In the fourth month of the 2932 year of the Calendar of Xuan Zhan, the County Chief of Fenghai County died unexpectedly. The Holy Wave Tribe invaded three states and the Black Sky Tribe invaded the Imperial Capital.
Fenghai County was in a state of emergency.
In the sixth month of the same year, Fenghai County defended the county alone for nearly two months. Then, the northern frontline collapsed. Li Rongyu, the Lord of the Palace of Justice, died in battle. Zhang Hengxin, the Lord of the Palace of Justice, died in battle. Yao Tianyan went missing. The allied army suffered many casualties and was defeated for two hundred thousand miles.
A day after the northern front was defeated, the western front collapsed. Kong Liangxiu, the Lord of the Sword Holding Palace, died in battle.
When the hundred thousand people of Fenghai County were in danger, the Seventh Prince of the Human Emperor stood his ground and broke through the Black Sky Tribe's blockade. He finally arrived at Fenghai County.
The Seventh Prince, with his unstoppable strength and thunderous momentum, led sixty million human soldiers from the Imperial Capital, the power of the Xuan Wu Palace, and the forty-nine generals of Dong Sheng as spears, sweeping through the northern battle zone.
He killed seven million enemy cultivators of the Holy Wave Tribe from the Heavenly Wind Tribe and the Earthly Tribe and used the flesh and blood of the Holy Wave Tribe to build an indestructible defense line in the northern front.
Even more so, he personally commanded the 27 marshals and 113 generals, and led the human race's combat cultivators to the western frontlines on the Four-clawed Golden Dragon.
Finally, when the western front collapsed and millions of people of Fenghai County were in a life and death situation, he stopped the Holy Wave Tribe's Moon Spirit and Moon Mist Dynasties. He even personally attacked and severely injured the two Emperors.
The Seventh Prince started a war with the Human Race. Not only did he severely injure the two Emperors, he also killed more than six million enemies in the western front.
The Emperor's blood flowed and dyed the sky red. The Seventh Prince disregarded his own safety and cooperated with the generals to use the Human Race's secret technique to seal half of the state and prevent the Black Sky Tribe's Domain Treasure from spreading.
In this way, the defeated army of the western front was saved.
Then, he united the remnants of the army in the northwest and formed a united front. He gathered millions of soldiers and the human cultivators of Fenghai County to guard the border gate of Fenghai County. He also sent the Three Generals and Ten Generals to lead part of the Imperial Capital's combat cultivators to the entire Fenghai County to eliminate the Black Guards and other rebel forces.
The entire Fenghai County was excited. For a time, demons and demons were terrified!
The evil forces in the Sealed Sea County were gone, and the human race in the county showed signs of peace.
The Hundred Alliance cheered and thousands of races obeyed.
In the seventh month of the same year, after the Holy Wave Tribe suffered a setback, they launched an all-out attack, forming a terrifying army that bore down on the border.
The Seventh Prince was a man of great talent and strategy. He even had an excellent method of command. He retreated in order to advance, luring the enemy deep in. He ignited the earth fire in Yutian State and Qiling State, causing countless volcanoes to erupt. The earth quaked and mountains shook, spreading to Linlan and Taihe, burning the land of the four states.
Within the four prefectures, it was dark and boundless. Only the undying earth fire continued to overflow into the heavens, burning for more than a month.
The wails of the Holy Billows Tribe were endless. Countless people died, but the Holy Billows Tribe's invasion was finally stopped.
News of this great victory spread to the rear of Sealed Sea County. All the races in the county cheered.
The County Minister had sent many petitions to the Prince to oversee the County Capital, but he had been rejected every time. After this great victory, the Prince had the soldiers in his heart and agreed to lead ten million combat cultivators to the County Capital seven days later.
Today was the third day before the prince's departure.
At the border of the Spirit Awakening State, Xu Qing silently sat on a rock and looked at the distant world on the defensive line formed by the mountain range.
Compared to before, his appearance was very different.
The sword-wielder's Daoist robe had been replaced with a tattered set of armor. His long hair had been cut short, and his entire body was dirty. The smell of blood permeated the air, and his lips were dry and cracked countless times.
His eyes were full of exhaustion.
Following his gaze, the sky was dark and thick smoke was billowing. The once green mountains and clear waters were now pitch-black, and there were still flames burning.
Amidst the mess, countless charred skeletons could be seen …
Xu Qing looked at all these and was silent.
After a long time, he heard footsteps behind him. It was Kong Xianglong.
His attire was almost the same as Xu Qing's, and he was equally exhausted and lonely. After walking to Xu Qing's side, he sat down and looked into the distance. A low and hoarse voice came from his mouth.
"Xu Qing, go and rest. I'll take over the defense.
When I came, I saw your Eldest Senior Brother. He asked me to tell you to go back quickly. "
"In the morning, the Vice Palace Lord found me and told me that I would return to the capital with him in three days. He also mentioned you."
"The Secretariat is no longer here. There's no point in you staying here, so I agreed on your behalf."
Kong Xianglong spoke calmly. His voice was a little numb, and there were no fluctuations in his emotions.
Xu Qing silently got up and looked at the continuous line of defense. Most of the people here were former human cultivators of the Sealed Sea County. The army from the Imperial Capital had set up camp at the second line of defense.
After a long time, Xu Qing withdrew his gaze and patted Kong Xianglong's shoulder. He took out a jug of wine and put it aside.
It was half a jug left after he had guarded here for a day and a night.
Kong Xianglong picked up the jug and took a big gulp. The moment Xu Qing turned to leave, he suddenly spoke.
"Xu Qing, that figure, did you see it …"
Xu Qing closed his eyes to cover his interfering eyes and nodded.
Kong Xianglong was silent. After a long time, he spoke in a low voice.
"What do you think of this prince?"
"He's a ruthless person," Xu Qing said hoarsely.
In his mind, he recalled the four-clawed golden dragon that had descended from the sky and the figure on top of it when the forbidden magic treasure net of the county capital had collapsed.
"The old man … the Palace Lord has already been working on this since the beginning, so he has been settling down the humans in the two prefectures. But this prince is truly ruthless. In his eyes, there is only victory and reputation, not human lives!"
Xu Qing was silent.
"Xu Qing, did you see the battle report? It talked about his great achievements. What about seriously injuring two Emperors? Seriously injuring two Emperors!"
"And this prince, if he had come a little earlier that day, even if it was just an incense stick of time earlier …" Kong Xianglong bitterly smiled and didn't continue speaking. Instead, he took another big gulp of wine from the jug and waved his hand at Xu Qing.
Xu Qing stood there for a long time and then silently left.
A month had passed since the Palace Lord had died in battle.
And with the arrival of the Seventh Prince, the Secretariat no longer had any meaning to exist. It had been forgotten. As for Xu Qing and the Sword Bearers of the Secretariat, they were all arranged to be on the battlefield.
After a series of great battles, Xu Qing had personally experienced the Seventh Prince's style of doing things.
As long as he won, he would do anything.
Indeed, as Kong Xianglong had said, human lives were nothing in his eyes. Even though there were still more than half of the tribes and human mortals in the Yu Tian and Spirit Awakening areas that had not been evacuated.
But since the opportunity had arrived, he still chose to detonate the Earth fire.
There were indeed many Holy Billows Tribe members who had died in this month, but there were also many humans.
This was especially true for the western war zone of the former Sealed Sea County.
They were the vanguard in every battle.
Now, there weren't many left, and they were constantly scattered and mixed into other legions. And every one of them had been tempered into elite soldiers in this war.
For example, Xu Qing and Kong Xianglong had participated in many battles. In the end, under the care of the Deputy Palace Lord and the other elders, they barely managed to avoid a few fatal missions in the cruelty of the war. Now, they belonged to the Fourth Legion under the Seventeenth Commander of the Human Race's Imperial Capital Army.
They were in charge of the defense line in this area.
At this moment, the sky was dusk. The afterglow of the sun had turned brown under the influence of the dark clouds in the distance and scattered on the mountain path that Xu Qing was walking on.
Xu Qing walked in silence until he returned to the military camp built in the nearby valley.
There were hundreds of cultivators here, all of whom were humans from the former western war zone. Although there weren't many people, there weren't few either, but there wasn't much noise.
Everyone was covered in wounds. Some were healing their wounds, some were meditating, and some were in a daze.
There were also corpses that had been piled up together and hadn't been dealt with and transported away.
When Xu Qing walked over, some of them raised their heads and looked at him.
There were sword wielders, disciples of various sects, and cultivators of the former Secretariat Department.
Xu Qing also looked at them, and both of them were silent.
In a tent at the edge of the military camp, Xu Qing saw the captain.
Although he was also in a sorry state, and the armor he wore was full of cracks, the captain was in good spirits and his body had long recovered.
At this moment, he was squatting there, holding a black horn and biting it back and forth in his mouth, as if to test how tough it was.
There was also a military pot burning with fire crystals at the side. Some meat was stewing in it, and under the gurgling sound, it emitted waves of fragrance.
"Eldest Senior Brother, I'm back." Xu Qing walked into the tent.
This tent was the residence of the two of them.
Although the Seventh Prince was very strict with the war zone, after a large number of sword wielders of the Sword Wielding Palace died in battle, the Deputy Palace Master and all the Grand Elders of the Sword Wielding Court repeatedly reported to the prince. Finally, the prince agreed that the sects with sword wielders who had suffered heavy casualties could withdraw from the battlefield and return to their territories.
However, he only agreed to leave part of them, and they still had to leave in batches.
Therefore, the Seven Blood Pupils, which had suffered heavy injuries and lost more than half of its disciples, left the battlefield ten days ago as the fourth group of sects.
As a sword wielder, the captain didn't leave. He was originally in charge of another area nearby, but under his command, he was arranged to stay with Xu Qing.
"I calculated the time and you should be back around this time. Come, Youngest Junior Brother, let's eat." The captain turned to look at Xu Qing, laughed, and beckoned him to come to the pot.
"I went to the military camp of those people in the Imperial Capital during the day and found that they ate well, so I took some. In addition, I saw that they also got a few battle beasts of the Holy Wave Tribe."
The captain pointed at the pot.
"Try it?"
Xu Qing glanced at the captain, and he admired the captain's ability to make friends.
Since the arrival of the Imperial Capital's army, the captain had been going to the other party's military camp all day and made many friends. He also found a lot of information, and sometimes brought back nourishing things. He raised his hand, grabbed a piece, and put it in his mouth.
It tasted good, and after eating it, waves of warmth rose in his body, turning into wisps of spiritual energy that nourished his cultivation.
"It's not bad, right?" The captain smiled proudly, sat to the side, and grabbed a piece to eat as he spoke.
"I heard from Old Kong that we'll go back in three days. It feels like we haven't been back to the county capital for a long time. This time, we have to go back and exchange those fruits of the Way that we got."
"I've asked around. Those things are good even in the Imperial Capital," the captain said in a low voice, looking around.
"I also heard that the war in the Imperial Capital is still going on. This time, the Black Sky Clan launched a full-scale attack, and other clans are ready to make trouble. The Sealing-Sea County is the only place where the Human Clan has won."
"I heard that the victory here caused many clans around the Imperial Capital to hold back and choose to wait and see … The Seventh Prince's battle made the world know."
"In addition, I heard that the Human Emperor has twelve sons and three daughters, but there's no competition for the throne. The Human Emperor is ruthless, and he's in the prime of his life. He has a cold personality and is indifferent to family. Everything depends on whether it's beneficial to the clan."
"This point can be seen from the Seventh Prince who came this time. He doesn't seem to have any intention of returning to the Imperial Capital. Remember what he did after coming here. He wants to make the Sealing-Sea County his territory."
The captain said meaningfully.
"This is a big game. Although I don't know what will happen next, the sky of the Sealing-Sea County has changed … So, Junior Brother, don't be too stubborn. In this world, death is normal. Living is the most important thing."
"Take this pot of meat for example. Although it's difficult to stew, if there's enough time, it'll be soft in the mouth.
So, there's nothing in this world that can't be erased by time. If there is, it's just that the time hasn't come yet. "
"Before the Patriarch went back, he told me to work hard on my cultivation and not think about relationships. When my cultivation is high in the future, what kind of woman can I not have?
After thinking about it, I think it makes sense. "
"It's the same for the Sealing-Sea County. If it's not suitable for us, we'll just leave. When we're strong in the future, we'll come back and sweep through all the clans."
The captain had a proud expression as he grabbed a large piece of meat and placed it in Xu Qing's hand.
Xu Qing took the meat and silently put it to his mouth. He took one bite after another, biting down hard.
At the same time, the battle between the Holy Crest Tribe and the Sealing-Sea County was interrupted by the Fires of the Four States. The Holy Crest Tribe's army had no choice but to temporarily delay their invasion. In the center of the Holy Crest Tribe, in the holy land covered in white sand, the four Emperors of the Holy Crest Tribe were kneeling in the temple of the Holy Crest Tribe's Ancestral Emperor.
In front of them was a seat made of special blood crystals.
A person sat on it in the dark. His body was blurry and his appearance could not be seen clearly. Only wisps of black Qi could be seen emanating from his body and fusing into the blood crystals, as if purifying the blood.
"Ancestor, everything is going according to plan."
"But the Black Sky Tribe seems to be suspicious."
Below the seat, the Red Spirit Emperor had a new body, but his face was pale, as if his Qi and blood were still in a state of collapse.
Beside him, the Sky Wind, Moon Mist, and Earth Spirit Emperors lowered their heads.
After receiving no response for a long time, the Sky Wind Emperor spoke in a low voice.
"Ancestor, the Holy Crest Tribe has lost more than 30 million in this battle. Moreover, the Seventh Son of the Human Emperor is ruthless and decisive. He's not an ordinary person. If the person who cooperated with us … deceived us, or if the Seventh Prince went back on his word …"
The Sky Wind Emperor did not continue and was interrupted by the Moon Mist Emperor.
"Sky Wind, this is the plan set by the Ancestral Emperor. We just need to complete it. You should put away your thoughts."
The other two Emperors were silent, their expressions unreadable.
After a while, the blurry figure on the blood crystal seat spoke in an ancient voice.
"There's no need for the four of you to test me. I know that you all have different thoughts. Some of you want to be independent, some of you still think that you're part of the human race, some of you are still eyeing my position, and some of you want to change to a stronger master. In the past, I didn't pay attention to you all, but this time, whoever dares to ruin my clan's affairs, I'll kill them and change the emperor."
The four Emperors lowered their heads.
"Red Spirit."
The Red Spirit Emperor's expression turned serious.
"You have sacrificed a lot this time. The tribe will make it up to you. Although your Dao is broken, I will reconnect it for you!"
The Red Spirit Emperor's body trembled as he bowed deeply.
"As for the Black Sky Tribe's suspicions, I told them about it. After all, the truth can only be hidden for a longer time by hiding another truth," the figure on the seat said in a hoarse voice. The four Emperors had different expressions when they heard it.
"Sky Wind." The hoarse voice echoed again.
The Sky Wind Emperor took a deep breath, his expression solemn.
"I understand your concerns, but the Seventh Prince of the Human Race clearly wants to be a hero. After all, in the eyes of the world, no matter what he did in the past, he still caused the deaths of 30 million members of the Holy Wave Tribe. As for how many humans died and who died, no one cares.
The Human Race yearns for heroes and only sees the glorious body. As for the black and white inside, no one cares except for the person involved. No one cares about the number of bones buried in the shadows except for the family of the deceased.
In the future, according to the plan, he will be able to expand his territory, setting a precedent for the Human Race in tens of thousands of years. Even if more people die, who can say no to such a grand undertaking?
A general's success is built on the bones of thousands.
"Therefore, in order to become a hero of the Human Race, he will not break the agreement at least before he succeeds. He will also deliver what we need smoothly.
"As for you, for the future of the Human Race, you will do the same. A temporary sacrifice is inevitable. Since we have completed the first step of the plan, let's see how the person who pulled the strings between us and the Seventh Prince will play this game of chess.
Most importantly, the method that person gave me is effective. "
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
The four Emperors were excited when they heard this and bowed respectfully.
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This chapter was not two in one and was not finished. There was another chapter during the day.