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Chapter 705: The Golden Elixir Emperor's Appearance, Unforeseen Changes!
Chapter 705: The Golden Elixir Emperor's Appearance, Unforeseen Changes!
Numerous Heaven's Pride cultivators first witnessed the Dragon-Subjugating Tiger-Taming Great King withstand such a formidable array of immortal techniques, and finally, with his majestic demeanor, he broke free from his predicament.
They were well aware that this rogue's arrogance and defiance had already infuriated everyone.
Therefore, when they took action, they held nothing back, unleashing their most lethal moves, leaving no room for the opponent's survival.
These techniques were not comparable to those of small-time cultivators and demons; they were all treasures of the Three Immortal Teachings, each capable of overwhelming those of the same realm.
It was precisely because of this that they earned their reputation as Heaven's Pride.
It was truly unheard of for a Fourth-Grade cultivator to withstand such a ferocious onslaught.
But the next moment, the sword swung by Tianwu Xuanwu attracted everyone's attention. If not for the situation today, they wouldn't have realized that beneath their seemingly similar reputations, the strength of the crowd could differ to such an extent.
The fusion of the cultivator and the Sword of Tribulation seemed so natural, as if the power of tribulation within the Dao Sword had already become a part of his cultivation.
This sword could be called the pinnacle of the Fourth Grade!
However, this pinnacle sword was crushed into powder by the Dragon-Subjugating Tiger-Taming Great King with a single palm!
The events unfolded too quickly and abruptly. From the black flames covering the sky to their complete dissipation, it took only a few breaths, yet it felt like an ocean of waves, leaving people breathless with a suffocating sensation.
These Heaven's Pride cultivators were all experienced and worldly, and even when Yang Xu Man's small seal was easily shattered by the Dragon-Subjugating Tiger-Taming Great King earlier, they merely raised their eyebrows slightly.
But at this moment, everyone was stunned and rooted to the spot.
The scene before them had completely surpassed their understanding.
"Kill!"
Tianwu Xuanwu's roar instantly awakened everyone.
As the one who faced the Great King directly, he had just had his techniques countered, and the shock in his heart was no less than anyone else's; he just didn't have the chance to be distracted.
Because Shen Yi's fist had already descended.
"Qiankun Bell!"
Xuanwu's face twisted in ferocity. As the senior brother of Tianwu Mountain, aside from the Yangwu Dao Sword, he also possessed numerous defensive artifacts, although not as intimately connected to his will as the Dao Sword, they were still artifacts of the second grade and above.
But he never imagined that someone could force him to use these artifacts.
A small bronze bell, resembling a shaking bell, rose into the sky, and in the blink of an eye, it transformed into a giant bell, directly trapping Xuanwu. The massive bell body was surprisingly agile, swaying and then pouncing out.
At Xuanwu's reminder, the others once again unleashed their techniques, and the dazzling brilliance instantly filled the entire sky.
It wasn't just the Heaven's Pride of the Three Immortal Teachings.
The eight Great Arhat Bodhisattvas also no longer expected to be able to take the lotus platform and palanquin away from under the Great King's eyelids.
Clearly, their purpose for coming here was not to protect the scriptures.
Compared to the Heaven's Pride of the Three Immortal Teachings, who only wanted to block the lotus platform and palanquin outside the Divine Dynasty, this Great King was the true Scripture-Stealing Arhat! To guard and steal, his crime deserves punishment! The only chance now is to join forces with these Heaven's Pride cultivators to slay the Great King and have the chance to carry the palanquin into the Divine Dynasty.
As for how to deal with Tianwu Xuanwu...
This person has already had his will-connected artifact broken by the Great King, and his strength has greatly diminished, posing no threat.
Eight figures, as sturdy as mountains, simultaneously spurred their mounts—the White Elephant and the Fierce Lion, galloping forward, shaking the earth and causing mountains to tremble. The Suan Ni and the Rushing Wolf soared into the sky, carrying the Arhat's golden body to attack.
All of them were Great Arhats, and with each move, the Golden River surged, gathering into a sea, like giant waves, towering several zhang high, connecting the sky above and the earth below, and heavily slapping towards the Great King in front!
In front of this golden sea of waves, Shen Yi's thousand-zhang-tall figure seemed somewhat insignificant.
Facing the attack from both sides,
He stared coldly at the Qiankun Bell flying backwards, and in the next moment, his five fingers clenched into a fist, and he unleashed a powerful strike!
In that instant when his near-perfect arm extended, the mighty power of tribulation erupted again, shattering the brilliant radiance that filled the sky, and one precious tribulation artifact after another turned into powder.
But that fist inexplicably appeared in front of the Qiankun Bell.
"The Realm of Taixu?!"
The Heaven's Pride cultivators originally thought that what they had witnessed today was already the greatest shock in their lives.
Even when they were easily countered by the Dragon-Subjugating Tiger-Taming Great King the second time they acted, they felt slightly numb, thinking that nothing else could stir their emotions.
But when they saw this Bodhi Arhat of the Puti Teachings suddenly using the techniques of the Three Immortal Teachings, everyone involuntarily widened their eyes.
Boom!
The golden fist peak heavily collided with the bronze giant bell, and without even a creaking sound, it was crushed and deformed, like thin iron, by the overwhelming force.
The roaring Golden River caused Xuanwu's face to tremble and his eyes to nearly burst.
He abruptly pushed out his palms, intending to mobilize his entire power of tribulation to block that fist that covered the sky.
Shen Yi's expression remained calm as he extended his palm towards Xuanwu.
To onlookers, it was as if he had broken open a cage and then caught the chicken inside.
As for the surging power of tribulation, it could only cause some ripples in the Golden River between his palms.
"The position of the Immortal Emperor belongs to me, Tianwu Xuanwu!"
Between his clenched fingers, a sharp roar erupted and then abruptly stopped.
The leading figure among the second-generation disciples of Sanzhen Jiao, was none other than the fallen Huang Qi Jin Wan.
"Heh!"
Many of the Heaven's Pride cultivators turned pale.
Though they had known the severity of the Great Calamity since their descent from the mountain, they had already staked their lives, unafraid of life and death battles.
But when someone truly perished, everyone's heart felt as if it were clutched by that giant hand, and their bodies turned cold.
In their imagination, entering the Great Calamity, even if it meant death, would be a glorious fight atop a lofty peak, under the gaze of the mortal world, battling another powerful cultivator until exhaustion.
Even in defeat, their names would echo through the ages.
It was never supposed to be like this, being crushed like a chicken or dog in this desolate and lonely place.
"What are you staring at? Kill!"
A Suan Ni Arhat took the place of Tianwu Xuanwu, his deep voice resonating like a copper bell, piercing their ears and hearts, urging these stubborn cultivators not to miss this golden opportunity.
As long as the Great King died, the Sanzhen Jiao disciples, without the courage of Xuanwu, would no longer be able to hinder the transmission of the scripture by even a hair.
And this golden opportunity was the golden river that seemed to connect heaven and earth.
Just as Shen Yi was about to slay Xuanwu, this terrifying wave had already crashed down upon him.
The Bodhi Jiao disciples were simpler and purer than the Sanzhen Jiao disciples, who had various complex methods. Therefore, their combined attack was even more lethal.
The combined power of eight Great Arhat's Jie Force, this move even surpassed the sword strike that Tianwu Xuanwu had used earlier.
Under the suppression of the golden river that could break all methods, the opponent's ability to escape into the Taihu realm.
"..."
Under this perilous golden sea, Shen Yi had nowhere to hide. He slowly closed his eyes.
The golden threads within his six paths, quickly merged into the Dragon-Vanquishing Tiger-Taming Supreme Fruit Position, and the amber pearl suddenly burst forth with brilliance!
These golden threads gathered around the strand left by the Thousand-Armed Bodhisattva, enhancing it.
In an instant, the four arms behind the Dragon-Vanquishing Tiger-Taming Great King transformed into four columns of golden light, rising into the sky, and re-condensed into a being tens of times larger than him.
Like four heavenly pillars, they forcefully supported this golden sea!
The four arms exerted force simultaneously, the sound of tearing cloth reverberated through the surroundings. He boldly tore through the golden sea, turning it into a golden rain that fluttered and fell into the mortal world.
Immediately after, the heavenly pillars disappeared, and the four arms returned to their original state, each grabbing the Suan Ni and Benlang Arhats by the face.
Shen Yi swung his arms forcefully, hurling the four Arhats back.
The massive bodies of the Arhats fell like falling stars, crashing into the ground with enough force to shake the earth. The White Elephant and Fierce Lion Arhats, unable to dodge in time, were hit full-on and sent flying.
Before they could get up, Shen Yi's four arms had already pounced again, pressing them all to the ground!
"Great King, don't be reckless!"
"With your Buddha nature, you will soon receive the Sanpin True Scripture and become a Great Arhat of Bodhi Jiao... You and Jinchan Luohan, in the future, will both wear the kasaya, sit on the Buddha lotus, and even ascend to the position of Tian Di!"
"So impatient, why suffer like this?"
It was only when they were firmly suppressed by the four arms that the eight Arhats realized that even if they had used the Jie Force to resist earlier, it would have been futile.
They just didn't understand why the other party would destroy their future? Others were afraid of not obtaining the Bodhisattva Scripture, but he was the Dragon-Vanquishing Tiger-Taming Great King. To put it bluntly, as long as he delivered this scripture to the Imperial City and returned to the sect, wouldn't the True Buddhas still teach him their methods?
The next moment, the eight Great Arhats suddenly fell silent together.
It was as if they had witnessed the most unbelievable thing in the world.
They saw their Dragon-Vanquishing Tiger-Taming Great King suspended in mid-air, looking down indifferently. The next moment, he opened his mouth.
In full view of everyone, a dazzling golden pill slowly emerged from his mouth.
Connecting this with the mysterious methods of Shenxu Mountain used earlier, the answer was obvious.
"Taihu... Danhuang..."
This was the last thought that arose in the minds of the Arhats. The next moment, the center of their brows, which represented their Buddha nature, all had an empty hole.
The Taihu Golden Elixir, containing 6,500 Epochs of Jie Force, silently pierced through their skulls. The terrifying Jie Force within instantly killed the Arhat's body.
Yang Xu Man felt his limbs go numb.
At that time, when he was at Shenxu Mountain, he had questioned whether the Danhuang dared to enter the Great Calamity, so he found an excuse to avoid this matter.
It turned out that the Danhuang had arrived early, and earlier than anyone else.
Protecting the scripture... Enduring the Great Calamity... It was all one person!
Among the second-generation disciples of the three teachings, the one standing at the pinnacle, alone occupied two of them.
At the moment the golden pill appeared.
How could they find that glimmer of hope?
If they couldn't find it, they could only accept death.
Shen Yi calmly turned around, his six arms extended, and golden palms emerged from the Taihu realm, each landing on the bodies of the Heaven's Pride cultivators.
One by one, their lives were extinguished.
These renowned cultivators, with their keen insight and broad vision, had no hope left. Even if it were someone else, they might have struggled, but with their vast experience, they had already understood the situation and were ready to accept death, with not a shred of expectation in their hearts.
Perhaps even the three teachings hadn't anticipated this.
They sent their disciples into the Great Calamity, and before they even entered the mortal world, everything was over.
"Huff."
Shen Yi exhaled softly, releasing a breath of turbid air.
Indeed, those Arhats had a point in their words.
Although he held various identities, including the court, the Three Teachings, and even the Celestial Court, upon careful reflection, one would discover the court's declining influence. Moreover, those Third-Grade powerful beings had endured a bumpy cultivation journey, relying on fortuitous encounters to reach this realm, and their strength was significantly lower than their peers.
For instance, during the previous confrontation, Yan General had to borrow the overwhelming Imperial Qi to suppress and barely match the Thousand-Armed Bodhisattva.
However, it was somewhat understandable.
After all, those who normally enter the Third-Grade realm are Great Immortal Emperors and Bodhisattvas. Why would they risk their lives for the court?
Their path was unlikely to be replicated.
Otherwise, in such a situation, they wouldn't still be hiding things from him.
As for the Celestial Court...
Even if Shen Yi was willing to abandon his physical body and take over the golden body, accumulating merits to obtain the Third-Grade Immortal Seal, it was ultimately an external object, and he wouldn't feel secure using it.
Among the remaining Sanzhen Teachings and Bodhi Teachings, Shenxu Patriarch wanted to devour him, while the Bodhi Teachings truly intended to cultivate a Jianglong Fuhu Damingwang to enter the Tribulation.
Setting aside the grudges with the Bodhi Teachings, if Shen Yi were to successfully cultivate this Damingwang, he might have a chance to surpass his peers and continue until...
"Tian Di?"
Shen Yi murmured, and at this moment, he finally understood what this group of people was fighting for.
Yan General had guessed wrong.
The Three Teachings didn't want to choose a new Emperor; they wanted there to be no more Emperors in the mortal realm.
As a replacement, the Celestial Court, which had always been jointly managed by the Three Teachings, would select a new master, a true Heaven and Earth Sovereign.
Only then could their actions over the years be explained, as their moves had been so bizarre.
They could have directly conquered the Shengchao, but they chose to push from behind.
Because while the mortal realm could be destroyed and suffer heavy casualties, it couldn't be pushed to the point of no return.
What these gods, Buddhas, and Immortals truly sought was, at the root of it all, the Imperial Qi.
They merely wanted to portray the Emperor as a cruel and tyrannical ruler, shift the faith of the mortal realm to a new Xian Di, and then have this Heaven and Earth Sovereign redistribute the Imperial Qi without interference from mortals.
Heaven and Earth Sovereign!
Just thinking about this title made Shen Yi's heart race, let alone the young Tianjiao.
But unfortunately, he wasn't stupid.
If they were truly choosing a Heaven and Earth Sovereign, why would they want to bind this person with chains?
Who has ever seen an Emperor chained up? Could that even be called a sovereign? It's more like a watchdog.
It was easy to see through.
Why weren't those Third-Grade and above cultivators tempted by such a good opportunity, and instead sent their disciples to face the Tribulation?
They probably knew the truth—that once seated in that position, they would lose their freedom and become mere tools for the Three Teachings to distribute the Imperial Qi, let alone control Heaven and Earth.
Moreover, there was the risk of losing their lives.
Shen Yi felt that even if he wholeheartedly protected the Scripture and obtained the Bodhisattva Scripture, the chains on his body would merely change from being held by the Thousand-Armed Bodhisattva to being held by a Buddha... until finally, they would be held by several sect leaders together?
After risking his life in a desperate struggle, it would all be to get a more powerful master.
If he were to develop such thoughts, Shen Yi thought it would be better to just find a tofu block and smash his head against it.
After thinking it through, he glanced at the nearby palanquin, which was shining with a hundred colors, but instead of rushing to retrieve the Scripture from the pagoda, he exerted himself and lifted the entire palanquin high into the air.
Without concealing his figure, he headed straight towards the Shengchao.
Beiliu Riverside.
Everyone was astonished.
Even Lady Tiandong hadn't expected that the confrontation between the second-generation disciples could create such a majestic aura.
Who won? Just then, a small point appeared at the edge of the sky.
Everyone instinctively activated the divine light in their eyes, and upon seeing the majestic golden body and the palanquin held high in its hand, they all held their breath.
"Is that the Jianglong Fuhu Damingwang?"
"The Bodhi Teachings have won!"
In an instant, the faces of the Sanzhen Teachings' disciples turned ugly, with only a few figures showing smiles.
"Wait, it's not over yet."
Lady Tiandong furrowed her brows, noticing that the Damingwang was looking back, clearly on guard.
So, what was he guarding against? The next moment, the Tianmu in front of the Damingwang rippled like stones falling into a green pond, soon flattening out like a huge mirror.
Before the others could react, Hongjing, who had a lower cultivation base, took a deep breath.
He had witnessed such a method before and would never forget it.
In the past, in the Hongze realm, it was this "mirror" that devoured Qingluan's Hundred Birds Divine Spear, which was powerful enough to shatter the sky.
"It's the Taixu Danhuang!" he exclaimed.
Before he finished speaking, the palanquin, shining with a brilliant glow, was strangely swallowed by the Tianmu.
"Put me down!"
The Jianglong Fuhu Damingwang suddenly clenched his palm, as if his ferocity had been provoked, and without hesitation, he stepped into the Taixu, carrying with him the golden river!
(End of Chapter)
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