Primordial Era: Innate gourd vine, self-dismemberment

Chapter 32 Deadly Strike

After probing for a while and confirming that the old man had no other tricks up his sleeve, Yuanjie decided not to continue fighting him.

For him, these centuries of fierce battles were also a rare opportunity for tempering. Under the pressure of life-or-death crises, his own potential was fully unleashed, his mind became clear and serene, and he used the old man's Dao of Dark Poison to constantly hone and verify his own Dao of the World. His cultivation was growing rapidly, and the supreme divine power he created that matched his own Dao was also gradually perfected in the fierce battles.

But as the battle between the two continued, the devastation spread wider and wider, and more and more lives were lost. He also felt the weight of karma weighing on him.

Although he possesses the Golden Wheel of Merit, comparable to a top-grade innate spiritual treasure, which could easily offset this amount of karma, merit is hard-won, and it would be best if it could be preserved.

With this thought in mind, the Yuan Realm instantly established a connection deep within its origins. Through this connection, Yuan Yan, Yuan Lun, and Yuan Ling, who had been secretly plotting in the nearby void, planned to activate their hidden methods to decisively defeat the world in an instant.

Even if we cannot kill the old man instantly, we must use the power of the great formation to severely injure him, completely seal off all spacetime in this area, cut off all his escape routes, and ensure that we can kill him here today.

"Attack!" In an instant, Yuanjie, Yuanyan, Yuanlun, and Yuanling were of one mind and resonated with each other. Without needing any more words, they simultaneously activated their own Great Dao, propelled the spiritual treasures in their hands, and unleashed their strongest combat power.

The Yuan Realm no longer maintained a stable defense, nor did it operate the Great Dao of the World or activate the World Cauldron to protect its true body. Instead, it devoted all its cultivation to operating the Great Dao of the World, while simultaneously activating the World Cauldron and the Universal Pearl. The vast and boundless Dao of the World and the profound and unfathomable Great Dao of Time and Space intertwined and surged forward, instantly suppressing heaven and earth, freezing eternal time and space, and even completely prohibiting spatial fluctuations and the flow of the Great Dao.

Yuan Yan's body was filled with surging Yin and Yang energies. He fully activated the Yin-Yang Great Dao and propelled the Hunyuan Wandao Gourd, which then emitted a beam of Yin-Yang divine light.

The Yin-Yang Divine Light swept across the sky, instantly locking the Netherworld Soul Banner and the Netherworld Poison Dragon Sword, which the Netherworld Serpent Ancestor relied on for protection, forcibly taking them in and suppressing and sealing them within the Primordial Chaos Gourd.

At the same time, Yuan Ling also made his move, fully unleashing the Great Dao of the Mind and activating the Illusionary World Diagram. The boundless mental illusion instantly enveloped the entire forbidden space-time, and the power of the illusion surged into the Netherworld Serpent Ancestor's sea of ​​consciousness like a tide.

The Netherworld Serpent Ancestor, whose spacetime was frozen by the World Cauldron and the Universe Pearl and who was unable to move, had no time to react before falling straight into the boundless illusion.

In a daze, he forgot the life-or-death battle he was facing. His mind was pulled back to several eons ago, when he had just recovered 80-90% of his Dao injuries and swore to leave the Dragon Clan.

But the oath had barely been uttered when the void suddenly shattered, and the figure of Zhulong, spanning countless ages, descended, his expression indifferent and calm, his eyes cold as he looked at him, his voice devoid of any emotion: "Netherworld Serpent Ancestor, your betrayal of the Dragon Clan is unforgivable and deserves to be executed!"

The Candle Dragon, at the Hunyuan Golden Immortal realm, merely extended a claw, its claw wreathed in boundless temporal intent, as if the entire vast river of time were crashing down upon it. The Netherworld Serpent Ancestor's perception of time and thought processes were instantly and completely frozen, even his thinking...

The thought of resistance could not even arise.

At this moment, his Dao heart trembled violently, and a sense of fear and despair from the depths of his soul swept over his entire body. It was as if he had returned to 20,000 Yuanhui ago, when he first faced the Candle Dragon's casual claw, feeling so powerless and insignificant, with no power to resist whatsoever.

An overwhelming sense of despair enveloped his mind, and he even subconsciously gave up resisting, as if he was destined to perish under that claw.

Suddenly, the Netherworld Serpent Ancestor's face contorted in a ferocious rage. He roared and burned his essence blood, unleashing the terrifying Netherworld Poison Dao without reservation.

How could he possibly close his eyes and wait to die? How could he possibly sit and wait to perish?

Even Zhulong couldn't!

With a single, all-consuming strike, the image of the Candle Dragon before him shattered instantly, and the mental illusion created by the Yuanling was also forcibly broken through by this suicidal force.

But by then, it was too late!

In the brief moment between his being suppressed in space and time by the World Cauldron and the Universal Pearl by the Yuan Realm and being ambushed and trapped in an illusion by the Yuan Spirit, the Yuan Realm had already raised his hand and thrown out the Four Symbols Array Flags. Yuan Yan, Yuan Lun, and Yuan Ling each held one of the array flags, instantly connecting with the array base buried in the dark for hundreds of millions of miles. The Four Symbols Returning to Origin Array was formed in an instant, covering the entire world.

The four of them each devoted a portion of their energy to working together, with Yuan Yan as the main figure, to urge the formation to condense a Four Symbols Dao Diagram that blots out the sky and suppresses chaos.

Above the Dao diagram, the powers of the four symbols—Sun, Lesser Yin, Lesser Yang, and Greater Yin—reverse, defying the two polarities, returning to the Taiji, and drawing upon the power of heaven and earth, intending to return all things to their primordial chaos.

"Boom!" The Netherworld Serpent Ancestor, who had just broken free from the illusion and was completely unprepared, was instantly and completely covered by this terrifying Four Symbols Returning to Origin Dao Power that surpassed the perfection of the Great Luo Golden Immortal. It was then swept into the Dao Diagram and frantically bombarded and refined.

This was something the Netherworld Serpent Ancestor, who had only hastily regained his senses, could not possibly withstand.

In the blink of an eye, his physical body shattered into pieces, his primordial spirit was torn apart, and even the innate immortal true spirit hidden deep in his soul was forced out of his body and exposed to the power of the great formation.

While you are sick, I will kill you!

Even though the Netherworld Serpent Ancestor suffered repeated setbacks, lost his protective treasures, and was severely injured, he was still a powerful Great Luo Golden Immortal at the peak of his cultivation.

If given even a moment to catch his breath and come back to his senses to launch a desperate counterattack, even if the four from the Yuan Realm have the initial advantage, it is not impossible for them to fail.

After all, if a Grand Luo Golden Immortal at the peak of his cultivation were to self-destruct, it would be no weaker than a full-force attack from a Primordial Golden Immortal, enough to forcibly break through the Four Symbols Returning to Origin Formation, and might even severely injure the four of them.

Without the slightest hesitation, Yuanjie, Yuanyan, Yuanling, and Yuanlun worked in perfect unison, launching another attack, each move a deadly strike, leaving the Netherworld Serpent Ancestor no chance of survival.

Yuanjie once again summoned the World Cauldron and the Universe Pearl, which were activated by Yuan Yan using the power of the Four Symbols Returning to Origin Array. With the infusion of power surpassing that of a Great Luo Golden Immortal, the power of the World Cauldron and the Universe Pearl increased several times over. No matter how desperately the Netherworld Serpent Ancestor struggled and unleashed its primordial power in an attempt to gather its shattered physical body and primordial spirit, it was all in vain. They were all firmly frozen in place, unable to move.

Immediately afterward, Yuan Jie raised his hand and summoned the Immortal-Slaying Gourd. He bowed slightly to the gourd and said in a deep voice, "My treasure, please turn around! The gourd transforms into a sword!"

In an instant, an incomparably sharp sword light burst forth from the gourd's mouth, instantly freezing the Netherworld Serpent Ancestor's broken primordial spirit, directly severing his primordial spirit and true spirit, shattering his primordial spirit and true spirit that he had struggled to reassemble into pieces.

Yuan Ling dared not stop, and once again fully activated the Illusionary World Diagram. The boundless illusion descended once more, recreating the battlefield of the three races from dozens of eons ago, drawing the consciousness of the Netherworld Serpent Ancestor and rendering him powerless to resist.

At the same time, he also activated the Soul-Scattering Gourd and the Spirit-Capturing Gourd. The Soul-Scattering Gourd spewed out a sky full of crimson soul-scattering divine light, which fiercely bombarded the Netherworld Serpent Ancestor's shattered primordial spirit, aiming to completely obliterate it.