Chapter 261 Golden Crow, Golden Crow
"Spiritual Venerable?"
Under the power of the wishes of all beings in the Spirit Race, Xuan Qing discovered that a new karmic title had suddenly appeared on his body—Spiritual Venerable, the Venerable of the Spirit Race.
With the karmic title of Spiritual Venerable attached to him, Xuan Qing immediately underwent a wondrous change.
In his perception, the world was different; all things came alive, freely releasing their emotions. Their joys and sorrows, all their past experiences, were all perceived by Xuan Qing.
Even the old events that had occurred here in the past were glimpsed by Xuan Qing from the memories of all things.
Listening to the voice of all things!
This was a gift from the Spirit Race, and also a supreme divine power unique to the Spiritual Venerable.
"What does the Heavenly Dao mean by this?"
"Is it to allow me to use this karmic title to govern all kinds of beings and spirits, so as to achieve the position of the Eastern Azure Flower Emperor?"
After comprehending the changes in himself, Xuan Qing thought with some doubt.
The Eastern Azure Flower Emperor, one of the Six Supreme Emperors, is the Lord of All Beings, ruling over all things and spirits in the primordial world, and is one of the most noble existences in the world.
Of course, as one of the Six Emperors, the power of the Eastern Azure Emperor is not so simple. He is also one of the rulers of the Underworld, a great sage who saves people from suffering, and possesses supreme power.
However, all of this is irrelevant to Xuan Qing now. What he cares about is the meaning represented by the title of Spirit Venerable.
Although the Eastern Azure Emperor has great power and numerous authorities, being the Lord of All Beings is the foundation of his position. The power of the Spirit Venerable is a part of his power.
Therefore, when the Eastern Azure Emperor is born, Xuan Qing, as the Spirit Venerable, will inevitably be restrained by him. He must either be subordinate to him or give up the title of Spirit Venerable.
There is no third option.
However, Xuan Qing really dislikes being subordinate to someone; he is even more unwilling to give up what he has gained. Therefore, in order not to be wronged, he is determined to take the position of the Eastern Azure Emperor !
"This coincides perfectly with my plan to secretly control the Heavenly Court!" Smiling, Xuanqing concealed the merit above his head and hurried towards the Jade Void Palace.
Having caused so much commotion, he had to explain to the Three Pure Ones, even though they already knew everything.
Because this was the duty of a disciple!
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Just as Feng Zichen was in seclusion refining the Human Dao Imperial Court, and Xuanqing was visiting the Three Pure Ones, a conspiracy targeting the Witch and Demon races slowly began.
On Mount Sumeru, Daoist Zhunti's heart stirred, and he left, heading towards the East Sea.
Meanwhile, in the Heavenly Court, the Demon God Dafeng, on the orders of Emperor Jun, left the Heavenly Court and went to Tang Valley in the East Sea to reprimand the ten princes of the Demon race.
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After the Six Sages attained enlightenment, Donghuang Taiyi deeply felt his strength was insufficient, so he abandoned all worldly affairs and focused on seclusion on the Sun Star, hoping to enter the Primordial Dao Realm as soon as possible.
Thus, the task of teaching the ten Golden Crows was naturally put on hold.
Emperor Jun, as the Heavenly Emperor, was busy maintaining the order of heaven and earth and simply couldn't spare the time to discipline the ten Golden Crows.
Xihe, in order to give birth to the ten Golden Crows, had damaged her own essence and had to return to the Taiyin Star for seclusion to recuperate, and hadn't emerged yet.
As for Fuxi, Kunpeng, and the various demon gods of the Heavenly Court, they all had important matters to attend to and no time to teach the ten Golden Crows.
Left with no other choice, Emperor Jun had to entrust the ten Golden Crows to the care of palace maids.
However, these palace maids had limited talent and low status; the highest cultivation level among them was only Taiyi Golden Immortal. It was already remarkable that they could barely maintain their composure in the face of the ten Golden Crows; how could they dare to boss them around? This led to the ten Golden Crows developing an unruly nature.
Now, bored in the Heavenly Court, the ten Golden Crows insisted on going to see the primordial world, and disregarding the many palace maids' attempts to stop them, they stormed towards the Southern Heavenly Gate.
The Golden Crow, spirits of the sun, are enveloped in the true fire of the sun, capable of scorching the heavens and boiling the seas, possessing immense power.
Especially the ten Golden Crows, born from the womb rather than naturally conceived by the sun, should not have been so powerful.
However, out of love for her children, Xihe, while the ten Golden Crows were still in their gestation stage, spared no expense in sacrificing her own essence, forcibly strengthening their essence through the method of Yin generating Yang.
With this help, the ten Golden Crows were born with abundant innate essence, all being innate gods and demons, no less powerful than the gods naturally born from the sun.
However, every gain has its price. While the ten Golden Crows gained power far exceeding their own potential, they also paid a price.
Before reaching the Great Luo Golden Immortal level, they could not fully control their power, causing the true fire of the sun to leak out, making them unapproachable to living beings.
Therefore, if the ten Golden Crows were to recklessly venture into the primordial world, the true fire of the sun emanating from their bodies would undoubtedly cause unimaginable calamities to the primordial land.
Unfortunately, the Ten Golden Crows were of noble status, and even though many heavenly soldiers and generals had the strength to subdue them, who dared to make a move?
Fortunately, just as the Ten Golden Crows were about to rush out of the Southern Heavenly Gate, Kunpeng returned to the Heavenly Court because of Feng Zichen's matter and ran into them head-on.
The heavenly generals dared not attack the Ten Golden Crows, but Kunpeng had no such scruples. He immediately subdued them and brought them before Emperor Jun for his disposal.
Emperor Jun was furious at the Ten Golden Crows' actions and immediately imprisoned them in the Valley of Tang, forbidding them from emerging into the world until their cultivation reached the level of a Great Luo Golden Immortal.
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The Demon God Dafeng left the Southern Heavenly Gate, identified his direction, and flew straight towards the East Sea.
However, just as he was about to reach the East Sea, a seven-colored ray of light suddenly appeared in the void, enveloping him.
Strangely, Dafeng seemed oblivious to the anomaly around him and continued towards the Valley of Tang without looking back.
This seven-colored ray of light was naturally the transformation of the Daoist Zhunti. Otherwise, how could the Demon God Dafeng, a Great Luo Golden Immortal, not have noticed the anomaly?
Only a sage could do such a thing.
Tang Valley, the legendary land of sunrise!
Of course, this is just a legend from later generations.
Since ancient times, the sun has always been high in the heavens, unchanged throughout the ages, so there is naturally no place for sunrise and sunset.
The so-called land of sunrise is just a misunderstanding caused by the ten golden crows playing there, which was seen by others and spread through countless years.
"Open!"
Outside Tang Valley, Dafeng took out the token given to him by Dijun and drew a line in the void.
Instantly, the void rippled like water, with innate array patterns appearing and intertwining, gradually forming a passage.
This array is called the Heluo Grand Array, which Dijun specially set up to prevent the ten golden crows from sneaking out.
Walking into the passage, one is greeted by a mulberry tree that blocks out the sky.
This is the largest branch of the Fusang Tree, one of the ten primordial spiritual roots of the ancient world, on the Sun Star. It was cut down by Di Jun and placed in Tang Valley as a habitat for the ten golden crows.
(End of Chapter)