It's Simply a Guardian Divine Beast Tailor-Made for My Western Realm!

"Golden Light of Merit! Such dense Golden Light of Merit!"

Zhunti Good Corpse stared at the protective divine radiance on Niu Ben—so thick it had nearly solidified, even faintly forming a ring of Merit Golden Wheel—and was utterly shaken, his very soul trembling!

On his face, disbelief and shock first appeared, then transformed into undisguised, ecstatic greed!

It was the expression of a primordial beast, starved for eons, suddenly stumbling upon a gluttonous feast that could elevate it to the heavens in a single step!

"Excellent!"

"Excellent!"

"Excellent!"

Zhunti Good Corpse uttered three "excellents" in a row, his voice quivering, the light shooting from his eyes nearly igniting the void itself!

"An Innate Divine Being's Origin and Foundation, paired with this protective Golden Light of Merit favored by the Heavenly Dao! This child is practically a guardian divine beast tailor-made for my Western lands! Today, I, this poor Daoist, will convert him—no matter who comes to stop me! I've said it!"

In that moment, Zhunti Good Corpse shed all trace of playfulness; his resolve to convert Niu Ben had surged to its peak!

Boom!!!

He held nothing back. The terrifying aura of a Quasi-Saint who had severed one corpse erupted without restraint, like the bursting waters of the Heavenly River!

Across the entire eastern Primordial Wilderness, countless Great Experts in seclusion snapped open their eyes simultaneously, staring in horror toward this place!

That fearsome aura transformed into an invisible yet tangible cage of heaven and earth, with laws as locks and the Great Dao as chains, completely sealing and suppressing the space for billions of miles around Niu Ben!

Niu Ben felt the space around him instantly solidify, as if flowing water had turned into ancient, unmelting ice!

Moreover, billions of ancient Divine Mountains pressed down on him from all directions, from past and future alike!

He heard his bones groan, his flesh wail; even moving a single finger became an immense struggle, draining every ounce of his strength!

"Roar—!!!"

A wilder, more defiant roar erupted from Niu Ben's throat!

He knew he faced the greatest crisis since his birth!

Abandoning his human form, he manifested his ten-thousand-zhang true body!

Heaven and Earth Manifestation!

Moo!!!

A terrifying Azure Ox, ten thousand zhang tall, with horns that seemed to pierce the sky, hooves that could crush stars, and a body wreathed in dense, unrefined chaos energy, appeared between heaven and earth!

The savage, overbearing aura of the ancient Primordial Wilderness, as if it could tear apart the nine heavens and ten lands, swept outward like a storm, forcing a barely perceptible crack in the ironclad cage of heaven and earth!

"A mere ant's strength dares to shine?"

Zhunti Good Corpse sneered, his face twisted with extreme disdain and coldness.

Beneath a Saint, all are ants.

Beneath a Quasi-Saint, the same!

He waved a hand through the void.

With a soft hum, a golden Vajra Pestle appeared in his grasp, its surface inscribed with billions of Great Dao runes, radiating the supreme might to subdue demons and suppress all evil!

A High-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure!

In the hands of a Great Expert like Zhunti, its power could easily slay an ordinary Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal!

Boom!

Without any extra motion, he simply flicked his wrist and swung casually.

The Vajra Pestle transformed into a golden stream of light that tore through eons, instantly piercing layers of space, ignoring the flow of time, and carrying the overbearing will of "Those who follow me prosper; those who defy me perish," it slammed heavily into Niu Ben's mountain-like body!

Crack—!!!

A sound of shattering bones, enough to make any hearer's heart split with terror, echoed through the skies!

Niu Ben felt his spine let out a pitiful, unbearable wail under that horrifying strike!

His ten-thousand-zhang colossal frame, as if struck head-on by a star falling from beyond the heavens, was smashed from the high sky straight down!

Rumble!

The earth trembled, wailed, and collapsed in frenzy!

A bottomless, terrifying pit appeared on the great plain!

And Niu Ben's massive Azure Ox true body was pinned deep within the pit by that single blow!

Before he could struggle—

Hum!

The Vajra Pestle blazed with light, transforming into a golden Divine Mountain, pressing down firmly on Niu Ben's back!

At this moment, Crushed beneath the Vajra Pestle, Niu Ben felt his very soul quake, as if the entire Buzhou Mountain and the boundless sky weighed upon him—so heavy that even breathing became a luxury.

Every inch of bone, every shred of flesh, let out a wail on the verge of collapse.

"Da...mn it..."

"So...this...is a Quasi-Saint!"

"He's...really...strong!"

Niu Ben roared in unwilling fury, his golden ox eyes bloodshot and unyielding.

What he didn't know was that at the far edge of heaven and earth, the few survivors peering from afar had long been shaken to their very souls by these scenes that shattered their worldview, their Dao Hearts nearly collapsing!

"Heavens! A Primordial Unity Golden Immortal... is actually fighting a Quasi-Saint head-on!"

The watching immortal souls trembled!

That was a Quasi-Saint! An existence that could annihilate them with a single breath!

Yet this Azure Ox had forced Saint Zhunti's Good Corpse to use an Innate Spiritual Treasure!

Their Dao Hearts, honed over countless millennia, were on the verge of instant collapse.

High in the sky, Zhunti's Good Corpse descended slowly, looking down with a voice like ice:

"Beast, I'll give you one last chance. Convert to my Buddha, and I'll spare your life. Otherwise, I'll erase your sentience and make you my mount for eternity."

This was the Saint's Good Corpse—beneath the compassionate facade for the rise of the West lay endless coldness!

"Pah!"

Niu Ben spat out a mouthful of golden blood, his eyes full of arrogance and disdain:

"Old bald donkey, cut the hypocritical crap! You think you can convert your Ox Grandpa?"

"Go ahead and kill me now! See if my Master doesn't trample your crappy Spirit Mountain flat one day!"

"You're asking for death!"

Zhunti's face turned green with rage at the words "old bald donkey," his killing intent flaring as he prepared to deliver the final blow.

But!

Right! At! That! Moment!

An indescribable Gray-black Sword Qi suddenly slashed down from the Nine Heavens Above!

The moment this sword appeared, all laws retreated, and the Great Dao Lamented!

Boom--!!!

That Innate Spiritual Treasure, the Vajra Pestle, couldn't hold out for even a single breath. With a mournful cry, it was sent flying, its spiritual light dimmed, its essence heavily damaged!

The pressure on Niu Ben vanished instantly. Before he could react, a figure in a Mysterious Black Dao Robe had silently shielded him.

Zhunti's gaze shifted from his flying treasure to the newcomer, staring intently with unprecedented gravity, even a hint of fear!

One sword!

A single sword strike had heavily wounded his lifebound spiritual treasure!

This newcomer was definitely a Quasi-Saint Great Expert far beyond himself!

"Mas...Master's Brother?"

Niu Ben was about to cry out in joy, but then froze.

This aura, though carrying Second Master's Sword Intent, was laced with a pure, slaughterous energy of utter annihilation and destruction!

This wasn't Supreme Purity Immortal Light!

It was... an Evil Corpse!

The one who had come was none other than the Evil Corpse severed by Tongtian Saint, leader of the Jie Teachings!

Sensing that his Big Brother's mount was in danger, he had torn through endless void and crossed realms!

Tongtian's Evil Corpse's icy gaze fell on Zhunti's green-tinged face.

"Daring to touch my Big Brother's ox?"

"And a bald donkey from the West?"

"You, are seeking death."