Douluo: Build the Kingdom of God starting from Wuhun Palace

After Li Jing's avatar fought against the Shrek team, Tian Hao handed over to his senior brother, who would take charge here and frighten his two uncles while he returned to the Kingdom of God.

After receiving the research from the goddesses on the central power of the Divine Realm, Tian Hao retreated to think about a problem, a big issue that would determine the future development direction of the Divine Realm and the direction of his own cultivation.

"Does the energy of chaos have to be produced in an environment like a black hole, or does it only require a big explosion?"

Thinking about this problem, Tian Hao was unable to determine the conditions for the generation of chaotic energy for a while.

According to the Douluo series, the chaotic energy in the Great God Circle was produced by a big explosion caused by the collision of the seven divine realms in the black hole, but that is just a novel after all, and this is a real world. I don’t know if it is true.

Not to mention that it was still a book by San Shao. It was common for the settings to contradict each other. It felt as if someone else had written it. Who knows which one is true and which one is false.

If true, is a black hole environment necessary?

Or it could be said that the big explosion of the collision of the seven divine realms itself can produce the energy of chaos, or it can interact with the black hole, or it can break part of the black hole and produce the energy of chaos.

These are all unknown. The worst case scenario is that there must be an environment like a black hole. If that is the case, we can only imitate the experience of the Great God Circle in the original book and go to the black hole.

The extreme environment of a black hole is not easy to deal with. Even if those gods were almost swallowed up, although he had some thoughts about it before, he would not go to the black hole rashly. At least he would have to reach the strength of the Dragon God.

It's just that it's too difficult to reach that state, and it takes a long time, even if he has that piece of jade to cheat.

But the energy of chaos is too important. If you really have to wait until you reach the level of Dragon God, then there is not much point in getting the energy of chaos. It is best to take a shortcut to get the energy of chaos beforehand.

This kind of power can not only evolve super artifacts, but also allow the first-level main gods to break through and reach the level of god kings. Huo Yuhao and Zhou Weiqing, who were in the original destiny trajectory, both became god kings with the help of the power of chaos.

Moreover, the energy of chaos is the source of all power and can match the power characteristics of all gods. It is not as limited as the power of creation.

If they can obtain the energy of chaos in advance, not only will their cultivation speed be increased, but their strength will also be enhanced, and the bottleneck of the God King level will no longer exist.

This is crucial!

"Black holes and big explosions will definitely not work. They are not something that can be obtained at this stage. We still have to find a way out from the power of the Dragon God."

After thinking for a long time, Tian Hao finally decided to find a breakthrough from the power of the Dragon God.

At least the last time I merged the power of creation and the power of destruction, I did get a trace of the origin of chaos. Even if it is unstable, it is the real origin of chaos, or the energy of chaos.

Now we just need to find a way to stabilize the chaotic energy that has been fused in reverse. Compared with the conditions of the black hole environment and the big bang, it is much simpler and more stable.

After roughly finalizing the future route, Tian Hao brought A Yin over, who was refining a wood-attribute material. He needed the help of this beauty for the next practice.

"Don't make trouble, I'm refining the materials."

Ah Yin, who was holding a piece of dead wood in his hand, rolled his eyes. This piece of dead wood was a wood-attribute material sent by God Shura. Its body was definitely at the level of a main god. This material could theoretically be used to refine it into a main artifact. of.

Of course, other materials must be incorporated.

"I want to further improve the Wheel of Qi and Blood in the Lunhai Secret Realm and evolve it into the Wheel of Life. I need Sister A Yin's help."

Smelling the beauty's fragrance, Tian Hao revealed the purpose of this visit.

Naturally, he is not that stupid. His main purpose is to use Ah Yin to complete the perfection of the Wheel of Qi and Blood and evolve it into the Wheel of Life.

Among the many goddess wives, only Ah Yin cultivates the way of life. Today's body is also evolved based on the seed of life. It is the purest embodiment of life power. Only Ah Yin can help her quickly complete a breakthrough.

"How to do?"

Hearing that it was serious business, Ah Yin became serious even though he was burned by the heat.

"Double cultivation!"

Saying these two words, A Yin's fair and pretty face was instantly covered with a layer of pink.

"You can't take off your clothes!"

After hesitating for a moment, he finally gritted his teeth and agreed.

She could only agree now that her body and mind had been taken away, and she no longer had any resistance to this little man.

With the consent of the beautiful woman, Tian Hao smiled wildly, feeling more and more grateful for his foresight that he had actually created a method of dual cultivation. While practicing, he could enjoy life and deepen the relationship between husband and wife. He achieved many things with one stone.

Without much delay, Tian Hao began to practice without shame. At the same time, with the help of A Yin, he further connected with the Blue Silver Divine Tree to assist in the transformation of the Wheel of Qi and Blood.

In this regard, he had already deduced this aspect with the help of broken jade fragments during his last retreat. This time he obtained the results of understanding the central power of the God Realm and further improved the results of the derivation, and he was ready to start.

With the multiple blessings of Ah Yin, the Blue Silver Sacred Tree and the Seed of Life, Tian Hao transformed the Wheel of Qi and Blood smoothly. He bound his longevity to the Wheel of Qi and Blood and evolved into a higher level of the Wheel of Life. wheel.

In the setting of the Heaven-Shading Method, the Wheel of Life is linked to lifespan, allowing monks to directly cultivate the body's most essential life essence, and at the same time, it can also feed back and increase lifespan. The two are mutual and complement each other, forming a virtuous cycle. .

Of course, they can also have negative effects on each other. For example, the lifespan limit in Zhetian will affect their strength once they age, and they may even fall into the realm.

What Tian Hao has to do now is to bind Shou Yuan to the Wheel of Qi and Blood, so that he can obtain the most essential life force of the body, and thereby evolve the Wheel of Qi and Blood into the Wheel of Life, or in other words, perfect it into the Wheel of Life.

“Perfect piece!”

Feeling the wheel of life that he was transforming into, Ah Yin's wonderful eyes were filled with brilliance.

Out of her absolute trust in Xiao Haozi, during the dual cultivation, she also integrated her life span into the wheel of Qi and blood, evolving it into a more perfect wheel of life. Even the power of Qi and blood transformed along with it, making it more powerful than pure vitality. All must be pure.

Even the Dead Sea built with the help of Bibi Dong in the body was suppressed by this power, which shows how much it has been improved.

"This is called life essence, which is the power extracted from the body's vitality."

Tian Hao was also very happy. Although there had been deductions before, they were just deductions after all. Whether it would be successful in actual operation is still unknown.

Fortunately, it was indeed successful, thanks to Ah Yin's help. Otherwise, if he had to transform himself, he would have needed at least several years or even more than ten years of hard training.

"Didn't you say you wouldn't take it off?"

Ah Yin, who was about to speak, suddenly blushed with embarrassment. She wanted to resist but her strength seemed to be taken away, and she couldn't help but feel a little resentful.

I clearly promised not to take it off before.

"Isn't this the end of your training?"

With a smile, Tian Hao used the Mountain Swallowing Magic.

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After fighting like this for who knows how long, Tian Hao finally came out refreshed and ran to the little teacher.

"Are you willing to leave the gentle village?"

Bibi Dong, who was looking through a document, glanced at the traitor who walked in, and was quite curious about the results of this retreat.

He skillfully stepped forward to pick up the little teacher, and then sat on the papal throne.

Bibi Dong had no resistance to this. Anyway, this thing was his traitor, the holy son of Wuhun Palace, the heir to the throne of the Pope, and he would reach this position sooner or later.

"I have bound Shou Yuan to the Wheel of Qi and Blood and evolved it into the Wheel of Life. Next, I need your help, little teacher, to evolve the Dead Sea."

After revealing the purpose of coming here, Tian Hao evolved the Wheel of Life, and naturally he would not let go of the opposite Dead Sea. He had to ask the little teacher for help in this regard. After all, the Dead Sea was originally created with the help of the little teacher's divine power of death.

If you want to evolve the Dead Sea, you can only ask a little teacher for help.

"And after that?"

Bibi Dong did not refuse. It was not a difficult task for her. In comparison, she was more curious about how well the traitor had perfected the system.

Tian Hao stretched out his palm and condensed a ball of life essence in his palm, and explained: "Although life and death are opposites, they are also dependent on each other. Just as life can merge with destruction to form the power of creation, the two opposing forces of life and death can certainly also Fusion will most likely be the same force of creation as before, but it will definitely be different.

Then, use the power of creation to fuse the origin of the martial soul to transform the Wheel of Life and the Sea of ​​Bitterness, turn them into martial souls to practice and evolve, and finally evolve into a divine weapon..."

The essence of most cultivation systems is the continuous improvement of energy quality. Just like the cultivation of a soul master improves not only the quantity of soul power, but more importantly, the quality of soul power, which ultimately transforms soul power into divine power.

Naturally, my own practice of this copycat version of the Heaven-Shielding Technique requires an improvement in energy level. Only with higher-level energy can I further temper and strengthen my body.

He just tried it, and the simple life essence still couldn't have much effect on himself. This was not because the life essence was not good, but because his current body level was too high.

In the past, it was tempered with the power of soul and blood, and also tempered with the help of the power of heavenly tribulation, and even transformed into a divine body. The evolved life essence cannot be tempered naturally.

But after all, this is to improve the cultivation system. His level is too high to transform, but those whose bodies have not yet cultivated to their own level can use life essence to temper their bodies, and the efficiency will be much higher than the power of qi and blood. .

Using it as the foundation and using the method of unification of three elements, the quality of power obtained will be higher, making it easier to resist the catastrophe and complete the transformation.

After resisting the catastrophe and completing the transformation, the body has also transformed into a divine body, and then it will require a higher level of power than the power of creation to practice.

He thought of the fusion of the power of life and death, which is also a major feature of Douluo. Life and destruction can be fused, and life and death can naturally be fused.

In addition, the Wheel of Life and the Sea of ​​Bitterness are integrated with the martial soul words of this plane, so as to evolve the Wheel of Life and the Sea of ​​Bitterness. The same will apply to the subsequent realms.

"We can wait until this Soul Master Competition is over, and the Star Luo Empire's split plan is about to begin."

Bibi Dong knew better and put his cultivation after the Soul Master Competition.

After all, the finals are about to begin, and this time not only will Shura Divine Mind and Destruction Divine Mind be secretly watching, but people from Poseidon Island will also be sent to participate. There are many people to deal with, and there is no room for sloppiness.

"Did you slap me that time?"

Tian Hao did not object, but asked about another thing.

Although he was very tired last time, he realized afterwards that he was slapped by the little teacher.

"You slapped me so many times, how many times did I slap you?"

After speaking domineeringly, Bibi Dong admitted that she was seeking revenge, and that she had not retaliated enough.

I have been tortured by this traitor many times before, and every time I was slapped, I was so swollen that I couldn't even sit on the papal throne.

"Teacher, have you ever heard of the saying that when is the time to retaliate?"

Sighing, Tian Hao really didn't want this.

"My master is not the kind of fool who can't fight back."

With a sneer, Bibi Dong didn't think that she was a generous person. Only when she has grievances and revenge can she be enlightened.

"It just so happens that I'm not that kind of person either."

With a ferocious smile, Tian Hao slapped him, enjoying the sexual excitement, and immediately started a war in the solemn and sacred Pope's Palace, becoming a true traitor and evildoer, contradicting the teacher with practical actions, and letting him Speechless.

Finally, after sending the little teacher to the Western Paradise to be with Sister A Yin, Tian Hao felt refreshed and went to the Xingluo Empire to do things.

At this time, the teams from the two empires' divisions have basically arrived in Wuhun City. The finals will officially begin in two days. At the same time, the two empires are also in chaos.

The four major kingdoms in the Tiandou Empire formally occupied the area south of the Tianling Mountains and publicly declared their independence from the rule of the Tiandou Empire.

Even that principality sent a large army to conquer the city and expand its territory to the kingdom level. It also declared independence and did not recognize Xue Beng's legal authority.

This was not over yet, a video was played in all cities and towns, it was the scene when Xue Qinghe ascended the throne and was assassinated by Tang San.

There is also the edict left by Xue Qinghe, inviting the five kingdoms to assist in killing the rebellious officials and traitors.

This gave the Kingdom and the Principality an excuse to march openly. Faced with this God-given opportunity to expand their territory and become legally independent, the four kings and the Grand Duke would naturally not miss it.

Not to mention that Xue Qinghe also sent six legions, including family members, which only a fool would not want.

Moreover, the Tiandou Empire has been ruined internally. Even if they attack, it will be difficult for the Tiandou Empire to send troops to attack them.

As long as the occupied area is digested, especially the six legions, their strength will increase several times, and there is no need to be afraid.

Faced with the simultaneous attacks of the five kingdoms, Xue Beng, who was already dizzy with domestic problems, almost collapsed.

Now let alone sending troops to attack, he can't even control the remaining territory.

Because Xue Qinghe not only emptied the treasury of the imperial capital secretly, but also emptied the granary treasury of the major cities. Money and materials, especially grain, were all transferred to the five kingdoms.

He made it clear that he wanted to play with the Collapse of the Tiandou Empire, become a subjugated king, and not give the Haotian Sect any chance, so he would naturally do whatever he wanted.

Today, the Dou Empire has become a complete mess, especially after the royal family members were destroyed and Prince Snow Star was also killed. Just one avalanche cannot solve the problem.

Not long after, famine broke out in this half of the country. Coupled with Xue Qinghe's arrangements, a large number of victims had to flee across the Tianling Mountains to the Five Kingdoms.

There was nothing the avalanche could do to stop this, because both the remaining four legions and the city guards in the major cities had been secretly poisoned by Xue Qinghe and were disabled. He was out of breath even after running even two steps. If we were to start a fight with those victims who were going crazy from hunger, it was still unclear who would hit whom.

It is even possible for those victims to steal their weapons and armor, and in a blink of an eye they can become bandits and rebels.

In the end, I could only watch the people under my command exodus and be happily taken over by the five kingdoms, and the population was rapidly declining.

Not even the Haotian Sect and Ning Fengzhi can solve this problem. After all, they only have a small number of people. Even if they all mobilize, they cannot stop so many people.

And even if it is stopped, so what?

They didn't have enough food to help the victims. Xue Qinghe was too cruel and cruel in this regard.

The loss of a large number of people will naturally leave large areas of farmland abandoned. Without people to farm, food will not be produced, forming a vicious cycle.

Now Tiandou's side is running out of troops, food, and people. It's only a matter of time before it collapses completely.

If it weren't for the Haotian Sect, the five kingdoms would have sent out all-out troops to carve up the entire Tiandou.

Now Xue Beng can only place his hope on Tang Sect's hidden weapons, using them to arm an elite army as soon as possible to stabilize the situation, then regain the country and destroy the five kingdoms.

But what Xue Beng didn't know was that someone had already been eyeing the Tang Sect.

When the Haotian Sect focused mainly on the finals in Wuhun City, Lian Xuefeng, who was hiding in the dark, took action.

"Have you finished setting up?"

In a hidden corner of Tangmen, Lian Xuefeng looked at Lin Ziping who had returned from controlling Yang Wushuang's body.

She wants to completely destroy the Tang Sect, leaving no chickens or dogs behind.

If you want to do this, it's not enough for them alone. You have to use some external force, such as - poison!

It just so happens that the Po clan is good at making all kinds of poisons, including some large-scale poisons.

They obtained the memories of the two Yang Wudi brothers, so they could naturally create them.

Ever since they obtained their memories, they had secretly collected materials and made a large amount of poison just for this day.

"Everything has been put down. It will cover the entire Tang Sect within an hour."

Looking at the chimneys still smoking in the Tang Sect, Lin Ziping's smile had a hint of ferocity.

Tang San had a mortal grudge to kill him, not to mention kidnapping and killing their college and relatives. They would repay this debt tenfold and a hundredfold.

Lian Xuefeng didn't say anything and waited quietly.

The Tang Sect also knew that the current situation of the Tiandou Empire could be said to be very bad and on the verge of collapse.

The only way to break the situation is to quickly cultivate an elite army with the help of hidden weapons, then fight out, cross the Tianling Mountains, snatch back the money and food diverted by Xueqing River, and then destroy the five kingdoms. Only in this way can the Tiandou Empire continue to be strong. Life.

Only when the Tiandou Empire is stable can the Tang Clan live a good life.

For this reason, the force clan is fighting for their lives. They work in two shifts, 24 hours a day, and work around the clock to create hidden weapons.

As soon as Xue Beng's new legion is recruited and formed, hidden weapons, mainly the Zhuge Divine Crossbow, will be sent there.

Even the Yu clan was brought in to fight, while the Min clan was responsible for patrolling the Tangmen to prevent enemies from sneaking in.

However, the Min clan was severely damaged back then. Even after all these years, there is still only one titled Douluo, Bai He, and the rest have reached the soul saint level at most, so it is naturally difficult to detect Lian Xuefeng's infiltration.

Lin Ziping even sealed the prepared medicine into the charcoal, and used the Tangmen forging furnace to ignite the medicine into poisonous smoke and spread it.

Because the Tang Sect has been forging endlessly these days, the smoke has long spread throughout the Tang Sect. In addition, the smell of the smoke further obscures the smell of the poisonous smoke. Everyone has inhaled the poisonous smoke unknowingly.

Lian Xuefeng, who was waiting, suddenly frowned, and then the space next to him rippled, and four figures walked out of it. The first one was Shen Xinshui, who controlled Yang Wudi's body.

The three people behind them were familiar to Xuefeng and Lin Ziping. They were Jiangzhu and the other three from Lanba Academy.

"I just found out that they are digging up the tomb of the Tiandou royal family."

Shen Xinshui replied, looking a little weird.

He was previously responsible for monitoring the ruins of Tiandou City, and then accidentally discovered the three people who were robbing tombs.

Because we were all allies, we went over to inquire and found out that the three of them were also targeting the Tiandou Empire, the Tang Sect, and the Haotian Sect.

Then we hit it off immediately and brought three people over to join the plan.

"I heard about the changes in the Xingluo Division. My condolences!"

Lian Xuefeng sighed softly, feeling a sympathy for the three of them, especially for Jiangzhu.

She was a sensible person, so she could naturally tell that Jiangzhu liked that person, but this person had the same experience as herself. The people she loved were killed, and it was all at the hands of the Haotian Sect.

"That batch of celestial herbs is well cultivated, don't forget to pick it up on time!"

Nodding sadly to Lian Xuefeng, Jiangzhu mentioned the original deal.

Although their senior has passed away, they will abide by the deal they made.

"I need to use the lives of people from the Tang Sect to practice. I can cripple them, but they must be ended by me."

Even Xuefeng nodded and stated the requirements of his plan.

Now that Jiangzhu and the others are here, they naturally have to join the plan, but she needs to use the lives of the Tang Clan people to practice to dominate the world.

Jiangzhu glanced at Emperor Xueye, who was standing behind Lian Xuefeng and was wrapped in scarlet blood mist, and nodded to express his understanding.

"The bones are mine!"

The taciturn Jing Ling suddenly spoke. He needed more bones to complete the Bone Throne.

Previously, the two royal tombs of the Tiandou royal family in New Tiandou City and Xuefeng City were hollowed out, and the bones inside were put away and smelted into the Bone Throne, and the funerary objects were also put away.

But this is not enough, he needs more soul master corpses, the more the merrier!

The next target is the royal mausoleum of the Xingluo royal family!

"I can't give you those three clan leaders. I still have use for them, but I can get the location of their family's ancestral tombs from their memories."

Lian Xue did not refuse. She knew that this person's martial spirit was a skeleton, so naturally she wanted the spirit master's bones for cultivation.

However, they have reserved the bodies of the three Titans and cannot give them to them.

Jing Ling didn't say much about this either, so she acquiesced.

In this way, the two parties reached a cooperation, which was also the condition of their original alliance with that person. They were an offensive and defensive alliance against the Haotian Sect.

Soon the effect of the poisonous smoke appeared, and the members of the three tribes also discovered abnormalities, especially the three Titans.

"Enemy attack! Alert!"

A roar spread through the entire Tang Sect. It was Tai Tan who roared. He even used his martial soul true form to transform into a ten-meter-large powerful gorilla, scanning the surroundings with eager eyes.

Niu Gao also used his martial soul true form and transformed into an equally huge plate-armored giant rhinoceros.

Bai He also used his martial soul true body, but unlike Tai Tai and Niu Gao's martial soul true body, his martial soul true body was reduced in size, turning into a body with a body length of only one meter and a wingspan of only one and a half meters. Sharp-tailed Swift.

Although the body size has shrunk, the speed has further increased, because the smaller the body, the smaller the air resistance will be, and it can also be more flexible.

After displaying his martial soul, Bai He did not hover. Instead, he flew over Tangmen at an extremely fast speed, searching for the presence of intruders, and used his eighth soul skill to speed up the investigation by dividing it into five parts.

Since the other party secretly poisoned him, there will definitely be follow-up actions.

Because that kind of poison is not fatal, it just makes the muscles and bones weak and makes it difficult to exert strength.

And the higher the cultivation level, the weaker the effect. The three of them just used their soul power to resolve the poisonous power, but this made them even more uneasy.

Since the other party can inflict such unknown poison, he must have other deadly moves.

White Crane, who has reached the level of Titled Douluo, is indeed very fast. Even though Sharp-tailed Swift is only a high-level martial spirit, since all spirit rings are speed-type amplifications, in terms of speed alone, he is absolutely unrivaled at the same level.

But it's just pure speed. Some forces are naturally superior to speed, such as space and time.

Bai He, who was searching quickly, suddenly felt that his body was stagnant, and even his conscious thought was almost stagnant. Then his shoulder hurt and his body was penetrated.

However, his eighth soul skill is quite special. Not only can he generate four clones, but he can also swap his body and clones at any time. Using the clones to carry damage is equivalent to having four more lives.

The moment he was hurt, Bai He replaced his body with a clone.

But before he could react, his shoulder was penetrated again.

In desperation, he could only continue to exchange with his clones four times in a row. After all four clones were pierced by his opponent, Bai He returned to his two friends with a pale face.

"It's the soul-breaking gun. The old goat and the others are back."

He said solemnly, although he didn't see the person who did it clearly just now, but he is very familiar with the soul power of the soul-breaking gun, it must be the Yang Wudi brothers.

Those two people not only survived Dugu Bo's poisonous skills, but also came to take revenge on them.

Hearing the words "soul-breaking gun", Tai Tan and Niu Gao's hearts sank, and they were also surprised that the Yang Wudi brothers could survive from Dugu Bo's hands.

At this time, footsteps sounded, and the three of them turned around and saw a burly figure approaching with a gun. He was covered in a cloak, but the spear in his hand was unmistakable. It was the soul-breaking gun!

At this time, there were footsteps on the other side, and a figure in the same dress came over, also holding a soul-breaking gun in his hand.

It was the Yang Wudi brothers, or Shen Xinshui and Lin Ziping who controlled them.

This was not over yet, two more figures came over, wearing armor, covering their whole bodies.

"Lanba Academy!"

Seeing the two figures in armor, Titan's pupils shrank and he realized something was wrong.

They could still handle it if it was just Yang Wudi and the other two, but not if Lanba Academy was included.

You must know that the two people from Lanba Academy are geniuses. They performed very well in the Soul Master Competition five years ago. They will definitely become stronger after five years. The three of them are no match for them.

The siege took shape, and Huang Yuan and four others launched an attack at the same time. Huang Yuan rushed towards Titan's martial soul avatar, using his martial soul avatar while running, and it was a deeply developed martial soul avatar.

He did not transform into the form of a wolf, but into a werewolf, whose size was no worse than that of Titan's powerful gorilla.

"war!"

With a wild roar, Taitan rushed forward with hands and feet. Unfortunately, the result was not good. Huang Yuan punched him and flew him away. Even his martial spirit avatar was blown up and he was instantly killed with one blow.

Five years ago, Huang Yuan possessed a prodigy's combat power comparable to that of a Titled Douluo. Later, he obtained the god-level fire. He has been practicing hard for the past five years and integrated the two god-level fires into his martial soul. Evolve into a god-level martial spirit.

Now it has reached the Contra level, and its combat power is comparable to that of a ninety-nine-level peak Douluo. How can it be compared to the Titans?

Niu Gao, who faced Jing Ling on the other side, also felt uncomfortable. His martial soul's true form was cut through with a sword. He suffered heavy injuries and lost the ability to fight again.

Seeing that both his old friends were killed instantly, Bai He panicked. He didn't care about his two old friends and his clan members, so he flapped his wings and prepared to run away.

It's a pity that he has been targeted by Shen Xinshui and Lin Ziping for a long time. One of them has the power of space and the other has the power of time. How could he escape?

In the end, he was nailed to the ground with a soul-breaking gun, and the martial soul's true body was also broken.

Bai He, who was nailed to the ground, was filled with regret. If he had known that this day would happen, he would definitely not have forced Yang Wudi away.

It's a pity that there is no regret medicine in this world. It's too late to regret it now.