Taiyi Dao Fruit-Chapter 1329 - 86: Above the Heavenly Court, Reunion with Feng Manlou (Part 2)

Intuition told her there were certainly other hidden truths behind this.

But since Jiang Li didn't speak, there must be a reason, so Tianxuan buried the questions in her heart without asking more.

She gathered her thoughts and looked at the still sleeping Gongsun Qingyue, "It's been so long, yet Qing Yue hasn't woken up. It seems the Nail-Head Seven Arrows Book has lasted quite a while."

When Gongsun Qingyue fell asleep, it was still bright, just at dusk, and now it's almost midnight.

Even if summer nights come late, Gongsun Qingyue has slept for more than two hours.

"She will be fine soon," Jiang Li said, "it's almost time to act."

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In the Three Pure Ones Heaven, the turbid Taiji slowly turned.

The Taiji had already expanded to a radius of a thousand miles, making Jiang Li sitting below seem extremely small.

"With the recovery of the spiritual mechanism, maintaining the balance of clarity and turbidity is gradually no longer necessary for me. I can soon liberate myself from here." Jiang Li whispered as he looked up at the Taiji above.

He had to station himself in both the Three Pure Ones Heaven and the Divine Capital to maintain the balance of clarity and turbidity. But now, heaven and earth are beginning to naturally generate spiritual mechanism, and the Dao of the Three Pure Ones is trending back to its original form.

Thus, although Jiang Li was constantly pursued by the Dao, it allowed him to free up his hands.

Once the clear-turbid Taiji can maintain balance on its own, it will be the time for Jiang Li to act against the Great Heavenly Venerate.

This time should be soon, and even faster when converted to the time of the heavenly realm.

Jiang Li kept watching and silently calculated the time.

"Hmm?"

Just when he calculated the time, Jiang Li suddenly had a sense.

His divine thought passed straight through the sky dome, arriving at the 32nd Layer Heaven, falling directly to the central grand building of the Heavenly Court.

The perception passed through the rooftop of the event hall, entering the Palace of the Polestar, where a faint divine light formed the shape of a sun wheel, and the figure within looked at the suddenly arriving guest.

A blue-clothed figure stepped in from outside the Palace of the Polestar, raising a pair of dragon and snake eyes across the not close distance.

"Great Venerable," the projection formed by Jiang Li's divine thought said faintly.

"Sigh~"

The youth around twenty years of age let out a sigh and appeared helpless, "Time has indeed worn down feelings; you used to call me dear brother, and now you call me Great Venerable—truly heart-wrenching."

The Great Venerable was not here in the flesh; he dared not come in person, lest Jiang Li captured him.

But this incarnation was unexpectedly intriguing.

This body represented the youthful years of the Great Venerable, also the one who once became sworn brothers with Jiang Li—Feng Manlou.

The feng Manlou who suddenly vanished has now reappeared, still as unreliable as ever, seeming unchanged.

Yet Jiang Li continued to stare at him coldly.

"Before I became Regent, you mysteriously vanished; afterward, the Great Venerable appeared several times, even fighting me multiple times; yet Feng Manlou never truly appeared again. This might mean Feng Manlou felt guilty inside, too ashamed to appear, or it could be because the Great Venerable preserved this identity as a backup." Jiang Li said blandly, "Regardless of which, now that Feng Manlou has appeared, it's not a good thing."

If the former were true, it merely suggests that Feng Manlou's past was already digested by the Great Venerable, or that his experiences have been brushed aside.

If it's the latter, then this is the time for the backup to activate.

Whichever it is, Feng Manlou has already become the Great Venerable.

Feng Manlou certainly understood Jiang Li's meaning, he seemed to laugh gently and said, "You say I have changed; but have you not also changed? Once you were in a weak position and befriended me, but now you stand as the foremost figure today; old disguises naturally disdain to be used."

From the beginning to the end, neither truly opened their hearts. What seemed like harmonious interaction actually concealed probing and scheming, only now revealed.

The Great Venerable used Jiang Li like chess, dethroned the former emperor, then aimed to put Jiang Li up. Yet, Jiang Li not only escaped the manipulation of the Heavenly Monarch, he also evaded the control of the Great Venerable, and astounded everyone with his rapid advancement. Now the Heavenly Monarch is dead, and the Great Venerable must also avoid confronting Jiang Li's edge.

"Knowing this, you should understand that appearing as you are now is a futile gesture." Jiang Li said with an indifferent expression.

"Whether it's useful, you only know by trying, and..."

Feng Manlou smiled and looked around, "Without coming here, how else could I confirm how far the spiritual mechanism recovery has come?"

The Three Pure Ones Heaven is the root of all Essence Qi; from here, one can clearly confirm the spiritual mechanism status, even grasp when Jiang Li will act.

Clearly, the Great Venerable also sensed that heaven and earth had started to naturally generate spiritual mechanisms, and Jiang Li might soon liberate his other self.

Then the question arises, when can Jiang Li leave the Three Pure Ones Heaven?

Calculated in mortal world time, it should be two days, but in heavenly realm time flow, it is—

Now!

Jiang Li glanced indifferently at the Great Venerable, the sun wheel around him began to ignite golden flames, making his silhouette become blurry.

The radiance of the sun gathered here, he seemed like the light within the light.

The suddenly changing anomaly indicated that Jiang Li no longer needed to continue maintaining the balance; as the Qi mechanism leaked outward, it meant he was ready to act.

During this brief dialogue, two days have passed in the mortal world, the sun once again rising in the east, its light piercing through layer upon layer of space, directly shining upon the location of the Great Heavenly Venerate.

'He's become even stronger...'

Even as a mere projection, the Great Venerable incarnation Feng Manlou could sense that extreme power.

Just being enveloped in light evoked a burning sensation, with flesh, muscles, divine soul, and will all about to be incinerated.

When the, Drought Demon Ba emerged, its fierce howl could ignite others' heart fire, causing spontaneous combustion without flame; now Jiang Li's display is even more exaggerated than the Drought.

If Jiang Li wantonly unleashed the power of the sun, he could cleanse this world of all.

And this is not something Jiang Li wouldn't do.

The Heavenly Monarch once said Jiang Li and he were of the same ilk, in the heart of the Great Venerable, he agreed with this statement. Jiang Li's actions were always without taboos.

"Truly... impressive."

Feng Manlou's thoughts reached this point, he suddenly sighed and his form scattered, transforming into innumerable trigrams flying about.

Simultaneously, within the Heavenly Court, countless Yin Yang yokes formed the divination, further transforming into the Eight Trigrams. The Eight Trigrams Yin Yang interwove, forming sixty-four symbols, prompting the spiritual mechanism existent within Heaven and Earth.

The naturally recovering spiritual mechanism was being drawn, forming a Spirit Light Column, penetrating through layers, deep into the Three Pure Ones Heaven.

The spiritual mechanism that had already begun recovering received support, further evolving, with a unique weather emerging in the broken Heavenly Court, faint spirit light mixed within the Five Viscous Evil Qi.

The Great Venerable... he is pushing the spiritual mechanism recovery.

This was originally only possible for Jiang Li, but now the spiritual mechanisms have started recovering naturally, giving others a chance to engage.

Especially here, the nearest position to the Three Pure Ones Heaven, if Jiang Li leaves, then the clear-turbid Taiji might be pushed by others.

"You intend to stall me?"

As Jiang Li witnessed this, how could he not understand the Great Venerable's intention.

He seeks to stall this self of Jiang Li's; if he could boost the spiritual mechanism recovery, accelerating the Great Heavenly Venerate's promotion ceremony, even better.

Even coming here as Feng Manlou was an attempt to disrupt Jiang Li's mental state and seize the opportunity.

"At least, this self is still an ally of the Great Heavenly Venerate, I must naturally assist wholeheartedly."

The Great Venerable's voice resonated within the hall, while outside, sixty-four symbols merged with the Eight Trigrams, Heaven and Earth evolved, and all beings thus born.

But in the next moment—

"Congeal!"

Above the Three Pure Ones Heaven, vast power infused downward, the Spirit Light Column congealed from top to bottom, losing color and becoming dim, the rotating Eight Trigrams sixty-four symbols forcibly stopped, even all spiritual mechanisms and Five Viscous Evil Qi halted fluctuations.

The Heavenly Court, lost its luster.

"Even if you intervened, how does it matter?"

At the front of the Heavenly Emperor's spot in the Palace of the Polestar, the figure standing opened its mouth, "Time, flows backward."