Taiyi Dao Fruit-Chapter 1261 - 42: The Great Heavenly Venerate Is a Man of Honor

The Heavenly Mirror is the treasure of the Heavenly Emperor, Haotian Shangdi, after the Three Emperors and before the Jade Emperor.

Haotian Shangdi used the Heavenly Mirror to observe the Three Realms, from heaven to earth, seeing all beings in ten classes, to govern the world and bring clarity to the Three Realms. After Haotian Shangdi, the Heavenly Mirror was passed to the Great Heavenly Venerate, Jade Emperor, becoming a great assistance in his rule over the Three Realms.

Unfortunately, during the End of Dharma, the Heavenly Mirror was damaged; even the Great Heavenly Venerate found only half of it, using it as a vehicle for his own Dao Fruit.

When he saw the complete Heavenly Mirror again, it had already become someone else's property, and was even used by others to observe the Three Realms.

Looking at that "Heavenly Eye" in the sky, the Great Heavenly Venerate wanted to say, "This is mine!" but in the end, he held back from shouting it out loud.

The Great Heavenly Venerate is a dignified person, not one to do something so unbecoming. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

Besides—

This act would make Jiang Li lock onto the Great Heavenly Venerate.

Having just contended with Jiang Li not long ago, and having to cut off an arm to survive, the Great Heavenly Venerate was now in no position to fight Jiang Li again. He was in a trough of his powers, even if Jiang Li did not use a First Grade Dao Artifact, the Great Heavenly Venerate was not his match.

So, ultimately, the Great Heavenly Venerate just glanced at the sky and concealed his figure before Jiang Li's gaze fell to the ground, vanishing into the void.

With his knowledge of the Cosmic Dao, as long as he was not locked onto, he had no worry of Jiang Li tracking him.

Today, the Emperor Jiang has indeed grown stronger, but in terms of Daoist skills, he is still somewhat lacking compared to these senior masters, particularly in the Dao of Space, where he pales in comparison to the Great Heavenly Venerate.

After the Great Heavenly Venerate had left, that "Heavenly Eye" cast a substantial gaze, scanning the earth.

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"Space tremors······"

In the Three Pure Ones, the Pure and Impure Taiji hangs high above, with Jiang Li sitting below on Qingyun, looking at the pure white mirror suspended before him.

Among the three bodies of Jiang Li, two reside in the Three Pure Ones and the Shendu Ginseng Fruit Tree. Generally, only one can move freely.

But with the Heavenly Mirror, Jiang Li didn't really need to worry about not being able to act.

Moreover, though having three bodies, Jiang Li's overall strength cannot be tripled. Because there is only one Sun Star, he can split into three but cannot create two more Sun Stars from nothing.

Whether it's one body or all three acting, the total power limit hasn't changed, just providing two more points of effort. In some ways, there's barely any difference between one body and three.

Now, with one of the bodies having left, it was the turn of the other two to exert effort.

After Karma Tathagata left, with no Second Grade overseeing Buddha Country, Jiang Li immediately cast his gaze upon Buddha Country with the Heavenly Mirror and indeed discovered something.

The nearly imperceptible space tremors were still captured by the Heavenly Mirror. Although the source was unseen, Jiang Li could already guess who caused them.

"Left rather quickly." Jiang Li chuckled softly.

The disparity in time flow between Heaven and the Mortal World meant that even though Jiang Li used the Heavenly Mirror to observe immediately, he was still a bit slow, failing to cast the mirror light directly onto the Great Heavenly Venerate's face.

He was curious if the Great Heavenly Venerate could still manage an escape if illuminated by the Heavenly Mirror.

"Forcing the three Buddhas of Buddhism to prematurely seek the Amitabha Buddha Dao Fruit has cut off a major aid of yours, leaving only one left."

Jiang Li recalled the immortal light he had observed earlier.

That immortal light encompassed the mysteries of time and space, unfathomable and unimpeded, thus able to disregard Jiang Li's divine skills and rescue the Great Heavenly Venerate from Jiang Li's sight in a critical moment. Moreover, Jiang Li, using the Yang instrument to sense the Yin, detected the Extreme Yin Qi within that immortal light, leaving no need to speculate on its owner's identity.

"The Queen Mother of the West."

Jiang Li lightly brushed his hand, and the image within the Heavenly Mirror shifted from the endless desert to the East Sea.

"The Queen Mother of the West rescued the Great Heavenly Venerate, so the two must have allied. And now, with the Immortal Queen allied with the Great Venerable, the Queen Mother of the West can also communicate with the Great Venerable through this bond. Although the Great Heavenly Venerate and the Great Venerable are mortal enemies, the Queen Mother and the Great Venerable are not."

Reversing the roles, if Jiang Li were the Great Heavenly Venerate, upon discovering the opposition's lack of martial virtue and cutting off his military line, he would certainly strategize another approach.

If the Queen Mother of the West could persuade the Great Venerable to attack the Divine Country, then the Great Heavenly Venerate joining forces with the Great Venerable would be nearly equivalent to an alliance.

"And analyzing the situation, having sent off the three Buddhas of Buddhism, the next target would naturally be the Great Venerable."

After all, the Great Heavenly Venerate has fallen on hard times and cannot return to the Heavenly Court. Jiang Li cannot kill him without finding him—perhaps a silver lining to destitution.

Following the three Buddhas, the most conspicuous target is the Great Venerable.

[It's just unclear whether the Great Venerable is aware he's been duped. Even with Shen Hou, such a Plague God under his command, no one warns him.]

This line appeared in the Karma Collection, making Jiang Li smile uncontrollably.

With the Immortal Queen present, the Queen Mother of the West counts as the Great Venerable's ally, yet this ally knows Shen Hou's flaws but does not warn him. The Great Venerable is fortunate to have such an ally.

As he pondered, the scene above the East Sea appeared in the Heavenly Mirror.

It was dusk again, with the crimson sunlight falling upon the sea, casting a splendid and magnificent scene.

The seventy-two islands arranged by the Great Venerable were presented in the mirror one after another, and with the Heavenly Mirror's ability, Jiang Li could even see the connections between the islands' earth veins and the confluence of earth qi.

Compared to half a day ago, the formation now is undoubtedly more complete, indicating a more significant impact if an attack is launched.

However, Jiang Li has now advanced to Second Grade and has one body stationed in the Three Pure Ones, so there's no need to worry about the Pure and Impure transformation being affected.

He raised his eyebrows slightly while observing the devil cultivators on the islands, "The Great Formation seems to have an inclination to activate again; could it be that the Great Venerable has already noticed the variable in the endless desert?"

The Great Venerable's Yi Dao seems to have made considerable progress.

With this in mind, Jiang Li manipulated the Heavenly Mirror to encompass the seventy-two islands simultaneously for insights into the changes in the Great Formation.

But at that moment, clouds and mist suddenly appeared in the mirror, moving faintly, as space ripples appeared amidst the mist's transformations.

A giant dragon pupil suddenly occupied the mirror surface, staring directly at Jiang Li.

Then the dragon pupil gradually receded, revealing more body parts in Jiang Li's view. He saw a divine form with a human head and snake body coiled in the sky dome, holding an orb resembling the universe in its palm.

"Are you the one observing this sovereign, Jiang Li?"

Upon hearing the name "Jiang Li," this side's Emperor Jiang naturally sensed it, but before he could follow up the cause to perceive it, the Great Venerable already showed a confirmed expression.

Now, Jiang Li confirmed it; the Great Venerable's mastery in the Yi Dao indeed has greatly advanced.