Daojun, start from Penglai foundation building

Uncle-Master Lingyuan has summoned me!

Ye Qian's frustration at not being able to complete the matter in Dongyang Realm was immediately lifted.

The summons from the Three Realms' Judicial Heavenly Lords must signify an earth-shattering event, right?
"Since it was Uncle Lingyuan who summoned me, I will go immediately."

Lin Fan looked at the extremely excited Ye Qian and said with a half-smile, "Aren't you going to rest and prepare?"

Ye Qian chuckled: "Uncle Lingyuan must have something important waiting for me. Time waits for no one, how can I have time to rest?"

Lin Fan waved his hand impatiently: "Get lost, get lost, go find your Uncle Lingyuan."

Ye Qian smiled and bid farewell to Lin Fan. Just as he was about to leave, Lin Fan said, "When you go to the Heavenly Court, tell your Uncle Lingyuan about the affairs of the Eastern Yang Realm. Your Uncle Lingyuan has traveled through all the heavens and experienced all sorts of things. Perhaps he can give you some advice."

Ye Qian nodded and then left.

The Heavenly Court, the seventh heavenly palace, the residence of the Judicial Heavenly Lord.

Upon arriving at the Palace of the Heavenly Ruler of Justice, Ye Qian was filled with curiosity about this imperial palace. Unlike outsiders, he was not apprehensive or intimidated by the coldness and majesty of the Palace of the Heavenly Ruler of Justice. Instead, he was curious about everything and looked around, revealing his strong heart.

Upon arriving at the main hall, gazing at the cold, empty space with its towering bronze pillars, Ye Qian couldn't help but exclaim, "What a magnificent sight! This is what a true man should be like!"

Seeing this, Ling Xuan couldn't help but glance at Ye Qian in surprise. He had seen all sorts of immortals and gods come to the Judicial Heavenly Lord's Mansion before. They were all uneasy, fearful, and apprehensive. Even a Mahayana Demon Venerable like Qing Zheng felt immense pressure. But this kid was surprised and delighted, and felt that it was very impressive.

"Ye Qian pays his respects to the Heavenly Lord of Justice!"

"Weren't you just a curious kid? Why are you all so well-behaved now? No need for formalities, please take a seat."

Hearing Jiang Sheng's words, Ye Qian did not hesitate. He immediately chuckled and got up to sit down, then looked at Jiang Sheng: "What business does Uncle have with me?"

Looking at this energetic young man, Jiang Sheng couldn't help but laugh: "You, you, are just like your master."

"Alright, alright, seeing how anxious you are, I won't chat with you anymore."

"I have come to you with important business."

"It is not appropriate for the Judicial Heavenly Lord's Palace to get involved in this matter, do you understand?"

Ye Qian nodded: "I understand, nephew."

Jiang Sheng took out a jade slip from his sleeve, flicked it slightly, and the jade slip was in front of Ye Qian: "Keep this safe. Do not open it in the Heavenly Court. Read the contents after you leave the Heavenly Court."

"You must be discreet and careful in this operation. If anything happens, contact me directly using the communication jade talisman. I have also prepared supplies for you in case of an emergency."

After saying that, a storage bag landed in front of Ye Qian. Ye Qian opened it and saw that it contained a stack of green talismans, several magic treasures, and five bottles of pills.

"The talisman was crafted by me, and each one is comparable to the Five Tribulations level of cultivation. The magic weapon is a protective treasure that can defend against the soul and physical body. The pill can help you recover your energy and regulate your breathing, protecting your Dao heart and true spirit."

Listening to Jiang Sheng's words and looking at these priceless items, Ye Qian realized that this mission would definitely be dangerous. If it wasn't dangerous, Ye Qian wouldn't be willing to take it on.

"Uncle, rest assured, I'll leave this matter to you."

Then, Ye Qian hesitated for a moment before saying, "Uncle-Master."

Seeing this, Jiang Sheng laughed and said, "If you have something to say, just say it. Who taught you to act like this? Was it your shameless master?"

Ye Qian chuckled: "Uncle, you are wise. It is indeed my shameless master. He said that you have traveled extensively throughout the heavens and are knowledgeable enough to help me analyze the situation."

Jiang Sheng really had nothing to say to Lin Fan: "Go ahead and say it. Lin Yunxuan has already said so much. As his senior uncle, I would be doing him a disservice if I didn't help you out after all that praise."

Ye Qian then quickly told Jiang Sheng about what he had encountered in the Dongyang Realm and took out the projection stone to show the specific scene to Jiang Sheng.

“Uncle-Master, this happened two hundred years ago. After the Dongyang Sect in the Dongyang Realm discovered that something was wrong, they immediately reported it to the sect. Uncle-Master Lingwei sent me to investigate, and that's how I encountered this incident.”

"Uncle-Master, you are knowledgeable and experienced. In your opinion, is there any involvement of demonic forces or heretics in this?"

Ye Qian was full of doubts, while Jiang Sheng seemed to be deep in thought.

"It is cut down but does not die, it dies but does not decay, it decays and is reborn."

"Strange and bizarre, insane and chaotic, with strange birds and filth."

As he spoke, Jiang Sheng narrowed his eyes, as if he had seen through the truth: "Ordinary evil demons and heretics do not have such methods. This is the corruption of the Great Dao."

Pollution of the main road?

Ye Qian was somewhat bewildered, clearly having never heard of this explanation before.

Jiang Sheng explained, “The so-called pollution of the Great Dao can be understood as the corruption of the world by the Pure Yang. Only beings of the Pure Yang rank who are in harmony with the Dao can corrupt and pollute a world by relying on the power of the Great Dao.”

"You said it yourself, those who have been corrupted and become wicked are all Taoist practitioners, which means that this corruption is clearly targeted at the Taoist sect."

Ye Qian suddenly realized, then was shocked: "Doesn't this mean someone wants to undermine the foundation of my Taoist school?!"

Jiang Sheng remained noncommittal: "This possibility cannot be ruled out. The reason why this happened in the Eastern Yang Realm is probably because the Three Realms are of extraordinary status, and with my Eastern Heaven overseeing them, those with ulterior motives dare not approach the Three Realms. Otherwise, if the Heavenly Venerable discovers their thoughts, they will be annihilated and unable to enter the cycle of reincarnation."

"However, in all the myriad realms, those capable of using this method are nothing more than the Dao Lords of the Profound Gate and the Dao Lords of the Side Gate. The Dao Lords of the Profound Gate who are not from my Eastern Heaven have already reincarnated, and the two Dao Lords of the Side Gate from the Left Divine Realm and the Nine Chambers Realm have also perished."

“Right now, there are also the Canghai Realm, the Sanzhen Realm, and the Jiuyou Realm in the side sects. This method doesn’t seem to be from the Canghai Realm. Could it be from the Sanzhen Realm or the Jiuyou Realm?” Jiang Sheng muttered to himself. Ye Qian was increasingly shocked as he listened. He hadn’t expected to encounter such an astonishing thing on his first sect mission.

Thinking it over, Jiang Sheng looked at Ye Qian: "So you were handling this matter, and then Yun Xuan called you back halfway through the investigation. So who took your place to continue the investigation?"

Ye Qian said, "It's Wensheng."

Huang Wensheng!
Jiang Sheng thought for a moment and said, "In that case, I will send someone with Wen Sheng to investigate the truth. If it is confirmed that someone is secretly influencing us, then I will go to see the Patriarch and ask him to take action."

"If someone hadn't intervened behind the scenes, then the situation would have been different; I would have simply gone there myself."

Ye Qian was overjoyed upon hearing this: "With my uncle personally taking action, the Eastern Yang Realm is definitely safe."

After seeing Ye Qian off and instructing him to act according to the instructions in the jade slip, Jiang Sheng summoned Ling Yan.

What's your opinion on the situation in Dongyang Realm?

Ling Yan flipped through the sect's records, his brows furrowed: "Only heretics and demons would risk such a terrible thing to pollute the Great Dao."

"During the previous Xuanmen Calamity, the Demon Buddha Wujue and the Heavenly Demon Moxuan forcibly corrupted and polluted a region of the Great Thousand World with their own Great Dao, causing the beings of the Great Thousand World to become corrupt and degenerate, manipulating all living beings in the world, and absorbing the world's origin."

"However, they dared to do that because they were blinded by the calamity, and in the end they perished, their cultivation and power giving back to heaven and earth."

"In today's myriad realms, I dare not speak of other places, but the three thousand worlds beyond the Three Realms are right under our noses. Who would dare to offend the Eastern Heaven now?"

Jiang Sheng shook his head: "I don't know, that's why I find this matter very strange and want to go and see for myself."

However, for now, the Three Realms cannot do without it.

Ling Yan volunteered: "How about I go take a look?"

Jiang Sheng waved his hand: "The reason the sect sent Ye Qian is that it's not our turn to step in yet. Besides, the sect's elders of the Shi generation are still here, as are the senior uncles and aunts of the Hao and Yu generations. You are serving in the Heavenly Court, so it's not necessary for you to go."

"Moreover, you still need to go and handle matters in the Weiyu world."

Weiyujie?
Ling Yan was somewhat suspicious. Was the matter of the Wei Yu Realm still unresolved?

Jiang Sheng explained, "I promised He Yin that as long as his information is valuable enough, I will protect the lives of his entire clan."

"Go on a business trip to the Weiyu Realm. Don't do it in the name of Penglai. First, contact the Xuanhe Clan in the name of the Judicial Heavenly Lord's Palace and ask them if they are willing to submit to my Penglai."

Ling Yan understood Jiang Sheng's meaning: "It might not be appropriate for me to go alone. Why don't we invite that Demon Lord He Wei along as well?"

Jiang Sheng thought for a moment and nodded in agreement: "Okay, that's fine."

"The Queen Mother's Peach Banquet is about to begin. You should set off as soon as possible and try to get the Xuanhe Clan to join you before the banquet."

"If possible, also contact the other three clans. The ancestors of the Azure Phoenix Clan and the Jingwei Clan have returned, but the ancestors of the Black Crane Clan, the Chongming Clan, and the Danque Clan are still trapped in the Time Rift."

"Don't they want their ancestor to come back?"

"If they are willing to submit to my Eastern Heaven, this matter is not something that cannot be discussed."

Ling Yan nodded: "I understand what Senior Brother means."

Jiang Sheng added, "This matter needs to be handled quickly, as the Queen Mother of the West's Peach Banquet is about to begin."

"At that time, the Great Sage of the Azure Phoenix Clan will definitely show up. The Azure Phoenix Clan is already unable to hold on and is preparing to completely submit to Yaochi. Tell them this and ask them to send people to the Eastern Heaven of the Three Realms as soon as possible. If they can't make up their minds, then help them out."

Ling Yan nodded and left.

Watching Ling Yan leave, Jiang Sheng slowly exhaled, his eyes becoming incredibly resolute: Luck and Merit!

To ascend to the Pure Yang realm, one must possess both Daoist cultivation and merit, as well as Qi and virtue!

Without spiritual cultivation and merit, everything is illusory; without fortune and virtue, one's position is like a bubble.

Jiang Sheng already possesses considerable fortune and merit, and no one ever complains about having too much. If he could further promote the merging of the Weiyu Realm into the Three Realms, and persuade powerful demon clans such as the Xuanhe Clan, Chongming Clan, and Danque Clan to submit to the Eastern Heaven Daoist School, then a vast amount of fortune and merit would surely fall upon Jiang Sheng.

This good fortune and merit will also help Jiang Sheng take an exceptionally firm and solid step on his path to ascending to the Pure Yang realm.

After all, Jiang Sheng no longer has many opponents in the Great Ascension Realm. All he has left to do is accumulate immortal essence, refine his magical power, comprehend the laws, then go against the current, trace back to the root of the Great Dao, and finally merge with the Dao to prove pure Yang!

"The three calamities arise from the final calamity of the Dharma, and the four symbols and five elements undergo final transformations."

"By combining Yin and Yang and understanding the profound Dao, one can fully attain the true nature of one's original self."

Jiang Sheng murmured softly, his eyes shining with azure-gold light. Above his head, gold, silver, and lead flowers gathered and transformed into a lotus platform. Within his chest, the essence of his five internal organs circulated and evolved into the five elements. Wind, thunder, water, and fire surrounded Jiang Sheng, while a dark azure light transformed into a Dao wheel behind his head.

Jiang Sheng, with his three flowers gathered at the top and five energies converging at the origin, stood with his hands behind his back on the six-story Xuan Platform. His gaze seemed to see through the eight tall bronze doors, encompassing the entire Judicial Heavenly Lord's Palace. Everywhere in the eight million-mile-long Judicial Heavenly Lord's Palace, traces of laws were everywhere, with heavenly rules and precepts shining brightly and restrictions and Dao traces gleaming brilliantly.

Gazing at the traces of law that crisscrossed like a net, covering every corner of the Heavenly Monarch's Palace, and at the omnipresent heavenly laws that covered the entire universe, Jiang Sheng remained calm, quietly examining those heavenly rules and regulations, and the traces of law that made up those heavenly rules and regulations.

Cause and effect, destiny, creation, reincarnation, yin and yang, the three powers, the four symbols, and the five elements.
The power of all kinds of laws and the traces reflected by all the great paths transformed into the heavenly rules and regulations of the Heavenly Court, and into the golden seal of the Heavenly Emperor, whose words carried the mandate of heaven and all laws.

As the Heavenly Judge of Justice, in charge of the Heavenly Court's laws and regulations, Jiang Sheng, through his celestial duty and position, glimpsed a corner of the true nature of the Heavenly Court at this moment. (End of Chapter)