Chapter 519: The Seal of Summoning and Controlling Ten Thousand Gods

Tangting Sima Xiu?

This sudden appearance startled all three people in the arena.

In truth, the duel had not lasted long, yet their divine senses had already vaguely detected something amiss, as if someone were secretly observing from the shadows.

However, that strange sensation flashed and vanished; further probing proved useless, and with Chen Heng, a great enemy, standing before them, they temporarily set the matter aside without investigating further.

Now, with Tangting Sima Xiu's appearance here, everything became clear...

"The 'Eight Transformations of Concealment and Pure Scenery Art'; to what level has Tangting Sima Xiu actually cultivated this technique, that even I failed to detect her immediately?"

Xie Tan's thoughts raced like lightning.

Putting himself in her place, if Tangting Sima Xiu were to ambush and kill him, Xie Tan dared not claim he would fare better than Chen Heng.

Even with a momentary lapse in caution, he, Xie Tan, would suffer a hidden loss and be helplessly injured...

At this moment, Chen Heng suddenly attacked; although Tangting Sima Xiu was caught off guard and her mount was slain, she did not panic, raising her palm before her chest to release a hundred refined souls, including tigers, leopards, fish, insects, celestial beings, humans, ghosts, and monsters.

These refined souls roared in unison and surged forward, exploding one after another as they approached Chen Heng's surroundings.

Strands of black qi shot out from the corpses of the refined souls like lightning, resembling iron chains; they were no slower than flying swords and managed to bind Chen Heng's feet.

"The Shenyu Sect's Secret Rite of Controlling Souls and Returning to Void?"

Upon seeing those strands of black qi, even Wang Xiu, who was seizing the opportunity to consume pills and replenish his primordial energy, displayed a look of dread.

This black qi did not harm the physical body but only defiled the divine soul; once entangled by it, if one failed to expel it, over time one's mind would be tainted by demonic intent.

At that point, without any external enemy acting, one would face the torment of inner demons, leading to a calamity that obstructs the Dao.

Tangting Sima Xiu's actions were not intended to actually restrain Chen Heng; merely delaying him for a moment or two would be sufficient.

However, contrary to everyone's expectations, Chen Heng neither dodged nor avoided; instead, his body erupted with crimson fierce fire, rolling like surging tides.

Upon contact with the fierce fire, those strands of black qi behaved like snow water hitting boiling oil, hissing loudly before dissolving completely.

"Southern Bright Li Fire?"

Tangting Sima Xiu frowned, twisted her body in a flash, invoked an escape technique again, and dodged Chen Heng's fist wind.

The golden cymbal protecting her body was affected by the lingering force, emitting another resonant sound as its dent deepened.

She took a deep breath and threw out a jade seed resembling a peach pit; ten thousand sword beams rolled out from it, spinning wildly like a wind wheel, yet they were supported by the jade light on Chen Heng's body, which forcibly halted their offensive.

Even if they penetrated flesh, it would be no more than three inches.

Boom!

Chen Heng strode with the majesty of a dragon and tiger, suddenly striking out with another punch.

Before the jade seed could exert its full power, it was knocked aside mid-air; the sword qi slashed diagonally, carving deep gorges into the yellow sand of the ground, a sight that struck terror into the heart!

At this moment, Chen Heng had unleashed all his magical treasures, including Abi, directing them all to attack Wang Xiu and the others.

With Tangting Sima Xiu's knowledge, she could naturally see that Chen Heng intended to defeat her first before dealing with the rest!

"Do you truly take me for some wild cultivator from the mountains?"

Tangting Sima Xiu's anger turned into laughter in her heart.

After rallying her magic power and clashing head-on with Chen Heng dozens of times with lightning speed, she witnessed him relying solely on his physical strength to tear apart various divine abilities.

Even when magical treasures struck his body directly, they only caused him to stumble unsteadily; although he sustained some damage, it could hardly be considered a severe injury.

This gave Tangting Sima Xiu an extremely bizarre feeling.

It felt as though she were not dueling a Daoist cultivator, but rather confronting a primordial divine monster from a primitive world.

That mighty and overwhelming force inexplicably reminded her of the "Chaos of Drowning by Dharma" mentioned in Daoist scriptures.

In that era, groups of dragons patrolled the heavens, all phenomena bowed to the North Star, and myriad divine monsters ran rampant across the universe, destroying heaven and earth without restraint!

In that ancient great age, many great Dao divine abilities had not yet emerged in response to fate.

Ruling over all heavens was nothing but the purest and most primordial force!

As the fight continued, Chen Heng felt increasingly exhilarated, experiencing a comfort akin to fully unleashing his limbs, like drinking sweet dew.

No matter what divine ability from the Shenyu Sect attacked, he crushed them mercilessly with his sturdy body and hard palms.

However, the more Tangting Sima Xiu fought, the more alarmed she became, her eyebrows tightly knitted.

Seeing that defeat was inevitable if things continued this way, Tangting Sima Xiu rapidly reviewed all the divine abilities she had learned in her mind, only to reject them one by one.

After much deliberation, the only method she deemed appropriate was that great technique.

"Then I shall invite this one to contend with you!"

After launching several scalding mysterious sands to block Chen Heng's fists, Tangting Sima Xiu decisively formed hand seals; a small mysterious altar flew out from behind her head and drifted before her.

The surface of the mysterious altar was smooth and bright, shimmering like water.

Three hundred and sixty-five Yin Spirit Jade Maidens and Yang Spirit Jade Men raised their arms high, holding up the mysterious altar to a height level with Tangting Sima Xiu's eyebrows in a gesture of supporting the sky; they chanted praises in unison, their expressions lifelike, revealing an aspect of great joy.

"Summoning by the Ancestral Seal, controlling by the Heavenly Law, manifesting according to wish, reflecting form like a mirror...

True commands return, sun and moon return to void, what god cannot be controlled, what seal cannot be formed?"

Tangting Sima Xiu spoke softly, taking a golden seal from her bosom; as soon as the golden seal descended, countless cloud leaves sprouted on the altar, supporting a strand of golden light, within which wind, thunder, water, and fire took shape one by one, their lights reflecting each other with vivid colors.

Just then, Chen Heng came with another punch, yet that golden light, as if startled, leaped out from the altar like lightning without needing Tangting Sima Xiu's command, meeting the fist force squarely.

Where the Jin Jin Guang and the fist force collided, a great brightness instantly erupted, bursting forth like a meteor!

The light carried layers of surging air waves, sweeping away vegetation and dust within a radius of ten-plus li with the force of overturning mountains and seas!

If viewed from the clouds above, one would see a deep pit suddenly appear upon the yellow sand of the great desert.

It resembled an overturned great bell, striking terror into the heart with its horrifying power!

"The Seal of Summoning and Controlling Ten Thousand Gods?"

Xie Tan flicked his finger, shooting a thread of red-gold fire that bound the entangling Abi mid-air.

Do not look down on this thread for being as fine as a gossamer strand; even Abi could not cut through it for a moment and could only struggle in the air.

"This Wish Body, could it be the one from Yu Yu Yuchen?"

Wang Xiu shielded Tian Fang, whose strength was already failing after being struck several times by the Purple-Clear Zi Qing Shen Lei, positioning him behind; a spirit reed mushroom nearly an acre in size bloomed behind Wang Xiu's head, rendering it impervious no matter how those few magical treasures released by Chen Heng attacked.

At this moment, Jin Jin Guang slowly unfurled, resembling a fan spreading open.

Beneath the misty vapors, a human figure slowly emerged; with but a casual sweep of his sleeve, he caused the yellow sand dancing through the sky to settle heavily downward, leaving the heavens clear and the earth bright.

That was a tall, straight young man, refined as jade and flawless as a gem.

He wore an ochre Daoist robe embroidered with gold, his hair bound by a Huayang Great Crown, a sachet hanging at his waist; his entire appearance was spiritually clear and composed, brimming with Daoist intent, possessing fully the bearing of a high master who had attained the Dao, making him unforgettable to behold.

Yet this young man's body seemed substantial yet void; standing under the sunlight, he cast no reflection.

Clearly, he was not a flesh-and-blood entity, but some sort of divine ability creation.

"True Person Ji, although this is merely a Vow-Body Puppet, testing your methods before achieving the Primordial Spirit is not bad."

Chen Heng beckoned with his hand; in the distance, Abi suddenly erupted with fierce light, shattering the binding golden threads, and was grasped firmly by him.

He looked at that Vow-Body of Ji Fa, who walked slowly forth from the golden light, and laughed aloud.

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One of the Supreme Great Divine Abilities of the Shenyu Sect.

The Seal of Summoning and Controlling Ten Thousand Gods!

This method is nearly the signature skill of the Shenyu Sect, bizarre in countless ways, possessing the power to create from primordial chaos, unfathomable even to gods and ghosts!

If one has learned the Seal of Summoning and Controlling Ten Thousand Gods and possesses sufficient cultivation realm, one can use captured vow power as a basis to create a Vow-Body Deity from nothingness to existence, for one's own command.

This Vow-Body Deity may be either an essence of heaven and earth or a flesh-and-blood living being.

As long as one has seen them with one's own eyes and captured their primal qi mechanism to forge a Fu Yin, one can cause them to descend and manifest in the world; indeed, it cannot be called anything less than formidable!

However, this primal qi mechanism is a matter of great consequence; even if lost externally, a cultivator will naturally sense it within the netherworld, making it not so easy to obtain.

This single hurdle alone has blocked countless people.

Had Tangting Sima Xiu and Ji Fa not both hailed from the Twelve Great Clans, with their elders sharing long-standing ties, and had Tangting Sima Xiu not once sat beneath the altar to respectfully listen to Ji Fa discuss the mysterious and expound the Dao, she would absolutely never have managed to obtain such a primal qi mechanism.

Furthermore, even if the primal qi mechanism is obtained and a Vow-Body Deity created, that Vow-Body Deity will absolutely never exceed the current realm of the spellcaster.

Moreover, its strength cannot compare to the master of the qi mechanism itself; inheriting at most seventy percent of their methods would already be quite extraordinary.

At this moment, this Vow-Body Deity of Ji Fa swept his wide sleeve, scattering points of crystal light that, like snow drifting in a clear sky, flashed ever more densely until merging into a vast stellar stream that rushed toward Chen Heng in one breath.

One of the Four Thunders of Yu Yu Yuchen—the Big Dipper Gang Thunder!

For the first time since Chen Heng began his magical battle with Tangting Sima Xiu, Chen Heng's offensive was finally slightly obstructed.

After smashing the Big Dipper Gang Thunder apart with a punch, Chen Heng did not pursue; instead, surging vital essence rolled forth from between his eyebrows, transforming into a churning, stark-white long river.

Countless living souls floated and sank within the river water, baring fangs and brandishing claws, resembling a painting of Yanluo.

As Chen Heng's thought arose, these numerous living souls wailed like ghosts and wolves, throwing themselves forward with self-sacrificing momentum to attack Wang Xiu, Xie Tan, and Tian Fang all at once!

"The Perishing Bai Shui..."

Wang Xiu intercepted that bolt of Purple-Clear Zi Qing Shen Lei shot by Chen Heng toward Tian Fang.

Upon seeing that among the surging living souls were also a batch of strangely shaped spirit-monster hybrids possessing no weak strength, he frowned inwardly even more.

But since the one strike failed to hit its mark, Chen Heng paid no further attention to that area, focusing his mind to circulate his method as he wielded his sword and charged toward Ji Fa.

Sword light and divine thunder collided repeatedly, emitting a piercing sound of Jin Ge, as if two blocks of solid iron were grinding against each other with force, sending a chill through one's entire body.

As the sword light expanded and contracted, Chen Heng's figure flashed and leaped forward.

Relying on his superior Dharma robe to shield his body, he forcibly endured the assault of the Big Dipper Gang Thunder and slashed down with one sword!

Facing such a sudden change at such close range, Ji Fa's response was not in the slightest disordered; he simply retreated backward, his figure suddenly fading away to vanish into the void.

One of the Fifteen Zheng Fa of Yu Yu Yuchen—the Great Void Net Dharma!

A few breaths later, Chen Heng suddenly felt as though trapped in a swamp, finding movement difficult, as if a mighty force was pressing in from all directions, intending to crush him alive into blood water.

After slashing several times to break apart that mysterious force,

a sharp light flashed in Chen Heng's eyes; he also raised his finger and fired a bolt of divine thunder into the empty space.

Although this strike failed to force Ji Fa's figure out of the void, hearing that muffled groan emerge, Chen Heng could not help but shake his head.

"In the end, it is merely a Vow-Body Deity, a creation of divine abilities; this Great Void Net Dharma has captured the form but not the spirit..."

Chen Heng thought silently.

Unknowingly, several hundred exchanges of fierce combat had passed.

Because a Vow-Body Deity ultimately cannot compare to the master of the qi mechanism,

whether in experience of magical combat, Daoist arts and divine abilities, or the magical treasures employed, both sides were one notch inferior; thus, this divine ability creation resembling Ji Fa was defeated and killed several times over.

Fortunately, he was not a flesh-and-blood body; sustained by magic power sent down by Tangting Sima Xiu, he was able to maintain his form and continue entangling Chen Heng in battle.

During this period, Tian Fang was naturally found by Chen Heng and slashed once by his sword, forcing him helplessly out of the match.

But Wang Xiu and Xie Tan had thoroughly destroyed those living souls within the Bai Shui, coordinating perfectly with Ji Fa in attack and defense.

Boom—

A five-directional great hand was shattered outright by the Big Dipper Gang Thunder, but the Red Water following immediately after poured straight down, washing away Ji Fa's already damaged protective magic power, and then forcibly brushed away half of his body.

"..."

Tangting Sima Xiu's face turned even paler.

A Vow-Body Deity is not an immortal body; each time the spell is cast to repair it, the spellcaster suffers backlash.

After several such instances, although Tangting Sima Xiu had clearly not entered the battle in person, she was nevertheless heavily injured.

At this moment, the pair of Dragon-Sparrow Golden Halberds released by Xie Tan also surged forward to surround Chen Heng; they crossed and slashed, yet failed to knock Chen Heng down from the clouds.

"It can only be this way!"

Seeing that if the fight continued like this, their side would be dragged to death alive by Chen Heng, completely losing any chance of turning the tide,

Xie Tan finally made his decision; taking advantage of the Dragon-Sparrow Golden Halberds entangling Chen Heng, he raised his hand and pushed forward with a flat palm.

In an instant, countless fiery clouds and crimson roiling mist filled the sky, churning and plummeting downward.

Xie Tan's momentum was suddenly elevated to an unprecedented height!

Under the command of his mind and will, everything that opposed him rapidly faded away, as if stripped from this Chiming world.

One of the Chiming Supreme Great Divine Abilities—Fire Heaven Great Possession!

Tangting Sima Xiu gritted her teeth and formed a dharma seal.

Ji Fa stepped forward, one hand grasping the sky, making a pulling motion.

As his right arm fell, a tremendous explosion suddenly erupted in the void; the cloud qi collapsed violently, as if the blue dome were about to split and crash to the ground!

At the same moment, Wang Xiu was also surrounded by surging demonic qi like a tide, bone-chilling and fierce, resembling thick ink blotting out the sky.

In that instant, the three in the arena acted in tacit coordination.

Yet amidst the chaos, a sword light suddenly flared, not particularly dazzling, but dim and gloomy, radiating deathly chill, eclipsing all other brilliance.

Before that sword light could fade, another immediately ignited, equally cold and murderous!

The first form of the Seven Swords of the Northern Dipper—Northern Dipper Assigns Death.

The vast world suddenly dimmed for an instant, as if dragged into the depths of the Nine Hells' Death Lands, leaving everything silent for a time.

When light returned, Xie Tan was seen with blood spilling from the corner of his mouth and a conspicuous sword wound on his neck.

Xie Tan merely sighed, then unwillingly wrapped in bright light, vanished from the painting in the blink of an eye.

"Not even seventy percent of his true body's power."

Chen Heng fixed his gaze upon Ji Fa, shaking his head.

At the moment he passed Ji Fa, the latter immediately toppled backward like a falling golden mountain or an overturned jade pillar, dissolving into fragments of cloud leaves that withered away.

"Wang Xiu, you truly deserve to die..."

Seeing this, Tangting Sima Xiu sighed, then her body too was entangled by bright light, forced out of the match helplessly.

During that earlier clash of divine abilities, Wang Xiu had feigned an attack while secretly activating an escape technique, taking advantage of the precious interval when Chen Heng was held back to slip away in time.

By the time Chen Heng had consecutively defeated Xie Tan and Tangting Sima Xiu with two strikes of "Northern Dipper Assigns Death," Wang Xiu had already fled far away, leaving no trace.

At this moment, Chen Heng simply took several pieces of Zhengyang Zhen Sha from his sleeve, closed his eyes briefly to regulate his breath, then rode his sword light away, cleaving through the void.

It did not take long before he caught up with Wang Xiu, who had transformed into a hazy gray smoke.

Under the latter's surprised gaze, Chen Heng pressed down his sword light, shook his head slightly, and said:

"Having fought for hundreds of exchanges, to prevent your escape, I naturally had to reserve some tricks.

True Person Wang, if I were you, I would have used this dispersing Huachun mist to flee three hundred li away in one go just now."

"So that is how it was."

Wang Xiu watched as a wisp of light smoke fell from his left sleeve, then slowly drifted apart.

Seeing this, Wang Xiu finally understood: during their earlier duel, Chen Heng had employed some unknown technique to attach a strand of his consciousness to him, yet Wang Xun had only just now become aware of it.

It seemed that in the art of concealing form and hiding qi, Tangting Sima Xiu was clearly inferior to Chen Heng by one level...

"True Person Chen has defeated several Wei Shang Pin Jin Dan experts in one stroke and withstood two Supreme Great Divine Abilities; how much strength could he possibly have left?"

Wang Xiu fell silent for a moment; brilliant light flickered across his robes, within which countless human faces could faintly be seen wailing and weeping in agony.

He sighed and said:

"Once the Copper Fish emerges, every Dan Yuan True Person within the Huang Lao She Ji diagram will sense it. Even if True Person Chen can defeat us, can he defeat them all?

Since that is the case, why not preserve some vital energy now to deal with what lies ahead?"

"I intend to test my sword against the Dan Yuan; how could I possibly retreat?"

Chen Heng laughed loudly:

"As for preserving vital energy, True Person Wang, why not guess whether your Ten Thousand Methods Robe can withstand my Northern Dipper Assigns Death?"

Wang Xiu's expression stiffened, his face turning somewhat ugly.

After a while passed.

Amidst the shattering of layer upon layer of demonic shadows bearing human faces, like glass exploding, the residual force wiped out over a dozen mountain peaks in one sweep.

No matter how unwilling Wang Xiu was, he had no choice but to actively activate the small jade tablet and be guided out.

"Cultivators of the Xiantian Mo Zong mostly practice the Northern Calamity Nether Fire."

Chen Heng suppressed the nether fire that had clung to him, sat cross-legged atop the clouds, paid no heed to whether anyone else would arrive, and simply began regulating his breath on the spot.

While Chen Heng recovered from his injuries, the outside world had already erupted into uproar.

Everyone fixed their gaze upon him, clicking their tongues in wonder and discussing heatedly!