701: You are at the foot of the mountain, I am in the abyss

“Qin Yang’s people?”

Nezha looked in the direction Yang Jian was gazing.

He didn't possess Yang Jian's Heavenly Eye, so he could only see faint streaks of light within the obscure Chaos.

The light was like tiny stars hidden in the abyss.

As time passed, the brightness of the starlight rapidly increased and gradually became clearer.

Nezha then realized that they weren't tiny stars, but a vast expanse of dazzling stars!

They converged, like a breached river of stars, surging towards them.

“This is…”

Nezha’s pupils suddenly constricted, and he couldn't help but swallow, muttering, “If this group of people had arrived earlier, I might have been the one getting ganged up on, right?”

With that, he glanced sideways at Jiang Ziya and the Arctic Immortal, a look of schadenfreude on his face, and chuckled, “But now, you two are the ones suffering.”

At the same time, Jiang Ziya and the Arctic Immortal also sensed the unusual Aura.

They stared blankly at the gradually brightening “starry sky,” their pupils and mouths widening.

The so-called “starry sky” was actually composed of countless figures.

They were all dressed in wide, luxurious robes, adorned with solemn crowns, drifting unhurriedly towards them.

Their wide sleeves flapped in the wind as their Aura was released.

Emperors from the river of history had converged into a river of stars, flowing forth.

Due to their differing personal achievements, the Emperors' figures varied in size, much like stars of different masses.

And within this “river of stars,” there were three incredibly dazzling and massive “superstars.”

Their attire was slightly simpler compared to the Emperors behind them, but the power they exuded was like the center of the galaxy.

“These are… the Three Sovereigns!!!”

After seeing the three “stars” clearly, Jiang Ziya's whole body trembled, and he immediately hid behind the Arctic Immortal.

He saw… the figures within the ten-thousand-foot starlight were clearly the three ancient great deities: Fuxi, Xuanyuan, and Shennong!

“No way…”

“Qin Yang, by what right did he do this?”

“It's one thing for him to summon the past Emperors.”

“But how did he manage to summon these three as well?”

Jiang Ziya was completely numb.

He never expected that his attempt to prevent the Human Emperor's return would attract these three great deities.

After all, during the Battle of Investiture of the Gods, King Zhou was bullied to such an extent, yet no ancestors appeared!

Thinking that three of the ten divine weapons were crafted by the three individuals before him, Jiang Ziya panicked completely.

He hurriedly tugged at the Arctic Immortal's sleeve and said, “Senior Brother, let's go! These three can rival the Heavenly Emperor!”

However, the Arctic Immortal remained motionless, like a clay figure.

Jiang Ziya was puzzled, thinking to himself that this Senior Brother Arctic must have been scared senseless.

He subtly moved in front of the Arctic Immortal, looked up, and immediately laughed.

It really was a clay figure!!!

Truly an Immortal with Heaven-Defying abilities!

He had actually abandoned him and fled without a sound!

At this moment, Jiang Ziya was trembling all over.

He wasn't angry because the Arctic Immortal had abandoned him, but rather… the Arctic Immortal's swift escape showed that, in his eyes, the Three Sovereigns were simply unbeatable.

So what should I do?

Die?

But just as Jiang Ziya was in despair, a white light shot from the horizon.

Jiang Ziya looked closely, and it was the Arctic Immortal, who had already fled.

Jiang Ziya clutched at him like a drowning man, saying, “Senior Brother Arctic, you've returned after all!”

“I had no choice but to return…”

The Arctic Immortal was drenched in sweat, his expression terrified, as he pointed to the opposite side of the “Emperor Starry Sky” and said, “The Heavenly Court has also sent people!!!”

“The Heavenly Court?”

Jiang Ziya was stunned and turned to look where the Arctic Immortal was pointing.

On the other side of the star-studded expanse, violent lightning scattered the Chaos.

A voice, accompanied by thunder, rang out: “Jiang Ziya, you slaughtered living beings, violating the Heavenly Dao! I have been commanded by the Heavenly Emperor to capture you!”

“Celestial Worthy Puhua!”

Hearing this voice, Jiang Ziya's liver and guts trembled, and his teeth itched with anger.

Good heavens!

When capturing the Evil Emperor, the Heavenly Emperor only sent Nezha and a pagoda.

But to capture him, he sent the entire Thunder Department.

Even Sun Wukong back then didn't receive such treatment, did he?

What's the matter?

Afraid I'll use my seventy-two transformations to cause a Havoc in Heaven?

You're not even trying to hide your targeting anymore, are you?

In this inescapable situation, Jiang Ziya also became a bit agitated.

It was bad enough that the Heavenly Court was slacking off!

Now they were adding insult to injury and specifically targeting him!

Fine!

Then I'll just explode with you all!

With that thought, he pointed at the Lightning Tribulation and began to retort:

“Violating the Heavenly Dao?”

“Wen Zhong, don't speak nonsense!”

“Is the Evil Emperor's return not defying the Heavenly Dao?”

“Instead of capturing the Evil Emperor, you come here to capture me?”

“I am acting on behalf of the Chan Sect!”

“Yuanshi Tianzun, Lord of the Beginning is the Heavenly Dao, the Twelve Golden Immortals are the Heavenly Dao, and the Jade Void Palace in Kunlun Void is the Heavenly Dao!”

“I am working for the Celestial Worthy; even if you are to enforce heavenly law, you must first consult the Celestial Worthy!”

As soon as he said this, the Arctic Immortal almost burst out laughing.

The next instant, a cold glint flashed in his eyes, and with a flick of his wide sleeve, he used his whisk to restrain Jiang Ziya.

“Senior Brother Arctic, you…”

Jiang Ziya's pupils constricted, and he looked sharply at the Arctic Immortal.

“What Senior Brother? Do you even qualify to be my Junior Brother?”

“Are you an Immortal?”

“You good-for-nothing, ant, with no Immortal Ascension luck!”

After scolding him, the Arctic Immortal immediately bowed towards Wen Zhong, who was hidden in the lightning, and said, “Celestial Worthy Puhua, he deceived me into believing that all the Human Race's people were evil demons, which is why I refined them with immeasurable True Fire…”

With that, he again waved his wide sleeve, casting a spell to dismantle the Alchemy array in the Lower Realm.

The immeasurable True Fire extinguished, and the rapidly spreading high temperature instantly dissipated.

And those Medicinal Pills floating in the air also fell down, scattering everywhere.

After doing all this, the Arctic Immortal looked at Jiang Ziya with disdain and then said to Wen Zhong, “This Immortal has already made Jiang Ziya submit to the law; I ask Celestial Worthy Puhua to take him back to the Heavenly Court for the Heavenly Emperor to deal with!”

With that, he abruptly flicked his whisk, throwing Jiang Ziya towards the horizon where Wen Zhong was.

Jiang Ziya drifted like a weightless leaf in the annihilating Chaos.

At this moment, his heart was ashen.

Not only did he not think of escaping, but he even showed a hint of mournful laughter.

Ah… Is this what an Immortal is?

Pity me for risking my life for the Chan Sect, only for the Chan Sect to treat me as a discarded piece… So be it!

I was just a useless person with no Immortal Ascension luck; how could Immortals even notice me?

What list-keeper?

What God-Beating Whip?

They merely exploited my desire for Immortal Ascension, making me bear all the Hatred!

Shen Gongbao, you said that the prejudice in people's hearts is a great mountain.

But isn't the class in the eyes of Immortals also a deep abyss?

You are at the foot of the mountain, and I am in the abyss!

Jiang Ziya, in utter despair, sighed up to the sky.

He should have known long ago that selling out the Human Race for Immortal Ascension would not lead to a good end.