Chapter 1324 Chapter 576: Qin Mobilizes Its Soldiers! (Part 2)

Over time, this heroic pass has become a tool for the Heavenly Soldiers stationed there to recklessly amass wealth.

After five or six hundred years of guarding, the initial worry over Qin possibly launching a sudden attack has long vanished without a trace.

They seem certain that Qin would not attack without provocation, breaking the current delicate balance.

But today, everything is entirely different.

The boundary region where the Heavenly Court Stronghold is located instantly became the focus of secret surveillance by many Great Divine Ability Practitioners.

Even atop the Palace of the Polestar, the Jade Emperor personally activated the Haotian Mirror, intently watching every move in this place.

Many Immortals and Gods are also using the Haotian Mirror, closely monitoring the boundary between two continents.

In the images reflected by the Haotian Mirror, Qin Xuanzang, draped in a golden kasaya and firmly gripping his Zen Staff, steps forward steadily towards the heroic pass.

Before the towering and vast heroic pass, Xuanzang's figure appears particularly small, like a speck in the ocean.

However!

Even though the heroic pass is imposing, Xuanzang exudes an aura of fearlessness, the courage to lead the way.

Even with his solitary presence, taking slow yet determined steps forward, countless cultivators and citizens from Qin pause their tasks to watch.

No one dares to impede Xuanzang's progress.

Even in the place densely guarded by Heavenly Soldiers and Generals at the heroic pass, an opening wide enough for Xuanzang has been made.

"Once this Qin Monk crosses the heroic pass, the tribulation will genuinely unfold."

"The entire world will thus enter a new era of great calamities."

"But who will ultimately emerge as the victor in this great calamity?"

"In the past, under the Heavenly Dao's guidance, the Buddhist Sect thrived in the world."

"Yet with the disappearance of the Saints, everything has changed. This tribulation is the Westward Journey Tribulation; is victory destined entirely for the Buddhist Sect?"

At this moment, atop the Palace of the Polestar, many Immortals and Gods gaze at the solitary Xuanzang in contemplation.

For them, although they reside high in the heavenly vault, seemingly unaffected by the tribulation, the future development of events remains uncertain.

Presently, Nan Zhanbu Continent is gradually enveloped by tribulation qi; its future course, like obscured by fog, is filled with unpredictability and variables.

Within the Great Leiyin Temple, although lacking the powerful surveillance capability of the Heavenly Court's Haotian Mirror, a Mysterious Light Mirror appears in the hall.

The mirror likewise reflects Xuanzang's image, evidently condensed through Duo Bao Tathagata's great divine skills.

With the commencement of the tribulation, Xuanzang truly embarks on the westward journey, and the Buddhist Sect naturally attaches utmost importance.

"Jin Chanzi."

"I hope in this lifetime, you won't disappoint me," Duo Bao Tathagata muses, his gaze fixed on Xuanzang within the Mysterious Light Mirror, secretly pondering.

In truth, there is some concern.

Shifting his gaze, Xuanzang steps steadily closer to the heroic pass.

Above the heroic pass, many Heavenly Soldiers and Generals attentively watch his every move from a vantage point.

Yet no one dares to obstruct Xuanzang.

If anyone dares to impede, it would be seeking their own demise.

"Heavenly Court Stronghold."

"Once I pass, slaughter will inevitably follow," Xuanzang gazes at the heroic pass before him, having already foreseen the fate awaiting this pass.

The Buddhist Sect has always upheld teachings of compassion, and the Great Qin Buddhism is no different.

But regarding the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals guarding the heroic pass, doomed for extinction, Xuanzang feels little compassion.

After all, war and killing are inherently ruthless and devoid of mercy, claiming innumerable lives.

With the memory of Jin Chanzi's past life, Xuanzang clearly understands how many sentient beings have perished since the inception of the cosmos.

If a unified cosmos could be realized, its significance to the living beings of the Primordial World would be immense.

Under countless watchful eyes, Xuanzang resolutely crosses the gateway specially opened at the heroic pass, setting foot on the land of Nan Zhanbu Continent for the first time as a Qin Monk.

Just as he steps onto the continent.

Boom, boom, boom!

The tribulation qi throughout the world in Nan Zhanbu Continent instantly surges to unprecedented heights.

Even within nature's spiritual energy, deeply concentrated tribulation qi is mixed.

Anyone within Nan Zhanbu Continent who absorbs this continent's spiritual energy for cultivation will inevitably be corroded by tribulation qi, ultimately losing self-awareness and becoming uncontrollably immersed in the tribulation.

"The tribulation qi has reached an unprecedented peak in Nan Zhanbu Continent."

And at this moment, many Great Divine Ability Practitioners who have entered the Quasi-Saint Realm distinctly feel the drastic changes in Nan Zhanbu Continent's tribulation qi.

Remaining outside the continent can keep one's composure and clarity.

But countless sentient beings and numerous cultivators within the continent are frantically corroded by the tribulation qi.

"Qin Monk Xuanzang, rumors say consuming a piece of his flesh can grant immortality and greatly enhance one's cultivation."

"If one could consume him entirely, they can achieve the Quasi-Saint Realm instantly."

"Whoever manages to eat him can leap to become a top-level powerhouse in the world."

"Qin Monk, I must obtain him…"

With tribulation qi throughout Nan Zhanbu Continent completely reaching unfathomably terrifying heights, not only the pre-established eighty-one tribulations by the Buddhist Sect and Heavenly Court but the entire continent becomes an ignited powder keg, thoroughly restless.

As the most chaotic and largest continent among the Four Great Continents, one can imagine the intensity of this great tribulation.

Perhaps, at the moment this tribulation began, everything has deviated from the originally predetermined path of the Journey to the West.

Within Doushuai Temple, Lord Lao Zi of the Great Monad observes the unfolding changes in the world calmly and steadily.

"The tribulation qi in Nan Zhanbu Continent has reached its peak."

"Hong Jun, is this your intention?"

"Using tribulation qi to incite countless beings to attack Qin Monk. The more beings perish, the stronger the Heavenly Dao's power replenishment, enabling you to restore your strength."

"In the past, I might have been powerless to stop this. But now, the world no longer belongs solely to the Heavenly Dao; the Earth Dao and Human Dao have emerged."

"While you can grow by consuming the world's sentient beings, the Earth Dao and Human Dao can similarly expand to enhance their strength."

"You are destined to miscalculate," Lord Lao Zi muses in his deep gaze, quietly contemplating.

Under his watchful gaze, from the direction of Qin toward the location of the Heavenly Court Stronghold and along six points where it connects with the Great Qin Territory, one being the pass Xuanzang goes through, the other five lining the Heavenly Court Stronghold.

Above the void, countless Qin troops have quietly gathered, densely filling the heavenly vault.

This time, though only four major camps are deployed, totaling two hundred thousand Elite Soldiers.

However, the current Elite Soldiers are no longer the ordinary troops of five hundred years ago, having undergone countless trials their strength is no longer the same.

And despite deploying these four camps, the Shangjiangjun has not arrived in person; only their manifestations are present in battle.

Which indicates one thing.

The Shangjiangjun of these four camps have successfully broken through their shackles, having ascended to the Martial Arts Emperor Realm.

Under the Heavenly Dao Rules, Quasi-Saints mustn't enter the world.

Once they do, heavenly punishment will descend.

Within the Great Qin Territory, perhaps these rules are unnecessary to follow, given Qin's Nine Provinces Barrier, as long as one's aura is well-hidden, the Heavenly Dao's punishment wouldn't befall the Great Qin Ministers. But once they leave the Great Qin Territory, stepping out of the Nine Provinces Barrier's protection, they naturally fall under the heavenly governance.

The expansion of Qin seemingly contested territory with the Heavenly Court and Buddhist Sect, along with numerous powers, yet, in essence, it contends with the Heavenly Dao.

At the location Xuanzang had just passed the heroic pass.

Swish!

Swish!

The terrifying killing intent suddenly condenses in the void above Qin, unending blood clouds manifest across the heavenly vault.

...