Cultivation begins in Qingfeng Market.

Luo Yu stood still, looking up at Lin Zhao in the sky.

He knew it.

The garrison will not lose.

He An breathed a sigh of relief, waved his hand, and ordered the enforcement team to take the group of troublemaking cultivators away.

At the garrison headquarters, Xu Chuan whistled.

"Well done, Lin Zhao, you actually managed to pull it off."

Fang Yue didn't speak, but a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.

Yan Chiheng stood to the side, a smile playing on his lips.

In the sky, the Zheng family patriarch remained silent for a long time.

He was genuinely surprised.

A late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, with the help of formations and magical artifacts, managed to block his attack.

Not only that, they also pushed the Purple Mystic Cauldron back.

This is something that ordinary sect disciples cannot do.

This is a true peerless genius.

Those are the kind of prodigies that the higher-ups of the Holy Sect will see and remember.

The Zheng family patriarch suddenly realized that this matter might not end so simply.

Kill him?

The murderous intent he once felt had mostly dissipated by now.

They must not be killed.

If he kills them, how will he explain it to the Yunhai Cangming Sect? Last time, more than thirty nominal disciples died, but he managed to get away with it by sacrificing the lives of 300,000 mortals.

If a true prodigy is killed this time, will the Holy Sect let it go?

But he couldn't just leave like that.

If we just slink back like this...

The remaining four candidates will soon be targeted by the pack of hungry wolves outside, who will devour them one by one until nothing is left.

The Zi Xuan Dynasty is truly finished.

Fortunately, before the Zheng family patriarch arrived, he had already considered what to do if this kid really had some skill and he couldn't kill him.

So half of what he said before was actually meant for outsiders.

It's not that the dynasty was weak, it's that the opponent was too strong.

He certainly can't kill Lin Zhao today, but he can still break through the market and capture Lin Zhao.

Then we'll retrieve the third-tier magic weapon and spiritual resources, and use Lin Zhao's experience to warn these people.

Even the powerful Lin Zhao was captured by him, which should make these people think twice about the consequences of provoking the dynasty.

Unfortunately, he never considered what to do if he couldn't win Lin Zhao's heart.

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The patriarch of the Zheng family took a deep breath.

He's getting serious now.

Those purple lights earlier were just a test.

Now, he is going to unleash the full power of a Core Formation cultivator.

The entire legal domain is open.

The Purple Extreme Domain suddenly opened, absorbing countless spiritual energies. Within a radius of thirty miles, the temperature soared! The air began to distort!

The Zheng family patriarch summoned the Purple Profound Cauldron, which floated in the air, surging with flames and roaring loudly.

Using the Purple Profound Cauldron as the central hub, he activated the power of the Dharma Domain, causing the cauldron to frantically absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth at its core.

Supernatural Power - [Melting Star Hand]

The Purple Profound Cauldron frantically devoured spiritual energy and the essence of fire from all directions. A vast power erupted from the cauldron, condensing layer by layer around its body, transforming into a gigantic purple hand that blotted out the sky.

The cauldron is inside, and the hand is outside; the Purple Mystic Cauldron is the heart and foundation of the Melting Star Hand.

The Dharma Domain, supernatural powers, and magical treasures complement each other and cycle endlessly; this is the full strength of a Core Formation True Person.

Initially, the giant hand was only a few feet in size, but as spiritual energy continued to flow in, its size increased dramatically.

Ten zhang, fifty zhang, one hundred zhang, three hundred zhang...

When it descended above the market, the Star-Melting Hand, with the Purple Profound Cauldron at its core and enveloping it, had already transformed into a terrifying giant hand with a diameter exceeding three hundred feet.

The giant hand was entirely purple-gold, with liquid flames flowing across its surface. These flames flowed like magma, and wherever they passed, the air was burned, distorted, and cracked, emitting a piercing shriek!

Deep within his palm, the Purple Profound Cauldron blazed fiercely, continuously supplying a terrifying power capable of incinerating everything.

From a distance, it looks like a giant fiery hand descending from the sky, about to crush the entire market!

The Star-Melting Hand lives up to its name—it can even melt meteorites!

boom!!!

A giant hand slammed down on the mountain-protecting formation!

The moment the energy barrier came into contact with it, a huge gap burst open!

The formation's operating speed plummeted by 50%!

Immediately afterwards, the runes inside the barrier began to tremble violently, shattering one after another!

The spirit runes that maintained the operation of the formation exploded like broken strings!

The four spirits cried out in unison!

The Azure Dragon's body melted in the flames, the White Tiger's malevolent aura was devoured by the flames, the Vermilion Bird was also burned and cried out incessantly, and the Black Tortoise's tortoise shell runes all exploded!

The illusory images of the Five Sacred Mountains collapsed one after another!

Lin Zhao's domain trembled violently, and a tearing pain came from the connection point with the formation!

This is not a change in quantity.

This is a qualitative change.

This attack from the Zheng family patriarch was already at the peak of the early stage of Core Formation—even a Core Formation cultivator without a magic weapon wouldn't dare to take it head-on!

Inside the market, countless cultivators collapsed to the ground in despair.

It’s over.

This time it's really over.

Even the seven spiritual bodies were wailing, and even the five mountains were collapsing—what else could withstand this attack?

Inside the garrison headquarters, Yan Chiheng, his face ashen, prepared to provide support. Xu Chuan and Fang Yue also moved simultaneously, ready to unleash their Core Formation techniques.

But Lin Zhao used telepathy to stop them.

"It hasn't come to that yet."

His voice was calm, so calm that it didn't sound like someone being attacked with all their might by a Core Formation cultivator.

Yan Chiheng was stunned: "But—"

Lin Zhao did not turn around.

He simply stared at the giant fiery hand crushing down from the sky, at the collapsing magic domain and formation, and at the seven teetering spirit bodies.

Then, he took a deep breath.

Within his sea of ​​consciousness, the Divine Soul Sword Tower shone brightly, suppressing his divine soul and dispelling the pain of his torn consciousness.

Make a hand seal with both hands.

Forbidden Technique: The Seals of the Five Emperors.

But this time, he needs to be faster.

He flipped his left hand, and an ancient seal appeared in his palm.

The ancient seal of the Eight Desolations.

He had kept the second-tier high-grade magic weapon without using it.

This is because it has a unique characteristic—it can act as a carrier to accelerate the release of the Five Emperors Seal.

Forbidden Technique: "Five Emperors' Seals"

Within the realm of law, the winds and clouds shifted dramatically!

The collapsing phantoms of the Five Sacred Mountains suddenly shuddered and began to spin wildly! The four-colored spiritual light also surged into the vortex at the same time!

Five enormous vortexes shot into the sky!

Five-colored light pierced straight into the sky!

That is the sign of the Five Elements returning to their origin!

Lin Zhao poured all his magical power, along with the market's array and the spiritual power gathered over twenty miles of magical domain, into the Eight Desolations Ancient Seal!

The ancient seal trembled violently!

Numerous cracks appeared on the surface!

The cracks multiplied and became increasingly dense, like a spider web crawling across the entire seal.

Amidst the radiance, an ancient, majestic seal, seemingly bearing the power of the five elements' birth and death, slowly took shape.

The Seals of the Five Emperors.

It's the size of a palm, yet weighs more than ten thousand kilograms.

Five-colored spiritual light flowed around the seal, and with each flow, it seemed as if a world was being born and dying in a cycle of reincarnation.

click-

The Eight Desolate Ancient Seal shattered completely.

It turned into countless fragments and scattered in the air.

But it accomplished its mission.

Lin Zhao did not hesitate.

Raise your hand.

roll out.

The Five Emperors Seal transformed into a five-colored stream of light, heading straight for the crushing Star-Melting Hand, and crashed into it fiercely!

Wherever the great seal passed, space seemed to distort slightly—the five-colored light rubbed against the air, leaving a dazzling trail of light that lingered for a long time.