Chapter 199: Inheritance! The Arrival of the Battle to Seal Heaven

"Mengchen, come with me for a moment!"

The Vajra Pestle radiated brilliant light, suddenly swaying slightly in the air.

"Understood!" Mengchen looked back from the rift in the firmament, gazed at the Vajra Pestle, and nodded with extreme gravity.

He knew in his heart that this might be the last time he would be alone with Gangzi before they parted, and perhaps, after this, it would be the only time.

"Lord Ancestral Sacrificial Spirit! Before I leave with you, I wish to pass on and continue the heritage of my Ancient Monk Lineage."

"That Dao Sect is something I must pursue; whether it is you or the Small Tower, you are both completely free to not come along."

Liu Shen, enveloped in sacred green radiance, turned slightly. Her tone was filled with a holy sound, and every syllable resonated like the Great Dao, making one feel her incredibility.

"Lord Ancestral Sacrificial Spirit, I must go! If I can follow you to find the source and extinguish it, then I can consider myself to have completed the unfinished business of my master from back then."

"Indeed, Liu Shen! When the time comes, those things that should arrive will arrive eventually; it is better to face them in advance," said the Small Tower.

Amidst that shimmering, supreme green radiance, Liu Shen spoke again: "Indeed, if our generation does not strive to be at the forefront, how can later generations like Shi Hao and Mengchen follow in our footsteps?"

"Very well! You may go! I also have some things to entrust to Shi Hao, matters that must be settled."

As Liu Shen's words fell, the Vajra Pestle glowed with divine radiance and disappeared from that place with Mengchen. When they reappeared, they were already on a mountain peak behind Shicun.

This mountain peak was surprisingly flat and full of vitality; at a glance, it was covered in shimmering green plants swaying in the wind.

Here, the Vajra Pestle brought Mengchen to this place.

Mengchen spoke first with a pained expression: "Gangzi! You... can you not leave? I... cannot bear to part with you."

"Leaving! I must leave!"

The Vajra Pestle's tone was firm; these few words were like heavy stones, smashing into Mengchen's heart.

Following this, the Vajra Pestle continued: "Mengchen! Parting is not the end; one could say it is a new beginning."

"You must believe that in the days to come, you will encounter more beauty, and perhaps you will also experience equal or greater sorrow and suffering. But on the road ahead, you must press forward bravely, transcend the mundane, and seek the goals and the meaning of progress in your heart."

"One last thing! Why sigh over parting? If you truly cannot bear it, then cultivate well! When your cultivation reaches the heavens and shakes the earth in the future, you can come find me. I believe that when that day comes, you will be an existence standing at the peak of this world."

The Vajra Pestle's words, heard one by one by Mengchen, moved him deeply. He gazed at the Vajra Pestle with clear eyes and spoke in his heart in a low voice.

"Indeed! Why sigh over parting? On the long road of life ahead, having no goal is what is truly terrifying."

This once again made him recall those dark memories in his mind. If he did not strive to pursue transcendence now, how could he struggle to cross over and protect those around him when the darkness arrived in the future?

"Gangzi! May you take care on your journey ahead!"

Gradually, the heavy-hearted Mengchen said: "Gangzi! You... wait for me. No matter how many generations pass, I will surely transcend, and I will follow the footsteps of you, Liu Shen, and the Small Tower!"

"Good! Now that you have clarified the path ahead in your heart, I can rest easy," the Vajra Pestle said with a calm smile.

Afterward, it said again: "Before I leave, it is time to leave all the heritage of the Ancient Monk Lineage to you."

As soon as the words fell, the Vajra Pestle's entire body erupted with immeasurable radiance, and a brilliant Golden Bowl the size of a palm flew out from within it, floating before Mengchen's eyes.

Mengchen cast his gaze toward the Golden Bowl; inside, it was like a resplendent small world, containing the World-Extinguishing Black Lotus, the Merit Golden Lotus, the Karma Fire Red Lotus, and the World-Purifying White Lotus seized from the forbidden hands of the Flower God Palace.

Besides these, there were hundreds and thousands of densely packed golden Runes; these were the heritage of the Ancient Monk Lineage.

The Vajra Pestle said patiently: "Mengchen, whether it is the four Dao-seed divine lotuses inside or the scriptures and techniques, I give them all to you. As your realm improves in the future, choose and practice them yourself, and gain your own insights!"

"Understood!" Mengchen nodded.

"Mengchen! The cultivation method for the supreme heritage of my Ancient Monk Lineage, the Undying Scripture, is also among them. Logically speaking, now that you have broken through to the Venerable Realm, you are already able to practice it." The Vajra Pestle instructed again.

"Understood! Once the matters here are settled, I will begin to comprehend and practice it!" Mengchen responded.

The Vajra Pestle said: "The Battle to Seal Heaven is coming soon. After this battle, those from the Upper Realm will not be able to come down, and those from the Lower Realm will not be able to go up. Mengchen! Before I leave, I will send you to the Upper Realm. Compared to the Lower Realm, the resources of the Upper Realm are more suitable for cultivation."

"Understood!" Mengchen responded, then thought of Jinchanzi: "Gangzi, can you also send Lao Tuzi to the Upper Realm with me?"

The Vajra Pestle said: "I know you have deep feelings for him, but you must also know that the Upper Realm is vast, with strong individuals as numerous as clouds, and crises can arise at any time. Are you sure you want to take him to take such risks?"

The Vajra Pestle's words undoubtedly awakened Mengchen. There were so many great powers in the Upper Realm; now that Gangzi was leaving, and the Huofeng Zhizun had not yet returned, what could he use to protect his safety?

Thinking of this, Mengchen had no choice but to abandon that thought in his heart.

The Vajra Pestle continued: "Just go. When you become strong, I believe that even if the heavens are sealed and the earth is cut off, you will find a way to return to the Lower Realm. When you have truly become strong, then think about how to look after those around you!"

"Understood!" Mengchen nodded in response.

"Very well! Then it is settled. Later, I will send you, Xiaohuang, Heizi, and those two girls to the Upper Realm. I hope that after you young people go to the Upper Realm, you can carve out a world of your own!" said the Vajra Pestle. "Understood... I certainly will!" A glimmer of light flashed in Mengchen's clear eyes, and for a moment, he was filled with anticipation for the unknown Upper Realm.

At this point, everything that needed to be entrusted had been entrusted. The Vajra Pestle brought Mengchen to reunite with Liu Shen, the Small Tower, Shi Hao, Xiaohuang, Qingyi, Heizi, Xiyao, and the others.

Three days later, the entire world turned blood-red, as if the apocalypse had arrived. The shocking scenes that could previously only be seen when Liu Shen displayed her divine abilities could now be clearly seen by all.

The great powers of the Upper Realm were about to descend again; the final battle of this great catastrophe was coming.

The great powers of the Upper Realm were about to cross the boundary wall! They caused the firmament to crack, accompanied by endless thunder, as if the heavens and earth were about to invert.

It felt as if they had returned to the legendary ancient era, with demons dancing wildly and supreme powerhouses about to descend upon this mortal world.

The firmament cracked, accompanied by thunder, and all sorts of ominous signs of giant beasts appeared! The living beings of the Lower Realm looked on in shock, and then were filled with terror!

At this moment, led by Liu Shen, the Vajra Pestle, and the Small Tower, Mengchen, Shi Hao, and the others all walked out of Shicun and arrived in the sky above Shi Guo Huangdu.

At Shi Hao's request, the three supreme powerhouses set up a Dharma array to protect the entire Stone Kingdom within it.

"Boom—!"

The firmament shook violently, great rifts in the void spread, the celestial universe shattered, and thick, gloomy mist surged out.

In the sky, a great yellow river surged, with various skeletons and corpses floating within it, not knowing where it was flowing.

"Huangquan! Hmph! These people from the Upper Realm truly disregard all living things; they want to turn the Lower Realm into a dead world!" the Small Tower snorted coldly.

Blood-colored lightning intertwined, dancing across the Huangquan; the eerie and chilling scene made people tremble.

"This is the kind of living beings we have in this generation! They only know how to exert their strength against the weak."

As the words fell, the Vajra Pestle radiated endless brilliance, ascending to the sky in an instant. Immeasurable golden light illuminated the entire firmament, and with pure, holy aura, it steamed the surging Huangquan water until it was completely dry.

"Hahaha... what a powerful divine artifact! I will take it!"

A loud laugh came, and a silver creature appeared, wreathed in chaos energy, with a pair of white, fleshy wings on its back; this was a Chaos Corpse.

Behind it, dark clouds rolled, vengeful spirits roared, and a vast netherworld appeared; it reached out a large hand from afar to grab them.

"Ignorant ant, how could there be any opportunity for you to show off here!"

The Vajra Pestle was hazy with immortal energy, brilliant as a great sun, with boundless immortal radiance surging; under the illumination of the immortal radiance, all things returned to holiness, that great hand was instantly annihilated, the endless black mist was completely purged, the universe ahead became clear and bright, and the chaotic corpse along with the vast black nether-earth behind him also vanished without a trace.

An Upper Realm mighty figure was, just like that, simply annihilated by the radiance emitted by the Vajra Pestle.

"This..." Shi Hao, Qingyi, Xiaohuang, and the others gasped, unable to imagine it.

"Crack..."

In the void, several large rifts split open rapidly.

"Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh, swoosh...!" Several Upper Realm mighty figures appeared all at once.

That was the Immortal Heavenly Venerable of Mount Bulao; he looked young and was incomparably handsome, holding a Heavenly Sword in his hand, the sword Qi breaking through the air, the white-gold light shining brilliantly across the sky, illuminating the ages.

There was also a Daoist, his posture upright and peerless, his body carrying the mutual rotation of yin and yang, shrouded in endless gray-white light, his divine might unfathomable.

Additionally, there was the mighty figure of the Divine Flame Sect who had previously appeared at Lingshan in the Xuanyu; his body surface was burning with divine flames of endless colors, filling and covering the sky, the scorching temperature seemingly capable of turning the human world into a purgatory.

A black-gold dragon-crocodile crossed the boundary wall and arrived; it had a dragon's head and a crocodile's body, its size beyond imagination, as if the boundless horizon could only contain its ferocious head, its body permeated with a cold, dark aura, and a pair of deep, blood-red eyes flashing with eerie light; it let out a roar, causing the stars across the sky in the void to fall.

"Moo..."

The void was trampled to pieces, and a huge old ox broke through the air and arrived; sitting cross-legged on its back was a humanoid creature, who carried an immortal sword on his back, invisibly emitting an extremely terrifying field.

"Boom, boom...!" Two loud sounds spread in succession, and two mighty figures appeared simultaneously.

One of them held a divine disk, which shone with boundless divine light, making Mengchen and everyone else astonished; it was actually the Six Paths Reincarnation Disk.

However, it only had two corners, which were originally one body with the two corners in the hands of Wudao of the Divine Flame Sect.

It is rumored that the Six Paths Reincarnation Disk was an ancient artifact of the Reincarnation Immortal King from the Immortal Ancient era, capable of opening the boundary between life and death and allowing all living beings to reincarnate; it is extremely terrifying.

"Swoosh...!"

The Immortal Heavenly Venerable, he made his move.

Updating one chapter first, the second chapter will be updated shortly.

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