The Ancient Saint Emperor of the Heaven-shading

Chapter 105 Thunder God Investigates Imperial Mountain, Underworld Underworld Undergoes a Shocking Transformation

Just as the Child of Rebirth and the Daughter of Ruins appeared at the gate of the Ziwei Sect, another figure appeared outside another place called Ancient Emperor Mountain in the northern region of the Eastern Wilderness.

It was a young man who emerged from the Divine Ruins. His blue body was strong and powerful, interwoven with streaks of silver lightning. As soon as he appeared, he caused a change in the celestial phenomena, turning the clear sky into a dark cloud cover. In no time, wind and rain began to blow, accompanied by thunder.

This is a saint, who has even traveled a great distance and could easily tear apart the ancestral king.

"Descendants of the Eight Divine Generals of the Immortal Emperor, heh, you don't even participate in the battle against the Underworld, but instead you're sneaking around here doing something. I'd like to see what you're up to!"

The being known as Thor sneered, and a strange artifact appeared above his head, protecting and concealing him, before he stepped into the Ancient Emperor Mountain.

"He actually wants to go to that place. Is there another danger in this world? The Undying Emperor left behind..." Although the Daughter of Ruins was far away in the Central Continent, she observed this matter through her Heavenly Eye and her expression changed as she recalled the source of darkness from the past.

Boom! Just as the Prince of Rebirth was about to speak, a violent tremor suddenly came from the direction of the Western Desert. Nine beams of light pierced through the outer realm, and even star clusters were blasted down. Galaxyes burned and collapsed in patches, falling inch by inch, forming one magnificent meteor shower after another.

"That's truly insane, unleashing nine supreme divine weapons at once." Wang Shengzi shook his head, a hint of apprehension flashing in his eyes. This kind of fighting style could probably only be withstood by a forbidden zone of life like the Underworld.

The woman of the ruins remained silent, her divine eyes gazing towards the western desert, observing the battle situation there.

"A bunch of ants dare to challenge a dragon? I admire your courage, but I can't help but laugh at your stupidity. Venturing into the underworld? Heh heh, even the Heavenly Court didn't do that back then!"

With a boom, a majestic voice emanated from the Bone Hall, ancient and weathered, yet also possessing an air of dominance. The Blood Demon Great Sage appeared, his cold gaze sweeping over the dilapidated burial pit, then suddenly darkened, revealing his displeasure.

"What are you pretending for!" The main god couldn't stand his attitude, so he swung the Ascension Cauldron and smashed it fiercely. The blue waves rippled for billions of acres and swept out, but it was blocked by the revived Quasi-Emperor Killing Array just before it was about to hit the opponent.

Wang Hongwu's Heavenly Eye quickly realized that the burial pit had actually been set up with two interconnected killing formations. However, the nine ancient imperial weapons caught them off guard and destroyed half of them. Only this quasi-emperor killing formation was revived, but it still possessed power far exceeding that of a Great Saint, no less than the power of a quasi-emperor's hand suppressing it.

The Great Sage of Blood Sin remained silent, still maintaining his superior demeanor as he looked down upon everyone. His gaze fell upon the Sun King, who was the embodiment of the departed me. This was the very person who had killed Yama's son, repeatedly causing him unease and creating trouble for the Underworld. Perhaps today was the perfect opportunity to eliminate him.

"Although it's strange how you got into the Netherworld node, it doesn't matter. You attacked from within the small world to avoid being exposed, but you forgot the most important point: this small world was built by us and is under our control at any time."

Behind him, the Great Sage Tengshe stepped out and coldly cast a hand seal, causing the node world where the Alliance of Myriad Races was located to shake.

A loud hum! The surrounding world suddenly changed, pressing forward, with raging Dao flames forming a cage that threatened to reduce everyone to ashes.

The underworld went mad, sacrificing this small world. Screams erupted in waves, and the members of the Alliance of Ten Thousand Races were instantly killed or wounded, unable to resist, and turned to ashes.

"These lunatics, who would inscribe a killing array in the node world responsible for the passage? The Underworld is in such a state now!" Duan De cursed, hurriedly throwing out array platforms to protect himself. It wasn't just the burning world that was breaking apart, but also the array patterns he had set up were self-destructing, all of them Saint-level.

Seeing this, Wang Hongwu understood why there were Soul Summoners stationed in the Node World. They were proficient in Origin Arts and were responsible for inscribing array patterns so that they could be used in critical moments.

At this moment, those without the protection of sacred artifacts would surely die. A saint-level power was required for defense, as the fluctuations were beyond the reach of ordinary people. Vibrant faces turned into withered bones and ashes.

"Don't panic! We're prepared too. Set up the array platform, throw out the array flags, and fight our way out!" Great Sage Yanqi roared, taking the lead in clearing a path to leave the node world.

Behind him, warships and fortresses released array diagrams, fully reviving, and the two sides engaged in a great clash of array patterns, testing each other's strength.

Both friend and foe were stunned and couldn't help but feel horrified. This was definitely a killing calamity. If one side was even slightly weaker, they would be immediately annihilated. In an instant, the light of the array patterns roared, even obscuring the strange phenomenon of the world exploding and burning.

The sky and the ground were ablaze with vibrant colors.

After a while, the array patterns finally dimmed, leaving the ground in a mess of fragments of divine materials. The array platform had consumed countless treasures, which were now just scrap.

The overwhelming killing intent slowly dissipated, and endless sorrow and vicissitudes rose up. This was the lament of the ancient artifact. It was completely destroyed in one battle, and only 80% of the alliance's experts successfully broke out of the small world. Some even perished within it!
It took a long time for people to come to their senses, their faces pale, because that one battle alone had consumed a great deal of resources, enough to bankrupt the royal family.

"How many Saint-level magic arrays were destroyed in total?" "About thirty?"

"The estimate is too low. There should be at least fifty or more, possibly even eighty-one!"

"It's hard to describe, it's too terrifying. The calamity light was endless and countless. Tianchuan Ancestral King was too miserable. He unfortunately fell into the center of the array pattern explosion and was affected by ten Saint-level killing arrays at the same time. Even if he opened up one world after another, he couldn't withstand it and was strangled to death."

Their expressions were complex. In a single moment of combat, many lives were lost. Only those who have experienced it can truly understand. Otherwise, such terror is merely a numerical concept, not a stirring of the soul.

Scattered debris and scattered relics were a sight rarely seen in history. The people fell silent, weapons in hand, chariots in hand, and continued their advance. Today's battle had brought them to this point, and there was no way to retreat. Only by completely destroying the burial pit could they do justice to the fallen.

"Hehe, go ahead, don't be afraid of death. The more living beings that die, the better. The more corpses, the more advantageous it is for us." With a wave of his hand, the Blood Demon Great Sage summoned the Netherworld army that had been waiting in ambush to charge out. Those left behind were not the low-level Yin soldiers and generals, but cultivators from the Netherworld, true warriors who could communicate with the spirits of corpses.

Moreover, they were well prepared. When the two sides were still a hundred feet apart, they unleashed their sacred artifacts and array patterns. Furthermore, war chariots, airships, flesh-and-blood corpse demons, and skeletal behemoths charged up, all of which were war machines meticulously crafted by the Underworld.

Kill! The Alliance of Ten Thousand Races also responded. In addition to sacred artifacts and war fortresses, they also offered ancestral blood as a sacrifice to the heavens, took out the altars they had set up, and guided the war spirits of their ancestors back. All of them had holy might and fought fiercely. The royal family members even released puppets made of special materials.

The six saints of the Ziwei Sect rushed through, scattering countless crystal petals in the sky. The forbidden Ziwei Emperor God Flower reappeared in the mortal world, but no one objected to its use by the people of the underworld. The flower bloomed brilliantly, but it was also accompanied by the fall of life, creating a scene of tragic beauty.

With a long roar, the Holy Prince charged into the crowd, swinging a large black club, striking east and west, south and north, sweeping in all directions. His whole body was engulfed in golden flames, like a star exploding there, exceptionally dazzling.

The Netherworld trembled violently, and the mountains, as if made of paper, either turned to ashes or flew up like straw. He forcibly destroyed swathes of Dao patterns.

Huang Xudao strolled by, raising his hand to send hundreds of mountain ranges flying and hurling them into the depths of the array patterns that erupted ahead, dismantling the offensive there. With a flick of his wrist, he sealed the key point of the Dao trace. As his sleeves fluttered, swarms of powerful Yin spirits crumbled, unable to resist this killing force. The resurrected corpses of powerful figures charged forward, but were defeated by his merging with the Dao, sweeping away all enemies.

The Golden Celestial Maiden, her body shrouded in divine light, vanished with each step, creating a golden gate that unleashed endless weapons that swept across the path ahead. The golden divine treasure opened a terrifying and boundless way. She and the Dragon Maiden stood to the left and right, respectively. On one side, the sound of bells rolled, and meteorites fell from the sky, forming a purple dragon that surged and cleared a path. The two seemed to be competing with each other, constantly attacking and fighting, each trying to gain the upper hand.

Fire Kirin roared, his blood energy transforming into a tornado that forcibly pulled out tens of thousands of Yin soldiers. Then, with a single punch, he shattered them all in the sky, simple yet brutal, with bone fragments and blood splattering everywhere.

"After suppressing it for so long, today is the time to put it to use!" Yuan Gu directly drew down the lightning tribulation, triggering his breakthrough. A vast heavenly tribulation descended from the sky, excessively ferocious. It was not just bolts of lightning, but an entire ocean, blazing and dazzling.

Ah!
Many evil spirits cried out and vanished into thin air. They had been lurking in the shadows, ready to strike at any moment, but now they were reduced to ashes.

"Who taught you all this? You're always summoning lightning tribulations!" Duan De muttered, his lips twitching. He couldn't stand it anymore. The lightning in the arena was too intense. This was a lightning tribulation of the level of an ancient prince. Yuan Gu was even deliberately rushing towards the direction of the underworld saints, which scared them into constantly retreating. At the same time, they attacked from afar, trying to stop it, but all of them were blocked by the revived quasi-royal artifacts.

People felt a chill run down their spines. The battle had escalated to this point, filling them with dread. If they were to get involved, they would surely die.

Everyone kept their distance, fearing they would be caught in the lightning tribulation. *Poof!* Blood blossomed, and another half-saint fell. A fist shot out from behind his head, shattering him into a blood mist with a slight tremor. Then, Wang Hongwu emerged from the mist, his aura growing stronger. His divine restraint state had triggered the "All" secret technique, reaching his strongest state to date. His physical attributes had improved in every way, and even his primordial spirit was crystal clear, full, and incredibly abundant.

"The secret of the character 'Lin' has miraculous effects." He murmured softly, continuously circulating this secret, spreading out waves of tangible 'pressure' that solidified the void. His entire body shone like a god, his flesh and blood radiant, like a bright lamp in the celestial realm, illuminating countless mountains and rivers, while remaining completely untainted.

Even more terrifying, from the top of his head, a blood-red light reflected his destiny, and one scene after another appeared, shooting into the sky, showing a king of divine prohibition rising and marching toward the supreme throne.

This scene is somewhat terrifying and shocking. How could a Dao Slayer achieve this? The crown of his head shines, reflecting the Mandate of Heaven, illuminating mountains and rivers as he seeks to become emperor!

The Great Heavenly Tribulation Technique! In the next moment, Wang Hongwu's long-accumulated power suddenly erupted, and the Thunder Sound Tree within his body grew out all at once, supporting the sky and touching the earth. From the Thunder Pool in the tree crown, a phantom of a divine spear shot out, instantly summoning a vast expanse of dark clouds from the sky above the Netherworld.

He unleashed a deadly move, specifically targeting the underworld, to summon the heavenly tribulation to descend upon the world. This move had always been secretly prepared and had never been used directly before. In addition, the unusual phenomenon of the move had changed drastically, so he was not worried about being exposed.

Boom! How many evil spirits and monstrous creatures from the underworld are there? Not to mention the hundreds of thousands of people here. The reaction caused by so many lightning tribulations converging together is terrifying. Even the saints' pupils shrank, and they couldn't help but retreat, feeling a great sense of unease.

The next moment, endless lightning struck the Netherworld, followed by the eighty-one layers of the Purple Heaven Tribulation. It was the light of the Great Dao, which transformed into purple energy and pressed down, supreme, vast, and incomparable.

As you can see, the Nine-Nine Great Calamity descended upon the mortal world, each layer like a new heaven, shrouded in purple mist, pressing down on the starry river until it collapsed, and in a single encounter, tens of thousands of beings from the underworld were reduced to ashes.

The sheer size of the Thunder Sea surpassed human imagination and was incomprehensible, transforming this place into a cursed land where any life that entered would be shattered.

All the saints were stunned, and even the ancient royal heirs turned around to look, unable to believe that such a large-scale scene and the extent of the damage could be accomplished by one person!
"Is he really only at the Dao Severing stage? Or did he secretly undergo the Sainthood Tribulation?" Even the Saint King from beyond the realm was filled with doubt. Could a mere king really achieve this? He would have believed it more if it were another Saint King!

The demons of the Gouchen Starfield trembled, their eyes burning with fervor. "This kind of move, acting on behalf of Heaven to punish? Is it the legendary power of a true dragon?"

His supernatural powers were on full display, drawing everyone's attention and making this place the center of attention, while countless bolts of lightning became mere decorations.

"Retreat!" The Great Sage Blood Demon stared intently at Wang Hongwu, and at this moment he had no choice but to order the army to retreat. At the same time, he summoned a huge array pattern, which could avoid the lightning tribulation and could play a role in alleviating the crisis of the saints.

As they retreated, the Alliance of Ten Thousand Races pressed forward, their chariots rumbling and crushing through the sky. Sacred artifacts revived and attacked together, while ancient imperial weapons surged forth, sinking the remaining half of the burial pit.

Upon seeing this, everyone in the Underworld was filled with unprecedented rage. It was their most important facility, related to the spiritual transformation of powerful corpses. Now that it had been destroyed, it was as if their support and escape route had been cut off.

Next, the Alliance of Ten Thousand Races destroyed some of the ancient killing arrays and finally fought their way out of the burial pit, where they encountered the terrifying ancient palace.

The place exuded a murderous aura, the white bone gleaming with an luster that time could not erase. The palaces were built entirely of bone, and behind them lay a massive crater, as if it had been forcibly carved out, its bottomless depths emanating from it, a chilling aura that made one afraid to approach.

“You are all very strong, and I believe you are all outstanding individuals, geniuses who have never been seen before. But so what?” The Blood Demon Great Sage sneered in the dark, saying, “You were born too late. I will not give you a chance to grow up. Today, I will strangle geniuses and do the destructive thing of killing you, so that you will die in your cradle.”

Clearly, he was very audacious, intending to kill all the ancient princes and the two shining stars here. As he spoke, ten thousand divine lights rose up and rushed out from the bone palace behind him, cutting off everyone's path.

"The previous killing array was just the prelude. I'm not afraid you won't come; I'm afraid you won't come in on your own. Let the great array that can truly obliterate everything be fully activated!" A piercing voice rang out, and a monstrous energy wave surged in this direction. Hundreds of millions of beams of light appeared. It was no longer a simple quasi-emperor killing array. There were also incomplete array patterns left by the Yama lineage and the Longevity Celestial Venerable, making this area as impregnable as an iron barrel.

The aura of the great formation grew increasingly terrifying. Suddenly, a dazzling light burst forth from this place, causing chaos as the essence of the formation enveloped everyone, attempting to fully refine them.

*Pfft pfft pfft!* This display of divine might caused heavy losses to the Alliance of Myriad Races. Two Ancestral Kings were disintegrated and brutally slaughtered. Even the Heavenly King Huai Zhou was wiped out, his physical body shattered, and his primordial spirit fled in a sorry state, a truly horrifying sight.

Needless to say, those who traveled on warships and in fortresses were also annihilated along with their belongings, leaving not even a trace. In an instant, the loss exceeded tens of thousands of people.

They also saw the back of the Bone Hall, where a huge array of patterns was boiling. The figure of the deity appeared in it, transforming into a black sun that rose and fell. The quasi-emperor war corpses sat there chanting scriptures, trying to dissolve its murderous intent, appease its malice, and even have the idea of ​​turning it into their own.

"It's that deity's thought!" "The underworld really does have a way to deal with them."

Everyone was horrified. The underworld was truly terrifying; it could even deal with the thoughts of gods. If they were to actually drag this powerful force over there, wouldn't they be doomed?

Immediately, the chief god of the divine organization roared, "The turning point may lie with that deity Nian! Everyone, recite the Scripture of Salvation! Awaken his goodness and suppress the scriptures of the underworld!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Hongwu immediately threw out the bronze lamp, and the scriptures for saving people inside resounded once again throughout the underworld.

"Accumulated Yang energy forms the spirit, and the spirit takes form. Form is born from the sun, and the sun is born from the moon. Accumulated Yin energy forms the body, and the body possesses the spirit!"

All the saints chanted in unison, and the Great Sage sang the hymn. The scene was instantly filled with holiness. It could be clearly seen that a ray of light rose from each person and connected together to form an ancient and simple Taoist image.

Every person has endless potential. The scriptures created by the Celestial Venerable can enable ordinary people to unleash certain divine abilities. The Scripture of Salvation is such an example. With the combined efforts of all people, gods and demons can be saved.

In an instant, a mysterious force seemed to be stirred throughout the entire world. Everyone was unable to stop. Once the Scripture of Salvation was recited, the strange scriptures chanted in the underworld were somewhat suppressed. The latent divine energy within people's bodies surged out continuously and could not be stopped.

This underworld was dazzling, its radiance reaching thousands of miles, and many people were immersed in a strange state, constantly chanting scriptures.

As expected, the black sun formed from the thoughts of the deity was affected, rising continuously and transforming back into human form.

The old man in blue was shrouded in a black halo, filled with a demonic power, looking down upon all living beings as if he could roar and shatter eternity.

The flowing light formed by the Scripture of Salvation surrounded his body. He held the stone coffin, and even the quasi-emperor corpse spirit that had suppressed his chanting retreated far away.

This was not the Ancient Emperor of the Sun, but his evil thoughts awakening. In an instant, the entire dark underworld trembled, and cracks appeared in all directions.

People were on edge, no one dared to make a move, and they all watched nervously.

Suddenly, from the center of this black sun, two beams of dark light shot out from the eyes of the one-armed old man, fixed on the sun stone tower. With a wave of his hand, the stone tower trembled and floated above his head, with strands of chaotic energy hanging down, exceptionally dazzling.

The Sun Tower cast down divine light, cleansing its evil form and gradually making it radiant.

The old man stood silently for a long time. The black sun surrounding him slowly dimmed, the dark halo gradually disappeared, and his eyes became clear.

At this moment, the universe trembled, all directions paid homage, and the stars bowed their heads. The ancient Dao traces revived and resonated, making the direction of the Ziwei Star Domain in the outer heavens brighter than ever before, and the great sun hanging high in the universe was boiling with boundless passion.

Heaven and earth, all the myriad paths of the universe, are calling upon one revered name:
Sun Emperor!

(End of this chapter)