Great Red Immortal Sect

Chapter 724 Yuan Rang
Duobaotian.

Under a clear blue sky, in the crisp autumn air, a maple tree on the golden mountain stands amidst a mix of red and yellow blossoms, resembling an everlasting flame. At this moment, a woman stands quietly atop the mountain.

This person had exquisite features and a bright and beautiful appearance. She wore a long vermilion dress with vermilion bird and sun patterns on the sleeves. At this moment, she was gazing at the extremely majestic golden mountain in the distance, completely lost in thought.

"What a big commotion."

She suddenly spoke up and turned around, only to see a golden man with heterochromatic eyes who had appeared behind her at some point.

"Your Excellency has awakened; why did you not inform me?"

The golden man who came from behind was the one who used to preach in the cave, and was also Bao Qiu's uncle. At this moment, he was as tall as an ordinary person, with an extremely respectful expression, and even seemed a little frightened.

"Ku Ying, you're much smarter than you were back then; you even knew I was awake."

The woman chuckled softly and turned around. She also had a pair of crimson eyes, and an extremely magnificent aura of fiery energy surrounded her. The crimson was the most perfect color, like a wise and holy emperor sitting in the south, listening to the world, with light shining continuously.

It was none other than the Ancient Fire!

Her aura was already at the peak of the Purple Mansion realm, yet she possessed a subtle air of superiority, and her status even made Ku Ying, who was already the Treasure Envoy beside her, somewhat hesitant to look directly at her.

"Qingyuan has already entered the Changsu realm. The hidden gold and Yi wood are balanced, and almost no one in the world can detect the changes here."

Ku Ying spoke respectfully, mentioning the changes that had occurred outside the cave.

"But...that Li Huo?"

"It's a done deal. No matter how powerful that person is, they can't defy fate."

She sighed softly and said quietly:

"Our Jiang clan cultivates the metal and fire, and our ancestor was a sage king who took Li as the constant and Yi as the strange. He was a figure of the same rank as Emperor Xuan. This path should have been in the hands of our clan. When the Zhou Dynasty was first established, our ancestor ordered that the cultivation of the Li fruit should not be carried out, but should be passed on to others. Since then, the Southern Li lineage has been established, and the Jiang clan has followed it."

"【The son of tyranny, usurping the throne, burned as if, died as if, abandoned as if】, isn't this prophecy describing the current Lord of Fire, and the two supernatural powers he has achieved? One is 【Burning Away the Old】, and the other is 【Abandoned as if】, which have long been foretold. Now he wants to use the merit of burning down the Guangmu tree to break through in one fell swoop, wouldn't that incur the wrath of the masses? This calamity was originally meant for my Jiang clan, but now it has been borne by the Song clan."

Upon hearing this, Ku Ying was filled with fear, but only said:
"Do all of you Mude Lords harbor the intention to eliminate them?"

"This is the situation. The fire is too intense, so Mu De has no choice but to promote Yuan Mu. With Guang Mu burned, the power of this rightful position will reach another level, and all the trees will become its subjects."

The woman continued calmly:

"Why do you think Song Lang has been hesitant to kill Shen Guang? Besides the fact that he hasn't had enough time, it's also because he's afraid of pressuring him too hard. If all the trees stand against each other, the fire won't be able to burn through."

With a single sentence, she revealed the cause and effect between the Wood Virtue and the Fire of Departure, a great secret that outsiders could hardly fathom.

Li is like a fire that clings to something, or a net, and its greatest skill is to keep growing and burning all the way, never going out. Guangmu is also a dense forest, connecting all the trees!
Once this Emperor Li achieves his goal, he will pose a threat to the entire Mude. From beginning to end, Emperor Li's enemy has not been the Northern Liao, but the various Mude True Lords!

"That Qingyuan Zhenren was invited by our sect. If something goes wrong, it might damage our reputation."

Ku Ying's tone was slightly somber. Now that Qingyuan Zhenren has entered Changsu Cave Heaven, his fate is unknown. After all, it was Duobao who brought him here first. If something really goes wrong, Shangxiao will also hold them accountable.

“Jiang Li is not a fool. He resides in the former body of that True Lord Qingxiao, which is the [Position Certificate]. He also has the ability to sense the primordial wood. How could he not understand? He should be thanking me instead.”

The woman in the crimson dress stared intently, as if she were piercing through a grotto and gazing into the distant, heavy twilight.

"Leaving aside Shangxiao for now, Tianchi from Li Kingdom is quite interesting. He resembles Zhuque, but he's lacking something. I wonder how Nanxian came up with him."

Ku Ying was deeply shaken upon hearing this. He was a precious metal being, and it was this very person who had brought him back to the grotto-heaven. Moreover, the person's status was second only to a True Lord, representing the Jiang clan's fire virtue lineage.

The Jiang clan is an ancient immortal clan with many True Lords. They have all attained the positions of Li Huo, Bing Huo, and Zhi Huo, but to this day, there is no true Fire Virtue True Lord.

Perhaps this esteemed figure before me could also be considered a True Lord of the Blazing Fire?
He stayed in the palace for a long time.

Tian Tuo slowly awoke, his head throbbing with pain. He lay on the blue bricks, the rolling thunder startling him from his unconsciousness.

Looking up, the throne, the corpse, and the crown were all gone, seemingly a hallucination. The azure lightning above the demon palace grew stronger, its reverberations echoing and roaring incessantly. This demon palace was the very spirit core of the entire grotto-heaven, and also a magical treasure! It was probably something crafted by the former Demon Lord Changsu, and now it had fallen into Pan Mi's hands.

However, this demonic palace seems to be on the verge of complete destruction. Terrifying purple lightning surges and crackles in the sky, creating hundreds of holes and making the entire cave extremely unstable.

'It seems this demon lord has lost the battle; his magical artifact is about to be shattered.'

This demonic palace was left behind by our predecessors; I wonder if that True Lord Panmi felt any regret about it.

Tian Tuo looked towards the center of the main hall, where the corpses and throne had originally been, and saw streaks of black and red light appearing, like nests and forests, seemingly echoing his inner vision.

【Chaomu】Deformation!
Once he obtains this item, his [White Wood Temple] will reach an unprecedented level of power, containing all the spiritual beings transformed from the five woods, and even gifts from the various Wood Virtue True Lords.

But is there really no cost?
Yuanmu is known as the supreme among the five woods, commanding all woods. According to Dongqing, the various Wood Virtue True Lords are probably unwilling to return to this path. They already have a master above them, and only Tianyu is willing to support them.

But what's going on now? Have these adults reached a consensus and are willing to let a newcomer like him ride on their heads?
Absolutely not.

There must be some situation that forced these adults to join forces, abandon their differences, and achieve the goal of becoming a deity today, but there will probably be even greater calamities in the future.

'It's fire!'

He seemed to have figured something out; there were all sorts of strange connections between the positions, and the long-sharpened Fire Axe was eyeing him menacingly, waiting to fell the trees.

If there is any element of Wood that can easily deal with this Fire, it is Yuan Wood, which is also in the correct position!

He felt he had guessed most of it, but many mysteries remained, making him uneasy. Now, accepting the gifts from these True Lords meant stepping into their scheme.

If wood represents a country, then fire represents foreign invaders who have already conquered and plundered the land. And if the wood element were to propose a ruler at this time, he would be beheaded!

'What exactly is Tian Yu's stance? Dragons are ruthless; he could watch Tianye perish and Donghua decline, so he's certainly not a sentimental person. His current reliance on him is merely driven by self-interest.'

Tian Tuo felt a chill in his heart, took a step forward, and withdrew the cluster of woody energy that resembled a nest or a forest.

The energy of the vast wood quickly settled into the inner landscape, transforming into a golden-black nest forest, and this spiritual root of the vast wood was also completed at this moment.

At this moment, all five woods were present, and even the Jian Sui talisman gradually loosened and landed on the Azure Gold Divine Bamboo.

The Azure Bamboo, refined from the branches of the Primordial Green Wood and blessed by this immortal talisman, has greatly increased in rank, now on par with the other spiritual roots. It has completely transformed into the nature of the Primordial Wood, retaining only one branch of the Golden Branch.

A is in Jianmu, B is in Momu, Ji is in Yaomu, Yuan is in Fumu, and Guang is in Chaomu. All of these represent the "position certificates" of the correct positions, and the inner landscape of his has already gathered the transformations of the five wood position certificates.

A magnificent and serene white wooden temple was built, from which the sounds of sacrificial rites could be heard, a gentle breeze rippled, and a black rooster crowed. Five completely different sacred trees stood beside the temple.

The White Temple is now complete!
The supernatural power he achieved is unique in history and probably difficult for later generations to imitate. At this moment, a faint light shone from the spirit wall behind the demon palace, attracting attention.

Before Tian Tuo arrived, he saw murals, extremely ancient, mottled and blurred.

He saw apes stealing robes in the twilight, disguising themselves as humans, and entering the palace. Then, a giant black-scaled dragon fell, causing floods that submerged the entire land. Finally, a man in azure feathered robes stood with a crown in his hand and corpses under his feet, with countless flames spreading and rising behind him. The black forests in the distance had all withered and burned to ashes.

These various scenes were changing and distorting. He continued to look, and saw that the scene had transformed into an endless gray-blue wind, which detached from the wood and rose into the sky. The burning wheel collapsed and rose up, blazing like fire, swirling and flying.

This boundless wind eventually broke away from the green tree, gathered in one place, and fell into a hole in the celestial pole, directly facing the terrifying ruins beyond the East Sea.

The supernatural powers within Tian Tuo's body were subtly sensing the changes in the [Revival of the Wind], which greatly reduced the threat of wind disaster. Gradually, chaotic energy seeped out, reshaping the celestial phenomena, becoming the command of Heaven, the decree of the monarch, and ensuring harmony throughout the four seasons.

Just as the sound of the horn departed in the past, and the primordial wood flourished even more, now that this calamity of wind has been removed, his supernatural powers and intentions have become even more vast and profound, with various uses such as favorable weather and the harmony of cold and heat.

The name of this supernatural power naturally entered his mind.

'This is called "Zhi Jing He." I've never heard of such a divine power before. It's the method of that True Lord Yuan Yan. He wants Yuan Mu to relinquish the wind disaster!'

(End of this chapter)