Chef God of the Wuxia and Fantasy World

Shi Ji did not dare to be careless. She released Li Jing and the others, and then used her Tai'a sword to meet the Qiankun Circle.

Nezha's skills and magical weapons are now inferior to Shiji's, so how could he be a match for her? The Qiankun Ring collided with the Tai'a Sword in the air, held for a moment, and then fell to the ground.

Nezha was so badly injured that his face turned pale and he had to retreat three zhang before he could regain his balance.

Nezha didn't think too much. He swung his Fire-Tipped Spear, stepped onto his Wind-Fire Wheels, and stabbed at Shiji.

Shi Ji said, "You've come at the perfect time!"

He then drew his sword and engaged Nezha in battle. Suddenly, a white flame shot out from the Fire-Tipped Spear. This flame was none other than the Samadhi True Fire. Caught off guard, Shi Ji was burned.

Shi Ji was well aware of the power of the Samadhi True Fire and, in great alarm, activated the Tai'a Sword. The Tai'a Sword shot out streaks of sword energy in the air, surrounding Shi Ji, and the Samadhi True Fire slowly extinguished under the encirclement of the sword energy.

Even so, Shi Ji was burned until her hair was withered and her face was blackened, and her Taoist robe was in tatters.

When the surrounding soldiers saw Shi Ji in this state, they burst into laughter.

Enraged by her shame, Shi Ji roared, "If I don't wash away your Chen Tang Pass today, I swear I'm not a human being!" With that, she drew her sword and charged at Nezha.

Nezha was no match for Shiji after all. After fighting for dozens of rounds, he was struck by Shiji's sword. Fortunately, Nezha had the Hun Tian Ling (a magical ribbon) on him to protect himself, which saved his life. However, the Hun Tian Ling was ultimately a spiritual treasure and could not withstand the Tai'a sword, which was a acquired spiritual treasure. Nezha spat out a mouthful of blood and lay on the ground unable to move.

Shi Ji chuckled coldly and walked step by step toward Nezha with her sword. Seeing this, Li Jing shouted, "Don't hurt my daughter!" and charged forward with his sword. However, after a dozen or so moves, he was stabbed in the shoulder by Shi Ji's sword, bleeding profusely, but fortunately, his life was not in danger.

Li Jing was usually dignified and loved by the people, and was deeply loved by the people of Chentang Pass. Although Nezha had caused trouble in the village before, he was still just a child and was so cute that everyone took him for granted. Moreover, Nezha's temperament improved later, so they paid even less attention to him.

At this moment, seeing the father and daughter in danger, the people and soldiers of Chentang Pass all took up their knives and spears and charged towards Shiji. However, how could ordinary people be a match for Shiji? With each swing of her sword, a cloud of blood mist flew out, and dozens of people fell to the ground.

Nezha was a proud man. He thought to himself that this matter was caused by him, and now innocent people were going to lose their lives. How could he tolerate this? He immediately shouted, "Stop!"

Upon hearing these words, everyone stopped fighting!

Looking at the hundreds of people killed by Shi Ji on the ground, their legs and arms broken, a truly gruesome sight, Nezha could only shed two streams of tears as he said, "I will never forget the kindness of all the villagers towards me, even in death!"

Nezha then said sternly to Shiji, "Shiji, your servant Biyun was killed by me, Nezha. Today I will repay you with your life!" After saying that, he gave Li Jing a resolute look.

Li Jing was terrified. Suddenly remembering something, he blushed and, ignoring his injuries, shouted, "Nezha, no!" and charged towards Nezha.

A red shadow flew out from Nezha's body and blocked Li Jing's way; it was the Hun Tian Ling (a magical ribbon). Then, the Qian Kun Quan (a magical ring) on ​​the ground flew up and fell straight down on Nezha's head.

However, Nezha did not want to implicate the people of Chentang Pass today, and was determined to pay with his life.

No one could stop him in time. With a "thud," Nezha's skull was cracked by his own Universe Ring, and he was beyond saving.

The people of Chentang Pass were deeply moved by Nezha's loyalty and compassion, lamenting that he had died at the young age of ten, and they immediately broke down in tears.

After Nezha's death, Li Jing naturally broke free of the Hun Tian Ling (a magical ribbon).

Li Jing walked dejectedly to Nezha, remembering that if he hadn't prevented Nezha from absorbing magic power at birth, how could he have suffered such a calamity today? He was filled with regret and shame, thinking to himself, as a father, how could he stand between heaven and earth if he couldn't save his child from certain death?

Thinking this, he picked up the fire-tipped spear from the ground, intending to commit suicide, but was embraced by his wife, Lady Yin, who was crying bitterly.

Lady Yin was resting at home when she heard the fighting outside and came to check. On the way, she remembered that her husband, Li Jing, had been happily talking to her about Nezha the night before, saying that Nezha was able to draw the Zhen Tian Bow, the treasure left by the Emperor Xuanyuan, which guarded Chen Tang Pass. It was truly a case of like father, like daughter.

Lady Yin was overjoyed, thinking that the feud between father and daughter over the past twenty years would finally be over. Who knew that such a calamity would strike today? Nezha died, and Li Jing wanted to commit suicide. After embracing Li Jing, Lady Yin was overcome with grief and fainted.

Li Jing was now much more lucid. Seeing his wife faint, his desire to die diminished considerably. He simply held Lady Yin in one arm and Nezha in the other, and coldly said to Shi Ji, "Shi Ji, you are a cultivator. Today you killed ordinary people of my Chen Tang Pass and forced my child to his death. You will surely be punished by heaven one day!"

After saying that, he turned and walked into the mansion without looking back.

Shi Ji, caught up in her anger, had no idea of ​​these things, but upon hearing Li Jing's explanation, she was startled.

Those who cultivate the Tao possess extraordinary abilities, yet they abhor harming innocent ordinary people. Otherwise, wouldn't the entire world be populated by cultivators? Therefore, such an act is intolerable to the will of Heaven.

In the past, the demon race, which roamed the primordial world, had the innate treasure Chaos Bell and the top-grade innate spiritual treasure Hetu Luoshu to suppress their fortune. However, because they caused countless killings, their fortune was broken, which is why they were almost completely wiped out in the final war between the Lich King and the Demon King. Only a few small creatures retreated to the North Sea, which was very miserable.

Even the demon race, which once roamed the primordial world, met such an end; how could Shi Ji escape it?

Thinking of this, her murderous intent greatly diminished. Moreover, since Nezha was now dead, Shiji returned to the White Bone Cave on Skull Mountain.

……

Nezha committed suicide with the Universe Ring, his physical body was destroyed, but a trace of his true spirit was preserved.

Without a physical body to rely on, the wisp of true spirit seemed to be in a daze, drifting aimlessly in the air. Originally, it wanted to go to the cave of its master, Taiyi Zhenren, but it vaguely remembered what Lingchi had said on the East Sea shore that day: "If you ever need anything in the future, you can come to the Realm of the God of Cookery to find me." So it changed direction and drifted towards the Realm of the God of Cookery.

In Nuwa's palace, Nuwa was also paying attention to Nezha's affairs. At first, she kept frowning, but when she saw Nezha's true spirit drifting towards the God of Cookery, her brows finally relaxed. She casually threw down an object, which was the amniotic sac that had wrapped Nezha when he was born.

It turns out that Nezha would later become the Grand Marshal of the vanguard against King Zhou, a time of endless warfare and killing. He would use this physical body to ascend to godhood and achieve enlightenment. Therefore, this tribulation was destined to be his way of repaying his karmic debts. That's why Nuwa didn't stop Shiji from causing trouble at Chentang Pass; otherwise, how could Shiji, with her abilities, have acted so arrogantly?

As for whether Nezha's true spirit should go to Taiyi Zhenren or the Chef God Realm, that is Nezha's own choice.

In comparison, Nuwa would naturally prefer Nezha to go to Lingchi, since the opportunities there far surpass those of Taiyi Zhenren.

Seeing Nezha's choice, Nuwa was finally relieved.

While relieved, I also felt a little sour: I knew this girl would definitely go to Brother Ling, humph!

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Chapter Forty-Five: The Incarnation of the World-Destroying Black Lotus

In the world of culinary gods, Ling Chi was carving a watermelon, specifically the adult Nezha from the movie "Ne Zha," looking quite majestic. Just then, the placenta thrown down by Nuwa flew in front of him.

"..." Upon seeing the placenta, Ling Chi shook his head, not expecting that Nezha would still be unable to escape death.

He stopped carving the watermelon, casually took the amniotic sac, and with a wave of his hand, a beam of light shot outwards.

A moment later, the light flew back, containing something—a wisp of Nezha's true spirit.

Ling Chi looked at Nezha's spirit and sighed, "You little rascal, you really are a handful."

After saying that, Ling Chi took out the twelfth-grade world-destroying black lotus that he had taken from Luo Hou years ago.

Since he took the World-Destroying Black Lotus, it has been nurtured in the lotus pond of the farm. The lotus pond is filled with the Three Lights Divine Water. The World-Destroying Black Lotus absorbed the Three Lights Divine Water and took root, causing many small black lotuses to grow in the lotus pond. Of course, there are also some small merit golden lotuses, which grew before the Purple Cloud Palace distributed treasures. After countless eons of nurturing, there are now more than ten ninth-grade merit golden lotuses and ninth-grade world-destroying black lotuses in the lotus pond. As long as it continues to grow, a new twelfth-grade lotus platform will appear sooner or later.

In the world of Investiture of the Gods, Nezha was resurrected by Taiyi Zhenren using a lotus incarnation after his suicide. Now that Nezha has come to him after his death, he cannot be stingy. So he took out the Twelfth Grade World-Destroying Black Lotus, intending to use it as an incarnation to resurrect Nezha.

Ling Chi infused Nezha's true spirit into the black lotus, allowing it to merge with the lotus. At the same time, she wrapped the black lotus in her placenta, allowing Nezha to absorb the original spirit that belonged to her from within the placenta.

With his physical body reforged by the twelfth-grade world-destroying black lotus, Ling Chi himself couldn't even imagine what kind of aptitude Nezha would have after his rebirth. In any case, he would definitely be no less than the Three Pure Ones.

Just as Lingchi was helping Nezha reshape his body, Taiyi Zhenren, one of the twelve Golden Immortals of the Chan Sect on Qianyuan Mountain, also foresaw that Nezha would face this calamity today. So he prepared lotus roots early, waiting for Nezha to arrive so that he could reshape his body.

But he waited and waited and waited and he did not come. Taiyi Zhenren was puzzled, so he calculated with his fingers and found that Nezha had died, but his true spirit was nowhere to be found.

Taiyi frowned, thinking to himself that Nezha was appointed Grand Marshal in the campaign against King Zhou, and he couldn't bear the responsibility if anything went wrong. So he hurriedly went to the Jade Void Palace on Kunlun Mountain to pay his respects to the Primordial Heavenly Venerable.

With the abilities of a primordial sage, he quickly calculated the cause and effect, and sighed, saying to Taiyi Zhenren, "Go now, this matter will surely be resolved in the future!"

Taiyi Zhenren was completely bewildered, but seeing that his teacher was unwilling to say more, he could only helplessly return to Qianyuan Mountain.

Thus, October had passed, and it was time for Nezha to be born.

During this time, Ling Chi placed the placenta containing Nezha in the lotus pond of the farm. The Three Lights Divine Water there was full of vital energy, which was most conducive to the growth and development of all things. Therefore, Nezha, who was originally supposed to be conceived for three years and six months, was now conceived in just ten months, like an ordinary person.

Seeing that the placenta was now only a thin line, Ling Chi knew that it had been formed by Nuwa with great magical power, and that Nezha had completely absorbed that power. Therefore, Ling Chi raised his hand, pointing a finger and releasing a beam of merit light that enveloped Nezha, shouting, "Break!"

Then a flash of black light appeared, and the placenta disappeared, replaced by a child, who looked exactly like Lingzhuzi from the previous life. He was cute and adorable, and was born with the cultivation level of a late-stage Taiyi Golden Immortal.

Now that Nezha has been reborn, he naturally remembers his past and present lives. He bursts into tears and throws himself into Ling Chi's arms, crying loudly, "Uncle Ling, I'm so miserable!"

"..."

Ling Chi patted Nezha on the back and said, "Alright, it's all in the past. Besides, you've turned misfortune into blessing. I've used the Twelfth Grade World-Destroying Black Lotus to reshape your physical body. Your aptitude is no less than that of the Three Pure Ones. Not to mention your limitless future achievements, you already have the cultivation of a late-stage Taiyi Golden Immortal. Once the Investiture of the Gods calamity ends and you gain merit, breaking through to the Great Luo Golden Immortal will be no problem."

"Huh?" Nezha immediately stopped crying, checked his cultivation level, and sure enough, he found that he had the cultivation of the late stage of Taiyi Golden Immortal. He couldn't help but be overjoyed: "Is this the cultivation of the late stage of Taiyi Golden Immortal? How amazing!"

That brat, he's just like the weather in June, changing in an instant.

Ling Chi smiled slightly and said, "Now that you have all the memories, it is time for you to complete Nuwa's mission! With your current cultivation level, once you return and take all the treasures of Chen Tang Pass, you will be a formidable opponent in the prehistoric world, and the matter of overthrowing King Zhou will naturally be no obstacle!"

If Nezha hadn't come to the God of Cookery and had gone to the Golden Light Cave of Qianyuan Mountain to be with the Immortal Taiyi, the Immortal Taiyi would have used lotus roots to help Nezha create a physical body. But how could such inferior lotus roots compare to the top-grade innate spiritual treasure, the Twelfth Grade World-Destroying Black Lotus? In that case, Nezha's cultivation would still be at the early stage of the Golden Immortal realm, and due to the limitations of the material, his cultivation would be difficult to advance any further.

But things are different now. Nezha's cultivation has greatly improved, and his potential is unfathomable. As long as he has enough "opportunities" in the future, it is not a dream for him to even become a saint. Dealing with a small battle of gods is a piece of cake for him.

Nezha was also full of confidence. After enjoying a few days of good meals with Ling Chi, he reluctantly bid farewell to Ling Chi and returned to Chen Tang Pass.

After Nezha returned to Chentang Pass, he retrieved the Fire-Tipped Spear, the Universe Ring, the Hun Tian Ling, and the Wind-Fire Wheels. He then went back to Chentang Pass to retrieve the Heaven-Shaking Bow and the Cloud-Piercing Arrow. Afterward, he went to Skull Mountain and found Shiji to avenge the more than a thousand people who had died tragically in Chentang Pass.

Now that Nezha has reached the late stage of Taiyi Golden Immortal cultivation, he is still above Shiji. How could Shiji possibly defeat him? She was killed by Nezha with a single arrow, and the Tai'a Sword became Nezha's spoils of war.

Afterwards, Nezha returned to Chentang Pass and paid his respects to his parents again.

When Li Jing and his wife saw Nezha come back to life, they were both surprised and delighted. But before they could celebrate for long, Nezha told them about his resurrection and that he was the reincarnation of Lingzhuzi, who was by the side of the Goddess Nuwa.

Li Jing and his wife were both surprised and delighted. They should have known that Nezha was of extraordinary birth, but they never expected that he would be a favorite of the sage. They thought that life would be easy from now on, but Nezha then spoke of the destiny of the Western Zhou replacing the Shang and hoped that they could go to Xiqi with her to help the Western Zhou seize the world.

Li Jing was filled with shock and his brows furrowed. Although his teacher was the Taoist Ran Deng, a member of the Chan Sect, he was, after all, a Shang general. At this time, although King Zhou was acting somewhat out of line, he had not yet harmed Chen Tang Pass. Moreover, Li Jing knew the principle of not putting all his eggs in one basket, so he refused Nezha's offer and decided to stay and guard Chen Tang Pass.

Upon seeing this, Nezha bid farewell to his parents and went to Xiqi alone.

When Nezha arrived in Xiqi, Jiang Shang, knowing Nezha's origins, was naturally overjoyed.

At this time, under the rule of Jiang Shang, the people of Xiqi were loyal to the state. Many feudal lords, seeing that King Zhou was incompetent and Ji Chang was benevolent, also turned to Xiqi and secretly sent people to surrender.

Under the allure of Daji, King Zhou was completely unaware that the Shang Dynasty was already like a floating duckweed in the rain, swaying precariously. But just then, Grand Tutor Wen Zhong quelled the rebellion and returned to the capital in triumph.

Wen Zhong was a disciple of the Golden Spirit Mother, one of the four inner disciples of the Intercepting Sect under the Supreme Saint Tongtian. He possessed a naturally strong constitution, was upright and incorruptible, and now had the cultivation of a mid-stage Golden Immortal. His spiritual treasure, the Twin Whips, was also extremely powerful. After Wen Zhong returned to the court, the politics of the Great Shang Dynasty became much more enlightened. The Great Shang Dynasty had now existed for over seven hundred years and had deeply penetrated the hearts of the people. Although King Zhou was incompetent, he was ultimately the legitimate ruler of the primordial world and still had considerable support.

Jiang Shang was terrified when he heard that Grand Tutor Wen Zhong had returned to court. As the saying goes, even a starved camel is bigger than a horse. Although Xiqi was powerful now, if it were to directly face the Shang army of tens of millions led by Wen Zhong, it would be like an egg hitting a rock.

Just then, the White Egret Boy, a disciple of the Primordial Celestial Venerable, came to deliver a decree, saying that now that the Grand Marshal of the Vanguard against King Zhou has returned to his post, Jiang Shang should make preparations as soon as possible and launch an attack soon!

Jiang Shang was puzzled, but how could he dare disobey the command of the Primordial Heavenly Venerable?

At this time, news came from Chaoge that Yuan Futong of Beihai had led seventy-two vassal lords in rebellion against the Shang Dynasty. Grand Tutor Wen Zhong was summoned to lead a large army to suppress the rebellion, leaving only the King of Zhenguo Wucheng to guard the country.

At this time, Yang Jian, a disciple of the Jade Cauldron Immortal, one of the Twelve Golden Immortals of the Chan Sect, came to join them on his master's orders.

Yang Jian was no ordinary man. Back when Emperor Xuanyuan was in power, the Heavenly Emperor Haotian ordered the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden to descend to the mortal realm and impart the secret of immortality to Xuanyuan. Over time, the two fell in love and consummated their relationship. The Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden became pregnant and, after returning to the Heavenly Court, gave birth to Yang Jian.

However, the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden violated the Heavenly Laws and was imprisoned under Peach Mountain by the Jade Emperor as a warning to others.

Yang Jian, a being combining immortal and mortal attributes, possesses the bloodline of the Human Emperor Xuanyuan. He is born with immense strength and three eyes, the third of which can see beyond the nine heavens and into the netherworld. To save his mother, he becomes a disciple of Yu Ding Zhenren, one of the Twelve Golden Immortals of the Chan Sect.

The Primordial Celestial Venerable bestowed upon Yang Jian the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique, a divine power of the Chan Sect. With his extraordinary talent and the aid of this divine power, Yang Jian cultivated to the late stage of the Golden Immortal realm in just over a thousand years, becoming the most outstanding disciple of the third generation of the Chan Sect.

On his journey to rescue his mother, Yang Jian subdued the divine beast Xiaotian Dog. After going through countless hardships, he finally rescued his mother, and this story became widely known in the prehistoric world.

Of course, after learning the whole story, Ling Chi specifically informed Yang Chan.

Although Yang Jian exists in this world, his parents have changed, and he no longer has an older brother and a younger sister, which leaves Yang Chan speechless. However, every world is different, and the Yang Jian in this world doesn't look like Erlang Shen from Journey to the West. After seeing this, Yang Chan no longer cares.

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Meanwhile, good news kept coming from Xiqi, which made Jiang Shang very happy. He immediately persuaded Ji Chang, the Marquis of Xibo, to establish a state and rebel against the Shang Dynasty.