Chapter 556: You’re in for a World of Hurt

Chapter 556: Chapter 556: You’re in for a World of Hurt

His five reincarnations were nearing their end. This body was a rotting cage, and possessing Qi Hanfeng was his only chance at survival.

Yet, not only had Xu Yunfan exposed his sinister plot against his own disciple, but he had also mercilessly mocked him for his aptitude and comprehension, which had long been hollowed out by time and his Evil Skill, leaving him with virtually no chance of further advancement.

Finally, he had even pointed out that Blood Demon’s arrival was likely part of someone else’s scheme, making him nothing but a pawn.

How could the Blood Demon not know? But he had no other choice.

Perhaps this was his chance to turn things around.

Grief, indignation, and resentment twisted into extreme mania. Mixed with the despair of having his secrets laid bare, the combination completely incinerated the Blood Demon’s sanity.

A Late-Stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator, his mind consumed by rage, had lost all reason.

If no one was pulling strings from the shadows, Xu Yunfan would have been willing to take his head off and kick it like a ball.

In an instant, only a crazed, blood-red light remained in the Blood Demon’s grotesque eyes. His monstrous killing intent was no longer concealed.

Xu Yunfan, too, grew incredibly cautious.

Regardless, the Blood Sea Technique his opponent cultivated was extraordinary.

The man could almost be called the Primordial Sect’s personal cleaner; wherever his Sea of Blood passed, the very ground would be scraped three feet bare.

"A mere Mid-Stage Foundation Establishment pup, thinking you’re hot stuff just because you know a few True Scriptures! When I achieved the Dao, your ancestors were still crawling in diapers! Now, die!"

Blood Sea Erosion Heaven!

Following a roar filled with endless venom and madness, the Blood Demon slammed his hands down.

The wails of vengeful ghosts echoed between heaven and earth.

RUMBLE!

A boundless, viscous, and foul sea of crimson blood, reeking of a pungent, sickening stench, suddenly surged out from him as its epicenter.

This Sea of Blood was no illusion. It was the terrifying manifestation of the Blood Demon’s Late-Stage Foundation Establishment Dao Foundation. Even his Grotto Heaven Embryo had condensed into a mass of filthy blood.

The Filthy Sea of Sinking and Muddy Evil Dao Foundation.

What was the Filthy Sea of Sinking and Muddy Evil Dao Foundation? It was formed from the sinking Dirt Qi of the Taihua Spirit Ruins Realm, representing the most defiled Fruit Position among the one hundred and eight Celestial Spirits and Earthly Fiends. It was a state that feared neither the karma of slaughter nor the loss of hidden virtues.

The bloody waves surged to the heavens. As the froth churned, countless phantoms of tormented, struggling souls reached out with skeletal claws. The viscous, turbid blood was laced with a terrible Yin poison from the Muddy Fiend, capable of corroding Spiritual nature, defiling Magical Treasures, and dissolving a cultivator’s very foundation.

The entire sky seemed to be devoured by this dark, filthy Sea of Blood, transforming into a turbid, nauseating, blood-colored Purgatory.

Bearing the will to devour all living things, the Sea of Blood violently capsized, crashing down toward Xu Yunfan’s position on Divine Sky Peak.

Wherever it passed, even space itself seemed to be stained with a viscous, black-red layer of filth. The Spiritual Qi was furiously corroded, letting out a terrifying SIZZLE.

If one were to be swept into this filthy sea, not only would their flesh and blood dissolve, but even their Divine Soul and Dao Foundation would likely be polluted and disintegrated by the boundless resentful energy of the Muddy Fiend, reduced to bloody pus and dregs to become part of the Sea of Blood itself.

Even protected by the Array, the disciples on Divine Sky Peak turned pale with fright, their limbs growing cold as they watched the filthy sea of blood blot out the sky.

The might of a manifested Dao Foundation from a Late-Stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator was just that terrifying.

Bi Yuan and the others were deathly pale. If Xu Yunfan hadn’t already activated the stronger Peak Protection Array, the Blood Demon’s aura alone would have been enough to crush them to death several times over.

Faced with this filthy Sea of Blood that would have been enough to shatter the soul of an ordinary Mid-Stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator, not only was there no trace of fear in Xu Yunfan’s eyes, but a brilliant light of eagerness began to burn within them.

But what surprised him even more was...

...his opponent’s Grotto Heaven Embryo seemed shaky and unstable, as if it had not been successfully condensed.

’It’s far inferior to mine.’

This was a classic case of Xu Yunfan humblebragging.

According to the standard cultivation process, the ideal state was to condense a Grotto Heaven Embryo in the Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment, raise the Grotto Heaven into the Sea of Consciousness in the Late Stage, and obtain a sliver of Innate Immortal Golden Nature to achieve the Foundation Establishment Perfection Great Daoist Master Position.

But in reality, very few people could achieve this.

Ninety-nine percent of Golden Core True Monarchs only began to condense their Grotto Heaven in the Late-Stage of Foundation Establishment, once their Magical Power was overflowing, their Divine Sense was full, and they could comprehend and merge with the world.

"A fine Dao Foundation! Perfect for testing my Divine Blade!"

With a clear shout, his Magical Power surged, and the Profound Vault Thunder Essence accumulated within his body erupted.

Instead of retreating, he advanced, stepping out from the core protection of the Main Peak Array as his aura climbed to its zenith.

He brought two fingers together, forming a Thunder Technique seal, and the True Words from his lips boomed like rolling thunder from the nine heavens: "Glorious Divine Sky, Nine Heavens reign supreme! Cleanse all evil, break!!"

The Divine Sky Nine Heavens Profound Vault Undying True Scripture.

The Divine Sky Purple Mansion Destruction Celestial Gang Thunder Method!

SCREECH!

It was accompanied by the violent roar of a thunderclap that seemed to originate from above the nine heavens, powerful enough to rip the sky asunder.

Within Xu Yunfan’s Dantian Qi Sea, the Purple Heaven All-Heaven Ten Thousand Transformations Thunder Mansion Dao Foundation—the crystallization of all his Daoist Cultivation—suddenly manifested.

This Dao Foundation was no longer a phantom image, but a tangible object hovering thirty feet above his head.

It was a deep purple Great Pill, condensed to the absolute limit, as if formed from the compression of billions of tons of thunderbolt essence.

Its surface was not smooth but was covered in countless fine, intricate runes that contained the very Origin of the Thunderbolt.

The runes flowed, endlessly being born and destroyed.

The moment this Great Pill appeared, the vast sky shook violently, emitting a thunderous, heavenly might.

And at the core of the purple Thunder Pill, nine thick thunderbolt chains, incredibly condensed and shining with a noble, violet-gold luster, materialized from thin air.

They were not meant to bind enemies, but rather coiled in the most domineering and fundamental manner around a central will of thunder that seemed capable of suppressing all the evils in the heavens.

The coiling formation of these nine chains itself formed a Rune Array that contained a supreme, suppressive, and destructive power.

The Nine Heavens Lock Demon Mixed Element Thunder Talisman Array.

This Array was the only thunder-element array in the Divine Sky Nine Heavens Profound Vault Undying True Scripture, and it was a growth-type Array that could be manifested within one’s Dao Foundation.

Now that it was unleashed, its divine might could be felt by all.

His ceaseless study of Arrays, in addition to cultivating the True Scripture, had not been in vain.

Thus, an Array that normally only a Great Daoist Master at Foundation Establishment Perfection with a full Divine Sense could imprint, he had precisely carved into his Dao Foundation.

An endless, pure, and vast undying will of thunder—a will to cleanse the heavens of evil and annihilate all Yin fiends—erupted with the appearance of the nine chains, bursting forth like a celestial flood from a broken dam.

BOOM!

KRA-KA-KOW!

With the Purple Heaven Thunder Mansion Dao Foundation above Xu Yunfan’s head as its core, a phantom image of a Thunder Pool composed purely of brilliant purple Divine Thunder instantly expanded outward.

Within the Thunder Pool, plasma surged. It was not mere destruction; it contained a vast, masculine, and majestic aura that commanded the divine punishments of the heavens.

Countless fine bolts of Destruction Celestial Spirit Divine Thunder leaped and collided within it, annihilating and regenerating in an endless cycle.

This Purple Mansion Destruction Celestial Spirit Thunder Realm was grand and righteous, Supreme Yang and Firm. It was filled with a supreme aura where destruction and rebirth intertwined, making it the absolute bane of all filth, heresy, Yin Evil, and Demon Qi in the world.

Now that the Blood Demon had come, he had truly met his natural counter.

The purple Thunder Realm slammed into the descending, filthy Sea of Blood.

TZZZZZLA!!

An ear-piercing sound, like a red-hot iron brand plunged into ice water, echoed through the clouds.

There was no earth-shattering explosion, but the instant of contact produced an energy annihilation even more terrifying than any blast.