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Chapter 470: The Possibility of Moving the Altar (Part 1)
Chapter 470: The Possibility of Moving the Altar (Part 1)
Lei Jun did not have a favorable impression of the Emperor, King, General, and Chancellor.
However, the current situation in the Wudai Shiguo realm was unique.
"A peaceful world is still better than chaos," he nodded slightly.
Mu Chunyang bowed to Lei Jun in the Taoist manner and then took his leave.
Lei Jun stayed in the Dragon and Tiger Mountain Celestial Master Mansion, managing the affairs of the mansion and recuperating from his injuries.
With the initial hurdles overcome and everything running smoothly, the subsequent tasks became much easier.
Lei Jun had the Time Blade Essence in his possession, which saved him a considerable amount of time.
In the mountains, time passed quietly, and seasons changed without notice.
After the summer solstice, Lei Jun celebrated his ninety-first birthday.
Although he resided in the mountains, news from the outside world poured in, allowing him to stay informed about the affairs of the world without leaving Dragon and Tiger Mountain or the Tang realm.
Tang Emperor Zhang Wantong had already largely pacified Sumeru.
Although she was not afraid of the Great Ming's ruler and his ministers, she chose to seal off the void gateway connecting Sumeru to the Great Ming realm.
However, due to the connections of Xiao Chunhui, Meng Shaojie, Yuan Qingci, and others, a significant amount of information from the Great Ming still reached her.
Zhang Wantong proactively closed the Sumeru gateway, and although the Great Ming's ruler and his ministers remained vigilant, as time passed, their focus gradually shifted back to the White Lotus Rebellion within their borders and the northern frontier tribes and the Buddhist Kalpa Division.
The Buddhists had previously exaggerated the Tang cultivators' occupation of Sumeru and their aggressive expansion. Before officially sealing the Sumeru gateway, the Tang cultivators also exposed the other party's past actions.
As long as the Buddhist Kalpa Division existed, Venerable Wise Wisdom and Kongsang could descend upon the Great Ming realm at any time.
With the Tang's threat becoming less direct, both the Ming Emperor and Chancellor Zhou Mingzhe recalled the scene of the Great Ming's ministers being utterly defeated before Venerable Wise Wisdom.
The Tang's threat was indeed alarming.
But Venerable Wise Wisdom and the Western Buddhist sects caused even greater pain to the Great Ming.
The northern frontier once again became the focus of the Great Ming Dynasty's defenses.
There had already been calls in the court to eradicate the Buddhist Kalpa Division to prevent Kongsang from descending upon the mortal realm, and these voices grew louder by the day.
"Palace Master, although the attention of the entire Great Ming realm is currently focused on the north..."
Yuan Mo Bai pulled out a message and handed it to Lei Jun, "But there is news about their southern wilderness, which, although not yet confirmed, cannot be ignored."
Lei Jun took the message and read it, then fell into deep thought, "In the south of the Great Ming, there are traces of unfamiliar high-ranking Buddhist monks... Master suspects that they might be from the Saha Thunder Sound Temple?"
Yuan Mo Bai nodded slightly.
There used to be a passage between the Wudai Shiguo realm and the Great Ming realm, but it was later sealed off.
It was hard to say if there had been any new developments.
Venerable Puguang had made a decisive move and withdrawn from Saha.
When he left, he took with him all the direct disciples and high-level cultivators of the Thunder Sound Temple lineage.
Currently, the Great Ming realm had relatively less contact with the Tang realm.
However, it was still uncertain whether only a part of the Thunder Sound Temple's members had ended up in the Great Ming realm or if the entire core leadership had gone there.
With Confucianism and the Thunder Sound Temple suddenly appearing in the Great Ming realm, where Confucianism was the mainstream, it was natural for them to keep a low profile.
"The current information is still insufficient for judgment," Lei Jun put down the report, "But I believe Master's concerns are well-founded. We should pay attention to this matter and ask our friends in the Great Ming realm to investigate further."
Yuan Mo Bai asked, "Is Venerable Puguang, who has lost his connection to Saha, going to enter a state of slumber in the void like the Golden Khan Ang Qin Fu did?"
Lei Jun replied, "Elder Brother mentioned before that Venerable Puguang lacked the Three Great Treasures, and logically, he couldn't maintain the Three Buddha Lands alone. Therefore, without Saha as his base, his situation should be similar to Ang Qin Fu's."
Lei Jun recalled the details of the battle in Saha, "However, his alms bowl seemed strange."
It was unlikely that Venerable Puguang could still act freely outside the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths; otherwise, he wouldn't have been so restrained about entering the mortal realm earlier.
But Lei Jun vaguely felt that the alms bowl might have some special use.
"Elder Brother might gain more insights after investigating Saha in person," Lei Jun said.
In the new era of the Han realm, a new crown prince, Xiang Sheng, ascended the throne, becoming the new Han Emperor.
He had reached the perfection of the Eighth Heaven's Fourth Layer.
With the support of the Heavenly Son Imperial Technique after his coronation, he had the potential to break through to the Ninth Heaven and achieve the realm of the Martial Sage within a few years.
Although he ruled over the world, the new Han Emperor, Xiang Sheng, still faced many challenges.
Internally, the great families of the Great Han Dynasty were going through a critical period of transformation.
The Jingxiang Fang Clan, Langya Wang Clan, and Suzhou Li Clan were actively transforming.
The Northern and Southern Two Groves, the Eastern and Western Branches, the Beyond Longxi Xiao Clan, and other large and small families were struggling to keep up.
After experiencing numerous upheavals, the Great Han Dynasty desperately needed to recover and address these internal issues.
Externally, whether it was Xiang Sheng, Wang Yan, and others, or Chen Lingfeng and Deng Lei, they were all closely monitoring Kongsang.
During the previous Kongsang incident, the Han realm did not attempt to directly open the void gateway.
Currently, communication between the two sides was cut off.
However, this did not mean that Kongsang could not descend upon the mortal realm again.
Although Kongsang had a new master, the entire Great Han Dynasty remained vigilant.
Xiang Sheng, Chen Lingfeng, Deng Lei, Wang Yan, Wang Bujiu, Li Feiyang, and others were also concerned about the Kongsang Earth Capital lineage.
After the Kongsang battle, Ke Lang, Chen Xiao, and other Kongsang Earth Capital Great Shamans had the opportunity to reestablish their footing.
Through these shamans, who evoked complex feelings in the Great Han Dynasty, an old problem resurfaced:
They needed to carefully manage their relationships with the Great Han Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty, and the Dragon and Tiger Mountain Celestial Master Mansion.
Fortunately, aside from the potential threat of Kongsang descending upon the mortal realm, the overall situation within and outside the Great Han Dynasty was relatively stable.
Therefore, the situation in the Song realm was much more intense.
According to Lei Jun's latest information, the Blue Wolf Khanate and the Golden Khanate seemed to have clashed in the northern frontier of that realm, but the specific details and outcome were unclear.
At the same time, Zhorligetu of the Blue Wolf Khanate did not enter the Central Plains or the previous capital of the Golden Khanate.
His royal carriage was stationed on the vast northern grasslands.
Under Zhorligetu's control, the Blue Wolf Khanate did not launch a large-scale southward invasion.
However, the remnants of the Song Dynasty in the Central Plains' south still faced difficult times.
The gateway connecting Kongsang and the Song Dynasty realm was located in the south.
Not only were there remnants of the Golden Khanate, such as Harietana, but also Buddhist monks from the Summi Sect, including the Lotus Division, had gathered in the south, forming a formidable group.
Most of these individuals were now concentrated in the south, actively operating around the Kongsang gateway.
The heretics and Buddhist masters showed no intention of waging widespread battles or sweeping campaigns.
They, too, were on guard against the sudden reappearance of the Ground Sea, Yellow Springs, and Nihility in the Song Dynasty realm.
They were also wary of the sudden emergence of Tang Dynasty experts from Summi.
The various factions were engaged in minor conflicts, but overall, they maintained a restrained stance, resulting in a stalemate.
"The Golden Khanate has split into two, seemingly acting on its own initiative. Such an unusual move, coupled with their intense battles with the Blue Wolf Khanate on the Northern Frontier Plains..." Yuan Mo Bai pondered as he read the latest reports.
Lei Jun nodded slightly beside him, "Normally, the Golden Khanate wouldn't be split into two halves, north and south. Even if internal strife occurred due to Angqin Fu's death, with external enemies surrounding them, it's not an opportune moment. It's likely they did this intentionally, and the northern faction might be heading towards the Great Wilderness."
Yuan Mo Bai: "The Great Wilderness may have become desolate, insufficient to support Angqin Fu's cultivation, but for cultivators below the immortal realm, it could still serve as a viable retreat."
Lei Jun: "Summi has the Tang Emperor, Kongsang has the Wise Wisdom Venerable, and Nihility, Ground Sea, and Yellow Springs may open their gateways at any time.
Under these circumstances, the Blue Wolf Khanate has also started considering their former homeland as a backup retreat."
"Perhaps we'll receive news later, informing us of the outcome between the Golden Khanate and the Blue Wolf Khanate."
After Shen Xi and Murong Minghui returned to the Two Jin Realms, peace did not prevail there either.
Shen Xi, the top expert in the Two Jin Realms, remained relatively calm and led the Shushan Sect to re-establish its foothold in the Shu region.
However, upon Murong Minghui's return to Northern Jin, the Northern Jin Dynasty quickly descended into turmoil.
The upheaval targeted the aristocratic families.
Whether it was the native aristocratic clans of the Two Jin Realms or the aristocratic families who had migrated from the Han Dynasty realm to the Two Jin Realms, the Northern Jin Dynasty had a stronger influence over them.
If the Tang Dynasty cultivators occupying Summi and Sappho were to change their current attitude towards the aristocratic families, then Xiao Chan, Lin Xiaoyi, and other aristocratic scholars who aimed for a peaceful world would undoubtedly become the Northern Jin Dynasty's reliance to deal with the Southern Jin Dynasty.
But now, the Northern Jin Dynasty made the opposite choice.
Relying solely on the Northern Jin Dynasty to deal with the forces of the aristocratic families led by Xiao Jing and Lin Xiaoyi was already challenging.
The Northern Jin Empress and Murong Minghui's strategy was to incite conflicts between the local Northern Jin aristocratic families and the Han Dynasty aristocratic families.
Xiao Chan and Xiao Jing could easily see this.
However, the Tang Dynasty imperial family in Sappho also exerted immense pressure on them.
Under such pressure, the people seemed like a pile of firewood, ready to ignite at the slightest spark.
Lei Jun received the latest news, indicating that the internal situation in the Northern Jin Dynasty had almost escalated into a large-scale massacre.
The Northern Jin Empress made a bold move, cutting off her own flesh, seemingly destroying her own defenses.
However, under the current circumstances, this move deterred the Southern Jin Dynasty from taking advantage of the chaos and launching a northern invasion, fearing that Summi and Sappho would misunderstand their intentions and believe they were aiding Xiao Jing and Lin Xiaoyi.
Naturally, the Northern Jin Empress was also walking a tightrope.
If the Northern Jin Dynasty couldn't quell the chaos among the various clans, they could directly seek assistance from the Tang Dynasty experts in Summi. But they were also concerned about the difficulty of sending away the summoned gods.
However, they had no choice but to face this challenge.
Lei Jun examined the related news, thinking that Murong Minghui and the Pure Yang Palace were highly valued by the Northern Jin royalty.
From another perspective, the Northern Jin imperial family was also expressing its own stance.
The Southern Jin imperial family also kept a tight grip on the Shushan Sect.
However, compared to Murong Minghui, Shen Xi had a more detached and carefree temperament.
After the suppression of the Northern and Southern Buddhist Sects, Shen Xi's attitude became even more neutral and transcendent.
His primary concern was to extend the life of his mentor, Gongsun Daoqi.
With the Jade Auspicious and the newly acquired Dragon Tiger Mountain Talisman, Shen Xi saw a glimmer of hope.
As time passed, with the assistance of the Time Blade Essence, Lei Jun's injuries gradually healed.
After purging the Martial Dao True Intent left by Angqin Fu of the Golden Khanate from his body, Lei Jun's physical injuries healed, and the Nine-Colored Radiance rolled, rapidly gathering vitality.
On this day, after he emerged from seclusion, his junior disciple Chu Kun came to visit, "Elder Sun from the Daoist Cycle Abyss of the Shaman Sect has sent a letter, inviting Master to meet him. He will return soon."
Lei Jun: "Is Elder Sun returning from Spirit Mountain?"
"That's what I heard." Chu Kun nodded, "Additionally, on the Sappho side, the senior sister has sent back a new treasure after organizing it, the Heavenly Phenomenon Rain Dew."
Lei Jun took the jade bottle containing the Heavenly Phenomenon Rain Dew from Chu Kun's hand and examined it with interest, "The senior sister is indeed blessed by heaven, with this, all the conditions for Hua Yuan's breakthrough to the Senniao Immortal Body are now complete."
Chu Kun: "Yes, Junior Brother Hua Yuan is currently in closed-door cultivation at the sect, attempting to overcome the Heavenly Chasm Tribulation between the Sixth Heaven and the Seventh Heaven."
Lei Jun: "Although slightly delayed, it's not a significant issue. After he achieves the Upper Three Heavens realm, he can still attain the Senniao Immortal Body without hindrance."
Currently, at the Dragon Tiger Mountain Celestial Master Mansion in the Tang Dynasty's ancestral court, the person closest to the Upper Three Heavens cultivation was Xin Beiyuan!
Since the beginning of this year, he had been in seclusion, preparing to break through to the Seventh Heaven of the Taoist Talisman School's Tongtian Realm.
With his Ten Thousand Phenomena Sacred Body constitution and Bright Enlightenment Level insight, he possessed extraordinary talent and made rapid progress in his cultivation due to his diligent efforts.
Since the Yellow Heaven Return to Ancestral Lineage, his tutelage at Dragon Tiger Mountain was nominal, but including Lei Jun, they often provided guidance, ensuring that Xin Beiyuan and other former Yellow Heaven Dao disciples' cultivation was not hindered.
Now, he was even more likely to elevate his constitution from the Ten Thousand Phenomena Sacred Body to the Senniao Immortal Body.
With this, he could maintain his current rapid progress in the Upper Three Heavens realm.
"You've gained another competitor, Senior Brother," Chu Kun smiled.
Lei Jun smiled, "No problem.
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Just like Lei Jun's Two Extremes Immortal Body and Mu Chunyang's Creation Immortal Body, Xin Beiyuan's Senniao Immortal Body also points to the Taiji Dao Body.
(End of Chapter)
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