If I become a saint, a celestial official will summon me to raise horses.

Chapter 487 Acting Domineeringly, Practicing Heavenly Secrets

In the dim void, thick fog surged, and patches of nebula appeared and disappeared. At the source of the light, a grand palace floated, with nine suns suspended above it, arranged in a fan shape.

Beneath the nine suns, a black throne stood atop a high platform, upon which sat a majestic figure.

He was clad in armor, with a robust physique and a divine crown on his head that resembled the head of a Qilin, his mouth uttering a cold and majestic face.

His white hair fluttered on either side of his face. He propped his face up with one hand, his posture languid, and he kept exhaling stale air, like a dragon taking a nap.

A bolt of lightning struck from the depths of darkness, landing on the main hall and transforming into a winged man dressed in a dark blue Taoist robe. His face was sinister, and his long hair was casually disheveled, making him look like a vengeful ghost.

In front of the seated man, the winged man appeared so small, as if he were facing a colossal mountain.

"My lord, it seems that the power of immortals and gods is interfering with this universe," the winged man said, his tone solemn, clearly showing his fear of the immortals and gods.

The man on the seat slowly opened his eyes. His pupils were golden, making him look even more majestic and imposing.

"Immortals and gods? How laughable. There is only one immortal or god in this great world. He will not interfere in the struggles within the world. Moreover, this great world betrayed the immortal or god in the past. The immortal or god's dissatisfaction with this world will not be so easily dispelled."

His gaze was fixed on the depths of the universe, his pupils reflecting the vastness of the heavens and earth.

Upon hearing this, the winged man frowned and asked, "Do you mean someone is impersonating a deity?"

The man on the seat replied, "Whether it is the Heavenly Dao or the immortals and gods, they all act with tyranny and would not engage in so many roundabout actions. However, it is just right to let them test the depths of the Heavenly Spirit Great World. Our mission is to capture the remnants of the Dragon Clan."

The winged man pressed on, "But the Heavenly Spirit Great World contains the Heavenly Dao Golden Core. Why don't we just take it?"

The man in the seat did not answer again, but closed his eyes.

The hall fell silent, while the nine suns continued to burn brightly, bringing endless light to the void.

Sudden.

The winged man seemed to sense something and suddenly turned around to look. He saw a pair of giant eyes appearing in the darkness deep in the void, staring at them.

These eyes are like the eyes of the universe; even nebulae pale in comparison.

"The descendants of the Dragon Clan are indeed in the Heavenly Spirit Realm, and they will contend for the Mandate of Heaven." A weathered voice rang out.

The voice was none other than He Qingsong's, but it was even more powerful, like a supreme deity proclaiming the laws of the world to all living beings.

The man on the seat opened his eyes and looked over, saying mockingly, "So it's you. I didn't expect you hadn't given up on finding him."

The giant eye in the void stared at him and said, "Ye Tianji, we can join forces. Perhaps the Dragon Clan is hiding under the command of that Sword Venerable Fudao. If so, you will not be able to get around him either. He is the one who even made the God Emperor of Annihilation suffer. I will uphold the Mandate of Heaven, and you will eliminate the remnants of our enemies. What we do is not contradictory."

The man seated on the throne, known as Ye Tianji, remained expressionless, calmly staring into those eyes, lost in thought.

The void fell silent once more.

“Unless you tell me who the descendants of the Dragon Clan are, I will not easily believe you,” Ye Tianji said.

The giant eye in the void narrowed, and Ye Tianji continued, "However, you have another way, which is to give me the Heavenly Dao Golden Core, and I may consider helping you."

Heavenly Golden Elixir!

The Void Giant Eye's gaze suddenly turned cold, while Ye Tianji closed his eyes.

The winged man on the throne immediately smiled, looking mockingly at the giant eye in the void, awaiting the other party's decision.

After a long while, the voice of the giant eye in the void rang out: "Not now. When the Heavenly Dao Golden Core appears, I will not stop you, but let you in."

Upon hearing this, Ye Tianji revealed a frivolous smile.

……

Another thirty years have passed.

Gu An, who is 1,943 years old, is playing chess with the Nine-Fingered Divine Lord. He holds the Qingxia Travelogue in one hand and a chess piece in the other, his eyes fixed on the book.

The Nine-Fingered Divine Lord, who was nearly at a dead end, looked up at Gu An and said with dissatisfaction, "Do you have to be so perfunctory when playing chess with me?"

Gu An replied, "Please, it was you who insisted on playing with me."

Xuan Tianyi was already a Nirvana Realm Grand Cultivator, but as the number of Grand Cultivators in the Tai Xuan Sect increased, his reputation was overshadowed. He traveled around and rarely returned. Every now and then, he would send books to Gu An. Gu An would read the first-hand new books. By the time he finished reading them, Qingxia Travelogue would begin to circulate in the market.

The plot of this book is quite outstanding. The female protagonist encounters a woman with whom he has a blood feud. The two chase each other at sea and are eventually attacked by a powerful demon. They are both poisoned and temporarily lose their cultivation. They are stranded on a deserted island and their love and hate entanglement unfolds. Even without other characters, it is very interesting to watch them interact with the monsters on the island.

"The Sword Lord Jue Luo possesses eight volumes of the Heavenly Dao Treatise, only lacking the last one. He waits within the Free Sword City he created, saying that if he loses, he will hand over all eight volumes of the Heavenly Dao Treatise. However, even so, the last volume of the Heavenly Dao Treatise has yet to appear."

Nine-Fingered Divine Lord sighed, his face full of admiration when he mentioned Absolute Sword Lord.

His realm was worlds apart from that of Jue Luo Sword Lord, so he held Jue Luo Sword Lord in great awe. In addition, the two had played chess together before, and because of this connection, he would pay special attention to news about Jue Luo Sword Lord.

Gu An casually asked, "What? You're very interested in the True Immortal's inheritance? You could challenge him; what if you win?"

"How could I possibly win? I'm just a wandering immortal, while he's a ninth-level immortal. Even if I cultivate for tens of thousands of years, I might not be able to reach his level," Nine-Fingered Divine Lord said, his eyes wide.

Seeing that he didn't want to play chess and was changing the subject, Gu An said irritably, "Ten thousand years? Can you even live that long?"

Nine-Fingered God was furious. He stood up and left in a huff.

Gu An curled his lip, thinking to himself that he really had no sportsmanship.

He stood up and walked out of the temple. Along the way, disciples and cultivators bowed to him as they saw him.

He walked towards the mouth of the valley, where a woman was lingering.

This woman is Ye Lan's apprentice, Ye Qingxue.

Approaching a thousand years old, she had already reached the Nascent Soul Realm. Two thousand years ago, she could have roamed freely across the continent, but in the current Tai Xuan Sect, even a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator was not as highly regarded as some exceptionally talented new disciples.

Ye Qingxue was dressed in a yellow dress. She saw Gu An's figure in the distance and was overjoyed. Just as she was about to take a step, she hesitated.

When she was a child, she was disrespectful and hostile to Gu An, thinking that her master was so powerful that she shouldn't try to please Gu An. But after learning that Gu An was the Sword Master of the Dao, she realized how ridiculous she was. Because of this, she dared not see Gu An. After her master passed away, she hid this relationship and never told anyone.

Apart from the Elders' Hall, no one knew that she had a relationship with Gu An.

Seeing Gu An walking towards her, Ye Qingxue felt uneasy.

Could it be that my master knew she was coming and came to pick her up?
She thought it was very likely, after all, her senior uncle was the Sword Master of the Dao, but she was also afraid that she was just being presumptuous.

Her relationship with her senior brother wasn't particularly close, and her senior brother must have many similar relationships; he couldn't possibly care about every junior.
Ye Qingxue stood there, extremely nervous, feeling caught between a rock and a hard place.

(End of this chapter)