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

Chapter 193 The Road to Guyao is Broken
The Yin-Yang Diagram rotated in the void, and the figure of the Martial God sat cross-legged, his long hair like black flames dancing in the void. His mountain-like head was slightly lowered as he looked at Chen Xuan, his black and white eyes filled with both mockery and helplessness.

"Wow!"

The sacred texts arranged in the air like pages of a book were slowly dissipating as Qin Yu's soul vanished, like strands of golden powder blown away by the wind and disappearing.

Among the twelve Qi of the mountains and seas, the Douwen and Douwen departments are equally famous.

However, the martial arts master Taotie, who was renowned throughout Yunmeng Prefecture and was at the pinnacle of worldly martial arts, strangely possessed the true scriptures of the Sun Dao lineage.

"Qin Yu is not completely dead, why not?"

Chen Xuan asked in surprise, "Although Qin Yu's soul was shattered twice and suffered a certain degree of severe damage, it is not necessarily possible to kill him."

The soul of the chosen one is in a strange state within the Destiny Space, and it is difficult to kill it completely without going through ten or eight attempts.

"Heh..." The God of War chuckled.

"After Qin Yu merged with the Heavenly Mandate Dao Canon, his status is higher than that of you Heavenly Mandate beings, so you can no longer forcibly recruit him?" Chen Xuan asked speculatively.

"...Hmph!" The God of War snorted coldly, a look of displeasure appearing on his broad face, which was as majestic as a mountain and as vast as a sea. He seemed to be dissatisfied with Chen Xuan's questioning and rudeness.

"What are you humming about? You can't even handle such a small matter, what use are you!" Chen Xuan was furious and shouted.

It was understandable that the Taiyin Star Lords of the Tianyan Dao were unable to summon the well-prepared Fanxian.

But Wu Taotie is different. He was not on guard against Chen Xuan, so it's a bit unreasonable that the Martial God was helpless against him.

"Hmph!" The Martial God continued to snort coldly, and wisps of white mist rose from his bronze skin, which resembled barren yellow earth, as if he were emitting hot steam in anger.

"Still dare to hum? If you can't summon Qin Yu, I think you want to die!" Chen Xuan's eyebrows shot up. Each strange creature in the Heavenly Fate Space showed a different personality. This one in the Martial Gluttony, although forced to obey orders, was very stubborn and obviously unwilling to accept it.

Chen Xuan gained insight into some truths about destiny, and Qin Yu and Dao Cang completely merged into one, losing their true selves and becoming puppet-like beings.

There is no more Qin Yu in this world.

Only the Martial Glutton remains.

But the beneficiaries are not only the Heavenly Mandate Daoist Treasury, but probably the greatest beneficiaries are this Martial Gods, who wanted this outcome!
"Buzz!"

In Chen Xuan's eyes, the golden light of the second layer of the Heart Vessel grew even more intense. At first, it was just a faint glimmer of light, but then it expanded rapidly, filling his entire eye, as if two great suns were about to rise from his eye sockets.

"Crack!"

The power of the Heart-Cleansing Technique surged and roared, causing tiny cracks to appear at the corners of his eyes, spreading like a spider web, a bloody yet brilliant sight, resembling some kind of special ancient rune.

Chen Xuan's divine soul body radiated golden light, making him appear like a god or an immortal, as the power of the Triple Heart Cleansing was activated.

After entering the Heavenly Evolution Path, he successively entered the Flame Emperor Ming and Martial Taotie, receiving two enhancements. Now, the price he paid for forcibly activating the Triple Heart Fasting was not fatal.

"……Do not!"

Upon seeing this, the God of War roared in terror, his massive body trembling. An overwhelming will that He was unwilling to face was rising in Chen Xuan's eyes.

"Qin Yu, if you don't come in, just wait for your destiny to be destroyed. Without your destiny, what capital do you have left!" Chen Xuan said coldly.

Qin Yu, who was outside, could hear him speak.

"boom!"

Two dazzling golden beams shot out from Chen Xuan's eyes, piercing the void like sharp swords and breaking through layers of fog like the morning sun. Where the beams swept, the Tai Chi Yin Yang diagram on the ground split in two.

"You...remnant!"

The Martial God roared and fled backward, but the two golden beams of light, carrying destructive suppressive power, swept up from below as Chen Xuan looked up, threatening to split the Martial God in two.

First, His legs and feet split apart and disintegrated into free-floating ashes. Then, His waist, abdomen, and chest split open. He tried to raise his hands to resist, but his palms collapsed with a "poof." His head split apart, and His entire massive body was split in two, raining down light.

"boom……"

The golden beam of light in Chen Xuan's eyes broke through the blocking Martial God and shot straight into the distant sky. Immediately afterwards, at the end of the Martial Glutton's Destiny Space, golden light splashed out two huge holes, slowly tearing out a dark and gloomy rift, as if splitting the entire world in two.

Within that dark, gloomy crevice, a towering obelisk stood faintly, appearing and disappearing, its surface seemingly inscribed with a list of names…

"Chen Xuan! You've ruined my destiny! Stop!" Suddenly, a restless black figure rose from the shattered Yin-Yang diagram.

It was Qin Yu. He looked tense. Chen Xuan possessed a divine soul body and could enter the Heavenly Mandate at will, and could see the lower half of the true scripture without being hurt... One thing after another was shocking. And now, something even more astonishing happened. Chen Xuan was actually able to destroy the Heavenly Mandate!
He can only enter into destiny and stop this.

"Should I call you Qin Yu? Or Wu Taotie?" Chen Xuan turned his gaze slightly and saw that golden seal script was swirling around his body. With a quick glance, he knew that it was the fourth chapter of the "Martial Arts True Scripture".

He has completely memorized the "True Scripture of Martial Arts".

"Did he really take his destiny into his own hands? Aside from being killed once, it served no purpose whatsoever..." Chen Xuan was surprised.

"I am Qin Yu, I am also the Daoist Canon of Martial Arts, and even more so... the Martial Glutton!"

Wu Taotie answered coldly, and the thousand-foot-tall Dharma Heaven and Earth Dao Treasury rapidly collapsed and shrank, transforming into the size of a normal human body, while its divine soul power rapidly condensed.

"The past is like a dream, gradually fading away with the wind. Today I embark on a new journey, and the sun and moon shine with renewed vitality! The Qin Yu of yesteryear has vanished like smoke, and only today do I realize that I am Wu Taotie!"

He slowly fastened the latch, as if in an instant, he had completely become the embodiment of martial arts, having gone through countless calamities and tribulations, and finally stepped onto the destined path of the Martial Glutton.

"Then congratulations, your wish has come true..." Chen Xuan said expressionlessly.

He discovered that Qin Yu seemed to have lost all emotions such as love, hate, greed, anger, and delusion. At this moment, he had become a pure being born of the Martial Gluttony and dying of the Martial Gluttony, like a lonely martial artist, or an indifferent immortal or demon. In short, he was no longer a living person.

"If I had met you ten years earlier, I might have taken a different, wrong path..."

Wu Taotie said regretfully, but his expression showed no sadness. On the contrary, he even felt a sense of relief. He sighed and said, "I am fortunate that I did not meet you in advance. Otherwise, if I were the Lord of the Two Realms, I would have been deceived by you."

A wrong path is bound to lead to a dead end.

At this moment, he became more convinced of his belief that his own choices were in harmony with destiny, which was the right path for those destined for greatness.

"Speaking of which, I should thank you for entering into the coercion of destiny. Otherwise, I, Qin, would still be struggling to resist the arrival of my predetermined fate, wasting this precious life." Wu Taotie laughed loudly, full of heroic spirit and ambition like flames.

"It's a pity that they've lost their humanity..."

Chen Xuan sighed and said slowly, "You've come all this way to Tianming and are trying to stall for time. I'm afraid I won't keep you company any longer!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he rose up like a white rainbow and attacked the distant Martial Glutton.

While admiring Wu Taotie's path to enlightenment, the two are enemies who cannot forgive and forget each other.

Some grudges in the world can be resolved, but those like the Heavenly Evolution Path and the Martial Gluttony... can only be settled by a life-or-death struggle.

"boom!"

Chen Xuanteng, as swift as a dragon, delivered a punch that slammed down like a thunderbolt. Wu Taotie, with the form of a tiger, roared and took a step forward, his right fist whistling through the air like a cannonball.

"boom!"

The force of the punch was so strong that Wu Taotie was forced to retreat several steps, while Chen Xuan landed steadily, though he was slightly taken aback.

Even though it is a Heavenly Mandate Daoist treasure at the Cauldron level, once it transforms into its initial divine soul state, its power diminishes, and it becomes as fragile as a "newborn infant" before the divine soul body. Moreover, Chen Xuan's divine soul was so powerful that it could previously withstand the attack of the Chilong God in the mountain. Now, after consuming Hua Liuli Tao's mortal-level divine soul pill and undergoing a Heavenly Mandate enhancement, its combat power is even greater than before.

However, Wu Taotie actually blocked the punch he casually threw, and the strength of his soul suddenly became countless times stronger and more refined!

"Wu Taotie has forcibly ascended to godhood in the mortal world and is gradually condensing the prototype of his divine soul body!"

In an instant, this absurd thought flashed through Chen Xuan's mind.

"It's a fight to the death! I, Qin, am no less than anyone else!" Wu Taotie roared, his divine soul aura rising with the tide. His eyes were sharp, and a swift whip kick, like a steel whip, swept towards Chen Xuan's waist, faintly carrying the light of Minghuang's solar immortal energy.

He was a cauldron of destiny that emerged from mountains of corpses and seas of blood. He spent his entire life in battle, enduring countless life-and-death trials, and possessed an incredibly strong will.

Upon discovering that Chen Xuan possessed a divine soul body and was invincible, they immediately and decisively forced Chen Xuan to ascend to godhood in Guyao Mountain.

Although Wu Taotie still has a long way to go before leaving the mortal world, if he were to forcibly ascend to godhood, he would surely face a near-death experience. Even if he were to succeed by chance, it would leave behind endless hidden dangers. But this is the only way out.

However, Chen Xuan's abilities were too terrifying; he was able to destroy the Heavenly Mandate. Wu Taotie had no choice but to enter the Heavenly Mandate space again to stop him.

"Who do you think you are? Do you think you're worthy to fight me to the death!"

Chen Xuan's eyes flashed with cold light, and his fists struck out like lightning. Eight kinds of immortal energy—metal, wood, water, fire, earth, yin and yang, and plague—surged simultaneously, and five kinds of superior immortal energy resonated together. Various dazzling lights illuminated the sky, white apes roared, black fish leaped into the air, firebirds spread their wings... Dozens of magic tricks were instantly combined and unleashed with astonishing power.

"boom!"

Wu Taotie screamed and fell to the ground, half of his body shattered, and the golden seal characters of the fourth chapter of the Divine Travel that surrounded him were also scattered.

Chen Xuan's spiritual body far surpassed his own; with a casual strike, he severely injured him and caused him to fall to the ground.

"What are you going to do? No!" Wu Taotie's eyes blazed with fury, accompanied by boundless fear.

Because Chen Xuan did not press his advantage, but instead, his resolute eyes continued to radiate captivating golden beams of light, sweeping across the Destiny Space.

"Whoosh!"

The entire Destiny Space shook violently. The Yin-Yang Diagram, the Martial God's body split in two, and everything in the eight directions of heaven and earth were torn apart and collapsed under the golden gaze, as if someone had taken up an ink brush and ripped the white paper to pieces.

"Stop!" Wu Taotie dragged his broken body and transformed into a streak of light, rushing towards Chen Xuan. Once his destiny was destroyed, the foundation upon which he had dominated the world would vanish in an instant, and he would fall to the mortal realm, becoming no different from other ordinary cauldron-level experts.

"boom!"

Chen Xuan waved his sleeve, which swept across like a giant millstone, and Wu Taotie flew out like a cannonball, crashing into the air.

He wanted to shatter the destiny of heaven immediately, return to the mortal world, and kill Wu Taotie's soul in one fell swoop!
outside world.

Wu Taotie stood in the desolate valley, looking bewildered and looking down. He saw that his body seemed to be broken into pieces, and golden light, which was not hot but even felt like a spring breeze, was splashing out from the cracks.

"Pfft!"

Wu Taotie seemed to have all his strength drained away, and slid to his knees.

The so-called "Three Giants of Yunmeng Destiny" and "Peak of Martial Arts in the World"... these names, once renowned throughout the Southern Region and admired by hundreds of millions, are fading into the distance.

Without destiny, what is he?
A top-tier cultivation master who is quite skilled in combat techniques...?

"Snapped!"

Just then, a crisp sound, like an egg cracking, came from inside his body and clearly reached his ears.

this moment.

Wu Taotie sadly realized that his destiny was over, and he was no longer Wu Taotie.

"Buzz!"

A figure, swaying like an immortal, emerged from Wu Taotie's body.

"Run!" Wu Taotie decided to flee instantly. His soul could still withstand the trauma of dying two or three times in the Heavenly Fate Space, but if his soul was killed by Chen Xuan once in the present world, he would really die!
"brush!"

The Martial Taotie transformed into a black arc of light, activating the ancient [Three Thousand Heavenly Demon Body - Xing Tian Secret Technique]. This was the fastest speed in the world, and once unleashed, no one could rival it!
"Ah!" He suddenly let out a sharp, painful scream. Just as his Martial God Body took off, Chen Xuan, who was right next to him, grabbed his soul. His physical body, like a kite with a broken string, drew an arc in the sky and fell back down.

"Losing one's destiny is nothing more than this!" Chen Xuan said coldly, grabbing the neck of the Martial Taotie's soul, which was beginning to take on a human form.

The Martial Taotie has lost its power to "fight"!
He could no longer instantly activate the ancient secret technique, and his former power was gone. When he used the "Three Thousand Heavenly Demon Body" secret technique, he was a step slower than usual, which gave Chen Xuan an opportunity to seize.

"Cough, Chen Xuan...cough, beg, beg..." Wu Taotie struggled with his soul, grabbing Chen Xuan's arm with both hands, his eyes filled with terror, and he managed to utter words with difficulty as he gasped for breath.

"Wu Taotie, a hero for life, don't lose your spirit at the end!" Chen Xuan's face was as cold and stern as if carved by a knife, and his eyes were deep. With his other hand, he held the Mountain Spirit Jade Hairpin in a scorching wind, drawing out sharp and smooth marks, bringing out streams of divine blood.

"Ah!" Wu Taotie's eyes bulged out, and he screamed in agony. Blood gushed out like a fountain from his waist, abdomen, heart, head, and other vital parts of his soul.

"Swipe!"

Chen Xuan cautiously and calmly launched a series of deadly attacks, stabbing hundreds of times in a short period of time. Fragments of blood and soul were scattered all over the ground like snowflakes.

The sounds of the gluttonous beast struggling and howling gradually subsided.

The soul of the Martial Taotie.

died.

Chen Xuan used the most direct and effective attack method to kill the soul of the Martial Glutton.

As soon as he entered the mortal world, he completely hibernated the immortal energy within his soul, because immortal energy is a thing of the mortal world, and once it is used, it can easily reflect the mortal world, thus revealing his location.

Ancient secret techniques are even more so. He once used the secret technique True Martial Seven-Section Sword to kill Tianyandao in the present world. Even the secret technique Eight Gates Soul Locking Technique, which is specifically designed to deal with the soul, will have a faint golden glow fall into the present world when it is used.

Chen Xuan was so cautious because after entering the Heavenly Mandate, he discovered a figure resembling Xiao Qingtian within the range of the unfolded divine soul light.

"The Martial Taotie has fallen from the sky, and its soul seems to have vanished." In the distance, under the sky, a dozen or so mad Taoist priests who had followed the trail were whispering among themselves.

"Is he forcibly ascending to godhood? Why the rush? He's not ready yet!" a mad Taoist priest, as thin as a bamboo pole, exclaimed in surprise.

It's not just a matter of not cooking it properly.

This place is desolate and barren, not a blade of grass grows here, and it is by no means a suitable place for ascension to godhood.

"An unexpected turn of events has occurred. Was Wu Taotie forced to ascend to godhood prematurely? Who has the ability to do so? Outer gods are not allowed to enter Guyao Mountain."

"Why is Wu Taotie not moving? Did it faint from the fall?"

"This Destiny Fruit is about to ripen ahead of schedule. Inform Nanmian Daozi to bring the [Giant God Weapon] into Guyao Mountain."

The group of mad Taoist priests discussed amongst themselves, making various guesses, and remained a dozen or twenty miles away, not approaching.

"..."

Chen Xuan frowned slightly. Little Qingtian has shown himself.

Immediately, he quickly sensed the location of the physical body and prepared to notify it to come quickly. With the Martial Gluttonous Beast gone, the Human Emperor Banner would finally have a use.

(End of this chapter)