Chapter-19 (This Primordial World is too Dangerous)

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Chapter 19: Slaying Li Yuan! Ancestor Xuan Chen! 

How could Yuan Lian not know the power of the Sea Calming Pearls, which he was currently using?

If the person who controls the Spirit Treasure doesn’t even understand the power of his own Spirit Treasure, how can he use it to fight?

Yuan Lian knows that the Five-Colored Brilliance of the twelve Sea Calming Pearls might be able to dull the five senses of an Early-stage Golden Immortal.

But for a Mid-stage Golden Immortal, it’s just effective temporarily.

He deliberately used this pearl’s ability in order to deceive Li Yuan and get close to him.

Otherwise, how could he kill Li Yuan quickly with his ultimate moves?

Sure enough, in the next moment, the World Purifying White Lotus Platform shines with bright light, and amidst the flashes of aura, the weird and terrifying Nine Nether Deep Flame was instantly purified.

“Return to Heaven and Earth!”

“Damn it! You still have an Innate Spirit Treasure?!”

In Li Yuan’s horrified and astonished eyes, three balls of divine water of different colors directly fall on his immortal body.

“Ah!! Sun, Moon, Starlight Divine Water?! Burn it for me!”

A roar filled with endless fear resounded through Heaven and Earth amidst the pain.

“Fellow Daoist, spare me! I am willing to surrender to you!” Li Yuan pleaded, begging for mercy.

He was terrified; this was the only time he was so terrified in his dozens of Yuanhuis.

The Moonlight Divine Water was burning his soul, and without the slightest hesitation, he chose to use the Nine Nether Deep Flame to burn his soul, hoping to counter the Moonlight Divine Water.

But the double pain made him feel that his soul was being torn apart; it was an extremely severe pain that was unspeakable.

Meanwhile, the Divine Water of the Sun was like a great fire that destroys the world, ruthlessly obliterating his immortal body; although his immortal body was strong and kept regenerating…

The Divine Water of the Sun kept burning and torturing him, causing double pain.

The Divine Water of the Stars was silent, and it was the least painful, but the terrible erosion made him confused, and it was difficult for his Divine Sense to control his spirit energy.

“Surrender? No need; your death is the best help for me.”

Yuan Lian’s mood was a little abnormal, but the killing intent in it was unshakable.

Without any more nonsense, Yuan Lian immediately shot out a spiritual aura of Purification.

Bright light flashed, and Li Yuan’s Nine Nether Deep Flame was extinguished immediately.

Afterwards, the Divine Water of the Moon destroyed the soul in an instant, and when the soul was lost, Li Yuan’s body froze, and he could no longer resist.

The body of a Golden Immortal, who has no resistance, can’t resist the erosion of the Divine Water of the Sun.

In just one breath, the Laws in Li Yuan’s body were wiped out and completely turned into ashes.

BOOM!!!

At the moment when Li Yuan fell, the world suddenly changed.

Yuan Lian saw blood rain falling from the sky in a radius of hundreds of millions of miles, and it was a scarlet, swaying rain.

The whole world was filled with a desolate atmosphere; it seemed that the world was crying.

When an Innate Sacred Being is born, Heaven and Earth congratulate him, and when an Innate Sacred Being falls, Heaven and Earth mourn for him.

“I killed an Innate Sacred Being, and killed my own kind.”

“It’s not the first time, and it won’t be the last time.”

Yuan Lian collected his mind, picked up the fallen halberd, and immediately used the Purification aura to wash away the remaining energy there to erase all traces.

Then, he picked another direction and fled quickly.

He didn’t dare to hide in the Pocket Dimension here, as this area might be searched inch by inch.

Less than a moment after he left, an Innate Sacred Being, a Late-stage Golden Immortal, pierced the space.

“There is an Innate Sacred Being’s fall, and all the traces were wiped out.”

Ancestor Xuan Chen swept the battlefield meticulously with his Divine Sense, not letting go of a single ounce of energy.

“Hmph, even if you wipe out all the traces, you can never escape the eyes of this ancestor.” Xuan Chen’s eyes were dim and uncertain, and a mysterious and extraordinary compass emerged from the space.

“Reverse Time!” He shouted, and infinite spirit energy poured into the compass.

HUM!!!

The Law of Time, one of the most powerful laws of Heaven and Earth.

This is one of the most fundamental laws of the operation of Heaven and Earth, and it should not have been possible for him to spy on it in the Late-stage Golden Immortal Realm.

Usually, only the strong Perfected Immortals can fiddle with time at will.

But who gave Xuan Chen such good fate? He was born adhering to a few Laws related to time and has an accompanying Middle-grade Innate Spirit Treasure, the Time Compass.

Such a combination of the two allowed him to peek into the mystery of time despite him being only in the Late-stage Golden Immortal Realm.

The Compass of Time rotated slowly, revealing the mysteries of time, and the mysterious laws flowed like a long river of time, passing across this battlefield bit by bit.

Suddenly, in the void, pictures emerged one after another.

The picture was extremely blurry, like looking at the moon in the water, and it was very short-lived; only a few pictures flashed in a flash, and then completely dissipated.

“Nine Nether Deep Flame! It’s Li Yuan!”

“I didn’t expect him to fall!”

Xuan Chen’s eyes were a little shocked; he had several contacts with Li Yuan.

Li Yuan was an Innate Sacred Being at the Mid-stage Golden Immortal Realm, and also possessed a low-grade Innate Spirit Treasure, and his original divine fire was the Nine Nether Deep Flame.

Such a cultivator had fallen in a short moment.

Xuan Chen asked himself, if he used all his strength and played all his cards, he could kill Li Yuan, but he couldn’t do it so quickly and cleanly.

“Whoever slayed Li Yuan must be a very strong cultivator; his cultivation level is at least the Late-stage Golden Immortal Realm.”

From the time frame, he couldn’t perceive that sacred cultivation.

But from the flashing picture, it could be seen that Li Yuan’s death was only in an instant, and he had no power to resist, so it could be calculated based on this.

The Late-stage Golden Immortal Realm was the most in line with the facts.

“It’s a bit difficult. It seems that I need to find a few more Fellow Daoists to work together.”

Xuan Chen frowned slightly, thinking secretly in his heart.

Although that cultivator was very powerful, Xuan Chen still had no intention of giving up.

Because, in that flashing scene, he saw that the man had two Innate Spirit Treasures, and in the last scene, he took away the Innate Spirit Treasure that belonged to Li Yuan.

Combined with the explosive energy of the Innate Spiritual Root…

“Hiss! This Innate Sacred Being has at least three Innate Spiritual Treasures and one Innate Spiritual Root!”

Xuan Chen couldn’t help taking a breath.

“This Innate Sacred Being killed my friend; I will punish him to avenge my friend!”

Before the words were finished, the majestic Divine Sense enveloped trillions of miles and turned into a rainbow light to search around.

After Xuan Chen left, several Innate Sacred Beings appeared one after another.

But these few people didn’t have the unique source of blessing like Xuan Chen, and without the power of the Law of Time, they couldn’t detect the slightest trace of aura.

But was this a problem?

Of course not; so, they called their friends and companions, preparing to use this as the center to expand the scope of the search.

Who doesn’t have a few friends who are all Innate Sacred Beings in the Primordial World?

At this time, Yuan Lian didn’t know that because of this sudden change, a bloody slaughter of the Innate Sacred Beings in this area was caused.

Even if Yuan Lian knew about it, he wouldn’t care.

After all, for the Five-Needle Pine, it doesn’t matter how many insignificant Innate Sacred Beings die.

As the saying goes, a dead Daoist friend is not a poor Daoist (Better you die than me).

Yuan Lian was still running, and his speed was still extremely fast.

Even when passing through some spiritual root veins, he didn’t dare to stop at all.

“The distance is still too close to be safe enough.”

“The Primordial World is too dangerous. After this time, I will cultivate in seclusion. At least the fruit of the Five-Needle Pine must be digested before coming out.”

Insufficient strength made him feel insecure, and he was very worried that he would turn into ashes just like Li Yuan when he ran into a powerful Innate Sacred Being.

While running away, Yuan Lian was thinking about the next plan.

But all of a sudden, his face changed drastically; he hurriedly stopped and turned to run in the direction he came from, but at a slightly slower speed.

(End of this chapter)

Tidbits:

The Nine Nethers and Time Deities

While Li Yuan and Xuan Chen are fictional characters unique to Honghuang novels, they channel authentic concepts from Chinese folklore.

The Nine Nethers (Jiuyou): Li Yuan’s power, the Nine Nether Deep Flame, references the Nine Nethers (Jiuyou), a term for the deepest levels of the Underworld or Diyu. In Daoist cosmology, this is a realm of absolute Yin and darkness. While Li Yuan is fictional, the concept of “Nine Nether” fire is a common trope representing the destructive, soul-burning power of hell, often contrasting with the “Yang” fire of the sun.

The Law of Time: Ancestor Xuan Chen’s mastery of time is a rare ability. In classical mythology, the true deity of time is Zhulong (The Torch Dragon). Described in the Classic of Mountains and Seas, Zhulong is a scarlet dragon with a human face who controls day and night by opening and closing his eyes and dictates the flow of seasons with his breath. Novels often invent characters like Xuan Chen to wield these cosmic laws when the author wants to save major deities like Zhulong for later plot points.

Read More:

• Nine Nethers (Diyu): Wikipedia – Diyu
• Zhulong (Time Deity): Wikipedia – Zhulong

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