Chapter 1045: The Peach Festival Approaches

“Yes, Your Majesty, it’s absolutely true!” Taibai Jinxing nodded eagerly.
“Hmph, Taibai Jinxing, how dare you! How could you even think of deceiving Your Majesty?” A stern middle-aged man in the Jade Throne Hall shouted.
This man, holding a pagoda in his hands, was none other than the Heavenly King Li Jing.
“Dozens of subordinates stronger than Ji Meng? How is that possible! Do you really think we’re so gullible?!” Nezha, Li Jing’s son, also shouted from below, wearing a golden circlet on his back.
Other heavenly generals also spoke up, claiming that Taibai Jinxing was exaggerating and that his eyesight had failed him. Of course, they didn’t believe his words.
Seeing this, Taibai Jinxing became both anxious and angry, but faced with the furious accusations of the gods, he had no way to defend himself.
“Enough. Thousand-Eye and Wind-Ear, go and investigate the situation on Erxian Mountain,” Emperor Jade Heaven raised his hand to stop the debate among the gods.
“As ordered, Your Majesty!” Thousand-Eye and Wind-Ear stepped forward, bowed respectfully, then went in front of the hall and used their supernatural powers.
Yet no matter how hard they tried, they saw only a gray haze and heard nothing at all. In the end, they reported the result truthfully to Emperor Jade Heaven.
“Oh, you can’t see or hear anything?” Emperor Jade Heaven’s eyes flickered.
From the highest heavens to the lowest underworld, Thousand-Eye and Wind-Ear could see and hear everything clearly—yet now they couldn’t even discern what was happening on Erxian Mountain. What did this mean?
After a while, Emperor Jade Heaven dismissed his ministers and returned to the back courtyard.
In the courtyard sat a beautiful woman wearing a light veil, with fingers as delicate as green onions, lips painted red, and a green jade dragon-and-phoenix hairpin tucked in her hair—naturally, it was the Queen Mother.
When she saw Emperor Jade Heaven enter, she stood up, moved gracefully, her beautiful eyes like flowing waves, her smiles captivating. She asked with a smile, “What’s wrong?”
Emperor Jade Heaven frowned, which puzzled her, as such an expression was rare from him.
It’s said that beauties are pleasing to the eye, and this was true. Seeing the Queen Mother, Emperor Jade Heaven’s worries diminished somewhat. He took her hand, sat down at a jade table nearby, and recounted the matter of the Yellow Dragon.
“Oh, so this Yellow Dragon has so many powerful subordinates?!” The Queen Mother was also shocked. “Dozens of them, all stronger than Ji Meng?”
Emperor Jade Heaven nodded solemnly.
“This Yellow Dragon has been missing for a million years. Now that he’s suddenly returned, he has so many powerful subordinates. Do you think he might have allied himself with some superpower from another great world?!” The Queen Mother pondered.

“Has it allied with other superpowers in other great worlds?” The Jade Emperor was stunned, his eyes flickering.
He was aware of the three thousand great worlds.
First was the Tian Dao Sect of the Central Great World, second was the Xuan Huang Sect of the Xuan Huang Great World, and many other superpowers were even stronger than them—more powerful than the Three Sects of Chan and Jie!
Hearing what the Queen Mother said, it indeed seemed possible.
Only this could explain why the Yellow Dragon had so many formidable subordinates.
“If that Yellow Dragon is returning now, it must have some scheme in mind,” the Jade Emperor mused after a while.
The Queen Mother smiled. “It’s just a little Yellow Dragon. What’s there to worry about? Even if it has allied with other superpowers in other great worlds, so what? Can it still cause trouble in front of you? Besides, there’s still Master Hongjun!”
She naturally had confidence in the Jade Emperor.
“You’re right. I was overthinking things!” The Jade Emperor smiled, then suddenly his aura surged, causing everything in the entire backyard to come to a halt.
The Jade Emperor, who usually kept a low profile among the immortals and appeared weak, now possessed the power to alter the workings of time and space?! His aura was countless times stronger than that of Ji Meng!
“That Yellow Dragon, even if it’s a dragon, must kneel before me!” The Jade Emperor held the Queen Mother’s hand and declared boldly, “Whether it’s the Kunpeng, the River of Darkness, or Zhenyuan, I’ll make them all submit to me one by one! Become my servants!”
“I want them to know that even without Master Hongjun, the Patriarch of Tao, I can still achieve this!”
For a moment, the entire backyard was shaken by his majestic aura.
Time passed.
The date of the Peach Festival finally arrived, long awaited by all the immortals of Pangu.
With the arrival of the Peach Festival, Pangu seemed to become lively once again, as an invisible and indescribable aura enveloped all its realms.
In the Two Immortals Palace…
“Let’s go!” The Yellow Dragon soared into the air, taking Susan and the others toward the Heavenly Court.
The ruffian dragon reverted to its true form, the Wind-Flame Dragon Qilin, serving as the Yellow Dragon’s mount, while Susan and the other women rode their own mounts behind it.
This time, the Yellow Dragon only took Susan, Livya, Vitya, Huang Yi, and the ruffian dragon.
The rest stayed on Two Immortals Mountain.
As they approached the Heavenly Court, more and more immortal lights appeared along the way. These immortals were also heading in the same direction as the Yellow Dragon—toward the Heavenly Court!
Their footpaths were covered with immortal clouds of various colors: gold, yellow, white, black, purple, and green.

“Hey, isn’t that Huang Long Zhenren from the Chan School? Was he also invited by the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother to this Peach Festival?” Some of the passing immortals were surprised upon seeing Huang Long.
“It seems so! I heard the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother also invited the Kunpeng.”
“The Kunpeng is coming too? Then there’s going to be some interesting action!”
Listening to the discussions of the passing immortals, Huang Long felt intrigued—had the Kunpeng been invited as well? He then sneered, thinking that the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother must have put a lot of effort into this Peach Festival.
Huang Long knew that Ji Meng had joined the Kunpeng, who was the protector of the Beiming Sect.
“Second brother, I heard the Queen Mother is one of the three most beautiful women among the PanGu immortals,” Huang Yi suddenly said.
Huang Long was taken aback before responding, “Mm.”
Nüwa, the Queen Mother, and the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden were recognized by all immortals and Buddhas as the three most beautiful women among PanGu’s immortals.
“Is she really that beautiful?” Huang Yi asked.
Huang Long smiled, “You’ll know when you see her.” With that, he glanced at Susan—when he first saw her, he had mistakenly thought she was the Queen Mother.
Huang Yi, Susan, and the other women grew even more curious about the Queen Mother after hearing Huang Long’s mysterious words.
After a while, Huang Long and his companions arrived at the South Heavenly Gate of the Heavenly Court. The Heavenly Court had four main gates, and the South Heavenly Gate was the main entrance.
As soon as Huang Long arrived, he was led by an immortal messenger to the Jade Pool, where the Peach Festival was held.
Along the way, they saw colorful clouds and fragrant scents. Various immortal palaces and towers emitted a misty aura, and the high corridors were adorned with colorful ribbons.
Immortal boys, generals, officials, and clerks could be seen everywhere.
The women were dazzled by the sight.
It wasn’t long before Huang Long and his companions arrived at the Jade Pool under the guidance of the immortal messenger.
It was Huang Long’s first time visiting the Jade Pool. At first glance, he saw colorful clouds, a green pool, swaying flowers above, and mist rising from the ground formed by the essence of immortals.
Many immortals, Buddhas, and bodhisattvas had already arrived. Huang Long’s presence naturally attracted everyone’s attention.