Chapter 1036: Big news!

The Human Emperor has fallen!

Although this was long expected, Li Qi was still caught off guard when it actually happened.

The Human Emperor, a First Grade.

Just died like that.

A First Grade should not die in such a way, but the Human Emperor is different. The Human Race's Dao can fight one against three in the Nine Lands Under Heaven without falling behind, relying on this characteristic of the Human Race's Dao.

Unity can bring strength in any situation. The Human Emperor bears all the Human Race's Dao across all time and space, nourished by the collective power of the Human Race's Dao from all time and space, including all First Grade, Second Grade, and Third Grade Cultivators. A pyramid-shaped support force is concentrated on the Human Emperor.

To bear the filth of the country is to be the master of the altars of soil and grain; to bear the misfortunes of the country is to be the king of the world.

The Human Emperor is precisely a position that gathers all the Human Race's Dao's expectations and bears all its heavy pressures.

Therefore, the Human Emperor's lifespan is particularly short among the First Grade. He is not immortal; on the contrary, each time he acts, his lifespan is reduced.

By now, Li Qi already knew the purpose of the Sun-Moon Orbit for the Human Emperor.

The Human Race's Dao has a Spiritual Artifact called the 'Ecliptic', which includes many stars, from the Southern Altair to the Northern Dongjing, and even includes the jade Big Dipper. Li Qi had heard of this when he was an Eighth Grade, and it was very famous. (See Chapter 248 for details)

Among them, the Xuanji is the instrument for the Emperor to rectify the heavens, capable of discerning the Heavenly Dao's will.

At that time, Li Qi only felt that this statement was very domineering.

Now, hearing it again...

The Emperor rectifies the heavens and discerns the Heavenly Dao's will. Damn it, such words are clearly announcing the purpose of this thing.

Yes, this Spiritual Artifact, lacking only the final core, can become the Human Emperor's 'Throne', allowing the Human Emperor to directly rule over the 'Purple Star of the Emperor', forcibly stripping the power of the Star Officials, and contending with Taiyi and Huanglong for the territory of 'Taiwei Enclosure'.

The Human Emperor might just reclaim the title of 'Emperor'.

Both 'Huang' (Emperor) and 'Di' (God-like Ruler) cannot describe his power. Combining these two titles, he is called 'Huangdi' (Emperor of Emperors).

He is both 'Huang' and 'Di'.

He just lacks one thing as the core.

This missing core is the Sun-Moon Orbit.

As long as the Sun-Moon Orbit is embedded into the Ecliptic, the Ecliptic will be able to expand spontaneously, evolve spontaneously towards a complex direction, and eventually become a 'trend', even able to reverse the Human Emperor's lifespan loss, allowing the Human Emperor to act freely afterward without the risk of death.

With the power of the 'Ecliptic Throne', the Human Emperor will become a First Grade without any weaknesses.

It was precisely by utilizing this point that the Human Race's Dao successfully diverted the Shaman Dao's attention, making Shaman Dao believe that the Human Emperor wanted to live, and that the Human Race's Dao also supported an immortal Human Emperor.

An immortal Human Emperor, this is too important.

However, everyone knows the outcome. During the last Human-Shaman War, the Human Emperor had no intention of living; he only wanted to complete the 'Unification of the Three Teachings'.

All the harsh demands of the Human Race's Dao on 'humans', those unreasonable, even criticized self-sacrifice spirits by many civilizations, the self-discipline requirements that even ascetic Cultivators could not achieve, and many rigid indicators that were reviled as 'erasing human nature', were actually first achieved by themselves.

Are these things erasing human nature?

Or rather... are these human nature?

There are indeed many debates about this. Many views believe that human nature is not like the Human Race's Dao; human nature is about looking out for oneself, about obeying one's biological instincts.

However, such people were treated as pigs and dogs by the Human Race's Dao, casually eliminated, and then thrown into storage.

Those who cannot overcome biological instincts and natural instincts are all animals and plants, belonging to natural resources, and cannot be considered human.

Even the Human Emperor is like this. For the ultimate great cause of acting on behalf of the heavens, even the Human Emperor can die at will.

Li Qi felt the Human Emperor's fall. He had originally wanted to sigh and express his feelings.

However, at this very instant, the moment the Human Emperor fell, Li Qi suddenly burst forth!

He sensed it—

With the Human Emperor's fall, the Human Race's Dao revealed a flaw, and the Human Emperor's corpse, and even the Human Emperor's 'official position', were now vacant.

Shamansan issued a summons!

This time there was no large-scale chaotic battle. Those who received the summons were basically Third Grade and above, clearly a precision operation.

The purpose this time was plunder.

Taking advantage of the Human Emperor's fall and the moment before the next Human Emperor takes over, not only Shaman Dao, but also the True Dragons, the Heavenly Gods, and even the Demonic Overlords that Li Qi had repelled before, all the Nine Lands Under Heaven, except for the Spirit Dao and the long-extinct Buddhism, all stretched their hands towards the Human Race's Dao.

Even the Reclusive Daoist Faction made a move, showing how tempting it was.

This seems to be some kind of 'convention'.

When the Human Emperor falls, that is when 'foreign invaders' appear.

In the world, on the Central Plains, which had enjoyed peace for a long time, chaos erupted everywhere!

Many Second Grade, including First Grade, reached out to the Human Race's Dao!

But at this moment, a seal floated above the Tang Nation.

At first glance, it was just an ordinary square metal seal, without any special Materials, no Dragon or Phoenix carvings, just a simple handle.

It was more like a stamp with a handle than a seal.

However, when the seal appeared, Li Qi felt his outstretched power being bounced back, and the Human Race's Dao's territory encountered some kind of strong resistance.

“Is it the Imperial Seal?” Li Qi muttered to himself, looking around at the same time.

At this moment, Li Qi had arrived at the border of the Human Race's Dao, the Baiyue Area, formerly part of Shaman God Mountain.

Of course, although it is still called Baiyue now, there is no longer a country lord. This is the territory of Shaman God Mountain, and from here, one can directly see the distant border of the Human Race's Dao.

In addition, Li Qi could see many Second Grade Cultivators from Shaman Dao around him.

There were Shaman Seniors from ancient times like Wu Pan, Wu Peng, and Wu Gu, as well as descendants of Heavenly Gods like Taizi Changqin, and some newcomers, such as juniors like Li Qi.

Moreover, Li Qi also saw Divining Grass. This plant spirit glared fiercely at Li Qi, but did not make any special movements.

In addition, Li Qi's perception could see that the Human Race's Dao's border was surrounded by Second Grade Cultivators.

The Human Race's Dao's territory is in the very center of the Nine Lands Under Heaven. Although it occupies a good location, being besieged is also a fitting terrain.

The Demonic Dao to the south, the demon race to the southeast, the Shamanes to the Southwest, the True Dragons to the east, Kunlun Mountain in the Northwest has opened the Heavenly Gate of the Divine Path, Penglai Immortal Island in the Northeast has even drifted over, and some people in Dao Orthodoxy are not so peaceful either.

Except for the Spirit Dao and Buddhism, all the others came. They surrounded the Human Race's Dao's border, basically sealing off the entire border of the Human Race's Dao, only to be blocked by the Imperial Seal.

A seal with no special decoration, simply because it was the great Human Emperor's Seal, its unparalleled status, thus possessed overwhelming power and inviolable majesty, far surpassing all beautiful seals.

Shamansan stood at the forefront, smiling as he said, “This is a rare Opportunity, and also a destined calamity for the Human Race's Dao. So, you are free to act. The Human Race's Dao has many good things.”

After Shamansan spoke, he raised his hand.

Along with his power, several other First Grade Cultivators from other Dao Orthodoxy also lent a hand.

It seemed like many things happened, and yet nothing happened.

Anyway, the Imperial Seal just quietly landed on the ground.

The Human Race's Dao's First Grade Cultivators also appeared, but quickly disappeared again.

Along with them, Shamansan and the others also disappeared.

In short, the First Grade Cultivators went to deal with their own matters.

And now, it was the time for the Second Grade and Third Grade Cultivators.

The first to move were the Third Grade Cultivators. Without any hesitation, these Third Grade Cultivators instantly rushed into the battlefield.

The battle was very primitive, not involving much time and space, nor did it affect a large area, because this was the world.

The Heavenly Dao of the world has a suppressive force. At this moment, the suppressive force of the world was exceptionally great, as if this Heavenly Dao consciousness, which had spirit but no consciousness, sensed a huge danger.

The First Grade Cultivators could originally forcibly suppress the Heavenly Dao of the world, but now the First Grade Cultivators went to fight, and the remaining First Grade Cultivators did not want to get involved in such matters.

Therefore, the Third Grade Cultivators were suppressed, and the battle itself was confined to the Mortal realm, so as not to tear apart the world itself.

But it was enough to ignite war in the Human Race's Dao.

The Human Race's Dao's Third Grade Cultivators also led their forces to resist.

In Chang'an, within the Imperial Palace, the Imperial Palace masters gathered.

Outside, the Human Race's Dao's Generals had also assembled their armies.

The General, a Second Grade, now calmly said before the assembled troops: “The external Dao has revealed its fierce claws, harboring a fierce desire to seize. The thieves are like tigers and leopards, sharpening their teeth, filled with the rage to devour.”

“Gentlemen, to quell this chaos, how can we delay even a moment? We must rage like thunder and lightning, exert ourselves like a surging torrent, and the entire nation must block the rivers to resist the waves of a boiling sea, to resist the flames that burn mountains. Soldiers and civilians alike, we must meet the sharp edge.”

“The world has suffered poison for a long time, which has always been distressing. Now that we are pressed again, there is only one battle.”

Normally, one should shout to boost morale.

However, no one was shouting now, nor were there many words.

The General had already finished speaking the words to boost morale.

It was time to go.

The war began to spread, but this time it was on the Human Race's Dao's home ground. In the past, the Human Race's Dao had always ignited wars in other places.

However, no matter where the war ignited, the Human Race's Dao had no intention of complaining.

Li Qi watched the outbreak of this war from afar.

Without the intervention of First Grade Cultivators, under the suppression of the Heavenly Dao, this state of war actually returned to its essence, more like the great battles of the Fifth Grade era.

Therefore... for Mortals, this was a catastrophe.

Fortunately, it was basically the Mortals of the Human Race's Dao who suffered.

Li Qi stood still, but some Second Grade Cultivators had already impatiently reached in.

At this time, a Shaman Dao Second Grade Cultivator next to him asked Li Qi, “Li Qi, what are you aiming for?”

“What I aim for doesn't matter. I don't lack anything. I just want to see... what the Human Emperor looks like,” Li Qi said.

“Then your goal is truly ambitious, but there should be many people like you. I, on the other hand, want to refine Mount Tai and share some of the Prefectural Lord's authority,” said this Shaman Dao Second Grade Cultivator.

Li Qi glanced at the other party.

Oh, Spirit Shaman.

This was also a Shaman from the ancient times, in charge of funerals. The Shaman's method of communicating with the five ghosts, and even the current Spirit Shaman lineage, all originated from him.

Now he's set his sights on the Prefectural Lord of Mount Tai, so it seems he wants the authority of Reincarnation.

Li Qi shook his head. Everyone had their own desires, each seeking their own Dao path Opportunity and needed Opportunities. These things were not necessarily wealth or rare items; often, it was just to take a look at something.

But even so, it was as difficult as ascending to heaven in normal times.

For example, if Li Qi wanted to take a look at the Human Emperor, with his status, unless the Human Emperor personally killed him, he would most likely not be able to see him.

“Then I'll go first. See you later,” Spirit Shaman said, then disappeared from the spot.

Li Qi waited for a while, looking for Zhu Fengdan's whereabouts.

After waiting for a long time, most people had already left, and only then did Zhu Fengdan arrive late.

“Oh? Disciple, why haven't you left yet?” Zhu Fengdan waved and greeted him.

“Aren't I waiting for you? Teacher, what are you planning to do for this major event?” Li Qi asked.

“Oh, you mean that? I want to go and weigh how heavy the Nine Cauldrons are,” Zhu Fengdan stretched lazily, answering casually.

Li Qi broke out in a cold sweat.

“Alright then... good luck. I'm going to see the situation of the Human Emperor's fall. Perhaps... I can find something from the death of a First Grade Cultivator,” Li Qi shook his head and said to Zhu Fengdan.

“Okay, I'll share a portion with you after I figure out the Nine Cauldrons. As for the Human Emperor's death, there's actually nothing special about it. Every time the Human Emperor falls, a group of young people go to watch, but there's actually nothing to see. Just take a quick look and then go do something else,” Zhu Fengdan scratched his head after stretching, and without waiting for Li Qi's reply, he immediately set off.

Li Qi still had questions he wanted to ask him, but unfortunately, he had already left.

However, it seemed there was no need to ask.

Apparently, as a Heavenly God who had lived from ancient times until now, Zhu Fengdan had experienced many Human Emperor falls, and weighing the Nine Cauldrons was probably not his only goal this time. It seemed he hadn't succeeded yet.

Well, let's go take a look first.

Li Qi then set off.

He appeared in Chang'an.

Chang'an was already under martial law. Mortals unrelated to the war had already gone to the cave heavens for refuge. The remaining were technical personnel who had the ability to fight and perhaps control Chang'an itself for combat.

Yes, Chang'an itself for combat.

It should be known that all cities of the Human Race's Dao are super Spiritual Artifacts. These cities, from their initial construction, were designed to be folded and transported out as war fortresses. Even if they didn't go out, they could form a city capable of resisting high-grade invasions in place.

And large cities like Chang'an were even more so.

The moment Li Qi appeared, he bumped into the next door.

The space and time around Chang'an were sealed, and with the Heavenly Dao's suppression, Li Qi was actually stopped on the outskirts of Chang'an.

Li Qi looked up.

Chang'an City 'curled up'. To be precise, the city had now folded itself into a cube.

This cube had no entry points, and the flickering runes within represented the city's own resistance.

Besides Li Qi, several other Second Grade Cultivators were also stopped here.