Chapter 2188 (1/2)

Zhang Ruochen forced his way through the array using the Great Dimensional Shift and entered the manor. He appeared in the pavilion where King Daxi and Gaunt were sitting.

King Daxi and Gaunt were both very cautious. They both sensed Zhang Ruochen’s arrival in an instant.

Before they could do anything, they found that the space they were in was completely frozen, and they couldn’t move at all.

King Daxi was very calm. After all, she knew that Zhang Ruochen was watching from the side and it wasn’t surprising for him to show up at this time.

But she knew that since Zhang Ruochen had shown up, she would probably not be able to get out and was going to be a prisoner again.

“Zh-Zhang Ruochen.”

Gaunt’s eyes changed dramatically and hints of fear appeared in his eyes.

There was nothing Gaunt could do. Zhang Ruochen’s current reputation was too great. Among those with cultivation rank below the Supreme Sainthood, who wouldn’t be afraid of him?

Gaunt wasn’t weak. His strength had reached the third-tier below the Supreme Sainthood, but he couldn’t resist Zhang Ruochen at all. The Profound Spatial Dimension had him confined.

But he quickly calmed down and asked in a deep voice, “Zhang Ruochen, what are you trying to do by breaking into my residence? The celestial law enforcers are in the imperial city. You’d better not act rashly.”

“Tell me then, where is Michael now?” Zhang Ruochen asked indifferently.

Gaunt’s expression suddenly changed slightly. He had thought that Zhang Ruochen had not heard the conversation between him and King Daxi, but now it seemed that he was too naive.

The point was that it was too much of a coincidence. Why would Zhang Ruochen target him at this time?

Unless… There was something wrong with King Daxi!

Zhang Ruochen knew what was going on without Gaunt to answer.

Zhang Ruochen’s eyes darkened. He couldn’t be bothered to ask any more questions. He stretched out his hand and released a ray of Dimensional Power that enveloped King Daxi and Gaunt.

Then, Zhang Ruochen put the two of them into the Microworld of the jungle and temporarily suppressed them.

He had already used a technique to cover up everything. In addition, the manor was shrouded by an array formation. What happened there was unknown to the outside world.

‘I hope it’s not too late,’ Zhang Ruochen thought.

Without a moment’s delay, Zhang Ruochen set off immediately and rushed to the Syzygy Mansion.

Before long, Zhang Ruochen arrived outside Syzygy Mansion. He found that it was very quiet and everything was as usual as if nothing had happened.

But the more it was like this, the more he felt that something was wrong.

He looked around and suddenly found something.

There were some patterns on the floor in front of the mansion. They were very complicated and almost overlapped with the patterns on the floor. They looked very inconspicuous.

“These are… the Illusory Talisman and the Obfuscatory Talisman. Seems like the work of a High-Saint Talisman Master.”

Zhang Ruochen’s face suddenly changed.

The Illusory Talisman was used to create illusions and confuse the real with the fake. On the other hand, the Obfuscatory Talisman can seal heaven’s secrets and isolate all senses.

Since these two talismans appeared outside the mansion, many things could not be clearer.

Zhang Ruochen immediately attacked. He released a powerful dimensional power and shattered the two talismans on the ground and directly charged in.

The Illusory Talisman shattered, and it revealed something that had been hidden.

A very strong bloody aura filled the air. The originally majestic manors were now in ruins.

Many dead bodies appeared before Zhang Ruochen’s eyes. There were corpses everywhere. The blood had dyed the whole mansion red, and it felt like he had entered purgatory.

Syzygy Mansion had a special status. When Empress Chi Yao wasn’t around, it would become the center of the imperial court.

Many great Confucians and Saint Confucians of the Path of Confucianism gathered in Syzygy Mansion to handle various government affairs and rule the world.

The Path of Confucianism contributed greatly to the long-term stability of the imperial court.

But now, those great Confucians and Saint Confucians had all fallen in pools of blood. There wasn’t a single breath of life in the mansion.

Even with Zhang Ruochen’s state of mind, he couldn’t help but feel great ups and downs when he saw this scene. He stood there in a daze.

Most of the great Confucians and Saint Confucians had their eyes wide open. Their eyes were filled with anger, grief, and unwillingness.

Zhang Ruochen walked into the dilapidated Syzygy Mansion. His gaze became very cold when he looked at the corpses on the ground.

In the end, he was too late. Syzygy Mansion had been reduced to hell, and his resentment was soaring to the sky.

Of course, even if he rushed back to Kunlun and came directly to Syzygy Mansion, it was still too late. No one could stop what was about to happen.

Suddenly, Zhang Ruochen reached out his hand and pinched a wisp of grayish-black gas.

“Huh? The aura of the Infernal Court. Is it not the Heavenly Realm that purged Syzygy Mansion with blood, but the elites of the Infernal Court?” Zhang Ruochen’s eyes showed a hint of surprise.

Zhang Ruochen had heard about the Heavenly Realm’s plan from Gaunt. He had intuitively believed that it was all done by the Heavenly Realm.

But now, he had caught the aura of the Infernal Court. It seeped out from the wounds of the great Confucianists and Saint Confucians. The aura of the Infernal Court remained everywhere in the dilapidated Syzygy Mansion.

Zhang Ruochen involuntarily releases his spiritual power and carefully explores every corner of Syzygy Mansion.

With his current spiritual strength, no trace could escape his detection.

The next moment, Zhang Ruochen moved in a flash and appeared in the ninth mansion of Syzygy Mansion.

This mansion was the core of Syzygy Mansion. The Chessboard of the World used to monitor the world was also placed in it.

Unfortunately, the mansion was empty and the Chessboard of the World was nowhere to be found.

There were fewer corpses in this mansion. There were only about 20 of them, but their identities were extraordinary. They were all Grandmasters of the Path of Confucianism. Each of them was highly respected and worshipped by countless Confucianists.

Zhang Ruochen wasn’t very familiar with the elites of the Path of Confucianism, but he recognized both the old leader of the Qin Sect and the old leader of the Chess Sect. These two were both Grandmasters of the Path of Confucianism, who was as famous as The Art Saint Chu Siyuan.

It was worth mentioning that the new leader of the Qin Sect was the Realm Bearer, Sui Han.

The two old sect masters were also lying in a pool of blood. They had long lost their breath of life.

They died miserably. There was a bloody hole between their eyebrows and white brain matter mixed with blood flowed out.

Most of the cultivators of the Path of Confucianism only cultivated spiritual power. They cultivated noble morality, but their physiques were very weak. They could not be compared with the cultivators of the Martial Arts.

Zhang Ruochen walked up to the old leader of the Qin Sect and looked at the ground in front of him.

There were letters written in blood—heaven. The words weren’t completed and the last stroke was still missing. The old leader of the Qin Sect didn’t have the strength to write it.

The word explained everything.

A cold light flashed in Zhang Ruochen’s eyes, and he said, “The Heavenly Realm does things flawlessly. They washed Syzygy Mansion with blood, but they made it look like the Infernal Court did it.”

With such a skilled technique, it was obvious that the Heavenly Realm often did this sort of thing.

If the old leader of the Qin Sect hadn’t left a clue before he died, even Zhang Ruochen might have been fooled.

‘Wang Shiqi isn’t among them and it looks like he’s been captured. Through him, the Heavenly Realm might have locked onto the Saturn Peach Tree’s spatial coordinates. I have to stop them,’ Zhang Ruochen thought.

Besides Wang Shiqi, there was another person who should know where the Saturn Peach Tree was. It was the Divine Scripture Maiden.

If they wanted to stop the Heavenly Realm’s plot, they had to find the Divine Scripture Maiden and go to the place where the Saturn Peach Tree grew as soon as possible.

It had been a while since the Heavenly Realm had massacred Syzygy Mansion. Perhaps they had learned a lot about the Saturn peach tree from Wang Shiqi.

This was a drastic move. If the Heavenly Realm succeeded, Kunlun would never be able to rise again.

Without thinking too much, Zhang Ruochen rushed out of Syzygy Mansion and went straight to Ziwei Palace.