Divine Might Planet, Great Zhou Imperial City.
Li Mingqiong was in a meditative state every day, monitoring every blade of grass and tree in the Great Zhou Kingdom. However, she was still unable to stop the people from defecting and leaving the Great Zhou to worship the Holy Mother of White Lotus.
It was useless even if she forcefully held them back. These people who had made up their minds to worship the Holy Mother of White Lotus were already hopeless. Once they realized that they could not escape from the Great Zhou, they would directly commit suicide.
Faced with this situation, Li Mingqiong had also tried to directly modify the thoughts of these people and erase their thoughts of wanting to escape from the Great Zhou to worship the Holy Mother of White Lotus.
But this was still useless.
That was because after she erased this thought, another one would immediately be born.
The thought of escaping from the Great Zhou to worship the Holy Mother of White Lotus seemed to have completely taken root in the person’s body. It was completely impossible to eradicate it quickly unless one destroyed that person’s consciousness. However, this was no different from killing them.
It was impossible for Li Mingqiong to do that.
Now, she was completely helpless. There was no way to deal with this strange appearance at all. She could only wait for Cui Heng’s response.
“Empress Li, Immortal Venerable’s decree has arrived.”
Just as Li Mingqiong was frowning, the Yellow-scarved Strongman’s voice suddenly sounded from the void. He had probably used a voice transmission technique from afar to inform her of this news.
“It’s Master’s decree!” She was immediately overjoyed. She hurriedly stood up and bowed respectfully in the direction of the voice. “Respectfully accepting Master’s decree!”
At the same time, she was looking forward to how Cui Heng would resolve this matter.
After a while, the Yellow-scarved Strongman arrived in front of the Qinzheng Hall. After walking in, he said with a solemn expression, “Announce the Immortal Dharmic Edict! The White Lotus Lifeless Sect of the Divine Might Planet will immediately burn down the statue of the Holy Mother of White Lotus and the temple and submit to the Great Zhou.
“The deadline is one month. Those who haven’t submitted will be personally visited by Immortal Venerable and he will persuade the remaining believers of the White Lotus Lifeless Sect to return to the Great Zhou.”
“What?” Li Mingqiong was stunned when she heard the contents of the decree. Her face revealed shock and confusion as she muttered, “Master is actually going to personally take action?”
This outcome really surprised her.
In her impression, Cui Heng had always disdained to personally take action. He basically let his disciples, servants, or the creatures he created take action.
In Li Mingqiong’s opinion, this was very normal.
After all, her Master was a supreme existence with an extremely high realm.
The Golden Immortals, Limitless Golden Immortals, Sages, and Creators they had encountered in the past were not worth him personally taking action.
But this time, he was actually going to attack personally.
Li Mingqiong became nervous and thought to herself, “Looks like the enemy is really very powerful. However, it’s the Holy Mother of White Lotus’s honor to be able to let Master personally take action.”
As for whether Cui Heng would succeed, she did not even think about it. In her understanding, her master was definitely invincible.
Therefore, as this thought flashed through her mind, she bowed respectfully and said, “Yes, Master!”
Then, Li Mingqiong’s voice spread throughout the entire Great Zhou and reached the ears of every citizen.
“I am the Emperor of the Great Zhou. The rebels of the White Lotus Lifeless Sect, listen to my decree. You are to burn all the statues and temples of the White Lotus Goddess within a month and submit to the Great Zhou.
If you do not comply, at that time, the Supreme Being will descend. You will bear the consequences yourself!”
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Li Mingqiong’s decree spread throughout the entire Great Zhou.
This was also the first time the ordinary people had heard such a strict decree, and it was also the first time they had received a decree to uproot the White Lotus Lifeless Sect.
For a moment, the entire Great Zhou was in turmoil.
Countless believers of the White Lotus Lifeless Sect hiding in the Great Zhou Dynasty were bewildered, not understanding why the Great Zhou Dynasty’s attitude had suddenly changed.
Previously, they was clearly just nibbling away at the dynasty bit by bit and slowly planning. Why did they suddenly become so radical?
And what was the “Supreme Being” mentioned in the decree?
Such earth-shattering news naturally spread to the oasis in the middle of the desert in the west at an extremely fast speed. In the end, it was sent to the Saintess in the Holy Mother of White Lotus Palace.
Song Tan was still kneeling respectfully under the white lotus throne. He lowered his head and said, “Saintess, what are you going to do with the Empress’s decree? Should we deal with it?”
“There’s no need. Just follow the original plan.” The Saintess shook her head gently, looking confident.
Then, the corners of her red lips curled up, revealing a smile that seemed to have succeeded in her scheme. Her beautiful chin curled up slightly as she said with a smile, “The person behind the Great Zhou can’t hold back anymore.”
“Since he said that there’s a month’s time, we’ll cast this net for another month. After a month, we’ll directly pull in the net and fish this big fish out!”
“Saintess is wise!” Song Tan immediately kowtowed.
Seeing that the Saintess was so confident, he naturally did not have any doubts. Moreover, he had never thought that the person behind the Great Zhou Kingdom would be a match for the Saintess.
After all, the Saintess of the White Lotus Lifeless Sect was very special.
She was essentially formed by the power of the White Lotus Goddess crossing the void and projecting over, condensing many vital energies and laws in the world.
Therefore, although this Saintess of the White Lotus Lifeless Sect had only been born for an extremely short period of time and was only formed by a projection, she was strong enough to fight against a Lord of the Heavens. She was an Eighth Realm expert of the Immortal World.
Moreover, she could become the host of the Holy Mother of White Lotus at any time and unleash the power of a Lord of the Heavens.
With such an identity and status, not to mention in the Purple Sun Realm, she could do whatever she wanted in the myriad worlds.
The reason why they wanted to lure the snake out of its hole and not directly destroy the Great Zhou was because this Saintess was more cautious and liked to be completely prepared before attacking.
Now that the other party actually dared to jump out himself, he was simply courting death.
“Song Tan, in a month, announce our location to the public.” The Saintess’ beautiful face was filled with a confident smile. Suddenly, her eyes turned cold as she said in a low voice.
“At that time, there will be 18 large arrays and 12 Heaven Ascension Divine Weapons waiting for him. Unless he’s also a Lord of the Heavens, he won’t be able to escape calamity.
“I’ll make him die without a grave!”
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After letting the Yellow-scarved Strongman leave, Cui Heng began to prepare.
One month was not a long time.
He had to grasp it well.
This was his first true public appearance in the past few hundred years. If he attacked openly and attracted the attention of some supreme existences, it would be dangerous. He had to have enough methods to escape.
First, he had to exchange for the right to enter the Grotto-Heaven in advance. As long as he entered the Grotto-Heaven, everything would be safe and he would not be harmed again.
However, entering the Grotto-Heaven was only the last resort. If he could rely on his own strength to resist or escape, he still had to do his best.
Therefore, he prepared the Myriad Heavens Teleportation Immortal Incantation in advance. At that time, he could directly activate it and escape hundreds of light years away.
He was also prepared for the laws. He would directly modify the laws and change the laws on Purple Sun Planet to a state that was beneficial to him but harmful to the enemy.
At the same time, he would secretly set up the Five Elements Primordial Chaos Yin Yang Reversal Technique to blur the enemy’s perception of the Great Dao laws and even everything in the void, affecting their judgment in all aspects.
On the basis of the above preparations, he would also condense pure offensive spells like the Great Heavenly Demon Yin Fire Technique, Heavenly Thunder Origin Magnetic Divine Light, and Five Thunder True Heart Technique and hide them in a small hidden space. Using the Miniature Thousand Mile Court, he could hide them in the range of the Five Elements Primordial Chaos Yin Yang Reversal Technique and attack with all his might while the other party’s perception was blurry.
Of course, other than these, Cui Heng would also prepare all other methods.
For example, using the Shifting Stars Technique in advance to connect a certain space within the range of the Five Elements Primordial Chaos Yin Yang Reversal Technique to the core of a huge star outside the Purple Sun Realm.
Of course, he also prepared for his own defense. Changing the laws, preparing the Auspicious Cloud Mandate, True Essence Spirit, Resurrection, and other spells were all for this.
Simply put, even if a Soul Formation existence really appeared, he would be able to escape unscathed the moment he saw the other party. He could even make the other party unable to find his whereabouts at all.
As for killing enemies above his level?
Cui Heng did not even think about it.
On the path of cultivation, the higher the realm, the less likely it was to jump realms and fight. This was especially so for the difference between the Nascent Soul realm and the Soul Formation realm.
It was already extremely heaven-defying and unbelievable for him to escape unscathed from a Soul Formation cultivator with a peak Nascent Soul cultivation.
After making all kinds of preparations, Cui Heng felt that he was fully armed and could not help but sigh with emotion. “I still have to break through to the Soul Formation realm as soon as possible.”
A month passed quickly.
Just as everyone had expected, the White Lotus Lifeless Sect completely ignored the Empress of the Great Zhou, Li Mingqiong’s imperial decree. They had no intention of restraining themselves at all and even wanted to make things worse.
In the past month, more and more citizens had betrayed and escaped from the Great Zhou. There were even some who began to openly worship the Holy Mother of White Lotus in the Great Zhou and even built statues of her.
There were also some commoners and martial arts experts who followed the rules of the Great Zhou Dynasty who were inexplicably killed. Moreover, the deceased were all engraved with the lotus flower mark. It was clearly announcing that this was done by the White Lotus Lifeless Sect.
Everyone in the Great Zhou Dynasty began to panic. The social environment that had been peaceful for a long time was clearly showing signs of turmoil.
Li Mingqiong was extremely busy.
In such an atmosphere, a month passed quietly.
This was the first day of the second month after the Empress of the Great Zhou, Li Mingqiong, issued the decree. Everyone was paying attention to the changes in the sky.
Was it really as the Empress of the Great Zhou had said, that a Supreme Being would descend?
At this moment, the sky had just turned hazy, and the sky was beginning to brighten. The morning sun was slowly rising when suddenly,
Buzz!
The entire Purple Sun Star suddenly trembled. A purple-gold light seemed to fall from an endless height, tearing through the sky and flying towards the desert to the west of the Great Zhou.
A vast and direct aura suddenly filled the entire Purple Sun Star, causing all the living beings on this huge planet to feel such a powerful aura.
At the same time, in the Holy Mother of White Lotus Palace in the middle of the desert to the west, the Saintess sitting on the White Lotus Dharma Throne suddenly opened her eyes. She looked outside and chuckled.
“The person who is courting death is here!”
