CHAPTER 424: CHAPTER 406 YANG TAIZHEN

Yang Yuhuan was born when Nezha entered the Greek World. Although Nezha stayed in the Greek World for fifteen years, due to the effects of the Hongmeng Purple Qi, even though the Greek World was a lower plane, its time flow was synchronized with the Primordial plane.

After returning, Nezha was busy running around, so it wasn’t long before Yang Yuhuan would celebrate her sixteenth birthday, marking her coming-of-age ceremony.

That night, as Yang Yuhuan rested, her consciousness, hazy and dreamy with the rise of the full moon, arrived at an unknown place. There, waiting for her, was a woman. She didn’t panic because from an early age she had been told by her parents that she was no ordinary person. Moreover, the woman before her exuded no sense of danger but instead emitted a warmth, akin to a mother’s embrace, making her feel as though she had always been by this woman’s side.

The woman, her face shrouded in mist, spoke gently: "Yuhuan, I am Queen Mother Yaochi. You are the reincarnation of the jade bracelet in my hand. This lifetime of yours in the mortal world is a trial for you to accomplish great deeds. Once you achieve perfection in merit, you will ascend to the Immortal Class, and we will naturally reunite in the Turquoise Pool."

When Queen Mother finished speaking, she lightly touched Yang Yuhuan’s forehead. The dream began to dissipate, and as Yang Yuhuan’s consciousness returned to her body, she found a vast amount of information pouring into her mind.

In summary, it was the Nameless Heavenly Book consisting of seven volumes. The first volume, Breaking Sun and Chasing Moon, Moving Stars and Changing Constellations, could allow one to master the Sun and Moon Dao and the Star Intent.

Second volume: Moving Mountains and Inverting Seas, Driving Forests and Whipping Stones, allowing for subduing venomous dragons under the sea and commanding the mighty spirits to relocate mountains.

Third volume: Purging Immortals and Slaying Buddhas, Subduing Dragons and Taming Tigers, granting the Power of Divine Communication.

Fourth volume: Trampling Rivers and Seas, Piercing Gold and Stone, Braving Cauldrons and Pots, Meeting the Blade, becoming Immune to Weapons.

Fifth volume: Shrinking Heaven and Earth in a Pot, Collecting Mountains and Rivers in the Needle. (Needle refers to something extremely tiny.)

Sixth volume: Mountain and River in the Palm, Sky Pavilion.

Seventh volume: Transforming all sentient and corporeal things in the world.

The seven volumes of the treasure book were not progressive; mastering any one volume would grant the corresponding Divine Skills.

Queen Mother withdrew her dream consciousness and returned to the Yaochi Palace. She reached out and took out a mirror shimmering with a jewel-like luster. After seeing Nezha’s replica of the Hao Tian Mirror, the Heavenly Patrol Mirror, Queen Mother had crafted her own modified mirror based on both. Showing a tacit understanding, she omitted the character "Hao" while retaining "Tian," naming it the Yao Tian Mirror.

The chess piece was already in place. After bringing out the mirror, Queen Mother had her maid arrange some fruits, then happily started watching the "live broadcast."

Queen Mother’s methods were indeed subtle, but as the Master of Dreamland, Nezha still easily detected the dream-entrusting and witnessed everything. He found it quite amusing.

What Queen Mother said was all true. If Yang Yuhuan were to cause a major incident in the future and someone followed the threads of cause and effect, they also wouldn’t pin the blame on her. Meanwhile, the Heavenly Book’s seven volumes, which seemed incredibly grandiose with their Moving Stars, Changing Constellations, and other feats, were actually just basic Daoist spells.

As for the rest, it felt more like sending a signal. For example, the first volume, Breaking Sun and Chasing Moon, Moving Stars and Changing Constellations, roughly translated to shouting under the stars, "I’m a person of Emperor Ziwei!"

As Nezha’s direct subordinates, would these people dare not give face? If the stars and constellations had to shift, move they shall!

The second volume’s Moving Mountains and Inverting Seas, commanding mighty spirits to move mountains, was akin to pointing at a mountain and declaring, "I’m someone under Queen Mother! Move!"

Would the local land spirit dare not move? Even though Queen Mother didn’t normally handle administrative affairs, the Heavenly Emperor’s authority was shared between her and Hao Tian. Even setting aside her own cultivation, one casual comment to Hao Tian, such as "Such-and-such Mountain God didn’t show me proper respect," could lead to disastrous consequences.

Then you’d have to wait for Hao Tian to deal with you. If today you dare to disrespect the Queen Mother, does that mean tomorrow you’ll disrespect Hao Tian, the Heavenly Emperor? And the day after, what’s next? A Big Struggle in the Heavenly Palace?

So, at the end of the day, this was like Yuan Hua writing an essay titled "My District Chief Father" and taking first place. All these seemingly formidable Immortal Laws were essentially just a way of saying, "I’ve got someone powerful behind me. Now behave yourself, got it?"

That’s why it was blown up to sound so exaggerated. The sections that genuinely improved cultivation were, instead, the latter few volumes of the simpler Heavenly Book.

Moving Stars and Changing Constellations required Nezha’s approval. Nezha, of course, didn’t mind cooperating with Queen Mother. But this No-Life Old Mother, who didn’t even bother giving him a daughter, insisted on being his mother-in-law—wasn’t this freeloading shamelessly?

Nezha’s two most hated types of people were those who freeload off him and those who wouldn’t let him freeload off them.

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Yang Yuhuan, in her original form, was Queen Mother’s jade bracelet, nurtured for countless years by her aura before transforming into human form. Even then, her latent power remained terrifyingly strong.

After receiving Queen Mother’s entrusted dream, she hesitated briefly before sitting cross-legged, beginning her cultivation with the seventh volume, which she deemed the simplest. Three hours later, with incantations on her lips and her hand forming seals, she pointed at a teapot on a distant table. Instantly, the teapot turned into a water glass.

Excited, Yang Yuhuan quickly got up, picked up the water glass, and played with it for a long time. Then she cast spells to transform everything else in her room. Finally, she fully believed everything from the dream.

It was now more than two hundred years into the Great Tang’s unification. Though it had been a long time since the founding members of the Li Tang Royal Family had achieved Immortal Ascension, their legacy was not forgotten. Many royal family members were still cultivating, hoping to follow in their ancestors’ footsteps into the Immortal Realm. This was no secret.

Yang Yuhuan was so excited she didn’t sleep the entire night. The next day, she spoke in the family’s secret chamber with her father, the Yang Family Master, about her experience. The Yang Family Master, rather than appearing alarmed, was filled with excitement.

"Huan’er, do you know of your great-grandfather?"

Yang Yuhuan, naturally intelligent and given an elite upbringing since childhood, knew almost all the secrets of the Yang Family.

"Father, are you referring to the great-grandfather who joined the Chan Sect’s Yuxu Sect and made great contributions during the war against the Shang Dynasty—Yang Ren?"