Chapter 1344: Arrival of the Corpse Ancestor

Unexpectedly, upon hearing that Zhang Chen had a space capable of sealing Essence, Qi, and Spirit, the Princess’s eyes lit up: “Do you have a place where you can seal me?”

Zhang Chen did not explain and directly opened his Ice Hell: “In my Ice Hell, I’ve already sealed people with cultivation far stronger than yours. Experiments have proven that my Ice Hell can indeed seal a cultivator’s Essence and Qi from being plundered by the Great Thousand Worlds.”

After the Princess sensed the aura of the Queen Mother of the West and the Profound Nether, her expression involuntarily changed, a hint of gravity in her eyes, which soon transformed into joy: “This is indeed a good hiding place. I will assist you in breaking through the space of the Spiritual World, and then hide here to evade fate.”

The Princess stood up from the pool: “Is it time to act now?”

“Of course! But we still need a coordinate guide to ensure that the Spiritual World falls within the capital of the Great Victory.” Zhang Chen said to the Princess.

Hearing this, the Princess nodded: “This is not difficult for me. As long as I lock onto your aura, I can use it as a coordinate to control the landing point of the Spiritual World. However, dealing with that old fellow is truly troublesome. To handle him, I need to consume a large amount of Origin, so I need to borrow your Celestial Measuring Ruler. With it in hand, once I grasp the Power of Space, I can save a lot of strength by blocking him.”

“The Celestial Measuring Ruler is yours. I’ve already elevated it to its peak state, enhancing it with enough Innate Qi, so just go ahead and utilize it.” Zhang Chen handed the Celestial Measuring Ruler to the Princess.

The Princess took the Celestial Measuring Ruler and looked at Zhang Chen with a surprised expression: “How strange, where did you get the Innate Qi?”

“Honestly, I’ve opened up a small world and found the Heaven-Reaching Jianmu.” Zhang Chen didn’t hide anything from the Princess: “Once this is done, I can supply you with Innate Qi to extend your life. When my Small Thousand World evolves into a Middle Thousand World, you can enter it to escape the calamity.”

The Princess was stunned again, as if unable to believe her ears, her eyes filled with shock: “Are you serious?”

Zhang Chen nodded: “Of course it’s true.”

“Don’t worry, even if I have to exhaust my Origin, I will push that old Corpse Ancestor into the Material Realm for you!” The Princess solemnly assured Zhang Chen.

“Thank you!” Zhang Chen expressed his gratitude to the Princess, and then his Primordial Spirit disappeared into the Spiritual World.

Watching Zhang Chen leave, the Princess’s lips curled slightly: “There’s hope for breaking through the tribulation!”

Material Realm

The carriage emitted a creaking sound as Zhang Chen sat quietly inside the prison cart, his eyes scanning the crowd on both sides. Suddenly, his gaze shifted, noticing the fully armed and murderous Xie Family father and daughter standing by the street building.

As their eyes met, Zhang Chen understood the intention of the Xie Family father and daughter; they had decided to hijack the prison cart.

Zhang Chen hurriedly activated the Law of Sound, his words ringing in the ears of the father and daughter: “Do not act recklessly and spoil my grand plan. I have a scheme in place, so don’t interfere.”

The Xie Family father and daughter exchanged glances with Zhang Chen, and upon hearing Zhang Chen’s voice, they were startled to realize that Zhang Chen could use Divine Techniques within the capital.

“Since he can use Divine Techniques in the capital, it seems this is all within his plan. Let’s observe from the shadows for now, and if he can’t hold on, we can act then,” Xie Xuan said to Xie Lingyun.

Xie Lingyun nodded: “Indeed, with his methods, if he can employ Divine Techniques, how could he be easily captured in Kyoto?”

The Xie Family father and daughter were no fools. After hearing Zhang Chen’s transmission, a wary look appeared in their eyes, and they discreetly followed behind the prison cart with their trusted aides.

Seeing the Xie Family father and daughter retreat, Zhang Chen felt slightly at ease, not wanting to involve them. He could sense a peculiar force within the void locking onto him.

Zhang Chen looked up at the clear sky, feeling the fixation emanating from the void: “Is the Princess about to make her move?”

As thoughts flickered in his mind, suddenly he saw black clouds spontaneously emerging in the distant sky. Those black clouds were like the mighty sea suspended upside down in the sky, enveloping everything with the momentum of an earthquake and mountain collapse. Then, he saw thunder and lightning in those clouds, accompanied by the sound of shattering like a mirror. Suddenly, the sky above Kyoto shattered, countless mountains fell from the sky, rivers poured down, and a sea of insects descended like a waterfall.

The Corpse Ancestor resided in the Sixth Heaven, while the sea of insects was in the Seventh Heaven. To avoid alerting the Corpse Ancestor, giving him a chance to react, the Princess directly made her move from the sea of insects in the Seventh Heaven, destroying the Seventh Heaven, causing all of the heavens below the Seventh Heaven to shatter, falling from the Spiritual World into the Material Realm.

At this moment, all the seas, sea waters, mountains, rivers, and streams from those shattered tiny heavens were crashing down. If they were all to fall, the entire Kyoto would be destroyed in an instant.

Fortunately, there are inherent laws operating subtly between the Material Realm and the Spiritual World. Extraordinary items within the Spiritual World only fall into the Material Realm, and their vast origins begin to dissipate rapidly. The seawater imbued with extraordinary power quickly lost its extraordinary power, transforming into ordinary seawater, and the corpse insects also experienced a loss of essence, plundered by the Great Thousand Worlds.

“Strange, the seawater is only at the third or fourth tier, and the corpse insects are merely at the fifth or sixth tier, or first or second tier. How could their origins dissipate?” Zhang Chen, standing inside the prisoner cart, looked at the creatures in the Spiritual World whose extraordinary power was dissipating, revealing a look of bewilderment, clearly not in line with reasoning.

“Because the Thirty-Three Heavens do not belong to the Great Thousand Worlds, creatures wishing to ascend from the Material Realm to the Spiritual World must pay a great price. Similarly, when creatures from the Spiritual World wish to enter the Great Thousand Worlds, they naturally undergo purification and assimilation by the Great Thousand World Law, a collision of power from two world laws. What you see as the loss of essence is actually not a simple loss of essence but rather the Great Thousand World Law refining the creatures from the Spiritual World, replacing their aura with the Great Thousand World Law, imprinting the aura of the Great Thousand Worlds on them, requiring their essence, qi, and spirit to be refined anew, thus expelling the old essence, qi, and spirit and replacing them with new ones.” The Big Black Dog, seemingly reading Zhang Chen’s thoughts, appeared beside him and explained.

“I never thought there was such a principle behind it.” Zhang Chen, upon hearing this, showed an expression of enlightenment.

Of course, once their origin is assimilated and replaced, they can once again absorb the qi mechanism between heaven and earth to strengthen themselves and restore their strength.

This is akin to a species moving from freshwater into seawater, needing some time to adapt, and those that cannot adapt face death.

So at this moment, insects continue to turn into ashes under the power of the Great Thousand Worlds, but some survive under the force of the Great Thousand Worlds.

“Interesting!” Zhang Chen quietly praised, his eyes fixed on the chaotic and disordered space in the distance, seemingly searching for something. Then suddenly, at a certain moment, he saw a terrifying qi mechanism burst forth in the void. The ancient relics from the coffin in the Sixth Heaven seemed to awaken from their slumber, spreading a terrifying qi mechanism, accompanied by an ancient rebuke from the Ancient Era resounding in the heavens: “Scoundrel! What are you doing! Wanting mutual destruction?”

The Corpse Ancestor in the Sixth Heaven finally sensed the anomaly, with a terrifying qi mechanism circulating within, raising its head to angrily stare at the Princess in the Eighth Heaven, eyes full of fury.

As the Corpse Ancestor opened the coffin, endless corpse insects fell, like dumplings, towards Kyoto, which thoroughly descended into chaos. Terrifying qi mechanisms surged skywards, and a pantheon of the Twelfth Tier existences and bloodline ancestors from the Great Victory Dynasty, as well as small and large divine spirits, soared into the air, proactively attacking the strange creatures scattered in all directions.

Kyoto is the main stronghold of the Great Victory, concerning not only the stability of the royal family but also the incense of the three Innate Divine Spirits, impacting the foundation of those three deities, making any mishap intolerable.

Luckily, Kyoto, the place where Dragon Qi converges, suppresses the oddities falling from the Spiritual World, allowing the Great Victory Dynasty to breathe a sigh of relief, handling the situation with relative ease.

The convoy escorting Zhang Chen was now in disarray, as monsters descended from the sky, charging towards Zhang Chen and his company, forcing Dugu Qiu to lead his subordinates to fight desperately.

During this time, Creation from the Spiritual World also descended from the sky, inciting martial artists and aristocratic families to scramble for it, the shouts of battle echoing skyward, turning Kyoto into a complete mess.

“This is just the appetizer. The Great Victory Dynasty currently manages with the Dragon Qi suppressing the descending oddities. But once the Corpse Ancestor from the Spiritual World arrives, then the true calamity begins! The Dragon Qi of the Great Victory Dynasty cannot suppress the Corpse Ancestor’s power!” Sitting in the prisoner cart, Zhang Chen coldly observed the heavens from all directions, with a teasing glint in his eyes.

Though he couldn’t see the scene in the high heavens, faintly he perceived the collapse of the grand tomb, the shattering of the Feng Shui pattern, and the silhouette within the coffin stepping out, glancing at the floating reincarnation disk at its feet, retrieving it, and carrying its black coffin heading for the Eighth Heaven, intending to escape to a higher level to avoid the fate of total origin loss.

“This path is not open, please return, sir!” The Princess stood inside the world barrier of the Eighth Heaven, holding the Celestial Measuring Ruler, looking down at the Corpse Ancestor charging forward. With a wave across the air, she widened the spatial distance, making it infinitely far, forcing the Corpse Ancestor to halt.

“Scoundrel, do you perhaps want mutual destruction?” The Corpse Ancestor glared at the Princess angrily.

“Mutual destruction? You likely aren’t qualified!” The Princess sneered coldly.

“Open it for me!” The Corpse Ancestor exerted divine power, smashing the coffin against the void, attempting to break through the barrier formed by the Celestial Measuring Ruler to open a path.

“Ha, I have the upper hand in this wave! You’ve exposed yourself to the Great Thousand Worlds, with your origin steadily leaking. With this decline, how long can you persist? As long as I stall you, victory is already mine!” The Princess sneered coldly, the divine power within the Celestial Measuring Ruler circulating, continually twisting space, reinforcing the world barrier of the Eighth Heaven.