History's Number 1 Founder

by Stayrr

He time-traveled and got a system but Lin Feng’s pressure is as big as a mountain. System main quest: Ling Feng creates a school, establishing history’s number 1 sect, Ling Feng himself becoming the number 1 founder. And so to become history’s number 1 founder Lin Feng started to work hard. “Your name is Shi Tianhao? Natural born supreme king but it was stolen by your cousin. No

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Chapter 756: Entering the Projection

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In the void above Mount Kunlun, at the peak of Mount Yujing, Lin Feng sat cross-legged on the crown of the Black Heavenly Treasure Tree. He looked at a hovering spot of light in front of him and smiled: "While the Three Mountains of the Ying Sea revealed themselves more than a year earlier than I had expected, it is alright."

He rose to his feet and with a slight tremor, Mount Yujing started moving across the void towards the East Sea.

Meanwhile in the Ying Sea, Lin Feng's Steel Tree Avatar, following the path indicated by the Green Glass Jade Stand, brought Zhu Yi and all to find Yingzhou Celestial Mountain.

As they traveled, the group interrogated their captives. Neither the You Heaven Robe nor its previous owner, Yi Cangchen, dared to hide the truth, telling the group everything they knew.

Even though Lin Feng did not know the art of making Unholy Marionettes with River Styx Primordial Water nor did he have the Heavenly Gods-Sealing Banner with him, he still possessed the means to get the truth out of them.

"From my knowledge, when Heaven's Gate sect fell in the past, tribulation befell the Nine Treasures of the Heavenly Gate. All nine magic treasures except the Cang Heaven Spell Blade of the East and the Zhu Heaven Pagoda of the South-West sustained severe damages. The Min Heaven Banner of the North-East, the You Heaven Robe of the North-West, the Yuan Heaven Emerald Needle of the West and the Yan Heaven Crucible of the South were completely destroyed." Lin Feng asked: "How many magic treasures have the East Heaven's Gate collected?"

Trapped under Zhu Yi's Great Boundaries of the Celestial Light and Darkness Mandala, Yi Cangchen is fully aware that if he decides to hide or distort the truth he will immediately perish from the simulated Destruction of Heaven and Earth by the Mandala.

In fact, Yi Cangchen is not a reckless person. He spoke ill of Meng Bingyun deliberately to enrage Zhu Yi so that Zhu Yi will stop and attack him. This way, he figured, as long as he can defend one wave of Zhu Yi's assault he would have bought enough time for Shao Qingcheng and his men to catch up with them, leaving Zhu Yi with no way of escape.

Unfortunately for him, Lin Feng arrived before Shao Qingcheng and Zhu Yi turned out a lot stronger than he had expected.

"I have to save my life first before I can figure out a way to escape, and only after freeing myself will it be practical to think of revenge and the like." After calm considerations, Yi Cangchen replied truthfully: "The East Heaven's Gate had acquired the Xuan Heaven Seal of the North, Zhu Heaven Pagoda of the South-West, and…"

He looked at Zhu Yi: "… the Yang Heaven Lamp of the South-East."

"Moreover, the Yuan Heaven Emerald Needle of the West was not completely destroyed: its treasure spirit had perished, leaving but an empty shell behind, which we have acquired as well. After restoration, the treasure spirit had been reborn and is now in the Gestation Realm."

"While the You Heaven Robe of the North-West and the Yan Heaven Crucible of the South had indeed been destroyed, Elders from our sect reforged them using ancient techniques, obtaining two magical treasures of the Gestation Realm, one of which is my You Heaven Robe.

As he spoke, Yi Cangchen felt like vomiting blood. He was a rising star within East Heaven's Gate that people looked highly upon, which was why the sect gave him a magic treasure to protect himself from harm for his trip to the Ying Sea despite being only at the Advanced Nascent Soul Stage. While the You Heaven Robe is not a Primordial magic treasure like Shao Qingcheng's Yang Heaven Lamp, it is nevertheless powerful.

By right, with his level of mastery and the You Heaven Robe, he would even be able to defeat some Cultivators of the Immortal Stage or at least escape from them safely. Who would expect him to face the combined power of Zhu Yi and the Supreme Holy Ancient Apparel that instantly breached his defense and then captured him? Even the You Heaven Robe had been taken away from him.

Lin Feng nods: "So, the Zhu Heaven Pagoda is in the hands of your sect as well?"

Yi Cangchen replied: "Yes, the East Heaven's Gate Sect resides in its Alternate World."

The Zhu Heaven Pagoda was a magic treasure of the Metaplasia Realm which, similar to the Hidden Dragon Teapot and the Immortal Royal Flag, spawns an Alternate World within it. It is capable of absorbing energy from the moon and the stars and is one of the few magic treasures among the Nine Treasures of the Heavenly Gate untouched by the tribulation.

Had the Heaven's Gate not fallen at the end of the Primordial Era but survived until today, this magic treasure could very likely have advanced into the Mahayana Realm.

What caught Liu Feng and Zhu Yi's attention was that the magic treasure is capable of hiding inside the void, making it next to impossible for outsiders to find it. This was why the East Heaven's Gate highly valued the acquisition of this magic treasure and used it as a base for the sect. Thanks to the Zhu Heaven Pagoda, the East Heaven's Gate was able to maintain a low profile and rarely could anyone gather more information about the sect.

To a certain extent the Zhu Heaven Pagoda, which the East Heaven's Gate currently resides in, is similar to Lin Feng's Mount Yujing. Nevertheless, the Zhu Heaven Pagoda is inferior to Mount Yujing given that it is unable to traverse the void easily, making it much more predictable. Wherever the Zhu Heaven Pagoda hides inside the void, it reappears at the same place.

"The Xuan Heaven Seal is held by my master, the leader of our sect, Holy Man Shao Dongtian." Yi Cangchen continues, "But the Xuan Heaven Seal was badly damaged by the tribulation as well and it fell from the Mahayana Realm to the Metaplasia Realm."

"Our Sect has devoted a large proportion of our efforts to restoring this magic treasure, but owing to the severity of its damages, we could not restore it to the Mahayana Realm even till now."

Zhu Yi and Li Yuanfang looked at each other and shook their heads. Jieyu and Baiguang, the dragon couple who hailed from the Dragon Roost of the Great Void Sect, could not help but sigh.

Aside from the Great Heavenly Wheels, the magic treasure of the Destiny Realm that is capable of suppressing the Heavens, and the Nine Heavenly Swords that only existed on paper, the Heaven's Gate of the past had five magic treasures of the Mahayana Realm: the Heavenly Imperial Jade, the Cang Heaven Spell Blade, the Xuan Heaven Seal, the Yuan Heaven Emerald Needle and the Yan Heaven Crucible. These five treasures of the Mahayana Realm alone are equal to five Immortal Soul Stage Level three cultivators, let alone the numerous high leveled cultivators from within the Heaven's Gate sect itself.

In the Primordial Era, when Heaven's Gate was at the peak of its glory, the sect was unquestionably immensely powerful, an equal to the Great Void Sect at that time.

Lin Feng asked another question: "So your sect had reforged the Yan Heaven Crucible as well? How powerful is it compared to the Yan Heaven Crucible of the past?"

While the strongest of the Nine Treasures of the Heavenly Gate was undoubtedly the Heavenly Imperial Jade, but to Lin Feng, the Yan Heaven Crucible is even more valuable.

From the perspective of people like Lin Feng, Yan Nanlai, Xin Longsheng, Liang Pan and Shi Yu, the Yan Heaven Crucible ought to be ranked first among the Nine Treasures of the Heavenly Gate.

In a way, one could even see the Yan Heaven Crucible as a magic treasure of equal value to the Great Heavenly Wheels, and the combined power of both magic treasures led to the glorious albeit short-lived prime of the Heaven's Gate Sect.

If the Heaven's Gate had not been destroyed in the Primordial Era, the sect would only grow stronger as time passes. This is because the Yan Heaven Crucible is one of the strongest magic treasures for the cultivation of elixirs and medicine in the human history of the Divine Lands, second only to the Crucible of the Divine Lands, the magic treasure of Destiny Realm owned by Emperor Xia.

When the Heaven's Gate was at its prime, the Yan Heaven Crucible was able to churn out astronomical amounts of elixirs in a day. A diverse range of powerful elixirs had been endlessly produced and provided to disciples of Heaven's Gate to supplement their own cultivation.

While massive amounts of resources may not be sufficient to produce master cultivators, it is able to produce many adept cultivators. As the number of cultivators grew, the chance of producing master cultivators increases as well.

Of course, the cultivators themselves must possess a strong spiritual resolve as well. This is why Lin Feng was able to use copious amount of resources to help Wang Lin build a top-tier Spiritual Altar when Wang Lin was at the Foundation Establishment Stage. With the Cloud Forest Tree to supply Xiao Yan, Zhu Yi and all during their cultivation, they too can progress swiftly and not be bogged down by resource constraints.

Yi Cangchen says: "While the reforged Yan Heaven Crucible has similar effects, it is only of Metaplasia Realm and incomparable to the Mahayana Realm magic treasure it was in the past."

He paused slightly and added: "The Yan Heaven Crucible is even weaker than historical records of the Yan Heaven Crucible of the past when it was at the Metaplasia Realm."

Zhu Yi replied dismissively: "Even so, the Yan Heaven Crucible is pretty remarkable."

They knew from the earlier encounter that there are four cultivators of the Immortal Soul Stage within the East Heaven's Gate, including Shao Qingcheng whom they have just encountered. Among the four, Shao Dongtian, Yi Cangchen's master and Shao Qingcheng's father just reached the Immortal Soul Third Level not long ago. Overall the East Heaven's Gate is stronger than many sects in the Divine Lands, and it must have taken lots of resolve to maintain a low profile until now.

After binding the Yang Heaven Lamp, the You Heaven Robe and Yi Cangchen securely, the group pressed on.

Zhu Yi suddenly remembered: "Master, when we first entered the Ying Seas, Mr. Miao left us after telling us that we should go our separate ways without leaving a voice-projection crystal behind. When Sixth Junior reminded him, he just walked off as if he never heard us. Now that we have news of the Yingzhou Celestial Mountains we could not reach him via any means."

Lin Feng said: "Let him go his own way. He was looking for the Semi-round Jade Disc which I heard was exclusive to the Yingzhou Celestial Mountains. Once he receives news of the Celestial Mountains, he will go and seek it out himself. Even if he fails, you can help him keep an eye out for the Semi-round Jade Disc if you can ascend the Celestial Mountain."

Zhu Yi and Li Yuanfang nodded in agreement.

The path indicated by the Green Glass Jade Stand came to an end, but the Celestial Mountain is nowhere in sight. Everything remained shrouded in a thick fog.

But the group knew that the path is right. They could clearly sense a large number of projections, more than any other areas in the Ying Sea that were at the same time more powerful and discrete. While the group had sensed many projections, there is little doubt that many more projections remained undetected.

Lin Feng, moreover, possessed a more reliable evidence compared to the group's speculations. His Heavenly Oyster's Golden Pearl started flashing a purple light.

The flash of light had a similar intensity compared to the time when they approached the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain. Lin Feng mused: "The flash is not as intense as the first time. It seems like the first time it flashed I must have unknowingly came very close to the hidden Penglai Celestial Mountain."

"The Royal Hades Region must have a shared connection with Penglai Celestial Mountain. The Heavenly Oyster's Golden Pearl reacted when it approached Fangzhang and Yingzhou Celestial Mountain well, which should be due to the shared properties of the three Mountains of the Ying Sea."

After carefully surveying the area, Liu Feng's expressions turned more serious.

Zhu Yi, who stood beside him, wore the same expression. He looked at Liu Feng: "Master, it seems that the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain has been enveloped by an enormous projection. We need to enter the projection and only after we break the projection from within can we finally reach Yingzhou Celestial Mountain."

Lin Feng nodded in agreement: "Yes that's right. Let's go." He walked towards the projection.

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Chapter 757: The Albatross Around Lin Feng's Neck

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Lin Feng flew up from Jieyu's back and started hovering in mid-air. He looked left and right before reaching out to touch the seemingly empty void in front of him.

In the next moment, a stream of wave-like light circles expanded outwards from the center of Lin Feng's palm.

A giant sphere of light appeared in front of Lin Feng following the expansion of the light circles. The volume of this sphere was immense, and looked like a tiny star when one was in close contact with it.

Lin Feng laughed and said, "Alright, let's go in."

Zhu Yi, Li Yuanfang, Jieyu and Baiguang nodded their hands and followed behind Lin Feng into the sphere of light.

This sphere of light was a gargantuan spatial illusion. As Lin Feng entered the sphere, he turned around and suddenly realized that Zhu Yi and the others were nowhere to be seen.

"Fine. Let me see what's so special and mystical about your spatial illusion." Lin Feng placed his hands behind his back and sauntered forward.

Everything in front of him was a patch of blinding white light and nothing could be seen. Lin Feng was not worried as he strolled forward step by step.

All of a sudden, the white light began to dissipate and a human figure appeared in the middle of It and walked up to Lin Feng – it was Yang Qing, who was originally in Xiao Yan's company.

Yang Qing seemed a little anxious as he greeted Lin Feng. "Master, it doesn't seem like I'll get any better… What should I do?"

Lin Feng watched Yang Qing in silence for a long while.

Yang Qing became even more jittery at Lin Feng's response – or rather, his lack of it. A look of guilt and remorse came over him as he lowered his head to avoid Lin Feng's gaze.

"Is this a projection of the hidden worries in my heart?" Lin Feng shook his head faintly and laughed as he muttered under his breath. "This illusion is interesting."

Lin Feng completely ignored Yang Qing in front of him and looked up to survey his surroundings. "If I wallow in my own worries and am unable to correct my mentality and rediscover my motivations, then I may be stuck inside forever. This illusion is going to start corrupting and eroding my soul as well, to the point where my soul is eventually destroyed."

"Heh, interesting." Lin Feng turned back towards Yang Qing.

Yang Qing just looked so lost, as if he was about to collapse completely.

This was not because Lin Feng was worried that Yang Qing was lagging behind and he would never display the same amount of talent and success as his other disciples, and neither was it because Lin Feng despised Yang Qing. What Lin Feng was truly worried about was that if Yang Qing remained in his prolonged state of equivocal noncommitment and uncertainty of mind, he could eventually destroy himself.

Yang Qing was about to experience the same awkwardness when Wang Lin first became Lin Feng's disciple all those years ago. Every single one of his seniors and juniors were already making a name for themselves out there – everyone but him. He was the only one that was the 'ordinary' one, and it felt as if Yang Qing was blemishing his master's name and only dragging on his coattails.

Wang Lin resisted such pressure with raw willpower and resilience and eventually caught up with the others in some sense. However, the mantle was now passed to Yang Qing. If this continued for too long, it was hard to say whether or not Yang Qing would eventually attain success himself.

In truth, even though Yang Qing could not be said to be extraordinarily resilient, he was already a lot better than his younger self.

From Lin Feng's perspective, if he ended up in the same spot as Wang Lin all those years ago, he was not a hundred percent confident that Yang Qing could make it out alive.

It was this deep concern that caused this projection to appear in front of Lin Feng at this very moment.

"Looks like it's time I let you out into the world to experience the rains and storms. You will never find your own path if I'm always protecting you." Lin Feng did not refer to him as his disciple – he was not even looking at the Yang Qing in front of him as he spoke.

His gaze was cast over Yang Qing's shoulder towards the far horizon and it seemed as if he was talking to himself.

Yang Qing lowered his head even more as he heard Lin Feng's words. "Then… Then what if I run into some great trouble outside and suffer a psychological trauma that I can't recover from? What if I die? I will be lost forever…"

This was not a true reflection of Yang Qing's mentality, but simply another projection of Lin Feng's anxiety.

"Only this way will you grow up, mature and become truly great. Only this way will you experience the most exciting moments of your life. This is my real role as your master, instead of protecting you like a little bird. I don't want to end up domesticating you – I don't want to see the eagle become a chicken that can't soar through the skies."

"Death and psychological trauma are real possibilities. But nothing in this world is free and you can't get anything without putting in effort. If you want to achieve success, then you must have the courage to experience risk and take failure in your stride. The only thing you can do is maximize your chances of success one way or another."

Lin Feng continued softly, "I leave it up to you to choose. I trust you won't disappoint me."

Yang Qing finally raised his head looked Lin Feng in the eye with a warm smile on his face. "Yes, master."

Before his voice dropped, the figure before Lin Feng vanished into thin air.

Lin Feng was still expressionless as he continued forward. Not before long, another figure appeared in front of him – it was Zhu Yi, who was just with him not too long ago.

Zhu Yi wore a serious expression as he greeted Lin Feng just like Yang Qing did. "Master, I think you're showing favoritism towards some disciples."

"Oh, why do you say that?" Lin Feng responded with a question as Zhu Yi quickly answered, "When Third Junior was in the Qi cultivation and later on in the foundation establishment stage, you did everything you could to help him. You tried your best to find resources for his ascension and you were extremely attentive towards his state of mind and his direction. You gave him advice every so often to reduce the burden on his shoulders."

"Everybody says that Third Junior is a clear example of your misjudgment in choosing disciples – but you're always protecting him, egging him on."

Lin Feng's expression was still plain and calm. "Anything else?"

Zhu Yi continued his rambling. "Before First Senior formed the nascent soul, you worked extremely hard as well. You personally helped him master the technique of fusing five different primordial fires together, and you even protected him in the process. This made him extraordinarily powerful after successfully forming the nascent soul."

Lin Feng repeated the same question as before. "Anything else?"

Zhu Yi was not about to stop as he nodded his head. "As for Little Junior, perhaps it's because he joined you when he was just a little boy and you watched him grow up. Perhaps it's because you made him into the man he is today. You are as much a father to him as you are his master, and even his own parents have never put in the same blood and sweat on him as you have."

"During his tribulations of the Yin Wind, you expended so much energy and material resources to plug the innate gap in his nine-holed aurous core. It's comparable to the effort you gave for Third Junior during his foundation establishment stage. You even resisted the number one holy ground in the Divine Lands – the Great Void Sect – and repelled them forcefully to seek justice for Little Junior."

"Everybody in the Divine Lands thought you were crazy and you had no idea what you're doing. You were willing to antagonize the Great Void Sect for such a young disciple."

Zhu Yi stared right into Lin Feng's eyes. "Of the four disciples that you are closest to, I am the only one that you have been relatively relaxed towards. Besides the time when I was forming the Crucible and I lacked the balance between light and darkness, you brought me to the Spiritual Conference of Hanhai to obtain the Mantra of Light, you haven't accorded me any special attention and care like you have towards the others."

Lin Feng met Zhu Yi's gaze and started to laugh.

This was obviously another projection of his own deep-seated worries – he was worried that Zhu Yi would be distanced from him and their master-disciple relationship would erode.

This was nothing too embarrassing or unnatural. It was a typical representation of the relationships people had with one another. There would come a time when somebody would become a little more sensitive which would give rise to the possibility of the fear of loss amongst other sources of emotional anxieties.

This had nothing to do with the level of mastery or with one's resilience and willpower. This was something that normal people would eventually experience on an emotional level.

Lin Feng smiled at Zhu Yi and shot back another question. "Have you ever had any great trouble that required my help besides the time you needed help with forming the Crucible?"

Zhu Yi shook his head. "No."

Lin Feng laughed heartily and said, "That's it. Everything you've been doing has been near-perfect. Why are you making so much noise for nothing?"

"You are the disciple that I've worried the least for. Besides doing what masters should do, I will not interfere and give you additional trouble."

"Think about it. If you've been doing everything right, and there's somebody whispering into your ear like an annoying fly and nagging at you non-stop –'You should be doing it like this,'– won't you lose your patience? Won't you want this person gone from your life?"

Zhu Yi nodded his head in acknowledgement. "Of course – bless my ears."

Lin Feng placed his palms together and laughed again. "That's the way. I don't wish to be someone like that."

Lin Feng retracted his jovial mood immediately afterwards as his face turned solemn. "When you run into trouble or something that you can't handle by yourself like Xiao Yan, Wang Lin and Xiao Budian have, I will not sit by and do nothing. I will try my best to help you resolve your conundrums."

He stared into Zhu Yi's eyes and said slowly, "I sincerely believe that you will understand my intentions and understand what I am doing."

Zhu Yi finally let go of his tense expression and smiled warmly. "Yes, master."

As he watched Zhu Yi's figure disappear from sight, Lin Feng shook his head once again and chuckled to himself. This spatial illusion was a chance to mow the lawn in the deepest recesses of his mind and face his deepest fears and sources of anxieties.

Some of these hidden worries were actually quite trivial. They were like one's subconsciousness – typically, one would just avoid them without thinking rationally about them.

They were like little parasites that bugged Lin Feng's deep consciousness. Inside the spatial illusion, Lin Feng found the opportunity to draw out these little parasites one by one. Ultimately, this was a formless improvement towards his path of cultivation and his mentality.

The people that he met one after another inside the illusions were all projections of his deep-seated worries and anxieties.

He even saw the Virtuous Zen Master. The Zen Master talked about the spectacular rise of the early days of the Great Thunderclap Temple, but after the Ten Great Disciples of the Buddha, the age of the Buddhist cultivators entered a state of decline and decadence. How could the Celestial Sect of Wonders avoid the very same fate?

Besides Lin Feng, the first generation of disciples from the Celestial Sect of Wonders were far too extraordinary, to the point where it was unprecedented and not replicable at the same time. Even though Lin Feng helped to choose the second and third generation of disciples with special care, they were ultimately inferior to Xiao Yan and the others. Was such a procession not similar to the Great Thunderclap Temple all those years ago?

He met Shen Qifeng as well. He spoke of the high-profile rise and expansion of the Samsara Sect under the great leadership of the Samsara Priest. However, following the unexpected death of the Samsara Priest, the sect immediately fragmented into several factions, and ceaseless and horrifying infighting ensued which eventually caused the Samsara Sect to crumble into dust. The Celestial Sect of Wonders today was intricately tied to Lin Feng – and Lin Feng alone. If he met some unfortunate demise, what would happen to the fate of the Celestial Sect of Wonders?

His direct disciples were all supreme in their own right, and were destined to be big players of the era. He was the only one that could unite them together and keep them under control – if he was gone, the Celestial Sect of Wonders was bound to fragment and break apart.

He spoke to Xuanli, who spoke of the Heaven-Destroying Sword Qi. He discussed the possibility that the highest level of power the Heaven-Destroying Sword possessed would bring about true apocalypse and the destruction of everything – including the sword itself, and ultimately its owner.

Lin Feng faced all these anxieties with an open mind and stood his ground against every single one.

"From the looks of it, my worries are no longer so hidden anymore and I do think about some of these problems from day to day," Lin Feng thought to himself as he encountered the next illusion.

It was the current leader of the Great Void Sect, Yan Nanlai.

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Chapter 758: The Imperial Palace Is Here!

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Rolling white clouds appeared in front of Lin Feng before it trembled and split open to reveal a young man with black hair and white sideburns. He seemed like he was in his mid-twenties.

It was the current leader of the Great Void Sect, Yan Nanlai.

He was situated between the thick white clouds as two streams of energy – one black and one white – orbited his body.

Lin Feng watched Yan Nanlai as the two of them stared at each other in silence.

This encounter was a little different from the conversations that he had with the other illusions. However, Lin Feng was clear about what Yan Nanlai's projection represented.

He wanted to become the greatest cultivator and create the number one sect in history – there was just one giant mountain in his way that he could never seem to cross. It was the most powerful sect in the history of the Divine Lands, the Great Void Sect.

This was because of the Conservative Party that was currently in power. They ensured that the Great Void Sect was generally directed the events of the world with a low-profile. Even though they were used to playing the world like chess pieces and they still interfered once in a while, many people still frequently forgot about how powerful the Great Void Sect was.

At Lin Feng's level, along with people like Shi Yu, Xin Longsheng and Liang Pan, they were acutely aware of how powerful the Great Void Sect was and did not underestimate them at all. However, most other lower-level cultivators were not so clear-headed.

Outsiders aside, even Lin Feng's own Celestial Sect of Wonders was a clear example. The new disciples that had recently joined the sect disregarded the Great Void Sect like they were nothing. "The Great Void Sect wants to be the 'Big Brother'. They are nothing!"

The truth was that it was not that the Great Void Sect wanted to be the 'Big Brother'. This sect was the 'Big Brother' of the human world of cultivation in the Divine Lands; they had enjoyed this status for millennium after millennium.

It was not Lin Feng's intention to regard his adversary too highly and deflate his own determination and motivation in the process. To know one's enemies and to recognize his adversaries' power was the right way to go about trying to overcome them.

Lin Feng had always been clear about this point.

The Great Void Sect had existed even during the days of the Human Emperor during the Antiquity Age. Before the rise of other great powers and other great sects, the Great Void Sect was already the only powerful sect in the Divine Lands that was not under the control of the Human Emperor. They recognized the divine rule of the Emperor, and had no intentions of usurping the throne and taking the power for themselves. All they did was focus their attentions on the demons and the happenings inside the Barren Expanses.

The cultivator that established the Great Void Sect was the Great Void Holy Man. He existed in the same era as Emperor Tai, and was there when the Primordial Age ended and the Antiquity Age begun. He led the human cultivators in their perennial battle against the demon uprising, and his level of mastery was no less powerful than that of Emperor Tai. Still, he had no intentions of wresting control of the throne from Emperor Tai.

After the demise of Emperor Tai, the Great Void Holy Man gave the throne away once again. This led to the ascension of Emperor Ru to the throne, which eventually led to him retiring from his post and forming the Great Thunderclap Temple in the process. The Great Void Holy Man refused to take the crown for himself for the third time, even till the end when he vanished inside the Death Sea and was since never heard of again.

This was the famous story of the "The Three Chances of the Great Void" in the human emperor era of the Antiquity Age.

Even though the Great Void Holy Man disappeared without a trace during his venture into the Death Sea, the Great Void Sect remained on top of things and retained their superior status to all others. They remained so till the end, all the way till the time when they worked together with the Heaven's Gate Sect in the revolution to overthrow the Human Emperor and officially ended the Antiquity Age.

There were several reasons to explain this phenomenon. Besides the fact that the Great Void Sect produced a great many talented prodigies, the most important reason was the magic treasure that was passed down by the Great Void Holy Man and anchored down the sect – the Supreme Heavenly Mirror.

The title given to it, "The Number One Magic Item of the Grand Celestial World", explained everything.

Not much explanation was needed as one could simply look at the list of powerful individuals who perished under the powers of this magic item.

Emperor Jue, who went by the name of Xuan Shang, and Emperor Ji who was also known as Shen Yuan were amongst the list. Even the Hades Emperor, Tian Hai, also eventually met his demise at the hands of the Great Void Sect. They were known as the three greatest Demonic Emperors in history, and every single one of their unfortunate demises were closely related to the Supreme Heavenly Mirror.

This Destiny-Level magic item was like the core of the human world and ensured the peace and safety of all humans living in the Divine Lands.

The Supreme Heavenly Mirror sustained three great injuries over the course of history. These injuries were related to the three Demonic Emperors – Jue, Ji and Hades – and every time it was damaged, the Supreme Heavenly Mirror needed a long period of time to recover and return to its pinnacle form.

In the process of recovery, the Great Void Sect would never use the Supreme Heavenly Mirror lightly as this would hinder its progress and lengthen its recuperation time.

Of course, it using the Supreme Heavenly Mirror was inevitable, the Great Void Sect would not hesitate at all.

From the same perspective, even some humans in the Divine Lands who wanted to challenge the leadership status of the Great Void Sect had these three demon emperors to thank.

Lin Feng watched Yan Nanlai in silence. Even if the Great Void Sect was all-powerful and was full of powerful cultivators and could rely on just themselves to control the entire Divine Lands, even if the Great Void Sect had the Supreme Heavenly Mirror, Lin Feng would never be afraid.

The fact that they were presently inferior did not mean that they would not be able to surpass them in the future. Everything was up to their respective efforts and methods.

Lin Feng's motivation and starting point was to create the number one sect in the world and become the greatest cultivator of all time.

In that respect, just simply surpassing the Great Void Sect may not be enough to realize his ambitions. Since that was the case, then what was so frightening about trying to overcome and surpass such a gargantuan entity?

His ambition was to become even more immense and powerful than the Great Void Sect.

Lin Feng was never fearful of the Great Void Sect. The projection before him right now represented his worry that the continuous expansion and rise in power of the Celestial Sect of Wonders and himself could eventually lead to a hostile standoff between him and the Great Void Sect. He was worried about what this would mean for the human world of cultivation and what cost he would possibly incur with the realization of his dreams.

Even with the "Three Chances of the Great Void" that came before and the current low-profile disposition of the Conservative Party, the Great Void Sect was used to playing the big boss after all. Over the long course of history, whether it was the Heaven's Gate Sect, the Great Thunderclap Temple, the Ancient Satanic Sect or the Mount Shu Sword Sect amongst others who wanted to shake their supreme leadership status from time to time were ultimately unsuccessful.

However, when the Celestial Sect of Wonders grew to a point where it possessed the power to 'overthrow' the Great Void Sect and usurp their supreme leadership position, could the Great Void Sect still remain calm then?

Even though they were all trying their best to focus their attentions on the demons of the Barren Expanses, and avoid as much infighting as they could in order to prevent the demons from benefiting for free, how could everything go exactly according to their wishes? People like the Heavenly Charms Grand Sage and the Golden Roc Grand Sage, amongst other powerful demons, were not puppets that followed the ups and downs of his emotions.

Everybody had their own calculations and their own plans. Who would have the last laugh was hard to say.

Lin Feng was unable to accept it if the demons took the opportunity to turn on the humans due to infighting.

Perhaps, when he was in a higher status in the future, he would change his thinking and adopt a new perspective towards the conflict between the humans and the demons. However, from his current position, he had no choice but to perceive the demonic threat with care, just like the Great Void Sect.

One man's disaster would bring his whole family into it.

Lin Feng continued staring at Yan Nanlai and suddenly started laughing. Yan Nanlai, who had a plain expression all along, began to laugh as well. Even though they looked very different, the expressions on their faces were extremely similar, as if they were born of the same mold.

"What a challenging problem," Lin Feng chuckled, "But that's the beauty of it all. The challenge makes the view from the top all the more exhilarating and worthy."

Yan Nanlai's figure withdrew into the thick white clouds and quickly disappeared.

This was the last projection. Lin Feng did not encounter any other illusions as all that was left in front of him were flickering sparks of light.

He was suddenly free again. He looked up and found himself back inside the Ying Sea. He turned around and noticed a layer of pale light that was almost transparent and refracted the outside world.

The illusion he had just encountered came from that layer of light, which projected the deepest worries of his heart.

However, if he was not clear-headed and steadfast in his beliefs, his soul would have been eroded by the illusion and would have eventually been assimilated into the layer of light – he would have been trapped forever.

This kind of illusion tested one's willpower and resilience and had nothing to do with one's level of mastery.

This spatial illusion was as strange as it was profound. After one individual's passage, the spatial illusion began to dissipate as Lin Feng watched the layer of light break down in front of him. Immediately after, Zhu Yi, Li Yuanfang and the others appeared from within the remnant sparks of flashing light with troubled expressions and looks of anxiety.

"This is one dangerous illusion. However, it's good for grinding the soul and training our willpowers." Lin Feng laughed heartily as Zhu Yi and the others nodded in acknowledgement.

Everybody casted their gazes towards the far horizon and, lo and behold, a giant mystical mountain that resembled a tiny island appeared in front of their eyes and was drifting along the ocean surface.

A trembling voice could be heard from the Green Glass Jade Stand. "The Yingzhou Celestial Mountain!"

Zhu Yi and company held their breaths as they took in the sight of the majestic mountain that loomed before them.

The space around the magical mountain was slightly twisted and out of proportion. This caused its volume and surface area to seem a little smaller than it really was as the mountain drifted along the Ying Sea.

In reality, the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain was not that different from the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain; the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain was so vast that it was comparable to a small island. Even though it was not as immense as the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain, it was more than four thousand miles in circumference.

Lin Feng raised his eyebrows as he scrutinized the mountain. "It's an ancient magic formation that was birthed by natural law."

Zhu Yi and Li Yuanfang started to observe the mountain as well. Indeed, there were countless transparent planes and panel-like crystals drifting in the disproportionate and twisted space above it.

These panels were incredibly huge as well. They were rectangular and each one was almost three hundred square meters and were layered together while spread out at the same time. The panels encircled the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain like a dome.

"Even though it's unique and ancient, it's a lot weaker now." Li Yuanfang took in a deep breath as he continued to study the ancient magic formation.

Lin Feng waved his hands around and said, "Let's not waste any more time. Down we go." With that, he brought Zhu Yi and the others along as the company flew towards the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain.

Everybody behind them, including the Vivant Joy Holy Man, had their eyes wide open as they stared at the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain before them. Every single person was itching to make a move even though they knew Lin Feng was in front of them.

Lin Feng paid no attention to the people behind him as they journeyed towards the mountain. All of a sudden, he raised his head and began staring at a patch of void above the mountain. "It's here."

The white clouds and mist above the mountain began to burn and transformed into a million rays of golden light.

A vast shadow could be faintly seen within the flashes of golden light. Even though it was not clearly within vision, one could tell that there was a royal and majestic aura coming from it, as if it bore the mantle of the entire world and was the true ruler of the earth.

Numerous glyphs and runes floated around and expanded outwards along with the rays of golden light. And then, a sprawling royal palace that resembled an entire city shimmered into sight.

Pavilions, halls, courtyards and skyscrapers formed a royal palace in the sky that resembled the residence of heavenly saints and divine beings and possessed a near-unassailable majesty.

Lin Feng nodded his head slowly. "The Imperial Palace!"

The Imperial Palace! This Destiny-level magic item was forged by the late Emperor Tai, and was eventually passed down to the Great Zhou Empire.

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Chapter 759: The Clash Of Destiny-Level Magic Treasures

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The Imperial Palace was a destiny-level magic treasure that was forged by Emperor Tai after the end of the Primordial Age as the world ushered in the Antiquity Age.

The Imperial Palace worked hand in hand with the Supreme Heavenly Mirror and rained hell upon Xuan Shang, one of the ancient demonic emperors of old. It also had a part to play in the defeat of a great many powerful dragons, and single-handedly ended the supreme rule of the Immemorial Celestial Dragons over the Grand Celestial World a long time ago.

Unfortunately, Emperor Tai lost his life in this endeavor and the Imperial Palace was also heavily damaged and vanished without a trace for millennia.

It was eventually discovered and excavated by the Great Zhou Empire. The Great Zhou Empire integrated countless magic items and treasures within to repair it and set the Imperial Palace firmly on the path of recovery. The Imperial Palace was the backbone of the rise in power of the Great Zhou Empire as well.

During the War of Buddha Annihilation, Liang Pan used this very item to defeat and kill the last Abbot of the Great Thunderclap Temple and solidified the influence and power of the Great Zhou Empire.

However, the Great Thunderclap Temple retaliated ferociously like a wounded animal that was backed into a corner, even though Mount Meru had already been laid to ruin. The Imperial Palace was not yet completely repaired, and was once again suffered severe injuries at the hands of the monks of the Great Thunderclap Temple.

Lin Feng had a close encounter with the Imperial Palace once before back on the Cloud Forest World. During that battle, he used Mount Yujing to clash forcefully with the Imperial Palace.

The Imperial Palace during that time was not nearly as powerful as it was during the War of Buddha Annihilation. It was far from the destiny-level magic item that reigned supreme over the Grand Celestial World all those years ago.

Lin Feng knew with a single sweep of his consciousness that the Imperial Palace before him today was nothing like his last encounter with it. Even though it was not yet in its peak condition, it was only a hair's breadth away; it was at a level that rivaled the power of the Immortal Dragon City and the Great Void Holy Pavilion, which were all destiny-level magic treasures.

The power of the Imperial Palace back in the Cloud Forest World was already quite incredible. The willpowers of thousands and thousands of subordinate and obedient citizens that wanted to serve the throne were channeled as raw power.

Great individuals of old were in service of the throne as well. They materialized as universal truths and unassailable natural law as their willpowers were channeled by the Imperial Palace as raw power.

Illusory fairies and servants roamed the halls and between the pavilions; they held divine nectar in their hands as if they were welcoming the start of a new and better world.

Uncountable numbers of saints and celestial beings hovered intimidatingly above the Imperial Palace.

During Lin Feng's last encounter, everything was just light shadows and illusions that existed inside the purple-golden radiance that came from within.

Now, whether it was the subservient citizens or the fairies and even the saints and celestial beings were nearly tangible. It was almost like a real Nine Heavens Divine Palace and commanded so much reverence and respect that people could not help but kneel before it.

Lin Feng, in the body of the Steel Tree Avatar, felt his soul tremble a little as he faced this frightening magic treasure before him; he felt as if there was an entire world of fate and destiny weighing down on his head like an anchor.

This pressure was even more intense than what he felt previously with the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain.

The appearance of the Imperial Palace swept away the white clouds and mist around the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain as the waters in the Ying Sea below raged and curdled as if it was boiling. The illusions of the Ying Sea in the immediate vicinity started to crackle and flicker before every single one burst apart like air bubbles.

Even though most of the spatial illusions were of the weaker types and there was nothing of the most powerful sort, there were some that were strong enough to trap even unwitting immortal soul stage cultivators. Faced with the pressure of the Imperial Palace, even these powerful illusions crumbled and fell apart like porcelain vases and disappeared into nothingness.

The Imperial Palace was not even targeting these illusions deliberately. The illusions imploded and broke apart from just the aftershocks and ripple effects of the Imperial Palace's descent into the area.

There was no need to avoid the illusions and no need to overcome the illusions from within – all it did was crush the illusions forcefully from the outside and all the mystical energies and laws that formed these magical illusions along with it. It was simply pulverizing everything with raw power and force.

Lin Feng laughed as he witnessed the sight. "Not only have they remade the Imperial Palace, they have also taken after the overbearing methods of Emperor Tai of old."

The Imperial Palace completely disregarded Lin Feng and the others as if they were not even there ever since it shimmered into existence – it plummeted downwards and lunged straight for the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain.

Liang Pan, the emperor of the Great Zhou Empire, had always known the right time to do things.

Under the influence of the radiant purple-golden light that burned like supernovas, the ancient magic formation of the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain started to shake violently.

Liang Pan had no patience nor the interest to wait for the changes of the magic formation to play out – he wanted to crush the magic formation with the brute force of his destiny-level magic treasure.

However, just as he was closing in on the mountain, an immense and immeasurably long streak of light surged across the void like a dragon soaring into the skies. Its length was truly limitless as it stretched across the heavens without visible end.

An unshakeable and unmovable aura came from this vast streak of light. It gave a feeling that it could protect everything in this world, as if all the destinies under the heavens was safeguarded and sheltered from all danger. In an instant, the formidable brute force of the Imperial Palace was repelled and forced backwards.

It was a piece of city wall that radiated with light for eternity; it was undying, and was the defender of all living souls for all time. It had a glorious and majestic aura that rivaled that of the Imperial Palace. It was forged by the very first emperor of the humans in the Primordial Age, Emperor Shi, and was ultimately completed by the Great Qin Empire into a destiny-level magic treasure – the Immortal Dragon City!

The clash of two destiny-level magic treasures!

The purple-golden light above the Imperial Palace flashed once and transformed into a green Chaos Hole and a sphere of green energy exploded from within.

Thunderous crackles could be heard from this ball of green energy – it was the Chaos Cave Saint-Slaying Thunderbolt!

All people who defied the throne were vanquished by green lightning!

Lin Feng's eyes closed into slits. The Chaos Cave Saint-Slaying Thunderbolt released by the Imperial Palace was a lot stronger than it was back on the Cloud Forest World.

That single sphere of green energy truly resembled a divine lightning strike that could break open the great Chaos when the world exploded into existence.

The Red Dragon King slinked away into a corner. His own Eight Barrens Divine Lightning was nothing compared to the power of the Chaos Cave Saint-Slaying Thunderbolt in front of him – even the power of the third-level Undying Demonic Soul stage Thunder Dragon King was possibly inferior. Furthermore, the Imperial Palace released multiple lightning strikes at the same time.

A figure suddenly burst into sight on top of the Immortal Dragon City. He was wearing the royal crown and wore a flowing dragon-patterned robe with an air of majestic splendor – it was the emperor of the Great Qin Empire, Shi Yu.

He glanced at the Chaos Cave Saint-Slaying Thunderbolt surging towards him and said calmly, "Liang Pan, you are finally in the stage of the Way of the Virtual Entity – the third level of the immortal soul stage."

The Immortal Dragon City shimmered with golden light as he spoke. It seemed all too normal, but the sphere of green lightning exploded against the wall of golden light without even causing a single ripple or dent. The ball of lightning crackled once and crumbled apart as it dissipated into green-colored mist.

The Immortal Dragon City was like a barrier to another world. Across the city wall was a chaotic mess of broken patches of void and lightning strikes while it was peaceful and tranquil on the other side with nothing happening at all.

This insidious outcome placed the power of the Immortal Dragon City on full display.

Liang Pan watched on calmly from inside the Imperial Palace. He was wearing a dragon-patterned robe as well, and was charged with the same majestic aura that only an emperor would possess. He was a lot more intimidating than before, and this came not just from the power of the Imperial Palace beneath him but also from his own strength.

The commanders of the two most powerful royal empires in the Divine Lands were just watching each other in silence after the violent clash of their destiny-level magic treasures.

"I have attained the Way of the Virtual Entity not too long before the reappearance of the Three Mountains of the Ying Sea, during the Spiritual Conference of Kunlun Mountains hosted by the Celestial Sect of Wonders." Liang Pan was sitting atop a dragon throne inside the Imperial Palace.

Shi Yu nodded his head in approval. "Congratulations. You are the first royal to reach the Way of the Virtual Entity stage since the inauguration of the Great Zhou Empire."

Liang Pan smiled faintly and replied, "This is just the beginning."

He glanced at the unmovable Immortal Dragon City before him that was completely undamaged by the Chaos Cave Saint-Slaying Lightning as he spoke slowly, "Not bad. The Great Qin Empire has finally completed this priceless destiny-level treasure passed down by Emperor Shi."

"Still, it's a pity. The concept of power used by Emperor Shi in the construction of this magic treasure meant that it's bound to be a defensive item with relatively weaker offensive capabilities for purposes of protection. Even the Imperial Palace at its peak condition is probably inferior – but defenders are always behind on initiative."

"It's not easy for the Imperial Palace to break the Immortal Dragon City, but the Immortal Dragon City can't do anything at all to the Imperial Palace. I cannot possibly lose in this battle between us and you can only sit there and take the beatings. I am still ultimately in control of the fight for the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain."

Before his voice dropped, another flash of purple-golden light flickered beside the Imperial Palace as another gigantic chaos hole appeared above the Imperial Palace. Purple-golden light started to condense inside and a black ray of light followed by another white ray of light surged out from within in the next moment.

The two rays of light intertwined and rotated around each other like a spinning top and roared towards the Immortal Dragon City.

The Dual Polarity Chaos Cave Divine Light!

Everything that the spiraling rays of light came into contact with immediately crumbled into nothingness. The explosive and destructive magnetism permeated the void all around, and even places a thousand miles away were affected by the magnetic ripples. Lightning sparks shimmered and crackled in the void, metal objects started to twist and their shapes started to change as the ocean water beneath boiled violently and evaporated into steam.

Even third-level immortal soul stage individuals would not dare to face this ray of divine light head-on.

This was the destructive power of the Dual Polarity Circle channeled to its highest possible level.

Shi Yu was still as calm as ever. "You don't know what you're talking about. I am the one that can't possibly lose this battle. It doesn't matter what kind of abhijna or spell that the Imperial Palace can throw at the Immortal Dragon City – there is nothing you can do to break through."

Colorful lights erupted again above the long city wall – out of nowhere, uncountable shadows appeared on top of the city wall. These illusions were standing shoulder-to-shoulder at the edge and the sum of their willpowers came together to support the Immortal Dragon City as they cried out in unison.

This war-cry caused the space all around to twist out of proportion and even immortal soul stage cultivators like the Tidal Sword Elder could feel their souls shaking to the core. There was a feeling of an ancient alliance of humans from the Primordial Age who came together to repel the uprising of the demons as they engaged in a blood-curdling war.

One for all and all for one – fearlessness and resilience in protecting each other.

This was the concept of power passed down over millennia. Everybody was shaken by the phenomenon and most even felt compelled to share a bit of their own power in support of the Immortal Dragon City to defeat its enemies.

The willpower of all humans in the Divine Lands seemed to surge through the void and into the Immortal Dragon City.

This great willpower was the true representation of eternity and a fire that would burn for all time.

Even the intense destructive power of the Dual Polarity Chaos Cave Divine Light could not pierce this eternal wall of light!

The explosive magnetic fields dissipated one after another as space-time became even more twisted and out of proportion. The clash between the two destiny-level magic treasures destroyed every inch of land in the immediate vicinity, and even immortal soul stage cultivators would evaporate into hot air if they came near.

"The battle of two destiny-level magic treasures is indeed spectacular," Lin Feng watched on deliciously as if he was watching a drama. It was the first time that he had witnessed the clash between two destiny-level magic treasures.

When he was faced with the Great Void Holy Pavilion and the Saintly Celestial Sword during the battle of Xiling City, he used his vast repertoire of techniques and tactical plays to fight against those destiny-level magic treasures. However, Lin Feng himself had never possessed a true destiny-level magic treasure.

"As I expected, their announcement that they were going after the Penglai Celestial Mountain was a misdirection after all. It seems like everyone is here for the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain."

"That includes me as well."

As the Imperial Palace and the Immortal Dragon City stood off against each other, the void started to rumble once again as another intense aura surged across the sky and flickered into existence above the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain.

It was a white jade mountain – a lot smaller in size than the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain, but with superior strength and power!

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Chapter 760: Confidence

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A wave of purple energy that resembled a tsunami poured forth into the sky above the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain and expanded in all directions as the sky turned purple in an instant.

The dome of purple energy was immense and stretched out for thousands of miles. In the middle of it all, a gargantuan mountain that was ten thousand feet high shimmered into vision. An ocean of black water supported it from beneath and the entire spectacle sent shivers down everyone's spines.

"Mount Yujing!"

From the moment the sea of purple energy burst into existence, the Imperial Palace and the Immortal Dragon City stopped resisting each other and withdrew into their respective corners and the three entities eventually formed a triangle in the void.

Lin Feng was sitting with his legs crossed on the tip of the Black Heavenly Treasure Tree at the summit of Mount Yujing. There was also a girl with black and white hair quietly standing behind him with a giant sword sheath behind her back.

Lin Feng laughed and said, "Thank you, friends, for letting me watch a spectacular show."

Even though Zhu Yi, the Vivant Joy Holy Man and did not dare to speak like Lin Feng, they shared the same thoughts.

The battle between the two emperors of the two remaining royal empires of the Divine Lands and the violent clash between the Imperial Palace and the Immortal Dragon City above the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain was truly a breathtaking sight.

One magic treasure was reborn after sustaining serious injuries after the ending of the Antiquity Age and suffered another round of heavy damage after destroying the Great Thunderclap Temple, before it was eventually repaired and it regained the majestic powers of the very same treasure that dominated the Divine Lands all those years ago.

The other magic treasure begun its journey from the Primordial Age, and was the product of the visions and ambitions of the very first human emperor. However, it was never truly completed, and it was only refined to perfection in recent years and returned to the world with a bang.

The offensive capabilities of the Immortal Dragon City were only comparatively weaker than its defensive powers – that was not to say that the Immortal Dragon City's offensive powers were actually weak.

These two magic treasures were far stronger than their initial showing at the battle of Xiling City when they had just been completed.

One could say that the giants were still in a daze as if they had just been awoken from their deep slumber – and now, the giants were wide awake.

The great willpower of the humans during their first uprising against the dark rule of the demons during the Primordial Age was imparted to this magic treasure and had since been at its core despite the eternal passage of time.

This was an unshakeable resolve that humans possessed and would remain so for all time.

"However, the Imperial Palace is touted as the most powerful treasure ever made by the age of the human emperors," Lin Feng smiled faintly from the audience. "It's not too far away from its original splendor and glory, and it's still able to fight against the Immortal Dragon City. However, that's also due to the special characteristics of the Immortal Dragon City."

"Even if the Imperial Palace was back in its peak condition, it may still not be able to break the defenses of the Immortal Dragon City. Still, relatively weaker offensive powers of the Immortal Dragon City is no match for the Imperial Palace in its peak condition."

Shi Yu responded to his remarks from the top of the Immortal Dragon City. "Are you here for the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain as well, Lin Feng?"

Even though the relationship between the Great Qin Empire and the Celestial Sect of Wonders was a lot better than the relationship between the Great Zhou Empire and the latter, something like wresting the control of the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain was not something that could be compromised. The two parties were competitors after all.

However, the possibility of their alliance to chase the Great Zhou Empire out of the picture before settling their differences afterwards was still hanging in the air.

Liang Pan knew what was coming for him. The Imperial Palace was still hovering in the air with the continuous flashing of purple-golden light, but the entire body of the palace was becoming translucent as it prepared for withdrawal in the event that it was necessary to do so – if Mount Yujing and the Immortal Dragon City decided to gang up against Liang Pan.

The moment the Great Qin Empire and the Celestial Sect of Wonders displayed any intentions of form a temporary alliance against him, Liang Pan would retreat immediately without hesitation. However, that did not mean that he was giving up on the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain; he was going to watch from the outside in and wait patiently for his opportunity.

If this happened, then the Great Qin Empire and the Celestial Sect of Wonders would not dare to give their all to wrest control of the mountain from each other in order to avoid profiting the Great Zhou Empire for nothing. They had to consider the possibility of the Great Zhou Empire stepping back in the fray and 'plucking the fruit' from under their noses.

Lin Feng glanced at the Imperial Palace from his position at the top of the Black Heavenly Treasure Tree and thought to himself, "He is quite intelligent after all. He stopped assaulting the Immortal Dragon City from the moment I appeared. He's afraid that I will channel the Power-Destroying Catastrophe, after which he will be trapped with only a slim chance of escaping."

During the battle of Xiling City, Lin Feng used the very same technique during his epic fight against the Saintly Celestial Sword and the Great Void Holy Pavilion. He channeled the power of the black chess piece of the Viralopa Chess Game (Translator's Note: This is the edited name of the Power-Destroying Game to remain faithful to the Buddhist nature of the terms. Refer to chapter 595.) and swept Xin Longsheng and the others off their feet with his surprise move. They became ensnared within the array and were forced to resist the destructive and apocalyptic forces of the Power-Destroying Catastrophe.

Liang Pan was aware of this trump- card killer move, and raised his guard from the very start as he was not about to give Lin Feng the same chance.

This was a characteristic of the Imperial Palace that the Immortal Dragon City could not match. Even though the offensive Imperial Palace was unable to break through the Immortal Dragon City, it could retreat whenever it wanted to.

If the magic treasures were switched around, then the outcome would have been very different. Shi Yu would have continued his onslaught against Liang Pan so that he would be unable to withdraw from the battle and Lin Feng would have entered the fray happily so that the two of them could completely remove the Great Zhou Empire from the game before anything else.

"However, you don't have to be so wary," Lin Feng felt slightly amused.

The blemish on the Sky-Shielding Umbrella was never completely removed, and five forms of the Power-Destroying Catastrophe was channeled during the battle of Xiling City as well. This caused the Sky-Shielding Umbrella to weaken even more. According to his own calculations, the Sky-Shielding Umbrella was still able to resist two more black chess pieces before it would crumble completely.

Lin Feng turned back towards Shi Yu and smiled as he spoke, "Greetings, my friend. Of course I am interested in the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain as well."

As long as Liang Pan's Imperial Palace had mobility and freedom of movement, Lin Feng and Shi Yu would never give everything they had to battle each other for control of the mountain.

The Imperial Palace, the Immortal Dragon City and Mount Yujing entered a tense stand-off in the void above the mountain.

Shi Yu was the first to break the silence. "Master Lin, why don't we work together? We will split the Yingzhou and Penglai Celestial Mountains. What do you think?"

"Standing off like we are now will benefit Liang Pan in the long run. Zhu Hongwu, along with the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain, are already heading south of the Ying Sea to search for the Penglai Celestial Mountain."

Lin Feng smiled in response but said nothing. Liang Pan's arrangements and Shi Yu's proposal were both within his predictions.

In truth, Shi Yu's suggestion was extremely alluring. Even though there was still wriggle room in the details of splitting the loot afterwards, it was a beneficial outcome and a win-win situation for both parties at the end of everything.

If the Great Qin Empire and the Celestial Sect of Wonders controlled one mountain each, then there was a further possibility of the two parties working together to wrest control of the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain from the Great Zhou Empire.

However, there were too many uncertainties in this proposition. For instance, the Penglai Celestial Mountain was still nowhere to be seen, and who should be the first to control the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain?

It was possible that the Great Zhou Empire would gain control of the Penglai Celestial Mountain during their efforts to win the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain. If that happened, then the Great Zhou Empire would have the last laugh and they would be in control of the Ying Sea.

This was the worst-case scenario. Under more optimistic circumstances, the Penglai Celestial Mountain could be discovered and controlled by another party. It would not be easy for the Celestial Sect of Wonders and the Great Qin Empire to take it back, and the Great Zhou Empire would not sit by idly as well.

If the three mountains returned into the sea before anybody found the Penglai Celestial Mountain, then one of the two parties in the alliance would have to return home empty-handed.

The party that had already cultivated the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain, whether it was Lin Feng or Shi Yu, would never give back their control of the mountain.

This was not a simple problem of worrying about splitting the prize before they even obtained it. There were actually two prizes – the first one presented the problem of who gets to cultivate the mountain first, and the second one represented another host of uncertainties.

The relationship between the Great Qin Empire and the Celestial Sect of Wonders had always been quite friendly. It was therefore unlikely that one party would try to scam and slander the other and burn bridges after obtaining control of the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain. However, cooperation still had too much ambivalence and too many unpredictable factors remained.

This was the reason why the Celestial Sect of Wonders and the Great Qin Empire did not set up this alliance before their entry into the Ying Sea – the circumstances were simply too unpredictable and uncertain. Nobody was a hundred percent confident about even finding the mountains in the first place.

Now that they had discovered one, the possibility of an alliance was no longer a complete impossibility.

If there was not a better option, then Lin Feng would have probably agreed with Shi Yu's proposal in the end.

"However…" Lin Feng fiddled with the Heavenly Oyster's Golden Pearl as his mouth curled into a smile. "I have a better idea."

With regards to Shi Yu's proposal, Liang Pan was not too eager to respond. They had their respective decision-making processes and rationality at this level, and they were all not people that were easily swayed by words.

If Lin Feng agreed to Shi Yu's plan, then Liang Pan would have tucked tail and ran right away to focus all his efforts in obtaining the Penglai Celestial Mountain.

"Your proposal is pretty good, but from my perspective, natural occurrences like the Three Mountains of the Ying Sea embody the spiritual energy of the world, and where they will end up is up to fate and a little bit of luck," Lin Feng chuckled as he continued, "Why don't we let our disciples determine the fate of the three mountains?"

Once his proposal was put forth, the expressions on the faces of the Vivant Joy Holy Man and the others became a little strange.

On top of the Immortal Dragon City, even Shi Yu glanced at Lin Feng with a slightly astonished look. He thought to himself, "Is he that confident, or does he have other plans? If that's the case, what can it be?"

Liang Pan started to frown from his seat on the throne inside the Imperial Palace as well. "This man has a big appetite. He wants to swallow both Penglai and Yingzhou for himself – what is he relying on? What plans does he have for the Penglai Celestial Mountain?"

Lin Feng was crystal clear about everyone's discussions and confusion. He wasted no time as he laughed again, "I will sit here with the two of you to hold down the forts and we shall see where fate and luck takes us."

Liang Pan was the first to respond. "Your breadth of mind and mannerism is truly impressive. You treat the Yingzhou Mountain so casually as well. However, the time that we have is limited and the Three Mountains can return into the sea at any time. Sitting around and doing nothing may ruin the opportunity for everyone."

Lin Feng grinned and said, "That just means it's meant to be. If you can't wait, then you can head south to join Zhu Hongwu and the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain and focus all your efforts to find the Penglai Celestial Mountain."

With that, he turned towards Zhu Yi and the others and said, "It's your turn."

Zhu Yi, Li Yuanfang exchanged glances before bowing at Lin Feng and descended onto the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain.

The Imperial Palace and the Immortal Dragon City shook and trembled but they were not able to do anything as long as Lin Feng was still on top of Mount Yujing.

After a moment of contemplation, Liang Pan and Shi Yu communicated with their respective disciples and subordinates and instructed them forth into the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain as well.

The Tidal Sword Elder and the Sun-Swallowing Grand Sage flew closer to the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain and waited for Lin Feng's response. When they realized that Lin Feng could not care less, they entered the ancient mountain defense formation as well.

A group of cultivators flew out of the Imperial Palace. They were the cultivators under the command of the emperor, and even Shao Huayang and the other East Heaven's Gate cultivators were among their ranks.

What turned heads was the fact that the leader of this group of cultivators was not a renowned immortal soul stage cultivator from the Great Zhou Empire and neither was it a powerful East Heaven's Gate cultivator – it was a middle-aged man that was radiating with Buddhist light.

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Chapter 761: According To The Original Plan

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Even though there was not much discussion about the decision, Lin Feng along with the two emperors had a degree of chemistry and limited the power of the cultivators venturing into the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain at the third-level immortal soul stage.

The Celestial Sect of Wonders had no immortal soul stage cultivators. However, Zhu Yi managed to defeat Shao Qingcheng, who was a first-level immortal soul stage cultivator when he himself as only in the nascent soul advanced stage and nobody dared to underestimate him.

Of the people from the Great Qin Empire's camp, there was another second-level immortal soul stage cultivator aside from the Vivant Joy Holy Man. Shi Yu's younger cousin, Shi Lin, who was also Prince Jingfang. He was one of the important pillars of the Great Qin Empire's royal family, along with Prince Anliang Shi Zongyue.

Shi Lin leapt down from the Immortal Dragon City and joined the Vivant Joy Holy Man and the others into the ancient magic formation surrounding the Yingzhou Mountain.

Any could tell that the middle-aged monk radiating with Buddhist light from the Great Zhou Empire's party was not simply at a high level of cultivation and mastery; his understanding of the Buddhist teachings was deep and profound as well.

Once he showed up, complicated expressions came over everyone's faces. "Da Kong…"

The middle-aged monk smiled and said, "Greetings, everyone."

He wasted no more time as he placed his palms together and greeted the Tidal Sword Elder before he took his party, along with the cultivators from the Vast Sea Sword Sect, down into the mountain.

Even people who heard his name before gave the same complicated look.

Lin Feng glanced at the Da Kong Zen Master before his eyes returned to the Imperial Palace. He smiled faintly as he thought to himself, "Even this guy is here. Looks like the Great Zhou Empire is really out in full force."

The Da Kong Zen Master was in the same generation as the Virtuous Zen Master. He entered the sect later, but had a higher level of mastery than the Virtuous Zen Master, and was one of the more talented disciples in the younger generation of the Great Thunderclap Temple. He was taken in by one of the elders of the Great Thunderclap Temple when he was just a little nameless monk as his personal disciple.

After forming the Buddha Spell Body and attaining the second level of the Golden Form, he assumed leadership of the Garden of Enlightenment and officially entered the inner circle of the Great Thunderclap Temple.

After the War of Buddha Annihilation, the Da Kong Zen Master deserted the Great Thunderclap Temple and joined the Great Zhou Empire. This piece of news was rather obscure, and lower level cultivators were completely unaware. However, everybody above the immortal soul stage knew about this. The only thing was that the Da Kong Zen Master had been in reclusion ever since and was never seen in the outside world again after the War of Buddha Annihilation.

Lin Feng knew that this charming and friendly-looking monk was one of the key figures in the War of Buddha Annihilation.

The defeat of the Great Thunderclap Temples all those years ago was also partially due to the non-committal attitude of the Great Void Sect. Still, the use of the Formation-Bursting Drum to aid the Anti-Buddha Alliance to defeat the Vairocana Formation clearly displayed their intentions.

There was a special reason for this particular action. According to their original attitude and the way the Great Void Sect generally did things, this was not supposed to happen.

Based on what Lin Feng knew, the Da Kong Zen Master was not a spy that was implanted within the Great Thunderclap Temple. However, the fact that he was able to live 'happily ever after' after the war meant that it was not as simple as him switching sides during the war.

It was possible that this man discovered some of the hidden secrets of the Great Thunderclap Temple and blew the whistle to the Great Void Sect that changed their minds about the War of Buddha Annihilation.

Lin Feng observed the Da Kong Zen Master for a moment longer. He could feel that his soul was clear and carefree, and was completely without remorse for deserting his sect and joining the ranks of their enemies. It was as if this was completely justified back then during the war.

Since he was not a spy that had been implanted by the Great Void Sect or the Great Zhou Empire within the Great Thunderclap Temple, this meant that his journey in learning the teachings of Buddha were not mixed with other unnecessary thoughts and was pure at its core – and even then, he supported the War of Buddha Annihilation.

"Perhaps… To him, what he did was not to 'annihilate Buddha' itself but to annihilate the disciples that have gone down the wrong path?" Lin Feng continued to speculate in his head. "It's like the splitting of the Great Void Sect into the Conservative Party and the Radical Party – the Great Thunderclap Temple was not just one uniform slab. There were different factions with different interpretations of Buddhist teachings, and different branches would have formed naturally."

Lin Feng thought for a moment longer before he laughed and shook his head. The system alert rang incessantly in between his ears as he surveyed the Imperial Palace once more before he turned towards Zhu Yi and the others and sent a voice-projected message. "Zhu Yi – do help me monitor and watch out for the monk that's leading the Great Zhou Empire's party."

Zhu Yi's eyes sparkled as he listened to Lin Feng's explanation of the situation. "If we can capture this man, we may discover the true motive of the War of Buddha Annihilation all those years ago. However, he's a second-level immortal soul stage cultivator and I still can't do anything to him."

Lin Feng chuckled and said, "That's no matter. I have a rough idea of what happened during the War of Buddha Annihilation. You don't have to go rough with him – I just need you to pay attention because he might have a lot of relics in his possession."

"Oh?" Zhu Yi nodded his head. "I understand."

During their various journeys and expeditions over the years, Zhu Yi and his seniors and juniors had discovered miscellaneous relics here and there. However, it was not even ten percent of the total number.

According to Lin Feng's deductions, a great many relics probably ended up in the hands of the Great Zhou Empire after the devastation of the Great Thunderclap Temple.

The incessant beeping sounds from the system between his ears upon seeing the Da Kong Zen Master further proved this point. The Imperial Palace definitely had a quite a few relics in its possession – the fact that it was able to recover at such a steady pace such that it was only a hair's breadth away from its former glory was due to the injection of a myriad of resources by the Great Zhou Empire; the Hades' Dark Mantra and the various Buddhist relics were a few of the more substantial materials.

Even the Da Kong Zen Master himself had relics on his body.

"This monk is interesting. You call yourself a man on the true path of Buddhism, but you show no respect whatsoever for the olden relics of his predecessors. You're okay with the the Great Zhou Empire using these relics as materials to forge magic treasures, and even when you use it for yourself, you don't seem to be bothered by it."

Lin Feng had seen other Buddhist cultivators before who had no conscience about using their predecessor's relics for magic items and whatnot. However, both Monk Hui Ku and Monk Yuan Xiang still felt guilty about the whole thing.

Lin Feng smiled. "You call yourself Da Kong – have you truly seen through the world and detached yourself from all emotion? Even third-level Golden Form Buddhist cultivators may not be able to achieve that. Still, if that's the case, then you're not too far from the Virtual Golden Form of the Buddha."

The Vast Sea Sword Sect followed the Great Zhou Empire's party into the ancient magic formation while the Vivant Joy Holy Man and Shi Xingyun followed Prince Jingfang Shi Lin inside as well.

The Sun-Swallowing Grand Sage and the flock of Golden Roc demons along with the dragons under the command of the Red Dragon King knew the impossible difficulty of their task ahead and had already given up.

With the Immortal Dragon City, the Imperial Palace and Mount Yujing anchoring down the mountain above their heads, they would probably turn into dust in an instant if they blindingly headed down to the mountain with thoughts of claiming it for themselves.

Lin Feng, Shi Yu and Liang Pan would not hesitate to team up temporarily against the demons as it would benefit their cause in the war between the two worlds and reduce the number of competitors as well.

Against such a line-up, even the Golden Roc Grand Sage and the Purple Sea Dragon King would have to think twice about taking them on, let alone the Sun-Swallowing Grand Sage and the Red Dragon King.

The Red Dragon King stared at the Imperial Palace and the Immortal Dragon City with an expressionless face.

Both destiny-level magic treasures had caused the dragon race great pain and were both ancestral enemies of the dragons.

The Immemorial Celestial Dragons once reigned supreme across the entire world during the Primordial Age. There was nothing much to be said about the humans at that time, and even other demon races were subservient under the rule of the dragons.

The Demon Emperor during that era was Xuan Shang, the First Dragon and the tribe leader of the Immemorial Celestial Dragons and was also known as Emperor Jue. He bred with his wife, Cang Ning of the Ancestral Dragons, and gave birth to the entire race of Immemorial Celestial Dragons and became the cardinal ancestor of the entire dragon race.

The first human emperor, Emperor Shi, united the humans and started an uprising and revolution against the rule of the dragons. Since the very beginning, the demon races that were unhappy with the dragon's rule of law had been helping out the humans in secret. They were the ones that gave the humans a chance to expand and grow in strength and enabled them to survive the toughest of times.

During the bloody battle that ensued, Ancestral Dragon Cang Ning was isolated, besieged and eventually killed. Emperor Shi used her remains as material resources and reinjected its power and spiritual energy in the war. The concept of power involved was that of immortal strength and eternal protection, and her remains were eventually refined and gave birth to the Immortal Dragon City – this was the origin of the name.

Before he could complete the magic treasure, Emperor Shi was murdered by a furious Xuan Shang whose wrath was unstoppable. However, the uprising of the humans was unstoppable by then as increasing numbers of powerful human cultivators stepped forward to replace their fallen comrades like the heads of a hydra. This epic war lasted all the way till the last battle that separated the Grand Celestial World into the Divine Lands and the Barren Expanses – and so ended the Primordial Age.

As the world entered the Antiquity Age, the Great Void Holy Man channeled the Supreme Heavenly Mirror and Emperor Tai operated the Imperial Palace as they worked together to defeat and kill Xuan Shang and a great many dragons. The supreme rule of the dragons since the beginning of time was officially over.

Today, even though the dragons were still dominant in the Black Sea, which was one of the Grand Celestial Seven Seas, and they were still a relatively powerful demonic race, it was nothing compared to the age of dragons all those centuries ago. They roamed the skies and the entire world bowed before them – their superiority was undeniable.

The Red Dragon King closed his eyes as he was afraid he would be unable to control his emotions. Many dragons considered the Immortal Dragon City and the Imperial Palace to be the two greatest sources of humiliation and some were even desperate for vengeance.

As he watched the departure of the Red Dragon King, Lin Feng's eyes curled into a frown as he contemplated momentarily before he placed his Steel Tree Avatar in pursuit.

His original body was still focused on the Imperial Palace and the Immortal Dragon City before him.

Both Destiny-level and Mahayana-level magic treasures were similar in the sense that they were able to independently channel their own unique powers. The only difference was the Destiny-level magic treasures had a stronger and more powerful Original Soul and possessed immense willpower. They were essentially a part of nature in the Grand Celestial World, and would not expose themselves to the outside world for no special reason and were dormant for the most part.

They even resembled an independent world that simply existed in the Grand Celestial World, and were not vivacious and full of life like other living beings.

With the permission of these destiny-level magic items, even lower level cultivators were able to wield their formidable powers. However, if the gap in the level of mastery was too great, there was a possibility that there would be toxic feedback from the magic treasure.

For instance, aurous core beginner stage cultivators were generally only able to channel their own pools of mana while aurous core intermediate stage cultivators were able to absorb the spiritual energy from their environment. Different levels of mastery also meant a different level of understanding of the great theories of Heaven and Earth.

The ascension of the Emperor of the Great Zhou Empire, Liang Pan, to the third-level immortal soul stage and juxtaposed against the fact that the Imperial Palace had almost fully recovered, meant that Shi Yu's Immortal Dragon City was no longer able to overcome the Imperial Palace. Still, if Liang Pan was only in the second-level immortal soul stage, while the Imperial Palace could still go head-to-head with the Immortal Dragon City, Liang Pan would not have been able to unleash as much pressure as he did.

"In that case…" By studying Liang Pan and the Imperial Palace, Lin Feng managed to obtain a deeper understanding of destiny-level magic treasures. He had already made up his mind.

"My plan doesn't need to be refined. We shall move forward according to the original plan for now."

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Chapter 762: The Clandestine Operation

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Liang Pan and Shi Yu both noticed the departure of Lin Feng's Steel Tree Avatar in secret to follow the Red Dragon King. They were not too bothered by it as most of their attentions were focused on Lin Feng's original body on Mount Yujing.

Still, they separated a part of their consciousness to monitor Lin Feng's Steel Tree Avatar to avoid any unforeseen and unexpected circumstances.

Lin Feng was prepared for this. The Steel Tree Avatar was following the Red Dragon King to monitor him as Lin Feng truly felt that something was off.

His secondary motive was also to distract Liang Pan and Shi Yu so that he could execute his clandestine operation with greater discretion.

Rows after rows of mystical glyphs and runes connected together as a somebody was packaged together with the Barrier-Breaking Stone and the Heavenly Oyster's Golden Pearl and transformed into an obscure light dot. The light dot left Mount Yujing discreetly right the moment when Liang Pan and Shi Yu were distracted by the Steel Tree Avatar.

The layers of mystical glyphs formed a magical barrier and masked the movement of the light dot so that Liang Pan and Shi Yu would be unable to detect it.

The first step of Lin Feng's clandestine operation was successfully executed.

Lin Feng felt slightly amused. "This is the reason why I have to focus on completing the new spell before my journey into the Ying Sea. It's still the same old saying – preparation is always important."

If Liang Pan and Shi Yu were completely focused and they were one with their destiny-level magic treasures, then detection was perhaps possible. However, just that tiny moment of distraction was all Lin Feng needed for the little spot of light to vanish within the clouds and mist above the Ying Sea.

Even though the spot of light remained undetected, both Liang Pan and Shi Yu felt their hearts skip a beat and their blood started to rush a little. Their instincts told them that the events were unfurling toward something not too beneficial for themselves.

The path of life and fate were masked by layers and layers of uncertainty, and their levels of mastery were not high enough to see through everything. It was only their instincts acting up, but it was hard to pinpoint the source of their discomfort.

For Shi Yu, it was possible that Liang Pan was the cause as much as it could be Lin Feng. It could also be because of the other people that were in the Ying Sea with them.

It was the same situation for Liang Pan.

However, as they watched Lin Feng's confident disposition, they began to heap their doubts and suspicion onto Lin Feng.

"What has he done?" Liang Pan frowned a little as he started to communicate with his avatar on top of the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain at a faraway place. The search for the Penglai Celestial Mountain was ongoing as Liang Pan raised his guard against any unforeseen circumstances.

Zhu Hongwu was a little disturbed by Liang Pan's description of the situation. "Your majesty, this feeling that you just felt is not a coincidence."

Liang Pan nodded his head in agreement and said, "We have to find the Penglai Celestial Mountain. However, we cannot be too hasty and we have room for taking a step back. It's okay even if we have to wait for the next reappearance of the three mountains. The Great Zhou Empire only needs to remain in control of the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain at the end of everything for us to be in a beneficial position in the conflict of the Ying Sea."

"If we find the Penglai Celestial Mountain, then it will be up to you to retrieve it. My avatar will be on the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain just in case anything happens."

Zhu Hongwu acknowledged. "Yes, your majesty."

Once he was settled with the matters regarding the Penglai and Fangzhang Celestial Mountains, Liang Pan's full attention was accorded once again to Lin Feng and Shi Yu while monitoring the progress regarding the Penglai Celestial Mountain at the same time.

At this point, Zhu Yi, Li Yuanfang, the Da Kong Zen Master and Prince Jingfang were already inside the ancient formation surrounding the mountain.

As they landed on the pieces of jade planks, Zhu Yi and company started to feel a strange transformation in their environment.

The feeling was like as if they were submerged in water. They could see the ripples, but the key idea was that nobody could hear anything. Everything before them also seemed black and white and all color was lost.

At least they could still use their consciousnesses and voice-projection capabilities were unaffected. Zhu Yi studied the magic formation as he pulled out the Green Glass Jade Stand. "Senior, you've been inside this magic formation with the Golden Hill Holy Man before. We wish to break the formation again and we need your experience."

Spiritual energies rippled forth from the jade stand and were converted into audible sounds that only Zhu Yi and company could hear. "This is a natural-born magic formation and has been with the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain since a long time ago. The humans of the Divine Lands have taken to calling the Nameless Ancient Formation."

"The ancient formation of today is a lot weaker than before. All it can do now is take away our sense of hearing and color. Back when I entered the formation with the Golden Hill Holy Man, the ancient formation was able to jam our sense of vision, touch, hearing, taste and smell all at the same time. Wer were only left with the autonomy of the consciousness to probe and move forward."

The Green Glass Jade Stand had been assimilated by Lin Feng and the stand now treated Lin Feng as its master. This was the reason why it referred to the Golden Hill Holy Man, its previous owner, the same way as Zhu Yi and the others.

"Even so, the flexibility of our consciousnesses is greatly reduced and our range of function is highly limited," the Green Glass Soul continued, "The combined effect of our continued exposure to the multiple layers of spatial illusions within the Ying Sea and the deficiency of our senses makes it very easy for us to end up becoming trapped inside."

"The Golden Hill Holy Man perished because he got himself trapped inside the layers of illusions."

Zhu Yi and company nodded their heads in unison. Over the years of exploration and adventure, the reputation of the Nameless Ancient Formation surrounding the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain is relatively pervasive.

Legend had it that during the initial appearances of the Three Mountains of the Ying Sea, the power of the Nameless Ancient Formation was at its peak to the point that it was able to jam steal away cultivators' consciousness and rationality of thought. Once cultivators entered the ancient formation, they were unable to think nor speak and neither were they able to move. They would enter a kind of vegetable state.

This was not even accounting for the other dangerous things all around. A cultivator in a vegetable state in such circumstances was as good as dead.

Emperor Tai launched a great assault on the Nameless Ancient Formation during his time which remarkably nullified its powers. This was the reason why the cultivators that came after were still able to use their consciousnesses and psychic senses.

With their consciousnesses still functional, the people that came after were able to discuss and experiment different resolutions to break the formation. Attack after attack caused the Nameless Ancient Formation to wither year after year.

The Green Glass Soul continued to explain. "From my experience with the Golden Hill Holy Man, who ended up being trapped inside, and the experiences of other adventurers who managed to escape, I can tell you that the method to breaking through this formation is very different from how we normally treat normal magic formations."

"The core of this formation is the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain itself. If we don't break through this formation somehow, there is no way we will even get close to the mountain. This means that looking for the eye of the formation is useless. The materials that is being used to set it up comprises the geological factors of the environment and are not fixed – they eve include the layers of illusions of the Ying Sea."

Li Yuanfang's eyes sparkled as he listened. "That means the key to breaking the illusion is to use the same method as the Imperial Palace. We have to either attack it from the outside in with brute force, or we use the most primitive method of breaking formations – we analyze its patterns."

A long time ago, when humans and demons were just becoming civilized, there were already magic formations in existence. These formations were not the brainchildren of great cultivators or powerful demons who made them out of nothing – they were formed through the analysis of the patterns ofvnature and the interactions of Heaven and Earth. The magic formations in practice back then were caricatures and replicas of natural occurrences like the Nameless Ancient Formation of the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain.

This phenomenon was similar to ancient humans mimicking other animals and following their behaviors in order to survive.

The evolution of magic formations since the beginning of time went through a similar process as well. Cultivators analyzed the natural-born ancient formations of the world and studied the profound meanings embodied within, and modelled their own magic formations after these ancient formations using their own mantras.

With the passage of history, humans and demons became more adept at controlling their mana and their mantras, and their understanding of magic formations and the world accumulated over time. They broke free of the shadow cast by natural-born ancient formations, and were finally able to use their personal mantras and masteries as foundations to devise new magic formations based on their own ambitions and desires.

The Green Glass Soul affirmed Yuanfang's judgment. "You are absolutely correct. In order to break this ancient formation completely, we have to work out the formation patterns – to the very last one."

He continued to advise Zhu Yi and the others. "From my experience, this ancient formation is not a sphere but rather a spiraling loop of some sort. It only appears like a sphere due to the disproportionate space around it."

Zhu Yi turned to Li Yuanfang and asked, "What do you think, Sixth Junior?"

Li Yuanfang was not too hasty in reply. His eyes closed into slits as he started to analyze the magic formation by himself and answered Zhu Yi only after he completed careful calculations. "Second Senior, we should split up and meet somewhere afterwards and consolidate our findings. It's faster this way."

"I wanted to say the same," Zhu Yi nodded his head in approval. "Even though the space around the formation is twisted, we can still afford to split up to work things out. We will go a half round in opposite directions and rendezvous at the end. We don't have to worry about running into other cultivators as well. This place is like our master's Purple Clouds Maze, and people that enter the ancient formation at different times will find themselves in the same place but in different dimensions. The Da Kong Zen Master and Prince Jingfang won't be able to see us as long as they haven't solved the conundrum of the ancient formation. This means that there is guaranteed safety for our splitting up."

Lin Feng's Purple Clouds Maze was only used on his foundational disciples as they were tested for their ascension to the status of becoming one of Lin Feng's direct disciples. It had been used several times after as well, and Zhu Yi and the others were able to replicate it after their levels of mastery became higher and higher. This was the reason why Li Yuanfang understood how it worked.

The two of them agreed on the plan while the Green Glass Soul was a little stunned. Zhu Yi's idea of going their separate ways meant that he would lead a group and Li Yuanfang would assume leadership of another group at the same time.

There was nothing to be said about Zhu Yi's level of mastery. However, Li Yuanfang was only in the aurous core beginner stage.

Both Jieyu and Baiguang were a little doubtful as well. They did not know much about Li Yuanfang as the two of them had been in reclusion for quite a prolonged period time. All they knew was that this dark-skinned youth was also Lin Feng's direct disciple.

"Across the Divine Lands below the level of the immortal soul, and this includes the other seniors and juniors of the Celestial Sect of Wonders, there are not more than five people who are better than my Sixth Junior with magic formations." Zhu Yi said plainly as he could detect the skepticism of the rest of his company. "Even amongst the immortal soul stage cultivators, there are a great many who are not very good with magic formations. Of this group of people, Sixth Junior is better than every single one of them with regards to the transformations of magic formations."

The Green Glass Soul, Jieyu and Baiguang turned to look at Li Yuanfang with rather astonished expressions. It was clear that Zhu Yi was a man of truth and he did not take to slander and deceptions in his speech.

Even so, his words sounded a little too extraordinary to be true.

Li Yuanfang glanced at Zhu Yi without a single trace of arrogance nor humility and spoke with a serious attitude. "There are immortal soul stage cultivators in the parties from the Great Qin and the Great Zhou Empire after all. We do not know if there are cultivators who are adept in magic formations amongst their ranks."

"In the interest of time, you should cast the Soaring Dragon Spell to aid me in my endeavors."

Zhu Yi nodded in agreement. "I would have done the same even if you hadn't brought it up."

With that, his right hand started to move as he began casting the spell. The shadow of an immense dragon shimmered into sight as it roared and started wrapping itself around Li Yuanfang's body.

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Chapter 763: Touch Wood

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The vast dragon encircled Li Yuanfang's body as voluminous power began to harmonize with Li Yuanfang's own pool of mana. The product was a mystical concept of power of continuous rise and non-stop improvement as the illusory dragon continued to enmesh itself with the light energy emanating from Li Yuanfang's body. In the end, it transformed into a halo and orbited Li Yuanfang quietly.

Everybody could immediately feel that Li Yuanfang's spiritual essence and energy were markedly stronger.

"This feeling… aurous core intermediate stage?" The Green Glass Soul was a little perplexed.

He was the original soul of the Green Glass Jade Stand, so aurous core intermediate stage cultivators were worthless to him. However, Li Yuanfang was only in the aurous core beginner stage and abruptly ascended to the aurous core intermediate stage under the effects of Zhu Yi's Soaring Dragon Spell. This sudden change piqued his interest.

Over the course of the history of the Grand Celestial World, there were multiple mantras and secret methods that could instantaneously increase one's level of mastery. However, many of them had negative side effects and most were only able to target themselves and were unable to target others.

It was not impossible for immortal soul stage cultivators and nascent soul stage grandmasters to raise the masteries of aurous core stage cultivators right away. However, there were usually side effects, and this was an action that would typically spoil things with the undue hastiness.

Zhu Yi and Li Yuanfang came from the same sect and they were on good terms as well. There was no reason for Zhu Yi to harm the latter, and even though time was of the essence in the struggle to break the ancient formation, it did not call for such a radical move with irreversible side effects.

If there was a loophole in the spell, it would be similar to that of other mantras that only temporarily increased one's level of mastery – there was a time limit. The Green Glass Soul could feel that the effects of the Soaring Dragon Spell would fade over time and once the mana had completely dissipated, Li Yuanfang would have returned to the aurous core beginner stage.

Zhu Yi widened his eyes and glared at Jieyu and Baiguang. "I can only use this spell on others and it has no effect on me. At my current level of mastery, I can only boost the powers of cultivators below the immortal soul stage. Jieyu is already in the demonic lord advanced stage, so I can't help to raise you to the Undying Demonic Soul. However, I can boost Baiguang to the demonic lord advanced stage."

"However, this spell can only be used once on the target individual for a period of time and it cannot be used continuously. I intend to use the same spell to boost Baiguang after we have picked apart this ancient formation and we are officially in the contest for the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain."

Both Jieyu and Baiguang nodded their heads in acknowledgement as Zhu Yi passed the Green Glass Jade Stand to Li Yuanfang. "The two of you will be following Sixth Junior. Your main task is to protect him and prevent him from being harmed by the illusions and transformations within the formation. You guys can leave the matter of understanding and solving the magic formation to him."

"I will do it alone. Let's split up."

The Nameless Ancient Formation was frail and weak at this point in time and did not possess that much destructive power in itself. However, the layers of illusions within the Ying Sea were still present. Under the effects of the ancient formation, cultivators lost their sense of hearing and could not see color and were thus more susceptible to the deceptive illusions and would be more easily trapped inside.

It would be extremely perilous for any cultivator who found himself trapped.

The Green Glass Soul showed no further displeasure about the proposal as he thought to himself, "I have been inside the Nameless Ancient Formation before. If my master's Sixth Junior is unable to solve it, or if he's too slow, I think I can be of help."

The Green Glass Soul quickly realized that his worries were completely unnecessary.

"The first formation pattern: Yin advances and Yang retreats, Bingwu enters Jiazi, Yimo gives way to Guichen, Dingyi retreats into Renchou, Gengmao enters Binghai…" (Translator's Note: This text draws from the ancient Chinese system of sexagenary cycles, i.e., the twelve earthly branches and the ten heavenly stems. They are also used by Chinese astronomers and mariners as directions, on top of the four cardinal directions.)

"This formation pattern is too ancient. Calculations using the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches method overcomplicates things. I shall switch to Heluo's Law…" Li Yuanfang proceeded forward casually as he spoke quickly. However, his enunciation was as clear as his thought process even though he was not directing his speech at the Green Glass Soul or the others. It was a force of habit from talking to himself all the time during his own studies of magic formations.

"The cluster of the first ten formation patterns: The center doesn't move, the left-hand side coexists, the first, third, fifth, seventh and ninth formation pattern possesses Yang energy. The seventh formation pattern is abnormal, the Second Earth becomes fire, and the Seventh Sky is formed. If the Seventh Sky is incomplete, then the Second Earth doesn't exist." (Translator's Note: This is another system derived from ancient Chinese literature, and is used to calculate positions amongst other things. There are positions, denoted by the numbers, within regions that are denoted by terms like "Sky", "Earth", "Fire", "Water", etc, and is related to the four cardinal directions as well.)

"The second, fourth, sixth, eighth and tenth formation pattern is positioned on the right-hand side. The second formation pattern is incomplete, we can use this as a point of entry to solve the formation."

"The second cluster of ten formation patterns: the center doesn't move, the left-hand side coexists, the first, third, fifth, seventh and ninth formation pattern possesses Yang energy. The first formation pattern is abnormal – First Sky becomes Water, Sixth Earth is formed and will not exist if the First Sky isn't there."

"The second, fourth, sixth, eighth and tenth formation patterns are positioned on the right-hand side. The sixth formation pattern is incomplete, we can use this as a point of entry."

"The third cluster of ten formation patterns…"

"The fourth cluster…"

Li Yuanfang kept moving forward and he never stopped once to take a break. For him, the powers of the Nameless Ancient Formation were a lot weaker than before and there was no need for him to pay attention to its dangers. He could focus solely on the changes in the magic formation, and once he made some headway or figured out the rhythm and patterns, the resolution of the magic formation would become much speedier.

Even though the Nameless Ancient Formation had assimilated the powers of the various spatial illusions around the Ying Sea, he had the protection of the Green Glass Soul, Jieyu and Baiguang so he was not did not have to be concerned about that either.

The Green Glass Soul and the two dragons watched him with amazement, yet they developed a feeling that all this was somehow common-sense.

Li Yuanfang's eyes sparkled as he positioned himself squarely in the middle of the ancient formation. What was dry, complicated and challenging for most others was enjoyment for him.

Within the magic formation, Zhu Yi and the others existed in a separate plane. From the perspective of Lin Feng and the others outside the magic formation, the innumerable jade planks that formed a dome-like structure over the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain pieced together like an organized tessellation of rectangular brick flooring.

The countless numbers of planks started to move, yet there was an enchanting beauty to the chaos.

The Nameless Ancient Formation was a lot weaker than it had been. Lin Feng, Liang Pan and Shi Yu would not have too much trouble overcoming the magic formation had they been the ones insides. However, they would have required the brute force of Mount Yujing, the Imperial Palace or the Immortal Dragon City for a swifter resolution.

If not for the fact that there two other powerful parties watching him, Lin Feng did not mind using this speedy method to handle the magic formation. In the end, he was obsessed about magic formations like Li Yuanfang was.

However, the current situation was not too bad at all. Lin Feng had always been confident about the auspiciousness and good fortune of his disciples.

Furthermore, Zhu Yi was not the only one there – now there were two.

Xiao Yan, Xiao Zhener, Yang Qing, the Kui Cow King and the Spiritual Horse King had arrived in the space above the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain. Lin Feng immediately sent a voice-projected message to them and explained the current circumstance while Xiao Yan described his own encounters at the same time.

Lin Feng nodded faintly when he heard about the Ratnasambhava Monk but said nothing.

After everything had been arranged and instructed, Xiao Yan and his company bid farewell to Lin Feng and immediately descended into the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain.

Liang Pan and Shi Yu did not object to this new variant even though they were both aware that Xiao Yan was in the nascent soul advanced stage.

Compared to Zhu Yi's prowess as a nascent soul advanced stage cultivator, it was not hard to imagine that of Xiao Yan's, and that his abilities could no longer be measured by the standard gauges used for nascent soul stage cultivators.

In the end, there was no way they could object to what the Celestial Sect of Wonders were doing anyway. That just seemed too stingy, as if they were afraid.

The only thing they could do was bank their hopes on the Da Kong Zen Master and Prince Jingfang and the others.

However, Xiao Yan's company was a lot slower than Zhu Yi and the first batch of cultivators. It was expected that they would take a considerably longer time to break the magic formation than the others as they started a lot later.

The Nameless Ancient Formation was nothing like the spatial illusion that Lin Feng had just encountered. It did not dissipate once a single person had broken it. This was because the eye of the formation was the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain, thus there was no way it could be completely removed. Furthermore, the strength of the formation was fueled by the spiritual energy of nature and the countless illusions around the mountain. Unless Lin Feng and the others eroded them from the outside, the magic formation as there to stay.

Therefore, Xiao Yan and his company were unable to share in the fruits of Zhu Yi and Li Yuanfang's success – they could only rely on themselves.

As time passed by, the spherical-shaped structure of jade planks surrounding the mountain started to transform into a complete annulus before their movement stopped entirely and radiated with colorful radiance.

Zhu Yi sauntered forward calmly within the Nameless Ancient Formation as a giant turtle-shaped turtle hovered above his head.

The spiritual turtle's eyes were calm but was deep and profound like the vast oceans.

An immeasurable volume of light patterns and characters appeared and vanished on the back of the turtle shell and resembled the ephemeral nature of air bubbles in the ocean water.

These characters clustered together and continuously connected to one another. It seemed like a giant diagram of the eight trigrams from far away.

Through the use of the Return Of All Appearances Spell, the speed at which Zhu Yi was solving the Nameless Ancient Formation was actually faster than Li Yuanfang. After all, he was more than a single level higher in mastery, and he was a lot more sensitive to the flow of spiritual energy within the magic formation.

Suddenly, Zhu Yi stopped in his tracks and smiled as a black-white ripple appeared in the colorless waves before him as Li Yuanfang and his company stepped out.

The two of them did not even bother greeting each other as they immediately got down to consolidating their respective findings and cross-referencing each other.

After completely understanding the changes within the magic formation, Zhu Yi nodded his head one final time and said, "I will cast the spell."

Li Yuanfang was in complete agreement as it was clear that Zhu Yi was more powerful than he was and thus had a higher chance at success.

Zhu Yi had already begun to cast a spell as he formed a handprint on his stomach. It was agile and dense at the same time, and primitive yet profound.

Calm yet distant lights suddenly shot out from the eyes of the giant spiritual turtle above his head and stirred up the wave-like spaces in front of them.

The entire rea surrounding the company began to tremble and ripple like boiling water as the lights from the turtle's eyes began to take effect; giant air bubbles appeared and exploded before Zhu Yi and the others.

Color gradually returned to the environment as ear-splitting booming sounds could be heard.

The entire layer of void shattered before their very eyes as their environment changed once again – they were out of the Nameless Ancient Formation, and had finally arrived on the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain.

Zhu Yi could confirm that they were not in an illusion and had truly landed on the mountain. They stepped over solid ground and felt the ample spiritual energy of the mountain as they began to take in the profound laws of nature.

"It's actually so simple. This feeling is just too unreal," The Green Glass Soul was the first to speak. The tone of his voice clearly showed his disbelief and incredulity towards the entire process.

Zhu Yi smiled and said, "We are stepping on the shoulders of giants who came before us after all. The repeated assaults upon the Nameless Ancient Formation has weakened it so much that it is only able to disable our sense of hearing and take away the color of the environment. These two items are not really that important in our efforts to break it. A magic formation that has lost its offensive capabilities is just like a dying man – all it can do is watch as we analyze the transformations and derive the proper solution."

Li Yuanfang continued, "The same goes for the others who are not that good with magic formations. Even though they will be slightly slower and we are clearly the first to break through, time is still of the essence."

Zhu Yi turned his gaze towards the vast and sprawling magical mountain. "Let's go."

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Chapter 764: The Illusion At The Core Of the Mountain

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Compared to the colossal square-shaped Fangzhang Celestial Mountain which was more than five thousand miles wide, the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain was a lot smaller as it was only four thousand miles wide. However, this magical mountain was still enormous and was large enough to be called an island.

Zhu Yi and company wasted no time as they flew towards the summit of the mountain immediately after breaking the magic formation.

No experience was required as their senses told them that the summit of the mountain was where most of the spiritual energy of the mountain were condensed at.

Voluminous amounts of spiritual energy permeated from the top of mountain and streamed into the midsections like a wheel that orbited the mountain.

As they were walking, both Zhu Yi and Li Yuanfang glanced backwards towards the Nameless Ancient Formation at the same time.

They exchanged a look. "The others have broken the formation as well."

The others were not that much slower than Zhu Yi and Li Yuanfang. The reason why their company was faster than the others was because Zhu Yi and Li Yuanfang were relatively more adept with magic formations and the result of their decision to split up.

The void split open in the Nameless Ancient Formation at a distance behind them as a group of people finally stepped foot onto the mountain – the Great Qin Empire's party.

The leader of the group was not Shi Lin and neither was it the Vivant Joy Holy Man – it was Shi Xingyun.

She raised her head and turned towards the direction of the summit. "It's Zhu Yi and Li Yuanfang from the Celestial Sect of Wonders. Looks like they split up as well and completed a half-circle each."

Shi Lin frowned a little. He was called forth to lead the Great Qin Empire's party into the Nameless Ancient Formation and probe the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain and was naturally one of the cultivators that with higher level of mastery with magic formations. In addition to Shi Xingyun's previously unknown finesse with magic formations, they used the same method of completing a half-circle each and even then, they were still slower than the Celestial Sect of Wonders.

Their pairing was a second-level immortal soul stage cultivator with a nascent soul intermediate stage cultivator and yet they still came up short against a nacent soul advanced stage pairing with an aurous core beginner stage. This was actually slightly humiliating.

Shi Lin lowered his voice and said, "Let's go. We will catch up with them at the summit."

"Yes, uncle." Shi Xingyun nodded her head and the Vivant Joy Holy Man said nothing as they called the rest of the cultivators of the Great Qin Empire and followed behind Zhu Yi and headed towards the summit of the mountain.

Not before long, the void shifted once more as the Great Zhou Empire's party burst through the void and arrived onto the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain.

The Da Kong Zen Master cast his gaze forward towards the tip of the mountain and laughed as he shook his head. "Even with the guidance of my ancestors, one man's speed is ultimately slower than two people working together."

The Tidal Sword Elder refused to comment. Sword cultivators were never too good with magic formations, and even if they were, they were only good with sword formations. There was a also huge difference from typical magic formations, thus the valuable input he could provide was highly limited.

The Da Kong Zen Master wasted no more time as he started flying towards the top of the mountain as the Tidal Sword Elder and the rest of the group followed closely behind.

Zhu Yi and the others took point as everybody proceeded towards the top of the mountain. The amount of mystical herbs and other natural objects were plentiful enough to make people dizzy, and the ample spiritual energy was also made it a highly suitable environment for people to cultivate in.

"Even though it's still inferior to Mount Yujing, it's actually superior to the Celestial Wonders World. Even if the resources on this mountain are inferior to a middle world like the Celestial Wonders World, the sheer numbers and variety are already extraordinary."

Zhu Yi surveyed his surroundings and continued, "Furthermore, there is the Jade Nectar Spring that the Green Glass Soul senior spoke off that helps to raise the powers of magic items."

Even though the Green Glass Jade Stand craved the Jade Nectar Spring, he knew that it was not the right time to indulge himself. He had to wait until Lin Feng and Zhu Yi gained control over the mountain before anything could happen. He would have all the time in the world after that as well.

Just like the Ying Sea, the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain had a great many illusions inside as well. Most of the treasures and mystical herbs that everybody kept coming across were actually created by visual illusions.

The most dangerous ones were still illusions that possessed the highest level of deceptiveness. One was positioned at the very top of the mountain as well, as the space above was twisted and out of proportion and an illusory summit that released strong ripples of spiritual energy was created to mislead unwitting adventurers.

After a long time of searching, victory was near and only one last step was needed before the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain was fully in control, and it would be able to roam freely throughout the Ying Sea.

The greater the suffering that came before, the stronger the feeling of victory, satisfaction and hopeful relief would be.

However, Zhu Yi and Li Yuanfang were clear-headed enough to dispel all such notions. They refused to be misled and trapped by the illusion of the summit as they repositioned themselves in the void above – they discovered that the illusion was actually in a place far away from where the real summit was located at.

In comparison with the real summit of the mountain, it was like a reflection from a mirror.

Zhu Yi and the others broke through the illusion in an instant and finally found themselves at the summit of the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain. The mountain seemed to tremble at the very moment they set foot onto the summit.

Uncountable rays of light lit up from the summit and formed a gigantic circular formation. It was not an aggressive one, however, and it led Zhu Yi and his company inside the middle of the mountain!

The midsection of the mountain was pitch black and without a single ounce of light.

All natural light was blocked off, and even when Zhu Yi and the others tried to create sparks of light, they still found themselves mired in complete darkness.

"This concept of power is similar to that of the Eternal Night Demonic Stele. It resembles the darkness of the primitive ages and the eternal and sleepless night – as if all sources of light have been consumed." Zhu Yi and the others remained calm and started using their psychic senses to probe the path ahead. They began to feel the flow of spiritual energies inside the mountain.

Vast amounts of spiritual energies that were condensed together were like tides along the coast – there was a clear direction of movement.

Zhu Yi and company followed the general direction of the flow of spiritual energy as they moved forward slowly. Even though they were obstructed by multiple sources of mana, everybody fought them off as they went with relative ease, and tiny sparks of light eventually returned to their eyes.

"Over here." Zhu Yi felt his spirits lift as he started towards the tiny specks of light. The more they walked, the clearer the lights became.

At the end of everything, everybody found themselves faced with a flat wall. The wall was translucent like water crystals and radiated soft light from within.

However, strangely, the crystal-like wall did not reflect their images.

Everyone started exchanging glances as it was clear there was something wrong with this crystal wall. Zhu Yi reached out to touch the wall – it was not ice-cold, but rather exuded a certain degree of warmth. He tried to pierce the wall through the void but realized that was not possible.

They changed tack and tried to destroy the wall with brute force but discovered that the wall was like liquid water – it rippled and twisted momentarily before it returned to its original state.

Zhu Yi's brows furrowed into a frown. "Seems like we need an third-level immortal soul stage cultivator to break this crystal wall forcefully… Or not – it seems like even cultivators at the Way of the Virtual Entity may not be able to accomplish that as well. Perhaps we need a destiny-level magic treasure."

Baiguang stepped forward and touched the crystal wall lightly. "Perhaps it has something to do with illusory power. It even feels like an abnormally powerful spatial illusion – the only thing is, why can't we enter it?"

Baiguang came from the Jade Dragon Tribe, and the natural talent of the Jade Dragons was the mastery of illusory powers and the switch from corporeal forms to incorporeal ones. Even though their illusory powers were not seductive and deceptive like that of the Fox Race or the Oyster Race, they were still relatively more sensitive towards changes in space.

"It's different from the illusions we have encountered before. It doesn't just forbid us from entering inside – it seems to be discriminating against us."

Zhu Yi mulled over her analysis momentarily before he turned towards the Green Glass Jade Stand. "Green Glass Soul senior, much important information passed down over the years could be lost in translation."

"Having an advisor like you, who have existed since the middle ages, is extremely helpful. Do you know if anybody managed to get themselves into the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain, or if anybody has faced an illusion such as this before?"

The Green Glass Soul pondered for a moment before he replied slowly, "I have heard rumors before, but I can't verify it."

"Legend has it that during the early years of the Middle Ages, one of the third-level Golden Form stage elders of the Great Thunderclap Temple that went by the name of Zhi Guang Zen Master managed to beat the Nameless Ancient Formation and eventually entered the middle of the mountain like you guys just did."

"However, the Zhi Guang Zen Master was unable to take control of the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain in the end. He was eventually rejected and chased away by the magical mountain, which channeled the powers of the Ying Sea. He returned to the Great Thunderclap Temple and lived to tell the tale. He once spoke of a unique illusion in the middle of the mountain that rejected all outsiders."

"Perhaps this is the illusion that he spoke of," the Green Glass Soul continued, "The Zhi Guang Zen Master had the intention to revisit the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain during the next reappearance of the three mountains, but the chance never came and he passed away for some other reason."

Jieyu's mouth twitched a little. "After the forceful assault of generations after generations of cultivators, the defensive mechanisms of the three mountains have become weaker and weaker over the years. At least we haven't been chased way by the might of the Ying Sea. Still, we can't just pace around at the entrance to the treasure trove!"

"The defensive mechanisms of the magical mountain are still relatively powerful," Zhu Yi fiddled with a voice-projection crystal as he spoke, "This uncanny illusion seems to be formed by the mountain by incorporating the mystical and vast powers of the Ying Sea. This also means that we are coming closer and closer to the key to controlling the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain."

"We are unable to contact Master and the others while we are on the mountain. We don't even know if Eldest Senior and his company are already here on the island or if they're still stuck inside the Nameless Ancient Formation. If we can communicate with them, then we can help them break through the formation as fast as possible."

Zhu Yi kept the voice-projection crystal as he started to study the crystal wall in front of him once again.

While the Celestial Sect of Wonders were analyzing the crystal wall, the Great Zhou and the Great Qin Empires' parties had finally entered the middle of the mountain as well.

The magical mountain possessed strange spatial defensive mechanisms, and the three parties that entered separately found themselves in completely different circumstances with varying encounters.

However, everyone found themselves faced with a crystal-like wall that prevented them from moving forward.

"The illusion at the core of the mountain… it's also the key that connects the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain to the Ying Sea."

The Da Kong Zen Master took a deep breath and retrieved a relic from his possessions

This relic appeared extremely small and plain and resembled a date seed – dark-colored and unassuming.

"Zhi Guang Ancestor, I call on your wisdom and your experience." The Da Kong Zen Master placed his palms together and started to chant. The relic hovered in the air but still seemed dull and unimpressive, and was quite unlike the other relics which all radiated with Buddhist light, exuded the smell of sandalwood and rang with songs of Zen.

However, there was a feeling of freedom coming from the seed-like relic and permeated the air with profound concepts of Buddhism.

All of a sudden, rows of black scripture streamed out from the relic and drilled into the crystal wall!

At the same time, rows of black scripture formed the shape of a rope and started wrapping themselves around the Da Kong Zen Master.

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Chapter 765: The Starlight Being, Memories Of The Dead

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The Da Kong Zen Master seemed like he became one with the crystal wall through his connection with the relic and the relic's connection to the wall through the rows of black scripture.

Buddhist light flashed above his head and transformed into a spell body of a giant Buddha that was pure-gold and emanated green light.

The Tidal Sword Elder had already been briefed by the Da Kong Zen Master about the current situation, so they were not too surprised as they watched the Da Kong Monk place his Buddha Spell Body on full display.

The Da Kong Monk used to be part of the inner circle of the Great Thunderclap Temple and was raised as a talented prodigy with a great destiny. The mantras that he practiced was the Amoghasiddhi Mantra, which was part of the Five Tathagata Dharmas of the Compass and ranked amongst the likes of the Forever-Bright Tathagata Mantra and the Vairocana Sutra.

He was at the second-level Golden Form stage and the form of his Buddha Spell Body was naturally that of the Amoghasiddhi Buddha. His right hand gripped two Vajras and his left hand held a bell and his throne was supported by the horned Sangsang Bird.

The Sangsang Bird was a spiritual bird that existed between the Primordial Age and the Antiquity Age and was now extinct. It had a human-like body with feathers and horns on its head.

Legend had it that the olden adventurers that were on treasure-hunting expeditions would sometimes hear the sounds of the Sangsang Bird and they would immediately find what they were looking for even though the Bird never showed itself. Such was the fabled effects of the call of the Sangsang Bird.

In Buddhist Scripture, the special characteristics of the Sangsang Bird originated from one of the Buddha representations of the Five Wisdoms, the Amoghaisddhi Buddha, who had the power to make every dream come true and accomplish all necessary activities.

However, the revelation of the Amoghaisiddhi Buddha Spell Body was not meant to pierce through the crystal wall but to activate the ancient relic left behind by the Zhi Guang Zen Master.

As black scripture continued to stream out of the ancient relic, it finally started to change and began radiating with golden Buddhist light.

The Amoghaisiddhi Spell Body above the Da Kong Monk's head began to materialize and became something like a transparent soul. Subsequently, it was absorbed into the relic through the rows of scripture, which was now golden in color. The ancient relic exploded with light as a light shadow appeared out of nowhere, drifted momentarily in midair, and entered the interior of the crystal wall.

Most of the other cultivators from the Great Zhou Empire and the Vast Sea Sword Sect stepped forward in front of the crystal wall. Their souls immediately left the shell of their physical bodies as they did not even channel the powers of their nascent souls or their aurous cores – they simply floated through the crystal wall.

The people that remained, which included the Tidal Sword Elder, waited in silence and kept watch for the others whose souls had left their bodies.

The Da Kong Monk had directly activated the original soul of the relic and the remnant memories within, therefore he already had a rough idea of how to enter the mysterious illusion at the core of the mountain.

It was a lot more troublesome for the Celestial Sect of Wonders and the Great Qin Empire as they had to work out the solution by themselves.

Zhu Yi, Li Yuanfang, Jieyu and Baiguang sat on the ground with their legs crossed and stared at the crystal wall. They were still patient in searching for an answer despite the time they had already spent doing practically nothing.

The Green Glass Jade Stand was placed in front of Zhu Yi and said nothing as the Green Glass Soul was studying the crystal wall as well.

The shadow of a giant turtle flickered within Zhu Yi's pupils as countless ancient characters surged around as Zhu Yi did his calculations.

All of a sudden, he felt as if he had entered a mystical world as his consciousness departed from his physical body and even his soul. He 'integrated' into Heaven and Earth as he watched his physical body sitting cross-legged on the ground.

He could no longer feel his nascent soul and neither could he feel his physical body – he could not even feel his soul. However, Zhu Yi could see the burning fire of his soul which became stronger and stronger.

This strength did not come from the innate power of his soul or his agility. Rather, it was something more mystical and profound, as if he could see through everything from the past to the future.

Only Zhu Yi could see this fire – it was the Fire of Intelligence.

Amongst Lin Feng's direct disciples, Wang Lin and Zhu Yi had the most powerful souls, but both of them could not compare to the innate strength of Shi Tianhao.

Wang Lin cleansed his soul with the River Styx Primordial Water. During the Spiritual Conference of Huanghai, Zhu Yi's soul was sparked with the Fire of Intelligence which caused his soul to evolve.

However, this inexplicable phenomenon had never occurred again ever since. Even Zhu Yi himself could not bring about such an event.

Through the crystal wall in front of him, Zhu Yi quietly observed and felt the unique willpower and the mystical transformations of the Ying Sea and once again sparked the Fire of Intelligence and his soul evolved to become a lot more acute than before.

He felt as if he had freed himself from the chains of life and detached himself from the eternal river of time, and was also able to perceive the secrets of the past and the uncertainties of the future.

Such powerful senses and acuteness of perception was something that not even immortal soul stage cultivators typically possessed. Not even they could reach this level.

Even though the fire flickered for a tiny moment and was extinguished immediately after, Zhu Yi managed to grasp the key to the problem.

"The… Soul?" Zhu Yi's eyes sparkled as Li Yuanfang and the others turned and gazed at him. Zhu Yi took a moment to settle down and explained, "If my senses and my calculations are not wrong, then only the pure soul can enter the crystal wall onto the other side of the illusion."

"Even immortal soul stage cultivators have to transform their immortal souls into the original form of the soul."

Li Yuanfang frowned a little and said, "If only our souls are allowed to enter, then we can only rely on the strengths of our souls in response to any unforeseen circumstances within the illusion. All spell-power and mana will be rendered useless, and not even our magic items or whatsoever can be used."

Zhu Yi shook his head slowly. "I don't think so. I may be wrong, but I can feel that there's something else hidden within the illusion and it's not as simple as that."

He glanced at the others and said, "I will send my soul inside and you guys will remain here to protect my body."

Jieyu seemed a little worried. "All by yourself?"

Zhu Yi nodded his head. "The illusion is strange and insidious. While it may not simply purely be about the strength of the soul, my soul is still the strongest amongst our company. Only I need to go inside."

Jieyu and Baiguang exchanged a look. Their souls were relatively powerful as well, but there was no way they would let Li Yuanfang keep watch by himself. Even though Zhu Yi had multiple magic items in his possession – including the Green Glass Jade Stand, the Supreme Holy Ancient Apparel, the Eternal Night Demonic Stele, and the Yang Heaven Lamp and even the You Heaven Robe – these Gestation-level and Metaplasia-level magic treasures could not be channeled properly without Zhu Yi at the mantle.

However, Zhu Yi's solo entry might be a little too perilous and risky. Baiguang contemplated momentarily and suggested, "Why not let me follow you inside? My husband can keep watch with Li Yuanfang with the magic items that you will leave behind."

Jieyu's mouth hung open and wanted to object but Baiguang interrupted him. "Us demons have never been too adept with the use of magic treasures, and neither did we forge these things either. You are in the demonic lord advanced stage and I'm only in the demonic lord intermediate stage, so it's more suitable for you to wield them instead of me."

"Do take care." Jieyu had no choice but to nod his head in agreement.

Once a consensus had been reached, Zhu Yi and Baiguang wasted no more time as their souls departed from their bodies and flew into the crystal wall.

Zhu Yi's senses were correct. Once they left their physical bodies, their souls felt no obstruction at all as they passed through the crystal wall and officially entered the strange illusion at the core of the mountain.

Once they were inside, their environment changed once again. Supernovas flashed in the sky and they found themselves in a vast space that resembled the endless starry universe.

Zhu Yi was not even able to react as his soul became enveloped by spheres of starlight.

"Eh?" Zhu Yi activated his senses once again and realized that this sphere of starlight was not toxic or harmful towards his soul. Instead, it seemed to provide his soul with a new physical shell. However, this new physical body was not human-shaped, and neither was it shaped like any living thing in the world – it was a simply a sphere of starlight that flashed with faint traces of red.

However, once he integrated with the sphere of starlight, Zhu Yi started to feel flashbacks of memories inside his soul.

This were not his own pieces but someone else's, and pictures after pictures flowed into his mind.

"These are… The memories of the Wang Hao, the Great Sun Holy Man?" Zhu Yi was the most knowledgeable out of all of Lin Feng's disciples, and he fell short of omniscience, he was able to infer the identity the original owner of these set of remnant memories.

His name was Wang Hao, and he was the successor to Emperor Chen during the Antiquity Age of human emperors. He was known as the Great Sun Holy Man and practiced his mantras side by side with Emperor Chen, and succeeded the Emperor Chen's lineage of mantras that were based on the transformations of the stars. He managed to attain the second-level immortal soul stage as well, but met his unfortunate end during one of the reappearances of the Three Mountains of the Ying Sea.

However, based on his own repertoire of knowledge, the death of the Great Sun Holy Man had nothing to do with the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain but was connected to the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain instead.

Zhu Yi oriented himself as he assumed control of this new temporary physical body and probed forward into the spatial illusion.

In the next moment, countless numbers of stars exploded forth towards him!

Amongst them included the Path of Hell's Molten Lava Netherworld Formation from the ancient Samsara Sect, the Shaoshang Sword from the Mount Shu Sword Sect, the Blood River Sect's Light of Divine Plasma from the satanic sects of the Antiquity Age, the Purple Clouds Sect's Nine Heavens Thunder and even the Supreme Nine-Holes Mantra of the True Gods from the Great Void Sect!

All kinds of mantras and spells besieged Zhu Yi at the same time.

Every star possessed a unique and secret spell or mantra from the powerful sects in the history of the Divine Lands.

Zhu Yi's mind spun with ideas and thoughts as he desperately tried to find a way out. "The forces of these spells are not the same – the cultivators behind them are not of the same level of mastery."

"The Supreme Nine-Holes Mantra of the True Gods is channeled by a first-level immortal soul stage cultivator, and the Shaoyang Sword Technique is executed by a second-level immortal soul stage, and the Molten Lava Netherworld Formation is directed by a nascent soul advanced stage cultivator. The Nine Heavens Thunder should also be a first-level immortal soul stage cultivator…"

Zhu Yi meticulously went through the various information and materials that he had received about the Ying Sea before they started on their expedition. With the strength of his soul, he had no problem remembering any volume of information and materials and he could recall every single name that he had seen before at whim.

"The Spiritual Zither Holy Man of the Great Void Sect, first-level immortal soul stage, died inside one of the illusions of the Ying Sea."

"A Shaoyang Swordmaster from the Middle Ages, second-level immortal soul stage, failed in his endeavor to control the Penglai Celestial Mountain and was crushed by the mountain which channeled the strength of the Ying Sea."

"Not too sure about the Path of Hell of the Samara Sect. Information is unclear – records and archives probably exist only within the sect itself."

"An immortal soul stage cultivator from the Purple Clouds Sect from over six thousand years ago, named the Shocking Thunder Holy Man, failed in his ambition to take over the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain and was pulverized by the dragon illusions which besieged him at the summit."

"The others… including my own temporary body – the Great Sun Holy Man," Zhu Yi took a deep a breath, "the illusion at the core of the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain is drawing on the powers of the Ying Sea and has managed to replicate the remnant souls of powerful cultivators that perished within the Ying Sea over the years!"

Faced with an overwhelming assault, Zhu Yi started to make his move. The stars flickered but he was not casting his own mantras and abhijnas – the sphere of starlight materialized into the figure of a man and he punched out with an explosive roar.

The secret Martial Way of the Lineage of the Emperor Chen – the Celestial Fist of the Twenty-Eight Mansions!

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Chapter 766: The Battle Of The Stars!

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Upon closer inspection, Zhu Yi started to realize that the various spells and techniques that were surging around were not all targeted towards himself.

Every star seemed to be fighting against another one as they unleashed spell after spell and it felt like all they wanted to do was destroy the other stars around them.

These stars were chaotic and disorganized as if they had no mind at all.

Even though the stars perfectly replicated the strengths of the powerful cultivators that lost their lives inside the Ying Sea and their spells were on full display, they seemed to have lost their autonomy and every star seemed like a puppet.

"The remnant memories of the stars are incomplete, therefore the abhijnas and spells are also incomplete. This is the reason why they are unable to execute the spells smoothly and can only draw upon the power of the stars to unleash their personal spells and martial ways."

"However, the remnant memories and souls are one with the stars but separated from my own – therefore I am unable to use my own spells and abhijnas. Forced execution is virtually impossible as we will be doing everything wrong."

"The consequence of the ruination of y new starlight body that formed around my soul after my entry is unclear and hard to predict. I may possibly reform a new sphere and a new identity, yet I may also be rejected by the spatial illusion, and my soul can even be destroyed in the process."

Thoughts raced through his mind as unleashed a spell from the soul memories of the Great Sun Holy Man's esoteric Martial Ways of the Emperor Chen. The Celestial Fist of the Twenty-Eight Mansions opened with the form of the Jiao Wood Serpent and launched towards the Shaoyang Sword Technique directly in front of him.

The first one of the seven mansions of the Green Dragon was called the Jiao Wood Serpent – its determinative star was Alpha Virgo, wood-typed, and formed a serpent-like figure in the sky. It was the first of the seven Mansions of the Eastern Sky and had two stars that were shaped like the horns of a dragon.

The horns of the dragon represented the ferocious charge into battle. The Jiao Wood Serpent Form was one of the killer moves of the Celestial Fist of the Twenty-Eight Mansions.

Both fists punched out and the force of the attack were like two giant hammers that could pulverize his adversary in an instant.

The Shaoyang Sword was the fiercest branch out of the Six Swords of the Mount Shu Sword Sect, yet Zhu Yi had no intention to dodge or retreat. He retaliated with the form of the Jiao Wood Serpent and met brute force with brute force.

The force of the clash exploded with bright light as the Shaoyang Sword star flew backwards from the aftershocks and Zhu Yi's star was forced backwards well.

His opponent sustained a greater loss than Zhu Yi as the Shaoyang Sword strike had no focal point – it blindingly treated all surrounding stars as a target but Zhu Yi concentrated all his energy towards him, and Zhu Yi almost turned that star into a supernova.

However, other stars started to launch other spells and attacks towards Zhu Yi.

Zhu Yi's soul was trembling violently as he tried his best to connect with the remnant memories of the Great Sun Holy Man and struggled to understand the profundity of the Martial Ways of the Emperor Chen.

Of all the human emperors in the history of the Divine Lands, the Emperor Chen was the most adamant about taking control of the Ancient Desolate Galaxy away from the demons. He harnessed the powers of a million stars and, coupled with his deep understanding of the transformations of the stars, he managed to form a physical body so strong that that hardly anybody in the Middle Ages that could match him.

The Celestial Fist of the Twenty-Eight Mansions was the most popular Martial Way amongst all the techniques and spells passed down from the Emperor Chen.

The Twenty-Eight Mansions comprised four groups of mansions. The Seven Mansions of the Green Dragon of the East – the Horn Wood Serpent, the Neck Gold Dragon, the Root Earth Raccoon, the Room Sun Rabbit, the Heart Moon Fox, the Tail Fire Tiger and the Winnowing Basket Water Cheetah.

The Seven Mansions of the Vermilion Bird of the South – the Well Wood Tiger, the Ghost Gold Goat, the Willow Earth Roe, the Star Sun Horse, the Extended Net Moon Deer, the Wings Fire Snake and the Chariot Water Worm.

The Seven Mansions of White Tiger of the West – the Legs Wood Wolf, the Bond Gold Canine, the Stomach Earth Pheasant, the Hairy Heard Sun Chicken, the Net Moon Crow, the Turtle Beak Fire Monkey and the Three Stars Water Ape.

The Seven Mansions of the Black Tortoise of the North – the Dipper Wood Xie, the Ox Gold Bull, the Girl Earth Bat, the Emptiness Sun Mouse, the Rooftop Moon Swallow, the Encampment Fire Pig and the Wall Water Yu. (Translator's Note: The Twenty-Eight Mansions are part of the Chinese constellations systems. The names of the mansions are directly translated and the naming consists of three parts and they make not make too much sense without reference to the Chinese charts.)

Zhu Yi continued to mull over the deeper meanings of the stars embodied within the twenty-eight forms and cross-referenced with his own knowledge for maximum speed and effect.

"This Martial Way is a little similar to the ones practiced by Eldest Senior. His Four Appearances Heaven-Cleaving Script also consists of the Dragon, the Sparrow, the Tiger and the Tortoise. Will continual derivation of the Martial Way and incorporating the transformations of the stars lead to other types of martial ways?"

Zhu Yi's soul was as lively and vivacious as it could be at this point – he even had the time and energy to contemplate about things that were completely unrelated to the dire circumstance at hand.

The starlight around his body started to flicker and materialize into a physical body of a man. The pores and holes around his body trembled and sparkled like the stars in the universe as vast energies connected them all together.

However, Zhu Yi took a different approach this time. The body that the starlight transformed into extended its arms to the side as if it was giving up on all forms of protection before it dashed backwards like the flight of a giant bird – it was the form of the Wings Fire Snake.

The determinative star was Alpha Crateris, and it was fire-typed and took the form of a snake. It was the sixth mansion of the Southern Mansions and took its position at the wings of the Vermilion Bird. Birds could only take flight with wings, and it was one of the agility-based techniques of the Celestial Fist of the Twenty-Eight Mansions.

The Emperor Chen of the Antiquity Age 'flapped' his wings and travelled to a place ten thousand miles away with this exact technique. It was faster than most other techniques that had similar effects, and rivaled even the speed of the Golden Roc.

Zhu Yi almost had full autonomy with offence and defense. He managed to evade the onslaught of miscellaneous spells in an instant as the spells found themselves without a target.

"I shall not waste my time with them – the important task right now is to break the spatial illusion," he thought to himself as he continued to shake off several other attacks with the Wings Fire Snake form and soared towards the far end of the starry galaxy.

He clashed with multiple spheres of starlight along the way, with varying levels of mastery. However, the lowest was already the nascent soul stage – it seemed like only the remnant soul memories of cultivators that were at least at the nascent soul stage that had perished in the Ying Sea at some point were preserved and guided into this spatial illusion.

Zhu Yi pondered over everything as he travelled. "Even though we entered the illusion at the same time, Baiguang is nowhere to be seen. None of the chaotic starlight beings that I ran into previously belonged to her soul – I do hope she's safe."

Even though he was unsure, Zhu Yi's guess was that whichever starlight soul that enveloped the people that entered the spatial illusion was purely by chance.

Zhu Yi was a little more fortunate than others to have been implanted into the remnant starlight soul of the Great Sun Holy Man. Of all the records of cultivators that had lost their lives inside the Ying Sea at some point, besides the small number of third-level immortal soul stage cultivators, the Great Sun Holy Man was one of the more outstanding individuals.

This was the reason why Zhu Yi could repel the onslaught of starlight and still had the energy to move forward.

If he had been implanted into the remnant soul of a nascent soul beginner stage cultivator, then he would be in deep trouble. Even the aftershocks of the battle between powerful cultivators could eradicate his entire sphere of starlight.

Besides the good fortune that he was enjoying currently, this outcome was beneficial for Zhu Yi in the long run as well. He was able to connect with and understand the Great Sun Holy Man's remnant soul memories, and this would be helpful when he was in the immortal soul stage himself and breaking through to the second-level immortal soul stage.

Still, Zhu Yi felt a little disoriented as he was wielding the shell of a second-level immortal soul stage cultivator when he himself was only in the nascent soul advanced stage. Even though his original body's battle prowess was greater than most other first-level immortal soul stage cultivators, there was still a rift in understanding of the world between the levels of masteries and was not something that could be bridged in the short term.

However, with his current experiences, if he could consolidate the knowledge he had obtained in the process, then it would be a kind of formless improvement for Zhu Yi.

"Eh?" Zhu Yi's eyes squinted a little as he gazed towards the far horizon.

There was another Void Battleground in the far end of the galaxy as spheres of starlight collided violently.

However, Zhu Yi's extraordinary levels of perception told him that there was something different about a group of starlight beings amongst the chaos.

They were humans!

Another group of souls had entered the spatial illusion and were implanted into various remnant soul memories as well. They were relatively organized and displayed a certain level of intelligence and rationality as they overcame the other stars with collective effort and proceeded forward with a clear direction and destination in mind.

"This level of mastery – a third-level immortal soul stage cultivator?!" Zhu Yi was a little surprised. "From the looks of his spells and abhijnas, it seems to be rooted within the Amoghasiddhi Mantra."

"But I have never heard of a third-level Golden Form cultivator who died in the Ying Sea."

Third-level immortal soul stage cultivators were revered and considered extremely important in their respective eras. Besides a few special exceptions, the death of a third-level immortal soul stage cultivator would send ripples throughout the world and the entire Grand Celestial World would feel the aftershocks.

Therefore, the deaths of most third-level immortal soul stage cultivators were clearly recorded in the archives with meticulous detail.

"The most prominent connection between the Great Thunderclap Temple and the Ying Sea is the Zhi Guang Zen Master of the Middle Ages. Legend has it that the Zhi Guang Zen Master has been into the Ying Sea multiple times over, and even tried to take control of a Celestial Mountain by himself when they showed themselves to the world. However, the death of the Zhi Guang Zen Master had nothing to do with the Ying Sea."

Zhu Yi continued to deliberate. "However, the Zhi Guang Zen Master's mantras are based on the Amoghasiddhi Mantra…"

There was something abnormal about this group of stars.

Zhu Yi was just about to continue to monitor and observe this group of stars. However, before he could do anything, this group of stars came up to him in the blink of an eye.

Starlight sparkled and flashed as rays of Buddhist light surged into vision in front of Zhu Yi.

The form of the Amoghasiddhi Buddha. All activities could be accomplished, and no matter where it was, there was no unfinishable task.

The soul embedded within this sphere of starlight was the leader of the party from the Great Zhou Empire – the Da Kong Zen Master. He had activated the Zhi Guang Zen Master's ancient relic and subsequently used the Zhi Guang Zen Master's remnant soul memories as his temporary body inside the spatial illusion by turning it into starlight. This ensured that he possessed the third-level immortal stage powers of the Zhi Guang Zen Master.

He also practiced the Amoghasiddhi Mantra as well, and his control of the Zhi Guang Zen Master's remnant soul was very similar to him breaking the bottleneck into the third-level immortal soul stage in real life.

He had an understanding of the spatial illusion before he was even inside. Therefore, he had instructed the other cultivators from the Great Zhou Empire to use his Buddhist light as a beacon and rally towards him once everyone had entered the spatial illusion. They used three different protective spells to distinguish their identities.

There was clear difference from the other group of disorganized and chaotic starlight beings as it was obvious this group had souls implanted into the starlight forms. Therefore, any sphere of starlight that was not following orders and had an intelligence of its own was a competitor from the Celestial Sect of Wonders or the Great Qin Empire!

Chants of Buddhist scripture could be heard as streaks of golden light surged across the galaxy and circled around Zhu Yi's starlight body.

The battle raged on inside the independent galaxy of the spatial illusion. Outside the spatial illusion across the mysterious crystal wall, another group of people appeared, and out stepped a youth clad in tight purple clothes and a long black robe. It was Xiao Yan and his company.

"Tsk, that ancient formation was truly annoying. From the looks of it, something more irritating is coming up – an illusion that actually rejects people from entering it. The world never ceases to surprise me."

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Chapter 767: Ferry Everyone to the Opposite Bank

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In the spatial illusion, Monk Da Kong unleashed the Abhijna of the Amoghasiddhi Mantra. Endless verses of scriptures materialized and morphed into infinite stretches of golden paths.

In the chaotic battle in Space, the various moves and spells launched by other starlights landed on these golden paths. Regardless of their original target, these moves and spells changed their directions and, following the golden paths, channeled themselves towards the starlight that Zhu Yi's soul had possessed.

Zhu Yi responded calmly. He morphed the starlight into a humanoid body and moved. He stepped into the void and with an uncanny maneuver, he evaded the barrage of powerful spells that lost their mutability by a hair's breadth. It seemed almost as if the spells were not directed at him but the air beside him.

Celestial Fist of the Twenty-Eight Mansions, the form of the Chariot Water Worm!

The Chariot Mansion was wood-typed and had the shape of an earthworm. It was the seventh Mansion of the South, at the tail section of the Vermillion Bird region. The tail of the bird gave it control over its directions.

In ancient times, the wooden plank at the bottom rear portion of carriages was known as "Zhen," or "Chariot." It shared a similar position in the carriage as the Chariot Mansion in the Vermillion Bird region, giving the Mansion its name. The Chariot Mansion was once known as the "Sky Carriage" as well.

The Chariot Water Worm Form was the last move of the Celestial Fist of the Twenty-Eight Mansions, representing the restoration of all things to their original position. This finisher move was also an intricate maneuver technique: after taking a final step, one's body would shift back to its starting position.

Zhu Yi used this finisher move as his starter move, which worked exceptionally well, allowing him to evade this enormous salvo of attack.

As Zhu Yi took the final step, his starlight soul body became seemingly unstoppable, like a "Sky Carriage," and whizzed towards Monk Da Kong's starlight soul body.

The situation somewhat surprised Monk Da Kong: "It's Emperor Chen's Celestial Fist of the Twenty-Eight Mansions! Who is in that in the starlight body? Everyone's souls had just entered the starlights. How did he master Emperor Chen's Martial Way so quickly and become adept at using it?"

As Monk Da Kong had done preparations beforehand and used the starlight derived from the remnant soul of Zhi Guang Zen Master as his body, he did not have to accept the starlight soul bodies randomly assigned by the spatial illusion. This not only eliminated the uncertainty of the process but also got rid of issues of incompatibility with the new mantra received from the soul remnants. At the same time, this further increased his prowess. In this spatial illusion, his power was almost equivalent to Zhi Guang Zen Master reincarnate, who was at the third level of the Golden Form.

This experience was vastly beneficial to Monk Da Kong, which was partly why he was so determined to come to Yingzhou Celestial Mountain.

Even if he failed to gain possession of Yingzhou Celestial Mountain in the end, as long as he can make a safe departure, this would not be a wasted trip. The experience he gained during this journey has paved a smooth path for his advancement into the third level of the Golden Form Stage, which would likely not take long.

Hence, Monk Da Kong did not take Zhu Yi's counterattack to heart. Even if the Great Sun Holy Man had been resurrected, he would only be at the second level of Immortal Soul Stage and would be no match for Monk Da Kong himself who was almost equivalent in strength to Zhi Guang Zen Master.

Monk Da Kong's starlight soul body emitted waves of Buddhist chants, and the void around him froze under a Buddhist aura. Within the aura, countless Buddha chanted scriptures in unison, which seemed as if Nirvana has been brought to Earth.

"Fall!"

Monk Da Kong did not utter this word; it was the sound formed by the chants of the countless Buddha, which resonated within Zhu Yi's heart.

An Acalanatha Spell Body emerged in the Space. Its right palm struck down at Zhu Yi. At the center of the palm was a "卍" symbol, which radiated an intense Buddhist aura.

Secret Buddhist Abhijna, Full Circle of Life Swastika Palm Print!

Faced with Monk Da Kong's Full Circle of Life Swastika Palm Print, Zhu Yi's starlight soul body switched to a gentle maneuver. He retracted both of his arms to defend himself using "Wall Water Yu Form," a move in the Celestial Fist of the Twenty-Eight Mansions that specializes in defense.

The Wall Mansion was wood-typed and took on the shape of Yu, a mythical beast. It was the seventh Mansion of the North and was on the exterior of the Encampment Mansion, seemed like the wall of a camp, hence its name.

Monk Da Kong still did not take Zhu Yi to heart. He fully utilized the power at the third level of the Golden Form Stage to overwhelm his opponent with his sheer might, hoping to achieve a swift victory.

While he had gained an edge with the Zen Master Zhi Guang's remnant soul, he could not guarantee that he can solve this spatial illusion. Therefore, he would be more than happy to save time by resolving this battle quickly.

However, Monk Da Kong's optimism did not last long. While the Full Circle of Life Swastika Palm Print breached the defense of Zhu Yi's Wall Water Yu form, the attacks started to feel entangled.

He frowned: "Tail Fire Tiger Form?"

The Tail Mansion was fire-typed and took on the form of a tiger. It was the sixth Mansion of the East and consisted of nine stars that together form the tail of the Azure Dragon.

The Dragon's Tail was the most attacked part of a dragon in battle, making it an omen of grave danger. In the Celestial Fist of the Twenty-Eight Mansions, it has been designed as a riposte move that exposed a loophole on purpose to execute a devastating hidden counterattack!

Zhu Yi's move was never "Wall Water Yu Form" but "Tail Fire Tiger Form" all along!

Emperor Chen had fallen a long time ago, and descendants from his lineage were few and far between, hence hardly anyone in the Divine Lands are familiar with the Martial Way that he had passed down.

It was only thanks to Monk Da Kong's upbringing in the historical powerhouse, the Great Thunderclap Temple that he could even identify Zhu Yi's moves. It would be a tall order for him to fully comprehend the intricacies of Emperor Chen's Martial Way as well.

Zhu Yi's understanding and mastery of the Celestial Fist of the Twenty-Eight Mansions had been greater than Monk Da Kong had expected. Within such a short amount of time, while Zhu Yi was still incomparable to Emperor Chen, his power was almost equal to the Great Sun Holy Man reborn.

Seeing that Monk Da Kong fell for his trick, Zhu Yi took advantage of it. The arms of his starlight body swerved circularly, forming the shape of a giant net, trapping the arm of the Acalanatha Spell Body, stopping the Full Circle of Life Swastika Palm Print in its way.

The Well Mansion was wood-typed and took on the shape of a tiger. It was also known as Well Wood Tiger and was the first Mansion of the South Vermillion Bird region.

The Mansion comprised of stars that formed the shape of a net. Hence the Well Wood Tiger Strike took on the form of a net, which seemed like a bottomless abyss, trapping any foe that got caught by it.

Within a short while, Zhu Yi's attack had shown a high level of mastery of the Celestial Fist of the Twenty-Eight Mansions by combining the attack of three different moves. Once the arm of the Acalanatha Spell Body gets ensnared, Zhu Yi could disable its arms with a twist of his arms.

Monk Da Kong quietly muttered a chant. The Acalanatha Spell Body radiated an intense wave of light, warping the void around it. Verses of scriptures formed stretches of paths again, and as Zhu Yi's strike landed on one of these paths, the blow gets deflected away.

Zhu Yi's target is no longer Monk Da Kong as his strike meets a Vast Sea Sword Sect move used by a chaotic cluster of starlight some distance away.

Monk Da Kong no longer dared to look down on his opponent, who turned out a lot trickier than he had expected. He unleashed the full power of the Abhijna of the Amoghasiddhi Mantra. The Abhijna breached Zhu Yi's Celestial Fist of the Twenty-Eight Mansions, while the Full Circle of Life Swastika Palm Print continues to approach him, threatening to strike him down and restore a circle of freedom to the world.

"For such a high level of proficiency to be reached with the Abhijna of the Amoghasiddhi Mantra, it takes more than the Abhijna derived from the soul remnant within the starlight. Whoever resides in the starlight must be a practitioner of the Amoghasiddhi Mantra as well."

Zhu Yi confirmed his suspicions: "This person must be Monk Da Kong of the Great Zhou Empire, who had the Sarira of Zhi Guang Zen Master or some other powerful Buddhist cultivator of the third level of Golden Form Stage who specializes in the Amoghasiddhi Mantra!"

After reaching this conclusion, Zhu Yi realized that he was facing a formidable foe.

If he were to fight Monk Da Kong at the third level of the Immortal Soul stage with his cultivation level of the second level of the immortal soul stage, he would have absolute confidence in ending his opponent's life.

Now that he had to use the cultivation level of the starlight soul body morphed from the Great Sun Holy Man, he would have trouble fighting against Zen Master Zhi Guang.

"I might as well test my other hypothesis."

Zhu Yi made the decision, and his soul started to tremor.

The soul contained in the starlight body breaks up into a million fragments. Instead of breaking down, these fragments morphed into millions of little people, each one of them looked like Zhu Yi himself.

Every one of these little people had traces of flame burning away, a sign of the fire of intelligence igniting the soul. Instead of genuinely burning, these flames merely ignited the force of Zhu Yi's soul.

Zhu Yi had no time to regret that he could not fully ignite the fire of intelligence. He mustered all the force of his soul, and a word appeared on the body of each one of the little people!

The millions of words combined, forming a chapter of words that was so earth-shaking that his starlight soul body started to tremble.

It was Zhu Yi's Essay of the Sages!

As his body was formed from starlight at the moment, Zhu Yi was unable to use any other Abhijnas and spells. However, the Essay of the Sages had been deeply engraved into his soul and represented the fusion of Zhu Yi's cultivation and the essence of his thoughts, setting it apart from the other Abhijnas and spells that he knew.

At that moment, the chapter broke free from the constraints of the Great Sun Holy Man's soul remnants and, making use of starlight, shaped itself into a majestic golden bridge!

The golden bridge flew across the sky, cleansing it of the lines of path-like golden scriptures. Sounds of book recitation replaced Buddhist chants and resonated loudly in Space.

The magnificent golden bridge destroyed the right half of the Acalanatha Spell Body in one hit!

At the sight of the golden bridge, Monk Da Kong immediately realized: "Zhu Yi, so it is you! But, here, how can you use your own Abhijna?!"

While he was astounded, he did not pause. Pushing the power of the Amoghasiddhi Mantra to its limits, Monk Da Kong condensed the broken Acalanatha Spell Body into a golden sphere of light.

It seemed as if Nirvana existed within the sphere of light, where Sankharas was complete. When one went inside it, one can easily achieve anything one wanted.

After forming the Buddha Spell Body to reach the second level of the Golden Form Stage, the Buddhist cultivator needed to attain the realm of Nirvana, turn all afflictions, cleanse all five skandhas and to gain the wisdom of Buddha in order to advance into the third level of the Golden Form Stage, which was equivalent to the third level of the Immortal Soul stage.

Reaching the realm of Nirvana was equal to attaining the way of the virtual entity.

The realm of Nirvana attained by practitioners of the Amoghasiddhi Mantra was known as the Nirvana of Industry, which embodies perfection, wholesomeness, the attainment of what one desired.

Zhu Yi looked at the Nirvana, his state of mind did not even flicker. He controlled the golden bridge and rushed forward in a valiant assault: "Your Mantra only ferries those with affinity to you, those who believe in you, while my golden bridge ferries everyone to the opposite bank!"

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Chapter 768: Friend or Foe

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At the highest levels of cultivation with the Amoghasiddhi Mantra, one would attain the Nirvana of Industry, turning jealousy and vexation while cleansing oneself of the skandha of perception.

By turning jealousy, one would understand the perfecting wisdom of Buddha, which represented the perfect actualization of Buddhahood.

As the Nirvana of Industry appeared and illuminated the void of Space, Monk Da Kong pondered its concepts of strength. He could not feel more satisfied than he did.

Studying the Nirvana of Industry of Zen Master Zhi Guang allowed him to understand the true meaning of the Amoghasiddhi Mantra completely.

Monk Da Kong was incredibly talented: While he started his cultivation last among his peers at the Great Thunderclap Temple, he was that gifted disciple who improved the fastest.

Before the fall of the Great Thunderclap Temple, Monk Da Kong had already attained the second level of the Golden Form Stage. He had cultivated in seclusion all these years in the hopes of making his way past the final obstacle- attaining the realm of Nirvana- to advance to the third level of the Golden Form Stage.

Now, Monk Da Kong could sense that he had broken through that final barrier. He just needed to retreat for cultivation for a while after leaving the spatial illusion to safely advance to the third level of the Golden Form Stage and attaining his own Nirvana of Industry.

Nevertheless, as he faced the golden bridge of Zhu Yi's Essay of the Sages, Monk Da Kong felt from the bottom of his heart that he had to deal with the desperate situation at hand first before thinking about anything else!

The majestic golden bridge seemingly traversed the endless abyss of worldly suffering, forming a path that led straight into the lands of nirvana, ferrying everyone to the realm of transcendence.

The golden bridge extended into Monk Da Kong's Nirvana of Industry, piercing this pure land that encompassed the true meaning of the accomplishment of everything.

Even this wholesome and joyous Buddhist nirvana could not stop the continued momentum of this path of man in its tracks or cause it to lose itself in the nirvana. The will of all living beings, carried by the golden bridge, remained incredibly high and spirited. Onward, onward. Onward!

The once-glittering Nirvana of Industry now hangs in the balance. Its Buddhist aura faded as if the Vipralopa Age has begun.

At this moment, a vast stream of the Unholy Blood River appeared in the void, its great murky waves gave out a nauseating putrid smell. Zhu Yi and Monk Da Kong's starlight soul body became harder to control by merely sniffing this vile scent; their starlight soul body became less radiant as well.

In the far distance, a dark red clump of starlight controlled vast amounts of Blood River Primordial Water, channeling it in their direction.

The starlight's target was obvious. It left all other starlights, including Zhu Yi, alone, heading straight towards Monk Da Kong's starlight soul body.

Monk Da Kong dared not to remain at his spot. He re-summoned his Nirvana of Industry to stop his opponent's Unholy Blood River from closing in while he retreated, controlling his starlight soul body to leave the place.

However, Zhu Yi would not give him the chance to do so. Within his starlight, the millions of little people converged to reform Zhu Yi's soul. New words started to appear after the existing three paragraphs of the Essay of the Sages!

"Indeed, I can only complete the Chapter after reaching the Immortal Soul Stage. Now with the help of Great Sun Holy Man's remnant souls, I was able to figure out a little more about it." Zhu Yi mustered the flow of inspiration in him and quickly constructed the Chapter.

The aura of the Essay of the Sages's golden bridge grew increasingly grander, and with a deafening roar, it lashed out at Monk Da Kong.

Monk Da Kong's soul, which was busily defending against the Unholy Blood River in an attempt to escape, muttered a Buddhist chant. In the void, the infinite stretches of golden paths reappeared. The various Abhijnas and spells launched by other starlights landed on these golden paths once again and channeled themselves towards Zhu Yi's golden bridge.

Unfortunately, the golden bridge of the Essay of the Sages had become stronger than before and continued towards its target.

Mount Shu cultivator of Immortal Stage Level one's Grand Moon Sword, Ancient Sacred Sect cultivator of Immortal Soul Stage Level two's Avici God-Slaying Sword,Suanni Grand Sage of level one Demon Soul Stage's natural-born Abhijna Purple Smoke Thunder of Heaven and Earth...

The golden bridge broke through all of these Abhijnas, none of which could stop the golden bridge from reaching its target!

In what seemed like the blink of an eye, the golden bridge traversed a vast distance in the void, smashing Monk Da Kong's starlight soul body into pieces!

In the depths of Zhu Yi's soul, he seemed to have heard Monk Da Kong whimpered in pain.

Monk Da Kong's golden starlight soul body broke up into several pieces, only a small ray of light escaped into the far distance. The golden Buddhist aura on the other fragments of starlight faded and gradually disintegrated in the void.

"While you had formed the body with the starlight of Zen Master Zhi Guang's remnant soul and the damage taken had not affected your own Buddhist Spell Body or your nirvana, this blow would nevertheless hurt your fundamentals which you would need a long time to recover from. Don't even think about advancing into the third level of the Golden Form Stage now."

Zhu Yi was well aware of the state of Monk Da Kong's soul. However, he did not give chase. There was one more person at the side whom he did not know was friend or foe. The person had attained the starlight soul body formed from the remnant soul belonging to a powerful cultivator from the Blood River Sect, once a sacred demon ground, which was not a force to be reckoned with.

Due to the golden bridge of the Essay of the Sages, Zhu Yi's identity had been revealed, while the identity of this person remained a secret. While he had attacked Monk Da Kong moments ago, there was no telling whether he will attack Zhu Yi next without knowing his identity.

Hence, Zhu Yi remained on-guard. At the same time, summoning the Essay of the Sages just now had brought severe side effects.

Zhu Yi could feel his starlight soul body quivering non-stop as if it would disintegrate at any moment. The connection between his soul and the starlight body grew incredibly weak as well.

"This is the consequence of me forcing the use of my own Abhijna." Zhu Yi figured: "I broke the basic rule of this spatial illusion. Hence the spatial illusion would naturally start repulsing me."

"I'm afraid that I would not be able to use the Essay of the Sages from now on. Otherwise, I don't need an enemy to attack me for my starlight soul body to disintegrate by itself. That way, even if my soul did not take any damage but merely got sent out of the spatial illusion to start all over again, it would be hard to make up for the lost time."

As he thought about his Essay of the Sages, Zhu Yi shook his head. He was mere sentences away from finishing the chapter, but he nonetheless failed to complete it.

The cultivation level of level two Immortal Soul Stage, in the end, belonged to the Great Sun Holy Man, and not to him.

Even so, after what had happened, Zhu Yi could feel that he's now much closer to the Immortal Soul Stage. It seemed as if the door to the advancement of his cultivation is somewhere in front of him now.

He had just entered advanced Nascent Soul Stage.

Zhu Yi gazed at the dark red starlight opposite him surrounded by Blood River Primordial Water and tried to communicate with it, but as soon as he had the intention of declaring his own identity, his starlight soul body started to tremble violently, repulsing his soul even further.

"By declaring my own identity, I am essentially reinforcing my existence, which goes against the union of the starlight body with the remnant soul of Great Sun Holy Man."

Zhu Yi saw the dark red starlight opposite him trembled as well, which showed that he obviously shared his intention as well, but had to give up doing so after realizing that doing so would lead to the separation of his soul from his starlight body.

"I wonder if Big Senior and the rest entered this spatial illusion as well."

While they could not communicate with each other, the two decided to team up for now. Of course, neither of them would let their guards down completely. While they temporarily moved together, they retained some caution in their hearts about each other.

Nevertheless, joining forces had substantially increased their efficiency and progress. When they encountered another starlight, the other person will surround it with Blood River Primordial Water to contaminate its power while Zhu Yi launched strong attacks with the Celestial Fist of Twenty-Eight Mansions.

During this process, Zhu Yi, after careful observation, noted that when these chaotic bodies of starlight had been destroyed, the bulk of the starlight would slowly disintegrate in space while a ray of crimson light would fly away into the distance.

The way that these rays of light travel were unlike Monk Da Kong's escape; it was more like dreary birds returning to their roost, all of the rays of light converging in a single direction.

After making the discovery, Zhu Yi and his temporary teammate adjusted their path and explored together in that direction the rays of lights converged.

The massive space seemed to cause people to lose their concept of the distance they have traversed. After a long time, the duo gradually slowed down. In the distant region that they could see, there was a giant vortex of clouds of stars that gently rotated.

The cloud of stars was of a deep fire-red and gave people observing it an odd sense of distortion: it was as if it was immensely large, almost indescribably so, but at the same time it seemed incredibly small, like a grain of sand.

All of the crimson rays of light from destroyed starlights before converged here.

The center of this vortex-like cloud of stars rotated continuously. One can barely make out a doorway at its center that was going to open.

Without any hesitation, Zhu Yi and the dark red starlight beside him charged towards the center of the cloud of stars!

The fights between different starlights occurred intensely here as well. As they approached the center, Zhu Yi immediately noticed that there were other starlights here other than the two of them that had been possessed by the souls of those who entered the spatial illusion. These starlight bodies moved logically with a clear sense of purpose.

All of them were headed towards the doorway at the center of the cloud of stars.

Zhu Yi controlled his starlight soul body in a beeline towards the center of the cloud. Those people around him who had the same target as him immediately noticed him as well.

With the target now close to them, some of these people decisively launched attacks at Zhu Yi, even though they could not identify Zhu Yi. Zhu Yi did not hesitate and retaliated with moves from the Celestial Fist of Twenty-Eight Mansions straightaway.

The azure flame that an emerald dragon breathed out got blown into pieces by Zhu Yi's Horn Wood Serpent form of the Celestial Fist of Twenty-Eight Mansions.

Immediately following that, faced with the huge dragon starlight body, Zhu Yi transformed his starlight soul body into a giant in the void. He crossed his arms and extended both of his hands, one of which was in the shape of a claw and the other in the shape of a sword.

The claw grabbed the seventh inch and the sword pierced at the eye of the dragon. This single move encompassed the essence of three forms of the Celestial Fist of Twenty-Eight Mansions, "Ghost Gold Goat," "Willow Earth Roe" and "Star Sun Horse"!

These three mansions all belonged to the vermillion bird region of the South, and the hands of the starlight giant had the shape of the beak and claw of a bird respectively. Birds are natural enemies of snake-like creatures, and Zhu Yi, like a radiant vermillion bird, grabbed the emerald dragon king and punctured its eye, blinding it!

Almost at the same time, another cluster of starlight summoned the exclusive Abhijna of the recently fallen Heaven Lake Sect and attacked, only to be repelled by Zhu Yi.

With the target near in sight and being in such a dire situation where one could not tell friend from foe, Zhu Yi collected his mind. Knowing that hopes lie in his own hands now, he treated the other starlight equally, repelling all attacks on him one by one while he sprinted towards the center of the cloud of stars.

However, as he repelled his next opponent, Zhu Yi suddenly had a strong premonition of danger. Instead of continuing sprinting, he stopped.

At the next moment, a shadowy figure appeared suddenly from below and attacked Zhu Yi!

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Chapter 769: Intensified Battles

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While he had defeated several rivals, who intended to approach the center of the cloud of stars, in rapid succession, Zhu Yi did not let his guard down. The remaining rival, who controlled the Blood River Primordial Water remained a threat.

Blood River Faction, which existed since the Primordial Age, was a super demonic sect that had its moments of glory. It had historically been an enemy of Mount Shu Sword Sect and had even been successful with flooding Mount Shu with the Blood River on one occasion. While they have eventually been driven back, the battle had been one of the biggest tribulations in the history of Mount Shu Sword Sect.

Unfortunately, Blood River Primordial Water truly incited hatred. Even during the harshest periods of the stand-off between humans and demons, everyone in the divine lands remained hostile to Blood River Faction; even the demon faction could not tolerate them. The overall hostility eventually led to the sect's demise.

In the Primordial Age, Blood River Faction had also dispatched strong cultivators to enter the Ying Sea to seek control of the three celestial mountains. However, as they attempted to scale the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain, they eventually fell under the crushing might of the Ying Sea triggered by the Celestial Mountain.

Only a few cultivators of the third level of Immortal Soul stage had ever fallen in the Ying sea, and Blood River Prince had been one of them.

As Zhu Yi had observed, the one who possessed the starlight body formed by the remnant soul of Blood River Prince had a high cultivation level as well.

Among those who entered the spatial illusion, if they had a low cultivation level, they would not be able to utilize the power of their starlight soul bodies to their fullest potential even if it was infused with the soul remnant of an incredibly strong cultivator. This was similar to how a three-year-old child could not wield a thousand-pound hammer properly, if at all.

But the one before Zhu Yi's eyes had formidable strength even if he did not fully utilize the former Blood River Prince's full power.

However, before engaging this person in battle, Zhu Yi sensed a greater danger approaching him. A ball of shadow closed in on him from below; its shape resembled that of an abyssal monster opening its mouth, ready to sink its teeth on him.

Zhu Yi frowned slightly and utilized the maneuver technique of "Wing Fire Snake" move to evade the shadow, but the ball of shadow immediately expanded itself to an enormous size as it tried to engulf him.

Faced with this massive assault, Zhu Yi decided to hold his ground. He braced himself in a fighting posture and eyed the enormous ball of shadow calmly.

Zhu Yi's starlight soul body, while seemingly standing still, was, in fact, shifting at a maniacal pace that the human eye couldn't see!

Zhu Yi stood with one leg in front of the other; his back was perfectly straight. His entire upper body seemed like the chord of a fully strung bow that had just fired its arrow.

"Star Sun Horse!"

The star mansion had the form of the Sun and a shape that resembled a horse, hence the name Star Sun Horse. It was the fourth mansion of the south, forming the eye of the vermillion bird region. The eyes of birds tend to twinkle like the stars, giving the mansion the name "star."

The Star Sun Horse move in the Celestial Fist of the Twenty-Eight Mansions countered moves by remaining still. Its user would move last after astutely capturing his opponent's movements and spotting flaws in the enemy's assault. This way, the user would keep still when his enemy keeps still. Once his enemy strikes, he would be able to land his attack first!

In the mere split second of a moment, many information ran through Zhu Yi's mind.

"This is the mantra of the Dark Emperor, one of the Emperors of Man in the Primordial Age... It is not the complete Dark Emperor mantra, but a version recreated by his descendants. "

"Among the powerful demonic cultivators in the Middle Ages, Demonic Shadow Sect had a powerful cultivator at the second Level of Immortal Soul stage who died in the Ying Sea for the three mountains. He was known as the Hell Shadow Holy Man, so this person must have possessed the starlight formed from Hell Shadow Holy Man's soul remnants."

As he thought about the situation, Zhu Yi controlled his starlight soul body. With a flex of his fists, his entire body emitted a wave of seemingly realistic pugilist's blood aura. The orifices all over his body trembled at the same time. From each orifice, an ethereal star rose into the air.

The glimmer of starlight all over his body repelled the shadow around him. The fierce aura of the fist around him slowly condensed into a surreal illusion, within which innumerable stars twinkled.

Physical martial arts of Emperor Chen, Divine Palm of Three Enclosures, Heavenly Market Enclosure Divine Palm!

After battling Monk Da Kong, while Zhu Yi's starlight soul body almost disintegrated when he forced the use of his Essay of the Sages, he had gained a greater understanding of the martial arts of Emperor Chen, learning the Divine Palm of Three Enclosures which he had not been able to master.

The three enclosures refer to the upper Supreme Palace Enclosure, the middle Purple Forbidden Enclosure, and the lower Heavenly Market Enclosure.

The martial art that Zhu Yi was using at the moment was the Heavenly Market Enclosure Divine Palm. As the truth of the martial way condensed, it almost formed an expansive universe.

As the palm strike landed, it seemed as fierce as the fall of stars, fully demonstrating the prowess of Emperor Chen, one of the most powerful pugilist of the Primordial Age, the true form of the one who tore Primordial demons apart with his bare hands.

The ball of shadow stalled for a moment when it faced the Heavenly Market Enclosure Divine Palm. It then suddenly split into smaller balls of shadow that veered to the sides to avoid Zhu Yi's palm strike.

While he could execute the Demonic Shadow Sect's Abhijna to convert his body into shadows which allow him to defend or even devour many different types of Abhijnas and spells, a direct physical martial strike such as this could still damage his soul.

While the shadow splited, it did not intend to give in. On the contrary, the balls of shadow continued to split seemingly endlessly in space before launching themselves at Zhu Yi in an enormous barrage of attack.

Each ball of shadow morphed into a shadowy Taoist figure wearing a tall hat and old black clothing.

Zhu Yi remained undaunted by the attack. He swung the fists of his starlight soul body, preparing to strike these shadowy figures down one by one.

Soon, however, he realized that he was in trouble. The black Taoist figures did not attempt to dodge the incoming fist strike but instead faced it head-on. The power level of these Avatars remained at Level two of Immortal Soul Stage and did not diminish by splitting into so many Avatars.

Zhu Yi remembered: "The Yuan Shadow Avatar of the Demonic Shadow Sect, which was passed down by the Dark Emperor!"

A Yuan is equivalent to 129600. According to legend, When the Primordial Dark Emperor cast this spell, he would be able to summon 129600 Shadow Avatars that could be anywhere, and each avatar is as strong as the Dark Emperor himself.

When this Abhijna first appeared, it shook the entire Greater Worlds. Many strong demon cultivators had been slain by this move, yet none of them could even find Dark Emperor's real self. Even the Chieftain of the Immemorial Celestial Dragons, the Emperor of all Demons, the First Dragon Xuan Shang had a hard time dealing with the move.

It was only much later when Xuan Shang discovered the details of this powerful Abhijna that he was able to defeat and slay the Dark Emperor.

While the Yuan Shadow Avatar summoned numerous Shadow Avatars, not all of them were as strong as the real person. Instead, the caster can swap his real body with any of these avatars at will.

There were many spells with the same effect. Many cultivators of Immortal Soul Stage did not even need a spell to swap the location of their real body with that of an avatar.

Nonetheless, it was exceedingly rare to be able to complete the swap as quickly as the Yuan Shadow Avatar, which transposed at the mind's will.

A strong cultivator like the Dark Emperor could swap numerous times in the blink of an eye, which was amazingly quick.

Being able to execute the swap at lightning speed effectively gave each avatar strength equal to the real body.

In this situation, unless one possessed superior strength such as Emperor Jue, Xuan Sheng, had over the Dark Emperor and launched strong area-of-effect attacks that damaged all the Shadow Avatars and the real body at once, it would be impossible to hit the real body.

However, area-of-effect attacks spread the attacker's strength thin over a large area, making it hard to defeat the Yuan Shadow Avatars.

Hence, in battles between equally matched opponents, the Yuan Shadow Avatar remained a difficult Abhijna to deal with.

"The Yuan Shadow Avatar is an advanced Abhijna in the lineage of both the Dark Emperor and the Demonic Shadow Sect. It would have been challenging for this person to cast the Abhijna with his starlight soul body." Zhu Yi mused: "The lineage of the Demonic Shadow Sect had been broken a long time ago, so he must have figured out the Abhijnas himself as I did."

While Zhu Yi grew more cautious mentally, he was not afraid of the Yuan Shadow Avatar given that he knew about its secrets. He opened his mouth, and his starlight body gave out an inaudible roar.

While no sound can be heard, all the starlight bodies around him shook slightly.

At the next moment, Zhu Yi controlled his starlight body. With a sway of his body, he seemingly produced many copies of himself that blinked in and out of existence in the void. The fists of all of the figures attacked the Shadow Avatars in unison.

Zhu Yi achieved this not because he could summon countless numbers of avatars like his opponent. Instead, he used the explosive force of a pugilist to dash across short distances and strike with his fists repeatedly at the speed of lightning.

While his speed was no match to that of the Dark Emperor, the Soul Remnant of his opponent's starlight body belonged to Hell Shadow Holy Man and not the Dark Emperor himself!

Faced with his lightning fast strikes, Zhu Yi's opponent retaliated unrelentingly. He braced the impact of Zhu Yi's fist blows, cast one Demonic Shadow Abhijna after another, trading each attack with an attack.

Many a time he allowed Zhu Yi to take down some of his Shadow Avatars to attack Zhu Yi with a powerful spell.

He even made use of the swap between his real body and the avatars to mislead Zhu Yi, hiding genuine critical blows under the guise of fake loopholes in his stance.

In the matter of mere moments, their fight had grown so intense that whoever dared to be close to them, be it chaotic starlights or starlight soul bodies controlled by people, would be affected by the fight and end up either injured or dead.

After the round of battle, the duo stopped together and rushed towards the doorway at the center of the cloud of stars.

The person who possessed Blood River Prince had already cleared away a large number of starlights blocking his way and was going to reach the center of the cloud of stars.

Zhu Yi and the person who possessed the starlight of Hell Shadow Holy Man attacked in unison to stop him. The Heavenly Market Enclosure Divine Palm and a giant net of shadow landed on the starlight surrounded by the Blood River.

However, their opponent would not be defeated so easily. The starlight extended the Unholy Blood River that surrounded him into the void and shaped it into a dozen dark red lotuses that blocked the duo in their paths.

The shadowy starlight didn't hesitate and controlled a dozen shadow avatars to collide into the lotuses, attempting to clear them away.

Zhu Yi gave a silent cheer. While the shadowy starlight had been a formidable opponent, he could not have been a better teammate when they attacked someone else together.

The Unholy Blood Lotuses of Blood River Faction naturally could not be overcome so easily. However, at the very moment when the Blood Lotuses engulfed the shadow avatars, Zhu Yi took the opportunity and unleashed all of his pugilist's blood aura, boosting his speed to its maximum which allowed him to pass through the blockade formed by the lotuses to reach his opponent.

At the same moment, another cluster of starlight arrived from another direction. Golden flames erupted from its surface, its glow as glaring as sunlight. It transformed into a three-legged golden crow and attacked the starlight surrounded by the Blood River.

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Chapter 770: Who is Everyone?

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Zhu Yi's heart raced slightly as the golden crow figure, cloaked in the Grand Sun Primordial Fire, suddenly appeared. He soon calmed down.

The person before him had obviously possessed the starlight body formed by the Soul Remnant of the Golden Crow Grand Sage that died in the Ying Sea.

As far as Zhu Yi was aware, aside from the unfortunate guy who had been suppressed by his master, the golden crow tribe had another grandmaster cultivator of Level two Undying Demonic Soul Stage who died in the Ying Seas in the Middle Ages.

Aside from the odd situation where Monk Da Kong possessed Zhi Guang Zen Master 's starlight body, Zhu Yi postulated that other people who entered the void had starlight bodies randomly allocated to them and were unable to decide on whose Soul Remnant they would possess of their own will.

Nevertheless, regardless of who had possessed the starlight body of the Golden Crow Grand Sage, they had the same goal of dealing with the one with the starlight soul body of Blood River Prince. On the one hand, this person had been ahead of everyone else by being the closest to the center of the cloud of stars. On the other hand, he possessed the starlight body of Blood River Prince who had the highest cultivation level among them at Level three Immortal Soul Stage.

Therefore, he naturally became everyone's target.

This person who possessed starlight body of Blood River Prince had retaliated fiercely. After the initial dozen of Unholy Blood Lotuses, he summoned another dozen of them and used them to form a terrifying formation that surrounded and trapped the golden crow starlight.

The twelve blood lotuses formed a dark and sticky circle that ignited, forming clusters of blood flames seeking to incinerate the golden crow.

The golden crow gave out an inaudible shriek, the layer of Grand Sun Primordial Flame on his body crackled as it blasted away blood flames that came too close for comfort.

The Blood River Primordial Water was capable of contaminating most things in existence. Only the One Heavenly Primordial Water, one of the six Primordial Water, also known as the mother of all waters, was said to neutralize it.

However, as with all things, there were exceptions. Like how the Vairocana Pristine Cleansing Fire was immune to the Heavenly Apocalyptic Blaze, certain things were resistant to the corrosion of the Blood River Primordial Water in their pure states. The Grand Sun Primordial Flame, one of the seven primordial flames that emitted incredible levels of Yang energy, happened to be one of them.

Of course, the amount and power level of the two sides must be similar to each other. Excessive volume of water can douse a fire, just like how a large fire can vaporize water.

It would be difficult for the Blood River Primordial Water controlled by Blood River Prince of level three Immortal Soul Stage to defeat the Grand Sun Primordial Flame of the golden crow demon of Level two Immortal Demon Soul stage unless Blood River Prince unleashed the power of his virtual entity.

Nevertheless, the golden crow had to stop on its way to reinforce his defense to prevent contamination. While the second wave of twelve blood lotuses trapped the golden crow, the first wave of twelve blood lotuses exploded into a shower of blood that morphed into lotus petals of blood and flew towards the starlight body of the Hell Shadow Holy Man. Given the countless drops of blood, none of the Shadow Avatars could bypass this barrier.

After stopping the golden crow and the shadow from chasing him, the starlight shrouded in blood continued its way towards the center of the cloud of stars.

He did not attack Zhu Yi, who was next to him, but merely shrouded himself with the Blood River in defense.

Zhu Yi frowned. The starlight shrouded in blood seemed to know who he was. The difference in treatment seemed to suggest that he was on Zhu Yi's side.

It would probably be impossible for Baiguang to restore so many of Blood River Prince's Abhijnas and spells.

In which case it would have to be Xiao Yan or one of the others. Yang Qing would likely be unable to do so as well given his low cultivation level, while Xiao Zhener would most likely stay as the backup and therefore unlikely to have entered the spatial projection.

Could the starlight be Big Senior? As Zhu Yi's gaze flickered while trying to figure out the starlight's identity, the situation behind him changed.

Faced with the Blood River Primordial Water, the starlight body of Hell Shadow Holy Man morphed its shape all of a sudden. The cluster of shadow compressed itself until eventually, it formed a jet black antique mirror.

The surface of the mirror was pitch black as well. It reflected no light and seemed like a bottomless abyss that devoured everything, even including light rays and spiritual energy, that dared to be close to it.

Zhu Yi recalled the information he had received about the Dark Emperor, and a sentence came to his mind:"The Three Ultimate Abhijnas of the Dark Emperor, the Primordial Darkverse, the Realm of the Dim and the Dark Ancient Mirror, all of them are incredibly powerful. Together with the Yuan Shadow Avatar, these moves made the Dark Emperor a significant character in the history of the Primordial Age."

The Abhijna cast by the person in front of him was no other than the Dark Ancient Mirror.

According to folklore, this spell was capable of replicating the Abhijnas and spells cast by other people, making it seem immensely strong. Miao Shihao's Ray Reflecting Mirror reflected his opponent's spells back. Within the limits of his Abhijna, he can cast the opponent's spells back at them at the same power level. He was limited to casting the spell once at the same time his opponent attacked, and it didn't mean that he can cast the particular spell from then on.

In comparison, the Dark Emperor's Abhijna truly copied the spells, taking the opponent's moves over for himself. While there were several limitations to this Abhijna, it was enough to make his foes cringe.

At this moment, the person who possessed the starlight of the Hell Shadow Holy Man aimed the Dark Ancient Mirror towards the rain of blood coming his way.

A scarlet blood shadow appeared on the deep dark surface of the mirror.

Immediately after that, as the shadowy starlight shook violently, some of the Blood River Primordial Water that was filling up the void turned against itself, part of it morphed into a rain of blood as well in opposition with the rest of the Blood River Primordial Water.

Nevertheless, this stream of Primordial Water was greatly outnumbered by the Blood River Primordial Water controlled by the starlight body of Blood River Prince.

Exalted treasures such as the Blood River Primordial Water and the Grand Sun Primordial Flame do not simply materialize in mid-air by casting a spell. Instead, the corresponding Abhjinas and Spells merely controlled them. Therefore, while the Dark Ancient Mirror replicated the opponent's Unholy Rain of Blood Abhijna, he had to wrest control of the Blood River Primordial Water first before the shadowy starlight can attack his enemy with his Abhijna.

As the shadowy starlight had only the Unholy Rain of Blood Abhijna and lacked the mana of the Blood River mantra, he could only control a very limited volume of Blood River Primordial Water.

Having realized where the problem lay, the shadowy starlight turned the Dark Ancient Mirror to face the golden crow that had been trapped by the Blood River Primordial Water as well.

Specks of golden light appeared on the deep dark mirror.

The golden crow who had used most of his strength wrestling with the Blood River Primordial Water had no means to defend himself against the Dark Ancient Mirror. Large clusters of Grand Sun Primordial Flame left his body, abandoning its former owner and headed towards starlight soul body of the Hell Shadow Holy Man.

The shadowy starlight morphed itself into a black-robed Taoist whose finger pointed at the Unholy Rain of Blood in front of him. The large clusters of Grand Sun Primordial Flame became shaped into golden needle-like Stings that blasted the drops of the blood rain that it touched into pieces.

The void around him instantly became transformed into a world with intertwining colors of bright gold and blood red.

While the putrid blood rain had been blasted to smithereens, the Blood River Primordial Water didn't disappear. It soon gathered itself and was in the process of reforming the rain of blood.

In the short moment when the rain of blood had been blown into pieces, the black-robed Taoist from the shadowy starlight transformed itself into a shadow and quickly traversed the blood rain blocking his way. He continued chasing the starlight of blood and Zhu Yi.

The starlight of blood had already reached the center of the cloud of stars, but the doorway had yet to open up. No one could pass through at the moment.

Massive volumes of Blood River Primordial River converged into what seemed like an ocean of blood at the center of the cloud of stars. It exerted its force on the closed doorway, hoping to open it up.

Aside from exerting its force, the ocean of blood generated a huge suction force, pulling everything around it.

This was the Borderless Blood Sea, the secret Great Way Abhijna of the Blood River Sect. It had been crafted from the combination of the blood and spirit essence of thousands of living beings and the Blood River Primordial Water. It was capable of absorbing the enemy's attacks as well as sucking the enemies into the Blood Sea.

The sea of blood seemed like a bottomless abyss that greedily devoured all that landed in it before digesting and assimilating them like a hungry primordial beast.

As the Blood Sea spread, covering the entire center of the cloud of stars, the golden crow unleashed a deafening screech. While the black-robed Taoist stole some of his Grand Sun Primordial Flame, its aura became boosted instead. To people's surprise, the golden crow had been hiding its strength, hoping that Zhu Yi and the black-robed Taoist would engage the starlight of blood in battle first.

The golden crow mustered his real power. A massive surge of Grand Sun Primordial Flame erupted around the golden crow. The flame then clustered together, forming a golden sun.

The golden sun sacrificed some of its Primordial Flame and forced a way through the blood flames surrounding it. It transformed into a golden ray of light and charged towards the sea of blood.

However, neither the golden sun nor the black-robed Taoist, or even Zhu Yi, dared to charge head-on into the Borderless Blood Sea. They were aware that such a move would be suicide.

While the Borderless Blood Sea remained cautious about the golden crow and the black-robed Taoist, he was not hostile to Zhu Yi. Not only did he not worry about Zhu Yi, but he also seemed to hope that Zhu Yi would help him delay the golden crow and the black-robed Taoist to buy him some time.

Zhu Yi's gaze shifted between the golden crow, the black-robed Taoist, and the Borderless Blood Sea.

Without knowing everyone's true identity, it was hard to decide who was on his side whether they had teamed up or fought with each other before.

As people approached the core of the spatial illusion, changes could be seen all over the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain. Brilliantly colored rays of light illuminated the entire landscape, dispersing the clouds surrounding it and lighting up the vast blue sea beneath.

Above the celestial mountain, in the midst of the churning light and fog, a vast projection of a spatial illusion could be seen depicting the situation in the core spatial illusion of the Yingzhou Celestial Mountains.

Lin Feng, Liang Pan, Shi Yu and the rest of the people outside the celestial mountain looked on, keeping a cautious eye on one another in the process.

While they have not experienced the spatial illusion in person, the superior insights of these people allowed them to understand gradually how the spatial illusion worked.

As he looked at the group of people battling it out with each other, Lin Feng frowned; "Could they not communicate in the spatial illusion? Even if they couldn't talk, couldn't converse spiritually, couldn't send messages with mana, don't tell me that they couldn't even form words with mana in the void to identify themselves?"

"Hmm, it seems that to possess the starlight bodies, one must minimize acts that reinforced their own identity. The purer one's soul, the easier it would become to control their starlight soul bodies?"

Lin Feng smiled: "Interesting, interesting, so across one layer... no, two layers of starlight, how could one tell if the one next to him is man or beast, male or female?"

As he silently laughed, Lin Feng's mind shook as he received a message from the Steel Tree Avatar who had been in pursuit of the Red Dragon King.

"Indeed, he is up to no good."

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Chapter 771: Evil Doings that Benefits No One

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Lin Feng controlled his Steel Tree to follow the Red Dragon King from a distance. While he did not fear the Red Dragon King, it was no easy matter for his Steel Tree Avatar at advanced Nascent Soul stage to hide from detection by the sensing ability of a demon Grand Sage.

Of course, while Lin Feng could pursue the Red Dragon King openly, that would be equivalent to a wolf constantly driving a herd of sheep to run for their lives.

When the Red Dragon King left, Lin Feng vaguely felt that something was not right with its mood. Hence, Lin Feng wanted to find out what trick this old dragon was hiding up his sleeve.

Shi Yu and Liang Pan had some interest in the matter as well. As they had inherited the lineage of the First Emperor and Emperor Tai respectively, they had inherited the hatred between the dragons and the two Emperors of Man as well.

While time flied and things gradually change, as long as the Immortal Dragon City and the Imperial Palace of Emperor Tai continued to exist in broad daylight and upheld their former glory, they would undoubtedly tear open the wounds of the Dragon Clan once again.

Both Shi Yu and Liang Pan deposited a fragment of their soul on Lin Feng's Steel Tree Avatar, pursuing the Red Dragon King together. Lin Feng did not oppose their move, as it represented a continuation of the balance precariously held between the three of them. All three of them shared a tacit agreement.

The Steel Tree Avatar stalked the Red Dragon King for several thousand miles. It watched as Red Dragon King briefed the dragons under his command. The thunder dragons departed subsequently, leaving the Red Dragon King alone at the place.

The old thunder dragon reverted to his true dragon form and cruised above the Ying Sea. It seemed as if he was waiting for something.

After a while, a large shadow appeared from the depths of the sea before finally surfacing. A sapphire creature that was nearly a thousand foot long showed up. It was a Sea Dragon King with demonic powers on par with the Red Dragon King.

Being in the ocean boosted the Sea Dragon King's powers above and beyond that of the Red Dragon King, who was a thunder dragon.

"Red Dragon King, have you found the Yingzhou Celestial Mountains?" The sapphire sea dragon asked.

The Red Dragon King grunted: "While I have indeed found it, but on the human side Zhou Emperor Liang Pan showed up with the Imperial Palace of Emperor Tai, the Qin Emperor Shi Yu arrived with the Immortal Dragon City. The grandmaster of the Celestial Sect of Wonders, Lin Feng, appeared as well with Mount Yujing. "

As the Sea Dragon King heard the names of the Immortal Dragon City and the Imperial Palace of Emperor Tai, its demonic aura shook violently. As a result, massive volumes of seawater became displaced into the air, forming terrifying tsunami-like waves.

However, as he took in the whole message of Red Dragon King, he fell silent.

He would potentially be facing two magic treasures of the Destiny Realm ad Lin Feng, who had already proven himself to be able to take on the might of a Destiny Realm treasure as well. This would be too much for even the Purple Sea Dragon King, let alone him or the Red Dragon King.

Even the combined might of all strong dragon clan cultivators would be no match for the combined force of the Celestial Sect of Wonders, the Great Zhou Empire and the Great Qin Empire.

The Red Dragon King asked: "Yunlang, do you know where is Soaring Blaze Dragon King now?"

This Sea Dragon King was none other than Falling Waves Dragon King whom Xiao Yan's group have met before. On hearing Red Dragon King's question, he shook his giant head: "It's useless. Even if Soaring Blaze Dragon King had been here, we are still too weak to fight with them."

Soaring Blaze Dragon King was one of the strong cultivators of the fire dragon clan. He was an arch-demon Level three Immortal Demon Soul Stage that left the Xuan Sea in search of opportunities in the Ying Sea. He was the strongest cultivator sent by the dragon clan for the unearthing of the three mountains this time.

"The Ying Sea is part of the Divine Lands. While it is close to the inter-world passage to the Barren Expanses, the humans nevertheless had a geographical advantage. Humans made up the majority of the strong cultivators entering the Ying Sea this time around."

Falling Waves Dragon King added: "There might have been conflicts between Celestial Sect of Wonders, the Great Zhou Empire and the Great Qin Empire and they will fight to the death for the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain. Even so, as long as we show up, the three sects will join forces to repel us first."

"If there are only two of the sects around we might be able to gain the temporary support from one of the sect to help them fight with the other sect. With three sects present, we would never be able to gain a foothold in the situation."

As he talked, Falling Wave Dragon King gave a despaired sigh: "It all boils down to the fact that too few of our strong cultivators had entered the Ying Sea this time. Even if we were to team up with one of the sects, we would not be any match for the combined strength of the other two sects. We have too little to offer, and hence we will be the first faction to be driven away. If only our clan leaders were here, the situation would be a lot different."

The Red Dragon King's voice boomed through the air: "There is no point complaining about these now. Since we cannot get the Yingzhou Celestial Mountains, no one else can!"

Falling Waves Dragon King understood him immediately: "You mean triggering the Illusory Sea Tide?"

Red Dragon King replied: "Of course I'm talking about triggering the Illusory Sea Tide. I know that you have the dragon scale belonging to that sea dragon elder."

Whenever the three mountains of the Ying Sea appears for a period, a giant wave would sweep across the Ying Sea, triggering all the spatial illusions together in the form of a dangerous tide. That's the Illusory Sea Tide.

When the Illusory Sea Tide became active, Penglai, Yingzhou and Fangzhang mountains would stay hidden in obscure locations until they were discovered again.

The terrifying tide was the result of the will of the Ying Sea, an immense Outer Realm. Before the onset of the Tide, cultivators in the Ying Sea would retreat to the Divine Lands. Otherwise once the Tide set in the Ying Sea would become much more dangerous than before.

In the past, a sea dragon king of Level three Immortal Demon Soul Stage had entered the Ying Sea. While he failed to gain control over the Three Mountains of Ying Sea, he did not walk away empty-handed.

Using his unique gift, this sea dragon king not only managed to escape from the Illusory Sea Tide but even managed to unravel some of the mysteries of the Tide. With this knowledge, he devised a secret Abhijna that was capable of triggering a small Illusory Sea Tide in the Ying Sea.

However, it was very difficult to use this Abhijna.

For instance, it could only be used in the vicinity of one of the celestial mountains as it needed to tap on the connection between the celestial mountain and the Ying Sea.

Normally speaking, it would be a very rare opportunity for one to find the exact location of any one of the celestial mountains, and whoever discovered a celestial mountain would try their best to control it.

Contrary to this notion, once a regional Illusory Sea Tide had been triggered, it would cause the particular celestial mountain to hide in the Ying Sea prematurely.

Hence, no one would do such an evil deed that would not benefit anyone unless they had no better option.

However, Red Dragon King and Falling Waves Dragon King had no mental stress about casting the Abhijna.

With three different sects vying for the celestial mountain, it would be almost impossible for them to succeed in controlling the celestial mountain in the end. In which case, the dragon kings decided, they might as well prevent anyone from securing the celestial mountain!

The prospect of the Great Zhou Empire or the Great Qin Empire possibly gaining control of the celestial mountain further strengthened the resolve of these two old dragons.

Falling Waves Dragon King opened his mouth and spat out a clear piece of dragon scale the shape of a drop of water. While it was relatively small in size, it contained a profound level of water-typed demonic energy which could create an ocean if its energy were released.

The Falling Waves Dragon King's scales started glowing blue. One after another, ancient glyphs lit up and became infused into the water-drop shaped dragon scale.

The Red Dragon King remained on alert while glyphs of lighting appeared all over his body as well.

As time passed, the dragon scale started expanding, almost like a giant water bubble.

Lights flickered across the surface of the water bubble which seemed to form connections with the many spatial illusions in the Ying Sea. Under the control of Falling Waves Dragon King, the giant water bubble sank deep within the sea and hovered at its position.

Together with the chanting of ancient incantations, Falling Waves Dragon King took out twenty-four tokens carved from blue crystals and arranged them intricately around the water bubble.

After that, the old sea dragon cut the scales on one of his claws. A large volume of dragon blood flowed out of the wound and landed in the sea, which became absorbed by the tokens.

Instantly, luminous pillars of light shot up into the sky. These pillars formed an intricate pattern, with the water bubble at its center.

Falling Waves Dragon King looked up at the sky before lowering his gaze to examine the sea: "The time isn't right. I can only activate the Abhijna within a short window of opportunity forty-five minutes from now for the spell to work."

"It is alright. We will wait forty-five minutes. If it only takes forty-five minutes for the humans to control the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain, then so be it." Red Dragon King replied: "But it is essential that within this period we must continue to nourish the tokens with the essence of our blood."

"I will not let you bear all of the cost of the Abhijna. Aside from guarding you, I will contribute some of my blood essences as well. You must conserve your energy to unleash the Abhijna when the time has come."

As Red Dragon King talked, his facial expression suddenly changed: "Oh no!"

Falling Waves Dragon King had been busy handling the Abhijna and made the same realization right after Red Dragon King. They could see that in the distant sky a gap opened up into the void. A tanned young man dressed in purple appeared amidst clouds of purple mist.

"That is one of the avatars of the grandmaster of the Celestial Sect of Wonders. While its cultivation level is only at advanced Nascent Soul Stage, it is as powerful as a human Immortal Soul Stage cultivator and likely owns more than one magical treasure." Red Dragon King was afraid that the Falling Waves Dragon King would act rashly and immediately projected his voice across: "While our combined strength is greater than that of the avatar, I'm afraid that we cannot sustain the Abhijna ritual any longer!"

Falling Wave Dragon King's mouth twitched slightly. While he might have underestimated his opponent before arriving at the Ying Sea, he would no longer do so knowing that it was Lin Feng's avatar. After he witnessed how Xiao Yan slew the Marquis of Jinghuan, he would not underestimate it even if it was only at advanced Nascent Soul Stage.

While they felt that it was a shame, both dragon kings knew that they could no longer continue with the Abhijna ritual.

Falling Wave Dragon King opened his mouth again and attempted to keep the water bubble and the tokens.

On seeing Falling Wave Dragon King's action, Lin Feng smiled. He raised his right hand in the shape of a knife and gently slashed down in the air.

The water bubble and the tokens in sea shook and remained in their position. Falling Wave Dragon King did not manage to keep them.

At this moment, another tremor could be felt originating from another part of the sky. Lin Feng's gaze flickered slightly. The void opened again at the edge of the horizon, and another figure walked out of the spatial gap.

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Chapter 772: Heavenly Hand, Tiny Speck of Light

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As Lin Feng used the Fences of the Heaven Abhijna to stop Falling Wave Dragon King from escaping with the tokens and the water bubble, a gap opened up in the horizon, and a man strolled out of the void.

He was a senior man wearing a green robe. While all his hairs had turned white, he remained in the pink of health. There were no wrinkles on his skin, which was as smooth as that of a toddler.

This white-haired old man had an immense aura of power. While he arrived from the void, it seemed as if his lone figure encompassed a world of its own. While he appeared to be out of place compared to the space around him, he seemed to be in perfect harmony with it at the same time, giving people an odd feeling of contradiction.

Through the lens of the old man's eyes, one could vaguely see an expansive universe. The celestial worlds rotated in his iris which seemed to speak of profound reflections about the Great Taoist Way.

Lin Feng frowned. After sizing up the old man he spoke in a mild manner: "Shao Dongtian?"

While his words came across as a question, Lin Feng's tone had been factual as if he was talking about something obvious.

The white-haired old man smiled: "Greetings, grandmaster of the Celestial Sect of Wonders. I am Shao Dontian."

Indeed, he was the Immortal Soul Stage cultivator who had singlehandedly established the East Heaven's Gate sect, the grandmaster of the East Heaven's Gate sect. At the same time, he was Shao Qingcheng's father and Shao Huayang's grandpa.

According to what Yi Cangchen had told him, Shao Dongtian had just attained the way of the virtual entity after a long period of close-door cultivation.

At Lin Feng's current level, this information was among one of the most important ones among what Yi Cangchen had divulged to him.

If Shao Dongtian could achieve the way of the virtual identity, it meant that the East Heaven's Gate must have controlled a substantial number of books from the Heaven's Gate sect, even if they might not have a complete collection.

Even if the books had been incomplete before, Shao Dongtian must have had a major discovery before his close-door cultivation that enabled his breakthrough to the way of the virtual entity. If he were to be left alone, the East Heaven's Gate would surely enter a period of fast developments.

However, Lin Feng was most interested in whether Shao Dongtian had obtained the complete version of Heaven's Gate's secret Great Way mantra, the Great Heavenly Mantra.

Shao Dontian's daughter had been defeated by Zhu Yi, Lin Feng's disciple and her Yang Heaven Lamp had been looted from her. His disciple, Yi Cangchen had too been captured and his You Heaven Robe had been looted from him as well. The East Heaven's Gate had a score to settle with the Celestial Sect of Wonders.

However, Shao Dongtian did not rush to take revenge on Lin Feng. His face had not shown the slightest sign of anger.

After greeting Lin Feng, he proceeded directly to grab Red Dragon King and Falling Wave Dragon King!

Dragon King and Falling Wave Dragon King could no longer care about the water bubble and the tokens and scrambled to make their escape. Shao Dongtian palm extended and seemingly enveloped this vast region of the sea. No matter how fast Red Dragon King and Falling Wave Dragon King tried to escape, they could not escape from the reach of his palm.

While the move seemed to be nothing special, it was in fact Heavenly Hand, the secret Abhijna belonging to the Heaven's Gate sect.

Falling Wave Dragon King dived deep into the sea and used his unique gift to control an immense volume of seawater to shield him against Shao Dongtian's grab.

However, it seemed as if there was a wheel of light at the center of Shao Dongtian's palm. As the wheel spins, it sucked the seawater dry, allowing Shao Dongtian to capture Falling Wave Dragon King.

While Falling Wave Dragon King was a dragon at Level one Immortal Demon Soul Stage, he was powerless to resist Shao Dongtian who had reached Level three of Immortal Soul Stage.

On the other side, Lin Feng made a move as well. The Fences of the Heaven morphed into the Heaven Arrest move and proceeded to capture the Red Dragon King.

Shao Dongtian raised his brow for an instant. A smile-like expression appeared on his face.

He was aware that as he had just reached Level three of Immortal Soul Stage, he was not as strong as Kuang Heng or Xuan Lin Holy Man from the Greater Void Sect. Lin Feng's power even exceeded that of Kuang Heng and Xuan Lin Holy Man. Therefore, he would probably lose if he fought with Lin Feng.

By Lin Feng Shao Dongtian was referring to Lin Feng's real body, not the avatar that he now faced which only had a cultivation level of advanced Nascent Soul Stage.

While Shao Dongtian agreed that Lin Feng's Steel Tree Avatar had incredible powers such that even cultivators of Level one Immortal Soul Stage might be defeated by it, its power wouldn't have sufficed to challenge him.

While the avatar might prove to be tougher than dealing with Falling Waves Dragon King, the result would be no different.

If Lin Feng wished to humiliate himself Shao Dongtian would gladly oblige.

With one hand, Shao Dongtian captured Falling Wave Dragon King. He then cast the Dark Boundary Curse, generating a small world with his mana and then locked Falling Wave Dragon King inside it.

He grabbed towards Red Dragon King with his other hand.

Lin Feng's expressions remained calm. Wondrous glyphs spew out from his eyes; each glyph was black and white in color. As they turned, they condensed into an inconspicuous tiny sphere of light that almost seemed like a speck of dust.

Shao Dongtian's irises contracted sharply in alarm: "This move was not made by the avatar! It originates from the Abhijna of the mantra learned by Lin Feng's real body!"

"It is not an Abhijna spell body nor is it an item like a magic treasure or a talisman, but it possessed a physical shape and can be preserved for a long time."

As Shao Dongtian figured out many details of the move, he grew more puzzled: "I have never seen him cast this spell before..."

The hand that Shao Dongtian used to grab Red Dragon King grew as large as the sky.

In contrast, the tiny sphere of light condensed from Lin Feng's glyphs was as small as a grain of dust at the other extreme.

As the huge and the minute collided, Lin Feng's speck of light emitted an explosion of dazzling light. Countless glowing glyphs diffused across the sky, covering a massive area and transformed the sky above the Ying Sea into an ocean of white and black light.

The strong impact stayed Shao Dongtian's hand before retracting quickly to envelop Red Dragon King. It reformed the speck of dust and returned to Lin Feng's hand.

Lin Feng looked calmly at Shao Dongtian: "Thank you, Grandmaster Shao."

Shao Dongtian took a good look at Lin Feng and smiled: "Grandmaster Lin is truly an adept cultivator. I respect you for that."

Shao Dongtian would not be concerned if this speck of light was all that Lin Feng had. Aside from this speck, he did not see any other moves by the Steel Tree Avatar as significant. While the speck caught him off guard this time, he would not make the same mistake again.

However, Lin Feng had always been known for his sly moves. Without knowing exactly what Lin Feng was up to, Shao Dongtian did not intend to be fodder for other people. Moreover, he came to the Ying Sea to assist Emperor Zhou in controlling the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain. Everything else could wait.

Shao Dongtian was clear on the priority of things at different times.

Hence, after his move had been countered by Lin Feng, Shao Dongtian did not make any other moves but merely held onto Falling Wave Dragon King.

Both Lin Feng and Shao Dongtian shared the understanding of not disrupting the formation the two dragons had constructed moments ago under the sea.

Shao Dongtian calmly controlled the small world generated by the Dark Boundary Curse to force Falling Wave Dragon King imprisoned within it to continue supplying its dragon blood, which continued to drip onto the surface of the sea. Falling Wave Dragon King had no choice but to allow him to tap away at his blood essence.

Lin Feng and Shao Dongtian stood at opposite ends of the magical formation of the twenty-four pillars of light and looked calmly at it.

In the far distance above the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain, Lin Feng's real body, Qin Emperor Shi Yu, and Zhou Emperor Liang Pan stared at the celestial mountain as if nothing had happened to the dragons.

Within the core spatial illusion of the celestial mountain, the battle grew more intense and chaotic.

Zhu Yi took a silent peek at the sea of blood behind him. His starlight soul body derived from Great Sun Holy Man's Soul Remnant morphed into a humanoid shape. From each orifice over his body, an ethereal star rose into the air.

Standing above the Boundless Blood Sea, the starlight giant swung its fists, soaring through space and unleashed a deafening roar similar to that of a dragon.

In an instant, the aura of the fist from Horn Wood Serpent move of the Celestial Fist of Twenty-Eight Mansions obliterated one of the avatars belonging to the starlight soul body of Hell Shadow Holy Man!

At the same time he stepped onto the void with one foot so firmly planted that he almost seemed to have rooted in space, nothing could move him. This belonged to the move "Root Earth Raccoon."

His other feet launched a savage kick with "Neck Gold Dragon" at the golden crow who was closing in onto the Boundless Blood Sea.

The Horn Mansion was wood-typed and took on the form of a serpent, hence the name Horn Wood Serpent. It was the first mansion for the Azure Dragon region of the East. It consisted of two stars that seemed like the two horns of a dragon. Dragon horns represented the ferocious charge into battle, making this move the deadliest among all the mansions.

The Root Mansion was earth-typed and took on the form of a raccoon, hence the name Root Earth Raccoon. It was the third mansion of the Azure Dragon region of the East. The root represented one's basis and foundation. The root of a tree enabled it to grow unwaveringly.

The Neck Mansion was gold-typed and took on the form of a dragon, hence the name Neck Gold Dragon. It was the second mansion of the Azure Dragon region of the East. The neck of the dragon was protected by the horn of the dragon, and a single movement of the neck will lead to the quick follow up movements of the rest of the body, leading to swift assault!

These three ferocious moves forced the shadow and the golden crow to stop and deal with Zhu Yi's attack first before they could think about approaching the Boundless Blood Sea any further.

The golden crow screeched wildly. The Grand Sun Primordial Flame all over its body erupted together, forming a torrential wave of golden Grand Sun Primordial Flame stings that the golden crow launched at Zhu Yi.

If one of these golden Grand Sun Primordial Flame stings managed to hit Zhu Yi, it would have blasted a gaping hole on his starlight body.

Zhu Yi's assault did not stop there. He combined "Beak Fire Monkey," "Three Stars Water Ape" and "Well Wood Moose" three moves into one, closing both of his hands and squeezed. This move petrified the vast area of space in front of him which perfectly suppressed the Grand Sun Primordial Flame heading his way, preventing the flame from moving.

The Beak Mansion was fire typed and took on the form of a monkey, hence the name "Beak Fire Monkey." It was the sixth mansion of the White Tiger region of the East, forming the mouth of the tiger. The beak had long been seen as an auspicious symbol. Hence this move in the Celestial Fist of Twenty-Eight Mansions defended its user, resolving dangerous situations that they might be in.

The Well Mansion was wood-typed and took on the form of a moose, hence the name "Well Wood Moose." It was the first mansion of the Vermillion Bird region of the South, where its constituent constellations gave it the shape of a net. Therefore the Well Wood Tiger move took on the form of a net, which seemed like a bottomless abyss, trapping any foe that got caught by it.

The Three Stars Mansion was water-typed and took on the form of an ape, hence the name "Three Stars Water Ape." It was the last mansion of the White Tiger region of the East, forming the chest of the tiger. As it was the last of the seven mansions of the East and yet formed an incredibly important area, it became a symbol of good luck. Hence this move became the killer move in the Celestial Fist of Twenty-Eight Mansions that was able to turn the outcome of the battle!

As Zhu Yi exerted greater force to his hand, the incredible pressure at the center of his palm crushed the Grand Sun Primordial Fire as well as the surrounding space out of existence.

Behind him, the Boundless Blood Sea redoubled its efforts to open the doorway at the center of the cloud of stars. As the Blood Sea exerted an immense force on the doorway, it finally seemed as if it was going to open.

Zhu Yi raised his right fist. The fierce aura of the fist around him slowly condensed into a surreal illusion, within which innumerable stars twinkled.

Divine Palm of Three Enclosures, Heavenly Market Enclosure Divine Palm!

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Chapter 773: Yeah, it's you

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Zhu Yi unleashed the Heavenly Market Enclosure Divine Palm. Before the palm was out, merely the terrifying explosive force within was enough to cause the surrounding Void to collapse in huge patches.

The next instant, everyone in the Galaxy Illusion suddenly felt as if every single star in the universe has dimmed simultaneously for a moment.

The stars flickered, from bright to dim and back again; correspondingly, every single pore of the giant formed by Zhu Yi's starlight opened together, as if at this very instant, it was connected with the boundless Milky Way in the cosmos.

Countless stars were born, lived, and eventually destroyed, narrating the most ancient laws of the universe.

The universe changes, the stars shift.

Anything and everything, inevitably, experienced the process from gestation, birth, growth, aging, and eventually, annihilation.

Even for the most long-lived entities of the universe, the stars of the cosmos that have existed since the beginning of time, it was unavoidable. As constellations shifted and galaxies roamed, they headed towards death, towards the final destination of the cosmos.

The vast body, formed by starlight and sustained by Zhu Yi's soul, moved abruptly as it took three steps in an instant.

With the first step, his body swung sideways, seemingly melting to form countless projections at once, shining together like millions of stars.

With the second step, they became twenty-eight human forms, each taking up one position of the Celestial Fist of the Twenty-Eight Mansions and together, let out a loud yell.

With the third, final step, every single projection disappeared together, as if they have never appeared in the first place. Only Zhu Yi remained; the air of blood and masculinity boiled violently, like innumerable stars exploding at once.

The fatal move of the physical martial arts of Emperor Chen – Shifting Stars Technique!

With the three steps, the strength of Zhu Yi's body, formed by converging starlight, was at its extreme, as if a casual punch would blast a star apart.

From the bottom of the feet, to the legs, to the waist, all the way up along the spine and reaching the top of the head. The entire person shook violently; instantly, it was as if the stars rippled and the universe wavered!

After the three steps, Zhu Yi's body just disappeared from the field of stars. When he next appeared, his location has already shifted; however, he was not attacking the Golden Crow and the Dark Shadow, but was instead right in front of the Boundless Blood Sea!

Right now, as it attempted to take control of the Door in the Center of the Cloud of Stars, the Boundless Blood Sea was at a crucial time. Although its power was at Immortal Soul Third Level, but distracted and facing the massive explosive force of the Shifting Stars Technique, a gap was instantly ripped open in the turbulent Blood Sea.

Zhu Yi raised his right hand; the Heavenly Market Enclosure Divine Palm, ready to strike long ago, continued to blast the Boundless Blood Sea.

"Knowing my identity, with Big Senior's character, even if he had only a Starlight forged by the Remnant Soul of an Immortal Soul First Level cultivator – or even a Nascent Soul Starlight – he would still take the job of blocking the enemy without a second's hesitation and let me go and take control of the Door in the Center of the Cloud of Stars."

Zhu Yi stared at the roaring Boundless Blood Sea silently, his gaze calm and composed. "What's more, yours is the Immortal Soul Third Level Blood River Prince?"

Although I can't be certain which was Big Senior, but I can be certain that you are definitely not!

Since you're not, what else is there to be said?

Yeah, it's you that I'm beating up!

You want me to block the enemies and create time for you, but do I not want you to try to take control of the Door in the Center of the Cloud of Stars?

With his own Abhijna hard to use, if he wished to defeat the opponent, who has controlled the Blood River Prince, Zhu Yi also needed him to focus on taking control of the Door so as to increase his chances of success.

Meanwhile, at almost the same instant that Zhu Yi made his move, the Starlight formed using the Hell Shadow Holy Man's Remnant Soul transformed into clouds of shadows. As they flickered, they converged again to form an ancient mirror, black as ink.

The light of the mirror, however, did not towards those present, but instead enveloped a ball of starlight in the distance.

It was a ball of chaotic Starlight without a Remnant Soul. It was flying towards the center of the Cloud of Stars from faraway; around the Starlight, bursts of milky-white flames floated about, forming the shape of a phoenix.

Those milky-white flames were none other than Pure Yang Primordial Fire, one of the Seven Legendary Primordial Fires along with the Grand Sun Primordial Fire.

This ball of Starlight was sustained by the Remnant Soul of a Phoenix Grand Sage who died in the Ying Sea.

The light of the mirror fell on the Starlight surrounded by Pure Yang Primordial Fire. Hazy white spots instantly lighted up on the surface of the Dark Shadow Ancient Mirror; the next instant, it forcefully retrieved large amounts of Pure Yang Primordial Fire.

Grand Sun Primordial Fire, blazing golden and so bright it pricks the eye, appeared in front of the starlight of dark shadows.

The Starlight transformed into a black-clad Taoist priest, wearing a high hat and traditional robes. His face emotionless, the Taoist priest held up the Grand Sun Primordial Fire and Pure Yang Primordial Fire with both hands and abruptly clapped them together.

Immediately, an extremely terrifying aura radiated from before the black-clad Taoist priest.

Seeing this scene, Zhu Yi instantly smiled.

The person controlling the Stalight formed by the Remnant Soul of the Hell Shadow Holy Man was none other than Xiao Yan!

Although the black-clad Taoist priest was completely expressionless, but Xiao Yan laughed coldly as he stared at the Boundless Blood Sea before him. "Regardless of whether you and that man who cultivated the physical martial arts of Emperor Chen knew each other's identities, both of you cooperated before this. Your cultivation level is higher, but you rushed to take control of the Door in the Center of the Cloud of Stars and let your companion come to intercept us."

"Second Junior is good at strategy, but he's definitely not one who's shrewd but lacks determination. He is one of decisiveness and resolve, as well as the boldness to be the first. Even if we are well aware of each other's identities, if we were together and meet this sort of situation, unless it was obviously inappropriate, he would fight with me to be the one to stop the enemies."

"Zhener did not enter; Fifth Junior, Sixth Junior, Jieyu, Baiguang, Kui Cow King, Spiritual Sea Horse King, none of them could control the Avatar of an Immortal Soul Third Level Master so easily and effortlessly."

"I indeed do not know who you are, but I know that you are definitely not Second Junior."

"So, if not you, who should I attack first?"

The hands of the black-clad Taoist priest formed by the Starlight controlled by Xiao Yan's Soul started to move ceaselessly, forming countless arcane gestures. Countless spells were sent into the two Primordial Fires, both of which were almost going to lose control.

It's just that, as he attempted to forge the Heaven Fire Lotus, Xiao Yan also felt his Soul reverberating continuously, causing a kind of disconnect between it and his body of starlight.

As if two obviously incompatible things were forcibly integrated; not only are they not compatible, but they will wear down on each other.

"I am already using this Taoist's own Abhijna to recreate the Grand Sun Primordial Fire and the Pure Yang Primordial Fire; only the spell for the Heaven Fire Lotus was from myself. Even so, it experienced rejection?" Xiao Yan remained composed, without fretting. "This illusion is indeed troublesome."

"However, I had not demanded to succeed in unleashing the Heaven Fire Lotus this time," Xiao Yan suddenly started to chuckle. "That day when I failed to merge the Primordial Fires on Mount Yujing, I still have to be cautious. Now, I have nothing to fear!"

With a silent cry, the black-clad Taoist priest that Xiao Yan transformed into, carrying the two Primordial Fires - which were still violently colliding and did not merge – charged towards the Boundless Blood Sea.

"Failing to merge them simply means that I myself could not control the Primordial Fire either. If they were to actually explode, the destructiveness would not be much less than a fully-formed Heaven Fire Lotus!"

Obviously, the Boundless Blood Sea has realized this as well. Despite being severely wounded by Zhu Yi, it still steered the torrential Blood River Primordial Water, in an attempt to extinguish the fiery flames flowing towards it.

This action of Xiao Yan's allowed Zhu Yi to fully confirm his identity, and others did so as well.

The Golden Crow suddenly turned around and attacked towards Xiao Yan, but at this moment, Zhu Yi, again repelled by the Blood Sea, intercepted him once again.

Seeing this, Xiao Yan smiled as well. "Hah, so it is Second Junior. No wonder that previous battle was so enjoyable."

Facing the torrential Blood Sea, Xiao Yan detonated the two Primordial Fires, already at the edge of losing control, straight away. Even Blood River Primordial Water, used to everything filthy in the world, was blasted into disarray in front of such a violent explosion.

The dark shadow Starlight that hosted Xiao Yan's own Soul was damaged severely as well, becoming even dimmer. However, as he was already prepared, it was at least not fatal.

The Blood Sea, meanwhile, was in even worse shape than him. A deep pit was instantly blasted in it, and massive amounts of Blood River Primordial Water was incinerated and evaporated.

If not for the incredible defense and peculiar absorption of the Boundless Blood Sea, or if this was a complete dual Fire Lotus, this ocean of blood would have been completely destroyed.

However, even so, the Blood Sea was greatly weakened, to the extent that even the Door in the Center of the Cloud of Stars, which has almost cracked open, appeared ready to close again.

The vast Blood River Primordial Water retreated swiftly, once again forming an Unholy Blood River that flowed around the Starlight.

With Zhu Yi's previous blow, it could still hold up, but Xiao Yan's hit wounded it gravely straight away.

This person was a decisive one as well. He abandoned the attempt to control the Door in the Center of the Cloud of Stars to avoid benefiting Xiao Yan, Zhu Yi and the others, as well as to reorganize and recover.

However, at precisely this moment, Sanskrit Buddhist chanting sounded out yet again as the Monk Da Kong finally appeared.

Previously, he was severely injured by Zhu Yi and the Blood River Starlight together. Right now, he was extremely weak as well; his condition was much worse than even the Blood River Starlight.

However, the opportunity the Monk Da Kong found was very good. The Blood River Starlight has already paved the way for him, lacking only the last stroke. Without a moment's hesitation, the Monk Da Kong transformed into a ball of golden Buddha's Light, colliding with the Door in the Center of the Cloud of Stars.

"Hmph!"

The Starlight was silent, but the Souls of the four masters - Xiao Yan, Zhu Yi, Blood River, and Golden Crow – vibrated at almost the same time, as if they had snorted simultaneously.

"Crooked baldy, you think you hid yourself perfectly? You shall be used as the sacrifice to offer up to this Door!"

The next moment, the four turned together, their unrestrained attacks hitting the Monk Da Kong and the Door in the Center of the Cloud of Stars simultaneously.

The explosive force shattered the Monk Da Kong's Starlight straight away. The Mana and Starlight merged into a raging torrent, blasting the Door in the Center of the Cloud of Stars open completely as well!

Bright light shined out from the door, casting its glow over the entire Galaxy Illusion.

Xiao Yan, Zhu Yi and the other two charged into the door together as well.

Bright light flashed before his eyes; Zhu Yi felt the Starlight body hosting his Soul being annihilated gradually, but his Soul was uninjured. As the world spun before his eyes, everything suddenly brightened – he has returned to his own physical body again.

However, just one moment after his soul returned to the body – before he could communicate with Li Yuanfang and the others – the scene before his eyes changed tremendously as his entire person was teleported to an unknown location.

By the time Zhu Yi regained control of his senses, only he himself remained. Before him, was a pitch-black corridor that led to God knows where.

Outside the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain, the three - Lin Feng, Liang Pan, and Shi Yu – were still in a standoff. Together, they witnessed Zhu Yi and the others blast open the Door in the Center of the Cloud of Stars and then, the obliteration of the illusion.

At the same time, the massive Yingzhou Celestial Mountain trembled in its entirety.

"The core illusion of the Celestial Mountain has been destroyed. Next, it would depend on who could achieve the recognition of the Celestial Mountain first and take control of it," Lin Feng's eyes narrowed slightly. "It was shrouded by the entire Celestial Mountains, and can't be seen clearly. However, it seems that some other extraordinary thing is hidden in the mountain. What could it be?"

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Chapter 774: Forever-Bright Bodhi Heart Lamp

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Lin Feng stared at the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain below. Right now, the layers and layers of illusory realms covering the surroundings and inside of the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain started to degrade.

Only the Nameless Ancient Formation that engulfed the celestial mountain remained. This left Lin Feng a little bothered. Without the illusory realms, the abnormally close relationship of the Nameless Ancient Formation and the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain was exposed.

It was closer than what Lin Feng and the rest expected. Between both parties, there seemed to be a balance where they supplemented the shortcomings of the other party.

Although this connection was hidden, Lin Feng, Shi Yu, Liang Pan and the rest were still wary of it.

Without the layers and layers of illusory realms as barriers, Lin Feng and the rest could finally communicate with those on the celestial mountain through their powers.

"Master, we are fine, but everyone is separated." Xiao Yan laughed bitterly as he relayed the situation to Lin Feng, "As I burst into the door in the center of the cloud of stars, the shell that I consolidated from the starlight collapsed. My own soul returned to my own flesh and I was sent to somewhere I didn't know. I lost contact with Zhener and Fifth Junior too."

"Because the Heaven Fire Lotus was forcefully summoned in the illusory realm, my soul was inflicted with a little damage. But there's nothing serious."

Lin Feng said, "Seems like only you and Zhu Yi were separated as your positions were shifted. Just now, I contacted Yang Qing and Yuanfang. Although their positions were also shifted, they were not separated."

"Zhu Yi is also fine. Continue to explore, and find a way to control the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain quickly. I will hold the fort for all of you from outside."

Xiao Yan nodded his head, "Yes, Master." After he finished saying, he looked at the pitch-black corridor in front of him and progressed forward.

After Zhu Yi finished his own conversation with Lin Feng, he also advanced forward in the corridor.

As he walked, Zhu Yi noticed the movements around him. He felt that the illusory realm that covered the entire Yingzhou Celestial Mountain had disappeared. Zhu Yi pondered, "As the core illusory realm is broken, the other illusory realms have also disappeared. But this doesn't mean that they have collapsed completely."

"If someone can cultivate the celestial mountain, he can rebuild the core illusory realm. When that happens, the other illusory realms will come to life again."

Right now, Zhu Yi contacted Xiao Yan, Yang Qing, Li Yuanfang and the rest separately using his mana. He understood the rough situation after he conversed with them.

Those from the Celestial Sect of Wonders, besides him and Xiao Yan, that had entered the illusory realm were unable to reach the door of the center of the cloud of stars. Among them, there were a few whose shells, that they consolidated using starlight, were destroyed by others.

If the shells were purely crushed, their souls would not be damaged. Rather, they would be sent back to their flesh outside the illusory realm. But it's just that if they wanted to enter the illusory realm again, it was no longer possible.

In the illusory realm, if their shells and souls were damaged, the injury would remain even if they left the realm.

After the core illusory realm had collapsed, besides Zhu Yi and Xiao Yan, the positions of the rest were also shifted. Right now, Yang Qing, Kui Cow King, Xiao Zhener and the Spiritual Sea Horse King were on one path, while Li Yuanfang, Bai Guang and Jieyu were on another path. Each group were in an unfamiliar corridor each.

Zhu Yi did not escape as he broke through space. That was because he could subtly feel that the immense pressure of the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain and the Ying Sea still remained. Furthermore, after the illusory realm had disappeared, that pressure had become more direct.

Before the situation was clear, attracting too much attention might cause himself to be the target of the celestial mountain and the Ying Sea.

"Oh?" As he walked, Zhu Yi's gaze flashed and he stopped in his tracks.

He could clearly feel that on the other side of the corridor, which was still very far away, there was someone walking towards him.

Just during the moment when Zhu Yi stopped in his tracks, the other party also stopped.

The both of them could clearly sense the presence of the other party even though they were separated by an unknown distance in the dark corridor.

After keeping a silent for a moment, Zhu Yi started to laugh and he moved forward again.

And after the party on the other side pondered for a moment, the other party also continued moving forward.

When the both of them were so close until they could confirm each other's identity, they stopped again. Zhu Yi clasped his palm and fist together and said while smiling, "Princess Xingyun, I didn't expect that we'll meet so soon."

For those who entered the door, besides him and Xiao Yan, the identity of Monk Da Kong was also confirmed. But the identities of the two people that relied on the Blood River Prince and the Golden Crow Grand Sage were still unknown.

The person who came arrived without any companions. From the looks of it, the person must have had relied on either the Blood River Prince or the Golden Crow Grand Sage.

From the other side, a laughter was also heard, "Sorry for offending you earlier, Comrade Zhu. Please forgive me."

Very soon, a lady in yellow came before Zhu Yi. She was in the Intermediate Stage of the Nascent Soul Stage. She smiled while bowing towards Zhu Yi, "Comrade Zhu, you are indeed powerful. Even the Grand Sun Holy Man's Divine Palm of Three Enclosures and the Shifting Stars Technique were unleashed because of you."

Zhu Yi sized her up, "It seems your Starlight Avatar is from the Blood River Prince?"

Shi Xingyun nodded her head and answered honestly, "I can't hide things from your sharp eyes indeed. I did have the intention to work with you, but as Comrade Xiao Yan also arrived at the door, I knew that any hopes for our collaboration were gone."

"Although I do not have any ill intentions, I did mislead you. If I have offended you, please do not blame me."

Zhu Yi replied, "I am not offended. But now that we have met, what are your plans?"

Shi Xingyun laughed, "If you ask me, I think that our previous collaboration can still be furthered, until we decide who the celestial mountain belongs to. "

The two of them were separated by some distance, but the both of them could sense that between the both of them, there was a three-way junction. Besides the area that the both of them were in, there was another path leading in another direction.

Shi Xingyun laughed, "Previously, in the core illusory realm of the celestial mountain, I had the intention of revealing your identity, so that all of us could work together. But who knew that because of the illusory realm, all of us were deaf and dumb."

"Now that we are facing each other, we can reveal everything and settle what to do."

Zhu Yi lifted his eyelids but his expression did not change, "Oh, your words sound a little weird. If I'm not wrong, before everyone entered the illusory realm, all the arrangements should have more or less been made."

"Besides picking the candidates to enter the illusory realm, I believe prior preparations have also been made to protect our physical flesh and activate backup plans in case someone else appears."

"Two Immortal Soul Stage Elders from the Great Zhou Empire have arrived. One of them is Monk Da Kong and the other is the Tidal Sword Elder. Monk Da Kong entered the illusory realm and there is a high possibility that the Tidal Sword Elder stayed behind to protect the body of Monk Da Kong."

"I believe the Great Qin Empire must have done roughly the same. Besides you, I believe only one of Prince Jingfang and the Vivant Joy Holy Man entered into the realm."

Zhu Yi placed both his hands behind him and said slowly, "I guess the person who entered is Prince Jingfang. Am I right?"

Although he was posing a question, he did not expect Shi Xingyun to reply. Rather, he followed by saying, "Even if one is strong, the newly-created entity from the starlight in the illusory realm may not be equally strong. But from the look of that Golden Crow, I believe that it is only able to have such a performance under the command of an Immortal Soul Stage Elder."

"The Great Zhou Empire may have someone as powerful as you in the Nascent Soul Stage, but I don't think that's much of a possibility. That's why I believe it's Prince Jingfang who entrusted his soul to the Golden Crow starlight instead of you."

"Then, besides you and I who entered the door, there are also Monk Da Kong and my senior Xiao Yan. The last person must be Prince Jingfang then."

Zhu Yi looked at Shi Xingyun and asked seriously, "If the both of us collaborate, who will we deal with?"

Shi Xingyun was not troubled and seemed to expect that Zhu Yi would reply in this way. She laughed, "Didn't you mention that Da Kong is around too? The illusory realm is miraculous and unpredictable. Furthermore, he is also one with a lot of secrets. Although his Starlight Avatar was crushed by the four of us and his soul was further damaged by us, I believe that he is still not dead yet."

Zhu Yi answered, "Even if he is not dead, with the grave injuries that he has sustained, I myself will be enough to deal with him."

Shi Xingyun looked at Zhu Yi and a smile appeared across her face. She shook her head, "Because I offended you earlier, I can't blame you for being wary."

"You don't have to be like this. To say that I didn't come for the celestial mountain, it would seem very pretentious. But I am aware of my own abilities. If I have to fight for the celestial mountain by myself, the hope of getting it will be slim."

"By taking a step back, I hope to obtain something from the celestial mountain. To obtain this thing, I will need a magic treasure of yours, the Eternal Night Demonic Stele."

Zhu Yi did not reply and his mind flowed with thoughts, "Her cultivation is not beyond the Intermediate Stage of the Nascent Soul Stage yet, but she is able to restore the powers of the Blood River Prince to this state. Not even a normal Immortal Soul Stage cultivator will be able to do so."

"She has a big secret too. She seemed to hint at something else with her words, and also seems to have some other motive. She is not just purely a Great Qin Empire princess. When we found out that she was birthed from a dragon soul, Master and I were already suspicious of her background and history."

Shi Xingyun continued saying, "Naturally, I won't let you do all this for nothing. If things progress smoothly, you may obtain a magic treasure in the metaplasia realm."

After pausing for a moment, Shi Xingyun followed by saying, "The magic treasure may be greatly damaged and may have fall to the gestation realm. At the same time, the original soul of the magic treasure may have been destroyed too. Regarding this, I have no guarantees. After all, I have not seen the current situation of this magic treasure."

"Comrade, you don't have to worry about assisting me to find this treasure and cause any delays in seizing control of the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain. We can continue exploring and find a method of cultivating this mountain. As long as you activate the powers of the Eternal Night Demonic Stele, the thing that I want will appear on its own."

She was not hiding anything this time. She relayed the truth honestly. After that, she stood where she was and waited for Zhu Yi to make his decision.

"Employing the help of the Eternal Night Demonic Stele to find this thing, don't tell me…" Zhu Yi thought of something and asked, "What is this thing that you are finding?"

Shi Xingyun replied, "I am finding something called the Hornless Dragon Spirit, which is shaped like a dragon. From what I know, this Hornless Dragon Spirit was attached to the Forever-Bright Bodhi Heart Lamp of Zhi Guang Zen Master that was lost on the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain. Although the Zhi Guang Zen Master used the Amogasiddhi Mantra to form the Golden Form of Buddha, the core power concept of the Forever-Bright Bodhi Heart Lamp originates from the Forever-Bright Tathagata Mantra."

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Chapter 775: Meeting Da Kong Zen Master Again

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"Forever-Bright Bodhi Heart Lamp…" Zhu Yi repeated this name silently. When Shi Xingyun mentioned the Eternal Night Demonic Stele earlier, Zhu Yi had already thought of the Forever-Bright Bodhi Heart Lamp in his mind.

The Forever-Bright Bodhi Heart Lamp was a Buddhist treasure from the Antiquity Age. Its power concept also originated from the Forever-Bright Tathagata Mantra. During the Middle Ages, it landed in the hands of Zhi Guang Zen Master and became a magic treasure that he brought around with him.

Although the Zhi Guang Zen Master used the Amoghasiddhi Mantra to cultivate the Golden Form of Buddha, he also had a deep understanding of the Forever-Bright Tathagata Mantra. As he commanded the Forever-Bright Bodhi Heart Lamp, he achieved a good connection with the magic treasure and both parties supplemented each other.

After Lin Feng gave the Eternal Night Demonic Stele to Zhu Yi, Zhu Yi cultivated it. To further increase his efficiency in commanding this magic treasure and unleash its full powers, Zhu Yi did not only comprehend the way concept within. He also tried to understand the background of the magic treasure.

During the Middle Ages, the original owner of the Eternal Night Demonic Stele was the Thousand Night Demonic Elder. Although both he and the Zhi Guang Zen Master were complete opposites in their path of cultivation, the both of them shared a close personal relationship. During the start of the Middle Ages when the demonic arts and the righteous arts were still not completely at loggerheads, the both of them interacted quite frequently.

Their magic treasures, the Eternal Night Demonic Stele and the Forever-Bright Bodhi Heart Lamp, became good 'friends'. Both of these magic treasures, which were in the metaplasia realm, shared a rather good relationship.

It was only when the Forever-Bright Bodhi Heart Lamp went missing and the Zhi Guang Zen Master perish during the War Between the Two Worlds did the relationship between both magic treasures terminate.

After the Zhi Guang Zen Master passed away, the Thousand Night Demonic Elder once brought the Eternal Night Demonic Stele to find the Forever-Bright Bodhi Heart Lamp. But he did not have any clues and nothing came out from the search.

But he never expected that this treasure was lost on the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain.

Zhu Yi looked at Shi Xingyun, "How did she know this?"

He summoned the Eternal Night Demonic Stele. The original soul of the stele converted into a light projection of a middle-aged man in black. After hearing Zhu Yi's description, the original soul of the Eternal Night Demonic Stele, which was called Eternal Night, seemed to be a little agitated.

Eternal Night did not rush to reply. Rather, it sensed the surroundings quietly and expanded its powers. Rings and rings of black ripples spread out.

After a while, Eternal Night said in a deep voice, "Bodhi Soul indeed appeared here before!"

"The spiritual power of the celestial mountain is too immense and has disrupted my sensitivity. I can't determine its actual location, but it's somewhere around here."

After receiving an affirmative response, Zhu Yi nodded his head. He said to Shi Xingyun, "If you have the sincerity to work together, let's start now."

Shi Xingyun replied, "I only want the Hornless Dragon Spirit. To me, as I step foot on the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain, the mountain is naturally the most important target. But the Hornless Dragon Spirit is the more realistic option."

The two of them met at the junction before they left together on the other path. Indeed, it was another dark corridor.

Zhu Yi turned his head to look at Shi Xingyun. He wondered what the Hornless Dragon Spirit was and why Shi Xingyun placed so much attention on finding it.

Zhu Yi had never heard of this so-called Hornless Dragon Spirit before. He did not know what it was used for or whether it was dangerous.

What he was more curious about was that even if Shi Xingyun was transformed from a dragon soul, how was she able to restore the powers of the Blood River Prince to such a state in the illusory realm previously?

From what Zhu Yi observed, Shi Xingyun had never cultivated any Blood River spells or any abhijnas from the Blood River Sect.

Besides being unable to replicate the Tao fruit of the Blood River Prince, who was in the Immortal Soul Third Level, she was practically a duplicate of the Blood River Prince.

But this was normal. For Da Kong Zen Master who revealed the Pure Land of Industry, that was the true abnormality.

From Shi Xingyun's understanding of the way of the Heavens and Earth and control of the soul as she commanded the Blood River Prince Starlight Avatar, she must have had at least be in the Immortal Soul Stage in order to do so.

Just like how Prince Jingfang was able to control the Starlight Avatar of the Golden Crow Grand Sage.

Zhu Yi was not arrogant, neither was he too modest. Besides Xiao Yan and a few fellow disciples of his, there were not many people in the Nascent Soul Stage who could so.

Especially since Shi Xingyun was transformed from a dragon soul. In her previous life, she was a Demonic Saint, and could not have been so adept in understanding the essence of the cultivation of an Immortal Soul Third Level cultivator. More accurately speaking, if she tapped on the powers of her previous life, the difficulty would be even higher.

The abnormality in this area was what left Zhu Yi extremely suspicious.

But he did not say much. After all, everyone had their own secrets.

"It's nearby!" Eternal Night was jolted alive and he turned his attention towards the deep end of the corridor.

Zhu Yi and Shi Xingyun looked at one another. They quickly burst forward. But not far after they advanced, they soon slowed down.

Eternal Night also felt ominous at the same time, "It's indeed Bodhi Soul. But there's someone else too!"

And at almost the same time, the other party seemed to be notified of their presence. Zhu Yi and Shi Xingyun only moved a little, but they were quick,

In the dark corridor, a bright and pure radiance was shone. As Zhu Yi and Shi Xingyun got closer to the radiance, they saw an ancient lamp in front of them. There was only a wick on the lamp stand in front of them. The top of the wick shone not with a small flame, but an extremely pure radiance.

Just by scanning it, Zhu Yi could feel a forever-bright radiance, which contained the miraculous concept of perfect nature.

Right now, the Virtuous Zen Master of the Celestial Sect of Wonders cultivated the complete version of the Forever-Bright Tathagata Mantra. Besides the foundational sutras – the Supreme Light Mantra and the Three Thousand Illumination Spell – the core outline of the Amitabha Sutra was also complete.

Under the approval of the Virtuous Zen Master, Zhu Yi once studied the complete version of the Forever-Bright Tathagata Mantra. Although he did not cultivate it properly, his understanding of this brilliant mantra was not inferior to that of many descendant disciples of the Great Thunderclap Temple.

In the white radiance, the figure of a white, mystical dragon could be seen. It was very small, as if it was only a streak of light. In space, it kept on swimming, but it did not cross the core boundary of the radiance.

"This is the Forever-Bright Bodhi Heart Lamp, and that mystical dragon is the Hornless Dragon Spirit that Shi Xingyun wants…" Zhu Yi turned to look at a middle-aged monk standing beside the treasure lamp. He was Da Kong Zen Master.

Da Kong Zen Master was conversing with the original soul of the Forever-Bright Bodhi Heart Lamp right now. He was attempting to cultivate and retrieve this magic treasure.

Although he looked tranquil, his gaze was dimmer than it seemed before he ascended the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain.

After the starry illusory realm was inflicted with heavy damages, even Da Kong Zen Master's vital energy was hugely damaged.

He relied on the sarira of Zhi Guang Zen Master to find the Forever-Bright Bodhi Heart Lamp, but it was not convenient for him to forcefully cultivate the lamp. He could only interact with it slowly. But who knew that Zhu Yi and Shi Xingyun would find him.

Although he was hurt in the hands of Zhu Yi and Shi Xingyun, Da Kong Zen Master was not psychologically affected. Even as he was injured, he was still in control of his own state of mind.

But an ominous feeling rose in his heart. His desire to obtain the Forever-Bright Bodhi Heart Lamp seemed set to bring him more problems.

As Eternal Night saw the Forever-Bright Bodhi Heart Lamp, he opened his mouth and said, "Bodhi Soul, long time no see. I can't believe that you were lost on the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain."

The Forever-Bright Bodhi Heart Lamp resonated with a peaceful voice, "Apologies for making myself a laughing stock in front of you, old friend."

The Eternal Night Demonic Stele and Zhu Yi had a telepathic connection. They said to the Forever-Bright Bodhi Heart Lamp instantly, "Bodhi Soul, although this Da Kong Zen Master has Zhi Guang Zen Master's sarira, he is a rogue monk that has betrayed his elders and ancestors. I believe that you can sense it too, that he has cultivated Zhi Guang Zen Master's sarira!"

Bodhi Soul was silent and the spiritual light above the wick shook for a moment. Because he discovered this point, he did not allow Da Kong Zen Master to cultivate the lamp.

Da Kong Zen Master recited a Buddhist chant and smiled, "Buddha is only in one's heart. If one has Buddha in his mind, he can become Buddha too. "

"My cultivation may still be low, but I know that a peaceful state of mind will allow one's cultivation to progress on the right path. Although the elders have all passed on, they did not leave behind things for their successors to worship. It's just that our generation of people worship our elders to seek a peace of mind."

"But to our ancestors, as a person passes on, it's just another cycle of life. The belongings of the past no longer matter anymore."

"Inheriting the Buddhist teachings of Buddha and passing them on to the others is the best way of worshipping our ancestors. It's not the physical things that they leave behind that count."

Zhu Yi said indifferently, "You are indeed very glib. But there's something I don't understand. Don't tell me that from your perspective, destroying the Great Thunderclap Temple is your way of passing on the legacy of Buddha?"

The light from the Forever-Bright Bodhi Heart Lamp flickered and the voice of Bodhi Soul sounded, "Is that real?"

Eternal Night said in a low voice, "Bodhi Soul, you have been trapped on Yingzhou Celestial Mountain for countless years, but you don't know that the Greater World has already changed greatly. The Great Thunderclap Temple has been destroyed many years ago!"

"The destruction of the temple is linked to him. He was the one who allied with the troops who targeted the Great Thunderclap Temple."

Bodhi Soul was shocked, "How can this be? The Great Thunderclap Temple has the protection of Mount Meru, how could he have been destroyed so easily?"

Da Kong Zen Master listened to the accusation by the Eternal Night Demonic Stele quietly and did not deny them. Rather, he said honestly, "Till this day, I don't regret what I did. Elder Fangzhang and the rest started to ascend the wrong path and they betrayed the teachings of Buddha. This caused the Great Thunderclap Temple's reputation to be tarnished.

"All of you say that I annihilate Buddhism, but from what many of my comrades and I think, it's a rebirth for Buddhism!"

He looked at the Forever-Bright Bodhi Lamp calmly, "I believe that the Zhi Guang Zen Master thinks the same way if he's still alive!"

"Elder Bodhi Soul, if you want to know what happened truly, I suggest that you leave with me. After that, I can tell you everything. Right now, it's not very convenient."

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Chapter 776: Golden Body Of The Great Sun, Rise Into Nirvana

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The Da Kong Zen Master wore a calm expression, and even though he looked little pitiful, there was absolutely no trace of remorse or regret.

The Buddhist light around the Forever-Bright Bodhi Heart Lamp flickered and a voice came out from within. "I have been stuck inside the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain for millennia and I have no idea what has become of the outside world. I no longer know how to distinguish right from wrong."

Bodhi Soul's voice had a peaceful undertone, but nobody knew whether his mental state was truly able to recover its stability.

He said quietly, "If I can ascend, leave the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain and return to the Divine Lands, I will investigate the truth behind the matter myself. I will not listen to the words of others without evidence. However, I'm not leaving with you."

Besides the Hornless Dragon Spirit swimming inside the lamp, an old monk appeared within the Buddhist light. He looked amicable and friendly as the light shadows condensed and materialized into a body – it was the Bodhi Soul revealing itself in physical form. He glanced at the Da Kong Zen Master before he turned back towards Zhu Yi and the Eternal Night Demonic Stele and asked, "After the destruction of the Great Thunderclap Temple, what happened to the thousands of disciples of the Buddha?"

Zhu Yi replied, "Most were chased away into exile. However, there were a few relatively stubborn monks who perished in battle."

"After that, due to the fact that the Great Thunderclap Temple was located within the Great Zhou Empire, the Great Zhou Empire oppressed the remaining monks and sent people after them – many died."

A haze of faint grief came over the Bodhi Soul as he turned towards the Da Kong Monk. "You speak of the slander and profanity of the Buddha's reputation. Did the disciples who died have a part to play?"

The Da Kong Monk deliberated for a moment before he heaved a heavy sigh. "The main perpetrators were the Abbot and the other inner-circle elders of the Great Thunderclap Temple. Only second-level Golden Form disciples from my generation, like myself, knew about it. Most others were clueless."

The Bodhi Soul's expression instantly changed into anger as his eyes widened like a Vajra. "Then the disciples who died in the process, those that had no clue what was going on before they were forced into exile, and even chased down and killed in droves – did they deserve to die?"

The Da Kong Monk answered, "After the Great Thunderclap Temple had been laid to ruin, most of the disciples that were being chased down and arrested did not actually die. The only ones that did were those that tried to resist capture and arrest. Even though I have joined the Great Zhou Empire, I have created a small haven for these innocent disciples to seek refuge."

"Based on what I know, the Great Void Sect had been taking in these exiled Buddhist disciples in secret as well."

Zhu Yi and Shi Xingyun exchanged a look as they heard this revelation and could see the sparkles in each other's eyes.

The words of the Da Kong Monk only served to prove one thing – the fact that the Man of Polycoria, Shi Tianyi, was able to practice the authentic Acalanatha Tathagata Mantra and eventually master the Unmovable Nagaraja Buddha Being to remedy the natural weakness of his physical body was because of the Great Void Sect.

The Da Kong Monk heaved another heavy sigh. "I am heartbroken about the disciples who lost their lives. However, I do not regret the choice I made all those years ago. If I had allowed the Abbot and the other elders to carry out their devilish ambitions, the entire Divine Lands would have decayed and descended into hell and the life of the world would have been extinguished."

The air of fury and wrath around the Bodhi Soul dissipated gradually as his wrinkled face was expressionless once more. He stared straight at the Da Kong Monk and said, "If I am able to escape from the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain, I will definitely investigate the truth of the matter. But before that, you have to leave behind the relics from Zhi Guang and the others!"

"I have to admit that I don't have the Buddha's level of mastery. However, I cannot allow the Buddhist relics to be tainted by others – not even you!"

The Da Kong Monk shook his head. "Forget it, you will understand my intentions in the future. Control of the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain shall be determined shortly and time is of the essence. If you don't wish to travel together with us, then I have to bid you farewell."

With Zhu Yi and Shi Xingyun still there, coupled with the fact that he was heavily injured, the Da Kong Monk dispelled the notion of forcefully assimilating and re-forging the Forever-Bright Bodhi Heart Lamp as he turned around to leave.

He completely disregarded the Bodhi Soul's request as well.

Zhu Yi stepped forward and said, "Monk, you can have a sweet tongue but don't think you can just leave like that."

"Our multiple engagements inside the illusion at the core of the mountain was highly restrained and limited. I want to test your mastery of the Buddhist mantras again."

As he spoke, he wrapped the Supreme Holy Ancient Apparel around his body and unleashed his cosmic form.

The Da Kong Monk wasted no words as Buddhist light flowed around his body and the illusion of a Great Roc appeared from within. The illusion of the Great Roc integrated with his body and his whole body transformed into a stream of light as he cut open the void and was about to vanish inside before anything else could happen.

The Garuda Windsurfing Technique was one of the most powerful Vanishing Spells of the Great Thunderclap Temple. The speed of travel was similar to the maximum speed of a Golden Roc and was practically unrivaled.

However, Zhu Yi had already prepared for this. The spiritual form of the Dragon, Phoenix, Spirit Turtle and the Qilin appeared around his body all at once and surrounded the Da Kong Monk within.

The Da Kong Monk was calm and he said, "You may be able to take on Shao Qingcheng but that doesn't mean you can handle me. Even though I'm a little weaker than usual, don't think you can step all over me."

He raised his right hand and clenched a fist as he spoke. The illusion of the Great Roc let out a ear-splitting howl as it started to materialize and retracted its wings.

In the next moment, its wings extended outwards explosively and ferocious squalls surged outwards with overwhelming strength.

Following this incredibly powerful move, the Da Kong Monk punched out with his other hand and went directly for the Sky Revolution of Zhu Yi's Four Appearances Sky Formation.

This was the Supreme Great Roc Fist, a formidable Martial Way of the same lineage as the Garuda Windsurfing Technique. It had the ability to release the full power of one's body in a single explosive instant.

Zhu Yi remained expressionless as he slapped his palms together. Similar to his engagement with Shao Qingcheng, the Sky Formation started to transform once again.

The Sky Revolution trembled violently and started to separate by itself and morphed into a thick light mist that permeated the entire area. Rice-sized sparkles of light flashed constantly within the light mist and gushed around, blazing a mystical trail that resembled the rotations of the stars in the night sky.

The light mist was a like an independent tiny universe that could absorb anything as the brute strength of the Supreme Great Roc Fist vanished into nothingness.

The Da Kong Monk's face turned dark. He grunted and immediately unleashed the Amoghasiddhi Buddha Form and his right palm started to form the Full Circle Of Life Swastika Palm Print as he struck down towards Zhu Yi.

At this moment, the Bodhi Soul intervened and exclaimed, "Da Kong, leave the relics behind."

A ray of light flashed across the magic lamp as the roaming Hornless Dragons Spirit scattered and a great burst of Forever-Bright Buddhist light crashed towards the Da Kong Monk.

The Forever-Bright Bodhi Heart Lamp was unable to channel its maximum power as it did not have an owner to direct it. However, the Da Kong Monk was already injured and was now distracted by Zhu Yi's Sky Formation and the Bodhi Soul's entry into the fray meant trouble for him as he had to take care of two different sources of attacks.

Zhu Yi managed to find loopholes on his side as the Da Kong Monk's attention was split into two sides.

He turned around on the spot as the void beneath his feet started to crack and crumble. Incredibly explosive forces that resembled supernovas were directed from his feet to his thighs, then to his waist and followed his spine to reach the top of his head.

Zhu Yi's tilted forward as his whole body flashed forward like a shooting star and arrived in front of the Da Kong Monk in the blink of an eye.

The Emperor Chen's killer move – the Shifting Stars Technique!

Zhu Yi was able to slowly grasp and make out the essence of this powerful Martial Way through the power of the universe illusion and was able to replicate the same technique with his own physical body.

Zhu Yi's physical body was nothing too out of the ordinary, and he was only in the nascent soul advanced stage while the Da Kong Monk was in the second-level Golden Form stage. Therefore, there was no way he could unleash the true power of this martial way to achieve its desired effect. However, he did not intend to use this technique as a form of attack and simply wanted to ambush him.

He continued to direct the Four Appearances Sky formation was uncountable rays of flowing light shot towards the Da Kong Monk like a blanket of shooting stars.

However, the situation changed unexpectedly once again.

The Da Kong Monk's Amoghasiddhi Form trembled violently as another human figure shimmered into vision from within the rays of Buddhist light.

Even though the human figure was gold-colored all over just like the form of the Amoghasiddhi Buddha, Zhu Yi could tell with one look that this human figure was the individual that he had just been temporarily implanted in – the Great Sun Holy Man!

However, back inside the universe illusion, it was an artificial body formed from the remnant soul memories of the Great Sun Holy Man. The golden figure before him now was the real physical body of the Great Sun Holy Man!

"Legend has it that the Great Sun Holy Man's death had nothing to do with the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain and was connected to the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain instead. Looks like the powerful physical body of the Great Sun Holy Man was preserved and had been in the hands of the Great Zhou Empire all along."

"It seems as if this body had been damaged for some reason, and the Great Zhou Empire tasked the Da Kong Monk with the recuperation of this physical body with his Buddhist lights and whatsoever," multiple thoughts ran through Zhu Yi's head. "The Da Kong Monk is injured as well, and is now in a dire strait under the continuous onslaught from both me and the Bodhi Soul. He's no longer able to suppress this powerful physical body. It practiced the mantras of Emperor Chen and has a life of its own – even though it's ultimately still an empty shell, it was awoken and triggered by my Shifting Stars Technique."

Once he understood what was going on, Zhu Yi continued to direct the Four Appearances Sky Formation against the Da Kong Monk as he prepared to unleash the Celestial Fist of the Twenty-Eight Mansions. However, his target was the golden body of the Great Sun Holy Man and wanted to use the powers of his martial ways to trigger the Great Sun Holy Man's golden form even more.

The Da Kong Monk's facial expression was extremely grave at this point. His eyes darted between Zhu Yi and the Forever-Bright Bodhi Heart Lamp before he turned to look at the mutinous golden form of the Great Sun Holy Man. He made a decisive quick judgment and let go of the Great Sun Holy Man's physical body without hesitation.

"Rise into nirvana!" After letting go of the golden form of the Great Sun Holy Man, the Da Kong Monk started to chant scripture after scripture as his Amoghasiddhi Buddha Form erupted with bright colors and innumerable streams of colorful light expanded outwards in all directions. The sheer force of this move shocked the Bodhi Soul and even Zhu Yi was slightly taken aback.

The colorful rays of light destroyed the void all around.

This was an esoteric technique of the Great Thunderclap Temple that only powerful cultivators above the second-level Golden Form stage were able to master – they were able to damage their own Buddha Spell Body in exchange for a temporary wave of frightening destructiveness.

When the Forever-Bright Bodhi Heart Lamp chased away the Hornless Dragon Spirit, Shi Xingyun had taken the opportunity to capture it and did all she could to suppress it. She was not involved in the battle and still enjoyed full autonomy, but she heaved a faint sigh as she watched Zhu Yi and the Bodhi Soul clash with the Rise Into Nirvana Spell and let go of the Hornless Dragon Spirit in her hands.

The Hornless Dragon Spirit vanished into nothingness in an instant and Shi Xingyun could no longer be bothered with it as she grunted and her soul immediately departed from her physical body.

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Chapter 777: The Secret Cave Inside The Mountain

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The appearance of Shi Xingyun's soul was not that of a human but that of a vivacious Immemorial Celestial Dragon. It was clear and vivid as if it were corporeal.

The dragon soul stared at the Da Kong Monk with such a ferocity that the monk felt chills creep down his spine. "This girl's soul is too powerful for a nascent soul stage cultivator. Even if she assimilated the dragon soul of an undying demonic stage dragon into her own soul, she shouldn't be at this level… Wait, maybe she's the incarnation of a Celestial Dragon?"

The Celestial Dragon Soul opened its mouth and let out a piercing roar.

The roar shook even Zhu Yi as his magic treasures started to react with faint trembles.

It was very different from the battle she had with Sang Luohe during the Spiritual Conference of Huanghai. She had held back most of the strength of her soul, but she was unleashing every ounce of it now. It was not just the pressure that came from her power – she channeled esoteric techniques that were previously unbeknownst to the world.

The Dragon Emperor's Celestial Roar!

The rippling strength of the dragon soul stirred up the clouds all around as the space-time in the immediate vicinity started to twist out of proportion.

The power of her soul reached a level that it even affected matter and had an effect on material things. This power was rarely seen even in immortal soul cultivators.

Shaken by Shi Xingyun's Dragon Emperor's Celestial Roar, the Da Kong Monk could already feel the immense pressure on his Buddha Spell Body that had already sustained multiple injuries. He felt as if he was a sand-castle faced with a tide of crashing waves.

The intensely destructive of the Buddha's Rise Into Nirvana spell held off Zhu Yi and the Bodhi Soul, but now it had to contend with the Dragon Emperor's Celestial Roar. Under the overwhelming pressure from all sides, there was no way the Da Kong Monk could sustain it and it was cut off in its midsection as the air of Buddhist lights all around dissipated in an instant.

Zhu Yi fired rows of Light and Darkness Characters as they started to form a paragraph which eventually transformed into a sprawling golden bridge that surged towards the Da Kong Monk.

There was nothing the Da Kong Monk could do. With a long sigh of defeat and exasperation, the Da Kong Monk waved his arm and dozens of relics were tossed outwards.

The Forever-Bright Bodhi Heart Lamp changed his stance as he swept up the relics in a burst of Buddhist light but withdrew his assault on the Da Kong Monk.

The Da Kong Monk started treading slowly across the void and white lotus flowers appeared beneath his feet with every step.

The appearance of the white lotus flowers blocked off Zhu Yi's golden bridge, but the formidable force of the golden bridge caused the white lotus flowers to break apart and shatter continuously.

The Da Kong Monk continued forward as white lotus flowers continued to appear beneath his feet to replace the ones that were destroyed by the golden bridge. This was another powerful Escaping Spell of the Great Thunderclap Temple – the Lotus Flower March.

It was dissimilar to the pure speed of the Garuda Windsurfing Technique. The nature of the Lotus Flower March was similar to the Celestial Spell of Elusiveness from the ancient Heaven's Gate Sect – it had a unique and profound strength to it and was used to break through or fend off against the obstructive spells of the adversary.

Even though his injuries were getting worse, he no longer had to suppress the golden body of the Great Sun Holy Man and the Da Kong Monk actually became a little more powerful than before.

Zhu Yi watched the Da Kong Monk with his escaping spell as he sat cross-legged on top of the Kirin cosmic form. He stood up all of a sudden as all four forms started to chant words and eight limbs worked together to produce books, pen and paper, rulers and even a zither as they performed an ancient ceremony.

With the support of the Supreme Holy Ancient Apparel, the Essay of the Sages was even more powerful than usual as the golden bridge erupted with power and collectively suppressed the lotus flowers beneath the Da Kong Monk's feet.

The Four Appearances Sky Formation transformed into a patch of thick light mist that blanketed the cosmos and clashed heavily with the Da Kong Monk's Buddha Spell Body.

The Da Kong Monk grunted a single time as his Buddha Spell Body started to crack like a porcelain vase that was about to shatter.

"Have mercy on my soul, Buddha!" The Da Kong Monk exclaimed as a golden cloth banner appeared on the forehead of his Buddha Spell Body with rows of scripture written in red ink.

There was no overwhelming aura of destructiveness, no flashing of Buddhist light and neither were there any special transformations.

However, the Da Kong Monk's cracking Buddha Spell Body miraculously re-solidified itself with the appearance of the golden banner. Even though the web-like cracks were still there, it stopped spreading.

At this very moment, in the space above the raging battlefield, the void finally descended into chaos as uncountable numbers of black holes appeared in midair and tore the void into pieces.

After experiencing the Da Kong Monk's Rise Into Nirvana Spell, Shi Xingyun's Dragon Emperor's Celestial Roar and Zhu Yi's final assault, the spiritual energy in the midsection of the mountain finally lost control and became highly unbalanced. The power of the Ying Sea and the defensive mechanisms of the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain were triggered as the mountain sought to suppress the disturbance.

The pressure from the cracks were too much as Zhu Yi's eyes started to flash with bright lights – he had no idea where he was about to be sent to by the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain.

The Forever-Bright Bodhi Heart Lamp was with him as the Da Kong Monk was swept away by another black hole, and Shi Xingyun as well.

The Da Kong Monk exchanged a final look with Zhu Yi before they were separated as he gazed deep into Zhu Yi's soul with an expressionless face and nodded his head in silence.

Shi Xingyun was in a slightly more jovial mood as she pointed towards somewhere behind here. If one followed the direction of her finger, cone would be able to see that the Hornless Dragon Spirit that she had let go of was not so lucky and ended up being sucked into the same black hole that Shi Xingyun was in.

The environment around Zhu Yi changed in an instant as blinding colors flashed in front of his eyes. When he finally settled down and oriented himself, he found himself at the entrance of another tunnel.

"Thankfully, we haven't been expelled by the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain," Zhu Yi chuckled as he turned towards the Forevever-Bright Bodhi Heart Lamp and then at the stirring Great Sun Golden Form that was still being suppressed by the Eternal Night Demonic Stele.

"Bodhi Soul Senior, what plans do you have after this?" Zhu Yi was the first to speak as the Bodhi Soul entered a state of contemplation.

He was a metaplasia-level magic treasure, and without the direction of an owner, it would be extremely difficult for him to move around.

The Eternal Night Demonic Stele transformed into the form of a black-clothed middle-aged man and said, "Leave with us. Even though the leader of our sect is born only into the current Age, his level of mastery is unprecedented and he has great potential. He will have the power to seek justice for the Great Thunderclap Temple in the future."

"The leader and his disciples, including my master, Zhu Yi, will try our best to find the remaining missing relics and return them to the pagoda forest inside the Great Thunderclap Temple for a proper burial. There's also an immortal soul stage cultivator from the Great Thunderclap Temple taking up residence with our sect, and he's collecting the missing archives and encyclopedias from the Great Thunderclap Temple."

The Bodhi Soul's expression changed a little. "Oh? If that's the case, then I'm willing to travel with you guys."

He turned towards Zhu Yi. "It seems like the group of you have an interest in the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain as well. I am willing to travel along and do my best to help you realize your ambitions, although I hope you will help me return to the Divine Lands as well. If what he said is the truth, then you and your sect will be the savior of the Buddhists – I am also willing to be assimilated and refined to serve the greater good."

Zhu Yi immediately nodded his head and answered, "If that's the case, then let's go."

He retrieved the Great Sun Golden Form from beneath the Eternal Night Demonic Stele and continued forth into the tunnel that had appeared in front of him.

The illusion at the core of the Yingzhou celestial Mountain had been broken, and wresting control of the mountain was at hand.

Zhu Yi felt his heart skip a beat as he was walking and could feel thick waves of spiritual energy at the end of the tunnel. The feeling of his destination was vast and profound with no end in sight, as if it was an independent world.

It was not just the volume that was incredible – even the quality was extraordinary.

Zhu Yi found his discovery a little strange as he quickly stepped forward. In no time, his eyes flashed once as he reached the end of the tunnel and found himself the witness of a spectacular sight.

He was inside a gargantuan stone cave, and it resembled an independent world with no Sun and Moon.

The midsection of the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain was hollow – a giant cave existed within.

There was an enormous jade-stone pillar inside the cave that extended from the ground all the way up, and was so tall that Zhu Yi could not even see its tip. His guess was that the pillar extended directly into the summit of the mountain and had a height that was over ten thousand feet high; it was like mountain inside a mountain.

Zhu Yi stared at the white jade-stone pillar that seemed as if it bore the weight of the world upon it and started to feel the formidable forces of power stored within.

Even though it was hidden away in the midsection of the mountain, this giant jade pillar still gave off an aura as if it could support the entire world.

As calm and composed as Zhu Yi typically was, a haze of astonishment came over him as this white jade pillar somehow felt increasingly familiar.

"I've seen this before somewhere… The Celestial Wonders World, inside the Yin-Yang Sea beneath Mount Yujing!" Zhu Yi took in a deep breath as he started to write 'calm' a few times with his right index finger in midair to actually calm himself down.

"I've seen this during the battle of Xiling City, when master battled the Saintly Celestial Sword and the Great Void Holy Pavilion!"

"I've seen it during the clash between the Immortal Dragon City and the Imperial Palace!"

"I've seen it inside the Yin-Yang Sea, inside that golden sphere!"

Zhu Yi's mouth curled a little as he exclaimed, "This is a Magic Treasure Embryo that can give birth to a destiny-level magic treasure!"

He continued to feel the concepts of power contained within. It was nothing like the overbearing aura of the golden sphere inside the Yin-Yang Sea that forced people to turn away.

On the contrary, the power contained within was a lot more mature and stable. It was much more extensive and colossal in volume, and there was a greater level of autonomy about it.

Even though the golden sphere inside the Yin-Yang Sea was also a Magic Treasure Embryo, it was still far from ripening and maturing. On the other hand, the white jade pillar before him was clearly a mature Magic Treasure Embryo that could be used by powerful cultivators to forge a destiny-level magic treasure right away.

Still, the process of forging a destiny-level magic treasure was tedious and would take a long time. Furthermore, there were other uncertain factors such as luck and whatnot.

The tremendous energies contained within the white jade pillar proved that this Magic Treasure Embryo had fully matured and was as autonomous as it could get. This was completely dissimilar to the golden sphere, which could lose control at any moment.

Zhu Yi suddenly recalled his discussion with Lin Feng, Li Yuanfang and the Green Glass Soul about the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain and the Nameless Ancient Formation.

"The Nameless Ancient Formation is not man-made, and came about by natural forces along with the rise of the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain. The changes of the ancient formation will therefore cause the nature of the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain itself to change along with it."

"The formation has become weaker and weaker over the years. In comparison to the strength of the mountain, the latter should be moving towards the other end of the spectrum – it should be getting more and more powerful."

"This kind of strength cannot be exhibited purely in the concept of power of the mountain."

"It's not a complete impossibility that the mountain could start to develop a certain level of intelligence as well."

Zhu Yi ran through these discussions in his head and glanced at the white jade pillar before him. He started to feel a little dizzy as thoughts raced about in his mind.

Who would have thought that the changes in the nature of the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain would lead to such a situation? It was not as simple as the mountain developing its own intelligence – it was something far more frightening.

The mountain took the mysterious connection it shared with the Nameless Ancient Formation and the Ying Sea and concentrated the spiritual energies around the Ying Sea into itself to give birth to a Destiny-Level Magic Treasure Embryo!

This phenomenon could be said to be unprecedented and never to be replicated.

The value of the white jade pillar itself could rival even that of the entire Yingzhou Celestial Mountain.

He confirmed his own judgments and analysis before he tried to voice-project his discovery to Lin Feng but was unable to do so.

Zhu Yi frowned as he exited from the stone cave and tried to set up communications again. However, the dome-like mass of spiritual energy coming from the white jade pillar cut off even the tunnel from the outside world.

There was no way out on the other end of the tunnel and Zhu Yi returned into the stone cave. He started to feel a headache coming on as he stared at the white jade pillar.

He was unable to contact the outside world, and he was not powerful enough to assimilate the white jade pillar himself. If someone gained control of the mountain, it was possible that the white jade pillar would end up in this person's hands. Leaving the tunnel would be a mistake as well as he ran the risk of relinquishing this precious item to someone else who found their way into this tunnel.

His master was holding the fort outside and was standing off against Liang Pan and Shi Yu. If he knew what was happening, he could help Zhu Yi make the decision.

Zhu Yi heaved a sigh of defeat. The precious item that he had just discovered unintentionally suddenly became a hot potato.

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Chapter 778: All Beings Return Into The Earth With The Chirps Of The Cicada

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Outside the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain, Lin Feng glanced downwards at the mystical mountain as the strange feeling in his mind intensified. "Somehow I feel like there's something hidden within the mountain."

Even though the illusion at the core of the mountain had been broken, the connection between the mountain and the Ying Sea was still stable. This caused the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain to be enveloped and covered by a barrier that resembled a thin layer of mist. There was no way Lin Feng could see through into the secrets hidden within the mountain without being down there himself.

Both Shi Yu and Liang Pan had a similar feeling as the auras of the Imperial Palace and the Immortal Dragon City started to grow in power, as if they were getting ready to make a move.

Lin Feng reacted the same way as the peaceful stand-off between the three forces was getting weaker by the second.

"The Original Ancient Skyrider should be getting closer to the Penglai Celestial Mountain…" Lin Feng felt a tingling in his heart as his eyes turned deep and profound.

At this moment, in the southern regions of the Ying Sea in a place far away from the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain, a dust particle-like speck of light was surging through the thick white clouds like a shooting star before it abruptly stopped in its tracks.

This tiny dot of light started to expand and transformed into intertwining black and white characters.

A giant human-like figure appeared within the concentration of runes and characters as he stood within the void like a pillar that held up the Heavens – he stood at a height of more than three thousand feet.

This giant figure had baggy sleeves and loose clothing and looked exactly like Lin Feng's original body. All his physical features and characteristics were the same, down to the clothing and his skin. He was pretty much a colossal carbon copy of Lin Feng.

It seemed more like a figure made from air, however, and the flickering of the airy figure resembled the beginnings of heaven and earth.

This giant was called the Original Ancient Skyrider, and was a physical spell body forged by Lin Feng using the Original Heaven Splitting spell. At the same time, it was also the most powerful spell body that Lin Feng could conjure. When the Original Ancient Skyrider was in play, Lin Feng's original body would be unable to use the Original Heaven Splitting Technique, the Fist of the Great Heavenly Sun, the Spell of the Boundless Sea amongst other mantras and abhjinas.

However, its battle prowess was superior to that of the Great Heaven Flaming Emperor and the King Of the Boundless Sea spell bodies. During his stand-off with Liang Pan and Shi Yu, this spell body could help him execute his plan to search for the Penglai Celestial Mountain.

There was a tiny speck of light on the forehead of the Original Ancient Skyrider – it was the Heavenly Oyster's Golden Pearl. The golden pearl was flickering with weak flashes of purple light, but the flashes were becoming stronger.

"Oh, we are getting closer to the Penglai Celestial Mountain."

Lin Feng's consciousness was connected to the Original Ancient Skyrider, and he knew that he was on the right track under the guidance of the Heavenly Oyster's Golden Pearl. This also meant that the rumor that the Penglai Celestial Mountain was located in the Southern regions of the Ying Sea was true.

All of a sudden, the lights from the Heavenly Oyster's Golden Pearl began to flash violently once again. However, it was a little different from the trembling from when it crossed over the Penglai Celestial Mountain.

Lin Feng realized what was happening. "The Yingzhou Mountain is located in the North-Eastern region of the Ying Sea. If it's not the Penglai Mountain, then it must be the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain that's in the hands of the Great Zhou Empire."

The black and white characters that surrounded the Original Ancient Skyrider started to condense once again as the giant figure withdrew into the speck of light with a single burst of light. It transformed back into a dust particle-like dot of light that appeared like nothing more than a grain of dust in the air.

The Two Elements Micro-Dust technique was created by Lin Feng from his continuous derivation of the third chapter of the "Heavenly Classic of The Way's Virtues", the "Two Elements Chapter". It was attained during his process of breaking through to the second-level immortal soul stage.

This spell body was still incomplete and required Lin Feng to officially reach the second-level immortal soul stage. At the same time, Lin Feng had to finish the "Two Elements Chapter"before the spell would be officially mature and complete.

However, it was still functional as of current. The use of this spell body was beneficial for his journey to break through to the second-level immortal soul stage and the completion of the "Two Elements Chapter", like building a bridge across a vast river.

In the next moment, the void above the sea started to tremble. Nothing could be seen, but there was a feeling that something invisible and gargantuan just passed by this exact location.

"The Fangzhang Celestial Mountain…" Lin Feng laughed inside as he witnessed the passage of the mountain.

The Great Zhou Empire was fully invested in this endeavor and it was clear that they perceived the conflict of the Ying Sea as a substantial determinant of the future of their sovereignty as an empire.

Liang Pan took the Imperial Palace to take control of the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain while Zhu Hongwu and the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain was responsible for seeking out the Penglai Mountain.

The Great Zhou Empire had most of the initiative in this competition as they already had a mountain under their control. They were using the mystical connection between the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain and the Penglai Celestial Mountain to search for the latter.

Lin Feng started to channel the Two Elements Micro-Dust technique again with the Original Ancient Skyrider as he proceeded forward in the same general direction. "It seems like they will reach the Penglai Celestial Mountain before I can."

As he was considering his options, Lin Feng suddenly felt a violent tremble from the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain in amongst the dense blanket of clouds above the Ying Sea.

The white clouds suddenly turned into a patch of gold as vast amounts of golden light flowed out between the golden clouds and the space all around started to twist out of proportion.

A rectangular colossal mountain surged into vision from within the golden light as the clouds were instantaneously dispersed.

From the moment the gigantic mountain appeared, boundless volumes of light started to condense at its core and transformed into a dull gold-colored ray of Heart Of The Sky Fangzhang Celestial Light and shot towards something in the distance. Every part of the void that was touched by the ray of light was destroyed and crumbled into nothingness.

Initially, Lin Feng thought he had been discovered but immediately realized that he was not the target of the Heart of the Sky Fangzhang Celestial Light beam.

A human figure appeared from the void in the trajectory of the beam of light. The person grinned and said, "Seems like I followed a little too closely behind."

He placed his palms together as he spoke and Buddhist light flickered around his body. A giant form of the Buddha materialized in the sky above his head; it was pure gold and emanated traces of blue light.

The ancient Buddha form sat upon a lotus throne that was supported by eight elephants. It held the Vajra Rod in one hand and a giant bell in the other – it was the Acala Buddha Spell Body.

The Acala Buddha Form started to chant Buddhist scriptures as a golden sphere of light appeared in front of it. The light sphere shimmered with an independent Pure Land, which it embodied true happiness and unwavering satisfaction.

The Pure Land of the Acala Buddha was called the Pure Land of Happiness. The profound enlightenment and knowledge embodied within was something that could transform all worries and anxieties into happiness and satisfaction. It could achieve this without fear and hesitation as it had its true nature was that of the Adars'ajnana, also known as the Great Mirror Wisdom. (Translator's Note: This is one of the Four Great Wisdoms of the Buddha.)

The light shadow was one of a young and relatively good-looking monk who was clad in grey. Surprisingly, he had a level of mastery higher than that of even the Zhi Guang Zen Master and his display of the Pure Land Of Happiness was a lot more mature and immense than the Da Kong Monk's Pure Land Of Industry.

The light sphere started to expand and transformed into a complete patch of Pure Land – and immovably and fearlessly, it faced off against the Heart of the Sky Fangzhang Celestial Light beam.

At the same time, the young monk raised his right hand and clenched his fist.

The Acala Buddha Spell Body above his head mimicked his action and an omniscient concept of power that could dictate the future and alter the past, yet was immovable and unwavering at the same time, flowed out of it.

It was the most powerful defensive martial way technique of the Buddhist mantras – the Unmovable Nagaraja Buddha Cloak!

The combined appearance of both the Unmovable Nagaraja Buddha Cloak and the Pure Land Of Happiness formed an impenetrable wall and absorbed the Fangzhang Celestial Light beam like the tides crashing against the rocks by the oceanside; it did not matter how ferocious or how powerful you were, but I could never be moved as you broke yourself apart in front of me.

Inside the great hall of the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain, Liang Pan's avatar watched the grey-clothed monk quietly and said, "Golden Cicada Master, we went our separate ways not too long ago, and now you're so eager to leave again?"

The Golden Cicada Master chuckled and replied, "I don't think I can leave this time. If I leave, the Penglai Celestial Mountain will end up in the pockets of the Great Zhou Empire."

Liang Pan said, "If that's the case, then stay behind and let's catch up."

"You were not there during the battle of the Great Thunderclap Temple all those years ago. It's been my regret, as well as that of the other participants, that you were not able to show up."

The Golden Cicada Master placed his palms together and started muttering under his breath. "This is supposed to be my responsibility and my punishment, but I ended up pulling down the Great Thunderclap Temple to its ruin."

Zhu Hongwu was standing below Liang Pan inside the great hall and said softly, "You were like a coward all those years ago and you refused to participate in the battle. Now you're back to stir things up – don't you feel ashamed of yourself?"

The Golden Cicada Zen Master casted his gaze towards the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain. His eyes seemed to pierce through the layers of void and stared straight into the souls of Liang Pan and Zhu Hongwu. "The Buddha does not condone emotions of anger and vengeance, but he still has the power to vanquish all evil. All karma and fate will be resolved in the end – why are the two of you so adamant about fighting a war of words with me?"

"The sweet tongue of the Buddhists – is that not one of your 'powers' as well?" Liang Pan smiled faintly. "However, I agree. A war of words is indeed unnecessary."

As he spoke, the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain started to tremble violently once again as an immeasurable number of glyphs and runes shot out from the void and chained themselves onto the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain.

The giant rectangular mountain, which was a good five thousand miles long and wide, was immediately enveloped in a layer of dull golden light.

The golden light followed along the transparent chains and caused these chains of runes to turn into a dull golden color as well. The patch of sky all around were tainted gold in the next moment as Heaven and Earth continued to shake while runes and glyphs continually appeared from between the flashes of light – it was if the entire world was crying out.

The power of the entire Ying Sea seemed to be integrated into the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain as everything crashed towards the Golden Cicada Zen Master.

Lin Feng nodded his head in approval as he witnessed this powerful execution. "This is the most powerful state of the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain – drawing on the power of the Ying Sea to defeat its enemies. Even third-level immortal soul stage cultivators are not able to face this kind of power. It's quite similar to the formidable auras of the Imperial Palace or the Immortal Dragon City."

At this moment, the Golden Cicada Zen Master felt as if he was all by his lonesome with no place in the world and even Heaven and Earth were against him.

Even the Pure Land of Happiness and the Unmovable Nagaraja Buddha Cloak trembled under the immense pressure.

The Golden Cicada Zen Master heaved a light sigh and said, "It's a pity that I have yet to master the complete version of the Vairocana Sutra. If the Five Tathagata Dharmas of the Compass were complete, then I can experiment using Buddhist powers to challenge the Initial Catastrophe and I won't be stuck in the third-level Golden Form stage."

The Golden Cicada Zen Master was still calm despite his utterances – he only felt a little regret and not fear.

All of a sudden, the chirps of cicadas rang out from between the heavens.

The chirps embodied the true meaning of freedom and liberty of the Buddhist teachings, and only in its deepest recesses could one detect an ounce of ferocity.

"Chirp, chirp, chirp…"

One chirp rang out after another as the entire patch of void became filled with the sounds of cicadas.

In an instant, the world started to shake as everything seemed to descend into a path of decadence and towards the end of time. It was as if the season was transforming from summer to late autumn and into winter as all beings in the world returned to the Earth. Heaven and Earth were becoming nothing, and the great laws of nature along with them.

Even the fearsome Fangzhang Celestial Mountain seemed to be masked in a layer of rainstorm as it lost all its former glory and color.

Lin Feng, who was hidden inside the Two Elements Micro-Dust, Liang Pan and Zhu Hongwu all shared a strange reaction.

"The Alpha and Omega, the Vipralopa Realm!"

The voice of the Golden Cicada Zen Master could be heard from the cacophony of chirpings. "My demonic form had reached the end of the path, but I found another way to ascend to the next level by studying the Buddhist mantras all those years ago. However, I never expected that when I resurfaced into the world after going through the tribulations, the Great Thunderclap Temple had been laid to ruin because of me."

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Chapter 779: The Hysterical Dance Of The Demons

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The Golden Cicada Master was still dressed like a young monk as he positioned himself in the middle of the void. However, the aura of Buddhist light emanating from his body was starting to recede.

In the void above his head, the shadow of a giant cicada shimmered into vision. The surface area of this giant cicada was slightly bigger than that of even the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain.

The giant form of an insect, while it was charged with the freedom of the Buddha, it was also extremely frightening and possessed an overwhelming and overbearing aura.

People like Liang Pan, Lin Feng and Zhu Hongwu were not too distressed by the aura. What triggered their strange reactions were that there seemed to be a dreadful and deathly aura surrounding the giant cicada. It gave off a dreary feeling that could envelope people, even Lin Feng and the others, in a haze of great terror that came from the deepest parts of their hearts.

Lin Feng was familiar with this concept of power. He had experienced the very same aura from the black chess piece of the Vipralopa Chess Game on top of Mount Yujing.

It was the energy of the Power-Destroying Catastrophe, of the Five Decays of Heaven and Man!

Even this demon could channel the power of the Power-Destroying Catastrophe.

Lin Feng watched the Golden Cicada Master in silence as he listened carefully to the chirping of the cicadas.

When this demon joined the Great Thunderclap Temple to practice Buddhist mantras, the Vairocana Sutra had already been lost. Even after the multiple efforts to consolidate and arrange the remnants of the Sutra, the outline of the Sutra – the Vairocana Zen Palm Fist Print – was still missing. This was the reason why his mastery of the Buddhist mantras remained at the peak of the third-level Golden Form and he was unwilling to take the next step.

If he took this step, he would have face the phenomenon that would seize even immortal soul stage cultivators in apprehension – the Five Decays Of Heaven and Man, the Power-Destroying Catastrophe!

All man would perish in the end, in one way or another, and their fates and destinies would return into the earth. Death was the great fear of man, but there was something even more frightening – the devastation of the world, and the end of all fates and destinies.

Over the journey of his cultivation, Lin Feng attained greater a understanding of the cycle of fates and destinies and corrected a few of his misunderstandings in the past and understood a lot more than he used to.

Even third-level immortal soul stage cultivators were helpless when faced with the Power-Destroying Catastrophe, the Five Decays of Heaven and Man. Once the Catastrophe hit them, they would be struck down on the spot.

The Greater World on the path of the Omega, the end of times, the arrival of the apocalypse – nobody could escape this fate.

The birth of destiny-level magic treasures was one of the solutions in the perennial struggle to find a way out. A great number of powerful cultivators also put in a lot of effort to increase their personal mastery in the hope of crossing the bitter ocean and reach the paradise on the other side.

As humans reached the third-level immortal soul stage, and as demon grand sages reached the third-level undying demonic soul stage, the path onward was the same. In order to raise their level of mastery, they had to put themselves through the Three Tribulations of Destiny.

The legendary tribulations of the Collapse of Destiny and the Apocalypse consisted of three parts. In the first stage, all beings that had life and spiritual energy and everything that was birthed by the destiny of the world had to accompany the entire world to go through the great tribulation of the Five Decays of Heaven and Man.

This stage was called the Alpha Destiny Tribulation, and was also known as the Power-Destroying Catastrophe, the Five Decays of Heaven and Man.

This phenomenon originated from the most mysterious sea of the Grand Celestial Seven Seas – the Death Sea.

The Death Sea was quite unlike its counterparts such as the Starry Sea, the Void Sea and the Ying Sea. The other seas had a fixed geographical location, but the Death Sea was nowhere to be found but seemed to be omnipresent at the same time.

Once powerful third-level immortal soul stage cultivators had reached a certain level of mastery and mustered enough courage, they could attempt to communicate with the Death Sea. Once communications were established, they would bring an instance of the Power-Destroying Catastrophe upon themselves.

The self-initiation of the Power-Destroying Catastrophe meant that there was no other way for the cultivator to defend himself. He could not use destiny-level magic treasures as well as the Power-Destroying Catastrophe was targeting him and him alone. There was no way he could use self-destructive methods to overcome it either.

The arrival of the Power-Destroying Catastrophe there meant that the cultivator could only rely on his own personal mastery to resist it. Failure simply meant he would pass into the void on the spot.

Even if he was able to pass the test of the Power-Destroying Catastrophe, all was not yet fine and dandy. The Five Decays of Heaven and Man would hang around his neck like an albatross, and would cause him great agony. He would have to search for exotic items and other esoteric methods to beat this malady and recover.

If he was able to resist the first instance of the Power-Destroying Catastrophe, it could be said that he had reached the Cardinal Tribulations Beginning Stage.

The meaning of the Cardinal Tribulations Beginning Stage was that this cultivator was able to resist and survive his first instance of the Power-Destroying Catastrophe, or even several more. The process of repeated recovery and the survival after every instance of the Power-Destroying Catastrophe constituted the tough journey of personal development beyond the third-level immortal soul stage. However, he would not be able to go beyond this stage if he was unable to recover by himself and required external help. This cultivator would be able to repeatedly increase his level of mastery by continually plugging the gaps in his masteries and grinding his foundations till the point where he was beyond the Cardinal Tribulations Beginning Stage.

The Cardinal Tribulations Beginning Stage could be said to be a stage, but it was more like a journey or a process. This path could only be taken by those who had reached a certain level of the third-level immortal soul stage and mustered enough courage to do so. Once they had reached a point where they no longer needed external help to recover from the damage done from every instance of the Power-Destroying Catastrophe, they would have officially completed this stage and they would ascend into the Cardinal Tribulations Final Stage.

Even cultivators in the Cardinal Tribulations Final Stage would still suffer from the Power-Destroying Catastrophe and there was still a limit to the number of times they could attempt this tribulation. However, if they were not completely ravaged in the process, they could recover by themselves in a relatively shorter period of time.

At this point, these cultivators could channel the Power-Destroying Catastrophe themselves as an offensive move. However, they would have to go through the agony of the Power-Destroying Catastrophe themselves in the process of wielding it. This was the reason why the Cardinal Tribulations Final Stage was also known as the Vipralopa Stage.

There were two main criteria to determine whether one was in the Vipralopa Stage. Firstly, this individual would be able to recover by himself after each instance of the Power-Destroying Catastrophe. Secondly, this cultivator would be able to channel the Power-Destroying Catastrophe himself as an attacking move.

This was the reason why cultivators in the Vipralopa Stage could have greatly varying levels of mastery. There were different mantras and foundational standards in the first place, and the number of instances of Power-Destroying Catastrophes that they could take were different as well. Some people could only sustain a handful, but others could survive a lot more.

Between them, without using the Power-Destroying Catastrophe as an offensive move, there were differences in abhijnas and mana strength as well.

Destiny-level magic treasure had different limits for the number of Power-Destroying Catastrophes that they could take. With the help of their masters, they would be able to recover in a certain period of time after experiencing an instance of the Catastrophe. The only thing was that they would be unable to initiate the Catastrophe by themselves. Destiny-level magic items had their own variances in powers and abilities, and when faced with Vipralopa Stage cultivators, victory can only be determined by an actual battle.

It was hard to say whether Vipralopa Stage cultivators would be able to emerge victorious against destiny-level magic treasures using their own abhijnas and mantras and without channeling the Power-Destroying Catastrophe.

However, if the cultivator channeled the Power-Destroying Catastrophe, the victor would therefore be determined by which party was able to survive a greater number of instances.

During the battle of Xiling City, Lin Feng used the black chess piece of the Vipralopa Chess Game to damage the Saintly Celestial Sword and forced back Xin Longsheng.

Xin Longsheng was unsure as to whether Lin Feng was actually in the Vipralopa Stage, or he was just using some special method to channel the Power-Destroying Catastrophe. However, the Saintly Celestial Sword was far too important to Mount Shu, thus he was unwilling to gamble that the sword was able to take a greater a number of instances than Lin Feng could.

If that was not the case, if Xin Longsheng himself was in the Viralopa Stage, he would have fought Lin Feng to the very end to determine who could take more instances of the Power-Destroying Catastrophe.

The Golden Cicada Master was the Golden Cicada Grand Sage of old. Even though his mastery of the Five Tathagata Dharmas of the Compass was incomplete, which was also the reason why he was unwilling to risk experiencing the Alpha Destiny Tribulation with just his Buddhist abilities, his mastery of the Buddhist mantras brought his demonic abilities to another level. He had already ascended beyond the third-level undyimg demonic soul stage and completed the Alpha Destiny Tribulation with his demonic powers and was currently in the Vipralopa Stage.

The Golden Cicada Master watched the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain and said nothing more as the chirping of the cicadas in the void chained together with such seamless harmony that it felt as if this was the only sound left in the world – it was just the endless and eternal ear-splitting symphony of cicada chirps.

Liang Pan and Zhu Hongwu glanced at each other. "Hongwu, you might have to push forward the original plan."

Zhu Hongwu answered, "Yes, your majesty."

Liang Pan shook his head lightly and said, "If my original body was here, I might have been able to challenge the Golden Cicada Master with the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain by channeling the power of the Ying Sea."

The Fangzhang Celestial Mountain was still connected to the Ying Sea via the golden chains of runes and glyphs. Faced with the incessant chirping of the cicadas, the chains were starting to decay and rust but Liang Pan was holding on through his communication with the Ying Sea.

The endless rays of dull golden light receded a little and transformed into a sphere of light. Between the illusory transformations of space-time, its surface area began to minimize as its power started to concentrate onto a single point. It felt as if the entire power of the Ying Sea was collapsed into the center of the light circle.

The power of a Destiny World was unleashed. The light circle resembled an independent world, and even though it was not as profound as a Destiny-level magic item, its strength was greatly increased as it battled against the demonic powers of the Golden Cicada Master.

"Even though the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain, along with the power of the Ying Sea, cannot be considered a destiny-level magic item, it's still more powerful than a third-level immortal soul stage cultivator. If you don't channel the Power-Destroying Catastrophe, you may not be able to break the Celestial Mountain."

Liang Pan smiled faintly and said, "I wonder how many times can you survive the Power-Destroying Catastrophe?"

There was one more thing that had yet to be spoken, but everybody understood what his words meant. If the Golden Cicada Master used the Power-Destroying Catastrophe as an offensive move, and even if he was victorious, the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain would be completely ruined by the continuous struggle against repeated instances of the Power-Destroying Catastrophe.

Besides the fact that the destruction of this mountain was a regrettable act in itself, this Celestial Mountain was intricately connected with the life of the Ying Sea. In the end, the Golden Cicada Master ran the risk of provoking the entire Ying Sea. If the Ying Sea condensed the entirety of its power to resist him, the Golden Cicada Master would be stuck between a rock and a hard place even if he was in the Vipralopa Stage.

This consequence had been exemplified by the powerful cultivators that ventured into the Ying Sea all those years ago.

The Golden Cicada Master still wore that glittery smile on his face as his voice rang out from between the chirps of the cicadas. "Master Liang, you are a true tactician and you can be considered one of the giants of the era. The Great Zhou Empire has finally flourished and has firmly planted its feet into the history books."

"However, you are too ambitious and too hasty as well. If your original body and the Imperial Palace were here, then you probably would have an eighty-percent chance of pocketing the Penglai Celestial Mountain. Even though you've lost the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain, you'll return with something – you would have brought the Great Zhou Empire to another level ever since the War of Buddha Annihilation."

"It's a pity that the Great Zhou Empire wants to swallow all three Celestial Mountains. You're just building castles in the sky."

The Golden Cicada Master chuckled and said, "Lei Yuan, do you want the Penglai Celestial Mountain that's still undiscovered, or the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain that's right before you?"

A giant gash appeared in the sky as a giant Golden Roc burst into sight. It had wings to huge that it could eclipse the world as golden light sparkled in its cold demonic eyes. This Golden Roc had a dense and formidable aura, and it was the Golden Roc Grand Sage that had assimilated the Hades' Dark Mantra all those years ago inside the Cloud Forest World.

Lin Feng, Liang Pan and Zhu Hongwu's eyes turned solemn and serious as they witnessed the grand arrival of the Golden Roc Grand Sage.

Purple energy surged about the golden feathers on his wings, and the rippling of his demonic powers was far greater and terrifying than their last encounter in the Cloud Forest World.

There was another beast by his side. It had a pair of wings on its back and a porcupine-like hide but had the physical appearance of a cross between a tiger and a cow. The evil aura that it emanated made his identity obvious – it was the Qiong Qi Grand Sage.

A formation map glimmered above his head with an intense radiance that seemed to pierce through the heavens as the starlight of the Nine Luminaries sparkled and flickered.

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Chapter 780: The Great Heavenly Wheels

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Compared to their last encounter inside the Cloud Forest World, the Qiong Qi Grand Sage was a lot stronger than before as well. This was effect of the Celestial Spirit Snow Dew that the Golden Roc Grand Sage gifted him back in the Cloud Forest World. He was originally in the peak of the second-level undying demonic soul stage, and he managed to break through to the next level and was now in the third-level undying demonic soul stage.

The Golden Roc Grand Sage had been in the third-level undying demonic soul stage all along. The Syncretic Star Soul great demon was rippling with mana and power with a strength far more terrifying than before.

Liang Pan opened his mouth first. "Lei Yuan, are you following the orders of the Golden Cicada Master now? Seems like you've given up your ambitions of becoming the demon emperor."

The gigantic golden roc's pair of ice-cold guys started to sparkle with golden light, and had a sharpness that resembled flashes of lightning.

"My ambitions have never wavered. However, that doesn't mean I won't find allies along the way."

The Qiong Qi Grand Sage guffawed and said, "Don't even try to sow discord amongst us. It's like the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain – you, the leader of the Celestial Sect of Wonders and that bastard Shi Yu are holding down the fort together and forbid demons like us from getting near."

"It's the same with the Penglai Celestial Mountain. You humans don't even have to think about trying. Seems like now it's not just the Penglai Celestial Mountain – you don't seem to be able to hold your grasp on the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain either. Yet, you still want to swallow all three mountains for yourself. Let's see if you have the ability to do so."

"Even if I do wish to have a showdown with the Golden Cicada Master, it will be after I clean the lot of you up."

Liang Pan laughed as he shook his head. "You can't count yourself lucky when I let you escape with your life back in the Cloud Forest World. And here you are, buzzing like a mosquito."

The Qiong Qi Grand Sage grinded his teeth and smiled wryly but said nothing more. The Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation was completely released at this point as gashes started to appear in the heavens and the Nine Luminaries orbited the universe with an increasingly crushing pressure.

Now that the Qiong Qi Grand Sage was in the third-level Undying Demonic Soul Stage, the Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation was a lot more powerful than before. Even though the magic treasures required for a perfect set-up was still incomplete, the raw power of the magic formation was far greater than it was back in the Cloud Forest World.

Under the support of the Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation, he was practically able to sweep all third-level immortal soul stage cultivators. His battle prowess was not that far from the Golden Roc Grand Sage beside him.

However, Liang Pan and Zhu Hongwu still paid more attention to the Golden Roc Grand Sage.

Zhu Hongwu's eyebrows twitched as he spoke. "You've already made that step, haven't you, Lei Yuan?"

Liang Pan eyed the Golden Roc Grand Sage and said after a moment of thought. "You need to act now, Hongwu."

Zhu Hongwu nodded his head in acknowledgement and said, "Yes, your majesty."

With that, Zhu Hongwu directly stepped out from the protection of the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain and stood in midair in front of the Golden Cicada Master, the Golden Roc Grand Sage and the Qiong Qi Grand Sage.

The meaning of his entire lifetime of martial ways seemed to be on full display in images as they started to materialize.

A dozen independent microcosms seemed to appear in the layers of void above his head and connected to form a wheel-shaped figure. There was a statue of a divine Buddha within every tiny world and they were all chanting Buddhist scriptures; a thousand worlds, a thousand divine Buddhas.

The wheel started to rotate and was charged with an unstoppable concept of power. It felt as if this wheel represented natural law itself and anchored down the heavens, and everything that stood in its way would be crushed into pulp.

There was no room for retaliation, no room for doubt.

The Golden Cicada Master shook his head as he witnessed the scene. "You are indeed impressive, Zhu Hongwu. You have incorporated the teachings of the ancient Heaven's Gate Sect, and taken after the lineage of the Emperor Tai. I can even see the Buddhist teachings from the Great Thunderclap Temple. You have taken all three powerful lineages and combined them into one."

"Even though you are still in the second-level immortal soul stage, many third-level immortal soul stage cultivators over the course of history would have been no match for you." The Golden Cicada Master's tone was calm as his eyes remained trained upon Zhu Hongwu.

On the other side, the Qiong Qi Grand Sage looked a lot more solemn. The Qiong Qi was one of the Four Immemorial Evil Beasts, and their existence was also typically superior to most of the other demonic races. He had just ascended to the third-level Undying Demonic Soul Stage not too long ago and his battle prowess was truly formidable.

However, when he looked Zhu Hongwu, he began to develop a feeling that he would have been no match for this second-level immortal soul stage cultivator in front of him if he did not channel the Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation.

"It's a pity. If you wish to actually make an impact in this battle, it's not enough – unless you can make the step into the Way Of The Virtual Entity in one step, right here and right now." The Golden Cicada Master was straightforward with his words as he continued, "If you wish to engage into combat with me or the Golden Roc Grand Sage, then I shall take this opportunity to test a theory. In the War of Buddha Annihilation all those years ago, there was a powerful magic treasure in play – I want to see if it's the legendary Great Heavenly Wheels!"

Zhu Hongwu surveyed his adversaries as his eyes shifted from the Golden Cicada Master, to the Golden Roc Grand Sage and finally to the Qiong Qi Grand Sage before he started to laugh.

"The reason why we had to expend so much effort to destroy the Great Thunderclap Temple was because we wanted to save our strength to defeat you. If not, we wouldn't have needed the Formation Bursting Drum from the Great Void Sect to overcome the Vairocana Formation."

Zhu Hongwu began to extend his hands forward. His hands were pale and smooth, but it seemed to contain unimaginable strength. He clenched his right hand into a fist as he raised it into the sky.

This movement seemed nimble and agile, but gave people a dense feeling as if he bore the weight of the world with just one hand.

The void began to twist out of proportion as the power of Zhu Hongwu's fist integrated with the lights that flashed out from the void.

"All beings are born to die, and even Heaven and Earth cannot escape from this insufferable fate. I control the destinies of all things with the celestial wheel in the sky, and I push on forward, I cannot turn back and I cannot be stopped!"

His expressionless voice was like the divine songs of the Gods in the sky as it resonated between the heavens.

There was a dense concentration of light within his palms but nothing material could be seen. However, one could feel that there was a formless light wheel rotating inside.

A concept of power that was so formidable it felt as if it could blanket the skies and control the destinies of all beings. The worlds in existence would tremble at its feet as this overwhelming aura started to permeate the heavens.

The Greater World suddenly seemed to have a will of its own and wanted to change the fates and the life and death of everything.

The destiny-level magic treasure of the ancient Heaven's Gate Sect, the magic treasure that ended the Antiquity Age along with the powerful Heaven's Gate Sect cultivators, and the magic treasure that overthrew the last human emperor from his divine throne – the Great Heavenly Wheels!

Lin Feng nodded his head softly. "Seems like my guesses are right. The Great Heavenly Wheels ended up in the hands of the Great Zhou Empire, into the hands of Zhu Hongwu."

He looked a little closer at the formless light wheel that seemed to incorporate the existence of all the worlds in existence and realized that the statues of divine Buddhas were slowly rising into the air.

"The Great Heavenly Wheels had been heavily damaged before. It appears that Liang Pan and Zhu Hongwu have expended a great many treasures and relics from the Great Thunderclap Temple to aid in its recovery. The multiple Buddha statues are all material representations of these relics."

"The relics have been used not just to repair the Imperial Palace – they have been used on the Great Heavenly Wheels as well."

This formidable aura made even the Golden Cicada Master and the Golden Roc Grand Sage look a little more wary and anxious. Even though this magic treasure was wielded by a second-level immortal soul stage cultivator, it was the Great Heavenly Wheels after all and they could not possibly underestimate its power.

The Great Heavenly Wheels was not like the Imperial Palace, which was still a step away from returning to its former glory. The Great Heavenly Wheels was already back in its peak condition.

This magic treasure was dissimilar to the other magic treasures such as the Imperial Palace and the Immortal Dragon City. Those magic treasures had other capabilities and could even fit people inside; the Great Heavenly Wheels was a weapon of pure destruction.

It was hard to say whether the Great Heavenly Wheels could withstand the pressure of the Power-Destroying Catastrophe. However, its offensive capabilities were far superior to that of most other destiny-level magic treasures.

"What's with all the self-praise?" The Golden Roc Grand Sage chided coldly, "During the Battle of Buddha Annihilation, the Great Heavenly Wheels was not channeled to its maximum possible power to reserve its strength to face the Golden Cicada Master. However, was it not also because you couldn't truly control this magic treasure as well? Was it not also because the magic treasure had not been fully repaired and completed? I'm not blind – I can see that the fact that Great Zhou Empire used a great many resources from the Great Thunderclap Temple to repair your two great destiny-level magic treasures."

"Even so, and even if it's the Great Heavenly Wheels – so what?"

The Golden Roc Grand Sage opened his eyes a little wider as streams of purple light burst out in all directions with an equally violent aura. The spectacle rivaled the powers of the Golden Cicada Master, the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain and even the Great Heavenly Wheels.

Zhu Hongwu nodded his head in approval. "So that's it. Not only have you managed to assimilate the Hades' Dark Mantra, you have also obtained the Hunyuan Demonic Code from Long Ye and the Sirius Grand Sage. This is the reason why you've been able to recover and recuperate from the Five Decays of Heaven and Man so quickly after incurring the Power-Destroying Catastrophe. You're back in your peak condition now with increased strength and power."

"However, no matter how fast you are, how many times have you experienced the Power-Destroying Catastrophe? Once, or twice?"

"Even though you are in the Cardinal Tribulations Beginning Stage, I won't even need the Great Heavenly Wheels to defeat you if I were in the third-level immortal soul stage. With the Great Heavenly Wheels, you don't stand a chance at all." Zhu Hongwu raised the Great Heavenly Wheels into the sky as he stood in midair like a God before he turned towards the Qiong Qi Grand Sage.

Liang Pan heaved a heavy sigh on top of Fangzhang Celestial Mountain. "I intended to reserve this for the leader of the Celestial Sect of Wonders. However, the Golden Cicada Master and the Golden Roc Grand Sage are indeed powerful adversaries and I cannot hold back any longer."

As he spoke, two human shadows flew out from inside the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain.

The Qiong Qi Grand Sage gawked as he recognized one of them who was dressed in priestly clothes and had a long black beard. "So you're officially on board with the Great Zhou Empire, Luofu?"

The Luofu Holy Man smiled and answered, "I will only act when I encounter demons like you."

The Qiong Qi Grand Sage garbled, "Our last encounter at the border between the worlds was just a skirmish. Do you really think you can defeat my Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation?"

The middle-aged sword cultivator, who was dressed in a sea-blue robe beside the Luofu Holy Man, laughed coldly and interrupted the Qiong Qi's exclamations. "You think you're the only one with a magic formation?"

"We have always intended to ambush you right here. Do you really think you can turn the tables just because you 'took us by surprise'? This spot was chosen by us – why do you think we chose this location?"

The Qiong Qi Grand Sage glanced at the middle-aged sword cultivator. "The Vast Sea Swordmaster…"

The person standing beside the Luofu Holy Man was the leader of the Vast Sea Sword Sect – the Vast Sea Swordmaster. His right hand began to cast a spell as he said, "I may not have the same confidence to battle against the Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation on land, but here… we are inside the endless oceans."

The tides and waters of the oceans beneath him started to flash a radiant blue as streams of sword Qi shot up into the sky.

The Qiong Qi Grand Sage cackled and said, "Yes, even the most powerful formation of the Vast Sea Sword Sect is being used. Aren't you afraid of losing everything you have? It's going to be very problematic for you to set up your mountain defense formation all over again from scratch."

The Vast Sea Swordmaster answered, "It may not be as mobile as the Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation, but the Sword Formation of the Endless Oceans can be set up anywhere without much effort as long as there is a sea nearby."

The Qiong Qi Grand Sage's smile turned sinister. "And? This formation can't outmatch the Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation in the first place, and you're only in the second-level immortal soul stage. How many times do you think you can withstand the assaults of the Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation?"

The Luofu Holy Man was calm as he said, "With the help of the Vast Sea Swordmaster and his formation, I may be able to take you on. Even though I can't say I will easily emerge victorious, I can confidently say that you will be unable to aid the Golden Roc Grand Sage or the Golden Cicada Master within this period of time."

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Chapter 781: The Penglai Celestial Mountain

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The Qiong Qi Grand Sage could feel his heart sinking the moment the Luofu Holy Man started to speak as he had already guessed their plan.

With the Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation, the Qiong Qi Grand Sage was confident that he could defeat the pitiful alliance between the Luofu Holy Man and the Vast Sea Swordmaster. The outcome would be the same even if the Vast Sea Swordmaster was channeling the power of the Sword Formation Of the Endless Oceans.

If the Luofu Holy Man channeled a magic formation of the same level as the Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation, then it would be another story altogether.

However, under such circumstances, no matter how confident the Qiong Qi Grand Sage was, there was no way he could achieve victory in a short period of time. It was undeniable that he would be held back by the Luofu Holy Man and the Vast Sea Swordmaster.

On the other side, the outcome of the battle between Zhu Hongwu with his Great Heavenly Wheels against the Golden Roc Grand Sage was also hard to say.

The protective state of the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain also meant that it would be difficult for the Golden Cicada Master to emerge victorious without incurring the Power-Destroying Catastrophe to destroy the mountain.

At this point, the situation seemed a lot more balanced than before. This would undoubtedly to cause problems between the three great demons as they were temporarily aligned with each other in the first place. The moment the tides of the battlefield turned against them or they were no longer a hundred percent confident of victory, their brief alliance was bound to be affected.

This was a purely psychological phenomenon and had nothing to do with the intelligences of the three powerful demons. The simple reason was because the Ying Sea was not just occupied by them and the Great Zhou Empire, and third parties could enter the fray at any moment. Even though it was unlikely there was someone powerful enough to actually participate in the battle at this level, it did not mean that there were none.

This was the reason why the seemingly balanced battlefield was in actual fact disadvantageous for the Golden Cicada Master and the other demons.

Still, the arrow had already been nocked and they had no choice but to fire away. Similar to what the Golden Cicada Master said before, if they were to retreat at this moment, they would probably lose the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain along with the Penglai Celestial Mountain to the Great Zhou Empire.

Both sides entered tense stand-off. Liang Pan and Zhu Hongwu were not too hasty to act as they harbored similar considerations. If they were able to force back the Golden Cicada Master and the other demons without doing anything, that would be the best-case scenario for the Great Zhou Empire. However, if they were to engage in a battle to the death, this would benefit the bystanders waiting for the perfect opportunity to enter the fray.

This was an especially important consideration as Liang Pan was still uncomfortable about Lin Feng's mysterious actions and behavior back in the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain.

Inside the Two Elements Micro-Dust, Lin Feng suddenly laughed. The Great Zhou Empire had been forced to reveal their entire arsenal, and it was no wonder that they were not afraid to fight in two battlegrounds at the same time. It was apparent that they treated the reappearance of the three mountains as the fight for their continued sovereignty and supremacy.

Lin Feng had already predicted that the Great Zhou Empire were secretly going after the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain. The Fangzhang Celestial Mountain held substantial importance in Liang Pan and Zhu Hongwu's plan – not just for the convenience of searching for the Penglai Celestial Mountain, but also as a powerful force to fall back on.

The Great Zhou Empire was unable to bring the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain out of the Ying Sea and they would never have such a big appetite and risk taking on so many powerful individuals at the same time.

Even so, they had to align themselves with the Luofu Holy Man for help, and there must have had been a mutually beneficial exchange.

The Ying Sea was in the Divine Lands after all. The number of demons that could venture within was limited, and this was the reason why Liang Pan and Zhu Hongwu were not afraid of standing off against the Golden Roc Grand Sage and the Golden Cicada Master without the Imperial Palace.

"No matter what, I have to thank Liang Pan and Zhu Hongwu," Lin Feng grinned. "Thank you, Golden Cicada Master and the Golden Roc Grand Sage."

During the standoff, Lin Feng had taken the opportunity and departed the battlefield inside the Two Elements Micro-Dust. He followed the guidance of the Heavenly Oyster's Golden Pearl and was far away from the battleground in no time.

With the positional guidance of the Heavenly Oyster's Golden Pearl and when he was following the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain before, Lin Feng was confident that he was very near to the Penglai Celestial Mountain.

After a short period of travelling, the Golden Pearl started to flicker with purple light with an unprecedented radiance.

Lin Feng felt his spirits lift and exclaimed, "Found it!"

He pierced through the layers of clouds and mist and easily overcame a few powerful illusions before he found himself in a patch of black sea. As if it was levitating in midair, sprawling and immense, with raging tides and terrifying tsunamis that surrounded it at the center of the black sea – a celestial mountain!

"That's the Penglai Celestial Mountain?" Lin Feng sized it up. The Penglai Celestial Mountain was a lot smaller than the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain but slightly larger than the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain and had a circumference of roughly five thousand miles.

The black-colored waters surrounding the mountain was known in the legends as the Dark Sea, and was also known as the Vast Black Sea. Upon closer inspection, one could see that the immense Dark Sea had boundaries and formed a circular shape in the ocean. From far away, the Dark Sea looked like the midsection of a sphere.

It was visually similar to Mount Yujing and the Yin-Yang Sea.

Even though the color looked physically similar, the nature of the Yin-Yang Sea was completely different from that of the Dark Sea. The black waters of the Yin-Yang Sea were the result of the concentration of energies of extreme Yin, darkness and coldness which materialized to form a spiritual sea of sorts.

The Dark Sea was more like the Void Battleground, a vast and endless ocean that simply existed in the void.

Lin Feng was not too hasty to act. He waitied for the circumstances of the deadlock between Liang Pan and the Golden Cicada Master to change.

He waited until both parties had reached the climax of their battle before he carried out the next step of his plan.

Lin Feng knew he had to be swift in his execution. Breaking through the Dark Sea would undoubtedly attract the unwanted attentions of the Golden Cicada Master and Liang Pan and the others. This was especially so for Liang Pan as he was in control of the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain due to the mystical connections between the three magical mountains. It was highly likely that Liang Pan would be the first to detect the sudden change in the situation over such a short distance.

He withdrew the Two Elements Micro-Dust and the Original Ancient Skyrider's colossal body shimmered into existence once again. He pointed towards the Vast Black Sea and a stream of black-colored liquid that was similar to that of the Dark Sea streamed out of his fingers and surged towards the Vast Black Sea.

In his journey to the Southern regions of the Ying Sea, Lin Feng had defeated and killed a great many space monsters. Space Monsters were unique to the Ying Sea, and they typically attempted to deceive the adventurers into an illusion before they sapped the spiritual energies of the dead cultivators as nutrients for themselves.

Lin Feng managed to discover from the Red Dragon King that the Purple Sea Dragon King had refined the blood of space monsters to break the barrier of the Dark Sea – this stream of black liquid was forged from the blood of space monsters.

This piece of news was reliable as the blood of the space monsters formed a stream of water that pierced through the black waters of the Dark Sea like a hot knife on butter.

It was a spectacular sight. The deep gash appeared between the raging tides of ocean water and opened up a thin hole. The rolling waters were unable to fill up the space as if there was an invisible barrier blocking them.

At the same time, Lin Feng could feel something changing in the battle between Liang Pan and the demons. The violent trembling of spiritual energies abruptly stopped at the same time, as if they were frozen in place.

In the next moment, multiple streaks of hostile energies surged across the void and concentrated towards the Penglai Celestial Mountain.

The scared barrier of the Vast Black Sea had been broken. It did not seem like much, but it was enough to disturb the flow of spiritual energy around the mountain and immediately exposed the exact location of the Penglai Celestial Mountain as Liang Pan and the others detected it instantaneously.

Lin Feng completely disregarded the arriving parties as he rocketed through the pathway he had just opened and into the Penglai Celestial Mountain.

The composition of the Penglai Celestial Mountain was similar to the Yingzhou and the Fangzhang Celestial Mountains. There were all kinds of spiritual herbs and plants on the surface and the tranquil springs and waterfalls made it appear like a saintly paradise.

However, the most prominent feature of the mountain was a great hall located at the summit of the mountain. Multiple courtyards and pavilions clustered together and resembled a holy royal palace.

At this moment, Lin Feng felt his heart skip a beat as he felt as if something from inside the royal palace was staring at him.

Before he even got near the palace, a ray of purple light shot out and came straight for the Heavenly Oyster's Golden Pearl between the eyes of the Original Ancient Skyrider.

More accurately put, the ray of purple light was targeting Big Luo's soul inside the Heavenly Oyster's Golden Pearl.

Big Luo watched the ray of purple light surge towards him with apprehension. However, he felt a certain warmth that came from the bottom of his heart, and the complicated mix of emotions made him a little disoriented.

Lin Feng could tell that this ray of purple light did not intend to hurt Big Luo. Instead, it was trying to establish a connection, as if to determine his identity.

He did nothing to stop the incoming ray of purple light but simply stopped in his tracks and absorbed the ray of light into his body.

The ray of purple light entered the Heavenly Oyster's Golden Pearl and circled around inside it before it swept up the Original Ancient Skyrider and the Heavenly Oyster's Golden Pearl and brought them both into the great hall.

Lin Feng's eyes closed into slits once he entered the great hall as he realized that there was an enormous purple-colored light shadow sitting on top of the throne.

It had physical characteristics and features that resembled that of a human, but there were purple light patterns riddled all over his body as if they were etched onto his skin. The hair on his head was a patch of silver-white, and it extended down his body from his spine all the way to his tailbone.

He had a long furry tail that was drifting behind his body and three curved horns grew out from his forehead with mystical glyphs engraved onto every single one.

It was a beast of Hades, just like Big Luo.

There was an unspeakable aura of dominance surrounding this mystical beast, as if it was born to be a dictator of Heaven and Earth and all beings within.

It was not even a real person – the purple light shadow was enough to petrify onlookers with such an overbearing aura.

Lin Feng nodded his head slowly. "One of the three most powerful demons in the history of the Grand Celestial World, the most powerful being of the Modern Age and a demonic emperor that once reigned supreme – the Hades Emperor, the Heavenly Sea Hades. Impressive, impressive."

By observing the light shadow, Lin Feng immediately understood that the Penglai Celestial Mountain had ended up in the hands of the Hades Emperor a few thousand years ago, way before the Great Zhou Empire had even set foot upon the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain.

However, this secret was only known to the Hades Emperor and unbeknownst to the outside world and he never leaked a single ounce of information in his lifetime. When he met his demise in the two war of the worlds, he ended up carrying this secret into the grave.

The eyes of the Hades Emperor flashed with purple radiance as he stared at the Original Ancient Skyrider and the Heavenly Oyster's Golden Pearl before his gaze finally landed upon Big Luo.

This light shadow did not have an independent will or intelligence, but Big Luo felt as if the mouth of the light shadow curled into a faint smile.

Lin Feng extended his consciousness into the purple light shadow. "No remnant soul memories, no essence of blood and no trace of the demonic true spirit... this is purely a remnant of his demonic powers. Under such circumstances, no matter how powerful he was before he died, he cannot return to life."

Once he was sure it was safe, Lin Feng decided to send the Heavenly Oyster's Golden Pearl directly into the Hades Emperor's light shadow.

In the next moment, purple light burst out and lit up the entire great hall as countless glyphs flowing with purple light blanketed the entire Penglai Celestial Mountain.

However, a voice rang out from behind him on the mountain. "Indeed – the Penglai Celestial Mountain was in the hands of the Hades Emperor all along."

The grey-clothed young monk appeared in the space above the great hall – it was the Golden Cicada Master.

Lin Feng watched him in silence. The Golden Cicada Master had an equally calm expression as he retrieved a jade earring-like object with his right hand. "Well met, leader of the Celestial Sect of Wonders. This must be a physical spell body of yours?"

"I had the luck of excavating somewhere that belonged to the Hades' Emperor and found this jade earring inside. This is the reason why I am faster than Liang Pan, even though he has the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain."

"However, time is of the essence. Liang Pan and the Golden Roc Grand Sage and the others must be arriving pretty soon, and that means I have no time to chat idly with you. If I let you assimilate and control the Penglai Celestial Mountain, it will be difficult for me to take it from you in a short period of time. I guess I have to make it quick, so do forgive me if I end up offending you in some way."

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Chapter 782: The Shell-Shocked Golden Cicada Master

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Lin Feng's Original Ancient Skyrider flew out of the great hall and stood in front of the Golden Cicada Master. Suddenly, he started to laugh as he said, "This is the second time we're meeting each other, is it not?"

The Golden Cicada Master returned the smile and said, "The last time we met, it was my avatar the Vairocana Monk and your original body. Today, it's my original body with your spell body. Our fates are clearly intertwined together – perhaps we may have a proper meeting in the future."

Lin Feng nodded his head in agreement. "If my estimations are correct, besides the Vairocana Sutra, you have collected the other mantras of the Five Tathagata Dharmas of the compass. You have an avatar for every one of the Dharmas, am I right?"

"This is just a cheap trick in order to further my understanding of the Buddhist teachings," the Golden Cicada Master shook his head and sighed.

Lin Feng chuckled and said, "Nonsense. A demon adept at the Buddhist mantras – you have discovered and achieved what nobody in history even thought of."

The Golden Cicada Master was unblinking as he smiled again. "Before the grace of the Buddha, I was but a ignorant cicada chirping away in the fall of autumn. The teachings of the Buddha made me into everything that I am today – from the very first step I took in the practice of demonic powers, all the way from the demonic commander stage to the undying demonic soul stage, and till now."

"My heart has always been with the Buddha. I am very glad that I managed to realize my dreams those few thousand years ago."

Lin Feng was wearing a straight face but thoughts were already racing in his head. "It is actually him. The Golden Cicada Grand Sage was infamous during the Antiquity Age, and managed to survive into the Middle Ages. However, he suddenly vanished and disappeared without a trace during the end of the Middle Ages. Not many people could even fathom the possibility that the Golden Cicada Grand Sage of old has turned into the Golden Cicada Master of today."

"The Golden Cicada Grand Sage had quite a reputation in the Grand Celestial World all those years ago. Besides the fact that he was extremely powerful, his identity and background was a mystery to all. Is it possible that he was just a tiny insect, and anointed by the Buddha?"

As he was thinking, Lin Feng surveyed his surroundings and chuckled. "Good move."

The Golden Cicada Master laughed together with him as the chirps of cicadas rang out from between Heaven and Earth. It was a crescendo – the chirps started off softly and gently but quickly grew into a ear-splitting cacophony.

The Original Ancient Skyrider Spell Body started to decay with immediate effect.

The Golden Cicada Master could tell that even though the Original Ancient Skyrider was just Lin Feng's Spell Body, it possessed great battle prowess. During the battle of Xiling City, Lin Feng unleashed the power of the Holy Light of Creation, and even though a spell body was different from an avatar, spell bodies were still able to channel the power of the Holy Light of Creation.

In that case, the power of the Original Ancient Skyrider would be stronger than before. Under such circumstances and in order to end the battle as quickly as possible, he resorted to using his own demonic mantras instead of Buddhist ones.

Even though he had yet to trigger the Power-Destroying Catastrophe, he was already in the Cardinal Tribulations Final Stage – the Vipralopa Stage – and the incredible powers of his abhijnas were frightening forces to be reckoned with.

In an instant, Lin Feng started to feel the same aura similar to that of the Imperial Palace, the Saintly Celestial Sword and the Immortal Dragon City.

Two rays of divine light surged out of the Original Ancient Skyrider's body. One was white and the other was black as the two rays of light trail-blazed across the void to create an independent world that barricaded the chirping symphony of the cicadas outside.

However, the incessant chirping of the cicadas continued to erode the barrier powers of Lin Feng's Holy Light of Creation.

"If you continue with the use of the Holy Light of Creation, I'm afraid this spell body of yours will be expended in no time," the Golden Cicada Master grinned, "However, that's still too long for me. Time waits for no man."

As he spoke, the chirping of the cicadas grew even louder as the void trembled above them. A giant light shadow of a cicada shimmered into vision above the Penglai Celestial Mountain and eclipsed the Sun as it covered the entire mountain like a dome.

Lin Feng's brows furrowed a little as he began to cast the Original Heaven and Earth Splitting Mantra. The incredible force that could separate the grounds beneath their feet continued to support the Holy Light Of Creation to isolate the cicada chirps.

However, the space and void around him twisted and rippled out of proportion and it seemed like Lin Feng was at a huge disadvantage.

Due to the unique effects of the Original Heaven and Earth Splitting Mantra, the Original Ancient Skyrider was made differently from other spell bodies and was unafraid of being grinded down by others.

The Golden Cicada Master increased the strength of his spell and was close to breaking the upper limit of the Original Ancient Skyrider.

Even though the spell body could channel the Holy Light of Creation, it was far inferior to the power of his original body.

A thought flickered in Lin Feng's head as the Original Ancient Skyrider placed his palms together and rows of black and white runes and characters glimmered in the void above him and transformed into tiny specks of dust.

There were a total of eighteen specks of dust, and they all exploded outwards with crackling booms as enormous volumes of energy were released. They disintegrated into boundless rays of light and every spot of dust seemed like an independent world.

In that moment, it felt as if heaven and earth had lost all color and liveliness.

This was the same for the people that were still travelling towards the Penglai Celestial Mountain. Liang Pan, Zhu Hongwu and the Golden Roc Grand Sage immediately felt the world change around them as if only their senses of hearing and of sight were still working.

One could only hear the continuous chirping of the cicadas, and one could only see the blinding brilliance of light.

In the next moment, the light rays started to dim and the cicada chirping softened – however, the chirping sounds returned with a vengeance and became ever stronger!

The Golden Cicada Master chuckled with a mocking sigh and said, "What a powerful abhijna. How many spells does your spell body actually carry? If it's not an infinite number, it's still not enough."

Lin Feng clasped his palms together and laughed. "You are indeed a force to be reckoned with, Golden Cicada Grand Sage. It will be such a glorious thing to do if we ever get to sit down and share our knowledge of the world with one another."

The Golden Cicada Master grinned and replied, "Anytime – I will be waiting for you on top of the Penglai Celestial Mountain for your grand arrival."

Lin Feng stared into his eyes with a roguish smile. "You've gotten it upside down."

"Eh?" The Golden Cicada Master felt his heart skip a beat as something seemed off. In the next moment, a tiny and unimpressive jade stone appeared in the void in front of the Original Ancient Skyrider.

The Golden Cicada Master reacted as quickly as he could and raised the power of his cicada chirps to the highest possible level. The light shadow of the giant cicada above his head flapped its tremendous wings and came crashing down upon the Penglai Celestial Mountain!

However, at this very moment, the crystal-like jade began to emanate a formless stream of mana – there was no light, no air of energy, and it made no sound at all.

This stream of mana enveloped the Golden Cicada Master and the Original Ancient Skyrider in an instant and both of them vanished into thin air.

The Penglai Celestial Mountain fell back into its original tranquility once again. The cicada chirps could no longer be heard as the giant cicada, along with the Golden Cicada Master and the Original Ancient Skyrider, were nowhere to be seen. It felt as if they had never been here in the first place.

It even felt as if the battle that just occurred never took place, as if the space above the Penglai Celestial Mountain had never been tainted by the Original Ancient Skyrider or the Golden Cicada Master.

"This place is…" the Golden Cicada Master suddenly found himself in a patch of plains and forests under a dusky sky that seemed familiar yet unfamiliar at the same time. "…I've been here before. This is one of the plains inside the Barren Expanses!"

The Golden Cicada had been through rain and shine over thousands and thousands of years, ever since the Antiquity Age all the way till now. He was already in the Vipralopa Stage and had studied the teachings of the Buddha for a long time and his mind was in a kind of unassailable state. Despite all this, he was rendered speechless at this very moment.

Even when he was faced with Liang Pan and Zhu Hongwu of the Great Zhou Empire, the entity that led the charge against the Great Thunderclap Temple and eventually laid it to ruin, the Golden Cicada Master had been calm throughout it all and never once showed a trace of anger or fury.

However, he started to feel his blood boil in his veins and there was no way he could calm himself down.

Even if someone had beaten or defeated him, injured him or even hurt him to the point where he died on the spot, or if someone had captured him alive, he would not have been so shaken.

Just one of Lin Feng's physical spell body, whose spell-power and whatnot were clearly far inferior to his own, could teleport him from the Ying Sea, a place where there were no inter-world tunnels, directly into the Barren Expanses!

Throughout the entire process, he was unhurt and felt no forceful streams of mana whatsoever. Nobody was holding down his masteries, and neither were his powers being drained away. However, there was nothing he could do and he did not even have a chance to react!

This feeling was akin to a wolf lunging at a helpless rabbit, and becoming blinded in the next moment before the wolf found itself in a place a million miles away from where it was just a second ago. Even though the wolf was uninjured, how could he not feel intense trepidation at what just transpired?

Lin Feng grinned and said, "The Fangzhang Celestial Mountain cannot leave the Ying Sea, so there is no way I can use the same trick on them. Zhu Hongwu should thank you, the Golden Cicada Master as I originally intended to use this trick on him and the Great Heavenly Wheels."

As he spoke, the Original Ancient Skyrider appeared to be slowing down, but it was simply minimizing on the spot and instantaneously vanished into thin air as it returned to the Penglai Celestial Mountain in the blink of an eye.

All this happened in a second's time. The Golden Cicada Master wanted to suppress the Original Ancient Skyrider but immediately realized that the Original Ancient Skyrider had a mystical and inexplicable connection with that strange and simple-looking jade stone and he was obstructed for just that tiny moment.

And it was in that tiny moment that the Original Ancient Skyrider was back inside the Ying Sea.

"Travelling between worlds without any inter-world passages?!" The Golden Cicada Master was truly speechless and shell-shocked as he watched Lin Feng disappear. He recovered after a long while as he shook his head continuously and forced out a faint laugh.

"Leader of the Celestial Sect of Wonders, what a fantastic move."

After his initial astonishment, the Golden Cicada Master finally realized what had happened. The Original Ancient Skyrider was back in the exact same spot on the Penglai Celestial Mountain, so a teleportation spell was probably used. They departed from the Penglai Mountain and he returned to the mountain at the exact same spot; this was not the same as free movement between the two worlds.

Even so, the Golden Cicada Master was still unable to fathom the real principle behind what just happened.

There was one point he was confident of, however. If he were to head back towards the inter-world passage and back into the Divine Lands, and then towards the Ying Sea and then to the Penglai Celestial Mountain, there was no way he could reach his destination in time even though he was a Vipralopa Stage cultivator.

The situation inside the Penglai Celestial Mountain would have concluded long before he even returned to the mountain and there would be nothing left for him to do.

The Golden Cicada Master heaved a defeated sigh and muttered under his breath, "Leader of the Celestial Sect of Wonders… Truly mysterious and unpredictable."

Once he returned to the Penglai Celestial Mountain, Lin Feng glanced at the Barrier-Breaking Stone and heaved a similar sigh as well. The Golden Cicada Master did just take a bullet for Zhu Hongwu and the Great Heavenly Wheels after all. The Barrier-Breaking Stone could not be used again in such a short period of time after teleporting away such a powerful Vipralopa Stage individual, and would only be functional again after a period of recuperation.

The destination of the teleportation spell was completely down to chance. If he the Barrier-Breaking Stone had teleported the Golden Cicada Master somewhere close to the East Sea of the Divine Lands, then he could come back in no time at all.

Products from the System was unreliable after all. Still, if they were used appropriately at the right time and with the right opportunity, they could achieve unimaginable effects.

The act of teleporting himself back to the same place also required preparation and meticulousness. If he used the stone properly, like he just did, then all would be fine and dandy. However, if he mde a mistake, he would have found himself somewhere far away as well.

Lin Feng returned the Barrier-Breaking Stone into his pockets and raised his head towards the horizon. The shadowy outline of the gargantuan Fangzhang Celestial Mountain had already emerged from the equator.

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Chapter 783: Penglai versus Fangzhang!

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Only a tiny period of time had passed from the moment the Golden Cicada Master appeared to the end when he was teleported by Lin Feng into the Barren Expanses.

The Golden Cicada Master used the jade earring he had obtained from the Hades Emperor to get a head start and reached the Penglai Celestial Mountain before Liang Pan and Zhu Hongwu did.

However, it was just a tiny head start as Liang Pan and Zhu Hongwu caught up in no time with the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain.

"Eh? Where's the Golden Cicada Master?" Liang Pan and Zhu Hongwu felt the blood rushing in their veins as they saw the celestial mountain they had been dreaming off for so long. However, they settled down quickly, swept the mountain with their eyes and immediately discovered that the Golden Cicada Master was nowhere to be seen.

As they came into contact with the Original Ancient Skyrider, the cultivators of the Great Zhou Empire fell into silence.

This was not because Lin Feng's appearance was a surprise to them. Liang Pan and the others had been wary of this possibility all along, but they gad to play the hand they were dealt as the pressure from the Golden Cicada Master, the Golden Roc Grand Sage and the Qiong Qi Grand Sage forced them to reveal their entire arsenal.

The moment Lin Feng showed himself, their doubts and suspicions were alleviated.

However, they mysterious disappearance of the Golden Cicada Master gave them a new wave of doubts.

They had felt the aftershocks of the battle between Lin Feng and the Golden Cicada Master from far away, and they could even tell that the Golden Cicada Master had the clear advantage.

In the next moment, the battle was over and the Golden Cicada Master vanished while Lin Feng's spell body was still at the same spot. The Golden Cicada Master had been unable to vanquish Lin Feng's spell body.

However, it was quite improbable that Lin Feng's Original Ancient Skyrider was able to turn the tables and ended up defeating the Golden Cicada Master instead.

No matter at which angle they perceived the puzzle from, the Original Ancient Skyrider could not possibly have the ability to do so. Furthermore, if the Original Ancient Skyrider was somehow able to overcome the Golden Cicada Master, it was highly unlikely that a Vipralopa Stage great demon from the Antiquity Age did not leave a single trace behind. His 'instant defeat' seemed as if he had never set foot on the Penglai Celestial Mountain at all.

A past encounter started to surface in their minds. Liang Pan and Zhu Hongwu recalled the time when Lin Feng's Steel Tree Avatar used the Barrier-Breaking Stone to escape from their grasp.

However, this was not consistent with the scene before them either. By using the Barrier-Breaking Stone, it was possible for the Original Ancient Skyrider to escape from under the nose of the Golden Cicada Master – but that did not explain the disappearance of the Golden Cicada Master and presented yet another unimaginable possibility.

The relatively more believable conclusion was that Lin Feng had aligned himself with the Golden Cicada Master!

Even though they were not present during the battle, according to Liang Pan and Zhu Hongwu's deductions of the outcome based on the ripples of manana demonic powers, it was highly unlikely that the Original Ancient Skyrider was able to defeat the Golden Cicada Master. However, Lin Feng had always been mysterious and frequently hid his true powers. It was possible that he could have used some special technique to hold the Golden Cicada Master back and prevent him from achieving a quick victory.

In that case, in order to fend off the arrival of the Great Zhou Empire and the Golden Roc Grand Sage, the Golden Cicada Master could have proposed an agreement to Lin Feng – Lin Feng would help him gain control of the Penglai Celestial Mountain in exchange for certain benefits.

The great demon was nowhere to be seen, and it was possible that he was deep inside the mountain and was halfway through assimilating it.

Liang Pan and Zhu Hongwu were deeply troubled by the possibility of Lin Feng working together with the Golden Cicada Master.

Liang Pan was connected with the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain, and after quietly sensing the mystical connections between the three mountains, his face turned even more solemn than before. "The Golden Cicada Master is not on the mountain!"

The Penglai Celestial Mountain was incomparable to a powerful demon like the Golden Cicada Master. If he had assimilated the mountain, ripples and aftershocks were inevitable and would even attract the attention of the entire Ying Sea.

"What is going on? It can't be possible that the Golden Cicada Master tucked tail and ran and gave up the Penglai Celestial Mountain," The Vast Sea Swordmaster was equally doubtful and apprehensive. "Unless, the leader of the Celestial Sect of Wonders bought the withdrawal of the Golden Cicada Master in exchange for a great price. Then again, how outrageous must this value be for him to give up the Penglai Celestial Mountain?"

Liang Pan shook his head slowly. "This is not consistent with Lin Feng's personality. He is open to agreements, but he will never settle it so simply. This possibility is highly unlikely."

The Vast Sea Swordmaster's brows furrowed into a bunch. "But it can't be possible that he used just a physical spell body to defeat the Golden Cicada Master in an instant."

Liang Pan could feel his head start to throb.

The situation was still unclear, and the group of Great Zhou Empire cultivators were already unsure of where they stood and what they should do.

Lin Feng hovered above the Penglai Celestial Mountain and chuckled to himself as he witnessed their discussion. He could feel that the Heavenly Oyster's Golden Pearl was about to be completely fused with the light shadow of the Hades Emperor.

The Heavenly Oyster's Golden Pearl had taken in Big Luo's soul and established a connection with him, but Lin Feng had assimilated and nurtured the pearl since a long time ago, therefore he was still the real controller of the Golden Pearl.

He started to feel that there were nine streams of divine energies spiraling around the Penglai Celestial Mountain. The streams of energies were pure and elegant as they concentrated towards the great hall on top of the mountain.

Even though the Hades Emperor had already passed away, he built a convenient stepping stone for Lin Feng and the Heavenly Oyster's Golden Pearl to assimilate the mountain and made the process relatively simpler and much swifter.

It was this moment of hesitation from Liang Pan and Zhu Hongwu that provided just enough time for the Heavenly Oyster's Golden Pearl to integrate completely with the light shadow of the Hades Emperor and fully absorbed the nine divine energies of the mountain.

Lin Feng felt his eyes light up and the Penglai Celestial Mountain seemed to become a part of his own body, just like his arms and legs.

What was more important was the fact that Lin Feng could feel the deep connection between him and the Ying Sea. The perilous ocean that was riddled with powerful illusions and other dangers suddenly felt like the backyard of his house and could move around freely.

The nine streams of colorful energies transformed into giant rainbows as they connected with Heaven and Earth and shook up the entire Ying Sea.

Liang Pan's eyes narrowed as he witnessed the spectacle and said, "It doesn't matter what happened anymore. We can't wait any longer – we are losing our grasp on the Penglai Celestial Mountain!"

Zhu Hongwu lowered his voice and said, "Do not worry, your majesty. The Penglai Celestial Mountain will belong to us."

As he spoke, he stepped out of the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain and into the void as he transformed into a shooting star and surged towards the Penglai Celestial Mountain.

The Fangzhang Celestial Mountain broke through the layers of space and crashed down towards the Penglai Celestial Mountain as well.

The dull-golden chains began to extend into the void once again. They drew upon the powers of the Ying Sea as the multiple chains extended towards the nine rainbows that connected the Penglai Celestial Mountain with the Ying Sea.

Lin Feng minimized the Original Ancient Skyrider's body mass and entered the great hall of the Penglai Celestial Mountain. The light shadow of the Hades Emperor had disappeared, and only the Heavenly Oyster's Golden Pearl was left.

The only difference was that the Heavenly Oyster's Golden Pearl was originally the size of an adult's fist, but was now more than twice as large.

Purple light rays permeated from the pearl like layers of mist that circulated around the great hall and established an intimate connection with the other living things on the mountain.

Uncountable black and white runes and characters drifted around inside the purple light mist.

Lin Feng tapped the Heavenly Oyster's Golden Pearl and it started to tremble violently as the purple radiances receded. However, the powers did not grow weaker with the receding lights but simply became more concentrated.

The spherical pearl floated up to the top of the great hall as the entirety of its strength was injected into the ceiling; it felt as if the golden pearl was now part of the great hall as it fixed itself in place.

The purple energy around the great hall even connected with Lin Feng's Original Ancient Skyrider spell body.

Lin Feng chuckled as he watched the ferocious arrival of Zhu Hongwu and the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain. With a single thought, the nine streams of divine energy spiraling the mountain transformed into a nine-colored divine light and exploded outwards.

Nine Energies True Sky Divine Light!

A glorious ray of nine-colored divine light directly destroyed the dull-golden chains that connected the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain to the Ying Sea like a knife dicing cheese and a sharp blade chopping on hair.

"The Three Mountains of the Ying Sea all have their different battle capabilities," Lin Feng's voice rang out from between the heavens. "Even though they each have their own offensive and defensive moves, the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain is relatively better at defense and applying pressure."

"The Nameless Ancient Formation of the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain is more adept at confusing its enemies, and the illusions on top of the mountain are considered some of the most powerful and mutable ones."

"However, in terms of offensive capabilities, there is no doubt that my Penglai Celestial Mountain is most superior!"

Another pillar of the formidable nine-colored divine light burst out of the great hall and smashed into the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain. The violent force of the strike continually pushed back the colossal Fangzhang Celestial Mountain.

Liang Pan's face darkened as more and more dull-golden chains extended out of the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain. It drew upon the powers of the Ying Sea as it charged up a ray of the Heart of the Sky Fangzhang Celestial Light to clash with the Nine Energies True Sky Divine Light to stop his backward movement.

"Oh? You want to compare offensive capabilities? Can you outmatch the Great Heavenly Wheels?" Zhu Hongwu's figure appeared in the sky above the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain as he muttered coldly, "Lin Feng, if your original body was here you might have a chance to survive. But your spell body – stop dreaming!"

The formless wheels started to spin within his palms again as he slammed them down upon the Penglai Celestial Mountain with a heaven-crushing force as everything seemed to crumble along with it.

The immense energy of the wheels riled up the Dark Sea around the Penglai Celestial Mountain as the black waves churned to block the incoming onslaught.

However, the explosive power of the Great Heavenly Wheels repeatedly pushed back the black waters and ripped apart the thick layers of the Dark Sea like it was ripping apart tissue paper.

The tides of the Dark Sea continued to roll as the sky around the Ying Sea grew ever so gloomy – the entire Ying Sea had been triggered by the explosive nature of the Great Heavenly Wheels, and the natural defense mechanisms of the Ying Sea worked with the Dark Sea against Zhu Hongwu and the Great Heavenly Wheels in an attempt to suppress them.

Zhu Hongwu hovered in midair fearlessly like a God with the Great Heavenly Wheels in his hands. He did not retreat a single step as he clashed directly with the forces of the Ying Sea.

Liang Pan channeled the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain to challenge Lin Feng's Penglai Celestial Mountain for the control of the gargantuan strength of the Ying Sea world. The obstructions caused by the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain resulted in reduced support and maintenance of the Dark Sea. Once the pressure on the Great Heavenly Wheels was reduced, Zhu Hongwu immediately broke open the Dark Sea and bore down upon the Penglai Celestial Mountain.

The Golden Roc Grand Sage and the Qiong Qi Grand Sage appeared at the same time in the far end of the horizon as they glared at the two celestial mountains.

Zhu Hongwu waved the Great Heavenly Wheels in the air once again as he lunged towards the Penglai Celestial Mountain.

Lin Feng's voice suddenly rang out from inside the mountain. "Go and accompany the Golden Cicada Master."

Zhu Hongwu frowned at his words as his movement slowed in anticipation of Lin Feng's hidden tactics.

In the next moment, the felt a violent tremble from the Penglai Celestial Mountain as the nine-colored divine light enveloped the mountain – and the Penglai Celestial Mountain flew in to the sky and crashed towards the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain!

Lin Feng smiled wolfishly and said, "Let's lose both mountains together."

Liang Pan's expression turned grave and sullen as the Vast Sea Swordmaster started to curse, "He's crazy! What a crazy bastard! He loved to pull this trick with Mount Yujing, and now he's doing the same with the Penglai Celestial Mountain?"

Before anything else could happen, the Penglai Celestial Mountain crashed into the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain!

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Chapter 784: The Great Zhou Empire In Distress

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Initially, Liang Pan was not too concerned about Lin Feng's bizarre attempt at using the Penglai Celestial Mountain to crash against the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain as they were both aware that the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain had the best defensive abilities amongst the three mountains.

However, Liang Pan noticed that Lin Feng chose a very specific target – he came straight for the group of dragon illusions on the top of the mountain and Liang Pan's face changed.

Two gargantuan mountains that were so huge they could pass as a tiny island, collided together!

The first consequence was the complete scattering and dissipation of the dragon illusions at the top of the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain, while the dull-golden radiance mixed together with the nine-colored divine light. The sky above the mountains became murky as it was tainted with a strange combination of colors.

The entire southern region of the Ying Sea felt like a giant painting that was being stretched and twisted by somebody.

An immeasurable number of illusions were eradicated as a comparable number of space monsters residing in the Ying Sea were pulverized into dust. Herbs and spiritual plants perished as several cultivators moving around inside the Ying Sea lost their lives as well.

On top of the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain, Liang Pan and the other Great Zhou Empire cultivators and the other beings that did not belong to the mountain were shaken off like fleas from a layer of fur.

Liang Pan himself was severely injured. However, what made him even more grievous was the fact that he had lost his connection with the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain!

Zhu Hongwu was a step too slow as he failed to stop the star-like advance of the Penglai Celestial Mountain. However, he managed to channel the Great Heavenly Wheels and bore down upon the nine-colored divine light before he shattered the divine light rays into pieces.

Lin Feng's Original Ancient Skyrider was more powerful than Liang Pan's avatar, but he had to clash with the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain and take a direct hit from the Great Heavenly Wheels and ended up falling off the mountain as well; like Liang Pan, Lin Feng lost his connection to the Penglai Celestial Mountain.

Before he was jolted out of the great hall, he turned back and glanced at the Heavenly Oyster's Golden Pearl one last time before he laughed heartily and inserted the Barrier-Breaking Stone amongst other magic treasures into the pearl – then the tremendous force of the collision threw him off the mountain.

Lin Feng's never intended to emerge victorious from this head-on collision. With Zhu Hongwu and the Great Heavenly Wheels by his side, the Penglai Celestial Mountain was outgunned and he still had to account for the Golden Roc Grand Sage and the Qiong Qi Grand Sage who were waiting for the prime opportunity at the side.

The plan he had in mind all along was to pay the price of the Penglai Celestial Mountain to take away the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain from Liang Pan!

"I don't want the Penglai Celestial Mountain anymore – don't think you can keep the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain either."

The Golden Roc Grand Sage and the Qiong Qi Grand Sage were slightly taken aback by what just transpired. However, they had considered the possibility of Lin Feng doing something suicidal under the immense pressure of their besiegement. In the next moment, they found their opportunity and lunged towards the Penglai Celestial Mountain.

On the other side, Liang Pan and his men attempted to return onto the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain.

Zhu Hongwu's eyes never left Lin Feng's Original Ancient Skyrider. His eyes radiated with ice and fire as he raised the Great Heavenly Wheels for yet another strike!

Lin Feng chuckled as he watched Zhu Hongwu. "Nobody has ever see a collision of the mountains of the Ying Sea. However, from the memories of the Hades Emperor's light shadow, I discovered that the great demon had attempted to tame the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain using the very same method when he was still alive."

"As for the outcome… Heh!"

The ripples and aftershocks of the collision were subsiding as the heaven and earth gradually returned to tranquility and their original calmness.

However, in the next instant, the tides started to churn as the white clouds above the Ying Sea began to scatter and dissipate. Towers of ocean water spiraled up into the sky as the layers of spatial illusions became intertwined with each other.

A tsunami that was charged with vast amounts of spiritual energy covered half the sky as the entire southern region of the Ying Sea trembled – it was the Illusory Sea Tide!

The violent collision between the Penglai and the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain directly incurred the Illusory Sea Tide, which was not due for another generation inside the Southern region of the Ying Sea!

Liang Pan and the others never expected this to happen and a haze of terror came over them all as they had lost the protection of the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain. Every single one of them ended up stranded in the raging maelstrom like tiny dinghies that could flip over and sink at any time. Even the third-level immortal soul stage Luofu Holy Man felt mired in a precarious situation.

The Golden Roc and the Qiong Qi Grand Sage found themselves in a slightly better situation. However, faced with turbulent and unforgiving tides of the Ying Sea, they had no way of breaking through and ascending the celestial mountains. All they could do was watch as the Celestial Mountain that came so close into their grasp start to slip further and further away.

Multiple powerful and mysterious spatial illusions were mixed into the Illusory Sea Tides as they appeared and popped like air bubbles on the ocean surface.

What were originally forces that were only meant to confuse and deceive people were now completely converted into explosive spiritual energies that made the stormy tides all the more ferocious. The seething waters of the Ying Sea swept over anything that stood in their paths.

Due to the fact that it was only an Illusory Sea Tide that was triggered by the Fangzhang and the Penglai Celestial Mountain, it did not extend to the entire Ying Sea and was restricted to this particular region. However, the destructiveness was a lot more fearsome and terrifying than usual.

The Penglai and the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain were quickly swallowed by the raging tides and disappeared underneath. The two celestial mountains returned into hiding from the sudden occurrence of the Illusory Sea Tide – if they were to be found, the adventurers had to wait for the next reappearance of the three mountains.

The Golden Roc and the Qiong Qi Grand Sage were filled with regret and exasperation. If they had not been fishing for profit and waited at the side, and instead aligned themselves with the Great Zhou Empire against Lin Feng and the Penglai Celestial Mountain, they would have never given Lin Feng the opportunity to throw the Penglai Mountain against the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain.

Over at the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain, the Immortal Dragon City, the Imperial City and Mount Yujing were still holding down the fort and their chances were miniscule. All they could do now was watch as the Penglai and Fangzhang Celestial Mountains descended beneath the waves of the Illusory Sea Tide. This meant that the two of them were destined to return empty-handed from their venture into the Ying Sea this time around.

Compared to the exasperation of the Golden Roc and the Qiong Qi Grand Sage, the Great Zhou Empire's distress was a lot more acute.

The Golden Roc and the Qiong Qi Grand Sage had never possessed the Penglai Celestial Mountain and had simply perceived it in front of their eyes. However, the Great Zhou Empire had the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain firmly in their hands but lost it an instant from right under their nose – this was more frustrating and generated resentment more than anything.

During the previous appearance of the Three Mountains of the Ying Sea, the Great Zhou Empire had secretly taken control of the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain. This was also one of the reasons why they were able to expand their sovereignty with such influence and efficiency. This also gave them an innate advantage in the current episode of the Three Mountains, and they could be said to have half the initiative of the entire battlefield.

With Lin Feng's head-on collision, not only did the Great Zhou Empire fail to obtain the Penglai Mountain, they even threw away the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain that was already in their backyard!

Despite Liang Pan's stability of mind, he glared at Lin Feng's Original Ancient Skyrider spell body with fire bursting out of his eyes and was speechless for a long moment.

Zhu Hongwu wasted no words and time as he wielded the Great Heavenly Wheels for yet another round at Lin Feng. He completely disregarded the Illusory Sea Tides in front of him in his desperate attempt at vengeance.

The Original Ancient Skyrider flashed a smile as he stopped all resistance of the Illusory Sea Tide and allowed himself to descend into the depths of the maelstrom and he was pulverized into dust instantaneously.

He laughed again at Zhu Hongwu before he vanished under the waters as he pointed in the direction behind Zhu Hongwu.

Liang Pan's first-level immortal soul stage avatar, the second-level immortal soul stage Vast Sea Swordmaster and the other Great Zhou Empire's cultivators which even included some princes, were struggling for their lives inside the Illusory Sea Tides.

The third-level immortal soul stage Luofu Holy Man was only able to protect himself and there was no way he could extend aid to the rest of the company. All he could do was watch as a few relatively weaker cultivators were swallowed by the monstrous ocean.

Zhu Hongwu fumed as he watched the final moments of the Original Ancient Skyrider before it was crushed by the waves. "Lin… Feng!"

He withdrew the Great Heavenly Wheels and rushed to the aid of the Liang Pan, the Vast Sea Swordmaster and the others. Using the Great Heavenly Wheels, he assisted his comrades in their resistance against the Illusory Sea Tide and brought everyone out of the dire situation.

The colossal tides extended throughout the entire Southern Region of the Ying Sea. However, the waters were the most violent at the spot of the collision. Places more distant from the epicenter experienced relatively weaker tides, and at the end, the tides could no longer compare to the normal ones that permeated the Ying Sea from day to day.

Liang Pan and Zhu Hongwu could only heave a sigh of relief as they narrowly escaped with their lives. The Golden Roc and the Qiong Qi Grand Sage went their separate ways as well and had disappeared since a long time ago.

"We failed to obtain the Penglai Celestial Mountain and lost the Fangzhang Mountain in the process. Only the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain is lost – we can't let this opportunity slip between our fingers again."

Liang Pan was slowly settling down from the emotional outburst.

His original ambition was to take control of all three Celestial Mountains. He had even mobilized his entire Empire in this endeavor and bargained and gambled with the sovereignty of his nation.

In the end, the fate of the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain was still uncertain as the Celestial Sect of Wonders and the Great Qin Empire were still there and they were still in a deadlock. They had greater confidence with the Penglai Mountain, but that target failed to come true in the end. What gave them a bigger headache was the fact that the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain, which they had controlled for so many years, was lost in the process!

The other human parties and adventurers that were in the Ying Sea would probably just go home empty-handed, and with limited losses as well. However, if the Great Zhou Empire was unable to take the Yingzhou Mountain, not only did they not get anything at all, they would return home with a substantial loss.

The Great Zhou Empire had fallen from a superior position to the very bottom of the valley. They had all the advantages they could possibly have, and they were as close as it could get to the dictator of the battlefield.

Such a psychological trauma shook even the minds of immortal soul stage cultivators.

Liang Pan was a superior being after all as he forced himself to calm down before he made a decisive judgment. "Hongwu, go towards the North-Eastern region of the Ying Sea right now – we cannot lose the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain!"

"Yes, your majesty." Zhu Hongwu's voice was like a muffled thunderclap as he rode on the Great Heavenly Wheels, channeled it to the maximum possible speed and pierced the layers of void in his journey towards the North-Eastern region of the Ying Sea.

With both the Imperial Palace and the Great Heavenly Wheels, the Great Zhou Empire was confident of taking both the Immortal Dragon City and Mount Yujing on at the same time in their desperate attempt to control the Yingzhou Mountain. If not, the Great Zhou Empire would return home with irreparable losses.

If either the Celestial Sect of Wonders or the Great Qin Empire took control of the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain and the Great Zhou Empire ended up losing the Fangzhang Mountain without obtaining the Penglai Mountain, the influence of the Great Zhou Empire would be greatly damaged after this expedition into the Ying Sea.

The Ying Sea was connected to the East Sea, and the East Sea had always been treated by the Great Zhou Empire somewhere in their own backyard. Their failure in the Ying Sea was equivalent to a fire in their own backyard and the collapse of the residence with people still sleeping inside.

The loss of the Fangzhang and the Penglai Celestial Mountains had a far-reaching impact on the future of the Great Zhou Empire. It was likely that this would cause a chain reaction that would further erode the situation for the Great Zhou Empire, and this was completely unacceptable for them and their ambitions.

Over in the North-Eastern sector of the Ying Sea, above the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain, Liang Pan's original body was seated on the throne inside the Imperial Palace as he stared at Lin Feng with a piercing gaze.

Lin Feng's original body was seated upon Mount Yujing as well. It was needless to say that he was completely aware about the situation of the Penglai and the Fangzhang Celestial Mountains.

The Great Zhou Empire no longer had any say with the Penglai and the Fangzhang Celestial Mountains. Therefore, it was highly likely that Zhu Hongwu would be on his way to the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain along with the Great Heavenly Wheels. The speed at which they would be travelling meant it would not be long before their arrival.

Lin Feng chuckled on top of the Black Heavenly Treasure Tree as he stood up. "It's about time. The battle can start now."

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Chapter 785: Is Lin Feng Tearing Down His Own Defenses?

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As Lin Feng stood up on the tip of the Black Heavenly Treasure Tree, the Steel Tree Avatar was at an impasse with Shao Dongtian of the East Heaven's Gate Sect in the seas ten thousand miles away from the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain. The Steel Tree Avatar smiled and said, "It's about time. We can make a move now."

Shao Dongtian, who was on the other side of the ritualistic magic formation, felt something in his heart as his white eyebrows twitched and he stared ahead at the Steel Tree Avatar.

Lin Feng was still holding down the Red Dragon King with the Two Elements Micro-Dust spell as he interrogated him with a voice-projected message. "How do I work this magic formation?"

The Red Dragon King's eyes spun around their sockets for a while before he revealed secrets of the ritual.

Lin Feng said nothing more as he released twenty-four streams of mana that transformed into purple runes that inserted themselves respectively into the twenty-four light pillars that were rising out from the sprawling oceans.

The water bubbles that were created by the twenty-four tokens trembled violently as the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain shimmered into vision between the light shadows of the twenty-four light pillars.

Shao Dongtian was still expressionless as his eyes were fixated on the light shadow of the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain.

Initially, he was assigned as the back-up by Liang Pan in the off-chance of unforeseen circumstances. He could be activated at any time to assist the Great Zhou Empire in the wrestle for the Yingzhou Celesteial Mountain.

The Red Dragon King and the Falling Waves Dragon King set up an esoteric ritual that was aimed at triggering an Illusory Sea Tides phenomenon in the immediate vicinity. Upon discovering this plan, Liang Pan and Shao Dongtian decided to keep this ritual magic formation as their special last resort.

When his orders were passed down, the Great Zhou Empire's position in the conflict of the Ying Sea was still relatively favorable. They still had the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain, and were already in a far superior position. If the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain was fated to slip out of their grasp, they would attempt to trigger the Illusory Sea Tide to swallow the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain, and plot their return the next time the mountains resurfaced.

Once the illusion at the core of the mountain was broken, the Da Kong Monk had voice-projected a message that he had been severely injured inside the illusion, and was in a disadvantageous position relative to Zhu Yi, Xiao Yan, Shi Xingyun, Prince Jingfang and Shi Lin and the others.

This piece of news pushed Liang Pan and Shao Dongtian even further to prepare their response for the 'worst-case scenario'.

The magic formation had been successfully set up and it was not difficult to channel it. The reason why Shao Dongtian and the others were still there was because they were afraid of what Lin Feng could or would do to the magic formation.

However, all of a sudden, the situation in the Ying Sea took a turn for the worse for the Great Zhou Empire. Not only did they fail to obtain the Penglai Celestial Mountain, they threw away the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain that had always been in their backyard.

Before their expedition into the Ying Sea, Liang Pan and Zhu Hongwu and Shao Dongtian had planned long and hard for the various possibilities, uncertainties and outcomes. There was no doubt that losing the Penglai Celestial Mountain and throwing away the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain was the worst possible outcome.

Under such circumstances, if the Great Zhou Empire wanted to reverse the situation, they had to take control of the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain.

The information that Liang Pan's original body received was naturally passed down to Shao Dongtian and the latter was up to speed about the recent happenings.

This magic formation of theirs was all the more important as the situation became a lot more delicate. Lin Feng would probably not be too hasty to obstruct the magic formation, and Zhu Hongwu and the Great Heavenly Wheels were well on their way.

Lin Feng made the crazy decision to throw the Penglai Mountain at the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain, and Shao Dongtian was positive that Lin Feng could be possessed by the same insanity once again. It was possible that Lin Feng would trigger the Illusory Sea Tide himself to swallow up the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain.

There was nothing much for the Celestial Sect of Wonders and the Great Qin Empire to lose in the first place. The return of the three mountains into the Ying Sea would simply mean that the Great Zhou Empire had thrown away the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain for no reason at all.

As he watched Lin Feng attempt to trigger the magic formation, Shao Dongtian was already raring to interfere.

However, upon closer inspection and with a little bit of shock, he stopped himself and let Lin Feng cast his spell.

Shao Dongtian had already extracted the entirety of the secret manual to the magic formation and could clearly see that there was something strange going on in the transformations.

Shao Dongtian's moment of hesitation gave the magic formation just enough time to become operational.

The twenty-four light pillars encircled the light illusion of the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain and became brighter and brighter while the giant water bubble in the deep sea became increasingly smaller.

A dragon scale that was shaped like a raindrop glimmered inside the water bubble.

Shao Dongtian raised an eyebrow and exclaimed, "Indeed! The magic formation has been reversed. However, it's not a pure reversal…"

He could feel the strength of the Falling Waves Dragon King, whom he had imprisoned, getting stronger by the second. However, this rise in strength was complicated and disorganized and led to a disharmony between his demonic soul and his dragon body.

The magic formation did not incur the Illusory Sea Tide, but had another effect instead. The Red Dragon King and the Falling Waves Dragon King, coupled with the powers of the scale of the old undying demonic soul stage dragon king that was in the form of the water bubble, found their esoteric powers increasing as a result.

The Falling Waves Dragon King's blood essence was being extracted to sustain the magic formation and was very weak at this point. Even if his powers were heightened, there was a limited overall effect and Shao Dongtian was not too concerned – his attention was focused on Lin Feng's side.

Under the effects of the power boost, the Red Dragon King rose up explosively and tried his best to break through the imprisonment of the Two Elements Micro-Dust. He wanted to take this opportunity to regain his freedom.

The Eight Barrens Divine Lightning was channeled to its maximum possible power as the rolling thunder crackled incessantly. The explosive and destructive natural talent of the thunder dragons was already one of the more outstanding ones amongst the myriad of dragon races, and this sudden concentration of power far exceeded the Red Dragon King's usual limit.

His demonic soul was a little at odds with his dragon body, to the point where the Red Dragon King felt a little giddy and his consciousness became murky. However, he was determined not to let this precious chance slip through his fingers and gave his all in his desperate attempt to escape.

Lin Feng was not worried at all and chuckled at his feeble attempt. "You sure have a short temper. I wasn't going to take your life, but since you asked for it, then I will not show you any mercy."

As he spoke, the Two Elements Micro-Dust started to collapse inwards and became smaller than it already was.

The apocalyptic concept of power was more prominent than that of his Celestial Small Worlds spell and crushed the Red Dragon King's meek resistance in an instant.

The secondary effects of the Red Dragon King's boost in powers and the crushing pressure of the Two Elements Micro-Dust sucked the life out of the Red Dragon King and he seemed like he was gasping on his final breaths.

Lin Feng watched the agony of the Red Dragon King as an idea suddenly came to him. "Oh… Wait. When I created the Steel Tree Avatar and practiced human mantras, it wasn't so appropriate but I never knew where this inappropriateness stemmed from."

The Steel Tree Avatar practiced the same mantras as Lin Feng's original body. Even though its power was clearly inferior to his original body, it was superior to that of the Avatar of Ares, which was at the same level of mastery. With reference to its battle prowess, the Steel Tree Avatar was as good as an avatar could get.

However, outside of battle, Lin Feng had always felt that the Steel Tree Avatar was a little inappropriate and unsuitable for normal cultivation.

"As my level of mastery increased over time, this deep-seated conflict and disproportionality only kept becoming stronger. It felt as if I have been on the wrong path the whole time, and I am straying further and further away from the right one…"

At his current level of mastery, his senses and the power of his perceptions were strong enough for him to tell that this disproportionality was not some mental barrier or some psychological reaction. He was confident that this feeling originated from the fact that his methods was at odds with the laws of nature.

However, the only problem was that he never did find out the exact reason and only had a rough idea all this time.

"I shall take the chance to correct my mistakes and try another path. My Saros Steel Tree won't be wasted anyway."

He made up his mind and turned towards the Red Dragon King. "Your secret powers have unbalanced your demonic soul and your dragon body, but it will help me fulfill by wishes."

He immediately revealed the cosmic form of the Steel Tree Avatar and lunged straight for Red Dragon King!

"You…" the Red Dragon King roared as a haze of terror came over him. Even so, his body was so weak that this 'roar' sounded more like a squeak.

In the next moment, the Red Dragon King's body started to twist and tremble as sparks of lightning flickered in his giant eyes.

Lin Feng swiftly assimilated the original soul of the Red Dragon King and managed to integrate himself into his Undying Demonic Soul and ultimately took over the dragon's body.

Shao Dongtian was perplexed and frowned as he witnessed the entire process. "You wish to take over that thunder dragon?"

Shao Dongtian immediately reached out to interfere, but Lin Feng was already prepared for that possibility. A few specks of the Two Elements Micro-Dust shimmered into vision and transformed into endless patches of light that acted as a barrier against Shao Dongtian.

That single moment of obstruction gave way to a bright dragon howl that rang out from somewhere deep in the dome of light. A purple-scaled sky dragon surged out from the blinding lights as the Two Elements Micro-Dust retracted the radiance and reverted to its original form, leaving just the purple-scaled dragon hovering in midair.

As he stared into the sparkling eyes of the dragon in front of him, Shao Dongtian was positive that this thunder dragon was now Lin Feng's new avatar – Lin Feng had melted down the dragon's soul, assimilated it and inserted himself into the body.

The ripples of mana that came from this avatar was of pure demonic power, which was starkly different from the Steel Tree Avatar. Even though the Steel Tree Avatar was fundamentally demonic, it practiced human mantras and channeled human mana.

Above the original Steel Tree Avatar, the cosmic form reappeared but seemed to have lost a bit of its spirituality. Subsequently, the cosmic form reintegrated itself into the Steel Tree Avatar as the Steel Tree Avatar immediately started to make some rapid and shocking transformations.

It shed its human form and returned into the form of the Saros Steel Tree – black branches, golden leaves with an aura of eternal existence. The integration of the cosmic form completed the process and it seemed as if it had become a magic treasure.

Shao Dongtian's brows furrowed ever so tight. He had seen powerful immortal soul stage cultivators assimilating and taking over demonic grand sages before. Even though Lin Feng's Steel Tree Avatar was only in the nascent soul stage, its true power could not be gauged by typical standards of other nascent soul stage cultivators. Furthermore, the Red Dragon King weakened himself with his explosive but short-lived rebellion and benefited Lin Feng instead. The fact that Lin Feng could use the Steel Tree Avatar to steal his soul was therefore nothing out of the ordinary.

However, Lin Feng kept the demonic powers of the Red Dragon King and did not convert the new avatar to his own mantras and lineage. This baffled Shao Dongtian as Lin Feng's actions weakened his battle prowess.

The Thunder Dragon Avatar was in the first-level Undying Demonic Soul Stage, so this meant that Lin Feng managed to skip the painful and tedious process of ascending to the immortal soul stage from the nascent soul stage.

However, the powers of the Thunder Dragon Avatar were the same as the Red Dragon King when he was still alive, and its strength was clearly inferior to that of the Steel Tree Avatar.

It was needless to say that if the Steel Tree Avatar had ascended to the immortal soul stage by itself, juxtaposed with its current superiority to the Red Dragon King, it would possess a battle prowess that would be vastly more powerful than the current Thunder Dragon Avatar.

Even if Lin Feng could not wait to increase his level of mastery, this was an inappropriate solution as it would make him weaker.

Even though the Saros Steel Tree had been re-forged into a magic treasure, and it would probably be a relatively powerful one as well, the reality was that it was a new-born magic treasure and it needed time to be nurtured and developed. Furthermore, it was not that simple for the Saros Steel Tree to enter the Gestation stage, and the Thunder Dragon Avatar was a pure demon as well and was not suitable for channeling magic treasures and would thus be unable to channel the maximum power of this new magic treasure.

This was a crucial moment of the battle for the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain – how could he do such a thing, which was equivalent to tearing down his own defenses?

Shao Dongtian continued to watch Lin Feng with a doubtful look as he was unable to fathom the rationale of Lin Feng's actions.

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Chapter 786: Summoning the Illusory Sea Tide Again

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The huge figure of the Purple Scales Celestial Dragon floated in space. In its eyes, there were the flashing of lightning.

Lin Feng could slightly feel the demonic realm inside of this Thunder Dragon avatar. Although he did not convert it to his Heavenly Classic of the Way's Virtue cultivation, he had been trying to achieve resonance with it.

"Indeed, indeed…" Lin Feng sighed before revealing a smile on his face, "Although it's a little late, it's still on time."

He turned to look at the Saros Steel Tree. As he thought of something, the huge trunk of the tree shrank, eventually converting into the look of a small branch. The black steel-like branch and golden leaves started to flash with a rainbow radiance around them.

"This treasure shall be called the Saros Magical Tree." Lin Feng thought, "However, it still needs to be nurtured and cultivated, before it can truly become a powerful treasure. I just have to make do with this at the moment."

As he thought, he watched the draconic soul of the Red Dragon King, as he tried to find the cultivation manual to summon the formation in the sea beneath.

After that, the huge dragon head blew out a gust of air towards the sea beneath, which converted into lightning. After that, it evolved to form ancient sigils that descended into the sea.

Shao Dongtian's white brows raised as he stared at Lin Feng. He said, "Master Lin, why do you even bother doing such things which are not beneficial for you or anyone else?"

As he said, he extended his hand, trying to grab Lin Feng.

As he noticed that Lin Feng had placed not just one Two Elements Micro-Dust, Shao Dongtian took precautions this time round. The light wheel in his huge palm had almost consolidated to form a real entity and it was spinning non-stop.

As if countless worlds were spinning at the same time and the fate of all matter in the Heavens and Earth were controlled by it, the palm twisted void space within the area that it covered.

This was the Celestial Treasure Wheel from the Heaven's Gate that was summoned from the Heavenly Hands of Shao Dongtian. Its power concept was superior to the previous attack.

The Two Elements Micro-Dust in front of Lin Feng was unleashed. Amidst in its tininess, there was a magnificent and overwhelming power. It was as if the micro-dust developed a world on its own.

Shao Dongtian's gaze flashed and his left hand raised towards the sky. His five fingers started to shine with light.

Seven streaks of eye-blinding, crimson-red flames gathered around his ring finger. They started to revolve and converted into a huge, revolving fire wheel.

It was the Fire Wheel of Mars, an abhijna of Mars which came from the Celestial True Spells of the Seven Planets of the Heaven's Gate.

And above Shao Dongtian's left middle finger, chilly energy gathered.

It was the Deadly Ice Billow of Mercury, abhijna of Mercury which came from the Celestial True Spells of the Seven Planets.

These two abhijnas were unleashed by Shao Dongtian, who was in the Immortal Soul Third Level. He was much stronger than Shao Qingcheng who was only in the Immortal Soul First Level. The powers of ice and fire were summoned, causing space to burn and freeze at the same time.

What was more frightening was that on the left thumb of Shao Dongtian, there was golden lightning flashing intensely, as if streaks of sword radiances were going to cut apart the Heavens and Earth.

It was the Golden Sword Lightning of Venus, abhijna of Venus from the Celestial True Spells of the Seven Planets.

Above Shao Dongtian's index finger, a towering willow tree was swaying amidst the wind, releasing a thick aura of life.

It was the Life-Reversal Holy Tree of Jupiter, abhijna of Jupiter from the Celestial True Spells of the Seven Planets.

Above Shao Dongtian's pinkie, there was a huge mountain filled with black rocks.

That mountain was extremely majestic, as if it suppressed and carried everything. It supported the Heavens and stabilized the Earth.

It was the Ancient Holy Mountain of Saturn, abhijna of Saturn from the Celestial True Spells of the Seven Planets.

As Shao Dongtian's five fingers spread apart, the five abhijnas of the Celestial True Spells of the Seven Planets were unleashed.

As the lightning, willow tree, billow, fire wheel and the holy mountain appeared, an illusory crack opened in the Heavens.

Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Mars and Saturn started to flash with radiance together. The radiance became stronger and stronger, as well as eye-catching against the backdrop of the sky. It was as if the skies were falling.

The magnificent powers of the luminaries supplemented Shao Dongtian's powers, causing them to be even more terrifying.

Lin Feng found out that these five abhijnas of Shao Dongtian helped one another to increase their powers, allowing its might to reach a new level.

"Celestial Stars-Descending Great Palm Print!"

Shao Dongtian's right hand used the power concept of the Celestial Treasure Wheel to summon the Heavenly Hands, whereas he used his right hand to summon the powers of the stars. As he unleashed the Celestial Stars-Descending Great Palm Print, it came smashing towards Lin Feng.

The powers of the stars and luminaries were already very magnificent, and was not a power that a normal person could resist. After Shao Dongtian included the five appearances of the lightning, willow tree, billow, fire wheel and holy mountain within, the power was further boosted.

Lin Feng's micro-dust shook violently as its defense was struck by the palm print.

The world developed by the Two Elements Micro-Dust seemed to have faced the attack of the luminaries, leaving the world in a torn and tattered state.

And at this point, the Heavenly Hands of Shao Dongtian also landed. As the light wheel in his palms spun, the Celestial Small World collapsed too.

Shao Dongtian's left and right hands worked together to break through the defense of Lin Feng's Two Elements Micro-Dust.

Lin Feng saw this scene and smiled, "The Heaven's Gate indeed possessed powerful abhijnas. But now it seems like there's still a flaw with your Celestial Treasure Wheel."

With regards to the imminent attack of Shao Dongtian, Lin Feng was unbothered. He continued to summon the formation at the bottom of the sea.

In void space, the sounds of a bell rang. The sound broke through space and reached the Ying Sea. It was Lin Feng's natal magic treasure, the Bell of Destiny.

If he did not prepare earlier, Lin Feng wouldn't have recklessly convert the Steel Tree into the Thunder Dragon avatar.

However, Lin Feng's actual body wasn't here. The newly cultivated Thunder Dragon avatar was not prime to summon the magic treasure. That was why although the Bell of Destiny converted into the Door of Life Creation Taiji Soldiers were not birthed. Instead, it remained above Lin Feng's head.

At the same time, the Saros Magical Tree landed on the Door of Life Creation and under the nourishment of the strong life aura of the Door Life Creation, it grew rapidly. Its own aura became more stable and complete. A normal awareness had been developed in the tree.

Shao Dongtian creased his brows and his palms grabbed the top of the Saros Magical Tree and pulled hard.

But eventually, the Saros Magical Tree shook a little, but it was not pulled apart by Shao Dongtian. Rather, it remained fixed on the Door of Life Creation.

"It's not fully cultivated, but its defense is so strong?" Shao Dongtian thought, and he pulled with a greater strength.

But the Door of Life Creation continued to supply strength to the Saros Magical Tree. Shao Dongtian could not do anything to the Saros Magical Tree.

"The defense of this treasure is indeed shocking. If it is fully cultivated, just an Immortal Soul Stage First Level Elder will be needed to control it in order to keep me at bay." Shao Dongtian's expression sank, "Although the one controlling it is only Lin Feng's demonic avatar, it is nourished by the Door of Life Creation. This is a tough one."

Shao Dongtian thought of something and a black, ancient print flew out. Its tremendous power could bear down on the Heavens.

One of the nine treasures of the Heaven's Gate, Xuan Heaven Seal of the North!

Although it had fallen to the metaplasia realm, through many years of cultivation by Shao Dongtian, it had restored to the peak of the metaplasia realm and was only a step away from the Mahayana realm.

As this magic treasure appeared, Lin Feng's Door of Life Creation did not react, but the Saros Magical Tree jerked a little.

The Xuan Heaven Seal was rumored to be cultivated by the leader of the Heaven's Gate, Tian Dikong. When he was finding a fortune land for the sect, he cut off the top of a celestial mountain and used the flat peak of it to construct the foundation of the Heaven's Gate. He then cultivated the top of the mountain that was cut out into the Xuan Heaven Seal.

During the Antiquity Age, this seal was very notorious. It was the magic treasure among the nine of the Heaven's Gate with the highest kill rate.

Although its realm had fallen, it was still very ferocious. It had emerged victorious over many magic treasures in the metaplasia realm. It was even comparable to magic treasures in the Mahayana realm.

If it was also in the metaplasia realm, the Saros Magical Tree would be unafraid of the Xuan Heaven Seal. But now it was only in the gestation realm. The defense of the tree was likely to be broken by the Xuan Heaven Seal and it was even in danger of being completely destroyed.

"Xuan Heaven Seal, ha!" Lin Feng laughed and retrieved the crystal of his Holy Light of Creation.

The crystal unleashed a shocking radiance in space. Black and white flashed together, and a Sun that seemed to intersect with Yin and Yang rose gradually.

The powerful Holy Light landed on the surface of the Saros Magical Tree, coating a layer of black and white radiance on it.

In the next moment, Shao Dongtian's palm and the Xuan Heaven Seal landed on the Saros Magical Tree.

The branches of the tree twisted and even the indestructible power concept was almost dissipated. It was on the verge of snapping!

But with the support of the Holy Light, it was able to withstand the attacks. Whereas the power of the Door of Life Creation continued to support the Saros Magical Tree and the Holy Light of Creation. Eventually, Shao Dongtian did not make any headway again.

As it was converted from a crystal, even with the Door of Life Creation to support it, this Holy Light of Creation was quickly expended. But Shao Dongtian could not be excited. His pupils shrank. That was because his actions allowed Lin Feng to complete the summoning of the formation beneath.

The liquid state of the dragon scales converted into the appearance of bubbles again. 24 blue tokens defended it and birthed 24 beams of light that shot straight into the skies.

The void space surrounded by the beams of light surfaced the projection of the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain again.

Following that, the projection of the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain resonated with the bubbles. Ripples around the bubbles expanded and shook the sea.

Visible waves surged, as if a tsunami was about to be started.

The water from the Ying Sea was dragged into the skies. The layers and layers of illusory space also became very messy. A boundless tide filled with spiritual energy and had the bubbles at its center exploded out.

Illusory Sea Tide!

The Yingzhou Celestial Mountain at a distance also jerked a little. As Liang Pan received news from Shao Dongtian, he stood up from his seat in the Imperial Palace.

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Chapter 787: Power of Mount Yujing, Heaven Extreme Universal Light!

Translator: Sparrow Translations Editor: Sparrow Translations

After summoning the Illusory Sea Tide, Lin Feng did not bother with Shao Dongtian anymore. The Thunder Dragon avatar converted into a streak of purple light and dragged the Saros Magical Tree up along with the Door of Life Creation. They rushed towards the bubbles in the sea.

Shao Dongtian wanted to chase them, but the few Two Elements Micro-Dust in front of him exploded, blocking his way.

The purple light dashed into the bubbles and the tide had already fully surged up. It expanded in all directions. Its scale was the biggest as it rushed towards the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain.

The 24 tokens that surrounded the bubbles were all crushed, whereas the bubbles moved with the flow of the tide, as it approached the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain.

As the tide surged, Shao Dongtian sighed. Even if he destroyed the bubbles, there was no more meaning.

Moreover, as he faced the Illusory Sea Tide, he was out of time too. This Illusory Sea Tide was not as huge and intense as the one at the south of Yingzhou Celestial Mountain, when the Fangzhang and Penglai Celestial Mountains collided.

But it was sufficient to keep him on his toes as he dealt with it. He had no more energy to care about anything else.

Shao Dongtian followed the bubbles that flowed away and creased his brows, "So it's like that. After he borrowed the body of that dragon, he could remain in the bubbles converted from the dragon scales. His Saros Steel Tree Avatar cannot form the Immortal Soul in the short term, so it converted into a dragon?"

"Sacrificing the future potential to obtain an upper hand now... but I feel like it's not so simple."

Since things were at this stage, Shao Dongtian resisted the attack of the Illusory Sea Tide while rushing towards the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain.

Liang Pan received news from Shao Dongtian and was unsettled. He looked at Mount Yujing, "Master Lin seems to have gone overboard."

After Lin Feng borrowed the body of the Red Dragon King to cultivate the Thunder Dragon avatar and re-cultivating the Saros Steel Tree into the Saros Magical Tree, the supernatural awareness that Shi Yu and Liang Pan attached to his body were wiped clean.

Although he was not as well-informed as Liang Pan, Shi Yu could also feel the immense change from afar. After liaising with the arrangement of the Red Dragon King and the Falling Waves Dragon King, he discovered what happened as well.

Shi Yu creased his brows too and asked, "Master Lin, why do you have to do this?"

Lin Feng smiled, "Don't be offended, my fellow comrades."

As he said, a Taiji Diagram appeared on his forehead. The Taiji Diagram started to spin. As Liang Pan and Shi Yu sensed, Lin Feng seemed to convert his entire person into a huge Taiji Diagram instantly, which also seemed to dominate the universe.

The leaves of the Black Heavenly Treasure Tree on Mount Yujing started to sway a little. From a comfortable sway, they seemed to become rushed. They agitated the Heavens, as if they were gathering the spatial power of the entire world around them.

Balls of Heaven-Revolving Purple Clouds started to rumble. Within the Purple Clouds, the images of countless matter appeared. Everything was present.

But what made Liang Pan and Shi Yu most bothered was that on Mount Yujing, there was a sudden jerk that caused the mountain body to become transparent and pure like glass. The colorless mountain body flashed with countless images. Each of them was different and they kept on changing.

Liang Pan did not hesitate and summoned the Imperial Palace directly. Inside the palace, countless human figures that were converted from illusion to reality started to sing in unison. They increased the power of this magic treasure instantly.

A huge chaos hole appeared above the Imperial Palace. Purplish-golden radiance kept on gathering within it. Following that, one black and one white light beam formed a spiral structure that burst out from the palace towards Mount Yujing.

It was the Dual Polarity Chaos Cave Divine Light summoned by the Imperial Palace.

As Lin Feng faced this divine light, he looked at Shi Yu and the Immortal Dragon City and said suddenly, "The Fangzhang Celestial Mountain of the Great Zhou Empire was captured by me using the Penglai Celestial Mountain at the south of the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain because of me. Now, both these mountains are hidden within the Ying Sea because of the Illusory Sea Tide.

"The Great Zhou Empire can only target the remaining Yingzhou Celestial Mountain now."

Shi Yu heard this and his gaze flashed. Lin Feng used the Penglai Celestial Mountain to capture the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain of the Great Zhou Empire. Shi Yu was not there, but for such a huge occurrence as that, he naturally received news about it.

Shi Yu would not fully believe Lin Feng's words. But through observing the movements of Liang Pan and Shao Dongtian, he could tell many valuable things.

Under Shi Yu's guidance, the Immortal Dragon City converted into a huge light dragon before converting back into a ring. This ring expanded outwards, but did not cut into the battle between Lin Feng and Liang Pan. It only surrounded the area outside of the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain.

The Illusory Sea Tide was approaching closer and closer.

Lin Feng held the fort at Mount Yujing. His gaze was as calm as water, just like a flowing time river.

But at this point, this river seemed to be flowing even slower and slower. It was almost as if it was stopping.

Streaks and streaks of special radiances landed in the Heavens and Earth, with Lin Feng as the center. As he was bathed by these radiances, Lin Feng seemed to have controlled the secrets of the eternity of time and the miraculous power concept of eternity.

Eternity was the extreme of time. Even the Heavens and Earth will destruct then. Who was able to get close to eternity?

Eternity was too long and could not be grasp. To capture the short instant was the same as capturing the true meaning of time. It was as if the future was unpredictable, but one could control everything now.

As he accompanied the eternal radiance, there was some of it that flashed on his body. They might seem brief and insignificant, but they contained the true meaning of an instant.

It was like the everlasting eternity, but it was like the brief instant too. Eternity and instant were the two extremes of time. To comprehend the concept of both would be equivalent to solving the secrets of time.

And right now, Lin Feng infused both concepts together. The aura around him was miraculous, as if it controlled the secrets of time.

And under Lin Feng's control, Mount Yujing unleashed a chaotic radiance that expanded in all directions. Everything became blurry and chaotic, and what was left was only a patch of grey and white.

With Mount Yujing as the center, it expanded non-stop. All matter in the Heavens and Earth seemed to have lost their color.

The spiritual energy that flowed in space seemed to have stopped. The gentle clouds that rumbled above Ying Sea seemed to have become dense rocks, but they didn't fall.

The surface of the sea beneath that was initially surging with waves seemed to become stoned in position too. The waves that raged froze in space. They were bright and clear, but they did not land or disappear. They did not move either. They looked extremely weird.

The streak of frightening Dual Polarity Chaos Cave Divine Light stopped in space too. The spiral-like radiance still maintained its spiral shape, but was stationary. The tip of it was less than a thousand meters away from Mount Yujing.

The naked eye could see the practical form of the light from Mount Yujing.

Whoever was struck by the radiance of Mount Yujing could not think, move, see, hear and smell. Their lives stopped at that instant.

Only the Imperial Palace was able to avoid this effect, forcibly. But the purplish-golden radiance surrounding it became dimmer and was pale-white and grey.

Above the Imperial Palace, the singing voices stopped as the human figures were frozen in their position.

Liang Pan was in the Imperial Palace and realized his own thinking and reaction had slowed down.

His expression was very serious, "His mountain, treasure tree, Purple Clouds are all infused with his own body. He has combined their powers to summon a power concept of the mountain to its extreme. He has comprehended the true meaning of time. This is indeed exceptional."

Under the radiance of Mount Yujing, Liang Pan even felt that the powers of the Imperial Palace and himself were being expended by time. They were disappearing quickly.

The Imperial Palace was still fine. But if this went on, Liang Pan could not take it himself.

Shi Yu was outside the boundaries of the radiance of Mount Yujing. As he saw this scene, he was extremely shocked, "The Eternal Glow summons the true meaning of eternity to its extreme, but there's still a layer between it and the true meaning of an instant."

"This radiance by Master Lin is able to combine both eternity and instant, touching the true meaning of time. In this way, even the Imperial Palace is restrained. If I summon the Immortal Dragon City in, I believe it will be suppressed too."

Even the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain was within the boundaries of the radiance. The Nameless Ancient Formation was also dissipated. But as it came into contact with Mount Yujing, the world of the Ying Sea retaliated, blocking the radiance of Mount Yujing.

Lin Feng was targeting both the Imperial Palace and the Immortal Dragon City and did not target the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain. Thus, he did not continue to attack the Yingzhou Celestial Mountain and put all his attention on Liang Pan.

He summoned with all his powers and pushed the true meaning of time to its extreme on Mount Yujing, consolidating to form the Heaven Extreme Universal Light. The surrounding time stopped. Even the Imperial Palace was trapped.

Although the Immortal Dragon City had the Eternal Glow, if it entered within the Heaven Extreme Universal Light, it might fare better than the Imperial Palace but could not do anything much either.

But if this light suppressed two magic treasures in the destiny realm at the same time, the burden on Lin Feng and Mount Yujing would be very huge. The amount of time that the light could sustain would shrink rapidly.

Shi Yu commanded the Immortal Dragon City to retreat, which left Lin Feng relieved. Everything that was happening was a fight against time. A moment could change a lot of things and could determine victory.

"If Comrade Shi has any arrangements, you can carry them out now." Lin Feng looked at Shi Yu and the Immortal Dragon City and laughed, "Before Zhu Hongwu and the Great Heavenly Wheels arrive, I can suppress Comrade Liang."

Although Shi Yu had a similar character as Liang Pan, Lin Feng would not believe that the Great Qin Empire would continue to sit and wait while the Great Zhou Empire was already giving their all.

Shi Yu said calmly, "When you told me that Liang Pan had lost the Fangzhang Celestial Mountain, I had already contacted the external world. Right now, both Uncle Gunyang and Anliang have both entered the boundaries of the Great Zhou Empire."

Prince Gunyang, Shi Zongmao, and Prince Anliang were of the same seniority level. He had retreated in cultivation, but his cultivation was in the Immortal Soul Third Level. Ever since the War Between the Two Worlds, he had not revealed himself for a few thousand years.

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