Chapter 185: The Terrifying Three-Life Stone! Seizing a Celestial Artifact!

"So this is what he meant by asking people to leave?"

The female Elder who reported to Linglong Immortal Lord was stunned to see the War Dragon Dao Lord and his son instantly burned to death at Chen Zheng's hands.

She hadn't expected Chen Zheng's way of inviting people to be so simple and brutal; it was truly savage.

Qiu Xiyu, Piao Yun and the others who followed Chen Zheng back from the Great World of Zuma remained composed.

They had all personally witnessed Chen Zheng slaughtering hundreds of thousands of ancient giant elephants, and now he had merely killed a couple of people.

Moreover, Chen Zheng is notorious for his murderous heart; since his debut, every sensational act he has performed has been accompanied by blood and carnage.

For such a ruthless scoundrel, killing the War Dragon Dao Lord and Zhan Ming is nothing.

It's utterly insignificant.

Nevertheless, no matter how ruthless Chen Zheng is, his cruelty is only toward enemies; he treats his own people kindly, like a warm spring breeze.

For example, now that Chen Zheng's divine thought moves, he transmits dozens of Three Thousand Paths such as the Great Primordial Source Technique, the Great Yin‑Yang Technique, the Great Slaughter Technique, and hundreds of Divine Skills to everyone present, using his divine thought.

Not only that, Chen Zheng also gave Qiu Xiyu a medium‑grade Dao instrument, the Fairy Whip, which he had obtained from Zhan Ming last time, making her overjoyed.

After completing all this, Chen Zheng nodded to Linglong Immortal Lord, then activated the Six‑Word Mantra Talisman, opened the Temporal‑Spatial Gate, and left Linglong Blessed Land.

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Land of Five Elements.

During the two days since Chen Zheng's departure, Yan Shuiyi, following orders, distributed all the Jade Scrolls he had given.

Since then, everyone on Zhengqi Peak, including hundreds of Fang family servants, has possessed dozens of Three Thousand Paths.

All were exhilarated, immersing themselves in contemplation of Divine Skills such as the Great Catastrophe Technique or the Great Yin‑Yang Technique.

If the higher‑ups of the Taiyi Sect and Yuhua Sect learned that a mere group of servants could cultivate their sect's exclusive supreme art, they would probably be so angry they'd spit blood.

Especially the Yuhua Sect's leaders, who always hoard the Great Yin‑Yang Technique as a treasure; even the five great true transmissions like Hua Tiandu are reluctant to pass it on, and a deputy headmaster like Wang Daoling can only practice one branch of the Great Yin‑Yang Technique.

Only a Supreme Elder like Deng Ao has the qualification to practice the full Great Yin‑Yang Technique.

But now, Chen Zheng has spread the Great Yin‑Yang Technique everywhere.

If the Yuhua Sect's leaders learned of this, who knows what they'd think.

"Feng Baiyu that guy is still somewhat considerate."

Chen Zheng arrived at the summit of Zhengqi Peak, his divine thought sweeping the surroundings; he saw Jia Lan and others diligently cultivating in their own palaces, while Feng Baiyu, who had wanted to persuade him to return to the Yuhua Sect, was nowhere to be seen.

It seemed this person had given up.

In truth, Feng Baiyu's attempt to persuade Chen Zheng to return to the Yuhua Sect might not have been for the public good; perhaps it was personal, hoping to rely on the future‑grown Chen Zheng to rescue his wife Xing Xiaohuang from Wuji Star Palace.

However, since Feng Baiyu's wife is imprisoned in Wuji Star Palace, even if she were to die immediately, it has nothing to do with Chen Zheng; he has no time to meddle in such idle affairs.

Now Feng Baiyu is being sensible; leaving is fine, so he won't be an eyesore before him.

In fact, not only Feng Baiyu, the Star Lord has also left.

On the Land of Five Elements, many true‑transmission disciples and Elders of the Star Gate have appeared, hunting Five Elements Beasts for cultivation; clearly, after the Star Lord returned to the Star Gate, he used Five Elements Talismans to transport these people here.

Additionally, Chen Zheng discovered that the earth's core was shrouded in a veil of mist, blocking divine thought, and he did not know what Chi Yuan Demon Lord was doing inside.

Chen Zheng did not disturb it, thinking that after he finishes his cultivation, he will tell Chi Yuan Demon Lord that he intends to move from the Land of Five Elements to Linglong Blessed Land.

He returned to the great hall atop the mountain, sat cross‑legged on a cushion, took out ten Zuma Divine Fruits, wrapped them in true fire bearing the character "Refine," and began refining them.

At the same time, the great Zuma deity that Linglong Immortal Lord gave him was merged into his body, swallowed whole by his True Demon Primordial Spirit.

This Zuma Ten Thousand Gods Great Immortal Technique consists of five Three Thousand Paths: the Great Zuma Technique, the Great Desolate Technique, the Great Void Technique, the Great Extinction Technique, and the Great Permeation Technique.

When Chen Zheng merged them into his Primordial Spirit, he instantly mastered these five Three Thousand Paths, and his magical power received a substantial boost, gaining an additional thousand Ancient Celestial Dragon Powers.

The ten Zuma Divine Fruits he refined also added another thousand Ancient Celestial Dragon Powers and ten thousand years of Longevity Essence.

At this point, Chen Zheng's Longevity Essence reached an astonishing 136 000 years, and his magical power rose from the original eight hundred Ancient Celestial Dragon Powers after refining the War Dragon Dao Lord to two thousand eight hundred Ancient Celestial Dragon Powers.

Such magical power is now barely different from that of a Sixth Rank Eternal Life Heavenly Position Realm cultivator.

If when Chen Zheng first attained the Ninth Rank of Divine Skill he could battle a Sixth Rank Eternal Life cultivator with his True Demon Primordial Spirit, then now, with his power greatly increased, killing an ordinary Sixth Rank Eternal Life cultivator is no issue, as easy as killing a chicken.

However, to contend with a Seventh Rank Eternal Life Realm‑King cultivator like Tai Hun Tian, he still needs to keep striving.

The leap from Sixth Rank Eternal Life Heavenly Position Realm to Seventh Rank Realm‑King is a massive watershed.

Without exaggeration, those below the Realm‑King are like ants; a slight breath from the Realm‑King kills all cultivators of lower realms.

Because a cultivator of this realm already controls the power of the world, possessing a self‑created world that, once unfolded, can envelop and suppress everything.

No matter how vast your magical power or supreme cultivation, if you fall within the Realm‑King's domain, you can only be slaughtered, obediently accepting fate.

Moreover, any Realm‑King cultivator possesses incomprehensibly mighty magical power, breaking the limit of ten thousand "hundred million" Xuanhuang Fiery Horse forces; using "Ten Thousand Dragons" or "Zhao" to measure, it equates to mastering "Omens" and the ability to manipulate destiny.

Thus the terror of such realm cultivators is evident.

Chen Zheng, however, is not in a hurry.

He believes that as long as he does not forget his original intention, constantly maintains a diligent attitude, and steadfastly refuses to waste any iota, he will eventually possess the strength to slay Realm‑King elites.

As the saying goes, Heaven rewards diligence; this is exactly why.

Thus, once his cultivation was complete, he immediately plunged his spirit into the chaotic space within the Sheep Skin Scroll, studying his newly acquired treasure, the Three‑Life Stone.

Buzz—

His divine thought just touched the Three‑Life Stone, and the legendary stone emitted a pristine radiance that burst forth, releasing a strange power that seemed to pull a being's past, present, and future lives into it, erasing them completely.

Chen Zheng felt strongly that this erasure was not the ordinary killing that leaves no bones, but a fundamental, conceptual, logical removal, so the being would no longer exist in the world.

Even within the endless river of fate or the memories of countless souls, no trace of a person erased by the Three‑Life Stone could ever be found.

"Erasing the three lives."

Chen Zheng's heart trembled, and he quickly wrapped his spirit around the Three‑Life Stone, attempting to "move" it out of the chaotic space.

This stone could be a true great killing device; as long as a being's name is engraved upon it, no one can escape erasure.

Ultimate Erasure!

With such a terrifying killing device, he is truly invincible; no one can hinder him, and whoever he wishes to die will die.

Unfortunately, Chen Zheng tried several times, but his Divine Thought could not even "move" the Three-Life Stone, nor could the Sheep Skin Scroll make the Three-Life Stone "spit" it out,

Even using his Divine Thought to carve the names of Wu Mingkong, Tai Hun Tian, Sheng Xiang Wang and others onto the Three-Life Stone, it still could not be done.

"It must be that my strength is too low, and I still cannot control a treasure like the Three-Life Stone,"

Chen Zheng changed his mind and felt relieved, reining in all temporarily impractical thoughts, and attempted to issue a "absorb calamity Qi" command to the Three-Life Stone.

This time the Three-Life Stone quivered slightly, releasing a suction, and gray wisps of Qi instantly rose within Chen Zheng's body.

These flows are the calamity Qi born from his cultivation of the Tenfold Calamity Characters, and all of them were drawn into the Three-Life Stone.

He felt an indescribable lightness throughout his whole body.

It was as if a person long burdened suddenly had the load removed one day, and his body became exceedingly light.

At the same time, a surge of pure primordial Qi welled up from the Three-Life Stone, nourishing Chen Zheng's body, so that his flesh, bones, organs, skin and hair were all baptized, becoming tighter, firmer, and stronger.

Boom!

Chen Zheng suddenly rose to his feet, like a sky‑supporting pillar that thrust up from the earth, his majestic aura spreading like a mountain‑crushing wave, vast and boundless, permeating the eight directions, causing thunderous roars across heaven and earth as if the sky were splitting and the ground cracking, chilling countless living beings.

This was not a momentum generated by magical power or divine ability, but a natural aura emanating from his flesh, overwhelmingly fierce, capable of shoving aside everything and anchoring power through the ages.

In the earth's core.

An elder sensed Chen Zheng's emanating aura, hurriedly looked toward the surface, saw Chen Zheng inside the Palace of Righteous Qi, and was startled, pulling out a handful of his own beard.

The elder was clad entirely in black, his face etched with deep furrows that could crush a fly, his back originally hunched as if he were on the brink of death.

But at this moment, he sprang up from his dying posture, straightened his back sharply, and asked the nearby Red Abyss Demon Sovereign: "Who is that young man, how can someone at Divine Ability Ninth Rank already have an aura stronger than the Primordial Demon Sect's Patriarch Primordial Great Emperor by three parts? And why does he reside on the Five Elements Land of you, Daoist friend Chi Yuan?"

The Red Abyss Demon Sovereign also looked up at Chen Zheng, surprise in his eyes, as if he hadn't expected Chen Zheng to become this powerful after such a brief absence.

Then he stroked his beard and laughed heartily, explaining to the black‑robed elder beside him: "He is my senior brother."

The black‑robed elder, unable to find words, replied: "Your senior brother? In your previous life you were the Lord of the Red Abyss in the Demon Realm, having offended the World‑Freed Buddha of the Buddhist Realm, you were suppressed on this Five Elements Land and could not escape, forcing you to reincarnate as a true spirit to seek a way out. I know your past and present lives very well; how could I not have known when you gained a senior brother?"

"I will sooner or later tear the World‑Freed Buddha to pieces, shredding his bald donkey corpse into countless fragments, and uproot the Buddhist Realm!" The Red Abyss Demon Sovereign's face turned cold, the chill vanished in an instant, and he continued: "My senior brother is named Chen Zheng, a primordial… Celestial King reincarnation, whose nobility surpasses our past lives by unfathomable billions of times."

"What? He's actually a Celestial King reincarnation?" The black‑robed elder was shocked again, nearly pulling out all his beard.

He did not doubt the Red Abyss Demon Sovereign's words.

Because his previous life was no less than the Red Abyss Demon Sovereign's, also serving under the Primordial Demon Lord of the Demon Realm, he was very familiar with the Red Abyss Demon Sovereign and knew the latter would not act without purpose.

Moreover, Chen Zheng's earlier display of that aura was so astonishing that it could not appear on a Divine Ability cultivator; only a Celestial King reincarnation could explain it.

Only the question remains: which Celestial King?

"Aren't you trying to persuade me to join you in seizing the Hunyuan Wuji Diagram from the Wuji Star Palace? My senior brother has just returned; let's see if he's interested in this matter."

After saying that, the Red Abyss Demon Sovereign projected a silhouette from his body, left the earth's core, and headed toward the Palace of Righteous Qi.

The black‑robed elder, recovering from shock and contemplation, flickered his gaze for an instant and followed.

The two elders arrived inside the Palace of Righteous Qi.

Inside the palace, Chen Zheng had finished his cultivation, glanced at the black‑robed elder, and instantly sensed an ethereal, unfathomable, ungraspable aura about him.

He formed a few guesses about his identity but was still uncertain, so he asked the Red Abyss Demon Sovereign: "Junior brother, who is this Daoist friend?"

The black‑robed elder's aged face instantly blossomed into a smile like a chrysanthemum; he stepped forward, shoved the Red Abyss Demon Sovereign aside, and quickly replied: "I am the Old Heart Demon; I've met Brother Chen."

"That shameless, skinless old thing even calls me senior brother," the Red Abyss Demon Sovereign snarled, blowing his beard and glaring, as if wanting to slap the Old Heart Demon's face.

"So it's a Heart Demon Daoist friend; come, please have a seat."

Chen Zheng paid no mind to the Heart Demon's address, thought to himself that indeed it was so, and invited the other and the Red Abyss Demon Sovereign to sit together.

He knew the Old Heart Demon's background; in his previous life he was the Lord of Heart Demons in the Demon Realm, a celestial‑rank being.

His current cultivation is also high, having reached the Immortal Tenfold, practicing the Great Heart Demon Technique among the Three Thousand Dao.

The Great Heart Demon Technique is extremely bizarre; as long as any living being exists in the world, its practitioner attains eternal existence, impossible to be killed.

Even if killed, as long as any living being spawns a heart demon in its heart, the practitioner of the Great Heart Demon Technique will be reborn within that heart demon, truly defying the heavens.

However, the Old Heart Demon's Great Heart Demon Technique is still far from that level.

Even if it were achieved, as long as Chen Zheng engraves the Old Heart Demon's name onto the Three-Life Stone, that person would die completely, ceasing to exist.

"Brother Chen, this time the Heart Demon junior brother has come to the Five Elements Land looking for me to jointly seize the celestial artifact Hunyuan Wuji Diagram from the Wuji Star Palace; do you have any interest?" The Red Abyss Demon Sovereign, after sitting down, went straight to the point.

The Old Heart Demon, upon hearing this, stiffened, glared at the Red Abyss Demon Sovereign with ill will, as if saying, "You and I were equals in our past lives, and our current cultivations are similar; what right do you have to call me junior brother?"

"First come, first served; aren't you my junior brother? What, you regret? Then I'll tell senior brother to expel you from the sect."

The Red Abyss Demon Sovereign gave a half‑smile, sent a telepathic retort, leaving the Old Heart Demon speechless, as if forced to swallow bitter medicine.

"Plotting the Hunyuan Wuji Diagram?"

Chen Zheng, unaware of their subtle moves, showed a thoughtful expression, and after a moment said: "The Hunyuan Wuji Diagram is a celestial artifact whose power exceeds the scope of the Immortal Secret Realm. If you intend to seize it, I'm afraid I can offer little assistance. However, I am preparing to move from the Five Elements Land to the Linglong Blessed Land, and I can introduce you to the Linglong Celestial Venerable. If the three of you, as top masters, join forces, perhaps you could obtain the Hunyuan Wuji Diagram."

He was not particularly interested in the Hunyuan Wuji Diagram at the moment, but was keen on the Pure Yang Hall of the Wuji Star Palace.

That grand hall, it is said, stores pure yang vital energy for the Wuji Star Palace; within lies a vast Pure Yang Sea, which, if converted into Pure Yang Pills, would require hundreds to thousands of trillions to count.

If he could stealthily infiltrate the Pure Yang Hall, seize the Pure Yang Sea inside and refine it in an instant, he would truly take off.

(End of Chapter)