Who Is the Oriole

The Eighteenth Prince transformed into a stream of light and shot towards the Water God's Golden Seal.

But just then, a sudden change occurred.

A vast and bright phenomenon suddenly rose from the statue in the center of the Water God Palace.

Immediately after, celestial music played, heavenly rains fell, and golden lotuses sprang from the earth. Countless divine and sacred visions made the statue appear even more majestic and sacred.

The entire Grotto-heaven secret realm seemed to be cheering.

The statue's originally mottled and dim spiritual light re-gathered, and after a moment, its features gradually became vivid.

A deity wearing a crown, clad in sky-blue robes, with endless rivers seemingly swirling around him and ceaseless surging water vapor emanating from his body, manifested in the void.

He slightly raised his hand, and the Water God's Golden Seal automatically floated above his head, casting down ten thousand rays of light. A colorful canopy formed, generating myriad phenomena.

"Hahaha, after countless eons of planning, it will finally be accomplished today."

The deity looked excitedly at the Eighteenth Prince.

"The Innate Water Spirit has attained enlightenment. While its origins may not compare to my previous life, it's not bad either."

"Excellent!"

With that, the deity waved his wide sleeves, and the entire Water God Palace began to shake.

Heavy waves surged, creating rolling billows.

The pressure in the void also grew stronger.

The expressions of the beings present turned flushed.

They felt as if immeasurable rivers were pressing down on their Dao bodies.

The Grotto-heaven universes within them showed signs of collapsing and shattering.

The Water God Palace was originally a divine treasure, and now, manipulated by this deity, its power to suppress and seal was undeniable.

"Wei River Water Lord?!"

"Grand Unity Great Sage."

The Eighteenth Prince's face turned ashen.

"Didn't you perish long ago?"

The Wei River Water Lord let out a light scoff:

"That junior from back then took advantage of my unrecovered Dao injuries and struck me into the Water God Palace."

"In the end, I killed him."

"Although my Dao body was shattered in that great battle,"

"the Water Mansion secret realm was originally formed from my Grotto-heaven."

"A wisp of my golden essence, along with a trace of my Primordial Spirit, hid within the statue, allowing me to survive until now."

As he spoke, the Wei River Water Lord clapped his hands and sighed, "Speaking of which, I should thank you."

"If you hadn't sacrificed countless beings, I wouldn't have known when I could have recovered from my state of self-loss."

"Perhaps you truly would have taken the Water God's Golden Seal, and I would have lost my chance to take another step forward."

Although the Wei River Water Lord said this, a dense killing intent flashed in his eyes.

The Water God's Golden Seal shone brightly.

It smashed towards the Eighteenth Prince like an ancient divine mountain.

The Eighteenth Prince's Dao body had already been immobilized by the Water God Palace.

Just as he was about to be struck by the golden seal, he suddenly uttered a soft incantation.

The white-haired old god from the Tianshui Imperial Dynasty let out a sudden scream, then actually broke free from the palace's seal and blocked in front of the Eighteenth Prince.

"No... Ah..."

"I shed blood for the Imperial Dynasty..."

The white-haired old god's mournful cry abruptly ceased.

The golden seal fell, and the entire void fell silent.

Even though he was a Divine Demon cultivator in the True One Realm, he was smashed into a pulp in an instant.

"Good, good, good!"

"The Innate God Clan actually produced a talent like you."

"It's rare to see the method of using a substitute to die applied to one's own kin."

The Wei River Water Lord put away the golden seal, a smile on his face.

The other cultivators from the Tianshui Imperial Dynasty looked at their master with terror, their expressions shifting.

The Eighteenth Prince's face was grim, and he said coldly:

"It is their honor to sacrifice for my great undertaking."

"But now, Your Excellency should worry about yourself."

The Wei River Water Lord's expression stiffened, and the smile on his face vanished instantly.

The Eighteenth Prince shook his body, regaining his freedom.

"That last strike probably exhausted the divine sense power that Your Excellency painstakingly gathered."

"Now, the tables have turned."

The Eighteenth Prince roared and summoned a formation disk. Blood-red talismans flew out from the disk, instantly filling the entire Water God Palace.

This Wei River Water Lord was an old fossil from the Primordial Era.

If he intended to seize his foundation, how could the Eighteenth Prince not have prepared?

"Gloom Gloom Blood River, sacrifice the gods."

"Blood River Great Array, rise."

He formed hand seals, and the formation ascended.

Instantly, it drew upon the great power of Heaven and Earth.

The beings of the Tianshui Imperial Dynasty enveloped by the Blood River Great Array had no time to react before they were all turned into pus and blood, absorbed by the formation.

For a time, heavenly fire and meteors rained down, wind and thunder roared, and the surging blood river transformed into a blood snake, its head and tail connected, firmly trapping the Wei River Water Lord in the center of the formation.

The moment the people of the Tianshui Imperial Dynasty perished, the scene in Zhou Yuan's mind, who was hiding in other palaces, collapsed with a bang.

The last puppet was also destroyed.

He slowly stood up:

"If it weren't for my Innate Supreme Treasure concealing my karma and destiny."

"I would likely have been discovered by the Wei River Water Lord the moment I stepped into the Wei River."

These old fossils who cultivated from the Primordial Era truly had a thousand tricks up their sleeves.

"This farce will finally end."

"I also need to go collect my debts."

The resources consumed to refine those puppets were not insignificant.

Someone had to pay for this.

Whether it was the Wei River Water Lord or the Eighteenth Prince of the Tianshui Imperial Dynasty.

Someone had to settle this debt.

Thinking this in his heart.

Zhou Yuan stepped lightly, shrinking and expanding, and vanished from his original spot in an instant.

The aura emanating from the Blood River Great Array provided a significant boost to combat power.

The Wei River Water Lord's expression changed drastically. He hadn't expected to be schemed against by a junior today.

Then, he formed hand seals, intending to escape the formation's coverage.

But how could the Eighteenth Prince allow him to do as he pleased?

He flicked his sleeve.

The blood snakes in the air let out roars, like blood-red ribbons, sweeping towards the Wei River Water Lord.

The Eighteenth Prince let out a cold laugh.

He formed hand seals.

Instantly, the formation shifted, and amidst ghostly wails, endless blood rain fell, engulfing the Wei River Water Lord's divine body in an instant.

If it were ordinary Daoist magic or divine abilities, the Wei River Water Lord would not have been afraid. After all, his original body was a Grand Unity Great Sage who had attained Grand Unity and refined Laws, possessing an extremely high status.

But this blood rain eroded the flesh and blood of living beings and polluted their souls. The Wei River Water Lord now only had a remnant soul; how could he withstand such a tempest?

After three rounds of blood rain, the Wei River Water Lord reappeared, but the divine light around him had dimmed considerably.

"Good, good, a meticulous and ruthless junior."

"Since that's the case, I won't pretend anymore."

Before his voice even fell, the aura emanating from the Wei River Water Lord changed abruptly.

He formed hand seals, and the sky above instantly fell silent, as if the heavens and earth were collapsing and turbulent waves were surging. All the spiritual energy in the entire Wei River secret realm surged towards the Wei River Water Lord.

"Myriad Spirits Soul Seizing Great Law..."

When he was about to emerge, he intended to heavily injure the Eighteenth Prince, who had attained his Dao through this Innate Water Spirit, with a single blow.

If the prince were critically wounded and near death, his success rate in taking over the prince's body would be one hundred percent.

But even the best calculations can be foiled by fate.

Who knew this junior would be so ruthless?

He actually used his old servant as a medium for the death substitute technique.

Now, the arrow was nocked and ready to fly.

The Wei River Water Lord depleted the foundational resources of his Water Mansion secret realm, causing his strength to surge. His soul transformed into a mighty divine light and, with lightning speed, pounced towards the Eighteenth Prince's location.

A ferocious and ruthless smile adorned his face.

"Junior, in this life, I will bring you along to achieve the Dao as an Innate Dao Lord and glimpse the supreme Dao realm."

With that, he plunged headfirst into the Eighteenth Prince's sea of consciousness.

However, he did not see the Eighteenth Prince's peculiar smile.

As soon as he entered the Eighteenth Prince's sea of consciousness, the Wei River Water Lord's smile froze abruptly.

He saw a treasure bead, shimmering with a faint glow and surrounded by weak water, floating within the sea of consciousness.

The treasure bead pulsed with flickering Innate Undying Spiritual Light, and the Great Dao of Water Element circulated ceaselessly.

It was actually the manifestation of an Innate Spiritual Treasure.

What terrified the Wei River Water Lord even more was.

A figure wearing a crown and shrouded in rosy clouds had appeared on the Spiritual Treasure.

That figure merely glanced at him.

Then, he lightly flicked the pháp kiếm placed on his knee.

He pointed two fingers at the Wei River Water Lord and slashed:

"Those who seek to harm my son shall be slain!"

Clang, clang.

A sword light flashed.

The Wei River Water Lord's heart was suddenly filled with immense terror, a great crisis, and a profound annihilation.

"No..."

"Dao Lord, spare me..."

Upon seeing this person, the Wei River Water Lord was so terrified that his soul turned to ash.

He didn't even have the will to resist.

As soon as his words fell.

His Primordial Spirit was completely shattered by the sword light, and even that wisp of undying golden nature was severed by the blade.

After unleashing that single strike, the phantom image of the Dao Lord, which had been relying on the Innate Spiritual Treasure, dissipated into nothingness.