Great Red Immortal Sect

Chapter 619 Body and Function
Above the Dao Palace, Xu Xuan sheathed his sword.

A dense golden light shot into the sky, sweeping away the brilliance of the sun. Chu Hai's dragon body was cut in two, and completely different sword intents stirred at his wounds, preventing him from recovering for a long time.

As the Ruins shattered and the tide receded, the dragon seed transformed once more, taking the form of a dragon-headed human. However, it now bore an extremely terrifying wound on its waist and abdomen, upon which black runes shifted and adhered to its body.

Chu Hai reached out and touched the wounds within his own body. Gray lightning surged, constantly eroding his status, while the golden light of Qian Tian gradually fused his flesh and blood.

His aura plummeted, making it difficult for him to condense his supernatural powers, yet he still looked over with a solemn expression and undiminished killing intent.

The scale in the sky drifted down and landed on his neck, making the figure reflected there even clearer, while Chu Hai gently stroked the scale.

To use or not to use?

To kill or not to kill?

If he wanted to, he could easily pay the price of five hundred years of seclusion to heal his injuries, and even a cultivator at the peak of the Purple Mansion realm would perish here. But is it worth it to use that to deal with Mu Youdu?
If we don't kill him now, we might not have another chance later.

Chu Hai pondered quietly, seemingly forgetting Xu Xuan in front of him. A terrifying aura emanated from the reverse scale on Xu Xuan's neck, even stronger than before.

'Mu Youdu's understanding of Yin and Yang is indeed extraordinary; he likely inherited the skills of that person from the North Sea.'

With a flick of his dragon eyes, a fierce aura emanated from him. At this moment, Chu Hai recalled that if he hadn't been struck by this person's sword, even if the opponent used the Victory Gold technique again, he would not have been able to break through his wonderful technique.

【无空天辰】 is fundamentally a reversal of body and function, a transformation of the three into one.

Lesser Yin Chenhui is originally a hidden position, receiving the beauty of the three scenes.

However, if this state of "three uses in one" is reversed, the three scenes will not appear.
The opponent noticed this change and, using the pure Yang sword intent, revealed the Qian Yang that should have been hidden, transforming it into five parts, and then reversed the situation again, thus concealing the Shao Yin.

The true stability of this void is achieved through two parts: one is the voidless realm formed by combining the [Western Supreme Ruler] with magic, and the other is the moon setting and returning to the void formed by combining the [Great Ruins] with the [Remnants].

With the void realm broken, the three-one reversal transforms into the four-one reversal, the lesser yin disappears, and the greater yin in the lower void becomes isolated.

If the dual yin energy does not dissipate, the eerie light used to control the enemy will dissipate.

The interplay of two yangs creates brightness. Historically, the Taiyang (Greater Yang) and Shaoyang (Lesser Yang) have been extremely amicable lineages of Taoism. Therefore, the "Gong Ri Ming Zhou Taiyang Xian Tong" (恭日明昼太阳仙统) and the "Chan Hua Ming Xian Shaoyang Xuan Dao" (阐华明闲少阳玄道) are known as the "Double Brightness".

When the two Yin disappear, it becomes You (幽). However, the relationship between Taiyin (太阴) and Shaoyin (少阴) is hard to say, and the resulting You is not stable. This is also a flaw.

The two dragons were locked in a stalemate, neither making a move.

Even though Xu Xuan had already sensed the opponent's weakness, he did not draw his sword to kill again. There was a powerful cultivator in the Reverse Scale who was suspected of having fallen, and he might even have retained a false nature. If he were to fully activate it...
From afar came the roars of dragons and snakes, extremely eerie, causing the dragon energy on Xu Xuan and Chu Hai to boil, and an uncontrollable chill to rise in their hearts.

Both looked in the same direction and saw a faint crimson light shooting into the sky from the center of the cave, with evil blood rolling around and a strange and eerie dragon's might coming from afar. Just sensing a wisp of it made the two dragon kings feel extremely uncomfortable.

Xu Xuan instantly remembered what it was. Back when he was at the Heavenly Pool, he clearly saw a mass of flesh and blood, coiled like dragons and snakes, rise into the cave heaven. It was this very energy!
Chu Hai's killing intent gradually dissipated, his gaze turned solemn, and he said in a low voice:
"Dragon's offspring... so early."

The white iron chariot materialized, and he stepped into it without a care. His wounds were still bleeding dragon blood, which dripped onto the chariot, giving the Lesser Yin Chariot a spiritual glow.

"I have important matters to attend to, so I will not bother with a junior like you."

Chu Hai entered the carriage and shouted again:
"He ghost!"

In the distance, a surge of witchcraft energy suddenly appeared, and a six-eyed black fish emerged from the dense incantations. It transformed into a six-eyed man dressed in a witch's robe.

He Gui held a severed arm, its surface covered in golden scales, and a hint of unease on his face. He simply said:
"Your Majesty, the Teng Snake has escaped—"

"waste."

A surge of murderous intent swept through the carriage, but it was quickly suppressed. Chu Hai's tone was cold and sharp:
"Go pull the cart."

As if granted a pardon, the demon immediately revealed its original form, transforming back into a six-eyed black fish. It then donned the reins, carried the white iron chariot, and fled into the far distance at an extremely fast speed.

Xu Xuan did not pursue him. Only then did the various injuries on his body come to light. The black water serpent kept biting at his flesh, and there was also damage to Taiyin and Shaoyin, with all sorts of energies running rampant.

Fortunately, Zhen Lei is a lineage that can heal injuries, and now that he has obtained the Heart-Binding Cauldron and cultivated the Thunder Aperture, his ability to manipulate Chaotic Thunder has made a qualitative leap.

A purplish-gray broken cauldron hung overhead, and rolling chaotic lightning poured down on Xu Xuan's physical body, merely eroding his injuries and greatly damaging his status before being blasted away by the righteous sound of the thunder.

Within the inner realm, the Thunderous Lake trembled, and a drop of crystal-clear purple dragon blood was stirred out. It was the essence left behind by the ancient dragon corpse, which had not been exhausted and remained in Xu Xuan's body, now beginning to help him heal.

Nourished by the ancient dragon's blood essence and the waters of Thunder Swamp, his injuries were quickly healed to about 70-80%, and he recovered extremely fast.

Golden divine lightning descended from the sky. Bo Chang returned, his energy in disarray, his arm severed, and his wound covered with countless black runes resembling poisonous insects. He looked ashamed and only said:
“Your Majesty, the Naha demon practices witchcraft and should be restrained by the shrine, but my cultivation is shallow and I have been injured by it instead.”

Among the Five Thunders, Divine Thunder represents Heaven's wrath, and Earthly Thunder represents Heaven's might. The two thunders have different appearances, but both can restrain some demonic and external methods. Heavenly Thunder, on the other hand, is much gentler and can even be used in witchcraft. As for Thunderclap Thunder, apart from having some subtle restraint on blood qi due to the karma of Tianpeng's past demon-slaying, it has little to do with good or evil characteristics.

Lei Xu, speaking in one voice, did not intend to echo or agree.

The last spiritual lightning bolt was even stranger, indiscriminately distinguishing between good and evil. Sometimes it could suppress blood qi, and sometimes it could even promote it. Only the East Sea Dragons could understand it.

Xu Xuan looked at Bo Chang, activated the Chaotic Thunder to wear down the cursed position on the other party, and then used the Righteous Sound to stimulate it. He saw blood energy rise from Bo Chang's severed arm and grow back.

Even so, the injuries inside the Teng Snake's body were still quite serious, mainly due to the damage caused by Chu Hai, which shattered its inner vision. Even with the healing power of Zhen Lei, it would be difficult to repair in a short time.

"You should leave this cave first and stay outside to provide support. Keep an eye on any changes, and if anything unusual happens, contact us immediately using the token."

Xu Xuan pondered for a moment, then made a decision.

Bo Chang's discovery of this Thunder Void Palace is already a great achievement. Now that he is seriously injured, it is not advisable for him to continue his activities in the cave. Instead, it would be more appropriate for him to provide support from the outside and observe the changes.

'The East Sea Dragon Clan is definitely plotting something big. What is that [Dragon Spawn]?'

As soon as Xu Xuan gave the order, Bo Chang immediately responded and took out several items from his bosom, which were the items he had obtained in the cave earlier.

"Your Majesty, I used the divine lightning to escape at great speed and seized three treasures: the divine lightning spirit object [Zhan Kan Xuan Guang], the pure Qi essence [Qing Xu Zhong], and the last item, a talisman that seems to be connected to the Thunder Palace."

Bo Chang presented these three items, but Xu Xuan's gaze was instantly drawn to the last silver-white lightning talisman.

This talisman is silvery-white, radiating an aura of calamity and punishment. It bears the inscription "[Dao Fa Hui Yuan, Lei Jing Miao Cheng]".

Xu Xuan took the talisman and carefully sensed it. He felt that the talisman was not used to unleash magic in battle, but rather as a kind of token, using the talisman as a carrier of the true meaning of thunder.

And this talisman was faintly resonating with the thunder acupoint in his body!

"This is a fine item, the She Lei Talisman. How did you obtain it?"

Xu Xuan was overjoyed, never expecting that Bo Chang could achieve such a great feat. However, a deeper doubt arose in his mind: how could there be such a talisman originating from the Thunder Palace in the Tianye Dao lineage?
"Your Majesty, it was taken from a training platform. There are many bones around it, which seem to be from a person who practiced Qi cultivation but whose transformation was incomplete. They used this talisman to cultivate lightning before they died."

Bo Chang explained in detail, but he also seemed somewhat puzzled.

Xu Xuan put away the talisman and did not take anything else, only saying:
"Your contribution is significant. The next step is to cultivate the [Huangling Edict], which will require the use of this [Zhankan Xuanguang]. The pure qi can also support the divine thunder. You can refine these two items yourself."

He paused for a moment, then continued:

"If you keep a close watch outside and deliver orders effectively, you will be rewarded upon your return to Tianchi."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Bo Chang was overjoyed. He had long harbored the idea of ​​continuing his path of cultivation after obtaining the scroll of "Wei Ling Zhan Kan Jing". Now that he had been born, why wouldn't he want to give it a shot?

Although the Divine Thunder Technique is hard to find in the Mingyun Heaven, it is not considered extremely rare in the outside world.

"Just go."

Xu Xuan spoke, his tone solemn.

The serpent immediately obeyed the order, transforming into a golden ray of light and escaping from the cave, disappearing into the void at an extremely fast speed, which made Xu Xuan somewhat envious. Even when he activated the Heavenly Roc Body Technique, he was not as fast as Bo Chang.

Perhaps after mastering the [Nightfall] technique, the situation will improve somewhat.

Xu Xuan stood on a desolate land, surrounded by broken mountains and fallen trees. Many restrictions had been destroyed in the battle, leaving only the Thunder Void Palace standing.

He carefully examined the lightning talisman, and began to speculate.

'Xuanhao's attack on Lei Palace directly led to the decline of Shelei. From the Yin to the Zhou dynasties, Lei Palace struggled to survive for many years, but ultimately perished. And that Immortal Xuanye seems to have also perished in this upheaval.'

'What role did Tianye play in the destruction of Thunder Palace? And the Northern Society Dao Master, that Heavenly Thunder Immortal—if he truly destroyed Tianye back then, why didn't he touch this grotto-heaven?'

With all sorts of doubts piling up, Xu Xuan's mind grew increasingly heavy. Looking around, he saw that the thirty-six Dao Palaces had almost all been excavated, and many cultivators were preparing to step into the depths of the cave heaven.

Even so, they probably only explored a very small part of this cave.

"Tianye's resources are probably far greater than I previously thought."

(End of this chapter)