I was the Heavenly Emperor in ancient times

Chapter 129 Ancient Times (Part 4)

Deep in the earth.

The area behind the Nuwa Palace.

Li Jun was holding a magical artifact that resembled a compass, and he drew a bunch of symbols on the ground that Nuwa couldn't understand.

Ultimately, Li Jun came to a conclusion.

"Noon 107 days after 32 years."

He was calculating the time, the next time the Queen Mother of the West and the Bluebird would pass by. Li Jun planned to gather the power of the two at that time, using the White Emperor and the Heavenly Court as a cage, and summon the power of the Bluebird to seal the entire Great Wilderness.

Nuwa looked at the incredibly precise time and then spoke to Li Jun.

"How could you allow the Emperor's soul to activate the great calamity at this very moment, seize the White Emperor's body, and then be sealed away by you at just the right time?"

Li Jun stood up, placed the compass aside, and wiped away the marks on the ground with a wave of his hand.

He said, "It's not that I caused the Emperor's soul to start the great calamity at this time, but rather that at this very moment, the Thirty-Six Grotto-Heavens and Seventy-Two Blessed Lands were born, the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth was perfected, the White Emperor was about to reach perfection, and the Emperor's body would naturally emerge at this time."

"Moreover, the White Emperor will set up his grand scheme at this time, luring the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth into a trap, seizing the heart of Heaven and Earth with his own heart, and seizing the Great Dao of Heaven with his mortal body."

When Nuwa heard the second half of the sentence, she sensed that the tone was a bit off.

"Did Bai Hao say this?"

"He certainly has high aspirations."

Li Jun walked past Nuwa and said something.

"Of course he was arrogant. In his eyes, the previous Heavenly Emperors had become nothing more than chickens and dogs, like people who were sold for their heads and were killed without moving by the soul of that imperial body."

"Among all the Heavenly Emperors throughout history, only he is a true hero."

This naturally includes Nuwa, who is standing right in front of us.

Nuwa was not angry when she heard this, but simply asked Li Jun.

"What kind of mind-controlling drug did you give him to make him so confident? Could it be that besides controlling what he sees with his eyes, you also manipulated his mind?"

Li Jun immediately denied it, saying that he had indeed tampered with things in many ways, but at least mentally he hadn't done anything directly.

Nuwa then asked, "Then why is he so confident when his aptitude, methods, and abilities are arguably the worst among all the Heavenly Emperors throughout history?"

Li Jun thought for a moment and said, "He's had it too easy."

When the time is right, heaven and earth lend their strength; this phrase almost perfectly describes Bai Hao's first half of life, which is indeed a kind of "blessing".

However, if a person's life is too smooth, it is not always a good thing. They may lack some necessary experiences, and these experiences will be reflected in their personality.

skyline.

As soon as Li Jun calculated the time, the mysterious "fate" immediately gave the White Emperor guidance.

At this moment, the White Emperor once again gained the "Divine Eye," awakening his memories of arranging the "Heavenly Way" and confirming that he was the one who had triumphed over Heaven.

Now, he naturally couldn't wait to use the power of his third double pupil, wanting to see more about the future, especially about the shadow of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth.

This time, he did not see the death calamity, at least not recently.

However, this was not what he wanted. He wanted to see what the mastermind behind it all had done and what they were planning to do.

Then, he continuously activated his ability to seek good fortune and avoid misfortune, and as time continued to unfold, he saw further and further ahead.

Then, he finally saw a scene: decades later, when he led the entire Heavenly Court to fully integrate the power of the Great Wilderness and open the gates to the human world.

A great calamity will then descend from the sky.

Finally, he saw a glimmer of hope for his life amidst the threat of death.

"Beyond the Great Wilderness, there is an even wider world."

"The power of my third double pupil comes from outside."

"At noon 107 days after 32 years, if I can use the power of the 36 grotto-heavens and 72 blessed lands to break through the Heavenly Gate, I will be able to transcend the heaven and earth."

When Bai Hao saw this, he couldn't help but clench his fists tighter.

"Then I will be able to seize that glimmer of hope."

"Change your destiny against the will of heaven."
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Every year, Li Jun would travel to the human world to see the changes in the Great Wilderness, but each time he would go to the very end of the Great Wilderness.

Sometimes, it is in the Guixu in the east.

Sometimes, it is on Riyue Mountain in the west, which is the location of Wuji Tianmen.

These two locations are where the sun and moon rise and set, but they are also the gateways to the human world. When Li Jun was still the Heavenly Emperor, one could travel directly to the human world from here.

However, during the final period when Li Jun was still the Heavenly Emperor, this place was gradually sealed off, and no one was allowed to leave the Four Extremes and Eight Pillars to go to that Earth.

After Li Jun left, Nuwa basically maintained this rule. After the soul of the Emperor's body merged into the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, she locked up the entire world. She herself escaped beyond the world, like a person on the surface of the water watching the fish and shrimp in the river.

Li Jun and Nuwa isolated the Great Wilderness to control the demon gods and ghosts. The soul of the Emperor sealed this place to turn the entire Great Wilderness into a breeding farm.

With seven years remaining until the Bluebird's approach, Li Jun once again descended from below to the surface.

this day.

Before the Heavenly Gate of Wuji, Li Jun followed Nuwa and watched the sun enter through the gate and the moon rise from within.

The scene of the sun and moon alternating is strange and dreamlike; it is clearly real, yet it looks as if it were fake.

Li Jun suddenly asked Nuwa, "Tell me, what has become of the outside world?"

Nuwa thought for a moment about what Li Jun meant by "outside": "You mean the human world?"

Li Jun nodded: "Yes!"

Nuwa felt there was no change: "There are no demons or ghosts outside, so no magic or supernatural powers can be used. Even if there is a change, it shouldn't be significant!"

Li Jun asked Nuwa, "Do you want to go and take a look?"

Nuwa was initially puzzled: "Hmm?"

Then, watching Li Jun's retreating figure, she gradually understood what was going on.

"Oh!"

"Your next step is to go to the human world, so you want me to go there first and pave the way for you?"

"Or do you think it's too dangerous next and want me to go to the human world as the next hidden threat?"

Li Jun said directly, "Once the sealing begins, all the power of Nuwa's Intestines will also be sealed. If you can go to the mortal realm to make some preparations in advance, using the power of Nuwa's Intestines to prepare, even without supernatural powers, you should be able to stay!"

That's true. The power of Nuwa's intestines to create life is supernatural and magical, but the power to create life and bodies, even without supernatural and magical power, can still be used in certain aspects and places.

But looking at it this way, it doesn't seem like supernatural powers or magic, but more like technology.

Nuwa understood: "When all your supernatural powers and magic disappear, and you also enter a period of weakness, this will allow me to prepare in advance."

Li Jun nodded: "That's pretty much how it is."

However, going to the mortal realm is not so simple. The soul of the Emperor's body has locked this world and the Great Wilderness. Any attempt to open the Wu Ji Heavenly Gate will be detected by it, and opening the Wu Ji Heavenly Gate is not so easy.

The two of them certainly knew how to open the Wu Ji Heavenly Gate, but the chances of actually opening it and leaving were few and far between.

Nuwa thought of a plan: "When the imperial body evolves into a great calamity of heaven and earth, it will seize the body and power of the Heavenly Emperor."

Li Jun nodded: "Yes."

the other side.

The Heavenly Emperor issued a decree.

The Heavenly Court continuously bestowed titles upon various deities, governed the gods of the four seas and eight wastelands, and enlightened the immortals and saints of the mortal realm.

The ultimate goal is to create thirty-six grotto-heavens and seventy-two blessed lands, and finally gather the power of immortals and gods to perfect the entire Great Wilderness.

Legend has it that when the blessed land of the cave appears, the lifespan of the entire Great Wilderness human race will increase, and everyone can live for hundreds or even thousands of years, no longer subject to various limitations and constraints, and no longer subject to the erosion and decay of the power of demon gods and ghosts.

When the thirty-six grotto-heavens and seventy-two blessed lands are fully perfected, everyone will achieve immortality.

Driven by such rumors, the entire Great Wilderness naturally became more united, and the boundaries of the Great Wilderness were no longer divided according to the previous Four Seas and Eight Desolations. The 108 blessed lands within the Great Wilderness gradually took shape, and their outlines became the new boundaries within the Great Wilderness.

Each time Li Jun ventured out into the world, the boundaries became increasingly clear. The rules, order, bloodlines, and lineages of each blessed land were different, and the geographical environments varied greatly. Crossing that barrier was like entering another small world.

In the blink of an eye.

When the time for the Bluebird was approaching its deadline was less than two years.

During his journey through the Great Wilderness, Li Jun encountered one blessed land after another, and saw many new earth immortals and so-called celestial immortals.

Li Jun once again traveled from the east to Wu Ji Tianmen, and upon returning, he spoke with Nuwa.

"Based on the current situation, we should be able to precisely control it two years from now, which will coincide with the timeframe we need."

Nuwa immediately made a precise assessment of Li Jun's aimless life over the past thirty years.

“You did nothing, you just went to the Heavenly Realm more than 30 years ago, and the White Emperor, this world and everything else went in the direction you had in mind.”

"Indeed, at your level, the amount of power is no longer important."

At this point, Nuwa seemed to be deep in thought.

"Is this what you meant before, the difference between a person standing on the river and a fish in the river?"

Li Jun said, "One day, you will also transcend."

Nuwa asked, "When was it?"

Without hesitation, Li Jun replied, "Ten thousand years from now!"

After saying that, Li Jun looked at Nuwa.

"You should go to Wu Jitianmen and make arrangements in advance. After all, time is running out, and we can't afford any trouble."

Nuwa addressed this point directly.

"I've already made all the arrangements."

but.

Things didn't go so smoothly.

Li Jun was thinking about influencing the entire world, wanting everything to operate as he envisioned.

The White Emperor of Heaven, high above all others, believed that everything was operating according to his own "will" and "plans".

Beyond heaven and earth, the soul of that emperor's body was getting impatient, watching as the entire world was about to ripen like a fruit, ready to fall from the tree.

He also began to feel the urge to ripen the fruit prematurely and then quickly pick it.

Having left behind the Breath of Earth, Nuwa had just stepped off the earth, preparing to flee to the Heavenly Gate of Wuji.

At this moment, a huge shadow pressed in from beyond the heavens and earth, and apart from Li Jun and Nuwa, no one else could see it.

Upon seeing this, Nuwa immediately retreated.

Nuwa's expression turned solemn: "He's come in again. Isn't it not time yet? What is he trying to do? Is he going to start the Great Tribulation of Heaven and Earth ahead of schedule?"

Li Jun also stepped out, his form materializing beside Nuwa, gazing outwards into the world.

The area between heaven and earth was locked down by the other side, preventing anyone inside from getting out, but it also caused some trouble for the other side to get in.

This also gave the two of them some time to analyze what the other was going to do.

Li Jun thought about it for a moment, as if he were analyzing another version of himself.

“There are many possibilities, but in any case, their goal is to reclaim this land, while our goal is to push time to the next point.” “As long as they believe it’s not the right time yet, or that it’s not worthwhile to reclaim it now, we can achieve our goal.”

"However, let him take a look first."

Then, Li Jun raised his hand, and an eye opened in his palm.

At the same time, the White Emperor of the Heavenly Realm opened the eye between his eyebrows, and his "seeking good fortune and avoiding misfortune" supernatural power was activated once again.

The White Emperor was instantly jolted awake and stood up abruptly.

"coming."

"what happened?"

"Why was it brought forward? How could this happen?"

In an instant, the White Emperor saw many futures and then discovered the reason: it turned out that he had been pushing forward the progress of the Thirty-Six Grotto-Heavens and Seventy-Two Blessed Lands too fast in recent years, causing the other party to become somewhat impatient.

Of course, more importantly, the White Emperor's plan for the seventy-two blessed lands was so good that it aroused the other party's suspicion, forcing him to come in and check it out.

He had a premonition of the future, but what he was doing was also changing the future.

Bai Di instantly felt alarm bells ringing in his mind; he was once again facing a life-or-death crisis.

If the opponent were to unleash a cataclysmic event at this moment, he would be doomed.

At this moment, he had only one thought in his mind: to do everything possible to delay the other party from launching the great calamity and push the time to the point he had calculated.

"What can I do to make the other side give up launching a cataclysmic event?"

The White Emperor once again used the power of his third double pupil, activating it again and again. In the end, amidst endless tribulations, he saw a glimmer of hope for his survival.

He removed his third double pupil, then extracted a portion of his memories, and then implanted another memory into his own.

After completing all this, the White Emperor immediately sent his memories and third double pupil back into the outer winds, and his consciousness once again became that of a puppet.

Immediately, a strong conviction arose in my mind.

The White Emperor's expression and appearance changed, becoming kind and benevolent, as if he were completely concerned for the well-being of heaven and earth. All his selfishness was removed, leaving only a selfless heart dedicated to the great Dao of heaven and earth.

"As the Heavenly Emperor, I must perfect this world and make the laws of the Great Dao complete."

"From then on, all living beings were free from disasters and calamities."

Deep in the earth.

This wasn't the first time Nuwa had witnessed the White Emperor's transformation and actions, but no matter how many times she saw it, she felt increasingly alarmed.

"Your methods are truly terrifying. You control a person without having to do it yourself; you make them control themselves."

"You don't need to modify a person's memory yourself; let them do it. After you've done it, there will be loopholes, and they won't even realize there's a problem because they've modified their own memory, and the loopholes are caused by their own actions."

"This is a perfect closed loop?"

"If you want someone to do something, just show them the misfortune you want them to see, and then show them the good fortune you want them to see."

Nuwa asked him, "How did you come up with the idea of ​​using it this way?"

Li Jun said, "When I felt that I was also controlled by the concept of fortune and misfortune, I felt that I could use it in this way."

Nuwa asked him, "Do you feel like you're being controlled by someone?"

Li Jun said, "Isn't the definition of fortune and misfortune just a kind of control? I don't need it to tell me what is fortune and misfortune. I define fortune and misfortune myself. Only by transcending fortune and misfortune can you see the passage of time."

Nuwa seemed to be deep in thought.

Below, the soul of the Emperor's body has already entered the Great Wilderness.

This time, as soon as the shadow entered the Great Wilderness, time seemed to be suppressed and slowed down throughout the entire Great Wilderness. The other party was much more cautious and careful than last time, carefully observing every corner of the Great Wilderness.

He had always been watching from outside the Great Wilderness, but this time he wanted to carefully observe the changes inside the Great Wilderness to see if the White Emperor had lost control or discovered his whereabouts.

He has only entered the Great Wilderness once in all these years, precisely because he does not want anyone to discover him. This is also an experience he has learned from the infighting among previous generations of Heavenly Emperors.

It's like a paradox: when you try to observe someone closely, it's also easy for them to notice.

If you want to avoid being discovered by the other party, you need to stay away from them and exert less influence on them, but this will make it difficult for you to see things clearly.

However, based on the Emperor's Soul's past experience, this is enough. At least since the previous generation of the Great Calamity of Heaven and Earth and the two generations of Heavenly Emperors, he has never been found to have gone too far.

In his view, this generation of White Emperor might have some whimsical ideas, but he was really not an outstanding figure.

The shadow passed through the Heavenly Gate and the Heavenly Realm, scanning all the gods and celestial generals along the way. He even carefully read their memories to make sure there were no problems.

Finally, he arrived at the imperial palace.

The White Emperor was also frozen in place. His divine soul circled around him, carefully observing him.

He was considering: "Should we initiate the great calamity ahead of schedule?"

The Emperor's soul controlled the White Emperor, first confirming that he was not in any danger, that the power was within his control, and that it could not escape his grasp.

Then, he looked through the other person's memories and saw the other person's perfect plan for the Thirty-Six Grotto-Heavens and Seventy-Two Blessed Lands, which made him quite excited.

According to the other party's plan, he will be able to reap even more rewards.

In the end, he used the power of his imperial body to illuminate the heavens and the earth, but he still broke the seal. Perhaps it was because of this feeling of easily controlling the entire world and everything that he felt that everything was under his control.

"Wait a little longer!"

Just as the Azure Bird Divine Power had seen, the Emperor's Soul found no flaws and determined the time for the blessed land to take shape and emerge.

He issued an order to intensify the other party's obsession and make them continue to complete the task.

Then, the Emperor turned around and disappeared into the Great Wilderness.

At the beginning, just as the soul of the Emperor's body had imagined, the White Emperor became a puppet at his mercy.

He carried out the plan to perfect the harmony between heaven and earth and the Great Dao with trepidation, appearing to be a puppet whose body and mind were integrated into the Dao and controlled by it.

However, as the third double pupil of the celestial gale descended, Bai Hao once again "awakened" and became the White Emperor, who had triumphed over fate.

This time, Bai Hao was even more smug.

In the imperial palace.

After inserting the third double pupil into his brow, Emperor Bai Hao shook his head, a disdainful smile on his face.

This time he didn't laugh, but his arrogance far surpassed that of the last time, after all, this time he hadn't just won against fate.

He was just one step away from truly defeating the heavens.

"turn out to be!"

"The so-called Great Dao of Heaven and Earth is nothing more than this."

Bai Hao leaned back on the imperial throne, calmly looking at the spot where the figure had just stood, his fingers tapping on the jade table.

With his second victory, his fear of his opponent had largely dissipated.

"Emperor Jun!"

"You're nothing special."

At this moment, he couldn't wait for that day to arrive, wanting to see what kind of expression "Di Jun" would have on his face when he, an ant, turned the tide.
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The day finally arrived, the time when the Bluebird was to arrive, as predicted by Li Jun.

After leaving the Nuwa Palace, Nuwa left the Breath of Earth inside and sealed it away with a spell.

She then arrived at the Underworld and saw that Li Jun was making similar arrangements there. In fact, many of the arrangements on her side were also instructed by Li Jun.

Nuwa: "Is this preparation for ten thousand years from now?"

Li Jun nodded: "That's right."

Nuwa sighed, "The outcome of this battle is still undecided, yet you are already planning for ten thousand years from now."

Li Jun told Nuwa, "That's how it is for you. For me, the outcome of the battle ten thousand years from now has already been largely decided. I'm just filling in the gaps in the past karma now."

Nuwa and Li Jun had been together for decades, and Nuwa understood what Li Jun was saying, but she still found it hard to comprehend this strange feeling.

Before we could say much more, the time was almost up, or rather, some people had already started to take action.

First of all.

Li Jun looked up and saw that Bai Hao in the Heavenly Realm had already begun.

The entire Thirty-Six Grotto-Heavens and Seventy-Two Blessed Lands radiated light together, and jade scrolls were sent to the Heavenly Court, which was already prepared.

The immortals were arranged in neat rows along the thirty-six heavens, with the Heavenly Emperor Bai Hao sitting high above, waiting for the arrival of the Jade Book.

Beyond heaven and earth, a shadow approached the Great Wilderness, and all the rules began to resonate with it.

Li Jun and Nuwa looked into the depths of the earth and saw an eye in the void.

The Eye of Heaven.

All previous Heavenly Emperors had called it that, and Li Jun was not unfamiliar with it, having seen it once before.

After seeing the Eye of Heaven, Li Jun said, "The great calamity of heaven and earth is about to begin."

Nuwa said to Li Jun, "I'm going now."

Li Jun nodded. He even used his own power to escort Nuwa all the way to the edge of the sky, to the Sun and Moon Mountain at Wuji Heavenly Gate.

Behind them, the great sun in the distance gradually approached the sky, almost reaching the top of Buzhou Mountain and the heavens.

At this moment, everyone's attention was focused on the Heavenly Court, the seventy-two blessed lands and thirty-six grotto-heavens of the Great Wilderness, or the Heavenly Eye that was secretly condensing.

The edge of this desolate place became a dead end, and no one paid any attention to it.

Nuwa wanted to say something, but seeing that Li Jun seemed somewhat absent-minded, as he kept looking at the Eye of Heaven below, she didn't say anything more and headed directly towards Wu Ji's Heavenly Gate.

But at that moment, Li Jun raised his head and called out to her.

"and many more!"

Nuwa turned around: "Hmm?"

Li Jun said, "It's not time yet. Going out now risks being discovered."

Nuwa waited a while longer, until Li Jun watched as the giant eye completely solidified, its eyelids slowly closing, gradually accumulating power.

Li Jun then raised his head and spoke to Nuwa.

"Okay."

When those eyes open, it will be the time when a great calamity befalls the world.

Nuwa spoke up at this moment: "Don't die. You are not an emperor now, nor have you completed the complete path of transcendence that you spoke of."

"If I die now, it will all be over."

"I'm not saying this on your behalf, but according to what you've said, if you fail, everything will truly cease to exist."

"Without you from ten thousand years ago, there would be no such thing as what followed."

Li Jun: "I know."

Under Li Jun's watchful eye, Nuwa descended from the Great Wilderness and headed towards the human world, which he was somewhat curious about.

Subsequently, Li Jun focused his attention entirely on the Great Wilderness Mountains and Seas.

He hadn't even started moving yet, but the battle between the Emperor's Soul and Bai Hao, the Heavenly Emperor of the Mountains and Seas, had already begun.

(End of this chapter)