Chapter 158: Blood Sacrifice
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Xīng shā léi tíng is the most refined Xīng shā, condensed from the countless stars of the celestial vault, combined with the power of thunder and lightning. It contains the boundless power of Xīng shā and the sharp, icy edge of thunderbolts. Each bolt that falls has enough power to annihilate all living things, crushing even the strongest of the earthly immortals.
The "Mie Xian" in Jiugong Xing Sha Mie Xian Formation comes from this.
And to activate this great formation, Xingluo Palace almost exhausted the materials accumulated over thousands of years, and the power revealed was terrifying. If not for Beiheng's half-sage instrument, Xuanyuan Shield, resisting the rolling thunder, Chen Tai would have been destroyed by the thunder, his body and spirit annihilated, leaving no bones behind.
Fortunately, there was this layer of light screen to offset the power of the star's thunder and lightning, he could safely absorb that pure and powerful star's power, constantly tempering, hammering and strengthening his body.
The so-called crisis and opportunity coexist, is probably the current situation of Chen Tai now. Turning danger into safety, turning disaster into blessing, even Beiheng didn't expect that Chen Tai would dare to use the power of Xingxie Leiting to cultivate, this kind of approach that is similar to playing with his life, also made him feel extremely shocked.
In the void thousands of feet outside the Starfall Mountain, the leader of the Stellar Palace Iron Cloud and the True Man Chai Shao stood shoulder to shoulder. In their eyes, the entire Starfall Mountain was covered with starlight and thunderbolts. The flashes of lightning were like a galaxy pouring down from the nine heavens, and the dazzling electric light illuminated the two people's faces, making them appear and disappear suddenly.
"This is the Nine Palaces Star Annihilation Array... How many years has it been, since I became the sect leader, this is still my first time seeing it. Although it consumed the starlight essence collected over thousands of years and tens of millions of pounds of spiritual liquid, as long as it can annihilate that Earth Immortal, everything paid out will be worth it!" Tie Yunzi muttered to himself, his face dark and sinister with a hint of madness.
"In short, after this battle, having killed a spatial law comprehension earth immortal 6th heavenly realm great cultivator, my Star Luo Palace will be renowned throughout the world! Chai Shao burst into loud laughter, 'I'd like to see who still dares to look down on my Star Luo Palace in the future.'"
"Huh?"
Just as they were speaking, the two of them suddenly saw that in the Star-Falling Mountain, a vast number of lotus flowers with lush green petals suddenly rose up, each with a range of three zhang. Inside each lotus flower, there was an old man wearing ancient clothes and a high crown, either sitting or standing, pinching their fingers in meditation, dancing with long swords, reciting scriptures, with a thousand postures and a hundred different movements. However, on their bodies, they all burst out with a trail of green aura, rushing towards the sky and shattering the void!
Boom boom boom boom...
That star-calculating thunderbolt that fell from the sky was like ice melting in water as soon as it touched the lotus flower, instantly shattering and annihilating, dispersing without a trace. And among those hundreds of millions of lotus flowers, stood out White Wanqing, Bai Gan, and Bai Teng, they were under the protection of the lush green lotus flowers, as if they had entered another world, no matter how violent or dense the star-calculating thunderbolt was, it couldn't hurt them in the slightest.
"Immortal artifact! It's actually an immortal artifact!" Chai Shao's face suddenly changed, and he cried out in a loud voice, as if he had seen something extremely terrifying.
"Immortal artifact? This is not good! Master Uncle, our Nine Palaces Star Annihilation Immortal Formation may not be able to trap them. What should we do?" Iron Cloud was also struck by lightning, his face looking extremely unpleasant. He understood that this time he had probably offended a very powerful person. Think about it, an Earthly Immortal could possess an immortal artifact as a weapon, the power behind him must be enormous!
Chai Shao's face was uncertain, and he gritted his teeth, saying: "Kill! With the Blood Sacrifice Method, thoroughly unleash the power of the Jiugong Xingxiao Destroying Immortal Array. This time, we must kill that Earthly Immortal. If we let them escape, my Star Luo Palace will suffer endless revenge, and even be expelled from the cultivation world. None of us can bear such consequences."
"Blood sacrifice method? Master Shu, that would require the lives of tens of thousands of people to fully unleash the power of the Jiugong Xingmie Xianzhen Array... isn't this a bit too cruel?" Ti Yunzi's heart was racing with difficulty.
"Hmph, what time is it now? Are we still showing mercy to women? Our disciples in the Teaching Gate are not meant to help the sect through difficult times?" Chai Shao's face was sinister and murderous: "Just sacrifice some disciples, but we can exchange for a divine artifact, a real divine artifact, not like that empty shell-like Floating Tower. With this divine artifact, when I advance to the Earthly Immortal Realm, our Star Luo Palace will surely surpass the Flowing Cloud Sword Sect and become the number one sect in the Southern Territory. At that time, we can recruit as many disciples as we want, what's to worry about not achieving greatness?"
"Alright! I'll go gather the other elders and together we'll incinerate the souls of tens of thousands of disciples in the sect, making a bloody sacrifice to the grand array!" Tiě Yúnzi hesitated for a moment before finally agreeing resolutely.
As the leader of a sect, Tie Yunzi was also ruthless and merciless. After analyzing the pros and cons, he immediately flashed his body and prepared to fly to a distant mountain valley. There, more than 600,000 disciples and 17 elders were hiding.
"Wait! Look over there, the Xuan Huang Zhen Tu mirror. That scoundrel, Bei Heng, the Supreme Elder of the Flowing Cloud Sword Sect is also here!" Chai Shao's face suddenly turned gloomy.
Tie Yunzi suddenly stopped in his tracks, raised his eyes and looked over. In a valley within the Meteorite Mountain, there was a huge mirror suspended in mid-air, emitting a golden light screen that resisted the falling starlightning. And in that light screen, two figures could be vaguely seen.
"Chen Tai!" Tiyunzi exclaimed in surprise, his impression of Chen Tai was extremely deep, and he almost instantly recognized the figure as him. The person beside him didn't need to be guessed, it was obviously Beiheng, who possessed the semi-divine artifact Xuan Huang Zhen Tu Jing (Mysterious Yellow Shield Mirror).
"Huh? Was it that little brat who killed my son Le Tian?" Chai Shao was taken aback, his face suddenly turning icy cold.
"Not bad, according to Su Jia, it should be this kid who killed Le Tian's younger brother." Ti Yunzi said slowly: "Moreover, this kid has subdued the Floating Tower, if not for Bei Heng blocking me, I would have taken it into my hands long ago."
"Good! Heaven is helping me, Star Luo Palace." Chai Le Tian's voice was like a toothpick squeezed out from between his teeth, one word at a time: "Today, not only can I kill that old guy in the Earth Immortal Realm, but also avenge my son and destroy North Heng. This way, Star Luo Palace will have two immortal treasures. After eliminating North Heng, it will be easy to annihilate Flowing Cloud Sword Sect in the future!"
"Go, unleash the Blood Sacrifice Technique, quickly! My Star Luo Palace will challenge the Southern Border's cultivation world after today, and it all starts with this one battle!" Chai Lei Tian's expression was extremely manic, his hair flying wildly as he let out a loud roar.
Whoosh!
Tie Yunzi didn't dare to linger, his body flashed and he broke through the air to leave.
"Ah! Third Elder, why must you destroy me?"
"Respected teacher, you...you..."
"Bastards, you actually dare to cruelly harm the disciples of our sect! You are worse than beasts! I curse you, Star Luo Palace will be filled with rivers of blood, not a single chicken or dog will be left, and your Taoist lineage will be forever eradicated!"
After a moment, the valley below suddenly echoed with a burst of mournful wails, despairing cries that seemed to emanate from the very depths of hell itself, sending shivers down one's spine.
Instantly, countless blood lights rushed into the Starfall Mountain, and in an instant, a shocking thunderous voice shook the sky on that vast expanse. The endless bloody color dyed the sky, and then transformed into a crazy and violent lightning bolt like a tsunami, slashing down. These star-killing lightning bolts now had an extra hint of blood color, ferocious and brutal, with their power surging more than twice!
Tie Yunzi gazed at the star-filled sky with its swirling blood-red light, and let out a cold laugh. A realm of mastery over countless lives was born, where a single thought could bring about destruction or creation.
"I have devoted all the wealth of a thousand years, and sacrificed tens of thousands of disciples. The Star Palace has paid such a heavy price for you... Today, you must die!"
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Splash!
The surging Wu Li was like the Yangtze River, crashing, whistling, and rolling between the skin and flesh, Chen Yao's entire body was in a state of peak Qi, every pore on his body was filled with dense Wu Li, the earthy smell of Tu, the wooden smell of Yi, the metallic smell of Geng, the fiery smell of Bing, the watery smell of Ren, as well as the starry and thunderous smells mixed together, releasing an aura that grew increasingly ancient, desolate, and vast, as if his body was undergoing a transformation like the primordial chaos at the dawn of creation, mysterious to the extreme.
At this moment, he discarded all distractions and forgot everything.
Forget this day, this place, these people.
Forgot about Beiheng by his side, and even forgot about his own past and memories.
A star fell from the top of his head, and he forgot the cultivation method he had practiced, but the air machine in his body naturally started to operate, purely a natural phenomenon, without any intention of his own.
He felt himself merge with the thunder and lightning of that week, changing and entering a mysterious and unpredictable realm. He felt like he had grown a pair of wings, flying up to the sky, towards the boundless and endless depths of the universe.
He didn't know how long it took, but he arrived in a vast expanse of nothingness. On his right was a gigantic star that shone with intense heat and dazzling white light. On his left was another star, icy cold and pitch black, the kind of black that made one's heart tremble and feel hopeless.
These two ancient stars, which seem to have been in operation since the dawn of time, are the sun and the moon. One yin and one yang, just like the beginning of chaos, the clear air rises, the turbid air sinks, the yin and yang are separated, and the two instruments are evolved.
"Taiyin, Taiyang..." In the midst of obscurity, there seemed to be a mysterious power driving Chen Tai. He sat cross-legged in mid-air, his left hand grasping yin and his right hand holding yang, with clear distinctions between black and white. His demeanor was tranquil, without joy or sorrow, as if he were the master controlling the supreme yin-yang great way.
In his mind, the two pieces of the River Chart merged into one, and a burst of air suddenly gushed out, instantly presenting a strange picture: the Five Elements evolved, yin and yang alternated, lightning flashed, hurricanes howled, and stars flew rapidly along billions of orbits...
"Huh?"
Bei Heng was exerting himself to operate the Xuan Huang Zhen Tu Jing, resisting the star evil thunder. As if he sensed something, he turned his head towards Chen Tai, and suddenly stared blankly.
On top of Chen's head, who was sitting on the ground with his legs crossed, two clouds of thunder suddenly appeared at some point. One cloud was pitch black and mysterious, while the other was a dazzling white that pierced one's eyes. The two clouds of thunder rotated ceaselessly, forming a complete yin-yang pattern. Above it, thunderbolts rolled and shooting stars whistled by, resembling a gigantic black-and-white whirlpool, or even more like the mysterious black hole in the depths of space that swallowed all things.
"Stars, wind, thunder, yin and yang, five elements..." Bei Heng's voice trailed off as he muttered to himself: "These are the ten supreme great ways of the Three Thousand Great Ways of Heaven and Earth. Any one of them is enough for any cultivator to comprehend for a lifetime!"
Taoism is also divided into small Tao and big Tao.
Like the tidal way of the Whale King, it is a kind of water-based grand dao. Similarly, the icy way that Feilongcui, the young leader of the Flowing Cloud Sword Sect, has comprehended is also a kind of water-based grand dao. However, whether it's the Tidal Way or the Icy Way, they are all minor daos and cannot be compared to the Water-Based Grand Dao. Because the Water-Based Grand Dao is the ultimate of heaven, earth, and the myriad waters, it is the supreme and unparalleled monarch, it is the origin of water!
In Beiheng's eyes, Chen Tai's current display of enlightenment realm already contains the ten Dao intentions of stars, wind, thunder, yin, yang, gold, wood, water, fire, and earth. Each one belongs to the Supreme Great Dao!
These principles are like seeds planted in the heart, and as long as they are diligently cultivated and practiced day and night, after going through nine calamities, they can be transformed into true great Taoist laws.
Mastering the Grand Dao's principles is one of the marks of a Heavenly Immortal!
Bei Heng is now a second-level cultivator in the Earth Immortal realm, and his body has also accumulated a thread of immortal energy. His lifelong goal is to impact the Heavenly Immortal realm, and he needs to have a deeper and more comprehensive understanding of the Great Dao.
As far as he knows, those who can cross the Nine Heavens Tribulation and ascend to become a Heavenly Immortal are not without comprehending one or more Great Daos. In other words, only by comprehending some kind of Great Dao will the probability of ascending to become a Heavenly Immortal be greater!
But the minor way, no matter how much insight is gained, if it cannot be integrated into one and elevated to the level of the great way, wanting to pass through the nine heavenly tribulations will also be extremely difficult, with nine deaths and one life, far more than not gaining insight into a great way.
Boom!
Just as the northern balance was about to be broken, a terrifying bloody star descended with a loud crash, causing the Xuan Huang watchtower to shake violently and wail incessantly.
Bei Heng was also shaken, his blood churning with rage, almost vomiting blood. He hastily spat out a mouthful of immortal energy towards the Xuan Huang Zhen Tu mirror, instantly stabilizing its surface.
But in an instant, the mirror suddenly let out a loud wail again, and Beiheng's face turned pale, his body surging with pressure, a sense of danger suddenly flooding his mind.
"If I abandon this kid, I should be able to survive these tribulations. However, I've already paid such a high price for this kid; giving up halfway would be too regrettable..."
Bei Heng gazed at Chen Tang who was meditating with his eyes closed, his heart fiercely struggling.
