The Heavenly Crossing Stronghold has been known as the number one power in the world since ancient times. It was built in the middle of the Heavenly Mountain Range. It was about three hundred li long and sixty li wide. It was grand and magnificent, with a dangerous terrain.

The Tian Zhan Mountain Range was like its name, just like the Tian Zhan Mountain Range, difficult for ordinary people to cross. Even a Xiantian expert would be on the verge of death, unless a Void Realm expert flew through the air.

This mountain range stretched between the Central and Eastern Regions and was a natural barrier, and the Heavenly Crossing Stronghold was one of the few safe passageways.

In the evening, when the sun was setting, Li Qing brought the afterglow of the setting sun to this grand entrance.

“Hengtian Stronghold has arrived.”

“After passing through this stronghold, will you be able to reach the Central Region?” Xiao Bai asked.

“That’s right! It’s getting late today. We’ll stay in the stronghold for the night.”

As a safe passage between the two great domains, Xiong Guan normally did not prohibit ordinary people from passing through, but only charged a toll of one spirit stone.

It had been tens of thousands of years since there had been a large-scale war between the Eastern Region and the Central Region, so naturally, they would not be forbidden from interacting with each other.

This Heavenly Crossing Stronghold was first built in the Middle Ages. In order to unify the world, the Three Emperors opened up this path for the army to conquer all sides.

After so many tens of thousands of years of baptism of war, the Heavenly Crossing Stronghold had been destroyed many times, but it would soon be rebuilt, and it would stand tall in the Heavenly Flame Mountain Range.

With such an important strategic location, many dynasties in the Central Region would naturally not give up easily.

After paying two spirit stones, Li Qing brought Xiao Bai into this grand entrance. The setting sun had disappeared, and the wilderness behind him had completely sunk into endless darkness.

The Hengtian Stronghold was used as the boundary. Outside the stronghold was the territory of the Eastern Region, and within the stronghold was the Central Region.

The local customs here were obviously influenced by the Central Region, which was very different from the Eastern Region. However, all the guests gathered here, mixed with fish and dragons, Li Qing and Xiao Bai walking in the middle was not eye-catching at all.

The two of them walked into a restaurant and saw that there was actually someone upstairs telling stories about heroes and heroes in the world. Occasionally, they would sing a verse or two, causing everyone to applaud and applaud.

“The Central Region is indeed different. The cultural atmosphere is very dense and has a unique historical background.” Li Qing was quite interested.

In other regions, martial arts were the norm, and they didn’t pay much attention to culture. However, the Central Region was different. It had created a splendid civilization. Not only did it attach importance to martial arts, but it also did not lag behind in terms of culture.

The most famous was the various schools of thought in the Central Region. Each of them was an ancient sage-level figure who created hundreds of cultural veins and had incomparably far-reaching influence.

“Big brother, why is the Central Region so small?” Xiao Bai looked at the map of the Central Region and was puzzled.

“What do you mean?”

“Look, there are only nine states up there. Isn’t that too few?”

Li Qing couldn’t help but laugh, “Although there are only nine states, each state has a large area. The total area of the nine states is even larger than the Eastern Region.”

“Doesn’t that mean that every state in the Central Region is ten times larger than that in the Eastern Region?”

“That’s pretty much it.”

“Why is the Central Region so large and only divided into nine states? I feel that the size of the Eastern Region is just right. If it’s too large, I’m afraid it won’t be easy to manage, right?”

“The Nine Continents of the Central Region is a division method that has been used since ancient times. Back then, the Xia Emperor ruled the world and divided the nine continents, using the nine cauldrons to suppress the fate of the country. The inheritance has already formed a tradition. The area is a bit large, but it does not hinder anything.”

While they were chatting, the story told by the storyteller upstairs attracted Li Qing’s attention.

“Next, I want to tell you a story about the legendary emperor of the Central Region, Emperor Zhou Hong Wu!”

“Zhou Emperor Hong Wu?” Li Qing listened. He had long heard of this person’s name. The most important thing was that Emperor Hong Wu cultivated the Emperor Extreme Heaven Opening Palm, which was the same origin as the Emperor Extreme Heaven Opening Palm he cultivated. That was why he was especially concerned about this person’s deeds.

The storyteller said, “Everyone knows that the Great Zhou Dynasty is the overlord of the Central Region. However, they do not know that a thousand years ago, this dynasty was just a remote place, occupying an extremely small territory.”

“Ever since Emperor Hong Wu appeared, he has led the Great Zhou Dynasty step by step to become the most powerful overlord force in the Central Region!”

“Sure enough, it’s amazing!” Li Qing couldn’t help but praise.

The Great Zhou Dynasty’s current sphere of influence was enormous, ruling over almost half of the four continents of the Central Region.

This was no more sparsely populated territory than the Divine Life Religion in the Northern Region. Rather, it occupied such a large territory in the prosperous Middle Region. One could imagine how powerful its power was.

The storyteller continued, “It is rumored that Emperor Hong Wu of Zhou obtained a portion of the inheritance of the Extreme Emperor. His skill is the Extreme Emperor’s peerless fist, and he has even obtained the war chariot that the Extreme Emperor used to patrol the world. After being modified by Emperor Hong Wu, it is called the Heavenly Emperor’s war chariot and is pulled by nine flood dragons with incomparable might.”

“Emperor Hong Wu rode the Heavenly Emperor Chariot and led his army to fight in all directions. He launched three country-destroying wars and annihilated the three dynasties, occupying the lands of the four continents. No one could match him in this world.”

The storyteller told the story of Emperor Hong Wu in an impassioned tone, causing everyone’s blood to boil with excitement. He wished he could shout, “A man should be like this!”

Even Li Qing could not help but feel a slight ripple in his heart when he heard these words. He was filled with admiration for this legendary emperor.

“The story of Emperor Hong Wu has been told. Who else would you like to hear?”

“I heard that the most famous person in the Great Chu Kingdom is the War God Lin Changfeng. Can you tell me about this person’s deeds?” Someone said.

This Heavenly Crossing Stronghold was the territory of the Great Chu Kingdom.

“Lin Changfeng? This …” The storyteller was a little embarrassed.

“Could it be that Lin Changfeng’s deeds can’t be said?”

‘”Everyone has probably just arrived from the Eastern Region. They don’t know much about the Great Chu Kingdom. This Lin Changfeng was sentenced to death by His Majesty for collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country. He was torn apart by five horses a few months ago. I’m also afraid that if someone caught talking nonsense, it would be a big crime to kill him.”

“What? How did this happen?”

“A few years ago, when I came to Hengtian Stronghold, I heard that Lin Changfeng was still the War God of Dachu, the pillar of the Chu Kingdom. Why did such a tremendous change take place in such a short period of time?”

Everyone was discussing.

“Sigh, I’m not too sure about the inside story of this matter. Speaking of which, I don’t believe that War God Lin Feng would collaborate with the enemy and betray the country. This must have been framed by someone.”

‘”Rumor has it that War God Lin Feng specializes in physical strength. He can move mountains and seas, pick stars and catch moons. He is simply a super expert that can pierce through the heavens and earth. What method did His Majesty use to capture War God Lin Feng and execute him?” Everyone was puzzled.

The storyteller said, “War God Lin Feng is loyal and devoted. He didn’t resist at all and directly surrendered. Otherwise, with his strength, it would be as easy as turning his palm to escape. Who can resist?”

“That’s why!”

The storyteller said, “General Lin Changfeng originally wanted to use this method to influence His Majesty, but who would have thought that His Majesty would insist on killing him? This is truly a waste of his painstaking efforts.”

“Rumor has it that General Lin is brave and invincible. His physical body has reached an extremely high level. Ordinary people can’t hurt him at all.”

The storyteller nodded, “You’re right. General Lin’s body is immortal, his saber won’t cut into it, his fire won’t burn, and he won’t die. Unfortunately, afterwards…”

“What happened afterwards?” Everyone hurriedly asked.

‘”Later, Majesty borrowed the Tai Yi Divine Sword and cut off General Lin’s head. Ever since his death, Majesty had nightmares every day. He thought that this was General Lin’s grievance, so he divided his corpse into six parts and suppressed it in all directions, making it impossible for him to reunite forever.”

“To think that His Majesty would be willing to kill such a loyal person and even destroy his corpse? Isn’t this a bit too heartless?”

The storyteller said, “I heard that General Lin has another grandson who is currently being sought by the Chu Kingdom. According to reliable information, this descendant of the Lin Family may have already arrived at the Hengtian Stronghold. If he wants to escape from the Central Region, he will go to the Central Region to seek refuge!”

Everyone was filled with righteous indignation, “If we encounter this descendant of the Lin Family, we must save him and flee from the territory of the State of Chu!”

…

Li Qing could hear the deeds of the War God of Chu from the side and felt that it was somewhat inconceivable.

A terrifying expert who was capable of moving mountains and seas would actually be so loyal? To die without knowing how to resist and obediently accept death, this was simply foolish loyalty!

According to these people’s descriptions, this War God Lin specializes in physical strength. His strength should be comparable to that of a Void Realm expert. Otherwise, he would never have such a prestigious reputation.

What kind of existence was a Void Realm expert? That was simply a high and mighty immortal!

Such an immortal-like strength cultivator would actually obediently die. No matter how it sounded, it felt like a fantasy.

“The Emperor of Da Chu is truly too stupid. He actually destroyed the Great Wall and killed all the pillars of the country.” Li Qing muttered to himself.

Logically speaking, in today’s world, martial artists were the most respected, and those who could become the rulers of a country could not be too weak in cultivation. Although this Great Chu Emperor was not a very powerful figure, he had also reached the eighth level of the Xiantian realm.

After a Xiantian expert underwent the baptism of heaven and earth, he would be much stronger than an ordinary person in terms of essence, energy, and spirit. The possibility of a unconscious monarch appearing was very low.

However, this Great Chu Emperor was a unconscious monarch, and he was also unconscious to the point where he was appalling.

The Great Chu Country sounded very powerful, but in reality, its area was very small. To what extent was it small?

To the west of the Hengtian Stronghold was one of the nine continents of the Central Region, the Azure Continent. The area of the Great Chu Country only occupied one-third of the Qing Province!