Chapter 1708: Giving Up Power

Countless blood-red cracks spread across the body of the holy tree Longchang, and they were as dense as a spider web, making one's scalp numb.

Shi Xuanji looked indifferent: "The way of heaven is brilliant, reincarnation is endless, and everyone in this world will eventually die."

"It is indeed tragic for my Shi family to be wiped out by you, but in the final analysis, they have just reached the end of their lives ahead of schedule."

"After they die, they can still be reincarnated and have a new life, but you are different!"

As she said that, Shi Xuanji slowly raised her delicate white hands: "I will beat you to the point of being beaten to a pulp, and you will completely lose the chance of reincarnation."

"Holy Tree Longchang, your death will completely disappear from this world without leaving any traces."

"So you laugh, this should be the last time you laugh in this world."

Before she finished speaking, Shi Xuanji gently pushed forward with her slender palm.

Holy Tree Longchang suddenly widened his eyes in horror: "Don't..."

But all the efforts were in vain.

The next moment, violent mana surged out from Shi Xuanji's palm, pouring into the body of Holy Tree Longchang like a flood.

Boom!

The body of Holy Tree Longchang exploded and turned into countless dust.

Even his soul was completely reduced to ashes before he could activate the power of reincarnation, leaving no trace in the world.

Silence returned to heaven and earth, and only the sounds of immortal cultivators and immortals rushing to rush into the immortal gate were left.

Shi Xuanji looked at the place where the sacred tree Longchang disappeared, and was silent for a while before turning around and flying towards Zhao Mu.

"Taoist Priest, my revenge has been avenged!"

There was a hint of exhaustion in her voice.

Zhao Mu nodded lightly: "Just report it. Go back and have a good rest for a while. We can talk about other things after you have rested."

"Um!"

Shi Xuanji responded without saying anything more and flew straight towards the Holy Tree Fairy Kingdom.

It wasn't until her figure disappeared into the distant sky that Zhao Mu withdrew his gaze and stared in the direction of the Immortal Sect.

There, countless immortals and immortals are still pouring into the immortal gate.

"Everyone is struggling to get into the Immortal Gate. I wonder how they will feel after they rush in and see that the Immortal Gate is not the legendary fairyland."

"That's all, everyone has his or her own fate, and it's impossible for a poor person to control everyone, so you should take care of yourself first."

"After today, Pindao will have to put more energy into dealing with the Holy Prophet Emperor's sermon."

"A human god is watching with eager eyes. If we don't plan carefully, I'm afraid that Pindao's situation will be really dangerous by then."

Zhao Mu shook his head, and his figure silently escaped into the void outside the world and disappeared.

…

The sacred land of the Eastern Region, the sacred tree fairyland, and the royal palace.

Zhao Mu's demon clone was lying on the roof of the queen's palace, holding a wine gourd in his hand, drinking while looking at the fairy gate in the distant sky.

After an unknown amount of time, a graceful figure appeared silently on the roof and lay quietly beside him.

Zhao Mu took out another wine gourd and handed it over: "Want to drink?"

Shi Xuanji took it unceremoniously and took a few big sips: "Good wine, Taoist Priest, how is this wine brewed?"

"I have been in charge of the Holy Tree Immortal Kingdom for tens of thousands of years, and I have never drunk such a fine wine. The aura in this wine is really special."

Zhao Mu smiled and said: "This is wine made from peaches grown on fragrant peach wood. The quality is naturally unique. If you like it, I will take care of it later."

"That's a good feeling."

Shi Xuanji took a few more swigs: "By the way, Taoist Master, do you think the Holy Prophet Emperor can really prove to the gods in the world?"

Zhao Mu nodded: "It should be possible. Pindao also hopes that he can."

"Why?"

Shi Xuanji was surprised. How could there be any reason in this world to hope that the enemy would be strong?

Zhao Mu shook the wine gourd in his hand: "Because the form of existence of the Holy Prophet Emperor is very special, his existence itself is a huge threat to this world."

"But Pindao speculates that if he can attain enlightenment, the threat to this world will cease to exist."

"Pindao doesn't want to die with the world, so I really hope that he can achieve enlightenment successfully."

Shi Xuanji frowned slightly: "Special form of existence? What does the Taoist Master mean by this?"

"Want to know?"

Zhao Mu glanced at her: "As I said before, when you get rid of the matter of the Holy Tree Fairy Kingdom, Pindao will take you to a place, and then he will naturally tell you everything."

Shi Xuanji was a little helpless: "Taoist Priest, where exactly is the place you mentioned? Why do you have to go there to talk about everything?"

"You can think of it as a ruined world isolated from the world, but it is not a ruined world."

Zhao Mu explained with a smile: "The destiny there is completely isolated from the outside world. It is a place where all secrets can be kept."

"And the things you want to know happen to be related to Pindao's secrets, so I can only tell you after going there."

Shi Xuanji was deep in thought, suddenly becoming very curious about the place Zhao Mu was talking about.

She imitated Zhao Mu and shook the wine gourd: "Taoist Master, I can't wait to go to that place. I will start to hand over power tomorrow. When everything is handed over, I will let you go."

"Okay, you don't have to worry, we have plenty of time."

Zhao Mu smiled casually.

The Holy Tree Fairy Kingdom is one of the top powers in the Eastern Divine Land. Its territory is huge and its government affairs are far more complicated than anyone can imagine.

It is not possible to smoothly hand over such a huge country overnight.

So for the next few years, Zhao Mu lived in the palace, waiting for Shi Xuanji to hand over power.

Fortunately, Shi Xuanji had long wanted to give up power. In recent years, she has also taken a fancy to many young people with good qualifications in the Holy Tree Royal Family, and now she can use them.

So she recruited those young people of the royal family into the palace to gradually participate in government affairs, and through this, the survival of the fittest, and finally the best person will be selected to succeed the throne.

And Shi Xuanji's actions soon caused a stir in the court and the public.

More and more people saw that the queen who had been in charge of the Holy Tree Fairyland for more than 80,000 years finally had the intention to abdicate and let the wise man take over.

So there were those who were terrified, those who were happy, and those who waited and watched.

But no matter what the views of the court and the public were, they could not change Shi Xuanji's intention to give up power.

So everything was carried out steadily and firmly under her promotion.

Seeing that there was no room for reversal, the court officials could only wait and see the successors chosen by Shi Xuanji, trying to figure out whose side they should stand on.

So a bloody storm gradually unfolded in the court.

Fortunately, under the control of Shi Xuanji, the scope of this bloody storm was not large, and it basically remained in the court, and did not have much impact on the people.

Finally, six years later, Shi Xuanji selected a younger generation named Shengshu Liuming from among many successors to ascend the throne and take over the power in her hands.

On the night when Shengshu Liuming ascended the throne, Shi Xuanji left quietly with Zhao Mu.

Some people said that Shi Xuanji left in a hurry because she was afraid of being retaliated by the new emperor. After all, she had been the queen of the Holy Tree royal family for more than 80,000 years, and there were too many people in the royal family who wanted her dead;

Some people also said that Shi Xuanji had long been tired of the government affairs in the court and wanted to completely cut off ties with the Holy Tree Fairyland and ignore the worldly world, so she left quietly.

But no matter what others think, in short, no matter how hard the people of the Holy Tree Fairyland searched, they never found the queen again.