Daily Intelligence: From Water Snake to Jinghe Dragon King

Who could blame them but the Dragon King of the East Sea and the Dragon King of the West Sea for having so many innate and acquired spiritual treasures? Although each one was not of high grade, they had a lot of them. The Queen Mother of the West's physical body was injured, and she was only forcibly held together by the vitality of the peach tree, but she dared not ignore the attacks of these spiritual treasures.

Even the Buddha and the Jade Emperor were helpless.

Although it seemed that their side had higher cultivation and superior strength, the Jie Sect had too many people, plus the Four Dragon Kings of the Seas, making their numbers dozens of times greater than the three-way alliance.

Under Liu Qing's instigation, five, six, or seven or eight fighters would surround one of their own men and fight him, relying on their magical treasures to entangle him in combat. They would no longer engage in close combat, but would instead keep their own side from paying attention to anything else. Faced with such a shameless fighting style, Tathagata, Haotian, Randeng, and Guangchengzi were truly at a loss.

Who can blame them when the Jie Sect has so many disciples? This is after the Great Tribulation of the Investiture of the Gods, when only one in ten of the Jie Sect disciples survived. If the Jie Sect were at its peak, it would be the number one sect in the prehistoric world, known as the place where ten thousand immortals come to pay homage.

Looking at the side of the Intercepting Sect, which still consisted of the South Sea Dragon King, the North Sea Dragon King, and thousands of dragon-like beings at least at the Divine Realm level, the four of them—Buddha, Haotian, Randeng, and Guangchengzi—felt their scalps tingle.

It seems that in terms of the number of disciples, our three-way alliance is far inferior to the Jie Sect. Only the four of us can forcefully suppress Liu Qing and make the other side leaderless and scatter like birds and beasts.

Having made up their minds, the four Buddhas—Buddha Tathagata, Dipankara Buddha, Jade Emperor, and Guang Chengzi—came together and headed straight for Liu Qing.

Liu Qing smiled lightly, showing no fear whatsoever, having long been waiting for the four of them to arrive.

"Golden Spirit Mother, go and confront Guang Chengzi!"

"I will obey the orders of my senior brother, the sect leader!"

As one of the four disciples of the Jie Sect, Jinling Shengmu possessed the cultivation of a half-step Hunyuan before the Investiture of the Gods. After the Investiture of the Gods, although her physical body perished and her cultivation could not advance any further, she still managed to maintain the strength of a top-tier half-step Hunyuan expert. In addition, with the help of the top-grade innate spiritual treasure, the Dragon-Tiger Jade Ruyi, and the Four Symbols Pagoda, it was not a big problem for her to entangle Guang Chengzi.

"Guang Chengzi, let's have a match!"

With the Four Symbols Pagoda atop her head and the Dragon and Tiger Jade Ruyi in her hand, the Golden Spirit Mother came charging in with overwhelming force. Guang Chengzi's expression turned solemn; he dared not underestimate her and had no choice but to fight her.

On the opposite side, only three people remained: Dipankara Buddha, Tathagata Buddha, and Jade Emperor.

Dipankara Buddha was injured by the self-destruction of Dipankara Buddha and can currently only exert the strength of the Great Luo Realm Perfection.

Like the Buddha and the Jade Emperor, they could not fully unleash the combat power of a half-step Hunyuan, and were only comparable to the Great Luo Realm Perfection.

Therefore, Liu Qing had the Great Luo Realm Perfected Wudang Holy Mother fight against the Tathagata Buddha. He was worried that Wudang Holy Mother only had the Wudang Sword and was no match for the Tathagata Buddha. With a flick of his finger, Liu Qing summoned the superior-grade innate spiritual treasures Nine Dragons Divine Fire Cover, Golden Bell, and the superior-grade acquired human seed bag.

"Holy Mother Wudang, I'll lend you these spiritual treasures for now; they can help you fight against Tathagata!"

The Holy Mother of Wudang was overjoyed. With the three spiritual treasures borrowed by the senior disciple, although she could not defeat Tathagata in this battle, she could keep Tathagata from having to attend to other matters.

Looking at the Holy Mother Wudang, who was surrounded by four magical treasures, the Buddha felt extremely frustrated. He could only force himself to fight her, but he could no longer suppress her as easily as before.

Only Dipankara Buddha and Jade Emperor remain.

"Zhao Gongming, Yunxiao, Bixiao, Qiongxiao, you four siblings, go and entangle the Ancient Buddha Dipankara!"

The four received their orders and went into battle, surrounding the Dipankara Buddha. Yunxiao Niangniang threw out the Hunyuan Golden Bucket, Bixiao Niangniang threw out the Golden Dragon Scissors, and Qiongxiao Niangniang manipulated the Dragon-Binding Rope, all attacking the Dipankara Buddha together.

Only Zhao Gongming, empty-handed, gritted his teeth in hatred, and cursed Xiao Sheng and Cao Bao in his heart.

Upon seeing this, Liu Qing had no choice but to lend Zhao Gongming three innate spiritual treasures: the exquisite pagoda of the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King, the flying dragon staff of the Lingji Bodhisattva, and the precious radiance staff of the Precious Light Buddha.

Zhao Gongming was overjoyed. Although these three spiritual treasures were far inferior to his original Zhenhai Pearl, they were still better than having nothing at all.

In an instant, Zhao Gongming and the Three Immortal Maidens, each wielding a spiritual treasure, attacked the Ancient Buddha of Burning Lamp. Facing the combined attack of two late-stage and two mid-stage Great Luo Realm cultivators, the Ancient Buddha of Burning Lamp dared not be careless. He used twenty Sea-Stabilizing Pearls to protect himself, and carefully dealt with the situation while holding his natal spiritual treasure, the Spirit Coffin.

Things have progressed to this point, and it's quite obvious.

Liu Qing's goal was the Jade Emperor.

As the ruler of the Three Realms, the Jade Emperor holds the Investiture of the Gods and governs the gods and deities of heaven and earth. His path is incompatible with Liu Qing's.

Liu Qing possessed the True Scripture of Talking About Earth, which also enabled him to be granted godhood. The True Scripture of Talking About Earth was a supreme treasure of the Earthly Dao, which allowed Liu Qing to ultimately achieve enlightenment. The Earthly Dao must have been one of the key elements of this enlightenment.

The Earthly Way and the Heavenly Way are inherently incompatible. If Liu Qing wants to achieve the Earthly Way, he must go against the Heavenly Way. As the Jade Emperor who governs the Heavenly Court on behalf of the Heavenly Way, he is on Liu Qing's kill list.

He killed the Jade Emperor and seized his Heavenly Treasure, the Investiture of the Gods, as provisions for his own attainment of the Dao.

Furthermore, the demise of Master Yu Yu Dao Ren was caused by the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother of the West. From the perspective of avenging his master, the Jade Emperor was also destined to die.

Furthermore, if the Jade Emperor continues to control the Investiture of the Gods and sits in the Heavenly Court, Liu Qing and the entire Jie Sect will be like a sword hanging over their heads.

Only by defeating this Supreme God of Heaven can one's path be unobstructed and one's heart find peace.

Liu Qing took a step forward, heading towards the Jade Emperor.

At this point, how could the Jade Emperor not know Liu Qing's intentions? "Jade Emperor, today I will send you into reincarnation!"

The Jade Emperor's face turned ashen: "Liu Qing, all your scheming was for my sake?"

"Send me into reincarnation? Heh, how dare the underworld allow me into reincarnation? All beings and creatures in the Three Realms are subordinate to me, who can cause my demise?"

"Others might not dare, but I do!"

"You're just a mere Undying Realm cultivator, an ant I could crush with a flick of my wrist, yet you dare to utter such arrogant words?"

"Liu Qing, since you've come to me of your own accord, I'll make sure you and your dead teacher are both annihilated!"

A fierce glint flashed in Liu Qing's eyes, and with a flick of his finger, the supreme innate spiritual treasure, the Sun and Moon Wheel, flew out.

The power of the sun and the moon transformed into a grinding wheel in mid-air, covering the Jade Emperor and grinding down upon him.

The Haotian God's three-piece set, the Haotian Pagoda which was specifically for protection, was shattered into pieces by Yu Yu Dao Ren, so he had to use the Haotian Mirror to protect himself.

However, the Haotian Mirror was also grazed by Yu Yu Dao Ren's sword intent, and the spirit treasure itself was injured. It was almost about to fall from the top-grade innate spirit treasure level, and at most it could only exert the power of a high-grade innate spirit treasure.

The Haotian Mirror, a superior innate treasure, is no match for the Sun and Moon Wheel, a top-grade innate spiritual treasure.

In an instant, the light of the Haotian Mirror was suppressed. Although it managed to block a portion of the Yin and Yang power, the majority of the Yin and Yang power rushed straight towards the Haotian Emperor.

Left with no other choice, the Jade Emperor had to use the Jade Sword to slash at the sun and moon.

Liu Qing tossed aside the innate treasure, the Myriad Dragon Palace, which shook the Haotian Sword: "Haotian, we've been waiting for you to use the Haotian Sword!"

However, Liu Qing took advantage of the fact that the Haotian Mirror and Haotian Sword of the Haotian Emperor were suppressed by the Sun and Moon Wheel and the Myriad Dragon Palace, and the Haotian Emperor was struggling to activate his spiritual treasures to deal with them, leaving him no time to attend to other matters.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Liu Qing pointed to the innate treasure, the True Scripture of Earth, and rolled it up toward the Investiture of the Gods.

The Jade Emperor had previously released the Investiture of the Gods in an attempt to compete with the True Scripture of Earth for divine souls, but to no avail, and had long forgotten about it.

Furthermore, Liu Qing used a feint, attacking the Jade Emperor with a top-grade spiritual treasure and a supreme innate treasure. Even if the Jade Emperor understood Liu Qing's true purpose, it was too late.

Faced with the innate treasure, the True Scripture of Talking Earth, which was already a top-grade innate spiritual treasure and was also an incomplete Investiture of the Gods, how could it possibly withstand it? It only lasted for half a breath before being swept away by the True Scripture of Talking Earth and taken into it.

The True Scripture of Earth immediately suppressed the Investiture of the Gods and quickly plundered the primordial imprints of the countless gods and earth deities controlled within it.

This move prevented the Jade Emperor from using the Investiture of the Gods to summon numerous gods and earth spirits to oppose Liu Qing.

Despite the fact that all the Jiejiao Heavenly Gods were taken away in the Investiture of the Gods, the Investiture of the Gods also controlled many other gods and earthly deities, from the Four Heavenly Emperors, the Five Elders of the Five Directions, the Big Dipper and the Southern Dipper, the Heavenly Gang and the Earthly Fiends, to the Five Sacred Mountains Emperors, thousands of City Gods, Earth Gods, Mountain Gods, River Gods, and the Underworld Ghost King and the Underworld Emperor, etc.

These are all subordinates of the Jade Emperor. If the Jade Emperor disregards this and forces them to besiege Liu Qing and the Jie Sect through the Investiture of the Gods, even if the number of Jie Sect disciples were twice as many, they would still be unable to escape the fate of being surrounded and killed.

The Jade Emperor had previously envied the large number of disciples of the Jie Sect, but little did he know that with the Investiture of the Gods in his hands, he could command even more people.

To kill the Jade Emperor, the first step is to clip his wings, and these countless gods and earth spirits are the Jade Emperor's wings, with the Investiture of the Gods being the key.

The Jade Emperor finally understood Liu Qing's true purpose, and his face turned ashen with rage: "Liu Qing, how dare you steal my Investiture of the Gods?"

"Give it back to me immediately, or I'll fight to the death!"

These words, though seemingly threatening, were utterly ineffective for Liu Qing.

"What a joke! You want to be my mortal enemy? Haotian, let me tell you, we've been mortal enemies for a long time!"

Liu Qing no longer paid attention to the True Scripture of the Earth, letting it suppress the Investiture of the Gods and plunder the origins of the gods and deities within it.

Faced with the clamor of the Jade Emperor, Liu Qing flicked his wrist, and the Panlong Eight-Tone Cone appeared in his hand. He immediately unleashed the great divine power of "Law of Heaven and Earth" and activated the seventh revolution of the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique, attacking the Jade Emperor with all his might.

Liu Qing had achieved the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon, and his physical strength had reached trillions of jin. With the added blessing of the seventh level of the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique, this spear strike was as terrifying as the collapse of the nine heavens.

The Jade Emperor could only use his perfected Great Luo Realm cultivation to face Liu Qing's terrifying attack. In his haste, he manipulated the power of heaven and earth within a radius of ten thousand miles, gathering it into a wall to block the Panlong Eight-Tone Cone.

boom--

The shield wall formed by the Jade Emperor controlling the power of heaven and earth within a radius of ten thousand miles was pierced by Liu Qing's spear.

The Jade Emperor was extremely shocked. He could not believe what he was seeing. How could Liu Qing, who was only at the Undying Realm, possess such terrifying physical strength?

His physical strength alone was already comparable to the power of heaven and earth that he had gathered with all his might at the peak of the Great Luo Realm. (End of Chapter)