Daqin Zhentiansi

This is a phantom image of a venerable being dressed in an ancient Taoist robe with star patterns, whose face is blurred yet exudes supreme majesty.

It is not the remnant soul of the Prison-Suppressing Divine Elephant, but the manifestation of the array spirit of this ancient sealing core array, a concrete projection of the Heavenly Palace's will in this place!
"How dare you, mere mortal ants, lay a finger on the origin of the Divine Prison?" The voice of the Array Spirit Venerable was cold and ruthless, echoing among the shattered fragments of space. "Disturbing the Heavenly Venerable's array is an unforgivable crime!"

Before he finished speaking, he raised a hand in a gesture.

"Boom—!"

The laws governing the entire sealed space suddenly erupted!

The countless dark gold chains wrapped around the skeleton lit up at the same time.

Billions of runes shone brightly.

It wasn't an attack on Zhang Yuan himself, but rather it triggered the fundamental rule governing this world—suppression!
The weight of the collapsing sky!

The Nine Nether Earth Veins Imprisonment!

The decline of all spirits and souls!

The three immense forces originating from the primordial origin of heaven and earth, like three invisible ancient divine mountains superimposed, crashed down on Zhang Yuan and the void behind him!

Three Hongs, or even more powerful than three Hongs, crashed down!
The space groaned under the strain, freezing and cracking inch by inch!
This is the core power of the great formation that seals the divine elephant and thousands of divine beasts, enough to instantly crush an ordinary Venerable Realm expert into dust and annihilate their soul!
However, Zhang Yuan, who was at the center of the storm, remained completely still!

"Roar--"

The phantom of the prison-suppressing elephant surrounding him roared to the sky.

A powerful force originating from the Chaos God-Demon Body, fused with his own martial will and the indomitable spirit of the Great Qin Heavenly Dao, erupted suddenly.

"Humph!"

Zhang Yuan gave a cold snort.

Around him, dark golden chaotic divine and demonic runes shone brilliantly.

His legs seemed to be rooted to nothingness, and his waist sank slightly.

"Black Tortoise Supporting the Sky!"

It is not a magical power or supernatural ability, but rather the true essence of martial arts derived from the physical body's manipulation of qi and blood!

A dark golden tortoise phantom, even more ancient and imposing than the previous battle formations, with chaotic lightning snakes coiled around it, forcefully held back the collapsing sky!
At the same time, the "Suppressing Prison" law, which had absorbed the inheritance of the Prison Suppressing Source, flowed on its own beneath his feet, and a dark golden halo spread out.

The solidified "earth" beneath their feet instantly became harder than divine steel, firmly resisting the pulling and binding force of the Nine Nether Earth Veins!

As for the spiritual power that erodes the soul and weakens the spirit, when it touched Zhang Yuan's soul essence, which had been tempered by the destructive thunder of the Thunderfall Abyss and whose chaotic divine and demonic body was indestructible through countless tribulations, it melted away like ice and snow under the scorching sun, failing to penetrate even a little!

He stood there, as if he had transformed into another eternal and immovable prison-suppressing divine mountain, standing firm against the power of the three celestial beings!
For the first time, a clear look of astonishment appeared on the blurred face of the Array Spirit Venerable: "A mortal body... can actually bear... the aura of chaos?!"

Before its surprise and doubt had subsided, Zhang Yuan made his move!
Immovable as a mountain, yet swift as thunder from the heavens!

"boom!"

The frozen void beneath his feet was shattered, and Zhang Yuan's figure vanished instantly, appearing before the Array Spirit Venerable as if by teleportation!
There were no fancy magical effects, only an iron fist enveloped in chaotic dark gold energy!
Wherever the fist passed, the shattered fragments of space were forcibly pushed aside, leaving a vacuum passage!

As the spirit of the formation, Venerable Array Spirit reacted extremely quickly, immediately activating a thick chain that was wrapped around the skeleton to block in front of him. The runes on the chain lit up, transforming into a shield of laws.

"Heaven-Sealing Divine Shield!"

"break!"

Zhang Yuan's answer was just one word!

The force of the punches did not decrease but increased, carrying a pure will to break through all constraints and achieve divine martial arts prowess!
"Snap—!!!"

The shield of laws, powerful enough to seal and suppress divine beasts, shattered like fragile glass before Zhang Yuan's punch, which contained the immense power of his chaotic body beyond the Ten Great Hongs, the blessing of the Prison Suppression Inheritance, and the martial arts' will to break the law!

The fist pierced through the shattered fragments of law and slammed into the protective starlight hastily condensed by the Array Spirit Venerable!

"puff!"

The starlight dissipated, and the phantom of the Array Spirit Venerable trembled violently, becoming blurred and indistinct, emitting a muffled groan containing the pain of a broken law.

Its eyes were filled with unbelievable horror—

The opponent's power level has already surpassed the framework of laws that this array spirit can understand!

"The Prison Guardian Elephant... how could it choose a mere warrior?!"

The spirit of the formation was filled with shock and rage. It swung its arms, summoning more chains that came crashing down like raging dragons. Each chain carried a different sealing law.

Spatial confinement, time stagnation, gravitational crushing, soul piercing...

Zhang Yuan's eyes burned with fierce fighting spirit!

This is the perfect whetstone for him to hone his martial arts skills!
"Good timing!"

He moved like a dragon through the storm of chains, sometimes dodging the entanglements with the agility of a monkey, and sometimes smashing through the restraints with the force of a bull.

Fists, palms, elbows, knees, shoulders... every part of the body has been transformed into the most terrifying weapon!

"Iron Mountain Lean!"

"Heaven-Sealing Elbow!"

"Knees hanging from the sky!"

"Mountain-Shaking Hammer!"

"Breaking the Law Finger!"

He could wield the martial arts techniques of the Great Qin Dynasty with ease, turning the ordinary into the extraordinary!
The elbow strike was like a pillar of heaven collapsing, shattering the stagnant ripples of time!

The knee strike was like a star falling to earth, breaking free from the immense shackles of gravity!
The wind was like a divine sword that could cleave the heavens, piercing through layers of spatial confinement!
The storm of law chains, which was enough to easily annihilate a Venerable, appeared clumsy and fragile in the face of Zhang Yuan's martial arts, which was pure to the extreme and powerful to the extreme!
Each of his precise and ferocious counterattacks struck the key points or weak points in the flow of the chain's power, causing the chains to groan and tremble, and the runes of law to be extinguished!

"Impossible! Your path... is neither law nor power... what is it?!" The Array Spirit Venerable's roar was tinged with panic.

It had never encountered such an opponent before, one that could directly confront and dismantle the core attack of a Heavenly Venerable-level sealing formation without relying on magical treasures or supernatural powers, but solely on its physical body and combat skills!
"This is the martial arts of the human race!" Zhang Yuan's voice was cold as he unleashed another powerful punch imbued with the power of chaos and annihilation, piercing through layers of chain defenses and striking the Array Spirit Venerable squarely in the chest!

"boom--!!!"

The phantom of the Array Spirit Venerable could no longer be maintained, and like a glass statue struck by a heavy hammer, it shattered with a loud crash!
The phantom transformed into countless fragments of starlight and laws, wailing as it swirled back to the core of the central skeleton's heart, into the vast torrent of energy.

"Buzzing—!" The entire core sealing formation roared violently!

Without the core control of the array spirit, countless chains flashed wildly, and the light stream that drew power from the divine beast became chaotic.

The dark golden torrent emanating from the core of the skeleton's heart showed obvious signs of stagnation and fluctuation.

Amidst the chaos and flickering light, before the core of the skeletal heart, in the place where the primal power of countless divine beasts converged, a faint yet incredibly pure golden soul shadow, containing endless sorrow and indomitable will, slowly coalesced and emerged.

Its shape is vaguely resembling a prison-suppressing elephant with its head raised and a roaring cry, bearing the Heaven-Splitting Chains on its back!

The remnant soul's gaze traversed the void and landed on Zhang Yuan.

In that gaze, there was no majesty or coldness of the array spirit, only the vicissitudes and weariness after countless ages of suppression, and... a faint hope that finally saw the possibility of liberation.

"You... you bear the burden of chaos... you have drawn upon my very essence..." The voice of the remnant soul resounded directly deep within Zhang Yuan's soul, weak yet carrying the weight of a mountain range, "Not the Heavenly Palace... not the Heavenly Venerable... so it was a variable..."

The surviving elephant spirit raised a nearly transparent golden foreleg, carrying the weight of eternity, and gently touched Zhang Yuan.

The movements were slow, yet they seemed to be drawing upon the power of the entire sealed space.

The remaining will of the array spirit transformed into an invisible torrent, carrying the last essence and ten-thousand-year-old indomitable legacy of the Mountain-Suppressing Divine Elephant, and poured into Zhang Yuan's body with a roar!
In an instant, the scene before Zhang Yuan's eyes collapsed, and his consciousness was pulled into a chaotic and vast illusion.

He seemed to transform into a colossal, towering elephant of chaos, its four legs shattering the void and chaos. With a flick of its long trunk, the clear and the turbid separated, and earth, fire, water, and wind surged forth, while stars were born and fell from its pores.

That is the oldest memory of the divine elephant bloodline originating from the creation of the primordial world, containing the primordial power to bear the heavens and create the universe.

The creation of heaven and earth!
The scene shifts, and a colossal elephant stands on the primordial land, carrying the blue sky on its back, suppressing the nine netherworlds, and holding down the power for eternity!

Countless ferocious demons and raging star beasts charged forward, only to be crushed into dust by its foot, and stars collapsed as its long trunk swept across them.

Each act of suppression resonated with the earth, and the laws of nature submitted beneath its feet.

That sense of "suppressing the prison" was extremely domineering, a manifestation of absolute power controlling the rules.

What followed was endless darkness and confinement!
The icy chains of heaven pierced through the stars, wrapping around the giant elephant's limbs and neck, and digging deep into its divine body!

The colossal elephant roared to the heavens, its cry shattering the Milky Way. It struggled desperately, causing the earth to crack, the sky to crumble, and countless stars to fall.

However, the chains tightened more and more, flashing with the cold and merciless runes of the Heavenly Palace's laws, drawing away its power and attempting to obliterate its will.

That tragic will—filled with resentment, anger, and utter exhaustion yet still unyielding—burned Zhang Yuan's soul like a tangible flame!
He empathized with her.

The excruciating pain, as if his bones were about to break, and the heavy burden of carrying the weight of countless lives, seemed to press directly on his shoulders.

The final image freezes on the moment the divine elephant collapses, exhausted.

Its gaze pierced through eternity, looking in the direction of Zhang Yuan.

There were no words, only a pure, indomitable fighting spirit and a profound will to protect, carrying the last hope, etched into the depths of Zhang Yuan's blood like a brand.

It carries not only chains, but also the responsibility of protecting the ancient land!
This strength is the foundation, the responsibility, and the clarion call to fight back!

Boom! ...
Outside Shenxiang Mountain, the earth and sky trembled violently!
An unprecedented, vast, profound, and indomitable aura, like a colossal beast awakening from its slumber, erupted with a thunderous roar centered on Shenxiang Mountain!

A dazzling golden light mixed with dark, primordial energy shot straight into the sky, briefly tearing apart the chaotic dust storm that shrouded the wasteland!

At the heart of the wasteland, both the Sky-Splitting King and the Moon-Sinking King trembled violently, their bloodlines boiling and roaring like never before, their power rising uncontrollably, and the symbolic mark on their foreheads shining brightly!
Not only the two of them, but also millions of creatures from small and medium-sized tribes on the wasteland, who depended on the two royal families, felt their dormant bloodlines ignite!

Withered vines sprout new emerald buds, aged scales gleam with metallic luster, and the sand wolf's claws flash with the sharpness of Geng metal...

The shackles of bloodlines shattered, and power awakened wildly in resonance!

Above the wasteland, an invisible war cry surged like a tide, the collective shout of an indomitable will that had been silent for millennia!

"This... the power of the Divine Elephant Ancestor... is about to fully awaken?!"

As the Sky-Splitter King felt the surging power within his body, far exceeding the third level of the Returning Void Realm, his scarlet bull eyes widened in shock.

Shen Yue Wang Rushan's body trembled slightly, his rough hands gripping his ancestor's leg bone tightly. For the first time, his ancient face revealed excitement and piety: "It's him! Fire General Zhang Yuan! He has activated the true core inheritance of the ancestor! He is... awakening the soul of the wasteland!"

Several powerful clan leaders who sensed the changes in the heavens and earth and led their people to approach the core area looked at the towering pillar of light and felt the collective boiling of the wasteland bloodline, and their expressions changed drastically.

"Fire General Zhang Yuan!" the Soul-Crying Bird Elder with bony wings on his back and a chilling aura hissed, "He's not here to annihilate the wasteland at all! He's here to... ignite this fire, to transform the dormant bloodline into a raging inferno against the Heavenly Palace!"

The fire lizard leader, whose body was covered in lava scales, suddenly looked up in the direction of the wasteland blockade: "Not good! The Heavenly Palace army has moved! They're heading straight for Mount Shenxiang!"

Before the words were finished—

"Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!"

Beyond the wasteland, the three hundred crisscrossing, cold, and sky-sealing guardian sightseeing chains suddenly flashed with a blinding light of killing intent!
The imperial edict from the Patrol Division above the Nine Heavens has arrived!

The three million Heavenly Palace army made no attempt to conceal or hesitate any longer. Driving the Thunder Chariots, Shattered Star Cavalry, and Demon-Locking Crossbow Formations, they surged forward like a cold, steel torrent, abandoning the barren tribes along the way. They charged towards the source of the anomaly at Shenxiang Mountain—the core area that exuded the aura of their ancestors!

The void trembled, and a chilling aura froze over thousands of miles!

A sharp glint flashed in the eyes of Shenxiang Clan's King Shenyue, who instantly understood Zhang Yuan's true intention in sealing off the wasteland and driving away the hundred tribes—

The purpose is not to slaughter, but to use this army of three million as a chain to isolate the inside from the outside, and to buy time for the action of awakening the ancestors in Shenxiang Mountain!

Now that the power of our ancestors is about to be revived, the Heavenly Palace's henchmen are determined to strike at the heart of the enemy!
May the spirits of our ancestors protect us!

Fire General Zhang Yuan is awakening our clan's origins in the mountains!

"Roar—!!!" King Shenyue roared to the sky, his voice echoing across the wasteland and filled with resolute will: "Wasteland people! The Heavenly Palace intends to exterminate you! Follow me—to stop the enemy! To disrupt their great path!"

The roar stirred the mighty will surging forth from Shenxiang Mountain, instantly resonating with the boiling bloodline power of billions of creatures in the wasteland!
King Shenyue stomped his four feet on the ground and unleashed his full power of "Suppressing the Eight Desolations" without reservation!

"Boom!"

The invisible gravitational field in the void ahead suddenly twisted and collapsed!
Several massive "Thunder Chariots" that were charging ahead and trying to rush towards Shenxiang Mountain crashed into an invisible barrier of the mountain. Their outer shells twisted and deformed instantly and exploded with a bang!

The violent energy surge was firmly imprisoned and annihilated by the distorted gravitational field!
He forcibly blocked and tore apart a passage leading to Shenxiang Mountain!

"Entangle them! Stir up the power of the Great Dao, making it impossible for them to move an inch!"

King Lieqiong roared, instantly understanding King Chenyue's strategic intentions.

The illusory image of "Sky-Splitting Horn" above his head solidified into a tangible form, carrying the destructive power of the Returning Void Realm. Instead of seeking a way to break through, he crashed hard into the dense "Shattered Star Heavy Cavalry" formation on the other side, which was also pointing towards Divine Elephant Mountain!
The objective is clear: create chaos and hold the enemy back! (End of Chapter)