Chapter 521
How
He slowly stood up, carefully put away the Nine-Nine Soul-Scattering Gourd, took a step out of Wuzhuang Temple, and his figure disappeared from the spot.
The vast and boundless North Sea is shrouded in biting cold mist and surging waves year-round. This is the lair of the Kunpeng Ancestor.
Zhen Yuanzi arrived at the shore of the North Sea but did not immediately launch an attack.
He knew that Kunpeng's speed was unparalleled in the primordial world, and if he missed his first strike, capturing him again would be as difficult as ascending to heaven. Hatred did not cloud his judgment; instead, it made him even calmer and more terrifying.
He sat cross-legged atop a ten-thousand-year-old ice peak on the edge of the North Sea, like an old monk in deep meditation.
However, its divine sense was like the most precise carving knife, silently penetrating every inch of space, every stream of water, and every wisp of cold wind in the North Sea!
Runes, condensed from pure primordial energy and containing the fundamental laws of the earth, were silently imprinted by him with unparalleled magical power into the depths of the North Sea's seabed, beneath the ice, and in the void nodes!
These runes are interconnected, subtly conforming to the principles of the earth's veins, and are deeply hidden within the origin of the North Sea, like a lurking venomous snake, ready to strike but not yet released.
Zhen Yuanzi spent a full thousand years, working tirelessly, to transform the vast North Sea into an enormous runic cage!
A sealing formation constructed from the power of the earth's primordial chaos, specifically designed to counter the speed of the Kunpeng's feng shui!
A thousand years have passed in the blink of an eye.
When the last rune was quietly completed in the deepest trench of the North Sea, the entire sealing array covering hundreds of millions of miles was instantly activated!
An invisible, extremely heavy, primordial power spread out, and the originally surging waves of the North Sea seemed to be held down by an invisible giant hand, instantly becoming viscous and sluggish!
The howling wind in the sky seemed to be stuck in a swamp, and its speed suddenly dropped!
The entire space of Beihai seemed to be shackled by a heavy chain!
"Kunpeng! Come out and face your death!!!"
A roar filled with boundless grief and indignation and overwhelming killing intent suddenly exploded in the sky above Beihai like a thunderclap from the heavens!
Zhen Yuanzi appeared in the center of the North Sea, his feet treading on the void, his body surrounded by Xuanhuang Qi churning like a dragon, his robes fluttering, his beard and hair standing on end, like a vengeful god who had walked from the ages!
The anger that had been suppressed for a thousand years finally erupted at this moment!
Deep in the North Sea, a magnificent palace constructed from millennia-old ice suddenly exploded!
A black shadow carrying an overwhelming aura of ferocity soared into the sky; it was none other than the Kunpeng Ancestor!
His face was grim, and his eyes were filled with surprise and uncertainty. He was clearly alarmed by the sudden sealing power and Zhen Yuanzi's roar.
"Zhen Yuanzi?"
When Kunpeng saw who it was, he was first taken aback, then a mocking smile appeared on his lips.
"I wondered who was making such a fuss, but it turns out to be you, you good-natured old man! What's wrong? Why aren't you guarding your ginseng fruit tree? Why are you causing trouble in my North Sea? Could it be that the old ghost Hongyun died and you have nowhere to turn for help, so you've come here to vent your anger on me?"
He deliberately brought up Hongyun, his tone flippant, full of provocation and disdain.
He was confident in his unparalleled speed, and even though the space in the North Sea was somewhat sluggish, he was confident that he could easily get rid of Zhen Yuanzi.
Moreover, he has now obtained the Primordial Purple Qi and is at a crucial moment of enlightenment; how could he allow others to disturb him?
"Kunpeng!!"
Upon hearing the name "Hongyun," Zhen Yuanzi's eyes nearly burst with bloodlust, and his voice became hoarse with extreme anger.
"Stop playing the fool! In the Abyss of Fallen Souls, you forced my friend Hongyun to his death and seized his Primordial Purple Qi!"
This hatred is irreconcilable! Today, I, Zhen Yuanzi, will use this North Sea as my tomb and bury you here!
"Hahaha!"
Kunpeng laughed wildly, its laughter filled with mockery.
"Forced Hongyun to his death? To seize his purple aura? Zhen Yuanzi, don't make false accusations! That fool Hongyun brought death upon himself. He possessed a great treasure but didn't know how to restrain himself, which led to his own demise. What does it have to do with me?"
As for the Primordial Purple Qi… Hmph, that's unclaimed property; it belongs to the virtuous! I, having comprehended the Heavenly Dao, have obtained this opportunity; it is ordained by Heaven! If you have the ability, come and take it!
"You flatterer! Prepare to die!"
Zhen Yuanzi could no longer suppress the murderous intent in his chest. He roared and pressed his hands down sharply!
The entire Beihai seemed to be gripped tightly by an invisible giant hand!
The vast and boundless primordial energy rose from the seabed and instantly condensed into a primordial yellow divine mountain that was even larger than the stars!
Above the sacred mountain, the earth's veins coiled in the shape of dragons, and divine thunder roared from the Wutu! With a terrifying power that could suppress all heavens and crush all things, it crashed down on Kunpeng!
This was Zhen Yuanzi's furious strike, containing his life's cultivation and ultimate understanding of the earth's origin!
"Hmph! A mere trick!"
Kunpeng's eyes were filled with disdain, and its huge black wings suddenly flapped!
Space was violently distorted! Even with the sealing array suppressing it, Kunpeng's speed was still astonishing!
A blurry black shadow narrowly avoided the descending Xuanhuang Divine Mountain at the last second!
The Xuanhuang Divine Mountain crashed heavily onto the surface of the North Sea where Kunpeng had originally been!
An indescribable, terrifying power erupted!
Billions of tons of seawater were instantly evaporated and displaced!
The bottomless seabed is exposed! The hard rocks on the seabed are crushed into powder!
A massive vacuum zone, tens of thousands of miles in diameter, was instantly formed!
The violent shockwave, mixed with the primordial energy and the divine thunder of the Earth element, swept wildly in all directions!
"what--!"
"Help!"
"Grandmaster, spare my life!"
In the North Sea, countless aquatic creatures, whether powerful demon cultivators or weak fish and shrimp, were as fragile as ants in the face of the aftershocks of this cataclysmic event!
In an instant, billions of lives were blasted into blood mist by that terrifying power, leaving no trace of their bodies!
Those who were lucky enough to survive were also swept away by the shockwave and crashed into the invisible barrier, breaking bones and groans filling the air!
The entire North Sea was instantly transformed into a bloody inferno!
"Ancestor Kunpeng! Save us!"
"Great Immortal Zhenyuan! Spare us! We are innocent!"
"Please, please open the formation and let us out!"
The surviving creatures of the North Sea let out mournful and desperate cries and pleas for mercy, their voices converging into a sea of lamentation.
The Kunpeng hovered high in the sky, looking down at the scene below and at the people who were pleading with him for help. Instead of showing any pity, it revealed a sinister smile.
He looked up at Zhen Yuanzi, whose face had darkened further after his attack missed, his voice carrying a seductive and threatening tone:
"Zhen Yuanzi! Do you see this? This is the price you pay for your reckless actions! Hundreds of millions of lives have perished because of your single thought! Can you bear such a monstrous act of slaughter and the boundless karmic consequences? Heaven's will is clear, and there will surely be divine retribution!"
If you continue to be obstinate and forcibly seal off the North Sea, slaughtering the innocent, you will surely incur the wrath of Heaven, and be struck down with world-destroying divine lightning, annihilating you body and soul, never to be reborn! Quickly dismantle the great formation, and I might spare your life out of consideration for your arduous cultivation!
He attempted to use the lives of billions of people as bargaining chips, and threatened with the karmic consequences of Heaven and the world-destroying lightning, to force Zhen Yuanzi to submit.
However, what responded to him was Zhen Yuanzi's icy, blood-red eyes, and a resolute statement filled with endless sorrow and determination:
"Innocence? Cause and effect? Karma? Heavenly punishment?"
Zhen Yuanzi slowly shook his head, his voice hoarse, yet like eternal ice, freezing all other sounds:
"For Hongyun... even if it means bearing the karmic burdens of the entire primordial world, even if the Heavenly Dao unleashes a world-destroying divine punishment, annihilating my Zhen Yuanzi body and soul, condemning me to eternal damnation..."
He abruptly looked up, his gaze fixed on Kunpeng, each word spoken like a blood-soaked vow:
"I will spare no effort!"
Zhen Yuanzi's words, "I will spare no effort," shattered Kunpeng's last glimmer of hope!
He watched as the Book of Earth, radiating a profound and mysterious aura, suddenly unfolded in Zhen Yuanzi's hand, unleashing boundless brilliance that soared into the sky! "The Book of Earth! Zhen!"
Zhen Yuanzi's voice was hoarse, but it carried a resolute determination to perish together with his enemies!
The Book of Earth shone brightly, with countless illusory images of mountains and earth veins flowing across it. A vast expanse of primordial primordial energy burst forth, instantly transforming into an incredibly solid primordial yellow barrier that covered the entire North Sea!
This barrier is not defense, but a prison! A killing formation!
As soon as the barrier took shape, it began to shrink inward at a speed visible to the naked eye! Like a giant millstone that was constantly tightening!
Wherever it passed, space froze and the laws of nature collapsed!
The viscous waters of the North Sea, the floating icebergs, and even the billions of creatures struggling and wailing within them, were all silently reduced to dust under the crushing force of this mysterious barrier! Not even a trace of blood mist remained; they were utterly reduced to nothingness!
"No—! Zhen Yuanzi! You're insane!!"
As Kunpeng watched the rapidly shrinking and crushing Xuanhuang barrier, and felt the terrifying pressure that was enough to obliterate a Hunyuan Golden Immortal, an unprecedented fear instantly gripped his heart!
His speed, which he was so proud of, was suppressed like never before in this absolute cage constructed by the power of the earth's origin!
The barrier contracted even faster than he could escape at full speed! The aura of death had never been so clear!
"Primordial Purple Qi! Primordial Purple Qi is for you!!"
Kunpeng panicked completely. He screamed and a mysterious purple aura appeared in his hand, containing the aura of the origin of the Heavenly Dao. It was the Primordial Purple Aura that drove countless powerful beings in the prehistoric world crazy!
Without hesitation, he threw the purple aura towards Zhen Yuanzi.
"I'll give you the purple aura! Let me go!"
Let this matter rest! Otherwise, Heaven will not tolerate it!
He tried to use this treasure to save his life.
However, what responded to him was an even more intense and frenzied hatred in Zhen Yuanzi's eyes!
"How could a mere wisp of purple energy possibly withstand the fate of Hongyun?! Kunpeng! Today, you are doomed to die!!"
Zhen Yuanzi, acting like a madman, not only failed to catch the incoming Primordial Purple Qi, but instead frantically activated the Earth Book!
The shrinking Xuanhuang barrier suddenly accelerated! The terrifying crushing force caused Kunpeng's bones to groan under the unbearable pressure!
"You're insane! You're a madman!!"
Kunpeng roared in despair, desperately channeling its magic power, transforming into a streak of black light as it frantically fled within the rapidly shrinking cage, dodging the advancing Xuanhuang barrier.
The Primordial Purple Qi lost its target and hovered in the chaotic void of the North Sea, radiating an alluring light.
At this critical moment!
A sword cry that seemed to tear the heavens and earth apart resounded without warning throughout the North Sea!
Its sound was so sharp and its force so fierce that it instantly overwhelmed the roar of the Xuanhuang barrier contracting!
A pure and sharp cyan sword light appeared, traversing billions of miles of void from the direction of Kunlun Mountain, and arrived in an instant!
Wherever the sword light passed, space was easily sliced open, leaving behind dark cracks that could not heal for a long time!
The sword light was not aimed at the Kunpeng, nor at the Primordial Purple Qi, but at the rapidly shrinking Xuanhuang Barrier constructed from the power of the Earth Book's origin!
"break!"
A clear, aloof voice seemed to come from the heavens above!
Sizzle—!
Like a hot knife cutting through butter! The seemingly indestructible barrier of yellow and black was actually cleaved open by the cyan sword light, creating a massive gap that stretched for tens of thousands of miles!
The barrier's contraction halted instantly, and the dark yellow runes flowing on it flickered violently, clearly indicating that it had suffered a severe blow!
As the sword light dissipated, a solitary and proud figure, carrying a long sword and wearing a green robe that fluttered in the wind, stood in the void above the North Sea. It was none other than the Tongtian Sect Master!
His gaze swept across the scene below, finally settling on Zhen Yuanzi, who appeared to be insane, and his brows furrowed slightly.
“Fellow Daoist Zhenyuan, sacrificing the lives of millions for one person is not the right path! Kunpeng’s sins will be punished, why be so extreme?”
"Tiantian!"
When Zhen Yuanzi saw the barrier broken, he was both shocked and furious, and the bloodlust in his eyes intensified.
"This is my grudge against Kunpeng! What does it have to do with you?! Get out of here at once!!"
However, the commotion caused by the Heaven-Piercing Sword shattering the barrier of the Earth Book was simply too great! The aura of the Primordial Purple Qi was like a beacon in the darkness!
"Primordial Purple Qi!"
"In the North Sea!"
"Kunpeng has indeed obtained the purple aura!"
Powerful divine senses instantly locked onto the North Sea!
Immediately afterwards, figures exuding terrifying auras tore through space and descended upon the North Sea!
In the eastern sky, auspicious clouds stretch in all directions, and celestial music resounds!
The Eastern King Duke, dressed in imperial robes and holding a golden staff with a dragon head, led countless immortals, gods, and heavenly soldiers and generals from the Celestial Court in a grand procession!
His gaze was intense, and he immediately locked onto the primordial purple energy floating in the air!
"The purple aura is a gift from Heaven and should belong to the Celestial Court! Kunpeng, hand over the purple aura!"
The Eastern King's voice was authoritative, carrying an unquestionable tone of command.
Almost simultaneously, in the western sky, the sun's true fire scorched the heavens and boiled the seas! Di Jun, dressed in the Golden Crow Emperor's Robe, and Tai Yi, with the Chaos Bell hanging from his head, stood side by side, behind them a massive army of billions of demons, their demonic energy soaring into the sky and their banners obscuring the sun!
Di Jun's gaze was deep, while Tai Yi's eyes were filled with burning greed.
"The Primordial Purple Qi belongs to the virtuous! Kunpeng, your virtue is unworthy of your position. This creature should rightfully belong to my Demon Court!"
Taiyi's voice was loud and clear, and the Chaos Bell rang softly, reverberating through the void.
The earth trembled! A malevolent aura soared to the northern horizon! Several colossal figures, towering above the sky, descended from the heavens—the ancestral witches of the witch clan!
Behind them followed a large number of fierce-looking great shamans!
The Wu Clan does not cultivate the primordial spirit and therefore does not need the Primordial Purple Qi, but they will absolutely not allow the Demon Court to obtain this item!
"Di Jun! Tai Yi! Don't even think about touching the Purple Qi!"
This item shall be kept by my Wu tribe!
The voice of the leading ancestral witch was like thunder, full of domineering power and hostility.
In an instant, the three top powers of the prehistoric world—the Celestial Court, the Demon Court, and the Witch Clan—gathered on the North Sea!
Countless powerful rogue cultivators, drawn by the news, are hiding in the void, watching with predatory eyes!
The target is that primordial purple aura suspended in the chaotic energy!
Inside the Purple Cloud Palace, the indifferent gaze of Dao Ancestor Hongjun pierced through the void, taking in the chaos of the North Sea.
Seeing the three major forces arrive together, seeing Tongtian stop Zhen Yuanzi, and seeing the Primordial Purple Qi exposed to everyone's eyes, a faint smile appeared on his lips.
"Surrounded by wolves, each with their own ulterior motives... the situation is still under control." (End of Chapter)