Chapter 827: The Divine Emperor
Chapter 827: The Divine Emperor
Trapped Sky Island.
Fang Xi's main body sat cross-legged, the Myriad Wood Mother Qi gathering above his head, seeping in thread by thread from his crown, restoring the magic power consumed by the Withered Glory Chant.
"That sword, though powerful, consumes all my magic power, a gamble between success and failure. . . it is the most extreme of strikes."
"If not for the All-Heavens Precious Mirror ensuring my survival, it would be best to use that sword sparingly in the future."
Fang Xi murmured, looking at his Shinto Avatar.
This Shinto Avatar, having departed the Black Cloud Mountain Range, appeared somewhat weak in its divine power.
But this was merely an appearance.
After all, its foundation was the'shan Orb'(Mountain Orb); as long as he refined it slightly, it wouldn't be too difficult to elevate it to the seventh rank.
Fang Xi gazed at the Shinto Edict within the Shinto Avatar, a faint smile gracing his lips: "From today forth, you shall be the Son of Heaven of the Dao Court on Trapped Sky Island."
With the power of the'investment of the Gods List' (Fengshen List), controlling numerous deities, and subsequently gathering fortune to become the Son of Heaven, was a very simple matter.
Before long, a silver light flashed.
The External Avatar also arrived in the cave dwelling.
The three Fang Xis sat facing each other.
Fang Xi's main body appeared ethereal and transcendent, brimming with vibrant vitality, like an ancient towering tree.
The External Avatar wore a black robe, its expression cold and severe, like ice that would not melt for ten thousand years.
The Shinto Avatar, however, was clad in imperial robes, exuding the most majesty, yet its aura was the weakest among the three.
The External Avatar remained silent, then suddenly raised a hand, and two streams of light, one left and one right, shot towards the main body and the Shinto Avatar respectively.
Fang Xi's main body reached out and grabbed, and a Luck Gu appeared.
"This trip to the Shinto world, even if there were no other gains, just this'Great Void Transmitting Netherworld Plow Head Seven Stars Altar' (Taifuhua Plow Head Seven Stars Altar) was worth it."
A hint of joy appeared on his face.
With his current attainment as a seventh-rank formation master, he could completely transform this Shinto altar into a formation of the same rank!
Using the'Luck Gu' as the centerpiece, he could greatly enhance the power of the'Calamity Dispelling and Misfortune Resolving Luck Mystic Light' (eliminating disasters and relieving distress).
Paired with the'Profound Netherworld Dispelling Misfortune and Purifying Divine Light' (Profound Netherworld Dispelling Misfortune and Purifying Divine Light) from the'Netherworld Banner', it might even pose a death threat to late-stage Void Enlightenment cultivators.
In the future, the path to his own ascension as a ninth-rank Immortal Formation Master lay within it.
"Three formations merging into one, the Nine Bends Yellow River Three Flowers Immortal Array is complete. . ."
"The path of a formation master, at last, is fully traversed."
Fang Xi was filled with emotion.
Choosing to concurrently cultivate the path of formations was a decision he had made from the very beginning.
Now, this one among the hundred arts of immortal cultivation was, after all, about to be cultivated by him to the peak of the Earthly Immortal World!
"Congratulations, congratulations. . ."
After expressing his feelings, Fang Xi then had the mind to inspect other things.
What fell into the Shinto Avatar's hand was none other than the treasure of'Lord Qing Tong' (Qing Tongjun)!
At this moment, a wisp of his Divine Consciousness entered this Shinto Edict, and he immediately saw a white light suppressed deep within the divine seal!
Within the white light, astonishingly, was a fragment of a talisman!
This talisman was pure white throughout, emitting an aura of supreme greatness, paramount dignity, and ultimate nobility. . .
"It's actually a part of the 'Celestial Emperor Edict' (Heavenly Emperor Edict)? How could I possibly sever a piece of the Celestial Emperor Edict?"
"It seems the Celestial Emperor deliberately went easy, effectively exposing a flaw to receive my strongest sword strike. . . Only with his active cooperation could I sever a corner of the Celestial Emperor Edict."
As for why he allowed himself to sever a corner of this talisman, Fang Xi felt that the Celestial Emperor had done it on purpose, and it should be related to resolving Heavenly Dao contamination.
'Moreover. . . Given the laws of karma in that small world, the laws of karma in the Celestial Court (Heavenly Court) of a Middle Thousand World (Middle Thousand World) would only be even more inconvenient. . . I saved the Celestial Emperor's life, and if he doesn't provide something of equivalent value, it would be difficult for him to escape the karmic ties and ascend successfully. . . '
The Shinto Avatar's expression turned solemn as it began to refine the divine position of'Lord Qing Tong, Duke Mu of Shaoyang, Eastern Florescence Purple Mansion' (Donghua Purple Mansion Shaoyang Mu Gongqing Tongjun)!
In that Middle Thousand World and its subsidiary small worlds, the Shinto Avatar dared not refine Lord Qing Tong's divine position, lest it fall into a karmic net for naught.
But in the Earthly Immortal World, there were no such taboos.
Moreover, with the assistance of the main body and the External Avatar, it wasn't long before the Shinto Avatar let out a long cry, and its imperial robes transformed once more, gaining patterns of wind, fire, thunder, and other motifs, totaling seven chapters. . . This was the attire of a king, its design even more ancient, signifying that it had already become a 'Heavenly Monarch'!
A Monarch naturally possesses a degree of private authority; even within the Celestial Court, they are a regional lord, capable of slightly resisting the Celestial Emperor.
In the context of the Earthly Immortal World, this was equivalent to the Void Amalgamation stage!
"Alas, it's just a Void Amalgamation cultivator after all. . ."
The Shinto Avatar's face gained some faint green patterns, resembling tattoos, but it paid no mind at the moment, instead looking at the bottom of the divine seal in its hand, that corner of the pure white 'Celestial Emperor Edict'!
"The aura of the Heavenly Dao. . . As expected, the Celestial Emperor sealed a large amount of Heavenly Dao contamination within this corner, allowing me to sever it, which counts as completely resolving the hidden danger and settling the karma between us. . ."
The Shinto Avatar murmured, "Heavenly Dao. . . this is truly. . . a pillow delivered when one is sleepy!"
Heavenly Dao assimilation was, in fact, also a tremendous opportunity, akin to having the laws of heaven and earth directly infused through a spiritual anointing!
If he were still in that Shinto world, Fang Xi would naturally not dare to directly absorb it.
After all, doing so would be equivalent to being assimilated by that world.
But in the Earthly Immortal World, it was different.
The Heavenly Dao contamination from that world was, in the Earthly Immortal World, out of its element.
Or rather, precisely because the 'laws of heaven and earth' on both sides had some differences, comprehending them in this world would not truly lead to assimilation by its heaven and earth.
Instead, it would allow him to comprehend heaven and earth even more profoundly, gaining immense benefits, and even elevating his comprehension of laws to an unimaginable degree.
"Wait a moment. . ."
A wisp of the Shinto Avatar's divine power landed on that corner of the 'Celestial Emperor Edict', and it suddenly sensed a vast and ancient aura.
What followed was a segment of the Celestial Emperor's voice transmission:
"I am the Celestial Emperor, not a native of this realm. In the past, I transmigrated with the'Earth God Seal' (Land God Seal), gathered increase, and then ascended to divinity, establishing the Shinto. . . step by step achieving the Divine Emperor's station."
"Precisely because the 'Celestial Emperor Edict' carried an aura from another world, which this realm's Heavenly Dao could not tolerate, I was unable to fully merge with the Dao, thus retaining a sliver of humanity. . ."
"However, there are advantages and disadvantages. . . Once I completely became a deity, innate deities also began to be born within this world. . . I created the Shinto, but ultimately, I was calculated by heaven and earth. . ."
"Fellow Daoist, you saved my humanity, and thus I shall repay you with this item, settling our karma!"
...
"This. . ."
The Shinto Avatar's pupils constricted slightly: "This Celestial Emperor, he's actually a transmigrator too? Transmigrating with an Earth God Seal, then establishing the Shinto? Step by step achieving the Celestial Emperor title?"
This news would be truly earth-shattering in the Celestial Court.
But to Fang Xi, it was nothing extraordinary. . .
He had transmigrated countless times already!
What interested him more was the countermeasure of that Celestial Court world!
"According to the Celestial Emperor, that world originally had no Shinto; he was the one who established it. . ."
"Once the Shinto system was perfect, innocent deities surprisingly appeared within that heaven and earth, even capable of autonomously raising their divine rank (divine goods). This once caused the Celestial Emperor great panic, even prompting him to exterminate and control them. . ."
"But the more suppression, the fiercer the rebound. . ."
"In the end, the Heavenly Dao assimilation grew increasingly severe, forcing the Celestial Emperor to 'merge his body with the Dao', which was akin to transforming from the chairman of the Shinto company into a laborer for the Heavenly Dao. . . This, of course, was intolerable!"
"My act of saving him was one of immeasurable merit, and receiving a corner of the 'Celestial Emperor Edict' is considered equivalent in value. . . capable of eliminating karma."
With this thought, Fang Xi felt the sense of repulsion from that corner of the 'Celestial Emperor Edict' instantly diminish to almost nothing.
With a thought, the Shinto Edict of 'Lord Qing Tong, Duke Mu of Shaoyang, Eastern Florescence Purple Mansion' floated down.
That corner of the 'Celestial Emperor Edict' immediately transformed into a white light and merged with Lord Qing Tong's divine edict!
The Shinto Avatar was suddenly startled, feeling a magnificent and vast aura wash over it.
An endless stream of insights into the laws of heaven and earth directly appeared within his Sea of Consciousness, akin to a 'spiritual anointing'!
Void, Time, Luck, Karma, Thunder. . .
All kinds of laws shed their mysterious veils before him.
But none of this was the most important!
The Shinto Edict of 'Lord Qing Tong, Duke Mu of Shaoyang, Eastern Florescence Purple Mansion' flashed with light, then emitted a seven-colored halo.
The seven-colored halo merged with each other, transforming into a circle of supremely noble white light.
Within the white light, a brand new Shinto Edict emerged!
Upon it was written—'East Florescence Supreme Profound True Endless Green Great Emperor'!
"Great Emperor Changqing?"
"It's actually a Divine Emperor's station?"
Fang Xi was taken aback.
However, thinking that the 'Celestial Emperor Edict' was the origin of all Shinto in that world, and moreover, an item transmigrated from another realm, it was bound to possess mysterious and wondrous creative effects.
After his own divine position merged with a corner of it, ascending to the Divine Emperor's station seemed understandable?
"In the Shinto system, above Heavenly Monarchs are Heavenly Kings, Heavenly Venerables, and Divine Emperors!"
"Of course, among Divine Emperors, the 'Celestial Emperor' holds a transcendent, aloof station."
"Heavenly Kings and Heavenly Venerables are almost equivalent to the Mahayana stage. The Divine Emperor's station in the Shinto is preferred, but it possesses an additional layer of'Imperial Authority' (Junge), meaning the power to determine the life and death of lower-ranked deities!"
Fang Xi believed that although Heavenly Monarchs possessed some capacity for resistance, if that Celestial Emperor were to resolve to purge the various Heavenly Venerables, Heavenly Kings, and Heavenly Monarchs of the Celestial Court. . . it was likely that he would ultimately succeed, even after paying a heavy price!
Because the Heavenly Laws were strict, and the Celestial Emperor's dominion over everything was inherently the foundation of the Heavenly Laws!
In other words, those Heavenly Monarchs, Heavenly Kings, and Heavenly Venerables had already knelt, and could not stand up again. . .
'If I were in the Shinto world, even if I merged with this Celestial Emperor Edict, at most I would only gain the station of a 'Heavenly Venerable'. . . '
'But on Trapped Sky Island, by a fortunate coincidence, I've become the Lord of Shinto. . . then it's the Divine Emperor's station! '
Fang Xi's eyes gleamed slightly.
This Shinto Avatar, astonishingly, instantly became the strongest combat force in his hands!
He then carefully sensed it again, discovering another anomaly: "Although it possesses the Divine Emperor's station, its divine power is still too scarce. . . it requires a vast accumulation."
"In other words, the Shinto Avatar 'Great Emperor Changqing' has no cultivation bottleneck. As long as the power of faith or the number of subordinate deities increases, it can surge to the combat power of the Mahayana realm!"
The Celestial Emperor of the Shinto world was nearly invincible because he replaced the Heavenly Dao's will with his own mind.
As long as Great Emperor Changqing couldn't refine the origin of the Earthly Immortal World, promulgate Heavenly Laws, and replace the laws of heaven and earth, he would likely never reach the realm of transcending Mahayana that the Celestial Emperor achieved at his peak.
But for Fang Xi, Mahayana-level combat power was already sufficient!
"It's just that the Earthly Immortal World will also underground'Dao assimilation', so I can only try my best to counteract it with the'self-loss' effect of human increase. . . and even choose to abandon this Shinto Avatar if the Dao assimilation becomes too severe!"
Fang Xi's main body's eyes were dark and profound; his foundation had always been the Immortal Dao!
At this moment, the Shinto Avatar even proactively began to slumber.
The insights into the laws of heaven and earth, as well as the various divine arts and divine abilities, that came with the 'Great Emperor Changqing' divine position. . . their sheer number was astonishing, truly vast as the boundless sea, and needed to be slowly digested.
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