Lei Jun was silent for a moment before uttering, “What’s the point of saying this now?”
Patriarch Cang Xuan waved his hand. “I did not say any of this in hopes that you would turn back onto the right path. The knot in your heart should have been to defeat me and it's honestly quite impressive to have such ambition.”
“Patriarch, he used Lianyi causing her to self-destruct her own Spirit. We can’t let him off!” Deep hatred poured out in the eyes of peak master Ling Jun.
Patriarch Cang Xuan responded, “My goal today is Sheng Yuan. As for Lei Jun, when you guys need not give any consideration to my relationship with him if you find an opportunity in the future.”
At these words, sect master Qing Yang and the others understood that he was telling them to settle things later on.
“As for Lianyi--”
He let out a long sigh as a complicated look appeared in his eyes.
Patriarch Cang Xuan waved his sleeve, causing the Cangxuan Saint Stamp in the mysterious domain to tremble before a beam of light shot out and landed in front of him.
The light gathered into a crystal bead which seemed to contain a faint silhouette that was in deep slumber.
“This is--” peak master Ling Jun stared at the silhouette inside the bead before he said in a trembling voice, “This is Lianyi’s spirit?”
“I can still use some of the Cangxuan Saint Stamp’s power, and because she destroyed herself here, I was able to protect her Spirit in the Cangxuan Saint Stamp.
“Ling Jun, keep her with you and always keep her warm and safe. There will come a day where she will be resurrected.”
Peak master Ling Jung carefully received the crystal bead. His body trembled violently as tears flowed down his cheeks.
It was hard to imagine how much grief and despair he felt when peak master Lianyi self-destructed.
Patriarch Cang Xuan had given him a glimmer of hope.
“Thank you, patriarch.” Ling Jun’s voice was hoarse.
Patriarch Cang Xuan shook his head before his gaze shifted towards the Life Executioner Painting in the sky. In the painting, Yaoyao had likewise sensed the patriarch’s presence.
She hesitated as the cracking of the seal between her brows finally began to stop.
She knew that Zhou Yuan should no longer be in danger since patriarch Cang Xuan had appeared.
Space rippled around Yaoyao as she took a step forward, finally leaving the Life Executioner Painting and reappearing above Blackwater.
Palace master Sheng Yuan’s expression abruptly changed abruptly as the vigilance in his eyes increased.
He wasn’t afraid of facing either Yaoyao or patriarch Cang Xuan’s Spirit fragment alone, but if the two were to join forces, it would not bode well for him.
However, while palace master Sheng Yuan’s mind was racing with such thoughts, Yaoyao’s expression began to change. She lifted her head and stared at the endless heavens.
At the same time, patriarch Cang Xuan’s face gradually grew more and more solemn. He could faintly feel an indescribable force trying to break through the boundary walls of Cangxuan Heaven.
That power--
Patriarch Cang Xuan narrowed his eyes. It was the sacred race.
He cast a deep and complicated glance at Yaoyao.
Looks like it was still too late.
Chapter 738 Beaten Back
‘Zhou Yuan’ stood in the air, gazing at the endless heavens with a solemn expression.
“What's wrong patriarch?”
Zhou Yuan's voice rang out in his mind. Zhou Yuan had evidently felt the fluctuation in his emotions.
Patriarch Cang Xuan was silent for some time before he replied, “An extremely terrifying force is attempting to push its way through the boundary walls of Cangxuan Heaven. If my speculation is correct, it should be the experts of the sacred race.”
“Sacred race?”
Zhou Yuan worriedly blurted out, “They’ve come for Yaoyao?”
“Yes.”
Patriarch Cang Xuan said in a low voice, “Once her seal is broken, the sacred race will be able to detect her power.
“She mustn’t fall into the hands of the sacred race, otherwise, the uncountable living beings of Tianyuan World will lose all hope.”
“Who exactly is Yaoyao?” Zhou Yuan had no idea that Yaoyao would have such a huge impact.
But patriarch Cang Xuan didn’t answer this time. In a flash, he appeared next to Yaoyao.
Yaoyao’s long golden hair fluttered in the wind, a detached indifference in her clear and bright eyes. Only when her eyes fell on Zhou Yuan did that cold indifference fade a little.
“Your power is too great. Possessing his body will make him suffer.” Yaoyao frowned.
Patriarch Cang Xuan snappily said, “At a time like this, so what if he suffers a little?
“But you--”
Patriarch Cang Xuan gazed at Yaoyao. He could see faint golden cracks continuously appearing on her fair skin.
“You are too reckless. You can’t bear such tremendous power right now.
“You still haven't truly awakened yet.
“No one knows what kind of consequences you will face for this…”
Golden strands of hair fluttered in front of Yaoyao’s eyes. She lifted her hand and tucked her hair behind her ears but didn’t answer him. Instead, she slightly raised her head and gazed at the sky.
Sheng Yuan was also hovering in the air. A puzzled look flashed in his eyes when he saw no movement from Yaoyao and patriarch Cang Xuan but his heart soon trembled as he turned towards the heavens.
He had felt it as well.
“Why are they trying to break the boundary wall again?” asked palace master Sheng Yuan in confusion.
Outside Cangxuan Heaven stood the Chaos Origin Sacred Killer Array which made it impossible for the experts of the sacred race to enter. The reason why the sacred race had managed to slip into Cangxuan Heaven back then to attack patriarch Cang Xuan was because palace master Sheng Yuan had secretly aided them. But he had not informed the sacred race this time.
Even the sacred race would have to pay a huge price in order to penetrate the Chaos Origin Sacred Killer Array.
“Could they have sensed the patriarch Cang Xuan’s Spirit fragment? Impossible, patriarch Cangxuan’s Spirit fragment does not hold such allure.”
Palace master Sheng Yuan’s eyes flashed in thought. After a few seconds, his line of sight shifted to Yaoyao.
He had a vague feeling that she was the sacred race’s target.
Palace master Sheng Yuan couldn’t help chuckle, “Cang Xuan, it seems that the heavens really want you to die. Even luck is on my side.”
Patriarch Cang Xuan turned to remind Yaoyao, “This person is trouble. I will first strike him down from the Saint stage but you mustn’t do anything.”
Palace master Sheng Yuan suddenly shot away when he heard this. He clearly planned to avoid any fighting until the forces of the sacred race arrived.
“Cang Xuan, although I am no match for both of you together, it doesn’t mean you can stop me from escaping.” palace master Sheng Yuan sneered.
Patriarch Cang Xuan calmly watched palace master Sheng Yuan flee as he asked, “Sheng Yuan, did you properly absorb my Saint heart?”
Palace master Sheng Yuan narrowed his eyes, “What do you mean?”
“I just want to tell you that it isn’t safe to rely on other people’s things to achieve the Saint stage.”
Patriarch Cang Xuan folded his hands together. “Heart of Saint, scatter!”
As his voice rang out, palace master Sheng Yuan was horrified to see countless specks of golden light uncontrollably float out from his body.
Each speck of golden light contained a boundless power. It was the heart of Saint that he had absorbed earlier!
Palace master Sheng Yuan tried to stop the golden light specks from escaping, but his efforts were all in vain. He quickly realized that these specks of golden light had a will of their own.
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A will that came from patriarch Cang Xuan.
Numerous golden specks of light rose from palace master Sheng Yuan’s body before dissipating. The majestic power contained in them made the nearby Genesis Qi turn incredibly concentrated.
Palace master Sheng Yuan’s face darkened.
The golden Saint flame lotus above his head swayed and finally shattered, turning back into a tiny wisp.
Palace master Sheng Yuan’s cultivation instantly reverted back to the false Saint stage.
An uproar swept across the experts of the many sects in the area. Nobody had thought that patriarch Cang Xuan could beat palace master Sheng Yuan back to his original cultivation state.
However, what puzzled everyone even more was that patriarch Cang Xuan did not follow up with any attacks.
Palace master Sheng Yuan stared darkly at patriarch Cang Xuan. He had not escaped in fear after falling back to the false Saint stage because he could sense that patriarch Cang Xuan was trying to save as much power as possible.
“What are you worried about?” palace Master Sheng Yuan sneered.
He shot a glance at Yaoyao as his lips curved into an unfathomable smile, “Are you worried about drawing the sacred race here if you use too much power?”
Patriarch Cang Xuan’s face was indifferent but his eyes turned as cold as a knife.
Palace master Sheng Yuan was right. Although the sacred race had detected Yaoyao’s presence, it wasn’t easy to break through the Chaos Origin Sacred Killer Array. Therefore, patriarch Cang Xuan didn’t want to use his power in hopes that the sacred race would not discover this battlefield.
After all, Cangxuan Heaven was extremely vast and it was difficult for even the top experts of the sacred race to fully probe the area with the Chaos Origin Sacred Killer Array covering it.
Even now, he couldn't use all his power to deal with palace master Sheng Yuan, because he was merely a Spirit fragment and needed to conserve as much strength as possible to cope with what would happen next.
After all, he couldn’t let Yaoyao fully break the seal.
Palace master Sheng Yuan grinned, “Cang Xuan, I only wanted to use the sacred race and have not truly sided with them. If you give me the Cangxuan Saint Stamp, I will not intervene in the subsequent events.”
Patriarch Cang Xuan’s lips curved in a mocking smile, “Sheng Yuan, your knees have already bent once, so don’t try to act tough in front of me. You do not deserve to hold the Cangxuan Saint Stamp.”
Sheng Yuan lowered his gaze. “It seems that you won’t agree?”
He shook his head.
“Cangxuan, you forced me to do this---”
He stretched out his palm, revealing a vertical golden eye. In the next moment, he clenched his hand and crushed the eye.
When the golden eye shattered, a wave of energy unperceivable to ordinary people shot into the sky.
Patriarch Cang Xuan’s eyes widened in shock and anger upon seeing. He didn’t think that palace master Sheng Yuan would still be in possession of a golden sacred eye that could notify the sacred race!
“Sheng Yuan, you deserve to die!”
The enraged patriarch Cang Xuan no longer cared about conserving his strength as a majestic power pulsed outwards.
However, just as he was about to attack, his heart pounded and he looked up with a stormy face.
In the endless heavens above, the sky seemed to gradually tear apart as a giant golden vertical eye peered through with cold and icy haughtiness, taking in everything that was happening in the area.
Chapter 739 Cang Xuan Fights
The sky was torn open as a cold vertical-pupil golden eye peered down through the crack. The top experts of the many sects seemed to sense something as they lifted their heads, only to be frozen with terror.
Even those who possessed tremendous strength such as sect master Qing Yang displayed a frightened expression.
“The sacred race?!”
The voices of numerous experts trembled, unable to conceal the fear on their faces.
The experts present were all top existences in Cangxuan Heaven and were thus naturally aware about the existence of the sacred race. They understood how terrifying the sacred race was.
Even in his heyday, patriarch Cang Xuan ultimately perished at the hands of the sacred race.
Only when the countless living beings and races of all nine heavens of the entire Tianyuan World united would they be able to stand against the sacred race.
No one had expected the battle within Cangxuan Heaven to eventually lead to the appearance of the sacred race.
Patriarch Cang Xuan wore a very solemn expression on his face, no longer able to pay any attention to palace master Sheng Yuan. He stood beside Yaoyao as he stared at the golden eye that had appeared in the sky.
Even from so far away, he could still feel the terrifying power contained within the golden eye.
The golden vertical-pupil eye was a symbol of the sacred race, and he estimated it had gathered the power of at least three Saint experts. Otherwise it would have been impossible for it to tear a crack in the ‘Chaos Origin Sacred Killer Array’.
“But it seems that they can only send their power through, their bodies still can’t descend into Cangxuan Heaven.” patriarch Cang Xuan quietly analyzed.
The sacred race had only been able to descend into the Cangxuan Heaven to hunt him down back then because palace master Sheng Yuan had done everything he could to receive and lead them in. In the absence of these many conditions, even the most powerful sacred race experts could not descend with their real bodies.
But even if it was just transmitting their power, the combined might of three sacred race experts was still very astonishing.
Boom!
The huge golden eye peered down at the land from the endless void above. In the next moment, a bolt of white lightning pierced through the endless void with infinite power and appeared directly above Blackwater.
The bolt was pointing directly at Yaoyao!
The appearance of the white lightning led the whole world to quake. Space continuously cracked, turning into countless space debris.
Patriarch Cang Xuan’s face was very grave as he folded his hands together, sending out a torrent of mighty Genesis Qi. It rapidly transformed into nine gigantic glowing bronze discs. Each disk was tens of thousands of feet tall and able to blot out the sky.
“Azure Underworld Light!”
Patriarch Cang Xuan roared as he began to rotate the nine gigantic bronze discs. Genesis Qi was rapidly swallowed into the nine discs before nine beams of azure light suddenly blasted out.
Buzz!
Beams of azure light flashed past, instantly melting all matter wherever they passed.
Boom!
Under countless shocked gazes, the azure light collided with the white lightning, exploding into a blaze of dazzling light that concealed even the sun.
The force from the collision could be felt by more than half of the living beings within Cangxuan Heaven.
Obstructed by the azure light, the white lightning failed to strike its target.
The golden eye seemed to bristle in anger. In the next moment, countless bolts of white lightning began to converge.
Rumble!
White lightning thundered, giving off destructive energy. After a few seconds, a colossal white lightning beast emerged from the lightning.
It was a nine-headed beast and lightning flashed across the entire sky, threatening to shatter the world as it roared.
Roar!
The white lightning beast immediately descended. If it landed, let alone Blackwater, even the entire Cangmang Continent would be destroyed.
“Nine-headed white lightning beast.”
A grave expression emerged on patriarch Cang Xuan’s face. Even in his heyday, he would not dare to let his guard down in the face of such power.
With a deep breath, shifted his gaze towards the mysterious domain and slightly bowed his body.
“I’l
l have to borrow your power.”
In the mysterious domain, the Cangxuan Saint Stamp vibrated and vanished without a trace. When it reappeared again, it was already in front of patriarch Cang Xuan.
Patriarch Cang Xuan reached out and grasped the Saint Stamp. In that instant, his imposing aura became very different as an indescribable force gushing out from his body.
It felt as if patriarch Cang Xuan had become the absolute ruler of this domain.
The vast and endless Genesis Qi within Cangxuan Heaven was his to use as he pleased.
Looking at patriarch Cang Xuan, palace master Sheng Yuan revealed a look of jealousy. This was the heaven master, who ruled over heaven and earth!
Wisps of mysterious azure mist rose from the Cangxuan Saint Stamp.
As the mist rapidly rose, the Genesis Qi in the area frantically flowed over to integrate with the mist.
The azure mist grew bigger and bigger, covering the entire sky. When the mist finally dissipated, a dark azure dragon had appeared in everyone's sight.
That dragon was gigantic, each scale was about one foot wide and engraved with the most ancient pattern. As it released a thunderous roar, countless experts felt an intense chill surge out from the depths of their soul.
Roar!
The azure dragon lifted its head and roared at the sky. In the next moment, the dragon swung its tail, shattering a patch of space. In the blink of an eye, it was already high up in the sky, clashing directly with the nine-headed white lightning beast that was descending upon Cangxuan Heaven.
Boom!
The collision of two world-devastating beasts was as akin to two asteroids smashing together in space. The storm of energy produced wreaked havoc across the world.
Above Blackwater, many experts stared in horror at the epicenter of the collision. Even from such a distance away, the shockwaves were still able to make their hearts pound in fear.
A battle of such scale would truly destroy the continent.
However, the repeated resistance from patriarch Cang Xuan naturally angered the experts of the sacred race outside the boundary wall. White lightning continuously pierced through the boundary wall, arriving with berserk energies.
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