Lao Tzu is Ji Gong

During the fight, Li Xiuyuan not only had to deal with Yang Jian in front of him, but also had to be careful not to kill Xiaotian Dog. After all, that little beast was quite cute when he was young, and it would be a pity if he accidentally killed him. Erlang Shen would be truly alone for millions of years to come.

Suddenly, Li Xiuyuan made a hand seal, which stirred up a storm. Yang Jian hurriedly shielded himself from the storm. Xiaotianquan observed from the side, keeping a close eye on Li Xiuyuan, wanting to launch another sneak attack. But how could a mere dog fight against a strong person like Li Xiuyuan, even if the opponent was a dog in the sky?

Li Xiuyuan ran quickly towards Yang Jian, kicked Xiaotianquan away, and attempted to attack Yang Jian who was defending against the storm. However, Yang Jian immediately activated his third eye, emitting a dazzling light.

Yang Jian doesn't usually open his Heavenly Eye easily, because each time he opens it, it will cause him some harm, which he is very aware of. However, facing a powerful opponent like Li Xiuyuan, he didn't have time to think about the future and could only resolve the immediate crisis first.

A laser beam shot out from Yang Jian's forehead. Li Xiuyuan quickly erected a light shield around himself, protecting him. He also swiftly counterattacked, but unfortunately, his attack missed Yang Jian's heart. Instead, it accidentally knocked away the Lotus Lantern hidden inside Yang Jian's clothes.

The two were somewhat taken aback as the Lotus Lantern was about to fall to the ground. They knew that this was the number one divine lamp in heaven and earth. Once activated, it would possess boundless magical power. However, this thing was also somewhat fragile and had to be carefully protected.

Just then, Chenxiang happened to be nearby. He caught the Lotus Lantern and examined it. After looking at it for a while, he couldn't find anything special about it. It was just that it looked prettier than an ordinary lantern. Then he casually said, "This is the Lotus Lantern. It doesn't look special at all."

When Yang Jian saw that it was Chen Xiang who had obtained the Lotus Lantern, his heart pounded with apprehension. He knew that the Lotus Lantern was the Third Holy Mother's magic weapon! It was usually protected by the Third Holy Mother, and the connection between them was extraordinary!

As a descendant of the Third Holy Mother, Chenxiang must have some kind of connection with the Lotus Lantern. If he accidentally activates the switch within the Lotus Lantern, the consequences will be beyond his control.

Yang Jian looked at Chenxiang and said, "Chenxiang, quickly hand over the Lotus Lantern to me."

"No! My mother said this thing belongs to her, and I must keep it safe for her. I will never give it to you." Chenxiang carefully tucked the Lotus Lantern into his bosom.

Yang Jian's face immediately turned very ugly, but he suppressed his dissatisfaction and softened his tone, saying, "Chenxiang, I am your uncle. Good boy, be good and give the Lotus Lantern to your uncle!"

Even though Yang Jian had tried to soften his tone, his slightly distorted expression, filled with mixed emotions, still looked terrifying. Hearing that Chen Xiang almost vomited up his dinner from the night before, and even though he hadn't eaten much the night before, he figured he would vomit bile if he were to. Just thinking about it made him tremble all over.

Li Xiuyuan walked up to Chenxiang, shielding Chenxiang behind him and protecting him.

Chenxiang felt a little better and the reaction wasn't as strong as before. His mind gradually calmed down. However, even though his master was protecting him, Chenxiang unconsciously tightened his grip on the Lotus Lantern due to nervousness and accidentally bumped into the base of the lantern.

Suddenly, a dazzling golden light appeared all around, so bright that even Yang Jian's third eye couldn't withstand it. Then it suddenly darkened, and everyone turned their gaze inward, where the shadow of an axe appeared. Erlang Shen exclaimed in shock, "This is... the Heaven-Opening Axe!"

Chapter 1187 Opening the Heavenly Eye

Everyone rushed towards the Heaven-Opening Axe upon seeing it; it was a divine artifact that had been lost for tens of thousands of years! With this artifact, they would have a great chance of avoiding Mount Hua and rescuing the Third Holy Mother!

When Li Xiuyuan saw Yang Jian running towards the Heaven-Opening Axe, he quickly stopped him, and the two began another fierce battle. Yang Jian was worried that they would take the Heaven-Opening Axe away, so he kept a close eye on it.

"You've really gone too far. That mountain-splitting axe is an ancient artifact; not just anyone can wield it."

Li Xiuyuan said, "Heh! Yang Jian, I advise you to leave here as soon as possible. You are no match for me, and that mountain-splitting axe will never belong to you."

After saying that, Li Xiuyuan launched a series of attacks. Suddenly, Yang Jian smiled and focused on fighting, his eyes revealing a confident determination to win.

Li Xiuyuan said, "Laughing, feeling confident now?" As soon as he finished speaking, Li Xiuyuan launched a lightning-fast attack, and Yang Jian, caught off guard, was knocked to the ground.

At this moment, Xiaoyu was only one step away from the Heavenly Axe. Xiaoyu lunged forward and stretched out her hand, but unexpectedly, Xiaotianquan pounced on her and knocked her to the ground with a thud.

The sound attracted Li Xiuyuan, who was about to run over to help, but Yang Jian, who was lying on the ground, grabbed his foot. Li Xiuyuan turned around to launch an attack, but unexpectedly, Erlang Shen used the same trick again, emitting a dazzling light from his third eye. Li Xiuyuan was caught off guard and his eyes could not be opened because of the light. Not only him, but Xiaoyu and Chenxiang were also unable to open their eyes.

Having long been accustomed to the light, the Celestial Hound had no effect on him. Taking advantage of this opportunity, he grabbed the Heaven-Opening Axe.

However, with the Celestial Hound's abilities, it was impossible to control him. Not only did he fail to obtain the Heaven-Opening Axe, but he also suffered serious injuries as a result.

The Celestial Hound did not give up, for it was a task entrusted to him by his master. He did his utmost, intending to grab the Heaven-Opening Axe and run.

At this moment, Xiaoyu rushed over, intending to attack the seriously injured Xiaotianquan. Xiaotianquan reacted and dodged the attack. Xiaoyu did not give up but chose to attack continuously. Since Xiaotianquan was injured, he was no match for Xiaoyu and was knocked to the ground in just a few moves.

"Howling Celestial Dog, you little beast, you dare to covet the Heaven-Opening Axe? You'd better get out of here! Little Jade, hurry, take it away!" As Chenxiang spoke, he engaged in a fierce battle with Howling Celestial Dog.

Looking at the axe, Xiaoyu concluded that Xiaotianquan couldn't lift it because he wasn't strong enough. So, Xiaoyu tried to lift the axe herself, and just like Xiaotianquan, she was severely injured.

Suddenly, Xiaoyu had a flash of inspiration. She realized that the greater the power, the greater the backlash. Therefore, she decided to temporarily hide her power to deceive the Mountain-Splitting Axe.

She discovered she had completely misunderstood. The axe's power didn't cause a stronger backlash because of its increased strength; rather, it released a certain amount of power. As a result, Xiaoyu removed all her magical defenses.

This blow was even more devastating. She was not only severely injured, but also wounded all over her body, and collapsed to the ground.

Chenxiang, who was standing nearby, noticed that after the three attacks from the Heaven-Splitting Axe, the golden light of the Heaven-Splitting Axe was gradually weakening. So, Chenxiang had a flash of inspiration and knew that he needed to use something to weaken its power.

Chenxiang picked up nearby stones, wood, and various other objects, aiming them at the Heaven-Opening Axe. The axe's golden light initially protected it as it destroyed the stones, but its power gradually diminished. Xiaotianquan noticed this and immediately rushed over, grabbing the axe. Sure enough, he himself was unharmed. Xiaoyu, however, was too badly injured to stand. Chenxiang planned to seize the axe, but knowing that a prolonged fight with Xiaotianquan would result in mutual destruction, he decided to outsmart him.

Seeing that the three people on the other side had all suffered injuries of varying degrees, Li Xiuyuan was about to run over to help, but unexpectedly he was stopped by Erlang Shen.

Erlang Shen laughed and said, "Why are you running away? You think you can't beat me and want to run away? My opponent is such a coward. If you kneel down and beg for mercy now, I might consider sparing you. How about you kneel down and beg for mercy now! I'll let you leave here alive!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than Erlang Shen lunged at him with all his might! Fortunately, Li Xiuyuan reacted quickly and dodged all the attacks.

"With your pathetic skills, you think you can make me kneel down and beg for mercy! I never expected that the mighty God of War would be just a big talker. You're quite the smooth talker, I suppose you earned the title of God of War just by talking!"

Erlang Shen's face turned ashen with rage. "You still want to save them? That brat is no match for Xiaotian Dog! As long as I hold you off, I'll win once Xiaotian Dog gets the Mountain-Splitting Axe! Without the Mountain-Splitting Axe, let's see what you plan to do!" At this moment, a hint of confidence appeared in Erlang Shen's eyes.

Seeing this, Li Xiuyuan couldn't help but roll his eyes. He never expected that Erlang Shen, who was so soft and cute in the previous world, would turn into this!

Indeed, the environment plays a major role in a person's growth. The fact that Erlang Shen, who was perfectly fine, had grown into this state under the care of those people was completely unexpected by Li Xiuyuan. He was now a fighting machine that had lost all emotion, only capable of relentless attacks!

Yang Jian knew that his third eye was extremely powerful, so he would activate it from time to time to attack during his battle with Li Xiuyuan. To some extent, the attack power of Yang Jian's third eye did have a certain effect, which had a certain impact on Li Xiuyuan.

Suddenly, Li Xiuyuan had a flash of inspiration. He grabbed a handful of sand from the ground, poured in his own cultivation, and then fiercely sprinkled it into Yang Jian's eyes.

"Ah!" Erlang Shen let out a miserable scream. "You! You treacherous villain, how could you resort to such a wicked trick!"

Chapter 1188 An Unexpected Appearance

"Hmph! I'm doing this for your own good. If you continue to abuse your Heavenly Eye, you should know the consequences yourself. Besides, I've never seen anyone like you before, so cruel to your own nephew. He was trying to save his mother, your own sister! How could you possibly try to take this artifact from him?" Li Xiuyuan took the opportunity to kick him, expressing his dissatisfaction.

“Nephew? Actually, he is my own nephew. So what? As an enforcer of the Heavenly Court, no matter who it is, as long as they dare to violate the Heavenly Rules, they must be punished. My own nephew is no exception. He violated the Heavenly Rules, so I must punish him to uphold the authority of the Heavenly Court.”

"Pah!" Li Xiuyuan's dissatisfaction with Yang Jian increased even more upon hearing this. How could he be so corrupt and stubborn? "You're such a stubborn rock! You won't listen to anything I say! Your sister is in such a state, and now you're still trying to stop your nephew from saving her! It's infuriating!" With that, Li Xiuyuan raised his weapon and stabbed at Yang Jian. Yang Jian couldn't dodge in time, and blood appeared on his arm.

Seeing the situation was dire, the Celestial Hound, enraged at the sight of his injured master, wanted nothing more than to pounce on Li Xiuyuan and tear him to shreds. However, having followed Yang Jian for over a thousand years, he knew Yang Jian's thoughts. So he abandoned the Heaven-Opening Axe, ran to the Lotus Lantern, picked it up, and turned to flee.

After all, if we could get one of these two divine weapons, then the loss wouldn't be too tragic.

"You little beast! You've been following Yang Jian for so long that you've actually figured out his thoughts! Like master, like dog. You little beast, hand over the Lotus Lantern right now, or I'll make sure your dog life is gone right now!" Li Xiuyuan glared at the snarling, feigning fierce Howling Celestial Dog in front of him.

The Celestial Hound was also extremely frightened at this moment. After all, his skill was worlds apart from Li Xiuyuan's. Even his master was no match for Li Xiuyuan, let alone himself!

Suddenly, a beam of light shot out from behind. Luckily, it hit Li Xiuyuan. Only then did he come to his senses. Li Xiuyuan turned around and saw that it was Yang Jian who was behind it.

"Yang Jian! I think you're really tired of living."

"You!" Before today, Yang Jian had never imagined that he would one day be beaten by a mere brat! A surge of anger welled up within him. He shook his head violently, golden light emanating from his surroundings, and picked up his weapon. He launched a fierce attack at Li Xiuyuan, who also sensed that Yang Jian's abilities had been greatly amplified.

Li Xiuyuan made a hand seal with his hands and threw it at Yang Jian. Erlang Shen was caught off guard and fell to the ground. Li Xiuyuan reached out to take the Lotus Lantern.

At this moment, Erlang Shen immediately jumped up and launched an attack on Li Xiuyuan. Li Xiuyuan discovered the pattern of his attack and grabbed his hand when Erlang Shen launched another attack.

At this moment, the Celestial Hound rushed towards Chenxiang at lightning speed, so fast that it could only catch a glimpse of his shadow. Chenxiang couldn't dodge in time and immediately felt a sharp pain in his hand. After biting Chenxiang's hand, the Celestial Hound quickly ran to the side, fearing that Chenxiang would react and deliver a fatal blow.

After being bitten by the Howling Celestial Dog, Chenxiang's hand immediately bled profusely, quickly staining it red. It looked extremely frightening.

At this moment, Li Xiuyuan and Yang Jian clashed. Yang Jian picked up his weapon and relentlessly attacked Li Xiuyuan. Li Xiuyuan could only defend, but fortunately, their strengths were evenly matched. Neither could gain the upper hand, and sometimes Li Xiuyuan would have the upper hand, and sometimes Yang Jian would.

More and more blood flowed from Chenxiang's hands. At that moment, a few drops of blood fell onto the Lotus Lantern, and instantly, a golden light emanated from Chenxiang, shining brightly and dazzlingly. This light covered a vast area. The other four people couldn't open their eyes, and after a while, the light gradually dimmed.

As the light gradually dimmed, the Lotus Lantern slowly bloomed. After all, no one knew what would appear after the Lotus Lantern bloomed.

Suddenly, an extremely powerful force appeared, seemingly trying to draw the agarwood in.

"Ah!" Chenxiang suddenly screamed, his voice filled with fear.

Yang Jian also looked in the direction of Chenxiang, and he was stunned!

Although Yang Jian appeared cold and ruthless, Chenxiang was still his nephew and his sister's flesh and blood, and he couldn't just watch Chenxiang disappear before his eyes!

Yang Jian hurriedly cast a spell to help Chen Xiang resist that magical power!

However, this power was simply too strong, and Chenxiang, which bore the power of several people, was still sinking deeper and deeper into it.

Seeing that the agarwood was about to be completely covered by the light, Li Xiuyuan hurriedly grabbed the agarwood that was about to be completely sucked in, and used all his strength to throw the agarwood aside, while he himself was sucked in by this powerful force.

"Chenxiang, Master, I'm so glad to have met you, so glad to have fought alongside you. It's just a pity that fate didn't grant us this destiny! I can no longer take good care of you. After I'm gone, please take good care of yourself and Xiaoyu." As soon as Li Xiuyuan finished speaking, he was completely absorbed by this powerful force and vanished without a trace.

"No! Don't!" Chenxiang watched Li Xiuyuan disappear before her eyes, blaming herself for it all. If it weren't for her, Li Xiuyuan wouldn't have disappeared.

Yang Jian stared blankly as Li Xiuyuan disappeared. "Li Xiuyuan, farewell," Yang Jian shouted.

Yang Jian was also moved by Li Xiuyuan's actions. That person was only Chenxiang's mentor by chance, and it was really wrong of him, as Chenxiang's uncle, to treat him like that!

"Chenxiang, don't be too sad. Your master has great magical powers, he will definitely be alright!"

"You," Xiaoyu wiped away her tears, "the mighty Erlang Shen has finally repented and decided to help his nephew?"

"Yes! I admire Li Xiuyuan! I've decided to help you!"

And so these people finally formed a united front to rescue the Holy Mother of the Three Realms.

Chapter 1189 The Holy Buddha System

"Wake up! Don't pretend to be unconscious. Don't think you can get away with this. I'm telling you, dream on! If you don't complete the task today, you won't get any food tonight!"

In a daze, Li Xiuyuan heard a commotion around him and barely opened his eyes to see what was happening. However, his eyelids felt as heavy as if they weighed a ton, and he couldn't keep them open. His head felt like it was filled with mush, and he was dizzy and his whole body ached.

Li Xiuyuan barely opened his eyes and found himself in a pile of rubble. Standing next to him was a fierce-looking man holding a leather whip, about to lash him, when the man beside him stopped him. "Sir, this kid looks like he's seriously ill. If this whip hits him, he probably won't survive. It's better to let him go for now, so we don't have trouble later if he dies! Let him be like this. If he's not better by tomorrow, just drag him to the mass grave and bury him."

The burly man holding the whip glanced at Li Xiuyuan and spat, "What a useless piece of trash! I'll let you off the hook today. You guys better hurry up and get to work, or you'll be sleeping in the mass grave with this kid tomorrow."

After saying that, the burly man turned and left, and another series of clanging and clattering sounds rang out around him.

"Sigh, this kid probably won't live to see tomorrow morning!"

"You still have the mind to care about him? You'd better get back to work, or you'll end up like him, and that would be terrible." Li Xiuyuan listened to the sighs and groans around him, desperately trying to regain his senses, but his brain just wouldn't cooperate. After struggling for a while, he had no choice but to give up and lie down on the ground, completely relaxed.

After an unknown amount of time passed in this dazed state, Li Xiuyuan finally regained full consciousness! His mind was like a projector, with each frame changing, showing everything that had happened to this body.

Li Xiuyuan's powerless hands clenched into fists. Large patches of red filled his brain, along with the continuous flow of blood. The bodies of his loved ones gradually stiffened. An endless anger and hatred surged in Li Xiuyuan's heart! It felt as if his heart was being scraped by a knife. He wished he could slowly torture all his enemies to death.

"Young Master, Young Master, Young Master! Please wake up! You can't be hurt! If anything happens to you, how can I face the Master and Madam?"