Cultivation: When you take things to the extreme

Chapter 1045: Chapter 638: Original_2 Chapter 1045: Chapter 638: Original_2 Break, it cannot be broken!

Suppress, it can’t be contained!

Such a scene, seeing all Immortals furrowed their brows tightly, with more surmising astonishment.

“This Evil Demon…”

“Exactly where does it hail from?”

“Why would it appear in the Taihuang Emperor Palace?”

“The four Emperors have acted, yet they still can’t suppress him?”

“That Demonic Qi of his, it’s not ordinary, it seems able to devour the immortal power of the Emperors!”

“The four Emperors are Nine Tribulations True Immortals, their Taoism is profound, they have reached Divine Transformation; they can control every bit of their immortal power as easily as their own limbs. What kind of method is this evil demon using, that he can actually devour the immortal power of the four Emperors?”

“Could it be…”

Those who have achieved the fruit of Immortal God Power are no ordinary beings, they can discern the subtleties here, and are even speculating on the hidden details of the situation.

But it’s only speculation in their minds; this matter’s implications are too vast. Even those from the Immortal Family wouldn’t dare to talk nonsense, they can only watch tensely, waiting for the battle’s outcome to be determined.

“The Taiyi Scripture, Ziwei Decision, Shenxiao Yuqing, endless and without beginning!”

“Hahaha!”

Within the Taihuang Emperor Palace, the demon’s shadow resounded and seemingly uttered words, stirring the hearts of the onlookers even more.

“Hmph!”

“Evildoer!”

“Still not ready to surrender?”

However, the four Emperors were not moved by this at all. Instead, they urged their immortal power furiously, the four heavy weapons shone brightly, pushing the powers of the Ninth-Order Immortal Treasure to the limit, seeking to forcefully suppress that evil demon.

Yet unexpectedly…

“Hahaha!”

With a wild laugh, the Demon Flow surged, reversing and consuming the Emperor’s Immortal Light, shattering the array of the Four Extremes.

Inside, that shadow of the demon also grew in size rapidly, breaking through the top of the Taihuang Emperor Palace, with nine chains of shadow struggling around its body, instantly snapping three of them.

“Not good!”

The complexions of the four Emperors changed, they wanted to counteract urgently, but it was already too late. The demon shadow struggled furiously, breaking another three chains, and with most of its body swelling out of the top of the Taihuang Emperor Palace, it caused dark clouds to gather and the Demon Flow to surge in secrecy, turning the Nine Heavens Immortal Court into a Senluo Demon Realm.

The four Emperors increased their exertions of immortal power, formed the Four Extremes array again, but still could not stop it. The ferocious demon shadow struggled once more, and the remaining three chains also shattered.

“Hahaha!”

“Who can stop me, who can stop me!”

With the chains all shattered, the restraints all gone, the demon’s shadow grew even more arrogant, burst forth from the Taihuang Emperor Palace, and was about to fly away into the skies.

Just at this moment…

“Boom!!!”

A resplendent Sword Light arrived, within which the Sword Artifact emerged, ten feet, a hundred feet, a thousand feet, ten thousand feet.

It was none other than an ancient golden sword. Its straightforward blade was engraved on both sides: one with the sun, moon, and stars, the other with vegetation and mountains; one scripted with the art of farming, the other with strategies of the Four Seas. Its brilliance shone dazzlingly, majestic and authoritative, indeed, the foremost Holy Divine Weapon of both ancient and current times.

“Nine Rites Xuanyuan!?”

“How can this be!?”

With the Holy Sword crossing the sky and slashing down, the first to react were surprisingly not the Immortals of the Heavenly Court, but the daunting demon shadow.

The demon shadow cried out in alarm, with a defiant sound, its arms raising to shield its front.

“Boom!!!”

Yet, it was unstoppable; the Xuanyuan Holy Sword slashed through the sky, cleaving through the surging Demon Flow. The demon’s arms were severed at the sound, and its chest was split wide open.

Struck by this Xuanyuan Holy Sword, the demon with innards spilled could no longer resist, was forcefully slammed back inside the Taihuang Emperor Palace. Its formless dark flow swiftly evaporated under the brilliance of the Holy Sword, leaving nothing behind but wreckage.

“This…”

Upon witnessing this scene, the Immortals were even more flabbergasted, unsure of what to do.

Only to see a figure descend, landing in front of the Taihuang Emperor Palace, retracting the brilliance of the Holy Sword.

“Emperor of Ten Thousand Paths!”

Seeing this, the Immortals finally came to their senses; the Jade Emperor hurried forth, with the four Emperors also turning back.

“Trouble the Taoist friend!”

“Thank you, Emperor, for suppressing this demonic calamity!”

The Jade Emperor rushed to the front of the palace, and the four Emperors also descended.

Xu Yang looked upon the ravaged Taihuang Emperor Palace and then turned to the Jade Emperor and the Four Emperors with a cupped-hands salute, “This humble Taoist has arrived late, causing the Heavenly Venerable alarm!”

“Where are such words from, Emperor?”

The Jade Emperor shook his head, glanced around, saw the questioning looks in the eyes of the Immortals, and immediately spoke with a sweep of his sleeve, “Thanks to the Honored Wandao and the Four Auxiliary Imperial Lords’ Great Skill in suppressing the demon, the chaos has subsided. Each official shall return to their duties; let no trivial disputes arise in the interstices.”

This utterance left the Immortals exchanging glances, but it was not in their place to ask further questions, and they could only bow and comply, “As you command!”

After speaking, they all withdrew, leaving only the Six Imperial Majesties in front of the Taihuang Emperor Palace.

With the Immortals gone, the Jade Emperor also turned and faced Xu Yang, offering a wry smile, “Had it not been for your majesty, I do not know how we would have concluded today’s events.”

“Your Venerable Highness is too kind!”

Xu Yang shook his head, turned his gaze back to the destroyed Taihuang Emperor Palace, and asked, “What exactly was the cause of this?”

“This…”

Hearing this, the Jade Emperor was silent for a moment, and the Four Emperors said nothing, the atmosphere turning oddly startling.

Eventually, it was the East Pole Emperor and the Emperor of the North Pole who shifted their gazes towards the Jade Emperor as if to hint.

Clearly, both the Jade Emperor and the Four Extreme Emperors were aware of the hidden details and even the origin of that demonic shadow.

Faced with the implied looks from the two Emperors, the Jade Emperor hesitated slightly, but ultimately made up his mind and beckoned to Xu Yang, “This matter is a long story, please, Emperor, come inside to discuss it.”

Hearing this, Xu Yang didn’t say much and simply nodded in agreement, “Please lead the way!”

Saying that, he followed the Jade Emperor and the Four Extreme Emperors into the Taihuang Emperor Palace.

As once the first palace of the Heavenly Court, the Taihuang Emperor Palace was an architectural marvel, the epitome of opulence within. Even after having just withstood a great battle, impacted by the inferno from the demonic shadow and the Four Emperors’ fight, it was merely in disarray and not completely reduced to ruins.

The Jade Emperor led the way, with the five following behind, passing through the magnificent Golden Throne Hall and into the back garden, before finally arriving at a secluded location.

It was… a high tower, a tower standing so tall it could match the height of ten thousand mountains!

Inside the Taihuang Emperor Palace, the presence of such a tower was undoubtedly using the manipulation of Great Minor Compliance.

The towering tower stood fixed in place, with nine iron chains extending into its body. Below, clouds swirled and Immortal Light spouted, hinting at the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams above, with the black and white Tai Chi Yin and Yang fishes rotating at the top.

However, at that moment, the tower was cracked, revealing harrowing marks, and undercurrents poured out, clinging to the nine iron chains and entering deep into the tower, their endpoint unknown.

Above was the Tai Chi Yin and Yang; below were the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams. Both nine-tier Immortal Arrays showed breaches, with Yin and Yang unable to flip, and the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams unable to rotate.

“The Yin Yang Two Extremes Formation!”

“The Nine Palace Eight Diagram Array!”

“And the Mystic Yellow Pagoda formed by the Mystic Yellow Qi with the Nine Demon Suppressing Immortal Locks…”

Xu Yang shifted his gaze between the Jade Emperor and the Four Extreme Emperors: “Could it be that inside this…?”

“It is my father!”

The Jade Emperor took over the conversation, his face bitter, as the Four Emperors beside him also sighed silently.

“…”

Xu Yang, upon hearing this, also fell silent.

Although he had anticipated it, such an outcome was still hard to accept.

The master of the Heavenly Court, the Tai Emperor Venerable, the foremost among the Earth Immortals since Ancient Times, the first Nine Tribulations True Immortal to prove the Dao after antiquity, had strength that surpassed all Immortals, monsters, Buddhism followers, demons, dragons, and phantoms from major paths. His might once suppressed the world, with nearly uniting the Immortal Realm within his grasp.

Such a figure, to have fallen into the Demon Path?

The guess was one thing, but acceptance was another matter entirely, leaving myriad doubts and confusions in the heart.

Why would such a formidable Heavenly Venerable, supreme in the Immortal Realm, succumb to the Demon Path?

Was it of his own volition, or was he led astray?

From the look of the high tower, it seemed to be the latter.

If it were of his own volition, descending from immortal to demon, what sense would it make to arrange for his own sealing like this? The Nine Immortal Locks and Mystic Yellow Pagoda, alongside the corresponding Yin and Yang Two Extremes and the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams, were clearly the work of a supremely powerful being.

And legend has it that the Heavenly Venerate Taihuang was one of the few Ninth-Order Immortal Formation Masters in the Earth Immortal Realm, with Array Formation accomplishments even above Buddhism’s Ratnasambhava and the Demon Master of the Monster Nation.

Thus, these arrangements must be his own work, having sealed himself here.

From this, one could surmise that he did not willingly become a demon but was treacherously ensnared, caught deep within a Demon Catastrophe, unable to find another way but to seal himself here to prevent chaos in the world and harm the masses.

That left the question.

Who could possibly have ensnared the number one person in the Immortal Realm, the leader of the Heavenly Court, nearly reaching the fruition of becoming an Earth Immortal?

And what kind of demon could leave the Taihuang, nearly an Earth Immortal himself, so without recourse that even the Heavenly Secret Realm offered no solution, leaving him no choice but to seal himself within the Taihuang Emperor Palace.

Thick clouds of doubt loomed, distressingly perplexing!

Xu Yang did not speak further, only looking at the Jade Emperor: “What exactly happened?”

“That’s a long story!”

The Jade Emperor shook his head and asked solemnly, “Does Emperor know of… the Primordial Heavenly Demon?”

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