Chapter 628: Changed Patron (4K)

Qingxia Daoist's incarnation had a pale face.

She never expected that at this critical moment, it would attract the attention of other heavenly powerhouses.

And this powerhouse was none other than the Jade Emperor.

The Great Celestial Venerable of Heaven!

At this moment, various thoughts flashed through her mind, but ultimately they all turned into silence.

The Jade Emperor's gaze fell upon the Two Worlds Pool and the Primordial Mountains and Rivers Map in Qingxia Daoist's hand.

He smiled slightly and said.

"Qingxia, may I have a look at this treasure?"

Upon hearing this, Qingxia Daoist took a deep breath, without hesitation, directly lifted the Primordial Mountains and Rivers Map in her hand, stepped forward, and presented it to the Jade Emperor.

At this moment, Qingxia Daoist's Dao heart deep within slightly rippled, but soon she calmed down.

As someone close to the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother of the West, two great Celestial Venerables, she knew his cultivation better than anyone.

It was fundamentally beyond her ability to resist.

Moreover, she had never thought of contending with the Jade Emperor.

This father emperor, since attaining the Dao, has undergone countless tribulations, his cultivation having reached an unimaginable level, utterly beyond what a Daoist could contend with.

The Jade Emperor's expression remained calm; he casually took the Primordial Mountains and Rivers Map, an invisible Dao aura swept from his hand into this top-grade innate merit and virtue spiritual treasure, after a brief inspection, his ancient and unchanging eyes flickered with a hint of surprise.

"It's actually genuine!"

The Jade Emperor's expression showed surprise, then he glanced again at Qingxia Daoist and smiled.

"I never expected that between you there exists such a mysterious connection; no wonder you manifested an incarnation walking the incense path—it seems you intend to sever a Three Corpses incarnation?"

Since the differentiation of all heavens and myriad worlds, the method of severing the three corpses to attain the Dao, as transmitted from the Earth Immortal Realm, still holds great influence in the eyes of countless Daoists across the heavens and myriad worlds.

Upon hearing this, Qingxia Daoist bowed and said.

"This matter is not intentional concealment by your subject..."

The Jade Emperor waved his hand and smiled.

"This is your great opportunity to attain the Dao; I naturally will not blame you!"

With a wave of his hand, he returned the Primordial Mountains and Rivers Map back to Qingxia Daoist's hand.

Qingxia Daoist's expression shifted slightly, she lifted the Primordial Mountains and Rivers Map again and said.

"Father Emperor, your subject wishes to offer this treasure to you!"

The Jade Emperor glanced at Qingxia Daoist, a faint smile flickering in the depths of his eyes.

"Qingxia, since this is your opportunity, rest assured and keep it; I, as the Central Heavenly Emperor of all heavens and myriad worlds, rich beyond measure, would not take interest in your trinket!"

After a brief pause, he glanced toward the Two Worlds Pool and then smiled.

"From what I see, you seem to be practicing the principle of fair exchange?"

Qingxia Daoist's heart stirred slightly, and she immediately replied.

"Father Emperor's wisdom is clear; each time the Earth Emperor Daoist performs a sacrifice, your subject strives to offer equivalent return, to avoid karmic accumulation affecting cultivation!"

At this moment, Qingxia Daoist's heart stirred, and she suddenly said.

"But this time, the scale of the Earth Emperor Daoist's sacrifice is truly too great; your subject currently cannot offer equivalent return!"

After thinking, Qingxia Daoist suddenly said.

"Since ancient times, virtue not matching position inevitably brings disaster!"

"Your subject knows her blessings are insufficient; she wishes to offer this opportunity to Father Emperor; in all heavens and myriad worlds, only Father Emperor and the Holy Mother are worthy to receive such sacrifice!"

Qingxia Daoist's eyes now shone with earnestness.

This was her decision after careful consideration.

She also knew this was nearly her opportunity to attain the Dao.

But judging by the current scale of sacrifice, she might later face the problem of being unable to repay karmic debts!

Then she might sink deeper and deeper.

Or she might only be able to borrow, ultimately sinking herself completely into debt.

In fact, Qingxia Daoist had also considered other ways, such as if the sacrifice scale were too large, to rope in the Queen Mother of the West as backing, profit from the middle, and thus tide over.

Given the Queen Mother of the West's favor toward her, she believed she would accept such terms.

But these thoughts had never been truly considered.

Now that the Jade Emperor has discovered this, Qingxia Daoist's heart also made a decisive resolution in an instant.

Simply hardening her heart, she made the decision.

Of course, Qingxia Daoist also knew that facing such benefits, even if the Jade Emperor, as the Supreme of all heavens and myriad worlds, might inevitably be moved.

If so, better to lay things bare.

The two fathers, too, are clear about the accounts.

To avoid sordidness, which may mean nothing to the Jade Emperor, but for Qingxia Daoist herself, could be disaster.

The Jade Emperor glanced at Qingxia Daoist, the corner of his mouth slightly lifting into a smile.

He and the Queen Mother of the West have known this adopted daughter since before she attained the Dao—she had nine apertures in her heart; after attaining the Dao, she became a shrewd person in heaven, worldly-wise; her making such a decision, he truly found nothing strange!

The Jade Emperor glanced into the depths of the Two Worlds Pool; his heavenly emperor's gaze, as if piercing the Central Heaven Realm, fell upon the Eastern Immortal Domain in the Fifth Heaven of the Upper Realm; his eyes slightly furrowed, then he spoke.

"You have good intentions!"

"But there's no need to go so far; this is your opportunity to attain the Dao, and also mine; father and daughter need not make too many choices or sacrifices!"

At this moment, the corner of his mouth revealed a faint, light smile as he said.

"Thus, in the future, I will provide this treasure to you; but if one day you sacrifice to produce a top-grade innate spiritual treasure, or even an innate supreme treasure, I wish to take a portion—would you be willing?"

He stood with hands behind his back, expression tranquil.

Upon hearing this, Qingxiao Daoist's expression brightened, and at this moment he also felt some heartfelt joy and sincere submission.

"Your servant is willing!"

The Jade Emperor slightly nodded, a hint of a smile appearing in his eyes.

Qingxiao Daoist, with his heaven-defying talent, great fortune, and such an opportunity, naturally would not wish to ruin this daughter's opportunity.

If Qingxiao Daoist can smoothly grow in the future, it will also be a great aid to him and the Queen Mother of Yaochi.

Even at critical moments, he can still serve as a killing move.

After a brief thought, the Jade Emperor raised his palm, only to see an unusually lively innate divine light drifting out from deep within his palm, instantly falling before Qingxiao Daoist.

"Take this treasure and report back with it!"

Qingxiao Daoist gazed at the object appearing in his hand, his eyes flickering, yet in that instant a trace of intense coldness surfaced over his entire body.

What the Jade Emperor gave her was actually a rare top-grade innate spiritual treasure of the assassination type.

Although not yet refined, it burst forth with fire light inside, causing even her Daoist primordial spirit to feel a wave of intense chill.

This treasure is obviously extremely precious!

Seeing Qingxiao Daoist accept it, the Jade Emperor's eyes flickered with a hint of a smile, he glanced at the Qingxiao Immortal Realm, and then reminded.

"Moreover, this time the sacrificial ceremony has caused quite a commotion; relying on your cultivation, you cannot completely conceal all anomalies. I, who govern the Central Heavenly Realm, have my divine eyes surveying all heavens, so I can directly lock onto you two with just a slight effort. Moreover, the realm lord of the eighth level of the Upper Realm of the Central Heavenly Realm may also have noticed. I will later suppress him, and afterward I will conceal anomalies for you!"

"Thank you, Father Emperor!"

Upon hearing this, Qingxiao Daoist's bright eyes deepened with a hint of joy.

This can be said to be the best possible situation.

"Very well, if you have any matters, you can come directly to find me!"

On the Jade Emperor's eternally unchanging expression, a hint of a smile appeared.

Immediately, he took a step and directly left the Qingxiao Immortal Realm.

There, Qingxiao Daoist gazed at the two top-grade innate spiritual treasures in his hand, her expression gradually becoming solemn.

She knew this time was truly a stroke of luck.

Fortunately for them both, whether it was her, or Zhang Jian and the Jade Emperor Heavenly Venerable, their relationship was not shallow; otherwise, if any supreme will had noticed their actions, they would not have been let off so easily.

Nor would they have been given such a perfect resolution.

If noticed by the extraterritorial demon ancestor, it would likely be a matter of life and death.

Qingxiao Daoist took a deep breath; however, being discovered by the Jade Emperor was not without benefit—it showed that the two of them had fortune like a rainbow, able to turn danger into safety.

After slightly composing his state of mind.

Qingxiao Daoist thought for a moment, decided to first inform his true body, then personally enter the Eastern Immortal Realm to dispatch this treasure.

……

Eastern Immortal Realm, Qingyi City, Fengqiao Town.

At this moment, Fengqiao Town was lit up with lanterns everywhere, the entire town unusually bustling.

The Zhang clan was holding ancestral worship here, and incidentally hosting a flowing banquet, so naturally the entire town was lively and noisy.

Given the Zhang clan's current wealth and status.

The standard of this flowing banquet is not low.

Moreover, what is even more rare is the gathering of various major branches; such an opportunity is extremely uncommon.

The ladies of the Qi, Ji, Meng, and Jing clans, along with their many descendants and offspring, also rarely gather like this, and for a time the atmosphere was quite joyful.

The only regret is that Zhang Jian is absent at this time.

However, Zhang Jian usually stays in other places cultivating in seclusion at this time, and the ladies have long grown accustomed to it.

In the ancestral hall, this place is solemn and dignified; likewise, the numerous candles illuminating this place make it as bright as daytime.

Zhang Jian sensed the fluctuation of incense and divine power in the ancestral hall, and his figure shifted, directly appearing in the ancestral hall.

At this moment, just as he was about to, he saw a divine light manifest upon the incense true form of Qingxiao Daoist, transforming into a two-world passage; in an instant, a four-colored流光 flew out from within, and in a flash fell before Zhang Jian.

Zhang Jian waved his hand, and the four-colored divine light was grasped deep into his palm.

At this moment, he opened his palm, and the four-colored divine light appeared deep within his palm.

Yet he saw that it was an innate divine needle, its innate qi intensely concentrated.

Yellow, blue, green, and red four colors flickered, yet within it there was a sharp aura that made one's body feel chilled.

At the same time, a message flowed along this needle-shaped innate spiritual treasure into Zhang Jian's body.

Innate Four Symbols Divine Needle: Contains eight innate divine prohibitions, a top-grade innate spiritual treasure.

Note: This treasure contains within it the power of the four spirits of the innate four symbols; this innate divine needle is a set, respectively formed when the myriad heavens and worlds took shape, from the fragments of innate earth, water, wind, and fire灵性; a single innate fire needle, innate wind needle, innate earth needle, or innate water needle, each being a low-grade innate spiritual treasure with three innate divine prohibitions; a set combined becomes the Innate Four Symbols Divine Needle, a top-grade innate spiritual treasure.

Note: When a single innate four symbols divine needle is unleashed, it makes no sound or trace, capable of piercing various仙treasures, Dao bodies, and the power of the innate four symbols—extremely yin and yielding, without form or appearance.

Note: The top-grade innate four symbols divine needle harmonizes yin and yang, bearing the destructive power of the innate four symbols; it is a supreme treasure for slaughter!

The treasure having come into his hand, Zhang Jian's eyes instantly brightened.

Gazing at the slender four-colored divine needle before him, Zhang Jian felt that his heart's treasure, which had been the Qiankun Diagram, had now become this innate four symbols divine needle,

This is indeed a treasure for home and travel, ambush……ah, for body protection and demon refinement.

Moreover, it is a complete set of treasures, which is truly rare.

This ancestor truly is generous in his giving!

Zhang Jian could not help but sigh with emotion in his heart.

With this treasure, his confidence in the journey to Qinglong Mountain in the Demon Beast Realm has increased by several points.

……

Zhang Jian's stay in Fengqiao Town this time has been somewhat prolonged.

Since he has come, he naturally also left some foundations for the Zhang clan descendants as part of the Central Heavenly Realm.

Most of these were treasures he had not yet obtained when he attained the Dao Lord, and were separately bestowed upon Zhang Nan, or perhaps a portion of the celestial ministers, such as the Lunar Immortal Maiden.

He left behind several treasures he had obtained from the Three Saints Palace in Zhou Mountain Realm, such as the fourth-rank immortal treasure Mountain-Suppressing Seal, the fourth-rank immortal treasure Celestial Demon Gourd, and also the fifth-rank immortal treasure Thousand-Jun Divine Staff.

Now that he has attained the Dao Lord, only eternal-rank immortal treasures are useful to him.

However, to prevent special circumstances, he actually still left behind some immortal treasures he himself refined as backups.

In fact, every Dao Lord is like a cunning rabbit with three burrows, similar to Zhang Jian himself, and they will always prepare early for the possibility that one day they might fall into reincarnation and start over.

From Lianqi onwards, all the way to the Taiyi Great Perfection realm, they will have many contingency plans.

Of course, this is to guard against various accidents, and sometimes it may not necessarily be usable!

……

After the ancestral rites at Fengqiao Town concluded, Zhang Jian entered the Ninth Layer of the Upper Realm of the Celestial Realm.

The Ninth Layer of the Upper Realm of the Celestial Realm is actually the Twenty-Seventh Layer of the Celestial Realm.

After attaining the Dao Lord, the Jade Emperor bestowed upon him a dao field, located in the Twenty-Seventh Layer of the Celestial Realm.

Zhang Jian naturally wanted to go and see it.

If not unexpectedly, this place will become the ancestral land of the future Zhang clan in the Central Celestial Realm.

Zhang Jian then directly led the celestial consorts flying toward the Twenty-Seventh Layer of the Central Celestial Realm.

By virtue of his tenth-rank privilege in the celestial hierarchy, his form directly pierced through the Heavenly Net and Earthly Trap, directly shifting through time and space.

Zhang Jian at this moment had already obtained the immortal mansion jade tablet of that special spirit mountain cave heaven.

Through the spacetime coordinates on the jade tablet, the party instantly appeared in the magnificent spirit mountain holy land, with white clouds drifting leisurely, endless verdant ancient trees growing, and countless innate essences pouring down like a torrent from the firmament above.

The earth above is rich with various heavenly and earthly spirit veins.

In the distance, there are mountain ridges, and upon another ridge lies a great spirit lake, named Jade Sea Lake.

In the distance, countless stalks of emerald-hued spirit bamboo stretch for thousands of mu, and within the forest are numerous rare and exotic fruits, even extending to the rare heavenly and earthly spirit roots.

The surroundings exude a primordial atmosphere.

This is a well-protected spirit mountain blessed land.

It appears never to have been cultivated.

This magnificent spirit mountain is called Nine Heavens Mountain.

Zhang Jian gazed upon this divine mountain, merely glancing over it, his expression unchanged, for he had seen many spiritually exquisite lands in the desolate world; though this spirit mountain blessed land is spiritually exquisite, it absolutely does not qualify as top-tier.

The other celestial consorts, however, were extremely satisfied with what they saw.

"Excellent land!"

Beside them, Zhang Yifu and his wife, with their immortal eyes scanning over, repeatedly praised it.

After looking, the Ji clan also said:

"Indeed, this is a good place for cultivation; such a land, even within this celestial realm mountain range, might be considered a top-tier dao field!"

"

She turned her gaze toward the distance.

In the distance lies the famous Celestial Realm Mountain Range of the Ninth Layer of the Celestial Realm, where many great divine powers of the celestial court dwell in seclusion.

This place can be considered one of the core residences of the celestial court's assembly of immortals.

Entering this place, the Zhang clan also counts as having obtained the pass to integrate into the core circle of the central celestial court.

Seeing this, Zhang Jian also said: "As the ancestral land of the Zhang clan, it is also not bad!"

Upon hearing Zhang Jian's words, Zhang Yifu and his wife, as well as the various goddesses, all revealed a hint of a smile.

Zhang Jian then directly led the goddesses flying into this land, re-establishing the禁法, while also preparing to enter seclusion here to refine and assimilate the top-grade innate spirit treasure, the Innate Four Symbols Divine Needles.

Only after refining and assimilating this treasure can he rest easy.