Chapter 147: Breaking Restrictions and Manifesting Chaos, Monster Saint Shatters the Seal
Chapter 147: Breaking Restrictions and Manifesting Chaos, Monster Saint Shatters the Seal
Facing the clash of nine Primordial Spirits, Mu Yuan’s mere Zhenqi was utterly insufficient to block the spreading shockwaves from their colliding powers. His Water Restriction Escape Sword only lasted a few breaths before its Talismanic Script exploded, and the blade shattered!
All his magic treasures were sealed inside the Black Water Gourd. Both the Longevity Sword and the Minghe Immortal Sword were supreme-grade Flying Swords. As the saying goes, wealth shouldn’t be flaunted. At the very least, he shouldn’t reveal them before those vastly more powerful than himself!
Though the eight Primordial Spirit-level Elders were from the great Kunlun sect, seeing their aggressive, righteous attitude while ganging up on one person, Mu Yuan couldn’t trust them all to be honorable, virtuous gentlemen!
As for the Monster Saint, there was even less to say. Though this person had aided him multiple times, he acted without restraint, capricious and unpredictable, making him completely impossible to gauge!
The only item he dared reveal was this Black Water Gourd!
The Black Water Gourd itself had no particularly wondrous abilities. For now, Mu Yuan only used it for storage, and he had only refined its Restrictions to the second level. Though it could continuously absorb water-attributed Primordial Qi, it wouldn’t provoke others’ greed!
Fortunately, the gourd itself was extremely sturdy, and it contained the Restrictions formed from the Primordial Five-Colored Mirage Light. Mu Yuan felt the gourd above his head shaking violently, accompanied by cracking sounds inside like popping beans. He hastily sent the Five Great Curses upwards too. Five-colored light swirled, radiance flowing like water, and he felt a little better!
Shattering the Desolate God Halberd, the Monster Saint released the vast amounts of murderous killing Qi it contained. These energies, condensed into solid form, rampaged through the air like fierce, violent dragons and snakes, tangling around the eight Elders!
Kunlun’s sword arts also emphasized magnificent virtue and overwhelming force through sheer presence. The four from Langfeng Summit, especially, practiced clear, harmonious Daoism. They were extremely repulsed by such savage, violent Qi. They joined forces to cast a curtain of Sword Qi, enveloping this murderous Qi, then urged the Four Elders from the Xuanpu Hall to activate the Creation Alchemy Furnace Divine Skill, hoping to disperse these ferociously brutal energies!
“Since ancient times, war and slaughter have never ceased! How can such Qi be eliminated!” the Monster Saint roared, his finger-seals changing rapidly. “Explode! Explode! Explode!”
The Four Elders of the Xuanpu Hall paled. Their grip slackened, and the clear-glowing furnace rotating in the air exploded with a boom! Strands of dragon-like vicious Qi shot out explosively in all directions, scattering into thin threads and wispy trails, unable to gather again!
Sheltered beneath the Black Water Gourd and the Five Great Curses, Mu Yuan was perfectly safe and steady. Despite the chaotic Primordial Qi and dazzling lights filling the battlefield, he noticed strands of black, ferocious Qi swirling around the fingers of the Four Xuanpu Elders. Clearly, the killing Qi unleashed by the Monster Saint, borrowing form and substance, had invaded their meridians and ZhenQi!
The Monster Saint himself wasn’t having an easy time either. Smashing the quartet’s alchemy furnace in one move had left his defenses breached by the Big Dipper Sword Qi. Blood, bright crimson, welled up from both his arms, gushing out. It instantly soaked his dark Hei Pao, turning it a deep, muddy crimson-black!
With a whoosh, the Monster Saint leaped into the Primordial Chaos Golden Chalice, fusing together with the treasure. Golden light blazed magnificently, as most of the two Earth Veins plunged into it!
Without the restraining efforts of the Four Xuanpu Elders, the four from Langfeng Summit alone struggled to hold their ground. Yet, they stubbornly maintained their grip, not allowing the Monster Saint to seize the entire Earth Vein!
A large portion of the wild, scattering killing Qi was also swallowed by the Black Water Gourd!
Mu Yuan watched, enthralled. Battles between Primordial Spirits were indeed extraordinary! And this was with the eight Elders focusing on containment, surrounding the Monster Saint. If it was merely a duel between two or three without such confinement, just the uncontrolled bursts of ZhenQi would be enough to kill any Cultivator below Elixir Formation!
Seriously wounded, the Monster Saint retreated into the Primordial Chaos Golden Chalice. He channeled all his strength into activating the “Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation.” Yellow light surged like the sea! Nine yellow dragons summoned the power of the yellow sand above. Rocks and earth cascaded down in large pieces; the surrounding soil layers groaned, on the verge of collapse! Yellow and golden light throbbed and expanded, their aura massively intensifying!
The Earth Vein sections drawn into the Golden Chalice were mobilized by the Nine-Bend Formation, which then transformed them into surging, roaring power. Outside the golden and yellow glow, two illusory True Dragons took form, one silver-white, the other crimson-red! They shook their heads, flicked their tails, and plunged down, coiling around each other. Flowing fire burned intensely; metallic Qi sharpened into swords. The destructive force grew terrifyingly immense!
“This place is about to collapse! We must leave quickly!” several juniors thought urgently. Yet, the pressure squeezed them like mountains from all sides, making it impossible to move an inch! As they fretted, a thunderous BOOM ripped overhead! A spinning seal emerged, radiating stark black and white light that dispersed like misty auroras, resembling a huge disc. A pair of Yin-Yang fish bit each other’s tails as the seal crashed down towards the Primordial Chaos Golden Chalice!
“It’s the Taiji Seal! But this is the genuine article! Far more powerful than the fake Lin Feiyun held!”
The moment this disc-like seal appeared, the surrounding space was sealed off. Even more solid and unshakeable than the eight Elders’ combined efforts, it was like walls of bronze and iron! Even the flow of Primordial Qi seemed paralyzed. Even the eight Elders found their movements sluggish!
The Seal descended and slammed onto the Golden Chalice. KA-BOOM! A huge cracking explosion echoed! A plume of black smoke wafted up from the Golden Chalice, dissipating and strangely forming a massive Auspicious Cloud. Gurgling bubbles continuously surged upwards within it, instantly crystallizing into three vivid, tender, fluttering Azure Lotuses!
“Three Flowers Converge at the Crown, Primordial Qi Ascends to the Origin! So, Fellow Daoist also practices the magic of the Daoist Sect! Pity you strayed into the Demonic Path, fallen to evil!”
A Daoist, garbed in purple robes, his complexion ruddy like an infant’s, descended from the sky, holding a crystal-glowing Flying Sword!
“The Kunlun Sect Leader, True Lord Qian Qing!” The voice that emerged from within the Auspicious Cloud was hoarse, like grinding iron.
A dazzling streak of light, like flames, flickered atop the Auspicious Cloud and Azure Lotuses. For a split second, a bizarre beast was visible! Its body resembled a deer; its head like a bird; its entire form covered in leopard-like markings; atop its head were two crystalline, branching horns akin to a dragon’s; it trailed a scaly tail! A flash, then gone! If Mu Yuan hadn’t been observing intently in his relative idleness, he might have missed it!
“Is this the Monster Saint’s true form?! It’s clearly the legendary ancient divine beast, Feilian!” Mu Yuan instantly recognized the divine beast manifestation flickering within the Monster Saint’s Primordial Spirit projection amidst the Auspicious Clouds and Lotuses!
“Kunlun has invested heavily to capture me!” The Monster Saint released a hearty laugh. Though weakened by his injuries and his Primordial Qi somewhat inadequate, his voice remained clear amidst the thunderous collisions of magic treasures and ZhenQi!
“Fellow Daoist plundered our Kunlun treasures and pills, and captured our Elders! This old Daoist naturally cannot stand idly by!” Qian Qing’s voice was bright and crisp, like pearls falling onto a jade platter, bearing no hint of age. The Taiji Seal spun faster and faster! The stark black and white radiance intensified, alternating darkness and brilliance like two suns floating in the air!
When Qian Qing arrived, he had forcibly punched a massive hole through above everyone’s heads. Yet, the surrounding earth and stone remained unnaturally undamaged – a sign of perfectly concentrated force, not a shred wasted! His Magical Power was profound!
Even a formidable magic treasure like the Primordial Chaos Golden Chalice buckled under the pressure!
The remnants of the Earth Veins still trailing outside the Golden Chalice were instantly shattered by the shockwaves of the two mighty treasures! Most vanished into the Golden Chalice, while another part was absorbed by the Taiji Seal!
Qian Qing alone, commanding the Taiji Seal, lorded over the scene from above!
The Four Phenomena Sword Array sealed the space once more! The Primordial Spirit projections of the four celestial beasts – Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, Black Tortoise – danced and coiled in the air. Like stars surrounding the moon, they rotated around the Taiji Seal! Immense sword energy pushed the Primordial Chaos Golden Chalice downwards inch by inch!
“Kunlun is truly terrifying! Who knows how many Primordial Spirit experts they command? And they possess such powerful magic treasures! Even the Monster Saint cannot escape!” Mu Yuan felt deeper awe and fear towards Kunlun!
Gradually, the Four Elders of the Xuanpu Hall forced the vicious Qi coiled around their fingers out. A trace of anger finally surfaced on their typically serene, untroubled faces!
“Heh heh, bullies ganging up on the less powerful! I won’t play with you anymore!”
Just as everyone assumed the Monster Saint was doomed, he let out an odd laugh! The Primordial Chaos Golden Chalice vibrated violently with a loud hum! A huge cloud of black smoke billowed out! Countless ghosts and spirits, like moths to a flame, charged towards the sealed sky! Colliding with the confined Primordial Qi, they exploded!
Energy detonations erupted wildly! Brilliant lights flashed chaotically! Tens of thousands of searing thunderclaps seemed to shake the heavens and the earth!
“Demon fiend! Still dreaming of escape?! Today is the day you are finally subdued!” The Four Elders of the Xuanpu Hall waved their sleeves continuously! Above their heads, a wisp of pure light twisted and flickered, revealing a true nascent Primordial Spirit, like that of an infant! It hovered in the Void, silently executing a supreme art that attached itself to the Taiji Seal, amplifying the stark radiance until it became blindingly bright!
After only moments of watching, Mu Yuan and the others felt searing pain in their eyes, feeling as if the intense light might blind them. Their Spiritual Sense became confused, indistinct, lost in utter confusion! They hurriedly closed their eyes, yet it was no help! Panicked, they released all their ZhenQi, wrapping themselves within it, shutting down their five senses and locking their sixth sense, only then finding some relief!
KABOOM!
A colossal sonic boom shook the Void! Three bolts of black Qi surged upwards from the Primordial Chaos Golden Chalice! Clear Water Real Person, Heavenly Demon Palace Master, Green Ghost Daoist – all three supreme puppet Transformation Bodies had detonated! Their lifeblood flowed backwards! Their ZhenQi reversed! A Primordial Spirit, a semi-transformed Primordial Spirit body, and an undying demonic form – all shattered by the Monster Saint into an impossibly vast ocean of Primordial Qi! It surged into the air, intertwining and forming an enormous, sky-spanning palm imprint!
This palm imprint only flickered for an instant before transforming into a long, dark grey banner – the color of Chaos. Its surface was utterly blank, devoid of any Talismanic Script or magic arrays. It was just an empty, hollow Soul Banner, revealing nothing seemingly special!
Yet, the moment this banner manifested, Qian Qing and the others’ expressions drastically changed!
The Lord of Clear Water Palace, the Lord of Heavenly Demon Palace, Green Ghost Daoist – three supreme puppet vessels! Destroyed Primordial Spirits and bodies! Driven by the Monster Saint’s Five Directions Five Elements Breaking Restriction Technique, they first formed a palm imprint, then in the blink of an eye, transformed into the world-splitting weapon once wielded by Kunlun’s founding ancestor!
Such a realm was something not even True Lord Qian Qing had attained yet! How could they not be shocked?!
The Banner fluttered! The entire expanse of space seemed to flicker, instantly turning into a Chaotic void! Whether it was the stark light of the Taiji Seal, the Four Phenomena Sword Array, or the Great Purity Primal Embryos – all were crushed by an immense, irresistible power of creation!
Whoosh! A speck of golden light shone intensely! The Primordial Chaos Golden Chalice shrank into a mere Liuguang (streak of light)! It pierced through the sealed space, activating the power of spatial displacement, vanishing without a trace to who-knew-where!