Northern Region, outside the Primordial Ancient Mine.
The Five Fingers Mountain, which suppresses the Blood Moon Clan's Half-Saint, stands silently. The Dao patterns on its five-colored body flow endlessly, exuding a majestic aura that suppresses all ages.
The occasional, defiant roars emanating from the foot of the mountain have become a common occurrence in this barren land, yet no one dares to approach even a step closer.
Those Primordial Beings lurking in the shadows would quickly retreat when their divine senses swept over this place, not daring to linger even for a moment.
The wind whipped up red sand as it swept across the mountainside, making a mournful "whooshing" sound, like the whispers of the dead.
Besides the perpetual deathly stillness in the air, there was also a faint lingering smell of blood, the primordial blood energy that had dissipated when Kui Luo was suppressed, serving as the most dangerous warning for this land.
Suddenly, the wind in the sky stopped.
The originally dim sky suddenly changed color, with streaks of scarlet light seeping out from the Void, like congealed blood spreading. In a short breath, the entire sky was dyed blood red, the light of the sun was completely swallowed up, and in its place was a huge, eerie blood moon phantom, hanging in the sky, exuding a cold and violent aura.
"Buzz!!!"
A deep, resonant Daoist chant echoed throughout heaven and earth, Void seemed to be gripped by an invisible hand, beginning to twist and fold violently.
Immediately afterwards, with a loud "rip," as if brocade had been forcibly torn apart, a huge rift appeared across the sky beneath the blood moon. Chaotic currents surged within the dark rift, mixed with a nauseating stench of decay and blood.
The earth began to tremble, the red sand around Five Fingers Mountain rose and fell like a tide, and the distant mountains shuddered under the invisible pressure, rocks cracked and dust rose into the sky.
Hundreds of thousands of miles away, living beings were now prostrate on the ground, trembling all over, not even having the courage to raise their heads.
They could clearly feel a terrifying pressure descending, the supreme majesty of an Ancestor King- level being, a suppression originating from the depths of their bloodline.
A withered, aged figure slowly stepped out from the rift in the Void.
He was short, even somewhat hunched, and wore a tattered, blood-red robe, marked by the passage of time and stained with dried black blood.
The skin on the outside has a sickly bluish-gray hue, clinging tightly to the bones, like a walking skeleton.
His fingers were withered and thin, his nails were black and sharp, gleaming with an eerie light.
What's most chilling is his head.
His hair had long since fallen out, and his scalp was covered with winding, blood-red lines, like blood vessels spreading across his body.
His eyes were blood-red, as deep as two pools of solidified blood, and wherever his gaze swept, the space trembled slightly.
He was surrounded by a faint crimson mist, within which countless wailing phantoms floated and sank—the remnants of souls he had devoured, which had become part of his power.
" Saint!"
An unknown, Primordial Beings let out a desperate roar in its heart.
This overwhelming pressure was none other than that of Saint at the Immortal Platform Fourth Layer realm!
Blood Moon Saint! One of the Ancient Saint of the Blood Moon Clan, a bloodthirsty royal family from antiquity!
The moment he appeared, his gaze locked onto the Five Fingers Mountain below, a chilling rage flashing in his crimson eyes. "Human brat, how dare you provoke my Blood Moon Clan and suppress my brother?" His hoarse voice, like rusty iron scraping together, carried a chilling aura that pierced the very soul. "Open up!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the Blood Moon Saint slowly raised his withered right hand, and a burst of crimson light surged from his palm, forming a small blood moon that was exactly the same as the illusory blood moon in the sky.
The blood moon rotated, radiating a terrifying corrosive power. The surrounding space was corroded and hissed, and even the light was completely swallowed up.
" Blood Moon Erodes the Heavens!"
This is the Blood Moon Clan's innate divine power, completely different from the one used by Kui Luo. The power of this divine power, activated by Saint, has increased more than ten thousand times.
The crimson moonlight shone down, turning the red sand into dust wherever it passed, cracking the earth with bottomless ravines, and even completely corroding the dust in the air.
The crimson moonlight shot straight towards Five Fingers Mountain, intending to melt away the sacred mountain that suppressed Kui Luo.
"Clang!"
A clear, crisp bell suddenly rang out, not from elsewhere, but from Five Fingers Mountain itself.
The five-colored Dao patterns on the mountain suddenly lit up, and a curtain of light in shades of black and yellow spread out from the mountain wall, enveloping the entire Five Fingers Mountain.
The crimson moonlight struck the light screen like a tide crashing against a reef, shattering instantly and dissipating into a cloud of blood mist.
The Blood Moon Saint frowned slightly, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.
He hadn't expected this seemingly ordinary stone mountain to possess such formidable defensive power. "Interesting," he sneered, his crimson mist surging violently around him. "Since I can't corrode it, then I'll just shatter you!"
With a swift movement, his withered body transformed into a crimson rainbow, heading straight for Five Fingers Mountain.
His right hand was clenched into a fist, covered with a thick layer of blood-red scales, engraved with profound Dao patterns, which were the original Dao principles of the Blood Moon Clan.
Before the fist even landed, the terrifying force of the punch caused the space around Five Fingers Mountain to cave in violently, and the earth was forced downwards to form ravines.
"Boom!"
The fist collided with the Five Fingers Mountain with a deafening roar that echoed throughout the Northern Region. The earth within a radius of tens of thousands of miles trembled violently, countless mountains collapsed, and dust billowed into the sky, transforming into a giant mushroom cloud.
The shockwave swept in all directions.
However, after the smoke and dust cleared, Five Fingers Mountain still stood in the same place, and the five-colored Dao patterns on the mountain became even more dazzling, without even a single crack appearing.
On the contrary, the Blood Moon Saint was forced back by a powerful recoil, his withered body swaying in the air before he regained his balance.
He looked down at his fist and saw a tiny crack on it; a piercing pain shot through his fist.
"What the hell is this thing?" A hint of shock and anger flashed in the Blood Moon Saint's eyes.
As Saint, his full-force attack couldn't even shatter a stone mountain—this was an utter disgrace!
Little did he know that this Five Fingers Mountain, which appeared to be casually suppressed by Li Qingshan, actually contained the Divine Marrow the Investiture of the Gods of the Gods by the Great Emperor Wushi.
Back when Li Qingshan comprehended the Wu Shi Emperor Wushi at Purple Mountain, he gained a deep understanding of the Great Emperor Wushi Wushi's methods for suppressing the Undying Daoist. This time, when suppressing Kui Luo, he specifically incorporated the suppression principles of the Investiture of the Gods into his work.
This Five Fingers Mountain, though seemingly just rocks, is actually a powerful artifact containing imperial might. Let alone a Saint, even Saint King would find it extremely difficult to forcibly break through it.
"Roar!" The Blood Moon Saint roared, and the crimson mist around him surged again. Behind him, a huge crimson demon god appeared, which was the ancestral god dharma image of the Blood Moon Clan.
The demon roared, opened its blood-red maw, and spat out a thick pillar of blood-red light towards Five Fingers Mountain. The pillar of light contained the original power of the Blood Moon Clan, attempting to forcibly break through the suppression of Five Fingers Mountain.
"Buzz!"
The Five Fingers Mountain lit up again. This time, the Dao patterns on the mountain transformed into streaks of dark yellow bell shadows. The bell shadows vibrated and emitted a deep, imperial roar.
The crimson beam of light struck the bell's shadow and shattered instantly, scattering countless crimson specks of light in all directions.
At the same time, an invisible imperial might emanated from Five Fingers Mountain, heading straight for the Blood Moon Saint.
The Blood Moon Saint's expression changed drastically. Sensing that familiar yet terrifying imperial might, his body trembled involuntarily.
"The might of an ultimate emperor? This is impossible!" he exclaimed in shock, his eyes filled with disbelief. This stone mountain actually contained the might of an ultimate emperor?
He had no time to think and quickly retreated, narrowly avoiding the imperial aura.
Even so, his blood-red robe was still struck by the emperor's might and instantly turned to ashes, revealing his emaciated body.
The Emperor's might had scratched fine, bloody marks on his skin, the blood seeping out and looking particularly glaring against his bluish-gray skin.
Just then, a clear laugh came from the Void, its sound resounding across the land like the ringing of a jade chime, dispelling the blood and chill between heaven and earth.
"Hahaha! The air force was down in March, but unexpectedly, a big fish took the bait today! How delightful!"
Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw a figure in black robes walking through the air in the southern Void.
He walked with ease, as if strolling in a leisurely garden. With each step, a faint golden lotus would appear beneath his feet. The lotus would dissipate, leaving behind profound Dao patterns.
Clad in black robes, his black hair billowing in the wind, his face handsome, his eyes calm yet exuding an air of arrogance that seemed to look down upon the world—it was Li Qingshan!
Li Qingshan's appearance caused the atmosphere of the world to change once again.
He didn't exude any pressure, yet the Blood Moon Saint felt an unprecedented threat from him.
The Blood Moon Saint's crimson eyes were fixed on Li Qingshan, like a hungry wolf eyeing its prey, filled with greed and desire.
He could sense that Li Qingshan possessed a vast, ocean-like primordial power within him, a power that was both pure and powerful, the very thing he had been longing for to prolong his life.
His lifespan was nearing its end, and his vital energy had long since depleted. Over the years, he had been relying on devouring the essence of living beings to maintain his life, but this was ultimately a case of drinking poison to quench thirst.
To prolong life, or even seek further advancement, the only way to completely reverse the decline is to devour the original holy blood of a supreme physique like the Innate Sacred Body Dao Embryo.
"So it was you, you brat, who did this." The Blood Moon Saint's hoarse voice carried a hint of greed. "Good, very good! As long as I devour you, not only will my lifespan be extended, but I can even break through my bottleneck."
Li Qingshan stopped, hovering in the Void, facing the Blood Moon Saint from afar. A faint smile played on his lips, his eyes filled with mockery. "You? A wretched old man nearing the end of his lifespan, his life force withered and dying, dares to covet me? You truly have no sense of mortality."
"Arrogant!" the Blood Moon Saint roared, his crimson mist surging once more. "Boy, don't think you can be so presumptuous before me just because you've set up such a suppressive array. The majesty of Saint is not something you can challenge! Today, I will not only rescue my brother, but I will also devour you alive and steal your very essence!"
Meanwhile, in the Jade Pool Holy Land, inside the Queen Mother of the West's Palace.
A huge water mirror floats in the hall, clearly reflecting the scenery near the Five Fingers Mountain in the Northern Region.
When the Blood Moon Saint appeared, his Saint aura emanated through the water mirror, and Lin Qingyao's face instantly turned deathly pale. Her heart felt as if it were being gripped tightly by an invisible hand, making it almost impossible for her to breathe. Her body trembled involuntarily, her fingertips turned icy cold, and even her breathing became rapid.
" Qingshan," Lin Qingyao murmured to herself, her eyes filled with worry. Although she knew Li Qingshan was powerful, he was facing a Saint! That was a being far beyond King, one of the most powerful warriors in the world. She was really worried that something would happen to Li Qingshan.
The Queen Mother of the West, standing to the side, appeared much calmer. She sat upright on the futon, her expression solemn, but her eyes were steady. She could feel the terrifying pressure from the Blood Moon Saint, but she knew even better that Li Qingshan's own strength was such that even Saint King might not be able to gain the upper hand.
" Qingyao, please calm down," the Queen Mother of the West spoke slowly, her voice calm yet carrying a soothing quality. " Qingshan knows what he's doing."
Lin Qingyao nodded, trying to calm herself down. She knew the Queen Mother of the West was right, but her worries did not lessen at all. She stared intently at Li Qingshan in the water mirror, her palms already soaked with sweat.
In the Void of the Northern Region, a blurry figure hovered deep in the clouds; it was Gu Tianshu. His aura was completely concealed, as if he had merged into the Void, and even the Blood Moon Saint did not notice his presence.
Northern Region, in front of Five Fingers Mountain.
The Blood Moon Saint roared, his voice like the wailing of ten thousand ghosts:
"You mere Dao-Slaying King dare to be so insolent before me! Today I will show you the true power of Saint!"
Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly raised his withered hands high!
"The blood moon descends upon the world, and all spirits are sacrificed!"
"BOOM!!!"
The crimson crescent moon behind him suddenly expanded, its diameter growing from a thousand miles to ten thousand miles!
As the moon rotates, what falls is no longer moonlight, but a viscous, tangible waterfall of blood!
Within the waterfall, the phantoms of countless wailing beings floated and sank, each exuding an aura of resentment, despair, and madness. These were the vengeful spirits and blood demons refined by the Blood Moon Saint using secret methods after slaughtering countless beings; they were specifically designed to corrupt the primordial spirits and foundations of cultivators, making them terrifying beyond compare.
A crimson waterfall cascaded down, its target Li Qingshan!
Wherever it passed, space was eroded with countless holes, the laws of nature wailed, and the Great Dao retreated. This attack was the Blood Moon Saint's full-force strike, determined to severely injure Li Qingshan before devouring him!
Faced with this devastating attack, Li Qingshan remained calm.
He simply raised his right hand, fingers spread, and gently pressed it against the cascading crimson waterfall.
"Town."
A single word uttered carries the weight of law.
"Buzz!!!"
An invisible ripple spread out from the center of Li Qingshan's palm.
Wherever the ripples passed, the Void froze, and the flow of time decreased a hundredfold!
The cascading crimson waterfall abruptly stopped a hundred feet above Li Qingshan's head!
It wasn't that they were blocked, but rather that they were like mosquitoes frozen in amber. Even the vengeful ghosts floating in the waterfall remained in a wailing posture, frozen in mid-air.
"What?!" The Blood Moon Saint's pupils shrank sharply, almost unable to believe his eyes.
His Blood Moon Erodes the Heavens Power was actually suppressed casually by a Dao-Slaying King?!
This is unreasonable!
"No, this isn't the power of Dao-Slaying King!" The Blood Moon Saint suddenly realized, staring intently at Li Qingshan. "You've been hiding your cultivation?! Are you Saint? Or!!!"
Could it be that this Eastern Exalt has already attained combat power comparable to Saint?
You guessed right, but there's no reward.
Li Qingshan smiled faintly, and slowly closed his five fingers that had been pressing down.
"Snap! Snap! Snap!"
Countless spiderweb-like cracks appeared on the frozen surface of the blood-red waterfall.
The cracks spread rapidly, and in less than three breaths, the entire waterfall collapsed with a roar, turning into countless blood-red light spots that dissipated.
Along with the countless vengeful spirits and phantoms that floated within, they also vanished into thin air at the same time, completely freed.
The Blood Moon Saint let out a muffled groan, his body swayed slightly, and a trace of Black Blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.
His supernatural powers were broken, and he suffered a backlash.
But this only stirred up the ferocity in his bones.
"Excellent! As expected of Innate Sacred Body Dao Embryo! As expected of the Eastern Exalt!" The Blood Moon Saint wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, his eyes blazing with crimson light. "Your origin is far more precious than I imagined! Today, I will devour you!"
He no longer held back; his withered body suddenly swelled up!
" Blood Moon True Body, activate!"
"Boom!!!"
A terrifying surge of energy erupted from his body, and his originally emaciated body swelled up like an inflating balloon, instantly transforming into a blood-red giant thousands of feet tall!
The giant's skin was crimson like blood, covered with countless scales, each scale etched with the totem of wailing creatures. He had two horns on his head, curved like the moon, and his eyes were like two blood moons hanging high, radiating an aura of world-destroying destruction.
This is the true form of the Blood Moon Saint!!! The Blood Moon True Body!
The ancient ferocious races all possess a true innate body, which, once unleashed, increases their combat power several times over, but also consumes a great deal of energy, and they will not use it except in life-or-death situations.
The Blood Moon Saint is going all out.
" Li Qingshan! Prepare to die!"
The thousand-foot-tall crimson giant roared, its sound shattering the clouds for miles around. It raised its mountain-like hand, the blood moon totem in its palm shining with blinding light, and slammed it down fiercely at Li Qingshan!
This palm strike contained his life's cultivation and also drew upon the primordial power of the Blood Moon Clan.
Before the palm even arrived, the force of the palm strike had already caused the earth below to collapse, the mountains to crumble, Void to wail!
Faced with this earth-shattering palm strike, Li Qingshan stepped forward, his black robes fluttering in the wind.
With one step, lotus patterns bloomed beneath his feet.
He took two steps, Five-Colored Divine Light flowed around his body.
He suddenly threw a punch forward. This punch seemed ordinary, but it contained immense power. Before the fist even arrived, a terrifying fist intent had already arrived first, directly dispersing most of the blood-red mist around the thousand-foot true body, causing his charging figure to suddenly stop.
"Bang!!!"
After a loud bang, a crisp sound of bones cracking rang out. The hand that could tear apart metal and corrode holy iron instantly shattered into powder. Then, the bones of his entire arm broke inch by inch with cracking sounds, leaving a bloody mess.
"Ah!" The Blood Moon Saint let out a shrill scream, his body flying backward like a kite with a broken string. He spat out a mouthful of scarlet holy blood in the Void, which splattered and dyed the continuous red sand below into a blackish-red sea of blood.
"How is this possible?!" The Blood Moon Saint steadied himself, staring at his empty right arm, his eyes filled with disbelief and terror.
"I've had my fill of fun. Your strength really doesn't interest me anymore. It's time to end this." Li Qingshan took a step forward and instantly appeared in front of the Blood Moon Saint.
"You dare kill me?!" The Blood Moon Saint roared, both shocked and enraged, his voice trembling with fear. "My Blood Moon Clan is Primordial Royal Clan, with Saint King presiding over us. If you kill me, my clan will never let you go!"
" The Saint King? He'll be coming to see you soon too," Li Qingshan sneered, his eyes suddenly turning cold.
Before he finished speaking, Li Qingshan made another move. He reached out with his left hand, like an eagle's claw, and grabbed the Blood Moon Saint's other arm, applying slight force.
"Snap!"
With another crisp cracking sound, the Blood Moon Saint's left arm was also snapped. The excruciating pain made him tremble all over, and fear finally surfaced in his crimson eyes.
He tried to retreat and use his supernatural powers to resist, but found that his body was firmly locked in place by a terrifying force, and he was unable to move at all.
"No!" the Blood Moon Saint roared in despair, "You brat, I will perish with you!"
A glint of madness flashed in his eyes as he attempted to detonate his own Saint essence, trying to drag Li Qingshan down with him.
"You think you're worthy?" Li Qingshan's eyes turned cold. He didn't use the Nine Secrets: Jie. With his battle power amplified by double, he simply slammed his right hand out, striking the Blood Moon Saint in the chest.
"Boom!"
With a deafening roar, a gaping hole was punched through the Blood Moon Saint's chest, instantly disrupting the primal power within him, which was about to explode. Li Qingshan's palm strike completely suppressed the power. His body flew backward like a tattered sack, crashing into a distant mountain range, causing the entire mountain to collapse and filling the air with dust.
The entire mountain range was shaking violently, as if it were about to be overturned. Distant peaks exploded one after another, with rocks and clouds flying everywhere, and the oppressive force between heaven and earth became chaotic. As the beings within millions of miles felt the weakening of the Saint's pressure, they all raised their heads, their eyes filled with astonishment and uncertainty.
Amidst the smoke and dust, the Blood Moon Saint struggled to his feet, covered in blood, both arms broken, his breath utterly feeble, his eyes filled with despair. Li Qingshan stood before him, looking down at him condescendingly, " The Blood Moon Clan's blood debt to the Human Race, today, you will repay a portion of it."
With his right hand forming the Heaven-Overturning Seal, he unleashed a devastating attack, annihilating the Blood Moon Clan Saint body and soul.
Having dealt with the Blood Moon Saint, Li Qingshan's figure flickered, returning to the top of Five Fingers Mountain. He looked down at the divine mountain below, a glint of light flashing in his eyes. With a flick of his finger, a golden force shot into the mountain.
"Buzz!"
Five Fingers Mountain lit up with five-colored light once more, and the Dao patterns flowed even more brilliantly. From the bottom of the mountain came the desperate roar of Kui Luo, who was clearly being further suppressed by this power.
Meanwhile, before the water mirror of the Jade Pool Holy Land, Lin Qingyao watched as Li Qingshan easily slew the Blood Moon Saint. She trembled with excitement, her eyes shining brightly. "He did it! He really did it!"
The Queen Mother of the West smiled slightly and nodded, "As I said, his current combat power is far beyond what Saint can match. The Blood Moon Clan miscalculated this time, losing a veteran Saint, and their strength will inevitably be greatly diminished."
" Kui Luo, stay down there," Li Qingshan said calmly to the Five Fingers Mountain. "Soon, your people will come to join you."
The roars from the bottom of the mountain instantly became even more shrill and filled with terror.
The crimson hue of the world gradually faded, and the sunlight once again pierced through the clouds, shining upon the red earth of the Northern Region, dispelling the chill and bloodshed.