Chapter 2340 - Operation Start! (1/2)

Master Guangcheng placed a finger on Wang Chong’s forehead.

Bang!

A moment later, a golden light gushed out of Wang Chong’s body.

With a loud roar and a flash of pale golden light, a noble and graceful nine-clawed dragon appeared, standing behind Wang Chong as if to protect him.

But there was something unusual about this true dragon. In addition to its extremely faint color, it was also incomplete in some places.

Besides that, when the dragon appeared, auspicious rainbow clouds emerged around Wang Chong.

“How is this possible?”

Let alone Wang Chong, even Little Nightmare was taken aback by this sight.

Wang Chong was not the Son of Heaven, nor was he a member of the imperial household. Moreover, it was apparent from Master Guangcheng’s explanation that only the purest sort of Dragon Qi, that belonging to the Son of Heaven, could allow entry into the Celestial Palace. In normal circumstances, Wang Chong should not have fulfilled this criterion.

Wang Chong began to look back through his memories.

Though he was shocked, he suddenly recalled a certain matter.

He was no Emperor, so he naturally couldn’t possess the Son of Heaven’s Dragon Qi. But before the Youzhou rebellion, An Lushan had entered the capital and attended the feast of all countries. Already plotting rebellion, An Lushan had performed a dance, using the chance to steal Dragon Qi from the Sage Emperor using a secret art. At that time, while trying to stop An Lushan, Wang Chong had inadvertently obtained some Dragon Qi.

This was most likely the reason he had Dragon Qi.

After recalling this incident, Wang Chong quickly calmed down.

It was not important how he had obtained Dragon Qi. No matter what, he needed to get inside the Celestial Palace and end this danger.

“Senior, please, you must lend me your assistance.”

Wang Chong rose and gave a sincere bow.

Master Guangcheng said nothing, but after glancing at Little Nightmare and then at the Xuanyuan Sword, he sighed and nodded.

……

Meanwhile, above the capital, in a special region in the depths of spacetime, a dignified figure floated in the air in a cross-legged sitting position. His body radiated light like a god, and if one looked carefully, one could see energy condensed into rays of light flowing into his body.

After some time, Heaven opened his eyes and spoke.

“How is it?”

All was quiet around him, but soon, a ball of soft light appeared in front of him. This golden ball of light gave off special ripples of soul energy. This was none other than Essence Supreme.

“Great One, your subordinate has completely recovered. In addition, though it was rather difficult, a new divine body will be finished soon. When the time comes, Great One can use this divine body to once more walk the earth,” Essence Supreme respectfully said.

In the journey to the steppe, he had served as Heaven’s vessel and taken more than half of the attacks, leaving him severely injured. But Essence Supreme was a disembodied soul and completely different from ordinary martial artists. Besides that, the Celestial God Organization had items that could restore large amounts of Psychic Energy. No matter what sort of injuries he sustained, he could quickly recover.

The only problem was the creation of divine bodies. But they had made enormous progress on the gathering of materials, so their losses had been minimized to the greatest extent.

“Very good.”

Heaven nodded. Essence Supreme’s abilities had always stood above the rest, and he had never disappointed.

After a few moments of silence, Heaven asked, “Any sign of activity from that Child of Destruction?”

“This… At present, we are certain that he has entered the capital. In addition, following Great One’s orders, several days ago, when he appeared above the capital and tried to find the Celestial Palace, we did not act recklessly. However, he possesses extraordinary strength and has three Divine Embryo clones. If he tries to hide, finding him won’t be easy,” Essence Supreme firmly said.

“Let him be! In another few days, the Celestial Palace will be complete, and he won’t be able to hide no matter where he goes. In addition… I thought that he might be that certain person, but it now seems that I was incorrect,” Heaven sternly said.

The Celestial Palace’s process was divided into three phases. The first phase was the easiest to stop, but at that time, the Celestial Palace was at its most difficult to find. At the second phase, stopping it became very difficult.

It was now in the third phase, which was the coda. From Heaven’s perspective, the Celestial Palace’s power was present throughout the capital. When the final moment came, the entire capital would vanish like a puff of smoke, its millions of inhabitants becoming offerings, nutrients for the Celestial Palace.