Not long after they’re back to the valley, Bai Qiuran was sent Jiang Lan to the Fusang Sacred Tree where the Sun Mother Xihe and the Three-legged Golden Crow lived.
The two goddesses accepted Jiang Lan generously without asking the reason. Bai Qiuran promised them that soon, Eastern Emperor Taiyi would be unable to intervene with them. When the time came, both of them would be free.
And the maids who were bestowed on him by the Eastern Emperor Taiyi were also given choices by him.
Either following Jiang Lan and taking refuge at the Fusang Sacred Tree or following Bai Li and fighting for the rise of the human race.
In the end, about half of the maids followed Jiang Lan to the Fusang Sacred Tree. They were close to Jiang Lan on weekdays. Jiang Lan treated them like relatives, and they were reluctant to leave Jiang Lan.
And the remaining half, they had a deeper contact with Bai Li on weekdays. They were either inspired by Bai Li’s ideals or admired his talents, so they decided to follow him. Those who chose to follow Bai Li’s maid were finally Bai Qiuran was enclosed in the world of refuge in the painting and handed it over to Bai Li for safekeeping.
Even the monkey, who has always been inseparable from Bai Li, was forced to enter the world of painting by Bai Qiuran. In the valley, apart from Wise Immortal, only two humans, Bai Li and Bai Qiuran, were left.
Bai Li had already put his mind free and concentrated on preparing to break, while Bai Qiuran was guarding him, and also preparing for the upcoming final battle in this era.
He wiped Tranquil Autumn Water with a white cloth over and over again, and the azure blue blade of the divine sword reflected the moonlight in the sky, still as calm and inclusive as the sea.
In a few days, Eastern Emperor Taiyi would come to him, and Bai Qiuran knew in his heart that even if Eastern Emperor Taiyi was unable to send him back to the future, Heaven would help that guy and throw him back.
Bai Qiuran’s time in this era seemed to be loose, but in fact, it was very urgent. Those divine texts about time were obscure and difficult to understand, even he couldn’t deduce and master the law of time in a short time.
So when Heaven and Eastern Emperor Taiyi repatriated him, Bai Qiuran had nothing to resist, just as he was bullied by Eastern Emperor Bell using simple space teleportation before he learned space spells.
But before that, he would unleash his full strength and kill the attacking gods. One more god he killed, one less person would bleed in the human race’s rebellion led by Bai Li in the future.
At least, East Emperor Taiyi had to be killed.
Seeing the cold light reflected from the blade, Bai Qiuran thought silently in his heart.
In countdown, the time always passed very quickly. Five days later, Bai Li successfully broke through, and the existence of the whole world also felt that a terrible thunder tribulation gathered above this small valley.
With the valley as its center, in a radius of thousands of miles, terrible thunderclouds filled the area, and this time, Heaven did not hide the location of the target.
“Found it! The rebel’s hiding place.”
The two gods, Di Shi and Tian Ting, quickly reported the location of the valley to the Eastern Emperor Taiyi.
“Did you find it?”
Behind the curtain, the stalwart figure of Eastern Emperor Taiyi stood up from the throne, and he commanded:
“Lu Wu, Ying Zhao, four Heavenly King, stay for me in the heavenly palace. Chong Li and other gods go out with me! The Thunder Army and the Fire Army will take the lead!”
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The cloud of Heavenly Tribulation in the sky formed a vortex, and the momentum was mighty. Bai Qiuran had seen his master Qingming Taoist cross the Heavenly Tribulation, but Bai Li’s Heavenly Tribulation was more than ten times stronger than that.
Heaven had a murderous intent towards Bai Li, and the thunder tribulation he laid out was a death tribulation, but there was still hope.
It needed Bai Li to overthrow the divine race, and only those who have passed this harsh test can accomplish such a great event.
Moreover, if it dared to set Heavenly Tribulation to the point of certain death, Bai Qiuran would definitely be the first to stand up.
As the whirlpool revolved, there was a trace of irregular disturbance. Bai Qiuran noticed this unnatural scene. His line of sight passed through the thundercloud and successfully saw the army of the gods standing above the clouds.
Countless divine soldiers were standing in the cloud heads, and above were the powerful star gods. At the top of the cloud, five righteous gods were arranged on the left and right, guarding a dragon chariot with a curtain. Besides the chariot stood a powerful god, and behind the curtain, Eastern Emperor Taiyi sat on his throne.
“On, already arrived?”
Bai Qiuran turned his head. Right above the whirlpool, one of the nine righteous gods, the God of Thunder, was grinning and adding to the flames. He used his authority to absorb part of the boundless heavenly power in the thundercloud, and then took advantage of the momentum to threw a bolt of lightning towards Bai Li’s head.
At the same time, Tranquil Autumn Water came out of the scabbard, letting out a sword aura, intercepting the thunder god’s sneak attack.
There was a thunder explosion in the air, and then the bolt of lightning was split into two by Bai Qiuran’s sword energy, branching out from the top of Bai Li’s head, and smashing the two mountains into pieces.
The golden blood of the God of Thunder gurgled and dripped. His half-human, half-dragon body passed through the thundercloud, and after being scorched by the thunderstorm in the thundercloud, slammed on the ground with two bangs.
Ignoring the death of God of Thunder, Bai Qiuran raised his head and looked at the sky, staring in the direction of Eastern Emperor Taiyi, and arched his hands:
“Your Majesty, you came all the way to watch my stupid apprentice crossing the Heavenly Tribulation. It was quite an honor. However, as the saying goes ‘a true should watch the chess game without speaking’, there are basic rules when observing others cross the Heavenly Tribulation. Your Majesty takes advantage of this to do a sneak attack. To be honest, you lacked morality.”
“We haven’t seen each other for more than ten years, yet Marshal Bai’s tongue is still so sharp.”
Eastern Emperor Taiyi chuckled and then waved his head. In the thunder and robbery cloud, a huge gap was split instantly, and the heavenly gods cast their gazes down from the gap. The divine light was bright and murderous.
But the next moment, perhaps because it felt that his majesty was provoked by the creation, Heaven’s Will surged, and the thunderclouds gathered together again, blocking the gods behind the clouds.
“…”
Above the clouds, the atmosphere of the gods was suppressed, and no one dared to speak.
Under the clouds, Bai Qiuran pointed to the sky, smiling forward and backward.
“Your Majesty.”
Bai Qiuran finally held back his smile and said to Eastern Emperor Taiyi:
“This is what people call ‘you reap what you sow’. If you can give it respect, it will not slap your face in such a humiliated way. If you can give us respect, the break of humans and gods will not come so soon.”
“What a pity.”
The Eastern Emperor turned a deaf ear to Bai Qiuran’s words. He commanded the army of gods to descend into the clouds and into the air, looking down at Bai Qiuran, and said:
“Marshal Bai, you have such power, you should be able to enjoy the glory and wealth with us forever… Why don’t you understand? For these ant-like mortals, fighting with me, what benefit can you get from that?”
“What benefit can I get from that?”
Bai Qiuran shook his head.
“To be honest, nothing. I run around for them every day, to the point my hair is graying. But…I am a human being after all.”
“Then you leave me no choice.”
The Eastern Emperor said to Bai Qiuran:
“Marshal Bai, you must die here today.”
“It’s a coincidence, I want to say that too. Your Majesty, you must die here today.”
Bai Qiuran arched his hand at Eastern Emperor Taiyi, then raised his middle finger.
“Eat shit, Eastern Emperor Taiyi!”