Living in the deep palace

"Old dog Wanmu, how have you been?"

Su Chen's gaze calmly fell on Wanmu Daoren, his tone indifferent yet carrying a hint of mockery.

"Su! Chen!"

The moment Wanmu Daoren saw Su Chen, his pupils suddenly contracted, and old and new grudges surged into his heart. A monstrous killing intent erupted from his body!
"You little beast! You actually dare to come here willingly?!"

"Do they really think I'm weak and easy to bully?!"

"I am a Golden Immortal, a fallen mid-stage Golden Immortal, still a mid-stage Golden Immortal! You are merely a mere insignificant second-stage cultivator, yet you dare to seek revenge against me?"

Wanmu Daoren seemed to have suffered some kind of humiliation and let out an angry roar.

“This place is covered by karmic obstacles, so Zuo Qingcang’s filth won’t be able to find it in a short time. Since you’re here, then stay!”

“There is a road to heaven but you don’t take it, and there is no door to hell so you have to throw yourself into it!”

"Today, I will tear you to pieces, extract your soul and refine your spirit to vent my hatred!" Daoist Wanmu roared like a wild beast, his withered claws slashing out!
Rumble——!
The entire dark palace trembled violently!

Countless thick, decaying vines, shimmering with eerie green phosphorescence, lashed out at Su Chen from all directions like awakened poisonous dragons!

Each vine is entwined with dense decay laws and deathly Dao rhythms, its power enough to easily tear apart the protective immortal light of a Xuan Yu Immortal Ranking expert!

"Hmph, still using these low-class methods." Su Chen's lips curled into a disdainful smile.

He didn't even flinch; he just stood there quietly.

A layer of nine-colored celestial light, as thin as a cicada's wing yet indestructible, quietly emerged around his body.

Ding ding ding ding ding——!!!
Countless decaying vines lashed fiercely at the nine-colored immortal light, unleashing a deafening thud!

however.

That seemingly thin layer of nine-colored immortal light remained completely still, just like the eternal and indestructible divine metal!
No matter how frantically the vines attacked, they couldn't budge it an inch!
The eerie green phosphorescent flames, capable of corroding everything, were extinguished the moment they came into contact with the nine-colored immortal light, as if they had encountered their nemesis!
"what?!"

Wanmu Daoren was once again shocked by Su Chen's methods!

He could clearly feel that Su Chen's protective immortal light was several times stronger than it had been at the Tomb of Ten Thousand Trees!
That perfect, flawless, and invulnerable charm made him feel a pang of emotion!
"Old dog, your strength doesn't seem to have improved much."

Su Chen's tone was full of sarcasm, "It seems that the injury from last time has had quite an impact on you."

"Don't be so smug, you little beast!"

Wanmu Daoren was thoroughly enraged by Su Chen's words. He suddenly stood up from his rotten wooden throne, and a terrifying pressure that made people suffocate erupted from his withered body!
"I admit that your growth has indeed exceeded my expectations! But the difference between a Golden Immortal and a Profound Immortal is like heaven and earth! Today, I will show you what the true... power of a Golden Immortal is!"

Wanmu Daoist roared, and his withered, tree-branch-like arm suddenly grabbed at Su Chen from afar!
"The Law of Decay - The Great Handprint of the Withering and Flourishing of All Trees!"

boom--! ! !
In an instant, the decaying laws and dead wood Daoist charm of the entire Rotten Wood Miasma Starfield seemed to be summoned, frantically converging towards the palm of the Myriad Wood Daoist!
A gigantic, dark green hand, completely formed from the purest laws of decay and the Dao of death, appeared out of thin air!
The giant hand was covered with twisted tree patterns and hideous ghost faces, exuding a terrifying aura that could strip away all life and corrode all existence!
It's as if even the stars and the moon would be instantly reduced to withered wood and ashes with just a gentle touch!
"It's a bit interesting."

Faced with this devastating attack, Su Chen finally showed a serious expression.

He could sense that Wanmu Daoren's attack had used a portion of his Golden Immortal origin power, and its strength far surpassed that of the previous vine attacks!
"But... that's all!"

Su Chen took a deep breath, and the Taiyi Immortal Essence within his body circulated wildly like a boiling cosmic sea! Within his sea of ​​consciousness, the Taiyi Dao Seed that had fused with the stone tablet burst forth with an unprecedentedly brilliant light!
"The Record of Suppressing Demons with Taiyi - The Seal of Heaven Opening with Taiyi!"

Su Chen's hands formed a profound and ancient mudra in front of his chest!

As the Dharma Seal took shape, a terrifying aura, even more vast and majestic than before, seemingly capable of opening up the primordial chaos and recreating the universe, suddenly erupted from Su Chen's body!

Behind him, the complete phantom of the Nine-Colored Longevity Tree reappeared!
The Dao Tree swayed gently, casting down countless rays of nine-colored light that contained boundless vitality and the true meaning of Taiyi!

These nine-colored rays of light perfectly merged with the Taiyi Opening Heaven Seal in Su Chen's hand!

In an instant, a huge golden seal, radiant with golden light, sacred and majestic, seemingly capable of suppressing all realms and obliterating all evil, condensed and took shape above Su Chen's head!
On that precious seal, the sun, moon, and stars revolve, and the universe is born, dies, and evolves!
Faintly visible within was a blurry yet supremely aura-filled phantom of the Taiyi Heavenly God, seated cross-legged, chanting the Great Dao Mantra!

"go with!"

Su Chen uttered a single word softly.

The enormous golden seal, carrying unparalleled power, fiercely...suppressed towards the dark green, decaying giant hand!

boom--!!!!!!!!

The golden seal and the giant, dark green hand collided head-on like two ancient divine mountains within this dark palace!

There was no earth-shattering roar, nor any devastating energy storm!

Because all the power was compressed to the extreme at the moment these two came into contact!

Click! Click! Click!

The palace walls, floors, and dome—everything constructed from indestructible, millennia-old, decaying wood—crashed and crumbled like fragile porcelain under this indescribable, terrifying force! They turned to dust!

The core of the entire petrified giant tree was trembling and groaning violently! It seemed as if it would collapse completely at any moment!

puff--!
Daoist Wanmu suddenly spat out a mouthful of dark green blood. His withered body flew backward like a kite with a broken string, crashing heavily into the ruins of the palace! His giant hand, formed from the laws of decay and the Dao of death, was actually... shattered... by the extreme collision with the golden seal!

"No... Impossible!!!" Wanmu Daoren struggled to get up from the ruins, his cloudy eyes filled with disbelief, terror and horror!
Lost...

He actually... lost again?!
Moreover, this time, he was defeated even more thoroughly! Even more humiliated!

His proud Golden Immortal Laws were utterly useless before Su Chen's sacred and majestic Taiyi Treasure Seal, like a clay chicken or a clay dog!

"Old dog, how does it taste?" Su Chen's figure slowly emerged from the billowing dust.

His white robes remained as pure as snow, spotless and immaculate.

Although the Taiyi Immortal Essence within his body was also greatly depleted, his aura was even more sharp and even more... unfathomable than before!
With each step he took, it felt as if he were stepping on Wanmu Daoren's heart, giving him a suffocating pressure!
"You... what kind of monster are you?!" Wanmu Daoren asked in a hoarse voice, his tone filled with endless fear and despair.

He cultivated for countless epochs and was once a powerful Golden Immortal who dominated the starry sea!
He never imagined that one day he would be driven to such a desperate situation by a junior who wasn't even a Golden Immortal!

Su Chen's growth rate was simply too fast! So fast that it made him feel...a chill down his spine!

"I am... the one who will take your dog's life!"

A chilling killing intent flashed in Su Chen's eyes!
He gave Wanmu Daoist no chance to catch his breath!

He swayed and charged towards Wanmu Daoist once again!

"Taiyi Divine Thunder, subdue demons and monsters!"

"The celestial constellations, sealed for eternity!"

"Taiyi Dragon Soaring Through a Thousand Miles of Desolate Land!"

Su Chen effortlessly and smoothly executed many powerful secret techniques from the "Taiyi Demon Suppression Record"!

In an instant, the entire ruins of the Withered Heart Palace were shrouded in dazzling nine-colored immortal light and terrifying Taiyi divine power!

Thunder rumbled, starlight shone, and the dragon's shadow roared!
The once invincible Golden Immortal, Wanmu Daoren, was utterly powerless against Su Chen's relentless and storm-like attacks! He could only desperately dodge and defend himself!
His decaying laws and his deathly Dao rhythm were completely suppressed by Su Chen's supremely yang and vigorous Taiyi Immortal Power, which was full of endless vitality!

Every attack he launched was easily neutralized by Su Chen! Every defense he made was ruthlessly crushed by Su Chen!

puff!puff!puff!
Daoist Wanmu continued to spit out dark green blood, and deep, bone-revealing wounds appeared on his withered body! His aura grew weaker and weaker, getting closer and closer to true death!

"No! I am not reconciled! How can I, a dignified Golden Immortal, perish here?!" Daoist Wanmu roared in despair and resentment!

A flash of frenzied rage crossed his eyes!

He seems to want to use some kind of forbidden method that could lead to mutual destruction!

However, Su Chen would never give him that chance!

"You old dog, your death is near!" A cold, resolute glint flashed in Su Chen's eyes!

Within his sea of ​​consciousness, the Taiyi Dao Seed that had merged with the stone tablet suddenly erupted with an unprecedentedly brilliant light!
An extremely terrifying aura, a power that would make even a Golden Immortal tremble with fear, erupted from Su Chen's body... with a deafening roar!
"The Ultimate Secret of the Taiyi Demon Suppression Record—"

"Taiyi Reincarnation - Eternal Suppression!"

"I will make your soul vanish and your soul be scattered, never to be reincarnated again!"

With a low shout from Su Chen that contained supreme Daoist rhyme, the dazzling nine-colored immortality tree phantom behind him began to slowly rotate at that moment!
As the Dao Tree spun, countless profound and unpredictable Taiyi runes fell from its branches and leaves, perfectly merging with the terrifying power within Su Chen's body that had just broken through its limits!
Buzzing sounds—! ! ! !

A massive, unimaginably large, chaotic-colored stone disc, its edges engraved with images of the sun, moon, stars, mountains, rivers, plants, birds, beasts, insects, fish, and even the birth and death of the universe and the cycle of all living beings, slowly took shape above Su Chen's head!
This stone disc seems to be a microcosm of the universe, or a wheel of fate!
It exuded an aura of supreme terror... seemingly capable of controlling the life and death of all things, reversing the cycle of time and space, and judging all gods and demons!
The instant the illusory image of this chaotic stone disc appeared, the entire Rotten Wood Miasma Starfield trembled violently! Countless decaying laws, already groaning in agony, and

The Dao of Death, under this supreme pressure, prostrated and submitted as if it were a subject of a king!
Even the remains of Zuo Qingcang, which had been transformed into a murky black sun and hung high in the starry sky, seemed to pause slightly, emanating an even deeper sense of dread...

"What...what kind of power is this?!"

Looking at the illusory image of the chaotic stone disc above Su Chen's head, which emanated a power that made even his soul tremble, Wanmu Daoren finally revealed an emotion called "despair" in his turbid eyes!

He could clearly feel that his Golden Immortal-level life essence, under the pressure of this Chaos Stone Disc, was like a candle flickering in the wind, teetering on the verge of extinction! It seemed as if it would be completely extinguished at any moment!
The forbidden method of mutual destruction that he wanted to use became...so laughable, so...insignificant in the face of this supreme power of reincarnation!
"No... impossible... how could such terrifying power exist in this world..."

Wanmu Daoren muttered to himself in a daze. All his pride, all his resentment, and all his hatred were completely shattered at this moment!
Su Chen ignored his despair.

He slowly raised his right hand and gently touched the huge illusory image of the chaotic stone disc.

"Reincarnation... Begins!"

boom--!!!!!!

The enormous chaotic stone disc emitted a deep, rumbling sound as if it came from the primordial beginnings, and began... slowly... to rotate!
As the stone disc rotated, an indescribable and terrifying suction force suddenly erupted from it!
That suction force wasn't directed at matter, nor at energy, but rather... directly acted upon... the very essence of life! It acted upon... the imprint of the soul! It acted upon... the cycle of cause and effect!!!
"ah--!!!!!"

Wanmu Daoren let out a scream that was more shrill, more desperate, and more unwilling than any before!
He could clearly feel that his Golden Immortal essence, which had long been integrated with the Rotten Wood Miasma Starfield, was being forcibly separated from this world by an irresistible force!

His soul imprint, etched into the laws of the star sea, is being slowly erased by an invisible force!
His causal connection with this universe is being...completely severed!!!
"No! I am not reconciled! I have cultivated for countless eons! I finally attained the Golden Immortal realm with great difficulty! I... cannot die!!!"

Wanmu Daoren roared madly, his withered body bursting forth with the last remaining strength in an attempt to resist the invincible power of reincarnation!
However, everything is in vain!
Before the supreme divine power of the "Taiyi Reincarnation Disc," all his struggles seemed...so pale and powerless! (End of Chapter)