Son-in-law Heaven Emperor Xiao Yi-Chapter 640 - 639: War Everywhere, Xiao Yi Returns!【The 16th Update】

The next morning dawned clear.

The day had just begun to brighten.

In the Northern Bing City, an army of one million stood ready to depart. Ye Xiaofeng stood on the Flying Boat, looking at Yang Yuhuan, hung naked before the troops, a small smile on his lips as he waved his hand, "Depart!"

Boom, boom, boom!

The drums thundered, the bugles resounded continuously.

The five million strong army marched magnificently toward the Great Qian Dynasty.

Among these five million troops, there were over a thousand Nirvana Realm experts alone, and more than fifty thousand from the Dharma Manifestation Realm. They moved like an iron torrent. According to the Nantian Dynasty's rules, Nirvana Realm experts were not allowed to participate in the wars.

But now...

They were following the call of the Nantian Dynasty. Not to mention Nirvana Realm experts, even kings and emperors who had undergone seven or eight reincarnations in the Nirvana Realm had collectively taken action.

Even more so...

They directly brought out the ancestors of the Nine Nirvana Rebirth Realm from within their countries.

Where the army passed, nothing grew, smoke from burning towns filled the land, corpses littered the fields, and rivers of blood flowed.

This time the attack lacked any tactic or strategy—where they encountered mountains, they leveled them; where they encountered rivers, they cut through them. The Nirvana Realm experts acted without any restraint, shattering city walls with direct strikes, and the troops poured in like a flood.

Kill them all.

Burn everything.

Plunder everything!

For this five-million-strong army, it was a feast of gluttony.

Without the bounds of rules, they acted without inhibition.

Yang Yuhuan was forcibly placed at the very front of the formation, watching helplessly as the land he had defended with his life was trampled on, witnessing the civilians he had vowed to protect being brutalized and massacred. His eyes were about to split with rage, filled with heartbreaking agony.

But he was powerless.

He couldn't even take his own life.

All along the way...

The army swept through everything, unstoppable!

One urgent battle report after another was sent back to the capital.

Inside the Golden Throne Hall, a hushed silence prevailed; all the ministers were afraid to even breathe heavily.

The atmosphere was oppressively tense.

"Report! Xingmen City has fallen, General Liu Fuhai died in battle!"

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"Report! Zuo Yao Pass has fallen, General Qin was torn apart by five horses…"

"Report..."

Bad news came one after another.

This only made the atmosphere in the Golden Throne Hall even more somber and tense.

Drip, drip!

Drip, drip!

The sound of cold sweat droplets hitting the floor echoed crisply.

Suddenly...

Yang Ling stood up.

The assembly of ministers looked to him.

During this time, as Regent Crown Prince, Yang Ling had managed the state affairs in an orderly manner, earning the trust of the ministers. He took a deep breath, his face slightly pale, "Issue the order, open the city gates, cease resistance..."

"What?"

"Your Highness, you must not..."

The ministers encouraged in unison.

Yang Ling, however, smiled bitterly and addressed the crowd, "You must not? Tell me, if we do not cease resistance, what other way is there to save those soldiers? To save those civilians?"

"This..."

"Your Highness..."

The ministers were at a loss for words.

Yang Ling shook his head, "Let those soldiers not die in vain, let the civilians remain unharmed, cease resistance!" He paused, then continued, "Furthermore, spread the order throughout the capital, those who wish to share the fate of the Great Qian Dynasty, take up arms and defend the capital to the death. Those unwilling, leave the capital within today, the farther the better!"

The other cities were to give up resistance, to reduce unnecessary casualties.

This was for the innocent civilians and the soldiers.

To defend the capital.

That was the duty and responsibility of the Regent Crown Prince, "The emperor's duty is to guard the state's gates; a king dies for his nation's spirit." That was his final act of defiance.

However...

What Yang Ling didn't expect was that, even after he ordered the cessation of resistance,

The enemy still carried out the cruel "kill all, burn all, loot all" strategy, and the entire Great Qian Dynasty was engulfed in warfires.

Looking at the capital...

It was already evening.

The final deadline had passed, but Yang Ling discovered that only about one-tenth of the vast capital had evacuated. The rest had chosen to stay. The soldiers donned their armor, civil officials picked up long-unused swords, and the civilians wielded poles, kitchen knives, and axes.

All were gathered in the center of the city.

Dressed in military attire, Yang Ling's eyes were red with emotion. At his side were Ye Heng, Shadow Demon, and other strong fighters from the Xiaoshanhe Institute.

Yang Ling looked at the countless civilians and troops in the city, his eyes ablaze with passion, "My friends, I, Yang Ling, on behalf of the Great Qian Dynasty, thank you!"

"Your Highness, we share life and death with the Great Qian Dynasty!"

"At worst, we die once!"

"A decapitated head leaves but a bowl-sized scar, if I leave now, even in the underworld my father would beat me to death..."

"Let's fight them!"

"We still have Xiao Zhenguo..."

"That's right, Xiao Zhenguo will definitely come back!"

Listening to the shouts of the civilians and soldiers, Yang Ling felt a fierce flame of battle burning within him. He thrust his longsword into the sky and let out a heroic howl, "Long live the Great Qian Dynasty!"

"Long live the Great Qian Dynasty!"

"Long live..."

The entire imperial capital was roaring with sounds that shook the heavens.

As time passed, armies from all directions were getting closer and closer to the imperial capital...

At the same time...

Outside Beast Emperor City.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Series of thunderous explosions spread between heaven and earth, causing chaotic storms and waves.

Qi, severely wounded and bloodied, was desperately fleeing for his life ahead. Behind him, more than a hundred powerful individuals were in hot pursuit: "Stop!"

"I cannot die, I must deliver the Prince's letter to Xiao Yi, I cannot die..." Qi pushed himself to the limit, flying towards Beast Emperor City, but his injuries were too severe, and his consciousness began to blur.

"He's almost done for, catch him!" those hundred-strong pursuers laughed uproariously.

However...

Just as they were about to catch up with Qi, several figures suddenly appeared in the sky.

The leader was none other than Huang Baitao.

He recognized Qi immediately and ordered for him to be brought down while coldly addressing the hundred or so people in front of him, "This is Beast Emperor City territory. Trespassers will be killed without mercy!"

"How dare you, Huang Baitao! We are on a mission from the Nantian Dynasty's Inspectorate to hunt down the remnants of the Great Qian Dynasty, and you dare obstruct us?" one of the Dharma Manifestation Realm experts roared in anger.

"Inspectorate?"

Huang Baitao snorted coldly, "Tell the Nantian Dynasty's royal family to convey that to me if they dare, and if you take one more step forward, there will be no mercy!"

"I don't believe you've got the nerve to kill us!"

"Brothers, charge!"

With an expressionless face, Huang Baitao icily commanded, "Kill them all!"

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The two sides immediately clashed into battle.

Huang Baitao approached Qi and quickly applied his vital energy to stabilize his critical condition, "Qi, are you alright?"

"Huang... Lord Huang, hurry... inform Xiao Zhenguo, the Nantian Dynasty is launching a major attack... the Great Qian Dynasty is in imminent peril... quick..." Qi coughed up blood violently and shakily produced a letter, "Give... give... give this letter to Xiao... Xiao... Xiao Zhenguo..."

Qi's body shook, and his hand weakly fell.

"Lord, he's dead..." a warrior from Beast Emperor City said.

Huang Baitao took a deep breath, looking at the blood-stained letter in his hand with a gravity, "Immediately return to the city!"

Back in Beast Emperor City.

Huang Baitao immediately retrieved the communication token connected to the Huang Family, "Inform Xiao Yi, the Nantian Dynasty has launched a major invasion, the Great Qian Dynasty is in imminent peril, return quickly!"

Meanwhile.

In the Chaotic Sea, Huang Family.

Inside a secret chamber.

Xiao Yi was sitting cross-legged, with the Dharma Phantasm Devouring God Ant floating behind him, its spiritual light ebbing and flowing. Runes flowed around his body, and when he opened his eyes, countless runes retracted back into him.

Whooosh!

Xiao Yi exhaled a long breath of foul air that caused the void to tremble faintly.

"Mastered the sixth depiction of the Tongtian God Body Technique Record, realm comparable to Six Nirvana Reincarnations. With my current strength, if I encounter someone as powerful as Ye Beixuan again, I could kill him with just a single hand."

Xiao Yi's lips curled slightly upward, with all three major Nirvana Secret Techniques fully mastered, his combat power had increased by multiple folds.

"It's about time; time to go back!"

Taking a deep breath, Xiao Yi rose to his full height, but as he stepped out of the secret room, he saw Huang Feihu looking at him with a worried expression.

Xiao Yi frowned, "What has happened?"

Huang Feihu spoke gravely, "Huang Baitao sent a message—the Nantian Dynasty has mounted a major attack on the Great Qian Dynasty, and the Great Qian Dynasty is in imminent peril!"

"What? How did they come so quickly?"

Xiao Yi's expression turned grave as he stared at Huang Feihu, "Mr. Huang, I need a favor from you..."

"You just say the word!"

Huang Feihu said promptly.

Cold light flickered in Xiao Yi's eyes as a chill edge passed through, "Help me contact Ji Luanyue and Bai Fa Sword Emperor, and also help me issue a bounty. I am willing to offer a trillion sea crystals to gather a great army and head to the Great Qian Dynasty as quickly as possible..."

"No problem!"

Huang Feihu nodded firmly and immediately departed.

Xiao Yi narrowed his eyes, his fists clenched tightly, his gaze colder than ever, "Yang Ling, you must hold on! I'm coming back right away!"

PS: Can't sleep; my mind is full of the plot... so I wrote another chapter, the 16th update!