Refining the Dao into Godhood: A Tale of the Jie Sect
Chapter 197 - 192 [Five Directions Heavenly Emperor, Looting during Fire] (Request for Subscription)

Chapter 197: Chapter 192 [Five Directions Heavenly Emperor, Looting during Fire] (Request for Subscription)

Heavenly Court.

With Hao Tian in seclusion, the power was temporarily held by Yaochi, but in the Heavenly Court above and below, there was an ominous and stormy atmosphere approaching.

Last time, during Hao Tian’s great battle with Xingtian, the palaces of the Heavenly Court were mostly destroyed, and Gold Star Taibai was severely injured by Xingtian’s axe, which gave rise to peculiar thoughts among the remaining gods of the Heavenly Court.

That day, Yaochi was in Yaochi Fairyland discussing with Barefoot Immortal and others about how the Heavenly Court should operate during Hao Tian’s seclusion when suddenly, the aura of the Great Divine beings of the Six Paths descended upon the Heavenly Court.

Among them, she was very familiar with one, the Ma Yi Great God personally invited back by Hao Tian.

The other five, although she had not interacted much with them, she remembered that these five were Ling Weiyang, Chi Jiong Nu, Han Shuniu, Bai Zhaoju, Zhi Xianji – all guests from Purple Cloud Palace.

These five had once helped Public East King to establish the Immortal Court, but when the Demon Clan attacked Purple Mansion Continent and seeing the unstoppable force of Emperor Jun and Donghuang Taiyi, they immediately abandoned Public East King and ran away, leading to his disastrous defeat and subsequent disappearance.

At that time, the Demon Clan was not much stronger than the Immortal Court; if Ling Weiyang and the others had fought to the death and used the grand formation of Purple Mansion Continent to repel the enemies, even if Public East King was defeated, it wouldn’t have ended that way.

Once those five left, the high-end combat power of the Immortal Court was halved, what means could they use to resist the furious onslaught of the Demon Clan?

"Menacing visitors indeed!"

A bad premonition flashed through Yaochi’s mind, but she still stepped out of Yaochi Fairyland: "Ma Yi Great God and these five Daoists, may I ask what guidance brings you to this place in Yaochi Fairyland?"

Ma Yi Great God did not provoke a confrontation directly but smiled and said: "I know that the Heavenly Court is weak now, and after the battle with Xingtian, the Heavenly Emperor is critically injured and near death! Therefore, to restore the glory of the Heavenly Court, I specially invited these five Daoists to join the Heavenly Court to boost its prestige! These five have promised me that if His Majesty Hao Tian can grant them the positions of Great Emperors, they are willing to join the Heavenly Court!"

Positions of Great Emperor?

Five of them?

The look on Yaochi’s face turned ugly; although she was not a practitioner of the Emperor Dao, she knew that followers of the Emperor Dao cherished exclusivity.

Last time, in order to get the qualification of teaching the Human Emperor, Hao Tian created two positions of Great Emperor, already undermining the foundation of the Heavenly Emperor’s fruit position!

Now, Hao Tian is already critically injured, if he divides out five more positions of Great Emperor, he will probably only have the title of Heavenly Emperor left!

"Please return, five Daoists!" Yaochi spoke slowly: "Hao Tian is currently in seclusion for recuperation. If you truly wish to join the Heavenly Court, you might as well wait until Hao Tian comes out of seclusion and discuss it with him then!"

Upon hearing this, Ma Yi Great God immediately laughed: "Why hassle so much? Didn’t His Majesty entrust the Heavenly Emperor Seal to you for safekeeping before his seclusion?"

"Just take out the Heavenly Emperor Seal, and I can naturally confer on behalf of His Majesty the titles of Five Directions Heavenly Emperors for these Daoists!"

Yaochi’s expression turned very unpleasant: "Ma Yi, what are you trying to do? Hao Tian’s title as Heavenly Emperor was personally conferred by Daoist Ancestor himself, and the Heavenly Emperor Seal was granted directly by the Heavenly Dao! You are merely a Quasi-Saint who has slain one corpse; do you really intend to force me to hand over the Heavenly Emperor Seal?"

"Ha ha ha!"

Upon hearing this, Ma Yi Great God couldn’t help but laugh: "Why not? The position of Heavenly Emperor rotates, this year it’s my turn; since Public East King could become Heavenly Emperor, Emperor Jun could become Heavenly Emperor, even a failure like Hao Tian can ascend to the position of Heavenly Emperor, then why can’t I become the Primordial Heavenly Emperor!"

"How dare you!"

Barefoot Immortal immediately rebuked angrily: "Ma Yi, you really are audacious! You do not have the fate of the Heavenly Emperor, how could you assume this position?"

Even the Elder Brother of the Great Immortal Ma Yi, the Great Immortal Qingyi, couldn’t help but step out and rebuke: "Ma Yi, you must be possessed! Bow your head quickly so I can plead with His Majesty on your behalf!"

"Bow my head?"

Upon hearing these words, Great Immortal Ma Yi coldly retorted: "In the Primordial Land, strength reigns supreme. If I were to slay Hao Tian, then I would rightfully become the Heavenly Emperor. Fellow Daoists, block them for me while I go slay Hao Tian!"

Boom!

Great Immortal Ma Yi decisively made his move, wielding the "Mystic Iron Giant Axe" and slashing towards the array of the Yaochi, unleashing terrifying power in an instant.

This Divine Axe, obtained from the Treasure Dividing Rock, possessed unstoppable killing power, able to break through anything and was particularly effective against all kinds of arrays and seals.

"Take action!"

Ling Weiyang bellowed, summoning the Spiritual Treasure "Swallowing Heaven Pot" and activating the Cycle of Bloom and Decline Dao, furiously releasing the "Green Emperor Treasure Technique" towards the Yaochi.

In a flash, the essence of life and death circulated, as if a universe emerged revealing the Primordial Killing Intent. Between prosperity and decay, it was about to obliterate the Yaochi within its range of divine power.

"Plain Color Cloud Realm Banner!"

Seeing this, Yaochi hurriedly deployed the treasure bestowed by Daoist Ancestor Hong Jun to defend, generating layers of cloud realms that evolved into endless Dust Worlds in an instant.

"Red Emperor Treasure Technique!"

Emperor Chi flashed with anger, instantly striking with Divine Fire that swept across the heavens, instantly shattering the layers of cloud realms, the intense heat startling Yaochi.

"Not good!"

Yaochi took a "Golden Hairpin" off her head, casually tracing it through the air to evolve a galaxy, just barely blocking this strike from Emperor Chi.

Zhi Xianji sneered and also instantly unleashed a Great Divine Power: "You child of the Daoist Ancestor, you really have quite a few Innate Spiritual Treasures on you! Let me show you the power of the Black Emperor Treasure Technique!"

Boom!

In a blink, the Heavenly River Water transformed into a vortex, pressing down towards the Yaochi, instantly destroying the Heavenly River evolved by Yaochi.

The true form of Yaochi was instantly blown into a palace, while the Heavenly Emperor Seal in her hand turned into a streak of light falling into the hands of Zhi Xianji.

"Yellow Emperor Treasure Technique!"

On the other side, Han Shuniu decisively struck, turning waves of Xuanhuang Qi into mountains, instantly suppressing the Barefoot Immortal, Fu Yuan Immortal, and others.

However, he did not deliver a killing blow, as in his view, once they became the Heavenly Emperor, these Immortal Gods could still serve the Heavenly Court.

Being among the three thousand guests of the Purple Cloud Palace, techniques such as "Evil Summoning Banner" were well within their capabilities.

"Ma Yi, you treasonous rebel!"

The forced out Hao Tian, now with even more severe injuries, his Taoist Body damaged and Primordial Spirit dimmed, wished he could tear Ma Yi into ten thousand pieces.

But now, he was simply no match for Great Immortal Ma Yi, and next to Ma Yi, there was Bai Zhaoju vigorously executing the "White Emperor Treasure Technique".

The divine skills of Bai Zhaoju are not only unparalleled in killing but can even briefly control Hao Tian’s Spiritual Treasure, rendering him unable to activate the "Hao Tian Tower" for defense.

Ma Yi couldn’t help but laugh and said, "Hao Tian, you have blocked too many people’s paths! Since you refuse to yield gracefully, let me help you do so!"

Boom!

Under their divine powers, the Yaochi Fairyland shattered directly, turning into debris that fell towards the Primordial Land with terrifying force.

Such a significant disturbance naturally couldn’t escape the notice of Xuanqing’s avatars, as well as Nanji and Taiyi in the Heavenly Court, where they had established their Daoist fields.

However, sensing the presence of the six Great Divine Powers, no one dared to act rashly.

Taiyi and Nanji immediately sought counsel with Xuanqing: "Fellow Daoist Xuanqing, Hao Tian might not withstand this. Should we lend him a hand?"

Although they didn’t really hold Hao Tian in high regard, he was still related to the Daoist Ancestor, and if they did nothing to assist, they might get in trouble if the Daoist Ancestor holds it against them!

"No rush!"

Xuanqing’s Thunder Dao Avatar slowly said, "Hao Tian is, after all, a Bolt-Cut Quasi-Saint; it won’t be easy for Ma Yi and others to kill him. Let’s wait for my true body to arrive before deciding whether to intervene or not!"

He knew that Ma Yi had always been somewhat peculiar, but he didn’t expect him to be so audacious as to directly seize Hao Tian’s position as the Heavenly Emperor.

How could he, a hidden Bolt-Cut Quasi-Saint, dare to disregard the Daoist Ancestor of the Purple Cloud Palace and directly challenge Hao Tian without any backing from other Saints?

He felt that things were not so simple.

Meanwhile, several Heavenly Dao Saints and Earth Dao Saints had also sensed this sudden upheaval in the Heavenly Court!

"How interesting!"

Yuanshi Tianzun sneered: "Not long ago, Xingtian was deluded by Tribulation Qi, and now, Ma Yi dares to take such bold action!"

Naturally, he would love to see Hao Tian fall, and he even passed a message to Jieyin Daoist, suggesting that if the Heavenly Dao wanted them to assist Hao Tian, they should represent the Earth Dao to hinder it.

Save Hao Tian?

That was out of the question!

If Hao Tian fell, he might even use this opportunity to try and elevate his disciples Nanji and Taiyi to the position of the Heavenly Emperor.

In the dreams of Jieyin Daoist, Lord Taiching, Tongtian Sect Master, Yuanshi Tianzun, Lady Nuwa, Lady Houtu, and Zhunti were all gathered peacefully, showing no signs of conflict among them.

Clearly, as long as it didn’t involve the bottom line of the Saints, they didn’t mind cooperating to deal perfunctorily with the Heavenly Dao and Earth Dao!

Hearing Yuanshi Tianzun’s request, Jieyin Daoist lit up, "Sure! Sure! Leave this minor issue to me and my fellow disciple!"

Both of them had rebelled against the Xuan Sect and naturally liked to see internal strife in the Xuan Sect and Hao Tian.

However, Lord Taiching frowned and said, "Brother, this matter might not be so simple! Neither Xingtian nor Ma Yi could have been so easily deluded by the Tribulation Qi; someone must be stirring things up from behind!"

"No worries!"

Yuanshi Tianzun shook his head: "Both Nanji and Taiyi are in the Heavenly Court, Jin Ling of my junior brother’s disciples is also there, and Xuanqing seems to be heading towards the Heavenly Court; even if something unexpected happens, they will act accordingly!"

As "Cause of All Fruits," how could he not perceive the intricacies and complexities involved? He was merely taking advantage of this rare opportunity to eliminate Hao Tian and draw out the person orchestrating from behind the scenes!

Boom!

Although Hao Tian and Yaochi were both seriously injured, they were not without the power to resist.

Especially Hao Tian, who had numerous Innate Spiritual Treasures; at this moment, he detonated one, leading Yaochi in breaking through the siege.

"Where do you think you’re going!"

Ma Yi, of course, would not let Hao Tian escape so easily, while Ling Weiyang and others each brought out their Magic Treasures, setting up the "Five Directions Locking Heaven Formation" in the Heavenly Court, effectively sealing off the four cardinal gates.

Seeing this, Hao Tian immediately used the "Hao Tian Tower" and attacked Ma Yi.

"Yaochi!"

"Go!"

He knew that their primary target was himself, and if Yaochi left alone, they might not put so much effort into intercepting her.

Upon hearing this, Yaochi did not hesitate, but instead of leaving the Heavenly Court, she flew towards the Thunder Department’s True God Mansion, clearly seeking assistance from Xuanqing and others.

Ling Weiyang, Chi Bianhuo, and Han Shuniu relentlessly pursued her, interested in the Spiritual Treasures she possessed.

As members of the three thousand guests of the Purple Cloud Palace, they originally did not receive many Spiritual Treasures, so their cultivation remained stuck at the mid-stage Quasi-Saint level.

Seeing the numerous Innate Spiritual Treasures on Yaochi, they naturally wanted to claim them for themselves.

Yaochi fought and retreated all the way to the Thunder Department’s True God Mansion: "Fellow Daoists, as fellow disciples of the Xuan Sect, do you really intend to stand by and watch me perish?"

Nanji frowned slightly.

As for Taiyi True Master, currently in the Daluo Golden Immortal Realm, even if he wanted to help, facing three Quasi-Saints, his will exceeded his strength!

Both looked simultaneously at Xuanqing: "Fellow Daoist Xuanqing! To save, or not to save?"

If Yaochi hadn’t come to the Thunder Department’s True God Mansion, they could naturally ignore her, but now that she was right before them, not helping would be somewhat unreasonable!

"Save!"

Xuanqing made a decisive decision: "However, facing three Quasi-Saints, we can’t simply help without gaining anything in return!"

He glanced at Yaochi, who was battling Ling Weiyang and others, and seized the opportunity to demand: "Fellow Daoist Yaochi, three Quasi-Saints are not easy to deal with, give me the Plain Cloud Realm Banner, and I can assure your safety!"

"Agreed!"

In the dire situation, Yaochi didn’t hesitate a second and immediately agreed.

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