Attaining Immortality, Starting From Slaying Demons-Chapter 1399 - 816: Fruit Position Missing_2

She was not deceived by Lady Houtu’s calm demeanor.

Shi Mu rarely left the Emperor’s Mansion. Since her spirit was awakened, she had stayed by Lady Houtu’s side, receiving guidance from the Emperor, making her path too smooth and somewhat naive.

But in matters of importance, she still had clarity.

Today’s calamity seems to be just the Emperor slaying a few juniors, but the real significance is far from that simple.

"..."

Lady Houtu saw her stubborn expression, remained silent for a moment, and did not try to dissuade further, but instead waved her sleeve and turned towards the north.

The three-round Great Sun showed no trace of movement, yet remained high behind her.

This magnificent scene naturally attracted the attention of many cultivators.

The immortals who hadn’t left the East Continent were all stunned, looking up in confusion, and when they came to their senses, hurriedly summoned auspicious clouds to follow.

"Not going to the Southern Continent, back to the North first!"

Master Xuanwei’s face changed rapidly. They were supposed to be the first to leave, but sensing the abnormality and being concerned for their comrades, they stayed longer than expected, not realizing the situation would grow so severe.

"Return."

Chi Yunzi also felt uneasy. Normally, the Bodhi Sect shouldn’t target Lady Houtu Huangdi Qi when dealing with any Emperor. After all, her unwillingness to participate in the calamity was greatly favorable for the monks.

Unless the lady intended to obstruct them from doing something...

The kind of event that would prompt the Present Buddha to emerge made Chi Yunzi instinctively think of Shen Yi.

First, they should return to see if the young man has safely reached the North, as for the scramble for the incense, even Lady Houtu has joined the fray, indicating a new upheaval may arise.

In an instant, countless streaks of light swept up, following the three Lotus Platform Great Suns.

...

Across the North Continent, seventy-two Immortal Caves and thousands of Immortal Sects spread across the mountains and rivers, their network resembling a great tree, and at its peak, it branches off, like two open palms holding a realm of ethereal clouds.

The cloud realm forms a staircase, rising towards the heavens, finally revealing an expansive and endless Jade Platform.

This Jade Platform is the original birthplace of the celestial immortals and the place where the Sanqing Sect Leader expounds the teachings.

Now, as streaks of light descended, the originally peaceful and harmonious treasure land suddenly became much noisier.

Especially upon the sight of that group of bald men, the immortals showed anger on their faces.

When had the disciples under the Sect Hierarch’s seat ever been bothered by such crude warriors?

But soon, even Master Xuanwei along with the Golden Immortals fell into silent contemplation.

Numerous grand Emperor’s Mansion phantoms descended like giant peaks, quietly encircling the Jade Platform above.

The Five Directions Emperor gathered!

And on the other side, apart from the original three Lotus Platforms, soon another three arrived from the east, and the last to arrive were three from the south led by the Future Buddha.

Nine Suns emerged, illuminating the cloud realm!

At the end of the Jade Platform, on three empty meditation cushions, a slender figure appeared quietly upon each.

The old men had their eyes closed, dressed only in simple robes, devoid of other objects, surrounded by pure qi, hazy and unclear, as if they did not exist within this realm.

To this point, seventeen revered giants who embodied all the myriad laws of the world were all present, none missing.

The two sects had not gathered as such in how many years.

What made the disciples below uneasy was the somewhat horrifying scene before them.

The Sanqing Sect Leader, Five Emperors, three Buddhas, six True Buddhas, should be on the same plane as heavenly parents, but now....

Sixteen were all seated, only one stood in the center, under the gaze of the others, looking as if under judgment.

Judgment... judging an Emperor?!

Just having this thought made many feel a slight weakness.

Since the beginning of heaven and earth, such a thing has never happened.

"Sit."

At this moment, the elderly man on the right meditation cushion opened his eyes.

The Upper Pure Sect Leader slightly raised his arm, and beside him appeared an additional meditation cushion.

Clearly, even the indifferent Sect Leader, seemingly unconcerned with anything, was unwilling to let his Emperor face such treatment under the public eye.

Upon hearing this, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief, seeing that there was still room for negotiation.

"..."

Lady Houtu Huangdi Qi stood in the midst, accompanied only by the timid Shi Mu, apart from her, no one in attendance was her disciple.

She gazed ahead, her eyes cold as if at odds with the two sects.

Upon hearing this sentence, Lady Houtu paused before suddenly laughing lightly: "No need, this is fine."

"Dare you ask the Emperor, what is fine?" Joyful True Buddha looked with a slight taunt.

"Fine in..." Lady Houtu slowly scanned the skies around, her gaze passing through the True Buddha Emperors, including the three Sect Leaders, and said lightly: "Paths differ, no need for alliance."

This statement caused the entire gathering to be filled with fear.

Joyful True Buddha even had a smile on his face: "The Emperor’s path is different from ours?"

Since the calamity began, the Houtu Emperor’s Mansion had been caught between the Immortals and Red Dust, neither here nor there.

Only the Golden Immortals like Master Xuanwei knew that Lady Houtu once had a significant disagreement with the Sect Hierarch, parting on bad terms before withdrawing to the Emperor’s Mansion and not coming out.

But that was considered internal family matters.

Yet now, to say such things directly in front of the adherents of both sects was a completely different matter.

"What happened?"

On the left cushion, the Taiching Sect Master opened his eyes, interrupting Joyful True Buddha’s words.

"Regarding the calamity," Medicine King True Buddha spoke calmly, recounting the events in the East Continent clearly, without the aggressiveness of Joyful True Buddha, addressing the core issue.

"We wish to correct the disorder of the world, while the sect members of yours seek incense from the Red Dust, first your sect disciple breached the alliance, secretly competing for the field, leading to our sect disciples taking strenuous measures to block."

"Lady Houtu Huangdi Qi’s actions are improper!"

Those who had reached the pinnacle of the world naturally understood the impropriety.

Without removing the tyrant without path, with the Divine Dynasty still standing, if everyone acted like her, within days, the two sects would be left without a person to use.

"What does the Buddha want to do?"

On the middle cushion, the Yuqing Sect Master finally spoke, looking quietly towards the most dazzling Lotus Great Sun among the nine rounds.

"Houtu Emperor shall no longer partake in the calamity."

The Present Buddha’s light statement, however, brought doubt to all.

Everyone knew Lady Houtu had no interest in the calamity from the start, no need to mention it further, does this mean to let things go lightly, with no further concern?

In the next moment, Master Xuanwei and Chi Yunzi suddenly clenched their hands.

"In addition, the old monk wishes to know the whereabouts of your sect’s Jade Void Universe True Monarch." The Present Buddha slightly leaned forward, looking towards the ones below, Lady Houtu Huangdi Qi.

"Sect Hierarch...you mustn’t..." Where would Master Xuanwei have thought, the matter would involve Shen Yi, he and Chi Yunzi were already worried due to not seeing Shen Yi present, even if it was somewhat overstepping, they stood out.

Now the entire Bodhi Sect was waiting to take Shen Yi’s life to dissolve anger, the Present Buddha bringing it up seemed to be making use of the circumstance.

"Ha."

In the Emperor’s Mansion shadow, Emperor Dongji couldn’t hold back a smirk, having a bit of schadenfreude.

He left directly, knowing the Bodhi Sect wouldn’t let go of that damned young thief, it was just unexpected that even Lady Houtu could help push things up a notch, causing such a stir.

In the crowd, Qing Guangzi also raised his head.

He had prepared the charges against that young man beforehand, waiting to go back to the North Continent and present them to the Sect Hierarch, never thinking Lady Houtu’s intervention would provide the Bodhi Sect with an excuse, perhaps those charges may not even be needed.

As the immortals became somewhat anxious, the Present Buddha unhurriedly sat back down.

With a wave of his hand, Buddha Light transformed into a mirror.

In the mirror was a misty scene, third-grade disciples looking puzzled, but Golden Immortals and Bodhisattvas eyes slightly narrowed.

For they saw themselves in the mirror... to be precise, they saw their Dao Fruits and Fruit Positions.

Within the mirror was the Heavenly Dao!

"Has anyone noticed, something is missing here?"