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Chapter 617: The Battle between Immortals and Gods
Chen Shi listened quietly to this ancient history.

Both the Little Linden Fairy and Wu Qi have mentioned this past event, but the merchant looked at it more from the perspective of the ruler, while Hou Tu Niangniang looked at it from the perspective of the ruled mortals.

"This cultivation system is derived from the Taoist patterns of witch sacrifices, allowing mortals to be on par with gods. The three smartest people called this method Qi Refining, and the people who practiced this method were called Qi Refiners."

Hou Tu Huang Di Zhi continued, "The three people who created this system were all priests of the Shang Dynasty, responsible for managing the inheritance of the Taoist patterns of witch sacrifices. Their official title was Taoist priests. Among the three of them, one was called Taoist Yuanshi, one was called Taoist Lingbao, and one was called Taoist Daode."

Chen Shi's heart was slightly moved, and he whispered: "Lingbao Taoist!"

He suddenly remembered that the green stele in Fuluo Village, Daoxu, was left by Taoist Lingbao and asked the people of Fuluo Village to guard it.

He learned the Blue Dragon Song from the Green Stele and was able to borrow the power of the Green Emperor of East Sky.

But I didn’t expect that the origin of Lingbao Taoist was so ancient.

Hou Tu Huang Di Ji said: "The three of them were grateful for the hardship of life, so they passed on the method of refining qi, allowing mortals to have the ability to fight against gods. These three people were then revered as the Three Pure Ones and were given the title of Heavenly Venerable."

Chen Shi was stunned. The owner of the green stele, Lingbao Taoist, was one of the Three Pure Ones?

Although he had heard of the Three Pure Ones, he did not know their names, so he was very curious about the Lingbao Taoist who left the green stele. When he heard the Empress mention the Lingbao Taoist, he was surprised.

Hou Tu Huang Di Ji said: "There are more and more powerful Qi cultivators, hiding among the people, and some have survived the heavenly tribulation and become immortals. Gradually, the Shang Dynasty discovered that these immortals had powers that were not inferior to theirs, so they were quite uneasy and regarded them as evil demons and heretics, and exterminated and killed them. The first battle between immortals and gods started from this."

Chen Shi was even more shocked. Was it Dashan who took the initiative?
Xiao Linden didn't seem to say that.

"In this battle between immortals and gods, the Heavenly Court had the upper hand and killed countless immortals, but many gods also died. In the battle between Lingbao Taoist and the Emperor of Heaven, an emperor even fell. This made the common people see that the gods of the Shang Dynasty were not invincible, and the Emperor of Heaven was not invincible either, so more people practiced immortal arts."

Hou Tu Huang Di Ji said, "The number of immortals has not decreased, but has greatly increased, and the power of the immortals has also become stronger and stronger. By the time of Emperor Yi, the harshness of the Shang Dynasty had become unbearable for the world. So the Three Pure Ones contacted the gods of the ancient times like us and decided to overthrow the Shang Dynasty and reorganize the heavenly court."

She told the story: "I am a god from the era of Emperor Fuxi, but I was also suppressed by the Heavenly Court of the Shang Dynasty, and I was frustrated. Haotian, Emperor Tian, ​​Changsheng, Ziwei, as well as the Yellow Emperor, Green Emperor, White Emperor, Red Emperor, Black Emperor and other gods from the era of Emperor Tian also decided to rebel, and various immortals, in the name of the Great Zhou, attacked the Shang Dynasty and destroyed Zhou. Haotian was supported as the Heavenly Emperor of the New Dynasty, and was called the Great Emperor of Haotian Jinque Jade Emperor. In this crusade, the immortals who died in the battle were all named gods and enjoyed sacrifices. Finally, the Great Shang Dynasty was destroyed, and the Xuanniao Heavenly Court no longer existed."

"This battle was the second battle between immortals and gods, but it also laid the hidden dangers for later disputes."

She sighed and said, "Because there was an agreement before, the gods would be in charge of the new heaven and hold important positions. The immortals would continue to be free and easy. Later, the gods in heaven became more and more powerful, and the number of immortals also increased. The ancestral temple could no longer accommodate the heaven. So the Three Pure Ones cleared the dark sea and opened up the earthly immortal world, and the heaven moved here."

Hou Tu Huang Di Ji said this, hesitated for a moment, and then continued: "But this time, something unexpected happened. Eighteen hundred years later, the immortals appeared and opened the first disaster, and many immortals died. The immortals were panicked and looked for countermeasures."

Chen Shi and Hei Guo both pricked up their ears.

Another robbery!
They were not unfamiliar with the word "kaijie", but they knew nothing about what kaijie meant.

Chen Shi asked, "My Lady, could it be that the calamity only occurred after the Heavenly Court moved to the Earthly Immortal Realm? Could it be related to the Earthly Immortal Realm?"

Hou Tu Huang Di Ji said: "I don't know. Maybe it's the immortal disaster caused by the immortals' immortality, or maybe it's the disaster brought by the earthly immortal world. The specific reason is hard to say."

When she talked about this past event, she was also somewhat puzzled, and said: "The strange thing is that only immortals died in the catastrophe, while the gods were unharmed. After this catastrophe, another 1800 years passed, and the second catastrophe occurred, and many immortals died again. So there was a rumor that the catastrophe was caused by the Heaven Court fearing the power of the immortals, holding the treasure of the Heavenly Dao hostage, bringing disaster to the immortals, and eliminating some of them to prevent the immortals from threatening the rule of the Heaven Court. This rumor caused quite a stir back then."

Chen Shi asked, "So was the calamity caused by the Heavenly Court?"

"Of course not. Although the conflict between gods and immortals had already begun to emerge at that time, the Three Pure Ones were still in the Earthly Immortal Realm, and the Heavenly Dao magic weapon was forged by them in collaboration with the Heavenly Court."

Hou Tu Huang Di Ji said, "If the Heavenly Court held the Heavenly Dao magic weapon hostage to bring disaster to the immortals, how could they hide it from them? The second guess is that the disaster is the immortal's longevity, and it is the disaster caused by longevity. Some people think that the immortals transcend the disaster and ascend to immortality, which is against the way of heaven. Transmigration of disasters is not a permanent solution. Every once in a while, you need to transcend another disaster, and it is a matter of life and death."

Chen Shi thought about it and shook his head, saying, "Each immortal became an immortal at a different time, so why would they all go through the tribulation together? This guess doesn't make sense."

Hou Tu Huang Di Ji smiled and said, "That's right. Qigong practitioners become immortals at different times. If it is an immortal's longevity tribulation, then it is impossible for them to pass through the tribulation at the same time. But it is also strange that many immortals passed through the tribulation without any disaster or tribulation when it began. So this possibility is not impossible."

Chen Shi frowned, feeling that this reason still didn't make sense.

Niangniang Hou Tu said: "The third guess is that some people say that the Earthly Immortal Realm was opened up from the Dark Sea. When the Three Pure Ones opened up the Dark Sea, they did not open it up completely, and there are still many remnants of the Dark Sea. Some of the remnants will turn into demons from time to time and do evil. Another part of the remnants will turn into disasters to punish the immortals in the Earthly Immortal Realm."

Chen Shi's eyes lit up, and he said, "My Lady, I think this is the most likely possibility. During the Great Shang era in Xiniu New Continent, there were also many immortals with long life spans, and they did not encounter the Kaikai. This shows that the Kaikai may be related to the Earthly Immortal Realm."

Niangniang Hou Tu said: "Some immortals have also discovered that if the world in the dark sea is in harmony with the Tao, there will be no disasters. But later they also discovered that if the world in the dark sea is in harmony with the Tao, it is easy to be polluted by the outside world."

Chen Shi sighed and said, "It's so hard to be an immortal."

The Queen Mother Hou Tu couldn't help laughing and said, "It is indeed difficult. So some immortals tried to find a way to return some of the large worlds that had been opened up long ago to the Dark Sea, and then merge the Dao into it. In this way, there will be no pollution from the outside world."

Chen Shi frowned, feeling that this move seemed a little inappropriate.

Hou Tu Huang Di Ji said: "The Heavenly Court was worried that the Earth Immortal Realm would be swallowed by the Dark Sea, so they issued an order not to do so, and only then did they curb this trend. However, some immortals still violated the Heavenly Rules and did so. Later, people discovered that the Earth Treasure Spiritual Roots could survive the disaster, so they stopped and went to various places to look for spiritual roots."

She frowned slightly and said, "Over the years, some immortals have been searching for spiritual roots everywhere, burning, killing, looting, and even causing darkness, not hesitating to drag worlds into darkness, causing dissatisfaction in the heavens. Their actions do not care about the lives of mortals, and have endangered the order of the mortal world. You, Xiniu Xinzhou, have been affected by them."

Chen Shi thought of Tianzun and nodded, “It was a master in the Immortal Court who grazed the Xunjiang Star Region and caused the disaster in Xiniu New Continent.”

The empress said: "The Heavenly Court wants to maintain order, while the Immortal Court tries to survive the catastrophe by all means, so the conflict between the Immortal Court and the Heavenly Court has gradually intensified. After the Three Pure Ones left, the immortals were left without anyone to restrain them, and with the emergence of many masters, they have become more and more reckless in recent years, and have even resorted to breeding dark sea creatures such as Yuan Worms."

She sighed, worried: "The latest catastrophe is the Yuanhui catastrophe, which is getting closer, so these immortals are getting more and more ruthless. They even started to attack the Heavenly Court, and did not hesitate to attract the great demons to destroy the Heavenly Dao magic weapon."

She was referring to the case of the destruction of Tianji Ce.

Chen Shi is also an eyewitness.

"They attacked the Heavenly Court, and they will definitely attack the Houde Guangda Heavenly Palace. The Four Imperial Guards are the wings of the Heavenly Court. If they want to eliminate the Heavenly Court, they must first clip their wings."

The queen said leisurely, "I just don't know which of the Four Emperors they will attack first." Chen Shi's heart moved slightly: "Many immortals in the Heavenly Court are from the Immortal Court. In the Queen's Heavenly Palace, which is so virtuous and glorious, I'm afraid that many immortals have already surrendered to the Immortal Court."

Hou Tu Huang Di Ji rested for a while, regained his spirit, and then began to process the information from countless worlds.

Feng Huixue arranged for them to stay in Houde Guangda Tiangong, which was an extremely large holy place. The spiritual energy produced in it was called Xuanhuang spiritual energy. The Xuanqi and Huangqi in the Xuanhuang Sea could be used to evolve the world, but could not be used for cultivation. However, Xuanhuang spiritual energy could allow immortals to practice.

Moreover, the grade of Xuanhuang spiritual energy is extremely high, not inferior to the Taiqing purple energy of Zitian vine.

Yu Saner had been practicing for half his life just to get some spiritual energy and immortal liquid from the immortals. He had never seen such high-level and abundant Xuanhuang spiritual energy before. He immediately threw himself into practice and did not dare to delay for a moment.

Hei Guo also seized this opportunity to concentrate on honing his skills.

Chen Shi was still thinking about the words of Hou Tu Niangniang in his mind, and he couldn't calm down for a long time.

"The Queen said that this calamity is a great calamity of the Yuanhui period, which is more severe than previous calamities. This also means that the methods of overcoming the calamity prepared by the immortals in the past cannot be used."

Chen Shi thought, "Then, the actions of the immortal must be more violent than before, and the things he did must be more extreme, so he destroyed the Tianji Strategy. After that, there will be more similar actions. It's a troubled time——"

He walked out of his residence and looked at the peaceful and harmonious Houde Guangda Palace. He saw that the fairies were not practicing like the Heiguoyu and the other three who dared not stop for a moment. Instead, they were in groups of three or two, appreciating flowers, arranging flowers, playing chess, and playing the piano. They were very leisurely and comfortable, without any sense of crisis.

"I wonder how long this peace can last?" he said silently in his heart.

Feng Huixue came over and asked with a smile, "Your Highness, didn't you take a rest?"

Chen Shi told the truth: "I have something on my mind and it is hard to be at peace."

He looked at Feng Huixue. The girl looked like a fairy walking out of a painting. Her eyebrows were carefully trimmed and long, some of which were like the antennae of a moth, slender and curved. Her cheeks were covered with light rouge, and her skin was white with a rosy glow.

A touch of red lips, the lips are small and bright red.

She was wearing a bright goose yellow dress with a light pink tube top underneath and a bright red pleated skirt. Her clothes were very tight, making her look tall and slender, graceful and charming. When she walked, she was like a willow in the wind, pleasing to the eye.

However, her cultivation level was unfathomable, and Chen Shi could not tell what level of cultivation she was at.

Feng Huixue came to his side and said with a smile: "I will accompany Your Highness to walk around and relax."

Chen Shi was delighted: "Thank you, Senior Sister. You don't have to call me Your Highness, just call me Xiao Shi or Chen Shi."

Feng Huixue said sternly, "When I call you Your Highness, I am not showing respect to you, but to you, the Queen. How can I neglect you?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Shi did not force her.

The two of them walked together. Although the Houde Guangda Palace was built in the two lotus flowers of Xuan and Huang, there were still mountains and waters inside the palace, and it was magnificent.

Chen Shi came to a rainbow bridge, stopped and looked at the flowing water below. He saw green waves rippling and piling up layer by layer into the distance with no end in sight.

"Senior sister is also an immortal. What do you think of the conflict between gods and immortals?" Chen Shi asked.

Feng Huixue said, "I was wondering why immortals and gods can't coexist. Immortals and gods, one is out of the world, the other is in the world, originally they have nothing to do with each other. Why do they have to quarrel with each other?"

She changed the subject and said, "Your Highness asked me this because you are also confused about your own identity?"

Chen Shi admitted frankly, "I am the adopted son of the Empress, but I am also an immortal. If I am concerned about the immortals, I must fight against the Heavenly Court. If I am concerned about the Empress, I must fight against the Immortal Court. Therefore, I was confused for a while and was a little hesitant."

Feng Huixue turned around, leaned on the railing, and said with a smile: "Perhaps, this is the reason why the Three Pure Ones left the Earthly Immortal Realm. They were also unable to resolve the dispute between the immortals and gods, so they simply threw away this mess."

Chen Shi admired her graceful figure. It couldn't solve the confusion in his heart, but it was pleasing to the eye.

Feng Huixue said, "Your Majesty has a position. I have survived until now thanks to the protection of Houde Guangda Tiangong, so I must also have a position. Therefore, Your Majesty's position is my position. What is your Highness's position?"

Chen Shi pondered for a moment, then suddenly laughed and said, "I am just a small celestial being, how can I have the right to choose? Now, as a small person like me, my main concern is to keep myself safe. When I have a say, we can discuss our position."

Feng Huixue smiled and said, "How many people in this world can have a say? Your Highness is very ambitious."

Chen Shi smiled and said, "Sister, please stop slandering me. What ambitions do I have? I had no choice but to ascend. However, since I have ascended, the blood debt of Xinzhou Xi Niu should be repaid."

He had a smile on his face, but his eyes were murderous.

Feng Huixue glanced at him. Although Chen Shi said that he had no stance, what he had encountered forced him to take a stance.

"If he really has no position, Her Majesty would not have adopted him as her adopted son." She thought to herself.

At this time, a noise was heard. Chen Shi looked in the direction of the sound and saw that many immortals had gathered outside the Heavenly Palace. They all flew up and flew towards the same place.

While flying, these immortals also fought with other immortals around them, trying to knock others down.

"What are they fighting for?" Chen Shi asked curiously.

Feng Huixue looked around and said, "They are fighting for the Xuanhuang Ancestral Qi. The Xuanhuang Ancestral Qi is different from the Xuanhuang Two Qi. The two Qi in the Xuanhuang Sea have begun to transform into heaven and earth, but the Ancestral Qi has not yet been transformed. It is extremely precious and can be used to refine treasures or to improve the realm of Tao. In the holy land where our Tiangong is located, a few strands of Ancestral Qi will seep out every hundred days, and every time it will attract many people to fight for it."

Chen Shi was very excited: "It can refine treasures and improve the realm of Taoism? Senior sister, let's try our luck."

Feng Huixue couldn't help laughing, she covered her mouth and said: "Your Highness, we don't need to rob. We have it at home. If Your Highness needs it, I will take you to get it, and then report to Her Majesty."

(End of this chapter)