Demon Moon Soaring, Blood Sea Reversal.

Yin Tianxia and Xue Ya clashed again, fighting intensely.

Emperor Zhou did not step in to help; Yin Tianxia, this woman, was quite strong. If he intervened now, he might just face her cold gaze. It would be better to do some cleanup work at the end.

His focus was more on the Earth Veins.

When he manipulated the Earth Veins, causing the entire Xunyang City to sink, the Earth Qi was greatly affected, creating chaos in Earth Qi throughout the Xuanzhou region.

This Earth Qi disruption also affected Emperor Zhou's strength. After all, his strength mainly derived from Dragon Vein Earth Qi, with Qingyu's Soul only regulating it.

However, there was another person who was affected by the Earth Qi disruption.

'Indeed, Human Dao Will is rooted in the Dragon Veins. When Earth Qi becomes chaotic, Human Dao Will is also impacted, possibly even limiting the Human Emperor's power.'

Although it was just a sudden sensation for a moment, Emperor Zhou still sensed the impact of Earth Qi chaos on the Human Emperor.

'But the Human Emperor has the Xinglie's Battle Body as a vessel, which, although impactful in this way, isn't too severe.'

At this point, Emperor Zhou fully understood the importance of the Xinglie's Battle Body to the Human Emperor.

Human Dao Will requires a vessel, that is, a container, to merge with Dragon Vein Power as the manifestation of its intent.

In the past, this vessel was those who cultivated Emperor Martial Art; now, it has become the Xinglie's Battle Body.

The Xinglie's Battle Body, tempered by Earth Veins, is nearly the perfect container, able to truly unleash the power of Human Dao Will. Once the Nine Emperors gather, even the arrival of the Tao Realm can be challenged.

This is the greatest reliance of the Human Emperor's lineage and their biggest trump card. As the Human Emperor awakens one by one, the gathering of the Nine Emperors is almost a natural process without difficulty.

'Everyone has their own path and trump cards; Dao Ancestor, Buddha, Supreme Taoist Master are like this, and so is the Human Emperor.'

These old foxes are all not easily dealt with, and even the youngest among them, the Supreme Taoist Master, is over two hundred years old, having ample time to plot.

Up until now, their plans have been mostly laid out; just waiting for the final moment to arrive. Compared to them, the young Qingyu lacks a huge amount of time; now he can only improve his strength to have a possible chance of victory.

'Hou Qian Capital's battle······'

Truth be told, Emperor Zhou felt an urge to act. Yin Tianxia and Xue Ya's fight was back and forth, unsure how long it would drag on, but Emperor Zhou wanted it to end quickly, to swiftly advance to occupy regions and rendezvous with Demon Buddha and the Human Emperor.

It's not that he didn't want to go directly, but going directly would only lead to his strength steadily decreasing, after all, further ahead is no longer his territory.

Emperor Martial Art turned Emperor Zhou into an earthbound spirit, able to only wander within the Northern Zhou domain.

Silent operations of True Qi, Emperor Zhou, who is a manifestation of Qingyu, channels force into his palm, preparing to launch a surprise attack.

In terms of stealth ambushes, Qingyu is an expert, and naturally Emperor Zhou too.

However, just as the ambush was about to be launched, Emperor Zhou suddenly had a feeling, his palm force deviated, striking to the right.

"Amitabha."

Like an illusion, a shadow broke apart and then recombined, manifesting a familiar figure.

"Xinyuan." Emperor Zhou murmured the name of this figure.

It was Xinyuan, not Shi Jue; the shadow appearing here was not Shi Jue's face, which Xinyuan had seized, but the visage belonging to that Abbot of the Great Zen Temple who bore the appearance of All Living Beings.

Behind Xinyuan, a seemingly real yet unreal Red Gold Gate stood, opening a crack. Through the crack, one could see the solemn Buddha Country, Pure Land.

This scene inevitably led Emperor Zhou to a hypothesis.

"The Pure Land Gate can be opened outside the Great Zen Temple, so it seems the mirage above the North Sea was also a trick using Pure Land power." Emperor Zhou said.

As he spoke, he sneered, "So compassionate indeed, Xinyuan, to let Demon Buddha Papiyan occupy Xuanzhou, causing a demon calamity. You have committed such wickedness, pushing over a million lives in Xuanzhou into the pit. Not to mention, just speaking of the present deaths of ten thousand creatures in Xunyang City, there's your share of sin there."

"Amitabha, all sin falls upon me; I, a humble monk, will recite the Rebirth Scripture night and day to pray for the passing of many beings this time. When my Buddha returns, I can guide them across the Sea of Suffering directly to my Buddha's Pure Land."

Shi Jue clasped his hands together, said.

"But on that day, Emperor Zhou was also in constant contact with Lord Qingyu, observing the North Sea. In terms of guilt, Emperor Zhou is also greatly culpable."

"Ha, the lives of people from other nations, what does that have to do with me?" Emperor Zhou sneered coldly, "Do I look like a person overflowing with compassion to you? If necessary, even if I were to slaughter all living beings in this province, so what? I am not some falsely compassionate bald donkey; dare to act dare to admit.

Even if all of Xuanzhou were to die in front of me, I wouldn't even frown."

Crossing the Sea of Suffering, heading straight to Pure Land, was indeed laughable. The so-called reincarnation is just a lie concocted by Buddhist sects to deceive followers into believing. Do you really think there's true reincarnation in the world?

The so-called reincarnation in this world is actually the body capturing actions of warriors beyond Divinity Realm. Otherwise, it's copying memories onto newly-born infants, making them believe they are the reincarnation of strong ones.

As for ordinary people, although they have Soul Consciousness, which can be extracted, once their Soul Consciousness leaves the body, it is essentially considered dead and no longer retains prior consciousness, only as a form of special energy.

"Enough idle talk; I'm too lazy to hear you bald donkeys babble. I have only one question for you: appearing here, do you intend to shield Xue Ya?"

Killing Intent pervaded Emperor Zhou's eyes, True Qi poised to strike.

If not for Xinyuan's interference earlier, Xue Ya would have been hit. Additionally, suddenly manifesting here, Emperor Zhou knew with certainty that this bald donkey had ill intentions.

"Emperor Zhou, with your discerning gaze, this humble monk has come to plead for the life of Blood Sea Tathagata. After all, he is of our Buddhist sect, and this humble monk wishes to guide him towards good. I hope Emperor Zhou will grant this wish," Xinyuan said, calmly and collectedly.

"Even though Xue Ya now serves the Demon Buddha?"

"He is destined with our Buddha," Xinyuan replied with a smile.

"Then I shall send him to meet the Buddha."

Before the words were finished, a thunderous noise was heard. In the distance, over the ruins of Xunyang City, Emperor Zhou's figure suddenly appeared, striking out with a palm that descended with earth-shattering force, destroying the Blood Sea.

It was the "Wasteful Scroll" First Move—Xuanhuang Wasteland.

At the same time, the figure of Emperor Zhou talking to Xinyuan dissipated into streams of air, a manifestation through unified energy. He used this to deceive Xinyuan, having secretly approached Xue Ya to launch a surprise attack.

"Boom——"

Xue Ya, caught off-guard, was pressed by a palm onto the Blood Lotus; the force was unending, pushing the lotus straight down, crashing into the still lingering remnants of the Blood Sea Floating Slaughter Remnant Formation, the Qi Force drifting, the Xuanhuang Energy scattering the blood energy, thoroughly destroying the remnant formation.

"Emperor Zhou, you..."

Ignoring Yin Tianxia's words of discontent, Emperor Zhou continued to press on, activating Endless Forever, instantly returning energy, launching another powerful attack.

"Divine Heaven Joint Attack."

The "Divine Scroll" and the "Heavenly Scroll" were unleashed together, a heavenly light wheel appeared, beams of unmeasured light shot straight at the Blood Lotus, under the intense light, the shock on Xue Ya's face had yet to fade.

"Boom——"

A far more intense explosion than before sounded, the blood-colored lotus shattered, streams of blood flew in the air, only to be obliterated by the beams of light.

A blood shadow fled frantically, rapidly heading towards the distance.

It was Xue Ya, who still had some strength, trying to escape.

Emperor Zhou naturally would not let him escape easily, yet at this moment, Xinyuan had already appeared in front.

"Amitabha, Emperor Zhou's actions indeed provoke the Buddha's anger."

The gates to the Pure Land opened wide, in the Pure Saint Buddha Light, a gigantic Buddha's hand extended, five fingers spread, with the power to suppress heaven and earth.

"If Buddha becomes angry, how does he differ from a mortal?"

Emperor Zhou chuckled lightly, Endless Forever still operational, in a short period, launching a powerful attack for the third time, "Abolishing Heaven God Destruction·Energy Drawing Killing."

Simultaneously, Yin Tianxia turned into a stream of light, swiftly pursuing the escaping blood shadow.

"Rumble——"

The rumbling was like Three Thousand Thunder Movement, the Qi Force capable of cracking mountains and splitting seas entirely obliterated the ruins of Xunyang City.

Amidst the dust in the sky, disregarding his already cracked body, Emperor Zhou continued to activate Endless Forever, his body like a stream of light, catching up to send a Divine Sense before the Pure Land's gates closed.

When the Divine Sense entered the Pure Land, Qing Yu, retreating in the Zhenwu Sect, instantly opened his eyes, vast Spiritual Sense borrowed through the Divine Sense stormed into the Pure Land, sweeping all around.

"Qing Yu, you seek death!"

The vast sound caused the world to tremble. Qing Yu could feel that this seemingly real yet illusory mysterious Secret Realm was truly quaking, as if an unbearable force was shaking the entire heaven and earth.

On reflex, Qing Yu's Divine Sense turned towards the source of the voice······

"Bang——"

In retreat, Qing Yu's physical left eye burst apart, his right eye remaining tightly shut, blood constantly flowing from beneath the eyelid.

A look of shock, rarely seen on his face, emerged, causing him to disregard treating his eye's injury.

"Buddha······"

He murmured, recalling the scene that his Divine Sense had last observed.

It was an indescribably massive face, filling the skies of the entire Secret Realm. And this Pure Land seemed to be in the hands of the owner of that massive face.

"Is that the Dharma Body of the Buddha?"

Qing Yu slowly opened his right eye, the blood in his eye began to stop, and even his hollow left eye started regenerating an eyeball.

"It must be, only the Buddha's power could cause me such an injury. However, that Dharma Body seems to be under Xinyuan's control, indicating that the Buddha's consciousness is not within the Dharma Body," Qing Yu speculated as he touched his chin.

All along, he subconsciously presumed that the Buddha and Dao Ancestor were like prisoners, their true bodies sealed in some special space, but from today's encounter, it seems it's not entirely the Buddha and Dao Ancestor that are sealed, but rather their consciousnesses.

Their true selves might still be in this world, just unable to reveal themselves due to certain constraints. Otherwise, couldn't the Dao Ancestor have used Xuan Du's body to find his true self earlier, wouldn't that have been better?

"Or perhaps, there's some secret I'm unaware of within?" Qing Yu mused to himself.

Dao Ancestor and Buddha, these two have hidden information about themselves all too well, and what circulates in the world are all untrue legends. There's virtually no real information about these two.

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