Shennong Daojun.

Chapter 602 The Whereabouts of the Dragon Clan, News from Bowei (Happy National Day)
Looking at Zhao Xing's expression, Lü Ming was a little puzzled: "From what I hear in your heart, it seems like you really want to go to those two places."

"Yes." Zhao Xing nodded; Qing Yuzi had indeed guessed two correctly.

"You can read minds too?" Lü Ming looked at Qing Yuzi with some surprise.

"No," Qingyuzi said calmly, "but it's not hard to guess."

"There are not many places that can satisfy all three at the same time: one that desires to prove one's Dao to Heaven and Earth, one that desires to cultivate the Heavenly Tribulation Method, and one that also benefits the Four Seasons Realm Gate."

“With the Nian beast by his side, as the Minister of Agriculture of the Heavenly Time Sect, I can naturally guess where he wants to go.”

“Knowing about it is one thing, but figuring out how to get there is another,” Qingyuzi sighed. “Both of these places are hard to find.”

"Have you looked for it?" Zhao Xing asked.

“Of course,” Qingyuzi said. “Outsiders may not know the special nature of the Xuanhuang Realm, but my Samsara Temple knows it clearly.”

"Even though it was already in ruins during the Desolate Era, it still possesses mystical qualities. Its outer area was used by the Dongyan Ancient Clan as a place for resurrection preparations. Most of their preparations were completed outside the Fengchan Land."

“The Yuanhai Ancient Kingdom is just the final step – offering sacrifices.”

"How could I not seek out such a wonderful place after traveling through time?"

Zhao Xing looked at Lao Qing in surprise: "So your original mission wasn't to infiltrate the City of the Bookless God King at all, but to find the Xuanhuang Realm from history?"

Qingyuzi nodded: "I never said my mission was to go undercover."

"The City of the Bookless God King is the opposite of its name; it possesses the most Taoist books and hidden historical records."

The Xuanhuang Realm is hard to find. As a place for imperial sacrifices, how could just anyone set foot there?
Qingyuzi's trip to the City of the Bookless God King was not his ultimate goal; the mission of the Samsara Temple was for him to investigate the Xuanhuang Realm!

However, since he had made a great contribution, he naturally had to make an example of it. With the help of the ancient god of Dongyan, Lao Qing also completed a side quest.

"No wonder I saw your afterimages appearing here and there before," Zhao Xing suddenly realized.

After traveling through time and space, Qingyuzi wandered around everywhere, working like a slave, and ended up in countless places.

If the goal was to infiltrate, then one should have joined the forces under the Wushu God King City from the beginning and developed gradually.

“I can tell from your voices that you are all highly skilled,” Lü Ming said, “and you all bear important responsibilities.”

That's right. Zhao Xingcheng went to great lengths, and Qingyuzi put in a lot of effort to infiltrate.
Both of them had very tortuous and exciting experiences in becoming gods, at least that's what Lü Ming thought.

Unlike him, whose path to godhood was very smooth, everything was done naturally under the guidance of the Daoist court.

Zhao Xing and Qing Yuzi smiled but didn't speak. Compared to Lü Ming, everyone's path to godhood was fraught with difficulties.

Qingyuzi continued to reveal the secrets he knew: "Inside the Temple of Reincarnation, the Xuanhuang Realm is mainly divided into six different major periods."

"First, before the Xuanhuang Realm became a place for the Fengshan ceremony, the records about this period are vague and unclear, as if it appeared suddenly."

"Second, the first Fengshan ceremony in the Xuanhuang Realm was held, and the Xuzu attained enlightenment, conferring divine titles and opening up the Dao. It is said that at this time, the Xuanhuang Realm was called the Xuanhuang Continent, and it had not yet become a realm, with four pillar mountains standing there."

"Third, the second Fengshan ceremony in the Xuanhuang Realm, the Li Emperor was granted the certificate, and the Tongtian River was mentioned for the first time. However, at the end of the Li Emperor's reign, the river disappeared, and two of the Four Pillars Mountain were broken."

"Fourth, the third Fengshan ceremony of the Xuanhuang Realm was held, and the Rui Emperor obtained the certificate. He divided the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, and the Xuanhuang Realm became a separate space-time, no longer visible. The Tongtian River became a separate place, which led to the concept of the Tongtian Assembly. This attracted the Dao Lords from all sides to compete for supremacy."

"Fifth, the fourth Fengshan ceremony in the Xuanhuang Realm was held, and the Feather Emperor obtained the certificate. The difficulty of entering the Xuanhuang Realm has increased further. To obtain the Xuanhuang certificate, one must first reach the Heavenly Realm. The Heavenly Realm Assembly has become the only way for Dao Lords to pursue this goal."

"Sixth, the fifth Fengshan ceremony in the Xuanhuang Realm was held, and the Luo Emperor was granted the certificate. After the Luo Emperor's Fengshan ceremony, the Xuanhuang Realm fell into ruin and became the site of the Fengshan ceremony, gradually being forgotten. However, the legend of the Tongtian River still exists."

"After that, the era of the Luo Emperor ended, and the universe entered the later stage of the myriad phenomena phase, which lasted for about 365 epochs, the era of the Spirit Realm."

"After that came the early stage of annihilation, also known as the Desolate Era. The actual time of the Desolate Era has been about three cycles and ten Yang years."

"After the era of Emperor Luo ended, even if you traveled back in time, you still wouldn't be able to find the Xuanhuang Realm or see the Polar Star. The Polar Continent disappeared before Emperor Yu divided the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths."

“Gu Xiao’s Hidden Star Land is relatively easy to find; you can ask the Nian Beast. But the Xuanhuang Realm is something you’ll have to find yourself,” Qing Yuzi said, looking at Zhao Xing.

He knew that Zhao Xing had once unintentionally entered the Xuanhuang Realm in history and emerged as a demigod.

It remains to be seen whether Zhao Xing will be able to advance further.

Zhao Xing frowned.

On his current screen, the progress of the [Fengchan Land] was already more than half full, but it was not the place he wanted.

Suppose we rank the Xuanhuang Boundaries at different points in time and space throughout history according to their danger level.

The time point I entered should correspond to the second time point mentioned by Qingyuzi, namely, when the Void Ancestor became Emperor and then opened the Divine Path for martial artists.

At that time, the Ancestor of Xu was transformed into 'Yuan', the Great Emperor was transformed into 'Yu', the Lord of the Moon Goddess Palace, and the Ancient Luo River was also among them.

Zhao Xing found the bones of the 'Snowy' Deity of Fortune among them, indicating that the level was too high and fraught with danger.

Because the spirits of destiny are buried there!
According to the time sequence of the Temple of Reincarnation, the danger naturally decreases as you go further back, so the sixth period should be the most suitable, and the Ancient Sky Hidden Star should also be related to the Xuanhuang Realm.

This was because Wang Tianzhi's intelligence clearly pointed out the existence of the Ancient Xiao God King.

Zhao Xing vaguely sensed that Gu Xiao had the Nian Beast clan carry the Polar Star and hide it in a certain period of time in preparation for himself to become the sixth God Emperor.

"If we can't find it, we'll keep looking. No matter what, I must go to these two places," Zhao Xing said.

He became a god from three origins, but the progress of his Primordial Divine Body still requires the support of the Polar Star Origin.

Even if a true god attains enlightenment through heaven and earth, the polar star represents heaven, and it is the highest level of 'heaven'.

Things, laws, heaven, and earth are all indispensable. The ancient sky hiding stars is equivalent to hiding heaven, blocking the path of the subsequent god of agriculture.

"Gu Xiao's behavior is extremely despicable. To put it bluntly, he's hogging the toilet without doing his business," Qing Yuzi snorted.

"If he could prove it, that would be fine. But if he can't, yet he hides the North Star, cutting off others' path to godhood, any god of agriculture would feel it's unfair. Even..."

Qingyuzi didn't finish speaking, but Zhao Xing understood what followed:
Even his son, Gu Luohe, went against Gu Xiao's wishes!

"So much has happened." Lü Ming felt as if he had been through another world. "I was in the Dao Court, and I could occasionally hear news of wars outside."

"Although the Ancient Xiao God King is an enemy, his reputation is quite good. After the end of the Feather Emperor era, the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths were in constant war and natural disasters. This Minister of Agriculture God King solved many terrible natural disasters. Even when natural disasters occurred in enemy territories, he would order a temporary ceasefire and then lead the Minister of Agriculture Gods to lend a helping hand to solve the natural disaster first."

"He won the hearts and minds of the Dilo camp, and his prestige was second only to Dilo."

Zhao Xing recalled that Lü Ming had traveled to the Daoist Temple four times and even attended the Tongtian Assembly, so he couldn't help but ask curiously, "Brother Lü, you've been to the Tongtian Assembly, but have you ever met Gu Xiao?"

“I’ve seen it, but only once from afar,” Lu Ming recalled. “In the Great Dao Competition between Jiuyoudi and Diluotian at the Tongtian Conference, Jiuyoudi Daoting was generally victorious, but Gu Xiao defeated the Earth God of Jiuyoudi Daoting.”

"Was he already a god-king at that time?" Qingyuzi asked the crucial question.

“Yes.” Lü Ming nodded.

"In that case, Gu Xiao probably has the strength of a Dao Lord," Qing Yuzi said with some worry.

When Di Luo became a God Emperor, Gu Xiao would inevitably benefit as well. Of course, Gu Xiao never made a move after that, and no one knew his strength; they could only speculate.

"To attain the Xuanhuang Realm, one must first reach the Heavens. Lü Ming, since you have participated in the Heavenly Assembly, do you know how to get to the Xuanhuang Realm?"

Lü Ming looked at Qing Yuzi and said, "Brother, you overestimate me. I was just going along to broaden my horizons. The first time I was only at the late stage of Divine Weapon, and the second time I was only at the mid stage of Divine General. Tongtian River is an independent spacetime territory, which is a million times harder to find than Shenji City. How could I possibly find Tongtian River?"

"The Dao Lord has won the Tongtian Conference many times, but he still hasn't found the Xuanhuang Realm and can't obtain proof."

"What else is there to say?" Qingyuzi asked in surprise. He wasn't very clear about this part.

"The Dao Lord won three and drew one at the Tongtian Conference. Logically, if he had won, he would have been able to find the Xuanhuang Realm. He had three opportunities to open the Xuanhuang Realm and enter to perform the Fengchan ceremony."

"When the Dao Lord first became the overlord of the Tongtian Assembly, the Dao Court had already begun preparing for the Fengshan ceremony. My grandmaster and grand-uncle were already planning to move to Yuyin Mountain."

"But for some reason, the Dao Lord won three times in a row, but still failed to find the Xuanhuang Realm."

"The fourth time, Dao Lord was defeated and fought to a draw by Di Luo."

"After that, the Dao Lord was unable to participate in the Fifth Heavenly Assembly, while the fifth one was the Dao Lord who swept across the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths and obtained the title of God Emperor."

Lu Ming always referred to Emperor Luo by his real name, rather than as Emperor Luo, because of the issue of factionalism.

“Winning three times in a row, yet still failing to reach the Heavenly Realm, no wonder they had to defy morality and reason, taking the source of the primordial ocean to refine the Devouring Heaven Realm Sea.” Zhao Xing recalled the area he had visited before.

If I were the Lord of the Nine Netherworlds, I'd probably go crazy too.

I have won many times, but I still cannot open the Xuanhuang Realm to perform the Fengchan ceremony and become a God Emperor. Since Heaven does not favor me, I will go against Heaven!

Later, Emperor Luo summoned the appearance of the Polar Star, defeated the Lord of the Nine Netherworlds, and finally unified the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, attaining the Xuanhuang realm.

The three chatted for a long time but couldn't get to the bottom of it. Instead, they got dizzy from constantly mentioning the real names of those important figures.

"Since things have come to this, let's eat first," Zhao Xing said.

"Eat? I'm not hungry." Lü Ming asked blankly.

But Qingyuzi smiled and pulled Lüming away, saying, "What they were talking about was eating with the Nian beast. Let's go, let's eat our own food."

Zhao Xing smiled too; Lao Qing always understood what he meant.

Upon entering his inner world, Zhao Xing prepared a sumptuous feast.

On the boundless continent, there is a [Mountain of Food], which was specially prepared for the Nian beast.

The ingredients were piled up like a mountain, and Zhao Xing cooked them with divine fire while simultaneously teleporting them to the food mountain.

Various exquisite delicacies flowed through the sky like a torrent, like an assembly line, passing in front of the Nian beast.

Zhao Xing also meticulously adjusted the environment of Shishan. The Nian beast is extremely yang, but the mountain range is yin. Eating on Shishan is the most comfortable state of yin and yang in harmony.

Good food should be visually appealing, fragrant, and delicious; enjoying good food also requires a superior environment.

The Nian beast eats at the Food Mountain, and even the mediocre food tastes high-class!
"Chef, you put your heart into this." The Nian Beast was quite satisfied after finishing its meal and casually spat out a ball of light. "Here, this is for you."

The Origin of Polaris!

Moreover, the quantity was quite generous, increasing Zhao Xing's progress of the [Great Sun Qi Sea] by 200 points.

"Thank you, Lord Nian Beast." Zhao Xing said cheerfully.

"I'm going to sleep." The Nian beast lay down and yawned.

If it weren't for its need to eat, the Nian beast would never have run around like that.

Zhao Xing took great care of it, and it really didn't want to leave its inner world.

They even spent less time entering the Nine Netherworld Palace.

Zhao Xing started to hear wind and thunder.

The Nian beast felt that Zhao Xing was serving it.

Zhao Xing felt that petting the Nian beast was also a kind of fun.

The two, one human and one beast, actually live in harmony.

After sleeping for about thirty years, the Nian beast turned over and opened its eyes.

He sniffed and smelled a fragrance.

Zhao Xing is cooking for him again.

Such attentiveness made the Nian beast feel a little guilty, and it strolled over with leisurely steps: "Chef, do you want me to help you fulfill those three requests?"

The Nian beast granted Zhao Xing's three requests.

The first task is to find the mastermind behind Yi Ren and put an end to this evil cause. The second is to find the right time to take Zhao Xing to the hiding place of Polar Star.

In fact, both of Zhao Xing's requests were in line with the Nian beast's wishes.

The Nian beast was a ferocious beast, and it wasn't that it didn't hold grudges; it remembered them very clearly. The person behind Yi Ren was scheming against Zhao Xing while also scheming against it, so the Nian beast readily agreed.

The second requirement is the same. The Nian Beast is lazy and gluttonous by nature, but it is willing to fight and get badly injured in the Nine Netherworld Palace because it wants to become stronger and one day be able to fight its way back and save its kind.

However, he knew how terrifying Gu Xiao was and would not easily return to that place.

Zhao Xing hadn't said the third request yet, but the Nian beast already trusted him and could tell him whenever he wanted.

“Lord Nian Beast, I wish to prove my Dao to Heaven and Earth, but I cannot find a suitable place,” Zhao Xing said casually.

In fact, besides the Xuanhuang Realm and the Ancient Sky Hidden Star Land, he had a third place recommended by the Boundless God King, namely the Cataclysmic World in the early Triassic Period.

The Triassic Period was named for the many Triassic boundary mountains that existed thereafter. The Luanhe Period followed, named for the chaos of the primordial ocean. Then came the Baizhuo Period, which was the great period that lasted during the Five Sovereigns era.

Initially, the Boundless God King thought Zhao Xingcheng was the Earth God, and after seeing him make the Theory of the Transformation of the Divided Realm Mountain, this was part of a long-planned scheme.

However, those earlier epochs and eras were inhabited by dark source life forms, ancient demon gods, and humans were rare, making them equally dangerous.

"Cook, if you wish to prove your Dao to Heaven and Earth, do you possess the means to do so?"

"Got it." Zhao Xing nodded.

The Divine Mechanism of Limitless Power is an object used by Heaven and Earth to prove the Dao. It is displayed on the panel that you already possess an object used by the Minister of Agriculture to prove the Dao.

Is there a method to attain enlightenment?

“I have them too.” Zhao Xing nodded. He had already possessed methods for proving the Dao back in his demigod days, and there was more than one. The Stepping Mountain Method, the Heaven-Mending Method, the Earth Refining Method, and the Ten Directions Mountain-Opening Method were all methods for proving the Dao.

"Things, laws, heaven, earth, then you only lack heaven and earth."

"I wonder what the best 'heaven' is?" Zhao Xing asked deliberately.

"The ultimate path of celestial timing is, of course, the celestial realm where the polar star resides..." the Nian Beast said, then suddenly realized something.

"Cook, you can't go to where Polaris is right now."

"The timing is wrong. If you and I go now, we'll just be throwing our lives away."

Zhao Xing nodded slightly and changed the subject: "Lord Nian Beast, are you familiar with the Xuanhuang Realm?"

"The place of Fengshan? Of course I know, that's where I received my title."

Is there any way to get in again?

“Yes, but only with the permission of any of the Five Emperors,” the Nian Beast said. “If you want to travel back to a previous point in time, you don’t need to, but at that time the Xuanhuang Realm had not yet become a place for the Fengshan ceremony, and there was nothing special about it.”

"The Five Emperors permitted it?"

"Yes, it's something like this." The Nian beast used its hooves to draw a bronze wall with mysterious patterns on it. "With it, you can travel through time and space to enter the corresponding Xuanhuang Realm in history."

"What if not? Are there any other options?"

"Yes, the Heavenly Assembly," said the Nian Beast. "With the Heavenly River now in existence, the date for the Heavenly Assembly has been set."

"Afterwards, the Tongtian River will reflect the entrance to the Fengchan site."

"Any more?"

"I think there are others, but I forgot who said it."

Please think about it carefully.

The Nian beast tilted its head and thought for a while: "Oh, yes, there is a place you can go in. It's just that there's a group of fierce guys guarding that place."

"Where is this place? And what kind of creatures are guarding it?"

"Let me think about it some more." The Nian beast shook its head. "Ugh, this is a bit tiring. Let me eat first."

"..."

Zhao Xing had no choice but to speed up the food preparation, and then asked some other questions.

When will the Tongtian River appear in the world?

"I don't know, I've only heard that it's related to Shifang Mountain."

"Has Lord Nian ever been to Mount Shifang?"

"I went there once. There were three strange old men on the mountain, and a few graves. It was all very strange."

"I saw there wasn't much food, so I went down the mountain."

Zhao Xing wanted to ask more, but the Nian beast swallowed a piece of meat hard: "Cook, don't ask anymore. The questions you asked give me a headache just thinking about them."

Alright, Zhao Xing had no choice but to feed the Nian beast first.

If he can't find the answer from the Nian Beast, then he only has two choices left: one is to wait for the progress of the sealed mountain land to be completed, and the other is to return to the desolate era and continue to wait for the changes in the Xuanhuang Realm to see if it can meet his requirements.

Once the Nian beast has eaten and drunk its fill and replenished its energy, it will be ready to fight.

We're back to that question again.

"Lord Nian, what kind of place is that? And who are those ferocious creatures?"

Seeing that it couldn't escape, the Nian beast could only continue thinking with a bitter face.

"It's...it's the Demon God Era during the reign of Emperor Yu. I don't remember the exact time, which Yang year was it? And the location...it seems to be some kind of marshland..."

Zhao Xing was speechless. Even the Nian beast had such difficulty recalling things. Could it be that some kind of great power was restricting it?
"Among the group of guys guarding the area, there was a leader who looked something like this."

The Nian beast begins to be drawn.

His drawing was crooked and the lines were messy. Zhao Xing couldn't tell what it was at all, and could only roughly make out that it was a beast's claw.

The Nian beast complained of being tired after only drawing one claw.

"The cook is really tired."

"You've worked hard, this is very important to me, please keep up the good work." Zhao Xing could only encourage the Nian beast and make him believe in his potential.

He kept drawing the Nian monster, and visibly grew thinner.

By the time he finished drawing, it had become a small creature, like a puppy.

The Nian beast stood in the painting, and after it was completed, the painting quickly collapsed and became a blurry mess.

Zhao Xing's pupils contracted.

Because he saw clearly what happened before the collapse.

The Nian monster was drawn as a dragon!

Moreover, it is the image of the Dragon Ancestor of the Xuanhuang Dragon Clan!

"During the era of the Feather Emperor and the Age of Demons and Gods, the Dragon Ancestor led the Dragon Clan to live somewhere?"

Upon receiving this news, Zhao Xing was somewhat shocked. He had not expected that the Xuanhuang Dragon Clan's ascension time would be so early.

One epoch, 1.2 million years (the year of the Star Realm), the era of the Feather Emperor, is at least a billion years away from the Desolate Domain Era.

However, according to the historical records left by Longting, it seems to make sense.

"The Feather Emperor restored the order of the Dao and treated the demon race kindly. The ancient dragon ancestor was able to survive after ascending to heaven."

"Afterwards, the Feather Emperor divided the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, which caused a drastic change. Because the Desolate Domain split the overall territory, the Dragon Court had to completely leave the Xuanhuang Realm?"

"The Dragon Clan's name is unknown to most people. Could it be because the Feather Emperor sent them to guard the Fengshan site?" Zhao Xing had many questions in his mind.

He wanted to ask the Nian beast more questions, but the Nian beast had already fallen asleep. It had just exhausted itself and was now very small, lying soundly asleep at his feet.

"No matter what, we finally got a clue from the Nian beast." Zhao Xing picked up the little Nian beast and took it back to his usual lair.

The nest was shiny and bright, and Zhao Xing placed it on the soft bed.

After thinking for a moment, Zhao Xing stored a lot of the prepared food in a warm bamboo box so that the Nian beast could eat it when it woke up.

Only then did he leave the inner world to find Qingyuzi and Lüming.

"Where's Lao Qing?" Zhao Xing found a pavilion, only to discover that Lu Ming was there.

“He suddenly said he wanted to sleep and rest at the Sanyin Pavilion. I’ll take you there.”

Qingyuzi did appear to be sleeping, but Zhao Xing, using his all-seeing eye, discovered that Qingyuzi was performing some kind of secret technique.

It shares the same origin as the Soul Reincarnation Technique that I cultivated before, and also has some fluctuations from the Spacetime Incense Technique.

"He's not sleeping; he's communicating with someone."

"Who?" Lü Ming asked.

"I don't know." Zhao Xing shook his head. Old Qing was also very mysterious, and he didn't know what specific task the Temple of Reincarnation had given him.

After waiting for a long time, Qingyuzi woke up from her sleep.

"Brother Lü, do you have a habit of watching people sleep?" Qingyuzi teased when he saw Lü Ming staring at him.

“You didn’t close the door yourself.” Lü Ming pointed to the open door, then stepped aside to reveal Zhao Xing’s face.

"Good news?" Qingyuzi noticed the hint of excitement in Zhao Xing's eyes and immediately realized what was going on.

“Yes,” Zhao Xing nodded. “And it’s great news.”

"I also have some news, but whether it's good or bad, I can't say for sure." Qingyuzi sat up.

"Oh? What news?"

"I just contacted the temple and learned that Bowei appeared in the Demon God Era of the Feather Emperor's era. He has now become the seventh True Lord of the True History Party. This is the seventh seat of the True History Party, which has great power and is on par with the God King."

"So fast?" Zhao Xing was surprised. He knew that Bowei would rise to prominence, but he didn't expect it to happen so quickly.

"Shouldn't this be good news?" Lu Ming asked in surprise. "You said that this guy named Bowei would adventure with you and share a causal oath."

When Qingyuzi boasted, he naturally also talked about the Great World of Yanyi and the adventure of the God King Zhangyue.

“The situation is a bit complicated,” Qingyuzi said with a sigh. “The temple captured him and imprisoned him for a period of time. Although they released him later, they also took some precautions. So Bowei’s attitude toward the Temple of Reincarnation is probably not very good.”

"Is there anything else?" Zhao Xing asked.

“Yes,” Qingyuzi said. “Although Bowei became one of the Seven True Lords and was on equal footing with the God King, his actions caused some temporal and spatial chaos in the Demon God Era, resulting in the Displacement Disaster.”

"These natural disasters occurred within the territories of the four major powers. Bowei's actions have provoked dissatisfaction among the four powers towards the True History Party. Among them, Master Zuming even forced the True History Party to hand over Bowei, this outlier."

"Many people within the True History Party are also dissatisfied with Bove. Some say that Bove should be handed over to appease public anger. He is now in trouble both internally and externally."

“Zu Ming Dao Master?” Lu Ming heard a familiar name. “I know him. He was once a defeated opponent of the Dao Master and lost his territory after the Tongtian Conference. I didn’t expect that this demon clan Dao Master is still a Dao Master.”

"By the way, what information did you get from the Nian beast?" Qingyuzi asked.

(End of this chapter)