Chapter 564

Chapter 564: The Immortal Bird Above the Nine Heavens

Jieyin enters the Law Destruction Temple while Li Hui departs, voicing a demand behind him: “No, why must you confine me for a thousand years? Why?”

“Master, you’re so naughty!” the azure bull laughs more and more as they walk away.

“Ha, this wine is great!” Li Hui puts down the wine gourd and says, “It’s such a waste to not keep this demon emperor as a helper. I’ve severed most of my connection with Jieyin; from now on, he’ll focus on Buddhism, and I’ll focus on the Dao. Now be careful; we’re heading to the Extreme Decimation Palace in the Azure Sky layer.”

“Extreme Decimation Palace?” The azure bull hears this place mentioned for the first time.

“Rise!” Li Hui calls out lightly, and the azure bull’s hooves stomp on the clouds, soaring straight into the sky.

“Mooh, so fast! Master, slow down; this bull’s getting dizzy!”

“You’ll get used to it after a few more trips,” Li Hui replies while using his exceptional abilities. “The Extreme Decimation Palace is located high above the Nine Heavens, close to piercing through the Azure Sky to the void beyond. The area is filled with ferocious winds, thunder, and calamity fire, along with countless Dao Traces formations. Any Profound Law Stage Practitioners will have to avoid it from afar. With my capabilities, I can reach halfway, but I’ll need to stop at nine thousand zhang away. Typically, Traveling Realm Practitioners cannot enter, and there are probably no more than twenty people in the world who can get close, with even fewer who can enter.”

“Ah?” The azure bull is shocked. “Then what are we going for?”

“We’re going to collect the reincarnation Dao traces,” Li Hui gazes up at the increasingly close Azure Sky layer and says, “To create the treasure cabinet, thousands of reincarnation stones must be arranged in formation. After much consideration, besides the Nine-Mystic Continent, only the area outside the Extreme Decimation Palace possesses this opportunity.”

“Mooh mooh, we’re about to enter the Azure Sky layer. There’s so much raging fire and fierce wind.” The azure bull shields itself beneath a blend of light and shadow while Li Hui takes the Cloud-Brush Dragon Claw Technique into his hands.

“Boom, boom, boom…” Nine groups of demon fire slowly open like a heavenly gate, revealing the Azure Sky layer, also known as the Nine Heavens, notorious for its nine formidable calamities. For Li Hui, this isn’t much of a challenge, as he is the most likely candidate to become the Unrivaled Calamity Master.

Many calamities can be subdued using talisman methods. Even though this is his first time entering the Nine Heavens, he doesn’t feel too pressured. After searching for a day and night, he finally finds the Extreme Decimation Palace.

“There it is!”

From a distance, he indeed sees a grand palace! However, it’s not a place he can currently reach. The azure bull uses its light escape and dark escape to rush forward, traversing numerous dangers. At some point, the lights blend and transform into the shape of a ruyi as they weave in with more intricate forms.

“Stop at nine thousand zhang; we can’t go any further,” Li Hui pants for a moment, and six beams of light spring up behind him, like a vortex attracting the reincarnation Dao traces to him.

He fully commits here, making the treasure cabinet increasingly enigmatic. At first, everything goes smoothly, but two days later, a sudden shriek echoes from the direction of the Extreme Decimation Palace.

“Ying…” The call creates a deep ripple, and not only that! It also causes countless Dao Traces formations to tremble, with a trace of Dao rhythm spreading out, leaving him unable to describe the sensations. If not for the strength of his heart of Dao, he might have fainted and likely wouldn’t wake up.

“Is there a spiritual beast in the Extreme Decimation Palace?” Li Hui notices a flash of red light. Instinctively sensing danger, he pulls the azure bull back and turns to see a spectral trace brush past, piercing through hundreds of zhang of Dao Traces formations with a buzzing sound.

“It’s not a spiritual beast; it’s… it’s a Dao talisman?”

“Roar roar…” Bai Ze sees its kind and emits a warning cry. The second red light swiftly arrives without a sound, manifesting intense world-burning intent.

“Is there really a Dao talisman in the Extreme Decimation Palace?” While dodging the red light, Li Hui forms a sign and points from afar, immediately hearing a resounding cry.

“It’s the legendary Immortal Bird! My heavens! The Extreme Decimation Palace actually holds such a Dao talisman—one that has touched the source of the Dao, incomparable to the Residual Talismans of Bai Ze! Just its natural defense possesses such terrifying might.”

If it were anyone else, they would have already escaped by now. Even Traveling Realm Practitioners would flee before the Immortal Bird, but today Li Hui stands firm, for his obsession with talisman methods has overcome his fear.

This is because within him, Tian Xin, the demonic heart, the demon heart, the ghost heart, and the hell heart are all constantly seeking ways to break through, leading to an exceptionally rapid growth rate. Whether with talisman arts or cultivation methods, he always manages to find ways to overcome obstacles from different angles, perhaps even achieving crucial insights in the time it takes to sip a drink.

This is the formation of the Six Paths, the beginning of reincarnation!!!

For Li Hui now, the heart of Dao only needs to maintain balance among the other five hearts. His cultivation speed isn’t simply five times faster; it is terrifyingly compounded fivefold, multiplied five times.

In other words, while others ponder a single thought, Li Hui has already navigated three thousand one hundred twenty-five thoughts, achieving a level of control over all things and himself that is almost indescribably ultimate.

“This is the first complete Dao talisman I’ve encountered! How could I let it slip away easily? Even if I can’t grasp it, I must learn four to five parts of its divine rhythm.”

“Boom, boom, boom…”

The Immortal Bird attacks from afar, but each time it summons the world-burning Dao fire, it encounters a slight resistance; someone is trying to control it—a noble Dao talisman, how outrageous!

“Ying, ying, ying…” The bird’s calls grow frantic. Li Hui pays no mind as he continues to form signs. As he senses, the pages of the Dragon Spring Purple Talisman Classic fill with talismanic symbols, and he begins to deduce the Immortal Bird Dao talisman with all his might.

“Immortal? How can there be such an against-the-heavens talisman? To possess it equals having the body of immortality, allowing rebirth anywhere a divine consciousness is anchored.”

“Who drew this talisman? Their talisman skills must be incredibly high!”

“Speed up the deduction in the Dragon Spring Purple Talisman Classic, while the Tai Shang Tong Xuan Ben Zhen Jing helps me return this talisman to its origin!” Li Hui continuously forms signs to influence the Dao talisman, helping him evade the terrible killing intent while also contemplating the talisman arts, bearing immense risks every moment.

He stays focused on using six senses simultaneously, unlike any other Myriad Forms Stage Practitioners who would have already perished.

“I’ve grasped ten percent: immortal, divine bird emerges; in the nine heavens, hides the fire feathers; in extinguishing, the dao rhythm coincides, in tranquility, the long wind sings…” Li Hui deeply experiences this; the Dragon Spring Purple Talisman Classic rightfully holds the title of the first scripture of the Heavenly Talisman Sect. Cultivating it to the Jade Symbol level allows one to penetrate the Dao principles, and analyzing talisman methods is his forte!

“Twenty-five percent, thirty percent, thirty-five percent…”

“Not enough, lacking essence, lacking Dao rhythm! Go deeper; I can do this.”

“Ying…” The Immortal Bird Dao talisman creates tremendous vibrations, its colossal body seeming to want to break free from the Extreme Decimation Palace, launching an attack on the audacious practitioner who keeps attempting to replicate it.

“Fifty-five percent, the crucial moment has arrived; I feel a bit of divine rhythm coming.”

“Sixty percent! I’ve already deciphered sixty percent; can I attain even more?” Li Hui senses he has reached his limit, but he refuses to stop.

“Sixty-one percent, sixty-two percent, sixty-three percent… sixty-four percent.” Just then, a terrifying blaze sweeps through, seemingly shattering the binds of time, forming an indescribable world-burning Dao principle.

Within the blaze, Dao principles densely filled the space, patterns intertwining, appearing like a magnificent mat woven with exceptionally intricate techniques. Li Hui’s gaze becomes captivated, losing his ability to detach. Amidst the thunderous roars, he plummets from the Nine Heavens, engulfed in relentless flames, heading toward the earth.