Chapter 689 - 370: Return! Ancient True Dragon Hall
The entire altar collapsed, and the feet of the Stone Spirit Giant struck the ground, causing massive tremors. Even the Snow Mountain Cultivators nearby felt unsteady, swaying back and forth.
Each gaze was filled with amazement, witnessing this awe-inspiring scene.
A terrifying aura erupted instantly, and that powerful golden wave, like ripples, spread everywhere, slowly lifting the towering Stone Spirit Giant into the air.
In an instant, a golden flame, as if burning, emerged from the Stone Spirit Giant’s body.
Helplessly, to avoid harming the many followers, the Eight Great Venerables intervened, casting a barrier to send the Stone Spirit Giant into the void.
Zheng Yi’s plan was successful after all.
By leveraging the rare sacrificial ritual of the Snow Mountain Lineage, he used the God Sacrifice Technique to draw forth the mighty primordial power of the entire Great Spirit Heaven of the Snow Mountain.
This terrifying primordial power, with a single tug, could cause a chain reaction, sufficient to use his innate divine body as a coordinate to open a mystical channel between two realms.
The True Body of Taiyue Divine Venerable, although unable to cross the barrier between worlds, resonated with the Six Paths Reincarnation Disc that enshrouds the Three Realms and his own Nine Revolutions Divine Sacrificial Great Brightness Wheel, reflecting one another.
Through this point, the barrier could be forcibly shattered, and the primordial aura cast by Taiyue Divine Venerable, transformed through the Six Paths of Reincarnation, could be reborn in this world by using the innate Stone Spirit Sacred Embryo, becoming Zheng Yi’s right-hand ally.
This was the Giant Spirit God from the Investiture of the Gods in the Doomsday Incense Divine Realm, an ancient entity that followed him as the Ghost King. Nurtured and evolved by the Three Realms Divine Tree, it was a terrifying existence. Though not the most powerful in the Doomsday Incense Divine Realm, it was the limit of the innate spirit Taiyue Divine Venerable could project.
Perfectly compatible with the body origin of the Stone Spirit Giant, its aura already surpassed that of all Eight Great Venerables present, reaching the terrifying peak of the Nascent Soul Stage.
Moreover, as this infiltration tightened, they gradually merged into one, eventually reaching a state of complete unity, infinitely approaching the Divinity Transformation Tier, with even the potential to reach the Divinity Transformation Level.
The golden flames burned fiercely, licking the void, the sky’s surging waves pounding against the surrounding void again and again, as if even the ethereal void could not withstand it, transforming into a tumultuous ocean beneath the terrifying golden divine power.
It remained turbulent for a long time!
With a thunderous explosion, the terrifying golden power erupted, the shockwave shattering the space connecting to the void.
The barrier shattered, and a colossal stone man Holy Spirit, as towering as a mountain, with golden inscriptions all over its body, stood in the air, slowly descending.
Then, a figure rose from the grand and magnificent Divine Palace atop the snow peak.
Descending from the mountaintop void, landing a foot on the giant’s head, instantly, countless followers’ eyes focused there.
Seeing the figure standing on the terrifying Stone Spirit Giant’s head, everyone’s faces showed disbelief, but soon they were relieved. In an instant, everyone knelt down in unison, chanting "Daoist Lord" repeatedly.
Standing atop the terrifying Stone Spirit Giant, the Great Snow Mountain Daoist Lord Zheng Yi, with eyes filled with oceanic chaos, majestically swept his gaze around, and no one dared to meet his eyes.
Even the priests from the Central Immortal Dynasty on the central observation platform bowed their heads respectfully.
Finally, golden light shot towards the endless sky, forming a massive golden divine bridge stretching directly to the peak of the snow mountain.
Zheng Yi sat cross-legged on the shoulder of the gigantic Stone Spirit Giant, as if riding a divine mount, amidst the thunderous footsteps of the dazzling golden Giant Spirit God, step by step towards the divine palace at the snow mountain’s summit.
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Half a year later.
Atop the Great Snow Mountain, this sacred place, the grand and magnificent Divine Palace stood like a sun, guarding the summit, emitting a sacred radiance, as the ultimate land of belief for countless Snow Mountain followers.
This was the earthly residence of the Snow Mountain Divine Lord, but a few years ago, a change occurred.
The residence of the Saint Master, the divine heir’s earthly master Daoist Lord Zheng Yi’s meditative sanctuary, was also located here.
Yet the two divine palaces occupied the largest two buildings, representing the most precious and luxurious places respectively.
Here was also the origin and center of all things in the snowy plain of the mountain.
Within the Divine Palace, Zheng Yi sat in deep contemplation on the high Divine Platform, his form enveloped in endless light, surrounded by five-colored divine lights, yin and yang qi ebbing and flowing.
Beside him, a dragon-tiger likeness formed.
And atop his head, three flowers bloomed.
The Three Flowers Gathering at the Top, Five Qi Chaoyuan.
A red one at the center, cyan and white ones flanking either side.
The three flowers also seated plump infant-like figures, which were Zheng Yi’s Nascent Soul Spiritual Bodies.
Of these three Nascent Souls, the central Red Lotus Nascent Soul was the most revered and largest, while the Nascent Souls in the cyan and white lotus flowers were slightly smaller.
One Qi Becomes Three Infants.
This is the most powerful attribute of Zheng Yi’s Innate Origin Divine Body, accommodating three Nascent Souls with a single person’s Dao. Though it might not be unprecedented, it is a truly unimaginable and profound divine technique.
Behind him stands the Seven Treasures Wondrous Tree Staff, firmly planted in the ground, still lush and green, drawing divine power from the depths of the earth, growing vigorously.
Behind Zheng Yi, a small Divine Tree forms, adorned with countless stars, swaying in the wind, shielding him from storms, creating a kind of Qingyun.
Below the Divine Hall, Venerable Red Sun stands respectfully, bowing to Zheng Yi.
He raises his head and speaks of something.
After a long while, Zheng Yi slowly opens his eyes, revealing a faint indifference in his smile, and says.
"Unexpectedly, there is such a connection? The emergence of the Ancient True Dragon Palace is the fundamental origin of the Great Spirit Tide initiated once in ten thousand years in the East Origin Sea Region."
"Now in the Profound Celestial Cultivation Realm, among the Nine Great Spirit Realms, aside from the most remote, declining ones, powerful ancient entities focus their attention here. True Dragon Qi is extraordinary, even for those at the Divinity Transformation Stage; it’s highly beneficial."
"Whether it’s us, the south, or the large innate Immortal Dynasties in the central region, none can sit still."
"Since that’s the case, let’s move quickly. I also have some karmic ties to resolve in the East Origin Sea Region..."
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An astonishing message again spreads from Great Snow Mountain: the fearsome Daoist Lord Zheng Yi is returning to the East Origin Sea Region, leading his subordinates and stepping upon the Stone Spirit Giant, due to the emergence of the True Dragon Hall.
Being a vast sea region where three realms intersect in the Profound Celestial Cultivation Realm, connecting the Outer Sea and Inner Sea, dotted with Immortal Islands, East Origin Sea Region is indeed a major component of the Profound Celestial Cultivation Realm.
It has terrifying Sea God’s Descendants, and the Deep Sea area hosts behemoths like the Flood Dragon Demon Court, belonging to a realm with extremely complex power structures.
Likewise, the power within the East Origin Sea Region is strong, with the Flood Dragon Demon Court surpassing even Great Snow Mountain.
As the most powerful High Priest in Great Snow Mountain’s history, now akin to a Saint Master, Zheng Yi directly leads four Nascent Soul Stage Venerables, and the even more fearsome Stone Spirit Giant, embarking on the journey to return to the East Origin Sea Region. Such an event is an enormous and shocking message, no matter how you look at it.
Following that, even more explosive news arrives.
Who could have thought?
Zheng Yi, now the Saint Master of Great Snow Mountain, personally admits to being someone reincarnated and enlightened by Great Spirit Heaven, a teacher to the current Divine Heir, Celestial Cicada.
His past is closely tied to the East Origin Sea Region, once a legendary ninth-grade Golden Core cultivator unseen for thousands of years, hunted by the Flood Dragon Demon Court, ultimately experiencing Spirit Transformation Rebirth and leaving the East Origin Sea Region to be reborn into the Great Snow Mountain Lineage.
He was a reincarnated Innate Divine Being.
However, what surprises people is that this once-hunted ninth-grade Golden Core cultivator was enlightened by Great Spirit Heaven, making a powerful return.
Carrying the formidable force of the Snow Mountain Lineage behind him and his own incredible power, who knows what terrifying impact he will bring to the East Origin Sea Region.
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The Outer Sea of the East Origin Sea Region and the border area of the Great Snow Mountain Lineage are located at the intersection, where there exists an innately formed Spirit Vein passage.
If someone powerful descends, the required time doesn’t resemble the lengthy journey of a typical cross-realm travel.
In less than ten days, Zheng Yi and his companions have already returned to the East Origin Sea Region.
Upon arrival, Zheng Yi announced the rebuilding of Azure Waves Island and summoned numerous Celestial Demon Army members to return.
Initially, it seemed that, upon issuing the recall decree, many from the Celestial Demon Army would respond.
However, what Zheng Yi didn’t expect was the decree’s sparse response; once numbering in the thousands, the army now provided less than a tenth of the replies.
Of course, Zheng Yi knows that the Celestial Demon Army, as puppets enslaved by the Celestial Demon Relic, could not betray, so with such a large disappearance, there is only one possibility: devastation in these mere ten or so years.
In other words, most have died or met with disaster.
From the returned Celestial Demon Army, Zheng Yi learns, just as he suspected, that of the thousands of members, the losses were heavy, with less than a tenth surviving.
Moreover, even those who are alive are scattered throughout the East Origin Sea Region, afraid to show themselves, with no chance to gather.
The fact that the Flood Dragon Demon Court has existed for so many years isn’t without reason, using ancient means; though unable to find Zheng Yi, they discovered the Celestial Demon Army.
Thus, the Flood Dragon Demon Court employed terrifying methods to locate and eliminate these hidden forces, and it was a massacre on the spot.
The Celestial Demon Army, being slaves to the Celestial Demon Relic, would never betray, so they self-destructed en masse. Even dispatching powerful Nascent Soul forces, the Flood Dragon Demon Court couldn’t extract any information about Zheng Yi.