Chapter 600: One Hundred Thousand Immortal Artifacts
True Person Lingxuan, True Person Caiyun, and Realman Sun-Eroding had all been heavily wounded by Chen Yan before any of them could even react.
Only True Person Xuzhou, Lou Ye, had a certain amount of reaction time.
Facing the figure of the young man in plain white daoist robes rapidly closing in on him, Lou Ye did not hesitate for a moment.
The low chanting of the lingering resonance of the immortal path rang out, and before Lou Ye, a round of incomparably dazzling, blazing radiance was born.
Utmost yang, utmost firmness, utmost purity!
“Radiant Great Sun, illuminate my Lingxiao!”
Lou Ye let out a thunderous roar, and at the same time, faint black cracks began to appear on his body, as he had already started to break through the laws of heaven and earth, using dao rhyme to drive the immortal artifact at the center of that dazzling, blazing radiance—
The Great Sun Seal!
Currently, there were a total of four immortal artifacts in existence on the Chenping Continent.
They were the Great Sun Seal of Lingxiao Temple, the Thousand Clouds Blade and the Abyssal Tower of Mirage Palace, and the Star Sea Stone of Star Heaven Sect.
After all, the process of forging an immortal artifact was extremely complex and arduous, requiring not only a primordial immortal artifact embryo, which was already a once-in-ten-thousand-years rarity, but also several millennia of nurturing with immortal qi.
The status of the Great Sun Seal ranked first among the four immortal artifacts still extant on the Chenping Continent.
Lingxiao Temple's thunder techniques and fire methods surpassed all others on the Chenping Continent.
And within Lingxiao Temple, its fire methods were even a cut above its thunder techniques.
The Great Sun Seal was created by Lingxiao Temple's first generation Ascended Steward, who was also its first sect master, True Person Lingxiao. He forged it by combining Lingxiao Temple's fire methods and used his own dao rhyme to engrave the eight-character inscription on the bottom of the seal: “Radiant Great Sun, illuminate my Lingxiao.”
Lou Ye broke through the laws of heaven and earth, forcibly driving the Great Sun Seal with dao rhyme. The moment that round of dazzling, blazing radiance appeared, the temperature within a thousand li instantly skyrocketed.
Even space was scorched, twisting and deforming, and the ruins of the Profound Scripture Hall below seemed to become molten.
The snow and ice that had accumulated on Heavenly Summit Mountain for over a hundred thousand years began to melt as well, the searing heat devouring almost everything.
“Suppress!”
Following that, Lou Ye let out another roar, and the black cracks emerging on his body began to deepen.
So what if it was over sixty thousand years of karmic backlash? Things had already progressed to this point, meaning there was no turning back!
The Great Sun Seal emitted a hum, and the lingering resonance of the immortal path spread outward, transforming into a vast sea of immortal qi.
At the same time, that round of dazzling, blazing radiance before Lou Ye was like a sun suddenly detonated, carrying a terrifying momentum that could crush all things and incinerate all laws, sweeping toward Chen Yan.
In just an instant, that figure in plain white daoist robes was swallowed by the blazing radiance, ultimately being completely vaporized, leaving not even a single speck of dust behind.
Lou Ye panted heavily, a flicker of shock passing through his eyes.
The profound immortal qi flowing around Chen Yan undoubtedly proved that he was currently a cultivator at the Immortal Ascension Realm.
Although he had just exerted himself almost to his limit, True Person Xuzhou was also well aware that no Immortal Ascension cultivator was so easy to kill.
But why, then...
“Xu Zhou, above!”
Just as True Person Xuzhou was lost in thought, Realman Sun-Eroding, Liang Huan, suddenly shouted from below.
Lou Ye quickly raised his head, gazing at the figure of the young man in plain white daoist robes in the sky. Behind him, the sky shattered, and a vast number of pitch-black rifts spread out.
This was the scene left behind by the desperate struggle between Kong Yang and Qiu Siruo earlier.
If the four Immortal Ascension cultivators on Heavenly Summit Mountain continued to fight, the final outcome would undoubtedly be the complete collapse of the laws of heaven and earth.
Of course, none of these Immortal Ascension cultivators cared about any of that, as they had already abandoned this era.
And Chen Yan had returned precisely to stop all of this.
Because this was supposed to be his era.
The ruins on Heavenly Summit Mountain turned into molten lava, flowing slowly.
The snow on the mountain also turned into floodwaters, surging down the slopes, drowning countless cities and villages.
True Person Xuzhou looked at Chen Yan in the sky, a hint of disbelief flashing in his eyes.
Because he was certain that his full-force strike, driven by the Great Sun Seal just now, had definitely hit Chen Yan.
But now...
Could it be an illusion?
No, even the illusion techniques of Mirage Palace's Weaving Dreams Tower had very limited effect on Immortal Ascension cultivators.
What was going on here?
Even though Lou Ye was the fourth-generation Steward of Lingxiao Temple, a great power at the Immortal Ascension Realm, he was utterly unable to comprehend any of this.
Just as True Person Xuzhou was still shocked, Realman Sun-Eroding below had already erupted.
“Hum—”
A sharp, clear sound of breaking air rang out, and a vast amount of immortal qi continuously generated on Liang Huan's Immortal Platform, pouring into the Thousand Clouds Blade in his hand.
The reality around the Thousand Clouds Blade was almost completely twisted, as if transforming into an endless sea of clouds.
As if space had been entirely folded, in less than a hundred-millionth of a breath, the Thousand Clouds Blade had already crossed the several hundred zhang between Liang Huan and Chen Yan and pierced straight through Chen Yan's chest.
Chen Yan, whose chest had been run through by the Thousand Clouds Blade, showed no expression on his face. He merely gazed calmly at the three Immortal Ascension cultivators below: Kong Yang, Liang Huan, and Lou Ye.
Then, his form began to gradually distort, eventually transforming into spiritual energy of heaven and earth and dissipating into the surroundings.
“External Incarnation!”
Lou Ye immediately realized what was going on.
The one who had just fought them was not Chen Yan's true body, but his External Incarnation!
And the very next moment, Lou Ye found this even more terrifying.
“An External Incarnation capable of fighting Immortal Ascension cultivators, even gaining the upper hand without using an immortal artifact...”
Thinking this, Lou Ye couldn't help but shiver.
“Is he really that vessel of karma, or is he someone else...”
Soon, the oppressive pressure of immortal qi came again from above the heads of the several Immortal Ascension cultivators, only this time it was far greater than before.
The handsome young man in plain white daoist robes stood between heaven and earth. Judging by the terrifying momentum emanating from him, this was undoubtedly his true body, not an External Incarnation.
“Whoosh!”
The Thousand Clouds Blade fell back into Liang Huan's hands. Lou Ye held the Great Sun Seal, and the Abyssal Tower, driven by Kong Yang, continued to spin slowly.
These great powers at the Immortal Ascension Realm all understood that in terms of cultivation alone, Chen Yan... if he truly was Chen Yan... his current strength far surpassed their own.
Although they couldn't understand why at all, that was the reality.
But they weren't without advantages.
Their numbers and the three immortal artifacts in their hands were both advantages.
Floating in midair, Chen Yan's gaze swept over the Great Sun Seal, the Abyssal Tower, and the Thousand Clouds Blade. Then he gently closed his eyes, placed his left hand behind his back, and raised only the index finger of his right hand before his chest:
“Appear.”
In an instant, it was as if the entire heaven and earth were completely shrouded by the lingering resonance of the immortal path.
“What is this...”
Realman Sun-Eroding's voice trembled, and he released the still-humming Thousand Clouds Blade from his grip.
He lifted his head to look at the sky, gazing at the figure of the young man in plain white daoist robes. Behind him, blocking out the clouds and the sun, were one hundred thousand immortal artifacts—
In Liang Huan's heart, there was only despair.