Honghuang Taihuang

Chapter 227 Peach Wood

You Ying's face showed a hint of doubt. She raised her perception to the limit, and an extremely large moon-white radiance enveloped the southeastern region of the Heavenly Demon World.

Layer upon layer of lunar radiance washed back and forth, and amidst the surging, extremely cold lunar radiance, countless celestial demons were frozen and shattered by this sudden burst of lunar radiance.

However, after searching for a long time, Youying still couldn't find anything special about this place. But just then, Taiwei smiled and slapped his hand, and a heavenly gate made entirely of white bones and surrounded by yin energy crashed down.

The divine light, a treasure of creation, transformed into a dark vortex of ghostly energy, engulfing the yin and demonic energy between heaven and earth. The majestic Heavenly Gate rose high, upon which bone dragons and phoenixes made of white bones swam with intertwined necks. At this moment, the pitch-black Heavenly Gate slowly opened.

Rumble!!

The moment the Heavenly Gate opened, an extremely surging deathly and ghostly aura swept across the land like a purplish-gray torrent, and the extremely dark and turbid ghostly aura covered the sky and earth for millions of miles around.

The ever-surging death energy and ghostly energy washed back and forth, and the sky and earth for thousands of miles were penetrated and invaded by the eerie death energy and ghostly energy.

Mountains, rivers, stars, grass, trees, and demons—everything appears unchanged on the surface, but within these things, an extremely profound ghostly aura is eroding their very souls.

Taiwei's expression was indifferent. The towering white bone gate trembled continuously, and even more powerful death energy and ghost energy surged out again. The purple-gray sea of ​​clouds covering millions of miles of sky and earth stirred up huge waves. Taiwei flicked his finger, and the power of the Nine Li Heavenly Demon merged into the purple-gray sea.

The immense power from the Supreme Treasure of the Void seemed to be the last straw that broke the camel's back. A violent giant wave suddenly exploded in the purplish-gray ocean, and a huge whirlpool appeared on the ocean that was surging with dark, deathly energy.

The shadowy figure, enveloped in moonlight, stared in astonishment at the massive peach tree rising from the depths of the vast ocean, its trunk a deep purplish-black, its branches and canopy piercing the void and the earth: "The Ancestral Tree?!"

"It's not quite there yet. It can only be described as a top-tier innate spiritual root. This large peach tree was originally supposed to be the foundation of this Heavenly Demon Great World, the place of future reincarnation. If it were to fully develop, it could indeed become a primordial tree of heaven and earth comparable to the supreme treasure of the Great Void."

"But now that I've discovered it, it naturally has no chance."

Taiwei looked at the giant peach tree that stretched out the vast ocean of ghostly energy, a cold light flashing in his eyes. The majestic Heavenly Gate rose from the ocean of deathly energy. The Heavenly Gate, which was covered with white bones and corpses, transformed into a size of tens of millions of feet and slowly closed from the east and west sides, trying to take the giant peach tree into the Heavenly Gate.

However, the Great Peach Wood is the ancestral tree of the future Heavenly Demon World. Even though it has not yet transformed into the ancestral tree of the world, it is still equivalent to the top innate spiritual root of the Primordial World. In terms of the strength of its origin, it surpasses the White Bone Heavenly Gate. The power of the White Bone Heavenly Gate alone is not enough to suppress the Great Peach Wood.

The White Bone Heavenly Gate that Taiwei summoned was a treasure of creation he had obtained from Xuan Si in the past, the Gate of Death. Taiwei had already transformed this Gate of Death into the vessel for the Ghost King Dao Fruit avatar among the twelve Dao Fruit avatars of the Human Path.

Although the Ghost King's clone has not yet been born, it has already merged with this Gate of Death, and the Gate of Death has become the Ghost Gate it is today.

Taiwei is currently trying to merge the Ghost Gate and the Great Peach Wood into one, thereby creating an extremely powerful Ghost King avatar. Taiwei's subsequent plans will also require the help of this Great Peach Wood.

Taiwei watched as the thousands of branches and roots swayed, slowly opening the gate to the underworld. He landed on the gate, and the power of the Nine Li Heavenly Demon merged into it. As countless silver-white streams of light burned, the majestic gate to the underworld gradually turned silver-white.

The immense power of the Supreme Treasure of the Void and the surging ocean of death energy merged perfectly, and the Ghost Gate, which was thirty million feet long, instantly expanded to hundreds of millions of feet. The purple-gray ocean of death energy transformed into countless long rainbows like spirit snakes, which coiled around the countless roots and branches of the Great Peach Tree.

A tremendous force surged forth, suppressing the death energy and ghostly aura emanating from the large peach wood with the silver-white Ghost Gate. The vast ocean of purplish-gray death energy transformed into flames that burned fiercely. The large peach wood trembled continuously, as bursts of ghostly death energy resisted the Ghost Gates that were pressing in from both sides.

A series of booming sounds rang out as countless roots and branches of the giant peach wood curled and withered in the burning flames. After all, the giant peach wood was not the ancestral tree of heaven and earth, and it gradually could not withstand the combined attack of the Ghost Gate and the Nine Li Heavenly Demons.

Taiwei finally exhaled a breath of turbid air. After all, the Great Peach Wood was the foundation of the future Netherworld Reincarnation of the Heavenly Demon Great World. Its power was no less than that of the Nine Li Heavenly Demon, which could not be fully unsealed. If it weren't for the assistance of the Ghost Gate, the Nine Li Heavenly Demon alone would not have been able to suppress the Great Peach Wood.

"Brother Dao, how did you know that there is such a top-grade spiritual root of heaven and earth here?"

Youying looked at the large peach tree below, which was gradually being swallowed by the Ghost Gate, and a look of curiosity appeared on her face.

Even though she activated the essence of the Taiyin Star, she couldn't detect the slightest aura of this large peach tree. Logically speaking, with Taiwei's current cultivation level, it's impossible for her to possess perception abilities beyond her reach.

Taiwei flicked his finger, and the Heavenly Sun Fin unleashed a golden-red blade of light, crushing the deathly aura rising from the Great Peach Tree. The Heavenly Sun Fin transformed into a stream of light and embedded itself in the trunk of the Great Peach Tree, its powerful Ten Yang Heavenly Dao force suppressing some of the Great Peach Tree's power.

"It's very simple. This region is inhabited by a large number of demonic seeds. Luo Hou and I are old rivals. He doesn't have absolute trust in anyone or anything, so the more important something is, the more Black Lotus demonic seeds he will infuse into it."

"The existence of so many Black Lotus Demon Seeds in this region must mean that there is something of great importance to Rahu."

Taiwei reached into the void with his right hand and took out a pitch-black lotus flower. Wisps of demonic energy escaped from the black lotus, only to be burned away by the Yang and Crown Flames rising from Taiwei's palm.

Youying looked at the Black Lotus Demon Seed in Taiwei's palm with a surprised expression, as she had not sensed its presence in this area.

"Although you are a Taiyin Holy God nurtured by the Divine Path, possessing unparalleled potential and aptitude in the primordial world, your experience is still too limited, and your understanding of the myriad paths of heaven and earth is insufficient. During this period in the Heavenly Demon Great World, I will protect you as much as possible. How much you learn depends on yourself."

A flash of demonic light appeared in Taiwei's eyes, and at the same time, a wisp of demonic light also emerged in Youying's eyes. In an instant, the world in Youying's eyes became distorted. In the turbulent storm of intertwined primordial energy, specks of black demonic light flickered like countless stars.

Millions of demonic seeds formed a massive array that isolated all of space and time. However, this array was suddenly torn apart by a towering ghost gate.

Seeing this, Youying understood why Taiwei was able to discover the Great Peach Wood. Looking at the dozen or so dark demonic seeds within her body, a cold expression appeared on Youying's face.

The immense Yin essence within Youying's body trembled slightly, and a powerful, cold light shattered all the dozen or so demonic seeds within her body, annihilating them all.

Youying's expression was solemn. She couldn't even detect Luo Hou's demonic seed, which made her feel a little down after she had just touched the Taiyin Origin. If it weren't for Taiwei's size, she would probably have been eroded by Luo Hou's demonic seed and had her will taken over without her knowing.

"You may not need to cultivate the many great Daos of the primordial world, but you must have some understanding of them, otherwise you never know when you will be outmaneuvered by others."

Taiwei gave Youying a word of advice, then turned around and continued to look at the large peach wood below, which had already been mostly devoured by the Ghost Gate. Faced with the combined attack of the Nine Li Heavenly Demon and the Ghost Gate, two supreme treasures, the large peach wood's resistance was becoming weaker and weaker.

The Heavenly Sun Fins, inserted into the large peach wood, continued to invade the wood, annihilating countless Black Lotus Demon Seeds within it. With the combined power of the three supreme treasures, the peach wood's resistance grew weaker and weaker.

Finally, a hundred years later, the Gate of Hell closed completely, and the giant peach tree was swallowed by the Gate of Hell. Taiwei breathed a sigh of relief. With this giant peach tree, his plan could now be implemented.

The Ghost Gate shrank, carrying with it wisps of dark ghostly energy that merged into Taiwei's body. After completing this, Taiwei waved his hand, and thousands upon thousands of Black Lotus Demon Seeds continued to merge, resulting in a dark, ethereal golden core that floated before Youying.

In the distance, a long, purplish-black rainbow was flying towards them, its destructive aura causing the surrounding void to surge and tear apart. Amidst the demonic light, Rahu, dressed in black, had an icy expression, his aura extremely chaotic.

Even after fighting Taiwei for countless years, Luo Hou never expected that Taiwei would discover his hidden Black Lotus Demon Seed in the Southeast Region in such a short time.

Over the years, not only Taiwei, but also Luo Hou's own Heavenly Demon Dao has been reorganized and upgraded several times. Luo Hou is confident that even Taiwei will need a long time to discover the demonic seeds he has set up.

After Taiwei's tribulation, his foundation was completely different from before. If Taiwei had originally cultivated the Heavenly Dao, he would have been able to detect the Black Lotus Demon Seed he had set up through the Heavenly Dao Vision. However, after Taiwei's tribulation, he is now cultivating the Golden Core Dao.

Compared to the vastness and immensity of the Heavenly Dao, the Golden Core Dao is naturally far inferior. Therefore, Luo Hou initially thought that Taiwei could not possibly have discovered the Great Peach Wood, the most important treasure of the Heavenly Demon Realm, in the present day.

However, Taiwei has now taught him a harsh lesson with reality. No matter how Taiwei did it, the facts are already in front of him. Moreover, sensing Taiwei's aura in the distance, Luo Hou's pupils contracted slightly.

This radiant and brilliant energy is undoubtedly the Taiwei of the Heavenly Dao that was cultivated at the beginning of creation, and it is the Taiwei that controls the Ten Yang Heavenly Dao. This energy is almost exactly the same as that of Taiwei at the beginning of creation, only it is hundreds or even tens of thousands of times larger.

(End of this chapter)