After the old Taoist finished explaining his reasons, Jumang burst into laughter, his laughter filled with sarcasm.
"Fellow Daoist! Do you even believe what you're saying?" Jumang's tone was full of amusement.
The old Taoist priest wasn't good at lying, and after being exposed by Jumang, he just smiled awkwardly.
"Fellow Daoist Jumang, no matter what my reasons are, you will eventually regain your freedom, won't you?"
Jumang immediately fell silent upon hearing this. After a moment, he asked again, "I have another question, and I hope you can answer it truthfully."
"Ask away, I will answer everything I know."
"After that vile woman Jin De fell, who became the new emperor? Hou Tu? Or Xuan Ming?"
The old Taoist priest shook his head and said, "Neither."
"How could that be? Who else could it be but them?" Jumang asked in surprise.
"He is the disciple of His Majesty Taiyi and Lady Jinde—Xuanxiang Daojun," the old Daoist replied.
"What? Who is Xuanxiang?" Jumang was even more confused.
"Taiyi and his wife only accepted one disciple in their entire lives. As for who Xuanxiang Daojun is, I believe Fellow Daoist Jumang should know very well."
"Ah...it's...it's that junior?!" A disliked figure flashed through Jumang's mind.
Back then, it was that junior who, relying on the power of the Chaos Bell, utterly defeated him and his fellow cultivators.
The younger generation played a significant role in their suppression...
“How could it be him? How could it be his turn…” Jumang muttered to himself.
The old Taoist listened for a while, then thought to himself: "With such deep-seated obsessions, how can they possibly attain enlightenment in the future..."
After a long while, Jumang finally regained his composure and said calmly, "Alright! Fellow Daoist, you can release me now."
"Alright! Fellow Daoist, be careful!"
Although Lady Jinde had placed a restriction on this dead star, it couldn't stop the old Taoist priest.
He raised his hand and pointed, and a purple aura suddenly flashed across the entire dead star, which was the light formed by the restriction.
He raised his hand and unleashed a bolt of lightning, shattering the purple aura that enveloped the stars. Then, with another flick of his finger, the entire star suddenly exploded.
"Hahaha...I'm finally out!"
The next instant, Jumang's figure flew out from the star fragments.
When Jumang saw the old Taoist standing in the void in the distance, he calmed his excitement and leaped to the old Taoist's side.
"Thank you for your righteous help, fellow Daoist! I am deeply grateful!" Jumang bowed to the old Daoist.
"Fellow Daoist, there's no need to be so polite. It was just a small favor," the old Daoist said calmly, not taking credit for it.
"Alright! If you have any requests, you can make them now. If it is within my power, I will do my best to fulfill them." Ju Mang still did not trust the old Taoist in front of him.
The old Taoist priest smiled and shook his head, saying, "Fellow Daoist, you are overthinking things. This old Taoist truly has no other desires..."
This time, Jumang finally believed it.
"It seems I misunderstood you, fellow Daoist."
"It's alright. Let's go and rescue Dijiang and the other fellow Daoists next."
"Right! Right! Right! I almost forgot about them." Jumang slapped his forehead and laughed. "Please lend a helping hand again, fellow Daoist."
He has been suppressed for so many years, and not only has his cultivation not improved at all, but his magical power and primordial spirit have not been fully restored.
In his current state, he is not capable of breaking the restriction left by Lady Jinde, so he can only continue to ask the old Taoist for help.
The old Taoist priest agreed and immediately followed the same method to rescue Dijiang and Zhurong.
Of the ten who rebelled in the Emperor's Palace, all but Gonggong, who was imprisoned in the sea eye, have now regained their freedom...
After rescuing everyone, the old Taoist priest didn't linger. Ignoring their attempts to persuade him to stay, he rode away on auspicious clouds.
The group left the desolate star field together, found a star filled with spiritual energy, and began to draw upon that energy to restore their magical power and primordial spirit.
After some time, once everyone had recovered, they left the Star Sea, full of energy, and headed straight for the East Sea. Finally, they found Gonggong in the eye of the sea and rescued him...
Just as everyone was rescuing Gonggong.
Suddenly, nine great suns rose above Tang Valley, emitting boundless light and heat, which began to scorch the entire primordial world.
Under the blazing sun, the East China Sea water evaporated rapidly, and wherever it passed, the seawater boiled and churned.
All marine life suffered, with various fish, shrimp, turtles, and crabs floating belly up on the surface of the sea.
Fortunately, the nine great suns were rapidly moving inland, which brought some reassurance to all living beings in the sea.
When the nine great suns left the East Sea and arrived at the primordial inland land, the world seemed to have transformed into a scorching inferno.
Rivers and lakes dried up rapidly, vegetation and forests withered under the scorching sun, and the earth began to crack from the baking heat.
Meanwhile, the creatures on earth suffered calamity, dying from the scorching sun along with the mountains, rivers, and vegetation. Only the clever ones managed to escape by hiding in caves or underground burrows.
However, without food and water, they were still on the verge of death...
These great suns were all transformed from the nine golden crows.
They have never forgotten their purpose.
Therefore, during its flight, it took special care of the human race, spending most of its time hovering over human tribes, radiating intense light and heat.
The human tribes were truly struck by misfortune. Countless humans died under the scorching sun, and their villages were reduced to flames.
Some human shamans and Qi cultivators tried to knock the sun down, but before they could even get close, they were burned to ashes by the solar fire circulating around it.
Just as the true masters of the human race were preparing to make their move, Gonggong and his men had already attacked from the East Sea.
They want to seize this opportunity to take back everything that belongs to them.
As a result, natural disasters and man-made calamities struck at the same time, and humanity finally faced an unprecedented catastrophe.
At this time, only the Houtu tribe and the Xuanming tribe were in a better position, at least Gonggong and his group did not interfere.
Even the Yanhuang tribe, which has changed its name, is being attacked by Gonggong.
Fortunately, Guan Kong was there to protect the tribe. Relying on her supernatural powers and magical treasures, she was able to barely withstand Gonggong's attacks...
...
At this moment, the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Grand Formation in the Heavenly Court, although isolating the inside from the outside, was actually aimed at Di Jun and the others inside the formation.
However, Hu Le, as the master of the great formation, could still sense the movements outside, and nothing that happened in the mortal world could escape his notice.
He was also keenly aware of the calamity that humanity was suffering.
However, at this moment he was being besieged by Fuxi, Nuwa and others, and could only rely on the Chaos Bell and the Kan-Gen-Kun Banner to protect himself from defeat. He was powerless to help the human race.
However, he did not do nothing. Instead, he separated a wisp of his divine sense from the great formation, condensed a temporary avatar, and went directly to the Heavenly Treasury.
He walked around the treasure vault, and finally came to a wall, from which he took down a longbow.
"Hehe... Now that you have been destined to be born, it is time for you to fulfill your mission..."
He took out the Kan-Gen-Kun Flag, wrapped the longbow in it, raised his hand and threw it. The flag, carrying the longbow, flew all the way to the heavens, like a shooting star falling to earth...
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