Chapter 269: Mingluo Dayu

Intense pain made Dizu Huangzun unable to help but roar; this was not pain of the flesh, but the agony of a soul being torn apart.

A faint, illusory silhouette of light emerged behind him; it was his soul body, manifested under extreme agony, covered in cracks and with a ferocious expression.

Rip—! A sound like silk being torn appeared, and Dizu Huangzun's soul body was torn open, revealing the transparent True Spirit inside.

A beam of dark blue divine light flew out from the Earth Path Origin, shining upon his True Spirit, instantly dyeing the True Spirit dark blue, with wisps of grayish-white mist rising from its surface.

At the same time, the aura emitted by Dizu Huangzun also began to climb gradually.

Qin Jiang stood to the side, having no intention to intervene; at a time like this, Dizu Huangzun could only rely on himself.

In a certain sense, merging with the Earth Path Origin while in the body of an Immortal Monarch was actually a shortcut.

But heaven and earth are balanced; to gain something, one must pay a price.

If one survives, the sky is high and the sea is wide, and the Immortal King is just outside the door. If one fails, the body dies and the Dao vanishes, henceforth turning into a handful of Mingtud.

He knew this, and Dizu Huangzun knew it as well.

The dark blue, crystalline True Spirit gradually became profound, and the divine light released by the Earth Path Origin became increasingly intense, eventually even igniting dark blue flames.

Dizu Huangzun's True Spirit was also scorched by the flames; under that intense fire, his True Spirit even showed signs of beginning to melt.

This was a very unimaginable thing; as everyone knows, a True Spirit in a manifested state exhibits brittle characteristics.

That is to say, a True Spirit can be destroyed, but it will only be crushed into particles, not melted.

Even if an existence at the peak of the Immortal Monarch realm were to strike, it would at most shatter the enemy's True Spirit into particles, returning them to the nature of heaven and earth.

A long time later, Dizu Huangzun's True Spirit had turned into a mass of dark blue solution, emitting a faint blue light and burning with flames.

He opened his eyes, panting slightly; his vision had become somewhat murky, but he still tried his best to guide the Earth Path Origin to fly toward his True Spirit.

Qin Jiang looked at this mass of True Spirit solution; it was hard to imagine what kind of pain one must endure for a True Spirit to melt into a liquid state.

If it were an ordinary person's True Spirit that had become like this, they would likely have already given up struggling and died amidst the surging pain.

The Earth Path Origin gradually submerged into the True Spirit solution, like the moon falling into the sea.

Wisps of dark blue radiance were released from the melted True Spirit, wrapping around Dizu Huangzun's body like soft feathers.

Qin Jiang looked at those Earth Path laws that resembled feathers; he knew this was the true beginning.

It is unknown how much time passed, but the location where Dizu Huangzun was had been covered by dense, dark blue downy feathers, like a circular blanket, shrouding the surrounding thousand meters.

And Dizu Huangzun had also turned into an oval-shaped feathered egg, the dark blue light-feathers on the surface flickering with a faint glow like breathing.

Click, click-click, click—the sound of a bird egg actually cracking rang out, cracks appeared on the dark blue furry egg, and the blanket-like downy feathers around it gradually withered.

Bang! A bare arm smashed through the eggshell, and the white-as-jade body faintly shimmered with a dark blue hue.

A graceful figure broke through the eggshell and stood up, releasing a dazzling dark blue radiance.

Qin Jiang frowned slightly, his gaze flickering; is this a side effect of the Earth Path Origin? Or is it that a portion of Huangtian Shenmu's will remains within the Earth Path Origin? That shouldn't be.

The dark blue radiance dissipated, revealing the figure inside, draped in a black dragon robe, with a face seven parts similar to the previous Dizu Huangzun, only more feminine.

Dizu Huangzun looked at Qin Jiang, face filled with surprise, "Fellow Daoist, an Immortal King Physique! I have achieved a true Immortal King Physique!"

As he spoke, he directly waved his hand to make a cut, and a bloodstain split open on his palm, circulating with seven-colored divine light. With this Immortal King Physique, he felt a world completely different from when he was an Immortal Monarch.

Within ten years, he would surely be able to trigger the descent of the Immortal King Tribulation! Qin Jiang nodded slightly, "Congratulations, Fellow Daoist, but your body..."

Dizu Huangzun looked a bit puzzled, checked himself, and suddenly realized.

"Fellow Daoist may not know, but my mother was a special creature from the depths of the Hunluan Hai, named Miyin Shuimu, and was a hermaphrodite.

Therefore, I am also one body with two forms; currently, the yin aspect has temporarily suppressed the yang aspect, and it will recover before long."

Speaking of this, he couldn't help but smile; when he was young, he had caused quite a few jokes because of this matter.

Thinking of it now, it has been tens of thousands of years.

"So that's how it is." Qin Jiang nodded slightly; there are no shortage of special creatures between heaven and earth, and being a hermaphrodite is nothing.

Furthermore, the Dizu Dynasty is also an ancient power with a long heritage; regarding bloodlines, they actually do not place much importance on it anymore.

If it were the first few generations, they definitely would not have allowed the blood of an outsider to enter the imperial family.

He raised his hand slightly, and the bronze body of Huangtian Shenmu fell into his hand.

Looking at the bronze statue in his hand, his eyes held some confusion.

Where is the Demon Qi Origin? Back then, Huangtian Shenmu accidentally revived and seized the portion of the Renhuang Enianshen's Demon Qi Origin that belonged to the Difu Yuangi.

Logically speaking, after the Earth Path Origin was stripped away, it should have appeared.

But under his sensing, this was clearly just an empty shell.

After pondering for a moment, he shook his head, and profound Array Patterns rose in his palm, shrouding the bronze statue and turning it into a square, semi-transparent cage.

Flipping his palm, the cage fell into the Mingtud, dropping toward the depths.

Qin Jiang pressed his palms together and, rarely, began to chant an incantation; with him as the center, beams of platinum light spread out along the ground, forming a massive Array Pattern.

Seeing this, Dizu Huangzun directly soared into the air, quietly observing.

For him—no, for everyone who has practiced the Dao of Arrays—this was a supreme opportunity.

Throughout history, how many people have been fortunate enough to witness a Heavenly Monarch of the Dao of Arrays strike with full force? The platinum radiance illuminated his face from time to time, and his feminine face gradually began to look wrong from the initial careful observation.

Watching the Heavenly Arrays covering down layer after layer, he couldn't help but shrink his neck, a chill rising in his heart.

A moment later, having personally watched hundreds of Heavenly Arrays descend, he had already secretly made up his mind that he must never be hostile to Qin Jiang in the future.

So, just how deep is the grudge? One hundred layers! One hundred layers of Heavenly Arrays! Is this to seal Huangtian Shenmu here forever? Those layers of Heavenly Arrays, if taken out individually, are all peerless arrays; even he doesn't know how much effort it would take to break them.

One hundred layers, and they are linked trigger-style; as long as one cannot break all the Heavenly Arrays in a short time, one will experience what despair is.

"Fe-Fellow Daoist, now that the matter here is settled, I... oh, I will head back." He said with a smile, but no matter how one looked at it, it felt somewhat forced.

Qin Jiang looked at him and smiled slightly, "No rush; I have sensed a power reviving within the Mingluo Dayu. Would you like to come with me to take a look, Fellow Daoist?"

(End of chapter)