Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?
Chapter 837 - 695: The Old Ghost of Six Days

Chapter 837: Chapter 695: The Old Ghost of Six Days

"Go to the Tianxingtai?" Li Xuan frowned, somewhat puzzled, "Why is that? You should know that the opportunity to besiege Dasiming is once in a thousand years—"

As the strength of Master Yu Jie, ranking just below Master Zhongliu and Shaofu, he had to quickly break away from this Tianxingtai space to join the pursuit.

"In theory, your strategy could severely wound her, even kill her," Lv Qiluo began with a slight nod before her tone shifted: "However, Dasiming has the aura of the Changsheng Emperor of the South upon her, and she will surely come to assist, helping Dasiming escape."

The Changsheng Emperor of the South?

Li Xuan’s gaze hardened as he thought, who is this?

In the world he came from, there was also a ’Changsheng Emperor of the South,’ but that was a kind and gentle old immortal.

"Besides, if you pursue now, whether you will be an aid or a burden is still a matter of debate."

Lv Qiluo’s words were straightforward: "Your heavenly-level Zhenyuan has already been depleted by a third, and I estimate it won’t last much longer. Without those four hundred thousand troops and relying solely on Dragon Qi, you are no match for Dasiming in a fight. So your presence in this battle makes no difference, whether or not you are there."

A twitch came to Li Xuan’s lips, but Lv Qiluo’s words were indeed the hard truth.

Without those four hundred thousand troops, he truly did not have the capability to face Dasiming head-on.

"But that place—"

Lv Qiluo pointed towards the Tianxingtai: "This Tianxingtai, however, can give you the strength to confront Jinque Palace and Dasiming face-to-face, and even one day in the future, when our real enemies descend, you will have the power to protect yourself and even support your friends and family."

Li Xuan’s expression changed slightly, and then with a flash, he arrived on the high platform: "Lady Lv, are you talking about this executioner’s blade?"

But in that instant, his expression shifted as he looked back at the Wenshan Seal.

He saw the Wenshan Seal emitting a faint glow, which made the surrounding black and grey soil sparkle with countless tiny points of light.

These dots of light rose into the air and converged towards the Wenshan Seal.

Upon closer examination, Li Xuan found they were crystals of fine powder.

They looked like the remnants of crushed jade, but when Li Xuan observed them carefully with the "Tao-protecting Eyes," he discovered these shiny powders contained countless traces of heavenly Dao.

These were naturally formed talismans, the size of mustard seeds, contained within the powder.

Each speck of powder contained thousands, even tens of thousands, of such talismans.

After being drawn in, this jade powder merged into the Wenshan Seal, causing its radiance to grow increasingly intense.

"What is this?" Li Xuan couldn’t help but show a look of doubt and surprise.

"This is the Haotian Seal, fragments of the great treasure of the former Heaven Emperor."

Lv Qiluo explained while also urging, "Take out your Zhenhun Seal."

Li Xuan did not hesitate and immediately took the fake divine treasure ’Zhenhun Seal’ into his hand.

Lv Qiluo then gestured into the void and created a Yin-Yang Fish Diagram made of black and white between the ’Wenshan Seal’ and the ’Zhenhun Seal.’

Below this Yin-Yang Fish Diagram was a black-gray flame, composed of infinite malicious Qi gathered by Lv Qiluo at this place.

Li Xuan’s brows lifted in curiosity and he asked, "What are you doing now?"

"I am transferring the rational Dao-protecting power imbued in the ’Wenshan Seal’ by Master Yu to the Zhenhun Seal," Lv Qiluo continued. "You don’t want the Confucianism to reclaim your destiny treasure in the future, do you?"

Li Xuan was taken aback: "Transfer? Doesn’t that seem a bit inappropriate?"

Lv Qiluo’s intention was for him to consume this treasure, making the Wenshan Seal his own private possession.

"What’s wrong with that? Your Zhenhun Seal is a fake divine treasure after all, and its method of Zhenhun is more suited to the Hao Qi of Confucianism, protecting the rational Dao. They won’t be at a loss," Lv Qiluo said indifferently: "Moreover, the original purpose of Master Yu refining the ’Wenshan Seal’ was to use rational destiny and the Hao Qi of Confucianism to veil its true face. Now that the Wenshan Seal can revert to its original form, look—"

Li Xuan followed her pointing finger and saw that under the seal, bold and unrestrained ancient characters sprawled across, depicting dragons and phoenixes in flight.

Luckily, with his recent scholarly progress, Li Xuan recognized that these were ancient Jin characters, roughly meaning ’Supreme Miro, Encompassing the Three Realms and the Ten Directions, the Four Births and the Six Paths.’

Li Xuan gasped, understanding that the three realms referred to ’Heaven, Earth, and the Underworld’; the ten directions referred to ’up, down, the four cardinal directions, and the gates of life, death, past, and future’; the four births were ’born from womb, egg, moisture, and transformation’; and the six paths were ’Heaven, Human, Demon, Hell, Beast, and Evil Ghost’.

Li Xuan looked at Lv Qiluo with even greater alarm and uncertainty, "You just said that the jade powder is fragments of the Haotian Seal, a divine treasure of the former Heaven Emperor? Lady Lv, what exactly are you planning to do?"

"What else could it be for?" Lv Qiluo’s voice was tranquil, and she spoke with her hands clasped behind her back, "The former Emperor has fallen long ago, and now, as the saying goes, ’When the deer is lost, the hunters chase.’ There are countless immortals, gods, Buddhas, and saints eyeing this grand position. With such an opportunity before you, why wouldn’t you compete? Why not become the lord of all the heavens and myriad realms?"

Li Xuan’s mind was thoroughly bewildered, but then he shook his head, snapping out of it, "The Haotian you’re talking about, is that the Haotian Emperor who has already perished?"

"Who else could be referred to as Haotian in this world, besides the former Emperor? The Emperor fell during the Pre-Qin era." Lv Qiluo’s expression grew slightly complex, "Li Xuan, do you know of the Six Heavens’ Old Ghosts?"

"I do!" Li Xuan nodded slightly, "In the past, Taoism denounced the ’Haotian Emperor’ and the ’Emperors of Five Directions’ as the Six Heavens’ Old Ghosts."

This was the conflict between the world’s Taoism and the Divine Heavenly Court, which, it is said, began as far back as human history records.

Looking at the state of Tianxingtai, it seems that the Haotian Emperor must have lost.

In the world Li Xuan came from, Taoism and Divine Law had also erupted in a similar dispute.

The faith in the Haotian Emperor is extremely ancient, prevailing in the world since the Zhou Dynasty and worshipped by the people as the supreme deity.

Around the time of the Five Barbarians and the chaos of the Jin Dynasty, the ’Northern Tianshi Sect’ that prospered in the north split from the Zhengyi Sect, advocating the removal of the ’Three False Laws’ from the doctrine and arguing that the Haotian Emperor should be ranked below the reverent Sanqing deities. Thus, both the ’Haotian Emperor’ and the ’Emperors of Five Directions’ were denounced as the Six Heavens’ Old Ghosts.

This concept quickly gained acceptance among many Taoist sects in the world, and during the height of Taoism in the Song and Mengyuan Eras, a ’Jade Emperor’ was created and worshipped alongside the ’Haotian Emperor’ in an attempt to replace him.

However, the attempts of Taoism were fiercely opposed by Confucianism, who believed that the ’Emperor’ was the son of Haotian and should not have the Sanqing deities above his head.

Confucianism quickly righted the disorder after the Mengyuan Era, and for a thousand years afterward, The Court worshiped ’Haotian’, while Taoism only recognized the ’Jade Emperor’.

Ordinary people think that ’Haotian’ and the ’Jade Emperor’ are just different names for the Emperor, but this is not the case.

Just as ’Haotian’ and the Heaven Emperor ’Taiyi’ are not the same person.

"Since they are referred to as the Six Heavens’ Old Ghosts, they naturally are wandering spirits. It was a conflict that erupted between humans, immortals, and gods during the Pre-Qin era, a complicated affair, in which Haotian ultimately lost, and the position of the Heaven Emperor has hence been left vacant."

As Lv Qiluo spoke, she shook her head slightly, "The detailed circumstances, I will explain to you when the time is right. Li Xuan, you only need to know that many immortals have coveted the position as lord of the three realms, leaving myriad fail-safes in this world. Although the path ahead is full of thorns and dangers, you, Li Xuan, still have hope. Although you are a mortal, right now you benefit from being in an advantageous position."

But Li Xuan frowned, completely uninterested in this so-called position of the Heaven Emperor.

"I know you’re not interested now, but sooner or later you’ll have to compete for it. Without doing so, how can you control your destiny? How can you truly reverse the decrees of heaven? Your only path is to become the true Heavens!"

Seeing that the ’Wenshan Seal’ had undergone a complete transformation, Lv Qiluo’s spirit was slightly buoyed, "Take out that Divine Token you have, the one of ’Immortal Master Shuide’ and ’Wuqu Pojun’."

Though Li Xuan did not understand why, he trusted Lv Qiluo and thus removed the bracers from his right arm and the Divine Token from his waist, tossing them over to her.

Lv Qiluo pointed with her bare hand and summoned the Artifact Spirit of Wuqu Pojun out of the bracer.

They were ’Wuqu’ Fu Yode and ’Pojun’ Lan Yu, floating in the air, both looking down with indifferent expressions at the two below them.

Although Li Xuan had subdued them, he had never earned their recognition.

"Few know that this Tianxingtai is also an ancient site of Divine Enthronement from the early days of the third Heavenly Court."

As she spoke, Lv Qiluo planted an unknown seed, which quickly sprouted and grew into a huge phoenix tree that could be embraced by three people.

By this time, Lv Qiluo’s soul form appeared somewhat ephemeral, clearly suffering from not light consumption.

But she remained as calm as ever, peeling off the bark of the phoenix tree and splitting it into two parts, instructing Li Xuan to press fresh blood onto the bark and write the script.

One read, ’The mortal Lan Yu, once was a distinguished general at the founding of the Jin Dynasty, who won a great victory over Mongo in the Buyuer Sea and shook the world. Regrettably, he indulged in the spoils of favor, full of self-righteousness and unable to retire in a timely manner or show humility to preserve himself, which led to his demise at the end of his favor. Since Jin was ungrateful, Lan is also to blame. After his death, he turned into the Artifact Spirit of Pojun, lingering in the world. Fortunate to encounter Li Xuan’s Divine Enthronement, you are granted a talisman for your release. Now, I hereby appoint you as a ’Jianxing Divine General’, tasked with executing immortals and gods in the three realms!’

The other stated, ’The mortal Fu Yode, once was a distinguished general at the founding of the Jin Dynasty, who joined the Great Ancestor in transforming from tiger to dragon in battle, never missing a stroke of his blade or a draw of his strategy, repeatedly defeating the Jin armies and pacifying the provinces of the southwest, his illustrious endeavors shining brightly. Consequently, he rose from the rank of Marquis to that of Duke, bestowed with the title of Duke of Ying.

Yet due to the Lan Yu case, he eventually died accused of conspiracy. The historical injustice to such a loyal official has never been as severe as that of the Duke of Ying. Fortunate to encounter Li Xuan’s Divine Enthronement, you are granted a talisman for your consolation. Now, I hereby appoint you as a ’Jianxing Divine General’, in charge of execution oversight of immortals and gods in the three realms!’

After Li Xuan wrote these texts, Lv Qiluo turned to him, "This hastily created tree bark is not suitable for issuing Divine Enthronement decrees and can only be used temporarily until conditions improve for a replacement.

"Quick, use the seal. Aside from extracting wu’s soul and aiding you in studying Martial Law, your Wuqu Pojun has long since become useless. It would be better to release these two, resolve their resentment and bitterness, and let them become your support."

Li Xuan thought for a moment and decisively grabbed the ’Haotian Seal’, pressing it onto the parchment scroll.