Taiyi Dao Fruit-Chapter 1135 - 359: Promotion Ceremony

A pure white Buddha light swept across the sky dome, heading straight for the mountain with a high platform at its peak.

At this moment, around this mountain, countless people formed a queue, men and women, young and old, rich and poor, all adhering to some sort of order, surrounding the mountain in circle after circle.

Tan Wuwei appeared from the Buddha light, looking down from above, seeing that the surroundings of the mountain were already a sea of people, numbering in the hundreds of thousands.

Countless figures worshiped toward the mountain peak, rising and bowing repeatedly, their scattered incense fire thought power gathering into a vast ocean, converging towards the center.

Even further away, waves of incense fire thought power surged. It seemed that elsewhere, it was the same, countless people were offering incense at this very moment.

On the mountain, from the foot to the waist, a large amount of divine light appeared, where all the divine practitioners could be seen, arranged from top to bottom according to rank and strength. At the mountainside, Tan Wuwei could see the figure of the Yangzhou Governor, along with the former Liangzhou Governor and the Yongzhou Governor.

These two former governors once rebelled, and after Jiang Li suppressed the rebellion, they fled fearing punishment, following Shen Hou. First they shifted to Buddha Country Manjusri, after Manjusri's death they followed Tan Wuwei and Guanyin with Shen Hou. 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

Later, in the battle of Buddha Country, Tan Wuwei and Guanyin were badly defeated, Tan Wuwei managed to escape, while Guanyin fell into the hands of Karma Tathagata, and her subordinates were annihilated thereafter.

By that time, Shen Hou had been arranged to leave Buddha Country early, and Tan Wuwei had long forgotten these two former governors who had lost their usefulness, never expecting to see them here today.

Currently, both Yongzhou and Liangzhou have new governors, these two former governors have lost their divine domain as their earth deity foundation, but their Dao Fruits still exist, their grade remains, yet they have no strength to wield divine skills.

They knelt with the Yangzhou Governor at the mountainside, paths of incense fire thought power flowing into their bodies, manifesting solemn figures externally.

Moreover, three large cauldrons appeared simultaneously, two illusions and one real, the illusory ones were vague, but finally manifested.

'So the Heavenly Monarch had arrangements early on, he had long set his sights on Shen Hou.'

As this thought flashed through Tan Wuwei's mind, she descended with the Buddha light to the mountain top.

The high platform at the mountain top had become a sacrifice platform, golden runes imprinted on the altar, and a Daoist was performing rituals before the altar.

This Daoist, who else could it be but Shen Hou?

Shen Hou held a bright yellow wooden whip with both hands, three feet six inches and five parts in length, with twenty-one sections, each section had four talismans, making eighty-four talismans in total.

Golden light emanated from the wooden whip, shining in all directions, revealing one spectral figure after another.

Tan Wuwei looked around, seeing that each spectral figure had an imposing presence, divine light manifested, with faint light spheres floating within, clearly the manifestation of one Dao Fruit after another.

All the Dao Fruits were of divine attribute, including the Star God, Thunder God, Plague God, Fire God, and others.

Though varied in number and rank, uneven, all were at least fifth-rank or above, and their numbers spread over the eight directions.

The divine fruits the Heavenly Monarch had collected over the years were likely all here.

"Have you arrived?"

A faint voice echoed in Tan Wuwei's ear, and suddenly, she found herself on the altar.

The sacrifice platform beneath her feet had become golden at some point, and in front stretched a boundless expanse with divine light across the sky.

The Heavenly Monarch stood near the edge of the cliff, letting the wind blow as he said indifferently, "This promotion ceremony of mine requires the worship of ten thousand gods and ten thousand people, dominance over the three realms. The ten thousand gods and people is a vague term with no specific count, but it absolutely cannot be few, and to dominate the three realms, I must imprint upon them to command all spirits."

"I've nearly completed the latter, but the faith of the ten thousand gods and people can only be cleverly acquired. Even if the promotion is rare and cannot be perfect, as long as there's success, I have time to make up for it."

The promotion ceremony is essentially aligning with the cause and effect of the original owner of the Dao Fruit, allowing the Dao Fruit to integrate with one's own cause and effect. The promotion ceremony is the best method, but if there's another way to match the cause and effect, it is possible to promote even without fully meeting the promotion ceremony.

However, the probability of success will decrease, and post-promotion strength will also be affected.

For example, King Shu is a typical example of seizing shortcuts. He even fully exploited shortcuts, leveraging the father-son relationship between Gun and Yu, paying for a ticket after already being on board.

If compensations can be made, that's fine, if not, the death of King Shu serves as a cautionary tale.

But the Heavenly Monarch, having plotted for years, has prepared plenty, and does not need to exploit shortcuts as extensively as King Shu, only a small amount of workaround is needed.

After hearing the Heavenly Monarch's words, Tan Wuwei glanced at Shen Hou, realizing he was the chosen one to help the Heavenly Monarch complete the worship of ten thousand gods, while she...

"I'll take care of the ten thousand people." Tan Wuwei slightly bowed her head.

"Good." The Heavenly Monarch nodded.

What needed probing had been probed, and once Tan Wuwei's loyalty was confirmed, it only needed to be actioned.

As for Shen Hou, he had also proven his loyalty, and had learned the method passed down by the Heavenly Monarch, having means of control ensuring no problems.

"It's a pity, according to my original plan, it should have been a collective offering by the entire Great Zhou..." The Heavenly Monarch said with some regret.

Scheming against the Former Emperor, leaving Great Zhou without a leader, Taiping rebelled, Buddha Country moved eastward, first taking Great Zhou, then Buddha Country. The Heavenly Monarch initiated this chaotic era, yet unfortunately, the chaos couldn't be fully controlled by him.

Though he achieved his goals through constant plotting, in comparison to the original plan, it's somewhat limited.

Fortunate though, as of now, the Heavenly Monarch was about to succeed.

Among the Second Grade, reaching the apex, known for Balancing Three Realms, Commanding All Spirits, the Jade Emperor Dao Fruit was finally about to be borne by him.

Only one step remains.

"Wuwei, from now on, you and Lingxuzi will lead jointly, with you as the leader," said the Heavenly Monarch calmly.

"Yes."

Tan Wuwei replied, then asked, "Does the Heavenly Monarch have any war strategy that needs to be executed?"

"No need, at this stage, it's only about raw power. Just like the battle in Buddha Country, no matter the process, the outcome is determined by power alone."

Looking toward Jingzhou, the Heavenly Monarch said, "Jiang Li has his confidence, why wouldn't I have mine? Since he wants to wait, let him wait, and then, let him come."

"Jiang Li can win countless times, but he only needs to lose once, while I, only need to win this one time."

Previously the Heavenly Monarch planned step by step, but at this final step, he did not lack the confidence to face strong adversaries directly.

He certainly was cautious of Jiang Li, but it did not mean he feared Jiang Li.

Having lived two hundred years longer, having orchestrated the current chaos, if he feared a junior, then the Heavenly Monarch wouldn't be worthy of ascending to become the Jade Emperor.