Under One Person: I Opened the Age of Mythology

Chapter 587

Beiju Luzhou, deep within the earth's veins.

Just as the Kunlun Evil Embryo was sealed, the Dark Star Ritual Foundation, which was located deep in the crustal fissures of Luzhou and whose crystal tablet body had been destroyed by Nezha but still had residual evil power operating, seemed to have lost an important "node," and its evil fluctuations that were absorbing the essence of the earth veins suddenly stopped!
This subtle fluctuation was transmitted to the "Earth Fire Lotus Heart," which is connected to the earth veins of Luzhou.

The dormant lotus heart throbbed violently! A brilliant crimson-gold light shone forth!

Originating from the immense will of the land of Luzhou itself, combined with Nezha's obsession with protection and the great power of the karmic fire transmitted from Sun Wukong's heart furnace, it transformed into a purifying torrent that swept across the land veins and fiercely impacted the remnants of evil power deep within the fissure!

Rumble——!
A muffled collapse sound came from deep within the earth's crust, as if the last trace of a malignant tumor had been completely removed.

The land of Luzhou let out a long, seemingly liberated sigh. The earth veins, which had been restless and unstable due to the influence of the crystal tablet and the evil fetus, began to calm down and heal more quickly.

Nezha's consciousness, integrated into the earth's veins, sank into a deeper level of repair and fusion amidst the tranquility echoing across the land.

Heavenly Court - Qitian Palace

The storm of fire gradually subsided.

Sun Wukong, sitting cross-legged in the center, slowly withdrew the intensely burning golden-red light around his body.

The mark of the karmic fire lotus between his brows solidified completely, like a burning divine emblem, imprinted on the forehead of his immortal golden body.

A deeper, more harmonious aura, seemingly echoing the rules of karma and order, emanated from him.

That was the prototype of the Primordial Chaos Realm!
He slowly opened his eyes, his fiery gaze sweeping across the hall: the Pure Lotus, protected by crimson-gold patterns, stood firmly on its platform, and the primordial core embryo once again emitted a pure, clear light. Only the minute crack at its core remained, like a silent warning. The karmic fire within the hall had dissipated, leaving only the awe-inspiring gazes of the surviving immortals and gods.

The smoke of battle has temporarily cleared from the three battlefields.

The evil energy of the Kunlun mine dissipated, and Laozi sealed the dark purple evil crystal with his primordial power. His aura weakened, but his will remained firm.

With the earth veins of Luzhou healing and the "Earth Fire Lotus Heart" beating steadily, Nezha entered a long period of physical reshaping.

The karmic fire in the Qitian Palace was extinguished, the green lotus stabilized, Sun Wukong's golden body advanced, and the karmic fire and red lotus mark manifested.

However, there was no trace of joy of victory on Sun Wukong's face.

The red lotus karmic fire mark between his brows throbbed slightly, and his gaze pierced through the layers of palaces, as if he could see the restless dark purple crystal at the bottom of the Eight Trigrams Furnace in the Tushita Palace; he could see the hidden dangers lurking in the Milky Way water due to contact with the polluted blue lotus energy; and he could see the unceasing greed, anger, and ignorance of all beings in the Three Realms.

Just then, a solemn and magnificent Dharma sound, like the sound of a morning bell and evening drum, resounded throughout the three realms and echoed in the hearts of every immortal, god, demon, and monster. It was the voice of the Buddha Tathagata:
“Excellent! Karmic obstacles transform into tribulations, forming a cycle nine times. Only when the demonic embryo undergoes its ninth transformation and enters Nirvana will it be the day of enlightenment in the Pure Land.”

Sun Wukong slowly stood up, and the golden cudgel silently appeared in his hand.

He looked out at the surging sea of ​​clouds outside the palace, then looked down at his palm, as if he were holding the weight of the entire Three Realms.

"Nine Revolutions of Nirvana..." He stroked the red lotus mark of karmic fire pulsating between his brows, his voice low yet carrying a resolute determination that seemed to cleave through the void, "Let's see whether you will become the ninth revolution of the demonic embryo first, or whether this old Sun will first attain the Primordial Chaos of No Karma!"

Before the words were even finished, Yang Jian's figure, accompanied by thunder, escorted three Heavenly River Navy generals, whose eyes glowed with an eerie purple light and whose auras were chaotic, into the Lingxiao Palace. His face was as solemn as iron.

"Great Sage! Demonic embryo, plant the seed in people's hearts!"

Sun Wukong's gaze suddenly sharpened like a knife, turning towards the direction of the Tushita Palace. There, deep within the walls of the Eight Trigrams Furnace, unnoticed by anyone, where the evil crystal was sealed, a barely perceptible dark purple pattern, as if alive, quietly spread out in a barely perceptible trace.

The storm has only just subsided.

A deeper darkness is brewing, for the Ninefold Calamity.

Yang Jian's voice echoed beneath the solemn dome of the Lingxiao Palace, each word like an ice bead falling onto a jade plate, carrying a chill that pierced the soul.

Behind him, three once valiant Tianhe naval commanders now had eerie dark purple eyes, and tiny creatures seemed to be wriggling beneath their skin.

It emitted intermittent, inhuman hoarse sounds from its throat, bound by the God-Binding Rope and Immortal-Binding Lock, each struggle causing the lightning patterns flowing on the chains.

Sun Wukong slowly turned around. The lingering echoes of the Buddhist verses had not yet dissipated when the cold reality brought by Yang Jian swept in like a chilling current.

His gaze swept over the three water generals, and under his fiery eyes, nothing could be hidden—what was entangled in their Niwan Palace was not an extraterrestrial demon, but wisps of pure elixir energy originating from the Eight Trigrams Furnace of the Tushita Palace, imbued with the pure spiritual aura of the Chaos Mother Core!

However, deep within this elixir energy, there are almost invisible, dark purple demonic threads, finer than a hair, greedily sucking up the resentment, fear, and despair that the host has developed due to the confinement.

“Purifying Heart Pill…” Sun Wukong squeezed out these three words through gritted teeth, his voice as deep as muffled thunder from the earth’s veins. The karmic fire lotus mark between his brows suddenly burned, the stinging pain reaching straight to his sea of ​​consciousness. “What a brilliant move! Karma as the seed, purity as the soil!”

He suddenly looked up, his gaze seemingly piercing through layers of palace barriers, shooting straight towards the Tushita Palace.

The dark purple evil crystal sealed at the bottom of the furnace was now clearly visible in his mind's mirror—like a nine-eyed demonic spider lurking in a dark cave, silently lurking, each barely perceptible pulsation greedily absorbing the pure yang fire of the Eight Trigrams Furnace and the purest primordial spiritual energy released by the Chaos Mother Core embryo.

On the surface of the crystal core, there were originally only eight faint spiral magic patterns, but now a brand new, still light mark has silently spread out!

Nine rings of patterns!

This ninth demonic rune corresponds to the three water generals that Yang Jian brought, and to the silently spreading "heart demon plague"!
The nirvana of the evil embryo has already taken its first silent and fatal step.

"Issue the order!" Sun Wukong's voice suddenly rose, like the clang of metal on metal, shaking the palace. "Seal off all channels through which elixirs flow out of the Tushita Palace! Investigate the names of all beings in the Three Realms who have received the 'Purifying Heart Pill' within the last hundred years! Yang Jian!"

"exist!"

Yang Jian took a step forward, his Heavenly Eye flashing with silver light, locking down the three demonized water generals.

"Interrogate him immediately! Uncover the roots of this demonic seed's infiltration! I need to know where this 'purification of the heart' rotted away from!" Sun Wukong's golden eyes flashed like lightning, and his words flew like the wind. "Is there any unusual activity from Nezha's side?"

Before the words were even finished, a fiery talisman, as red as blood and carrying the scent of sulfur and scorched earth, crashed into the Lingxiao Palace like a burning meteor! The talisman bore the lotus-fire emblem of Nezha, the Demon-Subduing Marshal. As the talisman's light flashed, Nezha's voice, filled with barely suppressed shock and rage, rang out:
"Great Sage! The earth veins of 'Pure Karma Valley' in Luzhou are violently shaking! Chaotic subterranean fire is surging back into the celestial river veins! Water spirit algae are withering, and the Jade Toad of Azure Water is going berserk! The lava river suppressed in the valley... is about to get out of control! Quickly send reinforcements!"

Almost simultaneously, another jade talisman, imbued with the chilling aura of Kunlun jade, pierced through the air. From within the talisman came the aged and anxious cry of the Kunlun Guardian Earth God: "Great Sage! The Spirit Jade Mine is undergoing another mutation! Deep within the newly formed chalcedony ore... Dark Star Crystals are reborn! The Demon-Sealing Mine... The seal on the Demon-Sealing Mine is cracking! Amethyst demonic energy... is overflowing!"

Three jade talismans signal an emergency from three directions!
The Milky Way, the Earth's veins, and the mineral resources—the three cornerstones of the Three Realms' revival—were simultaneously detonated the moment the nine evil crystals formed a ring!

A deathly silence fell over the Lingxiao Palace. The immortals and gods were all deathly pale, drenched in cold sweat. The embers of the Kunlun calamity, barely cooled, had already been ignited simultaneously at the core of the Three Realms!
"Nine tribulations encircle life..." Sun Wukong slowly closed his eyes, then suddenly opened them again, the molten gold flames in his eyes seeming to set the entire sky ablaze.

With one step, he reached the high sky outside the Lingxiao Palace, overlooking the still-ravaged land of the Three Realms.

"Nezha, give me the fire of Luzhou!"

His thoughts raced like lightning, and a telepathic message carrying supreme will pierced the depths of the earth's veins in Beiju Luzhou, shaking the dormant "Earth Fire Lotus Heart".

"Land, seal off the mine shafts, and don't retreat an inch! Wait for me!"

The second order was decisive and unequivocal.

Finally, he abruptly lowered his head, his gaze fixed on the direction of the Milky Way, and his voice boomed like thunder from the heavens: "Yang Jian! Follow me, and slay the dragon!"

"I obey the decree!" Yang Jian's eyes flashed with silver light, and his three-pointed double-edged sword emitted a bloodthirsty hum.

He took one last look at the three water generals who were imprisoned and struggling and roaring because they sensed the same evil power from the direction of the Milky Way. His figure transformed into a silver-white lightning bolt that tore through the void, following closely behind the golden rainbow that tore through the sky, and rushed straight towards the main vein of the Milky Way!
The Milky Way, the lifeblood of the heavens, was just reborn by Nezha using the remaining power of the Cleansing Lotus, but now it is in danger once again.

The vast water surface was no longer calm; countless enormous whirlpools appeared out of nowhere, spinning wildly and swallowing the water. At the center of the whirlpools, a viscous, oily, blackish-purple filth surged forth, exuding a strong, malevolent, and resentful aura.

The once docile Jade Toad now had bloodshot eyes, its body had swelled several times its original size, and its hard jade skin was covered with purplish-black veins. It rampaged through the broken ruins of the Water Palace, emitting sharp and piercing hisses.

The "water algae" that are supposed to purify the water have withered in large swaths, turning into black, flocculent matter that floats on the water's surface.

What's even more terrifying is the distance.

In the direction of Beiju Luzhou, the Chaotic Earth Fire River, which Nezha had forcibly restrained in the "Pure Karma Valley" with the power of the Earth Fire Lotus Heart, is now like an ancient ferocious beast that has broken free of its shackles!

A dark red torrent of lava, carrying the violent power of the earth's veins capable of destroying mountains, is rushing upstream along a hidden, not yet completely dried-up ancient fire channel deep within the Milky Way!

Water and fire, two extreme forces, collided and merged fiercely deep within the Milky Way. What rose was not clear water vapor, but churning, purplish-black demonic clouds imbued with deadly poison and corrosive power!

In the icy waters of the Milky Way, scalding fragments of lava mingled, causing countless polluted aquatic creatures to either instantly vaporize or transform into even more monstrous forms in excruciating pain.

The figures of Sun Wukong and Yang Jian appeared almost simultaneously above the main vein of the Milky Way.

A foul wind, mixed with the smell of water, sulfur, and intense resentment, rushed towards us.

"The source is deep within the water veins!" Yang Jian's third eye on his forehead opened wide in anger, its silver divine light piercing through the turbid river water, instantly locking onto the core channel where lava was flowing back. "It's the backlash from the 'Pure Karma Valley' in Luzhou! We must cut off the flood of earth fire! Otherwise, the Heavenly River will surely become a boiling hell!"

Before he could finish speaking, a huge vortex below suddenly exploded!

boom! ! !
A raging pillar of crimson, almost purple lava shot into the sky! The lava was not purely fiery red; its surface was covered with eerie dark purple patterns, the same kind that appeared in the eyes of the three demonized water generals!

The top of the lava pillar was not a natural eruption, but a huge, blurry lava monster with only a humanoid shape, forcibly condensed from countless aquatic spirits and resentful energy that had been melted and twisted by high temperatures and were wailing!

This demon had no clear facial features, only a gaping hole in its face, emitting a silent yet venomous roar that shook even the souls of immortals and gods!

Its arms, made of lava and solidified vengeful spirits, slammed down towards Sun Wukong and Yang Jian, who were suspended in mid-air! The palm strikes carried the intense heat of melting metal and iron, as well as a storm of resentment that polluted their souls!

"A karmic fire and water demon?" Sun Wukong's eyes flashed with golden light, filled with icy mockery. "Just because you're wearing a layer of lava skin, you dare to show off in front of me, Old Sun?"

Without dodging or avoiding, he took a deep breath as he faced the colossal, sky-covering lava hand!

His chest bulged high like a furnace, and the Buddhist and Taoist aura around him instantly rose to its peak!

"upbraid--!"

The ancient, majestic Buddhist mantra that shatters all falsehood and evil spirits transformed into a golden sonic pestle, visible to the naked eye and as solid as a tangible substance, and roared out from Sun Wukong's mouth!

The sonic giant pestle struck first despite being behind, slamming hard into the incoming lava giant hand!
Silent annihilation!
There was no earth-shattering explosion, only the purest clash of power and rules.

The mantra pestle, imbued with supreme demon-subduing power, pierced through ice and snow like a red-hot iron rod. The ferocious lava giant hand, along with its core of evil souls forcibly fused together by countless resentments, melted, disintegrated, and collapsed the moment it came into contact with the golden sound waves, just like a snowman thrown into boiling water, emitting a piercing "sizzle"!
The sky was filled with crimson and purple lava fragments and dissipating black miasma of vengeful spirits, which scattered and flew in all directions like sand and dust swept up by a gale.

"Yang Jian! Seal off that underground fire passage! Leave this beast to me!"

Sun Wukong let out a long roar, his figure transforming into a golden lightning bolt that tore through the demonic clouds, rushing straight towards the core vortex of lava pouring down below!
The golden cudgel hummed and trembled in his hand. On the cudgel, the golden light of merit and the remaining dark star amethyst patterns reflected each other, revealing a murderous aura that could destroy all laws!

Without hesitation, Yang Jian used his divine eye to firmly lock onto the entrance of the lava passage that ran through the Milky Way and the Luzhou landform.

The three-pointed double-edged sword was raised high, drawing upon the thunderous energy of the heavens! Countless bolts of purple-gold divine lightning, as thick as palace pillars, tore through the clouds, lashing fiercely at the crack that was surging with dark purple lava, like the wrathful whips of a god!
"Thunder Prison Suppresses the Abyss! Seal!!!"

Lightning intertwined, transforming into a massive lightning net covering thousands of miles, carrying supreme divine power to vanquish demons and evil spirits, and fiercely imprinted itself on the boiling lava entrance!
The surging torrent of lava paused, emitting a muffled roar, its surging momentum forcibly contained!
However, just as the battle in the Heavenly River subsided slightly, a strange change suddenly occurred deep within the "Pure Karma Valley" in Beiju Luzhou!

The dark rock where the young Jin sat cross-legged had long been scorched red and shiny by the violent power of the earth's fire.

The deep purple flame mark between his brows now shone like two miniature hellish suns, pulsating wildly.

Each beat of the heart resonated with the pulse of the entire Luzhou land, eliciting painful groans.

(End of this chapter)