Don't let Yu Ding take on any more disciples.

Chapter 100 What kind of pot is your master?

"Disciple?" Huang Long looked at the two of them with a puzzled expression.

"Yes, yes, yes, if you want it, just say the word."

Yu Ding smiled and nodded repeatedly, "Junior brother, I'll find you one right away."

"To storm the Heavenly Court..." His eyes and heart twitched when he thought of these four words. The difference between "to wreak havoc in the Heavenly Palace" and "to storm the Heavenly Court" is huge, okay?
And Taiyi is such a traitor!
I promised to hold him accountable if any problems arose during his teaching, but now he's pretending not to know what's going on.

Don't be too smug. Your future apprentices are no pushovers either. They'll give you, Old Taiyi, a headache one day.

Taiyi nodded in agreement, adding, "Moreover, their innate talent and comprehension are exceptionally good. How good? Well, the kind of talent that might only appear once every few thousand years."

The primordial world was vast, teeming with countless races and beings, and it was certainly not lacking in geniuses.

Even rarer than phoenix feathers and unicorn horns are not considered rare, but the phrase "once every few thousand years" carries considerable weight.

"Really? Such a good disciple..."

Huang Long glanced at Yu Ding, who was all smiles on his left, and Tai Yi, who was praising him incessantly, on his right, and a hint of suspicion flashed across his face.

"No!" Huang Long shook his head decisively.

"Senior brother, such a good disciple, so many people would kill for him, why don't you take the opportunity?" Yu Ding said.

"I don't even have any magic weapons myself. If I were to take on disciples, wouldn't that be unfair to them and mislead them? No, no!" Huang Long shook his head vigorously.

Misleading the youth... Yu Ding and Tai Yi exchanged a glance.

This guy seems to have a pretty clear understanding of his own position...

Taiyi coughed and said, "Senior brother, you can't refuse to accept disciples just because you don't have magic weapons. That's just like... you know..."

He glanced at the jade cauldron.

Yu Ding said in a deep voice, "Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater, Senior Brother. Are you afraid of choking and therefore not eating?"

“I don’t eat, so how could I choke? Junior brother, your argument doesn’t hold water.”

Huang Long looked at the two of them and sneered, "And, as you both said, if your disciple is so good, why don't you want him?"

"I, Huanglong, have never had good luck in my life. How could such a good thing happen to me?"

"This……"

Yu Ding and Tai Yi exchanged a glance, speechless.

Well, our senior brother Huanglong isn't stupid either.

"There must be something fishy going on here, right?"

Huang Long smiled smugly, as if he had seen through their scheme.

"Hmph, fine, don't take it if you don't want it. But don't regret it when you get bullied later," Yu Ding sneered.

When you get beaten up during the Great Tribulation of the Gods and my disciple comes to save you, don't shed tears of envy.

Huang Long laughed smugly, "I, Huang Long, have never regretted anything. I am not interested in disciples; I am only interested in magic treasures."

"Alright, stop arguing and hurry up to the Heavenly Court."

Taiyi glanced at Yuding: "If you're late, your disciple might get beaten to death."

"What? He's already your apprentice, and you still want to introduce him to me?"

Upon hearing this, Huang Long immediately bristled and glared, looking somewhat indignant.

An apprentice seeks a second master...

Isn't this just a scam?

"My apprentice is almost an immortal, wouldn't it be better to let you be my cheap master?"

Yu Ding said guiltily, then his expression darkened, and he took a deep breath and said, "Whoever dares to hurt my disciple, my two senior brothers and I will beat them to death."

"No, your disciple, you can handle it yourself..." Taiyi thought to himself, glancing at the sky as if nothing was wrong.

"Hey, what trouble did your precious disciple get into that he's about to be beaten to death?"

Huang Long teased, "You must not have taught me well. Hurry up and tell me so I, your senior, can have a laugh and see if I, your senior, can stand up for you."

"It didn't cause any major trouble..."

Yu Ding chuckled dryly: "It was my apprentice's uncle who killed his father and elder brother, and imprisoned his mother. Now that the kid has grown up and learned some skills, he's even gone so far as to fight his uncle's family."

"Such a thing is true? Humph, what kind of ruthless uncle is this, killing his brother-in-law and eldest nephew, and not even sparing the remaining nephews."

Huang Long snorted coldly: "Yu Ding, don't worry. Putting aside our friendship, his uncle is completely in the wrong in this matter, you know? As his senior brother, I'm determined to take care of it. Humph, what kind of jerk is this uncle!"

"Yes, it didn't cause any major trouble, it was just storming the Heavenly Court and making a ruckus in the Heavenly Palace."

Taiyi glanced at Huanglong with a detached look and said, "That uncle is indeed nothing special; he is the Heavenly Emperor."

Jade Cauldron: (O_O)…

Sensing something was wrong, Yu Ding immediately hugged Huang Long with a grateful expression, then glared fiercely at Taiyi behind him:
"Senior brother, you are the best to my disciple. I have decided that my disciple will also be your disciple from now on."

Huang Long was stunned: (O_o)??
Heaven... Heavenly Emperor?
He almost choked on his breath, struggling to break free from Yu Ding's embrace and angrily said, "Yu Ding, old... I'm not finished with you, I'm not going."

Yu Ding gave Taiyi a wink, and Taiyi immediately unleashed his divine power, his body bursting with immortal light. He abandoned the Yellow Dragon and carried Yu Ding as they soared into the heavens.

With this supernatural power, the surrounding scenery flew backward, and in the blink of an eye, it traversed tens of thousands of miles, heading straight for the high heavens.

"A Golden Immortal..." Yu Ding said with some envy.

In the primordial world alone, Golden Immortals might not be considered top-tier experts; they could only be considered third-tier.

However, looking beyond the primordial world to those planets and worlds, a Golden Immortal already stands at the top of the pyramid in that world.

Time meant nothing to them, and space meant nothing to them either.

beside,

Taiyi had a serious expression, but his shoulders trembled slightly.

"Just laugh if you want to, it's so uncomfortable to hold it in!" Yu Ding glanced at him.

"Pfft...hahaha..."

Taiyi suddenly burst into laughter.

Yu Ding sighed with worry, and was also somewhat angry.

I worry about Yang Jian, and I'm also angry at him.

You little brat, do you know your own limitations and yet you dare to cause trouble in Heaven?

Taiyi could no longer laugh at this sight: "Don't worry too much. Is the Heavenly Court really that fragile? Your disciple won't cause much trouble."

He wasn't sent down the mountain to cultivate, was he? Besides, he's only been cultivating for a few years, how much magical power could he possibly have, right?

No, I'm not worried about the Heavenly Court, I'm a little worried about my disciple being beaten to death... Yu Ding thought to himself.

As a son, Yang Jian wanted to save his mother, and Yu Ding had no reason to stop him.

He also organized some ideas, intending to inform Yang Jian of a more reasonable way to save his mother after Yang Jian became an immortal.

There was really no need to make such a big fuss with the Heavenly Court.

As it turned out, he sent the boy down the mountain to seek enlightenment, but the boy ended up seeking enlightenment in his uncle's Heavenly Court...

How could he, as his master, bear this?
Yu Ding rubbed his temples, feeling his blood pressure, which hadn't gone down, rise again.

……

Heaven!

Inside the Tongming Hall, the atmosphere was so oppressive that it was almost hard to breathe.

Haotian's face was ashen.

Laozi, with his eyes closed and his mind wandering beyond the mundane world, watched as Venus, with his brow furrowed, pondered a solution.

Further down the hierarchy, even civil and military officials dared not utter a sound.

Rumble…

With a loud bang, everyone felt a jolt in their hearts.

Another building has collapsed!
"Your Majesty, something terrible has happened! Yang Jian has reached the Baoguang Hall!"

"Your Majesty, Yang Jian has reached the Pixiang Palace."

"Your Majesty, Yang Jian has come to Tongming Hall."

"..."

One after another, spirit officials came to deliver the news.

"Useless idiots, good-for-nothings, not a single one of them can fight."

Haotian snorted coldly: "Does Taibai have a good plan?"

"Your Majesty, why don't we invite the Eastern King?" Taibai pondered.

The Eastern King Duke, also known as the Eastern Emperor, is honored as the Eastern Purple Mansion Lesser Yang Emperor. His Daoist temple is located on Fangzhang Island in the Ten Continents and Three Islands.

"What's so trivial that it requires Your Majesty's intervention?"

Haotian glanced at him: "Besides, distant water can't quench immediate thirst, right?"

"Yes Yes Yes……"

Taibai quickly returned to the queue.

Your Majesty is absolutely right.

Haotian looked at Laozi: "Laozi..."

"Your Majesty, this old minister only knows how to refine elixirs."

The Supreme Lord quickly bowed and said, "I am not skilled in magical combat!"

Haotian nodded slightly and looked at the other gods in the hall. The gods immediately felt a tightness in their hearts and lowered their heads.

What a bunch of useless trash... Although he didn't want to admit it, Haotian still sighed from the bottom of his heart.

Surely the Heavenly Emperor couldn't possibly intervene himself, could he?
Last time, Yuan Hong was sensible enough to leave after making a scene for a while, but this nephew is different!

Judging by the way he's holding the axe... he's here to chop up his uncle!

Yaochi.

The Queen Mother is pruning a pot of flowers.

The shouts of battle came from afar, deafening and earth-shattering, but her face remained calm and unchanged, and her hand holding the scissors was quite steady.

Nearby, Longji was also carefully pruning the flowers, but his attention had already been drawn to them.

"Miss!"

Before long, a fairy returned and bowed.

"Speak!" the Queen Mother said calmly.

The fairy said, "I heard that he is the child of Fairy Yunhua. After growing up, he learned a skill from somewhere and went to split Peach Mountain with an axe. However, after failing to save his mother, he went mad and stormed into the Heavenly Court. He has already injured countless heavenly soldiers and generals. Now he is heading towards His Majesty's Tongming Hall."

"Yunhua's child?!"

The Queen Mother's gaze sharpened slightly.

The child is at most sixteen years old from birth to now. He was about seven or eight years old when the incident happened, so it's been about eight years since then.

So someone managed to raise a child into an angel in just eight years?!
The Queen Mother was shocked. She had clearly sensed that the fluctuation she had just experienced was a sign of advancing to the Celestial Immortal Realm.

Who taught him?

That was her first thought after the analysis, since she knew all too well how difficult it was to teach people how to cultivate.

For example, Longji was born from the bloodline of two innate gods, Haotian. She had no shortage of supernatural powers and techniques, and resources were abundant.

But she and Haotian have been teaching Longji for so long, and Longji is still jumping around in the Void Returning Realm... Every time she thinks about this, her blood pressure rises.

"Hey, isn't that my...cousin?"

Longji glanced into the distance, his expression shifting with delight.

"you shut up!"

The Queen Mother gave Longji a disapproving look: "Sixteen-year-old Longji has already reached the Celestial Realm and split a mountain to save his mother. What about you? Aren't you ashamed?"

Longji pouted: "I'm sixteen too!"

The Queen Mother rolled her eyes inwardly; comparing children to children was infuriating.

Whenever the topic of their children's education came up, chaos would erupt at home. Haotian, with his extremely calm personality, seemed unfazed even by the collapse of the sky. He cared little for anything else, only indulging in his own trivial pleasures, and even neglected his daughter's cultivation, leaving her to handle her education.

After ascending to heaven and becoming the Heavenly Emperor, he never went home again...

The way of Heaven is impartial; different races will have very different growth and development cycles.

Their innate divinity is based on the concept of "yuan" for timekeeping. When converted to human years and months, it is roughly: one yuan equals one year, and one hour equals one month.

At sixteen, he was only at the Returning to the Void Realm, and that was under her personal tutelage. He had been stuffed with countless peaches... Whenever the Queen Mother thought of this, she felt hurt and like a failure.

So what if one is a naturally gifted god?
It's still because we have absolutely no way to deal with our daughter's spiritual practice.
This is her and Haotian's child. In terms of bloodline, it is definitely better than Yunhua's child. They lack nothing in terms of rare and precious materials, but their cultivation level just won't improve, which is ridiculous...

"Keep an eye on him. If that brat is captured and imprisoned, come and tell me where he's being held," the Queen Mother said calmly.

I need to find a tutor for my daughter!
If she keeps teaching like this, even if her daughter doesn't go crazy, she will!
As for the candidate... After eight years of teaching a mortal child to become a celestial being, the Queen Mother's gaze became eager.

Isn't this the kind of highly capable teacher she's been looking for?

"Mother, my cousin has called my father. Aren't you going to go and see him?" Longji said.

"I won't go. It would be better to let my nephew teach me a lesson. Maybe that will sober me up..." The Queen Mother of the West continued to calmly prune the flowers and plants.

Longji sighed, but couldn't help but laugh inwardly.

When my father was home, he drew away half the firepower.

After running away to the Heavenly Court, she lived a miserable life alone with her mother.

But things are better now!

Father can protect Longji from the wind and rain again!

……

The battle in Heaven continues.

Heavenly soldiers and generals surged forward like a tide, their battle cries shaking the heavens. Dazzling magical light chased after Yang Jian, exploding and creating strong winds that tore at the auspicious clouds, yet it couldn't harm Yang Jian in the slightest.

On the contrary, the pavilions, towers, jade trees, and fairy islands that had stood in the heavenly palace for tens of thousands of years have all been destroyed in an instant.

Unfortunately, although the Heavenly Court had a large number of heavenly soldiers, it simply didn't have many high-end combat forces.

Those who went up to the True Immortal Realm were like melons and fruits, and were sent flying backwards after being chopped down by Yang Jian.

Even if a Celestial Immortal expert went up, Yang Jian, with his Mountain-Splitting Axe in hand and having advanced to the Celestial Immortal realm, was virtually unstoppable. The fate of these celestial generals was not much better.

Yang Jian's robes were stained with blood as he hacked his way from the Tushita Palace to the Tongming Hall...

"Crack!"

A celestial mountain in the heavens was split in two by the light of an axe.

"Mmm, that feels good, kid, give me a couple more hits."

The Mountain-Splitter Axe was excited: "I've split many mountains in the mortal realm, and today I've finally achieved the feat of splitting a mountain in the celestial realm. Even if I'm sealed away afterward, it's all worth it..."

Yang Jian:"……"

Before the Hall of Enlightenment, the Heavenly Emperor arrived outside and saw celestial soldiers whistling as they fell from the sky, some even sparking as they rubbed against the air.

The Heavenly Court presents a scene of impending doom.

"Yang Jian, stop! Do you intend to destroy the Heavenly Court, the Heavenly Court that your mother painstakingly built?" Taibai couldn't help but shout.

Yang Jian suddenly stopped what he was doing and looked down at them.

Finally, his gaze fell upon the figure seated on the imperial throne: "Heavenly... Emperor!"

Haotian looked at Yang Jian with an extremely calm gaze.

He could subdue Yang Jian with just one finger... but that's not what he wanted.

"Look at everything you've done! Do you even know what you've done?" Taibai said, heartbroken.

Yang Jian looked around and saw ruins everywhere. Behind him were countless heavenly soldiers, their groans echoing in the air.

The pristine white ground of the celestial realm was stained red with blood, and flames burned on the ruins...

“I did not want to do these things, but you forced me to.”

Yang Jian's eyes twitched as he said, "As long as you release my mother, I have said I am willing to accept any punishment without complaint or regret, but you have not given me a sliver of hope."

"I also feel very sorry that your mother met such an end."

Taibai sighed, then said with righteous indignation, "But Heaven has its rules, and man has his laws. Shouldn't those who violate the Heavenly Laws be punished?"

"Heavenly laws, royal laws?" Yang Jian's eyes suddenly lit up.

If you talk to me about the laws of heaven and the law of the land, then I'll get all excited.

Why does he seem so excited when I mention the Heavenly Laws and King's Laws...? Taibai Jinxing was slightly taken aback, but still forced himself to say, "Of course!"

"Then let me ask you this: do immortals descend to earth to abide by heavenly laws or the law of the land?" Yang Jian asked.

Taibai glanced at Haotian, and under the latter's affirmative gaze, said, "Naturally, it's the Heavenly Laws."

Yang Jian asked, "Does that person need to abide by the Heavenly Rules?"

Taibai hesitated for a moment. In fact, the human race should also abide by the Heavenly Laws. Not only the human race, but all three realms should abide by them.

This should be the mother law of all races in the Three Realms.

But who can blame them when the Heavenly Court has no presence in the Three Realms these days!
This led to a situation where immortals didn't listen to the Heavenly Court, humans didn't listen to the Heavenly Court, and demons didn't listen to the Heavenly Court...

The Heavenly Laws can only govern the gods in Heaven.

Suddenly… Taibai looked deeply at Yang Jian, thinking, “Good lad, you’re setting a trap for me!”
If he says people need to be protected, this kid will definitely say why so many people commit crimes and why nothing is done.

“For now… we won’t hold it,” Taibai said slowly.

He didn't make any definitive statements, lest he give others grounds for criticism when the Heavenly Laws came to govern the Three Realms in the future.

Haotian looked at the young man with a dignified expression, but his eyes revealed a hint of interest.

He suddenly realized that this kid seemed to have come prepared, and it seemed that he was about to use a killing move against Taibai.

"Not going to defend it...?"

Yang Jian nodded, his gaze sharpening: "Then tell me, what crime did my father and mother commit by developing feelings for each other that you want to kill him?"

"Good lad..." Taibai said with a forced smile, "Seducing and blaspheming the goddess of the heavens is a capital offense."

"Really? Then which of the heavenly laws or human laws has this violated?"

Yang Jian coldly replied, "I have studied the Heavenly Laws and Human Laws for three years and can recite them fluently. How come I have never seen this one before?"

Taibai: "???"

Venus broke out in a cold sweat; he knew he'd met his match.

He turned his head slightly to the left, looking to Haotian for help... His Majesty gave him a look of trust.

He looked down at the Supreme Emperor for help... The Supreme Emperor kept his eyes down, seemingly oblivious to the world's troubles.

The other deities remained silent, adopting a "don't look at me, don't look at me" attitude.

Taibai took a deep breath. He had made a bad choice in making friends!

Why would a goddess who is untouched by worldly affairs risk violating heavenly rules to marry a mortal you look down upon?

Anyone with a brain knows there's something wrong here; it's the work of a celestial love tribulation, just like how golden immortals can't control their tempers because of the Three Corpses and Nine Worms.

Yang Jian continued to fire away with a cold laugh: "You are all immortals and you will all have to go through the tribulation of love sooner or later. Instead of finding a way to help yourselves and your colleagues overcome the tribulation of love, you punish her, a victim of the consequences of the tribulation of love?"
Is this appropriate? Is there no justice? Is there no law? Is there no fairness and justice in the world?

The gods looked at each other, somewhat bewildered.

What's going on? How did this kid's mother go from being a sinful goddess who violated heavenly rules to becoming a victim?

"Well said..." Haotian frowned and said, "Insolence!"

To achieve such accomplishments in just seven or eight years, and even learn the Heavenly Laws and Kingly Laws... Your master is truly an extraordinary person!
Haotian was somewhat gratified; if it were him, he wouldn't have been able to teach him in such a short time.

"And you, don't talk like that without understanding the situation."
"I have a Daoist partner and a daughter, and I have no romantic tribulations, so I don't need to worry about romantic tribulations falling upon me."

Yang Jian looked at Haotian and gritted his teeth, saying, "Have you thought about your subordinates who work so hard for you? Have you considered their difficulties? Are you a qualified Heavenly Emperor?"

After he finished speaking, the place fell silent; you could hear a pin drop.

The gods looked at Yang Jian in astonishment, then at Haotian... their faces remained as steady as old dogs, but in their hearts they thought: Oh no!

Fight, fight!
The nephew insulted his uncle, leaving the Heavenly Emperor uncle speechless... That's explosive!

Haotian opened his mouth: ヽ(｀Д)︵┻━┻

Don't stop me, I'm going to kill this brat.

And what's your master's pot?

I'm going to chop him up and boil him!
I also want to ask why this kid was taught this!
……

The East Heavenly Gate is just as grand as the South Heavenly Gate.

At this moment, a barrier was lit above the Heavenly Gate, indicating that the Heavenly Gate was closed, and a group of heavenly soldiers and generals were staring at the Heavenly Realm as if facing a formidable enemy.
Suddenly, two streaks of light transformed into two Taoist priests as they approached from afar.

One of them wore a sky-blue robe with cloud patterns, and had a handsome and refined appearance.

One of them wore a robe with fiery cloud patterns, and was otherworldly.

"who?"

The heavenly generals and soldiers were stunned, overwhelmed by the aura emanating from the two and amazed by their good looks.

"This humble Taoist is a disciple of the Jade Void Sect, from Qianyuan Mountain and Jinguang Cave, the Taiyi True Man!"

The Taoist in the fire robe swept his whisk and spoke, maintaining the composure of an immortal.

The blue-robed Taoist glanced anxiously into the East Heavenly Gate and said, "I am the Yellow Dragon Immortal from Magu Cave on Erxian Mountain!"

"Ok?"

Taiyi suddenly turned his head and looked at Yu Ding with a strange expression!

"So it's two Jade Void Immortals!"

The heavenly soldiers and generals suddenly realized: "What brings you two immortals here so suddenly?"

"Why are you closing the Heavenly Gate? Has something happened in Heaven?" Taiyi asked.

The heavenly general said, "To tell you the truth, two immortals, a great villain has stormed the Heavenly Court and caused havoc in the Heavenly Palace. We have closed the Heavenly Gate to prevent him from escaping."

"A Void Returner is worth your..."

“Perfect timing. I foresaw that your Heavenly Court would be in trouble, so I came here specifically to help you,” Yu Ding said in a serious tone.

"Really? Thank you, Immortal!"

The heavenly soldiers and generals were delighted upon hearing this.

Yu Ding: "Aren't you going to open the door right now?"

The heavenly generals had no suspicions and each took out a token, and the light screen automatically opened like a curtain.

"That's pretty advanced..." Yu Ding thought to himself as he rushed out.

Taiyi smiled and nodded to everyone, then quickly followed them inside.

"Junior brother, Mo..." But when he saw the broken walls and ruins, his smile gradually faded, and he felt a chill run down his spine.

He quickly caught up with Yu Ding.

"Junior brother, tell me, is your disciple at the Void Returning Realm?" Taiyi said quietly.

Yu Ding, his eyes red with fury, roared, "Forget about the Void Returning Realm or anything like that, Senior Brother, can you hurry up? My head is about to explode..."

He was still pinching the philtrum with his hand, because he was afraid that the person might faint from the shock.

In front of the Tongming Hall.

Is this kid always this brave...? Even the Supreme Being, who had been acting like it was none of his business, glanced at Yang Jian, who was scolding his uncle, the Heavenly Emperor, with surprise, and slowly a smile appeared in his eyes.

Interesting! These gourds of golden pills are worth it!

"Stop! Don't hit him anymore..."

It was at this moment that a hurried voice came from afar.

"Master?"

Upon hearing the sound, Yang Jian's expression shifted, and he turned to look eastward.

"They've finally arrived..." Haotian's expression was gloomy, and he looked in the direction from which the voice came with some hostility.

P.S.: Over 6,000 words, I spent ages trying to divide it into chapters, but I don't know where to start. I'll just leave it as a separate chapter. I'll correct any typos later. It's not short, is it? I'm exhausted! I'm going to lie down for a bit!
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