Chapter 35 An Impossible Miracle

The powerful and tyrannical aura of an emperor, seemingly a vastness pure enough to suppress everything.

Above Mount Tai, the lingering cold clouds from Shi Yi's earlier attack that sent Taotie flying were still present. At this moment, the clouds were sliced open, dyed a bright gold by the sword light emanating from the Xuanyuan Sword Soul. Taotie was the first to sense something amiss, his expression drastically changing.

There was still someone in the human realm who could gain the Xuanyuan Sword's recognition.

His appetite retreated back into his stomach.

Reason once again took hold of his intellect.

No one knew better than Taotie what was edible and what was not.

Of course, with the exception of the Kunlun Lord's meals.

In an instant, he reached out to grab Bai Ze. This place only contained the aura of that person, but that person was not here. What Bai Ze held in his palm was not the true Xuanyuan Sword, but a wisp of the Xuanyuan Sword Soul.

But the next moment, chains resonated.

Shi Yi's attack appeared at the perfect moment.

Although a human emperor wielding the Xuanyuan Sword had the potential to become a threat to the Great Wilderness.

The Four Fiends were nearly as dangerous.

And it was obvious that one was not present, while the other was right in front of him.

Exposing his back, no less.

The posture was too perfect.

The timing was also too perfect.

It was difficult for Shi Yi not to deliver a fierce blow.

The chains, imbued with immense power, enough to bind gods, struck Taotie's back, smashing down with a loud crash. Taotie staggered backward, gritting his teeth as he reached out to seize Bai Ze. Suddenly, the Xuanyuan Sword Soul lit up, as if a phantom hand grasped the sword.

Then, the sword energy and Sword Soul surged.

Leaving a dazzling starlight in Taotie's eyes.

Taotie's expression changed abruptly, his hackles rising.

He took a step back, opening his mouth wide.

Devouring Heaven and Earth!

In an instant, there was a vast, insatiable greed that seemed to swallow the entire universe, but it turned into a muffled groan as the sword energy pierced directly into Taotie's chest, instantly piercing through him. For the Four Fiends, who possessed the power of human destiny and the authority of the Four Extremes.

They could use human destiny to bully gods, and the authority of the Four Extremes to contend with human heroes.

But only the Xuanyuan Sword countered them.

This thing was forged with the help of the gods.

As for why the gods would help forge the sword...

That had to be asked of Bai Ze, after all, he was the number one traitor.

Those gods might open their doors after waking up one day, only to see a heroic and tall young man greeting them with a hearty laugh, with the Ji Yun Clan, Cang Jie, Feng Hou, Li Mu, Chang Xian, the Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady, Du Kang, and others standing in a row behind him. The least impressive achievements among them were Du Kang and Chang Xian.

After all, the former only brewed wine.

The latter only killed Kui and skinned him to make a drum.

Anyway, this group of tough guys, led by an even tougher guy, came to their door.

They politely and cordially requested their help in forging a sword.

They were just reforging the sword that used to beat them up back then.

The gods basically had three choices at the time: 1. Sure.

2. You bet.

3. Looking at Xuanyuan's big iron rod and the muscle-flexing tough guys behind him, they would say, "As you command."

This led to the sword having an absurdly high concentration of divinity and the strongest human destiny.

After making a heart-to-heart connection with Taotie.

In an instant, the sword light swept from east to west, heading towards Hangu Pass.

Vanishing like a fleeting glimpse.

Taotie clutched his chest and followed closely behind. He had determined that the Xuanyuan Sword Soul was stimulated by this mountain, which meant that the emperor must have already died, and the remaining aura only served to activate the Xuanyuan Sword Soul.

Then, the fully activated Sword Soul was of the greatest value to the Four Fiends.

More delicious than Bai Ze.

But as soon as Taotie flew up, a chain wrapped around his right foot, slamming him hard onto the ground of Mount Tai, creating a crater of unknown depth. Taotie roared, "Shi Yi, what are you doing?! Are you planning to sit by and watch a third Xuanyuan appear?!"

Shi Yi remained expressionless, "I will discern right from wrong myself."

"Taotie, your sins are egregious. Today, you shall be executed here."

Taotie was going crazy.

He gritted his teeth, wishing he could fight this stone-headed deity right there and then.

Did you know?

The place pointed to by that sword energy might be someone who could revive the Xuanyuan Sword!

Someone that Dijun planned to eliminate in advance!

And you actually…

For a moment, he didn't know whether he should thank this Great Wilderness Heavenly God for prioritizing him over that emperor, or if he should drag him over and beat him up.

Is there something wrong with your brain?! Is your brain made of stone?!

Can't you tell which of us is more important?!

Taotie clutched his chest and calmly said, "Shi Yi, I think we can talk…"

"We must first capture the Xuanyuan Sword Soul and stop what is about to happen."

"That person is definitely more important than me."

Shi Yi thoughtfully said, "Is he in front of me now?"

Taotie said, "??? Of course not."

Shi Yi nodded, "But you are in front of me."

"Has he committed any crimes?"

"Has he become an enemy of the Great Wilderness?"

Taotie wanted to say yes, but looking at Shi Yi, his mouth twitched.

Shi Yi said logically and calmly, "So, why should I let go of a fierce god who is already in front of me, who has definitely committed great sins, and who has a grudge against the Great Wilderness; and go after someone who is not present, has not committed any crimes, and may become an ally of the Great Wilderness?"

"Taotie, do you think I'm stupid?"

Taotie: "…………"

Gritting his teeth: "I'm talking about potential threats!"

Shi Yi raised his eyes, thoughtfully saying, "Fabricated?" (mò xū yǒu?)

Taotie: "…………"

For some reason, he suddenly found the Shi Yi in front of him particularly annoying.

An unknown fire ignited.

Shi Yi took out the small notebook in his hand, "On a certain day of a certain month of a certain year, Taotie moved into the Youqiong Kingdom, eating 108,000 shi of rice, 3,800 pigs, and demolished 130 wooden houses to eat with his meal, causing the lord of Youqiong Kingdom to borrow money from other countries, and the villagers of three villages became emaciated, moved their ancestral lands, and the famine was difficult to resolve."

"Before long, the Youqiong Kingdom was nearly destroyed."

"It is said that wherever Taotie passes, not a blade of grass grows, and everything is eaten."

"Also, on a certain day of a certain month of a certain year, Taotie saw the Emperor's five-colored phoenix."

"He plucked its feathers and ate them."

"Not enough, he later ate its down."

"Again, on a certain day of a certain month of a certain year, Taotie saw a woman, overjoyed, and entered her bedroom at night."

"He ate the rice and grain in her house."

"And left satisfied."

"Again, in a certain year…"

Taotie's face twisted, roaring, "Shut up!!"

He was grief-stricken, almost spitting out a mouthful of blood, his murderous aura soaring:

"You're insulting me!"

Shi Yi frowned, "How am I insulting you?"

You just repeated what I did.

Taotie ignored this question.

Roaring:

"Since you're looking for a beating."

"Then let's have a good one!"

Bai Ze lay flat and pretended to be dead, pricking up his ears to record all of Taotie's black history, and then, seeing that these two fiends were about to leave, he moved silently, treading carefully, wishing he could not make even the slightest sound, hoping to avoid Taotie and Shi Yi.

Taotie...

After all, he literally ate a country into poverty.

Even the country's name became Youqiong ("With Poverty").

It was ridiculous enough.

Although it was a bit ridiculous, in fact, the harm was more terrifying than those extremely fierce Great Fiends, after all, no matter how capable you are, you would be too tired to kill eight million pigs placed there, but Taotie is different, he will eat more and more happily, and after eating, he will ask you, is there any more? Give me some more.

Other fierce beasts at most caused droughts and floods.

The human race relied on helping each other, relying on the stored grain and the planting talent left by Shennong in their ancestral DNA, and they could survive in that era, if it didn't work, they would summon Da Yi, and any fierce beast that came would die, and if a pair came, they would die as a pair, and the drought would be gone.

Taotie couldn't do that.

Not only did he eat your food, but he also used your charcoal to drink with, and he could even gnaw on the house.

Bai Ze was silently preparing to go down the mountain. He had vaguely remembered the direction in which the Xuanyuan Sword Soul had left. He was overjoyed, what potter, what Wei Yuan, sorry, we don't know each other.

I'm going to where the Xuanyuan Sword went.

There is a new emperor there.

A new master of the Xuanyuan Sword.

And…

A new patron!

Food!

Patron, I'm coming!

A new life as a pendant, I'm coming!

Potter, you just stay there, hahaha, this master is going to be re-employed!

Bai Ze was overjoyed and preparing to latch onto a patron, but before he had gone far, a chain fell from the sky, directly binding Bai Ze into a ball of twine again. Shi Yi descended from the sky, Bai Ze's mouth twitched, and he muttered, "Where's Taotie?"

"Him? He ate something called a high-voltage wire, eating the thunder inside."

"He recovered some energy and ran away."

Bai Ze's mouth twitched: "Then why don't you go after him?"

Good question.

Shi Yi said without changing his expression, "He's already run away."

"You're still here."

"I'll catch you first."

Bai Ze: "…………"

Your logic makes sense, and I can't refute it.

No, my new patron!

Bai Ze tried to struggle, but was dragged away.

He gave up resisting.

A pendant should have the self-awareness of a pendant.

Of course, that potter was not included.

Bai Ze, representing the oldest pendant of the human race, kicked that potter out of the scope of pendants.

He just silently hid his right hand, with a mark on his palm.

That was left by the Xuanyuan Sword Soul—

Representing the possibility of going to find that emperor.

After the three of them left, on Mount Tai, a young Daoist quietly walked out, with a rather unrestrained appearance. If Wei Yuan were here, he would be able to recognize that this was the young Daoist whom Qin Shihuang relied on back then as the God of Mount Tai.

The God of Mount Tai was a god conferred in later generations.

Unlike the gods of the Great Wilderness of the *Classic of Mountains and Seas* (Shan Hai Jing), he had not appeared just now, but only restrained his aura, so he also saw a unique miracle that could never happen again. He stretched out his hand, separating his five fingers one by one, with a seal in his palm.

It was four inches square, with five dragons intertwined on the handle, and inscribed with the eight characters "Having received the Mandate from Heaven, may he enjoy longevity and prosperity."

At this moment, this artifact of the Divine Continent, ranked alongside the Xuanyuan Sword and the Nine Tripod Cauldrons of Xia Yu, slowly lit up, and a low dragon roar echoed in his ears.

"What an impossible miracle…"

The young Daoist whispered with a smile.

What resonated with the Xuanyuan Sword was not that person, but the Imperial Seal.

But Ying Zheng had died to suppress the divinity represented by the Imperial Seal, so, the consciousness that should have completely slumbered, calmly bid farewell to his subjects and the human world, and then dissipated in the torrent of history, was stimulated by the resonance of the Xuanyuan Sword Soul and the Imperial Seal, and re-condensed.

"Looking forward to seeing you again."

"First Emperor (Shi Huangdi)."

"No, let's just say it in advance…"

With a gentle toss, the Imperial Seal burst forth.

Turning into a stream of light, it followed the Xuanyuan Sword Soul.

The young Daoist, the God of Mount Tai, smiled and cupped his hands:

"Welcome back."

"Ying Zheng."

ps: Today's first update... Thank you Chen Nian for the grand reward, thank you