After dropping this sentence, Xia Tianming immediately released the Spatial Domain and then lunged fiercely towards Xia Tianming!

An Earth Tier First Layer Martial Sovereign actually dared to take the initiative to attack an Earth Tier Seventh Layer Martial Sovereign?!

The ministers below the Emperor Dragon Platform took a deep breath, Xia Tianming was indeed still the War God Xia Tianming, and he was as fierce as ever in battle.

Xia Tianming swung the Qingxue Sword in the air, sending out thousands of Sword Qi, combined with the obstruction of space power, showing no mercy, his strike was a deadly move!

Looking at Xia Tianming again, he held the Twin Halberds in his hands, his steps still moving without any sense of obstruction, as if Xia Tianming's domain had no effect.

Bang!

The Twin Halberds clashed with the Qingxue Sword, which immediately let out a buzzing sound. Xia Tianming sighed slightly, he stomped in the void and retreated more than ten meters.

Afterward, he tossed the Qingxue Sword to Xia Feng.

"Although I have insights into the Sword Dao, the quality of a Top Grade Sacred Weapon is still too lousy. If it breaks, I wouldn't know how to explain it to my granddaughter-in-law whom I've yet to meet."

Xia Tianming smiled at Xia Feng, then took out the large saber he confiscated from Meng Jiang.

Xia Feng gave an awkward smile, then quickly took out some weapons and began to refine them to nourish the Qingxue Sword.

Although he didn't say it, watching the Qingxue Sword sustain damage made him feel quite distressed.

If Li Qingxue knew he broke the dowry she gave, who knows how she would blame him.

Then, the rearmed Xia Tianming stormed towards Xia Tianming again!

Xia Tianming counterattacked coldly, his Upper Grade Emperor Weapon gleaming with golden brilliance, suppressing Xia Tianming's large saber.

The two Emperor Weapons clashed continuously, erupting with metallic clashes and Emperor Weapon pressures in the air.

However, it was evident that Xia Tianming's realm was at a disadvantage, as he was being suppressed throughout by Xia Tianming.

The ear-piercing sounds from the weapon exchanges and the terrifying aftershocks made the ministers below and even the citizens outside the Imperial Palace cover their ears and scream.

The expressions of both became more focused, and the strength in their hands increased.

The opening scuffle was about to pass, and the real life-and-death battle was on the verge of breaking out!

At this moment, ten figures flashed out of the Dragon Hall.

They hovered around the Jade Dragon Platform, quietly watching the two.

One of the figures raised his hand lightly, suddenly gathering the residual battle energy within the Jade Dragon Platform, preventing any from leaking out.

This action instantly widened the eyes of the subjects below the Jade Dragon Platform. The terrifying impact caused by two Earth Tier Martial Sovereign experts was gently resolved by this figure with just a raise of a hand.

Xia Naiwu and Xia Tianming saw these ten figures in the sky, their pupils shrinking as Xia Naiwu directly knelt down, pressing his head against the ground, not daring to speak.

Xia Tianming also stopped his actions, kneeling on one knee toward the ten figures in the sky and clasping his fist, saying, "Ancestor!"

Xia Tianming put away his large saber, looked around at everyone, his expression very complex.

Especially when he saw the last person among the ten, and that person also looked back at him, the two stared at each other for more than ten seconds.

Xia Tianming took a deep breath, stepped back two steps, patted Xia Feng on the shoulder, and the two knelt together on one knee.

"Greetings, Ancestor."

Xia Feng didn't speak. He didn't recognize these ten people, but from the attitude and words of Xia Tianming and Xia Tianming, he could deduce that they should be the Xia Family ancestors who set the ancestral teachings.

But so what? Although Xia Feng knelt down with his grandfather, he found it hard to have a heart of reverence for these ten people.

He only knew that he grew up in Xingyu City, and his family only consisted of his parents and grandfather.

"Ministers and subjects greet the successive Xia Emperors!"

Below the Emperor Dragon Platform, tens of thousands of civil and military ministers looked at the ten people in the sky like being struck by lightning, then they all knelt down on the ground, trembling as they shouted.

Legend has it that after the Xia Emperors of the Great Xia Empire retired, they didn't die but secretly slumbered somewhere to continue living as the terrifying foundation power of the Empire.

But the reason legends are legends is that no one has truly verified them.

However, today, as two Emperors' Sons vie for the position of Xia Emperor, they appeared.

The ten people in the sky are precisely the ten successive Xia Emperors of the Great Xia Empire over tens of thousands of years.

Portraits of successive Xia Emperors are hung on both sides of the main hall of the Dragon Palace, forming a tradition whenever the civil and military ministers bow as they pass by.

These ten people were once the day of the Great Xia Empire, and with them, there is the present Great Xia Empire.

But these are just the recent ten generations of Xia Emperors, the ancestors who founded the Empire are too old to have survived the lifespan limit of a Martial Sovereign.

"Those not accepted by the masses cannot become a Xia Emperor, this is a rule of our Imperial Family."

The oldest Xia Emperor took a step forward, his hair gray and body hunched, yet a massive aura erupted from him, making no one present dare to underestimate him.

The aura of a Celestial Tier Ninth Layer Martial Sovereign was displayed in full.

Aside from him, six others also unleashed the aura of a Celestial Tier Ninth Layer Martial Sovereign, while the remaining three were the most recent three generations of Xia Emperors. Their fluctuations were not weak but hadn't reached the Ninth Layer, rather the Sixth Layer.

A full seven Celestial Tier Ninth Layer Martial Sovereigns, these are the true underpinnings of the Great Xia Empire!

And this is the best proof of their identities!

Every Xia Emperor, after breaking through to a Celestial Tier Martial Sovereign, progresses very slowly.

They deal with various Empire affairs daily, too busy with state matters to have any spare time for cultivation.

Time can handle this for a while, but as time drags on, they start to struggle.

The lifespan of a Martial Sovereign, unlike that of a terrifying Martial God, whose life merges with heaven and earth, achieves eternity with the sky and the earth, that is true immortality!

Though they are the actual controllers of a vast Empire, there will eventually be a day when their lives run out.

Before becoming Xia Emperor, their dream was to be the ruler of the Empire.

But truly being the ruler for tens of thousands of years, their goals changed.

What they want more is that supreme Martial God Realm, they want to continue living, they want immortality!

Therefore, every time a new Emperor's Son rises, they eagerly abdicate to cultivate in the Dragon Hall, day and night exploring the Great Dao Rules, yearning to transcend the barrier between the mortal and the divine.

But, becoming a Martial God from a Martial Sovereign is not that easy, that is the true carp leaping over the dragon gate, with one in ten thousand having a chance to succeed.

At least in the long timeline since the founding of the Great Xia Empire, there hasn't been a single Martial God.

Though the ten have focused on cultivation, they still appear during major changes within the Empire, as it is their duty.

"The re-election of Xia Emperor, this matter has not occurred in the Empire for a very long time." The Seventh Xia Emperor, also the most senior Xia Emperor, gazed at Xia Tianming and Xia Tianming, speaking slowly.

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