Essence Devouring Art

’Mud Prison Abyss... Endless Sea of Suffering... How could someone from the Divine Wilderness possibly have come into contact with them...?’

The two Divine Punishment Dharma Aspects materialized in an instant.

Qing Yu Celestial Venerable, whose killing intent had been boiling just moments before, unconsciously narrowed his eyes.

Mud Prison Abyss. Endless Sea of Suffering.

They were real!

And what’s more...

The factions that controlled them held a significant grudge against the Celestial Court.

Both of those factions existed outside the Divine Wilderness. How on earth did Wu Dao make contact with them, let alone observe them and cultivate their Dharma Aspects?

But before Qing Yu Celestial Venerable could delve deeper...

A far more terrifying sight crushed his thoughts into pure shock!

After those three Dharma Aspects...

Wu Dao actually had more!

"ROAR!"

A series of roars from primordial Sacred Spirits that once roamed the Primordial Chaos sundered the heavens and shattered thousands of miles of darkness. They clawed their way out of Wu Dao’s Divine Soul, their paws striking the world as they grew to a majestic, sky-propping size!

The Undying Black Tortoise!

The Karmic Fire Qiongqi!

The Golden Holy Elephant!

The World-Burning Vermilion Bird!

The Wind and Thunder Qilin!

Five Great Primordial Sacred Spirits!

Five Great Dharma Aspects!

These Barbaric Dominators roared at the heavens and the earth!

Their pillar-like bodies shimmered with the Divine Light of Holy Spirit Divine Techniques, arrayed on either side of the first three Dharma Aspects. They snarled and brandished their claws at Qing Yu Celestial Venerable and the others, their will to fight boundless!

’He can even turn Transverse Cultivation Holy Spirit Divine Techniques into Dharma Aspects?’

’What kind of joke is this!’

The Holy Spirit Bloodline was ancient and noble.

Simply observing their form and divine True Intent to achieve Reverse Innate was already an immense feat.

Unless one observed the true body of an adult Sacred Spirit...

Otherwise, in all of Hongyuan, only someone with the Desolate God Armament could possibly cultivate a Holy Spirit Dharma Aspect!

But Wu Dao...

"Take a guess."

At the apex, flanked by his eight great Dharma Aspects, Wu Dao descended like a King of Demon Gods.

His dark eyes gazed down at the shocked Great Powers as he grinned. "Who’s getting ganged up on now?"

Of course, he had never observed an adult Sacred Spirit.

But who made the rule that you had to observe an adult Sacred Spirit to cultivate a Holy Spirit Dharma Aspect?

Did they really not understand?

This was the meaning of Unity of Heaven and Man, of world-shocking wisdom!

The moment his Holy Spirit Transformation was fully integrated...

He had split off a part of his mind to deduce and merge the five great Holy Spirit Divine Techniques.

At almost the same instant he achieved the rank of Half-step Yang God...

A brand-new Great Divine Technique, framed around his Black Tortoise Incarnation, was born—

One Origin, Ten Thousand Transformations!

The Dao gives birth to one, one gives birth to two, two gives birth to three, and three gives birth to the Thousand Transformations!

His Holy Spirit Bloodline was the *one*!

The Five Great Sacred Spirit Dharma Aspects...

Appeared to be Dharma Aspects but were, in essence, Incarnations!

But the Power they wielded was in no way weaker than any true Dharma Aspect!

"At all costs, we must execute this Demon together!"

Lv Shengxin, the National Preceptor of the Dayan Divine Dynasty, roared with furious eyes!

He violently uncorked the Gourd in his hand.

A resplendent Great Era gushed out and crashed toward Wu Dao, while his own Dharma Aspect Divine Technique was pushed to its limit, striking with lethal Thunderbolt.

This string of mind-bending revelations had already elevated Wu Dao from a monster to a Demon, a True Demon, in his eyes!

If he were allowed to escape...

It would absolutely trigger another Great Tribulation in Hongyuan!

"You cannot be left alive!"

Qing Yu Celestial Venerable wielded his three killing blades, unleashing a Creation Divine Technique of cosmic annihilation. The killing intent that already boiled in his heart surged to a new level.

CRACKLE~

The Goddess of Thunder Emperor Palace, shrouded in Chaotic Immortal Light, wore an expression of utmost gravity. She activated her Emperor Scripture and unleashed Five Thunders Bombing the Top, holding nothing back.

The three Great Powers from Daluo World and Fuguang World likewise realized the severity of the situation. They recklessly amplified their killing power, vowing to execute Wu Dao here and now.

"Execute a demon? Hahaha, then I’ll show you what a True Demon really is!"

Facing the ultimate killing blows blasting at him from all directions, Wu Dao’s expression remained just as frenzied. His laughter boomed like war drums as his eight great Dharma Aspects surged forth, their baleful might immeasurable as they met the enemies from all sides!

RUMBLE—

A massive melee erupted!

The heavens shook and the earth quaked.

Divine light flashed at a blinding frequency!

The battle was clearly visible even from hundreds of thousands of miles away. An area tens of thousands of miles wide was instantly shattered by the Mighty Power of their clash, blasted into a state of Chaos.

It was too brilliant!

And far too terrifying!

It was like a pack of world-ending Gods and Demons were locked in a fight to the death.

A single stray ray of Divine Light...

Could obliterate mountains and rivers thousands of miles away.

Anyone below the Three-Step Perfection Level...

Had no hope of participating. Even spectating would get them torn to shreds by the aftershocks!

"Hahaha, kill!"

"ROAR!"

"Celestial Demon Great Resolution... Blood Transformation Thunder Pool... Dun Yi... One Qi Transforms Three Days..."

Within the destructive Chaos, illuminated by the high-frequency flashes of brilliant divine radiance, frenzied howls, the roars of Sacred Spirits, and the guttural snarls of a life-and-death struggle continuously rocked the universe.

The moment they collided...

The battle instantly devolved into a blood-soaked madness. Both sides began fighting without regard for the cost, seeking only to annihilate the other.

Upon realizing the terror that was Wu Dao, Qing Yu Celestial Venerable and the others all unleashed various Forbidden Techniques that burned their life force, sublimating their power to its absolute peak.

Although Wu Dao had a slight advantage with his eight Dharma Aspects...

Against six Celestial Venerable Ancestral Level figures who were burning their very lives, his Dharma Aspects could ultimately only serve a supporting role, absorbing pressure. They couldn’t truly face them head-on.

But that was enough.

Relying on his All-Invulnerable Primordial Magnetic Shield...

Wu Dao still reigned supreme on the battlefield, flickering and teleporting like an electromagnetic wave as he stirred up monstrous waves of blood!

However, Qing Yu Celestial Venerable and the others were incredibly experienced fighters. Even at a disadvantage, they could precisely seize openings in Wu Dao’s defense and inflict damage!

BOOM!

During a momentary lapse in the All-Invulnerable Gang Shield’s cycle of devouring and spewing Magnetic Field Power...

A five-colored thunderbolt struck.

It punched a gaping hole straight through Wu Dao’s chest and back!

"Hahaha, you bitch! That felt so damn good!"

A crazed, murderous light shot from Wu Dao’s eyes.

With one hand, he unleashed the Primordial Magnetic Celestial Prison Cage to trap Qing Yu Celestial Venerable. From his ears, two Primordial Magnetic Celestial Sabers shot out to cleave apart the two Great Powers from Daluo Heaven.

His free right hand...

Clenched into a fist as he commanded his Sea of Suffering Dharma Aspect, which was currently locked in battle with the Goddess from Thunder Emperor Palace.

With a rumbling crash, his fist crushed the five-colored Thunder Sea and scattered the immortal light protecting the Goddess. He laughed with crazed ferocity, "Now it’s my turn to make you feel good!"

CLANG CLANG CLANG—

The Heart Lake Alarm Bell rang wildly.

The Goddess of Thunder Emperor Palace was about to teleport away when her Divine Soul flickered for an instant. She seemed to see an endless, infinite gray Sea of Suffering.

At the center of the Sea of Suffering...

A Divine Being, incomparably cold and emotionless, yet utterly divine and sacred, opened its eyes. A voice of judgment echoed forth: "With Immortal Flesh, Jade Bone, and Holy Lotus Heart, how can you know the suffering of the mortal world? You are sentenced to ten thousand lifetimes of Reincarnation as a harlot!"

SPLASH~

The Sea of Suffering churned, its waves towering to the sky.

"How dare you! AHHH!"

BOOM—

The great waves swallowed her terrified consciousness.

Outside, a single instant passed.

Within the Sea of Suffering, it was a fate of ten thousand lifetimes, the Celestial Chicken Reincarnation!

THUD!

The Divine Fist crushed down!

Her immortal posture and jade-like bones, her city-toppling beauty...

More than half of it was blasted into pulp!

The Goddess of Thunder Emperor Palace reformed her body at the edge of the battlefield.

"AH! I’ll kill you! I’ll kill you!"

But her eyes were vacant and dazed, and a jade-like fluid trickled from the corner of her mouth. She had apparently endured an unimaginable humiliation and torment. Her roaring voice was hoarse and grating to the extreme.

"MOO!"

But before she could even regain her senses...

The Golden Holy Elephant swung its trunk, shattering the Chaos. The pillar-like trunk came crashing down, and the sight seemed to trigger something in the Goddess, casting an infinite shadow over her vacant pupils.

On the other side!

"You think you’re worthy of inferring my secrets?!"

Just as Lv Shengxin, the National Preceptor of the Dayan Imperial Dynasty, was activating the Inference Celestial Emperor Scripture to continuously probe for Wu Dao’s weaknesses, the voice of an Evil Ghost echoed in his mind.

’What—’

THUMP THUMP THUMP—

The sound of war drums thundered through his Divine Soul.

Endless war, disaster, and frenzied slaughter gave rise to a flood of illusions, triggering an eruption of his Heart Demon and fanning the flames of his Karmic Fire!

"Hahaha! Kill! The pain! IT HURTS!"

The pain of being burned alive by Karmic Fire was unimaginable.

With his Heart Demon running rampant on top of that...

Even Lv Shengxin’s Sacred Heart was lost. He began to howl madly as Karmic Fire erupted from within him, body and soul, nearly burning him to a crisp.

"You bastard! How does it smell under my crotch?"

BUZZ!

The Celestial Essence Magnetic Burst Fist drew upon all the Magnetic Field Power on the battlefield, transforming it into countless shimmering magnetic lines on his fist. With a blinding flash, it erupted, blasting Qing Yu Celestial Venerable’s head to pieces.

SCHLICK!

But at that very moment...

A Divine Light Killing Sword that seemed to emerge from the Abyss pierced Wu Dao’s head, devouring his Life Force like a black hole.

CLANG CLANG CLANG!

Rows of Divine Iron Teeth sprouted from the wound in Wu Dao’s head. They shattered the divine light and, in turn, devoured the Killing Sword constructed from the Divine Technique.

"Demon, die!"

The Goddess of Thunder Emperor Palace blasted the attacking Golden Holy Elephant with a thunderbolt. She gnashed her teeth, her gaze a mixture of trembling fear and loathing hatred.

"Hahaha, you bitch, did you enjoy it?"

Wu Dao snapped his head around with a neck-breaking twist, laughing ferociously as he threw another punch at the Goddess.

BOOM BOOM BOOM—

The chaotic world shattered and imploded again and again.

The sublimated Great Powers of the All Heavens possessed exceptionally tenacious Life Force and battle power.

Wu Dao commanded his eight Dharma Aspects, bathed in blood and madness, relentlessly blasting one enemy after another, his own body constantly shattering.

But no matter how grievous his injuries...

Even when he was blasted into fragments of flesh and blood...

The fragments would sprout teeth and bite at the Great Powers, then rapidly reassemble. He was completely an Undying Body!

"This Demon has no Dantian! He uses any energy from heaven and earth as a source to replenish himself! He can even devour the energy from our attacks!"

Lv Shengxin’s body was like charred coal, his eyes filled with shadows. He had finally managed to escape the Heart Demon and Karmic Fire, and his Inference Celestial Emperor Scripture had seen through Wu Dao’s foundation. He immediately sent an urgent message:

"Tell the younger generation to come here! We must break the balance and overwhelm this Demon’s ability to recover! If this drags on, he’ll wear us down to death!"

’What are you suggesting?’

Half of Qing Yu Celestial Venerable’s body had been pounded to a pulp by Wu Dao. In the midst of the crisis, half of his brow furrowed, as if he had an idea of what Lv Shengxin was planning.

He had no objection, though.

After all, he was the only one from the Celestial Court participating.

’No! The Celestial Prides of my Daluo Heaven are here in their true bodies! If their foundation is damaged...’

’Whose Celestial Pride isn’t here in their true body?!’

’Think it through! If this Demon finds a way out of the Divine Wilderness, the future Slaughter Emperor won’t even be worthy of shining his shoes!’

’Dammit... A true monster!’

After a brief, hurried exchange...

The Great Powers of All Heavens reached a consensus.

「Tens of thousands of miles away.」

"The National Preceptor requests our assistance in battle?"

A Prince from the Dayan Imperial Dynasty furrowed his brow upon receiving Lv Shengxin’s urgent message. Then he took a deep breath, drew his sword, and charged toward the battlefield.

The combined forces of all these Great Powers...

Were actually unable to suppress a single Pseudo Dharma Aspect!

And it had even reached the point where they needed help.

The Divine Wilderness...

Had given birth to a True Demon!

And it wasn’t just this Prince.

The other Demonic Celestial Prides from the Four Days of Hongyuan also streaked towards the battlefield at top speed after receiving the summons.

Every single one of them...

Had achieved Triple Cultivation Perfection.

They had mastered several Great Divine Techniques, even Great All Heavens Divine Techniques, and the Supreme Secret Techniques of their respective Daoist Lineages.

If they went all out in a life-or-death struggle...

They were no weaker than the Pseudo Dharma Aspect All Emperors of the Divine Wilderness.

A select few of them were even guaranteed three-path Pseudo Dharma Aspects, their only gap with the Great Powers being their age and accumulated foundation!

Nearly sixty Pseudo Dharma Aspects!

Once they joined the battlefield...

WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH~

The speed of a Pseudo Dharma Aspect Level cultivator was extreme.

Within the Dark World, blazing suns flashed one after another, like a meteor shower crashing down, as they slammed onto the edge of the battlefield.

Nearly sixty Celestial Prides from All Heavens.

There were men and women.

Divinely handsome men and devastatingly beautiful women.

But the moment they saw the situation on the battlefield, their expressions all changed drastically, and rage instantly filled their chests.

"Exhilarating! Fucking exhilarating!"

At the center of the battlefield, which had been completely reduced to a state of Chaos, a blood-soaked, frenzied Demon God, his body bursting with incomparably brilliant starlight and magnetic currents, was on a killing spree, laughing with savage glee.

In his mangled, skeletal left hand, he was dragging someone by three thousand strands of dark hair, swinging the Sun Chief Envoy of the Thunder Emperor Palace Goddess like a meteor hammer, smashing Qing Yu Celestial Venerable and the others until their skin split and their flesh tore.

In his right hand...

He was wielding someone’s thigh bone he had ripped out from who-knows-where.

It shone like Divine Iron Star Gold, and he used it like a dog-beating stick, sending the teeth of the gatekeeper of the Daluo Celestial Domain’s Sword Abyss scattering with a single swing.

But what was even more terrifying was...

The Eight Great Dharma Aspects!

"Is... is that really a living creature?"

Among the many Celestial Prides...

A Fairy who had yet to be tempered by the mortal world turned pale, her entire body wracked with a deathly chill after seeing the eight Dharma Aspects.

Merely looking at the shadow of that Demon God rampaging across the battlefield made illusions bloom in her mind. She felt on the verge of suffocating, of falling into the Abyss.

"National Preceptor!"

"Abyss Lord!"

"Domain Master!"

"Fellow Daoists, do not hesitate! We must join forces at once and execute this Demon together!"

After the shock and horror subsided...

The Celestial Prides of All Heavens instantly raised Wu Dao’s threat level to the absolute maximum. They unleashed their Great Divine Techniques and manifested various Dharma Aspects, charging into the Chaos Battlefield!