bayedsolid Chapter 438 Doushuai Palace, Tianyuan Cauldron
Chapter 438 Doushuai Palace, Tianyuan Cauldron
"A genius...?"
"maybe......"
"But why do I always feel...empty inside..."
Sa~
A gentle breeze ruffled the boy's long hair, and a single, glistening tear slid down his cheek.
"Brother, don't worry, I won't hide behind you forever!"
.........
Olympus.
The dark summit of the sacred mountain.
The seven puppet 'gods' hung upside down on the grape trellis under the World Tree, frantically absorbing the crimson, insane divine power.
On the shady side of the thick tree trunk, a strange creature with wings on its back and four hooves on its body was lazily dozing on the dry meadow.
"These servants are still too weak. After so long, they have not even converted 30% of their essence. At this rate, I don't know when they will be able to fulfill that master's request..." The shrill and sharp voice stopped abruptly. After a brief silence, the eerie creature hidden in the shadows suddenly let out a seductive laugh.
"Hehehe~ It seems it's time to awaken His host body, otherwise... these useless people simply won't be able to eliminate all the Great Xia gods blocking our way."
“........Darling, come here to see me.”
At this point, a sharp sound pierced through the void and exploded deep within hell.
At the same time, the dark figure sealed within the radiant golden barrier trembled violently. Then, blood carrying eerie divine power surged forth from the center of the golden array like a babbling spring.
As time passed, the golden barrier containing the power of miracles was gradually corroded by the blood spring flowing from the core of the array.
"...Darling...is that you calling me...?"
Boom~!
A muffled thunderclap seemed to explode in the dark red sky.
The corroded, shimmering golden barrier shattered as a result.
Three breaths later, a sinister-looking man with six dark red wings on his back, a robust physique, and an elegant demeanor slowly walked out of the abyss.
After returning to the Earth's surface, He first greedily inhaled the air of freedom, and then soared into the sky with a determined gaze.
It flew straight towards the realm of the gods of Olympus.
Not long after He left, Shen Qingzhu, who was hiding in a separate space deep within Hell absorbing the essence of Hell, frowned.
What happened outside?
Why has the usually tranquil source of hell begun to stir with such eerie restlessness...?
It seems... I need to hurry...
Olympus, the summit of Mount Olympus.
The eerie creature hidden in the shadows suddenly raised its head and gazed into the distance.
Before long, a strange black light, exuding an evil aura, streaked across the sky and sped across the gray-brown Aegean Sea.
"My dearest Lucifer... I've been waiting for you for so long..."
"Ah...this wonderful scent reminds me of the pleasure of that night..."
"Come to me quickly... let me take a good look at you..."
.........
In the Heavenly Court of the Great Summer, at the Lingxiao Palace.
After five days of continuous breathing exercises, Yuanshi Tianzun's injuries had healed to about 70-80%.
This was also thanks to the world's origin that Li Jie had transferred into His body when He was unconscious and on the verge of death.
Otherwise, He might already be a cold, lifeless corpse...
Pulling himself out of his thoughts, Yuanshi Tianzun stood up and walked to Li Jie's side, looking at the white-haired youth enveloped by the traces of the Great Dao with a complicated expression.
"What are you thinking about?"
Upon hearing this voice, Yuanshi Tianzun realized that Lingbao Tianzun, who had just gone out to check on Daode Tianzun's injuries, was now standing behind him.
"It's nothing, I just feel that this child has sacrificed too much for the Great Xia Dynasty..."
"In the end, because of my mistake, I ended up looking like this."
"Do you think this situation wouldn't have happened if I hadn't chosen to give him the array diagram back then...?"
“Same.” Upon hearing this, Lingbao Tianzun gently shook his head.
"Even if you don't hand over the array diagram to him, he might still come up with another mutually destructive approach at the last minute."
"We all know how powerful the God of Kel'thas is. Unless we fight to the death, there is no chance of winning."
"Moreover, at that time he was facing Chaos, which had possessed the supreme god-king Odin."
"It's a miracle that you're alive..."
Upon hearing this, Yuanshi Tianzun sighed slightly and did not reply. With a wave of his arm, a very gentle spiritual energy emerged from beneath Li Jie.
"Let's go, it's time to deal with his problem."
"Can you hold on? Your injuries?..."
"The Heavenly Origin Cauldron can operate automatically, and it doesn't require much spiritual power to retrieve a few innate items."
"The situation in Great Xia is not optimistic. We don't know when those Outer Gods who have sided with the Cthulhu pantheon will make a comeback. Creating a divine body is not something that can be done overnight. The sooner we start, the more protection Great Xia will have."
Hearing this, Lingbao Tianzun wanted to refute, but he couldn't bring himself to say it.
"Let me help you..."
After a moment, He sighed and followed the departing figure of the Primordial Celestial Venerable.
“I can manage here by myself; you have more important things to do.”
"Now, among the three of us, only you can freely mobilize spiritual power. The return of the Great Xia God is entrusted to you..."
Upon hearing this, Lingbao Tianzun stopped abruptly. He looked at the two figures gradually disappearing into the distance and shook his head with a wry smile.
"Distributing the power of origin... that's quite a tough job..."
After parting ways with Lingbao Tianzun.
The Primordial Celestial Venerable ascended the white jade steps on the east side of the main hall in reverse order.
After passing through three groups of ancient buildings shrouded in mist.
A three-story pavilion with an ancient design and walls covered in soot emerged from the purple clouds.
As they drew closer, a peach wood plaque, carved with gilded divine power, hung above the bluestone gate, whose half-foundation had collapsed.
The three large characters "【Tushuai Palace】" are displayed on it.
Seeing this dilapidated scene, Yuanshi Tianzun sighed slightly and waved his hand, instantly unleashing a surge of immortal energy.
The collapsed stone pillar seemed to come alive, rising from the ground.
As the Primordial Celestial Venerable took each step, lotus flowers bloomed with every step, and the surrounding space rapidly changed with each step.
When He came to the front of the main temple.
The Tushita Palace then returned to its previous appearance.
However, He did not admire the surrounding scenery for long. Instead, He calmly pushed open the carved palace door made of golden sandalwood.
'Know it~'
Upon entering the hall, a rich aroma of medicinal herbs wafted through the air.
'Cluster!'
With a light tap of his finger, the bronze lamps displayed around the room instantly reignited under the influence of spiritual energy.
As the view gradually cleared, the ancient pavilion, which appeared to be no more than three stories high from the outside, revealed an unapproachable dome, resembling a starry sky, when viewed from the inside.
Against a deep black background, the stars in the sky move slowly across the dome like embedded diamonds.
The Big Dipper, the Purple Palace Enclosure, and the Twenty-Eight Mansions are clearly visible.
With a gentle step, the gray-white dust covering the floor of the main hall instantly dissipated.
A smooth surface, neither gold nor jade, emerged, and upon closer inspection, a huge Tai Chi Bagua diagram was prominently displayed on it.
After doing all this, Yuanshi Tianzun made a hand seal, and a mysterious light suddenly burst forth from the Taiji Bagua array.
With a 'crack', the array slowly receded towards the surrounding area of the main hall.
Immediately afterwards, a furnace cauldron, over ten feet tall and made entirely of purple-gold, slowly rose from the very center of the array.
"It's been a long time since I've used it, I wonder if it's still safe..."
The Primordial Celestial Venerable glanced at the [Heavenly Origin Cauldron], whose flames had completely dissipated, and a hint of panic appeared in his eyes.
Normally, alchemy is done by the Celestial Venerable of Morality; he himself rarely gets involved.
Should we call that old geezer over to see what's wrong?
Thinking of this, Yuanshi Tianzun placed Li Jie, who was floating to the side, at the edge of the array diagram, then flew up and came to the side of the [Tianyuan Cauldron] to examine it carefully.
Um......
There are no cracks around it...
It seems the Heavenly Cauldron was not damaged in this great battle...
The furnace was still warm, indicating that the fire had only recently been extinguished.
So it seems to be a fundamental issue...
With this thought in mind, the Primordial Celestial Venerable waved his sleeve, and a stream of pure spiritual energy burst forth from his fingertips.
A moment later, a loud 'boom' was heard, and a violent explosion occurred inside the alchemy furnace.
Immediately afterwards, a blinding incandescent flame rose from inside the furnace.
"Hey...it's done!" Seeing the furnace fire successfully lit, a look of joy appeared on Yuanshi Tianzun's face.
"The fire's ready, now all we have to do is throw this kid in..."
Just as He was about to mobilize His spiritual power to pull the unconscious Li Jie into the [Tianyuan Cauldron],
Yuanshi Tianzun suddenly slapped his forehead.
"Oh...right, right...we haven't retrieved the innate treasure yet..."
"Look at my brain..."
"Young Li, wait here for a moment, I'll be right back."
After saying this, Yuanshi Tianzun placed the unconscious Li Jie at the edge of the array diagram again, took a step out, and disappeared into the hall.
Meanwhile, beneath the ancient Bodhi tree.
Exhausted, Lingbao Tianzun plopped down next to Daode Tianzun, who was meditating with his eyes closed.
"This is fucking exhausting."
"What? You've come to me to complain? By the way... who's his grandmother?"
"........."
"Tell me, I just got back and they're already making me do all this heavy lifting? Please... my true self hasn't fully recovered yet..."
"Are you also thinking of quitting? To be honest, I've had this thought for hundreds of years..."
"...You old rascal, can't you be serious for once...?"
"Little fatty, you were the one who started acting inappropriately, weren't you?"
Upon hearing this, Lingbao Tianzun's face flushed red, and he pointed with his finger at a certain Tianzun who was sitting cross-legged under the Bodhi tree without any sense of shame, unable to utter a rebuttal for a moment.
"Let's not talk about that. I have something to tell you, and you have to give me serious professional advice because it involves not only a few of us, but also all the people in the world."
"What's so serious? Tell me about it?"
Hearing this, the Celestial Venerable of Morality still did not open his eyes.
The reasoning is quite simple: Lingbao, this chubby boy, has just returned; what could he possibly be involved in that concerns the fate of the world?
In His view, this chubby boy was just bored and came over to chat.
“Yuanshi just made a very creative suggestion. Since it involves the use of the Tianyuan Cauldron, I came here to ask for your opinion. After all, you are a professional in alchemy.”
Subsequently, He then used the innate artifacts of the Primordial Heavenly Venerable to reshape Li Jie's divine body through the [Heavenly Origin Cauldron] into one capable of withstanding the backlash of the Heavenly Dao.
Although He also thought it was feasible, after all, the Celestial Venerable of Morality was the master of the [Tianyuan Cauldron], so He needed to verify it before He could feel at ease.
"What did you say?!!"
After Lingbao Tianzun finished speaking, Daode Tianzun suddenly opened his tightly closed eyes, staring wide-eyed at the astonished fat Taoist.
Didn't you hear me? Or was there something wrong with how I phrased it?
"Yuanshi plans to use the innate sacred artifact and the [Tianyuan Cauldron] to recreate a divine body for Lei Ge."
"What the hell are you using?!"
"【Tianyuan Cauldron】? What's wrong?"
"..." After receiving a definite answer, the astonished expression of the Supreme Lord of Morality suddenly froze. Then, disregarding the need to forcefully use spiritual power to detonate the Great Dao cause and effect on his body, he transformed into a black and white stream of light and rushed towards the direction of the Tushita Palace.
"Why are you leaving in such a hurry?"
"Could it be that he's afraid Yuanshi will blow up his precious alchemy furnace?"
"It shouldn't be that bad... I remember that Yuanshi also seemed to know how to use the [Tianyuan Cauldron]..."
Just as Lingbao Tianzun was lost in thought, the voice of Daode Tianzun faintly sounded in His ear.
"You'd better pray that Yuanshi hasn't activated the Heavenly Origin Cauldron yet, nor retrieved the innate sacred artifact and threw it into the cauldron along with that brat..."
"Otherwise, if something goes wrong with the attributes... Yuan Shi will be the murderer who killed Li boy..."
Attribute issue?
Was Yuan Shi the murderer of Lei Ge?
Is it that serious?
It's just about recreating a divine body...
It shouldn't be that bad...
Although He had many doubts, judging from the reaction of the Moral Celestial, it seemed that this matter was not false...
So, that means...
Thinking of this, Lingbao Tianzun trembled and suddenly stood up, setting off in the direction where Daode Tianzun had disappeared.
"Hey! Wait for me!"
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