Chapter 616: A Luxurious Blessing

The conversation ended on a sour note.

"Wan Wan Zhuliu!"

Feeling that sharp, god-blade-like aura depart, Yun Yun Yeshan's gaze grew dark and deep; his face, usually as still as an ancient well, suddenly sank, barely able to suppress the murderous intent surging in his heart.

A mixed-blood lineage created by personally stripping the vital blood of clan members had actually produced a junior who refused to be bound by him.

He had already harbored murderous intent when leaving behind the separated human bloodline during the incense-blood purification ritual earlier; now this one dared to threaten him so brazenly...

"If not for that Pang Pang Wenlong, and that Li Yuan..."

His chest heaved violently several times before Yun Yun Yeshan calmed down; he flicked a finger, sending out threads of silver light that spread like ten thousand silver needles, piercing into the bodies of the strange beasts lying dead around him.

Visible to the naked eye, dark red flowed along the silver light, staining the silver red.

"Poor, far too poor."

With a flush of dark red on his face, Yun Yun Yeshan opened his mouth and spat out a crimson blood sphere transformed by him; his brows furrowed slightly:

"Insufficient incense, not enough blood food either; even if forced, I fear it cannot summon all the Daoist Tianyun Daoist Tianyun Xuanbing, let alone merge the weapons..."

Yun Yun Yeshan murmured to himself; compared to pinning hopes on Wan Wan Zhuliu, he trusted himself more.

And to leave this world sealed by the Eight Directions Temple, there are only two methods; the first needs no saying: the temple's opener, having rendered great merit to the Eight Directions Temple, naturally comes and goes freely.

The second is naturally those twelve Daoist Tianyun Daoist Tianyun Xuanbing.

Those twelve Daoist Tianyun Daoist Tianyun Xuanbing were originally keys used by the Eight Directions Temple to search for the temple's opener; stained with the Eight Directions Temple's origin, they not only contain the opportunity for his resurrection but holding them will surely allow one to leave this place.

This was something he felt in the misty void when he fell into this Ci Fang You Jing.

"I can only settle for the second option."

Opening his mouth to swallow that blood sphere into his belly, Yun Yun Yeshan sat cross-legged; thick incense ignited his body, burning fiercely.

Relying on the incense to burn his body, the surging murderous intent, rage, and ferocity were all pressed deep into his heart, gradually becoming still, yet as if brewing...

Whoosh~

Wild winds carried Feng Feng Mantian's falling snow, draping the mountains in silver.

Hazy clouds shrouded the earth, making even the nine red suns hanging high in the sky appear somewhat dim and blurred.

"Mountains stretch endlessly, nine suns cross the sky; this level of realm is truly beyond comparison for you and me..."

On a desolate mountain amidst the heavy snow, Long Xi Xiang pinched his long eyebrows, gazing at the nine great suns hanging high in the sky.

"A Divine Palace?"

Standing shoulder to shoulder with Long Xi Xiang, a group of Grand Masters were also sensing this Fang Shen Jing.

Pang Pang Wenlong's realm was heavy and vast; it was not one mountain or one river, but Qianshan and ten thousand waters; heavy earth supporting those nine great suns of varying brightness and darkness.

"Truly worthy of being the Great Ancestor of Great Fortune."

Da Ding Chan Shi pressed his palms together.

The reality and vastness of this Fang Shen Jing far exceeded the realms of everyone present; though still far from comparable to the Eight Directions Temple's realm, it stirred them more deeply.

After all, several people present were seeking the Divine Palace realm, especially Long Xi Xiang, who was only one step away from this realm; his two white eyebrows, constantly trembling, revealed his inner restlessness.

'The nine great suns vary in brightness; only three shine most brilliantly; the others appear somewhat insubstantial, not yet attained the truth...'

Long Xi Xiang concentrated and sensed for a long time before finally walking toward the mountain peak.

On the desolate mountain, Pang Pang Wenlong sat cross-legged, flipping through a Juan Sect with ink not yet fully dry, frowning at times and shaking his head at others.

"Senior."

Long Xi Xiang clasped his hands in greeting; the others followed suit, clasping their hands as well.

"Mm."

Pang Pang Wenlong nodded slightly and handed over the Shouzhongjuan Sect:

"This is intelligence obtained by that boy Li from some so-called Universal Knowledge Sphere; let all of you take a look."

"Intelligence about Tian Shi Yuan?"

Fang San Yun's eyes lit up; knowing the reason this elder had summoned them, he hurriedly reached out to take it, but failed to snatch it from Long Xi Xiang, so he could only lean in.

【Origin Divine Dynasty】

【A colossal entity radiating from the Origin Divine City as its core, spanning numerous realms】

【Origin spans seventy-two epochs; one epoch equals one hundred twenty-nine thousand six hundred years...】

【Origin's ten thousand races; the Origin Divine Race ranks first, ruling numerous realms for nearly seventy-two epochs; after the Divine City vanished, the Divine Dynasty collapsed...】

【The Origin Divine Dynasty revered nine Great Kings; legend speaks of even stronger ones as Emperors...】

【Kings, Dukes, Marquises; powerful ones among the gods may be enfeoffed as Kings, Dukes, or Marquises by the Origin Divine Dynasty...】

【... The Origin Divine Dynasty enfeoffed various gods...】

【... After the Divine City vanished, the Origin Divine Dynasty disintegrated; gods and races established themselves independently; Feng Feng Mantian took Tian Shi Yuan and founded the Grand Void Pavilion; later, Feng Feng Mantian vanished without a trace; the Five Great Caves united to grasp Tian Shi Yuan...】

【The Eight Directions Temple is suspected to be a cosmic wonder; some say it is a supreme treasure manifesting from a You Jing into the present world... Whenever it appears, turmoil inevitably follows...】

【... A peerless heavenly genius once breached the Eight Directions Temple's gate... Later became the Martial Immortal Sect Master, Feng Qing Cang...】

【... The Fire Disaster was actually the ripple caused by the Eight Directions Temple's appearance; like a boulder dropped in water creating waves, even gods could not resist...】

【Legend says a special grand sacrifice can communicate with the Eight Directions Temple... The Five Great Caves and major powerful clans all have similar rituals; yet the grand sacrifice is ominous; gods have once perished within it...】

Though a lot of intelligence was obtained for ten thousand Yuan coins, little related to the Eight Directions Temple; intelligence concerning the Martial Immortal Sect Master Feng Qing Cang was not only expensive but vague.

Even so, the group's faces shifted uneasily, their brows tightly furrowed.

"In the intelligence, those who entered the Eight Directions Temple and survived, besides several gods, number only over a hundred living people; these individuals are all powerful ones from various races, sects, even the Five Great Caves..."

Long Xi Xiang frowned.

No one knows how many years ago the last opening of the Eight Directions Temple was; those who survived the great opening of the Eight Directions Temple, whether human or alien race, are all unimaginably powerful beings.

Meeting these people is already difficult, let alone inquiring about intelligence regarding the Eight Directions Temple.

"This…"

The others also furrowed their brows tightly, the oppressive atmosphere spreading.

"Hard."

Long Xi Xiang was about to speak, but before he could open his mouth, he was interrupted by a thunderous roar. Several people looked toward the sound, only to see in the distance a streak of azure light flowing like water, a figure soaring like a dragon, covering ten li in a single bound, scattering wind and snow.

"Go!"

Feng Feng Mantian's brow relaxed, and he suddenly stretched out a finger to point. The sky-filling wind and snow froze for a moment, then, under everyone's gaze—

A crimson sun hanging high in the heavens came crashing down.

Boom!

The crimson sun descended from the sky, its speed terrifyingly fast.

The dreadful flames stirred up wave upon wave of air; even separated by an unknown distance, the faces of the gathered Grandmasters changed as they felt a profound pressure.

In a daze, there truly was a terrifying illusion of a falling star.

Boom!

The onlookers watching from afar already felt this way; Li Yuan, bearing the brunt of it, felt even more horrified.

As he stepped into the air, he felt the air around him solidify under the immense pressure; with his current physique, there was actually a moment when he couldn't move. How long is a moment?

A snap of the fingers is twenty moments!

For ordinary people, this is an almost imperceptibly brief time, but for that crimson sun descending from the sky, it is already extremely long.

In just this one moment, in Li Yuan's vision, this crimson sun had expanded infinitely, as if the earth itself was unfolding before his eyes, carrying indescribable scorching flames, about to smash him into dust!

"Can't block it!"

Li Yuan's pupils contracted violently. He had no thought whatsoever of relying on the augmentation of the Sea-Suppressing Mystic Tortoise Armor to resist, and decisively activated the Dun Tian Zhou!

Dun Tian Zhou, teleportation, one moment a hundred li!

Rumble!

The terrifying air blast exploded in midair; the surging gale blew out for hundreds of li, the sky-filling blizzard was torn apart, soil and rocks flew inside and outside the barren mountains, grass and trees snapped.

"Good lad!"

Feng Feng Mantian was genuinely somewhat surprised.

He had long known that Li Yuan had the ability to simultaneously wield multiple Daoist Tianyun Daoist Tianyun Xuanbing, but how long had it been since the Dun Tian Zhou came into his hands? To think he had already mastered it to this extent?

A thousand years ago, he had separately wielded several Daoist Tianyun Daoist Tianyun Xuanbing, and knew well how difficult it was to activate these Daoist Tianyun Xuanbing, let alone the fact that this lad was activating far more than just the Dun Tian Zhou at this moment.

Rending Sea Mystic Whale Hammer, Dragon Tiger Nourishing Furnace, Sea-Suppressing Mystic Tortoise Armor, Chang Hong Yi Qi Sword, Divine Dragon Must Cudgel!

Five great Daoist Tianyun Xuanbing augmenting his body!

Boom!

The crimson sun pierced the long sky, Li Yuan teleported to dodge.

!

"A spiritual manifestation of this caliber—without Daoist Tianyun Xuanbing augmentation, touching it would mean death!"

Li Yuan clicked his tongue inwardly, deeply feeling the vast gap between realms, yet also greatly invigorated.

To exchange blows with a Divine Palace realm powerhouse in the Dao Entry body—such a person has never existed in the ten thousand years of Great Fortune; even the mighty Dragon Demon Daoist absolutely lacked such ability!

Of course, what he relied on was the augmentation of the Soldier-Rearing Register!

【Control Effect: Twelfth Tier (Black): Xing Xing Tongyou, Innate Horizontal-Training Body】

【Eleventh Tier (Mystic Color): Mystic Whale Form, Rending Sea Form, Physique Talent, Cultivation Talent, Prolonged Lifespan, Star Dragon Tiger, Dragon Tiger Convergence, Nourishment, Dragon Spirit Body, Must Cudgel Mountain Root, Daoist Tianyun Xuanbing Hard to Wound, Mystic Tortoise Form, Tortoise Snake Body, Sword Dao Talent, Cultivation Talent, Piercing Sun Long Rainbow, Sword Qi, Teleportation, Space Absorption】

Having only briefly sensed the Soldier-Rearing Register, Li Yuan couldn't help but feel a strong sense of satisfaction well up in his heart.

The augmentation of the five great Daoist Tianyun Xuanbing covered physique, offense, talent, defense, movement arts… almost an all-around, no-dead-angle augmentation!

A majestic force like mountains and seas surged within him; the augmentation was so great that even his current physique felt somewhat overburdened, his qi and blood racing at high speed as if about to ignite him entirely.

This was power sufficient to exchange blows with a Divine Palace realm powerhouse!

"Come!"

Raising his hand to grip the Mystic Whale Battle Hammer in his palm, Li Yuan exhaled like thunder, lunging forward, piercing the sun like a long rainbow.

Boom!

Boom!

Flames exploded in clusters across the long sky; as wave after wave of air spread outward, tides surged between the mountains, like the rise and fall of a great sea.

Li Yuan pressed forward with his hammer, contending with the crimson sun.

With the Daoist Tianyun Xuanbing augmentation, his strength was sufficient to withstand collisions other than that one instant when the crimson sun descended from the sky; the augmentation of the Sea-Suppressing Mystic Tortoise Armor was enough to block seventy percent of the terrifying flame's high temperature outside.

The teleportation of the Dun Tian Zhou allowed him to dodge at moments of peril.

So much so that, after the crimson sun fell, under the shocked gazes of the gathered Grandmasters, he was actually able to entangle and fight with Feng Feng Mantian's spiritual manifestation!

Ten moves, twenty moves…

In the blink of an eye, they had actually clashed over a hundred times, and he wasn't even at a disadvantage!

"This lad…"

Nie Xianshan subconsciously gripped his sword hilt, his breathing somewhat labored; this lad's current performance had already surpassed his own.

Even…

His peripheral vision swept over Long Long Yingchan, who seemed somewhat lost in thought, and had actually plucked off a few of his own eyebrow hairs.

"Good, good, good!"

Not only Long Xi Xiang, Long Long Yingchan, and the others, even Qin Yun couldn't help but raise his brows, deeply moved:

"In just three short years, you've actually grasped the power of five Daoist Tianyun Daoist Tianyun Xuanbing to this extent!"

Boom!

The heavy hammer crashed down, sparks of flame flying in all directions.

"I've reached my limit…"

As the surge of air churned, Li Yuan disengaged at the slightest contact, borrowing the force to evade the blazing flames. He sighed inwardly. The augmentation of the five great Daoist Tianyun Daoist Tianyun Xuanbing was certainly excellent, but the devastation it wrought upon his body was equally immense.

If his Dragon Demon Heart Scripture had not already reached minor completion, he likely could not have endured the augmentation of the five Daoist Tianyun Daoist Tianyun Xuanbing at all.

A hundred clashes, and he had already reached his limit.

Whoo~

Suddenly, Li Yuan felt a warning in his heart. He looked up, only to see that blazing, Xiong Xiong-burning great sun collapse abruptly. Within a few breaths, a towering, burly giant strode out from the flames.

"This…"

Li Yuan inwardly cried that things were bad.

The next instant, he had already shot out like an arrow released from the bowstring, landing heavily, great clouds of dust and rubble soaring into the sky.

"One who merges a spirit-image into the body-god is of He Yi Jing. And as for the Divine Palace, if you wish to comprehend the Divine Palace, you must understand—what is a god!"

At the peak of the desolate mountain, Pang Pang Wenlong showed not the slightest shame for having struck so ruthlessly. He merely spoke calmly, lecturing the gathered Grand Masters:

"What is a god?"

"The will of man is a god!"

"The essence of martial dao may be called a god!"

"The god of the Divine Palace encompasses the god of the human body, and also contains the god of heaven and earth. The human body is a small heaven and earth; heaven and earth are a great human body…"

……

When Li Yuan came over, teeth bared and face contorted, he happened to hear Pang Pang Wenlong expounding the way of the Divine Palace. He immediately calmed his spirit and joined in.

"To use the human body to wield the power of heaven and earth, to use the human body to contain the power of heaven and earth, to use heaven and earth to nourish the human body… this is the true meaning of cultivation, yet it is also extremely difficult."

Pang Pang Wenlong gave a sigh of lamentation.

He had been able to cultivate the Divine Palace half through the teachings of his master, the Dragon Demon Daoist, and half through stumbling, trial-and-error exploration. Even now, he still felt the road ahead was arduous.

"Invite heaven and earth into the human body, and the human body becomes the Divine Palace."

Pang Pang Wenlong said calmly.

The mountaintop fell silent. After a long while, the gathered people bowed one after another:

"Many thanks, senior, for resolving our doubts!"

"Only a few minor insights, that's all."

Pang Pang Wenlong waved his hand: "What this old man can teach you is only this much. How to bring the divine patterns into the divine realm still requires you to ponder it yourselves…"

The crowd still wished to express their thanks, but Pang Pang Wenlong impatiently raised his hand and swept several people out of the Ru Shen Jing.

"Senior, what is this?"

Li Yuan was somewhat puzzled. What he asked was why several Dao Masters had been invited to observe the battle.

"Knowing early means accepting early; saves trouble later."

Pang Pang Wenlong glanced at him: "One person wielding five Daoist Tianyun Daoist Tianyun Xuanbing is hardly that simple. You don't think those few families will sit by and do nothing like Dragon Tiger Temple, do you?"

"This junior has never thought so."

Li Yuan's heart eased somewhat.

Those who wielded two Daoist Tianyun Daoist Tianyun Xuanbing were rare in all ages, let alone one person with five?

And the reason no one had come to trouble him was, first, because Dragon Tiger Temple had three Sanzunda Sect Grand Masters in a single sect, and second, because he had saved the Heavenly Silkworm Daoist and the Scurfy-Headed Monk.

Of course, the most important reason was that he was now the temple-founding master of the Eight Directions Temple.

He was well aware of this, but ever since the Eight Directions Temple token had come into his hands, he had ceased to care about such threats.

If he wished to leave, even the supreme Grand Master before him striking with all his might could not stop him!

"These families all regard the Daoist Tianyun Daoist Tianyun Xuanbing as the immortal heritage of their sects. Even this old man would find it hard to demand them back by force. The Divine Dragon Mustache Staff, by all rights, should be returned."

"By all rights?"

(End of chapter)