Chapter 20: Lie back and take off, Empress Da Yi

First enter Phoenix Nest, then visit Kunlun; passing through Sumeru, the path leads to the Nine Netherworlds; the depth of the four seas, the vastness of the starry heavens—all lie beneath our feet.

Fengxi held the travel itinerary distributed by the Wu Clan's Logistics Department to each member of the diplomatic envoy, looking utterly bewildered.

"Wasn't it supposed to be that the Ancestral Wu would suffer hardship and have the whole world as enemies?" he muttered, dazed. "Does this situation of making friends everywhere look like being beaten by a crowd?"

Not long ago, he was still deeply moved.

——The Ancestral Wu are so great!

For the ideal, to build a beautiful Honghuang world, they spared no effort in challenging the entire heaven and earth, challenging the mainstream voice of this age!

At one moment, Fengxi's blood boiled with passion.

He would strive to improve himself, hoping to share even the tiniest bit of pressure for the Ancestral Wu who toiled hard and bore heavy burdens.

But now?

Reality seemed to be laughing as it told him, an Ancestral Wu whispering in his ear——

Young man, don't think so much.

Just lie back and relax—I'll take you flying!

Right, the precondition is that you don't feed—when I'm taking on five alone, just remember to bring a lifeline.

No matter how passionate and moved Fengxi felt, at this moment it all vanished like smoke.

"Actually, I can understand visiting other mighty beings." Fengxi looked at the Logistics Chief of the Houtu Department—Da Yi—but "for the starry journey, are we really supposed to land on the Sun Star?!"

"Going to have deep exchanges with the two great divine experts, Di Jun and Taiyi—aren't you afraid of directly lighting the fuse?"

"And you… you're actually coming too?!"

Fengxi's eye twitched; in his peripheral vision he saw the longbow on the rack nearby, and some words he felt embarrassed to say.

The hero who shot the sun, as one of the main members of the diplomatic envoy, ran onto the Sun Star……

Hmm, just imagining that scene makes one intoxicated.

"War is war, business is business." Da Yi's nature was broad-minded; he didn't mind Fengxi's slight breach of etiquette, but patiently explained, "Competing while cooperating is perfectly normal."

"Simply killing enemies has little effect on a Great Luo Realm expert—for Great Luo possesses endless spacetime, eternal and free, able to reverse the origin of its life back to the stage of the Primordial within the Primordial Five Extremes… in that instant of creating something from nothing."

"Who could annihilate even 'nothing'? Therefore, theoretically, the Dao fruit of Great Luo is eternal and indestructible."

"What can be destroyed is only their outward form—such as their physical body and primordial spirit… but the True Spirit Dao fruit condenses into a speck of primordial imperishable spiritual light, which naturally endures forever."

"After tens of millions of years, one can awaken from slumber, easily reclaim one's cultivation, and stir up the winds and clouds of Honghuang."

Fengxi clicked his tongue, his yearning for the Great Luo Realm growing stronger.

"No matter how reckless you are, you can't die—who wouldn't envy that?"

"Of course." Seeing Fengxi's longing, Da Yi smiled and shook his head slightly, saying, "That's something many beings who know the secrets of Great Luo will realize—self‑consciousness and worldview also count as Great Luo's outward aspect… so although Great Luo is immortal, there is also the danger of having its consciousness formatted by enemies, ending up as an ignorant, unconscious tool—like a Primordial Spirit Treasure."

Da Yi's words struck like a thunderbolt to the heart, leaving Fengxi stunned and speechless.

A Primordial Spirit Treasure—so this is its origin?

The Great Luo Dao fruit!

Behind every spirit treasure lies the blood and tears of Great Luo powerhouses!

No trade, no killing!

"However, this self‑consciousness is most tightly bound to the imperishable spiritual light, and formatting it is no easy task." Da Yi spoke gently, "You need a cultivation gap of at least tenfold, even dozens of times, to achieve that."

"But among the present‑day top divine experts—who could surpass them by that much?"

"Therefore, when facing mighty beings like Di Jun and Taiyi, sometimes just shouting 'kill!' is actually of little use."

Their mass is too huge, their foundation too deep, their strength too strong!

Having cultivated to the peak, their vitality is so tenacious that even wanting to die is impossible.

At most they just go offline temporarily—after eating, recharging, or sleeping, they're back as a stalwart hero!

"We need to assimilate them!"

Da Yi said.

"Assimilate them, let our thoughts influence them, cause them to change, and ultimately become comrades standing on the same side as us."

"Is that really possible?" Fengxi half‑believed, half‑doubted.

"Why not?" Da Yi chuckled, "In the human tribe's god‑king sacrifices, isn't there a being called Donghuang Taiyi?"

"And among the human sage kings, Di Ku and Di Jun are unclear about each other."

Fengxi froze.

"So the enemies of today may not necessarily stay enemies tomorrow—the situation and the needs will change."

"What is eternal is not friends or foes, but interests."

"With sufficient interests, even enemies will sit down to negotiate." Da Yi gave an objective assessment: "The purpose of the Wu Clan's existence is not to count how many enemies we kill in the process of humanity's rise to become the protagonists of heaven and earth."

"Pure slaughter doesn't solve the problem well—because in the end you'll find the enemies only multiply."

"Find the differences and common ground between us and them, temporarily set aside the differences, and from the shared aspects propose cooperative development, binding each other with interests……"

"Mere fighting is inferior; subtle influence is the true way." Da Yi said gently, "Little one, you still have much to learn."

……

Fengxi didn't know how he had left the Logistics Department.

A pair of eyes showed bewilderment, his steps light and floating.

Understanding the cooperation and conflict among Great Luo experts, and the unpredictable shifts of ally and enemy stances, leaves one feeling inexplicably moved.

Suddenly he realized, recalling something.

He looked toward the direction where Da Yi was, his eyes filled with deep admiration.

"If the Human King Di Ku really has a connection to the Heavenly Emperor Di Jun…… then Da Yi is truly awesome!"

"Who is Di Ku's daughter, again?"

"Chang'e!"

"Also called Chang'e."

"Chang'e, she is an imperial daughter! The daughter of the Heavenly Emperor!"

"Was taken as a wife by Hou Yi."

"Then, Hou Yi performed a shocking feat—shooting down the suns!"

"According to myth, because he achieved great merit by shooting down the suns, Hou Yi received the Heavenly Emperor's commendation." Fengxi stroked his chin, the gossip fire burning fiercely, "But he also earned the jealousy of many……Thus the Heavenly Emperor listened to slander and exiled this couple, Hou Yi and Chang'e, to the mortal realm."

"Chang'e, unable to endure the bitter life of the mortal world, took the elixir and flew to the moon, letting Hou Yi end his days in depression."

"Now let's look from another angle——"

"The ten suns caused chaos in the world; the Heavenly Emperor bestowed the bow and arrow, originally intending for Hou Yi to merely discipline his disobedient young, just a warning, and that would be it."

"As a result, Hou Yi directly killed his older and younger brothers-in-law……The Heavenly Emperor wore a smile on his face, but felt bitter inside."

"So after the commendation, he used slander as an excuse and directly exiled his daughter and son-in-law."

"Then Hou Yi's family also fell into conflict over the sun-shooting incident……Chang'e, in anger, returned to her maiden home and ascended to the moon."

"Leaving Hou Yi alone on earth……His career was finished, and his wife was gone as well."

"(End of chapter)"