Chapter 301 - 167: Overwhelming Fortune, Holy Origin Seven-Star Tower

High in the void, several Tongxuan True Monarchs halted, their gazes fixed with cold fury on the pale golden spatial vortex. An oppressive silence permeated the air.

"Damn it! Someone dared to enter the Holy Origin Secret Realm before us!" A cold glint flashed in Wei Qingming’s eyes, his gaze like that of a predator. He condensed a pillar of light from the Five Elements Dao Rhythm in his hand. With boundless might that tore through the void, it blotted out the sky as it hurtled toward the pale golden spatial vortex!

BOOM!

The immense, heavy-handed attack made heaven and earth tremble. Brilliant light engulfed the sky as the powerful offensive threatened to shatter space itself!

But just then, seal inscriptions that writhed like a spider’s web materialized, effortlessly neutralizing the Five Elements Power that had filled the sky. It caused not even a ripple!

The other Tongxuan True Monarchs watched this with unchanging expressions, showing no surprise. Everything was just as they had expected. When they first arrived, they had also tried to break the Seal with the immense power of their Tongxuan Realm Cultivation, only to be met with the same result.

That white-robed young man must have possessed a Secret Realm Key to enter ahead of them. However, the Seal would weaken over time, and it was now on the verge of breaking.

"Interesting. Two little mice have already slipped inside." Suspended in the firmament, Feng Xiu’s gaze was as sharp as a sword, piercing the void at a glance. His voice carried a bone-chilling cold, and the terrifying aura emanating from him caused the very space around him to faintly collapse and sink.

"It’s him!"

Qin Tianyang’s gaze hardened, a burning rage smoldering in their depths. If he wasn’t mistaken, that was the same white-robed young man he had seen in the Soul Celestial Hall, in the vision from Yan Hu’s Soul Lamp.

’Not only did this man slaughter my disciple, but now he has snuck into the Holy Origin Secret Realm.’

’Excellent! I’ll settle both the new and old scores with him at once!’

A fiery light flared in Qin Tianyang’s eyes, like a scorching sun burning through the dim firmament, shining with an incomparably dazzling radiance.

The Fiery Flame Dao Rhythm revolving around him burned the very void, creating a pitch-black abyss of absolute darkness!

Feng Xiu—looming in the sky, his eyes profound, his body wreathed in a deep and terrifying Dao Rhythm—spoke up. "How about we join forces for now to break open this Secret Realm? We can fight amongst ourselves afterward. What say you?"

"Fellow Daoist Feng’s proposal is the most sensible for the current situation. I have no objections."

Wei Qingming, still suspended in the void, chimed in the moment Feng Xiu finished speaking.

"The same goes for me."

Bai Buran, floating above the ashen clouds with his robes fluttering, added his assent.

Finally, Qin Tianyang, treading the air with his battle robes whipping about him, his body wreathed in the terrifying Red Flame Dao Rhythm, declared, "In that case, let’s make our move!"

The moment he spoke, Qin Tianyang erupted with an intensely scorching Solar Flame Power. He raised his hand and closed his fingers into a fist, gathering an immense amount of Magical Power imbued with terrifying Dao Rhythm Power. He then punched forward. A horrifying, massive Fist Seal, as scorching as the sun itself, tore through the void and shot straight toward the writhing, web-like Seal!

A cold glint flashed in Feng Xiu’s eyes as he stood high in the heavens. The abyssal, dark Dao Rhythm around him spun to life. He thrust a powerful hand forward, and a colossal, shadowy palm that blotted out the sun descended from on high. With awe-inspiring might, it shattered the void as it flew straight toward the Seal!

At the same time, Wei Qingming and Bai Buran unleashed their own boundless attacks, blasting them toward the Seal. For a moment, dazzling, multicolored lights wove across the sky, blanketing heaven and earth. It was an Absolute Heaven and Earth Kill, striking the Seal with ferocious might.

BOOM!!

Several immense Magical Power attacks crushed through space, slamming directly into the Seal that was covered in web-like Inscriptions. Space itself shook violently. The Seal withstood the ferocious assault for a moment before cracks began to spread across its surface, looking as if it would shatter at any second! Seeing this, the eyes of the True Monarchs lit up, and they increased the power behind their attacks considerably.

Moments ago, they had been at each other’s throats, ready to fight to the death. Now, driven by mutual benefit, they had joined forces in the blink of an eye. Indeed, in the Cultivation Realm, there are no permanent enemies, only permanent interests.

...

Gu Yun, having already entered the Holy Origin Secret Realm, was completely unaware of any of this. After passing through the spatial vortex in a dizzying tumble, he arrived in a vast, open space. White clouds drifted across the sky. Sprawling mountain ranges and forests of ancient trees covered the vast land below.

Gu Yun floated in mid-air, his robes whipping and his hair dancing in the wind. He cast his deep gaze toward the horizon.

Suddenly, he raised an eyebrow.

’Hm?! What’s that?’

In the distant void, a massive, heavy, seven-story tower hung suspended in the sky! It radiated an ancient, time-worn aura, as if it had weathered the long river of time.

’My luck is really good this time,’ Gu Yun thought. ’To run into such an opportunity right after entering the Secret Realm, instead of being met with all sorts of dangers like usual.’

At this thought, the corners of Gu Yun’s mouth curled into a slight smile. He took a step forward, sending out ripples through the air as if it were water. His body flashed like lightning, tearing through space as he instantly shot toward the towering pagoda.

...

「Holy Origin Secret Realm, elsewhere.」

The heavens were tinged with red, and clouds of fire drifted by.

A tall, majestic volcano stood upon the land, with rivers of scorching, molten lava flowing below.

The entire world felt like a furnace, radiating intense heat. The sweltering air was almost unbearable.