Under One Person: Starting from the Inheritance of Gods

Chapter 440 Wu Xie: Brother, this time it's my turn to save you!

"No! This is mine! My power!"

The Heavenly Dao consciousness of the Tomb Raider Chronicles world let out a mournful roar, its form began to twist and disintegrate, and the bronze chains wrapped around it broke inch by inch, turning into ashes and scattering away.

Wu Xie and the others stood in Wang Ye's Bagua Formation, watching the battle in the sky with awe.

The fat man swallowed hard and muttered under his breath, "This is even more outrageous than gods fighting..."

Zhang Qiling stared at the disintegration of the Heavenly Dao avatar, his brows furrowed, and whispered, "Is that what's behind the bronze door?"

Wang Ye nodded: "To be precise, it is a part of it. The Heavenly Dao of your world has long been corrupted, and the rules of immortality controlled by Chi are distorted, which is why those strange monsters are born in ancient tombs all over the world."

Wu Xie scratched his head: "So, Brother, the ultimate thing your family has been guarding for generations is actually a corrupted Heavenly Dao?"

Zhang Qiling was silent for a moment, then slowly said, "Perhaps, what we are protecting has never been Him, but rather preventing Him from completely losing control."

Just then, the battle in the sky was nearing its end. The Ruler of Life gently raised his hand, and countless emerald green vines grew out of the void, completely entangling the incarnation of the Heavenly Dao.

“You are no longer worthy to be the Way of Heaven,” she said softly. “Rather than let you continue to pollute all things, let me free you.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the vines tightened abruptly, and the Heavenly Dao avatar let out a final, unwilling roar before exploding into countless golden specks of light.

However, just when everyone thought it was over, the golden specks did not dissipate. Instead, they quickly converged and reformed into a huge golden-green heart, which beat violently in mid-air!

Deep within the heart, there lurks an even more eerie black aura.

"It's not over yet?!" Zhang Chulan's eyes widened.

The Ruler of Life frowned slightly: "I didn't expect the two to have merged so deeply, and is this strange longevity an evolution of the rules of immortality?"

With each beat of the golden-green heart, the surrounding space trembled, and countless enormous bronze chains, as large as mountains, stretched out from the void, lying across the sky and spreading across the four corners of the land, attempting to reconstruct the body of the Heavenly Dao.

Just then, the green sea of ​​mist suddenly boiled. Countless bronze giant hands emerged from the ground, each palm revealing a scarlet eye. Wang Ye's sealing array emitted a cracking sound as it succumbed to the pressure.

It's obvious that Daomu Tiandao wanted to use these things to delay Shengming's rule and prevent her from interfering with his transformation.

"Stubborn."

The ruling force of life planted a willow branch in the snow. Suddenly, the entire Changbai Mountain trembled violently, and huge tree vein patterns appeared on its surface.

The newly sprouted, gleaming white branches pierced through the giant bronze hand, and the blossoms on the branches swallowed the red eyeballs completely. Wu Xie saw star-like points of light shimmering in those petals.

What a magnificent sight it was!

Wang Ye looked at the bronze chains with a grave expression: "Damn it, He is forcibly extracting the essence of heaven and earth that forms the world to restore himself!"

"World architecture!?" Wu Xie asked, puzzled.

“Yes, you can also think of it as a dragon vein, the lifeblood and vitality of the world. This is tantamount to a do-or-die approach,” Wang Ye explained.

In a fantasy novel, this would be called the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Technique.

To risk the world's destruction in order to defy the rule of life is nothing short of insane; even the relatively clear-headed Heaven would not act in this way.

After all, even if we submit to the other side, we can still protect the whole world, right?
The golden-green heart pounded violently, each beat sounding like a muffled thunderclap.

The ground began to tremble, and countless streams of dragon vein energy rose from every corner of the land, surging towards that strange heart like rivers flowing into the sea.

Wu Xie felt the ground beneath his feet groaning, as if the entire land was being drained of its life force. In the distance came the continuous sound of collapsing mountains, as if the dragon veins that had existed for millions of years were being forcibly extracted.

The heart in mid-air had swelled to the point of obscuring the sky, its surface displaying patterns resembling bronze rust. With the final infusion of dragon energy, the entire heart suddenly solidified, and countless cracks immediately appeared on its surface.

"Roar!"

A deafening roar of a dragon echoed through the sky, the shattered outer shell of the heart scattered everywhere, and a giant dragon cast entirely in bronze coiled out.

Every green scale on the dragon's body was engraved with golden Dao patterns, and golden-green flames danced in its eyes. The bronze chains that stretched across the heavens and earth were now all wrapped around the dragon's body, like its veins.

The ruling power of life floated in mid-air, its emerald green dress fluttering in the dragon's might.

She looked up at the colossal bronze dragon that blotted out the sky and whispered, "With the earth's dragon veins as your body and the rules of heaven as your soul, is this your final struggle?"

The bronze dragon opened its massive mouth and spewed out dragon breath mixed with bluish-green mist. Wherever it passed, all living things mutated and became distorted.

"I am the Way of Heaven, and I exist eternally with the Way!"

"Since the previous path is blocked, then I'll change everything!" the bronze dragon roared furiously.

The ruler of life narrowed his gaze slightly, his fingertips lightly touching the void. Countless emerald-like vines burst forth, weaving a vast net across the heavens and earth, intercepting all the corrosive dragon breath.

The vines withered rapidly after being corroded by the dragon's breath, only to sprout new buds in an instant. It seemed simple, but it was actually a battle against the rules.

At the same time, thick, bluish-green mist suddenly appeared in mountains and rivers all over the world, spreading continuously.

The mountains and rivers, illuminated by the mist, took on a ghastly green hue, a deep, dark green that gradually turned black.

"It's polluting the earth's veins." Wang Ye's compass spun wildly, the divination indicating great misfortune. "Everything connected to the dragon veins will be transformed!"

A bronze dragon coiled above the clouds, the sound of chains grinding together like the wailing of ten thousand ghosts. Suddenly, a third vertical pupil split open on its forehead, and the ancient emblem of the bronze door appeared in the pitch-black pupil.

"I want to rewrite life and death!"

The dragon roared as it swooped down, its claws distorting space and revealing phantom images of anomalies from all over the world, as if the eerie power of the entire Tomb Raider world was converging at this moment.

The ruling power of life has finally raised its hands.

The phantom of a towering tree appeared behind her, its trunk flowing with starlight-like veins of light. Just as the dragon's claw was about to touch her, seven emerald-green leaves drifted down.

The first leaf severed the chains binding the dragon's body, and bronze fragments flew like rain.

The second leaf pierced the dragon's vertical pupil, and black blood splattered onto the snow, corroding a deep pit.
The third leaf pierced the dragon's neck and reverse scale, causing the dragon to let out a painful roar;

The remaining four leaves formed an ancient barrier, pressing the dragon vein energy back down to the earth.

"I am not reconciled, I have suffered for tens of thousands of years..."

The dragon struggled to utter human words, its shattered body beginning to crumble. As the bronze fragments fell into the sea of ​​clouds, each piece reflected a different time and space.

There are the silhouettes of Zhang family ancestors fighting inside the bronze gate, and the old Nine Gates gathered together, as if thousands of parallel worlds overlap at this moment.

The Ruler of Life reached out and caught the last falling dragon scale, whispering, "Unfortunately, you've strayed from this path!"

The dragon scales turned into a wisp of green smoke in her palm. But the ruler of life turned to look at Zhang Qiling.

Suddenly, Zhang Qiling pressed his temple, groaned, and knelt down. Wu Xie was horrified to discover that his left eye was turning into a vertical pupil like that of a dragon.

"Bro!"

Wu Xie called out worriedly.

Life's ruling party shook its head: "It really is a centipede, dead but not stiff."

The Life-Governing One instantly appeared before Zhang Qiling, her slender fingers gently touching his brow. A beam of emerald light emanated from her fingertips, flowing along Zhang Qiling's meridians throughout his body.

She said softly, "It's trying to turn Zhang Qiling into a new host."

Wu Xie saw that beneath Zhang Qiling's exposed skin, a Qilin tattoo had emerged, with greenish-blue lines wriggling as if they were alive and trying to burrow deeper into the flesh.

The fat man seemed to realize something and said anxiously, "This is damn possession!"

Zhang Qiling's body trembled violently, and his left hand uncontrollably reached for his own throat.

The Ruler of Life frowned slightly, then suddenly pointed his fingers like a knife, drawing a verdant trail in the void. That trail transformed into a tangible chain, piercing directly into Zhang Qiling's chest.

"Brother!" Wu Xie wanted to rush forward, but Wang Ye held him back tightly: "Don't go over there! You'll only make things worse if you go over there now."

Zhang Qiling's pupils suddenly contracted, and his consciousness fell into chaos.

He felt as if he were standing in a bronze ruin, surrounded by countless bronze mirrors reflecting different times and spaces. In each mirror was a "Zhang Qiling," some kneeling in front of bronze gates, some fighting in ancient tombs, and some... had completely turned into monsters.

"You are a part of me."

A familiar voice came from all directions, the tone of the incarnation of the Heavenly Dao: "The Zhang family's bloodline originates from me. The ultimate thing you have guarded for generations is nothing more than an incarnation of my projection."

Zhang Qiling stared intently at the mirrors, then suddenly raised his hand and shattered the nearest one. The "self" in the mirror screamed and vanished into thin air.

The voice of Heaven was mocking, "Can you shatter all the mirrors? Each one represents the soul of an ancestor of your Zhang family. If you shatter them, they will truly cease to exist."

Zhang Qiling, who had just raised his fist, hesitated.

In that moment of hesitation, the figures in the bronze mirror all took a step forward, transforming into bronze statues and stretching out countless bronze arms, trying to pull Zhang Qiling down with them into the abyss.

Outside, Wu Xie saw Zhang Qiling's body begin to show a bronze hue, and was horrified to discover that his fingertips were turning into dragon claw-like shapes.

The chains of life's rule shone brightly, but seemed to be slowly eroded by some force.

The Life Ruler frowned slightly and shook his head, saying, "No, this person's bloodline is too special, it's like a body deliberately crafted by the Heavenly Dao consciousness!"

At this critical moment, Wang Ye suddenly said, "I have a solution here that we might want to try."

Wang Ye then had Wu Xie sit cross-legged, and then touched his forehead. A phantom figure rose from Wu Xie's crown, then transformed into a stream of light, rushing directly into Zhang Qiling's body along the chains of life.

In his spiritual sea, amidst the bronze ruins, Zhang Qiling was already entangled by countless bronze arms extending from the mirrors. Just as he was about to be pulled into the mirrors, a figure resembling a savior descended from the sky.

"Hey buddy! Hang in there!"

At this moment, Wu Xie's spirit seemed to possess all sorts of strange abilities, and he could summon blazing flames at will, burning off all those arms.

He landed beside Zhang Qiling, grinning, "Didn't expect that, did you? Little brother, this time it's my turn to save you!"

A hint of surprise flashed in Zhang Qiling's eyes, but he quickly regained his composure: "It's very dangerous here."

"nonsense!"

Wu Xie dodged another attack: "Listen, that powerful figure outside said that this thing is at its last gasp and is just hoping to take over your body to make a comeback. We have to completely destroy it in the spiritual world!"

The voice of Heaven suddenly turned sharp: "How dare you, a mere ant, presume to talk about destroying Heaven?"

The entire bronze space began to distort, and countless mirrors merged into a huge bronze door, from which thick black mist seeped out.

Zhang Qiling stared at the door and suddenly said, "I've seen this door before. Every time I go through it, I lose something."

"Then let's not go in this time."

Wu Xie produced two large, coiled dragon hammers and handed one of them to Zhang Qiling: "Let's smash it!"

Outside, Fatty Wang saw that Zhang Qiling's bronze transformation suddenly stopped, and instead, golden patterns began to appear on his body.

The Ruler of Life nodded slightly: "Interesting friendship. They are dismantling the remnants of the Heavenly Dao from within. Let me lend you a hand."

A pure green beam of light appeared at her fingertips and poured directly into Zhang Qiling's body. This beam of light contained the most primal life force, and wherever it passed, the bronze color receded like a tide.

In the spiritual world, Zhang Qiling and Zhang Chulan are being driven to the brink of despair by a giant hand reaching out from the bronze gate.

Suddenly, countless emerald-green vines burst through the air, entwining and crushing the giant hand. A shrill howl echoed from within the door, and the entire space began to collapse.

"go!"

Wu Xie grabbed Zhang Lingyu's shoulder, and the two of them rapidly ascended along the suddenly appearing green passage.

When they opened their eyes again, they saw Wang Pangzi's delighted face: "They're awake! They're awake!"

The strange phenomenon in Zhang Qiling's eyes finally subsided, and he leaned on Wu Xie's shoulder, exhausted.

Just as the fat man was about to breathe a sigh of relief, a sound like shattering glass suddenly came from the entire snow mountain, and spiderweb-like cracks began to appear in the sky, the earth, and even the air.

"The world's structure is about to collapse!"

The Life-Governing Emperor frowned and said, "This is a consequence of the excessive and forced extraction of the origin of heaven and earth!"

Then, the ruler of life inserted a willow branch into the cracked ground: "I will reshape the framework with the original rules, but it can only last for a few days."

"If this world wants to continue to exist, there is only one way."

Wu Xie asked anxiously, "What method?"

"To merge into a more powerful world, such as the Juntian Realm where I am."

Wu Xie's pupils constricted. He looked at Wang Ye and suddenly remembered what Wang Ye had once said: "The situation between the host and the guest has changed."

Now, it seems they are about to become the guests.

Or was it all predetermined from the beginning?
(End of this chapter)