"Insolent wretch!"
In the Imperial Capital, within his own mansion where he had been discussing matters and jesting with his political allies about how Prince Feiheng was truly a benevolent ruler, he slammed his hand on the table and rose to his feet.
In an instant, he appeared high in the void.
He gazed at the former residence of Lai Teng, and at the ground beneath the places where the Tian Xing avatars had long resided, and saw the spiritual formations now manifest.
Threads of life essence were converging, all flowing towards Qilin Mountain in Eternal Sun Prefecture.
His face had already turned deathly pale.
"Issue the order! Destroy the Tian Xing formations in the Imperial Capital!
Summon all cultivators at the Nascent Soul realm and above, and have them leave the capital to destroy the formations!"
"Yes, Lord Imperial Preceptor!"
No one dared to delay!
Min Youguo had no time for further words. His body flickered continuously as he personally rushed towards the Eternal Sun Prefecture.
"Right under my nose, right under the Human Emperor's nose... Tian Xing, you have some nerve! To think that I... actually aided a beast like you!"
Every single formation was located at a Tian Xing residence.
Min Youguo finally understood. For ten thousand years, these Tian Xing avatars had split into thousands and spread across the various lands of the Azure Dynasty, not just in the single Prefecture of Eternal Sun Prefecture.
The scope of their scheme was far deeper than any of them had ever imagined!
From the very beginning, Tian Xing had never once thought of submitting.
His becoming the Grand Tutor's adopted son was merely for the sake of convenience.
He had always been walking on the edge of crisis.
His forbearance was not for the purpose of letting his avatars die so that their power could be shared as one, but rather... to absorb the life essence of all living beings in the Azure Dynasty!
"Not a single day can be wasted! Faster, even faster!"
Min Youguo gritted his teeth.
He had been in a high position for many years, and even when the great armies of the Demon Clan, the Wu Clan, and the Sea Clan pressed upon their borders, he had never been this tense, nor had he ever been in such a desperate race against time.
.....
"Great goodness... He must die."
In the lands of the Northern Border, galloping towards Eternal Sun Prefecture alongside the Imperial Preceptor was Grand Tutor Lin Jiu. He narrowed his eyes.
"Min Youguo, oh, Min Youguo," he seethed, "what a fine beast you have raised for me. If this rebellious son of mine truly escapes the Imperial Dynasty, I will have you die in his place!"
He stared at the life essence flowing towards Qilin Mountain in Eternal Sun Prefecture, his rage irrepressible.
He knew with absolute clarity that the Azure Dynasty was vast, and that destroying even a single part of the great formation would require some effort.
To destroy the entire great formation across the Azure Dynasty would take one or two years at the very least. And they did not have that long.
In just three days, Tian Xing would certainly break through to the Void Refining realm!
If, as a Divinity Transformation expert, he already possesses over a hundred Domains and Rules, then should he reach the Void Refining realm, and with all this life essence on top of that, just who in all the Azure Dynasty could possibly catch Tian Xing then?
Once he escapes, a Void Refining expert can merge with the void itself.
Tian Xing would be able to obtain life essence from anywhere and could hide wherever he pleased.
One fears... if he were to find a safe place, then for the next ten thousand years or even longer, the Azure Dynasty would have to suffer this same calamity, and an even greater one!
"Insolent wretch!"
As this thought crossed his mind, Lin Jiu cursed furiously.
He formed a hand seal, and a spiritual formation appeared in the sky.
His deep voice boomed out through the formation, "Cultivators of Eternal Sun Prefecture, hear my command! At all costs..."
"Kill Tian Xing!"
.....
"At all costs, kill Tian Xing!"
The Grand Tutor's voice resounded through Heaven and Earth.
Prince Feiheng, who had originally been exceptionally respectful towards the Grand Tutor, now raised his head and cursed furiously, the veins on his neck bulging.
"Where were you earlier?!! A pack of fools, each harboring their own sinister motives!
'At all costs'? You're far away in the Northern Border, what kind of useless 'cost' can you possibly pay from there?!!"
As if his anger was still unappeased, Prince Feiheng, the same prince who typically maintained an elegant demeanor in the Tranquil Heart Pavilion, could no longer retain even half a bit of his refined upbringing.
He stared at the ground as if it were the face of an idiot and spat with a ferocious expression.
He glanced into the distance and saw those demons; they too were gazing at Qilin Mountain, especially that old man in the basket on the robust man's back!
Feiheng immediately flashed forward and bowed deeply to the old man.
"Senior," he pleaded, "I implore you to act!"
But unexpectedly, the old man, still gazing at Qilin Mountain without sparing Feiheng a single glance, his expression also turning foul, snapped.
"Look at the fine mess you've made! You ask for my help? How can I possibly help? Do you truly believe that my main body would dare to come to the domain of you greedy people?!!"
"I..."
In that instant, Prince Feiheng was overcome with both grief-stricken indignation and profound shame.
"My lord... My lord..."
Just then, the trembling voice of the guard reached his ears.
Prince Feiheng was endlessly vexed. He thought to himself that even if he became the Human Emperor in the future, it would just be a life of hardship.
Just as he was about to flee, planning to simply muddle through, he saw the guard pointing at Qilin Mountain!
This one look left Feiheng stunned; a flicker of surviving hope suddenly flashed in his eyes.
"They... are still standing!"
On Qilin Mountain, a clan still stood. Their bodies were ramrod straight; under that world-shaking, oppressive might, they remained as unmoving as a mountain!
The hair of every single one of them was blown back by the wind.
Not a single one retreated.
Their eyes held the heaven-covering flames of war!
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