Primordial Era: If I remain in Longevity Mountain, I will steadily attain sainthood.

Chapter 71 The Battle of the Saints

Countless divine senses once again gathered in the Netherworld Blood Sea.

However, this time, Styx went too far. His Asura Cult not only failed to gain any merit from the Heavenly Dao, but also failed to achieve its goal.

Instead, Heaven was enraged and sent down calamity. Or perhaps it was divine punishment.

Above the Netherworld Blood Sea, endless thunder and fire covered the sky. Countless purple lightning bolts fell like rain, cleaving the Styx River in a terrible state.

He almost died under this divine punishment. The reason for this was that the Asura Cult established by Styx contained the concept of "destroying heaven and destroying the Dao" in its doctrines.

The doctrine of the Asura sect claims to be about killing everything, including the heavens, the earth, and all living beings, even saints and the heavenly realm.

Sages are one thing, but even the Way of Heaven is no exception. If the Way of Heaven is benevolent, it will slay the wicked and treacherous to nourish the Way; if the Way of Heaven is not benevolent, it will slay Heaven and Earth to destroy the Way.

Heaven was naturally enraged by this and thus sent down a calamity. The Styx River endured this great calamity with great difficulty and thankfully survived.

He refined the entire sea of ​​blood, and his life force was extremely strong. However, even so, he was severely injured and on the verge of death.

Those Asuras, Yakshas, ​​Rakshasa, Nagas, and other monsters who fled the Blood Sea in terror due to divine punishment returned to the Blood Sea to guard the River Styx only after seeing that the calamity had passed.

Thirty-three heavens away, in the Pure Heaven, Hongyun found it somewhat amusing, yet she couldn't help but feel a greater sense of approval for the Styx River.

It's likely that Styx was not entirely unaware that the concept of destroying the heavens would incur the wrath of the Heavenly Dao.

But he did it anyway.

It is evident that Styx truly grasped the essence of the "Path of Slaughter".

"Give him enough time, proving his Dao through killing might not be impossible," Hongyun said.

The idea of ​​attaining enlightenment through killing does not mean, as Styx said, that one must kill all living beings, or even a saint, in order to attain enlightenment.

If one is not a Primordial Being, how can one kill a Sage? If one is a Primordial Being, why kill a Sage? This shows that this is a misinterpretation of proving the Dao through killing.

The true path to enlightenment through killing is not about how many people have been killed, but about how much one has come to understand the way of killing!

However, despite her sighs, Hongyun still made her move at that moment.

The Netherworld Blood Sea.

The divine punishment had just dissipated, but the scene was still chaotic and in complete disarray, with the lightning continuing to fall.

It almost evaporated the entire sea of ​​blood.

Now that the divine punishment had passed, the seawater of the Blood Sea began to slowly recede. The Styx River, in a pitiful state, was being protected by a group of powerful monsters and was recovering its magical power.

Suddenly, at that moment, a voice rang out: "Fellow Daoist Styx, forgive me!"

Styx, who was recuperating from his injuries, was terrified upon hearing this voice. He abruptly opened his eyes, his face changing drastically, and cried out, "Saint Red Cloud, are you trying to take advantage of me in my weakened state?!"

"I'm only sealing you for a short time. Fellow Daoist Styx, please don't resist."

Hongyun's voice rang out again, and at the same time, endless red clouds suddenly appeared above the sea of ​​blood, constantly gathering together.

Finally, the endless red clouds transformed into a gigantic hand that swept across the sky and reached down to grab at the ground.

Styx was furious and said, "Red Cloud Saint, don't push your luck!" Styx suddenly drew his twin swords.

Two blood-red sword lights, exuding endless ferocity, soared into the sky to meet the giant hand.

however.

Despite the immense force of the attack, the two swords, once in the large hand, vanished as if they had been thrown into the sea.

There was no further sound.

It was directly taken away by that giant hand. Styx tried to sense it repeatedly, but he couldn't retrieve his sword.

His face paled in horror.

He quickly summoned the Twelve-Petaled Karmic Fire Lotus to defend against it.

However, when Hongyun's large hand descended, the Twelfth Grade Karmic Fire Red Lotus could only barely withstand it for a short while before being permeated by the endless red mist.

The twelve-grade Karmic Fire Red Lotus was also taken away by that giant hand.

Just as Hongyun's large hand was about to descend further and grab the Styx River, a sword suddenly flew out from the void and slashed at Hongyun's large hand.

Hongyun's large hand was instantly cleaved in two by a sword, but it healed itself back together the next moment.

"Tongtian, how dare you stop me?" Hongyun's slightly deep angry voice rang out. The large hand flickered and changed several times before transforming into a precious sword.

This precious sword emitted a four-colored radiance and clashed with the Tongtian Qingping Sword.

The two swords moved back and forth as if they were juggling, visible but without any trace of magical power, which looked extremely strange.

However, even so, beneath these two swords, in that sea of ​​blood, countless monsters, and even the quasi-saint powerhouse Styx, felt their scalps tingle and their hearts tremble with fear.

A contest among sages, a battle among sages!

The first case in the primordial era.

Styx never imagined that such a great battle would be triggered by him.

Moreover, and most importantly, why did the Crimson Cloud Saint attack me?

Could it be that he himself claimed in his doctrine that he wanted to kill the saint, so Hongyun took action directly?

But isn't this just too outrageous?

Don't they care about their reputation at all?

Fortunately, although Hongyun made his move, other saints stopped him.

At this moment, Styx desperately hoped that Tongtian could defeat Hongyun; otherwise, not only would he not be able to get his three treasures back, but he would also be unable to retrieve them.

I'm afraid I really will be suppressed by Hongyun.

However, things did not develop according to Styx's will, and it became clear after a short while that the battle was over.

Tongtian's Qingping Sword gradually fell into a disadvantageous position against Hongyun's four-colored sword.

Styx felt a chill in his heart.

The powerful figures from all sides couldn't help but marvel that among all the saints, Hongyun could be considered the first to achieve sainthood.

Moreover, he established two great religions in succession, which were extremely unfathomable.

Now it seems that his cultivation level is indeed above that of other saints. Didn't you see that even Tongtian was no match for him?

Just then, another Three Treasures Jade Ruyi flew out from the void. This Three Treasures Jade Ruyi, together with the Qingping Sword, finally managed to withstand Hongyun's Four-Colored Sword.

However, this thoroughly enraged Hongyun.

With a cold snort, a gourd suddenly fell from beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens.

This gourd was the second treasure for proving the Dao that Hongyun had refined, and it was called the Hunyuan Gourd.

The gourd fell down and joined the battle, first drawing the four-colored swords back to their source and absorbing them into the gourd.

Then the gourd shone brightly, and one could vaguely see that it was emanating a terrifying Daoist aura, containing Yin and Yang, the Four Symbols, and the Five Elements.

The gourd emitted two beams of light, one still displaying four colors: blue, red, yellow, and black, while the other displayed five colors: blue, red, yellow, white, and black.

One was the Four Symbols Divine Light, and the other was the Five Colors Divine Light, which respectively swept towards the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi and the Green Lotus Sword.

(End of this chapter)