Chapter 3936: The Terror of Immovable Bright King Great Venerable
The *Human World Purgatory Diagram* formation, under the repeated assaults of the Primordial Path Old Clan Emperor, was completely shattered after only two hours of resistance.
Even the two doors of the Xiongxiao Demon God Hall, which bore the engraved *Human World Purgatory Diagram*, cracked open with a bang and shattered into fragments.
In an instant, the Primordial Path Old Clan Emperor’s aged body stood outside the demon god hall, which towered at one hundred and eight thousand zhang.
The Victory Crown and Yellow Spring Seal hovered above his head.
The Nether Ancestor’s light shadow, wielding the Radiant War Halberd, stood like a mountain behind him amidst the dust.
Divine might, battle qi, and killing intent surged violently, giving the sensation of devouring heaven and earth. Yet, it also proved that Gai Mie was correct—whether or not the Five-Colored Glass Cover was opened was not for them to decide.
In the face of absolute power, the weak have no choice.
The Primordial Path Old Clan Emperor’s soybean-sized eyes fixed on the walls, pillars, steps, and eaves of the demon god hall, noticing strands of black patterns flowing across them.
He could sense that this hall had become somewhat different.
Before him, the broken, dark, and hollow hall doors continuously emitted a cold wind, howling with a mournful sound. It was like a massive beast crouching on the ground, opening its mouth, waiting for prey to enter.
With the Primordial Path Old Clan Emperor’s cultivation level, he naturally felt no fear and was about to step inside. Yet, a robust and towering figure appeared behind the hall doors, with long hair flowing, exuding an overwhelming oppressive aura.
The Primordial Path Old Clan Emperor said, “This aura… Have you recovered your cultivation, sir?”
Gai Mie, holding the Demon God Stone Pillar, with the Demon Ancestor Ziwu Halberd floating behind him, stepped out one by one, revealing his true form amidst rolling demonic qi.
His long robe was open, revealing blocks of bronze-colored muscles bursting with explosive power. Pointing the pillar forward, he said, “I have returned with my cultivation fully restored, just in time to take you, this strange beast, as my mount. Are you willing?”
The Primordial Path Old Clan Emperor let out a low laugh, his voice seeming to come from his throat, sending chills down one’s spine.
“Shua!”
In an instant, the two clashed together.
Like two stars colliding.
The earth-shattering power erupted from these two Heavenly Venerable-level powerhouses, turning into waves of force spreading outward.
…
Above the Chaotian Que, in the Ancient Desolate Ruins City, the Primordial Being cultivators guarding the blood sea were all greatly alarmed.
They saw the blood sea, spanning hundreds of thousands of miles, continuously boiling, with earth-shattering explosions resounding from time to time.
The formations laid by cultivators of past eras in the blood sea were all activated at this moment, transforming into killing formation lights, Tai’a thunder and lightning, and annihilating heavenly flames…
It wasn’t just the city area around this blood sea; the entire Ancient Desolate Ruins City rose with radiant light, and all Primordial Being cultivators were filled with panic.
Only when a woman holding a pipa appeared by the blood sea did everyone calm down, kneeling in unison to pay their respects.
…
The clash between the Primordial Path Old Clan Emperor and Gai Mie did not involve divine abilities or mystical techniques, but rather close-quarters divine body combat. Yet, with each move, the Xiongxiao Demon God Hall shook incessantly.
The blood earth storms in the distance were stirred up and scattered by the battle’s aftermath.
If this were outside, without the suppression of ancestral formations, secret patterns, and order, the starry sky would have dimmed, and time and space would have shattered.
But here, they could not break space, showing the formidable power of the ancestral remnants.
Inside the hall.
Chi Yao said, “Gai Mie is actually fighting the Primordial Path Old Clan Emperor. I thought he would immediately take the Xiongxiao Demon God Hall and flee.”
Zhang Ruochen said, “The cultivation aura Gai Mie emits is continuously growing.”
“This means he hasn’t fully absorbed the hall’s soul flame, and his cultivation hasn’t reached its peak yet,” Chi Yao said.
Zhang Ruochen nodded. “At their peak, Gai Mie and the Primordial Path Old Clan Emperor should be roughly equal in strength. But now, Gai Mie is continuously recovering to his peak state, while the Primordial Path Old Clan Emperor is severely injured.”
Chi Yao added, “More importantly, Chen Ge, you are lurking nearby, which can definitely affect the Primordial Path Old Clan Emperor to some extent. So, Gai Mie didn’t leave immediately, likely believing he can seize the Victory Crown and Yellow Spring Seal. Especially the Yellow Spring Emperor and Ancestor Divine Source sealed in the Victory Crown, which will determine whether his cultivation can take a step further.”
“As a Supreme Pillar, how could he be willing to be suppressed by a Half-Ancestor of this era?”
Zhang Ruochen frowned. “Now, the biggest variable is that Yellow Spring River!”
Behind the Xiongxiao Demon God Hall, the Yellow Spring River was wide and calm, without a single ripple.
“Hualala.”
From the depths of the Yellow Spring River, a dark blue mist surged, breaking the water’s surface and raising waves thousands of zhang high.
The cursed mist was now several times thicker than before.
“Boom!”
As the waves struck the demon hall, the Yellow Spring River fully awakened, like a divine dragon, with a deafening, strange roar from beneath the water.
The blood earth around the Xiongxiao Demon God Hall cracked with palm-wide fissures.
The cracks continued to widen…
It must be noted that even the battle of Heavenly Venerable-level powerhouses hadn’t caused such destruction.
The Primordial Path Old Clan Emperor, sent flying backward by the Demon Ancestor Ziwu Halberd, retreated a hundred miles and stood beneath the blood earth storm, laughing darkly. “The Yellow Spring River is about to emerge, and you will all become bloodless dry corpses.”
Gai Mie felt the earth-shattering force from the Yellow Spring River and shouted to Zhang Ruochen, “Use any trump card you have! Seize the Yellow Spring Seal and Victory Crown as quickly as possible. We must leave before the Yellow Spring River emerges.”
Inside the hall, Zhang Ruochen encountered a major problem.
The Black Hand, whose consciousness had been sealed, was stimulated by something, breaking free from Zhang Ruochen’s control. It released corrosive dark power, erupting with unparalleled and terrifying force.
Zhang Ruochen tightly grasped the Divine Lock, wrapping it around a bronze pillar, and took out the Mani Pearl to suppress the consciousness inside the Black Hand again.
But even though the consciousness was suppressed, the Black Hand still flew wildly, directly breaking the Divine Lock, which was at the artifact level.
The black object flew out of the hall, releasing black flames from within, burning away the sealing inscriptions Zhang Ruochen had drawn. It grew in size, becoming like a five-finger mountain.
Gai Mie, standing on the eaves of the Xiongxiao Demon God Hall, saw the five-finger black mountain before him, his expression extremely grave.
The aura emitted by this Black Hand was far stronger than that of the Primordial Path Old Clan Emperor, at least at the Half-Ancestor level.
It must be noted that when Void Heaven had seen the Black Hand before, he had chosen to flee directly. Yet, he dared to fight against the Heavenly Venerable-level Jiusi Yitianhuang.
At this moment, Gai Mie realized he had been misled by Zhang Ruochen.
Earlier, Zhang Ruochen had repeatedly controlled the black object in battle, unleashing power only at the Indestructible Infinite Middle Stage level. Now, Gai Mie finally understood that the most terrifying danger had always been on Zhang Ruochen.
The five-finger mountain formed by the black object flew over the Xiongxiao Demon God Hall and heavily suppressed the Yellow Spring River.
“Boom!”
The Yellow Spring River, one hundred and eight thousand zhang wide, was severed, and the dark blue cursed mist gathered at the river’s wound was also scattered.
Deep within the blood sea and nether qi, the dark blue ink moon, suspected to be the Six Paths Reincarnation Mirror, flew toward the Black Hand but was shattered by a palm strike, turning into thousands of dark blue rivers.
“The Six Paths Reincarnation Mirror was fake.”
Gai Mie shook his head and sighed. “Poor Yuzhuan lost his life for this.”
“What’s there to pity? This itself is someone else’s scheme, meant to lure us into the Chaotian Que and release the Yellow Spring River.”
Zhang Ruochen appeared behind Gai Mie, standing gracefully on the tiles at the top of the demon god hall, watching the Black Hand and Yellow Spring River colliding in the void.
Gai Mie asked doubtfully, “What’s going on? Why are they fighting?”
Zhang Ruochen said, “The Black Hand originates from Dark Weirdness, and the Yellow Spring River originates from the Nether Ancestor. Clearly, Dark Weirdness and the Nether Ancestor are mortal enemies. When they meet, they naturally fight.”
Having experienced one dangerous ordeal after another, Zhang Ruochen had figured out many things.
Back then, when Dark Weirdness had emerged, the Twelve Stone Men had intervened for this very reason. Of course, it was also because the Twelve Stone Men were in an unconscious state, acting out of instinct.
If the Twelve Stone Men were to break their seals and gain consciousness, they might not necessarily act.
It was very likely they would join forces with the forces under Dark Weirdness, first eliminating the threats among the current cultivators.
The spiritual consciousness inside the Black Hand had long been refined and erased. Its current consciousness was a new spirit, likely stimulated by the Yellow Spring River, acting out of instinct to attack.
From this, Zhang Ruochen boldly inferred that Dark Weirdness and the possibly still-living Nether Ancestor had not emerged, likely because they were hostile to each other.
At the same time, they must have another common enemy, which was why the cultivators of their respective factions were temporarily cooperating.
Gai Mie said, “Let’s go quickly. Without a Half-Ancestor, no one can deal with these two strange and ferocious beings.”
Before he could finish speaking, the power unleashed by the Yellow Spring River lifted the Xiongxiao Demon God Hall into the air. The river section suppressed beneath the hall gradually broke free.
“Hua—”
From the broken blood earth beneath the demon hall, nine-colored ancestral divine glow rose.
The entire space of the Chaotian Que shook violently.
Mountain ranges, white jade palaces, flowing light oceans… squeezed out from the space, as if a supreme being was crossing space, or an ancient ancestral being was descending through the River of Time.
That aura pressed down on the sky, suffocating every cultivator present.
A nine-colored chaotic divine river emerged from a different time-space, winding and flowing upward, releasing an endless stream of ancestral divine might, temporarily calming the Black Hand and Yellow Spring River.
Gai Mie was stunned, looking at Zhang Ruochen. “Is this for real? How is this possible? Has the Immovable Bright King Great Venerable really not fallen?”
From the space, a layer of heavenly realm squeezed out, which was a world, filled with countless ancestral rules and order power, making Gai Mie, a Heavenly Venerable-level being, feel as insignificant as dust.
More importantly, it wasn’t just one layer of heavenly realm.
The second, third…
Until the eighth layer of heavenly realm appeared, it had already burst out of the blood sea spanning hundreds of thousands of miles in the Ancient Desolate Ruins City. The heavenly realm suppressed the entire blood sea and the entire Chaotian Que within the world.
The Primordial Beings by the blood sea retreated one after another, staring in shock at the seventh and eighth layers of heavenly realm that had burst out of the blood sea. All were awed by that ancestral might, kneeling on the ground.
The Xiongxiao Demon God Hall, Yellow Spring River, and Black Hand were suppressed within the fourth layer of heavenly realm.
“Boom rumble!”
The Yellow Spring River and Black Hand stopped fighting each other and instead attacked the heavenly realm world together.
In an instant, the mountains of the fourth layer of heavenly realm were washed away, pavilions were flattened, and plains were shattered…
Chi Yao flew to the top of the Xiongxiao Demon God Hall, immediately propping up twenty layers of heavenly realm, releasing Five Elements Chaos Divine Qi and rule divine patterns to communicate with the ancestral power left by the Immovable Bright King Great Venerable in the eight layers of heavenly realm.
Zhang Ruochen cut his wrist, spilling blood.
The blood flew to all directions of the heavenly realm, each drop turning into a blood lake, becoming a formation eye.
“Blood burns, communicate with the ancestor.”
Zhang Ruochen summoned the Jade Emperor Cauldron, causing the characters on it to fly out, flying to all parts of the eight layers of heavenly realm.
With the combined efforts of the two, the ancestral divine patterns, ancestral divine qi, and ancestral order in the eight layers of heavenly realm were gradually awakened, unleashing increasingly stronger power.
But the Black Hand and Yellow Spring River were even more terrifying, having already broken through the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh layers of heavenly realm, appearing above the blood sea of the Ancient Desolate Ruins City.
As long as they broke through the eighth layer of heavenly realm, they could escape.
“It’s still a bit late, Chen Ge. What now? Once these two ferocious beings escape, not only will we all die, but no power in the current universe can stop them.” Chi Yao said.
The ancestral power in the eight layers of heavenly realm was still slowly recovering and strengthening, but the Black Hand and Yellow Spring River clearly wouldn’t give Zhang Ruochen and Chi Yao time.
Chi Yao’s gaze fixed on Gai Mie not far away.
Gai Mie, seeing that Zhang Ruochen and Chi Yao could awaken the ancestral power in the eight layers of heavenly realm of the Immovable Bright King Great Venerable, had long been uneasy, worried that after the Yellow Spring River and Black Hand were suppressed, he would be next.
Wasn’t it better to escape the eight layers of heavenly realm now?
He said, “I don’t know if I can withstand it!”
“Shua!”
Gai Mie followed the path broken by the Yellow Spring River and Black Hand, flying straight toward the eighth layer of heavenly realm.
“Yaoyao. The Jade Emperor Cauldron is left for you. You can try the Ten Thousand Ages Return to One.”
Leaving these words, Zhang Ruochen chased after Gai Mie, the *River Map* already appearing in his hand.
As Zhang Ruochen infused divine qi into the *River Map*, strands of Half-Ancestor-level demonic qi and demonic dao rules emanated from the engraved diagram.
Gai Mie glanced at Zhang Ruochen behind him, whose aura was growing increasingly fierce and terrifying, a look of “just as I thought” flashing in his eyes.
At this moment, Zhang Ruochen’s demonic might was overwhelming, his divine light capable of illuminating the starry universe, like a Half-Ancestor descending. He formed hand seals and unleashed the first divine ability left by Heavenly Mother.
“Ten Thousand Demons Paying Homage!”
Countless demon shadows, like a thousand troops and ten thousand horses, appeared behind Zhang Ruochen. Some carried war banners, some rode dragons and tigers, some had three heads and six arms, some had dozens of pairs of wings…
Half-Ancestor’s overbearing might shook time and space. Ten thousand demons charged out together, striking the Yellow Spring River.
At this moment, the Yellow Spring River was no longer just one hundred and eight thousand zhang wide; it was like a nine-heaven divine river, constantly erupting with fierce nether evil qi, clashing with the Half-Ancestor divine ability Zhang Ruochen had unleashed.
“Boom rumble!”
Blood flowed from Zhang Ruochen’s seven orifices, his internal organs were shattered, and his divine robe was torn to shreds.
But he had successfully stopped the Yellow Spring River.
As long as enough time was bought, Chi Yao could awaken more ancestral power, and the Black Hand and Yellow Spring River would have no chance of escape.
“Thousand Spirits Blood Fiend!”
Ignoring his injuries, Zhang Ruochen gritted his teeth and glared at the Yellow Spring River, his battle intent boiling. He unleashed the second divine ability.
Blood clouds densely gathered, and endless demonic dao rules and demonic qi surged toward the Yellow Spring River.
“At the Indestructible Infinite Initial Stage, forcibly contending with a Half-Ancestor-level taboo… crazy, truly crazy…”
Gai Mie didn’t want to get involved, but seeing the Yellow Spring River pierce through the Thousand Spirits Blood Fiend, he still leaped up, roared, and struck out with the Demon God Stone Pillar, inserting it into the head of the Yellow Spring River.
The stone pillar broke the water’s surface, raising thousand-layer waves.
The Thousand Spirits Blood Fiend was a divine ability left by Heavenly Mother. Although the Yellow Spring River had pierced through it, it was itself on the verge of collapse.
With this strike from the Demon God Stone Pillar, the head of the Yellow Spring River directly exploded, turning into clouds of lake-sized water vapor.
At the same time, the curse power erupting from the Yellow Spring River fell on Gai Mie, causing the demonic blood in his body to rapidly drain away.
Zhang Ruochen was sent flying by the shockwave, his body heavily crashing into an ancient building in one of the heavenly realm worlds. He looked at Gai Mie with some disbelief.
“Zhang Ruochen, consider this favor repaid, right?”
Gai Mie pressed down hard on the Demon God Stone Pillar but was still thrown away by the Yellow Spring River, his body falling back into the seventh layer of heavenly realm, creating a crater a thousand miles in diameter on the ground.
Zhang Ruochen looked at the *River Map* in his hand, condensed his shattered body, and was about to unleash the third divine ability.
“Hua!”
In the heavenly realm world, suddenly, scenes of heaven-splitting and earth-cleaving light and shadow appeared.
There were ancient giant beasts roaming the void, ancient great witches striking the sky, ancient qi cultivators devouring the light of stars…
From ancient times to the present, the scenes of every eon manifested in the eight layers of heavenly realm, finally converging toward Chi Yao in the fourth layer of heavenly realm.
Gai Mie climbed out of the great pit, looking around at the myriad ancient scenes. Even with his experience, he found it unbelievable, muttering, “Is this gathering the power of countless ages into one body? Another future ancestral being is emerging?”
The Ten Thousand Ages Return to One divine path that Chi Yao was now manifesting, along with the Five Elements Chaos Divine Qi flowing on her, were all passed down to her by Zhang Ruochen.
It was what Zhang Ruochen had realized on the River of Time.
It was precisely because of these paths Zhang Ruochen had passed to her that she had integrated them, cultivated the complete *Bright King Sutra* left by the Immovable Bright King Great Venerable, and broken through the shackles of the nine layers of heavenly realm.
At the moment of Ten Thousand Ages Return to One, the chaotic divine river flowing between the eight layers of heavenly realm surged toward her.
Chi Yao’s entire body radiated nine-colored divine light. Above the twenty layers of heavenly realm on her head, the twenty-first layer of heavenly realm began to rapidly condense.
At the same time, the ancestral power in the eight layers of heavenly realm became increasingly active.
The Yellow Spring River clearly realized the danger and no longer paid attention to Zhang Ruochen, attacking the eighth layer of heavenly realm.
While Zhang Ruochen had been holding back the Yellow Spring River, the Black Hand had been attacking the world barrier of the eighth layer of heavenly realm. With the Yellow Spring River’s help, the two forces combined.
“Pa!”
Cracks appeared in the world barrier.
Just as the Black Hand and Yellow Spring River were about to escape, above the eighth layer of heavenly realm, beyond the nine-colored clouds, a stunningly beautiful woman holding a pipa appeared, like a Lingbo fairy, ethereal and transcendent.
Her gaze was indifferent, looking down.
Behind her, ripples of space appeared.
A heavenly realm world emitting nine-colored divine light manifested, sharing the same origin as the eight heavenly realm worlds below.
“Boom!”
With the descent of this ninth layer of heavenly realm world, the Yellow Spring River and Black Hand, which had just broken through the world barrier of the eighth layer of heavenly realm, were once again suppressed within the ancestral power.
The twenty-first layer of heavenly realm on Chi Yao’s head took shape, officially stepping into a realm not inferior to a Great Unbound Infinite Peak cultivator.
The ancestral power of the nine layers of heavenly realm worlds was fully mobilized. Every ancestral rule was like a chain, every strand of ancestral divine qi like a rope binding the heavens, and every order power suppressed the spiritual will of the Yellow Spring River and Black Hand.
Chi Yao stepped on the blood formation and Jade Emperor Cauldron Zhang Ruochen had set up earlier, slowly rising to the ninth layer of heavenly realm world.
Gradually, the Yellow Spring River and Black Hand fell to the ground of the ninth layer of heavenly realm, submerged in the nine-colored ancestral divine light.
Gai Mie took a deep breath, a look of awe appearing in his eyes. He gained a clear understanding of the Immovable Bright King Great Venerable’s cultivation realm, realizing it had absolutely surpassed the Great Demon God of that era.
The nine layers of heavenly realm worlds left behind contained ancestral power capable of suppressing two Half-Ancestor-level ferocious beings.
Of course, the most important reason was that the Immovable Bright King Great Venerable was the closest ancestral being to this era, so the ancestral power left in his ancestral realm was naturally extraordinary.
Other ancestral beings, like the “Kasyapa Ancestor” who left the Paradise of Ultimate Bliss, the “Heavenly Duke” who left the Thunder Clan’s ancestral realm, and even the Yellow Spring Emperor, were at least a hundred million years away from this era, and their ancestral power had long since dissipated to almost nothing.