Fantasy: I, the Great Celestial Venerable of the Dao

The golden-armored generals bowed in unison: "Welcome, General Fei Peng!"

Jing Tian, ​​or rather Fei Peng, slowly scanned his surroundings.

His gaze paused for a moment when it fell on Long Kui, a struggle flashing in his eyes, but it was quickly replaced by a deep indifference.

Longkui felt a pang of pain in her heart, and tears welled up in her eyes: "Brother..."

Fei Peng did not respond, but turned to Dao Xuan and said, "True Man."

Just two words, yet they've become as distant as strangers.

Li Xiaoyao trembled with rage: "Jing Tian! Wake up! You are Jing Tian! You are not some Fei Peng!"

Fei Peng glanced at him, his gaze as if looking at an ant: "Mortal, how dare you address me by my name?"

Before he finished speaking, a sword aura appeared out of thin air and struck Li Xiaoyao directly!

"clang--!"

Dao Xuan flicked his finger, and the sword energy dissipated.

"General Fei Peng, what a magnificent display of power." Dao Xuan's voice remained calm, but everyone could sense the coldness within it.

"I wonder, General, do you intend to harm my Qingyun disciples within the Qingyun Sect's borders?"

Fei Peng, or rather the Fei Peng consciousness that was currently dominating this body, frowned slightly.

He could sense that the Taoist in front of him had a restrained aura.

Yet it gave him an extremely dangerous feeling, no less than that of the Demon Lord Chonglou back then.

"I'm handling my personal matters, why are you interfering, Master?" Fei Peng's voice was icy.

"If this were in the realm of gods, I would naturally not concern myself with it." Dao Xuan took a step forward.

"But this is Qingyun Sect, and he is my disciple. If you want to harm him, you'll have to get past me first."

The atmosphere suddenly became tense.

The Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden was secretly delighted, but outwardly advised:

"Please calm down, Master. General Fei Peng has only just regained his memories and his mind is still unsettled."

"Undecided?" Dao Xuan suddenly smiled, a smile full of meaning.

"Does the Mysterious Maiden really think I can't see it? This memory orb has been placed under a divine thought restriction."

When Fei Peng's memories return, the restriction will be activated, suppressing Jing Tian's consciousness in this life. A fine method, truly a fine method.

The Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden's expression finally changed.

Before the divine mirror, the gods were in uproar.

"He actually figured it out?"

"How is that possible! That was a restriction personally set up by the Heavenly Emperor!"

Fuxi finally opened his eyes. In those eyes, the sun and moon revolved, and heaven and earth were born and died.

"As expected, he couldn't be fooled." The Heavenly Emperor's voice echoed in the hall, calm and composed. "Since that's the case..."

On Tongtian Peak, a strange change suddenly occurred.

Fei Peng's body suddenly trembled violently, and his face contorted in pain.

Sometimes as cold as a god, sometimes as anxious as a human, two opposing consciousnesses are fiercely vying for dominance within the body.

"No... I am Jing Tian..." He held his head, his voice hoarse.

"Flying tumbleweed is just flying tumbleweed, how can it be called Jingtian?" Another voice came from the same mouth.

Seeing this, the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden gave a soft shout:

"General Fei Peng, calm your mind! You are the foremost warrior of the divine realm; how can you be bound by mortal memories!"

With a change of her hand seals, a beam of divine light shot towards Fei Peng's brow, aiming to help Fei Peng's consciousness completely suppress Jing Tian.

However, the divine light was blocked in mid-air by a slender hand.

Dao Xuan had appeared in front of Fei Peng without anyone noticing, his palm swirling with Dao patterns, and he actually crushed the divine light!

"Xuan Nu, you've gone too far." Dao Xuan's voice turned cold.

"Does a true immortal really want to be an enemy of the divine realm?"

The Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden was also truly enraged. Her divine light surged, and the sea of ​​clouds above Tongtian Peak churned, with the faint sound of thunder.

"If the divine realm insists on forcibly taking my disciple, so what if we become enemies?" Dao Xuan flicked his sleeves, and his green robes fluttered even without wind.

Just as tensions were about to rise, the world suddenly fell silent.

No, it's not stillness.

All sounds, all movements, even the flowing wind and drifting clouds, seemed to freeze in that moment.

Apart from Dao Xuan, Jiu Tian Xuan Nu, and Fei Peng, everyone else seemed to be frozen in place, unable to even move their eyes.

Golden light gathered above Tongtian Peak.

The golden light was not dazzling, but it contained supreme majesty.

It slowly coalesced into a phantom image—wearing an imperial crown and a nine-dragon robe, its face blurred yet impossible to look directly at.

The Heavenly Emperor Fuxi descended.

Although it was just an avatar, its aura was so powerful that the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden bowed and Fei Peng knelt on one knee.

Only Dao Xuan remained standing tall like a pine tree.

"The Heavenly Emperor himself has come; this humble Taoist has failed to greet him properly." Dao Xuan cupped his hands, displaying impeccable manners, yet without the slightest hint of servility.

The Heavenly Emperor's illusory gaze fell upon Dao Xuan.

The gaze was so tangible that it slightly distorted the space around it.

For an ordinary cultivator, just one glance would be enough to destroy their soul and spirit.

However, Dao Xuan's expression remained unchanged, and the Daoist aura around him flowed, dissolving the invisible pressure into nothingness.

"I have long admired Dao Xuan Zhenren." The Heavenly Emperor spoke, his voice like a great bell, echoing between heaven and earth.

"Having seen it today, I can confirm that its reputation is well-deserved."

"You flatter me, Heavenly Emperor," Dao Xuan replied calmly. "May I ask what brings you here?"

"For the sake of Fei Peng," the Heavenly Emperor stated bluntly, "and also for the dignity of my divine realm."

"Oh?" Dao Xuan raised an eyebrow. "This humble Daoist is foolish and would like to ask the Heavenly Emperor to enlighten me: in what way has the Qingyun Sect offended the dignity of the Divine Realm?"

"The disciple of the True Man has repeatedly shown disrespect to the Divine Messenger." The Heavenly Emperor's voice was calm, yet every word carried immense weight.

"The True Immortal even intervened to prevent the divine realm from guiding Fei Peng back. Isn't that enough?"

Dao Xuan laughed: "If we're talking about disrespecting the divine messenger, it was the divine messenger who first used his power to intimidate people."

If we're talking about preventing Fei Peng from returning...

He looked at Fei Peng, who was still struggling in pain:

"May the Heavenly Emperor tell me the purpose of the divine thought restriction in that memory light cluster?"

If you truly intend to guide your disciple back to the right path, why would you use methods to suppress his consciousness in this life?

The Heavenly Emperor remained silent for a moment.

The entire frozen world felt even more oppressive because of this silence.

"Fei Peng is the number one divine general in the divine realm, and his return is of great importance to the divine realm," the Heavenly Emperor said slowly.

These few measures are simply to ensure that nothing goes wrong.

"So, my disciple's will can be trampled on at will?"

Dao Xuan's voice turned cold.

"Heavenly Emperor, I respect you as the supreme ruler of the Six Realms, but the disciples of Qingyun Sect are not pawns."

"What if I insist on taking him away?"

The Heavenly Emperor's voice remained calm, but everyone could hear the undeniable authority within it.

Dao Xuan took a step forward.

With this one step, the solidified world began to crack.

It wasn't a shattering, but rather a collision between Dao Xuan's Daoist aura and the Heavenly Emperor's oppressive power.

The confined space could not withstand the pressure, and countless fine cracks appeared!

"Then this humble Taoist has no choice but to ask the Heavenly Emperor for guidance."

As soon as he finished speaking, a sword shadow slowly appeared behind Dao Xuan.

That was not a physical sword, but a manifestation of the Tao.

The moment the sword shadow appeared, all the swords of the Qingyun disciples on Tongtian Peak rang out in unison!

The Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden's face turned deathly pale.

She finally understood why the Heavenly Emperor had repeatedly warned against starting a war lightly.

This Dao Xuanzhen has actually reached the realm of transforming the Dao into a sword and making his words become law!

Such cultivation is comparable only to a handful of people, including the Heavenly Emperor, even in the God Realm!

The illusory figure of the Heavenly Emperor stared at the sword shadow and suddenly smiled.