Chapter 600: The True Whereabouts of the Purple Hua Immortal Maiden (4K)

In the Divine Palace, Zhang Jian instantly felt a vast and boundless divine awareness come from the void, and in an instant it fell deep into his Divine Palace, revealing his form.

"Eternal Heavenly Sovereign, do you know the gravity of this matter? If not handled well, it could allow the many heavenly realm sin-gods to escape, even leading to the submersion of an entire heavenly realm?"

"This humble immortal pledges a military order: if I cannot repair the Xuan Tian Wheel of the Tenth Heavenly Realm within half a month, I am willing to resign my post as Eternal Heavenly Sovereign and be demoted to the mortal world!"

In the Divine Palace, Zhang Jian's face remained calm, and then he spoke again.

"I only ask the Supreme One to grant me authority; this humble immortal needs the aid of an immortal from the Tenth Heavenly Realm!"

Deep in the Heavenly Net, at this moment a vast divine light instantly transformed into a shooting star that fell into Zhang Jian's Divine Palace, finally becoming a talisman edict.

"This is the Longevity Talisman Edict of the Southern Pole Longevity Emperor's mansion; it symbolizes this sovereign's authority. You may at any time summon any immortals or gods to exert effort, and anyone who obstructs you may be regarded as adhering to the demon realm, and you may use the talisman edict's power to slay them!"

"You may also at any time summon the immortals and gods throughout the heavenly palaces!"

"But you must remember your promise; if you fail to repair the Xuan Tian Treasure Wheel and delay the heavenly court's immortal fate, I will show no mercy!"

As he spoke, an invisible vast pressure swept over, carrying the heavenly and earthly solemn killing force, and Zhang Jian secretly felt a chill arise in his heart.

But in an instant he transformed into eager anticipation.

He had painstakingly prepared for so long, all for today's heavenly mandate.

At this moment he raised his hand and took the crimson immortal light flowing Longevity Talisman Edict before him.

Feeling the vast heavenly-earthly divine Dao authority contained within this Longevity Talisman Edict, his expression secretly trembled.

The Southern Pole Longevity Great Emperor is one of the Six Sovereigns of the Heavenly Court.

He surpasses the three ranks of feudal lords and is the sovereign of the Three Highest Heavens.

He governs all spirits and oversees the many changes related to the four seasons; his authority is vast and mighty.

Zhang Jian could feel that by using this Longevity Talisman Edict, he could command the origin of a thirty-three-layer heavenly realm, and thus slay any immortal or god.

His golden words and jade speech, bearing heavenly law, could also suppress the heavenly court gods who bear heavenly-earthly divine Dao authority.

Zhang Jian felt the weight of this Longevity Talisman Edict; he immediately dared not delay, as a part of his primordial spirit carried the Longevity Talisman Edict back from the Divine Palace, and then he brought along the Nine Spirits Immortal Maiden to the Tenth Heavenly Realm.

The Tenth Heavenly Realm seems to have absorbed most of the heavenly-earthly essence of the ancient divine mountain Buzhou Mountain.

This layer of heavenly realm is filled with a primordial, heavy atmosphere.

The mountains, rivers, and terrains are extraordinarily lofty; ancient remnant tribes and divine beast clans are numerous.

At this moment, however, half the land has sunk, and in the high sky a huge five-colored golden phoenix spreads its phoenix wings, contending with several towering demon gods.

Countless divine lights burst forth from the battlefield, tearing apart vast regions, and the injured living beings continue to increase.

Those several figures' divine might are all extraordinary.

One is surrounded by countless azure whirlwinds; his rotating azure whirlwinds cover the sky and earth, and countless mountains and hills cannot withstand the blowing of those countless azure winds, all turning into fragments.

Another is wandering with emanating intense golden light, resembling an immortal deity; the golden light reveals the power of heaven and earth that cannot be moved, eternal and indestructible.

Yet another possesses vast demonic aura, an ancient bird-headed, human-bodied demon sage.

And another has murky clear and turbid qi intertwined, demonic light hidden and revealed, a Daoist.

Even though facing many alone, that vast five-colored golden phoenix still firmly holds the upper hand.

The phoenix wings flap, instantly blowing the ancient demon sage away; simultaneously, the two wings fly and rush, transforming into a path of scorching red light at extreme speed.

Seeing this, Zhang Jian seized the moment, his form heading toward the Fengwu Palace.

The Fengwu Palace stands upon Mount Jinxia.

It is a towering mountain range; perhaps not the highest peak of the Tenth Heavenly Realm, but around it creation gathers spirit, auspicious and spiritually beautiful; many strong ones of the human immortals clan, including the immortal birds of the flying clan, cultivate here.

After Zhang Jian's true body descended, immediately the immortals and gods of Fengwu Palace came out to greet him.

Zhang Jian immediately directly presented the Southern Pole Longevity Emperor's Longevity Talisman Edict, ordering the strong ones of the human immortals clan to bring out the Purple Hua Immortal Maiden.

At this moment, on Mount Jinxia before Fengwu Palace, several strong ones of the human immortals clan wore faces of hesitation.

They naturally know well the importance of the Purple Hua Immortal Maiden to the Fengwu Emperor and the Min Hua Immortal Sovereign; the Fengwu Emperor himself once issued an order: without his command, no one is allowed to see the Purple Hua Immortal Maiden.

Let alone bringing her out.

At this moment, the leading one clad in crimson fire-phoenix divine robes had a cold face.

"Eternal Heavenly Sovereign, my Fengwu Palace has no Purple Hua Immortal Maiden; please, Heavenly Sovereign, go inquire elsewhere!"

Zhang Jian's expression remained calm; this situation was already his second encounter.

The last time he could only return empty-handed, but this time is different.

He directly took out the crimson talisman edict seal in his hand.

"This sovereign, acting under the Southern Pole Longevity Emperor's Talisman Edict, summons immortals and gods to go to the Xuan Dao Palace to repair the divine artifact; you dare to obstruct and delay—could it be that the Fengwu Emperor Palace, up and down, wishes to defy the Emperor's Talisman Edict?"

Zhang Jian's face was icy cold.

"If you do not bring the person forth, do not blame this sovereign for not remembering the affection of fellow heavenly court cultivators!"

He activated with a thread of Dao cultivation the Southern Pole Longevity Talisman Edict deep in his palm; vast divine power manifested, intimidating several clearly, even reaching the hidden strong ones of the human immortals clan and the immortal birds clan.

Under the Southern Pole Longevity Talisman Edict, all gods on Mount Jinxia felt a chill throughout their bodies; a terrifying divine Dao pressure flowed from the source of the divine Dao authority controlled by the gods, and under their gaze, they were like ants.

Simultaneously, it seemed a terrifying presence could be seen looming behind the Eternal Heavenly Sovereign, looking down upon all living beings.

"Heavenly Emperor's Talisman Edict!"

How could the several strong ones of Fengwu Palace fail to sense the magnitude of this power? One by one, their faces changed color.

Seeing their expressions shifting unpredictably, Zhang Jian grew weary of continuing to entangle with them; he transformed himself into a stream of light, following the qi resonance with the Purple Hua Immortal Maiden, and flew toward the Minglun Palace.

The other immortals and gods of Fengwu Palace, seeing this, immediately dared not delay and hurriedly followed.

But at this moment, no one dared to stop Zhang Jian.

This Eternal Heavenly Sovereign at this moment represents one of the Six Sovereigns of the Heavenly Court, the Southern Pole Longevity Great Emperor.

This emperor, though unshowy, is indeed a genuine one of the Six Sovereigns of the Heavenly Court, possessing the power of one of the six supreme authorities over all realms and worlds.

Such great power—let alone these gods, even if the Lord of the Tenth Heavenly Realm, the Fengwu Emperor, stood here, would not dare to utter half a word of refusal.

Minglun Palace.

This place is located deep within the Golden Xia Mountain Cave Heaven Dharma Realm.

The vast Minglun Palace seems to stand upon a colossal treasure wheel.

That treasure wheel was refined in imitation of the Tenth Heavenly Realm's realm-stabilizing divine artifact, the Xuan Tian Wheel.

Likewise possessing immense power, it transformed into a vast barrier of intertwined yin-yang black and white, enveloping the Minglun Palace.

At this moment, within the Minglun Palace, Zihua Xianzi sat upon the steps of the Dao Palace, leaning on the steps with her hand, her eyes gazing upon the monotonous endless sea of clouds before her, watching the clouds rise and fall, with a hint of weariness in her gaze.

Beneath her eyes also lay concealed indignation and resentment.

She has been under house arrest upon the Minglun Dao Palace for over a thousand years.

As Zhang Jian had foreseen, a thousand years ago she entered the Tenth Heavenly Realm, yet had not even seen Min Hua Xianjun before being seized by the immortals of Fengwu Palace and cast into the heavenly prison of the Tenth Heavenly Realm.

That was the darkest period of her cultivation since she began.

She had never endured such extensive torture and torment; what made her most despairing was that Min Hua Xianjun never appeared from beginning to end.

But afterward, for reasons unknown, she was secretly imprisoned here.

Min Hua Xianjun, however, occasionally came to see her.

Yet aside from that, she could do nothing else.

Over time, her Dao heart inevitably fell into imbalance.

And even more despairing came from the torment deep within her Dao heart—each time Min Hua Xianjun came, she would cycle once between hope and disappointment; over time, this brought more numbness deep within her heart.

Boom—!

At this moment, accompanied by the sounds of shattering black-and-white禁法, another part of the immortals' furious roars and tragic cries echoed, and the power of myriad black-and-white禁法 in the void suddenly burst open from within.

Then appeared a towering, magnificent, sacred figure stepping forth from the black-and-white cloud light, breaking through the void.

Along the way, before him, several divine shadows flew backward in streams of light.

They landed in the immaculate Minglun Dao Palace, staining it layer upon layer with blood-red, while figures still struggled upon the ground.

After a slight startle, Zihua Xianzi was immediately followed by joy.

"Heavenly Lord?"

Gazing at the arrival, Zihua Xianzi's eyes leapt with delight.

At the same time, she saw Jiu Ling Xianzi beside Zhang Jian.

Zhang Jian gazed upon the youthful, lively purple-clad female immortal before him, his expression slightly tightening, then after a moment he said.

"Come with me and leave this place!"

Zihua Xianzi immediately nodded eagerly, yet she noticed that Jiu Ling Xianzi beside her seemed absent-minded, her face somewhat pallid.

After Zhang Jian rescued Zihua Xianzi, he openly and boldly departed from the Minglun Palace before the assembled immortals.

Zhang Jian could sense that in the depths of the void, there were no lack of overwhelmingly powerful ancient gods and ancient immortals staring at him, their gazes filled with various malice.

Furthermore, some recovered eternal immortal treasures, or perhaps Dao Lord-level formations and禁法, were already in a half-activated state, capable of fully recovering at any moment to strike against him.

Yet Zhang Jian paid no heed, striding boldly toward the deep mountain gates of Fengwu Palace.

Zhang Jian knew that the Tenth Heavenly Realm's realm-stabilizing divine artifact, the Xuan Tian Treasure Wheel, lay deep within the forbidden grounds of Golden Xia Mountain.

At this moment, that magnificent Xuan Tian禁区 had already been shattered to pieces.

That colossal, magnificent stone treasure wheel floated in the vast depths of heaven and earth, appearing as if it had been forcibly severed while merging with the Tenth Heavenly Realm's heavenly Dao origin, its upper surface covered in countless cracks.

Beneath the three-dimensional form of the great wheel, a portion of stone fragments had already scattered widely, turning into debris falling toward the earth; yet each falling fragment seemed to cause the heavens and earth to tremble, with some regions manifesting terrifying heavenly calamities.

As if heaven and earth were shattered.

Moreover, a portion of the heavenly Dao laws lost their suppression, causing natural laws such as wind, rain, thunder, and lightning to become disordered in parts of the Tenth Heavenly Realm.

In the void, some immortals attempted to use various immortal arts to lift the broken fragments of the Xuan Tian Treasure Wheel back up, to prevent them from falling.

Among them, Min Hua Xianjun led several powerful ancient immortals and ancient gods of Fengwu Palace, who cast spells within, but from Zhang Jian's gaze, the effect was insignificant.

The Xuan Tian Treasure Wheel possesses immense power.

Each fragment seems to contain the heavenly Dao origin power of the Tenth Heavenly Realm, heavier than the power of mountains and seas.

Even ordinary ancient immortals and ancient gods attempting to re-bind the fragments with immortal arts would exhaust their divine power.

This is the lost trace of the heavenly Dao origin power of an entire heavenly realm—not a mundane worldly dimension; the power contained within is fundamentally different in nature.

At this moment, gazing upon the distant Xuan Tian Treasure Wheel still continuously breaking apart, Zhang Jian's expression fluctuated slightly, then he turned to Zihua Xianzi and said.

"Zihua, Jiu Ling, try to see if you can resonate with this object?"

Zihua Xianzi's eyes showed slight surprise, Jiu Ling Xianzi's eyes also bore a complex hue, yet they still followed Zhang Jian's request, closing their eyes to sense this realm-stabilizing divine artifact.

After a moment, the two women opened their eyes.

Jiu Ling Xianzi slightly shook her head and said.

"Heavenly Lord, this humble immortal cannot resonate with it!"

Yet Zihua Xianzi's eyes held a hint of astonishment; meeting Zhang Jian's speculative gaze, she nodded slightly.

"Heavenly Lord, how strange—I seem to be able to sense its pain and suffering!"

Her eyes held a look of difficulty in understanding.

She could never have imagined that she possessed such an ability.

Seeing this, Zhang Jian's heart suddenly understood.

As he and Qingxuan Dao Jun had deduced, Zihua Xianzi's soul might be anomalous, thus giving rise to a corresponding heavenly mandate.

Moreover, her soul might be connected to the heavenly Dao origin of the Thirty-Three Heavenly Realms, hence enabling her to resonate with the realm-stabilizing divine artifact of the Thirty-Three Heavens.

Zhang Jian gazed upon the apocalyptic vision gradually appearing above the void, and spoke in a deep voice:

"Zihua, now that the Xuan Tian Treasure Wheel is shattered, the earth sinks and collapses, countless alien beings and mortal beings of the Tenth Heavenly Realm struggle in disaster—only you can repair the Xuan Tian Treasure Wheel; do you dare undertake this unprecedented feat?"

Upon hearing this, Zihua Xianzi's expression froze, then she said:

"Heavenly Lord, I am merely a first-rank heavenly immortal—how could I possibly repair such a realm-stabilizing divine artifact?"

Zihua Xianzi's eyes showed a hint of difficulty.

Zhang Jian stared at the massive stone Xuan Tian Baolun, his expression solemn as he spoke.

"You need not belittle yourself; I actually sensed the special nature of your soul long ago—your soul possesses a subtle affinity with the Thirty-Three Heaven Realm divine artifacts!

This affinity is not because you share the same origin as them, nor are you their artifact spirit reborn, but because your soul's essence surpasses theirs—indeed, one could say it exerts an irresistible attraction upon them!

With your essence, they might further evolve into higher-grade supreme treasures!

If I have not misjudged, you may be an innate deity born from the primal spiritual essence of the Central Heaven Realm!"

"An innate deity born from the primal spiritual essence of the Central Heaven Realm—me?"

Zihua Xianzi's face froze, her expression somewhat astonished.

She then turned her gaze to Zhang Jian, unable to refrain from asking.

"Heavenly Lord, have you mistaken me? Though I was born with only a single lifetime, an innate soul, yet I am born of the womb, flesh and blood transformed—how could I be an innate deity?"

Meanwhile, on the other side, Min Hua Xianjun also saw Zhang Jian and Zihua Xianzi, as well as the arrival of Jiu Ling Xianzi; he brought several ancient gods and ancient immortals, descending in streams of light.

Yet upon arrival, he also heard the words of Zhang Jian and Zihua Xianzi, and his countenance involuntarily changed.

For these thousand years, he too had known of Zihua Xianzi's heavenly mandate, but neither he nor the Fengwu Dijun behind him could fathom its mysteries.

He had never imagined that Zihua Xianzi actually possessed such a background!

Zhang Jian slightly shook his head.

"It is not only deities nurtured by heaven and earth that are innate deities; you likewise possess the essence of an innate deity, merely hidden deep within your soul!"

Zhang Jian's eyes already gleamed with resolute color.

Though he had used the Three Lives Stone, he had detected no anomaly in the depths of Zihua Xianzi's soul.

But with the numerous secret messages provided by 'Qingxia Dao Jun', he found it easy to reach this conclusion.

He then spoke directly.

"Go, go fulfill your heavenly mandate!"

"When your heavenly mandate is accomplished, that will be the time you return to the innate realm—this is your great fortune, your great merit; of course, it may also cost you your life!"

Zhang Jian's expression remained calm, while Min Hua Xianjun and Zihua Xianzi simultaneously changed countenance.

Zhang Jian, however, smiled faintly: "Or perhaps you are willing to spend your life beneath others, becoming an object they can arbitrarily imprison and humiliate?!"

"These thousand years of tribulation—you should have already figured it out!"

Repairing the Xuan Tian Baolun, mending the breach in the Central Heaven Realm—this is undoubtedly a great fortune, a great merit.

Whether for Zihua Xianzi or Zhang Jian.

With this merit, he would not only be able to choose a better transfer position, but also leverage such a great deed to re-enter the ancestral shrine and skim benefits.

This matter is in fact no longer something Zihua Xianzi can refuse.

However, without reaching that point, Zhang Jian did not wish to force her.