Shi Zhu's memories of his past life were sealed, losing most of his temper and nature. In this life, he cultivated in the Mysterious Sect, and his disposition was vastly different from his previous life.

To him, Lu Yu was just a stranger, and an insignificant one at that.

This time, his main purpose was to find out what the Giant Wood God intended to do; as for what Lu Yu said, he did not care at all.

Besides, it was the Kuzhu Elder who had enmity with her, and she sought revenge on him. What did it have to do with Shi Zhu?

He only asked the Giant Wood God, "Divine Monarch, what is the reason for inviting me here? It can't be just to have a meal, right? If it's only for this banquet, I've received your gesture. There are many things to do over at the Outer Heaven Divine Mountain, and I cannot continue to accompany you. Please forgive me."

After speaking, he was about to stand up and leave.

Lu Yu found it unbelievable, squinting her eyes to stare at him, her eyes flashing with brilliance. She thought inwardly: Is this still my arrogant and unbeatable senior brother? Could it be that Shi Yuanyang swapped a cat for a prince and replaced him?

Compared to now, she still preferred the original senior brother. It truly is as they say, the joy of fighting with others is endless. They had battled for over a thousand years, and her senior brother always managed to keep ahead of her. This time, she finally gave him a hard blow, but it seemed like she went a bit too far?

The Giant Wood God stopped Shi Zhu, "Fellow Daoist, why such haste? I invited you two here because there's a great matter to discuss."

As he spoke, he raised the wine cup, inviting the two to drink.

The three of them drank the cup together.

The Giant Wood God finally revealed his purpose. He first told Shi Zhu that every thirteen thousand years, the North Star changes position once, and at the same time, the Central Heaven North Star Ziwei Great Emperor, second only to the Heavenly God, is also facing a change in office.

The change in heaven triggers a change on earth, causing the spiritual energy in Heavenly and Myriads of Worlds to deplete. Only worlds with Pure Qi can ensure the existence of spiritual energy; worlds with Dull Energy are destined to become Mortal Land.

The Ziwei Great Emperor plans to descend to the Mortal World to undergo trials, accumulate merit, and then return to Heaven to renew his term, while the Green Emperor thinks of going further, striving for the position of the lord of Heavenly stars.

Within the Three Realms, the highest ruler of Heavenly and Myriads of Worlds is the Heavenly God, even the Three Pure Ones must address him as a subject. The one second to him is the Ziwei Great Emperor.

The Daoist Scripture states: Antarctica enters the earth by thirty-six degrees, the North Pole emerges by thirty-six degrees, the shape of heaven leans, half above the ground, half below.

All stars and Primordial Qi rotate left, only the pivot between north and south poles does not move, thus heaven moves. It seems in the north and is called the North Pole, but actually sits right at the center of Heaven.

He is the master of all stars and the second ruler of the Three Realms, next to the Heavenly God, matching the Primordial Qi as the North Star Ziwei Great Emperor.

He is the master of all heavenly stars, the axis of the Heavenly Number, therefore only he is qualified to participate in amending and enacting heavenly decrees.

As long as the Green Emperor can ascend to the position of the North Star Emperor, he can revise the heavenly decrees, which will be implemented once approved by the Heavenly God.

The status of the Giant Wood God cannot be publicly acknowledged; he is a stain in the Green Emperor's divine career. Now having ascended, achieved sainthood, and cultivated into a Golden Immortal, yet he cannot ascend. Other Heavenly Immortals ascend to the Spiritual Space Immortal Realm regularly, even those like Lu Rongbo and Xiong Man, lacking aptitude and mana, can do so, but he cannot!

The Green Emperor ranks first among the Five Directions Heaven and Earth, holding the highest status and greatest power. Only the Yellow Emperor, who succeeded Fu Xi to undergo trials in the Lower Realm, cultivated vast merit under the Human Path, can rival him. However, upon achieving his merit, the Yellow Emperor retreated and now follows Fu Xi in seclusion at Fire Cloud Cave Heaven, no longer appearing in the world. In terms of power and responsibility, the Green Emperor remains the largest.

Even with such a formidable father, bound by heavenly decrees, he, a Golden Immortal having achieved Body Ascension, can only barely survive!

In several years, during the Dharma Decline Era, he too will rapidly weaken, eventually becoming an ordinary mortal, fragile and short-lived as an ant, suffering and struggling throughout his life!

How can the Giant Wood God be willing!

To return to Heaven, he must help his father seize the position of the North Star, thereby revising the heavenly decrees, allowing Heavenly Immortals to freely love and reproduce. Then he can openly return to the Heavenly Court as the North Star Ziwei Crown Prince.

He told Shi Zhu, "In the past, my father saw countless beings in Heavenly and Myriads of Worlds suffering unbearably, and made grand vows to hear their calls and rescue them, unable to split himself to save them within Heavenly and Myriads of Worlds.

Now he has established the Qinghua Changle World in heaven, opening up a more superior Pure Land world within the Eastern Heavenly Domain of the Spiritual Space Immortal Realm, intending to transfer the suffering beings to this realm."

The Giant Wood God took out a Jade Box, inside containing ten Daoist books, offering them to the two for viewing: "My father has transformed into countless avatars in Heavenly and Myriads of Worlds, the largest of which are ten. They are collectively known as the Ten Directions Salvation Heavenly Venerates, each performing different acts and cultivating different techniques, thus there are these ten Magic Veins."

These Daoist books were passed down by the Green Emperor to his son. After the Giant Wood God remembered them, he wrote them into Daoist books, totaling ten volumes.

Shi Zhu did not take the book like Lu Yu did, "Does the Green Emperor also have an avatar in this realm? Which master is it?" In an instant, he thought of all the top experts in this world, but none matched the Green Emperor's avatar.

"Father, to avoid suspicion, did not send his avatar to this world." Just thinking about this, the Giant Wood God became angry, silently cursing the Ziwei Great Emperor who made the strict and perverse heavenly rules.

Seeing Shi Zhu refusing to take the book, the Giant Wood God was somewhat displeased, "Father wants to reside in the North Star Palace, which requires accumulating a lot of merit. We need to spread the Dao in this world, saving more suffering beings to ascend to the Qinghua Changle World."

Shi Zhu nodded, "Then I wish you success soon. I will not participate. There are many matters on the Outer Heaven Divine Mountain. I have been out for a long time and must hurry back."

The Giant Wood God lightly patted the table, and a powerful oppression suddenly enveloped the entire hall. Shi Zhu and Lu Yu felt their breath stifle, "You really are not enlightened! Have you lost your very nature along with your memory?"

As he spoke, a circle of pure light rose around Shi Zhu, enclosing him inside while releasing his Mountain Suppressing Treasure, the Heavenly Wood Divine Needle.

This treasure was not refined in the Mortal World but was brought down from the heavens.

In those days, the Green Emperor couldn't bear his son suffering in the lower realm but had no choice, so he refined the Sky-reaching Divine Tree Jianmu, which was severed by the Zhuang Xu Great Emperor, into this Heavenly Wood Divine Needle and gave it to him for refining demons and body protection.

This treasure usually appears as a chopstick carved from jade, dark green in color, looking quite inconspicuous. The Giant Wood God uses it as a hairpin. Once summoned, it exhibits an overwhelming aura, wrapped in dark green light energy, standing straight above Shi Zhu's head to suppress him, not only restraining his physical body but also pinning down his primordial spirit.

Knowing the danger, Shi Zhu hurriedly summoned the Six Roots Pure Bamboo to soar up and resist the Heavenly Wood Divine Needle.

At the slightest touch, Shi Zhu felt the entire heavens pressing down. Forget escape or transformation; he couldn't even release his primordial spirit, abandoning the body to flee!

What a formidable Magical Treasure!

What powerful mana!

The overwhelming pressure was even stronger than Chi You and Master Shi Feiyang back in the day!

Shi Zhu then released his strongest Treasure Beads, nine in total, using them to divide and manifest his primordial spirit, transforming into avatars, swirling around his body, landing to form the Nine Palace Array, each palace creating an independent space.

He had used the Nine Palace Array to contend with Chi You's Heavenly Divine Sword back then.

The Giant Wood God made a sound of surprise, forming a sign with his hands, controlling the circular green light to contract inward, squeezing the Nine Palace space, warping and deforming the spaces, simultaneously spitting a clear light of immortal energy that struck the Heavenly Wood Divine Needle. Inside the Needle, rumbling thunder sounded, gently trembling, and a multitude of towering trees grew rapidly in the Nine Palace spaces like bamboo shoots after a rainstorm.

Meanwhile, Shi Zhu was not idle either, directly summoning the Xuanyuan Nine Palace Sword!

Nine dragon-formed golden lights danced in eight directions, shooting out. One sword remained in the central palace, while the other eight shot in all directions, fiercely stabbing into the encroaching green light.

A rapid series of "clang clang" sounds ensued as the Seven Killings Geng Metal Qi mixed with the Xuanyuan Sword in the green light.

This Seven Killings Gold Qi was specifically devised by the Giant Wood God, knowing Demise Elder Kuzhu's Daoist Technique flaws, to capture and subdue him.

If it were the former Kuzhu Elder, he'd be thrown into chaos, needing wood to generate fire, and using fire to restrain Geng Metal, then the Giant Wood God would use a prepared means for counteraction.

However, this lifetime, Shi Zhu practiced Mysterious Sect True Immortal Skills, without flaws. The Xuanyuan Sword was extraordinary, directly using metal to counter metal, unexpectedly tearing the gold qi, scattering it. With the nine swords chiming in unison, golden light flashed chaotically, and a sharp and crisp sound followed, the circle of green light instantly collapsed, the seven jade rings the Giant Wood God prepared for Demise Elder Kuzhu became shattered on the ground!

After Shi Zhu shattered the opponent's Magical Treasure, he didn't stop. The Xuanyuan Sword, with the nine swords united, transformed into a golden sword rainbow, dazzling and fierce, still spiraling as a golden dragon form, twining upward around the Heavenly Wood Divine Needle!

The Six Roots Pure Bamboo, using weak wood to counter strong wood, fell into a disadvantaged position from the start, unable to hold on for long. However, Shi Zhu broke the Giant Wood God's Magical Treasure too quickly, immediately enwrapping the Heavenly Wood Divine Needle after breaking the jade rings, using metal to counter wood, intending to shatter this treasure too.

However, the Heavenly Wood Divine Needle was extraordinary. Though it was Jia Wood, it could resist True Gold. Had it been another flying sword, it would have snapped once pinned by the Needle. But the Xuanyuan Sword was extraordinary; upon confrontation, the Heavenly Wood Divine Needle found itself restrained. Though it could endure for a short while, prolonged conflict would damage it.

"Fellow Daoist Kuzhu, please don't misunderstand. I only wish to restore your past life's memories with no malice!"

The Giant Wood God knew Demise Elder Kuzhu was formidable, and the current Shi Zhu seemed even more formidable than Demise Elder Kuzhu was back then. Though confident in subduing him, he couldn't do it here, lest his base be destroyed.

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