Nursery in the Capital City.

Looking at the golden silhouette wrapped in the Chronicles of Time, the terrifying pressure was incomparably frightening, causing all the Golden Armor Guards to show expressions of fear.

To steal the Chronicles of Time and even become part of it is unimaginable to any Cultivator.

Yet Ning Zheng didn't care, he flew away swiftly from the Capital City.

Isn't it common sense to run after stealing something?

Standing there after theft, waiting for the owner to return and mocking them relentlessly is the height of rudeness.

With a swish.

Ning Zheng swiftly flew away from the Nursery, quietly severing all breaths, entering the Nine-State earth.

"Each scale armor contains a Dynasty's ancient tomb."

Ning Zheng furrowed his brows tightly,

"If only we could extract each Ancient Tomb Emperor within as an energy source for the Magical Artifact.... every Pseudo-human Ancestor pulling the carriage, a perpetual motion machine, how powerful would that be??"

"It's unfortunate to have only sturdiness now."

To be unable to utilize it, despite being called the finest Divine Weapon of the Nine-State.

Though this thing wasn't originally meant for combat.

Nevertheless, it will be researched again upon return on how to draw energy from the Emperor batteries, and sooner or later there'll be a way.

Which Emperor wouldn't lay a blackhand as they die? Sowing seeds for a return? It's only a distinction between large and small black hands.

At this moment, Ning Zheng wore full flags on his body, they were all ticking time bombs.

But he did not feel in danger.

The Chronicles of Time itself is a unique Spatial Divine Power, each tomb is a realm of its own, unless the power leaks, they cannot escape.

Moreover, Xin Xichen and others attacking him would only tie their own hands.

Every scale armor on me is a blind box, you dare attack me?

Breaking a piece of scale armor is like drawing a card, who knows what might come out.

While pondering, Ning Zheng swiftly headed towards the Sacrificial Tomb, knowing it was the safest place. His combat power had significantly increased after donning the armor, perhaps he was no longer afraid of those guys at all.

But even perhaps, what's the gain of staying there for a fight after stealing something?

Returning the stolen goods if lost, what can be taken from them if won? That's a meaningless battle.

Benefiting and then fleeing is the action of a normal person.

With a swish.

Ning Zheng incessantly flew towards the Sacrificial Tomb.

He believed Xin Xichen and others had already arrived at the Imperial Palace but still ate dirt crazily behind him.

Just when Ning Zheng thought the dust had settled.

Suddenly, a fair hand as white as jade extended from a certain golden scale armor on Ning Zheng. Colorful flowers bloomed in the palm, dazzlingly beautiful, instantly giving Ning Zheng a sense of imminent danger.

"It's Jiu Shui!" In an instant, Ning Zheng couldn't be bothered to ponder what Hidden Sect this guy had left behind that could burst forth.

He decisively tore off the 'Between the Scales' scale armor tomb, tossing it into the endless blue ocean below.

But the hand that reached out from the scale armor tomb falling into the ocean locked onto Ning Zheng, grabbing at him fiercely.

"I'm not afraid of you!!"

Ning Zheng was incensed, thrusting out his palm to clash fiercely.

In an instant.

The water below splashed violently.

The sky cleared suddenly.

The entire world seemed to be enveloped in a sonic boom.

After clashing palms, Ning Zheng leveraged the powerful force to fly away fiercely, disappearing into the distant sky. A shadowy silhouette stepped out from the scale armor tomb, glancing at the sky with a slight frown, "A variable..."

Ning Zheng spewed blood frantically, feeling as if his body was falling apart, continuing his flight.

The Nine-State's top-notch powerhouses are too fierce, stealing the Chronicles of Time seems to drive them mad, each hidden trump card exceedingly astonishing.

Jiu Shui's ghostly stealth attack caused not even the slightest breath, too eerie.

Had it not been for his Qi Fortune Value reaching 500,000, giving forewarning, he would certainly have been killed like past Human Gods, slapped to death by a giant hand; survival depended on a fleeting moment.

Lucky for good fortune, otherwise this ambush would have been undoubtedly fatal.

Also, what exactly is Jiu Shui? Ning Zheng finally understood why he was so formidable, because in the moment he made a move, Ning Zheng discovered he had nine Celestial Spirit Roots.

True to his name, Jiu Shui, no wonder in the past individual Celestial Spirit Root era, no one could defeat him, because they simply weren't of the same rank.

However, today Jiu Shui is clearly a lagging version.

His nine Spirit Roots are dispersed without forming a cycle.

Meaning, even with nine Celestial Spirit Roots, Jiu Shui still ranks among the Celestial Spirit Roots.

While others, even with two Celestial Spirit Roots, breaking through cycles, already become qualitatively transformed Immortal Spirit Roots.

But considering Jiu Shui's demise was in that bygone century era when Immortal Spirit Roots hadn't proliferated, the Xin Family's research on the Immortal Path Secret Technique hadn't yet completely concluded.

So, it's normal for him to be a version behind.

But even so, he still struck Ning Zheng, making him vomit blood with a single palm.

This is the weight of being the strongest in the old era.

If he were to be revived and awakened, with the nine Spiritual Roots forming a local cycle, achieving Immortal Spirit Root, he might once again stand at the pinnacle of the world.

If he cannot be revived...

His nine scattered Celestial Spirit Roots will sooner or later be surpassed by the later comers of the Immortal Path era.

Ning Zheng kept pondering, this battle was a probe, Phoenix Yi, Cursed, Xin Xichen, Jiu Shui... these existences' trump cards were exposed just a bit, and obtaining this intelligence was quite rewarding.

Many times, the essence of combat is merely an intelligence war.

For example, Ning Zheng's Shadow Crocodile.

Secretly poisoning, desecrating ancestral graves, poisoning your ancestral grave, dropping a bunch of small Embers, causing heavy losses after snowballing, and knowing the details, they would guard against the Shadow Crocodile Soul Poison, making it difficult for Ning Zheng to strike.

After all.

The world is not populated with people like Xin Xichen, who easily gathers information... some hidden information of top-tier powerhouses even requires numerous personnel probes and countless assassinations to obtain!

This illustrates the power of Firewood.

If it weren't for the intelligence on Ning Zheng's Divine Techniques being seen through at a glance by Firewood, they would know nothing about him, thinking they could handle him that easily??

Firewood may not seem strong in combat, but in reality, he is extremely formidable.

"Knowledge is the source of all strength," Ning Zheng decided after the battle, to get himself a Firewood for entertainment.

A splashing sound.

The Sacrificial Tomb was not far away.

And because of Jiu Shui's obstructing palm, the Sun Moon Divine Weapon finally carried the three cultivators and appeared behind him.

But it was too late already.

With a splurt, Ning Zheng directly entered the range of the Sacrificial Tomb, turned his head to look at several people silently, gave a slight smile, and continued moving forward.

"Don't go in." Xin Xichen fell into complete silence, looked at the figure disappearing into the tomb group, and said to the two, "If he fights inside, I can't stop him, he can leave at any time if he loses, fighting has no meaning."

"Is there no other way?" Cursed showed a hint of heaviness, "We still have trump cards."

"It's not about the trump cards, it's about the fact that if he wants to run, it's hard to stop him... Here I dare not use the Sun Moon Divine Weapon, and can't activate the protective array to trap him, he can run at any time..."

"And with the Chronicles of Time on him, who dares attack?"

Xin Xichen exhaled long, "He effectively wears an Immunity Token."

The Sacrificial Tomb range imposes too many restrictions on the Sun Moon Divine Weapon.

He has to quickly transform Dao Yueniang from being a Pseudo-Ghost King to a true Ghost King, fully awakened, becoming a living being to avoid being affected by the tomb.

Then, he will have the qualifications to come back here.

"Won't the Chronicles of Time on him be leaked?" Phoenix Yi asked.

"How could it leak?" Xin Xichen sneered, "This thing is his body, his own body is holding a group of ancient pseudo-human emperors under complete control, why would it go wrong?"

"We shouldn't be worrying about the Imperial Mausoleum leaking, but the fate of the pseudo-human emperors of old being toyed to death by the King of Embers of the past."

He sneered.

He did not believe that once this one regained his body, he had no designs on those ancient tomb emperors.

Those are also Embers!

Every epoch's top powerhouses are almost the burial companions of each Imperial Mausoleum tomb.

Evidently, this ancient Embers Monarch is extremely ruthless, intending to use the tomb's inhabitants as Embers synthesis materials, merging Embers with the same obsession to create new Ancestor Demon Gods.

Increasing their side's Ancestor Demon God's combat power is likely his true goal.

After all.

How difficult it is to forge an Ancestor at the Self-Transformation Realm?

Only an ancient tomb of a great clan of millions of years can produce one.

And he clearly has his sights set on the Chronicles of Time.

Only there can more and more Ancestor Demon Gods at the Self-Transformation Realm be condensed.

"I wonder if this development is good or bad..." Xin Xichen's voice turned hoarse, "If things go smoothly, he will clean up the ancient hidden dangers, they will fight among themselves while we sit on the fence watching... but we won't gain the benefits."

He looked at the two beside him and said, "Because what we will face will be the fully restored ancient monarch and the newly emerged ancient demon gods."

That is to say.

Before, even if he only controlled a few Self-Transformation Realm, this ancient monarch returning still remained weak in influence.

However, once the Chronicles of Time is under his control, the future era would see his side filled with powerhouses, becoming the strongest force in the entire world!

Realizing this, the leaders of the three major forces all looked in the direction of the Sacrificial Tomb, revealing worried expressions.

"Let's go, staying here is meaningless now." Xin Xichen said.

"Are we really not fighting?" Cursed looked in the direction of the tomb, still eager to enter.

Phoenix Yi departed immediately, "His great momentum is complete, with the Chronicles of Time reclaimed, the dust has settled, we cannot keep him here, continuing the fight is pointless."