Chapter 162: Siege

This was a historic moment.
On this day, after repelling an attack by unidentified superhumans, the City of Glory issued a call to the entire superhuman world of Huaxia.
The superhumans of Japan coveted the Sunlit Region of the Flame Soul Domain, built fake temples, and sought excuses to attack it, urging the superhumans of Huaxia to launch a counterattack against Japan.
Meanwhile, over the past few days, various powerful figures in Japan’s superhuman world had been brutally murdered. The few remaining superhumans of higher ranks were not spared either and all died.
As for the even stronger ones hidden in Japan, they vanished without a trace, disappearing completely from both the secular world and the superhuman world, never showing up again.
Most of the superhuman factions in Huaxia responded to the call of the Glory Temple and launched a counterattack against Japan’s superhuman world.
In their words, the City of Glory belonged to Huaxia, and no other country’s superhuman world dared to interfere. Anyone who tried to take it would be at war with the entire superhuman world of Huaxia.
In fact, everyone knew that Japan’s superhuman world, without the protection of its strong warriors, was like a huge piece of meat that anyone would want to snatch.
Moreover, all the major factions in Huaxia had received notifications from the Soul of Huaxia about the impending discovery of the Dragon’s Secret. Japan’s secular world was located by the sea, very close to the Dragon’s Secret, which posed a destabilizing factor. The major factions in Huaxia saw this as an opportunity to eliminate that threat.
Thus, Huaxia’s superhuman world embarked on a massive war to counterattack Japan.
At the beginning of the war, the superhuman world of the United States began to condemn Huaxia, demanding that it stop its atrocities and urging superhuman forces around the world to resist Huaxia.
However, both the U.S.’s calls and condemnations were ignored. It was the Glory Temple that issued the call to attack Japan, not Huaxia’s superhuman factions.
The Glory Temple’s main target was actually the Temple of Freedom. To many, this conflict was simply a battle between the two temples, unrelated to national borders.
It was just that Japan’s superhuman world was unlucky for worshipping the Temple of Freedom. Who would pay attention to the U.S.’s demands?
In just three days, Huaxia’s major superhuman factions effortlessly conquered Japan’s entire superhuman world, taking control of all its territories.
The superhumans of Japan were either killed or surrendered. Most had their powers stripped and were thrown into the secular world, with only a few still at large.
In this war, the Glory Temple’s prestige soared instantly, reaching its peak in the superhuman world. More and more free superhumans chose to join the temple and become followers of the Glory Lord.
After the war ended, the Glory Temple promptly stepped back, showing no interest in Japan’s superhuman territories. The temple’s warriors who had participated in the war returned to the Glory Temple without hesitation, which surprised other superhuman factions.
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“Young Master, are we really going to give up those territories in Japan’s superhuman world? To throw away such a huge piece of meat?”

In the underground world of the Glorious Temple, Wan Hu stared at Chen Xiao with reluctance, saying dejectedly, “Want them? What’s the use of them?” Chen Xiao gave him a disdainful look and said, “Don’t you have star coins now?” “Star coins? Yes, I do.” Wan Hu was stunned. Star coins—right now, the Glorious Temple had more than enough of them. Chen Xiao had plundered the treasure vaults of the entire Atlantis Empire’s palace, so star coins no longer meant much to them. At this point, the Glorious Temple was probably the wealthiest entity in the entire world of supernatural powers. “Those places are just favors we owe to the supernatural forces in the Huaxia Country. Besides, even if we took them, what’s the use?” Chen Xiao smiled and said, “A big tree attracts attention. Our forces aren’t fully mature yet; we don’t have enough strong members to control those domains. Moreover, if we want more domains, we can simply send Fu Yun deep into the world of supernatural powers to explore—there are even several areas in the Sunshine Zone that can be explored. But we don’t need them, right?” Wan Hu thought for a moment and understood. Although the Glorious Temple seemed mighty on the surface, only those inside truly knew the actual situation. Aside from Fu Yun and a few disciples in the Main God’s Space, there were only Wan Hu, Stedley, Ying Yi, and a few others—barely any truly capable people. As for the temple’s defensive forces, aside from those extremely weak believers, there were only the few necrotic puppets created by Fu Yun. Even if they obtained those domains, Chen Xiao wouldn’t be able to control them. Chen Xiao’s call this time was merely to take advantage of the situation to fully establish the Glorious Temple’s reputation, building momentum for a future breakthrough. “Huh? Fu Yun is in danger? Is there someone in the Atlantis Empire who can deal with Fu Yun?” Suddenly, Chen Xiao’s expression changed. “Young master, what happened?” Wan Hu asked urgently upon seeing Chen Xiao’s change in expression. Chen Xiao narrowed his eyes slightly and then said, “It’s Fu Yun. I’ll handle it myself. Don’t worry. Have Ying Yi stay at the temple and control its power. If anyone attacks, eliminate them immediately.” After giving those orders, his body vanished abruptly, arriving in the Thousand Souls Domain, then moving from there to the seas of the mortal world. His body then turned into a streak of shadow, heading toward the entrance to the Atlantis underwater world. … At that moment, the capital of Atlantis had been reduced to ruins, and the Atlanteans there, including the Sea King, had no idea where they had gone. Fu Yun’s face turned slightly pale as he held the Virtual Divine Sword in his hand, with streams of Virtual Divine Laws shooting out to protect his body. “Damn it! Where did these five guys at the fifth level of five domains come from? How did they suddenly appear here?” Fu Yun raised his head and glared at the five people floating above him, gritting his teeth. The five people above Fu Yun, aside from Lian Shang and the handsome red-haired youth, were blue-haired, golden-haired, and yellow-haired—arranged in the order of the five elements: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth.

The domain of those five combined through the interplay of the five elements was extremely powerful, tightly trapping Fu Yun’s body, even compressing his own domain. If not for the Virtual Divine Sword in Fu Yun’s hand, which emitted streams of Virtual Divine Laws to protect his body, he would likely have been captured by those five long ago.
“Damn it, who is this man? Whose pawn is he? And how does he possess a Virtual Divine Weapon?” Lian Shang looked at Fu Yun, his expression darkening slightly.
“Whoever he is, since he’s already in our domain, he’s utterly unable to escape,” said the handsome red-haired man with a faint smile. “That Virtual Divine Weapon in his hands now belongs to us. With it, our chances of gaining access to the Heavenly Dragon Secret Treasury increase, don’t you think?”
“This time he walked straight into our trap. Even if we refine and kill him, it’s only because of his incompetence. The Virtual God behind him won’t come after us,” said the thick-set youth with yellowish hair, his eyes almost drooling as he stared at the Virtual Divine Sword in Fu Yun’s hand.
“Ling Xing, Shu Man, don’t be careless. Virtual Divine Weapons are forged by Virtual Gods using their own laws. If we really take it, disaster may follow,” said the girl with long aqua-blue hair and extremely delicate features, frowning slightly.
“Lian Er, don’t worry. If we succeed in completing this task and placing the Virtual God Transmission Array in the Heavenly Dragon Secret Treasury’s divine vault, allowing our Virtual God lord to descend directly, devour the divine essence, and ascend to true divinity, our contributions will be significant. It’s fine to take that Virtual Divine Weapon then,” said the red-haired youth Ling Xing with a grin.
Lian Shang rolled his eyes at him. Initially, he had wanted to join Ling Xing to retaliate at the Glory Temple, but Ling Xing had convinced him with another excuse. Now he was saying such things. But suddenly, Lian Shang’s face turned deathly pale. He finally remembered that the Virtual God Transmission Array given to him by his Virtual God Cassius had been stolen. He simply couldn’t bear this blame.
“Damn it! We must retrieve the Virtual God Transmission Array before the Heavenly Dragon Secret Treasury opens, or death itself won’t be enough!” Lian Shang was extremely anxious. “By the way, this man entered Atlantis, captured an old priest, and read his memories. He’s clearly searching for a way to activate that so-called ‘Blessing of Returning Gods’… There must be a connection between that and Shang Weiting using Atlantis’ lost ultimate technique!”
Lian Shang’s eyes suddenly lit up.
“Ling Xing, Shu Man, Lian Er, Feng Ying—activate your domains at full strength to subdue this guy. I want his soul memories. As for that Virtual Divine Weapon, whoever likes it can have it,” said Lian Shang eagerly.
“Lian Shang, what’s going on?” Feng Ying, with golden hair, turned around, sensing the urgency in Lian Shang’s tone.

“He lost Lord Cassius’s Virtual God Transmission Array; it’s likely related to this kid down there,” Ling Xing said with a slight smirk. “He can give you his soul memories, but those memories contain the lifetime insights of a domain practitioner. Although his rank is lower than ours, that experience is still extremely valuable…”
“I’ll give each of you another mid-level Origin Stone vein,” Lian Shang said without hesitation.
“Deal!”
The expressions of the other four also turned joyful. A mid-level Origin Stone vein was no small fortune—far more valuable than the experiential insights of a fourth-tier domain practitioner.
After reaching an agreement, the five of them hesitated no longer and fully activated their respective domains, desperately attacking the laws of the Virtual God embedded in the Virtual Divine Sword.
Though this Virtual Divine Sword was powerful, Fu Yun’s strength wasn’t enough to unleash its true power.
Inside his domain, Fu Yun’s face grew increasingly pale.
But just then, without anyone knowing what happened, the head of the blond youth, Shu Man, suddenly exploded.