The Azure Emperor's true form, the "Divine Rift Puppet," was merely at the level of a Martial Saint, which Jiang Liu refined with ease. Only after consuming the "Heaven-Mending Pill" did he elevate his physical form to the realm of a Human Immortal. Further advancement of the Azure Emperor's physical form would be extremely difficult in the future; however, he cultivated the path of incense offerings to achieve godhood, and did not focus on physical cultivation.
This stone embryo, possessing the physical body of a naturally born immortal, is a thousand times more difficult to refine than the "Divine Splitter Puppet." Jiang Liu calmed himself and sensed something within the stone embryo; he could hear what sounded like a heartbeat and faint breathing.
Without further ado, let's refine it! Five thunder dragons flew out from the pupils of the eyes, coiled around the stone embryo, and then breathed out lightning. Thunderclouds covered the outside, and the inner core was slowly eroded by the primordial energy.
Jiang Liu doesn't have the great fortune of Hong Yi, the chosen one of this world, who can instantly refine the stone embryo as soon as he gets his hands on it. He can only slowly erode and refine it little by little, and he can't be too hasty.
After forty-nine days, the stone embryo had undergone a complete transformation. The nine orifices on the divine stone, along with the placenta's breathing, exhaled streams of fragrant, cloud-like aura, even purer than the aura of the Martial Saint, like a ten-thousand-year-old lingzhi mushroom.
Above this stone structure was a thundercloud resembling a lotus flower.
The will and spirit of the Marquis of Champion within the placenta have long been removed, and the stone fetus is now exceptionally pure.
In an instant, Jiang Liu opened his eyes, and five thunder dragons leaped up, tumbling and swirling before landing within his pupils.
Then, with a thought, he invaded the stone embryo.
Inside the stone, the placenta seemed to sense something and suddenly opened its eyes!
vast……
A strange sound emanated from the nine holes on the stone.
This sound contained an unparalleled, powerful masculine energy that resonated throughout the heavens and earth.
It seems to have some connection with heaven and earth, and the whole world is cheering for it.
A divine object was born, accompanied by extraordinary phenomena. For thousands of miles, white clouds stood upright, like pillars connecting heaven and earth, piercing through the nine netherworlds and the nine heavens. A strange fragrance wafted for hundreds of miles. The masculine energy emanating from the stone embryo surged straight into the nine heavens, even dimming the bright sun in the sky.
The Azure Emperor sat atop the enormous peach tree in front of the Qianlong Temple, swinging his legs. He held a huge peach in his hands, took a big bite, and said, "How dare you spy on my Qianlong Temple! Yuan Xuzi, that one in the east, you deal with the first level of lightning tribulation. And in the west, Chan Yinsha, go!"
"Make an example of them! These guys are too impatient and underestimate us. But, Azure Emperor, those guys are not easy to deal with!" Beside him stood a giant ape, looking up at the sky.
"Hmph! A Great Zhou Emperor at the sixth level of the Thunder Tribulation, a Xuan Tian Pavilion Master at the fifth level of the Thunder Tribulation, a Heavenly Serpent King at the fourth level of the Thunder Tribulation, Su Mu of the Supreme Dao, some aristocratic families trying to take advantage, and the Great Qian's assassins... There are really a lot of them! I'll leave the Great Zhou Emperor to you. You don't need to worry about the rest; I'll handle it..." The Azure Emperor finished the peach in a few bites, threw away the peach pit, and instantly a peach tree grew out of the pit. In the blink of an eye, a peach forest grew around the Tongtian Peach Tree beneath his feet.
The wind blew through the peach grove, creating a shower of pink peach blossoms that swept towards the sky.
Each peach petal carries a killing intent, and this peach blossom formation blocks those who want to take advantage of the situation.
"Then I'm off!" Instantly, a surge of violent blood energy rose up and soared into the sky.
"Su Mu, the three-month deadline hasn't arrived yet! Why aren't you taking your Taishangdao people and retreating? Do you want to die?" The Azure Emperor roared towards the north, and the rolling thunder directly entered Su Mu's ears.
"It's him!"
Hidden in the north, Su Mu was immediately startled. She was all too familiar with that voice. A few months ago, she had been terrified of its owner, and the same was true now. For the past two months, the owner of that voice had frequently appeared in her dreams, almost shattering her Dao heart.
"Go!" he said softly, then turned and walked away.
"Holy Maiden, are you leaving so soon?" An aged voice appeared behind her, revealing an old man who had just undergone a first-level tribulation.
Without hesitation, Su Mu said, "Let's go!" As a saintess, her status was second only to Meng Shenji. Since she said she wanted to leave, no one in the Supreme Dao dared to object, and they left in an instant.
Meanwhile, within the dark clouds to the west, the demonic ape "Ba" was already engaged in battle with the Great Zhou Emperor. The commotion it caused drew everyone's attention; it was simply too powerful. With the strength of a sixth-level lightning tribulation, capable of shattering the void, only Meng Shenji himself could participate in the battle between the two.
Master Xuantian and the Heavenly Serpent King broke out in a cold sweat: "Star Eyes, Su Mu of the Supreme Dao has retreated. What about us?"
The woman named Xingmou, whose eyes seemed to reflect the stars of the Milky Way, gazed at the site of the strange phenomenon and said in a deep voice, "Let's just observe and see what happens. I have a feeling there's an extremely terrifying person inside... It's good to be prepared!"
"That would be best! I see that there are also powerful figures coming from the Great Qian Dynasty, but it's not just the Qian Emperor and Hong Xuanji. There are quite a few from those aristocratic families as well. It would be best to let them lead the charge!"
Chapter 213 The Enemy is Fierce
Inside the secret chamber of Qianlong Temple, Jiang Liu exhaled, his body rumbling. The three flowers of Heaven, Earth, and Man appeared in his consciousness. Although they were not yet physical, they were not illusory either, existing between reality and illusion. After the three flowers gathered at the top of his head, the five energies converged, and five streams of divine smoke, like dragons, soared into the sky.
His divine sense, along with the Three Flowers and Five Qi, surged into the stone embryo. The "Divine Stone Embryo" trembled violently, seemingly about to shatter everything that bound it. Jiang Liu's expression changed, and he exhaled. With a thought, the Tathagata's robe was draped over the stone embryo. As the runes flickered, the immense aura was forcefully suppressed, preventing it from leaving the stone embryo.
"That was close! I almost couldn't suppress it! It truly lives up to its reputation as a supreme treasure. I not only need to possess it and refine it into an external avatar, but I also need to observe the mysteries of its acupoints. This will greatly benefit my cultivation." This spirit stone embryo has been gestated for millions of years, and by chance, it has been nurtured into a placenta. Its acupoints are unobstructed, and it has the ability to communicate with countless stars in the vast world. At the level of a human immortal, its power is boundless. It is indeed immense, but if it is not controlled properly, it will be difficult to suppress.
"Mahavairocana Buddha, Amitabha Buddha of the past, Vajra Prajnaparamita... suppress him!"
Jiang Liu roared, and his primordial spirit surged forth. Then, a great Buddha condensed from his primordial spirit. This was not a Dharma form, but rather the foundation of divine consciousness visualization and the source of the power of the Dharma form.
Now that it was condensing, it seemed that Jiang Liu wanted to separate it and pour it into the stone embryo. Immediately, a look of exhaustion appeared on Jiang Liu's face, but he still sat upright on the ground, his body motionless.
The "Mahavairocana" within the primordial spirit gradually detached itself, as if the soul were being split apart. In an instant, the primordial spirit dimmed, and by the time the Buddha was released, the primordial spirit was already severely injured.
The giant Buddha made a mudra with its hands, uttered a Buddhist chant, and then bowed towards the river, unleashing boundless light.
With his spirit returned to its place, Jiang Liu opened his weary eyes, a slight smile appearing on his face: "The monkey will eventually become a Buddha! Then let you become a Buddha..."
Sizzle sizzle sizzle...
The Great Sun Tathagata, with its immeasurable light, vast light, and boundless heat, enveloped the stone body.
The stone embryo emitted a "sizzling... sizzling..." sound that filled the entire void. It was powerful and vigorous, like the violent sound of the hardest steel bullet shaking. Hearing this sound, even the most powerful martial saint couldn't help but feel goosebumps and tingling in his muscles.
This is the sound of shattering the void.
"All things in heaven and earth, those with nine orifices, can become immortals. The ultimate yang of heaven and earth, with its boundless divine light, permeates my will, guiding and transforming the spiritual embryo..."
A vast, majestic, and powerful voice emanated from the mouth of "Mahavairocana Tathagata," just like the Buddha in the Great Hall of Mount Ling.
The immortal being conceived within the stone embryo, though refined by Jiang Liu for forty-nine days, was not yet fully refined; a final trace of spiritual essence and a last vestige of arrogance remained. Jiang Liu intended to completely shatter its spiritual consciousness and grant it its wish.
Click, click, click...
Monkeys are all unruly, and this stone monkey is even more so. Instantly, boundless anger and arrogance erupted from the divine embryo, and cracking sounds came from the entire jade stone, as if the spiritual embryo was trying to break free from the stone's restraints and burst out of its shell.
"Infinite Light! Take..."
In an instant, light seeped into the cracks and penetrated the very core of the stone. As the light continued to seep in, the "Great Sun Tathagata" gradually became ethereal, as if it had entered the stone along with the light. Jiang Liu watched quietly as the cracks widened and began to crumble, each piece of crystalline stone falling to the ground with a sound clearer than gold and jade. Each broken piece of the divine stone also radiated a powerful masculine energy.
Even broken divine stones are the most powerful materials for forging weapons in the world. The magical artifacts and weapons forged from them are invincible and unstoppable by ghosts and gods.
Because this is the body of a divine embryo that has been nurtured for millions of years.
"Are all 360 acupoints open? It truly is a blessing from heaven and earth, born with the body of a human immortal. Hong Xuanji cultivated for a lifetime and only managed to refine 360 acupoints..." Jiang Liu pondered the stone embryo, nodding from time to time. Such enlightenment was something that could not be sought after, and every second should be cherished.
Above the Qianlong Temple, the Azure Emperor let out a series of silvery laughs. He looked like a five-year-old child, and his voice was like that of a child: "Master of the Xuantian Pavilion, Heavenly Serpent King, these family heads, the assassins and Taoists of the Great Qian Dynasty, I have captured them all. Aren't you two going to make a move? If you don't, you won't have another chance... As one of the six great holy lands, as the master of the Xuantian Pavilion, do you not even have the courage to make a move?"
Although the Azure Emperor kept provoking him, the Xuan Tian Pavilion Master and the Heavenly Serpent King did not appear, but instead seemed to be showing signs of retreat. After a long while, the Azure Emperor turned to look in the other direction, his eyes flashing with killing intent, and shouted, "Gentlemen, have you had enough of the show?"
"Haha, another master has appeared in the world. You must not be from the Great Thousand World, but from the Outer Heavens?" In the blink of an eye, a Taoist with flowing sleeves and a dark gold crown appeared in the void.
Upon seeing this Taoist priest, the Master of Xuantian Pavilion trembled, his face showing extreme surprise. He exclaimed excitedly, "It's the Ancestor, the Dark Emperor! He's been resurrected with the help of the Dark Star..."
At the same time, the Taoist priest known as "Dark Emperor" sneered, "Inside is a perfect body and a fine dwelling. If you obstruct me, I will kill you. If you hand it over, I will take you as my disciple and use it for your cultivation!"
"Dark Emperor, it's not good to hoard things. Why don't you give me that treasure below? I'll help you capture this child, and you can use the Mysterious Heaven Rebirth Technique to seize his body. But that's not good either!"
A powerful voice resounded from the void, followed by the appearance of a gate of light, from which a person walked out.
This person is not a physical human being, but rather a being formed from faith. His features are clear, with long beards on his chin and two sideburns. His eyes are filled with a chaotic flow, and occasionally a small burst of chaos will produce light, stars, and a blue sphere. On the sphere are the earth, mountains, rivers, and many people.
"That's not impossible! However, Yuan Qi Shen, you still need to offer three drops of the Evil God's blood!"
Yuanqi Shen immediately shook his head and said, "The blood of the Evil God is the most precious treasure of my Yuanqi Temple. A single drop can create a Martial Saint. I don't have three drops, but one drop is negotiable..."
"Haha..." The Azure Emperor burst into laughter, his immortal blood energy soaring into the sky. As he laughed, he gripped a large spear in his hand, pointed the spear tip at the Dark Emperor Daoist, and shouted, "Dark Emperor, Yuan Qi Shen, you two are too confident! Don't think that just because one of you is a divine soul and the other a faith avatar, even if your true forms came, I could make sure you two never return!"
"The Divine Spear of Sorrow?! How did it end up in your hands?" The Dark Emperor Daoist's gaze narrowed, his pupils turning as black as night, seemingly transforming into two black holes.
This person was the founder of the sacred Xuantian Pavilion, a successor of the Yang God master "Xuan," possessing the strength of eight tribulations of lightning. Thousands of years ago, he perished alongside the God of War "Shang." Even the Azure Emperor didn't know his true name; everyone called him "Dark Emperor." Now, he has been resurrected using the Xuantian Pavilion's supreme magical artifact, "Dark Star," and is proficient in all the martial arts and spells of the Xuantian Pavilion, possessing terrifying strength. However, due to the indelible damage he suffered in the battle with the God of War "Shang," coupled with his impending death, his strength has declined. If it were his true body, he would possess the strength of a creator at the seventh level of tribulation of lightning, while this divine soul possesses the strength of a being at the sixth level of tribulation of lightning.
Dark Emperor Daoist was once a mortal enemy of the God of War "Shang". Now, seeing the Azure Emperor holding the "Shang Mang Divine Spear", he immediately felt a nameless anger rise up.
"Not only do I have a gun, I also have armor! The Heavenly Horned God Armor!" In an instant, the hundreds of eyes on the deep purple gun suddenly began to flow, moving from the gun to the Azure Emperor's skin.
Suddenly, a layer of keratin, seemingly black and white, and as deep as the pupil of a human eye, formed on the Qingdi's snow-white, lotus-root-like skin.
This horn armor clung to his skin, fitting him perfectly and providing him with immense protection. It enveloped his entire body, making him appear as if he were a true war god descended from the heavens, from ancient times!
This "Heavenly Horned God Armor" and "Sorrowful God Spear" are a set, both weapons of the ancient war god "Sorrow", and are hidden in the hundred holes of the spear.
The Heavenly Horned Divine Armor was forged by the War God Shang from the horn of an ancient celestial dragon, ground into powder, and refined with the essence and blood of many highly skilled cultivators. It can change shape at will! Its speed of flight surpasses sound! It cannot be submerged in water or penetrated by fire. It can even withstand attacks from immortals!
"Heh heh... Even Shang was no match for me back then. What can you do with this spear and armor?" Dark Emperor Daoist's eyes suddenly flowed with endless darkness, obscuring the sky. Xuan Tian Pavilion, Dark Emperor Daoist, and even Dark Emperor's master, Yang Shen "Xuan," all cultivated the path of darkness.
"Primordial Spirit, don't hold back! Attack..."
As soon as he finished speaking, the jet-black light shot towards the Azure Emperor. Within the black light, an aura of royalty was revealed, as if the emperor had mastered the darkness.
Dark Emperor's Finger!
This is one of the highest secret techniques, a method that combines Taoist arts and martial arts.
The Azure Emperor thrust forward with the "Sorrowful Light Divine Spear," three times the size of his own body, striking the black light directly. The two lights collided instantly, a wave of energy sweeping across the sky.
The spear in his hand paused, clearly indicating the immense power of the black light. And then, the attack from the Primordial Spirit arrived.
The Primordial Spirit God, the sole deity in Western religions, is the supreme god of the Essence Temple, one of the six holy lands. After three thousand years of cultivation, he has reached the edge of becoming human. Once he takes that step, he will possess the strength of someone who has undergone seven tribulations.
As soon as this move was made, a deafening roar of cannons suddenly filled the world.
Destroy everything!
Chapter 214 The Birth of the Stone Monkey
Amidst the thunderous roar of cannons, the five rings of light behind the Azure Emperor's head flashed, and countless mysterious runes appeared around his body. Among them, the five characters "Ji, Sheng, Lei, Wu, Sha" were faintly discernible, guarding the four directions. At this moment, a beam of light as thick as an arm shot out from the palm of the Primordial God.
It points directly to the Green Emperor.
The beam of light appeared, and even the sun seemed to dim in its presence.
This light was born solely for destruction.
Especially the booming cannon fire, which sounded like countless things exploding within the beam of light.
Upon hearing the cannon fire, the Azure Emperor had a feeling that it must have been the sound of stars exploding in the sky in ancient times.
In this vast world, among the countless stars in the universe, some stars, after billions of years, reach the end of their lifespan and explode with a loud bang, emitting a cannon-like sound. Those with great supernatural powers who hear this sound are all shaken to their core, even the Creator who has undergone seven tribulations of lightning.
This is an irresistible destruction.
Now that this beam of light has appeared, it actually contains the sound of ancient stars exploding, which shows its power, enough to destroy everything.
In heaven and on earth, there is only one Taoist technique with such power, and that is the "Three Realms Primordial Qi Cannon" of the Primordial Qi God.
With boundless primordial energy and divine power, it simulates the deafening roar of an ancient star at the end of its lifespan. Tearing everything apart, nothing can stop it.