"The old Taoist follows the path of softness, I follow the path of hardness. The old Taoist is not inclined to kill, but I have an intense desire to kill. The philosophical conflict between us is very serious, and to this day, we do not yield to each other, so how could we be friends." Li Shentong smiled weakly: "But perhaps our temperaments are different from others. We never yield to each other, but we appreciate each other's character, just wanting to make the other concede...Back then, when he asked you to bring the wine, it was to provoke me, asking if I could brew it? That wine contained a fierce aftertaste… Damn, I couldn't brew it, I lost."

Zhao Changhe: "..."

"Losing a bit here is a small matter. He restrained the villains for the peace of Kunlun. I led the uprising to protect the people of Ba Shu. It was clear that I won here. His appeasement methods were useless. The cowards were timid like buns. Truly, only by having heads rolling could a new era be ushered in."

Zhao Changhe nodded: "Yes."

"At that time, I even thought of breaking Kunlun with my army, slaughtering those villains in that town, and dragging the old Taoist out of the Yuxu Palace, stepping on the so-called Tao Venerable."

"..."

"But the real big loss was the Temple's dragon-slaying battle." Li Shentong put away his smile and said in a low voice: "The old Taoist used his ability to foresee and cut off the Qi veins of Beimang, yet did not participate in the siege and dragon-slaying. I thought he was acting sanctimonious as a whore while erecting a memorial archway. At such a critical time, what was the point of staring at Tie Muer, could he hold on? However, it made me lose face afterward..."

He deeply inhaled and said in a low voice: "I never expected, behind the seeming rise of Central Plains heroes, there was the manipulation of the Hu people, and even Bo'e was lurking among them. What we did was turned into the blade for the Hu people; the foolish emperor we deeply hated, turned out to be the king safeguarding the nation. He became righteous while I became an idiot, what nonsense? The old Taoist calculated it accurately, and I lost face, lost face. Do you know, if you hadn't come to Ba Shu to invite me back then, I would have come quietly to this battle myself?"

Zhao Changhe said quietly: "Actually, inviting you at that time was because I guessed a bit... such feelings. But I didn't know why you had to risk your life; it hadn't come to that extent."

"I know it hadn't reached the point of forcing such a desperate cause... but at that moment, my anger surged, and I wanted to fight, what's wrong with that, this method is the most direct and effective, the least likely to cause variables... Just to repay Xia Longyuan."

"..."

"Including him laughing at me for not being able to govern places, surely worse than him... I can't, but can't I hand it over to those who can?" Li Shentong laughed heartily: "Back then I thought, this time I was likely to die, I could drag the foolish emperor's dragon robe underground and ask him a question, how about now? I stood for righteousness, laugh at your immortal fart, do you deserve it?"

Zhao Changhe said: "You indeed started a rebellion."

Li Shentong glanced at him: "But you, didn't you know, that my death would be good for you? Why are you exhausting your cultivation to save my life... Your own two women over there are sitting injured and exhausted, self-healing, you don't ask a word... Am I sick? Or are you?"

Zhao Changhe replied calmly: "I told Yuxu's predecessor... heroes should not have short lives. Yuxu's predecessor is one, and so are you. Regardless of whether both of your cultivation can fully recover, if heroes could enjoy the pleasures of fishing and chopping wood, it would be the fortune of the Divine Continent."

Li Shentong quieted down, smiled slightly, and did not say much.

Zhao Changhe said: "Actually, you can now ask Xia those questions."

Li Shentong was momentarily stunned: "How to ask?"

"This is the highest mountain in the Northern Desert, tainted with indescribable divinity due to the presence of the Heavenly God's Divine Hall. Even if I cut off the Qi veins with a saber, I can't completely eradicate the mountain's divinity. The mountaintop altar connects to the Heavenly Realm above and reaches Jiuyou below, as long as Xia's shadow remains, I think he can hear your questions."

Li Shentong seemed amused: "I think you yourself want to worship the heavens."

Feeling somewhat weary, Zhao Changhe released his hand that continuously operated the Rejuvenation Technique, yet despite the exhaustion, his face held a slightly relaxed and joyful expression: "Yes... On this mountain, establishing an altar and worshiping the heavens, to me holds a very sacred definition."

After saying this, he gently flicked the Dragon Sparrow beside his hand.

Lie had long gone, Yue Hongling and Huangfu Qing were healing, the Heavenly God seemed to have no care... He quietly recovered for a moment and suddenly intended to get up and flee.

But at this instant, Zhao Changhe flicked the Dragon Sparrow, which lashed back furiously. The Heavenly God, wounded and barely breathing, was shocked to defend, yet could not block the Dragon Sparrow's overwhelming momentum, having not released its full attack until this moment.

Like a phantom of a girl wielding a saber furiously, the frenzied blade whistled past, severing his neck.

Blood gushed forth like a spring, and the headless divine body stood silently amidst the thunder.

In its final mission, the war saber of the Central Earth emperor ultimately fulfilled its life's most critical purpose.

In the last moment of life, the Heavenly God could not understand... Clearly, Zhao Changhe was also exhausted and unable to externally perceive with Divine Sense, yet how did he know he was about to move?

Zhao Changhe slowly stood up and grabbed his head, reclaiming the Dragon Sparrow.

Outside, Xue Canghai's voice rang: "Watch out, that's Bo'e!"

Zhao Changhe leaped out of the Secret Realm fissure, Bo'e leading the group attempted to storm the mountain to assist their Divine. Zhao Changhe had already appeared at the mountain's peak, lifting the severed head.

Bo'e and his men, returning with their last breath to protect their cult, instantly froze midway, staring blankly at the head in Zhao Changhe's hand.

No one dared believe that Longevity Heaven died before them.

"There is no Longevity Heaven." Zhao Changhe stated calmly: "Everyone's heaven is the same, regardless of you and me. Look, he died, and the heavens did not collapse."

He slowly turned and walked toward the altar on the mountaintop, seemingly wanting to place the head on it.

Bo'e let out a piercing scream, drawing his Curved Saber and abruptly striking Zhao Changhe's back.

Zhao Changhe paid no heed, as flames roared beneath the fissure, a piercing cry of the phoenix arose, and a sharp spear perfectly pierced through the path taken by Bo'e, piercing through his back first.

Huangfu Qing sighed: "Originally I was going to find you... Your role corresponded with mine. Since you yourself do not wish to live..."

She hesitated, not continuing. Bo'e indeed did not wish to live, seemingly having lost life's meaning, his faith crumbled, and her Vermilion Bird slightly understood the feeling.

Killing such an opponent brought little sense of accomplishment.

Zhao Changhe paid no heed to the scene behind, walked to the altar, placing Longevity Heaven's head upon it.

The next moment, a gentle breeze swept across the grassland, as if everyone sensed it, regardless of which corner of the Southern and Northern Desert they were in, everyone simultaneously turned their heads toward the Holy Mountain.

It seemed a Qi vein gathered and flowed, above a wolf head's phantom gradually dissipated, replaced by a soaring dragon, flying in the Nine Heavens.

The stunned Divine Hall soldiers on the mountain slope slowly knelt, and in the blink of an eye, the entire area was covered with bewildered, bloodied masses.

Zhao Changhe's voice slowly spread across the Holy Mountain: "Great Han's three armies, sanctify this mountain. Notify all grassland tribes to come and observe within seven days, those who exceed... will be... exterminated."

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