Chapter 1267: It's just a little shrimp!

How has the Dao Lord been these years?

Ji Fuyao said, "Master has always been fine. He remains invincible."

"That's good." Xiao Yue wiped her eyes, her gaze glimmering again as she became lively once more, "Fuyao, aside from you, does the Dao Lord have any other disciples?"

Ji Fuyao said, "There are already ten junior disciples."

"Heavens!" Xiao Yue covered her mouth with her jade hand in astonishment, then somewhat resentfully said, "Dao Lord, he has changed."

Ji Fuyao probed, asking, "Xiao Yue, what is between you and Master..."

"Oh dear." Xiao Yue quickly waved her hands, "To be honest, I have never seen the Dao Lord up close. I only saw him from afar; he once discussed the Dao with Yingzhao Star and Dieyue Laozi, and we all listened. Fuyao, I truly envy you."

"In the Hehuan Sect, whether male or female, who doesn't like the Dao Lord? Although the Dao Lord's stay in the Hehuan Sect was brief, he helped Dieyue Laozi perfect our sect's techniques, which has been of great help to us."

Ji Fuyao said, "I see."

Xiao Yue said, "Our Hehuan Sect follows the Great Dao. In the practice of the Great Dao, solitary yang does not grow, solitary yin does not grow; only the union of yin and yang is fundamental. Our Hehuan Sect's doctrine is based on this, and it is absolutely not what those Longevity Sect fellows just spouted, namely, casual coupling."

Ji Fuyao asked, "Is the Gu Yue Laozi they speak of a person who refines Gu?"

Xiao Yue nodded, somewhat angrily saying, "That Gu Yue Laozi was originally a member of the Gu Clan, who proposed some Longevity Grand Dao, and over these years has gathered powerful beings from all heavens into the Longevity Sect. These Longevity Sect people have gone mad, they revere Gu Yue Laozi to the point of worshipping him as a deity!"

"Since the Dao Lord departed, the Longevity Sect's power has grown wildly; now they want to launch war against our Longevity Sect. Our Yingzhao Star is merely a remote corner of the myriad heavens sea; the flames of war have already reached here, let alone other star regions."

"Dieyue Laozi said, this war is a conflict of Dao and law, unavoidable."

Ji Fuyao nodded, deep in thought.

Chen Zhangsheng couldn't help but ask, "Could the Gu Yue Laozi of Gu Yuan Heaven be merely an incarnation?"

The situation became convoluted and mysterious.

No wonder he once tried to investigate Gu Yuan Heaven, but discovered that the karmic force there was immense and somewhat frightening!

As it turns out, Gu Yue Laozi's power is truly formidable!

Ji Fuyao asked, "Above the Dao Lord Realm, what realm is it?"

Xiao Yue said, "Dao Lord Realm, Dao Substance Realm, Dao Transformation Realm, Dao Fusion Realm, Dao Fruit Realm... each realm is separated by nine stars."

Ji Fuyao tilted her silver neck, "I see."

Speaking, she took out the mark left behind when Dieyue's phantom faded, which has always been a crimson butterfly.

Xiao Yue slightly surprised, "Above is Dieyue Laozi's aura!"

Ji Fuyao asked, "Can you contact Dieyue Laozi?"

Xiao Yue thought and said, "Dieyue Laozi hasn't returned to Yingzhao Star for a long time; her previous messages came to us via the Ancestor Stone. Perhaps we should go to the Ancestor Stone to have a look."

Soon, she brought Ji Fuyao and Chen Zhangsheng to the depths of the main hall, where a stone brimming with Dao Resonance sat upon an altar.

Upon it, Dao patterns were densely woven, faintly resonating with Yingzhao Star.

Xiao Yue explained, "This Ancestor Stone was originally an ordinary mountain rock, but when Dieyue Laozi and the Dao Lord discussed the Dao, it absorbed her Dao Resonance, leaving a trace of her will. You can place that mark upon the Ancestor Stone; perhaps Dieyue Laozi will respond."

Ji Fuyao focused her will, and the crimson mark immediately fell onto the Ancestor Stone.

"Hiss!"

An invisible ripple sped across the Ancestor Stone, spreading like ripples.

A disturbance far surpassing the Dao Lord Realm trembled across the Ancestor Stone, ring after ring of Dao patterns began to unfold, and the familiar powers of time and dream began to surge.

In the next instant, a phantom of a woman in a blood-red skirt coalesced upon the Ancestor Stone.

It was precisely Dieyue's likeness; she remained as before, peerless in grace, her blood-red skirt falling, unable to hide her splendid figure, her jade legs swaying as she walked toward Ji Fuyao and Chen Zhangsheng.

Although merely a phantom, she was still incomparably graceful and moving!

"Fuyao, Changsheng, you have come."

Since that wisp of her consciousness awakened in Yunlan Heaven, her true body also came to know what had happened there.

"My true body is about to battle Gu Yue Laozi; I cannot descend to greet you."

Dieyue's phantom smiled faintly and said, "I know you have many doubts; now I will resolve them for you one by one."

Ji Fuyao tilted her silver neck and nodded.

Dieyue gazed at the starry sky beyond the hall, her voice soft with a hint of memory, "Firstly, the Strange Palace atop the World Tree is not the first wave of Strangefolk to descend from outside into this realm."

"The Butterfly World stretches here, blocking many Strangefolk powerhouses; most of the strong have been taken by me into this world. But after endless ages, my power waned, the Butterfly World weakened, and what is called the Strange Palace is merely the fish that slipped through the net from before."

"Ah?" Ji Fuyao somewhat astonished, "You mean the Butterfly World's existence is actually to shelter the World Tree? Then what is the World Tree's existence for?"

Dieyue nodded, "The existence of the World Tree is for the Primordial Original Seed."

"Xiao Qing?" Ji Fuyao mused, feeling that this involved too many secrets, everything seemed shrouded in mystery, as if an invisible hand were pushing everything forward.

She understood that they knew little of the schemes of those titans behind the scenes; in fact, it was also Master protecting them.

Upon mentioning Xiao Qing, Dieyue grew silent, as if this also involved some hidden truth, "When the time comes, you will know. Knowing too much is not necessarily a good thing."

Seeing Dieyue become solemn, Ji Fuyao's nose felt sour.

Over these years, Master has borne far too much karma!

He simply stood there, watching them rise, likely enduring immense pressure behind the scenes that they do not even know.

Although Master is invincible, he too will grow weary.

"That being said, in the Butterfly World there are yet more Strangefolk powerhouses; compared to them, the Strangefolk powerhouses of Weiyang Heaven are merely little shrimp." Ji Fuyao muttered to herself, feeling somewhat shocked.

What formidable foes they ultimately face!

From the ages untold!

From the endless starry depths!

Thinking of this, she clenched her tender white fists, "I will surely become stronger, to share Master's burden."

A moment of silence.

Chen Zhangsheng asked, "And what about Gu Yue Laozi?"

Ji Fuyao's beautiful eyes flickered; Gu Yue Laozi cultivates the Longevity Grand Dao, the same as the third junior disciple's Dao; if they were to meet at the pinnacle of the Grand Dao, they would surely be mortal enemies!

Dieyue said, "Gu Yue Laozi was also blocked by me, trapped in this butterfly world."

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