December 30, 1188.

The snowflakes fluttered, like powder, like dust, gradually covering the entire official road leading to the Great Capital.

The sea of trees turned from dark green to spotted white, then to pure white.

On the winding official road in the middle, stretching for several miles, all were constantly moving black armored cavalry.

Amid the cavalry army, a moving cart towering six meters high, like a house or pavilion, continuously traveled with the army.

The military flags were like a forest, vibrating in the wind.

On the top of the cart pavilion.

A blond man in a black robe, with a black cross necklace hanging on his chest, quietly gazed at the distant snowy scene.

The man's face was exceptionally handsome, his eyes were emerald green, his nose was high and firm, clearly indicating he was either Huxi people or Westerners.

However, despite looking young on the outside, his eyes held an inexplicable sense of age.

"I remember, the last time I came here was eighty years ago.... At that time, the Celestial Treasure Palace had not yet planted sunny flowers, and the mountains were all traces of a great fire."

"Senior Sheng Tianyi is getting older, and is increasingly nostalgic about the past."

On the platform at the back of the pavilion, a middle-aged man in a python robe approached with a smile.

"We are about to reach the Great Capital, better think about how to deal with the other four sides. The situation changed too fast this time, we were caught off guard and unprepared, presumably the other brothers are in the same situation.

We are all back on the same track, racing horses, just seeing who can muster more strength." 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

The middle-aged man is Prince Yan Shun, one of the five princes, who has hurriedly gathered experts among his subordinates, leading elite forces to the Great Capital to not lose too much advantage initially.

The struggle for the throne cannot result in complete division, that's not the ending everyone desires.

Nor is it the will of Snow Rainbow Pavilion and the three spirit generals.

So everyone has set a default range.

That is, within the Great Capital circle, leading elite forces for a showdown.

"Nowadays, the attitude of the Great Dao Teaching that is as the sun at noon remains unclear, Snow Rainbow Pavilion stays neutral. The other brothers should be no different from me...." Prince Yan Shun's words were interrupted, his expression suddenly changed slightly as he looked ahead into the distance.

Before him, Sheng Tianyi beside him noticed earlier.

"Someone seems unwelcome to us entering the capital...." Sheng Tianyi sighed lightly, raised his hand, and squeezed.

Immediately the entire troop's command flags fluttered constantly, transmitting orders, cascading down.

Over a thousand heavy cavalry paused, quietly reining their horses to stop.

"Encounter!"

The herald shouted and beat the war drums.

All cavalry pulled down the face masks of their helmets, only leaving a slit for their eyes.

Armored underbellies of the war horses slid down with clanking sounds, covering the heads and torsos.

One by one, charging lances were lifted at the front of the troops, sharp black and silver tips occasionally dropping a bit of white snow powder.

"Kill!!!"

Suddenly, from both sides of the official road, dense rows of heavy infantry with hook-sickle guns and heavy shields rushed out.

They wore camouflage coats covered with snow, and once the coats were removed, they roared uniformly as they charged toward the cavalry.

The difference from the black cavalry was, although the heavy infantry also wore black armor, their arms were smeared with a patch of white.

Immediately the troops collided, black and white mixed wildly, armor and weapons clashed, making rain-like explosive sounds.

Cries of agony, roars, military orders formed a heavy sound wave, bursting instantly like a bubble, spreading across the whole several miles long official road.

"Prince Yan Shun, return today, and you can be spared."

At this moment, a figure rapidly approached from afar.

It was a tall humanoid clad in full purple metal armor, wielding twin swords.

Their helmet covered them entirely, making it impossible to discern their gender, appearance, or identity.

You could only see that with one foot pinning the ground, the earth cracked and exploded.

Snow powder splashed, leaving a trail of wide pits opening like lotus blossoms wherever this person passed by.

"Spared?" On the pavilion, the corner of Prince Yan Shun's mouth curled in sarcasm. "In this world, other than Father Emperor, it's the first time someone has dared to speak to me this way."

"Calm your anger, my prince, let me handle this." Sheng Tianyi raised his hand again, clenched his fist, and spread three fingers.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

Three dark figures shot out explosively from the sides of the pavilion, meeting head-on with no slower pace than the opponent.

"Sheng Tianyi, the Black Ten Sect headquarters has been dismantled, yet you remain outside instead of returning, all your hopes pinned on Prince Yan Shun, dreaming to rebuild the sect, huh?"

Just then, a commotion arose from the rear of the black cavalry.

A group of heavy cavalry with white marks painted all over surged forward quickly from the rear.

This group of cavalry wasn't large, but each one of them was fiercely imposing, their physique twice as large as the black cavalry.

Seated on horseback, they appeared like moving mountains of flesh from afar.

Boom!!

The leading white cavalryman wielded a giant four-meter-long Wolf Fang Club, sweeping before him.

Instantly, smashing down the first three heavily armored black cavalry.

Whizz-whizz-whizz!

Crossbow arrows flew densely, aiming at this person.

But the arrows penetrated the armor only to be blocked by the body inside, unable to go further.

This person laughed wildly, smashing two riders with one club, but his warhorse couldn't support anymore, wailing and kneeling to the ground.

He simply carried the Wolf Fang Club, stepping down, walking.

This man's four-meter stature wielding the four-meter black Wolf Fang Club swept away all the blocking black cavalry ahead. None could stop him!

Buzz!!

Suddenly, three sharp short spears accompanied by piercing whistles, shot through gaps in the military formation, targeting him.

"Foolish!!" This person swept forward, his arms rapidly swelling a circle.

Dang dang dang!

With three loud clangs.

These three short spears hurled with full force by Super Grade experts were smashed aside.

"Moguduya...." On the pavilion, Sheng Tianyi's face tensed, recognizing the identity of the other.

"Celestial Lock Teaching also intends to participate?" He said solemnly.

"Sheng Tianyi, I advise you not to interfere here. In my understanding of you, you shouldn't be someone so ignorant."

Suddenly, behind Prince Yan Shun, a chilling voice emerged.

Both Sheng Tianyi and Prince Yan Shun trembled, quickly withdrew, and increased their distance.

Looking back to that side, they saw that at the railing of the pavilion's edge, a graceful woman in moon-white attire had appeared without notice.

The woman's long hair was flowing, adorned with a crown woven from silver threads. Her figure was elegant and composed, like a noblewoman leisurely out for a stroll.

Her face was covered by a pure gold mask. More intriguingly, this mask had no gaps.

No openings for eyes, no breathing holes for the mouth and nose, just a completely seamless gold mask fitted onto her face.

Upon seeing this person, Prince Yan Shun's expression changed, filled with uncertainty.

But Sheng Tianyi recognized the mask.

"You... are the Moon Queen!? Aren't you dead!?"

"The Moon King isn't dead, how can I die?" the woman replied calmly. "After years of seclusion, I can no longer watch him ascend to the highest position."

"Then you... shouldn't be blocking me!" Sheng Tianyi suppressed his emotions and said solemnly.

"I'm not blocking you." The woman shook her head slightly, "I'm here to save you."

"Save me? Yue Dewen is merely a strong Spirit General, even if he can defeat me, it's because of his numbers. As long as we join forces..." Sheng Tianyi squinted and retorted.

At this moment, the few of them completely ignored the cavalry and infantry still fighting around them.

Instead, they focused all their attention on this mysterious woman.

"He is stronger than me, and now he's more than a bit stronger." The woman spoke. "And I....."

She paused.

"To kill you, I only need ten moves."

"Arrogant!" Sheng Tianyi's expression turned incredibly ugly as he stepped forward, walking towards her.

With his steps, countless silver threads began to seep from the skin all over his body.

All the silver threads wove into a completely new set of fitted armor, covering his face and hair as well.

More bizarrely, the silver threads on his back condensed and grew two new silver arms.

"Come, let me see how you will kill me in ten moves!?"

Hiss!

A circle of invisible airflow naturally expanded outward, centered on Sheng Tianyi.

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Dan Province.

In Black Dragon City, at Treasure Harmony Pavilion.

"Your situation isn't good...."

Zhang Rongfang looked at Ding Yu lying on the bed before him, his brows tightly furrowed.

"Sir... I found clues about the treasured medicine... it's in the Five Cauldrons Sect... I don't want to die... save me!" Ding Yu stammered as he spoke, his body covered with countless red lumps.

These lumps were extremely itchy, even covering his face.

"I captured people from the Five Cauldrons Sect and had them lead the way to find the treasured medicine." Zhang Rongfang wasn't worried about this, as the owner of Treasure Harmony Pavilion, Chen Zhaoqiao, handled things quite thoroughly.

Now they have taken people and gone to excavate the plantation of the Five Cauldrons Sect.

What truly troubled him was Ding Yu's situation.

"According to you, you're afflicted by the World Yang Liquid from the Five Cauldrons Sect, which is an even more overpowering control poison than Celestial River Water. It requires regular intake of relieving medicine, or you'll suffer itchiness and pain several times worse than Celestial River Water."

Zhang Rongfang said in a deep tone.

"I've also asked the captured people from the Five Cauldrons Sect, generally only important and special people are afflicted with World Yang Liquid, even the Five Elders were only given ordinary Celestial River Water..."

"Is there no way to completely cure it?" Ding Yu was somewhat desperate.

"....." Zhang Rongfang shook his head slightly.

Ding Yu ultimately suffered this for serving him, now ending up like this, he must find a way to save him regardless.

But....

The Five Cauldrons Sect headquarters has collapsed, making it impossible to find an antidote in a short period; that wretched place is avoided by most out of fear of accidentally digging out poison leading to one's death.

And for him to go digging....

Zhang Rongfang sighed lightly, thinking about the two attribute points he saved up these days, maybe he could try using them to enhance his medical skills in Alchemy Dao, to see if there's a solution.

"You rest for now, I'll think of a way, don't worry, if it comes to it, I'll personally go to the Five Cauldrons Sect to dig for an antidote!" he lightly comforted.

"Sir...." Ding Yu gritted his teeth, enduring the itching and pain all over. "If... you can't find it, just... kill me...!"

"..." Zhang Rongfang didn't reply further, turned, and left the room.

Returning to his usual training quiet room.

He slowly crossed his legs, closed his eyes, and contemplated.

The attribute panel slowly opened, appearing in his field of vision.

The level in Alchemy is currently only at the mastery stage.

But intuition tells him that even with a high enhancement in Alchemy, Ding Yu's issue can't be resolved in a short period.

Because analyzing a poison from scratch takes a considerable amount of time, and Ding Yu can't wait that long...

Without an antidote within three days, he might be completely debilitated by the itching pain.

Looking at the rows of numerous martial arts skills in his attribute panel.

Zhang Rongfang fell into deep thought.

Unfortunately, no matter how he searched his thoughts, there was no short-term solution to Ding Yu's problem.

Relying solely on the remaining two attribute points, even if he upgraded Alchemy, it would be far from sufficient.

Sighing, Zhang Rongfang temporarily set aside Ding Yu's matter and began to sort out himself.

Having absorbed that last bit of flesh to replenish his blood, he was now utterly devoid of the craving for blood absorption.

Instead, an entirely opposite desire overwhelmed him.

He... wanted... to bleed.

His body's blood seemed like a restless living entity, continuously flowing, accelerating, and circulating, trying to break free from the constraints of the blood vessels.

This feeling was abnormal.