Refining the Dao into Godhood: A Tale of the Jie Sect
Chapter 230 - 219: [Stealing the Heavens and Switching the Day, Replacing One with Another] (Please Subscribe)

Chapter 230: Chapter 219: [Stealing the Heavens and Switching the Day, Replacing One with Another] (Please Subscribe)

Seeing the situation, Taiching, the Old Master, immediately put away the "Pure Yang Sword" and nodded in satisfaction: "From now on, the Earth Leaving Flame Light Flag is your Spiritual Treasure!"

This Spiritual Treasure was the companion object of the Eastern Prince, and the grievances between Emperor Donghua and Xuanqing originated because of this treasure.

Xuanqing giving up this treasure signified the resolution of karma between him and Emperor Donghua!

Yet, upon hearing Taiching’s Old Master’s thoughts of expanding the Human Sect, Xuanqing couldn’t help but be moved, "Great Uncle, would you like to have a disciple?"

Taiching, the Old Master, laughed: "I am not Tongtian. When taking disciples, I do have some requirements! Ordinary beings cannot meet my expectations!"

"The disciple I have in mind certainly knows this!" Xuanqing smiled slightly and looked towards the north as he spoke, "I wonder what you think of Divine Monarch Zhi Ming?"

He had already refined a part of the Fate Demon God Dao Fruit and knew that Taiching, the Old Master and the incarnation of Divine Monarch Zhi Ming had a master-disciple fate.

In a certain timeline, Xuan Sect turned into the Taoist Sect, with The Three Pure Ones as the leaders, and under The Three Pure Ones, nine Great Divine Ability holders managed everything.

Dao begins with non-existence giving birth to mystery. The mystery spawns the Three Origins, and these origins transform into the primal three pure qi, which in turn form the three Heavenly Venerates who govern the Taoist Sect.

Then, each of the three qi gave birth to another three qi, evolving into the Taoist Nine Heavens, consisting of Three Zhen, Three Saints, and Three Immortals, these nine Great Divine Ability holders are the foundation of the Taoist Sect.

The Three Immortals belong to Daode Tianzun, the Three Saints are disciples of Yuanshi Tianzun, and the Three Zhen are under Lingbao Tianzun. The Three Immortals Xuanqing saw in fate are the Xuan Dou Grandmaster, Emperor Donghua, and True Martial Great Emperor.

Therefore, Xuanqing was certain about the fate between Divine Monarch Zhi Ming’s incarnation and Taiching, the Old Master.

Hearing this, Taiching, the Old Master was taken aback and then started to calculate with his fingers, "There is indeed a trace of fate! You didn’t come up with this yourself, did you?"

"Ha ha!"

Xuanqing laughed heartily: "Great Uncle, have you forgotten? I am now half a Fate Demon God. Naturally, I can glimpse into the fixed destinies."

"Divine Monarch Zhi Ming is a Holy Beast of the north, with the body of a turtle and snake, one still and one mobile, one yin and one yang, indeed most suitable to inherit the mantle of your Taiji Dao!"

"However, Divine Monarch Zhi Ming needs to guard the North Pole and must not move lightly. I fear only through reincarnation can he become your disciple!"

Different from the likes of Zhi Ming and Ling Guang, who are not entangled in karma but instead are endowed with great merit, if Divine Monarch Zhi Ming takes Taiching, the Old Master, as his teacher through an incarnation, the fate of the Human Sect will surge immensely, perhaps even rivaling the Chan Sect and the Jie Sect.

"Good!"

Taiching, the Old Master nodded in satisfaction: "Then I’ll leave this matter to you to handle!"

"Yes!"

Evil Corpse Xuanqing hurriedly flew towards the North Pole.

Before long, he met the bored Divine Monarch Zhi Ming: "Divine Monarch Zhi Ming, how have you been lately? Do you have any interest in leaving the North Pole?"

Upon hearing this, Zhi Ming immediately said: "Leaving the North Pole is not an easy task! You mean to take my place guarding the North Pole?"

Previously, when the Mysterious Turtle of Beiming was around, he could sometimes let the Mysterious Turtle stand in for him. He took the opportunity to search for chances in the Primordial World.

But now, since Buzhou Mountain’s Heavenly Pillar broke, the Mysterious Turtle sacrificed its four limbs to support heaven and earth. Its True Spirit reincarnated and became a disciple of Tongtian Sect Master, turned into Gui Ling Saint Mother. Thus, he could only solely guard the North Pole!

"No!"

Xuanqing waved his hands hastily: "My true body is currently suppressing the Undying Volcano! I am suggesting, does Divine Monarch Zhi Ming have any interest in splitting a strand of his True Spirit to reincarnate? If you practice the Three Corpses Method and later cut out the Three Corpses, naturally you can use the Three Corpses Incarnations to replace your true self and guard the North Pole!"

Hearing this, Zhi Ming couldn’t help but shake his head: "I have heard Hong Jun’s preachings; the strength of the Three Corpses Incarnations is not enough to guard this place!"

As he said so, he manifested his Three Corpses Incarnations on the spot, each one almost as powerful as a Quasi-Saint but still far behind his true self.

Xuanqing asked curiously: "Divine Monarch Zhi Ming, what exactly are you suppressing? The four poles of the world don’t seem to have much worth guarding?"

He knew that after the Dragon Han Catastrophe, Divine Monarchs Zhi Ming, Ling Guang, Meng Zhang, and Jian Bing were assigned by Heavenly Dao to guard the four poles of the Primordial World.

However, having been to the North Pole several times as well as the Eastern and Southern Poles, these places seemed barren. These locations did not appear to be a threat to the Primordial World like the Returning Ruins Sea Eye or the Undying Volcano, so he didn’t see the need for them to be guarded.

"That shows your lack of insight!"

Zhi Ming said somewhat irritably: "The four directions up, down, and all around are called ’Yu’, through ancient and modern times is ’Zhou’! What Meng Zhang and I are suppressing are the four cardinal directions of heaven and earth! Without us guarding, do you think the four poles would not reconverge like when Buzhou Mountain collapsed, bringing all things back to Chaos?"

"So that’s it!"

Xuanqing suddenly realized. If the Primordial World was a house, then Zhi Ming, Meng Zhang, and the other two were the four load-bearing walls guarding the cardinal directions.

"By the way!"

Zhi Ming seemed to remember something suddenly and said: "When will you return the Xuan Yuan Water Controlling Flag to me?"

"Ha ha!"

Hearing this, Xuanqing couldn’t help but laugh awkwardly: "I am afraid I won’t be able to return it anymore! Divine Monarch Zhi Ming, you are not lacking in Spiritual Treasures, how about I guard the North Pole for you for ten cosmic cycles and you gift the Xuan Yuan Water Controlling Flag to me?"

"How can you be so shameless!"

Zhi Ming was somewhat speechless but also slightly tempted: "This incarnation of yours is not powerful enough, likely inadequate to suppress the North Pole!"

"To suppress the four poles, not to mention Saints, at the very least, one must be of the level of Primordial Golden Immortal Perfection!"

"Your Evil Corpse..."

Evil Corpse Xuanqing promptly understood the implied meaning in Zhi Ming’s words, immediately produced a black chess piece, and transformed it into the Dao Fruit of the Fate Daoist, hovering above his head: "I may not be up to the task, but the Fate Demon God should have no problems!"

Boom!

With the support of the Fate Daoist’s Dao Fruit, the aura of Evil Corpse Xuanqing instantly climbed to a new level, even stronger than the aura of Zhi Ming.

"Can it really be done like this?"

Zhi Ming’s eyes immediately brightened: "Guard for me for thirty cosmic cycles and the Xuan Yuan Water Controlling Flag is yours!"

"How about ten cycles, more or less!"

Xuanqing haggled: "Who doesn’t know that all the Spiritual Treasures of the Beiming are in the hands of Zhi Ming!"

"So what?" Zhi Ming retorted indignantly: "My Spiritual Treasures weren’t brought here by a strong wind! Twenty-five Yuan meetings!"

Seeing an opportunity, Xuanqing then said: "How about this, I find that your Great Dao and my grand-uncle’s Taiji Dao share a unique correspondence. I can act as a go-between for you two! It’s probably not convenient for you to wander around the Primordial World under the identity of Divine Monarch Zhi Ming. How about you join the Human Sect and at the same time, study the Taiji Dao!"

After some thought, Zhi Ming decided that forming a connection with a Saint might not be a bad thing, and he nodded his head in approval.

However, he still didn’t soften his terms.

"Twenty Yuan meetings!"

Finally, the two reached an agreement. Xuanqing’s Evil Corpse would replace Zhi Ming to suppress the North Pole for twenty Yuan meetings in exchange for the ownership of the "Xuanyuan Water Control Flag."

Boom!

The void trembled slightly, but Xuanqing covered it up well with the Fate Dao obscuring heaven’s secrets, instantly transforming into the shape of the Xuanwu Dao Body.

Having comprehended "Pangu’s Nine Transformations," transforming into Xuanwu was no difficulty for him.

Zhi Ming, on the other hand, had a thought and changed into Xuanqing’s appearance: "I’ve thought about it, and joining the Human Sect doesn’t seem as interesting as transforming into your likeness!"

"Are you sure?" Xuanqing was rather speechless: "Not long ago, I offended the Phoenix Clan; Divine Monarchs like Ling Guang, the Mysterious Bird, and Li Feng from the Wind Clan, all can’t wait to kill me and get it over with. Do you want to take on the karma for me, senior?"

"Forget it then!" Upon hearing this, Zhi Ming immediately shook his head and changed back into another appearance.

He had forgotten!

At this moment, Xuanqing’s reputation in the Primordial World wasn’t too good — phrases like ’a glare and you’re pregnant’, and ’speak a word against him and you’ll find yourself bearing his child’...

Better to forget that idea!

Although he had always stayed in the North Pole, he knew that Xuanqing’s reputation was fast catching up to Luo Hou’s, both of them being entities that could stop a child’s crying.

Watching Divine Monarch Zhi Ming depart, Xuanqing couldn’t help but let out a long sigh: "Isn’t it just twenty Yuan meetings? All sacrifices are worth it!"

As long as he could get the agreement of Yuanshi Tianzun, he could integrate the "Innate Five Directions Flag" into the "Qiankun Ding," taking this Innate Treasure to the next level.

Thus, he could refine the Fate Demon God Dao Fruit even faster, perhaps completely within a few Yuan meetings.

"Ghost Dao Avatar!"

However, with his main body and Good Corpse both in the Undying Volcano, and his Evil Corpse outside the Primordial World, and now needing to suppress the North Pole, he could only send his Ghost Dao Avatar to meet Yuanshi Tianzun!

He was still confident about exchanging for the "Wuji Apricot Yellow Flag." Yun Zhongzi was a disciple of the Chan Sect, and he possessed the "Nine-nine Soul Scattering Gourd" crafted with a Secret Technique by his previous incarnation, Hongyun Daoist.

This Spiritual Treasure was originally intended for the use of his Ghost Dao Avatar, but now, to reverse-refine the Fate Demon God, he had to part with it, however reluctant he felt.

Entering Kunlun Mountain, before reaching Yuxu Palace, he soon encountered Chi Songzi, who, upon seeing him, turned tail and ran.

Xuanqing’s Ghost Dao Avatar immediately utilized an Escape Skill, appearing right in front of Chi Jingzi: "Chi Jingzi Daoist, why run? It’s me!"

"It’s because I saw you, that’s why I’m running!" Chi Jingzi turned to run again, leaving only a voice trailing behind: "I don’t want to end up with a child out of nowhere just like Xuan Bird!"

"Such slander!" Xuanqing’s Ghost Dao Avatar shouted indignantly: "The deeds of my main body have nothing to do with me! I’m just a minor Ghost Dao Avatar!"

He was the lord of the Tai Mountain, a being who oversaw a region, but now he had to carry the burden for his main body.

The main body’s actions should not extend to his Avatar!

Soon after, he encountered two Chan Sect disciples who avoided him like the plague, and even the White Crane Boy ran away upon seeing him.

However, luckily, he soon arrived at Yuxu Palace and met Yuanshi Tianzun and several Chan Sect Golden Immortals who dared not raise their heads to look at him.

"Greetings to my second grand-master!" Xuanqing’s Ghost Dao Avatar immediately produced the "Nine-nine Soul Scattering Gourd" and got straight to the point: "Disciple has come for the Wuji Apricot Yellow Flag! My main body is now confined by circumstances, and I’m afraid I won’t be able to return the grand-master’s Spiritual Treasure! Therefore, my main body has sent me to offer the Nine-nine Soul Scattering Gourd to grand-master!"

Hearing of the "Nine-nine Soul Scattering Gourd," Yun Zhongzi, who was standing by, was momentarily stunned. Although he did not inherit many memories of Hongyun, he still had some resonance with this Top Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure.

"Agreed!" Yuanshi Tianzun did not refuse. He was aware that this Spiritual Treasure had some use to Yun Zhongzi, possibly allowing him to inherit all of Hongyun’s heritage.

"However..." Yuanshi Tianzun paused then continued: "You need to make that incarnation of yours in the Demon Realm cooperate with my Evil Corpse to do something!"

Not only Minghe Daoist and Jieyin Daoist had designs on the origin of the Demon Realm, but Yuanshi Tianzun also had a considerable interest in the Demon Realm’s origin.

However...

As the Primordial Heavenly Demon was too conspicuous, some tasks were not suitable for him to undertake.

Xuanqing, on the other hand, was better at stirring up trouble in the Demon Realm, causing chaos from heaven to earth.

"Yes!" Xuanqing agreed without hesitation, then curiously asked: "I just wonder, what is it that grand-master wants me to do?"

Yuanshi Tianzun smiled and said: "I plan to have the Primordial Heavenly Demon replace Luo Hou! As for you... let’s give Luo Hou a dose of the Mother-child Creation Divine Light!"

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