Chapter 848: Book of All Laws

Such a miraculous scene compelled every demon and human in Kali City who witnessed it to worship the heavens, with many even kneeling or prostrating themselves on the ground.

The last time such a grand spectacle occurred in Kali City was generations before, when the Peacock Demon Emperor ascended. Without a doubt, the celestial phenomenon brought by the Celestial Plume was an absolute sign of auspicious fortune for Kali City!

The Ancestral Court’s envoys waiting in the city lord's mansion naturally sensed everything that was happening outside. They quickly left their rooms, and when they looked up at the strange scene in the sky, they couldn’t help but be deeply shocked.

A phenomenon that could encompass an entire main city—this was something only an Emperor could achieve! Could it be that the young Mei Gongzi, the Lord of Kali City, had ascended to become an Emperor? But she had only recently become a Great Demon King! How could she possibly break through to the twelfth order in such a short time?

One after another, silver figures swiftly flew into the sky, surrounding the city lord's mansion in protection.

Grand Elder Luo Qingzhu's voice echoed throughout the city. "The city lord is looking into the secrets of heaven. No one is allowed near the city lord's mansion; offenders will be executed without mercy!"

Numerous powerful members of the Peacock Demon clan activated their bloodline power, forming a silver barrier that surrounded the entire mansion.

The phenomenon in the sky lasted for a full ten minutes before the hazy images flew back toward the city lord's mansion like swallows returning to their nests, transforming into silver streaks of light that swiftly merged into the mansion and disappeared without a trace.

Though the phenomenon had vanished, the silver radiance lingered in the sky for a long time, and the concentration of space energy throughout Kali City seemed to increase by at least twenty percent.

The two Great Demon Kings from the Ancestral Court couldn’t help but exchange glances. If this was the display of a divine artifact, then this divine artifact had to be absolutely incredible.

They had been truly irked by the city lord; Mei Gongzi had used her closed-door cultivation as an excuse to avoid meeting them, and they had always assumed it was a mere pretext, so they had been pressing the interim city lord relentlessly. But now they realized that she had truly been in seclusion, and the results of her cultivation seemed extremely formidable.

If she continues breaking through at this rate, wouldn’t she become an Emperor in no time? Offending this kind of person is not something we can afford...

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The book in front of Tang San was now about fifteen centimeters thick. It was resting across his knees as he sat down with his legs crossed, and he could feel that it was much heavier than before.

Meanwhile, the Celestial Plume was nowhere to be seen.

But the cover of the book looked somewhat different. There was now a silver feather embossed into it, emitting a faint silver radiance. The book's aura had also significantly increased—the reason being that the merger was complete and the two divine artifacts were now one.

The golden patterns on the ground gradually dimmed. Tang San gave Mei Gongzi a satisfied smile and said, "This book is even more fascinating than I imagined; its compatibility with all kinds of energy is extremely high, even higher than I thought. Despite absorbing so much of my divine energy, it still isn’t enough. I'll need to continue nurturing it. The Celestial Plume is now part of it, and in the future, this book will partially possess the abilities of the Celestial Plume. It will take some time to finish refining it, but it will be an incredible asset for humanity in the future."

Tang San was very pleased with the fusion; the result was even better than he had anticipated. Naturally, this good fortune brightened his mood considerably. Moreover, the impact it had on the Ancestral Court envoys was more than sufficient. Even an Emperor wouldn't have made such a spectacle. After all, even an Emperor couldn’t fuse two divine artifacts the way Tang San had; the divine energy of a true god was required for this.

The advantages of being a god were becoming more and more apparent as his divine consciousness continued to improve.

Mei Gongzi came to his side, curiously eyeing the thick book.

"So what new abilities does it have now?"

Tang San smiled and said, "Prophecy. I weakened the Celestial Plume's original ability to peer directly into the future and transformed it into the power of prophecy. The prophecies it makes will carry a certain degree of uncertainty, and they will be more vague, but the chances of backlash will be much lower and the backlash itself won’t be as severe. There will still be some side effects, but at least it won't be as terrifying as directly burning the user’s life essence."

"So has this book become a Book of Prophecies?"

Tang San shook his head. "No, prophecy will only be part of its abilities. I plan to add other powers to it, so I prefer to call it the Book of All Laws."

Mei Gongzi’s eyes gleamed brightly. "The Book of All Laws, huh...."

Tang San nodded with a smile. "It will have a significant impact on humanity’s future. Just wait and see. As long as I have enough time, I’ll definitely succeed."

As the phenomenon gradually faded, the sky returned to normal. The Peacock Demons hovering above the city lord's mansion descended and disappeared back into the mansion.

Without a doubt, after the recent events, the various clans within Kali City would feel far greater reverence for the Peacock Demon clan and the city lord. This auspicious phenomenon covering the entire city seemed to be a sign that the prosperity of the Peacock Demon clan was about to increase once more!

The envoys from the Ancestral Court were both shaken and confused; they genuinely didn’t know what exactly had happened, though they had their theories. They had deeply imprinted these events in their minds, knowing they were to report everything in painstaking detail to the Ancestral Court.

An hour after the phenomenon passed, the two Ancestral Court envoys were summoned by Luo Qingzhu.

"Grand Elder, what just happened? Why did such a massive phenomenon occur?" asked the Behemoth Great Demon King in a deep voice.

Luo Qingzhu calmly replied, "The clan leader has fully merged with our clan's ancestral divine artifact, the Celestial Plume, causing the artifact to evolve and in turn push the clan leader's cultivation higher. After completing the fusion, the clan leader sent me a message, asking you to convey to the Ancestral Court that Kali City will firmly carry out the orders it has been given.

“However, the clan leader has just broken through and needs time to stabilize her cultivation. She estimates that this will take about six months. In the meantime, the Ancestral Court can deliver the message so that all interested parties can make preparations. Our clan leader will only marry the strongest individual of the same level in this era. Six months from now, on the eastern shores, there will be a tournament to determine her husband. The final winner will become the husband of the Peacock Demon clan’s leader."

She wasn’t asking for an extension, but merely

telling

them that there would be an extension. Normally, this would have been unacceptable, but the two envoys, both powerful Great Demon Kings in their own right, understood how critical such moments of enlightenment were for someone at their level. Therefore, they didn’t question it and immediately chose to return to the Ancestral Court to report.

A combat tournament where the prize was the hand of a major city’s lord would certainly require ample preparation, and news about it would undoubtedly spread across the entire Daemon Continent. By then, who knows how many powerful individuals would consider themselves worthy and come to compete? For the Ancestral Court, this was undoubtedly a major event.

"They’re gone. It worked," Mei Gongzi informed Tang San as soon as she received the news.

By now, the Book of All Laws in front of Tang San had stabilized. All he needed to do now was keep nurturing it with divine energy and imbue it with new abilities as needed.

Tang San smiled and said, "In these six months, we need to improve quite a lot. Luckily, I’ve found an opportunity overseas. When I return, I should be able to establish a preliminary cultivation system for humanity, as well as a way to trigger the awakening of innate abilities. Meanwhile, your task is to keep cultivating. I'll help you enhance the power of the Immortal Flame Phoenix bloodline, but you should focus your efforts on the other two as well. When you ascend in the future, we’ll give them a big surprise. Six months is not a terribly long time, but in that time, I’ll help you reach the peak of the eleventh order. By then, no matter who the opponent is, we won’t need to fear them."