Those time travelers that year

By devouring the flesh and blood of spirit beasts, Niulang's own power soared. However, due to a momentary lapse in judgment, he strayed onto the evil path, wholeheartedly pursuing power and willing to submit to Chi You. Thus, he was able to learn the genuine divine and demonic martial art of Devouring Heaven and Destroying the Seven Limits from the frozen demon.

Of course, Niulang was unaware that while he was wholeheartedly practicing the first five moves of the Devouring Heaven and Annihilating Seven Limits Sword Technique, he didn't notice that, under the faint reflection of light, an eye suddenly appeared in his shadow, clearly copying and pasting the five sword techniques he had learned completely.

Knowing the future fate of the Cowherd, how could Xia Er not interfere? The reason he spared him before was simply to leave a hidden weapon on this guy, to get a glimpse of the Devouring Heaven and Annihilating Seven Limits divine and demonic martial arts. You must know that in the entire divine weapon series, the most famous divine and demonic martial arts, and also the most criticized divine and demonic martial arts, is the Devouring Heaven and Annihilating Seven Limits.

Logically, the Devouring Heaven and Annihilating Seven Limits technique shouldn't have performed poorly. However, unfortunately, the Cowherd was a complete failure, and his performance utterly buried this divine swordsmanship. After Chi You's resurrection, he suffered a massive loss of divine power and blood loss due to various reasons, all in an effort to revive the Flower Goddess. He inflicted a multitude of debuffs on himself, making it impossible for him to defeat even a group of mortals after fighting for so long. In the end, he unleashed the Devouring Heaven Blade with all his might, which could have easily slicing through the mortals he had been fighting for so long, and incidentally damaging the planet beneath his feet.

But then he fell for a honey trap, willingly reforming himself and retiring with the Flower Goddess—what a mess! Was he cursed by a jinx?!

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So, where was Ciel at this time?!

At this very moment, right here in the very cave of Chi You, in the very place where the body of a beautiful goddess was preserved, not far from the ice cave where the Cowherd was, Charles stepped out of the shadows and into this hall, accompanied by the gathering of shadows.

"Really..." It seems that Xia Er wasn't seriously injured in the Battle of Mount Tai. Of course, this isn't surprising, since even with the divine power of Tiger Soul and the divine support from Chi You, the Flame God was still just one person from beginning to end. He wasn't like the Great Rakshasa Sect Master, a bug who got closer to godhood the closer he got to the twenty-seventh limit, nor was he like the Evil Emperor, a VIP player who almost stepped into the godhood realm with one foot in the realm of gods and demons with his self-created sword and saber techniques, nor was he like Nangong Wentian, who later practically got in through connections.

Therefore, it was clearly impossible for the Flame God to unleash his full power and trigger flashbacks like the protagonist in a crisis. So the Flame God fell into the lava, struggling to survive with the power given to him by Chi You. Meanwhile, Xia Er easily let him go, and then, using the aura of Chi You's divine power that the Flame God was using, he traced it back to Chi You's secret cave.

"The Xuanwang of this era isn't so easy to enter..." Dusting off his hat, Charles walked casually to the crystal coffin containing the Flower Goddess's body. "Tsk tsk tsk... Is she beautiful?" Looking at the so-called Flower Goddess, now in a deathly slumber, Charles examined her, but unlike the Yan King or Chi You of this era, he didn't seem to be infatuated with this goddess. "Wait..." Thinking of this, Charles suddenly realized a question: why would the Yan King be infatuated with the goddess in this ice coffin?! "Could it be... that guy, like all the princes throughout history, suffers from necrophilia?!"

"Hey! Just kidding, just kidding!"

Looking at the goddess in the ice coffin, while she was undeniably beautiful, Xia Er felt no infatuation whatsoever. On the contrary, he felt that Chi You was incredibly unlucky. He was extremely powerful, strong enough to crush most gods and demons, yet he fell for a honey trap. Xia Er couldn't help but feel that there was something sinister going on behind the scenes.

He placed his hand on the ice coffin, and soon a beam of light shone from it. Xia Er chuckled and, without resistance, actively channeled his consciousness into it.

Suddenly, everything went dark, and Charles found himself in a strange space.

Here, the surroundings are a chaotic void, with only a small piece of land floating on the surface. Only above that piece of land can one find traces of life, such as birdsong and fragrant flowers. Of course, this is all an illusion; this is simply a space of consciousness, a dreamlike, illusory world.

And right here, when Charles, this uninvited guest, barged in, even on the floating land, a woman sitting on a rock, enveloped in a halo of light, suddenly noticed Charles and turned around.

"Hello, Flower Goddess!" Charles greeted the Flower Goddess's spirit with a smile, then ignored her expression and remained silent, as if waiting for something.

Not long after, the halo that had enveloped the Flower Goddess suddenly flashed and transformed into a huge, ferocious, and robust figure. It was fierce, domineering, and towering. All of these could be used to describe the figure before them—or rather, the god.

"Hello! Nice to meet you!" Xia Er greeted the figure with a smile, "—Chi You!"

Let me check. Should I update five times tomorrow or the day after? After all, I still have over ten thousand words of draft left.

378. The Battle of the Primordial Spirits (Part 1)

"You audacious mortal!" This was not Chi You himself, but his primordial spirit incarnation. Seeing someone intrude into this spiritual world, this great god in the Divine Weapon series couldn't help but fly into a rage. "First there was a piece of trash who didn't know his own death, and now there's another fool with delusions of grandeur! Die, my god!"

Before Xia Er could even explain, the primordial spirit of Chi You, filled with rage, slammed a palm towards Xia Er. "Get lost!"

"Tch! Is it really necessary?" Xia Er sighed slightly. Faced with Chi You's completely unreasonable attacks, wouldn't it be a loss of face to do nothing? So, with a thought, a semi-transparent wall rose up in front of him, blocking Chi You's path.

boom!!!!

Chi You's primordial spirit struck the semi-transparent wall with a palm strike, creating a deafening roar in the chaotic space. The chaotic void was shattered by the direct clash between the two, and even the only floating landmass shook violently.

"What?" Chi You was stunned when he saw a semi-transparent wall erected in front of Xia Er, blocking his palm strike. This was not the real world. In other words, the contest of power was completely meaningless here. In fact, no matter how exquisite your divine skills were, they were all useless in this world of consciousness.

Here, the only things that can be compared are one's own primordial spirit, one's own spiritual cultivation, one's own will, and one's understanding and application of the spiritual world and primordial spirit. As one of the gods and demons among the divine weapons, an ancient god, and one of the strongest beings in this world, Chi You... It can even be said that as long as the Primordial Heavenly Demon is not completely freed, and as long as the Chaos Heavenly Demon cannot be reborn, even if the Great Heavenly Demon were to stand before Chi You, he would dare to confidently and directly kill him. In terms of primordial spirit and spiritual cultivation, even if Fuxi and Xuanyuan were to reappear, they absolutely could not guarantee that they could definitely compete with him.

Previously, the leader of the Heaven and Earth Alliance had entered this place dozens of times, only to be blasted away by a single blow each time. Even a casual attack from Chi You couldn't withstand the mortal master who inherited Fuxi's techniques within this spiritual space.

But today, someone appeared here who could withstand one of his attacks, which greatly surprised Chi You. However, what followed was endless rage and the overwhelming killing intent that rage brought.

"You've got some skill!" Chi You's primordial spirit roared madly, "But even so, you're still far from being able to contend with me!" No one knew how many people Chi You had killed, and unlike Xia Er, who liked to use magic to cleanse the earth, Chi You always killed head-on, his life a testament to his battle prowess. In the mythology of the Nine Provinces, Chi You was even revered as the Lord of War, hailed as the God of War, and ranked alongside Xing Tian. What would it be like if such a god and demon unleashed all his killing intent and murderous aura without any concealment in the spiritual world?

In an instant, the originally pitch-black and chaotic world was instantly stained with endless crimson. From all directions, crimson light, carrying a tidal wave of killing intent, surged toward Xia Er.

Ordinary people, or those with weak minds, can only tremble and be slaughtered in the face of this terrifying killing intent. The unlucky ones might even have their consciousness shattered, turning them into idiots. This is the most naked mental contest, and the most direct and primal mental attack.

However, what Ciel fears least is mental attacks!

A bright moon descended upon this spiritual world. Compared to the original body's pitch-black sun, the clone didn't have such a privilege and could only make do with a moon.

As the bright moon descended upon the spiritual world, a burst of energetic music erupted. Of course, Xia Er had originally planned to unleash a brainwashing melody, but then he reconsidered—this approach didn't seem quite right! Look at the guy opposite him! The mighty, arrogant, and incredibly powerful ancient god-demon. Xia Er remembered that his tomb contained a vast collection of the corpses of gods and demons he had slain, kept as specimens. One of the strongest beings in this world, unleashing a brainwashing melody on this muscle-bound barbarian would not only be an insult to him, but also an insult to himself. Although it was currently only an avatar, in terms of level, he was still on par with this super-muscle-bound barbarian!

And then the next moment...

'The vast horizon is my love, flowers are blooming at the foot of the rolling green hills, what rhythm is the most swaying, what song is the most joyful, the winding river comes from the sky, flowing towards a sea of ​​vibrant colors, fiery ballads are our expectation, singing as we go is the most carefree, if we're going to sing, we'll sing with the most gusto...'

The scene became quite awkward...

"Enough! Die!" After a moment of silence, Chi You roared madly, and endless crimson light surged forth like boiling water. Chi You's primordial spirit reached out and clenched its fist, and crimson radiance flowed into its hand like birds returning to their nests. Then, a massive horse-slaying blade appeared in its grasp. It was the Tiger Soul Blade, or rather, the Tiger Soul Primordial Spirit summoned by Chi You.

When Chi You grasped the Tiger Soul, an overwhelming killing intent and murderous aura surged forth. If the previous killing intent was merely a tide, then now it was a super tsunami capable of engulfing the continent.

"Break the sea! Kill this audacious mortal!" Wielding the Tiger Soul Blade, Chi You displayed unimaginable power, even within the spiritual clan where the disparity in strength was determined by one's will and spirit. Yet, at this moment, a tsunami was born within this chaotic clan.

That was a vast ocean of sword energy, a towering wave that had been unleashed.

The sword energy surged and rushed, the sword momentum was rapid and turbulent, and the sword force was vast and surging, like a tsunami tearing the sky and splitting the earth, submerging and swallowing everything.

Here, the contest is about spiritual cultivation, which is one's understanding of spiritual families. The power displayed in this spiritual world is the power that one understands and is capable of! The monstrous waves stirred up by Chi You are equivalent to what he could do in the real world at his peak. The moment he starts using his swordsmanship, it is a continuous tsunami disaster.

"Ocean? Then I'll use the Ocean series too!" Watching the earth-shattering super tsunami sweep in, Xia Er smiled slightly. Then, with a thought, his magnetic field domain opened, transforming into the tangible power of this world, surging out and meeting the Sea-Breaking Blade head-on without showing any weakness.

"Magnetic field rotation, Whale-Slaying Overlord Fist, smash him down!"

With Xia Er's enthusiastic shouts, a thunderous roar resounded in the churning ocean created by Chi You. A colossal killer whale, as if it had broken through the time interval from the most ancient and distant primordial era, burst through the ocean, roaring with an indomitable momentum and a crushing pressure that could shatter all obstacles, directly crashing into the super tsunami brought up by the Sea-Breaking Blade.

379. The Battle of the Primordial Spirits (Part 2)

The sea-piercing sword energy, as majestic and powerful as a tsunami, surged wave after wave, endless and boundless. The towering waves crashed down with a deafening roar; such a super natural disaster was enough to make anyone tremble at the mere mention of it. In the face of such a world-shaking catastrophe, even a massive ship weighing tens of thousands of tons would seem as fragile and insignificant as an ant.

This time, however, this colossal wave will face a gigantic, ancient creature, an unparalleled beast, and a killer whale that cuts through the ocean waves.

The roars of natural disasters and the screams of killer whales echoed in this spiritual world. This was the most direct and least technically sophisticated clash between the two sides, based on their spirit and will.

The result of the clash was that the towering waves that seemed to cleave the sea were smashed through by the attack from the opposite side, and the killer whale, exhausted of all its strength, collapsed. It appeared to be a draw! Unfortunately, Chi You was not satisfied with this outcome. As an ancient god, even Xuanyuan, wielding the Xuanyuan Taixu, couldn't defeat him head-on. He was only defeated by the backlash of the Tiger Soul and the unfairness of fate. The fact that Xia Er could withstand his attack only fueled Chi You's anger and intensified his killing intent.

"Let's see how many of my blades you can withstand!" Gripping the Tiger Soul Blade in both hands, Chi You roared and swung it down. If the previous Sea-Breaking Blade was surging and overwhelming, then this one was incomparably fierce and sharp. It was like a colossal mountain collapsing, like Mount Buzhou toppling over. "You can withstand the Sea-Breaking Blade, then let me see if you can withstand a mountain collapsing!"

Defense is useless!

When he saw the massive, mountain-crushing blade descend, Xia Er accurately judged this. This was a strike specifically designed to shatter defenses; it could only be met with brute force, and any attempt to defend would result in being crushed to death by the collapsing mountain.

"Fine, let's fight! You think you can get away with this?!"

The magnetic field spun and spread wildly, amplifying its power, and then began to vibrate violently. "Let's see who's stronger! Magnetic field rotation, Limitless Vibration Zen, break through!!!"

boom!!!!

Mountain Collapse Clash with Limitless Zen

It was a draw. The ancient mountain conjured by the Mountain Collapse Blade Technique descended from the sky, attempting to crush Xia Er into a pulp. However, golden ripples swept out from below, shattering the entire mountain into powder from the atomic level. In the end, the ancient mountain crumbled into pieces, and the vibrations brought by the Limitless Tremor Zen also exhausted all their power and dissipated completely.

"Good, good, good! But I still have five more strikes left. Let me see how much skill you have!" Seeing that Xia Er had shattered the Mountain Collapse Blade head-on, Chi You laughed wildly and swung his blade again. The moment the blade was drawn, a super hurricane was unleashed, the wind howling and tearing through the sky. The blade's momentum was like a swirling air current, slashing and cutting wildly. In an instant, a towering tornado appeared in his spiritual world, sweeping towards Xia Er.

Frowning, Xia Er realized that this head-on confrontation was indeed a disadvantage for someone who was only an avatar. However, he didn't say anything, nor did he choose to retreat and leave this mental world. Instead, sensing something, Xia Er's eyes lit up, and his magnetic field swirled, creating a whirlwind that formed another reverse-current tornado, clashing head-on with Chi You's Storm Blade!

Two tornadoes, hurtling in opposite directions, collided and annihilated each other. Just then, Chi You, blade in hand, brought his sword down once more.

Chi You's fourth swing of his blade brought with it a bone-chilling cold. In an instant, the world was engulfed in a blizzard, thousands of miles frozen and covered in snow, with hailstones raining down like a torrential downpour. The deathly chill spread rapidly, freezing movement, freezing thought, freezing space itself…

A magnetic field network opened, sealing off the sky and earth, isolating the chilling air of death. Simultaneously, crisscrossing lightning bolts spread in all directions, forming a dense zone of lightning strikes. Bolts of lightning and booming thunder continuously shattered the hail and ice.

"Take another strike from me!" Seeing the tornado meet tornado, lightning blasting hail, Chi You simply laughed loudly, and then unleashed his fifth strike. A raging inferno soared into the sky, endless flames erupting from the ground, as if a live volcano had formed and erupted directly there, the lava sea churning and boiling, scorching the heavens and boiling the seas, evaporating everything.

In an instant, following the tornado and blizzard, the natural disaster of a volcanic eruption unfolded before Xia Er. And unlike the former two, the fiery blade representing the volcanic eruption directly and relentlessly bombarded Xia Er.

"Comparing heat and explosive power!?" Seeing the volcanic eruption evolved from the Fiery Blade, the monstrous spectacle of lava and fire hurtling towards him head-on, Xia Er smiled confidently, intending to use modern physics to show this muscle-bound barbarian what modern power truly meant. A mere volcanic eruption? Not even close! "Magnetic Field Rotation, Axial Light Wave Fist, One Hundred Million Ton Tsar Bomba!!!"

The magnetic field is compressed, and the force is gathered starting from the atomic level.

After going through a series of completely unscientific processes, Xia Er directly compressed a glowing sphere in front of him and then blasted the sphere directly into the surging sea of ​​lava.

Then it exploded. The ball of light burst forth, and endless light rose up. This was the radiance of truth, the light of Buddha filled with Zen, the light of immortality that could make one ascend to heaven in broad daylight, the crystallization of humanity's innate talent for courting death, the ultimate weapon for taking down the ball beneath one's feet and all those people and things one dislikes.

This is a nuclear explosion!!!

In an instant, the brilliance of the nuclear explosion illuminated the world, not only clashing with the fiery blade, but also engulfing the annihilating tornadoes with the hurricane that emerged from the fiery mushroom. The resulting magnetic field chaos and shockwaves mercilessly pushed aside the hail and lightning.

Endless light and boundless power began to crisscross within this spiritual world. Crackling sounds echoed throughout, indicating that this final, head-on clash was pushing the spiritual world to its limits. If the two sides continued their stalemate, this world might very well collapse completely.

Of the seven ultimate techniques that Chi You has mastered, he still has two of his strongest sword techniques yet to unleash, especially the final, most powerful move that bears the name of the ferocious god Chi You. However, just as with all that, only Xia Er himself knows whether he has any more trump cards up his sleeve.

By this point in the battle, Chi You had deduced from the fight that Xia Er was not the ordinary person he had previously imagined. An ordinary person could not possibly be evenly matched with him in terms of spiritual cultivation, let alone in the spiritual world, where Chi You's power was equivalent to his divine might in his prime.

When the light faded, Xia Er's figure had vanished from this space. He disappeared at the last moment, and Chi You did not stop him. Instead, he had to expend his primordial spirit power to stabilize and repair this spiritual world.

"A reincarnated immortal, or a calamity-stricken god or demon?" Chi You pondered, looking at the spot where Xia Er had disappeared. Then, his figure flashed and vanished again, transforming into a protective shield of spiritual light that once more protected the Flower Goddess.

380. Chi You who needs tutoring

"Hmph!" With a muffled groan, Xia Er's consciousness withdrew from that mental world, taking several steps back before finally regaining his balance. "This is truly..." He touched the blood at the corner of his mouth. With his Undying Body, which had regained some of its power, the injuries he had sustained in the mental world, which had been projected onto reality, were rapidly healed. As for mental damage, it was nothing to Xia Er. In just a few breaths, mental trauma would be extremely troublesome for a martial arts master, but unfortunately, it was no problem for Xia Er at all.

"What luck!" Xia Er said thankfully, having risked entering the place where the Flower Goddess's primordial spirit resided and clashed with Chi You, who guarded the Flower Goddess. Although it was a spiritual battle, and he even suffered a loss, he ultimately came out on top. "Encountering Chi You is now a time for physical death and resurrection, but an opportunity for the soul and consciousness to remain intact."

Chi You is still in a state of death. He has not been fully resurrected. The only thing he can use now is his spiritual and soul power. Even his divine power is almost gone.

In this state, Chi You is arguably at his weakest point in history. Unless someone like Xia Er directly enters the spiritual world and competes with Chi You in terms of primordial spirit and mental cultivation, Chi You has little power to even influence reality.

However, the battle between Xia Er and Chi You on a spiritual level resulted in Xia Er losing some of his mental and soul power. This, however, greatly advanced his process of analyzing the rules of this world and restoring his power. Now, this world can be said to be able to restrict Xia Er much, except for the still strict limitations on his specialty, magic, which can be largely circumvented by using martial arts as a pretext.

The only spells that cannot be used are those that can change the world or destroy it on a large scale. At least in this world, Xia Er has no way to use a spell to directly cover the area of ​​an entire city.

Besides that, Xia Er's greatest gain was the way divine power was used in this world. Yes, that's right, martial arts are paramount in this world, and everything else takes a backseat. Every god-demon level being, whether born god-demon or advanced later, will develop their own set of martial arts that suits them and allows them to fully utilize their power.

In a sense, the divine and demonic martial arts created by these gods and demons based on their own divine power and conditions are the embodiment of the rules and paths they have mastered, and are equivalent to their authority.

Chi You's Seven Limits of Devouring Heaven and Earth are derived from the concept of natural disasters. This is similar to the Six Calamities Azure Dragon's technique in a certain extremely dangerous world, both derived from certain calamities. However, Chi You's technique is purely derived from natural disasters. As for man-made disasters? Sorry, he himself is the greatest one.

The complete Seven Limits of Devouring Heaven and Earth were as Chi You displayed during the spiritual clash. With a wave of his hand, natural disasters raged, spreading across millions of miles. The breaking of the sea was a tsunami, the collapse of mountains was a landslide, the storm was a typhoon, the hail was a blizzard, and the raging fire was a volcanic eruption. This was the power Chi You displayed in the spiritual world.

In a sense, while the natural disasters were magnificent, that's about it. Even martial arts masters among mortals could extract concepts from them to create techniques, let alone gods and demons. Therefore, the first five moves were indeed powerful, but at best, they only allowed Chi You to perfectly unleash his own power. They were more than enough against ordinary gods, but against great gods of his own level, they were far from sufficient.

Natural disasters are just that—natural disasters. Given the era in which Chi You lived, we have reason to believe that he didn't even meet the basic knowledge standard of a primary school graduate. If you let Chi You know how devastating natural disasters are, he could understand it, but if you ask him why natural disasters occur, that would probably leave him completely baffled.

So what could Chi You, who hadn't even finished elementary school, do? He had to fully utilize his imagination to extract deeper concepts from these natural disasters. But limited by his level of knowledge, Chi You could only search or even figure things out on his own.

Then, by chance, he figured out how to destroy the land.

The natural disaster represented by "earthquake destruction" is an earthquake, which is formed by the vibrations caused by the release of energy in the Earth's crust, generating seismic waves. The collision and compression between tectonic plates on a planet, causing faulting and fracturing at plate boundaries and within plates, is the main cause of earthquakes.

However, to be honest, Chi You didn't understand the intricacies of the matter. So, by chance, he came up with a move that evolved from the changes in the planet's crust, which was incredibly convenient for cutting through continental shelves... Yes, that's right. For example, if he cut through a certain island nation, or used it in Yellowstone National Park, then nothing would happen.