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Chapter 241: Hope to Seize Citadel Earth!
Chapter 241: Hope to Seize Citadel Earth!
A sharp rebuke echoed—not a scream of rage, but a crushing weight that slammed into every listener’s heart like two mountains colliding.
Then—
Boom!
The great river of violet qi stretching across the heavens suddenly split. One became two, two became three, and three blossomed into infinity, fracturing into a web of cracks. These fissures widened into gaping wounds, tearing the entire river asunder. Behind the rupture loomed a pair of colossal eyes, vast as the sky itself, their gaze sharp as ice and utterly devoid of emotion.
Plop!
Countless mortals and Refining Qi cultivators collapsed to their knees, unable to meet the gaze of those eyes. Even Foundation Building True Men struggled to remain standing.
Lv Yang felt an oppressive force slam into his Spirit Sea, nearly driving him to his knees by instinct. What the hell is this?! He’d seen Golden Core Sovereigns in action before, even twice, but none had ever struck him with such overwhelming terror.
Golden Core Sovereigns, though mighty, still bore human forms. True Monarchs’ Dharma Bodies were titanic, yet still recognizably humanoid. But these violet eyes? They had transcended humanity entirely.
The eyes slowly focused.
The immense pressure surged toward Chongguang. With a single glance, Chongguang’s already weakened Yangilluminate Cave Realm—reduced to a single core region—shattered into a thousand cracks, on the verge of collapse.
It wasn’t even a fair comparison.
Suddenly, snow swirled across the heavens. A jade-like hand descended, gently pressing onto the fractured Cave Realm.
Boom!
Light erupted from the hand, its immense power knitting the realm back together, smoothing its fractures.
True Monarch Qingcheng Feixue—the famed eccentric of the Holy Sect—stared up at the violet eyes, her face alight with excitement. “So it is in its late stage!”
Her gaze sharpened, eyes flashing crimson. Without looking away, she commanded, “You continue.”
Chongguang said nothing. Mustering all his strength, he lifted the Fortune Ground, reversed the Chen Earth, and soared toward the Lampfire of Restoration.
“I’ll see if it truly dares to defy the heavens!”
At her words, Golden Core Sovereigns vanished from the Dao Court, Pure Land, Sword Pavilion, and Overseas Dominion. In their place, stars blazed to life across the heavens—one for each Fruit Position.
The entire world felt the shift. Celestial chains of starlight rained down, binding themselves to the violet eyes. Under their pressure, the sky-filling gaze shrank, its river of violet qi condensing back into a single point. At last, it took the form of a hazy silhouette—featureless, sexless, ageless—its voice a dispassionate blend of male and female, young and old:
“Must it be this way?”
This voice, unlike the earlier command, carried the faintest hint of humanity.
Then, the heavens dimmed.
All Karma and Heavenly Laws were shrouded. No one could see what happened next—not even Foundation Building True Men.
‘Unbelievable…’ Lv Yang bowed his head, blood trickling from his eyes—the price of staring into that battlefield. Yet thanks to it, he’d glimpsed the truth.
‘At least ten!’
The Holy Sect’s Qingcheng Feixue, plus another mysterious True Monarch. The Dao Court, Pure Land, Sword Pavilion, and Overseas Dominion each had True Monarchs manifest. Over a dozen in total.
‘But this is my chance!’ The battlefield concealed by Heavenly Laws meant no one could divine its secrets. A perfect moment for treachery.
Clearly, the mysterious cultivator who reversed the Chen Earth had become the target of all factions. But equally clearly—
‘Their strongholds must be weakened right now!’ Even the Pure Land…
An audacious idea struck him.
‘If I wait a few lifetimes and seize this moment while the Pure Land is vulnerable… could I steal the Citadel Earth Fruit Position?’
The Pure Land still had a Dao Lord within, but the Holy Sect did too—the two might cancel out. The real challenge would be facing the Pure Land’s Bodhisattvas. But with the Pure Land’s forces stretched thin, and a daring True Monarch’s aid, it wasn’t impossible.
‘But I can’t rush it.’ Stealing Citadel Earth would benefit the Holy Sect, so a True Monarch might help. But he’d need to prove his worth—Foundation Building Perfection at least.
‘Best if I can fuse it the moment it’s taken.’ Citadel Earth had long been hidden, its cultivation arts uniquely attuned to him. It would reject no one else.
The only obstacle? The Pure Land.
But if he solved that problem—if he could seize Citadel Earth, he’d surely become a True Monarch. A far better chance than Chongguang’s gamble.
‘Worst-case, I don’t even need to escape. Just take it, and even if it stays in the Pure Land, I’ll reincarnate and bring the Fruit Position back with me!’
His mind raced.
‘Senior Master Chongguang, you’ve done me a great favor!’ Without his desperate bid for ascension and the upheaval of the Chen Earth’s fate, he’d have no choice but to abandon Citadel Earth.
Now, a new path had opened.
When he reached Foundation Building Perfection, this could become his own path to transcendence. Dangerous? Absolutely. But the rewards were worth it.
Then, the void trembled.
In an instant, he found himself back on the Fortune Ground—no, a fragment of it. Across from him, a sword beam descended. Chongguang had kept his promise. Ye Guyue had arrived.
But soon, Lv Yang’s brow furrowed.
“Not just her…”
Alongside Ye Guyue, several other figures had landed on the fragment.
He quickly suppressed his thoughts, cloaking himself in Star Veil’s concealment. Stealthily, he crept forward.
“First things first—let’s handle the task at hand!”
Ye Guyue carried a second-tier True Cultivation Technique. If he wanted to unlock his genius, the more reference materials, the better.
(End of Chapter)
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