"If you're talking about Immortal Kings, you could call me one, but I didn't come from the Immortal Realm. Please get up." Lin Qing gently raised his hand, and everyone was immediately helped to their feet.
"Your Majesty, if you didn't come from the Immortal Realm, then where did you come from?" an old woman asked curiously.
Of course, she wouldn't have dared to ask if Lin Qing hadn't been so kind.
"What are you talking about? It's none of your business where the Immortal King came from! Heh heh, with the Immortal King's arrival, the Imperial Pass is now impregnable," someone said.
"Yes, yes, I was presumptuous." The old lady who had asked the question immediately apologized.
"Wow, Lin Qing, I didn't expect you to be a Celestial King. That's great! Although I don't know where you come from, the morale of the Imperial Pass will definitely soar."
Ye Qingxian was also very happy. Lin Qing's strength was not the True Immortal she had imagined, but rather that of an Immortal King, who was above True Immortal.
"This time, I've come for the sake of the Imperial Pass, for the safety of our realm," Lin Qing said with a smile.
"I won't stay here long either; I have important matters to attend to. I'm preparing to build one."
Afterwards, Lin Qing began to explain his plan to the most powerful old men and women in the Imperial Pass.
After some time and repeated confirmation, they finally understood Lin Qing's plan.
Afterwards, they immediately went back to inform their families. Ye Qingxian was responsible for telling the families without a Supreme Being that they should gather in a huge square in the center of the Imperial City an hour later.
Lin Qing went ahead and arrived here. This square was exceptionally large, enough to hold tens of millions of living beings.
"Let's begin then, my resurrection altar." Lin Qing chuckled, then took out a lot of exceptionally precious immortal gold.
The Three Flavors Divine Flame appeared and burned all the immortal gold. Lin Qing was purifying it, and in a short while, the immortal gold turned into liquid.
Lin Qing immediately took out a drop of his own blood essence, incorporated it into the mixture, and then began to knead it into shape.
Furthermore, numerous intricate magic arrays and runes were inscribed on it. Finally, a portion of its own life essence was extracted, and the laws of life were drawn from the void and integrated into it.
Half an hour later, a colossal statue several hundred meters tall was sculpted, its face exactly matching Lin Qing's.
With a loud "boom," Lin Qing placed the statue on the plaza.
That wasn't all. Lin Qing began setting up around the statue. A quarter of an hour later, Lin Qing clapped his hands and said with a relaxed expression, "Done."
A statue several hundred meters tall sits here, with a huge circle at its feet, and a moat several hundred meters deep all around.
This 'moat' covers an area of ten miles in radius, and it can also be considered a river, no, it should be a lake.
Because it was filled with water that shimmered with a green halo and was brimming with life, this 'lake' was completely covered.
Meanwhile, there are four huge covered bridges in the east, west, south, and north, one end of which connects to the 'lake shore' and the other end plunges into the 'lake'.
The statue stands alone in the center of the lake, radiating a powerful life force and a misty aura that makes everyone who sees it want to bow down and worship.
Meanwhile, several miles away from the lake, countless living beings had already gathered, including humans, purebloods, remnants, and people of various other races.
Except for those who didn't dare to come because it was too far away, almost everyone who could get here within an hour had arrived.
Ye Qingxian and a dozen or so Supreme Realm elders stood in front of the light screen set up by Lin Qing, along with some powerful cultivators at the Escape One Realm and the One-Slaying Realm who stood not far away.
"Sigh, what do you think our ancestors wanted us to do here?"
"I don't know. Our ancestors didn't say anything, they just sent us here."
"Is a decisive battle about to begin? Is the Imperial Pass about to fall?"
"A massive invasion from another realm? Even if I die, I will not let them in."
Some were frustrated, but many more were filled with rage and determined to fight the foreign land to the death.
"There are quite a lot of people here." Lin Qing looked around for a moment, and then removed the light screen.
The moment it was withdrawn, a massive life force swept towards the crowd in front.
Chapter 605 Resurrection Altar (Seeking recommendations and monthly votes)
"Such abundant life energy! Huh? My old wounds are actually slowly healing."
"Mine too. Look, the place that was injured by the supreme being from another realm has not improved for hundreds of years, but now it is gradually healing."
Not only these powerful individuals, but also the cultivators among the crowd, were recovering from their internal and external injuries under the pure life energy.
"My lord," a group of powerful figures hurriedly stepped forward to greet him.
"Yes, it's all done. You can inform the people of Diguan now, and then you can test it out," Lin Qing said calmly.
“Yes,” an old man said excitedly.
"I'll go first. There are still soldiers in a city that need to be saved," Lin Qing said softly.
"Another city? Could it be the ancient imperial city?" Ye Qingxian seemed to have thought of something.
"Ancient Imperial City? Could there still be people living in the Ancient Imperial City?" Everyone could hardly believe it.
"Of course, otherwise why do you think you're so relaxed? In the Ancient Emperor City, there are descendants of the Seven Blood Kings of the Stone Clan, and even toddlers are on the battlefield."
"You have brought upon them the name of sin and bloodshed, but sin and bloodshed are not a disgrace, but an honor!"
By the end, Lin Qing's words had resounded throughout the heavens, and everyone in the entire Imperial Pass had heard them.
After Lin Qing finished speaking, without waiting for them to reply, he vanished from the Imperial Pass in a flash.
"What a powerful aura! Who is this? I don't think even our clan's ancestor was as strong as him."
"There are still descendants of sinners fighting in the ancient imperial city? Impossible!"
"The blood of sin is not a disgrace, but an honor? How can this be?"
Countless cultivators and residents began to discuss the matter, with one side insisting that the crime of the Blood Sinner was heinous and extremely dangerous, while the other side expressed doubt, contemplation, and questions. The two sides started arguing, and the scene became noisy and chaotic.
"Silence! Sinful Blood is not a disgrace, but an honor. This is true. From this day forward, the Sinful Blood lineage will no longer be sinners. Anyone who dares to speak against it will be killed without mercy."
The old man roared angrily into the city, and instantly, the noisy scene quieted down.
"Today, I have gathered you all here because I have something important to tell you."
"This matter concerns my Imperial City, and our entire realm. Rest assured, it's a great thing for our Imperial City, a tremendously good thing." The old man's voice was authoritative yet tinged with joy.
Those inside the arena, as well as the cultivators who had not yet arrived, could all hear the old man's words and were all taken aback.
"Great news? Huge good news? What good news is it?"
Everyone who heard the news was preoccupied with their thoughts, then stared intently at the old man, waiting for his next words.
"Today, a Celestial King has descended. You heard me right, a Celestial King. Above the Supreme is the True Immortal, and above the True Immortal is the Celestial King. Today, the Celestial King has descended."
"What? A Celestial King?"
"Is a Celestial King really descending?"
"Impossible! Is our ancestor deceiving us?"
Most people wouldn't believe it, because they haven't even seen a true immortal in tens or hundreds of thousands of years. Suddenly they're told that the Celestial King has arrived, and it's you. Would you believe it?
"There is no doubt that the Sinful Bloodline is not a disgrace, but an honor. This is what the Immortal King said. Now the Immortal King is going to rescue the Sinful Bloodline, who are fighting a bloody battle in the Ancient Emperor Pass."
"This lineage is descended from the seven kings of the Stone Clan. From ancient times to the present, they have never slackened and have been fighting continuously. Soon, the Immortal King will bring them back." The old man became more and more excited as he spoke.
"Quiet, quiet, what I'm about to say is even more important." It took the old man a lot of effort to finally quiet down the cheering monks.
"That is the statue of the Celestial King. The Celestial King used his statue as a foundation and with great supernatural powers to build a resurrection altar."
"As the name suggests, it can resurrect people by simply merging a drop of blood essence into the statue. Even if you die, you can be resurrected in the Lake of Life using that drop of blood essence as a catalyst."
"There's no need to worry about your soul being imprisoned by a powerful being unless they possess strength surpassing that of a Celestial King. After being resurrected, you'll be at your peak, and a drop of your essence blood will suffice."
The old man relayed all the instructions Lin Qing had given him about using the resurrection altar.
"Is this real? How can there be such a strange altar in the world?"
"But how could our ancestor lie to us?"
"That's right, it was arranged by the Celestial King. How could you possibly know the extent of the Celestial King's power?"
"Ancestor, could you demonstrate? It's not that we don't believe it, but we need to see it with our own eyes so that everyone can believe it," a young cultivator called out.
"Of course, I'll give it a try myself." The old man praised his junior telepathically, "Little He, you've said it very well."
Xiao He smiled slightly, but felt a little embarrassed, thinking, "I've actually become a shill."
The old man bit his tongue and spat out a drop of blood essence. Before he could catch it, the blood essence was instantly attracted, flew towards the statue, and then merged into it.
A second later, a mark appeared within the drop of blood essence, and then it was enveloped in a ring of golden light and appeared at the bottom of the Lake of Life.
The old man turned to look at the second strongest old woman in the imperial city and said, "Come, kill me with your strongest attack."
The old lady hesitated for a moment and asked, "Are you sure?"
"What are you dawdling for? Haven't you always wanted to kill me, saying I abandoned you after starting something? Now you can take your revenge," the old man said nonchalantly.
"What nonsense are you spouting? Since you want to die, I'll grant your wish."
"Great Heavenly Annihilation Hand!" the old woman roared.
With a flash, he appeared in front of the old man and slammed a hand containing world-destroying power into the old man's heart.
boom!
The old man was instantly obliterated by this palm strike, leaving no trace behind. Only his magical artifact remained, silently suspended in the air.
"Ancestor!" The disciples exclaimed in shock. They couldn't sense their ancestor's presence, which meant he had truly been killed.
It's normal that the younger generation and ordinary cultivators couldn't detect him, but even the supreme beings of the same rank couldn't find his aura at all.
They also knew that the old man was his real body and could not possibly be a spirit.
"Dead?" The old woman couldn't believe it. She thought that the old man must have let his guard down and offered no resistance, which was why he was annihilated by a single palm strike.
"He's really dead, Ancestor Zhou is dead." All the supreme beings were convinced that he was dead, and countless cultivators present were extremely shocked.
"Haha, I, Zhou Qi, am back! I really have been resurrected! Even the hidden injuries that have not healed for thousands of years have been completely cured."
Suddenly, Zhou Laozu's voice rang out in the Lake of Life.
Chapter 606 Ancient Imperial City (Seeking recommendations and monthly votes)