Chapter 730: Evil Corpse Slash Unleashed (4K)

This golden giant deity had another massive blade appear in its hand, and around its body surged streams of pure, vast divine power; the divine energy around it fluctuated slightly, and countless golden rays flowed like water toward Zhang Jian.

Within it, streaks of fierce blade light reappeared.

Peerless sharpness cleaved through endless chaos of time and space.

Zhang Jian felt that even an ordinary defensive-type origin secret art would likely be unable to withstand it.

Around him, threads of cyan divine light emerged; the innate immortal divine prohibition within the Creation Green Lotus naturally activated, and phantom cyan lotuses appeared in the void, blocking the boundless golden blade light forming above the heavens.

That blade light was like a wheel, pouring down upon the heavens.

One by one, the cyan lotuses beneath the blade light were gradually worn away and annihilated.

Yet the cyan lotuses endured endlessly.

In his palm, Zhang Jian simply concentrated eternal immortal light into the Qiankun Diagram, transforming the innate primordial cyan and white qi into chaos, continuously cleansing and bombarding the Flaming Feather Divine Emperor, preparing to strike his energy and suppress him.

"Bold, do you think relying on two innate spiritual treasures lets you escape unscathed?"

His face curled in a cold smile, and golden divine light suddenly surged around his body, as if flooding the Golden Origin Heaven Realm.

"Gods of the Golden Origin, hear my command, by heavenly decree, slay!"

Yet in the depths of the void, the authority of the boundless heavenly net gathered around him, and moreover, streams of vast heavenly will condensed from the heavens into form, appearing around him; vast golden divine light suddenly surged, like drowning a realm sea, divine might displayed—one world-splitting blade light slashed from the void toward where Zhang Jian stood.

Zhang Jian's gaze lifted to the heavens above; at this moment, the radiant majestic divine power surrounding this metal-attributed hisshore deity had already caught up to, and even surpassed, the Flaming Feather Divine Emperor who bore the divine emperor's rank.

This was the support of heavenly will from the depths of the heavenly net.

In this state, it seemed as if one were united with the heavenly way, and divine power surged violently.

Zhang Jian's expression remained unchanged; he merely raised his eyes to look above the void—this time he did not continue defending, but instead slightly lifted his palm, and behold, in the depths of the void, a stream of boundless purple-yellow divine light surged forth like mountains and seas overturning.

At this moment, boundless earth-way will appeared around him; wherever it passed, countless layers of golden divine light stagnated in the void, vast divine light sweeping across hundreds of millions of millions of kilometers, while the countless layers of golden blade light rushing forth from the chaotic qi were instead stagnated in the purple-yellow divine light, and draconic divine light poured down—upon seeing this, the golden giant deity's face changed color.

He felt the heavenly will he had gathered faintly violently fluctuate, and moreover, a terrifying death shadow emerged deep in his dao-heart.

Unable to withstand it?

Though his dao-heart trembled violently, this hisshore dao venerable still chose to trust his intuition, his form transforming into a streak of light as he rushed deep into the chaotic time-space.

Yet beneath his feet, the boundless chaotic time-space suddenly collapsed.

Moreover, streams of purple-yellow draconic divine light rapidly pursued him.

In the void, a strange, terrifying resonant divine power swept ahead first, causing his hisshore true form to also develop a layer of resonance, delay, and even a sensation of painful collapse.

This was the Earth Resonance Arcane.

"Power of the Earth Net?"

His heart secretly trembled; golden blade light swirled around his body as he rapidly fled the area, yet looking back he could still see hundreds of millions of millions of miles of chaotic qi suddenly collapse, utterly swallowed by the purple-yellow draconic divine light—a terrifying sight.

Zhang Jian raised his head, gazing at the golden giant deity now retreated to the edge of the chaotic time-space.

Although he borrowed the power of the earth-way will, Zhang Jian did not use the Earth Net Power, but rather borrowed the earth-way will condensed from the Earth Emperor's Golden Canon.

Ordinary dao venerables of this level are no longer his match.

Zhang Jian simply operated the Qiankun Diagram, suppressing the Flaming Feather Divine Emperor; he knew this hisshore dao venerable could not escape.

Nor did he need to continue acting.

At this moment, that golden giant deity gazed far toward where Zhang Jian stood, and deep in its eyes were nothing but apprehension and solemnity.

This Green Lotus Dao Master, while suppressing the Flaming Feather Divine Emperor, could still repel him—evidence enough of the terror inherent in his dao cultivation.

If he were to free his hands, would he not surely be defeated without doubt?

Although he still coveted the innate spiritual treasures in the other's hand, he also knew this was absolutely not something he could consume.

However, this matter is of no consequence; only needing the Vermilion Phoenix Divine Emperor to return, he will report this, and the other divine emperors will not easily let this Green Lotus Dao Master off.

Innate spiritual treasures belong to the virtuous.

This is the territory of the Phoenix Clan.

Whoever possesses virtue, naturally it is the Golden Origin Dao Court that decides.

"Green Lotus Dao Master, by suppressing the Flaming Feather Divine Emperor, you have committed an act tantamount to rebellion; this venerable will temporarily spare you, but afterward you shall await being hunted to death by the Phoenix Clan..."

A cold voice flowed out from within.

Yet at this very moment, an indifferent voice came from his ear.

"You little god truly don't know how to write the word 'death'!"

This figure appeared; the golden giant deity's face changed color, and the mid-grade post-heaven spiritual treasure war blade in his hand was raised high, about to strike, but behold, in the depths of the void, a dark-hued divine brush broke through space and appeared, striking his form.

Upon being struck by this dark-hued divine brush, the golden giant deity instantly realized he could not move at all; a terrifying divine power suddenly broke through his protective divine light, and the peerless brush tip pierced his primordial spirit.

Moreover, countless life-death-reincarnation arcana formed from the brush tip.

Deep within his primordial spirit, several defensive-type origin secret arts were passively triggered, yet several streams of majestic golden light were easily submerged by the black ink river formed beneath the brush tip.

Above the void, a figure clad in black robes, holding the Netherworld Judge's Brush, emerged as an emperor; he grasped the divine brush in his hand, wielding it with ink and brush, and instantly in the depths of the void appeared a massive 'Death' character.

Countless death-origin qi appeared; beneath the golden giant deity's slightly terrified face, countless death god-patterns generated, noisily binding the golden giant deity, peeling away layer by layer his cultivation and origin dao fruits, countless essences merging into the death god-patterns—yet this caused the death god-patterns' power to surge violently.

This golden giant deity did not even have time to utter a wail before his true form instantly turned to ashes.

Only a single golden-yellow geng-metal attribute origin dao fruit appeared in the void, like a golden heart continuously beating, desiring to escape.

Vast geng-metal great dao principles manifested upon the golden-yellow heart, faintly resonating with the heavens and void.

At this moment, beside it also lay a golden-yellow, golden war blade.

That is a mid-grade post-heaven spiritual treasure.

"Your cultivation is not impressive, but your wealth is still decent!"

The Lord of the Nine Netherworlds smiled faintly, yet saw the death dao patterns enveloping the golden heart, still eroding and refining, seeking to utterly exterminate this hisshore dao venerable—yet it would still take time.

Even the Lord of the Nine Netherworlds could not achieve this; similar to Donghuang Taiyi or the Ziwei Emperor, able to easily cause primordial-level dao venerables to fall.

The Lord of the Nine Netherworlds, with a wave of his hand, stored the golden-yellow origin dao fruit into his sleeve, sealing it.

In the depths of the chaotic time-space, Zhang Jian's surrounding purple-yellow draconic divine light retracted; within the Qiankun Diagram, a mutant cyan phoenix divine bird, its body wreathed in boundless cyan-red flames, manifested its true form; Zhang Jian sealed it using the power of the Qiankun Diagram, awaiting its gradual erosion of the origin dao fruit.

From the moment he made his move, he never thought of showing mercy.

As for how to clean up afterward, there will naturally be a 'scapegoat'!

Zhang Jian glanced at the Lord of the Nine Abysses.

The Lord of the Nine Abysses met his gaze, and their intentions aligned instantly; the Lord of the Nine Abysses naturally understood Zhang Jian's thoughts.

This had long been planned, and the Lord of the Nine Abysses did not mind in the least.

With these two Dao Lords acting, even if they faced two against one, no one else would find out.

Moreover, the two had long since erased any traces of their action.

Suppressing the Flaming Feather Divine Emperor and that golden giant god naturally left no living witnesses.

After thinking, the Lord of the Nine Abysses suddenly smiled and said.

"Since we're taking the fall, why not let this god do the deed thoroughly and take the Netherworld in one sweep?"

Zhang Jian glanced at him and said.

"Are you trying to divert their attention and create a fog?"

He immediately saw through the Lord of the Nine Abysses' plan.

But the Netherworld of the Nine Abysses is a top priority of the Golden Yuan Dao Court—this move would be a grave sin.

The Lord of the Nine Abysses nodded.

"The Flaming Feather Divine Emperor and this Golden Radiant God Sovereign won't just vanish for no reason. If someone with ill intent then pours dirty water on you, you'll hardly be able to leave the Golden Yuan Heaven Realm!"

Zhang Jian's gaze remained calm.

At this moment, a boundless malicious thought suddenly arose in the depths of his brow.

A deep destructive malice surfaced.

"If the Phoenix Clan doesn't even trust you, why go all out to protect the gods? Why not join forces with the Donghuang Heaven Taiyi Clan to destroy this realm? Even if the Southern Pole Longevity Emperor learned of this, he would at most take back the Primordial Beginning Fortune Chart!"

As this malicious thought arose, like weeds spreading wildly, Zhang Jian felt the Imperial Gold Register of the Earth Emperor instantly combine with the evil corpse under this malice.

Boom—

Deep above Zhang Jian's head, a terrifying thunderbolt suddenly appeared; in an instant, his surrounding qi surged like boiling thunder, and a earth-yellow divine light burst forth from his body, vast and filling heaven and earth. In a moment, a figure clad in the divine robes of the Mountains, Rivers, and State Altar appeared before him, surrounded by boundless turbid yellow divine light, as if formed from the convergence of endless mountains, rivers, and the universe.

This figure's face resembled Zhang Jian's by five or six parts, but his eyes carried a deep hue.

"This Emperor has finally emerged!"

This figure held the Imperial Gold Register of the Earth Emperor in his hand, wore the Dragon Chant Sword at his waist, and the State Altar King Cauldron appeared around him, resonating with his qi; his body was filled with a grand and vast imperial Dao presence.

This is precisely the evil corpse of the State Altar Lord born from Zhang Jian's malicious thought and severed by it.

The existence that controls the source of the boundless earth.

When the evil corpse was severed, Zhang Jian's Dao heart instead regained calm, his pupils becoming exceptionally pure, and a grand primordial source surged from the Earth Emperor's Gold Register into his body, causing his eternal immortal light to swell violently.

At this moment, the Lord of the Nine Abysses glanced at the surging vast divine energy around the State Altar Lord, feeling some helplessness in his eyes.

No wonder—he is formed from a top-tier innate spiritual treasure, and upon manifestation, his Dao cultivation already surpasses his.

He possesses a cultivation level nearly equal to that of the Two-Corpse Dao Sovereign.

After cultivating for dozens of elemental cycles, he should attain the Dao cultivation of the Two-Corpse Dao Sovereign.

At this moment, the State Altar Lord coldly smiled and looked at Zhang Jian, saying.

"Brother Zhang, in my view, your methods are both too merciful. Why not seize this opportunity to directly attack the Golden Yuan Dao Court, cause a great disturbance, seize the Phoenix Clan's treasury, then retreat? Wouldn't that be far better than holding a mere Netherworld hostage?"

"This..."

Zhang Jian's pupils flickered slightly, his eyes showing some ripples.

His evil corpse is certainly not lacking in boldness.

However, if diverting attention is the goal, this is indeed a better method.

But looting the Golden Yuan Dao Court carries greater risk.

One misstep, and the two corpses he painstakingly severed might be buried there!

Though he does not follow the path of the Three Corpses to the Dao, even an unnecessary loss of two corpses would greatly weaken his strength.

These three corpses differ from other incarnations.

With an additional corpse, Zhang Jian is effectively aided by two terrifying existences no less talented than himself in his cultivation.

Zhang Jian does not value combat strength, but he values this point.

Yet if the Phoenix Holy Ancestor takes notice of him, he will indeed face trouble.

If even the slightest doubt arises, he will no longer be able to walk in the Golden Yuan Dao Court, and at that time, he could only reveal the true identities of the core elders of the Three Sovereigns and Five Elders Assembly to possibly save his life.

At this moment, seeing Zhang Jian's hesitant gaze, the State Altar Lord's eyes flashed with displeasure as he urged.

"Make a quick decision—the gods of the heavens may return at any time; delay brings change!"

Zhang Jian, hearing this, thought for a moment and said.

"Very well, then let's pull off a big one!"

After a slight pause, he added.

"But the Golden Yuan Dao Court likely has powerful Phoenix Clan experts behind it—you all should still be cautious!"

Upon hearing this, the State Altar Lord instead laughed and said.

"The odds aren't high; even if there are experts, they've probably already gone beyond the realm to support the Phoenix Holy Ancestor, whose status in the Phoenix Clan is likely not ordinary! "

Zhang Jian nodded, and with a wave of his hand, he produced several treasures, handing them separately to the Lord of the Nine Abysses and the State Altar Lord.

Among them were the top-grade innate spiritual treasure, the Qiankun Diagram, and the lower-grade innate spiritual treasure, the Wood Origin Divine Talisman.

As for the Innate Four Symbols Divine Needles, Zhang Jian did not hand them over, since he had used this treasure before, and leaving traces would be disadvantageous to him.

In fact, he originally still had the middle-grade innate spiritual treasure, the Four Seas Pearl, on him, but he had already given it to Bai Li Ying.

As for the middle-grade innate spiritual treasure, the Three-Grade Creation Green Lotus, and the lower-grade innate spiritual treasure, the Pure Yang Treasure Sword, Zhang Jian prepared to keep them on his person to guard against unexpected dangers.

Besides that, Zhang Jian also took out several acquired spiritual treasures he had obtained.

Seeing this, the Lord of the Nine Abysses pondered briefly and then took the Wood Origin Divine Talisman, as well as the top-grade acquired spiritual treasure, the Innate Netherworld Gourd.

That top-grade acquired spiritual treasure, the Innate Netherworld Gourd, matched his familiarity perfectly and was most suitable.

As for the top-grade innate spiritual treasure, it was given to the Lord of the State and Altar, and the Lord of the State and Altar would lead the assault, aiming to inflict further damage on a God Emperor or a Dao Venerable, to fish in troubled waters!

Seeing this, the Lord of the State and Altar, without hesitation, took the top-grade innate spiritual treasure, the Diagram of Heaven and Earth.

The two incarnations took the treasures and immediately departed from their original spot, heading straight toward the direction of the Golden Origin Dao Court.

Seeing this, Zhang Jian returned once again to the Scarlet Void Dao Palace.

He resumed his seclusion as usual.

Until the Earth Net Divine Palace came again to report, the Earth Net had lost contact with part of the Great Thousand Worlds, Middle Thousand Worlds, and Small Thousand Worlds.

And almost simultaneously, a tremendous, earth-shaking roar came from the direction of the Golden Origin Dao Court.

Above the firmament, the boundless heavenly net's might manifested from above the Golden Origin Dao Court, as if boundless thunderclouds spread across the horizon, and furthermore, strands of magnificent divine light flowed forth from the depths of the void.

Moreover, several strands of magnificent divine light shot up from the distant horizon, racing swiftly toward the direction of the Golden Origin Heavenly Court.

These were the God Emperor of the Heavenly Phoenix and the God Emperor of the Azure Abyss!

Zhang Jian's expression grew slightly solemn.

Although his two corpses of good and evil were powerful and he possessed an innate spiritual treasure, these two God Emperors each had the support of the heavenly dao's origin and also held great advantages; if entangled with them, he would still face trouble!