While the battle in the imperial capital's market town was still at a stalemate, civil and military officials had already gathered beneath the great altar in the imperial city.

On the steps of the high altar, a total of 3,650 City God furnaces were fully lit. Wisps of green smoke transformed from incense rose into the sky. The magnificent golden temple became more solid with the supply of incense.

Emperor Xia wore an imperial robe with a cloud pattern and a golden dragon painted on it. The fate of humanity and the fortune of the dynasty were intertwined on his body, and he was extremely noble.

Even though the destiny of humanity and the dynasty suffered a severe blow a few hours ago, it still cannot be denied that Emperor Xia possesses half the qualifications for the throne of the emperor.

As long as he sits on the throne of emperor for one day, he will still be the ruler of the entire Daxia and the eternal emperor of the Humane Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, the auspicious time has arrived!"

Taichang Xu Yankuan was standing by and spoke respectfully.

Upon hearing this, Emperor Xia slowly withdrew his gaze from the direction of the imperial capital's market.

The battle in the imperial capital's market town had already fallen into his eyes, and he also did not expect that the fight between Zhou Kuang and Gong Buyu had ended in a stalemate.

The awakening of Xia Yunqiu's status as the crown prince made him feel a little threatened.

However, at the moment, he did not have much energy to pay attention to the struggles in the imperial capital's market.

When the imperial capital's great formation could not be used, the combat power below the level of spirit refining could not affect the outcome of the struggle at all.

Although there are several people like Zhou Kuang in the palace, the protection of Zhou Kuang alone is already the limit of the imperial capital's formation. If another alien in the realm of spirit refining appears, it will inevitably bring about a thunder tribulation and add variables.

Instead of trying to find a way to completely get rid of Gong Buyu and Xia Yunqiu, it is better to complete the Capital City God Grand Ceremony.

By then, the whole world will be under his control, and Gong Bu Yu can suppress it with just a flip of his hand.

His eyes turned toward the huge altar in front of him that was ninety-five feet high, and it seemed like a mountain connecting the heaven and earth.

Emperor Xia's robes fluttered, his left hand gently supported the sword of humanity at his waist, his right hand held the seal of the Emperor of Mankind, and he slowly took a step towards the altar in front of him.

“Boom!”

In an instant, the heaven and earth seemed to sense something, and a huge thunder tore through the sky and fell towards the imperial capital. Wherever the lightning reached, countless evil spirits turned into ashes.

The destiny of humanity gathered in the sky above the imperial capital, and a huge imperial capital formation rose from this ancient city, revealing the shadow of a giant tripod that easily blocked the thunder.

In the territory of Daxia, the statues of the City God of various shapes in the City God temples suddenly trembled, and faint spiritualities were born within them.

Although Emperor Xia was old, his steps were steady. In the few seconds it took for the thunder to strike, he climbed dozens of steps to a higher place.

With each step you take, the incense in the City God burner placed on top begins to condense into shapes, transforming into images of gods wearing robes and with strange faces.

The sky trembled, and thunder fell from the clouds again, and was also swallowed by the treasure tripod transformed by the great formation.

But this time the tripod was not as relaxed as before. Wisps of lightning escaped from the tripod, and the pale thunder fell like a rain curtain and scattered all over the imperial capital.

"snort!"

Emperor Xia's steps suddenly paused and he let out a muffled groan.

But then he recovered and continued to climb.

As bolts of lightning fell one after another, the destiny of humanity, which had already been damaged, fell into turmoil again, and more and more thunders scattered into the imperial capital.

In front of the high altar, all the civil and military officials looked at the scene before them, with expressions of surprise and doubt in their eyes.

In their view, Emperor Xia's initiation of the Grand City God Ceremony and enfeoffment of city gods throughout the world was a major move to protect all human beings.

Although this action may not necessarily be rewarded by heaven and earth, it will not attract so many thunder disasters.

Of course, if it were just this matter, the civil and military officials would have some doubts but would not show them.

After all, none of the officials present had ever experienced the Grand City God Ceremony, and some of the information they knew came from records in ancient books, which might not be accurate.

However, the various things that Xia Yunqiu had led before had exposed Emperor Xia's desire for the Grand City God Ceremony, which had already planted the seeds of doubt in the hearts of all officials.

Such an abnormal thunder tribulation, coupled with the fact that Emperor Xia would rather cede the position of City God to the underworld and local nobles than forcibly push forward this City God Grand Ceremony, has already made all civil and military officials have a vague ominous premonition.

Upon seeing this, Prime Minister Wen, the head of the Three Dukes, took a step forward and shouted loudly to Emperor Xia who was climbing up the altar:

"Your Majesty, today when the Grand City God Ceremony begins, a thunderstorm will fall. This is the will of heaven.

God's will cannot be violated, Your Majesty, please temporarily suspend the grand ceremony and make a decision after finding out the will of heaven!"

When Prime Minister Wen spoke, it immediately resonated with many civil and military officials in the court who were worried.

One by one, the officials stepped forward and gave advice to Emperor Xia.

"Your Majesty, please stop the grand ceremony!"

"The thunderstorm has arrived. This is an ominous sign!"

"Your Majesty, please order an auspicious date!"

The civil and military officials themselves symbolize a vital link in the fortune of the dynasty. As the civil and military officials spoke in unison, the fortune of the dynasty fell into turmoil in an instant.

Even if he is a humane emperor, he cannot completely ignore the advice of civil and military officials.

Emperor Xia slowed down his pace slightly. At this moment, he already felt the pressure from the civil and military officials.

Turning around and looking behind him, an undisguised disgust rose in Emperor Xia's eyes.

Under normal circumstances, given his majesty as the emperor of Daxia for decades, even if the officials had doubts, they would not dare to speak out to stop him at this time.

But it is because of Xia Yunqiu's existence that his reputation is constantly undermined, his humanitarian luck and control over the government are being eroded.

Even if the tough guy, the Imperial Envoy, was taken down, it would be impossible to prevent the turmoil in the court and the deviation of the will of the civil and military officials.

Originally, Emperor Xia did not take action against the civil and military officials just to preserve the fortune of the dynasty, but now that the arrow is on the string, he can no longer care about anything else.

With a wave of his sleeves, Emperor Xia said in a cold voice:

"Anyone who speaks out will be suspended from their duties and taken to the Heavenly Prison to await their fate."

"yes!"

Under the altar, many palace eunuchs standing in a row responded in unison, and their cultivation levels above the Spirit Transformation level burst out one after another.

It turned out that there were quite a few cultivators among the civil and military officials, but when faced with more than a dozen eunuchs in the Spirit Transformation Realm, they had no ability to resist and were captured in an instant.

"What are you doing?"

"As the emperor of Daxia, you go against the will of humanity. You are unworthy of being the emperor!"

"A tyrant! A tyrant!"

The fortune of the dynasty was forcibly torn apart, like a crumbling building. Such a huge change naturally affected the imperial capital.

The shadow of the treasure tripod that swallowed the thunder suddenly dimmed at this moment, and the roar of the formation seemed to be on the verge of collapse.

Emperor Xia ignored everything and took another step to climb the altar.

As he stepped onto the last step, all 3,650 City God stoves were lit, and Emperor Xia came to the incense burner at the top of the altar.

This incense burner is forged from bronze and is covered with rust, as if it has been passed down for tens of thousands of years. On the table next to it are three incense sticks for the Shinto gods.

Emperor Xia looked at the sky and spoke loudly:

"I, as the Emperor of Man, announce to the heaven and earth that I will re-establish the positions of the city gods.

All the gods of the city will enjoy incense and sacrifices from Daxia, and will never fall from grace!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the spirits of the City God statues in the 3,650 City God temples in Daxia manifested themselves as gods and appeared in the world.

Then a divine light rose above the city god temples, like a meteor flying towards the imperial capital, and gathered towards the magnificent temple above the altar. The true spirits of the city gods entered the main temple and manifested as golden statues, making the magnificent temple more solid, and huge incense and magic domains began to spread through the temple as a medium.

Everyone suddenly raised their heads and looked towards the sky. The thunder and lightning that was originally falling like rain was actually weakening at this moment, and it was even unable to shake the imperial capital formation whose foundation had been damaged.

The more the incense and fire domains of the city gods spread, the weaker the thunder tribulation will be.

Between the towering mountains, the spreading incense and incense-burning domains of the city gods seem to have transformed into another world different from the present world.

At this moment, Emperor Xia finally revealed a satisfied smile.

The three incense sticks in his hand spontaneously ignited without fire, and wisps of green smoke rose into the temple. Emperor Xia stretched out his hand and inserted the three incense sticks into the bronze incense burner in front of him.

"The City God has returned!"

There seemed to be a grand sound rising between heaven and earth, and the 3,650 city god spirits in the temple gathered at this moment, transforming into a majestic deity who took the main seat in the temple.

This deity was dressed in imperial robes and wore a crown. The moment he appeared, the incense-burning Dharma domain in the imperial capital unfolded, instantly covering the area of ​​Jingzhou.

The civil and military officials who were suppressed by the eunuchs looked in shock at the deity that was formed by the gathering of the true spirits of 3,650 city gods. The face behind the glazed pearl crown was exactly the same as that of Emperor Xia.

"impossible!"

"How can Emperor Xia become the City God when he holds the title of Human Emperor?"

"Yin and Yang are reversed, and it is impossible to distinguish between humans and gods. This is not a god, but a great demon!"

All the officials were shocked and angry, but they were powerless to stop it.

As the last piece of the puzzle of the Incense and Fire Realm in Daxia was completed, the entire Daxia was shrouded in the Incense and Fire Realm.

At this moment, Emperor Xia could no longer conceal his excitement. He opened his arms and laughed wildly.

"Ha ha ha ha!"

“Even if there is a blessed land to block me, what can I do? The appearance of the secret realm is a blessing from heaven. My destiny is in my hands!”

As he spoke, Emperor Xia looked towards the direction of the imperial capital's market with a majestic gaze. Gong Buyu, holding a Taoist mirror, overpowered the surrounding situation.

However, in the eyes of Emperor Xia at this moment, the battle in the realm of True Spirit Refining was like a fight between ants and was not worth mentioning.

Emperor Xia slowly raised his right hand, trying to eliminate the remaining hidden danger.

But at this moment, a ray of sunlight suddenly appeared between heaven and earth, illuminating the world that had been in darkness for a long time.

Seven days later, the horrific solar eclipse finally subsided.

Above the sky, the entrance to the black hole transformed by the Fang Cun Secret Realm slowly shrank at this moment, and then rays of starlight streaked across the sky and fell into the imperial capital.

In the starlight that looked like a meteor shower, there were the many powerful people who had previously participated in the trial in the Fangcun Secret Realm.

“Just in time!”

Emperor Xia sneered, not afraid at all of the powerful aura of the spiritual master in those several rays of starlight.

With a wave of his hand, the entire imperial capital formation operated under his will.

He once couldn't fully control the destiny of humanity, so he needed the help of many armies in the imperial capital to mobilize the imperial capital's formation to suppress the strong.

At this moment, the world's situation is entirely under his control. With the support of the incense and magic fields throughout Daxia, Emperor Xia is able to control the imperial capital formation by himself.

"town!"

Inside the City God Temple, the City God, who was a gathering of the spirits of 3,650 City Gods, spoke, and the sound of his majestic power resounded through heaven and earth.

All the monks who escaped from the Fang Cun Secret Realm felt infinite pressure falling on them before they could even breathe a sigh of relief.

"This is?"

"Incense and Fire Realm?"

"How could Emperor Xia gather the incense and fire domain in such a short time? What on earth did he do?"

The faces of the practitioners from many sects changed drastically, especially the many spiritual masters who looked at the city god with extremely solemn expressions.

They experienced the Dao Mark disaster in the Fang Cun secret realm, and the battle between the Supreme Daoist and the unknown strong man almost shattered the entire secret realm.

That earth-shaking battle lasted for several days. Even after it ended, the destruction caused to the secret realm was still difficult to recover. During this period, the rules of the secret realm collapsed and it was impossible to leave.

It was not until the Fang Cun Secret Realm reenacted the creation in the Daohen natural disaster and used the talisman to open up the sky and chaos to evolve earth, water, wind and fire to rebuild the secret realm that the almost completely destroyed Fang Cun Secret Realm was repaired.

Until a few breaths ago, the entrance to the Fangcun Secret Realm suddenly opened again.

After witnessing that battle, many cultivators no longer had any hope of becoming the final winner of the secret realm. They knew very well that in front of such power, even a true spirit cultivator was no different from an ant.

All practitioners chose to escape from the secret realm and return to the real world, and the soul-refining masters in the holy lands were no exception.

Who would have thought that they would just escape from the tiger's den and fall into a wolf's lair? The power of the city god and the suppression of the imperial capital's formation made them feel the same threat as within the Fang Cun secret realm.

“Damn it!”

"Do it, don't hold back!"

"Return to the sect and ask the ancestors to make the decision!"

As he spoke, more than a dozen Yang God images shone brightly into the sky, like giant gods standing tall and upright, holding up the enormous formation.

During this process, what no one had expected was that the manifestation of these Yang God Dharma images did not bring about thunder disasters from heaven and earth.

Before the monks could understand the reason, the City God sitting in the center of the temple moved.

The City God deity, who looked exactly like Emperor Xia, slowly raised his right hand, and a giant golden hand condensed from the City God's true spirit and the power of incense and prayers descended through the medium of the incense realm.

The golden giant hand covered an area of ​​dozens of miles in radius, easily covering the area where the monks of various sects had descended. Under the palm of its hand, it seemed as if the incense and magic domain of this world was suppressing itself.

No matter whether it was the magical powers, secret techniques, or magic spells, they were all forcibly suppressed under the cover of this golden giant hand. Only more than ten yang god statues that were like the rising sun could protect themselves.

However, the Yang Shen Dharma Image was already at its limit when it came to countering the Imperial Capital Formation. In addition, the golden giant hand was simply unable to resist. Cracks had begun to appear on each of the Yang Shen Dharma Images.

And at this moment, at the entrance of the black hole that had shrunk to the extreme above the sky, a giant hand that seemed to be made of chaos stretched out from the small secret realm and met the golden giant hand that fell from the City God.

Wherever the giant hand of chaos reached, the light dimmed and the space collapsed. Even the incense and vows were completely annihilated in the chaos.

The giant hand of chaos, which was evolving the power of returning all things to the abyss, forcibly tore apart the incense domain and shattered the giant golden hand.

"impossible!"

Emperor Xia's eyes were filled with anger.

At the entrance of the black hole, a young man in white robes slowly stepped out of the secret realm, and the black hole disappeared in an instant.

In this world that has returned to light, there is only one person standing proudly.

Everyone looked at this scene in shock, with the same name echoing in their hearts.

The Supreme Tao Son!