King of Creation
Chapter 2231: Chapter 2216: Success Only Allowed
In the pitiful pleas for life from the Grand Master Bitter Branch, Ye Zhen still commanded Little Demon General to insert thirty-six Plum Blossom Essence-Stealing Needles into the body of Grand Master Bitter Branch.
Having witnessed the souls of Grand Master Bitter Chrysanthemum and Grand Master Bitterwood being scattered by Ye Zhen, the dignity of Grand Master Bitter Branch had already completely collapsed.
It’s just, even if he sincerely sought surrender, Ye Zhen dared not accept it.
Having eliminated two out of three Grand Masters and leaving one by his side would definitely be a ticking time bomb; no matter how proficient, the technique for controlling Primordial Spirits couldn’t assure safety.
The Heavenly Temple, after all, had Creation Gods.
In these matters, Ye Zhen was very cautious.
Before long, Ye Zhen tossed the bones of a mid Dao Realm expert into the Mirage Dragon Pearl Space, and before long, his Blood Skull Army would gain another blood skull elite with battle strength comparable to an early Dao Realm expert.
Among the three Grand Masters, Bitter Chrysanthemum and Bitterwood cultivated Fire Element Techniques and comprehended Fire Elemental Law, and all seven to eight-tenths of the power of the Heaven and Earth Laws they painstakingly cultivated over the years were obtained by Ye Zhen.
As for Grand Master Bitter Branch, he cultivated the Taiyin Dao, and comprehended the power of Heaven and Earth Laws of Taiyin Dao.
If forced to reckon, the power of water and ice element heavenly laws could be considered a basic form of Taiyin Dao.
However, Ye Zhen’s Dao Seed from the Black Water Dao Palace could not absorb them and could only blast them onto the seventh stage spatial sealing barrier within the Mirage Dragon Pearl Space.
Meanwhile, warriors from Ye Zhen’s Yidongqing Guardian Army in Realm King Realm had already cleaned this Inner Castle, which was essentially a secret base of a Heavenly Temple Branch Altar.
"Divine Envoy, this is the loot from those God Envoys in Realm King Realm and the Grand Spirit Masters in Dark Palace Realm..." Qinglian presented several hundred storage rings to Ye Zhen for instruction.
"Take them and divide them among yourselves; the contents are just right for your cultivation resources," Ye Zhen said.
Upon hearing this, the warriors of the Yidongqing Guardian Army immediately rejoiced.
For them, even the wealth inside the storage rings of the Heavenly Temple’s Grand Spirit Masters was a vast fortune.
Ye Zhen cared little for such wealth, moreover, even emperors wouldn’t spare hungry soldiers.
The only regret was that after searching the entire Inner Castle, they couldn’t find the treasure vault of the Heavenly Temple Branch Altar.
It was estimated that this branch altar was relatively small and hadn’t established a temple.
After dealing with everything, Ye Zhen did not leave immediately.
With three Grand Masters, forty Divine Masters, and hundreds of Grand Spirit Masters, Ye Zhen had almost uprooted the Heavenly Temple’s branch altar at the Blood River Fortress.
This was considered a significant loss for the Heavenly Temple.
So Ye Zhen had to come up with a method to detach himself from responsibility.
At the very least, he had to avoid leaving any evidence.
Much like how the Heavenly Temple had secretly killed Marquis Chii Quan Shi Ting at Luoyi, in an attempt to frame Ye Zhen, Ye Zhen was very aware that this was the Heavenly Temple’s trick.
But there was no evidence.
Knowing without evidence.
Which meant he couldn’t use overt means.
Indeed, sometimes such situations were more frustrating!
Focusing intently, with a wave of his hand and a flash of light, Ye Zhen opened the Mirage Dragon Pearl door and gathered the participating warriors from the Yidongqing Guardian Army into the Mirage Dragon Pearl Space.
Afterward, with a thought, he transferred them into the Mirage Dragon Pearl Sequential Space.
Under the influence of the hundred-fold time sequence, those injured could recover in the shortest time, and those uninjured could cultivate within the time sequence space.
The only trouble was that the Mirage Dragon Pearl itself didn’t generate Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi, and could only passively absorb a small amount from outside.
For the warriors of the Yidongqing Guardian Army, who were practically paupers, the effect of the hundred-fold time sequence wasn’t significant.
Over a thousand people, each with the lowest cultivation at the third and fourth stages of the Realm King Realm, even with Ye Zhen just having plundered a Golden Moon World, couldn’t sustain them for unrestricted cultivation under the hundred-fold time sequence.
The consumption was too massive.
They spent only one-tenth of their time cultivating in the Mirage Dragon Pearl time sequence space, another one-tenth on cultivating and comprehending divine power secret techniques to enhance combat power.
And during the remaining eighth-tenth of the time, they were entirely devoted to... sincere prayers!
Praying to Ye Zhen, the Divine Envoy, and the images of the Yizhi Sand Sea Heavenly God, every member of the Yidongqing Guardian Army was a fanatic.
Under the hundred-fold time sequence, the collective wishes derived from over a thousand fanatics were equivalent to the effect of ten thousand people.
This could be considered another gain for Ye Zhen!
"Achou, how is the setup going?"
Having waited for nearly half an hour, Ye Zhen impatiently urged.
"Almost done, my Lord Ye, you know setting up this illusion is such a vast task.
An ultra-large illusion for three to four hundred people that must last at least two days consumes little power but requires extreme mental effort, it’s what this... I mean myself, if it were someone else...."
The habitual rambling of Mirage Dragon Primordial Spirit Achou was cut off by a cold snort from Little Demon.
After half a quarter-hour, under the intensely unfamiliar gaze of the Twelve Primordial Celestial Treasure Pearl Device Spirit Ayuan, Mirage Dragon Primordial Spirit Achou said solemnly, "Boss, I’m done!"
At this moment, in the eyes of Ayuan, the Device Spirit of the Twelve Primordial Celestial Treasure Pearl appeared extremely unfamiliar, as if having never been seen before.
The former Brother Chou, who dared to curse even the old master, creating chaos throughout the sect, was now... so different.
With a soft command of ’receive’, Ayuan’s childlike figure flickered in the void, scattering the radiance and entering the Dao Palace of Ye Zhen with the Twelve Primordial Celestial Treasure Pearl.
The external sounds suddenly surged in.
Moments later, under the gazes of the faithful street around the Inner Castle, Grand Masters Bitter Chrysanthemum, Bitterwood, and Bitter Branch cheerfully escorted Ye Zhen out of the Inner Castle gate.
"Safe travels, Marshal Ye, no need to send us off!"
"Stay, Grand Masters!"
Amidst harmonious cheer, Ye Zhen, the Marshal of the Heavenly Wave Army of North Sea, ascended into the air and departed the Branch Altar, watched by many believers at the Dock Castle.
While the three Grand Masters, without any suspicion, returned to the Inner Castle, some rested in meditation, some cultivated silently, some reprimanded disciples, the entire Inner Castle ran as usual, as if nothing had happened before.
Occasionally, some believers sought an audience and were led by the welcoming Grand Spirit Master to the door of the Grand Master for inquiries, then returned from the Inner Castle.
Everything seemed normal!
Of course, this was just on the surface.
If someone watched closely the whereabouts of everyone in the Inner Castle for a long time, they would discover that whether Grand Masters, Divine Masters, or Grand Spirit Masters, everyone repeated their previous actions every hour, like puppet creatures.
Quietly returning to Blood River Fortress, leaving a duplicate again, in the secret chamber beneath the Commander Mansion at Blood River Fortress, Ye Zhen again activated the Twelve Primordial Celestial Treasure Pearl for spatial teleportation, instantly disappearing from sight.
Within the Personal Guard Camp of Princess Changle, Gu Kuang continued to host his gathering of leaders, feasting with Ye Zhen.
As Ye Zhen’s figure subtly shifted, no one noticed Ye Zhen’s body had quietly replaced the duplicate.
This time, it was a genuine feast.
Within the military, known for their hearty lifestyle, the feast lasted an entire night.
Until noon the next day, Gu Kuang personally sent Ye Zhen to the Ancient Teleportation Array at Dragon Swimming Plain, completely departing from Luoyi.
At the same moment, within the Palace of Prince Zhen Ji Jie at Luoyi, Moon Palace Hall Master Baili Fei of the Heavenly Temple Sun and Moon Sky frowned while examining the news sent by a Grand Master in the jade scroll.
"Couldn’t find an opportunity to strike; Ye Zhen’s duplicate has already stepped onto the Ancient Teleportation Array, leaving Luoyi?"
A few breaths later, Baili Fei sneered, "No matter, then just follow him!"
"His departure from Luoyi is better, it will be easier to act without concern for the forces within the Ancestor God Temple at Luoyi. Once a suitable opportunity is found, strike directly, detain his duplicate’s Primordial Spirit, hmph, then let him taste the Heavenly Temple’s various incredible secret techniques!"
"Moreover, in case there are hidden protectors from Ancestor God Temple and Heavenly Patrol Department, double the manpower for dealing with Ye Zhen’s duplicate.
Success is mandatory, failure is not an option!" Baili Fei ordered!

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