230: Chapter 230 Jin Zhao, the daughter of the Immortal Emperor!

In the blink of an eye, fifteen years had passed since the birth of the spirit monkey in the Supreme Creation Small Luo Grotto-Heaven.

Over these fifteen years, Gu Yan had lived an extremely disciplined life.

He Cultivate every day without fail.

He didn't drink alcohol, didn't drink tea, didn't go to find his Senior Sister for Dual Cultivation, and didn't even turn on the haotian mirror to binge-watch any shows.

In his own words, this was called "secluded hard cultivation."

From a bystander's perspective, this was called a "grind king."

The effectiveness brought by such hard cultivation was also visible to the naked eye.

His cultivation at the Immortal King Second Realm had been climbing bit by bit over these years. Although it became harder the higher he went, he couldn't be stopped by the sheer amount of time he put in day after day.

The cultivation environment of the Supreme Creation Small Luo Grotto-Heaven was top-tier, and coupled with his solid Foundation and profound Cultivation Technique, his progress was far faster than ordinary Immortal Kings.

As of now, he was not far from the Immortal King Third Realm.

According to his own estimation, he should be able to make a Breakthrough in another twenty or thirty years.

This speed was not slow.

One must know, it had taken him nearly two hundred years to Breakthrough from the Immortal King First Realm to the Immortal King Second Realm.

And from the Immortal King Second Realm to the Immortal King Third Realm, including these next twenty or thirty years, it would take less than one hundred years in total.

Sure enough, pouring one's heart into cultivation was useful.

Immortal Realm.

In a certain gloomy palace located above the Nine Heavens and deep within the sea of clouds, ordinary Immortal Kings didn't even have the qualifications to approach it.

This was one of the Forbidden Grounds of the Immortal Court and also the place where the Lord of the Immortal Court practiced in seclusion.

The palace gates were wide open.

A majestic figure entered from outside, radiating Divine Might.

It was the Lord of the Immortal Court, the Cang Emperor.

Inside the palace, someone was already waiting respectfully.

It was a woman dressed in golden armor, her posture as straight as a pine, her long hair tied into a high ponytail, and her brows exuded a heroic spirit.

Seeing the Cang Emperor enter the hall, she immediately knelt on one knee, cupped her hands, and said in a clear voice: "Your daughter pays respects to Father Emperor."

This was one of the offspring of the Cang Emperor, Your Highness Jin Zhao.

With an Early Stage Immortal King cultivation, she was not considered the most outstanding among the many Immortal Kings, but her combat power was quite formidable, especially skilled in warfare and slaughter, which earned her the deep favor of the Cang Emperor.

The Cang Emperor nodded, signaling her to stand up.

Jin Zhao stood up, hands hanging by her sides, waiting for her father to speak.

The Cang Emperor did not beat around the bush and said directly: "There is a matter I need you to do."

Jin Zhao said: "Please give your orders, Father Emperor."

The Cang Emperor said: "Go personally to a Mortal Realm and wipe it out completely."

Hearing this, Jin Zhao raised her eyebrows slightly, her Face showing confusion.

It wasn't that she was unwilling, but she felt this task... was too simple.

In Mortal Realms, most did not have a Dao Legacy, and even if they did, the strongest beings were only at the Golden Core or Nascent Soul Realm.

For a world of this level, one could just send any Human Immortal down, and they could slaughter the whole place clean with some effort.

It didn't even require a Human Immortal; a Void Refining Cultivator would suffice, it would just be a bit slower and take more time.

Therefore, why did it require her, an Immortal King, to take action personally?

Jin Zhao asked this question.

The Cang Emperor's expression remained unchanged, and he said indifferently: "This is a request from the Buddhist Sect."

Jin Zhao was stunned: "The Buddhist Sect?"

"I intend to form an alliance with the Buddhist Sect to jointly resist the upcoming Immeasurable Calamity of Heaven and Earth."

"For this, I am willing to cede seven Immortal Domains under the jurisdiction of the Eastern Immortal Court to the Buddhist Sect and promise never to violate the Buddhist Sect's Dao grounds."

"The conditions are quite generous."

"However, Buddha Datongguang of the Buddhist Sect did not agree on the spot, only saying that he needed to consider it."

"Now, he has put forward a request."

The Cang Emperor looked at Jin Zhao: "Let one of my offspring personally take action to wipe out that Mortal Realm."

After listening, Jin Zhao understood her father's meaning.

This was not a simple clearing task, but part of a transaction.

The condition offered by the Buddhist Sect was for her, the daughter of the Cang Emperor, to make the trip personally.

Jin Zhao thought for a moment and asked again: "Is there anything special about that Mortal Realm?"

The Cang Emperor said: "I also suspected there might be something tricky. Why did the Buddhist Sect specifically name my offspring to take action? Why that particular Mortal Realm?"

"I have sent people to investigate."

"That Mortal Realm originally had nothing peculiar. But in the last few hundred years, the Human Race there has collectively worshipped an existence called Venerable Datong."

"Venerable Datong..." Jin Zhao recited the name, having never heard of it.

The Cang Emperor continued: "I personally calculated it; the cultivation of that Venerable Datong is roughly at the Golden Immortal level. Not strong, but not weak either."

"This request from the Buddhist Sect seems strange, but after checking, I have not found any traps."

"The biggest backing behind that Mortal Realm is that Golden Immortal-level Venerable Datong."

"You do not need to confront that Venerable Datong head-on."

"Just wiping out a Mortal Realm, if you act quickly, you might not alert him."

"Even if you do alert him, with your strength, plus the few treasures I have bestowed upon you, retreating unscathed will not be a problem."

Golden Immortal?

Jin Zhao understood.

A Golden Immortal is considered a great power in the Immortal Realm, but in front of her, an Immortal King, it wasn't much.

Jin Zhao hesitated no longer and cupped her hands: "Daughter accepts the order."

The Cang Emperor nodded, waved his hand, and a golden talisman decree fell into Jin Zhao's hand.

"Go."

Jin Zhao put away the talisman, turned around, and left with large strides.

The Cang Emperor watched the direction his daughter left, certain that the general situation was settled, and expected no further changes.

But what the Cang Emperor did not know was that the information he had found was exactly what the Buddhist Sect wanted him to find.

The origin of Venerable Datong, whom that Mortal Realm worshipped, was far more complex than what he had calculated.

Buddha Datongguang had taken action personally, using supreme Buddhist Dharma to obscure the heavenly secrets, hiding the background of Venerable Datong completely.

This was a trap set by the Buddhist Sect.

The purpose of the trap was to make the Cang Emperor clash with the great power behind that Mortal Realm.

As for why the Buddhist Sect would do this?

In the end, it was because of Face.

Back then, Arhat Jingxin went to that Mortal Realm to cause trouble and was thrown back to the front of the Great Leiyin Temple on Mount Ling by that mysterious great power.

It caused the Buddhist Sect to lose all Face.

Buddha Datongguang knew clearly that this matter was indeed Jingxin's fault; he was the one who went to pick a fight first.

But knowing is one thing.

He was now the leader of the Buddhist Sect, and sitting in this position, some things could not just be reasoned with.

If you lose the Buddhist Sect's Face, and the Buddhist Sect doesn't even make a sound, how will the people below view you? How will you lead the team in the future?

Therefore, Face must be won back.

But Buddha Datongguang was not stupid.

He had also calculated that Venerable Datong, but could calculate nothing—it was a blank slate.

What did this mean?

It meant the other party was either far higher in Realm than him or possessed some kind of Heaven-Defying method to obscure heavenly secrets.

Either way, they were not to be trifled with.

Let him personally go down and go head-to-head with a mysterious great power of unknown origin?

If he were to crash and burn, where would he put his old Face?

So, he thought of a way to kill two birds with one stone.

Let the Cang Emperor clash.

Didn't the Cang Emperor want to form an alliance with the Buddhist Sect?

Wasn't he willing to cede seven Immortal Domains?

Fine, you do one thing for me first: have your daughter personally wipe out that Mortal Realm.

That Mortal Realm had Venerable Datong standing behind it; if the Cang Emperor's daughter touched his territory, could Venerable Datong tolerate it?

Once the Cang Emperor's daughter went, the feud between the two sides would be established.

The Buddhist Sect wouldn't need to worry about the rest.

If the Cang Emperor won, the Buddhist Sect would have obtained the seven Immortal Domains and vented that anger through the Cang Emperor's hand—both Face and substance would be gained.

If the Cang Emperor lost, the Buddhist Sect wouldn't lose anything either.

First, the Cang Emperor would have suffered a setback and would need to rely more on the Buddhist Sect.

Second, the Buddhist Sect would have used this to figure out the bottom line of Venerable Datong, knowing what level of existence the other party really was, and then decide whether to fight or reconcile in the future.

Third, even if the Cang Emperor lost, it would be the Cang Emperor who lost Face, what did that have to do with the Buddhist Sect?