blueteamnovel Chapter 8 Reaching the Heavens and Seeing the Profound Beginning
Chapter 8 Reaching the Heavens and Seeing the Profound Beginning
Chapter Eight: Tongtian Meets Xuan Chu
With the establishment of the Heavenly Court, merits were bestowed from the heavens, and Emperor Jun was able to sever his good corpse and achieve the quasi-saint status, which made countless people envious. After the establishment of the Heavenly Court, the demon race completely took over the constellations of the heavens and was able to make full use of the spiritual power of the constellations to cultivate, and their cultivation progressed by leaps and bounds.
Kunlun Mountain
After attending the ceremony at the Heavenly Court of the Demon Clan, the Three Pure Ones returned to Kunlun Mountain. Taishang and Yuanshi immediately went into seclusion to cultivate. Only Tongtian was somewhat absent-minded. He had originally planned to go into seclusion as well, but after Taishang and Yuanshi went into seclusion, Tongtian hesitated.
Tongtian wandered alone atop Kunlun Mountain, constantly gazing towards Buzhou Mountain. Suddenly, he recalled the words Xuan Chu had once spoken to them: if they still recognized Xuan Chu as their uncle, they should go to the Pangu Palace on Buzhou Mountain to find him. However, since the Three Pure Ones were now all under the Heavenly Dao's tutelage, and Xuan Chu was opposing the Heavenly Dao, the Three Pure Ones dared not contact Xuan Chu. Taishang and Yuanshi did not want to, and Tongtian always listened to his two elder brothers, so even if he wanted to, he dared not.
Now that Taishang and Yuanshi are in seclusion, Tongtian is wondering whether he should go to Buzhou Mountain.
After much deliberation, Tongtian descended Kunlun Mountain and headed towards Buzhou Mountain.
In the Pangu Hall on Mount Buzhou, after the Twelve Ancestral Witches went into seclusion, they entrusted Xuan Chu with the management of the Witch Clan. However, Xuan Chu was not one to meddle in affairs, so he handed over all the affairs of the Witch Clan to the Great Witches such as Xing Tian, Hou Yi, Kua Fu, Jiu Feng, and Chi You, and became a hands-off manager.
When Di Jun established the Heavenly Court, Xuan Chu had considered joining in the fun, but after thinking it over, he decided against it. Even if he went, he couldn't stop the establishment of the Heavenly Court. After all, this was the key to the Heavenly Dao's promotion of the Great Tribulation of the Lich King and Demon King. Hong Jun would never sit idly by and watch him destroy it. If the Twelve Ancestral Witches hadn't gone into seclusion, it wouldn't matter; he could let them cause trouble. But now that the Twelve Ancestral Witches were in seclusion, he couldn't very well lead a group of Great Witches to the Thirty-Third Heaven, could he? If that were the case, once he was held back by Hong Jun, these Great Witches wouldn't be enough for Di Jun and Tai Yi to kill. After thinking it over, he decided against it.
At this time, Tongtian had already arrived at the territory of the Wu tribe on Buzhou Mountain. Tongtian was very polite and did not force his way in. Instead, he found the great shaman Houyi, who was inspecting the tribe, and asked him to convey his message.
"Lord Wuzu, the Three Pure Ones of Kunlun Mountain, Shangqing Tongtian Daoist, are requesting an audience." Hou Yi's voice came from outside the Pangu Hall.
Upon hearing this, Xuan Chu, inside the Pangu Palace, was secretly delighted. He hadn't expected to attract Tong Tian. Originally, Xuan Chu hadn't held out much hope for the Three Pure Ones, since the imprints left by the Heavenly Dao and Hong Jun on them were too deep. Xuan Chu didn't think the Three Pure Ones could resist the temptation of becoming saints and come to seek refuge with him, an uncle he had never met. But Tong Tian still came.
"Hou Yi, bring Tongtian to the Pangu Palace!" Xuan Chu said.
"Yes, Lord Witch Ancestor."
Before long, Hou Yi brought Tongtian to the outside of the Pangu Palace and said to the palace, "Lord Wuzu, Hou Yi has brought Tongtian Daoist here."
"Okay, you may step back now." Xuan Chu's voice came from inside the Pangu Palace.
After Hou Yi left, the gates of the Pangu Palace slowly opened, and Xuan Chu's voice came again: "Tongtian, come in."
Tongtian entered the Pangu Palace and saw Xuan Chu sitting high on the cloud platform. He cupped his hands in greeting and said, "Tongtian greets Senior Xuan Chu!"
"Hmm?" Xuan Chu was instantly displeased when he heard Tongtian address him as "senior" instead of "uncle." He had thought that Tongtian had come to his senses this time, but he was still so stubborn.
"Tongtian, what brings you to the Pangu Palace?" Xuan Chu, who had been in a good mood, turned cold upon hearing Tongtian's address to him.
Xuan Chu's cold response left Tong Tian somewhat bewildered. "Didn't you send me? Why are you asking me what I'm here for?" However, Tong Tian wasn't stupid. He quickly realized what he had done to upset Xuan Chu.
So he quickly changed his address, saying, "Tongtian greets Uncle!"
"Hmm!" Hearing that Tongtian had changed his address, Xuan Chu's mood improved. Actually, Xuan Chu didn't necessarily want Tongtian to acknowledge him as his uncle. If Tongtian hadn't come to Pangu Palace today, Xuan Chu would have considered him as not having a nephew. After all, Xuan Chu had never had any hope for the Three Pure Ones. But since Tongtian had come, Xuan Chu felt that Tongtian could still be saved. The first step to change things would start with Tongtian changing his address.
"Tongtian, I am very pleased that you have come today, which means that you can still be saved," Xuan Chu said. Xuan Chu was very clear about Tongtian's future. If the original trajectory had not changed, Tongtian would have been plotted against by his own brothers, Taishang and Yuanshi, in the future Investiture of the Gods, in collusion with the two Western Saints, Jieyin and Zhunti, which led to the near destruction of the Jie Sect and Xuan Chu himself being imprisoned by Hongjun in Zixiao Palace. However, Xuan Chu did not tell Tongtian about the future now. Moreover, since Tongtian had come, as long as he was willing to listen to him, the future would not be like that.
"Save? Uncle, what do you mean by that?" Tongtian was unaware of the future, so he didn't understand what Xuan Chu was saying.
Xuan Chu did not directly answer Tong Tian's question. Instead, he carefully examined Tong Tian and then said, "Tong Tian, if I'm not mistaken, you should have already severed your corpse, right?"
"Yes, Uncle." Tongtian nodded and said, "Since learning the method of severing the three corpses from Master Hongjun, Tongtian used the Qingping Sword to sever the evil corpse and achieve the position of Quasi-Saint." Tongtian was still somewhat proud of this, after all, he was one of the first cultivators in the prehistoric world to achieve the position of Quasi-Saint, which was enough to make Tongtian stand out from all living beings in the prehistoric world.
"Hmph!" Xuan Chu sneered upon hearing this, saying, "What Quasi-Saint? It's nothing but a trick. What's there to be proud of? As for the so-called Three Corpses Severing Method, it's not worth mentioning at all." As one of the three thousand Chaos Demon Gods, Xuan Chu knew very well that after the Great Luo Golden Immortal came the Primordial Golden Immortal, not the so-called Quasi-Saint. The Quasi-Saint was just a realm that Hongjun created after he was unable to cultivate to the Primordial Golden Immortal and cooperated with the Heavenly Dao.
"A shortcut? Uncle, what makes you say that? Quasi-Saint is the only way to become a Saint, and severing the Three Corpses is the supreme method that Master Hongjun taught all living beings in the prehistoric world to attain the Dao. Why is it a worthless method in your mouth, Uncle?" Hearing Xuan Chu's disdain for Quasi-Saint and severing the Three Corpses, Tong Tian was somewhat unconvinced. After all, although Tong Tian had already acknowledged Xuan Chu as his uncle, in terms of affection, Xuan Chu was still not as important as his mentor Hongjun.
"Hmph!" Xuan Chu sneered, "The so-called Quasi-Saints are just something Hongjun used to deceive the world. Since you have come to the Pangu Palace, you must know my origins. In the inheritance of the Chaos Demon God, there has never been any Quasi-Saint. After the Great Luo Golden Immortal, there is the Primordial Golden Immortal. The so-called Quasi-Saint is just a trick created by Hongjun due to his limited talent. To become a Quasi-Saint is equivalent to cutting off one's own future."
"Boom!" Xuan Chu's words struck Tong Tian's mind like a thunderbolt. If what Xuan Chu said was true, then the method of severing the three corpses taught by Hong Jun would undoubtedly sever the future of the entire prehistoric world.