In the rear mountain of the Heavenly Temple Lower Court, a Spirit Hall abruptly emerged from the void in an extremely abrupt manner.
At the instant the Spirit Hall emerged from the void, the Grand Divine Masters in the various Temples and Silent Chambers within the Heavenly Temple Lower Court all felt something, and walked out from their great halls or Silent Chambers one after another.
They pressed their palms together in salute toward the Spirit Hall in the sky, then each, with a solemn expression, walked to the area beneath the Spirit Hall and quietly waited.
At the same instant, the bells within the Heavenly Temple Lower Court pealed loudly, and in the front courtyard of the Lower Court, worshipers gathered like clouds.
However, without anyone noticing, an inexplicable barrier had already risen between the front courtyard and the rear courtyard.
At this time, no one, not even internal personnel of the Heavenly Temple Lower Court, could enter the rear courtyard from the front courtyard.
At the same time, hundreds of vast Primordial Spirit Divine Thoughts began to crisscross back and forth within the Heavenly Temple Lower Court, as though plowing the earth; in an instant, the interior of the Heavenly Temple Lower Court was turned over countless times.
Subsequently, strands of incomparably vast Dao Realm power were infused and added into the Formations within the Heavenly Temple Lower Court.
A kind of indescribable aura of isolation rose from within the Heavenly Temple Lower Court; at this moment, the entire rear courtyard of the Heavenly Temple Lower Court seemed to have been separated from the void of the Primordial Continent, becoming an independent world.
Almost at the instant this separation was completed, three currents of power with distinct auras were poured into the Spirit Hall high above.
First, a boundless, scorching aura descended, gentle yet carrying a hint of violence.
Although no one saw this aura descend, a feeling as if sunlight were shining everywhere simultaneously rose in everyone’s heart.
Immediately afterward, a faint sound of Thunderclaps suddenly arose in everyone’s heart.
That’s right—in their hearts!
This sensation of thunder erupting where no sound should be, even though they had experienced it several times, still made the many Grand Divine Masters of the Heavenly Temple’s hearts pound with fright.
After the fright came an indescribable feeling of nourishment rising from everyone’s heart, silently soothing their shock; at that instant, the flowers, grasses, and trees on all the hills in the Heavenly Temple rear courtyard began to grow madly at the same time, and countless strange flowers and rare herbs bloomed all at once.
"We respectfully welcome the Heavenly Leaders (Mountain Masters, Peak Masters) in descent!" All the Grand Divine Masters of the Heavenly Temple chanted long, each according to their belonging Holy Land.
At precisely this instant, within the Luoyi Imperial Palace, the Ren Venerate Emperor Ji Long, who was reviewing memorials, suddenly raised his head, his gaze turning toward the National Guardian Qiankun Seal on the imperial desk.
At this moment, the National Guardian Qiankun Seal was trembling slightly, emitting a faint brilliance that only the Ren Venerate Emperor Ji Long understood.
"They... have descended together again..."
"Great Attendant, urgently summon Wud Yu here. Also, you personally go and invite Head Priest Bai!" The Ren Venerate Emperor Ji Long issued the order, lifting his head and looking in the direction of the Heavenly Temple, rubbing his brow with some headache.
"Yes!"
The Chief Eunuch Yu Chaoen had only just answered when an Inner Attendant came to report that Prime Minister Bai, Chief Sun Priest of the Ancestor God Temple, requested an audience with His Majesty.
"It seems Head Priest Bai has sensed it as well. Quickly, invite him in." The Ren Venerate Emperor Ji Long said.
Not long after, Great Sun Priest Bai Xiang, chief of the Ancestor God Temple, hurriedly entered the Imperial Study Room; without performing formal courtesies, he said urgently, "Your Majesty, the Ancestor Gods have issued a warning. The aura of the Heavenly Mechanism Jade Plate has emerged—please immediately withdraw into the Universe Hall."
The Ren Venerate Emperor Ji Long swept Bai Xiang with a displeased glance. "Every time they arrive, I must withdraw into the Universe Hall. Is this world theirs, or is it mine?"
"Moreover, this Luoyi of mine is not a place they can come to just because they wish to!"
"Your Majesty!" Chief Sun Priest Bai Xiang bowed long to the ground again. "Your Majesty, Luoyi is indeed not a place they can break into at will.
However, each of these three bears upon them an Innate Spiritual Treasure bestowed by the Dao Ancestor. Especially when the three join forces, they can further activate the Heavenly Spirit Treasure Heavenly Mechanism Jade Plate within the Heavenly Temple, which can peer into Heavenly Secrets.
If Your Majesty does not take refuge, they will be able to discern many hidden clues concerning the Nation of Great Zhou’s secrets."
Speaking to this point, Chief Sun Priest Bai Xiang bowed long to the ground once more. "Your Majesty, withdrawing into the Universe Hall may also serve as a form of deterrence toward them!"
After pondering for a few breaths, the Ren Venerate Emperor Ji Long slowly nodded. "Very well."
"Great Attendant, make ready to proceed to the Universe Hall."
In the next instant, long cries of response rose and fell throughout the Luoyi Imperial Palace.
Within the Spirit Hall on the rear mountain of the Heavenly Temple Lower Court, three light-shadows of differing radiance had only just seated themselves when their Finger Techniques pointed out, and a radiance of a Jade Plate rose from the center of the Spirit Hall where they sat.
"Rise!"
The figure sitting in the center, seeming like the blazing fire of a Great Sun, let out a low shout, and within the Jade Plate’s radiance, the scene inside the Luoyi Imperial Palace emerged.
Yet just as the radiance rose, countless mists sprang up from nowhere, rendering the scene within the Luoyi Imperial Palace indistinct; only the human-shaped golden light at the center remained clearly visible.
But in merely the next instant, that human-shaped golden light suddenly vanished.
The three light-shadows in the midst of casting slightly started; then the greenish light-shadow gave a soft sigh. "Another several thousand years have passed, and Luoyi’s wariness still has not faded..."
"In every generation, there’s not a single bird-Emperor who knows how to listen. If you ask me, we should raise troops, establish our Heavenly Temple as the National Religion, and if he won’t listen, replace him with one who will! Why bother with so much trouble."
The light-shadow wreathed all over in Thunder Light opened its mouth, and at once was filled with ferocity. This light-shadow was none other than the Avatar of the Thunder Prison Mountain Lord, one of the Three Great Holy Lands of the Heavenly Temple.
"The time has not yet come. This Human Emperor’s seat is borne by the grand fortune of Heaven and Earth upon his body—how could it be lightly damaged?" The central light-shadow, like a Great Sun blazing with fire, turned the Magic Formula at its fingertips once more. In the Jade Plate between the three, countless phantoms of the Human Demon Battlefield’s direction surfaced.
"The descent of our three Avatars is precisely to spur this treasure directly to probe the Heavenly Secret, and thereby clarify this matter. That the Human Emperor and the Ancestor God Temple respond thus is only natural."
This light-shadow like a Great Sun blazing with fire was naturally the projected Avatar of the Sun and Moon Heavenly Leader, one of the Three Great Holy Lands of the Heavenly Temple.
The Thunder Prison Mountain Lord’s Avatar projection let out a cold snort, his fingertip Magic Formula shifting. Together with the Green Dawn Peak Master’s Avatar projection, he sent their respective unique Magic Formulas into the Jade Plate at the center.
As their thoughts moved, the Jade Plate in the center swiftly changed, gradually shifting from the entire Human Demon Battlefield’s images to focus on the front lines.
Scenes of countless soldiers killing and fighting in bloodshed revolved in the central Jade Plate like cartwheels.
The Sun and Moon Heavenly Leader’s Avatar projection cried out softly once more, "Go!"
Countless light-shadows vanished, and the scene of the Blood River Fortress began to grow clearer within the Jade Plate. Innumerable Mysterious Aura representing the Heavenly Secret soared into the sky; anyone with the Wisdom Eye could see countless secrets of Heaven from them.
Yet at the very instant when the scenes inside and outside the Blood River Fortress began to clarify, when the Heavenly Secrets in the myriad radiances started to grow distinct, the Heavenly Mechanism Jade Plate in the Spirit Hall shuddered lightly. Within the Jade Plate’s glow, boundless Blood Light suddenly appeared out of thin air, completely shrouding the scene of the Blood River Fortress, and scattering all the Heavenly Secrets that had become clear.
In the blink of an eye, the Jade Plate between the Sun and Moon Heavenly Leader, Thunder Prison Mountain Lord, and Green Dawn Peak Master’s Avatars was densely filled with crimson. The Heavenly Secrets were in utter chaos; nothing could be discerned.
The Sun and Moon Heavenly Leader, the Thunder Prison Mountain Lord, and the Green Dawn Peak Master were all taken aback at once. They cried out softly again, and countless Mysterious Dao Patterns and powers poured together into the Heavenly Mechanism Jade Plate.
The Sun and Moon Heavenly Leader’s light-shadow let out an irritated low shout. His Finger Technique shifted, and the scene within the Jade Plate between the three began to change once again.
This time, what emerged was the full panorama of the Human Demon Battlefield; yet before it could fully manifest, Blood Light once again surged to the heavens, densely filling the Jade Plate and causing all the radiance displayed within to grow indistinct.
"Blood Light confounding the Heavenly Secret?"
The Sun and Moon Heavenly Leader froze for a moment, and once more drove the Magic Formula in disbelief, casting this Jade Plate that could discern the Heavenly Secrets toward other regions.
But the subsequent result caused the Sun and Moon Heavenly Leader, the Thunder Prison Mountain Lord, and the Green Dawn Peak Master all to grow astonished in expression.
Across the entire Primordial Continent, aside from a few numbered places, the Heavenly Secrets were all obscured and scattered by countless strands of Blood Light, no longer truly visible.
This discovery rendered the Sun and Moon Heavenly Leader’s voice heavy, "Blood Light shrouding and confounding the Heavenly Secrets—what are we to do?"
The three of them had been summoned only because Bitter Chrysanthemum, Shou Gui and others had vanished, and in the matter of the Blood River Fortress the Ancestor God Temple’s Second Grand Power Sacrifice and the hidden Supreme Elder Wuy Lian had personally taken the field. Thus they were invited forth to activate this Innate Spiritual Treasure, the Heavenly Mechanism Jade Plate that suppresses the Heavenly Temple’s fortune, to scrutinize the Heavenly Secret and seek out the key point to break the impasse.
They had not expected that the Heavenly Secrets would actually be veiled and confounded by Blood Light.
"That the Heavenly Secrets are obscured and confused is not what matters. What matters is that we must know whether this obscuring and confusion of the Heavenly Secrets is wrought by human hands, or born of Heaven and Earth’s own Qi Fortune." The Thunder Prison Mountain Lord wreathed in Thunder Light spoke.
"Blood Light confounding the Heavenly Secrets is a portent of great chaos under Heaven. Our Heavenly Temple ought to prepare early." The Green Dawn Peak Master said.
"A portent of great chaos?"
The Sun and Moon Heavenly Leader fell into contemplation once more. "Is this the sole fruit of our observation of the Heavenly Secrets this time?"
"Whenever there is great chaos in the realm, those who intervene too early are invariably slaughtered beneath the Blood Light. In the face of this chaotic omen, our Heavenly Temple ought not to intervene too soon." The Green Dawn Peak Master spoke again.
"So we continue being a bunch of shrinking turtles?" The Thunder Prison Mountain Lord directly spat back at the Green Dawn Peak Master. "Ten thousand years ago, if your Green Dawn Lineage hadn’t withdrawn its head, our Heavenly Temple would likely already have become the National Religion of the Nation of Great Zhou, believers spread across the Four Seas, and by now would have revived the Primordial Era!"
At these words, the Green Dawn Peak Master was not to be outdone, and sneered coldly. "If it weren’t for you lot, would the Primordial Continent even need reviving?"
"Enough."
The Sun and Moon Heavenly Leader halted their dispute. "Matters from ten thousand years past are best left unspoken. Now that the omen of chaos has already appeared, and the three of us are not of one mind—
and moreover, this is yet another omen of great chaos ten thousand years after the last. As for how we should act, let us still seek instruction from the Dao Ancestor."
"Seek instruction from the Dao Ancestor? Good." The Green Dawn Peak Master said.
"Agreed!" The Thunder Prison Mountain Lord also nodded in assent.
"Then let each of our true bodies perform the casting within their Holy Lands and petition the Dao Ancestor." With that said, the Sun and Moon Heavenly Leader, Thunder Prison Mountain Lord, and Green Dawn Peak Master all closed their eyes at the same time. The Heavenly Mechanism Jade Plate at the center of the Spirit Hall gradually dispersed, transforming into countless streaks of radiance that sank into the various Temples within the Heavenly Temple Lower Court.
At that same moment, within the Demon God Palace atop Ten Thousand Saints Mountain on the eastern side of the Human-Demon War on the Primordial Continent, the Prophet Demon Master Jiu Xi—who had revealed himself not long ago due to the fall of the Innate Demon Master Qi Hong—opened his eyes once more.
"The aura of the Heavenly Temple’s Heavenly Mechanism Jade Plate..."
"Is some great event about to occur?"
After pondering for a short while, the Innate Demon Master Jiu Xi suddenly spoke. "Pass down my order and prepare for Blood Sacrifice. This old man will use Blood Sacrifice as a blessing to sense the Heavenly Secrets!"

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