The True Lord has arrived

Chapter 193 The Wonders of Supreme Transformation
As the young Taoist's voice fell, a malevolent aura seemed to linger around them.

The landowners turned ashen-faced, wishing they had ears to hear such words that the Eastern and Western Peaks of the Five Sacred Mountains were about to go to war.
As mountain gods and local deities, they are likely to be drawn into this mess.

Zhou Yan's blade shattered this avatar of the True Lord of the Western Peak. Before the True Lord of the Western Peak dissipated, his killing intent was crystal clear. Zhou Yan knew that killing the peacock bird would surely provoke the True Lord of the Western Peak's intense killing intent, even if the other party had provoked him first.

The True Lord of the Western Peak would not think it was the peacock's fault.

Even knowing this clearly, Zhou Yan did not hesitate for a moment when he killed the peacock.

It was merely in the name of [Eastern Peak] that the killing intent of Western Peak was diverted away from Louguan Road, and then, based on the previous actions of 'Lord of Mount Tai', Western Peak was briefly intimidated to prevent the instantaneous outbreak of conflict.

However, this is merely a delaying tactic.

The battle with Mount Hua is inevitable.

Is this going to put us in direct combat with a Fourth-Rank True Lord?
Zhou Yan still felt a heavy pressure in his heart. Looking towards the direction of Mount Hua, he felt the vortex becoming more and more turbulent. The local gods looked at the young True Lord's back, at him slaying the peacock, sweeping Mount Hua, and acting decisively. They were all stunned by his spirit.

The Old Mother of Lishan nodded with considerable appreciation.

She is not a gentle and temperless goddess.

The atmosphere here suddenly became quiet. Suddenly, the peacock's true form, lying on the ground, shimmered with light, its vital energy surging like a tide, and finally transformed into a huge head.

The head was actually human-shaped, and it looked like a dignified man.

However, the strands of hair carried the essence of gold, and the severed neck was incomparably radiant. Drops of blood connected to the head and neck flowed as if alive, without dripping onto the ground.

Zhou Yan said in a low voice:
"The western heavens are endowed with the essence of gold, and Kunlun has nine heads, known as Kaiming."

The Great God of Kunlun Mountain, the Nine-Headed Enlightened God.

She is considered one of the most powerful deities in the Kunlun Mountain pantheon, second only to the Queen Mother of the West.

The peacock was transformed from one of the nine enlightened ones. When Zhou Yan killed the peacock, even its soul was frozen, and it naturally reverted to its original form. Zhou Yan looked at the huge head, exhaled, and felt his heart churning.

One of the mountain gods of Kunlun Mountain, Nine-Headed Enlightened One.

How could such a terrifying being have its head severed?

Who killed him?

He let his head fly off himself.

As Zhou Yan was pondering, he suddenly heard a loud meow. It seemed that the white jade lion cat had been greatly frightened. The local earth god of Guhuai Village cried out, "True Lord, be careful!"

Zhou Yan's expression changed slightly.

The next moment, the enormous, mountain-like head facing him suddenly opened its eyes.

Those eyes were like black jade, seemingly able to see through all things and laws under heaven.

The jade book of Zhou Yan shone brightly, and the essence of the peacock bird, karma, and the primordial energy of one of the nine heads of Kunlun, the final cause and effect, were all drawn in and surged into the jade book of Zhou Yan like a wave. In the next moment, they transformed into a series of images.

Memories again?!
Zhou Yan gripped the knife, using the Earth Soul and Heavenly Inclination to brace himself against the ground. Before him lay a scene resembling a legendary celestial palace, a jade palace towering above the surrounding mountains and landscapes. Within the palace were rare and exotic flowers, and clouds swirled around it.

Somehow, Zhou Yan figured out where he was.

Kunlun Immortal Palace.

It is one of the inescapable sources of ancient mythology and the origin of the concept of immortals and gods. Zhou Yan looked at the various treasures in his memory, feeling peaceful and at ease. He saw men and women walking through the immortal palace, each one feeling peaceful and at ease.

Such days seemed to last indefinitely. Suddenly, the earth began to tremble, and the entire sky was shrouded in blood-red clouds. The scene before Zhou Yan's eyes became blurry and began to tremble and fluctuate violently.

The rocks cracked, everything fell, and with a rumbling sound, the once peaceful and carefree Kunlun Immortal Palace began to fall. The enlightened god rushed towards the highest point of Kunlun to pay homage to the Queen Mother of the West, only to see that the supreme deity in mythology turned her head away.

The head of the Queen Mother of the West fell, and blood gushed endlessly from her neck, turning into blood-red winds, blood-red clouds, and blood-red oceans, which devoured the entire Kunlun Immortal Palace, turning the originally white jade palace into scarlet.

In that instant, Zhou Yan and Kai Ming's thoughts aligned.

"Who?"

"Who did it?"

"Who would have the audacity and the ability to kill the supreme goddess of the Kunlun pantheon, the Queen Mother of the West, in Kunlun?"

The enlightened god in the picture is rushing towards the outside of Kunlun.

The next moment, the scene drawn from the cause and effect of the jade book turned blood red in an instant, and the vision began to rotate upside down. One of the nine heads of the Enlightened One was cut off and fell from the top of Kunlun Mountain, while the other part of the body flew away to the other side.

There are faint sounds coming from the screen:
"After Buzhou Mountain, Kunlun Mountain has also been resolved."

"A top-tier mountain god capable of becoming a [Pillar of Heaven] must be destroyed."

"Next……"

"It is Mount Tai."

The head of the enlightened god fell, without a sound or movement. The scene ended there, and the scene before Zhou Yan's eyes was filled with white light. All things lost their original trajectory, and then, the scenery of Mount Li returned to Zhou Yan's eyes.

An extra page appeared in the jade book.

That page recorded the collapse of the Kunlun pantheon, representing the demise of the divinity of Kunlun Mountain. As Zhou Yan looked at the image on that page, his expression changed, and a surge of emotion rose within him.

Buzhou Mountain, Kunlun Mountain, Tai Mountain.

The Pillars of Heaven that support the heavens and the earth?
Was the collision of Gonggong with Buzhou Mountain and the demise of the Kunlun Mountain lineage deliberately orchestrated? The final voice mentioned plans to attack Mount Tai. Could it be that there were other reasons behind the fall of the Duke of Mount Tai a few years ago?

A sense of crisis crept into Zhou Yan's heart.

If, assuming, his deduction is true, then the entity that truly caused the destruction of Buzhou Mountain, Kunlun Mountain, and Tai Mountain has discovered that Tai Mountain, which should have been shattered and whose Dao Fruit had been eaten, has been revived.

The returning God of Mount Tai is still a super-upgraded version of the Lord of Mount Tai.

What will the other party do?
Zhou Yan's lips twitched. He felt that there were all sorts of troubles in this world. The more he learned and the deeper he went, the greater the vortex and crisis he encountered. The fall of the First-Rank Duke of Taishan was indeed hidden by layers of secrets.

When soldiers come, we'll block them; when water comes, we'll dam it. There's nothing more to say now that things have come to this.

Zhou Yan noticed that one of the nine enlightened leaders had an additional supernatural power within its jade talisman.

【The Flow of the Five Elements - The Great Capture of Primordial Qi】.

There were still many lands behind, and the old woman. Zhou Yan couldn't just pick up the corpse without reason at this moment. He turned around, and the lands didn't dare to look at him. They all kept their heads down.

Zhou Yan said, "I would like to trouble you all to go out and check the situation."

The land deities hurriedly ran out. Zhou Yan saw the old woman sitting by the stone table, took a few steps forward, bowed respectfully, and apologized, "I'm sorry to have startled you, old lady."

The old lady said kindly, "It's nothing. Of course we have to fight off unwelcome guests. But what are you talking about? Why did this peacock and that Great True Lord of the Western Peak come here to cause you trouble?"

Zhou Yan then recounted the events, saying, "The earth's veins in Zhongnan Mountain have changed, and the spider demon has been alerted by the peacock bird again. We don't know if there will be any danger, so you should leave here as soon as possible, old woman."

Moreover, besides this, there is also the Western Mountain, and the behind-the-scenes force that caused the collapse of Buzhou Mountain, Kunlun Mountain, and Tai Mountain. Zhou Yan gradually felt that the matter of the Weaver Girl might not be so simple.

The old woman sat quietly, but said softly:
"I would like to leave, but I can't."

Zhou Yan grasped the meaning behind those words, but the old woman naturally changed the subject, smiling as she asked, "Speaking of which, you've offended that True Lord of the Western Peak. It seems you're in for a good fight. Can you win now?"

Zhou Yan honestly replied, "Let's split it 30/70."

The white jade lion cat rolled its eyes dismissively.

Zhou Yan said, "He could have broken me into seven pieces in three breaths."

The Old Mother of Lishan was taken aback, then amused, and said with a smile, "You child, so quick-witted, why did you offend him?" Zhou Yan said, "He's already come to bully us, if we back down now, wouldn't he become even more unreasonable?"

"That peacock is planning to eat us all today."

"Hmm, that makes sense. So what do you plan to do?"

Zhou Yan said, "If we are weak, the enemy's retaliation will come immediately. It would be better to show the enemy our strength, to appear weak when we are strong, and to appear strong when we are weak. In this way, we can use the interplay of reality and illusion, and with the things that happened before, we can buy some time..."

The Old Mother of Lishan looked at the child and said with a smile:
“The True Lord of the Western Peak has extremely high cultivation and strong offensive power. Before being conferred the title, he was already at the fourth rank. You can fool him now, but judging from your temper, you will probably encounter all sorts of troubles when you travel around in the future.”

"Then let me ask you, what if those powerful beings aren't afraid of your threats and insist on capturing you?"

Zhou Yan said, "Then I'll run."

The Old Mother of Lishan continued, "What if you can't escape? The speed at which a peacock can fly is extremely high, but there are creatures in this world that can fly even faster than a peacock."

Zhou Yan said, "I might not even run into those few."

The Old Mother of Lishan smiled and said, "If you are content with worldly affairs, then it's fine. But once you want to do something, you will definitely encounter problems. Besides, you are in the open while others are in the dark. If they really want to ambush and assassinate you, what will you do?"

Zhou Yan fell silent; he really didn't know what to do.

This world seemed to be the same as his, but in reality, the differences were enormous. Perhaps it was because there were cultivators in this world that he always felt that the geographical scale of this world was not quite the same as his hometown.

Everywhere, the famous scenic spots and historical sites still have the same names, but they seem much larger than the hometown he knows.

Is it because there really are immortals living there?
Now, the Six Realms and the Four Sacred Mountains are all enemies; there is also the mystery of the collapse of Kunlun; the conversation between the First Emperor and the Duke of Taishan, layer upon layer of confusion envelops him.

The title of Lord of Mount Tai and the status of the God of Mount Tai gave him great assistance, but the price was that he himself was already caught in the vortex.

Zhou Yan looked at the old woman in front of him, and a sudden inspiration struck him. He said:

"Please teach me, old lady."

The Old Mother of Lishan smiled and said, "You are already in the light. If you want to return to the shadows, the only way is through change. There are also all kinds of gods and ghosts hiding in the world, hiding in all directions, trying to harm you. You need to be able to distinguish right from wrong."

"Although your eyes have the effect of the Dharma Eye, they are not yet at the highest level. Speaking of which, I happen to know a little bit of transformation magic. If you learn it, you can avoid disasters and save your life."

The white jade lion cat looked dazed.

The cat stopped licking its paws.

No, what?

[Nuwa, an ancient goddess and emperor, had a human face and a snake's body, and could transform seventy times in a single day.]

It is the being in this world most skilled in the art of change.

Why should I teach him?! Teach me! Teach me, and I can conjure up the ball!
Me! Me! Me! I'll become four!!!

The Old Mother of Lishan said, "However, if you want to learn, you are still missing something."

Zhou Yan asked, "What is the old woman saying?"

The Old Mother of Lishan looked at the Zhongnan Mountain range and said:

"My methods are simple, only used to avoid disaster and protect your life."

"But there is a small requirement. After all, once a living being is born, it is determined by its acquired nature. The art of transformation is not an illusion, nor is it false. One must return to the innate Qi to learn my little trick."

"The spider you mentioned is lurking in the earth's veins. Get rid of her for me. She has been tainted with a trace of innate energy. If you take this innate energy, you can learn my methods."

Zhou Yan thought of the demons of the Weaver Girl lineage, who were all skilled in transformation. The incomplete transformation technique he knew came from Zhu Zicheng's jade talisman. So it seemed there was a reason for it.

Zhou Yan said, "Even without your request, I would still kill her..."

Boom! ! !
Just then, the earth's veins suddenly began to shake.

Zhou Yan steadied himself by stepping on the earth's veins, and helped the old woman up. At the same time, the Earth Soul Blade in his hand grew larger, its blade pressed against the ground, and he sensed the changes in the earth—

The peacock had previously devoured the land, serving as a warning to the weaver.

Weaver Girl already knew about the Taoist sect's plans, and in despair, she went completely berserk!

Zhou Yan sensed it. The entire Zhongnan Mountain's geological veins suddenly flowed like a tide, eventually converging at a certain point and enveloping the great demon Weaver Girl within them, as if nurturing something. For a very long, very long time—

A loud, pulsating sound rang out.

This sound, originating from the depths of the earth, swept across the land, causing a slight tremor. Living beings panicked and fled in all directions, and cracks appeared in the ground. To ordinary beings, this was the beginning of a calamity; to Zhou Yan, it was clearly the sound of a heartbeat.

Thump! Thump, thump!
Zhou Yan's pupils contracted violently.

What a terrifying demonic aura!

In Louguandao, the grand ritual was completed. The talismans, the altars, and the incense were burning brightly, faintly transforming into a huge array. Zhou Yan had been missing for fifty days, but the preparations for the grand ritual only required forty-nine days. Now the arrow was on the bowstring, but he was nowhere to be seen.

Xiweizi cried out, saying:
"Uncle Master."

"Master-uncle!"

"They're still not back?!"

(End of this chapter)