After leading the immortals in paying homage to the Yellow Emperor, Shi Feiyang emerged from the Underground Palace and began distributing the treasures on the mountain.
This expedition to retrieve treasures from the Yuan River had still failed to recover them all.
The Golden Basin hidden within the Jin sphere at the very top of the ship's pagoda was protected by ancient seals, whose workings roughly resembled those of the Two-Polarity Dust-Mote Formation. Jiang Shu's cultivation was insufficient to break them quickly.
Moreover, Ancestor Haha had arrived toward the end. Grandmaster Taiyi Hunyuan had just killed Cui Wu, Zheng Dianxian, Si Taixu, and Wu Li, and was preparing to collect the Nine Palaces Divine Swords before heading upward to seize the treasures.
Ancestor Haha was greatly surprised to see Grandmaster Taiyi Hunyuan upon arriving. Because Shi Feiyang had obscured heaven's secrets and altered the numerological calculations, Ancestor Haha's earlier divinations had shown only those four men aboard the ship.
Both men froze for a moment when they met.
From Ancestor Haha's perspective, Chan Master Xiaoyue had betrayed him and gone over to Deng Yin. Although he had many disciples, not one possessed the bearing of a sect leader capable of establishing a school of his own.
The Wutai had nearly been wiped out after the events at Star Lodge Sea and was at its weakest. It had also agreed to a sword duel with the Emei Sect in Sixty Years. If he could take its grandmaster under his wing, the timing would be perfect.
Grandmaster Taiyi Hunyuan, however, was thinking that this old monster possessed formidable powers. Since he had come for the treasures, it would be best if their well water did not mingle with each other's river water...
Neither wished to fight the other, but Chiyou disagreed!
Emperor