All Heavens: From Joy of Life to The Great Feng Night Watchman

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"If this immortal helps my Central Plains, that's fine, but if he dares to help the Northern Barbarians... hmph."

Li Chungang chuckled, "With immortals aiding the Northern Barbarians, what can you do? Can you possibly kill all the immortals in heaven?"

Deng Tai'a replied, "So what if we can't kill them all? We'll kill as many as we can. Even if I, Deng Tai'a, die, I will not stand to see these damned immortals arbitrarily deciding the order of the human world."

Infantry charge head-on, cavalry raid the flanks—a clash devoid of any fancy moves will once again unfold.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

On the city wall, Princess Tang, clad in golden armor and with her red robes billowing high, possessed seemingly slender arms that held immense power, as the dense drumbeats resounded through the sky!

She has the blood of the Northern Barbarians flowing through her veins, but she has never lived in the Northern Barbarians for a single day. If the world is eventually unified, Hongshu believes that only her husband, Li Chang'an, can accomplish this.

On the battlefield, where dark clouds loomed over the city, the soldiers' blood was ignited by the sound of the drums. The Queen's drumming signaled the Tang King's determination to fight to the death!

At the same time, the bugles of the Northern Barbarians sounded, and accompanied by a series of thunderous crashes, the heavily armed soldiers of both sides began to march. The Northern Barbarian cavalry suffered heavy losses, but the main force of the infantry was still intact.

As a steppe dynasty that existed for hundreds of years, its infantry was just as powerful as its cavalry.

"Chirp!"

With a neighing of a horse, the cavalry of both sides charged at each other from the flanks, which were more than ten miles away. This was the most brutal and direct battle, and in the blink of an eye, corpses littered the ground and blood flowed like a river!

On the city wall, Li Chang'an watched as the two sides' dark infantry formations clashed, the sounds of spears and halberds clashing incessantly, and soldiers falling at any moment after being stabbed, with soldiers immediately taking their place.

Compared to the infantry's formation and tearing attacks, the cavalry's charge was much more direct. Various celestial phenomena of war, such as black dragons, white tigers, black bears, and gray wolves, tore through the air and overturned large numbers of cavalry on the ground.

As the warhorses trampled over the fallen cavalrymen, they vanished without a trace. Along the battle line, which stretched for miles, countless heads jostled about, and blood stained the earth. The two sides' battle lines were tightly interlocked.

"The world's number one army, charge!"

Under Li Cunxiao's unwavering leadership, the Xuanjia Army became the sharpest awl, weaving through the thousands of Northern Mang cavalry like steel nails moving through tofu, killing anyone who touched them and causing them to collapse!

The Northern Liang cavalry, led by Yao Jian and Ye Xizhen, suffered the heaviest losses. As soon as they engaged in battle, they faced off head-on with the Northern Mang cavalry.

Although Li Chang'an had equipped them with the latest armor, the Northern Mang cavalry on the other side were no weaklings. These Northern Liang soldiers were all determined to fight to the death, and they fought fiercely, with severed limbs flying and blood splattering across the battle line.

"The soldiers of Beiliang are not cowards! With the veterans of Beiliang here, the Northern Barbarians will never be able to march south!"

These Northern Liang soldiers who had broken away from Xu Fengnian no longer recognized Xu Fengnian as the King of Northern Liang, nor did they acknowledge that Xu Fengnian led the Northern Liang soldiers. They believed that the ones who stayed behind to resist the Northern Barbarians were the true Northern Liang soldiers.

The war had just begun, and it was already such a fierce battle; there hadn't been such a brutal war in hundreds of years.

Even during the Spring and Autumn Period war between Liyang and the other side, there was no such large-scale battle to the death. Both sides were equally determined to fight, the soldiers were all elite, and the leaders rarely made mistakes.

Behind the Tang army lay the Central Plains, and atop the city gates stood the Tang King, who had led them to countless victories. They believed that His Highness the Tang King could lead them to create a new and great era.

This era will begin with the complete elimination of the threat from the north.

For hundreds of years, the Northern Mang army had been invincible. Empress Murong's ruthless methods and the unity of the nation were all ready to march south and destroy that cowardly and weak country.

Despite the sudden emergence of Li Chang'an, the fierce nomadic people still believed that the world belonged to the Northern Barbarians!

Just then, a thunderous sound suddenly rang out from above the battlefield.

"Mang Jun, disarm yourselves!"

Empress Murong, standing in the center of the army, suddenly frowned, knowing that the voice was definitely not simple.

Yuan Qingshan floated in the air, his gaze fixed on the battlefield with a gloomy expression. "Hmph, words become law."

"Your Majesty, the Confucian sage from the Central Plains has arrived."

Sure enough, the infantrymen and cavalrymen at the forefront of the Northern Mang army suddenly had their hard armor come off and fall to the ground, revealing that these soldiers were fighting in ordinary cloth undergarments.

Huo Qubing, a veteran of many battles, was truly amazed this time. He never expected that a battle could be fought like this. He swung his spear, and a burst of battle intent cleaved hundreds of unarmored cavalrymen in two in an instant!

The Beiliang soldiers at the forefront were overjoyed, wielding their Beiliang knives like they were killing chickens. They had come with the intention of dying, and killing as many as they could would be a bonus!

Within the Tang army, shouts rose and fell, "The Emperor has intervened, and the enemy has been disarmed!"

Zhuge Liang, standing atop the city wall, glanced around casually, then thought with admiration, "Truly worthy of being called a sage of heaven and man, this single breath is enough to disarm a hundred thousand men!"

Just like in the original novel, when Li Chungang at his peak broke through 2,600 armor in one breath, the grandmasters in the Snow World were restricted by Qi when they made their moves.

The Confucian sage Zhang Fuyao's seemingly casual move of "words become law" actually used up seventy or eighty percent of his strength. It's probably impossible for him to do it again.

Just then, figures darted about in the sky above the Northern Mang army camp, and one after another, Grandmasters of the First Rank leaped up and joined the battle.

Wang Xianzhi's three disciples, Yu Xinlang, Gong Banque, and Lou Huang, were standing on the city gate not far from Li Chang'an.

Yu Xinlang came to find Gong Banque, Lou Huang came to find Yu Xinlang, and Wang Xianzhi didn't know that the disciples he sent out were like meat buns thrown to dogs, never to return.

Gong Banque's cultivation in both Buddhism and Taoism has greatly improved, and he has already decided to serve Li Chang'an. Yu Xinlang and Lou Huang, on the other hand, came purely for the war against Tang Mang.

Gong Banque cupped his hands and said, "Your Highness, Wudi City requests permission to fight!"

Li Chang'an nodded and said, "Soldiers against soldiers, generals against generals, let's not let the Grandmaster of Northern Mang think that there is no one in the Central Plains!"

As soon as he finished speaking, thirty-one Grandmasters from the Central Plains leaped out from Beilao Pass, their battle robes fluttering and their clothes billowing, wielding swords, spears, and halberds, their true energy surging!

Grandmasters can cover dozens of feet in a single step. In just a few breaths, the Grandmasters from both sides appeared in their respective camps. With a single move, hundreds of people were broken through armor and wounded, making the situation even more tragic and chaotic!

Li Chang'an stretched out his hands from behind his back and said to Zhuge Liang and Lu Xu behind him, "In this battle, I will lead the charge. You two guard the central army!"

Zhuge Liang knew Li Chang'an's intentions. With so many Grandmasters from the enemy army fighting, this battle was a perfect opportunity to absorb their fortune and power, and they absolutely could not miss it.

"After this battle, Your Highness will surely become a celestial being on land, invincible under heaven!"

Li Chang'an smiled faintly, "That depends on whether the Heavenly Gate opens or not. If the Heavenly Gate opens, killing some immortals might allow me to directly advance to the Celestial Realm of Great Longevity!"

Because of the existence of the Nahai Sacred Heart Mantra, Li Chang'an's power will continue to increase without any limit!

Until there is no one left in this world who can absorb cultivation techniques and fortune.

After slaughtering hundreds of Northern Liang soldiers who charged ahead, the Grandmaster Murong Baoding of Northern Mang was stopped by the White-Robed Guanyin. The White-Robed Guanyin, who had just advanced to the level of a Buddhist Vajra, faced off against the number one Vajra physique of Northern Mang.

Since Li Chang'an advanced to the level of a terrestrial immortal, his desire for the stimulation of the white-robed Guanyin's energy has finally outweighed his desire for it. The leader of the Red Sect was delighted to discover the wonders of the dual cultivation technique and finally broke through to the level of a Buddhist Vajra.

"The White-Robed Guanyin of the Red Sect in the Western Regions, I heard you're now working like a slave for Li Chang'an?"

“I don’t mind your lack of power. You should abandon him and start dual cultivation. I guarantee your power will greatly increase.”

The white-robed Guanyin was furious upon hearing this, "I have been cultivating with His Highness, and my power has increased by leaps and bounds every day. Who in the world can compare to me?"

The two exchanged dozens of blows in an instant, both feeling the immense power of the other's Vajra Body. The white-robed Guanyin saw a black shadow flash before her eyes, and suddenly several cracks appeared in Murong Baoding's Vajra Body!

Li Chang'an, using the "Soaring to Immortality" technique, instantly teleported in front of Murong Baoding and shattered Murong Baoding's Vajra Body with a single move, Tathagata Break.

Murong Baoding's body was covered inch by inch by ice shards, and in the blink of an eye he became an ice man. His luck and power were transferred to Li Chang'an's dantian!

"You devil...you devil..."

Murong Baoding grunted a few times, then instantly turned into ice foam and vanished into the world.

Then Li Chang'an's figure flashed again, and he arrived at another battlefield. Taiping Ling, the imperial tutor of Northern Mang and leader of the Chess and Sword Music Bureau, was invoking celestial phenomena, causing gusts of wind to blow through the Tang army's infantry formation.

Li Chang'an gently clapped his hand, and the hurricanes changed direction, sweeping towards the Northern Mang army and tearing countless Northern Mang soldiers to shreds.

When Taiping Ling saw the dark gold dragon pattern on Li Chang'an's cloak, his expression changed repeatedly. "Li Chang'an, you monster of this chaotic world."

Li Chang'an didn't take this Confucian and Taoist celestial being too seriously. "Monsters don't cause chaos in the world; it's always people who cause chaos."

After he finished speaking, thousands of ice blades rained down from the sky, piercing the old man through the heart. His luck and power were once again absorbed by Li Chang'an.

Because of Li Chang'an's rampage among the Grandmasters of Northern Mang, the battlefield situation gradually changed, and Li Chang'an's luck grew stronger and stronger.

After killing several Grandmasters, Li Chang'an rushed to his ultimate target: Tuoba Pusa, the military god of Northern Mang!

Now, Li Chang'an has just absorbed a large amount of luck and power, and his combat strength and cultivation are a notch higher than Tuoba Bodhisattva. The two enemies are extremely hostile to each other and immediately started fighting.

On the other side, seeing that the Northern Barbarian front was showing signs of retreat, Yuan Qingshan immediately teleported to the top of the battlefield from the military camp.

"The Dao Qi is one, but its application is divided into three. The origin of the Dao Qi in the three caves is the same!"

After the recitation, two phantom figures appeared in the air like shooting stars. When they got closer, everyone could see that they were two figures that looked exactly like Yuan Qingshan.

The illusory image entered Yuan Qingshan's body, and the three avatars merged into one, becoming Yuan Qingshan's true form. The battlefield was filled with awe, and the battle formation of millions of people froze.

"Is Zhang Fuyao, the Confucian sage of the Central Plains, facing a life-or-death situation today?"

Although Li Chang'an killed many first-rank grandmasters, Yuan Qingshan knew very well that the reason why the Northern Mang front showed signs of decline so quickly was because of Zhang Fuyao's great supernatural ability to remove the armor of 100,000 people!

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, a gray shadow flashed in the air and stopped not far from Yuan Qingshan. "The Northern Barbarians have not been able to set foot in the Central Plains for hundreds of years, and today they will not be able to either."

Yuan Qingshan, now in his three forms, said coldly, "You've lived for so many years, don't you know that destiny is on my side in this battle? You are defying the heavens!"

He pointed to the Heavenly Gate, which was covered in dense clouds and gradually showed signs of opening wide.

Zhang Fuyao remained unmoved. "Just a mere immortal. If he insists on meddling in human affairs, then kill him!"

Yuan Qingshan's body surged with internal energy. "What arrogance!"

After speaking, he chanted an incantation, and suddenly a black afterimage drifted in from the horizon. In the blink of an eye, a man in black robes stood beside Yuan Qingshan.

The man was handsome, but his expression was cold and lifeless. "The Grand Preceptor's clone technique can not only make him split into three parts, but also summon my remnant soul."

Yuan Qingshan didn't even look at him directly and said, "Liu Songtao, I shouldn't have saved you, you fiend, but if you use your Impure World Reincarnation technique, I will release you after the battle!"

The owner of this remnant soul is named Liu Songtao, the ninth leader of Zhulu Mountain. He was summoned not because Yuan Qingshan was particularly powerful, but because Liu Songtao was already capable of separating his soul from his body.

Liu Songtao was not only proficient in swordsmanship but also knowledgeable in many extraordinary arts. He was a notorious demon king of the Northern Wilderness a hundred years ago. Later, he was suppressed by the Heavenly Master of Longhu Mountain with heavenly lightning. If Yuan Qingshan, who was also a saint of the Taoist sect, were willing, he could have released him.

Liu Songtao's remnant soul let out a metallic laugh, "Hehehe... Very well!"

After he finished speaking, countless dark and cold wisps of air suddenly emerged from his remnant soul. These wisps of air flew into the battle line like countless threads, and the Northern Barbarian soldiers who had just fallen stood up again.

"Resurrected warriors, let the battle continue!"