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Chapter 334 Freedom from the Shackles of Heaven's Dao

boom! ! !
Zuo Qiuyang made a hand seal with his right hand, and a beam of light condensed in the void above.

The illusory light resembled a book, representing a battle strategy evolved from the Heavenly Book.

The boundless energy, like flickering heavenly fire, instantly blasted the dark mountain forest into daylight.

At the same time, the three pavilion masters of the Mountain and Sea Pavilion, the two chief disciples of the Spirit Sword Mountain, the two palace masters of the Dao Seeking Sect, the three elders of the Chen Clan, and Chai Hu, the master of the Longevity Hall, all eleven people at the peak of the fifth realm, moved together.

The flying sword between his brows that shook the void, the divine lightning that gathered from the light of heaven...

The clouds on the horizon were instantly shattered by the aftershocks, and the heavens and earth hummed continuously.

Those chasing behind them could barely open their eyes; even those with strong spiritual sense would feel as if they were being pricked by needles if they glanced at them.

But amidst that devastating killing technique, the dozen or so figures that emerged from the forest were like unshakeable mountains, pressing down with a surging black and red aura.

The earth began to tremble, as if a dragon were turning over. The turbulent ground caused countless people to stagger backward, their bodies surging with mysterious light as they floated in the air, using it to withstand the terrifying pressure.

The ensuing battle was so fierce that it changed the very heavens.

Countless bolts of lightning fiercely suppressed the black and red aura, but it quickly coalesced, and within it, a giant palm carrying thick smoke relentlessly slammed down.

The highest realm of cultivation is the five realms of perfection, which is the strongest realm that ordinary cultivators in this world can reach.

This realm represents the condensation of the profound, the merging with the Dao, the response to Heaven, the boundless, and the divine journey to a state of perfect harmony. One has already been endowed with the Dao and is no longer within the scope of the five higher realms.

In the blink of an eye, these dozens of towering figures vanished from their original spot.

But the magnificent celestial light did not dissipate; it still clashed fiercely with the overwhelming tide of black and red.

From here to the west, the downstream of the surging Wujiang River lies the Great Wilderness Forest.

Amidst the chaotic battle that shook all directions, Zuo Qiuyang landed atop the mountain with a whooshing sound. A golden light began to surge in his eyes, and his divine sense rushed out, struggling through the dense baleful aura to reach the mountain and head towards that aura of the Immortal Realm.

Other powerful figures also rushed in from the battle and landed in the mountain one after another, their eyes gleaming with golden light.

After the Qiling incident, everyone knew that the evil energy had a natural restraining effect on human cultivators.

The higher one's cultivation level, the stronger the influence.

Fortunately, all they have to do is watch.

Throughout his journey, countless members of noble families and disciples of the academy were watching for him, spotting enemies for him, and drawing out ambushes for him.

At this point, he began to look after others.

Above the towering mountains, as everyone's divine senses surged through the malevolent energy, an even more terrifying aura came from the south.

As this aura appeared, the gloomy and dim sky seemed to brighten up instantly, like a clear day after the fog dissipates, sweeping away the gloom and gloom in an instant.

But this brightness did not stop shining; instead, it became extremely dazzling in the blink of an eye.

Beneath the clouds, the rolling sunlight constantly converged, forming a huge, illusory disc that, when swirling wildly, resembled a vortex radiating golden light.

Indeed, there must be a fairyland within the ruins.

Even though no one dared to think about it during the trip, there was no doubt about it.

After all, back in Qiling, the Zheng family patriarch had demonstrated his cultivation to the world at the Immortal Realm.

They wanted to see him, to make the sacred artifact draw down the power of the Heavenly Dao.

High in the sky, a terrifying figure supported the white light, its killing intent surging continuously.

As Zuo Qiuyang and his group forcibly stormed into the Great Wilderness Forest, the ten corrupted Upper Fifth Realm Perfection cultivators also pursued them, enveloped in endless black and red energy.

At the very back, Lord Chai Hu of the Hall of Longevity slightly raised his palm, and endless immortal light began to gather around him, eventually forming a huge ring behind him.

Suddenly, the air in all directions seemed to be cut apart, as if it had been peeled off from the sky, with clear boundaries at the cut points.

As his left hand fell, a heavy force descended from the sky, instantly suppressing the swirling sand and the thick black and red tide, causing them to explode continuously.

This is the force field technique that the Lord of the Longevity Palace specializes in; with a flick of his palm, it's as if the sky is collapsing.

At this moment, he suppressed all directions, and his expression gradually changed from unfathomable to somewhat strained, but he was still struggling to hold on, hoping that the celestial light would fall as soon as possible.

But to everyone's surprise, the murderous intent that had been brewing for so long never materialized.

At this moment, the expressions of the five realms of perfect enlightenment surrounding the Great Wilderness Forest changed slightly.

In the deepest part of the vast and boundless ruins, in the place once named the Central Holy Mountain, lay a monster, or rather, a pool of monsters.

Its entire body was made of disordered flesh and blood, enormous, coiled on the mountain like a giant python.

The flesh and blood were shriveled up; if one had to describe it, it would look like a bunch of dried grapes.

However, countless people here could clearly imagine what his full body looked like, because the Zheng family patriarch of that time had also cultivated such a strange physique.

The aura of the Immortal Realm that Zuo Qiuyang and the others sensed in the woods just now was emanating from it, but the problem is that this monster is already on the verge of death, with only a faint breath left.

"Someone like the Zheng family patriarch? Why did he turn out like this?"

Chaihu couldn't help but gaze over as well.

Zuo Qiuyang said with a solemn expression, "They've stirred up so much trouble; it's impossible that they just wanted to raise a half-dead monster."

"Could it be that it failed?"

"It was completely drained."

Zuo Qiuyang turned to look at Chai Hu: "Do you still remember what Ji You said about the Bai family?"

Upon hearing this, Chai Hu narrowed his eyes instantly: "Someone used it to achieve the Immortal Realm."

"I thought they needed time to stop us from getting close to the ruins, but it seems they have already succeeded, but they haven't shown themselves yet."

"They wreak havoc on the world just to become a mortal realm where even the immortals dare not show themselves?"

After pondering for a moment, Zuo Qiuyang suddenly paused, "Where are the pursuers?"

Chai Hu suddenly came to his senses, turned around and looked behind him, and saw a violent burst of black light suddenly erupt in the distance.

That location was where they had just arrived by flying through the air, and it was also where those immortal sect members were now.

Deep within the dense forest, countless elders of immortal sects were reduced to a rain of blood under the overwhelming power of the Fifth Realm Perfection cultivator. The remaining disciples of the immortal sects opened their eyes in despair under the intense pressure.

They didn't know why their powerful figures had suddenly disappeared, nor did they know why the enemy's fifth-level peak cultivator had suddenly attacked.

Ji You was also thrown a hundred feet by the aftershock, crashing into several towering ancient trees before barely stopping, his face showing a look of astonishment.

In fact, he had already breathed a slight sigh of relief when the celestial light surged high in the sky.

As he and Ding Yao had said, their mission was merely to search the ruins, eliminate the evil spirits, and force the demons to reveal themselves, but they wouldn't be able to participate in the final battle.

As he had expected, with the appearance of the immortal aura in the mountains, a sect leader who had been hiding behind the scenes made his move.

Logically speaking, those demons who had reached the peak of the fifth realm should have been doing everything in their power to stop them from getting close to the ruins, but he never expected that they would abandon those palace masters and pavilion masters and come back to fight again.

They were just insignificant people, incapable of making any big decisions. He didn't understand why those at the peak of the fifth realm insisted on killing them.

"father……"

At this moment, Bai Rulong's face turned deathly pale.

Because amidst the rising malevolent energy, he finally saw his father.

When he left home, his father was only at the Divine Travel Realm, but now he has reached the peak of the Upper Five Realms.

boom! ! ! !

Bai Zhengze was horrified and attacked, the black light gathered in his hand directly killing a large number of disciples from the Dao Asking Sect and the Mountain and Sea Pavilion.

With a powerful palm strike, Shang Xiyao and Huo Xingzhong crashed to the ground, slamming heavily into the pit. Blood gushed from their mouths, and their eyes suddenly tightened.

Bai Zheng coldly walked into the blood-soaked, shattered corpses, then lightly pointed his finger. The three replica holy artifacts instantly emitted a buzzing vibration, as if they were struggling and crashing, causing divine light to burst forth.

But they were not true sacred artifacts after all, and in the end, their killing intent was thoroughly worn away, and they were tightly held in his hand.

Having lost the protection of the sacred artifact's origin, the four disciples' expressions were extremely solemn, because they were only at the Yingtian Realm cultivation level to begin with, and now without the sacred artifact, they would find it impossible to withstand another attack.

But at that moment, Bai Zheng suddenly soared into the sky, seemingly not to kill them, but rather holding the three imitation sacred artifacts, and roared westward like a black meteor.

Everyone was stunned by what they saw.

Even those Divine Realm demons who had narrowly escaped death at the hands of the Palace Master hesitated for a moment, as if they had not received this mission.

Ji You opened her mouth slightly, and a face of unparalleled beauty suddenly appeared in her mind. "Yuan Chen has not been able to control the sacred artifact very smoothly, so I gave him a wisp of the sacred artifact's essence, and he has been refining that wisp of the sacred artifact's essence these past few days."

"The origin of the sacred artifact?"

"It is used for testing. If he is not rejected by the essence of the sacred artifact, then he can wield the sacred artifact."

"Is the origin of the Spirit Mirror the same as that of the Great Furnace?"

"The seven sacred artifacts are all of the same origin."

"Will giving you a wisp of the sacred artifact's essence have any effect?"

"Whether the source power is more or less is not important, but it is connected to my sacred artifact. If it falls into the hands of someone with malicious intent, it may cause trouble."

Ji Youteng stood up abruptly, grabbed Elder Peng who was not far in front of him, shouted, and then suddenly leaped into the dense forest.

The Immortal Realm is the strongest realm, but there are also Immortal Realm cultivators in this world who possess sacred artifacts.

Therefore, Ji You was always puzzled as to how they resisted the suppression of the sacred artifact.

It was only at this moment that he suddenly remembered his casual conversation with Yan Shuyi during the New Year period.

The essence of a sacred artifact is the basis upon which its wielder can control it.

However, according to the arrogant ghost, the essence of the sacred artifact can only be extracted by the wielder.

They had no trump card; it was the six great immortal sects who traveled thousands of miles to launch a world-wide campaign against them, bringing them their trump card...

Even without control of the sacred artifact, the five great sect leaders of the world are still supreme immortals, and the most dangerous one is his arrogant and proud self.

Amidst the swirling sand and stones, the powerful aura that had penetrated deep into the wilderness quickly retreated.

Before long, the top five realm masters from the six major immortal sects arrived at the arena.

After landing, Zuo Qiuyang looked at the scattered corpses and saw the solemn expressions on the faces of countless people.

"what happened?"

Elder Peng took a deep breath: "After the two hall masters left, those demons suddenly returned and killed countless elders."

Chai Hu's brow furrowed instantly: "Why did they come back to kill us?"

"In order for the three sects of Daowen Sect, Shanhai Pavilion and Chen Clan to replicate the sacred artifact, Ji You said that what they wanted was the original power of the sacred artifact, that thing can control the sacred artifact."

The succession of power in the Immortal Sect has always been a secret. Even though everyone often talks about "taking over the sacred artifact," not many people know how it is done. In fact, many people in the audience are hearing the word "origin" for the first time.

At this moment, the Palace Master, the Pavilion Master, and more than ten others stared intently.

Even though the disciples and members of the sect all felt that the Immortal Sect was superior, they looked down on those ancient families that had united for thousands of years.

But these temple lords never looked down on them.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have used himself as an eye before summoning the murderous intent from the Immortal Realm.

But they didn't expect that this attack was a trap, designed to get them to deliver the goods.

Using the scents of the mountains as bait, they diverted the killing intent...

In other words, everything was as they had anticipated, even the direct descendants of each clan.

"The power shifts within the Immortal Sect are always accompanied by struggles and obstacles in each generation, as well as distracting thoughts that can shake one's resolve."

"Therefore, although the zombie horde is a calamity, it is also an opportunity. The Holy Son should establish his authority in the world and demonstrate his divine power to the church, so that the other young masters will be quiet."

"They should also know who the rightful successor is, and they should also know that the young master's inaction is only out of leniency."

Shang Xiyao's gaze sharpened as he clenched his fingers, his eyes filled with murderous intent.

In his memory, the old man who had cared for him since childhood and always offered him advice was gone.

Similarly, Huo Xingzhong and the Chen twins' personal disciples also looked grim, realizing that their close associates were nowhere to be found...

The disciples of the six major immortal sects barely escaped death, and before they could even catch their breath, they received an imperial order to immediately pursue the enemy to the west.

However, as they headed towards the Great Wilderness Forest, the malevolent energy within the ruins began to surge, now covering all directions. While it didn't suppress their spiritual energy, it did hinder their divine senses.

Especially since the other party deliberately concealed information, they had no idea where these people had gone.

However, as soon as they crossed the Fog River, they saw a strip of snow-white cloth fluttering continuously amidst the malevolent aura.

Chai Hu took the strip of cloth: "It's the fabric from the immortal robes of my Heavenly Academy."

Elder Peng said upon hearing this, "It must be a mark left by Ji You. He chased after it early this morning."

"This overwhelming malevolent aura is so strong that even we can't see it, yet he can?"

At this moment, Ji You was running wildly across the dark earth, and with each step, the surging energy shattered the hillside.

He could indeed see it, just like back in Qiling; he could look up and see the malevolent thoughts rising and swaying in the distance...

As he ran, Ji You accelerated, but just as he reached the border between Qingzhou and Liangzhou, he suddenly stopped.

The swirling clouds and winds suddenly coalesced into a massive vortex, and the howling winds uprooted the trees.

Immediately following was a tremendous roar, as if something had shattered from the sky, and a powerful aura spread across the heavens.

Ji You looked up at the sky and, in a fleeting moment, saw countless sores.

At this moment, in a deserted teahouse downstream of the Wujiang River, an elderly figure walked out of the room. As crackling sounds continued to emanate from his body, his wrinkled skin suddenly began to smooth out, and his full head of silver hair instantly turned black from root to tip.

In particular, his vital energy, which had been withered and depleted, suddenly became incredibly surging, and his aura began to surge wildly.

And there are five others like him.

"So this is the freedom of breaking free from the shackles of the heavenly order. It's truly moving."

"Let's stretch our arms and legs, get used to our bodies, and then we should go see our old friends and elders."

Chu Yu, the patriarch of the Chu family, chuckled lightly and rose into the sky with his son, Chu Xiong. One headed due north, while the other went northwest.

The other figures also took to the air and went in all directions.

At this moment, countless people in Shengjing City felt their Dao hearts tremble uncontrollably, as a deep chill crept up their spines.

It wasn't caused by external force, but by something in one's mind; it felt as if something had been pulled out of one's body.

Prince Chong, without even changing out of his sleeping robes, immediately rushed to the main pavilion. All the other noble families who remained in Shengjing also came here, looking up at the distant sky: "What has happened..."

The Qiu family patriarch clutched his chest: "My Dao heart is trembling."

"Could it be a ruin..."

"It must be a relic."

All the cultivators in the city sensed the strangeness in his Dao Heart and couldn't help but start discussing it.

Just as the crowd was making a great commotion, they suddenly saw that the great formation outside the city wall had dispersed; it hadn't been locked up, but rather it had been dismantled.

The mystical light that filled the sky instantly shattered into fragments, vanishing into the air in the blink of an eye.

At the same time, the protective array of the Heavenly Academy also dissipated.

However, both of these great formations are linked to the Heavenly Book, a sacred artifact of the Heavenly Book Academy, and this situation has never occurred in the past thousand years.

This scene changed the expression of everyone in Shengjing.

Although the zombie horde suddenly receded yesterday, no one can guarantee that they won't come back, so how can the great formation dissipate at this time?

The officials in charge of the Immortal Observation Bureau also learned of this matter and immediately dispatched several teams to wake up all the officials guarding the great formation from their sleep.

"grown ups?"

"The formation has failed! Investigate immediately!"

"A grand formation...?"

When the formation officer arrived outside with the Director of the Celestial Bureau, he discovered that the array's mystical light had vanished. His face turned pale instantly, and he immediately ran towards the city wall in a panic.

However, after investigation, they found that there was nothing wrong with the array base and the array core. But they did not breathe a sigh of relief. Instead, their expressions became even more serious.

If the formation itself is fine, then the problem must lie with the sacred artifact.

(End of this chapter)