Chapter 675: Belonging, Position of Balance (4K)

The Three Sovereigns Celestial Realm agreed to the request of the Celestial Court Celestial Realm.

Subsequently, they will dispatch a core elder of the Three Sovereigns Five Elders Council to enter the Celestial Court Celestial Realm.

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Zhang Jian then informed Yu Wang and the Lady of Qingqiu of the news.

Upon hearing this, Yu Wang and the Lady of Qingqiu were both quite pleased.

Compared to that, the relationship between the Tongshan Dao Lineage and the Three Sovereigns Celestial Realm is naturally closer, and it will be more convenient to interact in the future.

"Actually, this is good, A Yu—you are originally a great power of the human race, and you also joined the Three Sovereigns Five Elders Council first, then later entered the Heavenly Court, bringing the Celestial Court under the jurisdiction of the Three Sovereigns Celestial Realm, so you naturally can gain more influence in the Three Sovereigns Celestial Realm!"

"As for the Heavenly Court side, you need not worry—the Three Sovereigns Celestial Realm is an ancient neutral great power, concerned only with the survival of the human race; the Heavenly Court and the Three Sovereigns Holy Court still have a special alliance, and procedurally there will be no hidden dangers!"

The Lady of Qingqiu smiled, seeing that Zhang Jian had some worry on his brow.

Zhang Jian gave a slight nod.

Zhang Jian was not worried, merely harboring some speculation about the identity of the envoy the Three Sovereigns Celestial Realm would send.

Not long after, Zhang Jian learned the identity of the envoy for this mission.

Before the vast transdimensional spacetime formation, Zhang Jian's expression also showed some surprise.

Yu Wang had already stepped forward first, stepping forward to receive.

"Fire Sovereign Ancestral God, I never expected you to come in person!"

Zhang Jian's gaze fell forward, seeing only that in the void ahead, a majestic and sacred true form had already manifested, the light of the Fire Era descending from the void, a tall figure clad in coarse hemp robes, holding the Fire Sovereign's staff, manifesting in the Fire Era divine light.

Behind him were several more figures whose bodies were surrounded by intense human Dao sovereign aura.

The visitor was precisely the Fire Sovereign Ancestral God among the Three Ancestors of the Human Race.

The Fire Sovereign glanced at Yu Wang and Zhang Jian and smiled, saying.

"It just so happens that I have leisure; upon hearing of this matter, I snatched Shun's errand and came personally—I am also very curious about this Celestial Court Celestial Realm!"

Seeing this, Zhang Jian said.

"The Ancestral God descends, the Celestial Court shines!"

"The Celestial Palace has already prepared the banquet—let us take our seats first, then discuss in detail!"

Zhang Jian gave a slight smile.

Zhang Jian had a rather deep impression of this Fire Sovereign Ancestral God.

He still possessed in his hand a heaven-and-earth marvel, the Fire Sovereign's Path to Enlightenment Diagram, from which he had comprehended the Fire Sovereign's World-Burning Method.

His gaze swept over, and he also saw the several human race powerhouses behind the Fire Sovereign.

Those seemed to be two Daoist Lords who had long been renowned among the human race.

He did not recognize them, but could feel that the two Daoist Lords' bodies flowed with immortal light that was not ordinary—likely not ordinary figures.

Zhang Jian immediately cleared a path, guiding the host of immortals and gods into the Celestial Palace.

They were all core members of the Three Sovereigns Five Elders Council, and also human race powerhouses—for a time, the atmosphere in the Celestial Palace became unusually lively.

The Fire Sovereign Ancestral God was rather easygoing, just as he said—entering the Heavenly Realm was merely a sudden idea of his.

But only after entering this Heavenly Realm did he discover that its origin was extraordinarily vast, its scale not small.

"I have heard that the Earth Sovereign Dao Friend and the Jade Carving Dao Friend of the Water Mother Dao Palace, before entering this realm, another Heavenly Emperor stole the Heavenly Dao origin, took charge of the Celestial Court's Qiankun, and carried out that world-destroying act?"

At this moment, beside the Fire Sovereign Ancestral God, a Dao Lord clad in a fiery red robe opened his mouth with a strange expression, his eyes showing some curiosity.

This is the Qianhuang Emperor Lord, also one of the ancient human kings who attained the Dao in a certain heavenly realm among the myriad heavens and voids.

His Dao cultivation is formidable, having once shaken the myriad heavens across several Dao epochs.

"What Qianhuang Royal Brother said is not wrong—this deity is an innate god born of the Celestial Court Celestial Realm, yet also a person of outstanding talent, who merely by relying on a transmitted external《Fu Dao Basics》, condensed the Hunyuan True Talisman, nearly surviving the fourth great calamity of destruction!"

"But ultimately, his nature was insufficient, he strayed onto the wrong path, actually wishing to enslave heaven and earth, seize heaven and earth's creation to make himself, yet in the end his divine powers could not match heavenly fate—I and the other two Dao Lords came from beyond heaven, responded to the will of the Heavenly Dao, slew the evil emperor, and restored order!"

The Qianhuang Emperor Lord's eyes flickered slightly, and he sighed.

"The Earth Sovereign Dao Friend and the Jade Carving Dao Friend both possess great fortune, thus they were able to enter the Celestial Court Celestial Realm at this time, accomplish the world-saving deed, and successfully slay the evil emperor!"

"Only that the evil emperor's fall is regrettable—such talent, if he could have entered those two ancient teachings, would surely have made some mark!"

Zhang Jian glanced at the Qianhuang Emperor Lord.

He roughly guessed the meaning of the Qianhuang Emperor Lord's words.

Afterwards, Zhang Jian also inquired of Yu Wang and Qingxu Dao Lord about the Dao lineages in the myriad heavens and voids that are partially known for Fu Dao and Fu Immortals.

There are three particularly renowned ones.

First is the Shangqing Dao Palace of the Nine Luminaries Celestial Realm.

Zhang Jian has heard of this lineage.

The Jade Pool Celestial Realm and he are both ranked among the top ten; among the immortals and gods who received the Jade Pool Holy Mother's great gift, there is one who is a Xuan Tian Immortal Lord from the Shangqing Dao Palace.

Next is the Shenxiao Dao Palace of the Nine Luminaries Celestial Realm.

This lineage shares the same origin as the Shangqing Dao Palace, likewise coming from the ancient great teaching.

In antiquity, there was a great teaching named Jie, created by the ancient holy Lingbao Tianzun; only after the medieval war did Jie decline, the immortals and gods scattered across the myriad heavens and voids, but a portion still developed and grew, even becoming a significant presence in the myriad heavens and voids.

Next is the Yuxu Dao Palace of the Kunlun Celestial Realm.

This is another Dao lineage from an ancient holy being.

The Yuxu Dao Palace derives the primordial heavenly talisman from the evolution of the Heavenly Dao, governing the Heavenly Dao's teachings, claiming to hold the final 'interpretive right' of the Heavenly Dao, thus teaching heaven and earth.

The myriad primordial heavenly talismans and heavenly scriptures formed by the Heavenly Court all flow forth from the Yuxu Dao Palace, ultimately perfected by the host of immortals and gods, finally achieving the Heavenly Court's divine way.

In fact, these primordial heavenly talismans and heavenly scriptures are also the path to heaven.

This teaching also declined after the medieval war, but in recent years it has recovered some of its former influence.

However, Zhang Jian does not feel that the Purple Yuan Heavenly Emperor could be related to them.

If such a Dao lineage stood behind him, the Purple Yuan Heavenly Emperor would not have taken risks, actually going to steal the Heavenly Dao origin to thus complete the Hunyuan True Talisman.

The ancient great teachings are countless in their marvelous methods; there is no need to resort to such crude means as stealing the origin of the Heavenly Dao to break through.

This is too crude, and also too wasteful.

If anyone under his door were to do such a thing, he would directly slap them to death.

How wasteful!

Zhang Jian at this time slightly sighed and said.

"Although we fortunately defeated Zi Yuan, everyone can see that the origin of the Celestial Court Heavenly Realm is severely damaged; if we wish to restore its former glory, we do not yet know how long it will take!"

The Ancestral God of the Fire Emperor heard this and nodded slightly.

"It is merely a matter of time!"

"My Three Emperors Heavenly Realm will also assist you in swiftly repairing the origin of this realm and restoring its vital energy!"

After exchanging pleasantries, both sides proceeded to the main topic.

Another immortal, with a heroic countenance and surrounded by intense Geng Metal immortal light, took out various contracts and handed them to Zhang Jian and Yu Wang; the Three Goddesses of Qingqiu passed them around for review.

After confirming the contracts had no issues, they directly had Zhang Jian sign them.

In fact, these contracts possess no ability to bind the Heavenly Dao.

Nor do they manifest any innate divine power.

They are merely simple texts, in duplicate.

Signing the contract is merely completing the procedure therein.

If one regrets it or fails to uphold the agreement, for both parties, the loss incurred will inevitably be greater than any punishment from the Heavenly Dao.

Zhang Jian will not do so as long as he does not wish to become enemies with the Three Emperors Heavenly Realm.

And the Three Emperors Heavenly Realm does not wish to lose Zhang Jian, this young Dao Lord, nor will they lightly break the contract; moreover, the chain reaction arising from its destruction, the loss of wealth, and the bankruptcy of reputation are burdens neither side wishes to bear.

With such a terrible cost behind it, this is more reliable than any Heavenly Dao oath.

After the formal signing of the contract, Dao Lord Jinse took one copy and kept it, leaving the other copy for Zhang Jian.

The Ancestral God of the Fire Emperor then said.

"Earth Emperor, as for the universal Three Transmutations Dao Lord rank bestowed by the Three Emperors Heavenly Realm, we have already brought it, and later it will be delivered together with other heavenly and earthly divine objects, as well as one divine path supreme treasure!"

Only then did the Ancestral God of the Fire Emperor smile slightly, wave his hand, and take out a talisman edict from his bosom.

The talisman edict is covered with layers of misty flowing light, concealing the divine power hidden deep within.

Only then did he condense a point of divine power in his hand, which fell into it; instantly the seal of the talisman edict was undone, and it transformed into a strand of black divine light that came toward Zhang Jian.

In the depths of Zhang Jian's eyes, under the illumination of the Celestial Court Heavenly Dao fortune and fate rules, this talisman edict appeared purple-green, but within it contained the profoundly wondrous trend of the great Dao of heaven and earth, as if it could penetrate the yin and yang of heaven and earth, the myriad things of east and west, the void and mystery.

Within it, moreover, lies a profound depth, vast divine power.

Zhang Jian took it into his hand, merely refined it slightly, and immediately a hint of a smile appeared at the bottom of his eyes.

"The rank of the Profound Mysteries Dao Lord, not a natural Three Transmutations Dao Lord rank, contains within it the authority to communicate the yin and yang of heaven and earth, to control the life and death of the netherworld, and the power of reincarnation!"

Zhang Jian casually took it, and his expression showed a hint of a smile.

In fact, the rank of the Profound Mysteries Dao Lord among the Three Transmutations Dao Lord ranks cannot be considered strong; indeed, it can be said to be mediocre.

Placed in such a transaction, no matter how one looks at it, it seems somewhat perfunctory.

Yet Zhang Jian is still very satisfied.

Because this is what he proactively requested.

The Three Emperors Heavenly Realm granting the universal Three Transmutations Dao Lord rank may not be strong, but it must certainly involve authority over the netherworld.

Such a netherworld-type Dao Lord rank can compensate for the deficiency in his Earth Emperor Dao Lord rank's two main pillars—the power of the Nine Nether Sovereign—lacking in his position.

His Earth Emperor Dao Lord rank remains primarily based on the two special pillars of the Nine Nether Sovereign and the Lord of the State and Altar, like the two sides of yin and yang.

Previously, by annexing the Pure Purple Rank Earth Soul God Lord's position, the power of the Lord of the State and Altar side in the Earth Emperor Dao Lord surged, even completely overwhelming the power of the Nine Nether Sovereign side.

Although temporarily no weakness or flaw has manifested,

yet for long-term planning, Zhang Jian is still doing his utmost to find a way to maintain balance between the two ranks.

Now that the rank of the Profound Mysteries Dao Lord is in hand, after he fully analyzes it, he can integrate it into his Earth Emperor Dao Lord rank, allowing the yin-yang balance within the Earth Emperor Dao Lord rank to gradually restore.

After taking out the rank of the Profound Mysteries Dao Lord, the Ancestral God of the Fire Emperor then took out a Qiankun divine artifact and handed it to Zhang Jian, containing many heavenly materials and earthly treasures from the transaction list.

Zhang Jian waved his hand and took out one treasure from within.

This treasure is a divine path golden list flowing with divine light.

The Ancestral God of the Fire Emperor gazed at this list and smiled.

"This is the Heavenly Dao Golden List, forged by the gods of the Three Emperors Heavenly Realm in imitation of the heavenly court's supreme treasure; it can also confer titles, bind the gods, and balance the origin of the Heavenly Dao—it can be called a supreme divine path artifact, and it also contains some marvels for you to explore on your own!"

Zhang Jian's gaze swept over it, and deep in his eyes there was also some change.

This is the second acquired divine treasure he has obtained.

Moreover, it is a rare acquired divine path treasure.

He naturally will refine it well and explore it thoroughly.

Beside him, Dao Lord Jinse and Dao Lord Ganhuang also turned their eyes toward that golden list flashing with golden light, feeling the suppression of the vast heavenly Dao golden light upon their own Dao Lord primordial spirits; their faces slightly changed color, and they hastily averted their gazes.

Zhang Jian put away the Qiankun divine artifact, and then saw Dao Lord Jinse take out a list and hand it back to him again.

Zhang Jian's gaze swept over it slightly, and immediately a hint of a smile appeared.

This is a list, part of the immortal gods' conferment of titles; above it includes part of the celestial palace gods and the Zhang clan gods, including their corresponding divine offices and positions.

They respectively received part of the Three Emperors Heavenly Realm's Holy Court, or perhaps the Central Heavenly Court's conferment of titles.

This appears very complex.

In fact, it is not contradictory.

Although the Three Emperors Heavenly Realm is a neutral force, the Three Emperors Heavenly Realm, together with the myriad great powers of the myriad voids and the Six Sovereign Heavenly Emperors, jointly formed this colossal entity known as the Heavenly Court.

The Holy Court of the Three Emperors Heavenly Realm, like the Celestial Court and Immortal Palace, is one of the divine path forces born in the myriad voids, having received recognition from the Heavenly Court and permission to independently recruit immortal gods.

It's just that their administrative rank is lower than that of the Heavenly Court, making them highly autonomous.

In fact, the Three Emperors' Heavenly Realm Sacred Court is essentially a major human faction, and they basically do not obey the Heavenly Court's orders.

They seem to have already formed their own state.

Zhang Jian previously negotiated with the Three Emperors' Heavenly Realm and the Heavenly Court, but in fact, he was actually negotiating with two superpowers within the Heavenly Court itself—one representing the human race, the other representing the Heavenly Court's divine Dao power.

In fact, it was the Grand Heavenly Venerable who stepped forward.

However, for some unknown reason, the Grand Heavenly Venerable does not seem very interested in the performance of the Immortal Court Heavenly Realm?

Deep down, Zhang Jian feels a bit puzzled.

Given his relationship with the Grand Heavenly Venerable, the Grand Heavenly Venerable should not be this cold and indifferent!

Is it to avoid suspicion?

After confirming the list before him, Zhang Jian then confirmed with the Fire Emperor Ancestral God that the contract would take effect immediately.

However, he clearly stated his position: he can nurture human talents for the Three Emperors' Heavenly Realm, but every human talent wishing to enter the Three Emperors' Heavenly Realm must pass his review.

Secondly, the time of entry differs: for humans, or for innate divine beings born as Taiyi Heavenly Immortals, they must wait six yuanhui before being allowed to enter.

If it is a Taiyi Great Perfection, then entry is only permitted after nine yuanhui.

Human Dao Lords must wait twelve yuanhui before being allowed to enter, and they also need his permission.

Currently, Zhang Jian does not allow unfamiliar Dao Lords to enter the Immortal Court Heavenly Realm, lest it affect the growth of the Immortal Court Heavenly Realm.

These conditions Zhang Jian had already clearly written into the contract; the Fire Emperor Ancestral God and the two Dao Lords had no intention of forcing the matter.

Afterwards, Zhang Jian brought the Fire Emperor Ancestral God and the two Dao Lords on a tour of the Immortal Court Heavenly Realm, then went to visit the three Primordial Dao Lords.

The three human powerhouses were also quite curious about these three Primordial Dao Lords of the Immortal Court Heavenly Realm.

However, since the three Primordial Dao Lords were severely wounded in the Salvation War and have remained in seclusion, the three human powerhouses have never seen them, which is quite regrettable.

Afterwards, the three human powerhouses left the Immortal Court Heavenly Realm.

And after Yu Wang and the Qingqiu Lady met the Fire Emperor Ancestral God, they continued to immerse themselves in the vast journey of perfecting the laws of the Immortal Court Heavenly Realm.

Amidst their busyness, with a sense of fulfillment, watching the heavenly dao laws of the Immortal Court Heavenly Realm gradually improve, for this couple, this might just be a beautiful scene.

After the Immortal Court Heavenly Realm's affiliation was confirmed, Zhang Jian also prepared to calm his mind, refine this divine Dao treasure, and grasp its mysteries.

Besides, he has gained quite a lot during this period; Zhang Jian prepares to organize them one by one.