In Heaven, Emperor Taichu was busy cleaning up the mess.
In every sense, all the messes in every aspect are waiting for him to clean up.
He even 'intentionally' or 'unintentionally' ignored the 'threat and blackmail' that Monk Sanzang had sent Feitian Baizun against him... He had already concluded in his heart that perhaps the woman he loved so deeply would not survive.
It's over.
This was the fate of the gentle and kind woman whom he had identified as the original candidate for the Queen of Heaven.
Standing in the largest imperial garden in the Heavenly Palace, watching dozens of three-foot-long golden dragons vying for the Dao Divine Pill that he had casually scattered in the clear pond, emitting a strong Dao rhythm, the Great Emperor Taichu said quietly, "He's dead... so there's nothing to worry about. But it seems that I can make use of this fellow's request to me!"
At the beginning, Emperor Taichu was a little moved.
For the sake of his beloved woman, it seemed that he could tolerate Monk Sanzang's "intimidation and exploitation" of him a little bit... He saw that Monk Sanzang just wanted to borrow the power of Heaven to cause some turmoil, some disturbances, and even some killings in the Supreme Taichu Heaven.
However, after the initial throbbing, Taichu Emperor's instinct, or the nature hidden deep in his bones, overwhelmed his acquired emotions.
But a woman.
Even the woman whom he liked the most, loved the most, doted on the most, and almost regarded as his life over the years... was just a woman. In his long life, he had experienced countless women, and there were also several women he had loved who were helped by him to the throne of the Queen of Heaven.
But so what?
"Life is a long journey. You can see countless scenery along the way. If you like it, stop and enjoy it. Don't leave, don't linger." Taichu Emperor sighed: "Scenery is just scenery after all...Scenery can change at any time, but you are yourself. Only you are the eternal self."
With a heavy sigh, Emperor Taichu raised his head and looked at the sun, moon and stars circling in the sky.
He had already noticed the changes in the 480 million ancient stars outside the four gates of the Heavenly Palace. He had already sent out his hidden agents in the Taichu Yuan Court to investigate the matter with the greatest effort.
In the vast Supreme Primordial Heaven, perhaps only he, Tai Mi, Tai Yu and a few others knew what these 480 million ancient stars meant and represented. Now, the original power of these stars was actually mobilized by someone? This was something that could never be tolerated!
Compared to this big event...it's just the life and death of a woman.
"Haha, we still have to make some gesture. Then, let the commander-in-chief intensify the attack on Yuncha Ridge. Mobilize more cannon fodder to die, and fight more lively and cruelly." The light of the sun, moon and stars was reflected in the eyes of Taichu Emperor. He took a deep breath, and the Taichu Bell, the most precious treasure of this world, rose from his head with a trace of gray chaotic energy. With a 'dong' sound, it shook the past and present, near and far.
With a "puff" sound.
The Great Emperor Taichu spat out a small mouthful of blood - all the emotions in his soul related to that gentle and kind woman were killed and annihilated by him personally, and were crushed bit by bit until nothing was left.
From now on, although he still had memories of that woman, all the tenderness and love he had shared with her, all the vows he had made to her, all the beautiful, gentle, humanistic, and affectionate things that had once been there, had all vanished into thin air. This woman could no longer be his weakness.
No one could influence him through her anymore.
Of course, he still remembered this woman. He remembered it deeply. Because he was not strong enough, this woman was captured alive, taken away in front of him, and even threatened and forced him with her life!
From now on, he will remember this woman, all the hatred, resentment, and grudges related to her... Anyone and everything related to her will be subjected to his cruelest revenge. But he took the initiative to cut off all the feelings between him and her. Even if she escaped from the hands of Monk Sanzang, even if she returned to him unscathed, she would no longer be the one he loved, valued, and treasured.
"As long as I have no humanity, I cannot be defeated." Taichu Emperor smiled slightly. He took out a handful of divine pills and scattered them to the three-foot golden dragons in the pond that were cheering and vying for favor like kittens and puppies!
These three-foot golden dragons originally had a bright and wonderful future.
When attacking the Nalanda Holy Land and destroying the orthodox Buddhist tradition in this area, the Great Emperor Taichu learned that these golden dragons were carefully raised by a certain lineage of Buddhist masters in the Nalanda Holy Land. They were one of the so-called "Eight Buddhists". They had a high status and great power...
However, the strength of these golden dragons at that time seemed to be unworthy of the mysterious and majestic title of "Eight Divisions".
The Great Emperor Taichu, the Great Emperor Taimi, and the Great Emperor Taiyi divided these golden dragons, wiped out all their intelligence, and refined them into little pets that survived purely by being cute and winning favor.
"Haha, the Eight Tribes? What a joke!" A gleam of brilliance flashed in the depths of his eyes, and the Great Emperor Taichu said coldly: "This piece of sky, this piece of land, this boundless world, countless people... What does it have to do with you? Mine, mine, all of it, damn it, is mine!"
With a flip of his hand, the Great Emperor Taichu, with a shaken and almost excited mood, took out a thin page of gold leaf, on which there were wisps of dark golden Buddha light lingering, and a few lines of small characters appeared - "The Sutra of the Three Thousand Worlds"!
“Three thousand worlds.” The Great Emperor Taichu trembled slightly, and he murmured in a low voice: “I can’t go on like this, I can’t go on like this… There is so much to do in the boundless world… I don’t want to be a frog in a well. I want to jump out of this dry well and see the real, boundless world!”
"The thief bald man in the Buddhist sect can't stop me."
"Too blind, too arrogant, can't stop me!"
"Damn Qing Emperor, you can't stop me!"
“No one can stop me… No one…” The Great Emperor Taichu gritted his teeth and roared in a low voice: “So , stronger power!”
A man dressed in green court robes, judging from the color and style of the clothes, was clearly just a low-level official in the Heavenly Court. He had white hair and a white beard, and was obviously not young. However, at such an old age, he was only hanging around in the Heavenly Court like this. It was obvious that he was lacking in birth, background, connections, qualifications, etc. In the Heavenly Court system, the old man could be called a "paving stone". He walked slowly, with a leisurely square step, and with a calm and graceful demeanor that a real Heavenly Court official would never have, and walked behind the Taichu Emperor.
"So, Your Majesty, have you figured it out?" The old clerk put his hands in his sleeves. He had a calm demeanor, but his facial expression was ever-changing, and there was a hint of inhuman weirdness and evil in it.
The Great Emperor Taichu slowly turned around and looked at the clerk quietly. He looked him up and down for a long, long time before he smiled: "Every time, you always appear when I am emotionally agitated and my mind is changing. You use those tempting words to stir up some of the most terrifying thoughts in my heart!"
"If you count this time, how many times has it been?" Emperor Taichu looked at the clerk with interest.
"Including this time, this is the 3,600th time that I have appeared before Your Majesty at the right time when Your Majesty is emotionally agitated and in a state of mind." The clerk smiled brightly. With a weird smile that was a bit disrespectful, he tilted his head, changed his previous calmness and grace, and whistled at Emperor Taichu in a frivolous manner.
“Your Majesty has ordered me to be beheaded 3,599 times before, and has extracted my soul. He has used all kinds of secret methods, secret arts, torture, and torment… but Your Majesty has not been able to obtain anything useful from my soul… and I have reappeared before Your Majesty every time.” The clerk chuckled and said, “I bet that Your Majesty still doesn’t know who I am, what my methods are, and even less how many other ministers there are inside and outside the Heavenly Court, and in all directions of the Supreme Primordial Heaven!”
The smile of Emperor Taichu froze slightly.
The clerk in front of him was already his "old friend"... In fact, this clerk had known him long before the two great emperors Taiyi and Taiyi. When the Great Emperor Taichu had just embarked on the path of and was still a humble ant among the countless living beings in the Supreme Taichu Heaven, the predecessor of this clerk had already made friends with him.
But... after so many years, the Great Emperor Taichu still couldn't figure out where this guy came from, what his name was, and what he wanted to do...
It’s just… for so many years, although Emperor Taichu has been wary and cautious about him, it is undeniable that because of this guy’s existence, Emperor Taichu has gained a lot of benefits and avoided a lot of risks.
It can even be said that if it weren't for this guy, Emperor Taichu might not be alive today!
But because of this, the Great Emperor Taichu became even more wary of him... so much so that, as the clerk said, including this time, he had appeared beside the Great Emperor Taichu a total of 3,600 times, and the previous 3,599 times, the final result was that the Great Emperor Taichu turned against him and tried every means to kill this guy!
"Three thousand six hundred, a good number." The clerk smiled at the Great Emperor Taichu and said, "I like this kind of number that has a special meaning, is complete, and looks a bit auspicious. So, I think that this time, Your Majesty will reach some...contract with me that is more in line with our common interests?"
The Taichu Bell is suspended above the head of Taichu Emperor.
The gray light locked onto the petty official.
The Great Emperor Taichu said softly, "But I still want to give it a try. My cultivation is not as good as it was back then, and my magical powers are definitely not comparable to what they were back then... I have completely controlled the Taichu Bell, and the hub of the avenue of this world... Moreover, the Heavenly Court has been cleansed several times in a row. Could it be that you still have many more of you in the Heavenly Court?"
The clerk smiled and said nothing.
The Great Emperor Taichu thought, and the Taichu Bell roared, and the petty official was shattered into ashes. The Great Emperor Taichu murmured, "I will kill you 3,600 times. If you can still come back to life and appear in front of me as a ghost... and if your identity can surprise me a little bit... then it seems that I can cooperate with you!"
The revival of the Qing Emperor.
White Snake's 'change of heart'.
There was turmoil inside and outside the heavenly palace.
A series of dramatic changes.
Especially the appearance of the evil Fei Tian Bai Zun - with the intelligence capabilities of the Heavenly Patrol Guards, the Great Emperor Taichu had already received wind that incredible evil events had occurred in many places in the Heavenly Court. The evil transformed by those red shoes, red clothes, red lanterns, and all the red things of the girls was spreading like a plague in the remote corners of the Supreme Taichu Heaven.
All kinds of unlucky things happened one after another, and even the most beloved woman of Emperor Taichu was abducted!
Emperor Taichu felt a little powerless.
Who could have imagined that even his astrologer who was guarding the north gate and his loyal old brother who had followed him all the way since the great war would be affected by the evil power, activate the formation, backfire on the Heavenly Palace, and almost raze it to the ground?
So…
Power, greater power!
In particular, it is a force that can help him defeat Tai Mi and Tai Yu, defeat those old immortals back then, and even break free from the clutches of the Green Emperor, a force that is more powerful and enough to transcend everything!
The "Buddha's Sutra of Three Thousand Worlds" is suspended in front of him, with shining Buddha light and revealing infinite mystery.
The Great Emperor Taichu tapped lightly on the page of secret treasures that he had taken from the Sutra Library in the holy land of Nalanda. He gritted his teeth, his heart beating violently, just like when he was a teenager, still an ordinary man, and made an appointment with the girl from the neighborhood to make love in the grove next to the threshing ground for the first time... His heart was beating like a drum, and the blood in his body was surging at an extremely high speed.
There were soft footsteps.
Yao Yan walked over slowly.
The pupils of Emperor Taichu suddenly froze - Yao Yan, he remembered, was the son of the former Grand Commander of the Five Military Forces, Yao Yan, who died outside the Iron Gate... Among the many second generations in the Heavenly Court, Yao Yan was not a very conspicuous or outstanding existence, even his elder brother Yao Yan was much more eye-catching than him.
To be precise, in the mind of the Great Emperor Taichu, the only impression Yao Yan gave him was that he was the son of Yao Yan. As for the rest, maybe he was just an ordinary minor official in the Five Military Office? A second-generation dandy who was trying to make a living and gain experience in the Heavenly Court?
Apart from this, Emperor Taichu had no impression of him at all.
Moreover, Yao Yan's cultivation...
Regardless of Yao Yan's identity or cultivation, he should not be here. To put it in a very realistic, cruel, and vulgar way, Yao Yan is not even as good as a fart in front of the Great Emperor Taichu, and he has no right to be here!
But without alarming any guards or making any announcements, Yao Yan, with his hands behind his back, calmly entered the imperial garden that Emperor Taichu admired the most, as if he was walking into his own back garden!
"Interesting!" Emperor Taichu looked at Yao Yan and said, "Your status is much higher than that of a lowly official. What's going on?"
Yao Yan smiled, with his hands behind his back, standing calmly in front of the Great Emperor Taichu: "What the hell is going on? My personality is really a little weird, I am too cautious... But, to save my life, it's not shameful to be a little cautious! Isn't it?"
"Well, Your Majesty killed one of my bodies before. Of all my bodies, I...Yao Yan, am the closest to the previous 'I'. So, I suddenly remembered who I am!"
"So, I'm here." Yao Yan smiled as he looked at the gradually livid Taichu Emperor. "This is the 3,601st time we've met, and this time, the time interval is the shortest among all the many times we've met in the past... Please don't kill me so easily, Your Majesty. After all, this body has finally been reincarnated into such a good identity. It's a bit... painful to waste it like this."
The Great Emperor Taichu remained silent.
Countless thoughts flashed through his mind, and he once again began to mobilize all his knowledge and experience, trying to analyze the true identity of Yao Yan, the mysterious being in front of him whom he had killed three thousand six hundred times in the past.
However, he failed to analyze it... His knowledge and experience were not enough to support him in finding out Yao Yan's true identity.
After a long silence, the Great Emperor Taichu looked at the smiling Yao Yan and said softly, "May I ask, which great master in Buddhism are you referring to? But that's not right. Back then, it was you who instigated me to go against the Holy Land of Nalanda. You killed monks more heartily than I did, especially the way you treated those young monks and nuns. It was simply inhumane!"
The Great Emperor Taichu shook his head and said, "You are not a disciple of Buddhism!"
Yao Yan smiled brightly: "But, I can be a Buddhist disciple... For example, I, Yao Yan, am from the Lingshan Great Leiyin Temple."
The iron-blue face of Emperor Taichu suddenly turned red. Even though his old face was thick enough, he was still extremely embarrassed at this moment.
He already knew about the Lingshan Great Leiyin Temple, and he also knew that his nephew, the defected Prince Yuanfu, was also a member of the Lingshan Great Leiyin Temple. He even carried out several bloody purges of the entire Heavenly Court for these bullshit things...
Okay, here comes another one.
"You!" Taichu Emperor gritted his teeth in hatred: "In the Heavenly Palace, there is still..."
Yao Yan looked at the Great Emperor Taichu very seriously: "There are still quite a few...really, I can even say that there are still many...Of course, if Your Majesty is willing to cooperate with me sincerely, then I can hand over all those people."
"Compared to our cooperation, their lives are just a sacrifice, aren't they?"
Yao Yan smiled brightly.
Even a little innocent.
The Great Emperor Taichu was silent. Yao Yan pointed to the secret scripture in front of him and said softly, "The Sutra of the Three Thousand Worlds is actually useless... It's not even a serious scripture, but just some travelogue-like books. It's fine if you don't read it, but if you do, it will make you upset!"
"A toad who has never seen the vastness of the world can live happily all his life by squatting in a dry well... But someone told him about the vastness of the world and the infinity of the universe. This is actually a very cruel thing."
"The toad jumped up and down desperately, struggling hard... But with his own strength, he couldn't jump out at all..."
Yao Yan was teasing when the Taichu Bell above the head of the Great Emperor made a roaring sound. He immediately shut his mouth and just looked at the Great Emperor with a smile: "Didn't you notice? In recent years, Supreme Taichu Heaven has not been very peaceful... Especially in the recent period, all kinds of strange things have occurred one after another."
"You actually already have the answer in your heart, right?"
"You failed to destroy the Holy Land of Nalanda back then! You failed to completely, thoroughly, and truly wipe out those thieves!"
Yao Yan sneered: "In other words, you cut off their branches and dug up their stumps, but their seeds flew all over the sky, and their smallest roots were buried deep in the earth... You failed to truly destroy them, and they came back!"
"Buddhism is best at arranging all kinds of conspiracies. They... are very difficult to deal with." Yao Yan exhaled heavily and said in distress: "They are very difficult to deal with. They are so difficult that I have to divide myself into countless parts. I have tried all kinds of means, such as reincarnation, rebirth, fake death, or simply possessing another body... I have used countless means to finally escape from their control and struggle until now!"
"Even now, I have received a lot of information from the me that you just killed, but there are still many things that I haven't figured out or understood... For example, how many of me are there outside now? How can I return to my original appearance... These are things that I don't know myself!"
"The Buddhist sect is so difficult to deal with, and the backup plan they have arranged has already been launched."
"Those thieves who you thought were completely annihilated in the battle that year have crawled back from the cycle of reincarnation one by one!"
"There are even some old bald thieves that you never encountered before. They have already emerged from their hiding holes."
"And you..." Yao Yan looked at the Great Emperor Taichu, shook his head again, and then sighed: "Forget it, I can help you, you need my help, and I also need your cooperation..."
Emperor Taichu looked at Yao Yan suspiciously.
Yao Yan pondered for a while, then pointed casually, and a light curtain lit up in front of him: "Okay, okay, this is my gift... Look, your woman is suffering."
"Hehe, don't ask me how I knew it. Anyway, I just knew it suddenly. Maybe, someone like me is out there, working hard for my complete Fusu, for 'us' to be reunited as one?"
"Anyway, I know, I know..."
"Look, your woman is so pitiful and suffering!"
The light curtain lit up, and in the light curtain, the woman who was still in Taichu Emperor's mind a quarter of an hour ago, but now he had cut off all emotional ties with her, was being trampled on the ground. She was being beaten with a stick, crying and her flesh and blood flying.
The face of Emperor Taichu suddenly turned dark.
He cut off all emotional ties with this woman. He no longer felt sad or distressed because of what happened to her... However, this woman represented a beautiful scene in his past life, represented his authority, his status, his dignity, and his inviolable face as the supreme ruler of heaven and earth!
This woman was pinned to the ground and beaten with a stick, but the target of the beating was not the woman, but the face of Emperor Taichu!
"Where?" Emperor Taichu's expression returned to calm and he smiled calmly.
“Shen Yin!” Yao Yan’s expression became extremely strange. He chuckled and said, “Shen Yin, the Imperial City of Haojing… Tsk, this is a means of framing someone. However, your majesty’s dignity cannot be violated. Shen Yin must be destroyed!”
Yao Yan smiled brightly.
He was so excited that he was trembling a little.