Chapter 168 Blossoming

Primordial World: The Green Snake Only Wants to Cultivate Immortality

The Heaven-Eroding Supreme’s voice shook the eight desolate lands. He threw his head back and took a bite, swallowing the sun and moon!

The entire eastern sky was rapidly devoured by black light. The nine heavens saw no great sun, nor did the moon rise.

Heaven and earth were plunged into darkness, the sun and moon faded.

It seemed the heavens had truly been swallowed by the Heaven-Eroding Supreme.

But if one’s gaze shifted from the earth to the thirty-third heaven, a dark shadow could be seen blanketing the eastern land. The great sun and the Taiyin were also covered by this black shadow.

This shadow, neither wolf nor fox, was an ancient, primordial beast, the Heavenly Dog. It cultivated by devouring the light of the sun and moon, and walked the mortal world on the path of death. Its ferocity and malevolence surpassed all evil spirits, capable of suppressing them with its blood.

The Eye of Heaven’s Laws lost its direction amidst the pervasive black light. Heaven was its origin, the sun and moon its eyes. With no light in the heavens and earth, and the rules in disarray, the Eye of Heavenly Punishment was blinded.

The entire Primordial World was split in two. The western lands thrived with the light of the great sun, while the east was a realm of darkness and deathly aura.

Beneath the sky, the Heaven-Eroding Supreme, with his back against endless darkness, sneered at Mu Gong and said grimly, “Eastern Wood, you should give up hope.”

Mu Gong’s face turned deathly pale. He shook his head, “Impossible, impossible! How can I perish? I am a great power of heaven and earth, a Grand Unity Golden Immortal, how can I die?”

The Heaven-Eroding Supreme mocked, “When you swore an oath to the Heavenly Dao, you ceased to be a great power of heaven and earth, no longer a Grand Unity of the Great Dao. You became a Grand Unity of the Heavenly Dao. The power of the Heavenly Dao is your power. When the Heavenly Dao weakens, you will also be powerless.”

As his voice fell, the Heaven-Eroding Supreme struck directly at Mu Gong’s celestial spirit with his palm.

Mu Gong’s face finally showed fear. He roared, and within him, his Grand Unity Dao Treasure Realm erupted. A thousand acres of auspicious clouds arose, the divine wood flourished, representing the final peak of the wood element’s path of life.

The Heaven-Eroding Supreme sneered, his massive palm falling upon the divine wood. The colossal tree trunk trembled, its leaves raining down.

He had cultivated in the desolate, dead sands for millions of years. Mu Gong, on the other hand, had been contaminated by the deathly aura for millions of years, not only making no progress but becoming extremely weak.

The Heaven-Eroding Supreme was far stronger than he had been millions of years ago, while Mu Gong was immeasurably weaker. Mu Gong was destined to be no match for the Heaven-Eroding Supreme.

Moreover, he was trapped in the Heaven-Eroding Supreme’s Ten Thousand Souls Death Sea, where endless evil souls and deathly aura ravenously devoured Mu Gong’s meager life force.

Simultaneously, the Blooming Life Flower in his chest was accumulating its final nourishment for a brief, explosive bloom.

The Blooming Life Flower bloomed once in ten thousand years, never withering or dying. When the flower bloomed, the person would perish, and it was the burial flower of the deceased.

Planted on a person, the Blooming Life Flower was called a ‘Luosheng’. When the flower bloomed, the person died, and the flower fell to the ground, becoming the other shore. It separated life and death, marking the boundary between them.

Though the Heaven-Eroding Supreme was powerful, he was facing the Heavenly Dao. Although the Heavenly Dao was currently weak, and a single great power of heaven and earth could not overcome it before its full completion, Hongjun stood behind it.

On the western continent, a black light ascended. A black-robed Taoist held a mirror in his hand. The mirror’s surface was devoid of any mirror or light, but its frame was pointed directly at the western great sun.

Billions of golden rays reflected eastward, and the heavens and earth were once again bathed in light, much to the joy of the countless living beings in the east.

The Eye of Heavenly Punishment instantly locked onto the Heaven-Eroding Supreme again, and billions of lightning bolts cascaded down.

In the west, Luohu’s brows twitched. He had no direct connection with the Heaven-Eroding Supreme.

However, anything Hongjun wanted to achieve, he did not want to let Hongjun succeed.

Luohu raised a palm, and a massive palm covered in terrifying black energy emerged from the Great Demon Heaven realm, reaching for the black-robed Taoist.

The black-robed Taoist immediately vanished, merging into the crevices of the void.

The giant palm struck, shattering space for ten thousand miles. The black-robed Taoist stumbled out of the space, but remained unharmed.

The great powers from all corners of the world had ceased their other endeavors, their eyes and minds focused on the east and west, on the confrontation between two peak powers of the era, and on the greeting of one who had achieved supreme mastery.

On Jade Capital Mountain, the old Taoist stopped his sermon, looked towards the west, and sighed.

Taiqing asked, “Teacher, why the sorrow?”

Hongjun said, “This is a struggle of my destiny, a struggle of east versus west. It cannot be avoided, it must be fought.

Such struggles will not only occur in the previous generation but will also continue to the next.

Laozi, Yuanshi, Tongtian, the three of you, when you face this struggle in the future, you must be cautious and avoid any discord!”

The Three Pure Ones felt a deep impact and nodded in agreement. They had entered the Xuanmen, becoming the Daoist sect. Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian were their Daoist names.

Hongjun extended a finger, and a beam of profound light separated, heading directly west, transforming into a multitude of divine patterns that protected the black-robed Taoist.

The black-robed Taoist, though an evil corpse of his, possessed the power of a great power of heaven and earth, but was no match for Luohu.

Luohu’s giant palm struck again, infinite black malevolence crashing against the protective light patterns. The giant palm was repelled, and cracks appeared in the light wall. Not a trace of excess magical power leaked out to cause chaotic flashing lights, but the heavens and earth trembled and roared incessantly.

The black-robed Taoist transformed into a black light and rushed towards the chaotic lands in the east.

The Heaven-Eroding Supreme’s expression turned extremely grim. Under billions of lightning bolts, his Black Mark Divine Pagoda could still resist. However, if another great power of heaven and earth were to arrive, he might be unable to deal with Mu Gong.

Eastern Wilds, Duguang Land.

Qing Ling sat cross-legged on the Jianmu. While still absorbing the spiritual energy of his realm, he still managed to distract himself and call out, “Come!”

A flash of green light appeared, and a green figure materialized before him.

Qing Ling said, “From now on, you shall travel the world only under the name Qing Xuan. You are no longer Serpent Ancestor Qing Ling, nor are you the Lord of Duguang Qing Xuan Dao. You shall enter the Xuanmen and call yourself Qing Xuan Daoist.”

Qing Luo’s future self smiled faintly and said, “I am indeed Qing Xuan Daoist.”

Qing Ling waved his hand, and the Green Jade Umbrella and the Ten Absolute Heaven Lamps appeared.

“You are a great power of the wood element. Currently, the wood element’s great power of heaven and earth, Mu Gong, is in a critical state. You shall contend with him in the Dao, and thus I shall take his life. This is for no other reason and does not involve the struggle between the eastern and western Dao or the conflict between Hongjun and Luohu. You are merely a Taoist seeking the Dao.

Go, and bring back the Blooming Life Flower.”

Qing Xuan’s smile deepened, and he nodded, “I am a great power of the wood element, only seeking the Dao.”

With that, he transformed into a green light and departed.

In the chaotic lands, thousands of reclusive cultivators fled in panic. Before great powers, their lives were too fragile; they could only retreat. The Great Wind Novels.

In the sky, lightning fell like a myriad of tons; on the ground, the Death Sea teemed with ten thousand souls. The Heaven-Eroding Supreme, dividing his attention, could now only retreat and defend himself.

Because the black-robed Taoist had arrived.

He was clad in a wide black robe, his appearance hidden, only his form visible. The black-robed Taoist’s illusory mirror flickered, and billions of light points shot directly at the Heaven-Eroding Supreme, forcing him to retreat repeatedly.

Fury surged in the Heaven-Eroding Supreme’s eyes. The black tower rose, supporting the lightning tribulation. He drew his three-pronged戟 and thrust it directly at the black-robed Taoist.

The black robe remained motionless. The three-pronged戟 passed through as if it did not exist.

The Heaven-Eroding Supreme swung nine times, missing each time. The black-robed Taoist stood there, unmoving.

Instead, the Heaven-Eroding Supreme was too distracted, and the pressure of the lightning tribulation weighed him down even further.

He stood still, but the black robe moved.

He walked towards the Death Sea, step by step, leaving behind a path of nothingness, a vibration of space, carving out a free path within the Death Sea.

The Heaven-Eroding Supreme’s teeth gnashed, and he roared, “Stop!”

The Death Sea was the culmination of his countless years of effort. It had just trapped Mu Gong. If Mu Gong escaped the Death Sea, the immortality of a Grand Unity Golden Immortal would reappear, and his efforts would be in vain!

But at this moment, a green radiance descended, accompanied by a laugh, “Heaven-Eroding Supreme, do you still remember the words we exchanged?”

The Heaven-Eroding Supreme looked at the person before him. Although the appearance was somewhat unfamiliar, sensing the aura, he immediately understood the identity of the newcomer.

He said anxiously, “I implore fellow Daoist to assist me.”

Qing Xuan shook his head and sighed, “It seems Senior has forgotten the promise of destiny from back then.

When the flower blooms, you will achieve supreme mastery. Once the flower blooms, your Dao will be accomplished.”