Five Phoenixes Continent.
The entire world fell eerily silent.
Every head turned skyward, a suffocating pressure bearing down, turning every face pale.
Nie Changqing, Jing Yue, and the others emerged from the Nine Prisons Secret Realm, staring upward.
The clouds had parted, revealing darkness and void.
Three colossal continents hung there, radiating crushing oppression.
One had turned blood-red, as though bleeding, swelling like it might explode.
The sea lay windless.
Zhu Long stood upon the water, red dragon coiled around her, heat rolling off them.
She looked up, long lashes trembling, powerful energy surging around her as though she were undergoing metamorphosis.
Du Longyang and Ye Shoudao, newly advanced Yin Spirit experts, stood similarly, gazing at the heavens.
Their divine sense, amplified dozens of times, reached far.
They clearly felt the turmoil in Golden Body Continent.
“That continent… it’s about to collapse.”
Du Longyang’s face was grim.
“Like Tianyuan once did.”
Ye Shoudao nodded solemnly.
“Young Master Lu is nowhere to be seen. If it falls, it’s not good news for Five Phoenixes.”
“Young Master Lu’s power is unfathomable. He must have a plan.”
Du Longyang sighed.
Deep beneath the sea,
inside the ice pagoda,
Fu Tianluo pressed against the wall, staring desperately upward as though he could see through it to the three continents.
“The Venerable One’s aura!”
“The Venerable One from the High-Tier Buddhist Realm… has descended!”
Mad joy surged in Fu Tianluo’s heart.
The Venerable One was a High-Tier Martial powerhouse, with a divine soul, one thought could slay Spirit Severing experts. He could definitely free him!
“Venerable One! Save me!”
Fu Tianluo roared, pounding the ice with all his might.
He didn’t care if the Venerable One could hear, this was his last cry for freedom!
…
Prajna Continent.
Monk Wuxing, drenched in blood, stared blankly at the sky as though witnessing the impossible.
His half-destroyed body trembled.
Not just him,
every soul on Prajna Continent was stunned.
Lu had placed a chess piece. Spirit pressure crushed the world. Every expert was forced to their knees, unable to move.
Some prostrated fully, faces filled with terror.
Nobles and merchants who had seen the Buddha silhouette in the clouds had been ecstatic,
their devout faith manifested.
Many knelt and prayed.
Yet,
before all eyes,
a milky-white greatsword cleaved the head from their object of worship!
The Buddha silhouette, decapitated!
In the temple,
old monks coughed blood as their wooden fish shattered.
Trembling, they pointed at Lu.
“Blasphemy! Blasphemy!”
Their faces flushed with mad fury.
Wuxing stared, then jolted awake.
“Impossible…”
“The Venerable One cannot be defeated! How could a High-Tier Buddhist expert lose?!”
He inhaled deeply.
He had thought Lu was merely an array master, weakened outside his formation.
He never imagined Lu wielded two holy-tier artifacts, nearly killing him.
Now back on Prajna Continent, he had spent immense resources to summon the Venerable One.
Only for the Venerable One’s projection to be instantly beheaded!
Was there anything more soul-shattering?
As a frequent world-destroyer,
Wuxing felt Lu was the true hunter, methodically breaking prey’s spirits until only despair remained.
BOOM!
The golden Buddha shattered, collapsing completely.
Lu sat calmly in his Thousand Blades Chair.
Just a projection dared to suppress him?
When the Bitter Disciple died in Tianyuan, this Venerable One had attacked across vast distance.
Lu had emerged unscathed then.
Now far stronger, beheading a projection stirred no ripple in his heart.
He felt no goodwill toward this ancient Buddhist Venerable One.
The one who orchestrated Tianyuan’s fall.
The one who allowed Wuxing to slaughter billions.
Most importantly,
the one who wanted Five Phoenixes destroyed,
and Lu dead.
Constantly provoking his patience.
Rumble!
As though heaven itself collapsed, terrifying roars shook Prajna Continent’s cultivators into trembling prostration.
Lu’s white robes fluttered as he gazed indifferently at the crumbling Buddha.
The milky-white Heaven Covering Sword returned to his side.
Forged from Chaos energy, it cut all things.
Leaning back, Heaven Covering Sword and Phoenix Feather Swords orbited him.
Sword light wove curtains of rain around him.
Lu ignored the collapsing Buddha.
His gaze shifted to Wuxing below.
“Every cause has its effect.”
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“You slaughtered countless lives on Golden Body Continent, binding yourself to its origin with karma. The origin rages. Only your death can appease it.”
His words rang in Wuxing’s ears.
Half-bodied Wuxing froze, then hurriedly explained,
“Donor, we cannot take the origin away. To gain great benefit, we must agitate it and be baptized by its power. I helped lighten your sin. Is that not good?”
He spoke truth.
World destruction was for the origin’s power,
to elevate themselves.
Their strength came not only from eons of cultivation,
but from devouring fallen worlds’ origins.
Lu’s lips curled.
“So I should thank you?”
Wuxing faltered.
“Is your goal not to use the origin’s power?”
His eyes flashed.
Lu had entered Golden Body’s origin space, but if not to destroy and claim it… what was his purpose?
Wuxing could not guess.
He had never seen anyone fuse origins.
Golden Body Continent was supreme Mid-Tier Martial.
Five Phoenixes only newly top-tier.
Quality-wise, Golden Body’s origin was far superior.
Weak fusing strong, that was suicide!
Lu offered no explanation.
He was too lazy to explain to Wuxing.
He had hunted him only to sever the karma with Golden Body’s origin.
Lu said nothing.
Seated in his Thousand Blades Chair, he raised a palm toward Wuxing.
Immense spiritual energy coalesced into a solid palm strike.
It crossed the sky.
Oppressive aura made breathing impossible for many.
BOOM!
The lavish temple where Wuxing sat collapsed under the palm.
Around the mountaintop,
old monks trembled.
Even early-stage Spirit Severing monks lacked the courage to resist.
Their faith had been beheaded.
How could they muster will to aid Wuxing?
The heaven-descended palm radiated terrifying might.
Wuxing’s blood-soaked robes fluttered.
He sat on the ground, eyelids struggling to stay open under the pressure.
Flesh on his face quivered.
BOOM!
The ground beneath him sank into a giant palm print.
Spirit Severing?
No!
Soul Projection!
This pressure was beyond Spirit Severing!
Wuxing despaired.
He had been too careless.
A mere top-tier Mid-Tier Martial world shouldn’t have experts.
Even knowing Lu was an array master, he hadn’t worried.
Lu’s proudest formation protected Five Phoenixes, outside it, Lu should be weaker.
Yet he was wrong again.
Not only an array master, two holy-tier artifacts.
When he thought that was Lu’s limit, he discovered, in despair, he was wrong once more!
Lu was Soul Projection!
Why torment him like this?!
Wuxing trembled with resentment.
He hated the High-Tier Buddhist Venerable One.
It was the Buddha Seed’s lotus light that lured him, at the Venerable One’s command, to siege Five Phoenixes.
Only to bury himself.
He could have ascended to the High-Tier Buddhist Realm, become a revered monk.
Now,
he was going to die.
In the temple ruins,
the lion demon king Wuxing had taken from Tianyuan’s demon domain stared dumbly at Lu.
His mane pressed flat, he could barely breathe.
It was that human!
The one who re-sealed him in the Demon Lock Tower.
When he emerged, the outer continent was gone.
Now he saw the human again.
Joy or sorrow, he knew not.
Struggling against the pressure, the lion king roared.
Above,
Lu paused.
He saw the pitiful lion king cowering in the corner.
“Oh?”
“Old acquaintance?”
Lu chuckled.
With a thought,
the roaring lion king choked, mouth suddenly full of seawater.
His body shifted, appearing beside Lu.
The lion king was wise.
He prostrated, fawning.
Lu ignored him.
The terrifying palm continued descending.
Wuxing’s face filled with despair.
Suddenly,
despair vanished from his eyes.
Darkness swallowed his consciousness.
BOOM!
A deafening collision shook heaven and earth.
The mountaintop exploded.
Countless stones formed a giant palm, rising to meet Lu’s.
CLANG!
Shockwaves swept outward.
Cultivators around the peak fled, yet were still blasted away, some reduced to blood mist.
When dust cleared,
Wuxing stood, radiating golden light, a golden wheel behind him.
Holy, serene, majestic aura poured from him.
“Daring to destroy my intention golden body… blasphemer against Buddha, you shall burn in karmic fire for a hundred lifetimes!”
Wuxing looked up, eyes pure gold, golden energy streaming from his pupils.
“Possession?”
Lu stared, then his expression turned strange.
“So you’re the Venerable One from the High-Tier Buddhist Realm? As expected, no good bird. You planted a seed in this bald donkey’s soul, ready to possess him at a thought.”
“Buddhist reincarnation, this must be your prepared vessel for rebirth.”
Lu laughed, voice dripping disdain.
“You dare judge High-Tier Martial cultivation…”
Wuxing’s golden eyes locked on Lu.
He slowly rose.
Terrifying power rippled space like water.
Lu grew solemn.
After possession, the Venerable One could affect space.
“Primordial Spirit Unity realm?”
Lu narrowed his eyes.
Only at Primordial Spirit Unity, condensing a true primordial spirit, transforming divine sense into divine soul, could one disturb space.
This Venerable One was at least Primordial Spirit Unity!
A true formidable enemy.
The strongest Lu had ever faced.
On Prajna Continent,
cultivators around the ruined peak looked at Wuxing with fanatical reverence.
The Venerable One had reincarnated through him?!
The supreme Venerable One’s will had descended!
Despite Lu’s terror,
their fanaticism for the Venerable One could not be suppressed.
“A mere ant from a Mid-Tier Martial world dares defy me…”
“Your world cannot escape annihilation!”
Wuxing rose higher, golden light blazing.
He chanted.
Buddhist sound shattered space inch by inch,
like countless blades slashing toward Lu.
Lu’s mind stirred.
Phoenix Feather Swords stacked before him.
Shattered space struck the swords, ringing like steel on steel.
Lu grew serious.
Against a true Primordial Spirit Unity expert, he had to be.
His first truly solemn battle.
High-Tier Martial,
the realm Lu yearned for,
the level Five Phoenixes must reach.
From Low Martial to Mid-Tier Martial, Lu had led the way.
Next, he would guide Five Phoenixes to High-Tier Martial!
His eyes blazed as he stared at Wuxing, golden primordial spirit power pouring from his eyes.
Rumble!
Lu pressed both hands on the armrests and slowly rose.
He rarely stood.
Standing unleashed his demonic qi, transforming him into the demonic lord wreathed in darkness.
Seated, an immortal; standing, a demon.
As Lu rose,
his white robes turned black.
Hair lashed wildly, as though whipping space apart.
Demonic qi surged.
Thousands of silver blades turned black, orbiting behind him.
Demonic qi fused with sword qi, ravaging the surroundings.
The milky-white Heaven Covering Sword gained a thin layer of demonic qi.
Phoenix Feather Swords became black-red, wreathed in demonic flames.
Demon Lord Lu fully awakened.
“Demon?”
“No wonder you dare blaspheme Buddha!”
Wuxing’s golden eyes flared.
Across Prajna Continent,
every cultivator paled at the sight of Lu’s towering demonic qi, then roared in righteous fury.
“Kill him!”
“Slay the demon!”
“Venerable One, subdue this great devil!”
Cultivators bellowed.
Prajna Continent was ruled by Buddhism, demons were their mortal enemy.
Demon Lord Lu gazed calmly.
Beside him, the lion demon king trembled.
Wuxing pressed palms together, sitting in the void, chanting sutras.
Primordial spirit surged.
Myriad Buddhist lights bloomed, golden lotuses opening around him.
Faith energy gathered, Buddhist radiance intensifying, bathing Wuxing in solemn majesty.
Endless Buddhist light surged,
as though to purify Demon Lord Lu.
Demonic qi around Lu began to dissipate, purified bit by bit.
“Amitabha. Donor, you possess wisdom roots. Convert to Buddhism, cleanse your sins.”
Wuxing intoned.
Hum…
Dao Intent rippled.
Across the continent, cultivators became devoutly calm under the Buddhist light.
Even Demon Lord Lu’s eyes seemed to glaze, as though about to be purified.
Yet,
soon he clenched his fist and punched toward Wuxing’s solemn face, aiming to smash his teeth.
“You think you’re worthy to convert me?”
Demon Lord Lu’s hair whipped wildly, voice icy with arrogance.
BOOM!
His fist shook the heavens, demonic qi rolling.
Wuxing formed a Buddhist seal.
A golden arhat stepped from the void, clashing with Demon Lord Lu.
Demon Lord Lu’s eyes narrowed.
Next instant,
Phoenix Feather Swords, Heaven Covering Sword, and thousands of silver blades formed a sword array, all unleashed!
He flipped his hand.
Above his head,
the “Lin” Array Word appeared, cascading light.
Hmm?
Wuxing, possessed by the Venerable One, stared at the “Lin” word, eyes flashing with shock.
“Why do you possess the Liujia Array Sect’s Nine Array Word?!”
Demon Lord Lu was utterly cautious.
He gave no answer.
Against such a foe, he showed respect, full strength.
Hum…
The Dao Stele in his soul blazed.
Third-Grade Sequence Dao Intent, Annihilation Dao Intent surged!
BOOM!
Demonic qi towered.
Thousands of sword lights merged into one.
He slashed at Wuxing.
Space tore.
This was Lu’s strongest strike,
Dao Intent, Heaven Covering Sword, “Lin” Array Word, everything unleashed without reservation.
Countless Buddhist lights were annihilated.
Wuxing’s face changed.
He chanted Sanskrit.
Yet where Demon Lord Lu’s sword passed, all was destroyed.
“Dao Intent? Third-Grade Sequence?!”
“Who are you?!”
The Venerable One possessing Wuxing roared in shock.
He felt danger.
Wuxing formed seals.
A strange Buddhist seal appeared in the void.
Terrifying suction erupted.
Living beings around it instantly melted into skeletons.
They screamed in horror, fleeing madly.
Yet the seal absorbed endless power from their bodies.
Finally, it became a blood Buddha.
The blood Buddha stood tall, hands raised to catch the demonic blade!
Slash!
Demon Lord Lu’s gaze was cold.
One sweeping strike,
beheaded.
Wuxing’s head flew, golden light scattering from his eyes.
The blood Buddha was similarly decapitated, crashing as a sea of blood.
A wisp of the High-Tier Buddhist Venerable One’s primordial spirit twisted and shot upward.
Demon Lord Lu frowned, body flickering, instantly grabbing it.
The primordial spirit writhed.
“Dare destroy my reincarnation body! I will annihilate your world!”
The Venerable One’s primordial spirit roared.
Demon Lord Lu’s face was expressionless.
He crushed it without a word.
“Weak.”
He said flatly.
He felt his full-power strike…
had been overkill.
This guy wasn’t worth it.
Suddenly,
Demon Lord Lu looked toward Five Phoenixes.
In that instant,
a terrifying aura exploded from the continent.
…
Beneath the Boundless Sea,
ice pagoda.
Fu Tianluo leaned against the wall,
covering his face, wailing miserably.
His soul felt scorched.
A Buddha lotus mark appeared on his forehead.
“Possession?!”
“That damned Venerable One?! You want to possess me?!”
“You won’t save me… you want my body?!”
“Why am I so miserable?!”
Fu Tianluo’s eyes glowed gold, yet he laughed bitterly.
So he was just a pawn…
a disposable vessel for the Venerable One.
BOOM!
Fu Tianluo’s aura changed.
Golden light rushed skyward.
The ice pagoda shattered, the sea inverted.
Terrifying presence blanketed Five Phoenixes.
“I will slaughter your world for destroying my reincarnation body!”
Fu Tianluo’s hair fell out, leaving a bald head, eyes blazing gold.
The sea parted before his aura.
Islands exploded!
Cultivators across Five Phoenixes gasped, feeling apocalyptic pressure.
Even Du Longyang and Ye Shoudao trembled.
Zhu Long’s lashes quivered, shock on her face, so strong!
Yet just when despair gripped all,
in the northern wilderness of Five Phoenixes,
monstrous demonic qi erupted.
A monkey silhouette wielding an iron staff stood in the void.
Behind it, a colossal shadow blotted out the sun, radiating terrifying power.
Demon Sovereign Lu!
Shrouded in demonic qi,
he snatched the staff from the monkey.
Looking at the madly laughing bald Fu Tianluo, he curled his lip.
“You know too much.”
With those words,
Demon Sovereign Lu swung the staff.
It grew endlessly long, stretching from central Five Phoenixes across vast distance,
and smashed straight into Fu Tianluo’s stomach.
