A Scroll of Infinite Glory

Chapter 657 Grasping the Vast Ocean Amidst the Storm

It was indeed somewhat coincidental that Mu Feng Tianzun chose this time to preach to Guan Luoyang.

Previously, Guan Luoyang had passed on the "Crimson Bright Holy Tribulation Tempering Dao Technique" to all the human powerhouses. During the process of everyone setting off for the Northwest Boundary Sea, Mu Feng Heavenly Venerable was constantly distracted by comprehending this divine power.

This supernatural power is so well-suited for use during such a great calamity.

Originally, neither the Holy Lord nor the Heavenly Venerable could be eliminated in a short period of time, even if they were suppressed.

In the midst of the great calamity, even if victory is achieved on various battlefields, the more prisoners captured, the more manpower is needed to suppress them. Conversely, the victory may reduce the manpower available to oneself, giving the enemy an opportunity to take advantage.

However, after the Crimson Light Holy Calamity, all captured enemies only need to be roughly sealed before they can be taken directly to the battlefield to increase the power of their supernatural abilities.

Throughout the battle, keeping the enemy and prisoners in a state of intense confrontation is equivalent to having the enemy help to annihilate the prisoners, greatly increasing efficiency and minimizing one's own losses.

However, such supernatural powers are not without their drawbacks.

Currently, only Guan Luoyang and Shenjia Daojun can use this kind of supernatural power to deal with Heavenly Venerable level experts. However, even when the two of them join forces, there will be very obvious flaws after each burst of supernatural power.

A slight misstep could lead to prisoners going out of control during the low point after the outbreak, making it an extremely dangerous combat method.

When Mu Feng Tianzun was trying to comprehend this supernatural power, he did so entirely from the perspective of wanting to make up for this deficiency.

He hadn't yet figured out how to integrate his scattered insights and pass them on to Guan Luoyang when he heard Guan Luoyang's exclamation about the four great formations of the Heavenly Court.

An idea suddenly struck me.

Although the Heavenly Court of Taiqing Chiming may seem to be indifferent to affairs, its eight departments are actually responsible for coordinating the operation of the myriad realms on certain levels.

Of course, according to the Heavenly Rules, the transmission of the Dharma across the myriad realms must be done according to fate. It is not allowed to deliberately lock onto a target or interfere periodically. Before the will of Heaven is scattered, the Eight Departments of Heaven cannot meticulously interfere with the evolution of any being in the lower realm.

Their coordinated operation is based on the overall trend of the entire universe.

This resulted in all the most advanced formations and supernatural powers of the Eight Departments of Heaven being created by directly drawing insights from the grand trends of the myriad realms.

The grand formation jointly set up by the four departments of Fire, Plague, Mountain, and Water has brought this characteristic to its fullest potential.

In Mu Feng Tianzun's view, wasn't this a perfect model to demonstrate the operation of the great calamity in all the heavens and myriad worlds?

The Crimson Light Holy Calamity is a divine power that evolved from the great calamities of the heavens. The process of Mu Feng Heavenly Venerable taking action against this great formation is a practical demonstration of the possibility that the divine beings and the great calamities interfere with each other and evolve in an intertwined manner.

While bombarding the great formation, he preached to Guan Luoyang, which allowed him to maximize the effectiveness of his preaching.

"The Fuxi Formation is based on the Eight Trigrams, which represent the myriad paths of existence through the struggle between two opposing forces."

Guan Luoyang stood with his hands behind his back, watching the approaching beams of immortal light, yet he remained unhurried.

"Since my Crimson Bright Holy Tribulation is a struggle between saints and tribulations, fellow Daoists Jiang Cheng, Xiao Ran, and others, why don't you also come into my divine power, flow with the current, and each perform your duties?"

Divine Armor Daoist was slightly taken aback.

The Crimson Holy Calamity is no ordinary formation. This supernatural power, which evolved from a great calamity, is extremely brutal. Apart from the one who controls the supernatural power, the prisoners are not subjected to any tender cooperation, but rather to unleashing a destructive offensive that they cannot control.

These human holy lords are far from comprehending the Crimson Light Holy Tribulation to the point where they can become the masters of supernatural powers. Once they join the supernatural powers, they will inevitably be damaged. If they instinctively resist, the risk of the supernatural powers going out of control will also increase greatly.

In short, involving them would bring nothing but harm.

Jiang Cheng and the others were well aware of this, but they were never lacking in boldness. Since Guan Luoyang had said so, they were not going to hesitate in such a place near the battlefield, and readily agreed on the spot.

Guan Luoyang let out a clear whistle, spread his arms, and his physical body disintegrated into layers of spiritual light, which resembled long, snow-white dragons chasing after the blue-green flame dragon pearl, flying around in all directions.

The dragons soared and circled, while the Divine Armor Dao Lord also flew out in numerous armors, cooperating wholeheartedly.

In an instant, the eighteen human race holy lords, the twelve holy lord-level prisoners, and the three sealed mid-level Heavenly Venerable experts were all swept up by these spiritual lights and transformed into a vast, snow-white river.

The prisoners had many seals on them, and the strongest seal must have been left by Mu Feng Tianzun. However, Guan Luoyang had golden dragon scales and Mu Feng Tianzun actively cooperated, so controlling the seal was not difficult.

The snow-white river, though magnificent from the start, was only about the same width as any of the four sacred sites of the Heavenly Court.

When all the seals on the prisoners were broken, even the river itself seemed unable to withstand it. It immediately changed from a straight rush to a meandering and turbulent flow, with the river water rising higher and higher, spreading rapidly.

Once this long river rushed into the range of the four great formations of the Heavenly Court, it seemed that any wave on the vast and boundless river was comparable in size to a holy land.

Puli Immortal Venerable originally intended to assist Ancient Tooth Heavenly Venerable and others in stopping Mufeng Heavenly Venerable.

However, seeing the long river rushing towards them, and the gap in the formation that had collapsed earlier showing signs of worsening, they had no choice but to turn around in advance to intercept Guan Luoyang and his group's attack.

Around that jade-like celestial light, heavy and long breathing seemed to echo. The figure of Immortal Venerable Puli emerged at the end of the celestial light, advancing step by step and growing larger with each step.

It seemed like only a moment had passed, and his figure had expanded to encompass more than a dozen holy sites around him, as well as all the boundary seas and straits in between.

The two or three holy sites closest to him looked like a few small ornaments, which could be swept away by his sleeve at any moment.

In fact, if it weren't for the lingering effects of the supernatural powers of the three enlightened beings, these nearby holy sites would have indeed been blown away with a mere wave of Puli Immortal Venerable's hand.

But when he raised his hand, the sense of turmoil and panic brought about by this majestic Dharma image vanished instantly, and nearly half of the Northwest Boundary Sea fell into a state of extreme calm and tranquility.

"Take it back!"

As Immortal Venerable Puli clenched his fist, all the chaotic seawater around him immediately began to shimmer with a thick, heavy, and dim yellow light.

The splashing chaotic waves, suspended in the void, transformed into warm, lustrous topaz.

All the light falling from the heavens also transformed into beams of light composed of the finest topaz particles, which remained frozen in place.

Under the slanted beam of light, a small portion of the northwestern boundary sea surface instantly solidified into a solid, unshakable, crack-resistant, and unsinkable jade-yellow land.

Even if you searched the entire Great Void Sea, you probably wouldn't find a single piece of warm, lustrous jade larger than what you see before you.

The thirty-odd holy sites within this area appear to be mere ornaments set into this unparalleled, colossal jade.

The yellow jade color did not penetrate into the interior of the sacred land, but it completely covered and solidified the surface of the sacred land.

In the Xuanmen (Taoist school), there is a technique called "grasping the fist," which is considered the simplest hand seal in the world. It involves closing your fingers and making a fist.

Whether the fist is thrown up or down, into the air, or aimed at the enemy's head, as long as the fist is clenched, it can be considered as casting this spell, without even needing any incantations or scriptures.

The effect of this spell is quite simple: it stabilizes yang energy and dispels evil spirits.

However, the origin of this spell is far from simple.

It is said to be an instinctive action used by the early ancestors of humanity, who lived even before Fuxi and Nuwa and whose origins are now unverifiable, to ward off evil spirits and demonstrate courage in their infancy at the dawn of civilization.

Infants possess a spirit and can see all evil. Infants are weak and therefore attract evil spirits. However, when an infant clenches their fist, they gather their energy to achieve gentleness, their mind is undivided, and they are truly focused on the Dao. Therefore, they can ward off all evil.

Although those early ancestors of humanity were mostly inferior to Fuxi and Nuwa in cultivation, they did not even have the understanding or the courage to name one-third of the Great Dao of the myriad realms "Humanity".

However, the things they passed down have left an increasingly profound mark on the history of the ever-prospering human race across the myriad worlds, and have acquired a more extraordinary meaning.

In the beginning of humankind, a clenched fist was used as a seal. The tightly clenched fist of an infant was a symbol of grasping the destiny of this world, and also a seal that bound humanity to all realms.

When Immortal Venerable Puli clenched his fist, he had already forcibly entered into a contract with the entire Northwest Boundary Sea.

When he threw a punch, he became the only thing moving in this half of the Boundary Sea.

The Dharma form remained still, but the fist moved. The half-solidified boundary sea, which was connected with the fist, moved in sync with the fist, shifting horizontally towards the snow-white river that Guan Luoyang and the others had transformed into.

boom!!!!

When these two collided, the transition zone between the central and northwestern boundary seas was in complete turmoil.

In that brief instant, countless raging chaotic waves were instantly vaporized by the force of their collision, turning into a void of mist that spread towards the entire Central Boundary Sea.

That's right, it only spreads towards the central boundary sea, without any of it encroaching on the half-solidified boundary sea area.

In the direction where Guan Luoyang and his group were located, endless chaotic turbulence formed vortexes of varying sizes, siphon storms, and many large storms that even rushed straight to the heavens. Furthermore, the mist surged, creating a chaotic scene.

However, the interior of the partially solidified Northwest Boundary Sea remained completely unchanged. Neither the dense beams of topaz light that filled the void nor the solidified outer shell of the holy land moved about. It remained eternally stable, only pausing slightly before continuing to move forward.

"Disperse!!"

The low murmur of the Immortal Venerable Puli created a wave of sound that swept across multiple holy lands, containing an aura that could grasp, solidify, and drive the operation of all the heavens and myriad realms.

Although the snow-white river was powerful, it seemed powerless against this eternally stable opponent. The surging waves of spiritual light shattered as soon as they touched the topaz area.

But just as Immortal Venerable Puli was about to shatter the entire snow-white river, he discovered that the shattered waves of spiritual light had not truly disappeared.

Within the Central Boundary Sea, the collision between the two created countless whirlpools and chaotic storms of varying sizes.

On the side of Immortal Venerable Puli, half of the solidified boundary sea had no power wasted or leaked out. In other words, those storm vortexes were actually all formed by the broken and scattered spiritual light of the long river, which stirred up the chaotic seawater.

"wrong!!"

Upon realizing this, a characteristic of the Great Tribulation of Taiqing immediately surfaced in the mind of Immortal Venerable Puli—the backlash of the tribulation!

Long ago, there were times when even the most powerful beings of that era had not yet reached the stage of attaining enlightenment. For them, the great calamity was not an opportunity to attain enlightenment, but rather a complete and utter tribulation.

Therefore, in order to avoid a great calamity, they considered many methods to sever the cause and effect and disperse the calamity in advance.

However, since they did not attain enlightenment, all their actions will only generate new causes and effects. They may seem to have scattered the nascent calamities, but in reality, they have caused those scattered calamities to grow stronger again at a speed they could not have predicted, and to retaliate more violently than in the normal state.

If, taking advantage of this clash between the two peaks, the entire snow-white river is completely shattered, then the storms swirling with spiritual light might spread throughout the entire Central Boundary Sea. And if the spiritual light were to reunite then…

"As expected of a high-level Celestial Venerable, truly perceptive!"

Laughter echoed from the chaos, some voices sounding like Guan Luoyang, others unlike him, but all clearly in Guan Luoyang's tone, and they came from different directions.

In the long river, in the chaos, storms, whirlpools, and mist are everywhere.

The next moment, all the storms in the chaos merged and the snow-white river was completely swallowed up by them.

A massive vortex, interwoven with black and white, appeared out of nowhere, causing the entire surface of the central boundary sea to tilt towards this side.

Using spiritual light as tribulation and chaos as holiness, the magical power and supernatural abilities that tempered the Great Dao collided with the solidified Yellow Jade Boundary Sea, which had no time to react, at the last possible moment.

The deafening roar that echoed through the chaos caused all the Heavenly Venerables and Holy Lords present from the four departments of the Heavenly Court to change color.

Half of the solidified chaotic sea area in the northwest boundary sea was forcibly pushed back, causing a major upheaval in the formations of the other half of the boundary sea.

Gu Ya Tianzun and the others were only able to suppress Mu Feng Tianzun's offensive thanks to the support of the formation. They never expected that the situation where Pu Li Xianzun was to deal with Guan Luoyang and the others, which was the most certain outcome, would actually lead to such a change.

Even Mu Feng Tianzun did not expect that Guan Luoyang's process of comprehending these secrets would be so smooth. He entered a state of enlightenment almost immediately after making contact with them.

He originally only wanted to give these insights to Guan Luoyang so that Guan Luoyang could gradually verify, experience, and refine his supernatural powers during battles.

As a result, after Guan Luoyang gained these insights, he was lost in thought for a moment. When he finally made his move, he had already completed the repair of the "Crimson Holy Calamity".

But no matter what, Mu Feng Tianzun was surprised and could not miss this opportunity. The three wonders intertwined, the Dao penetrated the divine spear, and the spear intent was released even faster!

(End of this chapter)