Chapter 1497 - 1489: The Power of Faith

Chapter 1497: Chapter 1489: The Power of Faith

Hearing his trusted aide commander’s words, Liu Che was speechless.

Anyone with a halfway normal brain wouldn’t be infighting at a time like this!

Right now the Qin Dynasty’s new legal code was being promulgated, and the Remnant Sword Sect Master had fallen in Han Country; yet at such a time, the Remnant Sword Sect’s upper echelon still hadn’t sensed the crisis.

"Kill!"

Speechless or not, an imperial order had to be carried out. Liu Che raised the Sword of Kingship high, his entire aura shifting in an instant, like a razor‑sharp divine blade piercing through the cosmos.

His body flickered as he flew into the Remnant Sword Sect, killing intent exploding in his eyes as he slashed out a streak of golden Sword Qi that split the Changkong.

Boom!

The Remnant Sword Sect executives locked in fierce battle were directly blasted away, flung ten million li off.

Once they steadied themselves, they looked up and saw the Han Country’s army pouring in like a stream; their faces went instantly bloodless, panic‑stricken.

"Your Majesty, we do not know what crime we have committed?"

The Grand Elder asked in a trembling voice.

"You defied the Sacred Edict and withheld the Qin Dynasty’s new code. This is deemed treason. Sect extermination!" Liu Che said coldly.

The Grand Elder’s pupils shrank violently. Without even thinking, he flew off into the distance, ready to flee the Remnant Sword Sect.

He never even considered resisting.

Because he was keenly aware of Liu Che’s strength—invincible within the Molding Dao Realm—absolutely not someone he could match.

Only by fleeing was there even a sliver of hope.

"Die!"

Liu Che barked coldly. His eyes locked straight ahead, blazing with golden light like two great suns, bursting forth with an unimaginably terrifying and sovereign power of Kingship.

The supreme majesty of the King coalesced in an instant into a streak of golden Sword Qi.

Where the Sword Qi passed, all things entered Reincarnation.

Dao Reincarnation!

Law Reincarnation!

Time‑Space Reincarnation...

The power of the sixth dimensional layer—Reverse Reincarnation!

"No!"

Out in the distant starry void, the Grand Elder fleeing for his life suddenly felt a jolt of heart‑palpitating dread. Immediately after, an irresistible Sword Qi cleaved down.

With a chorus of despairing cries, the Remnant Sword Sect’s Grand Elder was directly erased—body, soul, even his consciousness—all completely wiped from this world.

Within endless cycles of Reincarnation, this person would never appear again!

"Kill kill kill!"

Inside the Remnant Sword Sect, hundreds of thousands of trusted aides deployed Formations, condensing a martial soul and erupting with unmatched killing intent that dyed the heavens blood‑red, like surging seas crashing against the Remnant Sword Sect disciples.

Billions of li of territory turned into a blood‑soaked domain.

Palaces of exquisite splendor turned into heaps of rubble.

The Remnant Sword Sect that had slipped past every calamity in the past finally still walked toward annihilation.

And not just the Remnant Sword Sect—every force that had openly or secretly obstructed the Qin Dynasty’s law was subjected to a purge. Heads rolled, blood ran in rivers.

God‑Icon Universe.

It was still that same great hall, still that same group of rulers, sitting in silence. The only difference was that this time, no dissatisfaction showed on their faces; instead, all of them wore expressions of sheer relief.

They had already received intelligence: any force that had failed to promulgate the new code had been wiped out.

They themselves had come within a hair’s breadth of marching down that road of no return.

"Wise God, I truly submit to you now! You saved our lives—please accept my bow!"

The Fire God stood up and bowed with deep respect.

Then he turned and bowed to the others as well, to express his apology, because he had originally advocated refusing to promulgate the new code and had almost dragged everyone to their deaths with him.

"No need for such courtesy."

The white‑robed elder smiled, waved his hand, and sent out more than a dozen heritage stones. Inside them the Qin Dynasty’s legal code was recorded, and they floated before the crowd.

"This is...?"

The Fire God held a heritage stone, a little puzzled.

"I’ve thought it over. Since we have submitted to the Qin Dynasty’s imperial cosmos, we must abide by Qin law. After you return, study the code closely. That way you can both avoid committing crimes and also find a path forward for the God‑Icon Universe!"

The white‑robed elder said with a cheerful smile.

The crowd exchanged glances and all nodded.

This time they had truly been scared badly!

At the same time, they now understood that the Qin Dynasty’s imperial cosmos was a nation that revered law.

They needed to broaden their road, and lengthen it!

Time flowed by day after day.

The Qin Dynasty’s new legal code began to spread throughout all the major universes.

Many civilizations under slave systems stared at the Qin Dynasty’s new code, struck dumb for quite a while. After repeated confirmation, they hugged each other in excitement, tears streaming down their faces.

Law!

To them, it had always been something distant, like the moon’s reflection on water—visible, but never something they could scoop into their hands.

Yet now, they had gone from slaves to commoners. Not only had they gained personal freedom, their various rights were protected. To them, it felt like a dream.

"Holy Sovereign!"

"The Holy Sovereign has come to save us!"

Countless commoners knelt on the ground, kowtowing again and again toward the direction of the Nine Provinces Heaven and the Great Thousand World.

Strands of pure faith power flew out from within them, streaming toward the Imperial Capital.

At first, this faith power was not much, but as time passed, faith filled the starry sky, gathering into a sea of faith that poured into Qin Wudao’s body.

In the imperial study, Qin Wudao’s eyes were half‑closed as he carefully sensed the faith power within him, unable to keep from revealing a faint smile.

Within this faith, he saw countless smiling faces!

Within this faith, he saw boundless "Dao", spreading all the way to the peak of the cosmos!

Within this faith, he even perceived a peculiar power, but because his current cultivation was still too low, he could not comprehend it!

Faith!

In this moment, Qin Wudao’s heart was fulfilled!

They say that at the pinnacle of the Great Dao lies endless loneliness—but he did not feel that!

"Emperor!"

"Imperial Dao!"

"Perhaps only now can I truly be considered an Emperor!"

"Using the power in my hands to save those who need saving, to help those who need help!"

Qin Wudao murmured to himself.

He slowly opened his eyes; his gaze was radiant, incomparably bright.

...

A month passed in the blink of an eye.

The legal net above the Ministry of Justice had already come to shroud every great realm in the mid‑level and low‑level universe clusters.

"It’s time to go out for tempering."

After reading the memorial Di Renjie had submitted, Qin Wudao thought about it and realized that apart from not knowing when the Ten Thousand Slaughter Hall would descend, he basically had nothing pressing to do.

He decided to use this stretch of time to temper himself well.

On his own!

He had been relying on others for too long!

"Where should I go?"

Qin Wudao waved his hand, and a star map appeared before him. Everywhere his eyes fell was territory of the Qin Dynasty’s imperial cosmos.

After studying it for quite a while, Qin Wudao was surprised to find that within the low‑level and mid‑level universe clusters, there was no longer any place that could truly temper him.

He couldn’t very well temper himself at home!

If he wanted tempering, he could only go to a high‑level universe.

But the instant this thought arose, Qin Wudao actually felt a trace of hesitation in his heart—like a child leaving home for the first time, filled with curiosity about the outside, yet harboring a fear of the unknown.

What were high‑level universes like?

Qin Wudao did not know!

Probably... maybe... perhaps they were dangerous!

"I, the Son of Heaven, am actually afraid?"

Suddenly, Qin Wudao chuckled self‑mockingly. He was laughing at his own incompetence—that the proud monarch of the Qin Dynasty would actually fear a single bout of tempering.

He had grown too used to living a good life; after sitting in a lofty seat for too long, he had actually learned to cherish his own life.

That would never do.

At the same time, this also hardened Qin Wudao’s resolve to temper himself—to experience life and death, and comprehend life!

He was going to a high‑level universe to temper himself!