The secrets of the Stellar Sanctuary
Xian’Er and Yi Ping asked at almost the same time, “Lele, are you alright? Do you feel anything amiss?”
All of a sudden they were looking at each other with tender smiles.
Lele smiled wryly, “Nothing is amiss. Why is everyone looking at me in this manner?”
The Jade Emperor said, “Lele, you have not only obtained the Flower of Life but you are also the Alma of the Great God Pangu now.”
The Celestial Liege smiled as he looked at the rest, “And of course, the true secrets of the Stellar Sanctuary. That is the most important thing that everyone is interested in. Am I not wrong to say so?”
The Western Paradise Heavenly King beats his chest, “I don’t want to be pretentious. I really like to know about the secrets of the Stellar Sanctuary!”
The Ancient Heavenly Sage King laughed at the same time, “That goes for the same here for me as well!”
Yi Ping rubbed his nose, “Lele, same here as well.”
Lele chuckled softly before she lowered her eyes with a faint flush, “Oh very well then…”
All of a sudden she had become solemn, “Of course I have known that I have become an Alma of the Great God Pangu. Why shouldn’t I know? You guys are chatting incessantly in my mind like buzzing flies!”
At first, Yi Ping and most of the group did not know what she meant. But very quickly, Yi Ping, Lingfeng, Alice, Nuwa and Xian’Er were looking at each other?
Xian’Er was the first to ask by secretly whispering to them, “Lele, you can hear our celestial duality whispers?”
Lele chuckled in their minds, “Naturally I can! Since I am the Alma of the one and only Great God Pangu!”
Alice whispered, “So you know.”
Nuwa whispered with sarcasm in their minds, “Welcome to the real family then!”
Yi Ping quickly said aloud, “Lele, be serious!”
Lele gave him an unhappy look as she ignored his remark. But she quickly beamed with delight as a golden animus was seen faintly around her!
As she moved slightly, two faint golden wings flashed and disappeared in a blink of an eye!
The Jade Emperor was startled, “This is the Sovereign Celestial Force!...”
The Celestial Liege and Ye Ling were equally startled for they were practitioners of the Celestial Force and they knew they were witnessing the highest epitome level of the Celestial Force!”
Lie Qing yawned softly, “That is interesting, sister. As soon as we can get out of this place, let us have a friendly spar.”
Yi Ping was startled because he seemed to have seen this imagery before!
His thoughts immediately returned to the time when he was in the Inner Holy Chapter of the Holy Hex Sect. At that time he had seen and was awestruck by the visual beauty of the two statues that were depicting two maidens with feather wings on their back!
He quickly stole a glance at Yu’Er and Mei’Er who were constantly looking at him…
Yu’Er and Mei’Er were delighted when Yi Ping had suddenly looked into their way and they were beaming joyously!
But they did not know that Yi Ping was seeing something far beyond into the future and that the two of them were like Lele as well!
He thought to himself, “Besides Lingfeng, Yu’Er and Mei’Er were the only ones that are able to recall their past memories. That is because the attainment that they have achieved in the past far surpassed any others. They were in the mortal realm for ten thousand years, the same as the immortals…”
Ever since Yu’Er and Mei’Er had regained their memories as the Eclipse and Axis Heavenly Goddesses, their demeanors were quieter now. It was because that was actually their true nature. They had only one wish in their minds; to ascend to the Immortal Realm and be with Yi Ping whenever he may be!
Xian’Er smiled gently, “Lele, I am presuming that you have also attained to the Seventh Immortal Positioning?”
Lele laughed softly, “That is right!”
Almost immediately almost all the immortals in the group had a weird expression on them!
It was because it took the Goddess Celestial Alice, the Jade Emperor, the Western Paradise Heavenly King, the Sacred Embodied Heavenly Goddess and the Goddess Asura a long time to reach the Seventh Immortal Positioning. The tribulations that they had to overcome were too many to be told and the number of lonely years that they had to endure was too heartrending to be revived!
Moreover, the Joyful Goddess Lele as an immortal now was very different from them. She had received the cleansing of the Flower of Life and her body constitution was now the same as the original Desolate Immortals!
Even though now she was only a Seventh Immortal Positioning Immortal but it was a lot easier for her to attain the Eighth Immortal Positioning than the rest of them!
Moreover, she had the aid of two Ancient Desolate Artefacts to aid her; the Universal Harmonic Chain and the Flower of Life, not mentioning that she was also the chosen Alma of the Great God Pangu!
The Ascension Goddess Ye Yin was blunter as she commented casually, “Why is it that all the good things and all the luck seem to go to her.”
Xingyue sighed softly, “If only my own luck is half as good as her…”
Lele laughed softly as she said shamelessly, “That is because I am the Joyful Goddess, the most blessed goddess in the entire Three Known Realms. Did someone mention just now that I am also the chosen empress of the Three Known Realms?”
The Jade Emperor was startled but he quickly said, “Indeed, indeed but whether you can be a real empress of the Immortal Realm is dictated by the wishes of the others and not solely because you are the strongest. I am a good example of it.”
Alice smiled, “She can take the title of the Eternal Goddess if she wishes. I have no wish to be involved in the lofty affairs of the Immortal Realm.”
Skylord Jun and the Goddess of Mercy took a quick look and nodded at each other.
Skylord Jun said, “The Arhat Practitioners have no wish to interfere in the affairs of the Immortal Realm either. All we want is a place that we can meditate in peace.”
The Goddess of Mercy said coolly, “All we want is peace between the Zen and the Arhat Practitioners. I don’t know what the Heavenly Kings think though since they are back now.”
The Western Paradise Heavenly King said, “I will only heed the commands of the Great Goddess Fantian.”
Almost all the Heavenly Kings nodded in agreement at the same time.
Lele was delighted as she winked at Xian’Er, “Since Sister Xian’Er is my best sister, well I guess that I can be the new empress of the Immortal Realm then?”
The Jade Emperor smiled, “Not so fast, my dear.”
Lele was stupefied, “Grandpa! But you say that…”
The Jade Emperor laughed, “I guess that we can nominate you to be the new empress of the Immortal Realm or even support you but shouldn’t you tell us what you have learnt from the Stellar Sanctuary first?”
The Universal Old Man was laughing jovially, “That is right. We have all almost lost our lives here. If you do not at the very least tell us something about it, that won’t be too nice of you. Am I right?”
Lingfeng laughed softly, “Old man, you are talking sense. I fully agree with you!”
Lele winked at Yi Ping, “Ping’Er, what do you think?”
Yi Ping rubbed his nose, “Actually no matter what we will say, we have to go along with you. You are already the empress of the Immortal Realm.”
Lele laughed softly, “Smart! Why are you so smart today!”
Yi Ping smiled weakly, “That is only my guess.”
Everyone was talking at the same time, buzzling among themselves!
Mei’Er asked Yi Ping, “Young Master Ping, can you tell us? Your Mei’Er is unable to figure it out!”
Yi Ping sighed softly, “We are all trapped in the Pangu Monument and only Lele is able to get us out of here. If we don’t nominate her to be the Empress of the Immortal Realm then we can forget about getting out.”
Lele laughed, “That is right!”
She was quickly muttering to herself, “But then I should give myself a more fitting title. The Joyful Goddess is maybe too mundane for me now…”
Nuwa interrupted impatiently, “Hurry and tell us what you have learnt or known.”
Lele was a little afraid of this Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa so she forced through a smile as she said, “Well, listen carefully…”
When she had said that, everyone began to lean forward eagerly to listen for they did not want to miss a single word!
Lele inhaled deeply as she closed her eyes to say melancholy, “The Stellar Sanctuary is an Ancient Desolate Artefact that exists since the beginning of time when the great void is just a desolate chaos. It is even more ancient than the Great God Pangu himself.”
She smiled at Yi Ping before continuing, “The Great God Pangu chanced upon the Stellar Sanctuary and tamed it as his own. He soon realized that the Stellar Sanctuary is not an ordinary artefact and it is also host to a force that he has never seen before; a mysterious force that he later named the Universal Harmonic Force. Realizing the significant of this find, he began to meditate upon it. Time passed, he was soon able to cultivate his Desolate Force into the Universal Force and even achieved a breakthrough to the Ninth Immortal Positioning. He soon becomes one of the most powerful of the Desolate Immortals as he defeated numerous others with his newly acquired strength.”
Nuwa nodded as she trembled lightly, “That’s right.”
Yi Ping asked all of a sudden, “Lele, how did you know this?”
Lele smiled gently, “This information is part of the collective memories of the Stellar Sanctuary.”
Yi Ping nodded, understanding it now.
Nuwa sighed softly, “His newly acquired strength will eventually become his curse.”
Lele nodded, “That is because the Great God Pangu isn’t the only immortal that has attained the Ninth Immortal Positioning and had an ancient desolate artefact. There are the Great Rift God Xuan Yuan who had elevated his Desolate Force to the Annihilate Force, the World Ruler Fu Xi who possessed the Great Desolate Force and a few others. A battle between them was bound to happen one day and it did.”
She turned to look at Xian’Er, “Practitioners of the Desolate Force believe in spreading chaos and that might is right but the Great God Pangu disagreed and wanted to forge order out of chaos. There were many among the Desolate Immortals who were weary of the chaos and wanted a respite. Soon it escalated into a great war between the Great God Pangu and those that opposed him. The Great God Pangu eventually lost.”
The Universal Old Man and Skylord could not resist gasping, “The Great God Pangu would actually lose?”
Even the Heavenly Kings and the Jade Emperor were feeling awkward as they listened. To them, the Great God Pangu had no equal and he was the one that had partitioned the desolate realm into the present Three Known Realms.
Yi Ping shrugged his shoulders as he rubbed his nose, “Well…”
Lele seemed to be looking in the distant as she said, “Time once again passed. One day, the Great God Pangu was able to observe a rare celestial phenomenon of the alignment of the nine planets. The five elemental planets, the Water Planet (Mercury), the Metal Planet (Venus), the Earth Planet (Saturn) and the Fire Planet (Mars) had lined up with the Wood Planet (Jupiter), so did the other Four Annexing Planets. For the very first time, all these planets were in perfect harmony with the Wood Planet. Then…”
She inhaled softly as she trembled lightly, “One of the Annexing Planets disintegrated and become two celestial swords, the Heavenly Tears and the Sovereign Sparks. These two celestial swords would later be known as the divine swords of the Great God Pangu and the Great Goddess Fantian.”
Yi Ping seemed to have felt the warmth of the Fantian Sovereign Sword that was on his back as he thought, “So that is the origin of my sword…”
He did not know why but there was a surging of emotions in him as he looked at Xian’Er who was listening attentively to Lele…
Lele continued, “It was also at this time that the Great God Pangu had a sudden breakthrough as he advanced to the Tenth Immortal Positioning! That was because he had advanced his Universal Force to the Universal Harmonic Force!”
Everyone was gasping. So that was the true attainment of the Great God Pangu, the Tenth Immortal Positioning!
Not even the Great Goddess Fantian had ever attained to this Immortal Positioning before. To everyone, it was simply too mind blowing as they had no idea how to accomplish that!
Nuwa shifted lightly, “You have no idea how difficult it is to advance from the seventh to the eighth and from the eight to the ninth. Until now, I am only in the Eighth Immortal Positioning.”
Everyone was smiling weakly. Of course they knew how difficult it was. In fact, they were all astonished that Yi Ping, Nuwa and Xian’Er had actually attained the Eighth Immortal Positioning!
The once opposing Heavenly Kings looked at Yi Ping, Nuwa and Xian’Er and noticed that unlike the others, they were still looking refreshed. They sighed softly for they all thought that they may actually have a chance against them since they were in the Pangu Monument. It seemed that their recovery rates were astonishing even if they could not regain their martial strength.
Nuwa lowered her glances as she muttered softly, “That is indeed the first among the Desolate Immortals. Even for me, I was attracted to him. Might is right. I don’t care about his ideals. But finally, a third powerful force that appears to break the deadlock of the Great Rift God Xuan Yuan and the World Ruler Fu Xi. There were only the three of us though.”
She smiled to herself, “We have countless fights and quarrels. He wanted me to cultivate the Universal Force just like Fantian did. I refuse to as I am not prepared to give up my hard gained cultivation and to start all over again.”
Yi Ping and the others were startled by this revelation as they did not know that the Great God Pangu and Nuwa actually having this human emotion side to them. It was because Nuwa seemed all too callous.
Yi Ping had suddenly noticed that there was a teary spark in her eyes and he was startled. He sighed to himself, “No wonder the Great God Pangu had wanted me to take care of her. I wonder what has exactly happened in the past.”
Lele had noticed the expressions that were in Yi Ping. Whatever had happened in the past between the Great God Pangu and the Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa, Lele was determined not to tell Yi Ping. He had to sort it out with her on his own, naturally.
So she continued, “The Great God Pangu warned the Desolate Immortals that if the world’s chaotic desolate forces cannot be tamed then they would soon invite destruction upon themselves. Naturally, they refused to believe him. After a long time, the Great God Pangu eventually won. He banished the surviving remnants of the Desolate Immortals in the Ancient Fortress and cast it to the Great Void.”
Nuwa nodded and she sounded melancholy, “But not all the Desolate Immortals are sealed within the Ancient Fortress. There are many others that are sealed in various secrets with the desolate artefacts.”
The Jade Emperor asked curiously, “Why not sealed everyone in the Ancient Fortress?”
Nuwa smiled and replied coolly, “That is because he couldn’t. The Ancient Fortress doesn’t belong to the Great God Pangu in the first place. Moreover, you can imagine the consequences when all the Desolate Immortals with their ancient desolate artefacts are together?”
The Jade Emperor was startled as he looked at the other Heavenly Kings. They had been forewarned by the Great Goddess Fantian to prepare for the return of the Ancient Fortress and until today, they had no idea what to expect. And after witnessing the strength of the Great Desolate Goddess Nuwa, their morale took a beating!
The Nirvana Heavenly Queen smiled weakly, “If the Ancient Fortress doesn’t belong to the Great God Pangu in the first place, how did the Great God Pangu managed to seal the Desolate Immortals then?”
She mustered the courage to speak and her question was a question that everyone was also interested to know!
Lele smiled weakly, “I don’t know…”
Nuwa said coolly, “The Great God Pangu didn’t need their permission. He simply uses the Stellar Sanctuary to cast the entire city to the Great Void.”
The Nirvana Heavenly Queen was startled, “A city you say? How big and how many Desolate Immortals are there?”
Nuwa replied coolly, “As vast as the Stellar Sanctuary and as many as a hundred thousand.”
Everyone was stunned, including Yi Ping!
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