Chapter 447 - 397: Are There Any More?

Above the Celestial Vault, the clear sound of reading still echoed.

The hundred-some phantoms of the sages and saints stood silently before the vast scroll, their bodies radiating a Vast Righteous aura that had persisted, unextinguished, through the ages.

Their gazes, as tangible as physical objects, fell upon the dark blue figure standing with his hands clasped behind his back.

Yet, not the slightest ripple of emotion showed in Qi Yun’s eyes.

He held the newborn Supreme Treasure in one hand, feeling an indescribable tremor emanating from his palm.

It was the newly born Gods Sealing List, which, upon sensing the hundred-some Soul Spirit phantoms radiating the aura of Great Masters ahead, was emitting a primal, instinctive desire!

The desire was so intense that Qi Yun could feel a majestic power in his palm, one so immense it could shake the heavens, threatening to leap from his grasp!

Its target was locked onto the hundred-some sages and saints!

Qi Yun lowered his gaze slightly, looking at the Golden List in his palm, which was circulating with a bright yellow light. The corner of his mouth lifted into a faint smile.

"Don’t be hasty,"

he said softly.

"Your power is not yet enough."

"Allow me—"

He paused for a moment, then flipped his palm over.

"to add another light for you."

The moment his voice fell, a mysterious and profound Dharma Light suddenly appeared in the palm of Qi Yun’s right hand!

This Dharma Light was utterly different from the bright yellow, slaughter-filled light of [Execution].

It was gentle, vast, and all-encompassing, containing the ultimate Realm of unending phenomena and the creation of all things!

Within the swirling halo of light, one could faintly see phantoms of sprouting vegetation, the rising and setting of the sun and moon, the formation of mountains and rivers, and the proliferation of all living beings.

It was the manifestation of Creation itself, the ultimate principle of how all things in Heaven and Earth come from nothing, and from existence, flourish!

[Creation and Life]!

This was the Supreme Dharma Gate Qi Yun had comprehended after refining the Venerable Dao Foundation of the Crown Prince of Nanyin!

The [Emperor’s Extreme Creation Dao Foundation] that the Crown Prince of Nanyin had cultivated originally contained the fundamental meaning of "creating all things and ruling over mountains and rivers."

In complete opposition to the ultimate slaughter of [Execution] from the [Grand Emperor Profound Vault Dao Foundation], [Creation and Life] could elevate any existence, tangible or intangible, to the absolute limit of the wielder’s Status!

Qi Yun raised his eyes, looking at the mysterious Dharma Light in his palm, at the newborn Gods Sealing List, and at the hundred-some phantoms of the sages and saints in the Celestial Vault above.

’With the enhancement of my [Heaven-Reaching Immortal Appearance], I can raise the version of my Magic to the limit of my current Status.’

He murmured to himself, the light in the depths of his cyan-gold eyes growing ever brighter.

"And [Creation and Life] can raise the quality of a Magical Treasure—"

"to the limit of my Status!"

"Under these circumstances..."

He held the Gods Sealing List with both hands, slowly pressing the ball of [Creation and Life] Dharma Light in his palm toward the body of the list.

"Only then will it be the complete—"

"[Gods Sealing List]!"

BOOM—!!!

The moment the Dharma Light touched the body of the list, an indescribable roar erupted between Heaven and Earth!

It wasn’t the sound of thunder or a landslide, but the trembling of the Great Dao itself!

The entire Celestial Vault quaked violently at this moment!

The mysterious Dharma Light of [Creation and Life] in Qi Yun’s palm seeped into the Gods Sealing List like water, completely merging with its bright yellow body, the cyan lotus imprint, and the countless solemn Soul Spirit phantoms standing within!

In the next instant—

A beam of white light shot up from the body of the list, soaring into the sky!

The white light was so pure and intense, it seemed to have condensed the very source of all light in the world!

It broke through the Celestial Vault, pierced the clouds, and shot straight into the supreme dimension of the unseen world, as if to brand the existence of the Gods Sealing List into the very depths of the Heaven and Earth Dao!

Amidst the white light, five-colored auspicious rays bloomed simultaneously!

Red, orange, cyan, blue, and purple—the five-colored splendors intertwined and flowed, forming a rainbow of ultimate brilliance that circled the body of the list!

Wherever the rainbow passed, the void itself trembled lightly, as if paying homage to this newborn Supreme Treasure!

Beyond the five-colored auspicious rays, black and white qi surged forth at the same time!

The clear white qi rose, while the heavy black qi sank. The two qi intertwined, manifesting a primitive scene of purity and turbidity separating and Yin and Yang being born around the body of the list!

Within this scene, a profound Dao Rhyme seemed to flow, reminiscent of the beginning of Heaven and Earth and the birth of all things!

And in the very depths of this sky-filling phenomenon—

one by one, emerald green, tadpole-like talismans quietly appeared!

These talismans were extremely small, so small the naked eye could barely distinguish them; yet they were also extremely clear, so clear that every observer could feel the terrifying might they contained—a might that could cow all the Soul Spirits in the world!

They swam slowly around the body of the list like living creatures, and with each movement, they caused all the Laws of the Soul Spirit Dao between Heaven and Earth to resonate!

Those were the fundamental Dao Patterns of the Gods Sealing List!

It was a Celestial Constitution specifically targeting all Soul Spirits, Divine Thoughts, and Primordial Spirits!

Holding the Gods Sealing List, Qi Yun felt the terrifying power emanating from his palm—a power more than ten times greater than before. The smile at the corners of his lips slowly widened.

He raised his eyes slightly.

His vast, cyan-gold eyes calmly swept over the hundred-some phantoms of the sages and saints still standing silently in the Celestial Vault.

Then, he slowly began to speak.

His voice was not loud, but like a decree of the Great Dao, it clearly entered the "ears" of every phantom sage and saint.

"The Gods Sealing List is here."

He paused slightly, then thrust the Gods Sealing List in his hands forward.

"You all—"

"Will you not quickly enter the list and accept your appointments!"

The instant his voice fell!

A dead silence fell between Heaven and Earth.

The clear sound of reading stopped abruptly.

The hundred-some phantoms of the sages and saints trembled slightly in unison.

Then, something strange happened!

As if pulled by invisible strings, the hundred-some figures began to drift involuntarily, slowly, toward the Gods Sealing List in Qi Yun’s hand!

It wasn’t a struggle, nor was it resistance, but a more fundamental, irresistible—attraction!

It was as if the Gods Sealing List was their final resting place; as if the place illuminated by the list’s bright yellow light was the sanctuary they had finally found after waiting for countless ages!

"Hmm?!"

Confucian King Huangfu Qianqiu’s expression tightened. He quickly formed a Seal Technique with his hands, activating the Ancient Scroll in his palm!

The Ancient Scroll erupted with light. Countless golden characters poured out like a waterfall, forming thick chains of Vast Righteousness that tried to entangle the drifting figures of the sages and saints!

However, the moment the chains touched the figures, they passed right through as if touching nothing, dissipating into the void!

The figures continued to drift away.

They ignored Huangfu Qianqiu’s efforts, ignored the pull of the Ancient Scroll, ignored all of his techniques!

They were being forcefully drawn in by the Gods Sealing List!

One, two, ten, twenty...

The hundred-some phantoms of sages and saints, each radiating the aura of a Great Master, flowed into the resplendent, bright yellow Gods Sealing List like a hundred rivers returning to the sea!

With each one that entered, the light of the Gods Sealing List grew more intense, the five-colored auspicious rays more brilliant, the black and white qi more distinct, and another emerald green, tadpole-like talisman would appear!

In just a few breaths’ time—

The hundred-some sages and saints, who just moments ago held an utterly dominant position that struck fear into the hearts of all the Demonic Cultivator Great Masters, had all vanished!

Every single one had been absorbed into the Gods Sealing List in Qi Yun’s hand!

Above the Celestial Vault, only the Ancient Scroll of Vast Righteousness remained, floating alone, its light dim, like an empty shell that had lost all its support.

Huangfu Qianqiu was frozen in place, his eyes, once as deep as an ancient well, now completely vacant.

He opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but no words came out.

...

A dead silence fell between Heaven and Earth.

The silence was so thick it was suffocating, pressing down on everyone until they could barely breathe.

Countless gazes—from Righteous Cultivators and Demonic Cultivators, from Foundation Establishment Masters and Great Masters alike—were now fixed upon the dark blue figure standing in the Celestial Vault with his hands behind his back, and upon the bright Golden List hovering before him.

A single thought arose, unbidden yet unanimous, in everyone’s mind:

’It’s over.’

’As long as this man is here, as long as this Golden List exists—’

’the Soul Spirit Dao, the Path of Divine Thought, the Corpse Dissolving Immortal Path...’

’will never see the light of day again.’

This thought struck the heart of every Cultivator who practiced the Soul Spirit Dao like a bolt of lightning.

Those Cultivators who practiced the Ghost Dao, Soul Refining, Spirit Capturing, or Exorcism, whether they were from the Righteous Dao or the Demon Dao, all felt a tremor originating from the depths of their Divine Souls.

The Fundamental Dao they relied on for their very existence, the Dharma Gates they had spent their entire lives cultivating.

Before that Golden List...

it was all like a child’s game!

And after a moment of shock.

Those gazes involuntarily shifted, subconsciously turning to a single figure.

Master Revolving Wheel.

The Acting Sect Leader of the Yellow Springs Netherworld, the most supreme Great Master of the Soul Spirit Dao in the entire Profound Yellow Origin Realm.

At this moment, he stood frozen in the void, the ever-present gray mist around him churning and dissipating uncontrollably.

His eerie green eyes were fixed deathly still on the Gods Sealing List in Qi Yun’s hand, on the bright yellow light flowing across its surface, and on the faint, emerald green, tadpole-like talismans.

In his gaze, there was shock, fear, and disbelief—

and a trace of something he himself was unwilling to admit... despair.

He was a Great Master of the Yellow Springs Netherworld, a peak existence who had cultivated the Soul Spirit Dao for nearly a thousand years.

His Dao was the Soul Spirit Dao; his magic was the art of Soul Capturing and Refining; his entire existence was built upon the foundation of the Soul Spirit Dao.

No, it wasn’t just him!

The entire Yellow Springs Netherworld was the same!

But now, the existence of the Gods Sealing List was tantamount to telling him that everything he had cultivated, everything he relied upon, everything he took pride in...

was a joke before that dark blue figure, before that Golden List!

More and more gazes fell upon him.

In those gazes, there was sympathy, pity, schadenfreude, and also—

the relief of having dodged a bullet.

After all, not everyone cultivated the Soul Spirit Dao.

But everyone was relieved that they were not Master Revolving Wheel.

Master Revolving Wheel felt those gazes, and a muscle in his face twitched violently.

He wanted to rage, to roar, to use the terrifying methods of the Yellow Springs Netherworld to obliterate the souls of those ants who dared to look at him that way.

But he could do nothing.

Because he knew those gazes were right.

Above the Celestial Vault, astral winds howled.

Qi Yun lowered his gaze, looking at the Gods Sealing List in his hand, at the hundred-some newly entered phantoms of sages and saints radiating Vast Righteousness. The smile at the corners of his lips slowly widened.

He raised his eyes to the frozen-faced Huangfu Qianqiu and gave the Gods Sealing List in his hand a little shake.

"Senior... do you have any more?"

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