Chapter 499: Chapter 369: Senior, Are You the Netherworld Ancestor?_2
Li Cheng shook his head, "Elder, you should speak first; I fear that I won't be able to meet the condition you propose after I take away the Book of Confucius."
"You will be able to, and you can rest assured that the condition I propose will not violate the founding principles of your Confucian Sect," the woman assured.
The founding principles of the Confucian Sect were naturally to ensure peace in the God Realm and to promote the prosperity of the Human Tribe.
Li Cheng pondered briefly and nodded, "Okay!"
The woman waved her hand, and the Book of Confucius floated towards Li Cheng.
Li Cheng caught it, only to find that the woman had vanished without a trace, leaving behind no breath or ripple.
Immediately after, the scenery before Li Cheng changed, and when it stabilized, he and the Two Venerables of Young and Old appeared above the Sword Burial Sea!
Li Cheng's pupils contracted; such means...
With his current level of cultivation, could even a Divine Emperor at the completion stage manage to teleport him without detection?
The expressions of the Two Venerables of Young and Old changed slightly, "What's going on?"
Li Cheng let out a breath of relief and murmured, "Such terrifying power! Is this the Supreme Realm?"
It was confirmed!
That woman must be the Netherworld Ancestor!
"The Supreme Realm?" Both of the Two Venerables of Young and Old looked at Li Cheng simultaneously.
Li Cheng shook his head slightly, "In the future, you will come to know. Let's not discuss this now; enter my Divine World, and follow me back to the Confucian Sect!"
The Two Venerables of Young and Old exchanged glances and nodded together.
Like Li Cheng, it was time for them to condense their Divine Origin; going to the Confucian Sect was a good choice.
After bringing the two into his Divine World, Li Cheng took out the Message Jade Slip and sent news about finding the Book of Confucius to all his senior brothers.
The Book of Confucius was of significant importance; other matters had to be put aside, and returning the book to its rightful place came first.
Glancing at the Sword Burial Sea, Li Cheng bowed deeply before turning to leave.
Li Cheng was almost certain that woman was the Netherworld Ancestor; she controlled the Dead Spirits and the Demon Race, and left the Essence of the Styx River where many strong beings in the God Realm had fallen, but for what purpose, he did not know.
A few days later, Li Cheng returned to the Confucian Sect.
At this moment, Confucian cultivators were ubiquitous inside and outside the Confucian Sect, causing Li Cheng to wonder; had all the Confucian cultivators in the Divine World gathered here?
"Little Junior Brother, we are waiting for you in the Ancestral Temple of Confucianism!" The voice transmission from his Fifth Senior Brother Hua Tianji rang out.
Li Cheng arrived outside the Ancestral Temple of Confucianism, only to see the temple doors wide open, with a grand red carpet extending from within the temple and rolling out along every path of the Confucian Sect.
The high-ranking members of the Confucian Sect gathered in front of the temple, all dressed in Confucian robes, appearing extremely solemn.
Li Cheng understood what everyone intended to do and, with a thought, his brocade robe transformed into a Confucian robe.
"Third Senior Brother, Fourth Senior Brother..."
Li Cheng bowed to each of his senior brothers in turn.
Third Senior Brother Chess King, Fourth Senior Brother Literature Saint, Fifth Senior Brother Hua Tianji, Sixth Senior Brother Emperor Wen, Seventh Senior Brother Light Destroying Heaven Venerable, Eighth Senior Brother Grand Venerable Bai Jie, Little Junior Sister Yun Fuxue, and all the Elders were present.
Unexpectedly, Li Cheng also saw Hua Ruofeng among the crowd, the Confucian cultivator he had met in the library of the Kongqian Heaven Dynasty.
"Who would have thought that the dream of the Confucian Path for hundreds of billions of years would be realized in the hands of Little Junior Brother? Little Junior Brother, you have made a great contribution to the Confucian Path!" Sixth Senior Brother Wen Changqing clasped his fists toward Li Cheng, his muscles coiling like dragons, not even concealed by the Confucian robe.
Smiles were on everyone's faces, joyously celebrating the return of the Book of Confucius.
Hua Tianji stroked his beard and said, "The auspicious time is nearly upon us, prepare yourselves. Little Junior Brother, retrieve the Book of Confucius when the time comes!"
With Hua Tianji speaking up, the people at the scene quieted down, silently waiting.
With Father absent, all affairs of the Confucian Sect were managed by Hua Tianji.
Shortly after, Hua Tianji suddenly looked up at the sky, as the Haoran Justice Air surged around him, and his voice spread billions of miles, "The auspicious time has come, we respectfully call upon the Book of Confucius!"
As Hua Tianji's voice resonated, all Confucian cultivators within range prostrated themselves and in unison declared, "We respectfully call upon the Book of Confucius!"
"We respectfully call upon the Book of Confucius!"
The voices of countless Confucian cultivators shook the heavens!
Li Cheng took out the Book of Confucius, and it flew by itself into the high sky. The Haoran Justice Air within the book spread out, resonating instantly with the Haoran Justice Air between heaven and earth!
"Pay respect to the Book of Confucius!" Hua Tianji added.
Countless Confucian cultivators bowed down in unison!
An invisible force surged to the heavens, pouring into the Book of Confucius. The Book of Confucius shone brightly with white light, causing the Haoran Justice Air between heaven and earth to become incredibly active!
At that moment, the entire Divine World seemed to transform into a world of Confucian cultivators, with the omnipresent Haoran Justice Air sweeping through, as if the sound of reading echoed throughout the Divine World!
The entire Divine World, was in resonance!
At this moment, all Confucian cultivators in the Divine World sensed something extraordinary, and even those who hadn't made it to the Confucian Sect promptly kneeled in worship!
This was a sign of the great flourishing of the Confucianism Path!
Li Cheng also knelt before the Book of Confucius, but at this moment, the resonance of heaven and earth seemed to trigger an inexplicable change within him. Li Cheng seemed to have realized something, slowly closing his eyes!
Inside his body, the Divine Child rapidly contracted, with nine types of Perfect Laws intertwining around it, swiftly transforming towards the Divine Origin!
Li Cheng's spirit had plunged into the transformation of the Divine Origin and was unaware that the anomaly from the Book of Confucius had persisted for the duration of a cup of tea!
In the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, the Book of Confucius had been worshipped by all Confucian cultivators of the Divine World, and its internal Confucianism Laws had actually transformed into many Supreme Laws!
Finally, the light from the Book of Confucius converged, its aura subduing and slowly descending before the Ancestral Temple of Confucianism!
Before the crowd could react, they saw the Book of Confucius slowly drift into the Ancestral Temple of Confucianism, causing the temple to burst into brilliance!
The light rapidly spread, enveloping the entire Confucian Sect. Under this light, all Confucian cultivators found that their understanding of the Confucianism Law became a hundred times easier!
Moreover, the number of Confucianism Supreme Laws within Book Mountain and the Sea of Learning was also rapidly increasing!
In the Confucian Sect, everyone had unknowingly adopted a meditating posture, each with their eyes slightly closed, quietly feeling the changes in the Confucian Sect, feeling the evolution of the Confucianism Path!
For three whole days, everyone in the Confucian Sect remained motionless, as if the entire area had been frozen.
Only when the light from the Ancestral Temple of Confucianism receded did numerous Confucian cultivators gradually awaken from their state of cultivation.
"The Ancestral Temple of Confucianism carries the power of generation after generation of Confucius Ancestors; these three days have been a blessing from all past Ancestors!" Hua Tianji took a deep breath and said.
Wen Changqing clenched his fists, "The blessings of these three days will surely produce many geniuses in our Confucianism Path!"
Hua Tianji nodded, "What's most important is that the quantity of Confucianism Supreme Laws has greatly increased; our Confucianism Path is bound to greatly flourish!"
Light Destroying Heaven Venerable took over the conversation, "Don't be too quick to celebrate. I've received messages that many forces are currently heading towards our Confucian Sect!"
"So what? With the great flourishing of Confucianism, naturally, they are coming to congratulate us!" Wen Changqing said with a smile.
Light Destroying Heaven Venerable shook his head, "One cannot be too cautious!"
Just after he spoke, a pulse appeared in the world, suddenly bringing about palpitations!
This vibration grew stronger and stronger, rootless and sourceless, impossible to trace, yet it truly existed!
In the sky, colors rapidly swirled as if endless auspicious clouds were being born; on the ground, majestic Divine Qi surged, signaling that an astonishing event was about to occur throughout heaven and earth!
Hua Tianji calculated with his fingers and looked astoundingly towards Li Cheng, who was sitting in a meditative posture!
All eyes followed his gaze, and they saw Li Cheng being slowly lifted by a vast force, while the phenomena of heaven and earth converged towards him!
"Little Junior Brother is about to make a breakthrough!" Grand Venerable Bai Jie's eyes sparkled with joy.
"When Little Junior Brother stepped into the Divine Venerable Realm, the phenomenon affected the entire Divine World; now that he steps into the Divine Emperor's Realm, there must be another remarkable change!" Light Destroying Heaven Venerable happily remarked.
His mention of remarkable change, naturally, was not just about Li Cheng himself, but also about the Divine World!
When a phenomenon affects the entire Divine World, then the Divine World itself will naturally evolve further.
Li Cheng was oblivious to the outside world, focusing instead on the changes within him.
One could see that the Divine Child had disappeared, replaced by a nine-colored Divine Origin!
Perhaps due to just having condensed, the power contained within the Divine Origin was still somewhat weak, but it was still more than ten times stronger than during the Divine Child stage.
However, in the next moment, endless power flooded in, voraciously absorbed by the Divine Origin!
The Divine Origin visibly grew stronger, its colored light intensifying, with its power becoming purer and more imposing!
From the outside, Li Cheng appeared like a vortex, channeling the power of heaven and earth, pouring into him like a torrent.
And as this power poured in, the newly born nine-colored Divine Origin gradually restrained its colored light, transforming towards colorlessness!