Chapter 422
by fanqienovelChapter 422: Transcendence through Merit (Part One)
After the Emperor died, from within his shattered flesh, a colorful immortal light flew higher and higher, rushing towards the ultimate void.
This was the Heavenly Dao’s will.
To be more precise, this was the Heavenly Dao’s selfish desire.
Li Ruoyu, Yuanzu, Immortal Emperor Mu, and others watched this colorful immortal light, yet no one moved to intercept it. After all, the Heavenly Dao’s will was too bizarre; it had already ruined one Emperor, and no one wanted to become the second.
"Your Majesty…"
A faint murmur drifted. The Moon Goddess’s cold eyes, like the bright moon, shed two streams of clear tears. She collapsed onto the void, her gaze blank and lost, without a hint of spirit.
"Now that the Emperor is dead and the Purple Star Heavenly Court has collapsed, considering you are an innate god like us, I won’t kill you," Yuanzu stared at the Moon Goddess, his expression detached.
The Moon Goddess remained silent.
Her body gradually grew illusory, her Great Dao continuously dissolving, merging into the world.
"She is merging with the Dao," the Ancient God of Origin frowned.
"Fool."
Si Ming’s face turned icy cold. This dignified innate god, who lived as long as heaven, would actually give his life for love because of a postnatal being. It was utterly senseless.
In an instant, the Moon Goddess merged with the Dao, vanishing completely from existence.
She did not break her word.
"The word ‘love’ is truly mysterious," Immortal Emperor Mu laughed and said.
"Everyone, do not forget that the Heavenly Dao has not been destroyed yet," Li Ruoyu said.
The heavenly formation only stripped the Emperor’s power and suppressed the Great Dao. But to destroy the Great Dao, it needed everyone to unite and charge into the ultimate void to shatter the Dao fruit.
Of course, with the heavenly formation, everything was just a matter of time.
Their alliance this time; destroying the Purple Star Heavenly Court was secondary; destroying the Great Dao was the top priority.
Boom!
They charged towards the ultimate void.
High in the sky, forty-nine formation flags fluttered, squeezing the ultimate void and making creaking sounds, steadily suppressing the Dao fruit’s power.
On the ultimate void, half an Innate Dao Seed hovered.
This object was one of the Spirit Roots of heaven and earth, crucial. In the transaction with Heaven’s Secret Pavilion, the Emperor had not handed the Innate Dao Seed to Ye Xu.
The Emperor knew Li Ruoyu’s aim, so he deposited the Innate Dao Seed in the ultimate void. Apart from Heaven’s Secret Pavilion, the Dao fruit’s strength was the strongest in the world, making it the safest place.
Whoosh!
The Mad Daoist activated his profound art, turning into countless phantoms. He dashed through the shattered Purple Star Heavenly Court, gathering Treasured Halls and Heavenly Palaces one after another, wantonly plundering the Purple Star Heavenly Court.
Destroying the Great Dao held no interest for him; the treasures of the Purple Star Heavenly Court were what he was determined to seize.
"That old bastard…" Yuanzu’s face was as dark as water. They were struggling to the death on the front lines, while the Mad Daoist was feasting greedily in the rear, purely using everyone as pawns.
The Immortal Emperors of the Qing Xuan plane did not utter a word. They had already decided that once the battle against the Heavens ended, they would settle old and new debts with the Mad Daoist.
Thud thud thud!
The heavenly officers of the Purple Star Heavenly Court and the Innate Divine Beings led by the White Emperor were still locked in fierce combat, yet their defeat was only a matter of time.
Bang!
Led by Li Ruoyu, ten supreme Immortal Emperors stormed into the ultimate void. Gazing at the Dao fruit, a spark of greed ignited within Li Ruoyu’s heart.
This Dao fruit contained immense power; refining it could potentially push his strength infinitely close to transcendence.
The eyes of the group burned with intensity, clearly coveting the Dao fruit.
Swish, swish, swish, swish, swish!
Rows of formation flags flew into the ultimate void, completely sealing it. The power of the heavenly formation enveloped the Dao fruit, exerting absolute suppression.
Within this ultimate void, the authority of the heavenly Dao was powerful, heavy as a mountain.
Yet, suppressed by the heavenly formation, it struggled to unleash its full might.
"Attack now!"
Yuanzu roared ferociously. The Tai Chi Divine Mountain shot forth from his Purple Palace, intertwined with the forces of Yin and Yang, and crashed thunderously towards the Dao fruit.
Whoosh!
At that very moment, the Dao fruit rotated. A vast, overwhelming force exploded outwards. Faintly visible within it, a divine being of the Dao stood tall in the ultimate void. With a downward press of its hand, a Heavenly Divine Ability descended.
Bang!
The Yin and Yang energies disintegrated. The Tai Chi Divine Mountain was blasted out of the ultimate void.
"This is the true heavenly Dao."
The Ancient God of Origin’s expression turned grave. The Son of Heaven might bear the heavenly Dao, yet he hadn’t accessed all its power. This particular Dao fruit, however, held the very power of the heavenly Dao of the Pangu universe.
The two could not be compared.
"Attack!"
Immortal Emperor Mu declared solemnly, "Heaven’s Secret Pavilion’s heavenly formation can only be used once. Its power diminishes with each use; we must shatter the Dao fruit in the shortest time possible!"
"Agreed!"
Daoist Qing Xuan summoned the Great Dao of Creation formation map. Eighty-one imperial swords fell into the formation, their combined strike embodying the creation of the heavens.
The Dragon Emperor of Lei Ze transformed into a divine dragon, a dragon bell clenched in its jaws. As the bell tolled, primal chaotic divine thunder descended violently, instantly turning the ultimate void into a terrifying sea of lightning.
Amitabha Emperor manifested a ten-thousand zhang golden body. Three thousand Buddhist realms revolved around him, bolstered by faith energy, as he reached out a giant hand to grasp the Dao fruit.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The ten Immortal Emperors unleashed their assaults upon the Dao fruit.
Crash!
The divine being of the Dao shattered instantly. The Dao fruit swayed precariously, the force so great it cracked the fabric of the ultimate void.
The formation flags trembled. Strands of profound divine patterns flew out, surging towards the Dao fruit.
Instantly, the power of the heavenly Dao was bound. Though the Dao fruit crashed about wildly, it could not break free from the heavenly formation.
"Smash the Dao!"
Yuanzu bellowed, channeling the power of the Primordial Dao into the Tai Chi Divine Mountain. The mountain transformed into twin divine lights, Yin and Yang converging as they formed a mighty Tai Chi divine sword slashing down towards the Dao fruit.
Li Ruoyu’s qi and blood churned, and his body was like a dragon.
"Heavenly Emperor’s World-Suppressing Fist!"
He punched towards the Dao fruit, pressing forward without hesitation.
Screens of Immortal Emperors all brought out their full strength, hoping to destroy heaven in one strike.
Boom!
Under the enhancement of the heavenly formation, the ten Immortal Emperors attacked with full force, instantly causing cracks to appear on the Dao fruit.
At this moment, all realms shook; worlds tore apart; earth, water, fire, and wind raged; geography altered; weather disrupted; and countless living beings were harmed.
The Dao fruit was breaking, and the heavenly divine patterns began to collapse.
That strand of colorful immortal light attached to the Dao fruit also grew weaker and weaker.
"We are about to succeed," Yuanzu, Ancient God of Origin, and the others grew excited.
"One more time, and heaven will surely be destroyed!"
The power of the heavenly formation was constantly weakening, but heaven had also suffered severe injuries.
The group was confident that with another combined strike, heaven would be completely destroyed.
Li Ruoyu drew back a part of his magical power; his Divine Sense covered the Heavens as he quietly guarded against unexpected events.
"Teacher, you should appear now," Li Ruoyu thought to himself.
If human ancestor wished to achieve transcendence, he would seize this chance to have Qi Qingsi bear heaven’s selfish desires, then expel them, repair heaven, and in one fell swoop complete the final step of Transcendence through Merit.
Once the heavenly formation was destroyed, no one could block human ancestor.
Rumble!
Yuanzu was the first to act; he suppressed down with the Tai Chi Divine Mountain, increasing the pressure on the already overloaded Dao fruit.
Daoist Qing Xuan, Dragon Emperor of Lei Ze, and the others employed divine powers together to deliver the final blow to the Dao fruit.
Swish!
At that very moment,
a figure appeared out of nowhere in the ultimate void full of cracks.
It was a child about four or five years old.
Yi Tianxing waved his little hand, and the ultimate void instantly healed; he employed the Great Dao of space, placing the entire ultimate void under human ancestor’s control; all of the group’s divine powers and treasures were moved to another time-space by him.
The Dao fruit was completely unscathed.
"Human ancestor?"
Yuanzu’s face changed dramatically,
"Didn’t you promise not to interfere in this matter?"
"I never said that."
Yi Tianxing said, "I only declared that I would not help Purple Star Heavenly Court and not cooperate with the Son of Heaven."
"However, you all wish to destroy heaven; this act endangers all living beings. Naturally, I cannot sit idly by and watch."
Crack!
At the same time,
the forty-nine formation flags that formed the heavenly formation began to shatter one by one, and the power of the formation greatly weakened.
"…"
The group looked displeased.
The timing of the heavenly formation’s power running out was truly coincidental.
"Human ancestor, we have already slain the Son of Heaven," Ancient God of Origin threatened, "if you obstruct us, your end will be like the Son of Heaven’s."
"Do you think, with just you alone, you can block us?" Si Ming said.
Yi Tianxing swept his gaze over the group and said mockingly, "You speak as if you killed the Son of Heaven by your own abilities."
"…"
The group was speechless.
"Old thing, it seems you’re determined to oppose us."
Ancient God of Origin revealed a fierce look.
"In the last Great Calamity in the Immortal Realm, we killed you once, making you turn to dust."
"Today, we can kill you a second time."
Yi Tianxing smiled.
"Since my rebirth, I haven’t fought with anyone yet."
"Seizing this day, I can just test to see what level my strength has reached."