Chapter 95 The divine form manifests that he is "Wei Danxin," but he also...
Just as Binglun said, any one of them, even a single immortal, could subdue the Xuanmen patriarch.
However, when immortals descend to the mortal realm, in order to compete and adapt to the Xuanxing level of this realm, all of them have their cultivation suppressed and their immortal spirit stripped away.
They wanted to deal with the Xuanmen patriarch who now roamed the entire star realm and even turned high-level cultivators into his puppets. A one-on-one fight would be suicide. The only way was to unite and use the power of the formation.
Bitao was afraid that there wouldn't be enough spirit stones to continue the formation, and she was also afraid that Mingguang wouldn't be able to gather enough spirit stones to activate the formation. So she carried a large pile of white spirit stones to catch up, and made Zhan Kui lag behind Liuxing by one step, carrying another large pile of spirit stones from Wenxin Pavilion and rushing over.
But she never expected that Mingguang had no intention of using spirit stones to build the array core and suppress the Xuanmen patriarch.
Instead, they directly removed the protective bone.
The heart-protecting bone of an immortal is the hardest and most powerful bone in their body.
Some Kunlun sword cultivators who are obsessed with swords will remove their own heart bones and refine them into their natal magic weapons in order to achieve the state of oneness between man and sword.
Even for ordinary immortals, if they lose their protective bone, even if their immortal power remains unaffected, they will still have a fatal weakness that is more deadly than their spiritual platform when fighting others.
At this moment, from the nine directions of the Nine Palaces Spirit Locking Array, the immortal bones gradually rising were not just one, but a full nine!
In other words, there are nine immortals who, fearless of death, followed this madman Mingguang and dug out their protective bones to form an array!
No wonder the Binglun and the others who were always guarding Mingguang looked pale and smelled of blood.
As the immortal bones buried beforehand were pulled from the ground inch by inch, the five elements here were commanded to obey the orders of the immortal remains, and the earth trembled with a thunderous roar.
Suddenly, a fierce wind raged, the earth churned, and everyone was violently thrown into the air by the power of the formation amidst the turbulent winds.
Ming Guang sat with his knees raised above the core of the Nine Palaces Spirit Locking Array, his body blazing with golden energy. He was as silent as an abyss, as imposing as a mountain, yet a whirlwind swirled around him, tigers roared in the wind, and dragons soared through the clouds.
The cultivators who had joined him in forming the array by cutting off their bones were also suspended in mid-air, their hands forming the Jade Purity Big Dipper Seal, their eyes closed as they summoned the power of mountains and rivers.
Mingguang was surrounded by a whirlwind that transformed into a raptor, circling and soaring into the sky, symbolizing the Golden Crow, the ruler of the heavens, raising its head and roaring, commanding the Star God of Wei to infuse it with divine power.
The thick, inky clouds were parted layer by layer by the sound waves, and the bright star in the sky shone, casting its starlight down to the mortal realm as ordered.
The moment the starlight fell, the mountain breeze materialized into a wall, its roaring sound gathering from all directions—like fully armored guards receiving orders to attack, their weapons clanging, their momentum unstoppable!
As Bitao flipped through the air, she was still clicking her tongue in amazement: "With these nine immortal bones as the array's core artifact, let alone sealing a Xuanmen patriarch, even if the Star God of Danger descended personally, he would be trapped for half a day or a day..."
A beam of light hung in mid-air, sword finger pressed to his lips, and he spoke again, his voice a judgment: "My bones are not bones, but are named 'Pillar of Sealing Evil'! My fallen soul is tainted and defiled, violating the ancient Qi of the Six Heavens. I shall suppress it for ten thousand years, forever banishing it to the yellow earth!"①
The sound was like a heavy hammer crashing down from the sky, and the sound waves sent everyone who was in mid-air flying outside the "Immortal Remains Nine Palaces Sealing Spirit Array"!
Bitao, along with a group of merit-based immortals from Youtian and some ancient immortals with weak cultivation, rolled around in a sorry state after landing.
Only nine people who had their heart-protecting bones removed to form the array remained in the formation, along with the Xuanmen patriarch imprisoned by the wall formed from spiritual light.
Bitao and the others got up and looked into the formation. The Xuanmen patriarch, Yu Junlang, was also full of astonishment.
At this critical moment, he grabbed Zhan Kui by the back of the neck and kissed Zhan Kui's lips.
Then, before the formation closed, he slapped Zhan Kui out of the formation.
Bitao quickly ran to Zhan Kui's side after she landed, helped her up, and then used her spiritual energy to probe Zhan Kui's body to check for any abnormalities.
Zhan Kui covered his neck, opened his mouth several times, but couldn't make a sound. His eyes widened in fright.
"Ah...ahhh..." She managed to tear out an "ahhh" sound, but it was impossible to form a coherent sentence.
Bitao's brow twitched; that voice...
Zhan Kui was extremely anxious, constantly pointing to his throat and wailing.
Help! Help! Help! The meteor spat something into her mouth!
She couldn't make a sound or speak; her throat hurt terribly!
Bitao covered Zhan Kui's mouth, shook her head at her, and gave her a reassuring look, indicating that there was nothing wrong with her body's meridians.
Zhan Kui trusted Bi Tao completely and immediately calmed down.
Then, Bitao gathered spiritual power at her fingertips and sealed several major acupoints around Zhan Kui's body, along with her five senses.
Zhan Kui quieted down and sat down next to Bi Tao, pressing close to her.
Bitao looked towards the Nine Palaces Spirit Locking Array.
The Xuanmen Patriarch, Meteor, had his hands lifted and imprisoned by an invisible force in mid-air, while his back was pressed down by an immense force.
That was the posture of someone being forced to confess and submit to the law.
Ming Guang's voice was like a heavy pestle, pounding against his strong back: "Jade Gentleman, do you submit to the judgment?"
Meteor, braving immense force, raised its head and looked at the several little fairies in the formation who were eyeing it menacingly.
Even at this moment, his expression remained warm and gentle.
"I really didn't expect that you little fairies would actually have some skills."
Meteor knelt on the ground and said, "You dare to challenge me? With your power?"
He murmured to himself, as if talking to himself, "What crime have I committed..."
"You vermin born in the heavens, who devour the offerings of the common people, do you even deserve my judgment?"
His long eyebrows shot up, revealing the arrogant look he had once had when he ascended to immortality but disdained the celestial position.
As he spoke, his arms, which were suspended in a sling, suddenly clenched into fists. Slowly, he first broke free of the restraints on his arms, and then little by little, straightened his back.
Every move he made caused the immortals guarding the Nine Palaces behind Mingguang to experience a surge of qi and blood, and a metallic taste in their throats.
With each of Meteor's struggles to break free, those sect leaders and elders who had been swept out of the formation by the bright light, already unconscious and collectively unconscious, began to self-destruct one after another with "bang bang bang".
The power of a cultivator's self-destruction was immense, forcing Bitao and the others to quickly form a protective array to resist its force.
The vast spiritual energy released after the self-destruction, like a dog recognizing its master, completely bypassed the array that imprisoned the meteor and entered its body.
—It turns out that these people are not just puppets of the meteor, but also "human-shaped spirit stones" for storing his spiritual energy and power.
The immortals forming the array, with Mingguang at the head, changed the hand seals, closed their eyes, concentrated, and focused intently on pushing the wall of spiritual energy toward the direction of the meteor.
Meteor rotated his arm, which had been restrained, without showing any sign of anxiety in his eyes.
Standing in the formation and looking at Mingguang, he said, "These powers have been separated from my body for a long time, and I am still not used to their sudden return."
"Hmm... there's still one Wei Xiao left."
"Although these people should have died long ago, the consciousness that remains in their bodies is real. They believe that they are themselves and have never died."
"I remember you really liked Wei Xiao, calling him 'father' so affectionately. Don't you really want to open your eyes and take a look at him?"
Mingguang's eyes twitched slightly, and a vertical line appeared between his brows.
Mingguang's feelings towards Wei Xiao were complex.
After regaining his memories, he clearly knew that the other person was not his father, but the only person he had ever felt who had given him boundless indulgence and protection from an elder was Wei Xiao.
Mingguang slowly opened his eyes and looked at Wei Xiao, who was unconscious and unaware of anything outside the formation.
Whether he was awake or asleep, his expression was always gentle and calm. It was as if there was nothing in the world that warranted his harsh words.
The meteor said, "He can continue to live, as long as you are willing to help me continue the bridge of reincarnation."
Mingguang closed his eyes again and continued to activate the formation.
With a "bang," Wei Xiao's body, along with a group of Wenxin Pavilion cultivators, turned into "fireworks."
Mingguang clenched his teeth tightly, but his resolve remained unshaken.
However, as the power of the meteor returned to his body, his power clashed with the five elements within the formation, causing the wall formed by spiritual energy to momentarily resemble a hesitant traveler.
Taking two steps forward and one step back, the situation reached a stalemate.
As the power of the meteor continued to return, his appearance began to change visibly.
The ethereal immortal lord that Bitao once saw, vividly depicted on paper, now stands with his hands behind his back within the formation that seals him.
He was handsome and otherworldly, as if his appearance was a product of the essence of heaven and earth. His soul was pure and clear, without a trace of evil spirit tainting him.
Every movement, every stillness, is deeply moving; every frown and smile is like a jade tree standing tall against the wind.
A strong, subtle fragrance emanated from him, the same scent of the Soul-Guiding Incense that all the cultivators had previously inhaled.
Now, however, the aroma is several times stronger, penetrating the formation and spreading across the mountains and fields with the wind.
Those who smell this fragrance become dizzy and disoriented.
A person who is mentally unstable may experience hallucinations, start talking to themselves, or suddenly cry or laugh.
Cang Ling and the other immortals of You Tian, who held positions of merit and virtue, were still sitting on the ground, seemingly unaffected.
But Cang Ling couldn't help but stare at Ming Guang and say, "Ming Guang uses us, but he doesn't trust us at all! He didn't even reveal a single thing to us when he set up this Nine Palaces Spirit Locking Array!"
Another meritorious immortal beside him said, "He clearly wants to exclude us. He promised to share the merits with us when we returned to heaven, but since we didn't participate in forming the array, the nine of them will be the ones who ultimately return to heaven!"
Even some of the ancient immortal clans who had been excluded from the area not far from them began to feel resentful: "Immortal Mingguang never intended to take us with him to the afterlife! We served him faithfully, yet he discarded us after using us!"
For a moment, everyone was in a daze, tempted by the alluring fragrance lingering around their noses, and led to reveal their true thoughts.
They were then seductively influenced by the voices that lingered in their ears after they began to hallucinate, leading them to do all sorts of abnormal things.
Some people even got together and tried to destroy the formation!
"We've been at their beck and call for so long, only to be tricked like this. Since we can't go back to heaven, they can't go back either. As long as we break the formation, we can all start from scratch!"
"Yes!" someone echoed, "We'll break the formation right now! Nobody's going back!"
The only one who was not bewitched by the fragrance was Zhan Kui, who sat in the corner and whose five senses were completely sealed by Bi Tao.
Bitao squatted down next to Zhan Kui and took off all the bundles from her body and carried them on her own back.
He then pulled out a handful of talismans from her bosom and put them in his own pocket.
She held her breath in advance, but she still couldn't stop the fragrance from entering her body.
His mind was so dizzy that he almost collapsed to the ground and lost consciousness. He stabbed himself several times with a dagger, constantly chanting the incantation to dispel delusions, using the excruciating pain to bring back his senses.
She rested her head on Zhan Kui's shoulder, pretending to faint, and stood guard beside him, ready to defend him.
Seeing that everyone was under the spell and had been bewitched, Meteor spoke in a light tone, "The mountains and rivers here, all things in the world, living beings and ghosts, are all my subjects. Why do you struggle in vain?"
"Stop now. Join me in continuing the cycle of reincarnation here to benefit all living beings. This is what a celestial being of the Nine Heavens should do."
Those in the formation, including Mingguang, were most affected. They all frowned, hearing another voice in their hearts.
Even though his eyes were closed, he saw a person who should have been dead standing alive in front of him.
"Safety……"
Bingjing saw Kang Pingan standing next to her, smiling at her, and extending his hand to her.
...
"Xiuniang, why have you come back again?"
"Big Ox, they're going to cast me into the animal realm!"
Yun Chuan's voice was stern: "They dare!"
...
"Senior sister, did you really never... like me even a little bit?"
Binglun's expression was one of utter desolation.
...
"I really don't want to have a bunch of fish-headed people's children, please?"
Guanghan gave a bitter smile and muttered, "Go find another man. Even if you have someone beat me to death, I'd rather not be with you anymore!"
...
Before Mingguang appeared Bitao's cunning yet ruthless face, saying, "No matter how well you pretend, you are not Wei Danxin. I will only ever love Wei Danxin in my life."
“You killed him! How dare you kill him!”
"Mingguang, I want to sever all ties with you!"
Mingguang spoke, his voice hoarse and low: "Little Peach Branch..."
But those words jolted him back to reality—he and Xiao Taozhi would never be estranged.
They are born together, the closest and most inseparable "one" in this world.
Mingguang opened his eyes, his golden pupils gleaming, and shouted sharply, "The three corpses submit, the demons and monsters flee, huh!"
The shout wasn't earth-shattering, but it stirred up a fierce golden wind that swept over everyone.
Tiny wounds appeared on the bodies of those in the formation, and the golden spirit burrowed into them, quickly bringing everyone back to their senses.
But at this moment, outside the formation, the immortals, bewitched and manipulated by the fragrance, had already joined forces to attack the formation—
The formation is a sealing formation, and its most powerful core is naturally inside.
As for the Nine Palaces Spirit Locking Array, these immortals were also familiar with its weak points. The array was shaken from the outside, and a gap was torn open!
While the meteor's "body" was still inside the formation, a phantom figure slipped out from a crack in the formation—he was able to leave his soul at will!
The meteor flew straight towards Zhan Kui and Bi Tao!
Bitao has been waiting for this moment!
She frantically absorbed the Heavenly Grade White Spirit on her back, mobilizing her wood spirit to its limit. Just as the phantom of the meteor rushed towards Zhan Kui, she unexpectedly struck him in the chest with a palm strike—
With a deafening roar, like a mountain collapsing and the earth splitting apart.
Bitao was thrown away by the impact of the collision between two powerful forces of life force and spiritual energy.
The meteor's soul was also sent flying backward by Bitao's palm strike—
His bright spirit dimmed in the blink of an eye.
He looked astonished. He looked down and saw that cracks had appeared on the Heart of All Beings within his chest, which was enveloped by his soul!
The peach blossoms crashed to the ground, creating a large crater. As she crawled out, blood gushed from the corner of her mouth, her long hair was torn and flying everywhere, her robe ripped and covered in blood and dirt—she looked utterly disheveled. Yet, a radiant smile graced her face.
She hastily wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth with the back of her hand, her face flushed with excitement, like a peach blossom in full bloom, flourishing endlessly.
She scoffed lightly: "The hearts of all living beings... aren't that hard after all!"
All the gentleness on Meteor's face vanished, but he did not immediately attack Bitao.
Instead, it charged towards Zhan Kui's direction again.
However, when his soul rushed to Zhan Kui's front and touched his forehead with Zhan Kui's, just as he was about to enter Zhan Kui's body that had been nurtured for a long time and take over his body, he found that Zhan Kui's five senses and five orifices were completely sealed!
All the acupoints in the body were also severed!
Her current state is equivalent to that of a "living corpse," and a completely sealed corpse cannot be possessed.
"Junior sister...you're being disobedient."
Meteor's handsome face showed anger. He raised his hand and hovered above Zhan Kui's head. Unable to possess this body that brought him great fortune and satisfaction, he actually wanted to crush her soul as well!
So where in this world are there so many bullshit perfect people and perfect love stories?
The most captivating are always the most deadly!
From the very beginning, Bitao felt that Liuxing's kindness towards Zhankui was not right.
Later, after gradually understanding and confirming that Meteor was the patriarch of the Xuanmen sect, he did not hesitate to use the most treacherous motives in the world to speculate about the other party.
She couldn't bear to tell Zhan Kui, who had already fallen for her, that Liu Xing's intentions towards her were anything but simple.
How could a Xuanmen patriarch who is over two thousand years old, who has been entrenched in the human world, stirring up trouble and killing people without hesitation, possibly be preoccupied with petty love and affection?
She was right after all!
At that very moment, within the formation, Guanghan had just awakened from her illusion due to the dispelling sound of Mingguang.
In the blink of an eye, the meteor had reached outside the formation and was about to kill Zhan Kui.
His body moved faster than his brain. He broke free from the guarding array and used all the attack techniques he had learned in his life to directly attack the meteor's "body"!
His cultivation level was lower than others, and his mind was still in a state of confusion, unable to distinguish between reality and illusion. He had only one thought in his mind—his thousands of children could not be without their mother!
Upon seeing this, the guardian immortal roared, "Guanghan, how dare you leave your position!"
But Guanghan had already unleashed that desperate attack on the meteor's main body—and in the blink of an eye, she was nearly shattered by the meteor's overwhelming power of the Five Elements.
He fell to the ground and slid a long way, scraping against the rocks and the ground, tearing his flesh and exposing his bones.
At that very moment, Bitao rushed to Meteor's side once again.
Guanghan's attack was too timely; the meteor's physical body was damaged and its soul wavered.
Bitao mobilized all her spiritual energy, but instead of attacking Liuxing, she grabbed his soul and wrapped it tightly with wood spirit.
Bitao said, "My handsome husband even dug out his own heart bone to bury you, what have you done to deserve this?! You should go back and face your punishment!"
Bitao addressed the surrounding immortals, saying, "Attack me and send him back into the formation!"
The immortals who were originally attacking the formation had regained their senses because of the meteor's injury, and they were so ashamed that they wished they could disappear into the ground.
How could they think that Mingguang was deliberately distrusting and not using them?
To have one's heart and bones gouged out is already a matter of life and death. If one's cultivation is insufficient, how can one form an array to fight against the Xuanmen patriarch?
Moreover, this ancestor of the Xuanmen sect has the heart of all living beings, and his merits and demerits are still impossible to judge. He cannot be killed but can only be sealed. Those in the formation risk everything, but in the end, they may not be able to get even a little bit of merit.
Mingguang only allowed his strongest and closest people to form the formation with him, not out of exclusion. Rather, if the person guarding the formation was not resolute and determined, and was prepared to die, how could they seal the Xuanmen patriarch who possessed the heart of all living beings?
Mingguang pulled them outside the formation as soon as it was activated, clearly to protect them...
They were easily misled into trying to obstruct the sealing formation in order to compete for the merit of returning to heaven!
Everyone felt ashamed, but they quickly realized that the lingering fragrance was exactly the same as the Soul-Guiding Incense that each of them had smelled before.
This ancestor of the Xuanmen sect is so cunning and far-sighted that it's outrageous. It turns out that every single one of them fell into his trap the moment they descended to the mortal realm!
They are the ones who are trapped!
At this moment, everyone listened to Bitao's command, gathered together, raised their hands and put their shoulders together to connect their spiritual energy, and their five senses were in harmony.
Once again, regardless of the merits and immortal positions of the ancient immortal clan and the Netherworld, they stabilized each other's souls and spirits, and cleansed away all distracting thoughts.
They also channeled all their power into one force, striking Bitao, who was tightly embracing the meteor—
Unable to break free, Meteor was caught in Bitao's arms and they both tumbled back into the formation.
He sighed, "They all disobey..."
Upon seeing the meteor being "escorted" back, the immortals within the formation immediately reactivated the formation.
Guanghan crawled back to the center of the formation, gritted her teeth, sat cross-legged, and blood kept flowing from the corner of her mouth.
The group changed their hand seals again and chanted the mantra to dispel delusion.
The array's spiritual light shone brightly once more.
After the meteor's soul entered the formation, it was forced to return to its body, and the sealing spirit wall surrounded it, and the seal was about to be completed—
Meteor Man was at the center of the Spirit Sealing Array, unable to escape the shackles of the Spirit Wall. Yet, he was still able to draw upon the power of the five elements from the earth and conjure five ropes to pull Bitao, who had fallen into the array with him, into the air.
He wanted to tear this audacious little fairy, who was preventing him from possessing another body and cutting off his escape route, apart by five horses!
The peach tree hung suspended in mid-air, making no attempt to struggle.
To test the meteor, she stayed in the Wenxin Pavilion for several days. Other immortals would have their minds controlled simply by smelling the Soul-Guiding Incense.
Bitao had eaten so much food prepared by Meteor and ingested too much of the Soul-Guiding Incense. Even though she was covered in blood, the pain could no longer bring her back to her senses.
Her eyes, like those of the sect leaders and elders who were controlled by meteors, had lost their color, and she was suspended in mid-air like a puppet on a string.
Empty eyes stared blankly at the sky, where dark clouds, unnoticed by the thick darkness, were gathering from all directions.
The package she was carrying was also constantly emitting powder that had been extracted from the Heavenly Grade White Spirit.
At this moment, Meteor spoke from within the sealed spirit wall, his voice still calm and composed, as if victory was assured.
He even chuckled and said, "I remember that Fellow Daoist Wei and Fellow Daoist Le were about to get married, but unfortunately... many things were delayed and the wedding could not be held smoothly."
Mingguang, who was focused on activating the sealing technique, opened his eyes again and looked at the sky, or rather, at Bitao, who had been pulled to his side by those spiritual light ropes.
He saw her eyes glazed over, like a lamb to the slaughter, meek and helpless. Mingguang felt as if his heart, which had been brutally ripped out of its protective core, was about to burst out of his chest and tear his body apart to follow her.
Mingguang realized what the meteor was trying to do.
His brows and eyes were covered with frost and snow.
Meteor said, "Wei Xiao is not enough to make Immortal Lord Mingguang waver in the slightest, so can this Fairy Bitao... make Immortal Lord Mingguang give up resistance?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the spiritual ropes tightened immediately, pulling hard in five directions.
Bitao's body, which was completely unaware of what was happening, was immediately stiffened, and her face turned purplish-red with bulging veins.
Meteor only pulled once before letting go; Peach Blossom was now his only bargaining chip.
He truly never imagined that one day he would be forced into such a desperate situation with no way out.
They were just a bunch of little fairies he looked down on.
He thought it would need to be even more brutal to shake the mind of this little immortal and cause the formation to vibrate.
He has the heart of all living beings; he is an immortal soul.
As long as the formation vibrates even slightly, he can find a glimmer of hope.
However, as soon as he relaxed, Mingguang attacked without hesitation, striking at the floating spirit locks.
The spiritual light in his hand transformed into an invincible long blade, severing the spiritual locks. Then he rose from his position and leaped to catch Bitao.
"Ming..." Someone seemed to want to call out Mingguang, but swallowed the rest of the words after only uttering one.
At that very moment, Meteor's laughter echoed throughout the formation.
Mingguang was guarding the eye of the main formation. His departure caused the formation to shake violently, revealing weaknesses on all sides. Meteor, wielding the power of the five elements, forced the high wall of spiritual light to retreat step by step.
He broke free from the array's confinement and headed straight for the weakest point in the array above the dome—
Those inside and outside the formation were extremely anxious upon seeing this. If the Xuanmen Patriarch were allowed to escape, with his abilities, he could make a comeback in an instant.
As he said, all the mountains and rivers, the living and the dead, are in his hands and under his control.
The competition will not end until everyone here has accumulated enough merit. If they offend him thoroughly this time, all that awaits them will be various kinds of gruesome deaths.
Perhaps after death, his soul will be melted down to forge the bridge of reincarnation he spoke of, with no hope of returning to heaven...
For a moment, the immortals were in turmoil, and resentment arose one after another.
Mingguang Xuanxian disregarded the overall situation and the safety and lives of everyone, putting them in a life-threatening situation just to save Bitao Shenxian!
How could someone so muddle-headed and incompetent be worthy of being called a Celestial Emperor?!
At that moment, Mingguang returned to the center of the formation and gently placed Bitao on the ground.
It was only at this moment that he realized he was completely unable to kill Wei Danxin, who disregarded the greater good and cared only for the life and death of one person.
Mingguang raised his head and looked at the Xuanmen patriarch who was about to break out of the formation. His brows were frosty, but his pride remained.
He sat cross-legged, and instead of futilely forming hand seals, he used spiritual light to transform into blades, piercing several major acupoints and main meridians around his body.
In an instant, blood gushed from his body, soaking through his robes and flowing into the array's core—
Jin Ling transformed into the fierce bird Golden Crow, soaring into the sky, and grabbed the body of Xuanmen Patriarch Yu Junlang, who was trying to break free from the formation, with its giant claws.
It then swooped down from mid-air again, slamming the meteor hard onto the ground once more.
He is "Wei Danxin", but he is also Mingguang Xuanxian.
He has the means and the ability to save his little peach branch.
Mingguang!
Yun Chuan saw Ming Guang's golden energy rapidly dissipating, his lips parted, and he was speechless several times.
Everyone inside and outside the formation was shocked by Mingguang's resolute and domineering act, which resembled suicide.
The wavering formation closed again, and the meteor was once again imprisoned by the advancing spiritual wall.
The meteor simply stood up from the ground and dusted off non-existent dust.
His expression showed neither anger nor hysteria, as one might expect when faced with a desperate situation.
Looking towards the direction of the light, he said, "You little fairy do have some spirit."
"I'm just curious, how much life force and blood do you have to fill this already shaken formation?"
Mingguang didn't even raise his head, and said, "Killing you is enough."
As if to echo Mingguang's words, a distant, rolling thunderclap resounded in the sky.
A mountain breeze suddenly rises, carrying the pungent smell of water—a mountain rain is imminent.
Meteor glanced up at the sky, seemingly unconcerned, and replied, "Kill me?"
"I have the heart of all living beings, so I cannot be killed."
Meteor simply leaned against the nearest spiritual wall, where even these tangible spiritual energies wouldn't corrupt him.
He is indeed unkillable.
He crossed his arms and waited leisurely for this overconfident little fairy to exhaust her spiritual energy and vitality.
Mingguang sat atop the formation's core, cradling Bitao's head on his lap—the only spot untouched by blood.
He looked down at her, his golden eyes reflecting her disheveled face.
He wiped the dirt and blood off her face from behind.
Her expression was one of tenderness that Bitao had never seen before since she regained her memories.
Under these circumstances, he made up his mind.
He was fooled and deceived by Xiao Taozhi, and did all sorts of "shameful things" that he would never have revealed to others.
She treated him so badly, she wouldn't even apologize, and she said... she only liked the version of him without his memories.
But Mingguang could not hate her, could not resent her, and could not abandon her.
This time, it wasn't because of their past friendship, but because his heart was pounding every moment because of her every smile, every gesture, and every move.
Even though she treated him so badly, he couldn't help but be moved by her.
Mingguang bit his tongue, silently chanting a calming incantation, drawing out his heart's blood, which he then sprayed onto Bitao's face with a "plop".
Bitao was forcibly awakened, and she gasped and sat up abruptly—
My first reaction was to look up at the sky. The storm clouds were still gathering, and the thunder was rumbling, but it was still far away.
Why did she wake up at this hour?!
When she came to her senses and looked again, she met the gaze of Mingguang beside her.
Mingguang had a calm expression, but his face was deathly pale, and he was dressed in red.
For a moment, Bitao was unsettled. Was she getting married to Wei Danxin in the illusion woven by the shooting stars?
My goodness... Mingguang looks absolutely stunning in red! Bitao can't take her eyes off him for a second. Red robes and golden eyes, breathtaking, captivating!
But soon Bitao took a deep breath and was choked and coughed by the strong smell of blood.
She then realized that Mingguang wasn't wearing red... but rather that his robes were stained red with the blood gushing from his body.
This blood actually came from his many main meridians and major acupoints!
"Mingguang, what's wrong?!"
Bitao's brows furrowed sharply, and she roared in fury, "Who hurt you like this?!"
Bitao mobilized the wood spirits, frantically pouring them onto Mingguang, but it couldn't stop the rate at which his life force was draining away.
Bitao quickly realized that Mingguang was sitting on the core of the formation, and the formation was absorbing his spiritual energy and vitality.
"The Fairy of Peach Blossoms has awakened, just in time."
Meteor looked up at the weak point in the dome of the great formation and said, "You see, a gap will soon appear there. We'll see each other again soon."
"Oh, let me explain. Immortal Lord Mingguang, he did all this to save you..."
Meteor said, "But I think his chances of survival are almost gone. If we stop now, he might still live." After all, he's about to leave.
By keeping these little fairies alive, we can still plan for the future.
Without him saying anything, Bitao quickly deduced from the situation within the formation why Mingguang had pierced through the major acupoints and main meridians of his body to infuse the formation's core.
However, this was by no means what Bitao had expected.
Bitao knew that after she lost her mind, Liuxing would definitely use her to threaten Mingguang.
He was even instructed by Meteor to assassinate Mingguang.
But she knew that Mingguang wasn't the kind of irrational, inconsiderate fool like Wei Danxin, whose heart was filled only with romantic love.
He would certainly not be coerced, and he would be wary of her, who had been speaking ill of him but suddenly approached him.
He has a fierce personality, and if threatened, he will only forcefully accelerate the sealing formation.
The stronger the formation, the more life force Bitao can absorb from it... and thus, the faster the lightning tribulation will proceed!
But what exactly went wrong?
Mingguang had already been so angered by Bitao's deliberate actions that he wished he could sever all ties with her.
How could things suddenly turn out like this because of her?
Bitao once again experienced the feeling of being out of control. Looking at Mingguang, who had become a bloody gourd, she felt so distressed that her body began to tremble.
"What's wrong with you...?" Haven't you fallen for her yet?
How could it be so sudden...?
He'll die if he keeps going like this!
If he dies here, Meteor is now imprisoned in the formation. Perhaps there is no way to harm his soul, but that would mean the competition is lost.
He will regress in his cultivation level, fail the second competition... and his own mother will personally extract his immortal spirit.
He was so afraid of disappointing his mother that he restrained and punished himself, even to the point of self-harm. If he were to face that situation, it would be worse than death for Mingguang!
Bitao's lips trembled, and her eyes welled up with tears.
Mingguang will be demoted from the position of Xuanxian to the position of Zhenxian, but he was born a celestial being!
Mingguang said to Bitao, "After my life force is exhausted, you will guard this array's core. You must suppress the earth's veins."
Just as Bitao opened her mouth to say something, Mingguang finally couldn't hold on any longer and collapsed towards Bitao.
Bitao hugged him, her arms covered in sticky fluid.
The tears that had been welling up in her eyes finally spilled out as she lowered her head.
At this moment, as the vitality of the Bright Light was completely depleted, the dome of the Nine Palaces Spirit Locking Array once again showed signs of weakening.
But before the meteor could even feel a surge of joy and rush towards the dome, the formation's fire element blazed brightly once more.
Not far away, Binglun followed closely behind Mingguang, piercing several large acupoints around its body.
The fire spirit surged back into the formation, forcefully pushing forward the spirit wall that imprisoned and sealed the meteor once more.
Once again, he was squeezed in, and he could no longer stand leisurely and watch the excitement.
His voice came from within the sealed spirit wall, sighing, "You little immortals..."
"They still don't realize their mistake even now."
"You would rather use your life force to imprison me than help me continue the bridge of reincarnation. You are not worthy of being immortals."
After finishing his sentence, Meteor finally unleashed his ultimate killing move.
He placed his hands on the spiritual wall that sealed him and frantically absorbed the five elements of spiritual energy, causing more than half of the spiritual wall to collapse in an instant.
The formation and the surrounding winds rose again, stirring up a foul, aquatic stench that permeated the heavens and earth.
Dark clouds filled the sky, and the muffled thunder turned into a loud rumble, right above everyone's heads!
"I have said before that everything here is my subject. Including these five elements of spiritual energy."
"I am ordained by Heaven."
“It’s going to rain soon, and I haven’t brought in the dried vegetables I left to dry on the roof of Wenxin Pavilion,” Meteor said. “I’m not playing with you guys anymore.”
In an instant, the fire spirit that the ice wheel poured into the formation could no longer support the formation shaking!
The meteor said, "Since you won't listen, then you should all die."
The Nine Palaces Spirit Locking Array began to collapse. However, just as the fire spirit was about to be extinguished, the other five elements of spiritual energy surged into the sky again, instantly overwhelming the five elements of spiritual energy controlled by the meteor that was tearing the array apart.
All the immortals guarding the formation followed Mingguang and Binglun, resolutely piercing their vital points and pouring their life force back into the formation.
Bitao hugged Mingguang, feeling a chill in her heart.
They were all completely reckless...
If this continues, the patriarch of the Xuanmen sect can indeed be sealed away.
However, these immortals will die here.
If all of these individuals fail in the competition, wouldn't it be equivalent to a monster who has abandoned his immortal status and descended to the mortal realm, neither human nor ghost, slapping all the immortals in the celestial realm across the distance?
Meteor was once again forced to his knees by the powerful Five Elements spiritual energy.
He couldn't even lift his head.
The spiritual wall closed rapidly, crushing his body to pieces.
He lay prone on the ground, experiencing the familiar sensation of bones shattering, and for a moment felt as if he had been transported back to a dark and gloomy hell.
Even at this moment, he did not scream wildly or lose control.
Because over the past thousand years, he has collapsed too many times in endless suffering.
He's no longer prone to breakdowns.
He simply said, "Fine."
"Although I and all living beings here have not received the favor of Heaven for more than two thousand years, at least today, though I am sealed in this place, I have a group of immortals who will be buried with me."
"You dream of having all the immortals die for you... My husband, even if he were to die for you, it would only be for me."
Bitao temporarily sealed Mingguang's acupoints to prevent his life force from continuing to drain away.
He laid the unconscious man on the ground, stood up, and looked up at the rolling clouds of calamity that had gathered overhead.
She unwrapped her clothes, and countless pieces of Heavenly Grade White Spirit Powder, which had been absorbed, scattered out like a fairy shaking off a shawl, which was swept up by the mountain wind.
She stood on the very spot where Mingguang had just stood, but instead of having her spiritual energy absorbed by the formation, she was frantically absorbing its spiritual energy.
Looking at the shooting star, he said, "Didn't you want the heavens to favor you? I'll give you a chance."
She had previously followed the others to reinforce the formation, secretly stacking up a spirit-gathering formation, and then drawing the formation's core on her back.
Her meridians were torn apart by the constantly and frantically entering spiritual energy, and then reshaped by it.
After she descended to the mortal realm, she remained at the Human Realm cultivation level. She was once forcibly elevated to the Human Realm Extreme level by the Daoist Master Yue Junya using high-quality items.
Now, finally, the meridians have been loosened by this reckless, life-threatening method of cleansing, which could cause one to explode at any moment, and have reached their peak.
The lightning tribulation finally tore through the thick clouds and fell. Bitao stood in the midst of the lightning, and took out a handful of Five Thunder Talismans from Wenxin Pavilion, which she had previously asked Zhan Kui to bring.
She chanted incantations, and amidst the lightning, she forcefully activated all of the hundreds of Five Thunder Talismans—
The tribulation lightning that originally stretched across the sky and was aimed solely at Bitao transformed into numerous towering pillars of lightning under the summoning of the Five Thunder Talisman.
Carried by the overwhelming might of heaven, it crashed down upon Mount Wuman of this world—
"Buzz—"
Bitao opened her arms and plunged into the lightning tribulation, her figure instantly "disintegrating" in the lightning!
But this time, she did not disperse her consciousness into the Five Thunders.
Instead, he tried to incorporate this all-encompassing lightning into his own soul and body.
It recreates the feeling of fullness she experienced when she died in the previous competition and was received by the Heavenly Dao of the Myriad Realms, receiving both lightning and immortal spirits into her body.
Then she felt her soul being blown up by the vast lightning, like a sugar figurine.
After the lightning that threatened to pierce and tear apart heaven and earth subsided, Bitao, as the Dharma form of a deity—standing tall and upright—appeared here!
She was dressed entirely in peach-colored armor and held a peach wood sword.
His brows were fierce and his gaze was imposing.
Looking down at the Nine Palaces Spirit Locking Array, which had been disrupted by the lightning tribulation, she reached out and grabbed the several immortal bones that served as the array's core into her palm.
Then, he thrust the peach wood sword he was holding fiercely into the ground at his feet—
When it was pulled out again, the soul of the Xuanmen patriarch, Meteor, who was trying to escape, was pierced and pulled out from the ground along with the peach wood sword and the soil.
The wood spirit on Bitao's natal immortal weapon, the peach wood sword, surged and transformed into thousands of peach branches, piercing through the soul of the Xuanmen patriarch and directly binding his heart of compassion to the sword.
Bitao looked down at him as if he were food held between chopsticks, or a skewer of meat on an iron stick.
The lightning above Faxiang's head continued to hum and relentlessly strike her body.
At this moment, it was no longer the lightning of tribulation, but the Heavenly Dao warning this immortal that she had violated the Heavenly Rules!
The divine forms of immortals must not be manifested in the lower realms or star realms!
However, Bitao seemed completely unaffected by the pain and irritation, paying no attention to her scorched back and forehead.
He simply absorbed the lightning into his body, using it as the power to sustain the Dharma form.
She sat down cross-legged, dispelling the wood spirit within her body to heal her immortal position, which she had damaged herself in order to seal the Xuanmen Ancestor.
It also healed those immortals who were blasted away and stunned by the violent lightning tribulation she brought.
Even the five elements that had been forcibly extracted from the mountains and rivers here were replenished.
The earth, accompanied by the gentle breeze of the wood spirit, swept through the forest, layer upon layer, the rustling sound like the joyful shouts of the grass and trees, and the comfortable groans of the mountains and rivers.
Bitao was especially careful, using two fingers to pinch Mingguang and hold it in her palm.
The wooden spirit in her palm formed a realm, surging into his body and using the five thunderbolts that continuously struck her to heal all of Mingguang's injuries and replenish his life force.
To show respect, Bitao raised her peach wood sword and looked at the meteorite-shaped sword she was wearing at eye level.
His voice shook the heavens and earth, carrying the thunderous roar that shook the very soul. He said, "Come, Senior Brother Meteor. I am a celestial being. You can pour out your grievances and troubles to me."
"I guarantee that every word you say will reach the ears of Heaven."
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