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Chapter 554 The True Purpose of the Green Emperor

"Jiang Chuan, where are we going?" Mu Bingyun asked.

"Go to the Heavenly Pool Immortal Land to see the Primordial Spirit God," Jiang Chuan replied.

Mu Bingyun was very puzzled: "Why do you suddenly want to see my master?"

"I've thought of something that I need to see Lord Yuanling to confirm."

Hearing Jiang Chuan's words, Mu Bingyun nodded slightly.

The Great Dao of Chaos rose from beneath their feet, carrying them, along with the cat, dog, and rabbit, across the starry sky to the Celestial Pool Land.

"Just after Jiang Daojun helped the eldest princess overcome the Great Luo Tribulation, he took Fairy Muyun to the Heavenly Pool Immortal Land."

Yuan Ming, residing in the sacred land of humanity, gazed at Jiang Chuan in the starry sky and slowly spoke.

"It seems he's very worried about the great calamity that's coming."

"When the Demon Ancestor merges with the Dao and unleashes a calamity of slaughter, who in all the heavens and myriad realms is not afraid?"

Fu Liyang's eyes were full of worry: "However, perhaps for all living beings in the myriad realms, that day is too far away, so far that perhaps they will not be able to pass through the day when the thirty-three heavens are united."

"Master, I've always had a question."

Yuan Ming looked towards the Hall of Saints: "Why do you and the Sage of War believe that the Immortal Ancestor will be defeated and will not survive the day when the Thirty-Three Heavens are united?"

"Greetings, Lord Jiang."

Before the Heavenly Pool Immortal Land, Yi Sujin, along with many of her junior sisters, greeted Jiang Chuan.

"Master has been waiting for Daoist Jiang for a long time. Daoist, please come with me."

Led by Yi Sujin, Jiang Chuan once again arrived at the palace where Yuanling Shenjun resided.

"Daojun, what brings you to see me today?" Yuanling Shenjun spoke first.

Jiang Chuan sat down on the bluish-gray platform opposite Yuanling Shenjun, but did not answer. Instead, he stared at Yuanling Shenjun.

The palace fell into a deathly silence. Mu Bingyun, Yi Sujin, and the others exchanged glances, wondering why Jiang Chuan didn't speak.

"Wang!"

Taihuang asked in confusion, "Jiang Chuan, why aren't you saying anything?"

"Should I address you as Yuanling Divine Lord, or should I use a different title?" Jiang Chuan asked.

"Change the way you address me?"

The rabbit asked in confusion, "Jiang Chuan, what do you mean? Didn't we come to the Heavenly Pool Immortal Land?"

"Jiang Chuan, Master, what's going on?"

Mu Bingyun's gaze kept shifting between Jiang Chuan and Yuanling Shenjun.

"How did you figure that out?" Yuanling Shenjun's lips curled into a smile, seemingly in appreciation, yet also like the sharp edge of a drawn sword, carrying a chilling intent.

"The Azure History God Venerable just underwent tribulation and attained the Great Luo realm. The Azure History God Venerable is not a fool; He must have received the approval of the Two Emperors to attain the Great Luo realm. So how did the Two Emperors become so certain, or do they have some trump card to stop me?"

Jiang Chuan paused for a moment, then continued, "Among all the Great Luo Immortals in the myriad realms, there are only three or four who can take action but haven't. The Two Saints were previously blocked by the Azure Emperor and the Tathagata Buddha, so they naturally have no reason to help the Heavenly Court now. Therefore, you are the most likely one to help the Heavenly Court."

Taihuang shook its head up and down: "Woof! This speculation is correct. In the end, Yuanling Shenjun took the Heavenly Emperor's innate spiritual treasure and owed the Heavenly Emperor a debt of karma. It is normal for him to repay it to Yun Yao now."

"We have restored all the heavens and myriad realms. I went to the Cloud Heaven Palace to ask Yun Yao if she had seen you, fellow Daoist. She told me that she had never seen you. Since she has never seen you, the two emperors naturally cannot ask you to take action. After all, the five emperors have never been one, and only Yun Yao can represent the Heavenly Emperor. Moreover, there is something else, Taihuang, that you did not expect."

As soon as Jiang Chuan finished speaking, Taihuang couldn't wait to ask, "Woof! What did I forget?"

"If Yuanling Shenjun wants to repay the Heavenly Emperor's karma, why didn't he intervene in the Heavenly Court's war?" Jiang Chuan's gaze was like a sword.

"this problem."

Taihuang looked at Yuanling Shenjun, seemingly hoping that Yuanling Shenjun would give an answer.

Yuanling Shenjun and Jiang Chuan locked eyes: "It seems you already have the answer in your heart."

"When I learned of your name, fellow Daoist, you weren't even a True Immortal yet."

Jiang Chuan's eyes showed a look of reminiscence: "At that time, I knew that you, Fellow Daoist, were a Great Luo Venerable on par with the Immortal Ancestor and the Boundless Venerable King Buddha of the World. I thought that the Heavenly Emperor gave you and the Immortal Ancestor the Heavenly Spiritual Treasure in order to win you over and have you two join the Heavenly Court. Later, I learned that the Immortal Ancestor was the Heavenly Emperor's junior brother. Later still, I learned that I had met the Heavenly Emperor, or rather, the Heavenly Emperor's historical body, and obtained a half-spiritual treasure from Him."

"Is there any connection between the two?" Ancestor Ziyun blinked his big eyes.

"The Heavenly Emperor just gave me a treasure with the potential to become a primordial spiritual treasure. Why would He care about a mere primordial spiritual treasure?"

Jiang Chuan countered, "Those two innate spiritual treasures, to put it bluntly, were gifts or rewards. Although the Heavenly Emperor doesn't care much about innate spiritual treasures, he wouldn't just give them away to other cultivators for nothing. It's not surprising that the Heavenly Emperor gave his junior brother an innate spiritual treasure. I was able to obtain a semi-spiritual treasure because of the Azure Emperor's scheme. So why would the Heavenly Emperor give you an innate spiritual treasure?"

"You guessed everything because of these two things?" Yuanling Shenjun's eyes flickered slightly.

"It's not just these two things."

Jiang Chuan turned to look at Mu Bingyun: "Bingyun was chased into Illusion Dream Mountain, where the power of Illusion Dream Mountain sent her back to ancient times. She was rescued by the Void-Cutting Divine Sword in the River of Time, and even became your disciple. Isn't all of this too coincidental? Why was the Void-Cutting Divine Sword in the River of Time at that time? No, I should say, why did Bingyun encounter the Void-Cutting Divine Sword?"

A storm raged within Mu Bingyun's heart, and she exclaimed in disbelief, "Jiang Jiangchuan, what do you mean?! Did Master plot against me?!"

"It's not you we're plotting against, it's us."

"Master, this can't be real, can it?!"

Mu Bingyun looked at Yuanling Shenjun, forcing a smile. She couldn't believe that Yuanling Shenjun, who regarded her as his true disciple and taught her swordsmanship, was actually scheming against her and using her as a pawn.

“How could Master possibly scheme against you? This must be Jiang Chuan’s wild guess.”

Yi Sujin comforted him, saying, "Jiang Chuan's journey back to ancient times, his sweeping victory over the Heavenly Court's geniuses, and his becoming the Immortal Emperor was all part of the Azure Emperor's scheme. Illusionary Dream Mountain was also part of the Azure Emperor's plan. Master's Void-Cutting Divine Sword just happened to see you in the River of Time. If Master really plotted against you and Jiang Chuan, would Master have secretly joined the Heavenly Court's side as well?"

"Your master didn't join the Heavenly Court's side; he was originally a Great Luo Immortal of the Heavenly Court. Don't you agree, Fellow Daoist Qingdi?" Jiang Chuan's voice wasn't loud, but when it reached everyone's ears, it was like ten thousand thunderbolts exploding, leaving everyone dumbfounded.

"What?! My master is the Azure Emperor!"

"Impossible! This is absolutely impossible!"

"How could Master be the Azure Emperor?!"

The disciples of the Primordial Spirit God could not believe what they were hearing.

"Wang!"

Taihuang was so shocked he couldn't close his mouth: "How could Yuanling Shenjun be the Azure Emperor?! Jiang Chuan, are you sure you're not mistaken?!"

"One thing is a coincidence, two things are a coincidence, but are three things all coincidences?"

Jiang Chuan sighed. He also hoped that his guess was wrong, but everything told him that it was all true.

"The Supreme Dao Lord is watching intently from the sidelines. The Azure Emperor's limit is to repair one Underworld Emperor with the Great Dao of Life. If He were to take out a second Dao Fruit, the Supreme Dao Lord would likely take advantage of the Azure Emperor's weakened strength to make a move. Therefore, the Azure Emperor would absolutely not take out a second Great Luo Dao Fruit to evolve a second Great Luo. Yuan Yao has never met the Primordial Spirit Divine Lord. If the Primordial Spirit Divine Lord is not one with the Azure Emperor, why would he help the Azure Emperor? If he is not one with the Azure Emperor, why would the Heavenly Emperor bestow upon him the Void-Cutting Divine Sword? The Azure Emperor schemed against me. I returned to the ancient times and became the Immortal Emperor because of Bing Yun. Why would the Azure Emperor so readily entrust Bing Yun, such an important pawn, to the Primordial Spirit Divine Lord? A slight difference in Dao level makes all the difference. When I was undergoing the Great Luo Tribulation, the Primordial Spirit Divine Lord was alone. Why was he so confident in blocking the Azure Emperor, who could evolve multiple Great Luo?"

"Therefore, there is only one possibility: the Primordial Spirit God and the Azure Emperor were originally one!"

"This this."

Mu Bingyun felt as if a large hand was gripping her neck, unable to utter a complete sentence.

At her level, even if the world collapsed and the stars broke, she would remain calm. But the news Jiang Chuan told her was truly terrifying!

The Azure Emperor and the Primordial Spirit God are one!
When this news spreads, it will shake the entire universe!
The smile on Yuanling Shenjun's face deepened: "You truly deserve to be called the embodiment of the Heart Saint's origin. Your talent is astonishing. You were able to deduce the truth from all the clues. However, there is one thing you have guessed wrong."

"what's up?"

“I didn’t scheme against Muyun because of you,” Yuanling Shenjun said again.

"It was also your scheme that the Immortal King Wuji obtained that demonic flower transformed from the seed of the Myriad Dao Tree!"

Jiang Chuan immediately realized: "That's right! Without your methods, how could the weapon personally forged by the Immortal Ancestor not distinguish between Chen Ling and Bing Yun, who is the true Son of the Qingyuan Realm? What a brilliant scheme! The Immortal Ancestor unified the Thirty-Three Heavens. At that time, Bing Yun will attain the Great Luo Dao, establishing a connection with the Qingwei Heaven, which will be enough to disrupt the operation of the Thirty-Three Heavens. No matter how strong the Immortal Ancestor is, he cannot possibly contend against the Demon Ancestor and Taiyi Daojun, as well as Fenghe Daojun, who may intervene in the shadows. His methods will most likely only temporarily imprison one of them. At this moment, Bing Yun suddenly interferes with the Thirty-Three Heavens, preventing the Immortal Ancestor from controlling them. Once the Demon Ancestor or Taiyi Daojun escapes, coupled with Fenghe Daojun and your intervention, even the Immortal Ancestor, no matter how strong, will not escape death!"

"I orchestrated and cultivated Mu Yun precisely to deal with Tai Xu," Yuan Ling Shen Jun, or rather, Qing Di, frankly admitted.

"Wang! Wang!"

Taihuang was both shocked and furious, but he was trembling uncontrollably.

Knowing such a huge secret, how could Yuanling Shenjun, or rather the Azure Emperor, possibly let him leave?

"Master."

Mu Bingyun smiled bitterly. She never expected that her respected master had taken her as a disciple in the first place in order to scheme against her.

"You trained Bingyun to deal with the Immortal Ancestor, so what is the purpose of training me?"

Jiang Chuan asked the question that had been hidden in his heart for a long time: "Is it really just to make the Tathagata Buddha owe you karma? Or is it to help the Autumn Water Immortal Emperor and the Tongyou God Venerable attain the Great Luo realm and then help the Heavenly Emperor return? To be honest, even if you created the Supreme Divine Art of Crossing Endless Reincarnation Time and Space and Life and Death Tribulations, I still don't believe that you want to help the Heavenly Emperor return."

He had met the Daoist Master Taixu and learned from him that the Heavenly Emperor's Great Dao had also been imprinted in another universe. He simply did not believe that the Azure Emperor's purpose was this.

"Would you like to see the 'Supreme Divine Art for Transcending Endless Cycles of Reincarnation and Tribulations'?"

Yuanling Shenjun raised his finger and made a stroke, and the void immediately cracked open, from which a black book flew out.

The sixteen elegant and graceful Daoist characters, representing the supreme divine art that transcends endless cycles of reincarnation and the tribulations of life and death, are imprinted on the cover.

Jiang Chuan took the book and opened it immediately.

"Is this the legendary 'Supreme Divine Art for Crossing Endless Cycles of Life and Death Tribulations' that can help the Heavenly Emperor return? It should also be able to help the future Star King Buddha return, right?" The rabbit peeked out and pulled at the object, then suddenly froze.

Because the so-called "Supreme Divine Art for Transcending Endless Cycles of Life and Death" only contains ten Daoist characters.

If I attain enlightenment, I will surely bring back the Heavenly Emperor.

These ten Daoist characters are all vigorous and powerful, like an ancient god wielding an axe to create the vast universe, majestic and powerful.

"So the Azure Emperor has also reached this level. I was wondering how there could be a way for a low-level cultivator to escape the perception of a Great Luo Immortal."

Jiang Chuan suddenly realized: "An existence like the Immortal Ancestor, even if the Dao falls, Taiyi Daojun and the Demon Ancestor will definitely be severely injured, and one of them may even be taken away by the Immortal Ancestor."

"Actually, I don't care whether any of them perish or not. Taixu schemed to take the seed of the Qiong Cang Dao Tree from my hands, and I knew that he intended to unite the thirty-three heavens and prove the Dao of Hunyuan. Therefore, I played along."

Yuanling Shenjun revealed his entire plan: "In my scheme, you were supposed to shoot the Other Shore Arrows after their great battle ended, so that these two arrows, which contain the power of all Buddhist cultivators in this world throughout history, would pierce their bodies and even kill them directly. Then, I would have the Underworld Emperor, Eternity, my avatar, along with you and Muyun, set up the Five Emperors and Ten Thousand Gods Annihilation Formation created by the Heavenly Emperor, trapping me, the Dragon Ancestor, the Phoenix Mother, the Twin Saints, Yu Luo, the six Great Luo, and the one remaining among the three Taixu. I would then trigger the Primordial Chaos Merging Tribulation, unleashing a killing tribulation to kill them and successfully merge with the Dao."

“But you miscalculated,” Jiang Chuan laughed.

"After all, Da Luo is not truly omniscient and omnipotent."

Yuanling Shenjun sighed, "The Heavenly Emperor didn't tell me about his plan to bring back the Eternal Emperor, because he was worried that if I took the Eternal Emperor's Dao Fruit, I would seize it and make the Eternal Emperor's return hopeless. You used this to make me misjudge your plans. What I didn't expect was that you would actually go back to the ancient timeline for Muyun, to kill the Underworld Emperor, and to seize the Great Luo Golden Pill."

"Because the Underworld Emperor died, I also became an enemy of the Heavenly Court, so you need another Great Luo to set up the Five Emperors and Ten Thousand Gods Exterminating Heaven and Destroying the Dao Great Array. Therefore, Yun Yao and the Azure History God Venerable were allowed to attain the Great Luo."

Jiang Chuan pressed further, "But I don't understand why you wanted Yuanling Shenjun to help me overcome the Great Luo Tribulation. Is it because you didn't want your avatar's identity to be exposed?"

"Your existence, besides the Five Emperors and Ten Thousand Gods Exterminating Heaven and Destroying the Dao Grand Formation, is only useful to me in launching the Arrow of the Other Shore."

Yuanling Shenjun explained, "Since that's the case, what's the difference between me using the karma you owe to make you shoot the Arrow of the Other Shore and me ordering you to shoot the Arrow of the Other Shore?"

"Wang! Wang!"

Taihuang swallowed hard and transmitted his voice, "Jiang Chuan, let's run! If we don't run, the Azure Emperor will really kill us to silence us!"

(End of this chapter)