Dao Cheng Gui Xian

Chapter 358 - The End! Controlling Life and Death
The Ziwei Destiny Star trembled incessantly, and Li Wushou's divine soul pressed against it.

Holding the Destiny Star in his arms, he didn't rush to add incense ash to suppress it. Instead, as if he couldn't control the Destiny Star, he shone it on the remaining Water Dragon King Yin Spirit.

The Water Dragon King Yin Spirit, which had already been drawn close by Canglan, was immediately swallowed by the Destiny Star, with six of them being devoured.

Li Wushou originally intended to swallow the remaining five as well, but on the one hand, he noticed Wu Zhuangyuan's movements, and it seemed that the other party was about to make a move.

On the other hand, the struggle of the Destiny Star intensifies, and if it swallows another one, Canglan might actually break free from its control.

After thinking for a moment, Li Wushou took out a pinch of incense ash from the invisible golden elixir and pressed it onto his life star.

The star that had been struggling had completely fallen silent.

Li Wushou was overjoyed. Regardless of Wu Zhuangyuan's purpose, he had already achieved his goal for this trip.

But the gains go far beyond that, looking back.

At this moment, the three celestial gods stood frozen in place, each with a golden finger growing from between their eyebrows.

Li Wushou activated the old beggar's divine methods, using the incense from the seventy-two branches of the Jinjing River as the foundation for its creation.

Before the grand ceremony began, he felt it would be difficult to defeat the three gods at the same time.

Because of the many methods he had left inside Shui Sheng's body during these days, he could help him counter the god who had buried Shui Sheng.

Therefore, his plan was only to capture one god; the rest would require more effort.

What I didn't expect was that Canglan's "worship of heaven and earth" was not a sacrifice to heaven and earth, but a sacrifice to heaven and earth. It directly sacrificed all the living beings in the divine realm, and used the prestigious people recommended by each branch as anchors to gather incense on these people.

In this way, the incense offerings of the seventy-two branches of the Jinjing River, which had long been under Li Wushou's control, were divided into three equal parts and three equal parts, which entered the Yin spirit body of the recommender as part of the divine burial performed by the three heavenly gods.

Unfortunately, the other party also stored the incense energy in their destiny star.

Even Li Wushou had to admit that his calculations over the past ten days were no match for the inspiration of the three celestial gods.

If I had known this was such a good thing, wouldn't it have been better to just sleep more during those days of cleansing?
Composing himself, he saw Wu Zhuangyuan's golden giant hand reopen, stabilizing the void in a grasping motion.

Li Wushou instructed Chi Xiu to try to remove the incense mirror that reflected the moon, as he could sense that the aura of the calamity star in the moon was still there.

The other party might have some other means of escape. I don't have time to get entangled with them. I'll leave it to Chi Xiu to try. Wu Zhuangyuan is on guard. I should take the fate stars of the three gods first!
His divine soul left his body, and Li Wushou took a step forward, his divine soul appearing beside the three celestial gods.

First, he took the incense mirror reflecting the sun, which the three of them were holding tightly, and put it back into the invisible golden core.

Then, it swept across the brows of the three gods and directly extracted their life stars from their bodies.

Each person lit a small amount of incense ash and collected it into the invisible golden elixir.

After doing all this, his divine soul stood in the void, constantly forming hand seals.

Collect all the fragments of incense inscriptions that Wu Zhuangyuan shattered. Although most of these incense inscriptions were destroyed by Wu Zhuangyuan, these fragments still contained a large amount of incense.

This is, after all, part of the accumulated incense offerings of Canglan over the past fifty years!

This swift and decisive action left Wu Zhuangyuan somewhat stunned. From the moment Li Wushou sealed the three Heavenly Gods to the moment he took away their life stars, Li Wushou had only taken three breaths to complete this series of actions.

Half of his time was spent cleaning up incense burner fragments!
Wu Zhuangyuan glanced at the Dragon King Yin God, which was now half gone, and then looked at Li Wushou, who was still collecting incense inscription fragments like a miser.

He was certain that the so-called loss of control of the destiny star just now was definitely something this kid did on purpose.

This kid is after those few Dragon King Yin Gods!
He originally wanted Li Wushou to spit out the incense, but then he thought that this kid, who was a cultivator, was collecting incense so desperately, so it must be for the seniors.

This is one manifestation of cause and effect!

Should!
After making a complaint, Wu Zhuangyuan gave up on the idea of ​​forcing Li Wushou to spit out his Yin spirit.

Seeing that the time was almost right, a strange look flashed in Wu Zhuangyuan's eyes.

With a thought, Chi Xiu and the others separated their minds from the Dragon King's Yin Spirit and landed in his palm.

The golden giant hand then trembled, directly crushing the remaining Dragon King Yin Spirit, transforming it into pure incense power that flowed into the Moon Eye.

The mirror trembled, and a bright blue halo flashed out. Li Wushou, who was still collecting the fragments, suddenly opened his eyes and shouted at Wu Zhuangyuan, who was still performing his ritual:
"The Canglan Yang God is still alive. The other side has a person who possesses the god in the outer sea. Be careful not to let him escape."

Before he could finish speaking, Scholar Wu gave a slow, deliberate hum:
"Why are you panicking?"

Seeing this, Li Wushou curled his lip, pretending as if he knew the truth.

Just as I was about to continue collecting incense fragments, I suddenly felt dizzy.

Looking towards the horizon, Li Wushou vaguely saw a huge shadow rise from the far distance and then smash towards Wu Zhuangyuan's giant hand at an extremely fast speed.

Li Wushou's heart skipped a beat. Was this the "stick shadow" that had flashed by when he observed the Great Abyss through the white jade slab earlier?
However, Li Wushou, who had a deep understanding of the structure of the Canglan Divine Realm, naturally knew that this was not some kind of "stick shadow," but rather the tail of the Canglan ferocious beast that resembled a giant dragon!

The power of this tail at this moment is several times stronger than when it was previously perceived.

If this were applied to his own body, it would likely leave patches of blood everywhere, especially now that he lacked a physical body to support it. The immense incense power contained within the giant tail made Li Wushou secretly alarmed. He figured that some of the incense energy accumulated over the past fifty years in the Canglan Divine Realm must have been used on this tail, right?
Composing himself, Li Wushou became fully alert.

He wasn't worried that Wu Zhuangyuan wouldn't be able to handle it, but rather that the heavens and earth couldn't bear it and were about to shatter.

Even Wu Zhuangyuan might not be able to completely quell an attack of this magnitude, right?

Moreover, the other party's move was clearly not intended to harm Wu Zhuangyuan, but rather to create conditions for the Yin spirit in the Moon Eye to escape.
Thinking of this, Li Wushou's mind stirred. Looking at Wu Zhuangyuan, who remained calm and seemingly unaware, Li Wushou was about to remind him again.

Just then, Li Wushou suddenly felt the void around him solidify.

Immediately afterwards, it was as if his soul had been blocked in his throat, making it difficult to make any sound.

Before they could react, they saw Wu Zhuangyuan's giant hand slowly raise one of his fingers.

With a "bang," the fingers collided with the slashing giant tail.

The giant tail then trembled and vanished into the air, along with the void behind it. The world fell silent, and everything was quietly annihilated.

A moment later, a "click" sound was heard.

Wu Zhuangyuan showed a hint of annoyance, as if he was angry that he had not been able to extinguish all the power.

The Canglan Yang God, lurking in the Moon Eye, suddenly burst forth with dazzling light, swallowing the incense mirror reflecting the Moon Eye in one gulp. Then, the Yin God detached from the Moon Eye.

The moment it separated, the Moon Eye trembled, and the Yin Spirit activated the incense in the Moon Eye, making it seem as if it was about to explode, just like the Sun Eye had been before.

Wu Zhuangyuan's giant hand immediately pressed down on Yue Tong, extinguishing the aura of his self-destruction.

On the other side, Canglan's Yin God seized the opportunity, clearing a path with incense offerings, and directly disappeared into the cracks in the void.

At the same time, Li Wushou's soul relaxed, and upon witnessing all of this, he blurted out:

"See, I told you so."

Li Wushou stopped speaking on his own before Wu Zhuangyuan interrupted him.

He first retrieved the minds of Chi Xiu and the others, then crushed the Yin Spirit of the Water Dragon King and poured it into Yue Tong, before sealing his own mouth.
Was this a deliberate attempt to let the other party leave?

In other words, Wu Zhuangyuan had already seen through what Canglan thought was a way out.

So, the jinx should have been under Wu Zhuangyuan's control long ago?
For some reason, he was reminded of Chongyuan's mission in the outer sea. When he returned to Zhenhai City with Chongyuan, it was for this mission that he went back to report on his duties.

He tried to subtly inquire about the mission, but Chongyuan was very wary.

He guessed at the time that it was related to the Great Venerable!
Now it seems, was it all for the sake of a jinx?

Looking back, it seems quite reasonable!

As for why they let the other party go, it was probably to make Canglan's Yang Spirit more complete.

So it seems that Wu Zhuangyuan's purpose was never simply to obtain the Azure Eye, and the other party was also eyeing the Azure Yang God.

Just then, the void rift through which Canglan had fled began to crack and finally shattered with a "bang," triggering a series of chain reactions.

The real cataclysm began, with endless torrents and raging seas.

The giant tortoise statue in mid-air began to collapse, the heavens and earth dispersed like clouds and smoke, and the boundary mountains that surrounded the divine realm and blocked the boundary sea collapsed one by one, and the aura of the boundary sea rushed in.

Canglan drained everything, and not long after His Yang God fled, this world finally came to an end.

In the turbulent void, Wu Zhuangyuan's giant hand slowly opened, and Wu Zhuangyuan's illusory figure stood still within it, with his hands behind his back, pointing a finger at the giant tortoise statue in the sky.

Five streaks of white jade light flew from various points in the void toward Wu Zhuangyuan's hand.

With a thought, Li Wushou took out the white jade slab from the invisible golden core, and the other party also transformed into a stream of light and fell into Wu Zhuangyuan's palm.

The six stone slabs were combined into one, transforming into a complete divine artifact called "Hetu"!
Li Wushou stared at Wu Zhuangyuan speechlessly.

The giant hand flicked its fingers at him, and before Li Wushou could react, he vanished from his spot and landed in the palm of the hand.

Immediately afterwards, the giant hand tore through the divine realm and brought Li Wushou back to the sea of ​​boundaries.

Li Wushou's lips twitched as he looked at the divine artifact Hetu in Wu Zhuangyuan's hand, and he couldn't help but ask:
"You knew all along that Canglan had divided the Yang God and entered the outer sea, and that Xuandu was also your doing?"

Wu Zhuangyuan glanced at Li Wushou and asked indifferently:
"Do you see me as an arrogant idiot?"

Li Wushou's breath hitched, and he coughed lightly, somewhat embarrassed. He had indeed thought about it in his mind.

However, after this experience, Li Wushou gained a clearer understanding of the Great Venerable's power.

Controlling life and death, that's all there is to it!
(End of this chapter)