Chapter 627: I Should Go Help Sister!

Hongjun withdrew his gaze.

Directly striking at the Ten Golden Crows would not be difficult.

The difficulty lay in how to resolve the situation of their connection to the Donghuang Bell's Qi mechanism, and even more so their integration as one with the entire Zhou Tian Star Dou Great Array.

Forcibly breaking it would inevitably alert the entire Yao Clan Heavenly Court, and would even more so startle the snake by beating the grass.

A Saint does not do things without certainty.

But the Ten Golden Crows must be influenced.

So since this path was blocked, then he would change to another path.

Hongjun's gaze swept over the Heavenly Court once more.

His line of sight skimmed past the Lingxiao Baodian, skimmed past Di Jun who was in seclusion stabilizing his cultivation, skimmed past Xi He who was likewise recuperating in the Phoenix Nest Palace, and who, as the Heavenly Queen, had her Qi Luck completely bound to the Yao Clan.

These were all copper walls and iron walls, but...

Under the Heavenly Dao, how could there be any truly perfect and flawless thing?

Hongjun's line of sight finally fixed upon the Guanghan Palace, cold and clear in the moonlight.

In the depths of the palace, a slender figure wearing a pale yellow gauze skirt sat listlessly beneath a cassia tree.

Before her was placed a chessboard made of black and white jade.

She held black in her left hand and white in her right, playing against herself, yet her expression was somewhat dazed.

Changxi.

Hongjun's will instantly penetrated her everything.

The Taiyin Goddess, Xi He's younger sister.

Innocent, carefree, filled with unrealistic fantasies and curiosity about everything in the outside world.

The corner of Hongjun's mouth hooked up a faint, barely-there curve.

A perfect breakthrough point.

As the Heavenly Queen's younger sister, she could freely enter and exit the vast majority of the Heavenly Court's forbidden areas, including the heavily guarded Tai Yang Xing Palace.

Her heart was as simple as a blank sheet of paper, easiest to depict with splendid colors.

Inside the Guanghan Palace.

Changxi wore a pale yellow gauze skirt, sitting listlessly beneath the cassia tree. A black-and-white chessboard was set on the stone table.

"Playing Five-in-a-Row against myself is really boring."

Changxi propped her chin, letting out a sigh.

Elder sister Xi He had married into the Heavenly Court; this vast Taiyin Star was so quiet it made one panic.

In her mind, the grand scene of the Celestial Marriage day involuntarily surfaced.

Di Jun wore the Nine Dragon Imperial Robe, majestic and hegemonic, unrivaled under heaven. He was the true Son of Heaven of the Great Wasteland.

"Sister alone in the Heavenly Court, facing so many Yao Gods, and having to govern the harem, it must be very hard..." Changxi murmured to herself.

In the Zixiao Palace, the corner of Hongjun's mouth hooked up an extremely minute curve.

A wisp of gray-black Heavenly Dao Calamity Qi, finer than a hair by ten thousand times, overflowed from his fingertip and merged into the void.

Soundless and stirless.

This wisp of Calamity Qi traversed spacetime, directly appearing inside the Guanghan Palace, gently circling Changxi once, then following her brow center and sinking into the depths of her True Spirit.

No destruction, no control.

Merely a gentle pluck on Changxi's originally clear and simple Cause and Effect Line.

Changxi's body stiffened slightly.

A moment of bewilderment appeared in her eyes.

"I should go help Sister."

"Yes!"

"I should go help Sister!!"

Thirty-Three Heavens, the Heavenly Court.

When Changxi first set foot here, her whole person was stunned.

Different from the cold, clear solitude of the Taiyin Star, here immortal light was dazzling, auspicious qi myriad.

Towering jade pavilions floated above the sea of clouds, immortal cranes flew and danced, dragons and phoenixes presented auspicious signs.

Outside the Southern Heavenly Gate, that massive Heavenly Ranking emitted a majesty suppressing ten thousand ages; countless names rose and fell on the list, making her eyes dazzled.

"Wow... so this is where Sister lives? So imposing!"

Changxi was like a little girl just entering the city, filled with curiosity about everything.

However, when she was led by a Servant Girl into the Heavenly Empress's Place, the Guanghan Palace, she discovered Elder Sister Xi He facing a Heavenly Mirror, brow furrowed with worry.

"Sister, what's wrong?" Changxi asked with concern.

"Other than your nephews." Xi He rubbed her brow center, her face full of helplessness, "Locked up in the Tai Yang Xing Palace by your Second Uncle, forced every day to recite 'Wu Nian Pin De', do 'Five Three Formation', one by one making a fuss about running away from home."

"Ah?" Changxi leaned over to look; in the Heavenly Mirror, ten fluffy Xiao Jin Wu were trapped by rings of star light restrictions, each dejected and listless.

An inexplicable sympathy and anger instantly surged up in Changxi's heart.

In her mind, a cold and majestic Voice in the Mind echoed.

— They are children; they were born to soar the Nine Heavens, not to be imprisoned in a cage learning useless things!

— Go, go rescue them. You are their aunt; you have this responsibility.

"Sister, how can Second Uncle be like this! They're still children!" Changxi said with righteous indignation.

"Hush!" Xi He was startled, hurriedly covering her mouth, "Lower your voice! This must not be spoken carelessly. Your Second Uncle is also doing it for their own good."

"What's so good about it!" Changxi broke free, growing angrier the more she thought about it, "No, I have to go check on them!"

As she spoke, she flew off in a huff toward the Tai Yang Xing Palace.

Xi He tried to stop her, but failed to hold her back, and could only sigh helplessly.

She didn't think much of it.

After all, within the Heavenly Court, who would dare act against the Emperor's sons?

Tai Yang Xing Palace.

As the residence of the Heavenly Emperor's sons, the defenses here were the most stringent fortress in the entire Heavenly Court.

On the outer perimeter, Bai Ze had personally laid down nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine Innate Prohibitions, interlocking layer upon layer, unbreakable by anyone below Quasi-Sage.

Inside, there were also three hundred and sixty-five replicas of the Celestial Stars Banners, drawing upon star light to form a Zhou Tian Xing Dou Great Formation (imitation) that enveloped the entire palace, making it impregnable as gold and soup.

However, when Changxi arrived at the palace gates in a huff, those Heavenly Generals on guard who should have stopped any outside enemy, upon seeing her, all bowed in salute.

"Greetings, Empress Changxi."

She was the Heavenly Queen's own younger sister, the princes' aunt.

Who would dare stop her?

And who would have thought she would come to break someone out of confinement?

"This Palace wishes to enter and check on the Princes." Changxi kept a stern face, mimicking her sister's usual imposing manner.

"This... Empress, the Emperor has decreed that no one is to disturb the Princes' quiet cultivation..." the lead Heavenly General showed a troubled expression.

"Insolence!" Changxi's eyebrows shot up, "Does 'anyone' include This Palace? If the Princes' studies are delayed, can you bear the responsibility? Or do you intend to defy the Heavenly Empress Decree?"