The sun was engulfed by shadows, and the violet aura above the Divine Capital was also shrouded in darkness.

The sudden change left the citizens of the Divine Capital, who had just witnessed auspicious clouds and violet light in the sky, in chaos. The face of the long princess in the Imperial City tightened.

She immediately transformed into a streak of flame light, sweeping across the sky. Although the gradually restored flying prohibition in the palace also affected her, it would not directly press her to the ground like the Divination Order, allowing her to still fly.

The long princess arrived at Suhua Palace at the fastest speed, where she was greeted by a realm where the stars were in motion.

"Princess."

Standing guard outside the realm were Elders Tianquan and Yuheng, who nodded in greeting. Elder Tianquan said, "Senior Sister detected the Emperor's appearance earlier and directly opened the Star Domain to open the Netherworld Channel, and she should have already entered the Yin World but has not come out yet."

Moreover, Tianxuan's power and realm far surpassed that of the current long princess and the two elders. Unless she herself retracted the Star Domain, there was no way the three of them could enter.

Upon hearing this, the long princess's phoenix eyebrows furrowed, and she immediately said, "With the eclipse in the sky, the Divine Capital may fall into chaos. The Primordial Lord and Qing Yue headed to the Buddha Country an hour ago. Now I ask the two of you to respectively head to the Upper City and Inner City to maintain order."

Since the Star Domain is in place, ordinary people cannot enter, making the protection of the two elders practically unnecessary.

Previously, their duty was to prevent others from disturbing Tianxuan and ruining Tianxuan's calculations. Now that Tianxuan has already left seclusion, they don't need to continue guarding.

The two elders, although inclined to continue guarding, understood the importance of the bigger picture and agreed immediately.

"Elder Yuheng has been stationed at the Jiang Family in the Upper City before, so you should head to the Upper City. I'll go to the Inner City," Elder Tianquan said.

Elder Yuheng had no objections, and he perceived Elder Tianquan's resentment towards Jiang Li, thinking it might be inappropriate for Elder Tianquan to head to the Upper City.

However, with Elder Tianquan himself suggesting to go to the Inner City, it was clear that he still understood the bigger picture and could control his mental state.

Thus, the two left the Imperial City and parted ways in the Upper City. Elder Yuheng went directly to the Jiang Family territory, presumably to have them send assistance.

Elder Tianquan, however, finally darkened his face, as dark as black water.

He left the Upper City District without delay, slipping into an unused courtyard, and entered the inner room. From his storage belt, he took out a Yellow Talisman, pointed at it, and injected a surge of True Qi into it.

The talisman immediately shimmered with yellow light, and a strand of energy emerged from the void, taking form. A vertical eye slowly opened, reflecting a blurry silhouette within.

"Greetings, Sect Leader Senior Brother," Elder Tianquan bowed his head in salute.

The one he called Sect Leader Senior Brother was naturally the Heavenly Monarch, whose true body currently resided in the Buddha Country.

"With such a grim expression, it seems you have already confirmed that news."

The blurry silhouette in the vertical eye let out a laugh and said, "It's extremely difficult for someone without the Jiang family's bloodline to cultivate Innate Qi successfully, and even if they manage, progressing further is exceedingly difficult. Even I only managed to master the 'Qi Tomb' after obtaining a Jiang bloodline body, yet Tianxuan... hehe."

A light laugh, leaving words unsaid, but the implications were clear.

Tianxuan had concealed it well, but during the duel with the Immortal Queen, Innate Qi was revealed. At the time, despite not showing up, the Heavenly Monarch had been closely observing the battle.

Discovering that Tianxuan, as a descendant of the Yellow Emperor, yet not having cultivated the Divine Farmer's appearance like him, could wield Innate Qi, made it clear what transpired between the master and disciple.

Subsequently, the Heavenly Monarch made good use of this secret.

Exposing this secret would merely tarnish the master-disciple duo's reputation, but if revealed to certain individuals, it would be a different story.

Having been brothers for many years, the Heavenly Monarch knew well the nature of his fellow disciples.

Tianquan, who practiced both Confucianism and Mystic Sect, had studied at the Imperial College under the Great Sacrificial Officer, and in terms of literary talent, could rival the Great Sacrificial Officer's direct disciples.

Yet he never accepted any of the Dao Fruits from the Confucian system. Even the Wenqu Star Lord Dao Fruit he ultimately accepted only represented literary fortune, garnering veneration from scholars, but otherwise remained unrelated to Confucianism.

Why?

Because Tianquan realized he was not suited for the Dao Fruits of Confucianism.

Confucian Dao Fruits demand high standards of mental state, and to harness the power of the Dao Fruit, one must be consistent. Many study Confucian skills, but at most, only ten percent acquire Confucian Dao Fruits.

Tianquan belonged to the ninety percent. He knew that while he excelled in Confucian studies, he was better suited to the Dao Fruits of the Mystic Sect, which demanded less stringent requirements.

As a former Crown Prince of Great Zhou, the Heavenly Monarch had a deep understanding of the Confucian Dao Fruits at the Imperial College, and after several tests, determined Tianquan's mental state years ago.

Now was the time to take advantage of that mental state.

Regarding the Heavenly Monarch's words, Tianquan made no reaction, merely lowering his head without revealing his emotions, saying, "Master of Rain and Gongsun Qingyue have already gone to the Buddha Country, Senior Sister Tianxuan opened the Netherworld Channel earlier, possibly with her Primordial Spirit emerged seeking Earth Uncle."

"Earth Uncle is already dead, killed by our Nephew Jiang," the Heavenly Monarch said with deep implication, "Junior Brother Tianquan, miss this chance, and you may never find another in this lifetime."

The Primordial Lord Rain Master and Gongsun Qingyue had gone to the Buddha Country, and with Tianxuan needed in the Divine Capital to maintain order, and potentially encountering the Immortal Queen, she remained behind.

The opportunity to deal with Tianxuan was right before him.

Tianquan still gave no response to the Heavenly Monarch's words, but sometimes, silence is an answer in itself.

"I will inform the Immortal Queen of Tianxuan's whereabouts. Junior Brother, you just need to release this talisman at the opportune moment."

Yellow clouds gradually formed around the vertical eye, streams of energy flying from the void into the eye. Subsequently, the vertical eye descended, transforming into an imprint that landed on the talisman.

"Now that the fate is chaotic, even Tianxuan cannot calculate the fortunes or misfortunes. Junior Brother, seize the opportunity and take care of yourself."

The lingering sound drifted away, as the manifested vertical eye of the Heavenly Monarch vanished, leaving Elder Tianquan standing for a long time, unresponsive.

Until a certain moment, he reached out and grabbed the talisman, slowly raised his head, revealing a face hidden with ferocity.

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The shadow in the sky was gradually retreating, and the sun was revealing a corner once again.

The sunlight after the darkness was particularly dazzling, falling near the Sacrificial City of the Buddha Country, illuminating a giant pillar standing amidst the mountains.

The Ruyi Jingu Bang had transformed into a Sky-Supporting Giant Pillar, standing between two great mountains, suppressing the surging waves and the earth veins beneath the ground.

In front of the Jingu Bang was the rushing Black Water, extending out for a thousand miles without end. And in mid-air, Sun Wukong stood on auspicious clouds, gazing around proudly, with Fire Eyes Golden Eyes reflecting two solemn figures.

The Great Masters of Buddha Country — Guanyin, Tan Wuwei.

"With just you two, you think you can defeat Old Sun?" Sun Wukong stood with awe-inspiring presence, casting his gaze, and overpowering pressure immediately manifested.

Strong, domineering, furious, wanton, where his influential oppression reached, the sound of rivers rushing faded into the distance, making it seem as if only he existed between heaven and earth, with nothing else.

The power of divinities and Buddhas from before the End of Dharma surged forth, and even though Guanyin and Tan Wuwei's Dao Fruits were not inferior to Sun Wukong, at this moment they felt hard to rival him.

The divine skills in the Dao Fruit were cultivated by the original owner.

And the current bearer of the Dao Fruit has inherited the divine skills of the original owner.

This single point determined the superiority between the parties.

Unless one reached the level of a Supreme, able to replicate the divine skills within the Dao Fruit independently, otherwise their realm was inferior to the original owner.

As long as Sun Wukong merged his Dao Fruit with this newborn body, he would be a genuine Supreme, even if not fully merged now, his Dao practices and realm were not something non-Supremes could compare to.

In Tan Wuwei's eyes, she had spied into more than a hundred futures, each one was suppressed by the opponent.

Even if this Golden Monkey wielded the Jingu Bang to suppress the Black Water with his hands free, he could still dominate the two of them, and at several times put them into danger.

"Wuwei has just entered the third grade not long ago, and dare not compete with the Victorious Battle Buddha."

Tan Wuwei, with a gentle and warm demeanor like a spring breeze, spoke unhurriedly: "Our purpose is only to keep the Victorious Battle Buddha trapped here. As for the Nine Curves Yellow River Formation, others will handle it."

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong's eyes sparkled with a blazing golden light, with the shape of flames faintly appearing, and as his gaze swept across, penetrating thousands of miles, he discovered several strong water vapors heading towards the Mountain of Mind and Heart.

In the Southeast direction, a Snake Demon with eight heads and eight tails, as large as mountains, drove the river waters to change course under a cloud of eight-colored demonic clouds.

That was the water vein within the Buddha Country, not comparable to the Black Water River, but not small either.

In the Northeast direction, a Daoist riding a Dragon Whisker Tiger made the underground water vein burst from the earth, also heading towards the Mountain of Mind and Heart.

"Those two, one is a fourth-rank Demon God from the Devil God Sect, named Baqi, who can summon floods to drive water, the other is the former fourth-rank of Yuxu Temple, Daoist Master Shen Hou, who has divine skills to divide waters and suppress the Sea Eye, as well as manipulate water veins."

Tan Wuwei continuously observed the future while verbally unsettling the enemy's mind, "If the Victorious Battle Buddha looks towards the south, he should see some Flood Dragons and Sea Patrol Yakshas, and in the Southwest, there are people from the heterodox paths opening rivers to divert water. People advancing to the Second Grade are attacked by the world together, and back then the Chief had been intercepted, today will only replay those events."

Those third grades who obstructed back then will return today as long as they haven't died.

The reason is simple, having offended the Awakened previously, do they expect to be forgiven after advancing to the Second Grade?

Judging others by oneself, no third grade would think the Awakened would show mercy, even if the Awakened is the current leader of Buddhism.

When it comes to the grievance of obstruction, who would let it go?

Even if the Awakened states they will not retaliate, they wouldn't believe it.

They are all old foxes, who would trust promises? Even if they believe, they wouldn't believe the grievance of obstruction upon advancing to Second Grade would be so easily forgiven.

Moreover, recently, some sincere fellow has lowered the value of promises quite a bit.

The ones involved in the Nine Curves Yellow River Formation this time are not just the ones visible, though it seems only Guanyin and Tan Wuwei have appeared now, in truth, there are a few third grades lurking in the shadows.

These two are the ones who, having to defeat the Awakened, can be the first to come out openly.

Tan Wuwei tried to shake Sun Wukong's mind with the prospect of joint attack by third grades, but the next moment, her expression became solemn.

"Heh, little creature, what have your divine skills revealed?" Sun Wukong noticed this and chuckled, "Attempting to waver Old Sun with such tricks, to stop Old Sun, is still lacking some degree of skill."

Tan Wuwei remained solemn and silent.

She was already able to see that Sun Wukong could somersault to various water veins, battling across thousands of miles, easily cutting off the water's momentum.

Even if the third grade intervened, it was hard to stop him.

In terms of divine skill transformations, in terms of maneuvering and moving, this monkey was the top-notch in today's world. Space and distance were not issues for him, Tan Wuwei and Guanyin couldn't stop him.

Tan Wuwei immediately further exercised her divine skill, attempting to glimpse more of the future.

Then······

After a while, she slowly spoke, "Horses' Fortune."

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