Chapter 232 - 230: Worshipping the Wrong Ancestor

Chapter 232: Chapter 230: Worshipping the Wrong Ancestor

The Heaven-Encompassing Daoist Sect and the Great Brightness Sect were fighting to the death here, locked in a fierce battle for the treasures of the Daoist Palace.

If, in the end, that greedy, foolish old man Ouyang Xun—whose avarice had clouded his judgment—managed to snatch the treasures, it would be a true joke.

Although this Daoist Palace was left by an ancestor of the Ouyang Family, and although the Ouyang Family held the key to opening it, neither the Ming Sect nor the Heaven-Encompassing Daoist Sect had paid the old man any mind.

Who would have thought the old man would be so audacious as to try and play the fisherman, reaping the rewards while the Ming Sect and the Heaven-Encompassing Daoist Sect fought?

However, everyone was currently entangled in battle, and no one had expected Ouyang Xun to dare make a move. For a moment, no one could stop him, and they could only watch as he blasted open the doors of the main hall.

As the doors to the hall swung open, a myriad of radiant lights burst forth, accompanied by a rich wave of Dao Essence Power that flowed out from within.

Everyone looked closer. Seated cross-legged in the center of the hall was an old man in a white Daoist Robe. He showed no signs of Vitality, yet his body was lifelike, as if it had remained incorruptible for millennia.

His corpse was surrounded by broken and decaying bones, as if he had been in a fierce battle just before his death.

Behind the old man were several Jade Boxes, each protected by an Array. The Arrays around the boxes were connected to the robed elder’s body, and they pulsed with Dao Essence, clearly indicating their immense value. The fact that the old man was protecting these Jade Boxes even at the moment of his death was a testament to how precious their contents were.

Seeing this, Ouyang Xun’s eyes gleamed. He pushed his speed to its absolute limit and shot straight toward the old man.

"Unworthy descendant Ouyang Xun has come today to pay his respects to the ancestor and claim his legacy to restore the glory of my Ouyang Family!"

Ouyang Xun immediately sliced open his palm, scattering his blood onto the Array.

Previously, Ouyang Mingcheng had used the power of his bloodline to open the outermost gate of the Daoist Palace.

’Now that the ancestor’s body is right here, I should be able to use my bloodline power to break the Array. The ancestor will surely recognize me as one of his own.’

But as Ouyang Xun’s blood splattered onto the Array, the corpse of the robed old man suddenly trembled, its expression twisting into a savage grimace.

The next moment, a violent surge of power erupted from the Array, sending Ouyang Xun flying!

Coughing up blood, Ouyang Xun roared in disbelief, "Why!?"

’This Daoist Palace was clearly left for his descendants. The Killing Arrays outside were one thing, but why won’t even the personal Array left by the ancestor recognize me? It actually blasted me away!’

At that moment, Chen Yuan also tore through the Demon Net. He narrowed his eyes, having seen everything clearly.

Ouyang Xun’s blood wasn’t useless; the Array had indeed absorbed it.

However, the more of his blood it absorbed, the more powerful the force erupting from the Array became.

Chen Yuan already had a faint suspicion.

"Why? Because you’re claiming the wrong ancestor, of course."

Chen Yuan said with a smirk, "Who told you the person inside this Daoist Palace was your Ouyang Family’s ancestor? Why couldn’t it be an enemy of your Ouyang Family?"

Ouyang Xun was stunned, but in the next instant, Chen Yuan had already drawn his bow. The power from his entire body converged into a supreme arrow. Accompanied by a thunderous crackle, the Mulan Continuous Jail-Piercing Arrow, powerful enough to pierce the Ninefold Hell, shot out, locking directly onto Ouyang Xun!

Ouyang Xun had already expended a great deal of energy by forcibly activating his Demon Pill. Then, he was blasted away by the Array, suffering severe damage to his Inner Viscera and leaving his aura weakened.

Now, facing Chen Yuan’s Mulan Continuous Jail-Piercing Arrow, the hair on Ouyang Xun’s neck stood on end. He furiously burned his Qi Blood, transforming it into an intensely violent Profound Yang Power to shield himself.

A deafening BOOM echoed. The supreme piercing power of the Mulan Continuous Jail-Piercing Arrow tore right through the Profound Yang Power. Although only a tenth of its strength remained, it still punched a bloody hole through Ouyang Xun’s shoulder blade.

Ouyang Xun grunted, but before he could even think of counter-attacking, Chen Yuan had already descended upon him, wreathed in monstrous blood-red flames.

The Blood Killing Heaven-Seizing Hand came crashing down. Its Killing Tribulation Power annihilated everything as the giant handprint pressed down from the sky.

Ouyang Xun once again activated his Demon Pill, unleashing a vast and pure Demonic Qi to resist the Killing Tribulation Power.

His Primordial Pill was not actually weak. If it belonged to a Demon Dao Martial Artist, its might would be greatly enhanced. Even as an Outer Pill, it was far stronger than the Primordial Pills condensed by most Demon Dao Martial Artists.

But Ouyang Xun, after all, did not cultivate the Demon Dao. Although he had managed a forced fusion over the years, he could never fully control the power of this Demonic Dao Primordial Pill.

Now, as the Killing Tribulation Power annihilated his Demonic Qi, Ouyang Xun found himself unable to control his own Primordial Pill. His True Essence flowed uncontrollably into the Demonic Dao Primordial Pill, causing a massive amount of Demonic Qi to leak out.

The problem was that this Demonic Qi was completely beyond his control; instead, it was pointlessly draining his strength.

Just then, a dazzling, magnificent, and vast Power of Buddha Light suddenly erupted from Chen Yuan’s body.

As Chen Yuan formed a Seal Technique, a phantom of a Three-Faced Eight-Armed Bright King materialized amidst the Buddha Light and Buddhist Chanting.

The Bright King roared in anger, its eight arms performing a Seal Formation. Brahma Sound thundered through the void as Buddha Light surged!

Three Generations of Bright King’s Demon-Suppressing Spell!

The moment this spell was cast, it suppressed demons and vanquished evil. Its power was immeasurable, enough to make the Three Realms submit.

In an instant, the Demonic Qi surrounding Ouyang Xun was shattered. Even the Demonic Dao Primordial Pill inside him exploded, bursting into a cloud of pure Demonic Qi!

This was the first time Chen Yuan had ever used the Three Generations of Bright King’s Demon-Suppressing Spell. Its power was already extraordinary, and its restraining effect on Demonic Cultivation Techniques was almost beyond imagination.

Its only drawback was its immense energy consumption, which was easily more than ten times that of the Six Paths of Vajra Mantra of Master Padmasambhava.

With his Primordial Pill destroyed, Ouyang Xun spat out a mouthful of blood, his strength plummeting to rock bottom.

Chen Yuan took a step forward and brought his saber down, instantly severing Ouyang Xun’s head.

Seeing Ouyang Xun’s death, Ouyang Mingcheng, who was in the rear, revealed a look of grim satisfaction. He almost wanted to cheer out loud.

Of everyone in the Ouyang Family, he hated this old man the most!

Chen Yuan, however, grabbed Ouyang Xun’s head and body and threw them directly at the robed old man in the center of the palace.

Everyone present was stunned, not understanding what Chen Yuan was doing.

’Wasn’t killing Ouyang Xun enough? Was he planning to obliterate his corpse as well?’

Ouyang Xun’s corpse slammed down in front of the robed old man. The Array around the elder instantly pulverized the body, turning it into a thick mist of blood that dripped to the ground.

At the same time, however, the blood mist merged into the surrounding Array. The Array flared with an ultimate radiance, and then, it actually began to dissolve.

This scene took everyone by surprise.

The blood of the Ouyang Family could indeed open the Array. But the cost was far too great—it required the blood sacrifice of a Primordial Pill Realm Grandmaster from the Ouyang Family to activate.

’Did the Ouyang ancestor really demand a Primordial Pill Realm descendant as a burial sacrifice?’

But no one had time to dwell on such thoughts.

Ouyang Xun had been killed by Chen Yuan, and the Condensing Truth Realm Martial Artists from the Heaven-Encompassing Daoist Sect had all died at the hands of Su Yifeng.

As for Yun Tianguang, he had just taken advantage of a moment when a Heaven-Encompassing Daoist Sect Grandmaster was distracted, using his supreme power to smash the man’s head to pieces.

With that, only two Primordial Pill Realm Grandmasters from the Heaven-Encompassing Daoist Sect and Kou Anzhi remained on the field.

Kou Anzhi had brought the experts of the Profound City Palace to seize this Daoist Palace, only to find himself on the verge of total annihilation!

Seeing that Chen Yuan was about to wait for the Array to dissolve completely before seizing the treasures within, how could Kou Anzhi possibly stand for it?

He formed a Seal Technique, and the fleshy lump on his head suddenly emitted a blinding light. Boundless Dao Essence poured out of it and surged into Kou Anzhi’s body, causing him to erupt with an astonishingly powerful fluctuation of energy.

"Innate Dao Bone!"

Chen Yuan’s expression changed slightly.

’I thought the lump on Kou Anzhi’s forehead was just a common mutation, but to think it’s actually an Innate Dao Bone!’

Ouyang Yi’s Innate Dao Bone had yet to be developed, but Kou Anzhi had already gained complete mastery over the power of his.

His Dao Essence Power connected with the heavens and the earth, forming a worldly cage that crashed down, forcefully pinning Du Yuanqi in place.

Only when a Martial Artist reached the Divine Platform Realm could they perceive the Power of Heaven and Earth and borrow a portion of it.

But now, Kou Anzhi was using the power of his Innate Dao Bone to connect with the heavens and the earth, achieving a level of might comparable to the Divine Platform Realm. This sudden attack caught Du Yuanqi completely off guard.

The next moment, Kou Anzhi’s figure blurred into a streak of light, arriving before Chen Yuan in a flash. He struck with his palm, and the Dao Essence condensed the Power of Heaven and Earth into a hundred-zhang-tall handprint that came crashing down. From below, Chen Yuan looked as insignificant as an ant.

Daluo Heaven-Sealing Hand!

Among all the Primordial Pill Realm Grandmasters Chen Yuan had faced so far, Kou Anzhi was the strongest.

This Palace Master Master of the Profound City Palace was in the Primordial Pill Realm, and so was Ouyang Xun.

But the gap between the two was even greater than the gap between a man and a dog.

When facing Ouyang Xun, Chen Yuan could fight with ease, but against Kou Anzhi, Chen Yuan had no choice but to stake his life on a single blow!

Chen Yuan’s Qi Blood boiled violently, and the Li Yan Blood Fiend transformed into a boundless blood flame that condensed in his palm.

As he gathered his power and pointed toward his brow, that immense power instantly converged within his Forehead Ancestral Acupoint.

A winding red mark appeared between Chen Yuan’s eyebrows, resembling a vertical pupil.

The next moment, the vertical pupil snapped open, and from it burst an ultimate, boundless blood-red light!

Celestial Blood Eye!

Kou Anzhi had assumed that Chen Yuan had used his full strength when killing Ouyang Xun. He never expected him to have another trump card like this.

The boundless blood-red light instantly pierced through the Daluo Heaven-Sealing Hand, creating a massive hole in its center.

The giant hand fell, causing the ground around Chen Yuan to tremble as if an earth dragon were turning over. He himself was only slightly destabilized by the aftershock.

Kou Anzhi wanted to strike again, but it was too late.

Du Yuanqi and Yun Tianguang had already broken free of their restraints as if their lives depended on it, and were now charging madly toward Kou Anzhi!