Yin-Yang Falls, Schemes Succeed

The Immortal Trapping Array Gate was broken. He charged into the array gate and didn't encounter much resistance. Only the pressure of the Immortal Slaying Sword Array remained, but with East King Duke's abilities, he could completely withstand it.

Entering the array, the space of the array gate evolved by the Immortal Trapping Sword was very empty. The sword light filling the sky had vanished. Soon, he saw an array monument in the distance, with a gleaming sword hanging above it, brimming with Innate Qi.

Clearly, it was the Immortal Trapping Sword, one of the Four Immortal Slaying Swords.

His eyes narrowed, and he rushed over directly.

At this moment, Luohu, who was guarding the array, naturally knew someone had entered the Immortal Trapping Array Gate. Seeing the person entering the array, he knew they were here to break it. Feeling anxious, he wanted to free himself up to deal with them.

However, his previous surprise attack on Qiankun had already made Hongjun and Yang Mei vigilant, and they were now tightly entangled with him.

Although East King Duke bravely entered the array, he had already prepared to unleash the Chaos Bead and retreat at any moment. Hearing Luohu's continuous roars but unable to attack him, he showed joy and, in the blink of an eye, arrived before the Immortal Trapping Array Monument.

Standing beneath the monument, he did not hesitate. With a forceful wave of the Flame Light Banner in his hand, a Supreme Yang magical power swept towards the Immortal Trapping Sword.

With one sweep, the sword let out a cry.

With a second sweep, the spiritual sword vibrated.

With a third sweep, it flew out.

With three sweeps of Supreme Yang magical power, the Immortal Trapping Sword fell and flew out.

East King Duke was prepared. He leaped forward and, before the spiritual sword could escape, controlled it. After casting several restrictions, he sent it into his primordial spirit for confinement.

And at this very moment, the Immortal Trapping Sword was taken, and the entire Immortal Slaying Great Array violently shook. Within the other three array gates, the spiritual mist churned.

The moment he collected the Immortal Trapping Sword, East King Duke, without touching the ground, directly fled the great array. Without pausing, he unleashed his immortal power and flew at the fastest speed tens of thousands of miles away.

With a "boom," the Immortal Slaying Array shook even more intensely.

Within the Immortal Slaying, Immortal Slaughtering, and Immortal Annihilation array gates, the long swords hanging also trembled continuously. With the Immortal Trapping Sword removed, the great array was on the verge of collapse. When the Four Immortal Slaying Swords flew back to Luohu's side, only three remained.

The thick fog dissipated, and the surroundings became clear. The great array had once again transformed back into its original appearance of a five-foot square array diagram.

When Old Ancestor Qiankun self-destructed earlier, Luohu had already been injured. While he was in the Immortal Slaying Array, he could still suppress Hongjun and the other two with the power of the great array. Now that the array was broken, Hongjun and Yang Mei were figures of immense power, and they instantly sensed it.

The three acted with great tacit understanding. Before they even stabilized themselves, they each unleashed their divine abilities and spiritual treasures, attacking with full force.

The Taiji Diagram and Pangu Banner, two of the three Primordial Treasures, possessed boundless power. Streams of Chaos Sword Qi shot out, forcefully breaking through the defense of Luohu's Twelve-grade World-Destroying Black Lotus.

At the same time, Yang Mei had already prepared. A Space Severing divine ability struck directly at Luohu's Dao body.

The speed was too fast, and spatial divine abilities were extremely difficult to defend against. There was no way to evade it. With his Dao body struck, Luohu was instantly heavily injured.

Just as the Devil Ancestor was filled with dread, the attacks from Hongjun and Yang Mei arrived. At this point, he was in a state of near defenselessness and was instantly sent flying.

Luohu's face turned ashen. He felt his primordial spirit was about to dissipate and that he was nearing death. He showed a look of determination and, instead, burst into wild laughter.

"Hahaha! Hongjun, I didn't lose to you. Even if my soul is scattered, this seat will not let you off easily! Heaven's Will be above, I, Luohu, vow to become the Demon Path, giving birth to Inner Demons, Karmic Demons, Death Demons, Heavenly Demons, Demons of Good Roots... to temper the Honghuang Beings. As long as Heaven's Will endures, the Demon Path will not perish. From now on, the Dao will decline and the Demon Path will rise, or the Dao will rise and the Demon Path will fall. Hongjun, I will return sooner or later. You shall bear this boundless karmic sin first. Explode!"

With that, another earth-shattering roar shook the western part of the Honghuang. Luohu had also self-destructed, taking the World-Ending Black Lotus with him, triggering the array formations and earth veins beneath Mount Sumeru as he exploded.

When Qiankun had self-destructed earlier, his immortal power was already close to depletion, and he was within the great array, so his power was limited. But Luohu was different now. At the peak of the Quasi-Saint realm, with abundant immortal power, he used all his spiritual treasures as a catalyst, effectively causing the entire Mount Sumeru to explode.

Mount Sumeru was the ancestor of the western spiritual veins. His self-destruction had far-reaching consequences. For a time, the western continent was filled with rumbling sounds. Countless earth veins ruptured, and earth, fire, wind, and water raged, sweeping across the land. In an instant, the Innate Spiritual Qi in the world began to dissipate, the earth lost its color, and all things withered.

Of course, Luohu's self-destruction affected his opponents the most.

Hongjun instantly deployed all the defensive treasures he could use: the Jade Plate of Creation, the Twelve-grade World-Purifying White Lotus, the Twelve-grade Merit Golden Lotus, and the Myriad Heavens Auspicious Cloud. He managed to withstand the power of the self-destruction. Although his treasures were damaged and his Dao body was injured, he was ultimately unharmed.

Yang Mei's escape was simpler. He had long ago fled into the void, escaping far away and avoiding the center of the explosion, remaining safe and sound.

However, Old Ancestor Yin-Yang was not so fortunate. He was already the closest to Luohu, at the center, and lacked the means of Hongjun and Yang Mei. Moreover, he had already been greatly depleted in the Immortal Slaying Array. At this moment, he was powerless to resist and was instantly engulfed by the incredibly violent spiritual energy.

In an instant, Old Ancestor Yin-Yang perished!

And at this very moment, a Two-colored Lotus Platform flew over as if guided. Just as Old Ancestor Yin-Yang's soul was about to scatter, two streams of spiritual light flew out from his dissipating primordial spirit. The lotus platform's two energies surged, swept up the spiritual light, and vanished from the spot.

This was precisely East King Duke's treasure, the Twelfth-grade Innate Yin-Yang Dao Lotus. When he had escaped from the Immortal Trapping Array Gate earlier, he had already hidden the Dao Lotus. Although it had suffered some damage from the power of Luohu's self-destruction, obtaining the item he had schemed for many years was worth it.

Hongjun was nearby and naturally saw East King Duke's Dao Lotus appear. However, he did not pay much attention to it, as he was already struggling to save himself.

Seeing the suffering of the beings in all directions and the desolation of all things, Hongjun's expression changed drastically. He collected the spiritual treasures of Luohu, Yin-Yang, and the others, and quickly used his methods to try and quell this calamity.

However, although his cultivation was profound and he possessed several supreme treasures, he had not yet become a Saint. The western continent was vast, and with the earth, fire, wind, and water erupting together, destruction ensued. Earth veins were destroyed section by section. With his own strength, he was unable to cope. Despite his best efforts to salvage the situation, the results were minimal, and a sense of coldness filled his heart.

Because Hongjun understood that as the protagonist, he had defeated Luohu, and this karmic sin would be counted against him. If the entire West fell, even he would find it difficult to bear.

At the moment the spiritual veins erupted, in a certain part of the West, Zhenyuanzi, who had been meditating within an array formation, suddenly opened his eyes. He then soared into the sky and immediately deployed the Earth Book Earth Fetal Membrane, instantly connecting with the earth veins and activating the thousands of Supreme Yang Array formations that he and East King Duke had set up earlier.

Continuous rumbling sounds filled the air, their power causing people to tremble. The vein-protecting array formations took effect instantly. Although they could not protect everything, they resisted seventy to eighty percent of the impact.

Yet, even with only twenty to thirty percent of the explosive power remaining, the spiritual veins were severely damaged. Zhenyuanzi had no time to ponder. He stepped on the earth, fully displaying the power of the Earth Book, and protected with all his might, barely managing to preserve the majority of the spiritual veins that he and East King Duke had demarcated.

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