The Investiture: Unlimited Blade Works Nezha
Chapter 240 - 239 The Taiyi Brothers’ Collection

Chapter 240: Chapter 239 The Taiyi Brothers’ Collection

The Sun and Moon Golden Wheel was ultimately passed to Nezha by Heng E.

Nezha wandered around Guanghan Palace for a while and never said a single word before leaving.

It was Heng E’s last words that made her reflective—not a farewell or an invitation to return, but a simple "I’m sorry" as she held his face.

Sorry to whom?

What for?

Nezha had some ideas, but they were ultimately just his conjectures. The events of that year were too far in the past; most of those involved had perished, and the truth of what had happened was buried in the depths of the river of time.

After leaving the Taiyin Star, Nezha returned to the Sun Star.

At the Demon Imperial Palace, much of the accumulated treasures had been taken by Di Jun and Taiyi to craft the array flags for the All Heavens Star Battle Array. What remained were items that couldn’t directly enhance cultivation or combat power.

However, their cultivation insights were an invaluable treasure to Nezha.

Both Di Jun and Taiyi had not taken the path of Cutting Three Corpses. Di Jun’s path seemed focused on unifying the Three Realms, leveraging the Primordial Qi Fortune to break through to the Saint level.

Using the Saint-level status and perspective, he would reverse-engineer his cultivation and prove the Dao of Chaos Origin Great Luo Golden Immortal. Hao Tian’s approach was quite similar, likely borrowing elements from this as well.

This path held no appeal for Nezha, as he knew he wasn’t an adept administrator nor did he have ambitions of ruling as an emperor. He just wanted to live comfortably.

However, Taiyi’s approach intrigued Nezha.

Taiyi followed the path of Power Dao—not necessarily cultivating the Power Great Dao itself, but continuously strengthening his body until his power broke through certain limits, thus proving his Dao of Chaos Origin.

Everyone claimed Taiyi’s strength came from carrying the Chaos Bell, making him nothing more than the Bell’s accessory.

But that wasn’t true. In Mystic Sect terms, his cultivation was still at the Second Corpse Quasi-Saint level, but even bare-handed, he could defeat three Hao Tians of the same cultivation level. If wielding the Chaos Bell, he could fight seven without losing.

Hao Tian’s theoretical combat ability was supposed to be at the peak outside Saints in the Primordial Realm; after all, he had mingled with the Daoist Ancestor and possessed abundant Merit and unlimited resources.

Taiyi truly deserved the title of Primordial’s strongest man.

Ancestor Witches were fierce, weren’t they?

Yet none of them could defeat him in one-on-one combat.

Specialized Divine Skills aside, even powerhouses like Emperor Jiang and Zhu Jiuyin—who could challenge him—were thoroughly countered by his Chaos Bell. Otherwise, why would the Demon Court dare to contend with the Witch Clan?

At the time, even Nuwa, one of the Demon Clan’s top combatants, was only evenly matched with the Witch Clan’s weakest warrior, Ancestor Witch Hou Tu.

Nezha continuously flipped through Taiyi’s scattered cultivation insights, adjusting her own situation accordingly.

Choosing between Cutting Three Corpses and Power Dao was still too early for Nezha, but personally, she leaned toward Cutting Three Corpses—it was the safer choice for now. After all, the current head of the Primordial was Hong Jun; proving the Dao of Power meant drawing a lot of attention.

Besides Taiyi’s cultivation notes, Nezha had gained another unexpected reward.

From Di Jun, she obtained a cluster of purple Star Origin, and from Taiyi, a cluster of crimson Origin.

What exactly were these? Nezha didn’t know, but Nuwa did.

After taking a glance, Nuwa explained, "The purple one is the Star Origin of Ziwei Star. The crimson one, I believe, is the Origin of East King."

Given the dominance of Di Jun and Taiyi, Nuwa wasn’t surprised they possessed these things and didn’t intervene.

Ziwei Star symbolized emperors among the stars, so it was undoubtedly a serious provocation to Di Jun. Never one to hesitate, he directly extracted a large part of Ziwei Star’s Origin.

The crimson Origin belonged to East King. East King was an innate Great Expert birthed from East Splendor Qi, with cultivation on par with Kunpeng and others.

In ancient times, he was personally chosen by the Daoist Ancestor to lead male immortals, establishing a force known as the Purple Mansion on the Three Immortals Island overseas.

This Three Immortals Island was not the same as the island of Sanxiao; it was the ancient overseas Immortal Isles of Penglai, Fangzhang, and Ying State, which housed the legendary Ten States and Ying State, Xuanzhou, Yan State, Changzhou, Yuan State, Liu State, Fenglin State, Juku State, Sheng State, and Ancestor State.

Once immensely prosperous.

Unfortunately, he crossed paths with East Emperor Taiyi. Taiyi brought his bell and shattered East King’s dreams of becoming the Heavenly Emperor with three rings.

The Penglai Immortal Mountain was halved, leaving behind what remains today as Penglai Island, home to the Jie Sect Immortals.

The location of the Three Immortals Island is now infamous in the Primordial Realm—it’s known as the East Sea Ruins.

After listening to her teacher’s explanation, Nezha felt inspired, sensing the call of a new task—after all, she was an old hand at missions.

Still, she decided to postpone this matter. Looking at the purple Ziwei Star Origin, she asked, "Teacher, if I refine this Ziwei Star Origin, will I become the Lord Ziwei?"

"Most likely."

Nezha clapped her small hands in delight—that’d be perfect!

Lord Ziwei might sound like just another Star Lord, but within the current Heavenly Court system, it immediately translated to Emperor of the Northern Pole Ziwei, the divine position originally held by Bo Yikao in her original timeline.

One of the Four Imperial Lords and ruler of the stars, ranking just below Hao Tian, overseeing the stars and the heavens’ operations, controlling ghosts, gods, and thunder. The authority was tremendous.

With backers, her own cultivation, and no restrictions from the Investiture of the Gods, Nezha wouldn’t face Bo Yikao’s situation of being completely overshadowed by Hao Tian. If she rose to power, she’d undoubtedly become a major player in the Heavenly Court.

Her previous concerns with the Thunder Department would also be resolved since part of it would fall under her jurisdiction. Even if Wen Zhong ascended to the position of Nine Heavens Yingyuan Leisheng Puhua Heavenly Venerate, he’d still be her subordinate.

The only regret was feeling a bit sorry for the gentlemanly Bo Yikao. He had been doing exceptionally well in Nantang and was now its pillar, and he had shared a connection of incense ties with Nezha as an old acquaintance.

Nezha wasn’t going to abandon the position of Emperor Ziwei because of this, but she still wanted to talk to Bo Yikao. Call her sentimental, call her softhearted—whatever people thought didn’t matter.

After all, she only sought peace of mind.

It wasn’t much—just a quick visit would do.

...

Leaving the Sun Star and returning to Nantang, Nantang was as peaceful as ever.

Nezha walked into King Ji’s bedchamber; King Ji was lounging indecently with her legs crossed, chomping on an apple.

Deng Chanyu was wearing a revealing outfit, practicing Body Refining Skills.

When the two looked up, they saw Nezha.

Daji: !!!

Deng Chanyu: !!!

Nezha: ...

Being old friends and lovers, nothing embarrassed them anymore.

Daji, biting her apple, jumped up and clung to Nezha, her long and snowy-white legs wrapping around his waist.

Nezha, speechless, reached out to take the apple from Daji’s mouth, freeing her lips to kiss him directly.

Deng Chanyu smiled mischievously, watching the scene unfold.

After their passionate reunion, Daji rested on Nezha’s shoulder, her hands stroking his shimmering golden hair as she asked, "Nezha, have you been cultivating some new Divine Skill? Why have your hair and eyes turned gold?"

"What, don’t I look handsome?"

Search the lightnovelworld.cc website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.