Dragon-Marked War God

“From today on, you will be the Second Palace Lord of this Profound Connection Divine Palace. Lin Youkang, are you willing?”

Jiang Chen looked at Lin Youkang and said with a smile.

“Me?”

Lin Youkang stared at Jiang Chen in disbelief. How was this possible? Wasn’t he going to kill him?

Lin Youkang was deeply shaken and for a moment was at a loss for words. As a former subordinate of the Palace Lord, he was actually being spared? That was simply a fantasy.

But in fact, Jiang Chen did not care about all that. These people had no grudge with him, and there was no need for him to kill everyone. Besides, the Profound Connection Divine Palace carried the memories of the road he had walked. Now that he had reached the Divine Emperor Realm, it was time he had a power of his own, and this Profound Connection Divine Palace suited him perfectly!

“So you mean… you won’t kill me?”

Lin Youkang took a deep breath. If one could avoid death, who would want to fall into reincarnation forever?

Jiang Chen sparing him also allowed him to regain his own confidence.

“You never truly framed me, so why would I kill you? From now on the Profound Connection Divine Palace will go on as before, except that your new Palace Lord is me, Jiang Chen! Who is in favor? Who is against?”

Jiang Chen stood proudly. A Divine Emperor expert was full of allure and excitement for those disciples. Their former senior brother had now become the Palace Lord of the Profound Connection Divine Palace. It had to be said that, for Jiang Chen and for all the disciples, this was good news.

“Senior Brother Jiang Chen actually became our Palace Lord, hahaha, amazing, amazing!”

“That’s right. We’re lucky from now on. They say Senior Brother Jiang Chen is very kind. If the Second Palace Lord and Third Palace Lord hadn’t pushed him so hard back then, he wouldn’t have rebelled. Now it looks like Senior Brother Jiang Chen’s uprising has succeeded.”

“Don’t talk nonsense. Careful, loose lips bring trouble.”

“I didn’t say anything bad about Senior Brother Jiang Chen. I’m just stating the facts.”

“Now we should call him Palace Lord Jiang.”

At this moment, countless disciples cheered, celebrating the birth of their new Palace Lord.

Lin Youkang looked up at Jiang Chen high above and sighed, because he knew he would never reach Jiang Chen’s strength in this lifetime. In this era where talented people arose in every generation, Jiang Chen was the epitome of the times, the spokesman of genius.

“Lin Youkang is willing to lay down his life for Palace Lord Jiang.”

Lin Youkang bowed to Jiang Chen. A wise man bows to circumstances, and besides, he had never been in league with the Palace Lord and the others. What Lin Youkang wanted was simply to teach more disciples well. He had done nothing wrong. The ones in the wrong were only the three scheming Palace Lords.

“One more thing. From now on, the Heavenly Dragon Prison is sealed forever. No one is allowed to enter it again. Violators will be executed on the spot!”

Jiang Chen said gravely. If the Heavenly Dragon Prison were not sealed off, then later, once those Heavenly Flame Crystals were controlled by more people, it would become another scourge. That was the origin power of Red Lotus’s father. Although only a tiny bit remained, Jiang Chen absolutely did not want to see that again.

“Your strength still has hope of going a step further. Another day I’ll open the furnace and refine pills for the ten million disciples of the Profound Connection Divine Palace. There will be a share for everyone.”

Jiang Chen said. In an instant, the whole Profound Connection Divine Palace boiled over with cheers again. For them, a change of dynasty did not matter. What mattered was that they could increase their strength and have a stronger Palace Lord. That was enough.

“Yes, Palace Lord Jiang.”

Lin Youkang said. The new generation was replacing the old. For him, everything was only just beginning.

At this moment, Jiang Chen looked back into the distance. It was time for him to make a trip back to the Qilian Boundary and the Linhe Boundary, bringing Yan Qingcheng and Wu Ningzhu along to see his father.

All these years, his father had suffered. Jiang Chen had been drifting far from home, with no time at all to properly keep the old man company.

After giving his instructions to Lin Youkang, Jiang Chen immediately set off after the two women. He guessed that Wu Ningzhu and Yan Qingcheng could not have gone too far.

Jiang Chen’s soul power kept spreading outward. At that moment, he clearly sensed the presence of those two figures several thousand miles away. An Emperor Realm soul was far beyond what the soul of an ordinary Divine Emperor expert could compare to.

“My two wives, here I come! Hahaha!”

Jiang Chen laughed loudly. Wu Ningzhu turned around abruptly. The two of them were in a hidden mountain cave. Without a second thought, Wu Ningzhu ran into Jiang Chen’s embrace. But at that moment, the corner of Yan Qingcheng’s mouth twitched slightly, and a trace of hesitation flickered deep in her eyes.

“Who’s your wife?”

Yan Qingcheng said coldly, though she felt somewhat out of sorts inside. These past few days, Wu Ningzhu had told her many things about their past, but because Yan Qingcheng had lost her memory, she still could not get over that barrier in her heart.

“Fine, you’re not, then.”

Jiang Chen was rebuffed, and Wu Ningzhu burst out laughing through her tears. She pulled out of Jiang Chen’s embrace, blushing. She had completely forgotten Yan Qingcheng beside her. Yan Qingcheng had actually forgotten all about their husband, which gave Wu Ningzhu a real headache.

“Were all of those people killed by you?”

Wu Ningzhu asked worriedly.

“Even if they had three heads and six arms, how could they stand against the brilliance and might of your Little Chen? Sister Ning, isn’t that right?”

Jiang Chen said with a grin. Wu Ningzhu rolled her eyes at him, but her heart was incredibly sweet.

“You and your nonsense.”

Wu Ningzhu said with a frown.

“How mushy.”

Yan Qingcheng snorted coldly. Jiang Chen and Wu Ningzhu did not know whether to laugh or cry, and Jiang Chen smiled awkwardly.

“I’m going back to the Linhe Boundary. My father is there. I haven’t been back for a very, very long time. He’ll surely be very happy to see you two.”

Jiang Chen said.

“Really? Wonderful. I miss the old man too. It’s just a pity that Xiao Yu isn’t here…”

Wu Ningzhu was a little sad. She missed Yan Chenyu terribly. How could Jiang Chen not feel the same? But right now, nobody knew where Yan Chenyu was. This was what worried Jiang Chen most.

But for now, Jiang Chen wanted to make a trip back to the Linhe Boundary and see his father properly. After all, before long he would have to go to the Dragon Clan, and then it would truly be a matter of life and death hanging by a thread. After the Linhe Boundary he would return to the Central Region Divine Land, and Jiang Chen did not know in what year or month he would be able to see his father again.

When the three of them returned to the Profound Connection Divine Palace, Red Lotus shook her head and said to Jiang Chen,

“I want to stay and guard the Heavenly Dragon Prison. You don’t need me now. You already have the origin fire of the Karmic Fire of the Red Lotus in your hands. Let me stay here, alright? Jiang Chen.”

Seeing the sorrowful look on Red Lotus’s face, Jiang Chen could not bear to force her to leave. In that moment, Jiang Chen knew she was staying resolutely to fulfill her filial duty and to wait for her father’s rebirth.

Jiang Chen had nothing to say, because he could not deny Red Lotus’s filial piety.

“Wait for me to come back. One day, I will definitely break this restriction formation.”

Jiang Chen and Red Lotus looked into each other’s eyes. Red Lotus nodded, turned, and stepped into the Heavenly Dragon Prison…