A Scroll of Infinite Glory

Chapter 639 The best warriors in the world fight only when the opportunity arises.

The central area of ​​that palace was exposed far too deliberately; it was most likely someone intentionally trying to lure Guan Yu and Luoyang there.

But Guan Luoyang did some mental calculations and couldn't figure out whether it was good or bad intentions. While listening, he felt that the place was in a state of chaotic cause and effect, with calamities and misfortunes, and was so gloomy that it was beyond comprehension.

"Strange, there are only three auras in that place that can be considered unfathomable, but this heavy calamity is mostly not related to those three parties."

Guan Luoyang paused for a moment, pondering carefully.

"This celestial palace was originally used to store various kinds of fire. The central part of the celestial palace should also contain a kind of divine fire."

"But just now, in that instant, I only sensed three auras, but I couldn't sense the divine fire. Was it because they swallowed the divine fire, or was there something mysterious about the divine fire that I couldn't sense...?"

"Is that divine fire the key to the calamity that lies there?"

Of course, there is another possibility. For example, there is a peak expert there who Guan Luoyang cannot sense at all, and that person is emanating a profound sense of calamity.

However, this possibility is extremely small. Guan Luoyang has had close contact with Dao Fruit fragments, used ten-star treasures for assistance, and studied two types of ten-star remains. In terms of sensitivity alone, it far exceeds his actual combat strength.

After much deliberation, Guan Luoyang made his decision.

"Since it's a muddy mess and they want to lure me in, then let's make it even muddier."

Guan Luoyang took a step forward, his feet landing heavily on the ground.

The palace that had lost its divine fire was now just ruins. The seven men in black were filled with gloomy thoughts and their magical power was fluctuating. The seven heavenly gates above their heads were becoming more and more majestic.

The celestial mist rose and transformed into millions of golden auspicious clouds, gathering high in the sky. From these clouds flowed seven kinds of crystal-clear true water, like great rivers, encircling the surrounding area.

Heavenly Divine Water, Primordial Heavy Water, Nine Heavens Weak Water, Mysterious Dark True Water, Cosmic Light True Water, Yellow Spring True Water, Thunder Pool True Water.

Suddenly, Guan Luoyang's figure appeared from the void, stepping onto the One Yuan Heavy Water.

"You dare come back?!"

The man in black who was cultivating the One Yuan Heavy Water technique was a beat too slow to realize that someone was stepping on his magical power, and he was immediately filled with shock and anger.

The Heavenly Divine Water and the Thunder Pool True Water reacted the fastest, roaring into the sky, their heads and tails intersecting, like a pair of giant scissors wielding a dragon and snake.

Guan Luoyang also looked surprised, as if he hadn't expected to run into the seven of them again. He hurriedly dodged away, leaping into the air and transforming into a dazzling rainbow.

Within that rainbow, countless points of pure Daoist spiritual light were condensed.

Wherever the rainbow passed, a dazzling light shone, scattering into countless points. Each point transformed into the serene and boundless primordial energy of the starry sky, expanding outwards, permeating the universe, and filling the vast world.

The dragon and snake clashed in the Heavenly Thunder Pool. When the first strike missed, the snake immediately tumbled upwards and pursued the attack.

The seven great true waters surged forth, and seven men in black rode at the very forefront of the waves, moving faster than time itself and with a force more devastating than the collapse of the heavens. They were determined not to let that person escape easily again.

"This person appeared suddenly, catching us off guard. Clearly, his interference with the Heavenly Palace Formation is superior to ours. However, he then took another wrong step and ended up back in front of us."

"It seems he probably didn't rely on his own array formation skills, but rather possesses a rare treasure!"

"What my second sister said is true. When he took away our ball of divine fire, I vaguely saw a brilliant light in his sleeve, and the radiance of various divine fires intertwined. It was definitely not an ordinary thing."

"Brother, are you saying that he may have obtained multiple divine flames but hasn't had time to refine them all yet?"

After the conversation, the men in black became even more anxious and no longer cared about concealing their identities, unleashing their true, highly developed supernatural abilities.

In an instant, seven streams of true water intertwined in the air, long and endless, radiating boundless watery light.

Inside the Heavenly Palace Array, countless palaces, like grains of sand in the Ganges, were affected by the water's shimmering light, causing them to soften and sway like ripples.

Even palaces that do not store divine fire inside still possess some characteristics of pure Dao objects. It is truly alarming that their fundamental nature has been affected by such great supernatural powers.

This is one of the great supernatural powers from ancient times, stored in the Water Department of the Heavenly Court.

Seven methods of refinement, boundless water calamity!!

Throughout the great calamities, there are always one or a few powerful individuals who have witnessed the splendor of the Great Dao, have the potential to cultivate a complete Dao fruit, and quell the calamity.

Although sometimes, not even a single person who has cultivated to a complete Dao fruit will appear before or after a great calamity, those who have the hope of quelling the calamity are mostly Heavenly Venerables at their peak.

Such individuals, who specialize in observing great calamities, develop supernatural powers that are known as the Great Supernatural Powers of Calamity Responding to Calamities.

The last chapter of the "Tian Yuan Dao Yi Zhen Fa" created by Da Yi is called "Nine Harmonies Crimson Bright One Divine Arrow", which also belongs to the great supernatural power of responding to calamity.

However, Emperor Yao, the ninth emperor of the Tang Dynasty, had not yet succeeded in cultivating himself.

Although these seven men in black relied on their combined efforts to set up this formation and thus had a hint of taking shortcuts, they had already achieved a certain level of artistic conception, as if "the myriad paths of heaven and earth were swept into the tide."

These seven also have a history, known as the Seven Elders of Yanbo. They were not acquainted when they were still insignificant. It was only after they became emperors and gathered a holy land in the celestial realm that they began to interact.

Later, because they felt that their cultivation methods had many similarities and that they all had decisive personalities and were capable of great things, the seven of them often traveled together, and their friendship grew deeper and deeper, bringing them many benefits.

An ordinary emperor, relying solely on his own strength to create the Great Dao Realm, would often need to expend billions of years of his own energy to maintain it to its peak.

The Heavenly Realm and the Underworld of Taiqing Chiming are filled with various ancient relics and endless secret realms. The Heavenly Emperor has explored everywhere and gained much.

Even things that are useless to oneself can be categorized and exchanged for benefits through the eight departments of Heaven.

Even if things don't go well, there are often banquets and Dharma assemblies among the various emperors, and they can exchange ideas during the discussions after the banquets.

Therefore, most of the Heavenly Emperors of the Taiqing Chiming Realm only need to spend about a billion years of their own energy to bring their own holy land to its peak.

The sooner the holy land reaches its peak, the longer its peak period will last, and the more enduring and harmonious the blessings of the holy land will be.

The Seven Elders of Yanbo only spent six to eight hundred million years of their energy, placing them among the top-tier emperors in the Heavenly Realm.

When the great divine power of responding to calamity was unleashed, the spiritual light that Guan Luoyang had transformed into was also affected.

The rainbow that stretched across the sky suddenly became like waves, undulating and shaking incessantly.

"OK."

Guan Luoyang marveled at the profound meaning of this great divine power of tribulation, and unconsciously devoted a wisp of his mind to observing it, even letting out a secret laugh.

He was initially worried that his journey through poverty wouldn't be convincing enough.

Given that these seven people have such trump cards, it's even more understandable that he panicked and ran around aimlessly.

At the very tip of the rainbow of light, it trembled violently for a moment, then abruptly turned and fell from the sky back into the boundless palace complex.

The soft, shimmering water formed by the intertwining of the seven true waters naturally continued to follow closely.

They were worried that if they flew too high, they would be affected by the different levels of the Heavenly Palace Formation and lose track of the person. So they returned to the palace and pursued the person near the ground.

The light is intricate and nimble, flashing and swift.

The vast expanse of water and light completely engulfed and washed away the palaces that blocked the way, yet it did not affect the speed of progress.

Guan Luoyang sensed the Heavenly Palace Array and, through deliberate manipulation, directed his spiritual light towards areas showing signs of damage.

The signs of destruction inside the great formation were, of course, left by the intruders. The spiritual light swept across and immediately attracted their attention.

Even if the light was light and agile, the water light that followed closely behind was enough to attract the attention of those powerful figures who were breaking the formation.

They were all too familiar with this scene; they had seen it countless times recently in the southeastern border sea.

There must be a rare treasure within that beam of light, otherwise why would those people behind it be so reckless and pursue it so aggressively?

Once one person has this thought and follows, more and more people who witness this scene will have the same thought and go after them.

Some pursued him openly, while others followed him secretly.

The Seven Elders of Yanbo noticed that several groups of powerful individuals had followed them, and the total number was approaching twenty. They felt a sense of foreboding.

But things have come to this point, and the seven of them are still the closest to that spiritual light, and they are unwilling to give up just like that.

If they could seize those divine flames, along with that wondrous treasure that could interfere with formations, the seven of them could join forces to break out of the Heavenly Palace Formation first, then lie low, hide their tracks, and have a good chance of shaking off their pursuers.

Guan Luoyang drew all the powerful figures who had entered the Heavenly Palace behind him, and without further detours, headed directly to the center of the Heavenly Palace.

"Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four..."

Guan Luoyang silently counted how many layers of restrictions he still had to overcome to reach the center of the Heavenly Palace.

When only three layers of forbidden magic and three rings of palaces remained as obstacles, all the spiritual light on his body vanished, and he disappeared abruptly in mid-air.

Inside the pure blue hall, the three powerful figures faced off, each lost in thought, seemingly calm but actually sensing the disturbance of the external formation being disrupted.

However, before the last three layers of restrictions could be broken, Guan Luoyang appeared directly in the center of the Heavenly Palace.

This was a slight discrepancy between the two individuals, except for the one who had anticipated it.

Therefore, the moment Guan Luoyang appeared, he glanced at the subtle thoughts that the three parties inadvertently revealed and immediately figured out which one was the one who had deliberately exposed himself to lure him here.

—That old Taoist priest with white eyebrows and a red face!

The ninth Emperor Yao provided a lot of information, including the true forms and images of the major powerful figures in the Heavenly Court.

This old Taoist priest was none other than the Heavenly Venerable in charge of the Heavenly Court's Alchemy Department, the Patriarch Shanlong.

"Haha, Brother Shanlong, I'm here!"

Guan Luoyang swept his divine sense across the area, laughed heartily, and struck the burly man with a palm.

The three people facing off in the main hall began to act simultaneously upon his arrival.

Master Shanlong seized the opportunity presented by Guan Luoyang's sudden intrusion to try and retrieve the divine fire. However, upon hearing Guan Luoyang's divine laughter, he felt a sudden unease, sensing that something was amiss.

But the white-clad figure moved with lightning speed, gathering immense power to directly strike the Good Dragon Ancestor.

At the same time, the burly man with the iron tower did not fight against Guan Luoyang. He moved his body slightly to the side and shifted to the side, throwing a punch at the Good Dragon Ancestor.

Inside the main hall, there was originally a three-way standoff, which could be considered a balance of power.

However, if Master Shanlong suddenly gains an extra person, the other two sides will inevitably suppress them first.

Compared to Guan Luoyang, who suddenly intruded and whose background is unknown, it is more likely that the other two parties will become the target of the Shanlong Ancestor, with whom they have already clashed.

All of these reactions and actions were perfectly normal.

But something is not right... Guan Luoyang had no intention of attacking that burly man with the iron tower, nor did he intend to support the Good Dragon Ancestor.

He had been waiting for this opportunity from the very beginning.

Just as the burly man with the iron tower attacked the Good Dragon Ancestor, Guan Luoyang turned around, bypassed the three of them, and directly cut into the thirty-six altars.

The Primordial Golden List vibrated in his sleeve, and a corner flew out, reaching towards the ball of divine fire.

The moment the Hongmeng Golden List came into contact with that divine fire, Guan Luoyang's magical power and mental energy, which he had entrusted to the Golden List, were simultaneously shaken.

The myriad phenomena of heaven and earth seemed to shatter before his eyes.

The myriad landscapes are like an infinite number of canvases, strung together by time and space to form an endless book.

And cause and effect are precisely what is used to calibrate the content of this book.

All the great principles are the invisible hand that created this book.

Some of these elements transformed into the Way of Heaven at the very beginning of creation and were integrated into the book. Others were comprehended and captured by the Way of Humanity that sprouted within the book during its subsequent development, permeating both the book and its contents.

But there is another group that has always remained outside the books, wandering in chaos and drifting above the vast void.

But if we were to use a metaphor, the scene that Guan Luoyang witnessed at this moment...

After the pages of the book shattered, time and space were torn apart, cause and effect were severed, the entire book was destroyed, and then the things that roamed outside the book also began to collapse in a chain reaction.

Countless books were destroyed as a result, and the entire chaos was thrown into turmoil.

Chaos, nothingness, and the world together constitute the Great Void Sea.

When all of this ceases to exist, what will the Great Void Sea become?!

This was just a feeling brought about by that divine fire; it was not real, but it was by no means an illusion.

The moment Guan Luoyang came into contact with this divine fire, he felt as if he had been struck by a heavy blow, and blood flowed from all seven orifices.

When all of that is gone, what will the Great Void Sea look like...?

It is nothing more than truth or emptiness, nothing more than an evolution of truth and emptiness.

My way of life is to first adapt to everything, then make my own changes and create what I want.

To follow the Great Way and then change it is to invite the demons from Heaven; to question the Great Void and then achieve it is to find the truth in the void!

The road to Guanluoyang seems to have undergone the most thorough tempering yet.

But he always did things this way, whether he hammered or forged.

So when the spirit he had entrusted to the Hongmeng Golden List was destroyed, he directly reached out his hand and grabbed that ball of flame.

The burly man with the iron tower was still on guard against Guan Luoyang when he attacked the Good Dragon Ancestor, but he didn't expect to see such a change and suddenly realized what was going on.

boom!!!

Master Shanlong single-handedly withstood the attacks of the two powerful figures, but only staggered back a few steps.

At the last moment, the burly man with the iron tower and the white-glowing figure both withdrew their strength and rushed towards the divine fire.

In the end, the burly man with the iron tower was one step ahead. Before Guan Luoyang could retract the divine fire, he also had a wine gourd in his hand. He threw the gourd out and flicked it with his finger.

The gourd began to spin rapidly, exuding a rich aroma of wine. However, it contained no trace of spiritual power; rather, it was the very principles inscribed within the magical artifact itself, which were being vigorously absorbed by the divine fire from the other side.

Guan Luoyang let out a low whistle and pushed his right palm forward. The ball of divine fire roared and transformed into a giant fiery hand.

The emerald green flames, in the instant the five fingers spread out, shook the gourd open, and with a single palm strike, encompassed both the burly man with the iron tower and the white-light figure within.

Within this palm, countless ancient images leaped about in an instant: the Nine-Headed God Emperor roared to the sky, the Bifang monster danced before its death, and the Great Yi drew his bow and shot down nine suns!

Taiyi walks on the water and strikes the Heavenly Bell; the Ghost Mother who gives birth to the Ten Worlds in a day and night fights with Zhulong; the Jianmu tree that reaches the sky has had its branches broken and its trunk cut by countless powerful people. Finally, one day, it transforms and its sword energy shakes the Great Void!

This is a tiny emerald flame that was lit during a great calamity in ancient times. Since that calamity, the traces of the powerful beings who perished in each subsequent calamity have silently seeped in and gathered into that flame.

Over time, through countless eons, this once-unknown flame acquired a name.

—Eternal Divine Fire!

With a single strike of divine fire, the white-light figure and the burly man with the iron tower retreated.

The supernatural powers that suppressed their various divination methods were temporarily broken, allowing Guan Luoyang to learn about their origins.

Heavenly Fire Department, Eternal Day Immortal Venerable.

In the ancient wilderness, there dwells the Great Sage Bo Niu.

"You and that old man Shanlong aren't actually that familiar, are you?"

Bo Niu Dasheng grabbed the wine gourd and laughed heartily, "You actually dared to directly use your mental power to touch the Eternal Calamity Divine Fire. You probably didn't even know what was hidden in the deepest part of this Li Huo Miao Yan Palace."

"It's likely that Old Man Shanlong sensed your presence beforehand and deliberately lured you here, hoping to break the deadlock."

"But unexpectedly, in an instant, you created an opportunity, causing the situation to change dramatically, and you played all three of us in this game."

"Excellent, excellent! Among all the skilled warriors in the world, you should be ranked first!"

He had another gourd in his hand, and he laughed to himself as he gulped it down.

"You are certainly a skilled fighter, but your next choice is more important."

The white light emanating from Immortal Venerable Yongzhou had dissipated. His expression darkened slightly before he smiled again and said, "You risked injury to borrow the power of the Eternal Calamity Divine Fire, but you still cannot hold out for long. It would be wise for you to find an ally immediately and send the divine fire to them. Otherwise, do you intend to fight us alone?!"

Guan Luoyang looked at him and smiled faintly. Behind him was the main gate of the hall, and outside the gate were other palaces.

Just as he chuckled, the row of halls closest to the center suddenly exploded.

Those who broke into the Heavenly Palace couldn't find this place originally, but now that only three layers of restrictions remain, it would be a gross underestimation of them if they still couldn't find it.

At this moment, true water surged into the sky, divine light shone everywhere, and chaotic shadows flew about, making the situation difficult to discern for a time.

(End of this chapter)