Chapter 911: Fuxi's Connate Eight Trigrams!
Translator: Noodletown Translations Editor: Noodletown Translations
For the whole day, most of the players in the shops were watching the newly released Investiture of the Gods.
On the morning of the next day, a large group of people walked in as soon as the shop opened. After finding seats to sit down, they began to talk about the new TV Series eagerly.
"Sister Su, did you finish Investiture of the Gods yesterday?" With a mug of Cappuccino in his hand, Song Qingfeng hadn't even taken a seat yet. Seeing an acquaintance nearby, he began to talk with her. "I just came back from my family and haven't watched it yet. Is it good?"
"Yesterday, I just watched the Shang Dynasty go corrupt. My goodness! You can't imagine how powerful the Shang Dynasty is! Do you remember Pagoda Bearer Devaraja Li, the grand general who led an army to surround and attack Flower Fruit Mountain and later did many favors for the Great Sage in Journey to the West?" Su Tianji said, "He's in Investiture of the Gods; he's only a marshal in the Shang Dynasty!"
"F*ck?!" About to turn on Investiture of the Gods, Song Qingfeng was startled and shouted, "Then, who is the emperor!? Is he the Great Jade Emperor?"
"I don't think so," Su Tianji said.
"I wonder if some more powerful immortals are acting as officials in the Shang Dynasty!" Shen Qingqing said, "Goddess Nuwa is so powerful, but when King Zhou read the lewd poem, she didn't dare to touch one hair of his, at least on the surface."
"What...? Isn't Nuwa the primeval sage? The one who patched up the sky...? In Journey to the West, even the small Jin River Dragon King dared to take the emperor's life."
"Who's the most powerful person in the Shang Dynasty? Is there anyone more powerful than Pagoda Bearer Devaraja Li?"
"I don't know. Right now, there's a man named Huang Feihu, and his title is King Wucheng. I don't think he showed up in Journey to the West. There's also a Grand Preceptor Wen who is outside suppressing rebellions."
"Huh? Did these people appear in Journey to the West? Are they more powerful than Devaraja Li?" After all, Song Qingfeng and the others had only watched Journey to the West and knew that the gods had different powers.
"I can't talk with you guys now. I've got to watch it!" Seeing that Investiture of the Gods had begun on her screen, Shen Qingqing was eager to find answers to her questions.
Hearing her words, the others also stopped their chat and entered the magnificent and miraculous mythical world in the primeval times.
"Qingqing, do you want to watch it together?" Su Tianji and the others also put on their virtual reality headsets and began to watch today's new episodes of Investiture of the Gods.
"Yes! Yes! Yes! Being tied to a blazing metal pillar is so scary that I almost had a nightmare last night."
Remembering yesterday's experience, the girls decided to watch the new episodes together, afraid that Su Daji would invent some new frightening torture methods.
"What's that...!?" Song Qingfeng, who hadn't watched the TV Series yesterday, looked at them in bafflement.
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At this moment, they stepped on the land in Kunlun Mountain which was covered in white snow and ice that were tens of thousands of years old. The terrain was different from the Kunlun that they saw in the Legend of Sword and Fairy, which was way later in the timeline. Auspicious clouds and mists rose, and purple clouds floated around while countless immortal lights shot out from the immortal palace at the Kirin Cliff.
It was a prosperous immortal scene that no words could describe.
After entering the palace, the viewers saw the Primeval Lord of Heaven quietly sitting with his eyes closed on the Eight Treasure Cloud Light Platform.
They had never seen this immortal before. He didn't look solemn or majestic, but they had an indescribable feeling when they saw him, and a sense of respect and fear hit them abruptly.
This feeling was even more intense than the feeling that they had when they saw Patriarch Subodhi on the Mountain of Heart and Mind.
"Who... is this immortal?!" Su Tianji sensed it more since she had learned the Palm Thunder at the Mountain of Heart and Mind and used it to block true immortals with only a mortal's cultivation strength!
The indescribable sense of respect and fear that this old immortal induced in her was even stronger than Patriarch Subodhi!?
She couldn't imagine what realm this immortal had reached.
"Master, what kind of an immortal is the Primeval Lord of Heaven...?" Fenghua and Yuexin looked horrified as they thought about the situation, and so did Shen Qingqing and Xu Zixin, who were watching the TV Series with them.
Something more astonishing came...
"There are two other deities on the same level as the Primeval Lord of Heaven?!"
It was hard to imagine. The people felt as if they were standing before a mountain that they couldn't see the peak of. Feeling as tiny as dust before the grand mountain, they suddenly discovered that there were more taller mountains behind the first one, which they had thought was the tallest mountain in the world!
"Look! They are going to sent Jiang Shang down the mountain for the investiture of the gods!" The viewers were thrilled at the thought of the investiture of the gods. They were amazed that such an unimaginable thing would happen in the primeval Huaxia.
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While the Kunlun Mountain was peaceful and tranquil, the human world was in an uproar.
"King Zhou has killed two major feudatories... half of the four big feudatories are gone...?"
"This West Feudatory Ji Chang is in danger...!"
At this moment, West Feudatory Ji Chang was doing divination for himself before he set off. The hexagrams showed that the Shang Dynasty had only 28 years left. Fei Zhong and You Hun, two evil officials, would die violent deaths while West Feudatory Ji Chang would have a natural and peaceful end.
"Is this prediction accurate or not?!" The viewers exchanged a look. It would be fine if the prediction was kept a secret. However, the two evil officials, Fei Zhong and You Hun, heard of it, which worried the viewers.
After all, it was taboo for heavenly secrets to be leaked. More importantly, the prediction was leaked to King Zhou, who had killed two major feudatories.
They continued to watch as King Wen (Ji Chang) was imprisoned, and he derived the connate 64 hexagrams from the connate eight trigrams. Later, he was actually released and returned to his homeland with glory. Then, King Zhou went back on his words and wanted to kill King Wen. The ups and downs of the story were thrilling.
At Lintong Fortress, tens of thousands of soldiers chased after King Wen with thunderous shouts. He was about to reach the border of West Zhou when they caught up with him. Then, a figure descended from the sky with wind and lightning energy on his wings, and he stood before the tens of thousands of soldiers!
[TL Note: King Zhou and the West Zhou aren't related. Even though they are all pronounced Zhou, the actual Chinese characters are different.]
With his eyes big like bronze bells with lightning energy flashing inside, he was 'the first one with wind and lightning energy on his wings and who inspired descendants with countless changes!'
"Leizhenzi! My goodness-!" Remembering the foreshadowing where West Feudatory Ji Chang had saved an abandoned infant in a thunderstorm, the audience exclaimed in elation.
[TL Note: Leizhenzi is a character featured within the famed classic Chinese novel Investiture of the Gods. Leizhenzi is a celestial being that had been created by a certain great thunderstorm at Mount Swallow. He is also known as Thunder-quaker.]
"King Zhou couldn't kill him! My goodness... his divination was right!"
"I'll watch that Fuxi Eight Trigrams again. It is amazing... such accurate predictions were made!"
Su Tianji said immediately.
Then, she began to watch Investiture of the Gods for the second time.
At this moment, many other people also went back to watch the extremely mysterious Eight-Trigram Pattern with eager eyes.
Especially, the cultivators such as Fairy Qing Yun who exceled in divination immediately went back to watch the process again. "Fuxi Eight Trigram... Fuxi!?"
She suddenly widened her eyes in amazement. "Is it the origin of the divination and the Zhou Yi Technique in the legendary land of Huaxia!?"
Even the weak-looking feudatory knows such powerful stuff?!
Chapter 912: Ten Ultimate Arrays! Members of Jie Sect began to show power!
Translator: Noodletown Translations Editor: Noodletown Translations
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On the other side, the story of Li Jing and his son unfolded. The cultivators and warriors in different shops watched Nata cause an uproar in the ocean beside the Chentang Fortress. Knowing that he had made big trouble, Nata killed himself, returning his flesh to his mother and bones to his father. It was an unsettling story.
Different from Journey to the West, Investiture of the Gods revealed the grand mythical scenes from ancient Huaxia. Perhaps no other legend or myth in the history of the whole world had so many powerful immortals and gods appearing at the same time. It was like a huge mythical scroll.
The mythical heroes from this huge mythical scroll stepped onto the huge arena one by one.
Among this mythical group of heroes, no one was absolutely good or bad. Deities could also make mistakes, since they had once been humans.
On this ultimate arena, legendary stories with strange twists unfolded.
"So, Li Jing was still cultivating under Du'e Immortal at this time..."
"This Taiyi Immortal is so powerful. He rebuilt Nata's physical body with lotus flowers and roots!"
The viewers watched the scenes with widened eyes.
"So, Pagoda Bearer Devaraja Li's jade tower is a gift from Lamp-Burning Daoist... it's used to suppress Nata, so they are forced to reconcile with each other?!"
"Huh-!? Isn't he Buddha Dipamkara?!" While talking about the story with others, Su Tianji froze at the scene.
It must be noted that Buddha Dipamkara had appeared in Journey to the West many times. But in this era, he was Lamp-Burning Daoist!?"
He was... a disciple of the Primeval Lord of Heaven!?
At this moment, the screen dimmed.
"Ahh-! That's the end again-!?"
Instantly, she lounged on the computer chair as if she had lost all her will to do anything.
Su Tianji and the others sat before their computers for a while.
"Master, should we watch it again? I feel unsatisfied!" Fenghua said.
"What the heck. Can't the shop owner release 100 episodes in one day?!" Su Tianji said indignantly, "Well, I'll watch it again."
"That's miraculous..." The moment she said that, Song Qingfeng who was sitting beside her yelled, "This divination technique doesn't need spiritual energy. It means that anyone can learn it?!"
"West Feudatory has derived connate trigrams. Fuxi Eight Trigrams are profound and hard to understand, but the derived 64 hexagrams are easy to understand even though the number of signs increased. You guys can watch it a few more times."
They didn't know that this was the beginning of Zhou Yi, the most famous divination theory and one of the fruits of ancient wisdom!
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"Investiture of the Gods is miraculous...!" For the next few days, people in almost every shop were talking about this new TV Series.
Some tried to copy King Wen and deduce their fates using the divination technique.
"Um... but..." Sitting on a couch, Su Tianji was talking with others about Investiture of the Gods in high spirits, and she said, "The previous episodes focused on the Shang Dynasty and the three sects, and the most important part is the Connate Eight Trigrams. I guess the Daoist friends who study divination are thrilled."
"It's a pity that I study lightning spells, and divination is only my hobby," Su Tianji said in frustration, "I wonder if there's good stuff in the future episodes."
"The three sects are so powerful. I wonder if any of the sect leaders will give lectures?" Sitting next to her, Nalan Mingxue turned her bright eyes. "I wonder who will..."
"It's said that Chan Sect has closed the Dao field due to the imminent catastrophe. We haven't seen members of the Ren Sect yet," Shen Qingqing analyzed, "Maybe the Chan Sect...?"
Su Tianji said, "Goddess Shiji claimed to be a member of Chan Sect, but she was burned to death by Taiyi Immortal with the Nine Dragon Godly Fire Cover. Maybe the Chan Sect isn't powerful at all?"
Nalan Mingxue agreed. "It's possible..."
Seeing that the sky had turned dark, they stood up from the couches. "It's exciting that we can watch new episodes of Investiture of the Gods tomorrow!"
"One week has passed before we noticed it!"
"We can do nothing but talk about Investiture of the Gods each day..." Su Tianji said, feeling like her life depended on this.
Then, she perked up at the thought that she could watch new episodes tomorrow.
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– On the next morning –
"Huh-!?" Before they could sit down with cups of Cappuccino in their hands, they heard Su Tianji shout, "Look! It's about Chan Sect! Grand Preceptor Wen has returned with the army!"
In the mythical TV Series with many gods, the main character Jiang Ziya, who was also known as Jiang Shang, mingled with them and didn't look outstanding with his weak cultivation strength, calling almost every enemy and friend 'Senior'. However, his shortcomings showcased the others' radiance.
Seeing Grand Preceptor Wen returning to Morning Song with the army, the viewers had their hearts in their throats again. After all, even Shang Rong, the old official whom the previous king had entrusted with the duty to look after the new king, had killed himself by smashing his head onto the pillar in the Golden Royal Palace. Bi Gan, the uncle of the king, was cruelly cut open and had his heart dug out. In such an extremely unruly dynasty, the viewers thought that this old official Wen Zhong would be the next victim. However, when the old official showed up while riding on a black Kirin, King Zhou didn't dare to utter any nonsense, When he punched the evil officials in front of everyone in Golden Royal Palace, King Zhou didn't even dare to show his anger.
The viewers trembled inside. What's the background of Grand Preceptor Wen... Even King Zhou must tread carefully around him...!
Although he was on the side of villains, he was almost the most admirable person in the whole TV Series!
In Golden Royal Palace, they drew up ten strategies to settle the nation. On Golden Turtle Island, they visited immortal friends to battle West Qi!
[TL Note: West Qi is West Feudatory Ji Chang's land, and the nation was called West Zhou.]
At this moment, the viewers followed them to the Golden Turtle Island. In one glance, they saw the tranquil green mountains overlooking and suppressing the great ocean and sharp cliffs. Colorful phoenixes chirped, long-living deer and immortal foxes roamed in the forest, and spiritual beasts and birds rested on trees. Ivies and veins crawled in the valley with creeks and bamboo remaining green all year round...
"Wow... so beautiful...!" The scenery-loving elves in the Canglan City Shop didn't want to leave.
"Look! What are they making!?" At this moment, there were immortals coming and going on the island. In the Eight Trigram Brazier, something was being refined.
The refinery method was too complex for the viewers to understand. But after it was set up on the battleground in Xi Qi, all kinds of immortal lights of various colors rose from the array. The connate pure essence floated up, hiding hints of hundun inside. Wind and fire were unleashed together as the Heaven and Earth cracked. Murderous spirits spread all over the Heavenly Realm, and black smoke engulfed Mount Qi.
"This..." At this moment, not only Su Tianji, but everyone else, from new viewers to Ancestral Master Xiaoyao and other patriarchs, looked at the array in horror.
They had never seen a major array with such intense murderous spirits; it could kill immortals and gods. "What array is this?!"
As Ten Ultimate Arrays came out, the Daoist spells of Green Touring Palace began to reveal their powers to the viewers!
Chapter 913: I want to learn this!
Translator: Noodletown Translations Editor: Noodletown Translations
Outside West Qi was a vast wasteland where sand and small rocks flew in the wild winds, and dust filled the sky.
In front of the West Qi army was Nata, who stood on the Fiery Wheels with the Fiery Tip Spear in his hands, Huang Tianhua who was riding on the Jade Kirin, Leizhenzi with his weird and fierce looks, and Yang Jian, emanating a magnificent presence as he looked into the distance.
On the side of the Shang Dynasty that was ruled by Yin Shang, Grand Preceptor Wen was standing before others while riding on the black Kirin with a gold whip in his hand. Behind him were ten Daoists with chilly expressions. Their faces looked very weird, being green, yellow, red, or white in colour. Riding on immortal elks, they stood in one line.
The two armies formed their formations with intense murderous spirits!
The viewers had never seen such a scene before. They were amazed that the mortal troops were led by immortals whose powers were unimaginable.
When they built the arrays, the soldiers and generals took their positions. The formation looked even more mysterious as heavy dust and sand filled the air.
Su Tianji and some other cultivators, such as the Wuwei Daoist Alliance Master Lan Mo, followed Jiang Ziya into the arrays to observe them. The moment that they passed the border of the array flags which acted as invisible portals, they felt as if they had entered another world in which the sky was dim and the earth was dark. Even though it was only a part of the arrays that weren't completely finished, it could scare ordinary people witless!
As the two sects battled, they only used their techniques and Dao spells. Even though they didn't use any cunning and strange military schemes, the arrays full of dangers looked more frightening than military tactics!
At this moment, on one hand, the viewers in the new shops and the ones in the Continent of Immortal Relics admired Grand Preceptor Wen's loyalty and the indigenous Ten Ultimate Arrays built by the Ten Heavenly Masters from the Golden Turtle Island. They were eager to see the great power of the major arrays. On the other hand, they hoped that the great West Qi army would reach Morning Song immediately and teach the cruel king a hard lesson. For one moment, they were worried that Jiang Ziya couldn't break the arrays. For the next moment, they were worried that old Grand Preceptor Wen would be defeated. They felt torn.
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"There's indeed no one who can break these arrays...?" Artifact masters such as Li Haoran and Jun Yangzi from the Wuwei Daoist Alliance stared at the major arrays. Instead of activating the arrays, the Ten Heavenly Masters invited Jiang Ziya to enter the arrays and observe them so he could return and think of a way to break it, which showed how confident they were in the Ten Ultimate Arrays.
Obviously, the arrays didn't let them down since no one in the whole West Qi army could think of a way to deal with them!
"So horrifying! There's such a horrifying thing in ancient Huaxia!" In the new shop in Canglan City, Black Dragon Gulth howled in astonishment, "I feel like its presence is even more scary than some of the powerful gods... Is it an array?!"
In his mind, arrays were just magic arrays, not this thing that contained so many dangers and mysteries!
"Ten Ultimate Arrays?! What good stuff are you watching!?" At this moment, Valkyrie Isabela, who was lying in the Heavenly Realm, could only obtain some clues by eavesdropping on the murmurs of the viewers as she waited for the livestream on the big screen at 8 PM. She was so impatient that she wished that she could leap out of the pool and go to the shop to watch the newest episodes of Investiture of the Gods.
Despite her impatience, she perked up her ears to eavesdrop on the elves, afraid that she would miss some details that they had let slip about the TV Series.
At this moment, the elves exclaimed, "How come the Master of the Desolate Array is so powerful?!"
[TL Note: Hun and po are types of souls in Chinese philosophy and traditional religion. Within this ancient soul dualism tradition, every living human has both a hun spiritual, ethereal, yang soul which leaves the body after death, and also a po corporeal, substantive, yin soul which remains with the corpse of the deceased. It is believed that people have three hun and seven po.]
"He stole Jiang Ziya's two hun and six po with only a scarecrow!?" They saw Heavenly Master Yao set an earth platform and an incense desk in the Desolate Array and place a scarecrow on the platform with Jiang Shang's name attached on it. Three lamps were placed on the scarecrow's head while seven lamps were placed by its feet. By using talisman paper and seals in front of the platform, he had taken almost all of Jiang Ziya's souls in about 20 days as the latter tried to think of a way to deal with the array!
Even the cultivators on the East Continent had never seen such weird and powerful Dao spells before!
It was hard and even impossible to defend. Even though they knew the causes, Yang Jian and Nata were clueless as to how to block the spell.
It was a technique that went beyond their scope of knowledge!
They couldn't understand the connection between the scarecrow and Jiang Ziya and why it could break through all defenses and target his hun and po with ease.
It was so dangerous!
"A scarecrow?! What? What? Another powerful object?!" Lying in the pool, the Valkyrie wished that her hands could move and ease the itching sensation caused by her impatience to watch the TV series.
"Say something more, guys!" She was desperate.
At this moment, the viewers began to understand the great power of this array. After all, the disciple sent by the Primal Lord of Heaven lost his souls and almost died there after just coming out of the sect!
At last, Jiang Ziya, with only one hun and one po left and desperate to return to Kunlun, floated back to Kunlun Mountain and encountered the South Pole Immortal Elder, who stopped the last hun and po from being taken. If this didn't happen, Investiture of the Gods would end soon after it began.
Then, the viewers watched as the Primeval Lord of Heaven's second disciple, Chijing Zi, went to take back Jiang Ziya's hun and po. Instead of taking them back, he almost died in the array. Seeing this scene, the viewers were shocked beyond words!
After all, Chijing Zi was one of the Golden Immortals and only second to Guangcheng Zi among the twelve Golden Immortals!
"What's the background of the Ten Heavenly Masters? It seems like everyone from the Jie Sect is powerful!" the viewers had been a bit worried that the old Grand Preceptor Wen Zhong would be defeated. But now, they were full of worry for Jiang Ziya and West Qi, wondering if anyone in the world could break this array!
Even more unbelievable was that even the Primeval Lord of Heaven couldn't give them a good method to enter the array and take back Jiang Ziya's hun and po. With his decree, the people of West Qi went to Eight-View Palace in Xuandu Cave of Daluo Palace and visited Laozi, who then gave them a Tai Chi Scroll. But this scroll could only deal with the array that took Jiang Ziya's hun and po, and there were ten arrays.
Chijing Zi, whose combat strength ranked top among the twelve Golden Immortals, entered the array with that Tai Chi Scroll, and he only made a narrow escape after taking back Jiang Ziya's hun and po but lost the Tai Chi Scroll in the array!
When he escaped from the array, he was scared senseless!
"This... can we learn this array?!" Suddenly, many cultivators yelled. After all, they had watched every detail including when the Heavenly Masters refined these array blueprints!
Su Tianji also stared at the Ten Ultimate Array and shouted, "I'll learn it too! I'll learn... the Golden Light Array made by Golden Light Saint Mother!"
"Huh?! Aiya!" Su Tianji was delighted when she saw that the Golden Light Saint Mother also used lightning spells!
"Ya! I'll learn this one! I'll learn this one!"
Chapter 914: Head-Nailing Seven Arrow Book... Can also be learned?!
Translator: Noodletown Translations Editor: Noodletown Translations
After watching today's episodes of Investiture of the Gods, Su Tianji took out her communication jade to contact the Wuwei Daoist Alliance and analyze the array that she had seen today
At this moment, almost all the people in the shop were talking about the Ten Ultimate Arrays.
"Which of the Ten Ultimate Arrays do you think is the most powerful...?" Su Tianji heard An Huwei discussing with some grand cultivators. "I'm sure that the Golden Light Array is the most powerful!"
"It's obvious that the Desolate Array is more powerful!"
"F*ck the Desolate Array! It just appears more often than the others. The Heavenly Ultimate Array is the most powerful! It ranks No.1 among the Ten Ultimate Arrays. It's natural that the Heavenly Ultimate Array is the most powerful array!" Ye Songtao, the Cloud Ocean Faction Master and one of the most veteran customers in the shop, said, "I think we can learn these arrays. After I return to my faction, I'll gather the faction resources and see if we can make a copy of the array blueprint..."
"We can't find those high-level materials they used in the arrays! The materials that we have aren't up to the standard," Su Tianji said, "I think the best we can is making a mimic, just like the Heavenly Mirror that we previously made."
"High-level materials?! Aren't up to the standard?" Seeing Nalan Mingxue passing them, An Huwei's eyes lit up as he said, "If we can get some rare and precious materials from the Heavenly Realm to refine the array blueprint..."
"Then, we can..."
They exchanged a look and yelled together, "Make duplicates!"
Hearing these words, they were stunned by their own bold thoughts.
After all, this was not a spell but something like spiritual treasures which didn't consume much spiritual energy. Anyone could use it and release the same power!
At this thought, Su Tianji sat on a couch just like how the Golden Light Saint Mother sat in the array. She emitted lightning-like lights from her palms as if she was controlling the godly mirror in the array without touching it. "Daoist friends, what do you think of my Golden Light Array?!"
"Master, this array has the essence of the sun and the moon and contains the essence from Heaven and Earth. It's extremely miraculous!" At this moment, Fenghua praised while moving her head back and forth, "The mirror is neither copper nor gold and can't be found in the fire inside the brazier. Even heavenly immortals would be melted if they are trapped in the array!"
"Ahaha! I knew that I haven't wasted my love on you!" Su Tianji smiled smugly.
"Ya! You stole all my lines!" Yuexin was sulky.
"Hahaha! Watch my Heavenly Ultimate Array!" At this moment, a figure walked up from behind. It was the Xue Daolv, the Liuyun Daoist Palace Master and Su Tianji's senior brother.
Sitting on a couch, he formed a spiritual seal with both hands.
"Ahahahaha! Very good!" The people of the Wuwei Daoist Alliance who loved to try new things moved immediately. Jun Yangzi said, "I'll try it as soon as I return."
Alliance Chief Lan Mo said, "Mr. Nalan and I will contact the Immortal Realm and ask Senior Nalan and others to find some rare materials that we don't have. Okay?"
[TL Note: It seems like Godly Realm, Immortal Realm, and Heavenly Realm all refer to the same place.]
"These materials are not cheap," An Huwei said with worry, "I'm afraid that they won't have enough money..."
"We will try with all the forces in the Wuwei Daoist Alliance first!"
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At this moment, Nalan Hongwu and Gu Tingyun in the distant Innumerable-Immortal Sea looked sulky. "I say, our storage space is not big enough for the immortal crystals. What should we do?"
"Don't worry." Gu Tingyun said, "The teleportation array leading to the Lower Region is about to be completed. We'll have no problem with communication and transporting goods."
At this moment, they received messages from Wuwei Daoist Alliance and Nalan Mingxue. "Huh...? They're asking us to find these precious materials...?"
They were curious. "Why do they need these materials?"
Nalan Hongwu glanced at the materials and found that some of them didn't even have names and only had pictures.
Some of the pictures seemed to be screenshots from some TV Series.
"Huh...? What are these?!"
"What are you talking about?" Zong Wu immediately looked over.
Nalan Hongwu said, "They seem to be trying to re-create something... Ten Ultimate Arrays. But they lack lots of materials and are asking us to find them here..."
"And the mages from the West Continent..." Gu Tingyun said in bafflement, "I just made the plan to open arcade game halls and sell mobile lwearning machines in the Gods' Palace in the Western Heavenly Realm. How come the mages in Canglan City Shop are sending messages to me...?
"They are offering to go there and open a branch shop in the Gods' Palace...?"
"This whole thing sounds... very suspicious!" Gu Tingyun said, "How come I've never heard of the so-called Ten Ultimate Arrays before?!"
"It seems like... the shop has released a new TV Series...?"
"These guys! How could they not tell us about the new TV Series?!"
"I want to watch this Investiture of the Gods too!" He wanted to quit the job immediately. "We can summon a few people in the Ascendance Realm up here, so they can manage the shop while we go and watch the TV Series!"
They each had a big bag of immortal crystals. They had earned a lot of money by taking their share. They exchanged a look...
"It seems like we can buy lots of stuff with the money that we've earned...?!"
"Then, we can also learn the arrays that they mentioned!" Gu Tingyun laughed.
"Good idea!" Zong Wu said, "They are practicing that Ten Ultimate Arrays. I wonder if there's more powerful stuff?!"
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At this moment, Mr. Fang suddenly received a new upgrade task from the System.
[System Upgrade Task: Acquire Many Energy Crystals (2)
Task Description: You can repeat this task five times
Task Reward: Mythological Gift Bag*1]
"Huh...?" Mr. Fang glanced at it. "I can do this task several times?!"
It must be noted that previously, he could only do each task once, and the rewarded gift bags didn't get him any good things.
For example, after receiving the God-Thrashing Whip, Mr. Fang was so angry that he almost disassembled it immediately. What use did he have for such a thing?!
But this time, he had several more chances to receive mythological rewards.
"The System can't give me a God-Thrashing Whip every time, right?"
Thoughts raced in Mr. Fang's mind...
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The Ten Ultimate Arrays were indeed dangerous.
The twelve Golden Immortals of the Chan Sect came to help the West Qi, and they borrowed spiritual treasures from many places and spent lots of time on the discussion of strategies before they could finally break these arrays.
Despite their powerful Dao spells, the ten Heavenly Masters from the Golden Turtle Island couldn't escape from their fates. It was a sad scene when they didn't die peacefully with their heads cut off.
Regardless if it were the customers of the old shops, the elves in the new shop, or even people from other races, the first thing that they did after entering the shops was talk about the newly released Investiture of the Gods.
They always forgot about the time when they were engrossed in their discussions of the spiritual treasures and all kinds of techniques and spells.
"Under the masters of the three sects, which immortals do you think is the most powerful?" When they got offline, they studied the Ten Ultimate Arrays. When they were online, they also worked hard. In the Jiuhua City Shop, Su Tianji and Xue Daolv sat before their computers. Instead of watching the new episode, they talked about the previous plot.
"It's Zhao Gongming, of course! The Ocean-Settling Bead and Dragon-Binding Rope are unrivaled. The twelve Golden Immortals and even Lamp-Burning Daoist are not his match!" Jun Yangzi said excitedly.
Whenever they talked about the battles, they were thrilled beyond words.
In the Canglan City Shop at the West Continent, even Elf Queen Kellybel clicked on the TV Series and talked with the large group of elves around her in high spirits. "I wonder where this Lu Ya Daoist Daoist Master comes from. His Head-Nailing Seven Arrow Book killed Zhao Gongming. Is he even more powerful than the three sect masters?!"
"That Treasure-Falling Golden Coin... and the Golden Dragon Scissors... How come there are so many powerful treasures in Investiture of the Gods!" Elf Girl Sala also exclaimed.
It felt as if they were learning a lifetime's knowledge by watching Investiture of the Gods. They had never heard of so many miraculous treasures anywhere before!
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"Do you think that we can learn the... Head-Nailing Seven Arrow Book?!" In the old shop, the people exclaimed in appreciation while staring at the screen intently.
They watched as Lu Ya Daoist Master took out a book that clearly listed the spells, seals, and pithy formation in the order of use. After setting a camp in the West Mountain, they put a platform in the camp and created a scarecrow with Zhao Gongming's name on it. After putting a lamp on its head and a lamp at its feet, they walked in star patterns and burned the talisman paper and the seals.
Su Tianji and other cultivators watched this part many times and then exclaimed, "How come I feel like I can learn this too?!"
Chapter 915: Nine-Turn Yellow River Array!
Translator: Noodletown Translations Editor: Noodletown Translations
In the episodes released in recent weeks, West Qi and Yin Shang were in fierce battles. Members from the Chan Sect and Jie Sect and hermit immortals from everywhere entered the fray one by one. With all kinds of spiritual treasures, arrays, and techniques, they showed their ultimate skills in the arena of Investiture of the Gods!
Almost everyone in the shops was thrilled. They wanted to watch each episode and each battle at least ten times!
They had never imagined that they could see such grand battles among immortals and gods in the mortal world. In addition, the techniques and spiritual treasures that the gods and immortals used were almost unheard of and unimaginable!
This TV Series was different from any previous legends that they had watched. Even in Journey to the West, they only remembered some of the figures, such as the Great Sage, Heaven's Equal and Buddha Tathagata. But in Investiture of the Gods...
The viewers could easily remember names such as Grand Preceptor Wen, Jiang Ziya, the Ten Heavenly Masters, and Zhao Gongming. They could describe every detail of the spiritual treasures and techniques in discussions.
Perhaps this war in the mortal world was an ultimate terrifying catastrophe. But without this war, how could these hermits and talented figures reveal themselves to the world?! How could so many ultimate treasures show up and shock the world throughout history?!
How would people know the great immortal power of these cultivators who had lived as hermits and never cared about worldly affairs?!
Previously, the Ten Heavenly Masters built the Ten Ultimate Arrays which troubled the West Qi army for a long time and almost killed its head commander. It wasn't broken until the 12 Golden Immortals descended to the mortal world and helped them. Then, the Three Sky Fairies from Three Immortal Island built the Nine-Turn Yellow River Array!
Zhao Gongming had extremely high cultivation strength and tempered his jade-like skin and immortal physique. He came down the mountain to avenge the Heavenly Masters of the Jie Sect and had obtained a great victory by defeating the 12 Golden Immortals. However, he later was shot by the Head-Nailing Seven Arrow Book. He could do nothing but wait for death and finally died with a shout of pain.
Due to his loyalty to his friends, Zhao Gongming's death induced the Three Sky Fairies from Three Immortal Island to come out and avenge him. Cloud Sky Fairy handpicked 600 soldiers and drew patterns on the white earth. The beginning and the end of the patterns contained connate secrets concerning life and death. The outside was arranged according to the pattern of Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams while the entrance and exit connected each other orderly.
The array had only 600 soldiers, but it contained the power of a million soldiers. Even immortals and gods would lose their hun and po in this array. After practicing for about half a month, the array was ready.
Seeing this scene, the viewers were speechless.
"The three sky fairies' understanding of Dao is so powerful?!" At this moment, Gu Tingyun finally caught up with other viewers. Seeing this, he was as shocked as everyone else.
"After picking a group of ordinary soldiers and training them for half a month, they can build such a major array in haste...?!"
It was hard to imagine!
When the array was formed, it looked as followed: with the array reaching the Heaven and Earth, its presence rivaled that of the Yellow River. Yin wind whistled as black mist blocked the sun and the moon. Floating everywhere, the ghostly presence shot up into the sky, and the chilly and gloomy yin mist engulfed the ground.
"It will destroy all your hun and po even if you have cultivated for 1,000 years. It will damage your spirit and essence even if you have survived 10,000 tribulations. Even immortals and gods will have the three flowers on the top of their heads cut off. Even the buddhas will have their five essences removed from their chests. In this array, even immortals can't escape from tribulations."
[TL Note: Three flowers and five essences are concepts of Daoism. Only the grandmasters could have these things.]
This array looked simpler than the Ten Ultimate Arrays but had greater power than the latter!
"Look! The 12 Golden Immortals are here to break the array!" In the Jiuhua City Shop, the viewers exclaimed. Even the cool and calm people couldn't stay level-headed today. It was the first time that these people lost their composure.
"The first one entering the array is Guangcheng Zi?! The first immortal in Jade Void Palace!? The second Golden Immortal Chijing Zi even came to help him?!" Nalan Hongwu was always calm, but at this moment, he couldn't control his excitement as if watching such a battle was the proudest moment in his life!
Stepping on lotus flowers, Chijing Zi came forward with miraculous immortal spells. He was equipped with all the ultimate treasures that he had taken from the cave to break the previous Ten Ultimate Arrays such as Purple Belt Immortal Garment and Yin Yang Mirror. He still had them with him.
Guangcheng Zi stood in the air with sword in hand, engulfed in light and dust.
Cloud Sky Fairy circulated the Chaos Essence Golden Dipper and shot out a golden beam which looked as blinding as a lightning bolt. Then, for some reason, Chijing Zi fell into the array.
Once he was in the array, the Niwan Acupoint on the top of his head was sealed. Stumbling in the array, he couldn't use any of his great Dao spells!
Guangcheng Zi didn't fare any better. He was captured together with Chijing Zi after only one round of attacks!
Then, a scene that no one could believe happened. The three sisters unleashed the power of the major array and charged forward with spiritual treasures. They captured Manjushri Lord of Heaven, Samantabhadra Immortal, Cihang Daoist, Qingxu Dao Immortal Master, Daoxing Lord of Heaven, and Jade-top Immortal...
None of the 12 Golden Immortals escaped! They were all captured by the array!
The Chan Sect's 12 Golden Immortals who had broken Ten Ultimate Arrays with great immortal power were captured within one round of attacks!
"So... so horrifying! The Nine-Turn Yellow River Array is the most horrifying major array that I've ever seen!" In the Canglan City Shop, a black dragon yelled, "It's the No.1 Array in the world!"
"It's so powerful and miraculous. Who can break it?!" In the new shop on the East Continent, even the ancestral masters were horrified by this scene.
The 12 Golden Immortals from the Chan Sect had the three flowers on their head chopped off in the array, which destroyed almost all their cultivation strength! They were reduced to mortals!?
The viewers were more than shocked. They yelled inside, "These are the 12 Golden Immortals!"
In the huge battleground with many golden immortals descending, only Lamp-Burning Daoist and Jiang Ziya were standing.
Seeing the danger, Lamp-Burning Daoist turned into a streak of wind and dashed into the ground to escape.
"This...!?" When they watched Journey to the West, Buddha Dipamkara gave them the impression that he was on the same level as Buddha Tathagata!
But in this show, the now Lamp-Burning Daoist was escaping from the battle in defeat!? He had no choice but to go to Jade Void Palace and ask for help from the Primeval Lord of Heaven!?
The battles became grander and more magnificent. The viewers were enthralled by the unimaginable battle. They had a clear view of the Nine-Turn Yellow River Array and could recreate it! After the 12 disciples of Chan Set were captured, they were eager to know what their master, the Primeval Lord of Heaven, would do!
"Aiya! How come Investiture of the Gods is so fascinating!" Jiang Xiaoyue begged, "Sir, can't you release a few more episodes each day?!"
"Um..."