Chapter 435 - 359: Overwhelming Suppression (Part 2)
"The Celestial Mirror is in his hands! We must retrieve it!"
Celestial Venerable Red Sun roared as he summoned a crimson long sword, its blade burning with the eternal Nine Yang True Fire.
It was his Lifebound Magical Treasure, enhanced by the Origin Pearl, now reaching the tier of Tier Five Top Grade. Each swing unleashed a roaring Fire Dragon, scorching the space.
Celestial Venerable He Huan threw a string of seven-colored beads, each bead containing a Bewitching Spell, releasing a fragrance that confused the Heart Spirit, attempting to disrupt Chen Sheng’s control.
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In an instant, the Gathering Celestial Pavilion was filled with the brilliance of magical treasures reaching the sky, Tier Five Dao Artifacts emerged one after another, the Power of Dao Principle interwoven into a terrifying web.
No wonder they were forces that harvested many Small Thousand Worlds, the Celestial Venerables of the original Saint Sect’s Divinity Transformation were indeed deeply rooted.
All had comprehended top-level Dao Principles, and their realms were not low, the weakest were in the Second Realm, with high-grade Dao Artifacts in their hands, including some Tier Five Top Grades.
Yet Chen Sheng only needed a glance to spot their flaws!
Though the Dao Principles of these Celestial Venerables seemed formidable, more than half were hollow, clearly forcibly elevated by the Origin Pearl, their foundations far inferior to cultivators who naturally perfected their Dao Principles.
"Where is such a good shortcut!"
Chen Sheng’s voice carried disdain as the colorful wings behind him spread suddenly, the wingtips slicing through the void, leaving five arc-shaped light marks.
Immediately, five divine lights of blue, red, yellow, white, and black poured down like a reversed heavenly river. Within the divine light, the ultimate principle of the intergeneration and interaction of the Five Elements was contained, stirring the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi within the Gathering Celestial Pavilion into a vortex.
Celestial Venerable Xuan Ji’s Town-Mountain Purple Gold Seal had just risen to the air, and the heavy golden light bursting forth from the characters "Town Mountain" on the seal collided directly with the blue divine light.
With a crisp "clang," that Tier Five Dao Artifact capable of toppling mountains flew back like a kite with a broken string.
The Nine Yang Fire Dragon Sword of Celestial Venerable Red Sun, wrapped in Heaven-Burning flames, rushed over but was instantly enveloped by the white divine light, the True Fire on the sword melting like snow meeting ice, leaving only a lifeless crimson Iron Sword clanging to the ground.
Celestial Venerable He Huan’s seven-colored Bewitching Bead Chain exploded in the air, transforming into a fragrant mist to entangle the divine light, but with a roll of the black divine light, the fragrant mist was completely devoured, and the bead chain fragments fell like rain.
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In just one breath, over ten Tier Five Dao Artifacts within the Gathering Celestial Pavilion were completely swept down by the divine light, with the magical treasures’ spirit light dimmed and without a trace of might.
The Celestial Venerables found their hands empty, the ferocity on their faces instantly stiffened with indescribable shock in their eyes.
Celestial Venerable Xuan Ji’s voice trembled: "What a formidable Divine Technique!"
Chen Sheng was surrounded by black and white particles surging like tides, billions of particles intertwined and gathered in the air, transforming within a breath into a black and white Dao Domain covering a thousand feet, firmly covering the entire Gathering Celestial Pavilion.
Within the Dao Domain, countless black and white lotuses blossomed from the void, their petals layer upon layer.
The white petals exuded the cold energy of Tai Yin, and the black petals enveloped in the fierce flames of the sun; at the core of the lotus floated a mini version of the Tai Chi Diagram that released a heavy suppressive force with each opening and closing.
The lotus slowly rotated, and some Celestial Venerables with slightly weaker cultivation were instantly pressed to one knee, blood oozing from their lips.
The Dao Artifacts that had just been swept down flew towards the lotus center under its power, firmly bound by the suction of the Tai Chi Diagram, with their last trace of spiritual light thoroughly extinguished.
"Devour!"
The giant beak of the Golden-Winged Roc, which Chen Sheng had transformed into, pecked fiercely, causing the black-and-white hole at its tip to suddenly expand threefold, and its Devouring Power surged several times higher than before.
The three Celestial Venerables closest to the black hole had no chance to resist.
One of them had just summoned a Protective Spiritual Light when it was torn to shreds by the suction of the black hole.
The other two, supporting each other, attempted to retreat but were entangled at the ankles by the lotus roots within the Dao Domain, dragged into the black hole.
Inside Chen Sheng’s belly, the Yin Yang Qi Diagram had already transformed into a millstone shape, grinding the newly sucked-in three Primordial Spirits into a miserable scream of suppression.
"It’s the Yin-Yang Dao Domain! A top-level Yin-Yang Dao Domain perfected in Dao Principle!"
Celestial Venerable Jiu Cang’s voice was filled with uncontrollable tremors as the Saint Master-gifted token hanging at his waist emitted a golden light, yet regressed step-by-step under the imposing power of the black-and-white lotuses, with the patterns on the token gradually blurring.
He stared intently at the rotating lotuses, memories of the Saint Master’s Light Yin Dao Domain flashing through his mind.
Compared to the Yin-Yang Dao Domain before him, the Saint Master’s Dao Domain, though magnificent, was vastly inferior, similar to a child’s scribble.
"No wonder the Saint Master lost... This Dao Domain is far more profound than the Light Yin Dao Domain, truly unbeatable!"
Celestial Venerable Jiu Cang abruptly turned to gaze at some other Celestial Venerables nearby, a hint of resolution flashing in his eyes:
"As long as the green hill remains, there’s no fear of having no wood to burn! Let’s join forces to break open a gap in the Dao Domain; there’s still a glimmer of hope."
All nodded in agreement, simultaneously casting Forbidden Techniques, burning their Origins to barely struggle open a slit and attempting to merge into the void to flee.
"Where do you think you’re going!"
Chen Sheng let out a cold snort, as the Celestial Mirror in his palm suddenly exploded with dazzling golden light, swiftly enlarging to about a yard in the air.
The jade surface’s stellar map seemed infused with life, billions of stars rapidly circulated at a speed imperceptible to the naked eye.
The originally dim Star Map now shone as bright as midday, with every star track’s rotation drawing nearby void laws, forming a majestic celestial phenomenon panorama.
Celestial Venerable Jiu Cang and the others had just half of their bodies merged into the void when they felt a terrifying pull coming from behind.
The space around them had been distorted into a vortex by Jiu Cang’s "Void Dao Principle," forming the critical barrier for their escape.
But as the Star Map of the Celestial Mirror accelerated, the twisted void began to smooth out like a silk cloth ironed, slowly expanding from the center outward.
The vortex-like fissure gradually merged back, and the turbulent spatial currents calmed, even the air stopped flowing.
The entire void of the Gathering Celestial Pavilion suddenly transformed into a smooth, mirror-like light screen, with a faint shadow of the Star Map imprinted upon it, like an unfolded masterpiece of a scroll.
"Not good! It’s the Void Suppression of the Mirror!"
Celestial Venerable Jiu Cang’s face changed dramatically, immediately urging the Breaking Illusion Mirror to shine upon the light screen, but the mirror light and Star Map’s projection collided, only to stir a faint ripple.
Celestial Venerable Vajra roared, sending a punch crashing towards the edge of the light screen, the fist bathed in golden light landing upon the screen but was ensnared by a star beam from the Star Map, sinking inch by inch as if caught in quicksand.
The next moment, the light screen suddenly contracted inward, transforming into an invisible giant hand fiercely clutching the few of them, their figures trapped like drops of ink gripped firmly against the screen by its invisible grasp.
The stars within the Star Map lit up one after another, countless delicate star beams shot out like chains, entwining their limbs and Primordial Spirits.
Wherever the star beams passed, their Dao Power rapidly drained, even their struggling strength constantly fading.
Celestial Venerable Jiu Cang attempted to activate Forbidden Techniques to burn his Origin, only to find that as soon as the Power of Origin surged, it was drawn to the light screen by the star beams, becoming energy sustaining the suppression.
The Star Map on the light screen slowly turned, their silhouettes moving with the star tracks, appearing as if they were mere embellishments of ink marks on the scroll, completely losing their freedom.
With a giant beak, Chen Sheng absorbed the scroll into his mouth, rendering their resistance futile before him.
His form gradually contracted, transforming back into a human, with the Celestial Mirror also reverting to the size of a Jade Ruyi, falling back into his palm.
He gazed at the Star Map on the surface of the Ruyi, sensing its inherent mysteries of void, suppression, and boundary-breaking, and smiled gently:
"Attack, defend, suppress, and break the boundaries, truly a treasure."