I stole divine power in Daxia

Chapter 686 Paying Homage to the Heavenly Venerable
The Great Xia Emperor eventually disappeared in the Great Mill of Reincarnation.

The fact that Zhou Tieyi would no longer confine them was the best news for them.

As for the three hundred years of reincarnation, it is nothing at all. Just as the Great Xia Emperor himself firmly believed, as long as one lives long enough, there will always be a chance. He had already arranged the final karmic connection before reincarnation. After reincarnation, Qi Renchan and Meng Qiuyu would turn around and save him because of this karmic connection.

The Great Xia Emperor did indeed come from Qinglian Temple, and he did not lie to Zhou Tieyi about this. Therefore, his understanding of Buddhism was never inferior to others.

After sending the Great Xia Ancestor into reincarnation, Zhou Tieyi turned to the Heavenly Emperor and said, "Since the Investiture of the Gods is set three hundred years from now, the Heavenly Emperor should be in the midst of the calamity in order to dominate the Investiture of the Gods. I urge the Heavenly Emperor to enter reincarnation and ascend the throne three hundred years from now."

Having established the rules governing the fate of all living beings, Zhou Tieyi's aura grew increasingly imposing.

Although he and the Heavenly Emperor were resurrected at the same time using the bodies of first-rank gods, there is now a clear difference in their strength.

Zhou Tieyi has grasped the general trend of humanity and heaven, and re-established the core rules of the world. The Heavenly Emperor is merely occupying Tengri's body. Although he is only half a step away from the path of sainthood, the control of the Heavenly Palace has now fallen into Zhou Tieyi's hands. Without the Heavenly Palace, and with the divine path itself not having an advantage, the Heavenly Emperor still has to face calamities if he wants to ascend to the throne again.

This calamity is the Investiture of the Gods, which is the final struggle between humans and gods to merge. Naturally, the Heavenly Emperor needs to face the calamity, and when he bestows titles upon the gods, it will be a matter of course for the Heavenly Emperor to ascend to the throne.

Of course, during this process, Zhou Tieyi, as the only Celestial Venerable in the world, will exclusively enjoy the fortune of the world for three hundred years.

The Heavenly Emperor gazed at Zhou Tieyi, "You truly refuse to yield an inch."

Zhou Tieyi laughed and said, "I've given up everything I was supposed to."

The Heavenly Emperor knew Zhou Tieyi's meaning. If He did not back down at this moment, then Zhou Tieyi was capable of shattering this planet and leading the human race to distant stars, just like the future scenario of the three evolutions of steam.

Zhou Tieyi could not back down on this point. Just as the Great Xia Emperor wanted him to sacrifice himself in exchange for his ascension to the throne and the prosperity of the human race, Zhou Tieyi did not back down to the Great Xia Emperor back then, and he will not back down to the Heavenly Emperor today. He has already prepared a way out, so it is those who have no way out who should back down.

The Heavenly Emperor held the Heavenly Tribulation Axe, but with the new rules being redefined, this tribulation was coming to an end. The Heavenly Tribulation Axe had shattered two peerless divine weapons in succession, and its power had been exhausted.

No chance of winning.

The Heavenly Emperor easily assessed the current power disparity between himself and Zhou Tieyi. Rather than being undignified and brought down from his pedestal by Zhou Tieyi, he decided to walk on with composure.

The Heavenly Emperor could indeed accept the conditions offered by Zhou Tieyi. It was only a three-hundred-year cycle, a condition that even the Great Xia Ancestor could accept, so He could naturally accept it as well.

The Heavenly Emperor said no more, and dispersed himself into streams of primordial primordial energy, which fell into the myriad directions of mountains and rivers. This was the opportunity for all living beings under heaven, and also the basis for His return three hundred years later.

Without the final interference, the half-illusory, half-real Holy Path Bridge solidified beneath Zhou Tieyi's feet. Stepping onto the bridge, under the watchful eyes of all beings, he walked step by step into the Great Luo Palace.

As he entered the Great Luo Palace, which symbolized the origin of rules, a gentle force emanated from within the palace, separating the beings who were engaged in battle.

Although this gentle force seemed harmless, like a spring breeze, neither the separated humans nor the gods attempted to resist it, for it was the will of Heaven.

The Little Heavenly Palace and the Heavenly Palace were no longer separated; they merged back into one, their essence strengthened. A giant lotus flower bloomed on the planet, its petals gently touching the cosmos, creating ripples of change. First, the planet itself no longer strictly followed the laws of the physical world, revolving around its star; its higher dimensions caused the star to begin revolving around it.

No matter which direction you look from, the planet itself is the center.

Any planet in the universe, as long as it has not fully ascended to a higher dimension, can look down upon the stars from a higher-dimensional perspective. This not only continuously strengthens the planet's origin but also gradually reshapes the planet's own natural laws.

In the future, this planet will become more and more solid, and even a first-rate cultivator will find it difficult to change the structure of the mountains and rivers on a large scale. Ordinary people will also be able to live more peacefully in this world full of cultivators. Of course, this change will last for tens of millions of years until this planet becomes a peculiar origin point in this universe.

The planet itself is no longer perfectly round, but has transformed into a shape with a round sky and a square earth. From the Heavenly Palace of Daluo downwards, there are layers of heaven, divided into thirty-three layers in total. This is the 'upper' of the entire planet.

Within the planet lies the human world's mountains and rivers. As the planet's origin strengthens, these mountains and rivers will continuously attract extraterrestrial matter to expand. At the same time, places like the twenty-four heavens of Buddhism and various divine kingdoms of gods are hidden between heaven and earth, forming blessed lands.

Beneath the planet lies the boundless underworld, somewhere between reality and illusion, where the illusory moon rises and sets with the dreams of all living beings, never ceasing.

Zhou Tieyi stepped into the Great Luo Hall, and Meng Qiuyu instinctively called out, "Master?"

Then, when he noticed that Zhou Tieyi's Dharma form was still constantly changing among all living beings, he stepped forward with trepidation and said, "Greetings, Heavenly Venerable."

Zhou Tieyi smiled as he looked at Meng Qiuyu. At this moment, the divine radiance on his body increased greatly, keeping him in the form of a Heavenly Venerable, his face constantly changing among all living beings.

"The Master is the Celestial Venerable, and the Celestial Venerable is also the Master. It makes no difference to me."

The moment he finished speaking, his Dharma face no longer changed, but finally manifested in Zhou Tieyi's appearance.

"Go outside and crack this iron whip to summon them in. I have something to tell them."

Zhou Tieyi stretched out his palm and touched the Imperial Seal of the State in mid-air. The next moment, the Imperial Seal of the State transformed into an iron whip, divided into a pagoda shape with forty-eight sections, and two dragon patterns on it, which read "Striking God".

Meng Qiuyu took the iron whip, walked outside the Great Luo Hall, and cracked it with all his might, a crisp sound echoing throughout the world.

The gods from all corners of the world felt as if they had been lightly tapped with a whip, while an illusory bridge appeared in front of each of the first-rank deities.

The human race was naturally overjoyed and stepped onto the bridge with great excitement. Even if the gods were unwilling, they dared not disobey the Heavenly Venerable's call at this moment.

Streams of light fell into the Great Luo Palace. At this moment, the palace encompassed everything. The sun and moon rose, the stars shone brightly, the universe was boundless, and heaven and earth were infinite. Here, one could see all things in the world. Among all things, a cloud platform rose high, and on the platform sat a young Taoist. He wore a starry river robe, a yin-yang crown, and boots that allowed him to ascend to heaven. Behind him was a tree whose trunk supported the thirty-three directions of the sky. A small crimson fish hovered around him, and the swaying tail of the fish represented all the events of the past.

All beings stepped forward, bowed, and said, "Greetings, Heavenly Venerable."

(End of this chapter)