That was Taibai Jinxing…
Yang Jian looked up and stared at the familiar figure in the sky. His rapid breathing began to slow down, and his gaze regained its clarity. His Dao heart returned to silence and was no longer as turbulent as before.
“What crime did I commit?”
ME The old man on the cloud said slowly,
“You attempted to trespass the Heavenly Courts and destroy the Immortal Bean Dao Soldiers of the Heavenly Courts. You said that you wanted to rob the Heavenly Courts’ sinful immortals. That is a crime.”
IT Sinful Immortal?
Yang Jian’s Dao heart, which had just calmed down, trembled slightly. However, he did not want to panic when facing the old immortal on the cloud.
ME “Whether it’s meritorious or not depends on your decision. The Heaven Earth Law is all up to you.
Is this the Heavenly Courts?”
Li Changshou said, “The Heavenly Dao gives special permission to protect the rules. This is the Heavenly Courts.”
“What rule did my mother break? What rule did my father break in the Heavenly Courts?!”
“Fairy Yun Hua has an immortal status in the Heavenly Courts. It’s naturally a violation of the Heavenly rules to descend to the mortal world without the permission of the Hall of Enlightenment.”
“I was suppressed under the immortal mountain when I descended to the mortal world. My parents were in love and were about to be killed!”
Yang Jian’s eyes lit up and he said firmly,
ME “Is this the Heavenly Courts’ punishment, or is the Jade Emperor, who is sitting high in the Lingxiao Hall, being punished?
Is this a rule set by protecting the Heavenly Dao, or is it using the Heavenly Dao and your authority to act recklessly for your own pride?”
IT Smart.
Li Changshou smiled in his heart, but his expression remained unchanged. There was a hint of coldness in his eyes.
The main director personally went down. He naturally had to give an example to the other immature Primordial actors.
With just a glance, Li Changshou vividly portrayed a villain who had been hit in the soft spot and was slightly angry. He almost believed himself.
“Yang Jian, do you know that with just a few words of yours, I can already sentence you to death today?”
Yang Jian was silent. He resisted the urge to mock or curse.
That way, he could only be happy for a while. However, he could not escape his current predicament and could not save his mother.
When Taibai Jinxing appeared, Yang Jian felt an indescribable pressure. It was as if he was facing the entire sky.
The pressure came from Taibai Jinxing’s own strength and his Divine Power. It also came from the order of the Primordial Three Realms that Taibai Jinxing represented.
It almost suffocated him.
At that moment, many curses that Yang Jian wanted to blurt out flashed across his heart. He suppressed his anger so that he would not become irrational.
“Let my mother go.”
Li Changshou carefully analyzed Yang Jian’s personality and said calmly, “Are you begging for mercy?”
“Yes.” Yang Jian looked up at Li Changshou’s figure. “I’m begging for mercy. Let me suffer the pain of suppression for my mother. I’ll do whatever you want.”
Li Changshou frowned slightly.
Not only did he not feel that there was not any “bonus” to Yang Jian’s loyalty, but he also felt that Yang Jian’s act of exchanging him for a hostage was a little “disadvantage”.
Although he was in a different place, if he were to stand in Yang Jian’s position and face the Heavenly Courts, he would not be able to do anything other than risk his life.
However, apart from that, there were clearly other options…
What about the power that he had borrowed previously?
He had grasped the fact that the Heavenly Courts did not want the various major factions to fight. Even if he did not use his background as a disciple of Chan School, he could make a huge fuss and make use of the topic to stabilize the Heavenly Courts’ reputation of “abusing public authority for personal gain”. He could threaten the Heavenly Courts to let him take a look at his mother and then split the mountain to save his mother. When the matter was settled, he could then use the sympathy of the Immortal Gods of the Heavenly Courts to cause a conflict between the Jade Emperor, who had great authority, and the ordinary Immortal Gods. He could then turn his mother into a weakling who was persecuted by the Jade Emperor and make himself invincible!
That was the perfect answer.
At that moment, Yang Jian chose to endure it. He suppressed his anger and did not use the situation to save his mother as a son…
IT Forget it. Everyone’s personality is different. I can’t expect Yang Jian to have the same personality as me.
Yang Jian did not pass.
However, objectively speaking, Yang Jian could still pass.
For a young Daoist like him, the hardest thing to throw away was not his life, but the pride in his heart.
In order to save his mother, he had indeed done it.
The position of the Heavenly Courts’ God of Power should be occupied by different people in every period of time. When the Heavenly Courts started its business, he was the one who came to balance the various factions. When the Heavenly Courts defended their business, the successor would have more responsibility and less balance. It was not bad.
It would be unlike him, who was thinking about laying out a path of retreat every day and preparing to “delete” his account and escape after the Great God-Conferment Tribulation.
Seeing Taibai Jinxing remain silent, Yang Jian smiled self-deprecatingly and was about to speak.
Li Changshou said slowly, “In that case, I’ll give you a chance. The various troops will retreat.”
The surrounding dozens of Heavenly Generals agreed in unison. The gray clouds dissipated, and the soldiers retreated. The sky was clear and cloudless again.
Yang Jian’s eyes flickered as he stared at the old immortal on the cloud.
Li Changshou said, “Yang Jian, let’s not talk about your father today. If you want to save your mother, you have to pay the price.”
“What price?”
“I will serve the Heavenly Courts and become the Heavenly Courts’ General.”
Yang Jian was stunned. The anger in his eyes almost exploded.
Let him work for the enemy who killed his father?
Taibai Jinxing had really experienced exposing one’s thoughts several times!
He rushed in and killed his way in. Blood splattered everywhere and his soul was shattered!
The anger that Yang Jian had suppressed with great difficulty surged out again. He raised his spear and was about to charge forward when Li Changshou suddenly opened his eyes. There was a flash in his eyes as he used his left hand to suppress Yang Jian.
Li Changshou’s incarnation was there.
When Yang Jian saw that, he raised his spear and jumped. The Eight-Nine Arcane Art was activated, and his body shone with golden light. The red light on his forehead appeared again, and his body looked like a God of War!
IT The world is not fixed by my spear. I can do whatever I want!
Fight…
Crack!
Yang Jian’s body, which had just flown up, was effortlessly slapped back onto the cloud!
Li Changshou’s left hand did not seem to have any strength. However, when Yang Jian smashed onto the cloud path that was sealed by his immortal power, ripples appeared in the universe. Ripples spread in the world.
Many immortals of the Heavenly Courts’ hearts skipped a beat when they saw that.
The Jade Emperor’s incarnation, Quan Dong, who was hiding in the dark and watching the scene, was also shocked.
Perfected Yu Ding shook his head and almost laughed out loud. Yang Chan, who was beside Yu Ding, almost cried out…
In contrast, a little fairy who had sneaked into the Great White Hall was sitting on her senior brother’s round chair. Her eyes were filled with admiration when she saw the scene in the bronze mirror.
When did Senior Brother become so powerful?
She had secretly seen that Disciple-Nephew Yang Jian had killed hundreds of thousands of soldiers along the way and almost turned a certain sea region in the East Ocean into soy milk… Ahem, no.
In any case, Yang Jian’s strength was already quite unexpected. However, he did not expect that he would be so easily subdued by his senior brother.
Thinking about that, Ling’e was not happy. Instead, she raised her hand to cover her forehead and felt depressed.
The greater the gap between her and Li Changshou, the closer he was to Yun Xiao.
Why don’t I ask Senior Brother to give me one of Yang Jian’s hundred-year cultivation plans?
IT Forget it. Senior Brother has been getting busier recently. I’ll just cultivate and transcend the Golden Immortal Tribulation peacefully. When I have nothing to do, I’ll play some songs for him and massage his shoulders. Senior Brother will punish me by making me copy the scriptures. That should be enough.
I can ignore Little Aunt-Master, who was the first to express her feelings to her senior brother, has been sent to the border.
I can ignore Senior Sister Toxic, who has always looked forward to seeing Senior Brother and only dared to come to Great White Hall to take a look after a few years.
It was already quite good that she could accompany her senior brother every day and play hide-and-seek with his main body.
Hmph, Sister Yun Xiao only appears once every few decades…
With these complicated thoughts in her heart, Ling’e blinked her long eyelashes. When she saw Yang Jian slowly getting up from the cloud, she casually took out a plate of dried fruits and began to smack her lips…
In front of the East Heaven Gate, Yang Jian stood up. His eyes were filled with shock as he looked up at the white stars on the cloud.
The reason why he was shocked was because of the slap that he had just received…
Eight-Nine Arcane Art!
He had mastered the Eight-Nine Arcane Art!
He had been completely suppressed just now!
“The enlightenment that Master gave me was written by you!”
Li Changshou did not answer. He only said, “If you submit to the Heavenly Courts, I can give you a chance to save your mother.”
Yang Jian’s forehead glowed red as he looked at Li Changshou.
“It’s you! Are you the one pushing me away?”
“Cut the crap.”
Yang Jian immediately shut up. The light in his eyes became more and more complicated. He stared at Li Changshou and many things that he did not understand suddenly became clear.
Not far behind him, Princess Long Ji rode a cloud over. A little distance away, Ling Zhuzi covered his left shoulder and approached again.
Yang Jian whispered, “Fight me.”
“Oh?” Li Changshou was instantly interested.
ME Yang Jian took a step forward. “Fight me. If I lose, I’ll be at your mercy and subdue to the Heavenly Courts!
If you lose, let my mother go. The Heavenly Courts will issue a declaration to restore my parents’ innocence. Go to my father’s grave and offer incense as an apology!”
“Yang Jian, how dare you!”
A loud shout suddenly sounded from behind Li Changshou. Ao Yi rushed over and pointed at Yang Jian.
ME “You don’t know what’s good for you and are arrogant. You even want to attack Lord Taibai Jinxing! Do you really think that Lord Taibai Jinxing would allow you to do that if you were not the Jade Emperor’s nephew?
Lord Taibai Jinxing, please allow me to fight Yang Jian!”
Li Changshou smiled and said calmly, “Ao Yi, don’t be anxious. Retreat.”
“Okay!”
Ao Yi lowered his head and accepted the order. He looked indignant and turned to glare at Yang Jian before turning around to leave.
His acting skills were indeed worthy of being the Deputy Sect Master of the sect.
On the cloud path, Yang Jian frowned.
ME Li Changshou said, “Since you want to determine the future with a battle, so what if I agree?
Yang Jian, I will allow you to enter the East Heaven Gate today.”
As he spoke, Li Changshou raised his right hand. Specks of starlight appeared in front of him and condensed into the immortal mountain beside the Jade Pool.
He raised his hand and fiddled with it. He led the immortal mountain and slowly walked forward. In the blink of an eye, they passed through layers of clouds, as if they had fallen to two heavens.
ME Li Changshou said, “Today, I will descend the immortal mountain that suppressed your mother to the sixth Heaven.
After entering the East Heaven Gate and rushing to the Sixth Heaven, I will arrange for three ordinary Heavenly Courts generals to fight you. I don’t need you to win all three battles, regardless of whether you use schemes or other methods.
As long as you can reach the immortal mountain, I will consider that you have won and give you a chance to save your mother. How about that?”
There was a hint of disappointment in Yang Jian’s eyes. He said firmly, “If I lose to anyone, I’ll be at your mercy.”
“Okay.”
Li Changshou slowly retreated and turned into a gust of wind that disappeared.
In front of him, the East Heaven Gate was already wide open. The three divine swords were gone, and the guards were nowhere to be seen. There was only an empty cloud path, like a fake Heaven Gate.
Yang Jian took a deep breath and quickly entered.
Behind him, Princess Long Ji looked worried. Ling Zhuzi followed on a cloud, looking a little depressed.
Ling Zhuzi was not acting just now. He had really tried his best…
Although it was also very lucky, Ling Zhuzi was clearly suppressed by Yang Jian’s cultivation technique, luck, and the essence blood of the witch. It was defeated after more than ten rounds.
It was really… uncomfortable.
Over the years, he had spent too much time playing with the Jade Rabbit. The Golden Immortal Tribulation was always slightly inferior.
Not long after Yang Jian rushed into the East Heaven Gate, he could not help but stop because a small figure jumped out in front of him.
Look at this person!
Her hair was tied into two ponytails, and she was dressed in silver silk armor. Her thin arms and legs looked weak, but the two huge bronze hammers that she was holding emitted a terrifying might.
It was Xiong Lingli.
ME She swallowed the meat jerky in her mouth and shouted,
“Little general of the Great White Palace, please guide me!”
Yang Jian did not dare to be careless. He cupped his hands with Xiong Lingli and felt an aura that was similar to his.
It was the Eight-Nine Arcane Art again…
Indeed, the benefits he had obtained and his experiences over the years had the shadow of Taibai Jinxing behind them.
Why?
The Jade Emperor’s nephew?
Yang Jian banished the distracting thoughts and said calmly, “Please.”
ME Xiong Lingli exhaled and seemed to be a little nervous. She suddenly exclaimed,
“Huh? Perfected Yu Ding, why are you here?”
Yang Jian could not help but be stunned. He turned to look behind him and heard the wind in front of him. He subconsciously shifted to the side and raised his spear.
The spear and the bronze hammer collided, and Yang Jian’s figure was sent flying!
Xiong Lingli raised her eyebrows smugly. “Hehe, Lord Taibai Jinxing said that we can use schemes.”
After saying that, he jumped up with the bronze hammer and chased after him!
Yang Jian snorted coldly and turned around to kill. However, he did not hold back. His spear whistled like a dragon.
Yang Jian used all his strength, and Xiong Lingli soon could not withstand it. She could only roar. Her body suddenly expanded, and in the blink of an eye, she turned into a tall giant. The two copper hammers that grew with her suppressed the universe and forced Yang Jian into a corner again.
Bian Zhuang, who had obtained the special permission of the Great White Hall and was secretly doing the live broadcast of the bronze mirror, could not help but think when he saw that.
IT This female general is so powerful…
Speaking of which, what is the principle of the armor on her body? Why is it not broken?
In the Great White Hall, the corners of Ling’e’s mouth twitched slightly. She suddenly realized that she had become a burden of the Little Qiong Peak.
In front of the immortal mountain that had been moved to the sixth Heaven in advance—Li Changshou had just fiddled with the immortal mountain just to be cool and create the image of an expert.
Li Changshou and Quan Dong hid in the dark. They looked at the Cloud Mirror technique in front of them and praised it.
Quan Dong said, “Minister, you’ve worked hard. You even nurtured such a fierce general for me.”
Li Changshou was rendered speechless.
He was only lending it to the Heavenly Courts. He was the security captain of the Little Qiong Peak!
Facing Xiong Lingli in such a state, Yang Jian, who had yet to cultivate his Dharma Idol, was not helpless.
He used the transformation technique and turned into a goshawk. He began to swim around Xiong Lingli. After fighting for an hour, he found Xiong Lingli’s weakness and attacked her heels, finally putting her down.
Xiong Lingli could not help but tear up. She returned to her normal size and sat on the ground. She hugged her feet and raised her head to cry.
“How can you fight like that! I didn’t even step on your toes!”
Yang Jian felt a little awkward. He cupped his fists and lowered his head to fly away.
However, when he heard the sound in front of him, Ao Yi appeared with his sword in hand. The image of an azure dragon surrounded him.
Yang Jian and Ao Yi looked at each other and did not say anything. The two figures disappeared with a whoosh. The two Golden Immortals began a battle between the Magi and the dragon race.
This battle caused the sky to darken and the clouds to collapse.
Ao Yi lost by half a move. Yang Jian passed again and arrived in front of the most dangerous guardian.
The phoenix race, the son of the Primordial Phoenix, the Golden-Winged Roc.
…
IT Did he not chase up?
In front of the lonely immortal mountain, Yang Jian was bathed in blood. He held his spear and fell onto the cloud path.
His entire body was covered in terrifying claw marks. For the first time, the Eight-Nine Arcane Art was completely lost.
As soon as he attacked, Yang Jian realized that the enemy was far beyond his imagination. He was definitely not the two opponents who were similar to him.
Golden Roc…
His strength far exceeded his current strength. They were not even opponents of the same level.
In the beginning, the other party had even used a spear with the Destruction Dao runes. After exchanging two moves with him, he simply put away the spear and revealed a contemptuous smile.
In the intense battle, Yang Jian was quickly defeated. His immortal senses could not capture the Golden Roc’s movements at all. His path ahead was filled with despair.
If he mastered the Eight-Nine Arcane Art, he might be able to fight head-on with such extreme speed.
However, he was still too far away.
However, just as Yang Jian was about to give up, he saw the immortal mountain. He rushed towards the immortal mountain without any regard for anything else. He allowed the Golden Roc to continue attacking and used all his strength to charge forward. He activated the Eight-Nine Arcane Art to its limits.
The first half was still a battle between the Eight-Nine Arcane Art and the Golden Roc Claw.
In the latter half of the battle… two wills seemed to be colliding. They were competing to see who would be defeated first.
However, Yang Jian knew that he had lost in the end.
The other party did not want to kill him. Otherwise, he could tear his Dao Body apart in a few moments.
IT Why…
If you were not the Jade Emperor’s nephew…
That’s right, it was this person whom he had been avoiding. It was this person who had allowed him to obtain everything but was unable to resist.
That was because he was the Jade Emperor’s nephew. He had great luck and was also a disciple of the Dao Sect. The Heavenly Courts was nurturing him. His master was cooperating with the Heavenly Courts.
Every time he went out to train, the arrangements were flawless. His master’s jade token played a role in guiding him.
In fact, the long spear in his hand, the little dog that had turned into a jade pendant, and the essence blood of the witch that he had inexplicably found.
Everything was given by the Heavenly Courts.
Now, he had defied the Heavenly Courts’ will…
Yang Jian suddenly began to suspect that his every move today had been calculated and arranged.
The most despairing thing was not facing a predicament and facing death directly.
The most despairing thing was that every breath he took was controlled by Taibai Jinxing.
It was because he was the Jade Emperor’s nephew.
Forget it.
Yang Jian’s legs went weak and he fell onto the cloud. A thousand feet in front of him was the corner of the immortal mountain.
The Golden-Winged Roc had long disappeared. Many immortals and gods appeared in the distance, watching Yang Jian’s figure.
Did he collapse just like that?
No.
Yang Jian’s body trembled as he slowly and firmly stood up. The wounds on his body had already formed scabs. The Eight-Nine Arcane Art was trying its best to protect his body.
He looked at the immortal mountain in front of him and took a deep breath. The last of his strength surged towards the three-pointed, double-edged spear. He took a step forward and raised the spear high. Immediately, he was about to split the immortal mountain apart.
“Jian’er!”
A soft cry made Yang Jian stop.
He looked over when he heard the voice. A Cave Abode had appeared in front of the immortal mountain at some point in time. The weak figure stood there, her eyes filled with tears. Her body was blocked by a wall of light.
“Mother…”
Yang Jian’s pale lips trembled as he shouted in disbelief. The spear in his hand immediately fell and easily broke the wall of light.
He pounced towards the entrance of the cave and fell into a cloud. Lights and shadows appeared in front of him. They flashed past quickly and disappeared quickly, imprinting themselves in his heart…
In the Lingxiao Hall.
Taibai Jinxing walked over with a cold expression. He reported to the Jade Emperor, who was sitting high up, about Fairy Yun Hua descending to the mortal world. The Jade Emperor ordered to bring Fairy Yun Hua back to the Heavenly Courts to be questioned.
The scene changed. In the Yang Residence, Fairy Yun Hua was captured obediently. However, two Heavenly Soldiers attacked. In a flash, a familiar figure appeared in front of Fairy Yun Hua and the children and blocked the other party’s attack.
It was still too white. However, two paper effigies had been smashed.
The scene changed again. In the Lingxiao Hall, Taibai Jinxing requested coldly to suppress Fairy Yun Hua at the Jade Pool of the Heavenly Courts. Then, Taibai Jinxing turned to look at an immortal and said coldly,
“That’s too much, Uncle-Master.”
The Immortal Elder sneered and turned into a pool of black water without any warning. The Jade Emperor on the throne was instantly enraged.
There were also scenes that seemed unrelated.
The figure that had sneakily entered the Hall of Marriage.
At the banquet, he spread the news about the Jade Emperor’s sister descending to the mortal world and giving birth to children to the other immortals.
In the magnificent Immortal Palace, his mother’s back was sitting in front of the dressing table. There was a mass of black gas beside her…
Schemes, games, choices…
The scene in Yang Jian’s eyes suddenly froze and froze in a lonely mountain. Fairy Yun Hua stood under a jade tree with a wooden expression, as if she had lost her soul…
IT Aunt-Master… Aunt-Master? Aunt-Master!
Yang Jian clenched his fists. The clouds in front of him dissipated, revealing the face that he had recalled countless times in his dreams.
“Jian’er!”
Fairy Yun Hua quickly pounced over and almost knocked Yang Jian over. She hugged Yang Jian tightly and injected wisps of immortal power into Yang Jian’s empty mystic body.
“Silly child, why are you doing this? I’m fine… I’ve always been fine.”
Yang Jian opened his mouth, but he could not say anything. A tear rolled down from the corner of his eye. He unclenched his fists and hung weakly by his side.
ME A moment later.
“Mother, let go of me first.”
Yang Jian said softly, his voice containing some anger.
ME Fairy Yun Hua subconsciously released the extremely unfamiliar young man in front of her. She immediately thought of something and begged,
“Jian’er, don’t do anything stupid. There are too many schemes in this world…”
Yang Jian pursed his lips and remained silent. He lowered his head and bowed in front of Fairy Yun Hua. Then, he stood up and looked around.
ME “Taibai Jinxing, you arranged for me to come here. I’m here!
You arranged for me to cultivate the Eight-Nine Arcane Art. I’ll cultivate it!
I’m standing here now. What do you want me to do?”
A soft sigh floated from the cloud. Li Changshou’s voice sounded. A red and a golden stream of light flew over and landed in front of Yang Jian.
ME “Previously, your cultivation path was under my control. It was only because I was ordered by the Jade Emperor to protect you. I did not have any designs on you.
There’s no need to blame one for their origin.
Your future path will be chosen by you.
The left side is for the Nine Revolutions Golden Pill to heal your injuries and make up for your losses today. In the future, you will be a Heavenly Courts General. Don’t ask about the past. You can’t think about the schemes during this period.
The right side is the Blood Essence of the Ancestral Magi of the River of the Emperor… Do what you want. However, the Heavenly Courts cannot help you.”
Yang Jian did not hesitate. He raised his hand and grabbed the drop of red blood essence and stuffed it into his mouth. His body burst out with blood-colored flames as his sanguine aura soared into the sky!
He looked towards the west and was about to move forward with his spear. He stopped and looked up at the place where the pill and blood had flown over.
“Thank you.”
Yang Jian’s throat trembled as he lowered his head and scurried away. Blood-colored light surged everywhere on his mystic body, and blood patterns appeared on his face.
Spiritual Mountain!
The Western Sect!
