Chapter 22: The Battle of Lu Zhi

  He pondered over the cause and effect, thinking about how all this happened.

  The dark and yellow are bitter smiles, now there is no way to save them.

  The Xuan Huang's body is the color of heaven and earth, the Xuan Huang's energy, it makes clearer the strong vitality of this land spirit, because it has to nurture countless lives, bear countless hardships, and continue countless civilizations.

  These ninefold mountains are the entire earth, how thick and heavy they are.

  There must be something else, something I haven't thought of yet. There should still be a chance, a way to save him. Pangu is not a short-lived person, or the Great Way would not have chosen him as the Heaven-ordained one. There should still be a chance, a way to rescue him.

  At this time, he had three green lotus flowers on his head, swaying gently, sprinkling a piece of green light, and the coolness flowed through his heart. It made Xuanyuan's somewhat impatient heart suddenly calm down.

  "Yes, Hunyuan Qinglian, he is Pangu's congenital spiritual treasure. Although it has transformed into the heavenly screen barrier, we are inside it. As long as we can activate it, we can definitely borrow its power to escape."

  Xuan Huang's heart sank as he felt a sense of enlightenment, just like the previous time. He entered the chaotic Qinglian and now had a medium to communicate with - the three Qinglian at the top.

  Still the vast starry sky, black is the eternal main tone, purple light is moving, this internal space of the chaotic green lotus, and the chaotic space wrapped by it are not the same, it is independent of it. Until someone evolves heaven and earth, it will merge with the new heaven and earth. A bright mysterious purple butterfly, faintly showing a lotus shape, is slowly evolving, swallowing and spitting out purple light, each time becoming more rounded.

  Xuan Huang suddenly remembered to release a divine consciousness, and the purple jade butterfly did not reject it. Xuan Huang was shocked at once and muttered to himself: "The creation of heaven, the creation of heaven."

  It encompasses all things, holding the secrets of heaven and earth, and the way of evolution. However, it has not yet taken shape, only containing some outline information. Yet, it still astonishes Xuanyuan, for whoever can grasp the mysteries within will become a saint in an instant, even if they are merely a Heavenly Dao Saint, which is already defying heaven. As long as the current state of heaven and earth does not change, pursuing the Great Dao Saint should not be far off.

  Xuan Huang also knew that this chaotic heaven and earth would be broken by Pangu, and a new heaven and earth would be recreated.

  Xuan Huang sighed for this jade butterfly: "Born at the wrong time."

  Xuan Huang's divine consciousness continued to search in the chaotic Qinglian, and Pangu's remaining divine consciousness was the only way to communicate with Qinglian.

  In the depths of the chaotic Qinglian, there is a cyan palace that sits on a white lotus, drifting with the white lotus in the endless void.

  The Xuan Huang's divine consciousness quickly caught up with this white lotus, and in the blink of an eye, a warm coolness spread throughout his body. This white lotus could nourish his divine consciousness, making it stronger. Some information about the Great Dao was transmitted to his divine consciousness.

  In the Linglong Tower, the mysterious yellow slowly pondered the meaning within, let out a long sigh, and fate was not in his control. He decisively gave up control of that divine consciousness and merged one-third of his original Xuan Huang energy into the three Qing Lian within his body.

  The azure palace emitted a soft azure glow, blocking all probing. The divine consciousness stepped into the azure palace, and inside, he saw the most shocking scene of his life.

  His eyebrows furrowed tightly, and the scene transmitted by his divine sense was cut off. What exactly was in that blue temple that made his divine sense so astonished?

  At this time, a green light shot out from the depths of chaos. This green light was extremely gentle, but possessed immense divine power, easily penetrating the restrictions set by Xuangong's seal.

  The green light shot straight towards Pangu and disappeared.

  "Ah"

  A loud shout, and the six mountains that pressed down on Pangu slowly rose. A slight lift.

  Lu Yao was taken aback and stuttered: "How...what to do"

  Yang Mei Da Xian said calmly: "This battle is unavoidable."

  Lu Yao said: "I know, I'm adding fuel to the fire for him."

  "Mountain collapse and earth split"

  On the mountain range where Pangu was sealed, nine virtual volcanoes appeared in the sky. The volcanoes emitted rolling black smoke that immediately filled the entire sky. Some continuously spewed out white steam columns, with thunderous sounds, and rocks crumbled down from the mountain body. Inside, the magma volume gradually expanded, constantly bubbling up red gas bubbles that were born and died.

  Scorching lava slowly rises, filled with violent fire attribute spiritual energy. The mountains erupt, and the earth's energy surges instantly, flames envelop, resembling flying dragons, amidst which explosions are interspersed.

  A single spark can ignite the mountain rocks and melt copper and iron. Such a sea of fire is like a heavenly cauldron overturned, with flames spreading and igniting the thin air.

  Pangu felt his mouth and tongue parched, the flames hadn't hurt him but the water in his body was evaporating rapidly beyond his control. It was as if he were in a scene from the Tai Xuan Illusory Realm.

  Pangu knew he had to hurry, or else he would be smoked into dried meat, which was not a good outcome. This mountain range still has weak points, the conjunction of six grains of sand is one of them, they were originally not a single entity, but were forcibly superimposed.

  "Ah... rise"

  The mountain range that pressed down on Pangu's body cracked open, and the seam that had already closed reopened and continued to expand.

  This mountain has accurately become a volcano at this moment, and the flames are also pouring into its interior along the cracks.

  Molten magma wants to re-melt and fill that cracked fissure.

  Pangu didn't give it this chance, stretched out his crimson arms and parted them to both sides.

  "With a crack, the fissure finally broke into two segments. The rolling rock flow was about to submerge half of his body. Pangu swung his fist at the illusory volcano in mid-air."

  Those nine volcanoes were like pictures in a painting, shaken by Pangu, crumbling and disintegrating, but not disappearing, merging into a single drop of grayish-white liquid fire.

  The fire droplet instantly ignited the surrounding void, this is indeed the essence of fire. The Golden Crow's fire takes its spirit, and with the spirit of fire, it can transform all things. The Golden Crow is the spirit within the fire. As for Lu Yao, his true body is the essence of the Departed Fire, taking its essence, the fire has essence, then the fire will not cease, and can infinitely create a source of fire.

  Pangu said in a low voice, "You can't compare to this intense heat." His right eye glared, and a beam of pure light shot out from his eyes, containing the power of the ultimate yang. In an instant, it enveloped the drop of fire essence. Lu Yao was shocked by this sight, wondering how Pangu possessed the ultimate yang energy between heaven and earth. He hastily recalled the drop of fire essence, but to his surprise, it flew towards the depths of chaos on its own accord.

  Pangu vaguely felt that the fire essence was absorbed by his own Chaos Green Lotus, and he frowned secretly, wondering what this lotus was after all. He must investigate it clearly.

  Pangu rescued Xuan Huang and bowed to him, saying: "Thank you, fellow Taoist, for communicating with the chaotic Qinglian and resolving the heavenly power within my body."

  Xuan Huang Dao said: "I only knew that there was a green light coming from the depths of chaos, I didn't expect it to be able to resist the power of heaven and earth."

  Yang Mei Da Xian said to Pangu and the other: "I know I'm no match for you, but I also want a fair fight with you."

  Pangu said: "As you wish"

  Yang Mei Da Xian said: "This world is destroyed too badly, I can't bear it in my heart, but this war is inevitable."

  Lu Yao said to Yang Mei Da Xian: "My battle with Pangu has just begun, please allow me to fight him first."

  Yang Mei Da Xian shook his head and said: "You are not his opponent, just help me take down the formation."

  Lu Yao Daojun said, "Brother Dao has said that we are not his opponents. I'll kill his sharp spirit first." He roared at Pangu, "Let's continue!" As he spoke, he drew out four ancient and precious swords, neither copper nor iron. They were forged from the four points of material left over when Lu Yao Daojun was born in the primordial chaos, where the pre-heavenly fire burned. Lu Yao Daojun knew their value and constantly tempered them with the essence of the fire within his body, ultimately creating these four precious swords.

  "The sword was originally nameless, but today I make a vow: if immortals block my path, I will slay them; if gods stand in my way, I will overthrow them. From now on, this sword shall be known as the Immortal-Slaying Sword."

  Three clear airs burst out from his head, which are the three corpses of Lu Yao. Each has its own physical strength, but there is still an incomplete third corpse. The three corpses each hold a treasure sword, one called "Trap Immortal Sword", one "Kill Immortal Sword" and one "Cut off Immortal Sword".

  Lu Ye Dao Jun and his avatars stood in the four directions of the Bagua, surrounding Pangu.

  Lu Yao drew his sword, and instantly shot out countless sword auras. The sword auras crisscrossed, densely packed, and transformed into countless small swords in mid-air, whistling as they attacked Pangu.

  That sword shook the heavens, its sound like thunder, a black killing aura pierced through the sky and earth, in an instant, it traversed the thick clouds, directly rushing to the ninth heaven, breaking into the boundless chaos.

  Exterminating Immortals, Executing Immortals, Entrapping Immortals, Annihilating Immortals, four swords pointing in different directions, killing intent billowing, dark clouds swirling, black fog spreading, cold winds blowing in waves, endless electric snakes rolling, red light flashing, sometimes hidden, sometimes visible, rising and falling, repeatedly reversing.

  There is a poem that says: "Not copper, not iron, nor steel, once hidden under Mount Sumeru. Without using yin and yang to refine it, how can there be no water or fire to temper its edges? The sword of the Immortal Slayer, the death of the Immortal Executioner, the Four Red Lights rising from the fallen Immortal, the infinite wonders of the transformation of the Great Lo God, the blood-stained robes of the Immortal." (Excerpt from "The Investiture of the Gods")

  Pangu's twin fists swung with unchanging adaptability to myriad changes, after all, still unaware of the power of the Exterminating Immortal Swords. His robust body was worthy of being a Chaos Spirit Treasure, and his body nourished by the Chaos Green Lotus' green light had gained an additional flexibility, perhaps able to cope with what's to come. Pangu wasn't unwilling to swing the Heaven-Cleaving Axe, he should accumulate a bit more power, outside the formation there was still Yang Mei whose strength was unknown in depth.

  Lu Yao sneered: "You don't know life or death, watch me unleash my divine punishment."

  This small sword is all chaotic sword energy, can break open the chaotic things, it's indeed not ordinary, Pan Gu felt this as soon as he came into contact with it. The sword energy stirred, like a sharp blade cutting through his body, and the sword energy that hadn't been crushed by his own fists was actually able to cut open his skin.

  The killing intent of the Nà Liè Xiān Jiàn was as if it had substance, condensing into a gigantic black sword that chopped down towards his own head. The red Xìa Qi also had the effect of slowing down one's mental state and hindering their actions. The Xiān Jiàn's sword energy could attack the Yuán Shén.