Borderless Heavenly Capital:
Rumble…!
Borderless Heavenly Capital slowed down and eventually stopped amid loud sounds. Then it quietly settled in the cardinal north position of the Divine Continent.
Many Han Nation soldiers had already been stationed in Borderless Heavenly Capital’s surroundings in case of anything unexpected.
On this day, Borderless Heavenly Capital’s civil and military officials in official attire stood in the Soaring Palace Hall’s plaza, witnessing this historic moment.
Gu Hai wore black imperial robes with golden embroidery and a crown. Standing in the Soaring Palace Hall’s plaza, he looked at the surging blessings in the sky. When Borderless Heavenly Capital formally reached the Divine Continent’s cardinal north position, strong winds appeared out of nowhere, trying to scatter Borderless Heavenly Capital’s blessings.
“Roar!”
The golden blessings dragon roared, radiating a ferocious aura and blocking the evil winds.
The blessings cloud sea churned for almost two hours before slowly calming down. The evil winds continued, but everything settled down after a tenth of the blessings scattered.
“These evil winds should be various factions of the Divine Continent refusing to acknowledge the Han Imperial Dynasty. That affected the natural laws and formed a rejection of blessings,” the Unborn Man said seriously from the side.
“No wonder. An ordinary royal dynasty would not endure the rejection of the various factions if it came here. Even without any soldiers, these evil winds would scatter their blessings,” Gu Hai said.
“Yes. The Han Imperial Dynasty has formally stabilized its footing. We now sit in the cardinal north position, facing south and looking down on the Divine Continent,” the Unborn Man said in amazement.
Only twenty years had passed. The Unborn Man would never have imagined that an Innate Realm fellow he looked down on previously would attain such accomplishments.
“Roar!”
A dragon’s roar also rang out below. It was the Han Imperial Dynasty’s dragon vein. As the Han Nation expanded its territory, the dragon vein flourished. Large mountains erupted below, like ten thousand mountains bowing to a sovereign, saluting Borderless Heavenly Capital.
Countless trees spouted at a visible pace on the various mountains, turning their slopes lush with life.
“Reporting to Your Reverence, all of the Ying Nation’s territory has joined the Han Imperial Dynasty. The citizens are calm, and they acknowledge the Han Nation!” Long Shenying said respectfully.
“Reporting to Your Reverence, the former Wu Nation’s territory has joined the Han Imperial Dynasty. The citizens are calm, and they acknowledge the Han Nation!” Mo Yike said respectfully.
“Reporting to Your Reverence, the Han Imperial Dynasty now has one thousand four hundred cities. We are now the number one dynasty in the Divine Continent’s north!” Chen Tianshan declared excitedly.
The number one dynasty in the Divine Continent’s north?
The sound of this made everyone’s blood boil with excitement.
The civil and military officials all felt incredibly excited. “Congratulations to the Han Imperial Dynasty! Long live the Han Imperial Dynasty! May the Han Imperial Dynasty last for ten thousand years!”
“Congratulations to the Han Imperial Dynasty! Long live the Han Imperial Dynasty! May the Han Imperial Dynasty last for ten thousand years!”
The loud cheers spread in all directions from Borderless Heavenly Capital. Simultaneously, the golden blessings dragon sent the voices to all the Han Imperial Dynasty citizens.
The Borderless Heavenly Capital’s grand occasion spread to one thousand four hundred cities.
One thousand four hundred cities meant the Han Imperial Dynasty had nearly caught up to the former Qian Heavenly Dynasty. Such a large nation was glorious.
“Long live the Han Imperial Dynasty! May the Han Imperial Dynasty last for ten thousand years!”
The loud cheers of the citizens came from the blessings cloud sea, as this excited everyone, the roar of countless citizens acknowledging the Han Imperial Dynasty.
In the blink of an eye, the citizens’ acknowledgment of the Han Imperial Dynasty replenished the blessings that the evil winds scattered earlier. Surging blessings from all directions slowly expanded the blessings cloud sea to an unprecedented level.
The golden blessings dragon was now fifteen thousand kilometers long, incredibly vast. It reared its head back and roared.
“Roar!”
The dragon’s roar spread in the sky, clearing the clouds for millions of kilometers around and exposing the flourishing Han Nation.
Now, Borderless Heavenly Capital’s blessings already sufficed for a heavenly dynasty, but Gu Hai did not seek promotion. Although the civil and military officials felt anticipation for it, no one dared to say anything, as Gu Hai had sworn not to ascend to a heavenly dynasty before destroying the Spirit Mountain Holy Land.
Even so, he took over the cardinal north position of the Divine Continent, giving countless officials unprecedented confidence in the Han Nation.
It was just a matter of time. The growth of the Han Nation was imminent.
“Announcing to the citizens!” Gu Hai said.
The golden blessings dragon immediately sent Gu Hai’s voice to all the Han Nation cities.
“The Han Imperial Dynasty has one thousand four hundred cities; each will have an examination venue. Anyone in the world with knowledge and experience may come to the examination venue for the qualifying examinations if they want to join the Han Imperial Dynasty as officials. All who clear the qualifiers will be escorted to Borderless Heavenly Capital with no expense spared to take the final examination. This will happen every month, so the extra examinations will take place twelve times a year. The chief examiner will be Sima Changkong. We now bow and invite all talents of the world to join our Han Nation and help our Han Nation grow. Let’s work together on this grand enterprise!” Gu Hai suddenly bowed to no one in particular.
Boom!
After Gu Hai’s words spread, they caused a commotion among countless citizens.
“What? It used to take place once a year; now, it will take place every month?”
“The Han Imperial Dynasty is clearly showing the momentum of advancing to a heavenly dynasty. I want to take the examination!”
“This is such a splendid opportunity. How can I miss it?”
All those with ambitions immediately became excited.
Kong Xuan, Shangguan Hen, the Mosquito Daoist, Ao Shun, and Long Shenying warily eyed the surroundings.
Will the Spirit Mountain Holy Land send someone to attack now?
Kong Xuan and the others remained cautious, but there were no traces of the Spirit Mountain Holy Land taking action. Everyone frowned.
“Hey? Why is the Spirit Mountain Holy Land so quiet this time?” Kong Xuan asked as he frowned, at a loss.
Gu Hai felt slightly bewildered as he waited, but there was no news.
“I have a report!”
A guard rushed into the Soaring Palace Hall’s plaza.
“Huh?” Gu Hai looked at that guard with some misgivings.
“Reporting to Your Reverence, there’s an emergency report from Divine Farmer City!” that guard said respectfully.
“Divine Farmer City?” The surrounding officials appeared confused.
Divine Farmer City was the Yan Heavenly Dynasty’s capital. Unfortunately, the Yan Heavenly Dynasty nearly crumbled after Jiang Lianshan died. This continued until the crown prince, Jiang Gautama, came and sent the Spirit Mountain Holy Land’s experts to take charge of Divine Farmer City.
Initially, everything was peaceful. What happened in Divine Farmer City now?
Gu Hai’s face sank. Jingwei had possessed Lin Waner at Divine Farmer City. Then they headed to the Eastern Sea and ran into Chiyou and the others. He had sent the Elite Hall disciples, Ensnaring Performance, Purple Subtlety, and Longevity to escort Jingwei to find her elder sister, Jiang Ba. The events of Divine Farmer City were still fresh in his mind. He had sent someone to monitor Divine Farmer City. The guards would not have come here with such a report unless something major had happened.
“What’s wrong?” Gu Hai asked.
“A passage to the nether realm opened outside Divine Farmer City. A hanba zombie army led a ghost army out of the nether realm and charged into Divine Farmer City. The hanba zombie army paved the way, leaving the place bare. The ghost army held up banners with the ‘Yan’ character,” that guard said respectfully.
[TL Note: This Yan is different from the one in Jiang Lianshan’s Yan Heavenly Dynasty. Ba’s Yan consists of three characters for fire, while Jiang Lianshan’s Yan consists of two characters for fire. There is a slight difference in their pronunciations in Chinese, but their transliterations share the same spelling.]
“Yan?” Gu Hai suddenly raised his eyebrows.
Yan? Gu Hai was no longer ignorant of the past. After reading many history books, he naturally understood what Yan meant. This was the name of Ba’s imperial dynasty three thousand years ago, the name of the hanba zombie primogenitor’s nation.
Later on, Ba got sealed. Gu Hai had witnessed Jiang Ba coming out of the seal and abandoning her family name, keeping only her given name.
After breaking out of the seal, she had fought Sect Master Heavenly Access, the Supreme Singularity, and Imperial Emperor Xi Yu—three experts—alone and easily clinched the victory.
The last time Ba appeared was when the Slaughter Heavenly Emperor led five million Divine Blood Army soldiers to surround Gu Hai. She had swallowed the Slaughter Heavenly Emperor and the five million Divine Blood Army soldiers with one breath. That was a heavenly emperor, albeit only a soul body; an ordinary person could not compare to him. Nevertheless, she had swallowed him in one gulp.
Although Gu Hai had not traveled the world for long, he had a deep impression of this woman.
She was Jingwei’s sister. Jingwei had entered the nether realm to look for her, to get her to take revenge.
“Yan? One of the four great zombie branches from the shaman race’s five great lines of inheritance? The zombie primogenitor of fire, Jiang Ba?” The Unborn Man’s face sank.
At the side, Long Shenying frowned and said, “Back then, Jiangchen ruled the entire shaman race. He was the earth zombie of the four great zombie branches. This fire zombie ranks together with him. Is Jiang Ba another Jiangchen?”
As everyone felt shocked, Gu Hai looked into the distance.
After determining the direction, he suddenly opened his heavenly eye.
Buzz!
A third eye appeared on Gu Hai’s forehead. When the heavenly eye opened, it gave off a faint imposing aura.
Everyone’s expression immediately changed. However, as Gu Hai stood at the very front, no one dared to step forward to look at his face.
When the heavenly eye opened, Gu Hai gained an extremely magnified vision.
Whoosh!
As though parting the clouds, Gu Hai saw the distant Divine Farmer City.
Gu Hai could see everything in Divine Farmer City. He could even hear what was happening at the scene.
Boom!
A thunderous report rang out as Divine Farmer City’s defensive barrier broke.
At the Divine Yan Hall’s entrance, the expressions of the Future Buddha, Di Shitian, Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva changed, betraying anxiety.
“Hurry! Hurry! Send a message to Lord Buddha! Call Lord Buddha here quickly!” the Future Buddha said anxiously.
The bodhisattvas and arhats at the Divine Yan Hall’s entrance hastily left to send the message.
Outside the city, a three-kilometer-wide black hole appeared, and negative energy surged out.
Toot! Toot! Toot! Toot! Toot!
Prolonged horn calls rang out, accompanied by the roll of war drums.
Dong! Dong! Dong! Dong! Dong!
Armored soldiers came out of the black hole. Some of these soldiers were humans, but some were ghosts. The ghost soldiers rode flaming horses and wore flaming armor that hid their appearance. Even so, they did not suffer any damage as they stood proudly under the sun. This showed how strong these ghost soldiers were.
The strongest group consisted of ferocious, flaming-beast-like hanba zombies.
There were at least a million hanba zombies. The shortest of them was ten meters tall, while the tall ones were over thirty meters tall. They all emanated flames, leaving burning patches on the ground wherever they stepped and issuing surging heat waves.
Just ten hanba zombies had attacked and broken Divine Farmer City’s defensive barrier earlier.
One million hanba zombies, one million fiery ghosts, and one million human soldiers. A ferocious aura swept through the entire Divine Farmer City.
The army held up many large banners with Yan characters emblazoned on them.
These three million soldiers escorted a group of people in official attire. At the very center, one hundred phoenixes were pulling a carriage.
The large phoenix carriage appeared extremely luxurious, looking even more elegant and beautiful than Gu Hai’s flying ships.
“One hundred phoenixes pulling a carriage?” Gu Hai’s face sank.
An excited Jingwei stood at the front of the carriage, looking towards Divine Farmer City with hatred.
“Elder Sister, there! It’s those people who nearly pushed me to death! Elder Sister, I want them dead!” Jingwei snarled ferociously with red eyes.
