Chapter 88: The Flat Peach Banquet, the Heavenly Court Loses Face

During the reign of Xia Qi, Great Yu and Nü Jiao kept a constant watch on him; they wanted to see what their child would make of the human race.

If Xia Qi could develop the human race, they would say nothing; if Xia Qi was not fit to be the Human King, Great Yu would personally drive him from the throne.

After observing for ten years, they found that Qi was quite capable. During his time as Human King, the development of the human race was excellent, which finally put the hearts of Great Yu and Nü Jiao at ease.

In Pan Huang's previous life, as the leader of the Ren Sect, Laozi decreed that after the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, the Human King could not cultivate. However, in this life, Pan Huang was the leader of the Ren Sect, and he had not set such a prohibition; thus, after the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, the Human King could still cultivate.

After becoming the Human King, Qi also cultivated continuously. Later, he established a law, writing in it that from his time onward, a Human King could not reign for more than one hundred years; after one hundred years, the Human King would abdicate and yield the position to the next person.

After establishing this law, Qi also built a Human King Palace according to the human ancestral land on the shores of the East Sea; this Human King Palace was right next to the human ancestral land!

To highlight the status of the Human King Palace, he actually sent people to find the pond where Mother Nüwa had created humans, and moved it into the Human King Palace!

On the shores of the East Sea, Great Yu and the others saw this and a smile appeared on their lips.

Under the leadership of King Yu and Xia Qi, the keynote for the development of the human race had been set; they only needed to continue in this direction.

Turning to the Heavenly Court, ever since they were threatened by Zhao Gongming and the others, the Jade Emperor had been well-behaved. Although the Jade Emperor was arrogant, this did not mean he was stupid.

As a post-natal race, although the humans had Pan Huang backing them, Pan Huang did not have the strength of a Saint, yet his disciples dared to threaten him. This made the Jade Emperor suddenly understand many things.

Previously, when he had just obtained the position of Jade Emperor, outside the Zixiao Palace, those Saints had looked at him with disdain, likely because his strength simply could not support the position.

Therefore, after being threatened by the Ren Sect, the Jade Emperor became stable. At that time, he realized that without strength, no matter how high your status was in the Primordial World, no one would look at you squarely.

Now, thousands of years had passed, the various divine offices of the Heavenly Court were becoming complete, and the overall strength of the Heavenly Court had significantly improved. The Jade Emperor felt it was time for the Heavenly Court to show its face in the Primordial World.

"Your Majesty, the flat peaches are now ripe. Why don't we hold a Flat Peach Banquet and invite some cultivators from the Primordial World? First, to display the strength of our Heavenly Court, and second, to recruit some talent for our Heavenly Court," the Queen Mother said softly to the Jade Emperor.

"That is a good idea," the Jade Emperor said after thinking for a moment.

"Since that is the case, then let someone make the arrangements," the Queen Mother of the West said.

"Hmm!"

The Flat Peach Banquet was set for five hundred years later, and Taibai Jinxing was sent out by the Jade Emperor as a messenger to deliver invitations.

Tang Valley.

Laozi looked at the invitation in his hand, pondered for a while, and then summoned Long Xu Hu.

"You go to the Ten Thousand Demon Mountain, hand this invitation to him, and then go with him to the Heavenly Court for the banquet," Laozi said to Long Xu Hu.

"Yes, Master!" Long Xu Hu nodded.

Mount Kunlun.

After seeing the invitation, Yuanshi Tianzun summoned the Twelve Golden Immortals without any hesitation. For Yuanshi Tianzun, who had already become a Saint, these flat peaches could at most satisfy a craving, but for the Twelve Golden Immortals, they were rare treasures.

"You all go to this Flat Peach Banquet together. Remember, do not lose the face of my Mount Kunlun," Yuanshi Tianzun said indifferently.

"Yes, Master!" The Twelve Golden Immortals nodded.

East Sea, Azure Tour Palace.

Tongtian made a decision similar to Yuanshi's, but he did not shamelessly send all his disciples; instead, he only sent personal disciples like Duobao.

As for the Western Sect, they did not care about such things. Zhunti stated directly that he would lead the team himself and bring along all the disciples of the Western Sect with good talent.

Such a good thing was rare; one should take advantage of it while they could. Anyway, the Primordial World already knew that he, Zhunti, had no face, so he simply decided to have no face this time.

Afterward, on the Sea of Blood side, Minghe was not there, so the Four Heavenly Kings decided to go and see. At Wuzhuang Temple, Qingfeng and Mingyue indicated that Zhenyuanzi was not there, but they would definitely deliver the invitation to Zhenyuanzi's hands.

When they arrived at Shouyang Mountain, only the two boy attendants Hong Zhu and Lü Liu were there. They indicated that Pan Huang was currently in seclusion, and once he came out, they would definitely deliver the invitation to Pan Huang.

Besides these major forces, some well-known races and factions in the Primordial World, as well as some powerful rogue cultivators, also received invitations from the Heavenly Court.

When Taibai Jinxing returned to the Heavenly Court to report, the Jade Emperor heard him say that everyone would come, and a smile appeared on his face.

"Last time, I was too anxious. This time, the Heavenly Court will surely awe the Primordial World," the Jade Emperor looked at the Primordial land and muttered to himself.

This time, there was no look of worry on the Queen Mother's face; instead, there was a hint of excitement.

Now, except for the endless starry sky, all other places were completely controlled by the Heavenly Court. With such power, besides the Saint dojos, they could indeed awe the Primordial World.

Three hundred years later, Pan Huang's lecture ended, and everyone gained much from listening to the Saint's lecture.

The ones who progressed the most were Pan Huang's disciples; they all became two-corpse Quasi-Saints. The remaining Zhenyuanzi, Minghe, as well as Xi He and Chang Xi, also gained much; after digesting the content of this lecture, their strength would also improve significantly.

After the lecture ended, Hong Zhu and Lü Liu handed the Heavenly Court's invitation to Pan Huang.

"Oh? Flat Peach Banquet? Interesting. Gongming, since the Jade Emperor has this intention, you all go and see. As one of the ten great innate spiritual roots, although the flat peach is not as good as the Huangzhong Li, it has a unique flavor; it wouldn't hurt to taste it," Pan Huang said with a smile.

"Yes, Master!" Zhao Gongming nodded.

Time flew to the time of the Flat Peach Banquet, and the Heavenly Court had long prepared everything in the Jade Pool, just waiting for everyone to arrive.

The first to arrive were the people from the Western Sect. Seeing the prosperity of the Heavenly Court, their eyes were full of curiosity and envy. At this moment, they did not look like disciples of a Saint at all, but rather like mortals who had never seen the world.

Their performance greatly satisfied the people of the Heavenly Court. So what if they were disciples of a Saint? They were still a group of people who had never seen the world.

The second to arrive were the Great Golden Crow and his party, along with Long Xu Hu.

When they arrived at the South Heaven Gate, the Great Golden Crow and the others stopped, looking at the South Heaven Gate before them, a flash of memory in their eyes.

Those Heavenly Soldiers and the people from the Western Sect held their breath when they saw the Great Golden Crow and the others arrive.

If one were to talk about this Heavenly Court, it was the home of this group of people in the beginning, which was why they had such a reaction.

"Stay calm. We are here to attend the Flat Peach Banquet, we have no other thoughts," the Great Golden Crow said with a smile after seeing everyone's gaze.

The Jade Emperor soon learned of the Great Golden Crow's arrival, and a hint of nervousness appeared on his face.

He was not nervous because he was afraid of the Golden Crow; he was nervous because he was afraid that the Golden Crow would ruin his Flat Peach Banquet, and he would become the laughingstock of the Primordial World again.

"Did they do anything extreme?" the Jade Emperor asked.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, that has not happened," Taibai Jinxing shook his head.

"Keep a close watch on them for me. If the Great Golden Crow and the others have any unusual movements, even at the risk of offending the Taiqing Saint, I will suppress and kill them in this Heavenly Court," the Jade Emperor said coldly.

"Yes!" Taibai Jinxing nodded.

After the small interlude of the Great Golden Crow and the others passed, people from other forces gradually arrived at the Heavenly Court, and finally, only the Yuanshi Saint, the Tongtian Sect Leader, and the Ren Sect remained.

When the Flat Peach Banquet was about to start, the people from Mount Kunlun and the people from the East Sea Golden Turtle Island arrived late.

When they saw that the Ren Sect had not yet arrived, a gloomy look appeared on the faces of the disciples of the two factions.

"Yo! Everyone is here! It seems we are the last ones!" At this moment, Bi Xiao's voice appeared in the Jade Pool.

"Hmph!" Guang Chengzi snorted coldly.

Zhao Gongming and the others ignored Guang Chengzi entirely and sat down in a corner.

After sitting down, without waiting for the Jade Emperor to say anything, they picked up the flat peaches on the table and started eating. Not to mention, these flat peaches were indeed one of the ten great innate spiritual roots, and the taste was indeed good, but it was still a bit worse than the Huangzhong Li.

"Vulgar! Is this how your master taught you?" Guang Chengzi and the others had already disliked the Ren Sect disciples, and now seeing their performance, they couldn't help but speak up.

"You had better take back what you just said, otherwise I will consider it a provocation to my Ren Sect," Zhao Gongming looked at Guang Chengzi coldly.

Yuding did not speak, but the sword Qi circling around him already indicated his attitude.

"It is not your place to gossip about how my Ren Sect disciples behave. Instead, Yuanshi Saint, is this how he teaches his disciples? Not even understanding the most basic etiquette," Yun Xiao looked at Guang Chengzi coldly.

Yun Xiao was not a person who liked to cause trouble, but Guang Chengzi's words just now had slandered her master, which was why she said such things.

"Presumptuous!" Hearing Yun Xiao's words, Guang Chengzi stood up and slapped the table.

"A Saint cannot be insulted! You now bind your hands and kneel to Mount Kunlun; our master, for the sake of Pan Huang, might spare your life," Guang Chengzi said coldly.

As soon as the words fell, a beam of sword light flew over. Guang Chengzi hurriedly dodged, but he did not dodge completely; a cut was made on his face by the sword Qi, and blood flowed down instantly.

"You!!!"

"Let's not talk about the matters between us first; you actually dared to call my master by his name. Today, you will not be able to walk out of this South Heaven Gate," Yuding sat on the side with his arms crossed and said coldly.

"You can try!" Guang Chengzi snorted coldly and took out his Male and Female Swords directly.

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