Chapter 872

White Mushroom Monster Sovereign, Soft Spring Monster Sovereign.

Mount Tai Monster Sovereign, Azure Lotus Observatory, Flame Dynasty.

The Canghai Daoist let out a long whistle, and the 108 Canghai Divine Pearls leapt and flew about protectively as he rushed toward the Soft Spring Monster Sovereign.

The 108 Canghai Divine Pearls emitted boundless blue light, azure waves filling heaven and earth, when the Soft Spring Monster Sovereign gave a strange laugh and unleashed dozens of extremely powerful ancient treasures from within himself.

These ancient treasures were all water-, ice-, and cold-attributed good things, but their aura had become sinister and twisted, clearly having undergone a sinister mutation due to long-term erosion and nourishment by the Soft Spring Monster Sovereign's nine helical streams of light.

Wu Tie paid no heed to the origins of these ancient treasures; the Grand Dao Crucible erupted with a vast blaze, simply sweeping them aside.

Dozens of ancient treasures were forcibly drawn to it, flying bit by bit toward the Grand Dao Crucible.

Dozens of ancient treasures of tremendous power, each not weaker than the Golden Crow Banner of Elder Feng of the Feng clan, and several even stronger; despite the Grand Dao Crucible's fearsome might, it still struggled greatly.

The ancient treasures surged with billowing light, releasing rolling floodwaters that shook heaven and earth; as they violently struggled, the Grand Dao Crucible could only inch them along with extreme difficulty, preventing them from breaking free.

The Soft Spring Monster Sovereign shrieked: "You lot..."

A sky-filling black sword light hissed as it fell like a meteor shower.

Instantly, the Soft Spring Monster Sovereign's body was sliced into thousands of writhing clumps of spring water.

The 108 Canghai Divine Pearls suddenly expanded to the size of water tanks, emitting a terrifying suction that, in the snap of a finger, drew away over ninety percent of the Soft Spring Monster Sovereign's true form.

The Soft Spring Monster Sovereign's body is a twisted, mutated manifestation of the 'Water' Dao, fused with countless other strange and aberrant laws.

The Canghai Divine Pearls devoured most of the Soft Spring Monster Sovereign's limbs; the Canghai Daoist clapped his hands and gave a soft shout to the pearls dancing around him, whereupon thunderous roars echoed as countless Ren-water and Gui-water divine thunderbolts erupted within the pearls, the primordial and acquired Water Dao acting like a grindstone, gradually eroding and wearing down the Soft Spring Monster Sovereign's body.

We need to list only those that actually appear in lines. Let's go through each line and extract named entities.

I'll go line by line.

Clang, thud, thud, rumble!

Named: White Mushroom Monster Sovereign, Soft Spring Monster Sovereign.

Within the Grand Dao Crucible, auspicious light shone ten thousand feet high; countless bolts of lightning surged violently, the gloomy haze holding myriad-colored chaotic thunder that crashed wildly. The crucible absorbed and digested the dozens of ancient treasures released by the Soft Spring Monster Sovereign bit by bit, as vast newborn Dao patterns, like winding monstrous dragons, flickered across its walls and vanished.

Strange, eerie. (no)

Beyond the Three Thousand Great Dao and the Eighty-Four Thousand Side Gates, vast quantities of twisted, novel Dao patterns sprang up.

Named: Mu Continent (Mu Dalu). Also maybe foreign power not a name.

The Grand Dao Crucible's might increased yet again by a great leap.

Named: Wu Tie (Wu Tie). Also maybe jade disc projection not a name.

Moreover, the Grand Dao Crucible fed back vast quantities of Grand Dao profundities and analyses of Dao patterns; Wu Tie felt his head swim, as countless strange multi-helical streams within him rapidly split apart, transforming into numerous Dao patterns that merged with his flesh.

Named: White Mushroom Monster Sovereign.

Wu Tie's divine fetus, which had been over ten thousand feet tall, had now grown to over three thousand feet.

Named: Mount Tai Monster Sovereign.

All that remained was for his divine fetus and Dao patterns to fully merge with his divine body, and for a speck of innate spiritual light in his divine fetus to be polished; then he would truly reach the pinnacle of the Divine Realm, after which he would attempt to break through to an even higher level.

Named: Great Dao Furnace.

The Black Sword swooped down again, slaying.

Named: White Mushroom Monster Sovereign, Azure Lotus Observatory, Sui Dynasty (twice). Also monarch not a name; soldiers not.

The Soft Spring Monster Sovereign's remaining body condensed into a mass of spring water less than a hundred li in diameter, within which three human-head-sized seals of azure, white, and azure‑blue light slowly appeared.

Named: Soft Spring Monster Sovereign.

"You cannot kill me... hahaha, I... have already condensed a Grand Dao Seal, perfectly mastering three Grand Dao laws—it is mastery, not borrowing..." the Soft Spring Monster Sovereign roared: "Unless you can destroy one of them, I will not die!"

No named.

The faces of the Azure Lotus Sect's powerhouses besieging the three monster sovereigns turned grim.

No.

The four demon, monster, ghost, and beast nations all possess Venerable‑level experts.

Named: Great Dao Furnace, Soft Spring Monster Sovereign.

What is called Venerable refers to experts above the Divine Realm who have refined a trace of innate spiritual light, and using their divine bodies fused with Grand Dao laws as both foundation and material, they have forged a Grand Dao Seal.

Named: Wu Tie.

This Grand Dao Seal is a symbol, an authority, and a cultivation stage more profound than ordinary Dao patterns.

No.

Those who possess a Grand Dao Seal are, in ancient myth, the true 'gods' worshipped by the myriad masses!

Named: Wu Tie, White Mushroom Monster Sovereign, Soft Spring Monster Sovereign.

Just as Wu Tie knew upon entering the Divine Realm, in the age of ancient myth humanity was born with the physique of a Divine Realm being; an infant's body naturally displays Dao patterns, endowed with extraordinary power from birth—such beings are called 'True Persons'.

No named.

Above the True Person, through arduous cultivation one condenses a Dao Seal and masters the authority of heaven and earth, becoming a 'Deity'.

No.

As long as the Dao Seal endures, the Deity does not perish.

No named (white mushroom maybe not a name).

However, the Dao Seal subtly harmonizes with the Heaven‑Earth Grand Dao; to destroy it one must confront the might of the Grand Dao itself.

Named: Wu Tie, Black Sword, the two monster sovereigns but not a specific name.

Even cultivators of sufficient strength can see that on the White Mushroom Monster Sovereign's body, large patches of mycelium were directly annihilated, just as the spring water within the Soft Spring Monster Sovereign also vanished in a vast area of tens of miles under the tearing of the black sword light.

Named: White Mushroom Monster Sovereign, Soft Spring Monster Sovereign, black sword light (not a name).

The Black Sword, unparalleled in slaughter, directly shatters and annihilates everything it touches.

Named: Black Sword.

No matter what demons or monsters, a single sweep of the sword reduces everything it touches to ashes and smoke.

No.

That is because the two monster sovereigns' true forms are huge and their foundations are strong, so under the Black Sword's cutting they preserved most of their bodies, though their fundamental vitality suffered considerable harm.

Named: the two monster sovereigns (not specific), Black Sword.

"A stone from another mountain can be used to polish jade; this object is fated with me."

No.

The Canghai Sea Person let out a long whistle, and the 108 Canghai Divine Pearls leapt and flew dynamically, protecting him as he rushed toward the Soft Spring Monster Sovereign.

Named: Canghai Sea Person, Canghai Divine Pearls, Soft Spring Monster Sovereign.

The 108 Canghai Divine Pearls emitted boundless blue light, azure waves filling heaven and earth, then the Soft Spring Monster Sovereign let out a strange laugh and unleashed dozens of extremely powerful ancient treasures from within.

Named: Canghai Divine Pearls, Soft Spring Monster Sovereign, ancient treasures (generic).

These ancient treasures are all good items of water, ice, and cold attributes, but their aura has become eerie and twisted, clearly having been eroded and nurtured by the Soft Spring Monster Sovereign's nine spiral streams of light over the years, causing an eerie mutation.

Named: ancient treasures, Soft Spring Monster Sovereign.

Wu Tie doesn't care about the origins of these ancient treasures; the Great Dao Furnace spews out vast flames, simply sweeping them away.

Named: Wu Tie, ancient treasures, Great Dao Furnace.

Dozens of ancient treasures were forcibly attracted, bit by bit flying toward the Great Dao Furnace.

Named: ancient treasures, Great Dao Furnace.

Dozens of ancient treasures with extraordinary power, each not weaker than the Golden Crow Banner of the Wind Sect Elder, and several even stronger; despite the Great Dao Furnace's terrifying might, it still struggles.

Named: ancient treasures, Wind Sect Elder, Golden Crow Banner, Great Dao Furnace.

The ancient treasures surged with rippling light, releasing rolling floodwaters that shook the four directions; dozens of ancient treasures violently struggled, and the Great Dao Furnace could only pull them bit by bit with great difficulty, preventing them from escaping its control.

Named: ancient treasures, Great Dao Furnace.

The Soft Spring Monster Sovereign shrieked sharply: "You..."

Named: Soft Spring Monster Sovereign.

Black sword light filled the sky with a hissing sound, falling like a meteor shower.

Named: black sword light (not a name).

Instantly the Soft Spring Monster Sovereign's body was cut into thousands of writhing masses of spring water.

Named: Soft Spring Monster Sovereign.

The 108 Canghai Divine Pearls suddenly expanded to the size of a water tank, emitting a terrifying suction that in an instant drew away over ninety percent of the Soft Spring Monster Sovereign's true body.

Named: Canghai Divine Pearls, Soft Spring Monster Sovereign.

The Soft Spring Monster Sovereign's body is a twisted, mutant manifestation of the Water Dao, combined with countless other strange and variant laws.

Named: Soft Spring Monster Sovereign.

The Canghai Divine Pearls swallowed most of the Soft Spring Monster Sovereign's limbs; the Canghai Sea Person clapped his hands and gave a soft shout to the pearls flying around him, and thunderous roars echoed as countless Ren-water and Gui-water divine thunder erupted within the pearls, the primordial and acquired Water Dao acting like a grindstone, gradually wearing down and annihilating the Soft Spring Monster Sovereign's body.

Named: Canghai Divine Pearls, Canghai Sea Person, Soft Spring Monster Sovereign.

The remaining external body of the Soft Spring Monster Sovereign let out a mournful howl: "You ants, how could..."

Named: Soft Spring Monster Sovereign.

Wu Tie let out a cold snort, the Great Dao Furnace suddenly surged with power, seizing the moment to strike while he was weak, a torrent of heavenly flames swept in, and dozens of icy ancient treasures were directly drawn into the furnace, instantly transforming them into clusters of eerie, twisted chaotic energy.

Named: Wu Tie, Great Dao Furnace, cold qi, ancient treasures.

"Ding, dong-dong, boom-boom-boom!"

No.

Inside the Great Dao Furnace, auspicious light shone ten thousand feet high; countless bolts of thunder rolled violently, the dim gray haze containing myriad colors of chaotic divine lightning that struck wildly. The furnace gradually absorbed and digested the dozens of ancient treasures released by the Soft Spring Monster Sovereign, and one could see vast strands of newly formed Dao patterns, like winding strange dragons, flash across the furnace walls.

Named: Great Dao Furnace, Soft Spring Monster Sovereign, ancient treasures.

Beyond the Three Thousand Great Dao and the Eighty-Four Thousand side paths, vast amounts of twisted and novel Dao patterns arise.

No named.

The power of the Great Dao Furnace has increased significantly once again.

Named: Great Dao Furnace.

Moreover, the Great Dao Furnace fed back vast quantities of Grand Dao profundities and analyses of Dao rhythms; Wu Tie felt his head grow dizzy, and within his body countless strange multi‑helical streams of light rapidly broke down, transforming into numerous Dao patterns that merged with his flesh.

Named: Great Dao Furnace, Wu Tie.

Wu Tie's divine fetus, which was over ten thousand feet tall, has now grown to over three thousand feet.

Named: Wu Tie.

All that remains is for his divine fetus and Dao patterns to fully merge with his divine body, and for a hint of innate spiritual light within his divine fetus to be polished; then he will truly reach the pinnacle of the Divine Realm, after which he will attempt to break through to even higher levels.

Named: Divine Realm. Also maybe divine fetus not a name.

The Black Sword swooped again, slaying.

Named: Black Sword.

The remaining body of the Soft Spring Monster Sovereign turned into a mass of spring water less than a hundred miles in diameter; within it, three pearl‑sized seals appeared, one blue, one white, and one green, slowly floating.

Named: Soft Spring Monster Sovereign.

"You cannot kill me… ha, haha, I… have already condensed the Dao Seal… perfectly mastered three Grand Dao principles… it is mastery, not borrowing…" the Soft Spring Monster Sovereign roared fiercely: "Unless you can destroy one Dao, I will not die!"

Named: Great Dao Seal, Soft Spring Monster Sovereign.

The cultivators of the Azure Lotus Observatory who were besieging the three monster sovereigns had grim expressions.

Named: Azure Lotus Observatory, the three monster sovereigns (referring to White Mushroom, Soft Spring, and another), not a specific name.

The four nations of demons and monsters each have venerable‑level cultivators.

Named: Venerable Rank, powerful cultivator (generic).

So‑called venerable refers to cultivators above the Divine Realm who have refined a trace of innate spiritual light, and using their divine bodies fused with Grand Dao principles as a foundation and material, they have refined a Dao Seal.

Named: Venerable Rank, Divine Realm, powerful cultivator, Dao Seal.

This Dao Seal is a symbol, an authority, and a cultivation level more profound than ordinary Dao patterns.

Named: Dao Seal, Dao patterns (generic).

Those who possess a Dao Seal are, in ancient mythology, the true gods worshipped by billions of people.

Named: Dao Seal, ancient mythology (generic), deity (generic).

Just as Wu Tie knew upon entering the Divine Realm, in the age of ancient mythology humanity was born with the physique of a Divine Realm being; an infant's body naturally manifests Dao patterns and possesses innate extraordinary power, thus called a "True Person".

Named: Wu Tie, Divine Realm, ancient mythology, Dao patterns, True Person.

Above the True Person, through arduous cultivation one condenses a Dao Seal and grasps heavenly authority, becoming a "Deity".

Named: True Person, Dao Seal, Deities.

As long as the Dao Seal remains intact, the Deity does not perish.

Named: Dao Seal, Deities.

However, the Dao Seal subtly harmonizes with the Heaven‑Earth Grand Dao; to destroy it one must confront the might of the Grand Dao itself.

Named: Dao Seal, Heaven‑Earth Grand Dao (generic), Grand Dao Might (generic)

Facing the Divine Realm, the Venerable level can be called invincible in sweeping all.

The four barbarian nations each have venerable experts; only Sui Dynasty lacks any venerable-level beings. Were it not for the Emberfire Grand Formation greatly weakening any venerable expert who dares to tread Sui Dynasty's lands, Sui Dynasty would have long since fallen to the demons.

"I, the king, want to give it a try." Wu Tie burst into laughter, the Grand Dao Furnace violently seized a small remnant of the Soft Spring Venerable's true form and began dragging him bit by bit into the furnace.

Upon seeing the three Dao seals inside the Soft Spring Venerable's body, Wu Tie felt confident.

Although three Dao seals may be formidable, they pale beside Wu Tie's Grand Dao Furnace—a vast, costly construct that has absorbed the Three Thousand Dao, the Eighty‑Four Thousand side paths, and even the unfathomable multispiral flow of Dao principles; at their root they cannot compare.

Even a lump of indestructible vajra, Wu Tie could refine it to flying ash.

The three Dao seals within the Soft Spring Venerable burst forth with boundless light; instantly the heavens and earth shifted in hue, and a blue‑white‑green tidal surge a million li wide erupted from the void.

As the surge appeared, the Canghai Daoist formed seals with both hands, activating the Canghai Divine Pearl, which released a sapphire wave that swept across the sky and swallowed the million‑li surge in one gulp.

Furious and desperate, the Soft Spring Venerable roared, then leapt into the Grand Dao Furnace: "Fine, this venerable one shall see what you're capable of!"

Before his words finished, the Soft Spring Venerable let out an incredulous cry: "Impossible… you damned furnace…"

The Grand Dao Furnace bellowed a heaven‑shaking thunderclap; Wu Tie waved his hand and instantly sealed every sound within the furnace.

The black sword slashed wildly across the sky, leaving the White Mushroom Venerable covered in scale wounds; though his body stretched hundreds of thousands of li, the sword kept shrinking him, and by the time Wu Tie clashed with the Soft Spring Venerable, the White Mushroom Venerable had already dwindled to seventy percent of his original size.

The Five Elements Daoist chuckled as he flew before the White Mushroom Venerable; a vast illusory giant mulberry appeared above his head, and terrifying true solar fire roiled across the sky. He pointed at the Venerable, smiling, and said: "Venerable, we are fated… please, entangle yourself in my net and become part of my Dao foundation."

The White Mushroom Venerable let out a hoarse howl, scattering spores across the heavens; the Five Elements Daoist snorted, and five‑colored divine light shot up behind him, instantly enveloping a million‑li radius and wrapping the Venerable's body within.

The Yin‑Yang Daoist stepped upon the yin and yang qi, with a floating yin‑yang taiji phantom behind him, and leisurely flew to face the Taishan Venerable.

"Venerable, I see you exist between life and death, endowed with yin and yang qi, present both in the netherworld and the mortal realm, which aligns well with my Dao foundation… will you help me accomplish a little?"

The Taishan Venerable let out a low growl: "What do you intend?"

The Yin‑Yang Daoist bluntly replied: "I will devour you, borrow your Dao to strengthen mine—that's all."

The Taishan Venerable fell silent, and everyone clearly sensed him raising his head, giving the Grand Dao Furnace a solemn, apprehensive glance.

His massive body twitched, and the Taishan Venerable rumbled: "Old man surrenders—how about that?"

The Yin‑Yang Daoist smiled and bluntly refused the Taishan Venerable's request: "You fiends have no place in heaven and earth; better to unite with me and advance my Dao—that too is a meritorious deed."

Within the Taishan Venerable's body, countless black, pillar‑like, condensed strange lights suddenly shot out, striking straight at the Yin‑Yang Daoist.

The Yin‑Yang Daoist laughed, his body exploding into boundless yin‑yang qi that formed a hundred‑thousand‑li diameter yin‑yang taiji diagram, locking the Taishan Venerable at its center; the yin‑yang fish slowly turned, gradually grinding his body, which creaked incessantly.

Far and near, countless experts who witnessed Wu Tie, the Five Elements Daoist, the Canghai Daoist, and the Yin‑Yang Daoist take action felt a chill in their hearts.

Even if the Emberfire Grand Formation had weakened their strength by over ninety percent, venerable‑level experts remain venerable‑level experts.

Every time, Sui Dynasty had to suffer a heavy toll merely to severely injure or kill a venerable old monster; but Wu Tie and his fellows—few aware that the Yin‑Yang Daoists are his three corpse avatars—everyone inwardly shouted in outrage, that the four of them joining forces could actually imprison the three great venerables.

Indeed, seeing how effectively they counter and restrain them, they might even be able to slay the three great venerables outright.

Is there any heavenly justice left?

How terrifying is the cultivation of Wu Tie and his companions?

In the distance, Zhu Ganglie suddenly bellowed: "Third junior brother, be careful—your wife's dear older sister is likely in trouble… well, your wife too is in trouble!"

Wu Tie stared for a moment, then hastily turned his head toward Sui Du.

Beside Feng Rong and Wu Qinglan, three ancient‑looking Qinglei Guan Daoists appeared, forming a Three‑Talent formation that shielded Feng Rong and Wu Qinglan; with a carefree air, they casually struck, rendering the attacks of Blood Prison and Peng Feng null.

The three Daoists' Wan Hua Scripture had clearly been cultivated to the point of transformation.

They employed the Wan Hua Calamity Hand; no matter how demonic flames and Blood Light howled down from the sky, they raised their hands, a faint gloomy light, and with a light pat dissipated the torrent‑like attacks into nothing.

What annoyed Wu Tie was that, besides using the Wan Hua Calamity Hand to defend, each of the three Daoists also wielded a foot‑long sword, emanating a sky‑filling sword light that left Blood Prison and Peng Feng in disarray.

Blood Prison had blood seeping from his shoulder, while Peng Feng took a sword to the left cheek, tearing out a three‑inch‑long, half‑inch‑deep wound that nearly ripped his cheek apart.

"You bunch of stinking cow noses!" Wu Tie's eyes turned blood‑red; he let out a long howl, countless thunderclouds burst in the sky, a massive cloud mass blanketing all of Sui Du, and then countless thunderbolts howled down upon the three Daoists.

These thunderbolts were extraordinarily complex—metal, fire, wood, water, earth, yin, yang… the Three Thousand Dao principles were all fused into them.

The thunder further condensed into countless birds and beasts, countless swords, spears, and halberds; all manner of weapons, formations, mountains and rivers from the Eighty‑Four Thousand side paths likewise merged into the thunder, falling down in a dense shower.