noffsinger Chapter 133 The Great Battle Is About to Begin
Chapter 133 The Great Battle Is About to Begin
Chapter 133 The Great Battle Is About to Begin
The vast majority of the merits established by the Celestial Court fell on the nominal Celestial Emperor, the Eastern King Duke. Relying on this fortune, the Eastern King Duke severed another corpse and entered the realm of Quasi-Saint with Two Corpses.
Despite having regained his lost path to the Great Dao, the Eastern King Duke showed no joy whatsoever. He remained remarkably calm, as if the newly established Celestial Emperor was not him at all.
After many ups and downs, the Eastern King is no longer the same as he once was. As for whether this is a blessing or a curse for the prehistoric world, only heaven knows.
At this moment, almost the entire Heavenly Court was in an uproar. Even Tongtian and Taiyi, who were still studying the Zhou Tian Star Array, disregarded the incomplete array and came out of seclusion.
Before long, the top level of the Thirty-Three Heavens, the six Heavenly Emperors of the first Heavenly Court, Fuxi, Zhen Yuanzi and Hongyun who had recently joined the Heavenly Court, and a group of powerful demons at the Great Luo Golden Immortal level, including Bai Ze, all gathered together.
"Damn it, damn it! This scoundrel, I will tear him to pieces and grind his bones to dust!" Taiyi roared in anger. Behind him, the phantom of the Golden Crow appeared, and its terrifying aura made all the powerful demons present shudder.
The reason is simple: Dongwanggong's actions were truly despicable. At this moment, the Heavenly Court and the Witch Clan are locked in a stalemate. His decision to establish the Celestial Court would undoubtedly divert the Heavenly Court's fortune. After all, the Witch Clan is based on the bloodline of Pangu, and the Heavenly Court cannot recruit members of the Witch Clan. However, the Celestial Court can recruit a large number of prehistoric beings.
Those were originally the reserve forces of the demon race and the Heavenly Court!
At this stage, even a slight difference in strength can change the situation, and Dong Wanggong's actions are tantamount to stabbing them in the back!
"It seems that Fellow Daoist Dongwanggong is determined to stand on the side of the Wu Clan." Dijun said with a smile, his face calm and composed, but the smile did not reach his eyes. At this moment, his heart was already filled with murderous intent.
The Eastern King Duke had already been vying with them for the Dao, and now he had established a Celestial Court, which was clearly an attempt to oppose their Heavenly Court.
This is no longer a simple dispute over right-of-way; we must take decisive action.
At this moment, not only Di Jun and Tai Yi, but also the Heavenly Emperors of the Heavenly Court considered the Eastern King Duke to be a dead man.
"The Wu Clan and the Eastern King Duke have joined forces to establish the Celestial Court and divide the fortune of my Heavenly Court. This is something that neither the Eastern King Duke nor the Wu Clan alone could accomplish. There must be someone brokering this deal. Who is it?" After analyzing the situation, Laozi looked at the assembled powerful figures and asked.
As fate would have it, in the original primordial world, after the Great Tribulation of the Investiture of the Gods, the Three Pure Ones were easily shattered, the Jie Sect was completely destroyed, and several disciples of the Chan Sect, along with Randeng, joined the Western Sect. Laozi, who foresaw that the Western Sect would become a great threat, attempted to divide the Western Sect's fortune by "converting barbarians into Buddhists".
In the present-day primordial world, the opposite is true. Zhunti, who was worried that the Heavenly Court would eventually sweep across the primordial world, orchestrated all of this behind the scenes. He established the Celestial Court on the primordial land in almost the same way to disperse the Heavenly Court's fortune.
"Could it be Styx again?" Tongtian pondered for a moment. In the current prehistoric world, it seemed that only Styx had the ability to bring together the Wu Clan and the Eastern King Duke. Moreover, given their relationship with Styx, Styx had the motivation to do all this.
"Perhaps. The Styx River possesses a great treasure, and no matter how we calculate it, it is difficult to understand the secrets of heaven related to it. But—I'm afraid it's not just the Styx River; there are others pulling the strings behind the scenes." After deducing the secrets of heaven, Fuxi said calmly.
In this scheme, Zhunti has achieved near perfection.
Not only did it successfully facilitate the cooperation between the Eastern King Duke and the Witch Clan, establishing the Celestial Court and greatly strengthening the Witch Clan, but it also diverted the fortune of the Heavenly Court's demon clan. With this shift in fortune, the situation will gradually tilt towards the Witch Clan. Moreover, what's even more amazing is that there is still a considerable amount of time before the truce period set by the Dao Ancestor.
Zhunti refused to believe that those in the Heavenly Court would dare to defy the world and disobey the Dao Ancestor's orders to attack the Eastern King Duke right now.
By the time the ceasefire ends, the Eastern King Duke will likely have already established a firm foothold and is ready to fight the Heavenly Court.
From a broader perspective, Zhunti has already perfectly achieved his goal of weakening the Heavenly Court.
However, Zhunti's plan was not entirely perfect; he overlooked the most crucial element: himself.
With his methods, concealing heavenly secrets and bewildering ordinary quasi-sages and powerful beings would be no problem. However, there are too many people in the Heavenly Court skilled in divination: Yuanshi, who has a profound understanding of the Heavenly Dao; Laozi, who aligns with the Heavenly Dao through the principle of detachment; Fuxi, who is renowned for his divination abilities; and Dijun, who possesses the Hetu and Luoshu, which greatly aid his divination abilities.
In addition, there are several innate treasures in the Heavenly Court. Besides being used to conceal heavenly secrets, the Taiji Diagram and the Chaos Bell can also be used to deduce heavenly secrets.
In truth, Zhunti's methods are not weak. If he had a supreme innate treasure to protect him and conceal the secrets of heaven, finding him would be truly difficult. But now—
Following the cause-and-effect line, without even using any magical treasures, Fuxi easily found the cause-and-effect relationship between the Celestial Court and Mount Sumeru. Several quasi-saints and powerful beings worked together to deduce it, and before long, everything that Zhunti had done in this matter was clearly exposed to the Heavenly Court.
"That Zhunti! How hateful! We defended the Wu Clan for the sake of all living beings in the prehistoric world, and he actually did such a despicable thing behind our backs, plotting against us!" Tongtian was furious. He had long disliked Zhunti's style of doing things. He was full of benevolence and morality, but he did all sorts of dirty tricks.
"Isn't Fellow Daoist Zhunti also a disciple of the Dao Ancestor?"
"Given the current state of the West, as its ruler, Zhunti should understand the importance of maintaining stability in the prehistoric world. Why doesn't he stand on the side of the disciples of the Dao Ancestors?" Zhen Yuanzi appropriately raised this question. Undoubtedly, his opinion of Zhunti was also not very good.
If Zhen Yuanzi, with his kind and benevolent nature, were to have people he disliked, then besides Styx, it would be Zhunti and Jieyin.
The position of Jieyin was given up by Hongyun, and they became the Dao Ancestor's disciples in name only, and gained the foundation for becoming saints. This is the cause and effect of becoming a Daoist. But over the years, have Zhunti and Jieyin ever thought of repaying Hongyun for giving up his position in any way?
They had long forgotten the Red Cloud that had ceded power to them.
"It seems I really need to find Fellow Daoists Zhunti and Jieyin and have a proper talk with them." Yuanshi closed his eyes, his tone more authoritative than ever before. It was clear that Yuanshi was very dissatisfied with everything that was happening.
With the wisdom of the Primordial Beginning, even without deduction, upon seeing the causal line, he would know what role Zhunti and Jieyin played behind the scenes.
Before they had even become saints, they were already facing a difficult situation, walking on thin ice as they faced the Twelve Ancestral Witches and the Styx River. Zhunti's act of kicking them while they were down had already crossed Yuanshi's bottom line. At the same time, Zhen Yuanzi and Hongyun came to see him as soon as they entered the Heavenly Court. Now that Zhen Yuanzi had spoken, he had to give his support!
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