Chapter 196
Chapter 196
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Translator: Ace
Chapter: 196
Chapter Title: Killed Them All!
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In that moment, the sky vanished.
Lu Yang looked up toward the heavens, yet he saw only the turbid clouds dispersing, the sun, moon, and stars dimming in unison. Nothing remained but a tail-endless heavenly river encircling the horizon.
Starlight? The Milky Way?
Lu Yang couldn't tell. He only watched as that boundless heavenly river slowly flowed past, stretching upward to the firmament where sea and sky merged as one, bowing down over the clustered peaks, all summits lowering their brows in submission.
The first to suffer was the Innate True Person's Dao Tribulation. He didn't even have time to react. He merely gazed upward, that boundless heavenly river reflected in his eyes. Then the river's waters streamed down from his gaze, dissolving his skin and flesh, his tendons and bones, melting his entire body inch by inch.
Without a word, Lu Yang lunged forward and seized it.
Even so, the Innate Dao Tribulation remained utterly still, standing dazed in place, lips parting as it exhaled a profound sigh:
"【Waters Beneath the Ravine】."
With those words, the Innate Dao Tribulation fell into dead silence. Even the 【Imperial Mansion Golden Seal Tushita True Edict】 lost its glow, plummeting to the ground like an ordinary object.
Lu Yang, of course, accepted it all with a smile.
He turned to survey his surroundings next. Ying Tongshou and Ye Xingfeng were still kneeling on the ground, completely motionless just like the Innate Dao Tribulation.
A breeze swept through. Bones crumbled, flesh melted away.
"Splash splash!"
Two mid-Foundation Establishment True Persons—one a peerless sword cultivator who had forged sword heart and sword intent—were scattered by that mere breeze, their true bodies and dharma forms blown apart!
A clang rang out. Ying Tongshou's storage pouch and Ye Xingfeng's thousand-times-forged lifebound flying sword tumbled to the ground. Lu Yang swept them up without a second thought. Then came a massive rumble from the vault of heaven at the edge of the four seas. Only then did he look skyward.
There, across the celestial dome, countless starfires plummeted from the void.
Lu Yang opened his dharma eyes. He pushed the Heaven-Scrutinizing Instrument at his brow to its limit,丙 fire light piercing the six directions. Barely then did he glimpse the state of heaven and earth.
The sea's surface was rising.
No—more precisely, a portion of the sea. How vast, Lu Yang couldn't discern. He only saw the distant sea level shift in an obvious, interlocking displacement!
"A part of the sea... flew up?"
Lu Yang craned his neck, peering into the distance. He pierced thirty-six layers of astral clouds, layers of mist. Vaguely, he made out a face shrouded in fog.
"True Lord's dharma image!"
He had glimpsed it once during the Seizing the Dao Battle. But back then, he hadn't formed his foundation and had only viewed from afar—nothing like the vivid reality he felt now.
Then he saw it: that heaven-spanning face tilted slightly downward.
It glanced at him.
No—not a glance. It winked at him, tossing a flirtatious look his way, brimming with utter delight.
Yet Lu Yang, the target of that coquettish wink, felt only sudden blackness before his eyes. He couldn't bear it. His entire being nearly scattered his soul to the winds, twin trails of blood tears streaming from his eyes. He hurriedly bowed his head, not daring to meet that heavenly visage again.
But from that fleeting glimpse, he understood what had transpired.
In this instant, half the overseas realm had fallen into the grasp of the 【True Lord Clear Snow Flight】. She had lifted it up like a cupped handful of water!
Inland, near the Jiangxi border.
Hongyun's escaping light flashed like lightning, 【Radiant Treasure Blessed Land】 empowering his domain. One step covered tens of thousands of li, keeping pace with a hazy, graceful silhouette.
"Amitabha..."
The hazy silhouette took form, buddha light pure and clear. It was the 【Treasure Vase Water Moon Bodhisattva】, borrowing Guang Ming's body. Her face twisted in anger:
"...Stop following me!"
Hongyun Daoist didn't hesitate.
"Bodhisattva, I wish to join the Pure Land! I offer my 【Radiant Treasure Blessed Land】 to merge into it!"
With Hongyun Daoist's insight, he could clearly see this incarnation of the 【Treasure Vase Water Moon Bodhisattva】 differed fundamentally from the other two True Lord avatars. Those had come on a whim, but hers was premeditated—thus invested with far more power!
Survival lay only with her. Hongyun Daoist reckoned himself a Golden Core reincarnation. Though bereft of his position, his golden nature endured—a great boon to the Pure Land.
In the past, he might have wavered.
But now, with Clear Snow Flight True Lord upon them, hesitation meant nine deaths to one life. Better to live than die.
"You wish to enter my Pure Land?"
For an instant, the 【Treasure Vase Water Moon Bodhisattva】 truly wavered. But before she could speak further, a breeze brushed past.
Damp with moisture, it turned icy cool in a heartbeat—like clear mountain spring water dashed across her face. Her vision blurred at once, as if trapped in a dream, directions lost. Vaguely, she heard tinkling water, then—
Splash! Her form shattered.
"Boom!"
Brilliant light crashed from the heavens like a breached dam unleashing floodwaters. In a flash, her avatar exploded into a sky full of golden radiance—utterly powerless to resist!
In Jiangxi, deep within the Pure Land of Supreme Bliss.
She had long ceased her sermon. Embroidered brows furrowed tight, the 【Treasure Vase Water Moon Bodhisattva】 snapped her eyes open, her prior composure shattered.
"Mad hag! Why me first? I hadn't even agreed to him!"
In that moment, her purity fled, worldly vulgarity laid bare. She cursed like a street shrew, foul words spilling endlessly.
Only after a long while did she snap back.
"Not good... Avatar slain—it's affected my true body!"
The next instant, she steadied her buddha light, swiftly severing the clutter of stray thoughts. Silently chanting scriptures, she ignored the world beyond.
Meanwhile, overseas.
As the 【Treasure Vase Water Moon Bodhisattva】's avatar shattered, Hongyun Daoist stood helplessly in place. After a long moment, he let out a deep sigh.
The next instant, the 【Radiant Treasure Blessed Land】 behind him visibly dimmed. Conspicuous cracks spiderwebbed across his body. No matter how he channeled his magic power or divine abilities, they wouldn't mend. He could only watch.
"Mid-stage... Damn it all!"
Before the words faded, Hongyun Daoist burst apart. His disintegrating flesh became streaks of firelight, each plummeting toward the sea like meteor starfires.
Almost simultaneously, two more firelights detonated in the sky.
The Dao Court Heavenly Son's avatar. The Sword Pavilion True Lord's avatar.
In that moment, Lu Yang below saw only a sky filled with falling starfires. Yet before they reached the sea, the boundless heavenly river quenched them all.
Only now did Lu Yang realize how needless his earlier worries had been.
Would Clear Snow Flight True Lord falter at such trifles?
She had killed them all!
Ye Xingfeng, Blood Demon True Person, Ying Tongshou, Innate Dao Tribulation, Hongyun Daoist, True Lord avatars—Clear Snow Flight True Lord slew them without distinction, in one fell swoop!
Just then, Lu Yang looked up. The boundless heavenly river flowed on, its voice riding the waves—from south to north, west to east—transmitting in an instant to the Dao Court, the Pure Land, even the Sword Pavilion. Not words, but wild, exultant laughter:
"Hahahaha!"
The laughter blazed hot. Cultivators below Foundation Establishment, their stations too low, couldn't restrain themselves. They echoed it, laughing along.
Almost simultaneously, qi machines surged from all four directions.
At that, the laughter cut off abruptly—like midsummer sun plunging into cruel winter. In the end, only a chill query remained:
"Who dares battle me?"
(End of chapter)