Chapter 411 Who is still in charge?
There are four poles in the sky and four seas on the earth. According to legend, in the ancient times, the heaven and earth were not like this. It was a great turmoil that formed the pattern of Middle-earth land surrounded by four seas and scattered overseas islands.

The four seas are the ancestral land of water. They are vast and boundless. Water vapor circulates on its own, which leads to wind, rain, thunder and lightning, evaporation, rising clouds and other phenomena. The combination of heaven and earth, wind and clouds, form a picture of the flow of water.

Yunxiao set up the Nine Bends of the Yellow River Formation to block the entrance to the East China Sea, thus blocking the water transport channel and stopping the flow of water veins. No abnormal phenomenon occurred for a while, but if it continued for a long time, earth energy would accumulate and boiling steam would rise, making it difficult for the water element to communicate, and a severe drought would spread all over the place.

Once this formation was established, it caused a major event that caused the energy of the Central Earth to surge, which in turn led to changes in the destiny of heaven, and attracted countless powerful people to calculate with their fingers, and even Taoist masters to come and inquire.

This unexpected change not only attracted Taoist figures, but also caused a wave of drought and disaster to rush straight to heaven and earth, alarming all the immortals and gods in the Taoist heavenly court in the fairyland above the nine heavens.

"The drought energy in the mortal world is floating in the air, but has something unexpected happened?"

The Jade Emperor sat on his throne, watching the stars shake as the energy touched them, and asked.

The chief officer of the Water Department, who is in charge of the movement of clouds and rain in the human world, stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, it is the cultivators from the lower world who have set up a battle array and a large formation to prevent the water element from turning around."

"Now that the Dao is rising and the catastrophe has begun, the secrets of heaven are obscure. This difficulty is not in the catastrophe, and perhaps some unexpected events will occur."

The Jade Emperor pondered for a while and said, "The calamity of the rise of Taoism concerns the stability of our Taoist Heavenly Court for hundreds of years. Since the Son of Heaven's Mandate has not yet taken over, this disaster has come strangely. Who among the nobles can go down to the mortal world to solve this problem and give us a hand?"

A man stood out from the two rows of immortals, wearing a hundred-flower armor and a strand of fine red on his helmet: "I am willing to go."

"So it's the Water Department's Heavenly General Cifeng. Your Water Element Flower Talisman is first-rate in combing the water veins and mobilizing the water element. It will definitely solve this problem. Time is running out, so I want you to lead a battalion of heavenly soldiers and quickly go down to the world. I will reward you for your merits when you return."

The Jade Emperor nodded and gave the order to dispatch the troops. When the celestial being came down to the mortal world, there had to be a grand ceremony, with flag bearers, ceremonial soldiers, and a queue holding placards. They also had to unfold the Heavenly Court's command flag, open the locks on the boundary, and go out from the South Gate of Heaven, accompanied by auspicious clouds and mist, thunder and fire from the sky and the earth, and the air was filled with immortal energy.

The water general received the talisman, went to the Northern Heavenly Army Camp, gathered all the heavenly soldiers and generals, drove the fairy sedan, set up auspicious clouds, and was about to go down to the mortal world.

At this moment, a figure stopped the heavenly general Ci Feng. Ci Feng was just about to go to the lower world to show off and get some credit, but who would have thought that there would be setbacks before he could even send out his troops.

"Come here to announce your name. How dare you stop the celestial guard? Can't you see that the two sides have stopped and avoided the big signs? You have delayed the military mission. I will make sure that your position as an immortal will be lost and you will be cast down to the mortal world!"

Ci Feng shouted loudly. If there was no ceremonial guard accompanying the visitor, he would also look at which department the visitor belonged to, or which old figure's disciple the visitor was. However, if there was ceremonial guard, it represented the face of the Heavenly Court. The majesty of heaven was hard to offend, and the Jade Emperor's face could not be damaged.

The person landed and revealed his figure. He was a little boy with red lips and white teeth. He held a precious flag in his hand. He did not salute, but looked at the heavenly general with a smile.

"My name is Mingyue, a Taoist boy. I am here on the orders of the Immortal Lord to stop the general. Please wait for a moment, the order to return will be here soon."

He said it lightly, but it sounded harsh to Ci Feng. Not to mention which immortal master's order it was, it would be extremely difficult to stop the march.

"Military orders are as heavy as a mountain. You have neither shown the imperial edict nor sent the military token. You are asking us to stay here with empty words. Don't you know that military secrets cannot be delayed for even a moment? Left and right!"

"Here!" A battalion of immortal soldiers all responded in unison.

"Unfurl the banners, beat the drums, and spread the net. I want to see if you have the guts to stop me!"

Ci Feng shouted loudly, and the army raised the black auspicious cloud flag and the war drums rumbled. A battalion of heavenly soldiers had been training in the Ministry of War for a long time, and now they used all their skills to gather thunderclouds, set up electric grids, and the mountains and rivers responded.

The Taoist Heavenly Court was established by destiny, and when fighting against humans, heaven and earth work together. Even the heavenly soldiers with low level of cultivation can borrow the momentum of heaven and earth and the destiny of heaven.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

The heavenly soldiers shouted together, and the sound was like thunder. If someone was not destined to be successful and had low luck, after three shouts, his liver and gallbladder would be torn apart, his energy would dissipate, and he would be doomed to death immediately.

The boy Mingyue seemed to be oblivious to what was said. He saw the thunderclouds approaching, threatening to engulf the heaven and earth. Even the immortal world without the rising and setting of the sun seemed to be a little gloomy. He just smiled and said, "Since the general is unwilling, I will offend you."

After saying this, Mingyue gently waved the precious flag on her arm: "Please respond to my Xuanwu Zaoguang flag." With a sound, the flag flew up, and the small flag fluttered and spread out, facing the battalion of heavenly soldiers.

"Golden Spear Formation, break this treasure!"

Ci Feng gave the order and all the heavenly soldiers agreed and released their immortal weapons. For a moment, Gengjin Qi flew everywhere, and the blades were mixed together. Various colors of divine light entangled together and turned into a crystal white spirit sword, slashing towards the black yellow flag.

The main general Ci Feng even wielded his life-saving magic weapon, which was a water talisman. Water calamity clouds, pushed clouds and spread rain, and the rain attracted thunder. Water swords and thunder knives fell one after another, like a flood.

What a magic weapon! The black and yellow flag of the Xuanwu rolled up and turned into an infinite size, expanding with immeasurable force, covering the water swords, thunder swords and the sword energy transformed by the spiritual power of a battalion of immortal soldiers. There was no resistance or confrontation, and it broke all kinds of swords and weapons.

Before Ci Feng could change his formation, the precious flag came down from the sky, covering a corner of the sky and earth, and swept away an entire battalion of soldiers and horses, leaving only auspicious clouds but no human figures.

Mingyue stretched out his hand, and the flag returned to its original size and fell into his palm. He weighed the precious flag and said, "Since you haven't listened to my kind words, you have no choice but to enter my precious flag and wait for someone to come and take it." After saying this, he stood still and waited for someone to come.

Compared with this, in the Lingxiao Palace.

Although the fight ended in a flash, the leak of energy had already attracted the attention of many immortals and gods. The Jade Emperor closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, stopping the immortals in heaven who were about to speak.

A man walked in from outside, also dressed as a Taoist boy, with a cold personality. He went straight into the hall and bowed to the Jade Emperor: "Qingfeng greets the Jade Emperor."

The Jade Emperor slowly opened his eyes, his divine light restrained, and all the immortals froze in place, using their magical power of time to lock in this moment and stop the flow of time.

"I have already allowed the Immortal Master and I to wander around in this world, why did something unexpected happen?"

Qingfeng raised his head. He knew that the person sitting on the throne was no longer the original Jade Emperor. Or rather, the Jade Emperor was just another alter ego from among all the realms, and now his true form had descended.

"Please allow me to report to you, Jade Emperor. My master wanted to use this world to preach the Dao. It was inevitable that he would make some big moves, which led to conflicts between heaven and man. This is inevitable."

He shook his sleeves and took out a jade scroll: "Qingfeng, on the orders of the master, invited the Jade Emperor to go to the heaven beyond the heaven and discuss the Dao in the outer world. Now he and other venerables have opened a new Mi Luo heaven, planted a treasure tree, and held a fruit-sharing ceremony. That's why I came to invite you."

The Jade Emperor stretched out his hand, and the treasure book fell to the ground. He opened it and saw that there were a lot of Taoist auras on it, all of which were left to break through the long river of time and give a glimpse of his and my great power.

"Since the Immortal Venerable has invited me, I will also attend the banquet," he chuckled, "I will no longer interfere with the cause and effect of this world, and let the Immortal Venerable do whatever he wants. It's nothing more than opening another timeline."

The Jade Emperor lowered his head and took in the scenes of the human world: “What a great Taoism, what a great magical power!” After saying that, his body flew out with brilliance and turned into a rainbow and disappeared.

Qingfeng glanced at the Jade Emperor, who was sitting like a clay sculpture, with immortals and gods guarding him below. He waved his hand and a ray of light flashed down, then disappeared without a trace.

On the throne of Lingxiao, the Jade Emperor opened his eyes and was not surprised. He said to the immortals who were completely unaware, "Since the cultivators in the lower world want to carry out the calamity, let them do it. If the immortals want to participate, they can send down their Dharma bodies. The Zhongyuan Festival is the limit. After the Zhongyuan Festival, the gods and humans will not offend each other. The life and death of the people in the lower world are determined by heaven. The upper world cannot come down to interfere with the operation of the calamity."

The immortals and gods were a little confused, not knowing why the Jade Emperor had changed his mind, but since he had spoken, they all bowed and obeyed his order.

"Water Department Celestial Official, when you leave the Celestial Palace and go outside the Heavenly Gate, there is a boy who is blocking your Celestial General. Go and bring him back!"

The Water Official was about to retreat when he heard the Jade Emperor's order. He immediately followed the order and hurried to get the people.

In the mortal world, a ray of spiritual light was taken into Gu Qingyuan's hand. He smiled slightly: "Since the field has been cleared, there is no need to worry about it anymore."

When he first arrived in this world, he was a little cautious. It was only after some exploration that he realized the mystery of cause and effect. This world is one of the many heavens, a branch of the long river of time, and a possibility under the entanglement of cause and effect.

This world is the universe, but it is not the universe. The universe is made up of many timelines and various cause and effect lines gathered together into one, dividing into countless small worlds. This place is the Taoist heaven. If it were another small world, perhaps Buddhism is respected and Buddhism is vast, or perhaps the devil is prevalent and magic is fierce.

Above the scattered immortals, there are human immortals, earthly immortals, and celestial immortals. Above the celestial immortals is the Immortal Lord. There are not many people in this realm, and they can be counted on one hand, so the title of Immortal Lord is hidden, and only the identity is referred to. For example, the Jade Emperor, the Jade Emperor, and the Emperor all refer to the same person.

"Xianzun" is the title used in Taoism, while in Buddhism it refers to the Buddha, the Buddha, or the World Honored One, which are all different.

The Buddha, the emperor of one world, is above the world. Those who seek their true self will jump out of the long river of time and leave only the projection of themselves in the heavens and myriad worlds, evolving thousands of possibilities to seek the only one and the source of the Tao.

Therefore, there are many similar yet different figures traveling around the world. They are powerful others, some are ordinary people, some are monks, just waiting for enlightenment one day.

Therefore, you must be extra careful in this world of cause and effect. Even if there is a peddler next to you, he may actually be a Taoist or Buddha. Once enlightened, he will accomplish great things.

After Gu Qingyuan understood the path of cultivation in this world, he knew that his actions in this world could not be concealed from the prying eyes of the powerful, so he simply invited the deity to come and take this timeline. He did not ask for much, just that the people from heaven would not randomly come down to the world and turn tables. It was not that he was afraid of them, but he just wanted a rule to avoid hurting the harmony.

If there were no rules to restrain him, he would set up a large formation and attract immortals to descend to the earth, which would inevitably lead to the death of tens of thousands of immortals, and the entire system of Heaven would be shattered. The Jade Emperor would then think that he had no one to use, which would be embarrassing.

Only then did they invite two boys to mediate. Even though Qingming and Mingyue were Taoist boys, Gu Qingyuan's incarnation had the status, so the two boys called them "Uncle Master" respectfully. If they went out, they should also be called "Ancestor Qingfeng" and "Ancestor Mingyue".

With one operation and the order from the Jade Emperor, Gu Qingyuan no longer had to worry about anything and could do whatever he wanted.

He swung his sword, attracting countless fires from the sky, burning the rotten cave beneath his feet clean. He carried a huqin, and with the sound of the huqin, he instantly controlled the demon and monster in the rotten cave. The monster went crazy and couldn't control his hands and feet, killing everyone around him. With the last sword against his own throat, his head fell to the ground with a "pu" sound.

When the song ended, Gu Qingyuan put away his bow, ignored the corpses in the sea of ​​fire, and walked away.

(End of this chapter)