Revealing Divine Cultivation 4: Xiao Hua's First Life-or-Death Crisis Upon Entering the Immortal Realm and Star Moon Fairy's Death

According to "Exiled Immortal: Chapter 3996, The Grand Finale!!!," the Nine-Colored True Thunder unleashed during the tribulation of Xiao Hua's more than one hundred scattered nascent souls, together with the Immortal Realm's power of the plane, caused Xiao Hua to collapse. Before he lost consciousness, Xiao Hua was ambushed by an immortal posing as Xu Zhi. This was Xiao Hua's first life-or-death crisis after entering the Immortal Realm. This article will analyze the causes behind this crisis and the karmic consequences that followed.

I. Who exactly was the immortal who ambushed Xiao Hua?

Since the immortal who ambushed Xiao Hua posed as Xu Zhi, he was naturally connected to Xu Zhi. Based on "Immortal Realm Arc: Chapter 2, The Fake Guiding Emissary," it could be inferred that the person who ambushed Xiao Hua was an Immortal Official from the Palace of Law Enforcement. A hundred lifetimes ago, that Immortal Official had served in the Palace of Punishment. Due to unfamiliarity with his duties, the White Light Kill among the Black Qi Kill and White Light Kill that Xiao Hua encountered during his tribulation was caused by his mistaken operation of the Xingtian Immortal Artifact. For the specific reasons, one may refer to "Immortal Realm Arc: Chapter 3, Escaping the Reception Hall," as well as the Mother Worm's and Primordial Ancestor's assessments of the black-and-white twin kills in "Exiled Immortal: Chapter 3993, Tribulation (Eleven)," and Kong Qiang's and Old Ancestor Ye's assessments in "Exiled Immortal: Chapter 3994, Tribulation (Twelve)."

II. Why did the Immortal Official ambush Xiao Hua?

Since the Immortal Official had posed as Xu Zhi to ambush Xiao Hua, the reason must have involved the karma between Xu Zhi and Xiao Hua. There were three points of karma between Xu Zhi and Xiao Hua.

1. In the Bronze Pillar Kingdom, Xu Zhi gave Xiao Hua, under Du Shanjun's name, the Immortal Realm's Crimson Infant Technique, Might of Thunder Technique, and a more complete Dutian Star Array.

2. Before the Star Moon Palace appeared, Xu Zhi gave Xiao Hua the inheritance of the Nine-tailed Fox of Qingqiu Mountain.

3. Xiao Hua, Xu Zhi, and Star Moon Fairy found Ye Qiong Heavenly Mansion within the Star Moon Palace.

The above three points were where Xu Zhi's and Xiao Hua's affairs became tangled together. Given Xu Zhi's cautious, impartial, and selfless nature, there could certainly have been no problem with the Immortal Realm cultivation methods he taught Xiao Hua. As for the inheritance of the Nine-tailed Fox of Qingqiu Mountain, Xu Zhi had concealed it from Star Moon Fairy, and Xiao Hua had opened it on Shenhua Continent. Therefore, Xiao Hua's pursuit by the Immortal Official in the Immortal Realm had nothing to do with the first two points.

From this, it could be inferred that Xiao Hua was pursued in the Immortal Realm by an Immortal Official—and one from the Palace of Law Enforcement at that—only because of Ye Qiong Heavenly Mansion. That Heavenly Mansion contained the Divine Cultivation Mirror, the legendary supreme cultivation art... most capable of cultivating one into a god. Because of the Divine Cultivation Mirror, two Heavenly Venerates in Ye Qiong Heavenly Mansion had been destroyed, while Xu Zhi and Star Moon Fairy had also been swept into this bizarre whirlpool.

IV. Between Xu Zhi and Star Moon Fairy, which one implicated Xiao Hua?

Both Xu Zhi and Star Moon Fairy had developed certain karma with Xiao Hua because of Ye Qiong Heavenly Mansion. Which one had dragged Xiao Hua into it—Xu Zhi or Star Moon Fairy? My analysis was that Star Moon Fairy had implicated Xiao Hua. The reasons were as follows:

1. Xu Zhi was rigorous and fair by nature, while Star Moon Fairy was somewhat unruly and willful. Judging from their personalities, Star Moon Fairy was more likely to have implicated Xiao Hua.

2. The Immortal Official who ambushed Xiao Hua in the Immortal Realm belonged to the Palace of Law Enforcement. According to "Exiled Immortal: Chapter 3227, The Omen of the Star Moon Palace's Emergence," "Punishment Heavenly Venerate and Law Enforcement Heavenly Venerate were at odds, and the Palace of Punishment and Palace of Law Enforcement were likewise like fire and water." As the Punishment Envoy of the Palace of Punishment, Xu Zhi certainly would not collude with Law Enforcement Heavenly Venerate. Since it was someone from the Palace of Law Enforcement who ambushed Xiao Hua, it was because Star Moon Fairy had implicated Xu Zhi, who in turn implicated Xiao Hua.

3. According to the two chapters "Exiled Immortal: Chapter 3243, Ye Qiong Heavenly Mansion" and "Exiled Immortal: Chapter 3244, Divine Cultivation Mirror": "Xingyue, I think... we've gotten ourselves into enormous trouble!" "From the moment we saw Ye Qiong Heavenly Mansion, it has already been difficult for us to escape the Immortal Realm's most bizarre vortex!" Star Moon Fairy said with a smile, "If we cannot find it, we might not be punished. But if we do not search... then we may be guilty of a grave crime!" From Star Moon Fairy's discovery of Ye Qiong Heavenly Mansion and her search for the Divine Cultivation Mirror, it seemed that she had informed Law Enforcement Heavenly Venerate. She never imagined that Law Enforcement Heavenly Venerate's desire for the Divine Cultivation Mirror was so intense. According to "Exiled Immortal: Chapter 3244, Divine Cultivation Mirror": "If Star Moon Fairy found the Divine Cultivation Mirror, she would certainly present it to Law Enforcement Heavenly Venerate. If Law Enforcement Heavenly Venerate wished to preserve this secret, he would inevitably have to destroy Star Moon Fairy. But if Star Moon Fairy could not find the Divine Cultivation Mirror, and any immortal learned that she had come to Ye Qiong Heavenly Mansion, others would surely suspect that Star Moon Fairy had secretly hidden the Divine Cultivation Mirror. The wisest course would be to leave this place immediately and never mention this matter again. Even if Heavenly Venerates or Immortal Kings later searched their souls, they could still remain innocent!" Thus, it could be seen that Star Moon Fairy implicated Xu Zhi, and Xu Zhi then implicated Xiao Hua.

V. Star Moon Fairy's death and its subsequent impact

Because of the Divine Cultivation Mirror, Law Enforcement Heavenly Venerate searched Star Moon Fairy's soul. It could be said that after Star Moon Fairy and Xu Zhi ascended once more to the Immortal Realm from the Star Moon Palace, Star Moon Fairy's fate was exceedingly miserable. At the very least, her soul was searched; she might even have been destroyed. Whether she was merely soul-searched or destroyed depended on how Tan Hua chose to write it. I leaned toward Star Moon Fairy being destroyed, which would produce the following outcomes:

1. Xiao Hua would absolutely not dare reveal Ye Qiong Heavenly Mansion or the Divine Cultivation Mirror. The large number of Immortal Soldiers Xiao Hua obtained in Ye Qiong Heavenly Mansion would surely, like the Gate of Creation disciples in the later stages of Exiled Immortal, become an important stockpile of resources for Xiao Hua to establish his Heavenly Venerate Mansion.

2. Law Enforcement Heavenly Venerate would certainly search the souls of Xu Zhi and Star Moon Fairy, while Xu Zhi would be detained. Because of Xu Zhi's character, and because Xu Zhi had extremely weighty karma with Xiao Hua, Xu Zhi would not be destroyed. Thus, Xu Zhi would fly into a rage that lifted his crown, and after Xiao Hua established his own Heavenly Venerate Mansion, he would become the Investiture Envoy of the sixth Great Star Domain Investiture of Gods mentioned in Earth's Sole Cultivator.

3. Star Moon Fairy's death would help Tan Hua fill in old plot holes and would be even more helpful for Xiao Hua to perfect his own underworld. Xiao Hua was someone destined to become a Primeval God, and the space behind his head would surely one day grow into a world equal to the real space in which Xiao Hua existed. Soul power, the power of reincarnation, the underworld, and so on—in the era of cultivation, True Person Xiao had not greatly perfected the yin side of his own space. Therefore, in the Immortal Realm, Xiao Hua would certainly perfect the yin side of his space. Perfecting that yin side was connected to that Underworld Judge and to Star Moon Fairy's death. Only after Star Moon Fairy died could Xiao Hua and Xu Zhi go to the underworld to search for Star Moon Fairy's soul, allowing True Person Xiao's lofty grandeur to shine forth. And only then could Xue Xue, who was to become someone like Empress Houtu, and Master Wu Nai, who was to become the Underworld Judge, obtain their own opportunities because Xiao Hua began new opportunities in the Immortal Realm.