Chapter 316: The Tianze Ancestor
Shen Daoxing didn't hesitate. His figure blurred, and with a WHOOSH, he vanished. He transformed into a long streak of light, soaring into the sky and heading straight for the Celestial Lake Swamp.
It was obvious that with his current strength, he was no match for the white figure. Moreover, experts from the Celestial Profound Sacred Land were rushing over. Shen Daoxing had no reason to linger.
"Hmph! Trying to escape?"
The Tianze Old Ancestor snorted coldly, turned his head to the white figure, and said urgently, "Kill him quickly! We can't let him get away!"
Hearing this, the white figure didn't move its feet. It merely lifted the longsword in its hand by an inch.
Without any warning, in that instant, the clouds above the Tianze Imperial Palace suddenly tore open, revealing a large hole.
The next moment, a massive, dark meteor emerged. Trailing flames from the friction of burning through the air, it streaked across the sky in a flash and hurtled down toward Shen Daoxing's head.
Venerable Invincible, Huangliang's Moment!
With a thought, Shen Daoxing hurriedly unleashed his Huangliang Divine Techniques. The birds in the sky and the falling leaves all stopped in an instant, hanging bizarrely in mid-air. Everything around him fell silent, as if time itself had frozen.
Pushing off with his feet, Shen Daoxing leaped forward, narrowly avoiding the meteor's impact.
"BOOM!"
A tremendous roar shook the heavens and the earth.
A massive wall of fire erupted into the sky behind Shen Daoxing.
But just as Shen Daoxing dodged the meteor's blast, a colossal beam of sword light that seemed to span the world suddenly slashed down horizontally in front of him.
Startled, Shen Daoxing quickly retreated.
"CRACK!"
A long, massive fissure appeared where he had just been standing, and the ground immediately shattered.
"RUMBLE!"
The ground where Shen Daoxing stood instantly caved in.
In that brief moment, the white figure flickered and reappeared on a rock wall in front of Shen Daoxing.
Shen Daoxing didn't hesitate. His figure blurred as he quickly turned and fled in another direction.
But he could never take more than a few steps before the white figure's attack arrived.
Seeing this, a nearby Wang Mingxuan fanned himself continuously with his paper fan, the smile on his face growing wider. "Shen Daoxing, don't waste your energy. You're not escaping today. Even if you get out of the Tianze Nation, a net cast by our Celestial Profound Sacred Land awaits you outside."
Shen Daoxing suddenly whipped his head around and shot a cold glare at Wang Mingxuan.
Wang Mingxuan immediately shivered. He glanced from side to side, then nonchalantly took a step to hide behind the Tianze Old Ancestor.
Only after Shen Daoxing had moved farther away did he slowly step out again.
Unable to break out and unable to defeat the white figure, Shen Daoxing could only dodge and weave within the imperial palace, his figure constantly shifting as they engaged in a chase, one pursuing the other.
Suddenly, the seven-colored Profound Platform inside Shen Daoxing began to spin rapidly.
ZZZZT!
Black arcs of electricity flickered at his feet.
Pushing off with his feet, Shen Daoxing leaped out, transforming into a streak of light that shot up rapidly. It looked as if he was about to break out of the Tianze Imperial Palace.
The white-robed figure quickly waved its longsword. Instantly, two large holes tore open in the clouds, and two massive meteors, wreathed in roaring flames, plummeted down toward Shen Daoxing.
At that moment, however, Shen Daoxing's charging figure took a sharp turn without any warning, heading straight for Wang Mingxuan's position.
Wang Mingxuan was stunned for a moment, then panicked. He twisted around and hurriedly hid behind the Tianze Old Ancestor again.
And at this moment, Shen Daoxing slowly raised the Great Ming Demon Sparrow in his hand.
Venerable Taboo, Kunlun Duanyue!
ZZZZT!
Black arcs of electricity crackled in the sky.
A colossal beam of sword light, vast enough to sunder mountains and split the heavens, shot out that instant. It let out a piercing whistle as it tore through the air, flying straight toward the Tianze Old Ancestor and Wang Mingxuan.
The Tianze Old Ancestor was stunned for a long moment before he realized what was happening and cried out in alarm, "Ancestor, protect me!"
He crossed his arms and threw them up. A brilliant brown light flared, and layer after layer of Rock Armor formed, stacking up until ten layers were in place. Only then did he seem to breathe a sigh of relief.
Meanwhile, the white figure's sword shot from its hand, transforming into a brilliant streak of light that instantly appeared to block the path before the Tianze Old Ancestor.
"BANG!"
The colossal beam of sword light that could sunder mountains and split the heavens slashed down.
But what no one realized was that Shen Daoxing's strike wasn't aimed at the Tianze Old Ancestor and Wang Mingxuan, but at the redwood spirit tablet in the Old Ancestor's hands.
A flash of silver-white sword light passed by.
"CRACK!"
With just a soft, crisp sound.
The spirit tablet in the Old Ancestor's hands suddenly shattered.
The Old Ancestor froze, looking down to see the ancestral tablet in his hands split clean in two down the middle. He was utterly horrified. "You! You, Shen Daoxing! How dare you destroy the ancestral tablet of my Tianze lineage! This is outrageous! A crime punishable by ten thousand deaths!"
"Kill… kill this outrageous brat!"
The Old Ancestor pointed at Shen Daoxing and hurriedly commanded the white figure nearby.
However, the moment the Tianze ancestral tablet shattered, the white figure's form suddenly froze. The already-ethereal figure grew increasingly blurry. A gentle breeze blew past, and it rippled before dissolving into specks of white light and vanishing into thin air.
"What!!!"
The Old Ancestor was utterly stunned.
Shen Daoxing slowly lowered the Great Ming Demon Sparrow in his hand and smiled faintly. 'Looks like I guessed right.'
Then, Shen Daoxing took a large stride forward, giving the Tianze Old Ancestor a meaningful look.
The Tianze Old Ancestor glanced at the shattered tablet in his hands and took an involuntary step back.
At this moment, the Tianze Old Ancestor was grievously injured, the sliver of power left behind by the Tianze Ancestor had been destroyed, and no one left in the entire Tianze Nation was a match for Shen Daoxing.
Terror seized the Tianze Old Ancestor's heart.
However, at this very moment, within the ocher-earthed Tianze Imperial Palace, stood rows of Snow Trees. A soft light glowed on their snow-white branches, and then, without any warning, flower buds suddenly appeared all over the trees.
A gentle light shone, and within a single breath, all the buds burst into bloom.
The entire Tianze Imperial Palace was bathed in a white glow.
A light breeze swept through, carrying petals from the snow-white flowers into the air. They drifted above the entire imperial city in a dazzling and beautiful display.
Seeing this, everyone—from the Tianze Old Ancestor to the people trapped in the main hall—looked up at the sky, stunned.
According to legend, when the Snow Trees bloomed throughout the entire Tianze Nation, it would signify the time for their Tianze Ancestor to emerge from seclusion.
"Who dares disturb my Tianze! Who dares destroy my tablet!"
Just then, a deep, resonant voice suddenly echoed through the sky. It seemed to come from the distant edge of the horizon, yet also sounded as if it were whispering right beside your ear.
"It's the Ancestor! He hasn't left us! He has been in Tianze all along."
Hearing the voice, He Qian's eyes lit up, and she was the first to cry out.
Beside her, the Tianze Emperor, He Yu, He Yong, and everyone else grew excited as well.