Refining the Dao into Godhood: A Tale of the Jie Sect
Chapter 202 - 196: Curse Soul Reincarnation, Governing by Doing Nothing (Please Subscribe)

Chapter 202: Chapter 196: Curse Soul Reincarnation, Governing by Doing Nothing (Please Subscribe)

Heavenly Court.

Haotian gathered the gods and after making some simple arrangements, he prepared to let the Turquoise Pool escort his Primordial Spirit for reincarnation and tribulation.

Seeing this, the god in green clothing hastily spoke up, "This time, the matter with Ma Yi is due to my negligence. I request your majesty’s permission for me to relinquish my godly position in the Heavenly Court!"

Upon hearing this, all the gods couldn’t help but turn their gazes towards the god in green clothing. As Ma Yi’s elder brother, he indeed could not escape blame for this incident.

On the surface, it was Ma Yi who had been possessed by the Curse Demon God, but after all, Ma Yi was a Daluo Golden Immortal. If he had not harbored greed and ambition in his heart, how could the Curse Demon God have found an opportunity to enter?

Now that Ma Yi has fallen, the god in green is probably not feeling well either; hence he took the opportunity to speak up, wishing to leave the contentious place of the Heavenly Court!

"Granted!"

Haotian did not refuse.

As the Heavenly Emperor, he indeed considered himself a failure, but whether the god in green desired to leave because of Ma Yi’s affair or did not wish to get involved in the struggle between the three teachings of his Xuan Sect, he had no reason to deny the other’s departure.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

The god in green quickly nodded.

Then, Haotian turned to Xuanqing, Nanji, and Taiyi: "This upheaval in the Heavenly Court has been settled, thanks to the primary efforts of the three learned nephews. When I face the Reincarnation Tribulation, the Heavenly Court will be entrusted to the three learned nephews!"

His gaze fell upon Xuanqing, "Nephew Xuanqing, since you are so interested in the position of god in the Heavenly Court, why not temporarily take the seat of the Heavenly Emperor?"

"Then, I thank my learned uncle!"

Xuanqing, expressionless, sneered in his heart: "Even at this stage! Haotian still attempts to sow discord between the two teachings of Chan and Jie; it seems his heart still harbors some reluctance."

Nowadays, both the "Investiture of the Gods" and the "Heavenly Emperor Seal" were in Yuanshi Tianzun’s hands. According to Xuanqing’s understanding of his second great-uncle, it’s likely that Yuanshi Tianzun wished for Haotian to continue bearing the name of Heavenly Emperor, and then have Nanji and Taiyi exercise the actual powers of the Heavenly Emperor on Haotian’s behalf!

Haotian must be aware of this.

But before his Reincarnation Tribulation, he still asked Xuanqing to temporarily take the position of Heavenly Emperor.

Clearly, he had no good intentions!

And Xuanqing, who readily agreed, was simply using Haotian’s own strategy against him, curious to see what tricks Haotian could still play when pushed to this point!

He wasn’t particularly interested in the authority of the Heavenly Emperor; his reason for splitting several of his incarnations was not to seize power in the Heavenly Court, but rather to utilize such authority to comprehend the Great Dao of heaven and earth!

His authority as "Tribulation Ancestor" was theoretically on par with the Heavenly Emperor and at certain moments, it might even be considered higher... for his authority as "Tribulation Ancestor" could bring tribulations upon the Heavenly Emperor!

At this moment, Haotian had no idea that his Evil Corpse had rebelled because Xuanqing, in secret, had brought the Heavenly Emperor Tribulation upon him, this Heavenly Emperor.

Without the "Heavenly Emperor Seal," after Haotian went through the Reincarnation Tribulation, Xuanqing could then subcontract the Heavenly Emperor’s authority to Nanji and Taiyi!

As for being the Heavenly Emperor, whosoever wished to be, may as well be... he had no intentions of entangling himself with such karma!

"Good!"

Haotian’s Primordial Spirit nodded satisfactorily, then prepared to pass through the Reincarnation Tribulation with the escort of the Turquoise Pool, in order to recover his lost essence from this ordeal.

The god in green also left shortly afterwards.

Watching the departing figure of the god in green, Xuanqing turned to Nanji and Taiyi: "The affairs of the Heavenly Court will trouble the two fellow Daoists!"

"I shall return shortly!"

Nanji and Taiyi, bewildered, along with the other gods of the Heavenly Court, were full of doubts. Under normal circumstances, since Haotian had asked Xuanqing to temporarily hold the position of the Heavenly Court... shouldn’t he be reassuring the gods of the Heavenly Court right now?

Why did he simply leave?

Xuanqing carefully concealed his aura and followed behind the god in green, but despite his cautiousness, he was still discovered by the god in green on high alert.

The god in green hovered mid-air: "Daoist Xuanqing, is there any advice you might have?"

"No advice would dare be offered!"

Xuanqing smiled faintly, then took out a "Purple Gold Red Gourd" and slowly began to speak: "But if I call your name, do you dare to respond?"

"Curse Demon God!"

The face of the god in green changed dramatically, immediately his aura surged as he summoned the "Yin Yang Chessboard" and unleashed a Great Divine Power towards Xuanqing.

Clang!

Xuanqing was well-prepared, the "Cosmic Light Bell" conjured endless worlds of dust. Between the birth and death in the void, he neutralized the other’s Divine Skills.

"It seems, you’ve confessed without being beaten!"

Xuanqing remarked, smiling: "They say a crafty rabbit has three burrows, but you, Curse Demon God, are extremely cunning; surely, you have more than thirty burrows!"

Although Yuanshi Tianzun has suppressed the true form of the Curse Demon God, Taiching Laozi suspected that given the Demon God’s trickery, it likely had a contingency plan.

Therefore, when Taiching Laozi left the Heavenly Court, he quietly handed the "Purple Gold Red Gourd" to Xuanqing, asking him to probe the gods in the Heavenly Court.

This Spiritual Treasure wasn’t particularly powerful, but it had one feature; as long as one called out a name, if you responded, it could directly draw you into the gourd.

Real names and false names are actually not important; what matters is that you identify with that name in your heart.

The one closest to Ma Yi was undoubtedly the god in green, but the latter, over such a long period, had never detected anything strange about Ma Yi.

Under these circumstances, either the Curse Demon God’s methods were extraordinarily sophisticated, or the god in green knew but pretended to be unaware.

The former is manageable, but if the latter were the case, presenting himself as a victim, even if the Curse Demon God’s schemes were exposed, the several Heavenly Dao Saints probably wouldn’t suspect the god in green.

The reason Xuanqing suspected him was that, when the god in green was leaving the Heavenly Court, he accidentally revealed a hint of malice towards Xuanqing.

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