Chapter 135

Southern Wasteland, a small volcano...

No, there is no longer any small volcano; everything here has already been turned into void under Great Luo methods, leaving only the violent, surging, flowing earth-vein fire in its place.

And, a boundless azure dragon that has already died.

The dragon's body twists and undulates, like a mountain range stretching across… Perhaps one day it will truly evolve into a mountain range; the corpse of a peak Great Luo powerhouse, which ordinary means cannot erase, transforming into things like mountains, rivers, lakes, and seas, is quite normal.

But the others present clearly had no leisurely mood to fantasize about the future's vast changes.

"Old Long Worm!"

After all, I am not yet a true Quasi-Sage; though called a half-step Quasi-Sage, I am actually still at the peak of Great Luo Golden Immortal.

If this image were seen by the three little Golden Crows playing on the Sun Star, they would probably rush over shouting 'Father!' but it is not a Golden Crow at all, merely the most ordinary firebird among the volcanoes of the Southern Wasteland!

The only hope is to stake one's life in a desperate struggle!

The Ancestral Qilin that rushed over in haste could only stare blankly at the Ancestral Dragon's corpse, utterly unrecognizable.

Once these two old things are dead, how could I possibly survive alone against the pursuit of three peers of equal strength?

【Stimulated by the power of the Sun Star, your Golden Crow True Fire instantly becomes brighter, its brilliance completely surpassing the sun!】

Just as Jiaoming wanted to step forward to join the siege of the Ancestral Phoenix, Hongjun refused, saying:

"Don't worry about me; go kill the Ancestral Qilin first. Rahu's stamina is ultimately insufficient; he probably won't last long, so help him finish that bastard quickly!"

But now…

【The elder ancestor of the Qilin tribe among the three ancient tribes, the original master of the Central Lands, a divine sage born of the essence of Pangu's heaven and earth, one of the founders of the Primordial Civilization, the ancestor of all Qilins, the Ancestral Qilin, has fallen!】

【Only a bird silhouette with flames shooting into the sky remains, but now its bodily mutilation is visible to the naked eye.】

The Ancestral Dragon might feel confused: why would Jiaoming use such extreme tactics? Isn't breaking through to a higher realm meant for eternal enjoyment?

Its gaze slowly shifted to that figure whose entire body was entwined with Golden Crow True Fire, like a second sun.

In the Ancestral Qilin's eyes welled up complex emotions—seeming bewildered, seeming grieved, seeming enraged… ultimately transforming into the sorrow of a rabbit's death felt by a fox.

【The five-direction, five-colored flags all fell; the Ancestral Qilin, eyes full of terror, finally revealed its true form.】

In short, Jiaoming's tactics were completely beyond everyone's expectations.

After all, the Ancestral Dragon was a peerless powerhouse at the peak of Great Luo cultivation; although I, with Rahu's assistance, forcibly slew it, the dragon's desperate counterattack still inflicted extremely severe injuries upon me.

Jiaoming stared for a moment, then nodded heavily, flapped his wings, and, wrapped in blazing gold-white flames all over his body like a sun, lunged straight at the Ancestral Qilin locked in combat with Rahu!

【The Ancestral Qilin could originally withstand the true fire's scorching, but now it can no longer endure it; the Golden Crow True Fire, carrying a faint crow's cry, gradually burns through layer after layer of defense.】

【But for you… it's enough!】

【At this very moment, Hongjun made his move!】

Although the three ancestors have always had internal conflicts and many interest clashes, they have been in contact since ancient times and even agreed to jointly divide and enslave the Primordial Realm; privately, their feelings are still quite good.

【This celestial body, transformed from Pangu's left eye and the foremost of the heavenly stars, contains power that even a Great Luo Golden Immortal cannot imagine, let alone a Quasi-Sage.】

【And your Golden Crow True Fire also seems to have sensed something in its proximity to the Sun Star, resonating faintly with certain entities upon it…】

Myriad true spirits ceaselessly pour their mana and cultivation into the 'father's' body; Jiaoming feels all this, and cannot help but grow ever more silent, as if bearing something…

【However, you never cared about these things; you, who are now more like a Golden Crow than the Golden Crow itself, let out a hoarse cry and then burned the Ancestral Qilin with even hotter Golden Crow True Fire!】

【After all, the Ancestral Qilin was full of spirit and energy; after Rahu withdrew, it clashed with you, who had just finished the great dragon-slaying battle, and immediately gained the upper hand!】

It is ordinary, yet not ordinary; as the genuine common ancestor of all spirits and the first half-step Quasi-Sage since the creation of heaven and earth, even if it claimed to be just an ordinary bird, the bloodline of such an ordinary bird would instantly be treasured by all spirits as the 'bloodline of the first divine beast of heaven and earth.'…

He also saw that Rahu was now somewhat lacking in stamina, and Jiaoming, having just slain the Ancestral Dragon, was covered in untreatable heavy wounds; both were essentially spent forces.

【Black banners, red banners… one after another small flags were scorched away by the true fire, until the last earth-yellow small flag; the yellow flag endured a bit longer than the other four, but ultimately could not withstand the scorching of the Golden Crow True Fire that resonated with the Sun Star, and the yellow aura and golden blossoms all dissipated, the small flag falling to the ground…】

【Blazing true fire refining it—no matter how many methods the Ancestral Qilin employs, it can only slightly slow the flames; in the end it inevitably will be refined by the true fire!】

To be fair, in this reincarnation simulation, Rahu can no longer possibly become the demon ancestor who slew the three ancestors, but his cooperation in the fight is actually quite good.

【Hongjun, using his Great Luo cultivation, forcibly pulled down the Sun Star; for him this is an enormous burden, and perhaps even his progress toward the Dao will slow considerably as a result—a kind of self-sacrifice in a certain sense!】

【The second sun in heaven and earth gasped a few times, then turned its gaze toward the hair-raising Ancestral Phoenix!】

To survive and receive the acclaim of all spirits?

The hope-destroyed Jiaoming never even thought of these…

Because the three ancestors were wrong from the very start, Jiaoming, from the moment he resolved to let Rahu slaughter the bloodline, never thought of surviving!

【The Ancestral Qilin, knowing its life hung by a thread, showed no mercy, vowing to slay you and Rahu!】

Jiaoming glanced at the battlefield of Hongjun and the Ancestral Phoenix:

He saw that the Ancestral Phoenix, after the Ancestral Dragon's fall, seemed to also sense its own impending death, becoming ever more violent; the surging Southern Brightness Departing Fire scorched in all directions with each flap of its wings, and the five-colored qi of its tail feathers swept everywhere, trying to break Hongjun's strong control.

The three ancestors' war of attrition actually gave me an opportunity; with strength somewhat above the peak of Great Luo, cooperating with Rahu and Hongjun, I finally managed to slay the Ancestral Dragon that came to interfere.

Seeing the sun set, the Ancestral Qilin's mind fell into great turmoil; it knew it was in extreme danger, yet could not flee.

Refining a wilderness can make one a Quasi-Sage; I chose to refine the Southern Wasteland, and by following the proper steps success was certain—indeed, heavenly portents appeared, with countless bird-like images spontaneously imprinted by heaven and earth everywhere, indicating that heaven and earth were already sending him congratulations!

But in the end, one misstep in chess, the breakthrough process was interrupted by the Ancestral Dragon, making it impossible to achieve Quasi-Sage as planned.

【Not long after the great battle, Rahu, originally Hongjun's evil corpse, could no longer endure this war of attrition; he could only withdraw from the battlefield under Hongjun's order, lest he reveal his flaw…】

【Only you, a single bird, battle the Ancestral Qilin, while a sun and a cluster of five-colored qi collide!】

This is both because Rahu is entangling him, and because fleeing would be useless!

This time Jiaoming has resolved to end everything; the Old Long Worm Ancestral Dragon is already dead at human hands, and if he fled, the Ancestral Phoenix would surely not last long either.

【As time drags on, the scales of victory tilt bit by bit toward the Ancestral Qilin, and the situation gradually develops in a direction unfavorable to you…】

【Even if he makes such a sacrifice, its effect on the Sun Star is actually minor—merely a slight shift closer to the earth, which for a celestial body is practically negligible.】

He not only did not fall behind, but actually locked the Ancestral Phoenix, a peer of equal strength, in a tight grip; the future Dao Ancestor has already revealed his might!

He is nothing but a madman!

A desperate madman who only wants to push the chaotic history back onto its original track.

【Although your cultivation has surpassed the upper limit of Great Luo Golden Immortal, it is not by much; after slaying the Ancestral Dragon you were already a spent force, and now facing an Ancestral Qilin with defenses maxed out, even if you fight with your life, it is extremely hard to inflict effective damage upon it.】

You've exhausted yourself to the point of death, but you'll also be seriously injured—this kind of foundational-level injury can't be healed……

But…… it's fine!

【The White Qi Shield was the first to be burned through, a white small flag fell limp to the ground.】

Without Luo Hou's support and obstruction, Zu Long would have already fled!

【Under your influence, Hongjun is willing to make this sacrifice that he originally wouldn't have made……】

【No remains left, not even a chance to become mountains and rivers like Zu Long in the future……】

At the core of the blazing sun's radiance is a blood-red giant bird.

In this situation, the Three Ancestors daring to act alone or in pairs naturally plays right into Jiao Ming's hands—the more they scheme, the more they are already walking a path to death……

This sun is not a warm spring sun that showers light and hope upon all beings of heaven and earth, but a scorching sun that brings only scorched earth and death!

Where its light reaches, the earth turns red for a thousand li!

Of course, Jiao Ming now has no mind to think about these odds and ends; he only wants to quickly stabilize his injuries so he can jump into the next fierce killing battle!

Seeing Zu Qilin arrive, Luo Hou, who had just finished a great assist as the top gold-medal support, immediately rushed forward to engage it, doing his utmost to buy healing time for his side's main carry.

Even if we can't break through the Quasi-Sage realm, we must desperately attempt to kill the Three Ancestors.

But I'm at full strength; as long as I fight with my life, there's still a chance for a counterkill.

【Then the Green Qi was also pierced through, and a green small flag fell to the ground.】

But Hongjun's expression never changed; he kept manipulating the jade slip in his hand, filling in one mysterious law character after another, allowing Zu Feng to burn away layer after layer, yet it could never be fully burned.

【He kept Zu Feng in check while using his Great Divine Ability to enact the Plucking Stars and Seizing the Moon method, forcibly pulling the ancient sun star hanging in the heavenly dome down to the surface!】

And while Luo Hou, surging with demonic energy, went forward to entangle Zu Qilin, Jiao Ming had already used the Heaven and Earth Power refined from his cultivation to temporarily suppress his injuries.

Even if we retreat ten thousand steps, if we can't pull off a counterkill, today we must still fight to the death to take one or two—killing one breaks even, killing two is pure profit!

Thus, having steeled himself, Zu Qilin no longer held back, roared loudly, revealed his Five Virtues Qilin true form, withstood Luo Hou's harassment, and, wielding the Five Directions Five-Colored Banner to command the Five Elements Qi, charged straight at that scorching sun radiating destructive machinery……

Having broken through the Quasi-Sage realm, we will crush the Three Ancestors to death.

【"Now it's your turn……"】

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(End of Chapter)