Zhutian: Start from Devouring the Stars and Becoming a God

Chapter 376 The Sequel to Journey to the West: Prince Qin, Li Shimin (Chat group content - do not subscribe if you dislike it)

Within the Heavenly Pool of the Three Realms.

This Heavenly Lake is vast and boundless, teeming with all kinds of turtles, tortoises, fish, and shrimp. Among them, the best can even absorb the essence of the ocean, becoming powerful marine spirits.

Deep within this Heavenly Lake, in a secluded spot, stands a seemingly ordinary mansion.

This mansion looks unremarkable, and there are no guards at the entrance, but no matter how powerful the spirits are, they dare not trespass into this mansion.

Because the owner of this mansion is a super strong person who is famous throughout the Three Realms, the Bodhisattva Guangli of the Eight Heavenly Dragons 'Ao Lie'!
Ao Lie alone possesses extremely high magical power, making him a rare powerhouse in the Three Realms. Behind him are his teacher, senior brother, and many friends.

In particular, his eldest brother is a renowned super strongman in the Three Realms. He once caused a great disturbance in the Heavenly Palace and later became the Great Sage Equaling Heaven, Sun Wukong, the "Victorious Fighting Buddha" of Buddhism.

With his own immense strength and the powerful background he possessed, few in the Three Realms dared to provoke Ao Lie.

Suddenly, an old man carrying a tortoise shell and dressed in fine clothes appeared in front of the cave.

If any powerful figure from the Dragon Palace were to see this person, they would certainly recognize him as the Turtle Prime Minister of the West Sea Dragon Palace.

At this moment, after arriving at Ao Lie's dojo, the Turtle Prime Minister quickly called out into the cave, "Crown Prince Ao Lie, Crown Prince Ao Lie!"

A moment later, a guard in armor emerged from the cave and shouted at the Turtle Prime Minister, "Who are you, making such a racket here?"

Upon seeing this, Prime Minister Turtle quickly explained his purpose and told the guard that the Dragon King of the West Sea was Ao Lie's father. He also mentioned that he had brought a letter from the Dragon King of the West Sea.

After learning of this situation, the guard quickly returned to the cave to inform them.

Inside the cave, a handsome young man dressed in white, with faint traces of dragon energy emanating from him, was sitting cross-legged on a high platform, cultivating. He was none other than Ao Lie, the Bodhisattva of the Eight Heavenly Dragons!

"Bodhisattva!" The guard bowed respectfully to Ao Lie as soon as he entered the cave.

Upon hearing the guard's voice, Ao Lie quickly opened his eyes and asked, "What is it?"

The guard quickly replied, "Reporting to the Bodhisattva, the Dragon King of the West Sea has sent a letter from his Turtle Prime Minister, requesting an audience with the Bodhisattva!"

"Ao Qin?" Upon hearing the guard's words, a cold glint flashed in Ao Lie's eyes.

It turns out that although Ao Lie and Ao Qin are father and son, Ao Qin has always thought of Ao Lie as a rebellious son since Ao Lie was born, and he usually beats and scolds him.

If it were just that, it wouldn't be so bad. After all, while it's not right for a father to hit or scold his child, it's still considered normal.

Later, Ao Lie beat up the son of the Heavenly Martial Virtue Star Lord. The Martial Virtue Star Lord came to demand an explanation, but Ao Qin didn't care about Ao Lie's life or death at all. He actually wanted to hand him over to the Martial Virtue Star Lord to vent his anger, and let the Martial Virtue Star Lord decide whether to kill or torture him.

Such behavior naturally filled Ao Lie with despair, so in a fit of anger he fled directly to his uncle, the Jinghe Dragon King.

The Jinghe Dragon King cherished Ao Lie very much. In order to help Ao Lie resist the threat brought by Wude Xingjun, he even helped Ao Lie apply for a divine position in the Jinghe River.

However, the Jinghe Dragon King's behavior naturally angered the Martial Virtue Star Lord. Subsequently, the Martial Virtue Star Lord secretly plotted to frame the Jinghe Dragon King for embezzling rainfall points, and he was eventually sent to the Dragon Execution Platform by the Heavenly Court.

Before the Jinghe Dragon King was killed, Ao Lie had sought help from Ao Qin, but the other party remained utterly heartless and did not intervene in the slightest.

Later, after becoming the Bodhisattva Guangli of the Eight Heavenly Dragons of Buddhism, Ao Lie, with the help of his senior brother Sun Wukong, helped his uncle, the Jinghe Dragon King, clear his name.

Having gone through all of the above, Ao Lie naturally felt no affection for his biological father, Ao Qin, and even harbored some resentment towards him.

That's why Ao Lie was so excited after hearing about Ao Qin's news.

After a moment's thought, Ao Qin still allowed the West Sea Turtle Prime Minister into the cave and then inquired about the other party's purpose.

It turns out that the world has been quite turbulent recently. A demon named "Nine-Headed Insect" has appeared in the West Sea with a group of monsters and boasts that he will lead his troops to invade the four seas and slaughter all the people in the Dragon Palaces of the four seas.

Although the Four Seas Dragon Palace was powerful, the monsters led by the Nine-Headed Insect were not weak either, and their numbers far exceeded those of the Four Seas Dragon Palace's sea dragon soldiers, shrimp soldiers, and crab generals.

Now that the West Sea is in a very bad situation, Ao Qin thought of his son Ao Lie and wanted to ask him to return to the West Sea to help him!
"Father and son reunited?"

After hearing the Turtle Prime Minister's words, Ao Lie immediately sneered, then scoffed, "Don't make it sound so nice!"

"If he truly felt fatherly affection for me, he wouldn't have entrusted me to that Martial Virtue Star Lord five hundred years ago! Now that the world is in turmoil, he suddenly remembers his son—what a snobbish and opportunistic man!"

"Prince..."

"Humph!"

The Turtle Prime Minister was about to say something when Ao Lie interrupted him, saying, "Go back and tell him that whether he lives or dies is none of my business! I will definitely not go back to the West Sea to save him. You can leave now!"

Upon hearing this, Prime Minister Gui immediately appealed to Ao Lie's fatherly affection once again.

But it would have been better if he hadn't mentioned these things. As soon as he did, Ao Lie became extremely agitated again, and even remembered the unjust death of his uncle, the Dragon King of the Jing River.

"When he handed me over to that Martial Virtue Star Lord back then, why didn't he consider our father-son relationship?"

"When my uncle, the Dragon King of the Jing River, was in trouble, and I went to him for help, why didn't he show any filial piety?"

Ao Lie, the White Dragon, said angrily, "Now that he's in dire straits and has no other choice, he finally remembers his son. It's too late!"

"In this heaven and on earth, I, the White Dragon, only recognize one person, and that is my senior brother, Sun Wukong! Apart from him, even if Buddha himself came, it would be useless!"

"Here, let's see the guests off!"

After saying this, Ao Lie ignored the tortoise prime minister and ordered his men to drive him out of the cave.

After the turtle prime minister left, the little white dragon Ao Lie thought of all the heartless things the West Sea Dragon King had done to him in the past.

This made him even more determined.

But at that moment, a strange voice suddenly rang in the mind of the little white dragon Ao Lie.

"Ding! Welcome to the All-Heavens Chat Group!"

……

In the ninth year of the Wude era of the Tang Dynasty, in the capital city of Chang'an.

As a newly established empire, the Tang Dynasty appeared to be incredibly peaceful on the surface, but undercurrents were already surging within the court.

Even ordinary people in the city had a vague feeling that a storm was brewing.

The most important of these was, of course, the struggle between Crown Prince Li Jiancheng and Prince Qin Li Shimin.

The fact that the Tang Dynasty is now able to rule the world is largely due to the efforts of Prince Qin, Li Shimin.

Since the Li family raised an army in Jinyang, Prince Qin, Li Shimin, has been victorious in every battle. In the Battle of Hulao Pass, he defeated 100,000 with only 3,000 men and captured two kings in one battle.

Unfortunately, the King of Qin was not the eldest son of the legitimate wife, so there was naturally a great conflict between him and the Crown Prince.

Now, the Turks in the north are planning to invade the Central Plains, but the emperor has relieved Prince Qin of his military power and directly handed it over to Prince Qi, Li Yuanji.

It should be noted that since the Tang Dynasty raised its army, King Qi had not been successful in commanding troops, and even had the experience of fleeing in defeat. Naturally, he could not lead his army to victory.

But Prince Qi, Li Yuanji, was recommended by the Crown Prince! So it's clear to everyone that the Crown Prince did this to curb the power of Prince Qin.

The emperor was completely on the side of the crown prince, so in the court, apart from those who were extremely close to the Prince of Qin, no one dared to get close to him.

Meanwhile, a major event was taking place inside the Qin Prince's residence.

At this moment, Qin King Li Shimin's trusted confidants, Changsun Wuji and Yuchi Jingde, were leading two people dressed as Taoist priests into the main hall of the Qin King's mansion.

Inside the main hall, upon seeing the two men dressed in Taoist robes, the solemn-faced Prince Qin, Li Shimin, quickly turned around and accepted the sword handed to him by Yuchi Jingde. He then calmly said, "I thought I would only see your two heads!"

It turned out that the two people dressed as Taoist priests were Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui.

At this time, Prince Qin, Li Shimin, wanted to accomplish great things, and naturally needed the assistance of these two men.

He had previously ordered Yuchi Jingde that if these two men were unwilling to serve under him again, he should bring back their heads.

Fortunately, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui had always been loyal to Li Shimin, so after meeting Changsun Wuji, they quickly disguised themselves and came to the Prince's mansion.

Before long, all the civil and military officials under Prince Qin, Li Shimin, gathered together, including Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Yuchi Jingde, Cheng Yaojin, Hou Junji, and others...

"The Crown Prince and the Prince of Qi are plotting to take action against me tomorrow, and the Prince of Qi even intends to kill me with his own hands!"

At this moment, Prince Qin, Li Shimin, looked at everyone and said, "The Eastern Palace now has two thousand soldiers, and Prince Qi now has the military power to conquer the eighteen tribes of the grasslands, while my Prince Qin's mansion only has eight hundred people!"

"In terms of military strength, their attack on me is like throwing a stone at an egg. Do any of you have any ideas?"

"Your Highness!"

Yuchi Jingde stepped forward first: "The Crown Prince and the Prince of Qi have already decided to kill you. If you can't bear to do it, just send one of them. Even if it means storming into the Taiji Palace, it only takes a word from Your Highness!"

"Eight hundred people it is!"

Changsun Wuji immediately said, "Should we allow such a great foundation of our Qin Prince's Mansion to be destroyed overnight? Eight hundred men it is, eight hundred men it is, we should strike first!"

"Your Highness, let's begin!"

"Your Highness!"

Thus, persuaded by the civil and military officials around him, Prince Qin, Li Shimin, initially decided to use Chang He, the general guarding Xuanwu Gate, as an inside agent to send eight hundred Xuanjia soldiers into the palace, and then strike first to kill Crown Prince Li Jiancheng and Prince Qi, Li Yuanji, inside Xuanwu Gate.

Given the efficiency of the Qin Prince's Mansion, once the plan was finalized, they quickly sprang into action.

Next, Prince Qin, Li Shimin, and his civil and military officials donned their armor, then, with gags in their mouths and bells removed from their horses, they made their way to Xuanwu Gate under the cover of night.

Subsequently, with the assistance of Chang He, the garrison commander of Xuanwu Gate, Prince Qin, Li Shimin, led a group of Xuanjia soldiers into Xuanwu Gate.

Most of the soldiers in these Xuanjia Army were brave warriors who had accompanied Prince Qin, Li Shimin, in his campaigns across the country; each one was strong and fierce.

Having anticipated the attack and taken the initiative, their entry into the Xuanwu Gate signified that the overall situation was already settled.

Thus, Prince Qin, Li Shimin, quickly led a group of Xuanjia soldiers to ambush and kill Crown Prince Li Jiancheng and Prince Qi, Li Yuanji, at Xuanwu Gate.

Right after Crown Prince Li Jiancheng was killed, Prince Qin Li Shimin's expression changed slightly, because a very strange voice suddenly rang in his mind.

"Ding! Welcome to the All-Heavens Chat Group!"

……

In the chat group.

[System notification: Increased activity detected in the chat group; three new members will be randomly added to the chat group!]

[Ding! Welcome to the chat group for the 'ordinarily talented rich kid'!]

[Ding! Welcome to the chat group for the 'Dragon God Descendant who has achieved mastery in cultivation'!]

[Ding! Welcome to the chat group for 'A peerless hero unlike any other in the world'!]

[Ye Chen: Wow, it seems the newcomers joining the chat group this time are all quite extraordinary!]

[Xiao Yan: A young master from a wealthy family? A descendant of the Dragon God? A peerless ruler? It seems this newcomer's identity is quite interesting!]

[Han Li: @Pang Bo, this 'Descendant of the Dragon God' nickname is quite similar to your previous 'Descendant of the Demon God,' but I don't know his specific identity!]

[Pang Bo: How would I know?]

In the world of Swallowed Star, Lu Qingshan ignored Xiao Yan and the others' words in the chat group and instead began to guess the identities of the three new members.

However, the titles of these three people were too ordinary, and without new information, it would be difficult for him to guess the true identities of these three new members.

Of course, no matter what, Lu Qingshan, as the group owner, naturally had to welcome the newcomer.

[Lu Qingshan: Welcome newcomer to the group!]

[Gaoyao: Welcome newcomers to the group!]

[Han Li: Welcome newcomers to the group!]

[Cao Cao: Welcome newcomer to the group!]

[Meng Huan: Welcome newcomers to the group!]

[Ye Chen: Welcome to the group!]

[Pang Bo: Bubble.JPG, Welcome newcomers to the group!]

[A mediocre young master from a wealthy family: Where is this place? Who are you people? How did you get into my mind?]

Inside the Xuanwu Gate of the Tang Dynasty.

Seeing the messages popping up in his mind, even Qin King Li Shimin, who had just killed his brother, was slightly taken aback.

What he did this time was, after all, fratricide and murder. Although it was done in self-defense, it is still somewhat unacceptable.

"Could this be a warning from the gods?"

Li Shimin couldn't help but think to himself, but he was still very calm and composed, so he decided to wait and see.

[Yue Buqun: New members, this is a chat group that connects different worlds. Feel free to ask the group admin any questions you may have; they'll surely be happy to answer them!]

[A mediocre young master from a wealthy family: A different world? Aren't you from my Great Xia world?]

[Lu Qingshan: @A mediocre young master from a wealthy family, @A descendant of the dragon god who has achieved cultivation, @A peerless hero rarely seen in the world, this chat group is actually a platform for us group members to communicate and exchange ideas. The three of you can change your names first, and then we can continue chatting! Just have the thought of changing your name in your mind, and the chat group will give you a notification. Just follow the instructions!]

Lu Qingshan still couldn't guess the identity of these three new group members. If they were to change their names directly, it would be much easier for him to figure out their identities!
(End of this chapter)