Chapter 700

Chapter 700: The Twelve Earthly Branches Cave Techniques, the Sixth-Stage Heavenly Path’s Surprise

Red Heaven’s gaze seemed a bit vacant, as if connecting to something.

The bloodline of the World God…

Different from True Immortals, the World Gods born in the Red Heaven realm are all physically formed as gods. The immense mysteries lie within their bodies, and their descendants inherit astonishing power.

The World God of Slaughter is one such example. Born in the Red Heaven realm, he shares a highly prominent rule similar to that of a True Immortal.

This rule allows the World God of Slaughter to grow stronger continually. His body has a weight comparable to a large world, and even a single tendril of his lacks absolute rules, making it so that Shui Changdong, wielding the Ming Rihui Sword, had to battle for ten years to finally extinguish him.

As a Dao artifact, the Ming Rihui Sword possesses the Dual Slice Strike True Name, capable of enhancing the Power of Rules based on the ratio of standing human beings.

Facing the World God, a life form akin to a demon, the judgment will directly reach full value, causing maximum destructive force.

At the same time, during those ten years, the Heavenly Stem Cave Heaven continually grew with the Red Heaven True Immortal Law, having already reached a new height compared to ten years ago.

Undoubtedly, the physical body of the World God is considered supreme power, capable of resisting two forms of rule-level powers. The offspring birthed from such a physique, even if they possess just a tiny trace of its characteristics, would present unimaginable challenges to those beneath the True Immortal level.

Furthermore, in reality, beings like the World God give birth to many descendants, much larger than their own tendrils, who, upon birth, master the Power of Rules. Comparatively, they could resemble future Path Lords and True Immortals of Colorful Glow.

Could Tiankai be such an existence?

“Clearly not…”

Red Heaven vaguely glimpsed a corner of the future. Tiankai’s bloodline was not innate but granted by someone, possessing only a trace of World God power.

Behind the True Spirit Clan, there should be an existence from the divine clans accumulating countless years of heritage, finally emerging.

Where will the Red Heaven realm head next?

…

“Roar!”

The phantom of the calamity energy fox roared, and the calamity energy lightning tore through the void, clashing directly with the enveloping Heavenly Stem Cave Heaven over the battlefield.

The divine fox was the result of the World God’s bloodline corruption, gaining a small fraction of source power, the nature of which is comparable to Cave Power, allowing it to briefly stand against the Heavenly Stem Cave Heaven and to split the void in two, establishing parity.

But Shui Changdong’s initial actions were merely a preliminary move, his true strength undemonstrated; the power of the calamity energy fox prompted his full response.

“Ten Heavenly Arts! Suppress all!”

The power of the entire Cave Heaven universe was mobilized, intertwining to form an invincible destructive force. Beams of light illuminated the originally dark cosmic space, filled with the Power of Opening Heaven and Earth drawn from the universe’s origin, gathering and erupting!

In an instant, the phantom of the calamity energy fox suddenly dimmed, rapidly heading toward collapse.

“No wonder he is Divine Monarch; my power is far inferior. Even if I fully exert it, I would likely be no match, so I can only resort to human techniques…”

Behind Tiankai, fluffy pink tails began to materialize; with each tail that appeared, her aura surged one level higher.

Once all nine tails manifested, Tiankai’s aura directly stepped into the Honored Position, or more accurately, into the level of the king of the Manifest Realm!

She wrapped herself with all nine tails. Each tail exuded a different power while she sat cross-legged in the void, forming seals with her hands and manifesting the tenth power. At that moment, the calamity energy fox bowed in submission, and the world seemed to collapse under the pressure, gathering into Tiankai’s body, transforming into the eleventh power.

“Ten Heavenly Arts, Opening Heaven and Earth!”

Shui Changdong sensed the power gathering and erupting. He acted coldly as the Power of Opening Heaven and Earth surged, targeting Tiankai.

With the power of the Heavenly Stem Cave Heaven, even a king could resist, as Tiankai had been reborn as a Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox and inherited the bloodline of the World God.

She had originally cultivated for tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of years, and the power of the king was deeply buried within her body, sealed away.

She was like Yuexin and Ming Waiyang, borrowing power that truly belonged to her.

This power could be used freely, just like any ordinary king.

Essentially, she only possessed law realms. Prolonged use of the king’s power would lead to a state of self-destruct, causing her to fail in the Heavenly Path challenge.

“I won’t lose. Only by defeating you can I gain the possibility of becoming a True Immortal. No matter what…”

“I will win!”

Tiankai carried a certain determination. She decided to be reborn as a human in a time when the World Gods descended, striving for a slim chance.

However, Shui Changdong emerged abruptly, clearing away all enemies. She could not compete with such a figure and could only fade into obscurity, waiting for the right moment.

Now, with the Divine Empress’s imminent fall, there would be a battle for becoming a True Immortal in no more than a thousand years. If she did not appear now, when would she?

“Twelve Earthly Branches—Opening Heaven and Earth!”

The final power came from Tiankai’s soul, which still bore some demonic traits, highlighted by her adorable fox ears.

However, the power contained within this soul was truly formidable; it had accumulated a remarkable foundation by being reduced from the king level back to a mortal.

Every time Tiankai advanced in her realm, the foundation of the king flowed back, allowing the strength of her current reincarnated human self to far exceed normal cultivation.

On the Heavenly Path, she achieved the Opening Heaven and Earth, and with a rumble, a beam of light descended from the sky, branching continuously, moving clockwise from the twelve o’clock position.

“Boom!”

The difference between the two great caves was immense, as their powers clashed. Earth’s Wind, Water, and Fire manifested, reshaping the boundary.

The Earthly Branch Cave was still being developed. As a projection, Shui Changdong possessed all the combat experience and awareness, and he knew he still had the opportunity to suppress it. So, he activated the Ten Heavenly Arts, using targeted power to destroy the Earthly Branch Cave.

“Great Annihilation!”

The Heavenly Dry Universe began to contract, returning to a singularity. Everything in its path was obliterated; this was the most powerful killing move of the cosmic-form cave, the method of mutual destruction. Once it began, it could not be stopped and would directly cause the cave to collapse!

“This is the ultimate killing move, Great Annihilation! Hahaha! Even if Tiankai masters the Earthly Branch Cave Techniques, what does it matter? There is simply no time!”

“The reason Divine Monarch is invincible lies in the combination of cave techniques and Red Heaven True Immortal Law. This means the Divine Monarch can continuously restore energy equal to the maximum share of the Heavenly Stem Cave at all times. This characteristic allows him to attain enlightenment in the Heavenly Stem Cave in just ten thousand years, even when he has just begun the process of Opening Heaven and Earth, wielding unparalleled strength!”

“Every second, every moment, the Divine Monarch can unleash the full power of the cave, never worried about exhausting his strength! This is unimaginable for any Master of Heaven’s Cavern. Even if the cave can extract from the void to recover strength, how can it compare to the True Immortal Law?”

“To defeat the Divine Monarch, one must exceed the Heaven Dry Cave’s limits in a single breath and destroy the entire cave. Otherwise, the recovery will be endless! This characteristic has already been demonstrated by Ming Waiyang, who possesses the Red Heaven True Immortal Law, making it utterly unreasonable; even if Tiankai also opens a cave, she will surely lose!”

Many people do not want Tiankai to win; they believe that those who are not of their kind must have different intentions. How could they allow the True Spirit Clan to gain the greatest gift from the Heavenly Path?!

It must be known that the Heavenly Path sealed the World God of Slaughter. From the sixth stage onward, all the proud talents defeated will exist as entities, becoming endowed with Killing Power. Defeating a being at the level of the Divine Monarch is no joke; the enhancement gained would surely be enough to transcend multiple realms in battle!

If such power were gained by a True Spirit, that True Spirit could also open Heaven and Earth, wouldn’t that create a unique Monarch-like being?

“In the past, I did not understand why the rules of slaughter only began appearing from the sixth stage; however, when the Divine Monarch appeared at the sixth stage, even I, no matter how foolish, could grasp the reason!”

“The World God of Slaughter was cast into the Heavenly Path seal by the Divine Monarch. When the True Immortal Mother adjusted the rules of the Heavenly Path, she must have regarded the sixth stage where the Divine Monarch resided as a dividing line. Or, to put it more simply, this was an Easter egg set by the True Immortal Mother for us descendants to explore.”

“This should be the inheritance of the human race, meant to be initiated by the humans themselves. How could a mere True Spirit tarnish my clan’s legacy…”

“Truly deserving of death!”