The Southern Vermillion Bird Fairyland.
A giant gate ten thousand miles high stands in the starry sky, and around the gate are two guarding immortal cities. There is no telling how many immortal generals are guarding here. One can see immortal ships from all over the star field and immortals riding immortal beasts constantly passing by. The guarding immortal cities on the left and right look bustling and prosperous.
Some of these immortal ships have this place as their final destination, while others are just a transfer point before heading to other places through the immortal gate.
Near the immortal gate of the Suzaku Immortal Realm, a scarlet star is extremely eye-catching. Above the star is a huge volcano. A spiritual root of heaven and earth, the Phoenix Wu, is planted on the volcano, and several mythical beasts, the Suzaku, are dancing in the wind.
The entire star is planted with elixir-returning herbs and various spiritual objects that are derived from the Suzaku True Fire. Because they are bright red in color, they seem to dye the entire star red.
There is a fairy palace at the foot of the mountain. The branches and leaves of the phoenix tree above are gradually falling. Fairies in the palace are walking through the long corridor. A giant spirit is guarding the palace gate. Under the long steps of the palace gate, countless fairies are waiting to pay homage to the great god in the fairy palace.
This is the villa of Nanyu Changsheng Tianzun.
An immortal servant came out holding the divine edict of the Heavenly Lord: "The Heavenly Lord has issued an order! The Southern Suzaku Immortal Realm is not allowed to interfere in the affairs of other immortal realms, nor to discuss the Heavenly Court without authorization."
Immediately, a great immortal came out and asked, "Can I see the Heavenly Lord?"
"The Heavenly Lord is in seclusion, how can you disturb him?" The immortal servant snorted coldly, without even looking at the immortal. In this Heavenly Lord's villa, even if a golden immortal came, he would have to stand below with a hunched back.
The immortal could only cover his face and retreat. At this time, the immortal gate in the starry sky shone brightly, and a mark of heaven lit up, attracting countless people's attention.
"This is the scene when the gate to the fairyland opens."
"Another immortal messenger from heaven has arrived?"
"Didn't they say that Hou Tu Tian Zun and Bei Yu Tian Zun had a huge fight at the Peach Banquet, and most of the Heavenly Palace collapsed? How could they possibly send someone here now?"
Three black dragons pulled the immortal chariot across the starry sky. All cultivators and immortals gave way wherever it passed. Even the sealing formation of the Suzaku Star was opened to allow it to enter.
The visitor went straight to the Immortal Palace and stopped in front of the main gate. "I am the Immortal Officer Lingyao of the Immortal Palace of the Water Official Great Emperor. I am here to see the Immortal Lord Nanyu Changsheng on the orders of the Water Official Great Emperor."
The Water Official Emperor is one of the Three Official Emperors. Under the Four Heavenly Emperors, these three emperors hold power in heaven. They are not comparable to ordinary immortals and gods. Even the Four Heavenly Emperors cannot look down on them.
The immortal servant in front of the palace gate changed his expression instantly, and returned the greeting seriously, saying, "Exalted servant, please wait a moment. I will go in and report to the Heavenly Lord."
"Let him in!"
At this moment, a word immediately came from the depths of the Immortal Palace. Just one voice made the immortals and gods below feel the arrival of a mighty divine power, like the ringing of an immortal bell, and their hearts and minds were shaken.
Not long after the immortal envoy from the Central Heaven entered the palace, he saw Nanyu Changsheng Tianzun, who had not appeared on the Suzaku Star for a thousand years, finally walking out of the palace. Several Suzakus that had been lingering on the Fengwu Tree, the spiritual root of heaven and earth, crawled in front of the palace, dragging Nanyu Changsheng Tianzun's magic frame and immortal chariot out, followed by a mighty group of immortals and gods, passing through the immortal gate and heading towards the immortal realm of the Central Heaven.
At the same time, in a supreme imperial city in the Western White Tiger Immortal Realm, Zhongtian Fuqing Tianzun summoned tens of thousands of star domain lords in the White Tiger Immortal Realm. Most of the ancient Western system practitioners who had walked out of the Houtu Divine Realm were now in the White Tiger Immortal Realm, and they all came here at this moment.
Therefore, those who are kneeling under the throne of Zhongtian Fuqing Tianzun at this moment are not only Taoist immortals, Buddhist disciples, and demon giants, but also Western gods, angels, evil gods, magicians, and so on.
So many immortals and gods all prostrated themselves on the ground in silence, but Zhongtian Fuqing Tianzun was in deep thought.
He was the god who once ruled the Heavenly Palace and even most of the fairy world, a close minister of the Emperor of Heaven. More importantly, he knew the true identity of the Emperor of Heaven, because he himself was the tower spirit of a mythical floating city that the Emperor of Heaven brought back from the Clock City in Endless Time and Space.
Therefore, he knew more news and inside information. The Emperor of Heaven was going to do an extremely dangerous thing, to look for the legendary artifact of creation. He even had some anticipation before leaving and made preparations for Hou Tu Tianzun and Bei Yu Tianzun.
There must have been an accident that caused him to never return, and it was definitely not a simple accident, otherwise it would be impossible for him to disappear for tens of thousands of years without even enough time for the Wind Crow Clan to send a letter back.
The more Zhongtian Fuqing Tianzun thought about it, the more excited he became: "The Emperor of Heaven must have fallen into extinction, and he may even have been sealed and exiled to the end of endless time and space. The Clock City once exiled many main gods, and there are also many such examples in the several wars between main gods that broke out."
"In ancient times, there was a Chaos Lord who had not returned for countless epochs because he was looking for the Creation Artifact. His former subordinate gods even occupied his main artifact and controlled a space-time, with a status comparable to that of the Lord."
"The Emperor of Heaven is also looking for that artifact of creation. Perhaps it has already been lost in the endless time and space. Even the Lord cannot save Him." |
"Perhaps I can emulate the gods of the Titan clan, master this second main artifact, and stand shoulder to shoulder with the supreme gods of endless time and space."
A tower spirit of a mythical floating city and a master of endless time and space, how big is the difference between them? Only Zhongtian Fuqing Tianzun truly understands it.
This is not the difference between heaven and earth, it is even greater than the difference between gods and ants.
However, originally, even if the Emperor of Heaven was missing, he would not have been able to find an opportunity. But now Hou Tu Tianzun and Bei Yu Tianzun are at odds, and Bei Yu Tianzun wants to seize the Chaos Treasure Jianmu. In the eyes of ordinary people, this is tantamount to ascending to the throne of the Emperor of Heaven. Naturally, he has the opportunity and can plan and plot in the midst of chaos.
Thinking of this, Zhongtian Fuqing Tianzun finally spoke: "Today is the Peach Banquet, a grand ceremony for all the immortals to come to pay homage, but the Emperor of Heaven has not returned yet. The immortals are all questioning, and so am I."
"Bei Yu Tian Zun asked Hou Tu Tian Zun why he didn't welcome back the Emperor of Heaven. Hou Tu Tian Zun didn't answer, so Bei Yu Tian Zun got angry and attacked, and fled from Heaven."
"Hou Tu Tian Zun used the name of the Emperor's seclusion to actually hold the power of the Emperor for tens of thousands of years. His evil ambitions are obvious."
Although the lords of many star fields below had guessed something long ago, they were still shocked at this moment. The whole hall was in an uproar. No one thought that a war between immortals and gods that would affect the entire heaven and most of the immortal fields was really about to come.
"I have ordered people to pay respect to Bei Yu Tian Zun and inform him that Wu Tian Fu Qing Tian Zun and the entire Northern White Tiger Immortal Realm are willing to help Bei Yu Tian Zun fight for the Heavenly Palace and bring back the Emperor of Heaven."
All the gods and immortals stood up and bowed again.
"I will obey the command of the Heavenly Lord!"
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When Jia Yi, the Southern Heavenly Lord of Immortality, arrived in heaven, Hou Tu Tianzun had also hurried back to the Heavenly Palace.
The Three Emperors hurriedly repaired the heaven and most of the celestial palace. At this moment, they were reporting details to Hou Tu Tianzun who was sitting on the Tianzun Dharma Throne. When Nan Yu Chang Sheng Tianzun arrived, the Dharma rack went straight through the South Heaven Gate and entered the Lingxiao Palace of the Heavenly Palace.
Many followers of immortals and gods came together on the clouds and gradually landed on the Lingxiao Palace. The Three Officials Emperor also came out in a hurry to greet them, but Nanyu Changsheng Tianzun went directly into the Lingxiao Palace.
Hou Tu Tianzun was wearing a golden red robe and looked a little tired. After Nan Yu Chang Sheng Tianzun came in, he draped the dust coat over his shoulders and spoke directly, asking a question that he had always suspected but never dared to ask.
"Is that the Emperor of Heaven?"
The "he" that Nanyu Changsheng Tianzun was talking about was not someone else, but the former Emperor of Heaven, Fang Xiu, who disappeared earlier than the Emperor of Heaven and left no trace.
Others don't remember this Heavenly Emperor, but Nanyu Changsheng Tianzun remembers him very clearly. He would never believe that he would die on the road to becoming a Golden Immortal, and the time of his disappearance was too close to that of the Heavenly Emperor.
Thinking back to the past, Jia Yi, who had ascended to the throne of Heavenly Lord, naturally felt that Fang Xiu, the Heavenly Official Emperor, was extraordinary.
If it were before, Hou Tu Tianzun would never have mentioned this matter, but today the Heavenly Court encountered sudden changes, and now there is nothing to hide this secret.
Hou Tu Tianzun pondered for a moment, dismissed the other immortals and divine servants in Lingxiao Palace, then looked into the eyes of Nanyu Changsheng Tianzun and nodded without saying a word.
Jia Yi took a breath, but at the same time his face showed the expression that should have been there: "I should have guessed it a long time ago! I should have guessed it a long time ago."
Jia Yi paced in the Lingxiao Palace, looking very excited and full of emotion.
Looking back on the past, scenes came to his mind. It can be said that the reason why he was able to ascend to the throne of Heavenly Venerable today was largely because of this Heavenly Official Emperor.
His origins are mysterious and no one knows. His cultivation speed is unmatched in the world, comparable to the reincarnation of a golden immortal and an ancient great power. Now that we know that he is the Emperor of Heaven, we feel even more amazed.
Who could have thought that when he was still a mortal, he would meet the Emperor of Heaven in the fairyland, and practice and discuss Taoism with him.
"Where did the Emperor of Heaven go?" Jia Yi asked.
At this point, everyone knows that the Emperor of Heaven is definitely not in seclusion.
Hou Tu Tian Zun: "The land outside the realm."
"Could it be some river system in the depths of the distant universe?"
Jia Yi certainly knew that there were more vast and massive river systems further away in the Milky Way, but the Heavenly Court had not even completely filled up the four fairy realms, so how could it have the spare energy to explore more distant river systems
But Jia Yi got an even more shocking explanation. He only saw Hou Tu Tian Zun shook his head and said, "Outside this universe."