CHAPTER 525: CHAPTER 305: ANNIHILATION OR REBIRTH (PART 2)

Some Chixia is Pure Yang Blood, and some is real blood of the body, all containing the essence of powerful origins.

After a long time, the terrifying waves in the depths of the desert began to recede, no longer as fierce.

Some Great Grandmasters’ hands were actually trembling slightly, their knuckles turning white, as they had a premonition. Ultimately unwilling, they summoned the Heavenly Mirror to observe the battlefield.

In a sea of blood, the small boat made of Immortal Wood had overturned and was already shattered.

On the shore, the present Buddha sat cross-legged, his seven orifices bleeding, eyes closed and motionless, as if he had already... entered silence.

"Ancestor Master!" Xiang Yiwu and others cried out, their eyes turning red.

The grey-clad man who was originally on the small boat knelt on one knee on the shore, continuously coughing up blood, his body enveloped in a faint immortal fog. He was not dead.

In another treasure mirror, the scene displayed the territory outside Yin Soil, where a woman in a white gauze skirt sat blood-soaked on a large blue rock, pieces of broken flesh and armor on the ground before her.

The image shifted, showing a big tomb where six enormous ivory tusks were broken off, a massive turtle shell shattered, and a Purple Lightning Beast torn apart, the big tomb entirely dyed red with blood.

In the distance, Helian Chengyun, wearing tattered Crimson Gold Armor, was covered in blood, and his final arrow shattered a pitch-black, mountain-sized immortal-like creature.

However, just then, at the main tomb, it was as if another world had opened up, and a huge, pure white hand reached out.

With a bang, the giant hand grabbed the coldly resolute youth-form Helian Chengyun, then exerted force with its five fingers, snapping all his bones and splattering his blood high into the air.

Next, Chixia dyed the night sky red, as Pure Yang Blood exploded.

"Ancestor Master!" many people on the Immortal Road wailed.

"Old Ancestor!" Helian Yunji, Helian Yaoqing, and others’ bodies shook violently, almost collapsing to the ground.

In the far distance, a man with disheveled hair, his left side flesh glistening, and his right side flesh rotting black, lay on his back on the ground, his head pierced by a long spear and burning with Thunder Fire, destroying his consciousness.

Crystalline petals and drifting yellow paper turned to ashes, covering him.

Beside him, the old ancestor master of the Esoteric Buddhism sat silently unmoving. As the ground beneath him sank, his body split apart, having long been cleaved in two, perishing together with the immortal-like creature.

"Old Ancestor!" In the Esoteric Buddhism side, many also cried out, their eyes filled with hot tears.

Everything in sight was too tragic.

Elsewhere, the sea of sand disappeared, the ground resembling a great abyss. Some Ancestor Masters gasped for breath, their armor in tatters, dull and lifeless, with wounds and bloodstains all over them.

In front of them, five Immortals were dismembered.

However, here also lay some shattered blood and bones of the Ancestors, countless old seniors having fallen in battle.

"Some Ancestor Masters are still alive, they’ve slaughtered five Immortals!"

People’s spirits were shaken, a glimmer of hope rising within them, sparking some expectations.

Suddenly, from the core of this territory, at the main tomb, came a grand voice, like thunder, like the collision of heaven and earth, deafening.

"Very impressive, your cultivation has reached the Strong Sixth Realm, even the Extreme Six Realm. It seems your civilization is brilliant; every living being here is excessively powerful for their realm, and there’s great hope for future road expansion into higher domains."

At the main tomb, black mist and white mist surged together, forming a Yin Yang Bridge, connecting life and death, leading into Yin Soil.

"However, this barrier you cannot overcome. Even though you’ve vanquished many Immortals, it only grants you the initial qualification to meet me."

In the main tomb, the Yin Soil was boundless, a gigantic golden lotus blossomed, its petal heart as dark as ink, with a being shrouded in white mist sitting on it.

"Earth Immortal?" Outside the desert, many Great Grandmasters inhaled the Night Fog, feeling both terrified and shocked.

"Why are there so many Immortals here?" They were perplexed, and indeed, there was an Earth Immortal in the main tomb.

The Ancestor Masters had all been severely wounded, and those who survived likely had little combat power left.

"Guide me to the world, and you shall have merit. Do you wish to follow me to achieve the Heavenly Immortal position?" The suspected Earth Immortal being spoke from within the golden lotus.

The surviving Ancestor Masters, their armor mostly missing, managed to stand while holding each other up; though their aura weakened, their presence remained powerful, showing no respect for the Earth Immortal, retaining their strong belief.

With a loud boom, they all erupted into brilliant light, as if set ablaze.

Simultaneously, thirty-six metal pillars appeared in this territory, densely covered with runes, illuminating this world, causing the entire desert to boil.

"Thirty-six Dragon Tiger Heaven Suppressing Divine Pillars?" Ling Canghai exclaimed, utterly losing his composure.

This was a Big Killer, the product of joint sacrificial refinement by all Ancestor Masters from the Immortal Road, Esoteric Buddhism, and Newborn Road, used only during existential threats to their clan’s fate.

Indeed, they had brought it out for this Great Exploration.

However, it had a fatal flaw: activating this Big Killer required the deaths of many Ancestor Masters.

Each Divine Pillar had its origins, considered a forbidden object, with runes re-inscribed by the Ancestor Masters, constantly refined, growing more dangerous.

The surviving Ancestor Masters jointly activated the thirty-six Divine Pillars, nearly disintegrating themselves in the process.

"Either refine you, Earth Immortal, or seal all your immortal-like creatures back again!"

The living Ancestor Masters chose to perish together.

"How dare you!" The Earth Immortal rose from the golden lotus, soaring skyward.

However, he seemed blocked, sealed back once more.

It wasn’t just Earth Immortals, but other living immortal-like creatures were being forced and compressed by the thirty-six Divine Pillars, falling back into their own realm.

During this process, the Ancestor Masters broke apart, continuously disintegrating, burning into light.

"Why put yourselves through this? We could sit down and talk!" The Earth Immortal shouted from within the Yin Soil.

"In future years, descendants will visit, and debate victory and defeat with you on our behalf!"

The Ancestor Masters, standing firm before the thirty-six Heaven Suppressing Divine Pillars, their blood and flesh shattered amidst firelight, even in death scornful towards immortal-like creatures, exuding strength, confidence, and calm, their remaining skeletons unshaken.

"Ancestor Master!"

Outside the desert, many cried out, tears streaming down their faces.

This Great Exploration was indeed too tragic!

"How can the Ancestor Masters die like this?" Many could not accept such an ending.

"I refuse to believe this is real!" Cui Chonghe roared lowly, having seen his teacher, Sun Taichu, shed his usual gentleness for immense firmness and indifference at the last moment, dying amidst the flames.

Qin Ming felt profound shock, his heartstrings trembling, wondering if this was true; all Ancestor Masters withered, departed!

He looked up and saw Lu Zizai.

"Brother Lu!"

Lu Zizai stood at the forefront of the crowd, expressionless, eyes deep, gazing silently at the night sky.