Although they won the battle, there was not much joy among the participants.
Firstly, no one expected that those divine ships actually contained three Great Emperors who had survived three tribulations and two Great Emperors who had survived two tribulations.
If Zhou Xingdou's father, Zhou Qingdi, hadn't suddenly appeared in Zhou Xingdou's body, the consequences would have been unimaginable.
The second reason was because of Emperor Zhou Qing. Everyone originally thought that Emperor Zhou Qing had returned, but in the end, they found that it was all for naught, which inevitably made them feel disappointed.
Before the real battle even began, their leader was nearly beheaded. Although Zhou Xingdou's recklessness in pursuing the five divine ships alone was partly to blame, the lack of protection from the others was also a contributing factor.
Master Wei started the meeting and, in front of Zhou Xingdou, gave the seven patriarchs and Tianyin a thorough dressing-down, leaving them utterly humiliated and making Zhou Xingdou extremely embarrassed. He promised that he would not be so reckless in the future.
However, the gains this time were not small.
The old Taoist priest Fanxu, Emperor Lieyang, and Emperor Xuanyin were all captured alive. After all, after Emperor Kubai was killed by the Heavenly Stele Ancestor, the situation directly turned into seven against three. In addition, there was Tianyin, an archer at the pinnacle of the Emperor level. Even if they wanted to escape, it would be in vain.
But they seemed unaware of the Great Emperor who had ambushed them from within the Divine Ship.
Imprisoning three Great Emperors at the Third Tribulation stage is indeed quite difficult. Even if their cultivation is sealed, they still need to be guarded by Great Emperors of the same realm.
Zhou Xingdou originally suggested killing them, but unexpectedly the abbot of Taixu Temple came in person, guaranteeing that Taixu Temple would no longer participate in the affairs of Tianji Ancient Pavilion, and offered a large amount of resources and an imperial weapon to redeem Fanxu Laodao, as well as Lingxu Daozi and Yuxu Daonu.
It's alright for Fanxu and Lingxu, since imprisoning them would be a burden on the Star Heaven Alliance's strength. Lingxu, on the other hand, had his destiny stripped away and the Myriad Transformations Slave Seal planted in him.
However, Yu Xu is impossible, since Yu Xu has already been taken into the Creation God Palace, how could he return it to the Tai Xu Temple?
Seeing that Zhou Xingdou's attitude was extremely tough and there was no room for negotiation, the abbot of Taixu Temple had no choice but to compromise. After all, his ancestor had awakened from his slumber today and had given him a good beating without saying a word.
He also said that if he couldn't quell the anger of the Star Alliance, he wouldn't need to come back.
Even the abbot himself couldn't protect himself, so how could he protect the Daoist nun? Being able to redeem Lingxu was already an unexpected joy, and he was actually overjoyed.
But for Zhou Xingdou, it was impossible for him to lose out. The old Taoist Fanxu had brought the Star Heaven Alliance a huge amount of resources and an imperial weapon.
As for Ling Xu, Zhou Xingdou couldn't wait for him to return to Taixu Temple, and even better, for him to become the abbot of Taixu Temple in the future. That would only bring him benefits and no harm.
Compared to Taixu Temple, the attitudes of Taiyin Holy Land and Taiyang Holy Land were much more interesting. The person who came was not the Holy Lord of the two Holy Lands, but an ancestor who was older than the Great Emperor Lieyang and the Great Emperor Xuanyin.
Instead, they brought the decrees of the two progenitors of the Sun Holy Land and the Moon Holy Land. The gist of it was that the two Holy Lords who colluded with outsiders to harm Zhou Xingdou had been executed, and the Great Emperor of Blazing Sun and the Great Emperor of Profound Yin had been brought into the Star Heaven Alliance to be forgiven. The Holy Sons and Holy Daughters were left to Zhou Xingdou's disposal.
Furthermore, once the two progenitors have cleared out the spies planted by the Heavenly Dao within the Taiji Dao Domain, as well as those traitors, they will personally come to give Zhou Xingdou an explanation.
Zhou Xingdou was somewhat puzzled by this, and Master Wei also didn't know much about it, since he and his servants, including Tianyin, had only been in the Zhou family for a short time.
However, recalling what his father said when his will descended upon him, he roughly guessed what was going on.
It's likely that the Star Lord who founded the Sun Holy Land and the Moon Holy Land had some connection with the Zhou family, perhaps even a superior-subordinate relationship.
Otherwise, Emperor Zhou Qingdi would not have mentioned the words "murder of the ruler".
Compared to Zhou Xingdou, Emperor Lieyang and Emperor Xuanyin were even more bewildered. They had just fought with the people of the Starry Sky Alliance, and in the blink of an eye, they had become members of the Starry Sky Alliance.
Although unwilling, Emperor Lieyang and Emperor Xuanyin could not refuse the decree of their ancestors, because the power cultivated by the Sun Holy Land and the Taiyin Holy Land was, to be precise, the power of the two ancestors.
Unless they can break through the acquired barrier and enter the Great Luo realm of reversing the innate, as long as the two progenitors are willing, they can directly become empty shell emperors who cannot use the power of the Yin and Yang.
The Great Emperor of Blazing Sun and the Great Emperor of Dark Yin were naturally placed in the Ancestral Hall.
After all, although they had joined the Starry Sky Alliance to atone for their sins, the seven patriarchs still didn't quite trust them and needed to keep them under observation.
After doing all this, it was already late at night, but Zhou Xingdou did not return to the boudoir to rest. Instead, he went to a side room in the Burning Medicine Temple.
Huo Lingtian, along with Yang Wudi, the Sun Saint, and Ye Lingtang, the Moon Saint, were all seriously injured. Zhou Xingdou was too lazy to treat them, so he had the Burning Medicine Saint Hall take them away for treatment.
This is a four-person room. Ling Xu was originally there, but after his injuries stabilized, he was taken away by the abbot of Taixu Temple.
Although Huo Lingtian and the others had not fully recovered, they were no longer seriously injured under the care of the physicians of the Burning Medicine Holy Hall, and at least their movements were not affected.
Huo Lingtian and the other two had already woken up. They sat in the room looking at each other, but no one spoke.
When Stephen Chow appeared in the room, the three hurriedly rose and knelt in worship:
"Greetings, my lord!"
For them, who had just been implanted with the Myriad Transformations Slave Mark and had not yet been completely imprinted with their ideology, although they did not have the extreme fanaticism of You Ji and Li Xiuru, they could not muster any bad thoughts about Zhou Xingdou.
Like a raging fire, he clearly felt he should hate Zhou Xingdou, but every time this feeling arose, it was suppressed by an invisible emotional force, making him feel extremely strange.
Moreover, an inexplicable sense of loyalty and admiration for Zhou Xingdou arose in his heart, and these emotions were unstoppable, constantly and subtly influencing his memories and feelings.
"Listen while you kneel, you don't need to get up."
Zhou Xingdou naturally didn't need to be polite with the three of them, and he hadn't come here to cultivate a relationship with his slaves.
He wasn't there to see Yang Wudi and Ye Jingtang, but rather to ask Huo Lingtian some questions.
Huo Lingtian, Yang Wudi, and Ye Lingtang showed no dissatisfaction and obediently knelt on the ground, saying, "Yes!"
"Huo Lingtian, I'm very curious, how did you go from being a cripple to where you are today?"
Zhou Xingdou looked at Huo Lingtian and asked his question.
Back then, he not only castrated Huo Lingtian, but also completely destroyed Huo Lingtian's dantian. After the Great Yan Dynasty was destroyed, it was already quite remarkable that Huo Lingtian was still alive. So how did he recover his cultivation in such a short time and achieve such great fortune?
In these short twenty years, how did he manage to evolve his own destiny and become a Heavenly King, even more advanced than the Child of the Dao Domain?
And suddenly became the junior member of the Forbidden God Alliance?
Zhou Xingdou would never believe that Huo Lingtian had no one to help him.
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