Taiyi Dao Fruit-Chapter 1153 - 375: Creating Heaven

The Heavenly Monarch does not trust anyone, so even the mind-assimilated Elder Kaiyang is unaware of his relationship with Ji Wen.

The facts prove that the Heavenly Monarch's vigilance indeed served its purpose, allowing Elder Kaiyang to achieve merit with his strike but leaving the Heavenly Monarch's life unharmed.

Like insects, talismans deeply penetrated Elder Kaiyang's flesh, acupoints, and meridians, continually advancing toward the Sea of Consciousness.

"It's impossible for you to regain yourself with your own ability. Who helped you find yourself?"

King Yue, Ji Wen, gently raised his finger, numerous talismans swiftly occupying Elder Kaiyang's entire body. While devouring blood and Qi, he slowly asked.

Intense pain and weakness filled every part of his body, as if his marrow had been hollowed out. Elder Kaiyang's eyes widened, and he clenched his teeth tightly. When those talismans drilled into the Sea of Consciousness, he vividly felt his Divine Soul being dissected, then as if countless small bugs burrowed into him.

Even a tough martial artist like Elder Kaiyang was filled with a sense of living agony.

Yet he forcibly endured the torment, gritting his teeth and said, "Enter...your mother's soul gate."

The Heavenly Monarch remained silent, only moving his fingers lightly, hastening the talisman invasion.

Having been fellow sect members for years, he had long understood Elder Kaiyang's temperament. Asking was merely in hopes of an unforeseen exception.

With the expected answer received, he needed to directly perform a soul-search to find the person assisting Elder Kaiyang.

However, since the other party could help Elder Kaiyang regain himself and even conceal his anomaly from the Heavenly Monarch, the soul-search technique might not yield the desired answers.

Nonetheless, leaving it be was impossible.

Thus, the Heavenly Monarch resorted to cruel means.

He was soon to travel abroad, temporarily reclusive, and it wasn't wise to carry a captive. If the soul-search yielded no results, he would simply kill, leaving the problem aside for now.

One by one, black lines accelerated their way into Elder Kaiyang's body, turning him into a bloody figure.

As blood splattered and landed on the beach, leaving mottled stains, they formed an intricate and grand array map under some force's drive.

The speed was incredibly fast, clearly intricate, yet completed in an instant, as if time had accelerated.

"It seems there's no need for me to examine his memory." The Heavenly Monarch remarked indifferently, witnessing the scene.

For that person had already appeared.

A white figure arrived gracefully, white lotus blooming, with faint praises echoing.

"Wuwei greets the Heavenly Monarch."

The visitor was none other than Tan Wuwei, who had long substituted herself with a decoy and escaped.

"It's you? Indeed, only you are most likely."

The two bodies of the Heavenly Monarch stood within the bloody array map, four eyes simultaneously gazing at the reappeared traitor.

Tan Wuwei, well-versed in Buddhist Chanting, had previously assisted Manjusri and the Heavenly Monarch in converting countless followers. Due to her Dao Fruit's peculiarity, Tan Wuwei's mastery in the Fire Path had long surpassed Manjusri, closely following the Heavenly Monarch.

She indeed possessed the ability to help Elder Kaiyang regain himself.

Moreover, since Tan Wuwei could foresee the future, she was entirely capable of hiding Elder Kaiyang's traces. Even achieving all this without anyone knowing, Elder Kaiyang might not even be aware of who helped him.

Therefore, soul-searching was utterly useless; the Heavenly Monarch could not extract a non-existent answer from Elder Kaiyang's mind.

Furthermore, finding here wasn't difficult for Tan Wuwei. Besides leaving some hidden tricks on Elder Kaiyang, her divine skills in predicting the future were enough to pinpoint the general location of the Heavenly Monarch.

When Tan Wuwei was confirmed as a traitor, every piece of information regarding her had to be tagged with suspicion. Among them, the most critical was the future Tan Wuwei witnessed.

Since only she could see the future, the Heavenly Monarch neither knew what Tan Wuwei saw nor what she concealed. Even Tan Wuwei's divine skill limitations might be fabricated.

"Betrayed the Mo Sect, betrayed Manjusri, and now, you've come to betray me again,"

The Heavenly Monarch said thoughtfully to Tan Wuwei, "Should I say you're predisposed to betrayal?"

"At least, Wuwei never betrayed herself."

Tan Wuwei replied with a smile, "Moreover, Wuwei never claimed allegiance to the Heavenly Monarch. Wuwei betrayed the Mo Sect to drastically change the world. Heaven stands high above, the Emperor is impartial, maintaining the Sacrificial Altar for eight hundred years, yet after eight hundred years, the world remains unchanged, as it was eight hundred years ago."

"The Mo Sect attempted to change the world, but in practice, it only patched here and there, constantly dousing fires. Wuwei disagreed with such lukewarm methods, thus betrayed the Mo Sect, secretly joining the Buddha Country. Encountering the Heavenly Monarch there, I betrayed the Buddha Country and joined under the Heavenly Monarch."

"If only the Heavenly Monarch replaces Heaven, it would help Wuwei enlighten all living beings, establishing a world of universal love. Unfortunately······"

"Because I am too cold-hearted?" The Heavenly Monarch replied calmly.

"Precisely," Tan Wuwei nodded, "If the Heavenly Monarch replaced Heaven, Wuwei's vision would be fulfilled. But, the Heavenly Monarch is cold and ruthless; if necessary, mass slaughter of all beings is not out of the question. If Yellow Heaven rose, it would be worse than Heaven remaining."

At the very least, current affairs allow survival, and not even too poorly. Whereas replacing Heaven with Yellow Heaven, if the Heavenly Monarch deemed slaughtering all beings would aid his breakthrough, he would spare no means.

Before the Heavenly Monarch's blood sacrifice of millions, Tan Wuwei had already sensed the Heavenly Monarch's ruthless and cold-blooded nature.

If everyone in the world perished, then Tan Wuwei would have achieved her wish, but so what?

She betrayed the Mo Sect, yet this was the outcome she received—how could she be willing to accept this?

So, she decided to betray the Heavenly Monarch when she realized his nature...

This reason sounds somewhat strange, like a mad dreamer's ramblings, but Tan Wuwei truly was someone with wild dreams.

Back then, when she offered her incense fire thought power to the Heavenly Monarch and was probed by his thoughts, her fanaticism was entirely genuine, which allowed her to win the Heavenly Monarch's trust.

And precisely because the Heavenly Monarch knew her intentions were genuine, he believed her current reasons, and also...

The ground beneath the Heavenly Monarch's feet cracked open!

At that time, Tan Wuwei's intention to help the Heavenly Monarch was also genuine, sensed by the Heavenly Monarch, which is why he trusted her. But Tan Wuwei was unwilling to allow the Heavenly Monarch to replace Heaven, so what was her intention?

The Heavenly Monarch was unaware of her intention but could determine that Tan Wuwei intended to help him and then, at some opportunity, strike against him.

Now, it was her time to act!

The ground cracked open, the array map was damaged, and the Heavenly Monarch simultaneously merged into space, his figure elusive.

However—

The damaged array map continued to function, even connecting with the True Void Home. The vast incense was surging toward the array map, causing it to continuously unfold.

"This is—"

The Heavenly Monarch saw the array map expanding, becoming increasingly complex, and revealing an ancient and vast aura. His expression finally showed slight change, "The Heaven Creation Device! How do you know of the Heaven Creation Device?"

In ancient times, the Three Clans created the Heaven Creation Device, which had long been destroyed by the ancestors, leaving only some broken records and an already crazed insider.

—The Drought Demon Ba.

Back when Dinghu Sect held the Sword Discussion Conference, someone took the opportunity to communicate with the Drought Demon Ba within the Heaven and Earth Furnace, putting Tianxuan on high alert.

That person was Tan Wuwei.

But in truth, the Drought Demon Ba had long been insane, unable to remember the construction of the Heaven Creation Device, nor could Tan Wuwei, as a fourth-rank, easily learn the construction from the crazed Drought Demon Ba.

The Heavenly Monarch had merely set up a confusing illusion, leading Tianxuan to mistakenly believe the Heaven Creation Device had been leaked.

Later, when the Taiping Sect rose, both Tianxuan and Jiang Li thought the Taiping Sect intended to create a Yellow Heaven, but in reality, the Heavenly Monarch planned to take the opportunity to tear the sky apart and seize the power of Heaven, realizing his Yellow Heaven Dharma Form.

There was never a Heaven Creation, just a feint.

Even Tan Wuwei was unaware of how to arrange the Heaven Creation Device.

But now, Tan Wuwei had arranged this Heaven Creation Device, which shouldn't have been known!

Although the Heavenly Monarch didn't know the complete Heaven Creation Device, he was well aware of the Ji Family's and Dinghu Sect's secrets. When he saw the array map spread out, he knew the name of this array.

It was then the Heavenly Monarch understood Tan Wuwei's intention.

Tan Wuwei intended to create Heaven!

"What audacity! To dare use me as fuel."

The Heavenly Monarch's figure was blurry, seemingly still within the Magic Ceremony, but actually already out of its range.

Yet Tan Wuwei remained calm, slowly saying, "The Heavenly Monarch's guessing isn't wrong. Wuwei indeed intends to invite the Heavenly Monarch to become Heaven."

The Heavenly Monarch was ruthless; it didn't matter, all it took was to change his nature.

The Three Clans initially used the Magic Ceremony to set limitations for Heaven during its creation. Now, Tan Wuwei could also use it to set limitations for Yellow Heaven.

Using the Heavenly Monarch as the core and the Jade Emperor Dao Fruit as the hub, a perfect Yellow Heaven could be created.

The array map unfolded upwards, and from below, another array map emerged, layer upon layer. Rising gradually, the vast incense fire thought power passed through the array map, continuously refining, then disregarding spatial distance and pouring into the Heavenly Monarch's body.

"The Heavenly Monarch absorbed the Heavenly Heart with human intent, now Wuwei will use human intent to undermine the Heavenly Monarch's intent, changing his heart."

The "Yin Talisman Scripture" harnesses human intent to usurp the Heavenly Dao, but if human intent loses control, the Heavenly Monarch will become another Earth Uncle, controlled by the cultivation technique.

Now, the Heavenly Monarch's Yellow Heaven Dharma Form had achieved completion through the Promotion Ceremony, and though it was destroyed, the Realm remained. One could say, he was a small Heaven, even closer to the Heaven than Jiang Li.

"Please, Heavenly Monarch, transform into Heaven."