The Four Sides had always been steady and stable, always remaining aloof from worldly affairs while the Nine Temples had always held the Twelve Palaces in check. The individual palaces among the Twelve Palaces had since been consolidating their strength to prepare themselves to suppress the Nine Temples in retaliation as after the Dark Region went into reclusion, the only ones that would vie for the reigning position were only the Twelve Palaces and the Nine Temples. The Four Sides had always remained low profile in their actions and they never got themselves involved in any conflict.
The Palace of Flame Demons had wanted to win themselves a big advantage this time round but Jun Wu Xie had suddenly appeared to completely disrupt their grand plan.
The black clothed man had truthfully revealed everything that he knew and when Jun Wu Xie had sent him on his way to meet his maker, his eyes had actually showed relief that was tinged with a sense of liberation.
“Looks like the Middle Realm might have become rather tumultuous as well.” Ye Mei said rather ruefully. Having not gone back for so long, he didn’t really know what the Middle Realm had changed into.
“Isn’t this a good opportunity for us now?” Jun Wu Xie asked with an eyebrow slightly lifted, a cold glint shining within her eyes. She had initially wanted to become strong in order to protect the people she cared about. Now that she possessed the power, placed before her eyes at that moment was not just her own safety alone.
As the Twelve Palaces were seeking to seize the reign of the Middle Realm, they would definitely drag the Lower Realm into their schemes. The Lower Realm currently did not possess sufficient power to go against the Middle Realm and though Jun Wu Xie did not want to immerse herself into these muddied waters, her family however existed here within the Lower Realm. After witnessing the Middle Realm treating people here in the Lower Realm as mere pawns, she felt that she could not tolerate it any longer.
“Since the Middle Realm seems to be in the midst of undergoing a major reshuffling, why don’t they….. count us, the Lower Realm, in as well.” Jun Wu Xie said with the corners of her mouth curled up in a sinister looking smile.
Jun Wu Yao arched up an eyebrow and turned to look at Jun Wu Xie. “What are you thinking of doing?”
Jun Wu Xie relied: “Nothing much. Just to make them not continue to see people in the Lower Realm as mere ants that they can exterminate at will, that’s all.”
Volume 15
Chapter 1466: “The Rise of the Lower Realm (2)”
The scheme the Palace of Flame Demons were carrying out, was crushed by Jun Wu Xie. Everything within the Clear Breeze City returned to normal. The City Lord was picked up and brought before Jun Wu Xie who gave him an unforgettable and sobering education where he swore to carry out his responsibilities dutifully, and even coughing out all the riches he had gobbled up previously to provide aid to the refugees. The restriction of allowing only three hundred refugees into the city daily was also lifted and huge batches of refugees surged into the city.
As the refugees in the city’s north were all still feeling highly grateful to Jun Wu Xie’s great benevolence and kindness, all of them were not aware that their benefactor had already stepped upon her journey home.
The Poison Men’s source had collapsed and as the numbers of the Poison Men army would no longer increase, Jun Wu Xie with Jun Wu Yao and his men began immersing themselves into the major battlefields, cleaning out the scourge the Poison Men army was.
All over the Lower Realm, reports of victory were being received. The countries then combined their might to fight against the enemy. With the mastermind controlling them behind the scenes, the Poison Men were like ants who had lost their antennas, completely unable to form themselves up as an effective force. The armies of the various countries rode on their momentum, morale high on successive victories, to completely eradicate the Poison Men from the face of the Lower Realm.
This war, from start to finish, had taken an entire year’s time. It was only until the very last Poison Man had been taken down that everyone was finally able to heave a sigh of relief.
The occurrence of the catastrophe, had shattered the peace the Lower Realm originally enjoyed, and the demarcation of powers between the countries had been stirred up into a chaotic mess.
Many of the countries had suffered very heavy losses where even of the rulers had fallen in the chaotic battles and there were also quite a number of small countries that were wiped out by the Poison Men. The arrival of victory had also brought them to face up to the many wounds the war had left behind.
Originally, the loose scattering of countries that made up the Lower Realm had numbered over a hundred in total. But after having suffered the charge from the Poison Men army, the countries that still remained had not even been half of the original number. Even if their rulers were still present, their country had been changed to be beyond recognition from the fiery war. The Poison Men were created with the living as their foundation, meaning both the Poison Men that died and the soldiers who were killed in the war were all people from the Lower Realm, hence this was a truly great disaster that completely broke the tranquility the Lower Realm had mostly enjoyed for so long.
In regards to the situation, the three country alliance with the Fire Country taking the lead, took the initiative to send out an invite to all the rulers of the individual countries, inviting them all to gather together in the Fire Country’s Imperial Capital.
After having undergone this disastrous catastrophe, all the countries that had been fortunate enough to still remain, almost all of them had received the favour of reinforcements from the three country alliance. The trust they had towards the three country alliance now far exceeded what they had previously given to any other country in the past.
All the rulers in the Lower Realm gathered in the Fire Country’s Imperial Capital and they remained in the city for seven whole days. In those seven days, what the rulers heard and seen, was not made known to anyone else.
The only thing everyone throughout the lands knew, was ever since that seven day meeting ended, the entire face of the Lower Realm changed completely!
After all the rulers returned to their countries, they all announced in the first instance that they were giving up all rights and authourity over their countries, and the individual countries would no longer exist. From that day onwards, there was only one country in the eyes of all of the people in the Lower Realm. The Land of Emergence.
The Lower Realm was combined into one, where there was no longer any division between countries. All the original rulers of the respective countries gave up on the reverence due to their Imperial Crown, to become Elders in the Land of Emergence.
Meanwhile, the identity of the person leading the entire Land of Emergence was highly mysterious. The entire Lower Realm only knew they still had one ruler, but they did not know who that person was.
When the Land of Emergence was born, the people of the Lower Realm received a highly astounding piece of news at the same time. All of them would have the chance to experience the might of the Purple Spirit!
A type of mysterious technique was spread to many places all over the Lower Realm. The secret that was once exclusively known only to the Middle Realm had its mysterious veil uncovered at that moment, to be revealed to everyone in the Lower Realm.
The Lower Realm was quietly changing and all of this was not noticed by the Middle Realm, as the Middle Realm themselves were also welcoming a wave of transformation themselves.
Volume 15
Chapter 1467: “The Rise of the Lower Realm (3)”
Just as the people in the Lower Realm were still learning to get used to all of this, a band of people were instead quietly moseying their way out from what had originally been the Fire Country’s Imperial Capital.
“I’ll say….. Do you really think that it’s nice for you to just dump such a mess here and then slipping away in escape like this?” Qiao Chu asked as he adjusted the cloth bundle upon on his back with a doubtful look upo
n his face before climbing up onto the carriage.
The Lower Realm was torn apart and reassembled to become singularly whole. Jun Wu Xie had used her name as the Emperor of the Fire Country to invite all the rulers to gather together and revealed to them the existence of the Middle Realm, and all that they had done in the Lower Realm in all those years past. The Lower Realm was weak and if they did not unite as one, in future, they would only end up like poultry that the Middle Realm could slaughter at will.
If not for the catastrophic attack by the Poison Men this time, the rulers might not even believe Jun Wu Xie’s words. But after having experienced it themselves, they understood that that was strength that they could never hope to fight against.
Dissolving all existing country boundaries and divisions and leaving behind only the characters that read “Land of Emergence”. The Lower Realm when cohesively aggregated into one, their combined strength would become a force that was not to be underestimated. And Jun Wu Xie had also taught all the rulers the method to temporarily elevate their spirit power levels, obviously seeking to use the quickest way to shorten the disparity in power between the Lower Realm and the Middle Realm.
But…..
Though everything had progressed smoothly, at the end of it all, Jun Wu Xie had suddenly been pushed by the whole bunch of immensely grateful rulers who were almost on the verge of tears to assume the lone throne as the only Emperor, which was completely unforeseen by Jun Wu Xie.
Resulting in…..
Her dragging her whole gang of companions and comrades to quickly take flight to seek safety.
Jun Wu Xie paused a slight moment before she said: “For the Lower Realm to reach the levels the Middle Realm is at, it will require another period of time. And that period of time that they need, will be what we are going to fight to get for them.” Jun Wu Xie had dragged all her little comrades out and was prepared to head straight towards the Middle Realm. From what the Elder from the Palace of Flame Demons had said, the Middle Realm hadn’t been too peaceful recently which would suit their purposes perfectly.
“Why am I feeling that this all sounds just like an excuse?” Qiao Chu asked as he stole a glance at Jun Wu Xie. The hasty way she was carrying this out felt too much like they were just running away.
After Jun Wu Xie climbed onto the horse carriage, she realized that Jun Wu Yao was still standing outside and had not followed her inside. Her eyes immediately filled up with doubt.
Jun Wu Yao smiled at her and said: “You go first. I still have some unfinished business to deal with.”
Although he wished that he could accompany her by her side, he could only choose to temporarily part with her.
Jun Wu Xie stared at Jun Wu Yao, like she wanted to brand that countenance deep into her heart. She finally nodded her head and sat back down in the carriage.
Watching the horse carriages slowly departing, Jun Wu Yao stood with his hands behind his back.
Ye Mei stood behind him. This time Jun Wu Yao sent Ye Sha and Ye Gu to stay by Jun Wu Xie’s side, to ensure her safety.
“Lord Jue.” Ye Mei looked at the side of Jun Wu Yao’s face, and he could faintly feel that Jun Wu Yao’s eyes seemed to be tinged with a faint trace of melancholy.
[Lord Jue actually….. must have wanted to accompany the Young Miss very much…..]
“Ye Mei, Little Xie has only just left. Why do I miss her already?” Jun Wu Yao said as he stared at the horse carriage gradually going further away, the smile on his face slowly fading as a stifling feeling choked up in his chest.
Ye Mei lowered his head, only able to sigh soundlessly.
Jun Wu Yao was silent for a while and he finally averted his gaze away.
It wasn’t that he was not willing to accompany her to the Middle Realm, but if he appeared in the Middle Realm at her side, those people would surely pick up on his trail. If it was just he himself, it would be fine, but he did not want to implicate Jun Wu Xie into that kind of danger.
“It’s is really rather tiresome.” Jun Wu Yao said as he raised his hand, a glint of murder flashing briefly in his eyes.
[Really wish to quickly send those people right into Hell.]
Volume 15
Chapter 1468: “The Middle Realm (1)”
Upon the lush green mountains, clear waters meandered through, and birds sang among fragrant flowers.
A convoy of horse carriages rolled towards a mountain stream, the cars filled with a number of highly exuberant youths.
“I wonder how many more earth shaking prodigies would appear in this year’s Battle of Deities Grand Meet.” A youth said excitedly as he stared at the scenery outside the window, his eyes filled with anticipation.
The Battle of Deities that the Middle Realm held once every ten years had suddenly been brought forward to this year.
The Battle of Deities extended their invitation to everyone below twenty five years of age, open to all youths and young men who were not aligned to any powers to participate. The Battle of Deities Grand Meet held many different types of competitions. From spirit power to ring spirits, medical skills to forging for example, as long as one was able to come out tops, they would gain themselves extremely good prospects to advance their crafts.
The Battle of Deities that was held once every ten years had become a tournament meet that attracted the most attention. Countless people had cracked their brains to come up with ways to squeeze themselves into it, fighting for a chance to show off their abilities, a gamble for greater prospects for their future.
The people throughout the world all knew that the powers of the Middle Realm was mainly divided into One Region, Four Sides, Nine Temples and Twelve Palaces. The kind of power the One Region held in those years past, was something nobody had forgotten. But when the Dark Emperor fell, the One Region had gone into reclusion and no longer involved themselves in the Middle Realm’s worldly affairs. The Four Sides had always maintained a highly neutral stance for the longest time and had never initiated any kind of provocation against anyone, also never allowing anyone to join their ranks as well.
And in the recent few years, the Nine Temples had seemingly not expanded much and were gradually being overtaken by the Twelve Palaces. Having the Battle of Deities Grand Meet brought forward this time had also been the doing of the Twelve Palaces.
Everyone knew it clearly in their hearts that the Twelve Palaces were seeking to use this opportunity to fish for more talented individuals to boost their powers but it was thought that the Nine Temples would definitely not allow them to have it their way so easily.
This year’s seemingly innocuous Battle of Deities Grand Meet was actually filled with hidden dangers but all of that were not things that the youths in that convoy of horse carriages could grasp or understand. They had all come from a little faraway town in the Middle Realm where the townsfolk had pooled together the money to get these few horse carriages to send their youths to the Battle of Deities Grand Meet. The townsfolk did not yearn for the youths to come out tops in the tournament but just thought that letting the youths go there would gain them some knowledge and experience which would be a good enough result for them.
Just as the group of youths who were all getting pink cheeked from the rush of excitement, a small petite figure sat quietly without making a sound in a corner of the carriage car. Her eyes were lowered and she just looked silently at the little cat in her arms, seemingly not paying any attention to the excited chatter around her.
“Meow.” The little black cat purred, looking at Jun Wu Xie as it swished its tail lazily.
[Mistress, between us, Dumb Qiao and the others, who do you think will reach the Battle of Deities Grand Meet first?]
Jun Wu Xie just shook her head silently.
The few of them had arrived in the Middle Realm five days ago. The route that led to the Middle Realm from the Lower Realm had been strange. When they were just at the fringe areas, they had only seen some small villages scattered around. But grab any one of the youths from a
ny of those small villages and one would find that their powers far exceeded any similar aged person one saw in the Lower Realm.
Not long after they had just settled themselves in those small villages, they had then heard the news about the Battle of Deities Grand Meet, which quickly made Jun Wu Xie’s small team of youths split themselves up completely.
With just the powers of the few of them, thinking to obliterate the entire Twelve Palaces would not be that simple a task.
But if they were able to lodge a Soul Purging Nail deep into the Twelve Palaces’ critical meridian, then it would all become easy for them.
Jun Wu Xie and her companions split themselves up six ways, seeking to complete a near impossible task.
The corners of Jun Wu Xie’s mouth curled up into a chilling smile.
The Twelve Palaces had been stirring up so much turmoil in the Lower Realm for so many years. It was high time the wheel of fortune was turned against them now.
Volume 15
Chapter 1469: “The Middle Realm (2)”
The Battle of Deities Grand Meet was to be held at the summit of Mount Fu Yao. The wheels on the horse carriages turned and rumbled the entire way, and when they came to the foot of the mountain, the carriages had to stop there, where its passengers would then have to walk up on foot.
Jun Wu Xie followed the small group of youths and stopped at the foot of the mountain with them, everyone of them carrying bundles of luggage big and small upon their bodies, looking highly conspicuous. It was obvious that these youths here had come from faraway tiny little villages. Their clothes were simple and plain and while they had not seemed out of place before, now that they were here at the foot of Mount Fu Yao, looking at all the other people in the crowd who were of rather similar ages lavishly dressed in smooth silk and fine satin, this group of children suddenly felt a little ill at ease, standing out quite a bit differently.
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