Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 444: Supreme Grand Heavenly Sovereign of the Heavenly Court Creed!

“Heavenly Court Creed? Dou (Battle)[ref]Take note that the “dou” here is the character for battle/fight instead of bean as in Huang Doudou./ref] Heavenly Sovereign?” Wu Youdao stared at the divine maiden before him in bewilderment, an uneasy feeling rising in his heart.

He had allowed Provincial Governor Lü to make his move, and even when Qiu Jin’an and the white paper-hatted man intervened, he remained confident of his victory. Against absolute power, he believed these people couldn’t stir up any waves.

But now, he felt like things were spiraling beyond his control.

And never in his life had he felt this way before.

“What is the Heavenly Court Creed? And what’s Dou (Battle) Heavenly Sovereign?” The Azure Lightning Venerable Lord exchanged a glance with the Witchcraft Sacrifice Venerable Lord, seeing the panic in each other’s eyes.

Their goal was to seize the national fortune’s power. When Wu Youdao was about to grasp it just now, they had been watching their surroundings intently. They were convinced that not a single movement could have escaped their detection.

Yet, this woman appeared before us under everyone’s eyes, and no one had seen how she arrived.

How is that possible?!

Their minds raced through all the intelligence they had collected, but from ancient times to the present, there was no matching record of a “Heavenly Court Creed” or a “Dou (Battle) Heavenly Sovereign.” The closest were the current Four Great Diabolic Creeds: the Everlasting Creed, the Nine-Netherworlds Creed, the Radiant Sun Creed, and the Heartless Creed.

“There seem to be records of a Heavenly Court in ancient texts!” The Witchcraft Sacrifice Venerable Lord’s voice quivered, fear crawling through his heart.

“An ancient organization?!” The Azure Lightning Venerable Lord gasped under his breath. He believed in the notion that the older something was, the more powerful it was. As someone who had lived for over a hundred thousand years, he looked down on the current Great Xia Dynasty, positive that Great Yu cultivators were the strongest.

But now, the Dou (Battle) Heavenly Sovereign seemed to hail from the most ancient of times.

And with “Dou (Battle)” as her honorific title, she must be an expert in combat!

“Hold on, did she just refer to herself as ‘this immortal?!’” The Azure Lightning Venerable Lord recalled a detail that had been overlooked but was of utmost importance.

“She’s an immortal?!”

No matter their schemes and calculations, they had never expected an immortal to be hiding in Hanshui City!

An immortal with the honorific title of “Dou (Battle)” likely possesses formidable combat power even among immortals!

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“Supreme Grand Heavenly Sovereign of the Heavenly Court Creed?” At first, the white paper-hatted man was perplexed by the Everlasting Immortal Fairy’s appearance, unsure of who she was. But now that the Everlasting Immortal Fairy had announced her identity, everything clicked for him.

He remembered the message Vice Creed Leader Shi had sent him, saying that someone from the Heavenly Court Creed had arrived in Hanshui City. The message also mentioned that the Heavenly Court Creed was displeased upon hearing rumors that the Nine-Netherworlds Creed was behind the ghost calamities. Fortunately, Vice Creed Leader Shi had clarified the matter to avoid affecting their collaboration.

Now that he thought about it, the white paper-hatted man felt a chill of lingering fear. The “someone” from the Heavenly Court Creed is probably none other than this Supreme Grand Heavenly Sovereign before me. “Thank goodness this matter was already clarified.”

Who is the Supreme Grand Heavenly Sovereign? That was the first immortal in ancient times and an unparalleled being that even the Four Ancient Immortals feared!

“You know this person?” Qiu Jin’an noticed the white paper-hatted man’s peculiar expression and secretly transmitted an auditory message to him.

“This is an ineffable puissant personage.” The white paper-hatted dared not and was unwilling to elaborate on the Supreme Grand Heavenly Sovereign.

Qiu Jin’an raised an eyebrow, hesitating as he wanted to say more, but the words couldn’t leave his mouth.

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“Lord Lü, are you alright?” While everyone else’s attention was drawn by the Everlasting Immortal Fairy bathed in national fortune, Lu Yang was the only one who noticed Provincial Governor Lü still coughing up blood.

“Cough cough...I’ll manage.” Provincial Governor Lü struggled to his feet, fishing out a few pills from his storage ring before swallowing them and meditating.

Only then did Lu Yang look up at the center of attention high up in the sky. A faint smile tugged at the corners of his mouth as he recalled the last words the Everlasting Immortal Fairy had uttered before joining the battle.

“I already said I’d ensure your safety in Wilderness Province.”

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“Hmph, what immortal? It’s nothing but bluster!” Wu Youdao steadied himself. If this person before me were truly an immortal, I would have died from that strike earlier.

The Everlasting Immortal Fairy chuckled softly, looking at Wu Youdao in contempt. “Ignorant fool. What stands before you is but a wisp of this immortal’s thought. Seeing that this national fortune’s power was serviceable, I saw fit to borrow it. Can’t the juniors of later generations understand something so simple?”

Wu Youdao, after all, held the title of the second strongest among Yu emperors throughout history; he wasn’t one to be cowed so easily. “The national fortune can only elevate you to the Basic Transcendent Tribulation Stage, just like the three of us. Do you truly believe you can win against three at once?”

The Azure Lightning Venerable Lord and Witchcraft Venerable Lord also realized the same thing. This person might indeed be an immortal, but her true form isn’t here. The one controlling the national fortune is only a wisp of her thought.

Since her power is still at the Basic Transcendent Tribulation Stage, there’s nothing to fear.

As fellow Basic Transcendent Tribulation cultivators, who’s to say who is weaker?

The Everlasting Immortal Fairy spoke again, her tone indifferent. “If it were Heaven Mandate, Qilin, or Nine-Layers at the Basic Transcendent Tribulation Stage, they might pose some threat to this immortal. But as for you three trash...” She shook her head lightly, saying no more.

The so-called “second strongest among Yu emperors” was nothing special in the Everlasting Immortal Fairy’s eyes. It’s not like second strongest among Yu emperors means second strongest in the ten thousand years of the Great Yu Dynasty.

Seeing the Everlasting Immortal Fairy’s attitude, Wu Youdao flew into a rage and bellowed, “Cosmos in Palm!”

Though it was daytime, the entire Hanshui City was abruptly plunged into darkness. Countless commoners instinctively looked up and shivered uncontrollably.

A colossal hand had blotted out the sky above Hanshui City. In the eyes of the mortals below, its size was indiscernible. They simply felt that the enormous hand had eclipsed everything, even the heavens.

Qiu Jin’an and the white paper-hatted man perceived more than that. Within the palm of the colossal hand were all things in the cosmos and countless pocket dimensions and domains containing immeasurable power. Once this palm slammed down, it would reduce all of Hanshui City to dust.

Faced with this terrifying hand, the Everlasting Immortal Fairy didn’t even bat an eyelid. “This immortal has told you that this petty trick isn’t worthy to be called ‘Cosmos in Palm.’ Today, I shall let you witness the true Cosmos in Palm.’”

Wu Youdao’s heart lurched. He jerked his head up, disbelief written across his face.

The crowd below couldn’t see the situation above; only Wu Youdao could.

A massive pillar pierced through the layers of cloud, appearing directly above the hand, its tip still tinged with clouds that had yet to disperse.

This was no pillar—it was a finger!

A finger even larger than the hand!

“It’s just a bit bigger. I refuse to believe a single finger of yours can defeat my palm!” Wu Youdao roared in fury, channeling his spirit energy madly. His gigantic hand flipped, and his palm now faced upward. Despite the simple motion, it stirred hurricanes across Hanshui City.

Pocket domains manifested within Wu Youdao’s palm one after another, each brimming with exotic flora and troves of natural treasures. Every domain was both a tiny world and a treasury. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

The Everlasting Immortal Fairy watched the frenzied Wu Youdao with detached aloofness, then pressed down slightly with her fingertip. Within that fingertip were endless galaxies, with stars shattering and reforming in an eternal cycle, unleashing tremendous energy.

When the fingertip met the hand, Wu Youdao’s hand didn’t last long before it was poked into oblivion by the finger.

Bang! Along with it, the “Rule” Wu Youdao had established—“For one day, no information may leave Hanshui City”—burst asunder.

A rule that had persisted even through the Witchcraft Sacrifice Venerable Lord’s tribulation was now annihilated by a single poke of the Everlasting Immortal Fairy’s finger!

The world fell silent.

The Everlasting Immortal Fairy withdrew her hand and gazed at Wu Youdao, now grievously wounded from the backlash of the rule and coughing up blood.

In the same unperturbed tone, she said, “This is the true Cosmos in Palm.”