Tales of Herding Gods
Chapter 1625: Celestial Venerable Mu's Marriage

The celestial heavens floated quietly in the sky above the ancestral court. The news of Celestial Venerable Huo's betrayal and the murder of the newly promoted Celestial Venerable Yin and Celestial Venerable Qing Long caused a sensation in the celestial heavens. However, news soon came that Celestial Venerable Huo had committed a heinous crime and had been executed. This put everyone at ease.

Even if there were any rumors in the celestial heavens, they couldn't cause much of a stir. Yan Yazi had personally ascended to the celestial heavens and apologized to Celestial Emperor Hao, saying that he was willing to bear the sins of his master, Celestial Venerable Huo.

Emperor Hao Tian was grateful for his filial piety and loyalty, so he was merciful and forgave him for his mistakes, allowing him to bury Celestial Venerable Huo. He was also grateful for Celestial Venerable Huo's contributions to the world and the celestial heavens. Even though he was stripped of his title of Celestial Venerable, he still retained his title of Celestial Venerable and buried him as a Celestial Venerable.

However, Celestial Venerable Huo died without a complete corpse. Yan Yazi randomly found a person who looked similar to Celestial Venerable Huo, and after killing him, he placed him in a coffin filled with treasures.

Yan Yazi continued to build large scale structures and construct mausoleums to bury this fake Celestial Venerable Huo. He cried until he fainted several times in front of the mausoleum and even had to commit suicide to accompany Celestial Venerable Huo in the mausoleum to prevent his master from being lonely.

The civil and military officials watching the ceremony all sighed. They all said that Celestial Venerable Huo had taken in a good disciple who was so loyal that he didn't lose out to Celestial Venerable Huo in the past.

Everyone hurriedly went forward to block him, and only then did they not do anything foolish.

The entire celestial heavens was in grief, burying Celestial Venerable Huo, Celestial Venerable Yin, and Celestial Venerable Qing Long.

Celestial Venerable Yin died without a complete corpse, so it was a cenotaph. Celestial Venerable Qing Long only had a head left, and Celestial Emperor Hao pitied his loyalty. He ordered people to use divine metal to forge Celestial Venerable Qing Long's body and sew it together with his head.

On the day of the burial, Celestial Emperor Hao personally came, and he also shed tears of sorrow. He cried while holding onto the coffin, and the civil and military officials also cried non-stop. Later on, it was the seven old officials with the highest seniority in the celestial heavens that came forward and persuaded Celestial Emperor to take care of his body for the sake of all living things in the world. Only then did Celestial Emperor Hao stop crying.

After the funeral, Emperor Hao Tian rewarded her again, promoting Red Deity Qi Xiayu to be the Celestial Venerable of Southern Heaven. Yan Yazi assisted her, West Deity was the Celestial Venerable of Western Heaven, Green Deity of Eastern Sky was the Celestial Venerable of Eastern Heaven, and East Pole was the place where the Grand Imperial Sire retired.

Emperor Hao Tian then conferred a new title to North Deity, promoting Celestial Venerable Yin of the Great Ultimate ancient gods as the Celestial Venerable of the North Heaven and Celestial Venerable Yang of the Primordial Realm.

In an instant, the entire celestial heavens was in an uproar. Some were happy while some were sad.

After Emperor Hao Tian rewarded him, he returned to the palace. Someone offered him a jade box, and Emperor Hao Tian waved his hand to dismiss the surrounding Kingo Guards. He opened the jade box and saw the head of God Emperor Lang Xuan's reincarnation, Yu Cang, placed inside.

Emperor Hao Tian smiled. "Brother Lang Xuan, how have you been?"

In the jade box, the head of Lang Xuan's reincarnation opened its eyes and said, "The winner takes all, why does Your Majesty have to say anything? Just send me on my way."

Emperor Hao Tian laughed loudly. "Grand Imperial Sire knows that I'm suspicious by nature, so he actually kept your soul sealed in your head to dispel my doubts. Brother, do you hate Grand Imperial Sire for doing this?"

Lang Xuan said, "The imperial family is a heartless creature, so how can there be resentment?"

Emperor Hao Tian nodded and turned him into ashes. His divine soul entered the abyss of the Ruins of End and was obliterated. He smiled and said, "I can rest easy now!"

At this moment, his clone and soul in Eternal Peace flew over and fused with his primordial spirit.

Emperor Hao Tian was angered, and he said, "The barbarian of the lower bound is foolish, to actually insult me!"

He took back one of his souls, and his cultivation increased by quite a bit. He stood up and was about to personally kill Xing An when he suddenly burst into laughter. "He's also a talent. If I can recruit him into the celestial heavens, I can appoint him as the Celestial Venerable of the Patriarch Creation Palace. He can detect the loopholes in my technique, and he can put me in an important position and help me perfect my technique. I'll leave this matter to Celestial Venerable Mu."

He drew a portrait of Xing An and called the Kingo Guard over. "Go down to the lower bound and meet Celestial Venerable Mu. Let him find this person and send him to the celestial heavens. I have an important position."

The few Kingo Guards acknowledged and immediately went down.

The Spirit Energy Mutual Shift Bridge had yet to close, so the few Kingo Guards took a day or two to reach the capital city of Eternal Peace. However, they saw that the capital city of Eternal Peace was decorated with lanterns and colored banners, and it was extraordinarily bustling.

A few Kingo Guards made some inquiries and someone said, "Emperor Yanxiu abdicated, and the original Emperor Yanfeng was released from prison. He then ascended to the throne, and Imperial Preceptor Qin also pushed away the position of Imperial Preceptor and gave it to Imperial Preceptor Jiang. Imperial Preceptor Jiang was also released."

A Kingo Wei smiled and said, "What's there to celebrate? It's just changing the original emperor and Imperial Preceptor."

"You don't know."

People told them and laughed. "Imperial Preceptor Qin and Emperor Yanxiu had an agreement. When they abdicate in the future, they will get married! Previously, there had been unrest, and because of this promise, Emperor Yanxiu had always sat on the throne. The ministers of the imperial court had repeatedly advised them to open up the chambers of concubines, select talents to fill in the chambers of concubines, and establish the imperial concubines to have a son and a half daughter to continue the fate of Eternal Peace Empire. However, they were all beaten back by the emperor. This time, the emperor abdicated because he wanted to marry Imperial Preceptor Qin!"

The Kingo Guards looked at each other and probed, "Could this Imperial Preceptor Qin who had just married the emperor be Celestial Venerable Mu?"

"Isn't that so? Imperial Preceptor can't marry the emperor. After the emperor abdicates, Princess Xiu will become his wife, and after Imperial Preceptor abdicates, Celestial Venerable Mu will become his wife."

Someone told them, "Celestial Venerable said that after marrying Princess Xiu, he would return to the Surging River to be a cowherd and no longer care about the chaos in the world!"

The Kingo Guards secretly discussed and said, "Celestial Venerable Mu is about to retire. Now, the ones in charge of Eternal Peace aren't him, but Emperor Yanfeng and Imperial Preceptor Jiang. How are we going to explain this to His Majesty? Who can still capture the people on this painting?"

"Celestial Venerable Mu has retired from the marriage, and this matter is of utmost importance. Go back first and report this matter to His Majesty. We will go and meet Emperor Yanfeng and Eternal Peace Imperial Preceptor and ask them to capture this person."

Thus, one of the Kingo Guards left hurriedly.

Emperor Hao was diligent in politics and was currently reviewing memorials. The Kingo Guard rushed over and knelt down to discuss this matter.

Emperor Hao Tian put down his memorial and said in astonishment, "Celestial Venerable Mu is going to retire after the marriage? Did I strike this fellow too hard? I'm still waiting for him to go to the celestial heavens and grovel to me, flatter me, and curry favor with me! It's too early to retire now…"

The Kingo Guard said, "Your Majesty, Eternal Peace is in the capital city and is extraordinarily bustling. Celestial Venerable Mu's marriage is most likely in two days."

Celestial Emperor Hao said with a smile, "Celestial Venerable Mu has great talent and strategy, I have always admired him. It's good that he has retired. It's best if he can't recover from this setback! I don't want him to become the second Celestial Venerable Huo. His threat is much greater than Celestial Venerable Huo's. Open the treasury and give me a batch of congratulatory gifts to send to Eternal Peace to celebrate Celestial Venerable Mu's big wedding."

He stood up and said with a smile, "Celestial Venerable Mu's grand wedding must be lively and grand… Bah, grand wedding!"

He sighed, but his face was full of smiles. "The era that belonged to Celestial Venerable Mu has passed just like that, making me sigh endlessly. When you return to Eternal Peace, tell Celestial Venerable Mu that I'm busy with work and have no time to personally go and congratulate him. After he goes into seclusion in the Surging River, I will pay him a visit and drink with him."

The Kingo Guard hurriedly left.

On the other side, the few Kingo Guards that stayed in Eternal Peace went to meet Emperor Yanfeng and Imperial Preceptor Jiang Baigui.

Emperor Yanfeng hurriedly received the envoy, and a few Kingo Troop guards brought over Emperor Hao's painting. Emperor Yanfeng received it respectfully and placed it in front of the table to burn incense and offer sacrifices. Only then did he open up Emperor Hao's painting and take a closer look. He couldn't help muttering to himself.

Eternal Peace Imperial Preceptor Jiang Baigui went forward and examined the painting as well. The two of them were silent.

The few Kingo Guards said, "Gentlemen, His Majesty wants to take this person not to kill him, but to confer him the title of Patriarch Creation Palace Master. Patriarch Creation Celestial Venerable is his fortune! Is there a need to act like this?"

"Three envoys."

Emperor Yanfeng said with a troubled expression, "Your Majesty's painting is marvelous and soaring, it's a heavenly book. The reason why we are pondering is because we don't understand it."

The three Kingo Troops sneered and went forward to take a look. They were also hesitant.

Emperor Hao Tian's painting was too artistic. The man in the painting was crooked, and his appearance couldn't be seen. Beside his feet was a dog that didn't have a tail, but it also looked like a chest.

The only thing he could recognize was Emperor Hao's words. He wrote, "He doesn't know his name. He looks like the divine weapon Celestial Venerable Yu, in the form of a youth."

Eternal Peace Imperial Preceptor muttered to himself irresolutely, "He looks like the divine weapon Celestial Venerable Yu. Where can we find such a person? High Ambassador, please return to Your Majesty. Tell everyone in Eternal Peace to do their best to search for this person. As for whether we can recruit him…"

He looked troubled.

The three Kingo Troops understood that it would be like searching for a needle in a haystack if they wanted to find this person with just this painting.

Furthermore, even Emperor Hao Tian didn't know that person's name, so it was even more difficult to find him.

The King of Jinwu Guards bade farewell, and Emperor Yanfeng hurriedly said, "Princess of this humble king, I will be married to Celestial Venerable Mu in a few days. High ambassadors, there's no need to be in a hurry to go back. Let's have the wedding banquet first. This humble king also needs to prepare some gifts, and I need to prepare them for a day or two to show my respect to High Ambassador."

The three of them looked at each other and nodded slowly. "Celestial Venerable Mu is the Celestial Venerable that imparted the path to immortality, and he has boundless merit. We should stay behind to observe his wedding."

The three of them stayed, and Emperor Yanfeng served them well with wine and meat. He ordered people to prepare all kinds of rare treasures to send them to their residence.

Emperor Yanfeng then ordered his men to bring the three Kingo Guards to the biggest manufacturing factory in Eternal Peace and let them choose the divine weapons created by the manufacturing factory. The three of them were very happy and thought to themselves, 'This Emperor Yanfeng is a sensible person.'

Emperor Yanfeng said to Eternal Peace Imperial Preceptor, "Celestial Venerable Mu's wedding can be delayed for a period of time, and it can also let Celestial Emperor Hao let down his guard. In these few days, the celestial heavens won't mobilize their troops against Eternal Peace. The negotiation between the celestial heavens and Eternal Peace can also be delayed for a few more years."

"Your Majesty, you can't be too optimistic."

Eternal Peace Imperial Preceptor said, "Yu Chenzi brought people from Eternal Peace who are eloquent and good at stirring up trouble to negotiate with the celestial heavens. According to the original plan, they could delay it for a few years. However, now that Emperor Hao Tian has gotten rid of Celestial Venerable Huo, Grand Primordium doesn't dare to show their faces and fight with him for benefits. There's no need to talk about Ancestral God King, Celestial Venerable Xu, and the ancient god of taiji! Today, there's only one power in the celestial heavens, and that's Emperor Hao Tian! Yu Chenzi's strategy of stalling is probably useless."

Emperor Yanfeng frowned and said, "That's why Celestial Venerable Mu and Yuxiu abdicated. After the marriage, they let us go to the front desk, hoping to delay it for a few years."

Eternal Peace Imperial Preceptor nodded his head and said, "They went into seclusion after the marriage because they were pressured by Eternal Peace. It's been hard on Princess Xiu."

Emperor Yanfeng had a weird expression. "I feel that she's very happy. She's relaxed these few days and is very pleased with herself whenever she sees anyone… A grown woman can't be kept at home."