I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 859 A Shocking Collision

Shun is Zhang Chen's son, so Zhang Chen naturally has to make plans for Shun. If he can fuse the power of the Heaven-Opening Wind Spirit, he can replace the Wind Spirit and obtain the power of immortality and eternal indestructibility. Naturally, he can get rid of the shackles of lifespan and roam freely between heaven and earth. If he cannot get rid of the shackles, he still has a lifespan of 18,000 years, which is enough time for him to maneuver.

If he had managed to subdue the Queen Mother of the West at that time, there would be no need to say more; he could plan a future for Shun. If he had not managed to subdue the Queen Mother of the West in the future, he would have been dead and would not care about the floods or what would happen after his death.

“Father!” Shun looked at Zhang Chen and his eyes immediately reddened. He wasn’t stupid and naturally knew what Zhang Chen meant at this moment: “Your son wants to stay and face the calamity before us with you.”

"With your pathetic skills, you think you can get involved in such a big deal?" Zhang Chen patted Shun on the shoulder, his voice full of mockery, then turned and left: "You'll be crushed to death by ore in three days!"

Without giving Shun a chance to refute, Zhang Chen's figure had already disappeared into the distance, leaving Shun standing there with tears blurring her vision.

Three days later, as Zhang Chen activated his Five Elements authority, a huge boulder suddenly fell, crushing Shun, who was gathering herbs in the mountains, to his death. This was merely a trivial matter in the Kunlun Mountains; after all, every year golden-armored generals died due to the exhaustion of their lifespans, and strongmen also died in accidents. However, because the deceased was Zhang Chen's son, the incident caused quite a stir in the Kunlun Mountains. Dozens of strongmen were implicated by Zhang Chen and whipped dozens of times, causing a great commotion in the Kunlun Mountains.

Then came the burial, and countless strongmen came to deliver the message.

The matter gradually faded away and no one paid attention to it anymore. On the night of the seventh day, Zhang Chen and Bi Yun came to Shun's grave and dug him out. Seeing his deformed body, they quickly used the Three Lights Divine Water to help him recover from his injuries.

Zhang Chen's attack was of varying degrees of severity; he didn't actually kill Shun, but merely made him look pitiful.

"Father! Mother!" Shun looked at Zhang Chen and Biyun Niangniang, his eyes reddening as he knelt on the ground.

“Your love for your children makes you weak-willed, don’t act like a little woman. Go! The farther away from Kunlun Mountain the better, find a secluded corner to live in seclusion.” Zhang Chen said to Shun.

Shun bowed respectfully again before disappearing into the night.

"Has it already begun?" Lady Biyun asked Zhang Chen, watching Shun's departing figure.

Zhang Chen nodded upon hearing this: "The struggle for the Great Dao is of utmost urgency."

Lady Biyun turned to look at Zhang Chen: "No matter how dangerous the road ahead may be, I will accompany you through it."

Zhang Chen smiled upon hearing this: "You don't need to stay with me. You should live well."

After finishing speaking, he interrupted what Lady Biyun was about to say: "Alright, stop being so sentimental. We still need to finish up the work."

Zhang Chen found the remains from who-knows-where and placed them in Shun's grave. He then tidied up the grave before disappearing into the darkness with Biyun Niangniang.

Time flies by, and another hundred years pass in the blink of an eye. On this day, Zhang Chen was correcting the errors in his subordinates' feng shui formation when he suddenly stopped, looked up into the distance, and a strange look appeared in his eyes: "Has the true spirit of the peach tree been completely melted? My primordial spirit has already taken over its place."

A strange glint appeared in Zhang Chen's eyes, his expression intriguing. He silently calculated in his mind: "Even if the Heaven-Reaching Jianmu, the Longevity Tree, the Heaven-Opening Fire Spirit, the Heaven-Opening Earth Spirit, and the Heaven-Opening Water Spirit were all incorporated into the Five Elements River, they still couldn't withstand the power of the Queen Mother of the West. They're still far from enough. But if I could seize the Queen Mother of the West's Five Banners by surprise..."

Zhang Chen felt that it was still possible for him to seize the Five Directions Flag by surprise. After all, he had the Five-Colored Divine Light. If he seized the Five Directions Flag, it would only take a moment. He had the Five Elements Authority and the Five-Colored Divine Light. As long as the timing was right, he could achieve success instantly. At that time, with the power of the Five Directions Flag, he wondered if he could raise the Five Elements Authority to the Great Luo level.

Zhang Chen had a perfect plan in mind, but whether it would succeed depended on fate. The main problem was that he couldn't predict what kind of methods a Hunyuan-level expert might have, and he couldn't grasp the opponent's limits.

Time seemed to quiet down, and everything returned to normal, as if there was no difference from before, except that Lady Biyun needed to work hard to refine pills every day.

Two hundred years later, the main palace of the underground palace had been built, and the main structure was largely completed, with only minor details remaining to be polished.

One day

Zhang Chen was sitting in the alchemy room watching Lady Biyun refine medicine when suddenly a deafening roar resounded throughout the entire universe. In an instant, the sun and moon lost their light, the Milky Way trembled, the Kunlun Mountains' dragon vein shook, and countless stars fell from the sky like rain.

The yin and yang energies of heaven and earth surged, the light of the sun, moon and stars flickered and became disordered, and the laws of heaven and earth of the entire world went out of control. All the great supernatural beings lost control of their magical power in an instant and could no longer use any supernatural powers.

"Bang!" The pills in front of Lady Biyun suddenly exploded, spraying dust and dirt all over her face. She was also hit by the backlash from the chaotic fluctuations of the laws of heaven and earth, causing her to spit out blood. "What happened?" Lady Biyun raised her head, a look of horror in her eyes.

Under such chaos of the laws of heaven and earth, cultivators are like small ripples in a wave, unable to make any waves at all.

"The laws of heaven and earth are completely chaotic, turned into a tangled mess. I can't use any of my supernatural powers. I'm just like a mortal being." Biyun Niangniang's voice was filled with panic and fear.

Zhang Chen remained silent upon hearing this. If even Lady Biyun was like this, how could he be an exception?

Fortunately, he still had control over the Five Elements, and the Five Elements could still be activated.

“Something unpredictable must have happened from beyond the heavens. Don’t panic. If something goes wrong, someone strong will step in,” Zhang Chen reassured Biyun Niangniang.

"Such an earth-shattering tremor will surely awaken the Queen Mother of the West from her slumber..." Lady Biyun looked at Zhang Chen with a face full of fear.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Chen made a shushing gesture. Then, the couple sat together in the palace, gazing at the distant starry sky. Stars were constantly falling, and even the sun was knocked away by the shockwave. The color of the entire sky gradually dimmed, the light gradually disappeared, and the world seemed to be falling into an eternal night.

"Zhang Chen, come to see me at once!" Just then, the voice of the Queen Mother of the West rang out between heaven and earth. Biyun Niangniang looked at Zhang Chen with a pale face. Zhang Chen patted Biyun Niangniang's shoulder, a gentle smile appearing in his eyes, and then took off.

It wasn't that he didn't want to use his ability to fly, but rather that the laws of heaven and earth were completely in chaos, making it impossible for him to do so.

Zhang Chen arrived at the Queen Mother of the West's palace, where the Queen Mother was draped in colorful light, her eyes gazing silently at the dark sky.

"Greetings, Your Majesty." Zhang Chen bowed respectfully.

"How is the construction of the underground palace going?" the Queen Mother of the West asked.

Zhang Chen replied, "Originally, according to the plan, it should have been completed in a thousand years. However, after the earthquake just now, I don't know if any of the decorations have shifted. We will need to make adjustments, which may delay the project by a lot."

The Queen Mother of the West remained noncommittal upon hearing this, but instead said to Zhang Chen, "Let's put aside the matter of the underground palace for now. You should come with me to the starry sky for a while. A tremendous change has occurred at the world barrier."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Chen's expression changed: "What event has caused such a disturbance in the heavens and earth? Even the starry sky has shifted?"

The Queen Mother of the West did not answer, but a ray of light flew out and enveloped Zhang Chen. The next moment, the two of them disappeared from the spot.

As Zhang Chen flew alongside the Queen Mother of the West, sensing the chaotic laws of heaven and earth, and then looking at the seemingly unaffected Queen Mother of the West, his heart sank. He realized that he had underestimated the abilities of a Primordial Grand Luo Immortal.

Upon reaching the starry sky, they saw swathes of stars streaking across the heavens like a meteor shower, hurtling towards the Queen Mother of the West and Zhang Chen's group. The Queen Mother of the West, however, did not make contact with the stars. Instead, she twisted and flickered, dodging the impacts.

As the Queen Mother of the West arrived in the starry sky, Zhang Chen realized just how chaotic the laws of this world had become. The starry sky was shifting and the entire galaxy was collapsing. Terrifying forces were raging through the starry sky, countless stars were turned to dust, and star cores were exploding, releasing terrifying energy.

Zhang Chen felt as if he were a piece of cotton wool in this galaxy, which could be blown away by a strong wind at any moment and turned into dust in the blink of an eye.

The laws of the starry sky are not simply a violent upheaval, but a complete disruption of the origin, transforming into an invisible force field that distorts and disrupts everything.

The Queen Mother of the West, carrying Zhang Chen, traversed countless star rivers and soon arrived at the chaotic region. There, the chaotic region began to boil like water, expanding and constantly encroaching upon the inner world of star rivers. Yet, a powerful force in the darkness suppressed and restrained the dissipating chaos.

The Queen Mother of the West ignored the boiling chaos and instead carried Zhang Chen directly into it. Zhang Chen looked at the Queen Mother of the West, his voice filled with worry: "Your Majesty, can you still traverse the River of Time and the River of Destiny at this moment?"

He was somewhat worried about the Queen Mother of the West's condition. If the Queen Mother of the West were to have an accident, wouldn't he also be doomed? He had no way to return to the Great Thousand World from the Chaos.

"The River of Time and the River of Destiny were long ago concealed in that earth-shattering collision; otherwise, if the River of Time and the River of Destiny had been affected, the entire world would probably have collapsed and overturned in an instant," said the Queen Mother of the West.

(End of this chapter)