Chapter 701: Pangu's Will

Because of the soaring strength of Rahu and others, it in turn drove the growing prosperity of the Honghuang Heavenly Dao, and the strength of the Honghuang Heavenly Dao prompted the emergence of powerful beings in the Honghuang world like bamboo shoots after spring rain.

Thus, this calamity is destined to be a boundless catastrophe capable of destroying heaven and earth, and the great battle among the Patriarchs will surely shock the world and be unprecedented.

Ye Qin fixed his gaze on the fiercest part of the battle, huh, isn't that precisely the land of the Zu Wu?

Thinking of this, his figure instantly merged into space, and in the blink of an eye he appeared ten thousand li away, then immediately merged into space again, shifting and maneuvering…… not long after, he had already arrived at the ancestral land of the Wu tribe.

But see, the Twelve Zu Wu stood tall and mighty, their aura like towering mountains, immovable, facing off against countless powerful beings. Among these powerful beings were experts from the Daoist sect, the Demonic path, and the Buddhist sect, as well as innumerable strange beasts, and many formidable beings formed by the cultivation and transformation of spiritual objects.

Among this group of powerful beings, there were quite a few that Ye Qin was rather familiar with.

For example, the Buddhist figures Jieyin and Zhunti, the Seven Slaughter Daoist of the Demon Palace, Kunpeng, Fuxi, and Kunshan from the Hongdao Holy Land, as well as the renowned Dijun and Donghuang, etc.

And among them, the one that made Ye Qin unable to help but stare and scrutinize was that mysterious, unfathomably powerful being with a unique aura from the Demon Palace, as well as the Dragon Emperor exuding immense pressure.

At this moment, the ancestral land of the Wu tribe had already been completely surrounded by countless powerful beings. Those top-tier powerful beings even joined forces, exerting all their strength, and in one strike broke through the Chaos Heavenly Slaughter Formation, leaving the Wu tribe's ancestral land completely exposed before the myriad beings of Honghuang.

In an instant, the eyes of those powerful beings flashed with greed, they fixed their gaze firmly on the hall at the center of the Wu tribe's ancestral land, which emitted a mysterious aura and possessed an overbearing might that made one's heart tremble, their eyes filled with uncontainable desire.

At this moment, a colossal strange beast tens of thousands of zhang in size, like a bolt of black lightning, streaked across the sky and flew swiftly toward the direction of the hall.

"Where did this wicked beast come from? Get out of here!" Gonggong Zu Wu saw this, his eyes widened in anger, and he let out a roar like thunder from a clear sky.

Before the sound even faded, he had already transformed into the Wu tribe's battle form: only see him clad in black scales, like an impregnable suit of armor, stepping on a mighty black dragon beneath his feet, and gripping a green mang staff tightly in his hand.

His incredibly thick arm suddenly stretched upward into the air, his five fingers like five sharp blades, instantly grabbing that tens-of-thousands-zhang strange beast, and then he exerted force fiercely, throwing it outward like trash.

With a "Boom—" sound, the strange beast heavily crashed to the ground. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be an ancient black dog, with a tuft of striking white fur on its head, its eyes flashing with sharp light, and its bark shook the heavens and earth, as if it wanted to tear the sky apart.

"Hmph! You're practically seeking death!" Zhurong Zu Wu also refused to yield, instantly transforming into a colossal battle form a hundred thousand zhang tall.

Only see him clad in red scales, like raging flames, with two fire snakes on his ears, stepping on a mighty fire dragon beneath his feet, that immense might causing countless beings around to turn deathly pale in an instant.

However, the Wu tribe members seemed to want to completely suppress their opponents in aura, only see them one by one transforming into the Wu tribe's battle form.

In an instant, the rolling might gathered together, like a surging flood, instantly submerging the spirits of countless beings, frightening them to lose control of their bowels and bladder, they clutched their heads and fled like rats, escaping this place.

The Metal Ancestor Zu Wu, Rushou, has a human face and tiger body, with a layer of golden scales shimmering on his body, a pair of huge wings growing from his shoulders, a snake piercing his left ear, and stepping on two mighty dragons beneath his feet. His body surged with golden energy, instantly transforming into endless sword energy, sharp edges exposed, making people fearful just by looking.

The Wood Ancestor Zu Wu, Jumang, has a human face and bird body, his whole body emitting a green light like jade bamboo, behind him faintly appearing the illusory image of a ten-thousand-zhang giant tree, his body entwined with several giant dragons of pure jade green, those giant dragons intertwining with each other, like twisted tree roots, full of mysterious and powerful strength.

The Earth Ancestor Zu Wu, Houtu, has a human body and snake tail, with seven arms growing from his back, two more arms on his chest, both hands tightly gripping the Teng Snake. The Teng Snake lets out bursts of roars, Houtu's face is solemn and sacred, like a goddess descending to the human world, emitting an awe-inspiring aura.

The Wind Ancestor Zu Wu, Tianwu, has eight heads, each face human-like, but his body is that of a tiger, with ten tails dragging behind him. His whole body is surrounded by rolling blue storms, wherever he goes, flying sand and stones, the heavens and earth change color.

The Rain Ancestor Zu Wu, Xuanming, instantly transformed into a terrifying monstrous beast, his body covered with Xuanming spikes, each spike emitting bone-chilling cold. Wherever he goes, cold air surges, and in the blink of an eye he can freeze three thousand li, making people shudder without even feeling cold.

The Thunder Ancestor Zu Wu, Qiangliang, has a thunder snake tens of thousands of zhang long in his mouth, and his arms also entwined with two thunder snakes. He has a tiger head and human body, his four hooves thick and powerful, long arms growing from his elbows, and behind him a thunder dragon roaring, releasing immense thunder and lightning power.

The Electricity Ancestor Zu Wu, Yuexi, has a human face and bird body, with two green snakes hanging from his ears, holding a red snake in his hand, that red snake like a nimble bolt of lightning. His eyes gleam like electricity, flashing with a chilling light, and he occasionally lets out a "hissing" sound from his mouth.

The Weather Ancestor Zu Wu, has a human face and beast body, his ears like dog ears, likewise with green snakes hanging from them. He can control the ever-changing wind and clouds, with every gesture the wind and clouds change color, and the heavens and earth tremble.

The Time Ancestor Zu Wu, Zhujiuyin, has a human face and snake body, with a pair of wings on his body, his whole body crimson red like blood, with a mysterious vertical eye in the center of his forehead. His whole body emits a mysterious and unfathomable aura, as if he can control the flow of time, making people unable to fathom him.

The Space Ancestor Zu Wu, Di Jiang, has the shape of a huge leather sack, his whole body crimson red like cinnabar fire, with six legs and four wings, in utter chaos, without features. His four wings lightly flap, and the surrounding space instantly shatters, revealing black cracks, his power astonishing.

The Twelve Zu Wu unleashed their full mighty aura without reservation, their auras mutually blending and converging, forming a terrifying pressure like that of a giant who opened heaven and earth, instantly making countless beings terrified to the point of their livers and guts splitting, they fled desperately without regard for anything.

"Die!" Zhurong Zu Wu roared again, the myriad fire dragons behind him roaring in unison, like arrows leaving the bow flying toward the enemies, wherever they passed, beings suffered, being mercilessly devoured by the raging flames.

The fire controlled by Zhurong and the water controlled by Gonggong, one above and one below, responded to each other, forming a terrifying purgatory of intertwining water and fire, mercilessly swallowing countless beings, instantly taking their lives.

For a time, the ancestral land of the Wu tribe completely became a tragic battlefield. On this battlefield, everywhere were huge strange beasts as large as mountains, they roared madly, each displaying magnificent and astonishing divine abilities. Some bared their ferocious teeth and fiercely bit the opponents; some swung their huge claws, tearing enemies into pieces.

Looking again at the Twelve Zu Wu, each of them stood a hundred thousand zhang tall, their massive bodies like towering mountain peaks. Every inch of flesh not covered by scales was hung with all kinds of huge strange beasts.

Those strange beasts' ferocious teeth were deeply embedded into the Zu Wu's muscles, fresh blood flowing out continuously.

Those strange beasts varied in form: there were ancient flying birds, they waved their huge wings and howled through the sky; there were ancient green crocodiles, their bodies clad in hard armor, opening their blood-basin mouths, making people fearful just by looking; there were ancient giant snakes, their bodies winding and coiling like moving small hills; and there were ancient divine insects, their forms strange, releasing various mysterious powers.

It seemed as if in just one night, all the powerful beings in the Honghuang world had unknowingly gathered here, launching a heart-stopping, life-or-death great battle.

The Zu Wu felt the pain on their bodies, they fiercely shook their muscles, and instantly erupted with endless primordial qi. This primordial qi instantly transformed into sword energy, departing fire, black water, profound ice, and various other powerful forces.

"Bang bang bang……"

The powerful energy shockwaves were like shells, instantly shattering those strange beasts into pieces, turning them into a pile of powder.

"Roar!" A heaven-shaking, earth-shattering roar came, only see a tens-of-thousands-zhang strange strange beast descending from the sky.

This strange beast resembled a qilin, its whole body covered in blue fur, with a pair of huge wings on its back, and a blue horn on its head.

This is precisely the ancient strange beast Xiezhi! Its horn possesses terrifying curse power, and any being it touches will surely die. At this moment, it roared and fiercely rammed into Houtu Zu Wu.

With a "Crack!" sound, the horn of the Xiezhi broke on impact, but the broken horn deeply penetrated into the muscles behind Houtu Zu Wu.

The Xiezhi let out a miserable cry, its body instantly turning into countless fragments, only a wisp of soul remaining, which vanished without a trace in the blink of an eye.

At the same time, a strange curse power rapidly spread, instantly enveloping Houtu Zu Wu, rendering her unable to move, as if she had been petrified.

However, Houtu Zu Wu ultimately stood on the earth, and endless earth qi continuously surged into her body. Earth qi embraces all things, possessing endless power, washing away the curse power in her body again and again.

Not long after, that curse power was completely melted away, and Houtu Zu Wu also regained her ability to move freely.

"Roar!" Another terrifying monster appeared. This is a nine-headed monster, its nine snake heads each of different colors, behind it faintly appearing the illusory image of an ocean. That ocean is divided into two, presenting a black-and-white extreme scene.

The nine-headed monster roared simultaneously, its body flashing like lightning, instantly appearing above the Twelve Zu Wu, then it opened its nine blood-basin mouths and sprayed forth endless liquid.

This is precisely the ancient strange beast Jiuying! However, how could Zhurong Zu Wu fear it? He instantly unleashed the Departing Fire Divine Ability, only see the sky filled with raging flames, instantly evaporating all the liquid sprayed by Jiuying into nothing.

Immediately after, Zhurong Zu Wu held the Departing Fire Divine Fire Whip, and with a fierce swing, that whip like a nimble fire dragon, instantly severed each of Jiuying's nine heads one by one.

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Above this chaotic battlefield, a figure silently vanished into the void. This person quietly observed the fierce battle below, his hands constantly waving, displaying mysterious divine abilities, collecting one by one the souls and blood drifting in the void.

"The ancient strange beasts here are truly numerous, simply too precious! Perhaps this calamity is precisely the doom of these ancient strange beasts. All beings with innate divine abilities of the Honghuang world will likely perish in this calamity, and then return to heaven and earth. And those who will rise in the future should be the later-formed cultivating monster races." This person was Ye Qin, he spoke to himself while collecting souls and blood.

The souls of these ancient strange beasts contain powerful innate divine abilities. Once they perish and return to heaven and earth, they will inevitably make the Honghuang Heavenly Dao even stronger. However, Ye Qin has his own plans. He carefully preserved the true souls of these strange beasts, and then integrated them into his Carefree Wanderer realm's heaven and earth.

Now in the Carefree Wanderer realm, the twelve origins have already been completed, initially forming the most basic qi circulation system. Ye Qin believes that not long from now, these twelve origins will further perfect, interconnecting into a perfect whole, ultimately returning to chaos and opening up a vast thousand-world cosmos.

Once the thousand-world cosmos is successfully opened, it will be the time for the birth of innate beings. Therefore, Ye Qin eagerly anticipates that the beings born in the Carefree Wanderer realm will all be able to possess the innate divine abilities carried by the true souls of these ancient strange beasts, thus the Carefree Wanderer realm will surely usher in a brilliant and splendid new era.

Ye Qin clearly knows in his heart that before the twelve origins in the Carefree Wanderer realm are completely perfected, he must strive to collect as many true souls of ancient strange beasts as possible, and if he can obtain the true souls of some great beings, that would be even better. After all, once the twelve origins reach a perfect state, the Carefree Wanderer realm will return to chaos, immediately followed by an extremely long gestation period. During this time, the Carefree Wanderer realm will nurture the complete heavenly dao rules of the thousand-world cosmos, as well as those innate true souls.

On these ancient strange beasts, there are many mysterious and unfathomable aspects hidden, even for Ye Qin it is difficult to fully comprehend their divine abilities. Take the dozen or so strange beast true souls Ye Qin collected this time, he detected some mysterious runes from them. These runes are not merely representations of divine abilities, but more like they contain a unique kind of "qi".

These ancient strange beasts usually can only cultivate the innate Divine Abilities they carry, their path of cultivation is extraordinarily difficult and their progress extremely slow, so their Cultivation Levels are generally not strong. However, Ye Qin knows they possess an extremely special characteristic—the True Spirit is indestructible. Even if both body and spirit are destroyed, their True Spirit will not completely dissipate, but will instead be reborn in another form.

For example, among them there is a strange beast named Fu Zhu, whose appearance resembles a white deer, with red antlers like branches growing on its head, four hooves thick and powerful, its whole body covered in flowing white fur. The Divine Ability it manifests is merely capable of triggering a catastrophic flood. Although the power of this flood is far inferior to that of the primordial Divine Ability of the ancestral witch Gonggong, whenever Fu Zhu appears, rolling disaster qi will follow, as if as long as it does not disappear, the disaster qi will never cease. (Chapter ends)