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

Chapter 341 Weird and Weird

"We've been ambushed," Chen Xuan thought to himself.

In the distance, darkness poured down with crimson light, creating an eerie yet beautiful atmosphere. In the foreground, Chen Xuan was hanging upside down under a massive ancient bronze tree.

The coffin, created by the Supreme Creator, once radiated divine brilliance and was brimming with vitality, but inside the coffin lay such a bizarre and eerie realm.

"The ancient sages had no particular quirks, so why would they place their inheritance in their coffins and bequeath it to their descendants?"

Chen Xuan was hanging upside down, his head facing down. He seemed to hear the sigh of the True Saint, as if he had experienced countless reincarnations, and he also seemed to hear the sinister laughter of the evil gods from the Nine Netherworlds, which clouded his consciousness.

"Led in by the so-called supreme creation, they willingly walked into the trap."

Chen Xuan thought to himself that he had not expected to encounter such a situation when welcoming the supreme fortune, and he had not expected that this fallen ancient sage was actually an enemy of Gu Xinzhai.

The first ray of light emanating from the bronze coffin was not intended to mark the leader of the Mountain and Sea Banquet.

They probably discovered the existence of his meditation retreat and thus lured him in...

"Who is this ancient sage?" Chen Xuan asked, referring to the fragment of the Classic of Mountains and Seas.

"I can't explain it..." Gu Yao shook her head slightly and sighed, "But the aura is strangely familiar, it must be from an ancient sage who left from the Five Directions Land."

"..."

Chen Xuan sighed inwardly. The names of the immortals were no longer known in the mortal world, let alone the even higher True Saints.

Will I die?

At this moment, his thoughts began to become muddled. This feeling was strange, as if the mysterious power of the ancient sages was enveloping him, and he was powerless to resist it, as if he could only sadly await the end.

The branches and vines of the ancient bronze tree were sucking his blood, flesh, and bones. Then, his soul turned into streams of light and was gradually absorbed away.

"Crack!"

A crisp cracking sound rang out, and Chen Xuan's cultivation level dropped. The ancient bronze tree had absorbed too much of his energy, causing him to fall by one realm.

But this is not the end; the decline continues.

Originally, he was not far from the eighth level of the Cauldron Realm, within reach.

If it weren't for Niu Ben, the Sparrow King, and other decisive enemies who seized the opportunity to defeat him with speed, he would have broken through to a higher level in a short time.

Those immortal beings who traveled through the realms were decisive and powerful. Apart from Niu Ben, who completed his golden core at the last moment, the others did not even spend most of their energy dealing with the defects in their golden cores... With the existence of the Heart-Gathering Cult, completing the golden core was not a high priority.

But now, everything seems to have become an unreachable destination.

In a daze, Chen Xuan saw hundreds of scenes: the sky stained with blood, life devastated, and one broken world after another turning into ashes.

He saw that in those worlds that had vanished into nothingness, one after another supreme being either fell from the sky and crashed into the depths of the Great Ruins, or sat in meditation in the dark regions, their blood staining the heavens and the earth red.

There was also a blood-stained black ship, carrying a ship full of heads, all belonging to supreme powerhouses. As the ship sailed by, it seemed to be heading towards the end of time.

“Immortals are falling, true saints are disappearing, and many worlds are crumbling…” Chen Xuan murmured.

He witnessed countless scenes of worlds collapsing, and was deeply shocked, because as he glimpsed these images, he could clearly sense that the powerful figures in those paintings were also looking at him.

The gazes of those who had fallen, across the vast distance of time and space, seemed to sense the gaze of those from later generations and met Chen Xuan's eyes.

"Even a great cultivator of that level can't escape the fate of disappearing?" Chen Xuan stared at those images.

A sense of loneliness and desolation crept into Chen Xuan's mind through those images.

Even the sages of ancient times had moments of powerlessness.
Chen Xuan felt a strong sense of despair wash over him from those images, as if a hopeless flood was completely swallowing him up, but he couldn't understand it.

After all, even the advanced cultivators of [Tao Hongchen] are already considered masters of heaven and earth.

As the saying goes, a true lord has no regrets, and an immortal is never exhausted.

And what could possibly make even higher-level cultivators like the Supreme Heaven feel despair?

"How inexplicable..." Chen Xuan muttered, feeling both confused and impressed, but it was rather jarring.

Unless it's a super-advanced illusion or hallucination, this kind of simple emotional fluctuation cannot shake his mind; he cannot... empathize.

I even found it inexplicably funny.

"Eight million years of cultivation have ultimately amounted to nothing but a dream; the very beginning was a mistake, and there is no way to undo it."

In a daze, Chen Xuan heard such a voice. After a moment's thought, he felt a chill run down his spine. In many ancient histories of cultivation, the word "initially" has a special meaning, often representing the special point in time when Gu Xinzhai shattered the Classic of Mountains and Seas.

Chen Xuan sighed inwardly. All around was silent, the light flickering, with only the ancient bronze tree swaying silently, its surface radiating a blood-like glow.

He calmed his mind and silently sensed the energy fluctuations around him.

Although this place is filled with an atmosphere of death and decay, it ultimately originates from ancient sages, and even just contemplating its wisdom can bring immense benefits.

"Wow!"

From the left, there was the sound of branches and vines slicing through the air. Chen Xuan glanced to the side and, from a distance, could vaguely see a young Taoist priest being captured and hanging upside down from a tree.

"Immortal Emperor?" Chen Xuan was stunned. Nan Mian had also come in?

Unsurprisingly, even the unfathomable Yu Zhe Xian was powerless against the ancient bronze tree, easily subdued, suspended, and began to devour its power.

"Huh?" Chen Xuan was stunned. He was surprised to find that Yu Zhexian was actually crying after coming into contact with the ancient emotional fluctuations here. "Crying and sobbing, little baby?"

The Imperial Immortal looked sorrowful, tears streaming down his face, as if he were truly empathizing with the situation, which was utterly wicked.

"What the hell?" Chen Xuan's lips twitched. Then, he glanced to his right and saw that Yao Feiyue was also hanging up.

"A pile of bones dares to bewitch my mind? Ha, evil saint." Although Yao Feiyue was hanging upside down with her long hair cascading down like a waterfall, she was very calm, and even had a sneer on her beautiful face.

She was very young, probably not even as old as Chen Xuan, but her tone was incredibly arrogant.

Chen Xuan scrutinized the other person, and Yao Feiyue turned her head, their eyes meeting.

"Oh no!" Her heart skipped a beat, and she immediately became unnatural, pressing down the hem of her red dress with both hands to prevent any exposure.

Master... no, the Great Demon Lord's Heart Palace is here!
"She's a naive little demoness." Chen Xuan felt strange. These people with all sorts of strange identities all seemed aloof and unapproachable from afar, but as soon as they got close to Xinzhai, they all suddenly became "naive".

"Master...Brother Dao, I was wrong." Yao Feiyue spoke, her expression tearful. She expressed her apology for stopping Chen Xuan and coveting the Supreme Creation, and she seemed very sincere.

Her heart was pounding so hard it felt like it was about to jump out of her chest, and she almost blurted out the term for inner demons used in the mortal world.

The Six Desires, which are beyond forgiveness, have corrupted her mind; she cannot be spared!

"..."

boom!
Further to the left, a surge of divine power suddenly arose, golden lightning roared, and the invincible domain expanded rapidly.

"The strongest attack!"

The Venerable One of Ten Thousand Worlds entered, shouting as the Immortal Sword Cauldron appeared in the sky, the will of Heaven descended, and the Longevity Emperor Technique was activated. With a thunderous roar, he slammed his sword against the ancient bronze tree vines that were swirling around him.

This scene of resistance is incredibly powerful and awe-inspiring!

"Hmm?" Chen Xuan turned his head involuntarily.

"Huh?" Nan Mian looked stunned.

"Huh?" Yao Feiyue's eyes widened.

"puff!"

Di Tian's eyes shone brightly as he resolutely retaliated against the attacker. He would not bow down to any being. In an instant, he was hanging upside down under the ancient bronze tree.

"..." Di Tian was upside down. He turned his head and saw the three people staring at him blankly. He was speechless for a moment.

After a moment of silence, he turned his head to the other side and began to comprehend the Daoist principles of this place.

"Good fortune, good fortune, protect my life!"

Emperor Yu fell into the coffin, nervously muttering to himself, "Ancestor Emperor, please show yourself quickly, you don't want your lineage to end, do you!"

A moment later, nothing unexpected happened.

Emperor Yu was bound by the ancient bronze tree, and the bindings were the most secure, with vines coiling around him, as if binding him into a large blue worm.

"This is unfair! It's targeting me!" he roared in anger. He realized that everyone else only had their feet bound, while he was in the most precarious situation. Suddenly, vines rose up and gagged him, leaving him only able to whimper in frustration.

At this moment, from left to right, Di Tian, ​​Yu Zhe Xian, Chen Xuan, Yao Fei Yue, and Yu Biao are all lined up and held by the bronze ancient tree, like meat products sold by vendors in a market.

Chen Xuan stood in the center, looking around with immense curiosity. The scene before him was truly breathtaking.

"Are there any other people who can enter the coffin?" he asked Yao Feiyue in the distance, trying to gather information.

Although there is no inherent superiority or inferiority among immortal species, Yao Feiyue and Yu Zhexian are clearly more special than other immortal species.

Furthermore, he had always suspected that Yao Feiyue was a "spy" of the Immortal Palace and must know secrets unknown to others.

“I guessed it might be four, because logically speaking, the Supreme Creation Will only connected with four Divine Immortal Seeds,” Yao Feiyue replied. “But now five have come in, which is really strange.”

She had many guesses about the supreme creation that had brought about this Mountain and Sea Banquet, but she was not sure of the truth and felt puzzled at the moment.

"Could it be that I was an accident?" Chen Xuan thought to himself.

The fact that a fragment of the Classic of Mountains and Seas suggests that this fallen sage might be connected to Gu Xinzhai makes one wonder.

But the ancient bronze tree captured him without treating him differently, which left him puzzled and confused.

"Where are your trump cards? What are your backup plans? What are you waiting for? Use them now!" Chen Xuan asked, as Yao Feiyue's energy was absorbed by the ancient bronze tree, causing her cultivation level to drop from Tao Hongchen.

These individuals are ridiculously strong, possessing the true potential of dragons and phoenixes, seeds of immortality. They are like insurmountable mountains, and it's no wonder they have so many hidden trump cards.

"Well, perhaps you overestimate us. This is a supreme destiny, one that even immortals would find difficult to interfere with," Yao Feiyue said helplessly.

She has methods, but no matter how bizarre those methods are, they have their limits. After all, she is just a newly ascended cultivator and cannot do more.

"The more you do, the more mistakes you make; the less you do, the fewer mistakes you make," Yao Feiyue replied.

"If you're incompetent, why are you even in a coffin?" Chen Xuan asked, seriously suspecting that the other party was trying to deceive him.

After all, these individuals here all exerted unusual pressure on him, suggesting they were hiding even stronger trump cards. "Speaking of trump cards, you should have even stronger ones, right?" Yao Feiyue countered. "Otherwise, you wouldn't be able to fight Niu Ben alone."

After all, Niu Ben was a whole major realm higher than Xin Zhai, and Niu Ben was not one of those "ordinary" old cultivators of the same realm outside; their strengths were worlds apart.

Logically speaking, after Xinzhai shattered Niu Ben's golden core, he fulfilled everyone's expectations and completed his role as a weapon, and should have left.

But Chen Xuan still went to war, which makes people wonder.

Yao Feiyue believed that Chen Xuan was not as simple as he appeared on the surface, and must be hiding some kind of powerful and deadly technique.

"Who gave you permission to ask me questions? Don't you want your Golden Core anymore?" Chen Xuan rebuked coldly.

In fact, he gave it his all in his battle of wits with Niu Ben.

However, he could come and go freely during the Mountain and Sea Banquet. Even if he couldn't defeat Niu Ben, he could leave at will, so he could fight freely without any worries.

But why would he tell unrelated outsiders about such a "sinister" way of saving his life?

"..." Yao Feiyue's expression froze. She opened her mouth, but hesitated to speak. She thought to herself, "This young Xinzhai has a strange personality, just like the master in the mortal tribulation. Sooner or later he will grow into such a vicious demon!"

"What are you looking at? You never tell the truth. You'll regret this sooner or later." Chen Xuan continued to scold her. This vixen was not honest, which made him very angry.

Then, he turned his head and asked the Imperial Immortal on the other side.

“Taoist priest, you’re quite something. Tell me your thoughts,” Chen Xuan said.

At this moment, the so-called supreme creation is nowhere to be found, and everyone is trapped in the coffin and needs to save themselves.

"I'm also at a loss."

Yu Zhexian spread his hands, revealing an innocent expression: "Why don't we just make the best of it since we're already here?"

"Fine, you dishonest freaks, just wait to die," Chen Xuan retorted, glaring at him.

He was extremely disappointed in Nam Mian, who always seemed to be giving up.

As for Wan Shizun and Yu Tianzi on the other side, they were too far apart because their power was imprisoned and devoured by the ancient bronze tree, making it impossible for them to communicate.

"Crack!"

Not long after, Chen Xuan's cultivation level plummeted again, his aura growing weaker and weaker. He scanned his surroundings, thinking to himself, "Could it be that my only option is to use the Heart-Cleansing Technique to leave directly and give up the Supreme Fortune?"

But in reality, whether he can move freely in and out of this great coffin containing supreme creation is still unknown... Moreover, he doesn't want to reveal this life-saving method in front of these enemies.

"Old Yao, what are your thoughts? Tell me," Chen Xuan said in a low voice, taking out a fragment of the Classic of Mountains and Seas.

The other party is very old, knowledgeable, and knows more things.

"Perhaps it's not about being devoured, but rather a kind of tempering." The fragment of the Classic of Mountains and Seas was pressed against Chen Xuan's ear, and he whispered his speculation: "If you successfully pass through it, you might undergo a complete transformation."

She was cautious and didn't want others to hear her guesses, so she whispered in Chen Xuan's ear.

"Okay, I trust you." Chen Xuan nodded. The fragments of the Classic of Mountains and Seas were always reliable and wouldn't lead to misjudgment.

"Let's consider this the final test of fate!"

He muttered to himself, feeling a chill run down his spine, as if a great calamity was about to befall him, as if the ancient bronze tree was refining him.

The ancient bronze tree continued to devour everyone's essence, energy, and spirit. It could be seen that the vines that trapped the five people were flowing with brilliant light, constantly sending essence, energy, and spirit to the branches of the ancient tree.

During this process, Chen Xuan did not surrender. He activated the [Five Treasures Martial Immortal Body] to try to seal the blood and spirit flowing out of his body, and also studied the ancient bronze tree in his own way.

After all, anyone would feel insecure if their skill level continued to decline.

"brush!"

Suddenly, a bronze branch, as heavy as a divine whip, was pulled out and struck Chen Xuan directly.

"This is a trigger?" Chen Xuan was taken aback. He had been very careful, but he still provoked the ancient bronze tree.

puff!
Chen Xuan immediately vomited blood, his bones were broken and his tendons were torn apart. His physical body was ravaged by the ancient bronze tree, and even his soul was terribly cracked.

"Hiss..." He frowned, the pain was so intense he almost cried out.

This was an incredibly terrifying attack; even an immortal body couldn't withstand it. If it were any other cultivator, they would probably be directly shattered.

"Ah!" On the other side, Emperor Yu cried out in pain!
Others were also trying to study the ancient bronze tree, but Yu Tianzi was the most unlucky. He used some kind of earth-shattering method and was directly struck by a furious branch, his body split in two from the waist down, and a large amount of blood fell out.

Everyone looked over at the sound and stared in disbelief.

"Ah!" Yu Tianzi was in excruciating pain as his body was split in two. He immediately used a secret technique to try to heal his injuries, but as soon as he activated his divine magic, another branch lashed down, splitting him into four pieces and leaving him hanging in the air.

"..." Emperor Yu's face was deathly pale, and he was sweating profusely. He looked at the others and said with difficulty, "I think I'm going to die."

He dared not use his secret techniques to heal his injuries, as that would continue to draw the punishment of the ancient bronze tree, but having suffered such severe injuries, his life force was rapidly fading away.

The most terrifying thing is that he is rapidly falling from his current state; if he were to fall back to the level of a mortal, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Chen Xuan and the others silently withdrew their gazes.

"Please don't let me down," Chen Xuan muttered to himself. This Supreme Fortune was too strange and torturous; one wrong move and he would perish.

……

We've been waiting far too long.

Outside, on the ascension platform, the banquet attendees, unaware of the situation, were filled with anxiety and unease.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!" Ye Kui transformed into a great killing god, stirring up a bloody storm on the Ascension Platform. Any demons he disliked were mercilessly killed.

He was anxious. He was not strong enough, but the extraterrestrial forces were able to invade the Great Wilderness through special means. If the Immortal Palace came later, he would die without a burial place and might be swatted like a mosquito.

However, the extraterrestrial beings were even more anxious than Ye Kui, sweating profusely. Even the "Celestial Immortal" in the purple-gold scepter looked unnatural.

Behind the celestial being in his shamanic robes, many figures couldn't help but whisper among themselves.

"Several hours have passed. Have they died in their coffins?"

"This is bad. If the Celestial Palace really comes, we're afraid..."

"Those True Lords in the ancestral land, I heard, all came from Gu-raising jars. Even those with immortal seeds aren't guaranteed to become True Lords..."

"Shh, watch your words, and don't show any weakness."

One of the figures' expressions changed drastically, and he hurriedly interrupted his companion, seemingly wary of something.

In the more distant Taixu.

Some towering figures gradually gathered, and pairs of indifferent eyes lit up in the dim space, exuding an aura of looking down on all living beings.

"A great figure has awakened! Run for your lives!" In the Great Ruins, countless forbidden creatures sensed this and scattered in all directions as if avoiding snakes and scorpions.

A group of powerful beings from the ancestral lands have descended!

There were humanoids and demonic creatures, lined up on both sides, clearly separated.

"A faint aura of immortals, utterly corrupt, what kind of ghost is this?" The powerful True Lord of Qilin Mountain spoke in a cold voice.

The search for the lost wilderness was extremely difficult, but it became much easier because of the descent of extraterrestrial forces that caused some fluctuations in divine power.

"A minor divine general of the Great You Dynasty?" a human True Monarch exclaimed, then looked at a majestic figure dressed in a Xuanwu imperial robe.

"To mend the heavens, let's divine a divination." The Great You Emperor True Monarch spoke, his expression unreadable, showing no emotion whatsoever.

But the other companions had already realized that the emperor was about to be enraged, and a bloody battle was about to break out.

In the darkness, the Heaven-Mending True Lord revealed his majestic figure, raised one hand, and the Bagua Heaven Diagram in his palm began to rotate, as if there were many small worlds rotating in his palm.

Above the vast wilderness, the expressions of the extraterrestrial beings changed drastically, and their hearts began to pound.

"What are the True Lords of our ancestral lands trying to do by divining us so blatantly? Have they gone mad?"

"Can't they sense the aura of immortals here?"

"Shh, don't be scared, they won't dare come over!"

"..."

The celestial being in a purple-gold scepter, clad in a sorcerer's robe, felt a sudden twitch in his eyelids and a sense of foreboding rising in his heart.

“Nine-tenths true…” Not long after, in the Chaotic Void, the calm voice of the Heaven-Mending True Lord rang out: “It should be an ancient immortal?”

"There's a high probability that this is a hoax; it's a grand conspiracy to lure you into a trap," a True Lord sneered.

"Do it?"

"It would be best to wait for the Celestial Palace to arrive and wipe them all out in one fell swoop; they have been hiding quite well lately."

"Perhaps, we can use these beings to travel to the heavens and seek immortality?"

"..."

Countless chaotic and indescribable voices, tinged with sarcasm, drifted through the Great Ruins, making no attempt to conceal themselves, and went straight to the ears of the group of extraterrestrial visitors.

"This?" The extraterrestrial beings looked at each other, their scalps tingling with fear.

What's going on? There's a deity here!
Have all the great lords and powerful beings from our ancestral land gone mad?!

……

The world within the coffin.

I don’t know how much time passed.

Chen Xuan was unable to move, but at least he had become a mortal again, and he felt that the test should be over!
"Wow!"

The next moment, a small mound rose up beneath the ancient bronze tree, and then a blood-soaked figure crawled out.

Holding a jade box, it looked up at Chen Xuan and said, "Come down and take it..."

(End of this chapter)