"My lord, we failed to capture that Immortal Changqing alive. He fought desperately and was killed by my halberd with a single blow. However, this Kunlun Saintess chose to surrender." Taishi Ci simply tossed the Kunlun Saintess to Wang Xuan without even glancing at her, as if the Kunlun Saintess's exquisite face was nothing more than a beautiful skeleton.
Wang Xuan nodded, looking at the weak and helpless appearance of the Kunlun Saintess, but he dared not be careless in the slightest. He immediately placed many restrictions on her, completely sealing her cultivation.
During the previous great battle, Daoist Xuqing had mentioned some secrets, saying that a thousand years ago, extraterrestrial demons invaded the world of Liaozhai, which caused that great upheaval back then.
Now that Daoist Xuqing is beyond dead, Wang Xuan's only way to obtain more information is to start with the Kunlun Saintess. After all, the Kunlun Saintess is the next successor to the Kunlun Sect's leadership and must know some of the secrets from back then.
However, this is not the time to ask questions. Only by completely eliminating the will of Heaven in the world of Liaozhai can Wang Xuan be distracted to do other things.
"It's time for Nie Xiaoqian, our pawn, to take the stage." Wang Xuan smiled faintly, reached out and touched his spatial ring, and a puppet appeared out of thin air in his hand.
This doll is clearly a stunningly beautiful woman, so lifelike that it seems to be a living person.
Wang Xuan cast several spells and integrated them into the puppet. Then he closed his eyes, concentrated his mind, and poured a wisp of his thoughts into the puppet.
Thousands of miles away, in Jinling City, ever since Ning Caichen occupied the fertile lands of the southeast, he established Jinling City as his capital and named the country "Wu"!
At this time, King Ning Caichen of Wu had not yet returned from his northern expedition, so Queen Nie Xiaoqian naturally ruled as regent in Jinling City.
Under Wang Xuan's manipulation, Nie Xiaoqian suddenly issued several orders, announcing that she would perform a sacrificial ceremony at the Temple of Heaven.
The most important affairs of state are war and sacrifice. Major events like the sacrifice to Heaven are generally presided over by the emperor. Unless the emperor is still young and not yet in power, it is absolutely not the queen's place to preside over the sacrifice. Nie Xiaoqian's actions are undoubtedly a perverse act!
It wasn't that no ministers tried to stop him, such as Zhuge Liang. But soon a fierce man wielding a halberd descended from the sky and cleaved Zhuge Liang in two. From then on, no one dared to object anymore.
After all the preparations were completed, Nie Xiaoqian personally ascended the Altar of Heaven, offered three sticks of incense, and then recited: "Heaven has lost its way, how can we serve Heaven? Today, I, Nie Xiaoqian, will lead the entire Wu Kingdom to change our worship to Xuantian!"
With King Ning Caichen of Wu dead and without a son, Nie Xiaoqian, as the Empress, is now able to use the fate of the Wu Kingdom!
Nie Xiaoqian quickly formed a series of hand seals, and soon used a method unique to the main world to mobilize the entire Wu Kingdom's fortune to challenge the Heavenly Dao!
The so-called national destiny is the collective will of all the people under heaven. Heaven hears what the people hear, and Heaven sees what the people see. The will of the people can have a great influence on the will of Heaven.
As long as the will of Heaven has not transformed into the Way of Heaven, it will inevitably be restrained by the will of the people!
As Nie Xiaoqian performed the sacrificial ceremony in Jinling City, the Heavenly Will of Liaozhai, which had been gaining the upper hand, was instantly dealt a severe blow, as if its spine had been crippled, and it was slowly devoured by the Will of Xuantian.
Chapter 147 Promotion
After Xuan Tian's will devoured the will of heaven in the world of Liaozhai, it gradually began to control every corner of the world of Liaozhai.
This was undoubtedly a transformation for the Xuan Tian Will, and its power instantly increased from the early stage of supernatural abilities to the middle stage.
Wang Xuan's mind merged with Xuan Tian's will, quietly comprehending the changes in the will of Heaven. This was also a form of cultivation, allowing him to come into contact with the profound mysteries of the laws and to hone his Dao heart.
About a full day had passed before Wang Xuan finally opened his eyes. He felt a slight regret and sighed inwardly, "It's a pity that the Liaozhai world and the Xuantian world cannot be merged into one. Otherwise, how could the power of the Xuantian will have stopped at the mid-stage of the Divine Power realm!"
The world of Liaozhai is already the top-tier mid-level martial arts world. As long as it can be completely integrated with the Xuantian world, it will probably break through to the high-level martial arts world immediately.
As the will of heaven in a high-martial-world realm, the power it can unleash is already comparable to that of gods, demons, and golden immortals!
The Eternal Tower of Heaven and Earth trembled slightly in Wang Xuan's mind. This supreme treasure seemed to sense Wang Xuan's thoughts and transmitted a message to him: Sacrifice one unit of world origin to unlock the fifth level of authority of the Eternal Tower of Heaven and Earth, granting you the ability to merge worlds!
"What?! Merging worlds?!" Wang Xuan was so shocked he couldn't close his mouth. It wasn't that he was ignorant, but the ability to merge worlds was simply too heaven-defying!
To merge two different worlds into one that can function perfectly is an extremely difficult task. Perhaps someone with god-level cultivation could barely manage to merge two low-level martial arts worlds.
However, integrating the world is difficult, but transporting the world is even more difficult!
The two worlds are located in different positions in the chaotic ocean, separated by an unknown distance. To merge the two worlds, the two worlds must first be moved together. This is beyond the capabilities of gods, demons, and golden immortals. Even moving two low-level martial arts worlds would not be possible!
Wang Xuan took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the excitement in his heart, and began to check how many units of world origin were needed to unlock the level 5 permission of the Eternal Tower of Heaven and Earth.
After his thoughts intertwined with the Eternal Tower of Heaven and Earth for a moment, he finally received a precise answer: the entire world origin possessed by a low-level martial arts world is one unit of world origin!
"This is outrageous! To unlock Level 5 permissions requires such a huge price, the price for subsequent levels will probably be a hundred or a thousand times higher!" Wang Xuan felt as if he had fallen into a bottomless black hole, not knowing how much it would take to fill it up.
He could only console himself: "How can I become stronger without spending money?"
After a moment, Wang Xuan finally made up his mind and transmitted a command to the Xuan Tian Will. Soon, a beam of seven-colored, glazed light descended from the sky.
This is the origin of the world of Liaozhai, a part of which was extracted by the will of Xuantian and passed on to Wang Xuan.
Once the origin of the world merged into Wang Xuan's body, he didn't need to say anything. The Eternal Tower of Heaven and Earth emitted a suction force that devoured all the origin of the world.
"That should be enough, right? Those world origins from just now were at least three times the size of those from the Water Margin world!" Wang Xuan snorted coldly, somewhat pained. "Unlock my fifth-level access!"
The Eternal Tower of Heaven and Earth suddenly shone brightly, flying out from Wang Xuan's sea of consciousness between his brows. It hovered above his head, emitting a hazy, chaotic light.
Ever since Wang Xuan obtained the Eternal Tower of Heaven and Earth, this supreme treasure had remained within his sea of consciousness, never leaving it. Now, with him unlocking level 5 authority, the Eternal Tower of Heaven and Earth has actually been able to leave his body!
Wang Xuan chuckled and tapped the Tower of Eternity, causing a light screen to appear.
Name: Wang Xuan
Permissions: Level 5
Cultivation level: Late stage of Transcendental Realm
World Origin: 2 (The total origin of a low-level martial arts world is 1).
Practice methods: *Ziyang Zhenjie*, *Haoran Zhengqi Jue*
Supernatural combat techniques: Burial Sword Technique, Soaring Step, Divine Firmament Five Thunder Orthodox Method, Profound Yin Refining Form Technique
Existing world coordinates: Mythical Three Kingdoms World, Water Margin World, Xuantian World, Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio World
Unlocked features: Time Travel, Enlightenment, Eternal Eye, World Passage, Concealing Heavenly Secrets, World Fusion
Wang Xuan secretly compared the information projected by the Eternal Tower of Heaven and Earth and found that it had changed significantly compared to before the upgrade.
Not only did I unlock Level 5 permissions and gain the ability to merge with the world, but my Golden Eye of Luck was also transformed into the Eternal Divine Eye, and the Luck Value column was changed to World Origin.
"As expected, this treasure is incredibly expensive. Even Luck Points aren't enough to satisfy its appetite anymore. We'll need to spend World Origin Points from now on." Wang Xuan felt a pang of desolation and sent a thought to the Eternal Tower of Heaven and Earth: "Merge the Liaozhai World and the Xuantian World!"
He had thought that the Eternal Tower of Heaven and Earth would soon unleash its power and instantly merge the two worlds into one, but unexpectedly, another message came from the Eternal Tower of Heaven and Earth, making Wang Xuan's face even darker.
Because he previously spent one unit of world essence to upgrade, which only unlocked the ability to merge worlds. To truly merge the two worlds using this ability, he still needs to spend world essence!
"To merge the world of Liaozhai and the world of Xuantian, it would actually require twenty units of world essence. Even merging the world of Xuantian and the world of Water Margin would require one unit of world essence!"
After Wang Xuan understood this, he was speechless. It's important to understand that the world's origin contained within the Water Margin world is only one unit in total. If the Water Margin world and the Xuantian world were merged, the benefits the Xuantian world would receive would be negligible.
He immediately abandoned his plan to integrate the Water Margin world into the Xuantian world, and instead followed the original idea of allowing the Xuantian world to gradually absorb the essence of the Water Margin world through the world passage ascension mode.
On the contrary, the fusion of the Liaozhai world and the Xuantian world has great potential.
The world origin of the Liaozhai world is about 90 units, and the origin of the Xuantian world is about 40 units. If these two worlds are merged, even after deducting the 20 units consumed by the Eternal Tower of Heaven and Earth, the newly generated world will still have 110 units of world origin, which has reached the level of a high-level martial arts world.
"Although spending more time could allow the Liaozhai world to advance to a higher level, I can traverse countless worlds and conquer them. I don't need such a small amount of world origin. On the contrary, I lack the time to accumulate foundation." Wang Xuan felt a pang of heartache, but he could only accept this money-grubbing ability and once again extract the origin of the Liaozhai world through the Xuan Tian Will.
Once the source energy within the Eternal Tower of Heaven and Earth had accumulated to 20 units, he once again activated the power of this supreme treasure with his will, and the anticipated cataclysmic change in the world finally occurred.
At this moment, both the Liaozhai world and the Xuantian world began to tremble slightly, as if an earthquake had occurred that affected both worlds, causing great fear among the people in both worlds.
These are two worlds moving and drawing closer to each other!
A full month passed before the tremors finally stopped. The world of Liaozhai and the world of Xuantian finally collided, and the world membranes between the two worlds merged together, as if two doughs had been forcibly kneaded together by an invisible hand.
Chapter 148 The World of High Martial Arts
With the complete fusion of the Xuan Tian World and the Liaozhai World, the world's level underwent a transformation, finally evolving from a mid-level martial arts world to a high-level martial arts world!
Wang Xuan still referred to this newly formed high-martial world as the Xuan Tian World.
Compared to before the world's advancement, the most significant change was the substantial strengthening of Xuan Tian's will, which instantly rose to the level of perfect supernatural powers, making him far more powerful than the Old Immortal Nan Hua of the main world!
This is because the world has just advanced and has not yet fully stabilized. It will only take another ten years or so for the Xuan Tian Will to reach the realm of gods and demons in one fell swoop.
The world has advanced, and the will of Heaven has transformed. Wang Xuan, the Lord of this world, has naturally gained a great deal as well. At this moment, his mind is completely connected with the will of Xuan Tian, and he can clearly sense the evolution of the laws.
"Boom!" After about the time it takes to brew a cup of tea, Wang Xuan's aura surged dramatically. He broke through the bottleneck of the late-stage Transcendent Realm and reached the Perfect Transcendent Realm.
"The Transcendent Realm at its Perfection? That's still a bit short. To be able to intervene in the situation of the main world, one needs at least the cultivation of the Celestial Realm." Wang Xuan opened his eyes and sensed himself. He had spent the past five years in seclusion in the Xuan Tian World, cultivating diligently and laying a solid foundation. Even though he had just broken through a minor realm, there were no lingering problems.
"Give me some more World Origin." After a moment of silence, Wang Xuan pointed his hand towards the sky, and a strand of World Origin the size of a hair fell into his body.
This world's origin is only one-tenth the size of a low-level martial arts world's origin, yet it's enough for Wang Xuan to break through again.
As the origin of the world merged into Wang Xuan's body, his cultivation directly broke through to the early stage of the Celestial Realm, as if it were a natural progression without any bottleneck.
This is because Wang Xuan gained some insights during the world's advancement just now, and his Dao heart also improved a lot, which is why he was able to master the power of the early stage of the Celestial Human realm without any future troubles. Otherwise, he would not have directly used the world's origin to improve his cultivation.
Wang Xuan finished his cultivation and looked ahead, only to see Taishi Ci standing quietly, waiting for him to emerge from seclusion. Beside Taishi Ci was another person, none other than the Kunlun Saintess who had been captured earlier.
"My lord, I have just extracted some information from the Holy Maiden of Kunlun, and I believe I should report it to you immediately."
Although Taishi Ci had completely submitted to Wang Xuan, he still couldn't bring himself to call Wang Xuan "Dao Ancestor"—after all, Wang Xuan's cultivation was inferior to his own. To show respect, Taishi Ci addressed Wang Xuan as his lord and regarded himself as a future retainer of the main world.
Wang Xuan didn't care much, because his cultivation speed was much, much faster than Taishi Ci's. When his cultivation level far surpassed Taishi Ci's, the other party would naturally change his tune.
"What did you get out of me? Tell me." Wang Xuan was also curious about what changes had occurred in the world of Liaozhai a thousand years ago.
Taishi Ci glanced at the Kunlun Saintess, signaling her to report personally.
Although the Kunlun Saintess was somewhat unwilling, she had already become a prisoner, and if she wanted to survive, she could only let Wang Xuan do as he pleased.
This once arrogant saintess finally lowered her noble head and gave Wang Xuan a detailed account of the events that occurred a thousand years ago.
It turns out that more than a thousand years ago, a powerful being from another world sailed across the chaotic ocean in a warship and descended upon the world of Liaozhai, attempting to plunder all the resources of the entire world.
The native powerhouses of the Liaozhai world naturally wouldn't agree to this. At that time, the Liaozhai world was still a mythological world. The Three Pure Ones of Taoism, the Buddha of Buddhism, the Six Emperors of Heaven, and the Netherworld Emperor were all at the Golden Immortal level, which meant they were god-level experts in the main world.
These eleven Golden Immortals joined forces, and with the help of many immortals and Buddhas, they finally drove away the invaders from beyond the realm after paying a heavy price.
In that battle, even five Golden Immortal-level experts were killed or injured, not to mention ordinary gods and Buddhas. The strength of the Heavenly Court and the Underworld was reduced by more than half, and even the origin of the world was slightly damaged.
But that's not the most worrying thing. The surviving immortals and Buddhas received a devastating message—their world has been targeted by an even more powerful world. The invasion a thousand years ago was just the beginning, and there will be a continuous stream of attacks to come!
The vanguard alone caused heavy casualties in the world of Liaozhai, with nearly half of the top experts lost. How could they possibly withstand the next wave of attacks?
Therefore, the immortals and Buddhas of the Liaozhai world made a decision: they boarded the stolen warships and fled the Liaozhai world, entering the vast chaos.
Before leaving, they also plundered all the resources of the Liaozhai world, causing the already damaged Liaozhai world to completely drop in grade, falling from a mythological world to a high-martial arts world.
Hundreds of years ago, as expected, invaders from beyond the realm arrived again. However, the Liaozhai world, now of lower quality, could no longer satisfy their appetites. So they simply cleaned up the Liaozhai world, ransacked it, and then left.
The quality of the Liaozhai world has thus fallen again, becoming a mere martial arts world.
"My lord, now that the coordinates of this world have been exposed, I'm afraid those extraterrestrial invaders from back then will return." Taishi Ci said with a solemn expression, expressing his concerns.