Since the Old Immortal Nan Hua has been watching calmly the whole time and has not intervened to stop them from setting up the formation, things are unlikely to go smoothly.
"Have all those who were supposed to come arrived?" Old Immortal Nanhua glanced at the powerful figures present and said indifferently, "Very well, as long as we kill you all here, we will surely weaken the martial power level of the Divine Land. At that time, we can naturally take action to restore our land and offer sacrifices to the Yellow Heaven!"
The so-called "Heaven sees as the people see, Heaven hears as the people hear" refers to the will of Heaven. The will of Heaven is shrouded in mystery and can be influenced by the will of the people. Therefore, in the previous worlds, Wang Xuan gathered the will of the people to challenge the will of Heaven and severely damaged it in one fell swoop.
However, the main world is different from the worlds Wang Xuan had experienced before. It is a mythological world where the will of heaven has evolved into the Dao of Heaven and is no longer affected by the will of the people.
Trying to rally public opinion to challenge the heavens is utterly useless. Instead, directly worshipping the Yellow Heaven allows one to nourish it with the thoughts of all living beings, thus strengthening its power.
The Xuan Tian and Huang Tian have been vying for supremacy for thousands of years, yet the Xuan Tian has never been able to annihilate the Huang Tian. If the Huang Tian were to grow even slightly stronger, the difficulty of destroying it in the future would increase significantly.
"You, Old Immortal Nanhua, also want to use this to wipe us out? Show us what your trump cards are!" Lu Bu roared to the sky, his presence unmistakable, showing no sign that he had joined the group midway.
Chapter 166 The Eight Views Palace, the Seven Star Dragon Abyss Sword!
The battle had evolved from a siege of Dong Zhuo into a contest between Xuan Tian and Huang Tian.
Just as Xuan Tian was able to bring over top martial arts experts like Huang Zhong, Wang Yue, and Tong Yuan, Huang Tian could naturally also mobilize immortal experts.
Of course, those powerful immortals could choose not to come, but that would mean losing the favor of the Yellow Heaven. The immortal path is already suppressed by the Xuan Heaven; if they were to lose the Yellow Heaven's favor, they would find it impossible to move an inch in the main world.
"Zuo Ci, Yu Ji, it's your turn to step forward!" Old Immortal Nanhua said with a sneer, "Today, let these martial arts masters witness the power of our immortal cultivators!"
The yellow light above the head of the Old Immortal of Nanhua trembled, and two more Taoist priests emerged from it. These two were Zuo Ci and Yu Ji, who, along with the Old Immortal of Nanhua, were known as the Three Immortals of the Late Han Dynasty.
Of course, Zuo Ci and Yu Ji's power was not comparable to that of the Old Immortal of Nanhua, but they had also reached a level of cultivation comparable to the perfect realm of Heaven and Man.
With Zuo Ci and Yu Ji assisting them, Nan Hua Lao Xian and his group were able to withstand the Seven Star Demon-Slaying Formation set up by Lü Bu and others.
"You were indeed prepared!" Sword Saint Wang Yue frowned and said, "With the three of you working together, you can at most fight us to a draw, you definitely don't have the power to kill us. Show us what other trump cards you have."
Nan Hua Lao Xian just sneered. Now that it was a life-or-death struggle, why would he be foolish enough to reveal his trump card?
A great battle erupted instantly. The Old Immortal of Nanhua made a move that could pluck stars and seize the moon, and countless starlight crashed down on the Chang'an Imperial Palace.
"Seven Star Demon-Slaying Formation, activate!"
Wang Yue, Tong Yuan, Lü Bu, Huang Zhong, and four others exerted their power simultaneously, transforming into a seven-star diagram. The starlight in the sky was completely swallowed up by the seven-star diagram, leaving not a ripple.
Zuo Ci and Yu Ji also made their moves at the same time, each summoning a flying sword. Both swords were top-grade magic weapons, even superior to Wang Xuan's Azure Nether Sword.
Suddenly, two sword lights, one green and one purple, appeared, crisscrossing each other as if they could cleave space, making one's eyes sting just by looking at them from afar.
"These old Taoist priests are indeed wealthy; they even have top-grade flying swords protecting them." Wang Xuan looked on with great envy. Although he possessed the Kunlun Mirror and the Burial Coffin, while the power that those two spiritual treasures could unleash was immense, the amount of magical power they required was also extremely astonishing.
Given Wang Xuan's current cultivation level, it is more appropriate for him to use magic weapons, so he uses the Azure Nether Sword most of the time.
Wang Yun had already walked up to Wang Xuan at some point. Hearing what Wang Xuan had just said, he said in a deep voice, "Although there are many more flying swords of this grade than spiritual treasures, each one has its own story."
"If I'm not mistaken, these two flying swords are Purple Lightning and Frost."
Purple Lightning and Clear Frost are both flying swords with remarkable origins, rumored to have been forged from two dragons.
Just as Wang Xuan was feeling sentimental, the battle situation gradually changed. The two flying swords, Purple Lightning and Frost, were blocked by the Seven Star Diagram. The Seven Star Diagram seemed to be able to suppress the world, and no one could stop it.
However, after unleashing more than a dozen divine powers in succession, the Old Immortal of Nanhua suddenly reached out and threw out a stream of light. The stream of light rapidly grew larger, transforming into a palace.
This palace has nine floors and is octagonal in shape, corresponding to the Taoist Bagua diagram. On the top floor, there is a plaque with three large characters: Bajing Palace!
Unexpectedly, the Old Immortal of Nanhua actually possessed the Eight Views Palace, a supreme treasure crafted by Laozi Li Er. Its power was no less than that of the Six Classics of Confucianism, and perhaps even slightly stronger.
Each of the Six Confucian Classics is merely a top-grade spiritual treasure; all six must be combined to unleash their power comparable to a spiritual treasure. However, the Eight Views Palace before them is already a genuine spiritual treasure.
The Old Immortal of Nanhua was extremely secretive. He clearly possessed the magical treasure, the Eight Views Palace, but he never used it during his great battle with the great Confucian scholar Zheng Xuan. He even risked injury to retreat in order to conceal his true abilities!
The power of the Eight Trigrams Palace, activated by the Nan Hua Old Immortal's supernatural abilities, was simply astonishing. With a single strike of the Eight Trigrams Palace, the Seven Star Array formed by the ten martial arts experts cracked, its light dimmed, and it was on the verge of shattering within a few breaths.
"Oh no! I never expected that Laozi's Eight Trigrams Palace would fall into the hands of the Old Immortal Nanhua!" A voice exclaimed from within the Seven Star Diagram: "This must be the Old Immortal Nanhua's trump card. Let's reveal our trump cards too!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the Seven Star Array Diagram shone brightly, and the seven stars seemed to come alive, transforming directly into a giant sword shadow.
Clang!
The crisp sound of swords echoed between heaven and earth. After the sword shadows collided with the Eight Views Palace, they retreated back to each other.
It was only then that Wang Xuan realized that the Seven Star Sword Shadows that Wang Yue and Tong Yuan had transformed into were not purely illusory; there was a divine sword mixed in among them, which was why they were able to withstand the power of the Eight Trigrams Palace.
"What kind of treasure is this?"
Wang Xuan's doubts remained only in his mind, but perhaps by coincidence, the Old Immortal Nan Hua exclaimed in surprise: "You have actually found this divine artifact, the Seven Star Dragon Abyss Sword, a divine sword that has been lost for over ten thousand years!"
"That's right, this is indeed the Seven Star Dragon Abyss Sword. With this divine weapon in hand, it's enough to contend with your Eight Trigrams Palace!"
Both sides abandoned their fancy supernatural powers and spells, and each activated a magical artifact to clash with each other.
"boom!"
Both the Eight Views Palace and the Seven Star Dragon Abyss Sword are divine artifacts of the spiritual treasure level. At this moment, their full power was unleashed, even creating a gap in space.
You must understand that this is the main world. The space in the main world is incredibly solid, and even experts at the peak of their supernatural powers might not be able to break through it.
The power unleashed when these two divine artifacts collided was three times stronger than the full-force attack of an ordinary master at the peak of supernatural powers, equivalent to the level of a half-step god or demon!
The aftershocks from the collision of the two divine artifacts swept in all directions and were about to hit the palace, but a light screen rose up inside the palace and blocked the aftershocks.
Chang'an was the capital of the Western Han Dynasty. Even after Emperor Guangwu restored the dynasty and moved the capital to Luoyang, Chang'an still existed as a secondary capital, and the array formations and restrictions in the imperial palace were not abandoned.
At this moment, these formations and restrictions were activated, blocking the aftershocks of the great battle in the sky.
"It seems the outcome of this great battle is uncertain, and I will still need to take action." Wang Xuan sighed softly, and his Xuan Yin avatar, carrying the Burial Coffin, soared into the heavens.
"Gentlemen, the Seven Star Dragon Abyss Sword and the Eight Trigrams Palace are of comparable power, so I will offer another divine artifact!"
Chapter 167 Robbery and Run
Wang Xuan's Xuan Yin avatar suddenly appeared on the battlefield, which alerted both sides in the great battle.
Without pausing, the Xuan Yin incarnation immediately activated the Burial World Coffin to bombard the Eight Views Palace of the Old Immortal Nan Hua, demonstrating its stance.
The Burial Coffin was of the same grade as the Eight Trigrams Palace, but the Xuan Yin Incarnation's cultivation was only comparable to the mid-stage of the Celestial Realm, far weaker than the Nan Hua Old Immortal, who was at the Divine Power Realm. Moreover, the Eight Trigrams Palace was not being activated by the Nan Hua Old Immortal alone, but by the combined efforts of the Three Immortals of the Late Han Dynasty!
The bronze coffin of the Burial World was sent flying, and the Xuan Yin incarnation also spat out a mouthful of blood. His powerful zombie body was about to shatter, and his body was covered with porcelain-like cracks.
Fortunately, most of the power of the Eight Views Palace was used to counter the Seven Star Dragon Abyss Sword; otherwise, Wang Xuan's avatar might have perished.
Wang Yue, Tong Yuan, and the others were greatly moved upon seeing this, exclaiming in surprise, "Another spiritual treasure has been born?!"
"But what is this magical treasure? Why have I never heard of it before?"
Even in this world where gods and demons roam, the number of spiritual treasures is extremely limited. Every spiritual treasure is famous throughout the ages, and there are almost no spiritual treasures that are not known to the world.
However, although everyone was surprised, it was not unacceptable.
Soon, a massive surge of magical power emanated from the Seven Star Array Diagram and poured into the Burial Coffin, causing it to shine brightly.
"Trying to gather the power of two spiritual treasures to attack me? Don't even think about it!" Nan Hua Lao Xian's face was somewhat ugly. He reached out and slapped the Burial World Coffin from afar. A golden magical power rushed out from his palm and was also injected into the Burial World Coffin.
Both sides wanted to seize the Burial Coffin to kill their enemies, and even Wang Yue, Tong Yuan, and others were no exception.
Because the sudden appearance of the Xuan Yin incarnation was impossible for them to trust, only by taking control of the Burial World Coffin could they eliminate all the variables.
There may be some dark motives involved, after all, the Burial Coffin is a spiritual treasure, and who wouldn't want to possess it?
Wang Xuan frowned slightly, but inwardly he sneered. Did they really think he had only obtained a magical treasure by chance, and that someone could just take it away from him?
Logically speaking, only those with supernatural powers can initially refine a spiritual treasure. Their idea is not wrong in common sense, but how can Wang Xuan be compared to ordinary people?
He's practically a cheat code. He even has a Xuan Tian Will at home, which, with its perfected divine power, is assisting in the refining process. He has already completed the initial refining of the Burial World Coffin.
At this point, it would be absolutely impossible for anyone to steal the bronze coffin used for burial.
"Burial Coffin, open the coffin and bury the world!" With a thought, Wang Xuan's Xuan Yin avatar roared and fully activated the power of the Burial Coffin.
Whether it was the magical power from Nan Hua Lao Xian or the magical power from Wang Yue, Tong Yuan, and others, it all entered the Burial World Coffin. The Burial World Coffin accepted all comers and instantly absorbed all of this magical power.
Click!
The coffin lid of the Burial World Coffin opened, and a black demonic light that buried everything emanated from it, striking directly at Nan Hua Lao Xian, Zuo Ci, and Yu Ji.
This attack combined the magical power of both sides, so the power unleashed by the Burial Coffin was terrifying, and the Eight Views Palace was once again restrained by the Seven Star Dragon Abyss Sword.
"boom!"
A deafening roar echoed through the heavens, and Zuo Ci and Yu Ji, two immortal masters comparable to the perfected realm of the Celestials, perished. Only the Old Immortal of Nanhua survived, but he was in a very sorry state.
Neither Zuo Ci nor Yu Ji possessed talent inferior to that of the Old Immortal of Nan Hua; their only deficiency was time for cultivation. If given another one or two hundred years, by the time the three kingdoms of the main world were established, they would most likely have reached the realm of supernatural powers.
However, all of this was obliterated by Wang Xuan. The Burial Coffin struck Zuo Ci and Yu Ji, shattering them into pieces, leaving them utterly dead.
Of course, the main world has an extremely high level of martial arts, and perhaps Zuo Ci and Yu Ji have also left behind resurrection methods, which is something Wang Xuan could not have predicted.
"How dare you! You actually killed two of my fellow Daoists! I swear I will not rest until I kill you in the future!" Old Immortal Nanhua was furious and quickly cast a mark at the Xuan Yin avatar.
The Xuan Yin Avatar hurriedly used the Burial World Coffin to defend itself, but the mark seemed illusory, passing directly through the Burial World Coffin and striking the Xuan Yin Avatar's chest.
The expected fierce attack did not come; instead, a Bagua mark appeared on the chest of the Xuan Yin incarnation.
It turns out that the mark left by the Old Immortal Nanhua had no offensive power; it only had the function of locking onto and tracking targets. It seems the Old Immortal Nanhua planned to wait until the Xuan Yin incarnation was alone before pursuing and killing him.
Wang Xuan sneered. Under his mental control, the Xuan Yin avatar reached out and slapped the bronze coffin of the Burial World. A powerful suction force immediately came from the bronze coffin, swallowing the remains of Zuo Ci and Yu Ji into the coffin.
In fact, what was sucked in by the Copper Coffin of Burial World was not only the remains of Zuo Ci and Yu Ji, but also their natal flying swords - Zi Dian and Qing Shuang!
Having obtained two top-grade magical flying swords, Xuan Yin's avatar knew when to stop, and turned to flee with the Burial World Coffin on his back.
Although the defeat of the Old Immortal of Nanhua is now certain, who knows if Wang Yue, Tong Yuan and others will try to seize the Burial Coffin afterward?
With his cultivation at the mid-stage of the Xuan Yin Avatar Celestial Realm, he could only unleash the full power of the Celestial Realm Perfection when activating the Burial World Coffin. If he were surrounded and attacked by those martial arts experts, he would most likely be doomed.
After flying hundreds of miles away, the Xuan Yin avatar disappeared into thin air. It turned out that it had used the power of the Eternal Tower of Heaven and Earth to directly travel to the Xuan Tian World.
As for Wang Xuan's main body, it was still safe. When he released the Xuan Yin Avatar, Nan Hua Lao Xian, Wang Yue, and Tong Yuan were all focused on using their spiritual treasures to attack it and couldn't pay attention to anything else, so they naturally didn't notice where the Xuan Yin Avatar came from.
However, for safety reasons, Wang Xuan will not stay in the main world for long; the Xuan Tian World is his true home ground.
The sudden escape of the Xuan Yin Avatar surprised both sides of the powerful figures present, but they quickly guessed what the Xuan Yin Avatar was thinking.
"I, the Daoist Nanhua, admit defeat today. I will seek revenge on you in the future!" The Old Immortal Nanhua had just been bombarded by the Copper Coffin of Burial World. Although he managed to resist, he had already suffered serious injuries. Moreover, his two henchmen were dead. If the fight continued, he would definitely not be a match for a group of martial arts experts.
So after uttering a harsh statement, he plunged into the Eight Views Palace, urging it to transform into a streak of light and flee towards the horizon.