Chapter 1070: Chapter 577: The Heaven-Burning Demon Venerable’s Fury! Return to the Deep Space Sea, One Step Away!
Three thousand feet below the magma lake, the cocoon formed by Mystic Yellow Mother Qi trembles slightly. Jiang Shu opened his eyes, his pupils swirling with red and gold; his left eye flickered with Phoenix True Flame, and his right eye was embedded with Dragon Clan Essence Blood.
The Chaos Thunder Pool floated above his head, and the Dharma Seal formed by the Three Holy Embryos created triple halos around him, harmonizing the violent energy into a gentle stream.
"The Fire Dao is fiercely bold and aggressive, while the Nirvana Dao is eternally vital..."
Jiang Shu introspected his dantian, observing the newly formed dragon-shaped Dao pattern and phoenix feather design on the Daoist Embryo’s surface, his fingertips condensing a wisp of dual-colored flame.
This flame’s core was the purple lightning from the Chaos Thunder Pool, encased by the Nirvana Golden Flame, repelling the surrounding magma back by three feet.
A deafening rumble suddenly echoed from above, as if a giant hand stirred the entire magma lake.
Jiang Shu looked upward, sensing the faint silhouette of the Heaven-Burning Demon Venerable’s furious figure through the layers of rocky walls.
That old monster was extracting the entire Fire Spirit Vein, with crimson chains piercing the earth’s crust, triggering unending explosions.
"It’s time to go."
Jiang Shu stored the Chaos Thunder Pool, and the Mystic Yellow Mother Qi in his palm condensed into a drill shape, effortlessly shattering the earth and stone before him without a sound, silently reaching far away to emerge above ground.
"This Mystic Yellow Mother Qi, it appears far from simple as merely healing physical injuries in an instant as the Supreme Sect Leader of the Creation Sect claimed. It seems to be a universal wisp of Qi, yet too precious; before obtaining this supreme treasure, I had never even heard of its name."
"From this wisp of Mystic Yellow Mother Qi, it can be seen that the Creation Sect likely seeks to lean towards our True Martial Sect."
Jiang Shu murmured to himself, storing away the last remaining bit of Mystic Yellow Mother Qi, intending to carefully comprehend it later.
The operation of all things in heaven and earth cannot do without the Dao.
The power of this Mystic Yellow Mother Qi surely has an extremely powerful Dao supporting it behind the scenes.
This wisp of Mystic Yellow Mother Qi might allow Jiang Shu to comprehend something.
Turning to look at the fiery red horizon of Heaven-Burning Flame, Jiang Shu crushed the White Jade Token given by the Cangming Daoist Venerable.
Space waves rippled, swallowing him into a chaotic current.
"You bastard!"
Heaven-Burning Demon Venerable abruptly turned his head, the Fire Spirit Vein in his hand exploded thunderously. He clearly sensed a trace of space fluctuation, yet was too late to stop it. His bony hand slapped the void, instantly vaporizing the clouds for a thousand miles around.
"Search the heavens and the earth!"
Heaven-Burning Demon Venerable bit his tongue, spraying out lifebound essence blood.
The feathers originally shuttling through the void transformed into a hundred thousand Fire Crows, each wing engraved with tracking runes.
These Fire Crows dove into every inch of land, not sparing even ant holes.
After three breaths, the furthest Fire Crows had flown three thousand miles away, but all hovered in confusion.
That Human Clan brat seemed to have evaporated.
"Ah—!"
The furious roaring shattered thirty mountain peaks.
Heaven-Burning Demon Venerable revealed his true form, a thousand-foot wingspan of fiery phoenix soared into the sky, the sweep of nine tail feathers splitting the ground into bottomless chasms.
He frantically attacked every possible weak point in space, even tearing open three space fissures, but only drew the backlash of a void storm.
When the last wisp of Phoenix True Flame extinguished, an area of ten thousand miles had become scorched earth.
Heaven-Burning Demon Venerable panted heavily, reverting to human form, tears of blood streaming from cracked corners of his eyes.
With trembling hands, he took out a Communication Bone Flute, conveying news of Jiang Shu’s escape to the True Phoenix Clan.
This mission’s failure would earn him Phoenix Venerable’s punishment, and an end more terrifying than the punishment itself.
...
In the Land of Returning Ruins.
Gray, misty fog wriggled like living creatures.
Jiang Shu’s figure stumbled out from the void, the red-gold flames enveloping his body burning web-like cracks on the ground.
Kneeling on one knee, he coughed up a mouthful of blood laced with sparks, the darkened Dragon Scale Pattern on his right arm finally extinguished completely.
"Finally shook off that old bird..."
Jiang Shu wiped the bloodstain from his mouth, surveying his surroundings.
Prior to the teleportation, he had absorbed the accumulated essence of the Land of Returning Ruins, propelling himself to the Forget Form Realm Late Stage.
Unexpectedly, in merely a month’s time, the place had amassed considerable Space Law Dao Rhythms again, though it was of little use to Jiang Shu now; thus, he left it here, waiting for the next arrival.
The shattered space continued to howl, yet posed not a trace of harm to Jiang Shu, being sliced into dust by sharp auras when within a hundred meters of him, dissipating into the void.
"Though my visit to the Vast Domain wasn’t long, the harvest was abundant; I’ve already glimpsed the cultivation paths of the Fire Law and Nirvana Law. Combined with absorbing the Fire Spirit Vein and the essence of the Demon Race array hub, Breaking Realm should occur today."
With each breath Jiang Shu took, the fragmented space funneled like water, transforming into the most primitive Dao Rhythms, which he absorbed into his stomach as nourishment to replenish himself, until he restored his Peak Realm.
"The last wisp of Mystic Yellow Mother Qi is exhausted, but I faintly saw a Dao manifesting before me."
In half a month, Jiang Shu hadn’t seen a single person, only sensing several formidable auras lingering nearby, but none approached, rushing instead towards the same direction.
"It seems some extraordinary opportunity has emerged, though I don’t know if it’s the chance for sanctification Black Robe spoke of."
Jiang Shu chuckled, shaking his head,
"With a grand opportunity around, it’ll be easy to find people."
"First, let me cultivate, wait until I break through realms, then I’ll go see."
