Chapter 246: God Who Governs the Ocean and the Sky

Wu Renchen's "Extensive Annotations" quotes the "Commentary on the Strange Fish Diagram": "The fish of He Luo has ten bodies in one head; it transforms into a bird named Xiu Jiu; it steals grain in the mortar, injures and falls in the pestle; at night it flies trailing sound, and the sound of the mortar rushes."

The He Luo deity, having taken the form of the giant bird Xiu Jiu, grew even more Frenzied, as if this transformation made it extremely angry, seemingly having completely lost its reason.

He Luo shook its wings, and with the sky's violent roar, a wall of white mist made of snow and shockwaves descended rapidly from above.

Its massive scope nearly covered the entire Imperial City.

The white‑mist wall moved extremely fast; without any preparation, the whole Imperial City was buried by the white snow.

"What on earth is this thing?"

Mu Yi's expression turned grim; this utterly undefendable power was suffocating.

He could clearly sense that the white snow was not merely parasitic seeds as before, but parasitic beings akin to living organisms.

Besides the visible white snow, countless microscopic parasitic entities invisible to the naked eye floated, and the Great Army Cloud was being absorbed by them.

Mu Yi felt the Great Army's gathered cloud energy thinning at a terrifying rate; once stripped of its cloud, the army would instantly be forced to fragment and suffer a crushing defeat in direct combat.

But he had no time to linger; another disturbance erupted in the sky.

"Boom!!!"

A massive air cannon radiating destructive aura struck the ground directly ahead of them!

In the next instant, the compressed air twisted within exploded outward at a world‑shattering speed!

"Immovable as a mountain!"

Mu Yi instantly raised a cloud defense, yet his ears still tingled from the massive sound wave.

The old monk, unshielded by cloud, instantly lost all hearing; the powerful pressure from the air cannon's blast tore through his eardrums!

Then he completely lost any perception of the outside world…

Seeing the old monk—almost a boss—protected by relics turned into a blood mist by the air‑cannon‑like blast, Mu Yi felt an instant chill down his spine.

If struck by such a weapon, no one could survive intact; they'd dissolve into blood mist like the old monk, vanishing into heaven and earth.

He could not let the enemy continue, so Mu Yi made a decision.

The enemy's attack cloud could be defended against, but the ubiquitous parasites kept draining the cloud continuously; once the cloud was depleted to a certain level—

—only a merciless shattering awaited them.

Now that it has come to this, a desperate gamble!

"Cloud Chain!"

Resolute, Mu Yi immediately commanded the cloud above the Great Army's heads to bind the giant bird soaring in the heavens.

"Crack..."

The giant bird snapped the cloud chains off its body in an instant, but Mu Yi had never expected to capture it in a single strike.

The freed chains, suspended in midair, were twisted by Mu Yi with the Great Army's will, transforming into a Heavenly Net Earth Net that enveloped the giant bird.

"Woof!"

After a bark‑like "Woof!", a sound like torn fabric rang out, and the giant bird broke free again.

Yet merely entangling the foe for a moment already fulfilled Mu Yi's purpose.

The instant the He Luo giant bird shed its restraints, Mu Yi appeared before He Luo.

There was only one chance; the opponent was no mindless fool and would not grant another.

Mu Yi closed his eyes, and under the full burst of his will, the forcibly gathered cloud boiled like a cauldron!

Through Transcendent perception, He Luo's entire form was fully displayed within his sea of consciousness.

Know the enemy, master oneself, dissect the enemy's core…

Mu Yi's closed eyes radiated endless golden light; deprived of sight, his Thousand‑mile Eye, powered by Transcendent perception, revealed its full form.

Suddenly, Mu Yi saw a lighthouse standing in pitch‑dark night, its beam pointing to the core within He Luo's body.

All the power absorbed by the ubiquitous parasites between heaven and earth converged at this spot.

Mu Yi understood that this must be He Luo's fatal point.

Everything has a weakness; even elemental beings possess an elemental core, and powerful creatures always have a relatively pure and stable part to house their will.

That part could be its brain, its heart, a single scale, or any trivial component of its massive body.

But to maintain relative purity and stability, the choice becomes comparatively narrow.

Most beings rely on Instinct and almost always choose the heart as the source of power; the He Luo that transformed into Xiu Jiu was no exception.

Mu Yi was unsure what would happen after shattering this core, but guided by his will's intuitive warning, he instinctively identified the core within He Luo as his target for the desperate strike.

He had only one chance, so there was no room for choice or hesitation.

Thus, in the end, Mu Yi entrusted the decision to his intuition…

In an instant, the not‑yet‑fully‑restored Six Paths Barrier unfolded.

Mu Yi shoved a portion of the perfect restorative broth into his mouth; Inner Qi began to drive digestion, and he poured all his power into his body.

"Plop..."

"Plop..."

"Plop..."

—Time Confusion— Tenfold Speed

In an instant, Mu Yi's thoughts stretched; the whole world slowed within his sight, and he could clearly see the Frenzy in He Luo's eyes.

Mu Yi's will began to ascend, like an erupting volcano; after a brief, suppressed calm, the massive power burst forth instantly.

Body and will were like being tossed into a powder keg, suddenly exploding with life's hottest radiance amid the raging sparks!

Terrifying blue veins erupted across Mu Yi's surface; every cell burned under pure will!

Accompanied by boundless pain, what followed was… boundless power.

Mu Yi forced all the Great Army's cloud energy into his body; the overwhelming power even began to tear his own structure apart.

The rationality of the He Luo Deity partially returned amid a pain warning that felt as solid as matter.

"Just a worm!"

The He Luo Deity realized that it had survived under the seal for years; breaking free now might not truly allow it to directly destroy the world as it wishes.

Calamity?

The He Luo Deity seemed to see the myriad gods and Buddhas who originally sealed it, and also the ancient great deities and the Jiuzhou Emperor who once fought the flood.

It was born in antiquity, originating in Da Yu's flood‑control era, and was originally just a He Luo Fish.

Da Yu's flood control changed "blocking" into "unblocking."

While unblocking the flood, the He Luo Fish rode the torrent into the void, was swept by a temporal‑spatial vortex into this world, and seized control of the seas, becoming the Ocean God.

Yet after becoming a deity, he should have governed the four seas, protected countless marine beings, and enjoyed a blessed realm, but his nature was brutal: he devoured the seas and raised massive waves intending to recreate the world‑ending flood.

The gods of the Heavenly Court assisted the Dragon Emperor in sealing it, and it lay dormant for centuries.

"Is this the fallback you left behind?"

A sky full of gods and Buddhas seemed to appear before the He Luo Deity, but its gaze pierced the void where no gods, Buddhas, or immortals remained—only an empty, desolate expanse.

"The world will end, and anyone who hinders me will be destroyed!"

The He Luo Deity's eyes burst with azure divine light; at the moment Mu Yi ascended, it opened its massive mouth to strike back.

In that instant, a tremendous roar—ungraspable by ordinary beings—seemed poised to turn into a surging torrent.

But the next second, the He Luo Deity felt its power slip out of control, its will beginning to slow.

"No…"

When excruciating pain shot through its body, it finally realized what had happened.

——Reincarnation Void‑Eradication Slash

Although Mu Yi held no blade, a sword resided in his heart, and the surging power formed an invisible blade.

In a heartbeat, the He Luo Deity's body was sliced.

Space seemed to solidify, and the next moment the terrifying distortion spread from the He Luo Deity's body up into the heavens.

"No…"

The He Luo Deity's lingering resentment churned in its mind, and it sensed the core of its will, hidden within its husk, emit a shattering sound!

"Clack… scratch…"

The He Luo Deity's will‑core shattered!

That was the core where the He Luo Deity gathered the authority of sea and sky; once it drowned the earth and seized terrestrial authority, it would possess the dominion of sea, land, and air.

At that point, the He Luo Deity could fully rely on the fusion of the three authorities to ascend to a higher existence, even enough to live within the void.

"Roar!"

The pain of its body being cut was nothing compared to the damage to its core.

Its immense vitality allowed the bisected He Luo Deity to heal almost instantly.

But the shattered core inflicted wounds beyond the body.

The He Luo Deity fell from the heavens, crashing hard onto the ground; having lost the authority of the sky, it could no longer fly.

Even during the fall, its Xiu Jiu form began to regress, its power waning; having lost the sky's authority, it could no longer sustain the Xiu Jiu giant‑bird shape.

The He Luo Deity crashed onto the earth, crushing a large swath of buildings.

Mu Yi also fell from the heavens, and Lily used Feather‑Fall Technique to safely return Mu Yi to the ground.

"It's successful; now it should be at its weakest!" Mu Yi felt utterly drained; the previous strike had emptied him completely.

It was a decisive act of burning all his power to ash, turning it into nourishment, and a fanatical concentration of all his will into a single point.

The He Luo Deity first suffered targeted attacks; the Classic of Mountains and Seas records that the He Luo Fish fears thunder, so the Buddhist Sect employed the Holy Might Furious Thunder Celestial Lord, destroying the three crowns atop the He Luo Deity.

Mu Yi and his allies, with the aid of Bi An's own will, killed Bi An and seized most of the He Luo Deity's soul power.

The old monk's Six‑Word Great Brightness Mantra forced the He Luo Deity to tap its Xiu Jiu power; even after successive grievous wounds, it could no longer control that force.

Now, with its will‑core shattered, the He Luo Deity is utterly at a dead end.

Its essence, spirit, and vitality are severely damaged; the broken core has lost the sky's authority, and now it stands on the earth, eighty‑thousand li from the sea, truly cornered.

"Kill!"

No superfluous words; everyone understood that the final life‑or‑death clash had arrived.

"You ants!"

The He Luo Deity roared, the dragon‑vein power radiating through its body, a divine dragon coiling around it, exuding boundless majesty.

"Dragon‑Annihilating Break!"

A flash of silvery light streaked by, and La Ge Na, long dormant, finally found the perfect moment to strike.

The near‑rhythmic Dragon‑Annihilating force transformed into silvery radiance, piercing the protective dragon‑vein shield.

The once proud dragon‑vein power had its neck severed by the silvery glow, becoming a headless dragon.

The previously imposing divine‑dragon illusion vanished instantly.

A smile appeared on La Ge Na's face; at last he had done his part, making the journey worthwhile.

This time he truly witnessed the power of Legend's glory, more tangible than any rumor, and it showed La Ge Na how to confront the Legend Dragon later.

With a smile, La Ge Na was engulfed by a shroud of shadow; a raging, tail‑shaped tentacle smashed him into pulp.

"Ailianna, go hold it back!"

Lily glanced at the weakened Mu Yi and slowly said to the nearby Ailianna, "I need to prepare a spell ritual to destroy it!"

A surge of powerful mental energy erupted!

Lilyanna consecutively activated several pieces of gear, simultaneously applying protective energy fields, elemental energy shielding, spell reversal, and other defenses.

She also produced a finely crafted ring; after activating its engraved runes, the gem dimmed, and another protective field—unreadable to Mu Yi—enveloped her.

Seen through Mu Yi's eyes, this protection is almost watertight; even a Legend would need some time to break it.

She glanced at Mu Yi again; the uneasy Lilyanna took out another ring and tossed it to Mu Yi, and a protective force field enveloped him.

Ailianna did not hesitate at all; she drew her weapon and lunged toward He Luo Shen.

On the shattered battlefield, the Asura army and the elite army surged forward one after another toward He Luo Shen, dodging no attacks, using their lives to hold him back.

He Luo Shen strained his body, once again feeling the threat of death, the source of which was Lilyanna, who was preparing a spell.

Lilyanna began chanting the incantation, but no sound came from her mouth!

—"Silent spell!"

A mage's 'Super Magic Specialty' can raise a spell by one level and release it silently.

Moreover, Mu Yi could sense additional power fluctuations: combat casting, spell potency, extreme potency, spell penetration… a series of basic super magic specialties flickered on Lily.