Above the Great Dao

Chapter 1194 553: The Fall of the Underworld (Part 2)

Liu Daoist saw this and immediately activated his true form as a willow tree. Thick branches danced like dragons, meeting the flesh tendrils, but they exploded with a crack upon contact.

Liu Daoist's face flushed red as he staggered back.

Only then did he realize the vast gap in power between himself and the Heavenly Venerate and the Primordial Worm. His magic could not reach them at all. If not for the Taiqing Purple Qi gifted by Chen Shi, greatly boosting his cultivation, this encounter might have cost him his life!

Lady Houtu waved her sleeves, her long sleeves fluttering, blasting apart the invading flesh tendrils.

The Heavenly Venerate stood in the air, arms folded behind his back, watching from afar and chuckled, "Without believers, Divine Power will eventually deplete. Now, the Mortal World has turned to stone, all living beings petrified. How long can the Lady hold on?"

Just as he finished speaking, a surge of Incense Fire Qi rushed in, immediately empowering Lady Houtu, the Purple Heaven Vine's might growing stronger, tearing apart the numerous flesh tendrils!

The Heavenly Venerate frowned, glancing toward the underworld, where within each underworld realm, layers of hell stood, countless ghosts holding incense, facing Houde Palace, chanting Lady Houtu's divine name.

The Divine of these hells also faced Houde Palace, bowing in worship.

Moreover, many fortresses and villages of the Ghost Clan, with Yaksha, Bull Heads, Horse Faces, and those Ghost King lords, also held incense, worshiping Houde Palace.

In both Heavenly Pond Country and Yu Country, the Ghost Clan erected altars, offering sacrifices to Lady Houtu on them, the Incense Fire Qi transforming into an extraordinary power, flowing towards Houde Palace.

Meanwhile, in Immortal City, Little Yama Nannan led Zhong Kui and other Ghost Gods to descend, raising their Primordial Spirits, suppressing the demon transformation in Immortal City, using vast divine power to subdue all rampaging Three Corpse Gods, leading them and the other Ghost Gods to sit in meditation, chanting Lady Houtu's name.

The extraordinary power flowed continuously to Houde Palace, enhancing Lady Houtu's strength.

The Heavenly Venerate had not yet retracted his gaze when suddenly beams of divine light descended from the sky, with numerous Divine descending from the Mortal World, led by Qianyang Mountain Lord, Wang Lingguan, Emperor Guan, and other Divine who had come to the Huaxia Divine Continent.

These Divine were protectors of the common people. Now that the West Bull New Continent had turned into a stone world needing no Divine protection, they gathered on the hill, fortifying Houde Palace with a murderous aura.

The Heavenly Venerate glanced over and chuckled, "A motley crew. If your true bodies descended, we might have a contest. Coming with just your clones is a path to death!"

As his mind moved slightly, countless flesh tendrils danced in the sky, descending from above!

In Immortal City, Little Yama looked up, seeing the massive tendrils curling down, reaching into Immortal City. She immediately shouted, rising tall, wielding the guillotine, slicing through tendril after tendril!

Yet their sheer number broke through her defenses.

"Whoosh—"

A tendril rolled over, crushing and pulverizing countless Three Corpse Gods and ghost monsters, causing Yuan Chen Palace to explode likewise!

Blocks of pavilions and terraces in Immortal City collapsed, heavenly streets severed, the Ghost Gods within could no longer offer sacrifices to Lady Houtu, fleeing for their lives.

Little Yama, with Zhong Kui, Tie Chi, Black and White Impermanence, and others, fought against the tendrils, but it was a losing battle, unable to stop the massacre.

Within moments, more than half of Immortal City lay destroyed.

Tendrils flew about, about to encircle Little Yama and the others. Seeing this, Little Yama quickly led Zhong Kui and other Ghost Gods to break through the siege, heading for the underworld.

Meanwhile, in the underworld, within layers of hell, countless ghosts holding incense bowed in worship. The sky of the hell suddenly collapsed as numerous tendrils burst through the mountainous rocks skyward, sweeping everything below!

These ghosts, merely suffering souls without mana, were instantly swept up, with many having their souls scattered!

Even those strong Ghost Gods guarding the hells, intending to resist, were caught in the air by the tendrils, their Golden Bodies torn apart in midair!

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

Layer upon layer of hell was pierced by blood and flesh, swept clean below!

By the time Little Yama led the group to the Eighteen Layers of Hell, they found devastation everywhere, with countless ghost casualties, survivors scattering in escape or undergoing evil transformation, unable to regroup.

"It's hopeless!"

Little Yama turned, speaking solemnly, "Follow me to support Houde Palace!"

Above Heavenly Pond Country, suddenly massive flesh tendrils descended, curling towards the Ghost Clan below. At this moment, a skeleton with a saber soared into the sky, the bloody saber light sweeping through heaven and earth, slashing the tendrils' skin wide open.

Even if only a layer of skin was cut, it was like severing a major artery, blood gushing outward, blood light surging, rushing towards the Heavenly Net Blood Transformation Divine Sword.

The one wielding the Blood Transformation Divine Saber was none other than Skull Chen Shi. By absorbing the Qi-Blood of the Primordial Worm, the power of the Blood Transformation Divine Saber grew stronger, its demonic nature intensifying, as it absorbed the Primordial Worm's Qi-Blood with increasing speed!

The Primordial Worm, seemingly aware of the saber's formidable power, suddenly severed its thick tentacles, hurling them toward the ground.

Skull Chen Shi rose to his full height, charged skyward, and swung his saber at the writhing cloud of flesh in the sky.

The cloud suddenly dispersed in all directions, with tentacles attacking from every side, attempting to crush Skull Chen Shi.

Unexpectedly, the next moment displayed the Sun Shining Thousand Rivers, the blade's light shimmering and shooting in all directions, sending flesh and blood raining down from the sky.

The bodies of the Primordial Worms in the air immediately fled, not daring to approach the Heavenly Pond Country.

"You scoundrel!"

The voice of the Heavenly Venerate echoed from the sky, immensely majestic, "I will deal with you, you miscreant!"

Skull Chen Shi looked up to see a jade bottle roaring through the sky, with unstoppable water and fire flooding from afar, spreading from above.

Seeing the water and fire about to engulf the Heavenly Pond Country, Skull Chen Shi flicked his finger, and a golden copper coin flew out with a whistle, growing larger and larger, with a swish, the jade bottle passed through the hole of the treasure money.

The Heavenly Venerate, having sensed the immense power of the Heavenly Net Blood Transformation Divine Sword and realizing the Primordial Worm could not handle it, had cast the Flask of Yin and Yang Essence from afar, intending to annihilate the Heavenly Pond Ghost Country along with the owner of the Blood Transformation Divine Saber, but had not expected the flask to vanish as if swallowed by the sea as soon as it flew over.

Despite repeatedly channeling his mana, he could no longer sense the presence of the Flask of Yin and Yang Essence, let alone summon this treasure.

Skull Chen Shi collected the Treasure Money, and with a crisp ding, the sound of the Flask of Yin and Yang Essence hitting the ground was heard.

Startled, he quickly went over to find the jade bottle, relieved to see it unbroken after the fall.

"You scoundrel!" The Heavenly Venerate's voice resounded from the sky, filled with resentment.

Skull Chen Shi sheathed his saber and returned to the Heavenly Pond Capital, where he saw the Grand Priest holding Chu Feng's hand standing in front of the Royal Palace.

"True King, I entrust Chu Feng to you."

The Grand Priest said, "Now that the Heavenly Venerate wishes to annihilate the world, I must risk my life to stop him. I don't know what lies ahead, not even life or death, but Chu Feng has inherited the legacy of our Great Shang's Master, and he is the hope of our Great Shang Civilization. I leave him in your care."

Fire flickered in Skull Chen Shi's eye sockets as he looked at him with confusion.

The Grand Priest laughed self-deprecatingly: "Do you find it strange that I, who used to cherish life, now risk everything? Haha, in the past, I could hide, could escape, but now there is no escape. If I flee again, the people of Shang will be wiped out!"

Bowingly, he said to Skull Chen Shi: "The last of our Great Shang's legacy is in Your Majesty's hands!"

He rose, flew into the air, his body continuously undergoing Demon Transformation, turning into a colossal Ghost God with a blue face and fangs, riding the dark wind, roaring away.

After seeing off the Grand Priest, Skull Chen Shi went to see Chu Feng, only to find the long-absent Wu Qi standing beside Chu Feng, looking at the boy with a puzzled expression.

He felt the same legacy from Chu Feng as from himself.

The Master's legacy.

But, the Master's legacy was clearly in his own possession, so why did it appear in this boy?

"Disciple greets Master!" Chu Feng promptly bowed to him.

Wu Qi grew even more perplexed, having no recollection of having such a disciple.

"Wu Qi, you have been brought back to life several times."

Skull Chen Shi began narrating, recounting the tale of how he planted the Purple Heaven Gourd Seed along with Wu Qi's bones, speculating, "It is highly possible that in one of your lifetimes, you passed the Master's legacy to him."

Wu Qi looked at him and said, "Are you Chen Zhenwang?"

"Authentic as ever."

Skull Chen Shi replied, "Wu Qi, I brought you back to life, you owe me a favor."

He handed the Flask of Yin and Yang Essence to Wu Qi's hand, and slowly said, "Help me kill someone."