Honghuang Taihuang

Chapter 268 Self-Destruction

Qingqiu looked at Zixiao with a puzzled expression. How could Zixiao, with his cultivation level and status, possibly call him, a True Saint of the Innate Realm, "Brother Dao"?

Just as Qingqiu was wondering, clear footsteps came from behind him, and Taiwei, surrounded by countless golden rays of light, walked out from behind Qingqiu.

Looking at Zixiao, who had a smile on her face and deep eyes, Taiwei also smiled. He spread his fingers and pressed Qingqiu down on the top of her head as she tried to get up.

"Your mission is now complete. Thank you for sharpening my nine Taiyin Heavenly Blades to such an excellent degree."

The immense power of the dragon vein surged through Taiwei's palm, while Qingqiu's eyes flashed with coldness and demonic energy. A fanatical smile suddenly appeared on Qingqiu's face as he looked at Taiwei.

As the flames roared, all of Qingqiu's own essence and insights transformed into nine long rainbows that merged into the nine Taiyin Heavenly Blades surrounding him.

The origin of the fox demon clan belongs to the pure yang path, which is completely opposite to the nine-mouthed Taiyin Heavenly Blade, which is essentially yin. However, yin cannot produce life, and yang cannot grow. The wonder of yin and yang lies in the conflict and combination between the two paths.

Taiwei incorporated the pure Yang essence belonging to Qingqiu into the nine Taiyin Heavenly Blades. The pure Yang Dao further stimulated the essence of the nine Taiyin Heavenly Blades, and at that moment, the essence of the nine Taiyin Heavenly Blades was further sublimated.

A clear, ringing sound rang out as the nine Taiyin Heavenly Blades transformed into a pure, clear pool, enveloping Taiwei's right hand. The nine Taiyin Heavenly Blades can be said to have undergone a second comprehensive sublimation for the Qingqiu Fox Clan, a top-tier power.

Feeling the surging, extreme cold power of the nine Taiyin Heavenly Blades, Taiwei looked at Zixiao in front of him, and an uncontrollable killing intent was growing in his heart.

Zi Xiao's smile vanished as he looked at the chilling aura swirling around Tai Wei's right hand. No matter how powerful the nine Taiyin Heavenly Blades were, Zi Xiao didn't care. The Taiyin Heavenly Blades were still far from being a supreme treasure of the Void. However, such a treasure falling into Tai Wei's hands was enough to pose a fatal threat to him.

Aside from the Supreme Treasure of the Void, the Nine Taiyin Heavenly Blades are the strongest treasures of creation that Zixiao has ever seen. Zixiao also possesses the Jade Disc of Creation, another supreme treasure of creation, while Taiwei possesses the Nine Li Heavenly Demon, a supreme treasure of the Void.

During the battle against the Supreme Treasures of the Void, Taiwei, who wielded the Nine Taiyin Heavenly Blades, possessed combat power superior to his own. Not to mention, Zixiao had already sensed that Taiwei was now far stronger than when they last met.

"Are you going to kill yourself, or do you want me to do it?"

The cold words came from Taiwei's mouth, and a smile reappeared on Zixiao's face. The octagonal Xuanmu Palace Lamp exploded in an instant, and the indifference on Taiwei's face vanished instantly. The self-destruction of a creation treasure was almost as powerful as a fully unsealed Taixu treasure.

With a gloomy expression, Taiwei unleashed a slash from the clear water coiled in his palm. The extreme cold blade light transformed into a streak of light that tore apart and froze the endless, booming flames. A vast expanse of cold air surged and expanded, and even the self-destruction of the octagonal Xuanmu Palace Lantern was frozen solid for a moment amidst the rolling cold tide.

Taking advantage of this brief moment, Taiwei flashed away from the Qingqiu Ancestral Court. The next instant, a vast and destructive flame of light engulfed the sky and earth within a radius of millions of miles.

The layers of clouds and the celestial atmosphere in the sky were torn apart and pierced, revealing the magnificent and boundless starry sea. The rock layers and dragon veins in the earth were completely destroyed, and dark red lava gushed out, turning large areas of mountains and rivers into scorched earth.

The ancestral home of the fox demon clan was swallowed up by the flowing lava and rampant destructive energy in just a few breaths, and the fox demon clan was thus torn apart.

Fortunately, at the last moment, Taiwei used the Taiyin Heavenly Blade to cleave through the roaring flames of destruction, saving hundreds of members of the fox demon clan and preserving the last bloodline of this great ancient clan.

Taiwei's original plan was simply to seize the destiny and life within Qingqiu's body. He had no intention of targeting the fox demon clan. However, regardless of the circumstances, the fox demon clan's destruction was partly due to him.

Taiwei looked at the hundreds of fox demons in his palm, thought for a moment, and then temporarily sealed them away, placing them in his Purple Mansion.

The strongest among the remaining fox demons is only at the True Immortal Realm. Once Taiwei releases these fox demons, given their previous actions, they will surely die.

Taiwei plans to ask Yang Mei to find an island for these fox demons to live on. As long as the fox demons stop thinking about becoming a top-tier clan, with Yang Mei's protection, it won't be difficult for their bloodline to continue.

The raging flames and lava continued to scorch the void. Taiwei sensed that Zixiao's aura had vanished without a trace. His brows furrowed. It was just an avatar, so Taiwei didn't care much.

However, now that Zixiao has learned about the destiny of the demon race, he will surely take other actions. At the beginning of this second era, he will probably have another contest with Zixiao.

With a wave of his sleeve, Taiwei collected the fragments left behind after the self-destruction of the octagonal Xuanmu Palace Lantern into his palm. After noticing that the aura on these fragments had completely disappeared, Taiwei was not surprised at all.

Taiwei clenched his five fingers, and the yin essence from the nine-headed celestial serpent began to melt these fragments. After all, it was the original body of a treasure of creation. Even if the self-destruction destroyed all the spirituality and array patterns in these fragments, these fragments were still rare divine metals of heaven and earth.

Strands of jade-colored solution formed in Taiwei's palm. After a hundred breaths, a scabbard containing a massive amount of the Heavenly Serpent's Yin energy took shape.

The chilling aura swirling around Taiwei's right palm solidified, and the nine mouths of Taiyin Heavenly Dao condensed into one, returning to the scabbard.

The scabbard crafted by Taiwei is called the Xuan Yin Scabbard. Because it incorporates the essence of the Nine-Headed Heavenly Serpent, it can draw upon the cold yin energy between heaven and earth to temper the Taiyin Heavenly Blade within it.

Although the Taiyin Heavenly Blade has now been tempered by Qingqiu and possesses the ultimate killing power and yin-cold power among the treasures of creation, this is not enough. Taiwei has already sensed that the destiny that originally belonged to Qingqiu has merged with these nine Taiyin Heavenly Blades.

These nine Taiyin Heavenly Blades will become one of the many chosen ones of the demon race in the future. Even with Taiwei's strength, he could not separate the destiny of the demon race from the Taiyin Heavenly Blades.

Fortunately, these nine Taiyin Heavenly Blades were originally the Dao Fruits of Taiwei's Demon King. Taiwei directly integrated the two Heavenly Mandates in his hands into the Taiyin Heavenly Blades. With the convergence of the three Demon Clan Heavenly Mandates, the innate Dao Qi, which was originally just an illusion, finally solidified successfully.

The Nine Yin Supreme Dao Qi is one of the most powerful destiny of the demon race, formed by the convergence of three demon race destinys. Taiwei's mind merged into this destiny, and with countless fleeting lights passing through his eyes, he had already seen the infinitely distant future of the demon race.

Endless slaughter, continuous death, destruction, wailing, bloodshed, and ending—the indescribable carnage caused a hint of bloodlust to involuntarily appear in Taiwei's eyes. The slaughter and death far surpassed those of the Great Calamity of Ferocious Beasts, impacting Taiwei's mind and will.

With a muffled groan, Taiwei withdrew his mind from the Nine Yin Supreme Dao Qi, processing the scene he had witnessed within it. Without a doubt, the carnage involved in the Demon Race's destiny was countless times more brutal than Taiwei had previously imagined; it was a terrifying calamity involving an entire Eternal World.

Faced with such a calamity, even Taiwei's mind was shaken. However, seeing such a calamity, Taiwei valued the destiny of the demon race even more.

This calamity, which affects an eternal world, would, once fulfilled, bring even greater fortune and merit than the destiny of the Four Divine Beasts of the previous era or even the destiny of the Yin-Yang Divine God of this era. If Taiwei could fulfill such a destiny, he would surely be able to successfully ascend to the rank of Great Luo Dao Lord.

As the Nine Yin Supreme Dao Qi trembled, Taiwei once again clearly sensed the destinies of many demon races in the primordial world. By sensing these destinies, Taiwei was able to roughly understand their future effects through the Nine Yin Supreme Dao Qi.

The silver behemoth continued its journey towards Kunlun Mountain in the eastern part of the primordial world. Taiwei, aboard the behemoth, sensed the fragmented information carried within the many destinys of the demon race, striving to understand the true meaning of their destiny.

Meanwhile, Zi Xiao, who had self-destructed the Eight-Cornered Mysterious Mother Palace Lamp, appeared in a corner of the Southern Region. The Eight-Cornered Mysterious Mother Palace Lamp was the natal magic weapon of Zi Xiao's Creation Avatar, and Zi Xiao, having self-destructed her natal magic weapon, had been severely injured.

However, within Zixiao's Purple Mansion lies the Creation Jade Disc, a supreme treasure of the Great Void. With this Heavenly Dao treasure, Zixiao's injuries are rapidly healing. As long as he doesn't die, almost all injuries in the Primordial World will have little effect on Zixiao.

The Jade Disc of Creation, despite its name, actually contains the most profound and mysterious Dao of Creation. Among Zixiao's ten avatars, the Creation Avatar is the one that is most compatible with the Jade Disc of Creation.

As pure white light continued to fall, Zi Xiao's declining energy began to rise rapidly. After recovering some of his vitality, countless rays of light gathered and surged from the Creation Jade Disc between Zi Xiao's brows. Invisible spatial and temporal forces intertwined, and a series of rippling spatial and temporal ripples appeared in front of Zi Xiao.

A pitch-black, deep, demonic light appeared before Zi Xiao. The immense power contained within the dark light was no less than that of the Creation Jade Disc. The auras of the two supreme treasures, one black and one white, continuously merged, and the mountains and rivers spanning billions of miles were torn apart by the opposing forces of annihilation emanating from the two supreme treasures.

A pale hand pierced out from the spacetime ripples, and the void was slowly shattered like a mirror. The Demon Ancestor Rahu, dressed in black with ink-black hair and a cold face, emerged from the still rippling spacetime ripples. His dark eyes looked at Zixiao in front of him, and four dazzling and profound sword lights unfolded behind Rahu one after another.

The clanging sound of swords severed the vast energy emanating from the Jade Disc of Creation. Luo Hou looked at Zi Xiao before him and said coldly, "Speak, the second matter."

(End of this chapter)