I Cheated While Cultivating

Chapter 309: Chapter 29 Tianyi’s Condition

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“Tianyi has urgent matters to attend to and cannot make it to this gathering,” Azure Dragon stood below the jade steps, expressing his apology, “I will preside over this meeting.”

He did not specify what the urgent matters were, which weighed heavily on the hearts of everyone in the Purple Tenuity Palace hall.

Especially for the senior members like Ru Taizun, the interior seats of the Five Emperors, and others of such long-standing.

In their recollection, the last time Tianyi or Azure Dragon was absent was three hundred years ago.

At that time, there were no apparent changes in the world, but from the sudden leadership changes in both Pure Yang Palace and Infinite Temple, the leading sects of Da Qi’s Daoist and Buddhist circles, one could infer that something extraordinary had happened behind the scenes.

Most Celestial Men were aware of some details, and senior members like the interior seats of the Five Emperors had also heard rumors, knowing that something momentous indeed took place three hundred years ago.

Moreover, it was directly related to the Zhou Tian Boundary Officer.

Last time, it was Azure Dragon who was absent; this time it was Tianyi’s turn?

Could it be that another significant event was about to occur?

For the newer members who had joined within the last one or two hundred years or even more recently, the news of Tianyi’s absence was likewise astonishing and shocking to them.

Tianyi was a Tao Lord, who still managed to find time to descend and convene the gathering and had the unparalleled inheritance from the Zhou Tian Star Chart; he was decidedly strong.

But now, to be unable to extricate himself due to “urgent matters”—what kind of issue could keep such a Tao Lord occupied? Could it be that an extremely powerful Demon Lord or Evil Spirits were about to emerge?

For a moment, the atmosphere in the great hall of Purple Tenuity Palace became unprecedentedly grave.

Azure Dragon looked around at everyone, sighed softly, and said, “Tianyi is fine for the moment, he also told me not to worry our fellow Daoists, as he can still handle these matters.”

“How can we not worry,” Grand Ancestor Master suddenly spoke, sighing, “Lord Azure Dragon, if we do not know the reason, we will feel uneasy. What exactly happened to Lord Tianyi?”

“Tianyi doesn’t want you all to worry, so he didn’t want me to disclose the details, but now it seems that keeping silent only makes you worry more,” Azure Dragon laughed helplessly, “This matter started with an incident at the Imperial City of Zhongzhou two months ago.”

The Imperial City of Zhongzhou?!

Zhou Heng and Cheng Jianjian thought of the series of events that occurred during the Sunrise Wine Meeting at that time.

Particularly Zhou Heng, who saw more than Cheng Jianjian—much more that was shocking.

Most of the people present had also heard about the situation in the Imperial City of Zhongzhou and turned their gazes towards Zhou Heng.

The end of the disturbance in the Imperial City of Zhongzhou was marked by the Ziwei Master mobilizing the power of Purple Tenuity Palace, forcibly interrupting the descent of the Evil God, and causing a series of changes in the world where Purple Tenuity Palace resided.

“Prince Zhao Qin of Da Qi attempted to summon the Evil God; fortunately, the Master of the Stars intervened, preventing a tragedy—you should all be somewhat informed about this,” Azure Dragon said gravely, “But in that disturbance, there was another who benefited: Yuan Zhenzi, the sect master of Zhixu who mysteriously vanished three thousand years ago.”

The body of Siming, the Star Envoy, trembled slightly.

Siming’s real identity in the secular world was Chen Yingyu, the current sect leader of Zhixu.

She knew who Yuan Zhenzi was.

He was the last Celestial Man sect leader of Zhixu, and also the last true sect leader.

She had not expected to hear news about the founder of her sect here.

And it appeared not to be good news.

Zhou Heng’s eyes also narrowed slightly.

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He knew what benefit Yuan Zhenzi had gained from that catastrophe—he had returned directly from his reincarnated form as Tianyizi to his previous incarnation as a Celestial Man Primordial Spirit, restoring many of his former powers.

But just the Celestial Man Primordial Spirit, even if reshaped into the god of a Loose Immortal through a Secret Technique, should not have affected a Tao Lord like Tianyi.

What does this have to do with Tianyi’s absence this time?

“Yuan Zhenzi recovered his Celestial Man Primordial Spirit and thought he had broken free, but he was unexpectedly targeted by an Evil God from the Yunxiao Heavenly Palace,” said Azure Dragon in a grave voice. “That Evil God used Yuan Zhenzi’s Celestial Man Primordial Spirit as a vessel, attempting to induce the descent of another Evil God.”

“Fortunately, Tianyi discovered it in time and went to intercept, but ultimately, he was a step too late, allowing that Evil God to break through the subtle barrier between heaven and earth, bringing forth a trace of his power.”

“So now…” The Supreme said with some concern, “Is Lord Tianyi fully resisting the descent of that Evil God?”

“Indeed.” Azure Dragon nodded slightly and said, “It is also thanks to the restraint of the Evil God from Yunxiao Heavenly Palace by Senior Xie from the Pure Yang Palace that Tianyi is barely able to withstand the trace of power descended by that Evil God.”

Senior Xie from the Pure Yang Palace?

Zhou Heng was slightly startled upon hearing this, then realized that this must refer to his Grand Ancestor Master, the third-generation head of the Pure Yang Palace who led it to flourish during the Dark Age, a Divine First Rank Tao Lord who dominated the world.

So it had always been his Grand Ancestor Master who was restraining the Evil God from Yunxiao Heavenly Palace.

“However, after I repelled that Evil God suspected of being the ‘Dongyue Taishan Emperor’ with the power of the Ziwei Star Palace, I have already scared away most of the Evil Gods lurking beyond this world. Who could the Yunxiao Heavenly Palace be trying to bring over this time?”

Zhou Heng was puzzled; from what he had previously sensed, the numerous Evil Gods lurking outside this world seemed to be extremely wary and even fearful of the aura of the Ziwei Emperor.

Even the Evil God suspected to be the Dongyue Taishan Emperor had been driven back. After some time, who else would dare to descend to this world?

The Yunxiao Heavenly Palace’s Evil God is known as “Responding to the World with Empathy, Protector of the Yunxiao Lady.”

Those related to Him seem to be… hiss, the other two of the Three Xiaos, or perhaps Zhao Gongming?

Zhou Heng guessed internally, suddenly feeling an immense headache.

They were all formidable characters!

However, the Evil God from Yunxiao Heavenly Palace right now is actually just a Divine First Rank deity that has been corrupted and fallen due to the invasion of an external Evil God, not the real Evil God Yunxiao.

Could it be they are also trying to invite the real Evil God Yunxiao this time?

Several thoughts flashed through Zhou Heng’s mind, but he still felt something was off. Why would Yunxiao and Dongyue Taishan Emperor become the most top-tier Evil Creatures?

Could it really be that their authority and divine positions had been stolen?

Let’s not dwell on Zhou Heng’s growing suspicions.

Meanwhile, Azure Dragon had already somewhat calmed down the people from the Zhou Tian Boundary Officer.

And everyone felt that although Tianyi could not extricate himself at the moment, after all, the Evil God had only descended a slight amount of power. With the support of a Divine First Rank on Tianyi’s side, there should be no major problems.

After that, Azure Dragon discussed some major affairs of the world, and then it was Zhou Heng’s turn to talk about the newly unlocked Divine Soul Star Gate privileges.

This was what everyone had been most looking forward to at the gathering.

A brand-new mode of descent meant a brand-new mission mode, and without a doubt, the difficulty of accumulating merit for making wishes was going to decrease significantly.

“Please step forward, Master of the Stars,” said Azure Dragon with a smile, while discreetly moving to the side.

“Thank you, Senior,” Zhou Heng nodded lightly, and as everyone watched, he walked up the jade steps, turned to look back at the crowd, and said, “My friends, the rules of the Divine Soul Star Gate are…”