Daoist Lord Wanfa wished he could become an immortal right this instant, condense a Longevity Dao fruit, and reverse time to yesterday so he could firmly refuse to ever set foot in the Dao Seeking Sect.
What kind of demonic place was the Dao Seeking Sect?! In his two hundred thousand years of life, this was the very first time he had ever heard of an immortal being slain!
To be able to take down Wu Yao meant Yun Zhi was definitely an immortal.
And then there was this nameless female immortal who possessed an Undying Dao fruit.
Added together, that made two immortals in the Dao Seeking Sect.
With that kind of power, why even bother remaining one of the Five Great Immortal Sects? Wouldn't it be simpler to just replace Great Xia?
"Replacing Great Xia? That actually sounds doable," the Immortal Fairy murmured, stroking her chin in serious contemplation.
Wasn't it said that every dynasty could last only a hundred thousand years? Right now was the transition period between dynasties. If she went with the flow of the times, joined forces with Girl Yun to unify the Central Continent, and became the emperor...
"Lu Yang, what do you think about me establishing a Soybean Dynasty?"
"When the time comes, this immortal will be the Bean Emperor." The Immortal Fairy ticked her fingers off one by one. "The throne can rotate: Girl Yun will be the second Bean Emperor, you'll be the third, and for the fourth, you can let whoever you want have a turn."
Lu Yang: "..."
*Fairy, your naming skills truly leave one at a loss for words, as always.*
As a dutiful fawning minister, Lu Yang heaped praise upon the Immortal Fairy: "Fairy, you are truly magnificent! Casting aside hereditary succession in favor of abdication to the worthy so the capable may rule—neither Great Qian, Great Yu, nor Great Xia ever managed that! This deed of yours will surely go down in history, revered by posterity, making you a wise sovereign for the ages!"
"Of course this immortal is magnificent." The Immortal Fairy planted her hands on her hips and tilted her chin slightly, her face radiating smug pride.
Yun Zhi ignored Lu Yang's blatant insincerity and the puffed-up Immortal Fairy, continuing her questioning: "Since Wu Yao's treasures were in the Dao Seeking Sect, you should have easily realized that someone here was capable of slaying him. What led you to rule out that possibility?"
"I assumed Emperor Yu had left this world for the realm outside the box, and that people from your Dao Seeking Sect had merely stumbled upon what he left behind by sheer luck."
"Emperor Yu had a way to leave this world?" Lu Yang asked in astonishment. The World Box had been forged by the Four Ancient Celestials specifically to trap the mastermind behind the scenes. If even someone as powerful as the mastermind couldn't escape, how had Emperor Yu managed it?
"He should have had one."
"Over the past two hundred thousand years, I met Emperor Yu several times. Since I was essentially his junior and our interests never clashed, he was fairly amicable toward me. He even confided his desire to go to the outside world."
"His Dao fruit was the Exchange Dao fruit, which is all about trades. Anything that belonged to him could be used as a bargaining chip."
"I suspect the reason he allowed the Great Yu Dynasty to fall was that he wanted to sacrifice it. In fact, rather than just letting it perish, he likely accelerated the process of its downfall. Natural disasters and human strife broke out simultaneously in the late Great Yu era, leaving the people destitute and wretched—that was unlikely to be a mere coincidence. Perhaps he first sacrificed the Great Yu Dynasty's destiny, and then sacrificed the dynasty itself."
"In short, his plan was to sacrifice the Great Yu Dynasty in exchange for a way to the outside world."
"I thought he had departed for the outside world back then, but during the Great Xia era, I twice noticed traces of his activity, though I never actually saw him."
"Nineteen years ago, a violent surge of aura suddenly erupted in Yuzhou. It was indeed Emperor Yu. That ferocious aura vanished in a flash, and its transformation was highly unusual, leading me to suspect that he had finally left this world."
"Yuzhou?" Eldest Senior Sister nodded. That aligned with the location of her battle against the ancient immortal, and the sequence of events matched as well.
"If the one I fought truly was Emperor Yu, then he might very well have used that opportunity to cast off his Dao fruit, sacrifice himself, and escape through death to the outside world."
At the time, Wu Yao had wanted to corrupt the power of national destiny. National destiny was tied to millions upon millions of common folk; whether he succeeded or failed, it would disrupt the karma of the realm's populace. Seeing how dire the situation was, Yun Zhi had no choice but to go all out.
That battle had ended very quickly, and Yun Zhi herself had never been certain whether Wu Yao had died or escaped to the outside world.
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