Chapter 180 : A Bright Moon Suppresses the Present Age
Chapter 180: A Bright Moon Suppresses the Present Age
“Miss, we’ve arrived at the Great Xia capital!”
Xiaolan’s voice sounded softly, filled with astonishment.
Hearing this, Li Yunqing slowly opened her eyes and looked into the distance.
With just a single glance, she too was stunned by the vast capital before her.
It was enormous.
The city walls alone were thousands of meters high, stretching endlessly beyond sight.
Like a colossal beast that blotted out the heavens and covered the earth, lying dormant at the edge of the world.
Looking out, within the entire capital, divine mountains rose one after another, piercing into the clouds. Vast waterfalls cascaded from their peaks like inverted galaxies.
A hazy mist spread across the sky, radiating seven-colored divine light under the sunlight.
The entire capital seemed as though it existed within a breathtaking immortal realm.
Amid the interwoven radiance, a colossal palace glowing with golden light stood suspended.
It surpassed all other structures in height, stretching across the mountains and blotting out the sky and sun.
Like a true dragon lying in wait, boundless in majesty, overlooking the world below.
That was the imperial palace—its very peak disappearing into the clouds.
“So this is the Great Xia capital…”
Li Yunqing’s tone also carried a trace of amazement.
As expected of the capital of the cultivation world—the imperial palace of the cultivation world.
Entire divine mountains were enclosed within the city. The capital’s expanse stretched at least ten thousand li across east-west and north-south.
Compared to it, the former capital of Great Yu was nothing more than a small mound—utterly incomparable.
“Rumble…”
Tens of thousands of soldiers riding golden warhorses escorted the imperial carriage as it rapidly approached.
Following behind, Li Yunqing felt the world grow darker, an invisible pressure forming as if mountains and rivers were pressing down.
Majestic and imposing, heavy with authority.
Like an endless range of divine mountains suppressing the present age.
Standing before such massive walls and gates, a person felt like nothing more than an ant.
“Welcome the Emperor back to court!”
At the instant the imperial carriage entered the city gates, a thunderous voice erupted.
Within the space above the gates, countless figures stood in the air, vast and endless.
On the ground, countless figures lined both sides of the grand avenue, also stretching beyond sight.
At this moment, all of them bowed and spoke in unison, their voices rolling like a galaxy, resounding through the entire city.
Li Yunqing instinctively released her divine sense. With a single glance, she was stunned.
“Eight hundred Divine Realm!”
“Thirty thousand Profound Realm!”
“So these are all the strong experts of the Central Region?”
Looking at the figures standing in midair, a trace of shock appeared in Li Yunqing’s eyes.
Every single figure in the sky was either in the Profound Realm or Divine Realm.
Some looked barely twenty, yet their auras were extremely powerful—even among the Profound Realm, they were elites.
Even the Divine Realm experts appeared no older than a hundred, their bodies vigorous and full of vitality.
Xiaolan, Ying Qianqian, Jiang Xiuning, as well as the Sword God and Sword Saint—all were stunned by this sight.
There were simply too many strong experts.
Compared to this, Great Yu was not worth mentioning at all.
With such a force, they could sweep across the four regions of east, west, south, and north—sweeping the entire world.
This was the true strength of the Great Xia Empire.
“All of you, rise!”
Di Qing stood up and stepped into the air from the imperial carriage, looking at the gathered experts as he nodded slightly.
“I have brought the Path Pioneer from the Northern Region.”
“All of you, follow me to welcome her!”
As his words fell, countless gazes shot toward the carriage behind the imperial carriage.
Seated at its center was Li Yunqing.
Dressed in a purple gown, her appearance peerless, her temperament gentle and serene—like an immortal descending to the mortal world.
Only her age seemed far too young.
“Is she really the Path Pioneer? A young girl?”
“Isn’t she too young? She doesn’t even look twenty—can someone that age truly be the Path Pioneer?”
“Could it be that the Northern Region is even stronger than our Central Region—someone breaking into the Divine Realm at twenty and opening a new path?”
“How is that possible? In the Central Region, reaching the Divine Realm at twenty already qualifies as a supreme prodigy!”
“Can there really be a Fifth Realm at twenty in this world?”
“The Emperor isn’t joking with us, is he?”
At that moment, discussions erupted.
All eyes fell upon Li Yunqing.
Doubt, disbelief, wavering, disappointment—emotions surged in every direction.
If not for the Path Pioneer truly appearing, manifesting as the image of the Greater Yin Star, and undeniably being female—
Everyone might have suspected this Path Pioneer to be fake.
If not for the presence of the Emperor of Great Xia, and his personal declaration, the entire capital might have fallen into chaos.
Feeling those doubtful and skeptical gazes, Li Yunqing slightly frowned.
She instinctively looked at Di Qing, only to see him nod faintly without saying anything.
At that moment, she instantly understood.
This situation was likely intentional.
The Emperor wanted her, the Path Pioneer, to display her strength and suppress all doubts.
No matter where, strength was the foundation.
Only overwhelming strength could convince others.
Only by demonstrating her power could she instill hope in the martial artists of the world and guide all living beings.
It was not enough for one person to believe in her—she had to make the entire world believe.
As the Path Pioneer, she must possess the power to suppress the world and earn its conviction.
That was Di Qing’s purpose.
This grand display along the way had clearly been for this very moment.
“Isn’t this just showing off?”
“Who can’t do that?”
Li Yunqing stood up, her gaze sweeping across the capital.
On the thousand-meter-wide avenues, countless figures stood densely packed, stretching beyond sight.
In the air stood numerous Divine Realm and Profound Realm experts.
There were also countless armored soldiers, arranged like long dragons.
There were at least hundreds of thousands of them.
“Step!”
Li Yunqing took a step, ripples spreading through the void.
With just one step, her figure appeared within the city, standing above all, hands behind her back, overlooking the entire capital.
Though still gentle, she now carried boundless majesty.
“This seat is Li Yunqing!”
Her voice was soft, like flowing water.
Yet in that instant, it echoed across heaven and earth, spreading through the entire capital like roaring waves.
“You may call me the Path Pioneer!”
“Boom!”
Her gentle voice surged like thunder, like a rolling galaxy.
Without any visible movement, behind her, a vast bright moon suddenly rose.
The moon was immense, blotting out the heavens and covering the sun.
Upon it, imperial palaces manifested, endless mortal realms surged, and cycles of life and death rotated.
It was a complete inner world, manifesting in the form of the Greater Yin Star, suppressing the present age.
At that moment, boundless moonlight surged, competing with the sun in the sky.
A terrifying aura and pressure emerged out of nowhere.
That was the presence of the Fifth Realm!
Even without condensing laws, under the amplification of her Five Elements Dao Body and Pure Yin Dao Body, it was still overwhelmingly terrifying.
Five Elements laws and Pure Yin laws poured forth.
Vast world power spread everywhere.
Like a true Greater Yin Star descending from the heavens, suppressing the present age.
All things before it seemed destined to shatter.
“Bang! Bang! Bang!”
In an instant, thirty thousand Profound Realm and eight hundred Divine Realm experts all fell to the ground, tumbling like gourds.
On the broad streets, the countless figures trembled, unable to resist lowering their heads and bending their backs.
No matter how hard they tried, they could not straighten.
Even the eight hundred Divine Realm and thirty thousand Profound Realm experts who had fallen were the same.
Even Di Qing—the majestic emperor who called himself “We” upon entering the capital—was pressed to the ground, head lowered, unable to resist.
It was as if every person bore a mountain upon their back, cold sweat pouring from their foreheads.
The stone pavement beneath their feet cracked, each leaving deep imprints.
Li Yunqing stood in the void, hands behind her back, the vast bright moon behind her contending with the sun, radiance endless.
Her gentle eyes overlooked all living beings.
At that moment, her still-soft voice surged like endless tides, once again resounding in everyone’s ears.
“Do any of you… still have doubts?”