Covering the Sky: I, a mortal, ascended to the throne step by step.

Chapter 86 The Past of the Western Emperor: Peach and Dragon

Enveloped in azure light, it is impervious to wind and thunder.

The Queen Mother of the West, holding a pagoda and standing on a rainbow bridge, led Li Xian and the others from Yaochi through the air.

Li Xian stood at the end of the Rainbow Bridge.

The white robe fluttered in the strong wind at high altitude.

Behind them, the outline of the holy city shrank rapidly.

The ruins where the Source King's Forbidden Array turned to dust, the scene of Tuoba Feng spitting blood and flying backward, the cultivators gazing up at the Imperial Weapon and the streets emptying with people—

They were all left behind.

In the blink of an eye.

The rainbow bridge landed.

Yaochi Fairy Lake, its waters as clear as a mirror.

The island in the middle of the lake is covered with fallen petals, ancient trees reach for the sky, and the rain of flowers is crystal clear, creating a rich spiritual atmosphere.

The source stones of Tianzihao Stone Garden are scattered along the banks of Qingteng Spring, blending seamlessly with the fairyland.

The group landed in front of the stone pavilion.

The female Taoist priests from Yaochi dispersed.

Soundproof barriers were set up around the perimeter.

The Queen Mother of the West threw out the Green Gold Pagoda made of immortal tears.

The ancient emerald pagoda transformed into a stream of light and disappeared into the vast void, returning to the pure land of Yaochi deep in the northern region.

She turned around.

There was no small talk.

There were no formalities.

"The Western Emperor's Scripture".

The three words, though spoken softly, made the air feel heavy.

Li Xian opened her eyes and met those phoenix eyes.

The Queen Mother of the West looked at him with eyes as sharp as knives.

"The cultivation technique circulating within your body is the Western Emperor Scripture. I can understand the Chaotic Star Finger technique as a gift you possessed and that you comprehended it on your own, but the Western Emperor Scripture—"

She paused for a moment.

"This is an imperial scripture passed down orally from generation to generation by the Queen Mother of the West. Without the transmission from the Jade Pool, where did you learn it from?"

Inside the stone pavilion.

Several gazes fell upon Li Xian.

Yunxi stood half a step behind the Queen Mother of the West.

Her cool, clear eyes suddenly widened beneath the veil.

The chaotic stars indicate that she already knew.

But what about the Western Emperor's Scripture?

She looked at Li Xian, her breath quickening for a moment before she forced it down.

"Is what he practices actually Western scriptures?"

What does this mean?

The meaning of "chaotic stars" might be deduced from the fragments, but the "Western Emperor Scripture" was never inscribed on any stone wall or jade slip.

It exists only in the divine consciousness transmission between the two Queen Mothers of the West throughout the ages, and opening it requires the Immortal Tears Green Gold Pagoda to unseal it, which is far more troublesome than the Queen Mother's inauguration procedure.

How could a rogue cultivator do that?

Li Xian did not answer immediately.

He glanced around the stone pavilion, his gaze sweeping across—

The Queen Mother of the West, Yunxi, two female Taoist priests from Yaochi, and an old woman with white hair sitting on a futon in the corner, pretending to be asleep with her eyes closed.

"What's meant to happen will happen; the words we've prepared should be used now."

Li Xian cupped his hands in a respectful gesture, his expression calm.

"This junior is a descendant of the Great Accomplished Sacred Body lineage."

In a word.

The pavilion fell silent.

The Queen Mother of the West narrowed her phoenix eyes slightly.

Yunxi's eyelashes trembled.

In the corner, the old woman slowly opened one eye.

"The lineage of the Great Accomplished Holy Body?" The Queen Mother of the West's voice was calm, revealing neither belief nor disbelief. "That happened over two hundred thousand years ago. What proof do you have?"

Li Xian did not take out the token.

He said one thing.

"In the year that the Western Emperor attained enlightenment, a supreme being in the forbidden zone of the underworld attempted to emerge into the world."

The Queen Mother of the West twitched her finger.

"That Dark Supreme cultivates the Netherworld Dao, and has already stepped halfway out of the forbidden zone. The Great Accomplished Holy Body used Holy Blood as a guide to block the Supreme's first attack for the Western Emperor. The price was that the Holy Body's blood and qi were disrupted and the Divine Bridge collapsed."

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Li Xian spoke calmly, as if she were telling someone else's story.

Actually.

It is indeed someone else's story—

The previous version was about his control over that mixed-blood holy body.

"Before the Western Emperor's Dao attainment tribulation, her Holy Body had already protected her as she broke through from the seventh level of Quasi-Emperor to the ninth level."

"Even earlier, when the Western Emperor was protecting the Holy Body during the Quasi-Emperor Tribulation and the Holy Body was striving to reach the Great Completion Tribulation, the Quasi-Ninth Supreme Son made a move. It was the Western Emperor who used his body to merge with the Immortal Tear Green Gold Pagoda to suppress the Supreme Son, which allowed the Holy Body to survive."

"The two are partners in the Dao, protecting each other on the path. This cause and effect is not a one-sided favor."

The Queen Mother of the West paused for a moment.

She stared at Li Xian, her phoenix eyes scrutinizing him, but this scrutiny was gradually replaced by another emotion.

"What you've said—"

She carefully chose her words: "The ancient books of Yaochi do mention the Holy Body protecting the Way, but the specific details are only mentioned in a few strokes."

"For example, when the Supreme Being of the Underworld Forbidden Zone was born, ancient texts only recorded, 'A great enemy attacked, and the Western Emperor and the Holy Body joined forces to repel it.' As for what path the Supreme Being cultivated, the Holy Body blocking the first attack for the Western Emperor, and the collapse of the Divine Bridge—"

She remained silent for two breaths.

"It's not in ancient books."

The atmosphere inside the pavilion had changed.

Yunxi lowered her eyes, her heart filled with turbulent emotions.

He can casually recount secrets that are not even recorded in ancient books of Yaochi.

Li Xian continued.

"The cultural landscape of Beidou was different from that of today, more than 200,000 years ago."

"At that time, the ancient aristocratic families were in decline, and the Jiang family and Ji family had not yet appeared. The Taiyin Sect and the Taixuan Sect were closely linked and shared the mineral veins of the Northern Region."

"Besides the Nuwa Scripture, the core cultivation method of the Western Emperor also comprehended a 'Azure Lotus Immortal Scripture'—which she obtained at the Dragon Transformation Pool in the Central Plains, focusing on the tempering of laws."

"Only by combining the innate Dao embryo physique can one cultivate the flawless Emperor Dao Law ahead of time at the ninth hour, and contend against the Dark Supreme."

The Queen Mother of the West was slightly moved.

The Azure Lotus Immortal Scripture.

This technique.

It was recorded on a green bronze slip in the secret treasury of Yaochi.

Because the conditions for cultivation are too harsh, he never shows it to others.

I believed it about 70%.

Li Xian made his own judgment.

He didn't say anything more.

That's seven-tenths of the story.

Leave some room for maneuver.

He was too confident and that would give him away. After all, it was his memory accumulated when he cleared the game with his mixed-blood holy body. Some details were told to "him" by Sisi herself, and some were deduced by him in the game. They may not all be correct.

But that's enough.

The Queen Mother of the West exhaled.

The way she looked at Li Xian had completely changed.

It's no longer about scrutiny, no longer about questioning.

Rather, it's a feeling of relief.

"Today, wielding the imperial weapon and rushing to the holy city, I have indeed made the right decision—"

After saying this, the Queen Mother of the West nodded slightly to the old woman in the corner.

The old woman opened her eyes and took two items from beside the prayer mat.

A jade box.

A small bronze tripod.

The jade box was opened, and inside lay a peach the size of a fist.

The peach is bright red and exudes a refreshing medicinal fragrance; its spiritual essence almost overflows from the box.

The bronze cauldron lid was lifted, and a small golden loach rolled and swam in the spiritual liquid, its scales shimmering and extremely lively.

Peaches.

Loach.

"These two items were taken from the secret treasury of Yaochi by the Queen Mother of the West, despite all objections," the old woman said in a hoarse voice. "Only a few dragonfish remain in Yaochi, and only two of the peaches that ripen once every five hundred years are left."

She glanced at the Queen Mother of the West.

"Not all the elders agree to give it to you."

Li Xian understood.

invest.

Yaochi saw his potential—

Or perhaps they were attracted by the "descendant of the Great Accomplished Holy Body" label.

A genius with ties to the Western Emperor is worth betting on in Yaochi.

Li Xian accepted the jade box and bronze tripod, and bowed respectfully.

"I, Li Xian, will forever remember the great kindness shown to me by the Jade Pool."

The Queen Mother of the West nodded, then suddenly spoke.

"I have a request to make."

"The Jade Pool has the position of Guest Elder, which is a sinecure, not bound by sect rules, and does not require them to be stationed at the mountain gate."

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"If you're willing, this position is yours."

Li Xian did not hesitate.

"I am willing."

The Queen Mother of the West was very pleased with his decisiveness.

The corners of his mouth were slightly upturned.

At that moment, the old woman suddenly coughed.

His cloudy eyes fixed on Li Xian, his tone stern.

"There's something I need to say upfront, even if it's unpleasant."

"Ten thousand years ago, the Celestial Master Youyuan was a guest minister in Yaochi. As a result, he abducted the Holy Maiden at that time, causing Yaochi to lose face."

Her gaze was like a rusty iron nail, fixed directly on Li Xian's face.

"If you dare to imitate this person—the Jade Pool Imperial Weapon—I won't mind crushing one more person."

Li Xian remained calm and cupped his hands, saying, "Elder, rest assured, I am focused on cultivation and have no time for anything else."

The old woman glanced at Yunxi.

He snorted and closed his eyes again.

Yunxi's face was mostly covered by a veil.

But it couldn't hide the blush on the tips of her ears.

She lowered her head, her gaze falling on the tips of her shoes, and her heart skipped a beat.