The Primordial Era: The Mythical Path Beginning with the Jie Sect

Chapter 32 Intercepting the Horse at the Styx River, Zhenyuan Goes Mad

Just as Taiyi sighed, the primordial world began to repair the damaged land on its own. Various laws and innate spiritual energy from the world continuously joined in, and in a short while, the destroyed land was repaired. Seawater poured in, carrying some low-level aquatic cultivators who had escaped the calamity due to the distance into the land.

The booming sound of the seawater rushing in, along with the screams of the monks within, brought a new vitality to the place.

Just then, a wisp of purple energy appeared faintly beside the Nine-Nine Soul-Scattering Gourd floating in the void. It was the Primordial Purple Energy that Hongyun had used to communicate with the Heavenly Dao and merge into the world. After losing the support of Hongyun's power, it was about to withdraw from the Heavenly Dao.

Taiyi and the others stared intently at the purple aura. They were determined to obtain this Primordial Purple Aura. The power that Hongyun had just unleashed was enough to make him a saint, and even if he couldn't become one, it could still be used as a trump card for the demon race. With the war between the witch and the demon imminent, having more trump cards would increase their chances of winning.

Just as everyone was watching with bated breath, a portion of the Primordial Purple Qi appeared between heaven and earth. After it appeared, a fragmented primordial spirit broke free from the Primordial Purple Qi.

Everyone was stunned. This was Hongyun? She wasn't dead yet?

Just as everyone was stunned, two long swords filled with blood-red aura, carrying two great Daos full of killing and bloodshed, pierced through Hongyun's primordial spirit without hesitation, splitting the primordial spirit into three. The great Daos they carried raged within Hongyun's primordial spirit, threatening to completely annihilate him.

"Be bold!"

"The River Styx!!!"

The previous sentence was uttered by Taiyi. Whether Hongyun lived or died was of no concern to Taiyi. However, after the two long swords pierced through Hongyun, they stopped beside Hongmeng Ziqi. A Taoist in a blood-red robe appeared and immediately grabbed at Hongmeng Ziqi. Only then did Taiyi roar angrily and activate the Chaos Bell, which then pressed down on the Styx River.

If Styx succeeds, Taiyi will lose face completely, and all his hard work will have been for nothing.

The second sound came from Zhen Yuanzi, Hongyun's old friend. When Hongyun was in trouble, Dijun used the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Great Array of the demon race to stop Zhen Yuanzi from rescuing her.

There was no other way. The Earth Book in Zhen Yuanzi's hands was the primordial membrane of the earth, capable of connecting with the primordial earth veins to form the Earth Book Grand Array. Although its attack was insufficient, its defense was unparalleled in the primordial world.

If it weren't for their fear of Zhen Yuanzi, Hongyun would have been in trouble long ago. They weren't the only ones eyeing the Primordial Purple Qi in Hongyun's possession. Even if Hongyun was highly skilled, the others were no less capable, and there were many of them. It was only because Hongyun had been hiding in Wuzhuang Temple and was protected by Zhen Yuanzi that they dared not make a move.

After Di Jun removed the Zhou Tian Star Array, Zhen Yuanzi rushed over immediately, but he was too late. He witnessed the Styx Sword severing the primordial spirit and immediately roared in grief.

However, Zhen Yuanzi did not immediately attack the Styx River like Taiyi did. Instead, he used the Earth Book to protect Hongyun's primordial spirit and then began to heal Hongyun, clearing away the power of the two innate killing paths within his primordial spirit.

After Zhen Yuanzi finished cleaning up, the primordial spirit could no longer be called a primordial spirit; perhaps "remnant soul" would be more appropriate. Zhen Yuanzi sadly put Hongyun's remnant soul into the Nine-Nine Scattered Soul Gourd to nurture it before letting out a ferocious roar.

"Styx!"

After saying this, the Earth Book immediately connected with the earth's veins and crashed towards the River Styx.

When Zhou Chen saw this, his lips twitched. This honest man, when he got angry, really didn't care about anything! He was going to take everyone down with him!
During the war between the Dao and the Demon, the Demon Rahu only detonated the western ley lines. Even so, the Dao Ancestor, as his opponent, lost two Saintly positions due to the karmic debt he incurred. Now, Zhen Yuanzi, relying on the special properties of the Earth Book, has connected the ley lines of the entire prehistoric world. If this goes wrong and the ley lines are damaged, the karmic consequences will be so great that even a Saint would find it difficult to bear!
Taiyi, Minghe, and the others also noticed it, and their mouths twitched as they deliberately avoided Zhen Yuanzi.

Taiyi cursed inwardly. He had only come to steal the Primordial Purple Qi, not to actually kill Hongyun. With the Lich War imminent, he didn't want to make enemies for the demon race. If he really wanted to kill Hongyun, he would have used the Chaos Bell to immobilize him and set up the Zhou Tian Star Array long ago, eliminating him long ago. Why go through all this trouble!

I just didn't expect that first Hongyun would go berserk and self-destruct, and then that bastard Styx would intercept him. If you intercepted him, fine, we could at least settle things with our strength and have another fight. But why did you have to kill Hongyun? Now look what's happened! Zhenyuanzi has gone mad, and he's connected to the Earth Book of the Primordial Earth Veins. How are we going to deal with that?

If we fight, we'll damage the primordial earth's veins, and no one can bear the karmic consequences. If we don't fight, look at Zhen Yuanzi's state—is it possible he'll back down and make peace?

Thinking this, even the usually arrogant Donghuang hated Styx with a passion. But it was alright as it was; the most frustrating thing was that he still had to help Styx. After all, the Chaos Bell was currently holding Styx in place, and if the Earth Book were to fall and cause damage, he would also be partly responsible for the consequences.

This is why Taiyi doesn't have the vocabulary of later generations, and given his status as the Eastern Emperor of the demon race, he would definitely have greeted Styx warmly, though he might have also mentioned his elders in his words.

Zhen Yuanzi activated the Earth Book and smashed it towards the frozen Styx River. Taiyi, with a dark face, activated the Chaos Bell to release the Styx River and freeze Zhen Yuanzi, but only for a moment. He was afraid that he would provoke Zhen Yuanzi to lose his mind and detonate the earth veins.

When Styx saw that Taiyi was helping him, he was overjoyed and hurriedly tried to grab the Primordial Purple Qi. Then, well, he was frozen in place again.

The River Styx...

Zhou Chen watched this scene unfold from the sidelines, his mouth agape in disbelief. He hadn't expected things to turn out so dramatically.

When Taiyi released the Chaos Bell from its control, Styx took out a blood-red lotus platform, which was the Karmic Fire Red Lotus, formed from the seeds of the Chaos Green Lotus. It possessed the Law of Karmic Fire and contained the Great Dao of Cause and Effect. Sitting on it, one could be both offensive and defensive, and no cultivator of the same level could break it without a supreme treasure.

This action immediately enraged Taiyi, who then activated the Chaos Bell with all his might.

In an instant, the sound of the Chaos Bell resounded throughout the land, its power to suppress the primordial world was unleashed to its maximum, and it frantically suppressed Styx and Zhen Yuanzi.

Taiyi planned to suppress these two bastards first, then take the Primordial Purple Qi and leave, letting the two of them fight it out here!

However, things didn't go as planned. Just as Taiyi imprisoned the two of them, the Primordial Purple Qi directly entered the void and disappeared.

Taiyi...

Taiyi's anger reached its peak, but he wasn't blinded by rage. He didn't activate the Chaos Bell to attack the two directly. One of them was now insane and connected to the primordial earth veins, making him untouchable. The other was known as "Undying as the Blood Sea and the Styx River," meaning killing him would be useless and would only create a powerful enemy for the demon race.

So Taiyi used the Chaos Bell to suppress them and vent his frustration.

(End of this chapter)