Chapter 117

In the solemn and majestic hall, Feng Yi stood firmly on the upper seat, quietly watching the figure walking in.

She was a refined and ethereal woman, her body surrounded by a faint, hazy radiance, carrying a hint of distance and spirituality, while also vaguely containing a strand of heroic and spirited iron-blooded battle intent—she was the ancient deity most trusted by the Heavenly Emperor Fuxi, Jiutian Xuannü.

Originally, the Heavenly Emperor Fuxi spent most of his time in secluded meditation, digesting the primordial creation authority seized from Shennong, aiming to truly transform into Pangu; thus, for most of the time, affairs of the Divine Realm were handled on his behalf by Jiutian Xuannü.

As these thoughts arose in Feng Yi's mind, Jiutian Xuannü walked to the center of the hall, bowed to him, and respectfully said, "Greetings, Your Majesty the Heavenly Emperor!"

The moment her words fell, Jiutian Xuannü's heart trembled slightly; she felt that the Heavenly Emperor on the upper seat seemed to have undergone some change, that aura vast as the Heavenly Dao becoming ever more apparent, causing her to shudder from the depths of her heart.

Hn.

Feng Yi calmly nodded, saying nothing more.

Jiutian Xuannü had long grown accustomed to the Heavenly Emperor's aloofness, she gathered her thoughts and continued, "Reporting to Your Majesty the Heavenly Emperor, just now the Divine Realm's Origin Sea—"

After detailing everything the Divine Realm's inhabitants had witnessed, Jiutian Xuannü said with some concern, "Your Majesty the Heavenly Emperor, has something happened to the Heavenly Dao? Are you alright?"

No need to worry.

Shaking his head, Feng Yi said in a calm tone, "Earlier, I gained a new insight into my own Great Dao, more deeply mastering the authority of the Heavenly Dao, which caused the Origin Sea to tremble; now I have fully mastered the Heavenly Dao's authority, and there will be no further disturbances."

'I see.'

Hearing these words, Jiutian Xuannü gained a clearer understanding of the changes in the Heavenly Emperor before her, and her reverence grew deeper.

'Indeed, worthy of the Heavenly Emperor!'

With this thought in mind, Jiutian Xuannü hastily bowed and said, "Congratulations, Your Majesty the Heavenly Emperor!"

After speaking, she seemed to think of something and quickly said, "Your Majesty the Heavenly Emperor, now that you have emerged from seclusion, the affairs of the Divine Realm—"

Everything remains as before.

Before Jiutian Xuannü's words had finished, Feng Yi directly interrupted, his expression calm as he said, "I may continue my seclusion thereafter, having no leisure for trivial matters; the Divine Realm's affairs shall still be handled by you on my behalf."

Feng Yi's primary purpose in coming to this world remains to comprehend Pangu's Dao, to provide experience and accumulation for his own future path of deduction.

He has not forgotten that in the Longevity Realm there is a false god, Hongjun, who has set his sights on him—a divine thought emanation of a Stone Person King, indeed a true primordial god–level existence.

Furthermore, there are extremely powerful forces from other realms eyeing him covetously; Feng Yi must swiftly increase his cultivation, so as to safeguard the Nine Provinces.

After all, having assumed Fuxi's status and name, he naturally would not let that name fall into disgrace.

Under these circumstances, he naturally could not be bothered with the trivial affairs of the Divine Realm.

Moreover, in this world where power returns to oneself, having taken hold of the altered Heavenly Emperor's authority, Feng Yi almost stands above the Heavenly Dao, making him the unique Heavenly Emperor of this world, and there is no need to worry about issues of divided power.

Yes, Your Majesty the Heavenly Emperor.

Regarding the Heavenly Emperor's words before her, Jiutian Xuannü's expression did not change much.

The Heavenly Emperor originally often secluded himself, rarely attending to the Divine Realm's trifles; she had long grown accustomed to it.

Hn.

Nodding, recalling the current state of the Divine Realm, Feng Yi pondered a moment, then spoke to amend some somewhat decayed rules, after which he had Jiutian Xuannü withdraw.

Jiutian Xuannü dared not delay; she respectfully bowed and then left the hall.

However, before leaving, she could not help but glance at the venerable figure on the hall's upper seat, and a certain inexplicable feeling arose in her heart.

Jiutian Xuannü always felt that although the Heavenly Emperor's aura was growing ever more vast, like the lofty Heavenly Dao, compared to before he seemed to have become somewhat more gentle, losing a bit of his indifferent and heartless feeling.

The new regulations just spoken by the Heavenly Emperor surfaced in her mind, and Jiutian Xuannü suddenly felt that his change was actually quite good.

On the hall's upper seat, seeing Jiutian Xuannü's figure disappear, Feng Yi sank his mind into his body to sense the changes in himself.

'The primordial creation authority from Pangu seized from Shennong has been completely digested; together with the Heavenly Emperor's authority within me, my body united with the Heavenly Dao, I now have essentially gathered the essence and qi of this world's Pangu, as well as the creation authority—only lacking divinity.'

Thinking of this, Feng Yi's heart involuntarily gave rise to a vague insight: "'God, could it be Nüwa?'"

In his mind arose information about this body concerning Nüwa; countless divine lights flowed in his eyes as he silently thought: "'It's also time to go see this world's Nüwa, but before that I ought to take a look at this world's Divine Tree.'"

The moment that thought settled, Feng Yi's figure became blurred, and then he directly vanished within the hall.

The Divine Tree, the source of vitality for the Six Realms.

After Pangu's death, aside from his essence, qi, and spirit transforming into the Three Sovereigns of Creation and his internal spiritual power dispersing into the Five Spirits, his heart also underwent a change.

Pangu's Heart hung between heaven and earth, becoming the link connecting heaven and earth, and joined with the place where the heavenly pure qi gathers; due to the mingling of clear and turbid qi, a Divine Tree thus came into being.

Standing before the Divine Tree, gazing at this ancient tree exuding boundless vitality, countless streams of information flowed in Feng Yi's eyes, reflecting the tree's essence—that Pangu's Heart.

And while Feng Yi was observing Pangu's Heart, a white-clad woman came to his side, hastily bowing and saying, "Greetings, Your Majesty the Heavenly Emperor!"

Turning his head, what entered Feng Yi's eyes was a white-clad woman of watery spirit and lovely grace, bearing an air of elegance and purity—she was the guardian of the Divine Tree, also the Guardian of the Chunzi Spring, one of Shennong's Nine Springs, and one of the Three Great Goddesses of the Divine Realm, Xiyao.

Hn.

Feng Yi calmly nodded, sensing the unease emanating from her, and said in an even tone, "I am already aware of the matter concerning the Divine Tree's fruit; considering your long service in guarding the Divine Tree, Xiyao, I will not hold this against you this time, but let it not happen again."

'Ah'

Upon hearing the words from the Heavenly Emperor before her, Xiyao froze on the spot.

After Feipeng was demoted to the mortal realm, she secretly hid a Divine Tree fruit, using the fruit as the heart, the leaves and branches as the body, and herself as the model, crafting a woman and sending her down to the lower realm, hoping she could substitute for herself to accompany Feipeng's reincarnated form.

As the guardian of the Divine Tree, Xiyao understood that her private use of the Divine Tree fruit had already violated the Divine Realm's rules.

She had thought the Heavenly Emperor had discovered what she did, and that he had come to punish her.

But she never expected the outcome to be like this.

This does not match the Heavenly Emperor's character at all!

For a moment, Xiyao's thoughts fell into chaos, and she forgot to continue speaking.

On the other side, after speaking, Feng Yi no longer paid attention to Xiyao, casually waving his hand and saying, "All right, you may withdraw now!"

Yes!

Startled by the words in her ear, Xiyao hastily bowed and said, "Xiyao offers thanks to the Heavenly Emperor!"

After speaking, looking at the figure before her, she always felt that the Heavenly Emperor seemed different from before.

However, she dared not scrutinize too much, and hurriedly left this place with a dazed expression.

Feng Yi paid no heed to Xiyao, but instead turned his gaze to Pangu's Heart at the root of the Divine Tree; with a stir of his heart, his figure instantly appeared beside Pangu's Heart.

Slowly extending his divine sense into it, he circulated the Heavenly Dao authority within his body, drawing upon the essence and qi originating from Pangu. In an instant, the entire Heart of Pangu blazed with light, and vast bloodlight filled the universe.

However, as Feng Yi suppressed his aura, all the phenomena completely retracted, without affecting the outside world.

Dong dong dong

In the next moment, a sound like a heartbeat echoed in Feng Yi's divine sense, and before his eyes appeared a heart still possessing vitality, beating continuously.

Threads of blood, emanating endless radiance, circulated within Feng Yi's divine sense, containing boundless creative power.

However, as Feng Yi circulated the Heavenly Emperor's authority, those threads of blood continually changed, transforming within his divine sense into countless nearly invisible Dao runes, carrying the original intent of creation's inception.

These were fragments of Pangu's Great Dao belonging to this world, the primal force of all beginnings, representing the fundamental composition of this world.

Sensing these runes that seemed like the world's essence, Feng Yi's heart stirred slightly; he continually imprinted these runes within his body, attempting to adjust his own heart in the same manner.

Boom

In an instant, his internal aura shifted slightly, and his entire being resonated strongly with the Heart of Pangu.

The essence and qi originating from Pangu seemed to be fully activated, making his whole person appear vast and ancient; the Heavenly Emperor's authority turned into seals that continually combined with those runes, making him seem to transform into a true Pangu.

In a hazy moment, a sturdy, ancient figure appeared before his eyes, standing amidst Chaos.

Upon seeing this figure, Feng Yi seemed to behold the very first of the entire world, and countless insights arose in his mind.

At the same time, his divine sense trembled slightly; insights about Pangu's Great Dao from the Heavenly Stele Mystic Law surfaced in his mind, resonating somewhat with that figure, granting him the most essential understanding of Pangu's Dao.

If one were to say that before he merely grasped Pangu's Dao through the Heavenly Stele Mystic Law, now he seemed to have seen the true Pangu, thereby attaining a deeper comprehension of the essential truth of the Heavenly Stele Mystic Law.

A strong desire rose in Feng Yi's heart, urging him to clearly see the figure's form and study its essential composition.

Boom

But in the next moment, that figure shattered outright, causing Feng Yi to instantly withdraw from that special state, his divine sense also shaken.

Regaining his composure, before him remained only the Heart of Pangu, with no true Pangu figure.

Feeling his own changes, Feng Yi's expression did not shift greatly as he murmured: 'Indeed, one must still gather the essence, qi, and spirit originating from Pangu, and collect all of Pangu's creative authority, to truly glimpse this world's Pangu essence—no wonder the Fuxi of this realm schemed against Shennong and Nüwa.'

'However, wanting to collect all of Pangu's creative authority does not necessarily require seizing it directly.'

Saying this, Feng Yi turned his gaze to the distance; the shadow of yin-yang and the eight trigrams flowed in his pupils, countless images arose, taking in the entirety of the Six Realms at a glance.

'Nüwa.'

'I don't know whether this world's Nüwa has undergone any different changes.'

The moment his words fell, the surrounding heaven and earth became illusory, and spacetime began to continually overlap.

In the next moment, Feng Yi's figure vanished directly from the spot.

(End of chapter)