Atlas of Heaven and Man.

Chapter 1587 Breaking Free from Binding and Overcoming Obstacles

"boom!"

Another thunderous explosion resounded in mid-air, shaking the earth violently. The mist above the swamp was dispersed by the powerful airflow, and the incoming white fish roe was inevitably blasted apart in mid-air.

Before Chen Chuan could retract his fist, the ground below arched up, and a huge body emerged from the scattered and collapsed soil, while a giant arm reached out and grabbed him.

Meanwhile, further away, tall, withered bodies burst through the ground and emerged.

His eyes flashed slightly, and his own aura expanded outward, like an invisible ripple spreading outward. Within its range, the demons and ghosts that had emerged all trembled violently, becoming dazed and motionless, while some of the weaker ones simply collapsed.

At that moment, the mist behind him surged, and Ling Su shot down from the sky to the ground below like a meteor. After a deafening explosion, she crushed the demons that had not yet fully emerged into mud.

Beyond the influence of the field, within the Northern Marsh and beneath the frozen soil of the Western Sea Road, even more demons and ghosts emerged, their eyes flashing with bright light. Then, one by one, they soared into the air and flew towards this place, like streaks of starlight converging here.

Chen Chuan was in mid-air, looking at the streams of light. The vast Haixi Road was sparsely populated. In the past, the troubles of ghosts and gods had plagued the dynasties. For thousands of years, countless martial arts masters had been imprisoned or exiled, and even foreign gods and ghosts had fallen into this land.

Furthermore, tribes from the west have been migrating here in an endless stream, and the strongmen of these tribes have also been laid to rest here. If these factors were to be exploited by those with ulterior motives, they could easily cause chaos and turmoil in the current dynasty.

Both the Xuan and Chan sects have tried to resolve this issue in the past. The most recent instance was when Master Huo of the Xuan sect stepped forward to pacify Haixi, drive away the old gods and extraterrestrial spirits residing there, and suppress all the past filth.

Judging from the current situation, Bai Yuzi has indeed done a lot of work in the seven or eight hundred years since he arrived here, and has also gathered these demons and ghosts for his own use.

However, since Master Huo cleaned it once before, he wouldn't mind cleaning it again today.

At this moment, the ethereal divine energy appeared in the sky, and the scattered white fish roe figure reappeared in the high sky, and then once again transformed into a stream of light and rushed down.

Seeing that every time the white fish roe reassembled itself, it would attack him without hesitation, he raised an eyebrow, sensing something amiss.

After the previous clashes, Shiro should be aware that the body he controls is far weaker than him in terms of power. If he can't come up with new methods, then this is purely an ineffective attack.

But why are they still so aggressive? Is it because they can gain something from the attack, or is it simply for the purpose of disruption?
He watched the light gradually approach. In fact, none of that mattered. He didn't need to kill his opponent immediately. He just needed to suppress it for the time being and prevent it from interfering with his absorption of the fused elements.

A wisp of white mist rose from below, and Ling Su went to meet Bai Yuzi first.

But as soon as it reached the front, its body suddenly stiffened. Chen Chuan shifted his gaze and saw a large-headed, small-bodied demon lying on the ground in the distance, its wide-open mouth aimed directly at Ling Su. Clearly, it had activated some kind of strange power.

In fact, it wasn't just Ling Su who was attacked; there were also demons and ghosts hiding outside the field, launching strange attacks at him from a distance.

However, after he noticed something was wrong, he had already used the lost item, so it naturally had no effect on him.

Ling Su paused for a moment, then was scattered by the force of the white fish roe, turning into a scattered cloud of mist in mid-air. After adjusting itself, it circled halfway in the air and continued to rush forward.

Upon seeing this, Chen Chuan vanished from his spot in an instant, heading straight for Bai Yuzi. The latter still couldn't see his movements clearly, but having learned from his previous experiences, he had become more vigilant. Sensing something, he yanked his fishing rod forward first.

The moment his arm moved, he felt himself being grabbed, and then another fist slammed into his abdomen. His body exploded instantly, and at the same time, a burst of spiritual energy shot out from the fist, illuminating the sky.

Chen Chuan watched as the white fish roe exploded into ashes in front of his fist. Just like the previous times, the spirit he sensed inside was extremely ethereal. Even though the other party was controlling this body, it was as if their spirit had been detached out of thin air.

Considering that the methods the other party used several times all relied on the power of this body itself, without the secret techniques that a leader of a sect should possess, he roughly guessed what was going on.

While he was expelling the interference from the white fish roe, the demons continued to gather. A flash of red light appeared around him, and a woman with a red veil appeared in mid-air. In an instant, she arrived in front of a demon who was using supernatural powers, and thrust her knife forward in the direction of the power.

The timing and angle of this strike were perfect, hitting the demon at the very moment it unleashed its power.

The blade pierced a point that wasn't a vital spot, just the shoulder, but it disrupted the demon's balance. Even though the demon no longer possessed combat intelligence, it still instinctively maintained its equilibrium.

The next moment, its head flew up and then quickly shattered under the force of the remaining energy. Immediately afterward, a red streak of light flashed by, and the rest of its body was also destroyed.

The red light flashed again, moving on to the next location. Driven by the white fish roe, the demons were now focused entirely on Chen Chuan. Their limited intelligence prevented them from adjusting their attention quickly enough. Hong Fu moved with incredible speed and perfect timing; with each strike, a demon possessing supernatural powers would fall.

As she continued to clear away the demons, in a short time, almost none of them used their powers against Chen Chuan. The remaining demons were no longer a threat. They simply entered Chen Chuan's domain and fell from the sky, crashing to the ground with light and fireworks.

As Chen Chuan absorbed the fusion, he noticed that this time, no rifts appeared that would allow extraterrestrial demons to break in.

Given the extraordinary nature of Kitazawa, it's not surprising that rifts exist here. Either they were sealed off by some powerful figure in the past, or they don't appear in the way commonly believed.

As he pondered, in the distant sky, the body of the white fish roe reformed.

The person floated there, and a spiritual fire, even larger than before, ignited on their body, indicating that they had become proficient in using this body repeatedly.

He also noticed that a power seemed to be reviving within the person's body, and that the spiritual power within him was no longer as elusive and unpredictable as before.

"Finally, I'm free..."

Bai Yuzi sighed. He raised his hand, revealing chains made of golden talismans. These chains were already quite dim and fragile. With a tug, they instantly shattered into scattered specks of light.

This was something that Master Huo had locked inside him, effectively isolating him from the real world. For eight hundred years, he could only gradually let his spirit seep out. But as long as this thing was there, he couldn't unleash his full power. However, this also meant that he couldn't be truly attacked.

Forced to guard this place, he played a role similar to that of the central city, suppressing the original rift.

So he had been rushing towards Chen Chuan repeatedly just now, hoping to use their combined strength to wear down and break down this barrier. Now that he was no longer restrained, he could finally show the true power of the Divine Form.

At this moment, as he watched the bolts of lightning in the sky converge into Chen Chuan's body, his eyes burned with intense desire. He was already on the verge of breaking through to the upper level.

Having been knocked down twice in a row, his divine energy was not pure. If he wanted to break through, he could only rely on the fusion of the two realms.

He was told about the existence of this thing by a demon from the upper realms of the heavens. Only by using this thing could he hope to rebuild his foundation, break through the limits, and take back what he had wanted in the past!
He looked at Chen Chuan, his eyes flashing, and a seven-colored light instantly fell on Chen Chuan.

This technique is called "Subduing the Gods with Rainbow Light". Once the rainbow lights connect, the spirits of both sides will be drawn together. And if they are attacked, the injuries suffered by both sides will be exactly the same.

Of course, he had a secret method to resolve the mental injuries. As for the physical injuries, they were just an outer shell for him, a tool for his use, and he didn't care about them at all. So this became a one-sided attack on Chen Chuan.

His considerations were sound, but when the light fell on Chen Chuan, it seemed as if he had fallen into a bottomless abyss, feeling no connection whatsoever, which made his heart skip a beat.

how come?
The reason he sent the demons to attack earlier was not only to disrupt Chen Chuan, but also to make him activate the lost artifact. He only used the secret technique now that he felt the effect of the lost artifact waning.

Upon further examination, he was greatly surprised to discover that the secret technique was actually being taken over by the human form outside Chen Chuan's body!

He was quite knowledgeable, but he had never encountered a martial artist with the appearance of a human being who could resist secret techniques in such a way.

In his mind, the ability to recognize human forms was something that only people of humble origins and with few resources would practice. People like Da Yishan Gong only existed during the founding period of the dynasty and were almost never seen afterward. This was because the ability to recognize human forms lacked successors and was straightforward with very few methods. But now, he sensed something was wrong.

Chen Chuan's side also clearly sensed the changes in Bai Yuzi at this moment.

A sharp glint appeared in his eyes; the fact that his opponent had been freed from their restraints meant that he could now attack.

Without hesitation, he launched an attack on the person. A flash of spiritual light appeared on his body, and without any visible movement, several spiritual shocks rushed towards Bai Yuzi's location.

At the same moment, a ray of light as bright as the sun shone in the sky above Kitazawa, illuminating half of the lake and the surrounding wasteland. Shiro Yuko, enveloped in the light, felt her body sink, and then saw several platinum-gold rays of light already in front of her!
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(End of this chapter)