Chapter 742

Canghai World, open!

Wu Tie, Yin-Yang Daoist, and Canghai Daoist let out a loud shout simultaneously.

108 Canghai Divine Pearls burst forth boundless blue light behind the Canghai Daoist, and azure waves swept across the void.

Qian Xiao's inner red light blazed fiercely, and the overwhelming heat forced the blue light emitted by the Canghai Divine Pearls to advance only with great difficulty.

Within him also arose an immensely heavy force that firmly held him, Wa Zhao, Xi Yao, and the several thousand subordinates he had brought, fixed in the void.

The blue light emitted by the Canghai Divine Pearls surged and roared; the water waves spun rapidly, transforming into countless tiny vortices that unleashed an extreme devouring power, frantically pulling at Qian Xiao and the others. However, this immense earthen force froze the void, and the Canghai Divine Pearls could not shake their bodies.

Countless tiny vortices swiftly coalesced into a gigantic vortex, blue turning purple, purple turning black, emitting a tremendous roar like a demon dragon swallowing the heavens, and it lashed out violently at Qian Xiao and the others.

Qian Xiao coldly glanced at Wu Tie: "This set of spirit treasures is strong…… but I, too, am not weak."

Wu Tie smiled at Qian Xiao, then he and the Yin-Yang Daoist exerted force together.

The Yin-Yang Daoist let out a long whistle; his eyes turned black and white, two streams of yin-yang spiritual energy shot up behind him, and the black-and-white divine light quickly merged into the giant vortex formed by the Canghai Divine Pearls.

The innate spirit treasure Yin-Yang Two-Qi Bottle's main body slowly flew out from the Yin-Yang Daoist's body; the elegantly elongated bottle tilted slightly, and a tremendous devouring force surged forth.

Qian Xiao's body suddenly trembled; the immensely heavy earthen force within him, like a mountain struck by a meteor, gave a faint 'hum' tremor. Qian Xiao shuddered all over, countless fine cracks split his skin, and large amounts of blood gushed from the cracks.

"Great treasure!" Qian Xiao roared, clenching his fists and bellowing with all his might.

Qian Xiao's body ignited with brilliant golden divine flame; his mana burned rapidly, and the unknown earth-attribute spirit treasure within him unleashed an increasingly terrifying weight, actually twisting the void under its crushing pressure.

Visible to the naked eye, the void around Qian Xiao collapsed and twisted; even those with sufficiently strong souls could hear the faint tearing sound emanating from the void.

Using pure earth to generate gravity can produce such a void-shredding effect; the power of this spirit treasure within Qian Xiao is simply horrifying.

The Canghai Divine Pearls and the Yin-Yang Two-Qi Bottle shone with intense divine light; the Canghai Daoist and Yin-Yang Daoist exerted their full power, Qian Xiao's body shook violently, and facing the suction of these two supreme spirit treasures, he could hardly resist with his own strength alone.

Wu Tie smiled; behind him, the Five Elements Divine Light burst forth with a 'boom', instantly causing even the water-light emitted by the Canghai Divine Pearls to dim.

The Five Elements Divine Light swept downward; the pre- and post-heaven Five Elements Grand Dao cycled through generation and control, Qian Xiao exclaimed 'Oh no', the red light he projected outward shattered instantly, and the immensely strong earthen force within him became agitated and insubstantial, exploding into countless yellow specks of light in the blink of an eye.

Qian Xiao spat out a mouthful of blood far away.

Wu Tie's Five Elements Divine Light great ability is indeed the bane of all five-element attributes, both innate and acquired; every five-element technique and treasure is subject to its tremendous restraint.

Qian Xiao, Wa Zhao, Xi Yao, and the over three thousand subordinates behind Qian Xiao all cried out in unison, then were swallowed by the giant vortex formed from the Canghai Divine Pearls. Wu Tie, the Yin-Yang Daoist, and the Canghai Daoist laughed, transformed into three golden lights, and also flew into that vortex.

The boundless ocean, originally calm and windless, suddenly had countless bolts of wild lightning tearing through the void; electric dragons thrashed wildly in the air, towering waves rose on the sea surface, the turbid wave crests filled with spray, and countless electric sparks danced frenziedly on the spray's surface, emitting a loud 'crack-crack-crack'.

Jet-black horn-shaped whirlwinds howled back and forth across the sea surface; occasionally two whirlwinds collided, resembling two heavenly pillars wildly striking, producing an earth-shaking boom, within which vast sheets of thunderfire spewed forth like molten lava.

Such heavenly portents could be called world-destroying.

Qian Xiao and the others felt dizzy, their bodies spinning rapidly, appearing out of thin air from high altitude, then swiftly plummeting toward the sea surface.

Qian Xiao was the first to regain his senses; he let out a loud shout, his body blazing with sun-like intense light, then a fiery vessel shaped like a three-legged bird materialized out of thin air, flames entwining its form, lifting everyone into midair.

Then a torrential rain poured down from the howling sky; each raindrop was fist-sized, its outer layer an extremely viscous, bone-chilling Xuanming heavy water, while its core condensed into solid, immensely hard substance, like thumb-sized diamond pearls of innate Xuan Yin freezing energy.

Each raindrop weighed hundreds of thousands of catties; these raindrops fell from extreme heights at a terrifying speed near that of light, booming 'rumble rumble rumble' with countless deafening impacts upon the bird-shaped giant vessel, four thousand nine hundred zhang long and entirely wreathed in firelight.

The giant vessel shuddered violently, its firelight quickly dimming.

The raindrops broke through the firelight's obstruction and struck the vessel directly.

Made neither of metal nor jade, the crystal-clear, splendid giant vessel emitted a piercing cracking sound; huge sheets of raindrops howled down, pockmarking the hull everywhere, and continual shards of gold-red fragments exploded outward.

Several of Qian Xiao's subordinates who had attained the pinnacle of the Tai-Cang realm failed to dodge and were struck in the body by the raindrops.

A single blow reduced these Tai-Cang masters to powder; their divine embryos, just emerged from the shattered flesh, were instantly scattered by the succeeding raindrops.

Qian Xiao hoarsely bellowed: "This is the small world transformed by that ghost pearl; charge out…… here only the innate and acquired Water Grand Dao prevails, exactly my bane!"

Behind Qian Xiao, over a hundred middle-aged men shouted in unison, their bodies bursting with blinding firelight, and mighty auras unique to the Divine Sovereign realm shot straight into the void.

Blue, green, purple, red, gold, black, white…… various heavenly and earthly strange fires flickered on these Divine Sovereign experts; though they all cultivated the Fire Grand Dao, their condensed fire techniques differed, and the powers of the myriad strange fires they mastered varied greatly.

Over a hundred kinds of extremely rare heavenly and earthly strange fires from the outside world appeared simultaneously; instantly, temperatures soared in all directions, the firelight rapidly spread outward, and in the snap of a finger a blank zone a hundred li in diameter was burned into the void.

Within this blank zone, there was not a drop of rain, not a breath of wind; the overbearing force of the flames swept away all power.

"Charge out!" A verdant, dripping nine-branched tree branch flew from within Qian Xiao's body; on each of its nine branches hovered a translucent, fist-sized, vague three-legged golden crow phantom, fluttering and dancing.

As this spirit treasure emerged, the fire energy in the void instantly became a hundred times richer.

Over a hundred Divine Sovereign experts simultaneously opened their mouths, spewing forth streams of variously colored heavenly and earthly strange fire that sprayed onto this branch-shaped spirit treasure; the three-legged golden crow phantoms instantly condensed into near‑physical substance, they cheered and leapt, emitting sharp, ear‑piercing cries almost loud enough to pierce the heavens.

Qian Xiao tightly grasped this immensely powerful spirit treasure and fiercely swept it through the void.

The sea surface below suddenly surged up with ten‑thousand‑zhang waves; the entire small world formed from the Canghai Divine Pearls trembled violently, and above the bird‑shaped vessel, the void was forcibly burned by golden flame into a huge gap a thousand li in diameter.

Qian Xiao merely gave a light sweep, and his mana was completely exhausted.

He let out a long whistle; over a hundred Divine Sovereign subordinates whose mana was also largely depleted simultaneously drove the vessel, transforming it into a fiery streak several hundred li long that shot straight toward the great gap in the void.

Wu Tie, the Yin-Yang Daoist, and the Canghai Daoist happened to fly in through that gap; seeing the fiery blaze rushing straight at them, Wu Tie could not help but burst into laughter: "You've come in here, yet you still want to leave? Hehe, hehe, stay…… you're all fine treasures!"

Wu Tie's eyes gleamed; he had been mistaken—the immensely powerful spirit treasure within Qian Xiao capable of emitting supreme fire is not purely fire‑attribute; its true form is an exceptionally strong innate spirit root of the azure‑wood attribute.

Those nine clusters of three‑legged golden crow phantoms are actually Qian Xiao's fire‑attribute spirit treasure that releases the ultimate flame.

This nine‑branched tree branch possesses both wood and fire attributes; wood engenders fire, making its power astonishingly great.

Moreover, adding Qian Xiao's immensely powerful earth‑attribute spirit treasure, heh, if one could seize it and merge it into the Five Elements Daoist's body, it would certainly let the Five Elements Daoist's foundation soar, boosting both strength and reserves by several levels.

Wu Tie swung the Divine‑Striking Whip.

Golden light and purple qi filled the void; the void rift shattered by Qian Xiao's blow was plugged solid by countless strands of golden light and purple qi.

The Canghai Daoist laughed wildly; he clapped his hands, activating the source power of the Canghai Divine Pearls, and the damaged void instantly healed.

The Divine‑Striking Whip sealed the void; the fire‑light formed from the bird‑shaped vessel slammed head‑on into the whip, layers of golden light and purple qi were continually shattered, yet ever more, denser, and thicker strands of golden light and purple qi kept spraying from the whip, forcibly holding the vessel aloft in midair.

The Yin‑Yang Daoist clapped his hands; behind him, the yin and yang qi transformed into a huge innate Taiji diagram, which then began to spin rapidly.

"Reverse!" the Yin‑Yang Daoist pointed at the bird‑shaped vessel.

A single point, and it was yin‑yang inverted, heaven overturned, earth turned, the cosmos reversed, and all laws between heaven and earth fell into chaos.

The bird‑shaped vessel gave a 'boom'; its upward soaring momentum instantly turned into a downward plunge.

That vessel flew extremely fast; from a height of ten thousand li above the sea it plunged straight down, and in an instant struck the sea surface.

The Cang Hai Dao Ren was also mischievous; at the instant the giant ship was about to strike the sea surface, a flash of cold light flickered in his eyes, and the originally towering waves suddenly turned into a solid chunk of unfathomable profound ice of unknown thickness.

With a tremendous crash, the bird-shaped giant ship shattered on impact with the ice surface.

This giant ship was also an extremely rare innate spiritual treasure, yet Wu Tie, using various means, directly blew it up on the spot.

Qian Xiao spat out a mouthful of old blood, screaming as he turned into a streak of fire and shot forward. With a loud bang, he voluntarily served as a human cushion, exerting all his strength to lie on the ice surface, and Nu Zhao and Xi Yao, mother and son, landed squarely on his body.

No one knows what mysterious ability Qian Xiao used, but Nu Zhao and Xi Yao only suffered a slight impact, roughly equivalent to an ordinary person jumping from a height of three or five zhang; though they felt a bit dazed, they were unharmed.

But Qian Xiao himself suffered greatly.

From a height of ten thousand zhang, at a terrifying speed near that of light, he slammed directly onto the incredibly hard ice surface; the impact from all three fell entirely on him, and the sound of bursting beans came from within his body as countless shattered bones blasted through his muscles like arrows, shooting out far away with a 'whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh'.

Qian Xiao's body bled like a spring, and he almost turned into a thin sheet of human skin lying on the ground.

Fortunately, he clung tightly to that branch-shaped spiritual treasure; the verdant, dripping branches continuously emitted streams of green energy brimming with vigorous life force into his body, barely preserving his life.

After all, he was a powerhouse near the peak of the Divine Manifestation Realm; having held onto a breath, he took a deep inhale, and the bone fragments that had flown out of his body with a 'whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh' rushed back, tearing his physique and re‑penetrating his form.

The constant 'ding ding' sounds filled his ears as the bone fragments rapidly reassembled; nourished by the energy emanating from the branch-shaped spiritual treasure, Qian Xiao's body quickly filled out, and in an instant he let out a loud shout, leaping up with full vigor, swinging his left hand to toss Xi Yao to the ground while cradling Nu Zhao in his arms.

With a slap, Nu Zhao struck Qian Xiao's face, her pretty face contorted as she shouted angrily, 'Release this palace!'

Qian Xiao's left hand snapped back as if shocked; he retreated a few steps, bowing deeply with a smiling face toward Nu Zhao: 'Zhao Mei, you know I meant no offense—I only wanted… to protect you!'

Xi Yao crawled up from the ground in a sorry state, gazing at Qian Xiao with shock and dread.

This guy, he actually possesses such divine power?

Then Xi Yao looked at his mother with both astonishment and admiration.

No matter how great the divine power, it's still nothing compared to being completely dominated by his mother the empress.

Heh… a sycophant!

On the ice surface where cold qi shot up to the heavens, over a hundred of Qian Xiao's subordinates who were Divine Manifestation Realm experts struggled to rise. In the recent violent collision, only they, relying on their Divine Manifestation Realm cultivation, barely clung to life, yet each was severely wounded, their combat strength reduced to less than one‑tenth.

Meanwhile, the over three thousand peak Embryo Storage Realm experts under Qian Xiao's command… all turned into meat patties; now only over three thousand divine embryos have escaped from the crushed flesh, each hovering blankly several zhang above the ground.

Wu Tie, the Yin Yang Dao Ren, and the Cang Hai Dao Ren laughed as they descended from the heavens.

Behind the Yin Yang Dao Ren, the Yin Yang Two Qi Vessel flashed, black and white spiritual light shimmering; the three hundred Divine Manifestation Realm experts he brought flew out simultaneously, and with a unified shout, waves of powerful Divine Manifestation Realm Dao rhythm surged outward like a flood.

Qian Xiao's face changed abruptly.

Immediately after, the Yin Yang Two Qi Vessel flickered again, spewing out a million giant divine soldiers each several meters tall, pitch‑black except for their eyes flashing with blood light.

These giant divine soldiers had flames jetting from their feet, silently hovering in midair.

They emanated no magical fluctuations, no Dao rhythm aura; resembling huge skeletal frames, they hovered silently there, inexplicably instilling a tremendous sense of fear, an overwhelming psychological impact.

Qian Xiao swallowed hard with difficulty.

He glanced at the pale‑faced Nu Zhao, gritted his teeth, and with a 'thud' knelt on the ground.

"Martial King, it's all my fault… I acknowledge my guilt; I shouldn't have intruded on your mother's territory… I was wrong… please… please lift your hand… as long as you don't harm Zhao Mei… I'll agree to any condition you set!"

Wu Tie shivered with a sudden chill.

The Yin Yang Dao Ren and the Cang Hai Dao Ren stared at each other, unable to speak for a long while.