Honghuang: Creation of the Green Lotus, the beginning of the Three Pure Ones

Immediately, three avatars split off from the center of the Primordial Celestial Venerable. They then headed towards the three main gates of the Immortal Slaughtering Formation.

And just as the Four Sages of Heaven were about to draw their swords, they attacked three of them.

The move of Yuanshi Tianzun, "One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones," came suddenly, with three clones attacking the three gates of the Immortal Slaughtering Formation: Immortal Slaughter, Immortal Trapping, and Immortal Annihilation.

The old ancestor Hongyun was the first to sense something was wrong and hurriedly shouted, "Fellow Daoists, beware of sneak attacks!"

However, it was too late. The three clones, each wielding a Jade Void Palace Lantern, a Three Treasures Jade Ruyi, and a Hunyuan Treasure Box, smashed them towards the Red Cloud Ancestor, Zhen Yuanzi, and Di Jun, who were drawing their swords.

Caught off guard, the three had no choice but to hastily retreat to defend themselves, their actions of drawing their swords abruptly interrupted. Meanwhile, the Guide Daoist had already removed the Immortal Execution Sword.

The Immortal Execution Sword had just been obtained, and the smile on the Guide Daoist's face hadn't even faded when he felt a violent tremor in his hand. Then, the Immortal Execution Sword flew back to the array gate.

The Guide Daoist also coughed up a mouthful of blood, his face instantly turning deathly pale. Even the three flowers on his head dimmed slightly.

If it weren't for the Dharani Pagoda protecting the Guide, he would probably have died by the Immortal Execution Sword by now and been reborn in the Heavenly Dao.

The other three were not seriously injured, but they had also been pulled into the Immortal Slaughtering Formation, surrounded by sword energy, and were in a sorry state for a time.

"Yuanshi! How dare you resort to trickery!"

Enraged by this, Donghuang Taiyi unleashed the true fire of the sun upon his Golden Crow Crimson Sun Sword, slashing down at Yuanshi Tianzun.

The Qiankun Cauldron appeared above Yuanshi Tianzun's head, instantly neutralizing Donghuang Taiyi's attack. Pangu Banner released countless streams of chaotic energy, transforming into sharp swords that slashed towards Donghuang Taiyi.

Donghuang Taiyi was taken aback and hurriedly used the Golden Crow Transformation Rainbow Technique to escape tens of thousands of miles in the blink of an eye, thus narrowly avoiding the attack of the Pangu Banner.

Yuanshi Tianzun did not give chase, but laughed and said, "You gang up on me and bully my junior brother. What kind of honor is that?"

As he spoke, the three clones returned to his main body. He suddenly unfurled the Pangu Banner in his hand, and the chaotic energy surged as it headed towards the three members of the Red Cloud Ancestor in the Immortal Slaughtering Formation.

Inside the Immortal Slaughtering Formation, the Tongtian Sect Leader seized the opportunity and formed hand seals. In an instant, the positions of the four formation gates shifted, and the four swords of Immortal Slaughtering exchanged positions. The Four Sages of the Heavenly Dao, who had just become familiar with the positions of the formation gates, immediately lost their target.

Meanwhile, on the battlefield outside Xiqi City, the situation also changed dramatically. Seeing that all the Western Sect disciples within the Nine Turns Yellow River Formation had perished, Daoist Zhunti was filled with uncontrollable rage.

Suddenly, the Seven Treasures Tree in his hand burst forth with boundless Buddhist light, revealing a golden body with twenty-four heads and eighteen arms, each palm holding a primordial spiritual treasure.

“Chi You, you are ignorant of the will of Heaven and go against the will of Heaven. You have long been tainted by evil energy. Why don’t you come with me back to Mount Sumeru in the West and wash away the evil energy in the Eight Treasures Merit Pool?”

As he spoke, three relics appeared above the head of the Taoist Zhunti. Forming the three powers of Heaven, Earth, and Man, they directly approached Chiyou.

At the same time, the relics emitted bursts of Sanskrit chants, attempting to forcibly convert Chi You and take him to Mount Sumeru in the west.

Seeing this, Laozi rolled up the Taiji diagram, creating a golden bridge across the sky, ready to aid Chiyou. He couldn't let Zhunti's conspiracy succeed.

The Taoist Zhunti looked sorrowful. He gently shook the vajra in his hand, and the phantoms of the three thousand Saha worlds appeared. In each world, the sound of chanting came, trying to disturb Laozi's mind.

Within the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation, Yang Jian's Heavenly Eye suddenly opened, its silver light sweeping across every corner of the formation. Suddenly, he thrust his three-pointed, double-edged sword towards Guang Chengzi.

"I never expected that the dignified chief disciple of the Chan Sect would be such a cowardly coward. To actually attempt a sneak attack is truly despicable and vile." Guang Chengzi originally planned to take advantage of the battle of the sages to secretly infiltrate the central battle platform. Then, taking advantage of Yunxiao's inattention, he would launch a sneak attack. However, Yang Jian saw through his plan using his Heavenly Eye.

Seeing his scheme exposed, Guang Chengzi was enraged. He pointed his hand into the air, and the Fan Tian Seal slammed down towards Yang Jian.

Nezha's Wind Fire Wheels spun rapidly, and his Hun Tian Ling (a magical ribbon) emerged from the sea like a dragon, working together with Ao Bing's Dragon Pearl to block the Fan Tian Seal.

Guang Chengzi then summoned the Soul-Slaying Bell, intending to ambush Yang Jian's primordial spirit. He planned to kill Yang Jian while his spirit was unstable.

Unfortunately, Yang Jian flipped his three-pointed double-edged sword and knocked the Soul-Slaying Bell away. He even caused a deep crack to appear on the bell.

Seeing that his magic weapon was almost destroyed, Guang Chengzi hurriedly took out his halberd and charged towards Yang Jian.

Unfortunately, before he could reach Yang Jian, Jinzha and Muzha attacked from the left and right. Jinzha had hundreds of innate spiritual treasures above his head, emitting bursts of light that made it impossible for Guang Chengzi to open his eyes.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Muzha used a purple bamboo staff to smash Guangchengzi's head.

Caught off guard, Guang Chengzi was struck by Mu Zha and fell into the yellow sand.

Seeing this, Yunxiao summoned the Hunyuan Golden Cauldron again, and a powerful suction force directly pulled Guangchengzi into it.

Then the Hunyuan Golden Cauldron spun thirty-six times, completely obliterating the three flowers on Zhen Yuanzi's head and the five energies within his abdomen. In the blink of an eye, Guang Chengzi had been reduced to an ordinary mortal.

Yunxiao, however, had no intention of letting the matter rest. The yin-yang dragons transformed from the Golden Dragon Scissors crossed over and directly cut Guangchengzi in two.

Guang Chengzi's true spirit instantly flew out of the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation and headed directly towards the Qishan Conferred God Platform.

This scene was naturally witnessed by Jiang Ziya, who couldn't help but cry out in alarm. Without further ado, he headed towards the Qishan Conferred God Platform.

On the Investiture of the Gods platform, Bai Jian was surprised to suddenly see the true spirit of Guang Chengzi. He spoke directly to himself.

"Isn't this Guang Chengzi, the chief disciple of the Chan Sect and the master of the Xuanyuan Lord? I never thought that you, a mediocre teacher, would fall into my hands one day."

While thinking this, his hands did not stop moving at all. Instead, he directly waved the Soul-Guiding Banner, pulling Guang Chengzi into the Investiture Platform and sending him onto the Investiture List.

After all, Bai Jian couldn't miss this opportunity to give Guang Chengzi a chance to escape the Investiture of the Gods. If Guang Chengzi hadn't messed things up back then, Bai Jian wouldn't have suffered for thousands of years.

So by the time Jiang Ziya arrived at the Investiture Platform, Guang Chengzi had already become a famous figure on the Investiture of the Gods list. Even though Jiang Ziya was a man of destiny, he could only shake his head and sigh, helpless.

Finally, he could only say to Bai Jian with a gloomy face, "Bai Jian, how could you bring Senior Brother's true spirit into the Conferred God Platform?"

Bai Jian asked with a puzzled look, "If we don't bring him to the Conferred God Platform, are we just going to wait for him to be taken away by the Six Paths of Reincarnation?"

Jiang Ziya knew that he couldn't explain things clearly to Bai Jian. He couldn't very well tell Bai Jian directly that any important disciple of the Chan Sect should not be included on the Investiture of the Gods, could he?
Left with no other choice, he could only snort coldly and return to the front lines. He planned to wait for Zhen Yuanzi to return and then let Zhen Yuanzi personally resolve the matter.

(End of this chapter)