Chapter 233 - 231: The Truth of the Daoist Palace

Chapter 233: Chapter 231: The Truth of the Daoist Palace

Chen Yuan was a junior Martial Artist from the Great Brightness Sect. The seizure of the Daoist Palace had been initiated by Du Yuanqi and his group; Chen Yuan was only there to lend a hand.

As it turned out, not only did Chen Yuan not let them down, he had even killed the Primordial Pill Realm Ouyang Xun while only at the Condensing Truth Realm. Yet they had failed to stop Kou Anzhi. If anything were to happen to Chen Yuan, how could they possibly face Mr. Bei?

Therefore, the instant they saw Kou Anzhi make his move, Du Yuanqi and Yun Tianguang immediately began fighting for their lives.

The Qi Blood in Du Yuanqi’s body burned furiously as he formed a Seal Technique with his hands. In an instant, starlight bloomed, fusing with his Qi Blood and transforming into a blackish-red bloody glow that enveloped him.

A savage, ferocious aura instantly erupted around him. The blackish-red glow even coalesced into a massive wolf shadow behind Du Yuanqi.

Dubhe Divine Radiance, Greedy Wolf Entering the Body!

At this moment, Du Yuanqi’s eyes seemed to have lost their focus, filled with nothing but boundless ferocity.

Under the state of Greedy Wolf Entering the Body, he instantly broke free from the cage of Heaven and Earth. Accompanied by a piercing wolf howl, he lunged straight for Kou Anzhi.

Meanwhile, Yun Tianguang was still locked in combat with the two Primordial Pill Realm Martial Artists from the Heaven-Encompassing Daoist Sect.

He immediately formed a Seal Technique. The Earth Primordial Pill in his body spun rapidly, linking him to the earth, and a majestic power surged up from beneath his feet.

He violently plunged his hands into the ground. With a thunderous roar, his flesh began to crack and split all over, but his blood flowed like liquid lead, clinging to his body without a single drop spilling.

Sensing this immense power, the faces of the two Martial Artists from the Heaven-Encompassing Daoist Sect paled, and they hastily retreated.

But in the next moment, Yun Tianguang actually ripped a massive boulder, hundreds of feet wide, straight out of the ground, as if he were heaving up a small mountain!

Earth Secret Technique, Hate the Earth Without Rings!

Kou Anzhi’s previous Daluo Heaven-Sealing Hand had been mighty and majestic, its power extending over a thousand feet, but that was merely the apparent size manifested by Dao Essence gathering the Power of Heaven and Earth.

Though it seemed immense, it was not, after all, a physical object.

But now, with Yun Tianguang wielding a veritable mountain, the sight was simply terrifying.

As the great mountain swung through the air, the two Primordial Pill Realm Grandmasters from the Heaven-Encompassing Daoist Sect tried to flee, only to find themselves completely immobilized by a thick, viscous Power of the Earth.

The mountain descended. Even though the two Primordial Pill Realm Grandmasters from the Heaven-Encompassing Daoist Sect resisted with all their might, they were still smashed into a bloody pulp!

The next moment, Yun Tianguang roared like thunder and hurled the massive mountain directly at Kou Anzhi.

Kou Anzhi’s expression changed. The Dao Essence in the single horn on his forehead flared wildly, drawing the boundless Power of Heaven and Earth to him.

In an instant, Dao Essence suffused his entire being. The Power of Heaven and Earth coiled around him, forming the hazy phantom of a Qiu Long behind him.

However, this immense power was shattered by the impact of Yun Tianguang’s mountain. Even the Qiu Long phantom was pulverized, and the air was filled with a spray of shattered rock.

Kou Anzhi roared, and the fleshy horn on his forehead began to glow crimson before suddenly exploding!

The boundless Dao Essence, mixed with his Qi Blood, connected with Heaven and Earth, once again coalescing into a blood-red Qiu Long.

Although an Innate Dao Bone was powerful, its strength lay primarily in accelerating one’s early-stage cultivation speed.

Once a cultivator stepped into the Primordial Pill Realm, the advantages of the Innate Dao Bone diminished.

Chen Yuan, for example, had currently reached Dao Body Minor Achievement. In the future, when he cultivated to the Ninth Realm Celestial Profound and his Dao Body reached Great Success, his entire body would be composed of Innate Dao Bone.

Thus, Kou Anzhi’s Innate Dao Bone was no longer a significant help to him. At this critical juncture, he made a split-second decision to shatter it for one last, desperate strike.

But Du Yuanqi was currently in his Greedy Wolf Entering the Body state, channeling the power of Dubhe. His strength had grown so formidable that it had already surpassed the limits of the Primordial Pill Realm.

Kou Anzhi was drawing upon the Power of Heaven and Earth, but Du Yuanqi had become a vessel—a vessel to contain the Power of Greedy Wolf!

Greedy Wolf Howling at the Moon! The blackish-red lunar radiance was like a sharp Curved Saber, directly ripping the blood-red Qiu Long apart.

But even though the blood-red Qiu Long was split in two, its halves continued to writhe and entangle the Greedy Wolf’s curved blade.

Kou Anzhi’s face was a savage mask, his body bathed in blood. He didn’t even notice that his own body was starting to break apart.

By controlling the Power of Heaven and Earth at the Primordial Pill Realm, he could wield immense strength, but his own body could not endure it.

It was just like when Chen Yuan had previously pushed his own strength to its absolute limit to withstand a simultaneous blow from two Grandmaster Martial Artists; his flesh had also split open.

But Chen Yuan’s physique was formidable, and such wounds healed almost instantly.

Kou Anzhi, however, did not possess such a resilient body. Moreover, this was the third time he had drawn upon the Power of Heaven and Earth.

Once to attack Chen Yuan, once to withstand Yun Tianguang, and now once against Du Yuanqi.

Under the strain of such immense power, his body had long since reached its breaking point.

Although Du Yuanqi’s strike hadn’t completely annihilated the blood-red Qiu Long, Kou Anzhi let out a muffled groan. Cracks spread across his body, and in the next instant, he exploded into a cloud of blood mist!

The blood-red Qiu Long vanished instantly. The Power of Greedy Wolf faded from Du Yuanqi, and he collapsed to the ground, his face pale and his eyes lifeless.

Yun Tianguang was in even worse shape. His body was covered in fissures, and his Qi Blood, no longer able to maintain its dense, lead-like state, gushed from his wounds like streams.

Chen Yuan was in relatively better condition. After using his Celestial Blood Eye, his Qi Blood was merely overdrawn. He would recover after taking some Elixirs and resting for a while.

Ironically, the only one left unscathed was the weakest among them, Ouyang Mingcheng. He scrambled to help everyone up, moving them together and clumsily feeding them Elixirs.

Seeing this, Yun Tianguang nodded slightly.

’This Ouyang Mingcheng is truly an honest man.’

Right now, everyone in the Daoist Palace was either dead or grievously wounded; only he remained largely unscathed.

’But I don’t see the slightest hint of greed for treasure in his eyes. A person like this can be safely recruited into the Ming Sect.’

"Damn it, that bastard Kou Anzhi was really a tough nut to crack."

Du Yuanqi, having recovered a little, spat out a mouthful of bloody saliva.

The flesh on Yun Tianguang’s body writhed, healing at a rapid pace, but the sight was rather nauseating.

"Kou Anzhi was, after all, a Palace Master of one of the twelve Daoist Palaces of the Heaven-Encompassing Daoist Sect. In terms of status, he was comparable to a Hall Master in our Ming Sect. The fact that we managed to kill him, even by fighting to the death, is already a good outcome."

Du Yuanqi curled his lip. "Palace Master? Big deal. At the height of our Ming Sect’s power, a single one of our halls could have taken down his entire Heaven-Encompassing Daoist Sect!"

Though Du Yuanqi said this, he knew that was all in the past.

A hall in the current Ming Sect consisted of just a handful of people, fewer than a single one of their Daoist Palaces.

After recovering some of their strength, the group went over to the body of the old man in the Daoist Robe to inspect their haul.

There were more than a dozen Jade Boxes of various sizes, all protected by an Array.

Now that the Array had dissipated following Ouyang Xun’s blood sacrifice, they hurriedly opened the Jade Boxes to inspect the contents.

With each box they opened, they gasped in amazement. Every Jade Box contained a priceless treasure.

Among the items were Array Plates refined by the ancient Valley God Palace, a Dao Sword of the Celestial Soldier Level, Cultivation Techniques, and various Divine Pills made by the Valley God Palace, the recipes for which were now completely lost.

Other Jade Boxes were filled with various cultivation resources: Top Grade Primordial Stones that pulsed with powerful Spiritual Qi, and all sorts of Top Grade Materials for forging weapons and laying arrays.

Although the battle had been incredibly perilous, the rewards were abundant.

This was especially true for the Ming Sect, which was in dire need of resources like Primordial Stones and other materials.

As for the Divine Pills, they could take them back to the Pharmacist Hall and see if the alchemists there could reverse-engineer the Elixir Recipes.

The centermost Jade Box contained a Golden Volume, upon which was recorded the legacy Cultivation Technique of the ancient, top-tier Daoist Sect, the Valley God Palace: the *Valley Spirit Scripture*. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ

Besides the *Valley Spirit Scripture*, there was also a letter inside.

Upon opening it, they found it was the final testament of the old man in the Daoist Robe. After reading the contents, everyone’s expression turned strange.

It turned out they had been completely wrong about the origin of this Daoist Palace from the very beginning!

This branch was called the Profound Celestial Daoist Palace. Its Palace Master had not been an ancestor of the Ouyang Family, but a Daoist named Master Xuanxiao—the very same old man in the Daoist Robe before them.

Back then, when the Valley God Palace was facing a great enemy, Master Xuanxiao had sealed all the treasures within the palace. He intended to seal it off completely, to be reopened by a later generation of disciples, while he went to reinforce the main Valley God Palace.

The Ouyang Family’s ancestor, Ouyang Kong, had been his good friend and was also a top-tier expert from a Daoist Sect.

However, Ouyang Kong was a ruthless and cold-hearted man. When he learned of the situation, he was moved by the thought of taking advantage of the crisis.

Ouyang Kong gathered the experts of the Ouyang Family to ambush Master Xuanxiao, intending to seize the Daoist Palace. Unexpectedly, he was killed by Master Xuanxiao. Most of the Ouyang Family disciples were also slain, and only a handful managed to escape.

Master Xuanxiao was an Array Dao Grandmaster. Before he died, he left all the Array Plates he had prepared to reinforce the Valley God Palace in front of his own Daoist Palace, specifically to ensnare and kill the descendants of the Ouyang Family.

He knew that the Ouyang Family’s greedy nature would surely bring them back to the Daoist Palace. To get the treasure, not only would they have to break through his Killing Arrays, but he had also set it up so they would have to kill one of their own—requiring the blood sacrifice of an Ouyang to open the final Array before his body.

Chen Yuan and the others could roughly guess the rest.

After escaping, the survivors from the Ouyang Family, for the sake of their reputation, altered the truth at some point down the line, recasting themselves as the rightful inheritors of the Valley God Palace.

But that was just the public story. The Ouyang Family’s leaders must have known the truth, and were simply waiting until they had amassed enough strength to try and open the Daoist Palace again.

Who could have predicted that an accident would occur along the way, severing the Ouyang Family’s line of inheritance? This caused the truth to be completely buried, to the point that the current members of the Ouyang Family genuinely believed they were the successors to the Valley God Palace.

After reading the letter, Ouyang Mingcheng couldn’t help but feel deeply ashamed.

’To think that my own ancestor was such a treacherous, ruthless person.’

Chen Yuan looked at Ouyang Mingcheng with a strange expression.

’It seems the personalities of Ouyang Xun and the other Ouyang Family Martial Artists were a family tradition. Their ancestor was just the same, so it’s no surprise Ouyang Xun was capable of such greedy, reckless, and insatiable acts.’

’An honest man with a sense of shame like Ouyang Mingcheng is the real anomaly in the Ouyang Family.’