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Chapter 771: Chapter 770: The Final Conclusion

After bidding farewell to Emperor Shun, Jiang Li planned to return to Nine Provinces.

Jiang Li used the Word Becomes Law: “Let me return to Nine Provinces.”

Emperor Shun, who just bid Jiang Li farewell, returned silently, opened a door, and invited him to leave.

…

The door opened by Emperor Shun led to where the Earth Veins were, consistent with the location when Jian Li left.

Jiang Li arrived at the Imperial Palace above the Earth Veins and found it bustling with excitement. Bai Hongtu was busy instructing the guards to do something.

There was also a refined and quiet lady standing nearby, wearing a pink dress, extremely eye-catching.

“Hall Master, you really did come back after seven days,” Captain Liu said, laughing as he saw Jiang Li return.

Jiang Li was taken aback: “Seven days, what seven days?”

“Emperor Shun mentioned in his dream to Ji Zhi that you would leave from the Earth Veins after seven days. As we discussed earlier, we planned to celebrate your triumphant return from the Parallel World with a welcome party and commemorate the end of our exploration of the many heavens. We all agreed to make it a bigger celebration.”

“Originally, Bai Hongtu volunteered to prepare it, but his arrangements were not satisfactory, even approving the Union Sect’s clothing removal performance. I couldn’t stand it and pushed him aside to take over.”

Jiang Li sighed in relief; Captain Liu was dependable as always.

“Who is this…?” Jiang Li looked at the pink-skirted lady standing next to him, who hadn’t spoken a word.

“Little Peach, say hello to the Hall Master.”

“Tao Yao has seen Hall Master Jiang. Hall Master Jiang has seen me before.”

Jiang Li looked at Tao Yao for a long time before realizing: “You’re the fairy peach tree from the Land of Red Dust!”

“Yes.”

“How did you transform yourself?”

“The Fairy of Red Dust said that she had lost the heavens’ favor and could freely walk around the mountain. As a tree, I should also explore the world. So, I invited the Confucian saint to assist me in this transformation.”

“The transformation of a fairy tree is not easy, congratulations.”

“Hall Master, feel free to walk around. In another two hours, the welcome celebration can begin.”

Jiang Li stepped out of the Imperial Palace and found it incredibly lively outside, more so than any previous festival. Due to the widespread use of spatial portals, every part of Nine Provinces was connected to the Imperial Palace, and a constant stream of people came to participate in the celebration.

Zhang Konghu was invited by the Old Dragon King to review the training progress of the Four Sea Dragon Kings on Jiang Li’s Human Emperor Strength.

Zhang Konghu and the Four Sea Dragon Kings took turns arm wrestling, and only the East Sea Dragon King managed to defeat him.

The East Sea Dragon King shook his hand in complaint: “Commander Zhang, you said the standard of mastering Jiang Li’s Human Emperor Strength is to defeat you in strength; to fully master it, one should be able to arm wrestle with Jiang Li. Isn’t the gap between the two standards too large?”

The other three Dragon Kings nodded, they would never be able to fully master it.

Zhang Konghu truthfully responded: “I believe all of you have realized this issue too late.”

“It’s not too late, there’s still a chance for remedy. I heard that Jiang Li encountered Emperor Chu in the parallel world and effortlessly defeated him. We should add an intermediate level between mastery and full mastery, called pseudo-mastery. The standard will be the ability to arm wrestle with Emperor Chu using one hand.”

“I have no objections.”

…

“Did you hear? The author of ‘My Previous Life’ is conducting a book signing over there.”

“It’s that tragic book, many distraught people felt better about their circumstances and reignited their hope for life after reading it.”

“I also heard that the author is one of the captains of the Human Emperor Palace.”

“Let’s go and take a look.”

…

“Big Brother Ma, Sister-in-law Zhuo, I’ve been with Aisu for such a long time now and we still don’t have a child. What should I do?” Captain Wood sought advice from Ma Zhuo and his wife.

Ma Zhuo and his wife reassured him immediately: “Not having a child is not bad at all. Ever since we had our little one, our blissful life has bid us farewell.”

…

Noises of scuffling filled the air as some men pushed down the man at the front and started punching and kicking him.

“Hurry up and hit him, the Human Emperor Palace guards will be here soon.”

Onlookers pointed fingers at the man on the ground, showing no sympathy for his situation.

“What’s wrong with this man?” Jiang Li asked.

“This bastard came out of the Union Sect and reported the Union Sect to the Human Emperor Palace guards. He always does this, and we finally caught him. Spit!”

Jiang Li noticed that among those who started the fight were Emperor Wei and the Dream Emperor Jiang, both seemingly more vicious than the others.

Soon the guards from the Human Emperor Palace arrived and dispersed the crowd.

…

“Pure Heart, how do you feel about this book, would you like to go in?”

“Sister Yu Yin, this book is not suitable, it has no twist in the storyline, and the setup is quite boring.”

“How about finding ‘The Chronicles of Jiang the Human Emperor’ to bring in?”

“Ah, that’s a great idea.”

Jiang Li saw Pure Heart and Yu Yin sitting in the bookstore, whispering to each other.

The bookshelf behind them was marked with “Jiang Li’s Section”, holding books related to Jiang Li; including novels, textbooks, anthologies, journals, and even instructions on making candied hawthorns.

“Pure Heart, Yu Yin, what are you doing?”

“No, nothing.” Pure Heart was like a child caught doing something wrong, acting quite flustered.

Yu Yin remained calm as always: “Nothing much, we were just discussing which book we like the most. Heard you were in the Earth Veins for seven days, have you come out?”

“I was just wrapping up some work.” Jiang Li replied, not intending to reveal what he had seen.

“Have you checked the program yet?”

“Not yet.” Jiang Li shook his head. He had no idea there was a program.

“There’s a performance by me and Pure Heart in the program. Pure Heart will dance the Feather Transformation Fairy Dance, and I’ll accompany her with my music.”

Jiang Li laughed. “That’s rare indeed, I’m really looking forward to it. By the way, where is Bai Hongtu?”

Yu Yin stood up: “I’ll accompany you to find him.”

…

When Jiang Li and Yu Yin found Bai Hongtu, he was performing a crosstalk comedy show with Taoist Ancestor on the street. Bai Hongtu providing the jokes while Taoist Ancestor acted as the straight man. Although it was their first show together, their collaboration was seamless, which prompted cheers from the audience.

The fairy of Red Dust, St. Confucius, and Mother Hou Tu, pretending to be ordinary spectators, clamored from the audience, asking for an encore.

Among them, the Fairy of Red Dust and Mother Hou Tu were the most enthusiastic.

Long-lived Fairy became uneasy and whispered, “Senior Confucius, is it appropriate to act like this?”

Saint Confucius laughed and said, “Do you know what Taoist Ancestor did at the Immortal Emperor’s inauguration?”

“I don’t.” The event happened millions of years ago. The Long-lived Fairy didn’t know the details of it.

“Your master, Taoist Ancestor Shen Shi was very serious, you don’t understand the real Taoist Ancestor, that’s normal. The Taoist Ancestor also performed a solo crosstalk at the inauguration. The Immortal Emperor was deeply moved and thought that the Taoist Ancestor’s humble performance signified the recognition of his imperial position.”

“And then what happened?”

“Later, the Immortal Emperor found out that the Taoist Ancestor would perform a solo crosstalk wherever he went.”

“…”

At the end of the street show, Bai Hongtu saw Jiang Li and Yu Yin approaching him, stopped his performance, and walked off the stage to meet them.

“I’m just warming up before the celebration performance.”

Jiang Li glanced at Bai Hongtu: “You can do anything you want at the celebration, just don’t perform a Heavenly Tribulation.”

The three men strolled down the street, bought a sugar-coated haws on a stick, and chatted and laughed along the way.

On their way, they noticed Li Er secretly buying a picture album of the monster tribe, saw the White Snow Spirit sisters who were also shopping, spotted Seven Kill Taoist with the Love Sword in his left hand and the Ruthless Sword in his right hand, witnessed Qin Luan embroiled in a relationship drama and Yuan Wuxing enjoying the spectacle, spotted Li Nian’er searching for her father, caught sight of father and daughter Ji Zhi and Ji Kongkong having a staring contest, and noticed Yu Youxian live broadcasting the grand event of the celebration…

Suddenly, Bai Hongtu became interested in something sold on a stall.

What was being sold on the stall were sculptures of Jiang Li, himself, and Yu Yin — all in the Mahayana Realm.

“How much for Jiang Li’s statue?”

“Ten low-grade spirit stones.”

“What about Yu Yin’s sculpture?”

“Five low-grade spirit stones.”

“Then mine – I mean, Bai Hongtu’s?”

The stall owner looked at Bai Hongtu’s statue and casually replied: “If you buy those two, you can get this one for free.”

Bai Hongtu’s smile froze on his face, while Jiang Li burst into hearty laughter, and Yu Yin covered her mouth and chuckled softly.

The trio was all smiles, evidently enjoying themselves.

Eventually, it was Jiang Li who bought all three sculptures. He kept his own statue and gifted the other two to Bai Hongtu and Yu Yin.

“This is called Mahayana Trio Set.” the vendor said.

This was just a minor episode during their stroll. Jiang Li and Bai Hongtu continued to chat and laugh, sharing strange tales they had heard and teasing each other, while Yu Yin quietly listened, occasionally interjecting a line or two.

In an instant, they seemed to be transported back to the time five hundred years ago, when they were all candidates for the Human Emperor.

Jiang Li silently mused that despite the vast changes in their identities and statuses over the past five hundred years, their initial ambitions had never changed.

The celebration was about to begin.

On the stage, the emperors of the nine dynasties and the sect masters of the six major sects sat in a dignified manner. Jiang Li cleared his throat lightly, and the once noisy crowd below instantly fell silent.

Countless pairs of eyes focused on the figure on the stage, their reverence growing stronger.

The Sky Mechanism Tower was broadcasting live, allowing not only the people in Jiuzhou but also those in the Ten Thousand Realms to witness the celebration.

It could be said that at this moment, all beings in the Ten Thousand Realms were watching Jiang Li intently.

Among the spectators were children who had grown up listening to tales of Jiang Li. They had heard the elders praising Jiang Li.

He slayed Heavenly Demons from outside territories, changed the customs of Jiuzhou, annihilated the Immortal Realm, and led Jiuzhou to the Ten Thousand Realms, creating a stable development environment for all the Heavens.

He wrote books to explain cultivation knowledge, popularized cultivation techniques, and helped improve the cultivators’ skills, providing various development methods for mortals and cultivators, expanding the space-time channels for communication.

It could be said that Jiang Li’s impact is felt in everything, from the grand union of the Ten Thousand Realms to the minutiae of everyday life.

As the children watched Jiang Li, the figure in front of them gradually overlapped with the Jiang Li from the narratives they’d heard, planting a seed deep in their hearts.

The younger generation couldn’t understand the profoundness of these matters as much as the older one did. The older generation had experienced the past of Jiuzhou before Jiang Li, and only they could genuinely appreciate the enormous changes Jiang Li had brought to Jiuzhou.

The Human Emperor candidates were present at the scene. The more they had experienced, the more they realized how great a person Jiang Li was.

Because of this, they continuously strove to improve themselves and tried to live up to Jiang Li’s standards.

Many spectators from other worlds were there who were witnessing the true Human Emperor Jiang Li for the first time.

They had a feeling of inexplicable reassurance, which became their first impression of him.

It seemed as if as long as the man on the stage was present, there were no problems that couldn’t be solved.

This feeling couldn’t be explained scientifically, but they just had this feeling.

Jiang Li, standing with his hands behind his back, smiled as he looked at the quiet crowd below and announced loudly:

“Let the celebration begin.”

(End of the book)