Three days later, at the Jiuyuan Mountains.
Zhou Xingdou returned to the Floating Pagoda and the place where Heaven and Earth were refining. He had been relatively free for the past three days, so he gave Xiao Tianzuo some pointers on the cultivation of the Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Technique, fulfilling his responsibility as a master.
However, he spent most of his time playing with Qing Yanjing and bickering with the Desolate Heaven Empress, which helped him relax somewhat after arriving in this world.
As for the Floating Pagoda and the Heaven and Earth Furnace, they were left in their original places to await the time when Zhang Santian was refined to nothingness.
After all, without the Floating Pagoda to suppress him, Zhou Xingdou was afraid that Zhang Santian would break through his Heaven and Earth Furnace.
As for whether there are any risks in placing these two treasures here, that's basically nonsense.
An ancestral tower capable of suppressing the Great Palm Heavenly King, containing the power of countless strong members of the Ancient Buddha Clan, and a Heaven and Earth Furnace capable of refining origins—if anyone dares to touch it, Zhou Xingdou does not recommend adding more powerful medicine to the Heaven and Earth Furnace to help him break through to a higher realm sooner.
Unfortunately, the Origin Realm is not a common commodity, and the Nine Yuan Mountains of Qingmu Prefecture are too barren, so no humanoid medicines are delivered to their doorstep.
On the very day Zhou Xingdou was refining Zhang Santian, his physical body and cultivation had already reached a level sufficient to break through to the next realm. However, he did not choose to break through at that time, but waited until today when he had completely refined Zhang Santian.
The sixth and seventh levels of the Dao Realm represent a qualitative leap, making breakthrough extremely difficult and risky.
Therefore, Zhou Xingdou chose to be cautious and cut off the continuous supply of essence from the Heaven and Earth Furnace, accumulating it all in the furnace. The safest way would be to use the accumulated massive essence to break through the barrier in one fell swoop.
Now that the fire in the Heaven and Earth Furnace has been extinguished, it proves that the Great Heavenly King Zhang Santian has been completely refined by the Heaven and Earth Furnace.
Zhou Xingdou nodded slightly to Qing Yanjing beside him. The intertwining of the true spirits of countless years in the long river of time meant that no words were needed and Qing Yanjing understood Zhou Xingdou's meaning.
Qing Yanjing gently raised her jade-like hand, and the towering, boundless Floating Pagoda that suppressed heaven and earth trembled slightly. The continuously pouring suppressive power stopped abruptly and shrank back to Qing Yanjing's palm like a mustard seed.
The instant the Floating Pagoda disappeared, Zhou Xingdou raised his hand and summoned the massive Heaven and Earth Furnace, as large as a mountain peak, to his side.
The Yin-Yang furnace fires on the outside of the Heaven and Earth Furnace have now been extinguished, but the moment the furnace is opened, an extreme heat wave still hits you.
Fortunately, Xiao Tianzuo was protected by Zhou Xingdou behind him; otherwise, the heatwave alone would have turned him to ashes.
However, before the heatwave could dissipate, a faint life force emerged from the furnace of heaven and earth.
Immediately afterwards, an old figure was spat out of the furnace of heaven and earth like a piece of trash.
Upon seeing that aged figure, even the Empress of Desolate Heaven couldn't help but twitch her eyelids.
If she hadn't been able to recognize the aura, she probably wouldn't have recognized that this extremely aged figure was Zhang Tiansan, the former number one person under the Heavenly Venerable, who had dominated the Desolate Heaven for ten thousand years after her death.
The once jet-black hair is now extremely pale and dry, having lost all its nutrients, making it seem as if it could be crushed to dust with the slightest touch.
His original height of less than five feet has now shrunk to only four feet, his back is hunched, and his spine seems unable to support him to stand up straight.
His body, once lean and as smooth as tung oil, is now wrinkled and dry, his skin no longer pale, but withered and white.
Zhang Santian now resembles a withered tree stripped of all its essence, old and frail, devoid of vitality and cultivation, even less healthy than a centenarian among mortals.
Zhang Santian, utterly withered and exhausted, struggled to raise his head. His extremely cloudy eyes could no longer reveal any expression. He, who was once at the Origin Realm, had been transformed into this state through rigorous training. The pain and torment he had endured in the past three days were beyond description.
He tried to speak, but his dry tongue and throat could no longer produce a sound.
Zhou Xingdou, however, didn't want to hear what he had to say. He pushed Xiao Tianzuo forward from behind and said indifferently:
"Kill him."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Santian's withered body trembled, large clumps of his crisp white hair fell out, and a hint of expression finally appeared in his cloudy eyes, as if he were begging for mercy.
Xiao Tianzuo looked at the old and pitiful Zhang Santian in front of him, took a few steps forward, and calmed his somewhat flustered heart.
He even felt a pang of reluctance at this moment. After all, Zhang Santian was no longer a threat in his current state. Could he really bring himself to harm a dead man who posed no threat?
But this thought was quickly suppressed by the images of flesh and blood of relatives and friends in my memory.
Is that small mountain village a threat?
How innocent they are!
A series of figures flashed through Xiao Tianzuo's mind, and those familiar faces appeared before him, causing his eyes, which had initially shown some reluctance, to turn cold, replaced by a crimson hatred.
There were no passionate words, nor many actions, just a chillingly cold statement:
You deserve to die!
Then the giant elephant roared, and Xiao Tianzuo clenched his fist and slammed it into Zhang Santian's head.
Bang!
When the fist struck, the head exploded like a withered tree trunk, but no blood splattered; only a little brain matter flowed out.
Then, a barrage of fists rained down, blasting every inch of Zhang Santian's body and every bone into dust.
Even when only a pile of debris remained on the ground, Xiao Tianzuo did not stop, but continued to bombard and punch.
Only when everything turned to dust and scattered in the air did Xiao Tianzuo stop throwing punches. He felt as if all his energy had been drained, and he collapsed onto the ground.
"Village Chief, Grandma Yang, Mr. Liu, Sanpang, Gousheng,..."
One name after another came out of Xiao Tianzuo's mouth; these were old friends he had buried deep in his heart and dared not remember.
"Xiao Cui, I've avenged you."
Xiao Tianzuo looked up at the sky and roared, but tears kept sliding down his cheeks.
Yes, he finally avenged these mortals whom no one cared about, but the dead will not be brought back to life because of Zhang Santian's death. They still died, in that small mountain village.
"Why are you crying? It's not like your true spirit has been extinguished. You just died from the residual effects of the power. You still have a chance to be resurrected."
Zhou Xingdou rolled his eyes at Xiao Tianzuo, but at the same time he also captured Zhang Santian's soul and threw the soul back into the Heaven and Earth Furnace. In an instant, the Yin-Yang Furnace Fire was reignited.
Xiao Tianzuo, who had been sobbing and howling at the sky, stopped crying immediately upon hearing this. He looked at his master in a daze and said blankly:
"Resurrection? Do they really still have a chance to be resurrected?"
Zhou Xingdou did not answer Xiao Tianzuo's question, but simply looked at the Heaven and Earth Furnace and said calmly:
"Don't look at me like that. I won't help you. You have to do this yourself."
Of course, Xiao Tianzuo interpreted Zhou Xingdou's words as an indirect admission.
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