Chapter 231: Accompany the Burial

His gaze temporarily left the Taiyuan Immortal Residence and shifted to the Primordial Yellow Great World.

It is said that Great Emperor Heaven, Great Harmony Heaven, and Great Void Heaven, the three great patriarchs, after Yan Yujing left the Taiyi Sect alone, resolutely led over three hundred Senior Elders to the Linglong Blessed Land, seeking revenge for the one‑arrow grudge for having brutally beaten Great Emperor Heaven.

But just as the group arrived outside Linglong Blessed Land, before they could call out to Chen Zheng and the Linglong Immortal Sovereign inside, the heavens above swirled, and hundreds of figures materialized out of nowhere, each with fierce eyes and imposing aura, a embroidered "Yi" on their chests, all of whom were at least Seventh Realm King Realm of the Immortal Life.

There are two True Immortals of the Tenth Realm of the Immortal Life.

Especially, the white‑haired elder at the very center was the strongest, clad in a black‑and‑white Dao robe, his aura heavy, his gaze weary, a seal etched at his brow as if he were an ancient figure from endless ages.

The seal at the white‑haired elder's brow resembled the Yi Dao seal of the Young Master Qi who was slain by Chen Zheng's clone, yet it was far more terrifying, radiating boundless mysterious light like a closed vertical eye; once it manifested its marvel, it could pierce the heavens and survey the nine heavens and ten earths.

"So they're from the Great Yi Sect," Great Emperor Heaven's expression grew solemn at the sight of the white‑haired elders.

"The Grand Yi Sect Leader himself has arrived; what do they intend?" Great Harmony Heaven and Great Void Heaven, as if facing a great foe, also recognized the origins of those sky‑borne figures.

The white‑haired elder at the center, whose brow bore the Yi Dao seal, was none other than Grand Yi Sect Leader Yi Yuangou.

More than a hundred thousand years ago, when they first began cultivation, they had already heard of Yi Yuangou's illustrious reputation; back then he was a celestial immortal, and now he likely stands at the pinnacle of celestial immortals.

What would such a terrifying powerhouse be doing in our Primordial Yellow Great World—perhaps seeking the Heavenly Martial Treasury or the treasure of the Taiyuan Immortal Residence?

But it doesn't seem that way; otherwise they would have appeared inside Linglong Blessed Land to search for the treasure.

Swish!

Just as Great Emperor Heaven and his companions were about to question the Great Yi Sect's motives, the heavens rippled again, and another hundred figures materialized.

Their aura was no less imposing than the Great Yi Sect's; they wore flamboyantly green robes embroidered with rare celestial herbs, exuding an all‑encompassing exotic medicinal fragrance.

The leader among them was comparable in cultivation to Yi Yuangou, yet he was a fourteen‑ or fifteen‑year‑old boy with green eyes, black hair, a smooth youthful face, showing no sign of being a colossal peak celestial immortal.

"He's from Medicine God Valley; that man is the old valley master of Medicine God Valley!" the Taiyi Sect members exclaimed again.

Several people stepped back, looking wary, because that youth was the former valley master of Medicine God Valley, Yao Wuming.

Yao Wuming was exceptionally formidable; while the rest of Medicine God Valley devoted themselves to the Medicine Dao, he forged his own path, specializing in toxins, mastering the Way of Poison to its apex.

It is said that anyone who offends Yao Wuming's people will be poisoned to death along with their entire clan, not even a chicken spared, a cruelty that makes one's hair stand on end.

In a sense, Yao Wuming is scarier than Yi Yuangou, because the Path of Poison is hard to guard against; a single slip can be fatal, naturally causing many Taiyi Sect members to be wary.

Moreover, what do the Great Yi Sect and the Medicine God Valley folk intend to do in Linglong Blessed Land—perhaps aid Chen Zheng against the Taiyi Sect?

If that's the case, it would indeed be troublesome.

But that is all.

The Taiyi Sect inherits the doctrinal line of the Disaster Heavenly Lord and also upholds the will of the Eternal Heavenly Lord; such a powerful backing is unique across the three‑thousand‑world expanse, and everyone must show them due respect.

Now that the celestial envoy Yan Yujing has descended to the lower realms, once the stakes are clarified, even the Great Yi Sect and Medicine God Valley will not dare act rashly.

"Yi Dao fellow, Medicine Dao fellow, what brings you here?" Great Emperor Heaven, with his sect members, flew to a level with the two great forces and asked in a deep voice.

"So you are Great Emperor Heaven, fellow of the Dao; you have also ascended to the True Immortal realm?" Yi Yuangou examined Great Emperor Heaven, his old face showing surprise.

"If Great Emperor Heaven can ascend, it must be because he received the primordial Qi bestowed by the Taiyi Sect of the celestial realm," Yao Wuming remarked, unveiling the truth.

He then chuckled, "Great Emperor Heaven, no need to be nervous. I came to Linglong Blessed Land because my grandson, Medicine Immortal Master, was slain by Chen Zheng under the alias Yang Xuanzhen while training in the Treasure‑Dividing Rock. I am here for revenge."

Yi Yuangou's expression turned icy: "That Chen Zheng, ignorant of heaven and earth, also killed my grandson Qi Minghao in the cultivation Great World; I will tear his muscles, skin him alive, and wipe out every creature in Linglong Blessed Land!"

"So they also came to slay Chen Zheng. I've always said Chen Zheng constantly stirs trouble, commits countless murders, and will eventually meet retribution."

"Chen Zheng is a remarkable figure; wherever he goes he can stir wind and rain. Had he submitted to our Taiyi Sect back then, he could have saved his life and even achieved deeds in the immortal realm later. Unfortunately, he did not cherish the opportunity…"

The Taiyi Sect members, hearing the words of the two great leaders, all broke into sincere smiles.

Great Emperor Heaven bowed his hand to Yi Yuangou and Yao Wuming: "Both of you, in fact, my Taiyi Sect also came to kill Chen Zheng."

Yi Yuangou nodded: "I knew that even without you saying it; long ago I heard of the feud between the Taiyi Sect and Linglong Blessed Land."

Yao Wuming sneered: "It's perfect that the three of us can unite to execute Chen Zheng. This kid is extraordinary, as slippery as a loach; to be safe, I'll first seal the countless time‑spaces outside Linglong Blessed Land."

He waved his hand, and billions of green threads shot from his sleeve cuff, dense and poisonous, corroding the void with a hissing sound.

The myriad threads interwove through the air, forming a heavenly‑earthly net that seeped into every time‑space, enveloping Linglong Blessed Land on all sides in an impenetrable, grim green.

However, Linglong Blessed Land was not entirely cloaked in green; the ground beneath the crowd remained clear, where Yao Wuming deliberately left a single‑person passage.

Seeing this, Great Harmony Heaven praised: "Medicine Dao fellow, your skill is astounding; you've wielded the legendary void‑myriad ancient poison so masterfully that even a trace on a True Immortal would instantly turn to pus and blood."

Great Void Heaven pointed at the lower hole, a grim smile on his lips: "Now Chen Zheng's only chance of survival is to endure humiliation and crawl out of the dog hole. Once he emerges, we will strike him head‑on, beating him like a dead dog; he is already trapped."

"Since the Medicine Dao fellow has sealed the void, let me be the one to drive the dog out," Yi Yuangou said with a faint smile, a staff appearing in his hand.

Under everyone's gaze, he reached toward the dog hole below, as if to use the dog‑driving staff to force Chen Zheng out of the hole.

Inside Linglong Blessed Land.

Chen Zheng's clone, seated on the throne of the Hall of Righteous Qi, opened his eyes from meditation.

In an instant, the room filled with cold light.

"I haven't even gone looking for you, yet you've come knocking on my door; you're truly eager to die."

After his true self broke through, this clone swelled like a rising tide, attaining the power of a deity; killing Great Emperor Heaven, Yao Wuming, Yi Yuangou and the others was no harder than crushing ants.

He was about to strike Great Emperor Heaven and the others, but suddenly turned his gaze to the Hunyuan Wuji Diagram floating above the Sumeru Golden Summit.

As his eyes landed on the diagram, it quivered slightly, and a girl dressed as a boy stepped gracefully from it, surrounded by endless celestial light, her beauty unparalleled, her stunning visage captivating all who saw, none other than the Linglong Immortal Sovereign.

Her aura differed from before, bearing a sense of unity with the Dao, grasping the true essence of freedom.

This foremost master of the Primordial Yellow Great World has finally entered the True Immortal realm.

"Among the external foes there are two peak True Immortals; you may find them overwhelming, let me handle it. My millennia‑long feud with the Taiyi Sect also needs settling."

The Linglong Immortal Sovereign's eyes flickered, meeting Chen Zheng's in the Hall of Righteous Qi; she smiled enchantingly, causing all the hundred flowers to lose their color.

"Fine."

Chen Zheng saw the resolve in her eyes, nodded with a light laugh, and remained seated calmly on the throne, saying nothing further.

She had just broken through, eager to showcase herself, and possessed absolute confidence; he naturally would not hinder her.

He also wished to see how far the Linglong Immortal Sovereign's combat power could go, whether she could slay a peak True Immortal.

"When I attain eternal life, all living beings shall achieve eternal life…"

"When I attain immortality..."

Linglong Immortal Sovereign withdrew her gaze from Chen Zheng, her expression turning cold, and she let out a grand voice, one after another, the overwhelming willpower of all beings spreading with her voice like countless divine dragons surging and roaring, shaking the boundless spacetime.

Boom—!

At the first sound, the green celestial net that enveloped the outside of Linglong's blessed land was completely annihilated, vanished without a trace.

Bang!

At the second sound, Yi Yuan Gou's arm that had crawled in through the dog hole suddenly exploded, turning into a sky of blood mist.

At the third sound, the power of infinite wishes turned into golden threads that fell onto her delicate palm, interweaving to form a chessboard.

The chessboard kept expanding, in an instant covering sky and sun, becoming a celestial cage that enveloped Tai Huang Tian, Yao Wuming, Yi Yuan Gou and everyone else, settling upon them in a single press.

This woman who always liked to dress as a man finally revealed her true nature of dominating the world, intending to take on all opponents alone and suppress everyone.

The chessboard in her hand is her uniquely created divine art, Linglong Great Luo Heaven.

"That damned traitor Linglong, she has also ascended to the Celestial Immortal realm!"

"Hmph, she has only just set foot in the Celestial Immortal realm yet dares to fight us, overreaching. Behold my Heaven's Will Capture Hand formed from Great Soul Technique and Great Vast Sky Technique!"

"This woman can break through my Void Ten Thousand Illusion Ancient Poison; her Great Wish Technique has some merit. I shall seize her Primordial Inheritance!"

Tai Huang Tian, Yi Yuan Gou, and Yao Wuming each roared, their Qi swallowing mountains and rivers, soaring upward, unleashing their supreme divine arts, destructive waves covering the heavens, as if ending the world, bombarding Linglong Great Luo Heaven.

Boom—boom—!

The terrifying collision roared across heaven and earth, causing the sun and moon to sink, the endless spacetime to collapse.

The disciples of Linglong's blessed land trembled in fear, but Chen Zheng intervened to protect everything, preventing them from being reduced to void by the battle's aftershocks.

Meanwhile, the masters of the three major sects—Tai He Tian, Tai Xu Tian, and others—took the opportunity to retreat far away, watching the battle of the four great masters from a distance.

Chen Zheng also observed the fight; seeing Linglong Immortal Sovereign and the three fighting beyond Xuanhuang, the battle becoming stalemated, he couldn't help but furrow his brows.

"My lord thinks Linglong Immortal Sovereign is not strong enough to face the three united?" Jia Lan appeared beside the throne, seeing his expression, she asked with concern.

Her lower abdomen, once swollen, had become flat; her cultivation had risen a level, clearly having assimilated the essence Chen Zheng infused into her.

Chen Zheng shook his head: "She is extremely powerful; once she ascended to the Celestial Immortal realm, her combat strength far exceeds ordinary people. Coupled with the Great Wish Technique, ordinary Celestial Immortals are no match for her. Even the three united would ultimately be defeated by her. However, the battle cannot end quickly; it's a huge waste of time."

"And an even stronger enemy is coming," Chen Zheng said, his gaze piercing the dome toward the depths of the universe.

"A stronger enemy?" Jia Lan startled, following Chen Zheng's line of sight, but saw nothing.

Soon, she saw a warship suddenly appear in the universe, many times larger than stars, crushing the star sea, barreling forward like a wrecking force.

On the warship stood many people, stronger than those from the Great Yi Sect and Yao Shen Valley; among them were the Ten True Immortals and even two Celestial Immortals.

Especially the foremost one, clad in an ancient battle robe, crowned with a splendid coronet, towering in stature, his aura splitting heaven and earth, like a generation-defining supreme ruler, overwhelming everyone.

"It is His Majesty Emperor Dou Zhan of the Dou Shen Empire, he has also arrived in the Xuanhuang Great World!"

"Isn't Emperor Dou Zhan already at the pinnacle of Celestial Immortals? When did he ascend to the Divine Immortal realm?"

Members of the three major forces, including Tai Xu Tian, looked at the supreme man on the warship and roared wildly.

Linglong Immortal Sovereign, Tai Huang Tian, Yao Wuming, and Yi Yuan Gou, who were locked in fierce combat, all ceased fighting, staring in shock at the supreme man.

It should be known that among the three thousand great worlds, the most warlike is the Dou Shen Great World.

This realm is ruled by the Dou Shen Empire, and its emperor is this supreme man, named Dou Zhan.

The name Dou Zhan reverberates across ten thousand realms; he has ventured into countless perilous places in many universes, captured dragons, slain gods, and tens of thousands of years ago refined his cultivation to the great completion, reaching the pinnacle of Celestial Immortals.

He is but a step away from the Divine Immortal, yet in reality it is an insurmountable chasm, harder than cultivating to immortality in the Longevity Secret Realm; many ancient Celestial Immortals that have survived to today are stuck before it, unable to become divine even after a million years.

Thus the Divine Immortal realm is exceedingly arduous.

But now, everyone can clearly perceive that Dou Zhan on the warship has ascended to the Divine Immortal realm.

How could this not astonish them?

Divine Immortal!

Even if all the masters in the arena united, including the four great Celestial Immortals, they would not suffice for a single finger of a Divine Immortal to press down.

"Indeed, I have obtained a tremendous opportunity and have become a Divine Immortal," Dou Zhan declared from the warship, his majestic figure towering, gazing over heaven and earth, his voice booming: "I have two purposes here. First, I have heard that the Central Emperor, Li Tianwang, Saint Light Emperor, Wan Tianqiu and others have arrived in the Xuanhuang Great World, and I wish to battle them to see who is the supreme Divine Immortal of all heavens. Second, my son Dou Xuanjing was killed by a youngster named Chen Zheng within the Treasure Dividing Rock; who is Chen Zheng? He should step forward and meet his death."

Dou Zhan's words rang across the vast land, unabashedly revealing his two grand aims to everyone; his disdainful bearing left countless masters stunned.

What arrogance, what tyranny!

Members of the three major forces, including Tai He Tian and Tai Xu Tian, were also invigorated, each flashing a ferocious grin.

Especially the three great Celestial Immortals; during their earlier clash they had nearly discerned Linglong Immortal Sovereign's strength. Though reluctant to admit it, they knew that even their three united might still fall short against her.

Now that Dou Zhan has arrived, they feel a great calm.

Chen Zheng and Linglong Immortal Sovereign are destined to face disaster today!

Meanwhile, the people of Linglong's blessed land grew tense.

A unprecedented solemnity shone in Linglong Immortal Sovereign's eyes; with a movement, she prepared to descend onto Zhengqi Peak to stand together with Chen Zheng.

At that moment, a cold voice suddenly echoed across the eight wildernesses, as if the supreme True Demon were pronouncing the ruler's death sentence: "Dou Zhan, your son is dead; why have you not gone to be buried with him?"

Boom—!

A blast roared, shaking heaven and earth, like the universe's big bang, or the first sound of creation in the boundless chaos; everyone witnessed a scene they would never forget.

Chen Zheng, whose arrival time was unknown, now stood atop the firmament, his towering figure indescribable, like an epochal overlord standing over the river of destiny. His massive hand stretched across the void; within his boundless palm twisted ancient calamity characters—'Ming', 'Yi', 'Pao', 'Lian', 'Chao'—each a disaster rune Chen Zheng mastered, each exuding a terrifying aura that made ten thousand paths shudder, shattering the cosmos. One palm slammed toward Dou Zhan.

True Demon Ten Forms, third form, ten thousand calamities irrecoverable.

What is called 'ten thousand calamities irrecoverable' is truly 'ten thousand calamities executed together'! (End of chapter)