Chapter 430

As Longling's words fell, the patterns on Haotian Palace lit up one by one from top to bottom, and an ancient mechanism that had lain dormant for endless ages activated at this moment.

Everyone hearing Longling's words felt a palpitation.

Cultivators often forcibly seize the spiritual materials and treasures they obtain, making them their own; as the saying goes, "An innocent man incurs guilt by possessing a jade," which is often why those who carry great treasures are hunted by the powerful.

Longling's words reminded everyone, teaching them to be flexible in thought.

Facing an imminent situation, with a little flexibility and shifting everyone's attention, many cultivators felt this was a good way to preserve their lives.

"Boom boom boom..."

Just as the great dao patterns on Haotian Palace were all lit up, the entire space suddenly emitted a tremendous, majestic sound; the roar echoed through the clouds, as if colossal gears the size of a forbidden mountain were turning, causing Haotian Palace to shake violently without cease.

All the Huanyu cultivators present sensed the change and instantly tightened their spirits.

The Ultimate Realm is a forbidden realm for Huanyu cultivators in the Heavenly Spirit Realm; recorded since primordial times in Huanyu's history, once a cultivator attains the Ultimate Realm in the Heavenly Spirit Realm, they are invincible within that great realm, ignoring any differences in lesser realms.

That Haotian Stone is the key sacred object for forging the Ultimate Realm in the Heavenly Spirit Realm; each time it appears, Huanyu cultivators fight over it bloody and bruised, and now Haotian Palace is about to open—the Haotian Stone, missing for tens of thousands of years, will finally emerge.

As Haotian Palace's patterns were restored, the Five Elements cords embedded in the four sides sprang to life; Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, Black Tortoise, and Kirin appeared one by one in the air, quickly forming the Five Elements Refining Heaven Grand Formation.

The purple qi rising from Haotian Palace to the clouds, stretching thirty thousand li, was drawn in, quickly contracting from ten thousand li inward, condensing into a cluster of mysterious purple flame that fell at the center of the Five Elements Grand Formation.

"Boom"

Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, Black Tortoise, and Kirin began to spin rapidly around the purple flame; the five divine beasts roared, forming a mysterious five-colored hurricane that spun swiftly in the air, then suddenly transformed into a mysterious giant hand pressing down on the cauldron-shaped palace.

Bang bang bang.

The cauldron-shaped palace was grasped and rotated by that giant hand; with the palace as the center, the earth began to rapidly collapse, and scarlet magma spewed from the abyssal well, in less than ten breaths,

everyone discovered that the cauldron-shaped palace lay within a huge pit.

Around the pit flowed rivers of scarlet magma; as the magma poured over the pit walls into the pit, it turned into scarlet magma rivers that guarded the cauldron-shaped palace at the center.

Crackle bang. Crackle bang.

Under the influence of the cauldron-shaped palace, countless gilded red runes converged into the palace's patterns; in an instant, the space on the palace was torn open by a pair of mysterious giant hands, revealing a misty world.

In that misty world stood carved beams and painted towers, pavilions towering, countless treasure halls dotted within; cultivators saw endless spiritual materials flashing through the misty world.

"Haha!

I never imagined that the cauldron-shaped palace was not actually Haotian Palace.

Haotian Palace is not a divine palace, but an independent storage world.

"Truly worthy of being the supreme grand sect of the primordial era.

A world as a sect's branch—truly the work of Hai Da.

At this moment, a Huanyu cultivator exclaimed in shock.

In that misty world there were not only many treasures, but also many divine materials situated among numerous ancient structures and mysterious mountain peaks.

"This cauldron-shaped palace is merely the key to opening Haotian Palace!

After countless primordial ages, who would have thought that this subterranean fire vein still powers the opening of that world?

Surely beneath the lava lies a top-grade fire vein buried deep.

Such a peerless treasure, even primordial clans and ancient imperial houses would dilute it as a rare treasure; whoever possesses even a single strand could establish a sect and become an ancestor in the Universe Cultivation World.

A Huanyu cultivator watched the mysterious runes in the magma converge like a hundred rivers returning to the sea, rapidly gathering toward the cauldron palace, and exclaimed in shock.

At this moment.

All the Huanyu cultivators around stared fixedly at the misty world, their faces all showing greed.

Everyone resolved, having endured countless hardships to enter the primordial holy land; the Haotian Stone will surely belong to them.

That misty world is mysterious and unfathomable; it can be said to be the treasure trove of the Primordial Collapse Great Teaching; surely the legendary Haotian Stone lies within.

Countless cultivators clenched their fists, each making their own calculations.

Everyone present came for the Haotian Stone; once they storm into the world within Haotian Palace, a world-shattering bloodbath will surely erupt, and for opposing forces it will be even more intense.

The legendary Ultimate Realm in the Heavenly Spirit Realm is terrifyingly formidable; once attained, one is invincible within that great realm.

Whether early, middle, peak, or perfect stage within the same realm, all will be trampled underfoot by those who have achieved the Ultimate Realm; even in the primordial and ancient cultivation worlds, Huanyu cultivators dread those who have attained the Ultimate Realm in the Heavenly Spirit Realm.

Such overwhelming dominance within a great realm almost suppresses all contemporaries; stepping on the corpses of peerless heavenly talents, they seize the supreme immortal fruit, thereafter ascending to immortality and eternal life.

"The Haotian Stone is inside, brothers—charge!

At that moment a loud voice rang out in the air.

This statement was like a stone dropped on a calm lake, instantly breaking the former mutual wariness among cultivators; countless cultivators surged forward in a swarm into the misty world.

Violent attacks erupted at the entrance of the Haotian Palace world, dense and relentless, shattering even the void; scarlet blood rained from the sky, and countless souls fell like torrential rain into the magma, instantly turning to ash.

In this space countless Huanyu cultivators fought for the Haotian Stone, cries of battle rang out, and even the peerless strong ones of all major dao lineages slaughtered each other together.

"That is the Phoenix Dance Emperor's Feather...

A Huanyu cultivator exclaimed, seeing a seven-colored treasure light tearing through the void within the Haotian Palace world.

Golden feathers emitted seven-colored auspicious light, mysterious runes violently jumping on them, strands of chaotic essence dripped down, immensely magnificent and grand!

The observing Huanyu forces instantly became unsettled.

The Phoenix Dance Emperor is said to be the true feather of an ancient phoenix's crown, containing the principle of nirvana; if one could obtain it and comprehend its truth, they could achieve heaven-defying nirvana, reborn with transformed strength.

The Phoenix Dance Emperor's Feather lies within the Haotian Palace world; seeing it, countless ancient monsters instantly became unsettled, turning into streaks of light that rushed in to contend for it.

This shocking change left countless Huanyu cultivators stunned; after regaining their senses, they all shouted battle cries and charged into the Haotian Palace world, with the elites of all major dao lineages giving their all.

In the magma sea, as countless cultivators' souls entered, fierce flames ignited; more gilded red runes sprayed out, gathering in the cauldron palace, making the world within Haotian Palace clearer.

"Heavenly Sect, you dare kill my Doomsday Sea's direct disciple?"

"Just then, a grand voice came from afar, extremely close; this was an old man clad in embroidered gull robes, with gale winds swirling around him, shaking the void violently."

"Terrifying power violently swept the surrounding space; endless divine radiance appeared in the void, then shone in all directions, brilliant and boundless. The mighty, terrifying destructive force caused all the cultivators blocking ahead to explode one by one."

"Hmph, dare block a Heavenly Sect disciple!"

"Kill without mercy!!!!)"

At the very front of the Haotian Palace world entrance, the void was dyed red by a bloody, foul mist; an old woman in white clothes, holding a pale, grim crutch, spoke sternly, showing no weakness.

The elder of the Endless Sea carried four-directional sharp lights and slew his way over; the sharp lights were like light needles, fine as cow hair, pouring down, their attack power unmatched in the world, drowning the Heavenly Sect woman.

Ding ding ding.

A metallic clanging sound rang out; the violent destructive force in this space howled, fresh blood sprayed in the air, two figures simultaneously shot back, obviously both severely injured, neither could do anything to the other.

Whoosh.

Just as the Huanyu cultivators rushed into the Haotian Palace world, things changed strangely; those cultivators seemed to be under fierce attack, as if something inside blocked the Huanyu cultivators' advance.

Strands of black-purple mist rose at the entrance, spreading layer upon layer of eerie ripples.

"Oh no, it's the power of a curse!"

Huanyu Great Teaching cultivators discovered the source of the terrifying power attacking the cultivators; before each attacked cultivator exploded, a frightening black mark would appear on their face, and once the mark lit up, the cursed cultivator would find their cultivation level abnormal, then inexplicably explode.

"Longling Daoist, just now it wasn't you who shouted, …"

"Why haven't you entered the Haotian Palace world yet?"

At that moment, among the cultivators traveling together with Longling, a female cultivator asked, trembling with fear.

She had taken out her treasures, cautiously guarding against charging in, yet Longling remained motionless until now.

However, just as he finished asking that sentence, many other cultivators looked at her with strange expressions, their faces showing disbelief.

"Junior Sister, what nonsense are you spouting?"

"Longling Daoist is the mainstay of us all; his words and actions naturally have their own reasoning!"

"How could it be something you could guess?"

Beside that female cultivator, a male cultivator immediately pulled her to his side and shouted a rebuke.

"That question isn't something only an idiot would ask!"

"You didn't see how the cultivators of the various sects previously mutually wary, afraid that upon first entering the Haotian Palace world they'd become targets of public criticism, then worry about being jointly attacked by all Huanyu forces, so none dared act rashly!"

"If Longling hadn't shouted that call, we'd still be waiting till the year of the monkey and horse to enter the Haotian Palace world; now it's fine—the Huanyu cultivators have started fighting, we just need the newly entered Huanyu cultivators to scout a bit of the dangerous area, then we can all go in."

"Quick, look over there?"

At that moment, everyone again watched the cultivators who had rushed into the Haotian Palace world.

Within that mysterious world, as most Huanyu cultivators looted the gold, silver, and jewels from a palace, a terrible change occurred instantly.

Any Huanyu cultivator who took those mysterious treasures was completely devoured by a black worm, leaving only white bones piled on the ground in an instant.

This frightened the Huanyu cultivators who had entered greatly; some were so scared their legs trembled, unable to move, unless a companion carried them away at a critical moment, otherwise the outcome would remain unknown.

"Could it be the legendary soul‑eating worm?"

Some Huanyu cultivators recognized the origin of that bloody black worm; although it felt chilling, they still mustered courage to warn everyone.

It is said that the soul‑eating worm was brought down from the ascended immortal realm.

Once it grows, its power is terrifying beyond compare; even immortals cannot easily suppress it.

Many cultivators, upon hearing this, though temporarily just watching the battle, were still stunned, eyes wide open.

Those worms are terribly fearsome; even a Heavenly Spirit realm cultivator can be instantly disintegrated before them, and at this moment many Huanyu cultivators inside the Haotian Palace space world have also been completely devoured by the terrifying soul‑eating worms.

Furthermore, some cultivators saw many red‑haired humanoid creatures all over their bodies, surrounded by a mysterious black‑purple mist, merely standing far off in a void; the surrounding Huanyu cultivators all felt a chilling sensation.

"Aooo……"

The red‑haired humanoid creature raised its head and howled, fleeing with blazing red light, closely pursuing the Huanyu cultivators who had intruded into the Haotian Palace inner space world; those cultivators, once bitten by the red humanoid, instantly had their faces become ferociously grotesque.

The Huanyu cultivators who were bitten then had their clothes explode outward, after which they were covered head to toe in red hair, even their faces filled with red hair; that hair was extraordinarily eerie, actually shining with a metallic luster, giving a feeling of indestructibility.

"I never expected the legendary corpse‑stiff of the Huanyu cultivation world to actually exist."

"Once bitten, the corpse poison spreads quickly within the bitten creature's body, causing it to rapidly lose consciousness and become a puppet that only craves blood."

Heiyao gazed at the red‑haired humanoid creature emanating red hair all over, and exclaimed in surprise.

A corpse‑stiff is an ancient corpse that, after long nourishment by extreme yin killing energy, transforms into a zombie.

Zombies, by devouring blood and flesh essence and absorbing moonlight yin power for cultivation, after passing through the walking corpse, black zombie, and purple zombie stages, are formed after resisting the heavenly tribulation.

At this point the corpse‑stiff has preliminarily opened its wisdom, knowing what benefits it most; creatures bitten by it become its puppets, aimlessly hunting for blood, then gathering beside the corpse‑stiff to feed it endless blood essence, allowing the corpse‑stiff to evolve rapidly.

Beside Longling, the Guinyin Shi, upon hearing this, had his eyes instantly fill with greed.

He cultivates the Corpse‑Controlling Path, refining corpses into puppets; it can be said that if he could subdue that corpse‑stiff, his strength would surely undergo a world‑shaking change.

Unfortunately, the aura emanating from that corpse‑stiff is too terrifying; directly going to subdue it is clearly unrealistic, so for now he must think of another way.

"Let's go."

Now most Huanyu cultivators have already opened partial passages within the Haotian Palace inner space world.

Now, following their footsteps, there is temporarily no risk.

Longling, seeing the Haotian Palace world entrance covered in wounds, said:

"Boom!"

Longling took a step forward, his aura surging heaven‑covering and earth‑shaking, terrifying power shaking the heavens and moving the earth.

That foot stepped upon the void; the boundless void swiftly collapsed, a void storm was born, Longling used the storm as a ladder, commanding the eight‑direction blood‑kill force into his body, and stepped toward the Haotian Palace entrance step by step.

At this moment, by displaying his strength powerfully, he could avoid many troubles.