Chapter 1 The Unyielding

As Heaven's movement is ever vigorous, so must a gentleman strive for self-improvement.

Heaven only helps those who help themselves. No one is obligated to save you, and no one is necessarily anyone's ‘savior’.

An Qisheng had understood this principle in his previous life.

If he could, he would sweep away everything. But he ultimately could not stay in this world forever.

"Forget it."

Seeing An Qisheng close his eyes, Ying San did not say more, but sighed deeply, "I wonder if my old bones can lure out the person you are waiting for..."

With that, he turned and left, descending the Tongtian Tower.

He could not understand An Qisheng's current state of mind, his thoughts, but he could not simply watch him like this.

"Master, the person outside is quite arrogant. Let me go and kill them all!"

Azure water surged, and Zhu Dahai walked out from within. This lake was a spiritual lake condensed by An Qisheng with great power.

It was used to cleanse his bloodline.

The spiritual fish in the lake were transformed after being contaminated by his bloodline aura, and their taste was extremely delicious.

"You haven't learned much from traveling the mortal world, but you've learned a lot of theatrical scripts."

An Qisheng didn't even lift his eyes, and replied faintly:

"If you want to go, then go."

"Huh?"

Zhu Dahai originally thought that the master would refuse, but he was overjoyed to hear this answer. He shook his sleeves and left the Tongtian Tower.

Halfway there, he suddenly remembered something.

He stretched out a hand, and his already burly body swelled up again. His large hand, like covering the sky, grabbed a thick, ink-black chain from the dim void.

With just a pull, a startled and angry dragon roar echoed in the void: "You big oaf, what are you doing?!"

"Come with me to fight!"

Zhu Dahai's physique was extremely strong, and his strength was unparalleled. Even though Ao Guang roared repeatedly, he was still forcibly dragged out of the Tongtian Tower.

He was filled with anger and resentment. What did this have to do with him?

......

Boom!

The sea of blood surged, becoming even more turbulent!

Once the Blood Sea Nether River Grand Formation was set up, it severed the connection between heaven and earth, isolating the inside from the outside, and creating a new world within the formation.

Everything within it would be eroded by the blood energy, and then become a part of the blood sea, including magical treasures and spiritual energy.

Therefore, it was not obvious at first, but the more they fought, the more experts took action, the more terrifying the blood sea became.

Until the blood sea covered the sky, completely filling this grand formation.

Beneath the violent blood color, the mountains and rivers were all dimmed. Only the array light outside Da Shi Mountain did not retreat. The imperial-level formation that had been passed down for millions of years was emitting its last rays of light.

The blood sea became more and more terrifying, making the many disciples in Da Shi Mountain pale.

More than a dozen Marquis-level powerhouses, including Qi Cang, were all caught in bitter battles.

A full dozen Marquis-level powerhouses were surrounded by Zhu Kong alone, and were suppressed to the point of being in constant danger.

"If this blood sea doesn't dry up, we will never be able to kill him!"

A master coughed blood and retreated, his face pale.

The terror of being immortal and indestructible was difficult for ordinary people to imagine. If you couldn't kill him, he would naturally be unscrupulous.

Zhu Kong shattered in the blood sea time and time again, but each time he shattered, he burst out with extremely terrifying神通 (Shentong - divine power) ripples, under the blessing of the blood sea.

Anyone, even the two Supreme Elders of Da Shi Mountain who held King-Sealing spiritual treasures, had to change their expressions and retreat, unable to resist at all.

"Why hasn't Emperor Yuanyang taken action?"

A thought of doubt arose in Qi Cang's mind, and then he heard a cold and stern voice resounding in his ears:

"You dare to be distracted at this time?!"

He was suddenly startled, and before he could retreat, he was sent flying, and with a flash of divine light, he slapped out a large wave in the blood sea.

"The power of the blood sea is truly unimaginable."

Zhu Kong's expression also changed as he repelled more than a dozen Marquis-level figures with one strike. He could not help but sigh with emotion.

He and Xie Zhi had only come into contact with this grand formation, and they could not control or manipulate it at all, but even a trivial bit of mobilization.

It had already made these talented and highly cultivated masters exhausted.

If he could completely control this grand formation, with a single thought, he could turn hundreds of thousands of miles of mountains and rivers into pus and blood, right?

In fact, he had seen that Blood Spring Lord take action before. A streak of blood light pierced through the air, and from across the star sea, it turned a life star with trillions of creatures into a purgatory blood sea.

Completely ignoring any formations, spiritual treasures, or powerhouses on that life star.

The strength of the blood sea did not lie in its power, but in the fact that it was completely restrained and could corrode everything and turn it into its own use.

The blood sea tide devoured all divine power and spiritual energy.

No matter how strong their spiritual treasures and Shentong were, they could not harm his foundation at all. The only thing he was afraid of was that divine wind.

Otherwise, he would have wiped them all out long ago.

"Not good..."

The group retreated, all with ashen faces and scattered auras, suffering no small injuries.

Not only Qi Cang, but everyone else also noticed something was wrong.

Not to mention hundreds of thousands of miles, even millions or billions of miles, the signal should have been sent, right?

Where was Yuanyang King?

"It's over!"

Zhu Kong took a step forward, the blood sea surging, fierce and violent: "To thank you for accompanying me to familiarize myself with the formation, I will turn your primordial spirits into blood gods, to exist forever...嗯 (Èn - a sound of surprise)?!"

He stopped halfway through his words.

Zhu Kong felt a sudden warning in his heart, and he suddenly looked up, only to see a divine light piercing through the mountain-protecting formation of Da Shi Mountain at the end of the long sky, cutting through the void blood sea.

Rushing towards them.

Behind him was the terrifying collision caused by the violent collision between the blood sea and the divine light.

"Are you impatient?"

Zhu Kong was startled at first, and then grinned hideously, opening his arms, and blood waves rose from behind him, engulfing endless wails of ghosts and gods, turning into a blood-colored hand that covered the sky.

Heavily slapping towards the incoming person.

"That is, Grandpa Ying San?!"

Qi Cang and others were also startled, but they recognized who the person in the divine light was.

With white hair and beard, and an old face, who else could it be but Ying San?

"Attack!"

Qi Cang震空 (Zhen Kong - shook the air) let out a long howl, squeezing the blood energy in his cave heaven, his chest rising and falling several times, and once again unleashed a "Samadhi Divine Wind."

The others also took action one after another.

They didn't know why Ying San was still alive, and they didn't know why it was him who came, instead of Yuanyang King.

But they had no choice at this time, they could only take action!

Rumble!

The various Shentong intertwined, but no divine light was visible. All the light was contained within, like a divine sword cutting through the void, piercing through the waves of the blood sea.

At the same time as Ying San stepped out and掌 (Zhang - Palm) struck, it slashed towards Zhu Kong!

At this time, accompanied by a dragon's roar, Zhu Dahai also stepped out of Da Shi Mountain. The Marquis-level spiritual treasures on his body flashed with brilliant light, but he did not use them.

Directly grabbing Ao Guang's dragon might, in the latter's furious and frantic roar, he used it as a whip, and heavily whipped towards the blood sea!

.......

Everyone attacked Zhu Kong horizontally, the blood sea was boiling, and there were explosions everywhere.

Yuan Duxiu stepped on the star sea, wearing various treasures, and attacked horizontally in the blood sea. Under the huge pressure, his mind was clear and free of any distractions.

He just used the "Great Sun Ten Thousand Dragons Fist" again and again, and under the heavy pressure of the blood sea, he attacked Xie Zhi horizontally.

Boom!

Another collision, Xie Zhi shattered in the blood sea.

But the next moment, thousands of miles in front of him, blood mist gushed out again, transforming into Xie Zhi's body. He took a step out, setting off滔天 (Tao Tian - huge) blood energy, and attacked again.

Bang!

Yuan Duxiu's figure shook, and he finally retreated. At this moment, even he felt a sense of solemnity in his heart.

He had obtained all the inheritances of the Great Sun Gold Palace, and wore four King-Sealing spiritual treasures that were extremely compatible with him, but he still could not completely kill Xie Zhi, who was blessed by the formation.

In this blood sea, this person was like an immortal!

The golden light around him had been forced to less than a thousand miles, which was simply a firefly in this hundreds of thousands of miles of blood sea.

The Great Sun Holy Body was supremely yang and supremely strong, breaking all Yin and evil trickery, but in this blood energy, it was losing at a speed that even he found difficult to imagine.

If it weren't for the protection of the King-Sealing spiritual treasures, and the fact that he had condensed a cave heaven, with a certain degree of self-sufficiency in spiritual energy, he would have been sucked dry long ago.

"The person who set up this blood sea formation is too skilled..."

Mu Longcheng, who was watching the beginning and end of this battle through Yuan Duxiu's arm, could not help but be amazed.

From the moment Yuan Duxiu entered the blood sea formation, he had been deducing the flaws in this formation. Unfortunately, he could see that this formation was incomplete.

But the person who set up the formation was too skilled. Within the incomplete flaws, there were even more ferocious methods hidden.

"Teacher, can you see the flaws in this formation?"

Yuan Duxiu's mind moved, communicating with Mu Longcheng.

"Although there are flaws, to break this formation, one must either break the formation with a formation, or break the formation with force." Mu Longcheng said concisely, "Other than that, there is no other way."

"Break the formation with force, break the formation with force..."

Yuan Duxiu muttered to himself twice, not knowing what he was thinking. He calmed down and said, "I ask that the teacher point out the flaws for me. I want to try again."

"Do you want to try the 'Yuánqì Pào' (Primordial Qi Cannon)?"

Mu Longcheng's voice did not fluctuate, as if he knew Yuan Duxiu's thoughts: "The Yuánqì Pào (Primordial Qi Cannon) has not yet been fully deduced, and you are not able to activate it at this time. Forcing it will not do."

Over the past thousand years, his communication with Yuan Duxiu had far exceeded what it had been before. They talked almost every day.

What they were doing was none other than this "Great Sun Yuánqì Pào (Primordial Qi Cannon)."

Unfortunately, it was still incomplete. If it were activated, the consequences would be unpredictable.

"You don't have to fight outside. Just retreat to Da Shi Mountain, and all danger will surely retreat." Mu Longcheng advised one last time.

A complete Yuánqì Pào (Primordial Qi Cannon) still required Yuan Duxiu's participation, and he did not want him to die at this time.

"Please point out the flaws for me later, teacher."

Yuan Duxiu was unmoved, his mind was made up.

Mu Longcheng felt his determination and could only agree.

"The Great Sun Holy Body is indeed one of the strongest Holy Bodies of the Huangji."

Xie Zhi stood on the waves of the blood sea, his expression fierce and evil: "But how many more times can you kill me?"

For the first time, Yuan Duxiu was pushed back.

Xie Zhi stopped, and amidst the blood light, he looked around. His expression was one of indescribable intoxication. Under the blessing of the formation, he felt invincible.

"Even 至尊 (Supreme) cannot be immortal and indestructible, let alone you?"

Yuan Duxiu took a deep breath, his fists opening and closing, and he once again evolved the starting stance of the "Great Sun Ten Thousand Dragons Fist."

This time, however, he did not strike at Xie Zhi.

Instead, he soared into the sky like a dragon amidst the endless blood-colored pulling and wrapping, and punched into the air, wanting to break the formation!

"Want to break the formation?"

Xie Zhi was startled at first, and then sneered, not even blocking it, watching Yuan Duxiu soar into the sky.

With the divine power of Lord Blood Spring, it took nearly a thousand years to create this grand formation.

Want to break the formation?

Even Yuanyang could not!

Kacha~

Like thunder.

Boom!

Like a mountain collapsing, with rocks rolling.

Unimaginably intense changes burst out of him. At first, it was like a mountain collapsing and thunder breaking through the air, and then, it turned into a huge explosion like an ancient star reaching the end of its life and disintegrating!

At this moment, Yuan Duxiu felt an unprecedented huge force surging in his heart.

The countless 'micro-particles' that had been polished for a thousand years, countless days and nights, were completely revived at this time, as if hundreds of millions of divine dragons were raising their heads in his body.

Blood energy that was ten times stronger than before burst out with an extremely frightening posture!

Buzz!

Endless light and heat reappeared in the blood sea, dazzling and sacred, powerful and terrifying.

Chī chī chī~

The stench of thick smoke billowed, filling every inch of the void in the grand formation. The blood sea seemed to be boiled into boiling water at this moment, and even evaporated!

This change was extremely huge.

In an instant, it alarmed everyone present.

"This is?"

Ying San transformed into light and came, but before he could strike, his heart was also shaken.

He looked up.

He saw divine light burning fiercely in the sky above the blood sea, and a will that even he felt a little surprised at burst out in the divine light.

At this time, the divine light was fierce, and Yuan Duxiu seemed to have turned into a ray of light!

Even though everyone present at this time had a cultivation level of at least Marquis, they were all stung in the eyes by this divine light when they suddenly looked at it!

Even worse, they were directly blinded by the divine light.

"How is this possible?!"

Qi Cang's eyes stung and teared, but he still urged the light of his double pupils, staring死死的 (Si Si De - fixedly) at Yuan Duxiu, who was breaking through the blood sea waves like the sun.

His expression was恍惚 (Huanghu - absent-minded) and震怖 (Zhen Bu - horrified), as if he had discovered something he could not understand.

Boom~~

Sounds of huge roars that seemed to be transmitted from distant time and space resounded through the blood sea grand formation.

Visible to the naked eye, the four Marquis-level spiritual treasures melted like candles in flames, merging into Yuan Duxiu's body and blessing his physique and bones.

Kā kā kā~

Yuan Duxiu stretched his muscles and bones, and as his hair danced wildly, he punched out.

The divine light soared into the sky!

It was as if the 'sun' in Huangji, which illuminates hundreds of millions of stars and the earth, had burned billions of years of light and heat in an instant, turning into a divine sword as thick as a pillar of heaven, that could not be looked at directly.

Rising from the filth of the blood sea, cutting through the rolling blood light, and under the pulling of endless wailing of ghosts and gods and evil principles.

Bursting out:

Great Sun Yuánqì Pào (Primordial Qi Cannon)!

......

"Hmm?!"

At the moment when the Great Sun Yuánqì Pào (Primordial Qi Cannon) was fired, in the star sea black palace, Blood Spring suddenly opened his eyes, and a terrifying blood light spewed out from his eyes:

"Ruining my affairs, you deserve to die!"

A low shout resounded through the hall.

In the shocked eyes of the red-haired youth Yu Du, Blood Spring's evil, slender, and powerful body suddenly fell to the ground, turning into a human skin without any internal organs or bones!

Even with his King-Sealing status, he had not noticed any aura or trace.

Blood Spring's aura had disappeared without a trace!

Boom!!!

Accompanied by the endless wails of ghosts and wolves, the Great Sun Yuánqì Pào (Primordial Qi Cannon) completely exploded in the Nether Blood Sea!

In an instant, the grand formation hummed!

Thousands of miles away, Xie Zhi and Zhu Kong were evaporated along with the blood sea. Visible to the naked eye, hundreds of thousands of miles of blood sea were boiling.

Then, it evaporated into a stinking and disgusting gas, filling the grand formation.

The shocking fluctuations passed through the grand formation and transmitted into the void. In an instant, it swept across Eastern Continent, and countless people were shaken by it!

Pēng pēng pēng!

The ripples spread, and the formations outside Da Shi Mountain were almost extinguished by a wave. Marquis-level powerhouses, including Qi Cang, who were injured and had their spiritual treasures damaged, were all affected and sent flying.

Only Ying San and Zhu Dahai, who was waving the Jiao dragon, remained unmoved.

But after the terrifying ripples dissipated, both of their expressions changed!

Such a terrifying blow, yet this grand formation was completely intact, without the slightest bit of damage!

Even though the blood sea had evaporated and lessened, the grand formation was still not broken!

Kā chā~

The four King-Sealing spiritual treasures fell off his body, and cracks even appeared on them.

Yuan Duxiu staggered, almost falling from mid-air. Almost all of his bones had been emptied, and the cave heaven in his body had been completely squeezed into ruins.

"This formation, hasn't it been broken yet?"

Yuan Duxiu looked around. The blood sea, which had previously submerged the mountains and was unimaginably wide, had evaporated by more than half, and the stench was unbearable, enough to kill anyone who smelled it.

Xie Zhi and Zhu Kong had also disappeared without a trace.

But this grand formation had not been broken. How could this not shock him?

It should be known that he had attacked because Xie Zhi had activated it in advance, leaving a flaw in the formation!

Kā chā~

At this time, an extremely subtle sound rang out.

The grand formation was broken?!

Yuan Duxiu's heart shook, and he suddenly looked up. He saw a crack suddenly appearing in the void above the place he had attacked before.

But the next moment, his pupils shrank.

A handsome youth wearing red clothes stepped into the formation from outside.

Buzz~

Almost at the moment when this red-clothed youth stepped into the blood sea, the blood-colored dome replaced by the grand formation激荡 (Ji Dang - surged) and震动 (Zhen Dong - vibrated), as if this grand formation had come alive.

At this moment, Yuan Duxiu, Ying San, Zhu Dahai, including those inside and outside Da Shi Mountain, and even Qi Cang and others who had been almost fainted by the aftermath.

All felt a chill in their hearts.

A terrifying fluctuation swept through the grand formation, swept through Eastern Continent, and even spread rollingly, sweeping across the boundless ocean, setting off a shocking hurricane in the Nine Provinces and Four Seas, and the endless desert.

Boom!

In Eastern Continent, and even the Nine Provinces, the human race, the demon race, and even the dragons and phoenixes in the distant Four Seas, all had Supreme 至宝 (Zhi Bao - Treasures) that began to recover under the impact of this aura!

For a time, heaven and earth trembled.

The various holy lands, the various races, and the many powerhouses all soared into the sky, either urging spiritual treasures or using divine powers,窥探 (Kui Tan - peeking) the inside and outside, wanting to search for the source of the turmoil.

......

In the Blood Sea Grand Formation, there was a dead silence. Everyone was forced by a chill in their hearts, unable to speak, their bodies and minds trembling.

"Not bad, to break the formation..."

The red-clothed youth stood on the dome, and glanced faintly at Yuan Duxiu, whose expression had changed drastically: "Are you worthy?"

Hū~

With a casual finger, the endless blood energy that had been evaporated and dissipated in the long sky transformed into rolling blood water and fell down again.

Rolling like waves, like a vast ocean.

The blood sea evaporated into gas, the gas turned into blood water, and fell again. It seemed that only an instant had passed. The boundless blood sea that had been evaporated by the Great Sun Yuánqì Pào (Primordial Qi Cannon) had already returned to its original state.

Even the power and spiritual energy contained in that Great Sun Yuánqì Pào (Primordial Qi Cannon), which Yuan Duxiu had squeezed out his cave heaven potential, were all swallowed and accommodated by this blood sea!

Raising this blood sea to a higher level!

In the dead and cold grand formation, the red-clothed youth stood amidst the waves, and only glanced faintly at Yuan Duxiu, before his gaze fell on Da Shi Mountain.

His tone was ethereal and domineering, like a demon and like a god, with extreme majesty:

"Are you going to roll out yourself, or are you going to make me do it?"