Jing Tian really didn't expect Chong Lou to suddenly appear.
This Chong Lou is not the Chong Lou from the TV timeline who couldn't understand human speech.
In the game's timeline, Chong Lou is not only stronger, but also has a better temper.
Faced with the weak Jing Tian, they didn't just give him a Demonic Sword and force him to fight. One minute they were saying, "You've really fallen to this state," and the next minute they forgot about it.
Instead, he secretly nurtured and protected him, and even taught him the moves of Long Yang from his Previous Life. If Jing Tian hadn't been an idiot and killed the bodyguards left by Chong Lou, and if Chong Lou had come to the rescue in time, things wouldn't have turned out so tragically.
After Zi Xuan's sacrifice, Chong Lou arrived late and, upon discovering he could not revive her, went berserk and attempted to destroy Mount Shu and the Demon Locking Tower. Jing Tian then made the callous remark, "This was Zi Xuan's own choice; she was willing to sacrifice herself to protect all living beings. This is the destiny of the Nuwa clan."
Chong Lou only kidnapped Long Kui or Xue Jian (depending on which one was alive) and made Jing Tian fight him in the New Immortal Realm.
If they win, Chong Lou not only releases Long Kui or Xue Jian, but also resurrects the one who died, achieving a perfect ending.
Even after losing the battle, Chong Lou simply banished Long Kui and Xue Jian to the human realm, leaving Jing Tian to find them himself.
There's even a timeline where, instead of fighting, Long Kui offers some advice, Chong Lou understands but accidentally injures Long Kui, then blames himself and resurrects her into two Long Kui.
In Zi Xuan's storyline, after learning that Zi Xuan and Jing Tian were living together, he was only momentarily stunned before accepting it.
Therefore, Jing Tian really couldn't understand why Chong Lou would appear after he and Zi Xuan got together, just to sabotage them.
They even learned the word 'fickle'.
It was also used on him.
"Kui Yu is deeply in love with you, so you must treat her well."
Chong Lou's words connected everything for Jing Tian.
He suddenly realized.
Because he is from a different timeline, he is still Fei Peng.
Jing Tian, who was in the original timeline, remained indifferent even though he knew that Xi Yao would be punished by the gods. Even Long Kui, with her black hair, couldn't stand it and directed her anger at Xue Jian.
I was told that Kui Yu's story only moved me for a moment.
All of this may have made Chong Lou realize long ago that Jing Tian was not Fei Peng.
But he is different now.
Since he has admitted that he is Fei Peng.
We must also shoulder our responsibilities.
This is why Chong Lou deviates from his character and nitpicks.
But
He didn't neglect Kui Yu.
He is also in the Demon Realm now, having just gotten up from Kui Yu and Nu Ba's bed a cup of tea ago.
If we really have to nitpick, it's Xi Yao who's been neglected.
But that's because Fuxi is in the realm of gods, and Xi Yao has long been used to being in a daze, so much so that most of the gods thought she was the incarnation of the divine tree.
While Jing Tian was sighing inwardly, Chong Lou was telling the story of Kui Yu. The area they were in was separated from the surroundings and was in another world.
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"Back then, when the Demoness Kui Yu had established herself in the Demon Realm, she still missed Fei Peng, who had fallen into the mortal world."
"This Heavenly Demoness is exceptionally fierce, but when she thought of the injustice you suffered that day, she also wept bitterly before the Demon Spring. At that moment, she transformed the only tenderness in her heart into Long Kui, and used her immense Mana to send it into the human world to accompany him for all eternity. But Fuxi has erased the memories of Kui Yu Nu from all those of the divine bloodline."
A dark, eerie sky, and cold, icy language.
But the story touched everyone present.
"Ah Tian, let's go to the Demon Realm." Xue Jian's eyes reddened.
"Squeak." Hua Ying nodded.
"Sister Xue Jian is right!" said the little monkey.
"I am... My brother and I are destined to be together." Long Kui threw herself into Jing Tian's arms, her little head spinning.
I, Zi Xuan, feel extremely inferior because of my plain and unattractive appearance.
"It's not the right time yet," Jing Tian said. "If I really have to go, I should go to the God Realm first. Although the Heavenly Emperor has not Human World for many years, with Xi Yao's divine power, she can easily rebel. But she's a blockhead and doesn't understand how to resist at all."
In fact, Xi Yao's theft of the [Fruit of the Divine Tree] has not yet been exposed.
The reason was that the fruit she used was a pair of twin fruits that had never been seen before, which could match the accounts.
The discovery of Xi Yao's affair in the original timeline was due to the appearance of Xue Jian's [Fruit of the Divine Tree], which was not on the books, coupled with Ao Xu's report.
"What if I were there to help you?" Chong Lou said. "There is no place in the entire Six Realms that I cannot reach."
As he spoke, he pulled out a waist token. "I also have a token from the divine realm. Even a mortal can enter the divine realm with it."
As he spoke, he looked at Jing Tian and asked, "Aren't you surprised?"
Once upon a time, the First Divine General, Fei Peng, was stationed at the entrance to the divine realm of the Well of Gods and Demons.
"Why be surprised?" Jing Tian said, "Although a thousand years in the mortal realm is seven days in the heavens, isn't this always the case in the divine realm? Apart from the Heavenly Emperor, nothing is irreplaceable. Kui Yu is like this, and so am I."
He already knew that his position had been optimized and that he was still a puppet.
Unlike the TV series timeline, Jing Tian in the game timeline did not receive the courtesy he had received from his former subordinates upon arriving in the God Realm.
The gatekeepers have become puppets, recognizing only the tokens and not the visitors' identities.
This is because there was more than one god who defected to the Demon Realm with Kui Yu.
The divine realm is in dire need of gods.
Taiqing was personally received into the God Realm by Fuxi as an outstanding example. In the game's timeline, Jing Tian entered the God Realm and even encountered a celestial Immortal Child who had not yet completed his cultivation. Xi Yao suffered such severe punishment for using the [Fruit of the Divine Tree], all of which were remnants of the Kui Yu incident.
"Replace them?" Chong Lou sneered. "Those puppets?"
"Now, even Demons and Monsters with tokens can enter the realm of gods."
"I've said it's not the right time yet," Jing Tian said. "The Five Spirits are still missing two."
"What?" Chong Lou suddenly realized that the alternate dimension he had created had been taken over.
Jing Tian pointed one finger to the sky and the other to the ground.
"The wind cleaves the earth, a thousand blades soar into the sky; the earth bears all things, guarding the mountains and plains!"
Rumble!
The entire alternate dimension continued to expand, as if it were evolving into a real world.
The cyan Dao patterns condensed at his fingertips into the Heaven-Opening Talisman Sword.
Heaven begins to manifest!
The Nine Heavens Gale Force transformed into 100,000 ancient seal characters, each one a true interpretation of the Xun hexagram.
A thousand-mile-long wind curtain suddenly unfolded between the newly formed clouds, and the densely packed innate Bagua diagrams rotated in the hurricane. The Xun position trigram burst forth with dazzling blue light, cutting the nascent sky into spiderweb-like void cracks.
Jing Tian stepped forward, using the Kunyuan Step technique.
The earth is being born!
The newly formed mountain rocks transformed into liquid gold, reflecting the surging [spider web], the Earth Vein took shape, and vegetation emerged, completing a thousand years of prosperity and decline in an instant.
The Earth Vein and dragon energy condensed into nine golden divine mountains, each with the ancient scripture "Lianshan" floating on its surface.
The primordial energy surging from the mountaintop formed a celestial constellation, corresponding to the cracks, and shattered in the sudden burst of light, transforming into miniature stars embedded in the sky.
Jing Tian moved his hands.
"Fire burns the fields, refining the void into nirvana; waters surge to the heavens, benefiting all living beings!"
A torrent of crimson gold erupted from his left palm, melting and forging a nine-story glazed fire tower in the Cloud Top.
The fiery essence hanging from the eaves of the tower surged like solar prominences, and nine golden crow phantoms flew out. The scorching light bursting from its body burned glass-like crystalline cracks in the void, and the falling sparks turned into a rain of lava.
The Northern Heavenly Weak Water surged from the palm of his right hand, and the Dadi covered by lava was swallowed up by the three thousand weak waters.
The scorching water vapor rises and forms fluffy white clouds.
The Kan trigram symbols are faintly visible within, and each drop of water reflects the incomplete Guicang hexagram.
"The Way of Thunder is not yet complete."
The Zhen trigram thunder pattern flashed by, blasting countless ravines in the clouds and opening up the Southern Heavenly Thunder Domain.
Then
The sky collapsed and the earth shattered; the fire was extinguished and the water vanished.
It was as if everything before had been an illusion.
Under the azure sky, in the palm of the slender figure on the Azure Jade Gourd, only five doors remain.
Two of the doors flickered intermittently, barely existing thanks to the divine light emanating from the other three doors.
"What exactly is this immortal technique? It's still lacking the dual elements of thunder and water! How can I help you?!" Chong Lou's bloodshot eyes blazed with burning fighting spirit.
"All worldly truths, whether conditioned or unconditioned, are collectively called Dharma characteristics," Jing Tian said with a smile. "This is not a technique, but a law. You could even call it supernatural power."
"These five gates are the energy ocean opened up by my Innate Five Spirits paths, and also the manifestation of my divine form and Spiritual Wisdom."
"And you've already helped. Because of the alternate dimension you created, my [Five Phases Heavenly Gate] has only just begun to take shape."
"Zi Xuan".
Zi Xuan already knew what she had to do. She threw the spirit pearl, which was surrounded by water vapor, toward the azure portal that seemed to contain turbulent waves.
Amidst the pattering sound of water.
The flickering, ever-changing "Water-phase Heavenly Gate" has fully taken shape.
The Thunderous Heavenly Gate was no longer an illusion; the faint rumble of thunder could be heard.
"Now, all I need is [thunder]."
"Thunder?" Chong Lou looked eagerly in the direction of Leizhou. "I sensed it! The [Thunder Spirit Pearl] is in that city!"
"Is it approaching us? Is it him?"
Chong Lou looked as if he had seen something dirty.
"It's Master Xu." Zi Xuan also sensed the presence of the newcomer.
"Master Xu found the Thunder Spirit Pearl directly? That's fast!" Xue Jian exclaimed in surprise.
"But the Water Spirit Pearl." Long Kui frowned.
"It's all better now," Jing Tian said.
The blue spirit orb flew out from the portal, but the moisture behind the portal did not diminish in the slightest. Then, the five portals disappeared into the void.
"For me now, what's important is not the spiritual power, but the [Tao] and [principle] within it."
As they were talking, Xu Changqing Accio on his sword.
"Brother Jing, Zi Xuan, Miss Tang, Miss Long, Hua Ying, Jing Jing." He first greeted everyone and demon he knew honestly, then, "And this is..."
"You are not worthy to know my name." Chong Lou turned and stepped into the void, leaving behind the words, "Fei Peng, you know where to find me."
"Who is he?" Xu Changqing asked, puzzled.
"You'd better not know," Jing Tian said.
Xu Changqing brought the Thunder Spirit Pearl from Leizhou, a place teeming with demons, without a trace of bloodlust. This suggests that he not only has no prejudice against demons, but also seems to have learned the truth about the demon-slaying in Shushan from Qing Wei.
But this only applies to demons; if they see a monster, they will definitely shout and kill it.
"This?" Xu Changqing asked, puzzled.
His doubts didn't linger for long, because the next moment his gaze was drawn to the spirit orb in Jing Tian's hand, "[Water Spirit Pearl]?"
"This is wonderful!" He was instantly overjoyed. "Water, Thunder, Earth, Fire, only one of the Five Spirit Pearls is missing!"
Jing Tian understood his loss of composure.
Four spirit orbs are enough to establish the Five Spirits Formation.
However, Mount Shu has no plans to rebuild the Demon Locking Tower.
This is equivalent to being assigned a severe mission, bearing the life and safety of the sect, only to have the mission completed as soon as you step out the door.
"Can we see the [Thunder Spirit Pearl]?" Xue Jian asked.
"Here you go." Xu Changqing without the slightest hesitation.
Xue Jian took it. "Ah Tian, look, your zodiac sign is thunder, right?"
Jing Tian took it, and the illusory portal in his palm flashed by before solidifying into a solid form.
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"Lei? If Brother Jing wants it, I can give it to you after the calamity of the Evil Sword Immortal," Xu Changqing said.
"No need." Jing Tian tossed the spirit pearl to Xu Changqing.
"Brother Jing, there's no need to refuse," Xu Changqing said. "This is a rare treasure of heaven and earth, and it does not belong to Mount Shu. If we are to talk about its owner, it should be Yun Ting, the son of the Leizhou, who was born at the same time as it."
"Born together?" Xue Jian asked curiously, recalling the phantom figure wielding a thunderbolt that Zi Xuan had cast a spell on before.
"Brother Yun was born with the [Thunder Spirit Pearl] in his body, possessing the power of lightning, but he cannot control it and is very likely to hurt people. Therefore, he can only live alone and has been single since he was twenty years old," Xu Changqing said. "Only recently, due to the attack of Demons and Monsters and the need to protect Leizhou, has he been able to feel alive again."
"So, as soon as you explained the reason, he couldn't wait to give you the Thunder Spirit Pearl?" Xue Jian asked. Seeing Xu Changqing nod, she continued to press, "What about the demon scourge in Leizhou?"
Xu Changqing said, "Please rest assured, Miss Tang. These monsters only dared to attack human cities because of the [Thunder Spirit Pearl]. I have arranged for my junior brothers to be stationed in Leizhou City, and I have also given Brother Yun a copy of [Thunder Awakening] so that he can use his thunder and lightning spiritual power for good."
"In the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, he has already learned the basic [Thunder Spell], and even mastered [Kui Lei Tian Yin]."
"What is [Kui Lei Tian Yin]?" Xue Jian asked in confusion. She also had a copy of [Thunder Awakening], but she didn't know about this spell.
"I was referring to the [Startling Thunder Flash]," Xu Changqing explained.
"I see." Xue Jian realized that this was the same as when she called the [True Essence Protection] the [Nine Yi Profound Earth Barrier].
Next, the group flew together to Mount Shu.
"Wait, that's incredibly powerful fire elemental energy."
Zi Xuan suddenly spoke up.
"Fire elemental power?" Xu Changqing asked in confusion. "According to the geomantic map, that area should be the sea."
"It's a sign that an underwater volcano is about to erupt," Jing Tian said. "Do you have your [Fire Spirit Pearl] with you?"
"If we go to Mount Shu to retrieve it," Xu Changqing instantly realized, this concerned the lives of the people along the coast.
"It's alright." Jing Tian shook his head. "With the Water Spirit Pearl, it's the same. Let's go!"
A deep blue portal appeared before them. After passing through it, the last syllable of "walk" faded away, and the group found themselves on the beach.
"Where is this?" Xue Jian asked.
"Anxi Town," Zi Xuan said, her eyes, as clear as autumn water, revealing a hint of sorrow and reminiscence.
Lin Yeping's grave is here.
At that time, Xu Changqing was still Lin Yeping.
Xu Changqing bent down, ignoring the sand getting into his ears, and muttered something under his breath. After a moment, he said, "It is indeed an underwater volcano about to erupt." He frowned at first, then revealed pure joy. "Thank you so much, Zi Xuan. If it weren't for you, we might have missed the chance to save the people in this area!"
"Brother, what is that?" Long Kui suddenly shouted.
Everyone looked out onto the sea, focusing their spiritual energy, and saw a floating city appearing and disappearing in the mist.