Chapter 434: Death (4K)

Zhang Jian opened the Taiyin Ice Soul Bow again, the Taiyin Refining Form Divine Arrow condensed, and a beam of icy-blue divine light pierced the sky.

The Daoist of Dui Ze felt the terrifying icy-cold light, his expression changed, the protective immortal law embedded in his surrounding spirit diagram battle armor activated, and a star shield condensed from a white platinum diamond in his hand appeared.

Yet the icy-cold arrow light descended from the heavens, striking his white platinum star shield, within the radiance boundless cold spread, instantly turning him into a massive ice ball.

Threads of immortal, indestructible icy-cold light rapidly seeped through his two body-protecting immortal treasures into the depths of his glabella, even the spell structures deep within the two body-protecting immortal treasures were completely frozen by the icy-cold light.

After only a slight panic, the Daoist of Dui Ze fell into eternal freezing.

His vitality and primordial spirit had already been frozen by the Taiyin Refining Form Great Law; if needed, Zhang Jian could erase him with a thought.

This time Zhang Jian did not continue to finish him off, but instead unfolded the Map of Rivers and Mountains, swallowing the corpses of the three true immortals entirely.

His gaze fell upon the colossal Wilderness God Sovereign.

Although he had endured that strike of the fourth-rank Dao Fruit immortal law, Zhang Jian felt this Wilderness God Sovereign might not necessarily die in resentment in the northwest.

Zhang Jian's gaze fell upon the depths of the Wilderness God Sovereign's glabella, and he opened the Taiyin Ice Soul Bow in his hand.

Zhang Jian's eyes flashed with a sharp gleam, waiting only for any abnormality, then he was prepared to unleash the third-rank immortal law within the Taiyin Ice Soul Bow with full force.

As for finishing off, Zhang Jian was becoming increasingly 'professional'!

Deep within the crown of the Wilderness God Sovereign, a pale gold light gradually dissipated.

At this moment Zhang Jian also felt the corpse of the Wilderness God Sovereign had completely stilled, the divine rhythm swirling in his eyes gradually dimmed.

It appeared that after this blow, his remaining essence was utterly annihilated.

"I never expected this fellow's trump card to be so terrifying!"

Zhang Jian slowly put away his Taiyin Ice Soul Bow, a look of relief also appearing in his eyes.

This powerful deity appeared to have an extraordinary origin, not only wielding innate divine abilities but also possessing such profound foundation.

If he chose to confront head-on, it remained uncertain who would die, the deer or the hunter.

Now, however, all troubles were resolved without bloodshed.

Merely gazing at the corpse of the Wilderness God, thousands of zhang tall, Zhang Jian's eyes rolled, the Map of Rivers and Mountains subtly changed, a spirit body appeared in place, while his true form retreated holding the Taiyin Ice Soul Immortal Bow.

The divine light of the Map of Rivers and Mountains concealed it, the spirit body transformed into 'Zhang Jian' was lifelike, even the Taiyin Ice Soul Immortal Bow in his hand was indistinguishable.

At this moment 'Zhang Jian' cautiously approached the Wilderness God's corpse.

But just as he entered the Wilderness God's corpse, a death-gray divine radiance emanated from the Wilderness God's entire body, instantly like a death-gray gray snake emerging from within the corpse, suddenly blocking 'Zhang Jian's' path.

At this moment Zhang Jian felt it empathetically, simultaneously he could sense countless terrifying black qi drilling into the spirit body from all directions, transforming into images of countless remnants of the Wilderness God's souls, like countless black nets attempting to adhere to 'Zhang Jian's' soul.

This adhesive force was astonishingly strong; despite Zhang Jian activating the power of the Map of Rivers and Mountains to simulate his own soul and execute the Qinglian Purify Soul Mantra to dispel, it remained largely ineffective.

The next moment, a terrifying divine soul will shot out from the gray light, like a straight gray light ray impatiently flying out from deep within the Wilderness God's corpse, piercing into 'Zhang Jian's' physical form.

This was soul seizure!

Zhang Jian stared strangely at this scene with his eyes.

He had not expected that merely a slight probe would actually yield such a result.

Evidently, the final trump card of that Daoist powerhouse had inflicted heavy damage upon the remnant soul of the Wilderness God Sovereign.

As Zhang Jian had anticipated, the Wilderness God Sovereign's divine soul entered 'Zhang Jian's' Niwan Palace, instantly transforming into a ten-thousand-zhang giant.

This ten-thousand-zhang giant deity was surrounded by swirling countless intense bluish-gray lights; he seemed to wield two kinds of great authority, one being death authority, the other water authority, with death authority occupying the dominant position.

This divine soul was still somewhat sluggish, his entire body covered in mottled light spots, like porcelain.

There was also a large hole in his chest.

This terrifying large hole was covered in golden light, the golden light still spreading, tearing apart this divine soul.

Yet at this moment the Daoist aura he emitted still far surpassed that of an ordinary true immortal, even exceeding that of celestial immortals.

Mighty as he was, he actually failed to notice the existence of the Map of Rivers and Mountains; in his eyes only the instinct for survival remained, he spoke in a mechanical voice, word by word with pauses.

"Ant, this sovereign bestows upon you eternal death in the name of the ancient emperor of the Wilderness God clan!

Your flesh body, cultivation, magical power, and divine soul shall belong to me, your foundation shall be the very basis for this sovereign's resurrection..."

By the end of his words, his calm, unfathomable eyes finally gave rise to a faint ripple, as if a sense of 'living beings' was born from within, at this moment it seemed he had truly revived.

His eyes were filled with a deep intensity, a longing for life and resurrection.

Hidden within the death-gray divine patterns on his body, a faint surge of vigorous life force emerged, instantly enveloping Zhang Jian's soul.

But at the same time, an icy-blue divine light, like piercing the heavens, instantly pierced through the ten-thousand-zhang remnant soul attempting to possess him.

The icy-blue light emanated from his chest, instantly enveloping his shattered divine soul.

This originally porcelain-like shattered divine soul, within the ice crystals, collapsed at a visible speed, piece by piece.

But before the collapse, this divine soul glanced around his body, and only then did a trace of realization appear in his eyes; many complex emotions flashed through his gaze—anger, unwillingness, and also a longing for life.

At this moment all his thoughts were restored.

Alas, this was the last time he opened his eyes, gazing upon heaven and earth.

In an instant, countless divine souls turned into fragments.

At this moment Zhang Jian's face was slightly pale, his Taiyin Ice Soul Bow still emitting a faint immortal light.

To prevent the Wilderness God Sovereign from not dying, he had for the first time activated the third-rank immortal law within the Taiyin Ice Soul Immortal Bow.

At this moment, as Zhang Jian focused his will, the Map of Rivers and Mountains before him instantly manifested countless heavenly purifying flames, beginning to calcine the shattered remnant soul of this Wilderness God, to prevent his rebirth.

Shortly after, the Wilderness God's remaining fragments collapsed, and actually transformed into rolling black qi.

Within the rolling black qi, faintly visible were head after head of remnants of the Wilderness God's souls.

These remnants of the Wilderness God's souls had no intelligence, yet deep in their eyes lay a longing for life and resentment, as if possessing an indestructible force.

Zhang Jian slightly furrowed his brows, he knew if these things still escaped, they would easily give birth to a great demon that could throw heaven and earth into chaos.

By focusing his will, Zhang Jian activated the Qinglian Purify Soul Mantra, a green lotus flower broke through space and appeared, completely swallowing and absorbing all the black qi, sealing it, preparing to, after finishing this matter, find a way to ferry it across.

These remnants of the Wilderness God's souls, to some extent, were heaven's favored ones, once born bearing the great Dao's fortune, but now fallen to this state, their remnant souls unable to reincarnate.

If they could be completely ferried across and sent into the depths of the netherworld's underworld, it would inevitably also generate a great surge of fortune.

Zhang Jian didn't have time to worry about much at this moment; instead, he sat cross-legged on the ground, and his entire body was surrounded by high-grade spirit crystals that transformed into spirit mountains appearing one after another.

Taking this opportunity, he exerted himself fully to restore his own cultivation and magical power.

At this moment, an invisible, vast devouring power emanated from his entire body, and each high-grade spirit crystal was instantly drained of its spiritual essence, turning into powder.

One small mountain after another disappeared, and Zhang Jian's cultivation and magical power within his body gradually recovered.

As Zhang Jian's gaze swept over, after the disappearance of two full spirit crystal mountains, he finally felt his cultivation return to its peak state.

He opened his eyes, and there was a slight ripple in the depths of his pupils.

At this moment, he raised his hand, and a phantom nine-colored Dao diagram emerged from deep within his palm.

Within the Dao diagram, the blazing heavenly pure fire gradually faded, but four extremely peculiar objects emerged from within it.

These were the items left behind after the fall of the remnant soul of the Wilderness God Sovereign.

These four objects resisted the refining of the heavenly pure fire, which shows how precious they are.

Among them, two items are both prismatic crystals, their entire bodies emitting the power of the heavenly Dao laws.

One is entirely gray, as large as a goose egg.

The other is entirely ice-blue, yet also the size of a thumb.

"Divine Authority!"

Zhang Jian gazed at these two crystals, and a hint of brightness appeared in his eyes.

This thing can also be called a divine position, or a status, or a rank, and so on; whenever a god of the Dao integrates with it, they naturally can master the related divine authority.

These two divine authorities: one emits the aura of death, stillness, and extinction; it should be the death authority held by this Wilderness God Sovereign.

The physical manifestation of this death authority's 'divine position' is as large as a goose egg, which shows how precious it is.

The other 'divine position' is entirely ice-blue, resembling the color of seawater, and should be the divine position within the 'Sea God'.

Clearly, this Wilderness God Sovereign originally should have been born in the sea region.

This unfortunate fellow, after his sea domain was occupied by the Qingping Dragon Clan, had his subordinates even more suppressed in the depths of the sea eye.

Zhang Jian casually put it away.

This 'Sea God' divine position is fine, but this death divine position is a good thing.

If he absorbs it, he can wield the death authority, and in the future he can perfectly master the two divine authorities of life and death, which is of great benefit to perfecting the Mountains and Rivers State Diagram.

No matter where, the life and death authorities hold an exceptionally important position.

At this moment, the other two objects also appeared before his eyes.

One of them is a peculiar seal, its interior filled with a dim divine Dao radiance and the scent of incense, though this treasure's divine light is dim, almost entirely dead silence.

The last one is quite strange, namely a stone that is entirely transparent, emitting seven-colored light.

Zhang Jian's gaze fell upon that seal; he casually summoned it into his hand, examined it for a moment, and then roughly deduced its origin.

This might be the innate divine artifact forged by this Wilderness God Sovereign for himself.

The rank of this Daoist immortal treasure might not be low, but lacking incense and the nourishment of the heavenly Dao laws, its power is gradually withering, and the Daoist techniques within cannot be activated.

After leaving this spiritually depleted place, it should be able to exert some effect.

Zhang Jian's gaze finally fell upon this last broken seven-colored strange stone.

This seven-colored strange stone appears to have nothing remarkable about it.

Quite ordinary!

But since this object could withstand the forging of the heavenly pure fire, it naturally won't be a simple treasure.

Zhang Jian recalled the treasures mentioned by those Daoist gods earlier.

"Could it be referring to this stone?"

Zhang Jian's eyes showed a strange look; after thinking, he decided to first put this object away, and later he would surely discover its use.

Zhang Jian pondered for a moment, and his figure immediately flew again toward the direction where the corpse of this Wilderness God Sovereign lay.

The true body of this terrifying Wilderness God Sovereign stood here, his entire body emitting a strong aura of immortality and indestructibility.

Even if his soul collapsed, his true body still possessed a power that could shock the heavenly Dao laws.

Clearly, his cultivation in life was extremely terrifying.

Zhang Jian activated the Dongdi Treasure Mirror within his body, and golden light enveloped this Wilderness God corpse; after confirming there were no treasures on it, Zhang Jian then retracted the Dongdi Treasure Mirror.

He knew it was time to leave now.

In the void, his expression carried a faint smile.

This journey was still relatively easy; the high-level battles were fought by others, and in the end he only expended a little effort, dealt a few blows, and emerged unscathed despite the danger.

Zhang Jian followed the path he came by, his body transforming into a seven-colored Yaochi golden lotus, as if merging with the depths of the void, vanishing without a trace.

……

After Zhang Jian left, several hours later, several dazzling divine lights tore through vast swarms of ferocious spirit-devouring fish, and figures appeared before many Wilderness God prisons.

Leading them was a figure whose entire body was entwined with intense immortal Dao laws; his aura matched that of a heavenly immortal, his cultivation possibly not yet reaching heavenly immortal level, but possessing the support of the Sea King's secret treasure in his hand, his aura was vast like the sea.

Beside him was Xuan Nu, who had entered first.

Xuan Nu does not understand forbidden laws, but after entering the secret realm of the sea eye, he was trapped by the forbidden laws; if not for the return of the strong ones from the Qingping Dragon Palace, he would likely have faced great trouble.

At this moment, the five people had solemn expressions; although they were shocked by the countless huge Wilderness God skeletons around them, their gaze showed that this deep sea eye was still relatively calm, with no abnormalities.

Xuan Nu's expression was astonished; he gazed with his eyes toward the deep sea eye, where many forbidden laws remained intact, showing no signs of damage.

He said in confusion.

"Five Ancestors, it seems nothing unexpected has happened; these people actually didn't cause trouble?"

"And they didn't even damage the ancestral veins of the deep sea eye!"

The leader, a dragon immortal with intense immortal Dao laws, had a peculiar face; his face seemed to have always remained in the state of prime vigor, full of strength, his eyes filled with extreme aggressiveness.

His gaze swept over the sea region around the Wilderness God Sovereign; below, clear waves rippled, giving rise to ten thousand miles of greenish-blue waves, but there was no omen at all.

He pondered.

"It's a bit strange!"

He then turned his gaze toward the four powerful dragon clan members behind him and spoke in a deep voice.

"Search this area immediately—you must also be careful of these ancient god corpses. Though these ancient gods have been imprisoned in the Sea Eye for hundreds of millions of years, many powerful figures may not have died completely!"

A hint of apprehension flickered in his eyes.

Though he had never fought these ancient gods himself, he had heard elders mention their strange methods.

Upon hearing this, the four figures around him nodded slightly and immediately split into two pairs to begin searching the surroundings.

The three groups split into three directions.

Yet the result remained the same.

After half an hour, the five gathered, their expressions varied.

The group of immortals and gods who had intruded into the Sea Eye had vanished into thin air.

……

At this moment, Zhang Jian had already successfully passed through the gate of the Sea Eye secret realm; his form transformed into a stream of light, piercing through the spatial gate in an instant, his shape becoming a vast divine radiance as he vanished and fled.

At the entrance to the Sea Eye secret realm, another group of Dragon Palace powerhouses had now gathered here—divine light, immortal light, and demonic aura swirling.

Powerhouses gathered like clouds.

Yet these dragon clan powerhouses still could not detect Zhang Jian, who was concealed by the Golden Lotus Hiding Technique; he was like an invisible spatial undercurrent, merging into the void, escaping freely.