I became an immortal in the mountains

Chapter 942 Wei Zhao's Frustration

The protective shield caved in, and countless runes flickered and vanished.

The cultivators of the Primordial Divine Sect shouted, "Hold on!"

But no matter how hard they tried, it didn't make much of a difference.

The original magic array was set up and perfected by countless generations of ancient divine sect cultivators. After it was broken, it was rearranged. Neither the array base itself nor the array itself can compare to the past.

In addition, when the magic array was broken back then, many powerful cultivators of the ancient divine sects were seriously injured or even killed, and even after more than two hundred years, they have not yet recovered.

Gu Yuanqing's cultivation level was much stronger than before, and the power of his spells was not much less than when he used magic weapons.

The perfection of cultivation brings about a completely different control over vital energy and the use of power.

The power that Beiquan Town Seal can unleash after being deduced through the Dao of Derivation is also vastly different from that of the past.

With just the second strike, the ancient divine sect's formation was completely shattered.

Qi Yichen, along with a group of elders, deacons, and disciples of the Ancient Divine Sect, all collapsed to the ground, their faces ashen.

Once upon a time, the Ancient Divine Sect stood atop the heavens, suppressing the world; but today, it is at the mercy of others.

Even after so many years, he still finds these changes hard to accept.

"Give it or not?" Gu Yuanqing stood in mid-air, looking down.

hum!
The Gui Cang Hall rose from the ground and crashed directly into Gu Yuanqing, who was in mid-air.

Gu Yuanqing chuckled lightly, and the illusory image of the Northern Spring Realm unfolded around him.

Boundary Imminent!

His strength rapidly increased, and he held the power of the universe in his hands.

Wei Zhao, who was in the Guizang Hall, frowned!
It was that feeling again. Under the shadow of Gu Yuanqing's outstretched phantom, the connection between the Gui Cang Hall and the power of other rule artifacts was rapidly weakened.

The Gui Cang Hall is considered top-tier among lower-level rule artifacts, possessing immense power.

The reason why lower-level rule artifacts are called the lowest grade is that, to some extent, they need to borrow the power of higher-level or top-level rule artifacts for support.

When the Great Way is isolated, one's own power will be greatly reduced.

This feeling wasn't too obvious during our last encounter, but this time I could feel that the power of the artifact of rules had decreased by at least one level.

In a battle between masters, sometimes the difference between the two can be as slight as a hair's breadth, let alone when the gap is so large.

Moreover, he had cultivated for millions of years and was quite knowledgeable, but after many battles, he still couldn't figure out which rule artifact Gu Yuanqing possessed.

Gu Yuanqing appeared calm and composed. Having reached the peak of the Void Immortal realm, he was able to fight Zhuo Ming at his peak in the trial space without being defeated, which meant that he himself possessed the strength of a True God.

Even if it is just an avatar, with the blessing of the Realm of Boundary, its strength can be compared with the original body without any blessing.

Facing the oncoming Guicang, he raised his hand and pressed down.

All paths lead to nothingness!

The myriad paths around the Guizang Hall, shrouded in a grayish-white aura, collapsed, and the void shattered.

Wei Zhao snorted lightly, and the Gui Cang Hall shone brightly. The surrounding space suddenly distorted, and hundreds of miles of space rapidly collapsed into a single point, which was eventually swallowed up by the Gui Cang Hall.

However, the Gui Cang Hall itself still crashed into Gu Yuanqing.

The illusory image of the Northern Spring Realm behind Gu Yuanqing suddenly expanded, and the various scenes within the image became lifelike, as if a real world stretched between heaven and earth.

The Gui Cang Hall crashed into the illusory image, its speed suddenly reduced, as if it were stuck in a quagmire, unable to move an inch.

Countless chains of Dao principles surged in from all directions, wrapping around the Guizang Hall.

Wei Zhao's expression darkened. He could sense that the connection between the Gui Cang Palace and the external rules and artifacts was rapidly weakening, as if it were about to be sealed off.

He made hand seals and exerted all his strength to activate the Guizang Hall.

An endless gray-white aura surged from the Guizang Hall, stirring the void.

boom!
The chains of Dao principles that had been binding them shattered, and the Gui Cang Hall, which had paused for a moment, crashed out again.

Gu Yuanqing smiled calmly and took a half-step back, which was equivalent to traveling a thousand miles.

The illusory image of the Northern Spring Realm then shrank back into his body.

In an instant, the world changed color.

The power of the Heavenly Punishment rules, which had already begun to gather, rapidly solidified, and the tribulation clouds churned, locking onto the two people below.

Wei Zhao knew this was an open conspiracy.

If he doesn't unleash his power, he will be sealed by Gu Yuanqing; if he does unleash his power, he will trigger divine punishment.

But he had no choice but to do so. Once the Gui Cang Palace was completely cut off from this world, it would only be able to rely on its own strength. Who could predict what would happen next?

In comparison, divine punishment is easier to deal with; it simply means another hundred years of silence!

Now that he had already triggered divine punishment, he naturally did not want Gu Yuanqing to retreat so easily. The Gui Cang Hall broke through the void and suddenly appeared in front of Gu Yuanqing.

The interplay of gray and white forces, the cycle of life and death, and the alternation of prosperity and decay enveloped Gu Yuanqing.

Gu Yuanqing activated his spatial manipulation technique, making the distance between them seem to instantly increase by thousands of miles, even though they were only less than a hundred feet apart.

At the same time, he spread his five fingers and made a grasping motion in the air.

Great Five Elements Divine Thunder!
Five-colored lightning surged from his palm—blue, red, yellow, white, and black—the five elements interacting and restraining each other, weaving together a vast net of thunder that blanketed the Gui Cang Hall.

Wherever the lightning passed, the void trembled, and the power of the five elements was constantly being eroded by the power of life and death in the Gui Cang Hall.

Wei Zhao manipulated the Gui Cang Hall to withstand the attack. The hall trembled, the runes flickered, and the power of life and death cycle transformed into a gray-white pillar of light that broke through the lightning net and struck Gu Yuanqing directly.

Gu Yuanqing raised his hand and pointed his fingers like a sword.

Control the myriad phenomena!

The sword light is like a rainbow, and it also contains the way of creation, which is endless and ever-changing.

The sword light collided with the gray-white beam of light, and the two forces eroded each other and quickly dissipated.

Gu Yuanqing's sword energy was not as powerful as that of the Gui Cang Hall, but the Dao of Creation made up for part of the difference.

The two sides remained deadlocked for a long time, neither able to truly gain the upper hand.

Wei Zhao had fought Gu Yuanqing many times, and he could clearly feel that Gu Yuanqing's strength increased dramatically in each encounter.

If things had gone according to the original plan, this would have been a good thing for him. However, Gu Yuanqing had been unwilling to take action and instead opposed him at every turn, which had become a big problem.

However, he was equally powerless against Gu Yuanqing. But with his divine soul controlling the Gui Cang Palace, he had many concerns and could not truly unleash its power. He kept urging the Gui Cang Palace, and the two clashed continuously in the void.

Gu Yuanqing used the principles of space to come and go as he pleased.

Wei Zhao used even more powerful force than before, but Gu Yuanqing dealt with it with greater ease. He did not intend to actually kill Wei Zhao, but simply kept using methods to keep him from stopping.

Once the power diminishes, the Boundary Approach Technique is used to summon the Northern Spring Realm to envelop it, thereby sealing off the connection between the Gui Cang Palace and Heaven and Earth.

Wei Zhao was well aware of what Gu Yuanqing wanted to do; the so-called Ten Directions Order was just a pretext, yet he had no choice but to follow Gu Yuanqing's lead.

He dares not gamble!

He hissed, “Gu Yuanqing, this is pointless. Even if I have to remain silent for a hundred years, it will be of no use. It won’t solve the problems of the ancient realm or seal the power of the Demon Lord. This world will be destroyed by him sooner or later.”

Stop now. Cooperating with me is your best option; there is no other way!

While exchanging blows, Gu Yuanqing calmly said, "Cooperation is about mutual benefit. If you ask me to kill people from the Ancient Realm, the power of the Demon Lord will entangle me. You will benefit, but I will bear all the consequences. There is no such thing as a free lunch in the world."

"You control the Dao of Creation, so why fear the power of the Demon Lord's soul! I'll help you become a true god, isn't that enough?" Wei Zhao once again gathered the power of life and death to break through Gu Yuanqing's sword energy, transforming it into a giant hand that grabbed at Gu Yuanqing.

"Why bring up these old sayings again? They won't fool me!" Gu Yuanqing sneered, using the Dao of Space to distance himself. He flicked his finger, and the Formless Calamity Finger pierced directly through the gray-white aura, following the connection between the soul and the unseen world, and was about to fall into the hall.

Wei Zhao used his divine sense to create a shield of divine runes to block it.

At that very moment, the condensed power of the Heavenly Punishment rules finally erupted, the tribulation clouds rolled like ink, transforming into the eye of the Great Dao, and the Heavenly Punishment descended.

Thick bolts of purple lightning, as thick as pillars of heaven, crashed down, engulfing both Gu Yuanqing and the Gui Cang Hall.

Wei Zhao used his grayish-white aura to resist, while Gu Yuanqing used the illusory image of the Northern Spring Realm transformed from the Boundary Realm to neutralize it.

Both are very familiar with how to handle it.

The divine punishment is indeed terrifying, but with their combined strength, it's not so easy to truly harm them. Only as time passes and the power of the divine punishment gradually strengthens will it be enough to make them retreat.

Wei Zhao's face was gloomy. Anyone would feel uncomfortable being schemed against like this repeatedly.

Suddenly, he turned his head and looked down.

Gu Yuanqing's clone entered the Ancient Divine Sect again, standing in front of Qi Yichen. He pointed a finger at Qi Yichen's brow and asked softly, "Where is the Ten Directions Token? Is it in your possession?"

Qi Yichen looked bewildered and murmured, "It is enshrined in the Ancestral Master Hall."

Gu Yuanqing's clone seemed to notice the gaze coming from the sky, turned his head and smiled, then suddenly stomped his foot, sending his true essence straight into the veins of the earth.

Wei Zhao was instantly enraged and roared, "How dare you!"

He dared not engage Gu Yuanqing in further combat and instead steered the Gui Cang Hall toward the Taigu Shenzong's residence.

Gu Yuanqing, shrouded in the boundary, chuckled lightly: "Since we've already fought this far, why rush to leave?"

The illusory image of the Northern Spring Realm once again enveloped the Gui Cang Hall. The Sword of Myriad Manifestations of Calamity evolved into the eternal solidification of all realms, transforming into a spatial array that forcefully blocked Wei Zhao and the Gui Cang Hall.

"Get out!" Wei Zhao's soul manifested, and he used all his strength to push the Gui Cang Hall to break through the layers of space. However, Gu Yuanqing was determined to stop him, so he could not leave for a moment.

Seeing that Gu Yuanqing's clone below had already activated the earth's veins and was about to completely break the seal under the ancient god mountain and the array that nurtured his divine body, he was furious. While constantly breaking through the entanglement, he roared, "Gu Yuanqing, if you dare to damage my divine body, I will make your entire Qian Yuan Realm pay for my death."

Gu Yuanqing smiled indifferently, completely ignoring him.

He had a long-standing feud with Wei Zhao and had clashed with him many times. He would not back down because of these words. Instead, seeing that he could not restrain the Gui Cang Hall, he directly intervened with his own power.

Wei Zhao finally dared not delay any longer. He opened his divine eye between his brows and unleashed the power of a celestial being. The Gui Cang Hall hummed, countless ancient runes flickered, and it was fully revived, spreading a terrifying aura.

A beam of grayish-white light broke through the blockade, and the phantom of the divine essence flew out from the divine eye and fell into the mountain.

The earth trembled, splitting open deep abysses, and an ancient and terrifying aura soared into the sky.

A giant hand reached out, with a wound on its palm that had not yet fully healed.

The hand reached directly at Gu Yuanqing's lower clone.

Gu Yuanqing himself was prepared and used the Heavenly Fishing Technique to capture his clone.

The large hand reached out to grab Gu Yuanqing in the sky again.

"Two hundred years from now, I will meet you again. I hope you will have changed your mind by then." This clone chuckled softly and was pulled back to the Northern Spring Realm.

The giant hand pierced through the void, attempting to reach the Northern Spring Realm, but remembering what happened back then, it ultimately stopped.

The power of the Celestial God level erupted, and the power of the Heavenly Punishment also increased dramatically.

It could even be said that the power of the entire Primordial Realm was surging into the Heavenly Tribulation, amplifying its might.

Wei Zhao's face turned ashen, feeling extremely aggrieved.

Faced with the ever-increasing power of divine punishment, the only option was to sink the divine body back into the ground, suppress its aura with the Gui Cang Hall, and rely on the Gui Cang Hall itself to withstand the heavenly tribulation.

……

In the northern part of the city.

Gu Yuanqing and Li Miaoxuan stood side by side.

The Dragon-Slaying Guillotine transformed into a long blade and hovered above Li Miaoxuan's head. Seeing that Wei Zhao did not pursue, she seemed slightly disappointed and said, "It's a pity. I wanted to test whether the current Dragon-Slaying Guillotine could break through the body of a god. It seems that I will not have that opportunity."

Gu Yuanqing couldn't help but smile: "There will be opportunities in the future."

“After this incident, I’m afraid Wei Zhao will hate you even more,” Li Miaoxuan said.

“They were enemies to begin with, so what’s the point of hatred? Besides, for someone who has lived for millions of years, so-called hatred wouldn’t affect the fundamentals. The only thing that matters is profit!” Gu Yuanqing said.

Li Miaoxuan said, "That's true. However, I'm afraid that even if he goes into seclusion, it won't affect the current changes in the Ancient Realm."

"We'll see. If it remains the same, or if the situation gets worse, we'll try other methods," Gu Yuanqing said thoughtfully.

Li Miaoxuan asked in surprise, "You have other ideas?"

Gu Yuanqing smiled and said, "It's just an idea. Whether it's feasible or not, we'll have to try it out. I'll tell you the results later."

Li Miaoxuan nodded slightly and said, "No matter what, be extra careful. The matter of the Ancient Realm has a great karmic connection and far-reaching impact; a single move can affect the whole situation. Judging from the situation at Demon God Mountain, Wei Zhao should also be here to suppress the soul of the Ancient Realm Demon Lord on orders from the Divine Court of the Source Realm."

However, the Ancient Divine Sect, which controls the boundary gate, has never considered utilizing the power of the Dharma Source Realm, which is itself suspicious. He did give his reasons, but I don't think it's that simple.

Gu Yuanqing smiled and said, "I will be careful. Moreover, I don't plan to take action now. Let's see if the situation will worsen first."

"If things really get out of control, we can just take the people of Qian Yuan Realm and leave Linglong Realm," Li Miaoxuan said softly.

Gu Yuanqing embraced Li Miaoxuan and chuckled, "Don't worry, I'm not some saint. I only care about you. I won't risk my own safety to do anything to save the world from collapse, and I don't think of myself as important. There are many experts in the Dharma Source Realm who are more powerful than me."

However, if it is within one's ability, one might as well give it a try. If it can bring some benefits to one's cultivation, why not do it?

(End of this chapter)