I have Immortality In The Cultivation World

The Heavenly Emperor relinquished his throne!

The news spread across Dongsheng Divine Continent like a storm.

The first Heavenly Emperor, who had reigned over the Divine Continent for four millennia, had a prestige that could be said to be unprecedented, surpassing the returned void immortals by a thousandfold!

The billions of creatures in the Divine Continent worshipped him as their faith, so upon hearing the news of his abdication, they were all overcome with grief. Among them, many supporters immediately immolated themselves, demonstrating their piety.

There were countless petitions, hoping Yuanding would retake control of the Heavenly Court.

The newly enthroned Empress also came under attack, being labelled disloyal, unfilial, a harbinger of chaos, a rebel, and so on.

The gods of the Sui Division scurried about everywhere, arresting those who violated the heavenly precepts, and throwing them into the heavenly prison to await trial.

At this time.

Heavenly Mountain.

Zhou Yi sat cross-legged, before him stood a massive tree a hundred feet tall, the Jianmu.

With a gesture of a spell, millennia of lifespan crystallized and merged into the tree to hasten its maturation. He exhausted his mana after casting the spell dozens of times in a row.

He waved his hand to bring over a Spirit Pill from beside him, swallowed it, refined it into mana, and continued to cast the Jade Dew Art.

This Spirit Pill came from the sect’s treasure vault. Zhou Yi had always been fair, having exhausted resources from the Severing Heaven Sect and Buddhism, how could he forget the Severing Heaven Sect!

A buffalo lay beside him, and the Spirit Ginseng doll was sitting cross-legged on the buffalo’s head, staring blankly at the Jianmu as it grew.

The Spirit Ginseng doll, long-lived and possessing the Heart of a Newborn, might appear somewhat foolish to ordinary people, but in reality, they were two disparate species with different ways of acting and handling matters.

Even if it foolishly watched for a thousand years, as long as the Jianmu continued to grow, the Spirit Ginseng doll found it amusing!

That’s when

a messenger light flew in, and upon receiving it, Zhou Yi saw it was a message from Yang Xuan.

——The heavenly prison is overcrowded, how should we proceed?

Zhou Yi pondered for a moment and replied, “Execute some, capture some, release some!”

Those imprisoned were the Heavenly Emperor’s diehard supporters or could even be called believers. After all, with four thousand years of rule across hundreds of generations, faith had become an inertia.

The Spirit Ginseng doll asked in confusion, “Immortal Master, haven’t you always stayed out of these matters?”

“If I do not attend to them, they will start making wild guesses, and then this matter cannot be completed!”

Zhou Yi sighed with resignation. The regime of the Heavenly Court was extremely similar to that of imperial dynasties, naturally fraught with similar flaws. Capturing the believers of Yuanding was being responsible to superiors, and whatever actions taken needed to follow the superiors’ will.

Now, Zhou Yi was like a Regent Prince or a powerful minister from stories, all affairs of the Heavenly Court had to pass through his approval.

When others spoke, not only did the gods of the Heavenly Court refuse to execute the orders, but even the newly appointed Heavenly Emperor would have doubts.

Moo!

The buffalo let out a sound, questioning whether capturing cultivators was an attempt to accumulate merits.

“How many merits can this bring? Moreover, handling the case lawfully is not framing or entrapment, and those Yuanding believers are not good people.”

Zhou Yi shook his head slightly. The merits gained from Qing Lian’s pandemonium in the Heavenly Palace were far less than the previous two times.

The Heavenly Court Righteous Gods had also grown wiser. Seeing that immortals were attacking, they made it a point to flee first, regardless of victory or defeat!

The Spirit Ginseng doll said, “Fewer merits are also good. Is the old Heavenly Emperor too stingy, afraid that the Immortal Master will take advantage and not do the work?”

Zhou Yi’s hand trembled slightly, revealing a hint of embarrassment, silently noting that the old Heavenly Emperor indeed understood his child. He did have intentions to exploit heavenly destiny to ascend as an immortal and then abscond.

“Cough cough cough! Mind your words, lest you be struck by lightning!”

Zhou Yi said, “The steep decline in merits this time was expected. What’s important is what follows…”

“What follows?”

The Spirit Ginseng doll frowned. “Could it be that Yuanding will really overturn Dongsheng Divine Continent? With the Ancestral Veins in Heavenly Mountain, I trust he wouldn’t dare to come!”

Zhou Yi said gloomily, “It might be worse than the destruction of the Ancestral Veins.”

Moo!

The buffalo asked if it had to do with the origin of the Wish Power Beads, given that the Nine Continents Cultivation World had no concept of incense or wishes.

“You are very clever, my bull.”

Zhou Yi nodded, “Yang Xuan once inquired with the Witch God, and the Immortal Realm too has no concept of incense or wishes. It definitely comes from some world; it remains to be seen if Yuanding has the power to make the connection!”

The Spirit Ginseng doll exclaimed in shock, “Such a move, if we fail to stop it, wouldn’t that be inviting trouble into our midst?”

“What is there to fear? If it truly can’t be contained, there’s still the Immortal Realm above us to hold the line. It’s not as if they can just reap the benefits without taking responsibility.”

Zhou Yi looked up at the sky. “The old Heavenly Emperor also seems to be growing impatient, or else he would not have made such a move, pinning this black pot on my head. Now I’ve got enough merits to open a cattle ranch!”

Moo!

The buffalo felt that this description was quite bizarre, worrying that involvement with the gods might bring unexpected dangers.

“No matter.”

As Zhou Yi spoke, he did not forget to continue casting the Jade Dew Art to hasten the maturation of the Jianmu.

“Time will heal everything!”

The turmoil caused by the Yuanding faith, the unknowns brought by connecting to the Divine Realm, what the Heavenly Court will become, and even the resentment between this world and the Immortal Realm, and so on, the karmic cycle…

As the long years passed, all would eventually dissipate like smoke!

…

Heavenly Court.

Heavenly Pond.

Yuanding sat by the pond, fishing leisurely and unhurriedly.

The water was long devoid of life, not even a common carp to be seen. Compared to the bustling scene of the past, it now seemed incredibly desolate and lonely.

Suddenly,

an old voice came through.

“A new emperor brings a new court, as it is with worldly dynasties, so it is with the Heavenly Court!”

Without looking back, Yuanding said, “Have you made your peace with it, my friend?”

The elder was silent for a long while, then slowly said, “This old one only wishes to continue living. What is wrong with that? There is nothing wrong!”

“Of course.”

A trace of mockery appeared on Yuanding’s face. These ageing True Gods, with no means of breaking through to the next realm, were adamant in their desire to prolong life, to continue living.

Immortal Tao values life—every cultivator is told that the pursuit of cultivation is the pursuit of prolonged life and immortality!

The elder asked, “Now, my friend, tell me, what exactly should we do?”

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