Cultivation: Fortune by Lots

She bid farewell to Abbot Ningru and the others, and was the first to arrive at Hanging Sky Mountain.

To be precise, Hanging Sky Mountain no longer existed there.

After a world-shaking battle, the mountains had all disappeared.

But one person stood, extremely noticeable, between heaven and earth.

This person wore plain robes, yet her national grace and charm were unobscured, her demeanor majestic, her gaze profound.

She was none other than the current Tang Emperor, Zhang Wantong.

Compared to before, her face was now pale, devoid of blood.

Chu Yu stepped forward: "Your Majesty."

Empress Zhang Wantong looked at Chu Yu: "Is everything ready on the side of Chang’an?"

Chu Yu: "Just as Your Majesty foresaw, with the recent shift of the earth veins, the Mountain River Dragon Vein further tilted towards the old capital Chang’an in the west, gathering more earth vein qi. Medicine King Master Sun has also prepared in Chang’an to welcome your arrival."

The Empress nodded gently: "Mm, how about the Vajra Division at Sumi?"

Chu Yu: "Just received a transmission from Celestial Master Lei, the Vajra Sect Leader has appeared, and the State Preceptor is currently engaging him. Celestial Master Lei is also west of the Grand River. With them there, there should be no problems. The Great Princess and others are also prepared and are about to set out for the Western Regions."

Empress Zhang Wantong: "Good, we will head to Chang’an, leaving the north finishing touches to Xueting and the others."

Chu Yu: "Yes, Your Majesty."

The Empress beckoned with her hand to the side, where five heads, large and small, were arranged, and they all floated in mid-air, coming before Chu Yu.

Two were extremely large, with each head resembling a giant rock.

One belonged to the Snow Country Bear King, who once rampaged the Northern Border of the Great Tang Mortal Realm.

This giant demon bear invaded Guanlong in the past, was blinded in one eye by Xiao Xueting with the Mountain and River Sword, and now had only one eye.

And now, its remaining good eye had also become a bloody hole, like the wound where the neck of the giant bear head was severed, the blood dried and turned black.

The other head, as huge as the Snow Country Bear King’s, belonged to a giant eagle.

It was an exotic beast known as Huhe Chagai, the Azure Sky Divine Eagle of the Solitary Eagle Khanate.

Like the Snow Country Bear King, it was also a Great Demon equivalent to a Ninth Heavenly Layer expert of the Human Race.

Its power surpassed the Snow Country Bear King, and even when the Snow Country Bear King was subdued, it could not undermine the status of Huhe Chagai, the Azure Sky Divine Eagle, within the Solitary Eagle Khanate.

But the wings and body of this giant eagle, once covering the sky as it soared, were now gone.

Only the giant eagle head remained, its once sharp eyes now devoid of spirit.

Compared with the bear head and eagle head, the remaining three heads were much smaller, and their former owners were all Human Race cultivators.

One was a middle-aged man with a distinct foreign hairstyle, his expression a mix of shock and anger, but his eyes had lost their former vigor.

Chu Yu had seen portraits of him and recognized him as the leader of the second invasion of the Great Tang Mortal Realm by foreign tribes, Chief Bomo Ge of the Sunset Tribe.

During the first invasion of the Sunset Tribe by foreign tribes, most were besieged, but Bomo Ge, the leader, escaped.

It was his existence that, with the assistance of the Vajra Division at Sumi, reopened the Void Gateway from the Solitary Eagle Khanate to the Great Tang Mortal Realm.

The next head left by a Human Race expert belonged to a monk.

Chu Yu knew this person even better, having dealt with him face-to-face many times.

He came from the Vajra Division at Sumi, a Ninth Heavenly Layer Master of the Buddhist Sect, Jiasheng Upper Master.

Once, during the chaos of demons in Guanlong and the turmoil in the Southern Wilderness caused by Jiuli, he also once assisted the Tang Imperial Dynasty.

But this time, he too helped the Solitary Eagle Khanate invade the Great Tang Mortal Realm.

The unpredictability of the world, and the change of the human heart, are beyond comparison.

The last head of a Human Race expert was relatively unfamiliar to Chu Yu.

But even in death, his face remained vividly lifelike, and even the resolute, intense spirit deep within his eyes still shone, as if an undying existence with a severed head. Only a Ninth Heavenly Layer Perfection Immortal Martial Saint could show such an appearance, and his identity was naturally evident.

First expert of the Solitary Eagle Khanate, Lone Eagle khan Harigeer.

However, no matter how much he resembled his former self, he ultimately had already breathed his last, only the head remained.

Including him, all five Ninth Heavenly Layer experts within the scope of Yunzhou had lost their heads.

And many foreign experts below the Ninth Heavenly Layer, including the personal guards of Lone Eagle khan Harigeer, the most elite heavy cavalry of the Solitary Eagle Khanate, including a large number of roving cavalry and body refinement, martial warriors, along with numerous exotic beasts, regardless of their cultivation level, had all completely vanished.

There were no bones remaining.

Only a few scattered weapons and armor, and bloodstains across various places could still prove they once existed.

But thousands of troops eventually all returned to the dust.

Including the Ninth Heavenly Layer Perfection Immortal Martial Saint Lone Eagle khan Harigeer himself, this battle was not only lost but lost to the point where no one survived.

"At Mount Shu, Master Zhang has perished, offering his life. Is Ji Chuan now in charge?" The Empress asked Chu Yu again.

Chu Yu: "Elder Xu Duan has brought the second batch of disciples over."

The Empress extended her hand, and a Magical Sword gleaming with blue light appeared: "In that case, hand this sword to Master Xu of the Mount Shu Sect."

Chu Yu accepted the Magical Treasure of Mount Shu, which was lost after Zhang Dongyuan’s death: "I will accompany you to Chang’an. Regarding the Blue Abyss Sword, I will immediately inform Elder Xu and the taoists of the Mount Shu Sect."

The Empress nodded gently.

Soon, the result of the battle in Yunzhou spread everywhere.

The heads of Harigeer, Jiasheng Upper Master, Bomo Ge, as well as the Azure Sky Divine Eagle and the Snow Country Bear King, were displayed before the battle line.

The people of the Solitary Eagle Khanate were struck like by thunder.

Even the cultivators of the Great Tang were both elated and shocked.

Few had expected the situation to reverse so abruptly and drastically.

The positions of both sides completely reversed.

The fierce north wind that had blown since the collapse of the Yin Mountain defense line disappeared in an instant.