The Ancient Saint Emperor of the Heaven-shading

Chapter 315 The Newly Appointed High Priest
Above the heavens, in the uninhabited land, lies the strangulation ground of the torrent of time, a terrifying land truly transcending all and far removed from all living beings.

That place is separated from the heavens by an endless, terrifying ocean.

At this moment, someone was navigating a small boat, struggling to cross the vast sea, getting closer and closer to E'tu. As if sensing something, he sneered, "Heh, E'tu is indeed in trouble."

That person, wielding the Great Luo Sword Embryo, returned from the ancient era, stepping upon the Emperor's Bones, intending to enter the Great Thousand Worlds.

Within the land of Calamity, all was silent and cold. Today, a new chief priest was being selected. The chief priest, who was in charge of presiding over the gray and red eras, looked towards the heavens, where familiar fluctuations appeared in the vast sea of ​​sacrifice.

"Is that the person? He's still alive after all; humph, revealing his whereabouts, we'll hunt him down once the new high priest takes office."

"Don't worry about him for now. Without guidance from the land of calamity, he can't enter. Even if he's trying to ambush us, he's just asking for trouble."

The two high priests' expressions turned slightly cold, already realizing that he was one of the survivors who had escaped from the net years ago.

Back then, when the heavens were subjected to a great sacrifice, the Lord of the Reception Hall who came from all the heavens survived and entered the sea of ​​sacrifice. He even fought a great battle with the chief priests who were pursuing him. Later, as he went deeper and deeper into the sea of ​​sacrifice, the chief priests, fearing that he might get lost or that it was a diversionary tactic, stopped pursuing him. He did not reappear for a long time, but unexpectedly, he has now emerged during the ancestral war and when there is a vacancy for the chief priest.

The two high priests glanced at it and then stopped paying attention, closing their eyes and quietly waiting for the birth of the new high priest.

On the other side, on the battlefield, Wang Hongwu's bold words immediately caused a huge shock among the substitute chief priests.

Go together?

Upon hearing this, the Dao Ancestors present were first taken aback, then stared at him suspiciously. Was this person crazy? Daring to fight against all the peerless Dao Ancestors in the arena by himself?
Does he think he has already reached the highest point?

The Lord of Floating Earth and the Lord of the Underworld were even more surprised. They never expected that their former colleague would have such courage. However, they did not believe that the Lord of the Burial Pit had such strength. He was probably plotting something, perhaps related to the Supreme Technique.

"It's been a long time since I've seen such a confident junior." The red high priest couldn't help but take a second look. He single-handedly suppressed the entire scene. If he really succeeded, he would indeed be very suitable to become the new high priest. Everyone would be convinced.

The gray-haired high priest nodded slightly, saying nothing, but staring at Wang Hongwu, scrutinizing him. He vaguely sensed something different; this man had a secret. But that didn't matter. Anyone who had reached this point had secrets. As long as one's heart was that of the Evil Earth and one's person was that of the Evil Earth, that was enough. They even hoped their successor would be as strong as possible.

As for traitors, they are not worried. There have never been any in E'tu, nor will there be. The Lord of the Heavenly Emperor's Burial Pit came from the White Clan, with impeccable lineage and the most legitimate. If he really takes office, they will feel at ease.

Meanwhile, Wang Hongwu's arrogant words naturally attracted the attention of a group of Dao Ancestors.

"To fight against so many, could it be that he has studied some supreme countermeasure technique and wants to take this opportunity to use it?" The bronze giant sitting cross-legged on the bull's back spoke. His bronze body was covered with gears and star debris. His left eye was a cosmic vortex that was constantly accelerating, while his right eye was a still black abyss. As he approached Wang Hongwu, the phantom of an ancient river appeared around him, and the past and future overlapped and collapsed in the millstone above his head.

Without a doubt, this was a peerless figure who specialized in the art of time and space and created a corresponding pseudo-supreme technique.

Now, with a wave of his hand, the millstone turns, the universe is vast, and the river of time rushes and roars. It is the manifestation of the Great Dao, a section of his own river of time, drawing out all the power in that ancient history, forming a tributary; then another version of himself emerges from that tributary, drawing out a new tributary; and so on, the cycle repeats, the tributaries increase, and gradually converge into a thick main trunk.

Moreover, the main stream, centered around the stone mill, kept rotating, and with each rotation, a new tributary appeared, its momentum growing ever stronger, crashing down on Wang Hongwu.

Everyone was surprised. They never expected that someone would use a pseudo-supreme technique right away, displaying unparalleled power. This cycle, when accumulated, eventually resulted in the complete river of time washing over everything, enough to suppress all living beings below the highest level.

"Playing with time and space in front of me?" Wang Hongwu snorted and threw a punch that turned all laws to dust, incredibly terrifying. When the fist light struck the long river, it caused a violent change, affecting every tributary. The Tai Sui system spread out, occupied its origin, and seized control of it.

At the same time, the ancestral pollen and supreme power within him revived and concealed themselves, presenting an alternative posture to the observing high priests, erasing those familiar methods and powers.

Visible to the naked eye, the mighty river that had been rushing in was originally blue, but under the suppression of the Lord of the Burial Pit, it gradually became shrouded in a dreamlike color, with a metallic luster. What was even more terrifying was that the rate at which its tributaries increased was not as fast as the rate at which Wang Hongwu had taken control. With a single punch, he had already seized control of the entire river, turning it into his own, and slammed his power into the bronze giant.

Bang! The head of the peerless Dao Ancestor was smashed by a single punch. Even within the Dao runes, his body disintegrated, with true blood splattering everywhere, affected by his own magic!

Everyone felt their scalp tingle. In this first battle, Wang Hongwu had shattered the physical body of a substitute chief priest on the spot and suppressed his pseudo-supreme technique.
"True Imperial Law? Your technique has already sublimated to the highest realm!" Upon this collision, the bronze man was greatly alarmed and realized the terrifying aspect, because Wang Hongwu was different from them. After experiencing the journey to the heavens through the cycle of self-attachment and reincarnation, he had repeatedly merged with Shi Hao's other-transformation freedom, and had already sublimated into true Imperial Law!

In particular, when other peerless Dao Ancestors were concentrating, they could see that below the Tai Sui system, there were eight interconnected evolutionary paths!
He was a pioneer of the system, which meant that he had five supreme Dao Ancestors and three ordinary Dao Ancestors under his command. Who could compare to such a foundation?

Even the Lord of Floating Earth and the Lord of the Underworld showed expressions of horror, because they were shocked to discover that one of them belonged to the Lord of the River of Souls! What was going on? These two had already fought each other and even reached some kind of secret deal?
Not to mention the people in the arena, even the two high priests watching the battle from the outside were stunned, because even they had never had such a foundation back then.

In this field, the Lord of the Burial Pit has surpassed all the other Dao Ancestors present, and even the most powerful beings of all time have not been able to match him.

"Now I'm even more interested in how far he can go." Under the cover of the Ancestral Seed and the Supreme Power, the Red Priest did not notice anything amiss, but simply found it strange that this was truly a talented individual.

"Hey, I'll add fuel to the fire too!" The mysterious humanoid spider demon also moved, its back sprouting billions of blood-red threads of the Great Dao, weaving a giant net that covered all worlds. At the end of each thread hung a vortex, its true form hidden in the center of the mesh, its reality uncertain. With a slight provocation, one thread moved, igniting the evil thoughts of countless beings throughout the ages, which gathered into a karmic fire red lotus that annihilated the Dao Ancestor and burned towards Wang Hongwu.

The other substitute high priests also took action, clearly not wanting to see him reign supreme alone; however, this was to no avail. In an instant, Wang Hongwu used the Feather Emperor's pseudo-supreme technique, and a furnace composed of the Great Void Fire and the Ancient Universe Flame appeared outside his body. Yin and Yang fuels gathered, and the four poles of floating soil drifted, burning fiercely and swallowing up all kinds of external attacks.

When others tried to stop him, he killed several bronze giants. Then, Wang Hongwu's figure kept appearing in the history of this peerless Dao Ancestor, one after another, completely occupying his origin, making the bronze giant's struggle slower and slower, until his eyes gradually became dull. He then publicly suppressed a substitute high priest.

Such ferocity sent chills down the spines of all the Dao Ancestors watching the battle in the Calamity Land. How could it be so powerful?
Then, Wang Hongwu grabbed the bronze giant by the neck and threw him aside. With a stomp of his foot, ten totems manifested, all of them supreme Dao Ancestors, merging into his body to unleash their strongest battle stance.

"I told you, come at me all at once. Since you don't understand, I'll kill you one by one." With the resounding voice of heaven, Wang Hongwu's appearance changed drastically. He wore an Ancestral Dragon Helmet, spread Ancestral Roc Wings on his back, wore Ancestral Scale Boots, had Ancestral Phoenix Feathers growing on his body, and nine Ancestral Mastiff tails flicking out. He held the Thunder Emperor Spear in his left hand, held the Sword Grass in his right hand, had Ancestral Gu eyes that reflected time and space, and held the Ancestral God Stone on his two Ancestral Ant arms. He was as imposing as an imperial seal.

Following this, the four emperors, Cang Hongyu and Mie Sidi, also appeared and directly merged into it. Cang Emperor's Dharma transformed into an altar and fell at Wang Hongwu's feet. Hong Emperor's Dharma body transformed into a purple-gold armor covering his body. Yu Emperor's Dharma transformed into a pair of scarlet iron wings and fell down. The laws of the Old Man of Annihilation transformed into nine chains that surrounded him.

The moment this posture was revealed, a terrifying aura of unparalleled dominance was unleashed. At that level, a single punch could kill a supreme Dao Ancestor, and a single hand could tear apart an unparalleled figure. It was absolutely capable of reaching the strongest position below the highest level.

"Hmm? Interesting." At this moment, the nine-headed, eighteen-armed being also stood up. With a slight stomp, the entire spacetime of past, present, and future froze. His different heads swayed, each representing a different law. When they came together, they propelled his pseudo-supreme technique to a terrifying level.

"Make your move." Another bizarre being, whose two ominous substances had merged, operated its magic, transforming into a humanoid ash that constantly disintegrated and reformed, as if it had become a singularity of annihilation. Its voice carried the power to erase existence; when it whispered, the surrounding matter would degenerate into dust and eventually return to the vacuum.

Under Wang Hongwu's control, the Lord of the Soul River also brought over the Lord of the Underworld and the Lord of the Floating Earth, intending to deal with these five people directly.

At this moment, every move he made was like that of an immortal or a demon, unmatched in his power, bursting forth with unparalleled brilliance. His fist shattered the dark heavens and earth, breaking through the desolate ancient era, performing the act of creating the heavens. The spider demon's Great Dao grid was shattered and torn apart by him, and its entire body was affected, constantly swaying.

"It's useless. My law weaves the Great Dao, encompassing all realms. In places crisscrossed by spiderwebs, my Dao is ever-renewing. You cannot harm me unless you can destroy the ancient history, the years, and the heavens and earth that I connect to." The Spider Demon chuckled, confident in its invincibility. Using its pseudo-supreme law as a shield, the other Dao Ancestors joined forces to advance. Some used supreme spells to weaken Wang Hongwu's condition; some severed the trajectory of the future, leaving only the path most advantageous to them; some constantly swapped with their past and future selves, reversing time... Various methods cooperated, advancing and retreating together, and for a time, it actually became quite troublesome and difficult to break through.

Wang Hongwu remained calm, his Hongdi armor glowing as his pseudo-supreme technique erupted. Boundless spells mixed with the power of the Heavenly Emperor's Burial Pit burst forth, stirring up a cycle of imperial decline in the arena and enveloping all those who made the move. Furthermore, he himself was also harvesting the seeds of calamity, using the small sacrifice as a means to subdue the ancestors of calamity!
It was terrifying that he was fighting against so many powerful figures all by himself. Then, the nine world-destroying chains wrapped around his body started to move, suddenly reaching into the battle and binding the nine figures, pulling them out.

As Wang Hongwu stepped into the air, he unleashed a palm strike, transforming a thousand variations and ten thousand great principles into beams of light, demonstrating the birth and death of the great world and descending with endless rules. Instantly, all nine people groaned, some losing their heads and others having their bodies shattered. They had no way to avoid it, and every move they made came from history!
The moment the action was taken, it became a fait accompli, an unalterable cause and effect.

In the blink of an eye, the nine figures were bound by chains and suppressed to the side, already defeated. Moreover, a seed emerged from their past history, occupying their origin and enlightening me to be who I am.

In the arena, the Spider Demon, the Nine-Headed Monster, and the Twin Blood Gods also rushed over; they were the last ones who could fight Wang Hongwu.

As he activated his battle form, his entire body glowed with an intense, blinding light, turning a fiery white. It was forged from the true Origin Mother Gold, immortal and indestructible. His fists were brilliant and terrifying, constantly shattering the Great Dao and tearing apart many paths of evolution. Wherever his fists struck, only wisps of residual light remained. Nearby Dao Ancestors coughed up blood and retreated, unable to withstand that power.

Even with the Spider Demon's magical protection, the three were still shaken to their core. The nine-headed monster's nine layers of magic intertwined and transformed into a giant Rashomon, which was then shattered by Wang Hongwu's punch. With sheer force, he broke through all magic, leaving everyone speechless.

The dual-blooded being roared, simultaneously releasing two ominous substances: silver patterns and amethyst. These substances spiraled and intertwined, bursting forth with a large amount of mist, from which many illusory ominous sources were derived. Accompanied by the hazy manifestation of evolutionary paths, within each source, the buds of the Dao broke through the soil and emerged as new powerful beings.

The battle in the arena suddenly intensified. In the Calamity Land, the Dao Ancestors watching the battle grew increasingly solemn. Each of those beings could sweep them aside. Who would have thought that there were multiple beings of that level vying for supremacy there? And these geniuses, whom the Supreme Beings considered to be exceptional, were completely unable to participate and were destined to become mere passersby on the path to the highest realm.

Boom! A huge tremor shook the arena. Wang Hongwu swung his Myriad Paths Fist and activated his Emperor Law. Suddenly, new figures appeared in the arena. There was him on the Black Blood Evolution Path, him on the Gray Mist Evolution Path, and all four paths of 'Other Self' appeared. This scene made everyone's expression change. They didn't even know there was such a method.
It's terrifying that he has split into different versions of himself, each with such great strength.

Without a word, the five of them moved in unison, dominating the field and pulling over both Fu Tu and the Lord of the Underworld. They sent everyone flying, blood splattering everywhere.

Especially the arrogant Spider Demon, who was unyielding to the Emperor's Law, was directly pulled up by Wang Hongwu and held in his hand.

"What do you want to do?!" It was startled, but then it saw a strange light suddenly emanating from Wang Hongwu's palm. He spoke expressionlessly, "All phenomena are illusions; the rise and fall of thoughts evolve into all kinds of phantoms, blinding your eyes; what you think and see is just your own dream. You have always been confused and ignorant. Today you are enlightened and finally understand who I am, and you are me. The lost lamb follows the guiding shepherd."

These words were not baseless; they were a real, systemic influence. The Spider Demon's expression changed. His own history and origins were under fierce attack, showing signs of collapse. He said coldly, "You are casting a curse? Unfortunately, words are meaningless and have no effect on me!"

His primordial spirit emitted boundless light to block the opponent's erosion, and the peerless imperial law protected him. However, the opponent's erosion bypassed this barrier. This was not harm, but enlightenment.

"I am dispelling the fog of the world's essence and telling you the truth. Lost sheep, return to the Lord's embrace." Wang Hongwu's voice was leisurely, and real Dao characters flew out of his mouth. With a stroke and a dot, he could create things. With a horizontal and a vertical stroke, he seemed to be reshaping Yin and Yang. When the characters were completed, all the characters were surrounded by the true form of the Great Dao. The suppressed spider demon cried out in despair.

Even as a substitute high priest, it couldn't help but feel a chill run down its spine. It fought back fiercely while being terrified. It was a peerless Dao Ancestor, how could its life and death be decided by someone's words? But the other party's words became law, and the traces of the Great Dao were clearly visible, surrounding it. It saw its true self. It felt that its body was becoming enlightened and was about to become another person!
Who am I? Who is me? These questions filled his mind. In the past, the Dao Ancestor had questioned the essence of the Great Dao, the question of truth and falsehood. In the end, just as he wished, he himself became false and turned to ashes. Now, it too has suffered such a calamity.

"What's going on?" The other two substitute high priests were also shocked. They could make their words work when dealing with those of lower rank, but to do so when dealing with Dao Ancestors in the same field was absurd. What kind of person's Dao could be so superior to others?
Under this influence, the Spider Demon was indeed suppressed. Its imperial law could indeed protect it from falling, but it could not resist the call of God. Wang Hongwu spoke the truth, which turned into a special light that cleansed his body and his primordial spirit, constructing a new history and reshaping his self-awareness and concepts.

In a sense, this is neither a curse nor a prophecy, but rather the power of the Emperor's Law, which weaves together the origin of cause and effect, gives rise to true history, creates all things, and destroys all worlds.

Finally, the Spider Demon lowered its head and fainted. Its origin was taken over by Wang Hongwu, and it fell to the side.

The remaining four were surrounded and gradually became unable to hold out. Wang Hongwu then set his sights on the nine-headed, eighteen-armed creature and directly pressed down on it. The creature was also tough enough, merging the nine-headed techniques to elevate itself and break through the existing space-time to enter other dimensions.

The dense dimensional lines intertwined to form an undulating grid, enveloping the two of them. However, one was ascending in dimension, while the other was descending. Even other substitute priests would find it difficult to resist such methods. But Wang Hongwu had mastered similar methods in his early years. The idea that all things are manifestations of oneself is also a form of dimensional ascension. He forcibly stabilized himself and was also ascending in dimension.

At this moment, the origin of the entire world has become him. Whether it is pebbles, dust, wind, clouds, thunder, lightning, celestial structures, inanimate objects, or even concepts and intangible things, everything has become Wang Hongwu. They are the countless forms that Wang Hongwu has extended in the cycle of reincarnation, and all things are one.

He is all things and all concepts; only when the whole spirit is fully perfected can there be creation. The nine-headed, eighteen-armed monster was horrified to see this, not expecting that the other party had also mastered this dimensional method. Under the collision between the two, the grid of the Great Dao seemed to shrink, collapse, and concentrate on a point. Many dimensions were entangled and exploded with a roar.

Bang! In the end, the nine-headed monster was crushed into a thin sheet of paper by Wang Hongwu; this was a dimensional reduction attack.

Wang Hongwu also appears in its history, occupying the origin and enlightening others.

Seeing this, the dual-blooded being sighed softly, and the two ominous substances began to boil, simultaneously enacting chapters from two supreme scriptures!
Only such a special creature could do this. It was originally a method he had been hiding to decide the outcome, but he never expected to be forced to use it now.

"Two ominous substances, is that something to be proud of?" Wang Hongwu scoffed, and suddenly five dazzling pillars of light shot up from behind him—black, white, gray, purple, and silver!

Five ominous substances were boiling, and five figures resembling high priests emerged together, unleashing a powerful spell that pressed down on the dual-blooded beings.

"Five ominous substances?!"

Everyone was shocked to see this. Being able to tolerate two ominous substances was already incredible, but when did someone reach five?!
This is truly outrageous, a leap too high, directly skipping over three or four types, which is even more astonishing.

In an instant, the eyes of the two high priests, one red and one gray, lit up. They stared at Wang Hongwu with delight and clapped their hands repeatedly, exclaiming, "Excellent! Excellent! We never expected such a junior to emerge from our clan. He is the only one fit to be the white high priest!"

As they were talking, the dual-blooded being had already been defeated and suppressed by Wang Hongwu. He crushed it in its proud domain and even transformed it into his own seed.

The remaining Lord of Floating Earth and Lord of the Underworld exchanged a glance, but could only sigh helplessly, because they were no match for them either. Under the siege of the five avatars, they were quickly defeated, and did not even have time to use their great magic. They were helpless and heartbroken.

In the arena, only Wang Hongwu remained, dominating the entire field, crushing all competitors, seizing the strongest Dao Ancestor position, and about to be promoted to the new Chief Priest!
"Excellent, you are very good. You have surpassed all of our high priests at this stage. Rest assured, our word is law. From today onwards, you are the new White High Priest. Prepare for the ceremony!"

The gray high priest laughed and announced the result of the contest, shocking the entire ominous tribes of the plateau. They never expected such a dark horse to emerge.

Then the red high priest proclaimed to all realms and threw out a yellow sheet of paper, which was simultaneously distributed to various dark worlds and realms.

In an instant, in every world within the Dark Realms, a piece of yellow paper burned and drifted down from the sky.

Each realm lord had a deep look in their eyes and quickly caught the piece of paper that was about to turn to ashes.

"It's decided! The new high priest has been chosen!"

Then they looked down at the yellow paper, their expressions suddenly changing.

The newly appointed White High Priest, the master of the Heavenly Emperor's Burial Pit!
(End of this chapter)