Chapter 522
His soul was trembling
Hongjun silently recited in his heart, then closed his eyes again. Let these chess pieces fight, struggle, and exhaust themselves; in the end, everything will return to the Way of Heaven.
"Fellow Daoists! Kunpeng slaughtered his fellow Daoists and seized the Purple Qi, a crime deserving of death! However, this Purple Qi is a precious treasure of the Heavenly Dao, how can we allow it to fall into the hands of evil? We should join forces to break through this barrier, kill Kunpeng, and then discuss the ownership of the Purple Qi!"
Seeing the chaotic situation, Dongwanggong immediately made a loud appeal, attempting to seize the moral high ground and guide everyone to work together.
"The Eastern King is right! Let's break down the barrier first!"
Di Jun's eyes flashed, and he immediately echoed.
He needs to break this cage before the demon army can be put to use.
"break!"
Taiyi went even further, and the Chaos Bell trembled violently!
The terrifying bell waves, like a world-ending tidal wave, slammed into the Xuanhuang barrier, which had already been cleaved open by the Tongtian!
"break!"
The ancestral witch of the witch clan roared, and his enormous fist, carrying the power to tear through space, crashed down!
"break!"
Other powerful figures also made their moves, and the light of various supernatural powers and magical treasures illuminated the entire North Sea!
Based on the gap created by the cleavage through the heavens, the terrifying power of almost all the top experts present was gathered, forming the incomparably tough Xuanhuang barrier constructed from the origin of the "Book of Earth".
Finally, unable to bear the weight any longer, it let out a deafening wail and exploded with a deafening roar!
They transformed into countless dark yellow specks of light and vanished into the world!
The moment the barrier shattered, a look of wild joy burst forth from Kunpeng's eyes!
Escape! We must escape immediately! No matter how important the Primordial Purple Qi is, it's not as important as our lives!
With a sudden flap of his wings, he pushed his speed to its limit, transforming into a black streak that almost merged into the void, and fled madly towards the outside of the North Sea!
Once he escapes this area, with his speed, who in this vast world could catch him?
However, the instant he moved—
An indescribable, terrifying force of confinement, originating from the depths of his soul, like countless invisible shackles, instantly locked him firmly in place!
His speed, which he was so proud of, and his immense magical power, seemed to be completely frozen at this moment! He couldn't even move a single finger!
"This...this is...?!"
Kunpeng's eyes were filled with extreme fear and disbelief!
He struggled desperately, but it was all in vain, like a mosquito trapped in amber!
Just as his mind was shattered, a cold, hoarse voice, filled with endless hatred and determination, resounded deep within his soul:
"Kunpeng...do you think you can escape once you break through the barrier? I told you...today, you will die! No one can save you! This North Sea...will be your burial ground!"
None of this could shake his determination to kill Kunpeng!
"Red Cloud... my friend... today, I will offer this primordial world as a sacrifice to send you off!"
In Zhen Yuanzi's eyes, the last clarity was submerged in blood, replaced by a near-madness of resolute determination!
He suddenly roared to the sky, his voice like the howl of a dying beast!
An unimaginable, terrifying power originating from the very source of life erupted from his body! It was... the burning of his very essence!
He was burning his innate essence of Earth, his ancestor as an earth immortal, and his endless lifespan and life origin as a ruler of the world!
"Zhen Yuanzi! You're insane!!"
Kunpeng sensed the destructive aura that was enough to incinerate everything, and was so frightened that his soul almost left his body, and he screamed in terror!
However, what responded to him was Zhen Yuanzi's bloodshot eyes, which shone with a mad light!
He suddenly raised both hands to the sky!
"Summon! Nine Heavens Profound Yellow Divine Thunder!!!"
The entire primordial sky was instantly covered by endless dark yellow thunderclouds!
That was no ordinary thunder, but the most powerful and violent Xuanhuang divine thunder, containing the primordial will of the earth!
Ten thousand thick, mountain-like black and yellow thunder dragons tore through the sky, carrying the power to destroy the world, and poured down madly towards the North Sea!
Its target was not Kunpeng, nor any of the great powers present, but rather—the dimly lit Book of Earth that was floating in front of Zhen Yuanzi!
"Do not!!!"
Kunpeng seemed to realize something and let out a desperate wail!
Hundreds of millions of bolts of Xuanhuang divine lightning, like the most violent giant hammers, slammed into the Book of Earth without reservation!
The Book of Earth trembled violently, emitting a mournful cry of unbearable burden. Its light flickered erratically, as if it were about to collapse at any moment!
But Zhen Yuanzi didn't care at all!
He burned his primordial energy to fuel the magic power he channeled into the "Book of Earth"!
Despite being bombarded by billions of thunderbolts, the Book of Earth not only did not shatter, but instead burst forth with an unprecedented, heavy, and mysterious light that seemed to crush eternity!
The light grew brighter and brighter, more and more concentrated!
"Earth Book! Suppress! Create Heaven!!!"
Zhen Yuanzi let out a final, earth-shattering roar!
He pressed his hands down sharply!
The Book of Earth, which had withstood the bombardment of billions of thunderbolts and condensed boundless Xuanhuang power, transformed into an indescribable Xuanhuang pillar of light, like a giant axe that split the heavens and earth, and fiercely and decisively crashed into the deepest seabed of the North Sea!
It pierces straight into the core of the primordial earth veins!
A terrifying roar that defies description!
The entire primordial land trembled violently at this moment! No! Not trembled! It resonated! It cheered!
An unprecedented, pure, and extremely dark yellow radiance spread out instantly from the North Sea as its center!
Wherever this radiance passes, the entire primordial land, whether high mountains and plains, rivers, lakes and seas, or blessed lands, is covered by it!
A vast, ancient, profound, all-encompassing, and life-giving will, like a sleeping giant being awakened, descended with a thunderous roar!
The entire primordial world was bathed in endless divine light!
All living beings, regardless of their cultivation level, felt an irresistible urge to prostrate themselves in worship! It was as if the earth beneath their feet had come to life at that moment!
"I, Zhen Yuanzi, here today, with the *Book of Earth* as my guide and the primordial earth veins as my foundation, I will open up a sub-realm of the primordial world—the Earth Realm! The *Book of Earth* shall be the foundation of this realm's destiny, the source of all lands, and shall forever safeguard the destiny of the Earth Realm!!!"
Zhen Yuanzi's hoarse yet incredibly powerful voice, accompanied by the primordial divine light that covered the entire world, resounded in the hearts of every living being!
Open up the primordial lands! Suppress the destiny with the "Book of the Earth"!
In the primordial world, that vast and ancient primordial will manifested once more!
It "gazes" at the vast world prototype that is being conceived and formed in the depths of the North Sea, which was opened up by the Book of Earth and perfectly integrated with the primordial earth veins. A gentle yet grand thought spreads out - Grant!
Boom!
Having gained the final approval of the primordial will, the nascent form of the vast world nurtured deep within the North Sea's geological veins was completely stabilized and took shape!
A boundless and powerful force of the world surged back, transcending time and space, and crashed into Zhen Yuanzi's body!
"Ugh—!"
Zhen Yuanzi let out a roar that was a mixture of pain and pleasure!
His aura, which had been weakened by burning his source energy, surged wildly like a withered tree coming back to life!
Quasi-Saint, Third Heaven! Fourth Heaven! Fifth Heaven! Sixth Heaven! Seventh Heaven!
The power of creation gave way to the world! The vast power of the world forcefully pushed his cultivation level, which was originally only at the second level of Quasi-Saint, to the terrifying height of the seventh level of Quasi-Saint!
Moreover, its foundation is extremely solid, without any sense of being unstable!
However, this is not the end!
Zhen Yuanzi's eyes were filled with madness and determination!
He suddenly opened his arms wide, as if to embrace the whole world!
"Boundary! Merge!!!"
The vast and boundless land, which had just been successfully opened up and was located deep in the core of the primordial earth veins, seemed to be summoned by an emperor and suddenly trembled!
It then transformed into a dark yellow torrent that stretched across the heavens and earth, overcoming the barriers of space and instantly entering Zhen Yuanzi's body!
Zhen Yuanzi's body trembled violently, and he suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood containing the essence of Xuanhuang! The process of merging a world into one's body is extremely dangerous; the slightest mistake could lead to death and the annihilation of one's Dao!
But with an overwhelming obsession to avenge his friend, he managed to withstand the terrifying impact that was enough to tear apart a Primordial Golden Immortal!
When the final source of the earth merged into his body, Zhen Yuanzi's body erupted with an unprecedentedly brilliant and mysterious divine light!
His aura surged wildly once more! Quasi-Saint Eighth Heaven! Ninth Heaven!
In the end, he steadily reached the peak of the ninth level of Quasi-Saint!
He was only one step away from the legendary realm of the Primordial Golden Immortal (Saint)!
A terrifying pressure, vast and boundless, seemingly bearing the weight of the entire primordial land, emanated from him and enveloped the entire North Sea!
At this moment, he was no longer the ancestor of earth immortals, but—the lord of the earth!
He is a realm lord who has merged with a vast world and walks through the primordial wilderness!
Its combat power has already reached the pinnacle below that of Saints and Primordial Golden Immortals!
The North Sea was utterly silent!
All the powerful beings, whether it was the Eastern King Duke of the Celestial Court, Di Jun and Tai Yi of the Demon Court, the Ancestral Witch of the Witch Clan, or those hidden rogue cultivators, all had their expressions change drastically at this moment, their eyes filled with disbelief, horror, and undisguised jealousy!
"Quasi-Saint...Nine Heavens?!"
"Breaking through seven levels of heaven?! This... how is this possible?!"
"He actually succeeded in merging the worlds?!"
"This Zhen Yuanzi... has gone mad! But... he's terrifying!"
They witnessed firsthand Zhen Yuanzi's incredible ascent from the second level of Quasi-Saint to the peak of the ninth level of Quasi-Saint!
This speed is even more outrageous than that of the previous Tongtian Cult Leader!
This strength surpasses that of all the powerful figures present!
Even Taiyi, who was holding the Chaos Bell, felt unprecedented pressure at this moment!
Kunpeng was completely dumbfounded!
He stared blankly at Zhen Yuanzi, who stood in the void, emanating a terrifying aura that made his soul tremble. His mind went completely blank!
Fear, despair, regret... all sorts of emotions gnawed at his heart!
His speed, which he was so proud of, seemed so ridiculous in the face of absolute power!
All his calculations and reliance vanished in an instant!
Only the Tongtian Sect Leader, looking at Zhen Yuanzi with his overwhelming aura, showed little surprise, but rather a sense of solemnity and understanding.
He muttered to himself.
"As expected... Burning one's origin, forcibly creating a world, and then merging with it... This path is extremely dangerous, almost certain to lead to certain death... Fellow Daoist Zhenyuan, has your hatred reached this level..."
Those primordial creatures who had previously secretly mocked Zhen Yuanzi for overestimating himself and going mad over a dead man were now pale with fright and trembling all over!
Looking at Zhen Yuanzi, they were filled with nothing but endless awe and fear!
This isn't just overestimating oneself; this is clearly... a terrifying god of death, ignited by hatred, capable of shaking the very foundations of the primordial world!
Above the North Sea, the Xuanhuang divine light gradually receded, but the heavy, suffocating pressure still weighed on the nerves of every living being.
Zhen Yuanzi slowly raised his hand, wiping away the golden bloodstains (blood of the Xuanhuang Origin) remaining at the corner of his mouth. His eyes, burning with blood-red flames, were like two cold blood moons, slowly turning towards Kunpeng, who was imprisoned in place and whose face was ashen.
His voice, hoarse and cold, like a pronouncement from the deepest hell, echoed throughout the deathly silent North Sea:
"Kunpeng...it's time to set off."
As Zhen Yuanzi's icy, deathly voice, as cold as the ice of the deepest hell, fell, the North Sea fell into a deathly silence, like a frozen void.
The terrifying pressure emanating from him, the peak of the ninth level of the Quasi-Saint realm, was like a tangible Xuanhuang Divine Mountain, weighing heavily on the hearts of every living being.
That vast power, which merged with the very essence of the earth, brought his aura to an immeasurable level, bringing him infinitely close to the legendary threshold of sainthood!
"No...no!!"
The Kunpeng let out a desperate roar, struggling desperately to break free from the invisible confinement.
However, in the face of Zhen Yuanzi, who had merged with the earth, his speed and strength, which he was so proud of, were as fragile as ants.
Zhen Yuanzi remained expressionless, simply raising his right hand slowly.
As he moved, the Xuanhuang divine light covering the entire North Sea suddenly contracted and condensed!
It was no longer the barrier formed by the previous "Book of Earth," but a purer, more condensed, and more profound radiance of primordial yellow light, derived from the resonance between his own origin of the earth and the primordial earth veins!
The flowing light instantly transformed into a dark yellow sphere with a diameter of only ten thousand feet, imprisoning the Kunpeng within it!
Above the light sphere barrier, countless phantom images of mountains and earth veins flowed, and the Earth God Thunder roared, emitting a destructive aura powerful enough to obliterate a Primordial Golden Immortal!
"Zhen Yuanzi! How dare you!!"
"stop!!"
"Fellow Daoist Kunpeng!!"
The expressions of the powerful figures present, including the Eastern King Duke, Di Jun, Tai Yi, and the Ancestral Witch of the Witch Clan, changed drastically, and they all shouted out in anger!
The Primordial Purple Qi is still on Kunpeng (at least that's what they think), how could they allow Zhen Yuanzi to kill him?
Moreover, the power that Zhen Yuanzi was displaying at this moment had already made them feel a strong threat!
Without any hesitation, several terrifying attacks, each capable of destroying the heavens and the earth, were launched almost simultaneously at the Xuanhuang light sphere that imprisoned the Kunpeng!
The Eastern King Duke's dragon-headed golden staff transformed into a ten-thousand-foot-long golden dragon, Di Jun's true solar fire scorched the sky and boiled the sea, Taiyi's Chaos Bell shook space and time, and the giant fist of the Wu Clan's Ancestral Witch tore through the void... The energy of the entire North Sea was instantly ignited, and a violent surge of laws swept in all directions!
however!
The seemingly fragile sphere of light, after withstanding the combined attack of so many top-tier experts, only shook violently a few times, with ripples spreading across its surface, yet... it remained completely intact!
Not even a crack appeared!
"what?!"
"This is impossible!"
"How could his barrier be so sturdy?!"
All the powerful figures who made the move were stunned!
Their combined attack was enough to severely injure or even kill an ordinary peak Quasi-Saint!
But this sphere of light actually withstood it! Zhen Yuanzi, who had merged with the earthly realm, had reached an unbelievable level of defensive power!
Inside the sphere of light, Kunpeng watched the futile attacks outside, his last hope extinguished, leaving only endless fear and despair.
He could clearly feel the terrifying pressure emanating from the light sphere barrier, a pressure powerful enough to crush his very soul, constantly increasing!
At this critical moment!
From the direction of Zixiao Palace, a vast and boundless pressure from the Heavenly Dao, surpassing all things, suddenly descended!
Time and space in the entire Beihai seemed to be frozen!
A detached, authoritative, and utterly emotionless voice, like a divine decree, resounded deep within the souls of every living being:
"Zhen Yuanzi, stop!" (End of Chapter)