Chapter 337: Chapter 183: One Man Against a Prefecture
’One man against an entire province...’
Inside the Grotto Heaven, Wang Xiao’s gaze pierced through layers of space, landing on Ao Guang.
After three months of recovery, the Third Crown Prince of the Dragon Race had relied on his formidable physique to endure the period of weakness. The flesh on his body had completely healed.
However, his injuries weren’t just to his physical body; his Origin had been damaged as well.
Recovering the body was simple, but recovering the Origin was difficult.
That was why Ao Guang still sounded weak and listless when he spoke!
Seeing that Wang Xiao didn’t reply, Ao Guang’s eyes flickered, and he continued:
"Your power is great, but you can’t hope to shake the foundations built by the major Holy Land Sects over hundreds of thousands of years."
"Once people like Lin Miaoyi and Zhang Wufeng return to their Sects, those Holy Lands and Sects will mobilize their full force to restore their honor."
"At that time, you’ll die without a proper burial!"
Wang Xiao said lightly:
"Oh? I wonder, Third Crown Prince Long, what brilliant idea do you have?"
Seeing a flicker of interest in Wang Xiao, Ao Guang hurriedly said:
"It’s simple. As long as you pledge allegiance to my Demon Race, the Holy Land Sects naturally won’t be able to trouble you anymore."
Wang Xiao gave a faint, unreadable smile:
"After everything I’ve done to you, Third Crown Prince Long, you’re still willing to make an introduction for me?!"
Ao Guang let out a breath of relief:
"My skills were inferior, so it’s only natural that I lost. There’s no one to blame. Besides, my Dragon Race has always respected strength. Since I lost today, the Dragon Race won’t back me up. They might even revoke my eligibility to compete for the position of clan leader."
"By helping you now, I’m also helping myself."
"If you don’t believe me, I can introduce you to the Ten Thousand Beasts Alliance. The Ten Thousand Beasts Alliance is an organization formed by all the major Demon Races. If you join, even my Dragon Race won’t be able to cause you trouble!"
But his words were only half-truths.
The Dragon Race truly wouldn’t choose a descendant who lost to a human as their future leader.
However, the Dragon Race was known for being fiercely protective. If they learned that one of their own had been carved up and had even lost the Thousand Dragons Battle Emperor Armor...
They would definitely retaliate with full force!
Not even the Ten Thousand Beasts Alliance could stop them.
After all, the Alliance Leader of the Ten Thousand Beasts Alliance was their very own Dragon Race leader, Ao Sheng!
"Heh, I’ll pay the Ten Thousand Beasts Alliance a visit myself, but not now."
Wang Xiao smiled faintly.
He knew exactly what Ao Guang was plotting, but he didn’t mind.
There was a reason he had let Lin Miaoyi and the others leave.
He naturally had other goals in mind.
This time, his greatest gain in Celestial Extremist’s Grotto Heaven wasn’t recovering his full strength.
Instead, it was understanding the state of this world and seeing a chance to break through to become a Tier Seven Life!
This world was divided into the Nine Provinces.
Each province was an independent entity.
Six of these provinces were under the jurisdiction of the Human Race, while three were the territory of the Demon Race.
However, this was just a rough division.
After all, the territory of each province was at least tens of billions of miles across.
Even though the Human Race had established a nation in each province, it was still unrealistic to govern them completely.
Therefore, even in areas under Human Race jurisdiction, there were still many Demon Race members running rampant.
Moreover, behind the Human Race, the Divine Race was silently pulling the strings.
The nations in each province were, in fact, all taking orders from the Divine Race.
Even the Holy Land Sects, where people like Lin Miaoyi belonged, couldn’t escape the Divine Race’s influence.
They controlled the various commanderies and counties within a province, acting as regional guardians.
They were similar to the Vassal Princes of ancient times, obeying summons to duty but not direct imperial edicts.
The only place free from the Divine Race’s influence and control was the Human Ancestral Land!
Wang Xiao felt that his opportunity to break through to become a Tier Seven Life was in the Human Ancestral Land!
According to the information he obtained from Celestial Extremist...
The Human Ancestral Land possessed a Great Cauldron.
This Great Cauldron seemed to be extremely important to both the Divine Race and the Demon Race; both sides wanted to seize it!
For this reason, the two sides had fought for hundreds of thousands of years.
In the land of the Nine Provinces, there were nine Great Cauldrons in total!
Four were controlled by the Divine Race, and three were controlled by the Demon Race.
The remaining two were in the Human Ancestral Land!
It was precisely by relying on these Great Cauldrons that the Human Ancestral Land was able to remain free from the influence of the Divine Race and Demon Race.
Wang Xiao guessed that these Great Cauldrons were very likely related to the planetary consciousness of this world.
With them, he might be able to find his opportunity to break through to become a Tier Seven Life!
However, the Human Ancestral Land was not a place one could simply enter at will.
To prevent infiltration by the Divine Race and the Demon Race, one had to pass an extremely rigorous screening process to enter the Human Ancestral Land.
First, you had to join the Godslaying Organization and pass numerous assessments for a chance to enter.
This assessment process could last for hundreds or even thousands of years.
Wang Xiao naturally didn’t have that much time to wait.
So, he chose the simplest method!
That was to directly confront the major Holy Land Sects, create a huge commotion, and attract the attention of the Human Ancestral Land.
At that time, the Human Ancestral Land would naturally send someone to contact him.
He would then have the opportunity to bypass the Godslaying Organization’s assessments and enter the Human Ancestral Land directly.
Besides, Wang Xiao had already used the resources left by Celestial Extremist to master both the Nirvana Ninth Transformation and the Mokoshu Infinite Great.
His strength was now even a notch higher than it had been in the Real World.
The Tai Chi Divine Body was already forged!
Coupled with the enhancement of five Dao Fruits...
Even those Celestial Venerables might not be his match.
He also wanted to see just what level his strength had reached.
Moreover, by fighting with other Venerables and Celestial Venerables, he could use his Analyze All Things Talent to deduce the Cultivation Techniques of the major Holy Lands and Sects.
This might allow him to condense all of his Origin Dao Fruits even faster!
’The Divine-Demon conflict, the clash between Humans and Demons... the source of it all seems to be these Great Cauldrons of the Nine Provinces. I wonder what secrets they hold.’
