The Path to Immortality Begins with the Life-Extending Lamp

Chapter 112 The Man-Eating Celestial Venerable

"That is……"

Li Qing's brows twitched violently, and the Xuan Yin Qi overflowed uncontrollably, condensing into frost flowers on the magic boat.

Others may not know, but Li Qing had close contact with the Yin Shen Zhenren.

That terrifying figure, towering over a hundred feet tall, was not some kind of dharma image or evil spirit, but a Yin God, a genuine Yin God Taoist!

Is this immortal sect gathering six treasure ships, carrying cloud-platform altars on their backs, and thirty-six Yellow Turban warriors carrying divine mountains on their shoulders, actually besieging and suppressing this heretical Yin god?

Only the Yin Shen Zhenren can fight against the Yin Shen Zhenren. They are the rightful rulers of the Heavenly Capital and the Earth!
Li Qing and the other two immediately turned around and exchanged a shocked look.

"Could it be that there is a real person on that cloud?"

But before they could take any further action, five streaks of azure flame shot into the sky.

Because a no-fly barrier had been erected over this area of ​​about a hundred miles, these many Hunyuan Daoists could not escape by flying on the clouds, so they had to come by riding the wind, stirring up the flow of pure qi in the heavens.

"Who are you, you scoundrels, and how dare you be so reckless!"

"Does this mean you can just barge into any place?"

The three or five Hunyuan Daoists raised their right hands and struck down at the Cloud and Rain Ghost Realm. The Hunyuan One Qi Great Handprint could control the Five Dippers and turn the universe upside down.

Hunyuan is the primordial Qi, which is intertwined with the Qi cultivation tradition of Tiannan Shanzun's "Yunqi Lun". The five great hands grabbed down, almost sealing off the entire world, and were about to suppress this cloud and rain domain under their palms.

This Primordial Chaos Great Handprint can be considered the number one foundation-building technique of the Primordial Chaos Immortal Sect.

The initial stage of the Primordial Qi Great Hand Seal is merely a cultivation of life force; only with further practice can it be compared to spells, Taoist techniques, and even supernatural powers. The Primordial Qi Great Hand Seal gradually takes shape as one's cultivation progresses. Each Taoist's Primordial Qi Great Hand Seal is unique, as it is a manifestation of their life force!
Although the Hunyuan Immortal Sect is proficient in the Primordial Qi, its true purpose is the Dao of Alchemy.

It is unknown who caused this place to be shrouded in gloom and rain, which has almost materialized into ghostly clouds.

Several Taoists muttered to themselves. The five hand seals had just landed, their power was extremely strong, like waves crashing against the sea. Within the cloud and rain domain, lightning and thunder broke through the mist, and external thunder came from the sky, howling and stirring up the wind and clouds for ten miles.

The lightning strike was violent, colliding with the primordial energy, instantly unleashing a piercing roar.

At the same time, the Tyrant Sea Dragon Whale also descended to the surface of the sea, and the Linglong Cloud Rain Ghost Realm supported the weight of the entire magic boat, slowly bringing it to a stop as if surrounded by clouds and mist.

As the lightning exploded, the Five Directions Primordial Daoist stood on the wind, leaning half his body downwards. In the sea below, a dragon fish flipped over, its tail hooking up and lifting the Flying Swallow Dharma Boat onto its back.

On that magic boat, three extraordinary auras soared into the sky. Directly in front, a slender Taoist held a book, his palm swirling with a faint spiritual power that connected with the dragon whale's aura. He appeared to be a dragon tamer from the East Sea, representing a highly successful branch of the Beast Taming Dao.
Beside him stood a mysterious man, his body wreathed in lightning, his purple hair dancing wildly like a thunder god. He drew a lightning sword, stood there glaring angrily, a righteous and unorthodox figure, whose virtue was fierce and unlike any ordinary Taoist.

The young Taoist priest at the very back exuded a cold and aloof aura. He held a three-foot-long, misty banner in his palm, and unleashed a myriad of sharp energies that swirled around him. He was accompanied by a ghostly woman, and his magical domain spread outwards. He gazed at the crowd with a melancholy air, appearing extremely wealthy and noble.

This group of three Purple Mansion Daoists seemed to come from completely different lineages and traditions, which was extremely strange!
The five Hunyuan Daoists were slightly taken aback, and for a moment even their words became somewhat restrained. They pointed at the dome and questioned:
"This place was sealed off by the decree of my Hunyuan Immortal Sect, which is located within a thousand miles, in order to carry out the work of eliminating demons."

"Gentlemen, what is the purpose of trespassing into the barrier now?"

Upon first meeting, the five Daoists were seen wearing the robes of the Hunyuan Immortal Sect. They had cultivated the innate Dao, and their ethereal Qi descended directly into the true realm, making the spiritual energy in the clouds even more refreshing.

"Brother Dao, you've spoken too kindly."

"We arrived in our magic boat. There are no air restrictions or markers beyond a hundred miles of the barrier..."

"Now we are the ones who have fallen into this predicament. Fellow Daoist, do you say we have trespassed, or that you have trapped us here?"

Li Qing slightly raised her right hand to stop the restless voices of the two people behind her.

In this immortal sect's territory, if you want to argue, you have to follow the rules of the immortal sect.

Why are so many preaching sites and Dharma altars set up in such a hurry? At least the troops from all directions should be mobilized, the beasts driven away, and their banners raised!
He suspected that the Taoist priests had failed in their duties, which had created a loophole that trapped the magic boat in the anti-flight barrier.

"Regardless of right or wrong, you must leave this place immediately!" The Hunyuan Daoists looked grim and, without arguing with them, were about to drive Li Qing and the others away.

Suddenly, a deafening explosion, as if the heavens and earth were splitting apart, erupted from the distant continent.

At the center of the Six Directions Altar, divine light soared into the sky, drawing up thousands of feet of yellow clouds in the firmament. Immediately, the divine will of the Yellow Heaven descended from the top of the altar, causing rolling thunder. Golden and silver arcs of electricity tore through the void, transforming into lightning that struck the earth repeatedly.

Rumble

Several loud bangs resounded, the earth cracked, stones and soil flew everywhere, and a vast cloud of dust spread out, instantly covering the hundred-foot-tall heretical Yin God.

"Primordial Chaos Divine Thunder!"

On the highest altar, the Taiyi Divine Thunder was summoned, and powerful auras also rose from several other battlefields.

The art of talismans uses talismanic techniques to refine cloud sleeves. Thousands of talismans are condensed into flowing cloud patterns. When a "Flowing Cloud Sleeve Technique" is unleashed, the wind and clouds instantly stir, and various forces overlap. It suppresses the clouds from a distance of thousands of feet, shaking the void and causing large cracks to appear in the air.

The colossal hand, surrounded by primordial energy and divine light, descended with a single palm strike. The surrounding energy circulated, directly shattering the dust and smoke, poised to annihilate the strange, multifaceted appearance of the "Celestial Venerable"...

Three flowers gathered at the head of the jade, a hundred eyes surrounded by five qi, this hundred-zhang-tall three-headed yin god gave a cold laugh.

The black-boned skulls on the left and right, along with the red-faced general's head, turned around simultaneously, and the head of the disheveled Taoist in the center straightened up as well, instantly erecting an invisible wall in the void a hundred feet in front of them.

The Taiyi Divine Thunder, the Flowing Cloud Talisman Sleeve, and the Heaven-Shaking Hand descended in the form of the Three Powers, but upon contact with the hundred-zhang-high wall, they were abruptly blocked.
Moreover, the "Celestial Venerable" monster with three heads on its neck and a hundred eyes split in its body merely shook its head, and immediately the three elements of extreme yin energy, green wood divine light, and general's true qi were simultaneously unleashed, each transforming into a lingzhi mushroom on its three heads.

It was as if three spiritual fruits had sprouted on the monster's head, with endless Daoist charm emanating from them, revealing three different fundamental Daoist techniques.

One tree can produce ten thousand flowers, and within those flowers lies the true Dharma!

As soon as the Xuan Yin Zhi rose, a layer of gloom immediately enveloped the void. Wherever the gloom spread, all vegetation withered, and any flowers, birds, insects, or beasts that encountered it were instantly annihilated and their bones scattered, leaving no chance of life. This is called the Xuan Yin Dharma Domain.

The Azure Wood Divine Mushroom, containing a thousand inches of sharpness, transforms into a dense mass of dandelions upon being unleashed, scattering across the sky. Its ten-thousand-year-old needles suddenly swell up. When summoned by a general's breath, it is immediately instructed to cut wood into flags and tie grass into spirits.

It was actually a minor supernatural power called "All Plants and Trees Can Be Soldiers"!
From the perspective of Taoist principles, the Yin deity who called himself "Celestial Venerable" should actually be a proper Taoist who cultivates the Five Elements Green Wood Path and masters the art of turning plants into soldiers.

However, looking at his current appearance, with three heads growing on his neck in a rebellious manner, and a cluster of lingzhi mushrooms on his head instead of three flowers, how can he still be considered a "real person"?

The various altars were activated, and beams of mysterious light seemed to fall from nowhere. When they collided with the "Celestial Venerable's" precious light, another earth-shattering explosion occurred. Li Qing and the others were already far enough away, but the aftershocks of the battle between the Yin Gods still spread. Within a radius of a hundred miles, vegetation flew everywhere, and soil and rocks could hardly survive. It was a true fusion of land, sea, and sky. Huge waves hundreds of feet high made it difficult even for the Tyrant Sea Dragon Whale to maintain its balance. It had no choice but to turn its head, pick up the magic boat, and disappear into the seabed, merging with the massive waves.

Otherwise, with such a powerful airflow sweeping across hundreds of feet of waves, who knows where they would be smashed like spindles.

The Dharma Boat and the Taoist priests in the sky suddenly felt weightless. In the last moment before falling into darkness, they seemed to see a sky-covering ghostly hand grab them down, and then all the light was lost...

The battle on that continent reached its climax.

The True Person of the Central Altar made his move again, his massive Primordial Hand, reaching a thousand feet in length, forcefully descended, shattering all the strange phenomena and spells, completely trapping the monster within the Primordial Handprint.

Rumble…

Endless thunderbolts descended from the sky, causing arcs of electricity as thick as buckets to erupt within a radius of ten miles. Metal and stone were reduced to dust, while grass and trees remained untouched by scorch. As for the earth several dozen feet underground, the soil and rocks solidified into a glassy appearance.

Wielding the Taiyi Divine Thunder and harnessing the power of Hunyuan, he swept one hand horizontally, unleashing a burst of golden and silver divine thunder. The thunderclaps pulsated for thirty breaths, shattering all techniques and spells!

"You heretic, devouring souls to refine the Three Flowers, consuming spirits to absorb the Five Elements, yet you foolishly dream of achieving the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top and the Five Elements Returning to the Origin?"

"Proving oneself a Yin God? You've only proven yourself a monster that's neither human nor ghost!"

Above the clouds, a female Taoist priest in green robes revealed her figure. Her figure was serene and her appearance was that of a young woman of sixteen or seventeen. She was just like the most ordinary female Taoist priests in various Taoist temples, extremely reserved.

However, the moment those words of piercing intent were uttered, the heavens and earth turned upside down. Endless streams of energy intertwined to form countless blood-drinking, icy blades. As the divine power of the palm strike was exhausted, the monster's skin was torn open, its flesh and blood flying everywhere, leaving it unrecognizable as human.

But this kind of Yin spirit, which is almost a scourge, is so desecrated that even its flying flesh and blood are like those out-of-control demons in the North Sea.

Its evil blood fell into the ocean currents, giving birth to countless black snakes that stretched hundreds of feet long, endlessly, and in a short while they blocked out the sun and began to bite; its flesh fell to the ground and immediately transformed into countless Tai Sui prayer mats, which rose up uncontrollably and went to fight again.

Right at the crest of the wave directly south of the battlefield, the Tyrant Sea Dragon Whale was finally pushed ashore by the raging torrent of water.

The thin layer of clouds and rain that had been covering the outside finally dispersed. Li Qing turned her head and looked over. The Yin energy on the body of the Jiazi Linglong Crazed Master had been shattered by the shockwave, and it was clear that his aura was not even comparable to that of an ordinary paper doll.

He immediately put away the arrogant weapon and looked up with everyone.

At this moment, both Hunyuan Daoist and the other Dharma Boat cultivators had gathered together. In the urgency, everyone was pulled over by Li Qing's Five Peaks Great Handprint and thrown into the mouth of the dragon whale to temporarily avoid its sharp edge!

Golden lightning constantly illuminated this continent. Within a radius of dozens of miles, a large crater had been blasted out by the Taiyi Divine Lightning, and the surrounding seas flowed backward, instantly transforming into a swamp.

However, the three-eyed heretic and man-eating celestial being was extremely evil. As flesh and blood flew apart, the dead man's eyes embedded in his body opened at the same time, and beams of dark blue light were projected. Even when the lightning touched them, it slowly held its ground, and even the Taiyi Divine Lightning began to extinguish!
What kind of law is this?

"I knew you were some kind of beast who got your hands on something from the North Sea, some kind of weird, demonic trick."

"The primordial spirit has transformed into a demon, and the Dao heart has been tainted by evil!"

"But it doesn't matter. I have brought a Yuan Magnetic Divine Mountain with me. I will suppress you for a hundred days and then refine you into a piece of filthy bone."

The female Taoist priestess of the Hunyuan clan let out a light shout, her beautiful eyebrows furrowed with anger. She flicked her whisk, and the Yin-Yang Yuan Magnetic Divine Mountain, which could only be lifted by the thirty-six Yellow Turban Warriors, was lifted up by her whisk and thrown directly onto the head of the "Celestial Venerable".

This is one of the most famous protective objects of the Hunyuan Sect, the "Two Elements Primordial Magnetic Divine Peak," which is used to suppress the most dangerous evil spirits.

However, the truth is that this thousand-foot-tall divine peak contains primordial magnetic divine power, which disrupts yin and yang, restricts the five elements, and generates billions of units of power through reincarnation.

How could they not subdue this monster even with force?

The man-eating celestial being's hundred eyes were wide open, and from each of the dead man's eyeballs, a faint, eerie aura emanated. This strange aura was neither like yin and yang nor belonged to the five elements, yet it was completely unable to harm this creature.

"You lowly servant girl, you are a lowly servant girl!"

"You, a pure cultivator of the Immortal Sect, are you to think I am destined to die? I refuse to believe in such evil. Even if I devour all the kingdoms and regions and consume all of Fangzhang Immortal Continent, I can still leave whenever I want. What can you do to me? What can you do to me?"

"Ha ha ha ha."

The evil laughter of the three "Celestial Venerables" resounded throughout the realms, causing the hundred eyes within their flesh to burst forth wildly. Just as the eyeballs of the dead were about to fall off, plump, tender arms resembling those of infants sprouted from the cracks in the flesh of the "Celestial Venerables."

This is not the Hundred-Eyed Dharma Image at all; this is the Tai Sui Image!
In ancient times, there was a high-ranking official who touched the face of King Zhou, gouged out his eyes, and died. His body was abandoned, but his resentment did not die. His loyalty and integrity earned him a connection with the immortals.

The immortal Ziyang, named Qingxu, used a golden elixir to nourish the eye sockets, causing arms to grow from the eye sockets and red eyes to appear in the palms of the hands. This was to oversee the Grand Duke Jupiter...

These infants, each holding a corpse's eye, a hundred hands surrounding a hundred eyes, perfectly illustrate this. A hundred hands, a hundred eyes, three heads—the cannibalistic deity yearns for his return.

The monster lifted the sacred mountain with its arms, and between its flesh and blood, countless infant arms held dead people's eyeballs, resisting the falling spells. It actually bore the bombardment of the sacred mountain and the altars, and was about to sink into the sea.

"Damn it, he's not Qingmu Xie? He's Tai Sui Xie?"

"Without Yin and Yang and the Five Elements, the power of the Yuan Magnetic Divine Peak is reduced by seventy or eighty percent, making it seem like an ordinary magic weapon. How can it be used to cure him?"

The many altar masters at the Purple Mansion level on the side were all alarmed. They had finally managed to surround them here, were they really going to fail?

"You beast, you dare to challenge me?"

Above the clouds, the beautiful female Taoist priestess, Hunyuan, was filled with murderous intent. No longer the serene woman she once was, she picked up her whisk and struck, hitting the Heavenly Venerable's back two or three times. Her other palm contained Hunyuan Taiyi Divine Thunder, and with a single burst of power, she broke several of the Heavenly Venerable's arms.

But the ferocious beast grinned without saying a word, and the air-blocking and barrier-freezing areas were easily destroyed by a single kick.

It carries the Yuan Magnetic Divine Mountain on its shoulders, step by step, about to sink into the vast sea. No matter how many altars and spells bombard it, they are no match for the all-powerful power of the Jiazi Tai Sui!

At this time.

The two barriers were shattered, but the magical restrictions on Li Qing and the others' magic boat were restored. Fei Yan spread her wings and was about to soar into the sky.

"Quickly, quickly, the Heavenly Venerable has turned around."

"Fellow Daoist, hurry!"

Before the five Hunyuan Daoists could even thank Li Qing for his help, they looked up to find the three heads staring at the shadowy figure looming over them...

(End of this chapter)