CHAPTER 881: CHAPTER 604: IS HE REALLY A HEART CULTIVATOR?

The Causality Thread of Qingyunzi intertwined with the Causality Thread of Blood Demon Grandmother, and as they stretched, the Void dissipated.

"As my comprehension of Causality Dao grows stronger, the Dharma Eye is able to observe the causal threads in greater detail. If my Causality Dao reaches Sixth Rank, I can lock onto Blood Demon Grandmother’s location through Qingyunzi. For now, I’ll set Qingyunzi aside; after breaking through to the Eighth Realm, I’ll find Grandmother again." In Lu Chenzhou’s heart, there were no ripples in the well.

With his current strength, Qingyunzi’s treasure could only be the icing on the cake; losing it didn’t matter.

The most important thing to him—[Taiyin Amber]—was in Kunxu Realm; when he was strong enough, he would go to Star Palace to explore, and at the same time avenge Yaochi Immortal.

Lu Chenzhou tore open the Void with both hands, shattered space, and with a single step did not enter the Ruins Sea, but arrived on a blood-red planet. In the wilderness grew towering blood trees, and in the atmosphere floated billions of scarlet, twisted faces, all staring at him in unison.

Lu Chenzhou struck down with Prisoner Demon Hand, the sky cracked, the earth caved in, and from the wounds of heaven and earth gushed thick, pitch-black blood like asphalt, which before him transformed into a shadow of blood and flesh as fluid as liquid. The being’s gender was indistinct, their chest high and full, but below also grew tentacle-like male organs—one tentacle stretched out, unveiling a snake’s head, which lifted, split open, and revealed a human face.

That human face—it was Lu Chenzhou’s own likeness.

At the same time, those bizarre faces in the sky revealed their true forms—parents, Ji Xuantong, Shi Ruyu, Wang Xian, Elder Han Shan, Yaochi Immortal, Dragon King... everyone Lu Chenzhou had ever known, even all thirty billion beings of the Xia Realm, all became blood faces.

Those blood trees, too, were condensed from the blood and flesh of Xia Realm’s sentient beings, endlessly producing demon monsters.

A feeling of utter powerlessness welled up within him.

The faces muttered in pained whispers.

"It’s useless."

"Everything we do is in vain."

"Blood God is the only destination."

Countless voices exploded in his mind; bizarre blood figures surged forward, crimson enclosing Lu Chenzhou.

"Wear the crown, and you become the Blood Angel—a human demigod!" An imposing voice sounded in his mind, irresistible, tempting.

Lu Chenzhou’s gaze remained lucid, bright as the starry sky.

"My body is covered in golden light, enveloping me wholly. Though you look, you see it not; though you listen, you hear it not..." The tolling of great bells and drums—vast chanting echoed across the world. Ten thousand fathoms of golden light tore open the crimson, countless pillars of light rending heaven and earth, evaporating all the scarlet faces into nothingness.

In these years of cultivation among the stars, Lu Chenzhou had already practiced the"Great Golden Light Spell"to Small Success, and comprehended the first spiritual killing move: Golden Light Thousand Miles.

This move not only fended off most spiritual and physical attacks, but could also destroy illusions, spirits, and all manner of incorporeal things. When the Golden Light Spell achieved Great Success, the second killing move could be understood: Golden Light Reflection Realm, ultimately transforming to Great Divine Power: Boundless Golden Light.

From the Void came a voice of terror.

"Golden Light Spell—so it really is the Heart Emperor reborn."

BOOM! The blood-red ground bulged with five ranges ten thousand miles long, transforming into a giant Prisoner Demon Hand.

The giant hand came down, smashing the blood-and-flesh shadow to pieces; the planet shattered, the illusion broke like a mirror, revealing behind it a red-haired old man, his demeanor withered, holding a black eyeball like a crystal orb, which cracked open, emitting a dense ghostly mist.

"This is the Eye of Myriad Flowers Ghost Saint..."

The red-haired elder abruptly retreated, but Lu Chenzhou was faster. With a single leap he caught up, and a plain, unremarkable uppercut blasted the old man’s head like a watermelon, followed by elbow strike and knee thrust, reducing the elder’s body to a puddle of minced flesh.

"Fuck, aren’t you supposed to be Heart Cultivation?"

The old man’s voice quivered with fear—one punch shattered a Demon Venerable’s fleshly body; and this was Heart Cultivation?

Prisoner Demon Hand reached out, yanked the old man’s Devil Soul from his flesh and, in an instant, refined it to dust. All this took place in a flash.

The red-haired old man—killed in the blink of an eye.

With the old man resolved, the Martial Monk calmly turned and looked ten yards behind—a red-haired woman radiating Great Demon Venerable might was frantically conjuring vines and spikes, shattering one Mystic Sky Shield after another, only to be immediately overwhelmed by more shields.

The woman’s eyes showed bewilderment.

The Martial Monk spoke languidly:

"Have you had enough yet?"

Since entering this illusion until now, the red-haired woman had attacked from behind—yet as a mere Great Demon Venerable, even if he stood still for her to hit for a quarter of an hour, it wouldn’t matter.

"Grandmother isn’t playing anymore." The red-haired woman snorted coldly, then, casting the divine skill[Dancing Hidden Thousand Mountains], turned into a streak of blood light and fled. Off she went, off she went.

"He’s truly the Heart Emperor reborn! With my most adept Tenth Clone, even borrowing the spectral eye from Myriad Flowers Ghost Saint and layered illusions, I still couldn’t control him... But isn’t Heart Cultivation supposed to have a very weak flesh body? Why does this bald guy actually wield YUJI Dao and defensive divine skills above Fifth Rank?"

The red-haired woman was stumped.

"Forget it. Better to give up—he’s a Great Power reborn after all. His divine skills are no ordinary means. Let the higher-ups have this hard bone to chew."

Blood Demon Grandmother regretted her needless move—she had meant to ambush her foe, only to vastly underestimate his strength, and lost a clone for her trouble.

A golden light figure appeared ahead. The red-haired woman braked abruptly, then remarked with affected calm, smiling lightly, "Do you really think you can keep me here?"

"Try and see."

"If Grandmother wishes to leave, you cannot stop me!"

The red-haired woman waved her hand; the void bloomed with thousands of bloody vines lashing at Lu Chenzhou.

Lu Chenzhou was ringed by myriad shields—he neither dodged nor retreated, simply pushed through the whipping vines, closing in, muscles rolling like war drums, qi-blood surging like mist. The fierce Tiger Claw ripped through the woman’s vine armor, ramming her demon energy protective barrier; linking into a Kicking strike, he tore the barrier to shreds, then traded a punch. The woman’s eyes bulged as she was blown back, most of her flesh body blasted apart, revealing her form as blood vine.

"Is he truly Heart Emperor reborn?"

Blood Demon Grandmother began to doubt her demon life.

A mere Heart Cultivator, yet colliding head-on with a Great Demon Venerable’s flesh, and completely overwhelming her—it was too terrifying.

As the Martial Monk came for her again, the red-haired woman ceased dodging. Her legs transformed into tree roots burrowing deep into the earth, and for a thousand miles around all plant life and living things turned to pools of blood in an instant.

Divine Power·Blood Absorption Heaven and Earth!

Power of heaven and earth rolled in without end.

The woman’s form instantly expanded into a blood-hued giant, ten thousand fathoms tall, layered wood vines woven into armor rivaling seventh-rank high grade spiritual weapon in defense.

Divine Power·Blood Dragon Strangulation!

She burned all her demonic power, pouring every ounce of energy into her swelling arms—her arms grew in the wind, transformed into two writhing, blood-red wooden flood dragons, each exuding Great Demon Venerable might.

"Grandmother had not wanted to get serious—it’s you who forced me." The power granted by burst seed gave the red-haired woman back her confidence. With a flick of her hand, two flood dragons as long as ten thousand fathoms snapped through the air as whips, looping around, encircling Lu Chenzhou and tightening like a strangling noose.

Boom, boom!

Lu Chenzhou hurled his iron fists in sweeping arcs, condensing blood qi into mountain-like fist seals that flew, smashing into the two enormous flood dragons. At this time, Blood Demon Grandmother anchored to the earth, her defense and lethality rising a level, might approaching the peak of the Seventh Realm.

"Break!"

Suddenly, Lu Chenzhou used his arms as spears, flesh and blood along their outside edges morphing into blades, and with two great slashing motions he severed the wooden flood dragons at the waist.

"It really is inconvenient having no divine weapon."

Lu Chenzhou thought secretly.

Before leaving Tianxia, Lu Chenzhou had left his three spiritual weapons—Canglang Song, Shooting Willow Whip, and Shocking Heart Needle—with his clone, while the Tiger Soul Spear had been blasted to fragments during his last Heavenly Tribulation and not yet recast.

Thus, for quite a while, until he could forge an unparalleled divine weapon, he could only fight barehanded. Besides, given the strength of his current foes, unless it was a seventh-rank top grade or eighth-rank long spear, ordinary spiritual weapons were of little use—better to fight barehanded.

The wooden flood dragons were chopped apart, then rejoined to surround Lu Chenzhou yet again. The red-haired woman sneered to herself: "Grandmother is united with heaven and earth, with endless power; this wooden dragon is an undying body—let’s see if I can grind you to death."

Boom! But as she spoke, the Martial Monk raised both arms to the sky, surrounded by a boundless brilliant sea of stars. His body’s cells resonated with the stars, unleashing wild magnetic field power. The Martial Monk’s form grew to ten thousand fathoms, like a giant astride the stars, wielding star power, forming two blazing Milky Way arms. The gravitational storm swept up the wooden dragons, grabbed one in each hand, and squeezed tight.

"Annihilate!"

Gravitational force shredded the wooden dragons at the most fundamental level, breaking down their structures at the microscopic scale until they crumbled, falling as dead wood to the ground.

These were Blood Demon Grandmother’s arms.

"Pfft."

Blood Demon Grandmother spewed blood, her might falling from nearly Seventh Realm peak to below late Seventh Realm, the backlash from having unleashed such powerful divine skills now arriving for her.

Ordinarily, a snack or a little rest would fix it—but now... Blood Demon Grandmother could only watch as the star giant, wielding the Milky Way as a spear, swung a light that stretched three thousand miles. Countless stars swept by as grains of sand, scouring her Great Demon Venerable fleshly body to powder. Her blood vine treasure armor was as useless as paper.

The star giant captured and yanked a red-haired woman’s spiritual image from the void, and Blood Demon Grandmother’s Clone Soul was gripped by a frightful chill.

"If you kill this clone, Grandmother’s true self will never let you go. Though you’re strong, you haven’t reached the Eighth Realm; Grandmother is already infinitely close to the Ninth Realm—killing you would be effortless."

Blood Demon Grandmother began to bluster and threaten.

The giant laughed: "I’ll accompany you to the end."

Blood Demon Grandmother’s ninth clone dispersed to nothing; two Demon Venerable souls sent the Martial Arts Tree soaring higher.

[Blood Moon: Fourth Rank (88%) → Fifth Rank (45%)]

[Great Dream: Fifth Rank (12%) → Fifth Rank (27%)]

"That red-haired old man was early Fifth Rank in Illusion Realm Dao, while this Great Demon Venerable was late Fifth Rank in Blood Moon Dao—a great dietary supplement indeed. The red-haired woman is so troublesome because her Dao approaches Sixth Rank, far stronger than the old man. It seems Grandmother still has quite a few such clones. If I get the chance, I’ll devour them all."

"With the fourth stage of"Mountain Moving Realm", I can manipulate star power, casting a broad gravitational field to destroy foes microscopically—a great method to slay undying bodies like these." Lu Chenzhou concluded.

With a wave, he put away both Demon Venerable corpses and their spoils, then left Kun Gu.

After three days wandering the Ruins Sea, Lu Chenzhou’s heart gave a jolt—he seemed to sense something was off.

"My body is covered in golden light, enveloping me wholly..."

He chanted the spell, myriad rays shooting out, tearing the endless Ruins Sea into countless fragments.

Lu Chenzhou’s heart sank as he saw, before him again, two blood-red wooden flood dragons winding him in close circles.

From afar, the red-haired woman laughed manically.

"You forced this from me..."