Chapter 977: Chapter 697: Homecoming
"That’s right, it’s me." Wangyue Demon Saint pretended to be calm, but his trembling body betrayed him.
"You should be able to contact your master, right?" Lu Chenzhou asked.
"What do you want?" Wangyue Demon Saint was puzzled.
"I want to say a few words to your master." Lu Chenzhou said.
"Arrogant, does a True God converse with you at will?" Wangyue Demon Saint sneered.
Lu Chenzhou pointed a finger at Wangyue Demon Saint’s forehead, and the Poisonous Dao Essence surged into it.
"Then let you feel the pain I felt back then." Lu Chenzhou said.
"Useless, I also master the Poisonous Dao..." Before the words were finished, Wangyue Demon Saint showed a terrified expression. Inside his body were three thousand six hundred multicolored demonic poisonous snakes, flicking their tongues, shuttling back and forth, causing his flesh and soul to suffer extreme dual pain.
It was indeed Camilla’s Great Divine Power of poison.
Wangyue was only a Second Step Demon Saint, his will was mediocre, and he was vulnerable in the face of the Eighth Rank Poisonous Dao.
Wangyue Demon Saint said: "Fine, I agree with you, give me a quick end."
He knew he was bound to die and didn’t plan to beg Lu Chenzhou to spare him.
The conflict between the Stars and Tianxia was a fundamental one, with no room for reconciliation, unlike the Divine Race.
"Agreed." Lu Chenzhou nodded.
Wangyue Demon Saint chanted a spell, and a graceful figure draped in a moon-white robe and wearing a King’s Crown descended.
It was indeed Lord Toad, born from the Primordial Beginning, ageless with the heavens and earth, whose true name was unknown, and now the fourth in command of the Star Alliance.
Lord Toad looked at Lu Chenzhou and Cangtian Dragon King surrounding him, seemingly joking: "Have the two of you had a change of heart, deciding to turn to the light? Come, no matter how much enmity we had before, as long as you submit to the Divine Court, I can assure your safety and grant Divine Enthronement! The Great Universe has forty-nine Dao Palaces, now the Stars have thirty-six True Gods, leaving thirteen Divine Enthronement slots, you two are eligible."
Lord Toad’s words did not seem false.
After fighting to this point, he admired Lu Chenzhou greatly, whether it was strong fortune on him or great opportunities, able to proceed step by step in countless Star sieges, leading Tianxia to break through encirclement, establish Mystic Sky, defeat Divine Alliance, pacify all realms, slay demigods... time and again saving a tilted heaven, turning danger into safety.
Resolve and courage, truly extraordinary.
There are many with great opportunities among the Three Thousand Realms.
But most people facing desperate circumstances may not have the heart to resist.
Or choose to hide from the world, turning a blind eye, or join if they cannot fight.
The courage to struggle is most commendable!
Though an enemy, he highly regarded Lu Chenzhou... too bad, he was not on the side of the Stars.
"I want to know, why did you invade our universe, plundering resources?" Lu Chenzhou asked.
"Invasion? Why speak so harshly, the Divine Court is corrupt and unjust, we came to make this universe more perfect, frankly speaking, your Tianxia civilization could rise, you should thank us, if we hadn’t overthrown the Divine Court’s rule, would you have the opportunity to rise?" Lord Toad retorted.
This was indeed the case, but the reason was not so.
"Tell the Witch Master, I will pull out all the demigods from the Three Thousand Realms and then take down your Divine Kingdom."
Seeing Lord Toad unwilling to reveal the true purpose, Lu Chenzhou thrust a spear, turning Wangyue Demon Saint to dust.
"I’ll be waiting, hahaha." Lord Toad laughed.
The Martial Arts Tree absorbed some negligible Causality Dao Essence and continued to grow.
After the Eighth Rank, the only way to quickly improve is to swallow demigods.
"Ambitious." Dragon King laughed.
"Let’s go, return to Tianxia, rest for a period, then eliminate all demigods before they emerge." Lu Chenzhou said.
"These wings are nice." Dragon King looked at the Wind and Thunder Golden Wings.
"You don’t have a Supreme Treasure?" Lu Chenzhou saw Dragon King always fighting barehanded.
"No, I practiced some spear skills, but ultimately found fist is the most useful."
...
Xia Realm.
Through the opened small world, in a thought, Lu Chenzhou returned to Xia Realm.
"So this is the opened small world, interesting." Dragon King curiously examined.
Lu Chenzhou was puzzled: "Great Power can open one, you don’t?"
"No, as I’ve said, the Transcendence Dao is somewhat special, rejected by the universe, I can’t nurture a world, nor do I need to, as long as I have these fists, it’s enough." Dragon King said.
"Transcendence..." Lu Chenzhou murmured.
Dragon King’s path was harder than he imagined.
Always rejected by the Great Universe, yet still able to carve through paths with iron fists, Dragon King was indeed formidable.
Lu Chenzhou opened the Mixed Cave Gate, shortly thereafter returning to Xia Star with Dragon King.
The high officials of Eternal Immortal stood on Yun Meng City, having waited here for a long time.
"Welcome home, great heroes!"
Eternal Immortal had many emotions, ultimately turning into these words.
Especially Lu Chenzhou, from the emergence of Camilla to now, spent nearly twenty years in never-ending battles.
Consecutively slaying three demigods, an unprecedented feat!
"Welcome home!"
"Welcome home!"
"..."
Countless Mystic Sky Alliance soldiers lined up, chanting.
Dragon King laughed: "I only did a little, can’t take credit, properly thank the Alliance Hierarch."
Lu Chenzhou said: "To achieve today, no one had it easy, Chairman Wan, please tally the battle merits over the next few days, I wish to hold a reward event, additionally, I will be resting in Tianxia for several years, during this period I will expound the Dao at Yun Meng Marsh, those interested can come listen."
"Good, over the years, many comrades have sacrificed, Mystic Sky Alliance won’t forget, their names remain on the Heavenly Person List."
"If I have the ability, I will resurrect these martyrs in the future," Lu Chenzhou said.
Birth, aging, illness, and death are objective laws.
But he felt, if he couldn’t let those who gathered firewood for others and froze to death in the snow see the dawn after the cold night, it would be too regrettable!
He couldn’t bear these regrets.
Even if resurrection comes at a price, as long as it’s within his limits, he will do it without hesitation.
...
The news that Lu Chenzhou was going to teach the Dao at Yun Meng Lake quickly spread across Xia Star and the entire Mystic Sky Alliance.
Nowadays, transportation is convenient, and the transmission array network is well-connected.
In the Three Thousand Worlds, how many admirers does Lu Chenzhou have? Countless millions!
Even if only a small portion is capable of coming, it still forms a flood, pouring into the Xia Realm.
"Martial King teaching the Dao, this is a great opportunity."
"In the Great Wilderness, when a Great Power transmits the method and teaches the Dao, it is a great day for cultivators."
"Although Lu Alliance Hierarch is not a Great Power, he masters the World Dao and at the same time controls over a hundred Daos, it can be said that there is nothing he doesn’t know in the conventional paths, the effect of his Dao teaching is better than that of a Great Power, I won’t leave Xia Star these years and plan to stay permanently."
"Me too, I plan to join Tianxia citizenship, I heard it’s hard to get Tianxia household registration."
"Not only that, it’s said that housing prices in the four cities have increased quite a bit in Primordial Stones, the local mortals in Tianxia are richer than us outsider cultivators."
The bustling world, all for Lu Chenzhou.
Bottom-tier cultivators, Eight Realms leaders, Human Clan, Extraordinary Races, Alien Species, Divine Race... Lu Chenzhou teaches without discrimination.
As long as it has nothing to do with the Star Alliance, it’s allowed. Relying on his in-depth research on the Vibration Dao, Da Xia scientists and martial artists developed an array to identify demon ghost spies, set up at the entrance of transmission arrays as security checkpoints, quite a few demons trying to fish in troubled waters were killed on the spot.
Over these years, with the array, along with the excavation of relics from other technological civilizations of the Three Thousand Worlds.
Da Xia has undergone earth-shattering changes.
It’s not just the surface civilization, but an interstellar martial arts civilization.
In fact, the main force against mid to low-level demon ghosts is no longer martial artists or cultivators.
But various advanced technological weapons, arrays, divine talismans, etc.
These can be regenerated with just resources and technology, greatly reducing personnel casualties.
...
The family villa area of the Myriad Phenomena Dao.
"I’m back."
Lu Chenzhou’s steps were light; although his clone had always been on Xia Star, he actually seldom met with everyone due to long-term seclusion.
"Junior Brother!"
Ji Feiyan excitedly flew over, pounced on Lu Chenzhou, and hugged him tightly, instantly tearing up.
Beside her, there was a timid little boy standing there, staring at Lu Chenzhou.
"Hello, Grandpa Lu~"
Lu Chenzhou was inwardly laughing and crying.
He often dealt with cultivators and even divine beings who had lived countless years, always feeling very young.
He almost forgot that in the mortal world, he was from the great-grandfather’s generation.
"This is my grandson, haha," Ji Feiyan laughed.
She actually didn’t look that old, after all, she was a Martial Arts Grandmaster, but already a grandmother.
"The talent is not bad." Lu Chenzhou picked up the little boy, pinched his chubby face, and sneaked in a trace of power.
If danger arises, even against a Heavenly Realm enemy, he can resist for a while.
Other treasures would only harm him.
"Let’s go, home, my father is in seclusion, doesn’t know you’re here yet."
Ji Feiyan led Lu Chenzhou home, where a table full of home-cooked dishes was already set.
"These were all made by Sister Ruyu, Junior Brother must not have eaten for a while, right?"
"Yes..." Lu Chenzhou looked at Shi Ruyu busy in the kitchen, feeling a bit dazed.
"It’s been hard lately, now that you’re back, rest well for a while, you can’t handle everything." Shi Ruyu walked out of the kitchen, "You can accompany auntie and uncle well, they are getting old, every day at home just thinking of you, but also dare not contact you actively."
"Haha, no worries, knowing Chenzhou is alright is enough."
"Yes, we practice martial arts every day, it’s very fulfilling."
Lu Guoping and Li Xianghua smiled embarrassedly.
Even if old, their spirit is still good, after all, they are martial artists.
Lu Chenzhou gently released a hint of Withered and Flourishing Dao Essence, sending a trace of vigorous life force into his parents’ bodies.
He can’t directly extend their life, but can eliminate ailments.
"Brother Lu..." Bai Miaomiao, Zhou Ruoxue, Ye Zhiqiu, upon hearing the news, all brought their families to the small villa.
>Compared to before, much more restrained.
"Hey, I said I knew you, they didn’t believe." Wang Gang Great Grandmaster also came, still as familiar as ever.
"So lively, Master, I went to the Mystic Sky Realm, met my Junior Brother, he’s so fast, already a Heavenly King."
Li Yu brought Li Gui along, followed by a Hong Fu.
"He’s the child of this world, don’t compare yourself to him, surpass yourself, become a Heavenly King soon," Lu Chenzhou said.
"Don’t just stand awkwardly, sit down and eat, Chenzhou rarely comes!" Wang Changming laughed.