Chapter 288: The Most Ferocious and Evil (4K)

The Emperor Jingwu's eyes gleamed with light, and he could not help but clasp his hands and say.

"Please, Immortal, save this Emperor!"

Emperor Jingwu was originally extremely strong, but after being tormented by malignant sores for half a month, he felt he could not rest or eat day or night.

That he had not yet collapsed was truly due to his exceptional character.

Upon hearing this, Daoist Jingming also slightly relaxed his breath.

Zhang Jian pondered slightly, then said: "I will first help Your Majesty dispel this malignant sore!"

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As he raised his hand, a stream of light intertwined and took shape in his palm.

This was the Five-Form State Altar King Cauldron.

Only a layer of crimson light fell, and in an instant, Emperor Jingwu's expression froze, then he seemed to stand dazed in place.

Around him, two thick dragon energies coiled faintly, forming a dragon shape, and a burst of starlight erupted, as if to repel the Five-Form State Altar King Cauldron, while also seeking to devour people.

Daoist Jingming watched this scene, his expression solemn, and simultaneously felt a strong sense of danger and menace.

The Emperor's body bears the Emperor's Destiny, which makes the Emperor's body invulnerable to all laws, but if he contracts a serious illness, using magical methods also struggles to produce effective treatment.

To save Emperor Jingwu, one must first suppress his Emperor's Destiny.

The dragon form and stellar omen are precisely the Emperor's Destiny.

However, the Emperor's Destiny cannot be suppressed by ordinary cultivators.

Even a Primordial Spirit True Person cannot withstand the backlash of the Nation's Fortune Dragon Energy.

But as the Tongshan Dao Lineage inherits the Sage King Dao Lineage, it should have a corresponding method to temporarily suppress the Emperor's Destiny.

At this moment, Daoist Jingming's gaze fell upon this substantialized treasure cauldron of reddish-copper texture.

It possesses a grand and solemn power; the substantialized reddish-copper radiance bursts forth, and indeed, the dragon energy circulating around Emperor Jingwu's body gradually came under suppression, even to the point of control?

At this moment, Zhang Jian employed the method from the "King Cauldron Subduing Demon Secret Record," visualizing the Five-Form State Altar King Cauldron.

Using this as a basis, he communicated with the true body of the State Altar King Cauldron in the unseen void.

This method is similar to the Spirit Mountain Seal displayed by the Magic Buddha Kāśyapa.

Both rely on external power.

One draws upon the divine power of the Buddha of Infinite Wisdom.

The other draws upon the Sage King's supreme treasure, the State Altar King Cauldron.

Zhang Jian, using the State Altar King Cauldron corresponding to the Yin Spirit level, summoned a portion of its power, which was sufficient to suppress the Emperor's Destiny.

If this truly fails, Zhang Jian still has other methods.

He himself also bears the Emperor's Destiny, and has successfully condensed the State Altar Emperor's Seal, likewise able to control State Altar authority, fully capable of setting up the Mountains and Rivers State Altar Diagram to establish a mountain-river boundary, briefly severing Emperor Jingwu's connection to the Dragon Vein, and applying a marvelous method.

Of course, the most wonderful part is: his spellcasting will not be doubted by other Primordial Spirit True Persons of the Great Qian realm as possessing a similar Emperor's Destiny.

They will only consider this to be the profound mystery of the Sage King Dao Arts.

At this moment, Daoist Jingming indeed produced this very illusion.

After the Five-Form State Altar King Cauldron condensed into form, gazing upon its reddish-copper texture, with the cauldron walls covered in sun, moon, and stars, the Mountains and Rivers State Altar's mysterious cauldron, he, unaware of the details, could not help but feel admiration.

"What a profoundly mysterious technique?"

When this grand king cauldron was made substantial through the virtual, it seemed as if the void law realm had opened, and from the depths of unknown mountains and rivers, a grand divine light was drawn in; this grand divine power merged into the Five-Form State Altar King Cauldron, making the cauldron appear substantial, and the light it emitted caused countless dragon-shaped dragon energies around the palace to stagnate.

Such power is truly grand.

Daoist Jingming had never seen such a change before.

And in the dark, several powerful Primordial Spirit divine senses also watched this scene, with several figures' faces trembling.

"Is the Sage King Dao Lineage truly this profound?"

In the depths of the high tower, a figure of grand stature, surrounded by thick killing intent, had eyes gleaming with light.

Enabling the Great Qian Emperor to ascend to the human sovereign's ninth-five position, this is also their goal after centuries of plotting.

The Emperor cannot achieve longevity.

But the ancient Sage Kings could achieve longevity.

Even if unable to achieve a longevity dynasty, after abdication they could still establish the Sage King Dao Lineage, or the Sage King Clan, to dominate the age, sitting in observation of success and failure.

The Dao Arts displayed by the "Five Dragons" before everyone's eyes appeared to be a ready-made Dao profession.

Zhang Jian, however, remained expressionless.

As he focused his mind, the Five-Form State Altar King Cauldron transformed into a state altar seal, which he cast as a technique, embedding it deep into Emperor Jingwu's brow, gradually suppressing his Emperor's Destiny.

At this moment, through the intervention of the Five-Form State Altar King Cauldron's power, the Emperor's Destiny within Emperor Jingwu's Life Palace also became exposed.

At this moment, within his Life Palace, there were indeed two types of Emperor's Destiny.

Specifically, the Emperor Purple Destiny and the Purple Micro Star Destiny.

The True Monarch Slaying Demons once pointed out to him that in the vast heavens and earth, there are nine types of Emperor's Destiny with the greatest fame and also the most common.

Specifically, the Emperor Purple Nature, Heaven's Sun Manifestation, Purple Micro Star Destiny, Devouring Mountains and Rivers, Five Virtues True Lord, State Altar Lord, Supreme Sage Destiny, Human Sovereign's Destiny, and Nine Dragon Destiny.

Among them, the Emperor Purple Destiny is the most fundamental Emperor's Destiny; most emperors will condense the Emperor Purple Destiny, while only a few merely possess partial Purple Micro Imperial Energy.

Next is the highly representative Heaven's Sun Manifestation, Purple Micro Star Destiny, Devouring Mountains and Rivers, which only enlightened rulers or heroic lords will possess.

Then the Five Virtues True Lord, State Altar Lord, and Supreme Sage Destiny are comparatively rare, belonging to the one emperor of all ages, and even to the holy sovereign emperor who hopes to attain the Human Sovereign.

Lastly, the Human Sovereign's Destiny and Nine Dragon Destiny are the destinies possessed only by ancient Sage Kings.

As for his Mountain-Suppressing River-Sealing Cauldron, it belongs to the unconventional Emperor's Destiny.

Only under special circumstances will it arise in response to fate.

Besides the Emperor Purple Destiny, Emperor Jingwu also possesses the Purple Micro Star Destiny, clearly indicating he is a ruler of achievement.

The two destinies' Purple Micro Imperial Energy is grand; as the State Altar King Cauldron's suppression takes effect, these two Emperor's Destinies have rebounded, and Zhang Jian heard from outside the sound of the Nation's Fortune Dragon Soul seizing souls, which was truly shocking and heart-stirring.

But this national fortune dragon qi was suppressed by the National Guardian True Person deep in Eastern Mausoleum.

Otherwise he would probably have trouble.

The State Altar King Cauldron sealed two kinds of Son of Heaven fate patterns, and Zhang Jian's eyes instantly burst forth with vast spiritual light, at this moment a hint of sigh appeared in his eyes.

It's a pity he never cultivated child-class techniques, otherwise it would be much more convenient now.

The imperial purple qi within the Emperor Wu's Son of Heaven Palace, the Ziwei imperial qi to some extent interferes with his Yang Spirit divine sense, preventing him from determining the location of the wound where his soul suffered backlash.

But Zhang Jian also has his own method.

His substantiated Yang Spirit divine sense is exceptionally sharp, and he can still barely sense something.

He used the State Altar Subduing Demons Marvelous Method, slightly stirring the evil dragon's killing qi, and thus accurately locked onto the position.

"State Altar Barrier!"

At this moment Zhang Jian slightly mobilized a thread of power from the Mountains Rivers State Altar Diagram, instantly tearing apart this void in the Ziwei Palace, this action immediately caused several divine senses within the imperial city to tense up.

Streams of divine sense instantly locked onto the surrounding void, to prevent Zhang Jian from 'escaping'!

Zhang Jian felt the changes outside, his expression unmoved.

He merely used the Mountains Rivers State Altar Diagram to temporarily isolate the divine sense probing of these National Guardian Primordial Spirit True Persons, so as to better display the Righteous and Vast Fire, helping Emperor Wu remove the malignant ulcer deep in his soul.

Only this Righteous and Vast Fire, this utmost yang and utmost rigid mysterious flame, can refine the utmost yin and utmost evil, utmost vicious backlash malignant ulcer!

But the Righteous and Vast Fire cannot be exposed, so he used the Mountains Rivers State Altar Diagram.

As Zhang Jian extended his hand, at this moment the Righteous and Vast Fire transformed into Righteous and Vast Qi flowing into Emperor Wu's body, threads of bright flames continuously refining the malignant ulcer on his back.

At this moment the emperor closed his eyes, feeling warm all over.

Normally he dared not sleep, nor could he lie flat; each time he fell asleep, he felt as if he had sunk into a pitch-black, icy Avici Hell, countless vengeful ghosts of past dynasties in the darkness demanding his life, tearing and biting, heart-stopping.

But today he felt warm all over, and in his dream was a expanse of brightness.

Shortly after, he actually fell into a drowsy sleep.

The raised malignant ulcer on his back gradually flattened, slowly burning away completely in the bright flames.

Only a patch of purplish-black scar remained.

"Should I plant some secret restraints?"

Gazing at the soon-to-be-fully-recovered Emperor Wu, Zhang Jian had this thought flash through his mind.

But Zhang Jian thought it over and still discarded this notion, he withdrew his palm.

It's not that he couldn't bring himself to do it.

But it's unnecessary.

After planting secret hands, he couldn't guarantee he wouldn't be seen by other National Guardian True Persons of Great Qian.

Moreover, the Eastern Mausoleum dragon veins are broken into that state.

The dragon vein backlash remains unresolved, Emperor Wu will continuously suffer subsequent backlash, his lifespan is destined not to be long.

Why add superfluous things?

After the Righteous and Vast Fire burned away the deep-seated malignant ulcer in Emperor Wu, Zhang Jian waved his hand and withdrew the Mountains Rivers State Altar Diagram surrounding him.

Beside him, the Pure Bright Daoist was waiting.

At this moment he was slightly worried.

Although this 'Five Dragons' True Person comes from the Tung Mountain Sage King Dao lineage and should not act recklessly, he still has some concerns.

At this moment seeing the Mountains Rivers State Altar Diagram withdrawn, his gaze froze for a moment, then fell upon the bed, upon the sleeping Emperor Wu.

Emperor Wu at this moment lay flat asleep.

On the dragon couch, exceptionally fragrant and sweet.

At this moment the 'Five Dragons' True Person had a calm visage, stepped forward from the middle, his expression indifferent, his figure passing before the Pure Bright Daoist, his steps slightly paused, and he said lightly.

"The malignant ulcer on the emperor's body, this seat has already cured, you may inspect one or two!"

"As for the 'pollution' deep in the dragon veins, this seat needs to study one or two!"

His figure like a cloud, in an instant he left the Ziwei Palace, arriving outside the Ziwei Palace.

And at this moment in the dark, several other figures saw this scene, their expressions strange, all waiting for the Pure Bright Daoist's investigation.

The Pure Bright Daoist's inspection did not last long, and soon news came out.

Deep in the imperial palace, at this moment the Yellow Crane True Person stood respectfully before a figure wearing a plain white Daoist robe, embroidered on the robe with countless farming, sun, moon, and dragon patterns.

"Senior, after Pure Bright Martial Nephew's investigation, the symptoms of the evil force malignant ulcer on the emperor's body have disappeared, the soul injury has been healed, however the emperor's body is thick with dragon qi, whether it was left with a secret hand by the Tung Mountain Dao lineage remains unknown, needs the senior to personally investigate!"

This high-crowned figure at this moment had a calm visage, deep eyes, within which seemed to reflect the boundless mysteries of heaven and earth.

Hearing this, he nodded slightly.

"Well, this lord is also quite curious about the transmission of the Sage King Dao lineage, just wanting to unravel the mystery!"

He rose to his full height, lifted his foot and stood up, yet like an ordinary person walking toward the Ziwei Palace, but wherever he passed seemed to walk through another void entirely, numerous palace maids, dark sentries, cultivators, even numerous gods, seemed to completely ignore his presence.

Only when approaching the Ziwei Palace did his gaze slightly move, looking toward one direction, only to see the 'Five Dragons' True Person's bright, indifferent gaze exactly meeting his.

The two figures locked eyes for just a moment, and even in that instant they could sense that the other was far from ordinary.

"This old man is..."

Zhang Jian gazed at this figure before him, wearing splendid robes, resembling a heavenly emperor's noble stomach in appearance, his face showing astonishment.

At this moment he felt a surge of intense heart-throbbing.

Since he attained Yang Spirit, this was the first time he had such a feeling.

If an ordinary Primordial Spirit True Person could hardly make him produce such an omen, only some extremely powerful existences could make him produce such a Dao-heart omen.

"Is it the hidden strong person of Great Qian deep in Eastern Mausoleum, the one who has been secretly watching in the dark, finally showing his face?"

In the depths of Zhang Jian's eyes rippled waves, while in his heart he was guessing the identity of this stranger before him.

At this moment in his eyes, the other was merely an ordinary old man, showing no trace of magical power.

"This Tongshan Dao Tong's primordial spirit is quite extraordinary?"

The old man merely glanced, and a similarly profound sensation arose in his heart.

The primordial spirit true person before him, known as 'Wulong', has an exceptionally fierce primordial spirit.

His eyes showed some surprise, a flicker of interest passing through his gaze, but upon considering the other's origin, he immediately suppressed that thought.

The other party is a primordial spirit of the Tongshan Dao Tong, indeed not to be provoked lightly.

……

Inside the Ziwei Hall, the old man pressed one hand against Emperor Jingwu's brow, and a magnificent divine light circulated around his body, while a blood-red, ferocious light also circulated around him; shortly thereafter, he actually suppressed the two layers of imperial destiny radiance emanating from deep within Emperor Jingwu's brow, and likewise easily tore apart the void.

In a moment, he had probed Emperor Jingwu's entire body.

Huanghe True Person stood nearby; after ten or so breaths, the old man slowly rose to his feet.

Emperor Jingwu's body showed no abnormalities.

Seeing his expression, Huanghe True Person couldn't help but remark in surprise.

"It seems this Daoist friend Wulong is indeed a 'sincere and honest' person!"

The old man, however, furrowed his brow, with some surprise in his eyes.

"The secret techniques and transmissions of these Shengwang Dao Tong are far more exquisite than I imagined; alas, I could not perceive their profundity!"

The old man's eyes held some ripples.

Compared to healing Emperor Jingwu himself, the profundity of the Shengwang Dao itself was even more alluring to him.

A hint of hesitation flickered in his eyes.

……

Deep in Dongling

Zhang Jian stood before the Dongling dragon vein, gazing at the countless dragon qi flowing through the Great Qian's central hub, with a hint of ripples in his eyes.

The dragon vein qi before him was magnificent and surging, but he noticed that many strands of dragon vein qi had completely converged toward one direction, yet that region was entirely enveloped by a magnificent and vast sword intent, clearly making it impossible to probe.

That should be the hidden secret of the Great Qian.

Even though the magnificent sword intent was concealed, Zhang Jian could still feel a deep-layered chill from the depths of the dragon vein.

As if every inch of his skin emitted a trembling sensation.

Something extremely terrifying is hidden deep within this dragon vein.

Zhang Jian felt that this thing's ferocity even surpassed that of the Slaying Demon True Lord's Slaying Demon and Exterminating Immortals Sword.

The Slaying Demon True Lord's Slaying Demon and Exterminating Immortals Sword is famed as the most vicious and evil of all magical swords in the cultivation world.

But the ferocity of this thing is even more fierce!

"What exactly is this thing?"

Zhang Jian also felt a restless urge to try.

But he quickly suppressed this suicidal thought!

With the 'Ancestors' mighty thigh to cling to, he had no need to take such a perilous risk!

Moreover, he had already achieved many of his purposes in treating Emperor Jingwu this time—such as probing the dragon vein's reality, the dynasty's fate, and whether there were any other secrets hidden deep in the dragon vein!

There was no need to continue adventuring!