Overlord Level forces all possess their own special talent, and although not as powerful as Stargazing Valley, they could still sense certain major events.
After Wang Sheng exterminated the Evil Dragon, all people from the Overlord Level forces sensed that there would be no backlash if they made a move against the Great Zhou Dynasty now.
Therefore, Heavenly Saber City, Spirit Sword Valley, Divine Lady Peak, and Lihai City—all four Overlord Level forces mobilized, dispatching their manpower.
Especially Spirit Sword Valley and Heavenly Saber City, which had consumed most of King Yong Nian’s legacy, knew very well how powerful the royal family’s foundation was. Thus, they held great enthusiasm for attacking the Imperial City.
At first, the backlash still existed, and they planned to surreptitiously annex the Rebellion Army, but now it seemed unnecessary.
Somehow someone had resolved the backlash.
Though they didn’t know how the person managed to activate the dynasty’s backlash without eradicating the royal family, by this point, it was no longer important.
Destroying the Great Zhou was the most urgent matter.
So the Rebellion Army around the Imperial City found, to their surprise, that several more powerful Rebellion Armies had appeared, all sharpening their blades eagerly.
Meanwhile, in Shuzhou Anshui County, Yu Xing, as the inheritor of Stargazing Valley, naturally could deduce many things. He also knew that the Great Zhou was doomed to fall and wouldn’t even leave its “name” behind, entirely erased in both name and reality.
He saw the tremendous benefits within.
“Xuan Yang, we can send all Grandmaster Level Martial Artists to the Imperial City and see if we can take advantage of the chaos to gain some benefits. The Martial Arts Secret Manuals and even ordinary books are our targets.”
Xuan Yang was Mo Yang’s courtesy name, and now Yu Xing’s way of addressing him was very respectful, which was a deliberate cultivation of relations by Yu Xing.
“Wouldn’t there be problems contesting those Overlord Level forces?”
Although his strength had greatly increased, Mo Yang knew that their current power was still far from comparable to the Overlord Level forces. He didn’t want his people to lose their lives in vain.
“Don’t worry, the Great Grandmasters won’t personally enter the fray—it would be too embarrassing for them. Moreover, we won’t touch the things inside the secret vaults, so nothing will go wrong. When the time comes, take the best and as much as we can.”
Yu Xing had already planned everything thoroughly; naturally, he wouldn’t allow his side to suffer losses unnecessarily.
Reassured by these words, Mo Yang finally nodded, then decided to lead the team to the Imperial City himself.
Due to the urgency of the situation, all those who went were Grandmaster Level Martial Artists, aiming to reach the Imperial City within a week. Rushing purely through travel was naturally much faster than the leisurely progress Wang Sheng had made.
And if Yu Xing could sense this event, Yue could do so too, without any difficulty.
The only difference was that while Yu Xing did not know who had scattered the last of Great Zhou’s backlash, Yue had some guesses.
“Mr. Wang Sheng must have already arrived at the Imperial City, right?”
In Yue’s view, the only ones who could accomplish this were the Great Grandmasters of the Overlord Level forces and Wang Sheng. However, since the Great Grandmasters of the Overlord Level forces were unwilling to face the backlash and thus supported the Rebellion Army, the most likely possibility was Wang Sheng.
However, Yue was also unclear about exactly how Wang Sheng managed to activate the collapse backlash of the royal family.
Of course, he wasn’t worried. Although the backlash was formidable, it posed no threat to Wang Sheng.
Now it was just a matter of waiting for news to see what had happened.
Only with concrete information could he make an appropriate judgment.
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At this moment, Wang Sheng, who had caused this series of changes, had already returned to Wu Residence.
“Uncle, you’re back!”
Wang Lingwei and others were very happy; they had naturally sensed the powerful aura that had erupted outside earlier.
They weren’t fools and suspected that it might be related to Wang Sheng, so they were somewhat worried. Now that Wang Sheng had returned, they could finally relax.
“Everybody go back. We might need to stay here for a few days, then leave again.”
He hadn’t just gone to the palace; he had also visited other Martial Artist Families in the Imperial City.
But because many powerful families, like the Wu Family, had already fled, the gains from the Imperial City were not as big as he had imagined.
Of course, these acquisitions were still impressive, comparable to any major city.
The treasures from the palace combined with those from other Martial Artist Families meant that he had gained a lot this time and needed to properly sort through and digest them.
Most crucially, he had obtained a secret manual which would greatly aid in completing “Calling Wind and Summoning Rain.” He decided to try it out here to see if he could create his envisioned weather controlling powers.
With his strength, even if the Rebellion Army broke into the city, he could easily leave with his people.
Thus, Wang Sheng entered seclusion, oblivious to external affairs, concentrating solely on transforming his Divine Skills.
The Fire Transformation Pearl made resolving most of the issues of “Calling Wind and Summoning Rain” possible, bringing him to the final step.
He now roughly understood energy transformation and could even manage to convert some of his own energy, the Qi Blood Power, into flames without relying on the Fire Transformation Pearl.
While this transformation wasn’t as powerful as with the pearl’s assistance, he could still barely apply it in combat.
Meaning, the actual transformation wasn’t a problem.
The only problem was how these “transformations” and “commanding the wind and rain” could be linked together.
They were actually independent entities, not one and the same.
So using one’s own energy to “command the wind and rain” was still missing a step.
In this respect, Wang Sheng had hit a bottleneck.
However, he had found an interesting secret manual among the palace’s collection of books.
This particular tome was in fact rather unassuming, amid a host of martial arts manuals; although it wasn’t placed at the very bottom, it could only be considered mediocre at best.
But this manual provided Wang Sheng with no small amount of inspiration.
It was one of the rare instances he brought back an original manual.
“Spear and Arrow Theory” was the name of the manual, and it didn’t seem special, appearing to be a tome for cultivating spear and arrow techniques.
But it was not as it seemed.
The content of the manual actually combined spear and arrow techniques into a new type of martial arts manual.
Such a manual wasn’t anything extraordinary itself, and its power wasn’t that great, but Wang Sheng valued its theories.
“The spear and the arrow are not one, and there is no connection…”
The theory it contained was how to integrate spear techniques into arrow techniques, which seemed like a wild fantasy. Even the original owner of the manual hadn’t achieved it, resulting in the manual being somewhat odd and of little value.
But perhaps the creator himself didn’t realize he had inadvertently formulated a theory similar to “transformation,” a pity since it seemed he never fully developed and expanded on it.
Wang Sheng was also able to discern something because he had “Heaven and Earth Dao Rules Analysis.”
Moreover, the greatest value of “Spear and Arrow Theory” was that it gave Wang Sheng an idea, a line of thought for finding suitable manuals.
Following this train of thought to look for manuals that could help him, he eventually found quite a few.
With the theories from these manuals, Wang Sheng continuously refined “commanding the wind and rain,” trying to use his own energy to induce rainfall.
The core of his energy was the Qi Blood Power, but his Qi Blood Power was extremely special, having fused with a variety of forces and, after refining into a great medicine, it had transformed into an incredibly profound power.
It had the properties of Qi Blood Power, but was also completely different.
This actually saved him a lot of trouble.
Qi Blood Power was an exceedingly simple energy; simplicity meant it was difficult to change, and using Qi Blood Power as the energy source for “commanding the wind and rain” was not impossible, but it required more effort.
It was like the number “9,” which could be broken down into several whole numbers, whereas the number “1” could only be “1.”
Of course, simplicity also indicated a strong foundation and potential.
Wang Sheng had initially cultivated Inner Core Skill with Qi Blood Power, and now his power still carried the properties of Qi Blood Power, which he made frequent use of.
However, in times like these it was certain that Qi Blood Power alone wasn’t enough; what was needed was something more complex.
Following the theories, Wang Sheng step by step began to transform his own power, attempting to use “commanding the wind and rain.”
Such transformed power was akin to making a model; it needed to be constructed gradually, and then methodically harnessed, which was also one of the principles behind the Fire Transformation Pearl.
Wang Sheng’s model was pretty much constructed, and his current task was to integrate this model with “commanding the wind and rain.”
One of the theories in “Spear and Arrow Theory” was exactly this, constructing similar techniques, then merging these two similar techniques to create a new martial skill. Subsequent secret manuals also mentioned this theory, more or less.
What he had to do now was construct a “model” to deploy “commanding the wind and rain,” and then combine this model with the transformed power.
If he could successfully integrate them, that would signify he had accomplished a relatively complete, less restricted “commanding the wind and rain.”
Of course, constructing such a “model” was not simple, but for Wang Sheng who had experience and had studied “commanding the wind and rain” for a long time, it wasn’t an impossible task.
Time passed, and three days went by.
Wang Sheng’s model was slowly completed, while the situation in the outside world also changed dramatically almost every day.
Not long after the orders from the various Overlord Level forces were passed down, the Rebellion Army greatly strengthened its forces, one could even say it had swelled.
With such strength, the Rebellion Army would naturally not continue to rest and reorganize, and eventually, they advanced toward the Imperial City in a great and mighty procession.
Along the way, although there were those loyal and patriotic people who resisted, such resistance was nearly insignificant in the face of the overall situation, and within three days, the Rebellion Army had advanced a considerable distance.
Seeing the state of affairs, their subsequent advancement accelerated even more.
Another three days passed, and the Rebellion Army had already engaged the Imperial City directly. The last time someone reached this point was when the Grandmasters from the Wen Palace led the way.
However, that time, Wen Palace was devastated by the royal family’s trump cards and had not shown its face since, or else it would be another Overlord Level force.
This time was different. Almost everyone knew that the Imperial City no longer had much resistance left; there was no chance for a recurrence of that incident.
As long as they entered the Imperial City, they could overthrow the five-hundred-year-old dynasty and seize its vast and deep-rooted foundations.
The army was pressing in, and it seemed as though the end was near. However, unexpectedly, the Rebellion Army encountered considerable resistance…