Punching the Dao Venerable! Forging the Golden Body Amidst Phoenix Fire

The majestic voice and boundless spiritual power of the Phoenix Cry Dao Venerable entered the Ancient Realm, as if the sky had collapsed and the earth had caved in. It even shook and trembled multiple continents throughout the Ancient Realm, bringing with it an even stronger aura of calamity in conjunction with the power of natural disasters.

This earth-shattering spectacle immediately awakened the Heavenly Dao, which had been dormant in the Outer Heaven. It startled the Divine Void, who was wandering in the Outer Heaven, to stop and hesitate, looking up at the outer heavens. A look of bewilderment appeared in its turbid eyes, which were filled with the misty fragrance of incense.

"You cultivator from the Ancient Realm, the brat of the Heavenly Immortal Way's Tianshou lineage, come out and confess your sins and accept your death!"

Rumble--

The sound was like rolling thunder, creating a deafening roar that echoed throughout the Ancient Realm world.

In the Death Realm of the Heavenly Human Life and Death Realm, Chen Dengming had just dealt with most of the calamity energy that was constantly accumulating in the Death Realm when he suddenly heard this terrifying celestial sound that boomed into the Death Realm.

This voice even contained a powerful Dao Venerable will; those with weak strength would not be able to detect it and would naturally not suffer harm.

But anyone who can perceive it will inevitably be harmed by its will.

Chen Dengming was able to perceive the Dao Venerable's will contained in that mighty voice. Almost the instant he noticed it, his expression changed drastically, his mind buzzed, and his spirit trembled. The Human Heart Hall appeared in his mind on its own, forming a protective barrier.

He had also clashed with Divine Void on several occasions, though he was usually the one who was utterly crushed and humiliated.

However, after many repetitions, his mind and will had become more refined, and he was no longer completely without resistance to the mental attacks of Dao Venerable experts.

"Dao Venerable... it's the Phoenix Cry Dao Venerable!?"

Chen Dengming's face was pale, his expression solemn, and his eyes were filled with Cyan Light. He looked out into the sky and saw a proud figure shrouded in blazing light, like a golden sun.

The instant he saw that figure, it was as if a sun was rapidly enlarging in his mind, and his entire mind was as if it were being ignited by blazing flames, his soul feeling as if it were being roasted on a fire.

Buzz--

At this moment, the Human Heart Hall hummed and trembled, emanating ripples of silver light that spread throughout the mind, bringing a sense of coolness.

My heart is like an ancient well, calm and serene like a deep pool.

The burning sensation in my mind and body quickly subsided.

"Um?"

In the starry sky outside the Ancient Realm, Phoenix Cry Dao Venerable keenly sensed that within the entire Ancient Realm, six auras had successfully resisted the will emanating from her shout.

She wasn't surprised that it contained the auras of the Heavenly Dao, the Divine Void, and the Living Buddha Venerable.

However, there were three other auras, all of which belonged to powerful individuals at the Dao Integration Dao Master level, which surprised her greatly.

In the past few hundred years, three new Dao Integration Dao Master have emerged in the Ancient Realm like bamboo shoots after a spring rain. How was this possible?

How could a mere, declining Ancient Realm possess so many resources to nurture three more Dao Integration Dao Master?

She instantly recalled the Qingming Star incident that Feng Lingzi had reported in the past, and the icy coldness between her jade-like face intensified. Suddenly, she sent Divine Sense into the starry sky.

"Great Enlightenment, three cultivators have already achieved Dao Integration in the Ancient Realm. One of them even achieved Dao Integration by borrowing the Qingming Star, and another has repeatedly invaded our New Realm, spreading calamity energy... The cultivators of the Ancient Realm harbor wolfish ambitions. Are you still going to hesitate?"

From the depths of the starry sky, a sigh of vicissitudes drifted on.

"Phoenix Cry, the Ancient Realm is now ravaged by war and is too busy to care for itself. Even if you insist on taking action at this time, I can help you hold off Hun Tian and Fengshen for a moment."

But as the saying goes, every wrong has its perpetrator and every debt its debtor. You should only target the cultivator who spread the calamity energy, and not involve the beings of the Ancient Realm, adding to their Karma and calamity..."

Phoenix Cry Dao Venerable snorted and said arrogantly, "I naturally understand this. Cause and effect, karma—cut off the cause and sever the effect. If I get involved with too many other people's karma, Non-Self have to bear even more Karma?"

The Great Enlightenment Dao Venerable sighed, offering no further advice, and gradually revealed himself in the starry sky as a colossal figure resembling an ancient star tree.

Although the Ancient Realm is part of the universe, it has always been closed off and isolated, like two New Realm worlds separated by a great curtain, divided into two camps.

Now it's a battle between factions, there's no right or wrong. It's right for Phoenix Cry Dao Venerable to want to destroy the invading cultivators of the Ancient Realm, and it's not wrong for the cultivators of the Ancient Realm to spread calamity energy in retaliation against the New Realm.

At this very moment, in the Ancient Realm, within the Divine Heavenly Dao Inner Domain where Nan Xun and Qu Shenzong were located, Dongfang Huayuan and Qu Shenzong were both injured by the will conveyed in the words of Phoenix Cry Dao Venerable.

Both of them looked terrified and pale, and immediately deduced from the content of Phoenix Cry Dao Venerable's words who he was referring to.

Not only those two, but at this moment, any cultivator who had ever heard of the name of the Heavenly Human Dao Lord, whether in the Human World or the ghost realm, had already guessed who the mighty voice was referring to.

In the Yongxin Sword Sect, the Yongxin Sword Lord, who was presiding over the overall situation in the sect hall, looked shocked and abruptly stood up to look at the Sky Dome outside the hall.

With his strength, he could hear the power of will contained in that voice. Although he could only sense it faintly, he could still feel the power within that will that made him tremble with fear.

"The Heavenly Human Dao Lord has only been a Dao Lord for a short time, how could he have provoked such a terrifying foreign expert?"

Inside the Bright Light Sect, Mingguang Shangren trembled with fear upon hearing this voice, immediately sensing that something terrible was about to happen.

The world is undergoing a cataclysmic change; the legendary Eternal Great Tribulation has arrived. The cultivators of the Ancient Realm are already struggling to cope with natural disasters, but who would have thought that such a terrifying man-made calamity would also occur?

Originally, Chen Dengming, the Lord of the Heavenly Human Dao, promised the various Immortal Sect Dao Gate that he would help them temporarily relocate to the Heavenly Human Life and Death Realm or the Southern Seeking Realm to avoid the calamity when they were unable to cope with it. This would also be the Bright Light Sect's way out.

However, now that such a powerful Dao Venerable from another realm has personally arrived, and is here for the sake of the Heavenly Human Dao Lord, I fear that even the Heavenly Human Dao Lord will be like a clay Bodhisattva crossing the river, barely able to save himself.

Within the Ghost Realm and the Heavenly Human Life and Death Realm, Little Array Spirit, Zhu Xun, He Yingyu, Su Yan Yan, and many others close to Chen Dengming were all terrified and trembled upon hearing Phoenix Cry Dao Venerable's voice, their hearts clenching with fear.

Inside the realm of death, Chen Dengming's mind raced after the initial shock.

Just as he was pondering that this Phoenix Cry Dao Venerable had taken the initiative to come to his door to demand an explanation, and even dared to expect him to go out and accept his punishment, wasn't that foolish? Did they think he was a fool? He wasn't that stupid.

"The Outer Heaven are guarded by two gatekeepers, the Heavenly Dao Divine Void, both genuine Dao Venerable Realm experts. Even Phoenix Cry Dao Venerable only dares to shout from outside the realm, but dares not enter."

Just as Chen Dengming thought of this, he suddenly felt two incredibly terrifying and immense pressures descend from the Outer Heaven, causing the entire Heavenly Human Life and Death Realm to seem to freeze in shock.

At the same time, he felt the familiar, terrifying power of Heavenly Dao erupting along with a powerful will.

Immediately following was the crazed yet powerful aura of Divine Void.

"She really dares to come down? No, there's another Dao Venerable here!"

Chen Dengming's expression changed drastically. Without hesitation, he immediately ordered his Incense Clone to retreat into the depths of the Ghost Realm. Then, he flew out of the Death Realm, his eyes blazing with Cyan Light, and instantly saw the terrifying scene at the very top of the Outer Heaven.

A tremendous force pierced through the vast expanse of Outer Heavens, creating a massive gap that revealed a tranquil and profound starry sky.

But the next moment, a huge, blurry tree shadow plummeted from the depths of the starry sky.

It was surrounded by blinding light, and the ancient tree trunk was wrapped in lightning and flames. As soon as it appeared, the air became incredibly oppressive and distorted.

Upon seeing this enormous ancient tree, Chen Dengming was immediately filled with fear, his mind filled with the immense image of it.

In a daze, a terrifying scene seemed to appear in my mind: an ancient tree was born in the deep sky, its roots spreading across dozens of Cultivation Star, and its canopy seemingly able to hang stars.

The giant tree that entered the Ancient Realm had clearly shrunk in size, or perhaps only a portion of its main trunk had evolved into it.

Boom! --

A thick, cyan lightning-like Heavenly Dao will tore through the Sky Dome and slammed into the slowly descending giant tree.

Suddenly, powerful waves of Dao energy erupted from the canopy of the giant tree. The dark green leaves formed a canopy, rustling and creating a protective barrier.

Boom!--

The two immense forces collided, unleashing a cataclysmic event that scattered the universe's energy and caused the void to seem to collapse everywhere. The powerful energy fluctuations formed a mushroom cloud that rose into the Outer Heaven.

Countless arcs of Cyan Light, flashing with a bluish light, moved swiftly among the dark green leaves like winding dragons and snakes, hinting at a fierce clash of wills.

On the thickest part of the giant tree, a rugged, ancient face emerged, covered with tumors.

It resisted the insane oppressive force from the entire world, looked down, opened its mouth and exhaled a breath, dispersing the remaining Heavenly Dao will lingering in the tree canopy above, and emitted a mighty sound.

"Hun Tian! You've been asleep for so many years, you should just continue to sleep and ignore everything. You're used to the heavens not opening their eyes anyway, why pretend to be fair?"

At the same time, with a loud "boom," intense flames exploded in the outer space on the other side.

Amidst the blazing heat, the figure of a majestic middle-aged man, clad in a black dragon and phoenix robe, gradually emerged, his features becoming clearer.

The middle-aged man had disheveled hair and thick eyebrows that resembled eagle wings flying into his temples. He exuded an imposing aura without being angry, but at this moment his eyes were cloudy and bewildered. He walked silently in the air, as if the Sky Dome were his backyard and he was merely taking a stroll in his own backyard.

Its majestic and imposing form exudes a surging power of Incense and Faith, as if it were a Divine Heavenly Court in itself, where countless gods worship and pray, radiating boundless power and awe-inspiring majesty.

His powerful aura was as vast and boundless as the ocean, surging outwards and forcing the flames in the sky to retreat.

Boom!--

Amidst the swirling flames, the tall and imposing figure of Phoenix Cry Dao Venerable suddenly emerged. Her bright, ruby-red eyes fixed on the middle-aged man, her gaze falling on the black dragon and phoenix robe he wore, and anger surfaced in her arrogant eyes.

"Mad God, you are still as arrogant as ever, claiming you can command dragons and phoenixes. May I ask what virtues and abilities you possess now?"

"What merit or ability do you possess?"

The middle-aged man's eyes showed even greater bewilderment. He slowly stopped and lowered his head, seemingly pondering what he had done to deserve this, even forgetting the purpose of his presence.

"Phoenix Cry, stop arguing with your temper and quickly resolve your karma. In this Ancient Realm, we are all subject to the suppression of the Heavenly Dao and the remnants of the Divine Void's Dao Domain!"

At this moment, the Great Enlightenment Dao Venerable issued a warning.

Boom!--

Deep within the chaotic Outer Heaven below, patches of dark clouds rapidly expanded, accompanied by a powerful, awakening will, condensing into a gigantic arm.

Half of the arm disappeared into the depths of chaos, while the other half reached into the sky, heading straight for the Outer Heaven.

Deep within the chaos, a giant seemed to lie, his appearance quite blurry, his features rough, but his strong will and his ever-growing, Sky Dome- like size gave people an extremely strong sense of awe.

At this moment, as the enormous arm reached out to grab Great Enlightenment, countless bolts of lightning and thunder from Outer Heaven intertwined and coiled around the arm, amplifying its violent energy, causing the heavens and earth to flicker between light and darkness, forming layers of Heavenly Net that created Heavenly Prison.

Under the heavens, there is nowhere to escape!

Its arm had grown so large in the blink of an eye that it blotted out the sky, dwarfing even the seemingly enormous shadow of the Great Enlightenment Tree.

"You're Hun Tian! You're stubbornly unrepentant!"

The Great Enlightenment Dao Venerable's ancient face was solemn. Suddenly, his thirty-six branches gathered dense Dao power, releasing dazzling and unparalleled radiance, as if thirty-six divine swords were about to pierce the sky and fall to the earth from the endless void.

Almost simultaneously, Phoenix Cry Dao Venerable also transformed into a fire phoenix and, taking advantage of Divine Void's momentary lapse in concentration, swiftly headed towards the Outer Heaven.

She has already locked onto the aura belonging to Chen Dengming within the Heavenly Human Life and Death Realm.

With the Great Enlightenment Dao Venerable blocking the Heavenly Dao and the Divine Void, the further down she went, the more she would suffer the suppression of the Shattered Dao Domain.

However, this suppressive force can only limit her strength by a maximum of 40%.

Even if she were to unleash her full power, the shattered Dao Domain of this small Ancient Realm would be unable to withstand it, and would become even more shattered and collapsed.

This is easy to understand. Imagine a rabbit being buried in a deep pit. It will be under the pressure of the soil around the pit, which will restrict its movement and may even cause it to suffocate.

However, if a tiger were also buried in a pit of the same size and depth, although it would be somewhat restricted, if the tiger were to exert its ferocity, it would have a high probability of directly destroying and breaking through the pit, thus forcibly escaping.

At this moment, as Phoenix Cry Dao Venerable descended further, waves of overwhelming spiritual power, like raging waves, and like suddenly increased atmospheric pressure, fiercely pressed down on the Heavenly Human Life and Death Realm.

"Chen Dengming, come out here!!"

Rumble rumble rumble--!

The immense pressure from the Heavenly Human Life and Death Realm clashed continuously with the spiritual pressure of the Phoenix Cry Dao Venerable, erupting into deafening explosions that shook the air.

From afar, one could see that the Spiritual Qi and cosmic energy surrounding the outer barrier of the entire Heavenly Human Life and Death Realm were being squeezed and exploding wildly under the pressure, forming rings of energy that roared and burst open.

The disciples of the Longevity Sect and the Tiandao Sect, who were located in the Heavenly Human Life and Death Realm, were instantly knocked unconscious by the fierce air pressure.

Only a few Strength Realm cultivators, such as He Yingyu, could barely hold on, but even they were all like seedlings in the wind, suffering terribly.

The entire Heavenly Human Life and Death Realm began to crumble and disintegrate once again.

Many barriers began to crumble and fall away, seemingly unable to withstand the terrifying spiritual pressure of the Dao Venerable.

"Phoenix Cry Dao Venerable!!"

Just then, an angry roar came from within the Heavenly Human Life and Death Realm.

Chen Dengming's figure flew out of the Dao Domain. His body quickly grew larger, his bones lengthened and thickened, and in the blink of an eye he became a giant more than three hundred feet tall, covered in Silver Light. However, he had already thrown off his Giant Deer Mage Robe.

At this moment, his eyes blazed with divine light. Influenced by his personal aura, the clouds above his head seemed to be disturbed by the Heavenly Dao Power. They changed rapidly, sometimes condensing and sometimes quickly dissipating. In a flash, they gathered together to form a figure of ten thousand feet tall.

As the Phoenix Cry Dao Venerable swooped down, he turned his head and saw the figure of the ten-thousand-foot-tall Dharma Image. Instantly, a cold and sharp glint flashed in his phoenix eyes.

"It really was you!!"

Boom!--!

In that instant, the ten-thousand-foot-tall Dharma Image decisively threw a punch. The enormous fist, wrapped in thunder and lightning, crashed down with overwhelming force, bringing with it a super-fast airflow like a sharp blade. The palm lines on its hand even formed Heavenly Net.

One punch lands!

We must teach our enemies nowhere to escape, so they cannot fly away, and our punches will fall like the sky collapsing!

However, this punch was aimed at the Dao Venerable.

Even if the heavens were to collapse and crush everything in their path, could they pose a threat to the Dao Venerable who is equal to the heavens?

Phoenix Cry Dao Venerable paused slightly, and suddenly a pair of sky-covering, sun-shading wings of fire spread out from his body, radiating blinding light and scorching heat. With a slight flap, he...

Boom!--

Two fierce, scarlet flames instantly crossed to form a fiery tornado, which fiercely incinerated the descending giant fist.

The flames spread rapidly, engulfing the entire ten-thousand-foot-tall Dharma Image in the blink of an eye, incinerating everything.

Almost simultaneously, two dazzling, scorching red beams of light shot from Phoenix Cry Dao Venerable's ruby-like eyes, instantly striking Chen Dengming's charging figure.

The attack was so sudden and swift, it was impossible to dodge it.

Chen Dengming felt a searing pain in his chest, and then his whole body seemed to be set ablaze, bursting with a bright red light, and he was sent flying with a bang.

"It's over!"

Phoenix Cry Dao Venerable hovered in mid-air, his fiery wings that blotted out the sky retracting, as if to remind Great Enlightenment that he could leave.

Under her full-force attack, even an ordinary cultivator at the Dao Integration stage could not withstand it.

Suddenly, she let out a soft "Eh," her eyes showing surprise and astonishment as she abruptly looked down at the enormous figure floating in mid-air that had slowly stopped its descent.

However, although the figure was burned brightly by the Dao fire, only the robe on its body was burned away, revealing a magnificent and powerful silver body with layers of layers.

That body seemed to be no ordinary body. At this moment, it appeared to be transitioning from silver to gold, and it did not even melt in the Phoenix Dao Fire. Instead, it seemed to be absorbing the Phoenix Dao Fire.

"Um?"

Phoenix Cry Dao Venerable eyes narrowed slightly, as if in disbelief.

Unless it's her child or twin sibling, even her disciple Huang Yun wouldn't be able to escape significant harm from the Phoenix Dao Fire.

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