Chapter 772: Sealing Dazhou Taizu

Chizhou.

Chen Family.

Pavilions and towers, rockeries and flowing water, servants as numerous as clouds; it is truly a prestigious clan with a history spanning over five hundred years.

In the back garden of the Chen Family, Dazhou Taizu sat upon the Abi Throne, closing his eyes to recuperate.

During the battle with the Human Immortal clone, he had unleashed the "Imperial Extreme Reversal Great Art," burning through many thoughts, and had yet to recover.

"Haotian Golden Chapter."

Not knowing how much time had passed, Dazhou Taizu opened his eyes, and countless sparks of lightning and fox-fire erupted from within.

Recalling the battle with that Human Immortal powerhouse still gave him a heart-pounding sensation.

"Great Gan clearly only has three Peak Martial Saints guarding it, so how could a Human Immortal powerhouse suddenly emerge? Moreover, the time and place of that person's appearance clearly indicate he was there to intercept me, to prevent me from entering Qingzhou. It seems this Human Immortal has inextricable ties with the Champion Marquis. Could he be the backer behind the Champion Marquis?"

Dazhou Taizu speculated.

While he was deep in thought, a rumble of thunder seemed to sound in the sky.

Dazhou Taizu looked up abruptly.

He saw a meteor, wreathed in scorching energy and burning the air, smashing toward the Chen Family.

Boom!!

This meteor smashed completely into the back garden.

The Chen Family was a family of the Painting Saint, occupying a vast area of several dozen acres. Under the impact of this falling meteor, the entire Chen Family seemed to experience a magnitude-12 earthquake, as if a wild dragon were turning over beneath the earth. In an instant, pavilions and towers collapsed, and bricks and stones poured down like quicksand. Cries and wails rang out continuously, as if the end of the world had arrived.

In the back garden, there were constant crisp "crack" sounds; spiderweb-like fissures cracked open, the ground shattered and subsided, and waves of earth dozens of feet high were heaved up.

A beautiful and elegant garden was thus reduced to ruins, with smoke and dust flying.

"Old ghost, your doomsday has arrived."

A sturdy, burly figure, like a God or Demon, appeared amidst the smoke and dust.

His muscles heaved like mountains, full of oppressive force, like a God or Demon standing high above the heavens.

The newcomer was none other than the Human Immortal clone; his pair of pupils were like two eternally burning suns, staring intensely at Dazhou Taizu.

Dazhou Taizu sat on the Abi Throne, his expression inevitably carrying a hint of gravity: "To dare to chase me here, you truly do not fear death. Do you think I really have no ability to suppress and kill you?"

"Heh, die for me!!"

Haotian Golden Chapter did not waste words and took a step forward.

His five fingers curled into a fist seal, like a Divine Mountain collapsing, like a heavenly river pouring backward, smashing down with a roar, carrying the vitality to destroy everything.

Under this punch, the air of the entire Chen Family suddenly exploded, emitting a thunderous roar.

The vast and mighty fist intent, mixed with incomparably tyrannical Qi and Blood, soared into the sky, illuminating the entire heavens like a pillar of smoke.

Hum hum hum!!

As the fist was thrown, the void trembled.

A giant wheel seal suddenly rose between heaven and earth, spanning the sky, with nearly a hundred Gods appearing, slowly pushing the giant wheel.

The moment the giant wheel turned, even a legendary existence like Dazhou Taizu could not help but feel the terrifying illusion that his life and death were no longer under his own control, as if he had already been cast into the wheel seal controlled by the God King—to live or die at its whim.

"How did his Martial Dao cultivation advance further in such a short time!? And this is clearly the Heavens Life and Death Wheel; could this Human Immortal actually be Hong Xuanji?!"

Dazhou Taizu's heart trembled, and he finally could not sit still, abruptly standing up from the "Abi Throne."

Once Martial Dao cultivation reaches the realm of a Human Immortal, advancing further becomes extremely difficult, often requiring decades of accumulation.

Yet in just a few short days, this "Haotian Golden Chapter" had reached a higher level, and could even unleash a world-renowned ultimate technique like the Heavens Life and Death Wheel.

He did not know that Haotian Golden Chapter was a clone of Yu Liancheng, sharing the same mind as Yu Liancheng. Yu Liancheng had finished his seclusion, digested the experience of ascending to Human Immortal and breaking through the Second Lightning Tribulation, and had also obtained the Heavens Life and Death Wheel. These thoughts were transmitted to the Human Immortal clone, so the clone's strength naturally rose with the tide.

"Come! Qiu Dragon Divine Rod!"

Dazhou Taizu was worthy of being a veteran Ghost Immortal who had fought for hundreds of years; he did not retreat, but roared fiercely, and a massive rod as thick as a person's thigh was grabbed out of the void.

This rod had two Qiu Dragons coiled around its ends like two golden hoops; it was seven or eight people long, looking less like a weapon and more like a pillar that could hold up the sky.

Dazhou Taizu took this divine rod, hunched his body, and suddenly grew several people tall, appearing even larger than the Human Immortal clone. He swung the massive rod and smashed it down fiercely, possessing a world-destroying momentum and majesty, as if the heavens and earth were about to be smashed into paste by this strike.

Boom!!

The next moment.

Fist and rod collided.

The void vibrated.

A loud noise exploded between heaven and earth.

The rockeries in the entire back garden were instantly shattered into the finest powder by the vibrating force.

At the same time, a negligible "crack" sound rang out.

But this shattering sound drowned out all the roaring of Qi and Blood, sound waves, and air currents between heaven and earth, and it also fell clearly into the ears of Haotian Golden Chapter and Dazhou Taizu.

Dazhou Taizu's expression changed immediately.

Because this shattering sound came from his weapon, the "Qiu Dragon Divine Rod."

A crack burst out where the Qiu Dragon Divine Rod collided with the fist. The crack began to spread, and in the blink of an eye, it covered the entire divine rod.

The Qiu Dragon Divine Rod shattered completely, and the residual force of the Heavens Life and Death Wheel vented out, slamming into Dazhou Taizu's chest with a "bang."

Dazhou Taizu spat blood and flew backward, his entire body almost blown apart by this punch. As he flew, he waved his sleeve, and the Abi Throne flew up, simultaneously erupting into a black cloud that covered a hundred miles. Within the black cloud, there was the wailing of ghosts and howling of wolves everywhere, and individual evil ghosts and Asuras appeared in the dark clouds, pouncing toward the Human Immortal clone.

All of this was to buy time.

Boom!!

Under the suppression of the Human Immortal clone's mighty fist intent, the black clouds were broken open, turning the evil ghosts and Asuras into fly ash, but the figure of Dazhou Taizu had already disappeared.

This old thing was also a decisive person; seeing he was no match for Haotian Golden Chapter, he directly abandoned the Abi Throne and fled.

Experts of Dazhou Taizu's level come without a shadow and go without a trace. His hidden trump card treasures are endless. Three hundred years ago, even with the status of a Seventh Lightning Tribulation expert, Meng Shenji could not kill this person, which shows how cunning Dazhou Taizu is.

At this moment, Dazhou Taizu entered the Phantom Divine Shuttle and broke into the turbulent flow of the void.

His true lair.

Was right within the turbulent flow of the void.

This Dazhou Taizu was truly a cunning and treacherous old fox; even after entering the turbulent flow of the void, he did not forget to set up decoys, flying around like a headless fly to ensure no one could grasp his direction.

In the end, he suddenly gave a jolt and activated an unknown restriction to hide himself, leaving no traces whatsoever.

In reality, this was a shielding technique from the Imperial Ultimate Retrograde Law, capable of concealing one's form even from the eyes of a powerhouse at the Creator realm.

"Finally, I am safe."

After returning to his lair, Dazhou Taizu finally let out a sigh of relief.

This was a Xiaoqian Shijie, and the most conspicuous things within this Xiaoqian Shijie were the meteorite clusters.

Countless meteorites floated in mid-air, spanning several miles, shaped like mountains or palaces.

And in the center of the meteorite clusters was a meteorite two or three miles in size, polished into the shape of a city.

This city was entirely crimson, emitting waves of thick, copper-like stench, much like a Golden Coin.

This was actually a massive piece of Red Refined Origin Copper.

The so-called Red Refined Origin Copper is a strange metal that has almost gone extinct in the Great Thousand World, having been completely mined out.

This strange metal contains divine power within it and can be used to forge all sorts of divine weapons.

If one were well-versed in historical texts, they might recognize that this copper city was an ancient treasure, the mountain-guarding treasure of the primordial Heavenly Sky Path: Sky City.

This was also a divine artifact.

In a great battle, it was smashed to pieces by the "Artifact of Creation," known as the King of Divine Artifacts.

Looking at it now, Dazhou Taizu had recast this "Sky City," though it still bore many signs of damage.

Just as Dazhou Taizu prepared to descend upon Sky City, he suddenly stopped in his tracks.

Because he discovered that, at some unknown time, a human figure had appeared upon Sky City.

This person had a pair of long eyebrows like swords, with clearly defined facial contours, cold and stern like a marble statue, yet also seemingly wearing a mocking smile.

He sat there so casually. His entire being was like a Divine Mountain or dangerous peak standing between heaven and earth; anyone before him would be as small as an ant, with no choice but to lower their head in submission. That kind of overbearing and formidable presence was something even Dazhou Taizu, an old monster who had lived for hundreds of years, had never seen before.

If the Haotian Golden Chapter was a Demon or God that brought destruction and ruin, then this person was an unrivaled hegemon who dominated the human world.

Vaguely, there was even a hint of a medieval Saint about him—without desire or pursuit—but this quality was also rapidly fading and disappearing.

Yet what truly concerned Dazhou Taizu was the throne beneath this person's seat; he was very familiar with it, familiar to the extreme—there was no one in the world more familiar with this throne than he was.

——The Abi Throne!!

This was actually the Abi Throne he had abandoned to save his own life.

Yet at this moment, it was appearing beneath this person's seat.

"Who are you, to dare break into My Sky City?"

Dazhou Taizu's heart surged with monstrous waves in an instant, but he suppressed them with his powerful state of mind, his eyes seemingly shooting out red light as he looked at the uninvited guest.

"Dazhou Taizu, stop playing dumb. Even if you haven't met this Marquis, you have seen this Marquis's portrait." Yu Liancheng wore a faint, mocking smile at the corners of his mouth.

"Hmph, Champion Marquis, you have quite the nerve. You killed my descendant, and yet you dare appear before me." Dazhou Taizu's expression remained unchanged as he let out a cold snort.

"That is why I am here now to send you and your grandson to be reunited."

Yu Liancheng laughed: "You are a thorn in the side of my Great Qian Dynasty. Tell me, if I kill you, what reward will that old thing Yang Pan give me?"

"Heh, just by relying on you!?" Dazhou Taizu sneered.

Yu Liancheng smiled slightly, resting his cheek on his hand, and did not answer.

Boom—!

The void torrent tore open, and a tall figure, like a Demon or God, descended.

——Haotian Golden Chapter.

"Haha, a Human Immortal expert. In the outside world, I might be a step behind you. But since you have come to My territory, you are seeking your own death." Dazhou Taizu roared fiercely: "Red Refined Origin Copper, Great Annihilation God King!!"

More than twenty thousand thoughts flew out from Dazhou Taizu, and in less than a tenth of a blink of an eye, they transformed into a Demon God that stepped upon the sky and stood upon the earth. This Demon God had a chicken's head and a human body, with a tall red-copper crown upon its head. The entire "copper stench" of Sky City surged madly toward this Demon God, making the Demon God's aura increasingly terrifying, as if it could destroy heaven and earth.

Some of the copper stench also merged into Dazhou Taizu's body, causing his muscles to bulge and his pores to expand; from every pore, red True Qi coiled—this was the scene of his soul thoughts fully merging with "Sky City," faintly emitting the formidable aura of a Human Immortal.

The reason Dazhou Taizu used the Sky City forged from Red Refined Origin Copper as his lair was because he had cultivated an ancient secret art called the "Red Refined Origin Copper Body."

Within this Sky City, his "Red Refined Origin Copper Body" could perform beyond its standard level.

"Not bad. Relying on the Haotian Golden Chapter alone would indeed be unable to capture a six-tribulation powerhouse like you." Yu Liancheng stood up abruptly from the Abi Throne, like a towering Divine Mountain rising from the ground, covering the firmament and suppressing all directions, even piercing the sky, his majestic Qi and Blood permeating the entire space: "Then, what if you add me to the mix?!"

"Human Immortal!!" Dazhou Taizu's expression changed.

In his impression, the Champion Marquis was a Peak Martial Saint.

A Peak Martial Saint might seem only one step away from a Human Immortal, but in reality, they were worlds apart; otherwise, Hong Xuanji would not have remained at the Martial Saint level for so many years.

Yet he had not expected that the young Champion Marquis had actually broken through that level and reached the realm of a Human Immortal.

The next moment, thousands more thoughts flew out from the Champion Marquis's body, forming an Array.

"Second... Thunder Tribulation..."

Dazhou Taizu's expression became even uglier.

He knew he was facing a situation even more dangerous than when he was hunted by Meng Shenji.

Boom—!!

The next moment, earth-shattering sounds of combat erupted within the meteorite clusters.

Inside the Xiaoqian Shijie.

Meteorite after meteorite shattered.

Some were blasted into countless fragments, while others were even reduced directly to powder.

Countless cracks appeared at the edge of space, and void gale winds drifted out from within; any single wisp could blow a martial artist into countless fragments.

Even the Sky City, which had been mostly repaired, once again became pitted and riddled with holes, broken and dilapidated.

The clash between the three peerless powerhouses could simply be described as world-destroying. If they were to fight recklessly in the mortal realm, it would be enough to destroy a small nation.

Yu Liancheng stood atop the Sky City; in his palm was the barrier crystal condensed from the "Darkness Mandala Womb Storehouse Great Barrier," and inside the black crystal was Dazhou Taizu, who had lost an arm and a leg but still wore a ferocious expression, now completely sealed. What remained to be done was to squeeze out his remaining value.

"Those who came to cause trouble in Qingzhou this time include Dazhou Taizu and Wu. Wu is the dog of Hong Xuanji. After refining Dazhou Taizu, perhaps it is time to go find trouble for Hong Xuanji. Hehe, perhaps I can even help him become a Human Immortal."