40. Northern Arctic Black Emperor Zhao Body

Chapter 40: Northern Arctic Black Emperor Zhao Body

Chen Ming knew that relying solely on his Five-Colored Radiance to suppress it could only hold it off for a short while; it wouldn't last long.

He clenched the Mountain God Yellow Scroll in his hand!

The Mountain God Yellow Scroll turned into a Black Essence Jade Talisman, which belonged to the Water Path.

"No wonder the cultivators in Vast Mountain mostly cultivate water, wind, and Yin Cold Qi. The spiritual leyline's source turns out to be water."

Chen Ming tossed the Black Essence Jade Talisman toward the north of Vast Mountain, where it landed in the black light.

That black light had taken form from the Water Path Chen Ming had cultivated. When it received the Black Essence Jade Talisman transformed from the Mountain God Yellow Scroll, it changed at once.

Chen Ming turned the Magic Art. Four streams of light—blue, red, yellow, and white—flowed toward the north and merged into the black light there.

The black light shook the entire northern void.

Boundless Water Qi descended from the void.

Within the Water Qi, an Emperor's Omen Body took shape. He held a spirit-communing Black Essence Jade Talisman, wore robes befitting the rites, and rode upon a Mysterious Cloud. Behind him appeared Jade Palaces, their radiance dazzling, while Heavenly Flowers drifted down.

"This is the Northern Arctic Black Emperor Zhao Body!"

Chen Ming chanted the incantation. The Northern Arctic Black Emperor Zhao Body descended and merged with Chen Ming as one.

"So this is the Spirit Condensation Realm!"

Chen Ming had now transformed into the Northern Arctic Black Emperor himself. Every gesture carried immense might!

With a single thought, boundless Water Qi gathered around Chen Ming, and muffled thunder rumbled faintly within it.

White Bone Superior was terrified out of his wits. "What kind of Supernatural Ability is this? A Spirit Condensation Realm cultivator shouldn't possess such power!"

White Bone Superior was no novice. He had dealt with many Spirit Condensation Realm cultivators.

But he had never seen anyone newly advanced to the Spirit Condensation Realm wield such power—or a Supernatural Ability that made him feel the breath of death!

"If I stay for the sake of pride, I'll probably die here!"

"Besides, he's already in the Spirit Condensation Realm, not some minor cultivator in the Contemplation Realm. Retreating now won't be shameful!"

White Bone Superior made up his mind. He hurriedly withdrew his Bone Fire, transformed into a Bone Dragon, and fled, abandoning even his White Bone Demon Soldiers.

"Hm?"

"Trying to run?"

The Black Essence Jade Talisman in Chen Ming's hand had transformed from the Mountain God Yellow Scroll; its power came from an outside source. His current Spirit Condensation Realm strength wasn't something he had cultivated himself.

Once the power of the Black Essence Jade Talisman faded, the Northern Arctic Black Emperor Zhao Body would dissipate as well.

How could Chen Ming let White Bone Superior escape?

If White Bone Superior got away and Chen Ming fell back to the Contemplation Realm, he would notice something was amiss and come back for revenge. Where could Chen Ming find another Yellow Scroll to turn into a jade talisman?

With a wave of his hand, the muffled thunder within the Water Qi shot out in its entirety.

White Bone Superior and the Bone Dragon beneath him were blown to pieces.

"Is he really dead?"

Chen Ming looked at the lifeless bones scattered on the ground, unable to believe that a Spirit Condensation Realm cultivator had died just like that.

He swept the area with his Spiritual Sense and, sure enough, discovered a skeleton escaping underground.

"Found you!"

Chen Ming stirred his magic power. Water Qi fell to the ground and instantly turned to ice, freezing the earth three feet deep and pinning down the skeleton underground.

The skeleton radiated a sinister demonic light, shattered the ice, and burst out of the ground!

"If you'd shown your Spirit Condensation Realm strength earlier, why would I ever have come into the mountain?"

"You fiend! This is all your fault!"

White Bone Superior's skull opened and shut as he spoke.

"I'm a fiend? And you, a skeleton made of white bones, aren't?"

Chen Ming looked White Bone Superior up and down. A Blood Bead appeared in his hand, and an idea came to him.

Seeing White Bone Superior's Spirit Condensation Realm bones, he had the urge to refine them into a treasure.

Uncomfortable under Chen Ming's gaze, and sensing the malice he radiated, White Bone Superior gave in. "That bead in your hand is another Demon Refining Method. We're both of the Demonic Path. How about you let me go?"

How could Chen Ming spare him? With a wave of his hand, he sent hundreds of water-thunderbolts crashing over.

White Bone Superior unleashed his Supernatural Secret Arts in unison, yet still couldn't withstand the hundreds of water-thunderbolts. His skeletal body fell apart across the ground.

A single blow had left White Bone Superior gravely wounded.

He silently chanted a spell. A glimmer flashed across his body as he drew all the essence from his bones, compressed himself into his skull, and shot away.

"Once I get back to the White Bone Dao and perform the secret art, I'll curse you to death!"

White Bone Superior fled, cursing Chen Ming inwardly all the while.

Chen Ming stirred his magic power and conjured a Mysterious Water Giant Hand. Its palm was covered in arcs of electricity as it reached for White Bone Superior.

Even White Bone Superior, who fled at tremendous speed, couldn't evade it. The giant hand Chen Ming conjured seized him in one grasp.

"Fiend! Dare you let me go? Once I return to the White Bone Dao, we'll fight again!"

White Bone Superior had lost his senses for a moment to say something so ridiculous.

Chen Ming ignored him. Lightning flashed within the conjured hand and obliterated White Bone Superior's Divine Soul.

The giant hand dissipated, leaving behind only a piece of Spirit Condensation Realm bone, smooth as jade.

"What a fine material!"

"With this bone, I can refine a treasure that will let me contend with Spirit Condensation Realm cultivators even after the Emperor's Omen Body dissipates!"

Chen Ming put the bone away. The spirit-communing Black Essence Jade Talisman in the Northern Arctic Black Emperor's hand had grown hazy and was on the verge of vanishing.

Chen Ming didn't waste time. He chanted an incantation, and the Emperor's Omen Body swelled, appearing above Vast Mountain.

The Emperor's Omen Body rode upon a Mysterious Cloud, with strange visions unfolding behind him. He waved his hand, sending thousands upon thousands of Mysterious Water Thunders toward the White Bone Dao, not far beyond Vast Mountain.

The Mysterious Water Thunders crashed down upon the White Bone Dao. The whole place seemed to have been plowed over. All the bones turned to powder, becoming nourishment for the earth.

A torrential downpour began in the sky. The White Bone Dao was no longer a place where not a blade of grass could grow. It gradually came back to life, a faint green spreading across the land.

With the threat of the White Bone Dao dealt with, the Black Essence Jade Talisman in the Emperor's Omen Body's hand had grown hazy and unstable. The body was about to dissipate.

"There's still the spiritual energy in the mountain to set in order!"

Chen Ming chanted the formula. The Black Essence Jade Talisman steadied, then transformed back into the Mountain God Yellow Scroll.

He tossed it into the mountain. The Mountain God Yellow Scroll scattered into three hundred and sixty-five streams of energy, which merged into the spiritual energy there.

Taking advantage of the Emperor's Omen Body's fading presence, Chen Ming issued an edict: "Let all waters return to their source and flow through all directions!"

A vast amount of spiritual Water Qi gathered. As it merged with the spiritual energy at three hundred and sixty-five points, it restored the mountain to its state before the three immortal women of the Myriad Laws Sect had drained it, stabilizing everything.

But the Mountain God Yellow Scroll had been completely destroyed.

If nothing else changed, then after a few hundred years of the mountain's spiritual energy circulating and nourishing itself, the Mountain God Yellow Scroll might condense once more from the Spring Eye at the mountaintop.

With this outcome, Chen Ming had fulfilled his promise to set the mountain's spiritual energy in order.

With all that done, the Northern Arctic Black Emperor Zhao Body, no longer sustained by the spirit-communing Black Essence Jade Talisman, slowly dissipated into the void.

Chen Ming immediately fell from the Spirit Condensation Realm back to his original level.

The sharp drop left him feeling deeply displeased.

"I still need to hurry up and improve my strength!"

Chen Ming looked at the Blood Bead in his hand and the bone smooth as jade, then smiled faintly. "If I fuse this Blood Bead with the bone and refine them into a White Bone Demon Pot, it'll be a Spirit Condensation Treasure no less powerful than the Emperor's Omen Body!"