"This Jidu Star Lord is of human origin," Jin Chanzi thought to himself, glancing thoughtfully at Cao Ya.
Many of the strong among the human race, even those who have become immortals, Buddhas, or gods, still care about their race and occasionally offer assistance.
Those Primordial Saints used the human race as a chessboard, disregarded the human people, and ignored their lives, thus initiating the Great Tribulation of the Gods. As a powerful being of human origin, who among them with any conscience would not feel angry?
However, the sages are invincible throughout the past, present, and future. The Heavenly Dao Hongjun is in charge, and the sages of the three religions signed the Investiture of the Gods. The only Hunyuan of the human race—the Three Sovereigns Daoist—is powerful and has profound Taoist magic, but how can he reverse the Investiture of the Gods set by the Heavenly Dao Hongjun and the sages of the three religions?
Cao Ya also stopped talking and did not mention the matter of the Investiture of the Gods.
After that, the group proceeded calmly.
The journey from the North Heavenly Gate to Yaochi is extremely long, spanning hundreds of sub-dimensions.
Cao Ya calmed down and looked up. He hadn't looked closely last time, but now he was surprised when he saw it.
Many orbs of light float in the sky, the world barrier separating the inside from the outside, protected by the laws of the Great Dao. Even the Jade Emperor, the ruler of the Heavenly Court, dares not easily touch these sub-dimensions.
"The Heavenly Court has existed for many eras. Many of the sub-dimensions that have emerged in the universe, including those that existed before, have been automatically captured by the Heavenly Court and absorbed into the Heavenly Palace Divine Realm to expand the Heavenly Court's territory. The Heavenly Court today is several times stronger than it was a few eras ago," Marshal Tianpeng explained, trying to ease the tension.
As Marshal Tianpeng said, these powerful beings who have achieved immortality in the realm will ascend to the Heavenly Court and become its reserve force.
Cao Ya was surprised. On the way, he gradually learned that a celestial palace basically governed several to dozens of lower realms. Those immortals from the lower realms would usually join the celestial palace to increase their strength.
Every day, countless beings across countless worlds attain immortality, which greatly enhances the power of the Heavenly Court.
Although after becoming an immortal, each realm—Celestial Immortal, Mysterious Immortal, Golden Immortal—is more difficult than the last, like ascending to heaven.
But with a larger base, more Xuanxian, Jinxian, and other such beings will be able to appear.
"Why are there no immortals ascending to heaven in the depths of the starry sky where we are?" Cao Ya wondered.
Ascended beings have appeared in the Heavenly Realm, the Primordial Continent, and the Underworld, it's just a matter of how many there are.
But in the vast and boundless universe, there seems to be no record of any ascended beings.
“The center of the main spacetime is the Three Realms, not the universe and starry sky,” Jin Chanzi said.
Upon hearing this, Cao Ya immediately understood.
Those who ascend to immortality from the lower realms are guided by the unseen laws of Heaven to ascend to the central area of the main spacetime. How could they possibly ascend to the desolate borderlands?
At the same time, Cao Ya also figured out the source of Heaven's confidence in supporting so many immortals and gods.
Besides the divine realm and the cosmos that it governs, the subordinate lower realms and sub-realms are even more crucial.
Because the needs of immortals are so enormous, they require the support of numerous realms; otherwise, it would be insufficient for the cultivation of all immortals and gods. When they absorb and exhale the essence of heaven and earth, it would be enough to dry up the universe.
On the contrary, after the Great Luo level, the need is not great, because cultivators at that level comprehend the Great Dao and wield the laws of heaven and earth, so primordial essence and spiritual crystals are useless.
The Heavenly Court appears to be a series of celestial palaces and divine realms, but in reality, it encompasses countless realms and is vast and boundless.
They passed through hundreds of celestial palaces and saw tens of thousands of lower realms before finally arriving at Yaochi, one of the two major centers of the Heavenly Court.
Looking at that colossal thing, whose origin and end were unknown, it stretched across the heavenly palace, with its magnificent buildings and radiating divine power.
Cao Ya looked on, unsure of what to say.
Yaochi, the abode of the Queen Mother of the West, is so vast and boundless that countless realms revolve around it. It is as if this place is the center of the world, where other realms such as time and space are merely fireflies, embellishments.
Yaochi sits amidst the heavenly palaces, like a primordial beast, swallowing the sun and moon, eternally enduring and everlasting.
The air was thick with celestial energy, and the Dao principles were subtly revealed. The entire Yaochi Sacred Land was enveloped in the aura of immortals.
This is the Jade Pool!
There are no celestial soldiers here, only celestial maidens, each with outstanding figure, appearance, and temperament.
The celestial maidens here have not even undergone the Refinement of Spirit to Return to Emptiness; they are all merely Gathering Emptiness and Uniting with the Dao.
Cao Ya suddenly felt ashamed. It turned out that many years ago, he was not even as good as the celestial maiden of Yaochi.
Luckily, I'm already at the Golden Immortal level, otherwise... my participation in the Peach Banquet would be nothing short of humiliation...
Cao Ya felt relieved and quietly wiped away non-existent sweat.
Jin Chanzi and the Four Saints of the North Pole clapped their hands and laughed, guessing why Jidu Star Lord was so moved.
"Master Jin Chanzi of the Great Thunderclap Temple on Mount Ling in the Western Paradise, the Four Saints of the North Pole of the Heavenly Court, General Zhenwu, Marshal Tianpeng, General Heisha, Deputy Marshal Tianyou, and Lord Jidu... have arrived!"
The celestial maiden recognized them and proclaimed their names.
The celestial maidens had to recognize each immortal invited to the Peach Banquet beforehand by looking at their portraits; otherwise, wouldn't that be disrespectful?
Within the Jade Pool, golden lotuses bloom everywhere, illuminating the sky and emitting a delicate fragrance that can calm the mind and dispel inner demons.
The Peach Banquet has begun, and immortals and gods from all religions have arrived.
The Queen Mother of the West sits cross-legged in the very center, which is the core of the Jade Pool, the place where the immortal energy is most concentrated.
Immortal energy surged, and fragments of laws scattered. Her figure was blurry as she sat cross-legged without speaking. She seemed to be looking at the immortals and gods in the Jade Pool with a smile on her face, but she also seemed to be lost in thought, not paying any attention to the Jade Pool at all.
However, at this moment, Yaochi was already crowded with people. The gods and immortals from heaven and earth chatted in groups of three or five, clearly separated, about the great calamity of the Investiture of the Gods.
Upon hearing that Jin Chanzi and the Four Saints of the North Pole had arrived, many immortals and gods stopped talking and looked over.
Some were also curious about the Star Lord Jidu.
After all, a star lord who has refined his spirit and returned to emptiness is also very eye-catching.
However, when they saw Cao Ya, they were shocked.
"The Star Lord Ketu is actually a Golden Immortal?!" The immortals and gods were astonished and greatly shocked.
Such a speed of cultivation, could it be that he is some ancient great being who has been reincarnated and started cultivating again?
Cao Ya and his companions ignored the assembled immortals and gods, and went straight to the center of the Jade Pool to pay their respects to the Queen Mother of the West.
"Greetings, Queen Mother of the West."
The Queen Mother of the West, seemingly lost in thought, nodded slightly and said with a smile:
"Well, you should find a place to wait for now. It will be some time before the Peach Banquet officially begins."
Cao Ya and the others agreed and randomly found a place where immortal energy was abundant and fragments of the Great Dao Laws were surging, but they did not affect them and only wandered around them.
"These are fragments of a certain law, which can be comprehended, but it is extremely difficult," said General Zhenwu, sitting cross-legged on the ancient divine stone with his eyes closed. It was unclear whether he was cultivating or simply resting.
Cao Ya nodded, observing the fragments of laws, which seemed plausible yet ambiguous, yet he appeared to have gained some insight.
Occasionally, he would greet the gods and immortals around him, mainly the celestial deities and human immortals.
He also discovered that many immortals, gods, demons, and Buddhas formed their own groups, clearly distinguished themselves, and looked at each other coldly.
The impact of the Investiture of the Gods was profound.
No one wanted even a trace of true spirit to be included in the Investiture of the Gods.
At that moment, all the immortals and gods in the Jade Pool changed their expressions slightly, raised their heads, and looked at the entrance from which divine light was gushing forth.
Then the celestial maiden proclaimed in a clear voice:
"Grand Master Xuandu of the Human Sect has arrived!"
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