I picked up skill fragments in the demon world.

Chapter 934 Hell Path Reincarnation

Faced with Gong Shao's words, the King was silenced, because according to the other party's deduction, the only one most likely to do such a thing as sowing discord was indeed the Great Victory Royal Family.

The eight great families fought each other, and the ultimate beneficiary was the Great Victory Royal Family. But if the Great Victory Royal Family had such means, how could they have stood by and watched the eight great families plot a rebellion without being able to do anything about it?

He is now somewhat convinced that the Gong family is indeed innocent and has been framed.

If the Gong family really wanted to take action, as a large family with a history of thousands of years, they would not do such a sloppy job.

"Any clues about the mastermind behind this?" King Dasheng asked.

Upon hearing the words of the Great Victory King, Gong Shao gave a bitter smile: "If we had any clues, how could the Gong family have ended up in such a passive situation?"

"I have granted the Gong family's allegiance, but I must also demonstrate their sincerity," King Dasheng said after a moment of contemplation.

"Your Majesty will see the sincerity of my Gong family," Gong Shao said respectfully.

Meanwhile, within the Zhang family's secret realm, after Zhang Chen tore through space, he entered a hazy, gray space. What came into his view was a massive vortex of reincarnation. A powerful pulling force shook his soul, attempting to pull it out of his body and into the vortex for reincarnation. However, Zhang Chen possessed the authority of Yama, and when he activated it, the power emanating from the vortex was immediately suppressed.

Zhang Chen slowly walked towards the vortex. He saw that the vortex was huge, covering an area of ​​dozens of miles. Under the vortex was a skeleton, which shimmered with a jade-like light and radiated an immortal glow.

Its flesh and blood had long since turned to ashes, but its bones still retained their divine power.

"I wonder which kind of deity hid his physical body under the cycle of hell, trying to use the power of the cycle of hell to suppress his origin and prevent it from being devoured by the great world. Unfortunately, he still failed." Zhang Chen looked at the white bones under the vortex of reincarnation with a surprised expression.

"This skeleton is the skeleton of your Zhang family ancestor, Black Impermanence. His physical body remained here, while his soul entered the underworld for refuge. If his soul could be preserved, he could quickly regain his strength once he returned to his body. Unfortunately, our plan failed, and it has benefited both of us," the voice of the innate mosquito echoed in the icy hell.

Zhang Chen was startled upon hearing this: "Weren't you imprisoned in the Frozen Hell? How come you still have a sense of the outside world?"

"Your Frozen Hell is indeed mysterious, but your cultivation level is too low to unleash its power, so you can't trap me," the innate mosquito said nonchalantly.

Zhang Chen fell silent upon hearing this. First, there was the Queen Mother of the West, whom he could spy on at will, and now there was the Mosquito Taoist. It seemed that all his secrets were about to be exposed.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Chen looked surprised: "I didn't expect it to be the corpse of Black Impermanence. What a pity..."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Chen's face showed a look of emotion. Under the great trend of the Heavenly Dao, even a Primordial Saint like the Queen Mother of the West would stumble, let alone Black Impermanence.

The fact that Hei Wuchang's soul has survived from that mysterious era to the present is already incredibly extraordinary, and his methods are astonishing. If he hadn't encountered Zhang Chen, Hei Wuchang would probably still be alive.

Zhang Chen looked at the distant Hell Path Reincarnation Vortex. He waved his hand at the vortex, and it shrank continuously until it became a small, gray vortex the size of a peanut. It landed between Zhang Chen's fingers and was held in his hand.

“I have already gathered five of the Six Paths of Reincarnation. As long as I seize the reincarnation within Chongzheng Academy, I can gather the complete Six Paths of Reincarnation.” Zhang Chen collected the Six Paths of Reincarnation and was about to turn and leave the hazy space when the skeleton emitted a faint light. A series of cracking sounds echoed in the void, causing Zhang Chen to stop in his tracks. He turned to look at the skeleton, his face showing surprise: “I misjudged it. This is not a simple physical body; it also contains the power of a remnant soul.”

Then, a ghostly light emanated from the skeleton, which coalesced into a ball of will-o'-the-wisp that hovered within the skeleton's head. A massive aura rose from within the skeleton, spreading outwards like a tidal wave throughout the space, overwhelmingly pressing down on Zhang Chen.

This aura actually surpasses the twelfth level!

Moreover, Zhang Chen could see that the reason the remnant soul was preserved was entirely due to the power of the Hell Path of Reincarnation, which preserved a wisp of its soul.

Most importantly, Zhang Chen sensed a familiar aura from the other party—the aura of the black-robed monster from the Yellow Springs. However, the other party had no chain markings, indicating that although the remnant soul before him shared the same origin as the Black Impermanence from the Yellow Springs, they were not the same person.

"Young man, leave behind the Six Paths of Reincarnation!" the skeleton spoke, its voice devoid of joy or sorrow.

“Now that I have the Six Paths of Reincarnation in my hands, why would I hand it over?” Zhang Chen replied, the God-Slaying Whip appearing in his sleeve at some point and being held in his hand.

"You actually possess the power of reincarnation, which is quite remarkable. If you leave behind the power of reincarnation, all will be well, and I, your ancestor, will let you go. But if you utter a word of dissent, I will have no choice but to leave you here to be buried with me today." The remnant soul of Black Impermanence stared intently at Zhang Chen.

Zhang Chen remained silent, but a flash of light appeared in his sleeve, and the God-Slaying Whip flew out, striking towards the skeleton. "You ungrateful wretch!" Hei Wuchang didn't say much, but the next moment a chain flew out from his hand, binding Zhang Chen. However, when Zhang Chen's God-Slaying Whip was within three feet of Hei Wuchang, a radiant light appeared three feet around Hei Wuchang, actually blocking Zhang Chen's God-Slaying Whip from his body.

The chains in the hands of the Black Impermanence had already reached Zhang Chen. Zhang Chen looked surprised when he saw this. Then, he saw the spatial power around him fluctuate slightly, and he brushed past the chains.

Then the God-Slaying Whip automatically returned and disappeared into Zhang Chen's sleeve. Then, Zhang Chen drew a line with the Measuring Ruler in his hand, creating a spatial rift. The energy of heaven and earth from the outside world immediately surged in like a tidal wave.

Although Zhang Chen could choose to merge with the Five Elements River or even use his innate spiritual treasure to contend with his opponent, he did not choose to waste his energy on such a thing. Instead, he directly chose to tear through space.

In this era, Zhang Chen is not afraid of any old-fashioned ideas.

The surging force from the outside world includes not only the celestial energy of the vast world, but also the dragon energy of the Great Victory Royal Court. Both of these forces are the nemesis of Black Impermanence.

The moment Zhang Chen tore the space apart, the opportunities of the vast world surged in. Hei Wuchang immediately sensed something was wrong, and the essence within his body began to flow endlessly towards the world.

As for the suppression by dragon energy? However, since the power of the underworld also belongs to the immortal path, the suppression by dragon energy is not significant.

"You brat, you're courting death!" Seeing this, Hei Wujian became furious and rushed towards Zhang Chen, intending to kill him quickly so he could focus his energy on repairing the space.

However, Zhang Chen directly unleashed the Measuring Ruler in response to the opponent's attack. With the power of the innate spiritual treasure and the power exceeding the twelfth rank, the entire space began to tremble. The spatial rift that Zhang Chen had torn open became larger, and countless spatial fragments scattered. The entire small space began to gradually break apart like a spider web.

"Boy, are you looking for death!" Black Impermanence was furious when he saw that the space where he was hiding had been destroyed. He wanted to kill Zhang Chen, but Zhang Chen was like a slippery eel. He took a step and appeared outside the space, arriving at the Zhang family's ancestral home. He didn't forget to put an invisibility talisman on himself.

At this moment, everyone fighting inside the Zhang family's old residence was shocked. They saw a spatial rift suddenly appear inside the Zhang family's ancestral temple, and the spatial rift gradually expanded, as if the entire space was constantly breaking apart. An extremely terrifying aura soared into the sky from the spatial rift, transforming into a terrifying black pillar of light. Even the dragon aura of the Great Victory Dynasty could not suppress it. Everyone in the capital city cast horrified glances at them.

"That aura... surpasses the twelfth rank! It's an existence above the twelfth rank. The Zhang family really does have more trump cards up their sleeves."

Inside the Great Victory Palace, the Great Victory King suddenly raised his head and looked at the black pillar of light soaring into the sky in the direction of the Zhang family. A look of horror appeared in his eyes: "The foundation of the eight great families is indeed unfathomable."

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The Xie family father and daughter looked in the direction of the Zhang family with strange expressions: "The Zhang family actually has an ancient being who has surpassed the twelfth level and is still alive! That's really terrifying! No wonder the royal family is so wary of the eight great families."

"What do we do now? Should we make a move?" Xie Lingyun asked Xie Xuan.

"This great battle is beyond our control; we should just observe and wait," Xie Xuan said with a gloomy expression.

At the same time, at the Zhong family mansion, Old Master Zhong raised his head and looked at the Zhang family with burning eyes: "With such a strong foundation, if my Zhong family can form a marriage alliance with the Zhang family, we will surely achieve great things in the future."

Within the Academy
All eyes turned toward the Zhang family's direction, but none of them spoke, showing no intention of intervening.

After a long while, a sigh echoed through the heavens and earth: "Unfortunately, things are not what they used to be. So what if he is an old fellow who survived from the Primordial Era? The higher his cultivation, the faster he dies. The Zhang family is nothing to fear! It would have been fine if he hadn't come out of the world, but now that he has chosen to do so, he is simply seeking death. We don't need to fight him to the death; we just need to watch coldly as he is killed by the Great Thousand World!"

"That's right! If this old guy goes all out, he might take a lot of people with him. Let's just wait and see, and wait for him to be worn down by the world!" someone chimed in.

Inside the Zhang family's old residence, all the disciples of the Gong family who were besieging the Zhang family sensed that something was wrong.

"An ancient artifact from the Zhang family has revived! Even the dragon energy of heaven and earth can't suppress it! We have to run! The Zhang family is desperate and has used their trump card." An old man from the Gong family saw that things were not going well and turned to run.

"How dare you offend the Zhang family! You're courting death! Since you're here, stay here!" Zhang Shenqi glared at the fleeing members of the Gong family, a murderous glint in his eyes, and spoke to the damaged spatial rift:
"Ancestor, these thieves stole the Book of Life and Death of my Zhang family, not only severing our family lineage, but also intending to kill all of my Zhang family's bloodline. I beg you, Ancestor, to stop them." Zhang Shenqi made hand seals and began to communicate with his ancestor.

The Black Impermanence in the black hole flashed its eyes and looked outwards, revealing a cold and fierce killing intent. Then, a hand stretched out, and the soul of the Gong family disciple who was fleeing outside suddenly left his body, was drawn into the black hole, and was swallowed by the Black Impermanence.

(End of this chapter)