This is the pinnacle of the Great Wilderness...

This is the pinnacle of the Great Wilderness... Wu Wang looked up at the small heaven and earth that was beginning to crumble despite several layers of protection. He gazed at the great stars continually chasing each other, feeling the tremor of the Great Dao and perceiving the astonishment of the stars.

This battle, etched in Wu Wang's sight and imprinted on his heart, left his state of mind unsettled for a long time.

He called out to the Heavenly Emperor.

He shouted for Fu Xi.

Shen Nong confronted the Heavenly Emperor head-on, his somewhat strange Great Dao shaking the Heavenly Emperor's Power of Order.

ThreeOld Daoist Sanxian was originally an inconspicuous cultivator in the Human Domain. But at this time and place, with Shen Nong's help, he managed to make the Heavenly Emperor dodge several times.

Wu Wang gradually found himself unable to understand the duels that followed. They were collisions at the level of the Great Dao, a realm still far beyond his current reach.

"Master, we should take a step back," the Ringing Serpent said quietly at his side. "If this small heaven and earth collapses, we may get trapped within the void, unable to find our way back."

"Hmm," Wu Wang murmured in agreement, his gaze still fixed on the distant battle.

Without needing Wu Wang's instructions, the Ringing Serpent had already taken the initiative to lift the two Human Domain experts, enveloping them with Divine Power and pulling them aside.

Shortly after, she extended a palm forward, effortlessly pushing open a portal in an area unprotected by Shen Nong and unsealed by the Heavenly Emperor.

Wu Wang wanted to watch a little longer, but he knew he couldn't linger.

He made a Daoist salute towards the battlefield, then turned and lowered his head, walking into the portal.

The Ringing Serpent carefully wrapped Wu Wang in Divine Power, afraid that her unsolicited actions might have overstepped, incurring her master's dissatisfaction or concern.

The passageway began to close. Ahead, the scenery of a sandy beach by the sea in the Southeastern Region of the Great Wilderness was already visible.

On a whim, Wu Wang turned his head for a look and happened to see...

The Heavenly Emperor and Shen Nong, who had plunged into the void, paused for a moment. The Heavenly Emperor's form split into three, becoming his main consciousness, his true body, and the Order incarnation. Moreover, there seemed to be something amiss with his true body and the Order incarnation.

A backlash?

A bright light flashed in Wu Wang's eyes, but before he could take a closer look, the Ringing Serpent dragged him out of the Heaven and Earth channel with Divine Power.

Before the channel collapsed, Wu Wang managed to capture a significant amount of information.

Shen Nong protected Emperor Fuxi's remnant soul as he charged forward. ThreeOld Daoist Sanxian was immolating himself; his Divine Power depleted in an instant, and his body was torn to shreds by the violent tremors of the Great Dao...

The Heavenly Emperor's three forms seemed to be in conflict. The Order incarnation turned to flee but was caught by Emperor Shun's true body and swallowed in one gulp...

In the final scene, Shen Nong pressed the great star, formed from Fu Xi's remnant soul, into the chest of the Heavenly Emperor's true body. Suddenly, a loud cry echoed from the void. The light of the ten suns seemed capable of penetrating the starry sky, and the goddess encircled by those ten suns was so dazzling that one dared not look directly at her.

The vision ended there.

Wu Wang couldn't help but feel anxious, worrying whether Elder Shen Nong could escape safely.

Standing on the sandy beach, listening to the waves washing over the white sand and feeling the tremor of hundreds of Great Daos pervading heaven and earth, two words suddenly surfaced in Wu Wang's mind.

Powerhouses. These are true powerhouses, standing at the summit of the Great Dao, perched above all living beings.

Emperor Fuxi, even in such dire circumstances and under severe restrictions, had managed to break through the fog, carve his own path, grasp his own Dao, and single-handedly trap the Heavenly Emperor for ages.

He endowed the Heavenly Emperor with humanity. With the body of a human, he completed the Order of Heaven and Earth.

The Ancient Emperor of the Suiren Clan, by his strength alone, caused the fall of the Ancient Fire God, extracted the Dao of Fire from the Heaven Palace, and created the Human Domain that exists today.

Before today, Wu Wang had even been constantly worried about his prospective father-in-law.

It couldn't be helped. Elder Shen Nong was always calm and didn't exude a strong sense of authority. The most well-known story about him in the Human Domain was that of Shen Nong tasting a hundred herbs. It always gave one the absurd impression that 'wealth does not last three generations.'

But today's battle allowed Wu Wang to directly see and feel Elder Shen Nong's Great Dao.

That Great Dao was strange and abstruse, impossible to describe in words, only through analogy.

Shen Nong's Great Dao is like: A small, light green blade of grass growing on the Gobi Desert. Braving frost, wind, and rain, through countless years of accumulation, it transforms the Gobi into a lush grassland.

It's probably like that.

Wu Wang suddenly thought of something: if Shen Nong's Great Dao were combined with the Dao of Fire, the power that would erupt...

Fortunately, fortunately, compared to the Ancient Emperor Suiren and Emperor Fuxi, his father-in-law didn't seem too shabby.

Wu Wang waited there for a while, an unshakeable concern for Shen Nong's safety lingering in his heart.

Beside him, the Ringing Serpent quietly reminded him, "Master, His Majesty Shennong's return may not necessarily be here. The tremors of the Dao have significantly weakened, and the battle in the void might have concluded. Since there's no anomaly with the Dao of Fire, it implies the Human Emperor is unharmed. We would be better off joining the Human Domain experts sooner; your safety is paramount."

"Hmm," Wu Wang nodded. "Ringing Serpent, tell me, how many experts on the same level as the Heavenly Emperor and the Human Emperor exist in the Great Wilderness today?"

The Ringing Serpent pondered for a moment, then said seriously, "The Candle Dragon and Queen Mother of the West should be on par. The Star God, Xihe, the Head Manager, and the Five Elements Gods might be a fraction weaker, but the difference should be limited."

Wu Wang smiled, not dwelling on these details.

He gazed out at the sea again for a while. When he could no longer feel the tremors of the Dao, he had the Ringing Serpent tear open a passage through Heaven and Earth, taking the two worried elders back to the vicinity of the Human Domain's central army.

Wu Wang didn't go inside directly. Instead, he sat on a cloud, quietly organizing his thoughts, assimilating his insights, and casually complaining to his mother about the recent events.

Red Rose and another elder sat on a nearby cloud, each tending to their wounds.

From the occasional twitching at the corners of their mouths, Wu Wang could tell the two elders must be surreptitiously communicating. It's a pity their cultivation realms are too high for me to overhear what they're saying...

The great battle in the Southeastern Region had ended at some unknown point.

Wu Wang only learned from his mother that when he followed Shen Nong into the valley, the gods from the Heaven Palace suddenly began to retreat. The one who issued the retreat command was none other than Empress Xihe.

Wu Wang keenly sensed there was more to this.

It was undeniable. During the great battle between Shen Nong and the Heavenly Emperor, the Heaven Palace did not send strong gods to assist, which was utterly preposterous.

Although the Human Domain also had a large number of powerhouses who didn't appear—experts from the Fire God Temple and the Human Emperor's Imperial Guards, likely held as reserves against Heaven Palace reinforcements—the Heaven Palace gods showed no intention of intervening. In fact, judging from the previous situation, it seemed the Heaven Palace gods had no idea what the Heavenly Emperor was planning, nor were they aware that he had undergone Emperor Fuxi's... re-education and transformation.

Could it be that the Heavenly Emperor felt this incident was too embarrassing, too disgraceful, so he intentionally didn't ask for help? That was impossible to determine.

However, there was one thing Wu Wang could understand.

Emperor Shun's main consciousness must have developed some issues.

It made sense when he thought about it. He was the Heavenly Emperor, a towering figure, possessing a grand harem led by the mother of the sun and the moon, enjoying the reverence of gods and the worship of all beings. Then, he was suddenly kidnapped overnight, taken to the Human Domain for ideological reform, and subjected to the continuous, nagging chatter of an old man who rambled on about countless cycles of reincarnation and spoke an immeasurable number of words. The whole process must have lasted tens of thousands of years! Who could endure that? Emperor Shun was already quite impressive for not having broken down; Wu Wang felt like giving him a thumbs-up and exclaiming, 'Awesome!'

"Hey!" Wu Wang looked at the Ringing Serpent and suddenly asked, "Do you think the current Emperor Shun is still the same as the original Heavenly Emperor?"

The Ringing Serpent, who had also been lost in thought, paused and replied, "Theoretically, Emperor Shun is no longer the original Heavenly Emperor but has merged with Emperor Fuxi's humanity."

Wu Wang couldn't help but wear a peculiar expression.

The Ringing Serpent inquired, "Master, are you afraid that Emperor Shun, with his drastically changed style of conduct, will seek frenzied retribution against the Human Domain, or that he'll find every way to make the Human Domain suffer?"

"Ah, that..." Wu Wang laughed awkwardly and said sheepishly, "I hadn't thought that far. I was just wondering what Xihe and Chang Xi must be thinking when they face Emperor Shun now."

The Ringing Serpent tilted its head slightly.

"No worries, no worries," Wu Wang waved his hand, his composure somewhat restored.

Beside him, Elder Red Rose opened her eyes and said, "Wu Wang, His Majesty has safely returned, and the Human Domain's troops will soon withdraw from this area."

Wu Wang's Yan Emperor Mandate had previously been lent to Emperor Fuxi, making it more convenient for Shen Nong to contact Red Rose.

"Mm," Wu Wang said. "Did His Majesty give any instructions for me?"

"The withdrawal of troops has been arranged with Liu Baiyi and the others," Elder Red Rose said softly. "His Majesty said he wants you to wait at the Human Emperor Pavilion for a while. He has something to give you. It was left by that senior."

Wu Wang immediately nodded in agreement.

The two venerable masters took their leave, presumably to rendezvous with Shen Nong.

Wu Wang, with the Ringing Serpent, entered the central military camp to reunite with his Annihilation Sect members.

He didn't breathe a word about Emperor Shun and Fu Xi, merely stating that the matters there had been properly resolved and they could return to the Human Domain with the main army.

Lin Suqing and the others all breathed a sigh of relief.

The Blue Bird, however, seemed to sense something. She flew to Wu Wang's shoulder, perched on the Ice Armor he had conjured, and asked in her hoarse voice, "Where is your Yan Emperor Mandate?"

"I handed it over," Wu Wang replied with a smile.

"Hmm?" The Blue Bird tilted her head in thought, then chuckled. "Well, that's fine, as long as you're not unhappy."

"How could I be?" Wu Wang spread his hands. "I'm free of official duties now. Handing over the Yan Emperor Mandate is actually a good thing."

"Mhm," the Blue Bird's voice suddenly changed, carrying an ethereal quality reminiscent of a young girl's. She nervously folded her wings and flew back to Lin Suqing's shoulder, cleverly choosing to close her eyes and feign sleep.

The Grand Elder and Mao Aowu came forward to speak. More than a dozen figures emerged from the inner tent, also approaching Wu Wang to report on the battle. The atmosphere was quite harmonious.

「Later that day.」

The three armies of the Human Domain did not pursue the Heaven Palace forces too deeply. They merely drove them out of the Southeastern Region and then turned to settle accounts with the local Southeastern Region powers that had previously sided with the Heaven Palace.

The Heaven Palace forces gathered a large army in the middle of the Eastern Wilderness to guard the crucial Heaven Palace territory of Yang Valley.

The gods hurried back to the Heaven Palace, joining forces to reinforce the Heaven and Earth Seal. It took them several hours of effort before things quieted down.

Empress Xihe returned from the horizon to Yang Valley in her chariot. Within the chariot was another familiar figure: the slumbering Emperor Shun.

「The Great Victory of the Southeast.」

In a relatively short time, the entire Human Domain was engulfed in a sea of jubilation. Cultivators could be seen everywhere spreading the news, and many 'details' deliberately released by the Human Emperor Pavilion were being greatly embellished.

This time, Wu Wang's contributions to the battle were fully acknowledged, every single one known to the world.

The name 'Little Golden Dragon' once again became a celebrated topic.

「Two days later.」

Main Hall of the Human Emperor Pavilion, formerly the Main Hall of the Benevolent Emperor Pavilion.

Wu Wang, having returned with the Human Domain's main army, was back in his small building.

He had barely sat down to meditate when an endless stream of visitors arrived.

High-ranking officials from the Punishment Hall came to pay their respects. A Vice Pavilion Master from each of the Human Emperor Pavilion's eight pavilions came to exchange pleasantries with Wu Wang. Additionally, over a dozen military families sent representatives with their regards, and some astute Elders came before Wu Wang to make their faces known.

Wu Wang didn't refuse them and warmly reciprocated their greetings.

However, everyone could see that Wu Wang was not in his best state, often lost in thought while speaking, so they didn't linger.

Wu Wang's mood had not yet fully settled.

Deep within his heart, scenes of Shen Nong, Fu Xi, and Emperor Shun battling in the void kept replaying. His Dao heart had recorded the spectacular sight of those mighty Great Daos clashing. It was an image he couldn't shake off, an impression he couldn't suppress. It felt as if a force was spreading in the depths of his heart, a vital energy circulating within him.

The urge to vent, to break through barriers, made him... belch and then turn over.

After all the guests had left, Lin Suqing closed the doors. Only the members of the Annihilation Sect and Wu Wang's close Human Domain associates like Xiao Jian remained in the pavilion.

They asked what had happened.

Wu Wang slumped in a wooden chair, pondered for a moment, then said, "This matter... I'm not sure yet if it can be publicized. So don't go around inquiring needlessly. Just consider it as His Majesty Shennong having had a big fight with Heavenly Emperor Shun. We had the upper hand."

Joy spread across everyone's faces.

Xiao Jian Daoist even asked eagerly, "Was His Majesty injured? This is great news! Why not publicize it?"

"His Majesty should be uninjured, no need to worry." Wu Wang glanced at the Blue Bird, who shifted her small feet somewhat anxiously.

The Grand Elder spoke solemnly, "Sect Master, for this battle in the Southeastern Region, you should receive great credit. Please do not decline this time. You must take what is yours. At the very least, you deserve their praise, rather than them slandering you behind your back."

"Don't worry, Grand Elder. If it's my merit, I won't pass it up," Wu Wang replied with a smile, a gleam in his eyes. He added, "I don't know why, but I suddenly feel like competing in the Human Domain."

Xiao Jian Daoist was invigorated by these words, while the Blue Bird couldn't help tilting her head.

"Of course, this is just a fleeting thought," Wu Wang quickly added.

Lin Suqing chuckled. "Young Master, if you were to suddenly change your disposition, we really wouldn't know what to do."

Wu Wang patted the armrest of the wooden chair and remarked, "My perspective was too narrow in the past. I felt I was thriving in the Human Domain, that everything came so easily. Looking back now, I realize much of it was due to the advantages given to me by my predecessors, as well as the power backing me. The sky of the Human Domain is not low, and I am far from reaching the limits of a cultivator."

"Why are you suddenly saying such things?" Miao Cuijiao said with a smile. Leaning against the window, she exuded an intoxicating charm at every moment.

A light flashed in Wu Wang's eyes as he slowly said, "Because I have seen it."

At that moment, a spark blossomed in front of Wu Wang, followed by thousands of sparks exploding, like dozens of small fireworks bursting.

The sparks converged into a flame, and from that flame, a lotus bloomed. The figure of Shen Nong, clad in a straw rain cape, walked out. His face showed fatigue, but his lips held a faint smile.

"Your Majesty!"

"We pay our respects to Your Majesty!"

"CHIRP CHIRP!"

Everyone bowed or called out their respects as appropriate; the Blue Bird even chirped softly twice as a greeting.

"No need for formalities. Wu Wang, come with me," Shen Nong said warmly. He then walked toward a nearby flight of stairs, and Wu Wang rose to follow.

After they had taken a few steps, the Human Emperor seemed to remember something, turned around, and said, "That bird can come along too."

The Blue Bird didn't understand why, but she spread her wings and flew over, landing on Wu Wang's shoulder.

Shen Nong smiled calmly, leaning on his wooden staff as he walked forward. The tip of the staff was stained with a trace of blood.

Remembering what Elder Red Rose had said, Wu Wang couldn't help but feel a flicker of anticipation. What had Emperor Fuxi left for him? Surely it couldn't be in ThreeOld Daoist Sanxian's style—leaving him several large Storage magic treasures filled with paintings...

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