Donghua Immortal Palace.
Dong Wang Gong and Xi Wang Mu faced the two men from the West, their eyes full of confusion.
"Jieyin and Zhunti, fellow Daoists, you came all the way to Donghua Immortal Palace. Don't tell me you want to join us?" Donghua Daoist took a tiny sip of spirit tea and asked with a raised brow.
"We came for one reason. Some time ago, you two must have seen the purple aura stretching thirty thousand li across the Demon Court, and merit descending from the heavens. My elder brother and I tried to divine what had happened, but got no results. So we wanted to ask whether you knew anything about it, Daoist Donghua."
Daoist Jieyin said with a beaming smile.
At his words, Donghua Daoist's heart stirred.
So I wasn't the only one who couldn't divine the answer. Those two couldn't either.
He no longer felt quite so embarrassed and said directly, "Actually, I couldn't divine the answer either. But we'll find out soon."
"Oh?" Daoist Zhunti responded.
A moment later, Nine Heavens Profound Lady hurried into Donghua Immortal Palace and whispered something into Xi Wang Mu's ear.
Xi Wang Mu's expression brightened. She rose and cupped her hands. "Gentlemen, please excuse me. I have something to take care of."
"Tu Shan Qing is back?" Dong Wang Gong asked telepathically.
"Yes. He brought back some news. I'll go ask him about it, then I'll be right back," Xi Wang Mu replied.
A moment later, Xi Wang Mu arrived in a side hall and saw Tu Shan Qing. She immediately asked, "Tu Shan Qing, what news have you brought back?"
"Immortal Chief! Something terrible has happened."
"The Demon Court has just appointed three new Demon Emperors: Nuwa, Fu Xi, and Li Mo."
Tu Shan Qing hurriedly continued.
"Li Mo?" Xi Wang Mu's brows furrowed tightly.
There was nothing particularly surprising about Nuwa and Fu Xi joining the Demon Court.
After all, when they had searched for treasures on Buzhou Mountain, the two had helped Di Jun and the others. Their becoming Demon Emperors now was only to be expected.
But who was this third Demon Emperor, Li Mo? How had she never heard of him?
"Who is Li Mo? A primordial divine being? And where did those heavenly omens come from?" Xi Wang Mu asked.
"Immortal Chief, all those heavenly omens—the purple aura stretching thirty thousand li and the merit descending from the heavens—were because of Li Mo."
"When Li Mo spoke during the appointment of the Demon Emperors, every word he said was profound and true."
"He stirred the Heavenly Dao, and celestial flowers rained down. All those heavenly omens appeared because of what he said."
"Not only that, his cultivation rose from mid-stage Mystic Immortal to Grand Unity Golden Immortal on the spot, bringing him right to the brink of becoming a Quasi-Saint."
At these words, Xi Wang Mu felt her head buzzing.
How could that be?
Those heavenly omens had been summoned by a young man at mid-stage Mystic Immortal?
What made him capable of that?
And his cultivation had gone from mid-stage Mystic Immortal straight to Grand Unity Golden Immortal?
How was that possible?
For anyone else, going from mid-stage Mystic Immortal to Grand Unity Golden Immortal, right on the brink of becoming a Quasi-Saint, would take countless ages of cultivation.
Yet Li Mo had merely said a few words during the appointment of the Demon Emperors, and achieved such an astonishing result?
It was almost beyond belief.
Xi Wang Mu thought for a moment, then hurriedly asked, "Is what you're saying true? Where did you hear this?"
"Bai Jiu, the chief of the Nine-tailed Fox Clan in Qingqiu, and Bai Ze of the Demon Court. One is Li Mo's father-in-law, the other his master. If the news came from them, it can't be wrong."
"Besides, they said that many members of the Demon Race had witnessed it with their own eyes at the Demon Court that day."
"Li Mo personally ordered everyone who knew about it to keep quiet. No one is allowed to spread the news. They're keeping it as a trump card for the Demon Race."
Tu Shan Qing answered with a solemn expression.
"Good. I understand. You may go," Xi Wang Mu said, waving him away. As soon as Tu Shan Qing had left, she went straight to see Dong Wang Gong.
When Xi Wang Mu told him what had happened, Dong Wang Gong's eyes nearly popped out of his head.
The news was simply explosive.
The Demon Court had appointed three new Demon Emperors.
One of them, at mid-stage Mystic Immortal, had caused such extraordinary heavenly omens and become a Quasi-Saint on the spot. It was terrifying.
Seeing Dong Wang Gong's extraordinary expression, Daoist Jieyin couldn't help asking, "Daoist Donghua, why do you look like that? Has something happened?"
Dong Wang Gong's hand trembled, spilling some tea. He drew in a sharp breath. This news was certainly no good for Donghua Immortal Palace.
"I won't hide it from you two. We now know what caused the heavenly omens at the Demon Court," he said.
"What? So soon? It seems your informants have reached deep into the Demon Court, Daoist Donghua!" Daoist Zhunti praised him.
"Would you be willing to tell us what caused those omens?" Jieyin pressed.
"The omens were all caused by Li Mo, the Demon Race's fifth Demon Emperor."
"According to reliable reports, every word he spoke that day was profound and true, stirring the heavens and earth."
"That's why the purple aura stretched thirty thousand li, ten thousand lanterns shone, and merit descended from the heavens."
"Not only that, Li Mo himself rose from mid-stage Mystic Immortal straight to the Quasi-Saint realm!"
"Alas! This is no good news for Donghua Immortal Palace."
Donghua Daoist said, his brow deeply furrowed and his face clouded with worry.
"What? The Quasi-Saint realm? Such extraordinary heavenly omens were caused by a mere Mystic Immortal? What nonsense!" Daoist Zhunti shook his head repeatedly, refusing to believe it.
Daoist Jieyin curled his lip too. Why not just say he'd become a Saint on the spot and was already on a par with Dao Ancestor Hong Jun?
But he kept that to himself, merely shaking his head as he said, "That's absolutely impossible. I just remembered: when we listened to the Dao, Li Mo also followed the brothers Di Jun and Tai Yi to Purple Sky Palace."
"In front of everyone, Di Jun gave him a spiritual treasure. At the time, he was indeed only a True Immortal. He only broke through to Mystic Immortal later."
At this, Donghua Daoist and the others also recalled the face of that nobody.
The spiritual treasure had been a gift from Tongtian Daoist.
"Fellow Daoists, this news is absolutely credible."
"If it were true, why would Di Jun and the other top experts of the prehistoric world appoint Li Mo as a Demon Emperor?"
"Think carefully. If Di Jun and Tai Yi were fools, would Fu Xi and Nuwa be fools too?"
"That's absolutely impossible!"
"Besides, the ones who revealed this were Li Mo's father-in-law, Bai Jiu, and his master, Bai Ze!"
Xi Wang Mu said solemnly. Only after carefully weighing everything had she reached this conclusion.
"Well..." At that, even Jieyin and Zhunti, standing nearby, didn't know how to explain it.
After all, they couldn't make sense of it from Di Jun and Tai Yi's perspective.
"It seems the news is indeed true. But whether his cultivation really reached that level is still open to question. After all, Dao Ancestor never taught the way of the Quasi-Saint. How could Li Mo have become one?" Daoist Jieyin said, narrowing his eyes.
"My elder brother is right," Zhunti said.
Afterward, Jieyin and Zhunti exchanged a glance and rose to their feet.
"Fellow Daoists, my brother and I will be going back now. The next lecture is drawing near, and you both must be busy, so we won't keep you. Farewell!"
With that, the two of them left Donghua Immortal Palace.
As soon as they were out of its territory, Jieyin's face lit up with excitement. "An opportunity! What a tremendous opportunity! Li Mo is destined to have a bond with the West!"
"Elder brother, I think so too. After this, Li Mo will surely go to Purple Sky Palace again. When he does, the two of us will bring him over to the West. The strength of our Mount Sumeru will increase considerably once more."
Zhunti seemed to be imagining that Li Mo already belonged to them.
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