Chapter 692

Time froze for a moment, and Chu Jiuyin's flesh suddenly withered strangely, as if all the muscles in his body had vanished, leaving only a skin bag.

Time frozen for ten breaths within a range of tens of thousands of miles—how could that be ordinary? This is the power of time obtained by making heaven and earth reverse day and night; how could it be invincible without a price?

This is the backlash of the power of time.

Back then, Ye Qin comprehended time acceleration from the twelve earthly branches on the southwestern land, but he could only apply it to individuals or within a small range. The twelve earthly branches formed the Twelve Earthly Branches Grand Formation to unleash time stasis, which could only freeze Guo Guo for one second, and it would cause their souls to be overdrawn.

Chu Jiuyin is simply too powerful—he is practically a peerless killing weapon. Although the backlash is huge, nearly exhausting his essence and qi, and essence and qi exhaustion means his downfall.

"Damn it!" The Kirin King's heart ached to the point of despair. After great effort, he had gathered so many powerhouses, and he was about to establish the Kirin Kingdom, but in an instant it all came to nothing.

Just let me see hope, the next second let me despair—this damned old heaven, is there anything more unfortunate than this? The Kirin King shouted in his heart, a herd of grass-mud horses galloping wildly through it.

However, seeing countless floating soul fragments and the souls of Cheng Qin and others severely wounded, the Kirin King immediately unleashed his Divine Ability, gathering them into a mysterious space.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh...

Besides Chu Jiuyin, all the Ancestral Witches surrounded the Kirin King, concentrating their full power to bombard his protective force.

Boom boom boom!

Nothing? The Ancestral Witches felt stifled in their hearts, only to see a layer of chaotic radiance surge around the Kirin King, actually absorbing all the attacks.

"Hahahaha, the Qiankun Cauldron, stabilizing Qiankun! What is Qiankun? Heaven and earth! When Pangu opened heaven and earth, the Qiankun Cauldron possessed the function of stabilizing heaven and earth. What are you twelve Ancestral Witches? How could you break it? Hehehe, you twelve Ancestral Witches just wait for the punitive expedition of all forces in Honghuang! Hahaha, I'm leaving!" As the Kirin King's words fell, his body blurred for a moment, and he actually merged into space and vanished.

Boom boom boom! All the Ancestral Witches bombarded the direction where the Kirin King disappeared.

Emperor Jiang chased into space, but was blocked by a mysterious barrier and reappeared.

"Elder brother, can't you catch him?" Hou Tu asked worriedly.

"This Kirin King has a mysterious world; with my current cultivation level, I can at most traverse millions of miles in the Honghuang space, unable to enter the Kirin King's world. Let's take it step by step—we'll return to cultivate and thoroughly comprehend Father God's battle techniques to face the future great calamity..." Emperor Jiang sighed.

"Hehe, what's there to fear? Come however many, slaughter however many—perfect for honing battle techniques!" Fire God Zhurong laughed.

"Not bad, this is the first time I agree with Zhurong's words. Hahaha, I was even afraid they wouldn't come. Hehe, these years in the Land of Divine Grace I couldn't fully unleash my powers, my whole body feels uncomfortable!" Gong Gong also laughed.

The words of Zhurong and Gong Gong did ease the worries of the other Ancestral Witches.

"Hmph! It's all because of you? Every time you fight like a mad dog, otherwise things wouldn't be so troublesome—maybe you could even make friends!" Hou Tu said angrily, though she still valued harmony in her heart.

"Hehe... Hou Tu sis, don't be angry, I'll pay attention next time. Who knew Bai Qi was that strong, actually breaking through at the critical moment? Without unleashing battle techniques, I can't suppress him at all!" Zhurong chuckled sheepishly.

"Hmph, still there's a next time? Why must you always decide victory or defeat? Isn't it better to make friends through mutual respect?" Hou Tu snapped.

"Sis, don't be angry—things have come to this, we must unite as one!" Chu Jiuyin said, supporting his weary body from the side.

"Ah! Ninth Yin brother, hurry and send Ninth Yin brother back!"

Just as the witch people left, a figure appeared at the original spot.

A figure slowly stepped out of the void, wearing a resplendent four-colored Dao robe, heroic and vigorous, with the four great elements of earth, water, fire, and wind swirling around him. His gaze fell upon the five-colored auspicious clouds, and joy surged in his heart.

"Hehe, what's the life or death of those living beings to me? Powerhouses are as numerous as trees on the Honghuang land. As long as I can refine the Four Clouds Avatar, aided by the power of earth, water, fire, and wind at the Great Achievement Realm to reshape the world and establish the Kirin Kingdom, then using the Qiankun Cauldron as a suppressing treasure, even if the Patriarch does not appear, this Honghuang will solely be supreme under the Kirin King. The hoard of the Five Elements Old Ancestor in the Five Elements Secret Land is now solely enjoyed by me—this can also be considered an unexpected joy!"

Originally, this person was the Kirin King; he did not leave, but entered his own small world.

Speaking of this small world, it can be said to be the Kirin King's opportunity.

The Chaos Jade Kirin cultivates the Four Clouds Great Dao; this so-called Four Clouds refers to earth, water, fire, and wind, which contain the great Divine Ability of opening heaven and earth.

When heaven and earth were opened, Pangu wielded the Opening Heaven Axe to slay the Chaos Demonic Gods, and the Chaos Jade Kirin was also present there.

However, the Chaos Jade Kirin possessed great Divine Ability; the Indestructible True Spirit absorbed a portion of the earth, water, fire, and wind produced when Pangu opened heaven and earth, forming a small world hidden deep beneath the Kirin Cliff in Honghuang.

Moreover, it attempted to envelop the innate treasure Qiankun Cauldron with worldly power, intending to refine the treasure through the Indestructible True Spirit to gain rebirth.

However, things are unpredictable—the Indestructible True Spirit was ultimately devoured by the Qiankun Cauldron's powerful refining power.

This small world was thus buried beneath the Kirin Cliff.

In ancient times, the Three Clans War erupted, and the Kirin Cliff was destroyed as a battlefield.

When all the dust settled, the scaled-armor and flying-bird clans withdrew, and the Kirin King discovered this small world beneath the Kirin Cliff, obtaining the World Stele—the Four Clouds Stele. He relied on the Four Clouds Great Dao to refine it, gaining control of this small world.

However, after he successfully refined the small world, he discovered it was already incomplete, having been refined by the Qiankun Cauldron to the brink of destruction.

To keep the small world from perishing, the Kirin King fused his soul into the Four Clouds Stele.

In the Four Clouds Stele, he obtained the memories of the Chaos Jade Kirin, learning that only by finding the four demon heads, refining them into avatars, cultivating the Four Clouds Dao to Great Achievement, reopening the world, and then combining the great worldly power with the Four Clouds Stele could he refine the Qiankun Cauldron. And once the Qiankun Cauldron suppresses the world, it can evolve into a Great Thousand World.

By then, even if the Kirin King fails to become a sage, he will possess the battle power of a sage.

Now, the Kirin King has refined thirty layers of the Qiankun Cauldron's restrictions, able to exert half its power; he needs only refine another nineteen layers to fully control the Qiankun Cauldron.

The Kirin King's Four Clouds Great Dao represents the power of the Four Symbols. He continuously studied the Five Elements Transformation Formation and finally gained some insight.

However, the Five Elements' operation is endless and cyclical; wanting to break the formation is no easy task.

Just as the Kirin King strove to break the formation, in another mysterious world, Ye Qin was busy enjoying himself.

"Hey, this Kirin King is really generous—he not only gave me the Qiankun Cauldron, but also added so many soul fragments and essence blood. This is practically a buy-one-get-one-free great deal! Looks like I need to repay him well. When he later faces calamity, I'll send him a Pure Yang Life Talisman! But, is one too little? I'm feeling a bit embarrassed!" Ye Qin muttered to himself.

He gazed at the soul fragments filling the space and the blood like a sea of blood, feeling greatly excited. He unleashed the Devouring Great Dao, sucking all the soul fragments into the Soul Realm, turning them into soul particles.

At the same time, the Great Blood Soul Technique did not cease, forming a red vortex that sucked all the blood on the ground into the Sea of Blood in the meridians.

The originally dried-up Sea of Blood in the meridians instantly surged with turbulent waves of blood; the Blood Grind Wheel rotated rapidly, grinding and refining the blood, forming the Blood Meridian Power flowing throughout the body.

"Damn it, who are you? Why are you devouring the souls and essence blood of my Walking Beast clan?" Cheng Qin's soul, though severely wounded, was not completely shattered. Seeing Ye Qin greedily devouring all the soul fragments, he flew into a rage.

"Are you the Primeval Honghuang Strange Beast Cheng Qin? What great battle happened outside? Actually causing all living beings to perish in both form and spirit?" Ye Qin asked curiously.

Ye Qin only focused on absorbing soul power, not yet having refined these soul fragments, so he had not obtained their memories. Now seeing Cheng Qin's soul ask, he immediately felt curious.

"Moo!" A soul of a Primeval Green Ox flew down from the void, arriving beside Cheng Qin, asking: "Cheng Qin big brother, where is this? Who is he? White hair, peach blossom eyes... are you the Carefree Wanderer Demon?"

The Primeval Green Ox's heart was both fearful and angry.

The Primeval Green Ox is one of the Primeval Five Monster Sages. In ancient times, the Five Monster Sages—Yin Yang Heavenly Beast, Nine-Headed Phoenix Bird, Primeval Giant Crocodile, Primeval Green Ox, Primeval Divine Vine—were renowned, jointly establishing the Five Holy Mountains.

At that time, the Honghuang Heavenly Dao had not yet fully formed, and the path of cultivation for living beings was incomplete. The Five Monster Sages were then also considered powerful.

However, back then Ye Qin entered Ancestral Dragon Mountain, trading with the Ancestral Dragon via the Quasi-Sage Dao for monster beast essence blood. The Ancestral Dragon thus sought out the Five Monster Sages.

Later, the Quasi-Sage Dao emerged ahead of time, inviting heavenly punishment.

Ancestral Dragon and Ye Qin laid out the Innate Grand Formation Yin Yang Nine Palaces Formation on Five Holy Mountain to resist the heavenly punishment.

Because the Yin-Yang Nine Palaces Formation nurtured two innate spiritual treasures, the Five Monster Saints had no choice but to resist with all their might, helping the Ancestral Dragon survive the heavenly punishment. Thus, the Five Monster Saints harbored deep hatred toward the Ancestral Dragon and Ye Qin.

"Is he the Carefree Wanderer Demon?" Cheng Qin asked curiously. He had also heard of the Carefree Wanderer Demon's reputation. During the争夺 of the Great Wasteland Holy Pagoda, he was present. And during the Three Clans War, Ye Qin alone resisted the Nine Sons of the Heavenly Dragon, rescuing the Phoenix Ancestor—his might still vivid in memory.

At this moment, countless soul phantoms faintly appeared in the sky.

Under the guidance of the three chaos heart demons, these souls emerged from nothingness. Behind them followed the souls of the Nine Sons of the Heavenly Dragon, eleven Divine Kings, and thirty-six Slaughter Generals.

They were all extremely powerful. Though their physical bodies were unexpectedly destroyed by the Kirin King and their souls imprisoned in the Qiankun Cauldron, their souls were not severely damaged.

"Carefree Wanderer Demon! Hahaha, you too were captured by the Kirin King? This time you are doomed! We will surely extract your soul, burn it with flames, and devour your flesh and blood, making you taste the suffering of the Nine Abyssal Purgatory!" Upon seeing Ye Qin, the Nine Sons of the Heavenly Dragon were overjoyed.

Even though their physical bodies were destroyed by the Kirin King and their souls imprisoned, they temporarily forgot this pain.

The soldiers of the Heavenly Dragon Court, including the Nine Sons of the Heavenly Dragon, held too deep an impression of Ye Qin—so deep they hated him to the bone.

It was Ye Qin who repeatedly defeated them, trampled them, leaving layer upon layer of heart demons in their minds, causing them to gradually deviate from the Great Dao.

How could they not hate? And now, with the three chaos heart demons as their backing, they act even more recklessly. They believe that in this soul-filled space, the three heart demons are the strongest.

"Wow, this Kirin King is too powerful! He actually wiped you all out and imprisoned your souls here? Before, I destroyed your physical bodies so many times, yet never managed to capture your souls. Could the Kirin King really be this strong?"

Upon seeing the souls of the Nine Sons of the Heavenly Dragon and others, Ye Qin was greatly startled and gained a new understanding of the Kirin King.

Ye Qin unleashed the Breaking Law Divine Pupil, yet discovered his soul power was suppressed within this space by a powerful refining force, limiting his observation range to only ten thousand li.

Within this range, he could sense the presence of numerous souls.

Suddenly, his gaze locked onto the three magical shadows that countless souls of the Dragon Court revered and feared. His eyes narrowed slightly, green light flickering, and in an instant he saw through the true nature of these three shadows—the Chaos Heart Demons.

These Chaos Heart Demons were all too familiar to him—they were the evil forces deep within the heart of the Chaos Demon God, once suppressed by the true form of the Chaos Heart Demon.

And Ye Qin himself mastered the Chaos Swallowing Demon Technique, having once used it to devour all the分 souls of the Fusang Old Ancestor—this divine ability he learned from the Panwang Soul Great Dao.

Chaos Heart Demons are rare in chaos; they usually only escape from the remains of the Chaos Demon God after its fall. If lucky, they can survive in chaos; if not, they are devoured by chaos.

Ye Qin noticed these three shadows contained the ancestral aura of the Heavenly Dragon, and immediately guessed they were the heart demons of the Chaos Heavenly Dragon. These heart demons survived the Great Opening Calamity by chance, and now appearing here, they were likely subdued by the Dragon Emperor.

"No wonder you're so arrogant—turns out you have three little demon brats backing you up." Ye Qin sneered, "But the Dragon Emperor is truly naive, thinking he can scheme against the Ancestral Dragon with just three chaos heart demons? If he were really that easy to scheme against, I would have already devoured them all and transcended everything. That Ancestral Dragon fellow back then was full of dirty tricks..."

When the Dragon Emperor sent people to capture Ao Ling to obtain true dragon blood, Ye Qin had already sensed the Dragon Emperor's plot. Now seeing these three chaos heart demons, with his experience, he quickly understood why the Dragon Emperor dared to scheme against the Ancestral Dragon.

"Little demon brat? Seeking death! Heart Demon Soul Devouring!" The three heart demons roared in anger upon hearing this.

In chaos they cannot rise to prominence, but in this Honghuang world, where calamities occur frequently, it is the most suitable place for them to survive.

Whenever a killing calamity arrives, they can draw heart demon power from the minds of living beings.

The chaos heart demons instantly turned into nothingness, attempting to enter Ye Qin's soul to devour him. Yet Ye Qin laughed, laughing heartily. He thought inwardly: Actually, a heart demon wants to devour me? Isn't this seeking death? I fear nothing more than heart demons! Ye Qin couldn't help but begin to sympathize with these three chaos heart demons.

"Purify Heart Mantra! Soul Realm Nether Sea!" Ye Qin silently chanted the incantation. Only to see a powerful soul force surge within his soul, sweeping over the three heart demons. At the same time, a soul hand extended from the Soul Realm, dragging the three heart demons into the Soul Realm. (End of Chapter)