Chapter 688: Supplanted, the God of Earth (4K)

Huang Chao's old ancestor's face changed, and countless earth origin qi condensed before him into an earth god diagram, yet it was pierced several times by that purple-yellow dragon-shaped divine light, and even gathering the power of mountains, rivers, and lakes in this force still seemed inferior.

The layers of yellow light condensed from the earth god diagram around his body were rapidly worn away and collapsed amidst the entanglement of that purple-yellow dragon-shaped divine light.

At this moment, what also pressured Huang Chao's old ancestor was that his own position as the singular pole Dao Venerable of the Earth Sovereign was affected, as if isolated from heaven and earth, unable to draw upon the earth origin power of the Spirit Realm.

Huang Chao's old ancestor realized at this moment that he might have entered a space formed by some treasure and must quickly escape this place.

A yellowish-brown pearl appeared deep between his eyebrows, instantly transforming into a divine light that shot toward Zhang Jian's location at great speed.

Zhang Jian raised his brow, yet he did not meet it head-on; his figure flickered, using the power of the Qiankun Diagram, and instantly appeared outside the myriad-zhang void.

Boom—boom—boom!

Yet where the yellowish-brown pearl struck, layers of condensed chaotic qi formed a collapsing chaotic time-space, and the entire space condensed by the Qiankun Diagram trembled faintly, as if pierced by this terrifying divine light.

Above the void, Zhang Jian glanced slightly in surprise at this innate divine light.

The pearl within that innate divine light faintly bore the aura of an innate spiritual treasure.

Yet it lacked the roundness of an innate spiritual treasure.

It should be a failed innate magical artifact nurtured in the Spirit Realm.

Although this innate magical artifact failed to nurture, it still contained part of the power of innate divine prohibition Dao law; if properly refined, obtaining a postnatal spiritual treasure would still be extremely easy.

"Far too inferior!"

Seeing this, Zhang Jian's expression remained unchanged; as he raised his hand, boundless chaotic qi gathered once more, only to see rolling cyan-white divine light surge, innate Qiankun purity and turbidity intertwining, again condensing into Huawei Chaos, majestic divine power surging toward Huang Chao's old ancestor.

Under this terrifying divine power, it seemed as if the entire heaven and earth were submerged by the boundless chaotic waves.

This power had already surpassed the divine ability realm of ordinary Dao Venerables.

Amidst Huang Chao's old ancestor's shock and color change, layers of earth origin qi before him formed a shield-shaped Dao totem, yet that Dao totem instantly shattered.

In an instant, his true form was violently annihilated by the boundless chaotic divine light.

Above the void, seeing that chaotic strike land solidly on Huang Chao's old ancestor, suppressing him, Zhang Jian's expression showed little joy; his mighty eternal will could sense that Huang Chao's old ancestor's eternal aura had not vanished, but was growing stronger.

Only beneath the chaotic divine light, accompanied by earth-shaking collision sounds, layer upon layer of majestic golden light like great waves burst forth from within.

"Damn it!"

Deep within the chaotic divine light, simultaneously came a terrifying sound like gold and iron from within.

Only to see boundless golden light burst forth from within, and a terrifying figure as tall as myriad myriads of zhang broke through the chaotic divine light, appearing amidst the boundless chaotic qi.

That was the Primordial True Form, also called the Dao Divine True Form.

Zhang Jian gazed calmly at this scene, his expression unchanged.

If he wished, he could likewise manifest his divine true form.

However, he does not excel in manifesting the Dao Divine True Form; doing so would not greatly enhance his own cultivation, merely making him more in tune with the heavenly and earthly Dao principles.

But the Huang Chao Ancestor before him is different.

After manifesting the Dao Divine True Form, eternal golden light flowed around his body like substance, forming a golden armor protecting his entire form.

"Kill!"

His expression icy, a terrifying war spear appeared in his hand, a golden-yellow war spear.

Divine light flowed within it, instantly transforming into a blazing golden light that fiercely swept toward Zhang Jian.

Holding that golden war spear, the eternal cultivation flowing around his body seemed to have undergone secret法 continuous stacking, his aura surging violently.

The slaughter light tore through the heavens.

This ancestor's face showed murderous intent; even now he still wished to contend with Zhang Jian.

"This venerable one said you are far too inferior, no need to struggle!"

Above the void, Zhang Jian's expression unchanged, after slightly shaking his head, he raised one palm; deep in his palm seemed to be boundless Qiankun purity and turbidity, chaotic divine light flowing, deep in his palm like covering the sky and blocking the sun.

Deeper in the void, the four innate divine prohibitions within the Qiankun Diagram trembled, and the entire power of the innate spiritual treasure gathered entirely upon him.

At this moment he seemed like the Lord of the Universe, the Sovereign of the Great Dao, the divine power flowing on his body so overwhelming as to make Huang Chao's old ancestor despair.

With a single finger, it seemed as if boundless Qiankun and chaos resonated.

This resonant power, even the chaotic space condensed by the Qiankun Diagram could not withstand, tearing open a terrifying rift, as if piercing through the chaotic world.

Before the fingertip, Huang Chao's old ancestor's rushing figure seemed frozen, his face shockingly astonished as he gazed at Zhang Jian.

Crack—crack!

It seemed like the sound of shattering pottery.

Beneath Zhang Jian's fingertip, the golden-yellow war spear's divine power he held collapsed; layers of formless slaughter light appeared on the spear's surface, and in an instant, the golden light armor on his myriad-zhang primordial true form shattered layer by layer, followed immediately by his myriad-zhang primordial true form shattering like glass, instantly turning into golden powder.

That slaughter light pierced his primordial spirit, even his true spirit imprint.

One strike directly obliterated Huang Chao's old ancestor.

As his cultivation strengthened, naturally he could unleash the power of the innate spiritual treasure even more strongly.

To what extent the power of such an innate treasure can be displayed ultimately depends on the host's ability.

At this moment, relying solely on the Qiankun Diagram, he forcibly震杀ed Huang Chao's old ancestor, scattering his soul and spirit; Zhang Jian found this result fairly satisfactory.

His twelve yuan hui of arduous cultivation was not in vain.

Afterwards he saw where Huang Chao's old ancestor's true form collapsed, a layer of formless vast yellow divine light suddenly surged forth from within, as if wishing to rush into the heavens.

"Earth Origin!"

Gazing at that mass of earth origin, his eyes twitched slightly.

Slaying Huang Chao's old ancestor, his purpose was precisely this origin.

Raising his hand, he seized the earth origin rushing into the heavens, casually drawing it into his palm's depths.

Yet what fell into his palm's depths was not that, but a yellowish-brown light-flowing divine stone, the divine stone's earth god light flowing, its surface seemingly engraved with a true earth form diagram, engraved with the boundless mountains and rivers of Qiankun heaven and earth.

Zhang Jian gazed at this divine object, his eyes slightly brightening.

With this object, replacing this Earth Sovereign will proceed more smoothly.

Besides that, Zhang Jian noticed several divine lights flying out from the place where the Huang Chao Ancestor fell.

Those were several divine artifacts.

That also counts as an unexpected gain!

At this moment in the void above, Wen Qu, Wu Qu, and the Three Southern Dipper Star Lords personally witnessed Zhang Jian suppressing this renowned great divine ability wielder of the Tianling Realm with just a gesture, each of them turning pale.

The strength of the Huang Chao Old Ancestor, as star deities of the Dipper Division, they know it all too well.

On the extraterrestrial battlefield, many Dipper Division divine generals fell at the hands of this Huang Chao Old Ancestor.

This is a truly great divine ability wielder, and moreover possesses the special singular exalted position of the Tianling Realm's Earth Sovereign, making him difficult to deal with.

Yet now he was slain in a short time by this Taiji Immortal Court's Earth Emperor God.

Undoubtedly, this Taiji Immortal Court God is truly a great divine ability wielder.

And his cultivation surpasses imagination.

At this moment, Fu Yuan's expression remained unchanged then changed again; after a moment he murmured.

"It turns out our role was merely as bait..."

Wen Qu and Wu Qu, the two Star Lords, remained silent at this moment.

Evidently, this is probably the role they three Star Lords played in this great battle—merely to numb the Huang Chao Old Ancestor, creating an opportunity for this Taiji Immortal Court Earth Emperor God to slay him.

They originally thought they would have to endure a life-and-death bitter struggle.

Now it seems they overestimated themselves.

No.

They vastly underestimated this Taiji Immortal Court Earth Emperor God.

Zhang Jian extended one palm, a divine diagram woven from azure and white divine light appearing deep in his palm, while that great earth-origin crystal was taken by him using the Earth Emperor Golden Ledger, preparing to purify and then absorb it.

In an instant, Zhang Jian glanced down at the already utterly destroyed Taiji Mountain.

He smiled at the three Star Lords and said.

"There should still be some good things in Taiji Mountain; let's each rely on our own methods!"

Upon hearing this, the three Star Lords immediately roused their spirits.

No matter what, the stronger this Taiji Immortal Court Earth Emperor God is, the greater their hope naturally becomes for constructing the Gate of All Stars afterward!

Four divine lights turned into a torrent and plunged into the depths of Taiji Divine, swiftly sweeping through Taiji Mountain at extreme speed.

Finally, Zhang Jian took advantage of the moment to use the Earth Emperor Golden Ledger to seize the Earth's Root from deep within Taiji Mountain.

Not long after, the four Dao Lords reunited, each with a faint smile on their face.

Evidently, they are quite satisfied with the gains of this journey.

At this moment, the four Dao Lords glanced once more at Taiji Mountain, now reduced to ruins, and their four figures instantly turned into flowing light and vanished.

……

Taiji Mountain is the core region of Eastern Li Divine Prefecture's east, not to mention the renowned Earth Spirit Ancient Clan; such a great commotion naturally attracted many immortals and gods' attention, followed by the news that the Earth Spirit Clan's holy land Taiji Mountain was completely submerged and the clan exterminated, spreading like a whirlwind.

Many superpowers dispatched strong individuals to personally enter the region where Taiji Mountain's holy land lies to investigate, but seeing only the ruins of Taiji Mountain, many ancient clan strongsters still felt a chill.

The Earth Spirit Ancient Clan is no minor ancient clan.

In the entire Eastern Li Divine Prefecture, the Earth Spirit Ancient Clan's strength is second only to those few powerful immortal god clans that have produced Dao Sovereign-level ancestors.

Yet now the entire Taiji Mountain has actually been leveled!

This truly shocks people.

What makes many ancient clan strongsters feel even more chilled is that, from beginning to end, no powerful demon god has appeared to take responsibility for this.

Not long after, another piece of news emerged, causing the ancient clan ancestors throughout the Tianling Realm inside and out to tremble with fear.

A strong one discovered that the Huang Chao Ancestor had fallen.

His golden body manifestations left throughout the Tianling Realm lost their divine essence within a day and shattered apart.

Next, the bestowed Ancestor Symbolic Edicts and the Wild God Secret Arts all lost their divine efficacy.

All these omens unmistakably indicate that the Huang Chao Ancestor has fallen.

The Huang Chao Old Ancestor is the Earth God of the Tianling Realm, symbolizing the Lord of the Earth, and is also one of the few primordial ancestors with hope of crossing over to the other shore.

……

Above Taiji Mountain, at this moment ten or more strands of magnificent divine light descended, their gaze falling upon the ruined Taiji Mountain.

Merely sweeping over the already ruined Taiji Mountain holy land, those ten or more strands of divine light showed varied expressions.

Part of these divine shadows gazed upward at several clusters of magnificent, vast divine shadows.

Those several figures' true forms were truly terrifying to the extreme, as if occupying a heavenly domain deep in the Tianling Realm's azure heavens, their divine light shielding boundless void—so much so that even many god clan ancestors, upon seeing them, could not help but lower their heads in submission.

Those are several Dao Sovereign-level ancestors, who have perfected the Innate God Dao and successfully transformed from within.

Some of them even existed as ancient deities from the very beginning of the Tianling Realm's birth.

The ages they have endured and the tribulations they have faced are far beyond what other ancient clan ancestors can match.

They have manifested a part of special external divine aspects—either like an endless, beginningless, endless flowing substance that suppresses the Milky Way, or a towering tree trunk filling the heavens, its entire body entwined with boundless vitality, the green ancient tree of creation, or even a blood-red leech like the Milky Way, or like a celestial black hole devouring the heavens—strange in form, yet terrifying beyond measure.

After a moment, the clear voice of the You Huang River Ancestor echoed in the void.

"To repel external threats, we must first pacify internal troubles; we must first root out from within the Tianling Realm the strong ones who killed Huang Chao, otherwise, with him around, we cannot fight the immortal gods of the external demon court in the outer realms!"

"Hmph!"

At this moment, a cold laugh came from deep within the void; many ancestors looked over, only to see their gaze fall upon a corner of the heavens, upon a golden figure of 'small stature', his body emitting a layer of intense golden light, this layer of golden light seeming able to tear apart the boundless heavens and earth's great Dao origin.

His stature is far inferior to other Dao Sovereign-level ancestors, yet his position is level with those terrifying ancestors, evidently his status is not inferior to those primordial ancestors.

The layer of ancestor golden light on his body contains a terrifying divine power, as if containing the decay, corruption, and even destructive force of heaven and earth,

His voice, accompanied by a smile, seems to come from his abdomen.

"If I were to speak, directly destroying the Tianling Realm would suffice—everyone divides a portion of the family estate among themselves; why bother with all this……"

Other primordial ancestors merely glanced at him and paid him no further heed.

Evidently they were accustomed to this primordial ancestor's speech.

At this moment the Nether River Primordial Ancestor spoke again.

"By observing with my divine powers, he seems to be also a god of the earth!"

"Since he slew the Yellow Turban Old Ancestor and extracted the earthly root of Heaven's Extremity Mountain, he clearly will not spare another primordial ancestor who holds earthly authority; we may thus set a trap to slay him!"

Upon hearing this, the other few innate primordial ancestors remained unmoved, pondered briefly, and finally a female voice emerged from one of the tree-shaped primordial ancestors.

"Then let it be so!"

After reaching consensus, those terrifying figures vanished into the void.

After those innate primordial ancestors departed, the other ancient god primordial ancestors glanced once more at the ruins of Heaven's Extremity Mountain, their expressions subtle, and after a moment each transformed into a divine light and departed.

……

In the Southern Ming Divine Province, Zhang Jian, having completed this matter, first parted ways with the three Star Sovereigns; the three Star Sovereigns would go to the depths of the starry sky to attempt to construct the Altar of All Stars, which would likely take considerable time, while Zhang Jian prepared to purify the seized Dominion of the Earth Sovereign and integrate it into the position of the Earth Emperor Dao Venerable, strengthening his origin.

For him, the greatest value naturally was not the power of the Earth God itself.

This divine power was insignificant to Zhang Jian and could not greatly increase his combat strength.

But after obtaining the identity of the Earth God, what he could do in the Spirit Realm would become much more convenient.

This is the primordial position of the Spirit Realm; he could choose to admit more heavenly court powerhouses within, or further scheme for greater fortunes.