Heavenly Song 4: A Bewitching Melody

The fourth in the Tian Ge series: When the Phoenix Flowers Bloom in Baili

A stunning and enchanting Imperial Venerable versus a naturally amorous saintess of the Sea-Heaven Realm, whose tears turn into pearls

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The Golden Abyssal Sacred Pearl, lost to the world for countless millennia, has appeared. The Sea-Heaven Waters are about to welcome their most noble and powerful Holy Lord.

When? Where? How will they appear?

No one knows.

He Gu, the most handsome Imperial Venerable in the Northern Ancient Heavens, couldn’t even be bothered to lift an eyelid at Cang Huang, the Divine Lord in charge who stood beside him and was talking. “What was that about a lord? Is he better-looking than me? Stronger than me? More impressive than me?”

“Impossible!”

Cang Huang: “Imperial Venerable, I think you should keep a low profile in the Sea-Heaven Waters from now on.”

He Gu’s eyelids lifted slightly. Looking utterly languid, he said, “Whatever makes you happy.”

Cang Huang: You, you, you! I’m talking about you, not me! I’ve always kept a low profile and done my work properly. I’ve never done anything out of line!

One: A fated meeting, though worlds apart:

He Gu: “Where did this ignorant thing come from? It says I’m merely passable-looking. Go back where you came from and get your eyes checked.”

He gave a light wave of his embroidered sleeve. A flash of golden light passed, and the world was at peace.

Afterward, Cang Huang, who learned the truth, was horrified. “Great Venerable Lord! The one you just wiped out was the newly descended Holy Lord of the Sea-Heaven Waters! You’ve made a feud with the entire realm of heaven and water that’s truly earth-shattering.”

Two: (Too many words. Please read the main text.)

Three: Though face to face, fate keeps our hands apart:

“Imperial Venerable He Gu, how much can you drink?”

He Gu: “A hundred jars of Yaoguang’s Drunkenness, or a thousand cups of Glazed Dream, or perhaps...”

“Or perhaps what?”

“Someone’s smile.”

Four: Won’t you give me one more chance?

Across the Four Seas, Six Paths, and Eight Wastelands, even in the distant Heaven Beyond Heaven, no one who has ever seen his true form has survived.

“The Buddha of the Northern Ancient Heavens appears, and the heavens fall silent.”

One day, an exception occurred.