Chapter 700: He Luo's Follower (4K)

Zhang Jian, before leaving the Tianling Realm, later went to meet Hongyun Daoist and the other two Dao Lords.

Hongyun Daoist aside, the other two Dao Lords, Jin Cheng Daoist and Liuxu Daoist, are powerful beings sent by the Three Sovereigns Heaven Realm to assist and protect the human race of the Southern Ming Divine Province.

Although these two Dao Lords did not exert any effect this time, it is not that they are useless; it is simply not needed.

As he was about to leave the Tianling Realm, Zhang Jian had the two Dao Lords temporarily take charge of guarding the Nine Provinces Divine Dynasty of the Southern Ming Divine Province.

These two Dao Lords, originally from the Tianling Realm, had some reservations about Zhang Jian, a human elder, but after a series of events in the Tianling Realm, they were completely convinced and agreed without hesitation.

Their current position is rather awkward; although they are gods recognized by the Three Sovereigns Heaven Realm, to obtain sufficient benefits in the Tianling Realm, they still need to rely on the Earth Emperor Dao Palace to intervene.

On the other hand, Hongyun Daoist is wholeheartedly cultivating in the Tianling Realm, seemingly unaffected by any external changes.

Zhang Jian also has no intention of disturbing him.

Zhang Jian knows that Fuxi Sheng Huang sent Hongyun Daoist into the Tianling Realm likely to perfect the Taiyi Dao Fruit in preparation for restoring his cultivation.

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On a chosen day, Zhang Jian decided to temporarily leave the Tianling Realm, accompanied by the Nine Provinces Ancestral God and the He Luo Dao Lord.

These two divine beings are Zhang Jian's left and right arms in the Tianling Realm, representing his interests there; they are currently going to the Three Sovereigns Heaven Realm for further study, and after their studies conclude, they will ultimately return to the Tianling Realm to preside over the Earth Emperor Dao Palace, managing affairs on Zhang Jian's behalf.

After leaving the Tianling Realm, Zhang Jian did not feel that his authority over the Earth and the Lord of the Nine Abysses had been severed; at this moment, his body was surrounded by a layer of intense purple aura, the formidable divine power brought by the Earth Emperor Dao Venerable status.

This divine power is extraordinarily magnificent and vast.

Zhang Jian remained calm, his gaze fixed on the black-purple radiant expanse beneath his feet; his divine power gently trembled, and its magnificent force seemed to penetrate through time and space, reaching the River of Fate above.

The Earth Emperor Dao Venerable is a general-type Dao Venerable status within the Chaos Primordial Sea; at this moment, the authority of the Earth and the Lord of the Nine Abysses has been fully integrated into the depths of the Earth Emperor Dao Venerable status, so Zhang Jian need not worry about losing authority or power diminishing upon leaving the Tianling Realm.

Behind him stood two formidable divine beings, one male and one female.

The Nine Provinces Ancestral God and the He Luo Dao Lord.

Both possessed extraordinary bearing, with vast halos of divine light appearing behind them.

After briefly gazing at the beautiful Tianling Realm dimension, the three figures instantly transformed into streams of light and fled toward the distance.

The three figures moved at extreme speed; however, as they left the Tianling Realm dimension, Zhang Jian suddenly felt something, his gaze turning toward the void of the Tianling Realm dimension and the depths of another realm's dimension, where he faintly sensed two magnificent divine powers clashing.

One of these divine powers was familiar to Zhang Jian—clearly the Ziwei starlight of the Ziwei Emperor.

The other divine power was extraordinarily magnificent and vast, seemingly not inferior to that of the Ziwei Emperor.

The two divine powers were locked in struggle, their might seeping through the boundless cosmic dimensions, causing a feeling of shock and awe.

The Nine Provinces Ancestral God and the He Luo Dao Lord, sensing something, also turned their gazes toward Zhang Jian.

Zhang Jian shook his head at them and said.

"It seems that to monopolize the Tianling Realm, the Ziwei Majesty will also face numerous challenges..."

Zhang Jian had some suspicions in his heart.

Clearly, the Ziwei Emperor is battling some powerful being from the myriad heavens' void!

Sensing this terrifying fluctuation, Zhang Jian narrowed his eyes.

The Ziwei Emperor is one of the Six Heavenly Emperors of the Celestial Court; any being able to contend with the Six Heavenly Emperors of the Celestial Court is certainly no ordinary figure in the void beyond the realms.

Zhang Jian glanced at the surrounding dimensions and spacetime, already having an answer in his heart.

The Tianling Realm is not far from the territory of the Four Ancestors of the Heretical Path; this time, the Celestial Court's Battle Department attacked the Tianling Realm, and although the Four Ancestors of the Heretical Path sent powerful beings to harass, they did not appear, which is unreasonable.

After all, the Tianling Realm lies near the territory of the Four Ancestors of the Heretical Path.

The Celestial Court's expansion has already reached the doorstep; they cannot possibly remain indifferent.

Clearly, the Four Ancestors of the Heretical Path are likely also restrained!

At this moment, battling the Ziwei Emperor, they are clearly unwilling to just give up.

However, this is the Ziwei Emperor's trouble; Zhang Jian had various suspicions flash through his mind, then instantly brought the two divine beings with him as he quickly departed this area.

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The Three Sovereigns Heaven Realm, viewed from afar, had boundless human destiny virtues converging, making this magnificent heaven realm seem like an upper realm, radiating the aura of a hub among the myriad heavens' dimensions, a nexus of all worlds; that magnificent firelight radiated in circles from the Three Sovereigns Heaven Realm, firelight entwined, resembling the human path's fire cauldron revolutionizing heaven and earth.

"Is this the Three Sovereigns Heaven Realm, the sacred land of the human path?"

The Nine Provinces Ancestral God gazed afar at this sight, his pupils filled entirely with shock.

Even as a Dao Lord, beneath such magnificent human path radiance, he still felt himself to be no more than a speck in the vast sea.

On the other side, the He Luo Dao Lord gazed at the Three Sovereigns Heaven Realm, her eyes feeling something deeper; she stepped forward, her pupils somewhat dazed.

She came from the ancient era, her bloodline noble, but in her impression, even though humanity had given birth to many sages and emperors, compared to other races between heaven and earth, they were still weak.

In that era, the desolate world truly possessed too many powerful beings.

Even the three sages could not dominate the human path.

Yet before her, the human path radiance of the Three Sovereigns Heaven Realm resembled endless firelight illuminating the myriad heavens' void dimensions, boundless heaven and earth.

Such grandeur surpassed her imagination.

She could not help but murmur, as if in a dream.

"Is this the origin of humanity in the myriad heavens' dimensions?"

Zhang Jian, hearing this, slightly nodded and said.

"Yes, when many gather firewood, the flame rises high; when the Three Sovereigns Heaven Realm stands firm, our humanity is no longer as in the ancient era, easily slaughtered; humanity is rising!"

"Today's humanity is a superpower that no force in the myriad heavens' dimensions can ignore!"

Zhang Jian's eyes held a faint, subtle smile, then he brought the Nine Provinces Ancestral God and the He Luo Dao Lord, transforming into a stream of light as they descended toward the Three Sovereigns Heaven Realm.

Just as they entered the Three Sovereigns Heaven Realm, falling from the void, Zhang Jian, from afar, saw a stunningly beautiful, tall and slender divine maiden standing on a distant plaza, surrounded by several other beautiful goddesses.

They seemed to be waiting here specifically.

That peerlessly beautiful divine maiden, Zhang Jian was not unfamiliar with her.

She is the Princess Mi Fei of the Heavenly Emperor Dao Palace, also the youngest daughter of Fuxi Sheng Huang.

The most beautiful pearl of humanity.

Ancient Luo Water Goddess.

"Your Highness, Consort Mi!"

Upon seeing this goddess, Zhang Jian slightly bowed.

This ancient goddess's cultivation was not necessarily strong, merely a First Transformation Dao Lord, but her status among humanity was extraordinary, being one of the princesses of the Celestial Emperor Palace.

The beautiful goddess's eyes glistened like a pool of autumn water as she glanced at Zhang Jian and smiled.

"The name of the Earth Emperor Supreme God echoes throughout all heavens and myriad worlds; this palace has never before seen an Emperor Lord, but the Emperor Lord is even more martial than the rumors suggest!"

"Your Highness flatters me!"

Zhang Jian smiled faintly; Consort Mi held a lofty position in the Three Emperors Heavenly Realm, but he was a human elder, and in terms of status and actual authority, he stood above her, so he need not observe excessive courtesy. At the same time, Zhang Jian knew this Consort Mi was not here for him.

He then gestured to the Kyushu Ancestral God beside him, and the two stepped away, leaving the place to Consort Mi and the Luo Water Dao Lord.

On the spot, the Luo Water Dao Lord's eyes fell upon Consort Mi, with some hesitation in his gaze and a hint of inexplicable emotion.

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In the distance, the Kyushu Ancestral God followed behind Zhang Jian as they walked toward the Celestial Emperor Palace.

After a moment, she could not help but ask.

"Your Majesty, just now that goddess and the Luo Water..."

"Did you not guess it?"

Zhang Jian smiled slightly; upon first seeing this Luo Water goddess, he had already known the origins of the Luo Water Dao Lord.

This was likely the daughter of the Luo Water God Lord and the Yellow River River Earl.

In ancient mythology, it is said the Luo Water God Lord married the Yellow River River Earl, but unfortunately the Yellow River River Earl was a scoundrel who caused the death of the Luo Water God Lady Consort Mi, and was finally slain by human efforts; the specific grudges, Zhang Jian is not entirely clear.

Upon hearing this, the Kyushu Ancestral God felt somewhat shaken.

Although he also knew the Luo Water Dao Lord possessed noble bloodline and oversaw many human secret arts, he had never imagined it to be a direct bloodline of the Celestial Emperor Palace.

Zhang Jian then directly entered the depths of the Celestial Emperor Palace to report to Fuxi the Holy Emperor.

Within the Celestial Emperor Palace, Fuxi the Holy Emperor wore a simple green robe, one hand still holding an ancient scroll; at this moment he set down the scroll in his hand and smiled faintly.

"Regarding the affairs of the Spirit Realm, you have done well—not only did you protect the human race of the Spirit Realm, but you also enabled them to become the protagonists of the Spirit Realm, a merit beyond compare. With such great merit, controlling human authority, I suppose no one in the Three Emperors and Five Elders Council will dare to speak against it!"

Zhang Jian nodded, then mentioned the follow-up safeguards for the human race's establishment in the Spirit Realm.

As a human elder, the human race of the Spirit Realm, since its establishment, has counted as his direct lineage.

This also includes the human race of the Immortal Court.

But he could not possibly monopolize such great benefits alone.

As a human elder, he cannot sever ties with the Three Emperors Heavenly Realm.

All that can be said is that future sacrifices or aura worship between these two realms will center on him, but there will inevitably be a 'cut' taken by the Three Emperors Heavenly Realm!

And since the Three Emperors Heavenly Realm takes its cut, it naturally should also provide some assistance.

For example, providing various human secret arts and lineages, or various human Daoist sacrificial rites, and then establishing a human Dao foundation.

When Zhang Jian first became a human elder, these were the urgent problems he needed to solve.

Especially the human Dao foundation.

How to protect his human subordinates, help humanity solve problems such as foreign evil invasions, aura loss, fate protection, and how to maximize the stability of his subordinates' human aura, as well as selecting the human Dao foundation—many of these require discussion with Fuxi the Holy Emperor, this rotating human Dao Supreme.

Actually, the main issue is simply a lack of personnel.

Although he now has the Kyushu Ancestral God and the Luo Water Dao Lord, two Dao Lord-level divine beings under him, the Luo Water Dao Lord has not yet recovered, and the Kyushu Ancestral God still needs to serve as an assistant in the Earth Emperor Dao Palace, so he may not be able to manage everything.

The divine Dao foundation and human Dao foundation are two different directions; Zhang Jian cannot possibly exhaust the Kyushu Ancestral God alone.

Therefore, Zhang Jian entered the Celestial Emperor Palace also with the intention of requesting personnel from Fuxi the Holy Emperor.

His human divine foundation has not yet been formed; as a human elder, what actual authority does he have?

Fuxi the Holy Emperor readily agreed to this.

This is a win-win.

After a brief pause, Fuxi the Holy Emperor spoke again.

"In the Three Emperors Merit Hall, everything has already been prepared for you; you may go and claim it yourself!"

Zhang Jian slightly nodded; he knew Fuxi the Holy Emperor referred to the external merit he earned in the Spirit Realm this time, as well as the treatment and stipend granted to human elders by the Three Emperors Heavenly Realm.

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After leaving the Celestial Emperor Palace, Zhang Jian did not go directly to the Merit Hall, but first brought the Kyushu Ancestral God to the Three Emperors Holy Court to finalize his status and treatment.

As the god of human sacrifice in the Spirit Realm, the Kyushu Ancestral God is also Zhang Jian's subordinate deity, a lord of the divine Dao, and naturally entitled to corresponding treatment.

The Three Emperors and Five Elders Council had long prepared for the arrival of the Kyushu Ancestral God; they quickly passed the review of his identity, and finally granted him the treatment of the tenth rank in the middle tier of the feudal lords' three sequences, bestowing upon him the title of Human Foreign Affairs Elder, along with an actual authority Emperor Lord position of the tenth rank in the Three Emperors Holy Court sequence.

This is considered a fairly standard treatment.

Although the Kyushu Ancestral God is newly arrived at the Three Emperors and Five Elders Council, after all he protected the human race of the Spirit Realm and is currently the righteous god of human sacrifice in the Spirit Realm.

Now that the human race of the Spirit Realm has been selected by the Purple Micro Emperor Lord's Mansion as the protagonist race of the Spirit Realm, the Kyushu Ancestral God naturally shares in the glory.

Lastly, the Kyushu Ancestral God is still Zhang Jian's subordinate deity.

As a human elder, do not look at the monk's face but at the Buddha's face.

Some preferential treatment will still be given.

Having obtained formal credentials, the Kyushu Ancestral God is no longer a wild Dao Lord born in the void of the myriad heavens; if any powerful force from a major power seeks to target him, they will have to consider some reservations.

Zhang Jian then immediately brought the Kyushu Ancestral God to the human heritage site, letting him choose the inheritance on his own.

As for the Luo Water Dao Lord, he currently appears not to need his greeting.

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Three Emperors Merit Hall.

The golden ancient hall stands at the center of the Three Emperors Holy Court, not far from the Three Emperors Holy Hall.

Zhang Jian wore a pale yellow cloud robe all over his body, with purple-yellow patterns covering his entire frame; his figure was tall and slender as he stepped into the Hall of Merit and Virtue of the Three Sovereigns.

The Hall of Merit and Virtue of the Three Sovereigns is a special department of the Three Sovereigns' Holy Court, similar to the Heavenly Court's Hall of Merit and Virtue; besides distributing divine stipends and recording merits, it also offers cultivation techniques and magical artifacts for exchange.

Zhang Jian's purpose in entering the Three Sovereigns' Heavenly Realm was precisely for this reason.

Inside the great hall, upon learning that a human elder had personally descended, the Merit and Virtue Hall Master personally came from the Three Sovereigns' Holy Court.

He was also an extraordinarily powerful human cultivator.

Daoist Tianhui, said to be a disciple of the Historian Sovereign Cangjie, possesses cultivation far beyond the ordinary.

After receiving the stipend corresponding to the human elder, recording the external cultivation techniques and merits from this journey to the Spirit Realm, Zhang Jian directly had this Daoist exchange the redemption list.

The external cultivation techniques he currently possesses, along with his human merit points, are quite substantial.

Whether as the Heavenly Emperor of the Celestial Court's Heavenly Realm, or as the Lord of the Earth and the Nine Underworlds in the Spirit Realm, in either position, any casual decision he makes can be exchanged in the Hall of Merit and Virtue for numerous external cultivation techniques and merits—this poses no problem for him.

A casual decision by one in a high position can determine the fate of countless beings; this is his privilege.

Moreover, he alone possesses a heavenly realm.

As for the selection of the Dao-proving secret method, he has already made his choice, directly selecting the Secret Method of Severing the Three Corpses.

It is not that he intends to prove the Dao through this method, but rather that this method is one of the essential secret arts he prepares to master.

This method can greatly enhance his own strength.

As for the method of proving the Dao, he has other considerations.