With a sense of helplessness, the Ancestor of All Emperors can only compromise. After all, one can't really flip the table and reform the elements of earth, fire, water, and wind? The Creator of the Heaven knows how to handle such matters. The Ancestor acknowledges that he is relatively rational compared to him.
If the five sages all join hands to block his way, he wouldn't even have a chance to recreate the boundless chaos.
"Alright, let's follow your lead."
The Taiqing Saint conjured the Taiji Diagram, which was a bit gentler than the Creator of Heaven slicing through the Great Path with a sword, but still limited in its gentleness. It was as if he had torn the Great Path that the South Pole Immortal was climbing in two.
The Nüwa Saint watching the show immediately notified Deng Changyu: "Ah Yu, disaster is coming to the South Pole, hurry and take a look!"
Deng Changyu: "Oh? Teacher, are you so idle? I always thought you were in seclusion and cultivation."
Nuwa chuckled dryly: "I am practicing, I am practicing. But you and the South Pole have old grievances, don't you? I received the news and notified you immediately. Go take a look quickly!"
"Alright!"
Deng Changyu's people are still in Yunmeng Lake, and it's unrealistic for her to see the South Pole Immortal in a short time. The other party is keeping the gate tightly closed. Although she feels that the "Yu Xu" two characters are related to her, she dare not rush into the Palace of Jade Tranquility.
Luckily, she knows the location of the Old Immortal.
The Phoenix drags Longji back to the North Gate, murmuring all the way about the gamble between the South Pole and Toushen. She didn't tell it completely correctly, but it was roughly accurate.
Longji's eyes widened, and the Old Immortal dared to plot against her parents? That's simply unreasonable.
"I want to go back and settle accounts with him! Why is he so evil!"
The Phoenix quickly pulled her back, sister, many things can be done but not said: "I see that the old man is also injured this time. His life may not be long, let alone talking about it. But his path has definitely been damaged. We don't need to go there anymore. Otherwise, we will get splashed with blood."
At this moment, Deng Changyu repeated the words of Nuwa to her, and she was taken aback before quickly changing her tone: "Actually, it's fine to take a look. We can wash the clothes later. Let's go!"
Longji: "???"
You must be the progeny of eels!
The Old Immortal was already very thin to the point of losing his features. By the time the phoenix and her companions were almost at the North Heaven Gate, he was still on his way back to the Hall of Longevity.
Suddenly, a heart palpitation from the deepest recesses of his essence caused him to gasp in pain. The jade purity power that formed his Dao body began to secrete out in threads, and his understanding of the Dao of Blessings and Longevity was dissipating in an eerie manner. It was as if there was an eraser, wiping out all the traces and imprints he had cultivated for countless aeons.
"Aah! The pain is killing me!" He fell from the clouds, and he fell straight onto the threshold of a derelict palace.
The passing deities and heavenly generals nearby were all confused, unsure of what this figure was trying to do.
As a quasi-saint avatar, the Old Immortal also had a cultivation level of the early stage of the Golden Realm, but now that the South Pole Immortal's Dao level had plummeted, his avatar also followed suit, constantly falling in rank.
Greatly Relieved, Supreme, Jinyan, Xuanxin.
When it exceeded a certain threshold, the Old Immortal felt a huge explosion in his essence, as if the heavens and the earth had been re-opened, followed by excruciating pain.
The phoenix and Long Ji watched from a distance, and they were not alone in their thoughts. Many deities shared the same idea, and everyone was watching.
The Phoenix faintly felt the power of the Taiji Diagram on the Old Immortal's body. It seems not only to be related to blessings and longevity, but also to prevent this Dao from being integrated by some other force, the Taiji Diagram has taken parts of both Dao forces and mixed them with some other things to form a new Dao. The Phoenix has a guess, will this be "luck"?
The separation of the Dao of Blessings and Longevity has a huge impact on the South Pole Immortal. According to this, a rapid drop in such a realm should cause the avatar to completely disappear. However, the Old Immortal still holds a godly position in the heavenly court. This position is equivalent to some kind of fallback. Just before disappearing, the godly position takes effect and retains a new deity at true spirit level.
The Old Immortal and the South Pole Immortal are completely separated. From now on, they are two distinct lifeforms.
The old man looked confused, and he fell to the level of a true immortal with a single breath. He now has nothing, even the memories in his head are those of the South Pole, rather than his own. He was stunned for a moment.
The phoenix sighed deeply and pulled Long Ji: "Let's go. There are still many preparations to make for the campaign."
The Creator of Heaven is to lead the campaign personally, which leads to an enormous scale of the operation and a short preparation time, as there is only one day available. From the highest levels to the lowest in the heavenly court, everyone is busy, and no one cares about the Old Immortal's well-being.
The lower-level celestial soldiers and generals pulled out their savings, purchasing good weapons, armor, or additional life-saving elixirs, hoping they could still survive to return.
The higher up one goes, the calmer it becomes.
There's really not much to prepare. Just bring out the treasure, fight it out, and that's it. What else is there to prepare for?
The phoenix assigned the task of gathering troops and commanders and then began to contemplate the reasons for this campaign and its deeper motivations.
She asked Deng Changyu, "What is Tian Shi? It sounds pretty powerful. Do we know this knowledge point?"
Although the avatar is Deng Changyu, it is not entirely so. A person's personality is greatly influenced by postnatal environment, education level, experiences, and so on. Even if it is the same person with the same memory, changing the environment could potentially turn them into someone of a different character.
When it comes to the side of the boundless chaos, Deng Changyu's memories are present in the avatar, but they still show some differences in speech and actions due to the influence of cultivation methods, spiritual energy, and environment.
The phoenix might not know what she is asking, but it is possible that the original body and Yue Guang Dao Ren do know, which is why she posed the question in the first place.
Deng Changyu paused for a moment on her end: "Tian Shi should be the longevity of the boundless chaos, the longevity of the Tao. According to your description, it's mostly likely something belonging to the South Pole Immortal. Hmph, this old fellow is completely finished this time."
The phoenix thought for a moment: "You asked about the measure of heaven, right? Then you're trying to show off in front of me and Yue Guang?"
"So what if I did?!"
A day later.
The heavenly court pooled its resources, even including tall boys, spirit farmers, and stable boys who could breathe. A total of 80,000 troops were raised!
Among them, the navy under the Water God Star King exceeded 30,000, and Ao Guang brought another 20,000 aquatic species to join the battle. The rest were basically filling the numbers. Most of the celestial soldiers and generals with certain combat capabilities came from the four heavens gate, with less than 8,000 in number. Among them were also the two hundred Wanmojun gifted by Xuanwu to Phoenix.
The Creator of Heaven was dressed in full regalia, with a sword hanging at his waist, seated within the eight-scenery chariot pulled by eight dragons.
His face was serious, as if he was thinking about something important.
The celestial soldiers and generals all had nervous expressions. Phoenix had brought along all her little friends, including the bear, the dragon maiden, and Dang Kang. She also brought the two generals of reptiles and snakes along with their Wanmojun. She didn't know what the so-called Magyaojie looked like and was careful and prepared, always better to be prepared.
She had 200 personal troops, 1,850 celestial soldiers under the command of the Deputy Marshal Zhenjun of Tianyou, and the rest were a motley crew of stable boys, farmers, and blacksmiths. These she handed over to the management of Taibai Jinxing. If she could recruit a monkey-brained Sun Wukong, then she might take him on. But an ordinary stable boy was truly of little value; in a great battle, they were more of a burden than anything else.
