Ch 233: The Four Sovereigns, the Five Elders of the Five Directions, and the Great Divine Powerhouses of Heaven and Earth Gather… Paying Respects to the Heavenly Dao!

“But speaking of which, if the black qi originates from the Primordial Sea…”

Chu Mo fell into deep thought. If that’s the case, is there a lot of this stuff in the Primordial Sea?

“How do I get to the Primordial Sea?” The moment Chu Mo became puzzled, the authority of the Heavenly Dao naturally provided him with the method.

“So that’s how it is. When a Heavenly Immortal at the peak stage attempts to break through and is truly qualified to do so… they will feel a force of repulsion. By following this force, they can enter the Primordial Sea.”

“However…”

The more Chu Mo sensed, the more subtle his expression became. During the early Han dynasty, many great divine powerhouses chose to evolve avatars to reside in the current world, while their true bodies chose to transcend… But as time went on, fewer and fewer people chose to transcend…

The main reason is…

“If a Golden Immortal powerhouse ascends… they will instantly explode upon entering the Primordial Sea?!”

Moreover, everyone can see this explosion. After all, when someone begins to ascend, a gap will appear in the sky, connecting to the Primordial Sea… As soon as the Golden Immortal enters, their body will shatter…

“So, when the world declines to a certain stage… it’s too late to even think about breaking through! It’s like boiling a frog in warm water…”

Chu Mo shook his head. A Grand Unity Immortal is probably the lower limit for surviving in the chaos.

With a thought, the void in front of him twisted, vaguely revealing a strange world. Wisps of mist exuding a chaotic color drifted in the void.

“This stuff doesn’t seem to be black qi…” Chu Mo’s expression was a little strange. He could sense that the chaotic mist contained immense energy, but it was extremely violent and a completely different concept from the previous black qi. However, he felt that this energy was somewhat familiar…

After thinking for a moment, Chu Mo’s expression changed drastically. “Holy crap, this stuff… is the energy I absorbed from beyond the heavens when I condensed Heroic Spirits in the Main World.”

Wait!

The Main World, a world whose level is comparable to the Primordial World at its peak. Heroic Spirits, chaos…

Chu Mo’s face changed uncertainly. He reached out and gently tapped, and the spatial rift in front of him constantly shifted its position, eventually stopping precisely in front of a wisp of drifting chaotic mist. The chaotic mist naturally entered the Journey to the West world…

The next moment.

The world trembled.

“…This is!” Chu Mo’s heart surged. In all honesty, he just wanted to absorb a wisp of chaotic mist to see what it was. He didn’t expect that this thing would cause such a reaction when it entered this world…

Thoughts flashed through his mind, and his eyes emitted a faint glow. This was the Eye of the Heavenly Dao. At this moment, he saw that the entire Journey to the West’s heaven and earth, countless mountains, earth veins, and celestial star veins, were all trembling and connected together, forming an incomparably vast formation diagram.

Of course, this was only visible to the Heavenly Dao. Even great divine powerhouses could only feel the world undergoing tremendous changes and feel uneasy about it…

The enormous formation diagram gradually absorbed the chaotic energy from the void in front of it, erasing the baleful aura within and integrating the extremely pure energy into the heaven and earth.

Finally, the world calmed down.

Chu Mo stood there blankly, his eyes filled with disbelief. “…The energy between heaven and earth has increased by a trace??”

Since he became the Heavenly Dao, he could sense that the total amount of energy in the Journey to the West world was constantly decreasing every moment. It’s just that the rate of this decrease was terrifyingly slow… But now…

“So, so, so as long as I absorb the energy of chaos, I can maintain the world’s level, and even… allow the world to upgrade again? How is this possible… No, why is this happening?!”

Chu Mo’s expression was dazed. He felt that this was simply the world playing a huge joke on him. Those ancient powerhouses who were forced to leave, Hao Tian who was waiting for death little by little… and the other Heavenly Court deities who were constantly self-severing, all became jokes.

“Calm down!” Chu Mo took several deep breaths, closed his eyes, and sorted out his thoughts. After a long time, he suddenly opened his eyes.

“Wait a minute, if the official degradation started during the Qin dynasty!”

“I understand!”

Chu Mo completely understood. It must have been during the Qin dynasty that Dao Ancestor died! Or completely merged with heaven and earth, losing his original will… Or something else happened. Anyway, he lost control of this heaven and earth!

Undoubtedly, this layout for digesting chaotic mist between heaven and earth was created by Dao Ancestor. When Dao Ancestor was alive, he should have been absorbing chaotic mist, absorbing energy, and maintaining the level of heaven and earth…

When he died, this set of things naturally became useless, so heaven and earth began to gradually degrade.

And this can also explain why Chu Mo can only obtain information after the Qin and Han dynasties after becoming the Heavenly Dao. Because there was another Heavenly Dao before! And that Heavenly Dao died… The information before the Qin and Han dynasties should have also dissipated with the death of that Heavenly Dao.

“What a hellish joke!” Chu Mo shook his head, opened his mouth several times, and at this moment deeply realized the importance of a Heavenly Dao to the world.

“So, the world level recovered later… Did another Heavenly Dao appear? Or…”

Chu Mo thought for a long, long time, and finally snapped his fingers expressionlessly. One spatial rift after another appeared in the void, constantly changing, and one chaotic mist after another was rapidly absorbed at this moment.

Heaven and earth began to tremble again.

As the Heavenly Dao, Chu Mo could feel that the entire world was like a field welcoming rain after a long drought, frantically absorbing the power of chaos.

Heaven and earth were changing.

Although it was very subtle…

But… those great powerhouses who had been feeling the constant decline of this heaven and earth all keenly noticed this change at this moment, and their expressions all changed drastically.

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The Western Paradise.

“…What’s going on?!” Tathagata Buddha’s mind was shaken. He keenly noticed that his cultivation seemed to have improved a little. This was an extremely incredible thing for him, because he had already reached the upper limit of this world…

Being able to improve also means… heaven and earth are allowing him to reach a higher realm?!

So… heaven and earth are improving? No, it should be said that they are recovering?!

Swallowing hard, Tathagata Buddha’s expression was dazed, and then he suddenly woke up.

“Is it because of… the Heavenly Dao?!!”

The Heavenly Dao appeared in the front, and the world level rose in the back! Even if you say it has nothing to do with the Heavenly Dao… no one will believe it, right?!

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The Heavenly Court.

“…This heaven and earth!” The Jade Emperor was a little astonished. He gently pinched his palm, and wisps of divine light condensed in his palm. After looking at it for a long time, he first laughed silently, the more he laughed, the more maniacal he became. As he laughed, tears flowed down.

In the end, the Jade Emperor sobbed uncontrollably, crying and laughing, like a madman, losing control to the extreme. He slumped to the ground and murmured, “It’s too late… you came too late…”

So, this is the root of maintaining the world from destruction.

But… the current heaven and earth have already declined to this point… But, he is already dead.

Although he was summoned out of the Blood River by Chu Mo, he still clearly knew that he was already dead. Even if he retained his consciousness! It was still the same!

Even if the level of heaven and earth is raised again, he will not be able to continue to rely on cultivation to constantly become stronger… This is the biggest difference between the living and the dead!

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One great divine powerhouse after another.

The lords and main gods of the Western and even other continents.

Their emotions all underwent drastic changes. Of course, the great divine powerhouses of the East… basically have a long heritage and keenly realized what happened.

The Western Gods and main gods were relatively confused at this moment.

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After confirming that it was effective, Chu Mo stepped out step by step and finally came into the vast starry sky. With a wave of his sleeve, one spatial rift after another appeared at this moment…

But soon, Chu Mo’s face turned green. “Holy crap, there’s too much… it’s going to explode!”

Chu Mo quickly closed several rifts and realized something. “Is there an upper limit to the consumption of the formation diagram? Or can it be said that the current world level is too weak…”

The formation diagram was created when heaven and earth were still at the Primordial level, so its foundation is naturally strong. It can be used all the way to the Primordial level… But unfortunately, the current level of heaven and earth is only at the Heavenly Immortal realm after all.

It’s like a three-year-old child, no matter what, it is impossible to have an appetite comparable to an adult.

“Then let’s do it little by little, slowly!” Chu Mo sat cross-legged in the void, gently hooking his fingers, guiding and presiding over this formation diagram, carrying out digestion.

Time passed little by little.

Half a year later.

Chu Mo in the starry sky suddenly opened his eyes and glanced in the direction of the earth. “Sun Wukong and the others have finally returned… Heh, they actually walked back little by little? Even without Tang Sanzang as a burden… it still took them half a year to walk!”

Smiling silently, Chu Mo calculated the gains from the past six months in his heart.

First of all, the upper limit of the world’s strength has changed from the peak of the Heavenly Immortal to the Quasi-Golden Immortal, or the Half-Step Golden Immortal. But in comparison, the changes in the mortal world are much greater…

“The upper limit of heaven and earth has directly increased to the peak of the Earth Immortal?!” Chu Mo was a little tongue-tied, but after thinking about it, he quickly understood. According to the information he has obtained now, in the most ancient times… the Primordial period, there was no distinction between the Heavenly Realm and the Netherworld.

The reason why the various realms were gradually divided later was because there was too little energy. Cutting out small heavens maintained the energy of these small heavens and could carry higher-level powerhouses!

But now, there is no shortage of energy… Naturally, the mortal world and the Heavenly Realm will gradually return to the appearance of the ancient times, and the energy will slowly approach. Chu Mo has no doubt that if this continues, sooner or later, the powerhouses that the Heavenly Realm and the mortal world can tolerate will reach the same level.

“Alright!” Chu Mo took a step and came directly to the Heavenly Court. He murmured, “Next, I have to consider… I also have to have a good meeting with my ‘sworn brother’ to announce some things… and then I can consider the final sublimation, and then leave the Journey to the West world.”

Although it seems that he can stay in the Journey to the West world all the time, slowly upgrading the Journey to the West world… and then gradually becoming stronger himself… Cultivating to the maximum level and then coming out? But this is only theoretically…

In reality, forcibly maintaining the Heavenly Dao state to absorb energy, he feels that his humanity is being eroded.

He suspects that the previous Heavenly Dao was killed in this way… He naturally cannot wait until his humanity is worn away, and then seek death and return…

For the time being, maintain the current state… or wait until he travels to a more ancient era, or finds a way to maintain humanity in the Main World, or a simpler way to upgrade the world… At that time, he will come back to take this world off. Anyway, he can return at any time in the future…

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In the vast Heavenly Court.

“…Your Majesty.” The Jade Emperor stared at Chu Mo, his expression extremely complicated. His lips kept creeps, and finally his expression clearly became respectful.

“…” Chu Mo forcibly resisted the urge to play the Zhou Shuren’s Runtu’s stalk, but at the same time, he felt some emotion in his heart. This was the first time Hao Tian had such an attitude towards him.

Even if he had previously relied on the Blood River to become Hao Tian’s actual master, it was still not comparable to the name of the Heavenly Dao… Although this is very normal, after all, Hao Tian also has his own arrogance and dignity.

Thoughts flashed through his mind, Chu Mo narrowed his eyes and said peacefully, “Heavenly Court deities, come to the Hall of Celestial Glory for a meeting!”

Without using the Investiture of the Gods, without using divine power, but… his words at this moment resounded in the ears of all Heavenly Court deities.

Not only Yang Jian, Nezha, Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King and other deities whose names were recorded on the Investiture of the Gods…

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The Thirty-Third Heaven’s Dou Shuai Palace.

Lord Lao slowly opened his eyes, his expression complicated to the point that it could not be described in words. He also stood up.

“How many years has it been… This is really unexpected.”

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The vast Heavenly Court.

The other Emperors residing in the remaining sacred palaces.

The Great Emperor of the North Pole of Ziwei, the Great Emperor of Longevity of the South Pole… all walked out of their palaces with different expressions… some sighed, some were bitter, some were confused, some were fearful…

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The mortal world.

In the Lishan Grotto Heaven.

Lishan Laomu exhaled lightly and soared into the air.

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I have to go…

If it was just the Heavenly Emperor issuing a decree, the great divine powerhouses would naturally dare to ignore it! Even after the Heavenly Emperor changed, unless that Heavenly Emperor truly attacked their palaces and forced them to bow their heads with absolute strength, they would not be in awe.

But…

That was the Heavenly Dao!

The great divine powerhouses, whether their true bodies or avatars, were all left over from that glorious and unimaginable ancient era.

They were too clear about the majestic power of a Heavenly Dao!

If you dare to show your face, you are looking for death!

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The Hall of Celestial Glory.

One divine light after another flashed past.

The Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King, Nezha, Yang Jian and others appeared one by one.

“May I ask the Heavenly Emperor, what is the matter for summoning us?” Taibai Jinxing respectfully saluted. Apart from the great divine powerhouses, the ordinary Heavenly Immortal Gods… although they sensed that there was a great change between heaven and earth, these Heavenly Court Immortal Gods did not realize that the Heavenly Dao had been born… Or, even if someone knew, before the Heavenly Dao officially showed itself and wanted to step onto the stage, they all deliberately suppressed the thought of revealing it to others.

Who knows what the Heavenly Dao is thinking?

What if they were talkative and angered the Heavenly Dao… How innocent would that be?!

However, the Immortal Gods who knew were respectful to Chu Mo, the Heavenly Dao, and dared not say anything. But the Immortal Gods who did not know had some anger and impatience on their faces at this moment.

After the great changes in heaven and earth, they were frantically cultivating, trying to go further. So being disturbed inevitably caused emotional fluctuations… It can even be said that if it was not the Heavenly Emperor who had already shown his strength who summoned them… but if it was just the severely injured Hao Tian, they would not even bother to come to this summons…

Chu Mo did not speak, but stood quietly with his hands behind his back, his eyes flashing with heavenly light.

Time passed little by little.

The Heavenly Court Immortal Gods gradually became restless. Many beings felt dissatisfied. Chu Mo’s silence was simply a waste of time in their eyes.

In addition… Even though Chu Mo made them bow their heads last time, it was purely by suppressing them with slaughter… They were truly afraid of Chu Mo, but they may not have been truly convinced…

But before these Immortals could consider how to come forward, ask, or exert pressure—

Terrifying divine light suddenly bloomed at this moment!

One aura after another descended with a bang. That was too powerful and terrifying… Completely different from the previous arrival of the Gods and Immortals…

Heaven and earth trembled, rosy clouds overflowed, and the Great Dao harmonized, indicating that they were the supreme giants in this heaven and earth who had truly climbed to the top…

Many Immortals and Gods had ecstasy on their faces.

“This… This is the Great Emperor of Longevity!!!”

“The Great Emperor of Ziwei is here… As expected, the Great Emperor of Ziwei is also quite dissatisfied with this new Jade Emperor Hao Tian!”

“The Great Emperor Gouchen, it’s the Great Emperor Gouchen… My God! Are all the Four Sovereigns of the Heavenly Court going to be born…”

The joyful existences who spoke were all from these Great Emperor factions. The reason why they dared to resist Hao Tian before, apart from the decline in Hao Tian’s strength… the main reason was that these top-notch great divine powerhouses were standing behind them.

However…

After hearing the words of the Immortal Gods, especially after vaguely realizing their malice towards the Heavenly Emperor, or rather the Heavenly Dao, the expressions of these great divine powerhouses all changed. Shock, confusion, horror, and even fear were mixed in.

“You beast… Shut up!”

“I’m wronged… I, I, I am loyal!”

“You bastard, why don’t you quickly plead guilty to Heaven!”

Voices of rage or murderous intent rang out. Under the pressure of terrifying energy, those Immortal Gods who had spoken rudely were directly pulled out, and then, together with the Four Sovereign Great Emperors, they knelt down and bowed deeply to Chu Mo.

The scene was dead silent.

The Immortal Gods who had not spoken wildly before: “???”

What… What’s going on?!

Some of them even almost thought in a trance that the Heavenly Court had returned to the most ancient era!

The era when the Jade Emperor Hao Tian still had Dao Ancestor as his support, shining brightly above and below the heavens…

Some clever but uninformed Immortal Gods were also confused by their titles… Heaven… does it refer to Hao Tian? But why not call him Heavenly Emperor?

The next moment…

They felt the arrival of new great powerhouses again, and their minds were shaken.

“Wait, that one is… Impossible, Lord Lao… Impossible…”

“Li, Li, Li, Lishan Laomu…”

“Buddha, the Western Paradise Buddha is also here…”

“Zhen Yuanzi… the legendary Ancestor of Earth Immortals…”

“?? What, who is this again… Is, is Bodhi, the Buddhist Sage…”

“Impossible… There’s no reason… Even the Jade Emperor Hao Tian at his peak could not have made so many great divine powerhouses… What on earth happened?!”

“…”

Under the circumstances that a group of Immortal Gods were confused, dazed, and suspected that they were dreaming.

Almost all of the great divine powerhouses in the vast heaven and earth came…

They looked at each other. Even though they had not communicated, they were very tacit at this moment and bowed to Chu Mo at the same time, almost in unison—even the Four Sovereign Great Emperors who had been kneeling on the ground before, at this moment, had a tacit understanding and spoke together.

“…Paying respects to the Heavenly Dao!”

The sound was deafening.

The next moment.

The entire Heavenly Court was dead silent.