Earth Vein Terror, Dark Currents in the Great Void!
The moment the Hun Tian Cudgel pierced the temple's earth veins, Six-Eared Macaque's pupils contracted violently.
Within the Earth Vein Spirit Marrow flowing with a purplish-gold hue, seven bodies resembling his own were soaking—each a demonic ape's remains, killed by the backlash of the Chaos Ancestral Blood.
"You've finally arrived."
A sigh came from the depths of the earth's Xuanji Zi, but the voice sounded ten thousand years younger than before.
Six-Eared Macaque swept away the misty spiritual marrow with his staff, and the scene before him made his imperial heart tremble.
On the nine bronze pillars entwined with Hundun energy, the true forms of the four Venerable One who had been killed earlier were clearly nailed!
The Burning Heaven Halberd Lord, whose heart had been pierced, suddenly looked up, black Dao patterns surging from the bloody hole in his chest. "You think someone at the half-step Emperor realm is truly qualified to touch the foundation of the Holy Temple?"
Before the words were finished, the four "corpses" simultaneously disintegrated into golden dust, which condensed into Xuanji Zi's complete Dao body within the earth's veins.
The real Xuanji Zi wore Starry Emperor Robe, with nine Natal Dao Star on his forehead, which were actually of the same origin as the Chaos Pearl Hun Tian Cudgel.
He lightly tapped the void with his fingertips, and the Tai Xu Sword, which had been shattered by Six-Eared Macaque, reformed. The Chaos Ancestral Blood flowed through the cracks that appeared on the sword.
"Three million epochs ago, I personally nailed the Chaos Demon Ape to the Heaven Suppressing Pillar."
Xuanji Zi stroked the sword's blade, the sword's clang shattering Six-Eared Macaque and three Emperor Bones. "Where do you think those tragic legends came from? They are nothing more than scripts written by me."
The earth's veins suddenly trembled violently, and the spiritual essence that had been soaking the remains of the demonic ape boiled and churned.
The golden patterns behind Six-Eared Macaque's ears broke off one by one, and the Chaos Demon Eye revealed a terrifying truth— Xuanji Zi's figure stood in the death scenes of those remains!
"For every layer of ancestral blood you awaken, I can harvest a wisp of primordial Hundun."
Nine layers of imperial rings appeared behind Xuanji Zi, each ring suppressing a remnant of the primordial true body. "What you thought was a breakthrough was nothing more than a cage I wove for you..."
Suddenly, the Hun Tian Cudgel went out of control and stabbed towards Six-Eared Macaque's brow. Xuanji Zi's cold laughter came from the crack in the staff.
At the critical moment, Six-Eared Macaque tore off the burning Emperor Bone into his chest. The gushing Chaos Essence Blood outlined the Reverse Time Array Pattern on the ground.
"Reincarnation and rebirth, tracing back to the source!"
With a roar, Six-Eared Macaque crushed three Chaos Pearl, and the violent energy forcibly reversed time and space.
The landscape of the earth veins receded rapidly, finally revealing the hidden truth: suspended atop the Nine Bronze Pillars were none other than the complete imperial bodies of nine Xuanji Zi!
"Nine Tribulation Body?"
Blood tears streamed from Six-Eared Macaque's right eye as he saw through the nine imperial bodies, each bearing the Dao fruit of a different era.
The palm of the oldest imperial body still retains fragments of the skull of the first Chaos Demon Ape.
Xuanji Zi's true form rose from the Void Throne, and the star map that appeared beneath his feet was of the same origin as the Heavenly Rank of the Chaos Ancestral Land.
"I have endured nine Epoch Tribulation, each time refining the descendant of the Chaos Demon Ape into an avatar. And you are the sacrifice for the tenth tribulation."
The Earth Vein Spirit Marrow suddenly transformed into blood-red chains, piercing through all the major acupoints on Six-Eared Macaque's body.
He was shocked to discover that the Chaos Ancestral Blood within his body was flowing backward, along the chains, and into the epochal Epoch Emperor Body of Xuanji Zi.
The nine imperial bodies opened their eyes simultaneously, and the pressure they released caused cracks to appear in the foundation of the Hun Tian Cudgel.
"Old friend... I'm sorry..."
Six-Eared Macaque suddenly reversed the Emperor Scripture, and his entire body of Emperor Bone emitted a destructive light.
The ancestral body's remaining left claw pierced through time and space, grabbing Qing Lan, who was far away on the Heavenly Demon Battlefield, and pulling her into the earth's veins—the spark of the Chaos Ancestral Blood was flickering between her brows!
Xuanji Zi changed for the first time. "You actually hid the true ancestral blood within the body of an ant!"
Under the oppressive force, Qing Lan turned into a blood mist, from which rose the complete essence blood of the first Chaos Demon Ape.
The shattered body and essence of the Six-Eared Macaque Emperor merged, solidifying into a Hundun cocoon deep within the earth's veins. "Nine Tribulations Old Monster, behold the variables of the tenth tribulation!"
Xuanji Zi's Nine Tribulations Emperor Body emitted epochal light that enveloped the temple's ley lines, with each ray of light reflecting a bloody past.
When Six-Eared Macaque shattered the first ray of tribulation light, the image of the first Chaos Demon Ape having its head severed suddenly appeared before his eyes.
The bronze sword that pierced through the Primordial Wilderness had the natal Dao pattern of Xuanji Zi clearly engraved on its hilt!
"The First Tribulation: The Primordial Wilderness's Head Severed."
Xuanji Zi's voice came from the other side of time.
Six-Eared Macaque's soul trembled violently as he was forcibly dragged into the battlefield of the Creation Era.
He saw the First Demon Ape wielding the Hundun Giant Axe, splitting open the layers of the epoch, but was ambushed by an avatar of Xuanji Zi.
The broken axe blade sliced across Six-Eared Macaque's cheek, the real pain carrying with it the threads of cause and effect that had been severed.
After the sword light flashed, Six-Eared Macaque fell back into the Primordial Origin World.
On the seventh day after the Chaos Green Lotus bloomed, Six-Eared Macaque was reconstructing stars on the ruins of the Primordial Origin World.
The newly formed golden lines behind the ears suddenly oozed black blood.
He looked down at his palm, and the causal line that had healed reappeared, its end extending into the depths of the Void.
"So they did leave themselves a backup plan after all..."
Six-Eared Macaque flicked his finger and shattered three newly formed stars, the fragments of their cores condensing in the void to form a celestial mirror.
The scene of the Ruins reflected in the mirror caused his pupils to shrink: in the eternal Dark Abyss, there were nine bronze lamps floating, their flames pulsating with the familiar aura of the Hundun Origin Seed.
Suddenly, Qinglian cried out, and Six-Eared Macaque appeared on the lotus platform.
The budding Dao embryo has blossomed, and on the forehead of the infant with its lotus heart curled up, Xuanji Zi's natal Dao pattern is clearly imprinted!
The moment the infant opened its eyes, the bronze lamps deep within the Ruins of Guixu simultaneously blazed brightly.
"Your methods are excellent..."
The infant uttered the sound of Xuanji Zi, while its chubby little hands formed the Tai Xu Sword Seal.
The moment the Six-Eared Macaque Hun Tian Cudgel swept across, nine chains wrapped with the Qi of Returning to the Void rose around the lotus platform—the roots of this green lotus had already penetrated into the Void!
The Chaos Battle Heaven Armor automatically protected its master, but Six-Eared Macaque was surprised to find blue roots sprouting from the gaps in the armor.
Xuanji Zi's sneer echoed across the lotus platform, "You really think the newly born green lotus is of the same origin as you?"
Suddenly, cracks appeared in the void, and the moment the bronze tablet exploded, the bodies of Six-Eared Macaque and the First Demon Ape were simultaneously swept into the spatial turbulence.
The Chaos Ancestral Blood condensed into a cocoon at the bottom of the Ruins, and fragments of the inscription transformed into billions of stars, illuminating the ultimate secret that had been buried.
Deep within the primordial chaos, nine bronze coffins, identical to those of the First Demon Ape, floated in the air!
"Finally... the turning point has arrived..."
The Remnant Will of the First Demon Ape, entwined with the Six-Eared Macaque Divine Soul, infused the true inheritance into its sea of consciousness.
Six-Eared Macaque's bones shattered inch by inch, but he was reborn in the Chaos Ancestral Blood.
The newly formed Hundun body revealed patterns that shared the same origin as the bronze coffin, each pattern containing the immense power to tear apart an era.
Xuanji Zi's bitter laughter echoed from the bronze coffin, "You thought I was just an incarnation? You're wrong... We are all..."
Nine bronze coffins were opened at the same time, and inside each coffin was the face of the First Demon Ape!
Each demonic ape had a different colored seed embedded between its eyebrows, one of which was clearly in the shape of Six-Eared Macaque.
The lingering Remnant Will of the first generation suddenly erupted, dragging Six-Eared Macaque into the tenth coffin. "Nine is the ultimate number; you are the tenth tribulation that will break this deadlock!"
As the Ruins of Return began to collapse, the Dao Embryo of the Chaos Green Lotus suddenly appeared between the coffins.
The lines on the infant's forehead reversed, transforming into a vortex that devoured everything.
Six-Eared Macaque witnessed a horrifying truth in the coffin: the so-called Chaos Demon Ape was nothing more than a vessel for the Dao Fruit cultivated by a higher being!
"It's time to wake up."
Six-Eared Macaque crushed the Remnant Will of the first generation, and the fragments of the Hun Tian Cudgel were reassembled in his palm.
The newly born Tribulation Weapon, entwined with the aura of the Void, pierced through the nine layers of bronze coffins with a single blow.
Amidst the wails of Xuanji Zi and the First Demon Ape, the true mastermind behind it all revealed itself— the Hundun Mother Tree that gave birth to all the heavens!
Hanging from the branches of the Mother Tree are 100,000 Dao Fruits, each representing a supreme being from a different era.
The Six-Eared Macaque creature flew uncontrollably toward the branch, about to become a new fruit.
At the critical moment, he detonated the Chaos Ancestral Blood, plunging the Hun Tian Cudgel into the core of the Mother Tree: "This calamity is defined by me!"
As the Mother Tree trembled, all the fruits of the Dao fell simultaneously.
Before Six-Eared Macaque disappeared, he saw that his shattered Hundun origin had transformed into new sprouts and taken root on the ruins of the Primordial Origin World.
The Azure Lotus Embryo smiled, cradling the new bud, its eyes gleaming with a clarity that transcended eras...