All Heavens: From Joy of Life to The Great Feng Night Watchman

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Chen Diaosi remained dumbfounded. He had been revered as a guardian deity by the emperors of Liyang throughout the ages, and over time he came to regard himself as a god.

Upon witnessing Xu Fengnian's Dharma form shattering the void, he realized the gap between himself and Xu Fengnian. However, even this ultimate technique of shattering the void was useless against Li Chang'an, and Chen Diaosi had completely lost the will to resist.

He watched as Li Chang'an vanished on the spot, and then was gradually reshaped by thousands of black particles. This kind of supernatural power had transcended the limitations of flesh and blood, and could be said to be no longer human.

Li Chang'an's current supernatural powers have indeed far surpassed those of ordinary people. He is immortal and eternally youthful. With supernatural powers like the Seven Realms of Absolute Imperfection, he is almost impossible to kill.

Chen Diaosi knew he was going to die, that the Liyang Dynasty was about to perish, and that everything was coming to an end.

He sat cross-legged on the mountain peak beneath his feet, then closed his eyes slightly, and soon died.

Then, the old monster, who had lived for hundreds of years by relying on luck, dispersed in the wind like fine sand, leaving no trace in the world.

He couldn't be reshaped; his body had simply absorbed too much fortune, making it a body constructed from that fortune. This dissipated fortune slowly rose and entered Li Chang'an's dantian.

"thump!"

For some reason, Xu Fengnian's legs went weak, and he knelt down before Li Chang'an.

With the True Martial Dharma Image absorbed and most of Qin Huang's fortune taken away, Xu Fengnian's memories and emotions now dominate, and bone-chilling fear controls his body.

At that moment, he suddenly began to regret it. If he hadn't gone with Chen Diaosi to kill Li Chang'an, he could have lived a peaceful life.

With his cultivation level, he could be a local tyrant anywhere and continue the life of luxury he had when he was a prince. Why would he come looking for Li Chang'an to kill him?

The world is so big, he could be living a good life, why did he come here to die?

If the memories of Zhenwu and Qin Shi Huang were dominant, they would never have such emotions. They would accept their fate, resign themselves to destiny, and then, like Chen Diaosi, choose to dissolve their own bodies.

However, the one kneeling before Li Chang'an now is the纨绔子弟 (playboy) Xu Fengnian.

He was Xu Fengnian, who was born with all the advantages, squandered all the legacy left by his father, and went into seclusion after leaving behind a mess after enjoying endless glory.

Ultimately, he's just a cowardly good-for-nothing.

"I...I...I don't want to die."

Xu Fengnian stammered for a long time, and could only say this sentence. He knew that begging for mercy was useless, and admitting his mistake was also useless.

Despite his mind racing, he couldn't think of any other bargaining chips he could offer Li Chang'an in exchange for a way out.

Immediately afterwards, Xu Fengnian suddenly felt a chill all over his body, and then his body began to freeze from his knees and feet, and in the blink of an eye, his heart was completely frozen.

Not long after, Xu Fengnian lost consciousness and then turned into countless ice droplets flying everywhere.

It's over. With Xu Fengnian's death, Li Chang'an has no rivals left in this world.

The Heavenly Gate has been closed, and no more immortal beings will emerge in the martial world. There will never be a master stronger than Li Chang'an again.

For the second time, Li Chang'an stood at the pinnacle of a world.

Two months later, Huo Qubing captured the Northern Mang's Northern Emperor City, taking the 30-year-old crown prince Yelü Hongcai and all the civil and military officials prisoner.

Li Chang'an renamed Beidi City to Zhenbei City and appointed Huo Qubing to guard the various northern tribes.

The news of Tang King's killing of Liang King Xu Fengnian and the Heavenly Eunuch of Liyang Dynasty was spread throughout the world by the Embroidered Uniform Guard, causing panic among the people of Liyang Dynasty and Beiliang, and the army lost its will to fight.

Three months later, the Tang army launched a major eastern expedition in two routes. Li Cunxiao of the northern route captured Hezhou, Yongzhou, Jizhou, and the two Liao regions. Xu Longxiang was defeated and killed, and the entire Northern Liang army was wiped out.

Zhang Huaiding led the Guiyi Army of the Northwest in the southern route, sweeping away the former territories of Western Chu, Southern Tang, and Eastern Yue. Within half a year, the Liyang Dynasty lost more than 100,000 soldiers. Zhang Huaiding fought his way from the northwestern desert to the coast of the East China Sea.

The Tang army marched south and encountered resistance from Gu Jiantang, the Grand General of the Liyang Dynasty, on the border between Liaodong and Liaoning. In the end, Liyang lost its last 100,000 imperial guards, leaving the entire country without any soldiers.

A month later, the armies from the north and south converged at the walls of Tai'an City, with 300,000 troops besieging the city. Emperor Zhao Bing of Liyang executed Gu Jiantang to apologize to the Tang army and surrendered with his crown prince, Zhao Zhu.

Under Tai'an City.

Li Chang'an stood on his horse, with Zhuge Liang and Gu Dazu behind him, followed by generals Li Cunxiao and Zhang Huaiding, and dozens of civil and military officials. They stood before the ruler and his ministers of Liyang in the posture of victors.

"Emperor Li Chang'an of Tang is a man of extraordinary talent, who has swept across the land and possesses both virtue and ability... He is destined by Heaven to be in harmony with the imperial system, and is hereby granted the throne to one person with reverence..."

The Li Yang Dynasty fell, and the throne was abdicated to Li Chang'an. This time, the world did not fall into chaos again, but was reunified.

The Western Rong, Western Fan, and barbarian tribes of the far north all sent envoys to express their submission. From then on, Li Chang'an was the only master of the world.

Li Chang'an officially ascended the throne and established a great Tang Dynasty that encompassed the four seas. The entire territory of Shazhou in the Western Regions and the entire territory of Northern Mang were incorporated into the Tang Dynasty in the Central Plains.

The new emperor bestowed titles and honors upon him, and the first meritorious official, Chancellor Zhuge Liang, firmly declined the title of king from a different surname, but was eventually granted the title of Duke of Zhenguo.

General Gu Dazu was appointed Duke of Fuguo, Li Cunxiao was appointed Duke of Huguo, Huo Qubing was appointed Duke of Jingguo, and the other civil and military officials were also rewarded.

In the harem, Hongshu gave birth to a prince and became the empress. Qingniao, Jiang Si, Ye Yuqing, Xue Songguan, Huyan Guanyin, Pei Nanwei, and Yu Youwei were all granted the title of Imperial Concubine, while Xu Zhihu and Zhao Fengya were granted the title of Noble Consort.

After the founding of the Tang Dynasty, it quickly entered a prosperous era. Li Chang'an was very experienced in being an emperor, and Zhuge Liang governed the country with ease.

Nangong Pushe and Xuanyuan Qingfeng roamed the martial world freely. These two female warriors were the only two women in the world who could freely enter and leave the imperial palace.

Li Chang'an did not expand his harem extensively; he only added a few women who were famous in the Rouge Awards, such as Chen Yu, Li Baishi, and Xie Jie, to his harem.

Shortly after ascending the throne, the Gate of Reincarnation opened again, but Li Chang'an was in no hurry to leave this world.

Through a dual cultivation technique, he transferred all the eternal youth-preserving abilities of the Sacred Heart Technique to all his concubines in the harem. They were unable to reach the Celestial Realm, and their lifespans did not increase, so only Li Chang'an achieved immortality.

Li Chang'an ruled the country for forty years, during which the weather was favorable and the people lived in peace and prosperity. Afterwards, he passed the throne to his forty-year-old crown prince.

He found a paradise overseas and enjoyed blissful times in this world. Over the next twenty years, he saw off one of his many female confidantes.

Once Li Chang'an has achieved mastery in his cultivation, he can take all these confidantes with him at any time after the Gate of Reincarnation opens.

The Imperial Observatory in the capital of the Tang Dynasty.

Zhuge Liang, the sage of Confucianism and Taoism, sat peacefully within it. He was the only remaining celestial being on land in this world, and no other celestial being on land could reach this realm.

Zhuge Liang, through his successful governance of the world and with the blessing of good fortune, reached the level of the world's number one person after Li Chang'an.

Zhuge Liang, the Duke of Zhenguo, will become a great Confucian sage whose destiny is intertwined with that of the Tang Dynasty.

"Prime Minister, I am leaving."

Zhuge Liang, his hair and beard now white, suddenly opened his eyes and saw the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty, with whom he had fought alongside for decades.

"I am old, but Your Majesty is still so young."

After Zhuge Liang reached the realm of celestial beings, he would not continue to age, and he would look to be around forty years old, but he did not actually look old.

"This old minister has long known that Your Majesty is a true celestial being, not a mere mortal like us."

Li Chang'an's appearance remains that of someone in their early twenties, and he will not age any further.

"After I leave, I entrust the Tang Dynasty to the Prime Minister. Once I achieve the Great Dao, I will take you away."

Zhuge Liang suddenly smiled. "Your Majesty, shall we continue our campaigns?"

Li Chang'an also smiled and asked, "Is the Prime Minister still capable of fighting?"

Zhuge Liang, who was at the terrestrial celestial realm, suddenly unleashed his inner energy, his aura as powerful as Li Chang'an's when they were at the same realm.

"Slaying demons, eliminating monsters, battling immortals, and killing gods are all decided by Your Majesty's word."

After Zhuge Liang finished speaking, he noticed a strange fluctuation in the space in front of him.

Li Chang'an has already achieved immortality, so now he only needs to step into the gate of reincarnation to leave this world, which is completely different from being reborn after death in the first world.

"Prime Minister, until we meet again."

Li Chang'an's figure slowly stepped into the void, and then the entire space returned to calm, as if nothing had happened.

The surroundings were still shrouded in bottomless mist, but this time the space in front of Li Chang'an was significantly larger. The golden lotus in front of him was still blooming, as if the time he had been gone was not decades, but an instant.

[The cycle of reincarnation in the second minor world, Snowy Journey, has ended. Influence across all five dimensions has reached its peak. Sufficient worldly fortune has been absorbed, rewarding you with hundreds of thousands of Mortal Points!]

Li Chang'an poured all the fortune within his Qi Sea into the golden lotus that manifested "fortune." Then, this golden lotus, like the one that manifested "vital energy," began to flash runes.

There are five nameless golden lotuses in total. Two of them are now lit up, and the remaining three are gradually revealing the characters.

"Spiritual power", "righteousness", "spiritual essence".

Spiritual energy is the easiest to understand; it exists in the world of cultivation and qi practice.

Righteousness is the aura cultivated and refined by Confucian scholars who practice Confucianism and Taoism. In some worlds, Confucian scholars can even move mountains and fill seas.

The cultivation of righteousness requires a complete system, unlike the way one enters the Dao through martial arts in a snow world.

Now, Li Chang'an is in perfect harmony with this small world, and any questions he has will be answered promptly.

Spiritual essence is the residual power of gods and demons in certain worlds who comprehend the laws of heaven and earth. It is returned to heaven and earth after the gods and demons die.

However, the descendants of gods and demons will retain some spiritual essence within their bodies. This spiritual essence cannot be enhanced; it can only be collected.

Li Chang'an is now immortal and can directly travel to the next myriad worlds in his physical body. However, the rules of different worlds are vastly different, so his cultivation level will be transformed.

In the next world, Li Chang'an needs to collect spiritual energy, righteous energy, and spiritual essence in sequence, which means he will need to travel through three more worlds.

So, is it possible to collect all this energy in one world?

The divine sense of this world heard Li Chang'an's question and gave its own answer.

Indeed, many worlds possess multiple types of energies, including these three. However, accumulating different energies requires cultivating different systems, and under normal circumstances, the human body cannot cultivate multiple systems simultaneously.

While there may be exceptionally gifted individuals in certain worlds who can cultivate multiple systems simultaneously, even so, being able to cultivate two at the same time is already incredibly extraordinary.

The idea of ​​simultaneously collecting righteous energy, spiritual essence, and spiritual energy in one world is extremely difficult.

At this moment, Li Chang'an began searching for suitable "Su Hui" (a type of innate wisdom) in the system's shop. The "Su Hui" in the Zhutian Shop were the most expensive and had the most miraculous effects, so they should be able to solve this problem.

"Heaven and Earth Furnace: The physical body is the furnace, refining the heaven and earth, making the physical body compatible with the energy of all realms. Refining different energies will not only not repel them, but will also enhance each other."

Su Hui, with his 80,000 worldly points, perfectly matched Li Chang'an's needs.