Throne of Radiance

The capital of heaven, the capital of heaven.

A place that has been in legends before, no one knows where it is and what kind of posture it exists.

Even if it is the Lord of Daliang City, all he knows is a sentence passed down from his ancestors - the day when his Lord Order shines, it means that the call from Heaven has arrived.He didn't have to do anything, as long as he followed the guidance of this summoning order, he could arrive at the mysterious Heavenly Capital and meet the Lord of the Heavenly Capital.

Such a statement is really confusing.

The young city lord couldn't see any guidance from the token.

But when the afterglow of the setting sun dissipated and night fell, the sky was covered in darkness, and suddenly there were stars shining strangely. This was a scene that had never appeared in the twelve cities before.

——This world is not complete, it is closer to the legendary paradise and secret realm, even the sun and moon are just phantoms, and there has never been a single star in the sky.

And now, the sky is full of stars.The twelve brightest and most brilliant stars seem to be surrounded by stars, drawing a beautiful star map in the starry sky.The brilliance they emit sprinkled the world, as if casting twelve star rivers on the ground.

In the City Lord's Mansion of Daliang City, the young city lord looked at the luminous token of the city lord in his palm, feeling the power faintly echoing with a big star in the sky, and couldn't help staring at the complicated star map on the sky for a long time, his eyes fell on the star. the center of the figure.

...Under the infinite starlight, there seems to be a phantom looming in the distant place corresponding to the center of the star map.

"Tiandu... so it is like this." He suddenly realized, and was shocked, "—Tiandu is right there."

And the star map in the sky is the best guide.

He couldn't help feeling a great yearning and curiosity in his heart, which is the instinctive desire of human beings to explore the unknown: "...Even if it's just for this incredible spectacle, it's time to take a trip."

"Tiandu... what kind of place is it?"

……

Half a month later, in the nameless desert.

The flag belonging to Daliang City fluttered high, and a group of more than ten people struggled forward in the desert, and the speed of progress was not fast.

There are only five "travelers" in the team, all of whom were appreciated by the city lord for their outstanding performance, so they had the opportunity to actively apply to join the guard.Li Fufeng and Li Fufeng were among them.

As far as the eye can see, it is full of fine golden sand, which seems to spread endlessly to the sky, without any trace of life.

In the desert all over the sky, terrifying gullies will appear from time to time. The edges of the gullies are dark scorched earth and rocks. , revealing the knife marks, sword marks, gun marks, and dead bones buried deep below.

The desolate, primitive, and boundless artistic conception rushes forward.

——All of these are infinitely reminiscent of the ancient battlefield left over after the war of the ancient gods.

"In a sense, it is not wrong to say that it is an ancient battlefield."

Li Fufeng, who was immersed in this unprecedented boundless world, was suddenly awakened by the words of the people around him. Only then did he realize that the first impression in his heart had just been unconsciously expressed.

And the person who answered the call was Qing Fei, the youngest companion in the team and one of the strongest fighters at the same time.

This mysterious little girl who knew that Li Fufeng and the others had unusual backgrounds, but inexplicably chose to help and conceal, has already become a guest of the City Lord's Mansion with her outstanding martial arts talent and strength in the past three years since she joined Daliang City.When she came to Tiandu this time, as soon as she said she would come, the city lord agreed without hesitation.

Li Fufeng knew very well that the value she got was far above him, and the library in the city lord's mansion was completely open to her. Regardless of her young age, this little girl probably had much more secrets than himself.He immediately asked casually: "Ancient battlefield? How should I say it?"

Sure enough, when Qing Fei opened her mouth, she heard a secret that she had never heard before: "Do you understand the void beyond the world? That is not a place where you can live easily. I saw a book left by the ancients in the library. In the handbook, it is said that the master of the sword with light cannot survive in the void by himself. Therefore, he will open up the sword world, hide the sword world in the mezzanine space with the method of mustard Nasumi, and Brand the coordinates on the Han Guangjian, and he himself hides in the sword world, crossing the void in this way..."

She gestured as she spoke.

The attracted Li Fufeng and the others watched her movements, and unconsciously, a dark and boundless void and the solitary sword floating in the void appeared in their minds.

...It seems that the material containing the lightsaber is really tough enough.

"...But this is just the beginning. According to the records in the handbook, from time to time there will be terrible space storms in the void, which poses a great threat to the fragile sword world. The establishment of the twelve cities also has the potential to consolidate the sword world. The role of these twelve cities was deliberately built on twelve key nodes, just to strengthen the space of the sword world."

"...In this way, even if we encounter many space storms, we will survive safely with the concerted efforts of the Twelve Cities."

"Until a certain time, the owner of Guza didn't know exactly what happened. He only knew that it was an indescribable crisis. It might be an unprecedented super-large space storm, or it might be something more terrifying and dangerous in the void. In short, The entire sword world was almost shattered in an instant by an unimaginable force—then, the city lords of the twelve cities, together with all the heavenly beings, were summoned by the lord of the heavenly capital to go to the source of danger immediately ..." At this point, Qing Fei stretched out her hand and pointed forward, her arm drew a big arc in mid-air, "—that is, this big desert. At that time, there was no desert here at all. Appeared after that crisis passed."

The night has faded, the stars have disappeared without a trace, there is no star map to guide the day, it is easy to get lost in the desert, the marching team has already stopped, and is ready to wait until night to start.

When Qingfei was sitting by the fire and telling the story vividly, many people had already gathered around her, including several "travelers".

Hearing this, even if they didn't know the complete truth, everyone couldn't help but gasped, showing shock.

This large desert covering the end of their field of vision was actually formed after that crisis passed? !

Looking at the cracks, ravines, scorched earth, and dead bones in the desert, it is not difficult to imagine how tragic stories have happened on this land.

"...What about after that?" Someone couldn't help asking, "What happened to those summoned heavenly beings, the city lords of the twelve cities, and the lord of the Heavenly Capital...?"

"There is no more." A voice suddenly sounded, and the young city lord came here at some unknown time. The city lord's token hanging on his waist lost the call of the stars in the sky, and only emitted a faint gleam. The day was not very eye-catching, "After that, all the heavenly beings disappeared, and the city lords of the twelve cities also disappeared, and the sky was burned without a trace, and it became a legend in the pile of old papers... Lord, it is also suspected that he fell into a deep sleep due to serious injuries."

Li Fufeng instantly recalled the first day when he entered Daliang City, the two passers-by seemed to have discussed things like "heaven and man are dead"...

The howling cold wind was like a heavy sigh passing through the desert, and the voice of the city lord was shattered by the cold wind: "The sword world has lost its master and helmsman, and the twelve cities that were once closely connected have gradually gone their own way, no longer obeying Tiandu city. Instead of orders, the city lord is respected, and there is no unified goal."

"Of course, for some people, that might be a good thing."

The lord of Daliang City raised his eyebrows, showing a bit of sarcasm.His dark eyes shone with all-seeing light.

"This time the Heavenly Capital reappears, what some people might think. Do they really want to... awaken the Heavenly Capital Lord?"

Li Fufeng and the others had already understood his hint or explanation.Obviously, in the years since Tiandu City disappeared, some of the city owners of the Twelve Cities have long been accustomed to the mode of being their own masters, and they absolutely do not want to invite another boss to come back.

There may be quite a few people who think this way.

However, despite their reluctance in their hearts, there must be no one who does not know the mystery of Tiandu and the power of the Lord of Tiandu, and there should be no one who would dare to openly disobey Tiandu's call and not come directly.

Even if you really want to overthrow the boss and walk independently, at least you have to take a look at the situation before making a decision, right?

But no matter what, they had already anticipated the chaos that would ensue when the teams from the twelve cities gathered together, and how many undercurrents and turbulent confrontations there would be.

As for everyone working together to awaken the Lord of the Heavenly Capital... the probability of this happening is simply not too low.

Judging from the reaction of the city lord of Daliang City, he didn't look like he wanted to make trouble, but he was inclined to obey the summoning order, which made the "travelers" heave a sigh of relief after being surprised.It seems that they don't need to spend their time persuading the Lord of Daliang City.

They are not interested in the changes in the forces within this world. Whether it is the twelve cities doing their own thing or obeying the Lord of the Heavenly Capital as a whole, it actually has little to do with them.

But judging from the various rumors of the Lord of the Heavenly Capital, since the other party has the ability to leave the azure star and go to the void, he must also have a way to return to the azure star.One of the sayings in the summoning order is that the Lord of the Heavenly Capital wakes up and will lead everyone back to their hometown?

In this way, it is very important for them to awaken the Lord of the Heavenly Capital—at least, the "travelers" who accompanied Li Fufeng and the others this time were all the ones who wanted to go home.

But thinking about what the city lord of Daliang City said, and thinking about the eleven city lords whose intentions were unknown, they still felt a big headache.

It has been a short time since I came to this world. Although many traversers have achieved considerable results in martial arts practice, this achievement is not enough for them to use their crushing power to force all the city lords to listen to them and go to the city obediently. Awaken the Lord of Heaven.

Therefore, they can only adapt to the situation and guide things in the direction they want by relying on their speaking skills and resourcefulness.

...I just hope that those "travelers" who have traveled to other cities can be a little bit capable, and become the confidants who can talk to the city lord.Even if you can't influence the decision-making, you can still be an insider.

With such a beautiful longing in mind, when night fell again and the star map shining in the sky sprinkled starlight, the team of Daliang City finally saw the seemingly real and illusory image of Tiandu City slowly emerging in the distant desert. It attracted people like a lighthouse. them.

When a group of people rushed in that direction, they immediately bumped into teams from other cities from other directions.

Everyone stood in the night, the mercury-like starlight dyed the desert with a layer of silver, and the large silver-white fine sand was like a spread canvas, printing the phantom of the ancient city.

——It was a huge ancient building that was hard to see at a glance. The incomplete city wall was buried in the fine sand. The whole city seemed to be swept by a violent storm. All the buildings were cut off and destroyed. There are ruins everywhere.

Only the knife marks engraved on it are as clear as yesterday.Li Fufeng couldn't help reaching out to touch it.

His hand was empty.

Like a reflection through water, an illusion in foam.

——This is a city that only exists under the radiance of the stars. When the stars disappear in the daytime, the phantom will also dissipate.It really existed in the past and has long since disappeared in the present.

At some point, the teams from Twelve Cities had already arrived.

"What should we do now?" Facing this "ancient city" that seemed so close but was actually out of reach, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay.

"The existence of Tiandu is true, and the legends about the Lord of Tiandu are also true. We can come here because of the response of the city lord's order and the star map, right? Our city lord's token is likely to open The key to the real capital of heaven."

An old city lord who seemed to be the oldest spoke first.

"It makes sense. Xingji, Xuanzang, Yuzi, Jianglou, Daliang, Shishen, Quail Head, Quail Fire, Quail Tail, Shouxing, Big Fire, Ximu... I'm afraid you don't know the names of the twelve cities. , comes from [Twelve Stars of the Week]. Our sword world has never had stars, so there is no such thing as [Twelve Stars of the Week]. Those are the ancestors of the hometown where the sun rises. After observing the stars of the Week, Named."

"I found it. This seems to be the place where the tokens are embedded. It happens to form the Zhoutian star map. I suggest that everyone distribute the city master tokens according to the twelve constellations of the week..."

"Stop talking to yourself, you guys!"

An impatient voice interrupted their conversation and broke the seemingly harmonious atmosphere.

"—Who wants to open the hellish capital!"