There are no ancestors at all; I made them all up.

Chapter 240 A Letter in Retaliation

"Boom!"

As soon as Chen Qing completed the incantation, the carvings of hundreds of Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Arhats on the mural suddenly lit up, and boundless golden light burst forth!
One by one, the majestic Buddha figures step out of the mural, initially illusory, then instantly solidified!

The sound of chanting reached Nirvana, and wherever the golden light shone, all evil was warded off!

"laugh--"

The Buddha's light, like golden clouds, swept across the land, causing the dark, malevolent swamp to hiss and emit wisps of green smoke before dissipating and dissipating!
Those pale arms that emerged from the swamp screamed and withdrew as soon as they touched the golden light, eventually turning into ashes!
"Ouch——!"

Deep within, the ghosts, no longer caring about their ferocity, desperately twisted their mangled bodies, trying to escape into the deeper darkness, but they struggled to move forward, each step bringing with it large chunks of disintegrating, filthy flesh and blood!
The eerie atmosphere of the entire Nili layer was swept away, temporarily revealing a rare and clear land!
Behind Chen Qing, the illusory images of thousands of Buddhas filled the space, layer upon layer, forcefully blocking the magnificent divine power of Taijing Daoist's Extinction Finger!
The Buddha's light collided with the power of the finger of Nirvana, silently and without a trace, yet it annihilated a large area of ​​the void!
"Crack!"

The frozen space and time around them shattered in the collision!
"boom!"

The Buddha's light surged and surged like a tide!
The power of annihilation that Taijing Daoist used with his finger was actually blocked by hundreds of golden Buddha phantoms, making it difficult to advance any further!
The frozen, stagnant atmosphere around them shattered!
Everyone then came to their senses, their faces filled with horror.

"Emperor Taijing? No, it's his three incarnations. He chased us here and personally took action!" Master Xuanji retreated rapidly in the Measuring Sky Boat. The protective shield on the boat rippled in the aftershocks of the golden light, like a candle flame in the wind. He stared at the figure in front of the mural. "And this Li Qing, he can actually activate the Ten Thousand Buddhas Paying Homage to the Ancestor Diagram?!"

"boom!"

As everyone was astonished, the Buddha's light rapidly spread, constantly eroding and permeating the Taoist's power of annihilation like a living thing. Even the profound Taoist aura surrounding the Taoist's body was tinged with a layer of light gold, as if it were about to be converted and converted!

Not only that.

Upon being illuminated by that golden light, the Nascent Soul cultivators from several aristocratic families felt their cultivation techniques suddenly become obscured, their spiritual power felt like it was trapped in quagmire, and their cultivation was suppressed by more than 30% in the blink of an eye!
Even the Nascent Soul ghost cultivators who were stirring in the distance let out terrified screams and frantically retreated into the deeper darkness, avoiding the golden light and not daring to seize its edge!
Chen Qing stood amidst a thousand Buddhas, his robes fluttering and golden light flowing.

The "pseudo-mysterious gate" in his abdomen spewed out spiritual energy at an unprecedented speed, pouring it into the murals at any cost, supporting this earth-shattering Buddhist supernatural power.

That supernatural power had been accumulating in the mural for countless years. Now that it has been unleashed, all that had been accumulated erupted in a continuous, seemingly endless manner!

Daoist Taijing frowned slightly. Although his Three Corpse Incarnation was suppressed by heaven and earth and lacked the full power of his original body, it still stood firmly at the level of the Dharma Aspect Realm, far surpassing ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators. He originally thought that taking down a junior's Golden Core would be a piece of cake, but he did not expect that the other party had previously turned the situation around by relying on the legacy of Taiyuan, and now he was using the supernatural powers left by Buddhism to contend with him!

"I underestimated your opportunities and resources. If things continue like this, I might really be suppressed by you." As the Taoist spoke, the hand seals on his hands suddenly changed!
"puff!"

Not far away, the eight princes trembled violently. Their already withered bodies instantly turned into skin and bones, their eye sockets sunken, like corpses, and they fell to the ground. It turned out that this Taoist had completely extracted the essence and blood from their bodies!
The essence and blood transformed into eight even more intense blood rainbows, which flowed into the Taoist's body!

Even the souls and true spirits of the eight princes were forcibly extracted and swallowed by this Taoist priest to stabilize their vital essence and blood!

"boom!"

The next moment, his figure visibly solidified, his skin glowed with a jade-like luster, and a powerful and intense blood energy surged into the sky, combining with the ethereal Daoist aura on his body, causing his aura to suddenly surge!

Even tigers don't eat their cubs! How could you be so heartless as to do that!

Chen Qing felt a chill run down his spine.

He now understood that the Taoist in front of him was an incarnation, but in essence, it was an illusory body that focused on cultivating one's nature. Now, by devouring the essence of flesh and blood of offspring of the same bloodline, he was forcibly replenishing his foundation of life cultivation, wanting to achieve both life and nature and reach perfection!
"Offspring? They're nothing but worldly ties. Besides, this is the son of an Immortal Emperor, not my son!" At this point, an undisguised look of disgust appeared on the face of the Taoist Taijing. "What I seek is transcendence and freedom. How could I be burdened by such mundane matters of bloodline?"

As he spoke, a crackling sound emanated from his body, and twisted dark gold dragon scales appeared on his skin. His aura gradually became more violent and strange, somewhat similar to the Dharma body remains that Chen Qing had just seen!
"Whoohoo-"

The man shuddered, and his surging blood and qi transformed into a raging storm. With a sudden gust, the invading Buddhist light was blocked by this intense aura, and its corrosive force was immediately halted!

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Immediately afterwards, the Taoist stretched out his arms, and the void in all directions surged and converged into an invisible scroll, which was trying to forcibly imprint and absorb the countless Buddhist images in the sky!
With this foundation of life and flesh, he was now able to unleash and bear even more terrifying and powerful supernatural abilities and spells!

"Is he trying to forcibly seize the great Buddhist supernatural powers depicted in the mural?"

Upon seeing this, Chen Qing not only did not retreat, but instead fully activated the spiritual gate within his abdomen!
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The spiritual gate roared, and spiritual energy surged out like a torrent, supporting the solidification of the thousand Buddha phantoms as they launched a counterattack.

The Buddhist light and Taoist energy collided wildly, causing the entire first level of Nirvana to tremble violently. Dark cracks appeared in the surrounding void, spreading in all directions!

The Taoist's qi and blood gradually intensified, and the dragon scales, twists, and strange features on his body became more and more obvious!

The spiritual gate within Chen Qing's abdomen flashed with light, and even tiny cracks appeared on the gate!
The light and shadow of the Buddhas emerging from the murals flicker and change, as if they might exhaust the sediment of ten thousand years at any moment and return to deathly silence!
"If this fight continues, we're afraid both sides will be severely injured!" Lu Zhao watched with a pounding heart.

"It's a war of attrition, a battle of wits and resources!" Ao Yu grinned. "This is practically a fight to the death! Let's see who gives up first!"

Qingyuan Daoist's expression was extremely solemn. Suddenly, he sensed something and his gaze swept over the increasingly unstable space around him. He said solemnly, "This is bad! If this continues, it may awaken that sleeping great supernatural being! At that time, reality and illusion will reverse, and we will all perish!"

Master Hanjing then asked directly, "Junior brother, your cultivation level is profound. Do you have a way to directly intervene? After all, the other side is... Junior Brother Jiming has not yet reached the full potential of his Great Dao. If he were to deal with them now, he would suffer too much!"

Upon hearing this, Daoist Qingyuan nodded and said, "Rest assured, Fellow Daoist Jiming is the future of our sect. Even if it costs me my Dao root, I will not stand by and watch him fall..." Just then—

"Fellow Daoist, why do you need to take action?"

With a long laugh, Jiang Shangkun suddenly broke free from the encirclement of more than a hundred magical treasures and artifacts, and then slammed his hands together!
"Wow!"

Five-colored light instantly flowed around his body, then reversed and changed!

Reverse Yin and Yang, and reverse the Five Elements!
A mottled and chaotic ripple of light shot out from his body, merging into all directions, disrupting established norms and distorting regulations!
Jiang Shangkun's divine power ripple was like a catfish, mingling with the school of fish, disrupting the situation, and even stirring up a trace of the original rules at the bottom of this hell.

"The barbarian gods outside the mortal realm have used this power as a weapon, while the ruler of the Central Plains has acted perversely and deserves to fall!"

As soon as Jiang Shangkun said this, Chen Qing's heart stirred, and he felt a surge of power converging from all directions!

When times come, heaven and earth all work together!
"Is this a sign of a change in fortune?"

In the blink of an eye, the golden light of the thousand Buddhas behind him suddenly intensified by two times!
"Hmm?" Daoist Taijing was caught off guard and felt that the essence and blood of the Eighth Prince that had been integrated into him was causing some conflict, which made his powerful and surging blood and qi stagnate!

In that very instant!

The invisible scroll was violently struck by the surging Buddhist light and shattered in mid-air with a "crack"!

The dragon scales surrounding the Taoist priest were also sizzling as they were burned by the Buddhist light. His figure swayed and he drifted backward for the first time!

However, he flicked his sleeve to deflect the approaching golden light, showing no sign of panic on his face. His gaze pierced through the layers of golden light and landed on Chen Qing: "Today you have received help and have gained a temporary advantage. However, now that I have seen through the key, how could I not have a way to deal with it? You can draw upon the legacy of your master, so why can't I?"

As he spoke, Daoist Taijing turned his gaze to the blank space in the center of the mural: "How about we have a contest to see who can win first and grasp the true opportunity at the bottom of hell!"

Before he finished speaking, he neither made a desperate attempt nor clung to the present moment. His figure suddenly transformed into a streak of light and crashed straight into the blank area in the center of the mural!

"Om-"

Ripples spread across the blank space, an invisible barrier was forcibly broken open, revealing a deep and unfathomable entrance.

The Taoist's figure flashed and disappeared into it!
"This mural is the entrance to the second level of the Hell!" Chen Qing's eyes narrowed, and he instantly understood. "As expected of an incarnation of an Immortal Emperor, he saw through the key at a glance. He knew that I needed the legacy of Taiyuan to resist him, so he wanted to seize it first and sever my foundation!"

In a flash, he weighed the pros and cons: "At this moment, he is devouring the essence of his offspring, his momentum is at its peak, he is at his zenith! Although I have received the help of the Buddha's light, my foundation is still only at the Golden Core stage, so..."

Once the decision was made, Chen Qing's hand gestures suddenly changed!
The boundless Buddhist light flowed according to his will, no longer pursuing the Taoist, but instead swirling back and pouring into the newly opened entrance!
"seal up!"

With a low shout from Chen Qing, hundreds of golden Buddha phantoms simultaneously struck out with their palms, Sanskrit characters flowing and intertwining, transforming into an indestructible golden light curtain that sealed the entrance layer by layer, forcefully isolating the aura of Daoist Taijing inside!

He then cast several hand seals in succession, continuously perfecting the seal!

"Obtaining the legacy of Taiyuan is merely a means to an end. I cannot retain this power for long. My purpose is to use it to escape the pursuit of you, the incarnation of an Immortal Emperor. Rather than fleeing, I would rather trap you here! This Buddha light has been accumulating for thousands of years, enough to keep you here for decades!"

However, just as Chen Qing was fully focused on perfecting the Buddha's Light Seal, a voice suddenly rang out in his heart—

"Your actions are quite imaginative and unconventional, which suits my taste quite well. However, wouldn't this make the play less interesting? We mustn't do that."

Chen Qing was startled. Before he could figure out the source of the sound, he felt the space around him instantly distort and change, and a great force descended, trying to move him to a certain place!

"Who is this?"

In the critical moment, he remained calm and focused his mind on the pseudo-gate in his dantian. Supported by the surging spiritual energy, the ethereal talisman appeared in mid-air, shining brightly!
Immediately afterwards, the exterior of the Stele Forest unfolded behind Chen Qing, and the projection of "Hidden Star True Monarch" also appeared, attempting to stabilize himself and resist the invisible teleportation force!

At the same time, he disregarded everything else and did not hesitate any longer. The causal connection between his soul and the Taiyuan Immortal Emperor was directly activated!
"Destiny connects with the unseen realm, the imperial aura summons us!"

"Boom!"

Deep within the land of Nili, a transformation was taking place, with roars resounding everywhere!

"what?"

A soft exclamation came from the depths of the void.

But then, the surrounding scenery blurred, and the views in all directions faded!

When Qingyuan Daoist, who was trying to approach, saw this, his eyes narrowed.

"That powerful being has awakened!"

(End of this chapter)