Above the Great Dao

Chapter 1697 - 776: Primordial Worm

Daoist Qing Yang, Huan Shu, and the others were utterly shocked. The one who killed Cangyuan Shepherd was none other than Chen Zhenwang, whom they had encountered outside the Dacang Realm not long ago!

Back then, they had even invited Chen Zhenwang to board their ship to the Great Origin Immortal City. Looking back now, if Chen Zhenwang had accompanied them, Cangyuan Shepherd might have met his end even quicker.

There were many rumors among the Treasure-seeking Immortals of the Dark Sea concerning Cangyuan Shepherd.

It was said that although Cangyuan Shepherd pretended to subdue the Primordial Worm, he was actually its herder, using it to devour other worlds and enhance his own power.

His strength was unfathomable, especially when he commanded the Primordial Worm. At such times, he could rival ancient beings from the Three Pure Ones Realm and Western Heaven.

The Primordial Worm itself was even more mysterious. Many immortals, upon nearing worlds polluted by the worm during their treasure hunt, found themselves transformed into its puppets or fodder under an Evil Transformation.

Survival in the Earth Immortal Realm was arduous. Countless immortals ventured into the Dark Sea in search of treasure, but no one had ever tested the limits of the Primordial Worm’s power. Most found themselves transformed before getting close.

Yet Chen Shi remarkably managed to dissolve the Primordial Worm’s physical body, turning it into nature’s spiritual energy!

Such a formidable Primordial Worm was incredibly fearful of Chen Shi, fleeing at the mere sight of him.

How powerful must Chen Shi be? It’s simply beyond belief!

"Everyone, we must leave immediately!" declared Daoist Qing Yang decisively.

The others looked over, puzzled, until Huan Shu suddenly understood and quickly turned back, heading for the docks outside the city walls, shouting, "Daoist Qing Yang is right, we must leave at once! This place has already become a zone of turmoil and will soon descend into chaos!"

Everyone quickly followed him, rushing toward the docks.

At that moment, many Treasure-seeking Immortals were moving in the opposite direction, rushing into the city.

Treasure-seeking Immortals often carried their lives on the line, visiting the Dark Sea, vying for the Earth Treasure Spirit Root. Who among them didn’t have blood on their hands? With Cangyuan Shepherd dead, instead of panicking, they were quite excited.

"Cangyuan Shepherd has plundered countless treasures over the years. With him gone, even getting our hands on a single piece would make us rich!"

"Quick, capture the Qingwei Dao Spring!"

"Kidnap Cangyuan Shepherd’s young maiden!"

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Daoist Qing Yang and Huan Shu rushed into the dock, found their ship, and immediately set the Black Sandalwood Ship to sail, heading out to the Dark Sea.

"Chen Zhenwang, so fierce by nature, actually fought his way here to avenge the people of the West Bull New Continent!"

Daoist Qing Yang stood at the bow, with his Primordial Spirit surging, urging the Black Sandalwood Ship along with the others, his heart swelling with emotion.

In those days, how weak were Chen Shi and the others, trembling before the Heavenly Venerate and the Primordial Worm, always on the brink of annihilation.

Who could have imagined that in less than two hundred years, Chen Shi would singlehandedly charge into Cangyuan, dealing with the mighty Cangyuan Shepherd, stronger than the Heavenly Venerate, alone? Even with the power of the Primordial Worm, Cangyuan Shepherd was no match for him!

This event shook him the most; Despair Slope was crafted by him in concert with the Heavenly Venerate. No one understands better than him the power, cunning, and methods of the Heavenly Venerate. Chen Shi vanquished the Heavenly Venerate, eradicated the Primordial Worm, and now came here for revenge, an exhilarating feat he could only dream of achieving!

Suddenly, they sensed an immensely strong wave coming from behind, a spatial disturbance caused by Chen Shi’s clash with a group of Taiyi Golden Immortals from the Great Origin Immortal City.

"Whoosh!"

The wave came swiftly, making the Black Sandalwood Ship creak and groan, its surface revealing explosion-like cracks from the Immortal Dao Patterns imprinted on it.

The deck also echoed with cracking sounds, the people on board terrified as they desperately tried to keep the Black Sandalwood Ship from falling apart.

A second wave followed closely, with even greater force.

The Immortal Dao Marks on the ship’s surface exploded under the impact, the Dao Patterns evaporating!

"Quick, repair the ship!" urged Huan Shu.

The Treasure-seeking Immortals onboard quickly activated their Immortal Dao Patterns, imprinting them on the ship’s surface.

In their haste, they glanced toward the Great Origin Immortal City, where in the sky above, Chen Shi was besieged by more than a dozen Taiyi Golden Immortals. In their eyes, the torrents of Daoist Skills formed by Divine Skills were gargantuan, resembling apocalyptic forces, and the Magical Treasures presented terrifying and boundless scenes, shaking the heavens and the earth!

At the same time, the immense body of the Primordial Worm was rapidly retreating through the starry sky, attempting to escape Chen Shi’s Daoist Field.

The Great Origin Immortal City was shattered under the terrifying assault, with only a few ships of Treasure-seeking Immortals managing to escape. The others were mostly buried in the dreadful waves.

Even the ships that escaped the city were caught and disintegrated by the waves, reduced to dust!

The people on the Black Sandalwood Ship were chilled to the core, urgently propelling the Immortal Ship to flee faster.

In that instant, Chen Shi smashed a Taiyi Golden Immortal’s Magical Treasure with a single palm strike, and the fragments flew out from above the Immortal City.

The fragments, initially small, grew larger as they flew outward, soon roaring toward them with the size of a mountain, swelling in an eyeblink to occupy a space of ten thousand feet in every direction!

Magical Treasures of the Taiyi Golden Immortal class are often forged by extracting vast elements of the world, like one shaping a whip from a thousand-mile Long River, shaping a seal from the core of a star, or using the Cloud Sea as blue silk—already colossal by nature, appearing smaller only through the sacrificial refinement of Taiyi Golden Immortals.

Now shattered by Chen Shi, the true size of the Magical Treasure revealed itself.

A fragment approached them, closing in on the Black Sandalwood Ship, threatening to crush them to dust. The immense form of the Primordial Worm happened to swim past from one side.