Chapter 156: You Are the Dao Sovereign (3rd update—thanks for votes, good reviews, urging updates, rewards)

"A Li, put it away." Di Jin pointed at the owl monster's divine body.

Shen Qingli exclaimed, "It actually didn't dissipate."

That must be a good thing; she immediately stored it in her space.

Zhong Minglan originally wanted to say the divine body couldn't be stored, but seeing Shen Qingli had already stored it, she fell silent.

"You don't need to fish for me like that," Shen Kuo looked at the arm fishing at his waist and felt unaccustomed.

But Zhong Minglan didn't waste words with him, already taking them and Xi Xi, they vanished on the spot.

……

Outside Lingqiu Mountain.

Stationed there are the celestial soldiers of the Vermilion Bird Divine Palace.

Lingqiu Mountain is in turmoil; the celestial soldiers are all anxious!

Especially their commander Xu Shen Yun, "Your Majesty, why haven't you come out yet!"

If you don't come out……

Xu Shen Yun ordered, "Send an elite squad to follow me in."

"But Your Majesty ordered that no one may set foot inside even a step!"

"The fierce god 'Strict' most dislikes outside disturbance; Your Majesty is fine, but if we go in, we fear making the situation more dire."

The two deputy commanders advised against it, Lingqiu Mountain is one of the Divine Court's forbidden zones; by rights the Empress should not enter, but they couldn't stop her.

"General, Your Majesty surely has a plan in mind, so—"

"Boom!" a huge sound rang out, cutting off the deputies' attempts to dissuade.

Lingqiu Mountain, collapsed.

The terrifying collapse vortex swept up a dreadful whirlwind.

"Retreat!" Xu Shen Yun decisively ordered.

He could lead the troops into the mountain, but cannot let his subordinates die in vain.

The celestial soldiers stationed here number thirty thousand, originally to guard against the fierce god going out to cause chaos.

Now, the fierce god hasn't gone out, but Lingqiu Mountain has collapsed! What's going on?

After Xu Shen Yun withdrew his troops, he tried to enter Lingqiu Mountain to investigate, but couldn't get in!

"General, what do we do?" The deputies had no ideas left.

"Where is the Golden Heaven General?" Xu Shen Yun remembered, when His Majesty entered the mountain, he didn't bring the Jin Wu, "Go summon the Golden Heaven General."

However, the Jin Wu is still sealed within the boundary wall……

Where can Xu Shen Yun's people summon the Jin Wu from?

And as the master of the Jin Wu, Zhong Minglan hasn't even thought of him yet.

After all, he just recognized his daughter Zhong Minglan; his mind is full of her, nothing else.

Thus, without Zhong Minglan presiding and without the Jin Wu overseeing the Vermilion Bird Divine Palace, they quickly fell into chaos.

But at this moment Zhong Minglan herself is a bit bewildered, looking at the unfamiliar surroundings, her brows are about to furrow into creases.

"The exit position is wrong." Zhong Minglan guessed it's because Lingqiu Mountain collapsed too fast, affecting that space's stability, causing her spatial instant shift to go awry.

However she isn't worried; as long as nobody gets scattered, it's no problem.

"Where is this?" Shen Qingli looked at the lush forest, yet could sense no trace of vitality.

Zhong Minglan drew a spear out of thin air, but Shen Kuo grabbed her wrist, pulled her aside, and headed deeper into the forest.

"Father?" Shen Qingli worried!

Shen Kuo stopped, "I have an impression of this place."

"You have an impression?" Zhong Minglan doubtful, "I don't even know where this is; you just ascended, didn't you?"

Shen Kuo nodded; logically he shouldn't know, but he just does.

"Another sudden memory surfacing?" Shen Qingli asked.

Shen Kuo nodded; Shen Qingli asked again, "Is it the memory from an inheritance awakening?"

"Not really." Shen Kuo, who also awakened the Ice Phoenix inheritance in Sheng Long Tian, can tell the difference.

Di Jin pondered, "Like lost memories returning?"

Shen Kuo nodded; indeed that's the feeling!

"Father has amnesia before?" Shen Qingli astonished, could it be she hasn't sensed wrong, really having two fathers?

"As far as I know, there is; for example, I don't quite remember the exact details of A Jin's father handing him over to me." Shen Kuo always felt there was a problem, but couldn't get to the bottom of it, so he just let it be.

"Cough," Di Jin slightly guilty.

This point Shen Qingli knows, "Probably A Jin's father did it, to keep Father out of trouble."

That explanation works.

But Shen Kuo still feels it's not right, "Let's go in and have a look."

"Who is your father?" Zhong Minglan asked instead.

This is clearly asking Di Jin, and Shen Qingli also wants to know the answer.

In Sheng Long Tian, Di Jin didn't say, so she didn't press, thinking to wait until they reached the Divine Realm.

Now that they've come up, she also wants to know, "Your family——"

"My father isn't here?" Di Jin pointed at Shen Kuo, "I married into your family since I was young!"

"Stop dragging things out." Zhong Minglan not indulging him, "The Di clan, in my memory, only one person bears the surname Di."

"Ga!" Xi Xi suddenly let out a crow's call! Hoarse and unpleasant……

Shen Qingli jumped in fright, looked at it; it was already pointing forward with its wing, also Shen Kuo's front.

They, chatting as they went, had already arrived at an open area.

Here, there was a corpse like jade stone.

Shen Kuo stopped before the corpse...

A familiar feeling welled up, and he lifted his hand to lightly touch it.

That jade bone actually emitted a faint glow, as if it wanted to come alive!

Shen Qingli worried, "Father, be careful!"

"It's fine." Di Jin stepped forward, his dark eyes lingering over the jade bone; he thought, he knew.

He immediately placed his hand on Shen Kuo's shoulder, "Father."

Shen Kuo came to his senses, withdrew his hand, "It seems to be related to me."

"Quite obvious." Zhong Minglan also walked over, "This is a divine bone left behind after the fall of the primordial gods, but the divine aura has completely dissipated, so we cannot tell whose comrade's remains these are."

This is the land where gods fell; no wonder there is no sign of life around.

Zhong Minglan could imagine how lonely this comrade was before death.

Unable to return to their own divine palace, they could only hastily find a place of extinction, not even having a chance to settle their after-affairs.

That great catastrophe...

Many comrades and old friends died.

"Let's send him off."

Zhong Minglan let out a soft sigh; they had once fought side by side.

"Bury it?" Shen Qingli asked, feeling it wasn't quite right.

Shen Kuo, however, asked, "A Li, could you help Father collect it?"

"No good." Zhong Minglan meant to bury it.

The divine remains of a fierce god could be used for something else, but this one, after all, was a comrade.

But Shen Kuo had his own logic: "Collect it; I feel I should know him, and after I remember, I'll send him back."

Zhong Minglan, thinking of the previous situation, also agreed: "That works too."

Shen Qingli then collected the jade bone as well; Zhong Minglan thought for a moment and still advised, "In the future, when collecting divine remains or divine bones, do it discreetly. Ordinary storage spaces cannot hold divine remains from before ancient times—that is, the remains of the primordial gods."

"All right." Shen Qingli remembered; she truly hadn't known before. As for the divine realm, she indeed knew very little.

Zhong Minglan nodded, but then turned her gaze to Di Jin again; she had realized from the start that she could not see through this brat.

Moreover, he also bears the surname Di!

Therefore, although it feels unbelievable.

Zhong Minglan still firmly exposed him, saying, "You, are a Dao Sovereign, right?"