Chapter 422 - 191: Grand General Altar, Divine Monarch Temple, Grass Deity Armor, Razing Mountains and Temples, It Begins With Me

Chapter 422: Chapter 191: Grand General Altar, Divine Monarch Temple, Grass Deity Armor, Razing Mountains and Temples, It Begins With Me

And yet...

All of his schemes, on that one snowy night, had been ruined by that boy who was nothing but secrets.

He had to remember that in the Central Yellow Heaven, within the Divine Domain under the Slaying Evil Divine Monarch Temple, his Spirit Summoning and Saint Manifestation Grand General Altar presided over a hundred thousand Incense People.

In terms of strength, when his Dharma Body was condensed, not even the Sect Leaders from the Martial Artist schools would be his match for a single exchange.

Even when just a wisp of his Divine Soul had slipped across, he had done so under the guise of ’saving the masses from suffering,’ gathering the thoughts of ten to twenty thousand Incense People in Anning County. The Manifested Divine Thought he had condensed from them was beyond what an ordinary Qi Cultivation Grandmaster could compare to!

However, when he tried to take possession of that boy’s body, it was like stepping into a mire. He couldn’t move an inch. He could barely unleash one percent of his power before being utterly suppressed and reduced to mere nourishment. How utterly humiliating!

It was because of this.

After returning to the Central Yellow Heaven and the Slaying Evil Divine Monarch Temple, he was not only mocked by his fellow Dharma Guardian Generals, but his prestige also suffered, and he lost the Divine Monarch’s favor. He had long been simmering with suppressed rage.

Therefore, after receiving the decree from the Three-Five Slaying Evil Divine Monarch, the Spirit Summoning and Saint Manifesting General did not hesitate.

The Realm Gate had just opened. Crossing over now, before it had a chance to erode and influence the other side, meant his strength would be greatly diminished.

Under the suppression of that world’s Heaven and Earth, he estimated he could only use twenty to thirty percent of his power—making him only slightly stronger than some ordinary Grandmasters—but he still didn’t hesitate.

After all, only half a year had passed since his defeat.

In half a year, that boy who had so thoroughly humiliated him could, at the very most, achieve a breakthrough to the Divine Thought stage or perhaps refine his Skin Membrane!

’Before me...’

’He is no different from an ant.’

As for that insignificant Anning County, it was a backwater with barely any masters to speak of. What did it mean for him to mobilize three hundred of his Grass Deities in full armor?

In formation, they could even slay a Grandmaster!

That boy, Ji Xiu, had ruined his grand plan, leaving him with nothing. He not only rejected the General’s offer of recruitment but also picked his bones clean, devouring him until not even dregs remained.

As a Dharma Guardian General, the Spirit Summoning and Saint Manifesting General normally lorded over a hundred thousand Incense People, a true Local Tyrant. The only time he would lower his head was before the Three-Five Slaying Evil Divine Monarch in the Divine Temple.

When had anyone else ever made him suffer such a great loss?

Why would he need a strategy for a mere county town?

He would just muster his armored soldiers at the Earth Dragon Cave Gate, charge straight out, sweep through the mountain towns, and press on to the county seat, plundering those hundreds of thousands of souls and dragging them all into his Divine Domain.

He would turn the five hundred li of Anning County into a vassal territory of the Three-Five Slaying Evil God Temple, putting them right on the doorstep of Jiangyin Prefecture!

"Very good."

The Three-Five Slaying Evil Divine Monarch opened his third eye, which seemed to pierce through the distance, peering through the Realm Gate to gaze upon the scenery of Anning County.

Upon hearing the military pledge made by the Spirit Summoning and Saint Manifesting General, he nodded slightly.

Generally speaking, whenever a Realm Gate opened, as long as it wasn’t in some desolate wilderness, it could corrupt an entire county. With a bit of luck, it might even threaten a Prefecture City.

Even if a Martial Saint were to arrive later, found a sect, and lay down powerful restrictions to contain the Realm Gate’s expansion, that would be a problem for another day.

Moreover, some True Sects, in their desire to obtain treasures and rare items from other Outer Dao Celestial Universes, or for a chance at further advancement, were not above collaborating with the Outer Dao, secretly trading the Incense and Candlelight of living beings for resources.

As long as they didn’t allow a full-scale invasion by the Outer Dao, they considered their duty fulfilled.

Thus, the opening of a Realm Gate was generally a significant opportunity for the various Divine Temples and Grand General Altars of the Central Yellow Heaven.

The Three-Five Slaying Evil Divine Monarch had only ever seen this happen to his peers before. Now that it was his turn, he naturally had to get a piece of the pie; he couldn’t return empty-handed.

"I have already instructed my Divine Armor to enter the Earth Dragon Cave and conscript all the Spirit Monsters and Demons within, those who gained sentience from an accidental leak of Abyss Ruins Qi."

"Those with some potential, I, the Monarch, have already enlightened them, bestowed upon them official ranks, and sent them forth to gather Incense and Candlelight from the populace."

"After you cross the Realm Gate, you can fully incorporate them into your forces. Speed is paramount in war. Conquer all of Anning County, then use the county’s populace to build a Divine Temple and provide Tributors. With that, the overall situation will be settled."

"Can you do it?"

The Spirit Summoning and Saint Manifesting General raised his Golden Mace and swore an oath:

"Rest assured, Divine Monarch! I will not fail!"

RUMBLE RUMBLE RUMBLE!

As the Dharma Guardian General made his military pledge,

three hundred armored Grasshead Divine Soldiers of the Grand General Altar raised the banner of ’Summoning Spirits and Manifesting Saints’—a flag filled with Divine Charm that billowed in the wind—and poured through the Realm Gate like a stream of fish, stepping into Jiangyin!

...

「The next day, at dawn.」

Wushan Town, one of the Eighteen Mountain Towns on the outskirts of Anning County!

When Ji Xiu had been studying Arrow Skill with Gu Baichuan and entered the Earth Dragon Cave, the blood and bones of all the mountain beasts and Spirit Monsters he had killed were mostly processed here.

Wushan Town’s Song Boss, the Manor Master of Wushan Hunting Manor, Song Chai, was a man who knew how to read the situation. When Ji Xiu took the title of General Leader and intimidated all his rivals, Song Chai was the first to swear a blood oath of allegiance and become his vassal.

It was only after this event that the West Anning Street Ji Residence firmly secured its position as the top enterprise in Anning County.

However, after Ji Xiu heard about the incident at the Earth Dragon Cave from Old Yao yesterday, he had immediately gone to check the accounts with Lin Zhenhai’s family, who managed his debts for him.

It was then that he discovered that the Eighteen Linked Mountain Towns and their Hunting Manors had stopped sending people to deliver their mountain goods recently. Even the accountant he had sent over two days ago had not returned.

Therefore...

Ji Xiu first had a fine coffin made, accompanied Xu Longxiang out of Anning County, and told him the location of Senior Ye Wenjiang’s remains.