Chapter 001: Pangu Opens the Sky and Changes Fate

  After Kong Xuanqi left, the Jade Flower Mountain fell into tranquility once again. Xuanwei spent his days cultivating alchemy equipment, tending to flowers and plants, regulating his breath and nurturing his spirit, living a carefree life until one day, a fierce aura suddenly burst out from the originally tranquil Xuanwei Pavilion.

  "What a Tian Emperor Di Jun, what a demon general Jiu Yin, what a wise Bai Ze, what a demonic tribe's scourge! I didn't expect that before I could understand the cause and effect of the Purple Palace with you, you would take action against my disciple. Such calculation towards me, truly living is unbearable!!" Xuan Wei stood up, just as he suddenly sensed that a spiritual symbol on Kong Xuan's body had shattered. After calculating with his fingers, he discovered that it was indeed the demon general Jiu Yin who had taken action against Kong Xuan and Cui Qi. However, after discovering that his own spiritual symbol had been broken, Jiu Yin continued to pursue and kill Cui Qi and Kong Xuan, unaware of the other circumstances.

  It turned out that after carefully deducing the wordless heavenly book, he discovered that it was Taiyi Emperor Jun's two men secretly planning to kill Honghuang Daren. He himself became the "glorious" chicken, and Xuanwei calculated that he could still bear it here. Although he was low-key, he wasn't someone who could be manipulated by others. Thinking of this, Xuanwei's aura suddenly burst out, and then he set up a cloud of light to rush out of Yuhua Xianshan, flying towards Kong Xuan and the others.

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  "It's no use, I'm done for. The consumption of spiritual energy is too great, I won't be able to hold on." Qīng Qiè's delicate face was flushed red from being stifled, and after swallowing a restorative pill, she panted heavily and cried out loudly.

  "Alright, Qianqi, Qian Dashi, you'd better not say any more. Hurry up and rest for a bit, while that guy hasn't arrived yet. Let's adjust our breath quickly." Kong Xuan, who was originally elegant and refined, also took out a dan medicine and swallowed it, then let out a big sigh of relief after catching his breath: "Sigh... we were clearly set up. We unintentionally found out that there is a pre-heavenly spirit in the East Sea's Tang Valley, but when we got it, there was no restriction or guardian beast protecting it, and it was just a branch of the Fusang divine tree. It's clear that this was a human-laid trap... I just don't know who would have such a big hand in this, using the Taiyang Star lineage's town-operating spirit root to do something..."

  At this point, Kong Xuan was nonchalant and said, "So, Shidi, we can just go back, right? With Master's reputation, they shouldn't do anything to us, should they?????" As she spoke, Qiu Qi's voice grew smaller and smaller.

  Kong Xuan heard this and smiled bitterly: "Senior brother, can't you see that when we took away the spiritual root, the innate original fire within it had already been absorbed by my hand's Miao Hua Tong? It's no longer a matter of returning it. Moreover, when I took out the master's spiritual symbol, the person in front of me resisted with difficulty, but did not suffer fatal damage. Is this not the Mahārāja peak? Do you believe it? Hehe, this is obviously using us as bait to force our master..."

  Qīng Qí's face turned pale, she bit her lip and thought back to her journey. From the moment she learned that a treasure was shining in the East Sea, to later easily obtaining the spiritual root, and then before she could even celebrate, someone wearing a water-fire robe appeared, saying they had stolen their tribe's most precious treasure. Later, several times she encountered danger, barely escaping each time. Even Qīng Qí's brain could see that the other side was clearly trying to use a long line to catch fish.

  Thinking of this, Qī Kē stood up and looked at Kǒng Xuān, saying: "Their goal is likely to be our Master. You still have two of Master's spirit symbols in your hand, and your cultivation is much deeper than mine. You should have the ability to escape back. As for me, I'll stay here and should be able to hold out for a while."

  Kong Xuan smiled lightly and then rubbed Qing Qi's head with a bitter expression, saying: "Brother, you don't have to be so anxious. They obviously don't plan on letting us go, how could they let me leave first? Let's think of a way to not drag Master down when he arrives."

  "Hahaha!!!!!" With a loud laugh, a man wearing a water and fire long gown appeared out of thin air. His face was cold and he had slender snake-like eyes. He looked at Kong Xuan and Jing Qi who were on guard below and said: "You are indeed the disciple of the mysterious and subtle Daoist, and you are also the son of the phoenix and the master of the peacock, Kong Xuan. You are quite clever, it's a pity that I don't want to make a move against you. Never mind, never mind, wait for a while. If your master, the mysterious and subtle Daoist, knows what's good for him, I'm sure you will be heavily used by His Majesty and have a great future ahead of you. But if your respected teacher doesn't know what's good for him... Hmph!!!!!!"

  A cold and elegant man saw Jie Qi being pulled by Kong Xuan with a face full of discontent, and he sneered a few times, intending to say something. However, he heard a questioning voice rise up. "Heh heh, I'd like to know, what if I don't know my place? Tell me, Nine Infant Demon Lord." Along with this questioning voice, a purple light shot from the horizon and flew towards the cold and elegant man, also known as the Nine Infant Demon Lord, in an instant.

  Jiuying's face changed greatly as soon as he saw the purple light, and without hesitation, he took out the golden and silver double rings that were wrapped around his hands. The golden and silver double rings instantly turned into a ring of fierce flames and a circle of extreme cold ice, which collided with the purple light in mid-air. At the same time, the water and fire long gown on his body was also filled with demonic energy, and the water and fire energies transformed into strands, protecting him with the Lianhua Lotus Flower. Unfortunately, Jiuying's cultivation was not as good as Xuanwei's, and the golden and silver double rings, as well as the water and fire long gown, were far inferior to the Purple Jade Ruyi. As soon as they came into contact, sparks flew everywhere, cold air flowed, the Lianhua broke, and the lotus flower withered.

  If it weren't for the timely appearance of a feather fan in front of him, he might have been unable to escape the fate of being struck down, with a bloody and tragic outcome. With the emergence of the fan, a man with a slender build and elegant demeanor, dressed in a long robe, appeared before Jiu Yin, bowing to Xuan Wei who had already revealed himself: "I pay my respects to Lord Xuan Wei, but I don't know why you have ordered the execution of Jiuyin, the demonic commander."

  Xuan Wei sneered coldly, "Hmph, what nonsense is White Ze Military Advisor spouting? If I had really made my move, would Jiu Yin still be standing here? Hmph, you don't know the cause and effect of this matter, so please don't put on a pretentious air of righteousness. Who are you trying to show off to?" As he spoke, he looked down his nose at White Ze with disdain.

  Bai Ze was still okay, after all, as the highest military strategist of the demon tribe, he had some demeanor, although his face was a bit stiff, but ultimately did not lose courtesy. However, Jiuying on the side could not bear it and stepped forward, shouting angrily: "Xu Wei old man, don't think that just because you were born early, you can be so arrogant. The military strategist is willing to call you 'Dao Jun', that's because he looks up to you. You really are arrogant, believe it or not, I will ride the 100,000 heavenly soldiers and flatten your Yuhua Mountain."

  "Hahaha, 100,000 heavenly soldiers?" Xuan Wei seemed to throw his head back and laugh loudly, then suddenly turned around to look at Jiu Yin, calmly saying: "I think it's 100,000 demonic soldiers instead. When the Heavenly Court was first established, someone dared to openly defy Heaven, what heavenly soldiers? Hahaha..." As he spoke, Xuan Wei laughed again, coldly looking at Jiu Yin and Bai Ze, lightly opening his lips to say: "Believe it or not, I can make you two return to the mortal world right now."

  The cold tone of voice made Kong Xuan's eyes widen and White Ze's body tremble, as if the sky had collapsed and the earth was pressing down on him. With great effort, he managed to keep his footing and not kneel down begging for mercy. Meanwhile, Xuanmu watched with interest as White Ze swayed unsteadily, while also carefully observing their surroundings, waiting for the hidden person to reveal themselves, and took out a small object from his sleeve to weigh it in his hand.

  "It seems that your master is not going to come out and explain things to me, so I'd like to hear your thoughts instead?" Xuan Wei looked down at the two of them with a hint of disdain, while simultaneously sending a mental message to Kong Xuan, telling him to be ready to leave the battlefield at any moment and ignore him.

  "Heh heh." Looking at the two people below who weren't speaking, Xuan Wei coldly swept his gaze around and calmly said: "It seems you have nothing to say. In that case, I'll send the two of you on your way back to the world." As he spoke, Xuan Wei's hand released two five-colored rays of light towards Bai Ze and Jiu Yin, just as they were about to meet their end. At that moment, a bell toll echoed through the heavens.

  "Right! ~~"

  As the bell tolled, the two figures reappeared, dressed in yellow robes, sitting on a golden throne, one holding a bell and the other holding a book, gazing at the crowd. At the moment the bell sounded, the flow of time in the space around Xuan Wei and Bai Ze slowed down, approaching stillness. Thus, the three dazzling golden lights behind the book holder easily approached Xuan Wei and his scattered five-colored spiritual light. As they collided, Xuan Wei calmly said: "Hehe, Dong Huang, Yao Di, two fellow Taoists have finally appeared. It seems that Bai Ze has not followed the wrong person... but I wonder..."

  Xuan Wei dragged out the two words "know" for a thousand turns, while emphasizing the words "Dong Huang" and "Yao Di", with a hint of playful intention in his eyes. He gazed calmly at the dazzling golden light that was cast towards him, not batting an eyelid. Instead, he turned his head to look at the other side, where the demonic general Jiu Yin's eyes revealed a hint of relief. Xuan Wei opened his mouth and said: "Can the person being followed save themselves? Hehe?????"

  As the subtle, faint smile sounded, the dazzling golden light suddenly approached, and at the same time, countless lotus flowers bloomed, with light born on the flowers, and flowers on the light. The flowers bloomed and fell, and the universe was turned upside down. When the scorching golden light touched the petals of millions of flowers, it transformed into tiny golden flames, wisps of golden smoke, spreading out in all directions. As the pure yang energy of the great sun dispersed, it evaporated all the surrounding water vapor.

  At this moment, Kong Xuan suddenly took out a palm-sized spirit symbol. As soon as the symbol appeared, it transformed into countless characters, emitting thousands of colorful rays of light that hung down and enveloped Kong Xuan and Yu Qi. In an instant, they vanished into thin air. Just then, Dong Huang Tai Yi and Yao Emperor Jun had just appeared, and from Xu Wei's eyes, a playful intention was emitted, but before he could do anything, Kong Xuan and Yu Qi had already disappeared into the distance. Dong Huang Tai Yi wanted to strike the Dong Huang Bell again to suppress the two, but unexpectedly, a miserable cry rang out!!!

  "Ah!~~~~" Just then, the demon general Jiǔ yīng, covered in blood, left the place where he had just stood and arrived in front of Emperor Jūn's chariot.