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Above the sea of clouds, in the middle of the Divine Kingdom, outside Wa Imperial Palace.
A woman stared out over the sea of clouds from a towering pavilion. This woman’s build was very slender, and her hair flowed down like a river. Her exquisite cap covered her eyes, but even so, everything that transpired in a certain direction could not be concealed from her understanding.
That place is Primordial World’s northern region.
That place’s land mass is vast and boundless, surpassing any continent.
That place harbors Primordial World’s most secret antiquities.
That is also a domain that the Central Plains Divine Kingdom is unable to touch.
That place is called the Great Primordial’s Northern Continent.
“Queen.” A young woman walked outside the door and softly called.
This young woman had bright and captivating eyes, snow-white skin, a flower-like complexion, and a veritable beauty, but in front of this woman, her supreme beauty only paled in comparison. However, this was only natural. The slender woman in front of her was the master of the Central Plains Divine Kingdom, the ruler of all under Primordial World’s Thirty-three Devas, the origin of all things beautiful, Queen Nüwa.
“Daji, can you see anything from here?” Queen Nüwa asked.
Daji surveyed the north. Other than a sea of misty clouds, she was unable to see anything.
“That place is the Immemorial Northern Primordial.”
Daji nodded; she knew this. The Great Primordial Northern Continent’s Northern Primordial was the origin of the Immemorial Royal Family. That place had existed for millennia and stretched across the Eight Desolates. The vile environment raised a bunch of savage, domineering, and barbaric warriors and cultivators. Any cultivator who emerged from training in the Northern Primordial could receive a title of respect. The Central Plains Divine Kingdom governed the Four Continents and Central, but only the Northern Primordial alone lay outside their authority.
After the Primal Chaos Heavenly Court was destroyed, the remnants of the Immemorial Royal Family fled to the north to hide.
“Does Your Majesty plan to subjugate the Northern Primordial?” Daji cautiously asked.
“When a Divine Name reincarnates, there will always be a place of refuge for the Immemorial Royal Family.” Queen Nü’s voice was very gentle.
“Your Majesty is truly kind.”
“However, This Palace has most recently sensed changes to the Northern Primordial’s fortune.” Queen Nüwa fell into contemplation.
“Is it because Xuanyuanshi invested as the Yellow Emperor?” Daji asked. News of Xuanyuanshi’s investiture as the Yellow Emperor had very quickly spread through the Central Plains Divine Kingdom. This was, after all, a matter as significant as the Five Emperors from back then, but now was not the era of the Immemorial Royal Family. Thus, the shock it elicited was not great. In the eyes of many, Xuanyuanshi’s investiture was merely a fanciful whim. Without the edict of the Central Plains Divine Kingdom’s Queen Nüwa, this was all a flower in the mirror, a moon in the lake.
In the eyes of sages, this matter still stirred interest.
Then Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan appeared, it was very natural that changes would appear in the Northern Primordial’s fortune.
“This is unrelated to Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan. These changes to the Northern Primordial’s fortune are due to a magic treasure connected to the late Yao…” Queen Nüwa’s gaze could see through the Northern Primordial, but ever since the Nine Provinces Cauldrons had fixed the Northern Primordial’s fortune, the figure related to this treasure began to grow fuzzy.
“Your Majesty, shall we dispatch someone to investigate the details?” Daji asked.
“This Palace currently does not wish to become involved with the Northern Primordial’s affairs…” Queen Nüwa was pensive, “Have Saintess Heaven Mender1 come see This Palace.”
“As you command.”
Not long after, a young girl waked into the Wa Imperial Palace.
This girl wore a white headscarf that hid her eyes. She knelt: “Greetings, Your Majesty.”
“Rise.” Queen Nüwa said to her: “How is your cultivation of the ‘Genesis Divine Eye?'”2
“Reporting to Your Majesty, it is already nearly complete.”
“You have the talent of the heavenly Qilin to be able to cultivate to such a level in one year. You have not disappointed This Palace.” Queen Nüwa offered praise: “The Genesis Divine Eye is a Primordial Chaos power that requires diligent training to reach perfection. Soon, Jixia Academy and the Hongdu Gate School will host a new round of applications for admission. This Palace wishes to have you go to the Hongdu Gate School to learn the ‘way of the Hundred Schools.’ It is time that you comprehended your own Great Way.”
“Disciple obeys.” Saintess Heaven Mender answered.
“However, this is not the main point. The Jixia Academy and Hongdu Gate Schools’ ‘Romance Of Time Immemorial’ is about to begin. This will be the first since the Register Of Deities activated, and the matters pertaining to this tribulation will be of utmost significance. The Yuanshi Tianzun and the Tongtian Jiaozhu both view it as important. There can be no mistakes whatsoever.”
“Disciple understands and absolutely will not fail Your Majesty.”
“Later, have Daji guide you to the treasure house. You may take any treasure for protection.”
Daji brought Saintess Heaven Mender towards the Wa Imperial Palace’s treasure room. Along the way, Daji smiled.
“I am truly envious, Saintess. You are able to receive Her Majesty’s favor and enter the treasure house, and you are also able to enter the Hongdu Gate School. Do not forget Daji when you obtain your Way later, Little Sister.” When Saintess Heaven Mender originally entered the Wa Imperial Palace, she had received a lot of care from Daji. Saintess Heaven Mender emotionlessly nodded.
“Daji, I heard you studied at Jixia Academy?”
“Three thousand Great Ways, a Hundred Schools compete. Many of us Primordial Divine Names will go there to study.” Daji said.
“Then why does Her Majesty send me to the Hongdu Gate School? Daji, do you know the reason?” Saintess Heaven Mender recalled that Jixia Academy was in the Central Plains Divine Continent. That place gathered the auspicious qi of the Divine Kingdom, so cultivating there should be even faster.
“The Hongdu Gate School and Jixia Academy are equally famous. They are Primordial World’s two great academic institutions, and the senior3 there is Grand Supreme Laozi’s disciple, Li Dan, who is known as the ‘Way Of Myriad Ways.’ The average Divine Name cannot enter even with a petition. To be able to receive Her Majesty’s recommendation this time, the Saintess’ investiture as a deity is imminent.” Daji said.
“Thank you.” Saintess Heaven Mender expressed her gratitude and fell into deep thought.
The two women very quickly reached the treasure house of the rear palace. Daji opened the gates to the vault.
Lights flared, and multi-colored treasure-qi flowed around. The entire treasure house was like a boundless land, endless at first glance. The entire floor was composed of colored glass, leading all the way to the ceiling. Countless tables sparkling with divine lights lined the area. These tables were also bright and radiant, emitting a spirit-qi. These would be treasures unto themselves in the mortal plane, but in the treasure house, they were merely tools to maintain magic treasures.
The tables were innumerable, and the magic treasures numbered in the hundreds, blinding to the eyes.
Because they had visited the treasure house previously, this time, Saintess Heaven Mender and Daji nimbly entered and reached the vault’s last row.
That was the most important place – where Earlier Heaven magic treasures were kept.
Several dozen Earlier Heaven magic treasures floated above the table, each being a famous treasure. The Genesis Whip, the Seven Stars Moon-drawing Whip, the Demon-binding Rope, Nine Firmaments Xirang, and more were all in the Nüwa Palace’s vault. Perhaps Queen Nüwa forged these in the past when she was idle, or perhaps they were created from Primordial Chaos.
“Daji, which treasure do you feel I should take?” Saintess Heaven Mender calmly asked.
Daji faintly smiled. She had served Queen Nüwa for millennia and knew the Wa Imperial palace like the back of her hand. That Saintess Heaven Mender asked her this question undoubtedly gave her enormous face, giving her a good impression.
“The Genesis Whip can be used to create soldiers and armies, however, the Saintess cultivates ‘Genesis Creation.’ Later, ‘Romance Of Time Immemorial’ will be of no help at all.”
“The Demon-binding Rope can restrain the Ancient Demonkin. Even Ancestral Master Qipeng cannot escape it, but they are almost annihilated. The remaining Great Demons have already been invested as deities, are in hiding, or are serving Her Majesty. This will not be very useful at all.”
“The Seven Stars Moon-drawing Whip is formed from the concretion of moonlight and starlight, and it contains the power of the moon and stars. Anyone from the Immemorial Royal Family or the Shaman Clan will be restrained by it without exception. Divine Names of the Shaman Clan pose no threat, and given the Saintess’ Realm, you do not require something so superfluous.”
Daji analyzed the merits of each Earlier Heaven magic treasure. Finally, her gaze fell upon a bottle of yellow soil on a table.
This yellow soil glittered like gold, floating in the air as a singular clump.
“This Nine Firmaments Xirang is the ancestral origin of Earth of the Primrodial Five Elements. It possesses both offense and defense, and even Immortal-punishing sword-qi cannot break it. The magic treasure is not inferior to the Four Directions Banner, and once the Xirang emerges, it can fill even a vast lake. This treasure is perfect for you, Saintess.” Daji smiled.
“Thank you for the advice. Then I shall take the Nine Firmaments Xirang.”
Saintess Heaven Mender’s thoughts moved.
That floating cup of yellow soil morphed. The fine grains moved, flowing like a river of time into the young girl’s body.
Meanwhile.
Queen Nüwa was still calmly surveying the north from her tall pavilion. Her crown’s ornaments covered her eyes, but the joys and sorrows of Primordial World were all in her eyes.
“Holy Qilin Emperor, huh…”
She softly said.
…
Great Primordial Northern Continent. A month after the Nine Provinces Cauldrons controlled the floods.
The floodwaters slowly receded, and life returned to the Northern Primordial.
Zhuolu, Ji Tribe.
Qi Lin and Yu The Great walked past a creek in the tribe. Along the way, the tribespeople deferentially greeted the two.
“Long live the Holy Qilin Emperor and King Yu.”
“Holy Qilin Emperor…” Qi Lin did not know whether to laugh or cry when he heard his epithet. He was only a God Transformation cultivator, nothing more, yet he was surprisingly able to receive a Divine King’s appellation. “Tell them not to call me that.”
Yu The Great calmly said from the side: “When Elder Brother controlled the floods, the Northern Primordial’s people all saw the Holy Beast Qilin’s manifestation. If not for Elder Brother, these floods could not possibly have been quelled. Now, the Northern Primordial all calls you the Holy Qilin Divine King as a sign of their worship.”
“The Immemorial Royal Family claimed everyone can become an emperor. Now, the Divine Kingdom claims everyone can become a saint in their next life. You have both ‘holy’ and ’emperor,’ and add on your Lin name…Truly exquisite…”
A bantering voice drifted over.
Lü Qingxuan walked towards them having listened to their conversation.
Even for Qi Lin, whose skin was thick as a city wall, Lü Dongbin’s words left him quite embarrassed.
“Exquisite in inciting public outrage.” Lü Qingxuan changed the topic.
“Public outrage? Why, Qi Lin quelled the floods and saved the Norhtern Primordial’s people. He deserves our love and respect.” Hou Ji, who had come with her, was confused.
“Love and respect only in the Northern Primordial. Now that these words ‘Holy Qilin Emperor’ have already spread to the other Divine Continents, let alone that other Divine Names are not satisfied, even cultivators will not acknowledge that a God Transformation Realm man could have achieved such a feat.” Lü Qingxuan explained matter-of-factly.
“It doesn’t matter, they don’t know me anyways.” Qi Lin shrugged.
“That is not certain. They may not recognize you, but they recognize the Great Sage Equal Of Heaven.” Lü Qingxuan chuckled.
Qi Lin declined to comment. Right now, he had the Earlier Heaven magic treasure Nine Provinces Divine Cauldrons. Although they still could not be used, the Nine Provinces Cauldron had already founded the Northern Primordial. It could be said that as long as he was in the Northern Primordial, other than Divine Names like Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan and Chiyou who had Realms surpassing Antiquity, the majority of them were no match for him.
“Qingxuan, where are you prepared to go?” Qi Lin asked.
“The Yellow Emperor and Chiyou are prepared to wage war on the plains of Zhuolu. The Yellow Emperor has sought Qingxuan out for counsel, and Qingxuan is going to go have fun.”
“Are you helping the Yellow Emperor face Chiyou?”
“Not to face her. Qingxuan will not meddle with the affairs of you Immemorial Royal Family remnants, but Qingxuan is very interested in this Chiyou. Her Divine Name is unheard of, but her Dragon-slaughtering arts are very powerful. Qingxuan wants to go see.”
“Oh, that’s great.”
Qi Lin could not help that the Yellow Emperor and Chiyou still could not give up on Zhuolu. Their struggle over being queen would never end.
“Are you going to seek out Bai Ze to ask about the Holy Beast Qilin?” Lü Qingxuan paused.
“En.” Qi Lin nodded.
“Although you succeeded in controlling the Nine Provinces Cauldrons, you consumed the auspicious True Qi of that Holy Beast inside you. Unless you think of a way, the Holy Beast within your body will die. Then, there will be no way to control the Nine Provinces Cauldrons.” Lü Qingxuan saw through him at a glance.
“I want to inquire with Bai Ze if there is a way to save her. Qingxuan, do you have any ideas?”
“Simple, cultivate auspicious True Qi.”
“How so?
“Auspicious qi is all gathered in the east right now, so if you want to cultivate it, you can only go to the Eastern Continent’s Jixia Academy at Tianjing!”
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… Daji? As in ‘that’ Daji?
And those two are STILL gonna fight!? Why!?
Welp. Now we know wheee the next arc will be. But, Nezha…. Well, this should be interesting