sinovels Chapter 136 Qiankun Self-Destruction
Chapter 136 Qiankun Self-Destruction
Chapter 136 Qiankun Self-Destruction
The two moved at great speed, traversing countless beautiful landscapes of the western continent.
Guided by the Qiankun Cauldron and that wisp of energy, as well as Zhen Yuanzi's extraordinary perception of the earth's pulse and causal connections, they constantly corrected their direction, crossing one blessed land after another brimming with spiritual energy, and traversing several naturally formed spatial labyrinths.
Finally, in the far west of the Western Continent, above a region known as the "Ancient Abyss of Ten Thousand Ravines," the two stopped their escape.
Unlike the other beautiful places in the West, this place presents a strange, fragmented landscape.
Countless bottomless canyons crisscross like scars on the earth, and dark caves lie hidden among the rugged mountains like the mouths of giant beasts.
The air was thick with the eerie, malevolent winds of the earth, howling and whistling through the canyons, producing sounds like ghostly wails and howls.
The spatial structure is also extremely unstable, with tiny spatial cracks appearing and disappearing like black lightning.
However, deep within this treacherous environment, one can also sense an extremely pure yet chaotic innate spiritual vein slowly flowing.
For those who cultivate certain special techniques or need to conceal their aura, this place is actually an excellent hiding place.
Zhen Yuanzi and Hongyun hovered above a massive, deep canyon where the malevolent energy was almost solidified.
The tremors of the Qiankun Cauldron reached their peak here, its mouth pointing firmly to a location deep within the canyon, shrouded by layers of natural spatial folds and malevolent mist.
"This is it." Zhen Yuanzi's gaze was sharp as a knife, piercing through the many obstacles, and he saw an extremely hidden cave entrance.
The entrance was cleverly arranged with a spatial illusion array, perfectly blending into the harsh surrounding environment. If it weren't for the guidance of the Qiankun Cauldron, even a Primordial Golden Immortal would have difficulty discovering it.
"This old tortoise certainly knows how to pick a spot." Hongyun snorted coldly, his body radiating four-elemental light, ready to make a move at any moment.
Meanwhile, in the deepest part of that secluded cave...
Qiankun Daoist was sitting cross-legged on a futon made of ten-thousand-year-old Xuan Sha Jade. His face was still pale and his breathing was fluctuating. He was far from being in his prime.
He was fully engaged in his cultivation technique, absorbing the pure yet violent innate malevolent energy and sparse spatial fragments from this ancient abyss, attempting to repair his damaged primordial spirit and Dao foundation.
In order to escape that day, he not only detonated part of the Qiankun Cauldron's origin, but also burned his own essence and fragments of spatial laws, resulting in severe injuries and cracks appearing in his Dao foundation.
Suddenly, he opened his eyes wide, his gaze filled with horror and disbelief!
"How is this possible?! They—how did they find this place?!"
He clearly sensed two undisguised, powerful, and familiar auras, like two blazing suns, dispelling the gloom of the ancient abyss and appearing outside his cave! It was Zhen Yuanzi and Hongyun!
That lingering, bone-deep sense of being locked on stemmed from the unbreakable connection between him and the Qiankun Cauldron, instantly making him understand how the other party had come looking for him.
What alarmed him even more was that the opponent's speed far exceeded his expectations!
"Zhen Yuanzi! Hongyun! Do you really want to wipe them all out?!"
Qiankun Daoren felt a surge of overwhelming resentment, fear, and a hint of despair.
He knew his current condition well. Let alone facing the two of them together, he had no chance of winning even against a fully healthy Zhen Yuanzi alone!
Escape! We must escape immediately!
He barely hesitated before forcefully suppressing the churning blood and qi within his body and the tearing pain emanating from his primordial spirit.
His hands frantically formed hand seals, and the laws of space around him fluctuated violently with unprecedented intensity. He attempted to use his life-saving technique of breaking through the Great Thousand Worlds once again, even if it meant burning his life essence and sacrificing his cultivation level, just to escape this place!
Outside the cave, Zhen Yuanzi's eyes turned cold.
"Stubborn to the end, trying to use the same old tricks again?"
Would he give Qiankun Daoist a second chance to escape?
The moment he locked onto the cave dwelling, he secretly activated the power of the Earth Book, connecting with the complex earth veins and evil energy of this place. Combined with his own chaotic Daoist rhyme, he silently wove an invisible net, reinforcing and sealing off the space around this canyon layer by layer!
Although it wasn't as impressive as the Heavenly Net that they had set up together with Hongyun that day, it was more than enough to deal with a critically injured and dying Qiankun Daoist who was hastily casting a spell and prevent him from using a large-scale spatial escape technique!
"Fellow Daoist Hongyun, seal off all four directions! Don't let this old thief escape!" Zhen Yuanzi shouted in a deep voice.
"rest assured!"
Hongyun responded to the call, his body surging with crimson light. The four illusory figures roared out: the Azure Dragon coiled, the White Tiger guarded, the Vermilion Bird soared, and the Black Tortoise suppressed the earth. He drew upon the power of earth, water, fire, and wind, instantly setting up the Four Symbols Seal, further solidifying the outer space of the entire Ancient Abyss!
Inside the cave, Daoist Qiankun's face changed from pale to an unnatural flush. The spatial laws that had been violently fluctuating around him suddenly collapsed inward, and a terrifying aura that could destroy the world instantly condensed, like the stillness before a storm!
A glint of madness and resolve flashed in his eyes as he roared hoarsely, "You forced me to this! Zhen Yuanzi! Hongyun! Even if I perish, you will pay the price!"
Before he finished speaking, he stopped trying to escape and instead clasped his hands together.
The remaining immense power within his body, belonging to the origin of the Chaos Demon God, along with the Primordial Chaos Magic Power he had painstakingly cultivated for countless eons, and the already damaged Dao Foundation Power, were ignited, compressed, and detonated by him without regard for anything else!
The target was not to directly attack Zhen Yuanzi and Hongyun, but to himself, the core of the cave he had been cultivating for so long, and the already fragile spatial structure around it!
"Oh no! He's about to self-destruct his source!" Hongyun exclaimed. He could feel the extremely restrained, yet about to erupt, destructive energy that was enough to completely wipe out this ancient abyss and even the wider world!
The self-destruction of a mid-stage Hunyuan Golden Immortal was terrifying!
Zhen Yuanzi's eyes were also extremely solemn, but he reacted even faster! In the instant that Qiankun Daoist's aura suddenly changed, he had already understood the other party's intention in a flash.
"The Earthly Book governs the world, a fortress of mystery and power!"
"Buzz"
The phantom of the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" on the ground was more solid than ever before, like an ancient scroll unfolding above Zhen Yuanzi's head.
The illusory image of the primordial earth's veins clearly emerged, and the vast, pure, and extremely refined innate Wu Earth essence descended like the Milky Way from the heavens.
In an instant, a thick, extremely refined barrier of black and yellow material was erected in front of the two of them!
Above the barrier, the textures of mountains and rivers flow, exuding a profound Daoist charm that is impervious to all laws and unchanging since ancient times!
At the same time, he fully activated the Central Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner, and thousands of golden lotuses appeared out of thin air, layer upon layer, merging with the Xuanhuang Barrier to further strengthen the defense.
"The four elements revolve, establishing their dominion in the void!"
Hongyun also pushed the power of the Four Symbols Sealing to its limit, and the phantom images of the four divine beasts—Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise—roared and merged into the surrounding space.
They forcibly stabilized the spatial structure, which was violently distorted and nearly collapsed due to the premonition of Qiankun Daoist's self-destruction, in an attempt to limit the destructive power of the explosion to a certain range.