203: Chapter 203 Great Mystic Heavenly Venerable

Sacred Domain.

Atop a giant peak.

Li Qing stood with his hands behind his back. Beside him, on a large green rock, Mu Hongluan lay quietly, her exquisite body forming an alluring curve.

Just then, Mu Hongluan suddenly opened her eyes and sat up.

"You're awake."

Li Qing said without turning his head.

"Thank you, Fellow Daoist, for saving my life."

Mu Hongluan struggled to get up and bowed to Li Qing with her hands cupped.

[Saving your life?]

[You can be saved today, but not forever.]

[You are the most tragic female protagonist in the Sacred Domain.]

[After being saved by Gu Beichen, you fall in love with him. After Dual Cultivation and merging your Daos with him, Gu Beichen turns around and throws himself into the arms of a Heavenly Venerate.]

[As for you, you are captured by your own Heavenly Venerate and forced into Dao merging until you die, your soul scattering into nothingness.]

[Truly tragic.]

What?

Is this true?

Can I still not escape the chessboard of fate?

Mu Hongluan was stunned.

"No need for thanks."

Li Qing flicked his sleeve, a spiritual light wrapped around him, and he vanished.

"Fel... Fellow Daoist..."

Mu Hongluan wanted to call out to Li Qing, but he was already gone.

At that moment, Li Qing appeared a thousand miles away.

The laws of the Sacred Domain are higher than the Immortal Realm, and the density of the Void Realm is greater. In the Immortal Realm, one step can cover ten thousand or tens of thousands of miles, but in the Sacred Domain, it's only a thousand miles.

Only a Heavenly Venerate can step across a distance of ten thousand miles.

[Mu Hongluan has appeared.]

[That bastard Gu Beichen is probably already in the Sacred Domain.]

[This means the Heavenly Venerable Damiao plotline has already begun.]

[I should go over and watch the drama.]

Li Qing quickened his pace and instantly vanished.

Xuanmiao Dao Palace.

One of the ten great Dao palaces of the Sacred Domain.

Although the Xuanmiao Dao Palace is called a palace, it occupies a boundless continent. Its Disciples are as numerous as the sands of the Ganges, its immortal path flourishes, and its power awes the Sacred Domain.

On this day.

At the center of the continent, near the Xuanmiao Dao Palace, immortal light flickered in the sky like a sky full of stars, and countless immortal cultivators gathered there.

Li Qing stepped through the Void Realm, standing with his hands behind his back, blending into the crowd.

"Buzz."

Just then, the Xuanmiao Dao Palace erupted with brilliant immortal light. Golden lotuses surged from the ground, Dao textures surged like ocean tides, and endless true meanings of the Dao manifested.

[It's coming. The Heavenly Venerate's sermon is about to begin.]

[Ding! The System has detected that the drama is ripe. Congratulations, Host, on beginning to watch the drama.]

"The Dao is the Dao, yet it is not the Dao. The Great Dao is formless yet possesses form..."

An ethereal voice rang out like heavenly music, resonant and vast, as if coming across the long river of time, shaking all ages.

"Buzz."

Suddenly, a brilliant red light shot into the sky from the crowd. A giant Sixteen-Grade Red Lotus emerged, spinning rapidly. Phantoms of the Three Thousand Great Daos appeared, and various mysteries manifested.

[Whoa, it's starting.]

[It's time for our child of destiny's show-off segment again.]

[Enlightened so quickly? He truly has the bearing of a Heavenly Venerate.]

Eh?

What I'm hearing really is this person's inner thoughts.

At the peak of the Xuanmiao Dao Palace, a graceful figure reclined on an auspicious cloud, her beautiful eyes, like stars, falling upon Li Qing.

It was actually an extremely beautiful woman in colorful robes.

"Sixteen-petaled Dao Fetus: Pure World Red Lotus."

"He indeed has the bearing of a Heavenly Venerate."

"He should come under my sect."

The corners of the colorful-robed woman's mouth curled up; she seemed to be in a very pleasant mood.

[Tsk tsk, at this moment, Heavenly Venerable Damiao must be feeling extremely happy.]

[The Sixteen-petaled Dao Fetus, the Pure World Red Lotus—the bearing of a Heavenly Venerate—actually appeared here. She's really found a treasure.]

[She's about to appear and take Gu Beichen, this child of destiny, as her Disciple.]

[She's practically inviting a wolf into her house.]

[Little does she know, she is but a pawn of the Heavenly Dao.]

[Once you, the male and female protagonists, meet and fall in love, sparking like lightning and fire, and engage in Dual Cultivation to merge your Daos, it will be the end of you, Heavenly Venerable Damiao.]

[Gu Beichen has already passed the trials of the Heavenly Dao. All that's left is to feed him mature fruits like you.]

He actually knows I'm in a good mood right now.

Wait a minute.

What do his inner thoughts mean?

I am a pawn?

I, a dignified Heavenly Venerate, am a pawn?

The colorful-robed woman was stunned.

At that moment, the Sixteen-petaled Pure World Red Lotus instantly drew the gaze of thousands of immortal cultivators.

"Look, that seems to be the Pure World Dao Fetus."

"Holy crap, I'm actually seeing a Dao Fetus being born."

"The Sixteen-petaled Pure World Red Lotus Dao Fetus—definitely the bearing of a Heavenly Venerate."

The crowd in the nearby sky was in an uproar.

[However, the real show has only just begun.]

[It won't be that easy for Heavenly Venerable Damiao to recruit Gu Beichen into the Xuanmiao Dao Palace.]

[This is an Innate Dao Fetus.]

[The drama of fighting over him is about to start.]

[The first to appear will be the Qiankun Dao Palace.]

Heh.

How is that possible?

I have long since sealed the continent with the Stars of the Universe.

How could they know?

The colorful-robed woman gave a faint smile.

"Hehe."

"I didn't expect that after a million years, the Sacred Domain would finally produce another Innate Dao Fetus. This child should belong to my Qiankun Dao Palace."

A faint laughter rang out from the horizon.

The voice wasn't loud, but it echoed like the sound of the Dao, lingering endlessly.

Nearby, the Great Dao manifested in the sky, golden lotuses surged from the heavens, and a thousand-foot Dao body appeared. Behind it, endless Dao rhymes emerged, the phenomenon shaking the Nine Heavens.

A thousand-foot-tall middle-aged man stood in the Void Realm, appearing as if he were the Dao itself.

"Heavenly Venerable Qiankun."

Many people cried out in surprise upon seeing this.

"Eh, he really was right."

"Can this person actually foresee things even regarding a Heavenly Venerate?"

For the first time, the colorful-robed woman felt curious about Li Qing.

"This child also has a destiny with my Immeasurable Dao Palace..."

"This child..."

"I think this child..."

Suddenly, phenomena continued to appear in the sky as one thousand-foot giant body after another emerged. The horizon was shrouded in Dao rhymes, and various phenomena presented themselves above the Xuanmiao Dao Palace.

Four Heavenly Venerates from the other nine great Dao palaces had arrived.

The most eye-catching was a woman in white robes. Her beauty was not at all inferior to Qingyin's, and both her figure and temperament could be called perfect.

Gu Beichen's gaze fell directly on the woman in white, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

[Tsk tsk, that bastard Gu Beichen has his eyes on Heavenly Venerable Miaoxuan.]

[Good eye. Heavenly Venerable Miaoxuan is actually Heavenly Venerable Damiao's younger sister. Twin sisters, both becoming Heavenly Venerates.]

[I have to say, the Heavenly Dao really went to great lengths.]

[Both of you sisters will end up ruined at this guy's hands.]

It really is his inner thoughts that I'm hearing.

Who is he?

Why would such a thing happen?

Heavenly Venerable Miaoxuan's brows furrowed slightly.

"Why have you all come?"

"What sharp noses you have."

Heavenly Venerable Qiankun's brow furrowed.

"Young friend, I see that your Dao rhyme is full and you have a destiny with the Immeasurable Dao Palace. You may enter my Dao Palace and become my Disciple." An old woman with white hair at her temples looked at Gu Beichen with a smile.

She completely ignored Heavenly Venerable Qiankun.

The moment Gu Beichen saw her, his face changed drastically.

Ji Changhong's old face involuntarily surfaced in his mind.

"No... No need..."

Gu Beichen subconsciously shook his head like a rattle.

He felt terrified just looking at her old face.

[Haha, this is killing me.]

[Gu Beichen has been traumatized.]

[Don't be fooled by Empyrean Boundless's smile; she's no pushover.]

[Moreover, her Lifespan is running out, and she's looking for someone to perform Dual Cultivation and merge Daos with.]

[The appearance of this Innate Dao Fetus—isn't he the perfect Dao Companion?]

[If I were to set these two up, wouldn't it be very interesting?]

This person...

But it does seem very interesting.

If I take you as my Disciple...

And then perform Dual Cultivation and merge our Daos...

Would that be even more interesting?

Revered Master and Disciple...

The corners of the colorful-robed woman's mouth curled up.