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

Chapter 114 Begin to retreat

"rumble……"

The ancient bronze mirror shattered into pieces, thick fog surged, revealing a pair of extremely huge gray-gold eyes. Then, a pair of white outlines shaped like ox horns gradually emerged. They were as big as mountains, as if they were going to pierce the sky, deep and vast.

His gray-gold eyes were as cold as a pond, as if he was looking down at the scenery of the southern wilderness through an ancient bronze mirror.

"The great cauldron master from Xiaowen Mansion? He's coming across the domain!"

Chen Xuan was shocked. A powerful cauldron master from a small plague mansion in the foreign land was going to forcibly cross the border and enter the Southern Wilderness at the cost of a peerless treasure!

You know, when the five True Lords entered Shangyang Cave Heaven together, the area covered by their aura was more than tens of millions of miles, and even the area outside Yaoguang Prefecture was probably affected.

Yan Yushu's master, Lu Zhuan, was also a great master of Dinglu. He did not want to be forced to enter Shangyang Cave Heaven, so he had to leave half a month in advance to escape from this area.

There shouldn't be any powerful cauldrons or furnaces on this endless land!
You can become the king in Daozang Realm.

But at this moment, the situation changes!

"【Fei Niu True Body】, the one coming is Elder Lu Tongyou!"

The monk from the Small Plague Mansion stared at the huge body gradually being outlined in the ancient bronze mirror, his face filled with fear and trembling, as if he was afraid of the powerful Dinglu who was about to arrive.

This powerful man named Lu Tongyou must be notorious in the small plague palace. These plague monks who are not afraid of death are all scared at this moment.

"If you hit the young one, the old one will come out."

Chen Xuan's face was solemn, his heartstrings instantly tensed, and the unexpected crisis came unexpectedly.

What transcendent existence is this, the mighty Cauldron? What is great power? A flip of the hand brings clouds, a flip of the hand brings rain. Standing tall at the pinnacle of the human world, he holds sway over the region. A single strike shakes the very mountains and rivers.

In every great realm, there is an insurmountable gap.

The further back in time, the more obvious this gap becomes. The power gap between Dao Zang and Ding Lu is so high that it is unimaginable.

"The powerful Dinglu from Xiaowen Mansion has come across the domain to steal the Human Emperor Banner!" The Chu cultivators on the earth shouted in horror.

You should know that in the entire Chiya City, which has a radius of thousands of miles, apart from the powerful person from the outside world, Lu Zhuan, there has only been one powerful person in the field of alchemy, Taoism, and furnace, Qingyazi, in the past one or two hundred years!
And in the Southern Wilderness, the two big monsters, the Old Turtle and the Tiger King, can serve as the facade of the entire Southern Wilderness!
But now, this legendary figure has come across the domain to target Chen Xuan!

"This auxiliary, peerless treasure, the Ancient Bronze Mirror, possesses the power to stir the void and can teleport over long distances. It's a backup in the event of an unexpected event with the Human Emperor Banner's Eternal Gu!"

A cultivator whispered that an ancient Taoist temple like Xiaowen Mansion must have a foolproof plan for refining elixirs and would not allow any accidents to happen!
"A high-ranking cultivator is about to arrive. Who can compete with him? Chen Xuan is in great danger!"

"The Thunder God Bow he relied on was useless. It couldn't handle the supreme body of the Dinglu Mage!"

"Although Chen Xuan once used the advantages of the Five Elements Qi and the Feathered Limit Breaking to achieve the astonishing feat of surpassing the Great Realm and killing a Daoist Master when he was in the Yuhua Realm, he is now only in the First Heaven of Daoist Realm. How can he resist a true Dinglu Realm master?"

Countless monks from the noble families and sects in Chu were panicked and fled in all directions, because they had also attacked Heng Gu.

The powerful ones who cultivate plague qi are absolutely ferocious and cruel. They may kill everyone indiscriminately in a rage.

Why continue to snatch the Human Emperor Banner by relying on the strength of numbers?

Chen Xuan could kill everyone with a peerless treasure made from the remains of a Dinglu dragon. But now, a living Dinglu master is about to arrive with great anger. If they dare to continue fighting for the Human Emperor Banner, it will undoubtedly be like a gnat trying to shake a tree, seeking their own death!

"The great cauldron master named Lü Tongyou of Xiaowen Mansion has cultivated a [Flying Bull True Body] that is probably over a thousand feet tall, no smaller than a mountain king."

Chen Xuan's mind was wavering. Lu Tongyou's hideous face filled the bronze mirror as big as a lake. Then, ten gray-brown fingers stretched out from both sides, grabbed the bronze frame, and stretched it open. Lu Tongyou's huge head was about to stick out.

"If Elder Lu Tongyou shows up, I'm afraid we won't survive if we don't do our job well..."

The last four or five cultivators from the Small Plague Palace were heartbroken. The moment Lu Tongyou extended his finger to the ancient bronze tome, they lost control of their bodies and knelt on the ground like puppets. "The ancient bronze mirror was severely damaged by the Thunderbolt Arrows early on, and its remaining power is too little... It can only accommodate Elder Lu Tongyou's cross-domain..."

The plague energy surged between heaven and earth, and there was a cold anger, as if thunder was stirring in the air.

"what?"

Chen Xuan's pupils shrank as he saw four or five Daoist monks from the Small Plague Mansion not far away. The skin on their faces seemed to be blown away by the strong wind and melted away all at once, revealing their miserable faces covered with flesh and blood. All the emotions disappeared from their eyes, which were filled with astonishment, fear, or regret. After shaking twice, ghost-faced moths spread their wings and flew away from their eyeballs.

Their bodies were completely unsightly. Their bloated bodies, nearly ten feet tall, collapsed and shattered, surrounded by black air. Their limbs transformed into limp, eyeless black snakes, ripping out a long tail made of solidified bones. Their internal organs transformed into scorpions, toads, spiders, and other poisonous insects, scurrying out from beneath their Taoist robes...

These things happened in an instant.

The will of the great Dinglu master Lu Tongyou descended upon this place. Within a moment, all the plague Qi was aroused on its own, and the memories of several monks from the small Plague Palace flashed before Lu Tongyou's eyes at a rapid speed.

Therefore, when Lu Tongyou knew the cause and effect of Heng Gu's death, the anger that arose spontaneously emerged in their bodies, and these horrifying scenes evolved!

The bodies of the Daozang realm cultivators could not even withstand a trace of anger from the Dinglu Mighty One and collapsed directly!

Chen Xuan turned his head back and made the most intense response the moment the ancient bronze mirror in the sky showed unusual movement.

"Zheng!"

Chen Xuan used his foot to hold the Xiao Lei Shen Bow, raised it up to the sky, and used the Human Emperor Banner, which specialized in attacking the spirit and soul, as an arrow. He grabbed the nearly two-meter-long dragon tendon bowstring with both hands and pulled the Xiao Lei Shen Bow into a full moon shape. The bow continued to creak, and finally formed a sharp shuttle shape!

"hold head high!"

The Human Emperor Banner, more than ten feet long, accompanied by roaring dragon-shaped lightning, hundreds of meters long, rushed from the earth to the sky and slammed into the ancient bronze mirror.

"If you completely smash the ancient bronze mirror, can you still successfully descend here?"

Chen Xuan had already seen that the ancient bronze mirror was severely damaged, and the barely built Taixu passage was very unstable. Lu Tongyou crossed the domain very carefully and reluctantly. As long as the ancient bronze mirror was destroyed, the other party would not be able to get through!

There is nothing to be afraid of. He has already killed Heng Gu and made a mortal enemy with him. Moreover, it is impossible for him to give up the Human Emperor Banner. He will fight first and talk later!
"boom!"

The Emperor's Banner, the divinely appointed weapon, carried a thunderbolt, and struck Lu Tongyou's finger on the left side of the ancient bronze mirror. Dragon-shaped lightning pierced the skin, and a drop of gray-gold blood oozed out. Immediately afterwards, the Emperor's Banner's power to suppress the soul surged out, rapidly spreading along the finger, devouring the soul and spirit.

Lu Tongyou frowned slightly at the ferocious face behind the mirror and took the initiative to retract the 'broken' finger on his left side: "The Human Emperor Banner has really been refined and activated by him..."

He was surprised. Not everyone could use the Human Emperor Banner, a weapon of destiny. But at this moment, Chen Xuan had just obtained it and could activate it directly... He did not want to face the power of the Human Emperor Banner directly.

The ancient bronze mirror trembled, and countless fragments fell like a rainstorm.

"Neither human nor ghost, you incompetent people who refine immortal pills, don't you have any other right path to follow?"

Chen Xuan said in a cold voice, with golden light surging on his body. He activated the Thunder God Bow again, and this time, he used the old turtle's severed hand as an arrow.

"boom!"

The old turtle's broken hand was like a white meteor, rushing upwards. In the lightning, there seemed to be a snow-white figure, standing on the Tai Chi Bagua diagram, waving the Little Turtle Divine Fist, and hitting Lu Tongyou's finger on the other side of the ancient bronze mirror with flourishing martial arts.

Behind the mirror, Lu Tongyou's calm and cold face finally changed, and he shouted angrily:

"You are like dust, weaker than an ant. How dare you block Xiao Wenfu's path to immortality!" Chen Xuan played all his cards. Although it could not cause much damage to him, the already broken ancient bronze mirror would completely collapse under these continuous attacks, and the Taixu channel he descended into would be interrupted.

"The path to becoming an immortal? It's more like a ghost path! How can a bunch of rats who play tricks behind the scenes talk about becoming immortals?" Chen Xuan laughed when he heard the voice.

"You!" Lu Tongyou was furious. A person of his level would not easily get angry because of a few words of insult from a lower-level cultivator. Instead, he realized that he really couldn't get through!

"Long!"

At this moment, Lu Tongyou's anger rose. He no longer took the beating without fighting back. A withered finger on his right side, as thick as the trunk of an ancient tree, shot out like a fairy sword and met the old turtle's broken hand that was rushing towards him.

"What's the point of showing off your words! I can kill you with a snap of my fingers!"

"boom!"

With a loud bang, the heaven and earth shook, and brilliant lights of various colors suddenly appeared. Endless air waves spread in the sky, one circle after another. The mushroom cloud-like impact waves spread wildly, pushing the clouds along the way dozens of miles away.

The sky was silent for a moment, and then the rumbling sound like a bronze bell resounded throughout the world.

"Ah!" On the ground, a Taoist monk who was escaping looked up and saw this scene. Tears immediately rolled down his pupils, and the pain was unbearable. His ears were roaring and he was almost deafened.

"laugh!"

Chen Xuan raised his head, with golden light flashing in his eyes, to resist the damage. Then, the aftermath of the collision between the old turtle's broken hand and Lu Tongyou's fingers, thousands of storm-like air waves descended from the sky, and countless large trees were directly crushed, leaving the ground in a mess.

"Bang!"

The old turtle shot down with its broken hand, leaving a trail of flames behind, smashing a tall mountain in the distance.

"Wow!"

Lu Tongyou retracted the bloody finger and completely retreated behind the completely collapsed bronze mirror.

"Useless old thing, you talk so big but you have no real ability. Just go back to your doghouse in the plague house! Get away from me!" Chen Xuan shouted loudly. He was right under the center of the aftermath. His body collapsed and healed in the heavy air waves, repeating this over and over again. He was covered in blood, but his laughter at this moment was full of pleasure.

There was no accident. The ancient bronze mirror collapsed and Lu Tongyou, the powerful cauldron master, was temporarily defeated.

The Human Emperor Banner completely belongs to him, this is a fact that has been set in stone!
Behind the broken mirror, Lu Tongyou's gloomy expression gradually dissipated. Across the already insurmountable distance, he stared intently at Chen Xuan's face and said:
"Shut up! Your crimes are so heinous that they have cut off the path to becoming an imperial immortal. Little Plague House will not forgive you. You won't be able to run rampant for many days. Heng Gu is dead, and you will be the new immortal pill!"

"Yes! I am the new Human Emperor Banner. What do you think? Old man, do you dare to come to the Southern Wilderness? I'm right here. Come find me if you have the guts! Do you dare to come?"

Chen Xuan scolded: "Today's karma and grudges, I will take over!"

Although he didn't know where the Small Plague Mansion was in the Outer Realm or how far it was from the Southern Wilderness, City Lord Lu Zhuan had been traveling for over ten days before leaving Yaoguang Prefecture. Even if Lü Tongyou, or even other powerful beings, set out now and crossed the border to the city, it would be too late to change the outcome. The matter was settled.

At the same time, he quickly picked up the Human Emperor Banner and the old turtle's severed hand not far away. In the distance, none of the Chu cultivators dared to move or stop him.

The cultivators from Chu were stunned, and at the same time, they felt unspeakable sadness in their hearts. Not only did Chen Xuan interrupt the arrival of the powerful Dinglu from Xiaowen Mansion, but at this moment, he was even tit-for-tat, engaging in a verbal battle with Lu Tongyou... This was not giving the powerful Dinglu any face at all. This man was so courageous!

"Wow!"

Chen Xuan was cleaning up the tattered battlefield. The damage from Lu Tongyou's attack spread over a wide area, killing more than ten cultivators. They were all cultivators who had ulterior motives and were too close to Chen Xuan.

Among them, three or four were cultivators from the Zheng family, who were very close to Chen Xuan in the central area. During the final escape, many of them failed to escape and suffered heavy casualties.

"brush!"

Chen Xuan used the Human Emperor Banner to quickly collect the remaining souls and spirits from the cultivators in Xiaowen Mansion and Chu, as well as the Taoist spiritual essence that was like a flame.

After a few breaths, the horrifying scene in the sky where Lu Tongyou was staring coldly at Chen Xuan's every move completely disappeared. He picked up a few fallen fragments of the ancient bronze mirror, and then his figure quickly disappeared from everyone's sight and retreated into the depths of the Southern Wilderness.

"The soul fragments collected today are no less than thirty Daozang. The Human Emperor Banner can refine a large piece of spiritual crystal."

Chen Xuan walked alone in the mountains and forests, away from the battlefield, looking for a safe and secret place to practice in seclusion.

"Princess, Chen Xuan has left," a high-ranking demon-suppression official warned. He felt a complex mix of emotions. Chen Xuan, faced with the mighty Cauldron's arrival, not only didn't flee, but even instantly launched his strongest resistance and successfully repelled it. This event felt too fantastical to be real.

"Yeah, I saw it."

Jiang Qinghuang nodded slightly and withdrew her gaze. Her heart was also in turmoil, and she sighed slightly.

Immediately, he glanced at the black-robed young man beside him and whispered, "Fellow Daoist Xiao Huo, thank you for your assistance these past two days. The Demon Suppression Division has prepared a small gift... I wonder what your plans are next?"

"I'm not much help." Xiao Hou thanked him and asked, "Your Highness, the matter of Shangyang Cave Heaven should have a final conclusion in the next few days, right? Then, Chu and Yu Kingdom should go to war, right? Can I temporarily join the Demon Suppression Bureau and fight against the monsters of Yu Kingdom?"

He traveled thousands of miles to Chu just to obtain the Huode Daozang, but now, after two days of hard work, he has gained nothing.

Jiang Qinghuang pondered for a moment and said with a smile, "Of course you can. Daoist friend, the water virtue spiritual essence you obtain in the future can be exchanged for an equal amount of fire virtue spiritual essence in my family's treasury..."

……

……

Deep in the southern wilderness, Chen Xuan found a cave and hid inside.

"Wow!"

He waved the Human Emperor Banner, and suddenly, the twenty-eight star patterns on the banner emitted a stream of light. A moment later, a transparent spiritual crystal the size of a longan fell out, like a flawless crystal agate, with a soft luster.

"There are no fewer than thirty Daozang Realm cultivators, plus some remaining souls that Heng Gu had previously stored in the Human Emperor Banner but hadn't used up. They are all in this spiritual crystal."

Chen Xuan rubbed the surface of the spiritual crystal and felt a strong sense of hunger in his soul. Without any hesitation, he swallowed the spiritual crystal.

"Buzz!"

In an instant, a white light of the soul lit up from Chen Xuan's body. The light became brighter and brighter. Finally, after reaching a peak of expansion, the soft and bright light suddenly shrank back into the body and began to give birth to something mysterious.

Chen Xuan sat cross-legged in the cave, his body like a clay sculpture, motionless. After a moment, a transparent soul shadow staggered out of Chen Xuan's body.

He looked back, glanced at the body on the ground, and a smile appeared on his face.

"In this world, the spirit finally left the body and walked out."

Chen Xuan felt emotional in his heart. He had experienced the hardships of flesh and blood, and his innate aptitude was not good enough. But from this moment on, the shackles were removed, and he could truly strive forward.

"Where should I start? The Scripture of Immortality, or the complete Scripture of the Human Emperor..."

"Or should we directly practice the [Secrets of the Zhenwu Seven-Section Sword]?"

(End of this chapter)