Chapter 290.1: The Heaven and Earth Form Shatters the Martial Dao! Lu Changsheng Returns in Triumph to the Immortal Martial World! (I)

"Heaven and Earth Form!"

Buzz!

As the thought crossed Lu Changsheng's mind, his Seventh Growth flesh rapidly spread over his Earthly Saint Dao Body. At the same time, the Dao Body fused with his Seventh Growth flesh to form the Heaven and Earth Form. Then, his body kept on expanding, and his power kept rising.

Once his body and power had reached their peak, Lu Changsheng's Heaven and Earth Form quickly sprouted four arms, each gripping a spirit relic. The Mountain-Moving Seal, the Mountain River Map, the Yin-Yang Twin Swords, and the Limitless Bell were in the hands of his Heaven and Earth Form.

Additionally, a large quantity of spirit crystals were shattered, fusing into the spirit relics and amplifying their auras. Now, the four spirit relics, entirely under the control of the artifact spirits, operated at full power. The combined might of the four spirit relics and Lu Changsheng's Heaven and Earth Form was earthshaking.

"Break!"

With that, Lu Changsheng struck at the Martial Dao with what he felt was the most amount of power he could unleash. He felt that it had to have already surpassed anything an ordinary Earthly Saint could even begin to imagine.

Boom!Crack!

A crisp sound rang out, and every blood descendant at Third Growth and above sensed the change in the Martial Dao.

"The Martial Dao... shattered?"

"How could the Martial Dao shatter?"

"What's going on?"

"Who could do this?"

Naturally, the blood descendants were all at a loss. The Martial Dao condensed from the will of the masses was the very foundation for them to cultivate the Flesh and Blood Martial Dao. Now that the Martial Dao had shattered, how were they supposed to advance any further?

Of course, in the moment, they did not realise they were worrying too much. Though the Martial Dao had shattered, with so many people cultivating the Flesh and Blood Martial Dao, there was no erasing it. Before long, it would condense once more.

The only real issue was climbing back to the peak of Seventh Growth, which would likely take quite some time: several decades, perhaps even more than a century. Still, as long as blood descendants existed, the Martial Dao would certainly return to the peak of Seventh Growth.

By then, however, it would have nothing to do with Lu Changsheng. Having shattered the Martial Dao, Lu Changsheng gathered all the Martial Dao fragments straight into his hands. The Martial Dao fragments were finally his, and so, he had accomplished his goal here in the Primal World.

I've finally attained the Martial Dao fragments! These fragments are more powerful than any I've ever had. Even a single small piece would raise my Infinite Martial Dao a great deal, let alone this many fragments. The deal with Divine Sword Manor was that I'd take seventy percent of the final haul, and they would take thirty.

Lu Changsheng was evidently going to honor his part of the deal. Still, these particular fragments were of such high quality that he was rather reluctant to party with any of them.

But then, something occurred to him.

Spirit relics!

He could give spirit relics to the Divine Sword Manor in exchange for Martial Dao fragments. The people of Divine Sword Manor had to know he had obtained spirit relics, or at the very least, they would inevitably find out. As such, Lu Changsheng might perhaps get to keep all the Martial Dao fragments if the manor was willing to take the spirit relics instead.

In any case, in order to negotiate, he first had to return.

"Everyone, now that we have the Martial Dao fragments, I'll go on ahead and return to the Immortal Martial World."

Outside the scope of his objective, Lu Changsheng held no interest in the Primal World's affairs. As for the blood descendants, only time could tell what would become of them following his departure. Of course, once Divine Sword Manor retreated from the Primal World, the blood descendants would certainly be left in a tough position. Withstanding the counterattack of the Immortal Dao cultivators would be entirely up to them and their fortunes.

"We'll return with Fellow Daoist Lu. As for the rest of Divine Sword Manor's people, they'll return to the Immortal Martial World gradually, in good time."

The Earthly Saints of Divine Sword Manor had no wish to stay in the Primal World either. After all, they were supposed to obtain a great deal of Martial Dao fragments from their deal with Lu Changsheng. If they did not go back to keep an eye on the fragments, who knew whom they would be handed out to?

There were quite a few Earthly Saints in Divine Sword Manor, and everyone would fight for those fragments. Those who did not would simply remain stuck at their current levels.

Naturally, the Earthly Saints were quite envious of Lu Changsheng, as he alone was going to take seventy percent of the Martial Dao fragments. Still, it was the kind of competitive jealousy, completely devoid of ill intent.

After all, from the moment Lu Changsheng arrived in the Primal World, they had watched him every step of the way as he condensed the Martial Dao, built up blood descendants, shattered the Martial Dao, and obtained the Martial Dao fragments.

Every action Lu Changsheng had taken was something all of the Divine Sword Manor's Earthly Saints combined could not have done. If not for him, all the resources Divine Sword Manor had invested into the Primal World would have gone down the drain. They almost certainly would not have been able to secure the Martial Dao fragments by themselves.

Ultimately, it was either thirty percent or nothing at all.

"Let's go," Lu Changsheng said firmly.

Then, his true body used the Divine Sword Manor's formation to teleport out of the Primal World instantly, and several of the Divine Sword Manor's Earthly Saints followed close behind.

Whoosh!

As Lu Changsheng arrived back at the Divine Sword Manor, the manor's martial artists guarding the formation hurried to report to the manor lord at once.

Xiahou Puyu reached the formation almost immediately and saw Lu Changsheng, along with the Earthly Saints of the Divine Sword Manor behind him.

"Fellow Daoist Lu, elders... Have you... succeeded?" he asked apprehensively.

After all, they had only been gone for twenty-five months, just over two years. Could they really have obtained the Martial Dao fragments in that short amount of time? Divine Sword Manor had spent five years in the Primal World without making any progress at all.

On the other hand, there were still about three years left before the Primal World separated from the Immortal Martial World. Had they not succeeded, Lu Changsheng could have stayed another three years and made another attempt. He definitely would not have come back early.

Indeed, the fact that they had already returned could only mean one thing: they had managed to secure the Martial Dao fragments!

That was only Xiahou Puyu's guess, or rather, what he desperately wanted to hear. Only Lu Changsheng's confirmation could set his mind at ease.

"I am happy to announce that we have not failed," said Lu Changsheng with a slight nod. "We've secured the Martial Dao fragments.

Xiahou Puyu's eyes went wide. He had suspected as much, but hearing Lu Changsheng himself confirm the success of the mission still shook him. Indeed, the fact that he had managed to do in two years what Divine Sword Manor had failed to achieve in five was truly shocking.

The Earthly Saints who had returned with Lu Changsheng also spoke up about the mission.

"Manor lord, it's only thanks to Fellow Daoist Lu that we got the Martial Dao fragments in such a short amount of time."

"That's right. We've obtained the Martial Dao fragments, and far more than we originally estimated."

"A huge harvest indeed!"

Some of the Earthly Saint martial artists even spoke directly to Xiahou Puyu through telepathy, and only then did he finally understand.

Xiahou Puyu looked at Lu Changsheng even more astonished than he had ever been. From what the Earthly Saint elders described, Lu Changsheng seemed to have become an invincible Earthly Saint. Actually, he was even more terrifying than that.

An invincible Earthly Saint could only stand against a spirit relic without wavering, but what about Lu Changsheng? He had swept every spirit relic in the Primal World clean and trampled various immortal sects and holy lands. Some as ruthless as him had to be far more than an invincible Earthly Saint. It was probably only Lu Changsheng himself that knew just how powerful he had become.

"So, where are the Martial Dao fragments?" Xiahou Puyu was beside himself with impatience. The arduous efforts of Divine Sword Manor had finally paid off. More importantly, the sacrifice of that Earthly Saint had not been in vain.

Lu Changsheng did not answer directly. "Let's go to the main hall first. You'll see the Martial Dao fragments there."

With that, they all went to the main hall together.

Nearly everyone in Divine Sword Manor's main hall was an Earthly Saint, and everyone who was available joined at once. Even those in seclusion had come out the moment they heard the news.