Loan Wusheng

"Nanshan!"

Seeing that Venerable Shennong of Nanshan was like a frightened bird upon seeing Zheng Jun, and immediately wanted to flee to the South China Sea region, Venerable Qingxu Wanfa was speechless.

Although Zheng Jun is powerful, and has used the 'Lord of the World' Dharma Form to reverse the 'Stealing Heavenly Secrets' Dharma Form, so what? Does that mean we have no chance of fighting even if we join forces?
After all, I also possess two Dharma forms!

With this thought in mind, Master Qingxu Wanfa's aura surged forth. Standing atop this sacred mountain, he raised his eyes and looked in Zheng Jun's direction, shouting sternly, "Emperor of Han, what brings you here?!"

"Aren't all the followers and descendants of the Way of Peace your disciples?"

From the northern horizon, endless purple energy came from the north, pressing down on Mount Ling. A majestic voice, filled with heavenly might, reverberated from the purple clouds, exerting pressure on the entire Mount Ling.

To kill this Pure Void Master, Zheng Ke personally left the Xuanhuang Realm, abandoning the vast Xuantian Sect.

After all, this Master Qingxu Wanfa is no ordinary person.

"good."

When Master Wanfa heard Zheng Jun's words, he did not deny them. After all, it was indeed the truth, and there was no point in stubbornly denying it: "What's wrong with my disciple traveling the world to spread the Dao?"

“You colluded with Song Ming, a remnant of the previous dynasty. After I beheaded Song Ming, I intended to educate you, the people outside the secular world, with benevolent governance and gave you a chance. However, I did not expect that my momentary act of kindness would condone evil and make you mistakenly believe that I am weak and easy to bully.”

Zheng Jun spoke calmly, directly defining the nature of Master Qingxu Wanfa.

The saying goes, "There must be a legitimate reason for the attack."

The purpose of this visit is to suppress and kill Master Wanfa.

Upon hearing Zheng Jun's words, Master Qingxu Wanfa snorted coldly: "If you want to condemn someone, you can always find a pretext."

"Today, you shall be executed."

Zheng Jun spoke indifferently, and his purple-gold imperial aura instantly pressed down from the northern border, as if Mount Tai were about to crush him and kill him on the spot.

Upon hearing Zheng Jun's words, Master Qingxu Wanfa snorted coldly and flicked his sleeve, saying, "Since the Han Emperor is so determined to oppose me, let's settle this with our skills."

After saying this, Master Wanfa transformed into a streak of crimson fire and flew away towards the islands of the South China Sea.

Although fleeing south after making those harsh words seemed awkward and difficult to back down, it was a necessary move.

After all, Zheng Jun's strength is well-known.

To fight Zheng Jun within the territory of the Han Dynasty would be tantamount to suicide. No matter what, he would be no match for him. Even the most mysterious and unpredictable Lord of the Ten Thousand Demon Palace and the Supreme Being of the Western Regions with three Dharma bodies were no match for Zheng Jun within the territory of the Han Dynasty, let alone himself.

However, things become much simpler if you go to the islands in the South China Sea.

The earth veins controlled by Zheng Jun are difficult to help him, which is also the best time for me to take action.

Last time, when he fought alongside True Lord Fulong and Venerable Shennong, Venerable Wanfa mainly stayed out of the fray, as he didn't want to expend too much of his own energy in a battle with Zheng Jun.

This matter concerns me personally, so naturally I must go all out.

As for the Venerable Wanfa who had fled far away, Zheng Jun was also very clear about his purpose.

but,

Just right.

Only in this way can we prevent the Venerable Qingxu Wanfa from retreating and make him determined to fight us!
Upon thinking of this, a cold glint flashed in Zheng Jun's eyes, and his imperial aura surged, like a divine mountain from the heavens crashing down, directly threatening the islands of the South China Sea!
In an instant, the wind and clouds surged, giant waves rose, the sky changed color, and the sea churned. The entire South China Sea was shrouded in this supreme power, as if the end of the world had arrived!

It can be said that the emperor's power was as deep as an abyss!
……

The South China Sea islands, with their vast expanse of blue waves, suddenly came to a boil.

The auras of a dozen or so Yuan Dan flickered like candlelight in the wind, startling the overseas cultivators who were in seclusion on various islands. They looked up at the sky with pale faces.

Purple clouds from the north descended like a curtain of sky, while crimson flames from the south burned the sky and dyed the sea for three thousand miles. The aftershocks of the collision between the two powerful forces pressed a crater a hundred feet deep into the sea!

"It is the Emperor of the Great Han Dynasty and the Venerable Master Wanfa!"

The red-haired old man, a turtle fisherman, sat cross-legged on the coral reef, his teeth chattering. This Yuan Dan cultivator, who had ruled Nanli Island for three hundred years, was now on the verge of his Dao heart collapsing.

He cultivates the 'Earth' Dharma form, which requires him to govern a region and maintain peace on the islands of the South China Sea. Therefore, he works diligently and, in another fifty or sixty years, he will be able to break through to the Dharma form.

But now, why have two Dharma images suddenly appeared?

This is absolutely an undeserved disaster!
The turtle fisherman pondered for a moment, wanting to step forward and mediate, but just then, a deafening roar echoed across the sky.

"boom--!!!"

The auras of the two Dharma Aspect True Lords have clashed, with Turtle Sleep Island, located at the forefront of the South China Sea Islands, bearing the brunt of the impact.

The island-protecting formation had just begun to glow with a blue light when it was crushed into dust by the intertwined pressure!
"Bitter!"

Looking at the crumbling protective rock wall of the island, the turtle fisherman couldn't help but sigh, and shouted sternly: "All cultivators below the Yuan Dan level, immediately flee into the sea eye!"

Before he finished speaking, eighteen bronze coins flew out of his sleeve and formed a 'calamity-avoiding array' above his head.

To protect their own image, the turtle fishermen had no choice but to defend themselves with all their might to prevent their island from being persecuted.

Fortunately, the two Dharma Aspect True Lords were not fighting against their South China Sea Islands. If they went all out, they might be able to maintain peace on the islands.

"Ugh."

The turtle fisherman sighed inwardly.

Under the law, all are but ants.

These Yuan Dan Martial Saints, who usually held themselves high above others, were no different from ants in front of these Dharma Images.

Perhaps they are just larger ants.

Above the heavens, the Venerable Wanfa had revealed his true form as the 'Wandering Jianghu' Dharma Body.

It was a colossal giant standing ten thousand feet tall, standing on a fiery lotus and carrying a crimson banner. With each wave of his whisk, nine fire dragons would emerge from the void.

The water in the South China Sea was evaporated, creating a hollow that stretched for hundreds of miles, revealing the dark seabed.

The image of the 'Wandering Jianghu' belongs to the fire element in the Five Elements theory.

"Zheng Jun, you little brat!"

The fire giant's voice boomed like thunder: "Die today!"

Having said that, the nine fire dragons immediately spun around and attacked Zheng Jun!

What appear to be nine fire dragons are actually chains of fire stretching across the sky!
A cold snort came from the purple clouds in the north.

Nine illusory bronze cauldrons emerged from the clouds, and the purple-gold imperial aura wrapped around their bodies materialized, freezing the fiery chains in mid-air.

Zheng Jun stepped out from under the cauldron, his fingertips tracing a line: "I was able to slay Fulong two years ago, so why can't I slay you today?"

"clang!"

A clear and melodious bell rang out between heaven and earth.

On Turtle Island, the turtle fisherman suddenly widened his eyes.

That wasn't the sound of a bell at all, but the aftershock of the sword light that flew out from Zheng Jun's sleeve colliding with the fire dragon!
A single streak of sword energy swept across a hundred miles, leveling the eastern peak of Turtle Sleep Island into flat land.

"Retreat! Retreat another thousand miles!"

The cultivators from the South China Sea fled in panic. Several early-stage Yuan Dan cultivators, who were a little slower to react, had their protective qi shattered as soon as it came into contact with the aftershocks of the battle, and they coughed up blood and fell into the sea.

The purple-gold imperial aura and the crimson fire dragon tore a rift across a hundred miles in the sky above the South China Sea. Zheng Jun stood on the phantom of the Nine Cauldrons, each cauldron spewing out a primordial aura that suppressed mountains and rivers.

"You arrogant brat!"

Master Wanfa snorted coldly, and the fire dragon suddenly unfolded. The 'Fire Virtue Mantra', condensed from a thousand years of cultivation, was released instantly. After Zheng Jun's Nine Cauldrons pressed down, the fire dragon fell and directly transformed into a phantom of a volcano, boiling the entire sea area into a furnace!

Zheng Jun drew two swords together, and the 'Lord of the World' Dharma image behind him manifested as a ten-thousand-foot-tall imperial shadow. He raised his hand and summoned the Nine Heavens Thunder Tribulation.

Although located in the islands of the South China Sea, the Dharma form of the 'Lord of the World' is equally domineering!

Purple lightning coiled around the sword's edge like a dragon, and when the sword struck down, it actually cut the volcanic phantom formed by the falling fire dragon in half!

The lingering sword energy struck the fire giant's left shoulder, instantly creating a charred gash.

"How dare this junior harm my foundation?!" Master Wanfa's eyes widened in fury, and he suddenly bit his tongue, spitting out three drops of blood essence.

The blood droplet transformed into three flame clones identical to the original in mid-air, forming an array and chanting: "Burning the heavens and boiling the seas, refining the universe with fire!"

Suddenly, fire rained down from the sky and magma surged from the sea. The four figures simultaneously made hand seals, turning a hundred-mile stretch of sea into a crimson furnace, intending to refine Zheng Jun alive.

Zheng Jun sneered, and the bronze compass in his sleeve suddenly enlarged.

The star trails on the chart are reversed, revealing the true form of the 'Stealing Heavenly Secrets' Dharma.

It was a chaotic phantom embracing the sun and moon, and treading on yin and yang.

The phantom opened its mouth and inhaled, swallowing the fiery flames like rivers flowing into the sea into the compass, even causing the phantom of the alchemy furnace to twist and disintegrate!

In an instant, this 'Fire Virtue Mantra' was completely reversed by 'Stealing Heavenly Secrets' and transformed into the Water Virtue Mantra!

"Back to you!"

Zheng Jun shattered the compass with a backhand slap, and the flames that had been swallowed back actually surged back with purple-gold imperial energy.

In an instant, the fiery inferno transformed into a colossal wave!

The fire lotus barrier hastily erected by Master Wanfa was shattered. As his main body staggered backward, Zheng Jun had already teleported above his head, and the Emperor Sword, carrying the power of the Nine Cauldrons, cleaved down on him!

"Crack!"

The crimson banner in the sky above the Crimson Fire Giant was completely shattered, and the true form of the Venerable Wanfa was split in two by this sword, with fire rain falling like blood.

Zheng Jun is incredibly powerful!

Master Wanfa gasped, realizing he was no match for him.

Master Wanfa has always used the "Wandering the Jianghu" Dharma form to deal with enemies, because this Dharma form is aggressive. The "Tao Wuwei" Dharma form is more inclined to assist and mediate, and does not have strong killing power, but it can make him live endlessly.

Now, Master Wanfa has already sensed Zheng Jun's domineering nature.

In terms of auxiliary function, 'Tao Wuwei' plays a neutral and harmonizing role, but Zheng Jun's 'Stealing Heavenly Secrets' can also reverse attributes and steal supernatural powers.

In terms of methods of killing, although "Jianghu You" has chivalry, "Tianxia Zhu" is even more domineering. Chivalry uses martial arts to break the law, and "Tianxia Zhu" has completely suppressed "Jianghu You".

We need to make plans as soon as possible…

Master Wanfa thought to himself that he had already made preparations to escape.

Can't beat it!

However, Zheng Jun's attacks came one after another, and Wanfa Shangren was already suffering greatly.

Tortoise Island let out a mournful cry, overwhelmed by the aftershocks of the collision between the two Dharma forms.

The bronze coin array used by the turtle fisherman had long since crumbled. He stood frozen on the collapsed reef, watching as the 'Mysterious Turtle Array,' which had protected the island for three hundred years, was struck by the aftershocks of a stray fire dragon.

As the spirit tortoise statue at the core of the grand formation cracked inch by inch, this peak Yuan Dan cultivator suddenly trembled violently.

"It's over...it's all over..."

He reached out to grasp the earthy yellow spiritual light emanating from the crack. It was his effort in creating the 'Earth' Dharma form, the origin of his 'Sitting on the Ground Divine Power' cultivated little by little.

But the moment his fingertips touched the spiritual light, the entire island suddenly collapsed!
Amidst the towering waves, the turtle fisherman's white beard, soaked and stuck to his face by the salty seawater, gazed at the island sinking into the sea, his pupils reflecting his rapidly withering hands.

"Three hundred years, it's been three hundred years..."

The turtle fisherman's aging body could no longer support him. He knelt on the last piece of driftwood, watching as Zheng Jun cut off half of Wanfa Shangren's robe sleeve with a single sword stroke in the distance.

When the crimson talisman that floated out of the sleeve fell into the sea, it evaporated thousands of miles of seawater into a towering white mist.

Amidst the swirling mist, the turtle fisherman recalled his past ambitions, but now, with the sinking of Turtle Rest Island, his lifespan was visibly slipping away.

As his white hair drifted onto the sea, this once-powerful cultivator of the South China Sea curled up into a hunched old man.

Meanwhile, the fierce roar of Master Wanfa's defeat echoed from afar, but the turtle angler was no longer concerned about it.

"boom!"

Above the sky, the clash between the purple-gold imperial aura and the crimson flames finally decided the victor.

The Emperor Sword in Zheng Jun's hand burst forth with dazzling light, and the illusory image of the Nine Cauldrons condensed into a single point at the sword's edge, like a galaxy falling down, fiercely slashing at the true form of Wanfa Shangren's 'Wandering the Jianghu' Dharma Image.

"Crack!"

A crisp cracking sound echoed throughout the South China Sea as the giant of flames, standing ten thousand feet tall, split open from its brow to its chest, unleashing a monstrous burst of crimson essence that spewed forth like magma.

Master Wanfa let out a mournful long howl, and his true form was actually slashed by this sword, losing 70% of his fire elemental essence!
"Zheng Jun! This is an irreconcilable feud!"

The remaining fire giant suddenly exploded, turning into a sky full of flowing fire.

One of the crimson rays, carrying the body of Master Wanfa, instantly fled a thousand miles away at the cost of burning his essence blood, madly escaping towards the far west.

This time, his "Wandering the Martial World" Dharma form has been severed!

It needs to be rebuilt.

It's very simple to rebuild it, but during this period, I won't be able to use the 'Wandering the Martial World' Dharma form. Moreover, if someone else attains it during this time, I will lose it permanently!
Master Wanfa was furious, but saving his own life was the priority, so he fled to the far west. Zheng Jun did not pursue him immediately, but stood in mid-air and slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air.

The purple lightning on the Emperor Sword gradually faded, and the phantom of the Nine Cauldrons disappeared back into the clouds.

He looked down at the devastated South China Sea below. Guixi Island had completely sunk, and seven or eight nearby islands had also capsized in the aftershocks. Countless broken reefs and fragments of array formations floated on the sea.

"But innocent bystanders have been caught in the crossfire."

Zheng Jun sighed softly and suddenly raised his hand to press down.

A bronze compass flew out of his sleeve and spun rapidly in the air.

On the plate, the true form of the 'Stealing Heavenly Secrets' Dharma image reappeared. The phantom embracing the sun and moon opened its mouth and inhaled, and those island fragments that had sunk to the bottom of the sea were pulled back to the surface by an invisible force!

Turbid seawater poured out from the crack, and Zheng Jun's fingertips traced the origin of the 'Lord of the World' Dharma Image. The sunken Turtle Breath Island emitted a rumbling sound and slowly rose as if being lifted by a giant hand.

The turtle fisherman's previously unfocused gaze suddenly froze. He saw his withered hands becoming full again, and a yellowish-brown spiritual light rose from the seabed and entered his body once more.

"This...this is..."

The turtle angler stood up shakily and discovered that not only had Turtle Island been restored to its original state, but other sunken islands had also risen again from the sea.

The fleeing cultivators from the South China Sea stopped their escape routes and stared at the scene in disbelief.

Zheng Jun gathered his sleeves and glanced at the survivors.

As his divine sense swept across the islands, he suddenly nodded slightly.

There are few ordinary people on these islands; most are martial artists who fled by boat when the battle broke out and are now returning one after another.

Otherwise, that earth-shattering battle just now would have left thousands of corpses floating in the South China Sea.

"The conflict between the Dharma and the Dharma is ultimately a calamity for all living beings."

Zheng Jun muttered to himself, then turned and rode away on a cloud. Behind him came the sounds of South Sea cultivators bowing in unison, but he felt little joy.

Although this time, eight-tenths of the original source of the 'Wandering Jianghu' Dharma form were severed, causing the Dharma form to temporarily disappear, it still failed to kill the Wanfa Master.

We should press on with our remaining strength to pursue the fleeing enemy!
Upon realizing this, Zheng Jun did not hesitate and immediately headed west in pursuit. Purple clouds swept across the blue sky, and Zheng Jun's figure gradually disappeared into the northern horizon.

After Zheng Jun had completely left, the martial artists of the entire South China Sea islands felt as if they had never been in another world, as if nothing had happened. Only the lingering imperial might in the sea breeze reminded the people of the South China Sea that the earth-shattering battle they had just witnessed was not an illusion.

The turtle fisherman's eyes were filled with gratitude.

"The Han emperor was benevolent!"

Although everything was caused by the battle between Zheng Jun and Master Wanfa, for the turtle fisherman, Zheng Jun saved his life no matter what!

The turtle fisherman took a deep breath and thought to himself, "There's no time to lose. The world is in turmoil these days, so I need to break through as soon as possible. Even if I'm a few decades behind, so be it!"

He's preparing to break through to the Dharma Aspect stage soon! (End of Chapter)