Chapter 225: Danxia Temple (44)
Xu Yangyiâs spiritual sense continued to weaken bit by bit. Before his eyes was a total expanse of darkness. Simply uncontrollable, blood gushed out from his seven apertures. From the beginning he fell into the water, it appeared like the flow of spring water. In the water, a blood-red thread was formed!
Iâm going to dieâŠ
His first thought was how close he was to approaching the netherworld. All of a sudden, the front of him flashed and actually brightened. He saw the life he had experienced⊠With an extreme speed, it projected in front of his eyes like a carousel lantern of paper horses.
He saw his parents⊠He saw that giant crow⊠he also saw his entry into Heavens Law⊠and even Su Lianyue⊠He looked upon many, many things. The world seemed to turn sluggish in this instant, causing him to enjoy this moment as much as he desired.
Are my memories flashing through my eyes�
He suddenly wanted to laugh.
This life, eh⊠I accomplished nothingâŠ
But just as his mouth opened, all that rushed into his mouth was ice-cold seawater.
âGlub⊠GlubâŠâ A series of air bubbles floated up. In the water, he sank deeper and deeper. At this time, a faint azure light suddenly radiated underwater. It wasnât large, but it quickly wrapped him up. At the same time, Xu Yangyi floated back up with an extreme speed!
He couldnât see and hear, but he could feel! His spiritual sense became clear and bright in an instant! It was like pressing the resurrection button in a video game! Furthermore, he couldnât see that below the water⊠countless chains were locking down a tremendous shadow. At his very moment, It opened Its eyesâŠ
âAzure Lotus Demonic Art⊠Lotus ReincarnationâŠâ A womanâs voice drifted upwards from underwater: âThis Palace⊠can only lend you a hand⊠After all⊠for this day⊠I⊠have waited too long⊠too long...â
â3,600 years⊠have gone by just like that⊠Never mind it⊠Two⊠The last twoâŠâ
âJunior⊠you mustnât disappoint meâŠâ
No one could see, but at the very bottom of Danxia Temple, there was a shadow no less than 5,000 meters long! It was locked down by five chains, and these five chains were shockingly black, white, violet, azure, and red in color! But now⊠among these five chains, three had already dimmed. All that remained was the final azure and red chains! However, on top of each of the previous black, white, and violet chains, there were faintly discernible Buddha wheels slowly rotating and seemingly restoring them!
Xu Yangyi was none the wiser to all of this. However, he suddenly opened his eyes. His first reaction was to fiercely charge above!
Splash!
His head surfaced out of the water, and he yelled loudly: âChasing Skylark!â
Swoosh!
The Chasing Skylark in the air was at first terribly sluggish, but in this twinkling, it was just like a newborn. Without delay, it rushed down!
He grabbed onto the Chasing Skylarkâs claw and flipped over onto its back. In a place that his gaze reached, Fahui and Greenwallâs Two Swords were looking at him with immense shock.
He didnât died! He actually didnât die!
They knew how powerful the protective items of the Dao Sect and Buddha Sect were. Didnât they see that Sister Nine and Yi Old Five were both without voice now? The cultivation worldâs apex clans were unknown to life or death, but they could still hold on! However, even though this person didnât have a protective talisman as powerful as theirs, he surprisingly hadnât died!
They clearly felt how strong that strike was from moments ago! If⊠spiritual-sense attacks were now spoken of among sect-protection secret arts, the strike just now⊠could no longer be called an attack. It was a pure extermination of spiritual sense!
Those hit by it were resigned to death!
âFellow Daoist Xu⊠Fellow Daoist Xu!â Zhao Wuye was also stunned, but in the next second, he was unexpectedly crying tears of joy: âAwesome! Awesome! You didnât die! You didnât die!!!â
âCut the crap!â Xu Yangyi gritted his teeth and said: âSpeak! What was the divine ability anomaly just now?â
Zhao Wuyeâs lips were quivering: âAzure netherflame⊠as big as a wheel! Fellow Daoist Xu, its azure netherflame! I wasnât wrong! I was right! I guessed right! Hahahaha!!!â
A slight problem now emerged in Zhao Wuyeâs mind because of great joy and sorrow. First he had cried tears of joy and he currently went so far as to cackle in madness.
Xu Yangyi took a deep breath: âThereâs no time! Give me an exact answer!â
âAlright!â Zhao Wuye clenched his teeth and said: âIn the world, there are three great unsolved riddles. The first is Indiaâs Mound of the Dead. The second is the Tunguska Explosion. The Third⊠is the Tianqi Explosion!â [1]
The Tianqi Explosion?
Xu Yangyiâs eyes quickly glimmered. Tianqi⊠Heavenly Opening! How many secrets were concealed in these two words?
âThe Tianqi Explosionâs first omen was the Demonchariot Pheasant occupying the starry altar! It was Wei Zhongxianâs first move!â
âThe second omen was fluttering snow of May! This was his second move!â
âThe third move was the warping and weaving of clouds, a transformation from white to purple. This was his third move. As for the fourth moveâŠâ The more Zhao Wuye spoke, the more excited he became: âThe azure nether ghostflame, large as a wheel. This⊠is his fourth move!â
âI can deduce that his fifth move will be an explosion in itself! In the entire worldâs millions of years, this is an unsolved riddle!!! Its might⊠is enough to raze everything to the ground!â
Yet suddenly, Xu Yangyiâs gaze flickered.
Five moves? Not six? If it wasnât like that⊠then⊠did Wei Zhongxian, who was split into six parts, have one more move? No⊠why had he chosen such a strange method? Why would the eternally unsolved Tianqi Explosion unfold at the bottom of Danxia Temple?
Or could it be said⊠that Wei Zhongxian was choosing something? Or⊠he wanted to make people see something? Something within⊠the never-arisen sixth move?
Zhao Wuye spoke succinctly and quickly enough, but at this instant, Wei Zhongxianâs mouth opened again: âDevourâŠâ
The fifth move⊠The last move⊠Not waiting for Zhao Wuye to finish speaking, it had already descended!
The arrival of the Tianqi Explosionâs true manifestation! This⊠was the last move! There was no time for careful consideration!
Xu Yangyi gnashed his teeth, and his reddened eyes swept through everyone. He controlled his voice and enunciated each of his words: âGive me time.â
These three words were incredibly heavy, but there was now someone whose ponderings didnât even exceed a tenth of a second!
âJUNIOR BROTHER!!!â A pained roar echoed. Xuan Chengzi looked on in shock as Ling Xiaozi stepped forward and charged out! Ling Xiaoziâs entire bodily qi was madly raging!
Qi detonation!!!
From this moment onwards, the world would no longer have this person. His spiritual sense, qi sea, skin, flesh, and bones would all completely disappear! There wasnât anyone that couldâve expected that by just these three words, Ling Xiaozi had actually chosen to detonate his qi sea!
âSwordless Anatta.â Ling Xiaozi spat these two words out of his mouth. He turned his head and glanced deeply at Xuan Chengzi, and his mouth stirred. There was no sound, but Xuan Chengzi saw it all too clearly.
Two words.
Live on.
It was incredibly simple but incomparably heavy. It was as light as the touch of lips. Heavy like a cultivator with boundless prospects detonating the qi sea.
âAmitabhaâŠâ Fahui was also profoundly shocked. The eyes of the present him were deep set. He was almost unlike a human, but he still shakily raised his hands up and pressed them together. With all of his bodyâs remaining power, he faced towards Ling Xiaoziâs figure and recited a chant.
This sword had already transcended the idea of sects. Fahui paid respects to a true cultivator.
BOOM!!!
A ball of fiery qi exploded in front of Wei Zhongxianâs body! It was unknown whether there was an effect, but Wei Zhongxianâs second word wasnât said!
Xu Yangyi deeply cupped his hands. His voice somewhat hoarse, he said to Zhao Wuye: âContinue!â
Zhao Wuye was likewise shocked, but he further understood that time was life at this moment. He immediately said: âThis is a dead soulâs reincarnation technique⊠This technique has already vanished for almost a thousand years! Because it was too ruthless and its requirements too unique, it was abandoned by the cultivation world.â
âA person who chose this art had to born in a Yin year, month, day, time, and have a Yin engraving. If it was a woman, she had to be imprisoned underground on her birthday. If it was a man⊠it was only after castration and dismemberment. In fact, Wei Zhongxianâs nature is still a corpse puppet, but not an ordinary one. A normal corpse puppet can use a cultivatorâs divine abilities from when they were alive. As for this corpse puppet, It can be forcibly outfitted with any divine ability! And⊠when It suffers an intense qi, Itâll automatically produce a counterattack!â [2]
So it was like this!
Xu Yangyiâs gaze flashed. It was no wonder that Wei Zhongxian had died and resurrected, no surprise that his divine abilities were simply unlike the Qi Condensation Realm!
âIn particularâŠâ Zhao Wuye shivered: âThe function of this kind of corse puppet is normally used for suppressing and sealing. Therefore, its attached divine abilities would be abnormally powerful!â
Xu Yangyiâs thoughts swiftly revolved. Sealing? Suppressing?
What⊠was Wei Zhongxian suppressing? Perhaps the âmeâ in âsave meâ... was something else?
There wasnât enough time to keep on thinking. He had to treasure the time that Ling Xiaozi had used his life to exchange for!
âHowever, a corpse puppet of a dead soul reincarnated has already surpassed an ordinary corpse puppet! There HAS to be a control nexus! Commander, do you remember when Ye Old Four diedâŠâ
âYouâre talking about that thing inside his mouth?â Xu Yangyiâs mind suddenly shined. In other words, the Animus Armamentâs lower half was controlling Wei Zhongxian?
âThatâs the greatest possibility!â Zhao Wuye clenched his teeth and said: âIf this doesnât work, weâll be waiting to die!!!â
Before Zhao Wuyeâs voice even fell, Xu Yangyi had already charged forward! All matters seemed to form a circle. In this place, a full stop was drawn.
Animus Armament⊠Emperor Armament⊠It was still due to it! He had come because of it and would now also usher in a conclusion because of it! The item that he desired to seize was the object that was obstructing him!
That which was sown was that which was reaped. Karmic retribution was never straightforward.
Wei Zhongxianâs voice was quite slow. For these two words, he needed roughly five seconds to say them outloud. Yet Xu Yangyiâs opportunity was only these five seconds!
Because of Devour Soul moments ago, he didnât have any confidence in surviving the next Erosion! The next Erosion would be the strongest move! The Tianqi Explosion, one of the worldâs Three Great Eternal Riddles. By the hand of a Foundation Establishment senior and through the divine ability of a mighty figure whose whereabouts were unknown, it would manifest again at the bottom of Danxia Temple! Such might⊠simply dared not be imagined!
In a spark of flint, Xu Yangyi used his fastest speed to calculate the distance.
Eight seconds!
Charging in front of Wei Zhongxian still needed eight seconds! Without a spare word, all of his bodyâs spiritual force frantically poured into the Chasing Skylark. The skylark almost transformed into a streak of azure light! It arced forth like electricity!
In this twinkling moment⊠no one who was still alive could utter a word. Their gazes tightly fixed onto Xu Yangyiâs figure.
Wei Zhongxianâs flying head! This mouth which had devour Ye Old Four had to be pried open and the Animus Armament seized! Otherwise, all things would perish!
Fahui firmly pursed his lips. For the first time, he stopped chanting sutras. His palm was covered entirely with cold sweat. Xuan Chengzi and Quan Ningyue were gritting their teeth hard. Quan Ningyue had already crossed both of her hands like she was praying in front of her chest, her lips trembling.
On a lotus leaf, Sister Nine could only keep her eyes opened by a crack. She forcibly braced herself without losing consciousness. She lied down in a pool of blood, her blood-filled eyes locked rigidly on Xu Yangyi.
At this very moment, between heaven and earth, only he existed!
[1] All real places/events. Indiaâs Mound of the Dead is also known as Mohenjo-daro. The Tianqi in Tianqi Explosion (also known as Wanggongchang Explosion) is the same characters as âHeavenly Openingâ. It occurred during the reign of Emperor Tianqi. More information can be found on wikipedia about these places/events.
[2] Only thing I really want to take note of here is âYin engravingâ. This is a somewhat complicated topic to discuss. The idea of Yin year/month/day is cosmological, etc, but the Yin engraving has to do with carving a name/characters. If the characters are inwards, it is a Yin engraving. If it is outwards, it is a Yang engraving.
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