novelraw Chapter 130 Bone Yama and Shangqing
Chapter 130 Bone Yama and Shangqing
A vast, dark night sky descended upon the starry heavens, and the dark Daoist aura flowed in all directions, completely sealing off this battlefield, isolating space, cutting off heavenly secrets, and locking away all escape routes.
The combined forces of the Heavenly Court and the Western Universe, led by the Heavenly Realm, are all trapped in a prison, with no way forward and no way back, and the situation is extremely precarious.
Even when trapped in a desperate situation, the Ancestor of the Shang Dynasty still stood tall and upright in the center of the starry river, his Dao heart calm and composed, without the slightest sign of panic or despair.
As the supreme power of the Western Universe, one of only two top pillars of the Heavenly Realm, and the ancestor of the Great Shang Dynasty, he possesses vast resources and an unyielding spirit. Even now, with the world in decline and surrounded by enemies, he remains the anchor of stability in the hearts of all the gods of the Western Universe.
With him in command of the central army, the Western universe's true gods and great gods, imprisoned by the night, though filled with fear and unease, did not completely shatter their fighting spirit or abandon their resistance. They still held onto their divine weapons, maintained their formation, and struggled to hold on to the desperate battle.
The Nine-Death Emperor stood above the night sky, looking down at the gods of the Heavenly Court struggling like trapped beasts. His eyes were filled with indifference and coldness, and he was too lazy to waste any more words.
With the encirclement and layout complete, the outcome is already decided, and there's no need for further discussion.
He raised his hand and coldly commanded, "Everyone, let's work together and reap the rewards!"
As soon as the words fell, all the supreme beings of the underworld set off simultaneously, their killing intent soaring and their divine might overwhelming.
The battlefield is instantly divided, with precise positioning and encirclement kills.
The three supreme immortal beings, the Nine Deaths Heavenly Emperor, the Snow Sea Emperor, and Gong Xuanzang, joined forces to besiege Shang Zu, who was also at the same level of immortality. Xun Yangzi, the Immortal Lord, the Buddha of Determination, and several other great free and boundless giants were each tightly entangled and suppressed by supreme beings of the same level in the Hell Realm.
In addition, the Rakshasa Clan's Linglong Goddess led a group of other powerful beings from Hell, traversing the battlefield and slaughtering the remaining countless cultivators of the Heavenly Court.
Linglong Divine Venerable, backed by the Demon Refiner, the supreme artifact of the world and the fourth source of demonic power, was dressed in the most luxurious attire. Seven or eight divine artifacts surrounded her, their precious light soaring into the sky and Dao patterns hanging down, making her offense, defense and killing all of the highest level.
With no one to restrain or stop her, she moved as if she were in an empty land, unleashing all her divine artifacts and unleashing devastating power. One after another, countless powerful figures from the Heavenly Court were torn apart by the artifacts, and then forcibly absorbed and suppressed by the Jade Bottle she offered up, sealing their souls, origins, and blood, completely depriving them of even the chance to self-destruct and perish together.
The great gods and true gods below the boundless realm were utterly crushed and slaughtered. The gods of hell swept away everything in their path, wantonly reaping the essence of cultivation in this generation of the Western universe.
The brilliant divine blood was splashed across the starry sky, staining billions of miles of star field red. The starry sky under the cover of night was now turned into a living hell.
The gods of Heaven were extremely frustrated. Their heavenly secrets and karma were interfered with by the power of the World Tree, the night locked the space, and the gods of Hell surrounded them. They couldn't even self-destruct their divine souls or burn out their divine sources. They could only watch helplessly as their bodies were obliterated and their fruits of cultivation were plundered.
As Shang Zu watched his elite troops from the Great Shang Dynasty and the powerful figures from the Heavenly Realm fall rapidly, he felt a burning pain in his heart.
At this moment, the one fighting on the battlefield is the divine corpse avatar of the Shang Ancestor. The many true gods of the Heavenly Realm on the battlefield now bear the weight of the Heavenly Realm's accumulated power over countless ages.
Seeing the prodigies he had nurtured generation after generation, and the accumulated foundation he had built up, all vanish here, even though his Dao heart was as firm as iron, he could not hide the pain and anger in his heart.
"Hahaha! Shang Da's mustache!"
The Nine-Death Emperor laughed loudly, his killing intent chilling: "Your clone is trapped in the night, isolated and helpless, with all your forces wiped out. Let's see how long you can hold out!"
Before the laughter subsided, the Nine Deaths Heavenly Emperor activated his supreme divine power, and the Soul Seal soared into the sky, landing on all the heavens. The heavy dark Daoist aura suppressed the space around the Shang Ancestor, sealing off the circulation of his divine power.
At the same time, Xuehai Dijun and Gong Xuanzang unleashed their strongest battle power, with endless divine might crushing the Shang Ancestor's divine body in turn, and countless deadly divine powers slamming into it.
"Pfft!"
The indestructible, immeasurable divine body instantly shattered, cracks appearing everywhere, and golden divine blood gushed out, scattering across the broken starry sky, staining the Milky Way with blood.
Shang Zu knew that he was surrounded by three supreme powers, and if he continued to fight, he would be destroyed, his soul and his clones would be wiped out.
In dire straits, only by fighting desperately to break through can one find a glimmer of hope!
Ragnarok!
A deep shout reverberated throughout the star field, and the divine power of the Celestial Venerable of the Temple of Light in the Heavenly Realm erupted.
The supremely brilliant divine light broke through the darkness's confinement, illuminating billions of miles of starry river. The vast and boundless power of light swept in all directions like a celestial river overturning and a starry sea collapsing, forcefully pushing the Snow Sea Emperor and Gong Xuanzang back hundreds of thousands of miles.
Seeing the power of light about to tear apart the cage of night, the Nine Deaths Heavenly Emperor's eyes suddenly turned cold, and his face was full of disdainful sneers.
"Like a mantis trying to stop a chariot, utterly overestimating one's own strength!"
He raised his hand to cover the heavens, causing the source of darkness to boil and a large number of dark mysteries to emerge, unleashing the ultimate divine power of the Dark Temple.
"Eternal Night for the Heavens!"
An endless torrent of darkness swept down, engulfing the entire starry sky and devouring and annihilating all forces of light.
Layer upon layer of dark Daoist energy, layer upon layer of confinement, condensed into a dark abyss spanning billions of miles across the star field. A terrifying devouring power suddenly erupted, instantly forcibly drawing the wounded Shang Ancestor's divine corpse into the core of the abyss, completely imprisoning it.
The Nine Deaths Heavenly Emperor has deeply cultivated the Yin-Yang Dao of Nine Lives and Nine Deaths, and has controlled the Dark Temple for many years. His dark mysteries have reached more than 50%, and his combat power is definitely no less than that of an ordinary Heavenly Venerable.
With his foundation, plus the assistance of the two giants, Snow Sea Emperor and Gong Xuanzang, suppressing an isolated and helpless avatar at the early stage of the Undying Boundless Realm was effortless.
In just a few breaths, the divine power and soul of the Shang Ancestor's corpse were completely sealed and imprisoned, unable to move, and were completely absorbed and suppressed by a divine artifact.
The moment the Shang Ancestor was suppressed, a burning joy flashed in the eyes of the Nine Deaths Heavenly Emperor.
If he could devour and refine the indestructible divine body and the perfected Dao Fruit of Light, his Nine Lives and Nine Deaths Divine Path would surely be perfected even faster, allowing him to take the final step and ascend to the pinnacle of all heavens.
He glanced at the two giants beside him out of the corner of his eye, but ultimately suppressed the greed in his heart.
With the great battle still raging and the situation unresolved, now is certainly not the time to divide the spoils of war.
"Continue the advance and suppress them all!"
As soon as they finished speaking, the three of them, carrying an immeasurable and boundless aura, sped toward the battlefield where Xun Yangzi, the Immortal Cult Leader, and the Buddha of Determined Arguments were located.
Seeing this, the several Heavenly Court leaders who were engaged in fierce battle in the distance felt their hearts sink to the bottom.
The leader of the Fengxian Sect, his Taoist robes tattered and his divine body wounded, stared at the three terrifying figures rapidly approaching. His face filled with horror and despair, he roared in a hoarse voice, "Not good! The Ancestor of Shang has been suppressed! We must break through and escape at once!"
Within this desperate prison created by the combined might of the powerful beings of Hell, escape is nothing but wishful thinking.
"You old scoundrel Fengxian, you have done nothing but evil and wickedness your whole life, today is the day you die!"
The God of War of Xuantian responded with a cold laugh, the Xuantian Blood Tablet above his head suppressing all the heavens, and the blood spear in his hand piercing through the void, with countless spear shadows and endless killing intent, tightly entangled with the Fengxian Sect Leader.
At the same time, Shen Tu Ghost Emperor led a group of powerful beings from hell to surround and attack. The various heavenly mysteries of the hell realm, such as the Yellow Spring Heavenly Dao, the Corruption Heavenly Dao, and the Blood Sea Heavenly Dao, were superimposed to suppress and restrict his supernatural powers, causing the Fengxian Sect Master to suffer repeated defeats and become unable to resist, ultimately becoming a sitting duck.
On the other side, the Asura Clan Chief Ni Xuan Shenzun, the Bone God Palace Master Bai Yu Chi Jing Shi, and others joined forces to suppress the Determining Buddha, while the Corpse Clan Chief San Sha Dijun, the Corpse God Palace Master Bing Shi Tuo, and others besieged Xun Yangzi.
Several top-tier Heavenly Court leaders who controlled their respective realms were all trapped in a deadly predicament, their demise imminent. The entire cosmic battlefield had completely collapsed...
Just as the Hell Realm was about to annihilate the Heaven Realm's allied forces, a vast and incomparable spiritual force quietly swept across the heavens from the depths of the starry sky far beyond the battlefield.
The Lord of the Temple of Truth had secretly broken through the ninety-level in spiritual power cultivation. Even though the powerful beings of the Hell Realm had the power of the World Tree to conceal their Dao traces, the battle between more than a dozen Great Freedom Limitless Peak and even Undying Limitless Supreme beings still revealed their overwhelming power and Dao rhythm fluctuations.
The Lord of the Temple of Truth, who was closest to the battlefield, immediately noticed the anomaly. Startled, he didn't hesitate and rushed to the rescue.
But everything had already been secretly planned. Between the Heaven of Separation and the present universe, two hidden figures quietly emerged, waiting for their prey to fall into their trap.
Seeing the Lord of the Temple of Truth heading to the battlefield alone, the two stopped lying in wait and simultaneously tried to stop him!
"Boom!"
Billions of hideous demonic phantoms surged forth from the void rift, transforming into a raging torrent of blood and evil, overturning the Milky Way and crushing the heavens.
Bone Yama manifested his true form, unleashing the supreme power of a Heavenly Venerable at its peak, and unleashing the ancestral divine power of the Great Demon God, "Thousand Spirits Blood Fiend!"
This attack traversed the galaxy and shattered star fields. Its speed was extreme, and its killing intent descended suddenly. Even the Lord of the Temple of Truth did not have time to fully react and was unable to resist in the rush.
A hair's breadth, a moment of life and death!
A torrent of five-colored laws suddenly swept across the starry sky, its order condensed and its Dao patterns intertwined, transforming into a five-colored heavenly blade that traversed billions of miles of star field, slashing through the torrent of blood and shattering the deadly move.
The void rippled slowly as Zhenyu stepped out.
He was clad in a five-colored dragon armor, gleaming with precious light and exuding an overwhelming Daoist aura. He held a seven-star divine sword and had a purple-gold-red gourd hanging at his waist. With top-tier divine gear on his side, his divine light was dazzling and extremely eye-catching, even attracting the attention of Bone Yama, a Heavenly Venerable Realm expert.
Zhenyu's gaze was indifferent as he looked down at the two people in front of him. His voice was calm but pierced through the ages: "Gu Yanluo, patriarch of the Yanluo clan of Lihentian."
"And this fellow Daoist lurking in the shadows, formerly known as Shangqing of the Liangyi Sect, should now be called Ancestral Witch Bai Yuan."
"One was possessed by the remnant soul of a great demon god, and the other was possessed by an ancient ancestral witch. The two are quite a good match, like a sleeping dragon and a young phoenix."
From the shadows, Shang Qing slowly stepped out of the void, his terrifying sword intent shaking the galaxy and oppressing the heavens. He stared intently at Zhen Yu, his eyes filled with extreme astonishment and solemnity, and spoke in a deep voice: "You actually knew our identities, and even predicted in advance that the two of us would lie in wait here to make our move?"
"Is the person behind you the Ancestor of Time and Space? Has the Ancestor of Humanity finally entered the game and stirred up the chessboard of the heavens?"
Shang Qing's mind raced, and he instantly pieced together the whole story. As a remnant soul of Bai Yuan who had possessed his body, he knew many secrets of the heavens.
Bone Yama is a remnant soul of a great demon god possessed, essentially belonging to the Underworld Ancestor faction, and is unlikely to be of the Human Ancestor lineage. The fact that Zhenyu could foresee their secrets and plans, and lay in ambush long ago, is impossible except for the most hidden mastermind in all the heavens, the Time-Space Human Ancestor.
The Lord of the Temple of Truth, who was standing nearby, was greatly shocked upon hearing this, his face filled with disbelief.
The Ancestral Witch Bai Yuan and the Great Demon God are both beings renowned throughout the ages. Unexpectedly, they both returned to the world through possession. Suddenly receiving too much information made her unable to recover for a while.
Bone Yama carefully scanned the surrounding void, but did not sense the aura of Mingde or the Five Elements Master. When he saw Zhenyu appear alone, his initial fear and panic at being exposed vanished instantly, and a chilling killing intent arose in his eyes.
"Now that you've uncovered my secrets, I can't let you live today!"
With a flick of his hand, Bone Yama conjured seventy-two demonic pillars that pierced through the cosmos, crisscrossing and locking the heavens and earth, completely isolating this star field and sealing off all escape routes.
He turned to Shang Qing beside him and invited in a deep voice, "Fellow Daoist, let us join forces to suppress these two!"
Shang Qing weighed the pros and cons in his mind and nodded in agreement.
The two were originally allied for mutual benefit and plotted together to control the universe. Now they are both trapped in the same predicament, and only by joining forces can they break the deadlock.
Shang Qing raised his hand and summoned a divine sword. All the profound meanings of swordsmanship erupted from his body. The intensity of his sword intent and the ferocity of his killing power even surpassed Xu Fengjin at his peak. Hundreds of millions of annihilating sword energies reversed the Milky Way and overturned the sky, slashing fiercely down towards Zhen Yu.
Faced with the combined attack of the two supreme celestial beings, Zhenyu showed no fear whatsoever; instead, a strange and profound smile appeared on his face.
Gu Yanluo and Shang Qing felt a sudden chill in their hearts, sensing an extremely ominous situation. They quickly withdrew their attacks and retreated, trying to escape.
But it was already too late!
"Hahaha!"
Zhen Yu laughed loudly, his voice shaking the star field: "This scheme of mine was originally set up for the Seventy-Two Lotus, the God of Fortune and Prosperity, and others, to wipe out the remaining members of the All-Heavens Organization in one fell swoop!"
"I never expected that you two old monsters would willingly step into this mess. Truly, heaven is helping me!"
Before he could finish speaking, Zhenyu waved his hand in mid-air!
Five divine banners, each with its own distinct order and pure Daoist charm, burst forth from the five directions of the starry sky, taking root in the five extreme regions of the star field. These are the Five Primordial Banners, divine artifacts crafted by Ling Che using the Five Elements Origin Treasures.
The Innate Five Elements and Five Directions Grand Array was formed instantly, spanning the heavens and earth and covering the starry river, forming a self-contained world, trapping Bone Yama and Shangqing within the array, with no possibility of escape.
This formation is an unparalleled killing formation derived from the Five Elements Flags of the Primordial Innate, a treasure crafted by Ling Che. The five elements rotate endlessly, creating a continuous cycle of life. It combines offense and defense, and imprisons all the heavens. Even with Zhen Yu's current cultivation level, it would be difficult for a semi-ancestor to break free from this formation in a short time, even if he were deeply trapped within it.
Seeing this, Bone Yama cursed them for their treachery and cunning, and unleashed the power of the Primordial Great Law, manipulating seventy-two demonic pillars to bombard the array barrier.
The five divine flags interact and merge, cycling endlessly, making the formation as solid as a rock and impervious to all attacks. No matter how it was bombarded, the formation remained undamaged and motionless.
On the other side, Shang Qing unleashed the ultimate power of his swordsmanship, his destructive sword energy sweeping across the array domain, attempting to tear apart the array's shackles.
Suddenly, golden light spread across the array, golden springs gushed from the ground, lotus flowers bloomed in the void, and a vast and boundless golden Dharma image suddenly appeared, suppressing all directions. The profound mysteries of Buddhism and Taoism overlapped, and with a wave of its hand, it dissolved all peerless sword intent and broke the strongest killing move of Shangqing.
"Amitabha."
The profound and sacred sounds echoed within the formation, gentle yet domineering: "Now that you two fellow Daoists have entered the game, you may remain here in peace and become resources for our advancement on the Great Dao."
"In the netherworld, this humble monk will chant sutras for your salvation and settle your karmic debts."
At this moment, Shangqing and Gu Yanluo fully understood the truth, and were filled with shock, anger, and deep regret.
They had intended to take advantage of the war between Heaven and Hell to reap the benefits, stir up the situation, and act as the masterminds behind the scenes, scheming against all the heroes of the heavens. Little did they expect that their meticulous planning would ultimately lead them into a trap, a snare in someone else's game!
Zhenyu and Xuandao stood side by side, looking down at the two Heavenly Venerables struggling in the formation, their expressions calm and composed.
This innate Five Elements and Five Directions Grand Array was originally a deadly trap set up by Zhenyu in advance, with the purpose of eliminating some hidden dangers in the heavens, and preferably luring out people from the Underworld Ancestor faction or the God Realm.
To his delight, he captured two powerful Heavenly Venerables, Bone Yama and Shangqing. With the essence of these top Heavenly Venerables like Bone Yama and Shangqing to refine and absorb, he has already replenished most of the vast resources needed for his clone to break through to the Half-Ancestor realm!