Chapter 1541

Void rubble lay thick and dense, drifting in darkness, heaven and earth shrinking into a tiny fragment.

The Jin Wu blazed with light, each feather wrapped in crimson-gold flame, not hot, very bright, bright enough to pierce the void for millions of miles,

the nine heavens and ten earths, gilding the colossal figure with a layer of dazzling gold radiance, each strand of silver-white hair shining bright to transparency, swaying silently.

Heaven and earth fell silent.

Grass blades bent and then straightened again.

The straw-hatted old man, Zhang Longxiang, the Holy Emperor, the Tusi, the Sweat King, and myriad beings—all stared blankly at the heavens, at that vast, boundless silver-white river.

The Blue River no longer existed; the Milky Way took its place.

"Move————" Xu Zishuai stumbled, half-spitting out, "Moving house?"

The Adam's apple trembled.

In his peripheral vision, shadows stretched long.

Bai Yuan stood behind him.

Cold sweat slid from the sideburns of the Great Li Taizu, his scalp clenched tight, burning like fire.

What is this?

Did you fail to dismantle Bai Yuan's world? What is the position fruit in your hand?

The Great Li Taizu's mind was in chaos, yet he forced himself calm, ever ready for Bai Yuan's next assault—was he preparing to crush, to slash, or to seize and drag?

The first two could instantly induce dream to avoid trauma; the fourth authority could scramble and displace—perhaps in the chaos, he could rebound a blow—

Bai Mao's large hand tightened ever more, the pressing sensation growing stronger, the Great Li Taizu had readied everything——the large hand suddenly exerted force!

"Whoosh!"

Bai Mao brushed past, the neck losing control.

The immense, unstoppable force made the Great Li Taizu's head tilt uncontrollably to one side.

Enter dream!

Injuries became nothing——

In the brief tension, the Great Li Taizu felt no pain, no sensation, then realized his skull was unbroken, unharmed—not a single hair fallen, merely struck, tilting uncontrollably.

The somewhat familiar motion made His emotions surge.

In dazed shock and fear, mixed with something else, presence intensely strong, yet the Great Li Taizu continually forced himself calm, maintained restraint, did not scrutinize closely, merely suppressing the shifting emotions.

All well?

Joy welled up.

Could Bai Yuan have merely blustered, already fallen into the furnace, in truth not——

"Whoosh!"

The large hand pressed down again on the skull, Bai Mao brushed past the cheek.

Vision warped, the Great Li Taizu's head tilted uncontrollably to one side once more, in his peripheral vision he saw a furry monkey paw.

Suppressed emotions surged madly, rebounded, collided, nearly bursting the cage of reason, a sour liquid welled from the heart.

The Great Li Taizu's thoughts went blank again.

He would grow angry, would hate, but anger and hatred had never shattered his mind, only turned into his vengeful strength—yet why, why, what emotion is this? So familiar, yet so strange.

Shadow fell again, dazed, he suddenly recalled why this motion felt familiar.

In youth, the teacher lectured, a room of students numbering ten or so, after class resting, always some disciple, always some student with idle hands, relying on being older and taller, walking past the desk, self-importantly, thinking it fun, suddenly pressing his head, shoving hard, watching him, frail, struggle to keep balance in loss of control, laughing loudly.

That was, ten thousand years ago——

The disciple's laughter and wail echoed simultaneously in his ears, the Great Li Taizu stared blankly, turning his head.

The tall, older student disciple, identical to the white ape behind him, completely overlapped——

"Hey!"

Bai Yuan bared teeth, pressed that head, gently shoved, then patted upward.

"I gave you a chance, you're useless!"

The imperial headdress drifted toward the void, long hair scattered.

Pupils lost focus.

Suppressed emotions exploded instantly, shattering remaining reason, what flowed out was not dazed shock, not fear, not anger——but humiliation, filling the chest with humiliation!

"Ah!!!"

In that instant, the Great Li Taizu began to howl, began to roar, madly lunging forth.

"Boom!"

Bai Yuan turned into a meteor, charging backward in flight, the Great Li Taizu's eyes crimson, face ferocious, without pattern, without reason, punching again and again at Bai Yuan's head: "Die! Die! I want you dead!"

"Hahaha, hahaha, push, push! So good! So good!"

"Your Majesty, calm down, calm down!"

The Lotus Grand Master panicked and frightened, hair disheveled.

He could do nothing, all analysis, all countermeasures dissipated like smoke, could only desperately shout to awaken the Great Li Taizu's reason.

Bai Yuan laughed loudly.

Pain.

He could still feel pain.

But this pain grew ever fainter.

Bai Yuan flew in the boundless void, drew a deep breath, exhaled slowly.

Scraping for survival, resisting desperately——how many blows must I endure to become a corner?

Feeling as if he had endured for a very long time, perhaps only a short month, yet a hundred thousand contemplations felt like enduring a hundred years, he awaited a transformation, a promotion of the position fruit.

The Heavenly Origin stands as the center, governing the Four Regents.

The time of harvest, so tranquil, so harmonious.

Utterly without resistance, merely quietly experiencing the world's growth, fulfillment filling.

The vastness utterly unlike that of the Cangming Realm, not one great and four small, not one great and three medium, not three great and one medium, but five great, and even beyond the five great, capable of transformation.

Growth and withering, cycling endlessly, the balance of all things. The authority of the Heavenly Origin silently melts, silently intertwines, one entity two aspects, balancing all things, resonating and cycling.

Drawing in Pangu, Wu Zhiqi, Yinglong, and the River Lord, changes without bounds.

The Heavenly Origin Realm frenziedly expands, submerging the White River, submerging the Red River.

Upon the Marsh Cauldron, one face human deity, one face beast deity.

At this very moment, the beast deity centered Wu Zhiqi blazes with light, radiance flares, the ferocious, roaring expression on the cauldron's face gradually fades, gradually sits cross-legged, giving rise to three parts divinity, no longer abrupt, no longer savage, just like the winged flying dragon beside it.

"Boom!"

Warmth sweeps, surrounding flames entwine.

Bai Yuan again rushes into the sun, this time He strikes against something not so soft, it is the Jin Wu, as if a chain reaction, the Jin Wu's immense, unmatched body slowly moves.

Above the firmament, in the silver-white river that submerges all, a brighter point of light appears.

The darkness of nightfall gradually brightens, slowly turning purple-white.

"Bing————Bing fire?"

All the deities stare blankly at the firmament, eyes wide, watching the little sun burst forth from the sky!

Previously the moon collapsed, to this day fragments still fall, tides rise and fall utterly destroyed, submerging coastal towns.

Now it is but April, how could Bing fire, which only appears in July or August, emerge?

Night, day, solar terms————

Heaven and earth turn, heaven and earth cycle.

Thoroughly become a trifle that Rainbow Ascendancy powerhouses can control at will.

"Die! Die! Die!"

"Bang!"

Bai Yuan's palm-leaf fan hand sweeps out, the ferocious visage of the Great Ancestor of Da Li's skull shatters and flies apart.

Illusion and reality shift, in the blink of an eye, the unharmed, fully robed Great Ancestor of Da Li leaps from the dream, then transforms into the dream Bai Yuan, and with one strike severs the head.

A wound appears on the neck of the real Bai Yuan, he raises his hand to touch it, fresh blood dyes his fur red.

The Great Ancestor of Da Li advances one month, with further support from the netherworld's foundation, indeed his foundation is solid, he just underwent a second Rainbow Ascendancy, not fully expanded————

"Your Majesty! Calm down!" The Lotus Great Master repeatedly calls out.

The Great Ancestor of Da Li remains dominated by emotion, face showing madness, yet after his skull explodes once, he indeed regains a little clarity.

"How on earth is this happening?" The Great Ancestor of Da Li roars angrily, "I clearly shattered his position fruit, shattered his Rainbow Ascendancy!"

"He must have prepared two sets of lineages!" The Lotus Great Master trembles, stammers, speaking words even he does not believe, yet this is the only explanation now, "Now he is using the second set of lineages to undergo Rainbow Ascendancy!"

Second set of lineages?

From furnace to Rainbow Ascendancy, so many perils, the Great Ancestor of Da Li was merely urgent, merely eager, until now, he for the first time feels his scalp tingle, the madness in his eyes slightly recedes, he staggers half a step.

Bai Yuan seizes the opportunity, pierces the void and breaks through space, in an instant arrives before the Great Ancestor, reaches out like iron tongs, grips the Great Ancestor's skull firmly, the Great Ancestor only then realizes, Bai Yuan's hand has already exerted real force.

With a "pfft," as if a ripe melon splitting open————

"If there are two sets, why not use them earlier?" The Great Ancestor of Da Li, revived, eyes nearly bursting.

Surely the initial conditions were insufficient, only completed during the struggle, even the Great Ancestor of Da Li received aid of one arm's strength————

But the Lotus Great Master dare not say, dare not answer, he loudly cries: "Your Majesty! There is still a chance! There is still a chance! The dream dynasty and your control are a perfect match! Previously Bai Yuan's staining already accompanied the collapse of Rainbow Ascendancy, do it again, perhaps victory will not be lost!"

"If I can defeat you once, I can defeat you ten thousand times!"

The Great Ancestor of Da Li's expression turns fierce, hostile energy arises, the dream spreads out, frenziedly suppressing Bai Yuan.

In the dream, again and again repeats Bai Yuan's submission.

In the vast silver-white river, once again a layer of faint blood color is stained!

Bai Yuan occasionally resists.

The red river, likewise, stained with a layer of faint white.

The second set of lineages, just advanced, not yet fully transformed, yet already evenly matched!

Wait for time to slowly pass, wait for Rainbow Ascendancy to fully transform, the Heavenly Origin Realm emanating from the Five Regents, naturally able to crush the dream dynasty of Three Regents and One Administrator.

But Liang Qu has persisted too long, does not wish to wait any longer!

One month, too long too long, He will not wait even a moment, not even a breath.

Does not want to give the Great Ancestor of Da Li even a hint of hope!!!

Beyond the Five Regents, a position fruit of the Administrator's middle rank, high and suspended.

Both drawn by the Heavenly Origin, yet as if near yet far.

Earth Stem/Zhurong!

The Earth Stem as response, governing the Four Regents, can illuminate the Earth Stem Realm.

This position fruit originates from Yang Yang, belongs to Liang Qu and Long Eying in common, nearly a "pillar" relationship, yet different from the "pillar."

The Haiya King transferred Qing Nu, the归属 person remains Liang Qu, the归属 of Earth Stem, yet there are two.

Both are Four Regents, why cannot they be one entity two aspects, forming two realms?

One fish, two eat.

One realm, two open!

Since the Heavenly Origin Realm was opened, Liang Qu has already incorporated the Earth Stem, merely the Earth Stem position fruit, insufficient nurturing, did not respond!

River Lord!

【Authority: River Governance】

Three Flowers Gather at the Crown.

Mutually hooking and linking, the 【Earthly Stems】 maturity rapidly swelled, its limit pressing close to the Grand Position Fruit, the resonance growing ever stronger.

But it was not enough; from a true Grand Position Fruit, it was still a hair's breadth away.

Pangu!!

【Authority: Change Governance】

The Giant Spirit cleaved open barriers, making mountains and rivers accessible, connecting land and water, turning a natural moat into a thoroughfare.

Pangu, cleaved open Heaven and Earth!

The final hair's breadth shattered with a boom.

"Crackle!"

The Earthly Stems twisted and transformed; the suffixes Zhurong and Xuanming vanished without a trace, governing Summer and Winter!

【Earthly Stems】

【Authority: Measure Governance】

The resonance instantly intensified, but! Still short by a hair's breadth; the Heavenly Origin monopolized, the Earthly Stems had no position.

No Wu Zhiqi!!!

【Authority: Inverse Governance】

Not what I want, all of it reverse against me!

What cannot be done, all of it must be done!

"Pay me back my Dragon Fubo!!!"

Bai Yuan roared, canine teeth bared.

He boomingly reached out, a massive five-fingered hand, violently grasping the Great Li Grand Ancestor who had leaped out of the dream realm; the Great Li Grand Ancestor was startled for an instant, dual fists striking!

Dual fists striking!

The just fully restored Great Li Grand Ancestor shattered into pieces once more, letting out a miserable scream.

Beating, beating, desperately beating!

Submit! Submit! Submit!

This is His lineage!

The Five Governances Heavenly Origin began to change, began to tremble, began to yield————a new vacancy!

Long Eying's heart gradually emptied; she could feel the Authority metamorphosing, could feel Liang Qu's metamorphosis, her gaze brilliant as she looked toward the starry sky.

"Ah!!"

The Great Li Grand Ancestor suffered immensely, his god-soul on the verge of shattering, reality and illusion shifting, escaping into a dream.

"Get back here!!!"

Bai Yuan roared in rage, reaching out to grasp at empty air, violently pulling back.

Pangu reappeared; the natural moat became a thoroughfare; the gap between illusion and reality was boomingly pierced through!

How could this be!?

Pupils dilated, eyes trembling rapidly, the Great Li Grand Ancestor saw dancing white hair, saw a rough large hand; in a trance, Bai Yuan leaped up wielding an axe, cleaving down vertically!

Darkness descended; the Great Li Grand Ancestor's skull was pressed down dead tight by the white-haired large hand, squeezed inward.

"Did I say————you could leave!!! No school's out, no clocking out! Docking pay!"

"Ah!!!"

Skull splitting open, the Great Li Grand Ancestor struggled and roared.

Boom!

Earthly Stems embedded into Heavenly Origin!

Goumang, Zhurong, Rushou, Xuanming — Authorities tremble, rupture, intertwine, merge!

【Heavenly Origin is the principal, Earthly Stems the response; commanding the Four Governances, can guide the illumination of Heaven and Earth's hidden treasury】

Golden-eyed Xiong Xiong, the vividly colored Great Li Grand Ancestor rapidly faded, like ash burned to exhaustion.

Everything became different, became extraordinary.

The White River drifted, crimson staining silver.

The vast Silver River suddenly expanded, roaring as it spread, completely squeezing out the firmament, pushing aside the Crimson River and White River! Amidst the sky-full of silver-white, another layer of Heaven-and-Earth azure light was dyed, gradually deepening.

"Roar!!!"

Ripples visible to the naked eye, layer upon layer, swept past the physical shell; the Great Li Grand Ancestor groaned in pain, his three souls and seven spirits nearly shaken loose.

Ferocious beast roared! Piercing through the void, piercing through the world, heard by all under heaven!

Straw Hat Elder, Zhang Longxiang stared wide-eyed.

As far as the eye could see, all was trance-like silver light, seeming like birdsong and floral fragrance, four seasons cycling, spring birth autumn harvest. The next moment, summer's scorching heat, winter's dead silence, a fierce tiger in the face, hair standing on end, bestial nature rampant.

The great momentum of Heaven and Earth in a single instant pressed back in reverse, crowding out everything.

This————what is this again?

The Great Li Grand Ancestor's ears buzzed, his mind blank, his face completely dazed and sluggish, stumbling backward in retreat.

"The————third set of lineage?!"

Bodhisattva Lianhua fell seated on the ground, gaze violently trembling, pants suddenly warm and wet.

What's going on?

Just what on earth is going on?

"Ha——

White mist spurted out.

Boundless darkness, golden light flashing and clashing.

Heart pounding violently, mouth dry and tongue parched, flustered and trembling.

The founding emperor of Great Li wished to flee.

Illusion and reality shifting, truth and falsehood exchanging, escaping, just as he turned, a great hand lunged straight at him, as if actively throwing himself into Bai Yuan's embrace!

The great hand clamped tight, a cry of pain escaped.

"Card! Card! Card!"

Bai Yuan laughed wildly, tugging at Great Li's founding emperor's head, grabbing his ear, pressing close as he roared, "Got any cards? Got any cards? My cards are all used up, I'm asking you, do you still have any cards? Any cards at all! I'm playing cards with you, missing just one to make a pair!!"

"Pfft!"

The cannon fist came crashing down.

Great Li's founding emperor spat out fresh blood, his viscera surging up his throat in a gush, his body shooting outward.

Bai Yuan did not pursue; he cast aside Great Li's founding emperor, raised a hand and seized— the chasm became a passageway, ten thousand miles reduced to arm's reach, the floating Whale Emperor swiftly drawn near.

"How could I have forgotten you!"

A violent shout pierced— the feigning-death Whale Emperor suddenly awakened, heedless of everything, he fled with all his might.

Bai Yuan bellowed: "Playing dead, your mother! Just recovered a little, and you jump up to play cards with me! Me and Great Li's founding emperor, two people playing cards, in the dead of night, how lonely it is!"

The scalp exploded.

The Whale Emperor's lament, his skull already gripped tight by Bai Mao's great hand, he had been dazed and muddled till now, just regained a little, intending to play dead to escape—

Boom!

The thousand-mile body shattered, dissolving into boundless clouds.

Bai Yuan clung desperately to the Whale Emperor's fish eyes, face pressed to face: "Got any cards? Got any cards at all? If you won't speak, don't pretend to be a master! Hurting feelings!!"

What was he shouting?

The Whale Emperor was about to go mad, his last vestige of will to recover collapsing again.

The cloud sea struggled but could not move.

Bai Yuan's eyes widened, his face suddenly turned deathly pale, he slapped twice, then with a thud knelt in the void, embracing the Whale Emperor, wailing loudly: "Whale Emperor, Whale Emperor, what's happened to you, Whale Emperor! Whale Emperor, you cannot die! I've relied on you, shared weal and woe for so many years, always treating you as my own flesh and blood, raising and teaching you, never expecting today Bai Mao would send a black-skinned whale! Forgive me!"

Is this monkey mad?

The price of forcibly transforming into a rainbow three times?

The Lotus Arhat blinked, a little spirit returning to his eyes.

Great Li's founding emperor only felt a chill run down his spine, taking advantage of Bai Yuan's struggle with the Whale Emperor——

Bai Yuan suddenly turned his head, crimson eyes gleaming, he lunged forth: "For my little strong one—— the Whale Emperor as burial offering! It's all because you had no cards!

My Whale Emperor would not have died!"

Dream and reality, the barrier shattered!

Boom!

The fist struck squarely in the face, the five features sunk into the bone.

Flesh and blood sprayed, bone fragments flew, yellowish-white brain matter burst from the hindbrain.

"I say fuck your mother, I will fuck your mother! Shout your mother out, shout her out! Aren't you supposed to have an underworld? Stinking underworld, tell your mother, honored guests have arrived!"

Bai Yuan seized Great Li's founding emperor's neck, repeatedly pulling and tugging, violently shaking.

Great Li's founding emperor suffered no major injury, but his emotions surged in reverse, he spat out a mouthful of blood.

Shattered, shattered, shattered!

The crimson blood river kept dyeing white, kept diluting. The azure river in the sky grew ever larger, ever larger, until it occupied————the entire sky.

The polished blue stone slab reflected like a mirror under the sky light, withered leaves fell down, not piling up, but drifting and turning on the ground.

Wind surged from the ten-thousand-li river surface, then flowed out from the open parts of the roof, trickling in silken strands through the door cracks.

Everyone stared blankly, heads raised.

The sky could no longer distinguish day from night.

The fat fish flicked its double barbels, twisted its waist.

The round head broke the water surface, Awei gathered his wings, fists hammering the double pincers. The little clam dragon raised its head and puffed its chest, "Cannot move" lifting a claw, scratching its buttocks.