The Great Luo Patriarch of the Taixu Star God Ancient Clan was named Gaia.
For him, ever since his connection to the Immortal Realm was severed by that great halberd, he was already dead.
His true destiny was stripped from the cycle of reincarnation, and the traces of him throughout the ages were also interfered with by a strange power. He clearly existed yet could not return, utterly unable to cross that pitch-black great halberd that blocked the river of time!
Therefore, everything in the Immortal Realm was no longer related to him. In the eyes of his clan in the Immortal Realm, he had already died in the lower realm, his traces erased by a supreme powerhouse.
But in reality?
Gaia was still alive.
Only, he had been captured and brought to the Ziwei Celestial Court, becoming a top-tier "human resource" in the Materials Department!
He had no right to decide his own fate, because his fate had long been predetermined, written by that Tribulation Sovereign to end with him dedicating everything to the Ziwei Celestial Court!
He could not struggle. The Great Luo Dao Fruit of this lifetime would be utterly exhausted—this was his destined fate!
Logically speaking, after dedicating this Great Luo Dao Fruit to the Ziwei Immortal Realm, once the Ziwei Immortal Realm soared, Gaia should at least receive a karmic feedback, because the Ziwei Immortal Realm owed him.
But hateful is that Tribulation Sovereign! He is tyrannical and merciless, forcibly imposing karma with no regard for Heaven, plundering and seizing without repaying debts. If you dare confront him, you'll be miserably flattened by a halberd!
Hundreds of clansmen are driven, tossed about to fill variables, their bodies covered in karmic marks, used a hundred times, a hundred times!
......
Simply put, their fates were already clenched in the Tribulation Sovereign's hand. Even after giving everything, they could not receive any reward. Moreover, after losing all their usefulness, there was absolutely no chance of returning to the Immortal Realm!
Because they had participated in the foundational construction of the Ziwei Immortal Realm and knew too many secrets!
Knowing too much was instead a crime!
That Tribulation Sovereign would rather bear all kinds of karma upon himself than ever let them go!
How could one possibly play under such circumstances?
Of course, by actively cooperating with the work and striving to obtain a legal identity within the Ziwei Immortal Realm!
Gaia had discussed this with the patriarchs of the other great ancient immortal clans.
Since they couldn't return to the Immortal Realm, they would take root in Ziwei!
Judging by Ziwei Realm's rapid and vigorous development momentum, even if it couldn't surpass the current Immortal Realm, it would at least reach the level of the former Divine Realm!
And most importantly, in the Immortal Realm with its multitude of races, unless you were part of the Celestial Court faction, you were basically no different from the bottom tier!
Unfortunately, none of the six great ancient immortal clans that descended this time were particularly well-regarded by the Wuji Celestial Court!
It wasn't until that great halberd struck them, and the Wuji Immortal Emperor forcibly refined the Dao Fruits of the Great Luo patriarchs from the Azure Lotus Ancient Clan and the Timeflow Dragon Clan to fight the enemy, that they clearly realized they had been utterly and completely sold out!
So, since the Immortal Realm showed no tolerance, they would establish another stronghold, make it big and strong, and rebuild their ancient clans!
By then, perhaps the Ziwei Immortal Realm branch might even surpass the headquarters in the Immortal Realm!
No, it definitely would surpass the Immortal Realm headquarters!
They had complete confidence in this!
After all, although the Immortal Realm was powerful, its classes were rigid. No matter how big the pie was, marginal ancient clans like theirs, no matter how hard they tried, were only fit to get some scraps.
But the Ziwei Realm was different!
Although this emerging world had plenty of talent, they were all too green, lacking the experience of operating a great clan for hundreds of millions of years!
The methods of these young minor celestial officials seemed utterly childish and excessive in the eyes of these Great Luo patriarchs!
Therefore, as long as they could secure a legal identity as Ziwei citizens, they would have the opportunity to establish an immortal ancient clan holding original shares!
So the question arose: as otherworldly prisoners of war, how could they obtain a legal identity in the Ziwei Realm?
Asking the Tribulation Sovereign directly was obviously unrealistic. He was extremely busy and simply had no time to manage affairs below. As long as they didn't cross the bottom line, the Tribulation Sovereign wouldn't inquire about details.
The patriarch of the Primordial Source Ancient Clan was quite qualified to speak on this point.
Because he didn't cooperate with the Materials Department's work, slacked off all day, often put on airs ignoring superiors' warnings, and whenever he had time, he would flirt with passing female celestial officials. In the end, Bai Yujing, unable to bear it any longer, complained to the Illusory Star Cave Heaven... and only received a non-fatal halberd strike in return...
From this round of probing, it was clear that the Tribulation Sovereign was lenient, to some extent tacitly permitting their little schemes, with the prerequisite being that they made sufficient contributions!
So what more was there to say?
They must seize this opportunity to get along well with the other celestial officials and strive for more favorable conditions!
And bullying Bai Yujing was their unspoken tacit understanding with the other celestial officials of the Ziwei Celestial Court.
As everyone knew, the former Bai Yujing was inhumane, messing around with those few lousy fate-red threads, causing immense resentment in the fledgling Ziwei Celestial Court!
And the significance of the celestial officials from the Ziwei Celestial Court's founding era goes without saying—they were basically the leaders of various departments!
So, Bai Yujing, ah Bai Yujing, don't blame this patriarch. If you must blame someone, blame your former self!
Thinking of this, the Great Luo Patriarch of the Taixu Star God Ancient Clan sighed softly in his heart and slowly stated his condition:
“Little Jingzi, this patriarch is feeling quite unwell all over. To settle that ninth-level variable is possible, it's just that I'm particularly craving a taste of the Sacred Spirit Fruit by the side of the Heavenly River Immortal Pond. This Ziwei specialty is so good, this patriarch is craving for it...”
Hearing this, the professional fake smile on Bai Yujing's face finally couldn't hold.
Other conditions were manageable, but this one was truly hard to talk about!
What kind of place was the Heavenly River Pond?
That was the domain of one of the directly-administered immortals under the Heavenly Dao, the master of the Heavenly River Transport Department, the second-rank principal court-level Water Virtue Star Lord, Ao Burang!
And who was Ao Burang?
The sworn elder brother of the Four Seas Hall Master, whose parents once had a life-saving grace towards Ao Burang!
And who was the Four Seas Hall Master?
He was the biological elder brother of the former Rain Goddess!
The Rain Goddess, Yuan Qiyue, originally had a bright future ahead. If not for unforeseen events, by today she would have at least reached the rank of a fourth-rank true immortal-level celestial official!
But she was fated to have a tribulation, and of all things, it was one he had personally handled...
She was still reflecting in the Falling Rain Mountain by the Eastern Sea shore. How could he possibly have the face to ask Ao Burang for fruit?
Her elder brother being a sister-obsessed maniac was one thing, but even his sworn elder brother Ao Burang, due to the life-saving grace, doted on this little sister immensely.
This, this, this... going there would definitely mean no good outcome for him!
Bai Yujing's face fell: "Star God Patriarch, can you change this request for something else?"
Gaia remained silent, just silently gazing towards the direction of the Heavenly River Pond and licking his lips.
"Fine, fine, fine, fine!" Bai Yujing finally understood, saying indignantly: "Gaia, you're something else. You're using me to trade for favors. What's so great about that Ao Burang? Am I not also a directly-administered immortal? Why are you all, one after another, willing to help them rather than me?!"
Gaia was silent for a moment, then sighed faintly: "You were the former Master of the Marriage Department, and also the epitome of being inhumane. As everyone knows, you cannot be trusted!"
Bai Yujing: ...
ing gift was a patch of barren land, and disciples were all picked up along the way. He spent fifty years diligently building three "ramshackle little sects," thinking he could finally live a carefree life relying on his disciples. But right at the fifty-year mark, he was suddenly swept away by a spatial rift and exiled to the Chaos Desolation, the Disorderly Ruins. There was no spiritual energy there, only slaughter. Relying on the cultivation feedback from his disciples, Gu Changyuan hacked his way through a sea of blood for eleven hundred years. When the system finally fished him back out, he discovered the ramshackle little sects he'd built back then had developed a rather... unusual style. Hold on... I vanished for a thousand years, so how did my ramshackle little sects become holy lands?!
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
grated, and just when he finally managed to get into an elite academy, he discovered that he actually had a system, and the way to earn rewards was extremely ridiculous. So for the sake of rewards, he had no choice but to start acting ridiculous as well. Su Cheng: "It's nothing but system quests after all." But later, what confused Su Cheng was that while he was already quite ridiculous, he never expected those serious characters to gradually become ridiculous too. And the way they looked at him became increasingly strange... (This synopsis doesn't do it justice, please read the full story)
iaobai: "Councilor Dad, front me some funds. I want to hire ten thousand professional miners for a project!" [Five-Star Mission Issued: Capture the leader of the Blood Heaven Pirate Gang, who is on the run in the Radiant Star Sector. It is said the gang has over a hundred members. Proceed with caution.] Lu Xiaobai: "Councilor Dad, lend me the family's hundred-thousand-strong Lu Army!" [Seven-Star Mission Issued: Subdue a juvenile Void Dragon Beast.] Lu Xiaobai: "Councilor Dad, I'm taking your tamed Void Dragon Beast King out for a family reunion!" I said, System, don't you have any slightly more challenging missions? You're just not up to par! [Nine-Star Mission Issued: Become the Human Councilor.] Lu Xiaobai: "Dad, there's a small matter I'd like to discuss with you..."
