Chapter 763: Overbearing Avatar

Haotian Jinguang's palm enveloped Zhou San Taizi. This palm not only possessed the strength to pierce the heavens and encompass the world, but it also held a destructive power capable of annihilating everything. The mere blowing of the intense gale destroyed half the manor; roof tiles and stone pillars flew about, instantly turning into fine powder and being submerged within the vast palm force.

"Purple Luo Great Cloud Qi!" Zhou San Taizi's expression changed drastically. He shrieked suddenly, his thoughts boiling. Countless purple mists emerged from his true body, gathering in a layer around his physique as if armor had been born from thin air, protecting his body airtight.

However, standing before him was a Human Immortal powerhouse who had sprung from the Divine Stone and absorbed an unknown amount of resources.

His fist intent reached the heavens and spanned the earth, comparable to a supreme figure of the fifth or sixth Lightning Tribulation. His overwhelming power was utterly absurd; how could a mere "Purple Luo Great Cloud Qi" withstand it?

Crack, crack, crack!

Zhou San Taizi's armor emitted brittle sounds of being unable to bear the strain, splitting into dense, spiderweb-like cracks, and in a continuous series of brittle sounds, it exploded one after another.

As Haotian Jinguang pinched his five fingers, Zhou San Taizi suddenly felt a massive force of ten million jin pressing in from all sides. He felt like an ant in the hands of a giant, possessing not even a shred of power to resist. With a "Boom," Zhou San Taizi's physical body exploded, turning into an unremarkable mist of blood.

At the same time, over four thousand powerful thoughts burst outward. Each thought let out a roaring howl, boiling incessantly.

"Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang, Central Origin King, Imperial Extreme Countercurrent!" After realizing his predicament, Zhou San Taizi finally unleashed his trump card technique, the "Imperial Extreme Countercurrent Great Art."

More than two hundred years ago, Dazhou Taizu was in high spirits, rising amidst chaos, raising troops to sweep across the world, and establishing the foundation of Great Zhou.

At that time, Dazhou Taizu was already a master of the fifth Lightning Tribulation and a Peak Martial Saint, almost invincible in the world. But the Supreme Dao did not allow for eternal emperors in the human realm, and a fifth-tribulation master possessed a thousand-year lifespan. Thus, Meng Shenji sought him out, demanding Dazhou Taizu abdicate and reincarnate. Dazhou Taizu naturally refused, and the two engaged in a great battle.

Meng Shenji was the undisputed number one person in the world, and Dazhou Taizu could only flee into an unknown "Zhongqian Shijie" to hide.

The reason Dazhou Taizu was able to escape Meng Shenji's pursuit was by relying on this "Imperial Extreme Countercurrent Great Art," which burned thoughts and resulted in mutual destruction.

Three thousand thoughts flew out, surrounding him in a profound array, and amidst the violent rotation, they all suddenly exploded.

Instantly, ripples of vast magnitude appeared, shattering the space they repelled. Furthermore, a powerful aura capable of reversing time emerged. Any existence appearing within these ripples—mind, body, and soul—would regress year by year, living backward and becoming smaller and smaller. This was the power of the Imperial Extreme Countercurrent Great Art!!

"Boring tricks." Haotian Jinguang snorted coldly. A vast Sword Intent suddenly emerged around his body, reaching the heavens and spanning the earth, as if it were about to tear the world asunder.

Boom!!

At the same time, a vast, beginningless and endless radiance swept across, appearing in the air like sword light.

The Imperial Extreme Countercurrent Great Art was pierced by this radiance and was actually fixed in place. All thought fluctuations vanished completely, as if a pause button had been pressed on a film.

No matter how time flowed backward, it could not escape from within this radiance.

Even the rest of Zhou San Taizi's remaining thoughts were frozen. He felt only emptiness and vastness, dead silence and chaos; his life was frozen. He could not speak, could not hear, could not see.

——Heaven-Destroying and Earth-Extinguishing Jian Twenty-Three!!

All of Champion Marquis's Martial Dao memories were shared with Haotian Jinguang.

Even though Haotian Jinguang was not a pure swordsman, using Jian Twenty-Three with the body of a Human Immortal—especially a Jian Twenty-Three that had been further deduced by Champion Marquis—was enough to freeze a stretch of space-time.

Immediately following, Haotian Jinguang waved his hand, and his vast Human Immortal Qi and Blood surged out, forming a cocoon that completely sealed Zhou San Taizi.

Boom!!

Carrying Zhou San Taizi, Haotian Jinguang transformed into a violent stream of air and shot toward the horizon.

In this world, if one's Martial Dao has not reached the realm of Shattering the Vacuum, there are many drawbacks. For instance, the combat power of an ordinary Human Immortal is enough to be on par with a fifth-tribulation powerhouse, but their lifespan is no more than two hundred years. Moreover, if a Human Immortal does not possess armor on the level of the "Imperial Heaven Beginning Dragon Armor" or the "Heavenly Radiance Horn God Armor," they cannot fly at all.

Of course, since Haotian Jinguang obtained the cultivation system of the Gui Cang Nine Paths, he was naturally an exception. In particular, the "Inch-by-Inch Dao" made his speed unimaginably fast.

Very quickly, Haotian Jinguang returned to Qingzhou.

Zhou San Taizi naturally fell into the hands of Champion Marquis.

Champion Marquis further sealed Zhou San Taizi, causing the massive cocoon of Qi and Blood to further condense and shrink, turning into a red crystal. Inside the crystal, Zhou San Taizi was sealed.

"A second Lightning Tribulation master is not rare. I have a premonition that once I recover my memories, I will be able to break through the barrier and practice Daoist arts. I'll keep this Zhou San Taizi for now to use as resources for future advancement."

……

Champion Houfu.

A black mandala flower drifted out.

This mandala flower existed either in the void or drifted in reality, yet its speed was unimaginably fast, difficult for the naked eye to capture.

And within the mandala flower was a woman who seemed to have been born from the Darkness; in those brilliant eyes, it seemed as if a galaxy were flowing.

The Goddess was dressed in a black gown, her long hair draped over her shoulders like a black waterfall. All radiance was swallowed by the mysterious field emanating from her body; she was none other than the Tianshe Wang of the Eight Great Demon Immortals.

After Tianshe Wang was captured by Champion Marquis, she had been imprisoned in the Champion Houfu.

Champion Marquis would occasionally come to tease her, though he had no other excessive actions.

Tianshe Wang had always been plotting to escape; she did not want to be a canary trapped in a cage. It was just that usually, Champion Marquis's aura hovered within the mansion like a great sun in the sky, leaving her no opportunity. But today, Champion Marquis's aura had vanished. After some investigation, upon confirming that Champion Marquis had left, she decisively escaped the Champion Houfu.

In the entire Champion Houfu, no one noticed a casually drifting mandala flower. Furthermore, the speed of this flower was already unimaginably fast.

After flying for over a hundred miles, she looked back, and Tianshe Wang inside the mandala flower finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Although that fellow Champion Marquis is somewhat arrogant and lecherous, fortunately, he is not beyond saving." Tianshe Wang had reached the border between Yunmeng and Great Gan: "If I deal with this fellow next time, I must make full preparations, find the National Master Yuwen Mu, and it would be best to wait until the Dark Emperor Daoist is resurrected from the Anxing..."

Just at this moment, the mandala flower suddenly plummeted toward the sky.

Tianshe Wang's divine soul also felt a series of stinging pains, just like the scorching pain she felt when she first practiced the Day-Roaming Daoist art and faced the brilliant sun.

"What is going on?" Tianshe Wang snapped out of her thoughts, cast her gaze into the distance, and her pretty face instantly turned pale.

She saw a vast surge of Qi and Blood boiling in the distance, rising straight into the sky and disappearing into the sea of clouds and the firmament, just like a pillar supporting the heavens.

Tianshe Wang's mind went blank; even she had never seen such Qi and Blood.

This pillar of Qi and Blood brought her an unprecedented sense of shock.

Looking at this pillar of blood energy, six words swirled incessantly in Tianshe Wang's mind.

——So thick, so big, so hot!

It was simply unbearable.

And beneath the boiling Qi and Blood sat a massive figure, his head of red hair waving toward the sky, burning like flames. His muscles, as if cast in copper and iron, were filled with explosive power, capable of shattering the vacuum with a single strike. Such a Martial Dao powerhouse, he feared, could blast a weaker Ghost Immortal to pieces with just a roar.

That massive figure was breathing in the primordial energy, countless acupoints wide open, swallowing the primordial energy surging from all directions like an infinite abyss.

With every breath, countless amounts of primordial energy were absorbed and annexed. This figure was like an incomparable vortex or black hole, forcibly swallowing all things, yet without expanding in the slightest. It was as if within his body, there existed a world capable of containing an infinite universe.

"When did such a powerful Martial Dao Human Immortal appear in this world?" Tianshe Wang's heart was startled.

Swish!!

Just as Tianshe Wang was preparing to leave, the massive figure's eyes suddenly opened, golden light moving within them, shooting out. The next moment, that figure pulled a wave of air like an angry dragon. In the blink of an eye, he crossed a distance of a thousand zhang. The grassland ground collapsed with a "Boom," the soil rolled upward like a wave of earth, stones flew, and a deep trench was plowed directly into the ground.

The massive figure took only a thousandth of an instant to appear before Tianshe Wang.

A thick fist clenched, and a punch was launched.

Sabers, spears, staves, and clubs; sabers, spears, swords, and halberds; axes, poleaxes, hooks, and forks; spiked maces, staves, and spears; whips, maces, hammers, and claws; crutches and meteor hammers...

During the process of this punch being thrown, the phantoms of thousands of weapons surged forth like a torrent, wave upon wave without end.

This seemingly simple punch actually contained the infinite transformations of the "Divine Weapon Dao," and the aura of slaughter was as thick as if it were physical.

The Mandala flower was struck by this violent energy and instantly annihilated into nothingness.

Tianshe Wang's figure was revealed, her long hair blown into a wild frenzy by the violent wind of the punch.

At this critical moment, Tianshe Wang's energy surged to its limit; within her pupils, the birth and death of galaxies accelerated a thousandfold, finally revealing a single point of starlight. She had no time to fly away, so she pointed a finger to kill. That slender, fair finger was now suffused with an incomparably dense Darkness, as if a dark world were hidden within it.

Boom!!

The fist and finger collided, the air seemed to boil, and violent energy vented in all directions.

With the two of them as the center, the grassland for several hundred zhang around was lifted and exploded layer by layer, creating waves of earth dozens of zhang high.

Tianshe Wang's pretty face turned pale, blood spilled from the corner of her mouth, the starlight in her eyes dimmed, and her whole body was thrown away as if struck by a meteorite from beyond the heavens.

The terror of a Human Immortal's methods was simply beyond imagination.

"Star Beauty, are you preparing to stage a fake accident?" Tianshe Wang flew horizontally, but ultimately crashed into a broad embrace that caught her by the waist.

One must know that after being struck by a Human Immortal's punch, even if there were a mountain behind Tianshe Wang, it would likely have been smashed to pieces; yet the person behind her was like a Divine Mountain, not moving at all. Even the ground beneath his feet did not explode, from which one could imagine that this person's cultivation was likely not just a Human Immortal, but a Peak Martial Saint.

"It's you." Tianshe Wang turned her head and saw the smiling Champion Marquis, her aura weak.

"Star Beauty, you are as fragile as a willow in the wind right now, much more delicate than usual." Champion Marquis took out a handkerchief and wiped the blood from the corner of Xingmou's mouth.

"Run quickly, there is a Human Immortal blocking the path ahead." Tianshe Wang was anxious and prepared to take flight.

"No need." Champion Marquis grabbed Xingmou's wrist, and without waiting for the extremely anxious Tianshe Wang to ask, he smiled: "That is merely my avatar."

"What?" Tianshe Wang was stunned.

"That is my avatar," Champion Marquis smiled again.

Just at this moment, that powerful Human Immortal appeared before Tianshe Wang and Champion Marquis, then stood motionless, his expression as cold as ten-thousand-year-old ice.

"Come, let me introduce you; this is my Human Immortal clone, you can call him 'Haotian Golden Chapter'." Champion Marquis smiled.

"This, this is really your clone." Tianshe Wang could not believe it.

"If you don't believe me, I can have him give you two more punches." After Champion Marquis finished this sentence, Haotian Golden Chapter clenched his five fingers, making a gesture as if to throw a punch.

"No need, no need, I believe you."

Tianshe Wang said hurriedly, then frowned, her eyes flickering with stars: "In that case, it was you who controlled this Human Immortal clone to attack me earlier."

Champion Marquis smiled slightly: "You are my spoils of war, after all. If the spoils of war try to run away, I naturally have to stop them."

Tianshe Wang looked deeply at Yu Liancheng, then said: "Fine, I will return to the Champion Houfu."

"Actually, if you want to leave, it is not impossible," Champion Marquis stood with his hands behind his back: "Just hand over the Daoist techniques of the Profound Heaven Pavilion. You are the Dao companion of the Profound Heaven Pavilion Master; I think you should have dabbled in the Daoist techniques of the Profound Heaven Pavilion."

"You and this clone both walk the Martial Dao; Daoist techniques are of no use to you." Xingmou frowned slightly.

"I have my own plans." Champion Marquis had a premonition that once he recovered the memories of his previous life, he should be able to practice Daoist techniques.

The Profound Heaven Pavilion is one of the six great sacred grounds in the world, and apart from the already destroyed Great Zen Temple, it is only inferior to the Supreme Dao and the Essence Spirit Temple.

"Use martial arts and Daoist techniques to exchange for your freedom; make your own decision."

Tianshe Wang Xingmou's eyes flickered as she fell into deep thought.

"Fine, I agree."

Ultimately, Tianshe Wang Xingmou agreed to exchange martial arts and Daoist techniques for her freedom.

In fact, the reason was very simple: Tianshe Wang had now fallen into the hands of Champion Marquis. If the other party wished, he could explode her physical body at any time, seal her thoughts, and then have his subordinates who were proficient in Daoist techniques perform soul-searching. In this way, Champion Marquis could still obtain the martial arts and Daoist techniques of the Profound Heaven Pavilion, but she would lose her life.

Given this, it was better to be sensible and hand over the martial arts and Daoist techniques herself.

Before long, Champion Marquis obtained various secret techniques of the Profound Heaven Pavilion.

Including but not limited to: "Profound Heaven Darkness Record", "Dark Emperor's Finger", "Dark Mandala Womb Realm Great Barrier", "Four Zen Heaven Body Protection Mantra", "Profound Heaven Blood Hex Array", "Profound Heaven Calming Spirit Method", "Heitian Moshen Visualization"...

Watching Tianshe Wang's departing figure, Champion Marquis's gaze was meaningful, and a trace of playfulness flashed in his eyes.

"We will meet again, Star Beauty."