Daojun, start from Penglai foundation building

The laws are like a net, and the Great Way extends to the heavens.

Within these nine heavenly palaces, the transformations of the Great Dao are omnipresent. However, without reaching a certain level of cultivation, it is difficult to discern the true nature of the Heavenly Court and to penetrate the laws and regulations beneath its magnificent splendor.

Within the Heavenly Court, even the immortals and gods below the Pure Yang realm, including the Mahayana Emperors who have served in the Heavenly Court for ten thousand years, may not be able to see the net of laws that pervades the Heavenly Court and covers the universe. Now, Jiang Sheng is not yet at the Mahayana realm, and his attempt to peek into the Heavenly Court's true nature at the Fifth Tribulation realm immediately triggered a backlash from the laws of the Seventh Heavenly Palace.

In an instant, the entire Judicial Heavenly Lord's Palace trembled violently. Every palace and every hall was filled with countless rays of law. The omnipresent power of law transformed into a fierce and menacing Heavenly Dragon of Law, carrying the power of thunder and fire, and its mighty heavenly might pressed down on Jiang Sheng.

In that instant, Jiang Sheng in the main hall seemed to be rejected by heaven and earth. The dense aura of calamity and the power of punishment transformed into golden chains and silver hooks that surged with thunder and lightning, shooting out with the power of the great law. These golden chains and silver hooks ignored the many restrictions of the Judicial Heavenly Lord's Palace, pierced through the arrays, and even suppressed the original heavenly law of the Judicial Heavenly Lord's Palace, directly stabbing towards Jiang Sheng on the six-story platform.

In the blink of an eye, Jiang Sheng's three flowers on his head were sealed, his five qi in his chest were blocked, and his cultivation, magic power, and bones were sealed, seemingly reducing him to a mortal body.

At this moment, the Palace of the Heavenly Ruler of Justice was shrouded in endless heavenly might, and a vast heavenly sound seemed to resound from the darkness: The laws of the Great Dao, the net of the Heavenly Court, cannot be looked at directly, cannot be peered into!
However, on the sixth-floor platform, Jiang Sheng stood with his hands behind his back, showing no fear whatsoever in the face of the imposing golden chains and silver hooks that exuded the awe-inspiring power of the heavens.

“If I hadn’t seen it, then my cultivation was insufficient, and there’s nothing to say about that; but since I have seen it, then I am qualified, so what right do you have to say that I’m spying?”

Before he finished speaking, three inches above Jiang Sheng's head, gold, silver, and lead-colored pigments broke through the seal, and the five elements that had been sealed in his chest were also the five emperors of the five elements, constantly regenerating within his five internal organs.

As the power of creation, the Three Flowers and Five Elements circulate, and the breath of fortune lingers, a cyan-purple radiance emerges and rises from Jiang Sheng's body, transforming into a cyan-purple canopy three zhang above his head. The wondrous method of Yin-Yang Calamity Extinction, Three Transformations, and Five Elements circulates throughout the body, condensing into a three-foot-long Dao Wheel behind Jiang Sheng's head.

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But then, the swords hummed and sang, and the four swords of annihilation and destruction hovered around Jiang Sheng. The sword intent of the Three Calamities and Annihilation blocked the heavenly law, while the Azure Lotus Sword shimmered with azure light and used the Heaven-Severing Sword Qi to divide the chasm between heaven and earth. The golden chains and silver hooks that shot in from all directions were all blocked three zhang away from Jiang Sheng. No matter how awe-inspiring the heavenly law was, it could not suppress Jiang Sheng in the slightest.

At the same time, the jade seal and golden seal on Jiang Sheng's body burst forth with mysterious light. Jiang Sheng's own cultivation and Dao fruit, as well as the Heavenly Duty and Position of the Judicial Heavenly Lord, transformed into a vast power that entered Jiang Sheng's eyes. As the blue lotus bloomed, the blue-gold light of illusion-breaking pierced through the heavens and the universe.

At this moment, the entire Judicial Heavenly Lord's Palace, and even the entire seventh-level Heavenly Palace, with its sun and moon, the starry seas in all directions, and the ubiquitous auspicious clouds, rainbows, and flowing shadows, were all clearly visible to Jiang Sheng.

As far as the eye could see, the Heavenly Palace was no longer an ordinary fairyland. Countless laws and Dao traces were woven into a net like billions of golden and silver threads, covering all sides of the Heavenly Palace. The dense array of restrictive seals and inscriptions were like dragons and snakes winding their way from the celestial palaces and temples to the other side of the starry sea.

Throughout the entire Seventh Heaven Palace, whether it is the Thirty-Six Departments or the Fifty-Six Palaces, all are covered by restrictive incantations within these webs of laws and Dao traces.

To be precise, the foundation of the entire Seventh Heaven Palace is a network of laws constructed from gold and silver threads, and all the palaces and halls are built with restrictive laws and seals.

Pavilions, towers, palaces, and corridors are filled with the flow of laws and the melodious sounds of the Dao; the heavens, the sun and moon, and the stars in all directions are all connected by the law network, and the brilliant galaxies are inlaid among countless Dao traces and restrictions.

The Milky Way hangs down, the laws of nature cascade like an inverted waterfall, the sea of ​​clouds is ethereal, and the celestial laws are shrouded in mist like light.

Jiang Sheng looked with delight at the new perspective that the Heavenly Court had opened up to him, seeing the causal fortune that permeated the Heavenly Court, and the dazzling golden medals of merit; causality was like a spider web, spreading throughout the Heavenly Court and connecting the fortunes and destinies of countless immortals and gods; creation was like rosy clouds, permeating every fairyland and grotto-heaven, nourishing spiritual birds and immortal plants.

Fate hangs like a silver ribbon high above the paths of immortals, while reincarnation grinds down fortune and achievements like a millstone.
The laws of cause and effect, the immortal path of destiny, the creation and generation, the cycle of reincarnation—the entire Heavenly Court is shrouded in these countless Great Daos. Under the interweaving and connection of billions of laws, the layers upon layers of intricate and complex Great Dao laws spread out in succession, surrounding a core decree, the Jade Decree and Golden Seal, the symbol of the Heavenly Emperor.

Everything within the Nine Heavens Palace, through these countless nets, was clearly revealed in the eyes of that Heavenly Emperor, who saw it all with perfect clarity.

The Heavenly Emperor never simply suppressed the Three Realms with his own power as the True Yang Realm Master, but rather governed them from top to bottom with the subtle and exquisite laws of the Heavenly Laws, which are naturally interwoven with the laws of the Great Dao.

Jiang Sheng quietly observed all of this. He didn't know when the omnipresent pressure of the Heavenly Law had disappeared, and the countless golden chains and silver hooks carrying the power of thunder and fire had also vanished.

Standing atop the sixth-floor Xuan Platform, Jiang Sheng, his eyes blooming with blue lotuses, gazed at the boundless laws of the Great Dao. Though his eyes were filled with tears of blood, he revealed a knowing smile.

"Laws, decrees, divine mandate; authority, order, divine rules."

Jiang Sheng muttered to himself. Although his eyes were filled with blood and tears, he had already seen through some of the rules of the Heavenly Court and understood the relationship between Heavenly Duties and Heavenly Decrees.

To comprehend the Great Dao and master its laws is to master the heavenly rules within a relevant scope. For example, the gods of the Thunder Department are in charge of punishments because of the laws of thunder and the law of thunder punishment. Similarly, the three departments of wind, rain, and lightning, and the five departments of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth are also like this. Each department governs one of the four symbols and five elements, becoming the carrier of a certain Great Dao and its core hub, spreading the various laws of this Great Dao to all parts of the Heavenly Court.

The Four Symbols and Five Elements, the Three Powers and Yin and Yang, as well as cause and effect, destiny, reincarnation and creation, and all the great Daos are centered on the thirty-six departments and fifty-six palaces of the Heavenly Court, spreading throughout the universe, with the seventy-two academies and one hundred and eight departments acting as hubs, connecting the Nine Heavens.

His Majesty the Heavenly Emperor sits atop the nine heavenly palaces, ruling over all paths and governing all the heavens.

As Jiang Sheng's thoughts flowed, and as he glimpsed fragments of the Heavenly Court, the Heavenly Lord of Justice's divine duty and the Heavenly Court's Great Dao Laws resonated continuously. Jiang Sheng's divine consciousness and will also found the pulse of the laws related to himself within the Heavenly Court's billions of laws and intricate Dao seals and spiritual traces.

The transformation of the three calamities, the power of the five difficulties, the final tribulation and the end of the cycle, the laws and majesty of Heaven.
The Yin-Yang Calamity Extinction Three Transformations Five Elements Mystic Method circulated within Jiang Sheng's body with unprecedented activity. The Four Swords of Slaughter and Trapping seemed to sense Jiang Sheng's changes and emitted joyful trembling sounds. Beneath the blue-purple canopy, the power of fortune and merit intertwined like a curtain, enveloping Jiang Sheng. Jiang Sheng understood that what he was in charge of was never cold and rigid rules and regulations, but the ever-flowing laws of the Great Dao between heaven and earth. It was not immutable, nor was it unchanging.

Gradually, no more blood and tears flowed from Jiang Sheng's eyes. The laws of nature that had originally tried to suppress and restrict Jiang Sheng now transformed into sweet rain nourishing Jiang Sheng's body and soul, spontaneously connecting with the primordial energy and creative power of heaven and earth to repair the injuries to Jiang Sheng's eyes.

As his eyes returned to normal, Jiang Sheng, dressed in a blue crown and black robe, stood with his hands behind his back on the sixth-level Xuan Platform. The Qi Yun Hua Gai (a canopy of fortune) above his head was blue-purple with gold, as if it was about to condense into fortune. Behind his head, the Four Symbols Dao Wheel shimmered with yin and yang, gradually transforming into Qing Xuan.

Beneath the six-tiered Xuan Platform, eight bronze palace doors opened and closed silently. Within the eight million-mile-long Judicial Heavenly Lord's Palace, all kinds of laws and Dao traces trembled and leaped with Jiang Sheng's thoughts. Jiang Sheng knew that at this moment, the entire Judicial Heavenly Lord's Palace was completely under his control. No corner or trace in the Judicial Heavenly Lord's Palace could escape his notice, and he could manipulate everything in the Judicial Heavenly Lord's Palace at will, controlling the fate of all living beings.

This was not the crude and simple manipulation of the past, but a complete control over everything within an area of ​​eight million li. Even Jiang Sheng in Xiao Penglai had never achieved this.

But at least within this Judicial Heavenly Lord's Palace, Jiang Sheng was almost omniscient and omnipotent.

This feeling of knowing everything and having everything under control was very subtle, causing Jiang Sheng to narrow his eyes slightly and a smug smile to appear on his lips.

Unconsciously, Jiang Sheng wanted to see what the true disciples of the various sects under his command in the Three Offices and Five Capitals were doing, whether they were discussing anything behind his back, as well as the Taoist soldiers, the spirit dogs, and his various orchards and herb gardens.
Just as Jiang Sheng was about to investigate, the Qingping Sword suddenly trembled, and then the four swords of annihilation and destruction pierced into Jiang Sheng's limbs. In an instant, flesh tore open and blood splattered. The sword intent of the Three Calamities and Annihilation exploded in Jiang Sheng's body, directly waking him from his transcendent state of looking down on all living beings.

As Jiang Sheng regained consciousness, he couldn't help but shudder: Omniscient and omnipotent? Knowing everything? Having everything under control?
This feeling was clearly the amplification of human desires and the appearance of cracks in his Dao heart. Even with Jiang Sheng's Dao heart and cultivation, far surpassing that of ordinary Mahayana cultivators, he was instantly stirred by these desires, almost developing into a demonic possession. Even decadent music appeared in his mind, attempting to subtly influence his soul! This clearly shows that the laws of the Great Dao are not so easy to control and bear. Without sufficient cultivation and status to support everything, forcibly bearing the laws of the Great Dao will inevitably lead to a bad outcome.

This is not the temptation and corruption of the Great Dao, but rather that Jiang Sheng's current strength is insufficient to bear the power of the Great Dao. Therefore, he is attracted by the great power of the Great Dao, which arouses the seven emotions and six desires within him. Once these seven emotions and six desires are continuously amplified, Jiang Sheng's true nature and original heart will be continuously suppressed, and he will then be seduced by the Dao and the Demon. At that time, Jiang Sheng will either have his true nature completely erased and become the Dao-transformed Heavenly God, bearing the will of the Great Dao; or his six desires and seven emotions will be amplified to the extreme, transforming him into the Dao and the Demon.

Jiang Sheng did not want to be a god, at least not a god bound by the laws of heaven and unable to act according to his own heart and nature; he did not want to be a demon, a mad and disorderly being with nothing in his mind but the desire for the Great Dao and the laws.

The Three Calamities and Annihilation Sword Intent raged within Jiang Sheng's body, but Jiang Sheng ignored it. Instead, he used the pain that brought him clarity to realize that he was still far from achieving Pure Yang.

Putting everything else aside, given his current situation, he is simply not capable of reaching the Pure Yang Realm. Even if he forcibly attempts to reach the Pure Yang Realm, even if he merges with the Dao, he will not be Jiang Sheng, but a Dao puppet with Jiang Sheng's skin and face, devoid of emotions and desires, a new Heavenly God of the Three Realms.

However, Jiang Sheng was not discouraged. At least from this day forward, he would have complete control over the entire Heavenly Court of the Eight Million Miles of Justice. After seven hundred years, Jiang Sheng finally had his own independent kingdom in this Heavenly Court.

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Gazing at the faintly visible laws and principles of heaven, Jiang Sheng smiled calmly: From this day forward, within this vast network of the Great Dao that covers the heavens and the universe, Jiang Sheng will not only be free and unrestrained, but will also control a crucial node.

The ruler of justice should be detached from worldly affairs.

"Senior brother, why did you summon me? I'm refining pills."

Lingqiu pouted somewhat discontentedly. She was in the middle of a crucial moment in refining pills when Jiang Sheng interrupted her, ruining her entire batch of pills.

Of course, Lingqiu would not admit that this was because she was disturbed by the surging Yuan Qi pressure from all directions while refining pills in the Judicial Heavenly Lord's Mansion, and that her cultivation was not yet sufficient to suppress the restlessness of the pill furnace.

"I'll compensate you with a batch of pills, Senior Brother."

"If you want alchemy techniques, in addition to our own Penglai alchemy formulas and recipes, I also have the Taiyin Method and the Taiyang Method for you, so you will not suffer any losses."

Hearing Jiang Sheng say this, Ling Qiu smiled broadly: "Then, Senior Brother, please feel free to ask if you have any instructions."

Jiang Sheng couldn't help but laugh and said, "You change your tune when there's a benefit, huh?"

"Fine, I'm too lazy to argue with you. Do you even know where this place is?"

Lingqiu looked up and instantly understood: "The Eastern Yang Realm."

"The Middle Thousand Realms, which were originally under the jurisdiction of Huayang Daqian and Yuanyang Daozong, are now one of the Three Thousand Realms outside the Three Realms, belonging to my Eastern Heaven Penglai."

"Something's happened in this realm?"

Jiang Sheng nodded slightly: "Some things went wrong. Senior Brother Lingwei sent that kid Ye Qian to investigate, but I transferred him to do something else. We can't neglect the matter of Dongyang Realm. You go to Dongyang Realm with Huang Wensheng in my place."

Ling Qiu's expression also became more serious. The caution and vigilance expected of a disciple of Penglai made her realize that this matter was definitely not as simple as her senior brother had made it out to be. Otherwise, her senior brother Ling Yuan would never have asked her to accompany her senior brother Ling Zhao's disciple on this trip.
"Senior brother, is there anything I should pay attention to?"

Jiang Sheng nodded in satisfaction: "Not bad, you still have some vigilance."

As he spoke, Jiang Sheng explained the situation in the Dongyang Realm to Ling Qiu in detail. When Ling Qiu heard that the Dongyang Realm was suspected of being polluted by the corruption of the Great Dao of Pure Yang, she was also shocked.

"Whether or not Chunyang is targeting my Eastern Heaven Daoist family is still inconclusive. After all, although the Eastern Yang Realm is not within the Three Realms, it is still a realm under the jurisdiction of my Eastern Heaven and an annex of my Penglai."

"If anyone harbors any intention to target my Eastern Heaven Penglai, unless they are also a True Yang Master, they will surely be detected by the Heavenly Venerable."

"The reason I'm sending you here now is to see just how badly things have deteriorated in the Dongyang Realm. If the Dongyang Realm can still withstand it, we'll use it as bait to lure out the person behind it all. If the Dongyang Realm can no longer hold on, then we'll ask the sect's True Lord to descend to the mortal realm, remove the poisonous sore, and wipe out the evil forces."

"So, your task isn't to accompany that kid Huang Wensheng to explore as deeply as possible, but to observe the living beings in the Dongyang Realm from your perspective."

Lingqiu looked at Jiang Sheng with great surprise: "Senior brother, you actually care about the suffering of the creatures in Dongyang Realm? This is not like you at all."

Surprised, Lingqiu muttered to herself, "Could it be influenced by my divine calling? But having more human nature isn't necessarily a bad thing."

Jiang Sheng said irritably, "I heard you! I wasn't affected by my divine duty. If I were, the position of the Heavenly Lord of Justice should make people more indifferent and cold, not more humane as you say!"

"Hurry up and get to Dongyang Border. Don't let your mind wander, and don't mutter anything!"

Lingqiu pouted and said, "Oh."

Seeing Lingqiu turn to leave, Jiang Sheng sighed and called her back, "Wait!"

Lingqiu turned her head and looked at Jiang Sheng suspiciously, only to see Jiang Sheng take out a golden thread from his sleeve. The golden thread suddenly grew larger and turned into a two-foot-long golden thread engraved with the laws of the blazing sun to subdue demons and break evil clouds. One end was decorated with auspicious cloud pendants at four corners, and the other end was a golden hammer of the blazing sun that looked like a purse being gathered.

In an instant, Lingqiu's eyes lit up as she looked at Jiang Sheng expectantly: "Senior brother, is this for me?"

Jiang Sheng snorted coldly: "Take it, keep it for yourself." (End of this chapter)