Legendary Clan Chief
Chapter 1198 - 1176: The Clan’s Blood Sacrifice to God’s City, God’s City Gathers the Hearts of its People!

Chapter 1198: Chapter 1176: The Clan’s Blood Sacrifice to God’s City, God’s City Gathers the Hearts of its People!

Rumors from the Desolate Wilds in ancient times tell of a Divine Tree in the southern lands, its roots entwined with the Earth, its crown touching the Sky Vault, so massive it seemed like a bridge between heaven and earth, sprawling across the land as vast as a mountain range.

Legendary beasts such as the nine heavens Kunpeng made nests upon it, hence the legend of Kunpeng roosting on the Jian Mu came to be.

In the newly completed city of the Gu Yuan Tribe, though there was no Jian Mu connecting heaven and earth, there was a Jian Mu whose trunk veiled the sky, overshadowing the enormous city.

The Jian Mu rose ten thousand feet into the clouds. From a distance, its lush branches spread hundreds of miles in every direction. Drooping boughs plunged into the ground, took root again, and sprouted like an ancient forest.

A forest from a single tree.

Its dark green trunk was thick enough to span miles, the tree itself like a world on its own. Bark wrinkled and twisted, crisscrossed with fissures that increased friction so that even a child walking upon it could not slip.

The trunk of the Jian Mu covered a two hundred-mile radius of the inner city, even twining around its walls with roots and branches. These branches reached straight down to the Earth where they rooted and germinated, forming small Jian Mu saplings that encircled the outer city, turning into a ring of ancient forest ten miles wide, obscuring the inner city from the outside world.

The entire Jian Mu was like a multi-layered canopy that draped over the entire inner city and even extended to the outer city, looking like mountains from afar.

"This is our tribe’s New City!"

"Majestic as a Divine Mountain, standing tall like a mountain range, grand and imposing. With such a Male City, our Gu Yuan lineage shall pass down through the ages, eternally guarding the south of the Desolate Wilds, leaving our name in the annals of time!"

"The Gu Yuan lineage shall never perish, endlessly thriving!"

"Haha, our Gu Yuan Tribe shall indeed be renowned throughout the Eastern Wasteland!"

With the completion of the city, the clansfolk of the Gu Yuan Tribe naturally began to migrate from the Secret Realm. Xiao Chen had once considered allowing all the tribespeople to live within the Secret Realm, but in the end, it proved unworkable.

Like fish cannot live without water, the Desolate Land was the root of all clansfolk. To leave the land that had nurtured them through eons would carry no immediate consequences; however, generation after generation carried the mark of this great land in their blood—a mark embedded deep within their lineage, impossible to erase.

And the tribespeople were also an integral part of the tribe’s destiny. Without the power of the people’s destiny, they were like ducksweed without roots!

Gazing at the Male City that took over twenty years to complete, every member of the Gu Yuan Tribe felt their blood surge with emotion.

Elderly people with tears brimming in their eyes murmured endlessly, expressing their contentment with life, stretching out withered palms to caress the cold walls, unable to bear letting go.

Mischievous children were noisy without end, the shouts of adolescents rose like waves, the blood of the youths surged, and the presence of middle-aged warriors roared in the wind. At this moment, they all wanted to shout aloud.

Especially those tribespeople who had recently joined during the construction of the city—although the tribe was building, the migration from the Wind Fire Area never stopped. After two or three decades of long years of migration, the population of the Gu Yuan Tribe had soared to thirteen million.

Even those children who had migrated in the early years had now grown up, and many women and young girls now had children of their own to care for.

The ties of bloodline deepened their reliance on the tribe, and the stronger the tribe became, the more secure and connected the tribespeople felt in their hearts.

At this moment, the tribespeople of the Gu Yuan Tribe gathered together, each and every one widening their eyes and looking up into the Sky Vault, their faces filled with excitement.

"Zi Yun the Elder, Giant Hammer the Elder, begin!"

In the Void, Xiao Chen, the Zi Yun King, and the Giant Hammer King stood upon nothing. Xiao Chen was clad in a dark green Battle Robe and a tasseled crown atop his head.

"Good!"

The next moment, the two kings from Zi Yun nodded slightly.

Hum!

The next moment, a humming sound resonated above the city, a divine brilliance flashed in the Sky Vault, amidst the divine light, a fairy-like figure emerged, bearing translucent wings.

"I pay my respects to the master!"

Qingling materialized and bowed deeply to Xiao Chen.

"Qingling, our Gu Yuan God’s City is now complete. I command you to take charge of the God’s City and govern the four directions!"

"How could Qingling disobey the master’s orders?" Qingling bowed once more.

Accompanied by Xiao Chen’s roar, a droplet of blood was squeezed from his body, Divine Blood radiating nine-colored light, its vast pressure shaking the Sky Vault.

Hum!

The next moment, the blood entered the center of Qingling’s forehead. Instantly, nine-colored divine light enveloped Qingling’s body, transforming into a radiant nine-colored sphere.

"Today we have a lord for the God’s City. In accordance with the decree, a spirit of heaven and earth shall take charge of the city, to follow the seasons, benefit from the land, connect with the God Veins, and comprehend all aspects of the God’s City’s structures!"

Following the roar of the Zi Yun King, the entire city was filled with a thunderous rumble as if an earthquake had struck. The ground shook, and the winds and clouds surged chaotically.

Long! Long! Long!

Inside the God’s City, sounds like the roar of dragons and the cries of tigers resounded, and at this moment, boundless Divine Radiance erupted. Countless patterns emerged, rolling Divine Texts and seals sprang up from every nook and cranny of the city, converging toward the nine-colored sphere that Qingling had become.

In the Void, nine-colored divine brilliance streaked across, auspicious qi descended from the heavens!

Zi Yun King then signaled to Xiao Chen, who, in turn, let out a thunderous roar once again.

"My Gu Yuan people, our Gu Yuan God’s City shall be the sanctuary for our tribe’s bloodline inheritance for generations to come. As the New City stands, yet its spirit is unformed, let us sanctify the New City with a blood sacrifice, let it be steeped in our kin’s Blood Qi!"

"We dare not disobey the chieftain’s orders!"

Following Xiao Chen’s roar, on the western side of the tribe, Tribal War Masters roared.

"We, the Gu Yuan War Masters, shall consecrate the city with blood!"

Hum hum hum hum! Hum hum hum hum hum hum!

One after another, Great Han squeezed out the blood from their hearts, gathering into a Blood Lake and flowing towards Qingling!

"We, the Gu Yuan Warriors, shall consecrate the city with blood!"

The next moment, heart’s blood rained down like a blood rain, filling the Vault of Heaven, converging towards Qingling.

"My Gu Yuan Tribe’s people, offer blood to the city!"

The roar filled the entire Sky Vault, wave upon wave like surging tides enveloping the luminous orb that Qingling had become, now surrounded by a Blood Lake.

Heartfelt, passionate blood, the quintessence of blood, a single drop from each of the thirteen million tribemates, even the tribe’s toddlers had their kin pierce their bodies to squeeze out a drop of warm blood.

"Offer blood to the city!"

"Offer blood to the city!"

"Offer blood to the city!"

...

The roaring voices built on each other like mountain-crushing waves, piercing the Vault of Heaven.

Buzz, buzz, buzz!

The Blood Lake above the Sky Vault finally began to ripple, and in this moment, the eyes of the Gu Yuan Tribe’s people were glued to the scene above.

A nine-colored Divine Radiance directly tore through the Blood Lake, piercing the Sky Vault, and Qingling’s silhouette manifested once again.

But now, Qingling had changed greatly, her crystalline little feet submerged in the blood, exuding not the slightest stench but instead a touch of sanctity, blood-colored Patterns circulating on her translucent body.

"The spirit Qingling merges with the blood of the tribe’s people in service to her master!"

This time, Qingling bowed to Xiao Chen once more; her voice was soft but it was heard clearly by every Gu Yuan Tribe Warrior.

"I, the Lord of the Gu Yuan, Lord of the Border Wasteland, Ruler of the human race, with the title of God King Xiao Chen, today decree that the spirit Qingling be put in charge of the Gu Yuan God’s City!"

"Understood!"

"Decree the spirit Qingling to take control of the Divine Shocking Sky Array!"

"Understood!"

"Decree the spirit Qingling to take control of the Xuanwu Heaven Covering Array!"

"Understood!"

"Decree the spirit Qingling to take control of the Southern Bright Flame Phoenix Array!"

"Understood!"

"Decree the spirit Qingling to take control of the All-Encompassing Stars Limitless Array!"

"Understood!"

"Decree the spirit Qingling to take control of the All Heavens Stars Four Directions Sealing Earth Array!"

"Understood!"

"Decree the spirit Qingling to have surveillance authority over God’s City!"

"Understood!"

"Decree the spirit Qingling to have defensive authority over God’s City!"

"Understood!"

...

With each of Xiao Chen’s proclamations, Qingling bowed, and in this moment, all of heaven and earth fell silent, as each decree empowered Qingling’s body with a prohibitive seal.

As the leader of the tribe, he had control over the entire city, but he entrusted these powers to Qingling because he could not always be in the city himself, whereas Qingling needed to operate the city at all times, on the lookout for dangers from the Outer World.

"The God’s City has been cast, if not to merge now, then when?"

The next moment, accompanied by Xiao Chen’s shout, Qingling’s body shattered entirely, turning into myriad points of Divine Radiance, and the Blood Lake likewise dissipated, falling downwards.

Yet, as the tribemates tried to dodge or extend their hands to catch a drop of blood, they found the blood drops passed directly through their bodies, merging with the city.

Buzz, buzz, buzz!

As these blood drops, mixed with the heart’s blood of all Gu Yuan Tribe’s people, sprinkled over the city, all tribemates suddenly felt a jolt through their bodies, then a change in the environment around them, as if the original unfamiliarity had vanished, replaced by an inexplicable connection with the city.

Immediately after, Zi Yun King took out a seal with a knob that was a miniature of the entire city.

He handed the seal to Xiao Chen, who forced another drop of heart’s blood into the seal and then pressed it firmly towards the city!

"The people’s hearts unite, the God’s City stands!"

Instantaneously, thunderous booming echoed across the sky, countless Divine Text glyphs materialized, a Starry Sky revolved overhead, Divine Phoenixes spread their wings across the Sky Vault, Giants strode across the Earth, and numerous Xuanwus bellowed skyward.

In this moment it was as if all the Divine Radiance in heaven and earth converged upon this city, and when the tribemates looked up, they were greeted by a sky full of divine brilliance, and even saw Stars turning above the tribe.

Heaven and Earth’s Vital Energy surged tumultuously, and streams of spiritual energy materialized, rushing like rivers towards the God’s City.

The entire God’s City, as if opening a vast maw, began devouring the myriad Vital Energy and spiritual energy, as well as the power of Stars falling from the Sky Vault.

Divine Material was sacred precisely because it could absorb Heaven and Earth’s Vital Energy, which was an attribute not found in ordinary Mine Vein casting materials. The entire Gu Yuan Tribe’s city was forged from Divine Material and was in a perpetual state of absorbing Vital Energy.

With the nurture of Heaven and Earth’s Vital Energy, the city’s grade would slowly elevate. Over time, this phenomenon would become increasingly evident.

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