Ch 272: First Dragon and Emperor Guangwu of Han Awaken Their Memories

“Alright, then I’ll send you back first.” Chu Mo nodded expressionlessly.

“Okay… wait a moment.” Emperor Yongle sensed something was off, his expression changed slightly, and he looked at Chu Mo in astonishment, “Grandfather, aren’t you coming back with me?”

“I still have some important matters!” Without waiting for Emperor Yongle to continue asking, Chu Mo waved his palm, a trace of divine light flashed, and Emperor Yongle’s figure instantly disappeared.

“So, next!” Chu Mo sighed softly, took a step, and arrived above the vast ocean of the Heavenly Dao World, expressionlessly overlooking the scene below. The sea was now dyed pitch black, and the terrifying black tide was still surging, but it was no longer as if it had a life of its own as before.

“As expected, there’s a spiritual brand inside!” Chu Mo muttered in a low voice, but the brand had already been destroyed in the previous Demon Slaying Four Swords’ strangulation. Even now, in the Heavenly Dao World, relying on the Heavenly Dao Authority, he could only sense the remaining spiritual power.

Undoubtedly, there was no risk in absorbing it now.

“Then, devour it first! And then see how the Main World is doing. If it doesn’t work…” Chu Mo narrowed his eyes, then he would continue to transmigrate, and after he was strong enough, he would turn around and smash the pot. However, he personally felt… there must still be a way to contend with it…

Even though the previous giant hand showed unimaginable power, Chu Mo didn’t believe that using those powers didn’t require paying a price. To put it bluntly, Chu Mo could also use Quasi-Sage power, but… due to a premonition, he forcibly suppressed it!

On the other hand, transmigrating again also had a fatal problem: would this transmigration cause… what happened at the end of the Zhou dynasty to happen again?

“That time, was it because I directly awakened the Heavenly Dao… If I only awakened something other than the Heavenly Dao! Would it…”

Chu Mo fell into contemplation, and finally decided to experiment, but at the same time, he was prepared for the worst.

Chu Mo slowly fell into the black tide, and the Door of Time in his mind trembled violently. He seemed to have turned into a black hole, devouring the surrounding black tide at an extremely terrifying speed, even as if forming a huge vortex…

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Divine Province.

Kyoto World.

Before Epang Palace.

First Dragon expressionlessly stared at the illusory shadows in front of her. These were the truly top existences in the Divine Province, each guarding their own area, with their own important tasks! They couldn’t be easily transferred.

Therefore, they could only use Nüwa to project their shadows using ingenious methods to conduct a meeting and exchange information.

Zhu Yuanzhang calmly explained the current situation.

“To summarize, the situation is… Liu Bang may have a problem! But it’s not certain… You were originally prepared to wait until you confirmed it before summoning us to explain! But now, the Eastern Pacific Primordial Sea may set off a great riot comparable to the one more than 500 years ago!” King Xiaogong of Qin’s eyes twitched slightly.

“This is really…” King Huiwen of Qin scratched his head, revealing a trace of distress. After thinking it over and over again, he made up his mind, took a light breath, “I’ll let Bai Qi return to Kyoto. Although his Heroic Spirit hasn’t fully awakened, he now has the power of the Eighth Level Peak!”

“…Not enough.” First Dragon’s words were concise and to the point. Her gaze was sharp, “I have issued an edict to let my direct descendants in the Xijing Domain City of Shaanxi… enter Kyoto!”

Her subtext was very obvious: at this time… involving the foundation of the Divine Province, there was no need to hide anything anymore.

The power of the Divine Province was extremely strong, but the problem was that it was also relatively separated. Because of the special nature of Heroic Spirits themselves, it was too easy for them to gather into a new force… For example, the Heroic Spirits of the early Ming Dynasty would naturally gather around Zhu Yuanzhang.

First Dragon was like this, and the other Emperor Heroic Spirits who had grown to their peak were the same.

Moreover, this kind of gathering… you couldn’t cut it apart even if you wanted to! You couldn’t possibly violate the will of the Heroic Spirit itself, right? And almost all Heroic Spirits could inherit their former interpersonal relationships. If you really forced it down, it could be said that 80% of the Heroic Spirits would rebel.

In fact, the current situation was already very good! It was the result of reforms by generations of Divine Court Lords, removing the Heroic Spirit forces and directly establishing roots in the local areas. If they originally had forces, and even had territorial ranges, then it would simply be the reappearance of feudal states.

Therefore, the consequence of this was… the Divine Province was very strong, but, its power could never be squeezed into a huge fist…

What the Divine Court Lord could unify, apart from their own direct forces… were only the Heroic Spirits who had joined the government, as well as the Heroic Spirits in the military. And they could indirectly mobilize those folk Heroic Spirits who were qualified to participate in the Divine Court meetings!

For example, Shang Yang, who was beside King Xiaogong of Qin, was a Heroic Spirit who had never joined the government. There was no way to unify them!

Of course, although First Dragon couldn’t directly issue orders to Heroic Spirits like Shang Yang who hadn’t joined and were directly gathered around their own monarchs, First Dragon, as the Divine Court Lord, could issue orders to King Xiaogong of Qin.

Because King Xiaogong of Qin was an official Heroic Spirit!

It was quite like, my subordinate’s subordinate is not my subordinate!

However, because all the awakened Heroic Spirits in the Eastern and Western world groups were like this… everyone had problems, and in a sense, it also became no problem.

“Are you referring to Li Si and Wang Jian?” King Xiaogong of Qin’s expression changed for a moment, then he sighed, “Alright, alright, I’ll have a good chat with Ying Qian… and strive to have him rush to Kyoto! The only pity is that Shang Yang’s injuries haven’t recovered yet.”

“It’s been eighty years, and he hasn’t recovered yet?” Zhu Yuanzhang’s expression was very heavy.

“He faced the northern ice disaster head-on, and delayed it alone for ten days and ten nights! It’s already good enough that he survived… His own cultivation was completely destroyed, and even his Heroic Spirit essence was severely damaged…” King Xiaogong of Qin couldn’t continue speaking, and sighed bitterly. He really wasn’t complaining. He still felt shocked when he thought about Shang Yang being alive… He couldn’t understand it!

“My subordinates don’t have too many strong people!” Emperor Guangwu of Han pinched his brow, feeling a little pained. Then, he turned his head to look at King Wen of Zhou, “But this one’s subordinates should…”

“…No one.” King Wen of Zhou spat out two words expressionlessly.

“You!” First Dragon’s eyes darkened for a moment, then she sighed inwardly. She understood why King Wen of Zhou was like this. Due to his special nature, King Wen of Zhou had gathered a group of extremely powerful Divine Heroic Spirits two hundred years ago. After all, the era he was in was too special…

At that time, King Wen of Zhou attempted to destroy the Divine Court and create a situation similar to the neighboring island country. He wanted the Divine Heroic Spirits to rule everything! But in the end, he was naturally completely defeated…

King Wen of Zhou was exiled to Tibet, both as the guardian of Tibet and as the one being watched, to atone for the sins he had committed. And that group of Divine Heroic Spirits was still suppressed below Kyoto, suppressed by the Dragon Luck!

These existences, as well as some other top tycoon Heroic Spirits, were also one of the important reasons why First Dragon couldn’t leave Kyoto. Even now, the power that King Wen of Zhou controlled was not to be underestimated… but…

Before she could say anything more, the void suddenly twisted, and a figure fell out.

“It’s over… it’s over!” Emperor Yongle’s face was a little distorted. He roared, “The Black Emperor has taken action… It’s that Great Black Emperor! It can’t be ruled out that Black Sky himself has personally intervened… Ah?”

Emperor Yongle swept his gaze around, and noticed that each of the tycoons cast their gazes on him, some strange, some thoughtful, and some playful. Even though most of the tycoons were all illusory shadows, because he knew their status, strength, and weight, Emperor Yongle still felt heavy pressure.

“Where’s your grandfather?” Zhu Yuanzhang’s expression became gloomy.

“Grandfather is fine, he has something to do… It’s just that I don’t know! No, now is not the time to discuss this.” Suddenly realizing something, Emperor Yongle’s eyes twitched a few times, “Liu Bang, Susanoo and Tsukuyomi of the island country, and that Emperor Jinmu… Emperor Jinmu is Xu Fu!”

Emperor Yongle was incoherent.

“？Is it really him!” First Dragon pondered. She had actually had some guesses about Emperor Jinmu a long time ago, but considering that the situation in the Divine Province was too complicated, and she couldn’t even leave, she simply didn’t have time to verify it, and could only turn a blind eye and pretend that this matter didn’t exist.

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“So… can you explain a little clearly, what exactly happened?” Zhu Yuanzhang’s expression was gloomy as he clenched his fist and smashed it on Emperor Yongle’s head. Who can understand what you’re saying?

“…There are too many things! Forget it!” Emperor Yongle gritted his teeth and stamped his foot, “I’ll start from the beginning.”

Although time was tight, he could only proceed step by step.

He organized his language and began to explain that Chu Mo, who displayed the means of the Master of Heaven, his true identity was Zhao Chuzi…

Emperor Yongle even projected a virtual image, and then…

The scene suddenly became quiet.

Emperor Yongle: “?”

Emperor Yongle’s voice became lower and lower, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead. He keenly sensed that something was wrong. He cautiously raised his head and found that his grandfather’s expression was normal… but…

First Dragon was expressionless, Emperor Guangwu of Han covered his forehead, and his eyes showed coldness, astonishment, absent-mindedness, and disbelief.

Several kings of the Qin dynasty, as well as King Wen of Zhou, didn’t speak at this moment, and keenly realized the change in the atmosphere.

“So… what exactly is this?” Finally, Zhu Yuanzhang spoke. He always felt that the situation happening on these people in front of him was a little familiar… Could it be that…

But that shouldn’t be…

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn’t figure it out. If First Dragon or Emperor Guangwu of Han had a problem, he could understand it, but both of them had problems… These two don’t seem to be from the same era, right?!

What’s wrong! Could it be that the Heroic Spirit that Chu Mo awakened this time… directly lived from the end of the Zhou dynasty to the early Eastern Han dynasty? Wait! Zhu Yuanzhang fell into contemplation. It didn’t seem absolutely impossible, either.

“…How could it be.” Emperor Guangwu of Han’s expression changed uncertainly, and finally raised his head to stare at Emperor Yongle, his voice a little hoarse, “Does this one have time… to meet with me!”

“That… you shouldn’t ask me this!” Emperor Yongle said cautiously. Whether it was from identity or strength, Chu Mo beat him like he was beating his grandson. How dare he make any promises on Chu Mo’s behalf?

“Then how should we contact him…”

“I don’t know either…” Emperor Yongle said that he didn’t know anything.

“So, what did you remember?” Zhu Yuanzhang’s eyes flickered uncertainly. He said in a strange tone, “This shouldn’t be content that can’t be revealed, right!”

Emperor Guangwu of Han was silent for a long, long time, and said bitterly, “I don’t know how to say it… Did that one extend the Great Han Empire again? Or…”

Thinking of the way he was crushed by that one in his memories, Emperor Guangwu opened his mouth, but in the end, he didn’t continue to say anything.

“…He is my elder brother!” First Dragon opened her mouth without any emotional fluctuations. Her fists were silently clenched. Showing that her true mood was not as calm as it seemed on the surface…

“Oh, so that’s how it is… Hmm?!” Zhu Yuanzhang figured out that something was wrong, and his pupils contracted.

“Ah?” This was Emperor Yongle.

Several former kings of the Qin dynasty dug at their ears. After repeatedly confirming that they hadn’t misheard, they looked at each other in a daze. Even King Xiaogong of Qin fiercely pinched himself and felt the pain. Only then did he grin, his eyes dazed, “No… I’m not dreaming, either?!”

The scene was silent.

“…Is there a possibility!” Emperor Guangwu said cautiously, “Is it actually a virtual memory?”

First Dragon didn’t speak, but spread out her arms, “Great Wall Barrier, unfold!”

Along with her words, a divine luster suddenly flashed, and an extremely terrifying, semi-illusory Great Wall gradually took shape at this moment, and spread at an extremely terrifying speed.

Quickly wrapping around the world.

This was an unimaginable magnificent scene!

It was too huge and glorious… It didn’t seem like something that could be built in the human world at all! Every brick was a world brick, and it was still a little different from the current battle line facing the Eastern Pacific Primordial Sea. The current world bricks were all cast from small worlds… and these were at least medium thousand worlds! And the beacon towers built every certain distance were cast from the ruined products of a great thousand world.

Moreover…

“…Isn’t it? You call this thing the Great Wall?!!” King Xiaogong of Qin’s scalp went numb, and he stared in disbelief at the Great Wall, which was entirely silver in color. Even though it was also cast from world bricks, this Great Wall was actually more technologically advanced than the current world city.

Especially the electric ion cannons, electromagnetic cannons, and planet-destroying cannons on each of the lookout beacon towers… Millions? Tens of millions? There were too many, he couldn’t count them all!

This… even in this era, the difficulty of creating this was impossibly high… not to mention that era…

There was no germ of this kind of technological creation born in that era at all!