Chapter 467: Luoshui's Consort Mi

Recording the structure of the eighteen layers of hell in his mind, Mu Yi uttered a confession and left the Underworld.

The distance to Guan Sheng Dijun's tribulation grew ever closer, and there was little time to waste.

Time grew increasingly pressing, yet Mu Yi remained calm.

Having secured the promises and aid of the Four Seas Dragon Clan and Master Ge Tian, a rather bold plan formed in his mind.

No destruction, no establishment; after listening to Zhang Fei recount his past experiences, Mu Yi deeply understood that this tribulation battle must transcend ordinary logic to have any chance of seizing victory.

"Mi Fei, my lady, Mu Tianjun seeks an audience!"

Mi Fei, the Luoshui Goddess, a daughter of Fuxi from the Luobin line, is called Mi Fei; having drowned while crossing a river, she became the Water God who governs the Luo River.

"Mu Tianjun?" Mi Fei was somewhat puzzled, not knowing why the newly prominent Heavenly Court aristocrat Mu Yi sought her.

She intended to refuse, but on a whim she nodded.

"Let him in!"

Mu Yi entered the palace and saw the legendary Mi Fei.

If the Queen Mother of the West is a sacred, unobservable being, then she is the very embodiment of elegance and beauty.

Adorned with jade, draped in silk, radiant as autumn chrysanthemums, flourishing like spring pines, she possesses the beauty of a maiden's bright eyes and white teeth, as well as the gentle virtue of a woman.

Simply sitting there, the surrounding light seemed to be gathered, becoming a trailing ribbon that framed her.

With just one glance, Mu Yi withdrew his gaze, his eyes seeing the nose, his nose seeing the heart.

Mi Fei is already married, and her husband is the famed Hou Yi.

He, a ruler of a poor kingdom, is also one of the Heavenly Court's great generals who fought in southern and northern campaigns; in terms of achievements, he is only slightly weaker than the ancient war god Ying Long.

"What business do you have with me?"

Mi Fei asked indifferently, in fact, the current Jiuzhou offered her little that was worth caring about.

It should be known that in antiquity, because of the name He Luo, Luoshui among humans was a water vein slightly superior to the Four Rivers.

As the Luoshui Goddess, her status is first‑class noble, even holding the hope of attaining Imperial Lord‑level transcendence.

Yet fate is rugged, destiny plays tricks; natural disasters can be endured, but human calamities are inevitable.

During the turbulent era of Jiuzhou, the Sima family suffered a great death; as their clan perished, the status of Luoshui was also dragged down.

Though still respectable, compared with the past it was like clouds and mud.

More importantly, the road ahead was directly cut off because of this.

This is also the tribulation required to become Imperial Lord level.

Unfortunately, back then Jiuzhou was constantly ablaze, the Heavenly Court waged endless external battles; even though she was Fuxi's daughter and Hou Yi's wife, there was no one to aid her.

Her solitary power could not overturn the entire Jin Dynasty, and in the end she could only watch helplessly as she fell a thousandfold.

After the Luoshui Oath, Luoshui's status plummeted, becoming weaker than the Four Rivers, and later it vanished entirely, becoming a river no one cared about; without worship, even a resurgence was impossible.

More fatal was that this was a predetermined Jiuzhou history; Fuxi and Hou Yi were also helpless.

She had sought a divine position of a marriage deity for Mi Fei, but Mi Fei was congenitally flawed; the foundations of the marriages she oversaw were unsound, and most whom she guided ended up without a principal wife, essentially becoming concubines.

Eventually even the incense of the marriage deity was stripped; since then, although Mi Fei remains a goddess, she has lost divine authority, cannot perform her duties, and has no future.

At first Mi Fei tried to find a way, but later she simply gave up; even if the future is a stagnant pool, relying on her past foundation she remains a celestial deity.

Occasionally she assists the Heavenly Court's Water Department with pre‑Jin flood issues, which still gives her a foothold in the Heavenly Court.

"Mi Fei, Empress, would you correct the Luoshui Alliance?"

Mu Yi got straight to the point, and a single sentence made Mi Fei lift her head.

Having been hit on a sore spot, Mi Fei's slender snow‑white hands curled beneath her sleeves, and her clear eyes, like flowing water, were filled with bewilderment and lament.

She, too, wishes to correct the Luoshui Alliance, but the matter entangles Jiuzhou's great affairs; even Fuxi and Hou Yi are powerless, so what can she do?

"Do you have a way?" Mi Fei's gaze shifted from bewilderment and lament to a stare.

A massive pressure slammed onto Mu Yi.

If Mu Yi cannot give her a satisfactory answer, as punishment for stirring her sorrow, Mu Yi would instantly be crushed to bone and dust.

The pressure was extraordinarily heavy; Mu Yi felt all his bones wailing.

"Strong! Strong! Truly worthy of the Luoshui Goddess!"

But for Mu Yi, who has witnessed Ying Long, it was nothing special.

Enduring the pressure, Mu Yi asked without changing expression.

"Mi Fei, Empress, do you know about Guan Sheng Dijun!"

"Of course I know!"

"Guan Sheng Dijun's tribulation will partially reverse time and space, adding brand‑new future possibilities; Mi Fei, Empress, do you have any other thoughts?"

"If I lend a hand to Guan Sheng Dijun, and he succeeds in his tribulation, the Luoshui faith will be reshaped and a new Luoshui Alliance will be established!"

Mu Yi, his tongue blossoming like a golden lotus, painted a beautiful blueprint for Mi Fei.

But Mi Fei only sneered.

"I thought you had some lofty theory, but it's just this same old set."

"Do you know that Zhuge Kongming has already come to see me?" Mi Fei said indifferently.

Mu Yi was startled for a moment, then nodded.

Indeed, anything he could think of, Zhuge Liang, the embodiment of timeless wisdom, could not possibly miss.

"Fine, I'll share a bit with you," Mi Fei said, then fell into recollection.

"Do you know why, as Fuxi's daughter, I am said to have died crossing a river?" Mi Fei's gaze seemed to pierce the ages, returning to antiquity.

"I, as a junior, do not know..." Mu Yi shook his head; such ancient matters were but a speck of information to him.

"Not only me, the Yan Emperor's daughter Jing Wei also perished in the sea, and several other goddesses died in water disasters as well."

"This goes back to antiquity: when Gong Gong and Zhuanxu vied for the throne, Gong Gong, defeated, struck the Bu Zhou Mountain in anger, causing the heavens to collapse and a great flood to pour into Jiuzhou—do you know?"

"Junior knows!" Mu Yi nodded.

This is also the entrepreneurial history of that great god Da Yu; it was only after controlling this great flood that he succeeded Shun to become the human king.

"Back then this was considered a secret, but now it's no secret at all; in fact, that great flood back then came from another realm, and many of the wind-and-wave stirring monsters also came from the worlds annexed during Jiuzhou's expansion."

"We who died in the flood also died in battle for Jiuzhou, so I could obtain this position as Luo River Water God—not only because of my lineage, but also because of my contributions."

"During the late Han period, Jiuzhou faced another calamity; the immortals and gods learned from the previous lesson and defended against external enemies, and I was among them."

"However, the Sima clan, having taken the Luo River as their oath, in an instant betrayed it, exterminating the Cao Wei clan, and are despised by the world."

"I am not in Jiuzhou, so I cannot prevent this from happening."

"Because I violated the oath, I brought down the retribution of exterminating the nine clans, yet I cannot help that this oath implicates me; the Luo River suffered misfortune, the divine position became unstable, and later generations' sacrifices are scarce and faint."

"I also sought to overcome this calamity back then, borrowing a corpse of a golden crow from my husband, intending to use it as a credential to ask other immortals and gods to intervene, to reverse the situation and spare me from misfortune!"

"Yet now, the golden crow corpse is in my hands, but no one can assist me!"

"It is only because this is the trend of Jiuzhou; if one wishes to reverse this situation, one could also revive those foreign gods of old."

Consort Mi's leisurely narration gave Mu Yi another insight into Jiuzhou's entrepreneurial history.

"Even Zhuge Kongming came to see me; even though I hated to grind the Sima clan's bones to ashes and scatter them, what could I do?"

"Although everyone has complaints about the past, this time the Great Heavenly Venerable arranging Guan Yu's tribulation is not necessarily not an attempt to reverse Jiuzhou's trend."

Consort Mi sighed, her eyes full of resentment.

This is something even wisdom cannot solve, so Zhuge Liang left; just the trouble caused by Guan Yu alone is already great enough, and adding Consort Mi would only make things more sorrowful.

Mu Yi stroked his chin, discovering a loophole, or rather a mental inertia.

The irreversibility of Jiuzhou's trend seems to have become deeply ingrained in people's hearts along with the heavenly statutes.

Even Zhuge Liang's wisdom could not break free from this shackle.

Or perhaps he has been drawn into some scheme again.

Although scheming and plotting have already evolved into a custom of Jiuzhou civilization.

Here, everything can be used as a pawn in scheming, whether mortal or immortal; even mighty emperors can inadvertently be taken advantage of.

Of course, in most cases, what you think is borrowing strength to strike back is merely the emperors and immortals having already made you a pawn, willing to grant you this opportunity and power.

And now, the situation facing Mu Yi inevitably brings this to mind.

"Consort Mi, this tribulation of Guan Sheng Dijun is personally arranged by the Great Heavenly Venerable!"

Mu Yi only emphasized one point, and Consort Mi reacted quickly.

Everyone is dissatisfied with Jiuzhou's heavy past; back then perhaps they could not act, but now it is different—the Heavenly Court teems with talent, and the myriad realms are as numerous as stars.

Although everyone has complaints about the past, this time the Great Heavenly Venerable arranging Guan Yu's tribulation is not necessarily not an attempt to reverse Jiuzhou's trend.

"Great Heavenly Venerable… Great Heavenly Venerable…"

Consort Mi's eyes lit up; this is something she and Zhuge Liang had unconsciously overlooked.

Jiuzhou's trend cannot be changed, yet the one issuing the order to attempt change this time is none other than Jiuzhou's two supreme authorities.

Perhaps it is only an attempt, but she could not help but ride this spring breeze and try again.

"Speak up—how do you want me to help you?"

Consort Mi was eventually moved; although pressured by reality, she had to give up, yet she also harbored a heart for overturning the situation.

Now a possible opportunity lies before her.

She hesitated repeatedly, yet still jumped in without hesitation.

Becoming stronger is only one aspect; the other is her hatred for the Sima clan.

The curse of exterminating the nine clans still cannot dispel her hatred; directly strangling Jin in its cradle is also a good way to vent.

"You only need to display your divine powers on the Luo River and stop as many people as possible!" Mu Yi declared decisively.

During Guan Yu's tribulation, Consort Mi remained a complete Luo River goddess, possessing full authority; raising a great flood is no trouble at all.

"As long as victory is achieved in the end, Guan Sheng Dijun will reconstruct the oath of the Luo River."

Mu Yi painted a pie for Consort Mi; she hesitated a moment, but still forced herself to swallow it all.

Anyway, if she fails, she loses nothing; if she succeeds, it will be a genuine great merit.

After his mind was opened, Mu Yi tasted success; on one hand he relayed the news to Zhuge Liang, on the other he continued to use the 'white wolf with empty hands' approach to win over those immortals and gods who potentially bear grudges against the Sima clan.

The Sima family's this fart is foul and long, utterly destroying benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and faith, leaving later generations only the phrase 'Only the Fu Sage Dynasty governs the world through filial piety,' which can be trotted out as a flimsy fig leaf.

This can be called another turning point in Jiuzhou's moral standards.

Those who offend are not few; previously everyone restrained themselves due to the tradition that Jiuzhou's trend cannot be changed.

Although Wei and Jin are chaotic, are they still the orthodox lineage of Jiuzhou?

Everyone held their noses and accepted it, thinking about solving the problem of the Five Barbarians' chaos.

But now, after Mu Yi pierced that layer of window paper, everyone is clenching their fists, practically eager to preemptively stage a massacre of the entire Sima household.

After all, the chief culprit is Sima Yi, who is in his prime; if they could strangle Sima Yi to death, they would also wholeheartedly wish for it.

Especially Consort Mi, who would love to see Jin completely vanish, to cleanse the stain on the Luo River anew.

One could say the moral bottom line of the Sima clan is unmatched in antiquity, and only the Song Emperor Zhenzong's Fengshan ceremony on Mount Tai can compare!

Oh, Emperor Zhenzong of the Song is still better; after all, the Fengshan ceremony on Mount Tai is something only a universal emperor can undertake, at most it merely makes emperors dread to avoid Mount Tai.

And the harm the Sima family does to oaths is top-notch, after all, swearing is something used from immortals and gods down to ordinary mortals!

However, painting pies is not eaten by everyone; some, like Ge Tian Shi, would rather see something substantive.

So Mu Yi accepted a mission.

【Eight Kings' Rebellion (Scarlet Warning)

Type: Void open-world Dungeon, super-massive Dungeon, main timeline-derived spacetime (due to the civilization system, the Dungeon's timeline specificity gives a slight probability of super-entity appearance, concept projection, doppelganger).

Access restricted: Jiuzhou (human immortal and above), external realms (weak divine power and above) limited to true bodies only; avatars and true spirit projections are prohibited from entering.

Cost: 50,000 universal currency

Output: Dao lineage inheritance, heavenly materials and earthly treasures (acquired/innate (tiny probability)) higher bloodline template~ancient bloodline template — remnant (lower substitute), extraordinary life materials, divine god ranks, etc.

Basic information fee paid:

High-risk target marked list: Jin Gaozu (concept projection), Lord of Mount Tai (concept projection), Luo Water Goddess (avatar), Four Sea Dragon King (branch main body)……

Major participating members: Prince of Runan Sima Liang (main body), Prince of Chu Sima Wei (main body), Prince of Zhao Sima Lun (main body), Prince of Qi Sima Jiong (main body), Prince of Changsha Sima Yi (main body), Prince of Chengdu Sima Ying (main body), Prince of Hejian Sima Yang (main body), Prince of Donghai Sima Yue (main body)

Mission objective: assist one of the Eight Princes, end the turmoil early, prolong the fortune of the Jin dynasty, delay the arrival of the Five Barbarians' chaos in China.