Dao Cheng Gui Xian

Chapter 484 Seizing the body as an altar, using the head as an eye

There was no ball being thrown, yet the sound of the rattle drum was unusually steady.

Li Wushou suddenly focused his gaze on the rattle drum, a glint of light flashing in his eyes.

"So you've finally shown yourself? The Great Celestial Venerable of Immortal Mountain, the Earth Mother Venerable!"

The old beggar beside him didn't say a word, but he opened his mouth again, bit a finger, and began to mutter.

Li Wushou knew that this solemnity was not directed at Mount Bulao, but at "He" who was deeply connected with Mount Bulao.

The sound of "dong dong" echoed in the void. The rattle drum, with its green and yellow sides, suddenly revealed two hazy faces, who were softly chanting something to the Ninth Prince.

The two faces recited the words extremely quickly, in the blink of an eye.

Even with Li Wushou concentrating, he still couldn't hear it very clearly.

Only a few lines could be vaguely discerned, seemingly some kind of writing from Mount Bulao?
The next moment, the Ninth Prince, in his rage, suddenly burst forth with dazzling golden light.

Before the Ninth Prince could compose himself, he suddenly let out a painful wail. Golden light began to gather around his white-haired, yellow-haired neck.

Li Wushou stared intently, and beneath the golden light were intricate inscriptions.

Having thoroughly examined the Ninth Prince, Li Wushou naturally knew where these inscriptions came from.

Like the man in the blue and yellow robes who once stood in the Holy Realm and the Sealed Spirit Realm, the Ninth Prince also had the inscription of the Immortal Mountain on his back.

These inscriptions come from written contracts.

However, at this moment, under the chanting of the two faces of the rattle drum, these inscriptions seemed to come alive, twisting and turning like maggots to form mysterious inscriptions.

The inscription formed from the written contract split in two, displaying blue and yellow colors, and continuously drilled towards the white and yellow hair on the Ninth Prince's neck.

To Li Wushou's astonishment, it wasn't just a simple matter of drilling into the skull.

As the inscriptions continued to gather, Li Wushou was shocked to discover that the essence of flesh and blood in the Ninth Prince's body, and even the spiritual body within the Divine Palace, had been extracted by these inscriptions and were being prepared to be poured into the two heads.

The inscription invasion and the frenzied infusion of flesh and spirit caused the Ninth Prince to nearly go mad under the double torment.

Zhu Liuli watched all this quietly, her expression unchanged, the rattle in her hand still shaking rhythmically, producing a slow and steady "dong dong" sound.

Li Wushou stared blankly at the bloody scene that suddenly unfolded on the treetop platform.

He seemed to understand what Zhu Liuli was doing!

Is this to use the Ninth Prince, who almost broke through to the Venerable Realm, as an altar to seal the spirit world?
This was indeed a grand gesture, but Li Wushou still felt it was somewhat insufficient.

If it were just for Zhu Liuli, Li Wushou would think it would be about the same, but he was already certain that Zhu Liuli was just a part of the Sparrow Lord's scheme.

Therefore, the one who should truly use this altar is the Sparrow Lord!
Looking at it this way, it seems to lack some depth.

Li Wushou surveyed everything on the Fusang Divine Tree platform, constantly deducing the course of events in his mind.

The old beggar next to him finally swallowed the finger, muttered something, and revealed a look of anticipation.

While watching, he muttered to himself:

"Dog bites dog, both get a mouthful of fur."

Li Wushou paused for a moment, then seemed to be deep in thought.

On the tree canopy platform.

As the inscription and the flesh and blood spirit were poured in, the Ninth Prince's physical body withered and turned into powder, which scattered on the platform.

The Ninth Prince's entire body was reduced to two heads: one white-haired and the other yellow-haired, along with two remaining neck fragments containing inscriptions.

At this moment, the two heads became extremely large, shaped like square tables, and looked like two small mountains.

The two heads had distorted faces and were covered with strange inscriptions.

The wails that had been escaping his lips had long since faded; the intense pain rendered the Ninth Prince unable to utter a sound.

Until the final ring of inscriptions on the neck was completely poured into the head, the platform suddenly shook and a huge buzzing sound rang out, causing the entire Yin-Yang Dao Tree and the Fusang Divine Tree to tremble violently.

Zhu Liuli stood on the platform, unmoved.

The rattle in his hand quietly stopped, and the hazy face behind the blue drumhead spoke softly and kindly:
"Little princess, next the Earth Mother and I will sort out the chaos and restore Yin and Yang. Please encourage the young master's greed at the right time to swallow the Yin-Yang Dao Tree. In this way, the foundation of the altar will be completed." Zhu Liuli's expression remained unchanged upon hearing this. She released the rattle drum, which floated in mid-air.

Looking at the rattle drum, Zhu Liuli bowed slightly, greeted it, and said calmly:
"Thank you for your help, Great Heavenly Venerable and Earth Mother!"

The Great Celestial Venerable's brows furrowed with kindness, and the Earth Mother Venerable smiled gently, replying:

"You're a polite and good kid. No need for formalities. After the great changes in the world, the Sparrow Lord entered the Immortal Mountain and opened the Sixth Mountain. We're all one family now. With your abilities, the Sixth Mountain might just have two Lords on one mountain."

The Earth Mother spoke softly and kindly.

The old beggar, who had led Li Wushou to hide in the shadows to watch the show, couldn't help but curl his lip and mutter:

"Man-eating demons are the most hypocritical!"

Zhu Liuli on the platform, upon hearing this, maintained her usual expression, but bowed again and replied:

"You flatter me, Mother Earth."

Upon seeing this, both the Great Celestial Venerable and the Earth Mother Venerable wore smiles, and both seemed to have a very high opinion of Zhu Liuli.

A moment later, the rattle drum floated down from the platform and landed, hovering at the junction of the Fusang Divine Tree and the Yin-Yang Dao Tree.

The sound of the rattle drum rose again, and two streams of Taoist energy quietly emerged, one clear and grand, the other vast and profound!

However, Li Wushou did not feel it strongly. It seemed that it was not as powerful as the Great Heavenly Venerable and the Earth Mother Venerable. In terms of power level, it was only slightly higher than Xuan Ya's Daoist charm, far less fierce and imposing than the Great Venerable Yanwu and others!

It seems that these two are still wary of the backlash from heaven and earth, and are holding back their strength!

This calmed Li Wushou down a bit; he was no longer afraid of the schemes and plots of the Immortal Mountain.

Because once a conspiracy is exposed, it can be thwarted. However, the martial prowess of the Great Celestial Venerable and the Earth Mother Venerable is different. If the two of them can act freely, they can definitely suppress Li Wushou to no avail.

Although the two restrained their strength and the fluctuations in their Daoist aura were not strong, they were filled with a strange harmony and unity, like a microcosm of heaven and earth.

When the celestial and terrestrial energies harmonize, they seem to possess a natural ability to return to their origins.
As Li Wushou pondered, the Yin-Yang Dao Tree, which was trembling, had its two branches, running east and west, crumble inch by inch under the impact of the two Daoist energies.

The originally chaotic aura returned to order under the suppression and reorganization of the two Daoist energies.

The pure qi rises, the turbid qi sinks, and yin and yang are reborn.

Just as the two branches of the Yin-Yang Dao Tree running east and west were completely stripped and shattered, Li Wushou's physical body, the spirit of the Golden Bee of the Transformation God Ma Feng, suddenly looked up towards the outside of the pass.

The entire Fengling Dao was shaken violently, the earth cracked, and blood-red lightning rolled, creating a scene reminiscent of the apocalypse.

Huang Shigong, Dao Yan, and the others were puzzled, while Jin Peng and Xuan Ya also felt a pang of fear.

Upon seeing this, Huang Shigong, who had sacrificed his own Dharma realm to the Xuanhuang Platform, became solemn. He prepared to break through the barrier. The changes in the Fengling Path were clearly abnormal. To avoid any unforeseen complications, he decided to break through the Zhongtian Pass first.

Li Wushou, who had been keeping a close eye on him, immediately realized Huang Shigong's intentions and secretly made arrangements.

Just then, from the depths of the abyss, the Great Celestial Venerable and the Earth Mother Venerable, who had recreated Yin and Yang, returned to the platform, riding the rattle drum, and shouted to Zhu Liuli:
"Little princess, now is the time! Swallow Yin and Yang!"

Zhu Liuli nodded, took a step forward, and a black feather appeared in her hand without her noticing.

This black feather looked exactly the same as the black feathers in the hands of the Golden Roc and the Black Crow, but the moment Zhu Liuli raised it, it reflected five colors and ten lights.

A golden light flashed overhead, and thousands of incense sticks fell from the incense fire sky, gathering in the black feathers.

Seeing this, Zhu Liuli tossed her yellow hair at the Ninth Prince Bai Shou, who was suspended in mid-air.

"grumble!"

A bird's cry echoed across the platform, followed by a massive black lark emerging from its black feathers, which opened its beak and swallowed the Ninth Prince's two heads.

Black Sparrow lowered its eyes, its gray-white pupils twitching. The Ninth Prince's white hair and yellow head replaced Black Sparrow's eyeballs.

Looking down at the Yin and Yang energies derived from the Great Celestial Venerable and the Earth Mother Venerable, the Ninth Prince's two heads were filled with greed.

The black sparrow suddenly opened its beak and began to swallow the yin and yang energies whole.

Li Wushou looked up at the sparrow's shadow on the platform, and his heart stirred.

"Using its head as an eye, and fueled by rampant greed, is this the Black Sparrow God who is not quite dead yet?"

(End of this chapter)