Chapter 476: Nascent Soul Perfection, Scarlet Beauty Drives Away Evil

Facing the surging evil light, his vision became bizarre, yet Du En's expression remained calm, devoid of shock or agitation; he merely pushed his cultivation and techniques further, as if undoing one shackle after another, while a terrifying pressure brewed.

Gulp~

What had he swallowed? The remnant thoughts of that Great Demon, as well as the malice behind the scenes, could not help but startle.

Following this, a wild, violent aura exploded right in front of him, surging to destroy the countless rays of evil light.

Du En stood within the light, his divine might illustrious, his cultivation surging wildly; everything was becoming perfect, becoming impeccable.

Nascent Soul Perfection!

Because just a moment ago, he had swallowed, without hesitation, the Fetal Creation Pill that had been wrapped under his tongue all along.

Aided by the surging medicinal power, it pushed his cultivation directly, crossing the final two points of accumulation to achieve Nascent Soul Perfection; the power was so immense it was hard to stop, and the precious pill lived up to its name, continuing to drive his cultivation upward.

【Age: 65/4000】

【Spirit Root: Supreme Grade】

【Cultivation: Nascent Soul Perfection (30/100)】

【Technique: Radiant Glory Sacred Canon (Great Accomplishment 312200/500000)】

【Spells: Mountain Moving (Small Achievement 0/100), Scraping Killing Profound Dust (Well-versed 0/50), Underworld Winter Hiding Yang (Well-versed 0/50), Dragon Subduing True Image (Small Achievement 0/100), Earth-Wood Sacred Refining (Perfected to the Extreme), Three Truths Divine Fire (Well-versed 2/50), Armor-Wood True Domain (Well-versed 0/50), Four Seasons Flower Grafting (Small Achievement 0/100), Fiery Eyes Golden Gaze (Perfected to the Extreme), Vermilion Lord Clears the World (Small Achievement 2/100), Divine Mechanism Puppet Manipulation (Initial Glimpse 0/20), Solar Divine Fire (Initial Glimpse 0/20)】

【Divine Abilities: Burying Death Flourishing Life (Mastery 280/300), Undying Sacred Source (Initial Glimpse 0/20)】

【Hundred Arts: Appraisal (Perfected to the Extreme), Culinary Cooking (Perfected to the Extreme), Spirit Seeking (Perfected to the Extreme), Artifact Refining (Great Accomplishment 200/500), Puppet Crafting (Great Accomplishment 30/500)】

"With this, this period of seclusion can be considered perfectly concluded."

As he said this, he stepped forward.

The entity opposite reacted, intending to manipulate the Dharma Domain and toy with space, but just as it was about to act, it discovered that Du En had already utilized the instability of space to arrive before it in a single step, his raised hand appearing as if cast from radiance.

Searching, harvesting, heat-cooking, fire-refining...

Light transformed into fire, and the divine fire bloomed quietly.

"Wah!"

Amidst a shrill scream, that indescribable thing—nauseating, repulsive, something one would never want to approach, appearing like a pollutant of the human heart—voluntarily discarded a small portion of itself, just to pull away from that hand which was as calm as ever, indifferent to these mere tricks of toying with human hearts, and whose only intention in its movements was to destroy what it touched.

Contact, severance, erasure, incineration! "What are you afraid of?"

Du En turned his head to look at the heap of things fleeing from him, seemingly puzzled that this fellow could actually feel fear.

Clearly, it was the one that created fear, an unknown evil entity whose composition was impossible for anyone to understand.

So, as I said.

"The purity is still too low."

"Wagua gugugu!!!"

Seemingly provoked by these words, the heap of things jumped violently, scarlet matter swirling around its body; the inner circle of the Dharma Domain suddenly condensed and nested, like principles emitting a rotten stench, regurgitated from the interior of a digestive tract, then sprayed out, transforming into infinite remnant corpses and defeated soldiers.

They raised their broken, skull-like faces, resembling vengeful spirits, questioning and roaring silently, each radiating intense Golden Evil, Decay Evil, and Grudge Evil capable of easily slaughtering a genius-level Nascent Soul cultivator, then swarmed over, allowing no room for escape, retreat, or further utilization of spatial instability!

This kind of principle?

Du En's slight arching of his brows at this moment made that heap of things reveal a human-like smile, eyes flowing and flickering, all filled with mockery and cruelty.

Then, one saw that hateful, terrifying, and delicious person—or whatever else it was—casually remove an ornament from his robe.

A great spear, appearing broken from having experienced a hundred battles, its spirituality long since exhausted and its internal artifact seals scarred, now, as light, heat, and fire flowed into it, filling every crack, caused it to radiate an unprecedented might.

The general dies in a hundred battles, never to return! Fighting with all one's might!

Only death remains! The Tyrant Soldier King Evil was tempered by divine fire, and there was a Dharma Treasure layered and combined upon it, dragging out principles.

Golden spears and iron horses, sunset red tassels, dying without turning back, scarlet beauty splashed and dyed! Tyrant Spear, Scarlet Beauty Blade, Life-Bound Transformation, Spirit-Replacing Remnant.

Du En leaped out, walking through the air, and amidst the brandishing of weapons, the blood-stained red tassels fluttered loudly, as if the moment of sunset had arrived, the battlefield covered in severed limbs and tangled grass, the military banners tattered yet struggling to fly.

Only one general remains, never thinking of returning!

Charging into the formation without retreat, still slaughtering!

He was but one man, yet he still slaughtered his way into the thousands of troops, facing infinite vengeful soldiers and evil spirits, with just one thrust of his spear.

Boom! Piercing through hundreds and thousands, shattering many times over.

More came surging in, waves of evil soldiers pressing upon his body; there was no avoidance, no retreat, only advancement, only the charge!

Like a blood-stained Overlord, a reckless, unstoppable charge, beating a path where remnant soldiers and shattered evil flew across the sky, leaving behind a road paved in scarlet beauty, like blood flowing in torrents, gurgling as it followed.

Behind the heavy layers of evil armies, the indescribable heap suddenly felt a tremor; the malice behind it had sensed something was wrong.

Too late!

Pole after pole of red tassels suddenly rose from the blood, a distinct blood-color sweeping in like a tide, cutting off the port, covering this place and this domain.

Do you not see the sunset red tassels flying! Du En's Nascent Soul Perfection could be equated to taking half a step toward Void Refinement, capable of pulling various principles from the infinite heavens and earth; it just so happened that this unknown thing hidden behind the scenes had chosen to collapse space itself, striking a crack in the Supreme's seal and forming a region with ambiguous positioning.

Thus, Du En used his precious artifact and Dharma Treasure as fulcrums to pull other laws and principles out from the water.

Following the "Scarlet Beauty Code" all the way down, the various battles and bloodshed of weapons, the principle that finally converged at one point was named Heroism, in reality it was Determination, and in essence it was Unwillingness, Inexhaustibility, Non-retreat, and Non-cessation!

Thus, he severed the old, and thus, he arrived before it.

Du En appeared bathed in blood, shattering the rotten principles, and arrived before the enemy general who had not yet reacted; a spear thrust out like a dragon, space seemed to solidify, the malice attempted to find a gap in time, and then, it was rendered stagnant by the scarlet color; by the time it regained its senses, it had already drifted far away, alone, seeing only the twilight like blood, death everywhere.

Whether it is me, or you...

"Then I am truly sorry, I cannot die."

Calm words are sometimes always out of place, exceptionally grating, and can easily make one fly into a rage from shame.

"Ah!!!" The remnant threads of malice rendered by the principles suddenly broke free from that rendering, letting out a roar of a loser at him, appearing exceptionally exasperated, containing curses and hatred.

But then, it dissipated nonetheless.

The Dharma Domain collapsed, and space recovered.

"Just a wisp remaining after cutting off the port, in coordination with the spatial restoration means laid out by the Supreme, was actually able to break free from the rendering of principles; what kind of evil thing is the true form of this?"

Du En appeared to have won, and even seemed high-spirited, winning with great ease, but in fact, forcibly prying and pulling out a path not his own resulted in him being left in tatters; the blood covering his body was not a decoration, but the Scarlet Beauty Dao principles dismembering and splitting him apart.

This is, a Dao wound! Boom! The red spear in his hand shattered; he could no longer hold onto the Dao that did not belong to him.

If the Overlord Spear is gone, so be it, but the shattering of a life-bound Dharma treasure will take a while to recover from.

And these Dao wounds on his body will also take some time to wear away and heal...

Du En pondered, his gaze shifting to look to the other side.

Over there, as the Dharma domain completely collapsed and dissipated, seeing him in such a heavily injured state, some people had already begun to lose their patience.

He turned his head to look over, and upon meeting those calm eyes, the two Great Cultivators who were itching to move were immediately startled, stepping back one after another; then, realizing what happened, they felt somewhat ashamed and angry, while simultaneously glancing at each other, wanting the other to strike first so they could reap the rewards of the fisherman.

In short, they were momentarily unable to advance or retreat.

Seeking great things but cherishing one's own life.

Du En silently activated the physical divine ability of the Undying Sacred Source, and the Dao wounds all over his body began to stop bleeding; although the residual Dao was still grinding away at his existence, it was fundamentally unable to kill him.

His ability to act was undoubtedly still there; he reached out and grabbed something seemingly carelessly, and with a 'boom', a damaged iron fragment flew out from the debris covering the ground—it was precisely one of the fragments related to the Jianyi Relic.

Although it had become damaged due to various factors, it had not truly shattered after all, so by collecting three pieces, it was still possible to piece together a general original form.

Seeing him continue to act on his own, completely ignoring their side, the two Great Cultivators' expressions sank, realizing that this did not seem to be the time to haggle over who should strike first; otherwise, if this guy in front of them still had the means to recover, their pursuits and obsessions would come to nothing!

"I advise the two of you to be clear-headed."

Du En spoke expressionlessly while putting away the fragment.

But these two sneered instead.

"Fellow Daoist Jiu Yun, or whatever other fellow Daoist you may be, in short, although your Dharma power is higher than expected, now that you have suffered such heavy injuries facing the erosion of the Dharma domain, stop putting on a brave front!"

"Heavenly treasures belong to those with virtue; if you are sensible, Fellow Daoist, hand over the treasure, otherwise!"

Before the words had faded, they suddenly erupted! The shouting was just a feint, aiming for a surprise attack! Clang, clang, clang!!! The golden cymbals rang wildly, waves of metal-clashing sounds echoed, and a hazy, sand-like mist swirled in the air, every speck being the essence of Xin Metal, full of lethality and even more insidious and tricky; it was a hidden move of Old Ancestor Gengluo, who had once used it to ambush and kill a Great Cultivator of the same rank, keeping it a secret from the outside world. Using it again at this moment, he was not holding back any strength at all.

"Hehehe!!!"

Old Monster Xuanxu let out bursts of sinister laughter, throwing out his own life-bound Dharma treasure; that long ruler immediately whistled through the air, evolving into various manifestations of the Five Elements—the soldiers of Geng Metal, the life of Jia Wood, the flow of Ren Water, the burning of Bing Fire, and the suppression of Wu Earth—the Five Elements resonated immediately, like a cast ring, directly erupting with great Dharma power, flipping over the depths of this mountain peak that was already missing and strange.

Looking from afar, that mountain seemed to have its lid lifted; the dust and mist were like curling steam, and even more so, the scorching flow of Xin Metal essence was hidden within.

Whistling and sweeping, coiling within.

Suddenly the dust settled, and everything became clear, only to see Du En standing proudly in the middle, lifting one finger to hold back that ring of Five Elements.

"What?!"

Old Monster Xuanxu's sinister laughter vanished abruptly, replaced only by extreme astonishment, because the scene before him was truly a situation he could not imagine or understand.

How could it be possible for someone to hold back the killing move of his life-bound Dharma treasure with just one finger? This should be fundamentally impossible!

Even Old Ancestor Gengluo was stunned, not only because of the shocking situation before him, but also because the means he had employed had not succeeded just now, failing to inflict damage! Of course, things having reached this point, amidst a sense of hair-raising terror, he hurriedly squeezed his Dharma power, erupting violently, even his Nascent Soul half-emerging, cracking with a 'pop'—it could be said he was truly going all out.

In an instant, the life-bound golden cymbals wrapped around the Xin Metal essence, Geng and Xin merging into one, transforming into a golden awl, carrying a fierce sharpness as it rushed toward Du En, reaching his eyes in an instant.

He lifted another finger, arriving later but reaching first, as if waiting for the opponent to rush over himself, easily holding back the tip of the golden awl, preventing it from advancing even an inch.

Old Ancestor Gengluo watched with his heart trembling, because his all-out strike could not even pierce the blood bead stained on that finger.

Let alone pierce it, it didn't even deform!

Genius, prodigy, early-stage Deity Transformation, peak Deity Transformation, ordinary flesh, divine body of the sacred... the gap was just that large, like the distance between heaven and earth.

"Even if I have suffered heavy injuries and bear the Red Flame Dao wound, I am indeed at a low point, but that does not mean you can... you mayflies who cannot fly out of the cracks in the ground..."

"It's that blood! That is not his blood, that is some kind of Dharma blood or Dao blood; he is using this blood to fool people!"

Old Monster Xuanxu screamed shrilly at this moment, completely unable to accept reality, to the point that his Dao heart collapsed in fear and despair.

Collapsing so easily was not just because the scene before them was too terrifying, but also because this place had once been occupied and infiltrated by malice; that was non-human and extraordinary, exceptionally terrifying, an existence that even Du En had to break through immediately and adopt a method of mutual destruction and trickery to isolate and repel.

So even if there were only residual traces, it still caused them to be unconsciously affected.

Moreover, were they really normal all along? Was this current state not a result of the various key pieces of information they knew being erased? Although Du En had his suspicions, he did not take any action.

Because even if that were the case, by the end of his confrontation with that terrifying figure behind the scenes, the opponent had already deleted all kinds of key information, not to mention that even if An Shen were here to search their souls, nothing could be found.

Unless they spat it out themselves, it would be fundamentally impossible to learn.

This was also the reason why he had originally wanted to spare these two.

Now, though.

"My patience is also limited."

Saying this, he changed from pointing to grabbing, violently seizing the two life-bound Dharma treasures, and with a 'boom', crushed them on the spot.

He turned his head again, looking at Old Monster Xuanxu who had appeared behind him.

"Playing tricks, appearing to be Five Elements, but actually being illusions—did you really think I wouldn't know?"

He spoke calmly, while Old Monster Xuanxu, facing him now, only had eyes full of fear, because his trump card had been called out.

However, this guy probably hadn't even realized it himself; at this moment, his own body and movements were displaying something completely different from his emotions.

(End of chapter)