Chapter 711: The Dao Heart Azure Lotus Mantra, Advertising Effect (4K)

Chi Ping Daozhu saw Zhang Jian not immediately refuse, and his smile grew wider as he listed out the many conditions one by one.

"Qinglian Daoist, aside from one Primordial Authority.

Your Majesty also promised you, you may be allowed to independently condense the Redemption Authority in the Golden Origin Heaven Realm, and even control part of the Golden Origin Heaven Realm's Netherworld Authority.

Since you are a celestial deity under the command of His Majesty Dongji Qinghua, you must be skilled in the Redemption Dao; if you could obtain even a portion of Netherworld Authority, would it not greatly benefit your cultivation?"

Zhang Jian's expression remained calm, merely glancing at Chi Ping Daozhu before shaking his head.

"Chi Ping Daoist, do you truly believe these conditions hold any appeal for this deity?"

Upon hearing this, Chi Ping Daozhu frowned slightly.

In her view, the Minghuang Shenghuang had already shown great sincerity.

One Primordial Daozhu status, solely governing a great Heaven-Earth Dao rule.

This is genuine authority, as well as fortune.

One Primordial Daozhu status differs from ordinary Daozhu status; it is equivalent to a three-transformation universal type status of the Chaos Primordial Ocean.

Moreover, it can receive the fortune of the great Heaven-Earth Dao, and combined with Redemption Authority and Netherworld Authority, such fortune should be enough to move any Dao Jun.

Furthermore, Minghuang Shenghuang promised to periodically provide him with some innate divine materials and earthly treasures, and even promised to assist him in opening a pure land within the Netherworld.

What great kindness this is.

Chi Ping Daozhu still could not understand.

Zhang Jian's expression was indifferent; the many conditions offered by Minghuang Shenghuang could only be considered ordinary.

Even if he had no celestial realm of the Immortal Court, or even no foundation in the Spiritual Realm, he would not agree, let alone now that he possesses the Immortal Court and the heavenly realm, as the Heavenly Emperor—would he even value such trivial benefits?

Chi Ping Daozhu pondered briefly, then asked.

"Qinglian Daoist, is there anything else you are dissatisfied with? If you have conditions, feel free to propose them; my Majesty seeks talent eagerly, and if it can be done, he will surely spare no effort to obtain it!"

Zhang Jian's eyes flickered; he glanced at Chi Ping Daozhu, intending to borrow the authority of the Nine Divine Emperors to complete the task given by the Nanjí Chángshēng Dìjūn, but he would not easily sell himself.

Let alone for such meager conditions.

After thinking, he said: "Your Majesty Minghuang's kindness, I gratefully accept, but I am single-mindedly devoted to cultivation and harbor no other thoughts; I fear I would fail to live up to Your Majesty's good intentions!"

Yet he directly refused.

However, the more he showed no desire for anything, the more Chi Ping Daozhu felt regretful.

He only felt that this Qinglian Dao Jun before him must be of Central Heaven Realm origin, extraordinarily exceptional.

Yet the Qinglian Dao Jun before him truly seemed unwilling to easily submit to others; Chi Ping Daozhu's expression was helpless, and he could only immediately go to report back to Minghuang Shenghuang.

……

Majestic and splendid, within the Minghuang Holy Palace, Minghuang Shenghuang stood at the center of the hall; behind the hall was an open lattice, and beyond lay magnificent seas of clouds. Minghuang Shenghuang stood with hands behind his back, as if seeing within the boundless sight of all beings dwelling in the Golden Origin Heaven Realm.

After Chi Ping Daozhu entered, he saw Minghuang Shenghuang perform a slight salute, then spoke.

"Your Majesty, as you expected, Qinglian Daoist refused our recruitment!"

After a brief pause, she sighed slightly.

"Dao Jun from the Heavenly Court are indeed somewhat different!"

Minghuang Shenghuang's eyes were calm in their depths, and he spoke lightly.

"It matters not; since he is unwilling, then let it be!"

Minghuang Shenghuang's expression was indifferent, his eyes holding no emotion, neither anger at being refused nor regret at losing a powerful one.

Seeing this, Chi Ping Daozhu performed a slight salute and stepped away from the Minghuang Holy Palace.

After she left, Minghuang Shenghuang's expression grew slightly contemplative; moments later, he stepped into the depths of the dark void.

Unable to recruit this three-transformation great divine ability wielder into his ranks, Minghuang Shenghuang felt some regret, but his current focus remains in the Boundless Earth Lung.

Earlier, the anomalies in the Boundless Earth Lung had been sensed by the Nine Divine Emperors; although Danque Shenghuang quickly concealed the omens deep within the earth lung, the anomalies still surfacing within caused Minghuang Shenghuang some concern.

He worries that Danque Shenghuang, for the sake of so-called spirit and vigor, might do something foolish.

……

At the foot of Qunyu Mountain, Zhang Jian slowly stepped forward toward the mountain's exterior; at this moment, a voice within him was utterly bewildered.

"Your Majesty, you have always wanted to find a way to infiltrate the upper echelons of the Golden Origin Heaven Realm, thereby investigating the secrets deep within the Golden Origin Heaven Realm's earth—this was an excellent opportunity; why did you still refuse?"

Deep within Zhang Jian's Niwan Palace, Wang Ding Xianjun expressed some confusion.

Zhang Jian smiled faintly.

"Do you not feel that what is hardest to obtain becomes the most precious, what is most reverse-offered becomes the cheapest, and what is most suspicious?"

"Once obtained at hand, it is hard not to cherish it!"

Wang Ding Xianjun asked in a muffled, resonant voice.

"But moving forward, our chances to come into contact with the Minghuang Holy Palace will likely diminish; how then will they recognize our 'preciousness'?"

"This is not difficult!"

Zhang Jian smiled faintly.

……

Ziyu Prefecture, Huojing City—this is a celestial city built beside a great heavenly fire divine pool.

That great heavenly fire divine pool and the Huoling Heavenly Pool of Huosang Prefecture are actually of the same nature—a great active volcano.

Such dangerous territories are not uncommon in the Golden Origin Heaven Realm; on the contrary, they are quite common.

Moreover, many fire-attribute deities, after achieving success in cultivation, also greatly enjoy establishing celestial cities and divine cities in such places.

Huojing City is such a magnificent divine city.

Its scale is not small; even within the entire Ziyu Prefecture, and extending to several nearby large continents, it is quite renowned—but not long ago, the upheaval and eruption of the heavenly fire divine pool turned the entire Huojing City into a giant city.

Terrifying flames erupted from the depths of the heavenly fire divine pool, nearly destroying half of the protective spells that had sustained Huojing City for countless ages; countless fiery spiritual veins, even extending to the earth veins, collapsed, dragging in innumerable beings around the heavenly fire divine pool, and even cultivators suffered great impact.

Hundreds of years of rest and recuperation have not restored order; instead, they have left Huojing City in utter disarray from top to bottom.

Deep within Huojing City, a divine shadow sat upon the main seat, his entire body entwined with an endless fire-light divine wheel. He was the master of Purple Jade Prefecture, and indeed of the surrounding dozen or so divine prefectures, the Purple Jade Dao Lord. Beside him was another figure, dressed in splendid robes, his whole body covered with countless mixed-yellow stripes, his eyes icy cold, a deity.

He too possessed an extraordinarily vast divine power, as if able to communicate with the boundless earth, even the immeasurable earth-path qi of the void, the master of the Great Earth Ancestral Qi Network.

He was the Heavy Feather Dao Lord, and also one of the powerful Golden Origin Heavenly Realm Dao Lords.

Though these two mighty deities, capable of destroying heaven and earth, now faced a divine city on the verge of collapse, they were somewhat at a loss.

At this moment, meeting the gaze of the Purple Jade Dao Lord, the Heavy Feather Dao Lord furrowed his brow.

"Purple Jade Dao friend, I fear that only the Divine Emperor himself appearing in person can help you restore the subterranean divine kingdom and the foundation of Huojing City, for deep within the earth-fire killing qi lies a great annihilation will, and there also lurk the resentful qi of countless beings buried deep in the earth, killing qi— to purify it is no easy task!"

"Although I control the earth's rules, the earth's rules cannot accommodate such a terrifying annihilation will, nor can they dispel this strange earth-fire killing qi, the resentful qi of beings!"

After a slight pause, the Heavy Feather Dao Lord advised.

"I advise you to cut your losses early; if you delay, you will inevitably become another Huosang! Damage to your foundation is bearable, but if your very origin is affected, that would be a loss not worth the gain!"

Upon hearing this, the Purple Jade Dao Lord's expression turned somewhat grim.

Purple Jade Prefecture is his foundation, the source of his fortune.

Huojing City, and the Heavenly Fire Divine Pool, are of utmost importance.

Without Huojing City, the Heavenly Fire Divine Pool's accumulation over hundreds of millions of years— what would he have left to nurture his descendants and contend with other Dao Lords? Would he not become a bare-pole commander?

But he had to admit the Heavy Feather Dao Lord was right.

The Purple Jade Dao Lord had also considered inviting the Minghuang Divine Emperor to intervene, but it is well known that summoning the Nine Divine Emperors requires a price.

Nothing in heaven and earth is free, and there is no such thing as without cost.

Though his current status certainly allows him to do so, to spend a little wealth and waste the opportunity to summon the Minghuang Divine Emperor— would that not be a loss not worth the gain?

The Purple Jade Dao Lord drew a deep breath, suppressing the anger in his heart, but just then, a divine attendant hurriedly came to report before the main hall.

"Two Divine Lords, an upper deity has arrived outside, calling himself Qinglian Daoist, come to relieve your worries!"

"Qinglian Daoist?"

Upon hearing this, the expressions of the two Dao Lords stirred slightly.

"Is it him?"

The two Dao Lords naturally were not unfamiliar with Zhang Jian, for they had seen him not long ago in Qunyu Mountain.

The Purple Jade Dao Lord and the Heavy Feather Dao Lord exchanged a glance, and immediately said.

"Please let him in!"

After a slight pause, he then said.

"Never mind, I shall go greet him myself!"

He immediately rose and walked toward the outside of the hall, and from afar saw a youth deity in green robes approaching from afar, a unique refinement dao seal standing upright at the center of his brow, giving his entire being a vast, magnificent aura of compassion and sacred dao rhythm, causing one to forget worries.

Seeing Zhang Jian, the Purple Jade Dao Lord was the first to speak with a smile.

"Qinglian Dao friend, your grand arrival at our Huojing City— the countless clansmen of our city below are saved!"

His voice carried a hint of heroism from afar.

The Heavy Feather Dao Lord beside him also bore a hint of a smile in his expression, though there was still scrutiny in his eyes.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Jian said.

"I happened to pass by Huojing City, heard the countless cries of suffering beings, felt a resonance, and thus came to pay my respects to Purple Jade Dao friend. For my presumption, I beg your forgiveness!"

The Purple Jade Dao Lord replied upon hearing this.

"Dao friend, you are no less than a divine immortal under the Eastern Extreme Qinghua Majesty— boundless compassion. My prefectures' beings have encountered heavenly disasters and human calamities; alas, as a deity who is the Dao Lord of Heaven and Earth, possessing only the ability to reach the heavens, I am unable to save these subordinates, these people— I am deeply ashamed. If Qinglian Dao friend can save even one being of my Purple Jade Prefecture, I will accept any condition I am able to agree to, and will not refuse!"

His expression was bold and unreserved, yet he fixed his gaze upon Zhang Jian with a pair of eyes.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Jian waved his hand, his face calm as he said.

"Purple Jade Dao friend need not be so formal; I once followed the Eastern Extreme Majesty, established the Ten Directions Salvation Grand Vow, wishing only for all beings in heaven and earth to be peaceful and tranquil, to respond to cries and relieve suffering, to feel the Ten Directions, and to save all beings in heaven and earth, to aid the world— this is also my divine vow!"

At this moment, Zhang Jian naturally would not miss the opportunity to establish his 'persona'.

However, what he said was not exaggerated.

During his time in the Celestial Court of the Immortal Realm, he had indeed established the Ten Directions Salvation Grand Vow, to save all beings in heaven and earth, to aid the world— of course, at that time, the beings he sought to aid were those of the Immortal Realm's Celestial Court, not those of the Golden Origin Heavenly Realm.

And now, that grand vow has already been fulfilled.

Yet the two Dao Lords naturally regarded him as such, and at that moment, a hint of admiration appeared in the depths of the Purple Jade Dao Lord's eyes.

"Dao friend, you are truly immensely compassionate!"

Having gained the support of the Purple Jade Dao Lord as host, Zhang Jian no longer concealed his means. His gaze swept over this vast divine city stretching ten million kilometers, he formed seals with his hands, and a layer of intense Qinglian divine light burst forth from his entire body, radiating outward from him as a center, surging toward all directions of Huojing City.

As if boundless time and space were filled with a layer of boundless azure divine light, within which seemed to descend a magnificent pure land world.

In the illusory pure land world, moreover, were countless beings loudly chanting the Ten Directions Qinglian Salvation Treasure Sutra in silence.

The magnificent purifying dao sound shook the boundless void.

This was the fifth-rank eternal dao law, Qinglian Purification of the Soul Mantra.

This fifth-rank eternal immortal art possesses extremely powerful suppression, purification, and salvation abilities. Zhang Jian naturally was not seeking to save all the mortals of the city, nor the immortals and deities, but merely to suppress and purify the earth-fire killing qi contaminating their bodies, lest they be burned by the earth-fire, their hearts turned to ash and smoke.

Only seen, wherever the azure divine light flowed, countless beings, even the faces of immortals and deities, gradually grew tranquil. Even those immortals and deities within Huojing City whose dao hearts and magical power had been invisibly infected and polluted by the earth-fire killing qi, at this moment were all tinged with a layer of azure divine light, yet felt their minds clear and spirits refreshed, as if their dao hearts, inner divine power, and magical energy had been purified.

Chronic ailments and hidden wounds within their bodies were completely healed at this moment.

In the depths of the void, endless auspicious clouds and favorable qi surged forth.

The azure divine light, centered on Huojing City, still spread toward Purple Jade Prefecture, and even to the surrounding billions of li of the outer regions of the surrounding divine prefectures, countless beings, and even countless immortals and deities, enveloped it.

The magnificent, vast azure divine light also simultaneously caused the expressions of the Purple Jade Dao Lord and the Heavy Feather Dao Lord before him to change color.

The two Dao Lords felt that terrifying azure divine light, almost capable of purifying heaven and earth, and could not help but be moved, their dao hearts shaken.

This is the divine power of a third-rank great divine ability wielder.

Truly heaven-shaking and earth-moving.

Even from the depths of their hearts, they also felt a faint, thread-like inclination to take refuge, and a sense of being saved.

This feeling even made the two Dao Lords feel a hint of alarm.

The Qinglian Daoist, who appeared smiling and kindly, truly seemed formidable.

Zhang Jian closed his eyes, sensing the earth-fire killing aura tainted within the living beings of several provinces, the remnants of the will of destruction purified cleanly by a single glance from him, and a faint smile appeared at the corners of his eyes.

This was still him deliberately restraining his divine power; at this moment, his divine power, a single path of eternal fifth-rank Dao law, could cover half of the Golden Origin Heaven Realm.

In the midst of his thought, another grand azure-colored precious lotus formed around Zhang Jian's body.

This was the Innate Divine Forbidden Dao Law, Dao Heart Qinglian Mantra.

The great will of destruction beneath Huojing City was truly extraordinary; even a Dao Jun would not dare to touch it lightly, lest it affect cultivation, let alone actively purify it.

He needed to employ some special means to thoroughly resolve it.

Of course, he was also deliberately 'showing off', taking this opportunity to 'advertise'!

At this moment, the azure lotus blossomed deep within his palm, and instantly, as if boundless innate azure lotus creation divine light burst forth from deep within his palm, he slapped it onto the earth, and the azure divine light flowed straight toward the depths of Huojing City.

It was as if an azure precious lotus blossomed in the depths of the boundless earth, the innate azure lotus creation divine light permeated the depths of the boundless earth-fire, startling countless gods.