Chapter 293: Zhou Tian

Jiu Lian Commandery

In the Zheng Prince's manor, Zheng Princess Consort Liu Xin, dressed in palace attire, also gazed toward the direction of Haojing City.

Deep in her eyes, divine light flowed and shifted, as if she had cultivated a special child-type technique.

She glanced again at the omen in the depths of the heavens that had not yet fully dissipated.

In the omen of the second day, no matter how she looked, it had nothing to do with the Zheng Prince.

Although the Zheng Prince was intelligent and patient, in Liu Xin's eyes he also possessed great talent and ambition.

But the Zheng Prince Wei Chi's great talent and ambition met with the Emperor Jingwu's shrewdness and competence, yet he had not the slightest chance.

Now the Zheng Prince had not yet completed his accumulation, while a powerful enemy had already appeared—this also caused Liu Xin to frown slightly.

Immediately she glanced again toward the direction of Haojing City.

"Such a rare treasure, with my cultivation I cannot ultimately enjoy it alone—it seems I still need the Holy Mother to act!"

Within Dongling, the hidden murderous radiance was also sensed by the Holy Maiden Jinyin.

A hint of sigh appeared in her eyes; she had originally wanted to plan slowly, but the manifestation of the treasure's radiance was imminent, and its formation was likely near.

She feared other major powers had also noticed and would not let the opportunity pass.

……

Deep within the Great Qian Dragon Vein.

Tian Gang Zhenren gazed at the surging, raging fluctuations of the dragon vein's dragon qi; at this moment, with a tremendous roar, a vast and murderous qi surged up from deep underground, as if ancient gods and demons had been reborn.

That primordial, savage, domineering power—even facing it, Tian Gang Zhenren felt his primordial spirit deep within seemed to glow with red light.

But just then, the stone statues around the Qitian Bureau suddenly burst forth with pure heavenly sounds, thread after thread of pure divine light shot into the sky, blocking part of the murderous qi.

Seeing this, Tian Gang Zhenren slightly relaxed and let out a breath.

The 'thing' deep in the dragon vein was too ferocious; even with his constitution, he could barely withstand it.

Merely gazing at the murderous qi shooting into the sky, Tian Gang Zhenren also knew the situation had become serious.

The lid could no longer be kept on.

When the supreme treasure emerges, a great war will inevitably follow.

I do not know whether that senior can withstand the pressure and uphold the wind-and-tossed grand situation.

……

Guan Tian Terrace, inside the Zhenyao Pagoda

At this moment, on the eleventh floor, the always mad and crazy Daoist, hanging upside down from the pagoda's top, suddenly stopped his murmuring; his frenzied, confused expression instantly turned into extreme clarity and indifference, as a vast and wondrous power flowed from his body, and some strange abilities flowed out, causing the Zhenyao Pagoda to roar and tremble.

Such an omen immediately startled the many demon kings within the Zhenyao Pagoda.

The majestic spiritual pressure flowed along the pagoda walls, and the many demon kings also felt their hearts shaken.

"This mad Daoist's strength is truly unfathomable!"

"I don't know what his origin is, but his aura seems somewhat non-human..."

On the tenth floor, Mo Fo Jia Ye opened his eyes, and he also felt a sudden surge of passionate impulse in his heart.

A thread of arrogance appeared in his eyes, and he faintly felt that the opportunity to emerge into the world was approaching.

While deep in the twelfth floor, a yin-cold, icy force also surged in darkness, ancient and violent.

The demons stirred!

……

In the interior of Bei Chu, at the edge of the two-worlds region, there lies a vast forbidden land here.

It is a place filled with immeasurable blood light, as if a vast blood river flows out from an underground cavern, trickling like a stream from the dark depths, winding around the surrounding vast mountains and basins, forming a strange, cold, blood river.

Along the blood river, countless cultivators of the Blood Shadow Demon Sect each occupy a mountain peak, or a basin, or hills, drawing essence blood from the river to cultivate the Blood Shadow Demon Sect's techniques, or to forge magical tools and treasures.

This is the renowned Nether Blood River.

Its foundation seems to lie in the void law realm of this position; part of the heaven and earth that has cultivated a blood river primordial spirit—those demonic ancestors can draw down the blood river's descent, while they themselves are also part of the Nether Blood River.

This is a very strange ability.

Tuo Ba Zhen Wu descended as a blazing meteor, his voice reaching deep into the blood river from afar.

"Bei Chu's Tuo Ba Zhen Wu seeks audience—may the Holy Ancestor please grant permission!"

Around the blood river, as Tuo Ba Zhen Wu's presence took effect, thick demonic light shot into the sky, and in a moment it surrounded Tuo Ba Zhen Wu.

At this moment, a lovely-faced demoness, her body entwined with countless blood-red demon flames, stepped forward from the crowd of Blood Shadow Demon Sect disciples, gazing at the mighty figure radiating dense imperial dragon qi, a hint of wariness appeared in her eyes; her voice was soft and alluring, she spoke in a deep, gloomy tone.

"Tuo Ba Tai Shi, this is the Blood Shadow Demon Sect, not your Bei Chu—do you think you can come and go freely here?"

Her face was alluring, her eyes glowed with strange light, and she was about to advance and entangle him; Tuo Ba Zhen Wu's expression sank, his vast dragon qi flowed out, domineering spiritual force burst forth, and in an instant he shook the demoness away; he simultaneously gazed into the depths of the blood river, his eyes seeming to pierce through layers of blood river mist, falling into a vast void law realm.

"Holy Lord, I have brought a great benefit to your door—please manifest and meet me!"

"This matter also concerns the grand situation of Bei Chu!"

Meanwhile, the demoness's face had already changed color, a hint of resentment appeared in her eyes.

"Tuo Ba Zhen Wu, this is the Blood Shadow Demon Sect—are you seeking death?"

There was still a hint of viciousness in her eyes.

But just then, her expression suddenly changed; her gaze fell upon the blood river beneath her feet, which had been as still as dead water, now rippling open— in an instant, wind and waves arose, and a cold, gender-indistinguishable voice emerged from the void.

"Tuo Ba Zhen Wu, you know my rules—if there is deceit, I will make you repay with your entire essence blood!"

The cold voice carried extreme impatience.

Seeing this, the blood river demoness's eyes flashed with a hint of schadenfreude; she turned away from Tuo Ba Zhen Wu and suddenly coldly laughed.

"Tuo Ba Zhen Wu, the Holy Lord has already been angered—see how you will end!"

Hearing this, Tuo Ba Zhen Wu showed no fear, merely transforming his form into flowing light and sinking into the depths of the blood river.

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Zhang Jian, within the Mountains and Rivers State Diagram

Zhang Jian's comprehension of the third form of the Chaotic Star Technique proceeded very smoothly.

The star imprints within the star chart matrix model of the Mountains and Rivers State Diagram merged with the star soul traces contained in the Zhou Tian Star Soul, and their essence had already reached a realm that Zhang Jian could only look up to in awe.

He did not need to take this as his innate technique; he only needed to be able to normally perform sword techniques.

Therefore, he only needed to comprehend, master, and evolve it into his own, which would count as having achieved mastery.

Zhang Jian spent more than ten days gradually familiarizing himself with it and mastering it.

"Zhou Tian!"

In the vast void legal domain, Zhang Jian's figure leapt up, and within his body, as if a bright sword light flew out, the sword light rotated, and wherever it passed, vast starlight descended from the heavens, sealing the surrounding void.

The Zhou Tian universe evolved into thousands of vast and firm sword lights, icy cold and ferocious, filled with various profound mysteries.

As Zhang Jian focused his mind, it seemed as if his sword light transformed into brilliant starlight crashing down, or like a flood of countless starlights converging, and wherever it passed, the stars of the universe shone brightly in unison, vast and surging.

If he wished, he could also cause the boundless star river to martyr itself in an instant, transforming into a single sword, cutting down all things in heaven and earth, possessing ultimate destructive divine power.

This sword light involved the application of the great Dao laws of heaven and earth, so intricate as to reach the extreme, capable of sealing the void, capable of forming a trapping formation, capable of concealing his own escape—truly profound and unfathomable.

This is what it means to retreat in defense and advance in attack!