Chapter 718

Hiss! The Zhuxian Sword Formation released a sword qi that annihilated the stars.

Suddenly, Ye Qin jolted awake with a start; the power of that star was too great, he felt weak all over, and the Myriad Blood Heart actually showed signs of exhaustion, he thought darkly: "I've gone too far!"

Seeing Rahu and the Three Demons of Heaven, Earth, and Man about to attack again, Ye Qin instantly fled into space, passed through the spatial channel, and landed on a fiery red land.

"Damn Carefree Demon, return my God-Slaying Spear……" Rahu pursued into space, but was flung out by a powerful spatial force.

In the north of the Honghuang world, a splendid flying rainbow tore through the sky and fell straight onto Mount Lingxiao!

Inside Mount Lingxiao, a disheveled Daoist sat rudely opposite a Daoist with immortal bearing and Daoist bones.

This Daoist with immortal bearing and Daoist bones had the Jade Disc of Creation floating above his head, held the Pangu Banner in his left hand, and steadfastly supported the Taiji Diagram in his right hand—it was Patriarch Hongjun; while the disheveled Daoist wore a tattered red Daoist robe, held a red gourd in his hand, he was Patriarch Chimi Lùyā.

Patriarch Chimi Lùyā, after grabbing a great Dao futon, vanished without a trace.

Even the Moon Goddess Wangshu of the Taiyin Star went to the Mount Tianlong range, nearly losing her life, and Patriarch Lùyā never appeared.

But now, he appeared here.

"Junior Brother, you've come!" Patriarch Hongjun slowly opened his eyes, his gaze profound and unfathomable, a smile on his face, making it impossible to guess what he thought, his whole body emanating a mysterious aura, carrying a breath of profound clarity.

"Pah! Don't call me Junior Brother, I don't have a senior brother like you, who schemes against even his own junior sister and disciples…… alas, your profound clarity aura is indeed formidable, forever that inscrutable demeanor…… but I still congratulate you on awakening most of your memories, still remembering me, your junior brother!" Lùyā, with a bold and unrestrained manner, picked up the gourd and poured it into his mouth, a mysterious wine fragrance spreading out.

"Junior Brother……" Patriarch Hongjun's face remained calm, as if Lùyā's words had no effect on him, as if he were emotionally detached, or rather, had no feelings at all.

This is precisely the wonder of Patriarch Hongjun's cultivation of the profound clarity qi.

"Don't call me Junior Brother, I cannot bear it, I am merely a wisp of departing fire essence amidst chaos, unbound by this heaven and earth, free to roam as I please, carefree and unrestrained like a scattered immortal—where do I deserve your title of junior brother, you who control the Jade Disc of Creation, scheme without equal?" Lùyā seemed to feel his mockery insufficient, took a sip of wine, and then uttered a mocking remark.

What secret is hidden here? Why is Patriarch Chimi Lùyā so resentful? What is his relationship with Patriarch Hongjun?

"Junior Brother, you still cannot let go…… you cultivate the 'profound brightness qi', yet if you cannot let go, how can you comprehend the Dao's source? If you cannot let go, how can you truly be carefree and at ease? Look at this heaven and earth, how beautiful, clear and bright, without chaos. Had it not been for your lack of help back then, this heaven and earth would not have so many loopholes, nor would there be so great a calamity!" Patriarch Hongjun said.

"Yes, you are great, too great, so great that you disregard anyone's life or death. To cultivate your profound clarity qi, you stripped your disciples' chaos-infused bodies, letting their souls merge into the chaos azure lotus, letting him be reborn when opening heaven, his body perishing, thus fulfilling the heavenly Dao for you to cultivate profound clarity qi, and also causing the fall of the three thousand chaos demon gods, hahaha, you are just a selfish ghost; I help you, help you like Nüwa, your junior sister, to sacrifice yourself to mend the heavens?" Lùyā suddenly became agitated, his face full of disgust.

"Ah, why did you not believe my profound clarity heavenly Dao back then? If you had not left in anger back then, when Pangu opened heaven, the three thousand chaos demon gods would not have come to contend for the Dao, the Time Ancestor would not have deployed the great spacetime Dao to seize the creation of the newly opened heaven and earth, Nüwa would not have sacrificed herself to mend the heavens, Pangu would not have fallen, and Hundun would not have established his own sect to contend for the eight hundred side doors! We would not have suffered such grave injuries! Only now have we awakened most of our memories!" Patriarch Hongjun lamented.

Patriarch Hongjun gazed at the sky, furrowed his brow, and said: "Hopefully everything remains under my control; although in ancient times the trend of the heavenly Dao changed, but this is also an opportunity to clear away the traces of the chaos demon gods; even if Honghuang is reborn again, it would be good!"

"Hahaha, laughable, you still think everything is under your control? Nowadays, the heavenly Dao undergoes nirvana, the vitality within the heavenly Dao has already vanished; perhaps it is your disciple Pangu taking revenge on you…… you just wait to reap what you sowed; never scheme yourself into a situation from which you cannot escape!" Lùyā laughed loudly.

Lùyā took out a great Dao futon from the gourd, saying: "Give it to Nüwa; the current Nüwa no longer has the 'profound emptiness qi', is no longer the Holy Mother of Creation, but she has merged with the true spirit of the Flower God, the Flower God being the true deity of the Dao Flower Immortal clan. Back then, the Flower God, the Moon God, and I had deep affection; I know that according to the current Honghuang trend, you will surely become the teacher of sages, so let Nüwa be your disciple; moreover, let Pangu's primordial spirit also enjoy the position of heavenly Dao's exalted sage!"

After speaking, Lùyā transformed into a flying rainbow and vanished between heaven and earth.

After Lùyā left, Patriarch Hongjun wore a look of helplessness.

"Pangu, Pangu, you are indeed seeking revenge on me? Your primordial spirit transformed into the Three Pure Ones, your soul power became the souls of all beings, your essence and blood became the Twelve Ancestral Witches, your body became the Honghuang heaven and earth, but why cannot I find your true spirit? In each great calamity of heaven and earth, are you consuming the power of the heavenly Dao? If so, then let us play another game of chess!" Patriarch Hongjun said.

In Patriarch Hongjun's hand appeared a mirror, showing every corner of Honghuang. Seen was the eastern land of Honghuang completely covered by chaos qi, while in the land and sky, streams of clear qi surged forth, dispersing the chaos qi—this is Honghuang heaven and earth's self-repair, but this strange situation has persisted, as if the devouring of chaos qi and Honghuang's restoration have formed a balance.

In the image, the Rahu Demon Ancestor retracted the Zhuxian Formation Diagram, demonic dao will enveloped the entire eastern Honghuang, as if seeking to imprint the demonic dao will of the Three Demons of Heaven, Earth, and Man upon this land riddled with wounds.

"Hundun, you want to use side-door techniques to contend with me for the heavenly Dao? Then let this chaos demon ancestor and you both suffer mutual destruction; you think I have already fallen? It seems Lùyā did not tell you either!"

The image shifted, revealing a cave dwelling on Mount Buzhou, inside which a beautiful figure sat cross-legged atop a beautiful eight-petaled peony, contemplating the profound Flower God Dao.

Upon seeing this woman, Patriarch Hongjun's face rarely showed a trace of tenderness.

The image shifted again, revealing a vast and boundless East Sea, yet within the East Sea, there was a blurred chaos scene, actually impossible to discern; similarly, there were several such places, one being the Nanhuang land, another being the Southern Fire Region.

Patriarch Hongjun couldn't help but furrow his brow and say: "An anomaly? Where is the vitality of the heavenly Dao again?"

In ancient times, Patriarch Hongjun already knew of Ye Qin's existence, but at that time he had not yet awakened all his memories, thinking himself likewise a reincarnation of chaos demon gods like Yang Mei and others, so he merely considered Ye Qin a relatively unique innate spirit, not paying much heed.

Later, he, like those Patriarchs, suffered suppression by heavenly will, yet during the process of heavenly will suppression, he conversely comprehended the heavenly Dao, awakened his memories, obtained the mysterious and unfathomable transmission of "profound clarity qi", and knew himself to be a survivor of the heavenly Dao clan among the three thousand chaos clans.

Only now do we know that this Ye Qin is the greatest anomaly in heaven and earth, because he can sense that these several inscrutable places are all related to Ye Qin.

This mirror is called the Heavenly Dao Mirror, also known as the Haotian Treasure Mirror, refined by Patriarch Hongjun after comprehending the heavenly Dao, using heavenly Dao law, for because it fused a thread of heavenly will, it can behold all beings in Honghuang, so Patriarch Hongjun, even sitting cross-legged on Mount Lingxiao, can know everything happening in Honghuang.

Of course, in this Haotian Treasure Mirror, the only thing that cannot be seen is Ye Qin.

Suddenly, Patriarch Hongjun slapped the void with a palm, only hearing a miserable cry, only seeing a six-eared spirit monkey slapped into a spatial rift by him, vanishing without trace.

Patriarch Hongjun laughed: "Hehe, it turns out to be one of the bloodlines of that chaos demon ape, but this six-eared divine ability is indeed miraculous, actually able to hear the sounds of the world from infinitely distant places; unfortunately, even if this palm does not kill him, he will forever be unable to cultivate the Dao, henceforth the Dao shall not be transmitted to the six-eared!"

Above Mount Fenghuang in the Southern Fire Region, a mysterious and unfathomable will enveloped, isolating Honghuang's calamity qi from outside, making this place seem utterly out of tune with Honghuang heaven and earth, as if the great calamities of Honghuang could no longer reach here. The beings living on Mount Fenghuang, compared to those bewildered beings outside Honghuang, are utterly different; they jointly believe in a powerful one—the Phoenix Emperor.

However, at this moment, their sovereign lies reclined in someone's embrace, immersed in joy.

"Sister Luoyan, I miss you so much!" Ye Qin said.

"Hmph, still saying you miss me? Don't know how many years it's been, you never come back!" Fenghuang Luoyan shed her imperial dignity, acting like a little woman, coquettish.

"Sister Luoyan, don't be angry, from now on we will be together forever, let me see your cultivation level!" Ye Qin displayed the Breaking Law Divine Pupil, instantly seeing through Fenghuang Luoyan's cultivation.

To his delight, Fenghuang Luoyan had actually already reached Patriarch-level cultivation, which made him feel incredulous.

The last time they met, it had only been a million years ago; then Fenghuang Luoyan's cultivation was still inferior to the Dragon Emperor's, but now she had already reached Patriarch-level cultivation.

Moreover, Fenghuang Luoyan had merged the entire Mount Fenghuang into her own will, making it her world.

This Mount Fenghuang is indeed an ancient divine mountain, the tallest volcano in the Southern Fire Region, containing the essence of the Yin-Yang Celestial Phoenix, now refined by Fenghuang Luoyan into a world independent of Honghuang.

"The Nine Yin Will and the Mount of Departing Fire perfectly complement yin and yang, but still lack a bit; let me help you refine it!"

Ye Qin said, taking Fenghuang Luoyan's hand, flying into the air. Their souls, having undergone soul dual cultivation, could naturally be indistinct, exert soul power, envelop the entire Mount Fenghuang, and completely refine the departing fire beneath Mount Fenghuang.

Boom—

Suddenly, Mount Fenghuang broke free from the Southern Fire Region, flew into the air, forming an independent world, in which the Nine Yin Great Dao and the Departing Fire Dao are primary.

Of course, this can only be considered a small world, a cave dwelling, which will grow stronger as Fenghuang Luoyan grows stronger, but currently cannot nurture beings.

Mount Fenghuang transformed into a miniature volcano, held by Ye Qin in his hand.

"Sister Luoyan, merge it into your soul; now you have fully comprehended the great Dao contained in the Southern Fire Region, need not remain here anymore, moreover you can also lead your clan to depart, and thereafter we shall travel together."

"Wonderful, I can finally go out and see!" Fenghuang Luoyan exclaimed joyfully.

As the Primordial Phoenix Ancestor, the ancestor of her clan, yet unable to leave her ancestral land, so aside from going out during the Tribal Great War, she has always remained in the Southern Fire Region, Honghuang's opportunities have had nothing to do with her; now she can travel with Ye Qin, making her feel extremely happy.

Suddenly, a unique spirit monkey fell from the void, and moreover the spirit monkey was severely injured, on the brink of death.

Southern Fire Region.

Ye Qin gazed at the little macaque lying in his palm, a strange smile on his face.

This monkey's injuries were extremely severe; its physical body had been annihilated, its soul shattered, leaving only its innate true spirit, and within that true spirit lay a kind of repulsion utterly incompatible with the Honghuang cosmos, as if sealed by the Dao of Heaven.

Seeing this monkey, Ye Qin felt a deep sense of kinship, for he too was utterly incompatible with Honghuang.

Using soul power to touch the monkey's true spirit, he received a memory that greatly shocked Ye Qin, and the memory concerning Hongjun within it made him feel terrified.

"I fucking go, Hongjun is actually a person of the Chaos Heavenly Dao clan? Or is he Pangu's teacher? Heaven help us, isn't Pangu the strongest Chaos demon god? Nüwa is actually of the Creation clan? And the Flower God is the true god of the Great Dao Flower Immortal clan? Nüwa fused with the Flower God's true spirit? I fucking go, does this still let people live!"

Ten thousand grass-mud horses galloped through Ye Qin's heart; his doubts grew heavier and heavier, as if the secrets of this heaven and earth were endless—uncover one layer, and another secret would reveal itself, making him curious while also yearning to dig deeper.

Back when Ye Qin was in the Desolate God Hall of the Desolate Sacred Pagoda, he had seen the carvings of the Three Thousand Chaos Clan, and he had also received memories from the Desolate Gods and other Chaos demon gods; Ao Ling had obtained the True Dragon inheritance and had told him about Chaos matters, so Ye Qin knew quite a lot about Chaos secrets.

However, in no demon god's memory was there any mention of Hongjun—only of the Three Thousand Chaos demon gods, and Pangu was the chief among them; Pangu opened heaven, the Three Thousand Chaos demon gods fell, leaving only Rahu and others still alive, and some Chaos demon gods left traces in Honghuang.

The memory he now received overturned his understanding.

Ye Qin calmed his mind, activated his powerful soul power, combined it with his own memories, and slowly sorted out all causes and effects.

"So speaking, Hongjun is indeed incredibly powerful—perhaps he knows everything that happened in Honghuang, like a lofty god looking down on a group of ants fighting each other; he surely knows of my existence, it seems I must quickly open the Great Thousand Worlds, and then I shall have the combat power of a saint!" Ye Qin thought.

He now heightened his vigilance toward Hongjun to the utmost degree, for he knew that people of the Heavenly Dao clan possess powerful souls, align with heavenly secrets, and have unparalleled scheming—perhaps a single sentence could plunge one into calamity. (End of chapter)