Chapter 167: Stirring Waves

With the appearance of the Bingling Crown Prince, those who thought True Person Chengchu's act of granting the register was too rash no longer had any objections.

The gods of mountains and earth present formed the number of Great Expansion, but they were basically gods of ancient mountains or lands that had sacrifices in ancient times but whose specifications were far inferior to the Five Sacred Mountains and Nine Provinces, and a few were subordinate gods of the Five Sacred Mountains and Nine Provinces.

Like the true gods of the Sanshan, Five Sacred Mountains, and Wucheng, or the City Gods of the ancient Nine Provinces, there were only two: one was the Lady Bi Xia Yuanjun, the true god of Mount Tai, who could mobilize the mountain mansion soldiers as the head of the Five Sacred Mountains, and the other was the Daoist who proposed to let Cheng Xinzhan receive the register, whose Inner Landscape god was the City God of the ancient Jizhou of the Shang Dynasty, the Mighty Duke.

As for the gods at the level of leading all mountains and governing the earth, among those present, Lady Bi Xia Yuanjun could count as half because she could mobilize the mountain mansion soldiers as the true god of Mount Tai, the head of the Five Sacred Mountains. But the only one who truly conferred and lifted the Sanshan and Five Sacred Mountains was the Bingling Crown Prince.

These people were all high-level experts of the Shangqing Sect, and they certainly didn't lack visualization maps. Let alone the Bingling Crown Prince, even the image of the Great Emperor of the Eastern Peak, they probably had it in Mount Gouqu.

But as the saying goes, visualization maps are not common, but those skilled in the Cun Shen Dao are even rarer!

High-level gods—it's not that they are unwilling to visualize them, but the higher the divine position, the harder it is to visualize their Dharma essence and divine meaning, and the harder it is to conclude the true form of the Dharma image.

So when this young outsider manifested the Bingling Crown Prince, it was enough to prove that True Person Chengchu's act of granting the register on the spot was truly the most appropriate.

Now in the Great Expansion Fasting Ritual Dharma formation, only two Dharma altars were left empty. The patterns on them were a yellow dragon coiled and a qilin stepping on hooves.

It should be a coincidence, yet it seemed like it was destined by heaven. In ancient times, Lady Bi Xia Yuanjun's mount was a yellow dragon, and the Bingling Crown Prince's mount happened to be a black jade qilin.

Cheng Xinzhan didn't say a word. With a thought, the Bingling Crown Prince walked toward the Horned Qilin altar.

The Three Corpses had previously been huddled on the Three Corpse Island, using the Earth Lung Profound Yellow Gas as protection, not engaging in a head-on confrontation with the Shangqing Sect, just wanting to hold the Three Corpse Island. But now, seeing the Shangqing Sect summoning gods to form a siege formation around the Three Corpse Island and making such a big commotion, they naturally knew that the formation being completed was not a good thing, and they went crazy trying to stop it.

Now seeing a second-realm little cultivator also wanting to enter the formation, the Three Corpses immediately wanted to seize this opportunity and came to attack one after another.

However, True Person Chengchu was a Fifth Realm great cultivator after all. She immediately manifested countless clones, surrounding Gu Chen, not letting him escape. Now he couldn't leave the island even if he wanted to.

Among the people who came from the Shangqing Sect this time, besides the Hong Jiaozhu, there was also a Fourth Realm great cultivator, who was currently restraining Cui Ying.

The Qingluan, along with the other Golden Core great cultivators, blocked Wu Lao and the dragon corpse under him.

Seeing the Bingling Crown Prince return to his position, True Person Chengchu's heart stirred, and she also manipulated the Lady Bi Xia Yuanjun Dharma image to return to its position.

The formation was completed.

In an instant, vigorous earth Qi rose from the Fasting Ritual formation, and illusory images of mountains appeared, circling the Three Corpse Island, as if all the famous mountains on land had descended to the sea.

Seeing this, the besieged Three Corpses hurriedly returned to the Three Corpse Island, hiding in the yellow mist.

However, Gu Chen still manipulated countless beast souls and walking corpses, wanting to destroy the Fasting Ritual, but this was destined to be in vain. The beast souls and walking corpses were blocked outside by the earth Qi evolved by the formation itself and couldn't break through at all.

At this time, True Person Chengchu threw the fishing drum in her hand. The fishing drum grew with the wind, turning into a giant object, like a purple-gold beam supporting the sea, falling into the Lady Bi Xia Yuanjun Dharma image.

The Dharma image struck the fishing drum and chanted in its mouth,

"Before the Shangqing Purple Rosy Void Emperor, the Supreme Great Dao Jade Morning Lord..."

As the sound of the fishing drum and the chanting rose, jade flowers grew out of thin air in the void, and Dharma light radiated everywhere.

With Lady Bi Xia Yuanjun leading, the other forty-eight gods responded in unison,

"Before the Shangqing Purple Rosy Void Emperor, the Supreme Great Dao Jade Morning Lord..."

Thus, golden lotuses began to bloom on the sea surface.

As the chanting rose wave after wave, the sea stirred up angry waves, and the nearby land was also shaking. As for the Three Corpse Island facing the sound waves, it was trembling constantly, and the beast souls and walking corpses entangled outside the Fasting Ritual formation were turned into dust under the sound waves.

And the Earth Lung Profound Yellow Gas that had previously been motionless and enveloping the Three Corpse Island also slowly dispersed amidst the chanting.

Lady Bi Xia Yuanjun pinched a spell seal, like a whale sucking and a dragon swallowing, and wisps of Earth Lung Profound Yellow Gas were stripped from the Three Corpse Island and sucked into the Dharma image's mouth and nose.

"Everyone, drink up. Consider it a reward for joining the Fasting Ritual."

True Person Chengchu's voice rang in everyone's ears.

Hearing this, the other forty-eight Daoists naturally wouldn't be polite, each manipulating their Inner Landscape gods to fight to absorb the Earth Lung Profound Yellow Gas that Gu Chen had stolen from Mount Difei.

Cheng Xinzhan knew even more that this was an extremely rare opportunity. The Yellow Extreme Zheng Wu Evil, the first of the seventy-two earth evils—as long as he could consume it, there was no need to think about the evil for Golden Core formation; he only needed to consider what kind of heavenly gang to match it with.

The Bingling Crown Prince sucked long and hard, and wisps of yellow gas were ingested.

The other gods naturally also went all out. Such a divine object, its function naturally wasn't just for Golden Core formation; it had ten thousand benefits and a hundred uses. That Gu Chen used it to refine into the banner, which could block so many Shangqing high-level experts until the Shangqing Hong Jiaozhu was forced to this step, so one could imagine.

Just at this moment, Cheng Xinzhan was surprised to find that his speed of absorbing yellow gas was no slower than the other Golden Core Feather Masters.

He naturally wouldn't think this was just because of the Inner Landscape god. Even if the Bingling Crown Prince's divine position was higher, in terms of the degree of external manifestation and the ability to sense heaven and earth spiritual energy, it was naturally far inferior to the Golden Core Dharma images.

The only explanation was that the "Supreme Heavenly Capital Register" granted by True Person Chengchu just now was of an extremely high grade, at least in terms of sensing spiritual energy, it could make up for the gap between himself and the Golden Core Dharma images.

However, just as he tasted the sweetness, he heard a female voice coming from the Three Corpse Island enveloped in yellow mist. The female voice was charming and bone-melting; it was the voice of the Charming Corpse Cui Ying,

"High Daoists, your abilities are indeed powerful, and we are convinced. However, you might as well move your eyes away from our Three Corpse Island and look into the sea, hehehe."

Everyone's expression changed upon hearing this. At this moment, there was no light in the east, and the sea was pitch black under the moonlight. They hadn't noticed anything there before.

Now that they heard the reminder or warning, everyone activated their Dharma eyes and looked toward the depths of the East Sea.

"This!"

"Truly a wicked creature!"

"Must be killed!"

Angry shouts erupted everywhere.

Cheng Xinzhan first squinted and looked toward the east. He saw that in the depths of the East Sea, under the hazy moonlight, a white line could be vaguely seen, moving toward the shore slowly but quickly.

His heart shook violently. He immediately activated his Dharma eyes, and as his vision zoomed in, he saw clearly that it was no white line, but a towering giant wave a hundred zhang high!

Cui Ying inside the Three Corpse Island seemed to be able to see everyone's expressions through the yellow mist and laughed,

"The Shangqing Great Sect, a thousand-year inheritance, with countless disciples. And we are just three yin corpses that heaven and earth do not accept. But fortunately, we also have some friends overseas. Today, we establish our sect, and they insisted on coming to congratulate us and caused such a big commotion, which has made everyone unhappy."

Everyone's expression grew even uglier. The Three Corpses had colluded with the overseas demonic sect.

"Everyone, the wave is coming. I'm afraid you immortal gods don't understand, so this little girl will speak plainly."

Cui Ying's voice suddenly turned cold,

"If you retreat now, this giant wave that has been brewing for a long time will stop at the Three Corpse Island. If you are unwilling to give up and insist on dragging us three brothers and sisters out to kill us, then weigh for yourselves whether you can take this wave of over a thousand li."

"Of course, the Shangqing Sect Altar is far away in Jin Ling, and it is still far from the coast. No matter how big this wave is, it won't hit Jin Ling. You immortal gods of the Daoist gate can kill us, vent your anger, take away the banners, and return to Mount Gouqu."

"However, at that time, the southeast coast will be in a mess, with countless deaths and injuries. Your Shangqing Sect will probably no longer be able to call itself the Daoist gate. At that time, come to the Demonic Gate! Hahahaha!"

Cui Ying's loud laughter echoed over this sea area.

True Person Chengchu's expression was gloomy, and she gave a signal to the people beside her.

So several people went to the depths of the East Sea to check.

These people quickly returned, all with iron-blue expressions, shaking their heads at True Person Chengchu.

"Reporting to the Hong Jiaozhu, the giant wave is towering, driven by demon dragons and evil flood dragons under the wave. It has already formed a momentum and cannot be stopped by human power."

True Person Chengchu sighed in her heart. She had already thought that since the overseas demonic sect wanted to make a comeback, it must be the meaning of the Covering Hu Hailong Wang. That evil dragon would definitely protect the Three Corpses. She naturally heard the voice of the Green-Robed Old Demon turning into a dragon in the South Sea and spreading it to the world.

It seems that in the demonic sect, there is the overseas demonic sect leader, the Covering Hu Hailong Wang, and the Southern Demonic Sect leader, the Li Dragon Green-Robed one. Their dojo is in the Southern Wilderness, adjacent to the South Sea, and both are Fifth Realm true dragons.

The newly established Three Corpse Red Body Sect, the demon corpse Gu Chen, was a Fifth Realm great demon who harmed one side before being suppressed by Emei's White-Browed Old Ancestor. Now he has refined a demonic treasure like the Profound Yin Beast-Gathering Banner.

The Red Corpse Wu Lao and the Charming Corpse Cui Ying are old demons of the Fourth Realm who have hidden their names for many years. Now that they have appeared in the world, Wu Lao has obtained a dragon corpse as a puppet, and his combat power is no less than the Fifth Realm. As for what other backhands Cui Ying has, no one knows yet.

The demonic sect seems to be inevitably controlling the coast.

True Person Chengchu remained silent for a long time, and the Great Expansion Fasting Ritual formation continued to eat away at the Earth Lung Profound Yellow Gas.

"Old Daoist nun! You claim to be the Shangqing Ancestral Court, a famous and orthodox sect. Even if you are in the Fifth Realm, it seems you are still greedy for divine treasures and ignore the lives of thousands of mortals along the coast!"

Seeing that the Earth Lung Profound Yellow Gas protecting the Three Corpse Island was becoming thinner and thinner, and the Dharma images of the gods remained motionless, Cui Ying finally became anxious and couldn't laugh anymore, starting to curse loudly.

The waves were getting closer and closer, and the Shangqing Hong Jiaozhu still didn't order to stop. Many Shangqing disciples had already started to look at each other, and all kinds of voices were rampant.

On the Three Corpse Island, Gu Chen was still manipulating the Profound Yin Beast-Gathering Banner to support it.

"Hahahaha, good, very good! Then let's see whose heart is more ruthless!"

!

Wu Lao's crazy laughter came from the yellow mist. Then, he suddenly manipulated the dragon corpse to rush out of the yellow mist, startling everyone. But he didn't attack everyone; instead, he dived into the sea, looking like he wanted to help and go to meet the waves.

Gu Chen was still on the Three Corpse Island, and the Profound Yin Beast-Gathering Banner was still on the Three Corpse Island. No one went into the sea to chase a dragon corpse; they just let Wu Lao drive the dragon corpse away.

Until the giant wave was so close that one didn't need Dharma eyes to see it—it was a wave like a mountain, connecting the clouds and the sky, seemingly wanting to rush into the sky to wash the moon.

The sound of the waves was like thunder, roaring, deafening.

This was the power of heaven and earth.

Only the dragon race could stir up such waves, and it definitely wasn't easy.

Just at this moment, streaks of light and voices rose from behind everyone,

"True Person Chengchu, don't worry, Mount Wuyi is here!"

"Amitabha, Mount Putuo is here!"

"Fellows, Mount Siming is here!"

"Mount Yandang is here!"

"Three Pure Mountains is here!"

"Mount Gezao is here!"

"Mount Longhu is here!"

"Mount Lushan Sword Sect is here!"

"The demon is rampant, the Wan Shougong Jingming Sect is here!"

"..."

Like the sound of waves and thunder on the sea, the voices reporting their names on land also shook like thunder, and the Dharma light illuminated the horizon.

"Hahahaha—"

There was wild laughter from the sea, accompanied by dragon roars, "Good, good! They are all old friends. Today, let's practice. If we don't move again, my old bones will fall apart! However, have you decided whether you want to fight here?"

At this moment, what was presented before everyone was a piece of sea standing upright.

"Old Dragon! I have a question."

True Person Chengchu's voice rang out, drifting far away toward the sea.

"The True Person can ask."

The old dragon in the sea responded.

"Is the Immortal Li of the Zhen Tao Tower dead or alive?"

True Person Chengchu asked.

"Hahahaha—"

The old dragon in the sea laughed loudly, "True Person is joking. What kind of person is the Zhen Tao Tower Master? How can he be said to be dead lightly? It is just that Tower Master Li is marrying off his daughter today, and I entrusted someone to send a pot of Reincarnation Drunkenness. This is a treasure left by the ancient Heavenly Court, and I am very reluctant to part with it. I guarantee it will let Tower Master Li sleep until dawn."

True Person Chengchu and the people from various families breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this. It had been many years since the East Sea had stirred up waves. However, as long as the Zhen Tao Tower was fine, they could withstand one wave.

Those present who were young and low in realm might not understand why True Person Chengchu suddenly asked this, but those who came were all figures above the third realm, so they naturally knew the significance of the Zhen Tao Tower to the Shenzhou.

There is a saying that goes like this:

First there was the Zhen Tao Tower, then there was the Bai Yu Capital.

This means that before the Bai Yu Capital was built, the Zhen Tao Tower already existed. The Bai Yu Capital's five cities and twelve towers actually only built eleven towers. It was just that the Zhen Tao Tower had always been in the sky, above the East Sea, and the Bai Yu Capital insisted on rubbing against it and calling it five cities and twelve towers. The tower itself didn't care for it.

There is another saying that goes like this:

The lonely tower suppresses the waves for three thousand years, only then did the dragon and tiger appear in the mountains.

This means that the Zhen Tao Tower was isolated overseas, suppressing the waves for three thousand years, before the Ancestral Ancestral Tian Shi went to Mount Longhu to refine elixirs.

People today don't know when the Zhen Tao Tower appeared. It seems as if such a high tower has existed on the East Sea since ancient times, and the Li family in the tower has had Earth Immortals for generations. No one knows their origin.

The Zhen Tao Tower never interferes in the disputes between the righteous and the demonic, but there is only one point: whenever evil dragons and sea demons want to stir up waves to attack the land, the Zhen Tao Tower will issue a warning to the Shenzhou in advance. It doesn't care about other means.

But the only things that can cause harm to the Shenzhou are the giant waves that rise from the deep sea and push all the way to the shore. Waves rising near the shore don't have much threat. So every time they receive a warning from the Zhen Tao Tower, the righteous path on land can prepare in advance or take the initiative to destroy the waves at sea.

In the history of over ten thousand years, I don't know how many sea demons and evil dragons have wanted to destroy the Zhen Tao Tower, but they have never succeeded.

It is said that a bow and arrow are enshrined on the Zhen Tao Tower, stained with the blood of many true dragons.

People don't know why the Zhen Tao Tower, which has always lived overseas, wants to do this, but this is indeed a fundamental reason why the overseas demonic sect has never been able to pose a huge threat to the Shenzhou.

However, the Zhen Tao Tower Master is human after all, and there are times when he is distracted. Such times can be counted on one's fingers in ten thousand years.

Today should be the first time in nearly five hundred years.

"Old Dragon, has the Mirage Mother come today?"

"It's so lively, she naturally came."

True Person Chengchu nodded, "Withdraw the waves. I will spare the Three Corpses' lives. Once the waves disappear, we will go into the sea to find you and the Mirage Mother to exchange moves and reminisce about the past."

"Haha, easy to say, easy to say!"

(End of Chapter) ===== CHAPTER 168 =====