Chapter 480 - 421: The Mastermind? Thwarting the Golden Crow’s Ascension Again

Chapter 480: Chapter 421: The Mastermind? Thwarting the Golden Crow’s Ascension Again

"Heh heh, you all can just find another Great Realm to live in!"

The next moment, with a mere thought from Jiuzhe.

In the Cosmic Realm, the Ten Thousand Flames Hall, and in the Temporal Realm, the Red Creek Buddha Land, both began to rumble, undergoing a massive transformation.

It was all because the Dao artifacts of these two venerable traditions were reawakening, causing a world-shaking upheaval that made countless people tremble in fear.

The Ten Thousand Flames Hall was the tradition left behind by the Ten Thousand Flames Saint Venerable, its Dao artifact being the Heaven and Earth Smelting Furnace.

The Red Creek Buddha Land, in turn, was the tradition left behind by the Red Creek Buddha Venerable, its Dao artifact being the Sumeru Altar of All Beings.

The Red Creek Buddha Venerable, in particular, was one of the three great venerables of the Desolate Ancient Era.

His era came after the Elysian Demon Venerable and before the Eternal Life Daoist Venerable.

It is worth noting that when the Red Creek Buddha Venerable rose to power, the Temporal Realm was within the Ten Thousand Flames Hall’s sphere of influence.

In other words, there was an irreconcilable, mortal enmity between the Ten Thousand Flames Hall and the Red Creek Buddha Land—a relationship much like that between the Red Flame Demon Country and the Daoist Mansion of Eternal Life. They were as incompatible as fire and water!

But now, both of these Dao artifacts had been activated by Jiuzhe!!

...

"What’s going on?!"

The unusual activity of the two Dao artifacts instantly caught the attention of the Ten Thousand Flames Hall and the Red Creek Buddha Land.

In an instant, numerous Great Saints looked up, their expressions a mixture of alarm and uncertainty.

Among them, a glint appeared in the eyes of Di Zhao and Feng Ning’Er, who were in the Ten Thousand Flames Hall.

Although they didn’t know what was happening, they understood one thing with perfect clarity.

The unusual activity of the Heaven and Earth Smelting Furnace was, without a doubt, weakening the Fire Qilin.

In other words, this was an excellent opportunity to make a move against the Fire Qilin.

THUMP-THUMP, THUMP-THUMP-THUMP...

The two exchanged a glance, their hearts pounding wildly.

One was born bearing great fortune, like an emperor descending upon the world.

The other’s true form was a Phoenix, who had accidentally arrived in the Eight Domains of Heaven and Earth from the Immortal Realm.

While ordinary people regarded the Fire Qilin as a god or an immortal, these two felt no reverence for it whatsoever.

In that moment, as their eyes met, they both made their decision: they would challenge the Fire Qilin!

...

The night was as dark as ink.

Points of starlight sprinkled down on Jiuzhe, seemingly draping him in an imperial robe of starlight, lending him an indescribable nobility.

His gaze was profound as he sneered inwardly:

’Dream Emperor, an Emperor, above a Venerable, above a True Immortal.’

’The eight great Celestial Destiny Marks, the Dao Fruits of every school... ’

’Heh heh, Thunder Control, you shepherded multiple realms, established a royal court, and in the Immortal Realm, you were crowned a king, titled the Eight-Sea Profound-Gold Thunder-Virtue Regent King.’

’But being a king also comes with great responsibility. It’s not such an easy role to play.’

’You want a helper?’

’Hmph. If I could thwart Fang Yuesheng, then the Fang Yang of today will be no exception, even if he is a Kunpeng.’

His mind made up, Jiuzhe’s eyes transformed.

The Heaven and Earth Smelting Furnace appeared in his left eye.

And in his right eye, the Sumeru Altar of All Beings appeared.

Strangely, these two great Dao artifacts were not awakening spontaneously; they had been forcibly bound and roused by the Chains of Order.

Before the Ancient Demons of the Celestial Demon Palace even noticed, he had used a peerless Divine Technique to alter the final destination of a host of descending demon lineages.

Not only that, but Jiuzhe also seized the opportunity, using the residual destiny left behind by the fleeing demon lineages to reshape the world.

He planted a Dream World within the Vast Ocean of the Red Flame Demon Country!

This Dream World would surface in three days.

Its name: Nine-Leaf Swordgrass!

’Don’t disappoint me again. My patience has its limits.’

Jiuzhe’s eyes were like ancient pools, bottomlessly deep.

The reason the White Tiger Demon Lord had been able to "stumble into" the dream realm at the border of the two domains and subsequently reappear was all Jiuzhe’s doing.

That White Tiger Demon Lord had been his handpicked choice, a piece used to maintain the balance between the two domains.

Unexpectedly, the White Tiger Demon Lord was brutally slain by Fang Yang.

Now, he had paid a great price to once again reshape the world.

This new Demon Lord of the Nine-Leaf Swordgrass would be even more formidable.

Even in the Immortal Realm, the Nine-Leaf Swordgrass was ranked alongside the Kunpeng as one of the Ten Great Taboo Races.

Each sword-leaf of the Nine-Leaf Swordgrass could expand into its own world, containing the power of an entire school of cultivation.

In other words, taken to the extreme, a Nine-Leaf Swordgrass could house nine different schools of cultivation, all of them as its primary disciplines!

An ordinary cultivator, by contrast, could have one primary and one secondary discipline at most.

One can only imagine, then, how terrifying the potential of a Nine-Leaf Swordgrass truly was.

If that host of demon lineages hadn’t fled, Jiuzhe wouldn’t have been able to guide events so smoothly.

...

The night deepened.

Jiuzhe’s figure dissipated, and he returned to his Water-Path Blessed Land.

At this moment, he stood within his Blessed Palace.

[Flowing water does not strive to be first; it strives to be ceaseless.]

On the high wall of the main palace, a horizontal banner glowed brightly.

Beneath the banner were portraits of young, chosen geniuses, divided into three sections.

In the first section, Sen Yue and the Great Sun Dragon Lady were no longer there; only Fang Yang remained!

WHOOSH—

In the next instant, the high wall transformed again, revealing a brand-new section.

This new section held no portraits, only faint, lingering traces of aura.

One was the Vast Sea Dragon Staff, another the Longevity Diagram, another the Immortal Thunder Shocking Halberd...

Clearly, this was the sequence of the Venerables!

Jiuzhe gazed at it silently for a moment.

Then, with a wave of his sleeve, he moved Fang Yang’s portrait into this new section.

In other words, Fang Yang was now on the same level as Venerables like the Vast Sea Venerable Emperor, the Eternal Life Daoist Venerable, and the Thunder Saint Venerable!

’The Era of the Dream Dao is truly extraordinary,’

’Fang Yang is a peerless champion who far surpasses Sen Yue and the Great Sun Dragon Lady.’

’Once he appears in the Immortal Realm, he is bound to introduce unpredictable variables.’

’He is worthy of being personally obliterated by my hand.’

’However, my power is still only gradually returning, and he is the Kunpeng Ancestor, who holds the Celestial Mandate of the Profound Domain. I cannot kill him within the Profound Domain.’

’I must speed up the process of confounding the Celestial Destiny Mark of the Celestial Domain.’

’Still, flowing water does not strive to be first; it strives to be ceaseless.’

’Since that’s the case, why not wait for him to reach his peak?’

’The river of time is merciless and cuts down all chosen geniuses!’

’At that time, I can even seize the Dao Fruits of the Kunpeng and the Golden Crow.’

Jiuzhe stood with his hands clasped behind his back, his figure gradually blurring.

He was here, yet he was also on the other shore, like an incarnation of the river of time itself, spanning all of antiquity and the present.