One person cannot monopolize the world of Fengyun; cooperation between two is also possible. Just like the Primordial World, there are six Heavenly Dao Saints, above whom is Hongjun Daozu. The two of them share the control of the Heavenly Dao in the Fengyun World, which is much better than the Primordial World.
Nuwa refined the past timeline of the Fengyun World and used the two stars of Fengyun, the four sacred beasts, and the four divine stones to influence the present timeline of the Fengyun World. As for the Great Sun Tathagata, he was much more domineering, directly throwing a future powerhouse across the river of time.
After the two masters at the divine and demonic realms completed their scheme, they had divided up the present timeline of the Fengyun world.
Without internal strife and attrition, the area of the Fengyun World silently doubled, and it continues to grow. This is because Nuwa and the Great Sun Tathagata are refining chaos and nourishing the Fengyun World.
With Nuwa and the Great Sun Tathagata having compromised, Wang Xuan became their target, and they wanted to expel him directly.
Wang Xuan shook his head and directly opened a corner of the world passage.
On the other side of the passage, the Heavenly Dao of Xuan Tian pressed down, directly crushing the Heavenly Will of Feng Yun under its feet.
Chapter 247 Fox Demon Xiaoyu
The Heavenly Dao of Xuan Tian suppresses all ages; this is a power that has completely transcended the seventh-order god-demon realm. If we were to describe it using Wang Xuan's ranking system, it could be said to be the mid-to-late stage of the eighth order.
Even though Nuwa and the Great Sun Tathagata in the Fengyun World are extraordinary and have mastered the will of heaven in the Fengyun World, they still have no power to resist under the oppression of the Xuan Tian Heavenly Dao.
They only have two choices: compromise and join the Xuan Tian Great World, or fight to the death, destroying the Feng Yun World and escaping into the depths of chaos.
In the vast chaos, it's unknown when they will find a suitable world to live in again; it will take at least tens of millions of years.
After a series of friendly and harmonious negotiations, Nuwa and the Great Sun Tathagata finally chose to compromise, becoming Wang Xuan's subordinates and settling in the Xuan Tian World.
In return, Wang Xuan directly bestowed upon them two sainthoods, just like the saints in the primordial world. As long as the Heavenly Dao exists, the saints will never die!
With their saintly positions, Nuwa and the Great Sun Tathagata became minor shareholders in the Xuan Tian World. Wang Xuan possessed 60% control over the Xuan Tian Heavenly Dao, which only required him to share one-fiftieth with each of Nuwa and the Great Sun Tathagata.
This may seem to harm Wang Xuan's own interests, but it is actually beneficial to the development of the Xuan Tian Great World.
Just like the group company in Wang Xuan's previous life, if you want those company executives to work wholeheartedly for you, the best way is to give them some shares.
Having cultivated to this level, Wang Xuan no longer values the Xuan Tian Dao as much. After all, his foundation is the Eternal Tower of Heaven and Earth. As long as he possesses the Eternal Tower of Heaven and Earth, he can quickly find worlds in the vast chaos.
Even if he were to lose the Xuan Tian Great World one day, conquering another world and cultivating it into a mythical world wouldn't be difficult for him.
With the cooperation of Nuwa and the Great Sun Tathagata, the Xuan Tian World refined the Feng Yun World without any further disturbance. The world fusion function of the Eternal Tower of Heaven and Earth was activated, and the two worlds moved rapidly in the chaos. After traversing countless times and spaces, they finally merged into one.
"boom!"
The two worlds merged, and the Xuantian World absorbed the laws and origins of the Fengyun World, increasing the power of the Heavenly Dao by 30%.
Wang Xuan, the controller of the Heavenly Dao, benefited immensely. A vast amount of the world's origin flowed into his body, causing both his physical body and soul to be sublimated.
By the time the Heavenly Dao calmed down, Wang Xuan had already broken through the early stage of the seventh-order God-Demon realm and reached the middle stage of God-Demon.
Nuwa and the newly born saints, the Great Sun Tathagata, also gained a lot, although they were far inferior to Wang Xuan, they made them three points stronger.
"I was right to choose to fuse the myriad worlds. If I had followed the normal path of cultivation, it would have become increasingly difficult to break through as I progressed. But with my method of fusing the myriad worlds, it was like a snowball rolling downhill, and things went smoothly in the later stages."
In the following period, Wang Xuan studied the laws of Heaven while sorting out the world structure of the Xuan Tian World.
The Heavenly Court and the Underworld have already been established, and the Eternal Tower of Heaven and Earth has explored various lower worlds. Without Wang Xuan's personal intervention, experts from the Heavenly Court and the Underworld will naturally descend upon the heavens and guide the outstanding talents of those worlds back to the Xuan Tian World, leaving behind legends of their ascension to the Heavenly Realm.
Fifty years passed in the blink of an eye. On this day, Wang Xuan suddenly opened his eyes, which shone with golden light.
Because the Eternal Tower of Heaven and Earth has discovered another mythical world, and that mythical world is no lower in level than the Xuan Tian World. Only Wang Xuan can personally take action to annex it!
Without much hesitation, Wang Xuan activated the Eternal Tower of Heaven and Earth, transporting him to that mythical world.
Time and space spun around, and the next Wang Xuan appeared in a desolate mountain.
He released his divine sense to sense his surroundings. The space of this world was stable and the spiritual energy was rich. Above the nine heavens, the Heavenly Court was suspended. Beneath the thick earth, the Netherworld gathered. In the mortal world, there were also demons and monsters running rampant, as well as Taoist and Buddhist practitioners living in the world.
All of this demonstrates that this is a top-tier world where gods and demons roam freely!
Turning his gaze away, Wang Xuan looked with interest at a small tree not far away. Unlike the other trees, that tree was actually wearing clothes...
A tree wearing clothes would be a source of great surprise for an ordinary person, but Wang Xuan could see through it at a glance.
Those aren't trees at all; they're clearly a fox spirit in disguise!
"Little fox, you'd better transform into human form quickly. I have something to ask you," Wang Xuan said, walking up to the "tree."
The sapling remained still, just like an ordinary tree.
Wang Xuan found it somewhat amusing and threatened, "If you don't transform into human form soon, I'll take your clothes away."
The fox spirit's cultivation was shallow; even her transformation into a tree left traces. Moreover, she was wearing mortal clothes, so it was clear that she couldn't use her magic to conjure clothes herself.
As expected, Wang Xuan's move, though somewhat unethical, was very effective.
A white light flashed on the tree, and the next second it transformed into a pretty girl of about fourteen or fifteen years old, looking at Wang Xuan with a face full of anger and embarrassment.
"You bad person!"
Wang Xuan observed the fox spirit with great interest. Her eyes were pure and clear, and her soul was free of any trace of ferocity. Clearly, she was not the kind of monster that would wreak havoc on the area.
"Little fox, what's your name?"
This little vixen is still too naive. A few words were enough to calm her down, and she honestly replied, "My name is Xiaoyu."
"A fox spirit named Xiaoyu, could it be from that world?" Wang Xuan's mind raced, and he asked again, "Have you ever heard of the Victorious Fighting Buddha, Sun Wukong?"
“Sun Wukong is a great figure among us monsters. A few years ago, he went to the Western Paradise with Tang Sanzang to obtain Buddhist scriptures and was named the Victorious Fighting Buddha by the Buddha. Of course, I have heard his legends.” Xiaoyu said with some admiration.
Wang Xuan understood that he had arrived in the world of the Lotus Lantern.
The silly fox in front of him still had a little admiration for Sun Wukong, which meant that she did not know that Sun Wukong was the enemy who killed her parents, and the story of the Lotus Lantern had not yet begun.
"Xiaoyu, who are you talking to?" Just then, a somewhat aged female voice came over, and soon an old woman appeared in front of them.
The old woman was none other than Xiaoyu's maternal grandmother, a cunning old fox spirit.
The old fox spirit was clearly not as easily fooled as Xiaoyu. She looked at Wang Xuan warily and shielded Xiaoyu behind her.
"Young man, stay away from my Xiaoyu. You two are not a good match."
Chapter 248 Swallowing the Lamp Wick
Wang Xuan couldn't help but laugh and cry at the same time. Wasn't this just like those scenes of breaking up lovers that he had seen in his previous life?
The old fox was clearly worried that Wang Xuan would seduce her granddaughter, so she wanted to nip his hopes in the bud.
"Grandma, you've misunderstood. I just met this person, it's not what you think!" Xiaoyu, who had been listening for a while, finally came to her senses and explained with a blushing face.
The old fox spirit breathed a sigh of relief, but was still somewhat uneasy, so she took Xiaoyu and left.
Wang Xuan did not stop her. Although the fox demon Xiaoyu was pretty and cute, she had cultivated to the level of Wang Xuan and was not easily affected by external things.
"Now that I've arrived in the world of the Lotus Lantern, and the story hasn't even started yet, I'll go to Liu Family Village first and retrieve the Lotus Lantern." Wang Xuan's goal was clear: he wanted to obtain the most precious treasure of this world—the Lotus Lantern.
Despite the countless treasures in this world, the power of the Lotus Lantern is definitely among the top three, as it was created by gathering the essence of this world.
More importantly, if Wang Xuan consumes the wick of the Lotus Lantern, his strength will immediately increase significantly.
In the original story, even a weakling like the little fox demon Xiaoyu could easily defeat Sun Wukong, the Victorious Fighting Buddha, after swallowing the wick of the Lotus Lantern, let alone a seventh-level god-demon like Wang Xuan.
The desolate mountain where Wang Xuan was located was not far from Liu Family Village. In the original story, Liu Chenxiang, who had no magical powers whatsoever, only spent a few days arriving here after running away from home.
Wang Xuan extended his divine sense, covering an area spanning thousands of miles. He searched village by village and quickly located Liu Family Village.
To his surprise, there was a powerful figure lurking in Liu Family Village, whose cultivation was around the Perfected Celestial Realm. He was most likely sent by Erlang Shen Yang Jian to protect Liu Chenxiang.
"Erlang Shen is really arrogant. On the surface, he doesn't care about this nephew, but in fact, he has sent people to protect him in secret." Wang Xuan chuckled with a hint of amusement, and his figure turned into a gentle breeze, disappearing into the world.
Before long, he arrived at Liu Family Village. The experts secretly protecting Liu Chenxiang did not discover Wang Xuan's whereabouts.
If a powerful expert at the seventh-order God-Demon realm intends to hide, how could a cultivator at the Celestial Realm possibly discover him?
After searching through Liu Chenxiang's house for a while, Wang Xuan finally found a lotus-shaped lamp, which is the famous Lotus Lantern.
Divine objects conceal themselves; this Lotus Lantern looked ordinary, even deceiving Wang Xuan's spiritual senses.
It wasn't until Wang Xuan grasped the Lotus Lantern that he sensed the extraordinary nature of this treasure, which was far superior to the spiritual treasures in his possession.
“Spiritual treasures are also classified into grades. The spiritual treasures I obtained before were all low-grade spiritual treasures. Only the Kunlun Mirror, which I nurtured in the Xuan Tian Heavenly Dao, transformed into a mid-grade spiritual treasure after decades.” Wang Xuan looked at the Lotus Lantern in his hand and couldn’t help but feel excited: “And this Lotus Lantern is clearly a high-grade spiritual treasure!”
The Lotus Lantern emitted a faint divine light, attempting to repel Wang Xuan. The Lotus Lantern was the treasure of the Third Holy Mother Yang Chan; besides Yang Chan herself, only Yang Jian and Liu Chenxiang, who were related to her by blood, could use it.
Wang Xuan snorted coldly and poured his powerful divine energy into the Lotus Lantern, forcibly suppressing it.
Although the Lotus Lantern was powerful, it was ultimately uncontrolled and could not resist Wang Xuan's suppression.
Wang Xuanhao unceremoniously opened the Lotus Lantern, revealing the wick inside. A refreshing fragrance that penetrated straight to the primordial spirit wafted over, making him involuntarily take a deep breath.
"The Lotus Lantern is wonderful, but it is ultimately just an external object. I should swallow this wick to improve my cultivation first." Wang Xuan reached out, pinched the wick, and stuffed it directly into his mouth.
The wick of the Lotus Lantern entered his stomach and instantly transformed into a torrent of heat that swept over Wang Xuan's body. He quickly sat cross-legged and began to circulate the Mysterious Heaven Divine Technique to refine the power of the wick.
One cycle, two cycles, three cycles...
After Wang Xuan refined all the heat within his body, his cultivation had reached the peak of the mid-stage of the God-Demon realm, but he still hadn't been able to break through to the late-stage of the God-Demon realm.
"It seems I overestimated the strength of this world's martial arts. Even with my resources, I couldn't break through to the late stage of the God-Demon realm after consuming the wick of the Lotus Lantern. The fox demon Xiaoyu is far inferior to me. Even if she consumed the wick of the Lotus Lantern, she could only break through to the early stage of the God-Demon realm at most."
Wang Xuan was somewhat disappointed, but he could roughly determine the level of martial arts in this world.
Xiao Yu, who was at the early stage of the God-Demon realm, was able to defeat Sun Wukong, the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, by combining her Heaven-Splitting Palm with her Divine Palm. This shows that Sun Wukong's cultivation level was at most at the early stage of the God-Demon realm.
Erlang Shen Yang Jian's cultivation level is similar to Sun Wukong's, and he should also be at this level. Nezha and the Bull Demon King are even weaker than them, and probably haven't reached the level of gods and demons.
However, this is ultimately a top-tier mythological world, and Erlang Shen Yang Jian and Sun Wukong are not the most powerful beings; there are several even stronger beings above them.
First is the Buddha, a ruthless figure who could suppress Sun Wukong with one hand, and whose cultivation had most likely reached the perfect realm of gods and demons.
Besides the Buddha, there is also Laozi in this world, who is the incarnation of the Dao Ancestor, and whose cultivation is definitely no less than that of the Buddha.
The Taoist sect doesn't only have Laozi as a top-tier expert; this world also has Yuanshi Tianzun. Yu Ding Zhenren, who appears in the prequel to *The Lotus Lantern*, owes his existence to Yuanshi Tianzun's disciple, which led to the Heavenly Court's generals showing him leniency. Otherwise, with Yu Ding Zhenren's weak cultivation, he would have been beaten to death by the Heavenly Court's experts long ago for interfering in the conflict between the Heavenly Court and Yang Jian and his sister.
Moreover, Nuwa also exists in this world. Although Nuwa has never appeared, it is mentioned in the prequel to The Lotus Lantern that the Lotus Lantern was originally a treasure used by Nuwa when she created humans.
Thinking of this, Wang Xuan couldn't help but feel a little uneasy: "Taishang Laojun, Yuanshi Tianzun, Nuwa, and Tathagata Buddha, these four people should all have reached the perfect realm of gods and demons. I need to avoid direct conflict with them."
Don't be fooled by his ability to summon the Heavenly Dao of Xuan Tian; the Heavenly Dao of this world is no weaker than that of Xuan Tian, and the Heavenly Daos of the two worlds cancel each other out.
It's unrealistic to forcefully devour and refine this world using the Xuan Tian World. The only hope of success is to allow the two worlds to merge, with neither dominating the other.
Even if Wang Xuan's authority over the Heavenly Dao is weakened by half, it will still be worth it.