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Chapter 413 The New Celestial Realm
“Father…” Xu Xuanhu struggled to get up. The indestructible power of his bloodline was frantically repairing his injuries within his body, but the Supreme Dao Sect Master had activated the original evil energy of the Twelve Capital Heavenly Gods and Demons Formation. Its corrosiveness and destructiveness far exceeded his imagination, and the speed of repair was far slower than the speed of destruction.

Xu Qing didn't turn around, but calmly said, "Stand firm, Xuan Hu. Today, I will show you what true power is..."

His voice wasn't loud, but it carried a Taoist charm that soothed people's hearts and suppressed all inner demons.

The Supreme Dao Sect Master sat cross-legged atop the furnace, his hair wildly whipping around his face, which appeared incredibly ferocious under the reflection of the blood-red aura. He suddenly clasped his hands together and shouted sharply, "Xu Qing, it's all over! Heavenly Divine Fiend, Pangu's True Form!"

Rumble!
Before the words were even finished, the twelve towering, illusory figures of ancestral witches simultaneously unleashed a roar that shook the ages. Their roars were not mere sound waves, but contained the most primal, savage, and pure will to create.

Immediately afterwards, the twelve illusory figures simultaneously converged, collapsed, and merged towards the central point!
Time seemed to stand still at this moment, and space was infinitely distorted at this point.

Dijiang's six legs and four wings merged with the laws of space, Zhurong's beast-faced human body transformed into the source of fire, and Gonggong's python-headed human body brought forth a torrent of water returning to its origin... The twelve ancestral witch origins, representing the most primal power of heaven and earth, began their most terrifying and magnificent reorganization under the catalysis of the Dutian Divine Array!
An indescribable, terrifying aura, surpassing all eons and seemingly originating from the very beginning of the universe, erupted with a deafening roar!

That was not magic power, nor the essence of Tao, but pure, untamed power, enough to create heaven and earth—force!

A gigantic phantom, tens of thousands of feet tall, with muscles bulging like an ancient mountain range and surrounded by chaotic energy, slowly rose at the core of the blood-red aura.

He had no facial features, his face was blurred, yet he exuded an unparalleled majesty that looked down upon all ages and regarded all things as straw dogs.

He simply stood there, and the surrounding void groaned under the weight, with spatial rifts spreading out like a spider web.

Pangu's true body!

Although it was only an incomplete projection condensed by the essence of the beings in the Nine Li World and the Great Array of the Heavenly Gods and Demons, the trace of creation power it contained already surpassed the vast majority of laws in this vast universe!
"Xu Qing, do you see this? This is true power!" The figure of the Supreme Dao Sect slowly merged into the heart of the Pangu True Body, becoming the wielder of this supreme battle body. "Before my Pangu True Body, all your struggles are meaningless!"

Pangu's true form moved.

He simply raised his arm slowly and clumsily, spread his five fingers, and gently grasped Xu Qing inside the Eight Trigrams Furnace.

There was no earth-shattering energy eruption, no dazzling clash of laws.

But the moment it clenched its fist, the entire space within the Twelve Capital Heavenly Gods and Demons Formation, along with the indestructible Bagua Furnace, suddenly collapsed, twisted, and squeezed inward, like a lump of mud being gripped by an invisible giant hand!
Inside the Eight Trigrams Furnace, Xu Qing's expression changed drastically.

He felt the space around him being "erased"! The Dao of birth and death and the laws of chaos that constituted his protective sword energy were like fragile sandcastles in the face of this pure and ultimate "force," easily crushed, compacted, and reduced to the most primitive particles.

The Chaos Sword in his hand emitted a mournful cry of unbearable strain, its blade covered in cracks, as if it would shatter completely at any moment.

"puff!"

Xu Qing suddenly spat out a mouthful of golden Dao blood containing the origin of the Chaos Life and Death Dao Fruit. Under this terrifying pressure, his Dao body emitted a teeth-grinding "crack" sound, and shocking cracks appeared on his body.

"Father!" Xu Xuanhu roared in despair as he watched helplessly as his father's imposing figure crumbled like a piece of porcelain under that terrifying grip.

"Too weak... still too weak..." Xu Qing smiled bitterly to himself. It wasn't that he was weak, but rather that the power of Pangu's true form had already exceeded the scope of "fighting magic." It was a crushing force from a higher dimension, a pure physical rule level.

Although his indestructible Dao Fruit can be reborn and reincarnated, resolving all kinds of calamities, its transformation speed is far slower than the speed at which it is crushed when faced with this absolute power that is enough to "reopen the world".

Moreover, he was merely an avatar, not his true self. Therefore, the indestructible Dao fruit he possessed was not complete.

"It's over!" The voice of the Supreme Dao Sect Master rang out from within Pangu's true form, devoid of the arrogance and pride of a victor, leaving only an air of self-righteous superiority.

Like the powerful and wealthy in the mortal world, they use their power to crush any scoundrel who dares to offend or challenge them.

The giant hand of Pangu's true form exerted its power once more, and the collapsing space let out its final lament, on the verge of complete annihilation.

At this critical moment, a strange smile suddenly appeared on Xu Qing's cracked face.

That wasn't despair, nor resignation, but a sense of relief that understood everything, and... a deeply hidden, resolute madness!

"Supreme Sect Master, do you think you've won?"

Xu Qing's voice rang out calmly. He actually took the initiative to dispel all his defenses, allowing the terrifying squeezing force to crush his Dao body inch by inch, and golden Dao blood bloomed like fireworks.

He gave up resisting!

However, just as his body was about to completely collapse, he concentrated all his remaining Dao fruit essence, all his will, and all his understanding of life and death into a single point!
It's not for attacking, it's not for defending!
His almost crushed, indestructible Chaos Dao Fruit of Life and Death was suddenly reversed at this moment!

"I use my body to become the cycle of reincarnation, and I use my path to become a prison!"

"Life is a lock! Death is a shackle! Supreme Sect Master, the endless loneliness of this Lingtai Star Sea is my final gift to you!"

hum!
An indescribable, profound aura that transcended life and death erupted from the core of Xu Qing's annihilating Dao body!

That was not an outburst of power, but an unquestionable "declaration" and "edict" at the level of the Great Dao Law!
His reversed origin of the Chaos of Life and Death transformed into a chaotic chain that pierced through the void and the real!

One end of the chain is "Life"! It radiates infinite light of creation, like the most powerful magnet, ignoring the terrifying power of Pangu's true body in creating the world, and directly locking onto the core of it, the original soul of the Supreme Dao Sect Master who is the controller!

At the other end of the chain is "death"! It condenses the four ultimate Dao truths that Xu Qing comprehended, transforming into a deep, bottomless black hole that exudes an aura of absolute annihilation. Its target is none other than the Lingtai Star Sea, deep within the void, a place that even beings that have endured countless eons fear, a place filled with unknowns and dangers!
This is not confinement, it is exile!
For the first time, the Supreme Dao Sect Master inside Pangu's true form revealed an expression of utter horror!
He could feel that his soul was firmly locked by an irresistible and incomprehensible force of law, and no matter how much he activated the power of Pangu's true form, he could not break free.

This force did not oppose him, but forcibly established a causal link between him and a distant and terrifying "endpoint"!

"No!" the Supreme Dao Sect Master roared in terror.

However, it was too late.

The chains of chaos tightened suddenly!

"boom!"

The colossal body of Pangu, towering between heaven and earth, was forcibly dragged by this seemingly illusory chain, flying rapidly towards the silent black hole representing "death" deep in the void!
It struggled and roared, its world-shattering power erupting wildly, shattering the void along its path. But the chaotic chain was incredibly tough, dragging it relentlessly toward its predetermined fate.

Xu Qing's avatar, after unleashing the ultimate attack of reversing the Dao Fruit, could no longer maintain its form.

His physical body, under the despairing gazes of countless people, was like a snowflake illuminated by the sun, slowly melting and disintegrating piece by piece, turning into particles that danced in the sky, shimmering with chaotic light.

"Father!!!" Xu Xuanhu let out a heart-wrenching roar. He reached out his hand, trying to grasp the points of light, but only grasped nothingness.

Ancestor Musang, Great Witch Wufeng, and all the survivors stared blankly at this scene, their hearts overwhelmed with immense sorrow and shock.

That omnipotent Dao Lord who had just attained immortality and was indestructible through countless eons, that Great Luo Golden Immortal who led them to see hope... just like that... perished?

However, just as Xu Qing's avatar was about to completely dissipate, those dancing points of light did not vanish into the void.

One of them contained the purest light points of the origin of "life," which, like fireflies summoned, transformed into a warm torrent that instantly surged into the Bagua Furnace, enveloping Xu Xuanhu and all the survivors.

Nourished by this pure vitality, their near-collapse injuries healed rapidly at a visible speed, their depleted magical power was quickly restored, and even the wounds deep within their souls were soothed.

This was Xu Qing's final gift to them in his guise.

The other, and largest, part of the light spots transformed into a stream of light, following the true form of Pangu that was being dragged into the distance, and finally disappeared completely into the deep, silent black hole that represented "death".

Within the vast void, the crimson aura of the Twelve Heavenly Gods and Demons Formation slowly dissipated.

The once invincible true form of Pangu, along with the Supreme Dao Sect Master who controlled it, and the sect's most treasured artifact, the Eight Trigrams Furnace, have all disappeared without a trace, forcibly banished and sealed in the deepest part of the Lingtai Star Sea.

The Dao Lord Xu Qing, who had just attained the Dao of Indestructibility and whose power shook the heavens, also had his avatar completely disintegrate, as if he had never existed.

In the world, only the survivors and endless silence remained.

The once invincible Pangu True Body and the Supreme Dao Sect Master have been forcibly banished and sealed in the deepest part of the Lingtai Star Sea by Xu Qing's ultimate strike, which reversed the Dao Fruit.

The Bagua Furnace floated silently, the cracks on its body slowly healing, but the Tai Chi Daoist aura swirling around it had dimmed, like a tiger with its teeth pulled, having lost its former ferocity.

"Father……"

Xu Xuanhu knelt in the void, gazing at the place where his father's incarnation had vanished, tears silently streaming down his face.

Just then, a graceful and serene figure quietly appeared beside him—it was Feng Wu. She reached out and gently embraced her son, her gaze piercing through the void, looking into the endless darkness. There was no sadness in her eyes, only a calmness and profundity identical to Xu Qing's.

“Child, why are you crying?” Her voice was gentle yet firm. “Your father sacrificed only an incarnation.”

These words, like a sudden clap of thunder in spring, jolted awake all those immersed in sorrow and despair.

"An incarnation? Daojun... Daojun is alright?" Ancestor Musang was so excited that tears streamed down his face, and he almost dropped his withered wooden staff.

The Five Phoenix Great Witch let out a joyful cry, and the remaining five-colored feathers around her body reignited with flames.

It was merely an avatar! A single avatar was able to withstand Pangu's true form and even seal it away! What terrifying power this was! Everyone's understanding of the "Unbreakable" realm was completely overturned at this moment, and their hearts were filled with unparalleled shock and ecstasy.

Feng Wu nodded, her gaze sweeping over the void that had survived the calamity and the quietly floating Bagua Furnace. She said loudly, "My husband's true form is currently creating a universe deep within the Great Void and traveling through the Great Void. Now that this matter is settled, we should return."

With a flick of her sleeve, she summoned the Qiankun Talisman left behind by Xu Qing. Immediately, a gentle yet irresistible force swept up all the survivors, along with the enormous Bagua Furnace, transforming them into a streak of light that sped toward the Pure Yang Realm.

……

A hundred years is the time it takes for three generations to pass for ordinary people, but for cultivators it is just a fleeting moment.

However, for the Pure Yang Realm, this short century was a magnificent and unprecedented rebirth.

When Feng Wu and Xu Xuanhu returned with the Eight Trigrams Furnace, the entire Great Yu Immortal Dynasty was in an uproar. They brought back not only their fellow disciples who had survived the calamity and the remnants of the Nine Li barbarians, but also the supreme treasure furnace that had devoured an entire world and contained the millennia-old foundation of the Supreme Dao Sect!

Under Feng Wu's leadership, an unprecedented "refining the world and mending the heavens" began.

The Eight Trigrams Furnace was placed at the heart of the Pure Yang Realm, and Xu Xuanhu personally activated his indestructible bloodline power, invoking the laws of heaven and earth to reignite it.

This time, the flames burning in the furnace were no longer the destructive Chaos Fire, but the life-giving flames of creation.

"The souls of the Jiuli shall return to the mountains and rivers!"

With Feng Wu's command, the origin of the Nine Li world, refined in the Eight Trigrams Furnace, transformed into streams of powerful, earthy-yellow energy, cascading down like an inverted celestial river.

The earth of the Pure Yang Realm trembled violently, and a colossal mountain range, majestic and far surpassing anything seen before, rose from the ground, its grandeur rivaling that of the legendary Mount Buzhou. Mighty rivers surged between the mountains, the very lifeblood of the Nine Li world, nourishing this newly born land.

The remaining Jiuli barbarians found a home in this new world. Their ancestral witch bloodline resonated with the land, and they gradually evolved into a guardian race that protects the mountains and rivers.

"The Supreme Daoist Canon benefits all living beings!"

The countless scriptures, elixirs, and magical treasures belonging to the Supreme Dao Sect within the furnace, like a dazzling shower of stars, were scattered throughout the Pure Yang Realm.

The various immortal sects and martial arts factions of the Great Yu Immortal Dynasty, like parched land receiving sweet rain, frantically absorbed these inheritances and resources from a higher level.

In an instant, the cultivation civilization of the entire Pure Yang Realm experienced an explosive surge!
Thanks to Xu Qing's eighty-one days of sermons, countless cultivators had already greatly improved their foundations and loosened their bottlenecks. Now, with this massive amount of resources, their breakthrough momentum is like a raging wildfire, unstoppable.

Once a rare celestial being, he has now become an elder figure who oversees various sects.

At the heart of all this, the Ascension Platform of the Great Yu Immortal Dynasty underwent an astonishing transformation.

After Abbot Xiongchan stepped halfway into the "Shattering of the Vacuum," he received the "Present Tathagata Sutra" repaired by Xu Qing. After a hundred years of arduous cultivation, he actually entered the Dao through martial arts and condensed a sixteen-foot golden body of Buddhism. With a single palm strike, the rudimentary form of a Buddhist kingdom appeared in his palm, making him the number one Buddhist in this world.

He merged the Great Zen Temple and the Vajra Temple, and built a magnificent Buddhist city to the west of the capital, where all Buddhas paid homage, creating a magnificent spectacle.

The young Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain combined the art of talismans with the movement of stars to create the "Zhou Tian Xing Dou Shen Fu" (Zhou Tian Star God Talisman). A single talisman can draw upon the power of the stars and seal off thousands of miles of mountains and rivers, its power far surpassing that of ordinary celestial beings.

Feng Wu's "Book of Forgetfulness" became increasingly profound. She rebuilt her Taoist temple on the top of Zhongshan Mountain, which attracted the favor of a faint Taoist aura from the void. Her disciples all practiced the Tao of tranquility and non-action, and it became a new ancestral temple of Taoism.

The entire Pure Yang Realm is full of wonders and vitality. Its world status has been rising steadily over the past century, and it has already touched the threshold of the legendary "Heavenly Realm". It is revered by visitors from all realms as the Pure Yang Heavenly Realm!
However, the real transformation has only just begun.

As the world status of the Pure Yang Heavenly Realm continues to rise, the unique Daoist aura it exudes in the Great Void, containing the concepts of "creation" and "birth and death," acts like a lighthouse in the night, exerting a fatal attraction on those ancient fragments in the Great Void that have been dormant for countless epochs.

Those are... fragments of the ancient celestial realm!

On an ordinary afternoon, the first "meteor" streaked across the sky above the Pure Yang Heavenly Realm.

That was not a real star, but a white jade foundation stone, spanning a hundred miles, engraved with the character "South" from one corner of the South Heavenly Gate! Trailing a long, celestial tail of flame, it crashed down amidst the awe-inspiring gazes of countless people, ultimately merging perfectly into the southern part of the capital city, transforming into a magnificent and naturally formed giant city gate.

This is just the beginning!
Immediately afterwards, a broken glazed tile, shimmering with seven-colored light, fell from the void and transformed into a vast, thousand-mile-wide Seven Treasure Glazed Lake, its waters clear and imbued with pure celestial energy.

A broken piece of white jade pillar, entwined with the phantom of a true dragon, fell from the sky and pierced the shore of the East Sea, transforming into a towering divine peak that pierced the clouds and was shrouded in dragon energy, attracting dragons from all over the world to come and pay homage.

A patch of soil from a dilapidated peach orchard, scattered across the Kunlun Mountains, caused all the spiritual roots in the mountains to ripen overnight, filling the air with the fragrance of immortal fruits and turning spiritual energy into mist.

……

Countless fragments of the ancient celestial realm, like wanderers summoned by a call, traverse the endless void and continuously fall into the Pure Yang Celestial Realm, merging and coexisting with it.

With each fusion, the laws of the Pure Yang Heavenly Realm become more perfect, and the origin of the world becomes more profound. The entire world is evolving towards a true "Heavenly Realm" in an incredible way.

The prototype of a brand new "Heavenly Court" that far surpasses the past has already emerged!

……

On the other side of the void, in a more vast and desolate ruin.

This is the largest ruin in the ancient celestial realm. Although it is dilapidated, it still exudes a chilling residual power.

Countless ancient forces, like vultures perched on corpses, have carved out their own lairs and established kingdoms here. They claim to be the rightful heirs of the Heavenly Court, waging war against each other and vying for the remaining fortune and resources.

At this moment, inside a magnificent palace forged from the remains of shattered stars, several figures with auras as deep as the sea are coldly observing everything happening in the Pure Yang Heavenly Realm through a huge water mirror.

"What a Pure Yang Heavenly Realm! What a Xu Qing!" A stern-faced elder from the Xuanmen sect, dressed in tattered imperial robes, sneered, his voice like the clang of metal. "He actually thinks he can rebuild the Heavenly Court single-handedly? He's delusional!"

"Wishful thinking? I don't think so." Another woman shrouded in starlight spoke in a cold voice, "He has already attained the indestructible realm, and his Dao fruit is the unheard-of Dao of Chaos and Creation. Now he has also gained the foundation of the Supreme Dao Sect and the origin of the Nine Li World, plus the allegiance of these fragments of the Heavenly Realm... Given time, it is not impossible for a new Heavenly Court to rise from the ground."

"We must not let him succeed!" A giant man surrounded by demonic flames slammed his fist on the throne and roared, "The power of the Heavenly Court can only be held by us! This Pure Yang Heavenly Realm is nothing more than a lamb that has just been fattened up. Its origin and fortune should become the resources for our further advancement!"

His words resonated with everyone.

They are the "remnants" of the Heavenly Court, the overlords of the old era. They will never allow a new Heavenly Court, beyond their control, to emerge, challenge their position, or divide their interests.

"Xu Qing's true form is currently asleep. The energy consumed in creating the universe is something that even someone as indestructible as him cannot recover in a short time. What he left behind in the Pure Yang Heavenly Realm is merely a will imprint and a few insignificant family members," the Daoist elder said calmly. "This is precisely our opportunity."

“A direct attack is probably not advisable,” the starlight woman shook her head. “Although Xu Qing is asleep, his indestructible Dao Fruit is connected to that newborn universe. If he is awakened, none of us will be able to benefit. Moreover, his Dao partner and offspring all have his bloodline and backup plans, so we cannot be careless.”

“Indeed.” An old Taoist priest with a refined and otherworldly air, holding a whisk, nodded. “A direct attack is not the best strategy. This world’s fortune is at its peak, like the sun at its zenith. A forceful attack will surely backfire. We should use strategy.”

He continued, "Although this realm is full of life, it is not monolithic. We only need to send in spies to infiltrate it and sow discord, which will cause chaos within it and trigger a great calamity. When its fortunes decline and internal strife continues, we can then use overwhelming force to act on behalf of Heaven."

"can."

"That's exactly right! First create chaos, then reap the benefits!"

The several powerful figures inside the palace nodded slightly.

Meanwhile, the True Lord Manifestation in the distance looked at this with disdain and turned his head to look at the Taiyin Cold Moon.

……

The Pure Yang Heavenly Realm, the capital city.

The capital city of today is vastly different from what it was a century ago. The city walls, now formed from the foundation stones of the Southern Heavenly Gate, soar into the clouds, shimmering with celestial light and adorned with runes, making them indestructible. Within the city, wide streets are dotted with floating celestial pavilions, and streams formed from spiritual energy flow gently alongside the streets, nourishing the exotic flowers and plants on their banks.

Cultivators from all walks of life and merchants from other races came and went in an endless stream, creating a prosperous and thriving scene.

Amidst the bustling crowd, an ordinary-looking young man curiously surveyed his surroundings. Dressed in coarse linen clothes, he exuded an unremarkable aura, like a country boy newly arrived in the immortal city, utterly unremarkable.

He walked into a restaurant, ordered a pot of the cheapest spiritual tea, and quietly listened to the conversation of the cultivators at the next table.

"Have you heard? The abbot of Chaotian Temple witnessed the falling fragments of the 'Zixiao Palace' in the Heavenly Realm the other day, and actually achieved enlightenment overnight, breaking through to the late stage of the Heavenly Immortal realm!"

"Hey, what's that! Zhang Tianshi of Longhu Mountain can now summon the power of the stars with a single divine talisman. It's said that he can even trap a Great Luo incarnation for a short while!"

"If you ask me, the most powerful one is still Xu Xuanhu, the son of Daojun. He now governs the Great Yu Immortal Dynasty, integrates the remnants of the Jiuli tribe, and has established the 'Mountain Guardian.' His cultivation is unfathomable, and he already has the style of his father!"

"Yes, yes, and there's also Qingzhu Saintess of the Tianhe Dao Sect, who can freeze the Great Dao with one hand and freeze thousands of miles. A few days ago, some ignorant demon king caused trouble, and she pinned him to the East Sea with one finger, turning him into a ten-thousand-year-old ice sculpture!"

A barely perceptible sneer appeared on the young man's lips. He picked up his teacup and drank it all in one gulp.

As the tea entered his stomach, a wisp of extremely subtle black energy, carrying an aura of decay and resentment, silently seeped into the earth beneath his feet, flowing along his meridians.

(End of this chapter)