Chapter 42

If you don't pull out some tricks, you might very well end up unable to break the formation, just like before.

Translation: If I don't bring out some tricks, I might very well be unable to break the formation just like before!

We need to keep meaning, not add extra. Let's produce concise: "If I don't pull out some tricks, I might very well be unable to break the formation just like before!" That's fine.

Immediately, Hongjun laid down formation after formation! 'Myriad Treasures Slay Demon Grand Formation!'

Translation: Immediately, Hongjun also laid down formation after formation! "Myriad Treasures Slay Demon Grand Formation!"

Countless spiritual treasures encircle the Pangu Banner, boosting its power to its peak! 'Three Talents Ascend to Immortality Grand Formation!'

Translation: Countless treasures surrounded the Pangu Banner, making its power even more flourishing! "Three Talents Ascend Immortal Grand Formation!"

Although the Three Talents Ascend to Immortality Grand Formation includes the words 'Three Talents', it is actually merely Hongjun's rudimentary application of his three corpses! 'One Qi Transforms into Hongjun!'

Translation: Although the Three Talents Ascend Immortal Grand Formation contains the words "Three Talents", it is actually just Hongjun's superficial application of his three corpses! "One Qi Transforms into Hongjun!"

This is a divine ability Hongjun gained after devouring part of the origin of the Three Pure Ones! Boundless pure qi gathered between heaven and earth, forming another Hongjun! Though this Hongjun's cultivation is inferior to his true body, it reaches seventy percent of it.

Translation: This is a divine ability Hongjun comprehended after devouring part of the origin of the Three Pure Ones! Only see boundless pure qi gathering between heaven and earth, then transforming into another Hongjun! Although this Hongjun's cultivation is inferior to his main body, it also reaches seventy percent of his main body!

Don't underestimate this seventy percent; as cultivation increases and understanding of the laws deepens, cultivation naturally doubles! In terms of cultivation alone, this seventy-percent Hongjun is not inferior to Qiankun! 'Hongmeng Measuring Heaven Ruler!'

Translation: Don't underestimate this seventy percent; as cultivation grows higher and understanding of the laws deepens, cultivation naturally multiplies! This seventy percent Hongjun, in terms of cultivation alone, is not inferior to Qiankun! "Hongmeng Heaven-Measuring Ruler!"

Empowered by the Three Talents Grand Formation, Zhu Qingyun's mana becomes so immense it intoxates him.

Translation: With the support of the Three Talents Grand Formation, Zhu Qingyun's mana at this moment became so strong as to intoxicate him.

Pouring this mana into the Hongmeng Measuring Heaven Ruler, a purple light suddenly flashes, driving the supreme treasure's power nearly to its limit!

Translation: Infusing this mana into the Hongmeng Heaven-Measuring Ruler, a purple light suddenly appeared, and the power of this supreme treasure was almost driven to its limit!

'Boom!'

Translation: "Boom!"

Like the opening of heaven and earth, this ruler, akin to an antelope's horn, splits heaven and earth, stirring earth, wind, water, and fire; chaotic qi pours through the fissures into the primordial realm, clinging to the Measuring Heaven Ruler as if Hongjun were slashing it! 'Pangu Banner!'

Translation: As if heaven and earth were first opened, this ruler, like an antelope's horns, split heaven and earth, causing earth, wind, water, and fire to surge; chaos qi entered the primordial world along the crack, attaching to the Heaven-Measuring Ruler as if Hongjun were slashing! "Pangu Banner!"

The Pangu Banner is likewise driven to its extreme by Hongjun, who frantically waves it, unleashing sky-filling chaotic sword qi that intercepts the Measuring Heaven Ruler's bombardment!

Translation: The Pangu Banner was likewise driven to the extreme by Hongjun, who madly waved it, and the sky-filling chaos sword energy intercepted the bombardment of the Heaven-Measuring Ruler!

'Boom!!'

Translation: "Boom!!"

With a deafening blast, the force of the two supreme treasures colliding is nearly on par with a mighty being at the Mixed Yuan Luo Golden Immortal level in battle!

Translation: With a thunderous explosion, the power of the two supreme treasures colliding was almost equal to that of a mighty being of Grand Unity Lofty Golden Immortal level in battle!

This disturbance roused the top experts of the primordial world!

Translation: This commotion startled the top experts of the primordial world!

On Mount Sumeru, Rahu watches the battle, his heart feeling a sense of urgency!

Translation: On Sumeru Mountain, Rahu gazed at this battle, his heart somewhat urgent!

He never imagined that in such a short time Hongjun would reach this level! It seems the process of opening the Heavenly Demon Realm must be sped up!

Translation: He never expected that in such a short span of years, Hongjun had actually reached this level! It seems the process of opening the Heaven Demon Realm must be accelerated!

Immediately, Rahu withdraws his thoughts and continues to contemplate the chance to open the Heavenly Demon Realm! 'It is the Daoist friend of Heavenly Fate!'

Translation: Immediately, Rahu withdrew his mind and continued to contemplate the opportunity to open the Heaven Demon Realm! "It is fellow Daoist Tianyun!"

The Ancestral Dragon, upon seeing this, immediately set out toward the Northern Abyss!

Translation: The Ancestral Dragon noticed this scene and immediately set off toward the Northern Abyss!

The Northern Abyss is part of the Northern Sea and thus belongs to the dragon clan's territory; given Heavenly Fate's earlier generosity, the Ancestral Dragon cannot idly watch as it battles Hongjun within his own domain! 'What does the Ancestral Dragon mean by this?'

Translation: The Northern Abyss belongs to the Northern Sea, naturally also part of the Dragon Clan's territory; since Tianyun was so generous before, the Ancestral Dragon naturally could not stand idly by while it battled Hongjun within its own territory! "What does the Ancestral Dragon mean?"

The Primordial Qilin and Yuan Phoenix, who constantly watch the Ancestral Dragon's movements, seeing him set out, naturally refuse to fall behind and also rush toward the Northern Abyss!

Translation: The Primordial Qilin and Primordial Phoenix, who constantly monitored the Ancestral Dragon's movements, seeing it set off, naturally also refused to lag behind, and also rushed toward the Northern Abyss!

'This is the inheritance of Creation!'

Translation: "This is the inheritance of Creation!"

Yang Mei Daoist, observing the Creation Linglong Tower fluctuating within the Creation Secret Realm, naturally hastens to head to the Northern Abyss!

Translation: Yangmei Daoist, seeing the Creation Lustrous Pagoda rising and falling in the Creation Secret Realm, also hurriedly set off for the Northern Abyss!

In this great battle, aside from Rahu contemplating the opening of the Heavenly Demon Realm, all the other top experts of the primordial world rush to the battlefield! 'Boom!'

Translation: In this battle, aside from Rahu contemplating the opportunity to open the Heaven Demon Realm, the other top experts of the primordial world all rushed to the battlefield! "Boom!"

Another collision echoes; the chaotic qi is scattered, turning into clear and turbid qi; the two secret realms below shudder, and countless innate qi flee from within them.

Translation: Another collision sounded, the chaos qi was scattered, transforming into clear and turbid qi; the two secret realms below trembled, and countless innate qi dissipated from within the secret realms.

This infuses the lifeless Northern Abyss Sea with some vitality! Unlike before, when any vitality that appeared in the Northern Abyss Sea was instantly devoured, now the Devouring Dao within the secret realm can only instinctively guard the Kunpeng's origin, leaving no power to devour anything else.

Translation: This caused the lifeless Northern Abyss Sea to contain some vitality! Unlike before, when any vitality appearing in the Northern Abyss Sea was immediately devoured, now the Devouring Grand Dao within the secret realm could only attend to instinctively protecting the Kunpeng's origin, leaving no spare power to devour.

'World. Creation!' Hongjun unleashes his worldly power, a sense of the declining Dharma clinging to the chaotic sword qi, seeking to overwhelm the Measuring Heaven Ruler in one strike!

Translation: "World Creation!" Hongjun's world power emerged, a sense of the declining Dharma attaching to the chaos sword energy, attempting to overwhelm the Heaven-Measuring Ruler in one fell swoop.

Zhu Qingyun is nearly laughing in exasperation; this old brat keeps shouting nonsense, right? Immediately, Zhu Qingyun drops all restraint and unleashes his strongest lethal technique! 'The Executioner Immortal Sword Formation!'

Translation: Zhu Qingyun was almost laughing from anger, this old brat keeps shouting nonsense? Immediately, Zhu Qingyun no longer held back, unleashing his strongest killing technique! "Slay Immortal Sword Formation!"

The Hongmeng Measuring Heaven Ruler is cast out, joining the Auspicious Clouds Divine Pearl from the Stabilizing Sea Divine Pearl, the Yin-Yang Taiji Diagram, and the Qiankun Cauldron—four great innate supreme treasures placed in the four directions!

Translation: The Hongmeng Heaven-Measuring Ruler was thrown out, together with the Auspicious Cloud Divine Pearl transformed from the Calm Sea Divine Pearl, the Yin-Yang Taiji Diagram, and the Qiankun Cauldron from Qiankun, the four supreme innate treasures placed in the four directions!

Instantly, strands of sword qi begin to arise! 'World. Creation!'

Translation: Immediately, strands of sword energy began to grow! "World Creation!"

Is it just you, Hongjun, who keeps shouting nonsense?!

Translation: You Hongjun are the only one who shouts nonsense?!

Zhu Qingyun's worldly power from the myriad heavens is drawn out and, under the influence of Wen Yan Wan Dao, completely transformed into world formation dao power!

Translation: Zhu Qingyun's world power from the myriad heavens was extracted, and under the effect of Wenyan Myriad Dao, it was entirely transformed into World Formation Dao power!

Instantly, within the Executioner Immortal Sword Formation, chaos prevails, and strands of sword qi representing the Slayer, the Killer, the Exterminator, and the Entrapper Immortals crisscross!

Translation: Immediately, within the Slay Immortal Sword Formation, chaos reigned, and strands of sword energy representing Slay Immortal, Kill Immortal, Exterminate Immortal, and Trap Immortal crisscrossed!

'Executioner Immortal Sword Formation!'

Translation: "Slay Immortal Sword Formation!"

Rahu's eyes on Mount Sumeru widen fully! He, who had been calmly contemplating the opportunity to open the Heavenly Demon Realm, instantly senses an intensely familiar killing aura and awakens at once! He never imagined Zhu Qingyun's comprehension could be so terrifying! Having himself contemplated the Executioner Immortal Sword Formation for countless ages, he finds Zhu Qingyun mastering it in such a short time! Gazing at the righteous aura derived from Zhu Qingyun's Auspicious Clouds true body transformed into the Executioner Immortal Formation diagram, and the innate supreme treasures suspended above the four gates! Even though these four treasures are not sword-type spiritual treasures, with the support of world formation dao power, Rahu, the true master of the Executioner Immortal Sword Formation, can sense it.

Translation: Rahu's eyes on Sumeru Mountain widened! He, who had been calmly contemplating the opportunity to open the Heaven Demon Realm, sensed an extremely familiar killing aura and instantly awakened! He never expected Zhu Qingyun's comprehension to be so terrifying! Having contemplated the Slay Immortal Sword Formation for countless ages, he found Zhu Qingyun had mastered it in such a short time! Gazing at the Slay Immortal Formation diagram transformed from the righteous qi of Zhu Qingyun's Auspicious Cloud true body, and the supreme innate treasures hanging above the four gates! Even though these four treasures are not sword-type spirit treasures, under the boost of World Formation Dao power, Rahu, the true master of the Slay Immortal Sword Formation, could feel it.

The power of Zhu Qingyun's great formation is not much weaker than that of the grand formation laid down by the Four Swords of Execution! Can Hongjun break the Executioner Immortal Sword Formation? Rahu immediately abandons his contemplation of opening the Heavenly Demon Realm to focus solely on watching the battle before him!

Translation: The power of Zhu Qingyun's great formation is not much weaker than the grand formation laid down with the Four Slay Immortal Swords! Hongjun… can he break the Slay Immortal Sword Formation? Rahu immediately gave up contemplating the opportunity to open the Heaven Demon Realm, focusing solely on watching the battle before him!

'Comparing sword qi, right? Come on!'

Translation: "Comparing sword energy? Come on!"

Zhu Qingyun's temper also flares; strands of the four immortals' sword qi seek out the chaotic sword qi of the Pangu Banner, clashing wildly!

Translation: Zhu Qingyun's temper also flared, and strands of the four immortal sword energies sought out the chaos sword energy of the Pangu Banner, wildly clashing!

Although the Pangu Banner is an innate supreme treasure, the chaotic sword qi it slashes forth lacks formation support, so it steadily retreats, its chaotic sword qi being melted and annihilated! How could the sword qi of a single innate supreme treasure possibly match the sword qi derived from a formation of four innate supreme treasures? Hongjun is trapped within the Executioner Immortal Sword Formation, unaware of up, down, left, right, or the four directions; all around is a murky chaos! He feels countless sword qi striking him from every angle with no blind spots.

Translation: Although the Pangu Banner is an innate supreme treasure, the chaos sword energy it chops out lacks formation support, so it naturally retreats step by step, with strands of chaos sword energy being melted and annihilated! How could the sword energy of a single innate supreme treasure possibly match the sword energy derived from a sword formation laid out with four innate supreme treasures? Hongjun, trapped within the Slay Immortal Sword Formation, had no sense of up, down, left, right, nor the four directions; all around was a muddled chaos! He only felt countless sword energies striking him from every angle without any blind spot.

He, who always liked to chop people with chaotic sword qi, finally tasted the bitter fruit.

Translation: He, who always liked to slash people with chaos sword energy, finally tasted the bitter fruit.

Countless sword qi slash Hongjun's body, tearing his Daoist robe to shreds, covering his flesh with countless wounds, turning him instantly into a bloody person! Of course, his condition looks terrifying, but in reality he only suffered superficial wounds; having mastered the Dao of Creation, he can instantly heal these injuries.

Translation: Countless sword energies hacked at Hongjun's body, tearing his Daoist robe to shreds, his skin covered in dense wounds, instantly turning him into a blood-soaked person! Of course, Hongjun's state at this moment looks terrifying, but actually he only suffered some superficial wounds; having mastered the Grand Dao of Creation, he can instantly heal these wounds.

The Creation Jade Disk spins wildly, and Hongjun quickly locates the gate of the Executioner Immortal Sword Formation! This feeling of being passively beaten is truly stifling; immediately, Hongjun's three corpses, which had previously merged, separate again, each heading toward a gate of the Executioner Immortal Sword Formation alongside his true body.

Translation: The Creation Jade Disc spun wildly, and Hongjun quickly located the gate of the Slay Immortal Sword Formation! This feeling of being passively beaten was truly stifling; immediately, Hongjun's already merged three corpses separated again, with his true body each heading toward a gate of the Slay Immortal Sword Formation.

As for the pure qi Hongjun produced via 'One Qi Transforms into Hongjun,' it takes over Hongjun's position, controlling the Pangu Banner to unleash strands of chaotic sword qi!

Translation: As for the pure-qi Hongjun generated via "One Qi Transforms into Hongjun", it took over Hongjun's position, controlling the Pangu Banner to emit strand after strand of chaos sword energy!

'Ha, want to break the gate? I'll let you have no gate at all!'

Translation: "Heh, want to break the gate? I'll let you have no gate!"

Zhu Qingyun notices that Hongjun has already discovered the four gates of the Executioner Immortal Sword Formation; as his thoughts turn, he immediately forms a new idea.

Translation: Zhu Qingyun noticed that Hongjun had already discovered the four gates of the Slay Immortal Sword Formation, and in the turning of his thoughts he immediately had a new idea.

'World. Creation!'

Translation: "World Creation!"

Zhu Qingyun lets out a great shout, his voice echoing across the heavens, causing Hongjun and his three corpses to instantly heighten their alert! The four gates of the Executioner Immortal Sword Formation merge into one, withdrawn by Zhu Qingyun, and all its power concentrates into a final strike! Just as Hongjun's hair stands on end and his inner vigilance reaches its peak, this sword qi unexpectedly slashes toward the pure qi 'Hongjun'! 'Damn it!'

Translation: Zhu Qingyun shouted loudly, his voice echoing across the heavens, causing Hongjun and his three corpses to instantly heighten their vigilance! The four gates of the Slay Immortal Sword Formation merged into one, withdrawn by Zhu Qingyun, all their power concentrated into the final strike! Just as Hongjun's hairs stood on end and his vigilance reached its peak, this sword energy unexpectedly slashed toward the pure-qi 'Hongjun'! "Damn it!"

Hongjun comes to his senses, but by the time he thinks of doing anything else, it's already too late!

Translation: Hongjun came to his senses, but any thought of doing something else was already too late!

(End of chapter)