Free Web NovelChapter 524: Chapter 17: Slaughtering the Demon Country, Suppressing the Demon Ancestor Incarnation, Striking Gouchen
Four Divine Mountains viciously pinned down the four corners of the Demon Country, unleashing a heaven-storming, malevolent aura!
Shangqing Spirit Treasure Heavenly Venerate was, by nature, a symbol of extinction, finality, and destruction. The Four Immortal Slaying Swords were also one of the greatest artifacts of slaughter from ancient times to the present day!
An intense rhythm of the Killing Dao, accompanied by the baleful aura Lu Xuan had accumulated from slaughtering hundreds of millions from the Demon Race and millions of Immortals and Buddhas over the years, surged throughout the entire Demon Country.
Countless Great Demons and Demon Saints were thrown into a panic. Even some beings at the Great Saint level furrowed their brows, overcome with dread!
And in the heartland, above the two Divine Mountains, above the human pens.
"Vile demons. Truly vile!"
As the cold voice echoed, a middle-aged Daoist materialized among the clouds. He stood at the exact center of the four Immortal Swords, each as colossal as a Divine Mountain.
Threads of Cause and Effect intertwined around his body. A forty-nine-colored radiance cloaked his back, and his entire being was shrouded in a deep darkness, as if containing overlapping visions of the cosmos!
Inside the Great Palace, a graceful woman opened her eyes and gave a cold smile.
"Supreme Profound Clarity. You’ve come uninvited..."
At her side, Daji, an attendant who was herself close to the Daluo realm, lowered her head and asked softly,
"Should we summon the Saints to capture this man?"
"You are no match for him."
The Demon Ancestor Incarnation spoke flatly, raising her eyelids slightly.
"This man has already reached the Fifth Level of the Celestial Realms. He is not far from Daluo. Moreover, he is an Innate Divine Demon who wields the Heaven-Opening Banner and the Four Immortal Slaying Swords... How strange."
She frowned, murmuring to herself.
’How could the Heaven-Opening Banner and the Four Immortal Slaying Swords be in his possession? Never mind, never mind... This Supreme Profound Clarity is most likely here for Lamp. Someone will capture him.’
A thought stirred in Daji’s mind, and her expression grew pensive.
’At the Top of Buzhou Pillar, it had always seemed as if a Daluo was seated there...’
She let out a charming laugh.
"Then let us sit back and watch how this Supreme Profound Clarity falls from the sky."
"Mm."
The Demon Ancestor nodded slightly.
"You should observe carefully. You have been by my side for so many years, but even with the power to topple the great Shang Dynasty, you are still a hair’s breadth away from Daluo. Perhaps today will be your opportunity."
Daji bowed deeply.
Just as the two heaven-reaching demons were conversing,
at the Top of Buzhou Pillar, the hazy mists of Chaos had already been scattered by the sky-high killing intent of the Four Immortal Slaying Swords.
The scene on the mountaintop was laid bare for all to see.
"Supreme Profound Clarity..."
Gouchen muttered to himself, stomping a heavy foot on Lamp’s body. A Daluo’s killing intent erupted, causing Lamp’s body to crack and brilliant golden Buddha Blood to spill out!
He looked up, his gaze cold, and let out a soft laugh.
"Lamp, oh Lamp, is this the great disaster you spoke of?"
After a pause, Gouchen continued,
"This is no disaster. This is a joyous occasion... Su! Preme! Pro! Found! Cla! Ri! Ty!!"
With a furious roar, the clang of all the world’s weapons, the aura of iron-blooded slaughter, and a Daluo’s killing intent converged into a tide, smashing toward the middle-aged Daoist in the clouds!
The shame of the Spring and Autumn Years must be repaid today!
Lu Xuan stood upon the clouds, holding the Heaven-Opening Banner. He gazed at the crashing tide of slaughter, not dodging or evading, but simply lowering his gaze.
"Well done, Gouchen. Well done indeed..."
He brought a palm down, seizing the Stars of the Celestial Sphere and creating the image of Heaven and Earth Inversion to shatter the tide of slaughter!
Gouchen was stunned for a moment, then a playful smile spread across his face.
"Are you really here to save Lamp? You and your daughter are truly an interesting pair... Young friend Profound Clarity, do you dare enter this mountain and have a proper fight with me?"
"I do."
Lu Xuan nodded, but his gaze fell upon the human pens. It fell upon the hundred thousand members of the Human Race, their bodies barely covered by rags as they huddled in the filth. It fell upon the Old Celestial Master and Zhang Jifeng, a look of struggle in their eyes.
He sighed softly.
"I once built a road in the starry sky from the blood and bones of Evil Demons. I thought it would serve as a warning to some of them, but I never expected they would grow even worse..."
As his voice fell, a thought from Lu Xuan connected with the four Divine Mountains pinning the area around the Demon Country, forming the Immortal Slaying Sword Array!
The Sword Array began to turn, its killing power circulating. The earth was torn asunder, and mountain ranges collapsed, causing the entire Southern Continent to show signs of shattering!
Many gazes turned toward the Southern Continent, but they could only see the slowly rotating Sword Array, whose sharp sword intent stabbed and injured some of the prying eyes!
"The Four Immortal Slaying Swords!!"
The outside world was plunged into shock. These were the four legendary swords of slaughter, components of the First Killing Array of the Ancient Times. And now, they had descended to envelop the Demon Country!!
Who was the one controlling the Sword Array?
In the shattered Buddha Land, the Fighting Buddha rose in horror from the ashes of Sumeru Mountain.
In the Northern Continent Underworld, the Five Ghost Emperors, who were recuperating, paled in terror.
In the Eastern Continent Immortal Court, the remaining giants and Celestial Venerables of the Immortal Court wore expressions of utmost gravity. Some of the Ancient Immortals who had lived through the Late Shang Dynasty trembled uncontrollably!
It was as if they recalled the world-shaking scenes from the Late Shang Dynasty!
"Something... is about to happen!"
An Ancient Immortal murmured.
Meanwhile, in the Southern Continent, in the Demon Country.
CLANG!!
With a piercing screech of metal, the four swords struck as one. The Sword Array descended, trapping mountains, sealing the land, slaughtering demons, and slaying Great Saints!
"Insolent!"
Inside the Great Palace, the Demon Ancestor Incarnation’s willow-like brows twitched. She tried to extend her hand out of the palace but was forced back by an immense power.
She spoke with resentment, "Goddess..."
At that moment, the entire Demon Country was being turned upside down. The earth and rock crumbled, the ground split open, and one after another, fleeing Great Demons fell from the sky.
Demon Saints who had dominated their own territories were annihilated. More than ten Ancient Great Saints were wounded and struggled to resist!
"Together!"
An Ancient Great Saint roared. Over ten Great Saints rose from all directions, and some Demon Saints who had barely survived the first wave of slaughter also gathered, forming a mass that was Covering the Sky and Sun as they surged toward the figure in the sky!
"Be careful..."
In the human pens, some of the Human Race felt their hearts leap into their throats, praying softly,
"May Profound Origin Fusheng protect us..."
「The next moment.」
"Slay."
The middle-aged Daoist had made no grand gestures, only spoken that single, cold word. At his command, the Four Immortal Slaying Swords unleashed their killing intent, rending the heavens and tearing the earth, slaughtering demons and purging evil.
Hundreds upon thousands of Demon Saints rained down from the sky. One by one, the renowned Ancient Great Saints were also bloodied, exploding like fireworks across the Celestial Vault!
In the human pens, countless people stared up blankly, gazing at the rain of falling demons, at the magnificent sight of fireworks blooming one after another.
They gazed at the Daoist figure standing quietly among the clouds, wreathed in blood-red fireworks, and for a time, they were all rendered speechless!
When the fireworks had all burst,
When the entire Demon Country had fallen into a dead silence,
an earth-shattering cheer erupted from the human pens.
"Lu Zi! Lu Zi!!"
"Saint Lu!!"
Amidst the shouts, the Demon Saint in charge of guarding the human pens, perhaps the last demon in the Demon Country outside the Great Palace, stumbled and fell.
It then plunged into the mud, frantically digging, frantically fleeing, only to be nailed deep within the earth by a wisp of Sword Qi!
Lu Xuan surveyed the four corners of the world. The mountains and rivers were shattered, Demon Blood dripped everywhere, and heaven and earth were silent.
"Mercy, mercy."
He sighed with pity, then pointed a finger, dispelling the Daluo Thought within the bodies of the Old Celestial Master and Zhang Jifeng.
The two of them awoke as if from a dream. Recalling everything, they lowered their heads and stood in silence.
The earth trembled slightly. The Demon Blood and the remains of the Great Demons gathered, paving a road that led straight out of the Immortal Slaying Sword Array, straight out of the Southern Continent.
"Go. Follow this road, and you will return to the Human World."
Lu Xuan looked down and spoke softly to the hundred thousand people in the pens.
"Within the Demon Country, the demons have all been purged."
The demons... have all been purged?
After a long, dead silence,
one by one, the people prostrated themselves, all of them crying out the sacred name of the Supreme, the name of Profound Clarity!
Then,
the middle-aged Daoist nodded to them before stepping onto an auspicious cloud and walking, step by step, into the Buzhou Pillar!
"Supreme Profound Clarity..."
Gazing at the vast, bloody aura surrounding the middle-aged Daoist, Emperor Gouchen subconsciously took a step back, a smile that didn’t reach his eyes on his face.
"The Three Pristine Ones really do spoil you... The Four Immortal Slaying Swords and the Heaven-Opening Banner, tsk tsk."
Lu Xuan said flatly,
"The Four Immortal Slaying Swords are pinning down the four directions. As for the Heaven-Opening Banner..."
He chuckled, then threw the Great Banner in his hand. It fell upon the peak of the other Divine Mountain, pressing down upon the Great Palace!
BOOM!!
The Great Palace trembled violently, showing signs of collapse. The Demon Ancestor Incarnation’s willow-like brows shot up, and she struck upwards with a fair hand.
Though she was only an incarnation, she still possessed heaven-shaking Cultivation, far surpassing the level of the Celestial Realms and comparable to a top-tier Daluo!
The slender white palm struck the Heaven-Opening Banner, causing it to tremble slightly.
The next moment, the Great Banner unfurled, rolling up the Demon Ancestor Incarnation and the pale-faced Daji directly into it, and they vanished without a trace!
Emperor Gouchen’s expression shifted slightly, a hint of vigilance appearing on his face, but he continued to smile.
"The Demon Ancestor Incarnation couldn’t leave the Great Palace anyway. That was a bit redundant... With your Cultivation, it must be quite taxing to wield the Heaven-Opening Banner. After suppressing her, do you have any strength left?"
Lu Xuan looked at this old acquaintance and said flatly,
"Wielding the Great Banner to slay you would be a bit difficult, but killing you with my own power is more than enough."
A glint flashed in Emperor Gouchen’s eyes.
"Shall we test that?"
Lamp Buddha, who was being trampled under his foot, turned pale and shouted a warning,
"Xiaoxuan, don’t be rash! You must use the Immortal Slaying Sword Array and the Heaven-Opening Banner together!"
"Elder Lamp."
Lu Xuan smiled.
"Things are different now."
Lamp was taken aback.
In that same instant, a savage look flashed in Gouchen’s eyes.
He attacked brazenly, seizing the starry river from the sky and, along with countless scenes of ancient wars, forged it into a spear that he brought down upon Lu Xuan from above!
"Watch out!!" Lamp paled, shouting a warning, but before the words left his mouth, the spear had already arrived!
CLANG!!
The Long Spear slammed into Lu Xuan’s forehead with a metallic ring. A smile had just begun to form on Gouchen’s face when it suddenly froze!
The Long Spear had pierced three inches into Lu Xuan’s forehead, but it could go no further.
He reached up and pulled out the Long Spear, letting the blood stream down his forehead as he said calmly,
"The first time I met you, Emperor, it was like looking up at a great mountain, an ant peeking at the Cyan Celestial Realm."
After a pause, Lu Xuan walked toward Gouchen step by step, saying as he went,
"But now, it is time for you, Emperor, to see me... as if you are seeing the Cyan Celestial Realm!"
As his voice fell,
Lu Xuan stomped his foot, creating an Innate Infinite Blood Sea. He suddenly took on a form with three heads, six faces, and nine arms, revealing his True Fighting Form with the Six Paths Plate on his back!
"You are..."
Gouchen’s expression changed drastically.
"You are Profound Yellow?!"
At this moment, the Demon Country had been completely purged. The Immortal Slaying Sword Array spun in the four directions, blocking all prying eyes.
The Heaven-Opening Banner fluttered in the wind, suppressing the Demon Ancestor Incarnation and Daji within it, who could also see nothing of the outside world!
The only ones who could see Lu Xuan were Gouchen and Lamp.
The hairs on Emperor Gouchen’s arms stood on end. Then, a look of sudden realization dawned on his face.
"Of course. Profound Clarity and Profound Yellow were one person all along... So that’s how it is. That’s how it is."
"But in the end, you are still not a Daluo!"
His expression turned cold. Myriad weapons of the world appeared around his body, a dense, packed mass that collided with each other, their clanging shaking the heavens!
Then, the countless weapons surged forward in a continuous stream, coming to nail him down with the force of a thousand autumns!
"Dodge!" Lamp warned.
But Lu Xuan smiled, shaking his three heads, his eighteen eyes filled with a cold light.
"A Daluo... I can slay one of those, too!"
He unleashed his full power. Without using his many Supreme Treasures, he manifested the Six Paths Seal and the Reincarnation Seal in his nine arms.
He unleashed Divine Techniques like Flowers Bloom in an Instant and Heaven and Earth Inversion. The radiant light of his many powers blazed, weaving into a brilliant twilight that illuminated all worlds as it erupted with a titanic BOOM!
"Gouchen!"
"Today, I will slay you."
Lu Xuan smiled, as gentle as a spring breeze.
The Path of Great Balance trembled slightly. By engraving and replicating balance, the characteristic of a Daluo had been obtained.
The Daluo characteristic: one instance of proof becomes Eternal Proof.
In that instant, all the innumerable versions of Lu Xuan from the past transformed into beings close to the Daluo realm.
