Hongjun Establishes the Male and Female Immortal Leaders

Cheng Yue looked at the chessboard before him, left to play alone.

Every move came with ease.

Outside, the countless stars in the night sky shifted in tandem.

The scattered chessboard seemed to command the vast heavens above.

The final piece landed on the center point.

In the starry sky, the North Star moved to the center, blazing with bright light.

In the side hall, Fuxi seemed to sense something, rising to his feet.

Ignoring his injuries, he stumbled outside.

Looking up, he gazed at the stars overhead.

Under the clear daylight sky, the celestial bodies shimmered with strange light.

Scattered like a great formation.

A trapping formation.

Countless changes within.

Fuxi sat cross-legged, his eyes fixed on the starry sky above.

Starlight seeped through his gaze.

Then his aura grew ethereal.

Around him, countless lights coalesced into symbols resembling constellations.

They began to revolve around Fuxi.

In the Zixiao Palace, Dijun was listening to the Dao, his aura condensing as he neared a breakthrough.

Suddenly his face flushed, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.

As he sat there, his aura weakened.

He looked up, fury burning in his eyes.

His face twisted with rage.

"Damn it, who is it, who!"

As he spoke, Donghuang Taiyi beside him slowly came to.

Not only him, but many others turned to look.

They stared at Cheng Yue, unsure what had happened.

One by one, they couldn't help asking.

"Elder brother, what's wrong?"

Even Hongjun stopped his lecture, looking at the bleeding Dijun.

Concern mixed with tension.

Dijun was an important piece in his game.

He couldn't afford any trouble here.

So he asked.

"Dijun, what happened?"

Dijun clutched his chest, where his heart pounded wildly.

"Sage, someone has stolen my authority as Celestial Emperor, altered the movement of the stars—the celestial paths are in chaos."

Hongjun counted on his fingers, but found nothing.

He looked at Dijun, then his gaze pierced through chaos and the starry sky toward the Southern Sea.

"What are you trying to do?"

Taking in Nuwa, changing a major trend, now altering the stars' course.

At this rate, was he trying to block his path?

But if that were all, his Dao wouldn't be so easily obstructed.

With that, Hongjun lightly tapped his finger.

The touch fell on Dijun, suppressing his injuries and the turmoil.

Dijun sighed in relief, but still worried about his Heavenly Court.

Yet he had been on the verge of a breakthrough; rushing out might displease the Sage.

With that thought, he sat back down to cultivate.

He resumed his breakthrough.

Though he listened intently to the lecture, unease lingered in his heart.

He had only just obtained the Heavenly Emperor's Authority.

And he could already understand its benefits.

Di Jun, who would have easily broken through, only managed to do so near the end of the sermon.

Beside him, Eastern Emperor Taiyi had already broken through long ago.

When Hongjun stopped speaking, Di Jun prepared to leave immediately, wanting to return to the Heavenly Court to see what was happening.

But Hongjun sat there and began to speak.

"Heaven and Earth are divided into Yin and Yang, and so are all living beings. Today, I shall select two people here in the Purple Cloud Palace to govern the Yin and Yang of the world and carry out the duty of educating the Primordial World."

After saying this, a staff appeared in his hand.

He then looked at the three thousand Dust Travelers before him.

Di Jun's face turned ugly, filled with some resentment.

As the Heavenly Emperor, he already bore the responsibility of governing the Primordial World. Now Hongjun was going to choose someone else.

What did this mean?

In just a moment, Hongjun seemed to have found his chosen one.

"Eastern King Duke, you are the first ray of Yang Qi to take form. You shall bear the duty of commanding the male immortals of the Primordial World and educating all beings!"

Upon hearing this, the Eastern King Duke, who was sitting nearby, was startled. He had thought this role would go to Di Jun.

After all, Di Jun was already the Heavenly Emperor.

And now it was given to him?

Overjoyed, a burst of merit instantly fell upon the Eastern King Duke.

"Thank you, Sage, for the gift!"

The Eastern King Duke, holding the staff, looked at the three thousand Dust Travelers, his eyes full of pride.

He even began to imagine that he would be the true ruler of the Primordial World from now on.

As if he could already see that scene unfolding.

Di Jun, meanwhile, was grinding his teeth in frustration.

Then he heard Hongjun continue.

"Western Queen Mother, you are the first Yin Qi to take form between Heaven and Earth. You shall bear the duty of commanding the female immortals and educating all beings."

After saying this, the Western Queen Mother frowned deeply.

Accepting this now was not a good thing.

She ruled over Western Kunlun, and as someone born from such a blessed land, she was no fool.

At this moment, both the Wu and Yao tribes were eyeing the entire Primordial World with hostility.

If she agreed now, she would inevitably be attacked by both sides in the future.

Especially Di Jun—he was not easy to deal with.

But she glanced at the Sage. If she refused, her fate would likely be grim.

So she followed along.

"Thank you, Sage!"

A banner then flew before her.

"This is the Plain Colored Cloud Realm Banner. I grant it to you."

Hearing this, the Western Queen Mother nodded and accepted it.

Unlike the excited Eastern King Duke, the Western Queen Mother's brow remained furrowed.

Behind her, Di Jun's gaze was like that of a venomous scorpion.

First, someone had stolen a sliver of his authority.

Now, someone was commanding all the male and female immortals of the world.

The female immortals didn't matter much, but the male ones...

His eyes immediately locked onto the Eastern King Duke.

The Eastern King Duke felt a chill from that gaze.

He turned to look at Di Jun.

Then he glanced at the Dragon Head Staff in his hand.

Lifting it, he shot a somewhat provocative look back at Di Jun.

Hongjun, for his part, let out a sigh of relief.

This matter should have been handled during the first sermon.

But Nuwa had stirred up trouble back then, and he hadn't had the time to say much.

Fortunately, it was finally settled this time around.

Though he wasn't sure if the Eastern King Duke could still muster a force from Purple Mansion Continent.

Sitting there, he felt no worry.

After all, this was merely sending the Eastern King Duke out to die.

He couldn't care less about anything else.

The rest shouldn't be too difficult from here.

"This time, how will you stop me?"

As Hongjun spoke these words, his gaze instinctively swept toward the Primordial World.