Shushan Earthly Immortal

Chapter 326 A few shrill cries, a few sobs (Part 1)
"Zhao!"

The dark Dao domain pressed down like night, and in the dim, damp valley, amidst the cacophony of insects, Cheng Xinzhan uttered a spell.

Then, the golden yang fire surrounding him gathered into a fireball, like the sun, shining brightly and contending with the darkness. And that wasn't all; the "Yangming Yuntang Gang" manifested as a bright white cloud, the "Crimson Cloud Purple Qi Gang" as a dazzling red glow, and the "Sun Control Light Rain Gang" as a shower of golden light.

With a command of a spell, crimson clouds accompanied the golden sun, and white clouds showered down a rain of light. Thus, a small, ten-zhang-square realm of light was forcibly erected within the dark "Boundless Yin Scorpion Domain".

Darkness pressed down, but the Little Realm of Light remained unshaken; miasma invaded, but was washed away by the rain of light; putrid water surged in, but was scorched into nothingness by the fire of yang; yin vines burrowed in, but were driven away by the glow of the sunset; poisonous insects wanted to jump in, but were intimidated by the oppressive power of the mirage clouds and dared not approach.

Lu Linqing looked at the small realm of light she was in, then looked at Cheng Xinzhan in surprise.
"Yunlai, you have quite a fortune!"

Indeed, three Heavenly Ranks are a substantial sum no matter where they are placed.

On the other side, the Five Poisons King was equally astonished upon seeing this scene. Even though he had cultivated to the fourth realm, he had only mastered five Earthly Fiends. The newly acquired "Purple Fire Rotten Peach Fiend" was a gift from the Green Robe Ancestor after he escaped his predicament, which was how he managed to break through one of the hand's numbers. What merit did this kid have to be able to unleash three Yang Gangs in one move?

But soon, the astonishment in the Demon King's eyes turned into greed. As long as he killed this Taoist priest, Tian Gang would naturally be his.

The Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord's Dharma Form strode forward, while Lu Linqing's jade figurine was on the verge of collapse. The miasma was formed from the "Purple Fire Rotten Peach Evil," the mist from the "Filthy Earth Corrupting Water Evil," the insects and snakes biting and biting with the poison of the "Hibernating Dragon Yin Turbulent Evil," and the vines tightly binding with the power of the "Sinister Scissors and Twisting Evil." Coupled with the power of the Dao Domain itself, this jade figurine, although a rare treasure, was powerless to resist and crashed to the ground, shattering into pieces.

Lu Linqing was naturally heartbroken at the loss of such a jade figurine, but at the same time he was even more amazed by the Little Bright Realm that Cheng Xinzhan had supported, because the Little Bright Realm in this dark Dao Domain was also facing such an encirclement and suppression, but it had never wavered.

The Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord's Dharma Form has arrived near the Lesser Realm of Light. Compared to the Dharma Form, this Lesser Realm of Light is only the size of the Dharma Form's head.

"call--"

Faxiang swung his whisk and lashed out.

This small realm of light was established by Cheng Xinzhan's lofty incantation and the three Heavenly Gang Dharma Intents, so it could resist the dark Dharma Intent of the Dao Domain. However, this was a contest of Dao Intent and Dharma Rhyme. Now, the Demon King was using Dharma Forms to attack with force, which the small realm of light could not withstand.

Therefore, Cheng Xinzhan made his move simultaneously.

"Clouds lock a thousand peaks!"

"Moon Soul" instantly disintegrated into thousands of sword threads, transforming into a gust of cold wind and rain that flew out of the Little Bright Realm and into the Dark Dao Domain, meeting the approaching whisk. Wherever it passed, the water mist in the void condensed into ice shards and then fell.

When Cheng Xinzhan uses the "Moon Soul" to perform the "Taiyi Dividing Light Sword Technique," its power is much greater than that of Zhou Qingyun.

The cold wind and rain clung to the whisk, freezing it instantly, and the ice continued to spread to the Dharma image's hand.

Immediately afterwards, Cheng Xinzhan unleashed "Youdu," the flying sword transforming into a dazzling crimson and purple sword light, leaping through the air with a fiery sword trajectory, slashing towards the Dharma Image's right arm. At the same time, it resonated with "Moon Soul," which transformed into cold rain sword threads, forming the "Kan-Li Combined Sword Technique."

Neither of the two flying swords were ordinary, and the two sword techniques were even more extraordinary. So, although there were only two swords, the sword formation they formed was incredibly powerful.

Helpless, Faxiang withdrew his attack, and the Five Poisons Heavenly King once again hated Emei for taking away all his personal magic treasures.

With no treasures available, the old demon could only use whatever he had, so he waved his sleeve and unleashed a burst of flying sand.

The sand was dark and gloomy, and looked as fine as grains of sand, but it fell very fast, making a whistling sound as it fell through the air, as if it were extremely heavy, like mountains pressing down on the Little Bright Realm.

Cheng Xinzhan and Lu Linqing immediately recognized that this was the "Nine Contracts Exorcising Divine Sand" that the old demon had recently refined.

The Xuanmen's intelligence and preparation work was excellent, so the two remained calm and simultaneously unleashed the "Dutian Liuji Sha".

The dim yellow smoke and dust rose lightly, looking weak and frail, but the moment it came into contact with the flying sand falling from the sky, it actually dissolved the divine sand!
Moreover, this "Nine-Coven Exorcising Divine Sand" was a complete supplement to "All-Heavenly Flowing Evil." Upon contact with the divine sand, the evil energy became excited and spread rapidly, completely enveloping the entire area of ​​sand in a very short time. By the time the Five Poison Heavenly King realized something was wrong and tried to retrieve his magic weapon, not a single grain of sand remained!
Cheng Xinzhan and Lu Linqing were overjoyed to have retrieved their True Qi, which had now tripled in value from the small amount of True Qi given to them by Miechenzi.

The Five Poisons King was first stunned, then went into a frenzy. This was a magical treasure that he had spent ten years digging in the ground to refine!

"Too much deception! Too much deception!"

The Five Poisons King roared, his mournful howl echoing throughout the Dao Domain, and then all the insects in the Dao Domain began to clamor. At this moment, even though these insects hated light, they all rushed towards the Lesser Realm of Light under the Five Poisons King's command.

In an instant, the small realm of light resembled a cardboard lantern, its exterior crawling with insects, obscuring even the light. These insects were gnawing at the small realm of light; although they were being burned by the light as they consumed it, there were simply too many insects, one after another, so the realm of light continued to shrink little by little. At the same time, the chirping of the insects could no longer be ignored. At this moment, the chirping was no longer just annoying, but had coalesced into a piercing, demonic sound, as if it were devouring one's very soul.

"hold head high--"

At that moment, a deafening dragon's roar resounded from the small realm of light, like a thunderclap, instantly drowning out the chirping of insects. At the same time, the insects that were densely packed on the small realm of light were all struck as if by lightning, as if their courage had been broken by the dragon's roar. They stiffened and then fell down, like a rain of insects.

The "Tian Shu" acupoint in the life palace possesses supernatural powers, including the "Dragon's Roar".

The poisonous insects fell, and the Lesser Realm of Light reappeared in the gloomy Dao Domain. Its dazzling light disgusted the Five Poisons Heavenly King. He didn't know that the dragon's roar was Cheng Xinzhan's Life-Storing Divine Power, but he could see that a new thundercloud had appeared in the Lesser Realm of Light, with a thunder dragon swirling within it.

Lie Xingye didn't know the exact name of that thundercloud, but he could sense that it was another Heavenly Gang! A Yang Gang, the fourth Yang Gang!

The Thunder Dragon roamed in the light, radiating a dragon's might as vast as the sea and as majestic as a mountain. No matter how the insects in the Dao Domain tried to persuade it, they refused to take a single step forward.

The Five Poisons King suddenly understood. He looked at Cheng Xinzhan and said...

"I've never heard of you before. Did you come from the Xuanmen? We have no enmity between us. I swear on the Dharma Realm that if you leave now, I will reward you handsomely, more than Emei!"

"Fuck your shit!"

All that could be heard was Lu Linqing shouting a curse at the Five Poisons Heavenly King's nascent soul, and then whispering to Cheng Xinzhan,

"Yunlai, watch over my body, I'm going to tear his dog mouth apart."

Upon hearing this, Cheng Xinzhan turned to look and saw Lu Linqing raising his sword above his head, quickly making several hand seals, and chanting,
"The spirit dwells in the vast void, its energy circulates throughout the heavens; the will surges to the Purple Palace, the primordial spirit wields the sword!"

As the incantation ended, a purple light leaped from the crown of his head and plunged directly into the "Lieque Hook". Immediately afterward, the flying sword shone brightly, transforming into a white rainbow piercing the sky, shooting out of the Small Bright Realm and heading directly towards the Five Poisons Heavenly King's nascent soul.

Cheng Xinzhan naturally ignored the Five Poisons Heavenly King's words. Seeing Lu Linqing approach the demon's nascent soul, he focused on the demon's golden core dharma form. The two flying swords, "Moon Soul" and "Netherworld Capital," formed a combined attack formation. Although it could restrain the dharma form, it was difficult to kill it. So at this moment, he made a hand seal in front of his chest and pinched a talisman with two fingers.

The Supreme Heavenly Capital Register. The inner vision of the mind leaves the body and enters the talisman.

Cheng Xinzhan tossed the talisman, which flew out of the Lesser Bright Realm and into the Dao Domain. Immediately afterward, the talisman emitted a brilliant light, radiating a hundred feet of brilliance, illuminating the entire Dao Domain in an instant.

Such a commotion naturally attracted the attention of the Five Poison Heavenly Kings and Lu Linqing, who were engaged in battle. The two then saw the talisman light flash and transform into a giant Dharma image.

Faxiang was dressed in very ornate clothing, with a golden and pearl-embroidered peach-leaf crown on his head, and a vermilion robe painted with a pattern of colorful clouds surrounding stars, the auspicious clouds swirling and the stars forming the Pleiades. Faxiang had a rather thin face, a fair complexion, no beard, fiery eyes, and a hooked nose.

What surprised Lu Linqing and terrified Lie Xingye was that this Dharma image was ninety-nine feet tall, much taller than the Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord, and was currently looking down at the Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord with its captivating fiery golden eyes.

"The Shangqing School?!"

"The Pleiades Star Lord?!"

Two startled shouts came from Lu Linqing and Lie Xingye respectively.

The former was surprised to learn that Yun, who called himself a hermit, was actually a disciple of the Shangqing School of the East!

The latter was terrified. How could his inner divine form be the Pleiades Star Lord! Could it be that today is truly the day Heaven intends to destroy me?!

Ignoring their screams, the Star Official had already made his move, his right hand forming a claw, aimed directly at the Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord's head. The Demon Lord's Dharma Avatar was horrified. Even though the Demon Lord's Dharma Avatar possessed the advantage of the Dao Domain, at this moment, looking at the towering Pleiades, the Demon Lord's Dharma Avatar was terrified to the extreme, and had no intention of fighting back. He turned and ran.

The star official's hook missed its target. Seeing the demon lord flee, he didn't chase after him, but instead raised his head and cried out.

“Oh—oh—oh——”

With the rooster crowing three times, the Demon Lord's Dharma form seemed to have all its bones drained away, its legs went weak, and it collapsed to the ground.

Only then did the Star Lord slowly approach.

With each step the Star Lord took, the entire Dao Domain trembled, and the Demon Lord's Dharma Form trembled in fear.

The Dharma Image was terrified. It turned its head, opened its mouth, and spat out a plume of black smoke, which was a poisonous smoke formed by the combined power of multiple Earthly Fiends.

Without pausing, the Star Lord arrived before the Dharma Image. Upon seeing it, he opened his mouth and spat out a golden yang fire rainbow that instantly burned away the poisonous smoke. Moreover, the flames landed on the Dharma Image and began to burn fiercely.

The star official raised his foot to stomp on it.

"a ha ha ha--"

The Dharma Image laughed wildly, then suddenly rolled over, tearing open its burning robes to reveal its upper body. A bizarre scene unfolded: the Dharma Image's upper body, chest and abdomen, was covered in eyes!

"The devil is up to no good, Yunlai, be careful!"

Lu Linqing, standing some distance away, called out a reminder: even though Yun Lai was the host, he still considered him a friend!

"You have a path to Heaven but choose not to take it; you have no way to Hell but come here willingly!"

The Five Poisons Heavenly King let out a sinister laugh, and then the hundreds of eyes on the chest and abdomen of his Dharma image opened at the same time, each eye shooting out a beam of golden light, which struck the Pleiades Star Lord who was close at hand.

This was the Five Poisons Heavenly King's Golden Elixir Divine Power, "Hundred-Eyed Annihilation Golden Light." He didn't believe that such a large Dharma Form could be dodged at such close range!

"Hehehe."

Within the Dao Domain, Cheng Xinzhan's laughter echoed.
"I thought it was some kind of 'Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord,' a name I'd never heard of before. Turns out it's just a hundred-eyed golden-eyed centipede."

The Pleiades Star Lord didn't even think about dodging. Seeing this, he just smiled contemptuously, and then a golden light suddenly flashed in his left eye, from which a golden embroidery needle flew out.

Of course, the embroidery needle was only in comparison to the enormous Pleiades Dharma Image. In reality, in the eyes of the people present, what flew out was clearly a giant flying sword gleaming with crimson gold light!
Upon seeing the design of the flying sword, Lu Linqing was shocked and exclaimed in surprise,
"Taodu?!"

As the leader of the Seven Sword Masters of Shu Mountain, how could he not recognize them? And how could he not remember the famous swords of Shu Mountain that had been lost elsewhere?

Peach Capital, Pleiades, incantation, thunder magic.

Lu Linqing looked at Cheng Xinzhan with an unreadable expression. So, he wasn't just a simple Taoist from the Shangqing School. Indeed, someone like him couldn't possibly be a wandering Taoist. It was even more strange that he had been unknown before coming to Xikang. If he were that kind of person, then his extraordinary Taoist skills and profound knowledge would not be surprising.

In that brief moment, he recalled Cheng Xinzhan's words: "Fellow Daoist, what matters is the pursuit of the Great Dao, not one's lineage or social standing." Did this person foresee the day his identity would be exposed back then?

The next moment, he saw "Taodu" split into a hundred golden sword energies, which merged into the hundred golden beams of annihilation emitted from the Demon Lord's Dharma body, and pierced into the hundred demon eyes along the trajectory of the golden beams of annihilation.

"Puff puff puff puff——"

A series of sounds rang out as a hundred sword energies pierced the chest and abdomen of the Demon Lord's Dharma Image, disappearing into it and roaming freely within the Dharma Image's body. The sword energy erupted, and even the Dharma Image's seven orifices emitted golden sword light.

"Kakaka-"

Immediately afterwards, a crisp cracking sound came from the Dao Domain. Lu Linqing then saw that the "Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord" Dharma Image was like a piece of porcelain that had just come out of the kiln being doused with a basin of cold water. Cracks spread all over its body, and then it exploded.

"boom--"

The Dharma image exploded with a roar, shattering into pieces and showering down a rain of light across this Dao domain.

These showers of light are spiritual energy transformed from magical power, and they are about to merge into the world.

"It hurts so much! It hurts so much!"

The collapse of the Dharma body caused the distant Demon King's nascent soul to sway precariously, emitting a mournful wail.

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