Ch 122: Zhu Biao: I’m not being modest, but how did I become Emperor Taizong Wen of Ming after waking up?

Zhu Biao was silent. In the memories he had awakened, there wasn’t actually a scene of Chu Mo severing the Heaven’s Road. It seemed that Zhu Biao had only heard of the event but never actually witnessed it.

However, the scattered bits of information dug out from his memories allowed him to understand the unbelievable deeds of his grandfather. What a great and powerful figure Zhu Wusi was!

“His virtue surpasses Confucius! His achievements overshadow all emperors!” This was the widely accepted assessment.

Shaking his head to clear away the chaotic thoughts, Zhu Biao quickly spoke, “Father, the key issue now isn’t this. See if you’ve gained any new skills.”

“I’m asking you this because…” Zhu Biao’s expression twisted slightly, and he sighed, “I don’t even know how to describe my situation… I almost suspected I was dreaming!”

“…Huh?” Zhu Yuanzhang closed his eyes and sensed for a moment. His expression changed slightly, and the sorrow in his heart turned into shock. “I’ve gained the purple God-Seizing Method! Besides that, there’s also the yellow-level Qi Cultivation Method, and…”

Zhu Yuanzhang didn’t say the last part.

His original Red Emperor Divinity, which was purple with a hint of gold, had now transformed into a supernatural power called Red Emperor.

Golden quality!

Zhu Yuanzhang’s heart trembled violently.

One must know that if he didn’t have the golden skill to sever the Immortal Path, he would only be a purple-gold Heroic Spirit. If that were the case, this Red Emperor supernatural power alone would allow him to complete the transformation from a purple-gold Heroic Spirit to a golden Heroic Spirit.

A purple Heroic Spirit becoming a golden Heroic Spirit… This could no longer be described as unbelievable or shocking.

Moreover, that purple Heroic Spirit skill was extremely terrifying! Looking at the skill’s description, it was a skill specifically designed to counter gods… Even after slaying a god, it could grant a certain amount of divine power.

“No!” Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly realized, and a huge wave surged in his heart. His scalp tingled as he realized that perhaps it was precisely because of the God-Seizing Method that his purple-gold skill had transformed into a golden skill.

This… was beyond words!

“…Then Father, your gains aren’t as great as mine.” After hearing that his father only gained a purple skill, Zhu Biao chuckled. He said with a strange tone, “Grandfather gave me a azure God-Seizing Method. Besides that, he also gave me the inherent skill of Emperor Taizong Wen’s Stabilizing the World.”

Zhu Biao pursed his lips. “I’ve gone from an azure Heroic Spirit to a purple Heroic Spirit.”

Emperor Taizong Wen was an extremely special title. Almost all Emperors Taizong Wen of unified dynasties could possess the skill Stabilizing the World. And this skill was purple!

In other words, a qualified Emperor Taizong Wen was a purple Heroic Spirit! But this was normal. Whether it was Emperor Wen of Han, Liu Heng, Emperor Wen of Sui, Yang Jian, Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin, or the original Emperor Wen of Ming, Zhu Di… they were all contenders for the title of Eternal Emperor or were already Eternal Emperors.

Emperor Wen was originally one of the highest-level posthumous titles for emperors.

Brief silence.

“…Although, there have indeed been cases where lost historical events were clarified, leading to an increase in the quality of Heroic Spirits,” Zhu Yuanzhang slowly stood up. “However, at most, the quality of Heroic Spirits below azure would only increase by one level, right?”

“…That’s right.” Zhu Biao said softly.

Before today, no one had ever heard of any lost historical event that could elevate a Heroic Spirit from azure to purple. Because a purple Heroic Spirit symbolized an Eternal Emperor, or at least a Heroic Spirit with the qualifications to compete for the title of Eternal Emperor!

How could such a great existence engraved in history have their achievements erased? This was impossible! Even the Demonic Race trampling the Central Plains and the demons entering the pass couldn’t accomplish such a thing!

Not to mention…

“Emperor Taizong Wen, isn’t that the posthumous title of that stinky brat Zhu Di? How did he inexplicably become the second ruler of the Great Demonic Empire?” Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head with a strange expression. As for Chengzhu, he knew that it was Zhu Di’s unfilial descendants who changed it for him.

“…So.” Zhu Biao opened his mouth.

“Is it the work of the gods? Manipulating history? In the past, there was almost no information about gods in my memories, but this time, I inexplicably remembered the dream of becoming the Red Emperor! It can be considered as resolving the confusion of why I have the Red Emperor Divinity.” After pondering for a moment, Zhu Yuanzhang made a decision. “However, this does indeed easily lead people to think about other aspects…”

“Such as?” Zhu Biao asked cautiously.

“…Perhaps some people will suspect that I, Father, can change history, but this is obviously impossible. Truly changing history would cause a butterfly effect that would wipe out a bunch of Heroic Spirits! But that hasn’t actually happened.” Zhu Yuanzhang rolled his eyes. “However, while I and other high-ranking individuals can calculate this, those below might have wild ideas.”

Taking a deep breath, Zhu Biao whispered, “I talked to White Maiden before, and she said… we can separate the Great Demonic Lord from Chu Mo and shift the blame onto the Great Demonic Lord!”

“Still too young.” Zhu Yuanzhang smiled, and his gaze became sharper than ever. “If they really pay attention to this point, they will kill without hesitation… The Great Demonic Lord who is being separated will be noticed, but can Father escape? Do you expect them to make mistakes in this aspect?”

Zhu Biao was silent and finally asked, “Then what should we…”

“If I couldn’t leave the Kyoto World, I would really like to meet Father.” Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly sighed. After thinking for a long time, he carefully said, “Contact Anya and since it’s in her territory… let her protect him. I’ll go find… Zhuge Kongming! To obscure the Heavenly Secrets.”

Zhu Biao’s pupils suddenly contracted, and a huge wave surged in his heart.

Zhuge Kongming! The top tycoon of the Kyoto World, wielding all kinds of miraculous Heavenly Mandate skills, deducing the Heavenly Secrets, reversing the Heavenly Mandate, and even…

“I want to ask Zhuge Kongming to place all the karma related to Father on me!” The corners of Zhu Yuanzhang’s lips curled up, and he stared at the sky with a cold expression. “I’m not worried about ordinary experts causing trouble for Father… Those top experts, if they want to find him… will inevitably trigger karma!”

“I want to see who comes to die.”

After the karma is placed on him, if those real top tycoons dare to have the idea of causing trouble for Chu Mo, it will be equivalent to having the idea of causing trouble for Zhu Yuanzhang. With Zhu Yuanzhang’s current realm, he will definitely notice it immediately, and then he should take action when it is time to take action.

The middle-level experts can be dealt with by the Prefect of Jiangning… As for the lower-level ones, there is no need to say more…

“Then why don’t we bring Grandfather to the Kyoto World?” Zhu Biao asked in confusion, unable to understand.

“You can send a message to White Maiden to invite him, but I don’t have high hopes!” Zhu Yuanzhang’s eyes contained some deep emotions. “Father must have secrets… and they are big! So big that I may not be able to suppress others.”

“If he really enters the Kyoto World… it may not be as safe as being outside! Furthermore…”

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed softly. “The right to choose should still be given to Father. If he really chooses to rely on me, it’s not a problem to support him for the rest of his life! It’s just that he will be ruined… What a pity.”

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Zhu Biao shrank his neck with a bitter face, unable to say anything.

“Instead, Zhu Di didn’t protect…” Zhu Yuanzhang’s words suddenly stopped, and a trace of sadness flashed in his eyes. He sighed one last time and changed the topic. “But the right to choose should still be given to Father. If he really chooses to rely on me, it’s not a problem to support him for the rest of his life! It’s just that he will be ruined… What a pity.”

“I understand.”

Zhu Yuanzhang watched Zhu Biao leave. After a long silence, he suddenly soared into the sky. His aura erupted at this moment, as if fused with a Great Thousand World. A trace of his aura spread out, shaking the entire Kyoto Great Realm.

Countless people were horrified at this moment, and even many Heroic Spirits from the early Ming Dynasty were moved to tears after a brief silence, trance, and shock.

“It’s Grand Ancestor… I sensed Grand Ancestor’s aura! It must be him.”

“That Ming Taizu who has been silent for thirty years has walked out of his own small world? What earth-shattering event has happened?!”

“Could it be that the Heavenly Realm Boundary City defense line has fallen? Is the Primordial Beast Tide going to kill its way to Kyoto?!”

“Could it be that the Ancient God has been resurrected! Damn it…”

However, soon, this aura entered another small world with him and then converged, but it still caused countless people to be absent-minded, discussing with horrified expressions, and proposing one possibility after another.

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At this moment.

Chu Mo chose to log into the Heroic Spirit World at home.

Heroic Spirit selection—the third Heroic Spirit, the Great Ming Preceptor!

As usual, at the Shangnan login point, Chu Mo directly ignored the many newly awakened Heroic Spirit cubs and left. It’s just that…

After a brief silence, the newly awakened Heroic Spirits were in an uproar.

“That person… the more I look at him, the more familiar he seems?”

“It’s… it’s the State Preceptor! It’s definitely the State Preceptor, I can’t possibly mistake him! The State Preceptor has also awakened.”

“The Most Holy Teacher, the teacher of the world! Ah, I saw it…”

“?? Wait, what State Preceptor? Wait a minute, how do you all know that person?” Some people were confused. If they all knew him, wouldn’t that mean they were all from the same era? Seeing that at least one out of three people around them knew him, their livers trembled.

“Isn’t it strange? Aren’t the Heroic Spirits that can awaken in Shangnan Province from the Yuan Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty?”

Damn it, why is it that the Heroic Spirits who awaken in a certain specific era account for one-third of the total number of newly awakened Heroic Spirits… This proportion is outrageously high! It’s too abnormal…

Of course, soon this Heroic Spirit discovered that he was wrong, because half of the remaining two-thirds were not not excited, but had gloomy expressions. Looking at their appearances, they also seemed to be from the same era…

Two-thirds…

“Damn it… Great Ming Preceptor! If it weren’t for him, the Lord might not have been able to bring us…”

“Don’t say it! What if he hears us?!”

“Wait!” Many Great Ming Heroic Spirits who had their memories seized had a momentary trance. Looking at those Demonic Race and Demon Humans around them, after a brief silence, they directly started fighting. “You evil beasts, how dare you insult the State Preceptor!”

“Damn it! Cheap human…” The Demonic Race Heroic Spirit who had suffered a loss was stunned for a moment and finally flew into a rage. “If I can’t beat the State Preceptor, can’t I beat you? My race’s experts, attack with me… Kill!”

Many Great Ming Heroic Spirits and Demonic Race Heroic Spirits who had their memories seized seemed to have returned to the former Western Regions battlefield, to the front line where the Demonic Race and the Human Race were fighting. They were fighting with all their might… completely forgetting that this was actually the Initial Land, and they were actually Human Race Heroic Spirit Awakeners.

What remained was a pile of Heroic Spirits from other eras who didn’t understand what was happening at all, either scrambling out of the Initial Land or hiding in the corner, shivering and wanting to cry but having no tears.

“Who the hell can tell me what’s going on?!”

“Why is this situation in the Initial Land completely different from what the teachers told us!”

“Is the world of Heroic Spirits so terrifying… They start fighting as soon as their eyes meet? Wuwuwu, who the hell told me that in the Heroic Spirit World, as long as you don’t enter the wilderness and the Unlimited Battle Zone, it’s very safe!”

The dazzling red alarm sounded again.

After a moment, a slender figure emerged from the void. He stared at the bottom with a complicated expression, no longer cursing, but only a kind of unspeakable exhaustion.

“Damn it, why is it Shangnan again… Do you like to have group fights in the Initial Land so much? Good heavens… how is the scale this time even more outrageous than last time!”

“That’s not right, the group fights last time were all from the Qing Dynasty… Why do I feel like the group fights this time are all from the Ming Dynasty and the Yuan Dynasty? And they even know each other? Are Heroic Spirit Awakenings now coming in waves by dynasty…”

Speechless as he may be, the enforcer still took action resolutely, starting to deal with, separate, and suppress them. Having had the experience once, this time he was naturally infinitely more skilled…