The Ancient Saint Emperor of the Heaven-shading

Chapter 213 The Battle of Kunlun, Devouring Alive and Dead

A massive earthquake struck the sacred mountain, triggering a catastrophe for Earth's Kunlun Mountains.

The Heavenly Court launched a massive campaign, with the Emperor himself taking action, displaying unparalleled divine might. He single-handedly tore through the defenses of five layers of extreme Dao array patterns, piercing through the Kunlun Immortal Land, a truly awe-inspiring feat.

Even the Kunlun Immortal Clan, who lived here, were stunned and incredulous.

That was a five-layered ultimate formation! How could it be torn open and breached by a single hand?
How could this be! They couldn't imagine it, their scalps tingled with fear, and they had a premonition that a calamity was about to befall them, one that would not end well.

Outside the great formation's crack, banners and drums clamored as the Heavenly Court's army marched in. All that could be seen were heavenly soldiers and generals clad in silver-white armor. The Eight Extremes Divine Generals arrived, while the two Heavenly Venerables remained hidden. Gods and ghosts surged and roared, displaying the Heavenly Court's might.

Ahead, Wang Hongwu and Cao Yusheng stood side by side, hands behind their backs, exuding an air of imperial dominance and dominating the area. It was as if the emperor himself would turn the place upside down without them having to lift a finger.

"Emperor! You actually dare to come here!" At this moment, the immortal mountain Kunlun trembled, and five powerful auras burst forth from the forbidden area below.

“There really are five Supreme Beings lurking in this place. No wonder they dared to challenge us before.” Cao Yusheng let out a soft exclamation. He didn’t expect that the Immortal Clan guys would tell the truth. With the Immortal Bell, a genuine Immortal artifact, and the Undying Immortal Array, they could indeed fight against the Heavenly Court.

Wang Hongwu remained silent, only revealing a strange smile. He never expected that in later generations, he would personally annihilate the Kunlun remnants, and now, having returned to the mythological era, he would be the one to join the attack on Kunlun.

They beat up the young and then the old, leaving no one unscathed.

As the venerable ones arrived, with a loud boom, a huge crack appeared at the place where ten thousand dragons rushed through. A giant serpent, its body radiant, burst forth from the shattered immortal source. It had a human face and a jackal's body, with wings on its back. It moved like a serpent, coiling and writhing. As soon as it was born, it was accompanied by a raging flood that submerged the starry sky.

"The Serpent, one of the progenitors of the Kunlun Immortal Clan, is it still alive?" Chuan Ying raised his stone staff, bending over like a primitive hunter, revealing a bloodthirsty look.

When the serpent emerged from Kunlun, it earned a reputation for its prowess, but it was far from enough to make the Heavenly Court wary of it.

Then another piece of immortal energy flew out from underground and suddenly exploded, releasing an aura that was far more terrifying than that of the transformed snake.

The figure that emerged was crimson like blood, covered in dragon scales, with a human head, snake body, and dragon tail. Its fierce aura was overwhelming, and its fierce gaze felt like a knife cutting into one's skin. As it appeared, a terrifying imperial law soared into the sky, causing the starry sea above to explode and chaos to collapse.

This was an overwhelming aura, unstoppable and all-encompassing. The being let out a chilling laugh: "Emperor, you dare to come to Kunlun to die? Do you really think you can rival the former Lord of the Chaotic Ancient Heavenly Court? You dare to challenge the Heavenly Emperor!"

"Zhulong, what are you so arrogant about? We're here to take you down today!" Cao Yusheng stepped forward and shouted, showing no fear and directly exposing the newcomer's background.

Zhulong! The strongest ancient ancestor of the Kunlun lineage, one of the former supreme beings who once ruled the world, and considered powerful among all those who have attained the Dao. If he were to wield the Immortal Bell, his power would be even more terrifying, and even forbidden zones would not dare to provoke him easily.

With a series of whooshing sounds, three more massive immortal sources flew out, revealing the ancient ancestors lurking within: Taotie, Taowu, and Qiongqi. Their cold gazes fixed on the people of the Heavenly Court.

If the two Heavenly Venerables had not joined, the five major imperial forces would indeed be considered evenly matched, but that was only on the surface.

The Emperor looked at them without speaking, maintaining his calm and composed demeanor.

With the Heavenly Lord so confident, the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals under his command were naturally also extremely confident, shouting in unison, "The sinful race has been so presumptuous! Today the Heavenly Court has come to punish you, why don't you surrender!"

Wang Hongwu's gaze swept across the five ancient ancestors of Kunlun. Among them, Zhulong was the strongest, followed by Huashe. The other three were all a level weaker and only possessed supreme artifacts.

The next moment, the Emperor moved, grabbing down with one hand, his five fingers covering the sky, intending to directly uproot the immortal mountain from the earth and bring it back to the Heavenly Court, ignoring the five ancient ancestors.

This scene was so arrogant that it made the five supreme beings roar in anger. They even raised their hands and made a move from the center of the immortal mountain, from which a terrifying fluctuation revived and a bell rang.

Clang! Its clear and resonant sound shook the soul. A celestial bell appeared, blocking the Emperor's hand and preventing him from taking the mountain.

It was a mysterious bell, severely damaged. The core was gone, the pendulum was missing, and there was no spirit. Only some spirituality had been nurtured later. Some ancient runes were imprinted on the bell wall, all containing strange power that did not belong to the mortal world. It was true immortal power!
The remnants of the Immortal Bell? Wang Hongwu's heart stirred, and the Six Paths Reincarnation Disc within his body also trembled slightly, as if in resonance.

At this moment, the Immortal Bell shook people's hearts and minds, and the sound waves that erupted against the Emperor were not like the attack of knives and swords, but a crushing force, no less than the entire universe pressing down, threatening to grind everyone into mincemeat.

The Emperor remained unmoved; even a celestial artifact could not deter him. He raised his five fingers together and struck, shattering countless sound waves. The impact clashed with the celestial bell, and instantly, two completely different laws of the Great Dao collided and raged. Apart from the vast Dao waves, the field was filled with chaos. The collision of the two seemed to recreate the world, and all things were destroyed.

"Heh, to fight against the Supreme Immortal Bell, you are truly overestimating yourself." Taotie sneered. That was an immortal artifact nourished and repaired by Kunlun, far surpassing all the supreme divine weapons of the world. How could human power possibly shake it?

The remaining four supreme beings also mocked, saying that Kunlun had established many great achievements with the help of the Immortal Bell, defeated powerful enemies, and suppressed the imperial path, never suffering a defeat. Now, it would only be them who would win.

However, this grand clash lasted only a moment before it ended. The Emperor's hand remained as steady as ever, unharmed in the slightest. Instead, the bell's waves grew increasingly low and gradually disappeared, until finally the Immortal Bell flew backward!
"The Immortal Bell has failed?" "Oh no, quickly block the aftershocks!"

The five Kunlun Venerables were immediately startled. At the same time, the aftershocks spread, and a group of immortals screamed. Some were pierced by the light and immediately turned into a cloud of blood mist, while others were cut in two. The scene was extremely terrifying.

The Kunlun tribe on Earth collapsed to the ground with a thud, trembling and shaking, bound by supreme pressure, almost bursting apart.

This was only because the Supreme Ancient Ancestor protected them; otherwise, the aftershocks from a single attack would have been enough to destroy them countless times.

"Raze this place to the ground and expel them. From this day forward, there will be no more immortals." The Emperor coldly declared, forcefully pressing forward and heading straight for the Candle Dragon Celestial Venerable. The latter roared, resonating with the Celestial Bell, and wielding a celestial weapon, he charged forward, intending to kill the Lord of the Heavenly Court.

The serpent, Taotie, Qiongqi, and Taowu also rushed out to confront the Heavenly Court's people.

"I'll deal with you!" Cao Yusheng crossed his arms, and countless Origin Technique Immortal Runes danced together, condensing into vast terrains. Phenomena such as True Dragons Spitting Pearls, Immortals Weeping Blood, and the Burial Pit of Ten Thousand Emperors all rushed forward to crush the enemy!

The Serpent Supreme that made the attack was hit by the counterattack, its scales shattered, and a terrible wound was torn open. Its pupils shrank. It did not expect that the terrain of the Ten Thousand Dragons Breaking Through Kunlun was also used by the opponent to counterattack itself. Those who achieve the Dao with Origin Techniques are indeed terrifying.

On the other side, Chuanying charged forward and collided directly with Qiongqi. Neither side would back down, and they fought fiercely with their four arms. The residual force spread out, causing the entire world to tremble. Then the sky collapsed and the earth surged back, truly reversing the order of things.

With a single sword strike, the God Lord cleaved the heavens, and boundless divine light, as if creating the world, was etched into all things and mountains and rivers, dispelling the ferocious beastly phenomena of the Taotie. The two powerful figures instantly fought their way to the edge of the universe, and amidst the booming and shaking, one strange phenomenon after another was unleashed: sometimes gods paid homage, sometimes there were endless ferocious beasts, sometimes there was a boundless pure land, and sometimes there was a wild and untamed wilderness.

The last Taotie stared at Wang Hongwu, then suddenly opened its giant maw, forming a vast black abyss that swallowed the sky and the earth, as if a hole had been torn open in the universe, and everything poured out and overturned into it.

"Insolence!" Wang Hongwu roared, his torrent of blood energy shattering the Thirty-Three Heavens. The five immortal spirits circled and soared around him, as if an invincible overlord was about to split the universe and swallow the starry sea. The scene was too terrifying; the universe would collapse with a single roar!

Then, the Taotie's Devouring Black Abyss was shattered by the roar, leaving nothing behind. In addition, countless beings in the vast universe had their eardrums bleeding, and were completely stunned, their primordial spirits leaving their bodies from the roar, unable to recover for a while.

Even the chaotic frontier was impacted by this roar, creating a huge crater that has never recovered, thus transforming into a secret land that has been passed down for thousands of years: the Heavenly Abyss.

"You have some skills. Are you the Mingzun who beheaded the Nine-Five Heavenly Venerable?" Taotie Ancient Ancestor realized that the person was in trouble. The aura emanating from that person was terrifying, like countless suns burning, with an alarmingly strong yang energy.

"You dare to spit blood in front of me? You're courting death!" At this moment, Wang Hongwu also made his move. With his red hair flying wildly, he appeared out of nowhere and smashed his fist into the Taotie with boundless domineering power. This was not a bombardment, but a crushing crushing blow from above! A wanton and reckless suppression!
They didn't treat the opponent as a real adversary at all, and started by dominating them.

"You're not worthy of shouting and killing, and presumptuously claiming to be superior!" Taotie roared, its massive body dazzlingly bright, and it swept over, unleashing a punch to meet the attack head-on. Boom! The two fists collided head-on, one like a phoenix blood-red gold forged, its immortal patterns burning like fire; the other like a bottomless black abyss, unfathomable, devouring everything; the aftershocks transformed into countless Dao traces, terrifying the immortals who retreated rapidly. Even so, many were transformed into a rain of light, vanishing as if evaporated, their bodies and souls annihilated.

In fact, it was just a slight breeze that barely caused any ripples, but when it touched them, they exploded. Even the quasi-emperors couldn't escape, turning into clouds of blood mist, leaving no trace of their bodies, their spirits and forms annihilated.

The Emperor is supreme and unrivaled; a single strike from him can cause unimaginable damage!
At the point of clash, however, the sky was ablaze with crimson light, squeezing out the darkness to the point of near obscurity.

The crimson light emitted by that fist was too dazzling, like a blood-red sun blazing across the sky. The immense fist intent shattered the heavens and caused all things to wither. Nothing could stop his invincible fist light, which directly crushed the fist of the Taotie Ancient Ancestor. His entire arm broke off inch by inch, and the immense force pressed him straight through, smashing through one starry river after another.

Everything along the way vaporized, and chaos surged wildly, as if we had returned to the time of creation.

The Emperor's blood was splattering, and the faces of the Immortal Clan members turned deathly pale. The once-powerful Taotie Ancestor was being suppressed, his fists splattering blood, his physical body no match for that Mingzun!
"The Heavenly Court has invaded Kunlun Immortal Mountain." "Ten imperial figures fighting, what a grand spectacle."

At the same time, both the Primordial Ancient Mine and Burial Sky Island were watching this battle closely. Five Royal Dao experts from both sides descended and fought each other, making it a true battle of gods.

In that vast chaos, some people unleashed supernatural powers of having three heads and six arms, while others unleashed the Dharma form of a thousand arms, their magical power soaring and tearing the heavens and earth apart; still others activated secret techniques, and all sorts of strange phenomena and divine forms bloomed there, dazzling people's eyes, the battle was fierce, and all paths were thrown into chaos.

"Ten Emperors are fighting! Is this going to destroy the world?!" All living beings in the myriad realms were shocked. So many figures were entangled together, fighting to the point that the chaotic frontier was boiling and the void was being annihilated. The scope of the impact was too wide. If it was not controlled, it would sweep across the universe and create a terrifying calamity.

Outsiders trembled with fear, while the battle grew increasingly fierce. The ten figures crisscrossed, their silhouettes everywhere. Countless bolts of lightning swirled around them, a world-destroying tribulation of lightning. Chaotic tribulation light intertwined, densely packed, and the ripples it emitted could shatter the universe.

In an instant, countless rays of light appeared, and a microcosm was created; in the next instant, heaven and earth collapsed, dark clouds rolled in, stars fell, and a microcosm was destroyed, thus reaching its end.

This is the Great War of the Imperial Path. In the duel, the universe is created and the world is destroyed. The constant cycle of life and death is also a kind of Dao rhythm. Some geniuses who comprehend this point attain enlightenment and break through to a higher realm on the spot. Others, like quasi-emperors, are greedy and try to understand it, but end up tragically turning into the Dao and perishing into nothingness.

Ah! The ancient ancestor Taotie roared and was sent flying by Wang Hongwu's punch. Then, Wang Hongwu stepped on the Xingzi Secret Technique, transformed his arm into phoenix wings, and struck him on the back with a palm blade surrounded by five-colored flames. The terrible wound revealed the white bone. Then, he slashed down and split him in two.

"The laws of the True Phoenix? How could you have them!" Taotie was puzzled. This attack had cleaved him in two, and its destructive power was terrifying, far beyond what the ultimate divine techniques could achieve. It immediately broke free and clashed with the immortal spirit divine link that Wang Hongwu had flung out. Its body, split in two, was still fighting, which was not at all like the behavior of a creature that had been dissected.

Standing on the imperial path, the injury to their primordial spirit is the key; the condition of their physical body has little impact on their combat effectiveness, as they are practically immortal.

At this moment, it activated its forbidden technique, transforming itself into its true form as a ferocious beast. Its shape resembled a sheep with a human face, its eyes under its armpits, tiger teeth, and human claws. Its voice was like that of an infant. Upon its appearance, it occupied an area spanning billions of light-years, and even a wisp of white breath exhaled from its mouth evolved into a galaxy.

Clearly, the Taotie Ancestor had used all its strength to fight against Wang Hongwu, unleashing its power to devour the heavens.

"You dare to claim to devour the heavens before me!" Wang Hongwu sneered. He used his physical body to suppress immortality and his speed to surpass the immortals. Now he would use the Kunpeng technique to transform into a giant Kun that would devour the heavens, and trample and defeat them in the most proud domain of the Taotie lineage!
In an instant, the edge of the universe shattered, and a figure even larger than the Taotie appeared, like a Taiyin Kun fish in human form. Its body was covered with pitch-black feather patterns, and it was accompanied by dense Taiyin immortal power that condensed into ice mist and frost, freezing billions of light-years. Space itself was solidified. It was too terrifying, like a demon lord in chaos!
Roar! In that instant, he grew to an unimaginably enormous size, opened his blood-red maw, and swallowed the Taotie Ancient Ancestor whole.

"You? You dare to swallow Taotie!" Taotie Ancient Ancestor was furious. This guy's mouth was even bigger than his real form! This is Kunpeng! Wasn't he just using the True Phoenix technique?
When will these two lineages be able to reproduce and produce offspring?

He was puzzled, but the giant maw of the Kunpeng had already swallowed him up, and all that was left for him was darkness. It wasn't that he didn't resist, but the Kunpeng's speed was so fast that he couldn't react in time!

Upon realizing they had been hit, all that remained in their ears was a tremendous roar and those dazzling, sun-like eyes, radiating a terrifying aura, flowing with golden light, and filled with murderous intent.

On the edge of the universe, the Kunpeng devours the Taotie!

This sight will absolutely shake the universe!

Then, with a snap, a large amount of blood splattered from Wang Hongwu's mouth. When he opened his mouth, his snow-white teeth were covered in blood. At the same time, you could see the shattered remains of his body struggling desperately, using their hands and feet to push against his teeth and prevent them from falling out.

In an instant, countless people were shaken to their core, feeling numb from head to toe. The scene was terrifying, practically torture!
It was truly devoured whole.

The Taotie clan, who once looked down upon the world with such secret techniques, would one day be swallowed and chewed up by someone else.

This is terrifying! Devouring the imperial path whole and munching on gluttonous beasts—this Mingzun is far too wicked!

"This person is too arrogant, even conceited. He surpasses the Longevity Celestial Venerable in the realm of physical body and the Free and Unfettered Celestial Venerable in the realm of divine speed. Now, even in the realm of devouring techniques, he wants to put a foot down on the Taotie. He is too arrogant and domineering."

Even the supreme beings within the restricted area frowned. Although the Taotie was not as powerful as them, it shouldn't have been so thoroughly crushed and humiliated. The difference in strength was somewhat unbelievable.

Snap, snap!
The next moment, Wang Hongwu chewed and crushed the Taotie, its flesh being directly refined and transformed into a powerful elixir that he swallowed.

"Hahaha, this is truly delicious! Imperial Medicine! I can't wait to harvest you all clean!" He grinned maliciously, severely injuring the Gluttonous Supreme and trampling it under his feet in the most proud and powerful domain of the race.

Amidst the blood-red mist, the Taotie's primordial spirit escaped and reassembled its physical body billions of light-years away. Its face trembled incessantly, filled with both shock and rage.

He, a man of the Heaven-Devouring Bloodline and a world-destroying fiend, actually lost to the Bright Venerable in this matter? Being severely injured in one blow is truly a great disgrace.

boom!
At the same time, another figure was blasted away from the edge of the universe by a punch. He landed on his back, tumbling hundreds of times, causing the protective bell around him to vibrate and nearly overturn.

To the astonishment of the immortals, it was actually the Heavenly Venerable Zhulong!

He was covered in blood, and even though he was fighting with the Immortal Bell, he was no match for the Emperor. He was suppressed and sent flying, falling into a disadvantageous position.

"Activate the Immortal Array! I refuse to believe that with the Immortal Bell and the Immortal Array combined, we still can't defeat the Emperor!" He was furious. He had brought immortal artifacts, yet he was still brutally beaten by the Emperor. This was utterly humiliating.

In an instant, Huashe, Taowu, and Qiongqi also retreated, joining forces with him to revive the supreme immortal array engraved on Kunlun.

These are not array patterns carved by their own people, but array formations that have existed on Kunlun since ancient times!

It is a true immortal array, incomparable to any ultimate array pattern.

At this moment, stone tablets rose from the Kunlun Mountains and stood tall and majestic on the surface, mysterious and ancient.

The steles are densely covered with inscriptions, belonging to the ancient and chaotic eras, which are incomprehensible. The last giant stele, in particular, is even taller than the others, with runes flashing on it. With its appearance, the entire stele forest seems to come alive, reflecting the desolation and vastness of the ancient era. Even the phantoms of immortals appear, descending to the mortal world.

As the celestial bell revived and unleashed its power in conjunction with the celestial array, beams of light shot out one after another. Some of these beams manifested countless ages ago, illuminating the starry sky; others soared into the future, flowing through billions of years later, with runes filling the sky. However, these beams of light did not touch any living beings, nor did they truly change any course. They were merely manifestations of a law, not reality. Otherwise, they would have truly disrupted countless ages and caused a violent upheaval.

The Immortal Bell and the Immortal Array merged into one, reaching their peak under the impetus of the Five Great Imperial Paths. Its power was so great that even the Primordial Ancient Mine and Burial Sky Island took notice.

But the Emperor remained calm in the face of all this.

(End of this chapter)