"I've never heard of such a giant beast in the world."

A tense voice came from within the Shangqing Dharma Realm. Faced with the image of this sun- and moon-devouring monster, the top experts in the Biyou Palace finally withdrew the Golden Flood Dragon Scissors and the Primordial Golden Dipper, transforming them back into two golden rays and fleeing.

The floating mist in the Shangqing Dharma Realm suddenly began to dissipate, as if it had never been in this world. The retreat was decisive and not at all hesitant. Thus, Wangtian Hou took a bite of empty air, and the enormous impact fell from the sky, instantly causing the southern sea to change color, with wind and thunder roaring and gigantic waves surging.

Within the Dharma Realm, a green-robed immortal frowned deeply. The Golden Flood Dragon Scissors and the Primordial Golden Dipper disappeared into his hands without a trace. The other Biyou Palace immortals around him were pale, recalling what had just happened as if it were a nightmare.

One of the immortals looked slightly frightened: "When did such a powerful immortal appear in the world? Several Chunyang experts ascended to the sky before, but how could they compete with a flying immortal, with immortal artifacts?"

"Even the Thunder King has become our puppet. He controls the various Dharma sects of the South Sea and is infinitely glorious, but he is nothing more than a marionette. The immortals of the world are mostly at this level, so when did such a monster appear?"

Another immortal said: "I know him. A Taoist dressed in black. There are only two people of this caliber in the human world today. If he didn't have such heaven-defying methods, he wouldn't be worthy of wearing that outfit."

"This is an ancient Han immortal. The Ming Dynasty emperor worshiped him as a Perfected Person and granted him all kinds of titles, like Zhang Tianshi."

The immortals' faces were uncertain, changing between green and red. Wisps of smoke poured out of their noses and ears. The so-called seven orifices emitting smoke does not only appear when one is angry. In situations of extreme fear and lingering trepidation, those with cultivation will also exhibit this state.

Fear! How could they not be afraid!

The immortals all knew that they had not ascended to immortality through normal means. They had used methods unheard of in previous lives. A great power had changed their "fate," severing their future lives, allowing them to reach this level. But once their "fate" was destroyed, they would immediately collapse and die. In the end, this immortal body was nothing more than a dead corpse, dust.

And when they died, not even their vows would remain. They would leave as truly empty as they had come, as if they had never been in the world. Their souls, vows, spiritual essence, and primordial spirit, all things of the void, past, future, cause and effect, would all vanish like smoke. Even great powers who could traverse the years and change cause and effect could not revive those whose "fate" had been determined!

"Now that we've formed a feud, I'm afraid something major will happen in the future. We won't be at peace until this person dies."

"We are working for that great being. He should take action. Quickly eliminate this person."

Some immortals placed their hopes on the great figure who had "defied heaven and changed their fate" for them. But at this moment, the green-robed flying immortal, the Lord of Biyou Palace, the former Shangqing Daozi, turned around:

"You have abandoned everything, pinning your hopes on the present world, severing the past and future. Having reached this point, you already have nothing of your own. Putting your hopes on that kind of person, he only treats you as expendable materials."

"You are really naive. If you don't desperately try to earn the Treasure Sutra today to improve yourselves, will you be able to live in peace when the immortals of the mountains and rivers descend in the future?"

The immortals were speechless. After a moment of silence, the Lord of Biyou Palace changed his tone to a relaxed one, even letting out a laugh to break the heavy atmosphere.

"But fortunately, at least we still have half of the Heavenly Book."

"The scriptures and immortal techniques of this Jade Pivot Treasure Sutra have been collected by the Primordial Golden Dipper. I will begin to cultivate it and then pass it on to you, so that you can summon the gods of the Thunder Department to replace yourselves. Our Biyou Palace's scripture for suppressing the sect can be considered complete! In the future, it can be called 'Biyou Heavenly Palace'!"

Combining the gods of heaven to strengthen oneself, wanting to occupy a place in the upcoming struggle, and not just as a chess piece to contain Shangqing, then merging with the gods of heaven is an important thing that must be done.

The immortals were all delighted, and the previous gloom was swept away. The green-robed Lord of Biyou Palace closed his eyes, and the characters of the Heavenly Book were already clear in his mind. With a casual summons, thunder rumbled in this half of the Shangqing Realm!

"Cultivate half of the Heavenly Book, and when I achieve success in the future, I will take the remaining half! I will advance to the Heavenly Heart!"

"I no longer need to listen to 'Elder Changle'!"

"The Treasure Sutra is damaged!" Ji Xiang took the Heavenly Book and saw that a large number of characters had been lost on the Jade Pivot Treasure Sutra. This was obviously what the Primordial Golden Dipper had done. Its ability to collect everything was not limited to things with form.

The characters of the immortal scripture were unique. After being damaged, its grade dropped greatly, but it still remained at the level of a fourth-grade immortal scripture.

"This is the second half."

Without the first half, it cannot be cultivated. The principles of the second half of the Heavenly Scripture are profound and mysterious, and even Ji Xiang cannot understand them. This is not a scripture recorded in the human world, but a true Jade Lightning Scripture that directly points to the origin of the Thunder Ancestor Heavenly Lord.

For some reason, Ji Xiang looked at this half of the Heavenly Book that could not be cultivated and suddenly thought of a treasure called the Jade God Pan.

That was an immortal treasure discarded in Li Shanhe by the Lingbao Heavenly Lord, and it was a set with the Golden Striking Rod in his hand. Striking it would allow one to comprehend the Heavenly Dao. And this Thunder Scripture itself is also a Heavenly Book, a manifestation of the power of the Heavenly Dao.

Unfortunately, that treasure is not in his hands. He'll talk about it when he has the chance in the future. For now, he has many enemies, and entering Li Shanhe is just courting death.

The Donghua Immortal Maiden adjusted her breathing in place, while Zhou Sheng looked at the Thunder King and extracted the dragon energy from his body. But at the same time, Zhou Sheng always felt that something was wrong.

The Thunder King's primordial spirit had clearly disappeared, leaving only a shell that had been ravaged by thunder ghosts and gods, but it gave him the feeling that he had not completely died.

"Heaven-Defying Transformation, Hundred Rotten Curse."

Zhou Sheng cursed the Thunder King's body, and the flesh rotted rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye, turning into a pile of withered bones. The bones turned into powder, and the powder turned into dust.

"What is this?"

Ji Xiang asked, and Zhou Sheng explained: "Reversing the growth process of a thing. All things grow stronger by following the way of heaven. Once reversed against the way of heaven, it's like a jar filled with water being broken, impossible to restore."

"His primordial spirit is gone, and I'm afraid he didn't die thoroughly, so I destroyed his body."

As Zhou Sheng spoke, he looked at Ji Xiang with scrutiny: "You shouldn't regret it, right? You promised me the dragon energy, and I'm going to take it!"

"Take it all." Ji Xiang no longer cared about this bit of dragon energy. Now it seemed that someone was also pushing the Thunder King to control the South Sea. If he took this dragon energy, he might be used as bait. But he would leave this kind of thing to the Demon Heavenly Master to deal with.

Only Heavenly Heart can fight against Heavenly Heart. Although this dragon energy is not much, it is unusually hot to the touch and not easy to compete for.

"Hey! I know you're afraid that there's something fishy in this dragon energy! But we're not afraid! Come on, Shen Kui, eat it!"

Zhou Sheng threw the dragon energy to Shen Kui, who had been hidden in the human world, and Shen Kui ate the dragon energy.

In the dark, it seemed that some power appeared. These were people who were born to be kings or emperors, and at this moment, Ji Xiang's gaze also noticed the change in Shen Kui.

Shen Kui was still full of hostility towards Ji Xiang.

[Favored by Heaven's Mandate (Weak): Following the progress of the times, anyone can be favored by Heaven's Mandate. After encountering a certain opportunity, they will become the monarch of a new dynasty, obtain a portion of the power descended by the Heavenly Dao, and after obtaining the luck bestowed by the Heavenly Dao, they can open a new era.]

[But the Mandate of Heaven can be changed and is not fixed. Once that opportunity is lost, the Mandate of Heaven will disappear. Even if you possess dragon energy, you may not be able to become the monarch of a new dynasty.]

"Don't look at me like that, you will die in my hands in the future. The new era will not be yours either."

Ji Xiang threatened Shen Kui, whose eyes stared straight at Ji Xiang, as if he were foolish. And Zhou Sheng laughed strangely: "Don't draw conclusions too easily, how do you know that the new era won't be his turn?"

"Do you want to protect this Great Ming Jiangshan until the heavens collapse and the earth is destroyed? There will always be people born who follow the trend of the times. Otherwise, the Qin Dynasty should have ruled the world until now."

Ji Xiang looked at Zhou Sheng and suddenly smiled. This smile was a bit hideous and terrifying, and even Zhou Sheng put away his smile:

"What are you laughing at?"

Ji Xiang grinned:

"Whoever destroys it, sits on the throne. I don't have the idea of being a corpse-guarding ghost for the Ming Dynasty, because if it really comes to the time of changing the world."

"I am the Demon King in the Heavens! Then it will be justifiable for me to destroy the heavens! I will also eat some dragon energy and transform into a 'True Dragon Son of Heaven'!"

(End of this chapter)