Chapter 59: Retreat, the Profound Yellow Mountains and Seas Diagram

The Xuanfa, coiled in the sky and revealing its true form as a black flood dragon, felt an involuntary surge of unwillingness at the Five Primordial Heavenly Lords' provocative words, but suppressed it in an instant and let out a flood dragon's cry.

"Five Primordial, your information is outdated. Ten thousand years ago, Brother Xiong Gang was already the Hegemon."

"My Mystic Dragon lineage is wholeheartedly convinced."

"Since Hegemon Xiong Gang wants seventy percent of Xiao Lingjie, that cannot be changed."

"Haha, Brother Xuanfa, the distribution of Xiao Lingjie will be decided by me. No matter how many shares of Xiao Lingjie we ultimately occupy, one-third of that share will belong solely to your Mystic Dragon lineage."

Hearing Xuanfa's words, Xiong Gang's mountain-like towering bear frame crackled with Thunder as he let out a hearty laugh and generously made the promise.

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Watching this scene, the Five Primordial Heavenly Lords restrained his expression, waved his horsetail whisk, and said indifferently:

"Then let each rely on their own means!"

The other three Combined Body Heavenly Lords and seven Return to Void Great Cultivators' dao bodies and dharma bodies had, with tacit understanding, already taken their places to the left and right of the Five Primordial Heavenly Lords.

In an instant.

Great Dao auras clashed, baleful qi弥漫, but no one made a move, only falling into a standoff.

All waiting for Xiao Lingjie's transformation to complete.

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During their standoff, several dozen breaths of time flashed past.

The Profound Yellow Realm Membrane of the Yuanling Realm completely peeled away.

A faint radiance of the world shone forth, naturally forming a mystical safeguard.

It merged with the radiance of the world from the True Spirit Great Realm.

And the peeled-off Profound Yellow Realm Membrane was just refined by Chen Daoxuan into a Mountains and Seas Diagram embryo.

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An instant later.

The trace of Heavenly Heart might pervading from the Heavenly Heart Consciousness of the True Spirit Great Realm dissipated.

In a flash, the Great Dao trembled.

The five True Spirit Remnants, the four human Combined Body Heavenly Lords' dao bodies, and the seven Return to Void Great Cultivators' dharma bodies, each commanding the Great Dao they cultivated.

The moment the Heavenly Heart might dissipated, they all erupted with full force at the first instant.

Charging toward the Yuanling Realm, which had completed its transformation, radiated flawless radiance of the world, and stood as an independent space-time.

Thunder trembled, the Five Elements cycled, Wind Spirit manifested…

All manner of Great Dao Power clashed.

But just as they were simultaneously hindering one another while trying to force their way in despite the Yuanling Realm's Heavenly Heart Consciousness's rejection.

The radiance of the world from the Yuanling Realm converged, and in the unseen depths connected with all daos, all things, and all spirits, manifesting a Yin-Yang Axe.

Simultaneously locking onto the five True Spirit Remnants, four Combined Body Heavenly Lords, and seven Return to Void Great Cultivators.

Enveloping everything.

That Yin-Yang Axe, though its swing appeared slow, seemed to divide yin and yang, sever dusk from dawn, fix the clear and the turbid, and separate the Great Dao.

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Before the Yin-Yang Axe even drew near, all nine Combined Body and seven Return to Void cultivators sensed an unstoppable mighty force, along with a fatal crisis.

They had a premonition from the unseen depths that if their present-world true selves, Combined Body Dao Bodies, or Return to Void Dharma Bodies fell beneath this Yin-Yang Axe, the damage would also波及 their true spirits and original bodies.

In an instant, not a single one suppressed the premonition in their hearts; all of them followed the premonition, paying the price of their own injuries to forcibly halt and retreat.

Directly fleeing tens of thousands of li away, escaping the range pervaded by the Yuanling Realm's faint radiance of the world.

Then, they saw a figure wearing a Pure Blue Robe, seemingly merged with heaven and earth, 浮现 above the transformed Xiao Lingjie.

Chen Daoxuan held that Yin-Yang Axe empowered by the Yuanling Realm's force.

With a calm expression, he offered a courtesy.

"A humble cultivator from the lower realm, Mountain-Sea, greets all true cultivators of the Ascension Realm."

And upon seeing Chen Daoxuan appear, hearing his words, and sensing his state of being merged with heaven and earth, whether the five True Spirit Remnants or the seven Return to Void and four Combined Body human cultivators.

All of their expressions changed at once, turning unspeakably ugly.

A Return to Void cultivator who had ascended together with Xiao Lingjie, merged with heaven and earth, and was favored by Xiao Lingjie's Heavenly Heart Consciousness—unless they could destroy Xiao Lingjie, within Xiao Lingjie's range he was absolutely invincible, and they could do nothing to him whatsoever.

Originally, no matter how fiercely they fought among themselves, the worst outcome would still be occupying a portion of Xiao Lingjie.

But now they were about to come away completely empty-handed.

Moreover, this Mystic Dragon Desolate Domain was about to welcome a cultivator who would share in its resources.

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However, facing Chen Daoxuan's calm courtesy, each of their reactions actually differed in subtle ways.

The five True Spirit Remnants had the worst expressions.

They turned and left directly.

The four human Combined Body Heavenly Lords were next, while the seven Return to Void cultivators' expressions were relatively the best.

This was because even if they had occupied Xiao Lingjie, their share would likely not have been much, so their loss of benefit was relatively the smallest.

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"Five Primordial greets Daoist Mountain-Sea."

"Since Daoist Mountain-Sea has ascended to the Ascension Realm, ascending to the Mystic Dragon Desolate Domain, you are then a member of our Desolate Domain."

"We shall meet again when there is time!"

The Five Primordial Heavenly Lords cupped his hands in a courtesy, uttered two perfunctory pleasantries with difficulty, then waved his horsetail whisk and fled into the distance.

Closely following, the other three Combined Body and seven Return to Void cultivators also briefly stated their names, exchanged two pleasantries, and then departed one after another.

None of them had much contact with Chen Daoxuan.

Chen Daoxuan was not surprised by this. Setting aside the gains and losses in terms of利益, the Yin-Yang Axe he had manifested alone was enough to give them pause.

If he were in their place, he would not stand beneath a crumbling wall either.

……

He watched those Return-to-Void and Combined Body existences of the True Spirit Great Realm depart.

Chen Daoxuan communicated with the Heavenly Heart Consciousness of the Yuanling Realm, piloted the entire Yuanling Realm, and merged it into the world radiance of the True Spirit Great Realm.

With a ripple through space-time, it became an independent Du Li Shi Kong of its own and vanished.

Only then did Chen Daoxuan halt the power of the Yuanling Realm he had been piloting and dispersed the Dao art 【Yin-Yang Axe】.

Meanwhile, the five True Spirit Remnants, four Combined Body Heavenly Lords, and seven Return-to-Void cultivators who had fled far away, upon sensing the Yuanling Realm vanish, all cut off the last lingering thought in their hearts.

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He sat cross-legged in the depths of the Yuanling Realm.

He sensed that, bathed in the radiance of the Yuanling Realm's world light, it had transformed into an附属 Xiao Lingjie of the True Spirit Great Realm.

Within the Yuanling Realm, Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi surged forth, Dong Tian and Blessed Lands gestated, the heavens grew higher, the earth grew thicker, and the borders expanded and spread.

Chen Daoxuan sensed it briefly but discerned nothing, understanding that his cultivation realm was insufficient and he could not comprehend the mysteries within.

He stilled his mind and focused, beginning to continue refining the Profound Yellow Realm Membrane within the Void True Realm—the embryonic Mountains and Seas Diagram he had initially crafted.

Three years later.

Above the firmament of the Yuanling Realm, a vast Mountain-Sea vision manifested.

Only after nine breaths did this Mountain-Sea vision fade away.

In the depths of the Yuanling Realm, Chen Daoxuan gazed with great joy at the scroll in his hands—the Mountains and Seas Diagram that brimmed with the Aura of a True Treasure, had just weathered its Treasure Tribulation, and now displayed a profound yellow hue.

It was no ordinary True Treasure; barring any mishap, it would also become his Dao-Bearing Artifact, his Dao-Proving Artifact.

After toying with it for a moment, Chen Daoxuan tossed the Xuanhuang Shanhai Diagram in his hands into the air.

It grew with the wind, transforming into a profound yellow celestial curtain, about to merge into the world radiance emanating from the Yuanling Realm.

Chen Daoxuan intended to use this Xuanhuang Shanhai Diagram to guard the Yuanling Realm while also allowing it to be refined and nurtured by the Yuanling Realm.

Because they shared the same origin, the Heavenly Heart Consciousness of the Yuanling Realm felt no rejection toward this Xuanhuang Shanhai Diagram; within mere breaths, they had completely merged.

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