The Heaven-shattering: Holding the Jade Disc of Creation

Chapter 210: Opportunities for Evolving the Underworld (6.5K, please support with monthly tickets)
The boundless desert is a world of golden sand. There is no life here. The scenery remains unchanged from beginning to end, and just looking at it makes people feel despair.

In this desert that has been deserted for thousands of years, five figures are walking in the desert with firm steps.

After an unknown amount of time, a building appeared faintly at the end of the south where everyone was.

This discovery lifted everyone's spirits, and Pangbo couldn't wait to run over to see what was ahead.

After a moment, an ancient and mysterious Taoist temple appeared in the field of vision. The temple was not large, it could even be said to be very small, roughly the same size as an ordinary stone house.

The style of the small Taoist temple is ancient, and it is obvious that it was built a long time ago.

Pang Bo looked at the small Taoist temple in front of him, scratched his head in disappointment, and asked Duan De: "Is this the place we are looking for? It feels very ordinary."

Duan De looked at the compass in his hand, deduced it once, and shook his head: "The destination is not here, but this place is not ordinary, there should be some good things."

While the two were talking, Zhang Shuo waved his hand lightly, blowing up the sand that buried the Taoist temple, revealing the full picture of the small Taoist temple.

He felt an inexplicable charm, with chaotic divine light flashing in his eyes. His Dao pupils of creation opened, and he understood the essence of this Taoist temple.

"This is a bronze inscription from the pre-Qin period. How could there be characters from the pre-Qin period here? Could it be that a Qigong practitioner from the pre-Qin period had come to Beidou?"

Ye Fan recognized the characters on the ancient temple. He had a deep understanding of China's ancient history and had studied various ancient books and texts.

"What! This is a bronze inscription from the pre-Qin period."

"Pre-Qin bronze inscriptions, Chinese civilization..."

After hearing Ye Fan's words, Pang Bo and Li Xiaoman looked at Gu Guan in a daze and fell into deep thought.

They didn't expect to see Earth's civilization in Beidou, and the Taoist temple in front of them evoked their memories.

Zhang Shuo ignored the three people who were lost in thought. He aimed at an ordinary stone wall and pointed his finger at it.

"boom!"

The stone wall shattered like dust at the touch, and soon a dull metal box appeared.

"There is a treasure in this wall!"

Duan De, who was originally copying ancient seal characters, could not sit still when he saw Zhang Shuo find a treasure from the stone wall. He also hurriedly chiseled open the stone wall in front of him in an attempt to find other treasures.

Ye Fan and others also woke up from their memories and started exploring the ancient temple together.

Ignoring the four busy people, Zhang Shuo took out the old bronze box and opened it directly.

Inside the metal box, there is a wooden whip. It looks very simple and ancient, with many Taoist patterns carved on it. It is very mysterious and attracts people's attention more and more as you look at it.

It is more than three feet long, with more than twenty sections. Each section has several complex patterns clearly imprinted on it, which looks natural and mysterious.

Zhang Shuo took out the wooden whip and used the Dao Pupil of Creation to observe the origin of the wooden whip.

After a moment, he stopped the Creation Dao Eye, stroked the wooden whip with his palm, and said secretly: "It is indeed the remains of the human-shaped immortality elixir, but it seems that it has not been sacrificed and refined. It is just a pure remains. However, due to the special nature of this wooden whip, not many people are capable of refining it!"

The characteristics of the Divine Whip are very powerful. It specifically damages the enemy's soul and mind. It can ignore defense and directly attack the enemy's soul.

Zhang Shuo stroked the divine whip and recalled the plot of the original novel. This divine whip was extremely powerful and could easily explode the soul of a saint.

"I remember that in the original novel, the ancient imperial weapon of Emperor Dapeng was the golden divine whip. Its style was the same as the divine whip, but its material was Daojie gold. I just don't know if the other party has ever obtained the divine whip."

The four people who had gained nothing at this time walked out of the ancient temple in frustration. Ye Fan saw the magic whip in Zhang Shuo's hand and asked curiously:
"Brother Shuo, is this wooden whip the treasure you got from the stone wall of this Taoist temple?"

Zhang Shuo nodded, handed the God-beating Whip to the four people to observe, and explained: "This is the God-beating Whip, which is specially used to strike the Yuanshen consciousness. You can give it a try."

Li Xiaoman took the divine whip and tried to touch the whip with her spiritual consciousness, but her spiritual consciousness was defeated by an unknown force.

Li Xiaoman, whose spiritual consciousness was defeated, could not help but frown, rubbed her eyebrows uncomfortably, and handed the divine whip to Ye Fan to observe.

Zhang Shuo on the side watched this scene and was amazed. You know, the spiritual consciousness is linked to the soul, and the severe pain caused by the collapse of the spiritual consciousness is unbearable even for cultivators. But Li Xiaoman just frowned, which shows how strong her character is.

"Hiss... This divine whip is indeed designed to attack spiritual consciousness. It is truly a powerful treasure."

Ye Fan let out a muffled sound, and he also felt the power of the Divine Whip.

"Brother Shuo, is this divine whip related to the legendary Jiang Ziya of the Zhou Dynasty? Are there really immortal gods?"

Ye Fan handed the divine whip to Pang Bo and asked Zhang Shuo.

"This is the remains of the immortal tree of the Emperor of Heaven in the past mythological era. It was indeed obtained by Jiang Ziya in the Western Zhou Dynasty. There were Qigong practitioners in the pre-Qin period, but there were no real immortals or gods."

After the divine whip was passed once, it returned to Zhang Shuo's hands. He took back the divine whip and answered Ye Fan's doubts.

Ye Fan nodded when he heard this. He knew that Zhang Shuo had a special background and that he knew most of the secrets in the world, so he did not doubt Zhang Shuo's words.

After putting away the divine whip, Zhang Shuo looked at the dilapidated Taoist temple. The ancient temple was already dilapidated, and after being tossed around by Ye Fan and his men, it became even more dilapidated.

But he didn't care about these, just quietly looked at the ancient temple in front of him. Seeing this, Ye Fan and others beside him, although they were confused, they also waited honestly for Zhang Shuo's move.

After a moment, a purple light flashed in Zhang Shuo's eyes, and his whole body looked spotless like an immortal, with purple mist lingering around him. He was in harmony with the Tao, and his every move was a unity of man and nature, unfathomable.

The rising purple air gradually enveloped the ancient temple. The purple air made the laws of heaven and earth manifest, causing the ancient temple to resonate with its hidden mysterious Taoist principles.

Suddenly, Ye Fan and others heard a very mysterious Taoist sound, and it was difficult to understand the meaning of the scriptures. In a trance, the four of them were stunned. The whole ancient temple seemed to be shaking, in unison with its pulse.

The sound of Tao became clearer and clearer, and the ancient temple was flashing with golden light. The golden light gathered in the void and evolved into mysterious traces of Tao.

Ye Fan and the other three stared at the Dao mark in the void. This Dao mark was not a specific word, but it could help people understand the method of cultivation.

Finally, the complex and mysterious Dao traces intertwined and merged to form the two words "Heavenly Book".

"The Heavenly Book! Could it be the Heavenly Book held by Jiang Ziya?" Ye Fan said in shock with his eyes wide open.

Zhang Shuo used the Dao Pupil of Creation to record the complete Heavenly Book, and then the purple aura on his body dissipated.

Without the blessing of the purple energy, the Heavenly Book began to disintegrate, and the ancient temple that displayed miracles seemed to have exhausted its last bit of charm and collapsed completely.

After squeezing out the last value of the Taoist temple, everyone continued their journey under the guidance of Duan De.

On the way, Ye Fan and others had a brief exchange and discovered that the four of them had comprehended different methods of cultivation from the Heavenly Book. The Heavenly Book seemed to be all-encompassing, and everyone could comprehend different things.

"I didn't expect that heavenly book to be so magical, but I don't know which heavenly book it is. Fortunately, I remembered most of it. I will study it carefully later."

Ye Fan stroked the Bodhi seed in his hand and thought secretly in his heart.

Under the leadership of Duan De, everyone moved forward. Time passed quickly and three days and nights passed in the blink of an eye. Just when everyone was getting anxious, new changes appeared ahead.

On the horizon of the desert ahead, there are two huge rocks, their outlines looming.

"Master, look ahead, there are two huge rocks. This is a new sight. Have we reached our destination?"

Pang Bo was very excited and asked Duan De in front of him.

Duan De looked at the huge rock in front of him and turned the compass in his hand. The compass made a series of crisp sounds, as if it sensed something.

"Hahaha! Found it! I really found it. I am the best in the world, haha!"

After seeing the compass's prompt, Duan De put his hands on his hips and laughed, with a smug look on his face.

Ye Fan and Li Xiaoman, who were standing by, couldn't help but roll their eyes when they saw Duan De getting too proud of himself.

Pangbo ran all the way towards the location of the boulder.

"This isn't a boulder, it's a block of black metal!"

Pangbo rushed forward and was shocked when he saw the huge creature in front of him.

These are two pieces of metal, roughly five or six meters long, completely black with a dull luster. A chilly aura blows towards you, and you feel cold just by getting close to them.

This is very unusual. You have to know that everyone present is a monk and has long been immune to cold and heat. However, the metal block in front of them can make them feel cold, which means that the metal block in front of them is not simple.

"There are only these two pieces of metal here. Is this the final reward of our trip?"

Pangbo looked around the metal block and explored it with his spiritual sense, but found nothing.

Ye Fan and Li Xiaoman were also confused. Apart from the metal block in front of them, they did not find any burial site.

Zhang Shuo was looking carefully at the block of metal in front of him.

The black block of metal was full of holes and many places looked like they had been dented by someone's palms or fingers.

"The breath of the netherworld seems to be related to the underworld, but didn't this Supreme come from the Taichu Forbidden Zone? Could it be that he came from the underworld just like the Corpse King?"

Zhang Shuo touched the block of metal, feeling the divinity contained in it. There was very little divinity left, only a little bit, and it was about to dissipate.

"No, this is not right. There is something wrong with this place. It must be hiding something!"

Duan De's face flushed. For some reason, he seemed particularly excited, especially when looking at the block of metal in front of him. The cold aura made him feel somewhat familiar.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Shuo immediately activated his Dao Pupil of Creation and carefully observed the surrounding space.

After a moment, chaotic light flashed in his eyes, and he waved his right hand, and a pitch-black gourd appeared in his palm.

The mouth of the gourd was aimed at the middle of the two metal blocks, and a dazzling sword light was emitted.

"boom!"

The extremely sharp sword light directly pierced through layers of space and cut a spatial crack between the gaps between the metal blocks.

"Zizi!"

The space cracks that were created continued to emit red fire, which made a sizzling sound when it came into contact with the outside world.

"Sure enough, there is something strange. There is a special space hidden between the two metal blocks."

When Duan De saw this scene, he understood what had happened. His guess was correct, there was indeed a burial site, but it was not in the open, but hidden in another space.

"This hidden space is filled with such a terrifying flame. Judging from the appearance of this flame, it should be the divine flame of Emperor Hengyu. This flame is so terrifying. How can we get in?"

Ye Fan looked at the scorching divine flame emanating from the crack in space, frowned, and didn't know what to do.

“Leave it to me.” Zhang Shuo activated the Immortal-Slaying Gourd, which emitted brilliant starlight and formed a barrier that enveloped the five people.

"Let's go!"

Under the protection of the Immortal-Slaying Gourd, the starlight barrier resisted the divine flames and protected everyone as they entered the space crack.

After entering the hidden space, what comes into view is a red world with red divine flames everywhere. It seems like a world of fire, without any life, only dazzling flames.

"Oh my god, there's flames everywhere here. Even if there are good things, they will be burned to ashes!" Pangbo looked at the sea of ​​fire around him and scratched his head helplessly.

"That may not be the case. If there really is no good thing, the flame will not continue to burn." Ye Fan was very calm. He noticed something strange.

"Yes, this small world must have existed for a long time. Since the divine flame is still burning here, it means that something has been supporting the consumption of the divine flame."

Duan De looked at the small world filled with divine flames and analyzed.

There was an inexplicable light in Zhang Shuo's eyes. After all, he was very familiar with the divine flame of Emperor Hengyu. This small world should have been created by Emperor Hengyu. However, he couldn't figure out why the other party created such a world.

Under the protection of the Immortal-Slaying Gourd, the five people continued to go deeper. After passing through layers of sea of ​​fire, the scene before them shocked everyone.

Before your eyes is a vast death energy comparable to a galaxy. The inky black death energy and the dazzling red divine flame compete with each other, forming a strange world of black and red.

"What kind of existence would give rise to such a terrifying death aura after its fall? Even the divine flame of Emperor Hengyu cannot completely burn it away."

Ye Fan looked at the scene in front of him, the shock in his heart was beyond words, because he could not understand the power possessed by a being of that level.

Zhang Shuo looked at the scene in front of him and had some guesses in his mind, but this also made him more confused.

"I remember that the Supreme Being in the Taichu Forbidden Zone in the original novel should have been turned into ashes by Hengyu. Could it be that he is not that Supreme Being? This doesn't make sense!"

With full of doubts, Zhang Shuo increased the output of his divine power, and under the protection of the Immortal-Slaying Gourd, everyone entered the black fog of death.

"Zizi!"

As soon as the imperial soldier's barrier came into contact with the death energy, it made a sizzling sound, and the death energy was constantly eroding the barrier.

The sizzling sound made Ye Fan and the others feel uneasy. Coupled with the dark environment around them, they felt creepy, as if something horrible and strange might happen at any time.

They moved forward all the way, and after walking a long distance, the barrier formed by the Immortal-Slaying Gourd brought everyone to a strange place.

"Huh? How could a place like this appear? With such a dense aura of death around it, life could actually be born."

It has to be said that this small world constantly refreshes everyone's cognition. First, there were flames all over the world, then there was a huge black fog of death as big as a galaxy, and finally a pure land was born in the black fog.

That’s right, what appeared before everyone’s eyes was a pure land.

In the lifeless black fog of death, a pure land full of vitality has taken root here.

Here, there are undulating low mountains, cliffs and valleys, entwined magical vines, patches of auspicious light, the fragrance of ancient medicines, and even more auspicious colors rising, spiritual springs gurgling, and colorful lights. It is a rare pure land.

The strangest thing is that the death energy actively avoids this place, making the pure land not contaminated by any death energy.

"This is too unbelievable. How can there be a pure land in such a horrible black fog of death?"

Ye Fan also had a face full of question marks. His attainments in source arts were not low, but he was unable to understand the scene before him.

"This burial soil is really peculiar. I have dug countless large tombs, but this is the first time I have seen a cemetery like this."

Duan De was also amazed, but he didn't seem to find the existence of the Pure Land incredible.

Zhang Shuo frowned slightly. He immediately activated the Dao Pupil of Creation, trying to see the truth here, but this piece of pure land was interfered by strong laws, making it impossible for him to fully understand the situation here.

"I just made a brief observation. This pure land is not too dangerous. I can't find out the location except the center. There is no danger in other places. We can explore it."

Zhang Shuo informed Ye Fan and the other three of what he had discovered and waited for their response.

"There's no danger, that's great, let's quickly collect the precious medicine!" Pangbo was very excited. After a busy period, it was finally time to harvest.

The other three also agreed to explore. Zhang Shuo lifted the protection of the Immortal-Slaying Gourd, and the five of them acted separately, searching the entire Pure Land bit by bit.

There are many precious and old medicines growing in the Pure Land, as well as several small and old medicine kings, and a large number of other rare treasures. The resources here are very rich.

After some searching, the five people came to the center. The center of the Pure Land was a red sea of ​​fire. The scorching sea of ​​fire was like death, it just stayed there quietly without harming the Pure Land at all.

"This is too strange. There must be something strange in this sea of ​​fire. Could it be the relic of the former supreme being?"

Pangbo looked at the red sea of ​​fire, touched his chin, and analyzed.

"Don't think too much, you'll know once you go in." Zhang Shuo said with a smile.

Afterwards, the five people, under the protection of the Immortal-Slaying Gourd, entered the core area of ​​the sea of ​​fire.

The sea of ​​fire at the core position is much stronger than the sea of ​​fire outside. Zhang Shuo secretly uses the power of the world to activate the Immortal-Slaying Gourd to resist the erosion of the sea of ​​fire.

Passing through the sea of ​​fire, what came into view was a huge corpse.

The corpse was covered with cracks, like glass on the verge of breaking, and even emitted red flames from the cracks, but it still exuded a terrifying aura of oppression.

Everyone came to the top of the corpse and saw that it had no head and its chest was pierced. A crystal clear and bright divine flame was burning slowly.

"This... could this be the forbidden corpse?" Duan De exclaimed.

"So that's how it is. It seems that this corpse supports the burning of the divine flame. The dead air from the outside should be emanating from the corpse. The divine flame is the product of that divine flame, and the pure land may be the essence produced by the divine flame burning the corpse, which has evolved into a special creation!"

Ye Fan observed the corpse below and analyzed.

Listening to Ye Fan's analysis, everyone also carefully observed the corpse below. They saw wisps of black death energy emanating from the fracture of the corpse's neck, and the death energy disappeared into the void as it overflowed.

The divine flame on the chest continued to burn the corpse, emitting wisps of flames, which also disappeared into the void.

Finally, everyone could find that although the cracks on the corpse were flickering with fire, a rich essence was overflowing.

“In this way, all causes and effects are clear, but Emperor Hengyu should be able to refine this corpse directly!
Why create a little world just for staying here?"

Li Xiaoman looked at the corpse below, restrained her inner desire, and analyzed.

"That's not clear, but after the war, Emperor Hengyu signed an agreement with the Taichu Forbidden Zone, and left for Zhongzhou and never came back."

Zhang Shuo was also full of confusion, but he didn't care too much. As long as he got the benefits, it was fine.

"It seems that the corpse below is of no use. It is filled with divine flames and is a waste that cannot be used."

Duan De looked at the corpse below and said with some regret.

"No way, we can't get everything, and we have gained a lot of resources and materials in the Pure Land, so this trip is worth it."

Pang Bo was very open-minded. He was very satisfied with the gains from this trip. After returning and digesting the resources, his cultivation would definitely be able to improve a little.

"In that case, let's leave." Looking at the satisfied crowd, Zhang Shuo activated the Immortal-Slaying Gourd and took everyone away.

When leaving, Duan De turned his head and looked towards the Pure Land with some confusion, with a puzzled look on his face, as if he had sensed something.

"Strange, why did I feel some movement in my sea of ​​consciousness, but now it's gone? Was it all an illusion just now?"

Duan De scratched his head and muttered to himself.

Afterwards, Zhang Shuo took away the black metal block and eliminated the weirdness of Shenmo.

Later, Ye Fan and others continued their journey of cultivation, while Duan De continued his tomb-sweeping business. Only Zhang Shuo returned here again.

He activated the Immortal-Slaying Gourd, opened the space crack again, and entered the small world.

Under the protection of the Immortal-Slaying Gourd, he quickly crossed the sea of ​​fire and black fog and arrived at the location of the Pure Land.

Looking at the pure land below, Zhang Shuo used all his strength to activate the Immortal-Slaying Gourd and launched the strongest attack.

Inside the Immortal-Slaying Gourd, the brilliant starlight from the universe gathered into a ray of sword light, which combined with the golden energy and blood of the Great Saint Body, burst out with terrifying power.

"Boom!"

Under the might of the sword, the Pure Land disintegrated directly, its essence and energy dissipated, its auspiciousness vanished, and everything returned to chaos.

Only the corpse was left in the core position, staying quietly in the same place, but unlike before, a crystal skull suddenly appeared where the pure land dissipated, looking extremely strange.

Zhang Shuo took the skull and scanned it with his spiritual sense, and found a clue. The skull had lost its divinity, but in the sea of ​​consciousness between the eyebrows, a reincarnation seal was shining brightly.

"The Samsara Seal is indeed the supreme being of the underworld, but it seems to be broken."

The reincarnation seal inside the skull was covered with cracks, as if it had been invaded by external forces.

After discovering this, Zhang Shuo immediately looked at the corpse again. The dense cracks on the body and the divine flame on the chest gave him some guesses in his mind.

"It seems that Emperor Hengyu discovered the reincarnation seal of this supreme being and knew that the other party was a corpse spirit, so he pretended to refine the supreme being into ashes, but actually kept the supreme body to study the mystery of reincarnation."

“No wonder Emperor Hengyu can make his corpse communicate with spirits. Although the Ninety-Nine Dragon Mountain can speed up the process of making a corpse communicate with spirits, it is not that easy to make a corpse communicate with spirits. It seems that Emperor Hengyu has made preparations in advance!”

After resolving his doubts, Zhang Shuo fully accepted the power of the Ancient Chaos Realm and raised his own strength to the extreme.

He held the Immortal-Slaying Gourd in his hand, and with his powerful divine strength, he activated the imperial weapon to cut towards the divine flame on the chest of the corpse.

"boom!"

The dazzling sword light extinguished the scorching divine flames, removing all the power that was burning the Supreme Being's corpse.

Looking at the dim corpse of the Supreme, Zhang Shuo sensed the situation of the corpse. He found that Emperor Hengyu might have other plans. The essence in the corpse did not dissipate too much, and still retained most of the divine essence, as well as a terrifying amount of death energy.

"Great, there is so much death energy in this supreme corpse, enough for me to evolve the underworld."

Zhang Shuo smiled. The moment he discovered that this small world contained a large amount of death energy, he had the idea of ​​absorbing the death energy to evolve the underworld.

Now that he has obtained the corpse of a supreme being with spiritual power, the large amount of death energy contained in it is enough for him to evolve the underworld.

After collecting all the remaining death energy, Zhang Shuo left the small world and returned to the ancient world of chaos.

(End of this chapter)