Chapter 31 - Kunpeng’s Wings Broken, Defeated and Fleeing; Zhong Yue Revisits Buzhou Mountain
Chapter 31: Kunpeng’s Wings Broken, Defeated and Fleeing; Zhong Yue Revisits Buzhou Mountain
Boom, boom, boom~
Explosions echoed in the void, collisions resounding ceaselessly, as Kunpeng was forced back repeatedly.
Despite Kunpeng’s cultivation surpassing Zhong Yue by a realm, he struggled to cope with the barrage of innate spiritual treasures.
“You can’t handle this? Your subordinate withstood several of my innate spiritual treasures without faltering.”
Zhong Yue stood in the firmament, his face dripping with mockery.
Below, Kunpeng seethed with rage, utterly humiliated. A grand Quasi-Saint, yet stymied by a mere Great Luo.
Yet he dared not be careless, for a single misstep would leave him bloodied.
The disparity in spiritual treasures was vast, and with the rhythm firmly in Zhong Yue’s grasp, Kunpeng’s attempts to fight back were swiftly disrupted by the relentless onslaught of innate spiritual treasures.
“Brat, don’t get cocky. You’re merely relying on a few spiritual treasures. I refuse to believe your mana is limitless!”
Kunpeng roared, his aura surging, the Feng Shui Laws behind him transforming into a vast ocean.
Within the ocean, a giant kun fish swam fiercely, while above, a roc spread its wings, manifesting boundless transformations.
“Whether my mana is limitless doesn’t matter. What matters is—you’re about to face calamity.”
Zhong Yue chuckled, his eyes turning cold, his killing intent soaring.
In the next moment, boundless thunder erupted around him, the sky flashing with electric light, countless thunder dragons roaming, as if the previous heavenly tribulation had reappeared.
His fingers formed seals, runes of the Thunder Dao’s origin streaming from Zhong Yue, spreading through the void.
“Thunder of Creation, descend!”
Zhong Yue gave a soft shout, the sky blazing with electric light, as nine thunder dragons plummeted.
Each dragon, deep purple, shattered the void in its path, blasting a massive hole in the firmament.
“What? Thunder Laws?”
Kunpeng gaped at the descending thunder dragons, utterly shocked.
Through their exchanges, he had gauged Zhong Yue’s path, knowing he cultivated the Dao of Earth, akin to his own feng shui.
Who could have expected a world-destroying thunder to emerge mid-battle?
For a moment, Kunpeng regretted his approach. Had he known Zhong Yue was this formidable, he would have struck with lethal force from the start.
With no time to think, Kunpeng reverted to his true form, his roc body spreading its wings, letting out a piercing cry, unleashing the long-concealed Dao of Devouring.
In an instant, a massive black hole formed, capable of swallowing all, even the surrounding light consumed.
Against ordinary thunder, this move could devour everything, even peers might fall to this trump card.
But he faced Zhong Yue.
A half-step primordial god-demon foundation [xiān tiān shén mó gēn jiǎo]^, a perfected Flower of Qi, the Qiankun Great Dao evolved from yin-yang and five elements, and the Thunder of Creation comprehended from the Zixiao Divine Thunder.
Any one of these, in the Primordial Wilderness, was top-tier, let alone combined in one person.
As the thunder struck, the scene was instantly engulfed in blinding white light.
Buzz~
Thunder, the supreme Dao of slaughter, detonated, shattering the sky.
A massive rift appeared, not from spatial collapse but from the fracturing of the world’s embryonic membrane, endless chaotic currents spilling forth.
Boom~
A delayed explosion roared, followed by shockwaves sweeping a million li, flattening mountains and severing rivers.
The creatures within had perished long ago in the earlier clash, their bones now erased.
Such was the tragedy of the Primordial Wilderness: the weak not only struggled to survive but might not even find peace in death.
As the shockwaves dissipated and dust settled, the landscape lay shattered, magma erupting, spreading across a million li.
Amidst this, Kunpeng emerged from the aftermath.
He looked wretched, his robes tattered, blood trickling from his mouth.
Most horrifyingly, where his left arm should have hung, there was nothing.
He was defeated—or rather, grievously wounded.
Under Zhong Yue’s supreme Thunder Dao, coupled with several innate supreme treasures, Kunpeng escaped at the cost of an arm.
As the dust cleared, their eyes met. Without hesitation, Kunpeng fled into the distance.
It wasn’t that he was inadequate; Zhong Yue was simply too terrifying. Only having endured that strike did Kunpeng grasp its horrifying power.
Now, he only wanted to escape. The innate spiritual treasure and avenging his subordinate no longer mattered.
“Where do you think you’re going?”
Zhong Yue spotted the fleeing Kunpeng, shouting as he activated the Five Elements Great Escape, giving chase.
Demon Master Kunpeng was no magnanimous figure. Letting him escape would only bring endless trouble..
Moreover, in the future, Kunpeng would create the demon script and join the Demon Clan, gaining their support. This karmic debt might then demand further reckoning.
Rather than face future hassles, it was better to settle it today—eliminate the enemy in its cradle before their momentum grew.
Thus, one after the other, they sped into the distance.
However, Kunpeng, born of the Feng Shui Great Dao and a natural avian, was astonishingly fast.
Even with Zhong Yue’s Five Elements Great Escape, harnessing earth vein power, he fell short in speed.
After months of pursuit, as Kunpeng fled into the chaos, the chase ended with Kunpeng escaping, wings broken.
“He still got away. This guy—clearly formidable, yet he flees after a mere injury. What a disgrace for a Quasi-Saint.”
Standing at the edge of chaos, Zhong Yue gazed in the direction Kunpeng fled, feeling a touch of helplessness.
Separated by a major realm, with Kunpeng intent on escaping, the Five Elements Great Escape alone couldn’t catch him.
Frustrated, Zhong Yue pondered whether he should comprehend a superior escape technique.
The Five Elements Great Escape, though remarkable and a divine ability, was effective at the Great Luo level but struggled to pursue or evade Quasi-Saints.
“Forget it, I’ll try later. Having attained Great Luo, I should review my situation, but the priority is to return first.”
Zhong Yue nodded slightly, resolving to create a stronger escape technique upon returning to Kunlun Mountain.
With this thought, he turned his gaze downward to pinpoint his current location.
Seeing the distant scenery, he was momentarily stunned.
“Huh, this chase brought me to Buzhou Mountain?”
Footnotes:
先天神魔跟脚 (xiān tiān shén mó gēn jiǎo):
- Meaning: Literally “primordial god-demon foundation,” it refers to an exceptionally rare and supreme innate origin in xianxia, surpassing even top-tier innate divine beings, granting near-unparalleled potential for achieving the Primordial realm.
- Origin: A concept in xianxia and xuanhuan genres, rooted in Chinese mythology where primordial god-demons are cosmic entities of immense power born in chaos.
- Cultural Significance: The term embodies the ultimate aspiration in Chinese cultivation narratives to transcend mortal limits, highlighting Zhong Yue’s extraordinary potential and dominance over Kunpeng in this clash.