Today's battle truly lived up to its reputation. Although the "Brahma Wheel" did not appear, it was still possible to glimpse its power within the Brahma family patriarch's "Six Paths of Brahma".
"As expected of the divine power that even Hong Xuanji's Wheel of Life and Death can evolve into, the Six Paths of Brahma, is indeed quite interesting... Splitting into Shadows, how can such an illusion deceive my eyes? Watch me kill you!"
I'll kill you!
Jiang Liu spoke casually, and instantly, ten thousand sword lights burst forth from the Milky Way.
There's no need to distinguish; just use a crude and simple method to break it down.
"Still trying to run?"
When the Wu family patriarch's supernatural powers were broken and he was enveloped by endless sword light, he finally understood what terror was.
At the same time, Ao Luan unleashed the "Yin Thunder Phosphorescent Gourd." The purple gourd spewed forth billowing black clouds, accompanied by endless Yin Thunder, which raged towards the Wu family patriarch. The overwhelming Yin Thunder enveloped the Wu family patriarch's true form.
Boom!
The Wu family patriarch's "Fractal Shadow Transformation" technique was first broken by Jiang Liu's Star River Myriad Swords, and then he was enveloped by Yin Lightning. Several bright lights flashed on his body, which were obviously protective magic treasures, but they were of no use. He was severely injured before he could even recover.
Then Jiang Liu slashed out from a distance, and he fell instantly, his fate unknown.
Dragon Girl Ao Luan spun the "Yin Thunder Phosphorescent Gourd" and aimed it at the fire phoenix. Then, with a flick of her hand, a long, clear light flew straight over, followed by a blood-red longsword adorned with roses. The swordsmanship was exquisite and powerful, bursting forth with intense sword energy, and thrusting towards the fire phoenix.
"Shattering the void! Oh no! The Brahma Wheel!"
The Star River Myriad Swords technique was no challenge for the Brahma Clan Head, but Jiang Liu's "Shaking Word Technique" and "Severing Word Technique," which shattered the void, sent chills down his spine. As Jiang Liu unleashed his "Severing Word Technique," the Brahma Clan Head sensed danger and violently flicked his hand, summoning a magical artifact. It was a six-colored wheel-shaped artifact, spinning and emitting a tinkling sound that made one forget everything, as if about to be reincarnated.
This six-colored treasure wheel actually blocked Jiang Liu's "Severing Word Technique," seemingly swallowing the sword light into the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
However, the head of the Fan family frowned deeply, his whole face contorted in a ferocious expression, and the six-colored wheel-shaped magic weapon in front of him suddenly let out a mournful cry.
Then, you can see that it is covered with cracks, as if it is about to break.
"Ah...Quickly, let's go! Please, Ancestor, bring Brahma Ancestor's 'Brahma Wheel' to kill him!"
Instantly, six pitch-black holes appeared around the body of the Fan family patriarch, their interiors shrouded in chaos. At the same moment these black holes appeared, his body was about to disappear into them.
This is an extremely sophisticated escape technique, likely related to the supernatural power of the "Six Paths of Brahma." The six openings seem to connect to a small world. The head of the Brahma family intends to use this small world to escape this dangerous place.
"Heh... Now that you're here, why leave so soon! Stay here!"
A metal sphere instantly crashed into the six black holes, completely destroying the entrance. The head of the Fan family, however, had half his body enter an unknown small world, while the other half remained under the attack of the "Death Star."
In an instant, those two legs, plus half of his buttocks, turned into a cloud of blood mist.
"He actually escaped! The Six Paths of Brahma? I need to go to Da Gan Brahma Continent sometime to see the real 'Brahma Wheel'..."
With this in mind, he did not pursue the fleeing head of the Fan family, but instead prepared to capture the fire phoenix.
At this moment, the head of the Wang family was being held back by Ao Luan, and the two were evenly matched.
With Jiang Liu's intervention, everything was swift and decisive, and he captured the enemy in one fell swoop. He then directly searched the Wang family's secret techniques, finding numerous methods for cultivating acupoints and even some fire-based supernatural abilities. As for the fallen Wu family patriarch, he was decapitated, utterly dead.
Chapter 232 The Dragon's Graveyard (Part 1)
In this vast world, the heads of the four great families, who once held sway over the world, are either dead or have fled.
Jiang Liu finally had time to collect the alligator shell and prepare to integrate it into the "Death Star".
"Nine Palaces Alligator Dragon! Capture it for me!"
He immediately summoned the metal sphere "Death Star," which transformed into a large celestial body. A tremendous gravitational force emanated from it, attempting to draw the alligator dragon's shell into the sphere.
At the same time, Jiang Liu's primordial spirit also exerted its power, controlling the nine array eyes of the Nine Palaces Array.
This "Yanfu Grand Array" had been untouched for thousands of years, and the nine treasures that suppressed its core had been removed, leaving it entirely at Jiang Liu's disposal. With a slight control from Jiang Liu's primordial spirit, the grand array, spanning dozens of miles and resembling a small island, constantly shifted as it was refined.
Buzz buzz buzz buzz buzz!
The entire tortoise shell was trembling violently, and then it merged with the "Death Star," actually enveloping the entire celestial body.
At this moment, the "Death Star" had begun to evolve into a true planet, the essence of which lies in its core. Jiang Liu used the "Dark Star," forged by the ancient Yang God "Xuan," as its core, and incorporated it into the remains of the Sky City. During the collision with the Ship of Creation, they merged and, using the force of the impact, reshaped themselves.
Today, the outer core is covered by a shell resembling that of the mythical beast, the alligator dragon.
It contains all sorts of mysterious powers.
First, there is the power of the Nine Palaces, which constitutes nine smaller worlds. Although the Death Star's volume doesn't appear to have increased much, its area has increased ninefold.
These nine worlds are independent of each other, yet interconnected. The treasures were re-suppressed into the array's core, with Ao Luan receiving the "Yin Thunder Phosphorescent Gourd" and the "Six Yang Fire Dragon Mirror," while Jiang Liu replaced them with the "Haotian Mirror" and five thunder dragons, their power undiminished.
The "Yanfu Grand Formation" reappears on the "Death Star". In the future, when facing enemies, it can not only violently ram them, but also draw people into the Nine Palaces Grand Formation and use the formation to kill them.
Furthermore, due to the existence of the Five Elements Thunder Dragons, the power of the "Yanfu Grand Array" has risen to a new level. If each of the nine minor worlds were to be transformed and elevated, even the Creator would be lost within them.
Within the central palace, five thunder dragons coil, forming the world of thunder. The Qian palace represents earth, the Li palace fire, the Kan palace water, the Kun palace wood, and the Gen palace mountain…
This nine-palace world contains all the elements of the world.
Jiang Liu stared at the "Death Star" in his palm, lost in thought for a long time. The metal sphere had now changed drastically, displaying various patterns, each occupying a different area.
Correspondingly, these are the nine smaller worlds within the Nine Palaces Grand Array.
"This is merely moving the Yama Array of the Dragon Shell onto the Death Star, not what I wanted... To fully digest this shell and truly integrate it into the Death Star, it seems it will take a long time, step by step. Rome wasn't built in a day, and Rome wasn't built in a day either. First, I need to complete the construction of these nine small worlds, and then integrate them all into the Death Star. At that time, the Death Star will definitely be no less powerful than the Ark of Creation or the Eternal Kingdom. Perhaps, it can even evolve into a Middle Thousand World!"
With this in mind, Jiang Liu stopped worrying about how to build the "Death Star" and instead looked at the revealed Dragon Graveyard.
The Dragon Graveyard is the last place where the dragon race survived after the ancient times.
The division between the ancient and prehistoric eras is based on the chronology established by Panhuang after unifying the Tianzhou region.
In the primordial era, the world was not unified. Common people, ancient gods and demons, giant monsters, and great demons lived together, making it a place where "humans, gods, immortals, demons, and monsters" coexisted.
"The era of dancing together. In that time, there were no rules of etiquette, and everything was based on strength. Ordinary people without supernatural powers were food for those ancient demons and giant monsters, just like pigs fed by humans today."
In the primordial era, Panhuang was already an unparalleled master, a being cultivated by humankind. However, at that time, the most powerful force in the primordial era was not the cultivators, but the dragons! Dragons were essentially high above, ruling vast territories. Panhuang saw the suffering of humankind, so he taught them to cultivate Taoist arts and practice martial arts to strengthen their bodies. Eventually, they grew powerful, annihilating countless demons and gods, and finally even defeating the dragons, driving the dragon race into the void beyond the heavens, thus establishing humankind's dominant position on earth.
The final dwelling place of the dragons was this small world, which later generations called the "Dragon Graveyard".
In the vast world, the dragon race has become extinct, and there is no true dragon left in the world.
The Dragon's Graveyard is located amidst the sea of stars, its exact location known to few in the world. Only the Heavenly Dragon Path possesses a few pieces of information, which they keep secret!
Eight hundred years ago, the philosophers of the Middle Ages traveled through the stars and spread their teachings beyond the heavens. Some of them, by chance, encountered the "Dragon's Graveyard." However, at that time, the energy of the "Yanfu Array" set up by the powerful dragon race had not yet dissipated, so even the Creator could not enter it. He could only record the information and pass it on to future generations.
Thus, the patriarchs of the four great families joined forces to venture deep into the starry sea and explore the "Dragon's Graveyard"!
Eight hundred years later, even the philosophers could not predict what would happen eight hundred years later, so Jiang Liu was the only one who benefited.
The most precious item in this small instance is the alligator shell of the "Yanfu Array". The nine treasures at the array's core are also quite valuable. After that, there are the dragon corpses in the Dragon Graveyard.
The dragon scales and dragon souls inside are important materials for forging divine weapons and armor. For example, the "Heavenly Horned Divine Armor" is made of dragon scales and dragon bones, covering the entire body. It is waterproof and fireproof, providing amazing defense and even granting the user the ability to fly.
Moreover, Jiang Liu also knew that there were a thousand complete dragon corpses inside, as well as the corpse of the Ancestral Dragon.
Even in the ancient Panhuang era, no one had the power to produce so many precious refining materials from a thousand true dragon corpses. Nowadays, even a single dragon corpse is beyond rare; it's practically nonexistent.
How terrifying would it be if these thousand dragon corpses were forged into armor of the "Heavenly Horned God Armor" level? Especially since there are a thousand dragon corpses, enough to make a thousand suits of armor.
A thousand sets of "Heavenly Light Horned God Armor"—just thinking about it made Jiang Liu smile. You see, even a sixth-stage Tribulation expert would be severely injured, or even annihilated, if suddenly attacked by ten Martial Saints clad in such armor, or a team of hundreds of Grandmasters at the peak of martial arts.
As for the even stronger "Imperial Heaven Beginning Dragon Armor," Jiang Liu had seen this supreme armor, the battle robe of an ancient holy emperor, and it was no less impressive than the "Buddha's Kasaya." It was forged by the ancient holy emperor "Pan," using the body and soul of the ancient dragon clan's powerful "Beginning Dragon."
Within the Dragon Graveyard lies the corpse of the "Ancestral Dragon," which is in no way inferior to the "Primordial Dragon." This is an unparalleled and unique material for refining weapons!
Jiang Liu couldn't help but think of the armor-making people under Emperor Yang Pan of the Great Gan Dynasty: "Having the materials isn't enough; we also need people who can forge armor. A thousand Heavenly Horned Divine Armors, plus the Azure Emperor's Divine Power Seed and fanatical followers, are enough to make us invincible! Yang Pan, it seems I'll have to go and snatch your people!"
Chapter 233 The Dragon's Graveyard (Part 2)
Jiang Liu refined the "Yanfu Grand Array" into the "Death Star," and with the array broken, the scenery before them changed drastically, and everything became clear. In the chaotic void, a hazy space with a radius of a hundred miles also appeared.
Through this hazy space, Jiang Liu seemed to see a huge sphere inside, like a star, suspended in the air.
A planet! This is the world Jiang Liu can understand! How exactly did the vast world of the Yang God come about? It remains unknown!
In this vast world, no one knows how high the sky is, nor how thick the earth is. Even the ancient sage emperors and the philosophers of the Middle Ages had no answers. Legend has it that deep within that depth lies a layer of magma, beneath which lies the true energy of the earth's fiends, and beneath that energy lie countless strange and wondrous things. And above, there is the chaotic void, the realm beyond the heavens.
Heaven is round and earth is square, boundless and endless—this is the Great Thousand World. No one knows the end of this world; even the ancient Yang Gods could not fathom its depths. And the four continents of the Journey to the West world also constitute a Great Thousand World… just as infinitely large and infinitely far!
Both are the same; they are both part of the vast world!
Ao Luan stared blankly at the enormous planet and said, "This world is actually round? The Primordial Dragon's Graveyard? It's actually a round continent? Not the Great Thousand World?"
"Under the same starry sky, there will never be another Great Thousand World!" Jiang Liu seemed to understand something, then looked up at the front. Faintly, on this huge star sphere, there were mountains and rivers, flowers, trees, palaces, and even what appeared to be oceans and land.
This is the "Ancient Dragon's Tomb" guarded by the "Yanfu World".
The two flew toward the giant planet, and Jiang Liu immediately felt a huge gravitational force pulling him toward the star.
Jiang Liu could easily break free from this level of power. However, he allowed it to attach itself to his body and then plunged violently into the "Dragon's Graveyard".
Suddenly, the planet expanded rapidly before their eyes, eventually becoming boundless and transforming into a vast landmass that had fallen hundreds of thousands of feet! Jiang Liu and Ao Luan finally descended from the chaotic void onto this celestial sphere.
An endless expanse of land unfolded before my eyes.
"This is a middle-thousand world! I wonder if it was transformed from some ancient dragon clan powerhouse!" Ao Luan, as the sect leader of the Heavenly Dragon Path, knew many secrets.
"Transformed from a powerful dragon? How can you have such a thought? Isn't this Middle Thousand World generated on its own in the Star Sea?" Although Jiang Liu had achieved success in cultivation, some of his ideas were deeply ingrained and solidified by the scientific theories of his previous life.
Seeing Jiang Liu's confusion, Ao Luan explained, "The ability to differentiate thoughts, where a single thought becomes a world, is the supernatural power that allowed one to overcome the fourth tribulation. As the Buddhist scriptures say, 'Thus have I heard: One flower, one fruit, one leaf; one thought, one world. A small chiliocosm is a medium chiliocosm; countless medium chiliocosms are a great chiliocosm…'"
"According to legend, the 480 million thoughts of a Yang God master, when combined, can form a small world, and when combined again, can transform into a medium world."
However, after transforming into the Middle Thousand Worlds, the Yang God experts no longer exist.
After Ao Luan explained it this way, Jiang Liu could understand. In ancient mythology, after Pangu separated heaven and earth, his body became the earth and his blood became rivers... He eventually perished. Pangu transformed into the Great Thousand Worlds, which is incomparable to the creation of the Middle Thousand Worlds by this Yang God.
Even within the Journey to the West universe, Jiang Liu isn't certain whether Pangu truly created the world, but Nuwa is a real figure, as are the Three Pure Ones. This myth is therefore highly credible.
The world here is vastly different from the worldview of his previous life. Jiang Liu still doesn't understand its mysteries, and can only keep them to himself and keep them to himself.
"This ancient dragon's tomb is neither very big nor very small. I wonder where those dragon scales and that bone are hidden?" Ao Luan said.
Above the azure sky, Jiang Liu and Ao Luan traveled on the wind. Ao Luan could scan an area several miles in radius with a single thought, but compared to the vastness of a planet, searching in this way was far too slow.
If the dragon's tomb is hidden deep, it might not be found for a year or two.
Jiang Liu laughed and said, "I know where it is! Follow me!"
The sky was high and the clouds were light, a gentle breeze was blowing. This planet, which the dragons considered their last refuge, was certainly not a barren land, but a world suitable for survival. Looking down, Jiang Liu saw mountains and rivers rising one after another, rivers and lakes connecting to the ocean, and dense forests. From time to time, large whales would spout seawater on the ocean, and many strange and wonderful animals lived and thrived in the forests.