Chapter 224: Reaping the Karmic Fire Red Lotus, Conversing with Nüwa Holy Saint!

In the boundless Sea of Blood, the great battle has already begun.

Minghe Laozu's body was surrounded by towering blood qi, vast and surging, eerily strange and deceitful.

At a glance, it makes one feel a tingling scalp and a chill all over.

On the other side, Chen Ku bore a solemn and dignified appearance, his divine radiance shining brightly.

Every inch of his flesh and blood was emitting blazing golden light, brilliant and dazzling, extremely eye‑catching.

The golden light surged forth, clashing with the demonic blood qi in a shocking collision.

Heavenly sounds roared, deafening, crushing everything!

However, if one sensed carefully, they could notice.

Faintly, Chen Ku still held the upper hand.

After all, the Buddhist Gate's law possesses a natural restraining power over the force formed from grudges and wronged souls.

Minghe Laozu also felt extremely uneasy.

At one moment, he let out a loud shout.

"Blood God Son, appear!"

As the words fell, the law followed the speech.

In an instant, within the vast Sea of Blood, drops of blood qi gathered, becoming more substantial, rising and falling endlessly.

More importantly, each drop of Blood God Son exuded a rolling, surging aura that seized the heart and soul.

One billion three hundred ninety‑six million Blood God Son avatars.

Each drop of Blood God Son can instantly transform into Minghe Laozu's true form.

Even in a thought, one can summon it to follow and fight, interfering with Chen Ku.

Such divine ability is terrifying beyond compare!

One could say that as long as these nearly countless Blood God Sons are not completely destroyed, Minghe Laozu can endure forever.

As long as the Sea of Blood does not dry up, Minghe does not die.

This is the most concrete manifestation.

Seeing this sight, Chen Ku also raised his eyebrows, quite surprised.

"Blood God Son avatars... indeed they are very strong."

"To completely exterminate them, probably only a Holy Saint could do it."

He muttered a sentence to himself.

However, before Minghe Laozu could show a smug expression,

Soon after, Chen Ku thought of something and smiled in relief.

"If it were other cultivators, perhaps they would truly have no recourse."

"But my Buddhist Gate divine ability—how will you withstand it?!"

Chen Ku looked down arrogantly, full of confidence.

The stronger Minghe's power, the more astonishing the restraining force of the Buddhist Gate cultivation technique.

Immediately, Chen Ku hesitated no longer.

He unleashed the Tathagata Divine Palm, which came down fiercely, stirring the boundless winds and clouds.

For a moment, fierce gales whipped up a huge storm within the Sea of Blood.

Buddhist Gate golden light covered the sky and earth, while large swaths of the swastika symbol drifted down, carrying shocking power.

Minghe Laozu's pupils contracted sharply.

Nothing else!

He clearly saw that under Chen Ku's Tathagata Divine Palm, not only was the surrounding endless blood qi suddenly dispersed,

even the blood‑evil qi vanished silently at a visible speed into nothingness.

Salvation!

This is another salvation that reaches straight to the source!

Thus, those silently annihilated blood‑evil qi are completely gone.

Minghe Laozu felt extreme anguish.

After all, each strand of blood‑evil qi in the Sea of Blood is the source of his power.

Chen Ku's method is almost equivalent to weakening Minghe Laozu's foundation at the source level.

"How dare you?!"

Minghe Laozu, furious, roared loudly, his killing technique becoming even more fierce and brutal.

But opposite him, Chen Ku did not even use any top‑tier defensive spiritual treasure.

Relying solely on his physical strength, he was enough to withstand Minghe's attacks unscathed.

Meanwhile, the Tathagata Divine Palm continued to be unleashed repeatedly, its momentum growing ever grander, making people's hair stand on end and hearts pound.

Boom—

Boom—

Later, Chen Ku's surroundings showed no trace of blood‑evil qi; only surging golden light spread, and the vast, abyss‑like swastika symbols rose upward.

The vast Sea of Blood was purified by him to about one‑third in one fell swoop.

And the billions of Blood God Son avatars that Minghe unleashed were utterly crushed by Chen Ku's successive divine abilities without any doubt.

Looking around, casualties were already nearly half.

"No!"

"Stop!"

Minghe Old Ancestor let out a roar with eyes about to burst, and immediately ceased his violent onslaught.

Upon hearing that, Chen Ku's action paused for a moment.

However, he didn't say much more, merely gazing at Minghe with a slight mocking look.

The latter's heart was already bleeding, his face full of gloom.

Surveying the area where one-third of the Sea of Blood had dissipated, Minhe Old Ancestor went completely numb.

"This... this, is my Sea of Blood."

Minghe muttered to himself, wanting to cry but no tears.

Heaven's restraint!

Today, wanting to suppress Chen Ku is absolutely impossible.

Minghe also couldn't watch Chen Ku continue to act, purifying the boundless Sea of Blood.

Otherwise, once the Sea of Blood is completely purified, he too would be finished.

Even if he didn't die, his origin would suffer great damage, making future advancement extremely difficult.

As for Minghe's hope of proving the Dao and attaining Grand Unity, that possibility is now utterly gone.

"Hehe, Daoist Friend Minghe, have you made a decision?"

Just then, Chen Ku finally spoke.

Upon hearing those words, Minghe Old Ancestor, though filled with myriad anger in his heart, could only forcibly suppress it.

He glared at Chen Ku with a face full of resentment.

After a moment of silence, he finally spoke.

"I won't fight anymore, I won't fight!"

"This Karmic Fire Red Lotus... is yours!"

By the end of his words, he could no longer hide his gritted teeth.

Frustrated!

So damn frustrated!

As a top-tier innate expert, he was actually being "bullied" by Chen Ku to this extent.

More importantly, if Minghe persists in the great battle, the consequences will be even more severe.

Saying this, he, heart aching, summoned the Twelve-grade Karmic Fire Red Lotus, and with an angry wave of his hand, caused it to fall before Chen Ku.

Seeing this, Chen Ku finally smiled satisfiedly, and his violent, overbearing aura gradually retracted inward.

In fact, Minghe, "knowing the times," finally handed over the Karmic Fire Red Lotus, allowing Chen Ku to secretly breathe a sigh of relief.

After all, he hasn't yet broken through to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal Peak; truly killing Minghe would be extremely difficult.

The worth of these veteran powerhouse titans is beyond doubt.

And as for truly purifying the entire Sea of Blood? That's even more impossible.

This place and the future Netherworld Underworld are bound by an unbreakable karma.

Such consequences, Chen Ku cannot bear.

In other words, his previous overwhelming force was merely intentional, to intimidate Minghe Old Ancestor.

Although he thought so in his heart, Chen Ku still pretended to shake his head and sigh, speaking softly:

"Ah... suffering..."

"Daoist Friend Minghe, if you had done this earlier, why would you have let things develop to this point?"

He again spoke bitterly.

While speaking, he looked with a face full of helplessness at a scene of utter ruin, the Sea of Blood covered in scars.

It seemed that causing all this, he too was forced into helplessness.

Upon hearing those words, Minghe only felt his blood surge upward inside.

If he weren't desperately suppressing it, he would have spat out a mouthful of old blood on the spot.

This brat really is infuriating!

Having lost a supreme-grade innate spiritual treasure, Minghe Old Ancestor naturally had nothing good to say.

He glared hatefully at Chen Ku, then spoke:

"Hmph, the Karmic Fire Red Lotus is already yours."

"The spiritual treasure you mentioned earlier, hand it over quickly."

He hadn't forgotten that Chen Ku had previously said he wanted to exchange using an innate spiritual treasure.

Now, he could only do this to recover some of his losses.

In response, Chen Ku had not the slightest hesitation or delay.

He flipped his palm, and only saw a great banner appear, unfurling and fluttering with a rustling sound.

"This is a superior-grade innate spiritual treasure, the Reincarnation Banner!"

Before his words even fell, Chen Ku waved his big hand, also handing this treasure into Minghe's hands.

This treasure was obtained by Chen Ku from a certain strongman's hands in his previous battle against the Demonic Court and hundreds of Demonic Saints.

With the Reincarnation Banner in hand, Minghe's expression remained grim.

"Exchanging superior for supreme?!"

"No matter how you look at it, I'm losing out badly."

Moreover, you should know that although this treasure is called the Reincarnation Banner, the concept of reincarnation does not yet exist in the current primordial world.

Even someone as mighty as Minghe Old Ancestor cannot fathom the deeper meaning of these two characters.

Thus, in his eyes, the so-called Reincarnation Banner is even less comparable to the Twelve-grade Karmic Fire Red Lotus.

Minghe was filled with a feeling of gloom, yet overawed by Chen Ku's might, could only let out a cold snort, expressing his displeasure.

At this moment, the scene within the Sea of Blood also left countless observing beings even more shocked, their expressions strange.

「Hiss... Minghe Old Ancestor occupied the geographical advantage, yet he is not a match for Chen Ku?! 」

「That brat's battle power is truly terrifying. 」

「The Western Buddhist Sect has indeed taken in an extraordinary disciple. 」

「Hehe, Minghe Old Ancestor is probably about to die of anger, he took a beating, and Chen Ku even exchanged a top-grade innate spiritual treasure for an ultimate-grade innate spiritual treasure from him. 」

「Speaking of which, Chen Ku's conduct today is really somewhat underhanded. 」

All beings whispered among themselves, discussing heatedly.

One must know, when Minghe Old Ancestor is immersed in the boundless Sea of Blood, his battle power will double and surge.

Even so, he was still being overwhelmed and violently beaten by Chen Ku.

Chen Ku's strength left all beings once again stunned, shocked and regretful.

Moreover, some strong ones couldn't help but sigh, feeling that Chen Ku was indeed somewhat unscrupulous.

This is clearly relying on his own greater strength to openly oppress Minghe Old Ancestor.

After all, Minghe Old Ancestor has been cultivating in the Sea of Blood all along—who did he provoke?

It can be said that everything today is an undeserved calamity.

And within the Sea of Blood.

Chen Ku also faintly heard the voices of all beings discussing.

However, his expression did not change, his heart did not race.

After glancing at the still resentful Minghe Old Ancestor, Chen Ku spoke again:

「In the future, I shall bestow upon you a great merit of unsurpassed value! 」

「Rest assured, by then you will understand, you will not suffer a loss. 」

Chen Ku firmly believed this.

However, regarding the so-called great merit he mentioned, Chen Ku did not elaborate in detail.

Upon hearing this, Minhe Old Ancestor's expression twitched slightly.

「Hmph, are these words really true? ！」

He questioned Chen Ku doubtfully.

Chen Ku gave a light smile.

「I am the chief disciple of the Western Buddhist Sect, and I have two holy masters, a teacher and an uncle—how could I speak nonsense to you? ！」

Hearing this, Minghe was left speechless.

Putting it that way.... it does indeed make some sense.

Moreover, upon second thought, Chen Ku indeed had no need to deceive him.

The earlier battle had already decided the victor.

The victor reigns supreme!

At present, even if Chen Ku said nothing and simply left with the Karmic Fire Red Lotus, Minghe would have no recourse.

In that case, we can only temporarily trust Chen Ku.

Minghe silently nodded, too weary to say more.

Seeing this, Chen Ku also said no more.

Turning his form, Chen Ku immediately flew away.

In the blink of an eye, he vanished into the high heavens.

Behind him, only Minghe remained with a gloomy expression, the feeling of vexation unwilling to dissipate.

Having left the boundless Sea of Blood, Chen Ku did not return to the Western Realm.

The Twelve-grade Karmic Fire Red Lotus is already in hand; next, only the Twelve-grade Pure World White Lotus remains.

Chen Ku gazed toward the Heavenly Court from afar, lost in thought.

To storm the Heavenly Court alone? That is obviously not a wise move.

After a moment's contemplation, Chen Ku's eyes lit up, obviously having thought of something.

「Hehe... if one were to obtain the Pure World White Lotus...... 」

「Actually, there is still a suitable candidate. 」

Thereafter, Chen Ku hesitated no more, immediately opening the Gate of Myriad Wonders again and heading toward the Primordial Heaven.

Not bad!

The 'candidate' he spoke of is none other than Saint Nüwa.

In a single thought, he delved deep into Chaos.

Primordial Heaven loomed before him, now even more majestic and awe-inspiring, grand and solemn, indescribably transcendent.

The Nüwa Palace stood tall, compared to when Nüwa first created it, its divine radiance shone even more brightly.

Obviously, during this period, Nüwa's advancement has also been considerable.

「Junior Chen Ku, I request an audience with Senior Nüwa! 」

Facing the saint, Chen Ku remained extremely courteous, bowing and offering his salutations, saying thus:

His words fell.

Moments later, the gate of the Nüwa Palace slowly opened.

A rather graceful figure emerged slowly from within—none other than the Fairy Maiden Jin Ning.

She is the younger sister of the Yuan Phoenix, the attendant of the Profound Heaven Fire Phoenix, and now both the mount of Saint Nüwa and an attendant serving at his side.

"Chen Ku, fellow Daoist, please follow me!"

Obviously, Jin Ning appeared; she was indeed acting under Nüwa's orders, having come to guide Chen Ku into Nüwa's Emperor's Palace.

Upon entering Nüwa's Emperor's Palace, one saw Nüwa with a calm expression, her gaze still like an ancient well, fixed on Chen Ku.

After another round of greetings, having seen a sage, there was no need for further words.

Although Nüwa had previously fought with one's own master and master's uncle, that was a matter between sages, so Chen Ku naturally could not be rude to Nüwa because of it.

Moreover, Chen Ku also knew that Nüwa's attack then was merely to repay the Demon Race's karmic debt and to restrain one's own master and master's uncle.

Between them, there was ultimately no grudge to speak of.

Nüwa, without wasting words, spoke bluntly:

"Chen Ku, nephew-disciple, what brings you here?!"

Nüwa had also noticed earlier that Chen Ku had fought Ming He.

Therefore, she clearly understood that if Chen Ku had no business, he would not come to her Nüwa's Emperor's Palace.

Upon hearing Nüwa's words, Chen Ku did not hide anything.

She smiled faintly and spoke directly:

"I, the junior, have come here hoping to ask Senior Nüwa to speak on my behalf."

"Go to the Demon Court and demand the Twelve-grade Pure World White Lotus from Di Jun's hands."