This Human Immortal Is Too Serious-Chapter 390 - 388: Director Xiong and His Leading Lady
If such an incident occurred in the Human Domain, even if a great family like the Ji Family were responsible, the Human Emperor Pavilion would have handed down punishment.
But in Heaven Palace, the Moon God committed these sins, forcibly abducting beautiful women and imprisoning them for life, locking them in iron cages...
Their beauty would not fade, but the flower of life was slowly withering away.
Who would punish the Moon God?
How many women vanished within the cold palace on the moon because of what the Moon God did?
Wu Wang silently watched the beautiful figure before him.
The Moon God looked down without speaking, her fingers at times clenching and then releasing.
Wu Wang now understood why he felt some aversion to the fragrance surrounding the Moon God.
Nothing about this beauty is natural.
"It’s really true that Divine Spirits see living beings as mere playthings," Wu Wang said with a smile, a few hints of light swirling in his eyes—the suppressed impulse and anger.
The Moon God took a couple of steps forward, leaving faint ripples on the surface of the water, and hurriedly said, "God of Spring, I did not kill those women. I was just, just searching for what beauty is."
"Is that so?" Wu Wang laughed, and then suddenly said, "Does the Moon God know what impact this would have if it became known?"
The Moon God was silent for a moment, a hint of helplessness in her eyes. She said softly, "His Majesty might be displeased."
"Indeed, your Majesty would be displeased," Wu Wang said in a low voice.
"I have some questions. Why would the Moon God cover this up? You needn’t care about the fate of those women, nor bother about how their families or lovers would react. You captured them as if you found beautiful shells on the beach. You imprisoned them in palace after palace, even bestowing upon them eternal beauty.
The Moon God is truly merciful."
Wu Wang murmured, "Merciful indeed."
"God of Spring," the Moon God said, feeling somewhat nervous for some reason.
Her intuition had always been accurate, and she could feel the anger from Wu Wang now. Relying on His Majesty, in whom she should have felt utterly confident, she was inexplicably panicking.
It seemed to her that this cultivator who came from the Human race, this Divine Spirit from the Human race who was barely established in Heaven Palace through His Majesty’s praise, held in his hands the power to destroy her.
The Moon God thought this was absurd, yet she did not wish to let the God of Spring make a big fuss over this matter.
"I ask the God of Spring to let this go."
A cool and lonely light spread around the Moon God as she gazed at Wu Wang, a gentle smile on her face.
"I am aware that the God of Spring is not yet firmly established in Heaven Palace. If the God of Spring no longer pursues this matter, and hands those women over for me to deal with, I will certainly speak a few kind words for the God of Spring in front of His Majesty."
Wu Wang suddenly chuckled coldly, putting away the Image Projection Bead in his hand, and said indifferently, "Don’t you know who I am?"
Suddenly, the smile on the Moon God’s face stiffened.
The son of the Ice God.
"I came to Heaven Palace to explore the second path to save the order of Heaven and Earth," Wu Wang said coldly.
"I do not wish for Candle Dragon’s return, nor do I wish to see the Human Domain’s destruction. Therefore, I chose this path: to change Heaven Palace, to turn it into a core of order that living beings can accept and Divine Spirits can accommodate.
I mentioned all this when I came. The Heavenly Emperor knows this, and it aligns with the strategy set by the Heavenly Emperor and Empress Xi He."
He sneered, pacing slowly on the water’s surface with his hands behind his back, yet his mouth did not stop.
He intended to break the Moon God’s psychological defenses, to see if he could find a flaw in Emperor Shun.
Wu Wang said, "Let me guess. After they drove away Candle Dragon, they must have set a strategy to deal with it. The strategy was probably divided into three parts.
The first part was to cultivate the Power of Living Beings, to let living beings proliferate continuously between Heaven and Earth, steadily increasing the power of the Head Manager and the Young Master.
The second part was to integrate the Power of Living Beings, based on the Great Dao of the Head Manager and the Young Master, adding a double guarantee for the Heaven and Earth Seal. You might have heard of this from the Heavenly Emperor.
The Heavenly Emperor and the Queen of Heaven were very confident in this plan. After all, it was by relying on the Power of Living Beings and the rise of the Living Beings’ lineage of Divine Spirits that they had gained the opportunity to overpower Candle Dragon.
But the plan was disrupted by the birth of the Human Domain; the Dao of Fire was extracted, and the Ancient Emperor of the Suiren Clan forced Heaven Palace into a corner.
Thus, there was a mutated version of the subsequent plan.
The Head Manager was driven mad step by step, standing on the opposite side of living beings, while the Heavenly Emperor took advantage of the Young Master’s affinity towards living beings, as well as her precious sense of justice, letting her devour the Head Manager’s Great Dao.
Although it was an incarnation of Order that acted in proxy, the ones behind the scenes were probably the Heavenly Emperor or the Queen of Heaven.
Because of my intervention, Shen Nong let the Head Manager off, and the structure of Heaven and Earth returned to a delicate balance.
Before I came, the Heavenly Emperor was already in trouble. Do you know about this?"
Chang Xi had just opened her mouth, but Wu Wang’s cold sneer cut her off.
"You don’t know, because you’re just the Moon God."
"And what of it?!" Chang Xi’s face showed a trace of annoyance, but she soon closed her eyes, her long lashes trembling several times before she exhaled.
"I truly do not know," Chang Xi said in a low voice. "I have no interest in the patterns of Heaven and Earth; my heart only holds His Majesty."
"Pitiful creature."
"Wu Wangzi, watch who you are speaking to!"
Her face showed anger, but in Wu Wang’s eyes, it appeared very weak.
"Did I speak wrongly?" Wu Wang said indifferently. "All you strive to do is to please your man. But does the Moon God understand that the more you act this way, the less significant you become in the Heavenly Emperor’s heart? You only have your beauty, and you also understand men; tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of years are too long. Even if you gather the beauty of all living beings, the Heavenly Emperor will one day grow tired of it. So you are anxious, right?"
Chang Xi pursed her lips.
Wu Wang’s voice sounded like demonic music rising from the depths of an abyss: "It’s not that you don’t want me to make a big deal of this. Rather, you don’t dare announce it to everyone. What you’re truly trying to hide isn’t your atrocities against living beings, but your own lack of confidence, isn’t it?"
Chang Xi closed her eyes and said nothing.
Wu Wang smiled and said, "Your Great Dao, your position in the Divine Court—they were all given to you by the Heavenly Emperor, weren’t they?"
"Enough..."
"Ultimately, you are just a pawn used by the Heavenly Emperor to balance the power of Empress Xi He, to suppress his greatest aid in creating order, and to consolidate his position as Heavenly Emperor. Am I wrong? You are the Moon God, the ancient Beauty God; you have lived through the long ages. You should have understood all this long ago, right?"
Chang Xi clenched her fists tightly as if she was on the verge of striking out.
That divine might was surging, and the pure moonlight was filled with a cold murderous intent. Although there was a hint of being outwardly strong but inwardly weak, Chang Xi was indeed among the strong gods of Heaven Palace and was deeply related to the Dao of Time.
Wu Wang remained indifferent to the threat before him.
Although this gamble was risky, Wu Wang considered his chances of winning to be quite substantial. If he could provoke Chang Xi, get her to focus her attention on the power struggles of Heaven Palace and contend with Xihe, that would be more than ideal. This was different from siding with Xihe directly, but in essence, it was the same thing. The Heavenly Dao thrives!
Wu Wang waited, sensing the moment Chang Xi was about to speak and heal the wounds torn open by his words. He calmly threw out the final blade: "The moon can only exist after the sun has set. Even if the sun and the moon share the sky, the moon will be dim and without light, so inconspicuous that it will not capture anyone’s attention, contributing nothing to the brightness of Heaven and Earth. You really should be anxious, for compared to Empress Xi He, you could be replaced at any moment..."
"Shut up!"
A furious shout shook Wu Wang’s eardrums. The entire water surface erupted with countless water arrows, and the pure moonlight suddenly began to rampage. Yet Wu Wang just stood with his hands behind his back, unmoved, his robe soaked by water arrows, completely unfazed.
After a short while, peace was restored everywhere.
Chang Xi breathed lightly, the upper part of her long dress wrapped around her perfect chest, which rose and fell slightly. Her eyes filled with despondence, and she scoffed a few times before saying indifferently, "As for today’s matter, let the God of Spring deal with it as he pleases. I am tired."
Having said this, Chang Xi turned and walked towards the depths of the grand hall; a full moon appeared in front, casting down a stairway like white jade.
"Heh."
A faint laugh followed her from behind, and the words that came next made Chang Xi’s steps involuntarily halt.
"Does the Moon God really not wish for the sun and the moon to rise together? Let me help you."
She turned abruptly, seeing that young man of the Human race standing atop the water surface, his eyes filled with disdain but his smile brimming.
"I want to change Heaven Palace."
Wu Wang’s smile slowly faded as he said indifferently, "Although the Moon God, in my eyes, is not much different from those gods who abuse living beings. If I had a choice, or a way to let the Human Domain overwhelm Heaven Palace without affecting the current order of Heaven and Earth, I would not waste half a word with you here. Shall we join forces? You filthy Innate God."
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「Yang Valley, where the sun rises.」
Xihe, in a golden dress, sat on the throne, gently caressing the golden crow bird in her arms, her phoenix eyes showing a trace of contemplation. The fire feathers on the golden crow shimmered faintly; it occasionally shifted its body slightly.
Xihe gestured lightly with her hand, and the Maidens kneeling below rose and left. Another maiden stepped forward, gently picking up the sleeping golden crow bird, and walked towards the depths of the grand hall behind the throne.
Xihe pondered quietly for a while, and a golden soft whip appeared in her hand. As the soft whip’s handle moved, a phantom emerged in front of Xihe, rapidly solidifying and revealing one image after another: an overhead view of the Emperor’s City, the Divine Realm of the Moon God shimmering with divine light.
Xihe’s slender fingers glided a few times, freezing the images just outside the Divine Realm of the Moon God.
The Young Master stood quietly in the air, her hands clasped behind her back, occasionally sweeping her gaze across the area. Her recently increasing beauty and charm seemed to possess an inexplicable attraction. On the ground, seven or eight hundred women sat quietly, presenting a rather impressive sight. Support from the God of Spring’s Divine World had already arrived; more than a hundred sturdy women from the Northern Wilderness, riding fierce beasts, were patrolling the vicinity, guarding against the Divine Guards further out. In the sky, dozens of Innate Gods were hidden, all watching with great interest how things would unfold... After all, the one in trouble this time was the most beautiful Divine Spirit in Heaven Palace, Emperor Shun’s wife, the Mother of the Twelve Months.
Xihe pondered quietly, leisurely crossing her long, slender legs beneath her skirt, tilting her body slightly forward to get a clearer view of the images.
"Could Wu Wangzi be thinking of using this incident to coerce Chang Xi into helping him with something?"
The Queen of Heaven chuckled softly, holding her smooth and tender chin, continuing to wait for the outcome.
Just then, a figure emerged from within the Divine Realm of the Moon God.
The image in front of Xihe stretched slightly, revealing Wu Wang’s figure. He held an Image Projection Bead in his palm and flew to the Young Master’s side on a cloud, speaking intimately with her about something. The proximity of the two and their whispering actions unabashedly displayed their close relationship, which caused some discomfort among the onlooking Innate Gods, including Xihe.
But Xihe’s gaze was mostly on what was in Wu Wang’s palm. She found that Image Projection Bead quite interesting.
Since Wu Wang had already reached the Transcendent Realm, and was protected by the Young Master’s Divine Skills, Xihe naturally could not hear what the two were saying. However, she quickly noticed changes in the sky.
A moon, as large as a chariot’s wheel, appeared in the sky, seemingly ready to fall. The cold moonlight spilled down, shining upon the hundreds of women below, making all creatures on the ground look up.
A graceful silhouette appeared in the moonlight, surrounded by fluttering ribbons and lotuses slowly blooming at her feet. Initially, she seemed quite distant. However, after just a few steps, she had already appeared before the crowd at the Divine Realm of the Moon God.
It was none other than the Moon God, Chang Xi.
The gods were intoxicated by her peerless beauty, creatures were smitten and enamored, heavy breathing filled the air, and even the roars of the fierce beasts ceased in that moment. With the appearance of this Divine Spirit, the moonlight throughout the land began to flow like water, spreading over the Emperor’s City, making all beings feel calm and blissful at heart.
The Young Master furrowed her eyebrows slightly, about to speak, but was stopped by a whisper from Wu Wang. "Follow my instructions, and I will explain in detail afterward."
The Young Master nodded in acknowledgment, her pretty face showing a hint of coldness as she stared intensely at Chang Xi, making the latter feel somewhat uncomfortable.
Wu Wang took it upon himself to step forward and said indifferently, "Is the Moon God also unsettled by this matter?"
Chang Xi just glanced at Wu Wang, her gaze landing on the Young Master, her expression somewhat cold and slightly haughty. She said, "Why has the esteemed Young Master caused such a disturbance in my Moon Palace? Shouldn’t there be an explanation for this?"
The Young Master said, "You, as a—"
"Hey," Wu Wang quickly shielded the Young Master behind him, whispering in caution, "Don’t rush. You can’t beat her. Let me handle this."
Without further hesitation, Wu Wang immediately followed the script he had set for himself, entering into a direct confrontation with Chang Xi.
"What does the Moon God intend by imprisoning so many creatures in the Moon Palace?" Wu Wang asked blandly.
"Heh," Chang Xi lifted her head slightly, her long neck emanating a soft, cold light. "As a Divine Spirit of Heaven Palace, is it inappropriate for me to invite these beautiful women to dwell within the Moon Palace?"
"Inappropriate?" Wu Wang said evenly. "Could it be that the Moon God is suggesting that the creatures in this world are no more than weeds?"
"You are mistaken." Chang Xi chuckled softly, her voice spreading everywhere. "Creatures are not like weeds; they have their own beauty, and there are many beauties that Divine Spirits cannot reach. Look at these creatures; they are like blooming flowers, delicate and vibrant. Don’t you think it’s too sullied for such purity to exist in this muddy world? I adore these creatures and want to see them bloom quietly in the Moon Palace. How pure, and how dazzling. What, don’t I even have the right to gather a few creatures? Isn’t this world still the world of the gods?"
Wu Wang seemed somewhat at a loss for words.
The gods in the heavens nodded their heads in agreement; the corner of the Heavenly Emperor’s mouth was continually rising deep within Heaven Palace.
While Xihe, watching from across vast expanses of Heaven and Earth, frowned at the unfolding scene.
When had Chang Xi become so clever? Was it her own preparation, or had she been coached by someone more knowledgeable? The words she spoke were somewhat forceful but aligned well with the thoughts of the Divine Spirits of Heaven Palace. This was indeed the typical attitude of Divine Spirits towards creatures. Xihe had thought that Chang Xi would show weakness since the Heavenly Emperor had been promoting harmonious interactions between Divine Spirits and creatures lately, and Chang Xi would probably have some reservations. If Chang Xi had really shown weakness, or said something like ’The lives of creatures are also lives,’ or even apologized to the creatures publicly, then Chang Xi might not be far from being alienated by the Heavenly Emperor. Unexpectedly, Chang Xi could still respond so clearly at this moment.
Xihe slightly narrowed her eyes, her gaze falling upon Wu Wang in the picture.
"Could it be you..."
"Ridiculous!" Wu Wang raised his hand and scolded angrily. "You, Moon God, seem not to share the Heavenly Emperor’s worries, nor to look at the situation between Heaven and Earth, yet here you speak recklessly with such temerity! As delicate as flowers? How, in the eyes of the Moon God, are the living beings of the Hundred Races, hopping and leaping about, no different from flowers and grass?"
Chang Xi’s mouth curled into a pleasing arc as she calmly said, "Is there a difference?"
"You!" Wu Wang’s anger was uncontrollable, and the Young Master quickly grabbed Wu Wang’s arm.
The Young Master said in a hurry, "Don’t be impulsive. Didn’t we agree you would handle this? How come you’re angrier than I am?"
"This is too much to bear!" Wu Wang pointed at Chang Xi and cursed, "The wife of the Heavenly Emperor is too much to bear!"
"Oh?" Chang Xi revealed a somewhat gentle smile and said indifferently, "I have been dwelling in the Moon Palace, always thinking and worrying about how to relieve His Majesty of his concerns. His Majesty esteems you highly, and that is why I hosted you today and spoke a few words of praise. God of Spring, you had better not show ingratitude."
Wu Wang cursed, "Does the Moon God dare to go with me to Heaven Palace to confront the matter? To make it clear in front of His Majesty!"
"Is that so?" Chang Xi said leisurely. "Then how about I wait for you in Heaven Palace? If you can make His Majesty punish me, I am willing to accept it. But don’t you dare not come."
Having said that, Chang Xi swept her sleeve, rising into the sky with the bright moonlight, heading towards Heaven Palace.
Wu Wang’s forehead bulged with crossed blue veins as he looked down and roared, "Grand Elder, take a few women with me to Heaven Palace!"
"Wait!" the Young Master interjected, quickly blocking Wu Wang’s path. "His Majesty will certainly favor the Moon God," she whispered. "This matter..."
Wu Wang secretly grasped the Young Master’s arm, pinched it gently, and then winked at her.
The Young Master was utterly confused and had no idea what had transpired.
Meanwhile, the Grand Elder, dressed in Blood Clothes, flew over. Just as he was about to select a few people for the confrontation at Heaven Palace, Heng’e—who had earlier embraced Da Yi and now regained her composure—received a message and volunteered to step forward.
"My lord! I am willing to go!"
The Grand Elder nodded, emitting a beam of blood-red light that lifted Heng’e to the clouds to sit comfortably. Immediately, other women volunteered to step out.
Da Yi was about to speak when a message from Wu Wang stopped him; he stood silently, waiting.
Wu Wang looked up at Heaven Palace, a glint of light flashing in his eyes.
Emperor Shun, oh Emperor Shun, if you bring your daughter before you and still fail to recognize her, then you will truly bring shame to the legacy of Heavenly Emperors and Divine Kings. Chang Xi naturally knows nothing of this; she only needs to play her part well. The overall situation has always been in the hands of Wu Wang, the ’director’.
「A moment earlier, in the Moon God’s Divine Realm.」
"Confront the matter before His Majesty?" Chang Xi, full of confusion, looked at Wu Wang.
"Indeed. Let the Heavenly Emperor scold you in front of everyone; that would be beneficial for you," Wu Wang said indifferently.
"All you need to do is maintain the stance of an Innate God and keep the dignity of the Heavenly Emperor’s wife unweakened. Afterwards, the Heavenly Emperor will apologize to you in private. Remember, no matter who asks you to bow and apologize, just stay firm and stand before the Heavenly Emperor. When no one is around, show a bit of weakness, and the Heavenly Emperor himself will treat you with even more tenderness."
"Aren’t you afraid His Majesty will punish you?"
"No," Wu Wang laughed lightly. "I will only be promoted in my god position because of this matter. Through this, you can also verify whether my words are trustworthy. Honestly, you may not understand the Heavenly Emperor as well as I do."
Chang Xi sneered but did not retort.
Wu Wang raised his hand and took out an Image Projection Bead.
"Let’s begin. Pick up from just before we started talking about collaboration. I need to show this to the Heavenly Emperor; being alone with you indeed requires caution. Speak as I told you before; surely you can at least parrot my words."
Chang Xi pondered for a moment and then nodded slightly, immediately regaining her cool demeanor as she uttered one word:
"Monstrous."
Wu Wang smiled without saying anything. The Image Projection Bead in his palm shimmered brightly, and the discourse between the two gradually became contentious, ending on a displeased note.
