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Outside the Thunder Lake.
Nüba was currently watching from far away.
“The Daoxing Tianzun has placed enormous value on this Dreamless. Her arrangements are air-tight. If Qi Lin wants to forge the Ninth Cauldron in the Thunder Lake, that would be impossible.”
Nüba frowned. The situation did not unfold exactly as she had thought it would.
Yinglong was at a nearby thunder pond amusing herself with several Thunder dragons. These vicious Thunder Dragons were toyed with like earthworms between her white fingers. “En, the Daoxing Tianzun is very cautious. No wonder the Chan Sect dispatched her to the Northern Continent to manage a cult.”
Nüba nodded. Originally, she thought her strategy of borrowing a knife to kill would pit the Daoxing Tianzun and the Great Sage Equal Of Heaven against each other and result in mutual losses, but she did not expect that the Daoxing Tianzun would be completely uninterested, surprisingly even making the cultivators of the Three Houses and Five Sects go handle that Monkey Sun instead while she sat atop the platform, waiting as the fisherman who took both snipe and clam.
“The Chan Sect’s people are vicious. This Palace had underestimated them.” Nüba was vexed. This meant that her plan had completely failed, and what worried her even more was that Qi Lin’s Divine Cauldron casting would also fail. That would prove a disastrous setback for her mother in the battle over Zhuolu.
“Senior Yinglong, what should I do?” Nüba pleaded for counsel.
The woman gazed into the distance: “It is ill-advised to offend the Chan Sect. Since the Daoxing Tianzun wants the Daydream, we will let her have it. We must allow Qi Lin to forge the Divine Cauldron, and then we will make our move. That Great Sage Equal Of Heaven Sun Wukong is merely High Ancient Divine Realm. I can take her down with room to spare.”
Nüba pondered, but this was all they could do now. At the moment, the only worry was whether or not Qi Lin could successfully forge the Divine Cauldron under the Daoxing Tianzun’s pressure.
“He has come.”
Yinglong narrowed her eyes.
“Hm?”
Nüba was taken aback. Then, a cloud of fog surrounding Yinglong, and she vanished without a trace.
Yinglong’s Innate Skill was “Mist Concealment,” which allowed her to hide her presence. Very few people were able to detect her, but the price of this concealment was that she was unable to utilize her Destiny.
Two figures appeared in front. Nüba squinted and saw that the newcomers were a man and two women; they were none other than Qi Lin’s group.
Nüba had wanted to hide, but she already heard his voice call out to her.
“Your Highness, please, wait. If you leave, there will be no one able to stop Chiyou from casting her body as the cauldron.”
Nüba stopped and turned around, greeting Qi Lin with a smile.
Qi Lin looked around the woman. Strange, he seemed to have sensed another person at Nüba’s side, yet he could not detect anyone now. He scanned with Divine Intent, imbuing it with the mystery of the “Dual Modes Seal: Hidden And Revealed.” The Dual Modes Seal: Hidden And Revealed was able to see through the void and reveal that which was hidden, but he found nothing..
“Truly a coincidence, to actually run into you here, Qi Lin. Have you also come to see the Daydream.” Nüba’s tone was very natural. Qi Lin did not know that Nüba could act so well.
“Little Sister Nüba, enough with the mind games. If we don’t join forces now, then we let Chiyou have her way and obtain the Earlier Heaven Divine Cauldron. When the time comes, the Yellow Emperor’s desire to unify Zhuolu will become nothing but an illusion.”
Nüba laughed. Suddenly, a magnificent red chair appeared out of thin air behind her. The girl immediately sat down and crossed her long legs, “Then This Palace shall hear your explanation, Young Lord Qi Lin.”
“Exactly. I have indeed found the way to stop Chiyou from forging the Divine Cauldron.” In order to make her cooperate, he could only come clean. A this time, Qi Lin had weighed the overall situation and did not want to hide things any longer: “In Emperor Yao’s Divine Palace, she had also left behind the Ninth Cauldron that was to control the other eight. But the Ninth is incomplete, and it requires the Thunder Swamp as well as the Earlier Heaven Qi that results from the phenomenon of the sun and moon…”
A moment later, after hearing Qi Lin’s explanation.
Nüba’s mouth hung agape with shock. She stared in disbelief at the young man in front of her.
Just what was this man’s background, that he could grasp this Ninth Cauldron’s mystery, that even Emperor Yao would recognize him.
“Young Lord’s meaning is that after forging the Ninth Cauldron, you can stop Chiyou.”
“Exactly.”
“Not only can we stop Chiyou, we can even use the Divine Cauldron to suppress the Flood Formation, to quell the floods and return peace to the Northern Primordial, and fix its fortune for generations to come.” Qi Lin’s words moved Nüba.
A Fortune magic treasure!
This honestly was beyond her imagination.
“But we ran into trouble now. The Daoxing Tianzun has established a formation at the Thunder Lake and stands watch in its center. I won’t have an opportunity to go to the Thunder Lake to refine the Earlier Heaven Qi.”
Nüba matter-of-factly said: “Of course, should the Daoxing Tianzun learn that you hold the secret of the Ninth Cauldron, she will surely spare no effort to kill you and seize it. Given her status as one of the Yuanshi Tianzun’s Five Great Golden Immortals, killing you would be as easy as turning over her hand.”
“Which is why I seek your help, Little Sister.” Qi Lin smiled, an expression that showed he knew she had been tailing him, “Finding Little Sister was not easy. A few days later and the timing would have been off. We would have failed at the final stretch.”
“What can This Palace help you with? Even if you and This Palace join forces, we cannot face the Daoxing Tianzun.” Nüba shook her head.
“Little Sister, you have also come for the Ninth Cauldron, and the Yellow Emperor must want this Earlier Heaven magic treasure, too. Truth be told, I don’t really care if the Yellow Emperor obtains this magic treasure. She has the virtue to take charge of the world, and I believe in her. Besides, this Earlier Heaven Divine Cauldron can suppress the floods and found the Northern Primordial as a nation. It isn’t capable of much else.”
Nüba nodded.
“The Eight Desolates should have been unified by Mother long ago. This is where the continuation of the Immemorial Royal Family’s fortune truly lies. Now that the Register Of Deities tribulation is active, Mother thinks the same.”
“But don’t blame me for being harsh. If we truly come to blows, you may not prove a match for Qi Qi and I.” Qi Lin was blunt. A High Ancient Realm Middle Stage Divine Name was no threat to them at this time.
“So the Yellow Emperor couldn’t have possibly sent you alone. There should be another Divine Name that can handle use. Why not let the Elder Sister Divine Name behind you show herself, Nüba.”
Qi Lin’s eyes stared at the contorted space behind Nüba.
“This Palace really is almost in love with that prescient self-confidence of yours, Young Lord.” Nüba was noncommittal: “Young Lord, it would be better to discuss arrangements first. As for whether This Palace will help or not, between life and death, there is always a final conclusion.”
Qi Lin laughed. Nüba’s words were clever, and he could not help but admire her wit.
“Sure, then let’s discuss. In order to forge the Divine Cauldron, there is only one way, and that is this…”
Qi Lin walked in front of her and whispered into her ear, tickling Nüba’s earlobe.
After hearing this man’s plan, Nüba was unable to remain calm.
“Are you actually planning to follow through with this?”
“En, if Little Sister is timid, I understand. I won’t force you.”
Nüba’s expression was composed.
“When Young Lord does not fear death, how could This Palace be afraid.”
“But how does the Young Lord plan to proceed?”
Another boom of thunder that sounded like a drumbeat came from the Thunder Swamp; it was very rhythmic.
Qi Lin listened to the booming thunder, and he quickly brainstormed.
…
“This Feng Clan has offended the Heavenly Decree Palace. Even now, there is not a single one of their people present.”
On a large marsh a hundred li away from the Thunder Lake, a crowd of people were quickly meandering about.
These people were dressed in formally, and they each were very uniform. They cautiously scanned their surroundings. Among them, an old man wearing a gray headscarf spoke to the others as they walked.
This old man was Meng Zhen, an elder of the Meng Clan, one of the Northern Continent’s Three Houses. He was at the peak of Void Return Realm, and he could even be said to be very esteemed in this group.
Listening to his words, everyone also expressed their own opinions.
“I want to see Feng Huang’er’s beauty, too.”
“Could the Feng Clan have been eaten by the Kui?”
Everyone laughed, feeling this was possible. That “Kui” was the Divine Beast mount of the late Thunder God Marquis, with a lifespan of ten thousand years. If it was still alive, then even a High Ancient Divine Realm would be no match for it.
“They say that the Thunder Swamp is one of the Twelve Savage Regions. This Daoist sees it is nothing special.”
“The savage part of the Thunder Swamp is this astral thunder that can blast anything to dust. Without a Realm on the level of Senior Meng’s, how can anyone move so easily.” One disciple curried favor, however, his words were indeed fact. Due to some mistakes, many disciples who had just entered Void Return Realm were destroyed by the heavenly thunder or fell into a thunder pool with no way to escape. This was simply tragic.
“Elder Meng’s Nine Turns Extinction Thunderbolt is renowned throughout the Northern Continent. This Thunder Swamp is naturally no threat.”
Meng Zhen was very pleased, “If that Kui cannot be found, This Daoist shall condense a Thunderbolt.”
“Right, we can use thunderbolts from the nine firmaments to temper our bodies and refine treasures.”
“Where is that Sun Wukong that was mentioned. Could our Three Houses and Five Sects destroy her if we joined forces.” Gongye Zixing of the last of the Three Houses, the Gongye House, was full of worries.
“That monkey is no more than High Ancient Divine Realm. They say she even has a Divine Emissary. With so many of us here, can it be we are unable to kill just one cultivator?”
“Exactly, if we kill the monkey, then we will not have come here in vain.”
“The Sun Wukong that wreaked havoc in the Heavenly Court back then must have been mighty…”
These people joked and chatted.
All of a sudden, the atmosphere changed.
Evil qi that was like a mountain bore down over the vast swamp. Three figures appeared in front of the group.
One was wrapped in a cloak, one sat on a throne, and the last was a girl who held a giant staff behind her back while her eyes were full of hostility.
The smiles vanished from the faces of everyone from the Three Houses and Five Sects, and cold sweat ran down their foreheads. Meng Zhen swallowed, sensing enormous pressure.
“This Palace heard that you lot want to kill Sun Wukong…”
The girl sitting on the throne had red hair, and her every word contained suffocating warmth.
“Who are you people…”
Gongye Zixing asked with difficulty.
“This One is Nüba, daughter of the Yellow Emperor. This person here is the Divine Emissary that you feared you would be unable to kill…” Nüba hinted at the cloaked figure.
As for that little girl.
Qi Qi raised the Jingu Bang and launched herself right at the group.
“I am Old Sun.”
“Ah!!!”
Everyone was overwhelmed with fear and scattered like beasts and birds.
…
Three days away from the simultaneous rise of the sun and moon, the center Thunder Lake.
The Daoxing Tianzun sat steady on the newly constructed “Sun And Moon Pavilion,” quietly waiting for that day to arrive.
“Elder Sister, why do you value the Daydream so much?” The Huanglong Zhenren was very confused. Given the Daoxing Tianzun’s current Realm, the Yin energy contained in the “Daydream” was nothing more than a decoration, completely not worth her mobilizing the power of the Heavenly Decree Palace and blockading the Thunder Swamp.
“Little Sister must know about the Western Sect.” The Daoxing Tianzun asked.
“Oh, I heard. They proselytize in the Western Continent. This religion is truly interesting, and its adherents can become saints in their next lives. Hee-hee, it sounds almost true.” The Huanglong Zhenren nodded. Back then, Primordial World’s Three Doctrines subjugated the Heavenly Court. After the Register Of Deities, the Chan Sect was established in the Northern Continent, the Jie Sect in the Southern Continent, the Ren in the East, while the Western Continent’s vacancy was filled by the Western Sect.
“According to what This One knows, many of the Wenshu Guangfa Tianzun’s fellow Daoists wish to join the Western Sect, which was founded by Zhunti and Jieyin, and its fortune is formidable.” The Daoxing Tianzun softly said, her eyes somewhat miserable.
“Is the Wenshu Guangfa Tianzun not of our Chan Sect? Elders Sister Yuanshi is even prepared to invest her as a Golden Immortal, yet she actually would betray us?” The Huanglong Zhenren was shocked. She was always traveling year-round and was not very clear on the affairs of the sect. Hearing the Daoxing Tianzun say as much, she did not dare believe this.
“This One wants to use the Daydream, to see what the Western Sect’s fortune is like. This ‘everyone can become a saint in their next life’ is no different from the Immemorial Royal Family’s ‘everyone can become an emperor in their next life.’ Perhaps this is the second Heavenly Court.”
“In that case, why have the Three Doctrines not made a move against the Western Sect?”
“How could This One know. The Western Sect preaches that everyone is equal, that everyone can become saints in their next life. This has gained enormous popularity in Primordial World. I fear they will not be easy to handle.”
“Elder Sister, what do you plan to do. Will you also join the Western Sect?”
“Then This Zhenren must go to the Western Sect to witness how all people are equal and will become saints in their next lives.” The Huanglong Zhenren giggled.
As they chatted, a disciple from the Five Sects hurriedly ran into the Thunder Lake.
The disciple urgently spoke with Wei Hu, who immediately came to the bottom of the Sun And Moon Pavilion.
“Reporting to the Tianzun, that Great Sage Equal Of Heaven Sun Wukong appeared.”
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Time for some feints, lies, trickery and scams…. and VIOLENCE
It kind of sucks to be Feng Huang’er right now since her group was actually ambushed by another Divine Name, making everyone think that the Feng Clan was either defiant or duplicitous. Either way, it’s probably safe to say that the Feng Clan won’t be content with being under the Heavenly Decree Palace’s thumb much longer.