Chapter 906

Wu Tie stood on a crystal cluster several zhang high, looking up at the coffins neatly suspended overhead.

Droplets of green liquid fluttered across the sky, continually merging into the coffins.

Suddenly, a long sigh came from one of the nine coffins floating highest: "The Dao is hard, as hard as a chick trying to reach the heavens..."

From the highest of the nine coffins came a hoarse rebuke: "Nonsense, the Dao is hard, as hard as a pup trying to swallow the heavens..."

"Both of you senior brothers are just spouting nonsense, the Dao is hard, as hard as growing a green lotus in fire..." a dry voice spoke up.

Crimson Lotus Temple - Crimson Lotus Temple

"Both of you senior brothers are just blowing hot air……What's so hard about a chick reaching the heavens? Open its spiritual wisdom, teach it a great peng spreading wings technique, grant it ten thousand years of cultivation—is reaching the heavens really that hard?"

"Is growing a green lotus in fire really that hard? With my junior brother's divine abilities and cultivation, let alone growing a green lotus—what radish, cabbage, or big sweet potato couldn't we grow? I could even grow a living person for you to see!"

"Well, well, well, a pup wanting to swallow the heavens—is that hard? Give him a glutton's bloodline, bestow him the chaos-devouring divine ability, and biting a hole in this void would be a piece of cake!"

Nuwa Valley - Nuwa Valley

Finally, the coffin in the middle of the nine slowly opened: "All of you, shut up—there are juniors watching. The older you get, the less presentable you become."

The three Daoists fell silent, and instantly the underground palace was utterly quiet.

After a long while, a voice came from the central coffin: "Outside, what's the situation? Have we gathered enough… how much… that… the materials?"

Venerable Rank - Venerable Rank

Peak of the Divine Manifestation Realm - Peak of the Divine Manifestation Realm

After a moment of silence, within the outermost coffin of the lowest layer, a flash of fire appeared, and then a reverent voice sounded from inside: "Ancestor, the three kings nurtured by my Qinglian Observatory have already gathered, amounting to thirty percent of the materials."

Great Annihilation - Great Annihilation

Azure Lotus Sovereign - Azure Lotus Sovereign

Human Sovereign - Human Sovereign

According to the mist's introduction, a peak expert of the divine realm, if he breaks the heavenly dao's confinement through sacrifice and steps into the venerable tier, must either sacrifice a thousand peers of equal cultivation… or, for an ordinary human, sacrifice more than a hundred billion.

Chaos Heaven-Swallowing Divine Ability - Chaos Heaven-Swallowing Divine Ability

Great Roc Wings Technique - Great Roc Wings Technique

Deadly Toxic Seal - Deadly Toxic Seal

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At the highest level, in the central coffin, the venerable elder of the Azure Lotus Temple let out a long sigh: "Hurry up, hurry up…… We have shut ourselves in here for far too long…… We really can't hold on any longer."

But we are unwilling.

We are born with great wisdom, we are born with great talent, we barely reach a hundred years before stepping onto the peak of the Divine Path, then after ten thousand years, a hundred thousand years, we make no progress at all, and even in the dark, the soul‑snatching Great Annihilation is about to descend.

Could we be willing? No, we are not…… We clearly know this world is boundless and endless, we clearly know the firmament is vast and limitless, we clearly know heaven and earth and the universe still hold endless scenery and endless mysteries, waiting for us to admire, waiting for us to explore.

How could we possibly be willing?

But this heaven and earth, they do not allow it…… They do not allow us to advance any further.

We have also thought about it, staying true to our original hearts, staying true to our bottom line, just…… silently passing away like that? But we truly are unwilling, truly, unwilling…… We want to live!

To live on, to live on endlessly, we want eternity, we want immortality.

We once feared those old women of Nuwa Island, but now, even in the core of Nuwa Island, there are people…… there are people…… That voice suddenly became extremely faint: "Even among them, someone has been tainted by demonic Qi."

Then, our greatest threat looming above us has vanished completely.

In these troubled times, we ought to seek a way out for ourselves and our descendants.

We must go against heaven, we must break the shackles, we shall obtain great freedom and ease.

Issue the orders: the three kings supported by our Azure Lotus Temple, while gathering materials, must strike at those backed by the Scarlet Lotus Temple and the White Lotus Palace. Kill them as much as possible, hinder them, absolutely not allow any Honored to appear in that temple and palace.

Just wait for us to break through successfully, then we will level the Scarlet Lotus, sweep clean the White Lotus, and in this Su Dynasty, the Azure Lotus shall reign supreme.

Among the hundred thousand coffins, countless aged and hoarse voices sounded together: "In this Su Dynasty, the Azure Lotus shall reign supreme!"

At the highest level, in that central coffin, the venerable elder of the Azure Lotus Temple smiled with satisfaction: "After the Azure Lotus reigns supreme, we will first strike at Wuguo…… the number of Wuguo's citizens…… truly…… makes one's mouth water."

After conquering Wuguo, we could have hundreds of youths break through to Honored…… then, using Wuguo as a stepping stone, following the coordinates transmitted from Nuwa Island, we will sweep all the way in conquest.

When our Azure Lotus Temple has a hundred thousand Honored ones ruling the world, that Nuwa Island which has long been stirring up storms behind the scenes, the so‑called controller of humanity's fate, should also fall from the stage.

Our Azure Lotus Temple shall become the supreme ruler of humanity.

The Azure Lotus Temple elders, who had sealed themselves off and imprisoned themselves, not knowing how many years they had slept, now one after another feigned death and returned to life, shouting cheers, each one excitedly waving their arms and legs, truly giving the feeling of a demonic frenzy.

Wu Tie couldn't help but shake his head.

A hundred thousand Honored?

If you truly were given a hundred thousand Honored ones, how many sacrifices would you have to make?

One Honored equals a hundred million; a hundred thousand Honored……

Wu Tie felt his hairs stand on end; these old ghosts who had imprisoned themselves for who knows how many ten‑thousands of years have had their mentality completely twisted, and they no longer regard themselves as human at all.

They have already become another kind of being.

Wu Tie, without hesitation, crushed the poisonous seal that was heating up in his palm.

Come to think of it, I'm no better than you; I'm not exactly a good person. But at least I still have a compassionate heart.

I, at least, can pity the weak and show mercy to the common folk…… whereas you……

I won't say I'm much better than you, but at least I won't be as utterly wicked as you, with no bottom line.

In Wu Tie's mind, scenes from his infancy, childhood, and youth flashed by.

His vast soul power was enough to let him dig up those things he had long forgotten.

For example, the scene of his just‑born self, the scene of him nursing in Nuwa Mother's embrace, and the journey of him being led by Wu Zhan from Nuwa Valley all the way back to the Wu family's Shibao.

His infancy, his childhood, his youth.

He had a father, an elder brother, and those lovable, cute little dwarves and gnome kids.

Also there were the large lizards and several giant stone pythons raised by the Wu family's Shibao.

Those bull‑headed warriors and werewolf warriors.

Especially those ox-headed ones, they are never full, but they will go hungry, saving their rations to share with others. In battle they are bloodthirsty mad, but in leisure they are all honest and loyal old ox-headed.

Right, we can't let them drink alcohol; this bunch, once they start drinking, could drink the Wu Family Shibao into bankruptcy.

Also those dwarf and gnome miners; their hard labor propped up the development of the Wu Family Shibao.

The overwhelming soul power even let Wu Tie recall the names and appearances of every gnome, every dwarf, every ox-headed, and every werewolf in the Wu Family Shibao.

Moreover, having completely burned his life, it achieved Wu Tie's Grey Master.

Grey Master once gave Wu Tie a blessing; that blessing's power, in Wu Tie's current power system, is minuscule, hardly worth mentioning. Yet Wu Tie can still feel Grey Master's presence.

His power, his care for Wu Tie, has always existed within Wu Tie's body.

Right, there's also Lao Tie, Da Tie, Mo Zhang Wang, Tie Da Jian, and those who followed Wu Tie all the way—Lu Ji, Yan Hanlu, Shi Fei, and so on……

Of course, there's also Pei Feng.

They quarreled, they knew each other, they became friends, and then their feelings naturally rose above friendship.

Oh, and also Bai Ying and Zhu Ji, which cannot be overlooked. Bai Ying, Bai Ying… Wu Tie still remembers her standing on the warship's railing, gazing up at the heavens.

Does that tranquil woman still retain the ambition to break open the heavens and gaze upon the universe?

I am not a purely good person; my life has been mixed with too much blood and evil.

But I can still remember these people; when I think of them, my heart can still feel warmth and flutter… then I am far stronger than you, these desiccated bones in graves.

I only hope that I can stay true to my original heart, that I can always be affectionate, intentional, grateful, and virtuous; I can be unscrupulous, but I hope that the things I do without scruples can be justified… to my conscience.

I do not make false excuses; I simply do what I consciously believe I should do.

If Heaven and Earth have feeling, I beg Heaven and Earth to judge my actions today.

Even if my body is shattered… I only ask that in all my conduct I have no shame before Heaven and Earth, no shame before my original heart.

The Myriad Poisons Zhenzun's primal deadly poison is terrifying beyond compare; the five-colored toxic gas instantly spread, almost simultaneously infiltrating a hundred thousand coffins. On each coffin appeared a phantom of a fist-sized deadly poison seal.

Then, the hundred thousand coffins simultaneously let out a roar mingled with surprise and anger.

Who is it?

It's poison!

Those guarding the mountain gate, are they all dead?

Bold, who dares to provoke my Qinglian Temple?

Not good, this poison… is the toxin of a great demon of venerable rank… quick, quick…

Activate the mountain-protection formation, quick… isolate the toxin…

Not good, this poison, it's too late…

Wu Tie flipped his right palm, and with a 'Boom,' a hundred-zhang-high altar made of blood-colored bones, twisted and grotesque in shape, like a demon, devil, ghost, monster, emanating boundless twisted ferocious qi, came crashing down.

This altar is a treasure offered by the Netherworld Peng Zhenzun.

Back then, the Netherworld Peng Zhenzun used this altar to attain venerable rank. At that time he was a great peng demon of extraordinary talent; after a certain demon venerable fell, he was selected by the awakened Old Lump, who personally seized enough sacrifices, personally presided over the offering, and helped the Netherworld Peng Zhenzun achieve the position of demon venerable.

This altar was also built by Lao Gedang personally slaughtering a hundred thousand great demons and extracting their most precious demon bone.

As the altar appeared, overwhelming killing qi, demonic qi, and evil qi swept across the underground palace.

The hundred thousand Qinglian Temple Daoists, already dazed and immobilized by the deadly poison seal, shouted in unison.

They each shouted hoarsely the names of their junior disciples, but the entire underground palace had been overturned by Wu Tie's alteration of the Qinglian Temple's mountain-protection formation, using the temple's own formation to seal the underground palace tight.

Not a sound could escape; outsiders could not enter unless they broke through the entire Qinglian Temple's mountain-protection formation.

In the nine coffins on the uppermost level, nine rays of spiritual light shot up to the heavens.

Golden light, purple light, red light, cyan light, white light—the dazzling spiritual light was vast and mighty, incomparably majestic; nine innate ancient treasures of quality not inferior to the Canghai Divine Pearl, with boundless mighty power, rose up and trembled as they descended upon Wu Tie.

The might of these nine ancient treasures was immense; their combined strike forced Wu Tie to squint, shut his mouth, hold his breath, his whole body's bones emitting a 'crack-crack' roar; the immense pressure made it hard for Wu Tie to stand straight.

The Grand Dao Furnace erupted, and boundless blazing flames swept forth.

Five-colored divine light, yin-yang two qi, the Myriad Transformation Catastrophe Hand, Pangu True Form… plus imitating heaven and earth, three heads six arms, plucking stars and seizing the moon, manipulating Qiankun…

All kinds of great divine abilities, Wu Tie exerted them with all his might at this moment.

The mighty mana within him, countless times more vast than that of an ordinary god-realm peak, surged forth like a tide.

A great divine ability that would exhaust the mana of an ordinary god-realm peak with a single move, Wu Tie unleashed over three hundred kinds in one breath.

Especially the Myriad Transformation Catastrophe Hand, this divine ability specializes in breaking others' divine ability secrets, specially used to subdue the spiritual treasures and weapons others release. Together with the five-colored divine light and yin-yang two qi that specially collect others' weapons and treasures, the nine innate ancient treasures simultaneously emitted a terrified tremor.

Under normal circumstances, if these nine Qinglian Temple antiques joined forces in a single strike using such immensely powerful innate ancient treasures, even Wu Tie would not dare to lightly oppose them.

But these nine antiques, who knows how many millions of years they have sealed themselves; their life force has declined to the extreme, and it's uncertain whether they can even exert one percent of their divine abilities and mana.

Themselves, they are not worth mentioning.

Relying solely on the nine ancient treasures, once they lose control, the power they can unleash is also extremely limited.

The Myriad Transformation Catastrophe Hand came down heavily with a boom.

The nine ancient treasures immediately burst out with dazzling light, and the connection of the nine antiques instantly became shaky. Before the nine antiques in the coffins could react, the five-colored divine light and yin-yang two qi surged like a tide, dragging the nine ancient treasures to fly into the Grand Dao Furnace.

The boundless blazing flames spewed from the Grand Dao Furnace swept over.

This is a post-heaven supreme treasure forged only after devouring three supreme divine artifacts of the Dark Soul God Clan, countless rare materials from Wu Tie, and immense meritorious power.

Moreover, he also refined the primal source of a strange venerable in the northern frontier, making the Grand Dao Furnace even more extraordinarily divine.

The Grand Dao Furnace let out a tremor, the nine ancient treasures uttered a mournful cry, and were involuntarily dragged down.

Wu Tie unleashed the Pangu True Form, slamming both hands heavily onto the Grand Dao Furnace; his mana instantly drained over ninety percent, the furnace's surface lit up with three thousand large stars and eighty-four thousand small stars simultaneously, the starlight turned into a chaotic vortex swirling rapidly, and the furnace instantly evolved into the primordial chaos of the unopened heavens and earth.

The nine innate ancient treasures let out a lament, and their bodies instantly cracked with countless fissures.

In the nine coffins at the highest point, the nine Qinglian Temple elders roared in unison, and their breath suddenly weakened.

Among the hundred thousand coffins, there constantly emerged various innate spiritual treasures, innate spiritual weapons, and even post-heaven forged ones, but the Dao divine weapons that boomed forth were not inferior in might to the innate spiritual weapons.

The Grand Dao Furnace accepts all; its crimson-red flame mouth turned into a murky chaotic hue, opening wide to swallow all spirit weapons, spirit treasures, and divine weapons in one gulp.

The deadly poison seal suddenly flared; the hundred thousand coffins cried out in unison, then had no strength left to resist.

Thank you all, please accomplish it.

Rather than you all causing chaos and harming the people of the Fire Dynasty... it would be better for you all to be harmed by this king!