Ch 71: Let the Black Emperor’s True Form Come

Before Kyoto, endless clouds roiled.

Chu Mo, clad in a dragon robe and surrounded by terrifying purple qi, ascended slowly.

The purple qi around him condensed into various phenomena—

Steam trains traveled, bursting with terrifying steam… Towering factories, prosperous to the extreme, stood upon the earth… And these endless factories created cities of unparalleled prosperity…

But there were more corpses—of Divine Province descendants and overseas peoples alike…

Corpses, wealth, and countless other things were all intertwined… The phenomena continued to spread in all directions, the internal scenes becoming increasingly real, almost like a reflection of the world’s future, a wondrous world where paradise and hell coexisted.

Whether it was Sun Chuanting, Luo Yangxing, or others from Great Ming, or Hooge and the others besieging the city who had not yet lost their minds, all felt a tremor in their hearts, as if they were seeing a god.

“No need to worry!” Hong Chengchou said expressionlessly, his voice carrying an inhuman, or rather, non-living quality, “Just a Sage.”

“No, I am not yet a Sage.” Chu Mo stepped onto the city wall, speaking leisurely. Only then did everyone realize that even as he was surrounded by purple qi, divine and transcendent, he was still wielding a brush, writing something.

Yes, Chu Mo had to wait until he truly finished writing to gain the recognition of this world and become another Sage after Wang Yangming.

But it was already enough.

Chu Mo had already touched the opportunity, successfully taken that step, completely breaking free from the shackles on his body, and become a Celestial Phenomenon, so—

【 Tenth year, by nurturing your heart and mind, you have successfully stabilized your initial Celestial Phenomenon cultivation, which you broke through due to touching the path of the Sage. 】

【 Eight hundred and seventieth year, you have successfully broken through the peak of the initial Celestial Phenomenon. You have a deeper understanding of the path of Capital and Wealth that you have pioneered. You have created the supreme profound truth: Extracting Immortality.

The greed and evil in human nature are the foundation for the birth of the path of Capital and Wealth. Those around you who harbor greed and malice towards you can have their malice transformed into resources to restore yourself, allowing your injuries to constantly heal. 】

“What Evil Sword Immortal…” Chu Mo silently complained in his heart. Although the extracted greed and malice could only restore himself, it was still invincible. It should be known that those who harbored such thoughts towards him were most likely his enemies… It was like the enemy was healing him while attacking!

Killing people and punishing their hearts!

Point allocation continued.

【 Eight thousand eight hundredth year, you have successfully broken through to the middle stage of the Celestial Phenomenon! 】

Chu Mo’s body trembled slightly. He felt his body growing stronger, and at the same time, a large amount of information flooded his mind.

“…What? Still not a Sage?”

Sun Chuanting was stunned, disbelief and despair yet to surge in his eyes.

Chu Mo took a step forward, and the aura on his body increased exponentially at this moment, instantly breaking through the tenfold critical point. In the past, at this stage, he would have felt physical pain, reaching his limit, but now…

With each breath, he could absorb a large amount of negative emotions from the demonic army he faced, entering his body and replenishing his injuries.

Chu Mo, while still writing, smiled and raised his palm, looking at the nearly ten Celestial Phenomenon experts suspended in the sky, and gently pushed.

The surrounding purple qi instantly surged. In the phenomena projected, which was no different from reality, terrifying mountains instantly rose up, crashing down on the Celestial Phenomenon experts standing in the sky.

At the same time, the sky above the phenomena was filled with illusions, and brilliant stars crashed down.

They were phenomena, but at the moment of entering reality, they seemed to have transformed into reality, possessing that terrifying destructive power, constantly colliding, constantly intertwining, constantly shattering.

“Boom!”

This destructive power was too terrifying.

A terrifying storm swept through, as if real meteorites were falling from the sky, creating a natural disaster. Some Innate experts who were not protected by battle formations were blown away…

The Kyoto city walls emitted a faint glow, and because the meteorites were not deliberately targeting Kyoto, they could barely withstand the storm, preventing it from collapsing.

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After a full dozen breaths, the terrifying rubble and storm gradually subsided.

However, the figures in the sky, such as Hooge, a Heaven and Earth expert, had directly turned to ashes, and the bodies of the remaining nine Celestial Phenomenon experts had dense cracks, and even a few had their limbs directly exploded into ashes, becoming disabled.

The Kyoto city walls were silent.

Sun Chuanting was dazed, Sun Chengzong doubted his life, and Shi Kefa suspected he was hallucinating…

Deep within the demonic army camp.

“What… what kind of method is this?!”

Dorgon’s expression changed for the first time, no longer as calm and confident as before. He repeatedly observed Chu Mo in the distance, and the more he watched, the more cold sweat appeared on his forehead.

The Black Emperor was incredulous. It wasn’t that he didn’t know about Sages, or rather, his understanding of Sages was beyond imagination. Because the remains of that Wang Yangming were now in his hands…

But the Sage in his impression was definitely not like this! What kind of Sage are you? The path pioneered by a Sage is magnificent and grand, reaching the extreme in a certain aspect… But how could this guy’s path have both extreme evil and extreme good coexisting?!

You can simultaneously reach the extreme in both good and evil??? What a ghost!

Most importantly, how could he be so strong? The Black Emperor’s expression was dazed. Not to mention that Chu Mo was only on the path to becoming a Sage, even if he really became a Sage, it was impossible for him to be so outrageous…

He could feel that the aura on Chu Mo’s body was increasing every moment! And after the increase, there was extra luck added. What kind of monster was this?!

“Not good! I have to run.” Realizing something, the Black Emperor, in the name of Dorgon, hoarsely issued an order, and finally rushed rapidly towards the distance.

The nine Celestial Phenomenon experts with broken bodies in the sky let out beast-like roars, and black flames blazed on their bodies, their auras soaring as they pounced towards Chu Mo.

“What a pity!” Chu Mo’s writing brush finally paused. He flicked a drop of ink, “Let the Black Emperor’s True Form come!”

【 Thirty-four thousand eight hundred and seventieth year, through the efforts of long years, you have successfully cultivated to the peak of the middle stage of the Celestial Phenomenon Realm in this barren world. 】

That drop of ink entered the surrounding purple phenomena, like a drop falling into water, causing faint ripples.

As the ripples spread, the commotion became louder and louder. In the end, it caused earth-shaking changes in that world, as if it had truly become real, possessing a terrifying power of devouring.

The vast world wrapped around the nine Celestial Phenomenon experts like a scroll, letting them sink into it…

They roared in another world, displaying their true forms of up to several hundred meters, tearing apart everything around them, but it was useless. The things they tore apart would be restored in the next moment, and the dead beings would be resurrected in a breath.

It was as if they were in reincarnation, the world in the phenomena painting repeating everything.

Above the phenomena sky, the extremely brilliant sun and moon crashed down at this moment, and endless dazzling light spread in all directions…

Not only within the phenomena, but even breaking through the shackles of illusion and reality, scattering onto the earth, and projecting in all directions.

It enveloped the vanguard of the battlefield, the Bordered White Banner, which had just received Dorgon’s order to retreat… This was the most elite army of the Later Jin.

When the brilliant light dissipated—

Nothing was left.

The ground within a radius of nearly a thousand meters was hollowed out, as if a large area had been erased out of thin air.

The nine Celestial Phenomenon experts with broken bodies disappeared, and the nearly eight thousand Bordered White Banner iron cavalry that stood within this thousand-meter radius also disappeared.

The next chapter will be posted before 5 PM tomorrow. I’m feeling a bit unwell… I don’t know what’s wrong.