Chapter 633: A Heaven-Destroying and Earth-Extinguishing Strike

Looking at the Phantom Immortal Dharma Image enveloped in vast Demonic Energy, fear appeared in the eyes of Jialouluo! He used all his strength, wanting to break free from the shackles of the river water around his body, but this river water was like glue, leaving him with no way to escape for the moment!

The enormous Phantom Immortal Dharma Image was like a god or demon descending to the world; the black Demonic Qi on its body surface merged with the golden light, and its powerful Spiritual Pressure was now comparable to that of a True Immortal!

The Dharma Image itself possessed formidable might, and with the Eight Extremes Demon Veins fully opened, the void shattered everywhere it passed. With a few flashes, it arrived right in front of Jialouluo, reached out with one hand, and grabbed him in its grasp!

Boom!

The Phantom Immortal Dharma Image gathered all its strength into the palm that had seized Jialouluo, and a low roar sounded from its mouth! It unleashed an 'Underworld King Explosive Kill' capable of destroying the heavens and extinguishing the earth!

Following a loud bang, black-gold light burst open in the Dharma Image's hand. With the palm of the Phantom Immortal Dharma Image as the center, the void within a hundred miles was left completely shattered. A massive beam of light shot into the sky, causing the wind and clouds to change color; even the sky that had previously been assimilated by Jialouluo was wiped clean, revealing the true deep blue of the sky!

On the ground, the seawater around the island was stirred by this powerful energy fluctuation, whipping up monstrous waves ten thousand feet high that nearly submerged the entire island!

Zhang Nuo had used his full strength for this strike; even if Jialouluo were more formidable, he should have been ground into powder! However, things did not go as he had imagined. Just as the might of the 'Underworld King Explosive Kill' was dissipating, a black streak of light shot out from the Phantom Immortal Dharma Image's hand and fled toward the distant sky without looking back!

Zhang Nuo gasped! He did not know what method Jialouluo had used to actually withstand this strike and still have the strength to escape!

The black streak of light transformed by Jialouluo was extremely fast, and after a few successive flashes, it disappeared at the end of the horizon! Only when the traces were no longer visible did Zhang Nuo let out a heavy breath!

It seemed the strength of a True Immortal was not something a cultivator like him in the lower realm could imagine. If the 'Underworld King Explosive Kill' from just now had been used on himself, even with his Dharma-Body Dual Cultivation, it would have been enough to kill him a dozen times over!

With a swift turn of his thoughts, Zhang Nuo moved his Divine Sense slightly and retracted all his supernatural powers, then looked toward the island below. Because of the power of the previous strike, the surging seawater had submerged the island, but as everything returned to calm, the island appeared once again!

Landing his feet on the ground, Zhang Nuo walked toward that dry well! When he was still over ten feet away from the dry well, he suddenly stopped his movement, his brows furrowed slightly, and he cast a grim gaze toward the ground to one side!

Because of the previous battle, the mountain peaks on this island had long since been leveled to the ground, so looking out, there was no cover at all! The flat terrain was fully in view!

"I didn't expect you to have arrived long ago! Come out!"

Zhang Nuo shouted in a deep voice, his gaze fixed tightly on a spot of ground several hundred feet away! After a moment, there was no answering voice.

"Do you want the Emperor to invite you out personally?"

With murderous intent appearing on his face, Zhang Nuo flipped one hand, and the 'Zhutian Blade' manifested. Surrounded by spiritual light, it emitted a soft chime!

"Hehe! It seems you brat really do have some supernatural powers; even the concealment technique that Jialouluo couldn't discover was actually seen through by you!"

Following a cold laugh, right where Zhang Nuo was looking on the ground, an old monk in white robes slowly appeared. His kind face carried a faint murderous aura, looking extremely eerie!

"The Emperor should have guessed it was you!"

This person was none other than Jiemie Heshang. He walked forward a few steps, closing the distance between him and Zhang Nuo significantly, and after glancing at the 'Zhutian Blade', he said indifferently:

"For such a Magic Treasure to be damaged to this extent and yet you can still use it, it truly isn't easy! You have some means!"

Ignoring Zhang Nuo's murderous gaze, the monk continued to speak calmly.

"You have been hiding here for a long time; could it be you wanted to reap the benefits as a fisherman, waiting for the Emperor and Jialouluo to fight until both were heavily injured, so you could kill us both and then swallow the Yin and Yang Qi in this dry well all by yourself?"

Zhang Nuo's mind was incredibly sharp; with a swift turn of his thoughts, he understood Jiemie Heshang's intentions!

"Hehe! Back when we were in the Human Realm, this old monk thought highly of you! Seeing you now, I truly admire my own judgment! That's right, this old monk did have that intention!"

The white-robed monk did not offer any defense and nodded slightly!

"Unfortunately, your wishful thinking was wrong! Jialouluo has already been beaten away by the Emperor; do you also want to fight the Emperor?"

He flicked the 'Zhutian Blade' in his hand, and immediately the sword intent soared. Above Zhang Nuo's head, a faint sword shadow appeared, fully several dozen feet in size!

"This old monk has no such thoughts. I have already seen the Human Emperor's strength; even at the peak of this old monk's time, I fear I would not be the Human Emperor's match! Let alone now? With only a skeleton remaining!"

The monk shook his head, feigning weakness! However, Zhang Nuo dared not be careless. At this moment, Jiemie Heshang had at least the cultivation of the Lianxu Chuji stage; if he were to fight to the death, the consequences were unknown!

"Then what do you want?"

"This old monk just wants to make a deal with the Human Emperor!"

"Oh! Let's hear it!"

Upon hearing the word 'deal', Zhang Nuo's heart stirred involuntarily. Jiemie Monk's background was also very mysterious; since he could be connected to a True Immortal like Jialouluo, he might know some major matters!

"As long as the Human Emperor is willing to share a bit of the Yin and Yang Qi in the dry well with this old monk, this old monk will tell you some things about the Immortal World, and I will also tell you Jialouluo's weaknesses!"

The monk was confident, certain that Zhang Nuo would agree, and in fact, Zhang Nuo was indeed tempted! What is the purpose of cultivation if not to break through the shackles of life and death and seek to avoid the suffering of reincarnation?

In this world, those whose cultivation can reach the Great Accomplishment Stage are few and far between, and those who can ascend into the Immortal World are even fewer. Zhang Nuo had experienced countless hardships, and his goal was also to be able to ascend to the Immortal World, to live as long as heaven and earth, and to look down upon all living beings!

After pondering for a moment, Zhang Nuo finally nodded and said:

"This deal can be made. After all, the Yin and Yang Qi the Emperor needs is not too much, but if you dare to deceive the Emperor, don't blame the Emperor for being ruthless!"

"Haha! Why must the Human Emperor be so cautious! How does this old monk compare to Jialouluo? I believe the Human Emperor knows in his heart. If you wanted to kill this old monk, you would only need to unleash one supernatural power!"

Narrowing his eyes slightly, the smile the monk revealed showed that just by providing a few pieces of information, he could obtain Yin and Yang Qi; to him, this matter was simply too worthwhile! Compared to Jialouluo, who ended up with nothing, he didn't know how many times luckier he was!

"It's good that you know. Then the Emperor will ask you the first question: how does one ascend into the Immortal World, and what kind of place is it exactly?"

"The Immortal World, as the name implies, is the place where True Immortals stay. Back then, this old monk was only a hair's breadth away from being able to ascend into the Immortal World, but unfortunately, I happened to run into a riot in the Immortal World, so just as I caught a glimpse of it, I was beaten back to the Demon Realm!"

Sighing softly, the monk said helplessly, his face revealing an extremely unwilling expression!

Zhang Nuo remained composed on the surface, but inwardly he was secretly shocked. So this monk was previously an existence at the Great Accomplishment Stage; truly, one cannot judge a book by its cover. If one looked at Jiemie's appearance back in the Human Realm, who would have thought of his former glory?

"As for the method to ascend into the Immortal World? Actually, the Human Emperor has already seen it before!"

"The Emperor has seen it? Where?"

After a moment of silence, the monk spat out a sentence that greatly shocked Zhang Nuo!

"It is that pale blue light curtain that separates the Nei Hai and Wai Hai of the Demon Thunder Sea!"

The monk smiled eerily and pointed toward the distant Wai Hai! Zhang Nuo was a bit dazed for a moment! That light curtain reached up to the nine heavens and down into the nine netherworlds. He had been guessing what kind of Magic Treasure could have such supernatural power; now it seemed the light curtain indeed held great mysteries!

"Back then, this old monk ascended from there. Hehe! The method to enter the Immortal World has actually always been hidden within this light curtain, but if one's cultivation has not reached the Great Accomplishment Stage and one does not have a physical body rebuilt by Heaven and Earth Origin Qi, one simply cannot rush to the end of the light curtain, and naturally, one would not know the location of the Immortal World!"

The monk said with deep meaning.

"What dangers are there on the light curtain?"

Since the light curtain separating the inner and outer seas of the Demon Thunder Sea was the method to ascend into the Immortal World, it couldn't possibly be that simple!

"Dangers certainly exist. To say nothing else, just the gale winds that run rampant at the top of the light curtain are not something an ordinary person can withstand. Even if one's cultivation has reached the Great Accomplishment Stage, breaking through the blockade of the gale winds is not an easy task!"

The monk frowned, as if his thoughts had returned to the scene of his own ascension back then!

"So that's how it is. By the way, what kind of riot happened in the Immortal World back then?"

Jiemie Heshang had previously said that it was because of a change in the Immortal World that his ascension failed! This matter was equally important to Zhang Nuo; he did not want to follow in the monk's footsteps.

"These matters, this old monk has only heard Garuda mention; there are not many cultivators in the True Immortal Realm. After all, those who can enter the Great Accomplishment Stage are few and far between, and those who know the method of ascension are even fewer! Therefore, the cultivators in the True Immortal Realm can almost be counted on one's fingers! As for the events of that year, it seems that several True Immortals joined hands and slaughtered all the other True Immortals together!"

Upon hearing the word 'slaughter', Zhang Nuo felt a chill run through his entire body! Battles between True Immortals were not something a cultivator of his level could comprehend. Legend had it that a True Immortal only needed to move a finger to make mountains and rivers turn upside down; what kind of might was that!

"And for what did the True Immortals slaughter each other?"

"According to what Garuda said, it was because of power! Greed and desire exist everywhere in the world; even after stepping into the realm of True Immortals, some people are still not satisfied! They still want to be the one and only existence!"

A look of desolation appeared in the monk's eyes; he had studied Buddhist Dharma for many years, and there was also a trace of a pure place in his heart!