"Twenty-nine?" Fang Jian looked at the twenty-nine Heavenly Fate Swords that Ji Zhen'e presented with her magic power, and then smiled and said, "The Dao sect is thoughtful."

Ji Zhen'e said, "The Dao Sect and the Heavenly Court are one, so naturally, the Heavenly Court is the most respected in all matters. Since the Great Emperor Hongqing has issued a decree to confiscate the Heavenly Fate Sword, our Dao Sect must naturally hand over everything it has obtained."

Fang Jian waved his sleeves and collected all twenty-nine Heavenly Fate Swords. He then said, "Very good. Please report the names of all the fellow Daoists who have surrendered their Heavenly Fate Swords. The Heavenly Court will reward them accordingly."

Ji Zhen'e bowed and said, "Thank you, Great Emperor Hongqing."

Afterwards, Ji Zhen'e presented Fang Jian with a list of all the Taoist monks who had handed over the Heavenly Fate Sword. Fang Jian ordered the Divine Xiao Jade Palace to reward each of them with 100,000 robbery jades, as well as some elixirs, immortal medicines, and precious materials as rewards.

After Ji Zhen'e thanked him and left, Fang Jian fused twenty of the twenty-nine Heavenly Fate Swords with his own Heavenly Fate Sword, and then used the remaining nine to fuse into a separate Heavenly Fate Sword, and ordered someone to send it to the southwest Zhutian to hand it over to the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King.

The Sword of Destiny has great benefits. Giving it to the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King is also to help him and enhance his strength. It is enough to prevent him from taking the Sword of Destiny and becoming emperor himself.

But despite this, Fang Jian still gained another 28,000 dust points, which was his greatest gain.

...

In the southwest of Zhutian, the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King bowed and received the order, and took over Fang Jian's decree and the "scepter" symbolizing authority from the hands of the cave goddess Zhenwen Yaoji.

With this staff, the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King has the "exclusive power to conquer" in the southwest Zhutian, and has the power to conquer and punish.

"The Moon God has observed that some evil gods are sneaking from the Demon Realm to Southwest Zhutian, and may have already entered Southwest Zhutian. His Majesty the Great Emperor Zhenwu asked you to cooperate with the Emperor Xihe to strictly monitor them." Yao Ji said to the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King.

The Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King asked, "Is this evil god very powerful?"

Yao Ji said, "His Majesty the Great Emperor Zhenwu said that there might be an evil god at the level of Daluo Jinxian inside."

"Hiss..." Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King took a breath and said, "An evil god at the level of a Golden Immortal? This... I'm afraid I can't deal with it."

"Emperor Xihe is a Daluo Jinxian, so you don't need to deal with that Daluo Jinxian-level evil god." Yao Ji said, "Besides, you also have the sword of destiny given to you by the great emperor Hongqing. With the blessing of destiny, you will not fall so easily."

Hearing this, Tota Heavenly King felt a little relieved, but he looked at the Heavenly Fate Sword in his hand and said: "Although this thing is good, it is also dangerous. If I can't help myself... then..."

Yao Ji said, "Then the Great Emperor Hongqing will definitely not be reluctant to kill you because of your past contributions."

The Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King smiled awkwardly, then said, "I was just joking. I, Li Jing, am a loyal minister of the Heavenly Court. How could I do something like proclaiming myself emperor?"

Yao Ji smiled and said, "Of course, everyone knows that the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King is a loyal and good man in the Heavenly Court. Well, Heavenly King, take care of yourself. I am going back to the Heavenly Court to report."

The Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King stood up and sent Yao Ji out of the hall. He only returned after seeing her fly into the sky on a cloud.

Yao Ji was previously a female official beside the Lord Haotian. Although she now serves as the Cave God Zhenwen in Taishi Xiandu, her background is still extraordinary. Because she is the second daughter of Emperor Yan Shennong, the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King naturally has to give her some face.

The Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King has three thousand retainers and one hundred thousand heavenly soldiers under his command. After he returned to the main hall, he immediately summoned all the retainers and ordered them to lead the heavenly soldiers to patrol around the southwest Zhutian, closely monitor all places, and report immediately if there is any unusual change.

...

At the same time, in the southwest Zhutian Wukuo Sea, a huge whirlpool suddenly appeared in the sea, and then an evil light shone in the whirlpool.

Soon, a figure flew out from the evil light. It was none other than the Golden Immortal-level evil god Ru Ju.

After Ru Ju flew out of the whirlpool, she flashed and immediately flew towards a distant island.

On the island, the giant ray tribe was holding a tribal sacrificial ceremony. Just as they offered sacrifices to their ancestors, they felt the sky suddenly darken.

The giant manta rays on the island raised their heads one after another. They saw a black cloud gathering over the island, and then a figure flew over the island and looked down at them.

"Who?" Yao Xing, the leader of the Giant Manta Tribe, was startled. He then bowed to the heavens and asked, "Who are you? Why are you causing trouble on my Spirit Manta Island and disrupting my ancestral worship ceremony?"

Ru Ju snorted coldly. She glanced down and saw that the man from the Giant Ray Tribe who had spoken was only at the Taiyi Golden Immortal level. The others were only at the Golden Immortal, Celestial Immortal, Mysterious Immortal, and True Immortal levels. Ru Ju said calmly, "This Spirit Ray Island is quite good. It will be the location of my royal court from now on."

"What?!" Yao Xing's face changed when he heard this. The other party obviously wanted to occupy Lingyu Island.

Thinking of this, Yao Xing immediately said to Ru Ju, "Sir, this Lingyu Island is where our Giant Manta Clan buried our ancestors. If you're looking for a Taoist temple, there are plenty of good places in the Wukuo Sea. Why do you have to come to Lingyu Island?"

Ru Ju said calmly, "What if I absolutely want this Spirit Ray Island?"

Yao Xing and the elders around him immediately summoned their magic weapons and said, "If you insist on taking Lingyu Island, we will have no choice but to fight you to the death."

"You guys?" Ru Juqing laughed, then she stretched out her right hand and pressed it downwards.

'Boom'

The entire Lingyu Island shook violently in an instant, and then the mountains collapsed and the ground cracked. Seventeen of the dozens of mountains on the Lingyu Island collapsed directly, and huge rocks, soil and huge corpses collapsed from the mountains. Those were the corpses of the ancestors of the giant ray clan who had passed away.

When the giant ray clan saw this scene, they couldn't help but tear their eyes apart. They wanted to protect the mountain, but at this moment they were horrified to find that they could not move at all.

The next moment, Ru Ju released her Daluo Jinxian aura, covering the entire Spirit Manta Island. Then, under the horrified gazes of the Giant Manta Clan, she coldly declared, "I'll give you one chance now. Submit to me, or your clan will be exterminated!"