I stole divine power in Daxia

Chapter 682 The Heavenly Emperor's Resurrection
In front of the Liangyi Palace.

When Zhou Kun appeared outside the White Tiger Palace and used the Fallen Banner to worship the soul of the executed, Tengri, who had been hiding nearby, changed his expression drastically.

Because at the same time that the souls of those who were executed were exorcised, Zhou Tieyi had already begun to return to the real world, and his lineage began to resonate with heaven and earth and all things, influencing future changes.

For a creature of exceptional quality like Tengger, one can naturally glimpse some vague fragments of the future.

A majestic celestial being stands in the future of time, its boundless radiance like the rising sun in the chaos of destiny. Wherever its light reaches, near or far, it reflects the image of each celestial being.

This is a future that is completely unstoppable, just as no one can stop the sun's radiance from enveloping the world.

In other words, in the future, starting from now, the return of Celestial Venerable Zhou Tieyi is already a predetermined event, even if there are one or two possibilities that could prevent his return.

However, finding such a possibility in such a short period of time, and also changing the future image observed by the vast majority of people in the world, is basically impossible for Tengri in the present.

The previous situation was already extremely unfavorable to him.

With Zhou Tieyi's extensive arrangements, it's inevitable that humanity will prevail over the divine.

However, he still harbored some wishful thinking. Many quasi-sages in the human realm and many important ministers of Zhou Tieyi needed to reside in various celestial palaces, which meant that the spare resources they could spare were becoming increasingly limited.

However, Zhou Tieyi's possession and execution were almost equivalent to overturning the entire game!

He is no longer a chess piece trapped on the chessboard. In this chessboard of the world, all the gods are trapped, but Zhou Tieyi is always the chess player!

He made the first move, and that central move became the decisive checkmate.

After all, in a real game of chess, there's no such thing as having to compensate your opponent for points if you make the first move!
Holding the Heavenly Tribulation Axe, Tengri was confident that he could contend with the group of Quasi-Saints, so he hid to the side, wanting to wait for Zhou Tieyi's group to split the Yin and Yang, and then make his move when they were at their greatest loss.

But at this point, he had no other choice.

A beam of axe light slashed towards the Bridge of Imaginary Numbers, its target Zhou Qian.

Returning to Xing Sha would be useless; he could only fight to the death to seize the source energy belonging to him from Zhou Kun and elevate his own realm to that of a Quasi-Saint.

But fate is rarely so kind to people.

Tengri's Heavenly Tribulation Axe transformed into layers of terrifying heavenly tribulations. Ominous crimson and black, symbolizing destruction, condensed into lightning, intertwining to form a realm. Centered on a single point, it expanded infinitely, instantly enveloping the Bridge of Imagination, attempting to devour everything upon it.

Faced with such a terrifying calamity, Gongshu Ting coldly snorted, "A cornered dog will jump over the wall. Even if you have the power of a quasi-sage, if you don't understand the will of Heaven, it will all be in vain!"

The imaginary bridge beneath his feet extended outwards, connecting the inside and outside. Zhou Yulong, who had been preparing to provide support, once again threw out the Tai Chi Yin Yang Bracelet, which transformed into an eternal golden bridge, striking across a realm.

Originally, Zhou Yulong and the Empress, along with the Confucian, Buddhist, and Taoist schools, were supposed to restrain the divine weapons of the gods. However, the situation has gradually become clearer. Even the Phoenix Ancestor and the Thunder God have begun to defect. Since their divine weapons are not being used, Zhou Yulong naturally dares to make the first move. The golden bridge, like a long rainbow, split the thunder realm, as brilliant as the sky after a rain.

At the same time, the extraordinary phenomenon of the rebirth of the Heavenly Venerable in the distance grew stronger and stronger, and the all-encompassing Dharma image rose from the White Tiger Palace like the morning sun.

If Zhou Tieyi were to possess Xing Sha, a first-rank deity, and also take control of the White Tiger Palace, he would instantly regain the power of a sub-saint. In addition, given his saintly nature, he could very well ascend to sainthood again within a breath or two, at which point the entire situation would be settled!
"I have one last chance."

The resolute look in Tengri's eyes ultimately led him down a path he did not want to take.

A terrifying power arose from nothing and began to gather within him. The axe light he swung split into three, no longer merely symbolizing a thunderous calamity; beneath it lay the fall of the Netherworld and the Nirvana of the Buddha.

In the boundless darkness, in the pitch-black and silent eighteen levels of hell, the copper bridges and iron pillars have broken and collapsed. Even the raging flames of karma have now entered annihilation. All souls have scattered, and ghosts and gods have been annihilated. Only in the deepest part of hell, a huge Buddha sits cross-legged in front of a pond full of withered lotus flowers.

However, the Buddha is no longer pure and detached, but rather enters the cycle of rebirth and extinction.

This is the power Tengri gained after destroying the Netherworld Pure Land. Every time the Heavenly Tribulation Axe completes its tribulation, a corresponding calamity will be generated within the axe's light.

Darkness formed a glass-like barrier, blocking the horizontal Tai Chi Yin-Yang Bracelet. When the Yin Virtue and Merit Lotus beneath the Golden Bridge passed through the calamity that even Buddha would perish from, the lotus withered, and the Golden Bridge trembled.

The contest between peerless divine weapons is a contest between their own overall strength.

The Tai Chi Yin Yang Bracelet was born in response to the great fortune of the Netherworld Reincarnation. It was obtained by Zhou Tieyi by converting the millions of wronged souls under the Taihang Mountains. However, today, the law that he established that money can communicate with the Netherworld has been broken by the Heavenly Tribulation Axe. Naturally, the power of the Tai Chi Yin Yang Bracelet is also restrained by the Heavenly Tribulation Axe at this time.

Even if a sage establishes rules that do not conform to the three realms of Heaven, Earth, and Man, they will eventually turn to dust.

Unless the rules of the Netherworld are reshaped in the future, the Taiji Yin-Yang Bracelet will not be able to take this opportunity to complete itself like the Yanhuang Tongbao. But that is a matter for the future and can only be done when the City God returns to his position. At this time, the rules set by Zhou Tieyi naturally form cause and effect. Over the years, the wrongful convictions and miscarriages of justice in the Netherworld have backfired on him, the Heavenly Venerable, as well as on Zhou Yulong, the Heavenly Venerable's mother, and Zhou Kun, the Heavenly Venerable's son!
This was not even the full power of the Heavenly Tribulation Axe. Above the sea of ​​lightning, the scene of the Heavenly Emperor's fall was once again formed. The majestic Heavenly Emperor looked down upon all living beings, with the same gaze as Tengri now.

Tengri gained power by reviving the Heavenly Emperor within himself!

The Heavenly Emperor had initially attempted to revive Zhou Qian, the Heavenly Child, whose Heavenly Soul originated from Tengri, the Heavenly Khan.

Tengri is also one of the suitable vessels for resurrection. However, Tengri controls Yuanmeng and is blessed with the national fortune of a country. He is also a cunning and treacherous first-rank official. If he is unwilling, the Heavenly Emperor cannot easily resurrect him. But at this moment, Tengri is forced into a corner and can only seek survival from death.

Only by reviving the will of the Heavenly Emperor within himself could he possibly find a glimmer of hope in the ensuing chaos. Furthermore, if Zhou Tieyi were to revive first, just as he had foreseen in the future, that great sun would engulf all cause and effect, ensuring that he would be unable to see any hope of survival amidst its endless radiance!
As the Heavenly Emperor's will revived, on the Bridge of Imagination, Zhou Qian suddenly said to Gongshu Ting, "Go to the Hall of Two Elements!"

Gongshu Ting was taken aback. "But we don't have the method to open it up."

"I have."

Zhou Qian took out two pieces of lightning-struck wood from his bosom. At this moment, the power of creation gathered on the lightning-struck wood.

(End of this chapter)