Chapter 170: The Curtain Falls

Watching the Pure World Divine Lotus slowly fly toward him, Mengchen felt deeply moved; it truly possessed the power to purify the world, just as its name suggested.

Merely looking at it gave one a sense of inner emptiness and stillness, as if life were but a dream; no matter how the world changed, one's state of mind remained as tranquil as a clear spring.

Mengchen, with his heart in that state of stillness, was undoubtedly startled back to reality by the heaven-shaking roar of the Flower God Palace taboo.

Mengchen had been shocked, his eyes changing in alarm, deeply affected by the awe-inspiring aura of the Flower God Palace taboo above the horizon, yet the terrifying killing intent was invisibly blocked by the Vajra Pestle.

Afterward, he marveled in his heart, fearing that only an existence like the Vajra Pestle would dare to toy with such a taboo! If it were anyone else, who would dare to snatch the divine lotus from her hands out of thin air?

From this, Mengchen knew that the strength of the Vajra Pestle must be far, far greater than that of the Flower God Palace taboo, and thus, he no longer had any need to fear her.

Therefore, facing her roar, Mengchen held his head high and puffed out his chest, his gaze world-shaking as if looking down on everything: "I have taken a liking to your white lotus; this is an honor I bestow upon you. You should be grateful; what kind of decorum is this, shouting like that?"

Although he said this, in his heart, he knew he was actually acting on his own initiative to speak for the Vajra Pestle. Based on his current self alone, he truly did not have the qualifications to speak to her like this.

"Uh..."

"He! He actually dares to speak to a taboo of the Upper Realm like that..."

Tianhu Shaonü, Xiyao, Heizi, Yuechan Secondary Body, and the others had their expressions freeze.

Jinchanzi and the group of Western Sect disciples were all stunned.

At this moment, although they knew Mengchen had someone backing him, this was still too arrogant!

Even the disciples of the Butian Sect, Shenyan Sect, Flower God Palace, and Mount Bulao were all horrified.

At this moment, even the Bulao Heavenly Venerate, the Dao Sect taboo, and the great powers of the Butian Sect were all moved.

That Flower God Palace taboo held a transcendent status in the Upper Realm; even ordinary sect masters had to be respectful when they saw her. Never did they expect that today she would be mocked by a tiny human youth.

The Flower God Palace taboo was furious: "Junior! How dare you be so rampant! I care not what means you used; I give you three breaths to hand over my divine lotus, or I shall have your entire Western Sect turned into dust in an instant."

Huofeng Zhizun frowned, knowing it must have been it that acted; it was the Immortal Monk King's Ancient God Weapon that had taken the white lotus.

Originally, the Flower God Palace taboo having the Pure World Divine Lotus would have made her tricky to deal with, but now that the white lotus was gone, there was nothing that could stop him!

"Hmph! You have a big mouth," Huofeng Zhizun said in a deep voice.

"Boom—, hiss—!"

With a wave of his hand, a streak of red light shook the world, causing the Nine Heavens to tremble violently. Finally, it split open entirely, and the dark chasm revealed after the split was illuminated by the red light, with endless true fire emerging and gradually surging within.

The scene was too terrifying; the sky split open in an instant, as if connecting to some Fire Domain above the Nine Heavens, with endless true fire surging out from the split chasm.

The true fire filling the sky was too scorching and too terrifying; Huofeng Zhizun had unleashed a full-power strike.

"You are too presumptuous. We are both Supreme, who would be weaker than whom?"

Seeing this, the taboo existence of the Flower God Palace saw her massive projection above the horizon become as bright as the midday sun. "Booming..."

A heaven-piercing, magnificent light broke through the Nine Heavens and descended upon the world. Under the illumination of this light, her massive projection actually transformed into a Nine-Colored Holy Lotus.

The Holy Lotus appeared, its nine-colored precious light magnificent, illuminating the entire Bayu world as if shining down from the Nine Heavens. Great stars floated and sank in the sky, and a terrifying aura radiated from within.

Huofeng Zhizun gazed at the Holy Lotus in the sky and said faintly: "A Holy Lotus that has attained the Dao? In the end, it is still a bit weak, and furthermore, this is merely your projection, not your true body."

"Under the reflection of my true body's nine-colored holy light, you are destined to perish," the Holy Lotus in the sky rippled, and a voice came forth.

Hearing this, Huofeng Zhizun's eyes darkened in an instant: "What a boast! When I was roaming the world, you were still just a little flower. Get lost!"

Immediately, he waved his palm, and with a "hiss," the true fire surged out of the chasm and poured down, instantly masking the brilliance of the Holy Lotus! For a time, that part of the sky was like a sea of fire, with endless great stars exploding and shattering. A Nine-Colored Holy Lotus floated and sank within the true fire, its color growing increasingly dim, its precious light gone, until finally, the petals of the Holy Lotus began to burn and turned to ash.

At this very moment, the Holy Lotus, which was about to turn to ash, swayed once more, and a voice came forth:

"No... how dare you destroy my projection. When the day of the Great Calamity arrives, I shall descend to the Lower Realm in my true body to send you into reincarnation, and my divine lotus as well..."

The Flower God Palace taboo's projection vanished. The Mount Bulao Heavenly Venerate, the Butian Sect, and other great powers frowned: "This old man's strength is unfathomable! Even the one from the Flower God Palace is no match for him?! How can we contend with him..."

Therefore, in the next instant, they each shone with holy light, and in just a moment, the projections of those great taboo powers and the disciples beneath them all vanished, clean and gone.

As for those Shenyan Sect powerhouses of the Lower Realm, they had already retreated when the projections of their Upper Realm powers were scattered and while Huofeng Zhizun was engaged with the other great powers.

Mengchen had noticed their departure at the time, but he did not intend to stop them. After all, the clash between Huofeng Zhizun and those taboos was truly shocking, and such a contest between such powerful figures was precious; it would be a pity to lose it.

However, this did not mean that Mengchen would let things rest with them. On the contrary, he had already made up his mind: once the affairs of the Western Sect were settled, he would definitely go up and seek justice for the Western Sect disciples who had died in vain.

Now that all the sects had left, he would visit them one by one and settle the accounts one by one; the blood debt owed must be repaid with blood.

Huofeng Zhizun did not wish to kill excessively, so he did not stop those people from leaving.

"This Little Fire Phoenix has decent strength! If the opportunity is sufficient, it may have hope of breaking through that shackle and stepping into the Immortal Dao realm," the voice of the Vajra Pestle sounded within Mengchen's body.

Hearing this, Mengchen was astonished.

One had to know that the power Huofeng Zhizun had just displayed could be described as boundless, containing the endless, ultimate Great Dao.

In the void here, the true fire that had surged out of the chasm and poured down flowed back, returning into the chasm as if returning to the Nine Heavens, and then it rapidly recombined, and the void returned to its usual state.

This was horrifying; with a wave of his hand, he tore an infinitely deep chasm into the complete void, and with a flip of his hand, he made it heal.

Such a method was truly heaven-defying; he was worthy of being at the peak of the Human Dao Realm! Mengchen, Heizi, Xiyao, Tianhu Shaonü, Xiaohuang, Yuechan Secondary Body, and the others were all shocked; the Supreme's divine might was world-covering, capable of extinguishing the heavens with a wave of his hand.

By the end, with the Shenyan Sect great power and the Flower God Palace taboo scattered by Huofeng Zhizun, and the departure of the Bulao Heavenly Venerate and the Butian Sect great powers, the curtain finally fell.

(End of chapter)