Chapter 682: Protection, Curse Kill (4K)===GLOSSARY===

Zhang Jian saw his face showing surprise, and smiled faintly.

"This venerable one observes that above your brow, the calamitous aura is continuous, dark clouds loom overhead—you are likely 'doomed to calamity'!"

The Ancestral God of Kyushu's expression changed; he lifted his head, his gaze turning toward Zhang Jian.

In an instant he came to understanding, and immediately clasped his hands.

"I beg the senior to point out the way!"

Seeing his gaze, Zhang Jian smiled faintly, and with a mere raise of his hand, a strand of innate azure lotus creation immortal light condensed and formed into an innate creation azure lotus, which fell deep into the Kyushu Ancestral God's divine body.

Seeing this, the Kyushu Ancestral God did not resist; in truth, he could not resist the power of that finger.

Beneath the immortal light, he was like a wooden stake, utterly unable to move.

He could only forcibly suppress the turmoil deep within his Dao-heart.

The innate creation azure lotus contains the purest and most pristine radiance of heaven and earth, and also a layer of compassion, a redeeming power, seemingly able to purify all heavenly and earthly Dao principles, and also to heal all injuries.

This innate creation azure lotus fell deep into the Kyushu Ancestral God's primordial spirit, and he immediately sensed the change.

Within his body, the several layers of terrifying divine power of rules that he had previously been unable to refine and suppress were gradually dissolved in the light of the innate creation azure lotus; though the speed was not swift, this change caused a hint of joy to appear in the depths of the Kyushu Ancestral God's eyes.

He knew, he might truly be unable to die!

At the same time, the innate azure lotus creation immortal light split into two; one part transformed into a stream of innate creation essence qi, slowly repairing his hidden wounds, nourishing his primordial spirit; the Kyushu Ancestral God's cultivation recovered somewhat, and a vast innate divine light immediately appeared around his body.

Zhang Jian glanced at him; the Kyushu Ancestral God walks the most primordial path of innate divine Dao.

From refining innate Dao qi, innate ancestral qi, he gradually came to master a complete heavenly and earthly Dao principle, the heavenly and earthly Dao rules.

This is very similar to the path of innate divine demons of the ancient demon god clan.

Both are skilled at manipulating heavenly and earthly Dao principles.

However, the physical bodies of the ancient demon god clan are somewhat stronger; they integrate a portion of innate Dao qi, innate ancestral qi into their bloodline depths, thereby tempering their essence, qi, and spirit, refining their flesh with innate ancestral qi and innate Dao qi, rather than the primordial spirit.

Seeing that a portion of his hidden wounds had been temporarily suppressed, Zhang Jian then said.

"The injury of a Dao Monarch is no trivial matter; this venerable one has temporarily suppressed these hidden wounds for you; next, you must properly recuperate and gradually recover; if you continue to act rashly, perhaps you will not fall, but it may well affect your Dao path!"

The Kyushu Ancestral God nodded slightly.

Zhang Jian immediately added.

"According to what I know, you seem not to be of ancient human descent; this venerable one is curious—why did you choose to protect the human race of the Tianling Realm?!"

While using the innate creation azure lotus to repair the Kyushu Ancestral God's hidden wounds, Zhang Jian sensed that this ancestral god possesses the body of an innate wilderness god, not human descent.

What is a wilderness god? It is a deity naturally born and nurtured by the wilderness of heaven and earth.

However, wilderness gods are mostly born from the interaction of the earth and other innate ancestral qi, innate Dao qi, emerging from the earth's spirit veins and spirit apertures; such beings are innately endowed with command over a portion of the earth's power.

According to Zhang Jian's knowledge, many heavenly realms in the depths of the celestial void bear traces of wilderness gods.

But most of them prefer to call themselves innate deities, unwilling to be called wilderness gods, and consider the term 'wilderness god' a contemptuous appellation.

Hearing this, the Kyushu Ancestral God was slightly startled; his eyes held some recollection, and after a moment he said.

"Senior is unaware; I am actually of totem god descent; without human sacrifices, I fear I could not have endured those harsh years!"

He is of innate wilderness god embodiment, but his foundation is extremely weak, barely qualifying as the weakest of innate earth spirits.

Having gained a trace of the rhythm of the innate great earth Dao, he is otherwise far inferior to other innate wilderness gods.

Such an existence, if not for accident, would soon be found by other deities, devoured, or perhaps refined.

But the marvel of fate lies precisely here.

Clearly one of the weakest innate wilderness gods, yet through a twist of yin and yang he became the object of worship of one of the ancient human tribes, thus enabling rapid growth; and as a human prodigy entered the immortal sect Dao tradition and attained divine powers, he gradually grew, becoming one of the unparalleled powerhouses of the Tianling Realm.

At this moment, the Kyushu Ancestral God also does not conceal his origin, and slowly reveals part of his lineage.

Then, after a slight hesitation, he suddenly asked again.

"Senior seems profoundly versed in the laws of creation; do you have any wondrous method to revive a fallen Dao Monarch?"

Upon the throne, Zhang Jian glanced at the Kyushu Ancestral God, and pondered slightly.

As the Emperor of the Earth Dao Sovereign, who governs the yin and yang of the earth, his authority includes the earth, the Nine Depths, and the earthly phase; naturally he is versed in creation and soul secret arts, and has considerable skill in healing injuries and saving lives.

However, a Dao Monarch is not equivalent to an ordinary immortal or deity.

Once a Dao Monarch achieves attainment, it is an eternal proof.

Therefore, if he falls, his qi and primordial spirit disperse, making it very difficult to find his essence and primordial spirit to revive him.

His cultivation has not yet reached the level of following Heaven's example after the Sovereign of Earth.

Zhang Jian's gaze fell upon the Kyushu Ancestral God; after a moment he asked.

"Is that person very important to you?"

The Kyushu Ancestral God drew a deep breath, and spoke in a deep voice.

"That person has bestowed upon me the grace of rebirth; my entire cultivation owes its achievement to her; also, because her Dao-heart was injured, she has long struggled to make progress; if the senior can revive her for her, I am willing to offer all I possess to the senior!"

Zhang Jian's gaze fluctuated, and then he asked.

"Who is that person?"

The Kyushu Ancestral God spoke in a deep voice.

"She is the predecessor of the Kyushu Divine Dynasty, the fire-bearer of the Tianling human race, and also once the most talented genius of the ancient human lineage, Luohe Fairy, and also the Luohe Dao Monarch!"

Zhang Jian glanced at the Kyushu Ancestral God.

This divine title caused a strange feeling to arise in his heart; three-colored divine light appeared deep in his brow, and faintly, in the depths of the void, a torrent surged forth, that torrent having no beginning or end, seeming to run through the long river of ages.

That is the power of the heavenly and earthly treasure, the Three Lives Stone.

With the advancement of his cultivation, Zhang Jian has completely mastered the divine power of this heavenly and earthly treasure, and can thereby probe a portion of the mysteries deep in the river of time, fate.

But in that moment, the layer of vast, magnificent temporal-spatial long river behind him instantly became illusory and vanished.

He slightly furrowed his brows.

This is the heavenly and earthly backlash.

At this time he had just entered the Tianling Realm, and he had only just obtained a portion of the Tianling Realm's 'household registration', and to probe the spacetime and fate river power of the Tianling Realm required deeper authority, or else overwhelming force to directly tear through the fog of fate.

Zhang Jian did not lack this ability.

His position as the Earth Emperor Dao Venerable is a universal position used throughout the heavens and void.

That is to say, no matter which heavenly realm he is in, he can mobilize Dao Venerable-level power to appear.

Even in the current Tianling Realm.

However, using this Dao Venerable power to observe spacetime and fate would inevitably alarm the various powerful beings in the Tianling Realm, and even the immortals and gods hidden in the dark.

The fate of this He Luo Dao Jun seems to involve many powerful beings.

Once probing their spacetime and fate trajectory, how could there be no backlash?

Now is not a good opportunity, so Zhang Jian stopped his hand movements.

After thinking, Zhang Jian looked toward the Kyushu Ancestral God and asked.

"Do you have any old belongings of this He Luo Dao Jun?"

The Kyushu Ancestral God's eyes brightened slightly, hesitated briefly, and then immediately made up his mind and said.

"Senior, I have preserved her Dao Jun's body!"

Zhang Jian laughed upon hearing this.

"That could not be better!"

With the Dao Jun's body as a medium, summoning the scattered Yu Ling of He Luo Dao Jun deep in the Tianling Realm would be much simpler, without needing to pierce through spacetime and fate, directly capturing her qi mechanism to recall her.

……

Having gained hope from Zhang Jian, the Kyushu Ancestral God's spirits were lifted, and thereafter, no matter what Zhang Jian asked, he would answer without reservation.

Through the Kyushu Ancestral God, Zhang Jian gained a clearer understanding of the Tianling Realm.

Although the Tianling Realm lies in the gap between the Netherworld Dimension and the Yang Realm Dimension, it is only slightly inclined toward the Yin-Nether direction, yet it still hosts numerous living species.

Among them, the rulers of the Tianling Realm are still the myriad divine and demonic races evolved from the primordial ancient gods.

Although the human race is formidable, it cannot enter the top ten.

Although the Kyushu Ancestral God is the backer of the Kyushu Divine Dynasty, protecting part of the Tianling human race, in reality, within the Kyushu Divine Dynasty, the human race still holds a dominant position as a major force.

Within the Kyushu Divine Dynasty, there are also many powerful alien races and divine forces, intertwined and constantly vying with the human race for dominance within the Kyushu Divine Dynasty.

The Kyushu Ancestral God suffering setbacks can be described as facing troubles from both inside and outside.

Internally, powerful gods continually seek to probe the Kyushu Ancestral God's reality.

Externally, many powerful ancient clans seek to seize the foundation of the Kyushu Divine Dynasty using this opportunity.

……

However, because the Tianling Realm is close to the Netherworld Dimension, among the powerful ancient clans, the Xuan Yin-type demonic gods are the most numerous.

From the Kyushu Ancestral God's words, Zhang Jian gradually gained a clear understanding of the Tianling Realm.

Part of this information corroborates with the information given by the Three Emperors Heavenly Realm, allowing Zhang Jian to avoid many detours.

After meeting the Kyushu Ancestral God, Zhang Jian immediately had the Kyushu Ancestral God return first to the Kyushu Divine Dynasty to stabilize the situation.

In the Purple Bamboo Ridge, Zhang Jian sat cross-legged, his eyes slightly furrowed in thought.

As he said, after the Kyushu Ancestral God returned to the Kyushu Divine Dynasty, he would face calamity, and the Kyushu Divine Dynasty might undergo changes, but after his intervention, vitality had already appeared deep in the Kyushu Ancestral God's brow.

These matters do not currently require his attention.

What he should do now is thoroughly familiarize himself with the heavenly dao rules of the Tianling Realm to avoid suffering silent losses in combat.

Secondly, Zhang Jian had an idea regarding the earth origin of the Tianling Realm.

After entering the Tianling Realm, Zhang Jian sensed that this realm's earth origin was extraordinarily rich; if he could grasp it, condensing the origin position of one side of the earth would greatly benefit the completion of his Earth Emperor Dao Fruit.

However, Zhang Jian also noticed that there are too many powerful beings of the Wasteland God clan in this realm, and those who command the rules of Yin-Nether, earth, and earth-traveling divine paths are truly numerous; to achieve his goal, he would still need to expend considerable effort.

……

At this moment, outside the Southern Ming Divine Soil, at some instant, a dim light appeared in the deep ocean.

In the deep ocean, countless frolicking sea beasts, and even cultivating water tribe gods, were suddenly shrouded by an invisible shadow; in that fleeting moment of faint appearance, numerous sea beasts and water tribe gods silently merged into that dark shadow, like flowing water quietly dissolving.

A dark immortal island suddenly appeared on the ocean.

Its appearance was silent and soundless, yet it caused a chill in the heart.

This is a divine island from myth in the Tianling Realm; it is a heavenly disaster and also a symbol of death; it rarely appears between heaven and earth, but each appearance stirs up great calamity.

This is the Soul-Hunting Island.

At this moment, on the island, a figure clad in black robes, with a sinister visage, was gazing afar toward the direction of the Kyushu Divine Dynasty.

He is the master of Soul-Hunting Island, the Black Lotus Dao Jun, a powerful primordial god who governs death and disaster; wherever there is disaster, there is the presence of Black Lotus.

Beside him are three others wearing luxurious black robes, though each robe bears different embroidered divine patterns.

One robe bears an embroidered pitch-black double-headed black snake; the snake heads are raised high, as if able to bring endless terror, withering, and in his hand he holds a pestilence lotus.

Another likewise wears black robes, but the robe is embroidered with a terrifying ferocious beast pattern; deep in his eyes is a hint of eternal darkness, devouring all light between heaven and earth.

The last is a goddess; her face bears purple-black patterns, yet deep in her brow there is red light; she wears a black lotus Dao crown on her head, and deep in her eyes flickers a terrifying power that shakes the heart and soul.

Soul-Hunting Island has a total of four island masters, each of whom is a cultivator whose Dao reaches the heavens.

Each time a calamity appears, it is usually the four island masters acting together.

At this moment, seeing the change in expression of the Black Lotus Dao Jun, the Feathered Serpent Dao Jun with the double-headed black snake totem cast his dark gaze.

"Black Lotus Dao Brother, could there be something amiss?"

He became slightly solemn.

Soul-Hunting Island appearing here is naturally not without purpose, but rather for the nearby Kyushu Divine Dynasty.

Soul-Hunting Island sensed that the calamitous qi of internal transport in the Kyushu Divine Dynasty had reached a certain level, and thus suddenly appeared, preparing to strike with momentum.

The Black Lotus Dao Jun spoke after a brief ponder.

"I just sensed with my qi that the calamitous energy about to erupt within the Nine Provinces Divine Dynasty has actually undergone some subtle changes! Originally, its calamitous qi was thick and dense, almost leaving it devoid of vitality, but just now I sensed that this vast calamitous energy has actually sunk somewhat, as if the calamity has been somewhat repressed again!"

"However, in an instant, that calamitous energy returned to normal flow. If not for this sovereign constantly monitoring the Nine Provinces Divine Dynasty these past days, I would likely have missed such a variable!"

Upon hearing this, the Feather Serpent Dao Sovereign's eyes twitched, and he said.

"Black Lotus Dao Brother, you oversee calamity and tribulation; your pair of Eternal Tribulation Divine Eyes are extraordinary—surely you would not be mistaken. Could it be that some powerful expert has intervened, causing this anomaly?!"

There was some concern and caution in his brow.

The other two Dao Sovereigns' expressions remained unchanged.

In these troubled times, this is not impossible.

Then another terrifying deity, clad in the Eternal Darkness Divine Robe, opened his eyes and spoke at this moment.

"No matter who intervenes, the prey that has reached the lips of Soul Hunting Island naturally has no reason to be spat out. Rather than that, let us try to probe a bit—how about it?"

With a raise of his hand, he condensed a cluster of black divine light silk net; within the net at this moment was suppressing a cluster of essence blood. His eyes flashed with a fierce smile, his gaze fixed on the other three Dao Sovereigns as he said.

"This is a cluster of essence blood from the Nine Provinces Ancestral God, left behind when he was severely wounded several cosmic cycles ago. During this time, this deity has specially cultivated a curse forbidden law for this very purpose, preparing to give him a 'great gift'!

We can use this to first probe the virtual and real aspects of this deity. If there is another powerful expert behind him, then so be it; if no one backs him, we can naturally let him suffer added misfortune, making our actions easier! 」

He smiled faintly, but in the depths of his eyes, all was filled with a dark hue.

They had already obtained accurate intelligence: the injury of the Nine Provinces Ancestral God from several cosmic cycles ago has not recovered, and it is very likely worsened to an extremely severe degree.

This is the opportunity.

Upon hearing this, the other three Dao Sovereigns exchanged glances and immediately nodded slightly.

These four divine sovereigns have never walked an empty path.