Killing Dao Fruit
Chapter 792 - 627: Kanglong Regret, The Initial Heart Remains Unchanged

Chapter 792: Chapter 627: Kanglong Regret, The Initial Heart Remains Unchanged

Located on the southern bank of the Heavenly Barrier River, under the rule of the Clothes and Crowned Beast Dynasty, lies the Heavenly City.

With the combined efforts of sixteen sects, an immense amount of similar "knowledge" quickly attracted the attention of the Killing Tree.

Numerous crimson Qi Roots crisscrossed from the sky, forming a large forest composed of monstrous trees, tentacles, and horizontally growing meaty tumors—a Deceit Realm.

Interwoven inside and out into a cage, it enveloped the entire city and most of the Heavenly Barrier River’s surface.

It completely transformed the region into an actual Deceit Realm—the Clothes and Crowned Beast Dynasty.

A unique rule governed here: Clothes and Crowned Beasts roamed the streets unabashedly, while genuine gentlemen found it difficult to take even a step!

Those of "innate evil" thrived here, succeeding in whatever they did as if aided by divine forces, and their cultivation progressed by leaps and bounds every day.

Good-natured people, however, encountered obstacles at every turn, as though every being and object was arrayed against them.

After a while, various misfortunes would inevitably come knocking, dooming them to a destroyed household and a tragic end.

But once they abandoned their morals and chose to consort with "innate evil," merging into it as one, they would be accepted by the Deceit Realm.

Their True Spirit would then become contaminated by the Killing Tree.

Compared to other Deceit Realms that violently consumed people on impulse, this place seemed much more peaceful.

But this silently corrupting dye vat was the most inescapable of rules.

No matter what a person’s true nature was, as long as they stayed here for too long, it was impossible for anyone to walk out unscathed.

Of course, even if they involuntarily turned bad, they would still be consumed in the end.

In this world, the ultimate predator would always be the Killing Tree alone!

At this moment, the main function of this Deceit Realm, the Clothes and Crowned Beast Dynasty, was not assimilation but rather to most reasonably prohibit internal and external access, blocking all prying and divination.

To the south of the city, beneath the round peak of the Lonely Dragon Mound.

A vast complex of majestic buildings was erected against the mountain, with golden tiles and red walls, finely carved beams, and painted rafters, rivalling even the Imperial City in grandeur.

Yet, there was an uncanny silence.

The cold autumn wind swept through with fallen leaves, passing through the continuous halls and palaces, making the peeling paint on the buildings seem all the more desolate.

In fact, this was not a place for the living.

It was the joint tomb of Emperor Taizu, Zhou Xingzong, and Empress Guo, and also the direct source of the bloodline for over a million clansmen of the Great Yan!

Tap, tap, tap...

Under the leadership of Zhou Wenrui, the last emperor of the Great Yan and now the Ming King of the No-Life Dao.

A large group of direct line Three Yang Soldiers, along with Magicians wielding various unique tools and Earth Scholars, hurriedly entered the site.

Knowing that the situation at the front line was not optimistic, he did not dare delay a single moment after receiving the message from the Red Lotus Avatar.

Looking at the tombstone in front of him, inscribed with "Emperor of Prodigious Deeds, Saint of the Highest Virtue, and Divine Sovereign of Kindness, Justice, Valor, Intelligence and Success," it also bore the honored title of his own ancestor.

The nine pupils within the "Chaotic Pupils Qilong" momentarily flickered with struggle.

"When I was still King Jing, before traveling to Dengzhou to establish my fiefdom, I had come here to pay respects to my ancestors.

Back then, I worked diligently, wishing even in my dreams to gain the recognition of Emperor Taizu after my death,

acknowledging that I was a good emperor, and that I did not disgrace my ancestors. But..."

The momentary nostalgia faded in an instant.

His gaze turned cold and stern again:

"Three hundred years ago, you could conquer from the south to the north and create a great legacy; naturally, I can also sit on the throne of Taizu!

Moreover, it shall happen today!

Come, break ground!"

Recently, he had been "killed" too many times by the combined forces of the Green Silk Spell and Helian Yibao.

The humanity in Zhou Wenrui’s demon-possessed body, with its dragon horns and dragon scales, had completely vanished.

Therefore, he faced no psychological barriers to digging up his own ancestors’ graves.

Since the collapse of the Great Yan to its takeover by the Ming King, this Imperial Mausoleum had only undergone a few months of vacancy.

Apart from the easily movable imperial accoutrements and the copper decorations and golden leaves on the structures, which were scavenged bare, the place had not suffered too much damage.

Moreover, the Underground Palace below the tomb had many dangerous traps and formations set up.

They were sufficient to guarantee the safety of the Imperial Mausoleum after the thirty-six battalions of Imperial Mausoleum Guards scattered in all directions.

Unless there was a "filial and wise grandson" like him with the construction plans for the underground palace,

it would otherwise take an army of a hundred thousand and several months using mountain-moving techniques to forcibly unearth the main chamber buried deep within the mountain.

In the process, thousands of lives might be lost.

"Your humble servant obeys!"

From the crowd behind Zhou Wenrui, a Black Robed Taoist carrying the stench of death stepped forward and bowed to him in compliance.

With disheveled hair, he drew his Dharma Sword and stood in front of a prepared altar, ringing a bell while wielding the sword, chanting the secret "Breaking Ground Spell" of the Dao of the Corpse God:

"Three marvels in the sky, the sun, the moon, and the stars, shock the divinities and astonish the spirits below.

All deities witness and bow their heads in worship; evil spirits encounter it and cannot cease their flight.

Heavenly Spirit, Earthly Spirit, heed my command, with Golden Boys and Girls leading the Heavenly Soldiers, what deity does not submit, what ghost does not tremble.

Respect my talismanic order to expel demons; when the time comes, carry out the decree, be quick as the law commands! Open!"

With a loud shout, he violently slashed his Dharma Sword onto the ground.

Boom...

The ground trembled violently, and a seemingly bottomless dark hole slowly cracked open before everyone.

The disciples from Skull Temple, Blood River Temple, and Netherworld Square, promptly led a large group of Earth Scholars and Daoist Soldiers into it.