As the gate of Wen Dao appeared, a vast pressure, like a tide, emanated from it.
The gate of Wen Dao remained tightly shut, with endless literary energy hidden behind it, and the sea of knowledge surged.
It was as if this gate of Wen Dao was the origin of literary Dao in heaven and earth, containing infinite power.
When this gate of Wen Dao struck Liu Chuang's head, Liu Chuang, despite his full effort, could not resist this power.
When the aftermath of this power struck Liu Chuang directly, his face instantly turned pale, clearly suffering no light injuries.
Seeing this, Kong Xiangxi, like a dog that falls into water, relentlessly pursued Liu Chuang.
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Looking at Jinyang City, which was precarious and might be conquered at any moment, Kong Xiangxi did not show much joy on his face.
Those with true insight knew that Jinyang City would definitely be taken.
However, everyone wanted to know how long Jinyang City could hold out and when it would be taken...
That's right, although Jinyang City had not yet been taken, it would be taken sooner or later...
No one would consider whether Jinyang City could truly hold out.
The reason was simple.
This was a war that swept through the entire cultivation world. The four great families, Wang, Kong, and Qin, had waited for many years, used their accumulated resources for many years, gritted their teeth and ignored numerous internal issues, mobilized millions of cultivators, and launched a full-scale attack in four directions.
Their ultimate goal was to dominate the cultivation world of Zi Prefecture, a war of destruction. If they could not even take a single Jinyang City, what was the point of their imperial ambitions? They might as well go home and sleep.
Even the Liu imperial family had no confidence that a few isolated cities could defend against the four routes of rebel forces!
They also had their own plans: first, to deplete some of the four great families' strength, then lure them into the hinterland, and then annihilate them in one fell swoop!
The Liu imperial family and the four great families each had their own plans!
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No matter how well the four great families, Wang, Kong, and Qin, perfected or adjusted their plans, they could not escape the overall strategy of encircling from four sides.
Near the imperial capital Chang'an were four important cities: Taihang City to the north, Jinyang City to the south, Xuandu City to the west, and Hedong City to the east, connected from southwest to northeast, like an uneven pentagram!
By breaking through Taihang City, Hedong City, Jinyang City, and Xuandu City, they could encircle the imperial capital Chang'an, which would eventually fall into their hands.
This was the current situation in the cultivation world of Zi Prefecture.
After barely blocking a few of Kong Xiangxi's attacks, Liu Chuang glanced with some reluctance at the cultivators of the Tianshui Legion who were still holding their ground!
In the blink of an eye, a deep blue sphere appeared in Liu Yue's hand.
This deep blue sphere was no ordinary item; it was the control hub of all spiritual veins within Jinyang City!
This deep blue control sphere was jointly created by grandmasters of formations and grandmasters of artifact refining, its intricacies were truly inconceivable.
It turned out that Liu Chuang had prepared for both eventualities: if Jinyang City could be defended, they would defend it; if it could not be defended, he would detonate all the spiritual veins of Jinyang City, leading to mutual destruction.
At this moment, Jinyang City had gathered the spiritual veins of an entire prefecture. Once detonated, an area of several thousand miles would be completely destroyed.
At that time, although all the cultivators of the Liu imperial family would die, the disciples of the Kong family would not fare much better.
However, looking at the younger generation who feared no death for the sake of the Liu family name, even though Liu Chuang had made up his mind, he still felt uneasy.
Yet, thinking that the fate of the entire Liu imperial family depended on the success of their plan, Liu Chuang hardened his heart.
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At this moment, his face was extremely cold as he crushed the sphere.
This crush was enough to shatter the deep blue control sphere!
The entire Jinyang City suddenly began to move!
The formation patterns that had appeared on the city walls seemed to come alive, moving strangely and intertwining!
Dozens of spiritual veins of various sizes cracked open, and vast spiritual energy erupted at this moment!
The countless restrictive runes hidden beneath Jinyang City began to operate fully at this moment.
Immediately, boundless power erupted from the city's structure.
RUMBLE!!!
The incredibly vast power, centered on Jinyang City, spread outwards like a tide.
The power, like the explosion of a star, began to devour everything around it. Where it passed, all things were annihilated, and even space rippled with countless waves, distorting strangely.
"Ah!" "Ah!" "Ah!"
The Liu imperial family cultivators who were fighting near Jinyang City never expected that in the end, it would be the very city they defended with their lives that would cause their deaths!
Before they could react, the heaven-shattering power engulfed them, followed by the Kong family cultivators who were rushing towards Jinyang City!
Under the vast power, hundreds of thousands of cultivators' bodies collapsed, turning into pulp. Even their souls could not be saved, leaving behind only a mournful scream before exploding into clouds of blood mist.
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"How is this possible?"
Kong Xiangxi watched this scene, exclaimed in shock, and froze on the spot, as if he had lost his mind.
Was this the ten thousand years of accumulated resources of their Kong family, gone just like that?
He failed to notice that Liu Chuang, taking advantage of this moment, took out a strange teleportation jade talisman!
As the teleportation jade talisman flashed brightly, his figure instantly disappeared, vanishing strangely from there.
He gave Kong Xiangxi no chance at all.
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At this moment, Kong Xiangxi's fury was boundless. He was enraged, wishing he could eat people!
This was an unprecedentedly huge loss for the Kong family since its founding!
Dragons have scales, touch them and die; the same applies to a tiger's rear end.
Kong Xiangxi's eyes turned red, furious enough to breathe fire. His nose was crooked with anger, and he roared, vowing to kill.
But Liu Chuang had already fled. Even if Kong Xiangxi wanted to vent his anger, there was no one to vent it on.
Of course, this terrifying explosion did not eliminate all the Kong family disciples.
The battle formation formed by the tens of thousands of Kong family disciples protected more than half of them.
For Kong Xiangxi, this was considered a blessing in disguise.
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As the saying goes, every family has its own troubles that are hard to solve.
Even putting aside the Liu imperial family and the four great families, looking at Wu Tao's side, a new emerging force, they appeared to be very powerful, having instigated the great chaos in the cultivation world of Zi Prefecture. In reality, they were still a "fish-like" force!
In all fairness, after hundreds of years, Wu Tao had developed the ambition of a warlord!
He was skilled in cultivating and managing his subordinates, rewarding the deserving and being generous to his direct subordinates, and not stingy with those with ordinary connections.
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It was only because the Liu imperial family and the four great families were suppressing them that Wu Tao had not risen yet.
However, conversely, for a warlord to succeed, they also depended on the times. Since the times were not favorable now, they naturally had to find ways to improve their situation.
It was precisely for this reason that Wu Tao and his disciple Ye Yu had adopted such a devious plan to stir up the long-calm waters of the cultivation world of Zi Prefecture!
Of course, there were certainly more intelligent people in this world than Wu Tao and Ye Yu. Their disciples' plan was quickly discovered by others...
However, the two behemoths, the Liu imperial family and the four great families, due to their long-standing grudges, decided to take this opportunity to settle everything, which allowed Wu Tao and Ye Yu's plan to proceed smoothly.
But it was unknown if they were lifting a rock only to drop it on their own feet, or if fate had its own way. Wu Tao was actually assigned by the high-ranking officials of the Liu imperial family to guard Hedong City!
Standing on the city wall of Hedong City, Wu Tao stretched lazily. Looking at the numerous traces on the city structure, he seemed to see the past of this giant city.
The source of the Fen River, the seventh largest river in the cultivation world of Zi Prefecture, was located in Hedong City.
The crystal-clear white waves lapped against the rocks, and the surging river flowed around the colossal Hedong City, flowing downwards, forming a natural moat.
The Fen River was very deep, but the water was clear. In the sunlight, one could clearly see the piled-up white bones at the bottom!
Of course, the most special thing about Hedong City was that within the city, there was a primordial spiritual root stretching for thousands of miles!
And this primordial spiritual root was the Ten Thousand Spirits Ancient Tree!
The Ten Thousand Spirits Ancient Tree was an immortal wood from the ancient era, possessing immense mystical power and emitting unparalleled energy!
Immense wood-element spiritual energy enveloped more than half of Hedong City, greatly enhancing the power of Hedong City's protective formation.
And under the irrigation of the Fen River water, the Ten Thousand Spirits Ancient Tree grew larger and stronger with the passage of time.
The cultivators of Hedong City, for their own benefit, had to protect the Fen River and the Ten Thousand Spirits Ancient Tree!
This was a mutually beneficial relationship!
Having stayed in Hedong City for some time, Wu Tao's impression of Hedong City could be summarized as a strong city.
This was indeed an extremely sturdy important city, more than ten times harder than Tongguan City in the underground world.
Feeling the extremely powerful wood power, wood laws, and wood spiritual energy contained within the Ten Thousand Spirits Ancient Tree...
Feeling the astonishing formation that combined city, wood, and water, Wu Tao's once bright eyes involuntarily dimmed!
The cultivators who built Hedong City in the past were truly astonishing!
But in the end, what did all this have to do with him?
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If Tongguan City had been so strong back then, none of this would have happened. Yue Hua would not have died, and he would not have ended up here.
Unfortunately, in this world, the word "if" was too heavy...
So heavy that many people, before dying, would think, if only... if only...
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