Qiguang Holy Hall, in a spacious and splendid white palace, several knights with deep auras guarded both sides.
And in the main hall, two more people sat at the round table.
One of them was a handso man wearing a knight robe, with golden hair and blue eyes, looking solemn, and a Golden Holy Sword hanging at his waist.
This person was none other than the Round Table Knight known as the "Imperial Sword Saint"—Reinhardt!
Sitting at his right was an older man in a pure white Divine Priest Robe, the Secret Priest of the Holy Temple—Ahaliem.
Reinhardt sat straight in the hall, his gaze steady, without a smile.
But Ahaliem was slightly frowning, not knowing what he was thinking.
Neither of them spoke, seemingly waiting for soone.
After a while, the light footsteps ca from outside the hall, and both Reinhardt and Ahaliem slightly lifted their heads.
A mont later, a lean middle-aged man with black long hair and sharp eagle-like eyes slowly walked into the hall.
This lean middle-aged man was the one who originally facilitated the Holy Blessing Plan and created the Twelve Palace Star Envoys—Constantin!
The knights at the door bowed in unison, while Constantin walked straight to the front and sat to the left of Reinhardt.
"My apologies for keeping Lord Reinhardt and Priest Ahaliem waiting." A sharp yet slightly magnetic voice ca from Constantin.
"No trouble, we waited for just a dozen minutes." Reinhardt spoke softly, while turning his head to scrutinize Constantin, "Constantin, congratulations on your advancent in the Demon Principle."
"Thank you, Lord Reinhardt." Constantin’s gaze fell on Ahaliem, suddenly smiling, "Perhaps we should thank the old priest’s blessing for this."
The complexion under Ahaliem’s robe looked sowhat unpleasant, not expecting that a casual blessing from before could really lead to Constantin making a breakthrough in just a few years!
Ahaliem said, "Lord Constantin’s might is unparalleled, if you continue cultivating, maybe you can advance further to reach Lord Reinhardt’s realm, so why rush out again?"
Constantin sneered, really thinking breakthroughs are that effortless?
This ti it was lucky to break through, to want the Power of Laws to advance further... it might not be possible even in hundreds or thousands of years!
"I’m just impatient." Constantin’s lips curved, casually saying, "Of course, if the old priest could pray at the Church Court for every day, then my cultivation would surely be twice as effective, I’d be happy to keep cultivating."
"You..."
Ahaliem wanted to say more, but Reinhardt interrupted these aningless conversations, directly asking, "Constantin, do you want to restart the Holy Blessing Plan?"
Constantin nodded, "That’s right, if the Holy Blessing could achieve a breakthrough, it would greatly enhance the mid and high-level combat strength of the empire."
Reinhardt said, "However, the side effects of the Holy Blessing are also very obvious, depleting potential, almost no possibility of breakthrough, and so other unstable drawbacks."
Constantin laughed, "Lord Reinhardt, according to the original goal of the plan, if we can increase the blessing’s potency to the Burning Sun.
Then whether or not potential is depleted, or whether a breakthrough is possible, doesn’t really matter...
As for other drawbacks, they are negligible compared to the enhanced strength."
Burning Sun is almost the limit for ordinary people, beyond that, one must have Dragon Veins.
One Dragon Vein, one King Level!
The number of King Levels is clearly limited.
Most Burning Suns cannot break through to King Level, so whether potential is depleted naturally becos irrelevant.
On the contrary, if the Holy Plan could significantly improve strength, then for most Burning Suns, as long as they let go of the extravagant hope of achieving King Level, the temptation of Holy Blessing is considerable!
Of course, unlike the Shining Star Level, Burning Sun is not as common as cabbage, it is essential to ensure the Holy Blessing has a very high success rate.
Ahaliem snorted, "Using Great Fla’s words, such ’forcing growth’ behavior will surely lead to future consequences."
Constantin chuckled, "Future? Let’s look at the present first! As long as we get through the tribulation, with the foundation of our empire, a few hundred years of recovery will naturally restore us!"
Speaking of tribulation, Ahaliem imdiately frowned, questioning, "Constantin, didn’t you say you wouldn’t interfere with the empire’s affairs before the Earth Tribulation, are you going to break your word?"
Constantin laughed, "Breaking my word? I’ve kept my word! I won’t interfere with the Earth Tribulation, but now that the Beast Tribulation is here, I certainly won’t just sit idly by."
"You..." Ahaliem blew out his beard in anger, unable to refute.
Constantin leisurely said, "You manage the Sun Knights, I will proceed with my Holy Blessing Plan, just allocate the resources to ."
Reinhardt said, "There is no issue with resources, to deal with the double tribulations, the higher-ups are generous with resources. Additionally, more resources from the Holy Temple will be tilted our way.
However, the issue is, as far as I know, the progress of the Holy Blessing is worrying, currently only effective for Shining Star Level.
With the dual tribulations upon us, can it be advanced to the Burning Sun Level in ti?"
Constantin said, "Rest assured, previously it was uncertain, but now, we’ve found a new direction for a breakthrough."
"What direction?"
Constantin pointed north, "North Continent!"
"North Continent?"
Constantin explained, "In the previously collapsed ancient relic fragnts, people from the North Continent have already used True Form Release..."
"Is that so..." Reinhardt’s expression beca serious, "I rember that particular ancient fragnt, its upper limit was only Radiant Moon Level, right?"
"That’s right." Constantin’s lips curled up, his eyes flashing with a sharp light, "I believe the key to the Holy Blessing can definitely be found there!"
Reinhardt began to ponder.
Ahaliem, noticing this, snorted coldly, "The North Continent... huh, the empire is already in turmoil, and we’re going to provoke the North Continent?"
Constantin sneered, "Ahaliem, after all these years, how has your vision remained so narrow?
We’re facing off from the north to the south of the East Continent, with Star Beasts surrounding us. Do you think the North Continent is stable?
As far as I know, there are thousands of tribes big and small in the North Continent, and since the disaster struck, it has beco increasingly chaotic.
Now, the eight strongest tribes are at war with each other, and it’s much more chaotic there than here!"
Before Ahaliem could retort, Reinhardt asked, "Constantin, what do you plan to do?"
Constantin replied, "Lord Reinhardt, we don’t intend to wage war on the North Continent. We just need to investigate and capture so experintal subjects."
Reinhardt considered briefly and nodded, "This is feasible."
Ahaliem’s face looked a bit sour, while Constantin curved his lips into a victorious smile.
Reinhardt said, "In that case, get on with it as soon as possible."
"Of course." Constantin stood up imdiately, "I’m almost ready, I’ll set off now!"
...
On the endless, monotonous desert, a group consisting of two people and a Sli was advancing.
"I rember you were once called one of the ’West Desert Twelve Evil Stars’, right?" Su Yuan asked casually.
"That’s right..." Xiong Chunyang laughed awkwardly, "But there’s always soone better. It wasn’t until I joined the Great Fla that I realized there were experts like you, Imperial Envoy! Even if all the Twelve Evil Stars joined forces, we wouldn’t be your match!"
Xiong Chunyang subtly flattered Su Yuan.
Su Yuan pondered and said, "If it were during the ti of entering the departnt task, I couldn’t have handled it either."
Speaking of which, Xiong Chunyang, Lin Chongyun, and others who joined the departnt together at that ti were indeed quite powerful.
Su Yuan looked ahead, "March another hundred miles, and we should be crossing this barren desert and entering the Big Rock Land, right?"
Xiong Chunyang nodded, "That’s right, the Big Rock Land stretches for a thousand miles, with barren rocks standing and the terrain wide open.
People coming from Great Fla, Xunyang, and Huo Luo will all first enter the Big Rock Land, which is considered the gateway to the Western Desert."
Xiong Chunyang had already explained the situation in the Western Desert to Su Yuan.
The Big Rock Land is a vast area on the outskirts of the Western Desert.
Further west lies the complex central region of the Western Desert, and even further west is the coastal area.
The current composition of people and forces in the Western Desert can be divided into three types.
First, there are external fugitives.
This includes Evil Card Masters, hunted thieves, assassins, etc.
These people often have strong individual strength, so act alone, so join local forces, and others form organizations together.
Most of these people are distributed in the area of the Big Rock Land on the outskirts of the Western Desert, because it is closest to Huo Luo Country, Xunyang Domain, and other places.
Second, are the local gangs and powers of the Western Desert.
Among them are all types, the most famous being the Fire God Alliance and the Blazing Sun Association, which are first-class forces mostly distributed in the central area of the Western Desert.
Third, are the coastal Sea Gangs.
The main business of the Sea Gang is to collect so rare materials and Spirit Plants from the sea for sale.
All this ti, the Sea Gang has been the weakest among the three types of forces.
The central area has a very high Star Power Concentration, with intertwined forces.
The Sea Gang was initially ford by so exiled gangs, gradually growing over ti.
But now, there are so changes...
Due to the sparse scattering of Star Sand over the sea, now even Radiant Moon Level individuals can barely cross, let alone the Sea Gang’s large ships!
Not only that many previously inaccessible islands have erged over the years, but nurous new islands have also ford.
These islands are treasures, often revealing many resources that are rare on the continent!
Moreover, with the sea routes between the Southern Continent and North Continent open, Star Card Masters and goods have begun to travel between the continents gradually.
Whether it’s transporting people or goods, it’s a profitable business for the Sea Gangs.
Therefore, the Sea Gangs are showing a sign of rapid growth now.
In Su Yuan’s view, the focus of the Western Desert is bound to shift towards the coast in the future.
Even if the Star Power along the coast is weaker, as long as there are enough Star Stones, cultivation is no big deal!
Moreover, it’s currently the ti of the Earth Tribulation, so if more High Level Star Veins erge along the coast, it would naturally offset this disadvantage.
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