Cultivating for a hundred lifetimes to ascension

Chapter 456: Chapter 309: Heavenly Dao Blood Face_2

“Ah!”

It was at this moment that a suddenly a deep, growling roar filled the heavens and earth, the voice packed with rage.

The sky, which had momentarily returned to calm, abruptly changed as the wind howled into life, and clouds denser and heavier than before emerged from nowhere, cloaking an area more than ten times larger than the previous tribulation clouds.

At this time, whirlwinds shot up to the sky, wandering in all directions, and the sea surface was instantaneously overwhelmed by towering waves, each wave more formidable than the last.

In the blink of an eye, the atmosphere of this sea area inexplicably became extremely heavy, as an indescribable heavenly might descended at this moment.

The next moment, a scene that would chill all beings in heaven and earth occurred!

The endless Blood Clouds suddenly began to squirm, and a massive face that obscured the sun and sky abruptly appeared above the clouds.

This face had no nose, ears, or eyebrows, revealing only a pair of cold, indifferent blood-red eyes, and a dark red mouth as if flowing with magma within, appearing like the merciless face of a Divine Mansion, overlooking the sea surface below and a tiny human with no escape.

This sight was fearsome, alas Zhao Sheng had no time to pay it any heed.

At that moment, his complexion was pale, his body tremored uncontrollably as if he were enduring unimaginable agony.

All the arrangements by his side, under the watchful gaze of the Heavenly Dao, remained motionless, turning completely useless.

Deep within the Purple Mansion, a hundred-zhang tall Golden Giant looked up to the sky, its face calm yet still retaining a hint of terror.

At the end of the Purple Mansion, a face identical to the one outside but reduced countless times in size, watched Zhao Sheng with impassive indifference.

Under the gaze of the Heavenly Dao, blood-red lines slowly emerged on the body of the Golden Giant, and one by one, blurred blood-red faces began to protrude from the Giant’s body as if they were about to burst forth.

The closer the faces were to Zhao Sheng’s own, the clearer their features became. At a closer glance, they all bore a striking resemblance to Zhao Sheng, but each twisted into madness and ferocity, each attempting to climb to the top of the head to replace the original.

In this moment, Zhao Sheng’s spirit trembled violently, for he had not anticipated that crossing the Nascent Soul Thunder Tribulation would expose his weakness and attract a thread of the Heavenly Dao’s consciousness.

Having barely survived the previous lightning tribulations, he was now faced with the sudden manifestation of the Heavenly Dao’s consciousness during the Crossing Heart Demon Tribulation, which attempted to erase him using the power of the Heart Demon.

Looking at that Heavenly Dao manifested blood-colored face, Zhao Sheng suddenly understood a multitude of things, his spirit immediately dimmed.

“Enough! Now I have no choice but to risk it all!”

With his mind made up, Zhao Sheng steeled his heart, and his consciousness abruptly split in two. One half allowed the Heart Demon to invade, while the other actively sank into the Book of Hundred Lifetimes, attempting to evade the Heavenly Dao’s pursuit.

The next moment, the Golden Giant let out a low roar from its mouth, and all of a sudden, a golden flame soared from its body. Then, with one lift of its gigantic hand, it punched towards the sky!

A fist of golden flame dozens of zhang in size coalesced out of nowhere, bringing with it rolling golden flames, smashing into the sky, shaking the Purple Mansion ceaselessly.

As the flame fist rose to midair, it suddenly burst apart, and the Golden Giant transformed into a figure covered in blood-red, its face now wildly insane.

Heh heh!

With a strange laugh, the Blood Giant saw below it the Soul Sea turn suddenly into a Blood Sea, with a faint glimmer emerging from the depths of the Blood Sea.

Inside the Earth Cave, a figure wrapped in rolling golden flames and skin covered in eerie blood patterns, slowly bowed its head.

Just then, the massive blood-colored face in the sky merged into the Blood Clouds, and in an instant, the clouds dispersed with the wind.

For a moment, the hurricanes above the sea surface ceased abruptly, and the great waves began to calm.

A while later, both the heavens and the great ocean returned to their prior tranquility.

…

It was unknown how much time had passed when Zhao Sheng’s lingering consciousness emerged from the Book of Hundred Lifetimes. The first sight that met his gaze was the entire Soul Sea turned into a Blood Sea, above which floated a three-inch-tall blood-colored figure exuding wave after wave of intense and surging Divine Thought.

The Book of Hundred Lifetimes emitted a faint clear light, protecting Zhao Sheng’s Nascent Soul. At this moment, he lay on the Book of Hundred Lifetimes, his infant form barely an inch tall, far less robust than the Demon Infant.

Looking at the demonized version of himself, with its fierce and wild appearance, Zhao Sheng’s pink little face revealed a tinge of excitement.

Against all odds, beneath the very nose of the Heavenly Dao, he had survived.

If this were revealed, it would likely cause a sensation throughout the entire Cultivation World.

By a quirk of fate, Zhao Sheng had condensed two vastly different Nascent Soul Magick Bodies, something entirely beyond his expectations. Remembering the historical records he had read in the past, it seemed that there had never been a case recorded where a cultivator had experienced anything similar.

Although the Demon Infant seemed to be in a dormant state and exhibit no sign of destruction, Zhao Sheng still felt a subtle unease.

He understood that if he wanted to regain control of his body, he had to get rid of the Demon Infant quickly.

Otherwise, if he let too much time pass, allowing the Demon Infant to fully adapt to his body, the tables would be turned, and he himself would become its “Heart Demon.”

Fortunately, Zhao Sheng had experienced something similar in this life, so he was not in despair.

With this thought, a light bulb went off in Zhao Sheng’s head, and his gaze shifted to the treasured Hundred Lifetimes Book beneath him.

…

Hum!

A faint and mysterious radiance suddenly appeared deep in the Blood Sea.

The Demon Infant seemed startled and abruptly opened its bloody eyes, shooting out two beams of blood light.

A Divine Thought Storm swept across the entire Soul Sea space, capturing the whereabouts of the Hundred Lifetimes Book in an instant.

The book materialized out of nowhere, lying silently in the deepest part of the Soul Sea.

Upon seeing this, the Demon Infant revealed a hideous smile, and its infant form suddenly turned into a streak of blood light, plunging into the Soul Sea.

Although it was demonized by the Heavenly Dao, its spiritual wisdom was extremely low, and it currently acted solely on a devilish instinct.

Of course, given some time, the Demon Infant’s spiritual wisdom would grow enormously, and it would become a Demon Lord driven by the Heavenly Dao.

However, Zhao Sheng would never give it that chance.

Just as the Demon Infant was nearing the Hundred Lifetimes Book, the book suddenly burst into a large expanse of radiance, which instantly enveloped the Demon Infant.

At that moment, the pages of the Hundred Lifetimes Book flew open, and a tiny figure, less than an inch tall, leaped out.

Zhao Sheng grabbed the Demon Infant and pulled it into the pages of the Hundred Lifetimes Book.

The next moment, a voice rang out, thrilling Zhao Sheng to ecstasy, “Captured a strand of the Nascent Soul’s devilish thought, achievement: Profound Level.”

……

Eight years later, a tunneling light suddenly pierced through the sea surface and shot up into the Cloud Sky, then, with one turn, it headed towards the Nine Demon Continent and broke through the void.

With Zhao Sheng’s current cultivation at the Nascent Soul Realm, traveling day and night, it only took him a day to return to the continent and arrive near the Candle Light Mountain Range.

The main city of the Fire Saber Tribe was southeast of the Candle Light Mountain Range,

Yet when Zhao Sheng came directly above Fire Saber City, he furrowed his brow in concern.

The Fire Saber City, once the stronghold of the Fire Saber Clan, now clearly bore the aftermath of a massive battle.

At first glance, the city walls had collapsed, and out of the thousands of Otherworldly buildings, most remained only as ruins and rubble. Various extremely valuable timbers and large chunks of Red Gang Rock, seemed to have been swept over by various attacks, charred or turned into rubble of varying sizes, scattered in every corner of the city.

The few intact buildings, which were once carved with countless exquisitely beautiful totems, were now chiseled away and flattened.

At the very top of the Fire Saber Sect Temple in the center of the city, there were now flags of the Nine-tailed Fox flying.

Besides that, small groups of Alien Race troops could be seen patrolling around the city from time to time.

All signs indicated that Fire Saber City had been completely overtaken by the Ghost Fox Clan, one of the Nine Strange Clans, and they had established it as a stronghold, keeping watch over it.

Seeing this, Zhao Sheng’s thoughts raced.

With his Divine Soul still grievously injured and facing the threat of the Heavenly Dao, it was not wise to confront the Ghost Fox Clan head-on.

Although Fire Saber City had been breached, with the various contingencies he had left in advance, Dao Yanfeng and Hua Wen and Hua Wu would certainly have been able to escape safely. By now, they were probably hiding somewhere, waiting for his rescue.

With his mind made up, Zhao Sheng flashed with golden light and vanished into thin air.

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