"Dragon Phoenix Tyrant Body, burn the heavens! Burning Heaven Holy Seal, suppress all evil—!!!"
Xiao Zhan let out a fierce roar that shook the heavens. His right hand, raised high with the Flame God Seal, swept forward like a pillar holding up the sky. With the force to destroy heaven and earth, he drove it hard toward the descending chains of ghastly white soulflame—and toward Saint Gu You himself, high above, looking down on all living beings!
Boom—!!!!
The instant the Flame God Seal left his hand, it transformed into a divine rainbow that tore through heaven and earth, woven from interlacing crimson-gold and emerald-blue light. Its brilliance dazzled the eye and illuminated the entire Desert of Buried Immortals! In its wake, the space that had been frozen solid shattered inch by inch like fragile glass, vanished, and turned to nothingness! The three ghastly white Soul Chains thrusting toward Xiao Zhan, Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yi Xian were instantly engulfed in searing light the moment they touched the rainbow, like snow exposed to a furnace that could melt the world!
Sss—!!!!
The piercing hiss of dissolution came in a dense, unending torrent! The ghastly white soulflame and Saint's laws that made up the Soul Chains were like mist exposed to the blazing sun before the Burning Heaven Holy Seal, which bore Dragon-Phoenix Holy Might, the source of the Green Lotus Core Flame, and Chaos True Meaning. They were instantly vaporized and purified, reduced to nothingness without leaving behind even the trace of a struggle!
"What?!" For the first time, clear shock appeared in Saint Gu You's ever-spinning eyes, those ghastly white vortexes as deep as an abyss. It was as if he had witnessed the most inconceivable thing in the world! He clearly hadn't expected Xiao Zhan to break through to Dou Zun in such a desperate situation, let alone unleash a Holy Seal attack so terrifying that it could threaten his true body! This was a power he could no longer afford to dismiss lightly!
"Nine Nether Barrier, protect me!" Gu You cried, his voice carrying an unquestionable authority. The black cloak shrouding him suddenly billowed like a flag caught in a gale! Countless twisted, anguished soul-shadows poured from it with shrill screams, bearing endless resentment and despair. In an instant, they gathered before him into an enormous shield of bones, wreathed in ghastly white soulflame! Countless tormented, wailing ghost faces surfaced across its surface, radiating a despairing aura that chilled the soul and made the heart tremble, as if it could block every attack in the world!
Rumble—!!!!
The divine rainbow formed from the Burning Heaven Holy Seal hurtled down like a star from beyond the heavens, bearing the might to destroy the world, and crashed into the Nine Nether Barrier! In an instant, heaven and earth lost their color, the sun and moon their light, as a terrifying explosion beyond words erupted!
This was the ultimate collision of opposing rules, the pinnacle clash between the holy path and evil power! The sacred flames of interwoven crimson-gold and emerald-blue surged like a raging firestorm, furiously burning and purifying the barrier of ghastly white soulflame and despairing soul power! On the giant bone shield, billions of ghost faces shrieked with unearthly agony, like lamentations from the depths of the Nine Hells, as they assailed the Flame God Seal in a desperate attempt to extinguish it!
Two powers representing opposing extremes clashed, annihilated, and scattered wildly within that confined space. The resulting torrents of energy tore the surrounding space to shreds, exposing the deep, dark void currents below, which swallowed everything! The entire Demon Peak of Bones shook violently, as if unable to withstand the impact. Countless enormous bones were blasted into powder, scattering on the wind!
The stalemate lasted only an instant!
The pinpoint of violet-gold Chaos light at the core of the Burning Heaven Holy Seal suddenly flared, like the first ray of dawn at the birth of chaos. It burst forth with the supreme meaning of burning all things to ash and reshaping the universe!
Crack—!!!
The sound rang out like a red-hot hammer smashing into ice that had endured for ten thousand years—sharp and decisive! Webs of cracks instantly spread across the surface of the Nine Nether Barrier, as if a fragile mask were being ruthlessly torn apart! The ghastly white soulflame that formed the barrier crumbled wildly, as though faced with its natural nemesis, and vanished into nothing! The countless wailing ghost faces silently perished like bubbles beneath the dual impact of Chaos True Meaning and the Holy Seal's flames, reduced to nothingness!
Boom—!!!
The Nine Nether Barrier shattered completely, scattering into fragments! Though the Burning Heaven Holy Seal had lost most of its radiance, it still surged onward, bearing an unrivaled majesty that could burn away the holy path and suppress all evil. It smashed toward Saint Gu You's true body like a heaven-sent punishment, unstoppable!
"Bastard!" Saint Gu You shrieked in a fury of shock and rage, his voice brimming with indignation! In haste, he thrust forward his right hand, wreathed in ghastly white soulflame, trying to block the world-burning blow!
Pfft—!!!
Like a searing brand driven into flesh, the Burning Heaven Holy Seal slammed into Saint Gu You's right arm with the might to burn across the eight directions!
"Ugh—!!!" For the first time, Saint Gu You let out a pained groan, his voice filled with unbearable agony! His right arm, formed from pure soul power and the laws of a Saint, instantly blackened and twisted beneath the Burning Heaven Holy Seal's blazing inferno, then broke apart into countless fragments! The terrifying Dragon-Phoenix Holy Might, mingled with Chaos True Meaning and the Green Lotus Core Flame, clung to him like a bone-deep curse, furiously corroding and burning away his Saintly origin. A searing pain and weakness welled up from the depths of his soul!
The tremendous force contained in the Holy Seal sent his massive figure hurtling away like a shooting star streaking across the sky. He smashed through the churning Chaos Demon Flame behind him, carving a long, ghastly white trail across the blood-red firmament, before crashing heavily into a huge hill of bones tens of thousands of zhang away!
Rumble—!!!
The hill of bones collapsed in an instant, becoming a storm of bone dust. Billowing clouds of smoke surged skyward with the Demon Flame, blotting out the heavens!
One strike! It had severely wounded a Saint's true body!
At the same time, atop the Ten Thousand Dragon-Phoenix Pagoda in Snake Abyss Oasis!
The trembling of the seven-colored giant egg reached an unprecedented peak! The fine crack across its shell spread and widened like a crazed spiderweb, as if it were about to break free of its restraints and unleash an endless radiance! Countless dazzling seven-colored beams burst from the cracks, transforming the entire pagoda summit into a wondrous, breathtaking immortal realm!
Crack! Crack! Crack—!
A dense chorus of cracking filled the air like heavenly music. Yue Mei and all the Snake-People Tribe warriors watched, holding their breath, their hearts ablaze with anticipation!
Boom—!!!
At last, the top of the shell burst open, leaving a massive hole, as if the heavens themselves had split apart!
A figure of indescribable grace and perfection, seemingly the gathered essence of all creation, slowly rose from the shattered egg amid a soaring radiance of seven colors. It was like a goddess descending, her light illuminating the world!
She was entirely unclothed, her skin smooth and radiant as snow, a faint seven-colored glow surrounding her. She seemed blessed by the spiritual energy of heaven and earth; every curve was a flawless masterpiece, painstakingly carved by nature's own hand, so breathtakingly beautiful it seized the heart and soul. Her waterfall of dark hair cascaded down, softly veiling some of her heart-stirring nakedness. Its ends shimmered with a gorgeous seven-colored luster, like a dreamlike river of stars.
Most soul-stirring of all were her eyes—deep as a violet starry sky, their irises glimmering with seven-colored radiance, as if they held within them a boundless, fantastical universe. At the heart of each pupil shone a peerlessly noble point of dark-gold light, bright as a pillar that steadied the sea. It lifted her beyond the seductive allure of the mortal world, giving her the primeval majesty of a supreme being who looked down upon all creation, a majesty that welled from the source of her bloodline and left none daring to look directly at her.
The Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python—Queen Medusa! No, by then her bloodline had completely evolved and ascended, completing a transformation that had remade her from the ground up! She was the true Ancient Heaven Snake Sovereign!
Hum—!!!
An overwhelming pressure, a hundred times stronger than before and as vast as a sea of stars, descended upon the entire oasis along with the immense will of her awakening. Even the dragon-qi domain unleashed by the Ten Thousand Dragon-Phoenix Pagoda trembled and resonated beneath that pressure, as though expressing reverence for this supreme power. Every member of the Snake-People Tribe, including Dou Wang elders like Yue Mei, dropped to their knees despite themselves. The deepest part of their souls filled with instinctive awe and submission: an absolute suppression radiating from the source of their bloodline, impossible to resist.
Medusa (reborn) slowly raised her flawless jade-like hand, seven-colored light flowing over her fingertips like lively sprites leaping about. She gently brushed the empty air, as if playing an invisible melody.
Hum!
An exquisite, supremely noble gown, conjured from pure seven-colored energy, instantly covered her breathtaking figure, lending her a touch of holiness and dignity. She stepped barefoot through the air like an immortal maiden skimming across water. Her gaze pierced layer upon layer of space, instantly fixing on the northwest—the terrifying energy fluctuations erupting deep within the Desert of Buried Immortals! Especially that Dragon-Phoenix Holy Might that made her soul tremble...
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