Chapter 233: Chapter 121: All Beings Can Become the Dragon Sovereign _1

“What a headache.”

A subtle sigh escaped from Shen Yuan’s lips.

With the decapitation of the Dragon Sovereign’s authority at the Dragon-executing Platform, the entire city of Qingping County City was engulfed in euphoric celebration.

Even though the Giant Clam Water God lingered outside Qingping County City, possessing the terrifying power to destroy a city with a wave of the hand, nobody felt the slightest hint of fear.

Because the Immortal was still standing there.

Even though the Heavenly Court Decree in his hand began to fade after decapitating the Dragon Sovereign’s authority, and even though Shen Yuan had never shown any real cultivation strength, his mere presence was enough to reassure the inhabitants of Qingping County City.

“Many thanks to the Immortal for slaying the evil dragon!”

“Gracious and compassionate Immortal, saver of the unfortunate!”

“Demolish the Dragon Sovereign Temple, I want to set up a shrine for the Immortal!”

…..

All manner of such words kept ringing in Shen Yuan’s ears.

Everyone was celebrating their survival and justice served by the Immortal killing the Dragon Sovereign, and an overwhelming amount of people were channelling their gratitude to Shen Yuan.

But not only in Qingping County City, hearts felt throughout Cang Province were also gathering towards Shen Yuan, even including those from the Aquatic Tribe in the River Ji itself.

Listening to the prayers from the water, Shen Yuan vaguely understood many members of the Aquatic Tribe had long suffered under the River Ji Dragon Palace; by removing the River Ji Dragon Sovereign’s authority, he had alleviated their burdens, and they naturally felt grateful.

On top of the Primal Chaos Tower, the resident cultivators of the grotto heavens sacred ground who were privy to some inside information were completely stunned on the spot.

The White Tiger Esteemed Emissary forced his gaze away from Shen Yuan and used his mana to suppress his wildly beating heart.

He knew that this Supreme Taoist was unfathomable, perhaps capable enough to suppress the Giant Clam Water God.

But he hadn’t expected the Supreme Taoist to go this far.

“Summoning the Heavenly Court Decree, invoking the projection of the Heavenly Court Emperor, and using the Dragon-executing Platform to decapitate the River Ji Dragon Sovereign’s authority!

Any one of these acts would have caused a great stir in the world, yet this Supreme Taoist, under the adverse reaction of the world’s laws, managed to accomplish what would be considered a miracle by others.

So this is why His Majesty and the superintendent valued the Supreme Taoist?”

“He was able to harness such terrifying strength when the world’s laws had not yet fully revived.

If the Spirit Energy Tidal Surge returns entirely in the future, with the world’s laws no longer restricting any cultivator, would this imply that the Supreme Taoist could alter the fate of the Primal Chaos Realm on his own?”

Thinking of this, the heart of the White Tiger Esteemed Emissary trembled, and his face showed uncertainty-should he be overjoyed or frightened?

Apart from the White Tiger Esteemed Emissary, the other Qi Training Stage prodigies were also visibly shocked.

As the leaders of the young generation from various grotto heavens, they knew more secrets than the average person, and they clearly understood what Shen Yuan’s actions represented.

“Could it be that the Heavenly Court has already made contact with the lower realm?”

“Which one of them is really the Emperor’s projection in the Heavenly Court?”

“The Dragon-executing Platform, the Dragon Sovereign’s Authority-Such actions are surely offensive to the Dragon Palace. But with his cultivation, he shouldn’t fear the River Ji Dragon Sovereign.”

At that moment, Wang Yuewen suddenly said:

“This Divine Monarch is the master of Gong Buyu, presumably a member of the Falling Clouds Sect.

How powerful is the line of practice from which the Falling Clouds Sect descended?”

Upon hearing this, the young prodigies turned their attention to Mo Li, who had remained silent.

Amongst those present, only Mo Li had a certain connection with Gong Buyu and might know something about the Falling Clouds Sect.

Seeing this, Mo Li gently shook his head, slowly raised a finger to his lips, and told everyone.

“The Tao, cannot be spoken!”

…

In the upper levels of the Primal Chaos Tower, Xue Mingzhi’s face was flush with excitement as he looked at Shen Yuan’s figure in the sky.

Everything that happened today seemed like a dream to Xue Mingzhi.

The Heavenly Court Decree, the projection of the Supreme Emperor, the Dragon-executing Platform, the slaying of the Dragon Sovereign – these scenarios, which should have existed only in mythological records for him, had all vividly unfolded before his eyes.

In contrast to Xue Mingzhi’s excitement, Gong Buyu, who was holding Bai Xue, appeared much calmer.

In Gong Buyu’s eyes, it made sense for Shen Yuan to do anything.

Gently scratching Bai Xue’s chin with practiced ease, Gong Buyu’s gaze paused briefly on Shen Yuan before turning to the Emperor’s projection which was even brighter than the Great Sun in the celestial vault.

The face behind the pearl-veil Crown of the Emperor’s projection seemed obscured by thick layers of red dust and goodwill, making it impossible to discern clearly.

The pair of eyes mirroring the myriad realms filled her with an indescribable sense of familiarity.

Plus, the appearance of the Heavenly Court Decree, and the Emperor’s projection, items not belonging to this world, even under the Great Schism, a horrifying thought bubbled up in Gong Buyu’s mind.

“Could it be…my master is the Supreme Emperor?”

…

Feeling the multitude of gratitude converging on him and hearing these prayers filled with appreciation echoing in his ears, it was clear that Shen Yuan, by decapitating the River Ji Dragon Sovereign’s authority, had brought a new lease of life to the entirety of Cang Province.

Yet there was not a trace of joy on Shen Yuan’s face.

“It’s still not enough just like this.”

Shen Yuan gently shook his head, his deep gaze reflected the scene within the grotto heavens of River Ji Dragon Palace.

Stripping the River Ji Dragon Sovereign of his authority caused the foundations of River Ji Dragon Palace’s grotto heavens to shake, hence revealing a small crack.

It was this crack that allowed Shen Yuan, aided by the Pot’s Heaven Divine Power, to successfully use the River Ji Dragon Seal to glimpse into the grotto heavens of the Dragon Palace.

Ao Yu was preparing to ascend to the throne and start a widespread massacre, imposing a reign of terror on Cang Province and sealing off all information, he even planned to take action against Shen Yuan after the River Ji Dragon Palace descended into the mortal world.

Shen Yuan was not concerned about the latter, the time for the River Ji Dragon Palace to descend into the mortal world was still early. Unless he sacrificed another strong contender to descend into the mortal world, it wouldn’t pose any threat to Shen Yuan in a short amount of time.

However, just to maintain the majesty of the River Ji Dragon Palace, they planned to use the means of massacre to forcefully seal all information, which utterly enraged Shen Yuan.

“The River Ji Dragon Palace has long been high above, detached from the world. It has become completely decadent, presuming the Human Clan’s incense offerings to the palace as their due, completely forgetting that thousands of years ago, the Dragon Tribe had accepted the offerings of the Human Clan in exchange for protecting them.”

“Only by stripping Ao Lang of his River Ji Dragon Sovereign authority, could they temporarily alleviate the impending disaster of the Giant Clam Water God wiping out an entire city.”

“When I leave Cang Province, the new Dragon Sovereign of River Ji Dragon Palace will ascend to the throne, the Aquatic Tribe will still be under the control of the River Ji Dragon Palace.”

“The tyrant Aquatic Tribe that oppress the public will surely make a resurgence and in order to block the news of the River Ji Dragon Sovereign being beheaded, they might instigate an even greater massacre.”

“What use is there for such a Dragon Palace that not only fails to protect the Human Clan, but also brings them suffering and threats?”

Shen Yuan’s gaze hardened; there wasn’t a trace of hesitation left in his heart.

The Heavenly Court Decree in his hand had already disappeared completely with the power of the Dragon Sovereign, but Shen Yuan didn’t retract the seed of his Gods Purging Divine Power.

Atop the Celestial Vault (Heaven), the supreme and illustrious Emperor was still seated on his throne, overlooking the powers of the gods in the world below.

Shen Yuan’s gaze gradually overlapped with the projected gaze of the Emperor, and in a moment, he felt as if he had merged with the veins of Heavenly Incense Offering Divinity Path in the Primal Chaos Realm.

Using God’s Purging Divine Power as a fulcrum, a divine thunder that seemed to create Heaven and Earth echoed between the earth and the sky. In that instant, the Heavenly Incense Offering Divinity Path of all of Cang Province gathered over the projection of the Emperor.

The Lord of Cang Province’s Divine Path was originally the River Ji Dragon Sovereign, but since Shen Yuan had stripped him of his power, the position of Dragon Sovereign was currently vacant and Shen Yuan held the God’s Purging Divine Power and the River Ji Dragon Seal.

With the help of the River Ji Dragon Seal, which was the core treasure of the Divine Path, Shen Yuan had manifested as the Lord of the Divine Path in Cang Province.

This action was fraught with enormous risk. If Shen Yuan wasn’t careful, he could be assimilated by these divine veins, becoming a part of the Primal Chaos Realm’s Incense Offering Divinity Path.

Within the Spiritual Platform, the Earth Fiend Sword Art Seed of Divine Power was guarding the clarity of the spiritual platform, preventing the assimilation brought by the Incense Offering Divinity Path.

The blood within his body surged, and the Rain Calling Divine Ability Seed that was fused within his blood invoked the genuine understanding of the Heavenly General Great Divine Power, shielding Shen Yuan’s physical form.

Still, despite all this, Shen Yuan could distinctly feel a primal instinct deep within his soul constantly urging him to give up his persisting thought and merge with the Divine Path, becoming the supreme deity in control of Primal Chaos Realm’s Incense Offering Divinity Path.

Stabilising the clarity of his Spiritual Platform, Shen Yuan delicately sensed the vast power of the Divine Path. Sitting atop the Celestial Vault (Heaven), the Supreme Emperor finally made his move.

In the eyes that could see all the gods and buddhas in the myriad realms, all the illusions and falsehoods disappeared. What replaced them was an extensive network of water systems that spread across thousands of miles in Cang Province.

Within that field of vision, each point of incense offerings was linked to form a massive pyramid.

And at the very top of the pyramid was naturally the River Ji Dragon Palace that ruled over all waters of the world.

Shen Yuan sneered, his clear voice resonating across the heaven and earth.

A tens of thousands of years ago, the Dragon Tribe and Human Tribe established a covenant where the human tribe offered worship to the Dragon Sovereign via incense, and the Dragon Sovereign ruled the Aquatic Tribe and protected the people residing by the rivers.

During these tens of thousands of years, even as the human dynasties changed and the paths of the dao were severed, the constant worship of the River Ji Dragon Sovereign took place continuously amongst the Four Waterways. The faith spreading incense offering permeated the entire realm.”

After tens of thousands of years, some in the Dragon Tribe have already forgotten the contract of the past, casting aside their responsibilities.

The River Ji Dragon Sovereign arbitrarily and recklessly allowed the Aquatic Tribe to oppress the human clan, even contemplating genocide. His Dragon Sovereign authority had been severed by me.”

However, the River Ji Dragon Palace is not resigned to it, eager to maintain its authority. They wished to carry out a massacre to intimidate the people and to suppress the act of destroying the authority of the Dragon Sovereign.”

It all boils down to the fact that they knew that Dragon Sovereign’s authority, even if it changes hands, would ultimately land back in the hands of the River Ji Dragon Palace. This gives them an unassailable confidence.”

Today, I will use the Emperor’s Decree to transform the heavens and the earth, to reshape this rule!”

As his words fell, Shen Yuan tossed the River Ji Dragon Seal in his hand into the sky. A beam of white light emerged in the clear sky and the Darkness-Light Sword struck heavily upon the River Ji Dragon Seal.

Shen Yuan removed all the defenses of the River Ji Dragon Seal, allowing the rusty, mottled immortal sword to completely shatter the ancient seal symbolizing the core of River Ji Divinity Path.

From above the sky, a significant amount of power derived from incense offerings, Divine Right were transformed into streaks of divine lights that showered upon the world, returning the River Ji Divinity Path to the creatures of heaven and earth!

Watching all this, the projection of the Supreme Emperor formed by the source of the Incense Offering Divinity Path slowly began to speak.

Accompanied by the echoing chime of ancient bells from across the layers of time and space, fragments of rules and grand ways resonated in the realm, with myriad ancient local deities that have never shown themselves in this world all kneeled and bowed towards the direction of the Emperor.”

In the world, only one god can be heard.

“All beings living near River Ji can assume the position of River Ji Dragon Sovereign!”

As the magnificent proclamation of the Emperor fell, the runic script bearing the true source of the divinity path embedded itself deeply within the Incense Offering Divinity Path vein of the Primal Chaos Realm.

This is a decree from the Supreme Emperor source of the Incense Offering Divinity Path, akin to divinity rules that endure through eternity, something no creature can contradict.

The Primal Chaos Realm shook!

Above River Ji, Shen Yuan watched the River Ji Dragon Seal return to the heaven and earth, a look of regret flashed in his eyes. The projection of the Supreme Emperor in the sky also quietly disappeared as it loses the backing of the River Ji Dragon Seal.

To completely sever the threat posed by the River Ji Dragon Palace, Shen Yuan did not hesitate to destroy the divine treasure that was the River Ji Dragon Seal. The likelihood of him obtaining such a divine treasure again in the future was almost non-existent.

However, Shen Yuan did not regret this. If he were to do this all over again, he would undoubtedly make the same choice.

“After all…”

Just as Shen Yuan was in the midst of his thoughts, a familiar pop-up screen suddenly appeared before his eyes.

System: The host has overwhelmingly reached the peak through numerous trials and tribulations. He acted on behalf of the heavens to enforce punishment and no one in the Heavenly Court, including the Jade Emperor and the Four Great Emperors, disagreed with his actions!

Congratulations to the host for single-handedly bestowing the River Ji Dragon Sovereign, the overlord of the Aquatic Tribes, and completing anachievement: God of Gods.

Rewarding with Heavenly General Great Divine Power: Nine Breaths Qi Absorption!