The Nine-Tailed Fox Enters the Mortal World
"Her Majesty has decreed that the Three Demons of Xuanyuan Tomb enter the palace. All others are to return whence they came!"
Hearing this, the demons from across the world dispersed.
In the blink of an eye, only three great demons remained, following behind Maiden Caiyun.
The three great demons were the Thousand-Year Nine-Tailed Fox, the Nine-Headed Pheasant Spirit, and the Nine-Stringed Jade Pipa Spirit.
These three demons were no ordinary beings.
The Thousand-Year Nine-Tailed Fox was the matriarch of the Green Mound demonic fox lineage.
She was the only Nine-Tailed Fox still living in the Primordial World.
Her strength had reached the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm, and she was exceptionally skilled in the power of bewitchment.
When she unleashed her arts of seduction, she had the power to turn all living beings upside down.
Her reputation as a beauty was renowned even in the Primordial World.
The Nine-Headed Pheasant Spirit was also remarkably powerful. It was said that she carried the bloodline of Guiche, a great demon of antiquity, and had nine heads and nine lives.
The Nine-Stringed Jade Pipa Spirit was equally formidable. Her sonic attacks were formless and shapeless, with boundless power.
The infinitely alluring Nine-Tailed Fox followed beside Maiden Caiyun.
"Fairy, might I ask why Her Majesty has summoned us?"
Caiyun Boy hastened to answer.
"To answer you, elder sister, I'm not quite sure myself. But Empress Nuwa was smiling just now, so I imagine it can't be anything bad."
Hearing this, the Nine-Tailed Fox nodded and said no more.
Upon entering Wa Huang Palace and seeing Empress Nuwa, the three great demons hurriedly bowed.
"We pay our respects to Your Majesty and wish you a boundless life!"
Empress Nuwa looked at the three demons before her and nodded slightly.
These three demons were passable, and they did not kill excessively in their daily lives.
They were qualified to approach the Human Emperor.
"You three, heed my decree. Di Xin, the Shang emperor of the mortal world, became entangled with me in some karma a few days ago."
"You three may find a way to take up residence within his palace. Keep a low profile in your daily affairs. Should the Human Emperor be in danger, you must protect his life. In the future, each of you will receive a share of merit!"
Hearing Nuwa's instructions, the three great demons were all delighted.
Empress Nuwa was actually sending the three of them to protect the Human Emperor, and there would be a share of merit for them once the task was done.
Being able to stay by the Human Emperor's side was truly a plum assignment. If they were fortunate enough to pick up a little of his karmic fortune, their cultivation would naturally advance a thousand miles a day.
Soon, the three demons withdrew from Wa Huang Palace, transformed into three wisps of breeze, and vanished over the horizon.
But the Nine-Tailed Fox, Fox Lord of Green Mound, would never have dreamed that Nuwa had already tampered with her.
A wisp of Empress Nuwa's will had already attached itself to her.
Nuwa intended to use her to get close to the Human Emperor.
Nuwa had heard the Human Emperor's inner voice on two separate occasions.
Having learned that the Human Emperor could know the future, she naturally refused to let this excellent opportunity slip by.
As long as she stayed close to the Human Emperor, she could hear his inner voice when the right chance arose.
If she could hear more information from the Human Emperor, so much the better.
By evening,
Ye Xuan, having made every preparation, took a deep breath and set out.
He had already put on the exceedingly roomy Hongmeng Mystic Daoist Robe.
He also wore the Prajna Asura Tribulation on his face, its expression neither quite crying nor quite smiling.
In an instant, he had transformed from the Human Emperor into a mysterious and uncanny expert.
He turned directly into a streak of shadowy light and vanished completely from Chaoge.
The current Ye Xuan was no longer an ordinary figure.
After borrowing the system's power to break the shackles of the Heavenly Dao,
not only had his physical body attained the Daluo Golden Immortal realm, but the Two Qi of Yin and Yang within him were also surging mightily.
Both had already entered the Daluo Golden Immortal realm.
A minor art like riding clouds naturally came to him without a teacher.
Meanwhile, within the East Sea,
Dragon King Ao Guang of the East Sea sat in the seat of honor in the Crystal Palace, enjoying a lavish feast.
Below him in the great hall, a dozen or so palace maids danced gracefully.
The aquatic races, led by the Four Seas Dragon Clan, were in charge of the Primordial World's water disasters, thunder, floods, tides, tsunamis, and so on.
Though the Dragon Clan was far from as powerful as it had been during the Dragon-Han Calamity and had even been reduced to food for Haotian Shangdi, it was still faring comparatively well among the three ancient clans.
At least the four seas were still the Dragon Clan's territory, and the clan still had a place to live and multiply.
"Report!!!"
Just then, a Shrimp Soldier carrying a saber ran into the Dragon Palace's great hall and promptly dropped to his knees before the Dragon King.
"Report! Your Majesty, something terrible has happened!"
Dragon King Ao Guang shot him a highly displeased glare.
"Why are you in such a panic?"
The Shrimp Soldier hurriedly reported,
"Your Majesty, something terrible has happened! A huge change occurred on land today. Rain has actually begun to fall in every place where you forbade it!"
"The areas that were flooded have actually cleared up."
"What? Who has such gall? Who dares defy my orders and bring rain as they please?"
The Dragon King was somewhat displeased. Someone actually dared defy his will and disrupt Haotian Shangdi's arrangements?
The Shrimp Soldier hastily replied,
"Your Majesty, all the rain-controlling dragon gods of the East Sea are attending to their respective duties. Not one of them has dared go out and make rain as they please!"
"The same is true of the rain-controlling dragon gods of the other three seas."
What was going on? Could someone be making trouble?
At the thought, the Dragon King's face darkened and grew exceedingly grim. "Go and summon a river lord from the land nearest the East Sea!"
"Yes!"
The Shrimp Soldier withdrew.
The Dragon King waved his hand, and the gracefully dancing women filed out.
In his present agitated mood, how could he have any interest in watching a dance?
Before long, the Shrimp Soldier or Crab General returned with a river lord in tow!
"Of what river are you the god?"
"Your Majesty, I am the lord of the Huai River!"
"Lord of the Huai River, let me ask you this: my Four Seas Dragon Palace did not send anyone to make rain, so why has strange rain suddenly fallen upon the land? Who on earth dares make rain without permission, showing such disregard for my Four Seas Dragon Palace?"
The river lord hurriedly replied, "Your Majesty, not a single rain-controlling dragon god went to the land to summon clouds and bring rain!"
"The reason the heavens sent down a great rain was the current Human Emperor!"
"It is said that he stood in Chaoge City and bowed to heaven and earth. No one knows what he said, but heaven and earth actually obeyed his command. Great rain fell upon the drought-stricken places, while the places plagued by unending rain cleared at sunrise!"
"What? It was the Human Emperor?"
The Dragon King frowned slightly.
Clearly, he too was taken aback.
The current Human Emperor actually possessed such a divine ability?
If that were really true, it would be troublesome indeed.
The current Human Emperor had indeed displayed some extraordinary abilities.
Yesterday, the Human Emperor had gone west together with Saint Nuwa.
He had even hurled abuse at Saint Zhunti.
And today, rain had started falling just like that?
At the thought, the Dragon King's mood turned foul.
In truth, he naturally understood what was going on.
Three years ago, Haotian Shangdi had suddenly issued a decree.
He said that the current Human Emperor had lost his virtue.
The Heavenly Dao intended to bring about his destruction.
He ordered the Dragon Clan to cooperate with the Heavenly Dao, sow some chaos among the Human Clan, and hasten the decline of Yin Shang's national fortune.
Only after receiving Haotian Shangdi's decree had the Dragon King assigned the rain-controlling dragon gods to run amok within Yin Shang's territory in the Primordial World.
He had never expected the current Human Emperor to bypass the Dragon Clan altogether and start making rain himself.
He had even used his own karmic fortune as Human Emperor to bring about Words Followed by Law.
At the thought, the Dragon King felt aggrieved.
The emperor of the mortal world was preparing to go to war with the emperor of heaven.