Becoming a god starts from planting a Bodhi tree.

Chapter 436 I hadn't even made a move yet...

The changes in the Federation in recent years can be described as rapid and dramatic.

The group of veterans couldn't help but wander around for a while before suddenly remembering the real reason they had come here.

Fortunately, they were one step ahead. Ji Boyu used bloodline as a basis to find the location of the Ji family members.

But before he could even come to them, someone else approached them on their own initiative.

"Grand Uncle, it's been so many years. How have you been?"

He was a young man with a gentle smile and flawless good looks.

At first glance, Ji Boyu felt somewhat dazed, as if he were seeing the true face of his ancestor recorded in the family's secret tradition...

"You are... An Quan?"

Ji Boyu was greatly surprised when he sensed the aura emanating from the other party.
"You've also broken through to the Heavenly King realm? You've received the true inheritance from your ancestors?!"

The Federation has produced more than just Ji Jingqiu in this generation; Ji Anquan from the Ji family is no less outstanding, which greatly shocked Ji Boyu.

Because of their lineage, progress becomes increasingly difficult as they advance, to the point where they can't make any progress at all, even if they know the path ahead is there, they can't take a single step.

Therefore, over the course of ten thousand years, the Ji family produced many grandmasters, but rarely any great grandmasters, let alone celestial venerables.

A grandmaster as young as Ji Anquan is so powerful that it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that his ancestors are still alive.

"I was lucky," Ji Anquan said with a smile. "Seniors, please come this way."

Li Yuanli suddenly realized something and said in a deep voice, "We can talk about this later! Where is Ji Jingqiu?! Several transcendent sects within the Boundary Sea have sent people to hunt him down! Tell him to immediately flee the Great Universe!"

Ji Anquan asked, "Seniors, which faction are you representing this time?"

"【Mayfly Palace】." Li Yuanli said succinctly, "The forces that have made a move include the 【Intercepting Heaven Sect】, the 【Starry Sky Tower】, and the 【Realistic Temple】, among other transcendent sects, as well as several hidden forces!"

Is it true detachment or false detachment?

“Those who have achieved the Dao and are in the same realm,” Li Yuanli added. “Those who made this move are all Heavenly Sovereigns from various families. You don’t know what a Heavenly Sovereign represents…”

“I understand,” Ji Anquan interrupted. “The Heavenly Monarch is someone who was recently visited by forces from outside the realm, including one known as Qi Tian, ​​who is currently traveling in our Yanhuang Federation.”

The group was taken aback.

A celestial ruler was traveling in their Yanhuang Federation.

Could it be the person they just saw?!

But what is there for a dignified Heavenly Emperor to travel to in a supercontinent that can be seen at a glance?

As far as they knew, each Heavenly Lord was either in seclusion trying to break through the final barrier of the Eight Realms, or traveling with their elders to the vast Boundary Sea to broaden their horizons and attempt to take the impossible step.

Ji Boyu suddenly asked, "Are the Four Great Divine Lords still alive?"

If the Four Great Divine Lords were still alive, the Heavenly Emperor…

While the Heavenly King's Domain may be considered invincible, and its top members may even rival the Heavenly Venerables, it is still no match for the Four Great Divine Lords.

“The four great gods have already undergone tribulations and reincarnated.” Ji Anquan suddenly laughed. “You seniors have come at the right time. I was just wondering who to send to secretly protect the reincarnations of the gods.”

"What did you say?!"

Several senior members of the six major families, including Ji Boyu, breathed heavily and swarmed forward, surrounding Ji Anquan.

"The Four Great Divine Lords have already been reincarnated and returned?!"

"Is there an ancestor of my Li family?!"

"Where are my ancestors now?!"

Ji Anquan said slowly, "This matter needs to be handled gradually. We cannot rush it, lest we attract the attention of the Four Demons."

"Four Demons my foot! Where are there four demons?!" Ji Boyu's eyes widened. "Stop beating around the bush, kid, tell us right now!"

Ji Anquan's expression turned solemn: "Three of the Four Demons have indeed disappeared, but the most troublesome one is still alive."

"You little rascal, as expected of someone surnamed Ji, is deception etched in your blood?" Ke Qingliu said with dissatisfaction. "Even the remaining one is now far beyond the realm. We saw him in the Dawn Realm before."

“Although this one has traveled far away, he has never stopped spying on the Federation.” Ji Anquan shook his head and said softly, “In addition, there are the newly born Heavenly Demons.”

Just as Ji Boyu was about to open his mouth, he met Ji Anquan's deep gaze and instantly understood the meaning behind this junior's words, causing his body to tremble uncontrollably.

Our ancestor...did he betray the Federation and his comrades?!

Finally, Ji Anquan used his ancestors as bait and successfully persuaded several senior figures to follow him in death.

As for Ji Jingqiu?
The senior members were not the kind of people who would forget the younger generation after having ancestors, but seeing Ji Anquan's actions, they guessed that the Federation must still have a backup plan!

"The various Heavenly Lords..."

Ji Anquan murmured to himself,
"If we take them all, I wonder if the saints of the Netherworld can withstand the pressure from the outside, and whether they are willing to stand up for our Federation... kill a few and let a few go?"

"To kill them all, so that the saints can't find fault with them, and they have to withstand external pressure for our Federation..."

Ji Anquan pondered in his heart that the method was not difficult. It was simply to let these people, for example, glimpse some secrets of this world. Once they were taken away, it would attract the attention and covetousness of those outside the world, which would be a great trouble for all the saints.

At that time, even if the saints do not want to keep these people, they will have to.

"How did you seniors return?" Ji Anquan suddenly asked as they were leaving.

"We are originally from this world, and the great universe of the Netherworld has accepted us."

"Are the various Heavenly Lords of the Boundary Sea not of the same ilk as you seniors?"

“Of course.” Ji Boyu glanced at Ji Anquan, guessing what he really wanted to ask, and added, “It’s not so easy for people from outside the realm to enter. If they don’t want to attract the attention of the Heavenly Will or the sages, they must have someone to help them.”

Ji Anquan immediately understood that the True Saints of all realms were able to enter the Great Universe because they had an inside agent.

Who is it?
Many of the Saints of the Netherworld are still outside the boundary. Among the True Saints left to guard the area, excluding those from the Cangqing and Saint King factions, the most likely candidates are...

That moon goddess?

Or perhaps it is the Taiyou lineage, which has fallen far behind among the five major pantheons?
It is believed that the Taiyou lineage nowadays is most hostile to the Yanhuang Federation, followed by... the other pantheons.
Ji Anquan could naturally guess why his ancestor hadn't even firmly secured his position as the Heavenly Demon God before he was already making his move against the Taiyou God Lord.

The most important point is to create conflict within the five major pantheons, causing them to hold each other back.

The five great gods are the pillars of this realm. Once they join forces, no one in the realm can rival them. Even if the other saints join forces, they will find it difficult to withstand the combined strength of the five.

However, it is never a good thing for one company to dominate.

Severely injuring the Lord of Taiyou, suppressing Taiyou's return, and allowing the Holy King of Justice and the Lord of Azure who has a past affection for the Wood Marshal to return will give the Federation sufficient allies in an environment surrounded by saints. At the same time, it will inevitably lead to an imbalance of power within the five major pantheons.

Especially after witnessing the other lineages return safely while their own lord remains in slumber, the disciples of the Taiyou lineage will naturally understand the coldness in their hearts as they experience the change in relationships.

Within the five major pantheons, gaps will naturally arise.

Furthermore, it's entirely possible that our ancestors seized this opportunity to use their demonic authority to infiltrate the core of the Taiyou lineage...

Ji Anquan remained silent. He had already made up his mind about this matter, and then contacted Senior Qinglian, who was deep in the sealed land, through a special channel.

Brother Ji should still be in seclusion, and even with his abilities, he couldn't possibly fight against so many Heavenly Lords.

Not long after.

Qinglian replied:

“I already know, there’s no need to worry.”

With this true saint as his guarantor, Ji Anquan had no more worries. After explaining the matters of the four divine lords, he would have a good talk with the Great Luo Heaven.

At that time, we will naturally follow the wounds that our ancestors tore open long ago and cultivate them deeply.

……

……

"This is the coordinate point..."

A bolt of lightning streaked across the boundless starry sky, arriving silently at the coordinates given by the Moon Goddess without alerting anyone.

"Looks like I'm the first one to arrive?"

Zhang Yuan, who came from the Starry Sky Tower, looked around and smiled faintly. He did not sense the aura of the other fellow cultivators and looked down at the super continent.

"So weak."

"Junior Brother Jiang died at the hands of the natives here?"

Even though there were dozens of Heavenly Kings guarding below, in Zhang Yuan's eyes, they were all just chickens and dogs.

Zhang Yuan's eyes showed regret. He and Jiang Wanjing had a fairly good relationship. When he first heard that Jiang Wanjing had died at the hands of someone at the initial stage of the Heavenly King realm, he found it unbelievable.

"What a lucky kid. He received the blessing of the killing tribulation at the early stage of the Heavenly King realm, and directly saw the path ahead. I wonder if I can take away the path he saw, and whether I can use his foundation in the Great Dao for my own purposes."

Zhang Yuan muttered to himself, beginning to release his aura and Daoist charm without concealment, slowly pressing down on this star field.

"Hmm? This place seems rather interesting—"

Zhang Yuan suddenly raised an eyebrow. As soon as he landed, he rushed to this place without stopping, just to avenge his junior brother Jiang, capture Ji Jingqiu, and send him back to the sect. Only now, sensing the surrounding star field, did he notice the obvious abnormality.

"Is this... the River of Destiny?"

Zhang Yuan was suddenly startled.

"How could there be such immense power?!"

He intends to use his destiny to influence the course of fate, as he always has, to use the latter to observe the potential threats hidden in this place and take preventative measures.

But what he felt at this moment was like the difference between a vast river and a small well, compared to the past.

In a mere instant, he saw a picture clearer and more precise than ever before—a tributary of the future.

"A blessing... an incredible blessing!" Zhang Yuan murmured, suddenly excited and overjoyed, unable to hide his excitement.

Those who cultivate themselves are not afraid of perilous passes and treacherous peaks, but only of having no mountains to climb or passes to overcome.

Even a top-tier Heavenly Lord like him has always faced the predicament of having nowhere to go.

Going further ahead, it seems there's only the possibility of breaking through to a higher realm.

Zhang Yuan always felt that he could reach a higher level, a feeling that came from the depths of his heart, but he could only do this much.

"Could it be that these guys sensed something amiss in this world, which is why they were delayed?"

Zhang Yuan guessed, then shook his head. Dealing with Ji Jingqiu wouldn't take much time, but he could get a considerable reward from the sect.

The sect believed that there was probably some connection between Ji Jingqiu and Chaoge, and ordered that he could be injured or crippled but not killed, and must be brought back alive.

Zhang Yuan looked down at the vast continent below and muttered to himself, "What a super continent! It doesn't allow me to kill on a large scale. Finding people might be quite difficult."

Suddenly.

Zhang Yuan looked to one side.

He was a handsome young man, with a chiseled face and an imposing presence. The fierce and domineering air between his brows was almost tangible, and his expression towards him was cold.

"Kong Xiao?" Zhang Yuan laughed. "You're here quickly. What, are you going to try and take it from me?"

Zhang Yuan shook his head to himself and said calmly, "You're not qualified yet. Go back and practice some more."

As a top-tier Heavenly Lord who had unlocked the complete Hongmeng Divine Power, he naturally had enough confidence to look down on Kong Xiao.

"By the way, I heard that you were defeated by Ji Jingqiu in the Great Dao Land, and were subdued by the latter, becoming a guardian mount?" Zhang Yuan suddenly smiled and said, "How about this, I will give you a chance to take revenge, but in the end you still have to hand the person over to me alive."

"Zhang Yuan of the Starry Sky Tower, who created the complete Primordial Divine Power seven hundred years ago, is hailed as the strongest Heavenly Lord in the history of the Starry Sky Tower. He has the blood of at least two Heavenly Lords from opposing forces on his hands, and is said to be able to make stars fall with a flick of his finger—"

Upon hearing Kong Xiao calmly recount his origins and past, Zhang Yuan narrowed his eyes.

The Kong Xiao in front of me doesn't seem to match the legendary image of a domineering and arrogant guy who looks down on all born beings.

"I wonder if the stars will dim or shine brightly if I kill you here today."

Kong Xiao said calmly.

Zhang Yuan's lips twitched slightly.

The rumors are true; he is indeed incredibly arrogant and ruthless.

"Come on, let me see how you plan to kill me."

Zhang Yuan grinned, revealing a sinister smile. His brow glowed, and endless starlight flowed from his pores, mysterious and unpredictable, like the burning light of heaven.

His flesh and blood seemed to contain the endless universe, completely integrating the inner world into his body, taking the Milky Way as his dantian, and transforming stars into acupoints.

Just by standing there, he caused this entire star field to seem to collapse into a single point.

As the opponent's aura clashed, Kong Xiao's Daoist bones emitted a clanging sound like a sword's cry, and the peacock divine form behind him appeared. Amidst the flowing five-colored divine light, a hazy universe emerged.

Zhang Yuan's pupils contracted slightly as he stared at the hazy universe, discerning some of its mysteries, and he sneered:
"So you dared to be so arrogant in front of me? So you've completed the final step, a gift from your sect? Tsk, it must have cost you quite a bit, right?"

"Enough with the nonsense, come over here and face your death." Kong Xiao put his hands behind his back, looked down at them with disdain, and took the initiative to move towards another empty star field.

Zhang Yuan assumed the other party was wary of what the woman, a True Saint, had said earlier, and thus followed suit.
The two clashed in an instant, and the five-colored divine light tore through the starry sky, striking Zhang Yuan's body directly!
The latter showed no fear, stirring up the starlight in the sky with his body, which fell like rain, its sharpness no less than that of a sword!

Kong Xiao remained calm, and with a wave of his sleeve, his wide robe covered the starry sky, encompassing everything in heaven and earth, sweeping away all the starlight.

He transformed his fingers into swords, with five-colored divine light intertwining and rotating at his fingertips, evolving into a hazy, chaotic energy, like the creation of the universe, where creation and destruction occurred, its vastness unknown.

He could sense that the Buddha was still in seclusion, so he planned to kill Zhang Yuan first, and then deal with the others one by one.

……

The two fought their way to the depths of the starry sky.

A figure walked slowly above the Federation, casually glancing at Kong Xiao and Zhang Yuan.

"I didn't expect that Kong Xiao of [Huanzhenguan] would also break through to this level."

This was a young man with an ordinary face, yet he was shrouded in a divine light, and behind him, a faint, sacred prayer could be heard.

"Kong Xiao... he wouldn't still be subservient to Ji Jingqiu, would he?" The man said this, then shook his head, thinking it was impossible.

Kong Xiao returned to [Huanzhen Temple]. No matter how unpredictable Ji Jingqiu's supernatural powers were, there was no reason why he could hide from the eyes and ears of the saints of [Huanzhen Temple].

"Is this a case of the snipe and the clam fighting, while the fisherman benefits?"

The man shook his head and smiled, not paying too much attention.

His Taoist name is Fudao. He is a core disciple of a reclusive sect. Unlike other transcendent sects, his lineage has very few members and is therefore more protective of its own.

Unexpectedly, during a battle for Dao, his junior sister, Bai Lu, perished in the Chaoxia Realm.

If it were a fair fight, it would be fine to lose, but what does it matter if you die at the hands of a pitiful wretch caught up in a killing?
The man, whose Taoist name was Fudao, looked down expressionlessly and raised his hand to press down.

Boom!
This palm strike seemed to stir the pulse of the universe, producing a deep, resonant sound. A crystal-clear hand, as clear as glass, descended from the starry sky, exuding an aura of eternity.

Below, a Heavenly King sensed the corresponding aura, but before he could soar into the sky, he was covered by this palm.

This palm strike was too fast and too heavy! It crushed this star field, and the fate of the continent below was self-evident.

With a single palm strike, the Eastern Empire sank!

Fu Dao coldly gazed down at the continent stretching for countless miles, which had completely collapsed. It seemed to slowly disintegrate in the starry sky, with almost all living beings dying instantly and swiftly. This was both a blessing and a curse.

Only a few wisps of energy survived, all of them Heavenly Kings who had realized the danger beforehand. Although they couldn't dodge in time, they managed to save their lives and now soared into the sky in a mixture of shock and rage.

Fu Dao flicked his fingers, and with each flick, a flower of blood bloomed in the starry sky.

Just for a moment.

Within this star field, all was utterly wiped out, with not a trace of life remaining.

The executioner who orchestrated all of this did not change his expression for even a moment.

He paid no heed to the warning from the true saint, for he had already received the sect leader's favor before he arrived.

My junior sister is dead. All the billions of living beings here should perish with her.

As for that Ji Jingqiu?

Given this situation, it seems unnecessary to search for the body.

What if he's not dead?

Actually, it's better.

Let him witness the tragedy in his hometown, and spend the rest of his life in endless regret.

After doing all this, Fu Dao did not leave, but stood still for a moment, but did not receive any threat from Heaven.

He couldn't help but sneer.

Was that woman a true saint deceiving them, or had the will of Heaven in this realm already sensed the methods emanating from the sect leader on his person?

Just as Fu Dao was about to turn and leave.

He suddenly felt something and turned around to look.

The continent that he had crushed with a single palm strike was now perfectly intact, floating in the starry sky.

Fu Dao's expression darkened.

phantom?!
Under the Eight Realms, who could make him fall into an illusion without realizing it?!

A halo appeared around him, slowly rotating in the void, making him appear like a god standing at the center of all worlds, inviolable, piercing through all nothingness, and seeing the man standing hundreds of meters away from him!

This distance is practically zero!

The latter looked calm and composed, with a hint of relief in his smile, as if he had finally woken up from a long dream, or as a weary person who had not been able to sleep soundly since birth, and was finally entering a dream at this moment, in a mysterious state.

After nearly inviting trouble by trapping himself in a cocoon, Qi Tian finally ushered in his own transformation.

For Heavenly Lords who have seen through everything, the greatest fear is having no way forward. Qi Tian's actions, which are almost self-imposed difficulties, are precisely to find a path beyond the extreme in the face of the impossible!
"Did the great awakening come first, followed by the realization that this was a great dream, or did the great dream come first, followed by the great awakening?"

Qi Tian murmured.

The two characters "觉" (jué) have different pronunciations, which is precisely the meaning of this matter that was found in Ji Jingqiu's previous guidance.

"This life is but a small dream; when the dream ends, my true path will be revealed."

Qi Tian seemed to slowly awaken, looked at Fu Dao in front of him with a solemn and extremely wary expression, and laughed casually:

"So it's Fellow Daoist Fudao from the Daqian Temple."

"Qi Tian from the Yin Spirit Realm?" Fu Dao finally recognized this person's origin, feeling that Qi Tian's methods were even more unpredictable than the rumors suggested.

"What is your connection to this place?" Fu Dao asked slowly. "I've never heard of any connection between your Yin Spirit Realm and the Netherworld?"

Qi Tian cupped his hands, his face full of apology, and said, "I killed you today and am giving the body to Brother Ji as a gift. I hope you will forgive me. In the next life, I will personally guide you to salvation."

Fu Dao's face darkened: "Does your Yin Spirit Realm intend to be an enemy of my Great Thousand Temple?"

"So what if it is?" Qi Tian said calmly, "Those who oppose Brother Ji are enemies of my Yin Spirit Realm."

(End of this chapter)