Chapter 114: The Secret Realm of Dunyi
Deep within the Abyss of Heaven, where the Star River hung upside down, bronze ruins floated in a vortex of Chaos Qi. The Sky Slaying Arrow in Lu Qingyang's hand burst forth with gray light, and wherever its tip pointed, the collapsed Thirty-Six Heavens Palace was reshaped with golden steps as time flowed backward. The woman in the crystal coffin gently raised her fair hand, and nine Reincarnation Seals transformed into streaks of light, intertwining with the Jianmu Remnant Branch. Within the Rebirth Flowers blooming on the branch, the scene of the First Sword Master severing the Immortal Path emerged.
"This is the Gate of Dunyi!" The remaining pages of the River Diagram and Luo Book, left by the Drunken Old Man of the South Sea, suddenly ignited like lit beacons. The ashes, like dancing butterflies, coalesced into a ten-foot bronze compass. The ancient Seal script "Heavenly Derivation Forty-Nine" carved on its surface seemed to possess a magical power, causing the surrounding stars to shift like pieces on a chessboard. The collapsing starlight of the Ziwei Enclosure bloomed like brilliant fireworks in the dark night sky.
Countless Immortal Court halberds appeared from the Void Realm, their tips dripping golden blood, which, like highly corrosive venom, caused the Chaos vortex to hiss. Ao Lie suddenly let out a painful Dragon roar, its sound like a clap of thunder, echoing through the clouds. The Red Flood Dragon Dharma Idol shriveled like a deflated ball under the compass's suction. The moment his Dragon Soul left his body, the Rebirth Flowers hanging from the Jianmu Remnant Branch withered completely, like a beauty losing her vitality. Their petals fell to the ground, forming a phantom image of the Profound Nether Mirror.
The mirror's surface reflected not the present, but a shocking scene from Lu Qingyang's previous life: him holding a half-scroll of the Sword Canon, engaged in an earth-shattering battle with Xiangliu in the Boundless Sea. That scene was as awe-inspiring as Pangu creating heaven and earth!
"So the Dao Seed is the key!" Su Meiniang's Nascent Soul suddenly detached from her body, shooting out like a meteor. Simultaneously, her seven-tailed Fox Fire erupted, like a burning inferno, engulfing her vital essence blood and crashing directly into the mysterious compass.
In an instant, the firelight illuminated the entire space, and also the "Immortal Slaying Illustration" on the back of the compass. Under the firelight's illumination, the scene in the illustration was clearly revealed to everyone—the nine-headed Vicious Beast that was beheaded was actually the true body of Xiangliu, resurrected in Dragon Prison!
Just then, Yin Jiuyou seized this momentary opportunity, spitting out a mouthful of Witch Clan essence blood without hesitation. This essence blood, as black as ink, rapidly condensed in the air into a giant Taotie Dharma Idol. This Taotie Dharma Idol bared its fangs and claws, with a ferocious face, and the foul Qi it spewed out, like a black whirlwind, rushed straight towards the compass.
What was shocking was that this Taotie Dharma Idol, formed from foul earth, actually gnawed a spatial rift onto the surface of the compass! This rift was like a scar on the Universe, deep and dark, as if leading to the endless Void Realm.
Facing this sudden change, Lu Qingyang showed no fear. His Xuanming Dharma Idol instantly swelled to ten thousand feet tall, like a giant supporting heaven and earth. He gripped the Tribulation Lightning Sword tightly, drawing upon the purple lightning of the Nine Heavens, transforming it into an earth-shattering sword light, like a falling star, which cleaved directly into that spatial rift.
However, the moment the sword light entered the rift, a powerful force suddenly erupted. This force was like a torrent of time, surging mightily, and the deafening roars of countless Heavenly Soldiers fighting came from the long river of time. Broken halberds and tattered armor rained down like a storm, as if a war from ancient times was reenacted at this moment.
Under the impact of this violent force, the Chaos vortex suddenly seemed to be solidified by an invisible power, rapidly condensing into a massive bronze gate. This gate was ancient and solemn, and a immortal binding rope coiled around the bronze rings on the gate, emitting an ancient and mysterious Aura.
Suddenly, a decree burst forth from the immortal binding rope: "Only the Sky Slayer may enter this gate!"
The woman in the crystal coffin suddenly tore through the Void Realm. The cinnabar mark on her fair wrist transformed into blood butterflies that flew towards the gate. The moment the blood butterflies touched the immortal binding rope, the Chaos Qi leaking from within the gate actually condensed into a measuring heaven ruler. Where the sword's edge swept, Ao Lie's Dragon Soul was cut into nine pieces. As his remnant soul fell into the Jianmu Remnant Branch, the Law of the Thirty-Eighth Heaven, sealed by the Immortal Emperor, appeared on the branch's surface.
"Open!" With a furious roar from Lu Qingyang, he unhesitatingly plunged the Sky Slaying Arrow into the door ring.
In an instant, the arrow body glowed with a strange light, and the ancient characters, as if alive, began to swim on the arrow body. These ancient characters quickly intertwined, forming countless Dao chains, which wrapped around the door like a spider web.
Immediately after, the chains emitted a heart-stopping snapping sound, as if they were forcibly torn apart by a powerful force. Accompanied by this roar, the door slowly opened a crack.
However, just as the door opened slightly, a terrifying Aura surged out from within. Countless phantom images of Immortals and Demons poured out from the crack like a tide, wielding various Immortal Artifacts, including the "Seven Tribulations of Immortal Slaying" Origin recorded in the Xuan Ming Sword Canon—such as the Heaven Overturning Seal and the measuring heaven ruler.
The powerful Aura emanating from these Immortal Artifacts was suffocating. Su Meiniang's seven tails instantly broke under the impact of this Aura, and her Fox Fire was also instantly suppressed, becoming dim.
But Su Meiniang did not retreat. She endured the severe pain and condensed her Fox Fire into a vital lamp, illuminating the scene inside the door.
When the light of the vital lamp penetrated the crack, everyone was stunned by the sight before them—in the center of the Chaos Sea, the remains of the First Sword Master floated. These remains were pierced by Heavenly Dao chains, as if he had been Sealed here.
Yin Jiuyou, as if in a frenzy, suddenly crushed his vital Witch Core. The Taotie Dharma Idol, formed from foul earth, surged to a thousand li like a volcanic eruption. The Dharma Idol's ferocious fangs, like the scythe of death, bit into the measuring heaven ruler, instantly stirring up monstrous waves in the Chaos Sea within the door, as if to swallow the entire world.
The nine-headed Xiangliu, standing on the crest of the waves, spewed out bone-corroding poisonous mist like a demon. The poisonous mist spread rapidly like a plague, and everything in its path was corroded. However, when the poisonous mist touched the Jianmu Remnant Branch, a miracle occurred. The Rebirth Flowers suddenly revived like a Phoenix's Nirvana, and the green light bursting from their stamens, like green flames, instantly dyed the entire Abyss of Heaven into a verdant ocean.
"This is... the legacy of the Azure Emperor?" Lu Qingyang's voice was filled with shock and doubt.
Just as he finished speaking, the Reincarnation Seal between the eyebrows of the woman in the crystal coffin suddenly shattered, as if broken by a powerful force. Immediately after, nine streaks of light shot out like meteors, entering Lu Qingyang's major acupoints with lightning speed.
Lu Qingyang only felt a scorching energy surging within him, instantly spreading throughout his body. His Xuanming Dharma Idol's surface actually showed patterns of Jianmu. These patterns, like ancient runes, exuded a mysterious and powerful Aura.
At the same time, the Tribulation Lightning Sword in Lu Qingyang's hand also underwent an astonishing transformation. The original sword body suddenly transformed into an ancient bronze blade, and the Immortal Emperor's bloodstains remaining on the blade's edge resonated strongly with the Sky Slaying Arrow on his body, as if responding to each other.
When Lu Qingyang plunged the blade of this ancient bronze blade into the Chaos Sea, a huge energy fluctuation erupted. The surface of the Chaos Sea seemed to be torn apart, and countless Immortal Court warships slowly rose from the seabed. These warships were massive and majestic, and the flags fluttering on their masts were precisely those already torn banners.
Just as the measuring heaven ruler was about to strike the First Sword Master's remains, something unexpected happened! The originally imposing measuring heaven ruler suddenly seemed to be pulled by a mysterious force, sharply turning its blade, and with lightning speed, pierced directly through the First Sword Master's chest!
In an instant, a mournful shriek echoed through heaven and earth, as if the whole world was shocked by this sudden change. And what was even more horrifying was that the First Sword Master's remains, which had been lifeless, actually ignited a ghostly green Nether Fire in his eye sockets the moment he was pierced by the measuring heaven ruler!
The Nether Fire burned fiercely, illuminating the entire skeleton. And in the reflection of that Nether Fire, a bizarre scene appeared—in the eye sockets of the skeleton, the face of the current Lu Qingyang actually emerged!
This scene was truly too incredible, leaving people dumbfounded. However, before people could recover from their shock, even more terrifying things followed.
The originally calm surface of the Chaos Sea suddenly churned violently, as if it were boiling. Countless massive waves, like fierce giant Vicious Beasts, roared as they rushed towards the present world. And within these waves, countless Heavenly Fires fell like meteors, and wherever they passed, the Void Realm was scorched with huge rifts!
Amidst this terrifying scene, a Heavenly Dao voice, as if from the Nine Heavens, suddenly rang out: "The Sky Slayer shall endure nine cycles of Reincarnation tribulation!"