My System Is Three Thousand Years Early

"Furthermore, the Fate of the Heavenly Dao is not that easy to obtain,"

"Among the Celestial Gods, capturing the Jade Emperor with our early planning has already been quite difficult."

"We cannot guarantee handling the rest of the Celestial Gods."

"Let alone the presence of the Western Buddhas..."

Heavenly Machine Elder said this and couldn't help but sigh.

He knew that in the end, they were just loose sand; they could only deal with the Jade Emperor because they were able to take advantage of the moment he had just awakened and had not fully recovered to conduct their schemes secretly.

Had the Jade Emperor awakened just a bit earlier, their efforts to oppose him probably would have failed.

It was not just a matter of failing; a being like the Jade Emperor wouldn't be so generous or, rather, was very petty and certainly wouldn't let them go without seeking extreme revenge—not to the extent of flaying them, but at least to the degree of gritting his teeth with vendetta.

Cheng Guang slightly nodded and then, without saying much, turned around and left.

After Cheng Guang left,

Heavenly Machine Elder started distributing the remaining pills, condensed from the Immortal Roots and Daoist Bones.

Of the remaining forty or so pills, he and Jiang Luojing could distribute ten each, the rest, over twenty, went to some of the other strong beings.

Most of them got one pill each.

After all, dealing with the Jade Emperor, calculating where he would awaken, and then planning ahead, was orchestrated.

Mainly by Heavenly Machine Elder and Jiang Luojing.

The others were mostly just assisting, not playing a decisive role.

After distributing all the pills condensed from Immortal Roots and Daoist Bones,

Everyone gathered in the Divine Temple.

Looking at the Jade Emperor lying in the center of the Divine Temple, his face covered in blood, not knowing if he was dead or alive.

Without saying a word.

Their expressions were mostly solemn.

Whether it was Heavenly Machine Elder, Jiang Luojing, Zuoshandiao, Jushangong, or others,

Everyone understood that the existence of the Jade Emperor had to be eradicated.

If they didn't eliminate the Jade Emperor at this time.

Once he recovered and regained his Qi, he definitely wouldn't let them go.

Stripping away Immortal Roots and Daoist Bones was not much different from skinning and deboning.

This kind of pain, most people perhaps couldn't endure even for a second.

Yet, the Jade Emperor had withstood it from beginning to end without so much as a grunt.

Until the end, when the Immortal Roots and Daoist Bones were stripped from his body, he couldn't bear it any longer and fainted.

Such resilience, if not eliminated today, would likely mean revenge against any of them present in the future.

However...

Although everyone present wanted to completely eradicate the Jade Emperor to prevent future troubles,

But...

The Jade Emperor is still the Jade Emperor, also the ruler of the Heavenly Court.

Killing him was not going to be that easy.

It would still take some time.

And much effort.

Meanwhile,

When the Jade Emperor is truly eradicated, an anomaly will burst forth between heaven and earth.

That anomaly would announce to all under heaven that the Jade Emperor is dead.

How to suppress this anomaly is also a troubling matter.

If they don't suppress this anomaly, then later on, the Celestial Gods will know that they killed the Jade Emperor.

Even if most in the Heavenly Court are righteous, it's really hard to predict if there could be genuinely loyal followers of the Jade Emperor.

If a powerful Immortals and Deities, like Erlang Shen Yang Jian, wanted to take revenge for the Jade Emperor,

Just these Celestial Gods who rushed here upon hearing the news would be enough trouble for them.

Currently, most of the Immortals and Deities within the Heavenly Court have not yet awakened.

In that year's dark tide, most of the Immortals and Deities in the Heavenly Court had thoroughly died.

So, now is their best chance to completely eradicate the Jade Emperor.

Everyone fell silent.

After a while,

The silence within the Divine Temple was finally broken.

"Heavenly Machine Elder, it's time to make a move."

"There's no time to delay."

It was unclear who spoke,

but this person's words effectively shattered the stillness that had settled.

In the crowd, the Heavenly Machine Elder gave a slight nod, then with a slight lift of his hand, the chains that bound the Jade Emperor instantly tightened, their surfaces beginning to flicker with a purplish-black hue, glossy like thundering lightning.

The chains that were previously slack now resembled sharp swords.

And the purplish-black lightning were like daggers, piercing directly into the Jade Emperor's body.

The Jade Emperor, who had been unconscious, tensed up instantly when the purplish-black lightning struck him, letting out an inhuman scream.

"Hisss!! Ah!!!"

The Jade Emperor screamed in agony and struggled vehemently.

"Gentlemen, if not now, then when!?"

The Heavenly Machine Elder roared at the same time.

As the Heavenly Machine Elder roared, the others could no longer sit still and began to make their moves.

Streams of Divine glossiness surged forth, one spell after another struck the Jade Emperor.

In just a short while, bloody wounds began to appear on the body of the Jade Emperor.

At the same time, the entire Divine Temple resounded with loud, thunderous crackling noises.

Simultaneously, at this moment,

the screams of the Jade Emperor were so loud that they drowned out everything else.

...

Cheng Guang left the Divine Temple, unaware of what exactly had transpired within.

However, he could roughly guess.

Given the nature of people like the Heavenly Machine Elder, once they did something, they would definitely not leave any troubles behind. If they attacked the Jade Emperor and did not completely remove him, then later on, the Jade Emperor would definitely come back to eradicate them.

Cheng Guang realized this, and certainly, the people like the Heavenly Machine Elder must have considered this too.

After leaving the Divine Temple for a distance, Cheng Guang and Ning Qianxue stood on a mountain not far from the temple, looking towards the direction of the aura of the temple.

Cheng Guang originally wanted to share the pills refined from the Immortal Roots and Daoist Bones with Jiang Luojing.

But now, there was no chance.

Never mind.

It would be better to give all the Immortal Roots and Daoist Bones to Ning Qianxue.

Thinking this, Cheng Guang took out the pills he had just received from the Heavenly Machine Elder, which were refined from Immortal Roots and Daoist Bones, and handed them to Ning Qianxue.

"Here you go."

Ning Qianxue, noticing Cheng Guang's action, was momentarily stunned.

As the pills refined from the Immortal Roots and Daoist Bones were taken out, a pleasant fragrance filled the air.

No need to think.

These pills refined from Immortal Roots and Daoist Bones were greatly beneficial to everyone.

If an ordinary person consumed these pills, their skills and powers could instantly breakthrough to the fifth rank, or even higher.

"Princely Heir, are you giving them all to me?"

Ning Qianxue, seeing Cheng Guang bringing the pills refined from the Immortal Roots and Daoist Bones in front of her, was dumbfounded.

Her naïve eyes appeared somewhat cute.

Cheng Guang smiled and said, "If not?"

"Take them."

Cheng Guang further pushed the Immortal Roots and Daoist Bones refined pills towards Ning Qianxue.

Ning Qianxue, watching Cheng Guang nearly stuffing the pills into her mouth, didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Princely Heir, these pills refined from Immortal Roots and Daoist Bones are quite precious. Won't you eat some yourself?"

"There's no need to give all of them to me."

Ning Qianxue, having once possessed Immortal Roots and Daoist Bones, knew exactly what these pills signified.

Immortal Roots and Daoist Bones.

Mean they represent the aptitude of Immortals and Deities.

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