Chapter 285: What a Grand Feast!
[Eternal Flowing Water] was falling!
The descent of a Dao Fruit was incredibly terrifying. Almost instantly, every cultivator in the world practicing [Eternal Flowing Water] felt an inexplicable sense of oppression.
Directly above the Foundation Establishment Realm, the Sea of Bitterness churned. A group of Foundation Establishment Great Perfected Ones looked up and clearly saw a somewhat blurry, blinding white light. The light was shaped like an arc moon, hazy and illusory. Its true form couldn’t be seen clearly; they could only sense the vast, boundless divine ability imagery filling it.
“He failed…”
Lu Yang shook his head at the sight. This was obviously not the phenomenon of a successful [Seeking Golden Core]. Although Suo Huan had gambled on that one-in-ten-thousand hope to charge at the Dao Fruit…
Unfortunately, he still fell short.
Soon, Lu Yang saw Suo Huan’s figure within that arc of light. He looked dazed, as if he had encountered something unbelievable.
Immediately after, this great outer heaven cultivator suddenly laughed. He laughed loudly in the air, his laughter shrill and mournful. His originally stable aura suddenly became incredibly violent. His pitch-black eyes turned a scarlet bloody color, and everyone could hear his hysterical roar:
“Too much bullying… You bully people too much!”
“Why treat me like this? My [Universe Ruins Realm], my Suo Huan… Hahaha! Suo Huan! Suo Huan! This Daoist title really wasn’t chosen wrong at all!”
“My Lord! Come out!”
“I know you are watching!”
Amidst his roars, centered around the slowly descending [Eternal Flowing Water], three earth-shaking, magnificent Golden Core Dharma Bodies emerged.
Suo Huan instantly recognized these three Golden Core Perfected Lords. They were the main culprits who had presided over the Battle for the Dao and destroyed the [Universe Ruins Realm]. In an instant, his laughter became even more tragic. Back then, he thought he had escaped with the help of the Realm Heaven, but now it seemed that was probably not the case!
“Everyone, the main course is served.”
The voices of the Perfected Lords carried amusement, echoing in a domain imperceptible to Perfected Ones:
“Amitabha… My Buddha is merciful. It was worth letting this person go back then. Today, merit is finally complete, and I can guide this Blessed Land to its rightful place.”
“This person’s [Golden Nature] is mine.”
“Saint Sect, stand your ground. Don’t move recklessly. Divide according to the prior agreement. Otherwise, if we fall out, no one gets to eat this meal.”
“Tsk.”
The three Golden Core Perfected Lords took their positions. Their massive divine senses communicated, having long decided on the “distribution plan.” Now, they all moved to restrain Suo Huan.
“The Pure Land gave me the resources for my Blessed Land, so after I fail, the Blessed Land goes to the Pure Land. The Dao Court blessed my cultivation, allowing me to cultivate [Golden Nature], so after I die, my [Golden Nature] goes to the Dao Court. As for the Saint Sect, they hoped I would shake [Eternal Flowing Water], and perhaps they even thought of pulling it under their rule?”
This was a gluttonous feast.
He was the main course on the table, while the Pure Land, Dao Court, and Saint Sect were the diners tearing him apart… Thinking of this, Suo Huan gradually stopped his wild laughter.
He had actually anticipated this long ago.
From the moment he accepted the three parties’ sponsorship, he had thought of the result of failure. So being devoured by the three parties didn’t actually surprise him.
The one who truly made him despair was someone else.
The next second, Suo Huan looked around at the three Golden Core Perfected Lords and suddenly smiled. “My Lord, you’ve been setting this up for so many years. What are you still waiting for?”
Rumble!
Instantly, as if responding to Suo Huan’s query, an indescribably massive aura suddenly rose from the direction of the Four Seas Sect and the Dragon Palace!
“Hm?”
At this moment, the group of Foundation Establishment Great Perfected Ones below turned their heads to look. Even the three Perfected Lords in the sky, who were dividing up Suo Huan, revealed surprised expressions.
“[Seeking Golden Core] phenomenon?”
“Is it [Tian Qiu]? No, wasn’t he slain by Suo Huan? Without a physical body, how can a mere soul [Seek Golden Core]? What Dao Fruit doesn’t require a physical body…”
In an instant, thoughts raced through the minds of the three Perfected Lords, and finally, a guess emerged. Almost simultaneously, the gates of the Four Seas Sect’s Dragon Palace opened wide. Monstrous death Qi rolled out from within. In the center of the death Qi was a blurry dragon shadow, slowly opening a gateway.
[Netherworld]!
What Dao Fruit in the world didn’t require a physical body? Naturally, it was the Netherworld, which governed the reincarnation of all living beings! People with physical bodies found it hard to enter the Netherworld!
Only souls could enter and leave!
However, ordinary reincarnating souls were directly absorbed by the Netherworld. Yet the current [Tian Qiu] was trying to open a great gate leading to the Netherworld!
“What is he doing?”
“Opening the Netherworld while [Seeking Golden Core]… It’s [Sky-shrouding]! He wants to use the Netherworld to drag a [Dao Fruit] into the water. Suo Huan was just bait to confuse us?”
“[Tian Qiu] is the real target!”
At this moment, the three Perfected Lords clearly saw that with the eruption of [Tian Qiu]’s aura, a heavenly star shone brightly in the sky. It was the Water Element Dao Fruit [Heavenly River Water]. This Dao Fruit was known as “Qi rises and falls, situated in the high and bright fire position, water abounds as rain, assisting the water within fire, existing only in the heavens.”
Among Water Element Dao Fruits, this one was supreme!
Such a change immediately made the Perfected Lords unable to sit still. They attacked [Tian Qiu] almost simultaneously, but were firmly blocked by another majestic dragon body.
Four Seas Sect, Dragon Lord!
This was a natural-born noble of the past, at the Middle Stage of Golden Core, with an unfallen Grotto-Heaven. His existence could be traced back to the early days of the four great sects.
How much weight did that carry?
To put it bluntly, he had even seen the Dao Lord!
It must be known that the current Dao Lord did not appear. Even among Golden Core Perfected Lords, the vast majority had never seen the Dao Lord, and didn’t even know if the Dao Lord was male or female.
But the Dragon Lord had seen him.
Although the Dragon Lord had maintained his Middle Stage cultivation for so many years under the suppression of various parties and failed to break through to the Late Stage, it absolutely did not mean he was weak.
Now that the Dragon Lord acted, his majestic dragon body was like a city wall with no end in sight, lying across between the Perfected Lords and [Tian Qiu]. It was as if he had instantly divided heaven and earth. The entire overseas region and endless seawater responded at this moment. Above the sky, another Dao Fruit Star shone brightly.
[Vast Ocean Water]!
In the past, the True Dragon Clan controlled rivers, lakes, and seas. Of the six Water Element Dao Fruits, four were under their control. [Vast Ocean Water] was the supreme Water Element back then.
However, after the heavenly change, the prestige of the True Dragon was gone.
Not only did [Vast Ocean Water] withdraw from the position of Water Element Supreme, with [Heavenly River Water] taking the throne, but other Dao Fruits were also lost. Of the four Dragon Lords, only one remained.
Describing it as a blood feud wouldn’t be an exaggeration!
“Bet it all on this!”
Now that the Dragon Lord acted, he was truly prepared to risk everything once. Because he knew clearly in his heart that the Dao Lords of the four great sects wouldn’t care about such matters.
And with his Middle Stage Golden Core cultivation, if he had the help of that [Sky-shrouding], there might be a chance!
Just then.
As [Tian Qiu] opened the gate to the [Netherworld], amidst the clustering of endless death Qi, a tall figure standing with hands behind his back finally appeared quietly behind the door.
Judging from the figure, he should be male, but his face was obscured by a blur, making it unclear. However, unlike other things in the [Netherworld], he had a physical body! Although his blood Qi wasn’t obvious, that immovable solidity was definitely not something a soul could bring.
“What a grand feast.”
He smiled faintly. A voice that sounded both male and female, old and young, with indistinguishable gender and age, rumbled out: “Why not let me share a cup of broth?”
[Perfected Lord Sky-Shrouding]!
Not long after the last time, the world’s Perfected Lords sensed him again.
For a time, countless Perfected Lords cast their gazes simultaneously, trying to peer through the Netherworld gate and see through the hazy mist covering the face of that mysterious Perfected Lord.
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