The Faction Would Gradually Grow

Although he had this question, Taiyi did not continue attacking the Black Dragon. Instead, he listened to Beichen and let him go.

The Black Dragon, Mo Yuan, glanced suspiciously toward the Sun Star. Seizing the opportunity, he let out a dragon's roar, transformed into a streak of black light, and plunged into the depths of the East Sea.

The sea surface grew calm again. The chilly sea breeze stirred, and the sound of waves crashing against the ocean rose and fell.

Across the vast East Sea, the Black Dragon's shadow was nowhere to be seen!

The Black Dragon, Mo Yuan, retreated to the seabed to heal his wounds, the question in his heart growing heavier. "Who is that rogue cultivator on the Sun Star? Why did he save me?"

After the battle on the Moon Star, Mo Yuan had been gravely wounded. The question flickered through his mind, then was temporarily set aside.

He stopped dwelling on it and focused solely on healing with the remnants of the Black Lotus.

At that moment, Beichen's voice drifted over to the Moon Star. "The Black Dragon bears a great karmic connection, and I have some affinity with him as well. His foundation in the Dragon Dao is deep. He shouldn't meet his doom here!"

"That stinking Black Dragon really shouldn't die?" Changxi pouted. "He got off easy."

Taiyi said, "Master has always been able to see through the secrets of heaven. His words cannot be false. Since he said so, the Black Dragon should not meet his doom!"

"Silly dragon-bird, who is your master?" Changxi looked at Taiyi seriously, narrowing her eyes. "It wouldn't happen to be the Mysterious Turtle, would it?"

"Goddess Changxi, you must not speak my master's name directly. That would be disrespectful!"

Taiyi said seriously.

"Hmph, he's your master, not mine!"

"No, that's not right. He'll be your master too, from now on!" Taiyi fixed his gaze on Changxi. "You were the one who made me swear an oath to the Heavenly Dao. You haven't forgotten, have you?"

"The Black Dragon has been driven back. You have to become my wife!"

"This..." Changxi swallowed, not daring to deny it.

The Heavenly Dao shone above all things. Its rules governed the world, and it heard the oaths of the great powers.

Though it could not compare to the Heaven and Earth Great Dao, everyone who lived under the Heavenly Dao was bound by it.

At present, even Beichen, who was favored by the Heaven and Earth Great Dao and spoke for its justice in the Primordial World, could not completely escape its constraints. Even Old Ancestor Hongjun could only bow beneath the Heavenly Dao and obey its rules.

Once an oath had been witnessed by the Heavenly Dao and its karmic consequences had descended, it had to be honored. There could be no going back on it.

Otherwise, heavenly retribution would fall, and even a Quasi-Saint would be reduced to ashes.

"Mm, Taiyi, I'm your wife. From this moment on, I am your wife!"

Changxi bit her lip. It was what she wanted, too!

When she had first met Eastern Emperor Taiyi, she had already felt some affection for him. They had spent a hundred years together since then, and her fondness for him had continued to deepen, even becoming a familiar kind of love.

Becoming Eastern Emperor Taiyi's wife was exactly what she wanted.

As she spoke, Changxi linked her arm through Taiyi's. Taiyi remained expressionless, letting her draw close.

"What's wrong? Aren't you happy?"

Changxi looked at Taiyi with some dissatisfaction. He was cold and not very tender, which made him seem a little indifferent to her.

"No, I'm happy. I'm very happy! To have Goddess Changxi as my Dao Companion is something Taiyi could only wish for!"

Compared with Dijun, Taiyi was tongue-tied. Even saying something as simple as that felt awkward and unnatural to him.

"Heehee, you blockhead. You really are a blockhead!"

Changxi could see how awkward Taiyi felt. She knew he was happy; he was just used to being cold and didn't know how to express himself.

"You're not calling me silly dragon-bird anymore?"

Taiyi was slightly taken aback. He seemed to find the name "blockhead" a little strange.

"I'm not, of course I'm not! I won't call you that again. Who calls her own husband silly dragon-bird?" Changxi leaned against Taiyi. "From now on, I'll call you blockhead instead!"

"Ah..." Taiyi pondered for a long moment. "Blockhead isn't bad, either!"

"Blockhead, you're such a blockhead!"

Changxi seemed satisfied at last.

Dijun, on the other hand, grew bashful as he tried to take Xihe's slender, fair hand.

Xihe did not resist.

With the oath to the Heavenly Dao already made and its karmic consequences confirmed, she did not dare resist.

"Am I really about to become this Three-legged Bird's wife?"

Xihe felt a little uneasy. She wasn't happy about welcoming Dijun, but she let him do as he pleased.

"What, you don't want to be my wife?"

Dijun let out a disappointed sigh.

Xihe glared at Dijun, then looked up at the sky, her gaze growing colder.

"You swore an oath to the Heavenly Dao, and now you're asking me? As if I have a choice. Can I say I don't want to?"

Xihe didn't feel much for Dijun. She said this only in her heart.

Just then, a thunderclap cracked through the sky. A murderous aura filled the air, as if it had fixed its gaze on Xihe.

Under the thunder's watchful eye, Xihe felt like an ant—weak, helpless, and utterly incapable of fighting back.

Xihe's heart clenched, and she hurriedly said, "I'm willing. I'm willing to be your wife. I'm already your wife now. From here on, the two of us should get along well, all right?"

"Good, of course!"

Dijun's face lit up with joy, and he wrapped an arm around Xihe's waist.

Xihe still didn't resist. Instead, she cooperated a little, sighing to herself, "Sigh, since I'm already his wife, I might as well try to get along with him. There's nothing really wrong with him. He's just a bit of a scoundrel!"

"Hahahaha!" On the Sun Star, Beichen couldn't help laughing at the sight. "My disciple Dijun is a real scoundrel! How did he even think of swearing an oath to the Heavenly Dao? Even I never thought of that!"

"Dijun, how did he become your master?"

Xihe suddenly thought of something and asked seriously.

"What? Do you think he isn't worthy?"

Xihe shook her head. "No. He has the roots of a Chaos Godfiend. When he entered the Great Encompassment Realm, he triggered twelve rounds of the Purple Firmament World-Ending Thunder Tribulation. I'm afraid that when the current Quasi-Saint powers—Old Ancestor Hongjun, Demon Ancestor Luohu, Great Immortal Willow, Yin-Yang Ancestor, and Qiankun Ancestor—entered the Great Encompassment Realm, they caused no greater commotion!"

"Besides, he bears the laws of the Heaven and Earth Great Dao. He seems mysterious, and incredibly powerful! I'm afraid he's destined to become a great sage of the Primordial World!"

Xihe remembered how Beichen had climbed onto the Moon Star and reprimanded the two of them without a word. She still felt a little afraid.

"Xihe, don't be afraid! He's our master, and from now on, he'll be your master and Changxi's too! A hundred years from now, we'll return to the Sun Star and pay our respects to Master!"

Xihe thought, That's right. He's my master now, too!

After that, on the Moon Star, the two newlywed couples engaged in activities best left undescribed.

Beichen had withdrawn his divine sense ahead of time. He lay on the Fusang Tree on the Sun Star, taking it easy. "Heh, the two Moon Goddesses are my disciples now, too! My faction will gradually grow!"

At that moment, Beichen thought again of the Black Dragon, Mo Yuan. "The karma tied to that Black Dragon points to the Phoenix and Qilin clans, and it all seems connected to me. I wonder what happened!"

Then he performed another divination and understood. "Mm, I've been on the Sun Star for nearly two thousand years. It's time for me to return to the Three Immortal Islands and await my opportunity!"

"Heh, I'll leave once those two hopeless disciples come back!"

Beichen rubbed his chin. Too bad he didn't have a beard...

He didn't quite look like an "old man" yet!