Chapter 476: Again Came (4K)

Deep within Ji Xueqiong's eyes, thoughts turned, and faint smiles appeared in the depths of her wondrous gaze.

For others, she might still need to find a way, but she could directly ask the Great Xia Emperor.

In the Blissful Immortal Spirit Diagram, several figures also sensed the vast power born in the deep, mysterious void.

After slightly sensing it, their expressions varied.

Inside the Hall of Containing the Origin.

Zhang Jian's body flowed with nine-colored divine light, the light of the state gods ebbed and flowed, within seemed to be countless heavenly and earthly great Dao laws evolving, as if boundless immense power condensed in the depths of his primordial spirit imprint.

Countless heavenly and earthly spiritual opportunities were constantly refined and merged into his innate divine body during this evolution, strengthening his magical power, Dao cultivation, and even his innate primordial spirit.

Boom—boom—boom!

Zhang Jian seemed to hear the sound of countless primordial spirit powers boiling in the depths of his sea of consciousness.

That Dao law origin like a purple-gold blazing sun had already expanded to the extreme, a huge black vortex slowly formed around it, collapsing inward, and immortal origin immortal light condensed from within.

Zhang Jian knew that at this moment he already possessed the qualifications to assault the Heavenly Immortal realm.

The accumulation of the Primordial Spirit True Lord realm had already been perfected.

Zhang Jian's eyes flickered; after the ancestral worship ended, he should begin to undergo the immortal tribulation and prove the Dao to become a Heavenly Immortal.

Heavenly Immortals are the highest immortals among the immortals in the myriad heavens and voids.

They are also the most exalted beings among immortals.

Even upon entering the heavenly realm, they could quickly obtain a good position.

On the throne, Zhang Jian was in good spirits.

Decades of cultivation granted him the Dao cultivation and magical power of Heavenly Immortals who had cultivated for hundreds of thousands of years; he was indeed favored by heaven.

But Zhang soon restrained his emotions.

Achieving Heavenly Immortal status posed little difficulty for him; what he needed to do during the process was to ensure his foundation and natal primordial spirit would suffer no mishap.

Nearly perfect must not be ruined by the final lack!

Only with vast Dao cultivation can one step into Taiyi and even higher realms, leading the Zhang family up and down to lift their residence and ascend.

Now hope lay before him; Zhang Jian's goal was no longer merely hoping to lift the residence and ascend, but to aim for the ancient holy kings of past ages.

After the ancient holy kings of past dynasties successfully ascended, even in the heavenly realm they were superiors, possessing weighty influence.

And they could quickly achieve higher Dao fruits.

Zhang Jian likewise hoped he could reach this step.

With his innate Emperor identity, if he again proved the position of an ancient holy king, he would only do even better!

……

Throughout the Great Xia Dynasty, many cultivators could sense that the dragon qi law surrounding Dongzhou was growing increasingly dense.

Under the pressure of imperial qi, many external cultivation practitioners could feel the grandeur and tyranny of this power.

One year later, this vast dragon qi reached its peak.

On this day, inside and outside Haojing City, it was as if nine great suns had formed.

Within the great suns, faintly visible were several great tripods appearing, on the tripods appeared many mountains, rivers, lands, sun, moon, and stars, each sight awe-inspiring.

As if possessing the power to suppress the earth and heaven.

Inside the Hall of Containing the Origin, Zhang Jian's body flowed with a reddish-copper light, above the vast azure heavens, a red dragon visibly expanded by a circle, its claws became more fierce, faintly growing the shadow of nine claws.

Purple light appeared in the depths of Zhang Jian's eyes, with some smile at the bottom.

This natal immortal treasure, the Nine Tripods, after enduring countless imperial qi and dragon qi, in a short time advanced to become a first-rank immortal treasure.

Although only a first-rank immortal treasure.

But Zhang Jian was also quite satisfied.

This natal immortal treasure is a set of nine tripods, that is, nine first-rank immortal treasures.

When the Nine Tripods unite as one, they can rival a second-rank immortal treasure.

If the Nine Tripods continue to advance, their power will grow ever stronger.

Besides the Nine Tripods, Zhang Jian's Dragon Yin Sword also advanced to first-rank immortal treasure level not long ago.

As for further advancement, it requires painstaking effort and also requires Zhang Jian to reforge a portion of heavenly and earthly divine materials into it.

Zhang Jian now lacks no heavenly and earthly divine material-grade ores.

He has all heavenly and earthly divine stones with innate attributes!

After taking the Three Holy Palaces, the Great Xia Dynasty truly lacked no treasures for a long time.

The advancement of the Nine Tripods also means the Great Xia Dynasty has preliminarily accepted the major powers of Dongshen Divine Prefecture.

As for control, Zhang Jian deems it a heavy task and a long road.

However, as an innate deity, what he lacks least is time.

After accepting the many powers of Dongshen Divine Prefecture, Zhang Jian prepared to begin the ancestral worship.

And at this time, holding a grand heavenly worship ceremony is also natural.

……

Still the same as the previous heavenly worship ceremony, as the Great Xia Dynasty announced it would reappoint the feudal lords of all states of the Great Xia Dynasty and the heads of the feudal lords, the numerous immortal sect lineages of Dongshen Divine Prefecture, even the secular dynasties, and the cultivation clans, their attention was instantly drawn.

Haojing City quickly became the focus of many immortal sect lineages.

Many immortal sect lineages dispatched strong ones to enter Haojing City at this time to move about and inquire.

Zhang Jian paid no heed to so many, proceeding orderly with the heavenly worship ceremony and the enfeoffment ceremony, then next summoned the Zhang family up and down to enter the Ancestral Temple to worship ancestors and comfort the forefathers.

Zhang Yi and Qi Ruolan, both nearly a hundred years old, walked to the front.

He is not only the Grand Emperor Emeritus of the Great Xia Dynasty, but also an elder of the Zhang clan.

Zhang Yi felt his limit approaching and specially requested to personally lead the ancestral worship.

Before the Ancestral Temple.

Although nearly a hundred years old, Zhang Yi showed few signs of aging; his face seemed fixed in middle age, and Qi Ruolan beside him was similarly unchanged.

Only Zhang Jian, standing nearby, could sense that while elixirs could preserve youth, they could not halt the erosion of time or the fading of vitality.

The vital energies of their five viscera and six bowels were gradually declining.

Amid the solemn gazes of hundreds of core Zhang clan members, the two approached the great cauldron, slowly lit sandalwood incense, then stepped onto the futon and bowed deeply before the golden images of their ancestors.

"Royal Brother, do Father Emperor and Mother Empress still refuse to rest in peace?"

Beside him, Prince Duan Zhang Min wore a purple python robe, his eyes holding a hint of inquiry.

Prince Duan Zhang Min was slightly younger than Zhang Jian, but also nearing the age of extreme old age.

As Zhang Jian's most trusted prince, he too had been granted elixirs, allowing him to preserve his visage; at this moment he bore a beautiful beard, his wide sleeves fluttering, appearing as a graceful and unrestrained old prince.

Zhang Jian still saw in his eyes the trace of that youthful brother.

He then laughed and said.

"Mother Empress said she would send off the Great Uncle and Second Uncle, then finally rest in peace!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Min was slightly startled, then nodded slowly, a look of sorrow in his eyes.

Although he had received many divine pills and elixirs from the Great Xia Dynasty, capable of prolonging life,

the lifespan of mortals is limited.

Even though the two uncles came from martial families of supernatural skill, they ultimately could not withstand the erosion of time.

"Min Brother, what about you?"

Zhang Jian's gaze turned to this brother who had always stood beside him.

Though Zhang Min was not his blood brother, their relationship had always been close, and Zhang Jian had granted him a quota for frozen longevity after his own lifespan ended.

If he could follow the Ascension by Seizing the Residence, that would naturally be best.

In fact, even if his longevity ended, Zhang Jian had a way to protect Zhang Min's entry into the Nine Underworlds, transforming him into a ghost or deity.

With the vast scale of the Eastern Continent Zhang clan, protecting one or two ancestral spirits underground to become ghosts or deities—even a Ghost Emperor—would pose no difficulty.

A single imperial edict from him could confer the title of ghost or deity, even up to the level of a true god.

But becoming a god was not the best choice.

After attaining godhood, one must face a minor divine tribulation every thousand years, and a major one every ten thousand years.

Moreover, periodic evaluations occur; failure to advance means regression.

Where could that compare to directly entering the Celestial Void, where in the Pool of Transcendence one immediately gains an immortal body of longevity, free and carefree?

Zhang Min laughed and said.

"Royal Brother, I, your subject brother, do not wish to enter the cold dreamland so soon; moreover, if I were gone, who would restrain those lawless imperial princes for you, Royal Brother?"

He stroked his beard slightly, his expression solemn.

After all, we are in the Ancestral Temple.

After Zhang Yi and Qi Ruolan completed their worship, Zhang Jian then brought the two empresses beside him.

Next came the crown prince and crown princess.

Then followed the princes led by Prince Duan Zhang Min.

Most of these princes were Zhang Jian's own blood brothers.

Zhang Yi has had no leisure these past sixty years or more.

Among them are Zhang Jian's full brothers, as well as some born of consorts; their numbers reach nearly twenty or thirty, creating a major expense for the imperial household!

The number of princesses is also not small, though they are not qualified to enter the Ancestral Temple.

Next comes the third generation; the number of Zhang clan descendants in the third generation is also not small.

Gazing upon this scene, Zhang Jian decided to urge Zhang Zhao and his wife to hasten the completion of their great reproductive duty.

When branch lines overwhelm the main line, it is never a good phenomenon!

……

After the many Zhang clan descendants departed the Ancestral Temple, Zhang Jian once again laid down the Mountains and Rivers State Diagram to seal off the area around the temple.

One after another, towering mountains of gold and silver ingots were hurled out by him.

This time, the amount of offerings Zhang Jian prepared was ample, far exceeding any previous sacrificial scale.

Even surpassing the occasion of the Great Calamity at the Eye of the Level Green Duckweed Sea.

Only seen: one after another, small hill-like piles of gold and silver ingots flew swiftly into the great cauldron, burning into threads of blue smoke that shot straight into the dark, mysterious void.

Zhang Jian's gaze swept over, and soon a hint of a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

In his sight, the gold and silver ingots burning inside the cauldron had already surpassed twice the amount of the previous time, yet were still burning swiftly.

This indicates that the limit of burning has not yet been reached.

Usually, the more that burns, the greater the feedback he receives will be proportional.

The burning gold and silver ingots increased more and more, soon surpassing three times the previous amount.

Then it surpassed four times.

Only after surpassing four times did it gradually come to a halt.

The divine fire of the great cauldron's sacrifice slowly extinguished, and part of the gold and silver ingots ceased burning.

Seeing this, Zhang Jian gathered them all into the Mountains and Rivers State Diagram.

Afterwards, he took out a special treasure whose spiritual light flowed and turned.

It was a long zither.

At first glance, this long zither appeared no different from other ancient zithers, but upon closer inspection, its seven strings were formless and colorless; only when viewed with spiritual power could one discern a faint silver-gray texture, as if resembling the endless flood of time, the surging rush of ages.

It is called the Flowing Light Zither.

It was made by refining the time divine material named after Zhang Jian, containing a part of the exquisite essence of the Nine Revolutions Ruyi Time Wheel Great Law, capable of influencing the power of time.

This time, its texture and refining technique have surpassed those of other spiritual treasures by a step.

This also marks that Zhang Jian's artifact refining technique has become increasingly mature.

The ancient zither is still covered with countless intricate flowing water runes, as if scooped out from flowing water.

At this moment, this spiritual treasure fell into the great cauldron, and slowly turned into a wisp of green smoke flying into the azure heavens.

Zhang Jian gazed at this scene, and a hint of a smile instantly appeared in the depths of his eyes.

It seems this harvest will not be small.

Zhang Jian was in good spirits, but just as he stepped out of the Ancestral Temple, he encountered the Imperial Noble Consort Ji, dressed in splendid palace attire.

Zhang Jian looked at the radiant and beautiful noble lady before him and smiled.

"My beloved consort, why are you not cultivating in seclusion in the palace, comprehending the Great Dao of True Immortals, yet waiting for me?"

He had already vaguely guessed the purpose of Consort Ji Xueqiong's visit.

Consort Ji Xueqiong bowed gracefully.

"Your servant has come here especially to await Your Majesty; your servant has a secret to share with Your Majesty, and does not know if Your Majesty is willing to listen to your servant's detailed account?"

On her jade-like countenance, her smile bloomed like a flower!

Her original appearance was already exceptionally outstanding; now, with a hint of bright smile upon her jade countenance, even a heart of iron and stone could be softened.

Zhang Jian, in good spirits at this moment, smiled and said.

"Then I shall gladly listen to the secret from my beloved consort's lips!"

At once, palace maids and eunuchs led the way ahead, heading toward the Collection of Immortals Palace.

Consort Ji Xueqiong's beautiful eyes fell upon Zhang Jian, and in the depths of her eyes there was also a hint of tender, rippling light.

When a woman like her truly submits, she is enough to make anyone sink into decadence.

Zhang Jian merely smiled faintly; he and the Ji clan had practiced dual cultivation together, so he naturally knew well the secret hidden deep within the Ji clan's primordial spirit.

But secrets are had by all; as long as it does not hinder the Great Xia Dynasty or the Zhang clan of Dongzhou, he also did not press further.

Now it appears the Ji clan is preparing to proactively confess to him.

……

At the same time, in the celestial immortal realm

'Qingxia Daoist Lord' was intensively absorbing incense gold bricks, transforming them into her own incense divine power, condensing into an incense divine body.

At this moment, her expression was composed.

Having received guidance from her true form, she retrieved her treasures from the private vault in the mortal realm, gaining some confidence.

At this moment, her incense divine body was gradually taking shape.

With vast and flawless incense supporting her, her recovery speed was very fast.

In this regard, the Incense Fire Divine Path is superior to other paths.

As long as one possesses incense, the obstacles to breaking through realms are far smaller than those on other paths.

Of course, this is also because she herself is an incarnation of a Daoist Lord, possessing the realm of a Daoist Lord, enabling such rapid growth.

Shortly after, the expression of 'Qingxia Daoist Lord' stirred, and her eyes fell upon the Two Realms Pool.

In an instant, she sensed the impending omen about to be born in the Two Realms Pool.

"So fast!"

'Qingxia Daoist Lord' felt a slight rumble in her heart.

Boom—boom—boom!

At the same time, a thunderous roar like heavenly thunder erupted from within the Two Realms Pool.

Such a roaring sound was like the collapse of the Great Dao; this Two Realms Pool, amidst this commotion, seemed as if it were about to be blown apart.

This scene instantly caused the expression of 'Qingxia Daoist Lord' to change dramatically.

This sacrifice is likely to far exceed her imagination.

Such an omen is stronger than any previous one!

"Truly dire!"

Upon sensing this change, 'Qingxia Daoist Lord' instantly groaned in her heart.

Yet she still condensed a strand of divine power and poured it into the Two Realms Pool, first stabilizing this most ancient Two Realms Pool between heaven and earth.

Within the Two Realms Pool at this moment, the nine-colored red water transformed into a great vortex, and the next moment, a vast golden light surged forth like a wellspring from within the Two Realms Pool.

As if hundreds of millions of incense gold lights were bursting forth.

Upon seeing this scene, 'Qingxia Daoist Lord' instantly sank in expression, hastily employing Daoist Lord techniques to suppress the golden light, instantly refining it into one after another incense golden bodies, while also taking out the Incense Palace Lamp to absorb it.

Yet this magnificent and terrifying golden flood still caused waves of intense turbulence in the otherwise tranquil Dao heart of 'Qingxia Daoist Lord'.

The scale of this sacrifice is truly astonishing!