Primordial World: Mistaking the Jade Emperor for His Son at the Start — Part 3

Was there really wine better than the Jade Nectar specially supplied to the Jade Emperor?

Taibai Jinxing didn't believe it, yet he couldn't resist picking up the bowl and taking a sip.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

That single drink was no small matter—the surging energy nearly blew Taibai Jinxing apart.

Fortunately, though the wine's energy was immense, it was also gentle. Taibai Jinxing finally steadied himself and guided the energy through his body.

Ding. Ding. Ding.

Taibai Jinxing's cultivation broke through three realms in rapid succession!

Not only did he recover the Golden Immortal realm that had been knocked from him by the Kirin Ancestor's barking, but he leaped in one bound from late-stage Golden Immortal to mid-stage Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal!

Taibai Jinxing was so thrilled, so excited, that his face turned bright red.

"Drink slowly. Don't choke." Zhang Yifan waved a hand at Taibai Jinxing.

"Thank you, Old Master, for bestowing this wine!"

With a thud, Taibai Jinxing dropped to his knees before Zhang Yifan and banged his head against the ground three times.

"Just drink if you're drinking. Why do you kneel at every turn? From now on, just protect my son well—protect your master well."

"Yes, Old Master. Even if I am smashed to pieces, I will protect Master."

Taibai Jinxing was beside himself with excitement. After tens of thousands of years, he had finally reached Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal—and he was even at the mid-stage!

Only upon reaching the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal realm could one be considered to have stepped through the gates in the Primordial World, to truly count as an expert!

Today, I, Old Bai, am finally a Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal—and one who has absorbed and comprehended some Great Dao Law Fragments!

My future is boundless!

Forget three kowtows—even a hundred would have been worth it.

He had also placed Zhang Yifan above even the Jade Emperor in his heart, calling the Jade Emperor "Master" while addressing Zhang Yifan as "Old Master."

Then Taibai Jinxing stared at the table full of dishes, his eyes shining.

If even the wine was this incredible, wouldn't these dishes be even more miraculous?

Jade Emperor? No, Hogs Fighting Over Food!

"Come, come, eat. You can't just drink without having any dishes."

Zhang Yifan was pleased to see that Taibai Jinxing, this servant, was so sensible.

"Here, try this fish. It's my specialty."

"Alright, Father."

The Jade Emperor picked up his chopsticks and reached for the fish. Before he could even pick any up, he was stunned.

What fish was this? This was True Dragon meat! And a True Dragon with the purest bloodline imaginable.

True Dragons had long since vanished without a trace from the Primordial World, rarely seen anywhere—yet today, one had become a dish on this table!

This father of his truly never ceased to amaze him!

"See how it tastes."

Suppressing the shock in his heart, the Jade Emperor picked up a piece of fish and took a bite.

The instant the fish entered his mouth, it transformed into the purest energy and surged into his body. It even contained Great Dao Law Fragments.

"Delicious! Absolutely delicious!"

The Jade Emperor couldn't help praising it. Setting aside the Great Dao Law Fragments, this fish itself was simply extraordinary—unbelievably delicious.

"If it's good, then eat more."

Zhang Yifan looked smug. Even that damn system had said his cooking had reached the great perfection beyond divine grade—how could it not taste good?

"Then your son won't stand on ceremony."

The Jade Emperor immediately seemed to become a different person. Like a starving ghost, he stuffed dish after dish into his mouth in huge bites. Even when he couldn't fit any more in, he forced it down.

Taibai Jinxing was dumbfounded at the sight. Was that really necessary?

Why did eating a meal look like hogs fighting over food?

Remembering the wine from earlier, Taibai Jinxing jolted and came back to his senses.

Could these dishes be the same?

Taibai Jinxing picked up a bite and ate it. Sure enough, it was exactly as he suspected!

How could he possibly endure this?

Eat! Grab!

Taibai Jinxing completely forgot that the Jade Emperor was beside him. He too began wildly picking up dishes and fighting for food.

In no time at all, the Jade Emperor and Taibai Jinxing swept through the entire table like a whirlwind, leaving nothing behind.

"What the hell? I haven't even moved my chopsticks yet. Were you two really that hungry?"

Zhang Yifan was stunned. Was this really necessary?

Had they gone days without food? Why were they even fighting over a meal, like pigs raised in the backyard?

"Sorry, Old Father. I was a little hungry."

The Jade Emperor wiped his mouth, looking somewhat embarrassed instead.

When had he ever lost his composure like this? But he simply could not help it—it was truly too delicious! And as for those Great Dao Law Fragments, who would ever think they had too many?

"Fine. I'll make a few more dishes."

Zhang Yifan was at a loss for words and could only go prepare several more dishes.

This time, under Zhang Yifan's watchful suppression, the Jade Emperor and Taibai Jinxing behaved far better and did not fight over the food.

"Where did you two come back from today?" Zhang Yifan asked them.

"Fengxian County," the Jade Emperor replied.

"Fengxian County?" Zhang Yifan raised a brow. "Don't go to Fengxian County again. That place is about to become Human Purgatory. Be careful you don't go there and never come back."

"Human Purgatory? Why?" the Jade Emperor asked curiously.

"Hmph, why else? Because that fool of a Jade Emperor. Not only did he set up a Noodle Mountain and a Rice Mountain, making dogs finish the noodles and chickens peck away all the rice, he even made a Copper Lock and said rain would only fall once a candle burned through it. Tell me, how could Fengxian County not become Human Purgatory?"

A fool?

The Jade Emperor's mouth twitched. How had he suddenly been branded a fool?

Beside him, Taibai Jinxing lowered his head so far it nearly touched the ground.

He pretended he had heard absolutely nothing.

Who else in the Primordial World would dare call the Jade Emperor a fool?

He had no desire to have his head moved to a new home.

The Jade Emperor frowned. The Noodle Mountain, Rice Mountain, and Copper Lock had not even been arranged yet, but Old Father already knew?

"Aren't the people of the Three Realms all the Jade Emperor's subjects? Why would the Jade Emperor do such a thing?" the Jade Emperor knowingly asked.

"Because he's an idiot, hahahahaha. If the lord of Fengxian County sincerely knelt in worship and begged the Jade Emperor to come down and rest his feet, would he overturn a table? Even if he wanted to, would he have the ability to overturn it?"

Zhang Yifan laughed as he cursed the Jade Emperor for being an idiot.

Ah, this...

The Jade Emperor suddenly woke up.

That was right. The lord of Fengxian County had been kneeling in devout worship, pleading for him to descend and rest his feet. How could it possibly have coincided so perfectly with a quarrel with his wife?

And before the cultivation of a mid-stage Quasi-Saint, how could an ordinary mortal like him possibly overturn a table?

Ah, just as Old Father said—he really was an idiot.

"Old Father, then who do you think was pulling strings behind the scenes?" the Jade Emperor pretended to ask.

"Who else could it be but that pack of Bald Donkeys?" Zhang Yifan laughed.

"That idiot Jade Emperor, in order to cater to Dao Ancestor Hongjun and for the sake of that so-called Primordial World Tribulation, wanted at the same time to suppress the Human Teachings and Daoist Teachings factions in the Heavenly Court, as well as the Interception Teachings faction, so that he could seize complete control of the Heavenly Court. So he cooperated with the Western Teachings to put on this grand Journey to the West performance."

"But who would have thought that the Jade Emperor would outsmart himself? He thought he was a chess player, yet he was nothing more than a chess piece. Sigh, in the end, he ruined the entire Primordial World and became its sinner for all eternity."

"What? Why?" The Jade Emperor was horrified.

The Journey to the West Tribulation had indeed been decreed by Dao Ancestor Hongjun, who had promised that the Western Teachings would flourish. It was the ordained course of the Heavenly Dao.

And the Jade Emperor had indeed wanted to use the Journey to the West affair to eliminate dissidents within the Heavenly Court and reshuffle the mortal realm, thereby gaining complete control over the Heavenly Court's forces and becoming a true Heavenly Emperor, rather than being hollowed out by Taishang Laojun of the Human Teachings and the many forces invested as gods by the Interception Teachings.

But how would that ruin the Primordial World and make him its sinner for all eternity?

"What do you mean, why?"

"Why would it ruin the Primordial World? Why would it make him a sinner for all eternity? He hasn't done anything, has he?"

"The Journey to the West may sound as though it was decreed by the Heavenly Dao, but wasn't it really ordained by Hongjun? It is also the last great tribulation in his scheme against the Primordial World. Once the tribulation ends, Hongjun will Sever Heaven and Earth across the Three Realms, forever separating mortals from immortals. The mortal world's incense offerings will be fixed; mortals will forever remain mortals, immortals will forever be unable to advance, and only Hongjun will stand high above all."

"And the Primordial World will completely lose its chance to advance its world rank! It will completely lose its chance to become a high-tier Supreme Primordial World! It will fall into a lowly, weak world among countless worlds, at the mercy of others! And the chief culprit behind all this will be the Jade Emperor."

The Jade Emperor was struck as if by lightning, standing frozen where he was.

"The tribulation is actually Dao Ancestor Hongjun's scheme? It isn't the ordained fate decreed by the Heavenly Dao?"

"Advancing world rank? What is that? A high-tier Supreme Primordial World? What is that?"

A colossal wave surged through the Jade Emperor's heart. Here, he had actually heard such secret and momentous information!

The Primordial World could actually advance?

"What would a high-tier Supreme Primordial World be like after advancing?" the Jade Emperor could not help asking.