Daojun, start from Penglai foundation building

The Heavenly Court, with its seven heavenly palaces.

Jiang Sheng's cloud chariot was blocked as soon as it landed in front of the Judicial Heavenly Lord's Mansion.

"Heavenly Emperor! Heavenly Emperor!"

"Please wait!"

Hearing the childish shouts, Jiang Sheng turned his head and was puzzled to see that the two children looked to be no more than twenty-five or twenty-six years old combined.

The two children were fair-skinned and chubby, with their hair tied in two topknots. They wore brocade robes with a blue and gold background and ran around shouting. They were really cute.

The two lion-like beasts sensed their master's intention and immediately stopped, squatting down and tilting their heads to look at the two panting little children.

When the two children arrived in front of the cloud carriage, they immediately performed a proper bow, despite being out of breath: "Heavenly Lord, our master, Taibai Xingjun, invites you."

Looking at the two well-behaved children, Jiang Sheng couldn't help but laugh and say, "Are you disciples of Taibai Jinxing? When did you start guarding my door?"

The boy said, "Your Majesty, we were instructed by our master three days ago to guard this place."

Three days ago, when Jiang Sheng had just left Penglai Heavenly Realm, Immortal Lord Fuyun chose a good time, making Jiang Sheng wonder if this Mahayana Immortal Lord of Zhenxiao Dao Sect was knowledgeable in divination and knew he was coming back, so he specially sent these two children to ambush him.

"I was originally going to go back to the manor first, but seeing how hard you've been guarding here, I'll go with you."

Upon hearing Jiang Sheng's words, the two children beamed with joy: "Thank you, Heavenly Lord."

Jiang Sheng beckoned: "Come on up, we're going to Taibai Xingjun's Mansion anyway, I'll give you a ride."

Upon hearing this, the two children hurriedly climbed onto the cloud carriage and sat obediently on either side of Jiang Sheng. The lion beast set off again, heading straight for the Western Taibai Star Lord's Mansion.

Venus's Palace, where wine cups float on a winding stream.

Pavilions lean against red maples, green bamboos accompany the covered walkways, the palaces and towers are bathed in auspicious light, and the artificial hills and ponds are imbued with the radiance of the sun, moon and stars.

Once again in the Xianyun Palace, Jiang Sheng gazed at the picturesque scenery of mountains and rivers behind the screen, listening to the tea boiling in the pot. He couldn't help but look at the composed Floating Cloud Immortal Lord: "The Taibai Star Lord is truly a master of divination. Before I even returned, he had already instructed his servants to wait in front of the mansion, and the two servants have been waiting for three whole days."

Immortal Lord Fuyun chuckled: "If it weren't for the influence of my two young servants, even if I went to the Heavenly Lord of Justice's mansion in person, I doubt the Heavenly Lord would have come."

Jiang Sheng had to admit that Immortal Lord Fuyun was absolutely right. Given Jiang Sheng's usual temperament, it was absolutely impossible for him to continue running around immediately after returning home. However, having two children guarding the door was a real problem.

Jiang Sheng could disregard the Golden Virtue Taibai Star Lord, the Immortal Lord of Floating Clouds, but he really couldn't refuse two innocent and well-behaved children.

It is said that Jiang was arrogant and proud, but in other words, he was arrogant towards superiors but compassionate towards inferiors.

Looking at the smug look on the face of the Floating Cloud Immortal Lord, who was grinning like an old fox who had successfully stolen a chicken, Jiang Sheng shook his head helplessly. Although it seemed that he had been tricked by the old fox Floating Cloud Immortal Lord, Jiang Sheng did not have any ill feelings towards him. This old immortal lord had never relied on his background, cultivation level, or age to do anything that bullied the young or disrespected his elders. It could be said that he had excellent character.

Moreover, Immortal Lord Fuyun always greets everyone with a smile, appearing kind and approachable.

Those with lower cultivation levels and younger age than him call him "young friend"; those with similar cultivation levels and younger age are also willing to call him "True Lord" or "fellow Daoist".

This kind of polite and sincere personality, coupled with his true lineage from the Zhenxiao Dao Sect and his status as a member of the orthodox Xuanmen sect, has earned Immortal Lord Fuyun an excellent reputation even among the Daoist community of the Eastern Heaven.

Otherwise, how could two children have blocked Jiang Sheng?

If just two random kids could hold Jiang Sheng back, he wouldn't have achieved his current level of skill.

Those two innocent and well-behaved children were certainly adorable, but what mattered most was the first thing they said: "My master is Taibai Xingjun." That was the most important thing.

"Come, come, have a cup of tea."

"The Heavenly Lord likes tea, and so do I. Besides, we both serve in the Heavenly Court. If we can't be fellow Daoists, we can at least be tea buddies, right?"

As he spoke, Immortal Lord Fuyun presented Jiang Sheng with a cup of tea.

At this point, Jiang Sheng was truly at a loss and could only bow to Immortal Lord Fuyun: "Immortal Lord, with your temper, you truly cannot anger anyone."

"Just tell me straight, why are you in such a hurry to see me? Is there some trouble again?"

The moment Jiang Sheng uttered the word "Immortal Lord," it meant that he had come to regard Immortal Lord Fuyun as a fellow Daoist of the Xuanmen Sect, rather than simply a colleague of the Heavenly Court. Immortal Lord Fuyun was delighted, and his smile deepened: "To be honest, Fellow Daoist Lingyuan, the reason I invited you here is indeed because I have some matters to ask for your help with."

Faced with Immortal Lord Fuyun's opportunistic attitude, Jiang Sheng had no choice but to go with the flow: "Immortal Lord, please speak, and I will do my best."

Immortal Lord Fuyun poured tea for Jiang Sheng again with great courtesy: "Fellow Daoist, do you still remember our conversation before?" "After you left, I also went to Xiaoyun Heavenly Palace to pay my respects to the Longevity Emperor."

"But the Emperor said he couldn't intervene and we had to resolve it ourselves."

Unable to make a move?

Jiang Sheng recalled the various deeds of the Daoist Emperor Changsheng and couldn't help but wonder if the emperor had seen a clue from the slightest hint and thus chose to protect himself once again.

However, the residual poison of Dao transformation that is currently occurring in various Middle Thousand Realms is indeed an aftereffect of the Xuanmen Great Calamity, and is a cause and effect related to the Eastern Heaven. It is normal for the Longevity Emperor to avoid getting involved and protect himself.

Jiang Sheng himself knew the reason, but he would not tell outsiders. After pondering for a moment, Jiang Sheng asked, "I wonder if the Immortal Lord could explain why the Great Emperor could not take action?"

Immortal Lord Fuyun explained, "As you know, the problems all occurred in the Middle Thousand Realms. The upper limit that the Middle Thousand Realms can bear is the Mahayana stage. Pure Yang power cannot enter. Otherwise, it will either sever its own realm and level to contain its power, or it will simply squeeze and burst a Middle Thousand Realm."

"This is the dilemma the Great Emperor is facing now: if he sends down a pure Yang avatar, the Middle Thousand Realms cannot bear the power of pure Yang; if he were to sever his cultivation level and enter as a Mahayana cultivator, he would face the risk of his avatar falling into corruption due to the residual poison of Dao Transformation."

Jiang Sheng understood: The power of a Pure Yang level is indeed not easy to enter the Middle Thousand World. The Middle Thousand World cannot bear the Pure Yang level. Once the Pure Yang level reveals its power in the Middle Thousand World, the Middle Thousand World will inevitably be damaged and collapse. However, if it does not reveal its power, then the Pure Yang level is useless to enter the Middle Thousand World. It is better to interfere with cause and effect and manipulate fate outside the Middle Thousand World.

However, if a Pure Yang Realm cultivator were to sever their own cultivation level and enter the Middle Thousand Realms, it would actually be feasible to exert the power of the Mahayana Realm. But the Eternal Emperor clearly sensed something about this and therefore did not want to be involved with this cause and effect again. That is why he gave the reason that there would be a risk of corruption if an avatar entered.

If the Eternal Emperor doesn't personally intervene, then the True Cloud Dao Sect can only rely on Great Ascension Realm cultivators like Immortal Lord Floating Cloud.

However, looking at Immortal Lord Fuyun, Jiang Sheng felt that this old fox didn't want to take the risks himself.

As expected, Immortal Lord Fuyun said, "Fellow Daoist reminded me to summon the disciples scattered in various realms back. I ordered them to return to the Three Realms. However, at that time, some disciples of my sect were cooperating with the Heavenly Court to investigate the situation in worlds such as Flower Spirit Realm and Floating Sea Realm, which had already been affected by the residual poison of Dao Transformation."

"I ordered the disciples of these worlds to evacuate, but they disappeared without a trace. I then contacted the Heavenly Court's Oversight Bureau and the Dongming Academy, only to find that they were also unable to contact their own celestial officials."

"I originally intended to go there myself, but my Zhenxiao Dao Sect is currently focusing on setting up monitoring arrays to ensure that these disciples are not corrupted, so I simply cannot leave."

"If it were just disciples of my Zhenxiao Dao Sect trapped inside, it would be fine. After all, when you work for your sect, it's inevitable that you'll encounter danger. Your life and death are in the hands of fate, and you can't blame others. But there are also celestial officials and heavenly officials among them. If these people are trapped inside and corrupted by the residual poison of Dao, it will inevitably affect the Three Realms and the Heavenly Court."

With a feigned sigh of helplessness, Immortal Lord Fuyun looked at Jiang Sheng expectantly: "Fellow Daoist, Heavenly Lord, now we can only ask the Heavenly Lord of Justice to step in."

Jiang Sheng couldn't help but laugh: "Immortal Lord, I used to think you were a highly respected old immortal lord, how come you're starting to scheme against me now?"

"You're unwilling to let your own people venture into dangerous situations, so you've come to me to be the sucker?"

"I haven't even finished dealing with my own affairs in Dongtian yet, how can I help you right now?"

Upon hearing this, Immortal Lord Fuyun hurriedly replied, "It's not a waste of your help, it's not a waste of your help."

Jiang Sheng remained silent, slowly sipping his tea. Seeing this, Immortal Lord Fuyun smiled and said, "Of course, I won't let you work for nothing. I know this matter is dangerous, so all expenses will be borne by my sect. Just tell me the amount, and I will personally approve it."

"In addition, I have prepared a generous gift for you, fellow Daoist."

As he spoke, Immortal Lord Fuyun took out a wooden box from his sleeve, pushed it in front of Jiang Sheng, and gently opened it. In an instant, a burst of profound light of laws shot out, and a deep aura of heavenly might swept over him, causing Jiang Sheng to squint his eyes.

Upon closer inspection, one could see that inside the wooden box was half a broken jade tablet, and this jade tablet seemed to subtly resonate with the Judicial Heavenly Lord's Seal in Jiang Sheng's sleeve.

Through the profound light of the laws and the majestic Daoist aura, Jiang Sheng vaguely saw two broken Daoist characters on the jade tablet: Ziwei!
Crape myrtle?!
Could this be the legacy of the Ziwei Emperor of Panfeng Realm?

Jiang Sheng calmly suppressed the restlessness of the magical artifact in his sleeve, feigning ignorance: "What is this?"

Immortal Lord Fuyun stroked his beard and laughed, “Fellow Daoist, this is a fine item. This is a damaged magic weapon of the Pure Yang Emperor. The specific name of that Pure Yang Emperor is no longer known, but the rich heavenly might and the meaning of laws on this damaged magic weapon are extremely compatible with your position as the Judicial Heavenly Lord.”

"Fellow Daoist, comprehending the Daoist principles and laws within this magic treasure can deepen your control over the authority of the Judicial Heavenly Monarch position, help you observe the Great Dao and comprehend the power of Pure Yang, and may even increase your hope of breaking through to the Pure Yang realm in the future."

"I wonder if this item is worthy of your attention, fellow Daoist?"

This damaged Pure Yang magic treasure is definitely related to the Judicial Heavenly Lord's Seal!
Although Jiang Sheng wanted this item, he wouldn't show any eagerness, nor did he want Immortal Lord Fuyun to speculate too much about its importance.

Jiang Sheng's expression remained calm, showing no joy: "Immortal Lord, if you couldn't produce a pure Yang magic treasure, it would be fine to offer a Mahayana immortal treasure as a reward. But you've chosen a damaged, irreparable pure Yang magic treasure. Who are you trying to fool?"

"Comprehension of the Dao's laws and principles? Why don't I ask my ancestors in the Eastern Heaven for a few complete pure Yang magic treasures to study? Those laws and principles are intact, and the Dao's essence has not been lost. Aren't they better than these damaged magic treasures?"

Immortal Lord Fuyun looked embarrassed, clearly aware that what he had presented was junk. He stroked his beard somewhat guiltily and then said dryly, "This item... this item is indeed somewhat damaged."

"How about this, I'll provide you with another hundred top-grade immortal pills?" (End of Chapter)