“My concubine Jiang Muyun, I have met you all.” Zhu Tian, who had revealed her true form, stood up and gave a ten thousand blessings and said.
‘Jiang Muyun, in terms of generation, is Jiang Hao Gang’s cousin, only that the bloodline is already three generations out. I remember that the intelligence mentioned that this woman’s martial arts skills were not shallow and she was suspected to have reached the True Dan realm. But I didn’t expect that she was also a Tong Shen realm powerhouse, so she’s not hidden.” Qing Yu secretly thought.
The Jiang family was the master of the Eastern State, and its heritage and status were among the top in the world. Qing Yu had naturally checked the Jiang family’s dossier and had a general understanding of the Jiang family.
But he had never expected that the wife of the Jiang family’s head of family, who even showed her face sparingly, would be a Tong Shen realm powerhouse, and one of the Nine Heavens.
“Poor Daoist remembers that the Jiang Family is an ally of the Great Qian Imperial Ji Family, right, is it your personal wish to join the Nine Heavens, or is it the idea of Jiang Hao Gang or even the entire Jiang Family?” Qing Yu asked.
“No matter which side’s will it is, my concubine is standing with the Nine Heavens, isn’t that enough, isn’t it?” Zhu Tian smiled lightly and said back.
“It is enough, I just hope that Zhu Tian you will not do anything to betray the Nine Heavens.” Emperor Shengde said.
He and Qing Yu both said one sentence each, but caused the eyes of the Nine Heavens crowd to be focused on the two of them, and the Elder of Time and Life who had been chairing the meeting before was invisibly sidelined to the edge.
”The wolf’s son is really ambitious ——” The old man’s eyes were slightly closed to keep the anger in his eyes from being exposed.
To make the thoughtfully wise and deep-rooted Elder Time-Life lose his temper like this, it was evident that Qing Yu and Emperor Shengde had irritated him.
Considering that two big-tailed wolves had scampered into the Nine Heavens in his own back garden, and he could not beat them to death, it was already very rare for Elder Time-Life to hold back his anger.
“One more thing, Changing Heaven, why is there no place for me in the new Heavenly List?” Emperor Shengde asked again.
The Heavenly List, which had finally been updated after a century, surprisingly did not have his name, and only Qing Yu alone had taken the place of Heavenly Master Zhang Wendao.
He only cared about his own strength, but as a Hou Qian emperor, he needed a place on the list to show his authority and strength.
However, the Elder of Time and Fate did not give him the chance, nor did he give anyone else the chance. If he had wanted to update the Heavenly Ranking, he would have changed it back when Mak Cang Sheng defeated the Golden Wolf Khan King and chased him with his tail.
“I have no intention of ranking all the strongest people. If there are people who value the list, they can take their place by defeating one of the strongest people on the list, just like Xuan Tian did.” Old Man Timeless opened his eyes and looked at Emperor Shengde with a sense of calmness.
It had to be said that this old fox was amazing at raising his Qi, in just a few short breaths, he had already suppressed his negative emotions and regained his calmness.
“You think this can trigger a fight between the supreme powers?” Emperor Shengde snorted.
If he couldn’t even see through fame and fortune, he wouldn’t have set foot in this realm.
“There are times when fame is necessary, aren’t there?” Old Man Time Fate asked rhetorically, “Especially for some people, just like you.”
Fame is illusory, but some times this illusory thing carries more weight than the physical. The most powerful did not necessarily value fame and fortune, but what fame and fortune brought with it was not always something that anyone could ignore anymore.
Just like Emperor Shengde, he needed a reputation to manifest his imperial power, to make the territory under his rule more stable and the civil and military officials more subservient.
And Qing Yu wanted the Daoist sects to offer their loyalty, thanks also to his reputation for defeating Zhang Tian Shi.
This hand of the Elder of Time and Destiny was not exactly practical, but it did not cost him anything, and he did not lose out anyway.
However, there was not a little bit of suppression of the Holy Virtue Emperor in it.
“That’s all for today,” said Qing Yu, “the poor dao still needs to prepare the arrangements for the unification of the Dao Sect, so I won’t stay any longer. All of you, if you are willing to help, I will bear it in mind.”
After saying this, Qing Yu withdrew from between the vaults of heaven, as if he were the one presiding over the meeting.
“Since Xuantian has asked for something, I will naturally help,” said Ren Piaomiao, “Gentlemen, I will also take my leave.”
“Looks like there’s going to be a good show.” Seeing this, Zhu Tian covered his mouth and laughed lightly.
In the past, it was always the case that the crowd would wait for Elder Timeless Destiny or Jun Tian to mention the end before exiting one after another, but on this occasion, it was someone who had started to overstep his authority. He proved to the crowd that the Nine Heavens was no longer someone’s one word.
“It just makes our alliance relationship more fair.” Emperor Shengde said.
“The sky has changed, it’s a destined change, you can’t stop it.”
The Nine Heavens were originally a loose alliance, and if it had been in the past, when there was still only the Blade God alone who was strong, the people would have obeyed the Blade God’s orders.
But now that a second and third supreme being had appeared, the Blade God, no matter how strong he was, would not be able to stop the various different minds.
In response, the Old Man of Time and Destiny could only grimace and say nothing.
He also knew that he could not stop it, for there were four heavens already united, and if they really had to use force to clear them, the Nine Heavens would definitely not be able to exist, regardless of success or failure.
“Then I expect that you, You Tian, did not die under the Blade God’s sword.” Hazel Heaven Blue Cang also left between the vault of heaven with a small smile on his face.
In fact, apart from the Old Man of Time and Destiny, everyone else was more than happy to change the one-word pattern of the past.
They were not people who offered their loyalty to the Blade God either, and all had their own minds. A three-legged situation like this one actually suited these foxes with different minds better.
“This is the change brought about by strength ——,” Qing Yu, who had withdrawn between the vaults of heaven, lamented as such.
His past self had always suppressed his mind and would only strike after a precise calculation. Now, however, Qing Yu was letting go and making a big show of his abilities.
It had all started after the battle with Zhang Tian Shi.
Through the battle with Zhang Tian Shi, Qing Yu verified his strength and revised his behaviour pattern. Whether he started to unify the Daoist Sect head-on, or joined forces with Emperor Shengde to challenge the authority of the Blade God, it was all because of the change in strength.
“Forcing Mount Longhu to seal off the mountain, apart from the Tai Shang Daoist Sect, the Daoist Sect is now dominated by the True Martial Sect alone. The only people to worry about now are the Tai Shang Daoist Master and Xuan Du, who has undergone a bizarre change.”
Qing Yu pondered, “The Tai Shang Dao Sect is too mysterious, and even the True Martial Sect does not have many records about it. It seems that we still need to find a way ——”
“There is no such thing as a way.”
The ancestor of the True Martial Sect, True Martial Emperor, was one of the disciples who had listened to lectures under the Daoist Ancestor, just not in the direct lineage, but he certainly still knew a lot about the Tai Shang heir.
In fact, the True Martial Sect’s True Martial Open Heaven Sword has shades of the ‘Tai Shang Open Heaven Sutra’, and the True Martial Emperor was trying to compete with the Tai Shang Daoist lineage. Since this is the case, then he must know quite a lot about the Tai Shang Dao Sect.
