Jing Jian unconsciously recited the name silently, looking at the pair of phoenix eyes that had locked eyes with him behind the crowd of immortals. The arrogant and domineering cruelty gave off a familiar feeling as if he had seen it somewhere before.

He suppressed the suspicion inside. No wonder why the evil aura was so strong. So she was the Lord Feng Ran who had severely injured his elder brother, made his Heavenly Father furious, and even made the Three Realms create a kill order for? The rumors about the fire phoenix after ancient times were true.

But...he heard that she hadn't left Qingchi Palace in ten thousand years. Why would she come to Dong Hua's birthday banquet this time?

Jing Jian glanced at the anxious Zi Yuan, then at Feng Ran's leisure demeanor, and immediately understood that the domineering Lord Zi Yuan did not gain anything from Feng Ran and was now borrowing his power and prestige.

"Coming uninvited?" An icy voice entered everyone's ears. Feng Ran walked past the immortals, rolling up her sleeves, saying, "I don't know who is so bold and even dares to send Qingchi Palace an invitation in the name of Lord Dong Hua! As for you, Zi Yuan, you allowed your subordinates to break into Qingchi Palace...Don't think that I am unable to do anything about you when you have Jing Yang's support."

Zi Yuan was startled by the undisguised willingness of killing in Feng Ran's eyes. After he backed up behind Jing Jian, he snorted, trying to cover up, and stabilized his trembling hands.

Seeing that Zi Yuan had the intent to hide behind him, Jing Jian frowned. He had never liked high deities who bullied the weak but were afraid of the strong. If it wasn't because Zi Yuan had saved his elder brother's life, he would not have this relationship with this person.

But he didn't think that to give Lord Dong Hua a birthday gift on behalf of his elder brother, so many things would pop up.

Seeing Feng Ran glaring at him with squinting eyes and that this situation had now involved his elder brother's reputation, Jing Jian could only slightly raise his hand, and said to Feng Ran, smiling, "So it's Lord Feng Ran. You are just like what they say. This time, I am celebrating the birthday on behalf of my Heavenly Father. To be able to see High Lord is truly a lucky event. As for what Lord Zi Yuan has said, I think that there must be a misunderstanding..." Jing Jian looked over at Lord Dong Hua as he talked, a bit of suspicion in his expression.

Since one said "uninvited", and another said "the invitation is evidence", then it was naturally time for Master Dong to talk. It would take a quick glance to see who was right and who was wrong.

Zi Yuan stood behind Jing Jian, a little irritation flashing in his eyes. How could Second Highness say such soft words? It seemed like First Highness was right. Second Highness's personality was as soft as cotton.

Lord Dong Hua's expression hardened when he heard Zi Yuan's words. He was secretly angry at Zi Yuan's reluctance. Regardless of whether Feng Ran had an invitation or not, she was one of the strongest high lords. Now, she was also taking care of Qingchi Palace in God Gu Jun's place, so she had a special status and her willingness to come was already giving him great pride.

But she had only come out of seclusion in a cave a few days ago, so she naturally wouldn't know about these trivial matters. He could only wave to the disciple behind him, "Xian Zhu, tell me, what exactly happened?"

The first disciple had already been practicing for many years for the incoming Sky Tribulation, so the trivial matters of the immortal residence had always been taken care of by the second disciple, Xian Zhu.

"Second Highness, Lord Zi Yuan, I had already sent God Gu Jun's invitation to Qingchi Palace a month ago." An immortal lord in a Confucian robe walked out of the crowd and said to them after bowing to Jing Jian.

The immortals were shocked after hearing this. Qingchi Palace always followed God Gu Jun, so it was naturally more appropriate to send the invitation in the name of God Gu Jun.

Lord Dong Hua also breathed in relief, and announced, "I think Lord Zi Yuan has misunderstood. I originally wanted to ask Lord Feng Ran about her tricks to mastering martial arts and have made my decision a long time ago."

The immortals also found it funny to hear Lord Dong Hua's words of relief. In the world, no one did not know that Lord Feng Ran's good martial arts skills were learned by fighting the beasts in Yuanling Swamp. There was no use in discussing!

Jing Jian waved his waved, about to appease Zi Yuan with a few words to stop the matter, but he suddenly heard Zi Yuan's proud voice behind him, "LordFeng Ran, since you have come here with an invitation, then I have said the wrong words. I'll just apologize to you."

Jing Jian turned around and saw that although Zi Yuan was apologizing, a bit of delight appeared under Zi Yuan's eyes, and he felt that something was wrong and frowned. How much did this Zi Yuan want to mess up? For the old grievances of some trivial matters a few thousand years ago, would he really kill Lord Feng Ran, who was in charge of Qingchi Palace?"

Feng Ran snorted, not saying anything, meaning to save some face for Lord Dong Hua and just forget this matter. Seeing Zi Yuan apologize, the immortals finally sighed in relief, but they didn't think that this sigh would stop in midair and almost choke people to death.

"Since Lord Feng Ran has admitted that she came up to Da'Ze Mountain with an invitation, then...please come up with me to the Nine Heavens to ask for your punishment from the Heavenly Emperor, alright?" Zi Yuan said as he waved towards the Heavenly Palace.

The immortals froze, and even Feng Ran looked at Zi Yuan suspiciously, thinking if Zi Yuan was confused inside.

"My immortal friend Xiu Zhu also said it before. The invitation he sent was the invitation for God Gu Jun. I heard that no one has seen God Gu Jun in a long time, so I think that he does not know of you coming here with the invitation. It is a big crime to pretend to be a god. Lord Feng Ran, could it be that you do not know?"

Silence prevailed in the hall. There was still a difference between a high god and a high deity. Feng Ran was in charge of Qingchi Palace, but if she came here with God Gu Jun's invitation without permission, it would truly be...a crime in which she offended a god.

Lord Dong Hua sighed. He knew that Zi Yuan was not wrong, and for a moment, he did not know how to resolve this, so he could only say to Feng Ran, "Lord Feng Ran, if God Gu Jun really has an order, then it'll be okay if you tell us..."

Feng Ran squinted her eyes, looking at the proud Zi Yuan. She then looked at God Gu Jun, who had on a worried expression. She kept her mouth shut and said nothing.

She had always been upright and magnanimous, and she naturally would not use lies to deceive people, but if she used Hou Chi's name...Feng Ran looked towards Jing Jian, who was standing at the side. She quickly suppressed the thought, saying loudly, "I have nothing to say."

At most, she would be punished with the Thunder of the Nine Heavens and lose a few thousand years of cultivation. She had nothing to be afraid of!

Seeing Feng Ran directly confessing that she had not received an order from God Gu Jun, Zi Yuan's face was full of delight. He walked out from behind Jing Jian, waving his hand and saying rudely to Feng Ran, "Then, Lord Feng Ran, please take a walk with me. The Heavenly Emperor is benevolent, so he naturally will not make things hard for you, but...the honor of the God must be protected. The Thunder of the Nine Heavens can be bestowed for any sin. Lord Feng Ran, you must be prepared!"

The arrogant posture swept away his previous timidity and weakness. Several high lords in the hall snorted disdainfully. Zi Yuan ignored everything else and walked straight to Feng Ran with an arrogant expression.

Feng Ran squinted her eyes and looked at Zi Yuan, who was standing in front of her. She frowned, wanting to get rid of this annoying high deity.

"Feng Ran, this Da'Ze Mountain is too hard to climb. Since Dong Hua is willing to spend so much energy on a birthday banquet, it's strange that he didn't repair the stone steps."

The lazy complaining could be heard on the stone steps under the hall. The voice was not loud, but somehow, all the immortals could hear it clearly.

Feng Ran and Dong Hua were well-known high immortals in the Heavenly Realm. Even if one was the son of the Heavenly Emperor, he would have to call them "High Lord". Who was this person, someone who actually dared to use the two-word name, and was so impolite?

Thinking here and there, there was only one person in the Three Realms who had this privilege. The immortals looked at each other, locking eyes with each other. Their expressions were filled with absurdity. It was only a birthday banquet, and not only did High Deity Feng Ran, who had never come out of Qingchi Palace in ten thousand years, appear here but even...

The immortals took back their thoughts and all looked towards the source of the voice, the stone steps. Even Dong Hua and Jing Jian were not exceptions. Only Zi Yuan's expression changed slightly, as if he could not believe this, and turned his head with a green face.

Feng Ran retracted her foot, which was halfway in midair, and sighed, a smile flashing across her eyes. She forgot that she did not have enough immortal power to fly on a cloud and could only get up the immortal mountain by climbing the stone steps. And she was complaining audibly. This really...was so embarrassing!

At the top of the stone steps that stretched for thousands of kilometers/miles (doesn't matter). A turquoise figure came into the sight of the immortals, very slow and especially relaxed.

The quaint turquoise robe brushed across the ground, and the long hair that was held up with a hairpin silently hung down. The silver silk ribbon at the waist reflected the glimmer of light from the light source, and the ink-colored eyes seemed to be sandwiched in an ancient and quiet void.

The indescribable nobility and elegance could make people ignore her ordinary face. This girl gave off a feeling of ripping open time, like...as if she had stepped out of ancient times.

This was a posture they had never seen from the Heavenly Empress before.

The immortals looked at the girl who was walking towards them, so frozen that not even their eyes were moving. Even Feng Ran seemed to be shocked and raised her hand to point at Hou Chi, who was near her. She couldn't say anything when she opened her mouth.

Who could tell her, this person who was more female god than a female god...was the Hou Chi who was playing dumbly with her in the back pond?

In the crowd of shocked immortals, Lord Dong Hua came back to his senses the fastest. He walked two steps quickly, bowed her head, and respectfully said, "I am really startled that God Hou Chi has come to Da'ze Mountain."

The immortals were startled as well, and said in unison in Hou Chi's direction, "We welcome Goddess."

The organized voices sounded in the hall with a particularly eye-catching meaning of respect.

No matter how Hou Chi had obtained her god title, no matter how weak her spiritual powers were, her god nobility was accepted by the Three Realms. This point, for these tens of thousands of years, was something that no one could change.

But no one thought that the Goddess Hou Chi, whose god title came from the unreasonable God Gu Jun, with very shallow spiritual powers and could turn into ashes and disappear at any moment, had such an aura.

The delicate jade and the quiet and blooming world were not enough to describe even the slightest grace of this person.

In a flash, only three people were standing as straight as a pen in the hall. One was Feng Ran, whose eyes were wide open. One was Zi Yuan, who until now was still full of disbelief. The last one was...Jing Jian, with a complex expression and awkward face.

No matter how much they didn't care or often chose to forget the existence of a fourth high god in the Three Realms, Hou Chi was always a knot in the hearts of the brothers and sister.

But a son should not talk about his father's past...so what could he do?

Jing Jian never thought that he would encounter such a day, sighed softly, walked forward with quick steps, lowered his head, and said respectfully, "Jing Jian welcomes Goddess Hou Chi."

Hou Chi frowned and looked at him lightly, her expression not changing. She raised her head to look at the immortals in the hall and said to Dong Hua slowly, "High Lord Dong Hua..."

Dong Hua hurriedly walked forward a step and said, "Goddess, please inform me."

"These stone steps..."

"I will order the disciples to repair the stone steps tomorrow. Goddess, please rest assured."

Hou Chi replied with a satisfied "hm" and raised her hand, saying, "Everyone, do not mind the customs."

The immortals all stood up after they heard this and backed up a step together.

Zi Yuan finally reacted, and bowed in Hou Chi's direction, terrified, but he was pulled back by a force and could not move. He saw the barely visible smile under Hou Chi's eyes and didn't know what was going on. His heart beat loudly, and cold sweat started to appear on his forehead. He thought silently, "It is said that Goddess Hou Chi has shallow spiritual powers. Why did she seem so difficult?"

"This high lord is...?" Hou Chi pointed at Zi Yuan, the extremely small arc looking very lazy.

"Goddess, this is Lord Zi Yuan." A straight-mouthed immortal answered before Hou Chi could finish asking.

"Oh? So you are Zi Yuan. Just now, I heard on the stone steps that you wanted to blame Feng Ran. I have come here today without Lord Dong Hua's invitation and without my God father's permission. I don't know if Lord Zi Yuan will also bring me up to the Nine Heavens to admit my crimes to the Heavenly Emperor?"

Hou Chi said this lightly with a calm air.

"Goddess...I don't...don't dare." Zi Yuan stammered. Seeing that it was difficult to move, he couldn't help but look at Jing Jian for help.

Jing Jian sighed and shook his head at him.

"It's good that you don't dare. Feng Ran, come here."

Feng Ran heard Hou Chi calling her in a pretending manner, and lowered her eyes and walked towards her obediently. Her eyes drooped extremely low, which caused everyone to miss the smile suppressed under her eyes.

In a flash, Feng Ran walked behind Hou Chi.

"Lord Dong Hua, I won't enter your immortal residence." Hou Chi turned around and started walking towards the stone steps, saying as she walked, "When your stone steps are repaired next year, it won't be late for me to come to celebrate."

Lord Dong Hua replied cheerfully continuously. When they bowed to each other to signal farewell, the immortals noticed that Hou Chi had not stepped into the immortal residence at all and could not help but slap their tongues silently. The rules of the gods and goddess were truly abundant.

Everyone raised their eyes and glanced at Lord Zi Yuan, who was standing with cold sweat. He was thinking that he had escaped a tribulation, but he heard a cold and clear voice slowly sound from afar.

"I have always been fair with people, but since Lord Zi Yuan said that the dignity of a god is not to be offended, then I can't leave like this..." Hou Chi slightly turned her head and looked in Jing Jian's direction, her eyes blinking with light of unknown meaning. The soft ink-colored eyes became deep and strong in an instant, "Jing Jian, take Zi Yuan up to the Nine Heavens. Ask the Heavenly Emperor what punishment Zi Yuan will receive for his sin of offending a god, and he will make the decision."

There were hints of prestige and indifference in the voice, and it was completely different from Hou Chi's previous calm, cold and clear appearance. The immortals were startled and looked at Zi Yuan, who was standing as straight as a pen and saying nothing as he said "I will not survive for my sins" to himself silently.

Jing Jian, who was called, felt a strange feeling. He did not feel honored nor angry. He felt completely awkward, but he still replied to Hou Chi humbly, "I will definitely bring Zi Yuan up to the Nine Heavens and hand him over to my Heavenly Father for punishment. Goddess, please rest assured."

With a light reply, the seven-color auspicious cloud floated above the hall and immediately flew towards the higher clouds.

The immortals watched the turquoise figure disappear into the sky, and they all breathed a sigh of relief. Immortal Lord Xian Zhu walked behind Lord Dong Hua and said in a quiet voice, "Master, everyone says that Goddess Hou Chi has shallow spiritual powers. How could..."

Dong Hua knew what Xian Zhu wanted to ask. He waved his hand, some confusion appearing on his face as well. With his capabilities, he would naturally be able to tell that the spiritual powers on Hou Chi were not strong, but...that high level of prestige was truly in existence, and this was the reason why he had bowed in respect without hesitation.

He had only felt this kind of prestige in the Heavenly Emperor and God Gu Jun, and even the Heavenly Empress did not have it.

Could it be...Dong Hua suddenly froze and remembered the words that Lord Ling Juan had said on Kunlun Mountain. He let out a long sigh, his eyes filled with disbelief.

Did this little immortal lord really have the fate of a god? But...if she already had such a noble fate before she broke out, then in the future...

When Lord Dong Hua was slapping his tongue inside, another phoenix sound came from the sky. He raised his eyes and looked up at the sky, saying silently, "I am 78, 321 years old today. Could this birthday banquet not be so merciless!"