Chapter 1280: Huangtian Awakens

Activating the source of the Houtu Star Ring outward, for Houtu to walk abroad.

This is the Immortal of Houtu!

At this moment, Huangtian surges!

The illusion of Houtu, with the descent of Seventh Uncle's right hand, goes toward the corpse of the Huangtian God Emperor.

During the descent, radiant brilliant light flashes, repelling all that is alien, and even repelling the upper realm aura.

But it is quite obvious that the source of Houtu, in terms of level, is inferior to the upper realm, so in this mutual interweaving, it is constantly being worn down, yet at the same time as this wearing down, it releases the vast will of Houtu.

This will is the collective intention of all living beings in the entire universe of Houtu, the united thought of those who died in battle in the past.

Upon its release, the aura shocks the heavens and obliterates the eight directions!

Causing Huangtian to roar.

Xu Qing, in midair, gazes upon this scene, and thoughts arise in his heart.

He senses the spirit and vision of the first cultivators who came from Houtu to Huangtian in those years.

They wished to raise Houtu in Huangtian, thereby replacing Huangtian, so that the fruition of cultivators might fully blossom in Huangtian.

But alas... Huangtian is merely a small part of the Ninth Star Ring, and the Ninth Star Ring is only one of the Thirty-Six Star Rings.

The upper realm is the domain of spirits and gods.

With the cultivator system of that time, it was fundamentally impossible to shake it!

Being able to construct Eastern Wanggu was already the limit.

And throughout ancient and modern times, only in the Fifth Star Ring has there been a true upheaval in meaning.

As Xu Qing's thoughts rise and fall, the power of Houtu drawn by Seventh Uncle has completely fallen upon the corpse of the Huangtian God Emperor.

Without interfering with or affecting the worms transformed from Erniu's flesh and blood.

But sinking into it!

From within this corpse, it constantly disintegrates, constantly destroys, making the worms transformed from Erniu easier to devour!

Under this external pressure, the corpse of the Huangtian God Emperor violently trembles, as if the corpse still retains instinct, and upon sensing itself being worn down by such external force, it actually emits a muffled thunder from its chest.

This sound shocks heaven and moves earth.

This is... the divine pulse of the Huangtian God Emperor beating!

At the same time, at the instant this divine pulse beats, the Huangtian world, heaven and earth change color, endless alien substances come from all directions, and moreover, a strong light manifests from the void, gathering toward the corpse.

It seems as if this corpse instinctively wants to absorb all of Huangtian to resist the wearing down of Houtu.

Seeing this, Xu Qing raises his hand and sweeps forward.

Instantly, the void becomes like a water surface, forming ripples, and layer upon layer of spacetime, following the ripples on the water surface, is opened invisibly.

One after another, identical animal hides emerge from within those many spacetimes.

"Zhen!"

Xu Qing speaks calmly.

At the instant his voice transmits, all the animal hides that appeared in the spacetimes instantly ignite, emitting boundless formation power!

This animal hide is named the Four Nine Formation Ban!

It is what Xu Qing obtained from a sovereign cultivator when he first entered the Fifth Star Ring, and after his own research, he discovered that the formation ban recorded on it can be formed in speech.

And if one can cultivate to the final stage, the eruption of the formation ban can be shortened to any two characters!

The reason it is two characters is because the formation divides into yin and yang, the ban into life and death, and cannot be singular.

But with Xu Qing's cultivation, especially with the aid of his special constitution, by the Principle of Maintenance, this originally non-singular formation ban, in this instant, becomes singular.

Becoming a single character!

Upon the utterance of this character, Zhen is naturally formed, it has become rule, it has become tonal law!

Acting upon the corpse of the Huangtian God Emperor, it manifests as the alien substances that originally gathered around this corpse being instantly intercepted by the invisible!

This interception is not a matter of blocking from the outside, but rather... Zhen!

Causing the surging alien substances of Huangtian, under this single character, to be Zhen'd in place!

Making them... unable to flow, unable to be active, unable to gather, and thus naturally unable to affect Erniu's gnawing.

The worms transformed from Erniu become even more excited, frenziedly devouring!

Whether it is Seventh Uncle or Xu Qing, their actions aim to suppress the instinct of the Huangtian God Emperor's corpse, so that Erniu can act more easily.

Otherwise, if they truly sought to annihilate... Seventh Uncle might perhaps not be able to do it, but Xu Qing's strike to extinguish this Huangtian corpse, though not said to be effortless, is as easy as flipping a hand.

And under their suppression, Erniu also exerts all his strength.

Even the remaining head alone fiercely leaps up, falls toward the enormous corpse below, and sinks into the corpse's flesh and blood.

With the integration of the head, the worms transformed from Erniu's flesh undergo an anomaly, actually each splitting apart, causing the number of worms to increase more and more.

At the same time, in this gnawing and splitting, some worms, after devouring to their own limit, actually change form, becoming blue strips of flesh... supplementing the bitten-away parts.

Becoming part of the corpse!

This is replacement!

One-tenth, two-tenths, three-tenths...

Looking around, the blue flesh on the corpse's body expands in range, even the interior rapidly changes.

Gradually reaching four-tenths!

Erniu's excitement also reaches its peak.

Finally, it reaches five-tenths!

Half of the corpse's entire flesh, whether inside or outside, has been replaced by the worms' transformed flesh, all turning blue.

Especially the left arm, which seems to be the source, on its blue skin, ice crystals have formed.

About to spread.

But just then, Seventh Uncle's eyes flashed with a strange light, and Xu Qing narrowed his eyes……

Anomaly, sudden rise!

A faint thread of light suddenly appeared on the chest of the corpse of the Celestial Emperor of Radiant Heaven, flashing briefly!

Then a primordial aura surged up, shocking the heavens!

Terrifying divine might accompanied the aura's eruption, rising upon the corpse and filling heaven and earth.

The firmament changed color!

From the chest came the intense sound of divine pulse fluctuations, louder than before, reverberating outward.

And in the Radiant Heaven world, the myriad strands of foreign matter that Xu Qing had suppressed now all emitted extreme struggle, constantly twisting, as if trying to break free.

Triggering the earth's roar.

Along with it came the ancient murmuring divine sound, echoing in all directions.

"The Sea of Divine Blood is a special place."

"Gathering remnants in a special way."

"The rootless spirits serve as special guides."

"Only thus can the return be initiated."

As the divine sound, carrying the weight of ages, rang out, a strong sense of return erupted from the divine emperor's corpse like a tidal wave!

The entire Radiant Heaven trembled.

Some temples not yet destroyed by Zhou Zhengli and others, in this heavenly and earthly tremor, saw their divine statues all kneel in worship.

A low sound came from their mouths.

"My Emperor awakens!"

"My Emperor awakens!!"

This sound grew louder and louder, soon becoming a heavenly tone, like a great bell's echo, while simultaneously, countless light cones pierced out from the wound where the divine emperor's severed head had been.

Thirty-six in total!

The moment they intertwined, they formed a visible face!

That face, in Seventh Uncle's eyes, was the one he had seen back then.

And in the next instant, that face he could never forget, with closed eyes, suddenly opened!

Holy golden light spread from the eyes, dyeing heaven and earth gold.

The Divine Emperor, awakened!

Borrowing Chen Erniu's return.

With a special place, a special method, a special guide, its return ritual was completed!

Moreover, at the moment of awakening, on its chest, that originally faint thread of light……suddenly surged!

Seven-colored radiance flowed within, endless mystery rising within.

This light is precisely the source light worshipped by the Radiant Heaven Divine Race!

It was formless, seemingly dissipated with the Radiant Heaven Divine Emperor's seal, but now……at this moment of the Radiant Heaven Divine Emperor's return, it seemed to have gained rebirth, finally reappearing, shining forth!

Moreover, as this source light blazed, on the Radiant Heaven Divine Emperor's body, the half originally replaced by Chen Erniu's flesh and blood now showed signs of melting away!

Its momentum fierce, the blue on its body visibly faded to the naked eye.

Even the last left arm seemed about to be wiped clean of color.

But just then……Chen Erniu transmitted a frenzied divine thought from the Radiant Heaven Divine Emperor's left arm, suddenly bursting forth!

"You schemed against me, I too am scheming against you!"

"Old god-head, I originally devoured you to obtain your divine source, to strengthen myself, to help the old man."

"But now, the crisis in Eastern Wanggu is resolved, and I still wish to devour you, for your light!"

"Your race worships that light—since little Ah Qing can absorb it, it must benefit him."

"What is that seeking brightness to the goddess? As senior brother, I will take your race's light as a gift for little Ah Qing!"

These divine thoughts, in an instant, spread out, their madness carrying Chen Erniu's usual desperate resolve.

In that moment, he actually controlled the Radiant Heaven Divine Emperor's left hand, viciously stabbing into the chest, grasping within the flesh that mysterious and ancient light source.

Then outward……

He pulled it out!

Holding it high, he fiercely hurled it toward Xu Qing!

"Little Ah Qing, take it!"

"Then……come save me quick!!"

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