Chapter Ninety-Five

  After Wuji formed an alliance with the Queen of the West, people from various factions who came to attend the ceremony began to arrive one after another. In order not to attract attention and onlookers, and also for the sake of concealment of his political alliance with the Queen of the West, Wuji decided to leave first and return later when most of the guests had arrived, which would be more in line with his status.

  Wuji and the majority of the guests had already arrived, and Feng Qiu and the other three women also arrived afterwards. Wuji observed for a moment and found that apart from Fuxi, Xihuan, and Kunpeng who originally belonged to the demon tribe, all the other powerful beings, except for the saints, were basically all present.

  The name of Haotian was previously unknown, but with the appointment by Hongjun Daozu as a candidate for the new Tian Emperor of the Hongyuan era, it became hot and popular overnight. It seems that Haotian has become the master of this new era in an instant, making Wuji Zimiao's position seem secondary.

  It seems that everything is so natural, and Wuji's ascension to the throne of Tian Emperor is a matter of course. Wuji looked at the various great gods surrounding Huangtian and Xiwangmu, all of whom were close to Huangtian, the newly appointed Tian Emperor. Only the Blood Sea Minghe Daoist and the Zhenyuanzi Daoist sat alone on one side, watching the commotion.

  At this point, the Blood Sea Emperor had already refined the entire Blood Sea, reaching a state where the Blood Sea would not dry up and the Nether River would not die. It can be said that he was recognized by the Great Gods of the Primordial Era as the strongest being below the Saints, and his strength after refining the Blood Sea was on par with, or even surpassed, that of Wuji Tianzun, the number one strongman under the Saints in the past. He already had the power to rival the Saints.

  Minghe himself deeply felt that at this time, with the help of the Blood Sea's power, he could absolutely not lose to Wuji again and even gain a slight upper hand. However, as for defeating Wuji, Minghe still acknowledged that he didn't have the ability to counter Wuji's extremely fast speed. Nevertheless, being recognized as the strongest in the Hongyuan made him feel a sense of accomplishment. Therefore, Minghe did not come forward to clarify the facts.

  As for the matter of calling out to the saints, Minghe did not deny it. Since he had refined the Blood Sea, only when the Blood Sea disappeared would he have the possibility of falling. Moreover, at this time, he was still recognized by the Heavenly Dao as the Supreme Being, residing in great merit and virtue. Even if a saint were to kill him, there would be a possibility that the saint would subsequently be pulled down from their position. Presumably, no saint would be willing to fall from their position for some trivial matter.

  As for his own strength, Minghe was still quite confident. He really had the idea of calling out to the Holy One, but he hadn't yet figured out the gap in strength between himself and the Holy One, so he didn't dare act rashly.

  As for the Nether River wanting to take action, the object is naturally the Western Sect. Who made it that when the Dao people and the Zhunti Dao people were introduced to establish the sect, they had already pushed the Nether River Dao people to a place of opposition? The Nether River Dao people are the embodiment of demons in the Western Sect, and are the objects that need to be subdued in the Western Sect.

  The strength of the Minghe Dao people is too strong, and no one in the Western Church can take down the old ancestor of the Minghe River except for a saint. However, as the Ashura tribe under the old ancestor of the Minghe River, they are the ones who have been bullied, becoming the target of the Western Church's venting of anger, especially after this great war between witches and demons. The Western Church has taken in many demon tribes and achieved significant development, gaining many elite survivors from the witch-demon war. These people rely on their identity as disciples of the saint to stir up trouble.

  Among them, there was a dispute with the Western Church's newly promoted Mahayana Golden Immortal-level demon clan. This Mahayana Golden Immortal demon originally had the cultivation of a Mahayana Golden Immortal and would not have treated Maitreya Daoist and Medicine Master Daoist with respect if it weren't for considering them to be direct disciples of the saints, whereas he was only a nominal disciple of the saints.

  However, in private, he often felt resentful and hoped to use some events to elevate his status in the eyes of the two saints. Coincidentally, a conflict arose with the Asura tribe, which led him to escalate the situation, often leading fellow disciples who followed him to the Western Sect to kill the Asura tribe, defining them as demons within the Western Sect's teachings. Thus, a famous phrase was born: "Demon head, don't you quickly surrender? Wait and see my divine power to subdue demons."

  More and more Western sects joined the fray. But the Asura tribe was not to be underestimated, as they were not benevolent people themselves. Seeing the Western sect's brutal harm to their own people, they naturally retaliated with force. The Asura tribe unleashed its might, and the Western sect began to suffer greatly. Especially when the four great heavenly kings of the Asura tribe, Bajiao Wang, Ashu Luo, Dabian Tian, and Luojia, took action, the Western sect was severely battered, with deaths and injuries rising sharply.

  The conflict between the Western Church and the Asura tribe began to increase dramatically, which naturally shocked the old tribe of Minghe River and the two saints of the Western Church, Saint Jieyin and Saint Zhunti. However, the old ancestor of Minghe River had a plan to test the intentions of the two saints. The plan was not to stop the revenge of the people below against the Western Church.

  The two saints, Jieyin and Zhunti, are facing this dispute with a mindset of training soldiers. They plan to take this opportunity to select truly loyal and useful talents for the Western Church, and reserve them for future use. As for those with ulterior motives, the two will not personally take action, but will also let them go to battle, contributing their own strength to the development of the Western Church.

  In this way, both Meng Po and the two saints, Jie Yin and Zhun Ti, had their own thoughts and intentions. They each turned a blind eye to the situation, allowing things to unfold as they would, for in their eyes, these were just minor skirmishes that did no real harm.

  The one who was watching with the same cold eyes as Minghe Laozu was Zhenyuanzi Daoist. It turned out that during the previous great war between witches and demons, the Heavenly Pillar of Buzhou Mountain was unstable, and some places in Honghuang began to break apart. Zhenyuanzi used his Earth Book, which was transformed from the heavenly membrane, and shared the same origin as the earth, to control the region within a billion miles around Wanshoushan with his Earth Book.

  Afterwards, the Heavenly Way bestowed great merit upon him. Adding this to his previous merit of saving humanity with the help of Zhun Yuanzi, he finally became the third person after Wuji Tianzun and Minghe Laozu to attain the position of Tian Di Zhi Ren. He was revered by humanity as the ancestor of the Earth Immortals. Standing on the earth, he could borrow its power to repel enemies, and even saints were unable to do anything against him for a short time.

  Fortunately, after the incident with Hongyun Laozu, Zhenyuanzi started to take care of fewer things and generally stayed in his own Daoist temple to cultivate or teach his disciples, living a reclusive life.

  After seeing the two, Wuji walked towards them. As for Haotian, he was no longer within his consideration range. This is a kind of interpretation of strength. Those with strong strength all have their own circle, just like the various saints are a circle, and outsiders find it difficult to enter. Just as Wuji entered the circle of first-class saints, it was also because he had the introduction of Sanqing. The importance attached by Hongjun Daozu to Wuji is still that Wuji's strength has been recognized by the various saints.

  At this time, Haotian's identity as the Supreme Emperor of Heaven was noble and prestigious, but his strength was still too weak to win the genuine respect of Wuji and other saints. When people greeted Haotian, they were more showing respect for his title as the Heavenly Emperor rather than him personally. Haotian, on the other hand, was being directly ignored. However, Haotian had not yet grasped this principle due to his limited experience.

  Wuji and Minghe Laozu, despite having a huge karma in the past, have already understood each other over the years. Moreover, they have acknowledged each other's strength, so the two still have some friendship. When Minghe Laozu talked to Wuji, the former number one expert, he instantly attracted countless attention.

  Among the participants were representatives of various forces, elites in the vast wilderness. Regarding the karma between Minghe Old Ancestor and Wuji, even if they hadn't seen it, they had still heard about it. However, no one expected that Minghe Old Ancestor would be so courteous to the previous strongman under the Saint's jurisdiction. They all sighed at Minghe Old Ancestor's humility and Wuji's broad-mindedness. This earned Minghe a round of applause and won Wuji considerable sympathy.

  Zhenyuanzi originally had a good relationship with Wujie, but after hearing that Wujie had appeared at the beginning and that Hongmeng Purple Qi had ultimately let Wujie obtain it, Zhenyuanzi's impression of Wujie instantly became extremely bad, already on par with Minghe Old Ancestor.

  However, as time passed, Zhenyuanzi gradually began to understand the Wuji. With the talent of Wuji, the speed of cultivation at the first level of Wuji was such that becoming a saint would no longer be a dream. After re-examining the secrets of the Hongyun's Hunyuan purple energy, it was also a cultivation of Wuji, and had already cut off three corpses. However, because there was no complete Hunyuan purple energy, it was impossible to become a saint, which made Zhenyuanzi feel sorry for Wuji.

  Zhenyuanzi came this time to try and mend his relationship with Wujie. Zhenyuanzi, who rarely initiates conversations, started greeting Wujie today. Wujie responded to Zhenyuanzi's greetings and they began chatting. After all, it was thanks to Zhenyuanzi's help that he had obtained the Five Elements Spirit Root People Tree Branches earlier, which accelerated his progress in cultivating the Wujie Boundary.

  In the distance, Haotian saw Wuji, Zhenyuanzi and Minghe Laozu gathering together. As the host of the banquet, he naturally had to entertain many guests well, especially these powerful gods like Wuji. Otherwise, others would think that he was ignorant of etiquette, arrogant and lazy towards the great gods in Honghuang, which was extremely unfavorable for Haotian who urgently hoped to recruit troops.

  Huang Tian stepped forward and exchanged greetings with Wuji Sanren, who naturally returned the courtesy. After all, Huang Tian now represented the identity of the Heavenly Emperor of the Heavenly Court. The three then congratulated Huang Tian and offered their blessings. Later, Queen Mother of the West also arrived at the reception to help Huang Tian entertain the guests.

  Just as the oath-taking conference was about to be held, Haotian, Xiwangmu, Wujie and others all understood that the saint would not come this time. After all, these are small things for the saint. Moreover, Haotian has not yet controlled the Heavenly Court, and the Heavenly Court is still in his hands. Only when Haotian takes down the Heavenly Court can he be considered a true heavenly emperor, with the status of being on an equal footing with the saints.

  Haotian understood that the saint would not come forward, so he naturally did not wait any longer and directly started the oath-taking ceremony to conquer heaven.