There are no ancestors at all; I made them all up.

Chapter 209 Nine Revolutions
The visitor was none other than Chen Qing!
He had shed his disguise, his hand seals shifted, his divine sense merged with the Gate of Taiyi, and resonated with the entire secret realm's grand formation!

The sea of ​​lightning, which was activated by the True Man of Insight, was now like a gentle stream, surrounding him and flowing with his thoughts!
Because the Thunder Cauldron was combined with the Gate of Taiyi, the lightning penetrated into the great formation of the mountain gate, and along with this gate and formation, it was controlled and usurped by Chen Qing!
"How could this happen?!"

The Insightful Immortal's pupils constricted sharply, and he immediately recognized the face: "Li Qing! It really is you impersonating Liu Yin! But how could you usurp the core of the secret realm's array?!"

He desperately tried to activate the Thunder Cauldron, only to find that his connection with the formation was being forcibly severed and stripped away by an even more vast force!
"Stop being so noisy, I'm in a hurry."

Now that Chen Qing had appeared, he didn't bother with any more words. He pointed his finger like a sword and raised his hand to strike.

"boom--"

The sky was filled with lightning in response, no longer under Dongming's control. Instead, it transformed into thousands of lightning sword beams, graceful as dragons, pointing directly at Dongming and the seventy-two disciples behind him who had set up the formation!

Where the sword energy passed, the void twisted, and the destructive aura made people tremble with fear!

The Insightful Immortal roared, his body engulfed in a blazing inferno of pure light, which transformed into layers of fiery walls. He also summoned several protective magical artifacts in an attempt to defend himself.

however……

"puff!"

The lightning sword energy pierced through the fire wall and shattered the magic weapon in the blink of an eye with overwhelming force!

The enlightened master's seven orifices spewed rainbows, and his body flew backward!

The seventy-two disciples didn't even have time to scream before they were swallowed by the lightning, and the formation was broken in the blink of an eye!
"Crack! Crack! Crack!"

Lightning snakes danced, and in the blink of an eye, lightning surged like a sea, filling the sky!

Chen Qing was bathed in lightning, his expression indifferent, like an ancient god-king who wielded thunder, descending to the mortal world!
This scene shocked all the Taiyi Dao Palace disciples who witnessed it!

"That...that's Ji Mingzi from the Hidden Star Sect?!"

"He's Li Qing, the Hidden Star Dharma Master who slew Nascent Soul cultivators and destroyed the Moonflower Palace?! Legend has it that he refused recruitment by the Dao Palace several times, which I thought was an exaggeration, but I never expected..."

"Even Elder Dongming, who wields the power of the secret realm, is no match for him in a single blow?!"

……

The hand stroking the beard of the Venerable Canxuan paused in mid-air, a glint of light flashing in his eyes. He turned to Bingyanmiao and asked, "Little girl, is this your master?"

Bing Yanmiao gazed at the figure in the lightning with her crystal-clear eyes and nodded gently: "Mm."

The twelfth prince, watching from afar, was dumbfounded.

Liu Xuangang, standing beside him, turned deathly pale, cold sweat pouring down his face, his eyes filled with horror and a startled realization.

"I understand! I understand! No wonder the Immortal Dynasty couldn't defeat him despite their repeated attempts to besiege him! This man's scheming and cunning are simply unfathomable! He had already infiltrated this place, but he remained patient and unassuming, letting his disciples act as bait and allowing Dongming to activate the great formation and merge it with the secret realm. This was because he had calculated that only by seizing power at the moment when Dongming's connection with the formation was strongest and he believed himself to be at his most powerful could he succeed in one fell swoop and save himself countless hours of painstaking effort! Terrifying! Absolutely terrifying!"

With this thought in mind, he took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "Your Highness! This person is not someone we can defeat by force! Leave immediately! We must get out of here right now! Once we have gathered the strength of our families and asked our ancestor for help, we can discuss this further!"

"Unable to defeat him by force? What do you mean? You still want to deal with this person?" The twelfth prince's voice trembled, wanting to immediately sever ties with the Liu family.

Liu Xuangang gritted his teeth and said, "Your Highness! You don't understand! This person's enmity with my Liu family has gone too far! It cannot be resolved by mere goodwill! Otherwise, what will become of our family's reputation? How can we maintain our standing in Yujing?!"

Their conversation, though separated by a great distance, reached Chen Qing's ears through the lightning and the fluctuations of the array.

Chen Qing's eyes shifted, his gaze traversing space to land on Liu Xuangang and his group!

hum!
Sweeping across them with that gaze, Liu Xuangang, Liu Zhengduo, and all the Liu family guards felt as if they had fallen into an ice cave, their hair standing on end, as if they had been stared at by an ancient ferocious beast. All their thoughts were overwhelmed by boundless terror, leaving only the most primal desire to escape!

"boom!"

Lightning bolts roared down!

"Protect us!"

Liu Xuangang quickly formed a hand seal, and seven magical treasures, including the compass, flew up to protect everyone!

"Fellow Daoist Li! Hold your hand! Neither of us are commoners from the mountains; we are people with roots and status! Our sudden encounter in this secret realm is truly unexpected. Why fight to the death right away and make ourselves a laughingstock for others to enjoy, while they reap the benefits?"

He suppressed his fear and tried to force a smile.

"Why not stop today, and set a date for a respected elder from the Jade Capital, or even a member of the royal family, to witness this, so that we can settle this feud in a fair and square manner! In this way, we can uphold the rules and regulations, avoid the current situation of mutual destruction, and prevent our private feud from offending the laws of the Celestial Dynasty. Wouldn't that be better..."

"I don't like holding grudges overnight."

Chen Qing simply interrupted the other party.

"Boom!"

The solid ground instantly became transparent, and rough, violent bolts of lightning surged out from the depths of the earth, completely engulfing the Liu family!

"You!" Liu Xuangang only had time to let out a roar before his protective magic treasure was torn apart and vaporized by the lightning!
"Unyielding! Never accept your fate!"

Three beams of Nascent Soul light, and numerous Nascent Soul scenes bloomed from the thunder!
But as an almost inexhaustible surge of spiritual energy came, the lightning suddenly expanded, turned pitch black, and swept away!
The three nascent souls were covered with cracks like glass, and then exploded with a loud bang. In the extremely yang and intense sea of ​​thunder, they let out a short mournful cry, turned into ashes, and were completely annihilated!
From the moment the lightning erupted to the moment everything subsided, it was only a fleeting instant.

All that remained was a charred ruin, with wisps of smoke rising from it. The Liu family members, who had been so eloquent just moments before, were now completely annihilated, their bodies and souls obliterated from the world!
The twelfth prince and his guards stood frozen in place, their faces ashen, their breathing almost stopped.

They stared blankly at the scorched earth, then at the indifferent figure in the center of the thunder, their eyes filled with fear.

"On the surface, there are two Nascent Soul elders, but there's actually another one hidden among the guards. The ones who are truly scheming and using underhanded tricks are your Liu family. I am of pure heart!"

Chen Qing spoke calmly, his voice resounding throughout the surroundings, then looked away without glancing at the Twelfth Prince again.

"puff--"

At this moment, as the lightning in the sky gradually dissipated, the Master Dongming stumbled out, looking extremely miserable!

His left arm was severed at the shoulder, and no blood flowed from the charred wound. Only wisps of white flame swirled and burned, making a "sizzling" sound. His Taoist robe was tattered and torn, his beard and hair were charred and curly, his face was ashen, and his aura was as weak as a candle in the wind. He was only able to stay upright by relying on his vital energy.

He stared intently at Chen Qing, his eyes filled with shock, resentment, and an unbelievable realization. He roared hoarsely, "Jimingzi Li Qing! How could you infiltrate Fudu silently! How could you bypass all the restrictions! How could you turn the tables, usurp my array core, and seize my Thunder Cauldron!"

His voice suddenly rose, almost manic: "There's only one answer! Li Qing! You are the one who stole the Xuanmen's creation, nearly causing my Taiyi Sect's thousands of years of hard work to go to waste!" "Boom—!!!"

As if to prove his words, the huge portal that stood majestically in the belly of Copper Furnace Mountain suddenly groaned under the weight, and cracks spread from its core. The next moment, the portal was smashed open from the inside by an extremely tyrannical force!

The boundless power of incense offerings, carrying the prayers of all living beings and countless twisted thoughts, surged forth!

"Thief! He should be executed!!"

The originally rampant lightning was suppressed by this force, and it quickly dimmed and faded away as if it had encountered its nemesis!

"This is..." The expression on Canxuan Gong's face changed drastically, and for the first time, horror appeared on his old face. "A god of incense that gathers the faith of all people and is almost immortal? Moreover, this aura has already surpassed that of a Nascent Soul cultivator!"

He looked at Bing Yanmiao beside him and said, "Little girl, I thought your master could turn the tide, but this thing that's come is even more wicked! The situation is very bad, I'll take you away first! Staying here won't help, and it might even distract him from protecting you!"

However, before Bing Yanmiao could respond, a figure stepped out from the open doorway, treading on the surging torrent of incense and prayer power.

As the radiance surrounding him gradually subsided, the figure became clearer, and his face slowly overlapped with a long-forgotten figure in Chen Qing's memory, only now with an added air of indifference and a strange, ferocious expression eroded by countless distracting thoughts.

"Today, I, the deposed King Xu Qitian, will let you know that what belongs to me, no one can take away!"

Incense smoke filled the air, and a terrifying aura descended!

The rules of the entire floating city were forcibly distorted, and the scenery changed rapidly!
The phantom images of pavilions, towers, and celestial palaces appeared, about to transform into a magnificent yet cold ancient hall!
"Xu Qitian?!" The eyes of the Canxuan Duke were filled with horror. "The first sixth prince? A deposed king? No! The history books say that this person was personally killed by the Hidden Star True Monarch on the Heavenly Evolution Platform? How could he still be alive? Moreover, even if he is alive, why would he call himself a 'deposed king'?"

“You are not Xu Qitian.” Chen Qing’s gaze was calm as he shook his head and said decisively, “You are nothing more than a twisted shadow that clings to life by relying on the imaginations of the masses and the echoes of history.”

"Insolence! Who do you think you are! How dare you speak of the truth of history?" "Xu Qitian" was like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, suddenly enraged, and stepped out of the Gate of Taiyi, shouting, "Blasphemy against the gods, a crime deserving death!"

The void behind him trembled, and a blurry figure appeared, exuding overwhelming majesty and an aura of decay!

The figure wore an imperial crown and a dragon robe, its face contorted and distorted, as if pieced together from countless faces of fanatical prayer!

The secret realm trembled violently, and the sky was forcibly rendered into a magnificent golden dome. The phantom of a palace with white jade steps and golden pillars pressing down layer upon layer, about to briefly cover the Floating Capital Secret Realm!
"Execute him!"

A gigantic hand, formed from the power of incense offerings and prayers, blotted out the sky and, accompanied by the roars of the people, slammed down on Chen Qing!

Click! Click! Click!

Wherever his palm passed, space shattered layer upon layer!

Faced with an attack powerful enough to annihilate a Nascent Soul cultivator, Chen Qing closed his eyes.

Within his dantian, the mysterious portal, which had been obtained from the Myriad Doors Wall and had absorbed a massive amount of the Taiyi Gate's essence, and was incredibly solid, suddenly burst open!

Within the portal, the Chaos Golden Elixir, having reached the pinnacle of the Eightfold Circulation and achieved perfect harmony, spun once more.

The Ninth Stage of the Golden Core!
"Boom!"

The entire secret realm is in turmoil!

An ancient, grand gate, seemingly supporting heaven and earth and defining the distinction between purity and turbidity, rose from behind Chen Qing, soaring straight into the sky and cracking open a gap in the dome!
Above the door, the sun, moon, and stars revolve, and mountains and rivers rise and fall, as if the cycle of birth and death of all things and spirits is contained within!
"This is?!" Master Canxuan ripped off his beard, his pupils shrinking to pinpoints. "The True Meaning of the Mysterious Female Transformation?!"

Also staring wide-eyed and filled with horror were the Insightful Immortal, the Twelfth Prince, the surviving disciples of Taiyi, and the menacing "Xu Qitian"!
At this moment, Chen Qing suddenly opened his eyes.

His eyes held neither sorrow nor joy, only absolute rationality and control.

He formed a profound hand seal and gently uttered a single word towards the Taiyi Gate, the main body of the Copper Furnace Mountain, which was already riddled with cracks and was being used by "Xu Qitian" as a vessel.

"burst."

The world was first still.

Then, the majestic Gate of Taiyi stopped trembling, and the light in all the cracks instantly receded, as if it had transformed into a black hole that devoured everything.

The next moment...

The spiritual energy within roared simultaneously!
The door suddenly expanded, its outline blurred, and burst forth with boundless light!
"Boom boom boom boom!!!"

"Do not--"

The incense god who called himself "Xu Qitian" was the first to be attacked. He immediately let out a shrill whistle mixed with hundreds of distracting thoughts, and his ferocious face showed horror!

He tried to retract the giant incense-burning hand that had struck Chen Qing, and tried to escape back into the collapsing door. When he realized it was impossible, he transformed his hand into a katana and slashed at the door, trying to sever himself from the foundation that had nurtured him but was also about to bury him!
But, it's too late.

Light swallowed everything.

Master Dongming stood frozen in place, his pupils filled with blazing white light, his face bearing an expression of unbelievable despair.

Suddenly, Canxuan Gong pulled Bingyan Miao behind him. The Eight Views Herb Garden spun wildly, transforming into layers of light that protected him and the girl. His expression was more solemn than ever before.

The twelfth prince and the remaining guards instinctively lowered their bodies, trembling under the immense power of that heaven.

As far as the eye could see, there was only endless light.

What followed closely was the real impact!
"Boom!!!"

The entire Floating Capital Secret Realm trembled violently!

With Mount Tonglu as its core, energy ripples spread wildly like a tide!

Wherever it passed, ancient halls collapsed and disintegrated silently, turning into the finest dust; the ancient trees, sacred springs, and remnants of palaces attached to the halls all vaporized and vanished!

The incense-filled divine body that "Xu Qitian" had condensed was like ice and snow under the scorching sun. It couldn't even struggle before it disintegrated in the light, revealing countless twisted and roaring faces of believers inside, and finally returned to nothingness.

The blurry image of the emperor in his crown and dragon robe behind him collapsed after letting out a roar full of resentment and venom, turning into countless golden specks of light like fireflies, which were then completely torn apart and purified by the subsequent surge of turbulent energy!
The ripples from the shattered gate swept across the entire secret realm. The palace illusions and distorted rules created by "Xu Qitian" faded instantly, like oil paint washed away by water, revealing the original desolate landscape of the Floating Capital Secret Realm.

Where the ripples pass, all things find peace.

(End of this chapter)