Chapter 697

He once again deployed the World in the Palm, taking the Five-Colored Flower into the Carefree Realm. The five petals of the Five-Colored Flower merged into the Five Elements Turning Wheel, and instantly, streams of Five Elements Creative Qi emanated, seeping into every corner of the Carefree Realm.

This made the aura of the Carefree Realm more mysterious and also more suitable for the survival of living beings.

The newly born living beings in the Carefree Realm grew increasingly vigorous in vitality, and their spiritual awareness became ever higher.

For example, in the rivers of the Carefree Realm, a microorganism was born that had already embarked on the path of evolution, full of wondrous colors.

After gathering the Creative Five-Colored Flower, the Five-Colored Land gradually disappeared, becoming like other places in Honghuang.

Yet within the land, the Five Elements aura lingered long without dispersing, making this place a cultivation holy land.

As for which great power would later establish a Dao lineage here, Ye Qin did not care.

At this moment, he had already entered the Land of Divine Grace, flying toward Mount Buzhou.

Ye Qin remembered Mount Buzhou deeply. In ancient times, the Wilderness God attempted to seize his body, controlling his flesh to enter the Chaos World.

After Ye Qin devoured the remnant soul of the Wilderness God, he had been searching for a way to enter the Honghuang Heaven and Earth.

Eventually, he discovered that the summit of Mount Buzhou was the weakest point of the Honghuang Heaven and Earth.

At that time, Pangu's will was immensely strong, and many treasures had not yet been born. Ye Qin obtained only a Yin-Yang fruit tree on Mount Buzhou.

When he tried to break the Chaos Heavenly Slaughter Array to seize the Pangu essence blood of the yet-unborn Twelve Ancestral Witches, Pangu's mighty will flung him from Mount Buzhou.

This time, he rushed to Mount Buzhou immediately because, although he had fallen only halfway up Mount Buzhou when entering Honghuang from the Chaos World, he knew the summit held the Twelve Primal Spaces, the most dangerous place in Honghuang.

Above the Twelve Primal Spaces lie the Thirty-Three Layers of Heaven Beyond Heaven, the passage to the sun and moon stars transformed from Pangu's eyes.

Ye Qin planned to challenge the Twelve Primal Spaces of Honghuang Heaven and Earth, open another seven realms, and further perfect the Five Elements Primal Realm.

Moreover, he also wished to visit Patriarch Chi Ming Lu Ya, as well as the moon goddess Wang Shu, Chang'e, and Artemis on the Yin Star.

On the way to Mount Buzhou, Ye Qin encountered many primordial strange beasts. These beasts were born in the Land of Divine Grace, long protected by Pangu's will, living in ease.

This also caused them, though possessing high cultivation levels, to lack formidable combat power.

Honghuang strange beasts differ essentially from acquired demon beasts. They possess innate souls, born with innate divine abilities, unlike acquired demon beasts that grow strong only through gradual enlightenment and cultivation.

Ye Qin was very interested in their innate divine abilities, for these abilities are fragments of the Three Thousand Great Dao.

If it were before, Ye Qin would surely have bled these beasts, refined their souls, storing their souls in the Soul Realm and their blood in the Sea of Blood Meridians.

But now, as his understanding of the Great Dao deepens continuously, Ye Qin's vision has become more far-reaching.

This does not mean Ye Qin no longer needs souls and blood; in fact, his demand for these resources remains great.

However, after Ye Qin opened the Five Primal Realms in the Carefree Realm, he felt the structure of the Carefree Realm grew ever more complete, ever closer to the form of the Great Thousand World. As long as he successfully opens the Twelve Primal Realms, the Carefree Realm can form a true prototype of the Great Thousand World, at which point it can autonomously give birth to living beings, who can also grow strong through enlightenment and cultivation.

Of course, the living beings born in the Carefree Realm, whose cultivation methods are all derived from Ye Qin's comprehension of the Great Dao and the divine abilities he has absorbed, cannot be as strong as Honghuang living beings, for the latter's comprehension of the Great Dao all stems from Pangu and those fallen Chaos Demonic Gods.

Although Ye Qin considers his cultivation level already quite strong, now able to contend face-to-face with some weaker Patriarchs without falling behind, he also knows he is far from being able to match Chaos Demonic Gods or Pangu.

In his heart, he still sees himself as a weak one, a seeker trudging arduously along the path of seeking the Great Dao.

So, how exactly can the living beings born in the Carefree Realm possess strong cultivation while further perfecting the Carefree Realm's Dao laws?

A flash of inspiration struck Ye Qin's mind; he conceived a splendid plan, intending to use the Life Talisman to achieve this goal.

In the past, Ye Qin condensed Life Talismans mainly to leave a life-preserving means for those around him.

But now, he has another plan: he wishes to use the Life Talisman to draw those powerful true spirits with innate divine abilities from the Honghuang world into the Carefree Realm for rebirth.

Thus, after these true spirits are reborn in the Carefree Realm, they will not only retain their past memories but also awaken their divine abilities.

As they continue cultivating in the Carefree Realm, their comprehension of the Great Dao deepens day by day, allowing the Carefree Realm's Heavenly Dao to draw nourishment from them, thereby making itself more perfect. Thus, a virtuous cycle is formed.

Before, perfecting the Carefree Realm relied solely on Ye Qin's solitary struggle. Henceforth, countless living beings will share his burden of enlightenment.

Ye Qin, while rushing along, paid attention to his surroundings. Whenever he encountered a promising strange beast, he would stop his steps and deploy the True Words Great Divine Ability to subdue it.

After the strange beasts submitted to him wholeheartedly, Ye Qin would then condense Life Talismans, infusing them into their true spirits.

Most of these Life Talismans are related to the Carefree Human Realm.

That is to say, if these strange beasts are reborn in the Carefree Realm, they will awaken on the earth of the Human Realm.

"Hehehe, this idea of mine is simply brilliant! Perhaps the Honghuang Heaven and Earth is Pangu's place of enlightenment, where all living beings cultivate the Dao here, not only making the Honghuang Heavenly Dao ever more perfect—how could it not be Pangu using them to cultivate himself?" Ye Qin lifted his head to gaze at the sky, murmuring thoughtfully.

His thoughts drifted back to the Primordial Chaos Vitality Calamity era, recalling those innate divine spirits he had seen. They were all incarnations of Pangu's qi, while those chaotic ferocious spirits were formed from the aggregation of the murderous qi of Chaos Demonic Gods.

That day, Ye Qin arrived at the Land of Divine Grace; before him lay a vast, boundless, vast and mighty mountain range. He could feel the mountain range exuding a majestic aura, grand and towering.

Ye Qin halted his steps because he heard bursts of roaring coming from deep within the mountain range.

Looking up, he saw at the center of the mountain range a giant ten thousand zhang tall, locked in fierce combat with a similarly colossal ferocious strange beast.

The giant's body was covered in black scales, his feet stepping on a black dragon, his arms entwined with a green serpent. Each swing of his arms could stir up floods that drowned the heavens; each stomp of his feet made mountains and rivers overturn.

As for that ferocious beast, its appearance was extraordinarily divine. It had the front face of a wild goose, fish scales, a serpent's neck, a fish's tail, its cry like that of a crane, its mind as delicate as a mandarin duck, its body covered in dragon patterns, a turtle's back and a swallow's chin, with a long, pointed rooster's beak.

This was clearly a phoenix, yet strangely, its body was not ablaze with Li fire, nor did it have five-colored plumage; instead, it was entirely pitch-black, its whole body burning with Nine Netherworld Underworld Fire.

"Clang clang clang!" the black phoenix let out a sharp cry, its voice carrying the gloomy aura of the Nine Netherworld Hell. It spread its wings, black flames covering the sky and earth, sweeping toward the giant.

The giant's strength was formidable; the green serpent in his hand instantly flew into the air, like an immortal-binding rope tightly coiling around the black phoenix, then he pulled hard, dragging it down from the high sky.

"Boom—!" a tremendous roar, the ten-thousand-zhang-high mountain range instantly shattered, the ground appearing with bottomless fissures and abysses.

Immediately after, the Nine Netherworld Underworld Fire rose again, burning through the green serpent.

The black phoenix fiercely flapped its wings, its claws like blades grabbing at the giant, rubbing against his skin, producing a piercing sound.

Astonishingly, the giant's skin resembled innate armor, possessing indestructible power.

"Roar! Little phoenix, just obediently be my mount! Gongong's battle technique, Black Water Emperor Fist!" the giant roared, his hands carrying the aura of destroying heaven and earth, striking fiercely at the black phoenix. Only see his fists, black water dragons coiling around them, aura raging.

The giant stood between heaven and earth, his ten-thousand-zhang body like a heavenly pillar holding up the sky and standing firm on the earth. He stepped on a black dragon, his fists pointing straight to the sky, exuding overwhelming dominance. Behind him lay a blue world of water, countless roaring water dragons probing their heads from within, as if about to rush out at any moment to seize and devour people.

"Clang clang..." the black phoenix let out a mournful cry, one wing broken, it plummeted from the ten-thousand-zhang height.

At that moment, a huge palm descended from the sky, transforming into the World in the Palm, and the black phoenix vanished instantly within it.

Thereafter, a young man in white Daoist robes appeared in the sky. His head of flowing white hair danced in the wind, his whole body emanating an air of carefree ease, as if nothing in the world could bind him.

The young man lightly extended his right hand, and a beautiful figure appeared in his palm. The woman resembled a sleeping beauty, her visage icy and pure, yet bearing a trace of weakness, a pitiful, lovable appearance that aroused pity.

The young man deployed soul power and life force, gently brushing over the woman's injured right hand. Soon, the woman's right hand began to recover, her pallid complexion gradually turning rosy.

"Yingying!" The woman let out a soft murmur, slowly opening her eyes. She gazed in confusion at this unfamiliar space, and in the next moment, she appeared in the Honghuang world. Seeing the familiar sight, the woman's icy, holy face lit up with delight.

"Youhuang!" The young man called out.

"Ah! Carefree Wanderer brother! How did you get here? Wuwu..." Youhuang threw herself into the young man's arms, both sorrowful and joyful, unable to hold back her sobs.

"Good girl, don't cry, or you won't be pretty anymore. First go to the Carefree Wanderer Realm, wait for me to teach that ugly guy a lesson and avenge you, then tell me about your experiences these years."

The young man said, waving his hand, and Youhuang vanished from the spot, appearing on the land of the Nine Nether Lands within the Carefree Wanderer Realm.

It turned out that this black phoenix was precisely the Nine Nether Dark Phoenix—Youhuang.

"Hmph! You pale-faced brat, so unreasonable! That phoenix was mine first discovered, hurry and give it back to me! Otherwise, I'll let you know my power! On this land, no one dares to snatch Gonggong's things!" Gonggong roared angrily, his big hand sweeping fiercely, like a heaven-shaking giant claw, grabbing toward the young man.

"You dare to talk reason with me? Here, might makes right! Ten Thousand Beasts True Martial First Style, Origin Shatters the Void!" The young man hesitated not, he was just wanting to test the Zuwu's strength.

The young man clenched his fist, gathering strength, an invisible force rapidly converging on his fist. His entire body's strength transformed into an invisible phantom beast, appearing behind him.

In the phantom, the heavenly dragon roared, the qilin stepped on heaven, the phoenix flew to heaven, the giant turtle supported heaven, the kunpeng spread its wings. One after another, beast phantoms overlapped, amplifying all strength.

A white fist the size of a bowl rim, carrying the force of shattering the void, slammed toward Gonggong's giant hand.

"Boom— Crack!"

A tremendous roar, space instantly collapsed. Only see Gonggong's mountain-like big hand appearing a bowl-rim-sized hole, from which countless water origins gushed. But in the blink of an eye, these water origins repaired the hole completely.

Even so, Gonggong's big hand was struck down by this blow, unable to grab toward the young man again. Gonggong's originally frenzied expression instantly froze, his face showing disbelief.

He simply couldn't comprehend, the Zuwu's greatest reliance was precisely using the Nine Turns Mysterious Technique to absorb Honghuang killing qi and forge a powerful fleshly body.

This fleshly body was not only as solid as an innate treasure, but more importantly, their bodies flowed with indestructible Pangu essence blood, possessing the ability of flesh and blood rebirth.

For a long time, the Twelve Zuwu firmly believed they possessed the strongest fleshly body among all Honghuang living beings, that no living being could destroy it.

Yet at this moment, Gonggong watched his own palm, actually pierced by a living being he saw as insignificant as an ant.

"Hahaha! So exhilarating! My body actually got punched through! Now I have something to brag about! Hahaha, thanks, Dao friend, for letting me taste the pain. Dao friend, report your name, I Gonggong never slaughter nameless nobodies!" Gonggong not only didn't get angry, but instead roared with laughter, the whole person becoming even more frenzied.

A strong fighting will burst forth from him, just like meeting a worthy opponent in chess, or a general encountering a fine talent.

As this fighting will continuously rose, even space trembled, water dragons madly roared, increasingly highlighting his mighty presence.

"I go! Are the Wu tribe all masochists? But the Wu tribe indeed lives up to its name, worthy of being the race that could later stand equal to the Yao tribe. The Yao tribe controls the sky, the Wu tribe rules the earth, it seems this Honghuang pattern will surely reappear sooner or later, just unknown the specific time." Ye Qin secretly pondered in his heart.

Seeing Gonggong emit that mighty presence, feeling his wild fighting aura, Ye Qin's fighting spirit in his heart was completely ignited. Though his stature was small, he arrogantly hovered in midair, like a war god, facing the might of heaven and earth.

In the duel of the strong, momentum is crucial, first suppressing the opponent from will, this is far more dangerous than mere Divine Ability comparison or fleshly combat, a slight carelessness could lead to falling into the abyss of will collapse.

Gonggong's fighting will, like surging waves capable of flooding heaven and earth, wave after wave of mighty water origin意境 rushed toward him, making Ye Qin feel he faced not a person, but the whole world.

Yet facing this endless pressure, Ye Qin was like a leaf boat in the sea, drifting leisurely.

Even if huge waves came, he could ride the waves to flip over, not only not sinking, but rather breaking waves and moving forward.

Ye Qin's Carefree Wanderer will changed endlessly, one moment a leaf boat, the next moment transformed into an ancient cloud-piercing shuttle, carrying a destructive aura, straight piercing Gonggong's soul depths.

"Carefree Wanderer will, suppress!" Ye Qin shouted loudly, his soul instantly turned into a sword, fiercely stabbing into Gonggong's sea of soul, stirring up the surging waves, with great force to break the sea. (End of chapter)