【At this moment, a look of relief appeared in Wu Yue's eyes.】
【She said.】
【"Actually, I wanted to become the Holy Maiden just to meet the Divine Venerable and ask about my origins. Now, I understand everything."】
【Strange phenomena had always surrounded Wu Yue.】
【For instance, she remembered never having been to Hundred Herbs Island, yet the old alchemy master there would often look at her with melancholy and took great care of her.】
【Or in the Cauldron Realm, she picked up farming tasks incredibly fast.】
【And so on.】
【Wu Yue was very intelligent. Realizing there might be some secret regarding herself, she had always wanted to find God Xiaoyao to ask him directly.】
【Today, her wish was finally fulfilled.】
【"I heard from Hua Wuyan that you have some sort of immortal array that requires the participation of seven Martial Gods. If the array is successfully formed, it can effectively counter the alien invasion, right?"】
【You nodded, then took out the Fenji Battle Spear and directly sketched the prototype of the array on the sandy beach.】
【Although you had already shown it to Old Shen.】
【But God Xiaoyao was also a patriarch-level figure from thirty thousand years ago. He definitely had vast experience, so it would be good to let him examine it as well.】
【The more God Xiaoyao looked at it, the more astounded he became, eventually crying out in shock.】
【"This array is absolutely not from the Human Realm—no, it's not even from the Void Realm!"】
【You felt a bit perplexed.】
【"It couldn't possibly be from the Real Realm, could it?"】
【"Where did you get this?"】
【"Well... it was a lucky coincidence. It's a bit complicated to explain."】
【"You don't have to say. In my opinion, this array can indeed deal with the alien invasion, and it's extremely effective!
However, it must be used as the Human Realm's final trump card.
It cannot be used merely to ward off enemies; it must only be used in the most dire situations, when our Human Realm has no other means to fight back.
Because there is only one chance...
And as of right now, we might not even be able to gather what's needed for this one chance."】
【Thinking about the matter of the seven Martial Gods, you couldn't help but sigh.】
【"The Human Realm hasn't seen a new Martial God in a long time. Gathering seven Martial Gods to activate the array is truly not easy."】
【"Thinking of giving up?"】
【"No! Since the Seven Luminaries Immortal Array is our last hope, we must try everything possible to make it happen!"】
【God Xiaoyao looked at you with great admiration, smiling and nodding.】
【Actually, you didn't have the Chinese Succubus trait equipped right now, but it seemed you were still radiating charm.】
【"Then do you know that this array actually requires eight people? Those seven Martial Gods are nothing but the seven array cores. The eighth person is the one who receives the array's power enhancement. Are you going to be that eighth person?"】
【"Leaving aside the fact that I'm currently the one who has studied this array the longest, if it can be set up, the eighth person could only be me. Besides, when it comes to dealing with the aliens... I think I am the most suitable."】
【"What if I also told you that being this eighth person means a narrow escape from death, and even if you survive, your lifespan will be drastically reduced?"】
【"If the Human Realm falls, what's the point of lifespan?"】
【In God Xiaoyao's eyes was unconcealed admiration for you.】
【"I am ashamed. As a former Dao Protector, I now have to rely on a junior like you to defend the Human Realm.
Rest assured, I will help you become a Martial King right now. The Holy Land will also provide you with all its resources, hoping you'll have the chance to reach an even higher realm!
Additionally, I will help you find the seven Martial Gods.
It is indeed difficult to gather seven Martial Gods in the current Human Realm, but if some half-dead ones can restore their peak cultivation to strike just once, there is still a chance."】
【The digressions were over.】
【It was time to get down to business.】
【Breaking through to Martial King!】
【In fact, the breakthrough method used by the Xiaoyao Holy Land was fundamentally based on the principles of the Ten-Person Method and the Thousand-Person Method.】
【However, the Xiaoyao Holy Land had God Xiaoyao, and God Xiaoyao had a Time Chamber.】
【This Time Chamber would produce some Light Rhyme Crystals every year.】
【The quantity each time was about five to ten, among which there would definitely be a pair of colored Light Rhyme Color Crystals.】
【When breaking through to Martial King, if these Light Rhyme Crystals were placed into the Spirit Gathering Grand Array, the probability of a successful breakthrough would greatly increase.】
【Even if the breakthrough failed, one's realm would not drop.】
【If the Color Crystals were used, the success rate would exceed ninety percent.】
【And if God Xiaoyao personally took action as one of the Ten Persons, the remaining failure rate of less than ten percent would also be eliminated.】
【"Five to ten every year? Heavens, how many Martial Kings must the Holy Land have?"】
【God Xiaoyao smiled.】
【"That is one year inside the Time Chamber."】
【You realized it.】
【One day inside the Time Chamber was one year outside.】
【One year inside the Time Chamber was over three hundred years outside.】
【Then it really wasn't that many.】
【But assuming the basic conditions were the same, having the assistance of Light Rhyme Crystals here indeed made achieving the Martial King realm much more stable than in other places.】
【"This time, I plan to use up all the stored Light Rhyme Crystals and select more outstanding disciples at the peak of the Spirit Condensation realm from the Holy Land to help them break through to Martial King. Chen Yi, do you have any recommendations?"】
【A great enemy was approaching, and the human race was in imminent peril.】
【God Xiaoyao didn't plan to hoard these treasures that could enhance the human race's combat power; he would use whatever he could.】
【What was the point of keeping these treasures if the Human Realm was destroyed? Saving them for the enemy?】
【You recommended Long Yang, Baili Su, and a few other companions who had survived the otherworldly adventure with you to God Xiaoyao.】
【"God Xiaoyao, I have a few other friends. Could you help them break through as well? However, they are not disciples of the Holy Land."】
【"As long as they are willing to make a trip to the Holy Land and meet the requirements for breakthrough, I can help them."】
【Among these few friends of yours, the most important one was Zhenpin.】
【This old monk possessed a fairly good physique, but unfortunately, this physique was contradictory in the current environment of the Void Realm.】
【To break through to Martial King, he had to cultivate bitterly, but breaking through to Martial King through bitter cultivation was almost impossible.】
【There was also Sun Chengen.】
【But if Sun Chengen was still alive right now, he should already be a Martial King.】
【If he wasn't, you would bestow this opportunity upon him.】
【The Holy Land began to prepare the Martial King Breakthrough Grand Array, as well as organize the relevant personnel and venues.】
【During this preparation period, you called Long Yang and the others to Nine Palaces Island.】
【"God Xiaoyao asked me to recommend a few peak Spirit Condensation disciples of the Holy Land so they can break through to Martial King together during the Holy Son and Holy Maiden's breakthrough.
Ah, tell me, who should I recommend?
Quick, give me some ideas, this is giving me a headache..."】
【Baili Su snorted coldly. With a face full of pride, he strode forward and directly dropped to one knee.】
【"Brother Chen, if you don't mind, I am willing to acknowledge you as my adoptive father! From now on, we'll use our own terms: you call me your adoptive son, and I'll call you big brother! I will care for you in your old age and give you a proper burial! Big brother above, please accept a bow from your son!!"】
【Long Yang kicked Baili Su aside.】
【"You have no backbone at all! We are close friends who adventured in an alien realm for ten years, fighting side by side, forged through life and death! We aren't blood brothers, but we are better than blood brothers!】
["By acting like this and saying such things now, aren't you just putting Brother Chen in a difficult position!"]
[As he spoke, Long Yang's hands moved up to rest upon your shoulders.]
["Brother, is the pressure to your liking?"]
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e bizarre and supernatural had descended. The previous emperor was a thoroughgoing tyrant; no longer satisfied with human women, he had set his sights on a stunningly beautiful supernatural entity. He met his end in his bedchamber, drained of all his vital essence. As the legitimate eldest son and crown prince, Wang Hao was thus hastily enthroned, becoming the young emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No sooner had he awakened the "Imperial Sign-In Intelligence System" than he was assassinated by a Son of Destiny—a classic villain's opening. The Great Zhou, ravaged by the former emperor's excesses, was in national decline. The great families within its borders harbored their own treacherous schemes, martial sects began to defy the imperial court's decrees, and border armies, their pay and provisions in arrears, grumbled incessantly against the central government. Fortunately, the central capital was still held secure by the half-million Imperial Guards and fifty thousand Imperial Forest Army who obeyed the court's orders, along with the royal family's hidden reserves of power, barely managing to suppress the realm. As the Great Zhou's finances worsened and supernatural activities grew ever more frequent, the court sat atop a volcano. Ambitious plotters everywhere dreamed of overthrowing the dynasty, and even some reclusive ancient powers emerged, attempting to sway the tides of the world. At the first grand court assembly, the civil and military officials nearly came to blows, fighting tooth and nail over the allocation of fifty million taels of silver from the summer tax revenues. The spectacle opened Wang Hao's eyes—the Great Zhou's bureaucracy was not only corrupt but also martially proficient, a cabinet of all-rounders. Some officials even had the audacity to suggest the emperor release funds from the imperial privy purse to address the emergency. Wang Hao suddenly felt weary. Let it all burn.
