Absolute Resonance - Chapter 1681

Chapter 1678: Holy Luck Mountains

Eastern Divine Continent, Northwest Territory.

This territory is currently home to the Ming Wang Alliance, a leading alliance encompassing nearly a hundred dynasties and empires, as well as numerous clans and sects. It boasts thirteen King-level powerhouses.

Among these thirteen, the leader, Zhao Ming Wang, is a peak Double-Crown King. In addition, there is a deputy leader, Liu Yuan, a veteran King-level powerhouse renowned in Eastern Divine Continent for over a century. He founded a flourishing empire and is considered a founding emperor. While his power is not as great as Zhao Ming Wang, he is also at the level of a Double-Crown King.

Under the combined power of these two Double-Crown Kings, the Ming Wang Alliance has attracted the affiliation of numerous factions across Eastern Divine Continent, uniting to resist the calamity.

However, even this elite alliance has increasingly felt its inadequacy in the face of the relentless influx of demonic spirits over the past five years.

Especially this time, when the Triple Crowned Demon King appeared on the land of Eastern Divine Continent, Zhao Ming Wang, the leader of the alliance, was severely injured and nearly killed. This cast a pall over the countless beings under the Ming Wang Alliance.

However, the Dark World Demon King showed no mercy. On the contrary, the White Scorpion Demon King, now renowned throughout Eastern Divine Continent, united numerous other demons and launched a massive offensive against the Ming Wang Alliance.

Faced with such encroachment and aggression, the Ming Wang Alliance had no choice but to unite and fight.

However, in this desperate battle, the Ming Wang Alliance also requested assistance from the Great Xia Alliance. Jiang Qing’e personally led five King Realm powerhouses and an elite army to the Ming Wang Alliance to lend a helping hand.

In this chaotic and turbulent era, the Great Xia Alliance and the Ming Wang Alliance are closely intertwined. If either side were defeated by the Dark World Demon King, it would be a devastating loss for the other.

The timely support from the Great Xia Alliance galvanized the Ming Wang Alliance, boosting morale. After all, over the years, the fame of the Twelve-Winged Holy Light Goddess had spread throughout every alliance, large and small, across the Eastern Divine Continent.

However, their excitement was short-lived. With the arrival of the second Triple Crowned Demon King in the Eastern Divine Continent, an atmosphere of panic and despair once again permeated the Ming Wang Alliance.

The

Shengyun Mountains,

a landmark feature of the northwest border of the Eastern Divine Continent, towering into the clouds and pierced by abysses, resemble a natural barrier, traversing dozens of dynasties and empires. They are considered sacred by many.

In terms of scale, the Gukun Mountains within Great Xia are merely a branch of them.

Now, this vast and majestic mountain range serves as the strongest barrier against the encroachment of the Ghostly Demons.

West of the mountains, many once-thriving dynasties and empires have long since become a deadly wasteland, a paradise for aliens and a breeding ground for countless horrors.

Therefore, the Ming Wang Alliance used the mountains as a barrier, constructing numerous fortresses in each of the dangerous locations. These fortresses were then interwoven into a vast protective formation to resist the invasion of the demonic spirits.

Therefore, this mountain range has become the Ming Wang Alliance’s most important line of defense.

Atop a majestic mountain near the front line, a vast city sits like a giant dragon, overlooking the distant plains. A thick, dense aura of malevolent thoughts can be seen flowing, converging into a continuous, cold, black cloud.

This is Shengyun City, the center of this defense.

At this moment, powerful warriors gathered on the city walls, and powerful energy waves rippled through the heavens and earth, bringing a sense of security to those in the surrounding fortress cities.

Now, this place is home to nearly half of the top forces in the entire Eastern Divine Land.

“Your Excellency, on behalf of the numerous dynasties and countless people under the Ming Wang Alliance, I thank the Great Xia Alliance for traveling thousands of miles to support us. We will all remember this kindness.”

At the city wall, a white-robed elder looked at the young woman beside him, whose slender figure, chaste face, and unparalleled grace were unmatched. Although many renowned masters from the Eastern Divine Land gathered here, she was the undisputed center of attention. She shone like a dazzling sun, her brilliance so intense that even he, the leader of the Ming Wang Alliance, was dimmed.

Indeed, the elder was the leader of the Ming Wang Alliance, King Zhao Ming, a peak Double Crown champion.

The young woman beside him was, of course, Jiang Qing’e, who had led the troops in support.

“You are very polite, King Ming. If the Ming Wang Alliance were to collapse, the Great Xia Alliance would be powerless,” Jiang Qing’e replied politely to King Zhao Ming’s gratitude.

“Old Pang, your Shengxuanxing Academy is truly enviable. You’ve even produced a Peerless Eighth-Rank Master. If the future Goddess can achieve the Peerless Ninth-Rank and reach the Heavenly King Realm, your academy will have to be renamed the Ancient Xuanxing Academy.” Zhao Ming Wang glanced at Pang Qianyuan, who was standing beside Jiang Qing’e, and said with a smile.

Pang Qianyuan couldn’t help but smile smugly upon hearing this. Over the past five years, he had also achieved a breakthrough, reaching the level of Double Crown King. However, this was undoubtedly far inferior to Jiang Qing’e’s, whose prospects were unimaginably greater.

Achieving the Heavenly King Realm at the Peerless Ninth-Rank—if successful, would be beyond the reach of an ordinary Heavenly King.

That’s practically the most perfect and ultimate advancement in the world.

Throughout history, there have been only a handful of peerless masters capable of this.

“Old Zhao, your horizons are still limited. Our Shengxuanxing Academy has produced more than one peerless master. Our Vice Dean, Li Luo, even reached the Peerless Seventh Rank even before Qing’e. Even after five years of seclusion, he’s expected to reach the Heavenly King Rank at the Peerless Ninth Rank in the future.”

“If that day truly comes, with the two of them in charge, our Eastern Divine Continent will surely be able to quell countless demonic forces,” Pang Qianyuan said with a smile.

“Li Luo? I’ve heard of him.”

King Zhao Ming nodded slightly. Although Li Luo had been in seclusion for five years, his reputation in the Eastern Divine Continent remained incredibly resounding. Whenever Jiang Qing’e was mentioned, everyone would say with unspeakable envy…

Her Excellency the Goddess was the wife of the Lord of Luolan Mansion.

Over the past five years, Jiang Qing’e’s fame spread throughout the world, drawing the admiration and adoration of countless talented and powerful individuals. One enthusiast, unable to conceal his feelings, attempted to express his affection, only to drive the usually calm and composed Goddess into a murderous rage, nearly slaying him in public.

Since then, everyone has understood the untouchable nature of Jiang Qing’e and Li Luo’s relationship, and no one dared to show any offense in their presence.

King Zhao Ming was also aware of this. Li Luo, the Lord of Luolan Prefecture, was indeed a peerless powerhouse on par with Jiang Qing’e, but his decision to seclude himself for five of the ten years of Tianyun was unwise.

Perhaps these five years had distanced Jiang Qing’e from him, which was a pity.

As King Zhao Ming was conversing with Jiang Qing’e and Pang Qianyuan, a figure stood in the crowd not far behind him, gazing at Jiang Qing’e’s peerless beauty with a slightly complicated gaze.

The man’s face was weathered, his eyes narrowed slightly, Jiang Qing’e’s figure reflected in them. His expression was a bit hazy, for he still remembered the Holy Grail War in the Eastern Divine Land, where he had fought against Jiang Qing’e’s team and had taken the Holy Grail Championship from him.

His name was Lan Lan, the formidable foe who had once cultivated the Ming Wang Sutra and put Jiang Qing’e and Li Luo under immense pressure during the Holy Grail War.

He was now a fifth-rank Marquis, holding a prominent position within the Ming Wang Alliance. But compared to Jiang Qing’e, the difference was worlds apart. Those who

had once considered him a formidable rival were now the ones he had to look up to.

However, Lan Lan wasn’t discouraged by this. On the contrary, deep down, he felt a sense of pride. After all, the more remarkable Jiang Qing’e and Li Luo were today, the more they reflected his own past glory.

If these two people can become Heavenly Kings in the future, he will be able to smile and say to future generations, thinking back then, I was the one who pressured these two Heavenly Kings. Isn’t that impressive?

When Lan Lan chuckled, Jiang Qing’e turned her head with a sense of something, and her deep and bright golden eyes rested on Lan Lan’s face.

Then she also recognized him from the depths of her memory.

Lan Lan bowed slightly to Jiang Qing’e as a sign of respect. He did not speak to her in public to get close to her. Those youthful and frivolous fights in the past were only suitable to be kept in the depths of memory.

Jiang Qing’e also nodded slightly at him. She understood what he meant, so she did not say anything.

But in the depths of her eyes, there was also a trace of nostalgia. In the Holy Grail War that year, she and Li Luo joined hands and finally defeated Lan Lan, who they regarded as a strong enemy, and obtained the Dragon Bone Holy Grail.

Those memories, even thinking about them now, are filled with a faint warmth.

Boom!

But at this moment, a chilling demonic might surged skyward, overwhelming the heavens and earth, erupting from the distant, dense black clouds. The expressions of the powerful figures from the two top alliances on the city walls suddenly changed.

“White Scorpion Demon King!” King Zhao Ming’s face darkened. This wave of evil thought was all too familiar; it was the same White Scorpion Demon King who had previously severely injured him.

But it wasn’t over yet.

The moment the White Scorpion Demon King’s demonic might was revealed, another demonic might, no less powerful than its own, emerged from this world, unbridled and unleashing its terror upon the world.

The second Three-Crown Demon King had appeared.

(End of Chapter)