Primordial Era: Refusing Hongjun's path to sainthood, I attained the Dao of Hunyuan.

Chapter 174 Tongtian Fights Four Against One

"Too plain?"

Yuanshi was dumbfounded. "Who is Taisu?" However, Xuanhuang did not explain to him and suddenly unleashed another burst of magical power.

With a "hum", the Seven Treasures Tree shone even brighter, and a ball of seven-colored light fell into the great formation.

It rushed straight into the Hunyuan Golden Cauldron.

As if it had taken a powerful tonic, the Hunyuan Golden Cauldron burst forth with billions of feet of golden light, fiercely slashing down at the Primordial Heavenly Venerable below.

Yuanshi Tianzun tried his best to resist, but was defeated one after another. His cultivation was constantly being eroded by the golden light. In the end, he screamed and turned into ashes on the spot.

The Three Immortals of Sanxiao stared blankly at this scene. The Primordial Heavenly Lord, gone just like that? Even if it was only an avatar.

But that was also the incarnation of a saint; he was still an invincible being in the Three Realms.

"Thank you for your help, senior." Yunxiao reacted the fastest and said to Xuanhuang. Seeing Yunxiao's actions, Qiongxiao and Bixiao also quickly bowed to Xuanhuang in gratitude.

Xuanhuang nodded and said to the three of them, "Although you have escaped this calamity, you are destined to be enshrined as gods. You will still have to go to the Investiture Platform in the future. You can leave the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation quickly and wait outside."

Yunxiao exclaimed in surprise, "Senior, what makes you say such a thing? Besides, my master is still alive; how can we leave so easily?"

Xuanhuang shook his head and said nothing more. He rolled up his sleeve, and the Three Immortals were involuntarily drawn into it.

Xuanhuang then collected the Hunyuan Golden Cauldron. Only then did he leave, turning to head deeper into the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation.

They gradually arrived at the center of the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation, which was also the location of the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation.

Meanwhile, within the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation, the four sages entered the formation. Apart from Yuanshi and Zhunti, who separated into avatars, they disregarded the other formations and went straight to the outside of the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation.

The four then entered through separate doors.

Laozi entered through the Gate of Trapping Immortals, Yuanshi Tianzun entered through the Gate of Slaughtering Immortals, Jieyin Daoist entered through the Gate of Slaughtering Immortals, and Zhunti Daoist entered through the Gate of Severing Immortals.

As before, the Tongtian Sect Leader did not allow his disciples, such as Duobao Daoren, to assist him this time. After all, with the power of a sage, even if these disciples had profound cultivation, they were like ants. If they were in the formation, they would be harmed by him.

Even so, the Tongtian Sect Leader set up the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation, using its power to enhance himself. Not only was his combat power terrifying, but he could also protect himself, making his defensive capabilities almost on par with Laozi's Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang Exquisite Pagoda.

At this moment, the four sages entered the formation and surrounded the Tongtian Sect Leader to fight. Above the head of the Primordial Heavenly Lord, auspicious clouds appeared. Above the auspicious clouds, there were pendants and pearls hanging down, like a canopy. Ten thousand golden lamps, each about the size of a bushel, floated in mid-air.

Yuanshi Tianzun holds the Pangu Banner in one hand and the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi in the other.

Three streams of pure energy appeared above Laozi's head, like a great river of waves, supporting the forty-nine-story pagoda, with streams of mysterious yellow energy cascading down.

Lao Tzu holds a flat cane and stands on a golden bridge formed by the Tai Chi symbol.

The two saints took the lead in confronting the Tongtian Sect Leader. The Tongtian Sect Leader laughed loudly and waved his Qingping Sword. Sword light appeared in a flurry, like frost and snow falling all over the sky. It caused the Xuanhuang Qi of the Xuanhuang Linglong Pagoda to gather and disperse repeatedly.

They killed so many that the ten thousand golden lamps above the head of the Primordial Celestial Venerable were shattered one after another.

Both sages were shocked, for the assistance that the Myriad Immortals Formation brought to the Tongtian Sect Leader was truly formidable.

The two of them came to fight Tongtian, and although they did not use their full strength, they were actually at a slight disadvantage.

Upon seeing this, the two saints, Jieyin Daoren and Zhunti Daoren, also rushed forward to help. However, Jieyin Daoren never fought with others and only focused on defense.

At this moment, the same thing happened; he simply revealed the twelve-petaled golden lotus of merit beneath his feet to protect himself and Cundi.

Zhunti then took the lead, wielding the Seven Treasures Tree, which emitted seven-colored light as he swept it towards Tongtian Jiaozhu.

The Tongtian Sect Leader had already overpowered Laozi and Yuanshi Tianzun, so why would he fear the two of them now? He swung the Qingping Sword at the two saints.

What a remarkable Daoist! Though he did not attack, his defense was extremely strong. Thousands of sword energies came, but they were all blocked by his twelfth-grade golden lotus of merit.

On the contrary, Zhunti Daoist's Seven Treasures Tree not only failed to defeat Tongtian Jiaozhu, but was instead chopped up by the Qingping Sword.

The seven treasures on top shattered and fell down with a crash.

Although Zhunti Daoist restored him with a single thought, he still appeared somewhat disheveled. Upon seeing this, Jieyin Daoist opened his mouth and spat out a blue lotus, which helped Zhunti withstand the attack of Tongtian Jiaozhu.

The blue lotus blocked the way for Daoist Zhunti, and a relic appeared on the lotus. The relic floated up and down, absorbing all the sword energies and making them disappear.

While their attack on the two Western Saints failed, Laozi and Yuanshi attacked again, bringing with them the Three Treasures: the Jade Ruyi, the Flat Staff, and the Pangu Banner.

The Tongtian Sect Leader let out a long roar and shouted, "Good!" His chest was filled with surging energy, and he activated the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation with all his might.

"Boom!!!"

The power of the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation was all focused on the Tongtian Sect Leader, who first used his sword to block the flat crutch.

The Three Treasures Jade Ruyi had already leaped above the head of the Tongtian Sect Leader, and was about to strike it down when a sword light flew over.

It hit the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi and knocked it away.

The sword light revealed its shape; it was the Immortal Execution Sword.

This precious sword actually flew out from the Zhuxian Gate. Moreover, not only the Zhuxian Sword, but also the Luxian Sword, the Xianxian Sword, and the Juexian Sword were all attacked at the same time.

The Immortal Slayer Sword blocked the Pangu Banner, the Immortal Trapping Sword blocked the Seven Treasures Tree, and the Immortal Severing Sword slashed towards the Guide Daoist.

For a moment, the four saints were caught off guard. They never expected that the Tongtian Sect Leader would be so ferocious and difficult to resist when he went berserk.

Lao Tzu possessed the Exquisite Pagoda of Heaven and Earth, which was somewhat better. With a soft sigh, he entered the state of detachment and forgetfulness.

Then three streams of pure energy flew out and transformed into the Three Pure Ones. These three Taoists, along with Laozi himself, formed a complete system.

They restored the golden bridge to the Taiji diagram, and then together they raised the Taiji diagram. The Taiji diagram emitted rays of golden light, blocking all of Tongtian Jiaozhu's attacks.

Even the Four Swords of Zhuxian would find it difficult to achieve any merit!

Laozi shouted, addressing Yuanshi and Zhunti: "To break the Immortal Slaughtering Demon, you must first break the Ten Thousand Immortals. Haven't your avatars made their move yet?"

Yuanshi Tianzun also shouted loudly, shaking the Pangu Banner vigorously, and streams of chaotic sword energy flew out, slashing towards Tongtian.

Although Tongtian was protected by the power of the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation, the Pangu Banner's attacks were so sharp that he was forced to retreat several steps.

The Primordial Celestial Venerable and the Daoist Zhunti quickly seized the opportunity to sense their own avatars, and exclaimed in unison, "How dare you!"

However, both of them discovered that their avatars had been destroyed.

And only a saint can destroy the incarnation of a saint.

Therefore, their first suspicion was whether Tongtian had also used an incarnation to ambush them within the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation.

However, Tongtian, being a sage, was immediately aware of their thoughts and laughed loudly, "I never expected you to be so shameless, bullying the weak by sending your avatars to deal with my disciple."

"But you don't need to overthink it. You are the shameless ones, but I still have a sense of shame." As he spoke, Tongtian revealed his two incarnations, the good corpse and the evil corpse, both of which were still there.

Seeing this, Yuanshi Tianzun and Zhunti Daoren realized they had wronged Tongtian, but they had only lost their incarnations. Yuanshi Tianzun, in particular, was even more furious that his good corpse had been killed.

Zhunti Daoist coughed, and another Bodhi golden body appeared behind his head. It was because he had used his essence to condense another golden body.

Zhunti Daoist then said to Jieyin Daoist, "Senior brother, please help me." Jieyin Daoist understood, took the Azure Lotus Banner, and handed it to Zhunti's Bodhi Golden Body.

The Bodhi Golden Body took the Azure Lotus Treasure Banner, then transformed into a golden light, left the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation, and headed towards the Myriad Immortals Formation.

(End of this chapter)