Soren, Princess Zhiyan, Zhuang Zhixuan, and Duke Zhiting rode griffins for more than ten hours. By the time they arrived at the territory of Tianshui City, night had already fallen.
When they flew to the Wind and Thunder Fortress defence line, a griffin knight was waiting in the air ahead. Upon seeing Soren, he immediately blew a horn.
In the next instant, on the four-mile-long city wall of the Wind and Thunder Fortress defence line, over a thousand lanterns lit up simultaneously.
The entire Wind and Thunder Fortress defence line transformed into a brilliantly lit, resplendent line of defence.
At the same time, the tens of thousands of soldiers below lit torches, waving them on the ground and shouting loudly, “We wish Lord Soren a happy wedding and descendants for ten thousand generations!”
Twenty thousand soldiers stood in neat rows on the ground, shouting in unison, their voices shaking the heavens.
Soren and Zhiyan could not help but stop, hovering high in the air, watching this magnificent spectacle.
Two griffins simultaneously flew up from the ground.
On the left griffin rode Fenmo, the youngest senior general under Soren’s command.
On the right griffin rode Jian Ning, the eldest son of Marquis Jianyong and the commander of ten thousand cavalry in the Southwest Legion.
The two flew to an altitude of over a hundred metres, lit a rocket, then drew their bows and nocked their arrows!
“Whoosh…”
“Whoosh…”
Two rockets were shot out.
Fenmo’s rocket struck the first beacon tower on the northern mountain range.
Jian Ning’s rocket struck the first beacon tower on the southern mountain range.
“Boom…” Immediately, the two beacon towers blazed with fire.
Following this, the beacon towers on the northern and southern mountain ranges of the Wind and Thunder Fortress defence line were lit one by one like a relay, spreading towards the north and south.
The northern beacon fire would directly reach Linhai City.
The southern beacon fire would directly reach Tianlang Pass.
Of course, this was not the beacon fire tricking the feudal lords. Up to this point in the war, beacon fires had never been used.
This beacon fire was merely a war mechanism that Soren had just introduced, connecting Linhai City, the Wind and Thunder Fortress defence line, and Tianlang Pass.
Once any place was under enemy attack, the beacon fire would be lit immediately. Its speed was much faster than flying kite messages and griffin knights.
This first experiment happened to be used to celebrate Soren’s wedding.
“Whoosh!”
“Whoosh!”
“Whoosh!”
On the northern and southern mountain ranges, a beacon was lit every three thousand metres, continuously burning all the way to several hundred li away.
Within just a few short minutes, across a mountain range stretching seven hundred li, over three hundred beacons were all lit.
Upon receiving the signal, Linhai City lit all its lanterns.
The entire main city of Linhai was completely illuminated.
The garrison of Linhai City shouted in unison, “We wish Duke Soren a happy wedding and descendants for ten thousand generations.”
Because the distance was relatively far, the garrison at Tianlang Pass received the signal slightly slower. After the last beacon tower was lit, Tianlang Pass also lit over a thousand lanterns, completely illuminating the entire pass city.
The garrison at Tianlang Pass, along with the Southwest Legion currently being reorganised, numbering tens of thousands of people, stood in neat rows on the open ground, waving the torches in their hands and shouting loudly, “We wish Your Highness the Princess and Duke Soren a happy wedding and descendants for ten thousand generations!”
Despite the short time.
Neither Chu Ye, Jianyong, nor Haigang would absolutely miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to flatter.
Although there was only one short day, they mobilised a hundred thousand troops, arranging an unprecedentedly grand formation to celebrate Soren’s marriage.
It was not just Tianlang Pass and Linhai City.
Shortly after, Baiyun County City, two hundred li to the west, also suddenly lit countless lanterns.
Tens of thousands of soldiers on the city wall waved torches and shouted in unison.
“We wish Your Highness the Princess and Duke Soren a happy wedding and descendants for ten thousand generations.”
This was the work of the Dragon Guard Legion. Currently, this legion had only a hundred thousand or so remaining and was arranged in Baiyun County City for reorganisation.
This was perhaps the taste of power.
Although Soren was not obsessed with it, seeing this scene still filled him with emotion, and he greatly enjoyed it.
Even someone as calm and composed as Princess Zhiyan, upon seeing this scene, felt a slight tingling sensation throughout her body. Of course, this tingling was a positive kind, feeling slightly awestruck.
After lingering for a quarter of an hour, Soren and the other four continued flying forward, heading towards the main city of Tianshui.
The next scene was even more stunning and admirable.
Wherever Soren’s four griffins flew, torches lit up below.
On the ground, it was as if there was a line of firelight marking Soren’s position at every moment.
At an altitude of a hundred metres, Soren flew towards the main city of Tianshui, and the route of firelight also spread towards the main city of Tianshui.
Soon, Soren arrived above the main city of Tianshui.
At this time, the entire main city of Tianshui was pitch black, without any lights.
Night had already fallen, yet not a single household in the entire main city had lit a candle. It was as if it were a completely dark city.
However, just as the line of flame connected to the city wall.
Suddenly…
“Bang, bang, bang, bang…”
Hundreds of signal crystals shot into the sky, bursting with brilliant firelight, like magnificent fireworks.
And then, truly in an instant!
The over ten thousand lanterns in the entire main city of Tianshui were all lit!
The main city of Tianshui transformed from a completely dark city into a crystal-clear, brightly lit city that never slept.
Brilliantly lit, flowing with colourful light!
Not only every building, but even every tree on the streets hung with red lanterns.
Every place the eye could see had red double happiness characters pasted on them.
At the same time, tens of thousands of city guards waved torches on the city wall, shouting in unison, “We wish our Lord and Lady a happy wedding and descendants for ten thousand generations!”
This was the Suo clan’s own army, so they called them Lord and Lady.
Soren and Princess Zhiyan, Duke Zhiting and the others exchanged glances, their eyes showing unbelievable awe.
In merely one day, these people had prepared such a magnificent and grand display. It was truly breathtaking.
However, the magnificent scene was far from over.
Following this, like a relay, every few thousand metres a signal crystal shot into the sky, bursting with sparks.
Within a few short minutes, the signal flares continued eastward all the way to the sea!
At this time, hundreds of ships on the sea surface, arranged in neat formations, instantly lit countless lanterns.
Countless sailors on the ships shouted in unison, “Your Highness the Princess, Duke Soren, happy wedding and descendants for ten thousand generations.”
This was Haigang’s work!
“Boom boom boom boom…” Then, hundreds of cannons roared simultaneously, firing a nineteen-gun salute.
This was not even the end.
After the naval salute ended, a griffin knight holding a torch would fly towards the north.
When passing by the saltworks on Chaoshi Island, the entire saltworks’ military camp, castle, and even the salt fields would light countless lanterns and bonfires.
The saltworks garrison would shout in unison, “We wish Your Highness the Princess and Lord Soren a happy wedding and descendants for ten thousand generations!”
There, tonight there would be a sumptuous bonfire banquet to celebrate Soren’s grand wedding.
This griffin knight would still carry the torch and fly north towards Luanyang City.
Then, he would light the beacon fire on the wall of Luanyang City.
Following this, the entire Luanyang City would light countless lanterns. The thousands of garrison soldiers in Luanyang City would also shout in unison, “We wish Your Highness the Princess and Duke Soren a happy wedding and descendants for ten thousand generations!”
And within Luanyang City, there would also be over a hundred tables of wine feasts to celebrate Soren’s grand wedding.
Because Luanyang City had now also become a core force of Soren’s.
From Luanyang City, to Linhai City, to the Chaoshi Peninsula, to the Tianshui City sea area, to the main city of Tianshui, to Baiyun County City, to Tianlang Pass.
From south to north, from west to east, spanning over a thousand li, hundreds of thousands of people were all wishing Soren a happy wedding.
Unfortunately, time was too tight. Otherwise, Haigang and the Ocean Guild would have dispatched over a thousand ships, completely connecting Tianshui City, Pirate Harbour, and Yingzhou Island Province.
Then, using crystal signal flares all along the way, the celebratory firelight would be passed down.
Making Pirate Harbour and the Yingzhou Peninsula brilliantly lit, becoming cities that never sleep, together celebrating Soren’s grand wedding.
That would be the true universal celebration.
This was the true taste of power!
When Zhi Li married Tulingmo, although the vast majority of nobles and feudal lords from across the world attended.
But they merely attended. There would not be countless people racking their brains to please and create this scene of universal celebration.
Because the power in Zhi Li’s hands was illusory, while the power in Soren’s hands was real.
…
Soren and the other four flew slowly, arriving in front of the city lord’s mansion!
At this time, the entire Tianshui City Lord’s Mansion was even more festooned with lanterns and coloured banners, resplendent and magnificent.
Countless guests were eagerly awaiting!
Before the gate of the city lord’s mansion, a thick red carpet had been laid.
Soren and the other four had just landed.
Ashi Yuanba and Qinqin, wearing gorgeous and beautiful clothes, brought a large group of children and surrounded them, stretching out their small hands and saying, “Candy, candy, want candy, want candy…”
Immediately after, Ye Jingyu hurriedly came forward, handing Soren and Princess Zhiyan each a basket filled with all kinds of exquisite candies.
Soren and Zhiyan grabbed handfuls of wedding candies, scattering them like raindrops.
Dozens of children picked them up happily, stuffing them into their pockets when their small hands could not hold them.
Qinqin was also so excited her face was flushed red, following the group of children picking up candies on the ground.
Soren could not help feeling tender affection, stepping forward to pick her up, giving her delicately carved little face a fierce kiss.
The little beauty Qinqin twisted her body, giggling.
Then she struggled to get down. She had a mission today.
Qinqin and Ashi Yuanba, each grabbing one of Princess Zhiyan’s hands, dragged her towards the inside of the city lord’s mansion.
Princess Zhiyan looked at Soren with a bewildered expression, then was dragged into the city lord’s mansion by the two children to be dressed up!
Because tonight she was the bride and had to wear a big red skirt.
And Soren was also pulled into the mansion by Ye Jingyu holding his hand, because he too had to bathe and change clothes.
At this time, inside the Tianshui City Lord’s Mansion, guests were as numerous as clouds, voices bubbling like a cauldron!
Among the guests who came tonight, there were not many nobles, not many feudal lords, not many high-ranking officials.
It was not that they did not want to come, but Soren had not invited them.
Of course, even if Soren did not invite them, at this moment all the nobles and feudal lords of the entire Furious Wave Kingdom would definitely come crawling and kneeling.
However, Soren’s wedding was truly too sudden. From the decision to hold the wedding to the actual event, there was only one day.
So, the middle and senior officers of the Southwest Legion, Dragon Guard Legion, and Northern Legion currently being reorganised on site got the better deal and were able to attend Soren’s wedding.
Also present from the Hai clan of Yingzhou Island were the Southwest Legion Commander Count Tuli Wen, the new Dragon Guard Legion Commander Count Chu Ye, and the Dean of the Royal City Academy Marquis Jianyong, all able to be present at the wedding scene.
Moreover, today’s grand spectacle was all planned and arranged by Haigang, Chu Ye, Jianyong, Tuli Wen and others.
Although there were not many nobles and feudal lords who came, the guests were still bustling and crowded.
Many of the guests were commoners, including over a hundred elderly couples, because this represented longevity and growing old together.
There were also over a hundred children, because this represented a thriving population with many sons and grandsons.
Thousands of guests filled the entire Tianshui City Lord’s Mansion with bubbling voices, extremely lively.
There were dozens of bands alone, constantly playing festive music at every moment.
Undoubtedly, this was a joyous wedding, a wedding that people would remember for a lifetime.
…
Flame Capital Sacred Hall!
Fu Lingxi stood completely naked beside roaring flames, extending her jade hand into the fire to burn, watching inch by inch of skin char, then immediately recover as before.
“Ah…” She let out strange sounds, seemingly of pain, yet seemingly of enjoyment.
“Hurry, go report to your master, and have him report to his master.” Fu Lingxi said, “I cannot get out. You must have a Heretic Faction sky priest come to see me. The counterattack is at this very moment. If it is too late, it will be too late.”
That priest said tremblingly, “Lady Fu Lingxi, are you truly confident of turning defeat into victory? This time the Light Faction is coming with great force. Our highest levels have already prepared for the worst. The entire Zhi Du Sacred Hall will be annihilated, completely handed over to the Light Faction. Luo Ge will be executed, Ge Li will be executed, Fang Qingyi will be executed, the Lord of Hidden Continent will step down, and the entire Hidden Continent will accept supervision by the Light Faction. All Heretic Faction members in the Dragon God Sacred Hall laboratory will be expelled, and anyone connected will be executed. The Lord of Demon Continent, Demon Sovereign His Majesty, will personally go to the Sky Sacred Hall to plead guilty and be confined for twenty years. The entire Heretic Faction has already prepared for a hundred thousand deaths and twenty years of dormancy for the entire faction.”
Instantly, Fu Lingxi sucked in a cold breath.
They say a thief’s bite goes three parts into the flesh.
A bite from Ji Xiuning, such a righteous and awe-inspiring holy maiden, also damages tendons and bones.
What she wanted was not merely to overthrow the Hidden Continent and Zhi Du Sacred Hall, but to seize this opportunity to uproot the Heretic Faction entirely.
This was true blood rain and wind!
The high-level struggles within the Dragon God Sacred Hall were even more severe than those in the Furious Wave Kingdom.
Zhi Li and Soren fought for three years, with hundreds of thousands of casualties.
And the factional struggles among the high levels of the Dragon God Sacred Hall, in just one case, would result in a hundred thousand deaths.
One must know that the total number of Dragon God Sacred Hall members across the entire human realm was only a few million.
Many high-level figures of the Furious Wave Kingdom originally followed Zhi Li, but after their defeat they surrendered to Soren and were still able to preserve their lives.
But in the high-level struggles of the Dragon God Sacred Hall, the losers were often completely destroyed both physically and spiritually.
And the trigger for this blood rain and wind was merely the demon blood on Zhi Li’s body.
Fu Lingxi said coldly, “Our Holy Maiden Ji Xiuning is truly ambitious. She hasn’t even become the supreme leader of the Dragon God Sacred Hall yet.”
However, the fiercer the struggle, the happier Fu Lingxi became.
Because in this way, the greater her merit in turning the tide, she completely saw that the position of sky priest was right before her eyes!
“Lady Fu Lingxi, are you certain you can make the entire faction turn defeat into victory?” that priest said, “If I relay your message for you, I will bear tremendous responsibility.”
Fu Lingxi said, “I am certain. You must hurry. Because my weight is too light, Ji Xiuning has not yet noticed my existence in her eyes. Once she remembers me, even if you want to relay a message it will be impossible.”
“I will go immediately.” That priest ran out at flying speed.
The other two cultivators hurriedly tied Fu Lingxi back onto the ghost prison torture rack.
At this time, Ji Xiuning’s gaze was indeed not on Fu Lingxi, but focused on interrogating Fang Qingyi, Luo Ge, and Ge Li.
In Ji Xiuning’s eyes, Fu Lingxi was merely a small fish in a pond affected by the disaster, her weight too light.
So, the Heretic Faction’s forces took advantage of the opening, seizing the opportunity to burn her to death, to prevent her from speaking recklessly.
Fu Lingxi, once again tied in the ghost prison, felt no fear whatsoever. Instead, she was filled with excitement and anticipation.
Waiting for the leader of the Dragon God Sacred Hall Heretic Faction forces to come and meet with her.
Which sky priest would come?
Would it be Polusha? Or Modu?
…
Three hours later!
Suddenly, Fu Lingxi smelled a strange fragrance.
Then, her eyes began to grow dizzy, her entire body floating as if in immortal bliss.
The surrounding scenery began to change.
The terrifying ghost prison disappeared, replaced by a sea of clouds.
This was a sky, with nothing but white clouds, completely empty!
Where was this? The Sky Sacred Hall?
Fu Lingxi had never been to the Sky Sacred Hall. Unless one became a sky priest, or the heir to a sky priest, no one had the qualifications to go to the Sky Sacred Hall.
Don’t mention her Fu Lingxi, even the Grand Inquisitor Luo Ge and Holy Priest Ge Li had never been to the Sky Sacred Hall.
Then, a figure approached from afar, slowly coming closer.
This person was completely shrouded in a black cloak. When he came before Fu Lingxi, he opened his mouth and asked, “You, are Fu Lingxi?”
This person’s voice was neither male nor female, completely neutral.
As pleasant as Sanskrit music, yet as terrifying as demonic music.
“Yes.” Fu Lingxi said tremblingly.
This sky priest first lifted the black cloak from his head, revealing his true face.
This was an incomparably beautiful face, but still impossible to distinguish as male or female. And even more strangely, this person had no hair, no eyebrows.
So, despite being extremely beautiful, it made people shiver with cold.
This person was one of the leaders of the Dragon God Sacred Hall Heretic Faction, Polusha!
“Fu Lingxi, you say you can help our Heretic Faction turn defeat into victory? Is that so?” Polusha said slowly.
“Yes.” Fu Lingxi said.
Polusha said, “If you truly can do it, you will be the Grand Inquisitor of Zhi Du Inquisition, a future sky priest.”
Fu Lingxi knelt down, saying tremblingly, “Many thanks, Your Majesty.”
Polusha said, “Very well, what trump card do you have? You can hand it over now. On what basis do you make the faction turn defeat into victory?”
Fu Lingxi said, “I can find the Lord of the Demon Star, the World-Destroying Demon Emperor!”