Chapter 62: Plotting the Journey to the West Calamity! Fellow Daoist, Please Stay! [10W/3]

He was about to pull Pang Bo aside to discuss the matter.

In the Prophet's memory replica, Pang Bo was entirely trustworthy! In Ye Hei's self-perception, this brother was also the only friend among his more than thirty classmates whom he could truly confide in.

Combining these two factors, Pang Bo could be trusted.

Just as he was about to act, the chat group abruptly sent a notification that someone was looking for him.

Upon hearing the alert tone, his entire body relaxed.

Because after finishing the replica memories, Ye Hei felt somewhat dazed.

He had almost forgotten that he possessed such a super golden finger as the chat group.

He immediately stopped his movements and entered the chat group first.

Within this eerie bronze coffin, the chat group was his true lifeline.

As for plotting with his brother to kill people, to be honest, Ye Hei did not dare.

At the end of the day, he was merely an ordinary person. Even if that prophet claimed his future achievements would be immeasurable, at present, he was a pure mortal. If possible, who would willingly murder their former classmates for no reason?

Simply because the other party had minor conflicts with him during their school days?

Ye Hei asked himself and knew he could not do it.

As soon as he entered the chat group, Ye Hei saw the group member with the nickname "Trash Prophet" mentioning him.

He immediately typed a message to reply.

In his eyes, the immortals praised by other group members were far less important than this prophet.

Knowing the future was far too crucial for him!

Little Black Boy: "@Trash Prophet, many thanks to the Prophet for willing to inform me of my future circumstances! I am endlessly grateful! If there is anything I can help with in the future, I will certainly do my utmost to assist!"

Trash Prophet: "Yo-ho, Ye Heavenly Emperor, you're quite self-aware, aren't you! Not bad, not bad."

Spirit Hall's Golden Generation: "I didn't expect the newcomer to become so powerful in the future. Truly wonderful. Our chat group has gained another powerhouse. It seems I need to work even harder."

Queen of the Snake-People: "Pity that no matter how strong, it's a matter of the future. As for now... Hehe, anyone in the chat group could kill him."

Old Celestial Master: "Can the humble me do so as well? I was just dealing with some matters and haven't had time to download Miss Wu Xu's memory replica."

Ever since joining the chat group, Old Celestial Master Zhang Zhiwei felt he was growing younger every day.

There was no help for it.

In the chat group, entities that had lived for hundreds, thousands, or even millions of years were everywhere. A lifespan of a mere hundred years truly could not warrant being called "old."

Little Black Boy: "@Queen of the Snake-People, one must look at someone with new eyes after three days apart!"

Trash Prophet: "What you said is correct, but the memory replica I gave you has disrupted your original life track. Knowing the future as you do, will you still retain the original temperament of continuous growth? That remains unknown."

Spirit Hall's Golden Generation: "Wu Xu's meaning is that the newcomer might stray onto a deviant path?"

Trash Prophet: "Hey, hey, hey, don't slander me! I didn't mean that!"

Queen of the Snake-People: "Stop pretending. Doesn't your meaning imply that without his original trials, the newcomer's temperament will fall short, and he might perish midway?"

Trash Prophet: "@Queen of the Snake-People, Medusa, if you don't stick out your snake tongue, no one will treat you as mute. Shut your mouth! Be careful or I'll bite it off."

Queen of the Snake-People: "This King wouldn't mind at all; I'm just afraid the mouth bitten off wouldn't be mine."

Lin, My Lin: "You two stop arguing. @Trash Prophet, Prophet, where are the newcomer's other memory replicas? Why do I have no permission to download them?"

Little Spider: "You can't download them either, Obito! I can't download them either. I thought it was just my personal issue."

Mosquito's Nemesis: "I can download the subsequent content, but a portion of it is also inaccessible."

Trash Prophet: "How could that be? I clearly didn't set any permissions. Anyone should be able to download them."

Little Black Boy: "Hearing you say that, it seems I can't download them either. I thought my brain capacity wasn't large enough to hold such vast prophecies!"

Queen of the Snake-People: "I downloaded a portion, but the subsequent parts are also unavailable. What does this mean?"

Little Black Boy: "Goodness, so everyone can't download them! I thought it was just me alone!"

Mosquito's Nemesis: "@Chat Group Assistant, explain."

Spirit Hall's Golden Generation: "Eh, since when did our group have a Chat Group Assistant?"

Mosquito's Nemesis: "It appeared just a moment ago."

Old Celestial Master: "@Chat Group Assistant, can you explain why the memory replicas cannot be downloaded?"

Spirit Hall's Golden Generation: "@Chat Group Assistant, why is there no group leader in our group? Set up a group leader to manage us, won't you."

Chat Group Assistant: "Event noticed. Answer to the inquiry: Because the future stance of group member Ye Hei may involve reversing the long river of time, to protect the safety of group members, each group member can only review memory replicas matching their current strength and mindset."

Queen of the Snake-People: "Even with my current strength, I cannot view the entire memory replica?"

Little Black Boy: "@Chat Group Assistant, my identity has already been verified, why can't I watch it? I refuse to accept this."

Chat Group Assistant: "Because your current strength is overly weak. If you were to witness future scenes, you might be killed by the future, impacting the entire river of time."

Spirit Hall's Golden Generation: "@Chat Group Assistant, that's not right. Wu Xu herself knows the future, why is she fine?"

Chat Group Assistant: "[Trash Prophet] is an extremely special group member. If possible, please protect her as much as possible. With her here, you all can love and care for one another forever."

I Am Not a God of War: "Wow, Little Black Boy's experiences are truly so rich and fascinating! When will the adventures after the Big Dipper Star Region be unlocked? I'm quite anxious."

Little Black Boy: "Never mind you being anxious, I'm starting to get anxious now too."

Trash Prophet: "Tell me, can I just orally recount it directly in the chat group?"

Chat Group Assistant: "It is advised that you had best not do so. If necessary, please find a reliable person to recount it on your behalf."

Lin, My Lin: "What does that mean?"

Trash Prophet: "It probably means letting group members whose strength is sufficient to view all memory replicas speak for me, right?"

Queen of the Snake-People: "Is there any difference between this and naming names directly?"

Jiang Wang was browsing through Ye Hei's life experiences with great interest.

One had to admit... Ye Hei's life was immensely magnificent. In the past, he certainly would have envied the other's experiences.

After all, how many times in one's lifetime could one have similar experiences?

Naturally, he no longer envied the other party now.

As an Celestial Immortal, his baseline lifespan started at one million years. Ye Hei had strived for a lifetime, and under extreme circumstances, lived to be 720,000 years old before finally lifting up the Heavenly Court to ascend.

After ascension, the exact duration he could live would still depend on circumstances.

Unlike Jiang Wang, who only needed to cultivate step-by-step; with the Creation Jade Disc, his lifespan would sooner or later break through to an even more exaggerated figure, and even becoming undying and imperishable was not entirely impossible.

However...

Ye Hei's life experiences also provided Jiang Wang with a reminder: one must be decisive in actions and harbor no hesitation.

Hesitation leads to defeat!

Ye Hei had nearly been killed on several occasions, and when he subsequently executed counter-kills, what he relied on were two words: decisiveness!

Once a determination was made to do something, absolutely no hesitation was allowed! Do it first, talk later.

"Right, I am about to attend the Immortal Friends Gathering, I must prepare some items in advance, otherwise having nothing presentable to bring at that time would rather be a disgraceful matter."

The Immortal Friends Gathering was a gathering of middle and lower-tier immortals in the Heavenly Court.

They were often linked one after another, calling upon friends and companions, growing larger and larger.

The Grand Supreme Master paid no mind to such matters, and consequently, these gatherings grew increasingly frequent.

From the initial gathering of just a few immortals to growing numbers of immortals joining together later on, in short, everyone became friends and brothers.

Along with the increasing number of immortals attending the gathering.

From initially being purely a cultivation exchange meeting, it evolved into a comprehensive exchange meeting. One could say its development and changes were monumental.

Several leaders among them were indispensable for this.

They were the star gods among the three hundred and sixty-five celestial bodies of the Zhou Tian.

The so-called star gods were wills naturally born amidst the Zhou Tian starry constellations, somewhat similar to the wandering Earth's Hansu.

However, slightly different from Hansu, Hansu's birth was smooth sailing, and throughout her life, she could be said to have experienced no difficult trials. Her biggest problem was probably a group of unfilial descendants arbitrarily pushing her away from the solar system.

The experiences of the star gods were far too tragic.

Starting from the Primeval Era, the existence of the star gods remained unknown to the world.

In that world, Dragons, Phoenixes, and Qilin dominated through eternity, and heaven and earth had to give the three clans some face.

Following the Dragon-Phoenix Tribulation, the Wu and Yao clans took advantage of the momentum to rise.

Compared to Dragons and Phoenixes, the Wu and Yao were more violent and much purer.

Their existence practically caused the entire primeval world to thoroughly transform into two factions.

The Wu belonged to the Wu, and the Yao belonged to the Yao.

As for others?

Aside from those neutrals powerful enough that neither the Wu nor the Yao wished to touch, all others were crushed to pieces!

The star gods were among the most pathetic parts of this.

Unlike other races ground into dust, the star gods were considered relatively fortunate.

At least they were not thoroughly ground into渣渣 (scum/dust).

However, not being reduced to absolute dust did not mean they lived at ease.

When the star gods awakened their consciousness, the three hundred and sixty-five heavenly stars were immediately detected by the Eastern Emperor Taiyi and the Demon Emperor Jun.

To defeat the Wu clan, they created one of the most terrifying formations in primeval history: the Zhou Tian Star Dou Formation!

The Zhou Tian Star Dou Formation utilized the power of three hundred and sixty-five stars to form a might capable of contending with saints.

This power destroyed heaven and earth and was the purest kind of force.

After all, the Zhou Tian stars transformed chaos into celestial spiritual Qi, and their inherent might was extremely terrifying.

It might seem that the star gods were extremely important to the Yao clan.

However!

The Zhou Tian Star Dou Formation did not rely on the true star gods, but rather on pseudo-star gods.

What kind of figure was Eastern Emperor Taiyi?

Upon discovering the existence of the star gods, they did not trust the star gods in the slightest, but directly suppressed them.

After suppressing the star gods, they used their authority to command the major demon kings of the Yao clan to go atop the three hundred and sixty-five Zhou Tian stars to establish their own demon kingdoms, thereby conferring gods on the spot and becoming pseudo-star gods.

With this set of operations, even the saints had no way to pick flaws, and the pitiful star gods were suppressed from then on.

The years of this suppression were extraordinarily long.

How many *yuanhui* the Wu-Yao War lasted was not even recorded.

Because the Demon Sage Bai Ze, who was responsible for recording, died in battle during the middle period of the Wu-Yao War.

After the Wu-Yao War ended, the primeval world did not recover its peace, but instead plunged once more into an era of chaos.

The span of this period was also absurdly large. During this time, the demon kings who had attained godhood on the spot died, were wounded, or fled, but to the star gods, there was no difference.

Because they were still not unsealed.

Yes!

The star gods seemed as though they had been forgotten; no one cared about them.

Aside from a tiny fraction of star gods, the majority of star gods, in their helplessness, chose reincarnation.

The reincarnation of star gods was rather special. Due to the issue of their identities as star gods, there were some "historical legacy issues" with Goddess Pingxin, leading to an unsmooth reincarnation process for the star gods.

Basically, it was just dying, dying, dying, dying, dying.

Omitting a single instance of death would be a sign of disrespect toward Goddess Pingxin.

As one of the avatars of that supreme being, although Goddess Pingxin possessed a kind heart, it did not mean she was a soft holy mother. Back during the Wu-Yao War, both her older brothers and older sisters died at the hands of the Yao clan; it would be strange if she could harbor good feelings toward the star gods.

After all, the star gods could be said to have indirectly caused the death of her brothers, and thus the reincarnated star gods bounced back and forth between dying and not dying.

Most star gods could not bear it and ultimately returned to the interior of the stars to accept the reality of being sealed.

Naturally, there were also some star gods who refused to submit to misfortune.

Such as Ziwei, Gouchen, and others. They were originally the elder brothers among the star gods, and to save their brothers, they reincarnated between death and life, enduring tens of thousands of tribulations.

Facts proved that correct persistence could indeed succeed.

The current Ziwei and Gouchen... compared to ordinary star gods, they were figures at the level of supreme bosses.

The status of the two emperors was almost on par with the Grand Supreme Master, trailing by just a tiny, negligible margin.

With the appearance of the two emperors, the status of the star gods rose with the tide.

However, this did not mean all star gods held status in the Heavenly Court.

Star gods like the Solar Lord, Lunar Lord, and the Big Dipper Seven Stars went without saying—their status was very high, and ordinary Great Celestial Gods had to pay respects upon meeting these Lords.

As for lesser star gods, some fared even worse than Heavenly Generals.

For example, some star gods within the Central Ziwei Enclosure: Nushi, Zhushi, Yunu, Tianzhu, Dali, and so on.

Call out any random one, let alone the Great Celestial Gods, and sometimes even ordinary celestial immortals like Jiang Wang could not recognize them all.

Yet, no matter how unrecognizable they were, they were still star gods, brothers of the two great emperors Ziwei and Gouchen, and children of the Doumu Yuanjun!

Face had to be given.

Primeval history proved that the higher the status and strength, the more one cared about face.

Thus, as the Immortal Friends Gathering grew larger and larger, some invited several star gods to preside over affairs.

The several star gods invited to preside were not of exceedingly high status.

They were respectively the star god Fu from the Central Ziwei Enclosure, the star god Huben from the Upper Taiwei Enclosure, and the star god Dou from the Lower Tianshi Enclosure.

It must be mentioned here that in the Heavenly Court, star gods and star lords were not the same path—or rather, they were the same path, but not entirely counted as the same path.

Star gods were those who could not accept continuous reincarnation and ultimately chose to return and remain.

While the majority of star lords struggled bitterly through reincarnation and ultimately seized the opportunity of the Consecration of Gods to successfully break free from the seal.

Star gods were equivalent to the stars; star gods and stars were integrated and could not leave their stars for long periods.

Star lords were much freer; not only did they govern the stars, but they could also move about freely.

In terms of status, star lords were also far superior to star gods.

Most star gods could not even be named, and those whose names could be called were star lords.

Therefore, very often, even though star lords and star gods were brothers and sisters to each other, basically, star lords and star gods did not interact.

Star gods considered star lords to be betrayers, while star lords considered star gods to be unmotivated, and both sides looked down on each other.

The sole exceptions were the two emperors Ziwei and Gouchen.

Whether star lords or star gods, once the two emperors spoke, they were all younger brothers and younger sisters.

The gathering organized by the three star gods Fu, Dou, and Huben, accepting the invitation, brought many benefits to the current Jiang Wang.

In the future Journey to the West tribulation, having one more friend meant one more path.

After all, the Journey to the West tribulation was less the tribulation of the Monkey King and his party, and more a contest among the gods and Buddhas of the heavens.

An entity at the level of the Grand Supreme Master might not make a move, but for the immortals of the Heavenly Court, the Journey to the West tribulation harbored mysteries.

Because of this tribulation, the Heavenly Court and Mount Lingshan birthed quite a few "monsters" and "Buddhas."

There were many subtleties involved here.

Moreover, the Journey to the West tribulation was also the beginning of the future collapse of the Heavenly Code.

When the monkey began to challenge the heavens with the status of a mortal demon immortal, and when the Heavenly Court failed time and again to sanction him, in the eyes of certain immortals and gods, the heavenly laws and rules perhaps lost their supreme and inviolable nature.

Naturally, the Heavenly Court would not collapse because of this, but rebellious immortals challenging the heavenly laws and rules would always emerge.

Such as the lineage of the Third Holy Mother.

The Third Holy Mother challenged the Heavenly Code by marrying a mortal, directly slapping the Grand Supreme Master in the face.

The Grand Supreme Master was merciful, and coupled with the fact that the Third Holy Mother was the sister of the heavenly god Yang Jian, out of respect for him, she was merely suppressed beneath Mount Hua.

If it were an ordinary god, blades and axes would likely have long been applied, accompanied by wind and thunder divine punishments.

Just as Jiang Wang was contemplating what items to bring to the Immortal Friends Gathering, the prompt tone sounded in the chat group.

Spirit Hall's Golden Generation: "@Nantian Gate Guard, Celestial Lord, have you finished reading the newcomer's entire experiences?"

Little Black Boy: "@Nantian Gate Guard, if Celestial Lord can finish reading all of the humble one's experiences, please reveal a hint or two, I am endlessly grateful! If there is anything that needs help in the future, the humble one will go all out."

Ye Hei did not know how to converse with a celestial lord either.

After thinking about it, he decided to imitate the Old Celestial Master's speaking style to appear a bit more seasoned.

Nantian Gate Guard: "Hmm?"

Jiang Wang was too lazy to flip through the chat history and was in a state of complete incomprehension regarding the remarks of the two.

Trash Prophet: "Celestial Lord, didn't I just upload the newcomer's memory replica? But many of us here cannot see the full picture of the replica. Although I know the contents inside, every time I post it, it turns entirely into asterisks, as if the chat group blocked the newcomer's deeds."

Queen of the Snake-People: "The chat group is far too cautious, worrying about something like the future newcomer reversing time and space and posing a threat to us or something. But is there any difference between the future newcomer and the current newcomer? If he really wants to do that, we'll just kill the newcomer directly, and all problems vanish."

Little Black Boy: "Begging to be spared! I believe my future self won't do such a thing."

Trash Prophet: "Your belief is worth a fart!"

Trash Prophet: "@Nantian Gate Guard, Celestial Lord, it seems only you can see all the contents in the replica, and only when you recount these contents will it not cause the future newcomer to notice."

Nantian Gate Guard: "So?"

Trash Prophet: "Hehe, Celestial Lord, they want to beg you to tell them what happens to Ye Hei later on."

Nantian Gate Guard: "A path of twists and turns, moving upstream against the current, failing three times in a lifetime, ultimately ascending."

Queen of the Snake-People: "That's it?! Celestial Lord, talk a bit more about it."

Little Black Boy: "@Nantian Gate Guard, Celestial Lord, I want to know what those three failures in my life are."

Trash Prophet: "Ah... I didn't even notice, turns out you, Ye Hei, failed three times as well. The other Heavenly Emperor has never failed once; you still cannot compare to him."

Little Black Boy: "Another Heavenly Emperor? Living in the same era as me? Who is it? Can I hug his thighs?"

Trash Prophet: "Don't even think about it, you can't catch up to him."

Little Black Boy: "Forget it then, please have Celestial Lord first inform me what the three failures in my life were."

Nantian Gate Guard: "This failure is not that kind of failure."

Nantian Gate Guard: "When you broke through to the fourth secret realm, because you were burdened by the Saint Physique curse, the hope of crossing this hurdle was slim. Fortunately, you saved someone, and he used his God-King blood during your breakthrough to wash and suppress your Dao Diagram, but in the end, it had little effect because you still suffered Dao injuries. This is the first failure."

I Am Not a God of War: "Celestial Lord, may I ask what the second failure is? It sounds quite exciting."

Little Black Boy: "My life is not a viewing record!"

Nantian Gate Guard: "The second failure was the most tragic of your life. Many close friends and relatives left forever during this failure. This failure seemed to be called the Dark Turmoil?"

Trash Prophet: "Yes, yes, that's it! I wanted to say it just now, but I couldn't speak out."

Little Black Boy: "I wonder what this **** is?"

Queen of the Snake-People: "Ha? Even the protagonist himself is unable to utter this term?"

Spirit Hall's Golden Generation: "Just how strong is this newcomer in the future to be able to reach this point?"

Nantian Gate Guard: "Actually, not that strong, hasn't reached the point of retroactive causation yet. The so-called Dark Turmoil..."

Nantian Gate Guard: "It's roughly that after achieving immortality and establishing the Dao for a million years, supremes dormant in the dark forbidden zones miscalculated the time of the immortal path's appearance and emerged prematurely. After failing, they wished to devour the life essence of universe living beings to prolong their own lifespans, causing turmoil."

Nantian Gate Guard: "Tch, this kind of thing is nothing more than a rock even if they become immortals."

Old Celestial Master: "A rock? May I ask how the Immortal interprets this?"

Nantian Gate Guard: "Immortals possess emotions; an immortal without emotions is no different from a rock. Longevity is longevity, but they can only watch the changes of all things like a rock."

Trash Prophet: "I completely agree with Celestial Lord! If an immortal has no emotions, then there is no difference from a rock."

Queen of the Snake-People: "These supremes don't seem entirely without emotions, right? At least they still know how to slaughter; a real rock shouldn't be doing anything at all, right?"

Lin, My Lin: "Celestial Lord, is absorbing the origin of all living beings truly an unforgivable act? I once heard a famous saying from an overseas realm: Heaven destroys and Earth slays those who look only to themselves. These supremes also did this out of a desire for longevity."

Little Spider: "This saying is wrong! If we treat the lives of others as bargaining chips for ascension, what are we? Are we not also bargaining chips in the eyes of even stronger beings? If such a powerhouse truly exists, I will certainly defeat them."

Lin, My Lin: "You are too young, Little Spider. The strong make the rules—have you heard this saying? In front of the strong, the weak can only wail, otherwise they can't even save the person they love! You should know this very well, right? Don't you want to save your uncle?"

Little Spider: "It's true that I want to save my uncle, but I won't kill other innocent people to save my uncle. Then what difference would I have from the bandits who killed my uncle?"

Trash Prophet: "Stop!"

Queen_of_the_Snake_People: "I was just saying it casually, how did you two end up arguing?"

Spirit Hall's Golden Generation: "Poor mindset, prone to disputes."

Old Celestial Master: "Calling it mindset, actually it's differing ideologies, right?"

Trash Prophet: "Yes, two completely different ideologies, naturally prone to major conflicts."

Queen of the Snake-People: "Enough! Stop talking! The final right of interpretation belongs entirely to Celestial Lord."

Watching the chat history, Ye Hei was nearly dying of anxiety.

These two group members, "Little Spider" and "Lin, My Lin," were simply torturing him.

Torturing him to death.

My three failure experiences all relied on Celestial Lord to tell them, and the second one was interrupted right in the middle. It was simply too infuriating.

Nantian Gate Guard: "You all continue, I have matters to attend to as well."

Jiang Wang was not unhappy.

He genuinely had some matters.

Tomorrow he would attend the Immortal Friends Gathering, and as an invitee, he naturally had to prepare some items for exchange.

Going into the past with empty hands—surely one could not discuss cultivation with others?

An immortal, even if cultivating the Great Product Celestial Immortal Art, was not a very good subject for Dao discussion in the eyes of other immortals.

In short, one had to have something on hand; he could not truly be an "immortal with nothing."

"Three-no" immortals were the least welcomed in the Heavenly Court.

Trash Prophet: "Don't go, don't go, Celestial Lord, I'll make them shut up."

Trash Prophet: "@Little Spider @Lin, My Lin, isn't it good to listen properly to Celestial Lord? Why butt in! Wait until Celestial Lord finishes speaking before you blabber."

Little Spider: "Hehe, my fault, let's talk later."

Lin, My Lin: "Understood, understood, let's talk later."

Nantian Gate Guard: "Once I finish telling you, I'll log off first. Do not look for me regarding trivial matters for now."

Trash Prophet: "Alright, Celestial Lord, please attend to your matters."

Nantian Gate Guard: "In the Dark Turmoil, Ye Hei entered the shell of the Great Accomplishment Saint Physique to fight the supremes, but faced with those sublimated supremes, he had no power to fight back."

I Am Not a God of War: "Sounds quite simple? Did he win in the end?"

Nantian Gate Guard: "You'll know when the time comes. However, in Wu Xu's memory replica, a whole round of people around him died."

Little Black Boy: "..."

Spirit Hall's Golden Generation: "The newcomer's mindset has directly collapsed, hahaha."

Trash Prophet: "Collapse my foot, what's there to collapse? Celestial Lord is just telling you the truth. It's not like you didn't *** in the end."

Queen of the Snake-People: "What did you say?"

Trash Prophet: "Can't say it. Forget it, let's wait until Celestial Lord finishes talking about Ye Hei's third failure."

Nantian Gate Guard: "The third time was when Ye Hei first yielded to failure? Should be. He achieved Great Accomplishment in his Saint Physique, broke the Saint Physique curse to become an emperor, but wanted to let those around him attain the imperial position alongside him, resisting the Myriad Daos with his solitary strength, and was nearly killed by the Undying Medicine that emerged from the universe."

Trash Prophet: "Ah, yes, yes, yes, this was the one, Ye Hei was miserably pathetic."

Queen of the Snake-People: "Undying Medicine? Sounds quite prestigious."

Spirit Hall's Golden Generation: "I always have an inexplicable feeling that the newcomer's world is much stronger than mine. What kind of feeling is this?"

Little Spider: "Your feeling is definitely wrong, no need to compare with each other."

Lin, My Lin: "Indeed, different worlds have nothing to compare. Celestial Lord seemed to have said so before as well."

Trash Prophet: "Is there any possibility that the newcomer's world is simply much stronger than Hu Liena's?"

Spirit Hall's Golden Generation: "???"

Trash Prophet: "Really, his world is just stronger than yours."

Nantian Gate Guard: "This time the newcomer seemed to have been beaten with no power to fight back, originally wanting to persist to the end, only to finally discover that with his strength he simply couldn't endure the crushing of the Myriad Daos, and ultimately had to yield, letting all transcending tribulations in the universe stop their tribulations. Looks like he was beaten into fear."

Little Black Boy: "Celestial Lord, please leave me a bit of face, this is too tragic."

Nantian Gate Guard: "Not tragic. Go to Big Dipper, work hard, don't let the matter of the memory replica make you forget the tempering of your own mindset."

Little Black Boy: "Many thanks for Celestial Lord's guidance, the humble one will keep it in mind."

Nantian Gate Guard: "The things you said earlier, @Lin, My Lin, boiled down to root and branch, stem from incompetence."

After leaving these words, Jiang Wang exited the chat group.

The supremes in Ye Hei's world, in order to achieve immortality, devoured the origin of all living beings in the world. In essence, it boiled down to two words: incompetence.

If they weren't incompetent, why would they need to do such a thing?

After exiting the chat group, Jiang Wang immediately began preparing the items he would bring to the Immortal Friends Gathering.

The items he was bringing to the gathering were few, numbering only three.

Three bottles of different medicinal pills; that would be sufficient.

Immortals walking the path of alchemy in the Heavenly Court were few, and immortals specializing in alchemy were even scarcer.

Especially among Heavenly Soldiers and Generals, finding a single one specializing in alchemy among the vast numbers of soldiers and generals was a rarity.

Thus, Jiang Wang became that "rare" heavenly soldier.

The Immortal Friends Gathering borrowed the location of Taoyang Shou among the three hundred and sixty-five Zhou Tian stars.

Taoyang Shou was the guardian star of the sun star.

Its star god held a relatively high status among the numerous star gods.

However, the star god of Taoyang Shou was quite silent, basically not participating in the contention for various divine offices and posts in the Heavenly Court, nor meddling in the discrimination chain between star gods and star lords, quietly serving as the guard of the sun star all along.

Usually, when lower-tier immortals and gods of the Heavenly Court held gatherings, they would choose to head to the stellar body of Taoyang Shou to conduct them.

When Jiang Wang arrived at Taoyang Shou dressed in casual attire, the heavenly general who had invited him was already waiting for a long time.

"Ah, Brother Jiang Wang, you've finally arrived! Come over quickly, I'll take you to meet a few fellow Daoists."

Inside a massive palace on Taoyang Shou, a group of immortals had gathered.

Some immortals had set up stalls, placing magical treasures they had refined upon them.

Other immortals had rare stones and exotic herbs placed on their stalls.

Seeing this, Jiang Wang twitched the corner of his mouth.

Immortals buying and selling items—how was it any different from mortals?

In mortal cities, a bunch of people would set up small stalls to buy this and sell that.

The only difference was probably that immortals didn't hawk their wares, whereas mortals hawked theirs with great vigor.

Guided by the heavenly general, Jiang Wang walked down a long corridor, and many immortals along both sides stared at Jiang Wang.

"Who is this fellow Daoist?"

"Hmph, haven't seen this fellow Daoist before."

"Who is he? Who invited him? Has he received the approval of the several star gods?"

"Didn't you see the one beside him? Don't you recognize that heavenly general?"

"Oh, oh, is he the one outside the Nantian Gate?"

"Right, right, it's him."

"So it's him. If it's him, then that's normal. How many people has he invited in over the years? He must have taken quite a few benefits."

"Let's not talk about this, it's boring, honestly and diligently do our own things."

...

These immortals did not avoid suspicion, chatting away while whispering to one another.

Jiang Wang found it strange: was the world of immortals also this gossipy?

"There's even a head-entry fee?" Jiang Wang asked curiously to the heavenly general beside him.

The heavenly general smiled sheepishly: "Others do have one, but fellow Daoist, you do not."

Jiang Wang let out a soft "oh" and asked, "What does the general mean by this? Could it be that Jiang's strength falls short of expectations and he is unworthy of this head-entry fee?"

The heavenly general was slightly startled, then burst into hearty laughter: "Fellow Daoist, you jest! What you give me is simply not a mere head-entry fee! Come, come, come, I'll take fellow Daoist to meet several mighty figures of our Immortal Friends Gathering."

"Are those the several star gods?" Jiang Wang asked curiously.

His understanding of star gods was far too limited. Although he had a star god disciple, that star god Hansu, compared to the star gods of the Heavenly Court, was roughly like an peerless fierce man contrasted with a newly born infant—the gap was immense.

For Hansu's growth, Jiang Wang was very interested in the cultivation methods of star gods and some special secret arts.

He had to ensure Hansu belonged to him one hundred percent, not just the identity of a disciple, but also the wandering Earth represented by Hansu.

Otherwise, cultivating a star god painstakingly only for her to run away at the end—what would his investment amount to?

Although his lifespan appeared close to infinite to many chat group members, only he himself knew that even a lifespan of a million years would eventually run out one day.

If he wanted to obtain an even more protracted existence, longevity, or eternal life, he could only consume a massive amount of spiritual stones in the future, relying on the fragments of the Creation Jade Disc to deduce cultivation methods, ultimately relying on a more powerful cultivation method to harvest the fruits of the Golden Immortal and even Grand Golden Immortal Daos.

And the quantity of consumed spiritual stones would be an astronomical figure.

As everyone knew, the sources of spiritual stones were just those few: either produced within the stellar bodies where star gods resided, or extraordinarily powerful celestial gods forcefully combining spiritual Qi with some special mineral ore to form spiritual stones, and finally, spiritual stones redeemed with points from the chat group store.

Celestial gods and the chat group were both unreliable.

The chat group could not possibly give infinite points; every mission had a limited quota of points.

With Jiang Wang's current strength, he could indeed easily complete every mission, but if he kept snatching everyone's points, even if all group members respected him, sooner or later resentment would brew due to uneven distribution of benefits.

Members capable of joining the chat group would not have low future achievements; there was no need to make relations too rigid.

Calculated this way, the most convenient and fastest way to acquire spiritual stones was probably only to cultivate a brand new star god.

The heavenly general smiled and said, "Correct, they are indeed the star gods."

With that, the heavenly general led Jiang Wang toward the depths of the palace on Taoyang Shou.

Deep within the palace, three luxuriously dressed star gods were drinking wine.

Seeing the heavenly general lead an unfamiliar immortal deep into the palace, the three star gods set down their wine cups in unison, furrowing their brows slightly and showing a trace of impatience.

"Who is he? The number of immortals at our gathering is already large enough! Any more, and it will displease the celestial gods." A female star god stared at Jiang Wang, slightly frowning.

The heavenly general hurried forward: "Three Star Gods, this is that Jiang Wang, Fellow Daoist Jiang, whom I mentioned to you earlier! The one personally designated by the Heavenly King."

As the words fell, the three star gods quickly stood up.

That noble female star god took steps, slowly walking up to Jiang Wang, and bowed to him, saying, "Fellow Daoist Jiang, I've heard your great name for a long time, and finally getting to see you today is no small feat. Let me introduce myself: I am the star god of Dou Star, you may address me as Dou."

The female star god's self-introduction sounded quite formidable, because Dou Star usually referred to the Big Dipper Star.

And the Big Dipper Star was a renowned star god in the Heavenly Court, because the Big Dipper had seven stars.

Tianshu Star, Tianxuan Star, Tianji Star, Tianquan Star, Yuheng Star, Kaiyang Star, and Yaoguang Star.

These seven names were not very famous in the Heavenly Court, and even in the mortal world, very few people called the Big Dipper Seven Stars by these names.

The reason was very simple.

Because the names of the Big Dipper Seven Stars in the Heavenly Court were fundamentally not these.

The Big Dipper Seven Stars had another set of names.

Namely: Tanlang, Jumen, Luxun, Wenqu, Lianzhen, Wuqu, and Pojun.

These seven were renowned star lords in the Heavenly Court, exhibiting a massive gap compared to star gods like Dou Star.

Among all stellar wills, the Big Dipper Seven Stars were only one rank lower than the Solar and Lunar Lords.

Originally, the gap between the Big Dipper Seven Stars and the Sun and Moon was quite large; the reason they were only one rank lower was primarily due to historical legacy issues.

The Sun and Moon stars were transformed from the left and right eyes of the Pangu Great Deity, and their status was naturally higher than that of all stars.

However, the Sun and Moon had once been the base camp of the Yao clan, and the current Grand Supreme Master certainly could not allow these two to truly hold high positions.

Consequently, the status of the Big Dipper Seven Stars was almost on par with the Sun and Moon.

Dou Star naturally could not compare to the Big Dipper Seven Stars, but the status of star gods was naturally higher than that of heavenly soldiers and generals.

"Jiang Wang pays respects to Star God Dou." Jiang Wang cupped his fists toward the Dou Star God.

In the Heavenly Court, unless meeting the Grand Supreme Master and the other three great emperors, where one needed to bow, other celestial gods and immortals—even Supreme Lao Jun—only required cupping fists or a whisk-greeting ritual.

Star God Dou waved her hand, smiling cordially: "Fellow Daoist Jiang is too polite! Come, come, come, Fellow Daoist Jiang, please take the seat of honor, let us immortals share a good drink together. This time we procured walnut wine from the Seven Fairies; the flavor is exquisite, Fellow Daoist must properly taste it."

Walnut wine?

Jiang Wang's eyes lit up.

Among the numerous fine wines and brews of the Heavenly Court, walnut wine was the most approachable.

When ordinary immortals gathered, they could also beg a jar or two from the Seven Fairies.

The reason this wine was named "walnut" was rumored to be because the materials used to brew it were peaches introduced to the Heavenly Court from Mount Lingshan, completely different from flat peaches, and their quality was also much inferior to flat peaches.

Thus, fine wine brewed from walnuts was rarely drunk by Great Celestial Gods and heavenly officials, leaving it to benefit ordinary gods, heavenly soldiers and generals, and star gods of not particularly high status.

"Many thanks to Star God Dou for bestowing the wine," Jiang Wang thanked loudly, while simultaneously looking toward the other two star gods with a smile:

"I wonder if Star God Dou might introduce the names of these two fellow Daoists to the humble one?"