Out of fear of death, Invest Everything into Health-Chapter 337 - 164: For Whom the Bell Tolls, Knocking on the Door of Desire! (End of Volume)

Chapter 337: Chapter 164: For Whom the Bell Tolls, Knocking on the Door of Desire! (End of Volume)

On the way to being escorted to the Li Palace, Ye Yixian, Ji Wenrui, Chengming, and other core members of the Little Li Palace faction witnessed the Dragon of Destiny descending from the sky.

It flew around the borders of the Great Li Kingdom, came above the Celestial Balance Upper City, and boldly plunged into the earth. Immediately, an aura rose from all the major and minor dragon veins of Great Li, forming a massive will that merged with the ninety thousand miles of light in the sky, and exuded a layer of brilliant golden light.

What is this will?

Naturally, it is the collective will of everyone in Great Li, hoping for their country to become a true Imperial Dynasty.

This dynasty, with a history of five to six thousand years, has finally received a response from the Heavenly Dao on the land of the Changsheng Continent.

Thus, the Gate of the Imperial Dynasty slowly appeared in the sky of the Celestial Balance Upper City. A golden staircase extended from the gate towards the Qi Observation Platform, the place to reshape the fate of the nation. Generally speaking, a grand ceremony is needed to knock on the imperial gate, but just as the opening of the path to becoming an imperial dynasty was unexpected, so was Great Li suddenly becoming an imperial dynasty.

According to predictions, the earliest it should have happened was early autumn. Yet it happened suddenly now. Therefore, when the long steps from the imperial gate were laid out, there was no welcoming entourage. The 5,642 steps symbolizing the years of Great Li were just there, unattended.

Ji Wenrui stared blankly at the imperial gate and the long staircase, trembling as he asked, "Was that just now, the Dragon of Destiny?"

"Yes, the Dragon of Destiny that carries the hopes and will of everyone in Great Li."

Ye Yixian asked puzzled, "Why did the Dragon of Destiny suddenly grow?"

Ji Wenrui shook his head, "It didn’t grow suddenly. This Dragon of Destiny has existed for over three hundred years."

Ye Yixian was astonished.

Chengming gritted his teeth and said, "During that imperial road three hundred years ago, when the Dragon of Destiny was about to summon the imperial gate with the people’s will, it was Ye Chuxuan who personally stopped it." He sighed slightly, "I thought he had cut off the Dragon of Destiny, but unexpectedly, it was locked in the Soul-Devouring Abyssal Prison. Even more unexpected, the prison is actually located beyond the heavens."

He thought to himself that this might also confirm the suspicion that the Soul-Devouring Abyssal Prison was made from the corpses of celestial beings.

Ye Yixian had long suspected that the failure of the previous imperial road was engineered by his father but was still saddened to hear Chengming say it directly.

He couldn’t understand, "Why did Father do that? Didn’t he know that with each failure, it becomes more difficult to try again?"

Chengming’s eyes glinted sharply, "When I opened the path to the imperial dynasty as the master of the Little Li Palace, he couldn’t accept it, so how could he possibly accept someone who’s not even a Great Li person opening it? He trusts no one, not even the people of Great Li. He only believes in himself."

His eyebrows raised, his tone lightened, and a crooked smile appeared on his lips, "Ye Chuxuan, oh Ye Chuxuan, you’ve calculated everything, the entire court in your grasp, but how could you anticipate this!"

Ye Yixian asked, "Did the Dragon of Destiny return on its own?"

"No. It was brought back by someone."

"Who?"

"Fan Wubing."

Ye Yixian’s brow twitched.

Chengming looked at him and said, "Crown Prince, now you see how wise your decisions have been."

"Did he go to the Abyssal Prison just to find the Dragon of Destiny?"

Chengming thought about it, couldn’t be sure, and shook his head, "Only he knows the exact reasons. Perhaps there was another purpose, and he happened to come across it, or maybe it was the guidance of the Dragon-Touching Immortal Bell. Whatever the reason, Great Li now has only two choices. One is to knock on the Gate of the Imperial Dynasty, or wait twelve hours and, if no one knocks, the path to becoming an imperial dynasty fails." 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

After a long silence, Ye Yixian took a deep breath, a glimmer of light in his eyes, "This may not be the only opportunity, but it is certainly the closest to success."

The one who opens the imperial road is the one who knocks on the imperial gate.

Fan Wubing’s silhouette emerged in their minds.

Then, where is Fan Wubing? Where is he?

Chengming suddenly realized, his expression changing, "What we can think of, Ye Chuxuan can certainly think of too. So, Fan Wubing is in a very dangerous situation now!"

Ye Yixian hurriedly said, "We need to help him!"

Chengming looked at the towering Qi Observation Platform. He knew that the biggest obstacle on the path to the imperial dynasty was that high platform.

Ji Wenrui smiled bitterly, "But we ourselves are being detained. How can we help him? The Fuxian Bureau and Little Li Palace are already controlled by the Dragon Guard. Those we can command are far from a match for the Dragon Guard, and any rash action might be labeled as treason."

The Dragon Guard has few members, but it is arguably the organization with the highest average combat power in Great Li, answering only to the emperor.

Ye Yixian was troubled.

Chengming said gravely, "You all stay put. Leave it to me."

"Great Venerable wants to support Fan Wubing?"

"No, I want to stop Ye Chuxuan. Stop him from forcibly severing the long steps to the gate." Chengming believed Ye Chuxuan would do such a thing.

"Then what about Fan Wubing?"

Chengming took a deep breath, "Besides trusting, there’s no other way."

After speaking, he took a step forward, the energy around him swirling like a massive fierce beast, forcefully breaking through the formations set by the Dragon Guard, and headed straight for the Qi Observation Platform.

Ji Wenrui watched Chengming’s distant arc of light, remained silent for a moment, then asked, "Your Highness, is that Fan Wubing really reliable?"