Li Fei felt that his spiritual power was undergoing a qualitative change.
But just when he thought he was about to step into a new realm, the process was suddenly interrupted.
So Void Thoughts erged in his mind—Intertwining and lding with his spiritual power, becoming indistinguishable from each other.
This was the state most desired in the ’Dual Cultivation of Magic and Martial Arts,’ and also the result of over a month’s effort by Li Fei.
But now, this result had beco an obstacle to ascending to a higher realm.
"Cleanse the Mind to Communicate with the Divine" required washing away all impurities from the spiritual power, and the Void Thoughts fused by Li Fei were also impurities.
This prevented his spiritual power from being completely pure and flawless!
This was the reason Tai Yu said it was ’a pity.’
"There are many who aspire to be the greatest in the world, but there is only one Lin Tianyi," Tai Yu said with profound aning.
Yun Shu glanced at Li Fei, who was ’falling’ from the ’Thirty-Three Heavens,’ his expression as still as an ancient well:
"One begets two, two begets three, and three begets all things."
Tai Yu smiled, "I didn’t expect the State Preceptor to be so optimistic about him."
He suddenly paused, revealing an expression of joy.
A few disciples from the Daluo Sect also entered a state of enlightennt and began their ’Ascension.’
Among them, one’s speed of ’Ascension’ was extrely fast, only slightly slower than Li Fei just now.
It was Ning Chuan, who had won third place in the Martial Arts exchange competition.
This peerless genius had incorporated four types of Implants three months ago, and now he had successfully incorporated the fifth type.
Under the witness of Tai Yu and Yun Shu, Ning Chuan’s spiritual power successfully ascended to the Thirty-Three Heavens!
Ning Chuan had participated in the Sacrificial Ceremony more than once before, but not every ti did he gain enlightennt.
The most successful ti, he reached the Twenty-Nine Heavens.
This ti, with the aid of a stronger Array, he reached the summit!
His spiritual power, which had already reached the Peak of the Tao Foundation Stage, also began to transform and enter the ’Cleanse the Mind to Communicate with the Divine’ stage.
This made Tai Yu even more delighted, even sowhat excited!
After a mont, a sense of purity, like crystal glass, radiated from Ning Chuan’s body.
His spiritual power had successfully stepped into the ’Realm of Divine Communication’!
This ant that this extraordinary genius from the Daluo Sect had already half stepped into the Master Realm.
Now that he had just incorporated the fifth type of Implant, if he were to cultivate it to the Qi Change Stage and refine it for so ti, he might be able to Breakthrough within a year!
As of last September, Ning Chuan was 24 years old.
He would turn 25 this March, so he might be able to break the record set by Ming Qi and beco a Martial Arts Master before the age of 26!
The Daluo Sect disciples recited the ’Supre Sensing Chapter’ for half an hour.
When the recitation ended, the Taoism imparted by the Wendao Bell had also completely depleted.
Besides Ning Chuan, a total of thirty-five disciples from the Daluo Sect gained enlightennt this ti, with nine of them breaking through on the spot!
This result satisfied Tai Yu very much.
On the other side, Li Fei fully regained his senses.
He also understood why Yun Shu had insisted that he attend this ceremony on ti.
At this mont, his spiritual power, after the recent purification, had completely broken through the limits of the Tao Foundation Stage and half stepped into the ’Realm of Divine Communication.’
Unfortunately, the other half was still stuck outside the door.
With such an experience, Li Fei realized that the obstacle in ’Dual Cultivation of Magic and Martial Arts’ was not just because the two types of Implants could conflict.
But he was not overly worried.
Even if this was a path no one had ever successfully walked, with the Myriad Blood Pearl within him, he had the confidence to achieve a miracle.
Moreover, since soone had already reached the summit on this path, what reason did he have to fear or retreat?
Li Fei redirected his attention back to the square.
He believed that Yun Shu’s lengthy stay in Daluo Sect was certainly not just to aid his breakthrough.
This Sacrificial Ceremony must have deeper plans.
Below the altar, Tai Yu’s expression was solemn as he walked towards the altar.
According to the procedure of the Sacrificial Ceremony, everyone would first recite the ’Supre Sensing Chapter,’ followed by the Master of the Daluo Sect representing the Taoist Three Sects ascending the altar to preside over the ceremony, activate the Array, and complete the ritual.
However, to the surprise of many Daluo Sect disciples present, Yun Shu also ascended the altar with Tai Yu!
This was an altar that only the Master could ascend!
The crowd was abuzz, but quickly quieted down under Tai Yu’s stern gaze.
The rebellion led by Qingxu True Monarch had already exacted a great toll on the Daluo Sect, with many mbers dead, leaving the remaining Daluo Sect disciples feeling lost and uneasy during this period.
Through various channels, they had learned of the dire situation in Ming Province—over 900,000 dead!
Given such severe consequences, how would the court deal with the Daluo Sect?
re executions of those who followed Qingxu True Monarch in rebellion might not be enough, right?
Now, seeing Yun Shu ascend the altar alongside Tai Yu during such a crucial event as the Sacrificial Ceremony, the attendees felt a sense of ’it’s finally happening.’
"From today, Yun Shu True Monarch will join in presiding over the Sacrificial Ceremony every year!"
Tai Yu spoke.
"...."
All Daluo Sect disciples were silent.
So clenched their teeth, so looked down, and so felt a weight lifted off their shoulders.
Only the Master of the Daluo Sect could represent the Taoist Three Sects in presiding over the Sacrificial Ceremony.
Now, Yun Shu and Tai Yu jointly preside over the grand ceremony, the significance of which goes without saying.
Li Fei glanced at the representatives from the Upper Pure Sect and Yuhua Sect beside him and saw their serious expressions. So of them didn’t look too good.
Previously, the Upper Pure Sect had sought to suppress the Daluo Sect and take the lead among the Taoist sects.
Now, the Daluo Sect had indeed been suppressed by them, but they could no longer take the lead either.
After Tai Yu announced this major event, Yun Shu looked up at the sky.
His expression was solemn, his gaze profound, as if he could glimpse the secrets of heaven.
The next second, he pointed upward with one hand, and a trendous surge of True Power burst forth from within him,
completely activating the Big Array on the Cloud Sea Plateau!
Just as when he had witnessed the battle between Tai Yu and Qing Xu True Monarch before, Li Fei once again sensed that enormous, magnificent, profound, and indescribable power.
This was the power of Taoism!
Around Daluo Peak, the sea of clouds surged, resonating with the Big Array.
The sunlight pierced through the clouds, casting down thousands of golden rays onto the square, bathing everyone in divine light, their spirits wavering!
Li Fei looked up at the sky.
In a trance, he seed to see a vast river surging out from Daluo Peak, hanging in the sky, flowing into the distance.
"Is this... destiny?"
Li Fei, having previously harnessed the Emperor’s Dragon Qi, felt a connection.
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Lanling City, Imperial City.
The Emperor held the sacrificial docunt in hand, standing solemnly atop the vast Heavenly Altar.
The air was filled with the subtle fragrance of sandalwood, and the thumping of drums echoed around the Heavenly Altar.
Then, the music of flutes and strings played together, lodious and reaching into the heavens with wisps of blue smoke!
As the ceremonial officer sang, the officials either knelt or bowed, their voices rging into a faithful and dignified chorus.
Besides the Emperor on the Heavenly Altar, only three others remained still:
Grand Secretary Ye Ze’an, Military Affairs Grand Marshal Wenren Zheng, and Prince Li.
It wasn’t that these three showed any disrespect to the Emperor; rather, they each had important tasks ahead.
Righteous Law Pavilion’s fifteen True Masters and hundreds of Great Mages in the Possession Stage around the altar began their spells, jointly activating the Big Array set up on the Heavenly Altar.
The function of this Big Array this ti was not to sort out national destiny.
In the eyes of these accomplished cultivators, a Purple Gold Giant Dragon rose from inside the Imperial City, hovering above Lanling City.
The Emperor once again cultivated the Emperor’s Dragon Qi!
But this ti, it was not to consu the national destiny, but to enhance it!
As before, Ye Ze’an and Wenren Zheng, one civilian and one military, one responsible for sorting out the national situation, the other for suppressing national destiny.
As for Prince Li, his duty was to ’support’ the Emperor.
A vast ’Heavenly River’ flew in from afar, circling above Lanling City; the Purple Gold Giant Dragon opened its massive jaws and ingested this ’Heavenly River.’
This ’Heavenly River’ was the river of destiny flowing from the Daluo Sect!
Qing Xu True Monarch’s rebellion, involving the Daluo Sect’s destiny accumulated over eight hundred years, failed in his Breakthrough, but still left part of the destiny to the Daluo Sect.
Besides, when the Tao Country collapsed initially, Yun Shu manipulated the Emperor’s Dragon Qi to absorb scattered destinies, but so still remained unswallowed within Ming Province.
Yun Shu had stayed in Daluo Sect for over two months precisely to search for and collect these residual destinies.
Now, via the Sacrificial Ceremony, Daluo Sect had directed all these destinies towards Lanling City!
Qing Xu True Monarch’s treason had caused such imnse losses to the court, and the court would definitely settle accounts co autumn.
Allowing Yun Shu and Tai Yu to jointly preside over the Sacrificial Ceremony from now on was rely the first step.
Completely devouring the remaining destiny of Daluo Sect was the second step!
Without its destiny, this ancestral ho of Taoism would truly collapse, no longer able to produce generations of talented individuals or exceptional prodigies every few decades.
Of course, this is not what Tai Yu wanted to see, but he had no choice.
The court had made its stance clear by deploying the White Fla Army to the border of Ming Province:
Submit or die!
Tai Yu could survive alone, but Daluo Sect would definitely be destroyed.
Ultimately, Tai Yu did not choose mutual destruction.
The court also didn’t pressure excessively, allowing Daluo Sect so dignity:
White Fla Army did not enter Ming Province, Tai Yu was still the Master of Daluo Sect.
After all, a Martial Saint without constraints or attachnts was not sothing the court wanted to see.
If the White Fla Army truly decided to destroy the Daluo Sect, it would inevitably suffer as well.
Now, this outco was considered optimal.
Everything was progressing smoothly; the river of destiny from the Daluo Sect flowed mightily into the mouth of the Purple Gold Giant Dragon.
In the midst of this solemn and reverent atmosphere, an official suddenly stood upright among the crowd while bowing.
He was a Sitting Official from Zhi Ge Pavilion.
His unusual action quickly drew the attention of those around him.
Just as people wondered if he had gone mad, he made an even crazier move:
He stepped forward, pushing through his colleagues in front, then leaped high, launching a Force strike towards the Emperor on the Heavenly Altar while shouting:
"The tyrant is unjust; the nation must perish!"
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