Chapter 603: Fourth Transformation, Nine Nether Impeachment of the Spirit Emperor Lord (4K)

That middle-aged immortal deity, smiling, introduced himself as a senior official of the Southern Pole Longevity Emperor's Mansion.

Qingyu Immortal Lord!

After entering the Eternal Heavenly Lord's Mansion, he directly proclaimed the edict.

It was merely that Zhang Jian had repaired the Tenth Heaven Realm's Stabilizing Divine Artifact, the Xuan Tian Treasure Wheel, and for this merit, the Southern Pole Longevity Emperor's Mansion bestowed praise and encouragement.

Later, the Heavenly Court would also grant further promotion.

He seemed to have other urgent matters, daring not to delay in the Eternal Ice Fortress, ordering his subordinates to leave the treasure chests behind, and hastily departed with his heavenly soldiers and generals.

Zhang Jian still understood this point: he feared encountering that Heavenly Evil.

In fact, Zhang Jian also worried that the Heavenly Evil might have infiltrated the entourage, so he dared not linger.

Had it not been for these immortals indeed carrying the Southern Pole Longevity Emperor's talismanic seal and decree, he would not have allowed them to enter the Eternal Ice Fortress at all.

After the deities departed, Zhang Jian still did not withdraw the Mountains and Rivers State Diagram.

At this moment, the immortals' gazes fell upon each treasure chest, their eyes gleaming.

Zhang Jian also noticed the immortals' gazes, and smiled faintly.

The Southern Pole Longevity Emperor was still quite generous.

This time, the bestowed immortal and divine objects were not few.

There were nine longevity immortal peaches, three catties of fire dates, one catty of jujube pears, six gourds of immortal elixir, and a chest of divine-grade myriad-year beautiful jade, plus thirty-six blossoms of purple-gold flowers, and nineteen vats of jade nectar and jade liquor.

Additionally, there were three third-rank immortal treasures.

Though not Eternal Immortal Treasures, merely Taiyi-rank immortal treasures, they were still quite striking.

Purple-gold flowers and jade nectar need not be mentioned, but these longevity immortal peaches, jujube pears, and fire dates—Zhang Jian had never received such rewards before.

Such treasures are only occasionally produced by the mansions of marquis-rank emperors and great immortals, just to sample freshness.

Though the longevity immortal peach cannot compare to the Flat Peach Divine Object of Yaochi Heaven Realm, it can still extend life by ten thousand years.

For those immortals whose lifespan is nearing its end, suffering the Five Declines of Heaven and Man, this is also an extremely precious item.

Especially since some heavenly immortals are affected by the unique heavenly environment, enduring repeated tribulations, or have limited lifespan, they greatly need divine objects that prolong life and enhance vitality.

Those fire dates and jujube pears are also immortal objects that replenish vital energy.

But this time, he did not intend to share these treasures with the immortals.

These items can be used for receiving guests at the Eternal Heavenly Lord's Mansion.

They can also serve as the Zhang family's foundation.

After driving the immortals away, Zhang Jian summoned the Ji clan and then asked.

"Madam, to what realm have you cultivated in the Ultimate Bliss Demon Realm?!"

Upon hearing this, Ji Shi immediately replied.

"Your Majesty, my Ultimate Bliss Demon Realm immortal-demon transformation is now effortless; to a certain extent, I am no longer a mere demon treasure!"

"At most, it counts as a heterodox immortal treasure!"

Ji Shi understood Zhang Jian's meaning.

Since the Heavenly Court intends to open the Heavenly Mirror, the Heavenly Mirror, as the Heavenly Court's supreme treasure with vast and mighty power, is difficult to miss and will surely detect the heretical power contained within the Ultimate Bliss Demon Realm.

The Heavenly Court does not permit immortals to secretly refine demon treasures.

Otherwise, at that time, they would be targeted by the Heavenly Court.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Jian slightly nodded, then sighed.

"We will not need long before we depart the Eternal Ice Fortress; you too must prepare!"

Upon hearing this, Ji Shi's beautiful eyes held a hint of smile.

"It seems Your Majesty is about to be promoted again!"

She also felt joy for Zhang Jian's advancement.

Zhang Jian slightly nodded; his original term still had over a thousand years remaining, but now, having participated in repairing the Xuan Tian Treasure Wheel and achieved great merit, he likely will gain even more initiative in this matter.

The Eternal Heavenly Lord's divine seat ranks ninth in the sequence; although it holds real authority and commands thirty thousand eternal elites, compared to the real-power emperors of the Heavenly Court, it still falls short.

This time, he must strive to be transferred to a real-power emperor of the Heavenly Court with sequence rank nine.

Ideally, it should align with the earth, or with the Nine Nether authorities.

But this latter point is likely difficult.

He needs to take active action.

For according to regulations, as the current Lord of the Eternal Immortal Prison, theoretically he belongs to the prison deity lineage; next, he should be transferred to the Chonghua Palace among the Heavenly Court's Six Palaces, continuing to serve as a prison deity emperor.

Otherwise, he should return to the Lingguan lineage.

However, returning to the Lingguan lineage would actually be a good thing.

The Lingguan Hall also has many high-power immortal positions.

Moreover, many of them oversee the Heavenly Court's core authorities, or are close aides to the Six Emperors of Heaven.

Zhang Jian intends to contact one or two 'Qingxia Dao Lord', the Tongshan Dao lineage, to see if he can learn from them about the current vacancies in the Heavenly Court.

But Zhang Jian actually harbors some worry in his heart.

He fears that this time he might be promoted into the Chonghua Palace.

This time, the Chonghua Palace heavenly prison was shattered, the 'wardens' inside suffered heavy casualties, and many immortal positions lie vacant.

Although Chonghua Palace is one of the Heavenly Court's Six Palaces, directly overseen by the Jade Emperor, Great Heavenly Venerable, in reality it is not much stronger than the Eternal Immortal Prison.

Moreover, inside it still has Zhang Jian's rival, the Prison King Dao Lord.

He personally sent the Prison King Dao Lord's direct disciple, Witch Chun Immortal Lord, to the Immortal-Slaying Platform; this time, entering Chonghua Palace and directly facing him, he will inevitably be provoked.

This worry, Zhang Jian can only suppress in his heart, waiting until the Heavenly Court extracts that Heavenly Evil, then proactively seek understanding.

Not long after, Zhang Jian, residing in the Eternal Ice Fortress, received news: the Heavenly Court used the Heavenly Mirror to locate the hiding place of the Heavenly Evil, recaptured it, and cast it into the Chonghua Palace heavenly prison.

For this, the celestial immortals of the heavenly court all breathed a sigh of relief.

The blockade of the Thirty-Three Heavens gradually opened.

Zhang Jian also felt pleased about this.

This way, he could finally resume ancestral worship.

Having repaired the Xuan Tian Treasure Wheel and about to assume his new post, he could fully take advantage of the opportunity to enter the ancestral shrine and shear the sheep once more.

But Zhang Jian still prepared to restrain himself this time, waiting until the new position arrived after a thousand years.

Since he was going to shear sheep, naturally he would do so when the effect was best.

……

A thousand years passed in the blink of an eye.

Zhang Jian spent most of his time in deep cultivation within the Eternal Ice Fortress, while simultaneously entering the heavenly court to pursue his new immortal position.

After thousands of years of cultivation, his Dao Monarch body had become completely stabilized.

Zhang Jian had begun attempting to enter the sixth step of Taiyi Perfection, the Dao Cheng Jian Wo cultivation.

The most prominent sign of Dao Cheng Jian Wo is the condensation of eternal will.

This requires the perfection and extension of the Earth Emperor's Great Dao into the Chaos Primordial Sea, thoroughly penetrating the Earth Emperor's Dao, which naturally triggers the transformation of his Earth Emperor divine consciousness into eternal will.

Thereby laying the foundation for the transformation of his primordial spirit.

As for how to specifically accomplish this step of cultivation, Zhang Jian already had it figured out.

He only needed to merge himself with the point of Earth Emperor Ancestral Qi imprint in the Chaos Primordial Sea, transforming it into the rank of Earth Emperor Dao Monarch, which would naturally trigger the transformation of divine consciousness.

Transforming the Earth Emperor Ancestral Qi imprint into the Earth Emperor Dao Monarch rank.

Even a virtual Earth Emperor rank requires a vast amount of fortune, merit, plus complete harmony with the Earth Emperor's Great Dao rules.

As for fortune and merit, as an innate divine sage, he lacks none.

As for the Dao Monarch rank, for an innate divine sage like him, it also comes with innate advantages.

Since his birth, he has innately resonated with the Chaos Primordial Sea, possessing a point of innate Ancestral Qi imprint fused within it.

Unlike other Taiyi Great Perfection immortals, even if they condense innate Ancestral Qi, it may not directly resonate with the Chaos Primordial Sea and still requires postnatal effort to implant the innate Ancestral Qi imprint into it.

In the Hall of the Eternal Heavenly Sovereign.

At this moment, Zhang Jian sat cross-legged; though only a point of his primordial spirit's divine consciousness, it summoned the power of the Chaos Primordial Sea through the innate Ancestral Qi imprint, thereby accessing its profundity.

A vast and majestic divine power gathered around him, the Earth Emperor Dao Fruit auspicious clouds manifested above his head, continuously interacting with the summoned mighty Chaos Primordial Sea power, the power circulating within the auspicious clouds gradually approaching a certain special trajectory deep within the Chaos Primordial Sea.

His surrounding power grew ever more vast, fluctuations as if the boundless ocean of heavenly earth Dao laws were trembling.

Mighty and boundless, the pressure weighed upon the endless void of worlds.

When one's Dao reaches such a state, the mighty power is truly inconceivable.

In that ocean of heavenly earth Dao laws, there seemed to be a primordial Dao qi of the primordial number, surging with postnatal Dao qi.

There was also a portion of postnatal Ancestral Qi, the power of innate Ancestral Qi surging and churning.

Under divine might, the Dao qi network, earth attribute, soil attribute Ancestral Qi wheel trembled and swayed.

……

On this day, above the Eternal Ice Fortress, auspicious clouds appeared in the sky, yet within the auspicious clouds' immortal light, a figure stepped through the void, and then two figures emerged from within.

"Ancestral Master, Tai Bai Star Lord?"

Zhang Jian emerged from seclusion, gazing at the two figures before the Eternal Ice Fortress, slightly surprised, and immediately welcomed the two immortals into the Eternal Ice Fortress.

The two ancient immortals stood side by side; Tai Bai Star Lord at this moment wore a smile, his gaze sweeping over the surroundings as he spoke with a laugh.

"Eternal Heavenly Sovereign, though others may not admire the old Daoist, I truly admire you. Other immortals, if they heard they had to enter the Eternal Immortal Prison as garrisoned heavenly dwellers, would likely shake their heads repeatedly."

"But you not only rushed to enter this place for training, and after completing your training, you established great merit upon your immortal position, truly causing the heavenly court's great immortals and sovereigns to look at you with new eyes!"

"Star Lord, you flatter me; this minor immortal is merely fortunate!"

Zhang Jian wore a smile on his face.

He guided the two immortals into the Eternal Heavenly Sovereign's Hall and took out a portion of the longevity peaches and fire dates bestowed by the Southern Pole Longevity Emperor to entertain them.

The purpose of Tai Bai Star Lord's visit was obvious.

In his Eternal Heavenly Sovereign's Hall, he first announced the golden edict of the Jade Emperor, Great Heavenly Revered One.

As Zhang Jian had anticipated, his term ended, and the new transfer order arrived.

But when Tai Bai Star Lord announced the new transfer order, Zhang Jian also felt somewhat startled.

He had been promoted!

Yet this immortal position was somewhat beyond his imagination.

This immortal position was neither in the Chonghua Palace nor in the Official Hall.

Tai Bai Star Lord at this moment smiled and said.

"To speak frankly, I too am surprised that Her Majesty Hou Tu has also shown additional favor to the Emperor!"

"In fact, the Heavenly Master's Mansion had intended to transfer you into Chonghua Palace, to serve as the Prison God Emperor, replacing the Chonghua Heavenly Sovereign in guarding Chonghua Palace!"

"But Her Majesty Hou Tu appeared in the heavenly court, requesting to borrow you to enter the Netherworld Underworld as the Great Spirit Official of the Nine Realms and Nine Yin!"

"His divine title is the Nine Realms Nine Yin Punishing Spirit Emperor, ranked ninth in sequence, responsible for overseeing the Netherworld Underworld, wielding part of the Netherworld authority..."

"And permitting you to serve in the Central Heavenly Realm, awaiting promotion to Dao Monarch before entering the Netherworld Underworld!"

In short, it was to serve as the chief secretary to Hou Tu Niangniang!

Tai Bai Star Lord glanced again at Zhang Jian, his eyes holding a rather peculiar expression.

There is no doubt that the title Nine Realms Nine Yin Punishing Spirit Emperor is the designation of a heavenly court real-power emperor.

Yet the most distinctive aspect remains Hou Tu Niangniang's personal appointment.

This shows how highly she values him, to personally enter the heavenly court to request personnel from the Jade Emperor, Great Heavenly Revered One.

This favor is rare even in the Heavenly Court.

Zhang Jian's expression also showed some joy, and his heart felt even more complex.

"It seems the debt of favor owed will finally be repaid!"

Zhang Jian naturally would not forget, he had also promised a condition to the Empress of Earth.

Clearly, this Empress had already arranged it for him in advance.

However, the Nine Abysses Nine Nethers Investigating Spirit Emperor is ultimately a true power Emperor of the Heavenly Realm.

Moreover, it also aligns with his Dao path, greatly benefiting his cultivation.

Having come, then settle in!

When the time truly arrived, Zhang Jian found himself without much worry.

Furthermore, Her Majesty the Empress of Earth had said she would allow him to work in the Central Heavenly Realm.

……

The Tai Bai Star Lord then departed, while the Yu King remained.

He had other important matters to instruct on this journey.

Most of it concerned the authority of the Nine Abysses Emperor, involving many taboos of that authority.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Jian felt deeply grateful for the Yu King's concern.

After a slight pause, the Yu King spoke again.

"Secondly, you still need to be cautious about that Heavenly Evil King!"

"Ancestral Master, was not this demon already captured?"

Zhang Jian's expression turned solemn, his face showing some astonishment.

The Yu King shook his head and said.

"Although the Heavenly Court used the power of the Heavenly Mirror to capture and imprison that Heavenly Evil, this fiend is called the Devil among Devils, with countless methods, and having been at large for such a long time, who knows if he left any hidden tricks? So just be cautious!"

Zhang Jian, upon hearing this, nodded in agreement.

"Furthermore, while being able to assume the post of Nine Abysses Nine Nethers Investigating Spirit Emperor is a good thing, that position bears supervisory authority, and this authority is one that easily offends people—you must balance it well!"

After this admonition, the Yu King also departed.

And after the Yu King left, the entire Eternal Ice Fortress learned the news and became an ocean of joy, especially in the Hall of the Eternal Heavenly Lord.

The most delighted was undoubtedly the Ji clan.

From a regional Heavenly Lord to a true power Emperor of the Heavenly Realm, and furthermore a true power supervisory Emperor, one of the Six Heavenly Emperors, the Empress of Earth's personally appointed chief spirit official—this is a tremendous leap.

This is equivalent to having the protection of the Empress of Earth.

The Zhang clan will surely also rise with the tide.

After receiving the golden edict, Zhang Jian went to the Heavenly Court, received the divine post of Nine Abysses Nine Nethers Investigating Spirit Emperor, and then returned the immortal post of the Eternal Heavenly Lord.

At that moment, he brought Ji Shi and the Nine Ling Immortal Maiden away from the Eternal Ice Fortress.

However, the traces he left in the Eternal Ice Fortress may be difficult to erase for a long time.

Zhang Jian originally intended, after his promotion, to directly go to Fengqiao Town to offer sacrifices to his ancestors, as a filial gesture.

Unfortunately, from the moment he returned to the Ninth Abyss Emperor's mansion on the fifth upper layer of the Heavenly Realm, the celestials and deities coming to congratulate him never ceased.

He could only 'be forced' to conduct business.

For a time, the upper and lower levels of the Ninth Abyss Emperor's mansion were bustling with activity.

Those coming and going, many celestials and deities flowed like clouds.

Besides Heavenly Court colleagues, there were also no shortage of old friends, such as the Seven Fairies who had gradually become close, and a certain dried flower immortal maiden, etc.

After seeing off the many visiting celestials and deities, Zhang Jian then took time to re-enter the Qingyi City of the Eastern Immortal Realm, Fengqiao Town.

Eastern Immortal Realm, Qingyi City, Fengqiao Town.

The Zhang clan members of the Central Heavenly Realm had long received the news in advance, with the entire clan gathered here awaiting.

At this moment, the entire Zhang clan, upper and lower, was filled with excitement that could not be concealed.

Today, our ancestor has finally crossed the threshold of the true power Emperor of the Heavenly Realm, and moreover, is the true power supervisory Emperor before the Six Heavenly Emperors' Empress of Earth.

Does this not mean that the Zhang clan now has a backing in the Netherworld Underworld?