Chapter 746: Chapter 745: The Tool God Plan, Taoism Heavenly Respect

The changes in the Little Universe were happening subtly.

Li Jing himself didn’t notice.

It’s not that he was ignoring it, only that the Little Universe has now become so large that its situation was significantly different from before.

If Li Jing wanted, he could still control every grass, tree, dust, and dirt in the Little Universe at the snap of a thought.

But the amount of information was overwhelming.

Especially after he refined the Nine Great Divine Fields of the Star Nebula Great World.

A total of nine Divine Fields.

Each one was an independent world that has evolved for countless years, equivalent to nine complete worlds.

Even though Li Jing reached the Eighteenth Realm of cultivation level and even being a body cultivator, the amount of information his brain can handle at once still had a limit.

The overall control when necessary could be understood.

But constant attention was bound to consume a lot of mental energy.

Therefore, nowadays, Li Jing seldom paid attention to the Little Universe. He entrusted full authority to Xia Ai, and Xia Ai would naturally find him if there were any problems.

After managing the Little Universe for more than two hundred years, Xia Ai, once being an "Artificial Intelligence," has grown with the passage of time and has become a qualified Will of Heaven.

More importantly.

Since the Little Universe was evolving into the Big World, Xia Ai’s ability as the Will of Heaven was also improving continuously.

The day the Little Universe completes its evolution.

She will transform completely into the Big World’s Heavenly Taoist!

But leaving that aside.

Xia Ai’s dedication and her loyalty to Li Jing need not be mentioned.

Before Li Jing went to the Second Heaven and ignored the various changes happening in the Little Universe, Xia Ai reported every detail to him so that he could grasp the necessary information.

You bet.

Quite a lot of things were crucial.

For example, after the nine Divine Realms got refined and became part of the Little Universe, the Nine Great God Races turned into the "indigenous people" of the Little Universe and gained huge benefits during the world’s transformation process.

Originally they had to bow their heads because they were under their eaves, but now everyone was genuinely enjoying it.

That’s actually nothing.

The issue is.

After the Nine Great God Races benefited, they felt they were in control, they began a covert plan to expand their influence in the Star Nebula Great World.

This was, no doubt, something Li Jing would not like to see.

Let’s not talk about the rest.

Li Jing suppressed and even restructured the Nine Great God Races one by one in order to prevent these ambitious races from expanding for ground belief and squeezing the living space of the Eastern System that had lost the Upper Three Realms and the Immortal Realm due to the recovery of Spiritual Qi in the Star Nebula Great World.

Though the Nine Great God Races knew what Li Jing had done it for, they wouldn’t dare extend their claws to the Eastern World, but if he ignored their little actions, they would eventually embark on some secret machinations.

The Star Cloud Heavenly Path was asleep after all.

Li Jing couldn’t possibly monitor the Star Nebula Great World.

If the Nine Great God Races really wanted to do something under his eyes, he wouldn’t be aware of it.

Considering the unrest of the Nine Great God Races.

Li Jing advanced the plan involving the God Races that he hadn’t been in a hurry to implement.

You’re staying in the Little Universe all day doing nothing?

Go create stars!

Yes.

Create stars.

The current Little Universe was vast but there were only eleven planets in the vast cosmos.

This.

Isn’t it too sparse?

If they would replenish it by refining the external world.

The cost was too high, and the conditions were too strict. Who knows when it would become a semblance of anything.

In this case.

The God Races could just be put to use.

Li Jing wasn’t demanding that every star should form its own world and evolve life. Having a sphere was enough.

In this regard.

The God Races, inherently controlling various authorities, are quite useful.

They could not create a planet from nothing with perfect heavenly rules, but they could pool their abilities to create various unique planets.

This seemingly useless process actually carries great significance.

Because if Li Jing is willing, these seemingly useless planets can be put to use at any moment.

The Little Universe is a world unto itself.

The planets within don’t necessarily have to form their own world, but there will be a substantial loss of variety in the process.

To develop a diverse world, Li Jing needs to put a lot of thought into creating rules specific to each planet.

This is a time-consuming major project, and cannot not be rushed.

Furthermore, Li Jing has nurtured a Spirit of Origin in metamorphosis, and another spirit that has completed metamorphosis. They could anytime produce Life Tree seeds, which could be used as the foundation of living spaces.

He has nine God Clans under his control, so there’s no lack of the Divine Blood required to sprout Life Tree seeds.

If he wishes to bring life to a planet, all he has to do is to plant a Life Tree. There’s no need for any worry.

All of these steps are essential for the Little Universe to truly become a Big World. Without them, it may still be a Big World, but only an empty shell.

Li Jing is not in a rush. Rome wasn’t built in a day, after all.

To incentivize the nine God Clans into diligently creating stars for him, Li Jing has promised them future rights to spread their faith among the indigenous beings of the Little Universe. He will also allow the bizarre creatures they create to live, develop, and evolve on the planets in their respective Divine Realms.

Given such favourable conditions, why wouldn’t the nine God Clans dedicate themselves to Li Jing’s cause?

Star Nebula Great World?

They simply don’t have the time for it.

After all, that world has long been dominated by materialism, making it exceedingly difficult to spread their faith.

In comparison.

The Little Universe, which only just has a rudimentary form and currently lacks much, has immense room for growth!

One more crucial point is.

In the Star Nebula Great World, they are not allowed to expand beyond the Divine Realms towards the Earth Realm.

This includes the strange creatures they created out of boredom, and the offspring of mixed blood born from their dalliances with heterogeneous species.

This.

Significantly limits the "creativity" of the God Clans.

Take for instance the various descendants of the Ancient God.

You must know.

Their ancestors were merely a capable male and female among a group of Innate Gods.

The nine God Clans are not lacking in such abilities. The main problem is that a single Divine Realm has too many restrictions.

Issues such as your son bullying my daughter, or two different God races clashing, eventually leading to conflicts among Gods, can easily arise.

One Divine Realm simply cannot withstand their endeavors.

As for the descendants of the Ancient God being the rulers of the Chongyuan Holy Realm after the Innate Gods perished, it wasn’t only because their ancestors were strong, extravagantly creative, and extremely fertile—it was also because they emerged from the Innate Gods’ descendants.

Similar incidents have taken place in the Nine Divine Realms.

They just didn’t escalate too much due to the checks and balances provided by the God Emperor.

...

Leaving aside what’s happening in the Little Universe.

After leaving the Immortal Palace of Ten Thousand Ways, Li Jing embarked on a journey to the Second Heaven. However, he was not in a hurry.

He didn’t need to worry about the arrangements in the Little Universe.

Having obtained the Seventh Origin and condensed the Three Flowers, he needed time to do some research.

As his Lifebound Magic Instrument, Long Jiuwu has a very peculiar existence. It has lost its vitality and is of the Sky Treasure grade.

However, it doesn’t possess any unique powers.

At present, when Li Jing uses it, at its best it can transform into Dragon Veins to draw energy from others...

The power.

Is indeed formidable.

Using Dragon Veins to draw energy from others is much more fierce than using ordinary Taoist Items.

The problem is that Long Jiuwu, as a Sky Treasure, doesn’t control any rules and can only be used as a "physical level" item.

This is a bit disappointing.

Li Jing believes.

The Sky Treasure Long Jiuwu must have a unique and incredibly powerful function. He just hasn’t discovered it yet and needs to devote time to develop it.

Let’s leave its grade aside.

Long Jiuwu represents the Seventh Origin. It is not only the culmination of his Dragon Origin, but also the foundation of the Three Flowers.

This cannot be that simple, can it?

However, after researching for a few days, Li Jing found nothing substantial and had to temporarily set it aside.

Long Jiuwu was still pretty confused, still getting familiar with his body as a Honghuang Heavenly Treasure.

Once it’s clear about what’s really going on, there might be progress.

...

A week later, Li Jing crossed the Little World and entered the Second Heaven.

Having "become" a woman again in the Third Heaven, he was too lazy to change back.

After a whole week, he believed that what happened in the Third Heaven had been accurately reported to Daoism which governed the Second Heaven, giving Master Jiu a stronger deterrent power

To save trouble.

As soon as he entered the Second Heaven, Li Jing abandoned his former principle of "acting low-key," distanced himself from the passage to the Little World, summoned Long Jiuwu without uttering a word, and brazenly set off for Zhengyi Sect, Daoism’s old base.

The flight on the Dragon was as ostentatious as it could get.

Dragon Nine Five himself was of the Eighteenth Realm.

After becoming Li Jing’s origin, he was influenced by the other seven origins and climbed another level.

Though not yet aware how to conceal its own aura, it made all living beings squirm in fear wherever it went.

Moreover.

Long Jiuwu with its body as a dragon vein and shape as a five-clawed golden dragon was extremely showy as a "mount," sweeping all directions with its dragon might.

Inching deeper and deeper.

Li Jing soon crossed half of the Second Heaven.

The lair of Zhengyi Sect wasn’t far away now.

While he was plowing ahead, a suave voice suddenly rang in his ear.

"Fellow Daoist, please hold on."

?

Li Jing threw out a question mark, halting in midair with narrowed eyes termporarily, and controlling Long Jiuwu.

The person didn’t stop him through a consciousness seeping message but fixed him with a strong divine consciousness, making the divine consciousness sound ring in his ear.

Locking him with divine consciousness.

That skill is truly not small.

The key was that Li Jing didn’t feel he was being locked up.

This

Either some strange trick or the other party’s divine consciousness was stronger than his.

Compared to the latter.

Li Jing was more willing to believe in the former.

How strong was his divine consciousness?

There cannot exist a stronger sheet in the Universe Great World.

But even if it was a strange trick, the fact that it left him clueless showed that the other party was quite complicated.

It seemed that.

The one of the two Heavenly Respects that had been lured out from the Upper Three Realms was here.

The fact that one belonged to Daoism, didn’t surprise Li Jing at all.

There are two Heavenly Respect level beings in the Upper Three Realms. If these two are not part of the true "Three Giants" who dominate the Upper Three Realms, it wouldn’t make sense.

The Monster Path is not expected to have a Heavenly Respect. They maintain themselves hidden behind their ancient monstrous beings and various divine beasts.

Indeed.

It’s hard for monsters to cultivate, the progress is slow. 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

But the unique individuals of the monster category and their divine beast bloodline along with their long lives have produced more powerful beings than the human side since the ancient times.

If there is no Heavenly Respect in the Monster Path among the Three Giants, the two Heavenly Respects in the Upper Three Realms could only be from Daoism and Divinity Taoist.

Li Jing looked around, he failed to notice the other party’s presence through his senses.

Apparently.

The other side had no intention of showing up.

Without much consideration, Li Jing blandly said,

"Since you have decided to show up, why don’t you appear before me?"

Before his words fell, the other party let out a faint voice.

"Your reputation is not very good, Junior Jiu. As an old Daoist who has been in seclusion for many years, I don’t want to embarrass myself by being beaten up in my old age."

Li Jing was dumbfounded.

This one didn’t hesitate to admit he was lacking courage and did it unambiguously above board, which was unexpected.

He was a Heavenly Respect powerhouse after all.

Didn’t even want to meet face-to-face, showing weakness directly...

Li Jing had no idea how to respond when the other party began speaking again.

"Master Jiu, how about we make a deal?"

A deal?

Li Jing was slightly stunned, expressing his curiosity.

"Go on."

"Let me, an old Daoist, point out a path to the higher-level Immortal for Master Jiu. In exchange, you would not make troubles for my disciples in Zhengyi Sect. How does that sound, Master Jiu?"

The Heavenly Respect Level Daoist who hadn’t shown up narrated through the sound of Divine Consciousness.

Li Jing was silent for a moment upon hearing this and then he firmly refused.

"No deal."

Without waiting for the Daoist Heavenly Respect to respond, he blandly said

"You don’t even dare to show your face, indicating that you haven’t achieved Immortality yet. The path you’re talking about might not be feasible, and I’m not interested in being a guinea pig. On the other hand, Zhengyi Sect’s inheritance and divine objects are more useful to me."

"In the final analysis, Master Jiu, you don’t trust me."

The Heavenly Respect Level Daoist responded.

"You haven’t achieved immortality, how can I trust you?"

Li Jing laughed, saying,

"Not to mention you are hiding your head and tail, you didn’t even tell me your name."

Receiving this response, Heavenly Respect Daoist fell into silence.

After a while, an old Taoist with gray hair and a youthful face suddenly appeared not far away.

Upon sudden sight of the old Taoist, Li Jing paused.

He didn’t expect this guy, who didn’t intend to show up initially, to pop out just over a few words.

Additionally, he didn’t understand how the other party arrived here.

On the other side.

The old Taoist didn’t come closer after showing up, but chuckled and cupped his hands in courtesy.

"I, Qingyun Zi, pay my respects to Master Jiu."

On seeing the old Taoist’s attitude, Li Jing twitched the corner of his mouth.

This one...

You’re here, but you won’t come any closer. Isn’t that necessary?

Even if my reputation is poor.

As a fellow Heavenly Respect, he should not be so cautious, should he?

After sizing up Qingyun Zi from a distance, Li Jing shook his body to recover his true appearance, and then saluted in return.

"The Nine-Li Fox Demon is just a convenient alter ego for my travels. I am actually a Human Cultivator named Li Jing, and I am the master of the Chen Tang Pass in the Immortal Realm."

Considering Qingyun Zi, a Heavenly Respect being of this status, Li Jing felt the need to show some respect.

The real identity of Master Jiu was disclosed, he was comfortable with it for it was a convenient alter ego for him to act. He no longer feared anyone to see through his true body.

On the other side, seeing Li Jing recover his true self, Qingyun Zi, who wasn’t visible, showed no surprise.

A monster race Heavenly Respect emerged in the Upper Three Realms out of the blue.

It was impossible for him not to know Li Jing’s tales.

Having known him before.

How could he not know that Li Jing was actually not a fox demon, but a Human Cultivator?

Both being of the Heavenly Respect level.

Qingyun Zi viewed Li Jing’s actions much more calmly than the Three God Emperors or the Five Sacred Emperors, he wouldn’t just make up things randomly.

He did not sit in the position of God Emperors or Sacred Emperors, he wasn’t overly suspicious either.

Looking normally.

How could Li Jing be a monster with his myriad of loopholes?

Could monsters possibly have his capabilities?

Even if it was the Thousand-faced Fox Demon, it was still a fox demon!