Dream of the Red Chamber: Starting from Immortal Martial Arts

As he finished speaking, the distant mountains rose up, earth and rocks flew everywhere, and a deafening roar was heard, as if an earth dragon were turning over!

In an instant, a black stone giant about a hundred feet tall was formed. Its huge head had two vortexes of soil as eyes and a coffin as mouth. Its back was covered with numerous grave mounds. It was the true form of the Black Mountain Demon.

Under Jia Tang's divine sense, he discovered that the black stone giant was rapidly traversing the sky, using the densely packed nodes in the heavens as its means of movement.

"Teleportation? Spatial travel?"

With a wave of its hand, the black stone giant sent countless boulders and tombstones flying through the air like meteorites falling from the sky, leaving faint white marks in the air.

As Jia Tang sensed the invisible aura locking onto his martial body, he narrowed his eyes and his divine sense stirred. Golden energy appeared all over his body, and martial patterns flashed in his dantian. A giant golden flame tiger, a hundred feet in size, appeared, covering the sky and the sun, and coiled above everyone's heads, remaining unmoved despite the impact of the boulder.

The next moment, the tiger raised its eyes slightly, and beams of divine light shot out, shattering the giant stone tombstone and heading towards the Black Mountain Demon. It collided with the neck of the black stone giant, blasting out deep craters.

The Black Mountain Demon remained unmoved, and the earth and stones on the giant's body surged, immediately repairing the deep pit.

Upon seeing this, Jia Tang's mind stirred. He stretched out his hands forward, and streaks of blue light pierced through the black mist, like lightning tearing through space.

The sound of the waves rose, instantly going from barely audible to deafening.

Waves of water evolved between heaven and earth, nine waves overlapping, the space seemed to be squeezed and creaked, carrying the force of a million jin and venting towards the Black Mountain Demon.

The mound of graves behind the Black Mountain Demon suddenly exploded, and stone coffins and tombstones flew out, forming a wall of coffins and tombs that blocked the oncoming waves.

Immediately afterward, the Mysterious Water Divine Pattern appeared between Jia Tang's brows and flew out in an instant, transforming into beams of divine light that descended from the sky and surrounded the Black Mountain Demon.

Suddenly, divine light burst forth, and icy, piercing water fell from the sky, as if the heavens were destroying the world.

The old demon opened its huge mouth, and a water ghost filled with resentment flew out of the coffin, swirling towards the waves. The ghost's body absorbed the water waves and was constantly burst and turned to ashes, but the water ghost seemed endless, rushing towards the waves one after another.

Upon seeing this, Jia Tang immediately opened his arms, and the moonlight pierced through the dark curtain of deathly energy, appearing above the mountains and forests, and condensing into a large moon that floated above the mountain range.

The pale, cold light of the moon shone on the earth, leaving it desolate and pale. Wherever the cold light passed, the rocks and vegetation were frozen, and thick icicles rose from the ground, rushing towards the old demon.

Then, he gently raised his right hand as if to embrace the moon. A large, white, jade-like hand appeared in the sky and reached out to grasp the moon. It landed directly on the moon and pulled it into his arms. Then, it plummeted down rapidly, its boundless divine power tearing through space and shattering the moon like a mirror, crashing towards the Black Mountain Demon.

In an instant, the powerful martial arts technique "Taiyin Xuan Shui," which combines four divine abilities—"Moon-Embracing Hand," "Nine Layers of Waves," "Mysterious Ice and Cold Water," and "Ice-Clad Region"—arrived, causing the world to change color.

The giant stone roared and raised its massive, mountain-like hand to block the oncoming ice shards. However, the coffin-like barrier above its head shattered under the impact of the Moon-Embracing Hand, and the still powerful hand, embracing the full moon, crashed down with towering waves.

Rumble!

The sky tilted, and the earth collapsed.

Yan Chixia, standing beside Jia Tang, was utterly astonished. Could this strange fellow be a Nascent Soul cultivator?

Ahead, the Black Mountain Demon let out a mournful howl, and after the black stone in its abdomen split open, a small, blood-red stone coffin flew out, growing to more than ten feet in size and emanating a strong aura of yin, resentment, death, and other negative energy.

The blood-red stone coffin was half-open, from which countless skulls flew out, emitting heart-wrenching, mournful howls, and opened their jaws to bite Jia Tang.

Upon hearing the ghostly wails, Yan Chixia broke out in a cold sweat and shouted, "The Blood Coffin is the Black Mountain Demon's natal treasure, named the Resentful Blood Coffin. The old demon's nascent soul is hidden inside the coffin."

Having said that, he bit his tongue hard, spitting out a mouthful of blood essence onto his hand. He then put down the sword box and stood in front of him, shouting, "Heaven and earth are boundless, the universe borrows its power!"

First, he unleashed a series of golden flashes of spiritual energy, obliterating numerous skulls. Then, forming a sword-like finger, he roared, "Heavenly net, Earthly Yama; the sword of wisdom is drawn, slaying demons and vanquishing spirits, all calamities reduced to dust! Taiyi Heavenly Venerable, hasten as the law commands!"

"Shushan Demon-Slaying Sword, unleash it!"

"Whoosh~"

The sword boxes were arranged on the left and right, and thousands of swords flew out and hovered in the air, forming a sword formation, heading straight for the skull.

As Jia Tang listened to the ghostly wails, a splitting headache came over his soul. With a thought, a pair of small bells flew out of his dantian and hovered above his head.

The bell on the left jingled, emitting melodious sounds that enveloped everyone, bringing peace and tranquility, and warding off the disturbances of ghostly wails.

At the same time, a purple light shone brightly around its body, and in an instant, it was covered in scales and armor, condensing into a giant purple tiger that circled around its body to protect it. Strands of electricity crackled on its fur, and gray clouds gathered beneath its feet. Continuous bolts of electricity emerged from the gray clouds, constantly disappearing and dissipating upon collision with the skull.

Suddenly, Jia Tang's lips twitched slightly, and the giant tiger spat out a blackish-purple spear with ancient Dao patterns on it, which seemed to be thunder patterns of heaven and earth. It carried a terrifying divine light, and even space was distorted as it shot towards the tiger at lightning speed.

Then, with both hands slapping down, lightning flashed in the void, thunder roared, and the curtain of deathly aura that blotted out the sky seemed to tear open, from which a purple tiger claw descended, like a vast thunder blade from the heavens, slashing down at the Black Mountain Demon's blood coffin from above.

The lid of the Bloodstained Coffin moved up slightly again, and a small, pale white banner flew out, with the two large characters "Ten Thousand Bones" engraved on it.

As the banners fluttered, the skeletons of all people, animals, and demons in the mountains and lands burst forth from the earth, swarming together to form a giant white skeletal hand that held up the sky, blocking the tiger's claws from striking down.

Jia Tang sneered, "So you think you're the only one with a treasure?"

Opening its mouth, it protruded the Tiger-Slaying Demon-Exterminating Banner, with a winged white tiger banner wrapped around the flagpole, its tip pointing at the Coffin of Resentful Blood. Then, its divine soul chanted the imperial invocation, its hands forming a sword-like gesture as it proclaimed loudly: "Heavenly Net, Earthly Yama; Wisdom Sword unsheathed, slaying demons and vanquishing spirits, all calamities reduced to dust, Taiyi Heavenly Venerable, hasten as the law commands!"

As soon as he finished speaking, an inexplicable power from heaven and earth amplified the Tiger Demon Banner, causing it to hum.

With a flick of Jia Tang's sword, the Tiger Demon Banner burst forth with brilliant light, disappearing in an instant.

In an instant, only a streak of light remained, cutting through the darkness and piercing the veil of deathly aura. It pierced the lid of the coffin filled with resentment and blood, and nailed itself to the forehead of the Black Mountain Demon's nascent soul inside.

"Ah~"

The Black Mountain Demon let out a miserable cry and instantly turned into dust.

As soon as the Black Mountain Demon died, the deathly aura that filled the sky began to dissipate rapidly, revealing a crescent moon hanging high in the sky.

Ignoring Yan Chixia's ethereal expression, Jia Tang said to Wang Dazhuang, "Go and help, and finish this quickly."

Seeing his commander displaying such power, Wang Dazhuang's face flushed red, and he roared, "Yes, sir!"