Chapter 416: Chapter 256: The Celestial Mandate Is Weak, Kyushu Devastated, the Four Seas in Turmoil? Then I Shall Become Emperor

Facing Lu Mingyuan who approached with his blade drawn, Emperor Yong’an once again summoned a mysterious Magical Treasure.

Lu Mingyuan’s eyes narrowed. He recognized the object. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

It was the number one Magical Treasure on the Ten Thousand Treasures Divine Weapons Record.

The Immortal Capital Jade Pendant.

A Jade Pendant is a type of wearable ornament, known as one of the "Six Ritual Jades for Worshipping Heaven, Earth, and the Four Directions," along with the Jade Cong and the Jade Disc.

The Immortal Capital Jade Pendant was, in fact, a damaged Immortal Artifact.

It was a Jade Pendant crafted from the fragment of an Immortal Artifact. While it retained some of the Immortal Artifact’s residual power, its true might depended on its wielder.

Therefore, it couldn’t compare to an Innate Treasure or a true Immortal Artifact.

However, in the hands of an Emperor, this object could unleash immense power.

The Immortal Capital Jade Pendant was a ritual object. Activating it required an immense amount of Fate Incense for reinforcement. Anyone who wasn’t the leader of a nation or a sect could not even unleash one-ten-thousandth of its power.

Empowered by the Immortal Capital Jade Pendant, Emperor Yong’an’s body seemed to have gained an Immortal Dharma Body, allowing him to go toe-to-toe with Lu Mingyuan for a short time.

But his true strength was still inferior.

As Lu Mingyuan gradually increased the pressure, Emperor Yong’an began to falter. Lu Mingyuan planned to end the battle by taking his head with a single slash.

But unexpectedly, Emperor Yong’an summoned another Magical Treasure.

It was a red kasaya that radiated golden Sanskrit characters. It shimmered with a brilliant light, as if ten thousand stars were twinkling upon it.

The Tathagata’s Supreme Kasaya, ranked sixth on the Ten Thousand Treasures Divine Weapons Record.

It was the kasaya worn by the Buddha before he achieved his final enlightenment and entered the Fourteenth Realm.

The kasaya, as if it had a spirit of its own, transformed into a blanket and wrapped itself around Emperor Yong’an.

In that instant, Lu Mingyuan felt an immense repulsive force that sent him flying. His Divine Soul trembled, and his consciousness fell into disarray.

This Tathagata’s Supreme Kasaya not only protected one’s Flesh Body but could also deliver a spiritual assault, inflicting massive damage on the Divine Soul and the Primordial Spirit of Qi Cultivators.

Although Emperor Yong’an’s Cultivation was not high, he commanded enough Magical Treasures, each one emitting a truly considerable power.

It was becoming a thorny problem for Lu Mingyuan.

Emperor Yong’an attacked with the Immortal Capital Jade Pendant while simultaneously summoning a Cyan Blade Treasure Sword. With a single thrust, a brilliant sword light blotted out the sky.

Emperor Yong’an frantically unleashed his Sword Qi, recklessly absorbing the National Fortune from the Great Yan Dragon Vein. A sinister Demonic Qi, like that of a Demon, flickered in his eyes as he sneered,

"You only managed to luckily break into the Twelfth Realm by relying on the Destiny from the Ritual Saint’s jade hairpin. I, on the other hand, command the resources of an entire nation for my Cultivation and possess countless Magical Treasures. How could a rebellious son like you, who rotted in the Cold Palace for three years, possibly compare?"

"Is that so?"

A playful smile appeared on Lu Mingyuan’s face. Soon after, he roared a sound transmission toward the Imperial Palace gates:

"Jiang Shan!"

「Elsewhere.」

The handsome, White-robed Monk seemed to sense something. Wielding a golden Zen Staff, he deflected the hidden weapons fired from Zhong Yuli’s Thousand Mechanism Umbrella. Immediately, a golden, spherical bead levitated in his palm.

The Buddha’s Relics of the Seven Ancestors.

The mere presence of this object illuminated all surrounding darkness, as if it were the sun in the sky, the hope of all living beings.

"Amitabha Buddha!"

Using this item, Jiang Shan easily broke through the blockade set by the Thousand Mechanism Umbrella, the Innate Treasure of Zhong Yuli, the chief expert of the Dragon Guardian Pavilion.

BANG!

One of the twelve ribs of the Thousand Mechanism Umbrella shattered.

"Your Highness, take it."

Without a hint of reluctance, Jiang Shan tossed the Buddha’s Relics to Lu Mingyuan.

The Relic transformed into a rainbow streak of light and swiftly merged into Lu Mingyuan’s Flesh Body.

A deep, vast, solemn, and majestic aura awakened within him.

Golden Light transformed into the most profound script, hovering over the surface of his Flesh Body to form an Astral Shield that isolated him from all external techniques.

A Divine Pattern resembling a flame appeared between his brows. His skin was reborn in fire, his hair turned scarlet, and a halo of flames materialized behind him.

Lu Mingyuan’s aura surged once more, instantly rocketing from the Early Stage Celestial Human Realm to the Peak of the Celestial Human Realm.

This was not his power alone, but the combined strength from merging the residual Destiny within the Ritual Saint Jade Hairpin and the Buddha’s Relics.

Now at the peak of the Twelfth Realm, he wielded the most formidable power in the secular world, standing at the very summit of the Mortal World.

Lu Mingyuan clenched his fist.

CRACK!

The Immortal Capital Jade Pendant immediately showed signs of shattering.

The Three-foot Cyan Blade in Emperor Yong’an’s hand was the first to break, shattering into seven or eight pieces.

The physical strength of a Twelfth Realm Martial Artist was comparable to a Magical Treasure. The process of a Martial Artist’s Body Refining was essentially to forge their own body into a Magical Treasure. That was why a Celestial Martial Artist rarely needed to rely on powerful Magical Treasures and could kill many Cultivators from different systems.

Moving mountains, filling seas, suppressing tens of thousands of Demon Fiends with a flick of a finger, and crushing a Grand Array with bare hands—these were not mere exaggerations.

"Dharma Body, arise!"

Lu Mingyuan bellowed.

Between heaven and earth, the gentle breeze, the sunlight, the falling leaves, and the ripples on the pond all slowed down, as if time itself had frozen.

Martial Arts Endurance!

In an instant, the ground began to shatter, and torrents of magma surged forth. A colossal, blazing red hand, as majestic as a mountain, burst through the earth, grabbed Emperor Yong’an’s tiny body, and slowly rose.

Emperor Yong’an felt a terrifying, strange force from all directions. Immense pressure bore down on him from every angle, threatening to crush him into a pulp of flesh!

This was a Celestial Martial Artist!

PFFT!

Lu Mingyuan clapped his hands together. The Dharma Body’s massive hand instantly flattened Emperor Yong’an’s chest and body, then smashed down with force!

A meat pulp!

The blood of an Emperor splattered across the land.

At this moment, Emperor Yong’an was well and truly dead. Dead in every sense of the word.

Lu Mingyuan stared silently at the corpse on the ground. A montage of past events flashed through his mind, along with the dignified and majestic image of Emperor Yong’an.

’This wise and powerful Emperor... just died at my hands like this?’

The image of Emperor Yong’an sitting high on the Dragon Throne kept flashing through his mind.

Starting today, the history of the Yong’an Era comes to an end.

Great Yan must begin a new epoch!

As Lu Mingyuan lowered his gaze in thought, he suddenly noticed a tangle of Golden Light and Demonic Light rising from the pulp on the ground. It formed a ball of light and swiftly tried to escape.

’I knew it.’

Lu Mingyuan coldly realized it wouldn’t be that simple.

He took out the Soul-Catching Talismans he had prepared long ago and began to give Emperor Yong’an the full treatment.

Catch the soul, purify it, and scatter the ashes!

Just as the hundred-plus Soul-Catching Talismans were about to catch the Golden and Demonic Light, a familiar figure appeared at the entrance of the Holy Bright Palace and scattered them all.

An Old Eunuch with frost-white hair at his temples, dressed in a red Python Robe.

Eunuch Yan.

This was the personal eunuch who had served Emperor Yong’an for over sixty years, having been by his side since birth.

Having accompanied the Emperor, he had absorbed a great deal of Dragon Qi and was also a Twelfth Realm Martial Artist.

Eunuch Yan blocked Lu Mingyuan’s path, forcing him to watch helplessly as the Golden Light escaped into the depths of the Imperial Palace.

Lu Mingyuan’s gaze was sharp, his tone ice-cold.

"Get out of my way!"

"Get out of my sight, or die!"

Eunuch Yan shook his head and said calmly, "This old servant’s life was given to me by the Holy Emperor. Even if I must die today, I will not take a single step back from this spot."

"Then you can die!"

Without another word, Lu Mingyuan’s Blazing Red Martial Arts Dharma Body threw a punch that slammed into Eunuch Yan.

"PFFT!"

Even though Eunuch Yan’s aura was profound and he had managed to manifest a half-formed Dharma Body, he was killed instantly by Lu Mingyuan.

In the blink of an eye, the battle was over.

But in that brief moment, the Golden Light had already vanished to an unknown location.

Lu Mingyuan’s expression was extremely grim. However, the most important matter at hand was to end this conflict. He dragged Eunuch Yan by the hair, threw him onto the Great Yan Dragon Wall, and announced faintly,

"The Holy Emperor is dead! How long will you all continue this futile resistance?"

"From this day forward, the Great Yan Imperial Throne has a new master. The Yong’an Era ends here."

His words shocked everyone present!

"What?! The Holy Emperor is dead!"

"The Holy Emperor is the True Destiny Emperor, how could he die!"

"I don’t believe it! Your Majesty..."

Many ministers let out sorrowful wails, as if their own parents had died.

Yuan Xuangang burned with fury. Seeing the pulp of flesh on the ground, he demanded loudly,

"Lu Mingyuan! You deserve to die!"

"Without the Holy Emperor, how will we resist the Holy Netherworld and the Wilderness World? The Great Yan Celestial Mandate is now weak. Disaster is sure to befall Kyushu, and turmoil will stir the Four Seas! You have committed the ultimate offense against your superior—the great crime of regicide!"

Lu Mingyuan smiled faintly and said, "It’s simple. I will just become the Emperor."

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