Chapter 556: Shifting, the Divine Seat of the Water Official Emperor (4K)

A brand-new strand of vast primordial Qi merged deep into the primordial Qi circuit of the Eastern Splendor Heavenly Realm, penetrating deep into the earth primordial Qi network, fusing with numerous earth-attribute primordial Qi and land-attribute primordial Qi.

The Eastern Splendor Heavenly Realm immediately experienced violent tremors in the earth-related laws and soil-attribute laws.

It was as if a massive stone had fallen into a calm lake, stirring up wave after wave of great ripples.

The three thousand strands of Qi also merged into the land-attribute Qi circuit, causing the pattern of the Qi circuit to undergo numerous changes.

The integration of a brand-new strand of primordial Qi undoubtedly brought some benefit to the origin of the Eastern Splendor Heavenly Realm.

At the same time, Zhang Jian felt a small stream of fortune descend from the void, sinking deep into his life palace.

His expression remained unmoved; he knew this was the mighty aspect of the divine.

The more dimensions into which primordial Qi and Dao Qi merge, the more naturally one's fortune becomes enduring, and cultivation can use primordial Qi as a springboard to explore the profound workings of a dimension's operation.

The price paid, however, is that one's foundation may possibly be exposed to scrutiny.

Zhang Jian silently weighed the gains and losses in his heart.

Indeed, there was truly no way to compare this situation.

However, the innate gods of divine birth should not be able to refuse such a feeling of 'effortless gain.'

As the Earth Emperor's primordial Qi merged, Zhang Jian also felt that the numerous anomalies triggered by the Earth Emperor's primordial Qi were gradually subsiding.

He also perceived the changes deep within the earth primordial Qi wheel.

Moreover, the many innate Dao Qi and acquired Dao Qi are actually quite similar; their power merely reflects that the land attribute possesses greater diversity of variation, the land being more substantial and expansive.

Additionally, Zhang Jian noticed that after the Earth Emperor's primordial Qi merged into the depths of the earth primordial Qi wheel, it failed to gain any advantage; on the contrary, it was roughly on par with other earth primordial Qi and soil-attribute primordial Qi, and even somewhat inferior.

Zhang Jian understood that the Earth Emperor's primordial Qi was merely in its initial formation, and he had not yet perfected it.

In the future, as he truly steps into the Dao Lord realm, he will naturally make up for the deficiencies and surpass them.

After merging the Earth Emperor's primordial Qi into the Eastern Splendor Heavenly Realm, Zhang Jian then departed from the Eastern Splendor Heavenly Realm.

At this time, he bore the rank of the Water Official Emperor, yet he could not leave his celestial post for too long.

The Water Official Emperor's full title is actually the Lower Yuan Third Grade Resolver of Calamities Water Official Cavern Yin Great Emperor; his celestial office during the full period is magnificent, acclaimed as the Supreme Lord of Water Emperor Tanggu Divine King, the Nine Rivers Water Mansion River Earl Divine Immortal, the registry of all major deities and immortals in the waters, and after the deities of the Heavenly Court Water Department were harmonized, he took over many celestial offices, including rainfall and the deities of lakes and marshes managing the waterways.

The Water Official Emperor merely retained a portion of the celestial offices; although he still holds the registries of many deities and immortals in the waters and marshes, and the celestial transfer of heaven, his authority is greatly diminished.

More emphasis is placed on resolving calamities, eliminating disasters, releasing grievances, and saving and ferrying souls.

To say he manages the operation of the many water-related great Dao laws, Zhang Jian inevitably finds it headache-inducing, but if it is merely resolving calamities and eliminating disasters, intervening in the Nine Netherworlds' salvation and ferrying, then he handles it with ease.

He has an incarnation named Qinglian Tianzun, who upholds the Qinglian Pure Soul Mantra and thus possesses the authority of salvation and purification.

He also has an emperor incarnation named Jiǔyōu Dìjūn, who likewise oversees part of the reincarnation of the netherworld realm, the great Dao laws of life and death, resolving calamities and eliminating disasters, the Nine Netherworlds' salvation and ferrying, and even dealings with the deities of the netherworld realm—all handled with ease.

Furthermore, the Three Sovereign Emperors actually hold a special authority.

The Three Officials are like the Three Primes of Heaven and Earth; upper, middle, and lower respectively represent a kind of order, and likewise represent three special primordial Dao palaces in the cosmos between heaven and earth.

The mouth, eyes, and ears—three great Dao palaces—are like the Three Officials of Heaven and Earth.

The Heavenly Official Emperor is the mouth, the Earthly Official Emperor is the eyes, and the Water Official Emperor is the ears.

The Three Primes and Three Officials, while other deities likewise hold authority over Dao palaces.

However, the source Dao seal of the ear Dao palace is still in the hands of the Tianhe True Person; Zhang Jian, on the other hand, cannot access this miraculously wondrous primordial Dao palace.

The Water Official Emperor's mansion: Zhang Jian wears a blue-and-red interlaced dragon robe and jade belt, holds a gold-and-blue jade ruyi in his hand, and behind him are the left officials and subordinates of the many emperor blessed lands; these celestial officials are all cautious and frequently glance at his expression.

Zhang Jian did not intend to occupy the magpie's nest, so naturally he had no thought of acting against these people; after listening to the reports of the numerous celestial officials, he directly arranged for the celestial officials to separately incarnate and go to the respective realms to carry out the tasks of resolving calamities and eliminating disasters.

As the Lord of the Three Realms, the Lord of the Three Sovereigns, naturally there is no need to personally handle every matter.

The tasks of resolving calamities and eliminating disasters are then handed over to the numerous subordinate celestial officials for handling.

Under his command are gathered many middle and upper-level celestial officials, middle-level celestial officials, middle and lower-level celestial officials, lower-level celestial officials, and reserve celestial officials are even more numerous.

The Water Official Emperor's mansion also maintains a large force of calamity-resolving celestial soldiers.

This force of calamity-resolving celestial soldiers, when fully staffed, numbers as many as two hundred thousand heavenly troops and divine generals.

The current state, however, is undermanned, with only about twelve to thirteen thousand.

Part of them train by the banks of the Tianhe River, while another part stands on rotation; wherever the Water Official Lord resolves calamities and eliminates disasters, naturally celestial officials from the Water Official mansion come to dispatch heavenly troops and divine generals down to the realms.

Besides this, similar to the Five Turbulent Dao Soldiers and other reserve Dao soldiers, ghost soldiers, there are also many.

Many special lower realms do not allow ordinary heavenly troops and divine generals to manifest their true forms, or the cultivators in the lower realms have too low cultivation, so they are permitted to summon low-level Five Turbulent Dao Soldiers to manifest in the lower realms, display their power, and capture demons and monsters.

At this moment, however, a white-faced celestial official nearby was heard with a somewhat troubled expression.

"Don't hem and haw—just speak plainly if you have something to say!"

Seated upon the emperor's precious throne, Zhang Jian held the blue-and-gold jade ruyi in his hand, his expression calm.

At this time, he was also using the authority of the Water Official Emperor to contemplate the power of the heavenly and earthly water-related great Dao laws.

True strength has no weaknesses; Zhang Jian naturally would not pass up this opportunity to make up for shortcomings.

The five characters of the River and Mountain State Diagram also include rivers!

He will absolutely not be merely a mere earth god.

This white-faced celestial official is called Jiazi Xianjun; he is the confidant of the Tianhe True Person, oversees the civil affairs of the emperor's mansion, and is also the Tianhe True Person's left and right arms.

Additionally, there is a black-faced celestial official named Jiachen Xianjun; he is a military commander, oversees the many divine soldiers and heavenly generals of the Water Official Emperor's mansion, and can be considered a commander of the personal guard in terms of celestial office, and is also a celestial immortal of the Taiyi Heavenly Numbers level.

The positions of these two celestials are generally no different from the civil and military judge celestial offices in the Lingyuan Emperor's mansion.

Jiazi Xianjun, upon hearing this, spoke.

"Recently, deep within the Nine Netherworlds Mansion, a strange event has occurred: one of the twenty-four judges of the underworld, Zhu Yuan Judge Ling Wang True Person, has suddenly disappeared!"

"Zhu Yuan Judge?"

Zhang Jian slightly lifted his head; his eyes remained calm.

A judge, even at most, can only be considered a middle-level celestial official; the sudden disappearance of such a celestial official does not seem worth much surprise.

When a judge disappears, naturally celestial officials of the underworld go to search for them.

But gazing into Jiazi Xianjun's eyes, Zhang Jian's heart stirred suddenly, and he asked.

"Is he one of us?"

Jiazi Xianjun nodded slightly.

"Your Majesty, he is a secret agent left behind in the Netherworld Underworld by the former Water Official Emperor, Tianhe Zhenren, and moreover, he is a very important secret agent!"

Zhang Jian nodded.

The Water Official Emperor governs the water element and part of the Nine Nether authorities in the Netherworld Underworld; naturally, there must be his own people in the headquarters of the Netherworld Underworld, otherwise how could he coordinate, how could he grasp the dynamics of the Netherworld Underworld, let alone dispel calamities and resolve misfortunes.

However, this has nothing to do with him.

He is only acting temporarily!

Zhang Jian's mouth corner slightly curled into a hint of a smile.

Now he will not easily leave the Central Heavenly Realm.

The son of a thousand gold does not sit beneath a collapsing hall; the far-sighted perceive danger before it sprouts, and the wise avoid peril before it takes form.

He is now a divine being; the immortals and gods who harbor thoughts toward him are not few, and in the Central Heavenly Realm, other immortals and gods cannot reach him with their whips, but if he himself runs about recklessly, entering a place like the Netherworld Underworld where powers interlock like canine teeth, then he is seeking his own death.

However, he needs a dignified reason to brush past this matter.

Zhang Jian thought for a moment and then said.

"Could it be that the Netherworld Heavenly Sons have already seen through that the Registrar Judge is working for us, and thus they have struck down the Registrar Judge with lethal intent?"

Jiazi Xianjun hesitated somewhat, but still said.

"It should be impossible; the Registrar Judge belongs to the Cycle Emperor's retinue, and the Cycle Emperor early on noticed that the two judges beside him, left and right, each have their own origins; at most, he would transfer them, and he would not strike down with lethal intent!"

Zhang Jian nodded and said.

"Do we still have other secret agents in the Netherworld Underworld?"

Jiazi Xianjun hurriedly said.

"Yes!"

Zhang Jian said calmly.

"Then activate them, investigate one or two traces of the Registrar Judge's movements, and furthermore, find an old object belonging to the Registrar Judge; I will personally seek out immortals skilled in deduction to calculate his fate, to see whether he is fortunate or unfortunate!"

Jiazi Xianjun, upon hearing this, nodded slightly.

"This is not difficult to handle!"

Immediately, he hurried off to prepare.

Gazing at Jiazi Xianjun's departing figure at the Imperial Throne Assembly, a ripple flashed in his eyes.

Although he is going to retrieve the Registrar Judge's old object, he does not intend to perform the divination himself, despite also being skilled in river chart numerology.

To rashly divine the whereabouts of a powerful person would similarly leave traces for others to seize, and carelessly, it would also harm oneself.

Having become a divine being, Zhang Jian now values his own life greatly and will not easily court danger.

Especially in situations where traps may exist.

Moreover, in the Zhou Shan Realm, Zhang Jian has also made arrangements.

Shortly after attaining divinity, Zhang Jian issued an edict that descended into the Zhou Shan Realm, instructing Zhang Zhao and his wife, Zhang Yi, and Zhang Xian to ascend as soon as possible to the Central Heavenly Realm, or alternatively, to the Three Emperors Heavenly Realm.

As for the foundation of the Zhou Shan Realm, it is left to other descendants of the Zhang clan.

Now everything is proceeding in a tight and urgent manner; for added safety, Zhang Jian also sent a message to the patriarchs of the Tongshan Dao Tong, asking the patriarchs to look after one or two matters.

The Tongshan Dao Tong naturally has no refusal toward Zhang Jian.

The Tongshan Dao Tong has painstakingly given birth to a divine being, hoping to cultivate into a Dao Lord; naturally, they will not let Zhang Jian have obvious flaws exposed outwardly, to be exploited by others.

……

Heavenly Realm, Eighth Layer of the Upper Tier.

Qingxiao Dao Jun and Xianghuo Dao Jun, in their incarnations, sit facing each other; although they are in the immortal abode, Qingxiao Dao Jun, through the myriad divine secret agents spread throughout the heavens, is unusually clear about all manner of wind and cloud changes in heaven and earth.

At this moment, the opposite 'Qingxiao Dao Jun' sighed.

"This period of time is truly rare; I thought that after that boy gained benefits in the Donghua Realm, the first thing he would think of would be to offer sacrifices to us two, but I did not expect him to still be able to restrain himself!"

Upon hearing this, Qingxiao Dao Jun's jade visage showed a hint of sneer.

"You still do not understand him; he estimates that this sacrifice, fearing its effect would not surpass the previous one, thus he endures in silence, merely to make the next sacrifice larger in scale!"

'Qingxiao Dao Jun' gazes at the main body, and in his eyes there is indeed a hint of regret.

She actually hopes Zhang Jian will be more diligent.

Being diligent would be better; Xianghuo Dao Jun refines the incense fire divine artifact, cultivates the incense fire immortal method; which one does not require a great deal of incense fire? The more, the better.

At this very moment, suddenly the two goddesses' expressions stirred; whereupon 'Qingxiao Dao Jun' rose, and said with a smile.

"Indeed, I am not suitable to meet them!"

Her figure retreated, and in an instant transformed into a stream of light, vanishing without a trace.

Qingxiao Dao Jun, seeing this scene, smiled faintly; this golden body of Xianghuo Dao Jun is now one of her trump cards, and even in the future can serve as a king card, naturally it cannot be exposed too early.

Not long after, however, several female immortals were seen coming in procession from outside the immortal abode.

They were Baihua Xianzi, accompanied by Baicao Xianzi, and additionally several Heavenly Emperor princesses, coming to pay a visit; for a moment, the Qingxiao Immortal Realm became lively.

Qingxiao Dao Jun also personally came forward to receive the female immortals, and moreover took out various spiritual fruits and fine wines.

The rare jade nectar and jade liquid of the Heavenly Court, in Qingxiao Dao Jun's mansion, is moreover not rare.

"Still, Qingxiao Elder Sister's place is fun, with food to eat, drink to drink, and endless amusements to speak of!"

At this moment, a green-clad female immortal, her face full of smiles, casually picked up a fire date, took a small bite, and displayed pure, innocent charm.

Her face is peerlessly beautiful and lovely; she is the Fifth Princess of the Heavenly Court.

Also, in some past life, a Great Heavenly Venerable undergoing the cycle of rebirth in the mortal world, gave birth to her, and later she was brought back to the Heavenly Court.

The other three princesses in the hall are largely of similar origin.

Qingxiao Dao Jun also took a fire date, ate it clean in a few mouthfuls without regard for image, and at the same time said.

"Fifth sister, you're being overly polite to me, your elder sister. As for food and drink, my Qingxua Immortal Realm can't compare to your mansions, but if it's about interesting stories, I certainly have plenty here!"

Her straightforward personality won the favor of all the female immortals.

This is what they like most about Qingxua Daoist Lord.

Here, they always feel relaxed, without having to worry about heavenly court rules or fear being scolded by the imperial envoys.

Several female immortals suddenly noticed the Hundred Flowers Fairy eating and drinking jade nectar beside them, and one orange-clad fairy smiled and said.

"Hundred Flowers Sister has seemed preoccupied lately; I don't know if her soul has been hooked away by some immortal!"

The green-clad female immortal laughed and said.

"She must have taken a fancy to some immortal!"

The several women teased, and the Hundred Flowers Fairy, upon hearing this, replied.

"Several sisters are joking, but we are Jade Pool female immortals—we cannot jest recklessly!"

Upon hearing this, the several women exchanged glances, somewhat surprised.

They were just speaking casually, not really meaning it, but seeing the Hundred Flowers Fairy appear serious, they felt otherwise.

The green-clad female immortal's eyes darted, and she suddenly laughed and said.

"I've heard that Hundred Flowers Sister, in this reincarnation, received guidance from the Water Official Emperor and thus smoothly passed the great life-and-death tribulation. Qingxua Sister, why not you play host and invite the Water Official Emperor to be a guest? That way, the sisters can together express gratitude to the benefactor!"

"Yes!"

The several women immediately joined in the clamor.

The Hundred Flowers Fairy instantly felt overwhelmed and couldn't help but cast a pleading gaze toward Qingxua Daoist Lord.

Qingxua Daoist Lord then said.

"Don't embarrass Hundred Flowers—you all know her courage isn't as great as yours!"

Upon hearing this, the several princesses ceased their clamor, but observing the Hundred Flowers Fairy's expression, they still sensed something, and inevitably felt curiosity stir in their hearts.

Qingxua Daoist Lord then brought up another matter, immediately shifting the attention of all the women.