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

Chapter 316 The Great Chaos of the Chosen Ones

Liu Shuang braced herself against the low jade table, stopping her fall, and stared at the large hand gripping her neck, her eyes suddenly turning sharp: "Are you crazy?"

What happened at this moment was completely unexpected. She was born as a noble demon fairy, but now she was being grabbed by the neck by a low-level human. For a moment, she even suspected that she had been under the spell of the Taiyin Path.

"Old woman, you've fallen into my hands." Chen Xuan said, frowning.

In an instant, all the human cultivators from all directions, as well as the demons wandering in the distance, looked nervously toward this place.

After beating up the Sparrow King, Xinzhai then turned his attention to another divine immortal among the demon race?

"You think you're capable?" Liu Shuang said, narrowing her beautiful eyes. She tried to activate her immortal energy but found it difficult to do so, and immediately understood why Chen Xuan dared to attack her.

Xinzhai must take this opportunity to assess the strongest group of people at the Mountain and Sea Banquet in advance, in order to prepare for the competition for the Supreme Creation!
In an instant, she raised one of her soft, boneless, white hands, grasped Chen Xuan's large hand, and unleashed an overwhelming force to remove the hand of the man who had violated her.

"Let's test the quality of your Immortal Fighting Seed!" Chen Xuan made no attempt to hide his intentions. Veins bulged on his arms as he exerted all his strength, his blood and qi surging like a long river, as he tried to press Liu Shuang directly onto the jade table.

The two arms clashed in mid-air, their qi and blood surging forth, as if two ancient giant beasts were locked in a stalemate. The ground beneath their feet seemed about to collapse, rippling outwards with circles of runes.

After about three breaths, Chen Xuan's arm was gradually pulled away.

Everyone around looked on in astonishment, watching the situation unfold with bated breath.

Chen Xuan cultivated the Five Treasures Martial Immortal Body, which is unparalleled in history. However, Liu Shuang is a Fighting Immortal Seed, and the Fighting Division has always been the only pinnacle of Qi, blood and physique. There are quite a few supreme inheritances born from this lineage.

"These two are too strong. They could probably crush the bodies of other cultivators of the same level into dust with just one hand."

Liu Chenqiang's eyes were solemn as he muttered to himself, "Among the four Divine Immortal Seeds who entered the Mountain and Sea Banquet, Liu Shuang has the lowest cultivation level because she is the youngest. Otherwise, she would be the number one seed with the strongest combat strength according to the extraterrestrial forces."

"Since the Divine Seed is so powerful, let's all stop fighting and just give the Supreme Fortune to the four of you."

A mocking voice came from behind.

Liu Chenqiang frowned. Who was speaking? The voices carrying a hint of contempt.

He turned his head and found that at that moment, several new jade table seats appeared almost simultaneously.

The people who appeared previously were mostly orthodox and powerful spirit travelers, and most of them passed the Dao Palace test by relying on conventional hard power. However, most of the new people have a bit of evil about them.

Emperor Yu of Zhongzhou, Little Dragon King of the East Sea...

The Supreme Emperor of All Ages, a black-clad warrior with a sword at his waist and a blade of grass in his mouth, and a purple-clad demonic tycoon with a pair of peach blossom eyes...

Liu Chenqiang was familiar with some of the young people here; they had all entered the Ascension Platform around the same time.

The first of the newly introduced characters to make a move is Ye Kui, the black-clad warrior.

He glanced at Chen Xuan and Liu Shuang fighting fiercely in the distance, and then, while the others were still investigating the unfamiliar situation, he spat out the foxtail grass in his mouth, and blatantly leaped off his seat without touching the ground, sweeping his right hand with his knife towards Wan Shizun's legs.

"Eternal Venerable—" The steel blade was drawn first, followed by the black sword. Ye Kui's shout rang out. In this foreign land, when he saw the enemy named Eternal Venerable, there was not a trace of hesitation in his eyes, only the determination to take revenge.

But as the Supreme Being turned around, his eyes flashed with cold light, and he threw out a punch. He was the embodiment of the Heavenly Dao, the Supreme Being who had come to meet the calamity, and he had never feared anyone since ancient times.

"boom!"

As the wind and clouds stirred, strands of lightning appeared on the Eternal Venerable Fist Imprint. With a loud boom, swords and blades flew out, and the black-clad figure was sent flying backward, trailing blood.

Celestial Qi energy?

This sudden change and turn of events astonished everyone.

Liu Chenqiang exclaimed in astonishment, "This is impossible! Even I can't activate immortal energy..."

Before the sound even rang out, a figure in purple robes fluttered and, like a silent wind, swept behind Wan Shizun. A pair of amorous peach blossom eyes were incredibly sharp, and the five fingers of this unknown demonic cultivator glowed with an eerie light.

"Defeat you!" He attacked Wan Shizun. The Heavenly Mandate mission only said to defeat, but did not specify how to defeat. This region where immortal energy was dormant was the best time to show his skills!
Moreover, compared to those like Yu Zhe Xian, Yu Tian Zi, Yao Fei Yue, and Xiao Long Wang, who are ranked first in various local deities and are also the second most powerful beings in the Southern Region, he is undoubtedly the most suitable target.

Both Ye Kui and the purple-robed demonic cultivator made their choices in an instant.

Dao Palace Rules?

If those destined by Heaven follow the rules and regulations, would they even deserve to be called demons?

Furthermore, even the celestial seed, the Little Dragon King of the East Sea, seized the opportunity to join the attack on the Venerable One of Ten Thousand Worlds, drawing a lithe dragon shadow: "Dare to wield the Thunder Path, Emperor Heaven! How will you write the word 'death'!"

Chaos erupted on the Ascension Platform. The Supreme God wanted to eliminate the Myriad Worlds Venerable at all costs, the Demonic Cultivator wanted to defeat him, and the Dragon Clan wanted to take the opportunity to teach the Myriad Worlds Venerable a lesson...

"Get lost!" The Emperor of Ten Thousand Worlds roared wildly, wielding a golden sword embryo, sweeping out with golden lightning, clearing away the enemy.

Behind the jade table, Chen Xuan's eyes flickered, but Liu Shuang in front of him suddenly shouted, "Still dare to be distracted!"

Suddenly, her slender arms unleashed a terrifying force, forcefully prying Chen Xuan's fingers off her neck. The force was so great that the jade cushion beneath Chen Xuan's buttocks made a cracking sound as if it were shattering.

Chen Xuan supported himself on the jade table with his other hand, his body motionless, sweat beading on his forehead.

Sweat beaded on Liu Shuang's neck, and her dark armor trembled. She was quite shocked to see that even though she had given it her all, Chen Xuan was still holding his own and his body remained perfectly still. She gasped for breath and said, "Your immortal body is three times stronger than it was a few days ago."

She knew that Chen Xuan's immortal body was incredibly powerful and his fundamental method of body refinement was very unorthodox, but to say that he could suppress her, a Doubu immortal seed who specialized in martial arts, was just wishful thinking.

After saying that, she tilted her head slightly, her Qilin horn tensed and exerted force, and the Qilin pattern on her delicate arm faintly glowed. With one burst of energy, she was about to completely break off Chen Xuan's large hand and launch a counterattack. It was hard to imagine that such terrifying strength was contained in that slender body.

In the distance, Ye Kui, the indomitable martial artist, roared with bloodshot eyes, charging like a raging bull: "Die!"

With his pinnacle martial arts combat skills, he emerged like a martial arts weapon born specifically for battle, leaving a black phantom trail as he attacked Wan Shizun.

The laws of this Dao Palace cause the immortal energy to become stagnant. Even the Venerable One of Ten Thousand Generations, who is known as the number one chosen one in this world, cannot be completely unaffected!

In his peripheral vision, Chen Xuan saw several figures moving rapidly, and the scene was extremely chaotic.

He suddenly let out a cold snort, and as his blood and qi surged, several ancient and savage auras burst forth from his body, surging and colliding around him.

The aura of the colossal beasts from mountains and seas within his blood and qi surged forth!

In that instant, Liu Shuang was momentarily stunned. In her pupils, she seemed to see the cube transform, with cyan dragon scales piercing through its body, a majestic platinum king character appearing on its forehead, and a pair of crimson wings that blotted out the sky extending from behind it...

Chen Xuan chuckled, then suddenly grabbed Liu Shuang by the neck and pressed her upper body onto the jade table.

With a thud, Liu Shuang's face slammed against the cold jade tabletop, her expression extremely unpleasant.

"Wow!"

She suddenly raised one arm, striking out like a bolt of lightning, but Chen Xuan reacted just as quickly, grabbing Liu Shuang's wrist with his other hand and twisting it sharply.

At the same time, he moved with a powerful stride, stepping onto the jade table with one foot. His knee, like a massive pillar, slammed down on Liu Shuang's struggling waist and back, firmly pinning her down.

"Wow!" Countless people couldn't help but turn their heads, their hearts trembling. The physique of the demon race's fighting immortal seed was not as good as Xinzhai's, and it was also strongly suppressed? The Five Treasures Martial Immortal Body was actually this strong!
But they only glanced at it before quickly looking away, keeping a close watch on it. Therefore, they were not quite sure what Xinzhai was going to do to Liushuang, and they were worried that they might see something they shouldn't, which would be bad.

"Still not behaving yourself?" Chen Xuan turned around and shouted, "Hua Hua, slap her across the face!"

"Huh?" Hua Liuli was stunned, holding the exquisite tea set that had been salvaged in her hands. The scene in front of her was... really quite a mess.

In the distance, several figures were besieging Wan Shizun. Even a middle-aged Taoist priest in a green robe, who had been sitting quietly, suddenly joined the attack.

This was a reclusive prodigy from the alchemy powerhouse Dan Ding Dao Shan, who wanted to take the opportunity to assess the true value of this supposedly chosen one, which was considered by the Little Azure Heaven Dao Master to be his for the taking.

The Supreme Being of All Ages was an enemy of the world, but his golden eyes burned like flames. With a sweeping strike of his heavy sword, he almost cut Shenyou's body in two.

"Stop the war?" His eyebrows furrowed, and the stern warning from the Dao Palace consciousness surfaced in his mind.

In an instant, he withdrew his immense power, and the rapidly exploding golden sword embryo entered a state of extreme stillness, hovering in the air.

The cultivator from the Dan Ding Daoist Temple looked shocked. He hadn't expected that a brief test would put him on the brink of death, almost costing him his life!

"Kill!" Ye Kui attacked again, swinging his fist like a python emerging from its hole, aiming for Wan Shizun's temple. However, Wan Shizun swept him away with a sword, along with the sneaky purple-robed demonic cultivator.

Immediately afterwards, Wan Shizun, with his other hand crackling with electricity, grabbed the dragon tail that the little dragon king was sweeping towards him, and with a whoosh, swung it in a semi-circle, sending it flying heavily.

"Heh!" Wan Shizun snorted coldly, turned around and left, not bothering to fight this group of strange strangers, as it was a meaningless struggle.

As he left, his cold gaze swept over Chen Xuan and the others in the distance, as if he hadn't seen them at all.

"Chase!" But none of the humans and demons besieging Wan Shizun were easy to deal with; they launched an even fiercer attack, swarming him like a storm and in pursuit.

On the jade table, Chen Xuan completely suppressed the Dou Xianzhong's divine travel.

He pressed down on Liu Shuang's head with one hand, twisted her arm with the other, and pressed her waist with one knee, firmly pinning her upper body to the jade table.

With her buttocks sticking out high and her posture extremely awkward, Liu Shuang's face was gloomy as she sternly rebuked Hua Liuli, who had rolled up her wide sleeves, in her field of vision: "Get out of the way!"

"Disobedient? I'll disarm you!"

Hua Liuli's eyebrows shot up immediately. She reached out and touched Liu Shuang's collar, exclaiming with delight, "You're wearing a soft armor under your black armor? Take it all off and fill my family's treasure trove!" She couldn't possibly actually draw blood from Liu Shuang. This was a Doubu demon immortal, with a terrifyingly strong physique. Perhaps if she slapped her, the other party would be unharmed, while her hand would be cracked instead.

"Wait, I was wrong!" Liu Shuang decisively backed down and said, "What do you want to do? I will fully cooperate with you."

"Huh?" Chen Xuan was dislocating her arm when he heard this and was stunned. How could this immortal seed have no backbone?

The Sparrow King was in such a terrible state, almost killed, but he never bowed his head and maintained his celestial demeanor. But this Liu Shuang is very good at being pragmatic and wise.

She's afraid of being stripped naked? That's impossible. That level of shock might make her feel ashamed and embarrassed, but it won't do her much more. A Qi cultivator's ability to withstand pressure is far stronger than that of an ordinary person, let alone things like a Heavenly Immortal Seed.

"My immortal seed was born with a flawed path, so I gave up long ago." She said expressionlessly, "I'm different from other immortal seeds, and I'm not as old as you think!"

Because the earth element of the demon race was weak, she switched to cultivating the fighting element, making it impossible for her to follow the perfect path of immortality.

In fact, if she had even the slightest chance, she would definitely have followed the example of Nanmian of the human race, dawdling and not striving for higher goals. However, her first step on the path of Qi cultivation was wrong, so she could only go down this path to the end.

Liu Shuang no longer cares much about things that other young immortals wouldn't do.

"You're going to cooperate? Can't I take it myself?" Chen Xuan sneered, then turned to Hua Hua and said, "Hua Hua, this demon wants to capture me and take me to Qilin Mountain to be her laborer. There's no need to be polite with her. Let's take all the treasures off her first."

This demon fairy has a pretty good idea. She wants to take him as a follower. She needs to make him face reality... She won't feel any psychological pressure if she steals his treasure.

"Outrageous!" Hua Liuli was furious. Xiao Chen was her laborer—no, the face of Qingnang Mountain! How dare this demoness from Qilin Mountain covet him? Did she really think Hua Liuli was so good-tempered?

At the same time, Chen Xuan activated his Mind Cleansing Power and began to scan for weaknesses in Liu Shuang's physical body and soul.

Furthermore, he wanted to know the secrets of her immortal seed golden core and see just how "imperfect" it was.

"I'll help you remove your armor; it'll be faster!" Liu Shuang quickly said.

She was perfectly clear-headed. Resisting under these circumstances would be futile and would only make things worse. She continued, "I don't want your talent to be wasted. I want to protect you and help you cultivate the Doubu Qi. Perhaps my attitude was a bit excessive and offended you, but I meant well... Since ancient times, the only way for humans to cultivate the Doubu Qi is to join the demon sect."

Of course, one has to bow one's head when under someone's roof, so it's difficult to achieve much in cultivating the Fighting Technique. But that's how the world is, and this is the safest path for human martial arts.

"Ha! Pretending to be kind. Why don't you come to Qingnang Mountain and be my maid who serves me tea and water?" Hua Liuli scolded, "If you join the Great Li Dynasty and Qingnang Mountain, you can cultivate earth virtue. Why don't you do that? In the end, it's because you can't give up the cultivation resources of Qilin Mountain."

"..." Liu Shuang opened her mouth, remained silent for a while, and then said, "The Earth Virtue Golden Core Immortals in the Immortal Palace belong to the human race... For the demon race, this is a path of certain death."

The path of cultivation, in the end, is a path of choices. Every choice has its gains and losses, but one must choose the lesser of two evils.

"Behave yourself!" Chen Xuan warned. With more interested people like Wan Shizun and Jidao Shen present, he didn't want to waste all his time on Liu Shuang, who was of secondary importance.

Seeing that Liu Shuang was cooperating, he was about to let go, but when he frowned, he discovered that there were two kinds of immortal qi in Liu Shuang's body. One was mainly white fighting qi, and the other was yellow earth virtue qi, which was lying dormant in the dark and was relatively thin.

"You cultivate both Qi, haven't given up on Tu Delu?" he asked.

"Leave it as a thought, in case the world changes drastically, we might be able to find a way to make up for the shortcomings and restore the elixir's glory." Liu Shuang explained with a wry smile, and judging from her expression, she did not seem to be faking it.

“None of the Heavenly Immortal Seeds are quiet and well-behaved,” Chen Xuan thought to himself, then released his grip.

"Wow!"

Liu Shuang got up and readily removed her ornate black armor. However, because she couldn't activate her immortal energy, the armor on her back and other parts was difficult to remove. Hua Liuli helped her with great interest.

"Hiss! The armor is so heavy, I can't help you." Hua Liuli said helplessly. The black armor was made of a special high-grade metal, and each armor plate weighed no less than 100,000 jin. She was powerless to help at the moment.

Once a Qi practitioner enters the Daoist realm, they no longer rely on mere physical strength, because when the Immortal Qi is cultivated to a high level, it can unleash power hundreds or even thousands of times greater.

"You're coming?" Liu Shuang looked at Chen Xuan, a gentle smile on her face, and spoke with poise and grace.

"Use the Sparrow King's divine sword to sever the body parts that cannot be removed," Chen Xuan said succinctly to Hua Liuli, offering a solution.

"You?" Liu Shuang was stunned. Could someone from a major orthodox sect like Qingnang Daozang say such a thing? A living Yama?
Have the ancient powers of the Southern Region stooped to being even more cruel than demons?
"Alright!" Hua Liuli immediately took out the Sparrow King's divine sword, preparing to cut Liushuang's body. Fighting warriors can easily regenerate from a drop of blood, so cutting off her head would be considered a minor injury. The Dao Palace's will might not even give a warning.

"I'll do it myself!" Liu Shuang immediately said, and then demonstrated a kind of contortionist technique on the spot. Her arms seemed to lose their bones as she slowly unfastened the armor buckles on her back and other parts of her body.

Soon after, Liu Shuang removed her black armor, and then took off her inner soft armor. Her storage treasures were also taken away. In the end, she was left with only a thin white close-fitting dress, revealing a pair of long, straight legs that were extremely alluring.

"Stand aside and serve us tea and water!" Hua Liuli instructed Liushuang, making her do the work of a maid.

"..." Liu Shuang endured it. Compared to other possible humiliations, the situation was not bad at the moment. She sighed inwardly, "I arrived a step too early. I'll just have to bear it for a few hours!"

The people around were dumbfounded. Chen Xuan and Hua Xuan Nu of the Qingnang Dojo were incredibly audacious to treat the famous Holy Maiden of Qilin Mountain as a maid. This behavior was too arrogant.

Chen Xuan observed that Liu Shuang's body was filled with mottled golden cores. After a moment, he tried to take it a step further, but the will of the Dao Palace immediately issued a warning, so he had to give up for the time being.

Immediately, he turned to look into the distance. The figures of Wan Shizun and the others were as small as ants, far away. Moreover, the fighting had stopped. Clearly, they had fought and understood the rules here.

"Which one should we look for first?" Chen Xuan's gaze swept back and forth between Wan Shizun, Ji Dao Shen, Yu Tianzi and others, and finally stopped on Ye Kui: "You've reached the peak of the cauldron stage. You're progressing faster than me, and your foundation seems quite solid. You truly deserve to be called Fellow Daoist Niu Zi."

After his encounter with Xiao Hei Zhenjun, he now harbors some doubts about the relationship between "healing" destiny and respecting the fate of others.

Using fasting to sever the deeper connection between destiny and the host may not be a better option for them.

"Talk to Ye Kui about his thoughts... No matter what, we must obtain his Doubu Tianming True Scripture," Chen Xuan thought to himself. At that moment, Emperor Yan Ming Xiaohou was also in that direction.

But just as he was about to set off, another jade table appeared, and the Southern Emperor had arrived.

"Ah Hua!" Yu Zhe Xian greeted her as soon as she appeared, and then waved vigorously at Chen Xuan: "Chen Xuan, it's me, Xiao Dao."

Chen Xuan ignored it.

Standing to the side, Hua Liuli, who disliked Nan Mian the most, immediately pointed at him and cursed, "What are you calling my mother for? Don't get involved!"

"Oh dear, Ah Hua, you're becoming more and more like a human being." Yu Zhe Xian wasn't angry. He simply waved his sleeve and then walked closer with standard Taoist steps. He looked Chen Xuan up and down and said, "Chen Xuan, your forehead is dark. You're bearing too much of the karma of fate."

"Heh!" Chen Xuan snorted coldly.

"Are you going to find the Eternal Venerable or the Supreme God? Both are elixirs that my family has reserved." Yu Zhexian continued, "Behind every chosen one, there is a vast causal line that leads directly to the Supreme Heaven... But you can't do everything by yourself. You have to be ruthless and make choices."

"Seriously? Are you going to show me your golden core anyway?" Chen Xuan frowned.

Nan Mian's words made sense, but he didn't like hearing them.

His old friend Ye Niu Zi was right in front of him; there was no reason for him not to go and meet him.

“Uh…” Yu Zhexian’s expression froze instantly. He blinked his golden eyes and then pointed to the sky, saying, “I want to tell you some inside information. This time, the Supreme God will definitely ascend to godhood at the Mountain and Sea Banquet. But if nothing unexpected happens, he should die the moment the banquet ends.”

"Because one of the Daoist masters from Xiaoqingtian was already waiting outside with an alchemy furnace in hand."

"If Xiao Qingtian fails to refine this Divine Travel Pill by then, the blow from the Doubu Immortals will surely fall from the Immortal Palace into the mortal world. This is not an exaggeration. The Doubu Supreme God has crossed the line of the Demon Immortals."

The immortal shook his head, solemnly cast a divination with his fingers, and commented, "Difficult indeed. The destined one cannot be saved."

Chen Xuan was almost amused and annoyed. Did Nanmian really think he was going to save the Supreme God? Was Xinzhai the savior of the chosen ones? He was more like their nemesis!
Besides, there's a cunning Martial Dao Heavenly Lord hiding in the Sword-Questioning Mountain of Yunmeng Prefecture outside. The task of rescuing Ye Kui would never fall to him.

"Immortal Yu, we are not on the same path. Mind your own business!" Chen Xuan turned around and headed towards the area where the Supreme God was located.

Yu Zhe Xian was one of only two immortals he encountered whose appearances resembled those of the Twelve Golden Core Immortals of the Immortal Palace. He was just as troubled as the Chosen One.

On the other side, Emperor Yan Ming Xiaohou cautiously approached Ye Kui in the corner.

“Fellow Daoist Madman, I think you can still be saved. There’s someone you know…” he said, carefully choosing his words.

He had heard that Chen Xuan's cultivation of the Five Hidden Martial Immortal Body required the use of various true scriptures, and the true scripture of the Supreme God in front of him would definitely be of great help to Chen Xuan.

"Still a step behind the Supreme Being... Has he reached the limit of the Ultimate God? No, he needs more resources and Ultimate Points." Ye Kui was squatting in the corner, muttering to himself as he examined the gruesome sword wound on his waist and abdomen with his fingers. Hearing the voice, he suddenly looked up, his eyes reddening.

"It's you again, you little rascal, you're always haunting me!"

call!
Ye Kui suddenly lunged forward, throwing a punch at Xiao Hou's waist and abdomen, but Xiao Hou, who was prepared, blocked the punch.

Xiao Hou was furious. Despite being prepared, he couldn't block Ye Kui's second punch and was immediately beaten to a pulp. He couldn't help but look up and say, "Are you out of your mind? Can't you tell the difference between your own kind and your enemies?"

No wonder he was always covered in injuries and half-dead whenever he met Ye Kui. This kind of ungrateful person deserves to suffer.

Ye Kui continued his fierce attack without a care, only to be burned by the flames that shot up from Xiao Hou's head. He laughed loudly, "You can even use fire, truly a chosen one. But only the weak flock together. Brother Niu is a solitary beast, he knows nothing of his kind!"

"Beast?"

As Chen Xuan strode over, he heard the voice from afar and thought to himself, "How powerful is it?"

"You mad beast, I'll get someone to deal with you!" Xiao Hou, relying solely on his physical strength, was no match for Ye Kui, who was already extremely skilled in combat after just entering the peak of the Cauldron Realm. After taking several punches, he fled in anger.

He hadn't gone far from the ascension platform when he bumped into Chen Xuan. His eyes lit up immediately, and he waved and shouted, "Here!"

(End of this chapter)