The Seven Fairies Dance; Dong Yong Pays the Price

"Then I really have to thank you!" Nuwa said through clenched teeth.

"My good granddaughter, it's nothing. There's no need to be so polite with your Seventh Grandma~" the Seventh Princess giggled.

"Ah~" Nuwa tilted her head back and sighed, looking utterly haggard.

Getting mixed up with this bunch was simply more terrifying than mortals encountering devils.

It was too exhausting.

Let it all be destroyed. Saint or no Saint, tribulation or no tribulation, who cares anymore?

Let it all be destroyed. Hurry up.

After being tormented like this, Nuwa's Saintly Dao Heart had nearly shattered.

The Seven Fairies and San Xiao all burst into hearty laughter.

Seeing the group laughing and joking around, Zhang Yifan was happy too, his heart warmed.

This lively scene looked just like New Year's celebrations.

It had been a long time since he had experienced anything like this.

Seven Fairies Dance, Dong Yong Suffers

After a sumptuous and lively dinner, everyone finished eating in a relaxed and cheerful atmosphere.

The Jade Emperor, Sect Master Tongtian, and the others surrounded Zhang Yifan, drinking tea and eating pastries.

With tea, pastries, and fruit before him, Zhang Yifan couldn't help recalling his younger days, when he had been a landlord. Fine wine, singing girls—those had been carefree days.

He also remembered the series of bizarre missions the damned system had issued. One of them had involved dance, and Zhang Yifan had practiced it until he reached the pinnacle of perfection.

"With such beautiful scenery and a fine evening, it would be perfect if someone played some music and danced a little," Zhang Yifan remarked.

Hearing this, the Jade Emperor slapped his thigh and laughed. "Father, I was just saying that something was missing from this scene. So it was music and dancing!"

Back in the Heavenly Court, hadn't he always drunk fine wine and eaten pastries while admiring the fairies' dances?

"Grandpa, I'll dance for you."

Upon hearing this, the eldest of the Seven Fairies immediately perked up. "I learned a new dance last time, but I've never performed it for you, Grandpa!"

"Grandpa, Grandpa, let us perform with Elder Sister. We've just learned a Nichang Flying-Heaven Dance." The other princesses also rose with giggles.

"Good. Then let Grandpa see the dances you've learned." Zhang Yifan laughed heartily. It had been a long time since he had enjoyed such a life.

"Old Bai, then let's provide the music." The Jade Emperor joined in the fun, dragging Taibai Jinxing over to play music.

The Jade Emperor held a handbell, while Taibai beat a drum.

"Little Tongtong plays the flute very well. Little Tongtong, come accompany us too." The Jade Emperor pulled Sect Master Tongtian over as well.

Sect Master Tongtian did not refuse.

"Then I'll handle the lighting." Yang Jian also wanted to show off.

"Hahaha, Uncle Yang, the golden light from your Heaven's Eye makes excellent stage lighting." Yunxiao teased him with a giggle.

Yang Jian proudly raised his head.

The seven princesses then ran to the open space and took their positions.

Sect Master Tongtian, the Jade Emperor, Taibai Jinxing, and the others all brought out their instruments to accompany the Seven Fairies.

Extremely beautiful music rang out. The Seven Fairies flung out their long sleeves and skirts and began dancing to the melody.

Yang Jian activated his Heaven's Eye. Its flashing golden light was incredibly dazzling, and as he bobbed his head, he looked just like a DJ.

If the mighty figures of the Primordial World saw this scene, they would surely be stunned speechless.

Sect Master Tongtian and the Jade Emperor personally provided the music, Yang Jian handled the lighting, and the seven noble princesses of the Heavenly Court danced—all for Zhang Yifan alone.

Had anything like this ever happened in the history of the Primordial World?

No!

Even Dao Ancestor Hongjun had never enjoyed such treatment!

During the Witch-Demon Tribulation, even the Demon Emperor and Heavenly Emperor had never received such treatment!

The Seven Fairies were naturally stunningly beautiful and youthful, while their dance was both magnificent and alluring. This made Zhang Yifan sigh inwardly that there was a reason rulers neglected morning court. He would have to protect his Seven Granddaughters well in the future.

"Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful."

When the dance ended, Zhang Yifan applauded and cheered.

"Thank you, Grandpa!" The Seven Fairies were delighted by his praise.

"Seeing you reminds me of the Seven Fairies of the Heavenly Court."

The Seven Fairies secretly giggled. Aren't we the Seven Fairies of the Heavenly Court?

Zhang Yifan sighed. "That Seventh Princess was truly pitiful. In the end, she was deceived by a mortal cowherd and even bore him a child. What a shame."

"Ah!"

The Seven Fairies were shocked.

The Jade Emperor was shocked as well. There had been such a thing?

"Grandpa, what happened?" the Seventh Princess hurriedly asked. After all, he was talking about her.

"It was like this. The Seven Fairies of the Heavenly Court secretly descended to the mortal realm and bathed in a pool beneath a waterfall. An Old Ox Spirit told a cowherd named Dong Yong about it. Dong Yong then went and stole the Seventh Princess's clothes, so when the other fairies left, the Seventh Princess was the only one without anything to wear."

"And Dong Yong pretended to encounter the Seventh Princess. He claimed that he had found her clothes several miles away."

"..."

Zhang Yifan began telling them the story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl.

"What??" The Jade Emperor flew into a rage. "How could this Dong Yong be so despicable!"

"Exactly! He's nothing but a lecherous scoundrel! I'll beat him every time I see him!" The Seventh Princess was furious too. How could she possibly fall in love with such a scoundrel?

"Old Bai!"

The Jade Emperor looked toward Old Bai with a murderous expression and gave him a meaningful glance.

"Your Highness, I understand." Taibai Jinxing nodded heavily.

He had a death wish, daring to set his sights on the Seventh Princess?

Wasn't he simply tired of living?

Taibai Jinxing soon slipped away and ordered all the Land Gods and Mountain Gods in the mortal realm to track down Dong Yong and that Old Ox Spirit.

They found them in no time.

Somewhere in the mortal realm.

Dong Yong was asleep, while the Old Ox Spirit was still chewing grass.

Suddenly, Taibai Jinxing appeared with a squad of heavenly soldiers.

"Take down that old ox." Taibai Jinxing waved his hand, and the heavenly soldiers immediately surrounded the Old Ox Spirit.

"Who are you?" The Old Ox Spirit was horrified, so frightened that his three souls nearly left his body.

"Hmph. You're nothing more than a dish on a table, yet you dared set your sights on the princess of my Heavenly Court. Execute him!" Taibai Jinxing snorted coldly. He shot the Old Ox Spirit a frigid glance, then swung his blade and slew him on the spot.

A bull's head flew high into the air. The Old Ox Spirit's soul instantly scattered, and he would never reincarnate.

Until his dying moment, the Old Ox Spirit could not understand what had happened. He had been secretly arranged by the Western Teachings to lie in wait in the mortal realm for hundreds of years. Their plan to make the Jade Emperor lose face before the Three Realms had not even been carried out yet, so how had they been discovered?

"My lord, what should we do with this Dong Yong?" The heavenly soldiers quickly dragged Dong Yong out. The immortal's power rendered him completely unable to speak.

Dong Yong was terrified. He had no idea what was happening.

"This is a slow, torturous execution! Send his soul to the Eighteen Levels of Hell, where he will never reincarnate!" Taibai Jinxing's face radiated murderous intent as he sentenced Dong Yong to the harshest punishment.

"Yes!"

Dong Yong was subjected to a slow, torturous execution, and his soul was sent to the Eighteen Levels of Hell, where he would suffer the torments of hell for all eternity.

The Old Ox Spirit and Dong Yong had not even understood what was happening. Zhang Yifan had casually told a story, and Dong Yong and the Old Ox Spirit had been reduced to ashes.

A hidden pawn of the Western Teachings in the mortal realm had also been eliminated.

"The old master truly possesses miraculous foresight. He even knows such a hidden matter so clearly."

Looking at the Old Ox Spirit's corpse, Taibai Jinxing sighed from the bottom of his heart. "If this plan had been carried out, the Jade Emperor would have lost all face."

Afterward, Taibai Jinxing collected the Old Ox Spirit's true body and vanished from the spot.

This ox was such a fine dish. How could he throw it away?

He had to bring it back to honor the old master, Zhang Yifan.

In the mortal realm, in Zhang Yifan's courtyard.

"Father, tell us more about that Primordial Tribulation you mentioned last time."

The Jade Emperor remembered the ancient secrets of the Primordial World that Zhang Yifan had spoken of before. He also thought of the Primordial Tribulation and brought up the topic again today.

Hearing this, Sect Master Tongtian, San Xiao, Zhao Gongming, Nuwa, Yang Jian, the Queen Mother, and the others all turned their gazes toward Zhang Yifan.

Seeing everyone looking at him, Zhang Yifan couldn't help asking with a smile, "Are you all very interested?"

"Very interested!" The Jade Emperor, Sect Master Tongtian, and the others all nodded.

The secrets Zhang Yifan had mentioned earlier—that the Primordial World could advance to a higher level and that Pangu's true primordial spirit could descend—had long since shocked the Jade Emperor, Sect Master Tongtian, and the others.

Naturally, they were extremely interested in the secrets of the Primordial Tribulation as well.

Saintess Nuwa, however, was somewhat puzzled. There were secrets about the Primordial Tribulation?

Weren't everyone present people who had personally experienced it? What could they possibly not know?