Chapter 677: The Benevolent Heavenly Emperor (4K)

In the Hall of Containing the Origin

Zhang Jian's entire body flowed with purple-yellow immortal light, and behind him a purple-yellow dragon shadow boiled, like a symbol of the Great Dao, containing within it all manner of heavenly and earthly divine wonders.

Within the purple-yellow dragon shadow, one could see the boundless mountains, rivers, and lands of the vast primordial world, even extending to countless universes and worlds, with mountains, rivers, and lands manifesting forth.

Inside, nine-colored divine light shimmered indistinctly, as if it could obscure all things.

Over twelve yuanhui of time, Zhang Jian focused most of his mind and spirit on the position of the Pure Purple Rank Earth Emperor Dao Sovereign, yet he also successfully analyzed most of the profound mysteries of the Earth Emperor Dao Sovereign Rank.

Zhang Jian now had sufficient confidence to push the Earth Emperor Dao Sovereign Rank to the state of the Chaos Primordial Sea Universal Dao Sovereign Rank.

Furthermore, after comprehending the Earth Emperor Dao Sovereign Rank to this extent, he naturally advanced his natal Dao法, the Map of Mountains, Rivers, and the State, to the level of a fifth-rank eternal Dao法.

This could be considered his first fifth-rank eternal Dao法.

Upon the collapsing cloud, Zhang Jian slowly rose to his feet, the purple-yellow immortal light flowing around him becoming even more vast, as if a single wisp escaping could disturb the river of fate and destroy boundless void.

Even the heavenly and earthly Dao laws could not withstand the power of a single wisp of his Earth Emperor immortal light.

Heaven and earth may perish, but I do not perish; all things may fall, yet I alone remain—he had already attained such a realm and power.

To enter any heavenly realm, a Third Turn Daoist Lord must be respectfully addressed as a Great Divine Ability Wielder, a Supreme Power.

Such an existence is actually already a myth among the myriad voids of the heavens and among countless powerful beings, possessing unique authority of speech.

Zhang Jian could also feel that, compared to his own state and that of one who has just entered the Daoist Lord realm, even a Second Turn Daoist Lord is vastly inferior.

Casually destroying heaven and earth.

The title of Great Divine Ability Wielder is truly deserved.

However, after twelve yuanhui of cultivation, he is not merely a novice Third Turn Daoist Lord.

Twelve yuanhui—whether in his Five-in-One Daoist Lord form or in the accumulation of his Dao fruits, his progress has been extremely rapid.

Furthermore, he also incidentally advanced another portion of eternal Dao法 further.

Besides advancing his natal Dao法 to the fifth-rank eternal Dao法 level, there is also the Innate Divine Ability Nine Turns Chaos Qinglian Transformation and Generation Great Law, the Heavenly Realms Time-Space King Diagram, the Earth Emperor Eight Trigrams, and the Qinglian Purifying Soul Mantra—four Dao methods advanced to the fifth rank.

Additionally, such as the Flame Emperor's World-Burning Law, the Innate Yin-Yang Annihilation Divine Light (the Yin Refinement Form Law, the Eastern Emperor Nine Yang Sever Immortal Law), the Dream Traverse the Great Void Great Law, the Pivoting of Creation, the Infinite River Diagram, the Zhou Tian Star Chart, the Sage Virtue Sword Decree, and the Nine Dragons True Classic have been raised to the fourth-rank level.

As for such as the Lesser Heavenly Reincarnation Law, the Great Zhou Tian Red Cloud Law Prohibition, the Earthly Ordinances, the Heavenly Dao Awe, the Soul-Summoning Law, and other Dao methods limited by innate boundaries, Zhang Jian has currently only comprehended them to the third-rank eternal Dao法 level.

It is not that he does not wish to advance them, but that the time required to advance them is too long, and this still requires new accumulation.

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On another side, the changes in the Celestial Court Heavenly Realm over twelve yuanhui have also been significant.

With the assistance of the Jellyfish Dao Lineage, the Paulownia Mountain Dao Lineage, the Orchid Terrace Dao Palace, the Celestial Fox Dao Lineage, the Eight Wastelands Dragon Realm, and part of the Jade Pool Female Immortals, as well as the Three Emperors Heavenly Realm human powerhouses, the Celestial Court Heavenly Realm has gradually supplemented a portion of the heavenly and earthly Dao laws of creation.

The entire Celestial Court Heavenly Realm has benefited from this, not only making up for the deficient primordial source of the Celestial Court Heaven and Earth, but also faintly allowing the atmosphere of the Celestial Court Heavenly Realm to ascend to a higher level!

The restoration of the primordial source of the Celestial Court Heavenly Realm, in turn, nourishes the myriad beings of the Celestial Court Heavenly Realm.

The myriad immortals and gods who participated in making up the deficient heavenly and earthly Dao laws of the Celestial Court Heaven and Earth have thus benefited greatly.

Naturally, the greatest beneficiaries are the Paulownia Mountain Dao Lineage and the Boundless Dao Palace.

One is called the Heavenly Emperor Dao Lineage, the other is called the Dao Mother Goddess of the Celestial Court Heavenly Realm, nurturing and raising the myriad beings, educating the gods, and earning a beautiful reputation.

The Taiyuan Heaven and the Heavenly Pool Sacred Realm have even become one of the sources for many aquatic deities of the Celestial Court Heavenly Realm.

Even if Yu Wang himself incarnated as a water-origin Daoist Lord to educate one realm, he could not steal the spotlight from the Boundless Dao Palace.

Furthermore, another great power has gradually established a firm foothold.

That is the Great Xia Holy Dynasty.

After the Great Xia Holy Dynasty achieved the Dao fruit of the Ancient Holy King on the path of accomplishment, it subsequently established the human holy land of the Two Dragons Mountain Cave Heaven in the Celestial Court Heavenly Realm, and there welcomed part of the powerhouses from the Three Emperors Heavenly Realm to descend, teaching this realm some native-born sages and kings, and imparting to human powerhouses various methods of self-strengthening.

Among them, a portion of the Human Dao Masters have also descended.

The Human Dao Masters are the elite and outstanding talents born from the Human Dao qi fortune.

In their cultivation of a single Dao, they may not be particularly special.

But they are all sages born beneath the surging tide of the Human Dao great fortune, each possessing a unique understanding of the Human Dao and heaven and earth.

Their will, and the sects they have founded, possess an unextinguished fire of transmission.

Yet they are able to widely enlighten the people's wisdom, especially the essence, qi, and spirit contained within them, which is astonishing and earth-shaking—even the gods dare not slight them lightly.

For Human Dao powerhouses, the Celestial Court Heavenly Realm is also a place to practice their sect's ideals; if they can educate some Human Dao elites, it is likewise boundless merit.

As these Human Dao sages are enlightened and emerge, the accumulated Human Dao powerhouses in the Two Dragons Mountain have gradually become a force, and even an incarnation of an extraterritorial Holy Emperor has taken residence there.

In the Taiyi Divine Mountain.

At this time, Zhang Jian had an audience with Yu Wang and Qingqiu Niangniang.

The Celestial Court Heavenly Realm has already entered the proper course; as for the future, although extraterritorial immortals and gods have begun to enter the mortal realm, their ability to act and display is greatly limited, and Zhang Jian no longer worries.

Moreover, with Yu Wang the Ancestral Master and Qingqiu Niangniang guarding this realm, Zhang Jian feels quite at ease.

Zhang Jian prepares to take the opportunity to leave the Celestial Court Heavenly Realm for a trip and return to the Central Heavenly Realm to pay respects to his ancestors.

However, when discussing the degree of perfection of the heavenly and earthly laws of the Celestial Court Heavenly Realm, Zhang Jian casually inquired about the cultivation of Tianhe Zhenren.

"Ancestral Master, what level of cultivation has the Third Grand Uncle reached now?"

Actually, regarding Tianhe Zhenren's cultivation progress, Zhang Jian, taking it into account, already had a guess.

Tianhe Zhenren has deep foundations; originally, he was already at the point of about to assault the seventh step of the Taiyi Perfection Great Calamity of Annihilation.

By reason, he could take advantage of the current trend of the Celestial Court Heavenly Realm's Dao recovering to directly attempt a breakthrough.

The trend of the heavenly Dao is presenting an ascending phase, and adding to that the previous Boundless Great Calamity has just ended, coinciding with the beginning of a new yuan, all things renewed—such an opportunity is rare; one should seize it and attempt to assault the Great Calamity of Annihilation.

If one waits for the heavenly and earthly trend to sink, for destruction between heaven and earth, and for the flourishing of annihilation fate, that would intensify the power of the Great Calamity of Annihilation.

Upon hearing this, Yu Wang felt somewhat helpless, and he said.

"Tianhe probably cannot break through in a short time!"

Seeing Zhang Jian's slightly surprised gaze directed at him, he then said.

"The matter still has to start from nine yuanhui ago, when the Dragon Lake Immortal Lord of the Jade Void Dao Palace failed in proving the Dao……"

Qingqiu Niangniang shook her head, interrupting.

"Why say so much? In short, Longhu Xianjun's failed breakthrough ultimately affected Tianhe's Dao heart; he needs time to dispel the Dao-heart shadow left by Longhu Xianjun's failed proof of the Dao!"

Yu Wang heard this and felt somewhat helpless.

Qingqiu Niangniang's summary was correct; roughly speaking, that's how it was.

Zhang Jian heard this and was slightly startled.

Before the nine yuanhui, he had also received news of Longhu Xianjun's failed proof of the Dao.

After all, with the immortals and gods of Lantai Dao Palace around him, it would be hard for news not to reach him.

Longhu Xianjun was a well-known old immortal in Yuxu Dao Palace, with a long cultivation period and solid foundation, especially profound in his understanding of Yuxu lineage Dao arts; among the myriad heavens and voids, he was also considered a renowned blessed immortal deity, yet he fell in the Dao Jun Tribulation—this indeed shook many immortals and gods.

The immortals and gods of the Tongshan Dao Tong, many of whom had been invited to personally observe the rites in Kunlun Tianjie Yuxu Dao Palace.

Tianhe Zhenren was also among them.

Zhang Jian heard this and sighed.

"That is indeed rather regrettable!"

During this period, the overall situation of the Tianting Tianjie had been continuously rising; such good opportunities are not common.

Who knows when the next one will come?

Zhang Jian felt some pity for Tianhe Zhenren.

Zhang Jian truly hoped that the Tongshan Dao Tong would give birth to another Dao Jun.

Immediately afterward, Zhang Jian informed Yu Wang and Qingqiu Niangniang, his two ancestral masters, of his impending departure from the Tianting Tianjie, asking them to temporarily oversee the Tianting Tianjie; Yu Wang and Qingqiu Niangniang directly agreed.

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After staying for a period of time in the Tongshan Dao Tong on Taiji Shen Mountain, Zhang Jian then went to visit some old acquaintances in the Tianting Tianjie before entering the Tianting Hougong to meet with the Qi clan.

Bai Shi was also in the palace.

She had entered the Tianting Tianjie to cultivate ten yuanhui ago.

But Zhang Jian had only conferred the title of Tianhou upon one person.

And Bai Shi had merely received the investiture of the Xian Gong Dongshen.

It was not a matter of favoring one over the other, but considering Bai Shi's background and its deep entanglement with the Wuliang Dao Palace, to avoid putting Bai Shi in a difficult position and to prevent the demon clans of this realm from growing too strong, Zhang Jian did not confer the Tianhou position upon Bai Shi.

Of course, Zhang Jian had already clarified the reasons with Bai Shi.

Bai Shi also quite agreed.

To compensate her, Zhang Jian thus gave her the innate spiritual treasure, the Four Sea Pearl, symbolizing the water-element great Dao qi yun of this realm.

Bai Shi was already a Taiyi Tianxian, and with the Xuantong Winter God's universally applicable three-turn Dao Jun status, Zhang Jian felt that giving her the Four Sea Pearl in advance posed no problem.

Moreover, Bai Shi was a disciple of the Shuimu Dao Palace, and possessing an innate spiritual treasure was well within her capacity.

Besides Qi Shi and Bai Shi, some other Tianfei were also present beside the Hougong.

Upon entering this place, Zhang Jian exchanged some parting words with the Tianhou and several Tianfei before proceeding deeper into the Xiangong.

The Xiangong, the central throne radiating majestic Tian Dao divine might; at this moment, Zhang Jian's thought stirred, and behind him a nine-colored divine light appeared, instantly revealing a majestic emperor whose body was entwined with boundless incense-fire divine light, his pupils clear and cold, emerging from the endless cloud light.

Behind him appeared a majestic Tian Dao treasure wheel, within which various Tian Dao law divine powers floated; he wore the divine robe of mountains, rivers, and state altars, his divine might vast.

At this moment, a nine-colored divine light condensed deep in Zhang Jian's brow like a nine-colored rising sun, gradually transforming into a rainbow light that sank into the brow of that majestic divine person, causing his divine power to surge instantly, as if resonating with the boundless Tian Dao origin laws.

Meanwhile, a profound and vast Tian Dao divine power on Zhang Jian's body gradually diminished, falling to a certain extent.

Upon seeing Zhang Jian, this divine incarnation held up a golden list and performed a slight salute.

"This venerable one!"

"The Tianting Tianjie is now entrusted to you!"

Zhang Jian's expression remained calm.

This is a Tian Emperor incarnation forged by Zhang Jian from the Tian Dao Golden List, bearing the boundless Tian Emperor incense-fire of the Tianting Tianjie.

As for how vast the Tian Emperor incense-fire is within the Tianting Tianjie, only Zhang Jian himself knows.

Besides his own proper Tian Emperor sacrifice.

The Tianting Tian Emperor also has a tremendous source of incense-fire.

Whenever the beings of the Tianting Tianjie offer sacrifices to the Xiangong gods, the Tianting Tian Emperor can draw forty percent.

Forty percent is indeed a significant proportion.

Yet compared to ordinary merchants and traders, Zhang Jian is still a benevolent Tian Emperor.

This is called reasonable allocation, reasonable and lawful, and has received the full support of myriad Xiangong immortals and gods!

This Tian Emperor of the Tianting Tianjie is responsible for building this incense-fire platform and providing funds for the gods to perfect various divine Dao transmissions, bestowing various divine Dao ritual implements, and even divine Dao reward and punishment measures; the Xiangong gods use the platform to gather incense-fire and thus cultivate the Xiangong divine Dao.

This is beneficial for both sides.

By this means, he obtained the accumulated incense-fire of the immortals and gods, while the immortals and gods received from him the innate divine Dao transmission, and also gained the protection of the Xiangong.

A perfect win-win.

It appears there is no problem at all.

However, in Zhang Jian's view, such siphoning might, in the short term, accumulate little due to being "too conscientious," but having accumulated over twelve yuanhui, and even into endless future ages like a snowball, it will inevitably grow ever larger.

Zhang Jian naturally cannot abandon this power.

After realizing that the Tian Dao Golden List, this divine Dao supreme treasure, could help refine pure incense-fire, he spent great cost to forge a divine incarnation of the Incense-Fire Tian Emperor, and used it to bear the boundless incense-fire of the myriad heavens and voids.

To prevent his departure from leading others to see through the emptiness and substance of this Tian Emperor incarnation, he further bestowed the Tianting Tian Jun status upon this divine incarnation.

At this moment, the Tianting Tian Emperor, having merged with the Tianting Tian Jun status, radiated nine-colored divine light that illuminated the myriad heavens; the boundless luminous power seemed to penetrate every dark corner of the Tianting Tianjie.

At this moment, the Tian Emperor incarnation slightly nodded toward Zhang Jian.

"This venerable one can rest assured; I shall naturally fulfill the duties of the Tian Emperor!"

After thinking, he spoke again softly.

"However, to avoid any mishaps, please leave two treasures with this venerable one, just in case of any unforeseen circumstances!"

Seeing this, Zhang Jian smiled faintly and, with a wave of his hand, threw the Innate Wood Source Divine Talisman and the Yang Yang Divine Banner—two innate spiritual treasures—to the Heavenly Emperor's incarnation, aiding him in suppressing the fortune of the Celestial Court and Heavenly Palaces.

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After settling everything, Zhang Jian transformed into a streak of flowing light and gradually flew beyond the Celestial Court's heavenly realm.

As he gradually departed from the Celestial Court's heavenly realm, a portion of the Boundless Heaven Scroll, the Celestial Court's great fortune, and even the authority of the Celestial Court's heavenly realm began to detach from around his person.

The Boundless Purple Qi transformed into a purple dragon that gradually withdrew from deep within his brow, emerging from the position of the Earth Emperor Dao Sovereign.

As the Boundless Purple Qi withdrew, Zhang Jian sensed that deep within the Earth Emperor Dao Sovereign's position, the heavenly dao scroll念 entwined and the boundless origin of the Celestial Court's earth ancestral qi began to withdraw.

This withdrawal gave him a sensation as if he were being drained.

The Pure Purple Grand Fortune gradually dissipated, eventually leaving only a thin layer.

This was Zhang Jian using a portion of the Celestial Court's heavenly realm earthly form condensed from eternal immortal light to replenish it, filling the earth's root and counteracting the violent changes brought about by the withdrawal of the heavenly scroll.

Seeing that this Pure Purple position had not yet fully reverted to a Three Reversions Dao Lord position, Zhang Jian knew that this Pure Purple position already possessed the power to transform into a universal position of the Chaos Origin Sea.

After departing the Celestial Court's heavenly realm, he directly infused a portion of the Earth Emperor's Great Dao rules, derived from deep within the Earth Emperor Dao Sovereign's position, into the Earth Emperor Dao Lord position condensed in the depths of the Chaos Origin Sea, completely altering its outcome.

Simultaneously, he infused the remaining vast purple fortune of the Pure Purple position, along with the re-condensed multiple earth ancestral qi, into it through his connection with the Earth Emperor Dao Lord position, aiding the formation of the Earth Emperor Dao Sovereign's position in the depths of the Chaos Origin Sea.

This act immediately triggered an anomaly in the depths of the Chaos Origin Sea.

A vast omen thus arose from it.