Chapter 769: Clash (4K)

Bai Ze looked calmly toward the direction of the Celestial Realm Divine Tree, sensing great danger within.

He could even be certain that the Longevity Dao Sovereign was highly likely to have noticed someone targeting the Heart Ancestor Yuan Chu and had made arrangements accordingly.

Bai Ze did not care about such arrangements.

Before entering the Longevity True Realm, he had already thoroughly investigated the current state of the Longevity Dao Sovereign.

The Longevity Dao Sovereign's cultivation had declined severely.

No amount of preparation could compensate for the lack of strength.

His figure shot toward the direction of the Celestial Realm Divine Tree, arriving in an instant at a minor spiritual realm nurtured by a Celestial Tree trunk.

This is an important cultivation world nurtured by the Longevity True Realm.

It can be considered an附属 of the Longevity True Realm.

Raising his hand, a talisman emitting a faint purple aura condensed deep within his palm.

This faint purple aura talisman, once formed, seemed to faintly resonate with the great Dao principles of the myriad heavens' void.

Gazing at this faint purple Dao talisman,

Bai Ze, the Monster Saint, felt a hint of reluctance deep in his eyes—this was a secret treasure he had seized in an extraordinarily powerful chaotic dimension.

This object is named: the Azure Heaven Dao Talisman, a sect secret treasure.

To be precise, it is a heavenly Dao secret treasure.

It greatly aids ordinary cultivators, even those of the Other Shore, enabling them to assist a Longevity Dao Sovereign in forcibly entering the Union Dao realm and briefly gaining the favor of the heavenly Dao will.

It allows one to comprehend the profound mysteries of the heavenly Dao laws of heaven and earth, especially during breakthroughs, where it may have remarkable effects.

Its value can be said to rival that of innate spiritual treasures, originating from the hand of an extraordinarily powerful supreme will.

Bai Ze, the Monster Saint, gazed at the Celestial Tree trunk deep within the minor spiritual realm, and with a wave of his hand, sent it into the Celestial Realm Divine Tree's trunk, thereby beginning to infiltrate the Celestial Realm Divine Tree.

The faint purple light bound with the Celestial Realm Divine Tree's aura and instantly merged into it.

Bai Ze, the Monster Saint, felt a slight hint of regret in his eyes, but quickly regained composure.

He implanted the Azure Heaven Dao Talisman into the Celestial Realm Divine Tree, not to aid the Longevity Dao Sovereign in comprehending the Dao or breaking through.

For other Dao Sovereigns, this Azure Heaven Dao Talisman would be a supreme treasure.

But for the Longevity Dao Sovereign, it is a deadly poison pill.

Bai Ze, the Monster Saint, has already figured out the Longevity Dao Sovereign's condition.

His very self is engaged in a struggle with the Longevity True Realm's heavenly Dao origin for control of heaven and earth; at this moment, drawing the heavenly Dao origin into his body is no different than drawing fire to burn oneself!

After implanting the Azure Heaven Dao Talisman into it,

A vast and magnificent Dao resonance aura faintly appeared around his body, while three divine lights faintly emerged around him—these were his three corpse avatars, which instantly leapt from his body and flew toward three directions.

Bai Ze, the Monster Saint, then rushed straight toward the direction of the Celestial Realm Divine Tree.

……

Deep within the Celestial Realm Divine Tree, as the Azure Heaven Dao Talisman transformed into a stream of light and merged into his body.

By the side of a vast and magnificent wood-attribute divine pool.

This divine pool resembled a vast ocean of heavenly and earthly origin, and the Longevity Dao Sovereign stood within it, radiating fierce divine light like a blazing sun.

At this moment, the Azure Heaven Dao Talisman transformed into countless purple vapors, condensing in the depths of the myriad-wood divine pool into a magnificent Dao totem, which suddenly enveloped the heart of the myriad woods, blazing like the sun.

The Longevity Dao Sovereign radiated a magnificent Dao rhythm, and a magnificent, surging phantom of the Celestial Realm Divine Tree emerged above the myriad-wood divine pool, accompanied by an extraordinarily powerful and terrifying will that instantly suppressed the continuously rising purple aura talismans below.

"How cunning! What skill!"

The Longevity Dao Sovereign's gaze swept over the magnificent heavenly Dao talisman appearing below; he could sense that the heavenly Dao origin of the Longevity True Realm, hidden in the darkness, had already been stirred by this extraordinarily marvelous talisman, descending deep into this myriad-wood space.

His expression remained cold and indifferent.

Although the Azure Heaven Dao Talisman is rare, the Longevity Dao Sovereign recognizes it.

He also felt a hint of helplessness in his eyes.

His current state is very special—the Celestial Realm Divine Tree cannot move, making him nothing but a living target.

At this moment, being targeted and suppressed by a secret method, he cannot change this fact.

But he is not without preventive measures!

He is not one who sits idly by while his flaws are exposed, unprepared.

The heavenly Dao origin's heavy pressure manifested, and a deep yellow edict appeared at the center of his brow; when this edict appeared, it seemed to likewise stir the myriad heavens' void, resonating with the boundless dark heavenly Dao of heaven and earth, and from within, a will far surpassing the heavenly Dao emerged, suppressing the heavenly Dao origin.

Faintly within it appeared the resonant sound of the heavenly Emperor Dao.

Moreover, a magnificent heavenly and earthly dimension appeared—a figure clad in boundless nine-colored divine light, faintly serving as the pivot of the myriad heavens' void and cosmos, with calm eyes coming and going, myriad gods following, heaven and earth paying homage.

"The Heavenly Emperor's decree: ……"

As each Dao sound symbol appeared within, instantly, the divine power of the Azure Heaven Dao Talisman suffered immense suppression.

Countless purple Dao patterns were washed away by the faint yellow nine-dragon phantom, forced back into the depths of the myriad-wood divine pool.

Only the heavenly Dao will of the Longevity True Realm faintly manifested in the dark void, its power greatly increased.

This is a heavenly Emperor's封法 edict; although not specifically targeted at this kind of heavenly Dao secret method, it can still delay the Azure Heaven Dao Talisman's power by one or two.

Immediately afterward, deep within his wood-origin divine pool, Dao patterns of heaven and earth appeared, gradually rotating and combining to form a light curtain, temporarily resisting the heavenly Dao pressure drawn by the Azure Heaven Dao Talisman.

Upon completing this with a thought, the Longevity Dao Sovereign simultaneously mobilized the power of the Celestial Realm Divine Tree, forming an absolute divine tree domain, sealing off the spacetime dimensions around the Celestial Realm Divine Tree.

He had already noticed a magnificent aura moving toward the origin space beneath the Celestial Realm Divine Tree.

The opponent was clearly heading for the Heart Ancestor Yuan Chu.

But for the opponent to think they could rescue the Heart Ancestor Yuan Chu from his hands—that was utterly underestimating this Longevity Dao Sovereign!

Part of the Longevity Dao Sovereign's will remained in the myriad-wood space, mobilizing the power of the Celestial Realm Divine Tree to resist the ever-increasing heavenly Dao power of the Longevity True Realm.

Another part of his will had already descended upon a congenital divine fetus currently being tempered.

……

In the primal space, the demon saint Bai Ze moved with extreme speed, a layer of intense arc-shaped white light surrounding his body, and the many hidden killing formations arranged around the primal space were as nothing to him.

At this time, relying on a secret treasure in his hand, he accurately locked onto the direction of Heart Ancestor Yuanchu.

In his mighty will perception, Heart Ancestor Yuanchu's vitality was extremely weak, yet it revealed a layer of immortal and indestructible tenacious power.

Hum—

Deep within the primal space, it seemed to sense something unusual; within a layer of chaos-colored seal, a terrifying divine power, demonic and extremely evil, flowed out from a chaos void, and upon close inspection, it appeared to be the phantom of a terrifying spirit pot, wrapping it layer upon layer, with countless Dao runes covering the terrifying demonic evil body as if filling the cosmic universe, causing its true form to continually wither, stained with layer upon layer of a state neither alive nor dead!

As it moved, layers of black and white divine energy appeared around the spirit pot, evolving into a phantom of the Yin-Yang Taiji, constantly rotating, wearing down its cultivation, divine power, and eroding its foundation.

Bai Ze the demon saint seemed to sense something, yet his pupil light changed in an instant, but he saw countless Dao divine patterns emerge within the primal space, as if instantly making this primal space seem like a living thing, Dao divine patterns intertwining, supporting countless vines, sweeping toward Bai Ze the demon saint.

Covering the sky and earth.

In the depths of the azure heavens, even more unknown ancient killing formations emitted divine light, rushing toward Bai Ze the demon saint to bury him here.

Bai Ze the demon saint, seeing this, remained calm.

"Longevity Dao friend, you cannot stop this seat!"

He merely waved his hand slightly, and instantly violent divine energy burst violently from around his body, several strands of white divine light shooting out swiftly from his body, faintly revealing several layers of two-turn supreme divine abilities combining around his body, forming several illusory giant tails, wherever they passed, killing formation immortal light and emerald divine light were all violently shattered by him, even fragments of heavenly and earthly Dao laws were swept away by the giant tails.

This is the heavenly demon secret art.

Bai Ze the demon saint, as one of the left and right arms of the ancient demon court demon emperor, and likewise the founder of the demon Dao, is proficient in many heavenly demon secret arts.

But just as countless primal spacetimes shattered, a cold voice emerged from the void.

"Bai Ze the demon saint, you are courting death!"

A cyan-green stream of light flowed from the depths of the void, yet in an instant it blocked Bai Ze the demon saint, who was nearly within chi distance, before the heavenly divine tree.

The cyan-green sword light contained the piercing sharpness of the myriad plants.

Nothing can withstand it.

Like the ancient divine axe held by the Yuanshi Tianwang to cleave heaven.

Bai Ze the demon saint saw this scene, his expression unchanged, only behind him countless spear-like lights appeared, vast divine energy surging forth, the heavenly divine domain gradually forming around him under this power suddenly shattered, a scorching white light rotating and bursting from his hand, as if the source of the boundless heavenly and earthly Dao erupted from within, condensing into a divine seal that struck upward.

"Heavenly demon secret art, demon emperor stabilizes the world!"

Their collision was as if heaven and earth were shattering, turbulent, the layers of earth beneath the heavenly divine tree seemed to jump, collapsing, the vast aftermath sweeping toward the true form of that heavenly divine tree, but the heavenly divine tree emitted cyan-green divine light, yet it swiftly suppressed this terrifying fluctuation, even the cyan-green divine light poured down onto the earth, making the earth restless, the breaking trend halted.

Only their collision caused the falling armor-piercing tips from the heavens to be nullified.

Bai Ze the demon saint slightly retreated ten thousand zhang, gazing at the cyan-clad figure that had appeared before the heavenly divine tree, feeling a slight sigh.

"Truly worthy of being the first Dharma Protector Dao Zun under the Great Heavenly Venerable, Longevity Dao friend's cultivation is truly eye-opening!"

Bai Ze the demon saint smiled slightly, the depths of his eyes, bright as stars, holding a hint of solemnity.

The origins of Longevity Dao Zun are generally unknown to powerful cultivators, but he knows them well.

His origins were originally merely a fruit tree in the mundane estate of the Jade Emperor Great Heavenly Venerable.

After the Jade Emperor Great Heavenly Venerable lifted his residence and ascended, besides the Seven Fairies, including many poultry and beasts in his household, even the fruit trees in the estate ascended with him to the heavenly gates.

This matter at the time still drew criticism and ridicule from many innate gods and demons.

But who could have thought that these ordinary poultry, beasts, and fruit trees, following the Jade Emperor Great Heavenly Venerable through countless kalpas, would each attain great divine abilities, especially Longevity Dao Zun, whose achievements are even more astonishing.

Now he oversees the boundless wood-origin of the Central Heavenly Court, having even replaced the wood god Jumang among the Twelve Origin Demon Gods, becoming the Wood Ancestor.

Strictly speaking, whether it is the Jade Emperor Great Heavenly Venerable or Longevity Dao Zun, they are juniors to these ancient demon saints.

But their cultivation and achievements are actually not inferior to his, possibly even surpassing.

"Kill!"

Longevity Dao Zun came with a vertical sword, his innate divine fetus manifesting, countless longevity cyan wood divine lights appearing around his body, countless forest shadows appearing in the depths of the void, endless to the horizon.

The sword shadows fell like lightning and electricity, countless longevity cyan wood divine lights turning into vortices, encircling Bai Ze the demon saint.

Within the longevity cyan wood divine light, faintly lay a vast divine power that absorbs the spirits of all beings and seizes heavenly creation to annihilate.

Bai Ze the demon saint gave a light sneer.

"Demon Emperor True Form!"

Layers of demonic aura surged violently around his body, the vast demonic aura behind him continuously expanding, fierce white divine light brighter than the sun and moon above the heavens, the mighty demon god true form appearing with layers of immortal and indestructible divine energy, countless white lights like giant tails emerging from around his body, instantly shredding layer upon layer of longevity cyan wood divine light, forcibly devouring them.

Radiance surged simultaneously, sweeping toward the primal space, wherever it passed, the heavenly and earthly Dao rules flowing within the primal space, and even all kinds of heavenly and earthly origin qi, completely vanished.

Within that white radiance, it seemed as if the civilizational light of the heavenly demon Dao was being interpreted within.

Within it, various demon god shadows emerged, interpreting how the demon race plunders the power of all heavens.

This divine power even faintly restrained the origin of the heavenly divine tree.

The innate divine fetus sensed that a portion of its cultivation and origin had been stolen in an instant, its expression slightly changing.

His form hid within the continuously falling heavenly divine light from the heavens.

In the void above, Longevity Dao Zun's face was cold, he knew that at his current state, he could fundamentally not defeat this Bai Ze the demon saint.

He is currently merely a conscious good corpse condensed into an innate divine fetus, currently able to exert at most thirty percent of good corpse divine energy, and must also divide attention to resist the disturbance of heavenly Dao power.

Roughly speaking, compared to an ordinary three-turn Dao Zun, he is slightly stronger.

But now he faces the wise demon saint Bai Ze of the ancient demon court.

He is likely already having walked the path of a three-turn Dao Zun for some time.

And certainly not an ordinary three-turn Dao Zun, at least a peak Dao Zun of the three-turn realm.

Direct confrontation, no chance of victory.

But fortunately he did not plan to confront head-on.

At this moment within the primal space, Dao-origin divine power condensed and manifested as an endless forest domain.

The heaven-and-earth origin of the Longevity Heavenly Realm borrowed by him can fully withstand this consumption.

At the same time he is also preparing another secret art, determined to make this Bai Ze the demon saint eat how much and spit out how much.

Bai Ze the demon saint at this moment emitted abnormal brilliant heavenly demon light from his body, his eyes gazing upward into the void, speaking lightly.

"Fellow Daoist of Longevity, why must you keep people at a distance? You are actually counted among my demon clan; if you were willing to join our demon court, His Majesty Taiyi would surely not treat you poorly, and might even impart to you the marvels of the primordial beginning."

As he spoke, the White Ze Demon Saint did not slow his hand, and one after another, brilliant white divine radiance burst forth from his palm.

Looking closely, within it appeared a tangible divine banner.

Upon the divine banner appeared the sight of myriad demons roaring in filial piety, prostrating themselves.

This is an innate spiritual treasure.

The power contained within this innate spiritual treasure is extraordinarily vast; as the white light slightly curled, layer upon layer of the Forest Net Dharma Array shattered, but in the next instant, layer upon layer of emerald green radiance descended from above the Heavenly Realm Divine Tree, once again forming a great expanse of Forest Net Dharma Realm, creating a world shrouded in myriad trees.

Moreover, an invisible force drew upon the White Ze Demon Saint's cultivation and lifespan.

It seemed endless and unceasing.

Not only this wave of green light, but the azure-green radiance above the firmament surged forth in mighty waves, seemingly impossible to count in layers.

Seeing this, the White Ze Demon Saint's expression remained unchanged; he merely waved that grand innate divine banner, and wherever it passed, countless Forest Net Tree Realms were utterly shattered.

This divine banner further emitted a unique power, gradually influencing this Forest Net Tree Realm, and even reaching the core depths of the Heavenly Realm Divine Tree.

Above the Heavenly Realm Divine Tree, the Longevity Dao Venerable's countenance was not pleasant.

He fixed his gaze tightly upon that long banner, with a hint of apprehension in his eyes.

He recognized that innate spiritual treasure.

It is the demon clan's supreme treasure for stabilizing fortune, the Myriad Demons Banner.

This treasure should originally have been held in the Brocade Palace, in the hands of the Ancient True Goddess, Nuwa.

Who would have thought it would now appear in the hands of the Demon Saint White Ze!

What White Ze said is not wrong; although he has undergone billions of kalpas of rebirth, his origin is indeed from the demon clan, and he is indeed subject to the restraint of the Myriad Demons Banner.

However, the White Ze Demon Saint's attempt to establish his Innate Forest Net Heavenly Realm Great Array is not so easy.

At this moment, a stern voice fell from the void into the ears of the Longevity Dao Venerable.

"Second Ancestor, I have some grudges with this White Ze Demon Saint; may I be permitted to meet him?"

Yet, above the Heavenly Realm Divine Tree, a figure appeared upon the clouds.

Zhang Jian's form manifested.

"Huh?"

The Longevity Dao Venerable's expression shifted; he glanced askance at Zhang Jian, and in his perception of the Heavenly Realm Divine Tree, Zhang Jian should clearly be seated in meditation beyond the heavens.

As if sensing the Longevity Dao Venerable's thought, Zhang Jian spoke calmly.

"That is my three-corpse incarnation!"

In the depths of Zhang Jian's eyes, there was a sharp stare fixed upon the depths of the Innate Forest Net Heavenly Realm Great Array, upon the unbridled White Ze Demon Saint.

In ancient times, having narrowly escaped death and returned, Zhang Jian has constantly kept this White Ze Demon Saint in his thoughts; now, at last, they have met.

Moreover, this demon saint intends to unleash the Primordial Heart Ancestor, to overturn the True Realm of Longevity.

This is something he absolutely cannot tolerate!