Rewriting the Gods

"Very well, since you're unwilling to repay it, let's settle this matter of cause and effect today!"

Xuan Du spoke expressionlessly. As soon as he finished speaking, black and white Xuan light rose up, intertwining with the Great Dao, and an invisible force gathered within it. A vast pressure swept out like a tide.

Ancestor Styx remained expressionless and calmly said, "I am eager to experience the supernatural powers of Grand Master Xuandu!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a chilling aura of killing intent rose up, and endless killing intent swept out. The killing intent materialized into three blood-red killing swords that hung behind the Styx Ancestor.

Xuan Du sat cross-legged in the void, a Taiji diagram beneath him constantly rotating. Looking at the murderous Styx Ancestor, Xuan Du's expression remained unchanged. With a thought, black and white Xuan light crisscrossed in the void, and a brand new power of heaven and earth was born.

An indescribable sense of grandeur and vastness rose up, and in a daze, the black and white space in front of me seemed to transform into a vast and boundless world, vast and lofty, all-encompassing and containing everything!
Xuandu raised his hand and pointed, and the entire world instantly pressed down. In an instant, an indescribable and vast pressure swept over, and the void silently turned into dust, as if an entire world had directly pressed down on him, and the weight of the entire world fell on the Styx Ancestor.

Ancestor Styx frowned, feeling an irresistible and terrifying force descend upon him. Even his quasi-saintly power, capable of moving mountains and seas, seemed insufficient in the face of this pressure.

It felt as if the entire primordial world was pressing down on him alone.

Xuandu borrowed the power of the primordial world!

With a thought, the Styx Ancestor instantly understood the key to this matter. As a veteran Quasi-Saint of the Primordial World, having survived countless tribulations, his knowledge was no less than that of ordinary Saints. He could also discern three-tenths of the mysteries of the Great Dao cultivated by Xuandu.

He is truly an outstanding person.

Heaven blesses humanity. If it weren't for the difficulty of obtaining a holy position, you and I could sit down and discuss the Dao!
The Styx Ancestor thought to himself, his mind completely focused, but his actions were without the slightest hesitation.

The moment Xuandu used the immense power of the primordial world to suppress it, the Styx Ancestor's body shone with intense blood light, and a killing intent that could shatter the universe and destroy heaven and earth erupted like a volcano.

Among the three swords behind the Styx Ancestor, the Blood Sword, symbolizing the Heavenly Killing Sword, shone brightly. With a single strike, the entire world instantly turned blood red.

With a single sword strike, the immense pressure that had been pressing down on him vanished instantly, and the universe was silently annihilated. The immense power of heaven and earth that Xuandu had borrowed was directly destroyed by the Styx Ancestor's sword.

The Heavenly Sword of Slaughter, a single strike shatters heaven and earth!

The same move, in the hands of Styx Ancestor and Sha Wujing, is completely different.

The power displayed by this sword in the hands of the Styx Ancestor was terrifying to the extreme. This was the true Heavenly Killing Sword, and it was also the source of the Styx Ancestor's confidence as a veteran Quasi-Saint!
With a single sword strike, the Styx Ancestor cleaved through the heavens and earth, stepping through the air and approaching Xuandu.

"The Great Dao, with Yin and Yang as its framework, relies on the power of Heaven and Earth to open and close, suppressing everything. It is indeed profound, but borrowing power is still just borrowing power. How can it compare to one's own strength!"

"No matter how much power you borrow, I, your ancestor, can still cut you down with a single sword strike!"

As Styx Ancestor spoke, his hands did not stop moving. Behind him, the Blood Sword, symbolizing the Sword of Slaughter for All Beings, shone brightly, and endless killing intent soared into the sky.

The killing intent was so intense that the entire sky turned blood red. Endless blood light flowed and evolved into various strange phenomena in the void. Within these phenomena, sword light crisscrossed, and all living beings were beheaded. Dragons, phoenixes, witches, demons, and humans all became dead souls under the sword!
This is the Styx Ancestor's way of killing living beings. By slaughtering all living beings, one can attain enlightenment. All living beings in the primordial world are within the scope of the Styx Ancestor's slaughter!
As the sword light fell, an endless killing intent rushed towards him. Even Xuan Du felt a chill run down his spine and his face turned solemn.

As expected of a veteran powerhouse from the primordial era, his fame resounds throughout the primordial world; his supernatural abilities are truly astonishing.

"Change!"

With a thought, Xuan Du's Dao of Vertical and Horizontal Aspects rose, and black and white Xuan light flowed. The original gathering of the great power of heaven and earth instantly changed, and was replaced by the power of all living beings.

Just now, Xuandu borrowed the power of the immeasurable immortals from the six major surrounding forces.

Countless figures appeared in the void, and in a daze, it seemed as if the Styx Ancestor was facing off against his own 530,000 immortals.

However, borrowing momentum is ultimately just borrowing momentum. When the sword of killing all living beings fell, countless lives perished under its blade. The third exchange between the two sides ended in a draw!

The seriousness in their eyes intensified.

"Excellent! As expected of Taiqing's esteemed disciple, your supernatural abilities are indeed profound!"

"If a few more eons pass, I'm afraid I really won't be able to defeat them, but for now, it's still a bit early!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the three killing swords behind the Styx Ancestor erupted simultaneously, and endless, sharp killing intent swept through the void.

Slaughtering the heavens, the firmament shatters; slaughtering the earth, the Yellow Springs sink; slaughtering all living beings, all people are beheaded!
All three kinds of murderous intent were extremely concentrated!

If an ordinary person can fully comprehend one of these, they can advance to the peak of Quasi-Saint, become a Primordial Golden Immortal, and become a top-tier supernatural being in the prehistoric world.

The Styx Ancestor had fully comprehended these three kinds of killing intent to a perfect level.

This is also the source of the Styx Ancestor's confidence in standing firm in the prehistoric world, being known as the most difficult existence below the saints, and being able to be on par with Zhenyuan Daxian, the ancestor of earth immortals!
With the three swords combined, the killing intent emanating from the Styx Ancestor reached its peak. The immense pressure emanating from him surpassed that of an ordinary Quasi-Saint at the peak. This immense pressure shook the heavens and the earth, and countless beings in the primordial world and the three thousand great worlds fell silent!

"Well done!"

Xuan Du's eyes lit up upon seeing this. "I knew it! How could a veteran powerhouse be so weak? That makes sense!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Xuandu stood up, and a mysterious Daoist aura rose from his body. The profound Yin-Yang Dao rose and formed a Tai Chi diagram behind Xuandu, which rotated behind him.

The Tai Chi symbol rotates, and the forces of Yin and Yang on it interact and restrain each other, which is extremely profound!

"go with!"

As Xuandu finished speaking, the Taiji diagram behind him shone brightly, instantly transforming into a Taiji diagram that blotted out the sky. At the same time, black and white mysterious lights intertwined, drawing upon the power of the primordial world, and a vast and overwhelming pressure rolled in.

The power of heaven and earth borrowed from the Great Dao of the Universe and the Yin-Yang Taiji Diagram are combined. With the addition of these two powers, the strength that Xuandu is showing at this moment has also surpassed that of an ordinary Quasi-Saint at the peak!
On Zhonghuang Mountain, Jiang Haofeng chuckled, his eyes full of admiration. This was Xuandu at full power.

The Great Dao of Vertical and Horizontal Realms that Xuandu comprehended was actually a Great Dao achieved by borrowing the power of others. Although it was profound, it was still at the Quasi-Saint stage. If one relied solely on the Great Dao of Vertical and Horizontal Realms to reach the peak of Quasi-Saint and become a top expert among the peak Quasi-Saints, it would be possible, but it would still be impossible to transcend the Quasi-Saint realm.

The problem is that Xuandu's power wasn't just borrowed; he himself was a peak Quasi-Saint, cultivating the top-tier Dao of Yin and Yang.

At the peak of Quasi-Saint and Primordial Golden Immortal, they are already at the pinnacle of the Immortal Path.

In a sense, the path of cultivation has reached its peak. There's no limit to how strong one can become; victory or defeat can only be determined by the difficulty of one's chosen path. The next step forward leads to becoming a Great Dao Saint.

If you don't take this step, you'll become a quasi-saint!

Strictly speaking, Jiang Haofeng, the Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, Jieyin and Zhunti, and the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors are all quasi-saints.

There are currently only two true saints in the primordial world: Hongjun Daoist in Zixiao Palace and Pangu, whose return is unknown. Apart from them, all others are quasi-saints!

However, based on their Quasi-Saint foundation, they used other methods to gain power far exceeding the Quasi-Saint stage.

Jiang Haofeng relied on the Great Dao of Power, and on the tens of thousands of Great Daos he cultivated, to gain the power to sweep away the other Quasi-Saints. None of the Great Daos on Jiang Haofeng's body had taken the final step.

The Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, Jieyin and Zhunti, and the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors all borrowed the Primordial Purple Qi to gain power surpassing that of Quasi-Saints and were thus revered as Heavenly Saints and Heavenly Half-Saints.

Like everyone else, the Styx Ancestor and Xuandu were also in the same boat.

The Styx Ancestor's path of killing was renowned for its combat power, not to mention the combination of the three paths of killing, which made his combat power far surpass that of other quasi-saints.

Xuandu combines the Dao of Vertical and Horizontal with the Dao of Yin and Yang. The Dao of Yin and Yang is Xuandu's own power, while the Dao of Vertical and Horizontal is a power that Xuandu borrows. The combination of the two powers gives Xuandu the strength to crush ordinary quasi-saints.

At this moment, the two unleashed their full power, their sword light radiating murderous intent and the Tai Chi diagram, embodying the profound mysteries of Yin and Yang, colliding in the void.

When the Dao of Slaughter and the Dao of Yin and Yang collide, the endless killing intent constantly erodes the power of Yin and Yang, while the interplay of Yin and Yang, their mutual generation and restraint, also continuously erodes the essence of the Dao of Slaughter.

The aftershocks of their battle shook the entire world. A deafening roar shook the heavens and the earth, causing the entire Three Realms to tremble. The thirty-six palaces and seventy-two halls of the Heavenly Court shook incessantly. Haotian hurriedly summoned the Great Seal of Heaven and Earth to suppress the Heavenly Court.

A colossal wave swept across the world, shaking the four continents as if an earth dragon were turning over.

In the Southern Continent, the phantom image of the Nine Cauldrons reappeared, suppressing the Nine Provinces and stabilizing the Southern Continent.

Although it was made clear beforehand that anyone who dared to kill a being below the Golden Immortal level would be killed by Jiang Haofeng, it was still impossible to let countless members of his clan die in order to kill the Styx Ancestor.

There are plenty of ways to kill the Styx Ancestor; there's no need to sacrifice your clansmen to create an opportunity.

In the Eastern Continent of Dongsheng, boundless celestial light rose from the Kunlun Mountains. More than ten powerful immortals stood in the void, their vast celestial light illuminating the eight wastelands and stabilizing the entire Southern Continent.

In Beiju Luzhou, a giant golden crow appeared between heaven and earth, and a dazzling golden sun hung above Beiju Luzhou, blocking all the oppressive force.

On the contrary, in Xiniuhe Prefecture, a Buddhist region, all the Buddhist masters had been dispatched, and the sages were unable to intervene. At this time, no one was protecting the mountain gate. The aftershocks of the battle between the two sides shook the entire Xiniuhe Prefecture. The earth churned, the mountains and rivers shattered, and the entire Xiniuhe Prefecture was filled with wailing, with countless lives lost.

This is not entirely Xuandu's or Styx Ancestor's fault. Their battle has reached a fever pitch, and neither of them dares to hold back in the slightest. Whoever dares to hold back will be defeated. At this point, no one is thinking about being distracted and preventing the aftershocks of the battle from spreading.

However, the group of sages chose to remain silent and did not say anything more about the two people's behavior.

Behind Xuandu stood not only a human, but also the Taiqing Saint, the leader of the six Heavenly Saints.

However, the Great Pure Sage had no interest in the many conflicts in the prehistoric world. He was focused on seclusion to comprehend the Great Dao and never interfered in the affairs of the prehistoric world.

However, Xuandu is the only direct disciple of the Taiqing Sage. If he were to perish, the Taiqing Sage would surely emerge from seclusion.

The allied forces, led by the Western Buddhist sect, were already at a disadvantage against the human race. If they were to bring out the Taiqing Sage as well, things would get even more complicated.

Therefore, the Western sages turned a blind eye to Xuandu's accidental injury to living beings, and similarly, Jiang Haofeng did not directly kill the Styx Ancestor.

Anyway, he won't live much longer, so there's no rush.

The Tai Chi diagram and the killing sword entangled in the void, and after a long while, they both vanished!
The two sides fought to a draw once again.

The Styx Ancestor's gaze towards Xuandu changed instantly. "I never imagined you would actually come this far!"

"First came Haofeng, then Xuandu; the human race's fortunes are indeed flourishing!"

Xuan Du smiled but did not speak.

The Styx Ancestor spoke again, "What a pity, what a pity!"

"Today's matter concerns the path to enlightenment, and I, Ancestor, cannot concede!"

"There's a reason why I, the ancestor, am known as the quasi-saint who is the hardest to fall in the primordial world!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a towering sea of ​​blood surged forth, and countless streams of blood rose from the ground. In the blink of an eye, the endless sea of ​​blood converged and re-formed a vast ocean of blood beneath the feet of the Styx Ancestor!
Correspondingly, in the Netherworld, where the sea of ​​blood once stood, only a thin layer of bloody light remained.

The vast majority of the Blood Sea has been moved directly to the human world by the Styx Ancestor!
The Styx Ancestor was born from the Blood Sea, and his connection with the Blood Sea is extremely close. In the Blood Sea, the Styx Ancestor's combat power is much stronger.

Normally, the Styx Ancestor hides in the Blood Sea, and few people in the prehistoric world dare to cause him trouble.

As a being born from the Blood Sea, the Styx Ancestor has another trump card: he can use himself as a medium to summon the Blood Sea to any place in the prehistoric world!

This is a trump card that the Styx Ancestor has hidden deep within. Since his birth, the only time the Styx Ancestor has used this trump card was when he besieged and killed Hongyun and competed for the Primordial Purple Qi.

However, Hongyun was also severely injured and fled in a panic toward the underworld, hoping to enter reincarnation again.

Upon reaching the edge of the underworld, they were intercepted by the Styx Ancestor. Everyone assumed that it was because Hongyun had run to the underworld that the Styx Ancestor had mobilized the power of the Blood Sea. However, this was not the case. The Styx Ancestor could actually summon the Blood Sea to any place in the prehistoric world.

If the Styx Ancestor wanted, the Sea of ​​Blood could even flood the Heavenly Court!
This was a trump card that the Styx Ancestor had hidden for himself. He hadn't originally intended to expose it, but Xuan Du was proving difficult to deal with, so he had no choice but to use this method to defeat him.

However, both times that Ancestor Styx used the Blood Sea, it was to seize the opportunity to become a saint. The last time he besieged Hongyun, it was for this reason, and the same was true when he besieged Zhonghuang Mountain this time!

From beginning to end, the Styx Ancestor had only one goal: to attain enlightenment!
His unwavering pursuit of the Dao is unparalleled in the primordial world! (End of Chapter)