The Eternal God Emperor and the Demon Ancestor

Chapter 55 The Yuanhui Conflict 3

Deep within the asteroid belt, turbulent currents of debris roared through the dark, silent space, where only scattered remnants of holy power lingered. Qiu Cangyu, carrying Chakja's blood-dripping head, his Taoist robe mostly tattered, stained with dust and blood, steadily strode towards the location of Empress Wanyan and the others. His sword intent was not yet fully concealed, causing the surrounding space to tremble slightly.

"Sect Master Qiu, are you alright?" Empress Wanyan moved gracefully, her phoenix eyes filled with concern as she looked at the Liangyi Sect Master, who was disheveled but whose aura remained sharp, and asked softly. The two Daoist sect masters beside her, the Sixiang Sect and the Bagua Sect, also stepped forward, their expressions solemn as they examined Qiu Cangyu's condition.

Qiu Cangyu raised his hand and temporarily put away Chakja's head, shaking his head with a wry smile. His tone was tinged with lingering fear: "In the end, I underestimated the number two figure of the Asura Clan. This kid actually secretly cultivated the Second Saint Source. He suddenly unleashed it during our fight, and he broke my Yin-Yang Sword Domain. I was also seriously injured, but fortunately, I had the Saint Pill in hand, so I managed to win by a narrow margin."

As the current sect leader of the Yin-Yang Two Elements Sect in the former Kunlun Realm, and one of the top geniuses among the Great Saints of the current Primordial World whose cultivation is closest to that of the Yuanhui representative, his swordsmanship is unparalleled among his peers. Looking at the entire Primordial World's Great Saint realm, only Xue Renxian can consistently surpass him. Asura Clan's Chakja, as the second Great Saint in the mortal world, possesses unparalleled strength. Previously, Su Mingyun, the sect leader of the Book Sect, fought against him and was defeated in less than a hundred rounds, demonstrating his terrifying power. Yet, even so, he still perished under Qiu Cangyu's Yin-Yang Two Elements Sword. This combat power is enough to make him stand out among all heroes.

"Sect Leader Qiu, there's no need to be modest. Your Yin-Yang Two Elements Sword Dao has reached a state of perfection, and few among the Great Saints of this generation can rival you. Chakja is merely a heretic, and even if he cultivates a second Saint Source, he will ultimately be no match for the power of our Daoist swordsmanship." The Sect Leader of the Four Symbols Sect stroked his beard and praised, as a fellow Daoist cultivator, he naturally had to support Qiu Cangyu, a fellow Daoist.

The sect leader of the Eight Trigrams Sect nodded in agreement, then changed the subject and described the current battle situation: "Sect leader Qiu, the Bai Kuotian Clan Chief and Emperor Xuan have been fighting fiercely with Ni Xuan Wuji for a long time. We have already set up the Zhou Tian Feng Sheng Grand Formation and are just waiting for the opportunity to encircle and completely leave this Asura Clan Yuanhui representative here."

Qiu Cangyu raised his eyes and gazed into the depths of the starry sky. Three figures engaged in fierce combat came into view, the aftershocks of their collision tearing through the void, causing the star orbits for thousands of miles to tremble. A burning longing flashed in his eyes. Becoming a representative of the Yuanhui was his lifelong pursuit. Only by stepping into the realm of Yuanhui representatives would he be qualified to challenge the immeasurable realm of Great God and above after ascending to the God Realm. This was an ironclad rule recognized by cultivators throughout the myriad realms.

"Chief Bai and the other two have been fighting for a long time and are at a disadvantage. I'll go and lend them a hand!" Qiu Cangyu's expression turned solemn, and he ordered in a deep voice, "Prevent the other Great Saints from the Hell Realm from coming to their aid. You all stay and guard the great formation, using the power of the Holy Formation to hold them off first. Don't let them break through the encirclement!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Qiu Cangyu flipped his palm, and the two supreme holy artifact swords, Taiyin and Taiyang, shot out from the sky. The two sword cries, one yin and one yang, resounded throughout the starry sky. He leaped up, like a startled swan soaring through the air, and flew straight towards the center of the battle between the three powerful figures.

In the vast starry sky, Bai Kuotian wielded the Overlord Gauntlets, his fist force shattering starstones, while Emperor Xuan held the Crimson Sky Sword, its sword energy incinerating the galaxy. Together, the two fought a fierce and evenly matched battle against Ni Xuan Wuji. The Asura Purgatory Halberd clashed repeatedly with the gauntlets and longsword, the metallic clang echoing throughout the asteroid belt. Each clash unleashed countless brilliant sparks, illuminating the dark starry sky.

"Ni Xuan Wuji, you are at your last gasp. The Great Sage of the Primordial Realm has laid down a deadly array. Today is the day you are beheaded!" Emperor Xuan shouted, and the Crimson Sky Sword drew upon the divine flames of the Nine Heavens. The power of the Heavenly Sword Soul was poured into the sword, and a crimson sword aura that stretched for thousands of miles burst forth, burning away the void and directly piercing through the holy armor on Ni Xuan Wuji's body, leaving a deep, bone-revealing sword wound on his shoulder. Holy blood gushed out instantly.

Ni Xuan Wuji roared, a crimson divine light surging in his eyes, and an overwhelming aura of Asura bloodlust swept out from his body. He sneered, "You little brat, how dare you speak of killing me? I am the representative of the Asura Clan's Yuanhui, the number one Great Saint in the mortal world. With just a summons, the Great Saints of my clan's twenty-four divine temples will instantly shatter this place. At that time, who will die without a burial place is still unknown!"

After speaking, he violently trembled his wrist, and the Asura Purgatory Halberd swept out horizontally. A crimson full moon halberd light pierced through the starry sky, and the violent Asura killing intent forced Bai Kuotian and Emperor Xuan back several steps. The void was cleaved into a ten-thousand-foot-long ravine by this force.

Just then, Qiu Cangyu's figure arrived like a sharp sword. The two supreme holy artifact swords in his hands were like dragons returning to the sea. The Taiyin cold energy and the Taiyang true fire intertwined and entwined, transforming into Yin and Yang energies that swirled around his body. His tattered Taoist robe could not conceal his Taoist demeanor and immortal style, but instead added a touch of fierceness from a bloody battle.

"Yin and Yang, the two principles, vanquishing evil and dispelling malevolence!"

With a shout, Qiu Cangyu unleashed two sword energies, Taiyin and Taiyang, which split into two extremes, one cold and one fiery, tearing through endless space and carrying the sharpness to shatter all evil spirits, directly slashing towards Ni Xuan Wuji's back.

Ni Xuan Wuji felt a chill run down his spine, and his expression changed drastically. He never expected that another top-tier Great Saint would emerge from the Primordial World. In a hurry, he turned his waist and swung his halberd, unleashing all his Saintly power. The Asura killing intent and Yin-Yang sword energy collided violently, shattering the void. The ten-thousand-foot-long ravine expanded several times over, barely managing to block this deadly sword strike.

"Another powerful figure has arrived?" Ni Xuan Wuji was both surprised and furious. His gaze swept over Bai Kuotian, Emperor Xuan, and Qiu Cangyu, and his heart was filled with shock. "The Primordial Realm is just a corner of the Heavenly Court's world, yet it has produced so many geniuses? Besides Xue Renxian, there are three other figures who can directly contend with me. Such a foundation is something even the Demon Dragon Emperor, the number one mortal in the Demon God Realm, cannot match."

He was utterly shocked. The Demon Dragon Emperor of the Demon God Realm, as the number one mortal in the Southern Universe of the Heavenly Court, had only mastered two Heaven-Mending Realm divine abilities, which was already rare in all the heavens. Yet, Bai Kuotian and Emperor Xuan before him had already unleashed three different Heaven-Mending Realm divine abilities in their battle. Cultivating divine abilities was far more difficult than cultivating the path of sainthood, requiring a great deal of time and supreme comprehension. As a representative of the Yuanhui, he had only just managed to cultivate three divine abilities, making him the ceiling of the mortal world. Yet, the cultivators of the Primordial World had easily shattered his understanding.

Qiu Cangyu stood with twin swords in hand. With a surge of holy power, Chakja's head hovered in mid-air, a faint holy aura still emanating from his bleeding neck. His gaze was icy as he shouted, "Ni Xuan Wuji, your second-in-command of the Asura Clan, Chakja, has fallen beneath my Yin-Yang Two-Element Sword. As for the twenty-four temple reinforcements you spoke of, they are already locked in battle with the cultivators of the Heavenly Realm faction and are too preoccupied to help themselves. You are now isolated and helpless, with no way to escape!"

Upon hearing this, Ni Xuan Wuji's face turned deathly pale, and alarm bells rang wildly in his mind. He had been wondering why no reinforcements from his clan had arrived after such a long battle; it turned out they were being held back by the Heavenly Realm. Now, he was truly in dire straits.

Seeing this, Bai Kuotian's fighting spirit surged. The holy runes on the Overlord Gauntlets shone brightly, and endless holy power frantically gathered. His voice shook the starry sky: "Ni Xuan Wuji, with the three of us here today, you will not escape. This meteor belt will be your burial ground."

Qiu Cangyu, Bai Kuotian, and Emperor Xuan exchanged glances and instantly formed a triangular formation. Their Saintly Dao rules erupted at full power, and the three vast and unparalleled Great Saint auras intertwined, tightly trapping Ni Xuan Wuji in the center. Attacked from both sides, the three top-tier Great Saints joined forces to surround him. Ni Xuan Wuji finally felt the suffocating pressure of impending death. His Asura Heavenly Dao rules surged wildly, and layers of dark red divine patterns appeared on the Asura Purgatory Halberd, his killing intent soaring to the heavens.

"I have fought countless battles, traversing the underworld and the mortal realm for thousands of years. What kind of desperate situation haven't I seen? You three think you can capture me? You're delusional!" Ni Xuan Wuji's eyes were filled with madness as he fully activated the Asura Purgatory Halberd. Countless holy runes and divine runes on this sub-god-level supreme artifact were activated, and a boundless battle intent swept across the entire star field. Images of slaughter, violence, and bloodlust emerged, turning the surrounding starry sky into a real Asura Purgatory, making everyone tremble with fear.

Bai Kuotian, Emperor Xuan, and Qiu Cangyu exchanged glances and, without needing to say a word, tacitly launched their attack together.

"The Dark Star of Heaven, Dominating the Universe!"

Bai Kuotian's fists moved like dragons, and the Overlord Gauntlets drew upon the power of the Dark Star of the Heavenly Demon. With a single punch, the stars shifted, and the domineering fist force crushed the void.

"Crimson Sky Sword Technique, Divine Sword Spreads Across the Plains!"

Emperor Xuan pointed his sword at the heavens, the Crimson Sky Sword burned the eight wastelands, and the Blazing Wilderness Sword Qi transformed into a sea of ​​fire, devouring all enemies.

"Yin and Yang, the sword transforms into the vast void!"

Qiu Cangyu wielded two swords in unison, the yin and yang energies merging to evolve the Great Dao of the Void, and the endless sword intent cleaved through time and space.

The three supreme divine powers of the Heaven-Mending Realm erupted simultaneously, causing the heavens and earth to change color. The vast holy might poured out like the ocean, directly suppressing Ni Xuan Wuji in the center.

Ni Xuan Wuji's pupils contracted sharply. He knew he absolutely could not withstand these three deadly divine attacks head-on. With a flick of his wrist, he took out a long, strange, ancient-looking sacred artifact. He rapidly tapped his fingertips across it, uttering a low shout: "Asura Armor, combine!"

In an instant, a purple-white divine light shot into the sky, and Ni Xuan Wuji was completely covered by a set of extraordinary armor. The armor was mainly silver-white, with dark purple divine patterns as embellishments. In the center of the helmet, a vertical eye gleamed with a mysterious demonic light, exuding a mysterious aura of the flow of time and space.

Ni Xuan Wuji placed his palm on the demonic eye of his helmet, using his own holy power to activate the armor's power. A purple domain of laws instantly spread out, enveloping his entire body. The three Heaven-Mending Realm divine abilities slammed into the purple domain, but they were like fallen leaves encountering rotten wood, constantly being worn down and decayed by a strange force, eventually dissipating into nothingness!

"A virtual time domain?!"

Bai Kuotian and the other two's expressions changed drastically, their eyes filled with disbelief. They never expected that Ni Xuan Wuji, as a Great Saint of the Asura Clan, would also cultivate the Dao of Time, and even more so, use this mysterious armor to unleash such a large-scale virtual time domain.

Although Ni Xuan Wuji blocked the three great divine powers, the light on the Asura Armor dimmed rapidly, becoming illusory and uncertain. Clearly, using the power of time to resist the Heaven-Mending Realm divine powers had greatly depleted the armor and himself. Knowing that staying any longer would surely mean certain death, he immediately gripped the Asura Purgatory Halberd, and with all his holy power and the remaining power of the armor, unleashed a fierce attack.

A massive spatial passage was forcibly torn open, and the Zhou Tian Sealing Saint Array, jointly set up by the Great Sages of the Primordial World, was directly shattered by this attack imbued with the power of time. Ni Xuan Wuji dared not linger for a moment. With a flash, he directly entered the spatial passage. With the time power of the Asura Armor amplified, he instantly escaped billions of miles of starry sky and disappeared into the dark depths of the asteroid belt.

Upon seeing this, Bai Kuotian immediately mobilized the spatial rules, intending to activate the true spatial domain to pursue and kill, but Emperor Xuan stopped him with a gesture.

"Clan Chief Bai, there's no need to pursue them." Emperor Xuan shook his head with a solemn expression. "We are pressed for time. The duel is in two days. We must kill the other peak demigods of the Hell Realm as quickly as possible to gain an advantage and thus have the upper hand in the duel."

Upon hearing this, Bai Kuotian had no choice but to suppress his killing intent, withdraw his spatial true domain, and turn to Emperor Xuan: "Emperor Xuan, where should we go next? Should we go to support Sect Leader Xue, who is engaged in fierce battle with Yanfu Ruins, or should we first assist Sect Leader Huang Xianlu in dealing with the allied forces of the Dark Temple and the Three Upper Clans?"

Empress Wanyan stepped forward slowly, her phoenix eyes gleaming with strategic brilliance. She said, "Sect Leader Xue has already engaged in a life-or-death battle with Yan Fuxu, the number one mortal in the Hell Realm. He is surrounded by Great Saints from the Heavenly Dragon Realm and the Four Realms of Music, Chess, Calligraphy, and Painting. There is no need to worry about the Yama Clan's siege. The most critical situation right now is that of Sect Leader Huang Xianlu and his group. We should go to their aid immediately."

Emperor Xuan nodded in agreement, his tone urgent: "Sect Leader Huang and the others' intentions have been discovered by the Dark Temple. Now, the Dark Temple has gathered a group of Great Saints from the Three Upper Clans to besiege and kill them. Although Sect Leader Huang has joined forces with the cultivators from the Pangu Realm, Jiang Tianfang of the Underworld Clan is no less powerful than Ni Xuan Wuji. I fear there may be unforeseen circumstances."

Bai Kuotian said no more. With a tremor in his palm, the True Domain of Space was fully unleashed, carrying Emperor Xuan, Qiu Cangyu, and the great saints of the Primordial World. He used the technique of spatial teleportation to tear through the starry sky and rush straight toward the battlefield of Huang Xianlu and the others.

In a corner of the meteorite belt, hidden in the turbulent flow of spacetime, Zhenyu had witnessed everything that had just happened. Watching Ni Xuan Wuji flee in a sorry state using the Asura Armor, he couldn't help but shake his head and chuckle: "A sub-god-level supreme artifact forged from a demonic body, and he actually used it as a means of escape? How laughable. When we meet the demonic body again in the future, we can use this to make fun of him."

This Asura Armor and the Asura Purgatory Halberd were originally one entity, both being Ling Che's demonic body. They were reforged and modified from two sub-god-level supreme artifacts from the Asura Temple. Years ago, when Ling Che saw the Asura Purgatory Halberd hidden in the Asura Temple, he recalled the King Armor from his memories and painstakingly reforged it, also incorporating a supreme treasure of the Asura race, giving it the ability to self-evolve. Theoretically, it possesses the potential to evolve into a divine artifact. The armor's characteristic is that the purer and stronger the user's battle intent, the more terrifying the power it unleashes. It seems that only true Yuanhui-level geniuses below the God Realm can unleash its full power; Ni Xuan Wuji is still somewhat lacking.

Meanwhile, in the Hell Realm camp, the Asura Clan's Boundless Realm Gods sat in their temples, observing the battle in the meteorite belt through their divine eyes. Each of them had a grim face, and their divine aura surged so intensely that it almost collapsed the temples.

They were furious that Ni Xuan Wuji, as a representative of the Yuanhui and wearing a set of sub-god level supreme holy artifacts, was forced to flee in a sorry state by three demigods from the Primordial World, losing all face for the Asura Clan; they also hated that the allied forces of their clan were restrained by the factions of the Heavenly Realm, suffering defeat after defeat and falling into a completely passive position.

"Useless! Utterly useless!" A powerful deity of the Asura clan slammed his fist on the table and roared angrily, "Ni Xuan Wuji possesses immense cultivation and supreme treasures, yet he was defeated by a few nameless figures from the Primordial Realm. In the end, he even escaped using his armor. That Asura Armor was personally crafted by the Demon Refining Celestial Master, the Grand Prince Consort of the Snow Sea Divine Kingdom of the Rakshasa Clan. It was forged using the divine bodies and divine sources of several great gods who primarily cultivated the Dao of Space and Time. It is incomparably precious. It was originally intended for the Palace Master to refine, but the Palace Master passed it on to him out of kindness. Yet he used it to live a life of ignominy. He has utterly disgraced the Palace Master!"

The other Asura Gods also had grim expressions, their hearts burning with rage, yet they were helpless and could only watch as the battle in the meteorite belt slid step by step in a direction unfavorable to the Hell Realm.