Chapter 572: The Beginning of the World Heaven’s Fall

Chapter 572: Chapter 572: The Beginning of the World Heaven’s Fall

CRACK!

BOOM!!

The Heaven-Supporting Buddha Palm—its core Buddha Seal pierced by the Grotto Void True Monarch’s sword—was already dissolving into a sky of golden light. Behind it, a vast, roiling sea of Buddha Light gathered to form a second palm. Yet, in that same instant, a seemingly insignificant dark gold glimmer pinned them both in place.

It was as if an invisible giant hand had pressed pause. The vast light of the Buddha Country instantly froze. The golden light solidified, the roars of buddhas were cut short, and even the most subtle traces of flowing Buddha Light were frozen solid within the river of time.

A muffled, enraged grunt echoed faintly from the western horizon.

"Grotto Void, I’ll trouble you to watch this Buddhist fiend."

True Monarch Pu Du’s placid voice rang out once more, his words aimed at the fiercely churning Cloud Sea Sword Realm in the eastern sky.

From the depths of the Cloud Sea Sword Realm, a sword hum answered, carrying a cold, mocking intent.

’But he didn’t dare say much more. After all, the one who had arrived was the most powerful Late-Stage Golden Core True Monarch from the Primordial Sect. As a mere Early-stage True Monarch, he was in no position to speak out.’

’If he said anything disrespectful, True Monarch Pu Du would actually dare to slap him to death with a single palm strike.’

The Sword Light of the Void, the same one that had pierced the Buddha Palm, now hovered silently over the frozen Buddha Light. It pulsed with a faint glow.

Instantly, surrounding the massive afterimage of Buddha Light frozen by True Monarch Pu Du’s motes of dark gold, myriad imperceptible, transparent Sword Threads materialized without a sound, each capable of slicing through the void.

The Sword Threads wove into a net, completely enveloping and sealing the frozen Buddha Country, cutting off any possible follow-up actions from its master.

One pinned it down, the other sealed it. In the span of a breath, they had rendered the Western Buddha Head almost completely immobile.

As for the Cloud Sea Sword Realm to the east, although it made no move, its grim, prison-like Sword Intent, coiled and ready to strike, was firmly locked onto any potential disturbance on the field.

High above, True Monarch Pu Du’s Dao Realm projection slowly pressed down, joining True Monarch Qing Yuan’s Judgement Giant Sword—which tore through the realm’s Pure Qi—to form a pincer attack.

The Celestial Emperor had fallen into an unprecedented predicament. The very Laws of the Celestial Realm groaned under the unbearable strain of the two powerful True Monarchs’ combined assault.

KRA-RACK... KRA-RACK-RACK...

Fine cracks appeared on the magnificent silhouette of the South Heavenly Gate. Behind it, the endless golden halls and jade palaces in the core of the Celestial Court trembled violently. Glazed tiles rained down, and majestic palace walls crumbled.

The fundamental Rules that supported this World Heaven were wavering and tearing apart in the vortex of the two supreme Late-Stage Golden Core cultivators’ ferocious assault.

This World Heaven’s Heavenly Dao Will also sensed the crisis and began to seethe with agitation.

True Monarch Pu Du sensed this and had to temporarily restrain himself. If he provoked a direct attack from the Celestial Dao, he would be shooting himself in the foot.

Having attacked so many World Heavens, he naturally had a measure of how to probe the limits of a World Heaven’s Celestial Dao.

Meanwhile, in the valley below, the terrifying pressure—which had become even more immense with True Monarch Pu Du’s arrival, almost eclipsing the World Heaven’s own Heavenly Dao Will—was as vast as mountains and seas.

At the very moment Zhao Moyang, Leng Yuehua, and Sunx Qishan were so terrified by this irresistible, horrific pressure that their Hearts and Spirits trembled, their vital energies froze, and they subconsciously looked up—

Now was the time.

In Xu Yunfan’s eyes, the cold, detached killing intent he had been suppressing while surrounded by powerful foes suddenly burst forth.

Without the slightest hesitation, his left hand, which had been hidden in his sleeve, shot out as fast as lightning.

A palm-sized, compass-shaped object, bluish-purple all over with faint, flowing patterns of thunderclouds and dragons, was shaken from his sleeve.

It was none other than an Array Disc.

The moment it appeared, he poured Magical Power into it, activating it instantly. An extremely violent and incomparably sharp Thunderbolt Dao Rhyme spread out, instantly shattering the surrounding restraints of viscous, glue-like Profound Yin Magical Power.

"An Array Disc?!"

Zhao Moyang cried out in shock, the greed in his narrow eyes instantly replaced by disbelief.

’He never would have imagined that after battling Nezha, controlling the Nine Heavens Five Thunders Yin Yang Chaotic God Covering Evil Formation, and then using a Secret Technique to steal the World Heaven Root Qi, Xu Yunfan would still have such an obviously high-grade Array Disc hidden away.’

’Refining an Array Disc was incredibly difficult; only those proficient in both Artifact Refining and Arrays could succeed, and the material costs were astounding.’

’Even in the Primordial Sect, it wasn’t something an ordinary Foundation Establishment Daoist Master could possess. He himself, a Late-Stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, only had a single Middle Grade escape-type array disc for saving his life.’

The Array Disc left his hand but did not fall, instead hovering and bobbing three inches from his palm.

VMMMMM!!!

The next instant, a piercing hum tore through the air.

The bluish-purple Array Disc suddenly erupted with a thunderous light a hundred times more dazzling than the sun.

Countless runes, twisted like primordial thunder dragons, shot out from the disc’s surface. They spread out in an instant, forming a massive and impossibly complex Grand Array of light patterns.

The thunder dragon runes instantly formed the Array Base’s framework, while streams of Array Patterns grew and spread like living things. In the blink of an eye, they formed an inverted, giant bowl of Thunderbolt that covered a thousand-zhang radius, enveloping Xu Yunfan and the three people opposite him.

The moment the array formed, the inside and outside were completely isolated.

The overwhelming pressure from True Monarch Pu Du outside was forcibly blocked by more than half by this titanic Thunderbolt array.

Within the array, a chaotic and violent prison of a Thunder Realm formed.

The Five Thunder Reverse Yuan Locking Heaven Formation.

This array was not meant for containment, but for slaughter and reversal.

Furthermore, it possessed the ability to temporarily seal off the inside from the outside.

’Coupled with the Celestial-Eroding Netherworld Talisman and the Green Dragon Thunder Pearl Locking Tribulation and Calming Fortune Technique, plus the fact that I’m in an Outer Realm World Heaven...’

’It’s safe to say that unless a True Monarch deliberately probes for me, they won’t be able to sense anything at all.’

Sensing that the aura emanating from True Monarch Pu Du above hadn’t changed in the slightest—and had even contracted a little due to the Celestial Realm’s Heavenly Dao Will’s attention—Xu Yunfan’s heart eased slightly.

’It was just as I thought.’

"Attack! He’s going all out!"

As expected of a Late-Stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, Zhao Moyang’s composure broke for only an instant before he forcibly suppressed his shock and roared furiously.

The roiling Profound Yin ink-mist around him coalesced like a living thing into dozens of hideous, sinister black spears that tore through the viscous thunder qi, shooting straight for Xu Yunfan.

’He knew this was a life-or-death moment. Xu Yunfan had brought out this ultimate trump card to kill the three of them in this Grand Array that isolated them from the outside world.’

Leng Yuehua’s reaction was only a fraction of a second slower than Zhao Moyang’s.

Her hovering Green Bamboo Sword had long been ready to strike. It transformed into an extremely fine, ghostly green thread that seemed to ignore the distance between them, stabbing straight for the spot between Xu Yunfan’s eyebrows.

Wherever the thread passed, faint, scorched traces of decay were left in the void. This was her incomparably vicious Bone-Dissolving Soul-Devouring Needle!

Sunx Qishan was the most savage of all. Heedless of the Array Disc’s pressure, he let out a demonic roar and swung the black Giant Axe on his back in a perfect arc of death.

"Mountain Splitter!"

The blood-red patterns on the axe flared dazzlingly. The air before the axe blade was brutally compressed and torn, forming a distorted, crimson axe light in the vacuum that hurtled toward Xu Yunfan’s waist, carrying a ferocious power capable of crushing anything in its path.

The three attacks sealed off all of Xu Yunfan’s escape routes. They were vicious, precise, and perfectly coordinated, clearly the result of long practice together to achieve such a high Skill Level.

However, Xu Yunfan, standing at the heart of the array, merely curled his lips into a cold smirk.

It held a hint of mockery and derision.

The instant the Array Disc flared and the Heaven-locking Array formed, the power that had been accumulating within his body for so long finally erupted without restraint.

RUMBLE!

Deep within Xu Yunfan’s Sea of Consciousness, it was as if a Chaos Thunderbolt had detonated.