Outside the Taiyin Star, Luo Hou and Hong Jun wore dignified, saintly expressions as they courteously greeted Wang Shu, whose eyes held a trace of confusion from within the Ultimate Yin Moon Radiance Star Array.
"This humble Daoist, Hong Jun (Luo Hou), pays respects to the Taiyin Star God."
"How did you learn of my existence?"
Wang Shu had never expected that someone would come knocking after she had been born for only a single Eon.
She had never left the Taiyin Star, nor had she allowed it to reveal even the slightest sign of life beyond the Moon Laurel Tree.
No one should have known that she had been born.
"Please do not take offense, Taiyin Star God. We are Chaos Demon God Reincarnations. Though our strength has not yet returned to its former peak, we still possess a few abilities."
"Your birth may have seemed utterly ordinary, without the slightest phenomenon, but it signified that the Taiyin Star Authority had gained a master."
"Compared with the Sun Star Authority, which remains masterless for the time being, your existence was naturally obvious."
Under Luo Hou's deliberately kind and courteous explanation, the doubts in Wang Shu's heart eased somewhat.
"Then why have you come to find me?"
Seeing that they had finally reached the main topic, Hong Jun immediately put his handsome face to use, speaking of his request with the bearing of a compassionate celestial being.
"The two of us have come this time because we have an important matter to ask of you."
"Since your birth, Star God, you presumably have never left the Taiyin Star."
"The Primordial Land is now devastated by Beast Emperor Shen Ni and has long lost its former vitality. The Ferocious Beast Clan is wantonly slaughtering Myriad Spirits and living beings."
"The world below has become filled with corpse mountains and blood seas across its mountains and rivers. The scarlet scenes of a Buddhist hell stretch beyond sight, while the resentful cries and shrill howls of the dead echo through the heavens, lingering unbroken for ten thousand years."
"In merely several Eons, the once vibrant Four Seas and Eight Desolations have become a lifeless wasteland where all life has withered away."
"To eradicate the Ferocious Beast Clan, restore Pure Brightness to heaven and earth, and allow Myriad Spirits and living beings to flourish and return to their peak, we have traveled through the Primordial World and the Extraterritorial Starry Sky of our own accord."
"We have invited Innate Sacred beings who have completed their gestation, as well as Chaos Demon Gods who have successfully reincarnated, to jointly plot the great undertaking of exterminating Shen Ni."
"As the Innate Star God of the Taiyin Star, transformed from the right eye of Pan Gu, surely you will not stand by and let Shen Ni harm all living beings and destroy the Primordial World that Pan Gu created at the cost of his life?"
Moral coercion, playing the victim—Hong Jun was truly skilled at this. Coupled with the scenes of the Primordial Land that Luo Hou displayed beside him, Wang Shu could not help but feel some pity and heartache.
Why are these two always like shit-stirrers, constantly thinking of how to fool people?
So, in the original course of events, these two scheming bastards were also the true culprits behind Wang Shu's death in the Ferocious Beast Calamity, leaving the Moon God throne vacant forever.
Taiyin and Taiyang illuminated the Primordial Land, selflessly providing cultivation resources for all living things and nurturing the beings of the Ten Thousand Races.
The fortune and Merit they gathered could be described as boundless.
And whoever became their master and obtained the recognition of heaven and earth as the Moon God or Sun God—
Even if they were a pig with a crippled brain and an innate endowment weaker than even Acquired Humans,
they could still, over endless years, steadily ascend to the realm of Hunyuan Grand Luo Golden Immortal!
Wang Shu was the first Innate Star God of the Taiyin Star, the holder of the Moon God throne, and was born with one of the Acquired Five-Colored Five Direction Flags, the Northern Mysterious Origin Water Control Flag.
As long as she cultivated diligently, Proving the Dao of Hunyuan was practically certain.
Yet because of the deception of Hong Jun and Luo Hou, she ended up dying and vanishing, her True Spirit returning to the Taiyin Star. Only after heaven and earth entered extinction and everything began anew would she possibly be able to return—a truly miserable end.
As for Xi He and Chang Xi, who were born after her, they could at most be considered masters of Taiyin. They could never obtain the Moon God throne.
After all, setting aside the fact that the two of them would only reach the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm even by the time of their deaths,
Hong Jun's petty nature and perverse desire to control all things alone meant he would never allow an extraordinary being like Wang Shu to exist.
Such a promising talent cannot be ruined by those two shit-stirrers.
As Di Tian recalled Wang Shu's fate, regret flashed through his eyes. At the same time, he used his half-control over the Taiyin Star through the Star Fruit to call out to Wang Shu.
"Those two are swindlers. You must not believe their honeyed words."
"Now is not yet the time for us Star Gods to act. If you go down there, you will only be tricked by them into dying and vanishing."
Just as she was about to agree, Wang Shu heard Di Tian's warning and immediately swallowed her words, asking inwardly about the situation.
"Who are you?"
"I am the Lord of Zhou Tian Stars, the Star God of the Ziwei Emperor Star—Di Tian."
To a Star God, the title of Ziwei Emperor Star was hundreds or thousands of times more effective than Master of the Three Realms or ruler of the Primordial Wilderness.
Especially since not long ago, the phenomenon accompanying Di Tian's birth had swept across the entire Extraterritorial Starry Sky. Every Star God had, intentionally or otherwise, received considerable benefits.
Under the blessings of that phenomenon, Wang Shu herself had advanced a small step in her comprehension of the Ultimate Yin and Star Laws.
Therefore, after Di Tian revealed his identity, Wang Shu immediately believed more than half of what he said.
"The two outside came to find me a thousand years ago. They wanted to deceive me into descending to the lower realm and seize my treasures and origin."
"You must not fall for it."
"Even if you intend to descend and slay Shen Ni to rid the Primordial World of this calamity, you must go on your own. You cannot have any involvement with those two swindlers."
Listening to Di Tian's warning, a cold glint surfaced in Wang Shu's eyes.
Her impression of Hong Jun and Luo Hou instantly plummeted to the bottom.
"Thank you for the reminder, Di Zun. Once I have dealt with those two bastards, Wang Shu will certainly visit you personally to offer my gratitude."
Hearing how Wang Shu addressed him, Di Tian could not help recalling the Chaos Demon God known as Di Zun from the inherited memories contained within the Imperial Dao.
Though the records were not detailed, the scene of him being found by Pan Gu and shattered with a single axe strike had been recorded with exceptional clarity.
"Just call me Di Tian. There is no need to be so formal."
Wang Shu did not respond. Instead, she turned her cold gaze toward Hong Jun and Luo Hou outside the array.
"The affairs of the land have nothing to do with me. Leave at once, and do not linger here. Otherwise, do not blame me for being impolite."
As her words fell, the Ultimate Yin Moon Radiance Star Array immediately erupted with ten thousand zhang of divine light.
Taiyin Star Power instantly enveloped hundreds of millions of miles. Silver Moon Divine Radiance, capable of eroding the souls of Great Luo cultivators and annihilating the True Spirits of all beings, gathered above Hong Jun and Luo Hou's heads.
If either of them dared say another word, it would descend in an instant and teach them an unforgettable lesson.
"Damn it! Why are all Primordial Star Gods this sort of thing? They are utterly unreasonable, exactly like that bastard Pan Gu!"
Feeling the threat of the surrounding Silver Moon Divine Radiance, fury surged in Luo Hou's eyes, but he did not dare make the slightest rash move.
As a divine ability condensed from the origin of the Taiyin Star, its power was rarely matched in the world.
Within the Extraterritorial Starry Sky, only the Great Sun Divine Radiance on the Sun Star, which possessed the divine might to wear away blood, essence, bones, and flesh, and Star Radiance, formed by the gathering of Myriad Star Power and capable of devouring and dissolving True Spirits and consciousness, could compare with it.
Individually, these three were exceptionally vicious divine abilities rarely seen in heaven and earth.
Yet when combined, they became the Three Lights Divine Water, widely known as the number one healing divine medicine of the Primordial Wilderness!
"Since the Taiyin Star God is unwilling to ease the worries of all beings, we shall not disturb you any longer."
Hong Jun's heart was likewise churning with fury.
But his long years of self-restraint still allowed him to forcibly suppress his displeasure.
Only after respectfully bowing did he take Luo Hou, whose eyes were filled with resentment, and transform into a rainbow as they flew toward the Primordial Land.
After waiting several hundred years, Wang Shu used the Taiyin Authority under her control to scan the surrounding starry sky across hundreds of millions of miles, confirming that the two had truly departed.
Only then did she open the Star Protecting Grand Formation and flee toward the Ziwei Emperor Star.
A thousand years passed in the blink of an eye.
Outside the Ziwei Emperor Star, Wang Shu straightened her disheveled hair and clothes before respectfully bowing to request an audience.
"Taiyin Star God Wang Shu has come to thank Fellow Daoist Di Tian for his aid. Please show yourself."
Her call resounded throughout the starry sky. A gap opened in the Star Protecting Grand Formation outside the Ziwei Emperor Star, and Di Tian's voice reached Wang Shu's ears.
"Please enter, Fellow Daoist."
Without the slightest hesitation, Wang Shu stepped into the Ziwei Star Radiance Imperial Dao Grand Formation. Following its guidance, she arrived beneath the All Heavens Stars Fruit Tree and saw Di Tian, whose eyes were slightly closed as he comprehended the Star Laws.
"Thank you for your reminder, Fellow Daoist Di Tian. Had you not warned me in time, I fear those two bastards would have fooled me into descending to the lower realm. They could have sold me off, and I would have helped them count the money."
"You need not be so courteous, Fellow Daoist Wang Shu."
"I am the master of the Zhou Tian Stars, destined to command all stars in the future."
"I only warned you not to be deceived because I did not wish outsiders to weaken what should rightfully belong to me."
As Di Tian answered calmly, a trace of amazement and appreciation flashed through his eyes.
No wonder she was acclaimed as one of the Five Great Peerless Beauties of the Primordial World.
Her eyes were as deep as a sea of stars, and when she gazed upon someone, they seemed to contain boundless tenderness.
Her features were beyond description, like flowers in first bloom glistening with dew.
Her hair was soft and fragrant, her skin flawless as white jade, and her bearing elegant as a painting.
Dressed in a white gauze gown, with a jade hairpin loosely securing her hair, she carried herself with the grace of a swan. Every gesture possessed an ethereal beauty of its own.
By rights, she was Xi He and Chang Xi's eldest sister, but after her death, Hong Jun deliberately concealed the truth, leaving the two unaware of her existence.
It could even be said that after the Ferocious Beast Calamity, only the handful of people who had participated in the siege against Shen Ni still knew her name throughout the Primordial World.
"One judges deeds, not intentions. If intentions alone were judged, there would be no flawless person in the world."
"If one does not even have the qualifications to be used by others, that is true despair."
Seeing how clear Wang Shu's thinking was, the appreciation in Di Tian's eyes deepened.
Only someone like this was qualified to follow him.
If she lacked even such basic understanding, then she would deserve it even if she died.
After all, he could save her once, twice, or even ten times, but he could not save her a thousand or ten thousand times.
In the end, one could only rely on oneself.
"Fellow Daoist Di Tian, this is Moon Laurel Wine, an exquisite brew I made from the dew of the Moon Laurel Tree, a Top Grade Innate Spiritual Root, along with Taiyin origin and Star Power."
"Please have a taste."
Wang Shu was quite pleased by Di Tian's frankness.
One could be wary, but one could not allow suspicion to become too heavy.
Especially when the other party was an emperor destined to unite the Zhou Tian Stars.
As one of the most crucial Innate Star Gods, she was bound to become one of his subordinates in the future.
If Di Tian remained guarded against her even in an ordinary conversation after gaining every advantage,
then the future was easy to imagine.
Discarding her once she had served her purpose and constantly suspecting her would surely become matters she would need to face and worry about at every moment.
Fortunately, he was broad-minded and not a narrow-hearted person.
Otherwise, she might truly have needed to plan an escape route, perhaps even seal off the Taiyin Star and never meet him again.
"Moon Laurel Wine brewed using the Moon Laurel Tree, one of the ten Top Grade Innate Spiritual Roots, as its ingredient?"
"Then I truly must taste it."
Wang Shu wished to befriend him, while Di Tian intended to recruit her. Their words aligned, and both wore pleased expressions as they immediately began drinking together and discussing the Dao.
Meanwhile, after leaving the Taiyin Star in a sorry state and seeing that they could not deceive Di Tian and Wang Shu into joining them, Hong Jun and Luo Hou could only seek out Yang Mei and Shi Chen, the strongest among the Chaos Demon God Reincarnations.
This had originally been their least desired backup option.
After all, if they could get something for free, who would foolishly pay for it?
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