Chapter 3746: Summit of Buzhou Mountain
The Moon God's divine realm world was a stretch of condensed white crystalline jade earth, suspended in the void, like a bright moon jade mirror, vast and flawless.
But at this moment, within that pure, moonlit divine realm world, stood a blood-red parasol tree, its leaves as large as lakes, its branches and foliage blotting out the sky.
A phoenix shadow, as massive as a star, perched atop the divine tree, its wings flowing with divine radiance, releasing blinding light.
Beneath the blood-leafed parasol tree stood a proud, graceful figure. Though strikingly beautiful with a city-toppling allure, she exuded a sky-devouring murderous aura, her deathly presence enveloping Buzhou Mountain.
The Dragon Lord reattached his severed right arm, his physical injuries rapidly healing. He looked up at the suspended bright moon and the blood-leafed parasol tree within it, an indescribable expression crossing his face.
Feng Caiyi had hidden herself within the Moon God's divine realm world and descended upon Buzhou Mountain—this was far more dangerous than when he himself had stormed the Fate Divine Mountain to rescue someone!
What a Death God Venerable she was; her will to fight and her boldness were indeed unmatched by few gods.
The Dragon Lord keenly sensed that Zhang Ruochen's Taiji Four Symbols Diagram had transformed into a flawless, all-encompassing divine diagram of heaven and earth, enveloping Buzhou Mountain, sealing off its aura and celestial secrets from leaking outward. This move by Zhang Ruochen made the Dragon Lord temporarily restrain himself, deciding to wait and see how things would unfold.
Logically, Feng Caiyi's covert infiltration into the Heavenly Court was a earth-shattering event, far more dangerous than the Space Divine Temple Hall Master's actions by countless times. He should immediately send a message to inform the Heavenly Court's various powers.
"This..."
Within Xiao Hei's divine realm world, Void Heaven was also stunned, then his face turned cold. "You told her the secret of the Zixin Tianzun Lan?"
"No! Absolutely not, I swear by this emperor."
Xiao Hei quickly explained, "If this emperor hasn't guessed wrong, Feng Tian must have come to see Zhang Ruochen. Perhaps she intends to forcibly take him back to the Hell Realm. Void Heaven, you might not know, but the relationship between Zhang Ruochen and Feng Tian is far from what it appears on the surface. There's an unspeakable secret hidden within."
"Of course, it's not entirely unspeakable; anyone with discerning eyes can see some clues."
"Think about it—at the Destiny Temple, if not for Feng Tian's support behind the scenes, how could Zhang Ruochen have freely entered and exited the Tianshou Platform?"
"Legend has it that back then, Feng Tian had the chance to break through the Starry Sky Defense Line and destroy the ancient civilization star domains, but she gave it up because of Zhang Ruochen, instead battling Lei Zu in the Dark Great Triangle Star Domain."
...
To explain that none of this was his doing, Xiao Hei recounted many of his own speculations, each with reasoning and evidence. "Age is not a chasm, and time is hard-pressed to build a moat. If Feng Tian has been moved by emotion, even if it shouldn't be done, it must be done. Too domineering—anyway, this emperor doesn't like women like that... Oh, right, Void Heaven, please don't tell Feng Tian any of this."
Void Heaven's face grew even colder. If not for maintaining the inscrutable demeanor of a Heavenly Venerable, he would never have tolerated Xiao Hei's endless chatter.
At the summit of Buzhou Mountain, the Space Divine Temple Hall Master stood atop a golden lake, staring at the blood-leafed parasol tree with an expression of disbelief. "Feng Caiyi, you dare come to the Heavenly Court?"
Feng Tian's gaze locked onto the Buddhist beads floating around the Space Divine Temple Hall Master. "Where did you get those beads?"
A flicker of surprise passed through the Space Divine Temple Hall Master's eyes, but he had no intention of answering her. Quickly regaining his composure, he spun the Sifang Dayu Seal in his hand like a millstone, generating a spatial storm.
The water of the golden lake was swept up, turning the spatial storm vortex golden.
The ancient power of Myriad Forms Formless filled the storm vortex, cutting the space where the Space Divine Temple Hall Master stood into countless fragmented spaces.
"Tai Shang's formation, Space Golden Soup, Ancestral Killing Marks, Myriad Forms Formless."
The Space Divine Temple Hall Master's long hair flew wildly as he raised the Sifang Dayu Seal above his head, bright lightning bolts weaving around him.
Any one of these four methods would be considered a supreme foundation, yet the Space Divine Temple Hall Master mobilized all four powers simultaneously.
Fortunately, Zhang Ruochen had taken away the Space Essence beforehand; otherwise, with the five powers combined, the Space Divine Temple Hall Master would have been invincible and unbreakable within Buzhou Mountain. He could have completely merged with the entire Buzhou Mountain, the entire Space Divine Temple, and the entire Qicheng Heavenly Domain. The power of heaven and earth would have become his own.
"Shua!"
Feng Tian's true form transformed into a beam of blood light, charging out of the Moon God's divine realm world and striking the golden spatial vortex with a palm.
Countless fragmented spaces erupted from the vortex, but her divine power blocked them, preventing them from approaching her.
A large number of Ancestral Killing Marks condensed into skeletal forms, charging at Feng Tian, but were scattered by the divine tower artifact that flew from her body.
The Space Divine Temple Hall Master held the Sifang Dayu Seal in one hand and raised the Yellow Stone Divine Staff with the other, activating a killing formation left by the formation Tai Shang.
The foundation of this formation connected to the depths of Buzhou Mountain, allowing it to draw on the mountain's momentum to suppress divine power and use the divine veins to unleash the formation's maximum might.
The formation's marks activated, and a terrifying killing force that shook Buzhou Mountain erupted from beneath the Space Divine Temple Hall Master's feet, surging straight toward Feng Tian.
"Hua!"
Feng Tian did not retreat. The Gate of Destiny manifested behind her, its light dazzling.
From within the gate flew ten divine artifacts or weapons comparable to divine artifacts, including Jixiang Ruyi, Hetu, Tianding, and Tianpeng Zhong, which clashed with the Tai Shang killing formation triggered by the Space Divine Temple Hall Master.
She took a step forward, overpowering the Tai Shang killing formation in terms of sheer force.
The Space Divine Temple Hall Master's heart churned with shock. "Has your cultivation reached the middle stage of Indestructible Infinite?"
How could this not be shocking? After all, the world knew that Feng Caiyi had broken through to Indestructible Infinite less than ten thousand years ago.
"The Tai Shang killing formation is indeed formidable and could have protected the Space Divine Temple, but your formation mastery is not profound enough to fully unleash its power. Space Golden Soup is arguably the strongest naturally occurring spatial defensive power in the world—it's passable."
"As for the Ancestral Killing Marks and Myriad Forms Formless... Hmph, Bai Yuan has been dead for so many years. Even if some residual power remains, how could it block an Indestructible Infinite?"
Feng Tian commented on each of the four foundational powers one by one, aiming to undermine the Space Divine Temple Hall Master's confidence. She glanced at Zhang Ruochen not far away. "If not now, when?"
With the power of the Tianyuan Difang Divine Formation and the Tunxing Divine Formation bolstering him, Zhang Ruochen had formed his own formation realm around him. He immediately activated the Yu Ding, which grew larger than a mountain, and hurled it at the golden spatial storm vortex.
Only the Space Divine Temple Hall Master could control the foundational powers within Buzhou Mountain because of the Sifang Dayu Seal.
And since the Sifang Dayu Seal was a corner piece of the Yu Ding, using the Yu Ding naturally suppressed the Space Divine Temple Hall Master's control over those foundational powers.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
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The Yu Ding struck again and again, causing the entire Buzhou Mountain to tremble continuously.
Spatial ripples spread toward the Qicheng Heavenly Domain and even the entire West Ox Continent.
This clash at the level of the Heavens tugged at the nerves of many.
West Ox Continent shook fifty-eight times in succession. Finally, the foundational powers within Buzhou Mountain were broken, and the golden spatial storm vortex collapsed.
The Space Divine Temple Hall Master spat blood. Before he could retreat, Feng Tian was already before him.
"Puchi!"
A claw swept across, sending the Space Divine Temple Hall Master flying sideways. His body was severed into six pieces, and the Sifang Dayu Seal and Yellow Stone Divine Staff fell in two different directions.
Feng Tian seemed utterly uninterested in anything else. She collected the Buddhist beads, confirming they were from the time of Fannin, then used the Gate of Destiny to suppress the Space Divine Temple Hall Master's divine soul and spiritual power thoughts. She shouted, "Is she still alive? Where is she?"
The Space Divine Temple Hall Master remained silent.
Without hesitation, Feng Tian sent tendrils of Fate Divine Light from the Gate of Destiny, piercing into the Space Divine Temple Hall Master's divine soul, directly attempting a soul search.
Xiao Hei and A Fuya rushed toward the Sifang Dayu Seal and the Yellow Stone Divine Staff respectively, aiming to seize these two divine artifacts.
Xiao Hei's audacity and unusual behavior put Zhang Ruochen on alert, plunging him into deep thought.
"Hua!"
"Hua!"
Two gray spatial beams shot out from a vast cemetery higher up on Buzhou Mountain, striking at Xiao Hei and A Fuya respectively.
The spatial beams contained intense corpse-fiend energy.
A Fuya's Divine Movement Talisman flashed, her speed suddenly increasing. She dodged the spatial beam and snatched the Yellow Stone Divine Staff into her hand. However, the staff trembled violently, trying to break free from her grip.
On the other end, Xiao Hei was not so lucky. The spatial beam hit him, and he collapsed to the ground.
Fortunately, he carried powerful defensive talismans; otherwise, he would likely have been annihilated in one blow, his divine soul crushed by the spatial force.
Gray mist rose from the cemetery, and one terrifying aura after another emerged.
"Hua! Hua! Hua..."
Countless spatial beams, like rain, flew from the cemetery, striking the Gate of Destiny that suppressed the Space Divine Temple Hall Master.
Even with Feng Tian's cultivation, without understanding the specifics of the situation, she could only temporarily retreat.
The Space Divine Temple Hall Master's divine soul and spiritual power thoughts escaped, rushing toward the cemetery above.
With a thought, Feng Tian sent the Chiran Tower flying to recapture and suppress him.
"Bang!"
From the cemetery, which held the remains of the Space Divine Temple's successive Hall Masters, a divine force shot out, striking the Chiran Tower. The tower spun once and flew back, crashing into the ground not far from Feng Tian.
The summit of Buzhou Mountain sank into a large depression.
Qishier Pin Lian emerged from the gray mist, a woman in white standing at the center of the lotus, her demeanor transcendent. She reached out and collected the Sifang Dayu Seal into her palm.
Then, one after another, cultivators in divine robes stepped out of the gray mist. Each exuded overwhelming power and divine might, but many had decayed bodies, rotting flesh, and hideous faces. Even those with intact bodies were deathly pale, devoid of any life force.
It was as if dozens of Corpse Clan God Kings and God Venerables had emerged, their strength far surpassing that of the Hell Realm's Corpse Clan.
This force alone could stand as a pole in the universe.
Zhang Ruochen felt suffocated. He naturally knew that these cultivators were the Hall Masters of the Space Divine Temple throughout history, ancient beings who had descended. But the number of successful possessions was far too many.
How had the successive Hall Masters of the Space Divine Temple preserved so many residual souls and so many divine corpses?
For other major worlds, having one or two ancient powerhouses return through possession was already remarkable.
"The cosmic situation is about to change again. Hao Tian appointing Zhang Ruochen as the Great Elder of the Space Divine Temple must have been because he sensed some clues long ago." The Dragon Lord's oppressive feelings were even stronger than Zhang Ruochen's. He realized that the Time-Space Human Ancestor and his two disciples were definitely deeply problematic, and an ancient mystery was surfacing.
At this moment, Feng Tian was locked in a gaze with the woman within Qishier Pin Lian, her icy face filled with complex emotions.
(Chapter End)