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

Chapter 334 The Only Way Out (Part 2)

"Longevity Qi, Retreat from the World and Prolong Life!" In a flash, everything before Chen Xuan's eyes shattered, as if it had never existed.

In the last instant before he initiated the fasting of his heart, the Qi of longevity surged and boiled, and the deities of the Longevity Dao Treasury kept humming, issuing a warning to stop the impending accident.

The first appearance of the "True Scripture of Longevity" was the oldest known transmission in the world, yet no one knew of its wondrous uses.

Moreover, after cultivating the Candle Dragon Method, his Longevity Qi became more acute, and he was able to successfully foresee high-level crises in both situations.

"This..." On the other side, Sparrow King was momentarily stunned. Chen Xuan was clearly about to use the Heart Fasting Technique, but stopped at the last moment. This made him feel very uneasy and gave rise to the thought of failure.

But in that moment of distraction, he was struck head-on by a pillar of sunlight that pierced through the heavens and earth. His body disintegrated under the sunlight, turning into countless fragments of time that fell to the ground. His soul hurriedly abandoned his physical body and fled.

"Besides Xinzhai, you have no other quick way to resolve this battle; defeat is already evident!" The Sparrow King's soul body was pale, his face ashen, as he bewitched Chen Xuan, attempting to provoke him.
Chen Xuan ignored the other party completely and instead used another power. Golden runes floated out from his body. This was the flawed Fake Golden Core Technique!
Countless golden immortal paths appeared on his body, and his Five Treasures Martial Immortal Body operated wildly. Immortal Qi, true scriptures, and techniques seemed to blend together, supporting one dazzling divine halo after another around his body.

In Chen Xuan's eyes, a miniature sun with a real form suddenly brightened, radiating brilliant golden light.

"hold head high!"

Suddenly, a world-shaking dragon roar was heard, and a blurry dragon-python figure appeared in the clouds above the nine heavens, as if raising its head from the chaos. The dragon's body coiled around the entire ascension platform, and its crimson scales reflected the stars of ancient and modern times.

Followed by.

The sun, high in the sky, blazed brightly, as if fueled by an inexhaustible resource, emitting unimaginable light. The clouds seemed to be torn apart by an invisible giant hand, revealing scarlet cracks.

The sunlight was no longer the gentle glow that soothed all things, but transformed into countless golden-red sword energies that tore through the sky and completely covered the area where the Sparrow King was located. Wherever the sunlight shone, there was nowhere to retreat.

"General Liu, help me!" the Sparrow King cried out in terror. This time, he was genuinely pleading for help from his former enemy, for he sensed the approach of death!
He was horrified to discover that his opponent's unknown supreme inheritance was far more terrifying than the Vermilion Bird Technique, and by a great deal. Wherever the sunlight was, he could only withstand the attack and could not escape.

But how many truly dark places are there in the world? Even in the Great Ruins and the Lesser Underworld, there is a faint light emanating from the solar immortal energy, which is an extremely powerful and certain strike!
In the distance, Liu Chenqiang's expression changed. At this moment, he no longer had any intention of fighting with the Sparrow King, because the Sparrow King might really perish!
"Stop! The Sparrow King is an invincible demon!" He immediately used the Milky Way to rescue the Sparrow King, but in an instant, an unparalleled aura of time emanated from above his head, making his hair stand on end.

"Let's end this." As Chen Xuan's eyes opened and closed, the sun moved like his gaze, simultaneously encompassing Liu Chen's spear figure and unleashing sword-shaped beams of sunlight!
The Sparrow King was unwilling to accept defeat. It shone brightly and tried its best to activate a higher level of Vermilion Bird Technique, but unfortunately, due to the limitations of its realm, it had the will but not the power.

"I am not reconciled! I, the Sparrow King, have never been inferior to anyone in this life!" he roared. However, Xinzhai was experiencing a series of major accidents, none of which were less dangerous than the bronze mirror that he regarded as a monstrous threat. He was destined to pay a bloody price.

"boom!"

A pillar of sunlight, wreathed in golden runes, descended and engulfed the Sparrow King. In an instant, his soul and body became transparent, like glass, and were blown away by the shockwave.

With a snap, the strange "talisman"-like pill, the True Lord Sword, and several other high-grade artifacts were shaken to the ground.

"cut!"

Chen Xuan was incredibly decisive. He once again drew his black sword and instantly unleashed the Xuanwu Sword of the True Martial Seven-Section Sword. The extreme killing power flowed and struck the pill-like object wrapped in talismans.

At the same time, he finally activated the first level of his spiritual power, using various spells to suppress and search for the remaining fragments of the Sparrow King's consciousness, shattering them and killing him on the spot.

He swiftly used his sword energy to lift up the items left behind by the Sparrow King, cleansed them several times with various immortal energies, and then put them into his pocket.

"Whoosh!" On the other side, the starry river shattered, Liu Chen's hair stood on end, and he fled at top speed, but the pillar of sunlight from the Candle Dragon followed him like a shadow, determined to kill this peerless general of the Central Plains.

"boom!"

Just then, two powerful auras appeared in the distance and spread over, as Liu Shuang and Niu Ben arrived at the edge of the battlefield.

"Oh no, the Sparrow King is in danger!" Niu Ben's expression changed, and he rushed out like a bolt of purple lightning.

“He…” Liu Shuang paused for a moment, then asked doubtfully, “Isn’t he already dead?”

“If they die so easily, how can the Vermilion Bird bloodline of Vermilion Bird Mountain be worthy of the word ‘caution’!” Niu Ben said in a deep voice. “But we must deal with Xin Zhai quickly, otherwise the Sparrow Emperor will have little chance of escaping disaster!”

In the distant sky, Su Fuyao and the other cultivators of the Metal and Fire elements were still moving away at great speed.

"Huh?" Su Fuyao suddenly turned her head, alarm bells ringing in her mind.

Not far away, a fire-element cultivator stopped and his body burst into flames, which then transformed into the ghostly red Southern Bright Fire.

"Crack!"

The Fire-element cultivator's expression was ferocious, and in the leaping flames, the illusory figure of the Sparrow King appeared.

The next moment, flames surged, and the Sparrow King was "reborn" within the Fire Virtue cultivator's body, taking over the body and stealing the Fire Virtue cultivator's Dao life.

"Fortunately, I abandoned my golden core at the last moment, made a severance, and used self-destruction techniques, otherwise I would have been destroyed along with my golden core," the Sparrow King muttered to himself.

If the other party uses the Heart-Cleansing Technique to deal with him, the talisman carrying the magic from beyond the heavens will launch an unpredictable counterattack.

If the other party does not practice fasting of the mind, then he will not truly die.

Both offense and defense have extremely high preventative measures!
"The Golden Core is gone. From now on, we must tread carefully and not rashly contact Niu Ben and the others," the Sparrow Emperor thought to himself.

"Zheng!"

Suddenly, a True Martial Demon-Slaying Sword Qi slashed out. Su Fuyao unleashed a sword strike without regard for the cost, cleaving the Sparrow Emperor's still-unstable consciousness, along with the Fire Virtue cultivator who had become a puppet by borrowing a shell, into drifting dust.

"Hoo!" Su Fuyao's face turned pale. She had unleashed the Supreme Sword almost instantly, which consumed a great deal of energy. Her body swayed, and she had already suffered internal injuries.

But the next moment, her pupils contracted: "This..."

Nearby, the second Fire Element cultivator's body was ablaze with intense Southern Bright Fire, and the Sparrow Emperor was once again reborn through a new body, his divine power of revival surging rapidly.

"The fire on the Ascension Platform never ceases, and the Sparrow King's Nirvana never ends... Sword Fairy, we can't kill him anymore, he'll drag everyone down with him." A cultivator from the Fire Deity Cauldron spoke, his face filled with fear, and he collapsed to the ground, feeling a sense of suffocation.

"This Vermilion Bird Nirvana Method is terrifying; it is inexhaustible and indestructible."

There are at least a hundred Fire Element cultivators on the Ascension Platform. Are all of them going to die like the Sparrow King?

"Hmm?" In the distance, Chen Xuan immediately noticed something amiss. The sun blazed overhead, its light illuminating thousands of miles, revealing the Sparrow Emperor's rebirth through a shell. In an instant...

"I'll grant your wish!" Chen Xuan temporarily abandoned his pursuit of Liu Chenqiang, activated the fourth level of the Heart Cleansing, and unleashed extraordinary Heart Cleansing power from the sun in the sky, tracing back to the source, determined to completely annihilate the opponent and leave no chance for reincarnation.

In the distance, the Sparrow King's expression changed drastically. Even at such a great distance, he was still perceived by Xinzhai. The strength of Xinzhai's perception was truly unbelievable.

The sun's energy has such an extraordinary ability to see through everything; under the sun's light, there are no secrets.

Moreover, Chen Xuanxiu's mastery of the first form of the Candle Dragon Technique, and his current application of solar energy, is almost unmatched by anyone of his generation!
"boom!"

Chen Xuan's attack covered the area where the Sparrow Emperor was undergoing Nirvana. The newly born consciousness of the Sparrow Emperor and the Fire Virtue cultivator who had become a walking corpse were completely reduced to ashes.

The next moment, the Sparrow King was horrified to discover that his consciousness was covered with bizarre scarlet runes that were devouring his life force. The killing power of his Heart Cleansing was clinging to him and could not be reversed.

Chen Xuan arrived, wielding a small black sword, and easily killed the Sparrow King once.

"No!" the Sparrow King roared in fear and rage, his body exploding in mid-air. He rapidly activated the Supreme Vermilion Bird Technique to continue his revival through the shell.

But the next time, as soon as his will was born from an outsider, it immediately exploded, turning into a shimmering rain of light.

Xinzhai is coming to take his life!
"Even though we rushed as fast as we could, we were still a step too late." Niu Ben stopped and said, "Unless we end the Mountain and Sea Banquet immediately and seek help from a True Lord, the Sparrow King cannot be saved."

"Continue?" Liu Shuang asked, turning her head.

"Of course we must avenge the Sparrow King!" Niu Ben said in a deep voice.

"Alright!" Liu Shuang said, her expression solemn, but her eyes were darting around, as if she were plotting something.

"Xin Zhai is difficult to deal with, and I am powerless to help him!" In the distance, Liu Chen, his silver armor stained with blood, strode towards the starry sky at lightning speed.

"Follow me to destroy Xinzhai..." Niu Ben said, but in an instant, a thunderous spear light came from the sky, and thousands of silver lights bloomed, piercing towards Niu Ben's throat.

Niu Ben's face turned cold. He swung his Thunder Hammer, bending the spear light and sending Liu Chen's spear flying as he suddenly attacked. He roared, "The Sparrow King's suspicion of you was correct. At a time like this, you still want to fight among yourselves. No one in the human race can be trusted!"

Clearly, if Liu Chen had exerted even the slightest bit of force, the Sparrow King wouldn't have met such a fate.

"boom!"

The martial arts aura surged, and a fist light with overwhelming power struck Niu Ben. Niu Ben staggered back, spitting out a mouthful of blood, and looked at Liu Shuang in surprise and doubt: "You joined forces with Liu Chenqiang of the human race?!"

"Join forces with humans? This god wouldn't have fallen to such a state!" Liu Shuang's face was frosty as she coldly said, "But this is this god's only way to survive!"

As the voice rang out, flashes of fists and gunfire illuminated the world, relentlessly engulfing Niu Ben.

"Then..."

A colossal figure, terrifying as a demonic mountain, rose up. Niu Ben shattered the light of fists and spears, and spoke in a hoarse voice: "Don't blame me for being merciless."

……

Under the distant sky, two figures emerged from the void.

"The Divine Seed of the Immortal Realm has finally succumbed to its urge to fight against the commoners of the Heart-Mind Pavilion." The young man in the Azure Dragon Imperial Robe breathed a sigh of relief, his expression one of great satisfaction.

"Hmm..." Nan Mian nodded slightly, a smile on his face.

“Being fierce on the ascension platform is useless. If you have the guts, fight against the powerful True Lords from the outside world... Some people will surely pay with their lives if they kill too many.”

“Niu Ben of Jilei Mountain is not afraid, it probably really does have a Golden Core Immortal Ancestor from the Celestial Palace protecting it, but the other three Divine Travel Immortal Seeds cannot help but worry…”

Immortal-level beings are difficult for cultivators to observe, and once they go into seclusion, they will be quickly forgotten by the world.

However, some immortals often manifest their divine power so that the world will forever remember their might... The ape immortals of the Fighting Division and the ox immortals of the Plague Division are examples of this.

“Even the Sparrow King isn’t afraid. It’s likely that Ksitigarbha of Little Spirit Mountain has truly perished. He killed the largest number of direct descendants of major sects,” Nan Mian said.

“Uh… I don’t understand.” Yu Tianzi muttered, “According to news from the Southern Region, Xinzhai saw a phoenix of the Feather Clan sitting on the Fire Virtue Immortal Seat, not a sparrow.”

Having committed so many bloody crimes and incurred public wrath, he would have virtually no chance of survival once he left the Mountain and Sea Banquet.

Even the little Kunpeng, who was so powerful that it made the five human races tremble with fear, knew that some people could be killed and some could not.

"..."

The two looked at each other, thinking to themselves that the cautiousness of Zhuque Mountain was not as good as it seemed.

"Only Xinzhai is truly fearless. He has a natural love for killing, and he has so many debts that he doesn't feel burdened by them."

"Isn't it inappropriate to speak ill of him behind his back like that..."

"..."

The two spoke in hushed tones and quickly headed towards the central area of ​​the Ascension Platform. They had been ascending to godhood for some time and had consolidated their cultivation.

"You dog Taoist priest, that artifact you used to deceive Niu Ben, is it an ancient weapon of destiny?"

"Over the years, Xiao Qingtian has trained more than 100 people at the Tao Hongchen level, and some of them have left behind their own weapons."

"Bring it here to broaden my horizons?"

"I don't possess many Heavenly Fate weapons, but my master's alchemy furnace contains more than a dozen Heavenly Fate weapons," Nan Mian said with a smile, as the Little Azure Heaven Dao Master was the strongest Great True Lord in the Southern Region after the Tai Xuan True Lord.

"So your family is the real big dog family after all," Yu Tianzi muttered, quietly moving a distance away from Nanmian.

(End of this chapter)