Infinite Professions

Chapter 440: Chapter 226: The Endgame

Innate Qi returns to unity, while Yin and Yang appear as fine dust.

The power of the array, like a colossal grinder, returns everything within to clear Qi through Yin Yang Dust, transforming all within the array.

"Boom!"

Thunder roared away, the Great Sun radiated, two divine lights struggled desperately within, resisting the grinding force of the array.

After three days of fierce battle, enduring and suffering to this day, even a Fourth-rank True God is on the verge of collapse, his accumulated foundation of millions of years nearly exhausted.

"Ah!!!"

In desperation, Qingping howled wildly, his head crown in disarray, looking utterly defeated, the Five Thunder Divine General beside him already dissipated, and the Five-Thunder Celestial Master’s Order in his hand dimming, with visible cracks.

During these three days, he and Huide tried several times to break through the Yin Yang Dust Array, but each time they almost succeeded only to fail, exhausting all means and resources without breaking the array, instead falling into a desperate deadlock.

Today, complete despair set in, unable even to find the opponent’s figure, only this vast world furnace, with the furious array refining, the Five Thunders power around him continually ground down by the Qi of Yin Yang, teetering on the brink of collapse.

The situation has reached a point of no return; defeat and destruction are inevitable.

This caused Qingping great hatred, yet he was helpless, lightning flashing in his eyes, finally making a decision.

"Better to perish like jade than survive like a tile!"

"Song Xiang, this poor Daoist will remember you!"

With a loud shout, Qingping unleashed all his divine power, raising the Five-Thunder Celestial Master’s Order, his Fourth-grade divine body transforming into brilliant lightning, all pouring into the Jade Order, for one final attempt at Burning Jade and Stone Together.

"Boom!!!"

Suddenly a massive explosion, the Five-Thunder Jade Talisman and Celestial Master’s Decree shattered open, bursting out the most violent Thunderbolt Righteous Law, striking into the void.

Offering himself to the Dao, burning jade and stone together, exhausting all divine power, the Five-Thunder method explosively self-destructing the Celestial Master’s Decree, even the Yin Yang Dust Array could not withstand, the Qi of unity collapsed, Yin and Yang disintegrated, the sealed time and space of the world burst open.

"Bang!!!"

Outside the array, fierce battle was in full swing, the three factions of deities fighting fiercely without resolution, when unexpectedly a clear light in the sky exploded, pouring out the power of the Five Thunders, breaking the array’s seal.

It was...

"Patriarch?"

"Broken through the array?"

The Qingping Daoists saw this, joy appeared in their eyes, but soon this joy was replaced by terror.

"No!"

"Patriarch?"

A deity exclaimed, his face full of horror, he was the second ancestor of Qingping Temple, the chief disciple of Daoist Qingping.

As a Fifth-rank True God, at this moment he suddenly felt the breaking of chains, a sense of freedom regained, but this brought no joy, only boundless terror.

As a subordinate god, what does the breaking of chains signify?

No need to elaborate!

He looked in horror, seeing thunder all over the sky but unable to find his patriarch’s figure, the trace of his breath quickly vanishing, finally only a streak of golden light shot out, racing rapidly southward.

"Such decisiveness!"

A soft whisper, Shen Hex’s figure appeared, waving his sleeve to dispel the thunder in the sky, then looked at the streak of golden light fleeing rapidly: "Can you escape?"

As he spoke, the sword moved with him, chasing directly after.

Fourth-rank True God, a Tier Nine existence, none lack great wisdom and courage.

Qingping is no exception, at the last moment seeing no hope of escape, he decisively self-destructed the Divine Seal and the Five-Thunder Celestial Master’s Order, using this lifebound divine artifact and his Fourth-grade rank as the price, exploding all to open his Yin Yang Dust Array.

Seemingly burning jade and stone together, but actually seeking life from death!

In this world, reincarnation exists, death is not the end, there is a chance of rebirth.

Qingping’s aim precisely this, although burning jade and stone, form and spirit destroyed here, yet a trace of true spirit could escape, guided by reincarnation to be reborn.

Shen Hex even glimpsed, at the last moment a piece of the Decree Fragment, carrying bits of thunder into the void, heading to the unknown realm of the world.

It was Qingping’s true spirit, even carrying a fragment of the Five-Thunder Celestial Master’s Order, such reincarnation may not match the wholehearted effort of Zhou Qian, but it offers a chance of rebirth, that Decree Fragment can also be capital for his reinvention.

In dire straits, to have such resolve, truly worthy of a founder and leader of a Daoist Sect.

Shen Hex did not obstruct, for it did not align with profit, if he forcefully intercepted under the power of the Five Thunder’s self-explosion, while he might stop Qingping, it would surely lead to mutual destruction, giving Huide a chance to escape.

Shen Hex could endure damage, but would never suffer it meaninglessly, nor indulge in picking up sesame to lose watermelon scenarios.

Qingping’s true spirit, Huide’s life, which outweighs the other, no need to say more.

At their level, actions are mostly driven by profit, rarely by emotion.

Qingping is so, and he is the same, not letting hatred cloud judgment to make wrong decisions.

Thus...

"Boom!"

In the mortal world, within a temple, countless people looked up, seeing lightning and thunder, then a resounding explosion, amidst heaven and earth’s desolation, seeming to have a figure of a Divine Being manifest, but soon it returned to nothingness.

Ultimately everything returned to peace, the calamity-clouds that blotted the sky dispersed, faintly only two gleams of brilliance darted away into the distance.

What happened?

Mortals do not know, only some practitioners could glimpse some clues.

So...

Escape, escape, escape!

The Great Sun Golden Lotus, Piercing Clouds and Breaking the Sky, carried the severely depleted Huide straight southward.

If Anping City God Temple is the center, then Qingping Temple lies to the east, Donglian Temple to the west, Jinyang Prefecture north, and Qinghe County south.

Huide heading south, not returning to his own Dao Field, is seeking aid from Hidden Dragon.

The death of Qingping greatly impacted him, further clarifying the truth, no Divine Being below Third-grade is a match for this Song Xiang.