Chapter 66

"Upon arriving at the decisive battle site, you all must remember not to act recklessly!"

Zhu Qingyun, feeling uneasy, added another reminder.

The Twelve Ancestral Witches, eager to leave, immediately nodded like chickens pecking at grain, hastily agreeing.

Immediately, Zhu Qingyun and Yin Yang swept up the Twelve Ancestral Witches, turning into a stream of light, rushing to the battlefield of the three tribes' decisive battle.

…

At the battlefield of the three tribes' decisive battle, the chiefs of the three tribes were already locked in combat, dragon scales flying, phoenix feathers withering, qilin bleeding.

And around the battlefield of the three, Yang Mei Daoist hid in the void.

Rahu stood with his hands behind his back, the Slaughter Immortal Array diagram transformed into a Daoist robe draped over his shoulders.

Qiankun stood on the shore of the East Sea, gazing afar.

Hongjun led the seven close disciples, while the twenty-eight outer sect disciples stood to the east.

All twenty-eight outer sect disciples were originally among the three thousand guests of the Zixiao Palace in the original trajectory.

The three extra among the seven close disciples were the innate divine beings formed from the pure yang energy of Zifu Prefecture, the Duke of the East.

And also, the essence of the Xu soil of Mount Wan Shou, transformed into Zhenyuanzi, and the master of the Huoyun Cave, Yun Zhongjun! Following Zhu Qingyun's arrangement, three thousand years ago, Hongyun—that is, Yun Zhongjun and Zhenyuanzi—went to Kunlun Mountain to become disciples.

They were successfully taken in by Hongjun and directly became close disciples.

Having cultivated the immortal Dao passed down by Hongjun, Yun Zhongjun now uses the Heaven-Earth zither and Heaven-Earth chess as his vessels, successfully cutting off the two corpses of good and evil! He has become a mighty mid-stage quasi-sage under Hongjun, second only to the Three Pure Ones.

Mid-stage quasi-sage is Hongjun's term in the immortal Dao, corresponding to mid-stage Mixed Yuan Golden Immortal.

"Senior brother, what purpose does our master have in bringing us here? Our cultivation seems unable to help him at all."

It was Zhenyuanzi who secretly sent a mental transmission to Yun Zhongjun, asking.

The two hit it off immediately, their feelings mutual; though not friends of the Great Dao, their relationship is as close as brothers.

"I don't know either, but junior brother, regardless of our master's purpose, you must act cautiously and preserve yourselves—that is most important!"

Yun Zhongjun had no idea of Hongjun's plans, but based on what he heard from his elder brother about Hongjun…

"Huh? Elder brother!"

But at this moment, just as the reason of the chiefs of the three primordial tribes was overwhelmed by battle lust, the three-way battle plunged into a frenzy.

Zhu Qingyun and Yin Yang arrived with the Twelve Ancestral Witches!

Upon reaching the battlefield, Zhu Qingyun glanced briefly at the Xuanmen crowd, then joined forces with Qiankun.

"The Three Powers Formation!"

A great formation instantly took shape, the three's power converging on Zhu Qingyun, eliciting a trace of might from his innate Chaos Spirit Treasure! Not to mention Zhu Qingyun himself, whose primordial spirit and fleshly body are both at the peak of Mixed Yuan Golden Immortal; even Qiankun alone has reached the extreme of the Dao.

Moreover, with the support of the Three Powers Formation, the Chaos Spirit Treasure naturally could unleash a hint of power! Zhu Qingyun moved, and amidst the astonished gazes of many mighty cultivators present, he cut into the midst of the battle between the dragon, phoenix, and qilin.

"Qiankun… Great Shift!"

How formidable is the attack power of the three who have reached the extreme of the Dao in their life-or-death struggle? Even if Zhu Qingyun employs the Great Shift of the Qiankun Dao and his own innate essence is infused with a trace of power, he still suffers severe injury instantly! Mouthfuls of blood spurt out, only to be instantly obliterated by the aftershock of the attack. The Three Radiance Divine Water pours down, instantly dividing the battlefield.

The chiefs of the three tribes were also stunned by the sight before them, their reason partially restored.

"Cough cough… Fellow Daoists, hold off on fighting again!"

Zhu Qingyun coughed up a mouthful of golden Dao blood, feeling his breath smooth somewhat, and hastily shouted.

The phoenix naturally stopped first due to its ties with Yin Yang, Kong Xuan, and Jin Ling.

The ancestral dragon hesitated a moment, out of regard for their friendship, and temporarily suppressed the urge to attack.

Only the primordial qilin, which already bore grudges against Zhu Qingyun and his companions, heedlessly threw a punch at Zhu Qingyun.

It seems the calamity qi has taken deep root; the lust for battle reasserted dominance! "Hmph!"

Facing the primordial qilin alone, Zhu Qingyun certainly would not retreat; he struck out with a palm, and an aura of invulnerability to all laws appeared on his hand.

Facing this palm, the primordial qilin felt only that its fist was soft and powerless.

Then, amidst the shocked gazes of many mighty cultivators, the primordial qilin was slapped to the ground by Zhu Qingyun's palm! "Primordial qilin, look at your sons!"

Zhu Qingyun, still not appeased, struck another palm onto the primordial qilin's head, shouting angrily. The primordial qilin immediately felt stars before its eyes, its head swimming, and the whole creature was left in disarray by the blow.

Shaking its head, the dizziness of the primordial qilin gradually faded, and only then did it follow Zhu Qingyun's words to turn its gaze toward the battlefield below.

Only to see the people of the dragon, phoenix, and qilin tribes acting like madmen, having lost their reason, knowing only slaughter! Strands of karmic energy entwined their bodies, scarlet karma entwined with towering slaughterous qi! The slaughterous qi seeped silently into the earth, absorbed by a mysterious force.

The primordial qilin's pupils shot out two divine lights, instantly penetrating the ground to reveal the scene below! It was a massive formation, whose heart was a gigantic black lotus!

The slaughterous qi was transformed by the formation into strands of demonic qi, surging into a murky mass of world origin! "Demonic qi? Rahu!"

The ancestral dragon angrily turned its gaze toward Rahu, understanding why the three tribes' people were slaughtering each other so fiercely.

Although the Great Calamity's calamity qi had an influence, more so was Rahu stirring the inner desire-demons! Moreover, as countless weak beings were slain by the aftermath of the three tribes' battle, the primordial qi of the wilderness heaven and earth was frenziedly depleted.

Strangely, the appearance of these changes brought tremors to the Undying Volcano, the East Sea's eye, and the central continent of the wilderness!

This tremor stirred the true spirits of the ancestral dragon, phoenix, and primordial qilin! The true spirit warned that if the battle reached the utmost frenzy, the three tribe chiefs would inevitably have to suppress it with their own bodies; otherwise, the wilderness would face an apocalyptic catastrophe! Such tremendous karmic force would weigh equally upon the peoples of the three tribes.

Not to mention whether the peoples could survive this apocalyptic catastrophe, this karmic force alone would be enough to utterly exterminate the three tribes!

The chiefs of the three tribes could sense that, as the primordial qi of the wilderness heaven and earth diminished, the aura of Hongjun, observing from the east, grew ever more unfathomable! "The victor of the three tribes' decisive battle can prove the Dao as a Mixed Yuan Luo Golden Immortal—this is nothing but a staggering deception!"

Zhu Qingyun spoke this truth.

"Under the will of the wilderness heaven and earth, heaven's favored ones have always been innate divinities born of the wilderness itself; how could winning the three tribes' battle allow one to prove the Dao as a Mixed Yuan Luo Golden Immortal?"

"Do you all remember why the calamity of ferocious beasts arose?"

"Ferocious beasts are living beings born from the corpse remnants of the Chaos demon god."

"Their intellect is incomplete, knowing only slaughter and destruction; thus the wilderness heaven and earth sent down the Great Calamity to eradicate the ferocious beasts! And the three tribes are the main force in slaying the ferocious beasts, exterminating them and accumulating countless killing sins, naturally bringing down a slaughter calamity! 'But under the manipulation of those with intent, this slaughter calamity grows ever fiercer, ultimately evolving into a new Great Calamity!'"

(End of chapter)