Wang Tianzhi Gets Out of Prison, Two Old Acquaintances

Seeing this scene, Zhao Xing felt as if Ji Si herself were glowing.

Old Master Zhao inwardly exclaimed that Ji Si was incredible!

Ji Si had actually dared to kidnap the gods of the entire Profound Spirit Star Region, leaving even the Moon God Palace Master afraid to act rashly.

The gurgling white paper turned back into ink and merged into the Moon God Palace Master's body.

"Others may not know what is inside the Seven Stars Dipper Cabinet, but I happen to know."

The Moon God Palace Master glanced at Zhao Xing. "It should have been in your hands."

Zhao Xing did not hide it. "Yes. I entrusted it to Ji Si for safekeeping because I did not know whether it would affect my karma in the Luo Emperor Era. After all, Fan Qianrou was a figure from the Luo Emperor Era."

The Moon God Palace Master did not blame Zhao Xing. He merely said, "Ji Si's Fated Words are entirely true. If I forcibly acted, I might be able to capture Ji Si, but I could not be completely certain of stopping the Eight Directions Divine Mirror from self-destructing."

"Ji Si wants to use this method to buy Great Zhou time to strengthen the river of national fate in the Profound Yellow World."

"Great Zhou wants to ascend to the Luo Emperor Era to rescue you. There are far too many variables."

"Even if I told Ji Che the plan, he still would not believe it."

Of course he would not believe it!

If Zhao Xing were in Ji Si's position, he would not trust anyone at this time either. He would only trust himself. Strength was the only thing that truly mattered!

And when he left the Seven Stars Dipper Cabinet with Ji Si, he had also harbored some selfish motives.

Zhao Xing did not fully trust the Profound Spirit Gods either. No matter when, one had to leave oneself a backup plan.

Once news of his "betrayal" spread, some gods might very well turn their attention toward Great Zhou.

Since Zhao Xing had betrayed them, should Great Zhou, as his foundation, also be purged?

The Moon God Palace Master and the Emperor might be selfless people devoted wholeheartedly to the Human Race, but there would inevitably be extremist divine generals like Mind General Qi Luo.

Originally, leaving the Seven Stars Dipper Cabinet with Ji Si had been an insurance policy for Great Zhou, but Zhao Xing had never expected Ji Si to use it to threaten the gods.

Nor had he expected its power to seemingly exceed imagination, enough that even a historical God King like the Moon God Palace Master dared not act rashly.

No wonder they wanted him to return personally. There was no other way.

Unless she saw Zhao Xing personally step forward to explain, Ji Si would never believe it.

And the Moon God Palace Master could not allow Ji Si to continue causing havoc. Unsealing the Profound Yellow World would bring uncertain consequences.

"Palace Master, if I return, will the Boundless True God notice?" Zhao Xing asked.

If the Boundless True God discovered that he had secretly returned to the Wilderness Era without informing him, he would likely question Zhao Xing's stance.

"My method of returning you is not time-space traversal," the Moon God Palace Master said after a moment of thought. "It is merely True Spirit Conduction."

"However, the Space-Time Territory where you are located is somewhat special. A God King's power cannot enter it, and the Profound Spirit History Book cannot conduct your true spirit. You must leave your current location."

So that was it. He merely needed to leave Flowing Void Ravine, not travel through time back to the Third Era of the Desolate Territory.

Divine King Zhang Yue had distorted time and space, making even the Moon God Palace Master's power unable to reach Flowing Void Ravine.

Thinking it over carefully, he really did need to stop this. If Great Zhou truly ascended to the Luo Emperor Era, it might not be a good thing.

Since the Rui Emperor Era, methods for cultivating the Fate Great Dao had become exceedingly rare. If someone discovered that Great Zhou possessed such a cultivation method, it would likely spark a bloody struggle.

Experts filled the Luo Emperor Era. If Great Zhou ascended here, even survival would be a major problem.

"Rest assured, Palace Master. I will leave Flowing Void Ravine at once and find a place where True Spirit Conduction can be performed."

"Be quick."

The Yu Zu Emperor Dynasty trembled, and Zhao Xing opened his eyes.

Moving Clouds Stream, within a courtyard on a Barren Star Continent.

"What? You're leaving?" Qing Yuzi was full of confusion. "We've already reached the doorstep of a treasure mountain, yet you're leaving? What urgent matter could possibly require this?"

"Don't ask. I can't say." Zhao Xing shook his head. "In any case, I need to leave for a while, or there will be serious trouble."

"Do you need my help?" Qing Yuzi asked. Though he desperately wanted to immediately explore Divine King Yu Heng's Inner World, Zhao Xing was clearly in trouble if he suddenly had to leave. Qing Yuzi could not simply stand by.

The treasure could wait. It was not as if a little more time mattered.

"No." Zhao Xing waved his hand. "Only I can handle this matter. Don't worry, I'm not in danger."

"Then I'll go in first," Qing Yuzi said. "If I gain anything, I'll certainly give you a share."

"Be careful," Zhao Xing reminded him. "Don't focus only on treasure hunting. Safety comes first."

"Don't worry." Qing Yuzi was unconcerned. "I had someone read my fate. I'm tough as nails."

After considering it again and again, Zhao Xing ultimately decided to complete the Fate Loop first. As for Old Qing being trapped after entering, he could rescue him later.

If he changed things now, Old Qing might suffer some backlash.

Watching Qing Yuzi enter the pale blue mist passage, Zhao Xing swiftly left Flowing Void Ravine as well.

Following the map Old Qing had given him, Zhao Xing flew out of Flowing Void Ravine half a year later and arrived at a desolate stretch of starry land.

Boom!

He used the Earth Splitting Art to blast a huge hole into the ground, then solidified it with the Earth Treasury Art. After setting up the two concealment arrays Old Qing had given him, Zhao Xing's true spirit consciousness touched the Zu Emperor Dynasty.

"Yu~"

The space before him began to twist. A strange point of light suddenly emerged, and the space turned white like paper.

Then the light from the singularity moved across the void like a brushstroke, lines spreading outward in every direction.

When the final stroke fell, Zhao Xing felt a powerful pull. The true spirit within his Life Palace left his body and was sucked inside.

The world spun around him. Zhao Xing felt intense dizziness, and everything around him was utterly dark. Only a faint layer of light over his body protected him.

After an unknown amount of time, he found himself entering a warm nest.

The light grew brighter and brighter. At last, Zhao Xing found that his vision had returned to normal.

Creak, creak. Zhao Xing discovered that he had a new body, but it was extremely stiff. Whenever he moved, his joints made the sound of paper rubbing together.

Sweeping it with his true spirit, he found that he had become a Book Puppet. It was also incredibly crude, with a square body and a pointed head, as if it had been hastily folded together.

The panel was still active. Its coordinates showed that he was in the Third Era of the Desolate Territory, the tenth Solar Year, within the Chen Luo Barren Domain.

A familiar figure appeared ahead of him, with the Moon God Palace Master standing beside her.

"Ji Si, you may not believe what I say, but surely you will believe Zhao Xing," the Moon God Palace Master said calmly.

"I will give you time for a private conversation. You may have the Eight Directions Divine Mirror verify whether this is true."

With that, the Moon God Palace Master gestured for Zhao Xing to step forward.

Beneath the stars and before the Eight Directions Divine Mirror, Ji Si revealed no expression.

Even when she saw Zhao Xing in Book Puppet form, nothing changed. She merely said coldly, "Stop. Stay there and do not move."

"Ji Si, it's me." Zhao Xing stopped. His voice was somewhat hoarse due to his unfamiliarity with the new body.

Ji Si did not answer. She simply activated the Eight Directions Divine Mirror to shine upon the Book Puppet.

Zhao Xing could only quietly wait for Ji Si's verification.

A Fate Master naturally had methods to determine truth from falsehood.

Light swept over his body eight consecutive times, and the mirror flashed eight times as well.

Ji Si's expression finally softened.

"Grand Agriculture Official, it really is you!"

Ji Si had finally verified that the Moon God Palace Master had not lied. The true spirit within the Book Puppet before her was indeed Zhao Xing's.

Whoosh!

Seeing this, Zhao Xing stepped before Ji Si.

He studied her. Although Ji Si appeared energetic, she was somewhat overly excited. Clearly, after thousands of years of planning, the pressure upon her had reached its limit as well.

The roots of her hair kept turning white, the strands falling out before immediately growing back.

Like the Boundless True God, these were not merely hairs but Karma Threads. As a Fate Master, Ji Si's true spirit was operating at high speed every moment, practically about to smoke.

Zhao Xing sighed softly. "Ji Si, you've worked hard."

Ji Si's eyes reddened. She lowered her head slightly and could not speak for a long while.

"This is all my fault," Zhao Xing said. "Back then, I should have asked the Palace Master to tell you what was happening."

"Grand Agriculture Official, please do not say that." Ji Si raised her head again, already calm. "The burden you carry is far greater than mine."

"For such an important matter, naturally the fewer people who knew, the better. It was Ji Si who acted rashly."

"I nearly ruined the Grand Agriculture Official's great undertaking."

"Enough, Ji Si. Let us not blame ourselves, lest the Palace Master laugh at us." Zhao Xing looked toward the barrier behind Ji Si, the Black and White Palace, and the floating warship. "Let's discuss the important matter. What is the situation now?"

Ji Si thought for a moment, then beckoned and pulled Zhao Xing into the Eight Directions Divine Mirror.

"Grand Agriculture Official, our original plan was to obtain enough resources from the altered Profound Yellow World, recruit more talented people, and further break through the Fate Divine Dynasty system. Then we would achieve the goal of ascending to the Luo Emperor Era."

"From the information Wang Tianzhi sent us in the past, we learned that the Profound Yellow World had been continuously changing. It had originally been a small world, yet it rapidly advanced in rank within a single era."

"Whether flora, the Human Race, or strange beasts, all of them underwent rapid renewal and transformation. Its development was so swift that it could be called one day in the Profound Spirit World, one year in the Profound Yellow World."

Zhao Xing nodded. Over the years, Wang Tianzhi had constantly exchanged letters with Ji Si. His Profound Yellow Past Events recorded the changes of the Profound Yellow World.

And the one responsible for contacting Wang Tianzhi was Ji Si.

"Grand Agriculture Official, aside from my main body guarding outside, Great Zhou's civil and military officials have now returned to the Profound Yellow World for one hundred and fifty-four years."

"However, according to the information Wang Tianzhi described, many Divine Realm experts have appeared in the Profound Yellow World."

"So we did not dare launch a large-scale attack. We only contacted His Majesty's descendants and first sent a small number of experts into the Nineteen Provinces to investigate the situation."

"After entering, we indeed found many powerful experts." Ji Si's voice sank. "More than three hundred known Divine Realm experts alone have been discovered. For example, the Eastern Emperor, master of the White Bone Divine Sect."

"For example, Qi Tian, leader of the Profound Yellow God Sect that venerates Gu Xiao as its patriarch. Bai Lan, master of the Li Fire Divine Sect, is even said to be a True God."

Listening to Ji Si's account, Zhao Xing's expression became somewhat astonished as well. No wonder the Reincarnation Holy Hall had sealed and guarded the Profound Yellow World.

The Profound Yellow World was constantly advancing in rank, Fengshan Land was radiating new divine charm, and countless experts had suddenly emerged. These were absolutely unstable factors. Before they could be controlled, sealing it was the best choice.

"Originally, His Majesty and I intended to launch a great war. We would first rapidly subdue the weaker gods and annex those minor divine factions. As for the cave-heaven True Gods, they could not truly cross worlds, so we could ignore them for now. Once we had rapidly grown stronger and used fate to elevate at least fifty divine officials, we would consider conquest."

"However, the Moon God Palace Master appeared in time, so we temporarily abandoned our original plan."

"Grand Agriculture Official, please look. This is the situation inside the Profound Yellow World."

Within the pure white space floated eight picture frames, each reflecting scenes from the Profound Yellow World.

They were all battle scenes. Great Zhou's experts were hunting gods!

Among the eight scenes, Liu Tianning appeared in every one. He was either traveling through towering mountains, steering the Ten Thousand Laws Tower Ship across the sea, or capturing strange beasts one after another in underground passages.

"What realm is my teacher in now?" Zhao Xing asked curiously.

"Lord Liu is still a Demigod, but he has become increasingly unfathomable. Even I cannot calculate exactly how strong he is," Ji Si said.

"As for His Majesty, he has already reached the Divine Weapon Peak. With the combined enhancement of the Xue Rui Divine Bone and the Luck Divine Seal, he can reach the Divine General Peak."

Xue Rui was the Luck Free God. Zhao Xing had given his divine bone to Ji Che back then, and it suited him perfectly.

"Great Zhou now possesses three secret arts of fate: the Luck Golden Pill, the Luck Golden Dragon, and the Luck Divine Seal. As for the fourth, Luck Deification, we still have not succeeded. I have only obtained a small fragment of its remaining text."

Zhao Xing did not know how much effort Ji Si had spent to find methods for cultivating the Fate Great Dao. It was truly no easy feat.

"Stop the operation for now," Zhao Xing said. "We do not yet have the ability to swallow the Profound Yellow World."

Though it was his homeland, the Profound Yellow World had now advanced in rank. Great Zhou might not be able to handle it.

"By the way, where is Wang Tianzhi?" Zhao Xing asked.

"We have already met him and released him from the Epoch House," Ji Si said. "Should we bring him out?"

"We should have brought him out long ago." Zhao Xing sighed. "I will speak to the Palace Master about this. Do not casually bring out any of the others or any objects."

When Great Zhou ascended, he had not yet reached a thousand years old. Now, however, he was already over twenty thousand years old.

Of course, he and Wang Tianzhi had experienced different amounts of time, so there were some minor discrepancies.

By the time Great Zhou ascended, it had been the 1,184th Solar Year of the Desolate Territory's Second Era. Now it was the tenth Solar Year of the Third Era of the Desolate Territory. Wang Tianzhi had spent nearly thirty thousand years inside.

Of course, this still paled in comparison to how long Cloud Heaven Dao had been guarded. Old Yun had waited nearly a million years!

"Old Wang should be released from prison too. He has spent so long imprisoned for Great Zhou. Once he comes out, this position of Grand Agriculture Official should be given to him." Zhao Xing sighed.

"Yes. I will notify those inside at once." Ji Che closed his eyes and began casting his art, while Zhao Xing watched the Profound Yellow World in the eight scenes.

After a while, he saw Great Zhou's armies retreating in all eight scenes.

Ji Si opened her eyes again. "Grand Agriculture Official, a slight problem has arisen."

"What is it?" Zhao Xing became somewhat nervous.

"Two officials from the local Great Zhou want to meet you. It seems difficult to refuse." Ji Si frowned. "They claim to be your old acquaintances."

"Oh? What are their names?" Zhao Xing knew that the local Great Zhou was ruled by Empress Ji Luoheng. Could legends of him still have spread through the Profound Yellow World? Perhaps some Minister of Agriculture admired him and wanted to meet him?

"One is the current master of the Li Fire Divine Sect, named Bai Lanjun."

"The other is the Eighth-Stealing Grand Dance Master of the Imperial City Dance Bureau in the local Great Zhou. She says her name is Fu Mengzhen," Ji Si said.

"What?" Hearing those two names, Zhao Xing's mouth immediately fell open.