Great Calamity Burning Flame

"Hmph!" Looking at the greatsword in front of his forehead, Hengming raised his hand and grabbed the tip of the sword.

The elder who was controlling the sword hurriedly tried to retract it, but after attempting to do so, he discovered that the sword was completely immobile!

"Impossible!" The elder was stunned. My Divine Sense imprint was still on the sword; the sword had not changed hands!

What's going on? Don't tell me your strength is greater than mine when I wield the Heaven Destroying Sword?

How is that possible!

You must understand that human strength has its limits, Law Power is limitless. Now you are trying to grasp Law Power with your physical body, which clearly violates the principles of cultivation!

"What are you all standing there for? Help!" Looking around at his old buddies, who were all staring blankly with their mouths agape, he suddenly flew into a rage. "Do you want to die here?"

"The Punishment List!" Upon hearing his roar, the others all stepped forward.

This is an exquisite rice vessel, belonging to the Prison Department, and its user is Gui Fengliu, an elder of the Prison Department and also Supreme Elder.

This list, though called a list, is more like a stone tablet. When it was first taken out, it was only a foot or so long, but it kept growing larger and larger during the activation of the Divine Ability. When it reached Hengming's head, it was six thousand meters long and three thousand meters wide!

Even the words on it are clearly visible.

It turns out that it records all the cases of Taiheng being punished in the Prison Department over the past 300,000 years, from the crime committed to the sentence, one case for each person, all clearly recorded. It is practically the Taiheng Sect's online legal document database.

"Taiheng has this?" Yang Ning's eyes lit up immediately. He wasn't interested in the power of top-grade Dao artifacts; they were just cold weapons. Even if a crossbow could shoot a hundred kilometers, it was still a cold weapon.

But the information recorded here is very useful. It can be used to study things like the Taiheng Calendar. It would be perfect to leave it to the archaeologists of Daxia.

Of course, he had already completed the copy of the stele in just a moment, but since he had done everything himself, what was there for future generations to do?

"Don't damage this monument!" A line of words appeared on Hengming's eyes.

Hengming rolled his eyes in annoyance. "I'm in a life-or-death battle right now, and you expect me to protect the enemy's weapons?"

The monument, like a giant hammer, slammed heavily onto the Heaven Destroying Sword.

The Heaven Destroying Sword let out a soft hum, but it did not fall at all. Instead, the point where it made contact with Hengming became even more noticeably concave.

Using Half-Immortal Artifact against a divine artifact? What were you thinking?!

Yang Ning clicked his tongue in amazement. Don't even mention that there's only a step between Half-Immortal Artifact and a divine artifact.

Your Half-Immortal Artifact isn't even an immortal artifact yet. Ren Hengming was an immortal artifact 300,000 years ago!

"The Brocade Rosary Pearl!" Seeing that one stele was not enough, Gui Fengliu took out a clear and transparent crystal ball called the "Brocade Rosary Pearl," which was also a top-grade Dao artifact.

As soon as the pearl was released, it began to expand continuously. By the time it reached the top of the giant monument, it was already over four thousand meters in diameter, looking like a small moon and radiating a bright light!

"My Brocade Rosary Pearl possesses the power of a thousand mountains! I refuse to believe it can't break through your defenses!" Gui Fengliu roared, slamming the pearl down heavily!

Following behind Baozhu were various top-grade, high-grade, and mid-grade Dao artifacts wielded by other Spiritual Law Realm elders; there wasn't a single low-grade one, let alone a magic weapon!

"I knew it! Why are there so many people in these Lineage, hundreds of billions of cultivators, yet so few Dao artifacts? Turns out they're all in the hands of you old folks!" Seeing the Dao artifacts raining down on him, Yang Ning couldn't hold back any longer.

Whether in modern or ancient times, even if the elderly possess certain resources, their limited lifespan means that no matter how much they have, those resources are ultimately limited.

At most, it was just taken underground; future generations will still have a chance to dig it out.

But once they entered the Cultivation World, these powerful figures became immortal old men, and the concentration of resources became quite terrifying.

Think about it, if one didn't attain the Dao, the spiritual treasures one collects would be useless. Hongjun alone would possess 99% of the spiritual treasures in the entire Primordial World!

Even though Hongjun distributed the treasures, later on, those guests from Zixiao Palace either died or hid them, and most of the spiritual treasures ended up under the tutelage of the six sages.

Think about it, where do celestial artifacts and divine artifacts come from?

Isn't it just that Innate Spirit Treasure no longer circulate in the prehistoric Primordial World, so later generations had nothing to use and could only figure out how to cultivate them themselves?

Yang Ning had a fairly deep understanding of Tai Heng Star, knowing that Law Artifact, Spirit Artifact, and treasures were quite common in Taiheng.

But Dao artifacts are truly rare!

It's even considered extremely rare!

Yang Ning pondered that Dao artifacts weren't difficult to forge, and there were so many Artifact Forging Masters. Moreover, Taiheng had a history of 300,000 years. Even if you forged one artifact per year on average, you would still have 300,000 artifacts!

But the truth is, there are fewer than three thousand Dao artifacts with names, records, and ownership!

Now he finally knows where all those magical artifacts have gone.

After 300,000 years of tireless collection by these powerful Lineage and experts, where else could you find so many Dao artifacts?

On the contrary, these powerful figures possessed all sorts of Dao artifacts that Yang Ning had seen before and had never seen before. In just a short while, hundreds of thousands of cultivators threw out hundreds of thousands of items!

Many others were very famous when they were unearthed, but later disappeared without a trace, and ended up in their hands as well.

There were also some Dao artifacts that appeared in secret realms that were clearly only accessible to Qi Refining cultivators, and in treasure hunting activities that Qi Refining cultivators could participate in, but they actually appeared in the hands of these Spiritual Law Realm cultivators.

Think about it again, those young cultivators who obtained Dao artifacts, didn't they disappear without a trace after only a short time of enjoying themselves?

"Dark, it's fucking dark!" Yang Ning was utterly speechless.

He had already imagined these powerful beings to be very dark, but he never expected that they could do something even darker than Yang Ning could have imagined.

Come to think of it, in Huaxia, where people are taught benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and trustworthiness from childhood, how could those capitalists be so shameless as to steal business from small vendors?

There are no Confucius or Mencius in Tai Heng Star; the concepts of benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and trustworthiness do not exist there.

Bullying the weak with the strong? Bullying the few with the many?

Back then, three Qi Refining Fourth Level cultivators ganged up on Yang Ning, wasn't that exactly what they did?

"Do you need help? Too many ants can kill an elephant!" Yang Ning asked.

He was afraid that Hengming wouldn't be able to withstand it. Although it was a celestial artifact, it probably wasn't invincible!

"Heh!" Hengming had already begun cultivating the Transformation Divine Ability, but since he hadn't started yet, he shouldn't have any emotional changes. However, for some reason, he suddenly felt a warmth in his heart!

I've lived for 300,000 years, and this is the first time anyone has ever cared about my safety!

What's wrong with celestial artifacts? Don't they deserve attention?

While feeling a warmth in his heart, Hengming first swept the sword off his forehead.

He hadn't cared about this fighting style before, but just a moment ago, he suddenly felt that it was a bit indecent!

I'm not without fancy moves, so why should I go head-to-head with them?

In the blink of an eye, Hengming retreated three thousand meters to avoid the rain of magical artifacts, and then raised his hand, forming a series of magnificent hand seals.

"His fingers..." Deep Blue said, "Has his transformation progress increased? Why do they feel so thin and long?"

Originally, everyone was an AI, but now that Hengming is going to become human, Deep Blue is very concerned about Hengming's progress.

Yang Ning, however, didn't pay attention to Hengming's fingers; instead, she was curious.

Hand seals are also a form of spellcasting, in addition to guiding others, there are chanting, rituals, formations, and sacrifices.

In short, the Daoist system is vast, and it is not surprising that Daoist techniques are activated in any way.

But at Hengming's level, what Divine Ability still require hand seals?

I feel like the hand seal gesture is pretty flashy but actually useless!

It also wastes time and gives the opponent time to prepare, because if someone is knowledgeable, they can tell what kind of Divine Ability you are going to use just from the hand seals you form.

Um..

Yang Ning shook his head. Well, he didn't recognize it. This must be Hengming's trump Divine Ability. He figured no one in the Taiheng Sect would recognize it either.

No one in Taiheng recognized him, but think about it: how terrifying is a divine power that even a Half-Immortal Artifact can't break through requires hand Divine Ability to unleash?

"Form ranks!" Zhao Wudi shouted.

"What kind of formation?" Some people moved, while others looked completely bewildered.

Zhao Wudi then remembered that Zhang Jiao invented the formation of human troops. Unless you pay close attention to Zhang Jiao and the Xia Dynasty, very few people actually know about military formations.

He could only keep those who understood outside and protect those who didn't.

The defensive formation was complete, Zhao Wudi shouted again, "Quan Ji, Longevity Bell!"

"But there are people in the Longevity Bell!" Quan Ji is also Supreme Elder, in charge of the personnel appointment and promotion system of Taiheng. Qu Heng, the sect leader, was appointed by him.

Among the Tai Heng Twenty Families, the Quan surname ranks second only to the Zhao surname, and he also controls the Longevity Bell, one of the six Half-Immortal Artifacts.

However, he had been in seclusion for cultivation, and after emerging from seclusion, he was trapped in his inner world and could not come out. He did not know Zhang Jiao or the Great Xia Dynasty. When he came out of seclusion, the black hole was already on his face, and his mind was still full of mush.

"Who cares about all that now!" Zhao Wudi roared irritably.

Quan Ji knew Zhao Wudi's thoughts. Zhao Wudi the strongest, but the immortal artifact in his hand was the [Xuanji Glazed Moon], a useless ritual artifact.

Like the Imperial Seal of the State, this item was once worn by the Immortal Venerable Taiheng, and it has great symbolic significance. However, in combat, it is not as good as the Heaven Destroying Sword Heavenly Machine Nail Mystery Nail, and in defense, it is not as good as the Longevity Bell, the Origin Returning Bell, Zhao Scenery Cauldron.

In a prosperous era, [Xuanji Glazed Moon] would naturally be revered, but now we live in a chaotic world.

With his cultivation level approaching Quan Ji of Zhao Wudi and his possession of the [Longevity Bell], he naturally became a thorn in Zhao Wudi's side.

"Alas!" With a formidable enemy at hand, it was indeed inappropriate to think so much. Helpless, Quan Ji could only activate the Longevity Bell to envelop everyone.

"Great Calamity Burning Flame!" Hengming finally finished his hand seals. In fact, it didn't take long, less than a second. The flying artifacts in the sky hadn't even hit his face yet!

With a soft shout, surging flames descended from the void, engulfing the entire battlefield.

The flames were initially bright red, then turned white and then blue, and finally transformed into a platinum color.

The platinum-gold pillars of fire crisscrossed like ribbons, shifting up and down, first forming a wall of fire in front of Hengming, and then completely surrounding the entire Longevity Bell.

Hundreds of thousands of Dao artifacts finally crashed into the wall of fire, but even Dao artifacts weighing several tons, tens of tons, or even thousands of tons could not break through a thin wall of fire!

However, this is only the initial stage of this Divine Ability!

That is, the pre-animation isn't over yet!

The wall of fire continued to spread, eventually forming another ring of fire that completely surrounded the ring of fire that had been surrounding the Longevity Bell.

At this moment, the two walls of fire formed two hollow fireballs, one inside and one outside!

In the final step, the fireball finally took shape.

Yang Ning stared at the final shape of the fireball, remained silent for a long time, and then exclaimed, "Burning!"

But the fireball was actually made up of countless pentagons and hexagons. It wasn't noticeable before it took shape, but once it did, it was no longer a fireball at all!

This is clearly Fire Element protective shield with a sci-fi art style!

Moreover, the two protective shields began to rotate, the inner one from west to east and the outer one from east to west.

"This move?" Yang Ning asked curiously, "How did you come up with it?"

"I learned it from you!" Hengming smiled, as if to say, "Do you really think I've been living in seclusion for years, oblivious to the world?"

I attend classes with the teacher too, okay? I'm a modern cultivator who keeps up with the times!