Transmigrating over ten thousand years late, I was forced to become a mighty presence

Chapter 529: Chapter 234: Secret Realm Battle Royale_1

In every corner of the Imperial Capital where the flowing lights filled the sky, there were hidden Spirit Refining True Beings from various sects, newly emerged Spirit Transmutation prodigies, and Qi-training cultivators attempting to seize the opportunity.

Streaks of Flight of Light tore through the sky, rushing towards the pitch-black hollow Great Sun, like moths fluttering towards the sun.

The silver-armored general watched this scene with eyes nearly splitting in rage. He knew that even the thirty thousand elite soldiers, coordinating with the Imperial Capital Great Array Formation, could barely suppress the Spirit Refining True Beings from the grotto heavens blessed land, let alone the cultivators spread throughout the Imperial Capital.

Unless Emperor Xia was willing to suppress them all by using humanity’s fate without regard for the consequences, it was absolutely impossible to stop these cultivators from heading to the Secret Realm Square-Inch.

With this thought, the silver-armored general’s gaze turned deep as he looked towards the direction of the Imperial City, his eyes flickering uncertainly about what he was thinking.

As numerous cultivators broke into the Secret Realm Square-Inch, the Netherworld Manor, which had been silent for several days, finally responded.

A gigantic Ghost King with sharp horns on its head appeared in the midst of the Imperial Capital.

The Ghost King carried a massive and desolate temple on his back, and atop it could vaguely be seen hundreds of Spirit Transmutation supernatural beings presiding. The water monsters from the ancient temple unfurled, temporarily blocking the backlash of the heavenly and earthly forces.

A surge of Netherworld energy shot up into the sky as the Ghost King stepped on the void, advancing step by step into the pitch-black Great Sun.

With the departure of the Ghost King, the pervasive scent of water monsters around the Netherworld Manor had by now disappeared, leaving only two Spirit Transmutation supernatural beings stationed around the manor.

Such a scene was enough to prove that the Netherworld Demon Gods had emerged in full force.

The grotto heavens blessed land, the dark Netherworld, and Loose Cultivators were all seeking to enter the Secret Realm Square-Inch to vie for opportunities, yet Great Xia’s Imperial Court, as the host, remained indifferent.

It wasn’t that Great Xia’s Imperial Court was unwilling to compete for the Secret Realm Square-Inch, but rather that the Imperial Court lacked the heritage passed down from the last Age of Spirit Energy Tide like the grotto heavens blessed land did.

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Great Xia’s strength lay in its status as the orthodox human Imperial Dynasty, in its control over the secular world, and its influence over the entire territory of Great Xia.

Within the current Jing Province, Great Xia could still suppress formidable enemies with humanity’s fate on its side.

But within the secret realm, unable to mobilize humanity’s fate, Great Xia lost its greatest support.

Great Xia might have cultivated several Spirit Transmutation prodigies in secret, but in the face of secret realms stepped into by Spirit Refining True Beings, the mere Spirit Transmutation Realm was scarcely sufficient.

Even due to its status as Great Xia’s Imperial Court, it might even bring about some unnecessary crises.

The entire Great Xia’s Imperial Court was well aware of this, and other than reaching an agreement with the Netherworld to prevent other cultivators from entering the secret realms as much as possible, they had no plans to enter the realm themselves.

That being said, upon seeing the multitude of cultivators entering the Secret Realm Square-Inch to compete for opportunities, many ministers and nobles couldn’t help but feel a sense of regret.

Being within the Imperial Capital yet out of Great Xia’s grasp was a humiliating matter for Great Xia.

Inside the main hall of the Imperial Palace, the gathering of ministers and nobles discussed the changes outside, all except for Emperor Xia, who sat on the dragon throne with a calm and steady gaze.

“Begin the preparations,” Emperor Xia’s indifferent voice commanded.

All the ministers and nobles were taken aback, their eyes revealing poorly concealed deep confusion.

“Begin what?”

“What does Your Majesty mean by this?”

Before the crowd could understand, Minister of Ceremonies Xu Yankuan, head of the Nine Ministers, stepped forward, holding the Imperial Edict, and recited loudly:

“Since the Spirit Energy Tidal Surge, disasters have been unceasing within Great Xia, with the people barely able to live.

The solar eclipse celestial phenomena of today are all caused by the chaos within Great Xia, only by stabilizing Great Xia’s situation can the turmoil be quelled and return a clear sky to this world.”

“Having allied with the Netherworld, it’s time to reestablish the City Gods, and build the incense offering magic domain to assert Great Xia’s majesty.

Effective immediately, Great Xia will establish the City God Ministry, spreading the Mortal Emperor’s legal edicts throughout the land.

In each state, prefecture, and county, the incense of the City God Temples shall be rekindled, rebuilding the incense offering magic domain!”

As these words left Xu Yankuan, all the civil and military officials were stunned in place.

The alliance between the Netherworld and Great Xia had been reached three days earlier, a fact well known to the entire court.

In their eyes, reestablishing all City Gods was an extremely lengthy process, not something to be done overnight, and Emperor Xia should proceed with great caution to avoid even the slightest mistake.

From allying with the Netherworld to reestablishing City Gods, there should have been several major imperial conferences for discussion between the Emperor and his ministers.

Yet who could have imagined that Emperor Xia, without consulting his ministers, would suddenly throw out the reestablishment of City Gods, with Xu Yankuan’s attitude suggesting this had long been planned.

Xu Yankuan, vaguely sensing the unfavorable gazes of the assembly, forged ahead with a stiff upper lip:

“Now that the Netherworld has agreed to the establishment of City Gods, there’s no need for further discussion.

The greatest impediment to reestablishing City Gods is the various grotto heavens blessed lands outside the Imperial Capital, whereas right now with the Secret Realm Square-Inch opened, all eyes of the powerful are converged on the secret realm, providing an excellent opportunity to reestablish City Gods.”

The assembly immediately raised objections:

“Yet establishing City Gods is not something that can be accomplished simply by passing down an Imperial Edict. Once the various grotto heavens blessed land finish their journey in the secret realm, they will surely push back even harder upon learning of Great Xia’s action.

Even those from the Netherworld who entered the secret realm may harbor grievances against Great Xia.”

“You may rest assured, over a month ago His Majesty had already ordered the clandestine renovation of City God Temples in every state, prefecture, and county land across Great Xia.

Most areas within Great Xia still retain the belief in City Gods, and in time, it will only be necessary to rekindle the incense belief through the Mortal Emperor’s legal edict.

This matter has been entrusted to the City God Ministry to supervise and ensure the reestablishment of City Gods in all places across Great Xia as swiftly as possible.

Once the incense of the City Gods is lit, only the grand ceremony for the Capital City God will be left. Then, the incense offering magic domain can envelop all of Great Xia.”