Chapter 185: The Might of the Nine Lamps, Crossing Again

As a sense of timidity arose in his heart, the black shadow instinctively retracted the green beast claw from atop the ancient city, and the boundless demonic aura instantly coalesced. He looked with a fearful expression at the faintly visible familiar figure within the ancient city, appearing cautious and on guard.

Clearly, the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors left a deep impression on him; even merely seeing a shadow resembling Fuxi filled him with dread.

"Fuxi, how could you possibly still exist in the world?"

Before his words faded, he seemed to notice something, his expression slightly tightening as he uncertainly said, "No, your aura is not right."

Hum

The figure within the ancient city calmly glanced at the black shadow, and taking the opportunity as the green beast claw retracted, the stone bridge atop it sliced through Chaos, as if leading to the outside of endless void, instantly taking the ancient city and vanishing into the chaotic void.

"Where do you think you're going?!"

A violent shout rang from the black shadow's mouth, and the azure beast claw, imbued with ancient ferocity, thrust out again, the boundless demonic aura surging horizontally, instantly penetrating past and future.

Boom

Wherever the beast claw passed, Chaos shattered directly, and even the spacetime of all heavens and myriad worlds continually trembled, making every world seem on the verge of collapsing into nothingness.

In an instant, within all heavens and myriad worlds, every living being's mind and spirit trembled, feeling as if a supreme power would directly erase them, even sensing that the entire world was an illusory existence.

After an unknown period, within the shattered Chaos, the green beast claw retracted, and the black shadow shrouded in demonic aura gazed ahead with a cold, sinister look, a grim expression flickering in his eyes.

"Is that Fuxi? Why is his aura so feeble?"

A low whisper sounded, and the black shadow's eyes continually shifted.

"Could it be that Fuxi, to evade the current restrictions of the heavens' rules, abandoned his original Dao fruit and chose reincarnation and renewed cultivation?"

Saying this, the black shadow's pupils instantly brightened a bit, and he instinctively said, "Exactly, that must be it! No wonder this ancient city is so powerful! It turns out to be the object of Fuxi's rebirth and renewed cultivation—a nirvana transformation."

Hum

The moment his words fell, a hint of killing intent that could not be concealed flashed in the black shadow's eyes, his pupils bursting with light that pierced through spacetime, and his powerful divine sense instantly swept across the heavens.

At the same time, his beast claw continuously traced mysterious trajectories, invoking the power of spacetime and fate, deducing changes of past and future, continually calculating the whereabouts of the ancient city formed by Fuxi.

If the ancient city truly housed the reincarnated and reborn Fuxi, then for him this was a once-in-a-millennium opportunity to utterly annihilate his foe.

Even the once invincible Fuxi of the heavens was not his match, and the present reincarnated Fuxi was still not something he could toy with at will.

Countless thoughts surged in his heart, but after a long while, the black shadow's eyes kept shifting, revealing an expression of disbelief.

"How could this be?"

"Even though the former Fuxi was immensely powerful, he has not yet completed his own transformation, not even reaching the level of a king—how could he evade my deductions?"

However, unwilling as he was to believe this, no matter how he deduced, the entirety of heavens and myriad worlds seemed completely devoid of any trace of Fuxi, with even past and future appearing to lack any sign of him.

"Damn it!"

After an unknown span, the black shadow finally realized that even though Fuxi had undergone reincarnation and his strength was no longer at its peak, his mastery over the Dao of Fate still surpassed his own, making it fundamentally impossible for him to deduce Fuxi's whereabouts.

"Fine! Fuxi, hide then! Since I cannot find you, I will destroy the Nine Provinces—I refuse to believe you could watch the Nine Provinces be annihilated and not appear!"

The moment his words fell, the black shadow's gaze shifted, instantly tearing through Chaos as he headed toward the sensed Nine Provinces world.

The Nine Provinces world.

Shennong and the others gazed with solemn expressions toward the outer void, seemingly sensing an extremely terrifying, overwhelming aura.

Boom

Boundless demonic aura surged, and outside the barrier of the great Nine Provinces world, a colossal black shadow loomed vaguely, emanating a terrifying aura that made all living beings tremble uncontrollably.

"What is that?"

"An expert from another realm?"

"Why is it so fearsome?"

Voices of shock rang out, but before they had fully faded, a massive green beast claw protruded, its surface covered in extraordinarily strange scales, as if condensed from the laws of the Great Dao's order.

In an instant, whether it was Shennong and the other ancestral gods of the Nine Provinces or ordinary beings, everyone's body sank, feeling an overwhelming pressure descend, rendering them unable to move.

At this moment, they felt like ants gazing up at a heavenly dragon; the sheer gap in life level alone left them utterly unable to resist.

That is a supreme existence surpassing even kings!

This was the thought that involuntarily arose in the hearts of Shennong and the others.

Hum

But just as the green beast claw was about to strike the Nine Provinces, mysterious patterns suddenly appeared in the firmament above, forming various yin-yang lines composed of black and white light points.

The next moment, countless yin-yang lines continually recombined, evolving into a gigantic Yin-Yang Bagua Diagram that formed a supreme grand array guarding the Nine Provinces.

Boom

As the Yin-Yang Bagua Diagram appeared, an aura surpassing all else emerged, forming illusory heavenly steles that directly drew upon the Nine Provinces' primordial power, ultimately condensing into a vague phantom of a human body with a dragon tail.

"Fuxi, progenitor of humanity."

Upon seeing that human-bodied dragon-tailed figure, all beings in the Nine Provinces' hearts jolted, their eyes flashing with extreme delight.

In everyone's astonished gaze, the human-bodied dragon-tailed figure extended a hand, and bright ancient lamps rose from beneath the Nine Provinces, each lamp bursting forth with brilliant light.

Nine ancient lamps rose into the sky, like nine full, pure moons, shedding a gentle light imbued with sacredness, instantly protecting the entire Nine Provinces and soothing the alarm in the hearts of its beings.

Boom

At the same time, streams of fire rose from the Nine Lamps, merging directly into a brilliant flame that pierced through spacetime, sweeping toward the descending green beast claw.

"Ah!"

From the firmament above came a shrill wail; while the firelight appeared peaceful and harmonious to the beings of the Nine Provinces, it possessed unimaginable lethal force against that black shadow.

Boundless flames swept across the outer realm, wearing away the demonic aura around the green beast claw, revealing the claw already split open and flesh torn.

Witnessing this, Shennong and the others instantly showed expressions of astonishment.

They realized for the first time that, besides protecting the Nine Provinces, the Nine Lamps actually possessed such terrifying power that they could harm even a supreme existence surpassing kings.

"Fuxi, it's you again! What a clever method—after reincarnation and renewed cultivation, you actually left behind your past life's tomb to guard the Nine Provinces."

An angry roar echoed from the boundless demonic aura beyond: "But you are not at your peak—do you think you can stop me? I will dig up your tomb and grind your bones to ashes, scattering them completely."

"Tomb!"

In the hearts of the Nine Provinces' beings arose an unbelievable thought.

The ancient lamp is a tomb!

Boom

Boundless demonic aura surged forth again, followed by a azure beast claw emanating vast qi that grabbed directly at the phantom encircled by the nine lamps.

The phantom with a human body and dragon tail seemed to lack its own will, merely a condensation of the Nine Provinces' origin combined with the supreme grand formation; it indifferently watched the beast claw descending upon it, and again activated the nine lamps' power in the same manner.

Rise

Divine flames rose from the nine lamps, the nine ancient lamps blazed brightly, and the nine streams of fire merged into one, becoming a single divine radiance.

Boom

As the human-bodied, dragon-tailed phantom casually pointed, a divine radiance piercing time and space shot forth horizontally, penetrating the boundless demonic aura.

Pfft

A sound of the physical body being pierced rang out; blood exuding strong qi sprayed directly onto Chaos, wearing away the boundless chaotic qi.

"Ah!"

A miserable cry sounded, and the azure beast claw extended by the dark shadow instantly retracted again.

Boundless demonic aura encircled the Nine Provinces from outside, yet that massive dark shadow dared not make the slightest movement.

The power of those nine ancient lamps was too great; although it seemed only able to guard the Nine Provinces, it also made him feel extraordinarily troublesome.

After a long while, feeling the influence of heavenly laws growing stronger upon him, the dark shadow deeply glanced at the Nine Provinces, then at the phantom with a human body and dragon tail, instantly tore through Chaos and stepped into it.

He wasn't afraid of the Nine Provinces; merely, his current strength was no longer at its peak, so he chose to temporarily retreat.

Back then, he was heavily wounded by the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors and others; had it not been for the Sovereign's indestructibility, he would have almost completely perished.

Precisely because he could not be utterly obliterated, the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors exiled him to the outside of endless void.

He has just returned from the boundless void; his physical body is extinguished, his primordial spirit shattered, and his strength is less than one-tenth of its former peak.

For him now, the most important thing is to find a dwelling to restore his strength.

Once he has fully recovered the Sovereign's strength, it will not be too late to later destroy the Nine Provinces.

Anyway, the Nine Provinces cannot escape.

With the thought settled in his heart, the dark shadow instantly tore through Chaos and descended upon a great world that sensed it could serve as his abode.

The Nine Provinces world.

As the dark shadow withdrew, the nine lamps returned beneath the Nine Provinces, and the phantom with a human body and dragon tail likewise turned into countless Dao patterns, merging into the Nine Provinces and vanishing.

Witnessing this, the beings of the Nine Provinces instinctively bowed toward the void.

Everyone understood that, without the protection of Fuxi, the Human Ancestor, the entire Nine Provinces would likely be utterly destroyed by that dark shadow.

In the past world beneath the Divine Capital.

Keke's mysterious ancestor gazed at the void with flickering eyes, revealing an undisguised look of astonishment.

After a moment, he subconsciously murmured: "I never expected the Nine Provinces' ancient lamps to contain such divine power, capable of blocking even beings surpassing sovereigns; no wonder Fellow Daoist Fuxi used the Nine Provinces' origin to lay down such a grand formation, though."

At this point, his eyes flashed with doubtful uncertainty as he muttered to himself: "That powerful being just said the nine lamps are Fuxi's tomb; could it be that the Nine Provinces' Heavenly Stele and ancient lamps and other divine objects are what Fuxi left behind from his previous life?"

"If that is indeed the case, it's no wonder Fuxi could use the Heavenly Stele's mystic arts to draw upon the Nine Provinces' origin and set up such a powerful protective grand formation!"

As his words fell, Keke's mysterious ancestor's eyes involuntarily revealed a hint of joy.

Now it appears that the secrets hidden within the Nine Provinces are deeper than he imagined, and the future is not without a chance to triumph over the alien realm.

Alien Realm.

A vast, boundless great world, after endless ages, has accumulated countless stone cities and supreme ancestral gods.

At the very heart of the Alien Realm stands an ancient city towering to the extreme, exuding a boundless, vast aura, far larger than ordinary cities by countless folds.

This is the Alien Realm's first ancient city, a divine city left behind when that Alien Realm's Holy Ancestor, who transcended sovereigns, underwent nirvana transformation.

This ancient city is the Alien Realm's most important holy land, and also the hope for the Alien Realm's Holy Ancestor's future descent.

Boom

Just then, a rumbling sound rang out; the Alien Realm's void was directly torn apart, boundless demonic aura swept across heaven and earth, and a massive dark shadow plunged straight into the ancient city.

"Who goes there?"

"Impudent!"

"Courting death!"

Roar after roar rang out; the powerful entities slumbering deep within the Alien Realm's ancient cities awoke, and the entire Alien Realm trembled instantly.

In the Alien Realm's eternal unknown, atop the ninety-nine stone steps.

At the summit of the stone steps, resembling an altar, as the three supreme ancestral gods prayed and paid homage, a stone king emanating endless deathly qi emerged from within.

Before he could comprehend why his descendants had awakened him, his expression suddenly shifted dramatically, and he abruptly gazed toward the first ancient capital of his own world.

"Sovereign."

An uncertain voice sounded from the mouth of this just-awakened stone king, his eyes filled with incredulity.

In Chaos and the void.

A vast, universe-like ancient city stands here, upon which an ancient, weathered stone bridge encircles, as if guarding the city.

At present, the ancient city is covered in cracks, as if it might disintegrate at any moment.

Obviously, having withstood the Sovereign's attack—even though that Sovereign's strength was not at its peak, and even with the protection of the Heaven-Reaching Death Bridge—the ancient city suffered severe damage.

However, as an intertwined yin-yang fish circulated within the ancient city, wondrous qi and Dao principles were continually drawn out, merged into the city, and the cracks on the ancient city continually repaired, even the qi continually increasing.

It seems that, by continually absorbing the Dao principles and power contained in the yin-yang fish, the entire ancient city is constantly being perfected and elevated.

Within the ancient city.

A Chaos Azure Lotus radiating endless divine light stands upon the origin, with Feng Yi's true self seated cross-legged within it, undergoing transformation.

Beside the Chaos Azure Lotus, stelae stand erect, resembling boundless heavenly pillars, suppressing the Hongjun Stone King beneath the Chaos Azure Lotus.

"Roar!"

A roar rose from beneath the Chaos Azure Lotus, a vast aura surged, causing the entire Universe Ancient City to tremble continuously.

However, mysterious Great Dao markings appeared on the face of each heavenly stele, joining together to form a supreme array that seals the heavens, instantly suppressing the Hongjun Stone King beneath the Chaos Azure Lotus.

Beneath the Chaos Azure Lotus, a Supreme Ultimate Diagram with flowing Yin-Yang fish constantly transformed, resembling the manifestation of the Yin-Yang Great Dao, which is indeed the primal source of the Hongjun Stone King's Great Dao.

The sealing power of the heavenly steles completely suppressed the Supreme Ultimate Diagram, while the roots of the Chaos Azure Lotus sank into the Yin-Yang Supreme Ultimate Diagram formed from the Hongjun Stone King's primal source, continually drawing upon the principles of the Yin-Yang Great Dao contained within and the Stone King's power of this supreme Stone King.

As the Yin-Yang Great Dao contained within the primal source of this supreme Hongjun Stone King was continually absorbed, the balance law that originally permeated all myriad Dao of the Universe Ancient City also changed, making the entire Universe Ancient City ever more vast and mysterious.

Having embarked on the special Stone Person King's path of transforming realms into a city, the present Universe Ancient City is equivalent to half of Feng Yi's body, belonging to him.

As the Universe Ancient City changed, countless insights into the Great Dao arose in his mind, and countless Stone King powers merged into his essence, spirit, and energy, swiftly perfecting his Stone Person King's path and rapidly transforming his body toward a perfect kingly form.

Meanwhile, as his true form underwent transformation, that special other-self body, which bore the system of taking himself as the seed, returned once more to the Cover-Heaven World.

(End of Chapter)