Primordial Era: Reborn as a Qi Immortal, Steadily Cultivating

Chapter 178 The True Form of the Martial Ancestor
Facing that fiery banner that could burn mountains and boil seas, and consume all things, it was a powerful force.

A genuine sense of seriousness finally appeared on Wu Zuyuan's face.

He knew that this treasure was one of the five primordial flags that existed since the beginning of time.

In terms of both rank and power, it is a supreme treasure of unparalleled value in the primordial world.

It contains the primordial divine fire source, powerful enough to incinerate the Great Luo Dao Fruit!

However solemn it was, there was not a trace of fear in the depths of the Martial Ancestor's eyes.

"war!"

A roar containing the true essence of martial arts exploded from Wu Zuyuan's mouth!

The moment this sound was uttered, it resonated throughout the entire human holy land, and even across the hundreds of millions of human cities beyond it.

All humans who are practicing, working, and procreating, regardless of age or gender, feel this deeply!
They all stopped what they were doing, slowly raised their heads, and their gazes, spanning endless time and space, converged on the majestic Martial Ancestor Hall, which had become a totem of human faith!

"Martial Ancestor! Martial Ancestor! Martial Ancestor!"

Hundreds of millions of people shouted in unison, their voices converging into a river, ultimately transforming into a mighty torrent of faith powerful enough to shake the heavens and the earth!
Rumble—!!!!!!!!!

Inside the Martial Ancestor Hall, the vast world created by the Martial Ancestor trembled violently!

The human race's fortune was completely manifested behind Wu Zuyuan!
A majestic canopy of fortune, swirling with boundless profound and virtuous energy, suddenly condensed above his head!

In the center of the canopy, a treasure seal as large as a mountain, made entirely of the purest Xuanhuang merit jade, slowly emerged!

Martial Ancestor's Seal!
This seal was bestowed by the Primordial Heavenly Dao after the martial arts of Martial Ancestor Yuan were passed down and the righteous path to heaven was opened up for the human race.

It is also a treasure of acquired merit that is completely integrated with the martial arts fortune of the entire human race!

As soon as the treasure seal appeared, it cast down countless strands of extremely thick and heavy Xuanhuang Qi, completely enveloping Wu Zuyuan's figure!

The Xuanhuang merit energy merged with the human fortune that was solidified on Wu Zuyuan's body.

In an instant, an insurmountable supreme domain was constructed around him!
Just at this moment!
The thousands of fire dragons and fire phoenixes transformed from the Flaming Banner that rose from the ground crashed down with terrifying power capable of incinerating everything!
laugh--!!!!!!

The innate divine fire, powerful enough to tear apart the void, clashed most fiercely with the boundless and profound Xuanhuang merit energy!

The entire world groaned in agony under the immense pressure of this terrifying impact!
The dazzling light curtain formed from the Xuanhuang merit remained completely unshaken despite being scorched by the endless innate divine fire.

The Martial Ancestor Seal suppresses the destiny of the entire human martial arts!

As long as the martial spirit of the human race continues.

As long as there is one human warrior still alive on this vast and desolate land.

Then the power of fortune that the Martial Ancestor Seal can mobilize will never run dry!

Although the Flame Banner is a top-grade innate spiritual treasure, its power is boundless.

However, Xuandu's cultivation was ultimately limited.

How could one person possibly contend with the entire human race, which was beginning to show signs of becoming the protagonists of heaven and earth?!

Just as the Xuanhuang Merit Qi resisted the Innate Divine Fire!
Martial Ancestor Yuan has made his move!
He did not urge the merit stone spear to fire again.

Instead, he slowly formed an ancient and boundless fist seal in front of his chest, full of primal and domineering power!

"Roar--!!!!!"

A roar filled with indomitable resistance resounded throughout the heavens and earth!

Endless streams of qi and blood transformed into visible torrents of crimson, surging wildly into Wu Zuyuan's right fist!

Ultimately, under the evolution of the fist imprint, it actually condensed there into a blood-red divine dragon with a size of tens of thousands of miles, whose entire body was transformed from the purest blood and battle spirit!
The divine dragon let out a deafening roar in the void.

With a sudden, powerful movement, the dragon body defied the heavens and charged headlong into the sky amidst the fiery dragons and phoenixes and the endless innate divine fire!

boom! boom! boom!
The blood-red dragon claws and the phoenix wings formed from divine fire engaged in the most primal and savage tearing in the void!

With a sweep of its tail, hundreds and thousands of fire dragons shattered amidst their mournful cries!
The innate divine fire was also extremely domineering, and each time it burned, it would take away a large amount of brilliant blood and energy from the blood-red dragon!

In an instant, the entire world was transformed into a chaotic inferno woven from blood and crimson!
Upon seeing this, the expression on Xuandu Daoist's face gradually became solemn.

He was horrified to discover that he had far underestimated the terror of the human Martial Ancestor before him!
The opponent not only used the Merit Treasure Seal to withstand the frontal attack of the Flaming Light Banner that was lifted off the ground.

Furthermore, he used a strange divine power formed by combining human destiny with martial arts to fight his innate divine fire to a standstill!
He knew in his heart that this place was the sacred land of the human race and the home ground of Wu Zuyuan!
The opponent can endlessly mobilize the martial arts fortune and blood energy of the entire human race for their own use, while one's own magic power will eventually be exhausted!

With the balance of power shifting, if this battle continues, we will undoubtedly be defeated!
"Martial arts...do they really possess such power?"

Xuandu's Dao heart wavered without warning.

But the next moment, he forcefully extinguished that thought!
He knew that he had come on his master's orders to establish the dominant position of the immortal path within the human race!

This is a dispute over the orthodox tradition, and it is no small matter.

If he loses, not only will Xuandu lose face.

This would severely damage the prestige of the Humanist Cult established by the Sage Taiqing within the newly born human race!

At that time, people will turn to martial arts, and the Golden Elixir Path will inevitably become a mere backdrop!

He cannot bear such consequences!

Upon realizing this, a resolute glint flashed in Xuan Du's eyes!
Without the slightest hesitation, he slowly formed a profound hand seal in front of his chest!

"The Tao has no name, but it is called the Tao by force. My method is the Three Pure Ones."

The voice falls!

Above the auspicious clouds above his head, where clear light flowed, a mysterious and profound energy rose up without warning, as if containing all the ultimate truths of the beginning of heaven and earth!

The pure energy swirled gently in the void, and in an instant, it split into three beams of mysterious light of different colors!
After the mystical light dissipated, the figures of three majestic Daoists, whose auras were as deep as the sea and whose cultivation was no different from that of Xuandu himself, quietly emerged!

The first is an elderly man in his seventies with white hair and beard, an ancient face, and wearing a purple and gold Bagua Taoist robe.

His aura was most similar to that of the original Xuandu, filled with a sense of tranquility and non-action. In his hand he held an ancient, flat cane coiled with countless dragon shadows, and above his head floated a nine-story Xuanhuang Pagoda, from which countless strands of Xuanhuang merit energy hung!
Secondly, there was a middle-aged Taoist priest with a dignified face, exuding authority without anger, and dressed in a black Taoist robe.

His aura was sharp and unparalleled, as if it contained the supreme order that could determine the fate of all things in the world.

He held a banana leaf fan in one hand and a Bagua diagram in the other.

Thirdly, there was a young Taoist priest with incredibly sharp eyes and an aura of supreme sword intent swirling around him.

Its aura was extremely domineering, filled with unparalleled sharpness!
In his hand, he held an ancient sword wreathed in the power of wind and fire!
Those three Taoist figures, formed from pure energy, were not ordinary clones.

Rather, it is the supreme Dao body manifested by the great supernatural powers of Taiqing!

Each of these Dao bodies possesses terrifying cultivation levels identical to those of the original Xuandu!
At this moment, the four Xuandu stood together within the vast world of the Martial Ancestor Hall!
Four distinct yet shared terrifying pressures emanated from them, overlapping each other.

In an instant, this small world created by Wu Zuyuan began to wail in pain, unable to bear the burden any longer!
Xuan Du and his three Dao bodies did not utter a single word.

The four figures took a step out of the void and each occupied a mysterious and profound location.

In the blink of an eye, Wu Zuyuan's towering figure was completely trapped in the center of the formation!

"Get into formation!"

Xuan Du himself let out a soft shout!
Buzz——!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The four Xuandu, who were originally fighting separately, suddenly connected with the profound and boundless Taiqing Daoist aura emanating from their bodies!

Taiji gives rise to Yin and Yang, and Yin and Yang give rise to the Four Symbols!
A primordial array, filled with tranquility and non-action yet containing the supreme mysteries of heaven and earth, suddenly began to operate with a roar!
The true form of Xuandu resides in the center of the formation, transforming into the core of Taiji, which gives rise to all phenomena.

Above his head, the flaming banner that had been lifted off the ground shone brightly once more.

The endless innate divine fire transformed into a boundless sea of ​​crimson fire, completely enveloping the entire formation and controlling its operation!
The three Dao bodies each performed their duties, pushing the power of the formation to its limit!
The elderly Taoist priest, with his white hair and beard, stood in the Qian position of the formation, his face ancient and his expression indifferent.

He slowly raised his right hand and tossed it gently into the air!
The Xuanhuang Pagoda that had been floating above his head rose up in response!

In the blink of an eye, it grew taller and taller, transforming into a majestic divine mountain hundreds of millions of feet high, with countless strands of thick, mysterious, and yellow merit energy hanging down, hovering far above Wu Zuyuan's head!

That profound and virtuous energy is not meant for attack.

Instead, it transformed into the heaviest black and yellow shackles!

In the darkness, the connection between Wu Zuyuan and the martial arts fortune of the entire human race was suppressed by more than 50%!

Immediately afterwards, the old man casually tossed the dragon-patterned flat cane in his hand!
"hold head high--!!!!!"

A dragon's roar, filled with boundless majesty, resounded throughout the entire world!
The flat crutch in the void transformed into a majestic dragon whose size was unknown, spanning tens of thousands of miles!
The divine dragon circled once in the void, then opened its blood-red maw and frantically tore and devoured the aura of fortune surrounding Wu Zuyuan!
The dignified middle-aged Daoist figure stood in the Kun position of the formation, his expression solemn and imposing without anger.

He slowly unfurled the Bagua diagram in his hand!
Within the scroll, the Kan and Li trigrams, representing the two paths of water and fire, flow wildly!

Under the influence of the great formation, it transformed into an invisible and mighty force capable of reversing yin and yang and disrupting the universe, silently enveloping Wu Zuyuan's majestic martial arts true body, which was as towering as a mountain!

Wu Zuyuan felt his surging, powerful blood and qi suddenly become chaotic without warning, as if it might burst out of his body at any moment!

After doing all this, the middle-aged Taoist gently fanned himself with the banana leaf fan in his hand!
In an instant, endless Yin-Yang winds, containing the origins of water and fire, appeared out of thin air in the void!

The viciousness of that gale was so great that it could invisibly erode and disintegrate the blood and qi dragon that protected the Martial Ancestor Yuan's body!

Finally, the young Daoist with sharp, sword-like eyes stood in the Xun position of the formation.

His sword intent soared to the heavens, his sharpness fully revealed!
He did not activate any long-range supernatural abilities. His figure transformed into a dazzling sword light. Holding the ancient sword that was wrapped with endless wind and fire power, he rushed to Wu Zuyuan's front in an instant!
He wanted to use the most ferocious close-quarters combat techniques to directly confront Wu Zuyuan, the martial arts ancestor who proved his Dao with his physical body!
For a time, a pagoda above suppressed the flow of fortune, while water and fire below overturned the flow of life force!

Externally, there was the constant burning of innate divine fire, and internally, there was the close-quarters combat of supreme sword intent!
"Roar--!!!!!"

The blood dragon protecting Wu Zuyuan let out a mournful cry filled with resentment in this desperate situation of being besieged from both inside and outside!
Its massive and majestic dragon body crumbled inch by inch under the dual erosion of the Yin-Yang winds and the supreme sword intent!
The Xuanhuang merit and fortune that enveloped Wu Zuyuan became increasingly thin and dim under the frenzied devouring of the Xuanhuang Divine Dragon!
Wu Zuyuan is in a desperate situation unlike anything he has ever faced since his birth!
He knew that he was not facing Xuan Du alone.

Instead, it was the lofty and supreme Sage Taiqing who, through the hands of his personal disciple, orchestrated a deadly trap for himself!

This battle is a struggle for the orthodox tradition!
If he were to lose, the death and annihilation of Wu Zuyuan would be secondary.

More importantly, the martial arts he pioneered will inevitably become a complete appendage of the immortal path within this nascent human race!
The flame of self-reliance that humanity had just ignited may be extinguished completely!
At this point, there was no longer the slightest hesitation in Wu Zuyuan's eyes!

He stopped defending himself and allowed the wind and fire sword in the young man's hand, which was powerful enough to tear apart the body of a Great Luo Golden Immortal, to cut deep and hideous wounds on his body!
Crimson martial arts blood gushed from the wound!

Every drop of blood seemed to contain immense power, scorching the earth of that world into terrifying, bottomless pits!
And it was at this very moment when the physical body was on the verge of collapse!
Wu Zuyuan slowly closed his eyes, which seemed to bear witness to the rise and fall of the human race throughout the ages.

His will completely transcended the constraints of his physical body.

It completely merged with the Martial Ancestor Seal floating above his head!
boom--!!!!!!

In an instant, Wu Zuyuan's consciousness seemed to enter a magnificent river of time!

In that long river, he saw the tragic scene of humanity, from the very beginning of its existence, struggling like ants in the cruel prehistoric world surrounded by countless demons, and becoming food for the beast!

He saw that in the endless darkness, the first human sage, Suirenshi, drilled out the first flame of humankind from a tree struck by lightning, bringing light and hope to humankind!
He saw Youchao build a nest of wood in the midst of a raging storm, creating the first shelter for his shivering people!

He also witnessed every moment of those human ancestors who, after he passed down the martial arts, fought bravely and fearlessly against the heavens, the earth, and the demons in their endless struggles!
Just at this moment!
The Holy Land of Humanity.

Whether it's the women, children, and the elderly living peacefully in majestic cities, or the martial arts masters who endure wind and dew and cultivate diligently in deep mountains and marshes.

All humans felt this deeply!
In their minds, the majestic figure of Wu Zuyuan, clad in animal skins, passing on martial arts amidst mountains of corpses and seas of blood, paving the way for the survival of humankind, appeared simultaneously!

Without hesitation, they poured their perhaps weak, perhaps strong, yet equally indomitable and resilient will and energy into the Martial Ancestor Hall, which had become the core of human faith!

hum!hum!hum!
Hundreds of millions of tiny yet incredibly dazzling crimson lights shot into the sky from all directions of the primordial land, from every human city and every tribe!

Finally, high in the heavens, they converged into a mighty torrent of humanity that stretched across the heavens and earth!

The torrent of humanity surged wildly into the collapsing world of the Martial Ancestor Palace, pouring into Martial Ancestor Yuan's battered and bruised body!

"hold head high--!!!!!"

Under the endless torrent of humanity, Wu Zuyuan's physical body began to grow wildly at a speed visible to the naked eye!

His muscles were bulging and knotted, like mountains and rivers!
The roar of muscles and bones resounded throughout the heavens and earth!
His originally smooth skin was now covered with countless ancient totems representing the eternal history of humankind's struggle!
To make fire by rubbing sticks together! To build a nest from wood!
Hunt down the great demon! Split mountains and sever rivers!
In the end, Wu Zuyuan's figure disappeared into the endless torrent of humanity.

It transformed into a supreme giant, hundreds of millions of feet tall, with its head reaching the heavens and its feet planted firmly on the earth, surrounded by boundless human faith power!
The True Form of the Martial Ancestor!

(End of this chapter)