Cultivating for a hundred lifetimes to ascension Chapter 1666: 896: Born of the Same Root

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Near Heaven,

Within the Ten Thousand Spirits Map, one True Spirit after another charged toward Wanxing and the White 泽 Divine Beast below. At this moment, Bai Ze had already transformed into a colossal, pure white, horned Fierce Beast, evading countless crazed assaults from all sides by True Spirits. Old Ghost Wanxing stood unmoved upon its head, his hands continuously waving, releasing one after another shockingly powerful Divine Communication Techniques, while behind him, mist surged forth, unleashing legendary Divine Beasts such as the Soaring Snake, Mystic Turtle, and Huo Dou. These Divine Beasts were all as large as mountains and fiercely fearless. They often could battle many foes at once, their strength overwhelmingly absurd. But no matter how numerous they were, they couldn’t outmatch the Spirit-controlling Immortal Sect’s accumulation over billions of years; the Primordial Spirit in the Ten Thousand Spirits Map was a hundred, even a thousand times theirs. Even someone as powerful as Zhao Xuanjing could only exert a third of the Ten Thousand Spirits Map’s power; those mighty True Spirits and Ancient Beasts comparable to Tribulation Crossing in life remained dormant, and he couldn’t command them. Yet, within a few breaths, Old Ghost Wanxing’s expression suddenly changed dramatically as the mist behind him became chaotic, with Divine Beast Dharma Forms exploding one by one and swiftly being devoured by the besieging True Spirit Strange Beasts. Old Ghost Wanxing felt both shocked and enraged; unexpectedly gazing at Zhao Xuanjing encircled by countless True Spirits, his eyes betrayed his anger and dark hate. In life, it was at least a dignified Golden Immortal, its temperament incredibly formidable. Seeing that things were not going well, it instantly intended to retreat. Old Ghost Wanxing hurriedly sent a thought to the Bai Ze beneath it. In the next moment, a strand of Divine Light suddenly shot out from Zhao Dashan’s brow, instantly entering the White 泽 Divine Beast. Simultaneously, Zhao Dashan’s body suddenly erupted with incomparably dazzling light, piercing through the void and sweeping outward with a terrifying aura of destruction. Seeing this, Zhao Xuanjing was horrified: “Not good!” Before he could voice it, disregarding everything else, he instantly enveloped the void ahead with the vast power of his Primordial Spirit like a sea, forcibly suppressing the rapidly “expanding” destructive light for half a breath. At that moment, the Divine Split of the Four Great Sacred Beasts sleeping within the Ten Thousand Spirits Map was suddenly awoken by this wave of destruction. In an instant, the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise simultaneously appeared in the four cardinal directions, towering and sacredly unassailable. Once the Four Saints manifested, there was no need for Zhao Xuanjing to prompt them; they immediately crossed over most of the void, plunging into the blinding light. By then, Zhao Dashan’s flesh had already turned to ash, and the Chongyue Cave Heaven within him rapidly collapsed, unleashing an unprecedented wave of destruction. The Divine Split of the Four Saints ignored the Cave Heaven’s barrier, effortlessly penetrating the Chongyue Cave Heaven. The Azure Dragon coiled in the east, White Tiger lay in the west, Vermilion Bird reddened the southern sky, Black Tortoise froze Beiming. The power of the Four Saints shrouded the entire Cave Heaven, immediately stabilizing the precarious Chongyue Cave Heaven. Outside, Zhao Xuanjing, with astounding insight, sensed the destructive wave suddenly weakening in a fraction of a moment. In a flash, his eyes burst with Divine Light, and a stream of profound yellow Flowing Light shot forth from his body, swiftly entering Chongyue Cave Heaven. Once within the Cave Heaven’s sky, the Flowing Light transformed into a mountain thousand feet tall—his Earth Element Treasure, Xuanhu Mountain, after twenty thousand years of Sacrificial Refining. Xuanhu Mountain radiated ten thousand beams of glory, descending with endless profound yellow earth qi. As this mountain fell, the crumbling lands and mountains stabilized immediately, then began to rapidly heal and solidify, gradually restoring their past scene, nourished by the boundless earth qi. At this point, the Cave Heaven’s Spirit Core hidden deep within was finally located by the Four Saints and sealed by their power. From Zhao Dashan’s self-destruction to the preliminary stabilization of Chongyue Cave Heaven, the entire process was extremely brief—a moment too fleeting to be measured. Yet, in that fleeting moment, Wanxing Old Ghost and Bai Ze were already “nowhere to be found.” Clearly, except for a desperate escape back to the Desolate Wall Settlement, Wanxing and Bai Ze were unable to flee from the Ten Thousand Spirits Map. However, Zhao Xuanjing now had no concern for them, entirely focused on Chongyue Cave Heaven.

It was at this moment that Zhao Xuanjing grasped that Zhao Dashan’s Primordial Spirit and physical body had completely vanished, causing him immeasurable sorrow.

Consumed by profound grief, his heart also burned with deep hatred for Wanxing Old Ghost, a desire to tear the fiend to shreds!

Zhao Xuanjing, tears welling in his eyes, instantly sent a Divine Thought to Li Changxue before flashing towards the heavens above Chongyue Cave Heaven.

Li Changxue’s eyes gleamed as she immediately seized control of the Ten Thousand Spirits Map. Her Primordial Spirit’s might fractured into thousands, effortlessly subjugating the Primordial Spirits of hundreds of surrounding True Spirit Strange Beasts.

In the very next instant, the Ten Thousand Spirits River surged backward, morphing in a blink into a Scroll and settling into Li Changxue’s grasp.

Li Changxue first cast her gaze upon the manifested Light Ball of the Cave Heaven, then turned her attention to the two colossal beasts locked in battle hundreds of miles distant.

After a moment’s hesitation, she abruptly dissolved into thin air.

Upon reappearing, Li Changxue was already situated above the Divine Continent.

Even as he faced overwhelming odds, Zhao Xuanjing had not forgotten to issue a crucial reminder to his junior sister, Li Changxue: “The Candle Dragon has descended. I implore junior sister to prioritize the salvation of the Zhao Family's countless clansmen.”

Li Changxue surveyed her surroundings, her exceptionally potent Divine Thought erupting outward, causing the very fabric of heaven and earth to warp and the Heavenly Vault to reveal itself, clear as if freshly washed.

Within a mere two breaths, Li Changxue pinpointed the hidden Red Moon Cave Heaven concealed within the folds of space-time.

A flicker of relief crossed her features, and she immediately teleported to the vicinity of Red Moon Cave Heaven, conveying a message into the Cave Heaven through a specialized transmission method.