Biochemical Martial Arts: Supreme Heavenly Venerate-Chapter 680 - 647 Shock
Chapter 680 -647 Shock
PS: There’s an important notice at the end of the text.
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The relocation of Light God Sect’s main temple is necessary, and the best location is the soon-to-be-opened Great Song trade star port.
For the next few months, Lin Rui will be stationed at the star port, focusing on matters related to the opening of trade.
Having the main temple there allows Lin Rui to handle both aspects simultaneously, otherwise commuting hundreds of thousands of miles between the two locations would be unsustainable even with his numerous guardian battleships.
Although he can use large quantum transfer devices, like teleportation gates, to shuttle back and forth, this method poses significant risks and is also very troublesome.
The distance from Great Song’s Luojing to the star port is about nine thousand miles, and since the future star port is not a Ninth Realm restricted zone without the illumination of the ‘Heavenly Eye’, Martial Cultivators from the Ninth Realm can enter and exit at will. This will inevitably lead to a chaotic mix of people inside the star port, sufficient to conceal the presence of the main temple.
With the power of the ‘Sacred Light Grand Formation’, it can sufficiently mask the presence of the ‘Light Main Temple’ – this Star Battleship Colony under the ground of the star port.
However, for something as significant as the main temple’s relocation, Lin Rui, a ‘King Ming’ with no solid foundation, would undoubtedly face opposition upon bringing it up, after all, it’s under the scrutiny of Divine Spirits. How could followers of the Light Church be fearless?
He could only rely on the military force of the Invincible Dharma King to accomplish this.
Lin Rui also lacks the power to counter the siege from the Four Great Dynasties and Central Continent, as well as various other major powers. Rather than carrying the burden himself, it would be better to let the Invincible Dharma King handle it.
This would indeed plunge the Light God Sect into continuous wars and also affect the trade and industry of the Earth Federation, but what choice does Lin Rui have? With his current limited capabilities and internal base within the Ming Sect, he can’t do much.
If he doesn’t hand over the religious authority to the Invincible Dharma King, with his resolute nature, he might plan to eliminate the new Sect Hierarch the next day, or even establish his own sect.
And he would assuredly face a significant loss of prestige due to a series of humiliating defeats and negotiations, which would lead to him being manipulated as a puppet by these heavyweights of the Light God Sect. His directly controlled power and the authority of the main temple would be completely taken away by these individuals.
Instead of that, it would be better to leave it to the Invincible. At least he is willing to step forward and lead the sect against external enemies.
Why not let the Invincible wield the religious authority and lead the charge for him?
So the saying goes, “strike with one fist to avoid a hundred.”
Lin Rui, with control over both the information from the Imperial City Department and the Federation Security Bureau, truly doesn’t believe that Da Cheng Country can mobilize such a massive military force to sweep the Beicheng District.
At this time, the Three Gods of Purgatory are also sharpening their knives, ready to drive the Purgatory Demon Army to invade the surface. With Great Song fully gearing up its military from top to bottom, and concerned that the Purgatory Demon Army might choose Great Song’s Sky Pond as the main direction of attack, Da Cheng Country would be no exception.
Lin Rui has crafted a beautiful plan, to first hide behind the Invincible to secretly strengthen himself, and once he grows strong enough, he will reap the fruits of victory from the Invincible.
In Tianji Star, strength is the absolute truth.
As long as his prestige remains intact and he advances to the Eight Realms, Ninth Realm, acquiring the power of the Immortal Level or even surpassing it, then at that time no matter what authority it is, he can reclaim it.
Subsequently, he indeed witnessed an interesting spectacle, with the Priest group led by the Three Pillars and Five Envoys Seven Pillars staunchly opposing, trying to make Lin Rui retract his order. However, the Invincible Dharma King remains unperturbed.
Having the express appointment from King Ming herself, she holds the nominal authority to command the religious powers, beginning to detain various Five Envoys, Seven Kings, and those Red Priests, compelling each major district and subdivision to render tribute according to the religious rules, while also reallocating Protecting Sect Divine Army to reinforce the main temple.
Can’t deliver? No Protecting Sect Divine Army to dispatch? Then what qualifications do you have to remain as a Red Priest or a Five Envoy, Seven King? Are you embezzling? Conduct strict investigations and replace them immediately!
If Lin Rui, as the ‘King Ming’, had dealt with this, those high-level Priests would definitely resist with all sorts of excuses. But the Invincible Dharma King, who knows them well, forcefully compels them with her Quasi-Immortal Level military power, leaving them with no choice.
Lin Rui thought to himself that this is a case of a villain needing another villain to grind against.
However, the plans of the Invincible Dharma King to appoint her right-hand men, Skull Mechanic Sky Monarch Li Gu Chan to succeed her as the new ‘Skull Mechanic Dharma King’, and Hundred Wings Saber King Situ Leng to replace Dharma King Bai Mei Yin Wansui as ‘Hundred Wings Dharma King’, were jointly resisted by the attending high-level Priests led by Wan Lei and Wan Yan.
This grand conference of the Light, ‘Dharma King Bai Mei’ Yin Wansui has yet to arrive to this day, nor has he communicated with the main temple, without any explanations; his actions are suspicious, possibly harboring intent of betrayal.
And this person is involved in the Holy Fire fraud case thirteen years ago. The intention of the Invincible Dharma King is to temporarily dismiss this person, strongly summon him to the main temple for an interview, and place him accordingly after a thorough investigation.
However, Wanyan Layman and others refused to accept any solution, and both sides nearly resorted to violence in front of Lin Rui’s throne, creating a highly tense atmosphere.
Skull Mechanic Sky Monarch Li Guchan and Hundred Wings Saber King Situ Leng were definitely strong enough, both being Nine Realms Emperors with combat power reaching ‘Quasi Divine Envoy’ level, which is more than sufficient to be a Dharma King or even a Divine Envoy.
In the Light God Sect, the combat strength of the five Divine Envoys is actually only at the level of Nine Realms Emperor, not reaching the true Divine Envoy level.
Among them, Heavenly Fragrance Divine Envoy’s power leans towards assistance, which is the weakest; the other four are at or close to ‘Quasi Divine Envoy’ level.
The seven Dharma Kings are basically Nine Realms Emperors or Eight Realms Super Monarch, equivalent to the Congressional Honorary Members of the Earth Federation. Among them, Invincible, as a Dharma King whose combat power reached Immortal Level at his peak, is truly unique.
Therefore, Lin Rui neither rejected nor agreed, but began to equivocate, stating that these two individuals had joined the Light God Sect only recently and lacked seniority and military achievements; forcibly appointing them would only cause dissatisfaction among the brothers in the sect. His suggestion was to initially appoint these two as Red Priests, and only consider promotions and rewards after the war with Da Cheng Country concludes.
Invincible Dharma King looked quite dissatisfied but finally agreed reluctantly.
Previously, when Yin Qianqiu was in power, she strongly oppressed them, and Skull Mechanic Sky Monarch Li Guchan and Hundred Wings Saber King Situ Leng, who had followed Invincible Dharma King in battles for five years, failed to obtain any religious position within the Light God Sect.
Therefore, the bottom line for Invincible this time is to promote these two to Red Priests.
Other high-ranking Priests led by Wanyan Layman, although anxious about Invincible Dharma King’s increasing authority within the sect, could somewhat accept this as long as these individuals did not instantly become Dharma Kings.
The meeting then accelerated, typified by the decisive and efficient style of Invincible Dharma King; many complicated affairs were settled in just a few words.
Merely an hour later, this religious council meeting came to an end.
The expressions of the people in the hall varied—some were exhilarated, some furrowed their brows in worry, and some left the Great Ming Hall with anxious hearts.
However, Bright Sage Master Gong Bonan stayed behind, standing in the hall, waiting for everyone to leave.
Lin Rui was eager to go to the Radiant Holy Altar to see the actuality of this Divine Artifact; however, he had to suppress his excitement and looked at Bright Sage Master Gong Bonan with curious eyes: “Master Gong, you stayed behind alone, is there something you wish to discuss with me?”
Bright Sage Master Gong Bonan looked deeply at Lin Rui, who sat on the throne, then bowed and said: “Today, not only did His Highness King Ming step through the Divine Fire unharmed, winning the support of twenty-seven million followers at the Radiant Holy Altar and sitting on the Holy Fire Lotus, but he also managed to balance Yin and Yang, bridging sectarian divides, which was beyond my expectations. However, Gong dares to ask to see the true face of His Highness King Ming.”
Upon hearing these words, Lin Rui frowned slightly, thinking to himself that he, too, would like to be open and honest, but his identity as an ‘onion person’ really cannot be revealed.
Tian Xiang Divine Envoy’s expression also changed next to him; she too was worried that Bright Sage Master Gong Bonan would dig deeper.
Previously, although he accepted the situation for the greater good and did not create trouble, as the Bright Sage Master responsible for passing down the Light Teachings and the Holy Fire, he was bound to investigate thoroughly.
Just as Tian Xiang Divine Envoy was about to speak up, trying to say something on behalf of Lin Rui, Bright Sage Master Gong Bonan raised his hand: “No need for further words, I am aware of King Ming’s concerns and am willing to swear a heavy oath on the Divine Fire that regardless of King Ming’s identity, Gong Bonan will never reveal anything; otherwise, I will surely die under the Holy Thunder Tribulation Fire with no place for my corpse!”
Lin Rui saw the hint from Tian Xiang Divine Envoy, who was subtly nodding at him.
Yet, Lin Rui was not going to listen to Tian Xiang Divine Envoy, but at this moment, he sensed something unusual in the Light Seal.
This Gong Bonan sincerely issued a solemn oath on the Holy Thunder Tribulation Fire, and Lin Rui also saw that his Divine Soul was nearly filled with Divine Fire, almost completely consumed by it.
Should Gong Bonan break his oath, Lin Rui truly could burn him to death.
After a moment of contemplation, he still decided to lift his face mask, revealing his own face.
When Gong Bonan saw his face, he was slightly startled, finding this King Ming to be quite young, then his expression subtly changed, his pupils contracted, and he was shocked to his core.
He recognized who the new King Ming was!
Because the information about this person had been of paramount importance for all major powers on Tianji Star over the past year!
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It was none other than the Hidden Crown Prince of Great Song, Cabinet Minister, and Spy Catcher Bureau Commander—Lin Hao!
