"Cao Ya Tianzun is not very old, yet he is already the strongest Tianzun... Kaihuang, Xiao Tianzun, Hao Tianzun, Tiangong, Tubo, etc., should all be inferior to Cao Ya Tianzun!"
"Although I haven't been to the Primordial Era or the Dragon-Han Era, I think the Supreme Emperor and the Ancient God Emperor at their peak must have been at this level!"
"Cao Tianzun, how did he cultivate?"
Yan Yunxi was both confused and curious.
Based on the current situation and her reflections after watching the battle of the Heavenly Venerables, she believes that none of the Heavenly Venerables are as good as Cao Ya.
Even her own superior, the leader Kaihuang, was inferior to Cao Ya in Yan Yunxi's eyes.
Originally, Yan Yunxi believed that Kaihuang was on par with Haotianzun and others, and slightly ahead of Caoyatianzun, Hongtianzun, Huotianzun, and others.
Now, Yan Yunxi has changed the order.
Everyone else remained the same, but Cao Ya was far ahead of everyone else, surpassing all the Celestial Venerables!
You must know that with so many Celestial Venerables joining forces, anyone else would definitely be no match!
Even the Tai Emperor and the Ancient God Emperor at their peak might have been able to stop them!
But those two people had cultivated for countless billions of years; their existence was measured in billions of years.
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Moreover, the Supreme Emperor received sacrifices from the Creator and borrowed external power; the Ancient God Heavenly Emperor was a being born from the Primordial Dao, and his innate origins were the most extraordinary.
Cao Yatianzun is merely a human being, yet he is able to stand shoulder to shoulder with them...
Furthermore, from the perspective of Taoist principles, Cao Ya is even more superior!
Of course, in terms of divine consciousness or physical body, the Supreme Emperor and the Ancient God Emperor are still the strongest.
Yan Yunxi suddenly smiled. Although she was dressed as a man, she was still elegant and refined, extremely beautiful, which made many people in the Heavenly Court infatuated with her, their thoughts racing, and they admired her endlessly.
"Splash~~"
Yan Yunxi waved his hand, and with a sweep of his divine power, he wiped out that group.
"How could humans be inferior to ancient gods and demigods? Cao Tianzun, Kaihuang, Yue Tianzun, You Tianzun, Ling Tianzun, Yun Tianzun, and the others have all proven that the human race can give birth to supreme beings!"
"Even like Cao Tianzun, surpassing everything! Standing at the very peak!"
"Humans and other acquired races are never inferior to ancient gods or demigods in any way!"
"Countless facts have proven this point!"
"The rise of Cao Tianzun was the last straw that broke the camel's back. He is the strongest being in the universe and a human being born after death."
The mist and clouds seemed to smile, and the oppressive feeling from before instantly dissipated, leaving my mind at ease, as if I could see the sun and moon.
With Cao Tianzun, currently the number one expert in the universe, forces such as Yankang, Wuyouxiang, and the Creator have gained another super trump card, making them more confident in their fight against the Heavenly Court.
The situation began to improve.
Zixi, the Celestial Master under the Kaihuang Emperor's command, was naturally delighted, her smile radiant and captivating.
Many people are both obsessed and afraid, worrying about their sexual orientation, feeling anxious and insecure, and scratching their heads in frustration.
"Slay!!" Yan Yunxi shouted, continuing to engage in battle and attack the gods of the Heavenly Court.
If we kill a few more today, tomorrow when the alliance of forces such as Wuyouxiang, Yankang, the Creator, and Youdu goes to war with the Heavenly Court, we will lose fewer cultivators from our own camp. Our experts will also be able to protect more areas, safeguard the common people and ordinary cultivators, and strike at the Heavenly Court!
Yan Yunxi naturally held nothing back, going all out and unleashing a bloodbath.
Of course, she was also careful not to attract the emperor's attention.
Yan Yunxi is exceptionally talented, but she is too distracted by her studies in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. This has diverted her energy, and she remains at the Lingxiao level, unable to ascend to the throne.
If she had focused on one skill, with Yan Yunxi's talent, she would have been an expert at the Emperor's Throne long ago.
Unlike her, Emperor Yiyue and Martial Arts Master under the Kaihuang Emperor were emperors, generals who could stand alone in their respective regions!
Of course, tens of thousands of years ago, the Heavenly Court waged war against the Kaihuang Dynasty and used various schemes to dismantle the Kaihuang Dynasty. Emperor Yiyue, Emperor Shitianwang Buddha, and others, to put it bluntly, were all dragging the army down, and they were all gone before the war even started.
Emperor Kaihuang ordered his men to forge the Land of No Worries, and led many people away from the Yuan Realm to the Great Void. Taking advantage of the treacherous terrain, they avoided the Heavenly Court's army and survived in the Land of No Worries, enduring hardship and barely clinging to life. Upon reflection, this action was truly a desperate measure.
With the Heavenly Court being so powerful and holding an absolute advantage, it still resorts to all sorts of conspiracies and tricks. Who can withstand that?
Moreover, Kaihuang was not a scheming person to begin with.
Furthermore, when it comes to scheming, with so many powerful figures in Heaven, how could they possibly win?
Too difficult! Too difficult!
Their eventual defeat and escape were therefore understandable.
It only caused more suffering to many people—after all, the area of the Land of No Worries is not infinite, and the number of living beings it can support is limited—those who died in the disaster, and the few survivors, were also displaced and in dire straits.
At that time, a prince named Qin Wu from the Kaihuang era survived the great calamity. However, due to his fear of the supernatural powers of the Black Emperor of the Northern Heaven, his Daoist heart collapsed, and he became a deserter.
Witnessing the disaster, Qin Wu was filled with fear, self-blame, and guilt. In despair, he was about to commit suicide when he encountered a group of refugees. He couldn't bear to leave them and took them in. Because he was the strongest, he temporarily acted as their leader, leading the refugees through the dangerous Yuan Realm, avoiding various dark forces, and finding a land where they could live and thrive. He preserved the seeds for future generations, and thus, Prince Qin Wu was revered as the Human Emperor by later generations!
Su Muzhe, the village chief of the Remnant Village, is a descendant of the Human Emperor.
Tens of thousands of years later, those refugees gradually grew in number, which is today's Yankang.
Because Qin Wu, the Human Emperor, had once been a deserter, he felt unworthy of the title and, after the stability of Yankang, passed the position of Human Emperor to his second ancestor.
The lineage of the Human Emperor was not the rulers, nor did they continue to serve as leaders and govern Yankang; they were also not skilled in this area.
Many of them are exceptionally talented geniuses who focus on cultivation, develop great strength, and protect Yankang, playing the role of protectors.
From then on, Qin Wu's identity was no longer that of a prince of the Kaihuang Dynasty, but the ancestor of Yankang and the first emperor!
For Yan Kang Wan Ling, Kaihuang was merely a leader from an ancient era, an extremely powerful figure, and someone to be feared.
Emperor Wu of Qin deserves more respect!
Unchanging through the ages!
Cao Ya also held the same respect for the emperors of past dynasties, including Qin Wu and the village chief Su Muzhe, but he did not show any respect for the Kaihuang Emperor, as well as his subordinates such as Zi Xi Tian Shi Yan Yun Xi, Wu Dou Tian Shi, Di Yi Yue, and Di Shi Tian Wang Fo.
The survival of Yankang was essentially unrelated to them.
It was through the struggle of practitioners throughout history!
We are not afraid to sacrifice!
Kaihuang and others disappeared for tens of thousands of years, and have only recently reappeared.
However, Yan Kang lacked the strength to rebel against the Heavenly Court and had to form alliances and win over various parties. Therefore, Kaihuang and others from Wuyou Township became allies.
Even the Heavenly Emperor, the Earth God, and the Four Ancient Gods—who should have been enemies—normally, even if not enemies, would never have been allies! Ancient gods and post-natal beings harbored a deep-seated blood feud in that ancient era! The Heavenly Emperor and the Earth God, being born of the Dao and upholding the Xuandu Heavenly Dao and the Youdu Great Dao, were impartial and treated all beings equally, which was acceptable. However, under pressure from the Heavenly Court, they were forced to unite and join forces to fight the enemy.
If the lips are gone, the teeth will be cold; we must help and support each other.
Only Qin Mu, being a descendant of the Kai Emperor and connected by blood, had a different perspective.
Cao Ya, however, didn't care much.
They only value the strength of the Kaihuang clan!
If there is a common and formidable enemy, then form an alliance.
That's all.
When forming alliances, one must set aside personal likes and dislikes for the sake of Yan Kang.
"Boom..."
Within Xuandu, various gods waged war. The Jade Capital, the Heavenly Palace, and the Imperial Throne clashed fiercely, unleashing a deluge of magical spells that destroyed mountains and rivers, extinguished great seas and oceans, and shattered many of the surrounding stars, including the sun, moon, planets, and meteors.
Yan Yunxi, Village Chief Su Muzhe, Si Youyou, the Pharmacist, the Cripple, the Deaf Man, and Qin Mu, along with the other five, each used their supernatural powers to traverse various places, their divine light surging as they attacked the Heavenly Court soldiers and fought desperately to kill the enemy.
Besides them, all the emperors of Yankang throughout history also appeared.
Of course, there were also many people, such as Emperor Yiyue, Emperor Shitianwang Buddha, as well as Yankang National Preceptor Jiang Baigui, First Ancestor Human Emperor Qin Wu, etc., who did not come to Xuandu.
After all, Wuyou Township and Yankang also need to be guarded against a surprise attack from the Heavenly Court. They might save Xuandu but end up sacrificing their own stronghold.
For example, the Creator, though an ally, was too few in number, so only the God-King Langwan was dispatched to intercept the Heavenly Venerable.
This is understandable.
In fact, one Langwan God-King is enough.
Qin Mu, the Butcher, Yan Yunxi, Village Chief Su Muzhe, Si Youyou, and others flashed through the Xuandu world, unleashing their supernatural powers and profound magic, achieving considerable success.
Especially Qin Mu and his group!
The five of them joined forces, their swordsmanship was so powerful that it surpassed even the Four Ancient Gods and Emperors, only slightly inferior to the Heavenly Venerable. Even though the Heavenly Court's Emperor-level military commanders led large armies and their strength was greatly enhanced by formations, allowing them to kill a single Emperor of the same realm, they were still exhausted when facing Qin Mu and his group. They had few means to resist and instead killed many of them with their sharp swords, leaving corpses strewn across the field and divine blood flowing.
"Ah!!!" The Imperial Throne General roared repeatedly, but in his heart, he was truly helpless.
"Gather together! Move closer to each other!" Suddenly, a powerful imperial voice rang out, startling the various military commanders.
Immediately, the armies from all sides, under the command of the emperor, moved closer together, helping each other and no longer separating too far apart, in order to solve the problem of being defeated one by one.
"The Heavenly Court has capable people too," Qin Mu praised.
It is no easy feat to maintain such a large number of troops of all kinds without them conflicting with each other.
Not to mention they're still joining forces to fight the enemy!
Thinking about it, Qin Mu felt a pang of regret. If only he could command tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands or millions of powerful soldiers—these Heavenly Court soldiers, even the weakest among them, were gods! Dominating all realms and reaping the rewards of the universe, the Heavenly Court's foundation was truly unfathomable, and not just because of its eleven Heavenly Venerables! Qin Mu was confident that with his abilities, he could command them with ease, the more the better, mobilizing every single soldier to meet formidable enemies!
Because he was not a supernatural being, he had traveled through time many times. By a twist of fate, Qin Mu had this experience and defeated the Heavenly Master who led the Heavenly Court.
In fact, his friend Long Qilin was also an expert in this field and could stand alone.
However, for some reason, Long Qilin was not in Yankang.
Previously, shortly after the ancestral court was opened, the reverse realm, which had been sealed for many tens of thousands of years, was also opened by chance, becoming the Beast Realm.
The ruler of the beast realm is Long Xiao, who was the mount of Bo Yang, the first of the three kings, in ancient times.
Long Xiao is very strong, almost reaching the level of a Celestial Venerable, but he is slightly weaker than the various Celestial Venerables in the universe. However, he is definitely not as strong as the Four Ancient Gods Emperors, the Four Color Emperors, etc.
Because of the countless giant beasts in the beast realm, whose strength was formidable, and combined with Long Xiao's own strength, Long Xiao became the new Celestial Venerable.
Long Xiaotianzun took the dragon-qilin from the ancestral court to the beast realm, adopted it as his son, and did not release it back into the wild.
The dragon and the Qilin are now the crown prince of the beast realm.
Due to the control of the Dragon-Slaying Celestial Venerable, it was impossible for him to return to Yankang, so he could only wait for an opportunity.
It had been a long time since Qin Mu had seen Long Qilin, and he missed him a little. In the past, the two of them had traveled through the heavens together and left behind a great reputation!
Moreover, at many crucial moments, the presence of the dragon and the qilin can remind Qin Mu to keep his mind clear and not be tempted.
Without his friend's vigilance, Qin Mu often had to reflect on his own actions.
"Heavenly Lord Mu, don't boost others' morale while diminishing your own," Zhe Huali said in a muffled voice.
"Brother Zhe, you don't understand," Qin Mu chuckled and shook his head.
Zhe Huali's face darkened, and he said disdainfully, "Hey, of course I'm not as good as Mu Tianzun. Every time I go back to Yankang, I have to sponge off my parents!"
Qin Mu blushed and muttered something like, "Learning from the older generation, how can that be called sponging off one's parents?"
"Mu'er, what Zhehua Li said is indeed true. Except for Cao Ya, you've devoured all the old bones in our Remnant Village. There's nothing new to teach us." The butcher sighed. Qin Mu's speed in absorbing knowledge was truly astonishing, leaving everyone speechless and scratching their heads in worry.
The elders of the Remnant Village, excluding Cao Ya, had truly had their knowledge reserves depleted. After diligently cultivating, they finally gained some new insights, which Qin Mu learned again in just a few days after returning.
Zhehua Li raised an eyebrow.
“Grandpa Butcher, I’m just reminiscing! Just like when I was a kid, I wanted to learn from you all…” Qin Mu argued, then muttered under his breath, “Besides, I’m putting pressure on you Grandpa Butchers so you won’t become complacent and fall behind…”
Seeing the butcher's unfriendly gaze, Qin Mu awkwardly shut his mouth.
After a few seconds, he couldn't help but add, "Grandpa Cao Ya, I've been studying this for years, but I still haven't finished it. There are so many new things that I haven't learned yet."
In an instant, the butcher's face turned as black as charcoal.
Tian Shu laughed heartily.
Luo Wushuang shook her head, a sigh escaping her lips.
He had traveled with Qin Mu and knew that Mu Tianzun was in a dangerous situation.
As one of the Nine Venerables of the Dragon Han Dynasty, Qin Mu held a prestigious position and could mingle in the Heavenly Court to seek benefits for Yan Kang. However, his strength was not great enough, and he was not a Heavenly Venerable. Such a risky move was extremely dangerous for Venerable Mu. If he was not careful, he would be destroyed.
There is no second "Eternal Mage" who can revive Qin Mu.
Despite Qin Mu's carefree personality, he actually carries a tremendous amount of pressure.
Therefore, he didn't have much time to comprehend the Tao and create secret methods on his own, and had to learn from others.
Fortunately, Qin Mu possessed exceptional comprehension, enabling him to reach very high levels in many areas.
Without all the intrigue and scheming with the Heavenly Court, if Qin Mu had focused solely on his cultivation, he might already be a true Heavenly Venerable, and he wouldn't need to rely on his parents; he would have his own path.
It must be said that Qin Mu sacrificed a lot for Yankang.
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