Primordial Era: Becoming the Great Emperor of Humanity from the Start

Chapter 151 The Formation Breaks!

As the colorful light drew near, Manjushri Bodhisattva realized something was wrong, but it was too late.

Before Manjushri could react, the multicolored light accelerated and struck him.

It was only at this moment that Manjushri Bodhisattva realized that the colorful light was actually a pill.

The elixir struck Manjushri Bodhisattva and immediately transformed into a wisp of multicolored smoke, enveloping him completely.

"Ah! Ah! Ah! How could this be?"

In an instant, Manjushri Bodhisattva uttered an extremely mournful sound, as if he were enduring some great pain.

At this moment, it can be seen that both the white lotus at Manjushri's feet and the white lotus above his head have withered instantly.

That wasn't the end of it. Even the auspicious clouds above Manjushri's head vanished instantly, turning into nothingness.

If one were a highly skilled cultivator, it would not be difficult to see that Manjushri's golden body, which he had painstakingly cultivated, had been destroyed at this moment.

Seeing that Manjushri's golden body, painstakingly cultivated by the Heavenly Venerable of Vast Dharma, was completely destroyed, Qin Wan would not let such an opportunity pass by. He immediately activated the Heavenly Annihilation Formation with all his might.

Thunder roared within the Heavenly Annihilation Formation. Manjushri, the Heavenly Venerable of Vast Dharma, cried out in anguish as his body completely collapsed, turning into a cloud of ashes.

In the blink of an eye, Manjushri, one of the Twelve Golden Immortals of the Chan Sect, perished in the Heavenly Annihilation Formation, leaving only a wisp of his remnant soul on the Investiture of the Gods list.

"Brother Manjushri!"

Outside the Heavenly Annihilation Formation, the disciples of the Chan Sect, seeing Manjushri Bodhisattva perish within it, were horrified and cried out in grief.

These disciples of the Chan Sect had studied the Heavenly Annihilation Formation for a long time, and even sent Deng Hua into the formation to test its strength. They thought that breaking the formation would no longer be a difficult task.

Who would have thought that Manjushri, one of the Twelve Golden Immortals, would be so easily defeated in the Heavenly Annihilation Formation?

The great calamity of the Investiture of the Gods had just begun, and one of the Twelve Golden Immortals of the Chan Sect had already been lost. How could this not shock and sadden the many disciples of the Chan Sect?

"How dare you! You actually dare to kill my Chan Sect disciple! You're simply courting death!" Guang Chengzi said angrily.

When Guang Chengzi said these words, he forgot that not long ago, Yu Ding Zhenren and Qingxu Daode Zhenjun had just killed Lü Yue, a disciple of the Jie Sect.

Guang Chengzi didn't care about all that. Perhaps in his heart, only the disciples of the Chan Sect could kill the disciples of the Jie Sect, but the disciples of the Jie Sect could not kill the disciples of the Chan Sect.

Enraged, Guang Chengzi disregarded everything and stepped out of the Heavenly Annihilation Formation, raising the Heaven-Turning Seal and smashing it downwards.

Qin Wan had just killed Manjushri Guangfa Tianzun and was feeling triumphant when he unexpectedly received Guang Chengzi from the Chan Sect so quickly.

Before he could even activate the Heavenly Annihilation Formation, Guang Chengzi's Heaven-Turning Seal had already smashed down on the entire Heavenly Annihilation Formation.

Qin Wan's expression changed instantly. The reason he was able to kill Manjushri Guangfa Tianzun just now was not because the Heavenly Annihilation Formation was really that powerful.

After Jiang Heng demonstrated how to break the Heavenly Annihilation Formation, Qin Wan began to ponder how to prevent the Heavenly Annihilation Formation from being broken by a Golden Body expert.

After thinking for a while, he actually came up with a solution for Qin Wan. It turned out that not long ago, Lü Yue had given him a poison pill.

According to Lü Yue, this pill was his masterpiece, containing a terrifyingly potent poison that was most effective at breaking a person's invulnerability.

Therefore, Qin Wan hid the poison pill in the Heavenly Annihilation Formation, and when Manjushri Bodhisattva thought that his golden body could overcome the Heavenly Annihilation Formation, he took out the poison pill in one fell swoop.

As Qin Wan had predicted, the golden body of Manjushri Bodhisattva collapsed instantly under the corrosive influence of the poisonous pill.

It was precisely because of this that Qin Wan was able to use the Heavenly Annihilation Formation to kill Manjushri, the mighty Golden Immortal, and achieve such great merit.

But now, when facing Guangcheng, Qin Wan not only had no more poison pills in his hands, but Guangchengzi was not Manjushri Guangfa Tianzun either.

Guang Chengzi was a Great Luo Golden Immortal, whose cultivation was a level higher than that of Manjushri Guangfa Tianzun, so he was not afraid of the Heavenly Annihilation Formation.

Moreover, the Fantian Seal is indeed an extraordinary magical artifact. When the Fantian Seal strikes, it is equivalent to half of Mount Buzhou crashing down.

What Qin Wan? What Heavenly Annihilation Formation? They are utterly insignificant compared to the powerful magic weapon, the Heaven-Turning Seal.

"Boom!"

Guang Chengzi merely unleashed the Heaven-Turning Seal, and with a single strike, the entire Heavenly Annihilation Formation collapsed instantly, even killing Qin Wan instantly.

Qin Wan didn't even have a chance to struggle; he was left with only a wisp of remnant soul, which flew into the Investiture of the Gods.

"Junior Brother Qin Wan!" Many disciples of the Jie Sect cried out in grief, all staring at Guang Chengzi with hostile eyes.

Guang Chengzi snorted coldly. He had already left the Heavenly Annihilation Formation, but he did not continue to try the second formation of the Ten Annihilation Formations, the Earthly Fierce Formation.

That's why the disciples of the Jie Sect didn't act immediately. Otherwise, they wouldn't have bothered setting up the Ten Deadly Formations; they could have just fought the Chan Sect to the death.

Jiang Heng maintained an indifferent attitude throughout, but at the moment when Manjushri Bodhisattva fell, a slight stirring occurred in his heart.

According to the original trajectory of the Investiture of the Gods, although the twelve Golden Immortals of the Chan Sect all had their three flowers on their heads cut off and their five qi in their chests extinguished in the Nine Turns Yellow River Formation.

Although the twelve Golden Immortals of the Chan Sect lost all their cultivation in this battle, they did not perish and were thus included in the Investiture of the Gods.

Moreover, after the Investiture of the Gods, Manjushri Bodhisattva joined the Western Paradise and became one of the four great Bodhisattvas of Buddhism.

However, Manjushri Bodhisattva has now completely perished, leaving only a wisp of his soul on the Investiture of the Gods list.

This also means that, because of Jiang Heng, the trajectory of the Investiture of the Gods has changed, and the death of Manjushri Bodhisattva and his ascension to the Investiture of the Gods is the best proof of this.

This was naturally a good thing for Jiang Heng. It meant that even the Heavenly Dao and Dao Ancestor Hongjun could not completely control everything.

Otherwise, even if Qin Wan possessed extraordinary abilities, Manjushri Bodhisattva was not destined to perish, and would not have perished under any circumstances.

"Indeed, the general trend of Heaven cannot be changed, but the minor trends can be altered!" Jiang Heng thought to himself.

The true destiny of the Heavenly Dao in the Investiture of the Gods is actually the rise of the Heavenly Court. As long as the Heavenly Court prospers in the future, everything else is actually insignificant.

It was just that the Heavenly Dao and Dao Ancestor Hongjun were plotting to weaken the power of the Three Pure Ones and the human race in one fell swoop by taking advantage of the Investiture of the Gods.

For Jiang Heng, there was a lot of room for maneuver. After all, the rise of the Heavenly Court had no necessary connection with the human race.

There are many ways for the Heavenly Court to prosper, and as long as it doesn't affect the human race, Jiang Heng isn't entirely opposed to it.

Jiang Heng saw many possibilities for the Investiture of the Gods calamity from the fall of Manjushri, but these will not be mentioned for now.

The Heavenly Annihilation Formation caused the deaths of Qin Wan of the Jie Sect and Manjushri Guangfa Tianzun of the Chan Sect, fully demonstrating the cruelty of the Great Calamity.

However, the Chan Sect and the Jie Sect maintained a certain level of understanding afterward. The method of the Jie Sect setting up the formation and the Chan Sect breaking it did not change.

Faced with the second formation of the Ten Deadly Formations, the Earthly Fiery Formation, the Chan Sect resorted to its old tricks again, not letting the Twelve Golden Immortals break the Earthly Fiery Formation first.

This time, the Chan Sect went even further, sending only a third-generation disciple, Han Dulong, who was Dao Xing Tian Zun's apprentice.

Like Deng Hua, Han Dulong not only had mediocre talent in cultivation and low cultivation level, but was also a true human.

Han Dulong entered the Earthly Fiery Formation. Although he was extremely cautious, with his cultivation level, how could he possibly withstand the Earthly Fiery Formation?

Not long after, Han Dulong died within the Earthly Fiery Formation. Before Zhao Jiang, who was in charge of the formation, could even rejoice, Ju Liusun, one of the Twelve Golden Immortals, had already entered the formation.

Zhao Jiang dared not be careless and immediately activated the Earth Fiery Array with all his might. But Ju Liusun simply took out a magic weapon, raised his hand and threw it, which then attacked Zhao Jiang.

Zhao Jiang hurriedly tried to defend himself, but the magic weapon was no ordinary artifact; it was Ju Liusun's treasured artifact, known as the Immortal Binding Rope.

With the appearance of the Immortal Binding Rope, Ju Liusun no longer needed to break the Earthly Fiery Formation; he had already directly suppressed Zhao Jiang, who was in charge of the formation.

This is exactly the same method for breaking the formation that Jiang Heng mentioned. However, although Zhao Jiang has been extremely careful, he is indeed unable to perfect the fierce formation in a short period of time.

Moreover, given the previous situation of Manjushri's passing, it was impossible for the disciples of the Chan Sect to be completely unprepared.

This is why Ju Liusun was able to easily break the Earthly Fierce Formation and capture Zhao Jiang with the Immortal Binding Lock.

After capturing Zhao Jiang, Ju Liusun showed no mercy and killed Zhao Jiang, leaving a wisp of his soul on the Investiture of the Gods list.

In battle, life and death are left to fate! Therefore, even when they saw Zhao Jiang die, the disciples of the Jie Sect did not say much.

The third formation was the Wind Howling Formation. Although the disciples of the Chan Sect were prepared and had already borrowed the Wind-Fixing Pearl, they still sent a third-generation disciple to break the formation.

The result was obvious: not long after the third-generation disciple of the Chan Sect entered the Wind Howling Formation, he perished within it.

Subsequently, Cihang Daoren, one of the Twelve Golden Immortals, easily broke the Wind Howling Formation with the Wind-Fixing Pearl in hand and killed Dong Quan, who was in charge of the formation.

Subsequently, the disciples of the Chan Sect used this method to break through the formation one after another. The Ten Deadly Formations were quickly destroyed, and the Ten Heavenly Lords all perished as a result.

However, during the process of breaking the Ten Deadly Formations, Puxian Zhenren, one of the Twelve Golden Immortals, made a careless move and perished in the Blazing Flame Formation.

Thus, after a fierce battle, both the Chan Sect and the Jie Sect suffered heavy defeats. The Jie Sect lost ten Heavenly Kings, while the Chan Sect lost two of its Twelve Golden Immortals.

Jiang Heng remained outwardly calm, but inwardly he had already decided to kill the Twelve Golden Immortals of the Chan Sect.

The reason is that every time the Chan Sect breaks a formation, they have to send one of their disciples into the formation to die, and without exception, all of these disciples are human.

Although Jiang Heng had made his statement beforehand, it was still a bit too much for the Chan Sect to always use the human race as a shield and to put human disciples on the Investiture of the Gods list.

Jiang Heng cannot act now, but he has already kept this score in mind and will settle accounts with the Chan Sect in the future.

"Zhao Gongming! Your Jie Sect's Ten Deadly Formations have been broken by us. If you know what's good for you, retreat immediately, or don't blame us for being ruthless!"

Guang Chengzi addressed the disciples of the Jie Sect with an unfriendly expression. Since the Chan Sect had lost two of the Twelve Golden Immortals this time, Guang Chengzi naturally did not have a pleasant look on his face.

"Hmph! Guang Chengzi, it's too early to talk about victory or defeat. You've broken the Ten Deadly Formations, which shows that your Chan Sect has some tricks up its sleeve."

But I, Zhao Gongming, am here and would like to have a good chat with you disciples of the Chan Sect, so that I can see how the Chan Sect's methods are!

Zhao Gongming's expression was gloomy. He valued loyalty highly within the Jie Sect, and the Ten Heavenly Kings had a deep friendship with him, but now they had all died.

Enraged, Zhao Gongming dared not let the matter rest and was prepared to personally teach the disciples of the Jie Sect a lesson.

Holding the Dragon-Binding Rope, Zhao Gongming, in his rage, resembled a furious celestial being, and none of the disciples of the Chan Sect dared to meet his gaze.

Although Guang Chengzi was somewhat arrogant and possessed the supreme treasure, the Fantian Seal, he knew that he could never be a match for Zhao Gongming.

"Hmph! Zhao Gongming, just you wait. Tomorrow, my Chan Sect will have a master to settle the score with you!" Guang Chengzi said in a deep voice.

Guang Chengzi wasn't stupid. Zhao Gongming was the eldest disciple of the outer sect of the Jie Sect, and his cultivation was extraordinary. How could he dare to fight Zhao Gongming one-on-one?

Zhao Gongming was also arrogant. When he heard Guang Chengzi say that they would fight again tomorrow, he didn't say anything. He was preparing to wait for the experts from the Chan Sect to arrive.

"Senior Brother Guangchengzi, Zhao Gongming's cultivation is extraordinary; he has already entered the Quasi-Saint realm. We are afraid we are no match for him!" Taiyi Zhenren said in a deep voice.

"I have only recently broken through to the next level, and I'm afraid I am no match for Zhao Gongming!" the Antarctic Immortal said solemnly.

Although the Antarctic Immortal was a quasi-saint, he was also self-aware. He knew that he had just broken through and had no chance of defeating Zhao Gongming.

"It seems we have no choice but to ask Uncle Randeng for help! It's a pity that Junior Brother Yunzhongzi has to guard the Six Paths of Reincarnation, otherwise he would definitely be able to defeat Zhao Gongming!" Guangchengzi said.

Since celebrating the Emperor's wedding in Chaoge City, Yun Zhongzi has returned to the cycle of reincarnation, determined not to participate in the Investiture of the Gods.

However, Yun Zhongzi was originally the reincarnation of Hongyun Laozu, and with the legacy of Hongyun Laozu, he should have been free from disasters and difficulties in this life.

Besides, Yun Zhongzi is now the Fengdu Emperor in the Six Paths of Reincarnation. As long as he doesn't actively seek death, the Great Tribulation will hardly affect him in the slightest.

Therefore, although Yun Zhongzi was a disciple of the Chan Sect, he had no need to participate in the Investiture of the Gods, which was something that Yuanshi Tianzun tacitly approved.

Within the Chan Sect, besides Yun Zhongzi, the only other quasi-saint powerhouse who could rival Zhao Gongming was the Vice Sect Leader, Randeng Daoren.

However, to be honest, the seniority of the Taoist Ran Deng is the same as that of the Primordial Heavenly Venerable. Therefore, his contest with Zhao Gongming might be suspected of bullying a junior.

But the Chan Sect didn't care about such things. If they could defeat Zhao Gongming, they would have already swarmed him and killed him.

Jiang Heng watched all this with a smile but remained silent. He was well aware of the Chan Sect's scheme, but this time, the Chan Sect had miscalculated.

Although Zhao Gongming was only at the early stage of Quasi-Saint and his cultivation was not comparable to that of Daoist Ran Deng, who had been in the Quasi-Saint realm for many years, Zhao Gongming possessed a supreme treasure!

With the appearance of the Dinghai Pearl, a primordial spiritual treasure, even Daoist Ran Deng was no match for Zhao Gongming.

It's just a matter of whether Lu Ya will appear this time; otherwise, even if all the disciples of the Chan Sect were combined, they wouldn't be able to do anything to Zhao Gongming.

(End of this chapter)