The Ten Thousand Worlds are like chess pieces on a board. In the Xuanwei Four Continents, the underworld, and various Golden Immortal worlds, people look up and can see the Emperor standing high in the sky, as if controlling their fates.
In the great temples above the West Continent, Maitreya’s statues have turned into the Emperor’s face, no longer kind and gentle, but instead somewhat domineering.
In the East and Northern Continents, on the alarm bells of the City God and Land God temples, the words of the Nine Mountain Heavenly Rules have disappeared, and a new pattern has begun to appear—an Emperor sitting high on a dragon throne, with countless stars beneath him.
Zheng Fa observed these changes and gained a deeper understanding of the Emperor.
Just as he himself said, his words are heavenly regulations, and he deliberately destroyed any explicit heavenly rules.
Even the vows he made when proving the Dao were extremely concise.
Without knowledge of punishment, power is unfathomable.
His gaze fell upon the Emperor, feeling the changes in Maitreya—
The current situation is very peculiar. Maitreya is essentially still his avatar, but due to Lu Yao, Zheng Fa has lost the ability to let it perish.
Yet on the other hand, Zheng Fa can completely perceive the changes happening to Maitreya, including Maitreya’s current cultivation of the Heavenly Emperor’s Dao.
In this regard, the Emperor seems like a teacher, teaching Zheng Fa how to prove the Dao of Primordial step by step.
The Emperor’s Dao enlightenment actually has two major steps:
The first is the unification of the Three Corpses, which is the fusion of Maitreya, the Earth Emperor, and the Human Emperor.
Zheng Fa is actually familiar with this Cultivation Technique—it’s the Secret Technique of Rebirth and Enlightenment Method from the previous Leiyin Temple.
Or rather, the Rebirth and Enlightenment Method is derived from the Three Corpses Unification cultivation method.
At this moment, Maitreya’s three corpse forms are already illusory, while the Emperor’s body becomes more solid. The Three Corpses Unification has reached its end.
But for the Emperor to prove the Dao of Primordial, the next step is even more important—fusion with Hongmeng Purple Qi.
Just as Zheng Fa knew before, this Hongmeng Purple Qi is very special. It is the position of the Human Saint, which means it belongs to the entire Human Clan. Only with the recognition of the entire Human Clan can the Emperor use this Hongmeng Purple Qi to prove the Dao of Primordial.
It can even be said—the Emperor’s Dao enlightenment of Primordial is not entirely his own. He is merely the leader of the Human Clan, borrowing the strength of the entire Human Clan.
Thinking of this, Zheng Fa finally understood why the Emperor claimed that the Human Clan had betrayed him before.
Because once the Human Clan no longer recognizes the Emperor, his cultivation will fall from Primordial.
He even had a different perspective on the Six Saints’ war against the Emperor:
In the past, he thought the Emperor was killed by the Six Saints, but now it seems not so.
Perhaps the Six Saints guided the Human Clan to betray the Emperor, causing him to lose his Primordial rank, leading to his demise.
This aligns with Zheng Fa’s impression of the Saints:
Not to mention, just from the Divine Enthronement War, the Tongtian Saint failed, but even after the failure, he did not die, instead was sealed.
If the Taiyi Daluo rank can control the Great Dao,
then the Primordial Great Luo Golden Immortal is the Great Dao itself, impossible to die.
Realizing this, Zheng Fa roughly understood why the Emperor is determined to control the thoughts and Cultivation Techniques of the entire Human Clan.
Now, the Emperor wants to merge with the Hongmeng Purple Qi, not only to prove the Dao again but to completely control the entire Human Clan.
Suddenly, Zheng Fa had a thought, sharply looking at a corner of the hall, seeing the Jile Heavenly Girl standing next to Lu Yao.
As if sensing his gaze, Jile turned her head towards Zheng Fa, smiling gently.
Zheng Fa’s heart sank.
Could it be that Jile...was chosen by the Emperor?
He squinted slightly, smiling towards Jile as well.
Now, the Jile Heavenly Girl became suspicious and uncertain.
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"Paradise Fragrance..." In the Nine Mountains Immortal Court, Master Pang asked in surprise, "Does the Emperor intend to use the Paradise Fragrance?"
"I can’t think of any other way for the Emperor to fully control the Human Clan." The Heavenly Emperor Body spoke softly, "It seems now that the Emperor intends to use a two-pronged approach, using the Yellow Court Scripture to control cultivators, and the Paradise Fragrance to control the common folk."
The Yellow Court Scripture’s ability is precisely to communicate and flourish.
Conversely, it can entirely abolish all schools—or rather, replace all Cultivation Techniques with the Yellow Court Scripture.
Simply put, it’s a platform Cultivation Technique.
When used well, it’s for communication, when used poorly, it’s monopoly.
This is the very reason Zheng Fa made the Yellow Court Scripture open-source.
But now, the Emperor wants to monopolize it—therefore, he wants to keep Zheng Fa around.
The Supreme Elders in the room fell silent, footsteps sounded outside the door, and a Disciple knocked on the door:
"Supreme Elders, the time has come."
Zhang rose, looked at the Heavenly Emperor Body and the Sword Dao Body, and her gaze carried an inquiry.
"We won’t go." The Heavenly Emperor Body shook his head, "We’re entrusting you with this, Senior Sister."
Zhang exchanged glances with Master Pang and others, and walked towards the door.
They took a few steps and stopped in unison, looking back.
The Heavenly Emperor Body and Sword Dao Body sat in the room, smiling at them, their gazes filled with anticipation.
Zhang pursed her lips, said quietly: "Let’s go."
She led the Supreme Elders silently flying to the Jiushan Assembly Hall.
This hall was newly built, with only one floor and one hundred thousand seats, specifically for the Nine Mountain General Assembly.
The general assemblies used to be held in theaters, but as the Jiushan Realm expanded with the All Heaven Stars Formation, space became less valuable, so they built a dedicated assembly hall to avoid interfering with Jiushan disciples’ entertainment.
The hall now buzzed like a busy beehive.
When Zhang and the others entered, they saw it was packed full, with Jiushan Disciples everywhere.
There were members from the Administrative Court, the Divine Dao Inspection Institute, and the Military Institute, totaling tens of thousands.
These were the elites from various departments, now seated in their respective positions, frowning, and as Zhang and others entered, the whole hall suddenly quieted down.