In Baoying City, on the long street.
Led by the imperial envoy, the local officials and citizens were conducting a grand sacrificial ceremony.
In the sky, Huang Rong had just leapt onto the ceremonial carriage and immediately saw Li Mochou bouncing excitedly like a cute little rabbit.
As Huang Rong landed, Li Mochou suddenly changed her expression. She coughed seriously and deliberately lowered her voice to say:
«From now on, no one is allowed to speak loudly to me!»
«I am the Xuangguang Celestial Maiden!»
«Mocho—no dinner tonight.»
With a single sentence, Huang Rong broke her defenses.
«Sister Rong! Sister Rong, I was wrong!»
With culinary skills that had once tempted even Hong Qigong to break his principles and teach Guo Jing, handling a Li Mochou was no issue at all.
What’s more, Huang Rong now had access to a variety of seasonings and cooking utensils from Nuwa — her original ten-out-of-ten skills now operated at twelve.
«Isn’t that just proof of how amazing Sister Rong’s cooking is?»
Li Mochou had no sense of dignity as a Celestial Maiden and was acting like a complete sycophant.
After thinking for a moment, she even solemnly added:
«Even the great Celestial Taiyi praised it! How could a little Celestial Maiden like me refuse?»
Her performance made even Mu Nianci burst into laughter, trembling with amusement.
She was truly shaking — even though Mu Nianci was now wearing a full set of modern undergarments underneath.
Huang Rong and Li Mochou’s gazes were drawn toward her, and instantly their eyes changed — they looked at her like she was some kind of class enemy.
The two of them quickly looked toward Xuan Yuan with alert expressions. Seeing that he wasn’t paying attention to them, they breathed a collective sigh of relief.
«Brother Xing, what’s wrong?»
Huang Rong approached Xuan Yuan and saw that he was gently touching the Xuangguang Pendant.
«The pendant reacted?»
«Mm.» Xuan Yuan nodded. «Just now, it lit up all of a sudden, but it’s back to normal now.»
Huang Rong tilted her head and guessed, «Maybe it needs the Taiyi shrine here to be fully built before it can truly activate its power?»
As she spoke, a Xuan Bird suddenly flew over, flapping its wings.
«Did you call a Xuan Bird?»
«I didn’t!»
The two were both stunned, and their expressions grew serious as they looked at the Xuan Bird.
The bird flew close to the ceremonial carriage and spoke in a voice all four people on board recognized — a female voice:
«Master? What’s going on? Just now I detected several Xuan Bird terminals connecting to the network — the IDs match the ones you took to the other world.»
«Those are the surveillance birds I released to monitor Baoying City!»
Huang Rong clapped her hands in delight.
«Sister Nuwa, check the numbers — are they…»
She quickly used a string of codes, and after a moment of verification, Nuwa responded:
«Correct. The quantity and IDs are a perfect match — wait, Master, I’ve just discovered I can now connect to your personal terminal! Give me a second!»
Before the words even finished, the four of them saw a flash of light before their eyes — and Nuwa’s projection appeared atop the ceremonial carriage.
Floating gracefully into the air, Nuwa circled the carriage once and then hovered in place, her expression full of astonishment.
«I can really project here? The two worlds’ communications have synced without loss!?»
Xuan Yuan hadn’t expected such a surprise and quickly asked:
«What’s the medium? Check the communication channel. How did the signal transfer here?»
«One moment, I’m tracing the signal…»
Nuwa’s body flickered with digital code for a few moments, and then she looked strangely toward the city.
At the altar where the people were gathered for the ceremony, there were now two celestial tablets placed before the Celestial Jade.
The larger one bore the name «Donghuang,» and the smaller one held the title recently conferred upon Li Mochou.
«Confirmed, Master. The signal source is… your celestial tablet. More precisely, it’s acting like a signal repeater.»
«After my signal disappeared in Zishan, it somehow reappeared in this world and was re-emitted from that celestial tablet.»
«Ah! Master, look — your tablet is glowing!»
«This… this is!?»
The officials and citizens behind him, rising as well, also saw the celestial phenomenon.
Just moments ago, the Donghuang celestial tablet on the altar had appeared to be an ordinary wooden plaque. Now, it radiated a dazzling brilliance — its very substance had undergone a mysterious transformation.
It had changed from a simple wooden tablet into something neither metal nor jade — an artifact unseen by the world, a gift from the heavens.
The characters for «Donghuang,» originally written in Slender Gold Script by Emperor Zhao Kuo himself, now twisted and reshaped into ancient seal script of a primordial age.
In that instant, an aura of ancient majesty surged forth.
«Donghuang has manifested… Celestial master Donghuang has truly manifested…!!!»
Witnessing this unbelievable sight with his own eyes, the envoy dropped to his knees once more with a thud.
And with him, all the other officials and citizens who had begun to rise.
In the sky above, on the ceremonial carriage—
Huang Rong’s bright black eyes darted quickly, and she suddenly grabbed Xuan Yuan ’s hand and said urgently:
«Brother Xing! Quickly! Do something! This is a golden opportunity!»
«Rong’er?»
«Now’s the time to manifest— anything will do, even just some flashy effects!»
«Leave it to me!»
Before Xuan Yuan could respond, Nuwa had already cheerfully spoken up and instantly took control of all the Xuan Birds above Baoying City.
The birds, using optical camouflage, quickly flew over to the long street and gathered together.
Under Nuwa’s fine control, the eyes of each bird began projecting beams of ethereal blue light.
These beams were visible to the naked eye, weaving together in the sky, intertwining, glowing — and finally, after a brief flicker, a massive phantom of Celestial Donghuang appeared over Baoying City.
The people bowing in prayer felt a strange change above them. Someone looked up—
«A… a Celestial!!»
«A Celestial has descended!!!»
«It’s Celestial master Donghuang! It’s Donghuang, master!»
«Wife!»
«Huh?»
«Quick, look up — a Celestial!!»
The entire city raised their heads. In the sky, a giant figure — indistinct but clearly celestial — stood high above.
Though the image was vague, it still possessed the unmistakable presence of a being from the heavens.
It seemed to be gazing down upon Baoying City — or perhaps the entire mortal realm.
A moment later, the Celestial master let out a faint sigh and vanished with the wind…
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