Chapter 79

Naturally, Zhao Gongming and the others were very covetous of the treasures on the shelves, but upon seeing the exchange points required, they had no thoughts at all.

Those were tens of thousands of exchange points at every turn.

I fear only Saints, or those ancient Quasi-Saint powerhouses, might have such accumulations.

Anyway, they did not.

Otherwise, Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiao would not have snatched the Bodhisattvas’ collections.

Likewise, Zhao Gongming and the others did not lose their minds, for example, by trying to snatch the treasures on the shelves.

If they didn't want to die, that is.

"Wu Dang, the Master said that if the exchange points are not enough, the books in the grocery store might be able to help us." The Holy Mother Jin Ling said to Wu Dang.

Looking at it this way, there were too many good things in the grocery store.

The Holy Mother Jin Ling wanted every good thing, but unfortunately, the exchange points in her hand were not enough.

As for those she had enough exchange points for, they didn't attract her.

After all, for the Holy Mother Jin Ling, who was in the Quasi-Saint realm, ordinary things could not attract her.

So the Holy Mother Jin Ling thought of what her master, Tongtian Jiaozhu, had said before: the books in the grocery store might have unexpected surprises.

This was also an idea that arose after Tongtian Jiaozhu obtained the Gate of Eternal Life from the book *Eternal Life*.

That Gate of Eternal Life, even for Tongtian Jiaozhu, was a rare treasure.

It could even be said that in this Primordial World, it was completely impossible to obtain such a treasure.

A treasure containing the three thousand Great Daos.

Although it was different from the three thousand Great Daos of the Primordial World, it could also improve Tongtian’s insight into Great Dao laws.

"Books." The Holy Mother Wu Dang nodded. "I understand; then I will look for what books I can read."

"Good." The Holy Mother Jin Ling nodded and also walked along the shelf where the books were placed.

*Eternal Life*, *Starry Sky Emperor*, *Yang God*, *Shrouding the Heavens*...

The names of one book after another appeared before her eyes.

For some reason, one book attracted her.

*Shrouding the Heavens*.

"This book it is." The Holy Mother Jin Ling did not hesitate and placed her hand on this book.

In the grocery store.

The Holy Mother Jin Ling held the book *Shrouding the Heavens* in her hand.

"*Shrouding the Heavens*, let me see, what will the content inside be?" The Holy Mother Jin Ling started to flip through this book.

The modern world that appeared at the beginning made Jin Ling feel somewhat strange.

Such a world was very different from the beginning of the current Journey to the West.

Cars, airplanes, and so on—those were things she had never seen.

It was just that this didn't count for much; with the Holy Mother Jin Ling’s great divine powers, she could also create such products out of thin air.

Quasi-Saint powerhouses could already open up small worlds.

The trajectory of a world’s development could be controlled by the powerhouse who created the world.

Immediately after, the Holy Mother Jin Ling saw the scene of nine dragons pulling a coffin; such a scene indeed caused shocking astonishment to the people of that world.

Even the Holy Mother Jin Ling was somewhat surprised.

The Dragon Clan, in the past, was the protagonist of an era; at that time, Jin Ling had not even taken human form.

It was just that the current Dragon Clan could not be compared to the Dragon Clan of the past.

The Dragon Clan, enfeoffed by the Heavenly Court as the Four Seas Dragon Kings, probably only had the strength of the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm.

Otherwise, when Sun Wukong came knocking, how could the Dragon King report to the Heavenly Court? He would have solved it himself long ago.

It could only be said that times were changing.

Even their Jie Sect, before the Investiture of the Gods, had the reputation of "ten thousand immortals coming to court."

And now, the Jie Sect as a sect—those who knew of it in this world were only a few, namely those immortals who had experienced the Investiture of the Gods Great Calamity.

Like the humans in the mortal realm, they had long since not known what the Jie Sect was.

Just like that, the Holy Mother Jin Ling was immersed in the story of *Shrouding the Heavens*.

Gradually, a magnificent world unfolded before the Holy Mother Jin Ling’s eyes.

Inside were moving stories, where the human race fought against countless myriad races to obtain a glimmer of survival in this world.

"The human race? They are truly tenacious." The Holy Mother Jin Ling said softly.

As a personal disciple of the Jie Sect, the Holy Mother Jin Ling could be considered to have seen the rise of the human race.

During the Wu-Demon period, the human race lived completely in the cracks and even became food for the Demon Race; in the end, the Demon Race, in order to refine the so-called Witch-Slaughtering Sword, slaughtered countless humans.

If it were not for the Saint Nüwa, the human race would likely have been exterminated in that slaughter.

But even so, in such a harsh environment, the human race constantly branched out, and powerhouses constantly emerged.

Finally, after the Wu-Demon War ended.

Among the countless races and living beings of the Primordial World, the human race unexpectedly rose.

The Heavenly Emperor Fuxi, the Earthly Emperor Shennong, and the Human Emperor Xuanyuan—one human powerhouse after another rose, leading the human race to where it was today.

However, the human race being able to become the protagonist of the Primordial World also had something to do with the Heavenly Dao to a certain extent.

This era was the era belonging to the human race.

Countless Saints placed their hopes on the human race, which also led to the human race being able to reach today.

One must know that even the current strength of the human race could not be compared to the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin of the past, or even the Wu and Demon clans.

How could it become the protagonist of the Primordial World?

But with a few Saints around, the result was different.

And in the story of the *Shrouding the Heavens* world, that world had no Heavenly Dao existence; it was all fought for by the human race itself.

Many times, the human race was almost exterminated, but there would always be powerhouses who stood up, unfolding a moving story.

It was precisely because of this.

The Holy Mother Jin Ling, looking at the human race in the story of *Shrouding the Heavens*, would make such a sigh.

Continuing to immerse herself in this story, the Holy Mother Jin Ling was attracted by a character in the story—the mortal known as the Ruthless Great Emperor.

In that world, the traces of the Ruthless One appeared very rarely, but the legends about her had always existed.

Later, some situations regarding the Ruthless Great Emperor were also described.

Originally, she was just an ordinary human; because her brother was taken away, she, the Ruthless Great Emperor, had been working hard to find her brother.

Even the news of her brother’s death did not make the Ruthless Great Emperor give up.

Because she believed that there was reincarnation in that world.

"Reincarnation." The Holy Mother Jin Ling shook her head. "The reincarnation of that *Shrouding the Heavens* world is hard to say, but in the Journey to the West world, there is reincarnation, and there is an afterlife and a present life."

The existence of the Underworld and the Six Paths of Reincarnation was a kind of order in the Journey to the West world.

After people die, there is an afterlife.

Even after they, as immortals and gods, die, it is the same.

This was the Six Paths of Reincarnation opened up by Houtu, one of the Ancestral Witches.

That was a kind of rule of heaven and earth.

The great merit rewarded by heaven and earth back then also allowed Houtu to prove her Dao and become a Saint, although such a Saint was still slightly incomplete.

After a long while.

A ray of light flashed in the Holy Mother Jin Ling’s hand, and the book *Shrouding the Heavens* returned to the shelf.

The Holy Mother Jin Ling’s several thousand points were spent; although she hadn't finished reading the story of *Shrouding the Heavens*, she had seen enough of the story about the Ruthless Great Emperor.

So the Holy Mother Jin Ling did not have much regret; at most, she would spend some more exchange points later to finish this story.

"To achieve such strength with a mortal body, I am truly impressed." The Holy Mother Jin Ling said.

However, regarding this, the Holy Mother Jin Ling could only sigh; she could not identify with it.

This was also because her talent was also very astonishing; she was not like the Ruthless Great Emperor, who was just an ordinary mortal at the beginning.

Otherwise, how could she have been taken as a personal disciple by Tongtian Jiaozhu?

"But what about the opportunity the Master spoke of?" The Holy Mother Jin Ling was somewhat bewildered.

After finishing the story of *Shrouding the Heavens*, she felt the magic of that world, but after finishing it, Jin Ling now found that she hadn't discovered the so-called opportunity.

On the other side, Wu Dang, Zhao Gongming, the Three Xiao, and the others had also finished reading.

"Are you all done?" The Holy Mother Jin Ling looked at them and asked.