Please call me Dadaozu

Chapter 425 The Dao! The Dao! The Chuanyuan Secret Realm ends, and all sorts of methods are revealed! (4000)

As the Daoist chant descended, a beam of pure white light floated down from the top of the Daoist stele, enveloping Zhang Yuanzhu.

A sense of indescribable comfort arose in my mind, my magical powers, and my body, as if I were more in harmony and flawless.

The young man merely scanned his surroundings once before lowering his gaze to the jade box resting in his palm.

The jade box was surrounded by shimmering white mist, with runes flowing and intertwining within the box and the mist, resembling chains that firmly sealed it.

His double pupils were half-closed, and the secret technique 'Breaking Illusion' was unleashed, making it impossible to see anything except for the shimmering white mist.

With a light tap of the five fingers, lines bloomed from the fingertips and spread towards the runes.

bang bang bang~
The patterns cracked and dissolved, but the jade box remained unchanged.

"Cannot be opened at the moment?"

Zhang Yuanzhu looked helpless. The reward given by the Dao Stele was undoubtedly extremely precious. The ethereal white clouds alone, which resembled fairy mist, contained Daoist charm that would benefit him greatly.

However, the most precious things cannot be taken away.

After some thought, he put the jade box into his bosom and carried it with him.

Then, looking up at the various colors of light gathered at the top of the stele, he wanted to leave his mark.

Suddenly, a gentle voice drifted from my side:

"Brother Dao's talent is unparalleled throughout history. Even the so-called Venerable One is inferior. Fa Yan congratulates you, Brother Dao!"

The woman's monk's robes fluttered in the wind, her pretty face filled with solemnity.
"However, the names inscribed on the Dao Stele are related to the mysterious fortune, so you should be very careful, fellow Daoist."

"If one's virtue does not match one's position, disaster will surely follow!"

After a pause, Fayan clasped his hands together, his expression sincere, and spoke each word carefully:
"If you, fellow Daoist, can establish the name of Buddhism, I am willing to accept this name on behalf of Xinchan Temple. At that time, Buddhism will be blessed with good fortune for ten thousand years."

“Bodhisattvas and even those above them have a chance to ascend.”

Zhang Yuanzhu tilted his head slightly, looking at the nun.

A smile played on his lips as he whispered:

“Even though I am covered in blood and have slaughtered millions of lives, I can still be blessed by the Buddhist community and become a Buddha.”

Fayan gazed directly at the youth, her beautiful eyes radiating a Buddha-like light, carrying both devotion and compassion:
"Killing is for the sake of protecting life; cutting off karma is not the same as killing a person!"

Zhang Yuanzhu shook his head, raised his palm, and traced a line with his fingertips.

"Buddha is not my path, so do not speak further."

As the words fell, the light at the top of the stele shifted and intertwined, transforming into characters.
—The Dao Ancestor!
boom!
A thunderclap resounded in the hearts of the three women.

They all stared blankly at the radiant characters, more dazzling than the sun—"Dao Ancestor."

How dare you do this! How could you do this!

The ancestor of the Great Dao, the ancestor of the Heavenly Dao, the root of all Dao—from ancient times to the present, even the most arrogant and powerful beings in the world have not dared to call themselves such.

And yet, the unorthodox cultivators beside him dared to do such a thing.

"Brother Dao, such a name will surely bring disaster. Change it immediately."

At this moment, Fa Guang spoke, his eyes filled with anxiety.

Before the sound had even faded, the clouds and mist returned, covering the stele and obscuring the characters.

Zhang Yuanzhu lowered his hand and placed it on the measuring ruler, looking at the anxious and uneasy woman with a gentle expression:
“My fellow practitioners, I have known this since I embarked on my cultivation journey.”

“I have come into this world to walk to the end of the Great Way. If I do not even have the spirit to explain it, how can I move forward?”

A legal silence followed, then a hoarse voice:
"But."

"Enough, Senior Sister!"

Fa Yan stopped his senior sister, put his palms together, and bowed to Chi Ying.

"I have learned a lot from Fayan!"

Xie Beiling, with her red lips sculpted and hands behind her back, approached the young man with graceful steps, glancing left and right.

"As expected of my senior brother, the greatest talent in history, he is bound to accomplish what no one in history has accomplished."

She stopped, her slender hand reaching out to stroke the stray strands of hair from the young man's face, a faint smile on her lips:

"Senior brother, this matter is settled, I should be going now."

She took a step back, and her beautiful figure gradually disappeared into the distance.

Only a soft whisper drifted on the wind.

Goodbye, Senior Brother Zhang!

Zhang Yuanzhu gazed in the direction the woman had left, his hand stroking the long, white ruler, feeling the warmth emanating from his fingertips.

He turned his body slightly to look at Fayan and Fading:
"The end of the secret realm will probably be the real crisis for you and me."

Fayan lowered her head and parted her red lips slightly:
“Those big shots won’t miss such an opportunity.”

She wasn't stupid; she could roughly guess what awaited them outside the secret realm.
The Qingyangzhai Golden Core True Monarch, the Golden Core experts of the demon race, and possibly even cultivators dispatched by the Sword Sect—a multitude of adversaries, each more formidable than the last.

Even though she felt a chill run down her spine, in this situation, life and death were definitely out of her control.

"I know."

The young man extended his hand and handed over a cyan array plate:

"We are not fish to be slaughtered. If we want to control our own life and death, then we must be prepared to perish together."

His voice was calm, yet it carried a chilling and resolute quality emanating from within.

Seeking life from the brink of death, finding possibility from the impossible—this was true in Jiangshui City, in Immortal Soldier Valley, and even within the Demon Land.

He had become familiar with the route by now.

Fa Yan sensed the young man's composure, raised his head to look at his peaceful face, and his inner unease slowly dissipated.

Yes, this unorthodox cultivator has created too many miracles, slaying numerous powerful enemies and never suffering a defeat.

If it were him, he might be able to find a way out in seven days.

Lost in thought, he reached out and took the array plate:
"Brother Dao, what do you need me to do?"

"Take this array plate, find a safe place, and wait quietly."

Zhang Yuanzhu's arms hung naturally at his sides, his eyes deep and thoughtful.

"Leave the rest to me alone."

"I will come looking for you after this is all over."

The Dharma remained silent.

After a moment, he finally spoke in response:
"it is good!"

After that, she took her senior sister and left. The two beautiful figures walked further and further away, just as they were about to leave completely.

A deep voice echoed across the space:

"If you haven't arrived outside the secret realm in half a month, you don't need to wait any longer."

Her departing figure paused briefly before disappearing completely.

For a moment, in the sky and on the ground, only a lone figure in crimson stood.

After an unknown amount of time, Zhang Yuanzhu sat down cross-legged, leaning against the Dao stele, gazing ahead.

“What a mess!”

Layer upon layer of planning and schemes, all for the sake of surviving in the clutches of the True Lord.

Friends departed, companions parted ways, and even Da Huang, who had been with him since childhood, was now missing, his fate unknown.

He reached into his storage bag, took out a flask of spirit wine, and drank it down in one gulp.

The wine went down his throat, intense and fiery, like a raging flame flowing into his chest, quenching his murderous intent.

As powerful as the clouds, and as a supreme True Lord, we must not allow him to gradually find a way out!

At that time, all grudges and resentments will be settled one by one.

We will not let a single one escape!

Six days later, at night.

Click~click~
The sky and the earth cracked open, creating a growing sense of rejection towards all living beings from the outside world.

The secret realm will be over in no more than half an hour.

Beneath the Dao stele, Chi Ying sat cross-legged, with the Long Rainbow Qi Sword resting flat on his lap, his hands raised in an ancient hand seal.

He remained expressionless, as if he hadn't seen the cracks that spanned the sky.

Suddenly, the young man's lips curled into a smile, a look of satisfaction on his face. "I sensed it!"

By using the [characteristics] to track down the location and the remaining array plate, he finally sensed the exact location of Big Yellow.

Of course, there are also reasons such as the secret realm being about to end, the stronger the exclusion, and the closer to the outside world.

Let's begin!

A whisper, traversing space, drifted into the ear of a dog demon.

In an instant, the large yellow dog lying in the mud pit gripped the soil tightly with its paws, its eyes flashing with excitement.

Without the slightest hesitation, he leaped up and approached Qingyangzhai like an ordinary demon beast.

Ten miles!

Sanli!
One mile!!!
"Hey, there's another dog demon here. It doesn't have any demon pet markings, so it must be an ownerless demon."

A slightly surprised voice fell from the sky.

Then, a figure dressed in a blue Taoist robe and wearing a star crown descended on a magical artifact.

"Dog demon, would you be willing to become my demon servant and follow me?"

stab~
The dog's paws stretched out, tearing the fur, and blood splattered.

A blue array plate, a thin piece, and a talisman were embedded in the flesh and blood.

The beast's eyes rose, looking past the figure in the Taoist robe towards the vast immortal land, its dog mouth opening wide:

"Wang~"

The array plate trembled slightly and shone with light, flowing with mysterious patterns. A fair hand emerged through the light.

bang~
The Taoist priest in the green robe exploded instantly, turning into blood and bones.

A crimson figure also stepped out from the radiance.

Zhang Yuanzhu held the Changhong One Qi Sword in one hand and the Wanlong Fragment in the other, staring directly at the vast immortal land.

There are endless palaces, seemingly endless mountains, a winding river flowing like a long dragon, and array patterns engraved between heaven and earth.
The young man grinned and shouted to the sky.

"Zhang Yuanzhu, a disciple of the unorthodox sect, has come to pay his respects!"

He hurled the fragment of the Myriad Dragons from his palm, unleashing its [Special Ability], "Burning Explosion," with full force.

Narrow cracks appeared on the fragment, and an inexplicable aura surged out and spread continuously.

At the same time, long howls shook the heavens and the earth, and figures soared into the sky, their auras radiating and shaking the heavens and earth.

"Who dares to cause trouble here?"

"A heretical practitioner, who tried to commit suicide but failed."

"Capture and kill the traitor, then search his soul and memories."

As for Zhang Yuanzhu, the moment he opened his mouth, he felt the surrounding space freeze, and his blood energy, magic power, and spiritual consciousness all stopped.

A pair of indifferent eyes, as detached as the heavens, gazed from the depths of Qingyangzhai.

Just by looking at him, he felt his mind shake and his spiritual consciousness crack, which was extremely terrifying.

However, the young man ignored the pain all over his body.

His smile widened, becoming unrestrained and arrogant, as he uttered a single word:
"burst!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Yuanzhu, holding Dahuang in one arm and wielding his sword in the other, slashed at Muguang.

stab~
Space tore open, and the Crimson Shadow used the teleportation array carried by the two women to locate and leave directly.

Before the Qingyangzhai cultivators could react...

Buzzing~ Buzzing~~
The fragments of the Wanlong Bell trembled.

The faint, inconspicuous sound became dull and oppressive at this moment, making every cultivator and living being feel like they were going to vomit.

Whether they were Qi Refining cultivators, Foundation Establishment cultivators, True Immortals of Qi Condensation, or Golden Core True Monarchs, they were all the same, gazing at the fragments of the sky.

It emitted a sound that went from a low murmur to an aria:

"It is not the Dao Lord, but a fragment of the Dao Venerable!"

Bang!
The fragment shattered completely under the watchful eyes of everyone, and all living beings were horrified at this moment. Heaven and earth, time and space, fell into silence.

In an instant, the palaces, mountains, and rivers tumbled and twisted like building blocks.

Then, the world turned upside down, and vision was obscured.

The vast immortal land suddenly exploded, and a large amount of air, spiritual energy, and laws were boiling and roaring.

Then, a four-layered giant wave formed from firelight, mental energy, sonic booms, and spiritual energy explosions was created, layer upon layer, scattering and flowing in all directions, sweeping everything away like a world-destroying torrent!
The sound of shattering echoed continuously. Space and the void shattered under this explosion, leaving behind a chaotic mess.

Some immortals perished amidst their roars, while others, like golden elixir cultivators, burst forth from their seclusion, their blood spilling into the void.

It was extremely tragic!

At this moment, all living beings in Yuanshui Immortal City stared blankly in the direction of Qingyangzhai.

The sky is falling!
It was as if thousands of suns had exploded, shattering the southeastern sky.

Countless strange lights and colors bloomed and spread along the crack, like ribbons fluttering, dreamlike and illusory.

But at this moment, not a single living being appreciated this breathtaking scene; only an instinctive tremor ran through them.

"what happened?"

Someone spoke, their voice hoarse, like two pieces of iron rubbing together.

There was no response, only silence.

Meanwhile, ten thousand miles away from Qingyangzhai, an old man (Senior Brother Kongding) holding a folding fan gazed at the collapsing sky and felt the blue array plate in his arms.

He turned and left, trying his best to erase all traces of himself.

A thousand miles away, at the summit of mountains and rivers, lies a hidden realm.

A woman in a gray robe leaned against a tree trunk, gazing at the collapsing sky and sensing several rapidly waning energies. She was initially bewildered.

Then, she let out a silvery laugh.

The banshee's figure flashed and disappeared.

With the opening of the Chuanyuan Secret Realm, many powerful individuals lurking in the surrounding area sensed this scene and reacted with varying degrees of unease.

Surprisingly, they all contacted the forces behind them at lightning speed.

At this moment, they no longer cared much about even their own prodigies who were emerging from the secret realm one after another.

The aftermath of the Qingyangzhai collapse incident is only just beginning.

Wow ~
In the valley, a crimson figure suddenly appeared, coughing up large amounts of blood.

Zhang Yuanzhu leaned on his divine sword with one hand, drops of blood trickling from the corner of his mouth and falling to the ground.

Even with the help of the divine sword, which shattered the True Lord's gaze, he was still severely injured.

Fortunately, everything was a success!

"Brother Tao!"

"Wang~"

Two female voices rang out almost simultaneously. Fayan stepped forward, and the Buddha light in her palm shone and swept over the young man's body.

Zhang Yuanzhu felt a gentle energy flow through his body, quickly healing his injuries and restoring his magical power.

His expression was solemn, his double pupils radiating a blue light, and a rich vitality permeated every inch of his flesh and blood.

"This place is too close to the secret realm, let's leave immediately."

Click~click~
The jade platforms in his arms shattered, causing ripples in the space, and he was about to leave with everyone.

"hehe!"

"A bunch of little rats, you stole my sect's famous sword, you won't get away."

A detached voice drifted and spread.

The next moment, the wind stopped blowing, the clouds remained still, and even the barely perceptible dust particles in the air froze, smoothing out the ripples in the space.

A hand, as white as jade, stretched out from nowhere and reached out to grasp the crimson shadow.

"You rat, you've caused quite a commotion. I've certainly put on a good show. Come back with me."

Suddenly, Zhang Yuanzhu's astonishment vanished, replaced by a chilling smile.

"You old pigs and dogs, you really came!"

(End of this chapter)