I am a fairy in Journey to the West

Hailing Pavilion is a property of the Xue family, and also a property that spans all the immortal workshops throughout the entire Southern Continent.

The Xue family mainly deals in treasures from all over the world, meaning they collect various rare and precious materials from all corners of the globe and then sell them.

The Xue family has risen rapidly in recent years, and their assets have skyrocketed. This is all thanks to the Heavenly Court's crafting of the 'Eight Treasures Armor' and 'Seven Treasures Blade,' some of which are made from materials sourced from all over the world.

Therefore, after years of development, the Xue family quickly became one of the wealthiest families in the Southern Continent, as can be seen from their mansion.

The Xue family's immortal abode was built on Zijin Mountain, with multi-story buildings and covered walkways, its magnificent splendor reflecting the sun and moon.

On this day, the Xue family was holding a grand banquet to entertain guests from all directions. The reason was that Xue Baochai, the granddaughter of the Xue family patriarch Xue Ding, had attained the Dao fruit of an Earth Immortal at the young age of sixteen.

This was naturally a cause for celebration for the Xue family, as a sixteen-year-old Earth Immortal was something that had never been seen in the Xue family before.

In contrast, Xue Baochai's brother, Xue Pan, is somewhat disappointing. He is indulging in pleasure and at the age of twenty-three, he has only just begun his cultivation.

In the main hall, Xue Baochai was receiving congratulations from everyone, among whom a young man stood out.

This man was none other than Jia Baoyu, the grandson of Marquis Rongxiang, Jia Daishan. He had a face like the autumn moon, a complexion like the morning flower, sideburns as if cut by a knife, eyebrows like ink paintings, and a nose like a hanging gall bladder. He was truly a handsome man.

What is especially admirable is that although Jia Baoyu and Xue Baochai were the same age, he had already attained the Daoist fruit of an Earth Immortal at the age of twelve.

Therefore, in this Southern Continent, Jia Baoyu is truly a genius boy praised by everyone.

At this moment, Jia Baoyu and Xue Baochai stood in the crowd, receiving congratulations and praise from those around them. They were truly surrounded by admirers, which made Xue Pan, who was standing to the side, extremely jealous.

Looking at Jia Baoyu and Xue Baochai standing together, Xue Ding, who was in the hall, thought to himself, "They are a perfect match, a golden couple. If only..." He then turned to Xue Baochai's father, Xue Ming, and said, "Marquis Rongxiang, Jia Daishan, is a celestial marquis and a confidant of the Southern Mountain Emperor. Jia Baoyu is a natural talent, full of vigor and ambition. If..."

Upon hearing his father mention this matter, Xue Ming immediately exchanged a glance with his wife and then said, "Father, I'm afraid the Jia family looks down on our family."

Upon hearing this, Xue Ding's eyes flashed. Indeed, Marquis Rongxiang, Jia Daishan, was a sixth-rank divine marquis in the Heavenly Court, from a powerful and wealthy family, and especially had the power to command divine generals.

The Xue family is nothing more than a business-oriented immortal clan. So what if they're rich? No matter how rich you are, they might not even give you a second glance.

Xue Ding then stopped mentioning the matter, but a thought had already formed in his mind.

Soon all the guests had arrived, and Xue Ding went to greet them. The younger generation, including Jia Baoyu, Xue Baochai, Xue Ke, Xue Baoqin, and Xue Pan, were specially arranged to sit at a table.

These young people naturally dared to say anything at the table, and Jia Baoyu took the initiative to bring up the recent matter that had been discussed throughout the entire world.

"Have you all read the latest edition of the 'Renjian Shiyi Dibao' (Human World Anecdotes Gazette)?" Jia Baoyu asked with a smile.

Xue Baoqin said, "I've looked at it, and I really didn't expect it. The Three Realms we live in are called the Pangu Heavenly Dao, and there are other Heavenly Daos outside of the Pangu Heavenly Dao."

Jia Baoyu said, “Recently, everyone has been discussing how our Pangu Heavenly Dao should contact the Five Elements Heavenly Dao. In my opinion, there is nothing in this world that cannot be said amicably. Why must we resort to violence? Don’t you all agree?”

Xue Ke said, "I'm afraid they won't be willing to talk to us properly."

Xue Baochai said, "Baoyu is right. There is nothing in this world that cannot be discussed properly. The people of the Five Elements Heavenly Dao are also people, and so are we. What can't we say?"

"Absolutely, absolutely." Jia Baoyu nodded repeatedly, then turned to Xue Pan beside him and asked, "You silly tyrant, what do you think?"

Xue Pan was drinking there when he heard Jia Baoyu's question and immediately laughed, "I've never even left the Southern Continent in my entire life, so what do I care about things outside of Pangu's Heavenly Dao?"

"Sigh." Jia Baoyu shook his head helplessly.

At this moment, Jia Baoyu suddenly looked at Xue Baochai and asked, "Sister Bao, I heard that you have an illness that requires you to take medicine frequently to relieve it?"

Xue Baochai laughed and said, "It's heat poison, caused by a wisp of divine fire attacking metal when I was born."

Jia Baoyu then asked, "What medicine did you take?"

Xue Baochai took out a jade box, opened it, and showed the pills inside to Jia Baoyu, saying, "Here, the Cold Fragrance Pill."

"Cold Fragrance Pill?" Jia Baoyu stared at the elixir in Xue Baochai's hand, and slowly said, "What a beautiful name."

After reading it, Jia Baoyu asked Xue Baochai, "Why is there a saying 'divine fire attacks gold'?"

Xue Baochai said, "The old immortal master who treated me and refined elixirs said that the metal element in my body was too strong, which attracted the divine fire of heaven and earth to attack the metal."

"So that's how it is." Jia Baoyu said, "Then Sister Bao must be well cared for."

Xue Baochai smiled and nodded. Just then, an extremely beautiful maid rushed over and handed a copy of the official gazette to Jia Baoyu.

"Master Bao, look, the Human World Lost Stories has a new report," the maid said.

Upon hearing this, Jia Baoyu raised an eyebrow, hurriedly took the official gazette from the maid's hand, and after reading it for a moment, he slammed it on the table and shook his head, saying, "It's just the same old argument."

"How so?" Xue Baochai was also quite interested in this.

Jia Baoyu handed the official gazette to Xue Baochai and said, “Sister Bao, look, one side only claims victory, and the other only claims defeat. The two sides are arguing endlessly, and in the end, they are just repeating the same old arguments.”

After examining it carefully, Xue Baochai asked Jia Baoyu, "Which side are you on?"

Upon hearing this, Jia Baoyu's face immediately fell. He stammered for a long time without answering, but the maid beside him said, "Master Bao is on the middle side, advocating peaceful coexistence with other deities. He even published an article in the official gazette, but he was attacked by both sides and stopped publishing it."

Xue Baochai immediately covered her mouth and chuckled, while Jia Baoyu's face darkened. He said to the maid, "Qingwen, you're too talkative."

The maid Qingwen chuckled and then turned and ran away.

Just then, Xue Baochai suddenly exclaimed "Eh!" and said to Jia Baoyu, "Baoyu, look who this person is?"

Jia Baoyu composed himself and immediately leaned closer to look at the place Xue Baochai was pointing to. There he saw a statement posted there, but the speaker used a strange name: "A Spiritual Flame".

This 'Spiritual Flame' didn't say much, only a short sentence: "If a being is born from the Pangu Heavenly Dao, nurtured by the Pangu Heavenly Dao, and matures under the Pangu Heavenly Dao, but does not stand on the side of the Pangu Heavenly Dao, then that is betrayal."

Jia Baoyu's breath hitched. These words were extremely sharp, leaving no room for negotiation.

"Who is this person?" Jia Baoyu asked, "I've never seen him before."

Not only Jia Baoyu, but this sentence caused a huge stir throughout the entire world of Jambudvipa.

The defeated and neutral factions immediately launched a collective attack, while the victorious faction stood up and strongly supported the statement.

But no matter how fiercely these three factions argued, from then on, the person 'A Spiritual Flame' never spoke again in the Human World Gazette.

Just as everyone was speculating why this 'spiritual flame' was not speaking, whether it had been gagged or killed, the Dust Realm Jade Palace issued a new decree.

This decree, issued on the day of Yi Hai, is known as the 'Yi Hai Decree'. Its main content can be summarized in one sentence: "Every being born into the Pangu Heavenly Dao has the duty to protect it. Any action contrary to the interests of the Pangu Heavenly Dao is a betrayal. The Jade Palace of the Mortal Realm has the right to judge and execute all traitors. The Jade Palace of the Mortal Realm, acting on the orders of the Great Emperor of the Divine Firmament, issues this decree on the day of Yi Hai. The Jade Palace of the Mortal Realm obeys the decree of the Jade Firmament Heavenly Fire True King."

When this decree occupied the main page of the Human World Gazette, and the two large imperial seals at the end shone brightly in the eyes of everyone in the Jambudvipa world, whether you were a loser or a neutral party, you immediately shut your mouth and quickly burned the articles you were debating.

The victors, however, were overjoyed and began praising Zhuang Yan and the Fire Spirit Immortal. At this moment, someone seemed to have discovered something and suddenly exclaimed, "Gentlemen, gentlemen, that 'spiritual flame' in the official gazette a few days ago, could it be..."

Upon hearing this, the people around were suddenly stunned, then they realized, "It seems that the Fire Spirit True King attained enlightenment through the cultivation of a spiritual fire in the world!"

The case is solved! It turns out that 'A Spiritual Flame' is the title of the True King of Fire Spirit.

Although the name is a bit strange, "it's actually quite cute!" someone said.

However, after the decree of the Dust Realm Jade Palace was issued, all the debate immediately vanished.

Even if some people are still dissatisfied, they only dare to keep it to themselves or say it in private. They would never dare to bring those opinions to the public for discussion, unless they want to test the power of the new armor and divine weapons of the 30,000 divine generals of Tian Shu Province.

The Great Luo Heaven, the Taiwei Yuqing Palace, the Yuji Hall.

As Zhuang Yan watched the increasingly clear celestial realm emerge from the chaos, he hurriedly asked Laozi, "Is this still the 'Dao Mechanism'?"

"No," said Laozi. "That 'Dao Mechanism' has already dissipated, but we located its source before it did. The magnificent celestial phenomenon you see before you is the Heavenly Dao that emitted that 'Dao Mechanism'."

Upon hearing this, Zhuang Yan immediately asked, "Is it the Five Elements Heavenly Dao?"

“No.” Shakyamuni shook his head and said, “The Five Elements Laws of this Heavenly Dao World are not powerful. Obviously, this is not the Five Elements Heavenly Dao.”

Then Hongjun Daoist also said, "This is indeed not the Five Elements Heavenly Dao. I have seen the present world of the Five Elements Heavenly Dao before, and it was definitely not like this."

Zhuang Yan was somewhat disappointed and said, "It seems that finding the Five Elements Heavenly Dao will still be very difficult."

"Hehe." Upon hearing this, Laozi chuckled, "Not difficult."

"Oh? What's wrong?" Zhuang Yan looked at Laozi.

Laozi pointed to the magnificent celestial phenomenon in the chaos ahead and said, "Although this Heavenly Dao is not the Five Elements Heavenly Dao, we can sense the fluctuations of the Five Elements spiritual energy within it, as well as the traces of the Measuring Heaven Divine Bridge."

"The Measuring Heaven Divine Bridge?" Zhuang Yan was somewhat surprised. "So, this Heavenly Dao is either attacking another Heavenly Dao or being attacked by another Heavenly Dao?"

“Exactly,” said Laozi. “However, we did not get too close to sense it, for fear of being detected by the Heavenly Dao of this place.”

Zhuang Yan nodded and asked, "What detailed information do you currently have about the Heavenly Dao of this place?"

Laozi said, “There are three points. First, the wind and thunder laws of this Heavenly Dao are extremely powerful. We speculate that this may be a ‘Wind and Thunder Heavenly Dao’.”

"Secondly, this Heavenly Dao may be the Wind and Thunder Heavenly Dao, but the fluctuations of the Five Elements spiritual energy in its present world are extremely strong, suggesting that this Heavenly Dao may be in contact with the Five Elements Heavenly Dao."

"Third, the traces of a Measuring Heaven Divine Bridge have been discovered within this Heavenly Dao. It is unknown whether there is only one, or only one has been discovered."

Hongjun Daoist looked at Zhuang Yan and said, "It would be best to send a few people over to investigate the details. We can only investigate so much. The power of a Great Luo Golden Immortal is too conspicuous. If we get too close, the Heavenly Dao will detect us."

Zhuang Yan hesitated for a moment, then said, "I can go and take a look myself."

Upon hearing this, Laozi, Buddha, and Hongjun were all startled. "We don't even dare to approach with our divine senses. How can you go there in person?"

Zhuang Yan said, "I have a divine power that can temporarily shield all my divine secrets from the Heavenly Dao of the other party."

"Are you confident?" Lao Tzu asked.

Zhuang Yan pondered for a moment, then said, "We can give it a try."

“Alright.” Laozi, Buddha, and Hongjun all nodded and said, “We will stay here and watch over you. We will come to your aid if anything unexpected happens.”

Zhuang Yan nodded, and then, with a thought, he instantly used 'teleportation'.

In a flash, everything changed, and Zhuang Yan had left the mortal realm of Pangu Heaven and appeared in the chaos beyond.

A faint divine light automatically appeared around Zhuang Yan's body; it was a protective divine light of 'absolute defense'.

The chaos is neither quiet nor silent; being in it is like being torn apart and crushed by countless chaotic and violent forces.

Zhuang Yan looked up and saw boundless chaos, where countless chaotic forces surged, collided, exploded, and annihilated. Countless innate beings were born, but were swallowed up and annihilated by the chaotic turbulence in the blink of an eye.

Without a great opportunity, there is absolutely no chance of survival here. Even a Great Luo Golden Immortal would be no exception. Once lost in the chaos, all their power would be worn away by the chaos sooner or later, and then they would be devoured and annihilated by the power of chaos.

At this moment, the absolute defensive divine light on Zhuang Yan's body was constantly resisting the erosion and collision of chaotic power.

Zhuang Yan turned around and saw the Pangu Heavenly Dao shining brightly behind him. The magnificent and splendid celestial phenomenon was incomparable to any auspicious or unusual phenomenon. Although the world inside could not be seen due to the obstruction of the Heavenly Dao boundary, the prosperity and flourishing of the Pangu Heavenly Dao could be seen from this magnificent celestial phenomenon.

In that instant, Zhuang Yan even had a thought: if he were a member of the Five Elements Heavenly Dao, he would spare no effort to make the Five Elements Heavenly Dao devour the magnificent and splendid Pangu Heavenly Dao upon seeing it.

A moment later, Zhuang Yan cleared his mind of all distractions and then used 'Instant Teleportation' to fly straight towards the celestial phenomenon in the distance of the chaos.

Even with the power of instantaneous teleportation, it still took Zhuang Yan fifteen hours to reach the location of this celestial phenomenon.

Zhuang Yan also learned that the distance he could travel in an instant was 19 trillion li, which is exactly one 'tian chi' (a unit of distance in Chinese measurement).

In Earth terms, as Gu Hanqing and the others would say, that's a light-year's distance. In other words, Zhuang Yan could travel a light-year's distance in a single instant with a teleportation.

Even so, it still took Zhuang Yan fifteen hours to reach the location of this celestial phenomenon.

The celestial phenomena manifested before us were far less grand and magnificent than those of Pangu's Heavenly Dao, and this particular Heavenly Dao seemed to be smaller than Pangu's.

To avoid being discovered by this Heavenly Dao, Zhuang Yan immediately activated the 'Great Dao Formless' technique.

Therefore, he could observe this Heavenly Dao up close and carefully. This Heavenly Dao was indeed the domain of the 'Wind and Thunder Laws'. In the celestial phenomena of this Heavenly Dao, the Wind and Thunder Laws were the main focus. Therefore, it could be confirmed that this Heavenly Dao was the 'Wind and Thunder Heavenly Dao'.

Then Zhuang Yan saw the Measuring Heaven Divine Bridge. This bridge, whose origin was unknown, had traveled through the chaos and landed in the manifest world of the Wind and Thunder Heavenly Dao, invading countless powerful Five Elements spiritual forces into the manifest world of the Wind and Thunder Heavenly Dao.

Seeing this, Zhuang Yan was certain that the Five Elements Heavenly Dao was attacking the Wind and Thunder Heavenly Dao!

After a moment's thought, Zhuang Yan prepared to enter the world of the Wind and Thunder Heavenly Dao to take a look, but when he flew towards the boundary of the Heavenly Dao outside the world of the Wind and Thunder Heavenly Dao, he was directly blocked outside.

"Not good." Zhuang Yan thought to himself after being blocked: "The Heavenly Dao of Wind and Thunder has sealed off the Heavenly Dao boundary."

However, sealing the Heavenly Dao boundary can only restrict the entry of those below the Great Luo Golden Immortal level, but cannot restrict the power of the Great Luo Golden Immortal. If Zhuang Yan were to use his own Great Luo Golden Immortal power to break in, he would directly expose himself and be detected and suppressed by the Wind and Thunder Heavenly Dao, which would be no different from offering himself up for execution.

Furthermore, the situation inside is still unclear. Who knows how many Grand Luo Immortals have come from the Five Elements Heavenly Path, or how many Grand Luo Immortals have come from the Wind and Thunder Heavenly Path?

Therefore, after weighing the options, Zhuang Yan decided to return to the Pangu Heavenly Dao and reconsider the matter further.

Therefore, Zhuang Yan decisively returned, and fifteen hours later, he successfully returned to the Three Realms where the Pangu Heavenly Dao had manifested. (End of this chapter)