Donghuang Ziji

Chapter 968 All Sides Display Their Supernatural Abilities

Chu Tai looked around, pondering a way to break the deadlock, while the Emperor also knew very well that among the four trapped people, Chu Tai was the most troublesome.

Furthermore, the one who borrowed his power was most concerned about Chu Tai.

When the Emperor realized that Chu Tai was about to summon the Eastern Emperor Bell again, the stars in his eyes swirled, forming countless celestial phenomena, and the power of heaven descended from the darkness.

The shepherd's staff in his hand drew a mysterious trajectory in mid-air, once again materializing the River Chart of the Sage Wang Xi, and then gently touched it.

In an instant, the Hetu shone with unprecedented brilliance, the power originating from the Sage King Xi began to materialize, and patterns containing the ultimate principles of heaven and earth appeared one after another, intersecting back and forth, decomposing the Hetu artifacts imitated by Sage Kings of all ages, stripping away, recombining, and elevating the concepts within, and finally causing the void to change, the universe to be in chaos, and the heavens and earth to be reshaped.

"Star Layer! Come!"

The Emperor looked toward the direction of the Great Heavenly Star Layer, and with a flick of his staff, the star layers of the Eastern Pole Starry Sky began to overlap, transforming into a curtain that slowly fell.

During this time, the heavens trembled and attempted to resist. The second-rank cultivators hidden in the starry sky also offered up their treasures, but they could only maintain themselves and were powerless to stop the star from leaving. Some of those with weaker cultivation or less powerful treasures could not even protect themselves and were directly bound by the Emperor and the heavens along with the star.

In Chu Tai's eyes, the originally illusory world outside instantly bypassed many solidification processes and transformed into a vast and boundless orderly starry sky.

The Emperor, who was originally standing in the illusory sky, has transformed into the Emperor Star, pressing down on the center. Stars are densely packed around him, and the Milky Way rotates. Three hundred and sixty-five huge planets emerge from the void, each one real and authentic, some blazing, some icy, some heavy, some murderous, some mysterious, and some crystal clear.

Various planets seemed to revolve around the Emperor, or perhaps around Chu Tai. Their seemingly chaotic movements carried a supreme order and law.

Gradually, the orbits of the planets around the Emperor began to stabilize, and then a differentiation phenomenon appeared. Some stars split from one into two, receiving different blessings and different names.

For example, the Purple Palace Enclosure (紫微垣) includes the Left Pivot (左枢), the Supreme Minister (上宰), the Junior Minister (少宰), the Supreme Assistant (上弼), the Junior Assistant (少弼), and so on.

Taiwei Enclosure, Eastern Upper Chancellor, Eastern Second Chancellor, Eastern Second General, Eastern Upper General...

The Heavenly Market Wall, the Market Tower, the Carriage Shop, the Clan Court, the Clan Chief...

The construction of the Three Enclosures system allows layers of starlight to converge, like a crown falling on the emperor's head, revealing his infinite majesty.

Below the Three Enclosures are the Four Symbols: the seven constellations of the East (Horn, Neck, Root, Room, Heart, Tail, Winnowing Basket) form the Azure Dragon of Eastern Wood, soaring into the East; the seven constellations of the South (Well, Ghost, Willow, Star, Extended Net, Wings, Chariot) form the Vermilion Bird of Fire, sealing off the South; the seven constellations of the West (Golden White Tiger) gather evil energy, lying in the Western Pole; and the seven constellations of the North (Black Tortoise) shake the water veins, freezing the Northern Darkness.

With the Three Enclosures protecting them and the constellations arrayed, over a thousand stars in the Three Enclosures, Four Symbols, and Twenty-Eight Mansions shone brightly. First, two hundred and eighty-three star officials manifested, some wearing armor, some holding pens, some with animal heads and human bodies, some resembling tools, and so on. Each had a different form, but their auras were all extremely powerful, in no way inferior to a second-rank cultivator. They were the actual maintainers and important nodes of the entire starry sky order.

In addition to the 283 celestial officials in their physical forms, there are 82 illusory celestial officials. These celestial officials do not belong to the Three Elements, Four Symbols, and Twenty-Eight Mansions system, and the corresponding stars have not split. They have not received any further blessings or enhancements, but they are also part of the 365 celestial constellations.

These eighty-two illusory star officials each possess an ethereal aura, seemingly real yet illusory. Each one is a secondary node in the stellar order, and also a node of change in the stellar order's operation, connecting the real and the illusory, constructing even more wondrous variations.

All these changes converged and transformed into a vast celestial orbit, slowly rotating and driving countless primordial energies, making every star seem to come alive.

These "resurrected" stars have only one wish: to suppress Chu Tai.

The process from the manifestation of a star to its "coming to life" may seem to take a long time, but in reality it is only a fleeting moment.

When Chu Tai shook the Eastern Emperor Bell again, the Zhou Tian constellation had been fully formed. Facing the invisible ripples that spread outwards, each star shone with dazzling brilliance. The shaken celestial orbits were like chains being hammered, emitting a piercing sound. Then the void trembled, and cosmic light continued to ripple.

These ripples eventually converge on the Eastern Emperor Bell, forming the Three Enclosures, Four Symbols, and Twenty-Eight Mansions, which, together with the Eighty-Two Star Officials, form a sealed-off pattern.

Under such constraints, the vibrations of the Eastern Emperor Bell could hardly spread outwards. All impacts were entangled, divided, and recombined by the chains. This was somewhat reminiscent of the Dao Fruit of the Heavenly Demon, which should be part of the Dao Fruit power that the Heavenly Emperor obtained from the Heavenly Demon.

This part of the Dao Fruit was also used by the Emperor to obscure the flow of cosmic light, making the flow of time viscous, or even stagnant, and space gradually materialized.

The Eastern Emperor Bell vibrates continuously, driving the two principles of the universe, but it is only a drop in the ocean and cannot last.

"Let me see how far you can go!"

Completely abandoning the idea of ​​the Immortal Manifestation Dao Transformation Great Heaven, Tian continuously poured his own power into the Emperor's body, making him even stronger, hoping to force out more of Chu Tai's power and see if he could shake his connection with Tian.

Or perhaps, Tian was curious whether if Chu Taidong's gate to the Emperor Bell were to advance further, it would sever his connection with the concept of Tian.

Even if it's just for a moment, even if it's just severing the connection afterward...

The will of Heaven flowed in the Emperor's eyes, while also empowering the Heavenly Demon Lord, enabling him to suppress the Primordial True Lord and the Azure Beginning True Lord.

At the same time, the power of the heavens is also suppressing the tremors of the entire heavens, preventing them from erupting completely, and expelling the emperors who wantonly destroy the structure of the heavens.

However, the price of such suppression was that the shackles on Hunyuan Zhenjun and Qingshi Zhenjun were also completely removed. They felt that the Great Heaven had lifted the restrictions on them, allowing them to use all their power.

At the same time, the restrictions on the Buddha Demon Lord and the Monarch Demon Lord were reduced by 90%, allowing them to use more power without damaging the Great Heaven.

At the same time, the two True Lords and the two Dao Lords received a message.

Kill the emperor, or drive him out!

The precious light manifested above the head of the True Lord Qing Shi, and the Dao Fruit of Primordial Qi hung high, disappearing into the void.

Then, a faint light suddenly appeared within the vanished star layer.

The light was not intense, like a firefly, but in the conceptless star layer, it ignored the tearing apart of all the chaotic concepts around it and continued to radiate light outward.

The radiance was initially chaotic, but as it spread, it rapidly gave rise to the supreme principles of birth and death, the cycle of creation and evolution.

Wherever it passed, the void reappeared, and corresponding primordial energy also emerged, supporting all the changes in the entire star layer. Numerous primordial energies intertwined, collided, and merged, and countless stellar embryos were conceived and formed. The original stellar trajectories were rewoven and sorted out, constructing a completely new spacetime coordinate system and the operation of primordial energy.

This method of rebuilding everything from ruins is the most profound aspect of the Primordial Qi Dao Fruit.

Based on this concept of primordial energy, which is closest to the origin and beginning, we can fill all the gaps and even recreate the universe.

The instant the Starry Sky Layer was repaired, Hunyuan Zhenjun flipped his hand, and his Hunyuan Yin-Yang Dao Fruit was also suspended high. However, the wonder of Hunyuan evolution contained within it had already been revealed when the Innate Qi Dao Fruit reconstructed the Starry Sky Layer. At this moment, he was using the Yin-Yang generating and restraining transformation.

Yin and Yang, movement and stillness, emptiness and fullness, gathering and scattering, heaven and earth, life and death, past and present, near and far, high and low, up and down...

Numerous concepts, based on the Yin and Yang, have constructed countless branches and variations. Endless information and power surround the Heavenly Demon with the offensive of the Primordial True Lord, and receive a response from Heaven and Earth. With the cooperation of the Azure Beginning True Lord, who is gradually integrating the Dao Fruit into the Great Heaven, the Heavenly Demon Dao Lord is temporarily suppressed.

However, True Lord Qing Shi was well aware that their advantage wouldn't last long. He transmitted his voice to True Lord Hun Yuan: 'During the process of my Dao Fruit merging with Heaven and Earth, I sensed the aura of that Heaven. He is the manifestation of the concept of Heaven. Now, all the power you are mobilizing from Heaven originates from me.'

'I suspect he's the incarnation of one of the Dao Lords who created the world, and this is the result of that Dao Lord's interference. We might not be able to defeat him on our own; we need to find outside help…'

Upon hearing this, Hunyuan Zhenjun sighed helplessly: "Where can we find outside help? If the opponent is a Dao Lord, he can still make a move now. It's not that the Great Luo Heaven tacitly approves, but even the seniors in the Great Luo Heaven can't do anything about it."

'Even the immortals who manifest their Dao and transform the heavens are barely able to protect themselves, let alone help you…'

Before Hunyuan Zhenjun could finish speaking, he suddenly sensed a slight change, and a massive life force appeared between heaven and earth, cooperating with Qingshi Zhenjun to envelop the entire world.

The Heavenly Demon Lord sensed something, looked at the gradually emerging red light around him, and said coldly, "Blood Demon, do you want to betray me?"

"Why did I follow you into demonic possession back then? Why am I doing the same thing now? How can you call it betrayal?"

The Blood Demon Lord's voice came from the mouths of all living beings, including the Heavenly Demon Lord and the two True Monarchs. It seemed that at this moment, all living beings were affected by him.

This power startled the Heavenly Demon Lord, who then guessed the other party's state: "Are you insane? Trying to advance further at a time like this, do you want to die?"

“Only now is the most suitable time for me. Qing Shi, the Emperor wants to use the River Diagram to encompass the Starry Sky Layer and trap Chu Tai in the incomplete Great Heaven he has constructed. You will use the Starry Sky Layer to help him, and I, the Heavenly Demon Dao Master, will handle it…”

As the words fell, the blood moon hung high in the sky, and the surging vitality brought endless life and change.

The Heavenly Demon Lord raised his hand, preparing to unleash his divine power. A terrifying power containing the might of heaven began to brew, and a power capable of destroying all things slowly emerged.

But the moment that power was generated, the power of the Blood Demon Lord manifested, and a wisp of scarlet blood-red power appeared and became entangled with it.

Although the Heavenly Demon Lord could quickly destroy him, whenever he made a new move, whether it was a powerful divine ability or a subtle change in the mana within his own body, as long as it involved concepts such as [generation], [gestation], [differentiation], or even [transformation] and [brewing], the Blood Demon Lord's power would immediately emerge, like a leech manifesting at every crucial juncture.

The two True Monarchs were quite surprised by such power. They had cultivated diligently for many years and never expected that the Blood Demon Lord, who rarely spoke, would reach this point.

'The path of creation and life has reached a point where it can no longer be defined by good or evil. It seems he might actually take another step forward this time?'

The Primordial True Lord sighed inwardly, for the Blood Demon Dao Lord had always been the most tenacious being among all first-rank beings.

His Taiyin Complete Form Dao Fruit is a kind of embodiment of the Dao of Creation. In addition, with the many wonderful methods he has now developed, even if the Heavenly Demon Dao Lord has the power to destroy the world, he will find it difficult to use them freely and will not be able to kill the Blood Demon Dao Lord in one go. He will naturally be able to recover in the next moment.

Most importantly, the Primordial True Lord was there to help, so the problem of the Heavenly Demon Lord was solved.

With his hands free, True Monarch Qing Shi looked in the direction of the Emperor. His Primordial Qi Dao Fruit swayed, and the Starry Sky Layer changed accordingly.

The movement of 365 stars drives changes in the celestial order, and under the pull of the star orbits, the starry sky constructed by the Hetu diagram also shows a momentary disharmony.

Chu Tai seized the opportunity and swung his golden bell hammer, striking the Eastern Emperor Bell with tremendous force.

Just as Chu Tai detonated the Dao Fruit within the Eastern Emperor Bell back then, this time Chu Tai also completely sacrificed the power of the master of the treasure seal within the Golden Bell Hammer.

The surface of the Eastern Emperor Bell is filled with surging primordial energy, and an extremely pure impact force arises from within it and then spreads outward.

The stars trembled, countless chains vibrated, and 365 celestial officials, shifting between reality and illusion, constantly changed positions, attempting to stabilize the chains and create more ripples, trying to repeat the same method as before to suppress the Eastern Emperor Bell once again.

This time, however, the previous disharmony became a fatal flaw. The perfect order of the starry sky began to collapse from this flaw. The power of many star officials was not covered in time and suffered backlash. Then, they felt the pull of the star orbit in the Great Heaven and could only stand still, making the loophole bigger and bigger. In the end, the seal constructed by the star layer and the River Diagram was completely broken.

Furthermore, during this process, the power of Qing Shi Zhen Jun in pulling the Star Dou Layer back is constantly increasing.

Endless starlight scattered in all directions, and the glimmer of light within the golden bell hammer also flowed away in all directions.

The emperor, standing above, had a gloomy expression. He looked at the collapsing starry sky and waved his shepherd's staff again, trying to continue the suppression.

The shattered starry sky began to reassemble, and an even more powerful celestial force manifested, transforming it into a real and tangible firmament that enveloped the Eastern Emperor Bell, forcing Chu Tai to shake it repeatedly in an attempt to shatter it.

This method simply turns the fragments of stars in the sky into powder and mixes them together.

Finally, as the bell rang once more, the Emperor violently stirred up the clear and turbid, creating a new world before Chu Tai.

The surging pure energy transformed into the sky, carrying the fragmented power of the stars, and became a vast, desolate net. The turbid star dust settled into the earth, and countless twisted forces transformed into a desolate void.

Then the sky slowly rotated and pressed down, like a millstone.

(End of this chapter)