bioinnovel Chapter 243 The Palace of Lingxiao!
Chapter 243 The Palace of Lingxiao!
Before Yuan Qingsheng could even be shocked by what Su Fan had said, a panting sound, like a broken bellows, suddenly came from the clouds.
The two corpses of the extraterrestrial evil gods, which had been lying motionless, actually stood up unsteadily!
Two eerie green flames ignited in their shriveled eye sockets, staring intently at Su Fan and Yuan Qingsheng.
The remaining muscles on the corpse of the extraterrestrial evil god taut against the bones, making a creaking sound.
The golden-armored evil god's corpse raised a rusty greatsword shrouded in black mist.
The cyan-robed evil god's corpse opened its mouth, revealing fangs, and dark, malevolent energy brewed in its throat.
"Even in death, they won't find peace!"
Yuan Qingsheng snorted coldly, took a step forward, and his body was filled with surging water-blue divine power, with the phantom of Gonggong condensing behind him.
The phantom of Gonggong reached out and grabbed, drawing out the moisture from the sea of clouds below the platform, which transformed into two ferocious blue water dragons that roared as they charged toward the two evil gods!
The water dragon crashed into the corpse of the evil god, creating a splash.
The evil god's corpse was pushed backward by the current, its dried flesh and blood washed away, revealing its pitch-black bones underneath.
But they seemed to have no sense of pain; instead, they were enraged by Yuan Qingsheng and roared as they pounced on him!
The golden evil god's corpse swept across with its greatsword, carrying a rotten and broken sword wind!
The cyan evil god's corpse opened its mouth and spewed out a corrosive, dark breath!
Yuan Qingsheng manipulated the water dragon to engage in a fierce battle. The water collided with the dark energy, producing a hissing sound as it dissolved.
Yuan Qingsheng frowned slightly:
"These things are resistant to divine power! They're quite powerful, their strength is at least at the seventh rank!"
Upon hearing this, Su Fan's expression turned serious.
Then he moved.
With a thought, Sun Wukong's divine power flowed into his entire body!
An aura of arrogance, rage, and indomitable spirit erupted from Su Fan!
A golden light flashed in Su Fan's eyes, and with a wave of his hand, the Golden Cudgel appeared in his hand.
"Take this from my old Sun Wukong's staff!"
Mimicking the tone of the Great Sage from his memory, Su Fan's figure transformed into golden light, moving at extreme speed, instantly appearing above the golden evil god's corpse and slamming his staff down!
The golden evil god's corpse raised its sword to block.
clang!!!
The deafening clang of metal against metal shook the platform.
The greatsword in the golden evil god's corpse was bent by the impact, and its knees buckled, almost causing it to kneel down.
Su Fan pressed his advantage relentlessly, his long staff transforming into a flurry of shadowy blades that rained down upon him!
Bang bang bang!
Each blow was as heavy as a mountain, denting the golden evil god's corpse armor and causing black energy to dissipate.
The will-o'-the-wisps in its eye sockets throbbed violently, emitting a silent roar, yet it could only passively endure the blows.
On the other side, Yuan Qingsheng also increased his output.
Gonggong's phantom roared, and more water dragons rose from the sea of clouds, tightly binding the blue evil god's corpse, constantly scouring and squeezing it!
At the same time, Yuan Qingsheng formed hand seals, and the water vapor in the air condensed into countless ice spikes, which rained down on the blue evil god's corpse!
The cyan evil god's corpse spewed out dark breath to defend itself, but there were too many ice spikes and it was also bound by water dragons. Soon, many holes were pierced in its body, and its movements became slower and slower.
the other side.
"Smash it!"
Su Fan seized the opportunity, gripped the staff with both hands, poured all his divine power into it, and the staff emitted a dazzling golden light. With a powerful split, he slammed the golden evil god's corpse squarely onto the top of its head!
Click!
The sound of the skull shattering was clearly audible.
The ghostly flames in the eye sockets of the golden evil god's corpse suddenly went out, and its entire body crumbled into a pile of black, broken bones with a crash, never to be heard again.
After destroying the corpse of the golden evil god, Su Fan did not linger and turned around to sweep his staff horizontally.
The golden staff flew out of his hand like a flying wheel, tracing an arc before slamming into the waist of the blue evil god's corpse, which was trapped by the water dragon!
puff!
The blue evil god's corpse was cleaved in two at the waist. Its upper body fell to the ground, struggled a couple of times, and then turned to ashes.
The battle is over.
Su Fan withdrew his divine power, and the golden staff dissipated.
He was slightly out of breath. Although mobilizing Sun Wukong's divine power was extremely powerful, it also took a toll on his mental energy.
Yuan Qingsheng dispersed the water dragon and ice spikes, looked at the two puddles of black ash on the ground, then looked at Su Fan, his surprise even greater:
"Good lad! The power you unleashed in that instant is probably stronger than mine!"
You have to understand, Yuan Qingsheng is a ninth-level God Master, while Su Fan is just a God Master who has recently advanced to the fifth level!
This is absolutely outrageous!
Su Fan smiled shyly and waved his hand, "Not at all, how could I compare to you, Elder Yuan?"
Yuan Qingsheng shook his head, his face full of satisfaction.
"Truly, new talents emerge in every generation, and the younger generation is always stronger than the older one!"
"You're about to leave me, this young generation, stranded on the beach."
Upon hearing this, Su Fan hurriedly said:
"Not at all, no matter how capable I am, Mr. Yuan will always be the person I respect most!"
Su Fan was not lying. Elder Yuan was indeed the person he respected most, even more than Elder Mo.
If it weren't for Elder Yuan, he would have been killed by the assassins who ambushed him several times.
Moreover, Elder Yuan has protected China for so many years and done so much for China, which truly earns Su Fan's respect.
Upon hearing this, Yuan Qingsheng burst into laughter.
After a short rest, the two continued up the white jade steps.
The higher you go, the more frequently the corpses of evil gods appear, sometimes as a single one, sometimes as two or three together.
Their strength gradually increased from the seventh rank to around the eighth rank.
Su Fan and Yuan Qingsheng worked together seamlessly.
Yuan Qingsheng used water-based divine power to control the field, while Su Fan took turns using the power of several highly offensive gods to carry out precise and rapid kills.
As he fought his way up, Su Fan became increasingly adept at using the powers of the gods, and his fifth-order cultivation level was steadily consolidated through repeated battles.
At the same time, Su Fan also obtained more information from these evil god corpses.
The extraterrestrial evil gods possess the characteristics of pollution and erosion. The corpses of many heavenly soldiers and generals also show signs of being corrupted by darkness, and some have even transformed into dark creatures.
"It seems that the enemies the Heavenly Court faced back then were not only the Western gods, but also these extraterrestrial evil gods, who were much more troublesome."
Yuan Qingsheng's face was grave.
Su Fan nodded, his expression also unusually solemn.
Finally, after slaying countless remnants of evil gods, Su Fan and Yuan Qingsheng reached the top of the white jade steps.
Before them lay an enormous plaza, a thousand times larger than the platform they had encountered before!
The square is paved with smooth, mirror-like bluestone.
Around the square stand thirty-six towering golden pillars with coiled dragons, most of which have collapsed or broken, yet they still stand majestically.
At the end of the square stands a massive palace complex that has almost completely collapsed.
Only a few sections of the tall palace walls and the roofs of a few scattered side halls still stand; most of the palace has been reduced to ruins and rubble.
In the center of the square stands a giant stone monument that is hundreds of feet tall!
The stone tablet was carved from a single piece of chaotic divine stone. It was completely black, yet it exuded a warm luster.
On the front of the stone tablet are two ancient divine characters, written in a flowing, elegant style, imbued with supreme Daoist charm—
Lingxiao!
Just looking at those two words, Su Fan felt a tremor in his soul, and the divine images within his body resonated with a similar sound!
"Lingxiao Palace..." Su Fan's voice was hoarse, "The legendary central hub of the Heavenly Court, the place where the Heavenly Emperor held court... has actually become like this."
The two exchanged a glance, then unleashed their divine power, soaring swiftly through the clouds.
After flying for an hour or two, they finally arrived at the main gate of the Lingxiao Palace.
Looking closely at this enormous Lingxiao Palace, Su Fan felt even more shocked and regretful.
Suddenly, Yuan Qingsheng tugged at Su Fan, his voice trembling slightly as he said:
"Young friend Su, look over there, there's someone over there..."
Su Fan followed Yuan Qingsheng's finger and looked over.
Sure enough, a person was sitting cross-legged beneath the huge stone tablet.
No, that's not a living person.
It was a golden skeleton.
The skeleton remained seated, wearing a tattered purple-gold imperial robe.
The skeleton wore a flat crown, and although the crown was crooked and the beaded curtains were scattered, the imperial majesty that once ruled the three realms still inspired awe and made people dare not look directly at it, even after countless ages and only bones remained.
The skeleton rested its hands on its knees, palms facing upwards, supporting a similarly damaged seal.
The seal was carved from a certain type of white jade, with a corner missing, and the knob was a coiled five-clawed golden dragon.
The seal's surface was dull and covered with fine cracks.
Within a radius of ten feet around this imperial robe skeleton, the ground was exceptionally clean, without any rubble or dust, and without the slightest trace of dark or evil aura.
It was as if an invisible force was repelling all darkness and evil.
Just as Su Fan was lost in thought, the Heavenly Gate Talisman in his hand suddenly emitted an unprecedented heat and light.
The light was directed directly at the imperial robes and skeleton, or rather, at the broken seal in His hand.
"Could this... be the remains of the Heavenly Emperor?"
Yuan Qingsheng's voice trembled with disbelief.
On the way there, Su Fan gave Yuan Qingsheng a brief introduction to the mythology of the Lingxiao Palace and the Heavenly Palace.
Su Fan did not answer. He held the burning hot talisman and walked step by step toward the skeleton.
As he approached, Su Fan felt an all-encompassing yet transcendent aura emanating from the skeleton and the seal, gently brushing against his body.
The divine figures within him became unusually quiet in the face of this thought.
Only Sun Wukong's divine image remained as volatile as ever.
Su Fan stopped when he was about three zhang away from the golden skeleton.
It wasn't that Su Fan didn't want to get any closer, but rather that the space in front of him seemed to have frozen, and a gentle yet irresistible force was blocking him.
The empty eye sockets of the imperial robe skeleton stared straight at Su Fan.
Su Fan's scalp tingled instantly!
Just then, an aged yet gratified voice resounded directly in Su Fan and Yuan Qingsheng's minds:
"Those who came later... arrived with the talisman...good."
"I am Haotian... a wisp of remnant will, guarding this seal, awaiting the right destiny."
Haotian!
He really is the Heavenly Emperor!
Su Fan and Yuan Qingsheng were deeply shocked and almost knelt down on the spot.
That thought continued to resonate, carrying with it endless vicissitudes.
"The Heavenly Court has fallen, the Emperor has passed away."
"In the past, evil gods from beyond the realm launched a massive invasion, colluding with the gods of the West to break through the Heavenly Dimension."
"I led my celestial beings in a fierce battle, but we were ultimately no match... The power of the evil god can defile divine bodies and corrode divine souls, causing celestial beings to fall like rain..."
Just as he was getting to the crucial point, Su Fan was still wondering where all the gods of China had gone, and whether they were all dead.
At this moment, Haotian, also known as the Jade Emperor, suddenly changed the subject.
"This seal is one of the fragments formed from the authority of the Heavenly Dao, and it is also the final key to unlocking the treasure trove left behind by the Heavenly Court."
"By combining the talisman with the fragmented seal, one can obtain the Taoist tradition, divine artifacts, and scriptures left behind by our ancestors..."
"May those who follow in his footsteps drive away evil spirits, suppress heretics, and re-establish the heavenly order!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the broken jade seal in the hand of the skeletal figure in the imperial robe trembled slightly, then floated up and slowly flew towards Su Fan.
Su Fan suddenly had a flash of inspiration and raised the Heavenly Gate Talisman in his hand, which was also burning hot and glowing.
The fragments of the seal and the talisman met before Su Fan.
The moment they touched, a burst of seven-colored light and a warm white light erupted simultaneously, enveloping Su Fan completely!
Countless pieces of information and images, like a torrent bursting its banks, rushed into Su Fan's sea of consciousness!
Su Fan witnessed the grand spectacle of the Heavenly Court at its peak, with all the immortals paying homage.
We also witnessed extraterrestrial evil gods, with the help of Western deities, tearing through the starry sky and descending like locusts.
Various images flashed through Su Fan's mind.
At the same time, Su Fan felt that the Heavenly Gate Talisman in his hand and the broken fragment of the Lingxiao Heavenly Dao Seal were slowly merging under the influence of some kind of law!
The talisman transformed into a stream of seven-colored light, which flowed into the remaining seal.
The missing corner of the wreckage was slowly filled in by the colorful light. Although the traces were still there, the whole thing was now complete.
The cracks on the surface of the seal began to heal, and the dull jade quality became warm and translucent again, exuding an aura of supreme majesty.
The moment the fusion was complete, the Lingxiao Heavenly Dao Seal, now shrunk to the size of a palm, floated quietly in Su Fan's palm.
Su Fan flipped it over and saw that the bottom of the seal contained four ancient divine characters imbued with supreme Daoist principles—
Haotian Golden Palace!
boom!
An indescribable, immense power emanated from the intact seal and surged into Su Fan's body!
This is not a divine power that directly enhances cultivation, but a higher level of authority!
This world, once the legitimate Heavenly Court, is here to acknowledge and bless the holder of the seal!
Under the impact of this power, Su Fan's cultivation level, which was originally at the fifth level, was easily pierced like a thin sheet of paper, and he directly stepped into the sixth level!
Moreover, its foundation is extremely solid, without the slightest hint of weakness.
More importantly, Su Fan felt a mysterious connection between himself and this Heavenly Court ruin.
The seal in his hand is the key to this connection.
"good……"
The last wisp of the Heavenly Emperor Haotian let out a final sigh of relief before vanishing completely.
The seated imperial skeleton, after its lingering resentment dissipated, seemed to have completed its final mission. With a "whoosh," it turned into a handful of golden dust, which drifted away in the wind.
Holding the warm Haotian Golden Palace Seal in his hand, Su Fan bowed deeply towards the place where the bones had dissipated.
Yuan Qingsheng also bowed solemnly.
After a long while, Su Fan straightened up, looked at the complete seal in his hand, and then looked at the huge palace ruins behind the square.
Based on the information and senses transmitted by the seal, Su Fan pointed in a certain direction deep within the ruins.
"The entrance to the Lingxiao Secret Treasure should be there."