“Long Aotian? The other two groups have already fled. You are the only one who does not fear death? Since you delivered yourself to me, then don’t bother leaving. Humph!” Gu Hai snorted coldly.
As Gu Hai spoke, myriads of vines suddenly appeared and formed a huge net rushing toward Long Aotian and the zombie sovereign.
“Break!” Long Aotian called out.
Boom!
The zombie sovereign immediately chopped the vines apart with a knifehand. However, that did not scatter the attack. Instead, the vines redoubled and continued to wrap around it.
The zombie sovereign’s barrier was powerful, but the vines’ explosive power was even more ferocious.
Bang!
The vines pierced through the barrier and shot towards Long Aotian.
“Roar!”
The zombie sovereign roared furiously as it sent out countless saber qi. This knocked away many vines. However, even more rushed over, wrapping around the zombie sovereign and restraining it.
Soon, the zombie sovereign turned into a giant ball of vines.
Bang!
Long Aotian immediately flinched from the ball of vines. After all, the vines had potent poison.
“Roar!”
The zombie sovereign roared again. Then, the ball of vines covering it exploded.
Boom!
The zombie sovereign struggled free, but it was too late.
At this moment, many bone spikes erupted around Long Aotian.
Whoosh!
Dozens of bone spikes captured Long Aotian in a bone cage.
The bone spikes stopped around him, no longer approaching.
When Long Aotian remembered the experts who got run through by the bone spikes, he felt chills.
The zombie sovereign rushed over to save Long Aotian.
The bone spikes immediately pressed closer to Long Aotian. All his hair stood on end.
“Don’t move!” Long Aotian exclaimed.
Long Aotian understood that if the zombie sovereign took another step forward, the bone spikes would turn him into a sieve.
The zombie sovereign promptly stopped in its tracks.
Long Aotian was so terrified that he no longer dared to move.
“Em…Emperor Gu, I never intended to hurt any of the Han Royal Dynasty’s people this time. It’s just that my imperial father cherishes talent and wants to invite Gao Xianzhi and Mo Yike over as guests. I never thought about hurting the Han Nation’s people!” Long Aotian said with some fear.
After all, his survival depended on Gu Hai’s whim. He could only humble himself.
Gu Hai stared at Long Aotian and revealed a faint, cold smile. “We know. Otherwise, you would already be a pile of dismembered body parts.”
“Yes! Yes! Yes! Emperor Gu, please forgive me! We worked together in Divine Farmer City previously. I ask that Emperor Gu take our past cooperation into account,” Long Aotian begged.
Buzz!
Suddenly, the many bone spikes retracted from around Long Aotian, leaving him free.
Whoosh!
The zombie sovereign immediately shielded Long Aotian.
“Many thanks, Emperor Gu. We will not impose on you any longer. Gu Hai, goodbye,” Long Aotian said, his heart pounding.
“Did we say that you may leave together?” Gu Hai asked coldly.
“Ah?” Long Aotian’s expression changed.
“Only the two of you may leave. The other jiangchen zombies will stay behind!” Gu Hai said coldly.
“Alright.” Long Aotian nodded, not daring to refuse.
“Go back and tell Long Shenying that we do not owe him for what happened in the Heavenly Realm. He is the one who owes us,” Gu Hai said.
“Alright,” Long Aotian answered, confused.
Whoosh!
The zombie sovereign immediately took to the skies with Long Aotian, shooting into the distance, fleeing.
With a thought, Gu Hai pulled the countless towering bone mountains back into the ground and out of sight.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The impaled dragons, zombies, and black tortoises fell.
“Capture them!” Chen Tianshan shouted coldly.
“Yes!” the five hundred thousand Divine Demon Army soldiers answered.
The Divine Demon Army captured the dragons, zombies, and black tortoises alive. Of course, half of them had died by this time.
Gu Hai’s return instantly resolved the calamity.
“Long live Your Majesty! May Your Majesty live for ten thousand years!” the citizens in the city cheered excitedly.
Previously, everyone thought the Han Nation was done for. Who could have imagined that the emperor would resolve the problems the moment he returned? The once arrogant people were scared into incontinence. Had the emperor not let them go, none of them could have escaped.
“Long live Your Majesty! May Your Majesty live for ten thousand years!” the five hundred thousand Divine Demon Army soldiers bellowed excitedly.
These soldiers had entered the Asura Path Secret Realm with Gu Hai. They were the most loyal to Gu Hai and obeyed Chen Tianshan only because of Gu Hai’s command.
Over the past five years, the five hundred thousand Divine Demon Army soldiers had worried day and night.
Now that the emperor had returned, everything would be fine.
Loud cheers erupted everywhere.
In the distant forests, the experts from the various factions trembled in fear.
“What should we do?”
“Let’s go! Let’s go! Leave quickly. None of us can leave once we get discovered. Hurry! Old Demon Gu is back!”
“It’s over now! What should we do now?”
“Previously, I thought the Han Royal Dynasty did not send their soldiers out because they are not comparable to us. Instead, they were waiting for Gu Hai to return?”
“Six hundred thousand Heavenly Palace Realm cultivators? Are they going to sweep their way through the world?”
“My sect is in danger!”
“My dynasty is in danger!”
The various factions in the surroundings slunk off, cowering.
——
Shangguan Hen’s courtyard, Silver Moon Sea:
“Prime, is Chen Tianshan planning to go down with the other side? If he dies, the Han Royal Dynasty will truly crumble,” Miao Chen said anxiously.
Shangguan Hen frowned slightly. The hand holding the wine cup paused in the air as he showed a somewhat worried expression.
The zither puppet before him burst into voice.
“Ah! Prime, His Majesty returned! Gu Hai has returned! Ah!”
The zither puppet repeated someone’s message from Borderless Heavenly Capital.
Whoosh!
Shangguan Hen suddenly stood up. The wine in the cup spilled.
“His Majesty returned? Really?!” Joy suddenly appeared on Shangguan Hen’s face. However, he still felt somewhat worried, afraid that it was fake news.
“Yes! It’s His Majesty without mistake. The people who charged at Chen Tianshan all got pierced by bone mountains. Ah! Gu Qin and Prime Feng Yue fled. Sima Changkong and Ao Sheng fled too? Only Long Aotian charged into the Soaring Palace Hall. Ah! Vines bound the zombie sovereign, and Gu Hai captured Long Aotian in a bone cage. Long Aotian lost?” the zither puppet said.
“Gu Hai returned?” Miao Chen was pleasantly surprised.
“It’s His Majesty; there’s no mistaking it. Prime, His Majesty has returned!” the zither puppet said.
“Hahahaha! Excellent! Excellent! Excellent!” Shangguan Hen crushed the wine cup in his hand in exultation.
——
Soaring Palace Hall’s plaza:
The officials were still saluting. Gu Hai had not told them to rise yet. Instead, he took out the Heaven Suppressing Divine Imperial Seal with a flip of his hand.
“Blessings, come out!” Gu Hai shouted coldly.
“Roar!” A loud sound came from the Heaven Suppressing Divine Imperial Seal.
Rumble…!
Surging blessings rushed into Borderless Heavenly Capital’s sky. They quickly gathered above the Soaring Palace Hall and expanded.
“They’re back! My Han Royal Dynasty’s blessings have returned!” The citizens’ cheers rang out in the distance.
The Divine Demon Army soldiers and countless guards showed joy on their faces.
Chen Tianshan watched with excitement as the blessings in the sky spread. Although he knew the blessings would return with the emperor, he still felt thrilled when he saw the blessings.
At this moment, all the officials were still bowing. Even though they sensed the blessings in the sky, they did not dare raise their heads, suffering in their hearts.
Chen Tianshan looked at the officials, finding them somewhat unsightly. However, he kept silent. After the five years he managed the nation, he could tell that the emperor was knocking these officials down a peg.
The emperor’s return this time did not mean that the emperor would not leave again. This chastisement was a warning for the officials.
Chen Tianshan took a deep breath as he looked at Gu Hai.
Gu Hai was still looking at the blessings cloud sea above.
Suddenly, the expressions of many experts from the various factions sneaking away changed.
“What? So much blessings?”
“The blessings cloud sea is still growing? That’s already the same level as the Han Royal Dynasty’s previous blessings cloud sea! No, it has surpassed that!”
“The Yuan Imperial Dynasty’s blessings? That’s not right. The Qian Nation occupied the Yuan Imperial Dynasty’s territory first. Even if the Han Nation obtained it later, there would not have been much blessings. But now…why is the blessings cloud sea still growing? It’s still growing?”
“Killing Long Zhanguo? Right! He must have plundered the Qian Nation’s blessings!”
The experts from the various factions shivered in shock.
The vast blessings cloud sea of the Han Royal Dynasty already covered the entire sky above Borderless Heavenly Capital. Even so, it was still expanding.
Borderless Heavenly Capital’s citizens raised their eyebrows and breathed heavily as they saluted the Soaring Palace Hall, where the emperor was.
“Han Royal Dynasty citizens, we are back!” Gu Hai announced.
Buzz!
The vast blessings cloud sea churned. Gu Hai’s voice carried to all the cities in the Han Royal Dynasty via the blessings cloud sea, reaching the ears of the Han Royal Dynasty’s citizens.
——
Azure Foundation City:
The initially bustling street suddenly fell silent. All the citizens seemed to freeze in place with their heads raised to look at the sky.
“I…I heard wrong, right?”
“Yes! It can’t be wrong! His Majesty’s voice?”
“His Majesty is really still alive? Duke Tianshan was not lying? It’s true! It’s truly His Majesty!”
“His Majesty is back!”
An uproar rose from the streets. The entire Azure Foundation City turned noisy. The citizens in all the Han Royal Dynasty’s cities broke out in loud commotions.
Countless respectful salutes came from everywhere.
“Long live Your Majesty! May Your Majesty live for ten thousand years!”
The countless cheers reached Gu Hai via the blessings cloud sea. Excited cries rang out across the Han Royal Dynasty, shaking the sky.
At the same time, more surging blessings poured into the blessings cloud sea from the surroundings.
The blessings accumulated at the center, starting to manifest the vague form of a large golden dragon.
“The silhouette of a golden dragon. This is…are the blessings going to manifest a blessings golden dragon?” Chen Tianshan’s eyes suddenly lit up.
Blessings golden dragon?
A golden dragon manifested from blessings. This was the sign of an imperial dynasty. The blessings had already reached such a level?
“Chen Tianshan, lay out the altar. The Han Nation needs to implore heaven to upgrade us to an imperial dynasty,” Gu Hai said.
“Yes!” Chen Tianshan answered excitedly.
At the side, Gao Xianzhi, Mo Yike, and the others felt bitter as they continued bowing in salute.
