Chapter 772: Heavenly Court Orthodoxy

Lu Yang’s heart trembled. “Fairy, you truly aren’t afraid of making a big fuss.”

“I haven’t done anything, and I already have two junior sisters who are semi-immortals. Do I deserve this?”

If Ao Ling and Jiang Lianyi were his junior sisters, what should the Qilin Immortal, as their husband, call him?

“Have you seen Lianyi?” Ao Ling suddenly asked. Jiang Lianyi was also an unregistered disciple of Immortal Sister. If Jiang Lianyi hadn’t woken up, and Ao Ling called Lu Yang "senior brother" first, wouldn’t that make her Jiang Lianyi’s senior sister?

“Yes, I’ve seen her. She was sleeping in a secret realm in the Demon Realm and was awakened by the Immortal Fairy.”

“I see.”

Ao Ling thought about it again. Since she and Jiang Lianyi were both unregistered disciples and had such a good relationship, there was no need to distinguish between senior and junior sisters.

“Where is Lianyi now?”

Lu Yang considered for a moment and said, “She should be in the Demon Realm. She’s been asking about your whereabouts, Senior Ao Ling, but she probably hasn’t found anything.”

Lu Yang hadn't expected to find Ao Ling first.

Ao Ling smiled and corrected Lu Yang’s form of address. “Senior Brother calling me ‘Senior Ao Ling’ would mess up the seniority. Just call me ‘Junior Sister Xiao Ling.’”

Lu Yang wouldn’t dare to call her that.

“I truly didn’t expect Senior Brother Lu Yang to be recognized by Sister. As far as I know, there has only ever been Immortal Sister in the Immortal lineage.”

Immortal Fairy said proudly, “You didn’t realize it, did you? The Second Boss is an excellent prospect in my Immortal lineage. If it weren't for me, he would have achieved immortality.”

Ao Ling was surprised, not expecting Lu Yang to receive such high praise from her sister. Even her husband and the other four immortals had never been praised like this by her sister.

Lu Yang quickly said, “Now there are three people in the Immortal lineage.”

“Oh, someone else actually managed to get Sister’s approval?” Ao Ling was even more surprised. The Immortal lineage had actually tripled in size!

“The third person is a semi-immortal formed by condensed faith, and his Dao fruit form is also immortality,” Lu Yang said, wanting to share the burden with the Immortal Fairy.

“Do I have another senior brother?”

Immortal Fairy waved her hand dismissively. “That doesn’t count. The Third Boss’s immortal Dao fruit form, which he condensed by taking a shortcut through the power of faith, barely qualifies him as a member of my Immortal lineage. He only knows how to self-destruct; he can’t even feign death.”

“According to the sect’s说法, I am the Sect Master, the Second Boss is the Vice Sect Master, and the Third Boss is the chore disciple.”

“You and Lianyi are more like his senior sisters.”

“And my husband? Do you know where he is?”

“He’s probably still alive,” Lu Yang didn’t know how to explain.

“Probably?” Ao Ling didn't understand why Lu Yang said that, when she could clearly feel the suppression of the Dao fruit above. Otherwise, she would be an immortal by now.

“Senior Lianyi woke up about half a year ago. When she first awoke, she coincidentally encountered Little Zhu—ah, no, Zhu Tian, the Supreme Exalted—establishing the Demon Nation. Senior Lianyi fought him, astonishing the world.”

“Currently, there are no immortals openly in the outside world, so news of the battle between two ancient semi-immortals spread quickly, becoming known to all.”

“Zhu Tian, the Supreme Exalted, uniting the Demon Realm and establishing the Demon Nation is also a big event. The Demon Realm has never been unified since its inception.”

“The current problem is, if the Qilin Immortal is still alive, he should know about Senior Lianyi’s awakening, but he hasn’t appeared to meet her, which is very strange.”

This wasn’t just Lu Yang’s opinion; it was also Yun Zhi’s. Although Immortal Fairy didn’t say it out loud, she might have thought the same.

Ao Ling’s expression was strange. “Only half a year has passed; isn’t it normal that my husband doesn’t know?”

“Ah?”

“Senior Brother, don’t you seclude yourself for cultivation? My husband often secludes himself for ten or eight years. During the Tinder Dynasty, he even secluded himself for several centuries.”

Lu Yang: “If you put it that way, it seems right.”

Lu Yang recalled his own cultivation experiences; he had just secluded himself for half an hour a while ago.

Senior Sister seemed to be in a constant state of epiphany, requiring no seclusion.

Immortal Fairy, moreover, advocated cultivating the Dao amidst the mortal world, not through seclusion.

Now that he thought about it, it was quite normal for cultivators to seclude themselves for ten or eight years, let alone immortals, who have infinite lifespans and a diluted concept of time. They were peerless experts who could play a game of Go for a hundred years.

“However, the Time Immortal truly had an accident,” Lu Yang added.

“We discovered the Time Immortal’s Jianmu tree body. The body was severely scarred, clearly the result of an immortal battle. The Jianmu tree was empty, without an immortal soul. We don’t know if the immortal soul dissipated into the heavens and earth, or if it escaped.”

Immortal Fairy nodded beside him. Lu Yang had just repeated what she had said.

“Such a thing happened! Senior Time Immortal actually had an accident!” Ao Ling became serious. This was no small matter. An immortal who controlled time could actually die. Who was behind this?!

“From the intelligence we currently have, after you fell into slumber, Senior, the immortal who controlled the Dao Fruit of Annihilation tried to kill you, and fought against the Qilin Immortal for it. The Tinder Dynasty was annihilated for unknown reasons, and an immortal deliberately concealed the existence of the Tinder Dynasty, and the Time Immortal’s life and death are uncertain.”

“This series of events most likely happened around the same time.”

Lu Yang hadn't expected another immortal to emerge during the Tinder Dynasty era. That meant there were five immortals in the Tinder Dynasty.

Even so, the Tinder Dynasty was still destroyed. It was unlikely that merely an immortal wielding the Dao Fruit of Annihilation could achieve such a feat. Something else significant and unknown must have happened at that time.

“Oh, by the way, Senior, we’ve also established a Heavenly Court here. Would you consider joining us?”

“You’ve also established a Heavenly Court?” Ao Ling heard this for the first time.

Lu Yang scratched his head, unusually embarrassed. “It’s a long story. I formed the Heavenly Court. I genuinely didn’t know the Tinder Dynasty had established a Heavenly Court back then; otherwise, I would have chosen a different name.”

“Now, the Heavenly Court we established is too famous; changing its name would probably be difficult.”

“You can roughly understand it as there are some things that aren’t convenient for us to do. I heard the Fairy talk about the Heavenly Court, so I also fabricated a Heavenly Court, using that identity to do certain things.”

Lu Yang listened to the Immortal Fairy talk about the various versions of the Heavenly Court fabricated by the five ancient immortals. Now, he wondered if these were perhaps the backup plans prepared by Immortals Yingtian and the other three, but the Immortal Fairy just didn't know about them?

“So, who is in the Heavenly Court you established?”

Lu Yang counted on his fingers. “Let me list them for you: the Lord of the Heavenly Court is the Fairy herself. I have a senior sister named Yun Zhi, who is one of the Four Imperials, the leader of the Heavenly Court sect. Senior Lianyi is also one of the Four Imperials. There are nine great guardian heavenly kings, me as the Young Sect Master, and four holy sons.”

Ao Ling was puzzled. “The original purpose of establishing a Heavenly Court was to revive Immortal Sister. Since you’ve revived Immortal Sister, and Immortal Sister is also the Lord of the Heavenly Court, then the Heavenly Court you established is the legitimate one.”