Chapter 888 - 594: A Gaze from Billions of Years Ago!
Endless rosy clouds fill the sky, and numerous Immortal Palaces radiate a rich glow, as if changing the heavens and earth, revealing the Heavenly Palace between them.
This is the punch that Qin Zheng comprehended after his divine thought-avatar entered the Heavenly Palace, combined with the profound mysteries of the Primordial Nine Seals, and its power can be said to be the strongest among all his current methods!
Boom!!
Endless thunders continually explode in the heavens and the earth.
The infinite Immortal Palaces fall towards the ground.
And in the senses of the strong ones from the Nine Provinces, it feels like an infinitely high world is truly falling down upon them, indistinguishable between reality and illusion!
"They dare to strike first?!"
A few powerful figures from the Nine Provinces display expressions full of shock and anger.
Just as they prepared to counter, they saw the falling Immortal Palaces suddenly accelerate, seemingly drawn by their Qi Mechanisms, the stronger their Qi emitted, the faster the Immortal Palaces fell.
Thus, before they could make a move to counteract, the endless Immortal Palaces had already descended, ruthlessly engulfing them all.
Boom ——!
A thunderous explosion shook the skies and the earth!
Endless waves of Qi rapidly spread in all directions.
Intense vibrations also spread to the surroundings.
Under this punch, the previously towering, pillar-like formidable breaths swiftly dissipate, leaving only one, swaying weakly.
Among the Chaos Sea powerhouses watching from afar, the Buddha and Demon Ancestors remain calm, for they had seen Qin Zheng turn the tides in the ancestral land of the Sky Pool Clan, where he fiercely killed a Divine Ancient Extreme powerhouse with Spirit Ancient Realm power.
Now Qin Zheng has advanced to the Divine Ancient Realm and killed a Divine Ancient Extreme powerhouse more swiftly and decisively, not feeling too surprised but rather believing it was expected.
But the other two, Daoist Lingji and Wu Wang Sword Venerable, have pupils that contract, filled with shock.
With just one punch!
At least four Divine Ancient Extreme powerhouses were directly killed!
How is this any different from a Dao Ancient?!
They thought Qin Zheng had powerful talent and favored by the Great Dao Sky Abyss Bow, only needing enough time to become another powerful figure controlling the Nine Provinces’ situation after the Three Pure Ones.
However, judging from the current situation, with such formidable combat power, it seems he is already able to influence the entire Nine Provinces’ land’s situation!
Such strong talent!
Such terrifying strength!
The two strong figures from the Human race are repeatedly shocked internally.
And below where Qin Zheng’s punch landed, the several Divine Ancient Extreme figures from the Nine Provinces have long been blasted into oblivion, with only the one at the half-step Dao Ancient realm barely surviving, gasping for breath.
When Qin Zheng, donned in a Gold-Patterned Profound Robe, steps in front of him, his blood-stained face reveals madness and disbelief: "I don’t believe you..."
Bam ——!
Another punch is thrown.
This half-step Dao Ancient powerhouse is directly blasted into a blood mist in mid-air, life extinguished, dead beyond dead.
Swoosh ——!
High above, instantly, several malicious gazes watch over, seeming to observe and measure, hesitating and torn, eventually slowly dispersing.
Qin Zheng ignores these Nine Provinces Dao Ancestors, directly directing a thread of divine thought to the Merit Scroll.
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[Qin Zheng]
[Realm: Ancient Realm·Divine Ancient]
[Traits: Extreme Ancient Favor, Time Entanglement, Creation Power, Eternal, Lord of Heaven]
[Merit Technique: Walking All Heavens, Enlightenment Seeking Essence, Yin Yang Creation]
[Treasures: Immortal Ancient Continent (Fragment), Tree of Dao, Haotian Mirror, Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, Three Treasures Jade Ruyi, Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang Linglong Treasure Tower, Purple Lightning Hammer]
[Daoist Soldiers: Great Dao Sky Abyss Bow (Fragment), Corpse Wrapping Cloth, Heavenly Bow, Mountain and Sea Scroll (Not completely refined)]
[Merit Treasure Crystals: 204,138,980,007 pieces]
[...]
...
He is still 999 billion Merit Treasure Crystals short of refining [Immortal Ancient Continent Fragment], the road is long and arduous.
Qin Zheng retracts his gaze, turns to face the Buddha and others, slightly smiles, then looks at the distant, transforming Qianfu Island: "Just wait a moment, and we should be able to enter."
"Mr. Qin you..."
Daoist Lingji hesitantly speaks.
But at that moment, above Qianfu Island, the sound of something heavy falling suddenly echoes, compressing the heavens and void into distortion, resonating with mournful cries.
The few direct their gazes to look.
A Nine Provinces Daoist Ancestor with wings descended from boundless heights, his gaze coldly fixed on the few below, then withdrew his gaze and sat cross-legged in the sky above Qianfu Island, as if turning the entire island into his own forbidden land.
"Daoist Ancestor..."
The Demon Ancestor spoke in a deep voice, and the expressions of the others became solemn.
Daoist Ancestor Powerhouses, the supreme of the Nine Provinces!
Previously, only The Three Pure Ones barely possessed the strength of this realm.
Now, though Qin Zheng displayed power exceeding the extreme of Divine Ancient, he was still not a Daoist Ancestor, and the gap between him and the Daoist Ancestor, and to what extent he could fight, remained unknown.
"What should we do now?"
Wu Wang Sword Venerable spoke with a solemn voice.
The momentum shown by this Nine Provinces Daoist Ancestor seemed as if he intended to claim Qianfu Island entirely, forbidding anyone from setting foot on it.
Buddha turned his gaze towards Qin Zheng.
"Everything as usual."
Qin Zheng calmly nodded his head.
Seeing his demeanor, the others also slightly relaxed and turned their gaze back to the continually collapsing and shrinking Qianfu Island.
"This aura... which Ancient Clan does it belong to?"
Daoist Lingji slowly spoke.
Thoughtful expressions flickered in their eyes.
The Nine Provinces Daoist Ancestor sitting on Qianfu Island noticed that Qin Zheng and the others neither avoided nor retreated, his brow furrowing slightly, with a flash of murderous intent in his eyes, then he coldly sneered and ignored them.
After another half day had passed.
The dense fog enveloping Qianfu Island completely dissipated, and a land fragment came into the view of everyone.
Qianfu Island was not an island but rather from which the land had many high mountains standing, exposed under the dense fog with mountain peaks, resembling islands, hence named Qianfu Island.
Upon seeing this land fragment, Qin Zheng suddenly recalled the Immortal Ancient Continent Fragment he had obtained, as the shape of the two seemed very similar.
At this moment, on this land, there was a basin shaped like a compass, emitting strands of golden light, as if something below was about to break through the surface.
"Let’s go."
Qin Zheng spoke up and took a step forward, various powers within him surged and converged, directly confronting the Nine Provinces Daoist Ancestor with a fierce punch!
"Interesting!"
The Nine Provinces Daoist Ancestor suddenly opened his eyes, coldness in his gaze almost solidifying, as Qin Zheng’s punch landed, he also reached out with a palm.
Meanwhile, Buddha and several others, taking advantage of the Nine Provinces Daoist Ancestor being occupied, quickly arrived above the basin shaped like a compass, each using their means to forcefully break it open after scanning with Divine Thought.
Whoosh—!
In an instant.
An incredibly dense and thick golden light burst out from underground.
Simultaneously, a profound Qi Mechanism spread outward.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh—!
A sound like a surging river echoed in everyone’s ears.
The scenery of heaven and earth in all directions became illusory.
The dark sky turned to sunny, the sea of clouds transformed into mountain fields, strange and rare beasts appeared, and numerous cultivators flying sword flashed by.
What is happening?!
Buddha and the others showed a moment of surprise, then a familiar feeling surged in their hearts, instantly realizing.
The River of Time!!
The river sound that had just rung by their ears came from the River of Time!
When they were in the Chaos Sea, they sat high in the Other Shore Realm above the temporal field, overlooking changes of past and future, but upon arriving at the Nine Provinces’ Land, the essence of the heaven and earth elevated, preventing them from perceiving the River of Time.
Yet, the thing beneath this land fragment was capable of manifesting the River of Time of the Nine Provinces’ Land, and the changes occurring around them now were reflections of this place at different times!
Qin Zheng, his Dao Power surging, fought evenly with the Nine Provinces Daoist Ancestor before him, although noticing the changes around, he kept his mind guarded, unaffected, focusing on experiencing the strength of the Daoist Ancestor Realm, verifying his own combat power.
But in the next moment.
A gaze suddenly fell onto his back.
Heaven and earth abruptly became tranquil.
The figure of the Nine Provinces Daoist Ancestor vanished like foam.
The heaven and earth here seemed to leave only him.
Qin Zheng’s gaze condensed, he turned around, and not far away, an elderly white-haired man holding a compass stood in the continuously changing void, looking directly at him.
"I am the Ancestor of the Heavenly Mechanism Clan."
"Finally, I’ve met you, the Human race powerhouse after billions of years."