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

Chapter 251 Clearing Out!

"Who is this person? He shattered the divine power of six Golden Core cultivators with a single sword strike!?"

All eyes turned to it, filled with surprise and uncertainty.

The newcomer looked young, with a peaceful aura, like an ordinary person.

"Returning to simplicity?!"

Several prodigies from Dongling frowned, looking them up and down, but unable to discern their true abilities, none of them dared to speak rashly.

The three demonic cultivators tightened their auras, each retreating to a different side, their demonic energy surging, their vigilance at its peak.

"It's Chen... Alliance Leader Chen!"

Lao Gu Shangren's pupils constricted sharply, his face drained of color, as if he had seen a ghost. He involuntarily retreated, shrinking to the very back of the crowd, his mind in turmoil: "When...when did he emerge from seclusion? That method just now...how is that possible?! These are all geniuses from the heart of Dongling! They should be superior to the peripheral cultivators! That's why I acted accordingly! How come they seem so insignificant when facing Chen Qing?"

"Master!"

Upon seeing the newcomer, Bai Shaoyou rushed forward and bowed deeply: "This disciple was unable to stop it..."

Chen Qing waved his hand to interrupt, saying, "You did well, remaining calm in the face of danger. You've shown your dedication." As he spoke, he raised his right hand, and a bolt of lightning shot out and landed in his palm.

"Zizzizi..."

The moment the tiny, jet-black lightning entered his palm, it immediately began to pulse, emitting a low rumble of thunder, its inner light growing ever brighter, as if it were brewing something.

"Ok?"

Chen Qing looked down at the increasingly active lightning, his eyelids twitching almost imperceptibly.

On the other side, their conversation suddenly revealed Chen Qing's identity, causing an uproar.

"This person is Chen Qing?" The guards of Zuixianfang narrowed their eyes, their hearts skipping a beat. "He formed his core half a year ago. Even if he directly reached the ninth level, he should be at the early stage of embryonic formation by now. How could he have the appearance of returning to simplicity? And this lightning..."

Lie Fenyun took a deep breath, suppressing the turbulent blood and qi within his body caused by the destruction of his divine power, and stepped out from the crowd.

Although he was arrogant, his eyesight was not bad. After carefully sensing, he confirmed that there was no sign of innate Qi flowing on Chen Qing's body, and he was definitely not a Nascent Soul. He felt a little relieved, but the other party's unfathomable methods still made him dare not underestimate him. However, he considered himself a representative of the people in the heartland, and he was unwilling to lose face.

"So you're Chen Qing, the leader of the Nanbin Alliance?" Lie Fenyun narrowed his eyes. "You do have some skill; no wonder you could suppress the various sects of Nanbin. Your appearance now suggests you're also eyeing the Taiyin Palace. With your cultivation, you're certainly qualified to compete, but you don't have a trial quota issued by the imperial court. According to the rules..."

"Alright, I have no interest in these ruins." Chen Qing didn't even lift his eyelids, focusing on the lightning dancing in his palm.

Lie Fenyun's face darkened, and he was about to lash out—

"Boom!"

Just then, the Taiyin Palace, suspended high in the sky, suddenly trembled violently!

The tightly closed door, which emitted a ghostly light, suddenly opened a crack with a dull thud!
In an instant, a desolate, ancient, and slightly chilly aura emanated from it, transforming into a gust of wind that swept across all directions.

The aura emanating from the crowd caused everyone present to tremble with excitement. They felt as if endless opportunities were beckoning them from behind the open door, and their blood boiled with anticipation, making them eager to rush inside.

Even Chen Qing sensed a strange connection coming from the depths of the ruined palace, carrying an inexplicable longing and call, as if something was eagerly anticipating his arrival.

"The stranger or more intimate something seems, the more likely it is to be a trap. In this world, I should prioritize safety."

Chen Qing merely narrowed his gaze slightly before forcefully severing that connection and refocusing his attention on his hand. The pitch-black lightning in his palm had expanded to the size of a fist, its inner light dazzling and surging endlessly. The aura it emitted even subtly distorted the surrounding space!

"Seeing this lightning tribulation sword in the present world, I remembered that there was such a plan in my dream. Now it seems that it was an unexpected gain..."

Although Lie Fenyun, Luo Shuanghua and others were attracted by the ruins, Chen Qing was blocking their way, and for a moment no one dared to make the first move.

Lie Fenyun pondered for a moment, waiting to take action.

But right now.

"go!"

The three demonic cultivators exchanged a glance, then transformed into three dark streaks of light, taking advantage of the crowd's distraction by the ruins and Chen Qing, and rushed straight towards the open palace gate!
"You little devil! How dare you deceive me!" Lie Fenyun roared in fury upon seeing this. "Just now you said that you had nothing to do with the ruins, but now you've given yourselves away!"

Seeing that several demonic cultivators were toying with him and were about to enter the ruins first, he was so enraged that he didn't care about anything else. His red hair stood on end, and he threw a punch. The blazing fist energy was like a meteor shower, and it arrived first after he had thrown it, blocking the three demons!

"Heh! It is precisely because we came here for other reasons that we encountered such an opportunity. This shows that we are destined to meet. How can you stop us?" Master Taying laughed strangely, his body transforming into thousands of demonic shadows, shifting between reality and illusion, actually trying to force his way through!
Both sides went all out, and the aftershocks of their clash were even stronger than before, threatening to affect the mountains below.

"It seems you have not taken my words to heart at all!" Chen Qing frowned, displeasure flashing in his eyes. He no longer suppressed the lightning that had reached its boiling point in his palm, and with a flick of his sleeve, he flung the lightning out!

"go."

The expanding ball of dark lightning shot out in response, growing larger with the wind and soaring straight into the sky. Then, rumbling thunder echoed from within the clouds, and in the blink of an eye, a ball of dark tribulation cloud surged out, covering half the sky in just a few breaths!

Lightning snakes danced wildly in the clouds, and thunder dragons roared!
Dark clouds rolled in, as if the sky were collapsing. The heavy wrath of the heavens pressed down on everyone's hearts like a physical weight, making their souls tremble and almost suffocate!
The supernatural powers and spells of both sides collapsed instantly!
"Not good!" Lie Fenyun was the first to be hit, and he couldn't even care about the backlash from his divine power. Warning signs were screaming in his heart!

"How could this person possess such skills! We cannot allow him to continue, otherwise..."

He roared, and crimson flames surged from his body, unleashing nine fiery dragons that hurtled straight at Chen Qing!
"You are decisive, which is commendable." Chen Qing flicked his finger, and a burst of blood-red light pierced through the Nine Dragons, causing them to wail and vanish!
"how come……"

Lie Fenyun grunted, his face filled with terror, and rainbows shot from his seven orifices. He then retreated a hundred feet. Seeing that Chen Qing had not chased after him, he was slightly relieved. But then thunder roared in the sky, and a terrifying aura descended upon him. He hurriedly made a hand seal, and nine more dim dragon shadows wrapped around his body, transforming into a blazing armor of nine dragons coiled around him!
Furthermore, a crimson shield engraved with fire patterns flew out from between his eyebrows, growing longer in the wind to a size of three zhang (approximately 10 meters) and blocking his way!

"Fire Shield, protect my life!"

Almost simultaneously, Luo Shuanghua saw Chen Qing break through Lie Fenyun's Nine Dragons with a flick of his finger, and her beautiful face changed drastically. The seventy-two Xuanshuang Needles between her fingers instantly returned to defense, intertwining in front of her to form a screen of ice crystals with a cold light and flowing runes, with a chilling aura that seemed to freeze the void!

The "Ice Soul Heart-Protecting Jade" she had nurtured for many years at her waist also began to glow with a soft, clear light, enveloping her entire body.

Leng Wuchen intended to move forward and launch a sneak attack on Chen Qing, but was immediately horrified to find that the surrounding space was frozen, and he could not even escape for a moment!

"Spatial solidification?! Could this be a top-tier Nascent Soul level protective technique?! This person..."

In his shock, he could no longer remain indifferent. He joined his hands together and pushed the "Formless Thousand Illusions Technique" to its limit, creating dozens of illusory bodies that were difficult to distinguish from the real ones. He concealed his true body in the folds of the void and hung a "Formless Treasure Mirror" containing the power of spatial teleportation above his head. The mirror light flowed and covered him!
The three members of the Demonic Sect were even more horrified. They originally wanted to attack Chen Qing, but when they saw the Nine Dragons annihilated, they hurriedly stopped. Then, feeling the pressure of thunder, they realized that they could not escape. They immediately unleashed their Nine Nether Demonic Qi, Heart Demonic Power, and Star Devouring Demonic Art without reservation. They also summoned their protective demonic treasures. Demonic banners fluttered and bone beads gleamed, trying to work together to resist this unpredictable heavenly might.

However%
"boom!!!"

A hundred thunderbolts struck simultaneously!

A jet-black lightning bolt, imbued with destructive energy, pierced through the Li Huo Divine Shield in front of Lie Fenyun and struck the Nine Dragon Flame Armor surrounding him!

"Oh!"

Nine dragons cried out in anguish, and the Flame Armor shattered into a sky full of flowing fire!
Lie Fenyun's protective aura shattered like paper, blood gushed out, and his body flew backward like a meteor, crashing heavily into a distant mountain wall and embedding itself there, his fate unknown!
Another bolt of lightning followed closely, piercing straight at the ice crystal sword curtain set up by Luo Shuanghua.

"Crack!"

The Xuanbing sword curtain, powerful enough to freeze even the magic power of a Golden Core cultivator, was as fragile as glass before the tribulation lightning, shattering into countless ice powders! The lightning's momentum did not wane, and it even broke through her protective aura! The jade pendant at her waist instantly dimmed, revealing cracks!
Luo Shuanghua let out a muffled groan, her veil stained with blood, her delicate body trembling violently, and she fell from the clouds like a kite with a broken string.

The dozens of illusory bodies of Leng Wuchen burst like bubbles the moment the lightning swept across them!
The true form, hidden in the folds of the void, was forcibly forced out by a bolt of pitch-black lightning. The mirror of the Formless Treasure Mirror above its head cracked with a "crack" and tumbled towards the earth.

the other side.

The Nine Netherworld Demon Shadow was swept away by the extremely yang and powerful lightning, like boiling water poured on snow, and in the blink of an eye, most of it melted away! The Shadow-Stepping Immortal screamed, his demonic body charred black, and he fell down emitting blue smoke.

The female cultivator from the Heart Demon Sect suffered a backlash from the lightning, her inner demonic power causing her to clutch her head and scream in agony, black blood spilling from her seven orifices, and her protective demonic banner breaking inch by inch.

The burly man who cultivated the Star Devouring Demon Art attempted to devour the Thunder Fiend with his demonic power, but the pure and domineering tribulation lightning burst his devouring vortex. Instantly, his arms exploded, his chest collapsed, and he fell like a broken sack.

Destroy everything!

No matter how many supernatural powers you possess, or how wondrous your magical treasures are, under this rolling heavenly thunder, you are as fragile as paper and clay, utterly vulnerable!
Those who were watching from a distance and whose cultivation was slightly inferior, although not targeted by the main lightning, were merely swept by the aftershocks of the scattered lightning. They were all injured, their magical artifacts dimmed, and they were so terrified that their souls were scattered and they desperately fled backward.

Meanwhile, the man who had been hiding in the back with ulterior motives, Lao Gu Shangren, didn't even have time to react before a black lightning snake, as thin as a hair but extremely condensed, sensed the intense malice he harbored towards Mingxia Mountain and flew over, burrowing into his brow.

"Uh……"

Lao Gu Shangren's body stiffened, and the next moment, his entire body disintegrated from the inside out, turning into a clump of charred ashes that drifted away in the wind.

Both body and soul are destroyed!

But at that moment, no one else cared about him!
The arrogant and ferocious Dongling prodigies and demons who were just moments ago are now either embedded in the mountain wall, fallen into the dust, or lying exhausted on the ground, all injured and in a sorry state.

In the distance, several streaks of light sped towards them. On the leading flying boat, Bai Qichen stood by the railing, taking in the entire scene of the cultivators falling.

He gasped.

"This person... is Chen Qing from Mingxia Mountain!?"

"Om-"

Seeing the tribulation clouds surging in the sky again, with flashes of lightning appearing and disappearing, as if brewing an even more terrifying destructive power, Bai Qichen's heart pounded wildly!

"stop!"

"Rumble--"

Thunder roared again, like the beating of war drums, shaking the mind and spirit.

"Sect Leader Chen, please show mercy!"

Suddenly, a voice pierced through the thunder.

(End of this chapter)