Chapter 1064: The Golden Dragon's Great Feat

Fists clashed in heavy strikes as the battle between Xiao Nanfeng and the Superior grew increasingly fierce. Meanwhile, the fortune surrounding Xiao Nanfeng's body drained faster than ever.

Xiao Nanfeng's face turned dark as he considered his remaining reserves of fortune.

With a loud boom, he forced the Superior back and swiftly reined in his aura. As expected, the rate at which his fortune depleted slowed significantly.

He suddenly looked up at the Superior. "Have you been pressing me all this time just to accelerate the consumption of my fortune?"

The Superior sneered. "I expected you'd discover this sooner or later, but so what? Once I drain all your fortune, you'll die!"

She charged forward with a blistering punch, one that Xiao Nanfeng swiftly countered.

Xiao Nanfeng narrowed his eyes. "You're eager to exhaust my fortune, aren't you? Doesn't that mean that fortune will allow me to hold out until this cage of time vanishes?"

The Superior gritted her teeth in frustration. She knew that Xiao Nanfeng was an annoying opponent, but hadn't expected him to guess the truth so quickly.

"Hmph! Enough nonsense—die!" the Superior roared.

The two cultivators resumed their fierce battle. Although Xiao Nanfeng had the upper hand, the Superior's golden tree has a number of extraordinary abilities. For the moment, he wasn't able to take her down completely. All he could do was to keep knocking her back again and again.

The battle raged on for three days. Xiao Nanfeng's beard grew even longer, while his fortune dwindled to a tenth of his original reserves. On the other hand, the Superior's golden tree had also been drained to a significant extent, and fine crow's feet had begun to appear by the corners of her eyes.

"Haha, you're about to reach your limit, aren't you?" The Superior laughed triumphantly.

𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

Though she had been taking a beating the whole time, the fact that victory was within her grasp filled her with exhilaration.

Xiao Nanfeng's heart grew heavy. Over the past three days, he had been searching for a way to break free from the cage of time, but to no avail. The prison was completely inescapable. If this dragged on any longer, he would be at a severe disadvantage.

He scowled to himself. He had too little fortune left—if only he were back in Yongding!

He attempted to connect to the sea of fortune in Yongding, but was utterly cut off from the universe at large while within this cage of time.

Neither could he connect with his giant nine-colored tree. If this situation were to continue, he would surely be in real trouble.

Suddenly, a thought struck him. His eyes lit up as he retrieved his Dazheng Code of Laws.

The Superior laughed at him. "Do you intend to seal me with that treasure of yours? Try it, then! Just don't forget that it requires a massive amount of fortune to activate. Do you even have enough left?"

Xiao Nanfeng ignored her as he began to slash at the treasure with his palm.

"What are you doing?!" the Superior exclaimed.

Xiao Nanfeng continued to tear at the scroll as cracks spread across its surface. Then, with a final powerful rip, he tore it in half.

"Why would you destroy that scroll?" the Superior wondered.

Xiao Nanfeng still seemed dissatisfied. He continued to rip up the fragments of the Dazheng Code of Laws, even as the temporal forces all around him seized those fragments and caused it to decay away.

The Superior narrowed her eyes. "Are you trying to connect with your sea of fortune?"

Meanwhile, high above Yongding, the vast sea of fortune trembled violently before surging into a frenzy. Xiao Nanfeng's eidolon quivered as it abruptly transformed back into a golden dragon whose claws had nine digits. It let out a pained roar.

The abrupt commotion shocked countless officials and citizens, whose gazes were drawn skyward.

"What's happening to the sea of fortune?!" someone shouted.

Over the last few days, the six Heavenly Empresses had largely recovered from their injuries. They too were taken aback.

Madam Rouge commanded, "Officials, determine what's going on!"

The officials quickly dispatched their subordinates around the world, but could find no news that would explain such a commotion.

Madam Rouge's heart thumped wildly. "The disturbance to Yongding's sea of fortune makes it clear that something unusual is going on. If nothing's wrong with Dazheng, then something must have happened to Nanfeng."

Xia Yu'er began to panic. "What's wrong with Nanfeng? Can you tell?"

The women all looked toward Madam Rouge, who was the most familiar with fortune among them all.

She inspected the skies for some time before replying, "The golden dragon of fortune appears to have been stimulated, but it remains intact. Nanfeng is safe for the moment, but the sea of fortune is growing wild. It's no longer being bound by the same laws as before."

"What does that mean?" Xia Yu'er asked anxiously.

Madam Rouge frowned. "The shape of the sea of fortune is governed by a kingdom's code of laws. The loss of structure must indicate that something has happened to the Dazheng Code of Laws. It may even have been destroyed completely."

Everyone was stunned.

Madam Rouge elaborated, "An emperor's truesoul is connected to the empire's golden dragon of fortune. The imperial seal anchors the sea of fortune. The code of laws governs its structure. Dragon, seal, and code are all linked to the sea of fortune, no matter where they are."

Xia Yu'er's worry deepened. "Nanfeng rarely uses the Dazheng Code of Laws in battle. What could have happened?"

Madam Rouge thought about the situation for a moment. "He may have... destroyed it on purpose."

"Really?" Everyone seemed surprised.

Madam Rouge nodded. "He may be trying to send a message to us."

The women glanced at each other and exchanged hesitant nods.

Xia Yu'er asked, "What's the message? Does anyone have any idea?"

Everyone pondered the situation for some time before Madam Rouge suddenly raised her voice to the heavens. "I, Heavenly Empress of Dazheng, surrender all my fortune to His Majesty. Deliver my fortune to the Heavenly Emperor!"

With a resounding roar, the golden dragon of fortune corresponding to Madam Rouge suddenly began to undulate. A large quantity of fortune surged toward Xiao Nanfeng's golden dragon, the one with nine-digit claws.

Without Xiao Nanfeng's direct command, the dragon wouldn't keep the fortune for itself. Instead, it transmitted the fortune to Xiao Nanfeng's truesoul via its deep connection to it.

The golden dragon roared, seeking out a faint glimmer in the void and sending what fortune it had amassed pulsing toward the depths of space. The fortune quickly vanished from sight.

By then, within the cage of time, the Superior had guessed Xiao Nanfeng's plan. She chuckled coldly. "You're trying to send word to the cultivators of Dazheng, aren't you? Do you really think their fortune will reach you?"

Xiao Nanfeng hadn't expected to be able to hide his actions from the Superior. In fact, he was happy to converse with her: the more they talked, the more valuable information he could extract.

"You're right. I'm counting on my wife and my officials to understand my hint. The cage of time is indeed formidable and prevents me from escaping. But just because I can't leave doesn't mean things can't be sent in. If I can't access Dazheng's fortune, I'll have them send it to me."

The Superior sneered. "A clever idea, but fortune can rarely extend beyond a kingdom's borders, let alone leave a planet. You're in a black hole, impossibly far away. Your fortune won't reach you. Give up!"

Just then, with a hum, a parcel of fortune appeared out of nowhere and was infused into Xiao Nanfeng's body.

"It succeeded!" Xiao Nanfeng's eyes lit up.

The Superior's eyes opened wide. "Impossible. How can this be?!"

"It looks like you don't know everything, after all." Xiao Nanfeng smiled.

"We're far from Dazheng's borders, countless eons away from your planet. How can your golden dragon of fortune—" The Superior growled. "Your golden dragon of fortune had claws with nine digits, not the usual five! Something's wrong with it. It can sense and transmit fortune throughout the universe? Impossible!"

She suddenly recalled that the primordial altar had sacrificed an immense quantity of fortune to evolve Xiao Nanfeng's original golden dragon of fortune into a being of legend. Was this what the primordial altar had intended all along?

As the fortune entered his body, Xiao Nanfeng found himself breathing far more easily. He fought far more comfortably and vigorously than before.

Meanwhile, back in Yongding, Madam Rouge watched her fortune disappear thoughtfully. Though she didn't know if it would end up beneficial to Xiao Nanfeng, it would hardly be harmful.

Then, she announced, "I don't know whether this will be effective, but follow my lead."

Everyone nodded.

The other women likewise transferred their own fortune to Xiao Nanfeng via his golden dragon.

Shortly thereafter, the officials of Dazheng received the news as well. They did the same.

Madam Rouge continued, "We may be able to do more."

Everyone glanced at Madam Rouge, who took a deep breath. "Let us mobilize the citizens of the world to pray toward the sea of fortune and transfer all of Dazheng's fortune to Nanfeng."

"All of it?" everyone exclaimed in shock.

Madam Rouge nodded. "The fortune of an empire is distributed by its emperor and amassed by its people. If the emperor designates a regent and over half the citizens agree with the regent, the regent can distribute the empire's fortune as well."

Everyone's eyes lit up. It was clear that giving Xiao Nanfeng access to all of Dazheng's fortune could only serve to benefit him, and everyone was willing to do so. They nodded fervently.

The six women and all the officials of court quickly mobilized to carry out Madam Rouge's suggestion, sending roiling waves of fortune straight toward Xiao Nanfeng.

In just two days, even more fortune shot toward the black hole in which Xiao Nanfeng was located.

Within the cage of time, Xiao Nanfeng glanced at his growing stockpile of fortune in surprise. He now had so much that he could afford to be extravagant.

The Superior gaped in dismay. "This can't be!"

She turned and tried to flee—but Xiao Nanfeng would hardly allow her to do so.

"While I'm around, I won't let you flee. Didn't you want to make this a battle of attrition? Let's see whose reserves run out first, then!" Xiao Nanfeng laughed.

He quickly blocked the Superior's way and sent her flying with a punch. The Superior tried to flee once more, but he flashed toward her and stopped her again.

"Scram!" the Superior shouted.

Fear filled her more intensely than ever before. Xiao Nanfeng was receiving a steady supply of fortune. At this rate, she would drain all the reserves from her golden tree first. She would die to the ravages of time!