Daily Intelligence: From Water Snake to Jinghe Dragon King

The Jie Sect's Ten Deadly Formations were broken, and the Green Lion, White Elephant, and Golden-Haired Roar among the Seven Immortals who accompanied them self-destructed. The Heavenly Court's five hundred spirit officials and the Four Saints of the North Pole all perished. The White Crane Boy of the Chan Sect was captured, and the Buddhist Dingguang Joyful Buddha self-destructed in shame. Guanyin, Manjushri, and Samantabhadra all perished.

On the surface, it appears that both sides have suffered losses.

However, upon closer examination, the losses suffered by the Jie Sect were negligible. First, the Ten Deadly Formations were broken, and the Ten Heavenly Kings perished along with the Four Saints of the North Pole. However, the Ten Heavenly Kings could use the True Scripture of the Earth to nurture their souls for a period of time and be reborn.

The green stone white elephant, Golden-haired Roar, which served the Seven Immortals, self-destructed its physical body, but its soul was taken in by Liu Qing. After being nurtured, it will be reborn. What it lost was just a physical body. Although it will not be able to cultivate both body and soul in the future, the physical body is already incomplete, and keeping it would be a disgrace. So it is better to discard it.

Compared to the Jie Sect, Buddhism, and the Chan Sect, the Heavenly Court suffered a great loss.

All of the five hundred spirit officials and the four saints of the North Pole, whom the Jade Emperor had painstakingly cultivated, perished, their souls stolen by Liu Qing. In addition to Wang Shan, the leader of the five hundred spirit officials, and the Giant Spirit God, it can be said that all of the Jade Emperor's painstakingly cultivated confidants were now lost at the hands of Liu Qing.

On the Chan Sect's side, the White Crane Boy was captured and later became Liu Qing's mount. Although there was only one, the significance was extremely important. This was because the White Crane Boy had a very deep seniority in the Chan Sect. He was a second-generation disciple and also the attendant of the Primordial Heavenly Venerable. It could be said that he represented the face of the sage. Liu Qing's capture of him as a mount was an extreme humiliation to the Chan Sect.

In Buddhism, although Dipankara Buddha is despised by Buddhists, he is still a powerful being in the early stage of the Great Luo Realm. Guanyin, Manjushri, and Samantabhadra are also in the early stage of the Great Luo Realm. Losing four combatants in the early stage of the Great Luo Realm in a short time is a painful loss even for Buddhism, given its profound foundation.

Therefore, during the period when Liu Qing was away, the Jie Sect had the upper hand in terms of losses compared to the three opposing forces.

Now that Liu Qing has returned, all the top experts of the Jie Sect are still here, while the three opposing forces have suffered heavy losses. How can we not take advantage of their misfortune?
With the True Scripture of Earth above his head and the two innate treasures of the Myriad Dragons Palace in his hands, Liu Qing pressed towards Buddhism, the Chan Sect, and the Heavenly Court.

Since the Jie Sect had the upper hand at this time and did not need to be on the defensive, the Nine Turns Yellow River Formation and the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation that they had set up were all dispelled. The powerful Jie Sect members who set up the formations then followed their leader Liu Qing and pressed down on the other side.

Although it is possible to control the formation to approach, the movement speed is ultimately not fast. Therefore, the only way to keep up with the enemy's speed is to dismantle the formation and prevent the enemy from escaping.

The thought of this filled the immortals of the Jie Sect with extraordinary excitement.

As soon as the senior disciple emerged from seclusion, he instantly gained the upper hand, turning the previously precarious situation around.

The immortals of the Jie Sect looked at Liu Qing's retreating figure with deep respect.

Upon seeing Liu Qing leading the immortals of the Jie Sect approaching, the four great figures—Buddha Tathagata, Dipankara Buddha, Jade Emperor, and Guang Chengzi—all showed surprise.

What gave the immortals of the Jie Sect the confidence to take the initiative to attack?

Just because Sect Leader Liu Qing has emerged from seclusion?

They're merely at the peak of the Undying Realm; everyone on my side is now at the Great Luo Realm.

Can Liu Qing alone change the balance of power?

Tathagata, Dipankara, Haotian, and Guangchengzi exchanged glances, all understanding each other's decision.

In Buddhism, Vajrapani Buddha, Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva, Kṣāṭra Buddha, and Akasagarbha Bodhisattva proclaimed the Buddha's name and stepped forward from the crowd.

On the Chan Sect's side, Chi Jingzi, Taiyi Zhenren, Daoxing Tianjun, Lingbao Dafashi, and Qingxu Daode Zhenjun came forward to greet them.

As for the Heavenly Court, no one came to greet them. Currently, the Heavenly Court only has the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother of the West. It is impossible to send the seriously injured Queen Mother of the West into battle. Besides, the Queen Mother of the West has an extremely high status, so how could she be the first to go into battle?

On the Jie Sect's side, Liu Qing, seeing that the Chan Sect and Buddhist masters had all come out, thought for a moment and then ordered Pilu Xian, Wen Zhong, the Four Saints of Nine Dragons Island, Lü Yue, Luo Xuan, the Holy Mother of Fire Spirit, and Yu Yuan to lead nearly a hundred Jie Sect disciples to meet them.

Although their cultivation level was far inferior to that of the opposing forces such as Chi Jingzi, Da Shizhi, and Vajra Indestructible Buddha, their numbers outnumbered the enemy by several times. With their combined efforts, they could restrain the enemy.

Liu Qing did not expect them to injure the enemy; he only instructed them to protect themselves while trying to keep the opponent occupied.

Pilu Xian, Wen Zhong, and the others who went into battle all readily accepted the order. The sect leader's senior brother said to "try to entangle them as much as possible," which, in their ears, meant that they absolutely had to entangle them.

In any case, with the sect leader's senior brother's Talking Earth True Scripture, we are not afraid of death. The Talking Earth True Scripture has appeared several times to collect the original marks of the soul. How could the immortals of the Intercepting Sect not understand that the Talking Earth True Scripture has a function similar to the Investiture of the Gods?

Although they had just left the Investiture of the Gods and entered the True Scripture of Earth, the person in control of the spiritual treasure had changed.

As the reincarnation of the eldest disciple, Daoist Duobao, the sect leader was practically their teacher. How could he possibly humiliate them as easily as the Jade Emperor?

We are willing to entrust our lives to our senior brother, the sect leader, even if he were to order us to die, we would not say a word.

This is the prestige that Liu Qing gained from acknowledging Duobao Daoren's reincarnation. Otherwise, after Yu Yu Daoren's death, Liu Qing, who took charge of the Jie Sect, would not have had such high prestige as he does now, and would have all the immortals of the Jie Sect bowing down to obey his orders with a single word.

The battle was incredibly fierce the moment they made contact.

Both sides knew that this battle was about the future of their respective sects. The alliance between the Chan Sect, Buddhism, and the Heavenly Court aimed to destroy the Jie Sect, while the Jie Sect also wanted to break the alliance in one fell swoop to protect its own sect.

Then it was seen that Pilu Xian and seven or eight immortals of the Jie Sect who were at the Immortal Realm joined forces to besiege Chi Jingzi, while Chi Jingzi, holding the Yin-Yang Mirror, fought fiercely with them.

Wen Zhong was at the early stage of the Great Luo Realm, proficient in the Five Elements Escape Technique, and possessed the innate spiritual treasure, the Twin Whips, as well as the divine artifact, the Thunder Pool. His combat power was comparable to that of a master at the mid-stage of the Great Luo Realm, which is why he sought out Taiyi Zhenren.

Taiyi Zhenren's cultivation level was around the mid-stage of the Daluo Realm, but because his protective spiritual treasure, the Nine Dragons Divine Fire Cover, was taken away by Liu Qing, he only had a Taiyi whisk left in his hand, which greatly reduced his combat power. In his battle with Wen Zhong, he only had a slight advantage and could not defeat Wen Zhong in a short time.

Lü Yue, along with his four Plague Envoys, surrounded the Vajra Indestructible Buddha of Buddhism. This Vajra Indestructible Buddha was at the mid-stage of the Great Luo Realm. Although he had no spiritual treasures, his physical body was extremely strong, especially his defense. He could almost ignore the attacks of experts of the same level, making him a true close-combat body cultivator.

Lu Yue was only at the early stage of the Great Luo Realm, and the four Plague Messengers were only at the Golden Body Realm. They seemed to be no match for the Vajra Indestructible Buddha. However, Lu Yue and the four Plague Messengers had extremely high combat awareness. The five of them surrounded the Vajra Indestructible Buddha, avoiding direct close combat, and controlled the plague energy from a distance, making the Vajra Indestructible Buddha scream in anger.

The five monks, master and disciples, used the plague's energy to launch a ranged attack on a melee cultivator. Although they could not defeat him, they still managed to keep the Vajra Indestructible Buddha busy.

The four saints of Kowloon Island were all experts in the early stage of the Great Luo Realm. The four of them separated and each led five, six, seven or eight disciples of the Jie Sect who were in the Undying Realm or Golden Body Realm. They faced off against Dao Xing Tianzun of the Chan Sect, Lingbao Dafashi, Qingxu Daode Zhenjun, and Julusun Buddha of Buddhism.

Although Dao Xing Tianzun, Lingbao Dafashi, and Qingxu Daode Zhenjun of the Chan Sect were all at the mid-stage of the Daluo Realm and had higher cultivation than the Four Saints of Nine Dragons Island, they had bestowed their strongest protective spiritual treasures upon their disciples during the Investiture of the Gods. Later, when their disciples were granted the titles of deities or achieved physical sainthood, they did not return the spiritual treasures to their teachers.

Therefore, these three Golden Immortals of the Chan Sect were now empty-handed, and could only rely on their supernatural powers to barely outmatch the Four Saints of Nine Dragons Island. However, this slight advantage was negated by the other disciples of the Jie Sect. Thus, the three Golden Immortals of the Chan Sect and three of the Four Saints of Nine Dragons Island barely managed to fight to a draw.

As for Julusun Buddha, he was a mid-stage Great Luo Realm cultivator with the innate spiritual treasure Binding Immortal Rope, the great supernatural power of turning the earth into steel, and the earth-walking technique. His combat power was not to be underestimated in either the Chan Sect or Buddhism.

Yang Sen, the eldest of the Four Saints of Kowloon Island, led eight second-generation disciples of the Intercepting Sect who were at the Undying Realm to surround Ju Liusun Buddha. They used all their methods but could only barely hold him back.

Liu Qing glanced around and saw that Yang Sen was struggling to fight Liu Sunfo, so he ordered the Four Seas Dragon Kings to be ready to come and support him at any time.

The Four Dragon Kings are all at the early stage of the Great Luo Realm, but because their true forms are four-clawed true dragons with powerful bodies, and each possesses countless spiritual treasures from the Dragon Palace, their overall combat strength is in no way inferior to that of a great power in the middle stage of the Great Luo Realm.

Liu Qing instructed the Four Dragon Kings to provide support, ready to intervene at any time to rescue Jiejiao disciples like Yang Sen who were at a disadvantage.

The Four Dragon Kings had already pledged allegiance to Liu Qing before he became a five-clawed golden dragon. Now that Liu Qing has become a five-clawed golden dragon and the emperor of all dragons, his words are like a constitution. Which of the dragon races and countless dragon-like beings in the Three Realms would dare to disobey him?

Other disciples of the Jie Sect, such as Huo Ling Shengmu (a disciple of Duobao Daoren), Luo Xuan, Yi Qi Xian Ma Yuan, Shi Ji Niangniang, and Yu Yuan of Hua Xue Shen Dao, led the remaining disciples of the Jie Sect to surround Da Shi Zhi Bodhisattva and Xu Kong Zang Bodhisattva. Countless spiritual treasures and supernatural powers crashed down, putting Da Shi Zhi Bodhisattva and Xu Kong Zang Bodhisattva in grave danger.

The Buddha looked pleadingly at the Jade Emperor, who frowned but eventually nodded, asking the Queen Mother of the West to help Mahasthamaprapta and Void Treasury.

As the Queen Mother of the West made her move, Liu Qing's side, having already received orders, saw the East Sea Dragon King and the West Sea Dragon King transform into their four-clawed true dragon forms, each carrying a dozen or so innate spiritual treasures in their mouths, and greet them with smiles.

The Golden Mother of Yaochi had her physical body destroyed by Yu Yu Dao Ren's sword. Although she possessed the innate ten-day spiritual root peaches that allowed her physical body to continue, barely protecting it, her strength was greatly reduced.

The Dragon Kings of the East and West Seas, as rulers of the dragon race, possessed countless magical treasures accumulated over many years, inherited from the primordial dragon clan. With a single breath, these treasures rained down upon the Queen Mother of the West, infuriating her to the point of grinding her teeth, yet she could only struggle to cope with the overwhelming onslaught. (End of Chapter)