Above the Four Continents lies the boundless Heavenly Palace.
The Heavenly Palace is divided into Nine Heavens.
The first is the Central Heaven, the second is the Envious Heaven, the third is the Following Heaven, the fourth is the Changing Heaven, the fifth is the Beautiful Heaven, the sixth is the Expansive Heaven, the seventh is the Diminishing Heaven, the eighth is the Sinking Heaven, and the ninth is the Accomplished Heaven.
Each has its own Heavenly Qi, where immortals and gods reside—divided into the Divine Heaven, the Azure Heaven, the Green Heaven, the Crimson Heaven, the Scenic Heaven, the Jade Heaven, the Jade Heaven, the Purple Heaven, and the Grand Heaven.
Those who traverse the Nine Heavens and then cross the Nine Heavens.
They are the righteous gods of the Three Realms, who dwell in the Nine-Layered Heavenly Palace.
Rolling clouds of mist carry the light of the immortals, vast spiritual essence falls upon the mortal world.
Where is the ruler of the ten directions of heaven and earth? Where is the home of the true immortals?
The answer is—the Heavenly Court!
And at this moment, beyond the Heavenly Gate of the Heavenly Court.
Past the palaces of the immortals.
Even within the Heavenly Court, it stands in the highest and most distant place.
Here is a Daoist Palace.
The palace does not hang couplets, only three words are written.
【Dusitu Palace】
In front of the Dusitu Palace gate, there is a thatched hut.
Inside there is a Qingsi, eating immortal herbs.
But if you look closely.
You will find.
Those immortal herbs, are they really immortal herbs?
They are clearly thoughts.
“May the Venerable save my wife from her illness.”
“Please, Supreme Venerable, your disciple Lin Jiuqing seeks the true Dharma.”
“Blessings abound, Heavenly Venerable.”
Those thoughts, rise from the mortal realm.
Carrying the essence and spiritual consciousness of their owners, they also carry their most pure spiritual essence.
They become those immortal herbs, which are eaten by the Qingsi.
“The mortals of the human realm have been increasingly less respectful of the Venerable's name lately.”
And at this moment, the one responsible for feeding the herbs is a Silver Horned Boy.
He seems dissatisfied and says: “The spiritual essence nurtured by the life force of a boy is the most tender, the herbs made from them are the best.”
Even though he looks like a boy, his words are almost cold and heartless.
“Just send a few demons down to the mortal realm to do some things, and they will know the power of the Venerable.”
When he said this.
The Qingsi looked at him, suddenly spoke in human voice: “I haven't said anything, why are you so eager?”
He said as he chewed and swallowed the immortal herbs in his mouth.
“The Great Heavenly Venerable just sent the Nine Spirit Yuan Saint down to the mortal realm, I have a close relationship with him.”
“He is ordered to raise little demons in the Yu Hua Prefecture, I'll tell him to cast more spells and kill some mortals, so they will believe in the Venerable.”
“But you—you are so eager, are you thinking about going down to the mortal realm for freedom?”
He looked at the little boy with his bull-like eyes.
“T... that's impossible.”
The little boy's eyes darted around, and he just waved his hand: “How could I give up being a god in the heavens—look at the two senior brothers and sisters before me.”
“One was demoted to the Flame Mountain to be a land god, the other was even paired with a bull demon... oh, Brother Qingsi...”
He seemed to realize he had said something wrong halfway through his sentence.
His expression was slightly panicked.
“...hmph.”
The Qingsi sneered when he heard this.
He did not say anything else, only saying: “Go back to the palace quickly—if you miss the Venerable's pill...”
Hearing this, the Silver Horned Boy nodded quickly.
Then he quickly got up and returned to the palace.
The Qingsi in the cattle pen, looked coldly at him.
Then he shook his head: “This generation of Silver Horns, won't last long.”
“In these hundreds of years, only the two from the Westward Journey back then were the most trouble-free...”
“Unfortunately, they couldn't break free from their mortal bonds, they secretly went down to the mortal realm for their mothers 'Great Dragon Immortal' before they were born as immortals, and were finally made into pills by the Venerable.”
He smacked his lips.
As if savoring the taste.
But after a while, he lay down again.
He seemed to recall something in his mind.
“Just like my elder brother, he never liked the heavens.”
“What's wrong with staying here?”
“Although I serve as someone's mount, at least I don't have to be eaten by people.”
With such thoughts, he fell asleep.
Meanwhile.
The Silver Horned Boy carefully returned to the pill room of the Dusitu Palace, his whole body was stiff.
There.
In the pill room of the Dusitu Palace.
A huge Bagua furnace, stands in the hall.
Under the furnace, vast divine flames burn incessantly.
Within the divine flames, six Ding and six Jia are faintly visible.
Suppressing countless souls filled with pure spiritual essence, wailing constantly.
And in various parts of the pill room, you can see various herbs and materials.
Sky-reaching tail, mountain-swallowing horn, midge heart, mantis leg, scorpion tail, immortal deer head, rooster comb...
Without exception.
Each of these herbs and materials, the spiritual essence and vitality within them, show that they are not just simple 'herbs and materials'.
But some demonic beasts or living beings, were refined into this form.
But now...
“Buzz!”
Black smoke rises from the furnace.
Countless filthy and chaotic spiritual essences pour out of the furnace.
The Silver Horned Boy naturally knows what that represents.
This batch of pills... has completely ruined.
And now...
“...”
In front of the Bagua furnace.
There is an old Daoist sitting on a cushion, wearing a black and white Daoist robe.
He has a long white beard.
But his face seems to be hidden in the clouds.
Even the Silver Horned Boy, who is nearby, can't see it clearly.
Anyone who looks at him.
Will only feel that he is like the collection of everything in this world.
He is rain, snow, wind, and frost, spring, summer, autumn, and winter.
He is everything, everything, all kinds of things.
He is 'Dao'.
Born of the Primordial, residing in the Bagua furnace.
Dao has no name, he calls himself the Venerable.
He is the head of the Daoist sect, the leader of the Heavenly Court.
The first of the Three Pure Ones, the Supreme Venerable.
“Venerable!”
At this moment, seeing the Venerable open his eyes.
“Your disciple has erred, your disciple has erred...”
The Silver Horned Boy did not hesitate and immediately prostrated himself.
But now...
“White Crane has fallen?”
He hears the Supreme Venerable softly murmur.
Then, he sees the Venerable gently wave his hand.
The next moment...
“Buzz!”
The Silver Horned Boy didn't even have time to wail.
His body instantly turned into mist.
His soul, true spirit, and primordial spirit were instantly annihilated.
Only flesh and blood and the purest spiritual essence remained.
And the next moment...
“Buzz!”
Those countless spiritual essences and flesh and blood began to transform again.
In an instant, another figure appeared.
It is the... Crane Immortal, who had died before!
“The Buddhist Sect!!!”
And at this moment, his consciousness seems to be still stuck at the moment he died!
But the next moment, he saw the Venerable in front of him.
So...
“G... Great Master!”
He immediately knelt down and bowed deeply, respectful as never before.
“Speak... did you encounter that monkey?”
And at this moment, the Venerable also spoke softly.
Yes.
At this moment, when the Supreme Venerable spoke.
He had already guessed the reason for the Crane Immortal's death!
The reason is simple.
He is the Supreme Venerable.
Most things in the Three Realms.
He can see through them all with a glance.
There are very few things that he cannot completely calculate.
But, a few days ago... there was an accident.
The mysterious monkey that appeared in the Yellow Flower Temple, wearing the Great Sage's suit.
He and the Jade Emperor both calculated and investigated it.
In the end, whether it was the Book of Life and Death or the Star Register, whether it was the Heavenly Book or the Jade Book.
No matter what means were used, they couldn't find any trace of that monkey.
And this time is the same.
It wasn't until the White Crane fell that he had a sense.
This naturally confirmed for him who the culprit was.
“It was him! It was him!”
The Crane Immortal immediately said.
“Great Master! That monkey is Sun Wukong—Sun Wukong is not dead...”
He had only said half of his words.
The Venerable was not planning to listen to him at all.
“Buzz!”
The Venerable gently stretched out his hand and grabbed the Crane Immortal's head.
Then...
“Boom!”
Vast divine power directly invaded his true spirit and primordial spirit.
“Ah, ah, ah...”
At this moment, the White Crane let out a wail of pain.
Because now.
The Venerable is using the most direct method to read the memories and knowledge in his true spirit.
The more he absorbed memories.
The more the Venerable's eyes flashed with sharp light.
“It is indeed the Buddhist sect's methods and the Buddha's Dharma, pure as can be... but it is not the Fighting Buddha.”
“Who has gained Sun Wukong's spiritual essence, pretending to be him?”
He murmured softly.
Especially when he read the Crane Immortal's hatred for Xu Yuan.
His eyebrows shot up.
“Xu Yuan...”
He also knows about Xu Yuan.
After all, he ruined his ‘herb producing grounds’ in the human realm, and he is also the Qin Immortal Gu Can who is favored by the Saint Mother Yuanjun.
The Venerable had also investigated Xu Yuan's origin.
He had a clean identity, he was a mortal orphan from Zhu Zi Nation.
After joining the Yellow Flower Temple, he was ordinary for five years.
It wasn't until recently when he obtained the Qin Immortal Gu Can's bloodline that he soared to the heavens.
It seems like there is no problem.
But, about Xu Yuan.
The Venerable also knows that there are some strange things about him.
For example, during his five years of practice in the Yellow Flower Temple, he didn't seem to put in much effort.
As if he was deliberately delaying the hatching of the Ou Bao.
And for example, he saved the Anrui Star Official by some unknown means.
You must know that after the Anrui Star Official was corrupted by the Qin Lang Xian.
Even if the Venerable wanted to save him, it was extremely difficult.
And for example, his cunning.
Even though he is just a young boy, he seems to have a very thorough understanding of the relationships between the immortals and gods of the Three Realms.
He even used the Maitreya Buddha and the Lao Mother of Mount Li to force back the Saint Mother Yuanjun.
Of course.
The Venerable didn't pay too much attention to these things before.
But now...
“It's time to check it out.”
He murmured softly.
And if Xu Yuan was here.
Then he would definitely lament.
He has been very cautious in his actions.
But in front of the Venerable, he still left behind a lot of subtle traces.
And the Venerable, almost relying on conjecture alone.
He almost guessed everything he has done so far!
And then...
“Buzz!”
The Supreme Venerable gently flicked out a ray of immortal light.
And the next moment.
On the immortal light, the recent Pansi Ridge appeared.
It can be seen that when the Crane Immortal was attacked.
On Pansi Ridge.
Xu Yuan, along with his second sister, led the demons to clean up the ruins of the Yellow Flower Temple.
And deal with some of the die-hard loyalists of the Hundred-Eyed Demon King.
“It's definitely him.”
The Venerable clearly saw Xu Yuan through the immortal light.
So, he dispelled his suspicions.