Chapter 1567: Revealing the Truth

When the group returned to Godriver City, Li Tianji personally ordered everyone to prepare for a massive attack, causing a huge sensation. After all, the previous attempt was just a month ago and the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Li had not managed to produce a favorable result despite their efforts. They had been unable to destroy even a single Stygian Rain Core Platform and yet had suffered massive casualties and a veteran Pinnacle Duke was heavily injured. As a result, the overall morale had been in the dumps.

If they were unable to destroy the Stygian Rain Core Platform, the Stygian Rain would continue to fall and the Others would emerge endlessly like a tide. It would be as though they were trapped in a meat grinder, taking endless injuries with nothing to show for it.

The previous attack had also shown that the Other Tide had erupted with much greater ferocity than before. Thus, the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Li would definitely find it difficult to resolve the situation.

That was why many felt that attempting to launch yet another attack was a hasty decision that would lead to even more deaths and injuries.

However, since this was a command from Li Tianji, every single soldier under the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Li had to follow it, no matter how unwilling they were. The hired Dukes were similarly filled with objections and negativity.

This was especially the case for the Pinnacle Dukes who had been hired with large amounts of skygold. Two of them were particularly resistant to the call. Although the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Li had offered them humongous rewards, their lives were more important. They were frightened by the fate of the veteran Pinnacle Duke who had almost died. It was simply too dangerous.

They even had thoughts of leaving the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Li and to join the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Qin instead. They knew that they possessed a method to deal with the Stygian Rain, and it would be easier to earn rewards there.

Even so, regardless of what the common soldiers thought about this, the orders from the Lineage Chiefs had been passed down and the massive army of the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Li began to take action.

It was at this point that an important piece of news came.

The Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Qin and the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Zhao had entered an alliance to deal with the Other Tide jointly, pushing the Others back to the World's End River Region.

Additionally, the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Qin issued a recruitment order, inviting strong Dukes and even Pinnacle Dukes from across the Heavenly Origin Divine Continent to join in, offering lavish conditions.

When news of this spread, it immediately caused a wave of surprise across the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Li's frontlines. Many of the Dukes harbored thoughts of switching sides with these tempting offers. Judging from the current situation, the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Li's attack would probably stall once again and things might enter a stalemate. Meanwhile, the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Qin had the means to deal with the Stygian Rain. With the addition of their new allies, their attack would undoubtedly be imposing and unstoppable. Some thought that the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Li might still be stuck on the frontline near Godriver City by the time the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Qin pushed the Other Tide back to the World's End River Region, colonizing large swathes of land and resources in the process.

No matter how they looked at it, being on the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Qin's side seemed to lead to a brighter future.

Thus, even before the attack began, the hearts of the Dukes were already wavering.

That said, Li Tianji and the rest of the elders did not bother with the unrest of their troops just yet. Nothing they could say would sway them right now. If they truly wanted to capture their hearts, they would have to quickly create their own Evil Cleansing Formation. Only with a means to resist the Stygian Rain would their second attack produce results.

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Godriver City, in the City Lord's manor in the back mountains.

Tantai Lan, Li Tianji, and Li Qingying were seated on top of the mountain, discussing what to do. Li Qingying was explaining the crux of how the Evil Cleansing Spring Rain Formation worked to Tantai Lan and Li Luo.

"The core of Qin Yi's Evil Cleansing Spring Rain Formation lies in her water and rain resonances. With the support of numerous Pinnacle Dukes, its effective range can be widened, forming spring rain that dilutes the Stygian Rain and weakens its eroding effects. At the same time, its natural restorative properties can bolster the power of the soldiers on the ground. No one else can wield such a formation as they lack either a water or rain resonance. As for the ones that have one, they are of lower grade than Qin Yi's. After she received the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Qin's Vast Ocean Sacred Seed, her water resonance reached the upper ninth-grade and her rain resonance reached the middle ninth-grade. The grade of her resonances is what allows her to purify the Stygian Rain. This means that constructing a Evil Cleansing Formation requires one to have a high-grade resonance as its core. Qing'e, although you don't have an upper ninth-grade light resonance, you have three middle ninth-grade light resonances-"

"Lineage Chief Qingying, you've made a mistake," Li Luo suddenly interrupted with a smile. "One of Sister Qing'e's Light resonances has evolved into the upper ninth-grade."

When Li Luo said that, a crack appeared on Jiang Qing'e's forehead and the Crystal Core resembling a vertical divine eye was revealed. All of the light energy in the world seemed to cry in joy at that instant. Li Tianji and Li Qingying's gazes were filled with deep surprise. Jiang Qing'e only had three middle ninth-grade light resonances when she left, so how had one evolved to the upper ninth-grade in the span of just two years? Was it truly so easy to obtain an upper ninth-grade resonance? The two were Kings, but even the Dual Crowned King Li Tianji had yet to evolve any resonances to the upper ninth-grade, so he had a deep understanding of how difficult the task was. Even if one was a Transcendent genius, it was an extremely trying task to evolve one's resonance to the upper ninth-grade before the King Stage. That is, unless one had the aid of a Sacred Seed. Wasn't her talent a little too overbearing?

On the other hand, Tantai Lan was smirking as she proudly declared, "There's nothing strange about this. Even a Sacred Seed would have to lower their head before my Little Jiang'e."

Li Tianji and Li Qingying felt like she was exaggerating. Sacred Seeds were the foundations of all Heavenly Emperor powers, and such a heaven-defying object could only be created by a Heavenly Emperor! Even so, the bearers of these objects had to bow before her?

How could that be possible?

Li Tianji shook his head, but then he suddenly realized something. His eyes shrunk as he looked at Jiang Qing'e, full of disbelief. He then asked almost doubtfully, "Could it... could it be that she is the legendary Genesis Seed?"

Li Qingying's expression changed. What could possibly force a Sacred Seed into submission other than a Genesis Seed? After all, the goal of a Sacred Seed was to evolve into a Genesis Seed!

However, Genesis Seeds were rarely seen and were seedlings capable of shocking an entire generation, having the potential to become Heavenly Emperors in the future. Was Jiang Qing'e actually a Genesis Seed? The two Lineage Chiefs turned towards each other, seeing the joy and tremendous shock in each other's eyes. They understood what this represented. It meant that the Bloodline of Heavenly Emperor Li was likely to produce yet another Heavenly Emperor.

Tantai Lan was relishing in their dumbfounded expressions with a look of satisfaction. Did they finally understand just how extraordinary her Little Jiang'e was? She then patted Li Luo's shoulder. "Do you also want to know how great Little Luo is?"

It was clear that Tantai Lan no longer planned to conceal this information. Now that the two had matured, she no longer had to worry that others would covet their powers.

Li Tianji and Li Qingying looked at each other suspiciously. Just what was Tantai Lan going to reveal next? Could it be that Li Luo was also a special seedling? They couldn't see it at all. Was he a Blessed Seed? After all, someone capable of making the Genesis Seed his wife was certain to be incredibly blessed...