Daqin Zhentiansi

The enormous snake head of Xuan Yue, along with the terrified soul within it, instantly solidified, shattered, and turned into nothingness under the freezing and annihilation of the Immortal Extermination Sword Intent and the annihilation of the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Intent!
Elder of the Blackwater Serpent Clan, Xuan Yue, a mid-stage Saint Realm cultivator, has perished!

The enormous, headless snake corpse crashed into the swampy mud below, stirring up a cloud of foul-smelling mud!

Zhang Yuan stood in mid-air, holding the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow dripping with dark green snake blood. A chaotic aura swirled around him, and his aura was like that of a demon god descending to earth.

He slowly extended his left hand, palm down, towards the spot where Xuan Yue had fallen.

"All Qi returns to its source! Condense!"

The Thirteenth Level of Divine Power in the "Guiding Qi to Profound Realm" - Return of All Qi to the Source - Activated!
A terrifying devouring force field instantly enveloped Xuan Yue's corpse!
Dark green essence blood, black water origin containing the Dao of Corruption, boundless life essence, and that mixed yet ferocious power of the bloodline of a primordial alien species...

Like all rivers flowing into the sea, it was forcibly stripped, extracted, and condensed from the corpse!
In Zhang Yuan's palm, a drop of blood essence, as deep as ink, with a black dragon seemingly churning inside, exuding terrifying ferocity and profound corrosive principles, rapidly condensed into a form!
At the same time, the "Great Dao Golden Pearl" in Zhang Yuan's sea of ​​consciousness spun rapidly, and with the deductive power of the "Thirteen Techniques of Destiny", it frantically analyzed and comprehended the true meaning of the primordial black water contained in this drop of essence blood!

The corrosive power of black water can destroy everything!
The weight of the Xuanming can suppress the universe!
The power of bloodline supernatural abilities lies in drawing upon the earth's water essence and transforming it into a killing force that is extremely yin, cold, filthy, and vile!
In an instant, countless profound insights into the manipulation of water elements, the principles of corrosion, and the application of heavy water flooded into Zhang Yuan's mind like a torrent!
Chaotic energy surged around him, with faint black water light flowing around him. A new divine power was being conceived and formed within his body!
Supernatural insight, the Mysterious Netherworld True Water Seal!
It is a condensed form of Xuanming True Water, containing the power of extreme corrosion and heavy suppression.

Once it is printed, it can erode all laws and seal the void!

This is a brand-new offensive technique derived from analyzing the bloodline origin of the Blackwater Serpent and combining it with the Chaos Dao!
Zhang Yuan suddenly opened his eyes, and deep within the chaotic halo in his eyes, it seemed as if black Xuanming water was surging and roaring!
He slowly clenched his fist, and the drop of ferocious blood essence and his insights were completely absorbed into his body.

"Blackwater Serpent...Sinking Sand River Mine...Thunderous Kui Ox..."

Zhang Yuan's gaze turned towards the direction of Chensha River, his killing intent and fighting spirit rising as if they were tangible.

"Since you dare to set up an ambush, then be prepared to exterminate your entire clan!"

Without lingering, he transformed into a streak of light that tore through the deathly silence of the dark swamp, speeding towards the Blackwater Serpent's lair in the Sunken Sand River!

Behind them lay the Spider Demon Cave, now completely reduced to ruins, and Xuan Yue's enormous headless corpse slowly sinking into the foul-smelling swamp.

Lower reaches of the Chensha River.

On the edge of the battlefield where the Crimson Scale Python Clan and the Black Armored Crocodile Clan are engaged in fierce conflict.

A hidden valley shrouded in dense water elemental power and raging lightning.

Zhang Yuan followed the aura of the Black Water Serpent to this place, but before he even got close, he was attracted by the terrifying energy fluctuations coming from the valley.

He concealed his aura, blending into the shadows of the rocks like a wisp of smoke, his gaze piercing through the pervasive mist and lightning to see the scene in the valley.

In the center of the valley, a colossal beast, as large as a mountain, resembling a blue ox but without horns, with only one leg, and covered in azure scales, was letting out a deafening roar!

Each time its single foot stomped the ground, it triggered thunderous roars from the heavens, and thick arcs of blue electricity tore through the sky, striking fiercely at the enemies that were attacking it.

It is none other than the overlord of Thunder Swamp, the divine beast Kui Niu!
However, the Kui Niu was now in a tough battle.

Its massive body was covered in wounds, its blue scales were charred and broken, and it was dripping with strands of golden blood.

Besides the group of Blackwater Serpent Clan experts who were fierce and wielding viscous black water, constantly eroding its protective lightning, what caught Zhang Yuan's attention even more were the figures in the air!
They were clad in light armor that shimmered with a faint golden light, with pure white wings on their backs, and handsome faces that carried an air of superiority, indifference, and murderous intent.

It is the Celestial Race!
The leader, wielding a longsword wreathed in holy light, unleashed a dazzling blade of light with each swing, tearing through space and striking the lightning sphere formed by the Kui Niu with pinpoint accuracy, detonating or deflecting it.

The other celestial beings either used light shields to block the aftershocks of the thunder or cast some kind of binding divine light to constantly restrict the movements of the Kui Niu.

"This is the method of the Celestial Race... truly ruthless!"

Zhang Yuan sneered inwardly.

The Celestial Race's attacks were righteous and powerful, and their coordinated attacks complemented the Blackwater Serpent Race's insidious and filthy Blackwater Divine Power perfectly.

Although the Kui Niu was powerful, under such a meticulous encirclement, its thunderous power was constantly being consumed and neutralized, and its movements were restricted. Its defeat was only a matter of time.

Master Xuanchengzi's worries have now come true!
Just as a thick, bucket-sized bolt of blue lightning was cleaved apart by the Celestial Leader's sword, turning into countless electric snakes scattering across the sky, a wisp of pure, extremely refined lightning power drifted past Zhang Yuan's hiding place.

Within Zhang Yuan's body, the true essence of the power condensed by the "Heavenly Gang Refining Form Method," especially the "Dragon Elephant Suppressing Prison" power originating from the source of chaos, began to swell uncontrollably, creating a wondrous resonance with that wisp of lightning!

This feeling... is so familiar!
Domineering, fierce, and unyielding, yet carrying a hint of intimacy from the depths of their blood!

The power of the wild bull that he gathered when he first began cultivating was also the inheritance of an ancient primordial divine beast!
A rare smile, tinged with reminiscence and warmth, involuntarily appeared on Zhang Yuan's usually cold face.

The smile vanished in an instant, quickly replaced by a deeper chill and a boiling fighting spirit!

"Roar--!"

The Kui Niu roared in pain again as a chain of binding divine light, composed of the combined power of several celestial beings, wrapped around its one leg, causing it to suddenly stop moving!
At the same time, several breaths of black water serpents containing terrifying corrosive power shot towards its relatively vulnerable abdomen from tricky angles, like poisonous dragons!

The time has come!

Chaotic divine light burst forth from Zhang Yuan's eyes!

There's absolutely nothing left to hide!

"Om-!"

A terrifying pressure that made the world lose its color suddenly descended!

Like a slumbering, ancient, ferocious god awakening!
He stepped out of the shadows, and the rocks beneath his feet silently turned to dust!
The ancient and simple Great Xia Dragon Sparrow longsword in his hand hummed and trembled, and the dark golden dragon patterns seemed to come alive, emitting a dragon roar that shook the soul!
"Zhang Yuan, the garrison commander of Xuanyu Temple, is here!"

"The rebellious Blackwater Serpent attacked and killed the Thunder Swamp Divine Beast; its crime deserves death!"

"cut!"

The sound was like a thunderclap from the heavens, instantly drowning out all the roars in the valley!
Before he finished speaking, Zhang Yuan's figure had already transformed into a destructive stream of light that tore through space, its target being the black water snakes that were shooting towards the belly of the Kui Niu!
The Great Xia Dragon Sparrow Blade Light surged, no longer a magnificent golden river, but a pitch-black blade line condensed to the extreme, carrying the intent to trap and devour immortals!
"Pfft! Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!"

Like a hot knife slicing through butter!
Those terrifying black water poison breaths, powerful enough to corrode even the defenses of a Saint Realm expert, were silently swallowed and annihilated the moment they touched the black blade line!
The blade continued its relentless advance, slicing through the several Black Water Serpent Elders that spewed venomous breath!
"Hiss—Ugh!"

The few short, shrill screams abruptly stopped!

Several Blackwater Serpent elders, whose cultivation had reached the peak of the Half-Saint realm and whose bodies were enormous, along with their hard scales and protective demonic light, were instantly torn apart as if swallowed by an invisible giant maw!

Dark green blood and shattered organs gushed out like a fountain!

The body crashed heavily into the mud!

A knife!

Instantly killed several core elders of the Blackwater Serpent Clan!
overbearing!

Invincible!

They regard sacred places as mere ants!

This sudden and dramatic change plunged the entire battlefield into an instant of deathly silence!

The giant, single eye of the Kui Niu burst forth with ecstatic joy and disbelief at surviving such a calamity!

The remaining powerful members of the Blackwater Serpent Clan were terrified, and their offensive completely halted! The celestial beings in the air also underwent a dramatic change in expression.

The celestial leader, who was holding a holy sword, suddenly narrowed his golden pupils and stared intently at Zhang Yuan, who had suddenly appeared.

His face was filled with shock, anger, fear, and a hint of shame at having his plot exposed!
The formation surrounding the Kui Niu showed a fatal loosening due to the instantaneous fall of the Blackwater Serpent Clan's powerful warrior and the shock of all living beings!

"Roar--!"

Kui Niu seized this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and unleashed its accumulated thunderous power!

It stomped its huge single foot hard!
"Boom——!!!"

Centered on it, countless thick cyan lightning pillars burst forth from the ground like raging thunder dragons!

Instead of attacking the enemy, they fiercely attacked the divine light that the Celestials had laid down to block the encirclement of the Blackwater Serpent Clan!
Thunder clears the way!
The destructive force instantly tore open a huge gap!

"court death!"

The Celestial Leader was utterly enraged!
A meticulously planned and seemingly foolproof scheme was ruined by an unknown human garrison commander!

All his anger was instantly unleashed on Zhang Yuan!
The holy sword in his hand erupted with a blazing light that pierced the sky. A "Sword of Heavenly Punishment," which condensed his cultivation at the peak of the third stage of the Holy Realm and the Time Realm, seemed capable of purifying all the filth in the world and judging all sins. With an aura of annihilation, it tore through space and slashed down towards Zhang Yuan!

This sword strike was far more powerful than any of the previous attacks on the Kui Niu!
It embodies the supreme will of the Celestial Race and their determination to kill!
Faced with this earth-shattering sword strike, Zhang Yuan's eyes were filled only with icy fighting spirit and boundless arrogance!
"Humph!"

He gripped the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow tightly with both hands, and the chaotic energy around him was like boiling magma!

The thirteenth level of the "Heavenly Gang Refining Form Method," the "Ultimate Realm of Power," erupted with a thunderous roar!
The power of the Nine Heavens in the physical body is superimposed with the origin of chaos!

"Power at its peak! Break!"

The Great Xia Dragon Sparrow boldly attacked!

There are no fancy techniques, only pure and extreme, immense power that seems capable of splitting the heavens and earth!

On the blade, dark light, golden light, and chaotic energy intertwined, transforming into a chaotic blade aura that seemed capable of severing cause and effect and destroying rules!
"clang--!!!!!"

Swords clash!
An indescribable, terrifying roar erupted instantly!
The destructive shockwave, visible to the naked eye, exploded in a spherical shape!

The space shattered inch by inch, like a fragile mirror!

The ground below suddenly collapsed and sank dozens of feet!

The river water is flowing backwards!

The rocks turned to dust!

The blazing holy light and the chaotic blade energy collided and annihilated each other!
A brief, chaotic region of light and darkness was formed!

Stalemate!

Just a moment!
The void beneath Zhang Yuan's feet exploded, his body sank slightly, but his back remained straight as a javelin!

The arm holding the knife was as steady as a rock!
The incomparably powerful Heavenly Punishment Holy Sword was actually forced to stand still in mid-air!

It cannot be cut off even a fraction more!
For the first time, the leader of the Celestials showed an expression of extreme shock!
He felt an overwhelming and terrifying power coming from the holy sword, almost shattering his tiger's mouth!

Is this really a human guardian?

When did such a monster appear at Xuanyu Temple?

"Celestial Race!"

Zhang Yuan's voice, like ice that has stood for millennia, pierced through the roar of colliding energies, resounding clearly in the ears of every celestial being, carrying a chilling question.

"Why did you attack our human garrison commander? Could it be that my Xuanyu Temple's slaying of the rebellious Blackwater Serpent and maintenance of the primordial order has also violated the laws of the Heavenly Palace?"

"Or perhaps..." Zhang Yuan's gaze, sharp as a sword, swept over the terrified remnants of the Blackwater Serpents, then settled on the face of the Celestial Leader, "You and this rebellious serpent clan have been engaged in some shady dealings here?!"

These words struck Tianren like a thunderclap!
They colluded with the demon race to plot and kill the Kui Niu, a divine beast protected by the primordial world!

What a serious crime this is!
Once confirmed, not only will those few executors be finished, but the mastermind behind them will also face enormous pressure!

Even the higher-ups of the Heavenly Palace have to take the wrath of the divine beast race seriously!

This is absolutely something that cannot be brought to the table, something that must never be admitted!
Moreover, the mythical beast Kui Niu that is surrounded here is merely a Kui Niu that has not yet condensed its true supernatural powers.

If the true mythical beast Kui Niu were provoked, it would be something they simply could not withstand.

The Celestial Leader's face instantly turned extremely ugly, as if he had swallowed a fly.

His golden eyes blazed with fury, his killing intent almost tangible, as he stared intently at Zhang Yuan, but couldn't utter a single word!
What could he say?
recognition?

That's courting death!

deny?

There is no three hundred taels of silver here!
"Xuanyu Temple... Zhang Yuan!" The Celestial Leader spat out these words through gritted teeth, his voice icy and chilling, filled with deep-seated hatred and dread. "Very well! I'll remember you! The Heavenly Palace will handle today's matter impartially! Let's go!"

He abruptly withdrew his holy sword, suppressing his surging blood and shock, and roared at his companions.

Several celestial beings glared fiercely at Zhang Yuan, their eyes filled with resentment and hatred, but they dared not linger for a moment longer.

With a sudden flap of its wings, it unleashed a holy radiance, transforming into several streaks of light that soared into the sky at an even greater speed than when it arrived, instantly disappearing above the clouds.

The retreat of the Celestials completely shattered the last shred of fighting spirit of the Blackwater Serpent Clan's remaining troops.

Zhang Yuan slowly turned around, his icy gaze like the stare of death, locking onto the Blackwater Serpents trembling and trying to escape amidst the aftershocks of the Kui Niu thunder.

"Treasoners should be executed!"

The Great Xia Dragon Sparrow rose again, its blade flashing like the scythe of death, unleashing a bloody storm among the remaining Blackwater Serpents!
The sword energy surged wildly, its domineering power unparalleled!

Whether it was a half-saint fleeing in panic or a grandmaster trying to resist, they were as fragile as grass in front of the blade that combined the three sword intents of Zhuxian, Juexian, and Xianxian with the ultimate power!

Screams of agony, tearing sounds, and explosions filled the air!
Dark green snake blood stained the tributary of the Chensha River!

The shattered valley was littered with severed limbs and broken bones!

In a short while, all the elite Blackwater Serpent Clan members who participated in the siege of the Kui Niu were killed!

Only the heavy breathing of the Kui ox and the crackling of thunder echoed in the valley. (End of Chapter)