Chapter 35: Drawing a Circle on the Ground as a Prison

Ten million water clouds surged high, sea and sky the same color. Looking into the distance, one could see the ten thousand qing of blue sea like a vast, surging heavenly river, spreading across the entire world, grand and majestic, with an extraordinary atmosphere.

In this vast water-sky world, only one golden palace hung alone in the ten-thousand-zhang clouds, like a brilliant star...

The handsome Daoist in purple robes and a golden crown walked out of the golden palace with a faint smile, standing in the void. He didn't do anything, but with this movement, the surrounding heaven and earth faintly transmitted a certain palpitation, followed by a thunderous roar, accompanied by countless burning crimson colors.

In just an instant, this originally quiet water-sky world turned upside down as the purple-robed Daoist walked out of the golden palace!

The sky began to crack inch by inch, like an egg about to be crushed. Lightning and fierce fire violently squeezed in from the cracks, as if impatient to beat this water-sky world into powder and return it to the beginning of clear and turbid chaos!

Under this squeezing, ten-thousand-zhang tsunamis erupted, and pitch-black whirlpools appeared on the sea surface, as if to passively swallow everything and bring about a world-ending catastrophe.

Amidst the brilliant heavenly might, finally, a voice from the bottom of the sea could no longer endure and shouted in anger.

"Chen Yushu, are you crazy?! Do you want to trigger the Pure Yang Lightning Tribulation here and smash the entire Fan Dongtian to pieces?"

"I'm bored to death; am I not even allowed to come out for a breath of air?"

Standing quietly in the void, the purple-robed Daoist, who was watching the scene of destruction, suddenly smiled. He looked down at the indigo sea beneath his feet, where a ten-thousand-zhang-long shadow was winding and floating, stirring up the dark currents of the seabed.

"It is you, why are you not sleeping at the bottom of the sea today, but instead have time to chat with me?"

Chen Yushu's voice was clear and low: "Brother Yue You, this is a rare thing."

As the voice fell.

Boom!!!

The thick sea surface was broken by a ten-thousand-zhang black shadow. This peerless force expanded, and even several large whirlpools caused by the heavenly phenomena near the sea surface were instantly shattered.

"Roar!"

The ten-thousand-zhang-long Ba Serpent hissed toward the sky, twisting its incomparably fierce snake body, stretching its limbs in the Water-Sky World. With the appearance of this giant beast, combined with the rolling thunder and fire outside the heavens, it felt as if time had been pulled back in an instant to that wild, primitive universe when the Dao Court was first established and no one had yet managed the laws of the world.

"Be careful, restrain your temper."

Chen Yushu reminded him intimately: "The cave heaven is currently undergoing thunder and fire outside. If you get angry and punch a hole in the cave heaven, and the Pure Yang Lightning Tribulation arrives, I'll be finished."

"Hmph!"

The Ba snake let out a snort of disdain upon hearing this.

The Ba is a snake that eats elephants, its character symbolizing the shape of winding. It is a thousand xun long, cyan, yellow, red, black...

This giant beast dancing in the water-sky world was a full ten thousand zhang long. When it rolled, it was like a moving pillar supporting the sky! It was terrifying! Its snake scales were gray-black, countless cold lights were sharp and chilling, and seeing them made one fearful. If one were to pluck one and refine it in a furnace, it would be an excellent main material for a magic treasure.

In fact, for such innate ancient beasts that inherit the clear and turbid of the Mystic Tribulation and are born with orthodox destiny, let alone scales, every bone and every drop of blood is a rare treasure, seldom seen in the world.

In the era when the Dao Court still governed the starry sky of the universe, such innate giant beasts were entered into the Dao register from birth, born as "Mystic Three Platforms Cave-Bright Left Assistant Divine Generals." Those with profound cultivation could even be conferred as "Heavenly Generals" or "Star Lords."

This Ba snake, called "Yue You" by Chen Yushu, currently had eyes full of malice and irritability.

It was still biting a pitch-black Kun fish in its mouth, and blood like a waterfall of scarlet was dripping from the dying giant Kun.

It was clear that it had been disturbed while eating, so it was going to get angry.

"This is the Kun fish that Fairy Xu specially brought for me from the West Sea. It was kept in the cave heaven for me to relieve boredom. Why did you eat it?"

Chen Yushu held his forehead, his elegant and handsome face showing a bit of helplessness:

"Besides, it would be fine if you ate it; it was just disturbing your meal. Why go to the trouble of getting so angry? Fellow Daoist is truly difficult to coax."

"Heh..."

Yue You snorted coldly, opened his mouth, and swallowed the giant Kun he was holding into his belly, then retracted his original form, transforming into a young man in gray clothes with a bewitching and evil appearance.

"Damn it! Get back to your Golden Palace Qi Hut quickly! If you stay outside any longer, when the Pure Yang Lightning Tribulation squeezes open the barrier of the cave heaven, you can die if you want, but I'll be buried with you!"

Yue You came to Chen Yushu's side and pushed him impatiently:

"The heavenly tribulation specifically strikes pretty boys like you who don't want face. Why go against the Old Heaven? Get out of here! Quick! Quick!"

He pushed him a few more times, but Chen Yushu just smiled faintly and didn't move.

"Didn't you notice?"

After a while, Chen Yushu spoke indifferently: "This Pure Yang Lightning Tribulation has a little less commotion than before."

"Eh?"

Yue You was stunned.

He opened his golden vertical pupils wide and looked at the sky. After a long time, he realized it.

"Strange, strange... It is indeed less commotion than last time. Although it is minimal, it is indeed less. This is a rare thing."

Yue You was interested. He hooked his shoulder around Chen Yushu's, leaned in, and smiled: "Last time, because you wanted to cast a spell, you not only walked out of the Golden Palace Qi Hut but also left the cave heaven. That time, the Pure Yang Lightning Tribulation was truly fierce! It even alarmed the 'Mystic Dark Xuanming Wuxian Dao Lord' of the Innate Demonic Sect. If He hadn't taken action, you would have lost at least half your life."

"The Dao Lord has indeed helped me a lot."

Chen Yushu flicked his large sleeves, and a wisp of clear cyan qi rushed into the sky. Wherever the light passed, the lightning and fierce fire outside the cave heaven barrier were extinguished one after another.

But this was only quiet for a moment before more heavenly phenomena erupted, lifting and falling, as if to turn this cave heaven upside down.

Yue You had been watching the show from the side. Seeing this scene, he couldn't help but laugh and clap his hands.

"Heavenly might is indeed hard to bear..."

Chen Yushu wasn't embarrassed either. He just gave a light, bitter smile, turned into light, and returned to the Golden Palace.

"If you stay any longer, this 'Water-Accommodating Life-Extending' cave heaven will sooner or later be broken. The True Lords in the Innate Demonic Sect who have long been displeased with you will be happy. Once they get a hold of your weakness, how could they not cause trouble?"

Yue You chuckled, his body moved, and he also fell into the Golden Palace with Chen Yushu.

Carved railings and jade masonry, cloud-knotted bells.

It was called a Golden Palace Qi Hut, but it was actually incomparably vast, looking more like a complex of buildings.

All around were golden tiles and golden bricks, pavilions and towers were visible everywhere, none of which were not exquisite, none of which were not magnificent. There was also a pool of water in the palace, but the water was golden and bright. Just looking at it from afar gave one a sense of indestructibility, solemnity, and supreme nobility.

Destroying the troubles of all living beings, removing the obstacles of confusion and karma, awakening the true nature of all living beings—it was the most supreme of all treasures.

"Damn it! Is this the Eight Sects and Six Sects of this Xu Capital Heaven? It's too luxurious! How rich were the ancestors to have raised such an atmosphere today!"

Yue You just glanced at the pool of water, and his eyes turned red.

This was a pool of Buddha blood.

It was the blood left behind by a supreme enlightened one who, although his name was unknown, had truly passed through the eight solemn kalpas, transcended the sea of life and death, and possessed the "Four Bodies and Five Wisdoms"!

On that pool of brilliant golden Buddha blood, there was also a lake-center water pavilion, exquisite and delicate.

Chen Yushu had long been sitting cross-legged in the water pavilion. On the low table in front of him was a set of star-porcelain tea sets, the tea fragrance in the cup curling, making one feel refreshed just by smelling it. Seeing Yue You staring at the Buddha blood beneath him, he sighed helplessly and reached out to guide him.

"Why is Brother Yue You staring at it? If you don't come to drink tea, do you want to drink this blood?"

"I certainly want to!"

Yue You fell opposite Chen Yushu, sat down boldly, his legs spread wide, in a dissolute manner, and said:

"It's just that this Buddha blood was taken by the 'Mystic Dark Xuanming Wuxian Dao Lord' and used in conjunction with this Golden Palace Qi Hut to cover up the aura on your body. If I drank it, I fear I would be slapped to death by Him in the next moment."

"Speaking of which, the 'Mystic Dark Xuanming Wuxian Dao Lord' is truly good to you. If this Dao Lord weren't a man, I would suspect whether He, like those female cultivators, had been bewitched by you."

The sourness in Yue You's words could not be hidden:

"When you rebelled against the Zhongtian Dou Shu Sect back then, some Mystic Gate True Lords came to kill you, but they were intercepted by the 'Mystic Dark Xuanming Wuxian Dao Lord' and beaten to death one by one. Then, because of the matter of changing your fate, you couldn't pass the three disasters, and the 'Mystic Dark Xuanming Wuxian Dao Lord' gifted you this 'Water-Accommodating Life-Extending' cave heaven to let you avoid the tribulation."

"That would be fine, but later the karmic disaster on your body became heavier and heavier, to the point where even the 'Water-Accommodating Life-Extending' cave heaven couldn't cover it up. The Dao Lord broke through the barrier again, personally built this Golden Palace Qi Hut for you, and used this pool of Buddha blood to harmonize it, completely locking the interaction with heaven... Tell me, I don't understand, why is He so good to you? Has He taken a fancy to you?"

"... Fellow Daoist Yue You is talking nonsense again. How could such a sub-lord of the three realms be moved by appearance? Besides, He is also a male cultivator... Even Golden Core cultivators can reshape their limbs and appearance. What does my appearance count for? It's not worth mentioning."

Hearing Yue You's sour words, Chen Yushu put down the teacup speechlessly and said:

"What are you thinking about all day? The Dao Lord feels that I can inherit the foundation of the Innate Demonic Sect, so He helps me like this! You usually read fewer human storybooks about love between men and women. You weren't very wise to begin with, and now you're even more foolish."

"Then His care for you, could it be that He is your father?"

"My biological father is currently reigning supreme in the Xu Huang Heaven. You know that. That person wishes he could cut me into a thousand pieces; how could he help me..."

At this moment.

For the first time, a faint killing intent appeared in Chen Yushu's eyes:

"The last time I heard news from the Xu Huang Heaven, he had already conquered fifty-five divine kingdoms, unified the sea and land, and all the gods worshiped him as their master. He even seems to have been honored as the 'Red Essence Pottery-Melting Ten Thousand Blessings Divine King.' Once I pluck the immortal industry and enter my body, sooner or later, I will have to have a showdown with him!"

Yue You shrank his neck, knowing he had accidentally touched the reverse scale of the person in front of him, and dared not answer.

"However..."

But after waiting for a while, he couldn't suppress his curiosity and asked: "What's going on with your Pure Yang Lightning Tribulation? Why did it weaken out of thin air?"

"It succeeded."

"Succeeded?"

"Like Chen Zuo and Chen Ying, among my many blood descendants, someone has finally comprehended the *Scripture of the Great Beginning Origin Truth spoken by the Dao Lord of the Divine House Pivot Brilliance*."

"So that's it... Hahahaha! Congratulations, congratulations!"

Chen Yushu hadn't reacted yet, but Yue You had already jumped up, beaming with joy.

He and Chen Yushu had established a Dharma contract, a state of glory and loss together.

Chen Yushu was trapped in the Golden Palace Qi Hut of the cave heaven by the Pure Yang Lightning Tribulation and could only draw a circle on the ground as a prison. Yue You was better off, but not by much; once he left the cave heaven, he would face heavenly evil and be hated by heaven.

Thinking back to when he hadn't been captured by the Dao Lord of the Divine House Pivot Brilliance, back then, Yue You was truly free and easy in the Quan Qu Heaven, not managed by heaven and not restrained by earth.

When thirsty or hungry, he would eat fresh blood food. When idle or itchy, he would find a weaker world-space and have a one-snake challenge to a world's cultivation sect, reappearing the style of the ancient great demons, which was truly refreshing.

Of course, Yue You only dared to pick on world-spaces, and only those without backers.

He didn't dare to go to the Earth Continent, let alone the Heaven Universe. If he dared to cause trouble there, he would be beaten to death, his skin would be peeled off as Dharma material, and no one would dare to collect his corpse.

But ever since he was captured by the Dao Lord of the Divine House Pivot Brilliance and established a Dharma contract with Chen Yushu, Yue You felt he hadn't had a single good day, getting beaten nine times every three days.

Rebelling against the Zhongtian Dou Shu Sect, being hunted all the way from the East Huan Continent to the Southern Chan Continent, and finally being taken in by the Innate Demonic Sect, only to be trapped in the cave heaven because of the karmic disaster on Chen Yushu, drawing a circle on the ground as a prison.

Hearing that Chen Yushu had another descendant who had comprehended the "Great Beginning Origin Truth," Yue You felt that Chen Yushu was not far from passing the three disasters, and his own opportunity to escape was close at hand, so he couldn't help but dance with joy.

"Fellow Daoist, don't be too happy. Although I am suppressed by the Heaven Public and cannot calculate the full picture of that descendant, I have measured that his aptitude is not high. Let alone compared to Chen Zuo, even the lower-level Chen Jin, Chen Chan, Chen Daozheng, and Chen Hunsu Yuan Zhi are better than him."

Hearing this, Yue You's face stiffened and turned black.

"But he is a descendant after all, and useful to me. I will trouble Brother Daoist to take a long trip and bring him back to the Innate Demonic Sect."

Chen Yushu didn't care that Yue You's face was about to drip water. A drop of blood fell from his fingertip and hung in the air:

"He should be in the Southern Domain of the Dongmi Continent right now. Any further, and even I cannot calculate it. You take this drop of blood of mine, and you will surely sense him when you get close."

"... Is his aptitude really not even comparable to that Chen Chan?"

After taking the drop of blood, Yue You asked again, unwilling to give up.

"Not only is he not comparable to Chen Chan, I fear he is not much different from Chen Xuanwu."

"Isn't Chen Xuanwu that waste who is mentally ill and only knows how to use his face to hook up with women like you?"

Yue You was greatly disappointed: "The same as Chen Xuanwu? Why bring such a waste back to the Innate Demonic Sect? It's probably a stroke of luck that he comprehended the Qi Cultivation Art. I don't know how many years he wasted. As for cultivating the 'Great Beginning Origin Truth,' that will take even more bitter effort. As for Purple Palace and Cave-Mystic, it goes without saying. Aren't you just making me take a bitter trip for nothing?"

Chen Yushu didn't care, the smile on his face still faint.

"Waste also has the uses of waste. You just bring him back."

"... You are truly annoying. What did those incarnations of yours that walked the Nine Provinces and Four Seas do back then? So many descendants, but few are useful!"

Yue You complained, peeled a scale off his body, threw it into the air, and transformed it into a spiritual body.

That spiritual body took the blood in its hand, didn't answer, set up a gray light, left the cave heaven, and headed straight for the Southern Domain of the Dongmi Continent.

"This is not me not trying my best. Your descendant has poor aptitude and probably won't be able to enter any great sect. It's more than enough for me to send a spiritual body."

Yue You hurriedly explained, and Chen Yushu just nodded slightly.

The two hadn't sat for long when suddenly, the portal of the cave heaven opened slowly again, countless immortal sounds burst forth, and strange fragrances filled the air.

"Damn it, another woman has come to find you, right? It was like this in the Zhongtian Dou Shu Sect, and it's still like this in the Innate Demonic Sect! This is harder to bear than killing me!"

Yue You didn't even bother to lift his head, having seen it all before.

At this moment.

At the portal of this "Water-Accommodating Life-Extending" cave heaven, one could see three hundred fire dragon warriors clearing the way, with clear and pure celestial maidens shaking bells and holding fans on the left and right. In the middle was a magnificent cloud sedan, with dragon horns and tassels hanging from the four corners, woven with star gauze. Faintly, one could see a woman in the cloud sedan, her body graceful and charming, extremely beautiful.

"Senior Brother Chen Yushu, I just heard the commotion of the Pure Yang Lightning Tribulation. Are you okay?" the woman in the cloud sedan asked softly.

"Junior Sister Xu, I am fine."

Chen Yushu smiled faintly and stood up gracefully.

Yue You rolled his eyes. He couldn't stay any longer, turned into light, dived into the sea, and sank straight to the bottom of the sea.

And on the other side, the Southern Domain of the Dongmi Continent.

In the quiet room of the mountain belly of Yangshan.

Chen Hang slowly finished his cultivation. The last talisman money in his hand instantly dissolved, turning into void dust.

"It can no longer be raised. Without talisman money and without spiritual energy, cultivation is truly difficult. At this time, I actually have to be thankful that I still have a wisp of Cold Pivot True Qi in my body..."

He raised his hand and pressed it lightly. With a soft sound of a mechanism, the large stone at the portal slowly moved away.

Outside, Tu Shan Ge, who had been waiting for a long time, saw this and hurriedly rushed in.

Looking up.

He saw an exceptionally handsome young Daoist with flawless features sitting on the meditation cushion, looking at him with a smile.

His aura was ethereal. Clearly right in front of his eyes, but when reflected by spiritual sense, it seemed as if he had already left this heaven and earth, feathered into a heavenly human.

"Congratulations to Master for achieving the Great Dao!"

Tu Shan Ge bowed to the ground in great joy.

"Mere Qi Cultivation, what Great Dao is that? Fellow Daoist, please get up." Chen Hang supported him.

"Master..."

Tu Shan Ge steadied himself and said: "I interrogated some things from that boy! I fear there is some trouble!"

"Hmm?"

Chen Hang was silent for a moment, then spoke indifferently. His voice was calm and clear, like the clear, moist music of an ancient zither with lacquer light like a mirror, making Tu Shan Ge's heart inexplicably calm:

"Tell me."

Two-in-one.

Thanks to the book friend for the 100-point reward, thanks to A Lu Bu for the 100-point reward, thanks to the book friend for the 100-point reward, thanks to Fan Shi Guo Qu for the 100-point reward. ===== CHAPTER 36 =====