown

The Female Emperor had already burned her exhausted Dao body, vying for divinity with a god.

Her kingly power dissipated, and her sword, wielded under the blue sky, also lost its brilliance. Precisely because of this, the already quite weak Jiang Wang was able to rely on his "acting for state affairs" authority to tear open a corner of the sky.

He had come to this world beyond existence during the divine tide because he keenly detected the unstable and wildly disordered divine power. Having acquired some intelligence using the Guang Wen Bell, he didn't think of escaping, but instead came to explore thoroughly.

Facing a wisp of a transcendent's thought, it was already extremely difficult to preserve his life. He still forcefully helped He Lian Qing Tong extinguish the fire and borrowed the fire seed for a second time. Amidst the impact of the divine tide, he had almost exhausted all his means, relying only on the Guang Wen Bell to find a path to escape, and was lucky to do so. So his current state was indeed not good, but this did not prevent him from rolling into this world.

In his current state, wanting to traverse the sea of time, return to the Cang Tu Divine Hall, and then leave the Cang Tu Heaven Country, he truly didn't know how long it would take. Perhaps by then, the victory between Cang Tu God and the Great Shepherd Female Emperor would have already been decided. At that time, a single thought could make him die in chaotic time and space, which would be incredibly unfair.

He was a striving person; no matter when or where, he always wanted to strive for himself.

His rolling posture was not very elegant, but luckily, his Good Fortune Green Cloud caught him and carried him down steadily, still preserving a bit of dignity.

His Ruyi Immortal Clothes could also accelerate recovery, but he was reluctant to allocate power to it now, so he was still bare-chested and bare-legged, letting the heavenly wind blow.

Rumbling—

The rolling divine tide closely followed him, surging into the sky gap. Fortunately, he had made preparations early, and the Good Fortune Green Cloud continuously turned and folded, always faster than the surging waves.

For a time, the divine waterfall hung upside down on the edge of the sky, like a draped white silk.

And he rode the cloud, approaching that majestic divine body at extreme speed.

At this moment, the divine position had not yet been determined. This vast divine power was almost ownerless, and thus the divine tide was in disorder.

Instead, He Lian Qing Tong, who had already been driven down from the divine position, still had some means of divinity. Stretching out wrinkled old hands, it barely grasped some divine intent, scooped a handful of divine power water, splashed it on its face, and irrigated its remnant body to slow its decline.

It sighed contentedly, turned its head, and looked at Jiang Wang with a warm gaze: "Are you alright? Little friend?"

This truly was the old, weak, sick, and disabled, empathizing with each other.

One slumped onto the Good Fortune Green Cloud, fresh blood not yet dry from the corner of his mouth, and large patches of bloodstain on his chest. His remnant Immortal Clothes were lifted by the wind, revealing several places where his chest bone had collapsed. His breathing was quiet and slow, and his face was pale.

The other was even worse; only half of its divine body remained, and part of that was necrotic stone. Its aura was also continuously falling, simply hanging on by a thread.

The one who was even worse took the initiative to show concern, and the slightly better one also greeted with a smile: "Thank you for your concern, Senior. It's just a small injury, no matter—Senior, no one knows more about Cang Tu than you. What should we do now?"

He Lian Shan Hai was different from He Lian Qing Tong; she had no cooperation with Cang Tu God and no common enemy to join hands against. Therefore, as soon as the struggle for divinity began, each checked the other, causing the divine power to suddenly become disordered.

At this moment, the mental battle between the two gods was unknown how intense, and the divine body was fixed in place, the divine position was stable, and even the divine tide was unaffected. Jiang Wang, dragging his heavily injured body, deliberately flipped into this world. Of course, he wanted to help do something.

But confronting a transcendent, the level was too high. Acting rashly might lead to a clever mistake.

Cang Tu God opened its mouth, and it was He Lian Shan Hai's voice: "First—"

Suddenly, the wolf's mouth closed!

The manifested Cang Tu God stopped her speech. They were not only contending for the divine position, but also in every corner of this immortal divine body. This silenced both of them, completely cutting off communication with those outside the divine seat.

No one here stood on the side of Cang Tu God. It now had complete divinity and held an absolute advantage in the struggle for divinity, so it no longer needed to seek support. It simply locked the city gates and left the chaotic army outside.

He Lian Qing Tong quietly looked at this divine body. Not long ago, it was still contending for this authority, but now it was only a spectator...

Its divine power was always flowing away, and with it, its life.

Life thus became very intuitive, like sand in an hourglass, already trickling down. But the booming divine waterfall not far away was magnificent. The divine body right in front, if nothing unexpected happened, could be immortal forever.

Perhaps the resurgence of human poison was the cause, but it actually felt a sense of loss and three parts of jealousy.

Its gaze fell back onto Jiang Wang's body. As it approached, it stretched out its hand: "Come, I'll help you over, we'll discuss together..."

This rapidly aging hand seemed to activate some mechanism. The Good Fortune Green Cloud suddenly surged, withdrawing a thousand li away.

Jiang Wang sat on the cloud, a little annoyed: "Ah, this little cloud of yours, what are you doing?"

Looking at He Lian Qing Tong again, he said very sincerely: "Senior, this cloud of mine, it doesn't listen, it's afraid—we'll just chat like this. Whatever idea you have, just say it, my ears are good, I can hear."

"Just now we were still cooperating against the enemy!" He Lian Qing Tong awkwardly put down its hand, looking a little hurt: "I and little friend met like old friends, I fully trust little friend... are you guarding against me?"

Jiang Wang, while pinching a formula to add his specialized anti-god spirit "Nine Palace Seal God Ban" around himself, said cheerfully: "That's impossible. I've admired you for a long time. In the past, I read history books and regretted not being able to personally see heroes. Now that I have the fortune to meet you, my heart feels truly close!"

He said it more and more seriously: "You are a legendary creator of history, with a high character and integrity. You fought against gods alone for thousands of years for the common people of the world. I both respect and admire you and am willing to be taught."

He Lian Qing Tong looked at him deeply, but no longer forced it. It only turned its body and looked at the Cang Tu God body in front: "The human poison has already been expelled by Cang Tu God. All my methods have failed. Now I also have no way to break this immortal divine body."

This Great Shepherd Taizu no longer shared the power of Cang Tu God, and was expelled from the divine seat, no longer manifesting the power of the transcendent level—

The gap between transcendent and below transcendent lay here. Even though Cang Tu God was confined in the struggle for divinity and did not move, it was now very difficult for it to exert any influence on Cang Tu God.

Jiang Wang looked at the divine body in front of him, thinking of leading the Tianhai water to slightly influence the immortal, and said: "You have no method at all, Junior also doesn't know what to do."

"Trouble shaking the Guang Wen Bell and establishing a channel with the divine hall side." Shepherd Taizu said: "As the saying goes, 'one person's plan is short, two people's plan is long', let's think of a method together."

It emphasized again: "Do not transmit outside the Heaven Country, to avoid generating variables."

Jiang Wang smiled bitterly: "I also cannot transmit. The moment the Heavenly Son restarted the struggle for divinity, Cang Tu God sealed the Heaven Country, isolating the inside from the outside."

This was the intelligence he had just probed by shaking the bell. If he had turned and run earlier, he would probably also have given up by now and still had to turn back and kill his way into this world. Not without consolation to say... now it also counts as less of a detour.

There were still Regent Crown Prince He Lian Zhao Tu and the current god envoy Cang Ming on the divine hall side. Jiang Wang also conveniently contacted Liang. The more people, the more ideas, and also another pair of vigilant eyes.

Now that the Heaven Country was sealed, only the five of them could discuss with each other, and they still had to be especially careful of the most knowledgeable He Lian Qing Tong. This world-class hero was not some kind elder who ate people and spit out bones. Even if the method it provided was feasible, they had to think it over several times in their hearts. It was best to only use its idea, not its method, otherwise, they didn't know where the pit lay.

As the bell rang, the entire Cang Tu Heaven Country became one channel. The speeches of several people were as if they were in each other's ears. They could see each other's voices and appearances clearly.

Although Cang Ming was on his last breath, he immediately entered the state: "The Heaven Country is sealed, Cang Tu God is clearly refusing outside interference, wanting to concentrate fully on winning this struggle for divinity. This may indicate that It is dealing with His Majesty, but it doesn't express that kind of confidence."

"No, It is more likely unwilling to have outside branches. After all, the current world is vast, and the transcendent are not only in the grassland... Now the Heaven Country is sealed, and the divine body is closed. If we cannot do something immediately, Shan Hai's struggle for divinity must lose." He Lian Qing Tong denied Cang Ming's optimism: "Now Cang Tu God is no longer the one I initially challenged. It has already purified its divinity, supplemented its initial regrets, and seen the highest divine path. If it was the me of that time, against this one, the struggle for divinity would have ended early."

Jiang Wang at this time had already recovered several points of strength, driving the cloud to fly in front of that mountain-like divine body. He lifted his hand and pointed—

The small copper bell instantly became huge and boundless, directly reversing Cang Tu God into it. Below, the red dust calamity fire burned, and above, the Samadhi True Fire burned!

With the help of the Guang Wen Bell to help the Samadhi True Fire "understand its Samadhi", in turn, the burning of the Samadhi True Fire also provided new insights to the Guang Wen Bell. Coupled with the red dust calamity fire shaking its divinity... from the perspective of ideas, it should be somewhat feasible.

Regardless of the effect, let's burn first.

He again used the Samadhi True Fire on his fingertips to slowly wipe away the bloodstain on his chest. As his fingertips passed, a jade-like luster appeared. He slowly opened his mouth: "You said 'purify divinity, supplement initial regrets'... what does that mean? Cang Tu God is already the only god in the current world, a transcendent in the world, still not considered to have finished the highest divine path?"

He himself supplemented his insights in history and other places with the help of the Samadhi True Fire and the Guang Wen Bell, so he was very concerned about every detail of Cang Tu God and asked very specifically.

"Cang Tu God did ascend to the highest divine seat, but it wasn't entirely by itself. It was I who helped it establish a hegemonic country, make it step onto the boat of the era, and be pushed by the human path's flood, only then did it complete the last step." He Lian Qing Tong said: "Cang Tu God's own divine path has flaws, and this was my initial entry point for the struggle for divinity."

"Cang Tu God's biggest problem lies in its impure divinity. I say It is the Cyan Heaven God Lord's mount 'Yu Lun God Lord', but It is a wolf-eagle-horse god. The parts of the divine path it grasped, the wolf and eagle parts, were not its own 'Yu Lun God Lord'. After so many years of fighting, the more I understood, the more doubts arose. I suspect that during the destruction of the Eternal Heaven Country, it devoured the 'Greedy Wolf God Lord' and the 'Heaven Eagle God Lord'."

During the Eternal Heaven Country period, the strong were like clouds, and the "Greedy Wolf God Lord" and "Heaven Eagle God Lord" were both outstanding among them.

He Lian Qing Tong continued: "Not only these two. Only within Its divinity, the wolf, eagle, and horse aspects are the strongest, occupying the foundation of Its power."

"Its divinity is very complex. Perhaps so chaotic that it itself is unclear. In the process of struggling for divinity, I once got lost. Finally, I could only think of using purer divinity against it. It is precisely because Its divinity is complex that I had the opportunity to hide within humanity and was not alerted by it."

The Great Shepherd Taizu did not disappoint as the one who understood Cang Tu God the most in the world.

As it explained, Jiang Wang clearly felt that the Samadhi True Fire attached to the divine body under the Guang Wen Bell, which was originally listless like a layer of glass, always burning without penetrating that layer of divine skin, having energy but no force, about to extinguish... yet suddenly became much more lively. He asked: "If the power of 'wolf' and 'eagle' were both devoured. Then Cang Tu God Lord... was It really 'Yu Lun God Lord'?"

He Lian Qing Tong looked at him approvingly.

"Who knows? The mythical era has perished for so long, many secrets have turned into smoke. I once found an opportunity in my early years to ask the Original Heaven God, but Its taboos are as deep. I don't know if It also isn't clear, or simply pretended to be profound." This Great Shepherd Taizu said faintly: "I said Cang Tu God is Yu Lun God Lord, only a kind of probe. No matter how It responds, it will give me related intelligence... so It did not respond."

"If we kill the manifested body of this Cang Tu God inside the Cang Tu Divine Hall..." He Lian Zhao Tu's voice rang out at this time. He lifted his eyes and gazed at Cang Tu God on the divine seat: "Can it help my mother in her struggle for divinity?"

"You cannot kill it." He Lian Qing Tong said without emotion: "Earlier, you could influence the highest divine seat inside the divine hall because I and Cang Tu God were fighting and cooperating at the same time, and we opened the door. Now Cang Tu God is focusing on the divine position war, and the highest divine seat is already sealed. You cannot approach it."

Cang Ming, lying on the ground, at this time flipped his body with difficulty. His broken chest bone stirred in his internal organs, bringing unbearable severe pain. He bit his teeth to keep silent, but slowly lifted both hands... and clashed them together!

His left hand held the little finger and ring finger of his right hand, and his thumb and index finger arched like a sword hilt, with his protruding right hand index finger and middle finger parallel like a finger sword—just so, he lifted it.

Fragments of divine images shattered on the ground gathered together with terrifying speed.

They condensed into a divine image that emitted boundless darkness and endless destruction. Regrouping in self-destruction, it was far stronger than before.

Destruction was its power, and shattering was its rebirth. To some extent, it could also be said to be immortal and undying. The only thing that restricted its existence was Cang Ming himself.

This was a divine image created solely by Cang Ming. Although it had a divine name, it was different from all gods.

This was the various outer god image, possessing only pure darkness and destruction, untainted by any so-called lofty will.

It was precisely because of the extreme disappointment with gods that this reversal of the divine path occurred.

It was precisely because of the absolute disbelief in gods that this most contrary "reverse divine image" existed!

The meaning of the existence of this divine image was to destroy gods, not to condense faith. "Its source is born from gods, yet outside of all gods", hence this name.

In that endless dark face, a pair of blood-colored divine pupils opened.

The various outer god image killed towards the highest divine seat. Boundless darkness swept like waves.

The waves swept over, but the divine seat was still the divine seat, and the two figures on the divine seat were still silent.

This highest divine seat, although close at hand, was like the moon in a mirror, the flower in water, a mere inch away, yet a horizon away.

Indeed, it could not even be approached.

He Lian Qing Tong, of course, understood that he was not trusted. With everything said up to this point, Cang Ming still wanted to try it personally before giving up. But It also didn't care, only asking: "True Monarch Jiang, what answer did you burn out?"

"Sitting and observing the sky, there is only one wheel. Even if I have some answers now, they are bound to be wrong by a thousand li." Jiang Wang said humbly: "Please, Senior, put in some human poison to help boost the momentum of the red dust calamity fire."

He Lian Qing Tong just lifted a finger, and fine, long, wrinkled worm human poison crawled out from its fingertip, rustling towards the bottom of the bell.

No matter what It thought in its heart, It's attitude was very sincere. It was not stingy with the help It could give.

Jiang Wang shared the situation inside the Guang Wen Bell with everyone.

Whether it was the two absolute peaks inside the divine hall, or Liang on the mountaintop, they could all see clearly that even with the support of human poison and the information provided by He Lian Qing Tong... the fiercer red dust calamity fire and Samadhi True Fire still could not shake this immortal divine body. Burning for so long, it hadn't even burned off a single horse's mane.

And this was already the strongest method among these people.

This god, the only one in the current world, stood there, letting them act, yet these people had no method against It.

Unable to imagine the transcendent, unable to break the eternal.

For a time, the channel was silent. Everyone felt the pressure, and as time passed, their hearts became heavier and heavier.

"Cang Tu God already holds the advantage." He Lian Qing Tong said suddenly.

There was no need for It to speak; the Samadhi True Fire had already given Jiang Wang the answer. Within that majestic divine body, the chaotic divine light was continuously changing, clearly showing a trend towards integration.

Having already experienced the struggle for divinity with He Lian Qing Tong, Cang Tu God, having supplemented its initial regrets, had almost no weakness. In its own favorable battlefield, it did not give He Lian Shan Hai half an opportunity.

"Please kill me." Liang, who was held back by a token, lying alone on the dome mountaintop, had been silent until now, but suddenly spoke: "Your Highness Zhao Tu, please grant this general the glory of an ending."

He Lian Zhao Tu, leaning on his sword and half-crouching in the divine hall, did not speak.

Liang said again: "I serve as a wolf commander. Once I die, there must be a reaction in the army. This temporary situation will let the human world know—perhaps the High Priest has a method."

"A general dies for his country, offering his skull to repay his lord's grace. I am already a disabled body and can't help with anything. Please, Your Highness, don't let me wait here to die in vain!"

On the vast highest divine mountain, only his voice echoed.

Not getting a response from He Lian Zhao Tu, he shouted again: "Lord God Envoy!"

Cang Ming, lying on the ground, pursed his lips, blood overflowing from the corner of his mouth, and his fingers moved slightly.

He Lian Zhao Tu, however, pressed down Cang Ming's hand. His voice was light and slow, but it could not be refused. He pressed down his hand, and also stopped the movement of the various outer god image.

"Leave it to me." He said.

He gazed at the manifestation of Cang Tu God on the divine seat. He knew that Cang Tu God was also gazing at him. And the manifestation of the Great Shepherd Female Emperor sitting beside Cang Tu God was obviously much duller; this was a sign of falling behind in the struggle for divinity.

He Lian Zhao Tu slowly stood up, and suddenly laughed: "Indeed, wait for me to ascend the throne!"

As if responding to He Lian Qing Tong's sentence when its divine manifestation arrived here not long ago.

He lightly took a step, but his body did not advance but retreated, falling in front of the stone image of the Great Shepherd Female Emperor.

He lowered his head and called out to this stone image with respect and dependence: "Mother!"

Then he raised his head, his face no longer showing any excess expression.

He stretched out both hands and took off his mother's Ping Tian Crown... and placed it on his own head.

Was this usurpation?

No, this was inheritance.

The Great Shepherd Emperor He Lian Shan Hai had already died.

The Regent Crown Prince He Lian Zhao Tu was here.

Today, upon this place, there should indeed be a coronation.

Many years ago, he lost his father here. Today, his mother burned her physical body here. No one could place the king's crown on him; he crowned himself.

That stone Ping Tian Crown, worn on his head, actually faded back to its original state, and the sky blue color was seen again.

The momentum of the vast country condensed on his body once again, fluttering like a sky blue dragon robe.

The king of the grassland, when should be as vast as the sky.

Under the Ping Tian Crown, He Lian Zhao Tu's brilliant golden pupils were covered by the country's momentum, only noble and majestic.

The crack in the dome of the divine hall seemed to never heal. In the depths of the sky gap, the boundless far sky vaguely carried the sound of rumbling thunder.

Like yesterday, all things died; like today, all things were born.

This was the alternation of past and present.

A new monarch replacing the old.

"I am—the fifty-seventh emperor of the Great Shepherd Empire, He Lian Zhao Tu!"

He still held that ascending throne sword, his long hair and the pearls of the Ping Tian Crown rising together. His face, originally majestic, now raised cold, sharp eyebrows. He moved forward!

"Pour the country's momentum, execute you, the malevolent god! May the grassland no longer have white-haired wind, and the subjects no longer suffer innocent deaths! The world is not a divine pasture of gods, but the home of my shepherd country's people!"

Gazing at the manifestation of Cang Tu God on the highest divine seat, his figure moved forward without turning back. On the ascending throne sword, which could represent kingly power, a divine dragon seemed to be circling.

Bang bang! Bang bang!

Like the sound of a heartbeat, like the sound of a drum.

Listening closely again, it was the sound of footsteps.

But behold, on the mountain path of that highest divine mountain, a stone image actually moved! It actually lifted its foot and walked towards the mountaintop.

The ban left by Zhen He True Monarch here had long been broken by the wind and snow.

Snowflakes fluttered down, making all these climbing emperors white-headed.

This wind and snow that had not stopped for a thousand years was precisely the king's crown!

It circled above the Heaven Country, roaring over the heads of the people, the severe cold force of how many years—if one cannot bear the wind and snow for ten thousand people, how can one be above ten thousand people?

He Lian Zhao Tu gazed at the manifestation of Cang Tu God inside the divine hall. The distance of only a few hundred steps was like being separated by worlds. Cang Ming, regardless of everything, forcefully urged the various outer god image, but could not span it. This distance could not be crossed by an absolute peak.

But when He Lian Zhao Tu moved forward, when he wielded his Heavenly Son sword—

Behind this fifty-seventh emperor of the Great Shepherd Empire, was the journey of the Great Shepherd royal family for thousands of years, was a former monarch who climbed the mountain one step at a time.

A stone image shattered, and a virtual shadow of a monarch was thrown into his ascending throne sword. The dragon roared mightily for ten thousand li.

At this moment, He Lian Zhao Tu was covered in endless glory. That vast light was the gathering of countless tiny light points.

He Lian Zhao Tu seemed to hear, within every single light point, there was a tiny sound.

Those sounds, noisy yet lively, tiny yet enthusiastic, weak yet tenacious, distant yet extremely vital.

The simplest and most diligent people on this land, their lifelong pursuit, were only two words—

Live.

Live well.

He Lian Zhao Tu listened seriously, listened with his heart.

He heard the longing for a single tile in a cold kiln, the dream of seeing sheepskin in the cold wind, the man worrying about whether the pasture would be lush enough next year, the woman sewing and mending a torn curtain, the child wanting to play snowball fights, the Five Horse guests hoping the heavy snow blocking the road would come a little later...

He heard the sounds counted in the millions, noisy and boisterous, finally all converging into one sound—

"My Emperor... eternal life!!!"

He Lian Zhao Tu slightly lowered his shoulders, lightly raised his head. Those emperor's pupils, which were originally only majestic and noble, were at this moment full of worry, worrying for the world.

From a young age, he always strived to make himself a qualified crown prince, waiting for the day when he would become an excellent monarch. And now, finally reaching this step, the clearest feeling he had was of heavy responsibility.

"Everyone says gods are immortal, divine are eternal. Gods are forever in people's hearts. As long as there are still people who have no hope for life, there must be something to rely on."

The Great Shepherd Heavenly Son said: "I think, it is not I who can defeat Cang Tu God."

"It is those who give their all to save disasters, those who have the people of the world in their hearts."

"The flood of history will eventually only change directions for the hearts of the people."

"It is not the He Lian royal family that defeats divine power, it is the grassland children counted in the millions. It is every single person living here, making their own choices. If one day my He Lian clan is like the Cang Tu clan, the He Lian royal court will also be covered like the Cang Tu Heaven Country."

"Cutting people like grass, herding people like sheep, then the god is a clay sculpture, the monarch is toilet paper."

"Descendants of later generations, let this be a warning!"

His figure leaped high. The ascending throne sword was sent forward. That natural barrier, which was far out of reach, actually seemed to have never appeared. The manifestation of the god lord sitting there, Cang Tu God, shattered like scattered glass!

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