Chapter 1468

Blood light filled the sky, murderous aura rushed forward, like probing into a jungle, a tiger roaring face to face!

"Pa!"

The mind went blank for an instant, the long beard curled like cypress and coiled into the head, turning into two little knots, the fat fish felt a sudden urge, the soul fled in panic, it clenched its own buttocks, every pore contracted, and it unleashed the fastest 【Formless Gathering】 of its life!

The body turned illusory and ink-like, attempting to avoid disaster, yet facing an ambush already laid in wait, it remained a step behind. Or even if it succeeded in using it, it could still not resist the methods of the Abyss Dragon.

"My life is over."

The enemy does not observe martial virtue, actually blocking the door in advance.

Despicable!

The fat fish cried out in sorrow, lamenting that it could no longer serve as the humerus, standing before the divine saddle and behind the fish, without fin blades or flood dragons, to suppress the iron-head fish, to repress the third prince, the commander-in-chief cannot move.

"Point the earth to become steel!"

"Body first, die!"

In the flash of lightning and spark of stone, red light invaded, gold light flashed! gray light flashed!

Boom!

Blood light intertwined with the fat fish, gold light slightly obstructed the direction, still unable to resist, blood light successfully pierced the flesh, cutting the body into two, sending a chill.

The fat fish turned its head to gaze at its own drifting half-fish tail, feeling nothing in the buttocks and belly, also feeling no pain, it wanted to retrieve its buttocks, but the enemy was at its side.

High-altitude figures showed surprise, blood light exploded again, the eightfold figures virtually merged into one.

"Ah Fat! Open your mouth!"

In the mind, the Great Bell of Huang Zhong sounded, then facing the red light, the fat fish's body expanded, instinctively opening its mouth, Liang Qu, Ge Zu, and Zhang Longxiang leapt out in succession, facing the blood light in the sky head-on.

"Dare to kill my fish, seeking death!"

Liang Qu roared furiously, golden eyes blazing like Xiong Xiong, in that instant he became so fast he directly pointed his fingers together like a sword.

The fingertip sliced the air, yet to strike, ripples layered and spread, the heavens cracked open. The blood-red heaven and earth turned black and white in an instant, the whole world abstracted into chaotic, jumping lines.

Slay the Flood Dragon!

Two thousand three hundred eighty-four times the root sea, roared and exploded, full power output, heaven and earth blurred into one, guest became host, repelling the netherworld beings.

The eight figures in the sky originally paid no heed, until feeling the rejection of the blood-colored heaven and earth, their hearts pounded wildly, they suppressed their color change, and instantly released blood light again, changing tactics.

The jumping lines shattered, blood light easily annihilated, exploding into drifting red smoke, like rolling wheels crushing ants, the cutting light flashed and closed in on the figures' bodies————

"Shila."

As if something was being torn open.

The pitch-black abyss suddenly gaped open, transformed into a great mouth, swallowing this gleam of silver light!

A breeze blew, the wheat fields glittered.

On the Yellow Sand River, the Wolf Chief and Li Daxian perked up their spirits, gazing at the rift and surroundings, as the first line of defense of the yang realm, they must hold firm.

Suddenly, the two felt a whim, raised their heads, a gleam of silver light appeared from nowhere, flying diagonally toward the sky, clearly not aimed at them, merely witnessing it actually made their whole body feel pinprick pain.

The next moment, the heavens split open, the canyon suddenly appeared at the horizon.

"Enemy attack!" the Wolf Chief roared.

Li Daxian broke out in cold sweat all over, terrified beyond measure, strained to turn, and stood back to back with the Wolf Chief.

A moment passed.

The wind was light, the clouds calm, no movement at all.

"Where is the enemy?" Li Daxian asked.

"I don't know." the Wolf Chief sweated on his forehead, vigilantly scanning.

"Could it be the aftermath of a leak?" Li Daxian fearfully guessed.

"Aftermath?" the Wolf Chief swallowed saliva, glanced at the sky.

Is this the terror of the netherworld?

Unknown enemy, unknown means, relying only on the aftermath of a leak, yet possessing such terrifying power, absolutely not something human strength can block, Furnace! Both simultaneously gripped Liang Qu's hand in sweat, silently praying.

"Will we win————"

The blood river surged, the other shore flowers swayed.

Figures stood in the void, far apart, facing each other.

Liang Qu stood sideways in place, coldly gazing at the eight similar yet dissimilar enemies, like eight twins, daring not to act rashly, secretly pondering: "What move was that just now, actually able to resist my nearly two thousand four hundred times root sea fourth-rank Chuanzhu Zhan Jiao?"

The Lotus Great Master had a drop of cold sweat seep from his brow, flowing down along the temples, he wriggled his skin, blocking it within his black hair, to avoid exposure, and also dared not act rashly, silently pondering: "What move was that just now, actually requiring me to use the world as a shield, transfer and release————the cutting nature of the position fruit?"

Zhang Longxiang stretched out a hand and pulled, adhering to the severed half of the fish tail, then forcefully bumped it against the fat fish's wound, with a thought, the dog-owl devoured the injury here, immediately healing.

The fat fish's eyes brightened, yet it discovered it could not feel its lower body, eyes showing a plea for help.

Ge Zu waved his horsetail whisk: "Summon souls again!"

Gray light surged again.

In an instant.

The fat fish discovered it could feel its lower body again, no, more like when it was just divided into two, something more essential had already detached from the mere flesh, prematurely "folded" up, waiting for the flesh to recover, then to re-extend.

The buttocks returned!

Seeing this, the figures wanted to move, Liang Qu followed with a step, forcing the opponent to halt, waving his hand backward.

The fat fish rejoiced, hurriedly turned its head and headed into Sichuan Province to take refuge.

The Lotus Great Scholar simply did not act again, six people had already emerged, killing a great demon had no meaning, he quietly observed, watching the fat fish disappear, and said: "Two middle position fruits, one small position fruit, separated for ten thousand years, the yang realm truly abounds in talent, moreover the other three, I fear are not simple either."

Two middle position fruits, one small position fruit? How did you see that?

Zhang Longxiang felt puzzled, glanced at Liang Qu.

"Eight people, you are the Lotus Great Scholar?" Liang Qu questioned, scanning the eight figures in the sky, not knowing why the opponent would block the bridge, clearly the appearance was random, "Where is the Great Ancestor of Da Li? Let him come out! Send you out to die for nothing?"

Eight figures, the central figure wore a black robe, head donned a conical hat, eye sockets deeply sunken, the remaining seven were largely similar, yet each had distinct features, clothing colors varied, mutually corroborating with the rumors of the Lotus Sect, soon they could be recognized from those features.

Sea-born Vajra! Wrathful Vajra!

Shakya Lion! Aihui Lotus Master!

Banmatuo Chuangza! Lotus King!

Sunlight Lotus Master! Lion's Roar Lotus Master!

Eight Transformations of the Lotus Master, eight kinds of transformation forms!

Every single human figure possessed the aura of the most top-tier Celestial Dragons, even more so; the Netherworld had passed through ten thousand years, and the majestic founder of the Lotus Sect would certainly not have made zero progress.

The Lotus Mahasattva likewise did not answer the question: "Liang Qu, the Yang World and the Netherworld originally had no grievances or enmity; why push things to this point? There was originally no Netherworld in the world; it was because the Sect Master had virtue and received Heaven's mandate that there was an opportunity to open up this blessed land."

"You're talking nonsense! No grievances or enmity? Then why did you come hack at my fish?"

"Benefactor is truly unreasonable." The Lotus Mahasattva showed neither joy nor sorrow, pressing his palms together, "Clearly it was you lot who failed to present a visiting card and forcibly barged into my Netherworld first; leaving aside your previous destruction of my sect and killing of over twenty of my elders, let us tentatively count that as a misunderstanding.

What is the meaning of today? Could it be that the Yang World has already achieved universal peace, where lost items are not picked up on the road? Even if someone barged into your house, into your bedroom, and played with your wife, would you also turn a blind eye?"

"Still daring to quibble!" Liang Qu flew into a rage, "Then what about my neighbor's second granduncle's eldest daughter's son?"

"Who is that?" The Lotus Mahasattva frowned.

"A purebred farmyard Big Yellow Dog, square mouth and nose, awe-inspiring bearing, two ears like triangles, guarding the house and courtyard, hunting and tracking, helping feed pigs — proficient in everything — had its soul hooked away by you Netherworld people! Died miserably under a carriage wheel! I still haven't found it!" Liang Qu was overwhelmed with grief and indignation, ten fingers clenched tight, "It was only three years old, a strapping young lad, had just become a father, dragon-and-phoenix twins, three males three females! Damn it, what a beast!"

Silence.

Ge Zu was astonished.

The Lion King and Xin Daxi twitched their mouth corners.

Zhang Longxiang took it as a matter of course, yet not; he did not take it as a matter of course, merely had anticipated it long ago.

The Lotus Mahasattva's expression did not change; only his furrowed brows relaxed. He was surprised by Liang Qu's personality — everyone had arrayed their formations, momentum set for a fight to the death, the enemy leader's cultivation was high, yet there he was spouting nonsense with a straight face, like a case of madness.

The Lotus Mahasattva realized he should not have spoken with them at all, and laughed: "Refusing a toast only to drink a forfeit; my Sect Master cherishes talent, yet you do not — is this the decision of the current age's Immortals?"

"One man does the deed, one man bears the responsibility; caught sneaking across the border, you still won't use an Immortal as a shield; I don't change my name when walking, don't change my surname when sitting; home at No. 1 Yixing County; unable to stomach your conduct — that is our own decision!"

Boom!

The prayer beads shattered; resplendent blood-colored light descended from the sky, pulling at his form; Liang Qu abruptly felt an invisible pulling force, his internal Qi and blood surging chaotically.

Heaven and earth changed; strand after strand of ghastly white ribs emerged from beneath the earth, like a bone cage — no, in form more like a lotus, a lotus of bone with endless petals!

The bone lotus rose from below, intending to envelop everyone.

A great sun appeared in the sky, its light shining upon the world.

Streak after streak of vague transparent human figures, swastika golden talismans encircling the eight human figures, like retinues; then they converged in the center, transforming into a lotus platform; in the center of the lotus platform, an additional Thousand-Handed Great Buddha appeared, and the Lotus Mahasattva was inside the Great Buddha's body.

The Lion King was panic-stricken; in this instant, judging by aura alone, the Lotus Mahasattva was actually even more formidable than the Fifth Will that had attacked the Northern Court and returned souls to the Yang World!

What exactly is the relationship between the Lotus Mahasattva and the Great Li's Grand Ancestor?

Dark-gold light flickered; Fubo appeared in hand, and together with the dark-red saber light flew toward both sides. Liang Qu and Zhang Longxiang struck simultaneously; large swathes of the earth's ribs shattered, crashing to the ground, then quickly merged back into the earth, growing new bone, cycling endlessly — pure slashing had no effect whatsoever.

More and more ghastly white ribs emerged, nearly forming a forest; the pressure on everyone grew greater; Liang Qu discovered his Root Sea was also being slightly suppressed, Qi and blood in disorder.

Xin Daxian rotated his wrist, one fist smashing into the earth; the earth surged like waves, violently undulating and shaking, lunging in all directions, sweeping across the land; the vast bone forest ceased growing, shattering like glass.

Bone fragments filled the sky; the shackles vanished; Qi and blood surged.

The Lotus Mahasattva sat cross-legged in meditation, unmoved; he swelled his abdomen and spewed great fire.

In the Glazha Charnel Ground, the Lotus Master manifested various forbidden conducts, transmitting secret tantric teachings to the Dakinis. And he subdued ghosts and gods, expounding many wondrous dharmas to them, displaying various divine transformations upon the sunlight; hence called Geri Ningma Wore, namely the Sunlight Lotus Master.

Great fire burning the plains!

Liang Qu's Golden Body flashed; ripples spread around his body; Zhang Longxiang's whole body was instantly burned to charcoal, but the Owl devoured it, and in a blink recovered as before; Xin Daxian shattered the space around his body in succession; the Lion King roared to the heavens, and where the sound waves reached, ripples similar to Liang Qu's spread out.

Ge Zu's heart pounded in fear, unable to comprehend the intensity of this flame: "Body dies first!"

Gray light flashed; Ge Zu was burned to charcoal; Zhang Longxiang decisively accepted the Owl's devouring damage; Ge Zu seemed to reverse time, flipping back.

"Return soul again!"

Vitality surged anew, no different from before.

"Careful, ordinary divine abilities can't resist; must use Authority — this is definitely a Position Fruit!" Liang Qu gave a reminder, his whole body attempting to jump into the Blood River to traverse, discovering space had already been tightly sealed; activating the Dragon-Tiger Golden Body, he directly bore the flames and charged forward, mobilizing the Long Right Authority to scatter the flames.

Heaven and earth trembled.

A thousand li away, Wu Lingxu and Fei Taiyu hurried over, sensing the distant aura, their Adam's apples bobbing, hearts shocked, the scene of their first meeting with Liang Qu surfacing — at that time dealing with a single Cold Cicada Martial Saint had been strenuous; in the blink of an eye ————

Not daring to be negligent.

"Form the array!"

A hundred Sixth Realm great powers pushed and intertwined, burying blood treasures, running wildly in circles; faint ripples vibrated upon the boundary.

Eight figures stood in the high sky; some spewing flames, some sending down thunder arts, some transforming into lions, shuttling and tearing.

Ge Zu weaved through in a sorry state; amid the burning flames, he kept "body dies first," "return soul again," occasionally able to lend a hand to protect others, especially the Su King who had no Authority to protect himself.

The first time was like this, the second time was like this ———— the Lotus Mahasattva fixed his gaze on the still-shaken Ge Zu, then looked at Zhang Longxiang; after multiple observations, he gained some insight into the two's Authorities.

"Die first, doesn't count as death?"

How does one kill a dead man?

Combined with another Position Fruit that can devour damage and restore the body, casualties are almost impossible to occur, achieving infinite resurrection within a short time.

"There ought to be a time limit; exceed the limit, and Return Soul can no longer be used. Ten thousand years, and the outside truly brims with talent; such a Middle Position Fruit doesn't look like something obtained through refinement — is it nurtured?" The Lotus Mahasattva sighed again, "However, none of them compare to you."

In the space of a breath, Liang Qu crashed through everything, stepped up, draped in a great fire cloak, already breaking through to the front!

Ripples around his body surged unceasingly; that was not any Position Fruit effect, but rather some power approaching the tier of a Heaven-Earth Position Fruit, causing mutual incompatibility.

This is the lifelong pursuit of the Heavenly Fire Sect Master — thorough and complete transcendence, eternal immortality! Under heaven there is no longer any threat, no longer any regret; no matter how the Zhou Tian changes, the self's world is eternally unique, omnipotent!

Liang Qu's degree of transcendence is by no means comparable to the Grand Ancestor's, yet as a Celestial Dragon realm cultivator, being able to briefly touch this power, his talent and gifts are already enough to astonish.

"What a pity ————"

The Lotus Mahasattva shook his head, then faced him squarely.

In his golden eyes magma surged, cold light shot in all directions; dark light flashed, the long spear fiercely chopped down.

Black ink lines tangled and jumped erratically.

This time there was no reappearance of the abyssal fissure; the Lotus Great Scholar reached out and seized, Fubo was unable to advance an inch, suspended in midair. Liang Qu immediately released his grip, abandoning Fubo, clenched his fist, and struck with a boom.

The Lotus Great Scholar's expression flickered; he smelled a fishy odor in his nostrils, lowered his gaze to his hand, and saw that the fishing net had cut into his fingers, drawing blood, as the small boat rose and fell.

Wrong.

The illusion shattered.

The fire cloak fluttered wildly, scattering completely, and Liang Qu's fist came crashing down.

The Lotus Great Scholar's pupils reflected the fist's shadow; he instinctively leaned back, then immediately stopped. A mere three feet — he attempted to dart and flicker, only to discover his retreat was likewise blocked. The Lotus Great Scholar still showed no panic, circling the Lotus Platform, once again sending out a ripple of energy.

The Lotus Master manifested various divine transformations in the Saha Kingdom; the king did not acknowledge his accomplishments, ordered men to pile firewood and burn him. The result: the fierce fire turned into a lake, the firewood into lotuses, and the Lotus Master sat cross-legged upon the lotus, a bone garland hanging around his neck as a solemn adornment.

To create the za, the skull garland's wondrous power!

The rippling light passed over; Liang Qu felt himself being buried alive, the confined space completely restricted, making movement extremely difficult — not merely a prohibition on shifting, but a total ban!

Like the Prison Cage of the Deep Sea, only fiercer, inevitably fourth rank or above, or perhaps some kind of rank fruit?

Liang Qu realized something was off; this fellow seemed to possess authority higher than the Fifth Immortal Capital, various privileges wielded as if by an arm and finger, perfectly matched.

"Useless, futile struggle." The Lotus Great Scholar's face remained perpetually calm, "The Root Sea connects heaven and earth, thus enhancing power; I do not unite the Six Heyi, in terms of Root Sea scale, perhaps not equal to yours, but alas, here is the Blood River Realm, not the true heaven and earth; as long as within this heaven and earth, I will forever surpass you by a thread."

"Is that so?" Liang Qu grinned, revealing his crimson gums, tilted his head back and roared loudly, "Dragon Elephant King!"

Dragon Elephant King! When?

The Lotus Great Scholar glanced askance, his peripheral vision empty on both sides, fundamentally no one present.

Been played!

No, not right.

"Just now!" The old toad fiercely tugged his long whiskers, the fat fish raised its head and bellowed.

Light and shadow shifted.

Before the Lotus Great Scholar, Liang Qu's punching figure suddenly transformed into Zhang Dragon Elephant, while Liang Qu shifted to the original position of Zhang Dragon Elephant, a single substitution, the illusion reappeared; he grasped the broken blade in his hand, endless yellow sand, banners fallen to the ground. The Lotus Great Scholar sought to break through, a fleeting opportunity, Liang Qu leapt again, appearing behind the Lotus Great Scholar's mind.

"How could this be? I clearly sealed heaven and earth, why could they break through?"

The Lotus Great Scholar's heart stirred slightly.

The desert mirage finally shattered; what could appear before the Lotus Great Scholar was not the familiar blood-red heaven and earth, but again that rising and falling fishing boat!

What a broken boat.

The Lotus Great Scholar's state of mind fluctuated.

Boom!

The heart-fire fist swung out, the vision completely collapsed.

Blood mist exploded.

Eight figures, panicked and collapsing one by one, annihilated in the fist wind.

The surging flames dissipated, Fubo, imprisoned, fell; Liang Qu raised his hand to grasp the spear shaft, Zhang Dragon Elephant twisted his body, the Lion King, Xin Daguang, and Su King all leapt up together.

Blade light flashed, spear tip hooked over, roaring swept horizontally.

Of the eight figures, the third again dissipated with the wind, the assault unabated, until the pitch-black abyss reappeared, completely engulfing the subsequent attacks.

"Pfft!"

The Lotus Great Scholar spat out a mouthful of blood from the corner of his mouth.

Liang Qu reloaded his divine abilities.

【Chasing Stars, Exchanging Moon】, 【Heaven and Earth Reversed】, 【Opening Heaven, Creating Earth】, 【Ten Thousand Laws Unstained】 exchanged for 【Diamond Transformation】, 【Dragon Tiger Transformation】, 【Qingmu Divine Spirit】, 【Divine Binding Lock】!

This is the spatial blockade countermeasure the Pot King researched his entire life!

Five people closed in again, then immediately a gust of wind swept over, scattering everyone; upon regaining senses, the Lotus Great Scholar had already transformed into a lion pulling away, leaving only a fleshly shell in place.

On the Diamond Throne, the Lotus Master manifested various divine powers, declaring himself a self-born Buddha. Many did not believe and slandered him. To guide these beings onto the path of liberation, he manifested renunciation under the master's seat on the Zhabaha day, at this time called Shakyamuni Lion!

The lion rose, transformed back into human form, the Lotus Great Scholar wiped a mouthful of blood, breathless, stared at Liang Qu, nearly unable to restrain applause.

"Good, excellent, is this the humanity developed over ten thousand years? Heroes emerge in succession, heroes emerge in succession, you are all outstanding talents, far stronger than I was back then, just a little short of death."

"No problem, I'll add more effort." Liang Qu grinned.

The Lotus Great Scholar shook his head, gave no reply, instead shifted tone: "In ancient times there were Golden Core Dao, Sacrificial Dao, Foundation Establishment Dao, later transformed into the Four Passes and Seven Ways; the Four Passes are flesh, muscle, bone, blood; galloping horses opening orifices, wolf smoke establishing bridges, tiger hunting raising towers, Entering Zhen Xiang opening the Heavenly Palace, Coiling Dragon knocking on the Heavenly Pass, furnace incarnating authority, then expanding heaven and earth — there has always been a trace to follow. But do you know how to condense the rainbow?"

Liang Qu frowned.

The Lotus Great Scholar answered himself: "Only the Great Rank Fruit can enable the furnace; the sect master opens heaven and creates earth, becoming the first person immortal; but after the furnace, there is no further path, still unable to fully transcend. Until I discovered that between different Rank Fruits, there seems to exist some kind of system, a fixed connection; thus, the conjecture of the Rainbow Realm emerged."

Everyone was slightly startled.

"For ten thousand years I have been deducing, for the sect master, for myself — " The Lotus Great Scholar sighed, glanced left and right at the eight different transformations, "I have taken many wrong paths, also gained unparalleled strength, originally thought I could easily resolve you all; now it seems, though probing, to exterminate will not be easy. The remaining backup is extremely useful."

Backup?

Liang Qu and the others felt alert, not daring to ponder the Lotus Great Scholar's words, only seeing him press his palms together.

"Crack!"

A clear sound of fracturing echoed in the ears, the Lotus Great Scholar's figure gradually faded.

"Not good!"

Liang Qu suddenly felt uneasy, he switched divine abilities again, attempting to teleport to seize the Lotus Great Scholar, but grasped only emptiness; he wanted to teleport leap to a distant place, yet no matter how he leapt, he remained spinning in place, forever unable to leap beyond a thousand-li range, to reach the endpoint a thousand li away.

"What's going on!?"

The thousand-li circumference, ripples surged wildly, an intangible dividing layer appeared.

Wu Lingxu, Fei Taiyu panted heavily, finally gazing as the blood light vanished, hearts filled with wild joy, bowed toward the reappearing Lotus Great Scholar.

The Blood River flowed silently.

The world underwent no change, only a thousand-li square world fragment was severed and sunk into the interlayer.

Like a tree trunk shedding a piece of bark.

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