Just a few hours after Xia Yunqiu finished her negotiations with the underworld, news of the Fang Cun Secret Realm spread quickly throughout the imperial capital.
The reason for this situation may be that the ministers deliberately leaked the secret in order to retaliate against the ghosts and gods in the underworld, or someone wanted to muddy the waters to gain greater benefits.
But no matter what the situation is, it is impossible to stop the spread of the news.
Aristocratic families, businessmen, independent practitioners, and almost all well-informed practitioners learned within just a few hours that there was a small secret realm that was about to be opened in the imperial capital.
With the spread of the Fang Cun Secret Realm, the entire process of Xia Yunqiu's negotiation with the underworld also spread throughout the imperial capital.
Many people described in vivid detail what happened in the underworld mansion, and their words were so sincere that it seemed as if they had experienced the whole thing personally.
For the vast majority of low-level practitioners and ordinary people, the existence of the Fang Cun Secret Realm has little to do with them. Instead, Xia Yunqiu's negotiations with the ghosts and gods in the underworld are more eye-catching.
It has become a consensus among the vast majority of people that Xia Yunqiu turned the tide and safeguarded the interests of Daxia, and more and more people are beginning to recognize the newly-conferred Princess Tianxing.
On the other hand, Emperor Xia, who had not shown up during the entire negotiation, had more complicated opinions among the spectators.
Some people think that Emperor Xia was enduring humiliation and playing a big game with the underworld.
But more people believe that the promise made by Emperor Xia to the underworld was a complete loss of power and humiliation to the country. If Xia Yunqiu had not turned the tide and donated the Fangcun Secret Realm to settle the underworld, one-third of the incense and magic realm would have laid the hidden danger of collapse for the Great Xia Dynasty.
Some radicals even claimed that Emperor Xia was not worthy of sitting in that position.
If it were an ordinary time, with such a large-scale discussion about Emperor Xia, the imperial court would have taken action long ago.
But now all the energy of the Great Xia court is focused on the Fangcun Secret Realm. In order to leak the secret, the two gods of the Six Heavens of Luofeng took the initiative to break into the palace and ask Emperor Xia for an explanation.
After learning of the existence of the Fang Cun Secret Realm, many blessed places outside the imperial capital also showed an eager attitude to try it out, prompting Emperor Xia to mobilize the strong men of Da Xia to monitor the sect headquarters outside the imperial capital at all times.
Compared with these troubles that were enough to shake Great Xia, the discussions of the lower classes about Emperor Xia were simply a trivial matter.
Even the imperial envoys and censors who were responsible for supervising public speech intentionally or unintentionally ignored these things.
The Imperial Physician, one of the Three Dukes, was a participant in the meeting at the Underworld Palace. After the meeting, the Imperial Physician took the initiative to enter the palace and angrily rebuked Emperor Xia because of the promise he made to the Underworld, saying that he had shaken the foundation of the country.
Emperor Xia was furious and forcibly dismissed the Chief Censor. All the imperial envoys and remonstrators were subordinates of the Chief Censor. They were dissatisfied with Emperor Xia's actions and naturally did not want to be involved at this time and help Emperor Xia suppress public opinion.
In this way, the rumors about the Emperor Xia's immorality, loss of sovereignty and humiliation of the country gradually spread from the imperial capital to the whole of Daxia at an extraordinary speed.
However, compared to the many ordinary people and low-level cultivators who are just watching the show, the focus of Daxia’s top leaders and the blessed lands is obviously different.
Time passed, and three full days had passed since the meeting in the underworld.
Three days ago, the news about the Fang Cun Secret Realm was leaked, and various sects used communication methods to transmit the news back to the blessed land.
In the next three days, powerful people from the blessed land began to gather in the imperial capital.
Even from the underworld, another group of ghosts and gods stepped into the land of Jingzhou and came to support the Suzaku and Baihu in the imperial capital.
The number of unfamiliar faces in the imperial capital's market increased rapidly, and many powerful sect leaders no longer cared about the imperial capital's formation. They left the sect's headquarters outside the imperial capital and stepped into the imperial capital.
The number of Qi training practitioners in the market town is several times more than before. Even the rarely seen great cultivators in the Spiritual Transformation stage are gradually showing their presence. The entire imperial capital has undergone earth-shaking changes.
Faced with the rapidly increasing number of monks from various sects in the imperial capital, the powerful and influential people proposed to wait until the solar eclipse appeared in the Fangcun Secret Realm and then activate the imperial capital formation to capture all the monks from all sects in one fell swoop.
This statement was supported by many powerful officials, but some people believed that this move would not harm the sect's foundation in the blessed land, but would instead completely anger the sect.
Once the rules of heaven and earth are gradually restored, more powerful people from the sects will retaliate against Daxia without any bottom line, which will inevitably lead to mutual losses.
Precisely because of such concerns, the Great Xia court could only turn a blind eye to the gathering of monks from various sects.
While the outside world was in turmoil, the Langhuan Garden in the Xue Mansion was unusually calm.
Shen Yuan was still sitting in front of the stone table. The micro black hole of Tianyuan was quietly disturbing the space, constantly capturing the rhythm of this world, as if he wanted to completely integrate into this world.
He has been sitting here for three days.
Since the news of the Fangcun Secret Realm spread three days ago, Shen Yuan has been accumulating strength to prepare to open the secret realm three days later.
Shen Yuan had already planned to use Xia Yunqiu's acting with the underworld ghosts and gods to invite all forces from Daxia to join the Fangcun Secret Realm.
No one would have thought that the so-called incense beliefs and the position of City God were just a cover, and the real purpose of Yinsi and Xia Yunqiu was just to spread the secret realm of Fang Cun.
Even shaking the foundation of Emperor Xia's reputation and helping Xia Yunqiu control more of humanity's destiny were just some small incidental tricks.
With the help of the alliance between the underworld and Daxia, the reputation of Fangcun Secret Realm has spread throughout the world. The Daxia court, the paradise of caves and even the monsters in the monster realm and the water creatures in the four rivers have all seen some unusual movements.
In the past three days alone, Shen Yuan's Yang Shen has sensed that more than five soul-refining masters who used unknown means to suppress their cultivation have entered the imperial capital.
And this was just what Shen Yuan sensed. Many more soul-refining masters from large sects had secret methods to protect themselves, and simple Yang Shen perception was simply unable to detect their existence.
Even with just this group of cultivators appearing now, it would be enough for Shen Yuan to reach the most basic requirements of the secret realm trial.
It can be said that Shen Yuan has completed most of this side quest.
"But I'm not expecting just the minimum completion of the task!"
Consciousness gradually returned to his body. Shen Yuan, who had been sitting in meditation for three days, slowly raised his head and looked up at the sky.
The morning sun that has illuminated the Xuanhuang Realm for countless years is still hanging high in the sky, and infinite light and heat are shining on the earth across the boundless starry sky.
“It’s time.”
Shen Yuan slowly stood up from the stone table, his aura quietly changing with his movements.
The magical power to exorcise gods was in operation, and the majesty of the Shinto edict enveloped the entire Langhuan Garden. At the same time, the incomplete status of the Emperor of Fengdu was quietly aroused.
The white robe on Shen Yuan's body was shrouded in rich Shinto power, transforming into a golden-red robe that was different from the Fengdu Emperor's robe.
The robe is woven with the pattern of the Great Sun Golden Crow. The Golden Crow, with its spiritual essence flowing through it, wants to break free from the shackles of the divine robe and come down to the world.
There is a crown of glazed beads on his head, and the light of the stars in the sky is deposited on each of the beads. The golden gem on the top of the crown seems to be carved by the sun, and its power illuminates all realms.
As early as several months ago, Shen Yuan was able to mobilize the power of the Sun Star with his magical power to drive gods, and with the origin of Shintoism, he was able to disguise himself as Emperor Donghua.
After Shen Yuan took control of the incomplete status of the Emperor of Fengdu, with the blessing of the status of the Emperor of Shinto, Shen Yuan further developed the divine power of the Emperor of Donghua to the extreme.
Emperor Donghua Shaoyang has fallen thousands of years ago, and there is no Emperor Donghua anymore in this world. Only Shen Yuan, who carries the supernatural power to drive away gods and the status of the Emperor of Shinto, is the person who is closest to Emperor Donghua in this world.
Even if the gods from heaven came down to earth, upon seeing Shen Yuan at this moment, they would only think that it was Emperor Donghua who was reborn.
The source of incense and Shintoism circulated around Shen Yuan, and all Shinto brilliance and visions were gathered in Langhuan Garden. With his left hand behind his back, Shen Yuan looked directly at the blazing sun in the sky and slowly raised his right hand.
With five fingers spread out, Shen Yuan's palm was clenched forward, as if he wanted to grab the sun far above the sky.
"Sun Star, hide!"
As the magnificent decree carrying the majesty of the Emperor of Shinto fell, in the boundless starry sky far above the heavens, the almost shattered sun star trembled slightly.
The brilliance that had illuminated all realms for countless years paused slightly, and the shadow of the sun star projected towards the Xuanhuang Realm was briefly suppressed by an invisible giant hand.
If one uses cultivation and supernatural powers to forcibly suppress the projection of the Sun Star descending upon the various realms, it will involve the Sun Avenue of the Heavens, which will be difficult to do even for an Immortal Golden Immortal.
But in this world, Emperor Donghua Shaoyang has passed away and the Sun Star has no owner. In addition, Shen Yuan used the authority of the supernatural power to command the Sun Star and achieved his goal in a tricky way.
As the light of the Sun Star suddenly froze, everyone in the Xuanhuang Realm could see an extremely terrifying scene.
The sun that had been hanging high in the Xuanhuang Realm for countless years gradually dimmed, as if it was covered by a huge hand. After just a few breaths, only a golden ring remained.
The whole world suddenly fell into darkness, the true fire of the sun disappeared, and the cold air of the moon rose above the earth, as if the whole world was plunged into a deathly silence.
In the imperial capital, the solar eclipse caused everyone to fall into a brief silence.
And a moment later, the sound of exclamations of disbelief almost resounded throughout the imperial capital.
"The rumors are true, there really is a solar eclipse!"
"Princess Tianxing didn't lie!"
"The observatory is always monitoring the sky and has confirmed that there will be no solar eclipses within the next ten years. Today's solar eclipse is unusual."
"Since the solar eclipse is real, then the things in the Fang Cun Secret Realm involving Emperor Donghua, Emperor Fengdu, and a certain Taoist Celestial Lord must also be true!"
As imperial orders came out from the palace, beacon platforms were lit up, and the imperial capital formation left over from generations of human dynasties slowly opened.
The Imperial Capital Formation is not an ordinary formation. It is built on the foundation of the dynasty's fortune and humanity's fortune, and is not affected by the imperfections in the rules of heaven and earth.
As the formation was activated, teams of soldiers wearing rune armor marched through the streets, and the entire imperial capital fell into a state of martial law.
Apart from the Imperial City which was guarded by the Imperial Guards, the most heavily guarded area was the Imperial City Market.
A full 30,000-strong army wearing rune armor was guarding outside the imperial capital's market town, and nearly half of them were elite soldiers who had entered the realm of refining essence.
With so many soldiers forming a battle formation, the imperial capital's great force formation is enough to suppress all the strong men in the imperial capital's markets.
The dim imperial city market was still brightly lit, and many practitioners gathered in the attics that symbolized the various blessed places.
Everyone looked at the sun, which was now only a halo left in the sky, with unprecedented caution in their eyes.
Inside the treasure pavilion of Danshan Chishuitian, an old man without any aura around him, like a dead tree, turned his cloudy eyes and slowly spoke:
“This solar eclipse does not affect the area surrounding the imperial capital, but the entire Xuanhuang Realm is shrouded in a solar eclipse.
This is enough to prove that the power behind the Fang Cun Secret Realm is far beyond our understanding, and what Princess Tianxing said is not false. "
"The Emperor of Shinto and the Heavenly Lord of Dao, with so many high-ranking beings involved, who is the one behind this secret realm?"
As he spoke, a hint of awe finally rose in the old man's cloudy eyes.
As the old man was about to attack, a young man in the early stage of the Spiritualization bowed and said:
“The Emperor of Xia obviously also realized this. The high-level officials of Da Xia had already reached a consensus with the underworld. They used the imperial capital formation and elite troops to block the imperial capital market, and only allowed people from Da Xia and ghosts and gods from the underworld to enter the Fang Cun secret realm.
The Imperial Capital's great formation combined with 30,000 rune-armored soldiers, even if Elder Gu took action, there would be great risks."
Elder Gu smiled coldly and looked dimly at the other sects’ treasure pavilions in the market town.
"The Fang Cun Secret Realm involves a lot of things. I have come to Danshan and Chishuitian in person, so how could other blessed places not be prepared?
If the Great Immortal was unable to survive the three thousand years of drought, I would have no doubt that a Great Immortal had descended here."
As soon as these words were spoken, the young man in the early stage of transformation looked delighted.
And at this moment, all the practitioners above the level of Divine Transformation suddenly looked up at the solar eclipse in the sky.
As powerful beings close to the upper limit of this world, they could all feel that after the light of the sun was swallowed up by the solar eclipse, it seemed that something replaced the sun that once hung high in the sky.
In the darkness that swallowed up all the light, it seemed as if a huge black sun was slowly being conceived, like the first world to be created, interpreting the infinite mysteries of Taoism.
"The secret realm of Fang Cun is opened!"
Along with a cry of surprise, a beam of light suddenly flew into the sky from the imperial capital's market.
Outside the imperial city market, the silver-armored general saw this and shouted sternly while holding the seal:
"No-fly zone!"
The invisible formation pattern combined with the destiny of humanity suppressed the escaping light. Thirty thousand soldiers in rune armor held weapons in their hands, and the murderous aura of the military strategists rose into the sky.
"Get out of here!"
It was as if rolling thunder resounded across the earth, and between heaven and earth a golden body like the scorching sun appeared, and a giant red-gold hand clenched its fist and smashed towards the converging array patterns.
It was as if the power of the sky was falling, and the great formation formed by 30,000 soldiers suddenly trembled. The entire imperial capital was like a dragon turning over, and the colliding power of the Yang God tore the earth apart in an instant.
Disaster clouds began to gather above the sky of the imperial capital, and the Yang God manifested his full strength and had already exceeded the boundaries of this world. Once he showed up, he would be punished by heaven.
His own strength was not enough to shake the imperial capital formation. The Soul Refining Master who took action was not afraid at all and spoke loudly:
"Are you going to sit back and watch Daxia and the underworld monopolize the secret realm?"
As soon as he finished speaking, rays of light rose into the sky, revealing the image of the Yang God. Several soul-refining masters attacked with all their strength at this moment, as if the Nine Suns had forcibly torn apart the imperial capital's great formation that covered the imperial capital's market place.
"Cultivators from the blessed land, how dare you?"
The Silver-Armored General was furious, but the Soul Refining Master who had made the move ignored him and turned into a stream of light and rose into the sky.
As the rays of light encountered the black sun and overlapped with it, all of them seemed to be swallowed up by the sun that was like a black hole.
The secret realm of Fang Cun is open!
A moment later, the sky above the imperial capital was filled with flowing lights!