"And these, are but a corner of the primordial cosmos."

"Gurgle!" Jiajing Emperor swallowed a mouthful of saliva, he struggled to breathe, and even began to feel dizzy.

He felt how incredibly insignificant he was!

In his trance, he heard Li Changzhou's voice again, ethereal as if it were a language from the heavens:

"Your Majesty, after you embark on the Dao, sooner or later you will also lose interest in the power and beauty around you. Then why not travel along a corner of the starry sky to see what kinds of life exist in this vast universe, what these lives look like, what they eat, and what their social customs are like."

Jiajing Emperor considered everything Li Changzhou had said.

"Just the time required for this one thing makes longevity seem short."

Li Changzhou initially wanted to comfort Jiajing Emperor, to paint a splendid picture of life after achieving longevity and dissuade him from his momentary retreat, but as he spoke, his own heart was moved.

If one could live forever, together with Qing Lan and his sister, planet by planet, star system by star system, life would likely never be boring.

Adventuring on perilous planets, settling on beautifully scenic planets for a hundred years, tasting all kinds of alien food, whether delicious or average.

Jiajing Emperor looked at Li Changzhou and saw the longing for immortality and the obsession with distant starry skies in his eyes.

In such a person's eyes, how could there possibly be any worldly power!

He suddenly sighed, his hand resting on the railing.

"Your Majesty?" Li Changzhou looked at him, puzzled.

"I..." Jiajing Emperor hesitated to continue.

He gazed at the myriad stars, and as the cold wind blew, it seemed the stars might accidentally fall. He felt excited, lost, blissful, hopeful.

It was as if by merely closing his eyes, he would enter the scene described by Li Changzhou, roaming freely and joyously among the stars.

"...Master Li," Jiajing Emperor began again, "the path ahead is perilous, though I am the sovereign of a nation, I can only wish you smooth sailing and success in achieving immortality in my heart."

Li Changzhou felt exhilarated, laughed, and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty. I also wish Your Majesty smooth sailing, and if you achieve immortality one day, we shall meet again on some star in the universe."

"Agreed! It's a promise!" Jiajing Emperor slapped the railing, then said solemnly, "Be careful of Tao Zhongwen, he intends to harm you."

Li Changzhou laughed heartily upon hearing this: "Who in the world dares to claim greatness, only I am the true dragon of immortal path! What is a Tao Zhongwen!"

Having said this, he gave a long, loud laugh.

"Your Majesty, light the lamp!"

Jiajing Emperor, his fighting spirit high as if setting sail, lit the Bright Lamp and hung it at the very top of Five-Colored Lamp Mountain.

"Whoosh!" A gust of wind blew over the fire, as if adding the finishing touch, all the lights on the entire Five-Colored Lamp Mountain seemed to come alive.

This was no mere lamp mountain, it resembled a five-colored altar.

All over the Ming Dynasty, every city, every village, all the lights lit for this Lantern Festival, rose into the sky.

"Roar!"

A thunderous dragon's roar burst in the skies above the Capital.

Jiajing Emperor's hair and beard fluttered, a golden dragon's qi surged up from his body, carrying him along into the nine heavens!

The Emerald Bee Sword was unsheathed.

"Slash!" Accompanied by Li Changzhou's shout, Jade Light spiraled and danced around the dragon.

The golden dragon wailed and shattered into five pieces.

In the void, dozens of shadows burst forth, each one carrying an aura of world-shattering might.

Under this force, Jiajing Emperor struggled to breathe, feeling as if his bones were being crushed.

He saw Tao Zhongwen, saw Duan Chaoyong, saw Gu Kexue, Sheng Duanming, Lan Daoheng, Lantian Jade, Li Xidao... these Daoists, usually so ingratiating in his presence, each bore down on him like a mountain.

Yang Qinglan, Li Qianxia, and Turquoise Pool were well prepared, leading the charge as planned, each seized a segment of the Dragon Vein.

"Go!" Turquoise Pool deployed a Talisman.

A rainbow light enveloped them, and the three turned into a rainbow and flew away.

"Where do you think you're escaping to! Hand over the Dragon Vein!" A few loud shouts shook the entire Capital to its core, more than a dozen streaks of light closely pursued the trio.

Tao Zhongwen flicked his horsetail whisk, and Jiajing Emperor's breathing eased.

"Your Majesty!" Tao Zhongwen shouted loudly.

Jiajing Emperor remained unmoved.

Li Changzhou stretched out his hand, grabbed a small golden dragon that had transformed from the dragon's head, and stuffed it into his Golden Crown.

Five-Colored True Fire blazed, completing the final step of the crown.

"Your Majesty, what I promised you is now complete. Be very careful, as others still intend to strike against you."

His body flickering back and forth, Jiajing Emperor steadied himself, only to find that he had returned to the top of Wumen, with the Five-Colored Lamp Mountain burning fiercely like a pillar of fire before his eyes.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty is here!" A guard spotted him.

Huang Jin and the civil and military officials rushed over quickly.

"Your Majesty!"

"Back off!" Jiajing Emperor, his head crowned in gold, pushed away the crowd and looked up at the Five-Colored Lamp Mountain.

The Dragon Vein had split into five pieces; even though Jiajing Emperor stood there, he could not stop these cultivators from fighting furiously.

Above the Lamp Mountain, mana clashed like smoke and sea.

The remaining segment of the Dragon Vein, now a golden dragon, struggled and roared in the mana, erecting a small golden Barrier to prevent the mana from affecting it.

No one dared to rush forward; under this collective attack, anyone entering would face certain death.

"Kill the Demon Emperor first!"

"Without the Demon Emperor gone, none of us have a share!"

"I've already sealed the space, he can't escape!"

"Escape? Can he escape the Human Tribulation now?" Li Changzhou laughed loudly, "Today I will turn the heavens upside down! Let's see who else dares to be my Human Tribulation!"

Li Changzhou, Tao Zhongwen, Yuanzi, Duan Chaoyong, Sheng Duanming, Lan Daoheng, Lantian Jade, Li Xidao... Everyone roared simultaneously——

"Kill!"

Right or wrong did not matter, morals irrelevant, everything was for the sake of becoming immortal!

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