Chapter 330 Extra Chapter 11: Daily Life [Upper Realm Arc]

"Let me descend to the mortal realm." Changning looked at the scattered black and white chess pieces on the board, smiled, and placed a black piece.

Jiang Gu put down the white piece in his hand: "You have already descended to the mortal realm to undergo a tribulation."

If one were to descend to the mortal realm again to undergo tribulation, ascending again would only become fraught with difficulties.

“Last time I passed through my tribulation in a hurry, and Tiaoxu helped me a lot in secret. I sealed the part of my memories from the tribulation in the Yuanyao Palace.” Changning placed another piece. “Although sealing memories is a very convenient option, Yaoyan, if you still need to seal your memories after passing through the tribulation in order to let go, what is the point of such a tribulation?”

Jiang Gu didn't speak, and placed another piece.

“Let me go down,” Changning said. “Tiaoxu and I secretly released the Chaos Core into the lower realm, causing chaos and preventing anyone from ascending for tens of thousands of years. Although you have tried your best to make amends, the fate of many people has been completely changed. Tiaoxu is dead, and the blame lies with me.”

"I will disperse my immortal spirit and bones, and return all my fortune to this small world," Changning said with a smile. "What's the point of staying in Changning Palace all the time?"

“You were merely acting impartially; your crime doesn’t warrant death,” Jiang Gu said. “The Upper Realm has been very busy lately.”

Changning placed his last black piece and sighed, "I lost. I can never beat you."

He stood up and bowed to Jiang Gu: "If I am fortunate enough to ascend to the upper realm in the next life, I will play a game of chess with you again."

After speaking, Changning transformed into countless starlight, and the vast and surging immortal spirit and fortune went with the wind, dissipating completely in the cultivation world below.

Upon ascending to the highest heavens, Changning's celestial register vanished completely.

A white chess piece landed next to the jade flute on the table, and with the permanent sealing of Changning Immortal Palace, it was covered with a thick layer of dust.

From that time on, there was no more Immortal Lord Changning in the Upper Heaven.

Many immortals criticized Jiang Gu for this, accusing him of being heartless and ungrateful. Some even felt that the punishment was too severe. However, as Yun Guang Shangjun, Chao Su Shangjun, and others were stripped of their immortal status and banished to the mortal realm, these people all shut their mouths.

However, many people still feel that Yaoyan Immortal Lord is cold-blooded, ruthless, and domineering.

Jiang Gu didn't care about these insignificant comments. He dealt with the immortals related to the Chaos Calamity swiftly and decisively, completely seizing power over the entire Upper Realm. From then on, the long period of chaos in the Three Realms and Nine Provinces ended for hundreds of thousands of years.

Wei Feng was indignant about this for a long time.

“You’ve already shown them mercy, but they’re still not satisfied. If this had happened before, we should have wiped them out completely.”

Jiang Gu said, "The forces in the upper realm are deeply entrenched and require time to develop."

Wei Feng sighed, tugged at the string of small things tied around his waist, and said, "By the way, it seems like someone ascended just now. Master, shall we go take a look?"

Logically speaking, such a trivial matter has nothing to do with the Sixteenth Heaven, but a certain filthy creature couldn't resist watching the spectacle. Jiang Gu didn't miss any of the immortals who had recently ascended through the Heavenly Gate, even though he really didn't understand what was so interesting about it.

"Let's go." Seeing his anticipation, Jiang Gu had no choice but to take him along.

They concealed their divine presence and watched from afar.

This time, it was an old acquaintance who ascended to the top.

Chan Lin passed through the Heavenly Gate with a mix of nervousness and excitement. His body, which had been ripped apart by the tribulation lightning, was completely restored the moment he passed through. The people from the Palace of Fate assigned him a position and then hurriedly left.

Chan Lin was quite puzzled. He stopped a passing fairy and bowed, asking, "May I ask if you know where Feng Wuyou is?"

“The Worry-Free Immortal Lord holds a position in the Yaoyan Immortal Palace in the Sixteenth Heaven. He is highly regarded by the Immortal Lord. If you want to find him, you must first send a letter to him,” the little immortal said.

"May I ask what kind of place this Immortal Spirit Palace is, fellow Daoist?" Chanlin asked.

Xiao Xian laughed and said, "You've found a good place. The Immortal Spirit Palace is the wealthiest place. In the lower realm, it's the place that manages money."

"Thank you." Chan Lin's face lit up with joy. Seeing that the man was about to leave, she quickly grabbed him. "Does that fellow Daoist know Jiang Gu? I heard he's very good at repairing umbrellas. Which palace does he work for?"

The other person's expression immediately became somewhat strange.

Chan Lin gave him a knowing look: "It's normal not to know him. What about Wei Feng? He's a divine kite shark with many ghostly markings, and he's incredibly fierce."

The other party said with a complicated expression, "The original form of Immortal Lord Linming is majestic; it's inappropriate to discuss it like this."

After saying that, he quickly left.

Chanlin was quite puzzled, but he still happily went to take up his post at the Immortal Spirit Palace.

He looked at the thick stack of account books on the table. The celestial official in the palace said, "These are the account books for the recent repairs to Yaoyan Celestial Palace. Please take a look at them first..."

Just as he was starting to panic, Feng Wuyou burst through the door excitedly: "Chanlin!"

"Feng Wuyou!" Chanlin jumped up, and the two hugged each other excitedly. "I've ascended!"

"That's wonderful!" Feng Wuyou was rarely so excited. "I knew you'd ascend to immortality!"

"You have no idea how I've lived these past few hundred years. I almost died at the hands of that bastard Xiao Dan once. Ascension is really too difficult... Oh, by the way, a lot of things happened to me in the lower realm..." Chan Lin excitedly told him about his experiences in the lower realm.

The once quiet palace instantly became lively.

"The message you sent him?" Jiang Gu turned to look at Wei Feng.

“Feng Wuyou keeps saying it, I’m so tired of hearing it,” Wei Feng laughed. “Reuniting with an old friend is a joyous occasion.”

Jiang Gu raised his hand and pinched the back of his neck, saying, "It's fine to go down to the mortal realm occasionally while the palace is under repair."

"No, I'd rather not. Going down to the mortal realm once will inevitably interfere with the fortune and destiny of the small world. It's insignificant to me, but it's a different story for others." Wei Feng smiled. "Besides, there's nothing to see here."

Centuries have passed, and of those he knew in the cultivation world, some have perished, others have continued their cultivation, and very few have been able to ascend. Even those who were exceptionally talented could not ascend if the time was not right. Perhaps they would spend several lifetimes cultivating their bodies and minds before finally obtaining an opportunity to ascend, or perhaps their talent would slowly fade, they would lose their original aspirations, and completely become mortals. Even though immortals could sometimes foresee the future, the future was constantly changing.

Just like back then, Ling Yin saw Yao Yan killed by him in the Endless Heaven, and Yao Yan saw the entire Upper Realm destroyed by the Chaos Tribulation of the Divine Gate, but in the end, it was the Divine Gate that disappeared. Now, the Endless Heaven is full of flowers, and the Mi Hua Realm is full of life.

No one can be certain what the future holds.

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After renovation, the Immortal Palace of Yaoyan was expanded dozens of times, winding its way from the Endless Heaven through the sixteenth Heaven, passing the Immortal Palaces of Linming and Yaoyan, and cascading down with the Golden Snow Waterfall. The other heavens followed suit, and in this way, the immortal pools of each heaven were connected and merged, and the originally thin immortal energy finally began to regain its vitality.

Before this, each heaven guarded its own immortal pool and did not allow the immortal energy to flow downwards. Among the upper heavens, the immortal pool of the sixteenth heaven had the strongest immortal energy. Jiang Gu used his own immortal spirit to expand the immortal palace and immortal pool, and no one objected. However, Jiang Gu was willing to let the immortal spirit flow downwards, which was a thankless task for him. But he did it anyway. It wasn't until the immortal energy of the upper heavens gradually began to recover that everyone realized the long-term benefits of his actions. Immortal Lord Yaoyan was once again highly praised...

After dealing with Changning and Yunguang first, and then dealing with the matter of the Circulating Immortal Pool, Jiang Gu gained many more people in the Upper Heaven who were wholeheartedly supportive of him.

Wei Feng slowly came to his senses and was amazed by Jiang Gu's manipulative skills. Therefore, whether in the lower or upper realms, he was often tricked by Jiang Gu. It was not his fault that he was a filthy creature with a bad mind, after all, even the immortals in the upper heavens were schemed against by Jiang Gu.

He was still quite clever when he wasn't with Jiang Gu.

Wei Feng, feeling quite pleased with himself, shared his conclusion with Jiang Gu, and finally concluded, "Master, Zi Guang was right after all; you never do anything unnecessary."

Jiang Gu asked, "Aren't you tired?"

Wei Feng's eyes lit up, and he hugged and kissed the person: "I'm not tired, Master, I'll continue teaching you."

Jiang Gu raised his hand to push away his chin and said succinctly, "Get lost."

Wei Feng naturally wouldn't roll over, even though the bed in the bedroom was big enough for him to roll around on. He hooked his arm around Jiang Gu's waist and held him down, preventing him from getting up. His silver-blue mermaid tail pressed down on Jiang Gu's legs, and he said pitifully, "Master, there are many ways to combine spiritual communion and dual cultivation. And I've tried it. The filth and the original form of the divine kite mermaid can really be separated. I can control two bodies at the same time, so I can help you cultivate better and achieve twice the result with half the effort."

Jiang Gu said, "If you put the energy you'd spend researching these things into something more important, why do you have to stay up all night several times a month at the end of the month?"

Wei Feng said confidently, "Cultivation is the most important thing, Master, don't you really want to give it a try?"

His gaze was sincere and his tone earnest. His beautiful mermaid tail swayed back and forth in front of Jiang Gu's eyes. A large mass of dark filth slowly condensed behind Jiang Gu into a shape entwined with ghostly patterns. The silver-haired divine mermaid leaned in and placed a kiss on the corner of Jiang Gu's mouth.

"Master." Two voices overlapped, one clear and the other hoarse.

Jiang Gu coldly curled the corners of his mouth. The next moment, two figures were kicked out of the palace one after the other, merged into one person in the air, rolled a few times, and crashed into the heavy palace gate.

The jade lions guarding the palace gates were already used to this and continued to doze off with their eyes closed.

Wei Feng coughed twice, clutching his chest. Just as he raised his head, a long sword grazed his nose and pierced the door behind him, its gleaming light radiating a chilling aura in the night.

Wei Feng swallowed hard and slowly moved away from the sword, figuring he wouldn't be able to enter his bedchamber for the next couple of days.

Master is decisive and ruthless, but in some ways he is surprisingly rigid and serious. Wei Feng feels very sorry that his talents in these areas have no place to be used.

However, he was very patient. That night, he sat at the entrance of the palace and used a lot of immortal spirit to create several vivid and exquisite illusions with luminous pearls. The main characters were, of course, Jiang Gu and himself.

The next morning, when Jiang Gu went out, he saw a silver-blue luminous pearl on the ground, shining brightly in the sunlight.

Jiang Gu was used to such tricks and didn't want to bother with them, but the color was really to his liking, so he casually put it into his sleeve.

Wei Feng was nowhere to be seen all day, which was quite unusual.

Jiang Gu took out the silver-blue luminous pearl, and many guesses arose in his mind. When he saw the sealing talisman left by Wei Feng on it, he subconsciously raised his hand to unlock it, but was caught off guard and pulled into the illusion.

For a moment, he thought he had entered some kind of bewitching array of demons.

Moreover, Wei Feng knew him all too well, portraying every subtle expression in detail and with unreserved realism. As the illusion unfolded, Jiang Gu saw himself bound by ghostly markings, submerged underwater by the Divine Kite Shark, and swallowed by filth in a flowerbed... entangled with both filth and the Divine Kite Shark, and even a human figure...

As he broke through the last illusion, countless Wei Fengs reached out to him, slowly merging into one person under his cold gaze.

Wei Feng hugged him from behind, and said aggrievedly, "Master, you really have the heart to let me stay cooped up in this luminous pearl all day."

"Serves you right," Jiang Gu said expressionlessly.

Wei Feng lowered his head and bit his shoulder: "Master, if you teach me like this, I'll definitely learn very quickly."

Jiang Gu gathered his primordial spirit to prevent him from violently destroying the luminous pearl. Then, he led the people out of the illusion, threw the people aside, cleared away the messy illusion inside, and carefully preserved the pearl.

Wei Feng: "...Master, you've got it backwards. I'm much prettier than the bead."

Jiang Gu glanced at him indifferently, then pushed open the door and entered the bedroom.

Before the door could be completely closed, Wei Feng transformed into a cloud of damp mist and squeezed inside.

Jiang Gu sat in meditation, surrounded by swirling smoke. A heavy cloud of black mist settled on his shoulder, nuzzled his chin, and then slumped down and fell asleep.

Jiang Gu lifted his head and turned him back into human form so he could sleep on the bed. This guy's immortal spirit had been unstable lately, sometimes turning into a divine kite shark and sometimes into a lump of filth, even taking on a strange shape and a bit of everything. So Jiang Gu patiently turned him back during breaks in his cultivation, even though it was pointless, he still enjoyed doing it.

Those who are sound asleep naturally wouldn't know.

Jiang Gu truly never does anything unnecessary.

Seeing that the man was sleeping soundly, he simply lay down as well, then took the opportunity to catch the ghost patterns crawling onto his body, and reorganized Wei Feng's chaotic primordial spirit back into place. He tied a red rope around Wei Feng's neck to stabilize the primordial spirit, and patiently tied a knot that was impossible to untie.

Wei Feng frowned uncomfortably.

Jiang Gu pinched his cheek and whispered, "Wei Linming."

Wei Feng subconsciously moved closer to him, habitually pulling him into his arms, and responded with a soft hum.

Jiang Gu stared at him for a while, kissed the corner of his mouth, and lowered his voice again: "Wei Xiaoyu".

No sooner had he finished speaking than a beautiful fish tail wrapped around his body.

Jiang Gu narrowed his eyes: "Pretending to be asleep?"

Wei Feng rested his forehead on his shoulder and whispered, "Without Master, I've already fallen asleep."

"Talking even when asleep?" Consultant Jiang.

“Talking in your sleep,” Wei Feng said.

Jiang Gu chuckled.

Wei Feng opened his eyes, his eyes full of smiles: "Master, it's so cool tonight."

"It's getting windy outside." Jiang Gu rested his head on his arm, and suddenly felt sleepy.

"Yes, I heard you." Wei Feng raised his hand to tuck the stray hairs on his cheek behind his ear and whispered, "Tomorrow the courtyard will definitely be covered with fallen flowers again."

"Then you'll be punished by having to clean it up." Jiang Gu slowly closed his eyes and fell asleep in his arms.

The room inside the palace was cool and refreshing. The red tassels of the bed curtains swayed gently, and only shallow, even breathing could be heard. Outside the window, the bright moon hung high and the wind whistled, with the occasional soft sound of a petal falling to the ground.

Wei Feng smiled and fell asleep peacefully with Jiang Gu.

"good."