If you don't give up, I'd like to be your adoptive father.

Chapter 1247 Shattered Cave Heaven
"What happened? Why is the Heavenly Court shaking?" Nezha was surprised, but not panicked.

Despite the ground shaking, he stood firmly without swaying.

Erlang Shen opened his third eye on his forehead, shooting a beam of divine light down upon the mortal realm. His expression changed slightly, and he exclaimed in surprise, "Damn it, it's Yu Fengxian! She's too ruthless!"

"Yu Fengxian? What is she doing now? Is she going to ride the Ancestral Dragon again and storm the Heavenly Court?"

Nezha strode out of the South Heavenly Gate, activated his spiritual eye, and looked down.

The first thing he saw was the Five Sacred Mountains Emperor.

Their faces were ashen, their bodies cracked and bleeding, their faces and eyes filled with despair and rage.

The five emperors all craned their necks and let out long howls, which sounded more like mournful cries.

Nezha glanced at them casually, ignoring them, and continued looking down at the deep hole in the sky that had suddenly collapsed downwards.

He saw the world falling apart.

In that world, celestial clouds flowed with vibrant colors, and the morning light pierced through the ethereal mist, scattering countless golden rays. Cranes cried out in serene farewell, dancing with blue phoenixes and colorful dragons beneath the heavens.

But now the sky is cracked with dark, twisted scars.

The celestial clouds and auspicious light resembled the air inside a spaceship, but the spaceship's outer shell had a hole, and the airflow was spraying out wildly.

Those dark, twisted scars on the sky are the cracks in the world.

The vital energy and radiant light burst forth, forming a terrifying spiritual storm that swept up the cranes and blue phoenixes and propelled them outwards.

The cranes cried mournfully, the blue phoenixes were terrified, and the immortals in the sky struggled desperately and howled in fear: "What's going on? Why is Zhuling Grotto Heaven in pieces?"

The earth beneath the cranes and immortals was also falling apart.

Some of the verdant peaks even collapsed the earth, creating a huge hole.

Following the hole, Nezha saw Mount Heng in the human world.

Mount Heng was also engulfed in a great catastrophe, with rocks collapsing and black magic spreading everywhere. Even with Nezha's spiritual eye, he could hardly see anything clearly.

"Brother, what happened? Has Zhuling Cave Heaven collapsed? Could Mount Heng have collapsed too?"
"Was all of this done by Yu Fengxian? What did she do to cause such a huge disaster? Isn't she afraid of retribution?" Nezha exclaimed in surprise.

The light in Erlang Shen's third divine eye faded.

He turned and glanced in the direction of the Heavenly Court.

At this moment, not only the two of them were alarmed, but many immortals also flew out of the celestial palace, their expressions filled with fear, floating outside and looking down.

"Brother, I'm afraid Zhu Ling Cave Heaven is doomed. Now that we've seen it and encountered it, we can't just stand by and do nothing. Let's go, let's hurry down and rescue them."

Erlang Shen said something and then transformed into light and vanished into the void.

Without the slightest hesitation, Nezha immediately followed closely behind, riding on his Wind Fire Wheels.

The two moved at extremely high speed and entered the middle realm first.

Instead of going through the main gate, you can go directly through the "hole in the sky" and enter the collapsing Zhuling Cave.

Zhuling Grotto is not only among the Thirty-Six Grotto-Heavens, but also among the "Top Ten," naturally possessing abundant vital energy, beautiful mountains and rivers, and numerous immortal gates.

But now the mountain is collapsing.

A waterfall cascades down like a reversed Milky Way, the water flying upwards and spraying out through the cracks.

The rare herbs and flowers that had been planted in the secluded valley for millions of years were torn to shreds by the violent storm of primordial energy.

The jade steps and golden palaces built against the mountain, the flying eaves and brackets hidden in the clouds and mist, the covered bridges and pavilions shrouded in soft fairy light—these magnificent buildings, rarely seen in the human world, are now collapsing.

Previously, immortals roamed freely there, sometimes playing chess by the stream, sometimes singing and chanting on the clouds, their robes fluttering, transcending worldly affairs.

At this moment, they were either panicked and trembling with fear, not knowing what to do, or they cried out in bewilderment, "What happened?", "The sky has fallen, the world has been destroyed, we are finished."

Of course, some immortals also packed up their belongings and quickly flew towards the "Celestial Realm" above and the "Middle Realm" next door.

They are no different from ordinary people who suffer disasters in the human world.

"Don't panic, everyone! Don't run around!" Erlang Shen stood proudly in the center of the collapsing world, his voice booming like divine thunder, drowning out the rumbling sound of the collapsing sky.

"The collapse of Zhuling Cave Heaven is not the end of the world. Fellow immortals, let us join hands to prevent the fragments of the cave heaven from falling into the mortal world, so as to avoid causing an irreparable and incalculable disaster."

"Brother, should we destroy all the fragments of the cave that have fallen down? There are too many, I'm afraid we won't be able to handle it all," said the Third Prince.

Erlang Shen said, "Each of you should rely on your own methods and do your best."

"Law~~Heaven~~Form~~Earth~~~"

Brother Yang let out a long howl, and his body rapidly expanded to a height of ten thousand feet.

He stretched out his right hand and caught the thousand-foot-tall mountain that was falling to earth.

They shoved the mountain peak directly into the enormous, abyss-like mouth, and the two rows of teeth, like guillotines, quickly "cut" it.

"Crunch, crunch~~" It was as if they were chewing not a mountain peak, but a "crispy shark," making a crisp yet loud cracking sound.

Yang Erge stretched out his left hand again, lifted up a piece of land that spanned thousands of miles, and continued to stuff it into his mouth.

It was as if it weren't the earth, but a pizza.

"Crunch, crunch!" The jaws have a very strong bite force, and the chewing speed is also very fast.

Sure enough, he grabbed another lake, spanning hundreds of miles, with his right hand and stuffed it into his mouth as well.

"Hahaha, Second Brother, what amazing abilities!"

Seeing that Yang Erge had suddenly transformed into a glutton, the Third Prince was not surprised at all. He was full of fighting spirit and shouted "Three heads and eight arms".

His size suddenly increased to a hundred feet tall, and he grew three heads and eight arms, each arm holding a divine weapon.

Then, he spun around and transformed into a golden tornado.

The tornado stretched to thousands of feet long, like a rope leaping across the sky, obliterating everything that fell in its path.

Even a thousand-foot-high sacred mountain turns into "dust." In fact, it is a reversal of its origin, becoming the primordial energy of heaven and earth.

There is no earthly evil energy or earthly evil objects in the Middle Realm. All existence is transformed from pure spiritual energy.

This includes the immortals of the Middle Realm.

The immortal cleansed the turbid and evil energy from the mortal body, replacing it with pure and spiritual energy.

Therefore, Brother Yang used the "Great Chewing Method," using his indestructible body as a furnace to refine the fragments of the cave into spiritual energy, which was then released through his pores.

Both cultivate the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts, but his approach differs from Xiaoyu's. Xiaoyu only extracts the variations of the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts; her body is not indestructible. Or rather, the cultivation method she possesses is too incomplete, lacking a dedicated body-refining technique.

Yang Jian's Eight-Nine Arcane Arts were complete and flawless, and his physical body had been tempered to the peak of the Pangu World. With such a powerful body, his digestive ability was naturally exceptional.

"Wow, Master Yang, you're so big and strong!"

Just as Yang Jian was chewing heartily, a beam of divine light suddenly flew in front of him, causing him to exclaim in surprise.

He glanced at "him" casually out of the corner of his eye.

Seeing that it was a chubby little boy of about ten years old, wearing a blue Taoist robe with the mark of the Shangqing School, he didn't think much of it.

Within the Zhuling Grotto Heaven, there are numerous immortal sects and Taoist schools, the largest of which is the Shangqing School.

Since entering the grotto, Brother Yang has seen too many Taoist priests and immortals from the Shangqing School.

"You little Taoist novice, instead of running for your life, you're here doing this—"

Yang Jian asked a question subconsciously, and then suddenly felt a strange urge. His spiritual sense didn't seem to be a sense of crisis, but it was uncomfortable and unpleasant.

He was stunned for a moment, and then a beam of divine light suddenly shot out from his third eye on his forehead, enveloping the young Taoist boy.

"You cunning little thief! You destroyed Zhu Ling Cave Heaven, and you still dare to come here, daring to disguise yourself as a child to fool me!" Yang Erge roared in anger. "Second Brother, don't shout, don't be anxious, don't yell! I've come to save Zhu Ling Cave Heaven."

"My method is countless times more efficient and countless times simpler than your 'pig-eating method'," the child quickly transmitted telepathically.

"Don't call me 'Second Brother,' I'm not your second brother!" Yang Jian was furious, frustrated, and annoyed.

He had been on guard against Yu Fengxian for many years, but despite all his precautions, he still fell for her trick.

He must have just been cursed by her "honorifics".

—Damn it, this guy's Eight-Nine Arcane Arts is only a fragment, and he hasn't been practicing it for long, so how can his transformation techniques be so sophisticated that he even fooled me?
If it weren't for the honorific curse, he wouldn't have noticed anything amiss and would have truly mistaken her for an ordinary little Taoist disciple.

“I am very close to your sister Yang Chan, we are like sisters. I also respectfully call her second brother ‘Second Brother’.”

"If you feel that I am not good enough for you, we can continue to call you 'Second Master,' Second Master Yang, is that alright?" Xiaoyu said with a smile.

—Although I had a terrible day and almost caused a catastrophe, as long as I made money off Brother Yang, this trip wasn't a complete loss.

Yes, just now, the word "Second Master Yang" triggered Yang Jian's Great Annihilation of His Father.

"Don't call me 'Second Master,' Grand Tutor Yu, I am not worthy of such an honor!" Yang Erge shouted loudly.

Xiao Yu's expression changed. "Second Master, why did you harm me?"

The next instant, furious roars of gritted teeth echoed from all directions.

"Grand Tutor Yu? It's Yu Fengxian! Where is Yu Fengxian hiding?"

"That bastard Yu Fengxian still dares to come?"

"It was Yu Fengxian who destroyed Zhu Ling Cave Heaven; she must still be nearby."

"Yu Fengxian, come out!!"

"I saw Yu Fengxian on Erlang Shenzhenjun's forehead! She transformed into a member of my Shangqing sect. That scoundrel, so cunning, so treacherous!"

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh~~" Streaks of celestial light streaked across the sky and arrived around Xiaoyu.

There are at least two hundred immortals, including at least twenty Golden Immortals and five Quasi-Great Luo Immortals whose identities are unknown.

Each of them exuded a powerful aura, their energy intertwining into a network that completely surrounded Grand Master Yu in the center.

Xiaoyu transformed from a child of the Shangqing Sect back into an unparalleled fairy clad in a robe of misty gauze and starlight.

"My esteemed immortals, please do not be anxious! This Grand Tutor's purpose in coming here is to investigate the changes in the Hengshan Underworld, to rescue the people from their suffering, and to help you stabilize the foundation of your grotto heavens."

As soon as she finished speaking, Xiaoyu's expression turned somewhat strange.

She never expected that, in this day and age, when the "respectful curse" and the "Heart-Cleansing Mantra" have spread throughout the Three Realms, so many people would still fall for it after she revealed her true form and called out "Immortal Lord".

There were more than forty people, including even a near-Lucas Ronaldo.

However, the condition of that near-Ronaldo seems a bit off.

He is both strong and weak, seemingly stronger than the Four Friends of Qionglin, yet also seemingly weaker, creating a contradictory feeling.

Xiao Yu appeared to be casually glancing around, but in reality, he was focusing on observing the five strongest near-Great Luo cultivators.

Especially the one who triggered the Great Annihilation of Dad, a short, fat old man with an unremarkable appearance.

—This guy seems to be injured? No, internal injuries are just the surface; it's more like his cultivation level has dropped. Strange, there were no enemies, no major battles, so why did his cultivation level drop for no reason?

Although his cultivation level has dropped, his aura is still only slightly weaker than that of the Four Friends of Qionglin, so he should still be a quasi-Great Luo Immortal.

Were they once Great Immortals?
Xiaoyu appeared calm, but her heart was filled with doubt and uncertainty.

"Yu Fengxian, don't try to deny it! We all know why a 'prefecture-level' earthquake occurred in Hengshan."

We also know that the earthquake destroyed the Hengshan Divine Palace, causing the 'pillar of heaven' supporting the Zhuling Cave Heaven to collapse, which in turn led to the cave heaven falling.

You are the culprit, you deserve to die a thousand deaths, and even a thousand deaths cannot atone for your sins!

After activating the Great Destroyer, the short, fat old man seemed to sense something and became inexplicably anxious and agitated.

He pointed at Grand Tutor Yu and roared angrily, his body beginning to gather the primordial energy of heaven and earth, his earth-shattering divine power poised to be unleashed.

Xiao Yu sighed, "My esteemed immortals, please use your brains and think this through. It's merely a Earth-level rank. There's no such thing as an Earth-level rank at all; it's just the peak of the Profound-level."

Even the majestic Five Sacred Mountains couldn't withstand a major earthquake.

Is the sacred mountain made of paper?

Don't you all know the phrase "the sea changes into mulberry fields"?
The transformation from ocean to mulberry fields is at least a 'primordial' level of crustal movement.

Are there no blessed lands in the world that have witnessed the vicissitudes of time?

Several more immortals triggered the Great Annihilation.

Many more immortals fell into deep thought.

If even a magnitude 3 earthquake can destroy the "pillar of heaven" of Zhuling Cave, how long can Zhuling Cave survive?
No, Zhu Ling Cave Heaven has existed for millions of years and has experienced countless Xuan-level and even Di-level earthquakes.

“A normal earthquake would be easily withstood by the ‘Heavenly Pillar’ of Hengshan. This earthquake is abnormal; you’re the one causing this.”

"You deliberately created an evil spell similar to an earthquake, destroying the Heavenly Pillar." Another female near-Great Luo with a blue face said coldly.

The other immortals, regaining their senses, began to curse and berate them.

"You bastard, you still dare to argue? Do you really think we're fools?"

"You caused the earthquake, that's a fact, and no amount of denial will change that."

"Don't waste words with her! She destroyed our immortal sect, our grotto-heaven, and our foundation of cultivation. This is an irreconcilable blood feud! Kill her!"

Grand Tutor Yu frowned. "A bunch of incomprehensible fools!"

The next instant, she used "Soaring Across Ten Thousand Miles" and transformed into a beam of celestial light, flying downwards.

"Yu Fengxian is trying to run away!"

"Let's all work together and cripple her."

The immortals of Zhuling Grotto-heaven were already poised for action. Their immortal power surged, and their supernatural abilities and Taoist techniques were all ready.

Upon seeing Grand Tutor Yu flee, they didn't hesitate and immediately unleashed their strongest killing moves.

Unfortunately, "Pengcheng Wanli" was too fast, and almost all of his killing moves missed their mark.

Many of the wide-range attacks even affected the enormous Yang Erge standing nearby.

However, besides the "ordinary immortals," there were also several "quasi-great immortals" present.

They were also ready to act, and had learned in advance that Grand Tutor Yu was very fast and that they needed to be careful.

Immediately, an old Taoist priest with a stern face shouted in a loud voice, "The world is turned upside down!"

In the next instant, heaven and earth were reversed. Yu Taishi, who was flying downwards, suddenly found herself above them when time and space reversed.

This is a divine power at the level of the Great Dao.

Not to mention Grand Tutor Yu, even Yang Erge next to him and Nezha not far away were affected.

Nezha inexplicably flew into the "sky".

Yang Erge was forced to interrupt the enormous Dharma Heaven and Earth.

It wasn't that he couldn't resist, he just didn't want to.

"Yu Fengxian, you can't escape today!" The remaining few near-Great Luo Immortals bypassed the others and rushed towards Grand Tutor Yu first.

(End of this chapter)