Chapter 290: What a Grand Feast!

The Long-Flowing Water descends!

How terrifying is the fall of a single Fruit Seat? Almost simultaneously, every cultivator in the world practicing the Long-Flowing Water suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of oppression.

And directly above the Foundation Establishment realm, the Sea of Bitterness churned with waves. A group of Foundation Establishment True Persons looked up and clearly saw a somewhat blurred, blazing white light. That light resembled a crescent moon, hazy and illusory; its true form was indistinguishable, but one could sense it was filled with vast, boundless imagery of divine powers.

"Failed."

Seeing this, Lu Yang shook his head. This was clearly not the phenomenon of a successful Gold-Seeking. Although Suo Huan had gambled on that one-in-ten-thousand hope to launch an assault on the Fruit Seat.

Unfortunately, it was all for naught at the very end.

Soon, Lu Yang saw Suo Huan's figure within that arc of light. He saw that Suo Huan's expression was dazed, as if he had encountered something inconceivable.

Immediately, this great cultivator from beyond the heavens suddenly laughed. He laughed aloud in the sky, his laughter shrill and piercing. His originally stable aura suddenly became infinitely violent. His pitch-black eyes turned a bloody crimson. Everyone could hear his hysterical roar:

"Too oppressive! Too oppressive!"

"Why treat me so? My Huan Xu Jie, my Suo Huan! Hahaha! Suo Huan! Suo Huan! This Dao title was truly not chosen in vain!"

"My Lord! Come out!"

"I know you are watching!"

Amidst his roars, centered on the slowly descending Long-Flowing Water, three Jin Dan dharma bodies of heaven-spanning magnitude and extreme grandeur manifested.

Suo Huan instantly recognized these three Jin Dan True Lords. They were none other than the chief culprits who had presided over the War for the Dao and annihilated the Huan Xu Jie back then. In an instant, his laughter became even more tragic. At that time, he had thought he escaped with the help of the Realm Heaven; now it seemed that was not the case at all!

"Everyone, the main course is served."

The True Lords' voices, carrying a hint of amusement, echoed within a realm the True Persons could not perceive:

"Amitabha. The Buddha is compassionate. It was not in vain that we let this person go back then. Today, the merit is finally complete, and we can guide this blessed land back to its proper place."

"This person's Golden Nature is mine."

"Saint Sect, stand still! Do not move recklessly. Divide according to the agreement made beforehand. Otherwise, if we turn on each other, no one will get to eat this meal."

"Tsk."

The three Jin Dan True Lords each took their positions. Their massive divine senses communicated; they had already settled on a "distribution plan." Now, they all moved to restrain Suo Huan.

"The Pure Land gave me the capital for the blessed land, so after my failure, the blessed land belongs to the Pure Land. The Dao Court bolstered my cultivation for me, allowing me to cultivate the Golden Nature. After my death, the Golden Nature belongs to the Dao Court. As for the Saint Sect, they hoped I would destabilize the Long-Flowing Water, perhaps even thinking to bring it under their rule?"

This was a gluttonous feast.

He was the main course on the table; the Pure Land, the Dao Court, and the Saint Sect were the ones dividing the meal. Thinking of this, Suo Huan gradually stopped his manic laughter.

He had actually anticipated this point long ago.

From the moment he accepted funding from the three sides, he had thought of the possibility of failure. So, the scene of being devoured by the three sides did not actually surprise him.

What truly made him despair was someone else.

The next second, Suo Huan looked around at the three Jin Dan True Lords and suddenly laughed: "My Lord, after laying out this scheme for so many years, what are you still waiting for?"

Boom-boom-boom!

In an instant, as if responding to Suo Huan's question, a massive, indescribable aura suddenly rose from the direction of the Four Seas Gate and the Long Gong!

"Hmm?"

At this moment, the group of Foundation Establishment True Persons below all turned their heads to look. Even the three True Lords in the sky who were dividing Suo Huan showed expressions of surprise:

"The phenomenon of Gold-Seeking?"

"Is it Tian Qiu? No, wasn't he slain by Suo Huan? Without a physical body, with only a soul left, how can he seek gold? What Fruit Seat would not require a physical body?"

In an instant, the three True Lords' thoughts spun a hundred turns. Finally, a guess emerged. Almost simultaneously, the gates of the Long Gong at the Four Seas Gate swung wide open. A tide of death qi rolled out from within. Right in the center of the death qi was a blurred dragon figure, slowly opening a gate.

The Netherworld!

What Fruit Seat in the world does not require a physical body? Naturally, the Netherworld, which governs the reincarnation of all living beings and endless cycles of rebirth! Those with physical bodies find it difficult to enter the Netherworld!

Only souls can enter and exit!

Ordinarily, souls reincarnating are directly absorbed by the Netherworld. However, at this moment, Tian Qiu was attempting to open a great gate leading to the Netherworld!

"What is he doing?"

"Seeking gold while simultaneously opening the Netherworld... It is Ang Xiao! He intends to use the Netherworld to drag a Fruit Seat down. Suo Huan was merely bait to confuse us?"

"Tian Qiu is the true target of the move!"

At this moment, the three True Lords clearly saw that as Tian Qiu's aura exploded, a star in the sky above shone brightly. It was the Water-Attribute Fruit Seat, the Tianhe Water. This Fruit Seat is said to be: "Qi rises and falls; in the high bright fire position, water pours down like rain to save the water within the fire. Only in the heavens does this exist."

The Water-Attribute Fruit Seat; this path is supreme!

Such a change immediately made the True Lords uneasy. Almost simultaneously, they attacked Tian Qiu, but were steadily blocked by another towering dragon body.

The Four Seas Gate, the Dragon Lord!

This one was a noble born of heaven in days past, at the mid-stage of Jin Dan, with an immortal cave that never fell. His existence spanned so long it could be traced back to the founding days of the Sida Sect.

How much weight did that actually carry?

To put it bluntly, he had even seen the Dao Lord!

Keep in mind that the current Dao Lord does not appear. Even Jin Dan True Lords, the vast majority, have never seen the Dao Lord, and are not even clear on whether the Dao Lord is male or female.

Yet the Dragon Lord had seen him.

Although over these many years, under suppression from all sides, the Dragon Lord had maintained his mid-stage cultivation and failed to break through to the late stage, this did not mean he was weak.

Now that the Dragon Lord had moved, his towering dragon body seemed like a wall with no beginning or end, stretching between the True Lords and Tian Qiu. It was as if heaven and earth had suddenly been divided. The entire outer sea, the boundless seawater, responded at this very moment. Above the sky, another Fruit Seat star shone brilliantly.

The Great Sea Water!

In days past, the True Dragon clan controlled the rivers, lakes, and seas. Of the six Water-Attribute Fruit Seats, four were under their control. The Great Sea Water was even the Water-Attribute Supreme in those days.

However, after the change in heaven, the True Dragons' prestige no longer existed.

Not only did the Great Sea Water lose its position as the Water-Attribute Supreme, with the Tianhe Water taking its place, but other Fruit Seats were also lost. Of the four Dragon Lords, only one remained.

To describe it as a blood feud would not be an exaggeration!

"Take a gamble!"

At this moment, when the Dragon Lord moved, he was truly prepared to risk everything. Because he knew clearly in his heart that the Dao Lords of the four great sects would not concern themselves with such matters.

With his mid-stage Jin Dan cultivation, if he also had that 【Ang Xiao】 to aid him, there was not no chance!

Just at this moment.

As Tian Qiu opened the gate of the 【Nether Court】, surrounded by boundless death qi, a tall figure standing with hands clasped behind his back finally appeared quietly behind the door.

Judging by his build, he should be male, yet his face was obscured by a hazy mist, making it impossible to see clearly. However, unlike other things in the 【Nether Court】, he possessed a physical body! Although his blood and qi were not evident, that unshakable solidity was absolutely something a soul could not bring.

"What a grand feast."

He smiled slightly, and a voice that was hard to define as male or female, old or young, boomed out: "Why not let me have a share?"

【True Lord Ang Xiao Shrouds the Sun】!

Not long after, True Lords across the world once again felt a sensation.

In an instant, countless True Lords turned their gazes together, wanting to pierce through the hazy mist covering the face of that mysterious True Lord behind the gate of the Nether Court.

(End of this chapter)