Daojun, start from Penglai foundation building

boom!
A magnificent light descended from the sky, reverberating for millions of miles around.

Ripples carrying smoke and fire swept across the corrupt land like waves. Ten flying Void-level magic ships, linked by iron chains, pushed aside all the filth before them. Whether it was the densely packed twisted monsters or the enormous fleshy beasts, they all retreated continuously under the fluttering banners of the Heavenly Lord of Justice.

A million soldiers scattered like stars in the sky, while a thousand-foot-tall battle machine descended like a meteor to suppress and kill in all directions.

At this very moment, a clear light shines throughout the realm of Shaoyao, as the heavenly army vanquishes the demons.

The wails of various monsters on the corrupted earth were deafening, as if they were begging for mercy or for help. However, there was no ripple between reality and illusion, and no monsters of any law emerged from between reality to support the present world.

Even with the great commotion caused by Master Baisong, the source of corruption in the Shaoyao Realm remained dormant.

It wasn't that the source of corruption didn't want to interfere with the affairs of the world. In fact, when Master Baisong's ten 10,000-mile-long Dharma ships, carrying that vast and clear light, ignored the filthy storm and forced their way into the corrupted land, the source of corruption had already realized that the situation was not good and prepared to fight back.

However, before he could leave the realm between reality and illusion, Zhu Yuzi came to block the door.

One of the seven contemporary disciples of the Crimson Cloud Dao Sect used his own flagship as a sword to plunge into the space between the real and the illusory. When the source of corruption mobilized its army to break out of the space between the real and the illusory, what it saw was a 100,000-mile-long magic ship that squeezed in from the surging blood-red lightning and the raging twisted storm!
The 100,000-mile-long, cave-god-level magic ship, engraved with spiritual patterns and restrictions, burst forth with pure and profound spiritual light, transforming into a shield that blocked the overwhelming corrupt laws and ignored the rampant blood-red lightning. The massive, star-like magic ship, carrying spiritual energy fluctuations like a tsunami, rampaged between reality and illusion, with thousands of beams of light bombarding all directions, leaving even the source of corruption utterly astonished.

The magical boats of the Eastern Heavenly Daoist school range from the Changqu class, which is a hundred miles long, to the Xuanyuan class, which is over a million miles long. Each type of magical boat has a different configuration and its own emphasis.

The Longqu-class ships of the Hundred Miles class are mostly used for reconnaissance and patrol, serving as the eyes of the magic ships scattered outside, and responsible for the blind spots of the entire fleet's defense. The Tianxing-class ships of the Thousand Miles class and the Feixu-class ships of the Ten Thousand Miles class are mainly used for carrying people and fighting, equipped with various ship cannons and magic weapons, and can also carry a large number of Taoist soldiers to fight, and even have main cannons for attacking mountains and destroying temples.

The higher-level Hengxu and Xuanyuan classes are mostly used as motherships. The million-mile-long Hengxu class is undoubtedly a mothership, equipped with many magical artifacts, but its greater role is as a command center. The even larger Xuanyuan class, which is millions of miles in size, serves as a platform for conquest and a base for attacking other Great Thousand Worlds.

The Cave God-class vessels, with a length of around 100,000 li, are the most offensive and powerful combat vessels in this series. Their length allows them to carry numerous divine machines, puppets, and Dao soldiers, as well as a large amount of weaponry and auxiliary cabins for refining weapons, alchemy, and talisman making.

Its armament includes three thousand naval cannons, twelve hundred and twelve hundred war artifacts and siege weapons deployed on the deck, and numerous magical restrictions engraved on the bow that can squeeze into the space between reality and illusion and cut through the falsehood. The Daoist inscriptions on both sides of the hull can resist all kinds of common supernatural powers and magical treasures in the heavens. The bow even has a main cannon that can blast open a void passage.

The title "Dongxu" alone is enough to show that this level of magic boat is comparable to the Refining Void Immortal God of the Upper Three Realms. Moreover, magic boats are often more durable and more powerful than ordinary Refining Void Immortal Gods!
From the moment Zhu Yuzi led his flagship into the realm between the real and the illusory, the source of corruption in this Shaoyao Realm was destined to never escape.

Crimson lightning rained down, striking the spiritual shield of the Void-level magic ship and creating ripples. Filthy laws eroded from all directions but were blocked by strands of pure and profound Dao seals. The twisted crimson storm could not shake this giant ship, which was 100,000 miles long and resembled a towering mountain range.

As the colossal, star-like Void-level magic ship began to suppress all monsters within the realm of illusion with its absolute spiritual power, the Source of Corruption finally couldn't hold back and made a move to test the waters.

Amidst the crimson blur of reality and illusion, a faint, shimmering light silently hurtled towards the bow of the Dharma Boat, its filthy intent aimed directly at its prow.

In the next instant, a fire phoenix soared into the sky, its resounding cry transforming into raging flames that burned away all evil spirits and blocked the murky, unpredictable light.

"Who are you?!"

The Source of Corruption stared intently at the figure that appeared on the bow of the Dharma Boat. The Taoist was wearing a crimson phoenix and fire robe and a Taoist lotus and star crown. He had sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes, and stood tall and straight like a pine tree. He stood there with his hands behind his back, just like a phoenix.

Who am I?

Zhu Yuzi chuckled lightly, flicked his sleeve, and slowly rose flames that transformed into a three-headed fire phoenix hovering above his head: "I am the true disciple of the Chixiao Dao Sect of Cangwu Continent in the Three Realms, and the Chief of the Chixiao Capital of the Heavenly Court's Judicial Heavenly Lord Palace, Zhu Yuzi."

"By order of the Heavenly Lord of Justice, we are here to cleanse evil spirits and vanquish demons!"

As soon as the words were spoken, three fiery phoenixes spread their wings and soared into the sky. With each flap of their wings, rolling flames descended from the heavens, transforming into phoenix fire that swept away everything and cleansed away all demons.

"Your evil cultivation has been exposed, but the Execution Platform won't be your place. You'll die here!"

What is happening in the Shaoyao Realm is being replicated in other worlds.

Within the Eastern Flow Realm, Zhen Lei Zi used heavenly thunder to blast open the gap between reality and illusion, his true form entering to block the twisted monster within; within the Danming Realm, Fairy Su Jing, wielding her precious mirror, used billions of heavenly lights to cleanse the mortal realm of evil; within the Zhaoguang Realm, Ming Dong unleashed the Water-Walking Qilin Diagram, and the leading Water Virtue Qilins, controlling water and thunder, vanquished demons; within the Yunfan Realm, Xuan Xing, wielding his heavy sword, used the Heaven-Opening Strike to shatter the corrupting illusion.
With the addition of Ye Wenshu, Xiaogong, and Shen Yao, who were cleaning up the filth in the Hundred Fruit Realm, the situation in the fifteen realms of the Southern Heaven began to turn around in Jiang Sheng's mind. When the power from the Heavenly Court of the Three Realms intervened, the source of corruption in these fifteen realms was no match for them.

Putting everything else aside, the fighting machines that Jiang Sheng distributed alone were enough to wipe out all the corrupted beings in these fifteen realms, regardless of whether they were in the lower six realms or the Void Refining and Integration stage.

Outside the Hundred Fruit Realm, the Cave God-level magic boat still hovered in the chaos, while the Flying Void-level boat, led by Ling Xuan, brought the Heavenly Mystery Puppet into the Hundred Fruit Realm to support Ye Wenshu and the other two.

However, the ten Fighting God Machines remained on the Cave God-level magic ship. After all, the source of corruption in the Hundred Fruit Realm had been eliminated by Jiang Sheng. Given the current state of the Hundred Fruit Realm, Ye Wenshu and the others, along with the power Jiang Sheng had given to Ling Xuan, were enough to wipe out everything.

"The Heavenly Court's Battle Divine Machines are truly formidable. Each one is comparable to a cultivator at the third stage of the Integration Realm. When five Battle Divine Machines work together, even a cultivator at the fifth stage of the Integration Realm would be drenched in sweat."

"The Heavenly Court has set up four thousand Fighting Divine Machines just outside the South Heavenly Gate. Is it really meant to intimidate all the heavens and slay demons and monsters?"

"Could it be that they're going to target our Eastern Heaven?"

Lingyu couldn't help but marvel at the effects reported back from all walks of life, followed by an unconscious and malicious speculation about the Heavenly Court.

This subconscious guess was not only due to the open and covert struggles between the Eastern Heaven and the Heavenly Court, but also because the speed at which the forces of the Eastern Heaven were colliding was unbelievable even to Ling Yu and the other true disciples who had experienced the great calamity of the Xuanmen.

The power of the Eastern Heaven has grown too fast. It has gained the foundation of various Xuanmen realms, the accumulation of tens of thousands of years by various families, and many middle and small thousand worlds. Today, the Eastern Heaven is not only rich in foundation, but also full of talents. Many outstanding talents have emerged in the new generation. They are clearly born with great fortune.

Despite their own growing power, the disciples of the Eastern Heaven were not blinded by pride. Instead, they clearly recognized the ever-present crisis. For one thing, the Heavenly Court and the West could not allow the Eastern Heaven's power to expand endlessly, as this would not be in line with the balance of the Three Realms. Neither of the two sides could sit idly by and watch the Eastern Heaven become the sole superpower.

However, the fears of the Heavenly Court and the West were not what the disciples of the Eastern Heaven were most concerned about; their greatest worry was the decline that followed the peak of prosperity.

Looking across all the heavens and myriad realms, across all the eras, there is no one who has always been on the path of ascension.

However, compared to Lingyu's worries, Jiang Sheng seemed particularly calm: "Senior Sister Lingyu, don't think too much. Although such a Fighting Divine Machine is no problem to deal with cultivators at the Integration stage, and even three or five of them can handle the Fifth Tribulation, it can deal with ordinary Fifth Tribulations. But to deal with the Fifth Tribulation of my Eastern Heaven, are five Fighting Divine Machines enough?"

"The forging of these Battle God Machines wasn't just a matter for the Heavenly Court and the True Firmament Dao Sect; my Eastern Heaven accounted for half of it." "And who told you the Heavenly Court had four thousand Battle God Machines stationed outside the Southern Heavenly Gate?"

Lingyu was taken aback: "Aren't they all displayed outside the South Heavenly Gate, so anyone can see them?"

"Could it be fake?"

Jiang Sheng shook his head: "Not entirely. Some of them are real, such as the eight planes at Nantianmenkou."

Ling Yu's eyes widened in disbelief, as if something had collapsed: "So, of the four thousand Fighting God Machines, only the eight at the entrance are real, and the ones on the jade steps are all fake?!"

Jiang Sheng nodded: "Four thousand Fighting God Machines, left outside the South Heavenly Gate to be exposed to wind and rain, even if the Heavenly Court is rich and powerful, it wouldn't be that stupid. It's not that they're afraid of thieves stealing them, but that they're afraid of thieves eyeing them."

"Those are all empty shells, just placed there as sculptures. It's only because of the engraved legal patterns inside the shells that they emit the aura of the Integration Realm, and the spiritual patterns buried under the jade steps echo them, making these Battle God Machines look just like the real ones."

"After all, those eight at the South Gate are real. With those eight there, who would doubt that the rest are fake?"

"Each of these Battle God Machines requires countless rare and precious materials, meteorite iron, and divine metals to forge, not to mention the consumption of immortal energy. If the Heavenly Court were truly willing to display four thousand of them outside, His Majesty would have already taken action against the remaining divine realms."

"This time, the Judicial Heavenly Monarch Palace borrowed a total of 155 Fighting God Machines. This is the result of the joint efforts of my side and Immortal Monarch Fuyun. If we hadn't been helping the True Cloud Dao Sect clean up their troubles, that Great Emperor wouldn't have been able to approve so many."

As he spoke, Jiang Sheng comforted her, "Senior Sister, are all the people in the Eastern Heaven as skeptical of the Heavenly Court as you are these days?"

Lingyu said, "The Eastern Heaven's fortunes are currently at their peak, but it's hard to guarantee anything."

Jiang Sheng smiled: "Right now, our Dongtian is flourishing, its fortunes are booming, and its luck is soaring."

"You think that the Heavenly Court and the Western Paradise are wary of us, and that's certainly true, but it's impossible for them to join forces."

"As for the decline of our Eastern Heaven after its peak, the three Heavenly Venerables will suppress the fortune in the same era. Even if the fortune of the Eastern Heaven declines, it will return to a normal state and will never fall into a trough."

"You can rest assured about this, Senior Sister. Even if all three Heavenly Venerables were here, or even if they had all gone to the Outer Heaven, the Eastern Heaven would not be in decline."

Lingyu thought for a moment and couldn't help but chuckle: "The main problem is that in recent years, our strength has expanded too quickly, and too many talented people have emerged, to the point that we ourselves are a little afraid."

Jiang Sheng laughed heartily: "Having many talented people is a good thing. As the saying goes, 'A dragon can be born from ten thousand people, and a genius can emerge from among hundreds of millions.' How many billions of beings exist in a small world?"

"It is not surprising that those thousands of small worlds, thousands of medium worlds, have given birth to hundreds or thousands of geniuses; however, only in the end will we know whether they are truly dragons."

Jiang Sheng spoke casually.

A prodigy?

Daozi?

Over the past thousand years, Jiang Sheng has killed the most prodigies and Daoists!
Qi Yuan of the Qiankun Dao Sect, Jin Yu and Chi Peng of the Great Wilderness Realm, and Bu Guai and Bu Qi encountered in the Buzhou Realm, as well as Zhen Shui, Zhen Huo, Chang Sheng, and Bu Si.
Which one of them wasn't a prodigy from the Pure Yang Holy Land? Which one wasn't a chosen one with great fortune among millions? But what happened in the end?

If you want to become a Daoist disciple of Penglai, you must first undergo numerous trials; otherwise, you will be nothing special.

"That's true. In recent years, the sect has selected many talents from the lower realms, as well as those geniuses from various continents who have joined the sect. There are simply too many of these people. Senior Brother is preparing to hold a grand competition to select the true geniuses for cultivation."

"Would you like to go and take a look then?"

Hearing Lingyu say this, Jiang Sheng also became interested: "Alright, but I still have to attend the Queen Mother's Peach Banquet, so I won't be able to return to the sect for at least two hundred years."

Lingyu waved her hand and said, "It's alright. If you want to go back, then postpone this competition until two hundred years later."

A two-hundred-year delay is nothing. Moreover, Lingyu can already imagine the sensation that Jiang Sheng, the current leader of the Eastern Heaven and the Heavenly Court's Judicial Lord, will cause when he returns to the sect to watch the competition. Those newly recruited youngsters must be full of ambition and vying to be the first.

Jiang Sheng laughed and said, "In that case, many people may miss this opportunity."

Lingyu countered, "Without sufficient luck and opportunity, how can one become a true disciple of the sect?"

Missing the Grand Competition means you don't have enough luck. Without enough luck, how can you strengthen your sect, and what makes you think you can hold an important position in the sect?

Looking at the three sects of the Eastern Heaven, all the elders and true disciples are people with both fortune and cultivation. They have good fortune and opportunities, as well as supernatural powers. Only such all-rounders are worthy of being chosen by the Eastern Heaven.

Brewing tea and wine, chatting idly.

Jiang Sheng hadn't chatted with his fellow disciples like this in a long time, especially with his senior sister Ling Yu. Ever since she attained the highest-grade Golden Core and became a true disciple, the person Jiang Sheng had the most contact with wasn't his senior brother Ling Wei, but his senior sister Ling Yu.

The two of them chatted idly on this Dharma boat, which evoked a sense of the old days.

After chatting for a while, Lingyu sighed and said, "You probably don't enjoy many of these leisurely days, do you?"

Jiang Sheng nodded: "To be honest, Senior Sister, the Judicial Heavenly Lord's Mansion is deserted, and I don't have many people to talk to. I either make talismans and refine pills or I'm in seclusion practicing magic. When I'm free, I drink tea and look at the spiritual plants and exotic beasts in the garden. Although I have a lot of free time, it's really not interesting."

"It's really rare to have the chance to chat so witty with my senior sister here, but the leisure time is too short."

As he spoke, Jiang Sheng's left hand, hidden in his sleeve, had already grasped the faintly warm golden thread of cause and effect: the corrupting source hidden in the shadows had finally been disturbed by the situation in all realms and could no longer restrain itself from making its move! (End of this chapter)