Primordial Era: Starting with the repair of Penglai Immortal Island

He could feel that the gaze of the Styx Ancestor was tangible, scrutinizing and probing, as if trying to see through him from the inside out.

He couldn't very well say that he was just casually strolling around the Blood Sea.

It is almost impossible to lie in front of such a quasi-saint who has reached the pinnacle of existence.

Huang Long's mind raced, and he finally decided to tell the truth!

That's at least part of the truth!

"Senior Styx," Huanglong said calmly, "I followed the Ancestral Witches through the primordial world, observing life and death, and witnessing the true spirits. I gained some insights, so I came to this sea of ​​blood with the Ancestral Witch Houtu, wanting to see with my own eyes the final destination of the billions of true spirits in the primordial world today."

That's half true and half false.

He did indeed come with Houtu, and he did want to see the true spirit of the Blood Sea, but there was a deeper reason...!

For example, Houtu might do something earth-shattering here, but he naturally wouldn't say it.

The Styx Ancestor's gaze lingered on Huanglong's face for a long time, seemingly trying to determine the truthfulness of his words.

Finally, he withdrew his gaze and looked back at Houtu:

"It is not impossible for Fellow Daoist Houtu to comprehend the Great Dao in the Blood Sea."

He paused, his expression sharp, then changed the subject: "However, the Blood Sea is my training ground. If you wish to stay here for a long time to cultivate the Great Dao, you must... provide an explanation."

Houtu remained expressionless: "What explanation does Fellow Daoist Styx want?"

The Styx Ancestor laughed, a hint of sharpness in his smile: "It's very simple... a debate on the Dao... to verify the Great Dao. If you can convince me, Yuan Tu and Abi, this Blood Sea is yours to study as you please, and you can stay here as long as you wish."

"If not...!"

He didn't finish his sentence, but the meaning was clear.

Discussions on the Dao were the most common form of "communication" among the powerful beings of the primordial world.

But at the level of Styx and Houtu, discussions on the Dao are not just empty words, but a clash of Dao cultivation, spiritual treasures, and supernatural powers, even the Great Dao itself...!

Houtu gazed quietly at the River Styx for a long time before slowly rising.

"Can!"

Just one word instantly made the atmosphere in the entire Blood God Temple extremely tense!

The Styx Ancestor also stood up.

The two top-grade innate spiritual treasures, Yuan Tu and A Bi, appeared around the River Styx, emitting a deep hum. The blood-red runes on the swords lit up one by one, exuding a chilling aura of slaughter.

The crimson lotus of karmic fire beneath his feet slowly rotated, and dark red karmic fire rose from its petals...

Houtu stood barefoot on the ground, her body radiating an earthy yellow light.

The light was not dazzling, but it was as heavy as a mountain, and the power of the entire earth was converging on her.

Her figure began to grow taller—ten zhang, a hundred zhang, a thousand zhang, ten thousand zhang!

The Blood God Palace, which was thousands of feet tall, was pierced by Houtu's ten-thousand-foot true form, creating a large hole, and pieces of blood crystals fell down!

Finally, a giant ten thousand feet tall appeared in the Blood God Temple!

This is the true form of the Ancestral Witch.

Its entire body is earthy yellow, and its skin is like the oldest mountain rock, covered with mysterious natural patterns, each pattern like a microcosm of the primordial earth veins.

Her long hair was loose, each strand as thick as a giant python, moving behind her without any wind.

His eyes were like two burning, earth-yellow suns, and the space around him seemed to freeze.

What was most striking was the aura emanating from her—the purest and most powerful force of the earth, profound, all-encompassing, and capable of bearing all things, yet containing the destructive power to destroy the world.

Faced with this aura, the skeletal pillars of the Blood God Temple began to tremble, cracks appeared in the stone slabs on the ground, and the entire palace could not bear its weight.

"Fellow Daoist Houtu, please." The Styx Ancestor spoke calmly, and with a flash, he left the Blood God Palace and arrived at the Blood Sea, hundreds of millions of miles away.

Houtu's true form, with its immense size, took a step forward and appeared above the sea of ​​blood.

Huanglong collected the pieces of blood crystals that had fallen from the Blood God Palace into the Xuanhuang Realm, keeping the palace clean and tidy.

He then hurriedly followed them out of the main hall, but dared not get too close, only watching the battle from the outside. This level of confrontation, even just the aftershocks, was enough to seriously injure or even kill a Great Luo Golden Immortal.

However, such a level of discussion on the Dao is extremely rare in the entire prehistoric world.

Above the sea of ​​blood, the sky and the sea were divided.

The Styx Ancestor stood on the Crimson Lotus of Karmic Fire, wielding the Yuan Tu Abi sword. Blood surged around him, and ten thousand feet of seawater rose up, condensing into a boundless blood cloud behind him.

Houtu, the Ancestral Witch, stood in the void with her ten-thousand-foot true form, seemingly connected to the entire earth without any support beneath her feet.

She reached out and clenched her fist, and the immense power of the Ancestral Witches and the vast power of the earth converged on her fist!

Without any preamble, the confrontation begins.

The Styx Ancestor made the first move.

The Yuan Tu Sword slashed out!

The pitch-black sword light tore through space, and wherever it passed, seas of blood evaporated, the void shattered, and cause and effect were severed!

This sword strike is untouched by cause and effect, ignores defense, and directly strikes at the essence of the true spirit!

Houtu neither dodged nor avoided, but delivered a punch.

"boom!!!"

The terrifying collision sound reverberated throughout the sea of ​​blood, and the sound waves spread out as tangible ripples, forcibly pressing a huge dent into the sea of ​​blood for hundreds of millions of miles!

The light from Yuan Tu's sword clashed with the light from his fist, unleashing a blinding burst of light, half as black as ink and half as yellow as the earth.

The first strike ended in a draw.

Seeing that his first attack was ineffective, the Styx Ancestor remained calm and slashed again with the Avici Sword in his left hand!

This sword strike was different from the Yuan Tu sword. Its light was dark red, and when it was unleashed, an illusion of countless true spirits wailing appeared in the void. Each wailing transformed into a tangible law attack that struck straight at the soul!

This is the Soul-Slaying Sword, specifically designed to destroy true spirits. It should have a remarkable effect on the Witch Clan, who specialize in cultivating the physical body.

Houtu's true form let out a low roar.

The roar was like the earth's howl, heavy and deep, colliding head-on with the Avici Sword's law of wailing!

"boom--!!!"

Upon impact, space shattered like a mirror, revealing a dark void of turbulent currents.

The true spirits within the Blood Sea, spanning billions of miles, suffered terribly. Vast numbers of true spirits were completely annihilated and merged into the Blood Sea before they even had time to utter a wail.

Huang Long watched with trepidation from outside the Blood God Temple.

This is the power of a top-tier being!

With every gesture, billions of miles of territory turned to dust, and true spirits vanished like ants.

He knew that if he were in the center of the battlefield, he probably wouldn't last four breaths.

The first three breaths were blocked by the contingency plan left on him by the Three Pure Ones...

After the second sword strike also failed to achieve its goal.

The Styx Ancestor unleashed both swords simultaneously: Yuan Tu severed karma, and Abi destroyed true spirits. Combined with the burning karmic fire from the red lotus beneath his feet, his attack was like a raging storm, completely engulfing Houtu's ten-thousand-foot true form.

Tu's response was simple, brutal, and effective.

She withstood the attack in her true form as an ancestral witch and retaliated with the power of the earth.

With each punch, terrifying fist light could evaporate the sea of ​​blood and shatter the blood clouds; with each step, it could activate the earth's veins and suppress karmic fire.

Her fighting style is unpretentious, yet it contains profound truths of simplicity and ingenuity. It is the ultimate development of the physical body and the most primal and pure use of power.

The sea of ​​blood is evaporating...!