Free Web NovelChapter 509: Chapter 6: The Victorious Fighting Buddha Arrives, and Things Are Starting to Get Weird
"Hm?"
The Barefoot Great Immortal’s expression shifted slightly.
"A direct descendant of the Supreme lineage, yet so well-versed in the Path of Cause and Effect? Does that lamp come from the Jade Void Palace?"
As he spoke, he attacked again without hesitation. The Treasure Seal erupted with light, illuminating all worlds and realms as it bore down on Lu Xuan!
Lu Xuan coughed violently, the severe injuries on his body seemingly aggravated. His expression was grave.
This Barefoot Immortal was the strongest being he had ever faced head-on. The Heavenly Official and Water Official Emperor he had previously slain were merely Great Powers of the third and Fourth Levels of the Celestial Realms!
Moreover, his current condition was worse than it had ever been!
Staring at the countless worlds and realms crushing down upon him, their terrifying weight distorting the void, Lu Xuan opened his Form Acupoint. He forcefully activated his three hundred and sixty-five shattered Innate Great Realms.
He then swung the Ancient Tree Branch in his hand, channeling the Eye-Witness Skill through his Form Acupoint to conjure images of lashing the three Emperors: Gouchen, Longevity, and Qing Hua.
The three magnificent scenes pierced through the countless worlds and realms, slashing toward the Barefoot Great Immortal!
"Worthy of the Supreme Profound Clarity."
The Barefoot Immortal smiled in admiration, his expression calm. His body reflected the Celestial Realms, manifesting infinite versions of himself at his side. These infinite selves all punched out in unison, colliding with the Ancient Tree Branch!
BOOM!
A muffled explosion echoed as the shockwave spread out, completely obliterating the distant ruins of the Immortal Court. Lu Xuan retreated nine steps, each one making the Celestial Vault tremble violently. His own Physique was starting to crack!
At this moment, more than ten giants from the Immortal Court approached, attempting to surround and hunt Lu Xuan. Even Bai Ze joined in.
An Innate luster appeared around him. He was a Great Power at the third level of the Celestial Realms, one who had begun to Reverse the Innate!
As for King Qin Guang and Diting, who were standing to the side, they both seemed to be hesitating, unsure whether to make a move.
The Old Celestial Master rushed over, but he was struck and sent flying back by a single blow from the Treasure Seal in the Barefoot Immortal’s hand.
"Profound Clarity Celestial Venerable."
The Barefoot Great Immortal said with a smile:
"Why not surrender without a fight? Rest assured, we would never dare to harm you."
Lu Xuan frowned and didn’t answer, suppressing the urge to reveal his True Fighting Form. ’The True Fighting Form is a symbol of the Profound Yellow...’
His gaze shifted. Disregarding his nearly exhausted body, he unleashed his full power, blasting apart several of the Immortal Court giants who were closing in and bathing in their Immortal Blood!
But at the same time,
Lu Xuan’s own Physique weakened further, reaching a state of complete exhaustion. The fissures of Time on his five organs all began to glow, and his entire body looked as if it was about to shatter!
"Surrender!"
the Barefoot Immortal roared. His left hand shot out to grab Lu Xuan. The Treasure Seal in his palm glowed, stagnating the Years and halting Time!
Lu Xuan froze in place. The Time around him congealed, forming what seemed like an amber of Years, sealing him within!
"The dust has settled," King Qin Guang sighed. "If *that one* were here, with nine arms sweeping and six faces roaring, the Barefoot one would never dare act so brazenly..."
The words had barely faded. In that very same instant.
"Jun."
From within the solidified amber of Years, the utterly exhausted, severely injured, and near-death old man spoke with a smile.
Another instant later.
A profound and mysterious Dao Rhyme radiated out from him, enveloping the nine remaining Immortal Court giants, the Demon Race’s Great Saint Bai Ze, and the near-Daluo Barefoot Immortal!
Jun means equality!
"What??"
The Barefoot Great Immortal’s expression truly changed. He sensed himself rapidly decaying and weakening as countless fissures of Time and grievous wounds from the years appeared within his physical form!
It wasn’t just him. Bai Ze and the nine Immortal Court giants were the same. They were all deteriorating, and in a mere instant, they were all reduced to the same state as Lu Xuan!
"So this is Jun..."
Lu Xuan said with a smile.
The nine Immortal Court giants were only of the Weak Celestial Realms. How could they withstand the fissures of Time? They began to crack and crumble, collapsing one by one!
Bai Ze was not much better off. He had only just entered the third level of the Celestial Realms and had just begun to Reverse the Innate. His Physique was far inferior to Lu Xuan’s.
Instantly, under the tremors of the fissures of Time, he too was swallowed by the torrent of Time. This true body of his perished!
"What Dharma is this?"
As he perished, Bai Ze was not panicked. He knew he could be revived in one of his other selves. His face only showed confusion and admiration.
"What a terrifying Dharma. It exhausted me in an instant and afflicted me with grievous wounds of Time... Worthy of the Supreme Profound Clarity."
Bai Ze smiled, gave Lu Xuan a respectful bow, and completely perished.
As King Qin Guang, Diting, the Old Celestial Master, and Chong Shanhu stared on, dumbfounded and bewildered,
Lu Xuan slightly raised his eyelids, gazing at the Barefoot Immortal who was coughing up blood and whose body was depleted, and said flatly:
"I’m growing more and more curious about what exactly happened. The Underworld Department seems to have a problem, and the situation on Spirit Mountain isn’t right either..."
He paused, then took a difficult step toward the Barefoot Great Immortal and asked softly:
"Also, where are Yang Jian and the others? I suddenly recall that they were fighting a war beyond the realms. Why haven’t they returned this time? Why?"
As he spoke, Lu Xuan raised the Jade Void Glazed Lamp. The candlelight flickered, burning a crack in the Barefoot Great Immortal’s brow and drilling inside!
"I’ll give you a choice. Life or death?"
Although the Barefoot Great Immortal was alarmed by Lu Xuan’s strange technique, he was not afraid. While resisting the torrent of Time and trying to heal his grievous wounds from the years, he spoke calmly:
"Profound Clarity Celestial Venerable, you can barely even slay someone from the Weak Celestial Realms right now. And you want to kill me?"
He scoffed.
"I am already close to the Daluo realm, and I am one with over a thousand of my past selves. Unless you can slay all thousand-plus of my past selves at the same time, otherwise..."
The Barefoot Great Immortal’s voice stopped abruptly.
He saw the withered old man before him raise a hand and form a profound and mysterious Dharma Seal. The man’s own physical body collapsed even more severely, and he appeared even more aged.
In response, Lu Xuan tore open a rift. Within it was... the River of Time.
He pulled out the River of Time and shook the Jade Void Glazed Lamp. A thousand flames fell into the past, landing on the brows of a thousand past Barefoot Great Immortals.
Lu Xuan spoke flatly:
"Are these what you’re relying on?"
A single candlelight erupted, and one thousand three hundred past versions of the Barefoot Great Immortal were incinerated, leaving only the one in the present moment.
A chill shot through the Barefoot Immortal’s heart. His exhausted body retreated violently as he let out a thunderous roar:
"What are you all waiting for? The Supreme Profound Clarity has appeared! Capture him!!"
The void trembled.
From the North, the Five Ghost Emperors arrived, treading upon a magnificent scene of the Nine Nether and revealing the myriad phenomena of the Underworld Department.
From the West, an Ancient Buddha appeared, clad in a Buddha Robe, with a monkey’s face and a thunder god’s beak. He was toying with a Celestial Pillar in his hand.
From the South, a nine-tailed fox bounded over. It suddenly transformed into a human woman dressed in a Ni Chang, a beauty capable of toppling nations.
She straightened her Ni Chang and said with a charming laugh:
"So this is the Supreme Profound Clarity? By order of the Demon Ancestor, please come with us, Supreme Profound Clarity."
Lu Xuan’s expression turned grim.
The Five Ghost Emperors approached, the Nine Nether rising and falling around them as Yin and Yang flowed. They shouted in unison:
"By order of Nine Nether, capture the Supreme Profound Clarity!"
Lu Xuan’s expression became one of utter confusion.
The monkey-like Ancient Buddha stopped and spoke in a low voice:
"By order of the Hongjun Daoist, please surrender, Supreme Profound Clarity."
Lu Xuan’s eyelid twitched, then twitched again. He fell silent.
He suddenly felt a sense of bewilderment.
Something was wrong. Something was very, *very* wrong.
