Chapter 198: Dharma Re-enacted, Entering the Venerable Realm at the Extreme Boundary

A golden Zhu Yan, towering into the clouds, its fur flashing with golden light, possessed peerless Divine Power.

It held a large black staff in its hand; as it swung, the heavens and earth roared, and a vast expanse of mountain peaks flew up as if made of paper, then burned and turned into ashes.

On the other side, a fire-red Vermilion Bird brought with it surging crimson flames, as if wanting to incinerate the Nine Heavens; the sky was pressed by crimson fire, causing the endless mountain ranges below to become a sea of flames.

They were in a great battle, incomparably intense.

While pleasantly surprised, Shi Hao noticed the confusion on Mengchen's face and said, "Brother Mengchen, you have seen this Zhu Yan before; it is Maoqiu."

"Maoqiu!" Upon hearing this, Mengchen and Heizi looked at the golden Zhu Yan with even greater astonishment.

It was truly unbelievable that the weak little hairy monkey they had seen in the Kunpeng Yichao had now transformed into a powerful deity.

Beside them, Qingyi, Xiyao, and Xiaohuang wore expressions of doubt; it was no wonder they reacted this way, as the three of them had not appeared at the Kunpeng Yichao and thus did not know the weak little hairy monkey from back then.

Subsequently, Shi Hao introduced further: "As for this Vermilion Bird, it is the sacrificial spirit of our Fire Kingdom in the Huangyu, and also the master of the Stone Kingdom princess Huo Ling'er. It once taught me the Vermilion Bird Precious Technique; to me, it is half-master and half-friend! I call it Xiaohong!"

"Oh...!" After hearing this, Mengchen's face revealed a look of realization, and he nodded.

Although he had learned of this Vermilion Bird's origin from Shi Hao, it was still very unfamiliar to him overall. However, he still had an impression of the playful and cute Huo Ling'er, having seen her in Shi Guo Huangdu before, which also made Mengchen recall that Huo Ling'er's relationship with Shi Hao was quite extraordinary!

Heizi, Xiyao, and Qingyi also had some impression of Huo Ling'er, but for Xiaohuang, both Maoqiu and Huo Ling'er were very unfamiliar, so she appeared even more confused.

However, while confused, Xiaohuang's eyes also became increasingly fiery; the battle between the Zhu Yan and the Vermilion Bird made her heart itch with impatience, and she also wanted to enter the fray to fight.

"Master, I wish to go down and spar with them," Xiaohuang said respectfully to Mengchen.

"Uh..., this..." Mengchen looked at Shi Hao with hesitation; after all, this was Shi Hao's territory, and it was necessary to seek his opinion before doing anything.

"No problem!" Seeing this, Shi Hao immediately said with a smile, appearing very straightforward.

Afterwards, he shouted toward the battlefield: "Maoqiu, Xiaohong, someone wants to spar with you; do you dare to accept?"

Shi Hao's arrival had long been sensed by the Zhu Yan and Vermilion Bird in the battlefield, but their duel had not yet ended, so they did not stop to come out and reminisce with Shi Hao.

Therefore, upon hearing Shi Hao's words, neither felt surprised; instead, they said as if eager for it: "Whoever wants to spar with us, just come!"

"Then please go ahead!" Shi Hao said to Xiaohuang with a smile.

"Many thanks!" Xiaohuang cupped her hands in thanks, then transformed into a Zhenhuang, her whole body shining with golden-red light, and flew straight into the battlefield.

"This, this, this..., this... this is a Zhenhuang!" the crimson-glowing Xiaohong exclaimed in shock.

As Xiaohuang flew into the field, the flapping and vibrating of her True Phoenix Wings caused Xiaohong's bloodline to surge, making it feel a sense of palpitation.

"A Ten Fiends Zhenhuang! Even with a difference of one major realm, one cannot escape the pressure from the bloodline." Maoqiu was also quite shocked.

"I want to go too!" Heizi also stepped forward, looking at Mengchen and then at Shi Hao; fighting against powerful deities could allow him to gain much insight.

Afterwards, with the double nod of Mengchen and Shi Hao, Heizi also manifested his true form; his powerful, massive, and ferocious Jiuyou Ao body turned into a black mist and rushed into the battlefield.

"This... this is a Jiuyou Ao! One of the Ten Fiends, the Jiuyou Ao."

Maoqiu's face was full of shock; it truly could not believe that it had seen two descendants possessing pure Ten Fiends bloodlines at the same time.

"My Heaven! What is happening today?" Xiaohong shouted in surprise.

"I ask the two of you for your guidance!" Hearing the surprised words of the Zhu Yan and Vermilion Bird, Xiaohuang did not feel arrogant, but instead spoke in a posture of seeking instruction.

Heizi, who was stepping on the void, also said with great respect: "Although I have the Ten Fiends bloodline, my cultivation is ultimately behind compared to the two seniors, so I wish to ask for your guidance, hoping to achieve a breakthrough through this."

"Good! Little monkey, let us experience the skills of the Ten Fiends together!" Xiaohong shouted to Maoqiu.

"Good! Then let us fight!" After Maoqiu finished speaking, it directly swung the large black staff in its hand, its spirit covering the mountains and rivers, stirring the firmament.

Red light surged from Heizi, and he stepped out; endless Runes and black light intertwined and surged, and suddenly a massive giant claw descended, meeting the incoming black staff.

"Boom..."

There, golden and black lights were entangled, Runes burned, and light rained across the sky; a powerful impact spread, causing the surrounding mountains to collapse in an instant, turning into dust and sand filling the sky.

"Ah..."

High in the sky, Xiaohong and Xiaohuang cried out in unison, the light blooming from their bodies incomparably brilliant, illuminating the galaxy; they rushed into the clouds like lightning, causing the sky to turn into a world of fire for a time.

"Boom..., Bang...!"

Heizi, Maoqiu, Xiaohong, and Xiaohuang fought two against two, sometimes one-on-one, sometimes in a chaotic melee; whoever they bumped into, they fought with.

In short, they fought until the sky went dark in that battlefield, fighting with such obsession that they once forgot time and forgot everything.

This great melee continued, and almost everyone in Shicun ran over to watch, their hearts all incomparably shocked.

In this melee, Xiaohuang, with her own Venerable Realm and powerful bloodline strength, was able to trade blows evenly even when facing the Divine Fire Realm Xiaohong and Maoqiu, and even held a slight upper hand.

Heizi, however, seemed a bit strained; he was currently at the middle-to-late stage of the Array Formation Realm, and facing deity-level powerhouses was still too much for him. Even so, he possessed a spirit that grew braver with each fight, and his strength was steadily improving.

Mengchen, Shi Hao, Xiyao, Qingyi, and others initially observed the battle between them.

But as time passed, each having gained their own insights, they all left to find an excellent place to sink into cultivation.

This excellent place was the entrance of the village where Liu Shen was located; now, Liu Shen had transformed into a willow tree with ten million emerald willow branches.

It scattered glowing green light there, and the surroundings were peaceful, appearing incomparably sacred.

Mengchen, Shi Hao, Xiyao, and Qingyi sat cross-legged, their bodies blooming with brilliant radiance as they sank into cultivation.

"It is time to use the Original True Explanation to refine my Dharma," Mengchen said in his heart in a low voice.

Now, although he possessed many supreme divine abilities, the only one he had truly understood thoroughly, besides the True Phoenix technique, was none other.

"Swoosh..." The first to bear the brunt was his Supreme Bone technique, the Eight-Part Heavenly Dragon.

Brilliant Runes surged out, shining like a galaxy, surrounding his body and evolving to the extreme; eight Heavenly Dragons of different colors roared there, with great momentum.

The Original True Explanation mainly lies in the word "explain"; this "explain" allowed Mengchen to break and rebuild, thoroughly re-enacting this Supreme Bone technique.

Time passed slowly; a few days later, the eight-colored Heavenly Dragons disappeared and evolved into a single Heavenly Dragon, uniform in color; a mighty crimson-gold giant dragon coiled around his body, wrapping him within.

For this newly comprehended Supreme Technique, there was also a brand new name: Great Might Heavenly Dragon! "Roar..." The huge crimson-gold Heavenly Dragon roared, shattering the clouds in the sky and exposing the stars above the void, causing the stars in the sky to shake violently, as if they were about to fall.

If not for Liu Shen sitting here, I fear the entire Shicun would have been reduced to ruins after the roar of this Heavenly Dragon.

This shocking scene, which was peerless in its ability to shake people, caused Shi Hao, Qingyi, Xiyao, and everyone in Shicun to look on deeply.

Even Heizi, Maoqiu, Xiaohong, and Xiaohuang, who were sunk into their duel, also rushed over, their faces extremely shocked.

Liu Shen, Small Tower, Vajra Pestle, and the others also manifested their true forms one after another, all revealing expressions of astonishment.

Subsequently, Mengchen continued to unleash his second Supreme Bone technique, the Red Lotus Dharma Finger, which, under the infinite profound evolution of the Original True Explanation, also underwent a heaven-shaking and earth-shattering transformation.

A few days later, the calm void suddenly changed drastically; the golden light filling the sky amidst the clouds grew increasingly brilliant, until finally, golden clouds covered the sky, and with a boom, a massive golden Buddha dharma body manifested and formed a demon-subduing hand seal.

"Boom—!"

That golden Buddha blasted out the demon-subduing seal, its precious light overwhelming the world. In an instant, massive golden hands filled the sky, surging and pointing directly at the earth. In a split second, the void was shattered, and heaven and earth were on the verge of collapse. Seeing this, Liu Shen pointed her finger lightly like a lotus, and a ray of green light shot out, completely neutralizing the hands that were crashing down.

This was the ultimate evolution of the Red Lotus Dharma Finger, which had achieved a qualitative leap. For this brand-new evolved technique of the Supreme Bone, there was also a corresponding name: Thousand-Hand Pagoda!

Afterwards, the Supreme Bone in Mengchen's head glowed, runes manifested, and he continued the brand-new deduction using the Original True Explanation to thoroughly comprehend this Supreme divine ability.

Another few days later, the brand-new Supreme Technique evolution was complete, though the appearance of this technique did not cause heaven and earth to tremble like the previous two.

One could see a golden eye emerging at the center of Mengchen's brow; the appearance of this golden eye made Mengchen's body become brilliant and radiant, as if bathed in Buddha light.

As Shi Hao and the others looked directly at it, they felt as if they were in the river of time, experiencing endless reincarnation. Fortunately, at the critical moment, Liu Shen emitted divine light, allowing everyone to escape the danger.

That golden eye appeared to have boundless holy aura and infinite power; this technique was renamed: Eye of Reincarnation! "What a powerful Reincarnation Divine Ability! This brand-new reincarnation technique is truly unique under the heavens! It can control life and death, capable of both destroying the world and creating the world, and can cause opponents to sink into the cycle of time and turn into endless dust. As his realm improves hereafter, the power of this technique will eventually illuminate the boundless world." Liu Shen, who had been observing for a long time, was finally moved and spoke indifferently.

"Boundless divine ability, this child is not simple!" Small Tower voiced.

"Master! There is hope for future generations! You and the others bled and fell for this world back then, and finally, a great variable has arrived." Vajra Pestle sighed heavily.

The words of the three supreme powerhouses reached the ears of Shi Hao, Qingyi, Xiaohuang, and the others, stirring up boundless horror.

Mengchen was still sitting cross-legged there in meditation, his handsome face calm and peaceful, his whole body radiating boundless light, as if he were a saint of the present age.

Another few days later, his fourth Supreme Bone technique also completed its re-enactment; it was still a small golden figure, but it had become more solid than before, as if it were Mengchen's original body.

This Supreme Bone technique represented ultimate offense and boundless fighting intent; it could be said that it was a pure battle avatar, and after the re-enactment, this technique appeared even purer.

Battle Avatar! This was the brand-new name for this Supreme Technique.

Subsequently, Mengchen conducted a deep comprehension of divine abilities such as the Kunpeng Technique, the Jiuyou Ao true method, the Butian Technique, the Jietian Technique, and the Sanfo Bashi, and finally, after nearly three months of time, he had thoroughly understood them.

"Bang..."

On this day, the Cave Heaven behind him opened in an instant, and he began to re-transform the spirits within the Cave Heaven.

He was re-cultivating the step of nourishing spirits in the Cave Heaven; now that the true meaning of the techniques was thorough, the true spirits being nurtured also needed to be re-nurtured.

Ten Cave Heavens rotated around the great world evolved by the eleventh Cave Heaven, spewing out endless Divine Radiance.

The precious light was boundless, illuminating the firmament. Apart from the True Self (and primordial spirit) sitting cross-legged in that great world, the other ten Cave Heavens all had true spirits active and undergoing a qualitative leap.

During this time, Mengchen nurtured the Jietian Technique, the Butian Technique, and the Sanfo Bashi all within the Cave Heavens.

Now, the ten Cave Heavens could be said to be full of true spirits, all of which had been nurtured and updated, reaching the newly comprehended mysteries.

"Chi..."

Divine Radiance suddenly raged within the Cave Heavens, and the endless spiritual energy of heaven and earth from the horizon gathered, then rushed into every Cave Heaven.

At this moment, he unfolded the brand-new evolution of the Cave Heaven true spirits, and endless radiance spewed forth, shrouding him for a time, making it so that everyone here, except for Liu Shen, Small Tower, and Vajra Pestle, could not see the changes.

"Bang..."

A few days later, the radiance dissipated in an instant, and Mengchen within was revealed.

It could be seen that the true spirits in his Cave Heavens had undergone a heaven-shaking and earth-shattering change, all turning into his likeness, sitting cross-legged in the Cave Heavens, with their whole bodies shrouded in holy radiance.

Mengchen sat cross-legged there, and in the ten Cave Heavens, there were ten other versions of himself sitting cross-legged, mysterious indeed, and faintly, a boundless terrifying aura permeated the air.

At this moment, his Cave Heaven spirit-nourishing was thoroughly perfected; the previous incompleteness was, at this moment, completely filled, reaching the extreme realm of Spirit Transformation.

From Blood Moving, Cave Heaven, Spirit Transformation, to Array Formation, he had all reached the extreme realm at once.

"Boom—"

Suddenly, a series of violent rumbling sounds erupted from within Mengchen's body.

Boundless Divine Power whistled out from his body, causing his aura to grow terrifyingly.

Through internal vision, one could see that due to the thorough comprehension of all divine abilities, the arrays he had originally inscribed in his body had become magnificent and brilliant.

A large bell emerged autonomously, and the various divine images on its surface—the Kunpeng, Heavenly Dragon, Zhenhuang, Jiuyou Ao, and others—had also turned into small figures shining with golden brilliance, perched on the walls of the bell.

Even the newly nurtured Butian Technique, Jietian Technique, and Sanfo Bashi were autonomously branded within it.

This was a brand-new Array Formation he created based on the Undying Scripture and using various methods as the foundation; at this moment, the array was perfected, ushering in a terrifying improvement.

"The Array Formation Realm has also reached the extreme realm!"

Mengchen was overjoyed; through his thorough comprehension of multiple techniques, the inscribed array had also subtly strengthened significantly, once causing him to leap to the extreme realm of Array Formation, with the feeling of being ready to break through to the Venerable Realm at any time.

"Bang..."

Divine Power surged...

Everything fell into place!

Mengchen's whole body glowed, incomparably brilliant, and a supreme life aura surged; he broke into the Venerable Realm without any suspense, becoming powerful in an instant, his aura far exceeding any time in the past.

"Brother Mengchen broke through to the Venerable Realm from the extreme realm of Array Formation." Shi Hao exclaimed, his face horrified, particularly shocked at this moment.

Beside him, Xiaohuang, Heizi, Xiyao, and the others were all shocked while simultaneously happy for Mengchen.

"So heaven-defying; although my ten Cave Heavens have finished nourishing spirits, compared to him, it is truly unpresentable." Qingyi's willow brows were tightly furrowed, and she felt deeply shocked in her heart.

"The younger generation is to be feared!" Liu Shen said indifferently.

"Brother Mengchen is so strong! He's left me behind by another huge margin!" Shi Hao exclaimed.

"The foundations are different, it is just that the time has not yet come. Shi Hao, I believe that in the future, you will have the strength to stand shoulder to shoulder with him." Hearing this, Liu Shen looked at Shi Hao and said.

"Yes! I, Shi Hao, never admit defeat. I believe that sooner or later, I will reach the pinnacle of the firmament and follow in your footsteps, Liu Shen." Shi Hao looked back, his eyes exceptionally clear, without a trace of confusion about the future.

Mengchen's comprehension ended, and he finally woke up, but at this very moment, the horizon shattered, and the loud noise was frightening.

"Boom—"

The firmament split open, and a massive gap appeared, revealing endless figures, each one incomparably terrifying, all wreathed in electric light.

"The great tribulation of the Bayu is about to end; the Sealing Heaven War is about to arrive." Liu Shen lifted her eyes to the sky, calm and composed.

She lightly brushed her sleeves, and within the gap in the firmament, the terrifying great powers were clearly seen by everyone; they were about to descend from the Lower Realm.

The Sealing Heaven War has begun! Mengchen and Shi Hao both clearly understood that once everything came to an end, Liu Shen, Small Tower, and the Vajra Pestle would all have to leave.

For a time, the two of them gazed at the powerful figures from the Upper Realm arriving on the horizon, their hearts filled with nothing but endless loss.

They did not know when they would be able to meet them again after this parting...

Parting is always so full of regret, but Mengchen knew in his heart that the departure of Liu Shen, Small Tower, and the Vajra Pestle might have an inseparable connection to the dark turmoil in his memories.

These sages of the ancient past had been selflessly dedicating themselves to this realm all along.

Time is limited today. Just this chapter for now.

(End of this chapter)