Chapter 176 Taiyi’s Secret Summons
Hou Tu put forward her own conditions, and immediately stopped talking, just staring at Qi Yu. At the same time, her aura continued to rise. Obviously, as she herself said, she was not afraid of a fight. If Qi Yu was unwilling to compromise, today would be the day when the war on earth would break out!

Of course, some of the gods in the Earth Emperor Palace wanted to object to this, but when they saw Hou Tu’s serious expression, they finally backed off.

After all, Hou Tu is still the Palace Master of the Earth Emperor Palace, the Taoist Mother of the Netherworld, and the undisputed ruler of the earth – even though her dignity has been violated several times and even her status has been subtly shaken by Nuwa, this is still the case.

Unless one day, the battle for the Emperor of Earth is decided and a new generation of Emperor of Earth is born, otherwise, this situation will continue for a long time and no one can change it!

Just like that, Hou Tu’s words attracted the attention of the whole audience. At this moment, everyone was looking at Qi Yu, waiting for his final decision.

Facing the gaze of the crowd, Qi Yu was also thinking about the pros and cons.

Undoubtedly, such a decision is not easy to make. The request given by Hou Tu seems simple, and even seems to be a win for Qi Yu, but in fact, the account is not calculated that way! Moreover, Hou Tu’s request actually contains a big pit that ordinary people cannot detect, that is, the sea of ​​blood!
Others don’t know, but doesn’t Qi Yu, the person involved, know the current situation of the Blood Sea? Wangshu was just guessing at the beginning, but Qi Yu can basically conclude that the current Blood Sea must be under the control of the Demon Sect. Even the Styx was a member of the Demon Sect, but he was hiding very deeply!

The Demon Sect’s desire to destroy the world is naturally known to everyone. They have invaded the prehistoric world time and time again and raised the demonic tide just for this reason. And there is no doubt that as the Witch Clan participated in the battle for the Five Palaces of the Dao not long ago and cleared out the demonic tide in the West, the Witch Clan has already been targeted by that group of demon giants.

And looking at the conditions proposed by Hou Tu now, if nothing unexpected happens, the Demon Sect must have set its sights on the Earth Realm. Qi Yu didn’t even need to think too much to guess that those people must be plotting reincarnation!
This was not just a guess that Qi Yu came up with on the spur of the moment. There were already clues in the past.

Qi Yu has always been puzzled. You know, Minghe has always been a low-key person in the past. He lives alone in the sea of ​​blood and never shows up in front of people. This is actually in line with his character as an undercover agent of the Demon Sect, which is equivalent to a nail in the Demon Sect’s territory in the world.

And since it is a nail, it should play a role at the critical moment. If invading the reincarnation and opening up the Nine Springs can be explained as a fight for the great way, which is equivalent to concealing the identity, then challenging myself to a fight is a little unclear. This is not the behavior of a hidden nail.

But if the status of the earth and reincarnation in the Demon Sect’s plan is raised a few levels, such a thing does not seem to be incomprehensible.

I’m afraid that my attempt to seize the Blackwater Abyss has already caught the eyes of the powerful demons, and it may have affected the plans of some of them to use the abyss as a springboard to further invade the cycle of reincarnation!
And now, Hou Tu has obviously seen this point to some extent, so she chose to retreat in order to advance. Even if she has to sacrifice some of her reputation in the hearts of the gods and her prestige in the Earth Palace and the Witch Sect, she has to throw away this hot potato. At the very least, she wants to find someone to share the pressure from the Demon Sect.

Qi Yu, of course, became her best choice – with the concession of the Earth Emperor Palace, the Black Water Palace established by Qi Yu occupied the entire Black Water Abyss and the outer areas of the earth boundary, and was intended to completely cover the underworld and the land of reincarnation controlled by the Earth Emperor Palace.

After all, the Black Water Abyss surrounds the underworld and reincarnation, while the Sea of ​​Blood is outside the Black Water membrane of the earth. This is a fact that cannot be changed.

Therefore, under such circumstances, Qi Yu’s side will inevitably become a barrier for Hou Tu and other powerful witches. Regardless of whether the former is willing or not, the Black Water Palace will play a role in defending the Earth Emperor Palace against foreign enemies.

During this process, Hou Tu was not worried that Qi Yu would allow the Blood Sea to pass through, and she was confident because of three reasons:

First, it lies in the relationship between the respective camps represented by Qi Yu and the Demon Sect.

You know, Qi Yu and Xuehai have never been friends, but real enemies. The bad relationship between the two sides began with the “death” of the Styx, and continued to deteriorate with the battle for Jiuquan and Black Water. It can be said that they had already started a real fight.

By today, there was even a momentum of a fight to the death between the two sides. The Demon Sect was still okay, with indifferent emotions, but Qi Yu’s side did suffer losses because of the sea of ​​blood. Such hatred could not be easily reconciled.

Hou Tu would certainly feel at ease using the enemy of her enemy as her barrier.

Second, it is related to Qi Yu’s great foundation.

Hou Tu knew that Qi Yu had been plotting to take the throne of the Black Emperor. This was not really a secret, and naturally anyone with an eye could see through it.

With the former’s perspective, it is of course not difficult to see why Qi Yu sought to seize the Black Water Abyss in the first place. The importance of the water element authority of the earth in Qi Yu’s process of becoming the Black Emperor is unquestionable. Hou Tu even has no doubt that the reason why Qi Yu cooperated with Nuwa was related to this water element authority.

If it were in the past, this would certainly not be good news for Hou Tu, but it might not be the case at this moment.

The reason is very simple, that is, Hou Tu believes that Qi Yu would never allow outsiders to spy on such an important foundation for achieving enlightenment.

Even if that “outsider” is the Demonic Sect that is currently in its heyday and obviously has a very deep foundation, the result will definitely be the same!
In this case, if the Demon Sect does not give up the idea of ​​the Black Water Abyss and even reincarnation, they will definitely fight to the death with Qi Yu, and Qi Yu is obviously completely impossible to compromise. In this way, there is naturally no room for negotiation between the two sides.

Under such circumstances, how could Hou Tu not be happy to see the deadly battle between the Black Water Palace and the Demon Sect?
As for the third one, it is related to the attitude of Heaven and even the entire God Clan.

You have to know, what role does the Demon Sect play in the prehistoric world? It is a world-destroying organization created by Luo Hou! In the eyes of the gods, the so-called Demon Sect is a group of lunatics who are plotting and turbulent, and always thinking about overthrowing the way of heaven!
In the eyes of many powerful people in Heaven and even the gods, the witch and demon tribes that fought fiercely are their own people. Although the Xuanmen established by the Three Pure Ones is a side sect, it is still an object that can be united and invested in. Even though the West is cold and poor, Heaven can accept the Xumi Mountain system with the mentality of alleviating poverty.

But what about the Demon Sect? They were the terrorists in the prehistoric world, the source of the most extreme disaster that could not be more extreme. Like the remnants of chaos, they should be nailed to the pillar of shame in history forever!

In this case, as long as Qi Yu did not want to cut himself off from the God Clan, it was inevitable that he would rush to the front line during the turmoil of the Demon Sect. Cooperating with the Blood Sea? There was no possibility of that at all!

In this way, Hou Tu can rest assured while sitting in the earth, and can also sit on the mountain and watch the fight between tigers. It is certainly a good thing that kills two birds with one stone.

The slight loss of prestige due to this is naturally not a big deal. Anyway, as long as the Witch Clan can successfully take charge of the Heavenly Court in the future, everything lost today will naturally be found again.

As for whether the twelve witch ancestors would fail in the final battle? Sorry, Hou Tu never had such thoughts. In her and other witch clan masters’ cognition, the witch clan was the authentic Pangu clan, the supreme clan of the gods, and there was absolutely no possibility of defeat.

This is a kind of arrogance and conceit that is integrated into the bones and blood. It has long been deeply rooted and cannot be easily dismantled.

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Qi Yu didn’t say that he had a complete grasp of Hou Tu’s thoughts, but he had a general idea of ​​them. After all, he had a relatively in-depth understanding of the Witch Clan over the years. Therefore, in Qi Yu’s eyes, it was not difficult to guess what these people were thinking, even Hou Tu’s.

The only person Qi Yu doesn’t dare to say that he can see through is probably Zhu Jiuyin, the ancestor of time who controls time.

However, this one did not seem to put all his attention on the witch sect, which made him very different from the other ancestor witches.

Finally, after a moment’s silence, Qi Yu spoke again. The grand response still echoed throughout the entire Black Water Abyss, shaking the underworld of the earth and taking a long time to dissipate.

“Okay, Hou Tu, I will grant your request.”

“From now on, the Black Water Dao Palace will handle the blood sea crisis, and your Imperial Palace will not need to intervene. From now on, our two families will also cease fighting until the thousand-year period is up.”

Qi Yu still agreed to Hou Tu’s request and set a more specific time for peace between the two sides, which was one thousand years.

Now, there is actually not that much time left before the grand court assembly. It is only the last few hundred years. Therefore, this so-called thousand-year covenant will inevitably cover the hundreds of years after the end of the grand court assembly in heaven. Taiyi’s enlightenment and the dispute over the orthodoxy of heaven will obviously also be included in these hundreds of years.

Hou Tu was generally satisfied with this. She could not mention the matter of Taiyi’s enlightenment, but in the future battle for the orthodoxy of Heaven, both the Dihuang Palace and the Witch Sect would inevitably be deeply involved. Therefore, Qi Yu’s move actually relieved some of the pressure on her, which was of course what Hou Tu wanted.

Of course, I think so, but I can’t say it so bluntly.

Immediately, a group of powerful men from the earth realm saw Hou Tu’s eyes narrowed slightly, his aura was heavy, and his voice was extremely cold.

“Oh, the Emperor is really sharp-tongued, but as for the power of words, the Emperor should go to the sea of ​​blood to show off, and there is no need to speak nonsense in front of me.”

Afterwards, both sides made a few mild remarks to each other and stopped talking. Only Qi Yu and Hou Tu stepped forward and stood at the junction of the earth and the Black Water Abyss to swear an oath, to witness this thousand-year covenant with the Way of Heaven and reincarnation, in order to strengthen the binding force of the covenant.

After everything was over, Hou Tu’s people were the first to retreat. At the same time, they gave up Yinshan Mountain, Taoshan Mountain and other places outside the territory, and only guarded several major passes in the underworld to prevent Qi Yu and others from using any means to tear up the alliance without authorization.

Upon seeing this, Qi Yu’s group quickly took over these underworlds after the strong men from the Emperor of Earth’s lineage left. While searching for and pulling out various nails, they also had to suppress the unrest that some ghost kings had taken the opportunity to start.

In this way, the land was very lively for a while before it became completely quiet.

Soon, Yinshan and other places were completely taken over by the Black Water Dao Palace, and one-fifth of them and the underworld of the earth were returned to Qi Yu. The origin of them merged with the power of the origin of the earth bred in the black water fetal membrane, and further grew, turning into a considerable power of the origin of the earth. Qi Yu did not accept this part of the power, nor did he trade with the Fengqi Mountain lineage. Instead, he incorporated these powers into the system of Xuanmen and built the Dongyue Divine Palace, which was equivalent to adding an extra emperor to the Dongji Zuting, but it was temporarily idle.

During this process, Qi Yu himself certainly gained a lot. For example, the original power of the reincarnation of the underworld in his hand, after being nourished by the origin of black water, and now nourished by one-fifth of the underworld, has become increasingly powerful.

In the long run, this authority might evolve into the status of an emperor of the underworld, and be expected to be on par with the emperor of the nine heavens, or even more noble.

Of course, this requires sufficient time and cannot be rushed. In addition, Qi Yu does not take this path, so he does not care too much about it and just lets it evolve on its own.

When the news of Qi Yu’s establishment of the Dongyue Divine Palace was finally passed back to the Dongji Ancestral Temple, some powerful people in the Xuanmen responded positively and soon took the initiative to join the earth.

Among them, there were even many Golden Immortals and Dao Lords who practiced the Great Way of the Netherworld and even whose foundation of Taoism involved the concept of reincarnation. They all took the initiative to gather under Qi Yu’s command.

These people naturally had no chance to get involved in the power of the land in the past, but now Qi Yu gave them such an opportunity, allowing many of them to eat all they wanted at once, and each of them gained a lot.

Even Zhen Yuanzi, the Taoist immortal who had always been free and easy, couldn’t help but contact Qi Yu on his own initiative in such an occasion as he was eager to meet him in person. Together with his close friend Hongyun Daojun, he presided over many affairs of the Dongyue Divine Palace.

This great immortal from the Xuanmen sect was certainly not attracted by the status of the emperor created by Qi Yu, but he saw this as an important opportunity to strengthen the foundation of the earthly immortal tradition and at the same time complete his own path to earthly immortality, so he brought his own dry food to help.

But no matter how you look at it, the arrival of Zhen Yuanzi and his party was indeed of great help to Qi Yu, and his move was also widely praised in Xuanmen and Dongji Zuting. They all believed that Emperor Xishen’s “expanding the territory” for Xuanmen was indeed a great act of kindness, which was far better than that of the original King Dong!
And this was all within Qi Yu’s expectations. Expanding Xuanmen was actually one of the ultimate purposes of Qi Yu’s negotiations with Hou Tu.

After all, although he himself did not have too much demand for the authority of the earth, and was walking the very pure path of Shuiyuan Avenue to sublimate Xuanming, Xuanmen did have some demand for the authority of the earth and reincarnation.

For example, Zhen Yuanzi’s earthly immortal path is one of the fundamental avenues in the Xuanmen sect, and the Dongji ancestral temple will be upgraded to the immortal heaven in the future. In this process, the authority of the earth and the authority of reincarnation are of course an indispensable part.

Different from the inherent concept of the gods, Qi Yu attached great importance to reincarnation, even more than the lineage of Emperor Di. He regarded it as one of the foundations of the prehistoric world and believed that a qualified heaven must absolutely hold the power of reincarnation.

For example, the current Taitian Heavenly Palace is actually not qualified in Qi Yu’s eyes. Not only do they fail to recognize the true value of reincarnation, they have also been negligent in controlling the land, thinking that it is a bitter, cold and barren place. This is really a huge joke in Qi Yu’s view.

Therefore, no matter from which perspective, Qi Yu had to tear a hole in the earth. Now that he had the opportunity to pick up the bargain before the cycle of reincarnation was truly perfected, Qi Yu would certainly not show any mercy.

At the moment, it is even just the first step of Qi Yu’s plan.

When Taiyi fails in his mission to prove his truth and the war between witches and demons breaks out completely, that will be the time for Qi Yu to really take action. This is also the reason why the alliance between Qi Yu and Hou Tu is exactly for one thousand years!

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In short, the two parties with their own thoughts finally maintained enough restraint and tacit understanding because of the establishment of the alliance. At the same time, Qi Yu did fulfill the agreement in the alliance and began to send troops to the Blood Sea. Although they did not go deep into the blood sea, the intention of confrontation was very obvious, and even the Nine Springs of the Blood Sea were almost cut off.

In response to this, the Demon Sect hidden in the sea of ​​blood did not make much movement. Of course, it also sent out some cannon fodder to die, but most of the time they were pretending to be dead and did not confront Qi Yu head-on.

During this process, because the Demon Sect’s Supreme Lord never showed up, Qi Yu did not take any action. Instead, he continued to teach Cang Jie, his new disciple, while waiting for the official arrival of the Heavenly Court’s grand court assembly.

In the blink of an eye, hundreds of years passed. Finally, on the eve of the grand court meeting, Wangshu came out of seclusion. After stagnating for many years, his cultivation finally made a step forward. Although it was not completely perfect, he finally reached the late stage of quasi-saint.

In Qi Yu’s opinion, even when facing the Demon Sect, this level of cultivation should be enough to protect oneself.

There is no doubt that this is a happy event, and for this reason, a banquet was held in the Black Water Palace. As a result, the intensity of the attack on the periphery of the Blood Sea was slowed down, allowing the Blood Sea to relax for a few days.

It was in such a cheerful atmosphere on the Qi and Yu sides’ side that the jade chimes of the Heavenly Palace were struck again above the Nine Heavens, indicating that another grand court meeting in the Heavenly Palace was about to begin.

For a moment, all parties were shocked, knowing that the prehistoric pattern in the future would be changed with the reopening of the Five Emperors’ Palace. For a moment, countless strong men came from all directions and headed towards the Heaven. Qi Yu, as one of the protagonists of this grand court meeting, naturally ascended to the heaven with Wangshu and others at the first opportunity.

Just like last time, Qi Yu lived in the Jiutian Water Palace, waiting again for the arrival of the gods and the official start of the grand court meeting.

However, the court meeting had not officially started yet. In the Shuifu Palace, Qi Yu waited for an unexpected old acquaintance to come and visit him.

It was none other than the deity under the Emperor of Heaven, Jinbian Daojun.

This time, Jinbian Daojun obviously also came on orders, but because the gap between the two of them had become increasingly huge, Qi Yu was about to take over the power of the Heavenly Emperor, while Jinbian Daojun had not changed much over the years, so this time, the latter was obviously much more respectful.

“The lower level God Jinbian clan pays homage to the Emperor Xichen.”

“Fellow Daoist, there is no need to be so polite. We already have a good relationship, so why should we be so polite? Please get up quickly!”

In this regard, Qi Yu still maintained his usual attitude. After all, he was still a god under the Emperor of Heaven, responsible for conveying orders to the gods, and was also a powerful and powerful person. Qi Yu felt that there was really no need to provoke this person, and it would never do any harm to be polite.

In the face of Qi Yu’s courtesy, Jinbian Daojun still behaved very politely. Of course, his face also showed some familiarity. After saying “I dare not” several times, he sat down under the guidance of the fairy boy beside him.

Then he heard Qi Yu ask.

“The grand court meeting is about to be held. I think you are very tired now. I wonder why you have time to come to me today? Is there any other decree from His Majesty?”

When mentioning Taiyi, Jinbian Daojun looked serious. He bowed and then spoke.

“Reporting to the Emperor, the Emperor’s guess is correct. I am here on the orders of His Majesty the Emperor of Heaven. Please go to the Emperor’s Palace.”

“The Emperor’s Palace?”

Hearing this, Qi Yu was a little surprised. The Emperor’s Palace was not the place where Taiyi governed the country, nor was it the bedroom of the Emperor of Heaven. Instead, it was the base camp of the Emperor’s lineage. It was also the supreme palace in the heavenly court of the gods when Emperor Cangli ruled the world in the past.

Of course, as time goes by, the Emperor’s Palace has long lost its former importance. It is now just a palace with more symbolic significance than practical significance, recording the glorious past of the ancient emperor and the glory of the Emperor’s Palace.

On ordinary days, let alone Taiyi, the contemporary Emperor of Heaven, even the gods who were the Emperors of Heaven in the past would rarely approach the so-called Emperor’s Palace.

Now, Taiyi specially summoned me before the grand court meeting was about to officially begin, and in this ancient temple of the gods, which had far more symbolic significance than practical significance, what was the meaning of this?

For a moment, Qi Yu had many guesses in his mind, and he immediately opened his mouth and asked Jin Bian Daojun.

“May I ask Master Jinbian, do you know why His Majesty the Emperor of Heaven has summoned me?”

Having reached Qi Yu’s point, apart from other things, there is at least one advantage, that is, he no longer needs to guess blindly about many things. If he wants to know something, he just needs to open his mouth and someone will give him a reasonable answer.

Unfortunately, he miscalculated this time, because even a close minister of the Emperor of Heaven like Jin Bianshi didn’t know what Taiyi was talking about. It was not perfunctory or unspeakable, but he really knew nothing, which surprised Qi Yu very much.

However, since it was the Emperor of Heaven who summoned him, he naturally had to go. Now that the grand court meeting was imminent, Qi Yu couldn’t find an excuse not to go, right?

Therefore, without wasting any time, after talking with Jin Bian for a few more words and giving some instructions to Wangshu, Qi Yu set off and walked towards the Emperor’s Palace.

A long chapter of 6,000 words, not divided.

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