I, the Villain, Become Invincible the More Descendants I Have

Chapter 90 Northern Territory Unification, Late Stage of IntegrationThe first rays of the morning sun pierced through the clouds, spilling onto the glazed tiles of Bingyuan City, instantly gilding the entire city in warm gold.

Today was the day of the ceremony marking the complete pacification of the North. The streets and alleys were decked out with lanterns and colorful streamers, while red Great Xuan dragon flags and blue Ancient Ice Clan flags fluttered in the wind.

Barbarian men beat ox-hide drums as they sang and danced, while the maidens of the Ancient Ice Clan twirled their silver-bell sleeves in a dance of blessing. Even the children on the roadside ran about waving small flags, their laughter echoing throughout the city.

On the high platform, Emperor Cao Xukun sat in the center, dressed in a black dragon robe embroidered with gold and wearing the flat-topped crown of an emperor.

The pressure of his Integration Mid-Stage cultivation radiated faintly, commanding respect without the need for anger.

Empress Bing Yao, her slightly protruding belly showing, stood beside him in a purple governor’s robe, her cold, elegant features filled with tenderness and resolve.

Great Elder Bing Xuan stood respectfully below the stage with the ten chieftains of the Barbarian tribes. Behind them stood tens of thousands of soldiers from various tribes in strict formation, their iron armor gleaming in the sunlight.

Li Tieniu leaned his giant axe against the edge of the high platform, smiling until his cheeks ached. He poked the soldier beside him and boasted, ”See that? Half a year ago, this place was a desolate, frozen wasteland, and now the wheat is almost ripe! Even the Ancient Ice Clan, who had slept for ten thousand years, have surrendered. In all the world, only our Emperor Xuan has such ability!”

”That’s for sure! Emperor Xuan is a living god!” The soldiers nodded in agreement.

”The auspicious hour has arrived! The pacification ceremony begins!”

With a shout from the master of ceremonies, the entire venue fell silent. Great Elder Bing Xuan, holding the ancestral Ice Jade of the Ancient Ice Clan in both hands, was the first to kneel on one knee. His voice rang out like a bell, ”The three thousand members of the Ancient Ice Clan are willing to pledge eternal loyalty to Great Xuan and to Emperor Xuan! The ten thousand miles of glaciers in the far north shall all return to the territory of Great Xuan!”

Following that, the ten chieftains of the Barbarian tribes stepped forward one by one to present their tribal totem tokens. ”We, the five hundred thousand people of the ten Barbarian tribes, are willing to follow Your Majesty for generations! The grasslands and deserts of the North shall forever be the barrier of Great Xuan!”

”Good!” Emperor Cao Xukun rose slowly and raised his hand to signal everyone to stand. His voice reached every corner of Bingyuan City. ”Today, I hereby proclaim to the world! The entire North is, from this day forth, completely pacified! All citizens of Great Xuan, whether Barbarian, Ancient Ice Clan, or people of the Central Plains, are equal, regardless of status! As long as I, Emperor Cao Xukun, live, I shall protect your peace!”

”Long live Emperor Xuan! Long live Great Xuan!”

The roar of the crowd rose like a tsunami, scattering the clouds in the sky. The commoners knelt on the ground, pressing their foreheads against the scorching earth, their voices filled with the gratitude of those who had survived a catastrophe.

Just as the ceremony was about to conclude successfully, a sharp shout suddenly pierced the sky, ”I do not agree!”

A white-haired old man clad in ice-crystal armor rushed onto the high platform aggressively, followed by dozens of death squads wielding ice swords. He was the Second Elder of the Ancient Ice Clan, Bing Lie, who had long harbored resentment over Great Elder Bing Xuan’s surrender and had been secretly colluding with the remnants of Bing Lingtian, biding his time to cause trouble.

Bing Lie held his sword across his chest and pointed at Emperor Cao Xukun, roaring fiercely with an air of arrogant posturing, ”Emperor Cao Xukun! You thief who usurped the North! You used dark magic to bewitch the people and killed the Son of Destiny, Bing Lingtian! My Ancient Ice Clan is the direct lineage of the Ice God; how could we bow to a mortal like you!”

”I have already awakened the Ice God’s slumbering army of one hundred thousand Ice Demons! They are outside the city right now! With a single command from me, they can flatten Bingyuan City in an instant and freeze you all into ice sculptures! If you are wise, get out of the North immediately, or else I will ensure you die without a burial place!”

No sooner had he finished speaking than the ground around the high platform cracked open. A dozen or so Ice Demons, emitting black, frigid energy, crawled out from underground. With exposed fangs and claws outstretched, they looked ferocious. A commotion broke out below the stage, and many elderly people and children backed away in fear.

”Damn! You old bastard, you actually dare to backstab us!” Li Tieniu grabbed his giant axe, ready to charge up. ”Watch me chop your old bones into firewood to heat the kang!”

”Don’t be hasty.” Emperor Cao Xukun raised his hand to stop him, a mocking smile curling at the corner of his lips. ”An army of one hundred thousand Ice Demons? I think you mean ten ice lumps meant to make up the numbers, right? Bing Lie, have you been asleep for ten thousand years and lost your mind? If the Ice God really had an army of one hundred thousand, he wouldn’t have been beaten into hiding for hibernation ten thousand years ago.”

”You are talking nonsense!” Bing Lie was so angry that his beard bristled. ”These are the invincible Ice Demons refined by the Ice God himself! They are impervious to blades, spears, water, and fire! Today, I will let you witness their power! Attack! Tear him to pieces!”

The dozen or so Ice Demons lunged forward, roaring. Wherever they passed, the ground instantly froze into a layer of ice half a foot thick.

”With such trash, you have the nerve to come out and embarrass yourself.”

Emperor Cao Xukun did not even move, merely flicking his finger. An invisible wave of Chaos Spiritual Power swept out, and those seemingly ferocious Ice Demons instantly froze in mid-air, then began to shatter inch by inch from their fingertips. In the blink of an eye, the dozen or so Ice Demons turned into a pile of ice shards, scattering across the ground with a clatter.

The entire venue fell into dead silence.

The ferocious grin on Bing Lie’s face instantly froze, his eyes widening like copper bells. ”Impossible! This is absolutely impossible! The Ice Demons are invincible! How could they be shattered so easily!”

”Invincible?” Emperor Cao Xukun sneered and walked slowly up to him. ”In front of me, nothing is invincible. Your so-called Ice God’s army is nothing more than a few toys cobbled together from ice blocks. You think you can overthrow Great Xuan with this junk? What a delusion.”

”I don’t believe it! I still have a backup plan!” Bing Lie completely lost his composure, hysterically waving his ice sword as he stabbed at Emperor Cao Xukun.

Emperor Cao Xukun reached out casually and pinched the tip of the ice sword. With a gentle application of force, the sword, forged from fine steel, instantly snapped in two. He raised his hand and slapped Bing Lie across the face. The crisp sound echoed throughout the venue, sending Bing Lie flying over a dozen yards away, where he landed on the ground with a mouthful of blood and several teeth knocked out.

”The clown is actually yourself.” Emperor Cao Xukun clapped his hands, his tone icy. ”Great Elder Bing Xuan has been benevolent to you, yet you are ungrateful, colluding with rebels and disrupting the ceremony. Guards, drag him away and behead him as a warning!”

”No! I was wrong! Emperor Xuan, spare my life!” Bing Lie was scared out of his wits, scrambling to kowtow and beg for mercy. But the soldiers ignored him completely, dragging him away. With the sound of a blade, this stubborn clown was finally beheaded.

The remaining rebels were so terrified their legs went weak, and they knelt on the ground with a series of thuds. ”We know we were wrong! Please, Your Majesty, spare our lives!”

”Considering you were bewitched, I will spare your lives.” Emperor Cao Xukun waved his hand. ”If you dare to cause trouble again, you will be executed without mercy!”

At that moment, the entire North suddenly began to shake violently. Countless streams of golden and blue fortune converged from all directions, with golden Great Xuan dragons and blue ice lotuses intertwining and circling in the sky, emitting boundless radiance. The power of faith from the ten thousand tribes of the North merged with the ten-thousand-year-old earth energy of the ice plains, surging into Emperor Cao Xukun’s body like a rushing river.

[Ding! Congratulations to the host! The entire North has been completely pacified!]

[Obtained ultimate reward: Blessing of the entire North’s fortune + Blessing of the faith of all tribes!]

[Fortune fusion successful!]

An indescribable, surging power erupted within Emperor Cao Xukun like a volcanic explosion. The bottleneck that had been stuck at the Integration Mid-Stage was instantly and completely shattered.

”Boom—!” A world-destroying pressure swept across the entire mortal realm. The snow-capped mountains of the North bloomed with ten thousand rays of golden light, the East Sea stirred up thousand-foot waves, the beasts of the Southern Border roared in unison, and the rivers of the Central Plains surged and roared. All races involuntarily bowed toward the North, the winds and clouds changed color, and the sun and moon shone together.

Emperor Cao Xukun’s divine sense extended infinitely, breaking through the constraints of the mortal realm and touching the barriers of the realms above the Nine Heavens. His physical body became indestructible, and he could tear through space with a mere gesture. His Chaos Spiritual Power and the Ice God’s power fused perfectly, forming a brand-new Chaos Ice Energy, its power increasing a hundredfold.

[Ding! Congratulations to the host! Cultivation has broken through to the Integration Late Stage!]

[Current cultivation: Integration Late Stage Great Perfection! Only one step away from the Tribulation Transcendence Stage!]

[Divine ability upgraded: The Myriad Laws Return Spear has advanced to the Chaos World-Breaking Spear! It can shatter the realm barriers with a single strike!]

[Obtained special ability: Fortune Embodiment! Within the mortal realm, no attack can harm you in the slightest!]

”Awesome! This is so awesome!” Emperor Cao Xukun clenched his fists, feeling the raging power within him, and couldn’t help but look up and roar. The roar traveled for ten thousand miles, scattering the clouds in the sky. He was now the undisputed number one in the mortal realm; even an ancient expert would be no match for him.

Li Tieniu watched in stunned silence, his giant axe clattering to the ground. ”Oh my god! Another breakthrough! Integration Late Stage! The legendary Integration Late Stage! Your leveling speed is faster than riding a rocket! I’ve been cultivating for sixty years and only reached the Golden Core Stage, and you just level up by suppressing a rebellion? You’ve basically activated an invincibility cheat!”

”Just standard procedure.” Emperor Cao Xukun waved his hand, looking nonchalant. ”I didn’t want to either, but the people are too enthusiastic and the fortune is too abundant; it’s hard not to break through.”

Empress Bing Yao stepped forward, her eyes filled with adoration and admiration. ”Congratulations, Your Majesty! Congratulations, Your Majesty!”

Great Elder Bing Xuan and the ten chieftains also knelt on the ground, shouting in unison, ”Congratulations on your breakthrough, Your Majesty! Long live Emperor Xuan! Long live Great Xuan!”

The commoners below the stage cheered and jumped for joy, their shouts continuing endlessly.

Emperor Cao Xukun raised his hand, and the venue fell silent again. He looked at the hopeful faces below the stage, his voice firm and resonant. ”The pacification of the North is just the beginning. From now on, I will lead Great Xuan toward a more glorious future! I want to ensure that there is no more war or hunger in the mortal realm, and that all citizens can be well-fed, warmly clothed, and live in peace and contentment!”

”Long live Emperor Xuan! Long live Great Xuan!”

The wind blew Emperor Cao Xukun’s black dragon robe, and the golden sunlight shone upon him. Behind him were the people of all tribes bowing in submission, and beneath his feet lay the unified land of ten thousand miles.

The five regions of the mortal realm now all belonged to Great Xuan.

And Emperor Cao Xukun’s gaze was already fixed upon the Nine Heavens above.

Next, he would lead the iron cavalry of Great Xuan to break through the Nine Heavens, conquer the various heavens, and plant the dragon flags of Great Xuan in every corner of the universe!