Chapter 310: The Ashen Emperor Awakens, Sealing the Heavenly Dao

Accompanying the faint sound, the Bagua diagram emerged, just like the one derived by the Fifth Azure Phoenix, with eight trigrams in eight colors.

Radiant gold, Heaven Qian;

Mystic yellow, Earth Kun;

Nine purple, Li fire;

Deep black, Kan water;

Then——

Pure silver, Dui marsh;

Zircon earth, Mountain Gen;

Azure blue, Zhen thunder;

Flowing green, Xun wind;

Eight trigrams, eight sources!

Evolved into the Fuxi innate Bagua diagram, decisively severing the sacrificial link between Penglai Immortal Island and the Three Pure Palace.

"Hum!"

The literary fortune that had been forcibly vaporized from Penglai Immortal Island was repressed back into the Ancestral Holy Hall.

The Penglai Immortal Island, which was about to fade, solidified once again.

This also means that the literary fortune sacrifice initiated by Cangpei has been cut off.

Inside the Three Pure Palace——

The vast reading sounds faded away silently.

The pure light vanished, no longer existing!

"Impudent!"

The Three Pure Mystic Maiden coldly rebuked!

Everyone in the Three Pure Palace prostrated themselves, not daring to even breathe.

Within the palace complex that clearly covered over three hundred li, there was absolutely no sound.

At this moment, even if the Divine Halo enveloped them, it could not hide the Three Pure Mystic Maiden's darkened face.

The absorption of literary fortune, yet it was actually severed by human intervention!

"Trash!"

The Three Pure Mystic Maiden originally thought Cangpei was stronger than the Fifth Clan and the Formless Clan!

Never expected, this too is a piece of trash.

She had already helped him cast the spell, yet he still couldn't escape the False God Realm.

"Activate the Three Pure Formation."

She simply didn't believe that a mere False God Realm could leave her unable to grasp it!

"Yes!"

The entire Three Pure Palace shouted in unison and immediately carried it out.

At the same time——

Cangpei stared in shock at Shen Kuo and the Fuxi innate Bagua diagram derived from his palm.

This is divine art!

Cangpei knew it well!

Without inheriting the Fuxi bloodline, one cannot cultivate this technique; otherwise it would not be called the Fuxi innate Bagua diagram.

The essence of the two characters "innate" is that it is predetermined by nature, not something that can be changed by later effort.

But can Shen Kuo?

"How is that possible!"

Cangpei truly had his defenses broken.

Shen Kuo was actually quite surprised as well.

But at that very moment, when his bloodline trembled, the previously studied "Fuxi Bagua" appeared before his eyes with utmost sincerity, and upon chanting it took form!

Just as Shen Qingli had casually displayed before the Fifth Azure Phoenix, they themselves didn't understand why—anyway, it was possible.

"All I can say is that relentless injustice brings self-destruction. Heaven's will is for me to sever your sacrifice of Penglai, your dog's trespass into the Three Pure Heaven—this is why I possess such ability." Shen Kuo's words could be called heart‑piercing.

"Impossible! This is the False God Realm! It's not the true divine realm—how could Heaven's aid let you perform the Fuxi Bagua?" Cangpei utterly disbelieved the nonsense of Heaven's assistance.

"But this is the fact." Shen Kuo gathered his divine power again!

The Bagua diagram he derived solidified once more and pressed down upon the Penglai light barrier.

"Open up for me!" Shen Kuo's divine voice summoned——

The rules of Shen Ting and the Four Seas, Eight Wastelands were all summoned by him, instantly shattering the Penglai light barrier.

The pure light shattered into fragments; Cangpei could no longer believe, yet had to accept reality.

Jiu Li lunged at him immediately, "Give back A Li!"

Cangpei sidestepped, and with a sweep of his palm wind, the qi rhythm of Shen Qingli, still in seclusion, trembled—evidently about to be awakened!

The ancient rhythm emanating from her body also suddenly congealed……

"Release A Li!" Jiu Li shouted, "You disturbed her! If you deviate her cultivation path, will you kill her?"

Cangpei's expression was cold, "Don't come meddling; this venerable self will not startle her."

Jiu Li laughed angrily, "You dead scumbag, you actually have the nerve to steal someone! Give back A Li!"

Impossible.

Cangpei stood coldly before Shen Qingli, his aura locked onto her!

It is highly likely that if Jiuli or Shen Kuo dare to act rashly, he will stop at nothing to wake Shen Qingli.

"Hand over A Li! You're free to come and go, I won't stop you." Shen Kuo said in negotiation.

"Don't even think about it, she's my wife, I will definitely take her away." Cang Pei refused; this is his bottom line.

Shen Kuo's face turned as black as pot ash, and Zhong Minglan even more angrily shouted, "When did my daughter marry you? You have neither parental order nor matchmaker's words! So, does seizing her make it right?"

"Pedantic." Cang Pei indifferently said, "Only mutual affection constitutes a man-woman relationship. Parental orders and matchmaker's words are utter nonsense!"

Jiuli nearly exploded with anger at this shameless wretch, "You call that mutual affection? A Li doesn't like you at all!"

"No." Cang Pei disagreed, "She does like me."

"Ah!" Jiuli was about to go crazy! "What kind of lunatic is this!"

It's all because it just now failed to hold A Li properly, giving that lunatic an opening.

"I can leave Penglai behind, but A Li must come with me."

Cang Pei's gaze swept over Shen Kuo, Zhong Minglan, and the Queen Mother of the West as they approached.

"Who wants your Penglai! We want A Li!" Jiuli fumed, having tried several times to sneak away, but fearing the lunatic would kill her.

At this moment, Shen Qingli is clearly at the critical juncture of her incarnation; if forcibly awakened, without saying anything else, her divine transformation will surely fail.

She's been in seclusion for so long! It's practically all for nothing...

Moreover, her awakened power is obviously extremely formidable! She will inevitably suffer backlash.

Cang Pei has already calmed from his initial shock, clarified this point, and therefore acts with impunity.

"Shen Kuo, you can deduce the Fu Xi Bagua diagram because of A Li's divine influence, right? If I'm not mistaken, the bloodline power she is awakening is extremely strong; once her divine transformation fails, she will surely be reduced to ashes."

"And you, your Shen clan, because of her, have all had your bloodlines ascend—how can you live with yourself? Just for the sake of letting the Buddhist Realm smoothly enter the Dao via this marriage alliance, you don't care whether A Li lives or dies? You are no different from me, who previously ignored her plight."

"No, you were just as indifferent to her before. Now you still want to bind her with righteousness, squeezing out her last bit of value." Cang Pei, believing his argument to be sound and evidence-based, made Jiuli and Zhong Minglan seethe with anger.

"What a dog of a person!" Jiuli pounded her chest, "Wait until A Li wakes up, then ask her!"

"You're nothing but a lowly creature that looks down on others, knowing Di Jin is a Dao Sovereign, you've been brainwashing A Li for him! You all are like that, causing her to mistake reliance on her master's affection for romantic love.

"She's alive today, not even twenty! What does she know? It's all you misleading and using her!" Cang Pei spoke, his voice growing colder.

People who don't know the truth, hearing him say this, almost want to believe he truly means well for Shen Qingli! But obviously he doesn't……

"I won't waste words with you, move aside!" Cang Pei clearly knows time is against him; he must leave before Shen Qingli fully advances to the divine realm, or he will lose the initiative.

"Put A Li down, and we'll step aside!" Jiuli bared her teeth, her fur standing on end.

Cang Pei's expression grew colder, "You needn't make arrangements; whoever dares to act, I will certainly take A Li and perish together on the Dao—better for her to die than to be controlled by you."

Those words successfully pinned down the scattered Shen Kuo, Zhong Minglan, and Queen Mother of the West targeting Cang Pei! They could see Cang Pei wasn't joking; he really would kill Shen Qingli.

After all, in his own view, he truly is doing it for Shen Qingli's good.

Such a person……

Zhong Minglan simply didn't know where to start; she was about to explode too!

Shen Kuo, however, said, "Fine, you may take A Li,"

"What nonsense are you spouting!" Zhong Minglan simply couldn't believe it.

Yet Shen Kuo added, "But you can't just elope with her like this; no matter what, you must at least formally perform the wedding ceremony before me and A Li's mother, with the Heavenly Dao certifying your marriage. A clandestine union without a matchmaker is absolutely unacceptable!"

Zhong Minglan was about to burst a blood vessel……

Jiuli, however, shrank down, grabbed her leg, and urged her not to act rashly.

The Queen Mother of the West's gaze was icy, "I do not permit it! The Holy Consort is the Holy Sovereign's wife; she cannot marry anyone else!"

"Then you want A Li to die?" Jiuli asked in a childish voice.

The Queen Mother of the West remained silent……

"Di Jin himself didn't even come! His wife being taken is his own fault!" Jiuli added.

The Queen Mother of the West fell even more silent……

Cang Pei glanced at Jiuli; this two-faced, three-bladed chubby beast truly follows the rule: where there's milk, there's a mother.

However, Cang Pei wasn't fooled, "You're just trying to buy time."

"Is this what you call loving A Li?" Shen Kuo gave him a cold look, "At the Bi Yu Sect you ignored her; in Sheng Long Tian you schemed against her; even in the divine realm, you only think you're being good to her!

"You don't even give her the proper status she deserves! You just want to forcibly take her away, separating her from her parents and kin, having her follow you with no identity. Tell me, do you really love her?"

"I've already given up Penglai for her!" Cang Pei didn't think he was lacking, "If not for her, I could continue living as a recluse in Penglai; now, am I not abandoned by all?"

"Divine Sovereign, you really don't want us anymore?" Xiyan suddenly screamed.

Throughout Penglai, everyone was equally dispirited!

More than being abandoned, they couldn't bear that their cultivation was being siphoned away.

By this moment, if they still don't realize that Cang Pei is sacrificing them to achieve something like the Three Pure Heavens, they've lived in vain.

Yet, their despair and dispiritedness, Cang Pei pays no heed.

However, he did say, "A wedding ceremony? Sure. I originally intended to personally marry A Li before your parents and then leave. But you came on too rashly; if you're willing to properly witness our marriage, I'll gladly accompany you."

"Alright, come with me to the Shen clan lands." Shen Kuo continued, "Over there, it's already—"

"Impossible, right here in Penglai, the wedding hall and feast are already set up." Cang Pei is no fool.

Zhong Minglan still wanted to insist, but the entire Penglai Immortal Island suddenly trembled! Then——

"Hum—"

"Hum——"

In the void, holy light of the Three Pure shone through.

The Three Pure Formation, penetrating the restrictions between realms, pierced into the sky above Penglai.

"Sacrifice, continue."

The voice of the Three Pure Mystic Maiden, calm and waveless, transmitted across the boundary, cold and iron-blooded!

Since we are to offer, we have no choice but to offer!

Moreover, she absolutely will not allow anyone to obstruct again.

"If you dare to be reckless, I will destroy the realm."

The Three Pure Mystic Maiden also threw down these harsh words!

With her and the Three Pure Formation's power, it is enough to announce to the entire Divine Realm, so that even cultivators in the Buddha Realm can hear it.

Unfortunately…

She is too arrogant.

This shout directly awakened Di Jin completely.

He opened his eyes, within them countless stars, a magnificent aura!