Chapter 628: Stop / Prevent / Halt

A heavy hat pressed down, and the Heavenly General was instantly scared out of his wits, hurriedly clearing the path.

Changxi walked into the Tai Yang Xing Palace without any obstruction.

She looked at those restrictions flashing with star light, and a trace of disdain flashed in her eyes.

In the depths of her Divine Consciousness, that cold voice was guiding her step by step.

——See that array eye? That is the Kan Water Position, harmonious with your Yin Origin. Use your mana, gently touch it……

Changxi subconsciously complied, extending her slender jade finger, pointing at that array eye.

Buzz!

That impregnable Zhou Tian Xing Dou Great Formation (imitation), unexpectedly as if encountering its nemesis, its light violently flickered for a moment, then silently opened a doorway.

Changxi walked inside.

Inside the Sleeping Palace, ten Xiao Jin Wu were lying prone before a Jade Bi, frowning with worry as they calculated a complex array problem.

"Wuwuwu, Older Brother, I can't figure it out……" The youngest Jin Wu was already so anxious he was about to cry.

Just at this time, the main door gave a "creak" as it was pushed open.

The ten Xiao Jin Wu all raised their heads together, seeing that beautiful figure at the door.

"It's…… it's Aunt!"

"Aunt!"

The ten Xiao Jin Wu seemed to have seen their savior, swarming forward and surrounding Changxi in a circle.

"Aunt, you've finally come!"

"Second Uncle is bad! He forces us to memorize books every day, won't let us go out to play!"

"Aunt, take us out to play, okay? Just a little while, just a little while!"

Listening to the little ones' clamorous complaints, Changxi's heart nearly melted.

That voice in her Divine Consciousness sounded again.

——Look, how pitiful they are. Born with the noblest bloodline in heaven and earth, yet so restrained.

Take them out, let them see this beautiful landscape, that is the best teaching for them.

"Good!" Driven by an inexplicable sense of mission, Changxi nodded heavily, "Aunt will take you out!"

She led the two youngest Jin Wu by the hand, walking out with a swagger.

"But Aunt, Father Emperor and Second Uncle don't allow it……" Da Jinwu hesitated a little.

"Afraid of what!" Changxi puffed out her chest, "With Aunt here, who dares to stop you? If trouble arises, Aunt will bear it for you!

Just as she was about to step out of the palace hall with the ten excited Xiao Jin Wu, a sudden change occurred!

Buzz——!

The entire Tai Yang Xing Palace shook violently, that originally gentle flowing star light abruptly became incomparably sharp, the doorway just opened by her slammed shut with a "bang", transforming into an impregnable Star Fortress.

An elegant figure appeared silently before the fortress, bowing to Changxi.

"Bai Ze, pays respects to Empress Changxi."

The arrival was precisely the Yao Saint Bai Ze ordered to guard here.

"Bai Ze! You dare block me?" Changxi's eyebrows shot up, a surge of anger rushing straight to the top of her head.

"Empress, please quell your anger." Bai Ze wore a helpless bitter smile, bowing again, "It is not that Bai Ze dares to block the Empress, but Great Emperor Taiyi has a strict order. This array core holds a wisp of Great Emperor Taiyi's Primordial Origin Qi mechanism, its sole prohibition is 'The Ten Princes, must not leave the palace'. No one, for any reason, can violate it. The Empress could enter just now because the array only prevents exit, not entry."

"Taiyi! It's Taiyi again!" Changxi stomped her foot in anger, "Di Jun and my Elder Sister didn't say anything, what right does he have!"

"The Emperor and Heavenly Queen also agreed to the Prince's arrangement." Bai Ze answered neither humbly nor arrogantly, pushing the responsibility away completely clean.

Changxi looked at this barrier of brilliant light, one that even a Quasi-Sage might not easily break, then looked at the ten pairs of pitiful eyes behind her, the anger in her heart gradually turning into powerlessness.

She knew, she could not take them away.

But looking at the children's disappointed eyes, she couldn't bear to just leave like this.

Changxi took a deep breath, suppressing the resentment in her heart, and said to Bai Ze: "Fine! I won't take them out! Then I'll stay here myself, keep them company and play, that should be fine, right?"

Hearing this, Bai Ze visibly relaxed, the smile on his face becoming much more sincere: "Naturally fine. The Empress willing to accompany the Princes is the Princes' fortune. As long as you don't leave this Tai Yang Xing Palace, the Empress may come and go freely anywhere within the palace.

"Good."

Bai Ze did not notice, as Changxi turned to leave, a trace of strange qi flashing in her eyes.

……

Great Wasteland Far North, Youming Blood Sea.

Blood water viscous, fishy smell assaulting the nose.

Hou Tu barefoot, wearing a yellow robe, walked quietly on the dried Blood Sea seabed.

With every step she took, a holy Yellow Lotus would bloom beneath her feet.

That gentle Da Di radiance spread, those originally ferocious-faced, crazily howling Yuan Hun, the moment they touched this radiance, the resentment on their faces miraculously calmed down.

They stopped devouring each other, woodenly following behind Hou Tu, gathering more and more, transforming into a gray-white Soul Sea.

"Why……"

Hou Tu looked at these broken souls, a clear tear sliding from the corner of her eye.

"Father God opened heaven and split earth, body transforming into all things. This Great Wasteland, should have been a paradise teeming with life. Why has it become like this today?"

Yao Clan killing, Wu Clan killing, Scattered Cultivators killing.

Struggling to survive in life, after death still becoming souls of the dead, even becoming materials for others' Blood Sacrifice cultivation methods.

Heaven and earth are not benevolent, treating all things as straw dogs.

Blood Sea depths, Youming Palace.

Minghe Laozu, just resurrected and having his Dao foundation rebuilt by Hongjun, was sitting on the Twelve-Grade Karmic Fire Red Lotus.

He watched Hou Tu's actions in the Heavenly Mirror, a trace of ferocity flashing in his eyes.

"This witch clan's madwoman, coming to the Ancestor's territory to ferry Yuan Hun? Do you really think this Ancestor can't lift his blade anymore?!"

Minghe let out a cold snort, gripping the Elemental Slaughter Avernus, preparing to rush out and give her a lesson.

Just at this time, a dry, flat voice, devoid of the slightest emotion, directly exploded in Minghe's Divine Consciousness.

"Following the Heavenly Numbers. Bu Bu obstruct."

Minghe's whole body trembled, the twin swords in his hand nearly dropping to the ground.

He fearfully raised his head to glance at the direction of Zixiao Palace, immediately collapsing onto the red lotus like a deflated ball.

"Yes... Ancestor of the Dao."

Minghe gritted his teeth, staring dead at Hou Tu in the Heavenly Mirror, his eyes full of wariness and gloom.

"Since the Ancestor of the Dao let her come, there must be a heaven-shaking scheme. This Ancestor had better play dead."

On the sea bed.

Hou Tu stopped her steps. She looked at the hundreds of millions of Yuan Hun behind her that stretched endlessly yet had nowhere to go, and suddenly understood something.

Heaven has the Heavenly Court, governing the Celestial Stars.

Earth has the witch clan, governing the Honghuang Dadi.

But, what about the destination after death?

Between heaven and earth, there lacks a container to accommodate these souls.

There lacks an order that lets life and death, good and evil cycle repeatedly.

I am the Wu Clan Ancestral Witch.

The Da Di, not only must it bear vitality, but also embrace death.

Hou Tu slowly closed her eyes.

She sensed, at the deepest part of the Blood Sea, a faint yet tenacious Primordial Will.

That was the last bit of Primordial Origin left by Father God Pangu, never yet evolved.