The Path of the Martial Arts BOSS

The warm sunlight streamed into the room, bringing with it the warmth of early spring. However, the gloomy atmosphere inside the room dispelled any warmth entirely, leaving only heaviness and oppression.

The face of the Divine Captors was pale, dressed in a thin garment, covered with a thick quilt, and weakly leaning against the bed.

It is hard to imagine that even a Divinity Realm warrior would one day fear the cold. An Innate Realm expert can withstand heat and cold, and a Divinity Realm expert can sleep on Xuanbing without harm.

The fact that the Divine Captors is in such a state shows that he is on the brink of exhaustion.

"Alas..." The elder diagnosing the Divine Captors' pulse gently withdrew his hand, shook his head with a sigh, "This time, the Divine Captors has sustained injuries to the root, compounded by external evils invading, with a particularly malignant energy infesting his body. His condition is not optimistic. Recovery will take at least several years."

"Even with the help of heavenly materials and earth treasures, is it still impossible?"

Ning Wuming stepped forward and asked, "With the power of our Daqian, there is no heavenly material or earth treasure in the world that we cannot obtain. As long as Doctor Wei mentions it, I will acquire it at any cost. The current Daqian cannot do without the Divine Captors."

The old chaos has just subsided, and new chaos is upon us. In the Western Regions, the Peacock Remnant and the Cangsheng Sect are frequently mobilizing. Duke Shenwu Luo Feng had just sent the Divine Captors back and immediately returned to the Western Regions to oversee it.

The Daqian Seven Provinces also need the Six Gates to maintain stability. At this time, the news of the Divine Captors' severe injury and years-long recovery is a huge blow to morale.

"Recuperation for several years already includes the factor of heavenly materials and earth treasures," said Doctor Wei. "There are many medicines that can help the Divine Captors, but in his current state, he cannot sort and absorb the medicines. Although I consider my medical skill to be exceptional, when it comes to Martial Arts, I have not reached the True Pill stage. Using such power to sort and nurture the Divine Captors is truly a challenge for me. Unless..."

"Unless what?" Qin Xihai hurriedly asked from the side.

"In the medical field, there is an acupuncture treasure known as 'Spirit Core Nine Ruins.' This item can be considered the World's Number One needle, capable of solving countless difficult and complicated diseases. If I had the help of this item, I am sure it could help the Divine Captors recover early.

This item was originally a treasured possession of the Hundred Herbs Pavilion, but it mysteriously disappeared several years ago, and even those in the Hundred Herbs Pavilion do not know its whereabouts. Truly a great loss to medicine." Doctor Wei sighed heavily at this point.

"Having a target is good," Ning Wuming confidently said, "The intelligence of the Six Gates spans the world. What ordinary people consider difficult is not necessarily so for us. Leave finding the Spirit Core Nine Ruins to me."

"Cough cough..." The Divine Captors on the bed coughed a few times and interjected, "Wuming, the urgent matter is to stabilize the situation. What you need to do now is not to look for the Spirit Core Nine Ruins, but to take over my position and give the Six Gates a new backbone."

He knew his own condition best. The Divine Captors understood that, although injuries for Divinity Realm typically heal quickly, when heavily injured, the recovery time is much longer than those below Divinity Realm.

Near-death injuries—Doctor Wei's estimate of several years is already optimistic. If one were pessimistic, even ten years of recuperation is not out of the question.

"Divine Captors..." Ning Wuming began to object upon hearing this.

"Ah," interrupted the Divine Captors, shaking his hand, "All these years, you have managed the internal affairs of the Six Gates very well and have yourself advanced to Divine Communication. I am very assured to have you succeed me."

The firm gaze left Ning Wuming unable to refute. Logical thinking also told him that this was the best choice.

"I understand, Divine Captors," Ning Wuming lowered his head.

"No, from today on, you are the Divine Captors."

The Divine Captors firmly grasped Ning Wuming's hand, entrusting his duty upon him.

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After concluding a Nine Heavens meeting, Qing Yu's One Soul returned to reality, continuing to sort out the Primordial Energy and calm the natural disasters.

The previous battle with Xuanfa involved repeatedly using several Heaven and Earth Shaking moves, greatly impacting the Zhenwu Sect. If he hadn't obtained the Ten Directions Destruction afterward, Qing Yu would have considered transferring the chaotic Primordial Energy to another place.

This time's Nine Heavens gathering—nothing much to discuss—was just to talk about the changes after intercepting and killing the Divine Captors and Luo Feng. And...

The chaos in the Western Regions.

Elder Shiming had already revealed his plan. The chaos in the Western Regions was launched by the grassland people in conjunction with the Peacock Remnant and the Cangsheng Sect, aiming to crush Daqian's western defense line.

At the very least, they want to drive Daqian out of the Western Regions, letting that land fall under the control of the grassland people, Peacock Remnant, and Cangsheng Sect.

Daqian has always secretly supported the Cangsheng Sect to suppress Nalanda Temple, yet they did not expect that a cult is still a cult. The Cangsheng Sect is no longer satisfied with just the Western Regions.

'The harm of the Cangsheng Sect is much greater than that of the Peacock Remnant and the grassland people. As early as years ago, the Cangsheng Sect had already set up hidden plots and woven a large web in various places. Back then, the Academy student Han Wenxin was a disciple of the Cangsheng Sect.

Although I previously purged the Cangsheng Sect's dark agents in Northern Zhou, over the years, they might have taken root again. However, with the Three Demonic Sects present in Northern Zhou, the Cangsheng Sect finds it challenging to infiltrate. I mainly need to focus on Daqian.'

Daqian Seven Provinces, its territory far surpasses Northern Zhou. The dark agents of the Cangsheng Sect are likely mostly deployed within Daqian.

These dark agents will also be one of the biggest causes of Daqian's turmoil.

"Just earlier it seemed like spring and autumn were flourishing, but now it looks like a state of collapse—nothing changes faster than affairs of the world."

The Ten Directions Destruction spun round and round, and under its guidance, the disorderly Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi began to slowly return to the right path. Qing Yu watched the slowly dissipating natural disaster, smiled, and said: "If I were to fight with someone elsewhere, and hit them with a few Heaven and Earth Shakings, wouldn't this Daqian be facing both man-made and natural disasters?"

Given this perspective, this Daqian truly looks like a place headed for ruin. Natural disasters and man-made calamities, with suffering for all beings—isn't this exactly the image of a dynasty's end? Thinking about the Shadow King eventually usurping the throne and inheriting such a ruinous land, Qing Yu found the situation quite pitiful.

Of course, whether the Shadow King can actually usurp the throne is still uncertain. Given that the Netherworld Palace has connections with the Daqian Military, it shows that Daqian isn't as powerless as it seems.

Even though the Divine Captors is severely injured now, Daqian's strength should not be underestimated. Even an organization like Nine Heavens has to use underhanded means to deal with Daqian, which speaks to its formidable strength.

Thinking while acting, the Primordial Qi was finally sorted out, and the natural disaster's threat was finally eliminated. Now there was no need to worry about a sudden natural disaster occurring during the succession ceremony on the second day of the second lunar month.

"Speaking of the succession ceremony, the pawn I placed earlier should also be put into action. His strength is already sufficient."

A thought flashed like lightning, triggering the thoughts of another person thousands of miles away.

[Yun Zheng, at your command.] The words came.