Human Emperor Jiang, Come Fight!

After the Red Dust Fairy secluded herself in the Red Dust Pure Land, she no longer met with anyone. Yet her appearance had been recorded by painters, and portraits of her likewise sparked fierce competition among many people.

In the end, at the suggestion of those with foresight, all portraits of the Red Dust Fairy were destroyed. Nowadays, perhaps only the Treasure Vault of the Red Dust Pure Land still held a portrait of its ancestor.

Though Jiang Li marveled at the Red Dust Fairy's beauty, he did not lose his composure. This could not be explained away merely by saying his cultivation was profound, yet even he had not figured out the reason why.

"Jiang is merely an outsider. It would be inappropriate for me to view your sect's ancestor's remains. Please, the two of you, go check whether your sect's ancestor's Immortal Body is still in the tomb."

"What are you saying, Human Emperor Jiang? From the moment you revived the Immortal Tree, you became a benefactor of our Red Dust Pure Land. How could a benefactor be considered an outsider?"

Unable to refuse the Pure Heart Saintess, Jiang Li came to the place where the ancestor's Immortal Body was stored.

The Red Dust Fairy's burial chamber was exceedingly simple, without a single decoration. The empty room contained only a person-high crystal in its center.

The crystal was empty. There was no Immortal Body inside.

"To prevent anyone from taking her Immortal Body, our ancestor left a seal outside the crystal. Only she herself could undo it. She must have left on her own after reviving!" The Pure Heart Saintess swiftly reached a conclusion. "What we do not know now is her condition—whether she has fully recovered her memories, or whether she is acting on instinct."

"So the one in the Golden House really is your ancestor!" Though he had suspected as much, Jiang Li was still slightly startled to see a dead person return to life before his very eyes.

"Jing Xin, you and Human Emperor Jiang should hurry to the Meng Jiang Emperor and investigate the situation!" Daoist Qingyu immediately said. She knew this was also what the Pure Heart Saintess had in mind, but she could not always let the Pure Heart Saintess make every decision herself. Otherwise, where would that leave her dignity as Sect Leader?

The Meng Jiang Dynasty lay right beside the Red Dust Pure Land. Otherwise, after the Red Dust Fairy descended the mountain, she would not have been picked up by the Meng Jiang Emperor while he was hunting in the west.

The two soon saw the woman in red sleeping in the Golden House.

"It really is the Red Dust Ancestor!"

The moment they met, the Pure Heart Saintess sensed that intimate blood-linked connection with the woman in red. Otherwise, even as a woman herself, she would have found it hard to resist the Red Dust Fairy's charm.

The Red Dust Pure Land had no shortage of beauties, and their beauty never faded, because its disciples came from two sources.

First, elders would descend the mountain to travel and take women they favored as disciples.

Second, the Red Dust Pure Land had an Immortal Peach Tree. Consuming an immortal peach could make a woman pregnant, and the newborn infant would naturally count as a disciple of the Red Dust Pure Land.

The Red Dust Fairy herself had consumed an immortal peach.

Naturally, the Pure Heart Saintess belonged to the latter group.

"Our ancestor's beauty truly is beyond comparison for mortals like us."

Though the Pure Heart Saintess was confident in her own beauty, she was not so conceited as to compare herself with the one and only Red Dust Fairy of all ages.

At most, she could be called a beauty seen once every five thousand years.

"But why has our ancestor remained asleep? When will she wake?"

"Perhaps the Meng Jiang Emperor knows the answer."

"That is what happened. This woman is the founding ancestor of the Red Dust Pure Land. We do not know whether she is a dead person resurrected or a new life born from her flesh. Since she has remained asleep, perhaps she has not yet adapted to the transformation from death to life. So, do you know how to wake her?"

Though there had been no cases of resurrection in the Nine Provinces, the Handwritten Notes left behind by immortals recorded such occurrences. There were only two ways one could return to life: one was for the soul to escape the Underworld and return to the Yang Realm; the other was for the original soul to vanish while the flesh gave birth to a new consciousness.

However, the latter did not count as true resurrection. It could only be considered new life.

The Meng Jiang Emperor and the other two had rather poor powers of acceptance. Only a good while after Jiang Li finished explaining did they finally react.

"Human Emperor Jiang truly knows how to joke. Ever since I brought her to the Golden House, even touching her felt like a desecration. How would I dare wake her? Sometimes the fairy only wakes after several months; sometimes she wakes after just a few days. I cannot grasp the pattern behind it."

Jiang Li nodded. The Meng Jiang Emperor's answer had not surprised him, so he said, "The Red Dust Fairy is of immense importance. Leaving her here will only bring trouble, and she is the ancestor of the Red Dust Pure Land. The Pure Heart Saintess and I have discussed it. By both sentiment and reason, she should be sent back to the Red Dust Pure Land. What do you think?"

The Meng Jiang Emperor immediately objected. "Of course not! The Red Dust Fairy has slept here with me for three years already. She is long accustomed to this place. You cannot take her away!"

Though he knew the Red Dust Fairy's status was noble and her origins astonishing, he was unwilling to watch such a beauty be taken away before his eyes.

One had to know that once she left, he might never see her again.

"I know your rules. When a dispute cannot be settled, the biggest fist wins; the strong are honored, and the weak eat dirt. Come, let the Meng Jiang Emperor and me exchange a few moves." Jiang Li had not expected these two monarchs to possess much sense of propriety. Was it not simply a fight? Nothing could be simpler.

"Then please forgive my offense!" the Meng Jiang Emperor said in a deep voice, brimming with confidence.

"Count me in as well!" The Wei Emperor stepped forward, standing alongside the Meng Jiang Emperor with considerable presence. He, too, did not wish to let Jiang Li take away the Red Dust Fairy.

So what if she was the ancestor of the Red Dust Pure Land? It was merely one of the Six Great Sects. Their two ancient Imperial Dynasties had also produced immortals, and their foundations were no weaker than the Red Dust Pure Land's. Were the two of them not worthy of the Red Dust Fairy?

They refused to accept it!

So what if he was the Human Emperor? They were all emperors. Did that mean his status was higher than theirs, that he could take her away just because he said so? So what if the Human Emperor Palace was Revered by the Nine Provinces? This time, their two Imperial Dynasties would refuse to revere it! Seeing this, Zhang Konghu hurriedly retreated far away, lest he be caught in the fallout. Unlike those two inflated fools, he had seen Jiang Li make a move before. The Extraterrestrial Demon that had once required enormous casualties to kill had been slaughtered by Jiang Li as easily as chopping melons and vegetables.

The might of the Great Ascension Stage was unfathomable!

The Meng Jiang Emperor wore a noble and resplendent imperial robe, a flat-topped crown upon his head and the Star River Golden Staff in his hand. He pointed toward the heavens, and the Star River hidden beneath the sun's radiance reappeared in the sky. Specks of starlight containing endless stellar power gathered upon the Star River Golden Staff, and the Meng Jiang Emperor's aura rose steadily, like a great emperor holding the Star River in his hand! The national fortune of the Meng Jiang Dynasty, the Star River blazing in splendor! The Meng Jiang Emperor released his suppression over the national fortune of Great Wei, allowing Great Wei's national fortune to arrive here as well.

The Wei Emperor refused to be outdone. Clad in an imperial robe patterned with turtle and serpent motifs, he held the Imperial Jade Seal. The eight seal-script characters, "By the mandate of Heaven, may it enjoy eternal prosperity," shone brilliantly, gradually twisting and transforming until they formed the image of Xuanwu. Northern Ren Gui Water, each drop as heavy as a mountain, coiled around the Wei Emperor, making him resemble an ancient god who could cover the sky with one hand!

The national fortune of the Great Wei Imperial Dynasty, the God of Water Xuanwu! "Human Emperor Jiang, come fight!"

The two monarchs shouted in unison. Their minds were clear at this moment, and they used every means to arm themselves, becoming countless times stronger than when they fought Zhang Konghu! Three breaths later.

The Meng Jiang Emperor lay on the ground, barely clinging to life as he cried, "Imperial Physician... summon the Imperial Physician at once to save me..."