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Chapter 451: Historical Account of the Great Doubt Plague: A Complete Record of the Disbeliever War

The City Lord's private library was absolutely massive.

I stood in the doorway, trying to take in the sheer scope of what Feng Zhaoyang had built over his centuries of rule.

The main chamber stretched upward for at least four stories, with spiral staircases carved directly into the walls leading to different levels of knowledge. Floating platforms drifted between the floors, each one carrying stacks of scrolls or bound manuscripts that reorganized themselves according to some comp...

Chapter 450: The Mysterious Young Man

An hour later, the City of Hope hummed with its usual afternoon activity.

The city had grown over the past millennia into a prosperous hub of trade and cultivation.

Merchants hawked their wares in the market squares, cultivators from various minor sects conducted business in the administrative districts, and children played in the courtyards while their parents prepared evening meals.

None of the citizens seemed aware that their entire world was about to change.

A youn...

Chapter 449: The 'Corruption' Spreads

Captain Ji Haozhe shifted uncomfortably on his horse, his hands gripping the reins as he stared at the tree line ahead.

The forest loomed before them like a wall of shadow.

Behind him, eight of the city's finest guards sat in their saddles with varying degrees of patience, their spiritual pressure carefully controlled to avoid interfering with whatever was happening deeper in the woods.

"Sir," Wei Ming said quietly, his voice carrying the particular note of someone trying ve...

Chapter 448: A Disbeliever

The white void around us began to shimmer and crack like breaking glass.

Reality reasserted itself in fragments: first the withered trees, then the cracked stone of the abandoned shrine, finally the late afternoon light. The Chamber of Absolute Truth dissolved completely, leaving us standing in the forest clearing where this whole confrontation had begun.

I blinked, adjusting to the sudden return of color and texture after that sterile white space.

The ancient oak's massive ...

Chapter 447: Clash Of Convictions

A Clash of Convictions wasn't something undertaken lightly, even by someone of the City Lord’s cultivation level.

The spiritual techniques required to properly conduct such a confrontation demanded absolute precision and unwavering commitment to one's own worldview.

Any hesitation, any moment of doubt, and the entire framework of beliefs that sustained his power could come crashing down.

"Very well," Feng Zhaoyang said, his voice carrying the formal authority required for ...

Chapter 446: The Challenge!

Feng Zhaoyang had seen many strange things in his three centuries of life, but watching an ancient oak tree slowly turn its massive trunk to face him with what could only be described as indignation was definitely a new experience.

"How dare you threaten our benefactor!" the tree rumbled, its voice carrying the weight of centuries and the kind of righteous fury that made the ground itself tremble. "This human has shown us kindness, and you arrive here speaking of imprisonment and spirit...

Chapter 445: A Sovereign's Responsibility

City Lord Feng Zhaoyang stood at the highest balcony of his palace, gazing out over the Prosperity District with the kind of casual authority that came from three centuries of unchallenged rule.

The morning sun caught the gold thread in his ceremonial robes, each strand carefully woven with Xuan Yi to reinforce his position as the city's ultimate arbiter of order and justice.

At the World-Writ Sovereign stage, Feng Zhaoyang had long ago transcended the petty struggles that consume...

Chapter 444: A Fellow Traveler's Mark

"Master," Azure's voice carried a note of grim confirmation, "I've been analyzing the energy patterns since we arrived, and I have to agree with your conclusion. The similarities between Xuan Yi and blue sun energy aren't superficial, they're fundamental. At the deepest level, Xuan Yi really is a derivative of blue sun energy."

I stayed silent for a long moment, letting this revelation settle into my understanding of the situation.

In a xianxia world where the impossible became ...

Chapter 443: The Origin of Xuan Yi!

"Papa," Bloom said, turning to the ancient oak, "doesn't he seem nice? He made the bad feelings go away."

"Master," the ancient oak's voice had changed, becoming confused and somewhat alarmed. "What has happened to the child? Her spiritual signature feels... different."

"Would you like the same treatment?" I offered.

Despite knowing that the ancient tree would likely have a completely different reaction to being freed from mind control, likely a negative reaction, I still fe...

Chapter 442: Freedom!

A/N

Warning!

This chapter has elements of accidental mind control.

There is something seriously wrong with the Realm of the Chosen, and it should all make more sense by the end of tomo's chapter!

I'd seen a lot of strange things since entering this realm, but watching a hundred-foot-tall tree repeatedly slam its massive trunk against the ground in what could only be described as the world's most violen...

Chapter 441: Qi & Xuan Yi

I sighed, letting the blue sun energy dissipate from my hand like smoke in the wind.

The whole experiment had been a bust, leaving me with more questions than answers.

While the red and blue sun energies had been absolutely instrumental in my victory against Guo Xinyi in the Realm of Living Lyrics, hell, I probably would have lost without them, they seemed to have almost no effect in this world.

At least, no effect that I could immediately observe.

Actually, that wasn'...

Chapter 440: The Stone Emperor's Guide to Not Dying

A/N

As mentioned last chapter, this is Monday's second chapter, the first chapter was released early on friday.

An hour of flying later, Li Qiang directed me toward what had to be the most depressing religious site I'd ever seen.

The abandoned shrine sat in a clearing surrounded by withered trees, their branches reaching toward the sky like the skeletal fingers of some long-dead giant. The building itself was small and modest, built from gra...

Chapter 439: Science VS Fantasy

A/N

I decided to post Monday's first chapter today, I wanted to show some off more of this realm and the way Xuan Yi works before the weekend break. This does mean only 1 chapter will be released on Monday (unfortunately, burned through some of my backlog recently so will spend the weekend catching up :/)

Anyways, hope you enjoy!

The transition from the palace to the city streets was jarring.

One moment I was surro...

Chapter 438: Dao of Belief Or Dao of Delusion?

The moment I opened my eyes; I was staring at an ornate golden ceiling that belonged in some emperor's fever dream.

My head throbbed, not from physical pain, but from the sudden influx of foreign memories that weren't quite mine. Du Yanze's life, his hopes, his repeated humiliations, all of it crashed through my consciousness like a tsunami of secondhand embarrassment.

But what drew my attention first weren't the memories. It was the two figures prostrating themselves on the marbl...

Chapter 437: Breakthrough Crowned Heart Realm

A/N

I'm releasing tomo's first chapter right now so we can be done with the alt POVs, which means tomo, I'll be releasing only the second chapter.

Du Yanze was quiet for a long moment, when he finally spoke, his voice was barely above a whisper.

"My parents died when I was twelve," he said. "It wasn't some heroic sacrifice or tragic accident that marked me as special. It was a plague. A simple, mundane plague that swept through the lower ...

Chapter 436: The Truth About Mediocrity

The Gilded Throne Hall of the Du estate stretched out in magnificent splendor, its walls lined with columns of what appeared to be pure gold. Chandeliers hung from the vaulted ceiling, each one refracting light into rainbow patterns that danced across the marble floors.

At the center of this opulent display sat an elderly man on a throne that looked like it had been carved from a single massive jade boulder. He wore silk robes, and a crown of what appeared to be genuine celestia...

Chapter 435: Where Prophecy Meets Pavement

Every head in the courtyard turned toward the main entrance, where the massive gates were slowly being pushed open by someone with obvious disregard for propriety or politeness. The spiritual pressure that accompanied the intrusion was chaotic and unrefined, but it carried an intensity that suggested genuine power behind it.

Du Yanze strode through the gates like he owned the place, his spiritual pressure flaring with uncontrolled fury. Behind him trailed Li Qiang, who was doing his be...

Chapter 434: The Pretender and the Prodigy

Far from the Eastern Meadows and the Whispering Canyon, in what had once been the grand estate of the Du Clan, a very different scene was playing out.

The morning light filtered through cracked windows and holes in the roof, illuminating a once-magnificent courtyard that had seen much better days.

Weeds pushed through the decorative stone tiles, and the ornate fountain at the center had been dry for months. The buildings that surrounded the courtyard still showed hints of their fo...

Chapter 433: Realm of the Chosen

A/N

I enjoyed writing about the Realm of Living Lyrics, and I am glad the ending was received well. A lot of you enjoyed the world building.

The Realm of the Chosen was an idea inspired by a comment from Yanni (thank you!), and I've been excited to write about it.

So, just like with the previous mini arc, I'm going to take my time with it, exploring the new world and building up the battle between Ke Yin and Yuan ...