Ling Tian Sword God

Chapter 1234: Chapter 1233: Earthquake

At this moment, Ling Chen had already escaped the Imperial Palace. He knew that with Empress Yunyao’s cultivation, even if he sealed her acupuncture points, it would only trap her temporarily. It wouldn’t be long before she’d break free and release herself.

”This time, I’ve probably thoroughly offended Empress Yunyao.”

After leaving the Imperial Palace, Ling Chen couldn’t help but furrow his brows. He hadn’t expected that Empress Yunyao would resort to drugging him to make him submit.

Since he didn’t accept Empress Yunyao, but instead chose to escape, he feared he’d seriously angered her.

The Empress had always been proud, and to be ignored in such a significant matter, this might be the first time.

He wouldn’t share this matter with others, and Empress Yunyao wouldn’t publicize it either, but she might remember it for a long time.

However, it couldn’t be helped.

He felt no affection for Empress Yunyao, and she wasn’t sincere towards him either. It won’t be good to forcibly bring them together.

Everything must follow one’s true heart.

If one step is wrong, then every step thereafter will be wrong, and eventually, there will be regret.

Therefore, Ling Chen would rather defy the Empress than his own true heart.

Returning to the inn, Ling Chen didn’t stay long before leaving the Divine Capital with Ling Yin.

Ling Chen feared that Empress Yunyao wouldn’t let it rest, so to avoid trouble, it was best to leave the Divine Capital.

Their destination was the Liu Family of the Heavenly Constructor Clan in Yongzhou.

As Ling Chen and Ling Yin left the Divine Capital, several thousand miles west of it, there was an ancient mountain range that spanned thousands of miles.

This place was very desolate, rarely visited by humans, with extremely complex terrain, steep mountains, smoke and miasma. It was enshrouded by a hint of ancient wildlands.

This mountain range was called Qinling.

Legend says that Qinling was not a barren place in the past but was once a land with a spiritual vein that could rival heaven and earth’s creations. Later, the world was unified, and the Great Qin Dynasty was established, which led to intensive mining within Qinling and the establishment of royal palaces. After Great Qin was destroyed by Ba Wang, Qinling fell into decay, becoming the desolate land it is now.

Boom!

The quiet atmosphere lasted only an instant before a loud crash abruptly shattered it. From deep within Qinling, beneath the earth, the roar of an ancient giant beast echoed, causing the mountains to collapse, the ground to crack, and the entire geographical pulse to tremble.

After the loud crash resounded, a dragon-shaped light suddenly burst forth from beneath the Earth’s surface, nine consecutive streams all soaring into the sky, free to roam the heavens.

The dragon’s roar echoed pervasively in the surrounding space.

For a time, every city, every town, every village, lone travelers in the wild, and secluded experts in cultivation all felt the earth tremble remarkably and the air vibrate intensely. Gales swept across in all directions.

”This tremor is unusual.”

An expert emerged from seclusion and stepped outside, closing his eyes to keenly sense the source of the tremor, but he found that the source was far away, beyond sensing.

At this time, a thousand miles north of Qinling, there was a lush secret realm.

Rich spiritual Qi enveloped the outer regions of the secret realm, within layers of protective formations. It was like a utopian space removed from the world.

Within sight were artistic buildings and towers, colorful and radiant, with slender figures of women flying through the air, and hardly any sight of men.

When men appeared, they were mere slaves, subjugated, whipped, and humiliated by the slender women, daring not to speak their anger.

Even the strongest men were inferior here; regardless of their power, they held lower status than women.

Female supremacy was ironclad, a law.

This place was the mountain gate of one of the Eight Great Super Sects, the Divine Female Sect.

Deep within the Divine Female Sect, a noble woman in a phoenix crown and rich purple-gold robes suddenly raised her head, staring toward the direction of Qinling as if her gaze pierced through the layers of void, seeing the end of the world.

Raising a jade hand, peculiar light flashed in her palm as she spoke to herself: ”This seems like no ordinary geographical pulse tremor. It seems as if an Azure Dragon is awakening beneath Qinling. Could it be that something extraordinary is about to emerge?”

Her gaze flickered, and a sudden brightness gleamed in her beautiful eyes, ”The source of the tremor seems located beneath Qinling, could it be...”

Before finishing her sentence, a curve appeared at her lips, ”If it truly is that, then the entire Nine Province Sect Realm might be shaken... Must send the most capable person to investigate the source of this tremor.”

As she said this, she suddenly waved her sleeves, and colorful butterflies emerged and flew in all directions.

Central Region.

Deep within the secret realm of the Great Mysterious Heavenly Dao.

Circles of light covered the interior halls of the Great Mysterious Heavenly Dao, seeming like enclosed small worlds.

In the depths of these light shields was a Bagua Array spanning hundreds of miles, with a middle-aged man in black robes meditating in its center.

Suddenly, his eyes opened wide.

Splash!

With a wave of his sleeve, the Bagua Array suddenly activated, mysterious energies pooled from all directions and finally converged into a projected image.

The projection displayed the vast void in a flash. Qinling appeared clear to the eye, even able to penetrate the underground.

The underground scene fully revealed in the projection.

Amidst the endless darkness where nothing could be seen, only rumbling could be heard. Suddenly, the darkness tore asunder, and a five-clawed golden dragon burst forth, shredding the projected image with a mere claw.

The middle-aged man in black robes paled, disbelief appearing in his eyes, ”How can a golden dragon emerge beneath Qinling?”

”This aura is that of Emperor Qinling’s imperial presence?”

The middle-aged man suddenly realized.

Emperor Qinling, renowned through time, was the founder of the Great Qin Dynasty, a monarch unmatched in history, even more famed than Ba Wang or Martial Emperor, amongst the supreme experts. His imperial presence is unique, unmistakable.

”Emperor Qinling, a figure sealed for thousands of years, appears now. Could it be prompted by the world’s current great era of talent?”

A hint of joy appeared on the middle-aged man’s face. For experts of their level, few things shocked them, but Emperor Qinling was an exception. The place beneath Qinling might be the Emperor’s Tomb, and none had found it until it revealed itself today!