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"Is this the Vermilion Bird City?"

Chen Qing looked at the large city glowing red under the illumination of elements, filled with many emotions.

When humans went extinct, he was deeply saddened, but he was somewhat grateful for becoming a data life form.

Humans have their merits, but in the data world, the excitement that data life forms experience is something ordinary humans could never understand.

For instance, this city of flames before him.

In the past, even with the best technology, one could only focus on the visuals, leaving ordinary people in awe the first time and in admiration the second, but there was never the true sense of reverence one feels now.

The city radiated a powerful fire element, which, when triggered, could ignite the entire world in an instant.

As a high-level life form, one could distinctly feel the shock of this energy, a sensation, a reverence, that humans in the virtual world could never comprehend, but as data, one could fully feel it, a creative splendor that ordinary lifeforms could not experience.

Human imagination is fully liberated in the data world, while data life forms perfectly experience the charm of this imagined world.

As new life forms, regardless of the sinful reasons they came into being, they are now the most life-like existence on this planet.

"Hmm... This is Vermilion Bird City. I heard that back then, you... or rather, your main body, was a key figure in suppressing the Four Spirits?"

Chen Qing was stunned for a moment, then let out a bitter smile.

Many memories from those days are somewhat fragmented, but the memory of suppressing the Four Spirits is relatively complete.

The reason for suppressing them back then was that the power of the Four Spirits was too strong, potentially destabilizing the Heaven Defying, allowing Elder Long and the nobility to exploit it, and then counterattack the Otherworldly Demon Statues, so he pretended to ally with Elder Long and others to have both sides deplete each other.

But as a young man, he underestimated the hearts of people.

The Four Spirits were also intelligent creatures and could easily be swayed, unexpectedly being allied with Elder Long and others.

Seeing the alliance becoming irrevocable at the time, Chen Qing had to take decisive action and eliminate the Four Spirits first.

That was the most intense battle since collaborating with Old Liu, but it was also the battle that severely weakened his vitality, followed by Old Liu’s betrayal and some designers being secretly swayed, ultimately leading to the suppression of his entire group.

Elder Long and others, on the other hand, seized the opportunity to acquire many things from the Land of Four Spirits, such as... the Essence Blood of the Four Spirits!

Otherwise, how could Heaven’s Court have mastered the Star Officials of the Four Spirits?

"I suppose..." Chen Qing’s eyes were complicated.

In fact, back then, the Four Spirits had actively communicated, they wanted to live, to resist the invaders, and they had promised him that once the external threat was resolved, they would help him deal with Elder Long and others.

But at that time, Chen Qing was terrified, fearing that once these natives knew about the real world, it might lead to something terrible, so he was driven to kill.

Intelligent life forms acted too much like humans, yet humans had not realized the dread of data life forms.

He always ridiculed Elder Long, but in fact, he was the one who saw non-kin as most significant back then...

"Do you really think you can handle the Divine General and the others alone, Senior?" White Tiger frowned, "Heaven’s Court acted because they calculated that you wouldn’t have enough troops."

"There are..." Chen Qing said flatly, "They’ll be here soon."

"Could it be the Ghost Army of the Great Jin Dynasty?" White Tiger laughed, "Impossible, right? That Great Jin Emperor is struggling to hold on now, if the soldiers don’t return soon, once Old Liu consolidates Yundu, he’ll swallow him completely!"

"No..." Chen Qing shook his head, "The Ghost Soldiers of Great Jin rely too much on the power of Yin Ghosts, they’re too constrained in a place like Vermilion Bird City. The Flames of the Vermilion Bird are pure Yang, the nemesis of Heavenly Ghosts. Even if I’m willing, the Princess Royale wouldn’t agree, and Heaven’s Court has the Heavenly Mirror, be it the North or the checkpoint in Central Plains, any significant disturbance like activating a large spatial formation, you won’t miss it, so.

.. the troops from those two sides can’t be moved. "

"Where else do you have troops?" White Tiger wondered, if Chen Qing was so calm, he must have a plan, but military strength doesn’t appear out of thin air.

Soon, a spatial fluctuation arrived, and White Tiger jolted, looking past Chen Qing.

Behind Chen Qing, there was a Spatial Rune responding, obviously connecting a large spatial formation with the other side.

"Are you still transporting troops?" White Tiger frowned, "You just said that such a significant spatial formation won’t go unnoticed upstairs."

"The Heavenly Mirror was designed by Pu YunChuan back then, one of the Thirty-six Artifact Demons, along with Mirror Demon, one of the superior Artifact Demons." Chen Qing looked at the sky with a cold smile, "But it has defects!"

"Defects?" White Tiger was puzzled, indeed, such secrets wouldn’t be easily revealed to someone like her, but Chen Qing had inherited Pu YunChuan’s memories and naturally knew the weaknesses.

"It can’t observe three places at once, at most two.

He has to watch the North, the Central Plains checkpoint, has to have the Thousand-eyed Divine General watch Yundu, and might even have inserted other eyes in the Northern Demon Realm, so.

.. Heaven’s Court’s mirror can’t observe the whole earth, as long as there’s a place overlooked, troops can be sought. "

"Where else do you have troops?" White Tiger frowned, with the three ancient forces, Chen Qing, and the Imperial Court, what else in this world could threaten... wait!

White Tiger suddenly thought of something, "The Eastern Sea?"

"You’re quite smart, no wonder Heaven’s Court can’t tolerate you." Chen Qing laughed, "If you were just a reckless man without intrigue, perhaps you’d have a greater chance of remaining in Heaven’s Court."

White Tiger swiftly looked at where the Spatial Rune was, a purple light flashed, followed by a familiar figure.

She had seen that figure before, second only to Chen Qing within his forces, appointed by the Ziwei Emperor, once one of the main creators of this world: Ziyue!

She was familiar with this person because the Ziwei in the heavens was very concerned about her.

Chen Qing’s Divine Path Sect and Heaven’s Court’s divine positions almost corresponded, once mastering the world, those Divine Generals of Heaven’s Court would all be replaced by Chen Qing’s people, and the position Ziyue was to take was that of Ziwei Star Lord!

Ziyue’s prowess in Spatial Art was above Shen Yuan, combined with now possessing the Power of the Demon Statue, if she got a Dao Fruit, she might truly contend with the Ziwei Star Lord.

The Spatial Rune settled, and besides Ziyue, there were rows of armored individuals behind her.

Each one had immensely strong energy, clearly extremely elite soldiers.

"Four Holy Guard?" White Tiger’s heart shook, indeed, since the King of Qin was willing to act out this play with Chen Qing, it meant he had already collaborated with him, so bringing troops here seemed sensible too.

But did Chen Qing really dare to trust him to bring troops here?

And... this number of soldiers...

"Isn’t it too few?" White Tiger remarked.

Behind the King of Qin, the transferred soldiers were brimming with vitality, all of transcendent level.

In terms of quality, they could indeed contend with the Heavenly Soldiers under the Three-eyed God General, but.

.. the numbers were far less, at a glance, only about three thousand, whereas the Three-eyed God General’s forces conservatively numbered thirty thousand!

Outnumbered ten to one, and led by the Three-eyed God General, no one in this world can achieve that!

"It’s plenty..." Chen Qing smiled, looking at Vermilion Bird City, "They did not partake in the extermination of the Four Spirits back then, preserved their strength, which left hidden dangers. Now, let them taste... the aftermath left from back then!"