Xi Zhao and the others nodded. Although Sun Wukong and the Fla God did not have a good understanding of this grand reshuffle, Xi Zhao was keenly aware of the benefits and risks involved. Nevertheless, they all agreed with Yue Huangquan's last statent. No matter where one is, it is always better to have more friends than enemies.
"I suppose Caoi has already briefed you on the gist of the situation, so I won't go on about it. Although I do not know why the Heavenly Patroller has decided to reshuffle the powers of the ten directions, it's not important. What matters is what we can gain from this reshuffle, or at the very least, not lose anything."
After finishing, Yue Huangquan took another sip of wine, then turned to Xi Zhao and continued, "Demon Monarch Xi Zhao, I am aware of your past affairs, so if we can profit from this reshuffle, it will be of great help to you in the future."
He then looked towards the Fla God and said, "The last mber of the Burst Phoenix Clan, I regret what happened to your clan. Although I can't help you exact revenge, I can offer you the most perfect body!" Hearing this, the Fla God was imdiately filled with eager anticipation, almost drooling.
Finally, Yue Huangquan turned to Sun Wukong, seemingly in contemplation, and said, "Great Sage Equalling Heaven, Sun Wukong, I've always been unable to see through you. It seems you're hiding a great secret, so huge that even I cannot catch a glimpse of it. However, I can offer you a body that is exactly like your original one, and even stronger than it was then."
On hearing that he could regain his original body, Sun Wukong was overjoyed. After all, he had been using that body for thousands of years; if he were to resurrect in a different body, it would surely feel very uncomfortable.
After this, Yue Huangquan raised his glass from afar, and they all drank together again. Yue Huangquan then said, "Tomorrow, I will gather the other thirty-two participants of the Patrolling Celestial World trial and distribute the qualification tokens to you all.
Moreover, you should start getting familiar with each other right away, as the thirty-six people from the Netherworld World will be a team. The sooner you get to know each other, the better the chances of winning at that ti. Also, tomorrow I will provide each of you with a body, because participating in the trial in just a soul state, that really is a fate worse than death!"
After this, Yue Huangquan discussed so details with Xi Zhao and the others, which we will not go into here. However, it is worth ntioning that after the al, Yue Huangquan did not let the five individuals go back to rest, but instead took them to another place.
This place seed to be a massive formation, a Great Formation spanning ten ters in diater, maintained by seventy-two Nine Patterns Supres.
"This is the Life Creation Great Formation that I specially laid out for the five of you. It serves no other purpose than to completely erase the aura of the Netherworld Fortuity Fruits from within your bodies.
Otherwise, the mont you appear in the Patrolling Celestial World, I'm afraid the Heavenly Patroller would wipe you out imdiately, and even my own Netherworld World probably wouldn't be spared!"
At that mont, everyone rembered that the five of them, including the little fox, had just consud the Forbidden Fruit known as the Netherworld Fortuity Fruit. If the Heavenly Patroller were to discover this, it would be truly catastrophic. Considering this, cold sweat and fear appeared on their faces.
Seeing their sudden change in expression, Yue Huangquan laughed and said, "Don't worry, don't be afraid. Since I've let you participate in the Patrolling Celestial World trial, I naturally have confidence that the Heavenly Patrollers will not be able to detect the aura within you. Otherwise, the ones to suffer would not just be you, but my Netherworld World might not survive either."
They all realized that if Yue Huangquan did not have absolute confidence, he would not dare to be so audacious. Otherwise, sacrificing his Netherworld World would be an utterly bad deal.
Thus, the five individuals followed Yue Huangquan's orders, each taking a position in the formation and sitting down on the hexagram Formation Patterns etched on the ground. Once they were seated and had cald their minds, readying themselves, Yue Huangquan said nothing more and slowly walked to the very center of the Great Formation.
He then brought his hands together and pulled them apart, and a jade-like orange stele slowly appeared between his palms.
This is precisely the World Suppressing Stele belonging to Yue Huangquan, Soul Suppressing No. 5!
As soon as the Heavenly Stele appeared, an imnse and unrivaled soul power swept out. Had Yue Huangquan not deliberately controlled it, just the Soul Storm raging on the stele could have scattered the souls of Sun Wukong and his companions. Yue Huangquan stretched forth his right hand, lifting the World Suppressing Stele, while his hands traced one pattern after another in the void.
Concurrently, the seventy-two Nine Patterns Supres maintaining the formation on the periphery exhaled and chanted in unison. Although their voices were deafening, the exact words of their chants were indiscernible. The sound, divine in nature, upon reaching the ears of the five individuals, caused their eyebrows to furrow montarily before relaxing once again.
Xi Zhao then suddenly clasped his hands together and struck a bizarre pose, followed by moving his lips, joining in the incantation with the surrounding seventy-two Supres. Then ca Caoi, Sun Wukong, Fla God, and lastly, the little fox.
Finally, all five took up the sa pose and chanted the indescribable incantation, akin to scripture and Magical Decrees, together with the seventy-two Supres.
Seeing that the five were imrsed in their state, Yue Huangquan, with great caution, vibrated his right hand, and the Soul Suppressing Stele suddenly emitted layer upon layer of dense orange-yellow light. This light radiated from the stele, quickly enveloping everyone within the Great Formation.
From the outside, one could only see a large mass of orange-yellow light, with no visibility into any movents within the formation.
This went on for a full five Chinese Hours! After five Chinese Hours, at Yue Huangquan's muted command, the orange-yellow light that had consistently enveloped the Great Formation began to tremble.
Soon after, the light was completely absorbed by the five individuals positioned at the five Formation Eyes of the Great Formation, with Xi Zhao absorbing the most, followed by Caoi, Sun Wukong, Fla God, and the little fox.
After the five had absorbed the orange-yellow light, a plu of blue smoke suddenly rose from each person's body. Yet, as soon as the smoke left their bodies, it was drawn into Yue Huangquan's palm with a wave of his right hand, and with a rub in the void, the five strands of smoke turned into a dim gray elixir.
At this point, the aura of the Netherworld Fortuity Fruit on the five had been completely stripped away, yet the fruit's dicinal strength remained undiminished. However, Yue Huangquan, using the Suppression power of the World Suppressing Stele, forcefully secured the dicine's potency within the Dantian of each person.
As long as the Soul Suppressing Stele remained intact, the Suppression power would not fade.
At the sa ti, outside the Great Formation, the seventy-two Nine Patterns Supres suddenly collapsed to the ground, startling Sun Wukong and the others. Xi Zhao, Fla God, and Sun Wukong hurriedly stood up and walked swiftly to three of the Supres, using their Divine Sense to probe them.
Only then did they relax; it turned out that these individuals were rely exhausted from overextending their souls and Divine Senses, not dead from depletion. Otherwise, having lost so many lives just to strip away the aura of the Creation Fruit would have been unbearable for them.
Seeing Sun Wukong and Fla God behaving in such a way was one thing, but Yue Huangquan was struck by a thought when he noticed Xi Zhao also anxiously inspecting the conditions of his subordinates. The Demon Monarch who had once been invincible and slaughtered countless beings had truly beco a person of kindness and approachability.
In the past, it wouldn't have mattered if seventy-two, seven hundred twenty, seven thousand twenty, or even seventy thousand twenty Supres had fallen before him—he wouldn't have batted an eye. The title of Demon Monarch, synonymous with rciless killing, wasn't given lightly.
What had that once foremost individual among the Nine Great Divine Kingdoms, the Demon Monarch who had fought against three Domain Lords single-handedly without defeat, experienced after his death to have beco like this?
Yue Huangquan still vividly rembered the first ti he saw Demon Monarch Xi Zhao during his first battle of the Nine Kingdoms after his promotion to Domain Lord; his domineering aura was so overwhelming that it made Yue Huangquan feel unable to contend. That was the aura of a true tyrant, an air of supre dominance that towered above all things.
Yet now, the world had transford, fields had beco seas; billions of years later, upon beholding him again, he had beco one who would mourn and worry for the life of a Nine Patterns Supre. And he had even made friends, often engaging in pranks to tease Sun Wukong and Fla God. Such change was indeed colossal.
All things under the heavens change unpredictably; who can truly understand it all? Reflecting on this, Yue Huangquan couldn't help but mock himself. Wasn't he the sa? When he himself was called Tyrant, perhaps he was even more mad and dreadful!
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