Chapter 863: Nine Heavens Profound Lady

“Run! Find a place to hide!”

Zou Feng had just left the mysterious palace after attending the mobilization meeting for the expedition against the Celestial Number Divine Domain when he sensed a connection request from the Queen Mother of the Western Heaven. After the connection was established in his sea of consciousness, the Queen Mother’s tone was unprecedentedly anxious.

“Queen Mother, what’s wrong?” Zou Feng asked.

“Flee?” he thought. “With my current strength, who could force me to hide from their wrath?”

Speaking of which, the Queen Mother was clearly the one who had plotted to murder him, yet now she was pretending as if they had developed genuine feelings like online pen pals.

“Return to the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect, or find a place you consider safe! Hurry!” The Queen Mother’s tone remained frantic. “Otherwise, that bitch will definitely find you!”

Zou Feng was quite speechless. “Queen Mother, could you first tell me what exactly happened?”

“That bitch… Jiang Shiyin, she knows about your relationship with me and wants you dead!”

He wondered, “What relationship do we even have? We just chat ‘online’ occasionally, each harboring our own ulterior motives. Does that count as a relationship?” However, wasn’t this Jiang Shiyin the woman who had just appeared on the List of Gods during the meeting earlier?

For her to make the Queen Mother of the Western Heaven so nervous, Zou Feng didn’t even need to ask to know that Jiang Shiyin must be one of the Celestial Court’s Nine Great True Immortals.

“The Nine Heavens Profound Lady, Jiang Shiyin. She is one of the True Immortals I personally decreed. That bitch will not be easy to deal with!” the Queen Mother said through gritted teeth. She had been imprisoned in the Turquoise Pool by the combined efforts of the Nine Great True Immortals, and she hated these ungrateful wretches to the bone.

However, it was also evident that the Queen Mother thought highly of Jiang Shiyin’s strength, believing that this woman could pose a lethal threat to him. But in Zou Feng’s opinion, it probably wouldn’t be that bad. Although Jiang Shiyin’s brightness on the List of Gods was very intense, indicating that she was definitely at the Nascent Soul Great Late Stage Perfection Realm, Zou Feng had just easily handled Gongyang Jin, who was at the exact same realm. Therefore, even if Jiang Shiyin was stronger than Gongyang Jin, he felt she couldn’t really threaten him.

Yet, the Queen Mother seemed to sense Zou Feng’s contempt for Jiang Shiyin.

“You underestimate the Nine Great True Immortals I personally decreed!

“Each of them represents the pinnacle of the Nine Immortal Ascension Skills, and all of them have a great chance of advancing to the Divinity Transformation Realm!” the Queen Mother of the Western Heaven said solemnly.

These words immediately made Zou Feng’s heart pound with apprehension. As far as he knew, among the Celestial Court’s Nine Great True Immortals, there were currently only three mighty figures at the Divinity Transformation Realm, and Jiang Shiyin was clearly not among them. But according to the Queen Mother, the other True Immortals also had a great chance of advancing to the Divinity Transformation Realm?

This was terrifying. If all Nine Great True Immortals reached the Divinity Transformation Realm, the Ninefold Celestial Court might not necessarily defeat the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect, but they would at least be evenly matched.

Zou Feng now had a certain understanding of how to advance to the Divinity Transformation Realm. Compared to Nascent Soul Formation and crossing the Celestial Tribulation, the difficulty of advancing to the Divinity Transformation Realm was exaggeratedly high. His former older brother, Gongyang Marquis, had plotted for years, letting the Glazed Immortal Palace travel to various places. He painstakingly spent a massive amount of time and energy selecting the so-called King of Human Gu, plotting to seize a body and cultivate all over again.

So the question remained: why would a cultivator at the Nascent Soul Great Late Stage Perfection like him go through so much trouble to seize a body and restart his cultivation?

The answer was actually quite simple. Gongyang Marquis knew his potential very well; reaching the Nascent Soul Great Late Stage Perfection was already his absolute limit. From then on, no matter how hard he tried or how much effort he exerted, there was no chance he would ever advance to the Divinity Transformation Realm. To defy heaven and alter his destiny, he could only find the most suitable physical body to seize and simultaneously snatch the destiny of the King of Human Gu. Only then would he have a chance to attempt a breakthrough to the Divinity Transformation Realm again.

However, Gongyang Marquis had been too greedy in the end, insisting on waiting until Zou Feng’s Nascent Soul Formation to show up and cause trouble. The bastard simply didn’t want to suffer through the hardships prior to Nascent Soul Formation ever again.

In short, a cultivator at the Nascent Soul Great Late Stage Perfection wasn’t terrifying. What was truly terrifying was an existence that had the opportunity to break through to the Divinity Transformation Realm. The two were completely on different levels.

“That bitch is incredibly skilled in the Dual Cultivation Dao and the Path of Reincarnation among the Nine Immortal Ascension Skills. By the time you notice her presence, it will likely be too late,” the Queen Mother warned him again.

Zou Feng pondered for a moment before asking in confusion, “Queen Mother, why would Jiang Shiyin suddenly want me dead now?”

Actually, the Queen Mother of the Western Heaven had already answered this question. The reason Jiang Shiyin wanted to kill Zou Feng was because she knew about his “improper” relationship with the Queen Mother. Therefore, what Zou Feng really wanted to ask was how their “online friendship” had been exposed in the first place. It couldn’t be that Jiang Shiyin had a way to eavesdrop on their “connection,” right?

The Queen Mother let out a long sigh. “Speaking of which, this is all my fault. To think I still held a sliver of hope for that bitch. When I was conversing with her, I let a flaw slip in my words…

“Even though I never mentioned your name from start to finish, that slight flaw was enough for her to deduce your existence using the Star Wheel Inference Technique!”

Hearing this, Zou Feng thought, “Like hell I’d believe that!”

As the ultimate boss of a Tribulation Cultivation Force, someone who excelled the most at bewitching hearts and corrupting Divine Senses, would the Queen Mother of the Western Heaven really let a flaw slip while chatting with a traitor? Not a chance. More likely, this woman had deliberately guided Jiang Shiyin, making her realize that Zou Feng had the intention and the potential to rescue the Queen Mother. Or perhaps the Queen Mother made Jiang Shiyin realize that he possessed something she needed.

Maybe Jiang Shiyin already believed that as long as she refined him, not only would the Queen Mother lose all hope of escaping, but she herself could also use this fortuitous encounter to achieve Divinity Transformation!

But why would the Queen Mother, who clearly needed him to rescue her, harbor such crooked intentions at a time like this?