Chapter 421

Chapter 421: The Origin of the Dynasty

Cultivators of the Honored Position continued to fall, bestowing blessings upon the entire Red Heaven realm, leading to a significant revival of spirit energy.

However, the Luo Dynasty was indeed too far from the center, so the phenomenon caused by the falls of the Honored Position had less impact here.

After the great battle, the defeated forces of the two major powers spread across two provinces, causing profound effects, to the extent that Yun Ye, all the way in Huangzhou, could feel the echoing strength from those two provinces.

At the same time, the calamity energy surging from the two provinces flowed continuously toward Yun Ye, gradually forming a power of great disaster around him.

Yet, unlike what had happened in Baishi Town, this time, the great disaster approached slowly and did not erupt all at once.

According to Yun Ye’s assessment, this was likely because the Holy Lineage’s Dao Artifact did not bear any calamities.

Without calamities, there would be no cycle of reincarnation, and the power of great disaster could not be fully unleashed.

As the strongest force, the Holy Lineage established the Luo Dynasty relying on True Immortal combat power rather than Dao Artifacts; thus, there was no reason for them to set down rules that would defy the heavens.

But a question remained: how exactly did the Luo Dynasty come to existence?

Did they simply pick up the pieces after a collapse?

This question had sparked considerable thought among scholars, who set out to collect data about the two sects, trying to reconstruct the process of the dynastic change.

The results were quite murky, filled with many unresolvable gaps; it seemed that the establishment of the Luo Dynasty was not as simple as imagined.

Just to mention one point, the Dao Artifact of the last dynasty must have reached the national level, and with a little more desperate struggle, creating rules that could swiftly defeat a True Immortal should not be a problem.

In other words, to resist they must also possess national-level Dao Artifacts, and the opposing side would need to go into debt as well; otherwise, the power would be imbalanced.

Following this logic to develop the story, the Luo Dynasty’s Dao Artifact should also come with a great disaster, which would increase and then lead to its collapse along with the cycle of reincarnation.

However, in reality, the Luo Dynasty did not show such a situation; the Dao Artifact did not carry any calamities and won against the previous dynasty in a complete state.

In other words, either the previous dynasty collapsed on its own, or after establishing the dynasty, the Holy Lineage self-destructed their Dao Artifact.

They allowed the new Dao Artifact to absorb the old one, retaining only a third of its echoes, but eliminating the calamities entirely, which could be considered the price paid.

After their research, the scholars of Tomorrow Nation leaned towards the idea that the Holy Lineage self-destructed their Dao Artifact to avoid calamities.

This could also explain why the royal family of the Luo Dynasty did not possess overwhelming power, being less authoritative than the Ji family of Baishi Town.

They must have opted for compromise to prevent another destruction like that of the previous dynasty, sharing some benefits with the Pure World Holy Land and the former Holy Sect of Huangzhou, gradually reclaiming these benefits and initiating multiple wars. However, they have not achieved total success to this day, merely dismantling the Holy Sect of Huangzhou, allowing the Tomorrow Society the chance to rise.

In this sense, Lord of Luo turned out to be quite a figure. Unlike typical cultivators, he wasn’t narrow-minded; perhaps the command to destroy the spirit veins of Huangzhou also came from Lord of Luo.

Lozhou.

Spirit City of Lord of Luo.

Lord of Luo suddenly opened his eyes, his aura deep as the dark scenes of hell. He extended his right hand, and mysterious patterns flowed beneath his skin. Feeling the powerful surge brought about by these patterns, Lord of Luo couldn’t help but mutter, "Is this the Extreme Spiritual Law? It is indeed terrifying, easily surpassing our lineage’s Heavenly Path inheritance of thousands of years?"

"No wonder a mere ant entering the Mystic Realm can battle me; it is not only because of True Immortal magic and super formations but also this Extreme Spiritual Law!"

Twenty years ago.

Both major forces were defeated, and the Mystic Realm fell into decline; even True Immortal Lin was killed in battle, gravely injuring the entire Holy Lineage!

This caused a tremendous shock in Lozhou, plunging most forces into panic, fearing the impending national extermination war.

Their combat power was of little concern, but Lozhou needed people to function; managing the formations required personnel, maintenance needed workers, and resource gathering relied on manpower.

Thus, Lord of Luo employed certain means to stabilize them (referring to killing their families casually). With Dao Artifacts in the air and some methods to intimidate these people, Lozhou faced hardly any trouble; even efficiency only decreased because of fewer personnel, not due to the decline of individual capabilities.

After all, Lord of Luo did not care about the process; as long as the outcome did not meet the requirements, he would kill to resolve it, a simple and brutal approach that was enough to arouse everyone’s initiative.

As for the issue of reduced creativity, the original Luo Dynasty lacked creativity, and he did not wish for the lower classes to have it either.

Combined, it amounted to no loss.

With the matters of stabilizing Lozhou resolved, Lord of Luo had to consider how to deal with the invasion of the New Dao.

After the New Dao’s great victory, the New Dao King launched several attacks alone, all of which were casually blocked by Que Yu. Without the super formations, the New Dao King’s strength was limited and could not be considered formidable.

However, the New Dao King had just entered the Mystic Realm and would grow stronger. Given his and the New Dao Nation’s potential, mastering the Three Major Techniques was undoubtedly attainable.

At that time, with the terrifying power of Extreme Spiritual Law, even if the New Dao King learned the Ascension of the Heavenly Path, he would likely struggle to prevail. Furthermore, the Ascension of the Heavenly Path came with its own repercussions; using it once would prevent the body and soul from enduring a second use for a short period.

Without the Ascension of the Heavenly Path, even if he had become a True Immortal, he would probably only be able to rely on the power of the super formations to barely survive.

As long as the opponent was determined to be ruthless and consume the spirit veins, the Holy Lineage would eventually face defeat.

This possibility undoubtedly troubled Lord of Luo’s heart.

He needed to find a way out.

Extreme Spiritual Law was one of the reasons for the New Dao’s strength, and now that he had mastered part of it, perhaps he should try to convert it into his own power!

Having become a True Immortal, the term "True Immortal" actually implied the meaning of becoming an immortal. In ancient times, it was said that achieving the status of a True Immortal brought one close to immortality.

In this era, a True Immortal referred to a state of perfection where the soul and body were fully united, allowing one to live for sixteen hundred years.

But such perfection was a limitation for Lord of Luo now, as True Realm cultivators needed to separate their body and soul to self-destruct their cultivation. Generally, this would lead to death, so once one reached the True Realm, they could not retrain.

As a cultivator who had already traversed some distance in the True Realm, Lord of Luo could not possibly walk the path of cultivation again.

Also, since the True Realm united body and soul, there was no longer talk of the Three Major Techniques, only the distinction of who led.

For this reason, the True Essence of the True Realm could simulate the attributes one possessed, giving a unique advantage in casting spells.

Lord of Luo lacked the manpower to develop the complex Extreme Spiritual Law and could only transform his existing knowledge, but this method led to an unimaginable enhancement.

The maximum power of ordinary Spiritual Law was 10, while Extreme Spiritual Law was 30, and the Unique Law was over 100.

This variation appeared indistinguishable when observed in isolation, but when the Spiritual Laws fused, the power multiplied, revealing a massive disparity.

Yun Ye, with once weak Spiritual Roots, could leverage this enhancement to overcome those in the True Realm, let alone the strongest cultivator of the Luo Dynasty, Lord of Luo.

After two decades of refinement, once Lord of Luo completely transformed all his learning, even without the ascent law’s support, the power of the new techniques surpassed that of the past!

Due to the inability to retrain, Lord of Luo only compressed his strength into spirit patterns and used spirit root transplantation techniques to create an external energy circulation.

This clearly fell short of the peak, but for a cultivator of Lord of Luo’s level, simply doing this allowed his strength to balloon, almost like a miracle.

This portion of power was sufficient!

It would allow him to hold on for several hundred more years. During this time, the Red Heaven realm would be unified, and by then, when the Celestial Empire arrived, the New Dao would be like ants among ants, powerless and naturally destined for extinction!