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“Hm?”
Qi Lin furrowed his brow. The three women standing in the lead had chillingly baleful auras. Among them, there was the Han Dulong he had injured in the mist earlier. Behind them were a hundred white-clothed cultivators, each and every one brimming with energy. They stood on seven stars, showing their completion of Primordial Infant Realm.
“Heavenly Decree Palace!”
Yu Shiqie’s expression was pale, and stumbled backwards a few steps in fright.
“Yu Shiqie, you have offended the Tianzun. The Heavenly Decree Palace is taking you back.” Wei Hu said strictly. “As for you…Are you Qi Lin? You obstructed the matters of the Heavenly Decree Palace and injured three of my disciples…We ask that you follow us to the Heavenly Decree Palace.”
Qi Lin saw that the newcomers were not friendly. He calmly answered: “I am going to go control the floods. Why not wait until afterwards, and then I’ll go apologize to the Heavenly Decree Palace. How about it?”
“Control the floods?” Wei Hu sneered. She was aware of the Northern Primordial’s floods, the worst in ages and that affected millions. But to the Heavenly Decree Palace, the Northern Primordial was nothing more than the land of savages. The Divine Names and the citizens here were descendants of the filthy Immemorial Royal Family. That such a place would soon be underwater merely filled her with joy.
“Do you think your merry little band alone can stop the floods. The Northern Primordial’s flooding is the result of its many sins, the will of the heavenly way. You have only yourselves to blame. No one can stop it!”
“On what basis do you judge us as having sinned. The Heavenly Decree Palace has been hunting the Great Shaman Clan’s Divine Names all this time, you are the ones who commit all kinds of evil, the ones who are evil to the extreme.”
“This place is not the Northern Primordial. The Heavenly Decree Palace’s word is law here.” The woman said, ice-cold. “Those who violate the decrees of Heaven shall be executed.”
The hundred disciples simultaneously used their magical energy. Their Flying Swords spun, pressuring everyone.
“Big Brother, why waste your breath on these people.” Qi Qi was impatient.
Qi Lin did not want to waste time tangling with them. He said to Nezha: “Protect Hou Ji properly. Changxi, hurry and kill that Demon.”
“Oh? Are we ignoring them?” Nezha saw that this Heavenly Decree Palace’s sword array was quite formidable.
Qi Lin actually did place the Heavenly Decree Palace’s formation as beneath him. That he was able to seriously wound Han Dulong, these Divine Names perhaps had yet to reach High Ancient Realm.
“Are you all so determined on stopping us?” Qi Lin asked one last question.
This diplomatic question made Wei Hu lose her temper: “Who do you think you are to dare speak to the Heavenly Decree Palace in such a manner.”
“Seize them!!” Wei Hu ordered.
The sword array activated.
The thousand Flying Swords descended like myriad stars.
Hou Ji took out Bountiful Harvest and plowed the ground, activating a Destined Technique. The ground was churned, raising an earthen rampart that shielded them, catching all of the Flying Swords. “Qi Qi, let’s go.” Qi Lin was blunt.
The Great Sage Equal Of Heaven, having received her big brother’s order, was already impatient. She grinned and pounced.
Wei Hu was unperturbed. She waited for Qi Qi to enter the sword array, her eyes gleaming with a cold glint.
The Heavenly Decree Palace’s hundred Primordial Infant and even God Transformation cultivators urged on their sword chant. In the sword array, the myriad swords were like a forest, sharp and keen as they ripped apart the sky. This sword array was capable of killing a Middle Ancient Realm Divine Name. Even a High Ancient Realm’s Vajra Indestructibility was at great risk, which was why Wei Hu dared to be so fearless.
Xue Ehu also raised her weapon and charged into the array at this time to attack Qi Qi.
But she had miscalculated. The moment Qi Qi stepped into the formation, all of a sudden, the girl’s Divine Energy metamorphosed like light on her body. That ordinary clothing and armor covering her immediately transformed into a purple crown, gold armor, and an imposing cloak. The Ruyi Jingu Bang in her hand glowed bright, dimming the light of the sword array.
“What???”
Xue Ehu was aghast.
Bang, bang, bang.
Sun Wukong charged into the sword array, and all of the sword array’s attacks seemed to strike iron plates, failing to harm even a hair on her. The girl brandished the Jingu Bang, easily sweeping aside the Flying Swords.
“Devil-felling Pestle!!” Wei Hu immediately activated her strongest magic treasure.
The Devil-felling Pestle descended from the sky and struck at Qi Qi’s cranium. This magic treasure was able to pierce Vajra Indestructibility bodies, and although it was not sufficient to kill her opponent, it had the might of Mount Tai and could seriously debilitate the target’s Divine Energy.
Qi Qi wielded the Ruyi Jingu Bang and attack the Devil-felling Pestle.
Bang, bang, bang. After a few strikes, the Devil-felling Pestle was knocked aside; it was fundamentally unable to stop the golden staff’s divine might. The Ruyi Jingu Bang was sufficient to equal an Approaching Heaven magic treasure, how could Wei Hu’s Devil-felling Pestle hope to compete.
“This is bad.”
Seeing Qi Qi suddenly pounce towards Xue Ehu, Wei hu showed a horrified expression.
“Hurry and kill her.”
The Heavenly Decree Palace’s cultivators spared no effort to attack. Magic treasures, Flying Swords, and powers were used without end on Qi Qi.
“Dissipation Of Bliss!”
Xue Ehu used her most powerful Destined Skill.
“Parishuddhi Universe!!”
Qi Qi also used a Destined Skill.
The Jingu Bang’s Divine Energy swept in all directions. All of the incoming powers, magic treasures, and Flying Swords were completely destroyed. The girl bared her teeth and instantly bludgeoned Xue Ehu’s head. Only the did the woman finally realize her attacker’s might.
“Great Sage Equal Of Heaven Sun Wukong!!!”
The woman screamed.
The golden cudgel swung down.
Fortune-diminishing Great General Xue Ehu was unable to withstand this, and the Heavenly Decree Divine Palace was too late to activate; she was killed instantly by the staff.
A wisp of Destiny wafted out and was instantly absorbed by Qi Qi.
“Little Sister.” Wei Hu cried out in grief.
Qi Qi then attacked her. Wei Hu activated the Heavenly Decree Divine Talisman to form a barrier of white light, blocking the golden staff’s strike. “Fortune-increasing Great General” Han Dulong also raised her heavy body and attacked, using a magic treasure to barely stop Qi Qi’s blow.
Qi Qi fought fervently, and the Ruyi Jingu Bang raised ocean-churning Divine Energy, annihilating several dozen disciples of the Heavenly Decree Palace.
In the face of a High Ancient Realm Divine General, the Primordial Infant cultivators were no different from sheets of paper. Even the God Transformation cultivators were heavily injured.
“Withdraw, now!!” Wei Hu shouted promptly. Without another thought, she turned tail and fled.
When the Heavenly Decree Palace’s disciples saw this, countless Flying Swords entangled Qi Qi. Only after several dozen more disciples had perished did they finally make a sorry escape.
In the blink of an eye, the Heavenly Decree Palace’s arrogant sword array had disintegrated.
Qi Qi was light as a feather. The tip of her foot tapped the ground, and she gently landed in front of Qi Lin. She was very relaxed, as if she had just finished warming up.
Yu Shiqie gawked.
“Great Sage Equal Of Heaven…”
The girl was a bit lost for words.
Although Hou Ji knew that QI Qi was very strong, she did not expect her to be so powerful, to be able to break the Heavenly Decree Palace’s sword array and their Three Great Disciples on her own. The girl stared at Qi Lin with a gaze that could not help but be a bit astonished.
Just how capable and talented was this man that he could obtain Great Sage Equal Of Heaven Sun Wukong’s Invested Deity Contract.
“After this, I fear that the Heavenly Decree Palace won’t let matters stand. However, there was no other way. We will first go to the Northern Primordial. Hou Ji, Nezha, and Changxi, go kill the Lingling1 quickly. Qi Qi and I will go back to discuss how to handle the other seven Demons with Yu The Great.”
“Everything rests on you…” Hou Ji bit her lip and mustered all her courage to say: “Brother QI Lin…”
Hearing her address him so familiarly, Qi Lin knowingly smiled: “Sure, and you be careful, too, Little Sister.”
“En.”
Hou Ji, Nezha, and Changxi boarded the Wind Rain Boat, and they set course towards the northeast.
“Yu Shiqie, do you want to return to the tribe with us for the time being?” Qi Lin asked.
Yu Shiqie was well aware she was ill-advised to linger in the Northern Continent. The Heavenly Decree Palace had lost disciples this time, which would perhaps stir them to fury, maybe even make that Daoxing Tianzun take action, but she herself would be powerless to fight back. “If Young Lord will not abandon this, Your Servant is willing to help the Young Lord control the floods in any humble way I can.” The young girl softly said.
“Great, let’s hurry back.”
It took several months to come here, so the journey back would inevitably need greater magical energy expenditure to save time.
The white mist receded.
Dressed in pure white, Bai Ze walked out of the fog. The girl’s pale eyes gazed at the direction Qi Lin left in. She beckoned with her white hand, and the corpses and souls of the cultivators on the ground became essence-lights that shot into the fog.
Then, the white mist expanded a bit while the young girl turned and vanished into its expanse.
Northern Continent.
“Commander Wei Hu, that monkey did not pursue.” Several disciples hurriedly reported.
Only then did Wei Hu stop the escape technique. She looked over the ragged disciples of the Heavenly Decree Palace. The woman’s complexion was dark as she tightly clenched her fist.
“Sun Wukong. She was actually the Great Sage Equal Of Heaven!!”
“Elder Sister, we must avenge Little Sister Ehu.” Han Dulong grieved and lamented.
“The man’s Deity is actually the Great Sage Equal Of Heaven, this is too inconceivable.” Wei Hu said: “That monkey has the Ruyi Jingu Bang, we are no match for her.”
“Ask Master to set out.” Han Dulong said.
“We can only ask the Tianzun for instructions about this matter.” Wei Hu was grim. “This man seems to already understand the method to flood the Northern Primordial. We cannot let him do as he pleases.”
“Right. The Northern Primordial is full of barbarians, and the Shaman Clan are like ants. This filthy bloodline should be cleansed by the floods.” Han Dulong hatefully nodded.
“However…”
“However what?”
“That Yunmeng Lake is definitely concealing something.” Wei Hu pondered whether or not to go investigate Yunmeng Lake for now.
Revenge was the only thing on Han Dulong’s mind: “Sun Wukong has appeared in the Northern Primordial. If we can obtain her Destiny, then the Heavenly Decree Palace can rise above all else. This matter is the most important.”
Wei Hu nodded and agreed.
“We had better report to the Tianzun together. Let Master make the final decision.”
Twelve days later.
Along the way back, Qi Lin encountered the guides of the Ji Tribe that were relocating to Zhuolu.
When Yu The Great saw he had returned, she eagerly stepped forward to receive him. “Brother, is there hope to control the floods?”
“We already met Bai Ze at Yunmeng Lake.” Qi Lin summarized the events that transpired at Yunmeng Lake, and then he informed her about the Eight Demons that Bai Ze mentioned were responsible for the flood. Bo Yi was flabbergasted as she listened. “Eight Demons that are portents to floods…How can this be. Eight Demons working in concert to cast a spell, only High Ancient Demonkin are capable of this.”
High Ancient Demonkin were the vassals of the Immemorial Royal Family. Back when the reputation of the Primal Chaos Heavenly Court was poor, the scourge of the Demonkin was an important contributing reason. However, like the Immemorial Royal Family, the High Ancient Demonkin were completely subdued by the Demon-summoning Banner of Lady Nüwa. Today’s Primordial World Demonkin could not be said to be very related to the High Ancient Demonkin. However, to unleash a formation like this, one able to flood the Northern Primordial, the average Demonkin could not possibly possess this capability.
“Let us revisit this. What Bai Ze said should not be false, and she even mentioned their locations.” Qi Lin said. “The formation will be complete after forty days, whereupon the floods cannot be controlled. Right now, we have less than forty days. Hou Ji, Nezha, and Changxi have gone to slay the Manman while there are seven other demons we must dispatch within the next forty days.”
“Slaying seven demons in seven places across the Northern Primordial in just forty days…This will be very difficult.” Bo Yi was miserable.
Qi Lin felt the same. Even at top speed, the most he could kill would be two.
“These floods concern the life and death of the Northern Primordial. We should go seek out Xuanyuan and Chiyou, for we can only join hands together with them.” Yu The Great said.
“Seek them out?”
“Wenming just so happens to have invited each of the Eight Desolates’ major tribes to convene a conference at Mount Tu. Xuanyuan and Chiyou will appear as well. At that time, we can persuade the tribes to unite and exterminate the seven demons.” Yu The Great stared at Qi Lin.
“Little Sister Wenming’s solution is great.” Qi Lin nodded. Divide and conquer. This way, there would be enough time to quell the floods.
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- Raws say Lingling, but I’m pretty sure this was supposed to be Manman. ↩
This Quest is gonna cut things REAL close. Like, skin of their teeth close