514: Chapter 171: Sovereignty Totem_1 514: Chapter 171: Sovereignty Totem_1 As Jiang Wang spoke, the “Royal Authority Charter” concealed in his bosom suddenly flew out.
A fiery red light flowed on the Charter as if it had a mind of its own, already drifting into that patch of milky white radiance ahead of him.
A grand yet monotonous voice resonated above the chessboard of life and death.
“The strife of a hundred tribes, now draws to a close.”
“The power of the totem, begins this new chapter.”
“Royal Totem descends upon the Qinghuo Tribe.”
“The Qinghuo Division, to hold the royal authority of the Floating Land for a century!”
This voice was devoid of emotion, seemingly a manifestation of so rule inherent to the chessboard of life and death itself.
anwhile, all the patterns on the stone steles around the chessboard had disappeared, replaced by the contents of the “Royal Authority Charter.”
On it, besides the ancient inherited text and the unique patterns of the Qinghuo Tribe, there was the na Jiang Wang had signed with his blood, written in a flamboyant style.
Ah, Zhang Linchuan.
For the following hundred years, the Qinghuo Tribe would hold the royal authority.
This so-called “royal authority” certainly was not established by a random voice declaring it; it was probably guaranteed by the “Royal Totem.”
Regarding how the “Royal Totem” would secure the position of the Qinghuo Tribe, Jiang Wang could not hide his curiosity.
But all of this had nothing to do with him anymore.
It was difficult to describe the sensation of entering the “central point” of the chessboard of life and death, difficult to define what was inside the “central point.”
The profound voice echoed in his ears, the milky white light filling his vision.
Anyone who entered the chessboard of life and death would likely be unable to describe their “experiences.”
It seed to be the passage between life and death, perhaps a kind of enlightennt, perhaps an illusion.
Perhaps…
it didn’t exist at all.
When Jiang Wang’s senses returned, he was already amid the endless Star River.
He wasn’t sure if it was because he was not a person of the Floating Land that he couldn’t glimpse the deepest secrets of the chessboard of life and death.
But that no longer mattered, for he had gained a most satisfactory reward—the supre Secret Technique of the External Building Environnt.
To put it another way, the mont he first entered the central point of the chessboard of life and death, the Heavenly Pivot World provided him with an answer regarding the construction of the four sacred towers.
It is common knowledge that cultivating in the External Building Environnt requires erecting four sacred towers “outside” the body.
This “outside,” as opposed to the “internal” of the Inner Mansion, specifically refers to the starry sky.
Cultivators erect the four great sacred towers within the starry sky, drawing upon the Star Force, thus entering the External Building Environnt.
And these four sacred towers are typically constructed within the domains of the four sacred creatures.
The domains of the four sacred creatures being the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion, and Black Tortoise.
Yet these domains are so vast, the stars so nurous, the sacred towers built by cultivators are as insignificant as specks of dust in comparison—foundational, yet with nothing exceptional.
Without specialized thods, cultivators usually cannot control the exact location where their towers are erected.
They can only make the closest matching choices through constant probing and contact with their own Dao, and many cultivators have no choice at all; building a sacred tower is the limit of their lifetis.
The Taoist Sect uses the words “Majesty, Sincerity, Benevolence, Killing” as the core of four spirits; the Confucianists use “Trust, Virtue, Benevolence, Killing”; the Legalists use “Majesty, Ferocity, Righteousness, Punishnt”…
On one hand, it’s a matter of value preference, and on the other, it’s about creating “uniqueness.” To make one’s Starlight Holy Tower stand out in the vast expanse of the starry sky.
Now, Jiang Wang, through the reward given by the Heavenly Pivot World, had established a direct connection with The Big Dipper.
He had received a thod to construct the four sacred towers using The Big Dipper as a beacon, able to choose any four from among the seven stars.
His four sacred towers now had specific locations, and he could choose from amongst those stars.
An analogy that isn’t entirely accurate, but sowhat representative, would be: erecting an ordinary Four Holy Towers is akin to an average person owning a house in Qi Country.
Whereas constructing a holy tower with Seven Stars as the scope directly targets being like that person owning a house in Linzi.
A house in Qi Country could be located anywhere within its borders, but no matter where, it certainly wouldn’t be as valuable as one in Linzi.
At best, it would an hitting the jackpot and ending up in Linzi or an equivalent place.
In the boundless starry sky, a Seven Stars Saint Tower that has a specific reference is undoubtedly one of the most perfect cultivation thods in the External Building Environnt.
This battle in the Heavenly Pivot World had connected Jiang Wang to his future ladder to heaven.
The experiences in several secret realms, the consolidation in the Heaven and Earth Lonely Island, along with the sword empowered by the billions of starlights from the Chess of Life and Death, were enough to help him pierce through the fog of ignorance.
And the Divine Power Seed had always been waiting for him ahead.
Now, with the pathway to heaven in the External Building Environnt, he could say his prospects were vast and not at all inferior to those remarkable beings.
…
Before long, Li Fengyao, Jiang Wuji, Fang Chong, and the other cultivators who participated in the Heavenly Pivot World, one after another, started to appear in the starry sky.
Apart from Jiang Wang, Li Fengyao, Jiang Wuji, and Fang Chong, there were four other cultivators left.
With this count, the mortality rate in the Heavenly Pivot World was not considered high.
Jiang Wang ca first, Li Fengyao second, Jiang Wuji third.
In the Chess of Life and Death, Fang Chong, having sustained injuries and spent his lifesaving funds, wisely gave up the third place to Jiang Wuji without much of a fight.
An insignificant third place was not worth the risk to him.
As for Jiang Wuji, the outco was not entirely unacceptable.
As long as the final victor was not Lei Zhanqian, all would be well.
Now at least Lei Zhanqian had been eliminated, and he had managed to reap so benefits.
Seeing Jiang Wang, a rare smile flickered in Li Fengyao’s eyes, “Waiting for ?”
“Yes, Sister Fengyao.”
That term “sister” flowed from Jiang Wang’s mouth as naturally as moving clouds and flowing water.
Back in the Chess of Life and Death, it was thanks to Li Fengyao’s assistance that had made the play possible, otherwise, neither Jiang Wuji nor Fang Chong would have been easy to deal with.
Indeed, he and Li Fengyao were not afraid to face the combined efforts of Jiang Wuji and Fang Chong.
But between just him and Li Fengyao, he genuinely did not have the confidence to defeat Li Fengyao.
This first place was deliberately conceded by Li Fengyao.
Of course, the premise of her concession was also his repulsion of Lei Zhanqian.
After all, favors, debts of gratitude, accumulate after many exchanges and form a relationship.
They began to chat in the starry sky, but the others were not so leisurely or willing to wait and listen to the conversation, including Fang Chong, who one after another, entered the Star Gate.
Only Jiang Wuji, who was reasonably handso, inexplicably stuck close to Li Fengyao like a persistent plaster.
…
Floating Land World.
The Chess of Life and Death had ended, and the royal totem descended upon the Qinghuo Tribe, which took charge of the century long kingship, becoming the biggest winner of this Chess of Life and Death.
However, when Qinghuo Yuanceng returned to the Qinghuo Tribe in high spirits, he received news he could never believe — a Star Beasts revolt in the Endless Earth Den, including the Clan Leader Qinghuo Gaozhi, had led to the total annihilation of the Town Guard warriors!
Because the conditions inside the den were unknown, and with the Chess of Life and Death not over yet, Qinghuo Heng, who temporarily led the tribe, did not dare to forcibly break open the den’s gate.
After the Chess of Life and Death ended, as usual, Dark Heaven would welco a period of silence.
Only then did Qinghuo Heng choose to forcefully break the gate of the den, only to find a scene filled with corpses.
The tribe’s number one expert, who was a step away from becoming a Totem Spirit with a body of flas, and only a head missing from that transformation, Qinghuo Gaozhi, had only his head left — neatly placed beside that hole connecting to Dark Heaven.
Dark Heaven was as black as ink, and as silent as death.
Amidst the sorrow and grief, a question haunted Qinghuo Heng — if the Town Guard warriors had already perished before the end of the Chess of Life and Death, why didn’t the Star Beasts imdiately break through the den and surge onto the Floating Land?
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