Chapter 579: Mastering the Authority of the Winter God (4K)

Zhang Jian advanced forward until the condensed chaotic azure lotus phantom surrounding him gradually spread with frost, turning into a state wrapped in ice crystals.

His Nine Revolutions Chaotic Azure Lotus Transformation Great Law could dispel chaos, even the impact of heavenly and earthly primordial forces, yet here he was frozen to this extent by the eternal rain and snow, showing how terrifying the authority of the Winter God position is.

At this moment, Zhang Jian finally saw the whereabouts of the Doutian Xuantian Ancestral Qi in the distance.

Just a glance made him unable to help but show an expression of astonishment.

Only seen, in the endless eternal ice and snow depths, a strand of Doutian Xuantian Ancestral Qi wandered like a huge snow-white dragon serpent across the heavens, appearing boundless and endless.

Below was a vast ice and snow abyss, within which brewed immeasurable eternal cold.

Zhang Jian merely glanced at that Doutian Xuantian Ancestral Qi when he instantly felt a terrifying, vast will descend like a flood, freezing the heavens, time and space, and even all heavenly and earthly great Dao laws.

Even with his cultivation, he felt a bone-chilling power seep through his Nine Revolutions Chaotic Azure Lotus Transformation Great Law into his body; his own comprehended and condensed ancestral qi Dao fruit, various mysterious Dao qi, were still insufficient to resist this high-level ancestral qi power, leaving a faint stagnation, a freezing.

Zhang Jian's gaze was solemn; having experienced what came before, he had already prepared himself mentally.

This Xuanming deity might not be an ordinary Dao Jun.

After all, he could battle an existence of the Heavenly Emperor's level.

Though defeated, still glorious!

Merely gazing at the wandering Doutian Xuantian Ancestral Qi before him, Zhang Jian slightly furrowed his brow.

Although this Doutian Xuantian Ancestral Qi is ownerless, he cannot simply let him comprehend it directly.

Purely relying on his own insight to comprehend it, who knows how long that would take.

Various secret rumors flashed through Zhang Jian's mind.

He knew such divine position secret troves should have a source.

That source might be an ancestral qi divine artifact, or an object of obsession left by a deity, or perhaps a Dao-seeking inheritance immortal method, or simply the Great Dao divine patterns, or even pure obsession.

As long as he gains recognition, he can inherit the name of Xuanming and thus obtain this Doutian Xuantian Ancestral Qi.

And the object bearing this Doutian Xuantian Ancestral Qi before him might lie deep within the ice and snow abyss ahead.

The terrifying cold power emitted by the Doutian Xuantian Ancestral Qi is astonishingly formidable.

Even if a Dao Jun came, they would have to proceed with extreme caution.

Zhang Jian knew that with his current cultivation, entering there would be very dangerous.

But at this moment he possessed a protective treasure on his person, so he had no fear.

Three streams of light containing Xuanming divine power appeared around him.

The Doutian Xuantian Divine Banner, the Xuanming Divine Seal, the Xuanming Divine Staff.

The three Xuanming divine artifacts appeared; the formless ice and snow dragon serpent condensed from the wandering Doutian Xuantian Ancestral Qi also slightly stalled, and in that instant faintly resonated with the three Xuanming divine artifacts.

Through the three Xuanming divine artifacts, Zhang Jian could faintly control part of the Dao qi network derived from the Xuanming Ancestral Qi transformation.

Zhang Jian stepped into the area shrouded by the ancestral qi storm.

Facing the wind and snow, Zhang Jian walked step by step toward the ice and snow abyss.

"So cold!"

Just as he stepped into this icy depths, Zhang Jian felt the vast Xuanming ice and snow will follow his Imperial Body Dao, beginning to incessantly permeate deep into his primordial spirit Dao heart.

That Xuanming ice and snow will was too vast; his formed chaotic azure lotus phantom and multiple fifth-rank immortal methods before it were as fragile as a thin sheet of paper.

Zhang Jian's eyes were solemn; he wielded the innate divine ability Nine Revolutions Chaotic Azure Lotus Transformation Great Law, this immortal method's essence already being eternal-level, also considered capable of sensing one or two Dao Jun-level cultivations' terrifying aspects.

But this terrifying Xuanming ice and snow will was vaster, grander, and heavier than he imagined.

Eternal-level immortal methods are no longer merely the structure of heavenly and earthly great Dao laws.

But include the application of the Dao.

Include the Dao heart, primordial spirit, and will of a Dao Jun, and their unique mastery of Dao laws, before the structure of heavenly and earthly great Dao laws.

This is where eternal Dao laws are most terrifying.

Yet this layer of eternal ice and snow will seems to have even more beyond.

Zhang Jian felt the three Xuanming divine artifacts also faintly unable to resist, as if the great Dao law structure within was freezing, stiffening, and even the Dao fruit immortal light he output was being iced over.

If he continued like this, he would not reach the core depths of the ice and snow abyss before being frozen.

With a thought, a lovely, emerald-hued azure-green lotus blossomed atop his head.

Its appearance instantly evolved into myriad azure lotuses rising into the sky, a chaotic immortal bridge appeared, fixing the boundless eternal cold.

Postnatal spiritual treasure, Nine Heavens Azure Lotus Chart.

Although merely a lower-grade postnatal spiritual treasure, its defensive power is extraordinarily strong.

At this moment Zhang Jian only felt the power that had numbed his primordial spirit Dao heart finally retreat.

The chaotic immortal bridge spanned across the sky, his falling speed increased.

But after a moment, his expression suddenly changed; only seen deep in the ice and snow abyss, a terrifying claw rushed forth from the void depths.

"Huh?"

Zhang Jian was slightly surprised, yet saw that claw covered in a layer of terrifying ice and snow will, distorting heavenly and earthly great Dao laws, cold light piercing the heart, directly charging toward him on the chaotic immortal bridge.

In this ice and snow abyss depths, there actually exist living beings?

But in the blink of an thought, he saw myriad azure lotuses appear above the chaotic immortal bridge, and strands of chaotic immortal light flowing, instantly blocking the terrifying claw.

Effortlessly.

The power of that claw was extremely heavy, far exceeding the limit of an ordinary Taiyi Great Perfection.

Merely the defense of the postnatal spiritual treasure Nine Heavens Azure Lotus Chart is extraordinarily excellent.

Zhang Jian paid no heed to that claw; the chaotic immortal bridge broke through the sky and flew swiftly downward, but as he moved, waves of terrifying Xuanming ice and snow will surged within the abyss's cold air, from within came myriad hysterical terrifying cries.

In an instant, endless ice clouds split in the icy cold depths, a towering figure wrapped in countless ice snow divine rings flew out, it let out an angry roar, wielding an ice and snow great hammer and smashing toward Zhang Jian.

This is a terrifying ice and snow giant of a thousand zhang in height, its body emanating a dignified ice snow divine way power, and also a unique Xuanming divine power aura.

The power it emitted was extremely strong, far exceeding that of a Taiyi Great Perfection existence.

Could this be a deity naturally born from the primordial Xuanming essence after the fall of the Great Xuanming God?

Zhang Jian realized the ice-snow machine giant before him was neither a puppet nor an illusory being.

But a true ice-snow deity of a clan.

Though its nature was savage and cruel.

He knew that when great cultivators perish, like a whale fall, countless lives emerge, even giving birth to a realm of heaven and earth.

Similar to the ancient sacred Pangu, such an existence.

The Xuanming God has been fallen for so long; it is no wonder that so many strange lives have arisen at her place of fall.

I just do not know whether there is a deity directly nurtured from the Xuanming ancestral qi.

If so, the Xuanming divine position would likely fall directly upon that deity!

With such a thought flashing through his mind, Zhang Jian had little more to ponder.

As he focused, streams of immortal light cascaded from his body like waterfalls.

Wherever the chaotic immortal light passed, deities were directly erased, ground to dust.

This was the chaotic azure lotus immortal light.

The Nine Heavens Azure Lotus Divine Chart possesses three acquired divine prohibitions, three acquired divine prohibitions, each carrying a divine prohibition Dao art.

This is an extraordinarily terrifying Dao art power.

Respectively possessing the abilities to suppress, defend, and purify.

The divine prohibition Dao art containing purification is called the Creation Azure Lotus Immortal Light.

The divine prohibition Dao art containing suppression is the chaotic immortal bridge beneath his feet, also known as the Chaotic Azure Lotus Immortal Light.

And defense is represented by those Nine Heavens Creation Azure Lotuses.

The power of the azure lotus is endless.

At this moment, Zhang Jian activated the Chaotic Azure Lotus Immortal Light; the numerous Xuanming-born immortals and deities instantly became as fragile as clay chickens and tile dogs.

The ice-snow giant collapsed in its wails, and countless divine realms, under the suppression of the Chaotic Immortal Bridge, had their forms torn apart by the chaotic immortal light into fragments.

Amidst the ice-snow cold currents, more and more ice-snow deities emerged.

Some appeared as ice dragons, others as white bone demon gods formed from ice crystal skeletons, or terrifying extradimensional ice demons, and even shadows of extraterritorial heavenly demons.

Zhang Jian gazed upon this scene, tightly furrowing his brows.

These extraterritorial demon gods and extraterritorial heavenly demons are like flies, already embedded deep within the cosmic laws of all realms, becoming part of the decomposition of all things—though they decompose heavenly deities and even entire worlds.

Zhang Jian could also understand why the Heavenly Court is so powerful yet has never eradicated the demonic path's lineage.

As long as there is a world's collapse or a deity's fall, their breeding ground arises.

Of course, this could also be because the immortals and deities had already been tainted with demonic qi before their fall.

In the event of such a fall, this demonic qi would naturally nurture and differentiate.

Similar to Zhang Jian's immortal physique, which is glazed and flawless, existing without contamination.

Only just before falling would there be the Five Declines of Heaven and Man, killing qi, and demonic qi tainting the scene.

The Chaotic Immortal Bridge tore apart vast corpses of Xuanming deities, including extraterritorial demon gods and extraterritorial heavenly demons.

"Bold, who dares intrude upon the holy land! "

At this moment, a thunderous roar echoed from the depths of the void; Zhang Jian lifted his gaze and saw countless ice-snow divine lights sweeping forward like waterfalls, as white bone demon gods with extraordinarily thick bones emerged from the ice-snow divine light.

These colossal ice-snow demon gods numbered twelve in total.

The aura they emitted carried the force of ancient primordial wilderness.

The twelve white bone demon gods lifted a palanquin condensed from ice and snow; at this moment, a great ice-snow divine throne stood upon the palanquin, a graceful figure shrouded in ice-snow gauze, her body surrounded by a surging wave of magnificent Xuanming ancestral qi.

She sat upright, as if fully mastering the icy abyss formed from the transformation of the Xuanming divine realm.

Is this a deity born from ancestral qi?

"A deity born from the ancestral qi of all heavens and Xuanming?"

Zhang Jian stared ahead, tightly furrowing his brows.

Was the worst-case scenario still to come?

But Zhang Jian stared intently at the demon god in the palanquin for a moment, and a faint smile appeared at the corner of his eyes.

No, it seems not to be so.

The opposing party is not born from Xuanming ancestral qi, but rather from another type of ancestral qi nurtured by ice and snow.

This should be a secondary ancestral qi governed by the Xuanming God, or an innate ancestral qi self-evolved, or an acquired ancestral qi.

"Outsider, what do you intend to do?"

A cold voice flowed from the palanquin at this moment.

Zhang Jian gazed upon the deity born of ice and snow and said.

"What I seek lies at the center of this Xuanming divine realm; you should know what it is, though I have always refused to force others."

"Offer the divine object born from the ancestral qi of all heavens and Xuanming as tribute; in return, I can take you from this place to witness the vast expanse of the outer world—you should be able to feel it, for I too am a divine being and will not lightly deceive you!"

Upon the palanquin, this ice-snow deity merely let out a cold laugh.

"Outsider, I will not believe your words, but if you offer a single strand of your soul imprint to this deity, I will grant you a sliver of life!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Jian raised his brow.

"You are seeking your own death!"

A hint of coldness flickered in Zhang Jian's eyes; time was limited, and he had no desire to play this endless game of probing and contact.

A lotus blossomed from the center of his brow.

This is an innate spiritual treasure, a third-grade innate Creation Azure Lotus.

This treasure contains six innate divine prohibitions.

At this moment, as Zhang Jian activated one of the divine prohibitions' Dao arts, he did not feel the loss of his cultivation within his body.

Only a dazzling blue light emerged from the innate creation green lotus above, and wherever it passed, the true forms of white bone demon gods collapsed, directly purified by the blue light.

The ice-snow divine face within the palanquin showed a look of shock.

At this moment, ice gauze drifted down, revealing a peerless visage, with a grand divine banner forged of ice and snow grasped deep in her palm.

About to wave it.

A vast and majestic aura emerged, already approaching the level of a Dao Sovereign; upon encountering the blue light, her form froze instantly, fear and terror flashing across her face, but in an instant her form collapsed, and beneath the blue immortal light, her entire form was completely purified.

Only a pure flow of ice and snow remained in place.

A primordial ice-snow qi spread, causing the entire ice-snow abyss to tremble.

A terrifying sorrowful intent flowed forth from within.

The divine being born of the primordial ice-snow qi had completely fallen.

The innate treasure, the Creation Green Lotus, with just one strike, caused her to vanish utterly into ashes and smoke.

Zhang Jian gazed upon this scene, also feeling a sigh.

He had not expected that an innate deity would fall so quickly by his hand.

However, to die beneath an innate treasure is also to have some honor.

At this moment, Zhang Jian slowly summoned the innate creation green lotus above his head, drawing it into his body.

The power of the innate treasure still exceeded his imagination somewhat.

This strike was truly astonishing.

Directly shattering the divine imprint within the primordial ice-snow qi.

Immortality and indestructibility have become a joke.

But it is indeed very useful.

A hint of a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

There is one obvious difference between innate and acquired treasures.

Innate treasures can automatically absorb the spiritual qi of heaven and earth, and when needed, can be directly activated.

The only problem is worrying about being unable to control the divine prohibitions' Dao arts within, which could harm others or oneself.

Moreover, the recovery of an innate treasure is not fast; after the second strike, one must consume one's own cultivation to activate it.

Aside from this, the power of an innate treasure is extraordinarily perfect.

Acquired treasures obviously lack this ability.

Although their power is great, to fully unleash it requires one's own cultivation and Dao-heart as support.

Zhang Jian currently cannot achieve this.

At this moment, Zhang Jian saw that at the place where the ice-snow deity fell, a divine banner shot up into the clouds, transforming into a white vapor seeking to return to the depths of the ice-snow abyss.

With a wave of his hand, Zhang Jian drew the fleeing banner into his palm.

As he drew it into his palm, Zhang Jian instantly felt a vast, majestic Xuanming divine authority power flow through it into his body, as if he had instantly grasped an unparalleled vast power.

Xuanming divine artifact!

Zhang Jian immediately understood this was the divine object storing the Dou Tian Xuanming primordial qi.

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