My brother is so cunning

Chapter 1033 seems abstract, but it's actually incredibly powerful.

Before Doumu Yuanjun finished speaking, all the evil spirits of the Dou Department stepped forward in unison. The Twenty-Eight Constellations, the Thirty-Six Heavenly Generals, and the Seventy-Two Earthly Fiends formed a neat line. The magical artifacts in the hands of the star officials hummed, and the evil energy and starlight intertwined to create a powerful pressure.

Kui Mulang stepped forward, his wolf eyes wide open: "Your Majesty! If you really intend to attack the Heavenly Venerable, we, the immortals of the Dou Department, will be the first to object!"

Bi Yuewu followed closely behind, shrilly: "The three religions have been ruling the three realms in peace. Does Your Majesty intend to provoke a conflict between the three religions over a mere court assembly dispute? The blood of the Investiture of the Gods war is still fresh. Do you want the three realms to suffer the calamity of war again?"

As soon as these words were spoken, there was an uproar in the hall.

Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes.

Where there are immortals, there are also heroes and villains.

What is Jianghu?
The term "jianghu" (江湖, a term referring to the world of martial arts and chivalry) represents a network of connections between people. In any setting, as long as there is interaction, various relationships will be formed—cooperation and competition, trust and suspicion, support and infighting.

When Wen Rui was carrying out the mission of reviving the Jie Sect, he did not deliberately try to recruit his fellow disciples who were already serving in the Heavenly Court to join him or to make them his helpers.

This is because no matter how strong the old ties between the master and disciple are, they cannot outweigh real interests. This is a cold, hard reality, and Wen Rui had no illusions.

Before the rise of the Jie Sect faith in the mortal realm, the fellow disciples received stipends from the Heavenly Court. Although the stipends were meager, they were still real immortal jade and elixirs.

If Wen Rui were to try to deceive ordinary people like the Western religions do, by making empty promises and dangling grand promises to incite them to join, even if he manages to recruit one or two, they would not only be of no help, but would likely bring in a few incompetent allies who would cause trouble.

Now that the revival of the Jie Sect is a foregone conclusion, the power of faith and vows has fallen on the former disciples of the Jie Sect, and the binding of interests is a fait accompli. Wen Rui doesn't need to waste any more words; a great deity will step forward to defend Wen Rui.

Doumu Yuanjun stepped forward to support Wen Rui without hesitation, and all the star lords of Doubu united as one, releasing their fierce star power and gathering together with Doumu Yuanjun's aura, faintly forming a star formation.

The group of evil spirits were originally a bunch of potential traitors who weighed 100 pounds but had 90 pounds of rebellious bones.

When the Investiture of the Gods was established, the Golden Spirit Mother, who was in charge of the way of killing and destruction in the Three Realms, was named Doumu Yuanjun. One of her main divine duties was to suppress the evil spirits of the stars.

Even with the supreme divine power of the Golden Spirit Mother, it is impossible to guarantee that she can suppress it completely.

Throughout countless legends and historical records, there have been numerous cases of celestial beings openly violating heavenly rules by descending to the mortal realm and causing chaos. Moreover, after causing trouble on earth, these celestial beings returned to heaven and were not severely punished.

The most representative example is the 36 Heavenly Spirits and 72 Earthly Fiends descending to earth and gathering a crowd to rebel in Liangshan.

Now that Doumu Yuanjun has stepped forward to become the leader of the opposition, the rebellious followers below have found their leader and become even more arrogant. Although the immortals of Doubu only account for one-tenth of the total number of immortals in Lingxiao Palace, their unity has made the other immortals hesitant to confront them directly.

More importantly, the celestial officials of this faction are not the kind of celestial officials who ascended from the lower realms without any foundation.

They must have a sage as their backer, otherwise Kui Mulang Xingjun would not have been able to descend to the mortal realm to cause trouble, and he even violated the great taboo of the Heavenly Court against lust. When he returned, he was only punished with three cups of wine, the same treatment as the bull of Taishang Laojun who committed a crime.

If it were a general like Marshal Tianpeng, who had no powerful backing, it would have been a mere attempted flirtation. In modern law, the maximum punishment would have been fifteen days of detention, but instead, he was punished by being reborn as a pig, his personal dignity trampled into a muddy pigsty.

Yang Ren also had the support of the Chan Sect sage, but faced with the aggressive Doumu Yuanjun, he could only endure it, keep quiet and retreat to the ranks of the Tai Sui immortals.

In terms of official rank, as the Grand Duke of the Year, the immortal rank of the Jiazi Grand Duke is one level lower than that of Doumu Yuanjun.

In terms of seniority, his master, the Pure Void Moral True Lord, was of the same generation as the Golden Spirit Mother, and as a junior, he couldn't afford to be disrespectful to his elder. In terms of strength, even if his master came, he wouldn't be a match for the Golden Spirit Mother; at least two more Golden Immortals from the Chan Sect would need to be summoned for a three-on-one battle to have any chance of winning.

Even if he is unwilling to back down, he has no choice.

The Jade Emperor's face was ashen, and he gripped the armrests of his dragon throne so tightly they cracked. He looked down at the dark mass of immortals from the Doubu sect, then glanced at the calm-faced Doumu Yuanjun, and finally said in a low voice, "This matter... shall be put aside for now."

After dismissing Yang Ren and forcing the Jade Emperor to express his opinion, Doumu Yuanjun finally relented and gracefully returned to her position among the immortals of the Dou Department.

The immortals of Doubu slowly retreated, but remained on guard.

Looking at the awkward situation in the hall, the Jade Emperor said in a deep voice, "Today's court assembly is adjourned."

Having said that, he rose and left, leaving behind a hall full of bewildered celestial officials.

The Heavenly Court's Grand Assembly, held only once every sixty years, ended in such an unpleasant manner.

Two flowers bloom, one branch each.

Wen Rui crawled out of the Lingxiao Palace and then all the way out of the Golden Palace. This strange, upside-down crawling posture actually greatly enhanced his mobility. Although his speed was not as fast as riding the clouds, it was already comparable to a galloping horse on the ground.

Sure enough, breaking free from conventional thinking always yields unexpected rewards.

Although the posture looked abstract and lacked the demeanor expected of a Celestial Venerable, Wen Rui didn't care at all and felt no shame whatsoever.

Even when he climbed over the Milky Way, he startled the group of fairy maidens washing clothes on the riverbank, who thought that some indescribable demon from beyond the realm had quietly invaded. They threw a lot of washing utensils such as washing sticks and washboards at him.

Who says that gods have to walk, talk, and act like humans?
Although the movements are ugly and distorted, they effectively improve the body's self-control in the probability reversal field, and that's enough. Why care about whether it's handsome or cool, or whether it's ethereal or otherworldly?

He climbed faster and faster, and the immortal power within his body even began to circulate under the reversed state. As he climbed, his limbs left the ground, and auspicious clouds rose from his feet and palms. He climbed up into the clouds and flew away.

Having found a new way of thinking, Wen Rui changed to a crawling posture in the shadows, which not only increased his movement speed several times but also restored his ability to fly. Wen Rui was overjoyed.

No one knows better than him that it is difficult to act in a probability reversal field. Even a super martial immortal of the level of True Martial Emperor, if he exerts his full strength without knowing the reason, will be backfired by probability and defeat himself.

It was already difficult for him to even pretend to be a decent person in the probability field before.

Even taking a single step requires extremely complex mental calculations, substituting countless high-order function equations to calculate the probability of deviation and the entropy value of reversal, and then reprogramming one's own action pattern to conform to the rules of the probability reversal field.

Now, he can not only climb very fast, but also jump high and even fly. What a great improvement that is!

Today's fight with the True Martial Emperor was not Wen Rui's original intention. He simply reduced the power of the probability reversal field generator to cover only one foot around his body, and conducted self-weight training to adapt to the reversal field.

If the power of this reversal field were increased to cover a distance of ten kilometers, enveloping the entire Lingxiao Palace, even if it were only activated for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, countless immortals would inexplicably perish.

After this special training, he will not only be unharmed, but he can also crawl happily in the probability field, faster than a cockroach, and not only fast, he can also fly.

(End of this chapter)