From a martial arts disciple to a god through countless trials and tribulations

Chapter 109 The fight begins

"The True Scripture of the Human Emperor..."

Chen Xuan stared at the Human Emperor Banner on the bronze altar. Tadpole-like golden seal characters were lingering and dancing, as if a golden chain bound the Human Emperor Banner to the altar, brilliant and eye-catching.

"This is a complete and flawless Gray Qi Immortal Scripture from the Plague Department. It can be cultivated to the level of [Tao Hongchen]."

Chen Xuan quickly memorized this seemingly good, yet also evil, immortal scripture, and after a little reflection, he chuckled to himself, "The True Scripture of the Human Emperor? Even calling it the True Scripture of the Nine Netherworlds would be quite appropriate."

The Gray Qi of the Plague Department controls the power of plague, disease, and death. The cultivators of this lineage are usually gloomy and terrifying, and few of them are normal people.

"Including the Huangliang Sutra, I now have two complete and intact sutras." Chen Xuan thought about his "foundation".

The true scriptures are hard to come by in this world, and are almost all controlled by aristocratic families and sects. If a casual cultivator from a humble background wants to become a Taoist monk, he can only work like a slave for the big forces.

But now, he not only possesses two complete copies of the Heavenly Mandate Sutra, but also half of the Six Desires and Longevity Scriptures, as well as half of the Yinglong and the Qiniao Scriptures of the Ancient Mountains and Seas.

If outsiders knew about this, they would surely be envious and jealous. Even some thousand-year-old families could not compare to Chen Xuan's profound "foundation". He had enough to establish a family of his own!
"Having obtained the true scripture, my heart has been strengthened. There is nothing more worth exploring in the Human Emperor Banner's destiny."

Chen Xuan looked around at the dark ruins in the distance and decided to leave.

Finally, he looked up at the bloody golden sun in the sky and a ball of black and gray mist, as if a wild beast was lying on the surface of the golden elixir, with a pair of bloodthirsty red eyes, staring at Chen Xuan fiercely.

"What exactly are these evil spirits with independent consciousness in the destiny? I seem to be constantly ruining their good deeds."

Chen Xuan was puzzled, but he didn't have time to study it. The battlefield outside was becoming increasingly intense and the outcome was about to be decided.

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"Boom!"

Fires blazed in the sky, the nine underworlds flooded the earth, and countless corpses and ghosts piled up like mountains.

Heng Gu fought bloody battles in all directions, facing the siege of Jiang Qinghuang and Xiao Huo alone, and the battle reached its most dangerous point.

"There's a problem with the Human Emperor Banner. We shouldn't fight anymore today."

Heng Gu's mind was in turmoil, his mind in disarray. He gradually fell into a disadvantage and began to think of retreating: "It's Chen Xuan's fault! He's been gazing at me from a distance. He must have used his strange magical powers to affect the Human Emperor Banner. What a sinister villain!"

He believed that Chen Xuan's spiritual strength was far superior to that of a normal cultivator in the third realm of the [Mortal World], and that he must have practiced magical skills related to the soul and was secretly helping Jiang Qinghuang to restrain him!
On the other side, Jiang Qinghuang launched an attack blindly, holding a 鸢鸟 feather and performing a supreme magic: "The Human Emperor Banner, a weapon of destiny, must remain in the Jiang family!"

Xiao Hu's whole body was emitting a dark white flame, which was icy and chilling. Like a white phantom, he continued to attack Heng Gu, but Heng Gu swept him away with the banner of the Human Emperor.

"Master, I need you to help me."

Xiao Hu landed on the ground and stood up with a serious expression. A layer of flesh and blood had been scraped off his body by the banner, and his body was covered in blood. He secretly turned the black ring on his fingers.

"What's the rush? When the Princess of the Jiang Family is defeated, I, your master, will naturally use you to help... Since I'm helping you, you must turn the tide and take the greatest credit. Princess Jiang will be so grateful that she might even bestow upon you the secret finger-like magical technique I just taught her!"

The old voice spoke coldly, paused, and continued, "Besides, a Destined One like the Human Emperor Banner who flaunts himself everywhere must have powerful forces behind him. It's not certain that the Human Emperor Banner can kill him by force today."

In the distance, on a big tree, Chen Xuan ended his fast.

“It takes too much energy.”

Chen Xuan felt a wave of fatigue coming over him. After forcing himself to concentrate on fasting for a long time, his eyes felt sore and his energy was severely depleted.

His fingers rubbed the white dragon mark on his right wrist, and a faint emotional fluctuation of the dragon girl Long Ziyue emanated from it. It seemed that she was gloating over the decline of Chen Xuan's condition... It was as if giving people the illusion that the dragon girl was not completely dead.

"Is it because a Rain Country dragon arrived in this area and sensed it?"

Chen Xuan looked around, but did not find any trace of the Rain Country monsters nearby... A large number of Chu cultivators gathered here, and even dragons did not dare to approach rashly.

"The [Human Emperor Banner] is about to escape!" Suddenly, a cultivator in the forest exclaimed.

Chen Xuan looked intently, and Heng Gu suddenly showed his great power. He waved the Human Emperor Banner, and a huge shadow resembling Heng Gu emerged from the banner. It was as big as a mountain, like the spirit god in the Human Emperor Banner. The purest spiritual power burst out, temporarily repelling Jiang Qinghuang and Xiao Huo.

"The mountains are high and the road is long. Heng will go ahead and see you all another day!"

The moment Chen Xuan finished his meditation, Heng Gu sensed that the burning gaze had disappeared, and his hair stood on end. He thought that Chen Xuan was going to use some mysterious magical power to attack, so he immediately decided to take a step back!
Chen Xuan frowned and stared at the back of Heng Gu who was fleeing. He saw that in that direction, the noble families and sects along the way immediately avoided the road as if they were avoiding snakes and scorpions.

"What are these noble families doing? Why don't they help Jiang Qinghuang stop it?"

Chen Xuan was surprised because Heng Gu was inexplicably at a loss for some reason, and Jiang Qinghuang had the help of Xiao Huo, a variable who was not afraid of the Human Emperor Banner, and gradually gained the upper hand.

But at this moment, the aristocratic families and sects gathered outside seemed unable to see the situation of the battle clearly. They screamed in fear and let Heng Gu leave.

Which noble family dared to come here without carrying a soul-protecting treasure? Even if it couldn't compare to the Human Emperor Banner, it could still hold off the enemy for a while, right?
He has evil intentions, I don't even want to act!

Afterwards, Chen Xuan saw the Qinghe Cui family members setting off on the distant hilltop.

"Let's go. Let's give Her Royal Highness the Princess a favor this time. She failed to catch it. Once the [Human Emperor Banner] escapes, it will be our turn next." Cui Che was calm and composed as he led his clansmen away.

In the mountains and forests, waves of monks surged forward like waves.

"These noble families have ulterior motives, acting like snakes with a head but a tail. Knowing that Emperor Jiang cannot leave Shangyang Cave Heaven, they have begun to treat the Jiang family perfunctorily without the support of the great Tao Hongchen."

Chen Xuan frowned, stood still for a few breaths, and did not move. A dark light flashed in his eyes.

His expression was calm as he gently broke open a corner of the Mountain Ghost Jade Plate, pinched a piece of Jinyu Paste the size of a grain of rice between his fingers, and put it into his mouth.

Afterwards, he opened the mountain and river storage artifact and took out the Xiao Lei Shen Bow that glowed with dragon scales and the thunder-patterned quiver that contained six Xiao Lei arrows.

"We have to fight, right here and now."

A Thunderbolt Arrow was taken out. All the cultivators in Chu rushed forward, but Chen Xuan stood still like a deep-sea reef. The situation was changing rapidly.

“Long…”

Thunder suddenly rose from the ground, accompanied by the roar of an angry dragon that roared across the world.

"brush!"

In the distance, Cui Che suddenly turned around, and a purple-blue light of thunder appeared in his sight. In the thunder light, a tall and heroic figure, with a dazzling golden light, slowly released the bowstring.

"Zheng!"

Immediately afterwards, all the cultivators within a radius of more than ten miles stopped and looked up at the sky in a daze.

A blinding bolt of lightning pierced through the sky and passed over everyone's heads.

The air tumbled along the way.

The sky split in two.

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In a mountain.

A group of bloated Taoist priests sat in a circle, their faces wrinkled with fat, like catfish spirits. They wore gray-brown Taoist robes and gathered around a shiny bronze mirror.

He laughed, scolded, and made comments from time to time, his voice hoarse and unpleasant.

"Heng Gu was defeated and fled. After today's lesson, he should remember that there is always someone better than you... By the way, where did that Xiao Huo come from? He is not affected by the Human Emperor Banner at all." A middle-aged fat Taoist said with a sneer.

If it weren't for the powerful Xiao Huo's mischief, Heng Gu, relying on the Human Emperor Banner, would have killed everyone in droves today.

"He can't be a destiny person, right? Could he be like the Chen Xuan in the Southern Wasteland? Someone is protecting him? He's deliberately covering his tracks."

Xiao Huo is a Red Qi cultivator who entered the Chu land where Fire Virtue was at its peak. If he was truly the one chosen by heaven, he should have been discovered by the powerful Fire Virtue and become famous throughout the world.

A dignified Taoist priest who looked like a leader, holding a night-shining pearl wrapped in plague energy, shook his head when he heard the sound and said:

"It's just a few variables. Let's [Small Plague Palace] secretly intercept some of the Chu cultivators to prevent them from rushing in all at once and causing Heng Gu to capsize."

A group of bloated Taoist priests from [Little Plague Mansion], who looked sinister and gloomy, nodded. Just as they were about to stand up with their waists thicker than their height, they were all suddenly stunned. There were exclamations of disbelief from the Taoist priests.

"Who shot the Thunder Arrow?"

In the bronze mirror, a dazzling purple lightning split the scene in the mirror into two halves, pointing directly in the direction of Heng Gu's escape.

The gray-robed Taoist priests all looked unhappy. The majestic Taoist priest in the lead waved his sleeve across the bronze mirror, and the scene of mountains and rivers in the mirror suddenly shrank, and the scope of the picture became larger.

"It's him!"

"Why does he possess the Dragon Girl's Thunder God Bow?"

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In the sky, an extremely bright bolt of lightning came across the void.

"Dragon Girl? How dare a demon from the Rain Country sneak into this place? I have no grudge against dragons!"

Heng Gu's eyes were filled with fear. The power of a peerless treasure was directed directly at where he was. The speed was so fast that he had no time to dodge.

"boom!"

Heng Gu could only raise the Human Emperor Banner and strike with all his might. Thousands of brilliant lightning bolts came along with the Thunder Arrows.

The Human Emperor Banner successfully blocked the arrow, but the lightning shock wave that erupted from the tip of the arrow swallowed him whole. A blood mist surged out and was instantly evaporated into nothingness by the power of the thunder. His arm was broken, and all his bones were shattered.

"Wow!"

The Human Emperor Banner fell powerlessly, floating to the ground, making a mournful sound.

"Xiao Lei Shen Bow? Is it the Dragon Girl?" Jiang Qinghuang was stunned when she saw this, and didn't understand why such a change occurred.

Did the Dragon Girl have a deep grudge against the Emperor Fan Heng Gu? Would she rather serve as a bride for the Chu cultivators than kill Heng Gu here?

Jiang Qinghuang looked behind where the Xiao Lei Arrow came from, and vaguely saw the outline of a human figure shrouded in golden light on a tall tree. She inexplicably felt a sense of familiarity.

"Chen Xuan used the Thunder God Bow, which was lent to him by the Dragon Girl of the Rain Country? Or... did the Dragon Girl die at his hands?"

Cui Che and a group of Cui family cultivators turned around and stared blankly at Chen Xuan's figure in the distance. The next moment, everyone's pupils shrank, as if they had fallen into an ice cellar. An uncontrollable chill surged from everyone's heart.

"Crack!"

The second Xiaolei arrow was taken out, and the dragon tendon bowstring was slowly pulled apart along with the blood. The purple-black scales on the bow trembled, making a clear dragon roar.

Chen Xuan's eyes were golden, emitting two tassel-like golden rays of light, and his whole body was glowing, like a god from heaven who had descended to the mortal world, heroic and cold.

The arrow tip turned and the thunder gathered.

Pointing to the Cui family!

(End of this chapter)