"Husband, are you okay?"

Sun Yazhu looked at Xia Feng running over. Like Xia Feng, her first concern was for his injuries and condition.

She gave Xia Feng a once-over and checked his arm to ensure there were no severe injuries before finally breathing a sigh of relief.

"Thank goodness, he didn't do anything to you. You were on the back foot all along just now, it scared me to death!"

Sun Yazhu patted her chest, exhaling deeply.

"Yazhu, is this the power of the Purple Gold Cauldron? It took just one strike to kill him instantly. Why do I feel like it's even more powerful than Grandpa's Void Cauldron?"

Xia Feng was momentarily dumbfounded. He glanced at the Purple Gold Cauldron and vaguely remembered that when Xia Tianming used the Void Cauldron, it was the fourth resonance that had the power to directly vanquish Xia Tianming.

But at that time, Xia Tianming was just an Earth Tier Martial Sovereign, battling Xia Tianming, who was several tiers higher.

The situation was very similar to Sun Yazhu now, where a Celestial Tier First Layer battled across tiers with a Celestial Tier Fifth Layer.

Yet Sun Yazhu, in only one resonance, cut Elder Chongwu's body in half — this was incredibly terrifying.

"It's not what you think."

Sun Yazhu shook her head and then explained the situation to Xia Feng.

It turned out that her move "Shattered Mountains and Rivers" had drained all her internal strength, leaving her no way to perform a second strike.

Xia Tianming's Void Cauldron didn't have this problem, allowing him to repeatedly leverage the Void Cauldron using his spiritual power without exhausting it all at once.

And the Purple Gold Cauldron wasn't specifically a combat divine artifact; that Shattered Mountains and Rivers is a decisive battle move, an all-out killing blow once used.

"I see."

Xia Feng finally understood.

He was saying that the attack methods of the two cauldrons were quite similar if the power of the first strike was indeed several to ten times that of the Void Cauldron, it would be terrifying.

Indeed, everything in the world has cause and effect; a powerful killing move requires draining all one's spiritual power, just like the increased spiritual Qi amplification provided by a once-in-a-millennium Nine Orifice Exquisite Heart.

"Three Celestial Tier Martial Sovereigns, the Rizhao Empire is probably going to be shaken this time."

Looking at Elder Chongwu's body, the corners of Xia Feng's mouth couldn't help but lift.

For so many years, even when Xia Tianming campaigned against the Rizhao Empire, no Celestial Tier Martial Sovereign was killed.

But Xia Feng achieved it, taking down three at once.

He truly wanted to see the expression on the Cyan Emperor's face upon hearing this news.

After gathering the last inheritance of Elder Chongwu, Xia Feng instructed Gu Sha Grand General to continue clearing the battlefield, also calling forward the remaining forces from the rear.

Soon, the leaderless Rizhao Empire troops scattered again, with many soldiers fleeing in small groups, unable to form a climate.

Those who didn't flee fast enough soon became souls under the blades of the Great Xia Iron Cavalry.

In this battle, Xia Feng made a name for himself.

Whether in the Rizhao Empire or the Great Xia Empire, his prominence was at its peak.

The young Xia Tianming never had such glorious military achievements.

At this moment, when the Rizhao Empire mentioned Xia Feng's name, everyone was terrified, and it even quieted crying children.

The military forces were pressing into the Rizhao Empire's borders, consecutively capturing three counties and eleven cities, all of which hoisted the Great Xia Empire's flag.

Thus, one-third of the West Province of the Rizhao Empire fell into the hands of the Great Xia Empire.

It was said that Xia Tianming was so delighted that he held a grand feast in the Imperial Capital, with everyone celebrating day and night for three days, all funded by the national treasury.

The entire nation indulged in the festivities, and the Great Xia People, who had harbored resentment due to years of unsatisfactory wars, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

During Xia Tianming's administration, he was extremely weak externally, stripping the people's resources to appease the Rizhao Empire in negotiations.

But within three months of Xia Tianming taking charge, the tide of war changed dramatically, and even the dullest citizen of the Great Xia Empire could see the difference between the two.

Xia Tianming was quickly branded as incompetent, selling out the nation for personal gain.

In contrast, Xia Tianming, as the new Emperor Xia, became the people's true wise ruler, with some even revering him as a figure of faith.

For a time, the Great Xia Empire showed signs of thriving, something unseen in previous millennia.

A wise ruler leading the country, the people were carefree indeed.

But as the saying goes, in this world, some are happy while others are troubled.

On the other hand, the Rizhao Empire was shrouded in deathly silence, even the people wore troubled expressions, and the Imperial Capital was filled with constant lamentation.

Rumor had it that after the news of three Celestial Tier Martial Sovereigns' deaths reached the Imperial Capital, the Cyan Emperor locked himself inside the palace for seven full days.

During those seven days, no one dared to disturb him.

It's said that some unaware maids attempted to deliver food and clothes to the Cyan Emperor, but upon entering the main hall, they were crushed into meat paste by a terrifying aura.

With the Teng Jiu Building's exterior Martial Sovereigns mostly dead or injured, only a few remained.

According to investigations, all of this was achieved by Xia Feng and his wife, with no other Martial Sovereigns from the Great Xia Empire taking action.

And the most unbelievable point was that Xia Feng was always challenging across tiers, never bullying the weak with the strong.

This resulted in the Rizhao Empire having no grounds to argue this case.

Originally, they thought that the Great Xia Empire broke the rules first by deploying high-tier Martial Sovereigns, prompting the Rizhao Empire's retaliation.

According to the Cyan Emperor's plan, deploying three Celestial Tier Martial Sovereigns with the Demonization Technique should have resulted in killing Xia Feng and driving out the Great Xia Empire army.

But the reality was like a severe slap, burning his aged face fiercely.

Even more disgustingly, he tried to make an issue out of this situation but found no justification to stand on.

"Xia Feng, Xia Tianming's grandson, is this lineage of the Great Xia Empire born to thwart my Rizhao Empire?"

In the dimly lit hall, the Cyan Emperor sat gloomily on the throne, his face ashen.

He pondered for days but couldn't find a good solution to his troubles, with Xia Tianming and Xia Feng being his greatest discomfort at this time.

In the past, Xia Tianming was equally domineering, leading a vast army into the Rizhao Empire's territory, and the Rizhao Empire sent Celestial Tier Martial Sovereigns yet couldn't touch him.

Without an appearance by the former Emperor Xia, even other Celestial Tier First Layer Martial Sovereigns were no match for him.

Xia Tianming thus thundered into the Rizhao Empire's inner city.

The Cyan Emperor even exchanged a few moves with him, but at that time Xia Tianming had broken through to a Celestial Tier Ninth Layer Martial Sovereign, resulting in neither gaining an advantage.

Thankfully, the current Emperor Xia was in seclusion, and Xia Tianming's second son, Xia Tianming, had concocted a poisonous plot for power and usurpation.

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