Taiyi Dao Fruit-Chapter 1234 - 25: Sea Suppressing Eye

Within the Nine Provinces, a storm was already brewing under the surface. Although no great battle had yet broken out, an undercurrent was already moving in secret, and Emperor Jiang would soon confront the Great Heavenly Venerate head-on.

However, above the East Sea, in the northeast direction of the Divine Country, about two hundred thousand miles away, the sea was calm and quiet.

In this sea area, there was no wind, not even the slightest sound of the wind, yet occasionally, huge waves would rise. These waves were dark black, reaching heights of dozens or even hundreds of feet.

The dark sea area formed a circle, surrounding a massive island with a circumference of five thousand miles. Clouds and mist lingered over the path, with verdant greenery, pavilions, and towers winding around the high peaks, and palaces sitting one by one in succession.

At this moment, on the highest peak of this Immortal Island, in the largest palace, the Immortal Queen sat deep in thought on the throne, her fingers, like snowy jade, tapping lightly on the armrest of the throne.

In front of her, a round jade mirror floated in the air, reflecting a figure similar yet different from the Immortal Queen.

"Are you hesitating?" the figure in the mirror asked.

"Indeed, I'm hesitating. Entering the fray now may not be wise," the Immortal Queen nodded, without the usual commanding tone towards subordinates, instead possessing a deliberative tone. "The great battle has not erupted yet, and even the Great Venerable is still observing. If we enter too early, we might become the primary target."

Just half a day ago, a letter had arrived in a rather abrupt manner at the Immortal Queen's hands.

It had fallen from the sky, landing precisely in front of the Immortal Queen as she was about to enter the hall.

The letter contained a suggestion, proposing the Immortal Queen should urge the Great Venerable to enter the battle.

But now, the Great Venerable had advanced to the Second Grade, and it wouldn't be easy to plot under his nose.

Even if the Immortal Queen had something to rely on, she might still leave traces for the Great Venerable to discover.

Moreover, entering the fray early might make her the primary target of that master-disciple pair. Although the Immortal Queen was determined and eager to deal with Tianxuan, it wasn't reason enough for her to become the scapegoat.

After numerous confrontations, the Immortal Queen was quite familiar with the cunning and ruthless nature of that master-disciple duo.

"Is that all?" the figure in the mirror chuckled lightly.

"I know what the Queen Mother wants to say," the Immortal Queen responded calmly, "Now, with your help, the Immortal Palace has discovered Penglai Mountain and has a new foundation. If we're intent on avoiding the escalating war, we might not achieve eternal peace, but we could at least escape the worsening strife. However, when I chose to awaken the Queen Mother, it wasn't to merely preserve my own life."

The Immortal Queen sought to reach the highest pinnacle; she did not allow cowardly thoughts of merely surviving within herself.

Just like the Winter God Tao Fruit she contained, she was cold and ruthless, icy and stern.

"Indeed, such a heart is necessary; otherwise, the former you wouldn't have resonated your mental state with the Dao Fruit and awakened my palace."

The figure in the mirror smiled slightly with anticipated satisfaction, then said, "What you are concerned about is not enraging the Great Venerable, but being discovered by him. It's actually quite simple to avoid being discovered by the Great Venerable. You only need to send someone to invite Shen Hou to the Immortal Palace, passing near Jiuyuan Island on the way."

"That's all it takes?" The Immortal Queen couldn't hide her surprise.

"That's all it takes," the figure in the mirror chuckled, "Shen Hou's Dao Fruit is unique; although hard to use greatly, it has peculiar effects in some ingenious areas. By following this plan, you can achieve your goal without being detected by the Great Venerable."

"Does the Great Venerable not know about this?" The Immortal Queen was even more amazed.

"If he knew, he wouldn't have accepted Shen Hou under his command in the first place."

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So, within just half a day, Shen Hou was already on his way to Penglai.

The Immortal Queen took action personally, using the Plain Cloud Realm Flag to cut through space and send Yun Fei, the Fourth Palace Master of the Immortal Palace, to invite Shen Hou. Seeing the Immortal Queen's earnestness, Shen Hou did not dare delay and immediately rode the Dragon Whisker Tiger with Yun Fei to Penglai.

Due to the special nature of Penglai's location, it required a guide, so Shen Hou was led by Yun Fei to a tumultuous sea area with unpredictable weather.

"Fourth Palace Master, what place is this?"

Shen Hou, cautiously observing the overcast sky and a tornado connecting the heavens and the earth in the distance, asked with caution.

This place certainly didn't seem friendly; just a hundred miles away, the weather was harmonious, yet upon reaching here, it drastically shifted. Furthermore, with Shen Hou's modest but proficient understanding of geomancy, he perceived the unique formation of the land, likely producing anomalies.

Yun Fei, unfazed, merely smiled, "This is near the Nine Elements Island. Due to a sea eye nearby, the weather frequently changes, considered an area plagued by natural disasters. However, for us, it will only present minor inconveniences. Moreover, we are merely passing the edge with no significant danger."

Upon hearing this, Shen Hou felt slightly reassured and smiled, "What a coincidence. This poor Daoist happens to possess a divine skill for suppressing sea eyes. Should we need to pass directly through this sea area, it might give this poor Daoist a chance to stretch a little."

Speaking of this, Shen Hou expressed a hint of regret.

He possessed the Water Dividing General Dao Fruit of the East Sea, with a divine skill to suppress sea eyes. However, he had never had the chance to witness a genuine sea eye, thus his divine skill was occasionally only used to suppress floods.

Just like during the water disaster in Liangzhou Province, Shen Hou used this divine skill to suppress part of the flooding.

Now arriving at the East Sea, it unexpectedly provided an opportunity for this divine skill to be utilized.

However, he did not necessarily need to display his Divine Skills.

The most critical thing now is to understand the situation and figure out why the Immortal Queen is so cautious, to help the Emperor capture the Great Venerable as soon as possible.

Initially, they spoke of three years, but now nearly one-third of that has passed, and not only has the Great Venerable not shown any signs of decline, but has even ascended to Second Grade. Under such circumstances, Shen Hou was indeed anxious.

He truly didn't want another three years to pass.

After saying this, Shen Hou intended to continue the journey with Yun Fei, but suddenly, an inexplicable invisible gravity arrived.

Shen Hou felt his Divine Skills suddenly start to activate, aligning with that invisible gravity, lifting him off the Dragon Whisker Tiger's back.

"What's happening? This poor Daoist—"

Amidst the whistling wind, Shen Hou's cry was elongated, dragged by the invisible gravity for hundreds of miles, helplessly watching himself being drawn into the massive whirlpool below.

Meanwhile, the Immortal Queen watched the reflection in the mirror, slowly lowering her hand, and calmly said, "It's done."

The mirror's surface flickered, revealing the deep seabed, allowing the Immortal Queen to see a void inhaling seawater.

A stream of light pierced through the sea current, like a comet striking the earth, flying into the void, instantly disturbing the sea's flow, causing turbulence and shaking the earth veins.

The earth veins connected, one movement affecting the rest.

Pushed by some Invisible Power, it indirectly affected an area twenty thousand miles away, causing slight vibrations in the earth veins there.

The vibrations were nearly negligible, but influenced by someone's Sea Suppressing Eye Divine Skills, they prompted an astonishing change, temporarily thinning the connecting mist. Through the mist, faintly visible island shadows appeared.

"Hmm?"

On the sea three thousand miles from land, the Candle Dragon suddenly lowered its head, overlooking below, the Star River sphere in its palm swiftly evolved various futures.

"It's exposed," he said indifferently.

As the words fell, Immortal Light burst forth, a rainbow-like Qi Mechanism descended upon the East Sea, and the Daoist Lord appeared, focusing his gaze immediately upon those islands.

The Daoist Lord wielded the "One Qi to Three Pure Ones" technique, allowing him to roam freely even as his Physical Body sat within the Imperial City Great Ming Hall.

He entrusted Jiang Li with overseeing the pure and impure transformation, sending out a Three Pure Ones Primordial Spirit to observe the situation across the Nine Provinces. The most critical concern, of course, was the endless mist emerging over the East Sea.

In fact, even if the mist didn't thin, the Daoist Lord was bound to traverse through it eventually to investigate the anomalies over the East Sea.

The current anomaly indisputably accelerated this event, revealing the Great Venerable's scheme directly to the Daoist Lord.

"Pile earth into islands?"

As the mist thinned, the truth could no longer be concealed from the Daoist Lord. The revealed old Daoist's face turned cold, waving his horsetail whisk, and immediately employing the "Shaking Mountains and Earth" Heavenly Gang Technique.

With each whisk movement, the seabed trembled as if ready to rise, transforming into mountains standing firm in Canghai, stirring huge waves, rendering nearby islands unstable.

Under abundant Immortal Energy connecting the Nine Earths, Immortal Lights like fierce dragons surged with each whisk, flipping within the seabed.

But the Great Venerable's speed was swift too. Seeing the situation exposed, the Great Venerable held the Star River sphere transformed from the Book of Luo River Map in one hand, while the other flipped downward, fingers extending, circulating golden light forming ancient runes.

The seabed earth veins suddenly mutated; twisting like dragons, the seabed emerged with long tracks, resembling dragons traversing the earth.

Within the span of a thousand miles, transcended instantly by the power of time upon the earth veins, directly skipping to the result.

"Boom—"

A thunderous sound arose, extending the seabed vibrations to the land, causing the East Sea County neighbor to quake violently.

The Divine Country's earth veins connected with the East Sea's, enabling the vile impurities above the sea to flood into the Divine Country through the earth veins, affecting even the Divine Country's territory.

Unseen, areas once belonging to Great Zhou Territory began to shift uncertainly.

Within the Divine Skills assessment of "I, the State," the nation's strength in this region was being weakened.

This would directly impact Jiang Li's Divine Skills, also hindering pure and impure transformation.

As the East Sea's Five Vile Qi flowed in, the previously flourishing spiritual mechanism was immediately suppressed, revealing a tendency to slip from Jiang Li's control, rendering him temporarily unable to perform pure and impure transformation or reverse the influx of Five Vile Qi.

Using earth against earth, employing Magic to cut Great Zhou Territory, affecting "I, the State" Divine Skills, preventing pure and impure transformation, this is the Great Venerable's intention behind piling earth into islands.

Daoist Lord discovered the harm of these islands, prompting decisive action.

Yet the Great Venerable reacted swiftly, accelerating with Cosmic Light Divine Ability, connecting earth veins, even utilizing Tai Chi Diagram to indirectly stabilize, preventing destruction.