Chapter 287 : You Sold Me Out
Chapter 287: You Sold Me Out
“It's not just me! I'm innocent! This is an injustice for the ages!”
The Spirit Dragon finally recovered at this moment, its entire dragon head shaking like a pellet drum, so fast that it was almost a blur, while it shouted loudly.
Li Tianwei watched the Spirit Dragon's performance without the slightest change in expression.
However, Li Tianwei could tell that the Spirit Dragon was not lying.
“Tell me! How have you been wronged? After all, I'm a good person, I've never falsely accused anyone.”
Li Tianwei slowly spoke, his tone extremely resolute, as though Li Tianwei truly had never falsely accused anyone before.
When the System within Li Tianwei's consciousness heard Li Tianwei say this, it almost could not hold back its laughter.
【Shameless bastard.】
After hearing Li Tianwei's words, the Spirit Dragon, which had been desperately shaking its head, stopped its dragon head that had nearly been shaking fast enough to leave afterimages.
“Forbidden Land of Taixu, don't blame me. As the saying goes, better a fellow Daoist dies than this poor Daoist. The two of us are both trying to fulfill that agreement. As long as one of us survives, we can ensure the inheritance is passed down, so I'll have to trouble you to make a little sacrifice.”
The Spirit Dragon silently thought this in its heart, while the movements of its claws became even more swift.
The Spirit Dragon raised a dragon claw and pointed straight toward the heavens, directly at the Forbidden Land of Taixu.
“This True Lord, it definitely wasn't me who stopped you, it was it, the Forbidden Land of Taixu itself.”
With the mentality that it was better for a fellow Daoist to die than this poor Daoist, the Spirit Dragon did not hesitate in the slightest and directly sold out the Forbidden Land of Taixu.
Following the Spirit Dragon's pointing claw, the Forbidden Land of Taixu seemed to have heard the Spirit Dragon's words as well, and immediately became enraged.
In an instant, the entire Forbidden Land of Taixu began to boil.
Disorderly power rampaged everywhere, causing even the entire Forbidden Land of Taixu to become distorted.
After all, the Forbidden Land of Taixu was also a World Embryo. Its fundamental laws and the operation of its rules were enough to overturn everything.
A scarlet eyeball appeared in midair, staring fixedly at Li Tianwei.
The disorder and mania within it were filled with corrosion and brutality, while the Spirit Dragon at the side, upon meeting the Forbidden Land of Taixu's gaze, became extremely guilty and could not help shrinking its head.
“A world lifeform?”
“Looks somewhat incomplete.”
Looking at the fluctuations within the Forbidden Land of Taixu, Li Tianwei also understood what was happening.
“But it doesn't seem to be because of the Evil Demons, was my previous judgment wrong?”
Li Tianwei still remembered how he had been sent out when he first came to the Forbidden Land of Taixu.
“Could my judgment possibly be wrong? There must be something wrong with it.”
Li Tianwei would never admit that he had made a mistake.
At this moment, the Forbidden Land of Taixu, having sensed the threat posed by Li Tianwei, had already begun gathering the power of the entire forbidden land and launching it toward him, attempting to force Li Tianwei out of the Forbidden Land of Taixu.
Rumble, distorted order and countless streams of light emerged all around, directly surrounding Li Tianwei.
Most bizarrely, traces of defiled power seeped from within this disorderly power, seemingly continuously corroding the entire Forbidden Land of Taixu.
“Something's not right.”
Li Tianwei swept his gaze around, looking at those disorderly powers and the distorted world. Here, Li Tianwei sensed an extremely familiar power.
“Evil Ancestor?”
That's right, at this moment, Li Tianwei sensed the gaze that had come from the three great Demon Lords before they collapsed, and the current power of the Forbidden Land of Taixu was extremely similar to it.
The Spirit Dragon, which had originally been feeling guilty, also noticed the abnormal transformation of the Forbidden Land of Taixu and immediately shuddered.
“What's going on, this power is?”
“Evil Demons?”
“Could it be that a Demon Seed was planted in the Forbidden Land of Taixu long ago, no way! That's impossible.”
“If this is the power of a Demon Seed, then what were the hundreds of thousands of years I've spent together with it?”
The Spirit Dragon was also beginning to panic. This Forbidden Land of Taixu was part of an enormous scheme!
Now, one of the crucial pieces in this enormous scheme actually possessed the power of a Demon Seed, which meant that this scheme had long since been completely exposed before the eyes of the Evil Demons.
“Something's gone wrong, something terrible is about to happen.”
The Spirit Dragon had already completely lost its composure, its entire dragon body twisting about blindly in utter disarray.
As for Li Tianwei, he no longer had any attention to spare for the Spirit Dragon, because he sensed a threat from the Forbidden Land of Taixu, that's right, a threat.
With Li Tianwei's current strength, for him to sense a threat from an individual existence showed just what sort of existence the other party was.
Leaving everything else aside, the three great Demon Lords, the Fallen Immortal, and even the power from the cultivation world that occasionally tried to make him Ascend had never made Li Tianwei sense a threat from them.
Yet now, one had actually appeared within the Forbidden Land of Taixu.
Although Li Tianwei sensed a power similar to the Evil Ancestor from the Forbidden Land of Taixu, he could clearly feel that this Evil Ancestor was not the same Evil Ancestor who had previously looked at him through the three great Demon Lords.
If he had to describe it, then the Forbidden Land of Taixu before him was perhaps the Evil Ancestor of the past.
That's right, this was exactly what Li Tianwei felt. The power of the Forbidden Land of Taixu resembled the Evil Ancestor's power from two different periods of time. The Evil Ancestor's power emanating from the Forbidden Land of Taixu was not pure enough and had not reached the utterly world-overturning power of the Evil Ancestor when it had looked at him through the three great Demon Lords.
That was the difference between the two. The powers of two different periods of time had intertwined, and the connection with the main body had undoubtedly been completely severed for some particular purpose.
“Looks like I've stumbled into something incredible.”
Looking at the Forbidden Land of Taixu, which was becoming increasingly distorted as its transformation continued to intensify, Li Tianwei already had his answer.
“The only good news! The Evil Ancestor hasn't personally descended.”
After discerning the answer from the Forbidden Land of Taixu, Li Tianwei could be considered to have breathed a sigh of relief.
“It's not like it can't be dealt with.”
Seeing this, Li Tianwei no longer restrained his aura. Faced with the eruption of the Forbidden Land of Taixu's power, he also decided to unleash a massive eruption of his own.
“Great Luo Defiled Heaven Art.”
Li Tianwei silently recited, directly activating his strongest Divine Ability.
In an instant, the heavens split into two colors, the power of the Scripture of Supreme Virtue and Radiant Purity manifested, the Resentment Channeling Curse connected Heaven and Earth, linking directly to the power of the Sea of Resentment.
The Scripture of Supreme Virtue and Radiant Purity originated from the power established through Li Tianwei's own cognition, while the Resentment Channeling Curse connected to the collective resentment of the world's Great Dao outside.
With one external and one internal force combined, together with the power of the Great Luo Defiled Heaven Art Divine Ability, it could be called the ultimate method for spreading outward and corrupting everything.
Black and white intertwined, and immediately afterward, a thousand stars lit up behind Li Tianwei.
One thousand five hundred Dao Intents erupted.
The Forbidden Land of Taixu also completely ceased concealing itself. Having been planted with a Demon Seed, it was itself one of the extensions of the former Evil Ancestor, so it could sense that Li Tianwei's return to the Forbidden Land of Taixu would inevitably result in its complete destruction.
Faced with such circumstances, what it had to do was turn Li Tianwei into fuel and nourishment for itself, lest he affect its future plans.
The distorted Forbidden Land of Taixu encroached upon Li Tianwei step by step.
The mighty power of the Evil Ancestor, the very source of the Evil Demons, seemed to possess the power to completely overturn order.
Countless black shadow shackles appeared from thin air, and in particular, the power that distorted laws instantly turned fire into water, and evil into righteousness.
Power was inverted, one increasing while another decreased.
Li Tianwei also felt the Spiritual Energy and spells he was circulating undergo changes.
Only his Divine Abilities remained unaffected.
The sudden distortion and changes prevented Li Tianwei from properly unleashing his other powers.
Faced with this power that inverted order, Li Tianwei was somewhat unaccustomed to it, but it was merely a matter of being unaccustomed.
Compared with Li Tianwei, the Spirit Dragon had already completely panicked.
After all, the Forbidden Land of Taixu having been planted with a Demon Seed proved that the Evil Ancestor knew their scheme inside and out. Now that hundreds of thousands of years had passed, even the Spirit Dragon found it difficult to imagine what the situation outside had become.
The only thing it knew was the tiny glimpse it had obtained through this terrifying fellow, Li Tianwei.
Yet now, even that tiny glimpse had to be questioned. It could tell that Li Tianwei's strength might simply belong to him alone, rather than there having been some enormous change outside.
Since their scheme had been discovered and there had been no enormous changes outside, then their great war against the Evil Demons had most likely ended in complete defeat.
For a moment, countless possibilities crossed the Spirit Dragon's mind, and it completely wilted.
As for Li Tianwei, faced with the Evil Ancestor's power, he could no longer concern himself with anything else, and all his power poured out.
Yet under that power of inversion, all kinds of spells became distorted, especially those explosive secret techniques. Secret techniques that were originally meant to increase his strength instead became techniques that weakened him.
Even the Undying Body of the Sacrificial Dao was affected by it.
It could only be said that this power was truly domineering.
“As expected, it's very strong.”
Li Tianwei muttered while simultaneously reaching out a hand.
Faced with this method of reversing order and altering cognition, Li Tianwei once again activated the Grand Unified Field.
In an instant, a circle of invisible mighty power surrounded Li Tianwei's body, while the distorted order before him was once again reversed under Li Tianwei's control.
“Looks like, it's not impossible to deal with.”
Li Tianwei admitted that the Evil Ancestor's methods were excessively domineering, but so what? He was not much worse himself.
“Come! Let me see just how powerful you truly are.”
Li Tianwei muttered as all his powers gathered upon him.
Nascent Soul Manifestation, Heavenly-Ending Yin Fiend, Prison Heaven, Scripture of Supreme Virtue and Radiant Purity……
Rumble……
Li Tianwei leaped straight upward, Dao Rhymes surrounding his entire body as Immortal Light overflowed in every direction.
Terrifying fluctuations of power spread outward, immediately jolting the previously wilted Spirit Dragon awake.
“What the hell.”
The Spirit Dragon's pair of dragon pupils stared dumbfoundedly at Li Tianwei.
Although it had previously witnessed the power with which Li Tianwei had tormented the Forbidden Land of Taixu until it had nearly exploded, as well as Li Tianwei's strength that defied what his cultivation realm should have allowed, it truly had never imagined that Li Tianwei, now only in the Nascent Soul Realm, could actually possess the mighty power of an Immortal, no, he was even stronger than an ordinary Immortal.
“What the hell is this guy? Even a Child of an Era isn't this outrageous! Which great expert reincarnated? But even a great expert couldn't possess power far surpassing an Immortal while only at Nascent Soul!”
“But against the power of the Demon Seed, can he really contend with it?”
The Spirit Dragon was shocked yet doubtful.
Li Tianwei also collided with the Forbidden Land of Taixu.
In an instant, terrifying fluctuations of power directly erupted, countless ripples layering upon one another, causing the entire Forbidden Land of Taixu to resemble the surface of a lake beneath the rain, with ripples reverberating and colliding against one another.
Those powers that overturned everything and sought to control and corrupt one another instantly began tearing into each other.
The powers of Li Tianwei's Grand Unified Field and Great Luo Defiled Heaven Art continuously advanced.
Meanwhile, the Evil Ancestor's power, as the source of the Evil Demons, was bolstered by the Forbidden Land of Taixu, a World Embryo, giving it an absolute home-field advantage.
Moreover, this method of the Evil Ancestor had specifically been established to sabotage the scheme between the Spirit Dragon and a certain existence, so the power contained within it was undoubtedly absolutely subversive.
When the powers of the two collided, it produced overwhelming eruptions layered one upon another.
It was visibly apparent that Li Tianwei had already fallen into a disadvantage when facing this power.
“Sun–Moon Banner.”
Faced with this situation, Li Tianwei directly waved the Sun–Moon Banner in his hand.
“There is still the power of those souls within the banner.”
“Come! Lend me your strength!”
Li Tianwei silently recited, and the Sun–Moon Banner also heard Li Tianwei's voice, transmitting power to him without the slightest hesitation.
At the same time, all kinds of Evil Souls within the banner likewise heard Li Tianwei's voice.
Those mortals without sins were naturally willing to provide Li Tianwei with power.
But those Evil Souls suffering countless torments in the Eighteenth Level of Hell had no such intention, and were even taking pleasure in his misfortune.
Unfortunately! What Li Tianwei had issued was merely a notification, not a request for their approval.
And so, the tens of billions of Evil Souls from the Four Great Spirit Domains within the Sun–Moon Banner all had seventy percent of their power extracted and transferred to Li Tianwei.
Feeling seventy percent of their own power being drained away, the power remaining to them was barely enough to maintain their forms. At the same time, despite losing this power, their punishments did not stop.
For a time, exhaustion, agony, and the pain of approaching death compounded together, effectively doubling their punishment.
And just as they were inwardly cursing Li Tianwei for being shameless.
Li Tianwei's voice came through once again.
“Many thanks for everyone's assistance, I'll add Merit to your accounts.”
Those simple words instantly made these Evil Souls unable to resist cursing his ancestors again. They were utterly convinced by just how shameless Li Tianwei was.
He kept claiming that it was to cleanse their sins, yet the result was that the punishments of the Eighteenth Level of Hell were directly inflicted upon them. As for the so-called Merit, it simply meant making them work, sending them throughout the Four Great Spirit Domains to perform hard labor for mortals.
That alone might have been tolerable, but where was the Merit? They had not even seen a single strand of it.
These Evil Souls had only ever heard Li Tianwei repeatedly speak of Merit, yet had never seen any Merit credited to them. They themselves had often used precisely such methods on mortals, speaking of righteousness, claiming it was all for everyone's benefit, then desperately lining their own pockets, saying that once they had enough they would give some to everyone else, dangling promises larger than the heavens before them.
As for actually sharing anything, they had never done so. Now, in their eyes, Li Tianwei was behaving exactly as they once had. Where was the Merit? They truly had not seen any.
Regarding this behavior of Li Tianwei's.
Now that it had fallen upon their own heads, they finally completely understood just how sinful they had once been.
Meanwhile, outside, with the assistance of tens of billions of Evil Souls within the Sun–Moon Banner, Li Tianwei managed to withstand the terrifying impact of the Forbidden Land of Taixu's power head-on.
“It really is powerful!”
After withstanding the Forbidden Land of Taixu's power, Li Tianwei could not help sighing in admiration.
Even when facing such a perilous situation, Li Tianwei still maintained that calm and composed demeanor.
After all, in Li Tianwei's view, everything was still acceptable and entirely normal. As a protagonist, how could he possibly not face a little danger?
“No, I have to help him.”
Seeing Li Tianwei at a disadvantage, the Spirit Dragon immediately twisted its entire body around.
The Spirit Dragon's originally tiny body instantly began expanding without end.
One zhang, two zhang, ten zhang, one hundred zhang, one thousand zhang……
In an instant, a Golden Dragon that blotted out the heavens and covered the sun, coiling across the sky with its head raised high, was soaring through space.