Chapter 131 Signs of the Appearance of the Medicine God: Intercepting the Trump Card in Advance

The Great Xuan Dynasty branch had officially taken root in Qingyun City, with a pillar of Golden Luck soaring straight into the clouds of the Southern Region, stretching for ten thousand li without dissipating.

In just one day, the entire landscape of the Southern Region was completely rewritten. The once tyrannical Qingyun Dynasty had collapsed, its Emperor Qingyun Hao reduced to a cripple and kept under strict guard. All major cities had surrendered to Great Xuan, hundreds of thousands of rogue cultivators vied to enter government service, and the three hundred thousand strong Black-Armored New Army, with strict discipline, guarded all directions. The entire Southern Region welcomed a peaceful and prosperous era unseen in ten thousand years.

Inside Qingyun City, lanterns and decorations were hung everywhere, citizens spread the news to one another, and cultivators focused on their practice, creating a scene of prosperity. In the main hall of the City Lord's Mansion, Emperor Cao Xukun sat upon the dragon throne, his body wreathed in rich Immortal World luck. His newly broken-through mid-stage Golden Immortal cultivation was incredibly stable, his aura calm and vast, and every movement carried the majesty of an emperor.

The four empresses sat on either side, while civil and military officials were lined up in the hall, each performing their duties and managing the affairs of the new Qingyun Province in an orderly fashion.

General Black Tiger strode into the main hall, cupped his hands to report, his tone carrying a hint of disdain: "Your Majesty, currently ninety percent of the Southern Region has fully submitted, with only the Wanyao Valley area in the western frontier still putting up a desperate resistance! The last remaining forces of the Qingyun Dynasty are entrenched there, gathering all the defeated troops and stragglers, holding fast and refusing to come out. It is clear they want to hide and develop, hoping for a comeback!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a cold system notification suddenly rang out in Emperor Cao Xukun's mind.

[Ding! Heavenly Dao luck anomaly detected!]

[Warning: Wanyao Valley in the Southern Region is nurturing the ultimate Son of Destiny — the Eternal Medicine God!]

[This character is the Qingyun Dynasty's final trump card for a comeback, possessing innate top-tier Grade 9 medical talent and carrying the orthodox lineage of the Heavenly Dao's medical path!]

[Once born, he can heal the dead and bring skeletons back to life, restore the exhausted luck of the Qingyun Dynasty, refine pills across levels, suppress the injuries of all cultivators, and help the shattered Qingyun Dynasty rise against the odds to overthrow the Great Xuan rule in the Southern Region!]

[Countdown: Three days until the Medicine God is officially born!]

The system prompt was clear and concise, directly exposing the Qingyun Dynasty's final trump card.

Everyone in the hall instantly realized what was happening. No wonder this group of defeated troops dared to stand against the soaring Great Xuan Dynasty; it turned out they were holding back a big move, waiting for the Son of Destiny Medicine God to be born and turn the tide!

"So these old slippery foxes weren't fearless; they were just waiting for their version's true god to land, right?" General Black Tiger sneered, his face full of contempt. "A Medicine God? Do they really think they can defy the heavens and change their fate just by refining pills? In the face of absolute strength, all those flashy tricks are meaningless!"

The civil officials also began to discuss among themselves.

"The Qingyun Dynasty is already rotten to the core, and they still want to rely on a newborn Son of Destiny to turn things around? It is nothing but a pipe dream!"

"Mere medical talent can at most assist in healing; to think they want to resist His Majesty's monstrous combat power is simply being a frog at the bottom of a well!"

Just as everyone was heatedly discussing, an extremely arrogant sound of Dao suddenly came from outside the hall, penetrating the entire City Lord's Mansion and carrying thick mockery and superiority.

"Emperor Cao Xukun, lord of the Great Xuan puppet dynasty! Do you dare to come out and answer me!"

The voice was old and arrogant, carrying the pressure of a fragrant medical path that made people's minds waver. Everyone looked up to see a cyan-green light streaking through the sky. An old man wearing a robe with medical patterns hovered in mid-air, with crane-like hair and a youthful face, surrounded by thousands of spiritual mists of medicinal fragrance. It was none other than Great Elder Yao Qianchen of Wanyao Valley, the last remaining top medical master of the Qingyun Dynasty.

Great Elder Yao Qianchen looked down at the entire Qingyun City, his eyes filled with extreme contempt, his aura of pretentiousness fully maxed out.

"I am the Chief Elder of Wanyao Valley, holding the orthodox lineage of the Southern Region's medical path for one hundred thousand years! I have come today specifically to inform you, you wild cultivator of the mortal realm!"

"You are merely occupying land through brute force, with shallow foundations and no understanding of the Heavenly Dao's great trend! My Wanyao Valley has been blessed by the heavens with the Eternal Medicine God, who will be successfully born in three days!"

Great Elder Yao Qianchen waved his hand, and phantom images of herbs filled the sky, full of momentum: "The newborn Medicine God of our clan possesses the Grade 9 Supreme Medicine Body bestowed by the Heavenly Dao itself, the number one medical genius in the history of the Southern Region! Once born, he can refine peerless immortal pills, heal the dead and bring skeletons back to life, and restore the ten-thousand-year luck of the Qingyun Dynasty!"

"At that time, the shattered Qingyun Dynasty will be reborn from the ashes! The Qingyun City you stole and the Southern Region's luck you usurped will all be returned! The hidden injuries of the hundreds of thousands of cultivators under your command will all be seen through at a glance by the Medicine God and manipulated at will!"

He threw his head back and laughed wildly, extremely arrogant: "If you are sensible, withdraw from the Southern Region immediately, return all city luck, cripple your own Immortal World foundation, and kneel in submission! I might still plead for mercy before the Medicine God and spare your entire clan! If you remain stubborn, three days from now, when the Medicine God descends, he can wipe out your Great Xuan branch in the snap of a finger!"

This speech was a standard template for a destined villain's posturing—making empty promises, setting flags, belittling others while elevating oneself—praising the Medicine God as an omnipotent true god of the Heavenly Dao, appearing as if victory was already secured.

The citizens and cultivators watching outside the city felt their hearts tighten. Many of the surrendered rogue cultivators felt secretly uneasy; could Great Xuan truly not stop the soon-to-be-born Medicine God?

In the main hall, Emperor Cao Xukun slowly raised his eyes, a cold, indifferent sneer curling on his lips, his aura calmly crushing the entire scene.

"Hiding in a valley to develop metaphysics and relying on an unborn child to bolster your courage, the Qingyun Dynasty has truly regressed."

He stood up and slowly stepped out of the hall, his black dragon robe fluttering in the wind. The pressure of his mid-stage Golden Immortal cultivation quietly spread, instantly dispersing the mist of medicinal fragrance filling the sky, causing the arrogant Great Elder Yao Qianchen's aura to instantly falter.

"The orthodox lineage of the Heavenly Dao's medical path? The Eternal Medicine God?" Emperor Cao Xukun's tone was flat but carried absolute control. "With me, all destiny and opportunities do not recognize who came first; they only recognize who the strong belong to."

"He hasn't even been born yet, and his opportunities are already destined not to belong to him. In my eyes, the Qingyun Dynasty's final trump card is nothing more than nourishment delivered to my hands in advance."

Great Elder Yao Qianchen's face sank abruptly, and he scolded sternly: "Arrogant child! What do you know of the medical path! No matter how strong your brute force is, it cannot rival the Heavenly Dao's medical path! The Medicine God is a certainty of the Heavenly Dao; you cannot shake him in the slightest! You are merely spouting nonsense!"

"Is that so?" Emperor Cao Xukun couldn't be bothered to waste words with him and directly delivered his verdict. "Three days is too long; I won't wait. The treasures and heritage of your Wanyao Valley that you are so proud of, I will go and take them personally today."

As soon as he finished speaking, without waiting for Great Elder Yao Qianchen to retort, Emperor Cao Xukun flickered, unleashing his top-tier Space Teleportation ability. His figure instantly vanished into the sky, his speed so extreme that not even a trace remained.

Only Great Elder Yao Qianchen was left stunned in mid-air, unable to react for a long time.

"He... he is going to break into Wanyao Valley alone?!" Great Elder Yao Qianchen was both shocked and furious, then laughed wildly. "He doesn't know the height of the sky or the depth of the earth! Wanyao Valley is protected by the Eternal Medical Dao Formation; even a Golden Immortal who steps inside will have their spiritual power sealed and be eroded by medicinal poison! You are throwing yourself into a net; you are simply courting death! It just saves the Medicine God the trouble of taking action!"

Great Elder Yao Qianchen, believing he had everything under control, returned to Wanyao Valley triumphantly to report, waiting for Emperor Cao Xukun to break into the formation and perish.

Meanwhile, Emperor Cao Xukun had already traversed a thousand miles of space, silently sneaking into the depths of Wanyao Valley, which was shrouded in clouds and mist and covered in spiritual herbs.

As the number one medical holy land in the Southern Region, Wanyao Valley was filled with thousand-year spiritual herbs and ten-thousand-year immortal medicines. The valley was filled with spiritual energy mixed with rich medicinal fragrance, and layers of medical restrictions were densely spread. Ordinary cultivators who stepped half a step inside would be poisoned and paralyzed, making it a natural death trap.

Unfortunately, these restrictions, which were enough to deter Golden Immortals of the Immortal World, were no more than decorations in front of Emperor Cao Xukun, who controlled the origin of chaos.

All the medicinal poisons instantly dissolved upon touching the chaos energy surrounding him, and the layers of restrictions automatically collapsed and made way. The entire defensive formation of Wanyao Valley could not even stir up a ripple.

He proceeded unimpeded straight to the secret chamber in the heart of the valley, where two treasures shimmering with light suddenly came into view.

An ancient and heavy bronze cauldron floated in mid-air, its body engraved with ancient medical runes, carrying an endless aura of life. It was none other than the Wanyao Valley's treasure, the shennong cauldron!

On a jade platform to the side, a yellowed and ancient book was quietly displayed, with Dao rhymes flowing. It was the supreme medical classic passed down through the ages—the shennong materia medica》!

[Ding! Top-tier opportunity detected!]

[You can intercept the exclusive heritage treasure of the Qingyun Dynasty's Son of Destiny, the Medicine God!]

[Do you wish to claim it immediately?]

"Claim."

Emperor Cao Xukun spoke indifferently, and instantly, two brilliant golden lights surged into his body.

A boundless and profound medical Dao rhyme swept through his entire body. Countless ancient medical knowledge, pill refining techniques, and secret arts of identifying herbs instantly flooded into his mind, becoming fully integrated. The shennong cauldron transformed into a stream of light and landed in his palm, changing size at his will, while the aura of life and Dao rhyme surrounded him.

In an instant, his medical attainments directly transcended the mortal, immortal medicine, and sacred medicine realms, ascending in one step to the realm of a top-tier medical grandmaster of the Immortal World!

After intercepting the two core trump cards, Emperor Cao Xukun stopped in the heart of the valley, his eyes looking toward the origin secret realm where the Medicine God was being nurtured, the smile on his lips growing deeper.

Three days later? The Wanyao Assembly?

He was unhurried, quietly waiting for the opponent's Son of Destiny to be born.

Since they wanted to rely on the Medicine God to posture and turn the tide, he would crush them in public, destroy their last shred of pride, and completely extinguish all hope for the Qingyun Dynasty!

The last obstacle in the Southern Region, from this day on, was destined to meet its end!