Chapter 718: The Shattering of the Heavenly Emperor's Treasury (4K)

Streams of merit-golden light fell from the void, turning into torrents that rushed toward the nine great divine emperors and the various Dao Lords.

This was the merit of creation.

The quantity was not small.

Among them, nearly one-tenth of the creation merit fell upon Zhang Jian, merging deep into his merit-golden wheel.

This creation merit was indeed substantial.

The nine great divine emperors, several of whom still lacked even one-tenth of creation merit.

Zhang Jian knew that part of it must be his merit from repairing the heavenly Dao laws, while the remaining half was likely earned from finally blocking the Ten Thousand Beasts Demon Sovereign's arrow.

Above the void, countless demon gods were slaughtered cleanly, with only a few fortunate ones escaping far from the Golden Origin Celestial Realm, hurriedly fleeing into the deep void and returning to the Black Abyss Demon Realm.

But deep within the Golden Origin Celestial Realm, the grand battle had already entered a white-hot state.

Boundless fury surged forth from the revealed Tang Valley Cave Heaven, two destructive divine energies spreading without restraint, as if violently intertwining across countless dimensions of spacetime, with fierce and terrifying divine arts seeming to violently collide at every perceptible spacetime node.

Thus, deep within the Golden Origin Celestial Realm, terrifying omens of world destruction manifested.

One side manifested the vision of boundless blazing sun burning all heavens, while an overwhelmingly domineering divine energy emerged without restraint from within, as if piercing the long river of ages, shaking ancient and modern times.

The other side fully displayed the profound mystery of past and present divine ways, the nine-colored divine light graceful and elegant, yet within lay deadly killing intent; even though those blazing sun divine lights were domineering and peerless, they could always be lightly dispelled, countless nine-colored divine lights combining as if the light of a divine river formed from countless layers of nine-colored flames, beautiful yet emitting deadly killing light.

Seeing this, the other divine emperors were all shocked, none daring to approach lightly.

The two supreme wills, in their derivation of the primordial Dao, had already reached a state unimaginable to the gods.

Each point of divine light seemed to contain a deadly immortal realm, capable of evolving a vast heaven and earth.

The rules of heaven and earth, angered by the two, even the heavenly Dao's binding upon them had become extremely limited.

"Those of the present age may not necessarily be weaker than those of antiquity, O Eastern Emperor, your era has already ended; you should not appear in this present element celestial realm!"

Within the vast nine-colored divine light, accompanied by the clear phoenix cry, the nine-colored divine light gradually condensed, its brilliance within nearly akin to the heavenly Dao, bearing a supreme authority to govern all heavens, attempting to submerge that boundless blazing sun radiance.

Deep within the boundless blazing sun, a majestic divine manifestation bearing the great sun revealed its true form—his countenance stern, clad in gold-red divine robes, with countless great sun golden crows spreading their wings around him, crying shrilly, his eyes holding a hint of cold indifference.

"Little girl, though you are of the bloodline of the ancient phoenix clan's leader, your bloodline is noble, but that is all.

Compared to your ancestors, you are still far too lacking; when this god settled accounts with the ancient deities, you were still nursing—you should properly cultivate for a period of time!"

With a raise of his hand and a point of his finger, he saw beneath the Tang Valley Cave Heaven that the towering conjoined fusang tree suddenly emitted countless golden patterns, light flashing and instantly transforming into a jade-like slender branch floating in his palm; with a casual gesture, heavenly Dao laws condensed from within, forming shape, and the space formed by the boundless nine-colored divine light was shattered by blazing sun, terrifying blazing sun light surging toward the Yuan Phoenix.

The Yuan Phoenix's countenance remained calm, behind her a long banner unfurled, upon which seemed to depict a phoenix soaring.

This was the post-heaven supreme treasure crafted by the phoenix clan, the Vermilion Bird Banner.

Post-heaven supreme treasures surpass numerous post-heaven spirit treasures in value; even some pre-heaven spirit treasures cannot compare.

She grasped the Vermilion Bird Banner with one hand, lightly waving it, the nine-colored divine light reversing upward, melting and dissolving layer upon layer of blazing sun golden light, the nine-colored divine light spinning, then instantly reversing back.

Seeing the Eastern Emperor's face show surprise, she smiled calmly.

"O Eastern Emperor, are you not surprised? Your fallen age has been too long; you have already fallen behind!"

"In this heaven and earth, there is much you do not know!"

"But today, this god can make an exception, letting the Eastern Emperor broaden his horizons!"

She formed hand seals.

Instantly, a vast and boundless nine-colored divine light burst forth from her surroundings, rushing deep into the Golden Origin Celestial Realm; at this moment she seemed to merge with the heavenly Dao of the boundless Golden Origin Celestial Realm, her aura rising step by step, in an instant her divine light seeming to have passed a terrifying threshold, deep within the void appeared countless auspicious clouds and purple vapors, as if confirming the boundless primordial beginning.

The Eastern Emperor's eyes slightly furrowed as he stared in surprise at the Yuan Phoenix.

"Merging with the Dao?"

The Yuan Phoenix's state resembled that of ancient times, when only a few primordial realm sages could master this supreme secret art—merging with the Dao.

But the Yuan Phoenix was obviously not of the primordial realm.

She was still far from it.

At most, she was merely equivalent to his state at his peak.

"Merging with the Dao?"

A smile appeared on the Yuan Phoenix's face.

"O Eastern Emperor, you speak correctly—this was indeed a renowned merging-with-the-Dao secret art in ancient times, but nowadays it is merely a primordial secret art that has already been solved, not worth mentioning; today I will let you see something you have never seen before..."

Her aura instantly shifted further, behind her faintly stirring, the vast fortune of the Golden Origin Celestial Realm transformed into a nine-colored divine phoenix, her aura rising further.

At this moment, even the other eight divine emperors far away felt a thread of authority merge into that terrifying nine-colored divine phoenix, let alone the other divinities of the Golden Origin Celestial Realm.

The brilliant nine-colored divine light at this moment condensed into a fierce divine fire pillar of light enveloping the Eastern Emperor's surroundings, rendering him immobile at this moment.

Moreover, countless nine-colored divine patterns transformed into golden rings binding the Eastern Emperor.

The Eastern Emperor could sense that these nine-colored golden rings contained the primordial qi of the heavenly Dao, as if the circulation of the boundless heavenly Dao, possessing a layer of closure, circulation, and the boundless primordial beginning's profound mystery.

"Indeed, there are some things!"

A ripple also appeared in the depths of the Eastern Emperor's eyes; he felt a stir of interest.

After two ages separated, this vast primordial heaven and earth, shattered and giving birth to the myriad heavens' void, had indeed given him a pleasant surprise.

He knew that relying solely on simple technique solutions would likely fail to break it open.

But the Eastern Emperor had never been accustomed to 'reasoning'!

His body resonated with a vast bell-like sound, and instantly boundless proud yang condensed from his surroundings, forming a colossal bell covered entirely in boundless golden patterns, with sun, moon, and stars orbiting around it, golden crows and jade rabbits running about.

The bell's reverberation instantly shattered the layers of nine-colored golden rings surrounding the Eastern Emperor.

The bell's shockwave, moreover, gave rise to a vast and mighty terrifying divine energy that burst forth from within, capable of directly suppressing the boundless chaos universe.

Even the other eight divine emperors far away, and the various Dao Lords, changed countenance.

"The primordial supreme treasure, the Eastern Emperor Bell?"

Countless divine emperors could not help but change countenance.

The power of a primordial supreme treasure—who would not fear it?

Only Zhang Jian slightly furrowed his brow, a boundless light-fire condensing above his head into form, instantly enveloping his entire body, his eyes showing some strange color.

Although the bell's sound was mighty, Zhang Jian felt that several innate spiritual treasures within his body remained unchanged.

That was not the body of the innate supreme treasure, the Donghuang Bell!

However, this peerless emperor of the ancient demon court, relying on his familiarity with the innate supreme treasure Donghuang Bell, directly manifested a portion of its divine power; this Dao technique, upon appearing, instantly shattered the celestial blockade of the Yuan Phoenix.

Although above the firmament, streaks of nine-colored divine light manifested into vast torrents that crossed and bombarded the illusory walls of the Donghuang Bell, they ultimately failed to breach the defense of the golden great bell.

The expressions of the other gods changed.

The face of Donghuang, beneath the Donghuang Bell's protective shield, underwent a slight change; he indeed felt the terrifying pressure.

He knew that his condensed Immortal Donghuang Bell could not hold out for long.

The opponent had merged with the Dao, and his primordial Dao qi was nearly boundless and endless.

While he had only just revived, having been so for merely tens of thousands of years, it was difficult to contend with him.

Even Taiyi had to admit that, after countless ages of development, the ancient and modern divine Dao indeed possessed many unique merits.

As the embodiment of Taiyi, he had personally participated in the creation of the Taiyi realm, possessing boundless might, yet he also felt strained, which clearly demonstrated the formidable nature of the ancient and modern divine Dao.

He did not intend to continue entangling with the opponent.

Once he reclaimed everything, he would be willing to accompany.

His gaze fell upon the valley below; the Fusang branch in his hand gave a slight stroke, and immediately a spacetime rift split open, from which a celestial palace forged from true solar fire manifested, instantly transforming into a golden light that shot fiercely toward his palm.

It was as if the spiritual treasure had reunited with its long-lost master.

That was the true Sun Palace!

"Stay!"

The Yuan Phoenix's gaze fell upon this scene; deep within his pupils, a hint of cold indifference flickered, and the Vermilion Bird banner in his hand transformed into a stream of light that shot forth, instantly tearing through the void, as nine-colored divine light ruthlessly slashed toward Taiyi.

Forcing Taiyi to set down the celestial abode that had flown out.

Taiyi's countenance remained unchanged; only deep within his palm did boundless starlight burst forth and condense, resembling a nebula vortex, within which a magnificent star-domain universe seemed to coalesce into form.

The nine-colored divine light fell into it, yet failed to tear apart this star-domain universe.

It was as if within this star-domain universe, a vast celestial domain had evolved, not inferior to the Golden Celestial Realm.

In ancient mythology, the ancient heavenly court had harbored the ambition to encompass heaven and earth; many demon gods attempted, with the aid of the celestial starry sky, to swallow heaven and earth, evolving a star-dominated celestial realm to govern the three paths of heaven, earth, and humanity, and to control the vast wilderness.

Unfortunately, they were thwarted by the ancient demon god clan; the two clans vied for hegemony, and thus sowed the seeds of their mutual decline.

But if this were to succeed, the ancient demon court, solely mastering heaven and earth, might not fail to become the sovereign of the vast wilderness, and thereby obtain the Yuanshi Dao fruit.

Boom—

Taiyi, with a backhand motion, caused the boundless Milky Way to expand, transforming into a boundless star-river universe carrying intense nine-colored divine light, which surged back toward the Yuan Phoenix to devour him.

That magnificent divine power, even causing the Yuan Phoenix to slightly change expression.

"Shift Stars, Move Constellations!"

Above the void, Zhang Jian gazed upon this scene, and in his eyes there was something unusual.

For some unknown reason, gazing upon this terrifying hegemon reborn from the ancient demon court, Zhang Jian felt a sense of familiarity arise in his heart.

Especially since he had employed various wondrous methods, he could not help but recall the ancient hegemon Dongdi from the Zhou Mountain Realm.

Dongdi's Nine Yang Splitting Immortal Method, and also the Zhou Tian Star Chart.

He saw many similar shadows in the body of Donghuang Taiyi.

"Celestial Dao Absorption!"

At this moment, as Yuan Phoenix raised his hand, a magnificent universe similarly appeared before him, and behind him appeared the magnificent sight of the boundless void of the Golden Celestial Realm condensed into existence, from which the endless celestial Dao cycle manifested, swallowing entirely that magnificent divine power.

Merely seizing the opportunity, Taiyi wished to grasp the celestial abode deep within his palm.

Yuan Phoenix perceived his intention to depart; a flash of ice-cold light passed through his eyes, and deep within his palm appeared a flame.

That was a radiant golden Vermilion Bird Divine Needle.

With a flash of divine light, the magnificent celestial abode instantly appeared with a huge hole.

Hundreds of streams of light transformed into torrents, suddenly flying out from the hole, rushing toward the Golden Celestial Realm, among which were not lacking innate divine light.

That was the radiance of innate spiritual treasures.

This instantly stirred the hearts of the observing gods; although somewhat moved, they dared not provoke the whiskers of these two terrifying powerhouses due to their dignity.

Taiyi, raising his hand, seized the broken celestial abode deep within his palm; his entire body surged with magnificent divine light, chasing after those hundreds of streams of divine light that fled, wishing to sweep them back.

Yuan Phoenix flickered in form, but before the Yang Divine Light appeared, behind him the Vermilion God Banner swirled, likewise sweeping toward those hundreds of streams of light, sweeping away dozens of radiant beams; however, just as the nine-colored divine light was about to continue exerting force, deep within the void, hundreds and thousands of solar golden rays burst forth, and in an instant, those rays violently surged, transforming into billions of Yang rays that exploded with a thunderous bang.

The golden light exploded, annihilating the streams of nine-colored divine light.

Among them, a portion of heavenly materials and earthly treasures were directly turned to ashes in the battle.

Yet nearly twenty or thirty streams of light instantly fell and shattered into the depths of the illusory spacetime.

Seeing this, a portion of Dao Lords could no longer endure; their forms suddenly vanished from the human world.

They clearly saw that among those twenty or thirty streams of light were not lacking acquired spiritual treasures, even extending to innate spiritual treasures.

To be able to retain treasures in the collision of these two terrifying hegemons, they certainly would not be too simple.

Above the void, Zhang Jian also saw this scene.

Since those treasures had been cast into the depths of the spacetime vortex, naturally, whoever found them would keep them.

He, who was about to slay corpses, was also quite certain to find a suitable innate spiritual treasure.

Perhaps there was hope to find an innate spiritual treasure that matched his own Dao path.

His form likewise flickered, transforming into a stream of light that sank into the depths of the spacetime gap.

Not only him, but even a portion of the God Emperors likewise entered the spacetime vortex with their true forms.

Everyone relied on their own abilities.

Above the void.

This magnificent deity, his countenance cold and indifferent, his pupils deep within remained calm from beginning to end, without any anger; he inherently possessed a domineering arrogance that looked down upon all things, proud, as if it were etched into his bones.

He glanced at Yuan Huang and sneered.

"Little girl, you're too impulsive. How you ruined my affairs today, you will have to make it up to me someday!"

He did not bother to search for the scattered heavenly treasures, but held the broken immortal abode in his hand and vanished from the spot in an instant.

The nine-colored space around him was, to him, as if it did not exist.

This scene caused Yuan Huang's expression to change slightly.

At this moment, she could be said to have laid layer upon layer of heavenly Dao law nets around the Tang Valley Grotto-Heaven, yet the other party still broke through them with ease.

The other party's cultivation level is indeed beyond imagination.

After thinking, she did not continue the pursuit, knowing that catching up would yield no result.

The urgent task is to retrieve the scattered treasures from the Heavenly Emperor's treasury.

Such treasures, no matter which major power, are scarce.