Chapter 598: The Purple Emperor Takes Action

Lin Jue took a step, and he was outside Black Mountain.

Only, at this time, the hot spring had been baked dry by heavenly fire, the reeds had been burned to ashes, and only a burning dense forest remained in the distance, and a small pale purple wildflower nearby.

So he bent down and plucked the small flower.

The True Lords, divine generals, and warships inside were all gone.

Suddenly, a voice sounded in his ear:

"You were actually able to hold back Yili Shenjun Master Fuchi and invite Jun Niangniang Jun Niangniang Yao Hua! It's a pity Jun Niangniang Jun Niangniang Yao Hua's Great Dao seems damaged; otherwise, as long as the other Emperors didn't take action, you would truly have a chance of winning!"

It came precisely from that dense forest.

Lin Jue turned and waved his sleeve.

Whoosh! The fire in the forest tilted to the side like a candle flame and extinguished, leaving only green smoke drifting with the wind.

"It's great that you are alright, Third Shixiong."

"That's not right! How could I be alright after being burned by fire? It's just that with your magical power protecting me, it wasn't a major problem!"

The voice in the forest said, paused, and continued with the serious matter:

"However, the Purple Emperor is the Heavenly Emperor after all. Now that you have invited Jun Niangniang Jun Niangniang Yao Hua out, it's not necessarily good or bad—this might give him a reason to summon the other Emperors. Moreover, the Purple Emperor already has vast miraculous powers, and he has been in charge of the Nine Heavens for one hundred and seventy years. Every sixty years, he exterminates demons and yaoguai, and now it is approaching the third time. The extermination of demons and yaoguai has absorbed a large amount of human incense for him. Under the nourishment of incense, even if you and Jun Niangniang Jun Niangniang Yao Hua join forces, you might not be able to win, and it will be even harder to face his Heavenly Emperor authority."

"Jun Niangniang Jun Niangniang Yao Hua's Great Dao is damaged?"

"Don't you see Jun Niangniang Jun Niangniang Yao Hua only has eight tails behind her?"

"..."

Lin Jue immediately looked up.

It was indeed so—

That woman was looking at Fuyao, and there were eight tails behind her.

This made him frown.

"If you truly want to crush the Purple Emperor, I do have a mantra that might be of slight help."

"Hmm?"

What mantra could deal with a Heavenly Emperor?

"This mantra cannot be used before the battle, otherwise it will enrage him, nor can it be used during the battle, otherwise it might drive him mad. Only when you have the upper hand or are close to winning can it be used."

"Why is that?"

"That was over two thousand years ago; only a spirit and monster like me who has lived long enough can know a little..."

A voice entered Lin Jue's ears.

After listening, Lin Jue pondered slightly.

The few sentences of conversation were but a snap of the fingers.

Immediately, he took a step and reached the heavens.

The eight-tailed white fox immediately turned its head. As soon as it saw him, its eyes lit up. It then stepped through the air, riding the wind and galloping, its posture light and elegant. While running, it kept turning its head to look at the woman in the distance, until it arrived at his side and stopped, still standing in the air, staring at that side with a strange and solemn expression.

The woman also looked toward Lin Jue.

The True Lords, spirit officials, heavenly soldiers, and divine generals filling the sky also looked over.

The senior and junior brothers and sisters of Fuqiu Temple, True Person Xuanming, Daoist Bai Luan, True Person Moyu, and several protectors of Mount Feng gathered toward him. Even the protectors of the Mountain Yili Shenjun on the mountain followed and gathered toward him upon seeing this. Everyone had injuries, whether light or heavy, and they were all recovering rapidly under a divine power with healing effects.

The battlefield of Mount Yishan was silent at this moment.

"Greetings, Jun Niangniang Jun Niangniang Yao Hua." Lin Jue first bowed to Jun Niangniang Jun Niangniang Yao Hua. "Finally, I get to see you."

"No need for formalities," Jun Niangniang Jun Niangniang Yao Hua said indifferently. "I didn't expect you to truly be able to hold back Yili Shenjun Master Fuchi."

"It was just luck."

Lin Jue said, looking at the people beside him:

"Are you all alright?"

"We are alright," the Xiao Xiao Shimei said first. "Earlier, we had the protection of the Mountain Yili Shenjun, and later, when the barrier was broken, we had the secret healing of the Fifth Third Third Shixiong's divine power, so there are no major problems."

"If the Purple Emperor hadn't taken action, the outcome would still be hard to say!" the Third Third Third Shixiong said.

"The Daoist friend has finally arrived." True Person Xuanming let out a long sigh of relief, feeling a heavy burden lifted.

"That is good."

Lin Jue nodded and looked up at the sky again.

The deities filling the sky were also watching him.

"All True Lords, spirit officials, heavenly soldiers, and divine generals, the Purple Emperor acts tyrannically and has already lost the hearts of the people. You are all virtuous people, and it is not easy to become gods and immortals, so there is no need to risk your lives. Moreover, relying only on you, it is impossible to contend with me and Jun Niangniang Jun Niangniang Yao Hua. Those who are willing to retreat, please retreat."

Immediately, True Lords, divine generals, Venerable Immortals, and Great Gods looked at each other.

What made them wary was not just this True Person Lin and Jun Niangniang Jun Niangniang Yao Hua, but even more so Yili Shenjun Master Fuchi, who had gone to intercept True Person Lin, and while True Person Lin had returned, he had not.

That was the number one war god of the Nine Heavens.

However, the Long Snake Yili Shenjun held his precious sword and shouted loudly:

"What a True Person Lin! I originally respected you for subduing demons and exterminating yaoguai and supporting the mortal realm, but I didn't expect you to actually associate with the Great Sages of the yaoguai race! Do you intend to help yaoguai replace the mortal realm and the Nine..."

Jun Niangniang Jun Niangniang Yao Hua looked at him indifferently and waved her finger.

Swish!

The Long Snake Yili Shenjun's majestic head disappeared, and in its place was a stone-carved tiger head, like the stone tiger head at the gate of the Zixiao Palace in the capital.

Seeing this, the Qingtian Husheng Husheng Zhenjun came out and said:

"I ask the True Person to return my precious staff."

Lin Jue looked at his several senior and junior brothers and sisters.

He saw the Seventh Third Third Shixiong wave his sleeve, and a Demon-Subduing Staff flew out, returning to the hands of Qingtian Husheng Husheng Zhenjun.

"The Husheng Husheng Zhenjun has fought fiercely for half a year, suffered heavy injuries, and his divine power is also severely depleted. This place is too far from the west to replenish it, so he is truly unable to fight anymore."

Qingtian Husheng Husheng Zhenjun took the staff and immediately flew toward the heavens, standing together with Husheng Husheng Zhenjun Qingmiao at a higher place. Likewise wary of the Heavenly Emperor's decree, he did not leave directly, but he also stated his position: he was unable to fight anymore.

Along with him, the group of heavenly soldiers and divine generals he had brought also ascended to the heavens and left the battlefield.

As Husheng Husheng Zhenjun war generals under the command of the Western Emperor Miaoming, being able to do this much because of a single decree from the Heavenly Emperor could be considered having fulfilled their duty.

"True Person, please also return my precious saber."

The Seventh Third Third Shixiong waved his sleeve again, and a golden saber also flew into the hands of Husheng Husheng Zhenjun Qingmiao.

The two True Lords both assumed a stance of watching the battle.

And at this moment, above the Nine Heavens, the hearts of the crowd of deities sank. They turned to look at the Heavenly Emperor's expression, but the Emperor's figure was already gone.

Looking at the Heaven-Observing Mirror again, it had also darkened.

"Where did His Majesty go?"

"His Majesty hates evil like an enemy; he must have gone to the mortal realm."

"Quickly summon the Western Emperor Miaoming and the Eastern Emperor Qinghua; inform them that Jun Niangniang Jun Niangniang Yao Hua has emerged again, and ask them to take action to assist."

"..."

In the mortal Mount Yishan, there was a clap of thunder, as if the sky were collapsing. Even the heavenly soldiers and divine generals couldn't help but cover their ears, as if their ears were about to be shattered.

The entire sky surged with wind and clouds, as if it had become a curtain, revealing the face of an Emperor dressed in purple and wearing a crown, majestic beyond compare, as if he occupied the entire sky, overlooking the entire mortal realm.

The various True Lords, spirit officials, heavenly soldiers, and divine generals bowed to the sky one after another.

A voice like thunder rang out:

"Jun Niangniang Yao Hua... long time no see..."

"Purple Emperor," Jun Niangniang Jun Niangniang Yao Hua said with an indifferent expression. "It seems you are following in the footsteps of Ming Di."

"You were shattered in Great Dao by the Heavenly Lord Ming Di, your cultivation was abolished, and your nine tails were severed. Do you still dare to come and fight me now?"

"Could it be that I should just sit and wait for destruction?"

"Then perish ahead of time. Since you have manifested, I shall naturally accompany you." The Purple Emperor's face, which occupied the entire sky, said, his gaze shifting to look at Lin Jue. "Mortal True Person, associating with yaoguai is still understandable, but now you are actually colluding with the Great Sage of the yaoguai race, which is rebelling against the Nine Heavens and the mortal realm. I must exterminate you together."

"The Emperor's Dao is merely tyranny, not the Righteous Dao," Lin Jue said. "What we are doing is merely resisting tyranny."

"Hmph! You were not born in the ancient times, nor were you born in the north. You have never seen great yaoguai raising humans or demons swallowing the sky. What do you know of the Righteous Dao?"

The Purple Emperor's voice was deafening, but the Daoist responded calmly:

"In that case, the Emperor took charge of the Nine Heavens after I was born. The reason the world no longer has great yaoguai raising humans or demons swallowing the sky has nothing to do with the Emperor or the Emperor's style of doing things."

"You will know right from wrong."

"There is no right or wrong that can compare to my Fuyao."

"Where is Master Fuchi?"

Lin Jue did not say that Yili Shenjun Master Fuchi had been defeated by him—that would be detrimental to Yili Shenjun Master Fuchi's reputation—nor did he say he had been trapped by himself, to avoid the deities of the Nine Heavens trying every means to find him. He only said:

"He cannot come."

"Hmph!"

The Purple Emperor snorted coldly: "Great Powers contend, and living beings suffer. Why not come above the Nine Heavens?"

Lin Jue looked at Jun Niangniang Jun Niangniang Yao Hua.

Jun Niangniang Jun Niangniang Yao Hua smiled slightly:

"Why not?"

The Purple Emperor did not speak, and the face in the sky disappeared.

In an instant, the five-colored divine light shone dazzlingly. Jun Niangniang Jun Niangniang Yao Hua took a step forward, and with just one step, she reached above the Nine Heavens.

Lin Jue also did not hesitate and soared into the sky.

Just as Fuyao was hesitating, it suddenly heard a female voice:

"You come too."

It scratched its head, pondered for a moment, and also followed, stepping vertically toward the sky.

It grew colder and colder around it, and its ears were filled with the sound of wind. It couldn't remember how long it had run or how high it had gone; it only knew that the clouds in the sky were layer upon layer. Closest to the earth were the white clouds driven by the deities, which were very chaotic. The layer above that was the natural stratocumulus clouds, where occasionally high mountains could poke their heads out. Going further up, there were more stratocumulus clouds, but the clouds at this time were not ordinary.

Above such clouds, there were occasionally divine palaces, pavilions, and government offices, and deities looked at it in terror.

Such clouds were passed through for nine layers.

Those were white clouds spread out for ten thousand miles, wide and boundless like the sea, solid and undulating like flat ground. The clouds further away were piled up into mountain ranges. Following this cloud mountain upward, one could see a Golden Hall of the Divine Palace, standing at the highest point of the Nine Heavens clouds, with immortal music playing constantly and singing and dancing every day.

The three parties had already begun to fight, causing the sun and moon to flash frequently and Yin and Yang to be inconstant here.

The fox saw Lin Jue at a glance, and also saw the woman with eight tails beside him.

Sweeping its gaze to the opposite side, the Emperor stood with his hands behind his back.

The fox looked up at the sky again.

That sharp and pretty fox face was sometimes dark and sometimes pale, sometimes illuminated by light so that its fur was shining, and sometimes plunged into darkness. Those eyes, as clear as amber, reflected the scorching sun in the sky, and that sun was also moving at a very fast speed, sometimes setting to the west, sometimes rising from the east.

Only, the speed at which it set to the west was clearly faster than the speed at which it rose from the east, so that by comparison, the rising from the east seemed difficult.

The battle at this time was a true battle of magical powers.

Lin Jue stood in the distance and blew a breath.

"Whoosh..."

A spring breeze blew across the Nine Heavens and onto the Emperor. ===== CHAPTER 599 =====