Chapter 780

Qinglan Fairy was born in a vast celestial realm known as the Tianfu Realm.

This celestial realm dimension was one of the first opened up by the myriad immortals and gods of all realms at the end of the ancient era.

Its history is even longer than that of the Central Celestial Realm and the Three Emperors Celestial Realm.

It is an extraordinarily ancient domain.

When the Tianfu Realm was opened, the Earth Immortal Realm remained the central hub of all realms, and the Heavenly Court still governed the celestial realms from there as its foundation.

Qinglan Fairy can be considered a native immortal of the Tianfu Realm.

Moreover, she attained immortality through cultivation as a native sentient being of the Tianfu Realm.

Achieving the rank of Dao Lord from an acquired sentient being, Qinglan Fairy can also be regarded as a peerless genius of her generation.

However, heaven is unpredictable; one day, her immortal sect's lineage, and even the Dao Venerable behind it, suddenly attracted the attention of major powers from many celestial realms. After a great battle, the lineage's immortals and gods scattered, and while fleeing, she was targeted by an even more powerful Dao Lord. To save her life, she finally burned her own Dao Lord Dao Fruit, exhausting all her strength to create a sliver of hope for herself. Her shattered primordial spirit attached to an ordinary immortal treasure and entered a spacetime storm, thus escaping with her life.

That immortal treasure was the Blissful Immortal Spirit Diagram.

After passing through several hands, and after an unknown amount of time, it eventually fell into a certain void relic, and ultimately was brought into the Zhou Mountain Realm by Ji Xueqiong.

According to Qinglan Fairy's account, her Divine Concealment Sect ultimately fell because the sect's ancestral patriarch obtained an extraordinarily precious object, thereby drawing the covetousness of various major sects of the Tianfu Realm, which ultimately led to the sect's destruction.

As for what that divine object actually was, Qinglan Fairy, due to her insufficient cultivation level at the time, did not know.

However, Qinglan Fairy believed that a treasure capable of directly causing the collapse of an entire sect's lineage could not possibly be something ordinary.

Furthermore, although she did not know what that supreme treasure was, nor had she personally handled it, she knew that several senior elders of the Divine Concealment Sect's lineage must certainly know some clues.

After the fall of the Divine Concealment Sect's ancestral patriarch, it is highly likely that he left that supreme treasure, or clues to it, to the few powerful individuals of the sect who managed to escape successfully.

Qinglan Fairy then provided the contact secret method of one of her senior elders, as well as the addresses of several hidden retreats.

Regarding this matter, Zhang Jian still had some interest, so when he accepted this mission, he deliberately paid attention to one or two tasks related to the Tianfu Realm, or alternatively, tasks related to realms near the Tianfu Realm.

However, after checking for a period of time at the Qingxun Palace, Zhang Jian was unable to find any tasks related to the Tianfu Realm.

Zhang Jian could only wait for the opportunity, and additionally, he asked the Hall Master of the Qingxun Palace, Xinghuang Daoist, to help keep an eye out for one or two such matters.

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Moreover, having fortunately stayed a while longer in the Three Emperors Celestial Realm, Zhang Jian also took the opportunity to visit some of the sages and former acquaintances of the Three Emperors and Five Elders Council.

This included the three ancestral gods, as well as the various holy emperors.

Taking the opportunity, Zhang Jian also went to visit that ancient Luo River goddess.

Had it not been for the Luo River Goddess Lady Mi facing him and entering the Feng ancestral lands to secure him a period of time, he might not have been able to achieve the Dao Fruit of the Other Shore in one go.

Luo River Divine Palace.

After some pleasantries, Lady Mi's beautiful eyes fell upon Zhang Jian, and she smiled, saying:

"Your Majesty, the Earth Emperor, is now renowned throughout all realms—repelling the ancient demon god Mo Shen, refining the Heart Ancestor Yuanchu—none of these feats is anything less than earth-shattering!"

Zhang Jian's eyes flickered; the gods of the Three Emperors Celestial Realm are indeed sharp-eared and clear-sighted.

Zhang Jian also sensed that this Luo River goddess was indirectly reminding him.

He now stands sufficiently prominent among all realms, and this mission choice must be made with greater caution.

In these years of cleansing the demon race, the human race has produced heavenly prodigies, while the demon race has likewise launched full-scale counterattacks, targeting not only young human elites but also the core elders who take action.

Zhang Jian nodded slightly and said:

"Good news stays at home, bad news travels a thousand miles—I never expected that I, too, would happen to be in the right place at the right time!"

"The Heart Ancestor Yuanchu is indeed immensely powerful; had it not been for the Longevity Dao Venerable suppressing it in advance, it would indeed not be easy to refine it!"

Zhang Jian felt a sigh rise within him.

The Heart Ancestor Yuanchu is extraordinarily powerful.

Even after being suppressed by the Longevity Dao Venerable for dozens of derivation eras, it remains this terrifying.

Fortunately, he possesses that unique cyan sacrificial fire; otherwise, he could not have killed it at all.

Lady Mi lightly nodded; she had heard of the name Heart Ancestor Yuanchu.

It is an extraordinarily terrifying evil god sovereign.

Once leading countless evil gods, it conquered many great thousand-realm domains, even celestial realm dimensions.

After a brief casual conversation, Lady Mi gazed at Zhang Jian and suddenly said:

"Daoist Zhang, do you still remember the Red Cloud Daoist who entered the Spirit Realm together with you?"

"Red Cloud Daoist?"

Zhang Jian's expression flickered slightly.

Red Cloud Daoist had previously entered the Spirit Realm with him, precisely to seize this opportunity to assault the seventh step of the Taiyi Perfection and to break through the first Calamity of Annihilation.

However, when he united with the immortals of the Dipper Department to break open the Spirit Realm, Red Cloud Daoist did not appear.

It was only heard that he had entered a certain innate secret realm within the Spirit Realm and was still in seclusion.

Zhang Jian thought for a moment and then said:

"Red Cloud Daoist's talent, foundation, fortune, and perseverance are all top-notch; it is only natural that these years he should have smoothly broken through and condensed his Dao Lord Dao Fruit!"

Lady Mi's eyes sank in contemplation, then she nodded and said:

"Red Cloud sent back news hundreds of elemental cycles ago, having successfully broken through, but after breaking through, he suddenly vanished!"

Zhang Jian's pupils moved.

Lady Mi spoke softly:

"His whereabouts—even the Father Emperor cannot uncover them—this matter is indeed somewhat suspicious!"

Zhang Jian's eyes sank in thought; he glanced at Lady Mi.

He did not know why this Lady Mi Princess would suddenly mention Red Cloud Daoist.

Although he and Red Cloud Daoist had some acquaintance, their bond was not deep.

His disappearance, I suppose, has little to do with me.

However, according to what Consort Mi said, Daoist Hongyun suddenly disappeared, and it is likely that he chose to sever himself from the protection of the human race.

Zhang Jian's expression remained unchanged; he had already guessed that this Daoist Hongyun was probably the fallen Daozun Hongyun from the primordial era.

After Daoist Hongyun broke through to the Dao Jun realm, it is likely that he gradually recovered the cultivation memories, cultivation level, and Dao fruits of Daozun Hongyun.

After thinking it over, Zhang Jian spoke directly.

"Although I have some acquaintance with Daoist Hongyun, I do not know his whereabouts!"

Consort Mi nodded and then said.

"I have heard Father Emperor mention that Daoist Hongyun once had a public case with Taiyi, the Lord of the Donghuang Divine Court. It is possible that his sudden disappearance is related to His Majesty Taiyi."

She seemed to sigh slightly.

Zhang Jian always felt that Consort Mi had implied meaning in her words.

Although Zhang Jian had some gossip in his heart, he did not ask directly, but only said.

"If that is truly the case, I hope Daoist Hongyun does not act rashly. Now that Taiyi has returned, his cultivation has gradually recovered, and his methods are truly beyond what an ordinary Daozun can match!"

Zhang Jian, on the other hand, believed that Daoist Hongyun was not captured by someone.

But rather, he was certain that after regaining his memories, Daoist Hongyun had hidden himself.

At this moment, upon hearing this, Consort Mi suddenly laughed and said.

"Daoist Zhang, during these years of my seclusion in the Three Sovereigns' Heavenly Realm, I have indeed chattered on quite a bit!"

At this time, she raised the jade wine in her hand toward Zhang Jian and laughed, saying.

"Over these years, in the Lo River region of the Earth Emperor's Dao Palace, thanks to your guidance, Daoist Zhang, this cup I offer to you!"

Zhang Jian smiled faintly and exchanged a few polite remarks.

The journey to the Luo Water Divine Palace had indeed brought him considerable benefit.

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As for the Three Sovereigns' Heavenly Realm, no news had come out, so Zhang Jian directly entered seclusion in the Earth Emperor's mansion to refine the Xuanmen Gate.

In the quiet chamber, Zhang Jian's body was surrounded by layer upon layer of intense innate divine light.

Zhang Jian manifested a magnificent Earth Emperor Dharma Aspect; behind his head, a magnificent primordial auspicious cloud blossomed, and boundless radiant cloud light manifested from within.

Within the thirty-threefold perfect radiant cloud light, multiple innate spiritual treasures appeared.

Top-grade innate spiritual treasure Qiankun Diagram, top-grade innate spiritual treasure Innate Four Symbols Divine Needles, top-grade innate spiritual treasure Nine Transformations Vastly Bright Golden Lamp, followed by lower-grade innate spiritual treasure Soul-Eating Ancient Sword, lower-grade innate spiritual treasure Thirty-Six Leaves Innate Green Lotus, and supreme innate spiritual treasure Xuanmen Gate.

Additionally, the good and evil corpses were respectively hidden within the radiant cloud light.

Multiple innate spiritual treasures shone brightly deep within the auspicious clouds.

At this moment, the Xuanmen Gate was especially active; it seemed to connect all heavens and myriad worlds, countless vast realms of heaven and earth, within which a magnificent and vast Xuanmen Mother River flowed through the heavenly void, and the vital forces of countless realms faintly manifested traces from within.

By relying on the power of the Xuanmen Gate, one could continuously mobilize these void realms, even reaching the depths of the heavenly void, where the power of the Xuanmen Great Dao rules would be bestowed upon oneself, aiding the cultivation of the Earth Emperor's true form.

Only seen deep within the Xuanmen Gate, streams of jade-green Xuanmen essence flowed into the depths of the Earth Emperor's true form; his body's three thousand divine apertures resembled three thousand stars, three thousand realms, and even three thousand giant gods, continuously swallowing and absorbing Xuanmen creation, thereby evolving toward a more complex structure.

His entire true form resembled a vast land capable of accommodating all heavens and realms, embracing the heavens and even the boundless chaos.

Deep within the Nine Great Daoist Jade Palaces, layer upon layer of profound great Dao mysteries accelerated their evolution from within.

The computational divine power of those Nine Great Daoist Jade Palaces is extremely magnificent.

But Zhang Jian felt that this level of Nine Great Daoist Jade Palaces might not necessarily be able to fully contain the unique power deep within his primordial spirit at that time.

The nature of that power is extraordinarily high.

As his cultivation advanced, Zhang Jian could increasingly sense the miraculous nature of that power deep within his primordial spirit.

Therefore, in forging the Earth Emperor's true form, he was also preparing in advance.

Zhang Jian had a premonition that if he could successfully prove the Primordial and achieve the Primordial Dao Fruit, he would surely be able to uncover the true profound mystery of that power.

For quickly uncovering this power, Zhang Jian always had an inexplicable sense of urgency.

Zhang Jian knew that this was the reason his fame was growing ever greater across the myriad heavens and worlds.

Previously, when he was weak, he did not worry about his secret being discovered.

Because in the myriad heavens and worlds, among the myriad beings, he was inconspicuous.

Even after achieving Dao Jun.

But now he is a Daozun of one realm.

Moreover, he is of the stature of the supreme strong.

This exposure rate, on the contrary, has become higher.

If there is any religious founder, or any strong person who discovers a clue on him, even if there is only a trace of suspicion, he would become very dangerous.

Although myriad distracting thoughts arose in his heart, Zhang Jian quickly cut them off.

Now thinking so much is of little use.

Only by growing early can it be useful.

And now the Earth Emperor's true form has the Xuanmen Gate and the Thirty-Six Leaves Innate Creation Green Lotus, so its growth speed will certainly not be slow.

Even by relying on this path, there will not be too many bottlenecks.

However, the perfect Earth Emperor Root Source Dao Fruit still requires him to spend more time.

But with such a great foundation, his growth speed is not slow.

Especially since he early severed the three corpses, and the three corpses jointly worked together in deduction, Zhang Jian could feel that, relying on his rich accumulation, a three-transformation Daozun similarly needs only the effort of grinding.

When cultivation reaches the level, breakthrough will certainly occur.

Good news came one after another.

Three hundred years later, the Qingxun Palace transmitted news; Zhang Jian immediately broke through seclusion, entered the Qingxun Palace, and met the Star Emperor Daoist.