My Wife Is The Leader Of A Demonic Cult-Chapter 328 - A Million Ghostly Soldiers Present the

Chapter 328: Chapter 328: A Million Ghostly Soldiers Present the Jade Seal

Chapter 328: Chapter 328: A Million Ghostly Soldiers Present the Jade Seal

Taiyin Kui is dead.

This guardian spirit of the great plain, one of the only two Five Qi Grandmasters of Houjin, died within the Great Qin Emperor’s Mausoleum.

There are not many Five Qi Grandmasters in the world, enough to count on one hand: Qi Xuan Dao and Qin Shan from the Black Ice Platform, Taiyin Kui and Zongzheng Huachun from Houjin, Xi Hafu from the Buddhist sect, Jun Qinglin from the Demon Sect, and of course, Zhao Zhiwu and Old Su from the Great Yan Court, along with the newly promoted Jiang Shang.

Jun Qinglin was cut down by Zongzheng Huachun, and, with his end approaching, he held back the Houjin army, winning a slim chance of survival for the members of the Demon Sect, ultimately dying amidst the Houjin forces.

And Qin Shan died in Yujing City during the great battle, while Qi Xuan Dao narrowly escaped with severe injuries. Now, Taiyin Kui has also met his death within the Great Qin Emperor’s Mausoleum.

One by one, the Grandmasters of the Five Qi Returning to Origin began to fall, and many ordinary martial artists from Jianghu were also disappearing among the transient smoke and waves of this world.

In chaotic times, human lives are like weeds, utterly worthless.

An Jing knew that this was just the beginning and that many more would die.

Taiyin Kui’s body fell, afterward, five strands of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Essence floated out.

An Jing reached out his palm and caught the five strands of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Essence, which then entered his Qi Sea Dantian.

The surrounding Yin Evil Qi had already fully converged, almost forming a million Yin soldiers, which then encircled the entire dilapidated Golden Throne Hall. Upon closer inspection, in the front ranks of those million Yin soldiers were dozens of generals riding tall horses, their Yin energy chilling, which if released to the outside world would surely cause a howling Yin wind and change the color of the sky and earth.

An Jing’s eyes narrowed, and his heart sank.

It was already quite troublesome to deal with tens of thousands of Yin soldiers, but under the boundless heavens, there was far more than just tens of thousands—there were at least a million of them. How could he possibly defend against them?

The surging Yin Evil Qi filled the entire Emperor’s Mausoleum, affecting everything except for An Jing and Jiang Shang within the Golden Throne Hall.

An Jing’s Great Celestial Star Refining Body Technique had already been cultivated to perfection, the Yin Evil Qi could not invade his body, and Jiang Shang was surrounded by his essence blood, making the surrounding Yin Evil Qi dissipate.

But what exactly had happened here?

The Yin Evil Qi in the Golden Throne Hall was so concentrated it had reached its peak, the black Yin Evil Qi seeming to have come alive, turning purple, and forming a dragon.

“Bang!”

Suddenly, a shadow burst through the roof of the Golden Throne Hall.

It was Jiang Shang.

At this moment, his body surged with a crimson essence blood, which carried a ferocity, brutality, and terror… no less intense than the Yin Evil Qi, even causing the thinner Yin Evil Qi to melt upon contact.

With the overwhelming imperial aura dispersing, accompanied by the flying out of the Bronze Ancient Coffin, An Jing also saw the so-called ‘Great Qin Emperor.’

That ‘Great Qin Emperor’ was neither human nor demon, with four arms, crimson eyes shining with a cold light, dressed in the official Qin Dynasty Dragon Robe, his entire body saturated with evil spirits.

An Jing’s brows furrowed even deeper, “Who are you?”

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This didn’t resemble the Great Qin Emperor at all, but rather some kind of evil spirit.

The ‘Great Qin Emperor’ said coldly, “I am the supreme ruler.”

“The supreme ruler?”

Jiang Shang’s mouth curled into a mocking smile, “I think you’re nothing more than a monster that’s lost its humanity.”

“Insolence!”

The ‘Great Qin Emperor’ roared in anger.

Afterward, the surrounding Yin Evil Qi surged up as if transforming into a tsunami.

Jiang Shang looked at the ‘Great Qin Emperor’ before him and said coldly, “The divine soul of the Great Qin Emperor has been tainted by the evil spirits, completely transformed into an evil spirit, and you still aspire to be unrivaled in the world of the living?”

Hearing this, An Jing said thoughtfully to himself, “Can evil spirits even taint the divine soul?”

He had heard about the tainting by evil spirits, turning them into more evil spirits, but this was the first time he had seen such a creature, so un-human-like and demon-like.

And the fact that evil spirits could taint the divine soul and the body, leaving no place untouched, how terrifying was that?

Even the former Great Qin Emperor had been tainted into an evil spirit.

Jiang Shang said, “If I’m not mistaken, you must be the last Great Qin Emperor, who drew out all the essence blood from the bodies of the Qin Emperor’s mausoleum, absorbing it into your own body and thus reaching the Grandmaster Realm. But you were not satisfied, because even a Grandmaster will have a moment of demise. Therefore, you yearned for longevity.”

The ‘Great Qin Emperor’ said, “That’s right.”

Jiang Shang stared directly at the ‘Great Qin Emperor’ and asked, “To yearn for longevity, you didn’t hesitate to become an evil spirit. Was it really worth it?”

Jiang Shang and the Great Qin Emperor before him alike, he had spent most of his life searching for immortality, seeking the undying.

“What do you understand?”

The ‘Great Qin Emperor’ glanced at Jiang Shang and said icily, “The restraints of the heavens and the earth are getting heavier, and the Spiritual Energy of heaven and earth is becoming tainted. To survive, to improve one’s cultivation further, one can only absorb this evil spirit qi. It is destiny.”

Destiny!

An Jing looked at the ‘Great Qin Emperor’ as if suddenly enlightened.

There were no such things as evil spirits, only people corrupted by the energy of evil spirits.

The withered corpses seen at Three Temple Mountain, as well as the ‘Buddha’s relics’ carried on the back of Xi Hafu, they were evil spirits, but they were originally just people who became tainted by the Yin Evil Qi and turned into evil spirits.

Throughout the lengthy history, dynasties suppressed the Earth Veins and sealed away the contaminated Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy within them, but there were also those who chose to absorb this tainted spiritual essence into their bodies, becoming the evil spirits spoken of by the people.

After all, the Qi of evil spirits is pervasive, corrupting the spiritual energy of nature, and it can also corrode the flesh and erode a person’s Divine Soul. It’s only a matter of time before a person gets corrupted.

In an instant, a chill surfaced in An Jing’s heart.

If the Earth Veins were to break their seals, then would everyone in the world eventually become like the ‘Great Qin Emperor’ before them?

Turning into an army of evil spirits?

Jiang Shang said coldly, “Fate? If fate means turning into this ghastly specter, then it might be better for all the people in the world to just perish.”

If you’re no longer human, then what’s the point of seeking immortality and carefree freedom when it will all end up being in vain?

The ‘Great Qin Emperor’ declared, “Do you know that as long as my Divine Soul is not extinguished, I can reshape a physical body? This is the realm of an Immortal. In other words, I am a true Immortal of this world.”

“And absorbing this Qi of evil spirits is the only path to transcend the Great Grandmaster and reach the realm of transcendence.”

The voice of the ‘Great Qin Emperor’ boomed like thunder in all directions.

Since ancient times, whether it was the Great Qin Dynasty, Great Zhou Dynasty, or even Great Yan, there have been Grandmaster Realm experts. And those in the Grandmaster Realm have also been known as Land Immortals, but Land Immortals are still just that and are not true Immortals.

All masters who reach the Grandmaster Realm are seeking a way to break through the Grandmaster level.

Throughout the long history, they’ve searched for countless methods, whether it’s absorbing massive amounts of Heaven and Earth Spirit Essence or consuming rumored Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, they’ve all tried to break through these shackles.

This is the most difficult mystery in the world, and some even say that the Grandmaster level is the ultimate limit for humans, and that it’s absolutely impossible to break this barrier and reach the so-called realm of Immortals.

There has never been a true Immortal in history, and perhaps there are no such beings who can achieve eternal life.

But at this moment, the ‘Great Qin Emperor’ seems to have revealed a shocking secret—that by absorbing the Qi of evil spirits, one can surpass that realm and reach the state of an Immortal, transcending the mundane world. If word of this got out, it would surely shock the entire world.

This isn’t the Qi of evil spirits, this is clearly the Qi of immortality.

Jiang Shang’s eyes narrowed, clearly unmoved by the words of the ‘Great Qin Emperor.’

The ‘Great Qin Emperor’ looked down haughtily and declared, “When the Qi of evil spirits truly erupts, by that time everyone can become an Immortal, everyone can achieve immortality. That will be the true golden age!”

“By then, I can reshape my physical body, reign over the world, and command awe over the Four Seas.”

Jiang Shang said nothing.

An Jing’s gaze turned icy, “Bullshit golden age!”

“You still don’t understand.”

The ‘Great Qin Emperor’ said, “This is the Qi of Immortals, the Qi that can bring immortality and revelatory truth to people, the existence that everyone dreams of. I have been slumbering here, sensing your efforts to suppress the immortal Qi, but you can’t hold it back. Under the relentless flow of the ages, what do you count for?”

“A grain of sand in the age is a mountain atop your heads, no single individual can stop it, can truly block it.”

A grain of sand in the age is indeed a mountain above an individual’s head.

Seeing that neither of them spoke any further, the ‘Great Qin Emperor’ said coldly, “You two have trespassed in the Emperor’s Mausoleum, but I can spare you from death, as long as you follow me. When the day comes for me to reshape my flesh, you too can attain great power and status.”

If the Great Yan Emperor was a reserved ruler, then the ‘Great Qin Emperor’ before them was an unrestrained, wildly arrogant ruler.

With no restraint, only defiance and tyranny.

This last emperor of the Great Qin Dynasty, even in death, planned everything, aspiring to continue dreaming his lofty dreams, hoping that one day he could return to the world above and reclaim everything that belonged to him.

An Jing said, “What if I refuse?”

The ‘Great Qin Emperor’ responded, “Then there’s only one path for you—death, though I will leave your body behind.”

Saying this, the surrounding million ghost soldiers surged forward, their oppressive presence coming in waves, as if they were about to devour everything.

The ‘Great Qin Emperor’ turned to Jiang Shang, “And you?”

Jiang Shang straightforwardly rejected, “In my life, I, Jiang Shang, will not yield to anyone.”

“Very well.”

The ‘Great Qin Emperor’ waved his robe dismissively and said indifferently, “Kill them all!”

Thunderous roars erupted as the endless ghost soldiers stormed in, their dense Yin Evil Qi turning into a vast ocean-like onslaught.

Jiang Shang looked at An Jing and said, “If we want to leave this Emperor’s Mausoleum now, we can only join forces.”

As he spoke, a halo of blood qi emerged around him, and the approaching ghost soldiers emitted piercing shrieks before dissolving away.

An Jing paid no heed to Jiang Shang, with a clap of his hand, the famous swords on his back all flew out. They formed a storm of Sword Qi around him, shredding the nearby ghost soldiers into fragments, but the endless ghost soldiers around kept rushing forward again and again.

Among these ghost soldiers were war chariots, and they were all clad in hard, heavy armor, conveying an indestructible presence.

One batch of ghost soldiers fell only for another to swiftly take their place.

Just then, An Jing felt a series of scorching breaths emanate from the Imperial Jade Seal of the Great Zhou Dynasty in his arms.

In the past, atop White Bone Mountain, it was this very Imperial Jade Seal of the Great Zhou Dynasty that seemed to open the gates of Fengdu, allowing legions of souls from the massacred victims of the Great Zhou Dynasty to return to Fengdu.

With this thought, An Jing took out the Imperial Jade Seal of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Instantly, an extreme radiance surged and appeared, as if lighting up the entire emperor’s mausoleum.

“The Imperial Jade Seal!?”

When the ‘Great Qin Emperor’ saw the jade seal in An Jing’s hand, his voice also carried a hint of shock.

No one understood better than him what this object before their eyes was.

It was the National Seal, a treasure known throughout the world.

Jiang Shang also furrowed his brows deeply.

At this moment, the movements of the ghost soldiers around them all halted, each of them looking at the jade seal that was glowing with light, their expressions filled with the utmost humility and respect.

Especially the generals commanding the battle, who then dismounted from their warhorses one after another.

“Long live, long live, long live our emperor!”

Upon seeing this, the millions of ghost soldiers behind them also knelt down one after another, their voices thunderous and earth-shaking, echoing in all directions.

“Long live, long live, long live our emperor!”

“Long live, long live, long live our emperor!”

……

The warfare on Beihuang Dao was fierce. After the Houjin army broke through Heavenly Gate Pass, the Houjin Great Commander Jin Lv divided his forces in two, advancing in the direction of the Yuan City on Beihuang Dao.

The Houjin left-wing army fought valiantly, unstoppable like a bamboo-splitting force. Moreover, with the Houjin army using every possible means, combined with the assassins from Great Snow Mountain and Soul Seeker Mansion, the Yan army was forced into continuous retreat, having already fallen back to the Red Maple Forest. Once they crossed the Red Maple Forest, they would arrive directly at the doorstep of Yuan City.

As the sun rose and the fog had yet to clear, the Houjin army that had been silent for several days mobilized.

The central infantry army of one hundred thousand, with fifty thousand cavalry on each wing, amounted to a total of two hundred thousand in red Hu attire. They were like the red leaves of autumn, fiery red.

A sharp, urgent bugle call went up. In response, the Yan army stationed in the camp started to mobilize, stretching out like a vast forest of dark pines, seemingly having roughly the same number of troops as the Houjin army.

This was a clash between two armies with equal strength but vastly different styles. Not to mention the Yan army wielding broad longswords, and the Houjin army wielding crescent scimitars, the cavalry on both flanks were also different.

The Houjin cavalry were skilled with horse and bow, each of them tall and strong, with individual fighting capabilities surpassing that of the Yan army.

Almost instantly, the drums and bugles of the Liang army boomed, and battle flags fluttered fiercely in the wind.

The flanking cavalry of the Houjin army took the lead, while the foot soldiers of the central army marched in neat steps, advancing like mountain walls, shouting “kill” every three steps, pressing forward with a thunderous, unhurried advance.

At the same time, the shrill sounds of ox-horn bugles echoed through the valleys, as the flanking cavalry charged to meet them with a howl, and the heavy infantry marched forward with arrogant strides, sweeping across the land like a black tidal wave.

Finally, the two armies collided like a mountain shifting and sea overturning, the sound thunderous in the valleys, like countless angry waves striking the mountains.

Longswords clanged and danced with crescent blades, long spears and throwing spears whistled through the air, dense arrow storms swept through like locusts, and the dull battle cries and abrupt screams shook the earth and heavens!

These were two extremely elite armies, both with a record of constant victories, both with warriors ready to lay down their lives bravely.

Iron men clashed, unwilling to die just yet, with ferocious faces, blood-stained swords, low howls, and pervasive dust, the entire valley engulfed and obliterated by the brutal atmosphere of primal combat…

The dense smoke from the fierce flames of battle billowed and spread throughout the forest.

The battle flag with the ‘Wang’ character, fluttering in the wind, was already torn and ragged, seemingly on the verge of falling any second.

Afar on the city tower, corpses lay unstirred, with blood flowing incessantly, yet no one came forward to clean up, the thick stench of blood mixing with the smell of sweat in the air, offensive and pungent.

Yet the war persisted.

The loud screams and yells were heart-stirring. The strong silhouettes of the Houjin army soldiers below the city undulated like waves. From their mouths emanated earth-shaking cries which spread and encouraged one another, dissipating much of the inexplicable fear in their hearts.

Arrows flew wildly through the sky, and the droning arrow rain cut through the clear heavens like locust swarms, with soldiers falling consistently after being struck. The Jingzhou soldiers had just ascended the city wall when they were immediately swarmed by a group of Sichuan soldiers wielding blades, hopelessly outnumbered.

“Houjin barbarians, get the hell down from here!”

“Kill these mongrels!”

“…”

Piercing shrieks, frenzied killing, the blistering flames of war, all made the soldiers of both armies even more furious, intensifying the battle.

This battle also seemed to become the most challenging one for the current Houjin army.

The setting sun was like blood, its lingering glow scattered over the city tower.

General Lv Ping, under Wang Shiyi’s command, clenched his fists tightly as he looked ahead.

The deputy general beside him said, “General, Jin Lv has led the right-wing army and they’re already attacking. Let’s retreat.”

Lv Ping looked coldly at the deputy general and said, “Retreat? To where should we retreat?”

The Deputy General spoke solemnly, “We can…”

“Don’t say anymore. Heavenly Gate Pass has fallen, I retreated. The North City has fallen, I still retreated. If I retreat again now, it will be to Yuan City. I will not retreat again.”

Lv Ping cut off the Deputy General’s words, drew the knife in his hand, and said, “I will fight to the death. I can confront my conscience in peace, having done no wrong to my country, my people, and Your Majesty!”

After speaking, Lv Ping, with his personal soldiers behind him, charged towards Houjin’s overwhelming army.

“General!”

Seeing this, the Deputy General hurriedly rushed forward to protect him.

Assassins from Soul Seeker Mansion and experts from Great Snow Mountain were amongst them, which is why a general would not charge to the forefront until the very last moment. Evidently, at this moment, the Great Yan army was on the verge of collapse under the offensive of Houjin’s army.

A first-grade expert from Great Snow Mountain was brutally slaughtering Great Yan soldiers when his eyes suddenly lit up at the sight of Lv Ping in armor.

It wasn’t just him; several other experts from Great Snow Mountain were deeply shaken.

“Protect General Lv!”

Meanwhile, the Great Yan Martial World experts who were mixed in among them rushed forward, trying to protect Lv Ping.

The two sides engaged in a fight to the death. These high-level martial artists of the Great Yan Martial World were extremely skilled, including two Elders from the Five Poison Sect—one in the First Grade realm, the other also of Second Grade cultivation.

The clash of battle rang out piercingly, and people continuously fell into pools of blood, including Great Yan soldiers and martial artists from Great Yan.

Soon, the experts from Great Snow Mountain had no more opponents, and they directed their charge toward Lv Ping.

“General, run!”

“Bang!” “Bang!” “Bang!”

Three personal soldiers were simply no match for the inner strength of the Great Snow Mountain experts and were directly turned into a mist of blood.

The eyes of the Great Snow Mountain expert were icily cold as he looked at Lv Ping as if he were nothing more than prey.

By this point, the complete defeat of Great Yan had become an inevitability, but not a single soldier from this army surrendered. Blood dyed the ground red, forming a rivulet.

“Kill!”

Lv Ping’s eyes were bloodshot as he charged at the Great Snow Mountain expert with his bloodied long knife.

Even though he knew he stood no chance against the first-grade expert from Great Snow Mountain.

The curved blade of the Great Snow Mountain expert rotated, swift as lightning.

“Pu!”

The blade flashed, instantly piercing through Lv Ping’s throat. Blood gushed like a fountain, and he lost all signs of life.

The surrounding Houjin soldiers finished off dying Great Yan soldiers without hesitation, cruelly and mercilessly.

The land was a picture of desolation!

With the city broken and its defenders dead, the civilians became prey for Houjin’s army.

The slaughter had not ended. No, it had become a massacre.

In the eyes of Houjin’s army, the people of Great Yan were just like the sheep they herded, except these ‘sheep’ had two legs, so they called them two-legged sheep.

Countless civilians fell into blood pools, their pitiful screams not ceasing from dawn till dusk.

Even children under ten were cruelly slaughtered, while the women were dragged into the military camps for entertainment; some who could not endure the humiliation and were of strong character took their own lives.

Houjin’s invasion southward was a disaster wherever it went.

They constantly displayed their barbarity, their ruthlessness.

At that moment, a Houjin general approached Mu Xin Dharma King of Great Snow Mountain and bowed, “Dharma King, the battle is over; Wang Shiyi’s thirty thousand elite troops are all dead, and the young tiger, Lv Ping, is also dead.”

In Houjin, the status of Great Snow Mountain was beyond doubt, and the status of a Dharma King was second only to the Holy Master. Even generals, when necessary, had to follow the orders of a Dharma King.

Mu Xin Dharma King took a deep breath and replied, “Lv Ping was indeed a talent. Give him a proper burial.”

“Yes,” replied the Houjin general.

Mu Xin Dharma King’s eyes reflected a glint of cold light. “Rest for two days, then take Yuan City directly. Within half a month, I want to sit atop the city walls of Yuan City with Jin Lv, the Great Commander.”

At this moment, the city behind them had turned into a frenzied feast; the only difference was that it was a celebration for Houjin’s army but a disaster for the people of Great Yan.

News of Northern Wilderness Dao’s adverse war situation spread to Yujing City like snowflakes, ceaselessly arriving.

The Court was shaken from top to bottom, as no one had anticipated that Houjin’s army would be so ferocious or, perhaps, that Northern Wilderness Dao’s Wang Shiyi and Ghost Swordsman would be ‘so easily defeated.’

In just half a month, most of Northern Wilderness Dao had fallen, even pressing close to Yuan City.

If Yuan City were lost, then Houjin’s army would head straight for Capital Road, and Yujing City itself would be exposed to the eyes of Houjin’s army.

…….