Chapter 2613: The Misdeeds of Jiuyou Qian===GLOSSARY===

"You judged that Xianren Mingke belonged to Ling Mountain, thus being misled by the enemy, and you even swore confidently that the enemy must come from Ling Mountain—you must bear heavy responsibility for this failure!" Mei Yin Shen stared at Wu Yu Xianzi. "Did you do this intentionally?"

Wu Yu Xianzi suddenly raised her head: "You clearly know that I would never secretly teach outsiders!"

"Best if that's not the case." Mei Yin Shen wanted to reprimand her, "But someone will suffer because of your carelessness."

Wu Yu Xianzi angrily said: "I will accept punishment myself; you need not take your anger out on her!"

"Next time, you had better be more careful." Mei Yin Shen knew that the Holy One's anger must be vented.

The questioning of the countless immortals and demons lasted for several hours before it finally ended.

Xiao Ping had come for the fourth time to seek an audience with the Heavenly God, and happened to brush past Wu Yu Xianzi and two other immortals.

Wu Yu Xianzi paid her no heed, her face ashen, and strode away.

Today, upheaval in the palace left everyone on edge; the Holy One's wrath could at any moment turn into Lei Ting and strike down from above. Xiao Ping inexplicably recalled the heavenly palace upheaval twenty years ago. At that time, Mount Xushan probably had much the same atmosphere?

This time, Mei Yin Shen finally saw her.

As for Xiao Ping, Ling Xu Holy One did not really blame her. Because she specialized in her own duties and was not responsible for the safety of Ling Yun Palace, and moreover she was the main leader of the Yaoguai Project.

Duan He Yun was captured, and the Heavenly God would only pay even more attention to Xiao Ping.

Xiao Ping's first words upon speaking were: "Is Duan He Yun still alive?"

"Unknown." Mei Yin Shen told her, "He is in the hands of the Earth Mother, and we still cannot track him. Furthermore, Jiuyou has a special method that can sever our divine gaze."

Many heavenly gods had once tried to track Jiuyou, all failed, and this is no longer a secret in the heavenly realm.

Xiao Ping clenched her fists.

She just knew that Duan He Yun would sooner or later suffer misfortune because of A Lian!

Those surnamed Duan are just muddle-headed from youth to old age.

But she clearly understood the Heavenly God's focus of concern, so she immediately composed herself and changed the subject:

"Ling Yun Palace has already been exposed; we must relocate as soon as possible."

"How many of the sea stars of Baiwan Mountain remain?"

"After these months of dispersal and consolidation, the body of the Hidden God Lord has been cut by forty percent and stored in Baiwan Mountain. Therefore, what Cang Yan seized was at most, roughly, sixty percent."

She barely managed to swallow back the words "only."

The Hidden God Lord's main body, hidden in Liuli Sea, was swept clean by the Jiuyou Great Emperor in one move—this is an unprecedented heavy blow to Ling Xu Holy One's divine descent plan.

The change in Ling Yun Palace has just occurred; she does not know how chaotic the upper levels are now. But she understands that if this news spreads throughout the heavenly realm, Ling Xu Holy One's future words will be questioned, and His prestige will surely suffer further setbacks.

The far-reaching impact of this matter is like the aftershocks of an earthquake—it will not cease easily, and troubles will continue without end.

And the Mei Yin Shen before her even more clearly understands that the heavenly realm may very well thus stir up a new round of bloody storms!

Therefore, the question that Ling Xu Holy One cares most about is:

"Do the fragments in your hands still suffice to make how many divine bodies?"

Xiao Ping immediately replied: "Before, it was hard to say, but before Duan He Yun left Ling Yun Palace this time, he handed me his latest research findings—this is a milestone breakthrough, and even the incarnation of Helo Heavenly Lord was present at the time!"

"So?"

"Henceforth, the success rate will greatly increase." Xiao Ping spoke with confidence, "I still cannot determine the exact number, but Duan He Yun's research direction has already been set; as long as we follow his thinking, the success rate can at least be increased tenfold!"

"Tenfold? Good, good!" Mei Yin Shen let out a long breath, his face slightly relaxed, "Amid a heap of bad news, at least there is one good tidings—truly a blessing in misfortune, and the Holy One greatly praises you!"

The theft of the Hidden God Lord's main body means the final number of divine bodies is severely limited, because only the main body can continue to grow; the sea stars' size will no longer increase, nor will they split and reproduce; but Ling Yun Palace can greatly improve the yield of finished products, which to some extent can slightly offset the adverse impact of the Hidden God Lord's main body being stolen—this is precisely what Ling Xu Holy One most desires as an "explanation."

Xiao Ping immediately bowed: "Holy One's great grace!"

She seized the opportunity to continue: "However, the sea stars in Baiwan Mountain are too numerous; although Wang Mao Shi has the authority granted by Helo Heavenly God's delegation, he cannot freely command the Yun Tai, so our relocation efforts may proceed slowly."

"You just follow the steps; in three days, troops and immortals will successively arrive to ensure the relocation proceeds without hindrance." Mei Yin Shen said with a cold face, "Rest assured—by then, no one will dare to come cause trouble again."

Xiao Ping asked again: "Where to relocate?"

"You will be notified when the time comes."

"After moving to the new location, will Ling Yun Palace still enjoy the protection of Yun Tai?" The protection Yun Tai provides to Ling Yun Palace is beyond doubt. If not for encountering Jiuyou, this heaven-defying figure, Ling Yun Palace would still be enjoying peaceful times.

Xiao Ping's question was also a probe, wanting to know how much impact the fall of Helo Heavenly Lord's incarnation has on Ling Yun Palace.

Mei Yin Shen remained silent for a long while before shaking his head:

"You'd better not ask about this; we will provide other protections."

Helo Heavenly God is now utterly vexed, thunderously raging in the heavens!

Yun Tai is His divine form, and also the strongest defense system of Ling Yun Palace. Helo Heavenly Lord's incarnation dared to leave Yanxia Bay and personally pursue A Lian precisely because he believed he had left sufficient reserves, even delegating part of the control authority of Yun Tai to Wang Mao Shi.

Even if he cannot defeat the opponent and is imprisoned, as long as he is willing to self-destruct his divine soul, his true form can still send another incarnation down to the lower realm and still control Yun Tai—then Ling Yun Palace would actually still be quite safe.

Who would have thought that there exists in the world such a perverse figure as Jiuyou!

Helo Heavenly Lord's incarnation did not return to the heavenly realm, so the true form does not know what exactly happened to it, and can only learn from Wu Yu Xianzi and other immortals and demons that it was swallowed by the Black Dragon Totem.

But the true form is also very clear that it has not perished.

This is very strange—what method did Jiuyou use to put his incarnation in a state of neither death nor self-destruction?

Unless it is unconscious... how difficult would it be to make a true god lose consciousness? Even if it is merely an incarnation.

In this way, Helo Heavenly Lord faces an unprecedented dilemma:

According to the established rules, he cannot dispatch another incarnation to the mortal realm unless the incarnation in Jiuyou's hands perishes or is released.

But His divine form has already been materialized as Yun Tai, installed in Yanxia Bay.

What does materialization mean? Truly transforming into a tangible magical artifact—placing it here is just placing it here.

Wang Mao Shi possesses partial authority to control Yun Tai, but limited to switching passages or monitoring the interior; he cannot possibly move Yun Tai from Yanxia Bay as Helo Heavenly Lord himself could!

An agent cannot possibly possess the ability to control the divine form and to take in or release Yun Tai.

(End of Chapter)