"You are saying this child is the reincarnation of Chong Guang?"
In the Kingdom of Qing, inside the grand hall, King Qing stared darkly at a fair-skinned child who appeared to be seven or eight years old.
"Are you trying to fool me?"
"Reporting to Your Majesty."
The eunuch in charge of delivering the message hurriedly replied, "Although this child appears large, he was actually born just eight days ago, and he possesses extraordinary divine abilities far beyond ordinary mortals."
"This thing is eight days old!?"
King Qing's expression grew even more suspicious.
When he heard the eunuch mention that the child possessed divine abilities, he immediately glanced at Zhong Xin beside him, and Zhong Xin understood his intent.
In the next second, the top scholar unhesitatingly extended a finger, gathering official Qi at his fingertip to form a sharp arrow that shot directly at the child.
However, to everyone's surprise, when the sharp arrow landed on the child, it didn’t even leave the slightest scratch on his skin!"This is 【Everlasting Toon Tree】!"
Zhong Xin's eyes narrowed slightly as he spoke, "Jia Wood severed at its roots and branches, turning into deadwood. When combined with the waters of rivers, ponds, and marshes, deadwood and dead water merge to form the 【Everlasting Toon Tree】."
"This should be a talent divine ability from the 【Extinguished Lamp Flame】 lineage!"
"It is mainly for longevity and indestructibility, a supreme defensive and protective Dao art."
King Qing was somewhat pleasantly surprised upon hearing this.
"So, you are saying this child really is Chong Guang? But he has not yet broken through the mystery of the womb, possessing only a single protective talent divine ability?"
"Reporting to Your Majesty, this humble servant, with mortal eyes, cannot discern it clearly."
Zhong Xin revealed a troubled expression and said, "In this humble servant's view, this is just an ordinary infant, without any divine soul anomalies, merely possessing some inexplicable divine abilities."
King Qing shook his head and then pointed at the child.
"Regardless of whether it's true or not, kill him!"
As soon as the words fell, several eunuchs immediately stepped forward.
Although the 【Everlasting Toon Tree】 was formidable, it was, after all, just an infant with little to no magical power.
Thus, the eunuchs merely conjured two balls of spiritual fire with their magical power and threw them onto the child.
Before long, the child was burned into a pile of ashes.
King Qing then personally stepped forward to carefully examine the remains, confirming that the infant was indeed dead.
But before he could even breathe a sigh of relief—
"Report!"
Another armored guard rushed into the hall, kneeling and loudly declaring, "Your Majesty, spies from all regions have returned with reports—three more Chong Guang have been discovered!"
"…"
King Qing nearly laughed from anger.
Three Chong Guang?
Why don’t you just say the entire Primordial Saint Sect has reincarnated into my little Qing Kingdom?
My Qing Kingdom must be truly blessed!
Moments later, three more infants were brought in.
Zhong Xin stepped forward to examine them one by one, then shook his head.
"Just like the one before, each carries only a single talent divine ability from the 【Extinguished Lamp Flame】 lineage."
"【Hidden Dragon Water】, 【Fear of Felling】, 【Sturdy Flame Furnace】…"
Zhong Xin spoke cautiously, then shook his head again.
"Your Majesty, this humble servant's limited knowledge may not suffice for accurate identification. Perhaps others should be summoned for verification."
There was no need for him to suggest it.
King Qing had already intended to do so.
He immediately nodded and summoned several senior officials from the Imperial Academy to examine the infants together.
However, the result was the same as Zhong Xin's conclusion.
The infants did not seem like reincarnations, yet the divine abilities they possessed did not appear to be fake either.
At that moment, yet another guard reported the appearance of another divine child.
"A fifth one?"
King Qing was stunned.
This child also bore the 【Everlasting Toon Tree】!
But hadn’t the infant with the 【Everlasting Toon Tree】 already been reduced to ashes?
"How could this be?"
King Qing could hardly believe his eyes.
Finally, an old official stepped forward and spoke in a deep voice, "Your Majesty, this servant believes there is more to this than meets the eye."
"Of course I know there is more to this! The problem is, what exactly is it!?"
King Qing lost his composure and cursed loudly.
After finally thinking they had found the reincarnation of Chong Guang, it turned out to be a farce.
Such a rollercoaster of emotions left him unable to control his temper.
"This servant believes these are all decoys."
"Although these infants possess talent divine abilities from the 【Extinguished Lamp Flame】 lineage, none of them carry their innate divine ability. This, I believe, is the key."
"They must be used as cover for the true reincarnation of Chong Guang!"
"Therefore, until the real Chong Guang is found, killing these infants is meaningless. Even if they are killed, the soul would simply reincarnate into another infant."
"Useless! All of you are useless!"
King Qing cursed furiously and waved his hand.
"Zhong Xin, I’m weary of this. From now on, you will handle this matter. Be decisive."
The implication was clear—kill them all!
Better to kill by mistake than to let one slip by!
Zhong Xin did not hesitate in the slightest and immediately bowed.
"This servant obeys the decree."
Just then, a third guard rushed into the hall, making King Qing irritated again.
"Another infant? From now on, all such matters—"
Before he could finish, the guard's panicked shout echoed throughout the grand hall.
"The Demon Sect is moving south!"
【Kingdom of Qing】, outside Zhalong Pass.
"This place is called Zhalong Pass because it divides the Kingdom of Qing and Jiangbei. A single pass severs the flow of spiritual Qi into two parts."
"Because the spiritual Qi within the pass is completely bound by the Dao Court’s rules, not even a speck belongs to anyone else. Those below the Foundation Establishment Realm cannot use any divine arts or spells inside. Our only way to enter the Kingdom of Qing is to break through Zhalong Pass and disrupt the Dao Court's spiritual Qi monopoly."
In front of the grand pass, True Person Yinshan, Han Xiang, and a valiant woman stood side by side.
Below them was a swarm of cultivators, like an army of ants.
These were all disciples summoned from the various sects of Jiangbei, ranging from mid to peak Qi Refining stages.
At this moment, they each rode their escape lights, flying toward Zhalong Pass.
Meanwhile, the soldiers stationed at Zhalong Pass stood in defense, clashing head-on with them.
The two forces battled fiercely, instantly staining the ground red with blood.
"Daoist Yinshan, what use are these Qi Refining disciples?"
Seeing this scene, Han Xiang couldn’t help but ask, "The formation of Zhalong Pass cannot be broken by anyone below Foundation Establishment. Aren’t these Qi Refining disciples just throwing their lives away?"
True Person Yinshan glanced at Han Xiang and replied calmly.
"Daoist friend, your thinking is still too narrow."
"Although they are only Qi Refining, they are not entirely useless. Long before the battle began, I had already distributed cultivation spiritual pills to all the Qi Refining disciples."
"I added a special medicinal lead to those pills. While retaining their cultivation effects, I infused them with a taint of blood corruption. If these Qi Refining disciples die at Zhalong Pass, their blood and Qi will merge into the spiritual veins, polluting the spiritual Qi and indirectly weakening the formation of Zhalong Pass."
Before he could finish speaking, Zhalong Pass suddenly trembled.
As the spiritual Qi was corrupted, the originally smooth-running formation faltered slightly, revealing numerous flaws in the eyes of Foundation Establishment Realms.
True Person Yinshan nodded when he saw this.
"You see? They are not useless after all."
Han Xiang remained silent.
In the next moment, True Person Yinshan turned to look at Han Xiang and the valiant woman beside her.
"Daoist Han Xiang, Daoist Yu Chan, this time we must give it our all."
The other two nodded in agreement.
However, before they moved, the valiant woman named "Yu Chan" glanced around but did not see Lü Yang’s figure.
Her delicate brows furrowed slightly.
High above the sky, True Person Yinshan stood with his hands behind his back.
In his palm, he held a black mountain-shaped magical treasure.
With a surge of his magical power, he threw it into the sky, and in an instant, it transformed into a real mountain!
"Boom!"
The mountain crashed down, directly smashing into Zhalong Pass.
The earth shook and the mountains trembled.
Outside Zhalong Pass, the spiritual Qi surged violently, and the formation's glow flickered dimly.
With the spiritual Qi polluted and its power greatly reduced, facing such a violent attack from True Person Yinshan, the pass actually began to show signs of collapse.
However, at that moment—
"Do not panic, hold the line!"
Amidst a wave of spatial fluctuations, a tall and imposing figure appeared on the city wall of Zhalong Pass, immediately stabilizing the formation.
It was none other than Zhong Xin, who had just been urgently recalled through spatial transference!
"…"
In the next instant, the eyes of Zhong Xin and True Person Yinshan met, both radiating intense killing intent.