6kv Chapter 141 The Human Emperor's Decision!
Chapter 141 The Human Emperor's Decision!
Lu Yuan possessed a multitude of magical artifacts, each one a top-tier treasure capable of suppressing the fortune of an entire sect.
Not to mention the various Taoist sects who had just met Lu Yuan.
Even Crane Patrol Celestial Venerable, who knew Lu Yuan inside and out, was completely stunned at this moment.
He knew Lu Yuan had connections.
But isn't this approach a bit too wild and outrageous?!
None of the things Lu Yuan just used were related to the True Dragon Temple's heritage!
These are all Lu Yuan's own things.
Where the hell did this kid get his hands on?!
The key is……
Will doing this work?
It's completely useless!
These top-tier magical artifacts were indeed astonishing, but the chasm between Lu Yuan and Shen Jizhou was as deep as the ocean.
This insurmountable barrier cannot be bridged by just a few magical artifacts.
What's even stranger is the way Lu Yuan uses them.
Each ritual implement is used only once.
Replace immediately after the first strike.
What is he doing?
Do you want to flaunt your collection to the world like a nouveau riche?
This behavior is meaningless except for wasting one's already limited knowledge and mental energy!
It's like lighting a string of firecrackers during the New Year – just to hear the noise.
If you really want to risk your life, you should grab a magical artifact, pour all your power into it, and unleash it to its fullest potential!
Seeking that one in a million opportunity to break the deadlock!
Instead of just scratching the surface like we are now.
The strangeness of this was not only noticed by Crane Patrol Celestial Venerable, but also by all the sharp-eyed old cultivators around.
Shen Jizhou, standing on the platform, naturally saw it even more clearly!
He also found it strange, completely unable to figure out what this junior was up to.
but……
Whatever!
In the face of absolute strength, any skill is futile!
Now Shen Jizhou was more interested in seeing what other magical artifacts Lu Yuan could produce.
The items that have been presented so far have already piqued Shen Jizhou's interest.
If it weren't for the ongoing "Challenge to Heaven," Shen Jizhou would really like to immediately ask Lu Yuan to take him over and examine him properly.
At this moment, Lu Yuan's new offensive has already begun!
He held the sword in his right hand; it was still the Zixiao Thunderstruck Jujube Wood Sword, wreathed in purple lightning.
The lamp held in her left hand was the very same Seven Star Lamp of the Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady.
Lu Yuan stomped his feet hard on the arena, his footwork changing, creating mysterious trajectories.
Yu Step!
Each step felt as heavy as a mountain, leaving a clear footprint on the hard bluestone slab.
The steps may seem chaotic, but they actually correspond to the arrangement of the Big Dipper in the sky!
With each step taken, the phantom of a star lit up in the void!
"The Seven Lords of the Big Dipper, the Great Sage Gods of the Heavenly Gang!"
"Depart from evil, Svaha, radiantly illuminated!"
As the incantation ended, strange phenomena suddenly appeared in the heavens and earth!
Without warning, the dark sky suddenly split open with seven narrow slits!
Seven beams of condensed, tangible starlight, ignoring all obstacles, descended from the heavens and precisely poured into the Seven Star Lamp! That was the primordial stellar power of the Big Dipper!
It is the divine power of the seven star deities!
The flames suddenly surged!
The tiny flame instantly transformed into a towering pillar of fire, interwoven with seven colors, reaching several meters high!
Flames soared, turning half the night sky as bright as day.
The light was dazzling to the extreme, spreading out a magnificent seven-colored sky in the darkness, just like the aurora borealis descending to earth!
Seven-colored flames shot into the sky, echoing the previously laid net of heaven and earth.
The giant golden net, illuminated by the firelight, was also tinged with iridescent colors.
Every single network cable began to burn, transforming into chains of seven-colored flames that descended upon Shen Jizhou!
The crowd below felt a white blur before their eyes, and could see nothing at all!
The seven-colored divine fire was too intense and too dazzling; its light stung people's eyes and brought tears to their eyes!
At the heart of the raging flames and golden light, Shen Jizhou's figure appeared and disappeared.
He still had one hand behind his back.
He still only used his other hand to fight.
But this time, his eyes finally showed some seriousness.
The hand slowly drew a circle in front of it.
A perfect circle.
Within the circle, yin and yang fish slowly emerge, chasing each other.
Tai Chi symbol!
This is a Tai Chi diagram that he drew out of thin air with his own vast and boundless knowledge!
The Tai Chi symbol rotated and grew larger, eventually transforming into a seemingly thin curtain of light that protected him within.
The seven-colored flames collided with the Tai Chi diagram, producing a hissing sound as they burned!
Sparks flew everywhere, but they couldn't budge the barrier in the slightest!
As the giant net burning with seven-colored flames fell, Shen Jizhou simply extended a finger.
Just a gentle touch.
The exact moment is at the center of the giant net.
"break."
One word, a simple and understated statement.
The inescapable net of heaven and earth, powerful enough to trap and kill even the most powerful evil spirits, began to crumble inch by inch from the spot where his fingertips touched!
Cracks spread like a spider web, and finally it disintegrated with a roar, turning into a shower of light that vanished without a trace!
Below, there was a deathly silence.
Everyone was completely stunned by what they saw, their thoughts seemingly frozen in place.
Any one of the magical artifacts that Lu Yuan unleashed was enough for them to look up to for a lifetime.
But Shen Jizhou, with just one hand, effortlessly neutralized this devastating attack.
Is this the true power of the "highest mountain" of the Daoist sects beyond the Great Wall?!
The colorful flames gradually faded, and the flames of the Seven Star Lanterns returned to normal.
Lu Yuan stood on the arena, his breathing becoming heavy, and his face visibly paling.
Having continuously activated so many top-tier magical artifacts, he had exhausted nearly half of his true knowledge, and his mind was utterly worn out.
His all-out attack failed to cause Shen Jizhou the slightest harm.
Logically, he should be exhausted and in despair at this moment.
Strangely, Lu Yuan's face showed no emotional fluctuation whatsoever.
There was no disappointment, no anger, not even the slightest bit of frustration.
There was only a chilling calm.
He slightly raised his head and looked at Shen Jizhou, who was unharmed.
Shen Jizhou remained standing with his hands behind his back, calmly looking back.
"Is there anything else?"
he asks.
Lu Yuan grinned and looked up.
"If you want to see it, of course I have more!"
His chest heaved, and his mind raced once more.
The system space opened up instantly!
Previously, when Lu Yuan took something from the system space, he would always reach into his robes to cover it up, just like a magician in the mortal world.
This time, he didn't even bother pretending anymore.
A pitch-black crack suddenly appeared out of thin air in his palm.
Upon seeing this, Shen Jizhou's eyelids twitched uncontrollably twice.
The first thing to seep out of the crack was a chill.
It wasn't ordinary cold, but the kind of extreme cold that could freeze blood, penetrate bone marrow, and even completely freeze one's soul! Wherever the cold air passed, the charred bricks and stones scorched by lightning were instantly covered with a layer of stark white frost!
The water vapor in the air condensed into countless fine ice crystals, which fell down in a soft rustling sound.
Winter arrived suddenly!
The crowd below shivered in unison, and those with weaker cultivation levels had frost already forming on their eyebrows!
"What...what the hell is this?!"
Some people's jaws chattered, and they cried out in horror.
The crack has widened completely.
A banner slowly emerged from it.
The banner was entirely white, its material unknown, resembling neither silk nor brocade, and emitted a muffled whistling sound in the cold wind.
Embroidered with countless intricate runes in eerie silver threads, the runes seemed to come alive, slowly flowing across the surface. As the runes shifted, one could vaguely discern countless grotesque and tormented faces struggling and roaring, yet uttering not a sound!
The flagpole is as black as ink, neither gold nor wood, and feels like ancient ice.
At the top of the flagpole hang three gray-white bells, which upon closer inspection turn out to be three human skulls shrunk by a secret technique!
The moment this banner appears, strange phenomena will reappear in the heavens and earth!
The sky, which had just been briefly illuminated by the Seven Star Lanterns, was once again plunged into deep darkness.
But this darkness is completely different from the previous ones.
In the darkness, countless distorted phantoms drifted and wandered, looking down upon the human world with their empty eye sockets!
Those phantoms were all different shapes and sizes, some humanoid, some animaloid, densely packed, filling the entire sky!
The Gate of the Nine Netherworlds seemed to have been forcibly torn open at this moment!
Ten thousand ghosts have been unleashed!
"What...what is this?"
No matter how bizarre the magical artifacts Lu Yuan had previously brought out, there were always knowledgeable old Taoist priests who could name them.
But now, the banner in Lu Yuan's hand has silenced everyone.
They couldn't understand it, nor could they comprehend it.
On the stage, Shen Jizhou's gaze finally underwent a qualitative change.
His brow furrowed slightly, his gaze fixed on the eerie white banner, a barely perceptible tremor flashing deep within his pupils. This banner... something's not right!
This aura is definitely not from the righteous path!
And those phantoms in the sky... they are not illusions, but real wandering spirits!
These are the souls of the dead, forcibly summoned from the depths of the underworld by this banner!
Shen Jizhou could clearly sense that the wandering souls were not forcibly detained, but were attracted by the aura of the banner itself.
They willingly crawled out from the depths of the netherworld, just to get close to this treasure that would allow them to briefly return to the human world!
It can attract all kinds of ghosts to appear on their own...
He could single-handedly pry open the gates of hell...
Shen Jizhou's mind raced, but his face remained impassive.
Lu Yuan has already begun to activate the "Mysterious Netherworld Soul-Summoning Banner"!
He gripped the flagpole tightly with his left hand, while his right hand formed an extremely complex hand seal, his ten fingers almost twisted into a pretzel.
The bending angle of each finger joint is so precise it's outrageous!
Below, an old cultivator looked at the hand seal, trembled, and exclaimed in shock:
"The Northern Emperor's Mantra! This is the Northern Emperor's Mantra used to respectfully summon the divine generals under the Northern Emperor!!"
The Northern Emperor's Technique is one of the most top-level secret hand techniques in Taoism. It can only be learned by a celestial master and used by a genius!
To execute this technique, one needs an extremely profound understanding and contemplation of the gods of the Northern Emperor lineage, and even more so, a meticulous control over one's own true nature! The slightest carelessness will result in a backlash of divine power and the complete destruction of one's foundation!
A mere one-star Celestial Master dares to forcibly unleash the Northern Emperor's Technique?!
Lu Yuan's face turned deathly pale.
His lips turned bluish-purple, and a trickle of blood flowed down the corner of his mouth—a sign that he had overexerted himself and damaged his very essence!
He hissed the incantation, each word seemingly emanating from the deepest hell, carrying endless chill and eerie echoes:
"By imperial decree of the Northern Emperor, the Gates of Hell are opened!"
"The Mysterious Underworld summons souls; ten thousand ghosts serve as his servants!"
"The clerks and officials of the six palaces shall be examined and appointed to their posts!"
"Nine Netherworlds and Ten Categories, hasten to the altar!"
The moment the incantation was cast, the countless illusory figures in the sky suddenly erupted!
Countless wandering souls struggled to crawl out of the void.
They came in all shapes and sizes; some wore ancient court robes, some had hideous and terrifying faces, some had broken limbs, and some even had only half a head left! They surged from all directions, converging on the Xuanming Soul-Summoning Banner.
Yet, instinctively fearing the divine power emanating from the banner, it only dared to hover and wander around, letting out a silent roar!
That roar, without passing through the eardrums, directly pierced into the depths of everyone's soul!
The crowd felt dizzy and disoriented, their minds reeling, and hallucinations began to appear before their eyes.
Some people saw their deceased relatives waving to them.
Some people saw themselves covered in blood and gore, lying dead in the street.
Some even plunged into endless darkness and despair, their eyes beginning to glaze over!
"Hold fast to spiritual clarity!"
A highly skilled old Taoist priest, his voice booming like thunder, roared:
"Don't let these evil spirits steal your soul!"
But it was too late.
Dozens of young disciples, their eyes glazed over, walked towards the arena like puppets on strings, only to be held back by their masters! On the arena, all ghosts obey!
Under Lu Yuan's command, those wandering souls transformed into a gray torrent that swept across the heavens and earth, rushing towards Shen Jizhou!
Each phantom was enveloped in the bone-chilling cold of the Netherworld, freezing the air wherever it passed!
They are not physical entities, yet they can erode everything.
The torrents swept across the arena, and the hard blue bricks silently turned to dust.
The torrent traversed the void, leaving behind countless dark traces of space being distorted!
This is the passage of ghostly soldiers!
This is the body being devoured by ten thousand ghosts!
Shen Jizhou finally raised his hand.
But this time, he did not draw the Tai Chi symbol.
He simply put his index and middle fingers together and gently tapped them into the air.
The fingertip landed with unparalleled precision, precisely at the center of the Xuanming Soul-Summoning Banner!
"Certainly."
One word.
Light and airy, without a trace of worldly warmth.
Yet it is as if words become law, as if it were the constitution of Heaven!
In an instant, all the countless wandering souls that were rushing towards them, which were overwhelming, froze in mid-air!
They remained in their attacking posture, their ferocious expressions frozen in place, yet they could no longer advance an inch!
Immediately afterwards, their bodies began to tremble violently, became transparent, and finally dissipated inch by inch into the world like wisps of smoke! Above the sky, the dense army of ghostly figures was also wiped away instantly by an invisible hand, disappearing without a trace!
Darkness fades away.
Light has returned.
The scene of ten thousand ghosts emerging from their cage just now was like a fleeting dream.
Only one thing proved that it was not false.
"Crack."
A barely audible, crisp sound.
A spiderweb-like crack appeared on the surface of the Xuanming Soul-Summoning Banner.
"puff"
Lu Yuan was struck hard, staggered backward, and spat out a mouthful of blood, which splashed all over the banner.
The moment the blood touched the banner, it was mysteriously absorbed, and the crack stopped spreading.
At this moment, a crack finally appeared on the almost numb calm on Lu Yuan's face.
He remained completely unfazed when his previous magical artifacts, no matter how powerful, were destroyed.
But this time...
They even used the Xuanming Soul-Summoning Banner!
This guy...
This guy still just casually flicked his finger...
It's broken?!
Lu Yuan's heart sank.
He finally began to understand some of what Shen Jizhou had said earlier.
What do you mean by "sitting in a well and looking at the sky"...?
What floating things seeing the blue sky...
This guy...
That's... almost unfairly strong...
This is fucking...
Are you even human?!
On the stage, Shen Jizhou's voice rang out again, calm as if he were commenting on a painting.
"It's a good product, but unfortunately, you don't know how to use it."
He looked at Lu Yuan, his tone devoid of sarcasm, only stating facts.
"To summon the ghostly soldiers, one must build an altar, offer sacrifices, fast, and communicate with the gods; each step is indispensable."
"With your forceful activation, you can only summon a few wandering souls at most."
"You can't even open that door if it were truly filled with 100,000 ghost soldiers."
Lu Yuan was panting heavily, his face as pale as paper.
But the fire in his eyes did not go out; instead, it burned even more fiercely.
He raised his hand, casually wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, his grin revealing a ferocious arc.
"Don't you know how to use it?"
He chuckled twice, a hoarse and grating laugh.
"And this one?!"
Before he finished speaking, the space in front of him opened up again!
This time, the instant the crack appeared, an indescribable, supreme pressure descended with a thunderous roar!
That was an aura of supreme power!
An aura of absolute dominance!
An aura as if facing the supreme ruler, the sovereign of heaven and earth!
A jade seal slowly emerged from the crack!
The jade seal is pure white, as smooth and lustrous as the finest mutton fat jade.
The seal knob is a lifelike coiled dragon, with a five-clawed golden dragon perched on it, its eyes wide open, majestically overlooking all living beings!
The seal face is square, with eight ancient seal characters engraved on it.
The handwriting was so ancient that not a single one of the old cultivators who had been immersed in the art of talismans for hundreds of years could decipher it!
When the jade seal appeared in the world, the heavens and earth lost their color!
It is neither light nor darkness.
It's about truly stripping away color!
The clouds in the sky turned a deathly gray-white.
The bricks used for pounding have turned a lifeless gray-white.
Everyone's clothes and faces turned a deathly gray!
The entire world was forcibly stripped of all color, leaving only the pure white of the jade seal and the dazzling golden light emanating from the eight ancient seal characters! The oppressive aura was terrifying to the extreme!
It originates from bloodline and soul; it is the most instinctive awe and submission that life feels when facing a higher level of existence!
The crowd below, including those highly respected old Taoist priests, were trembling all over and sweating profusely!
This……
What the hell is this thing?!
On the stage, for the first time, a look of shock appeared on Shen Jizhou's usually calm and composed face.
His pupils suddenly contracted, and the hand that had been behind his back finally came down.
His feet seemed rooted to the ground, and he withstood the oppressive force without kneeling down.
But his brows were tightly furrowed, and his gaze was more solemn than ever before.
He stared intently at the jade seal, speaking slowly and deliberately, his voice carrying an undisguised look of surprise and disbelief for the first time:
"What on earth is this?!"
Lu Yuan did not answer.
He couldn't answer either.
Activating the Xuanming Soul-Summoning Banner had already drained the last trace of true essence from his body.
Now, activating this "Human Emperor Seal" is draining his soul and burning his life force!
Every inch of his flesh and blood was wailing, and his soul felt as if it were being crushed in a millstone.
With his last ounce of willpower, Lu Yuan formed a hand seal in front of his chest!
That hand seal is called the "Human Emperor's Seal"!
With hands clasped together, thumbs touching and index fingers extended, like an emperor holding a jade tablet, commanding the world!
That's the posture of the supreme ruler of humanity, governing all people!
With all his might, he forced out a hoarse, broken incantation from his throat, yet one that carried an undeniable air of authority:
"By the Emperor of Heaven and Earth!"
"With the Emperor's Seal unleashed, all laws return to their origin!"
After the incantation was completed, the Human Emperor Seal trembled violently!
Buzz
A soft sound, yet it clearly penetrated the depths of everyone's soul, like the first roar at the beginning of the world!
On the seal's surface, the eight golden ancient seal characters burst forth with billions of golden rays!
Wherever the golden light passed, the rules of heaven and earth were forcibly rewritten!
All the laws and principles here are being ruthlessly reshaped!
Amidst the golden light, Shen Jizhou's figure finally moved.
Lu Yuan's bloodshot eyes saw it clearly...
This……
This guy...
It's...still...one hand?!
This guy actually wants to use one hand to receive the Emperor's decree?!
In an instant, a hint of extreme madness and ruthlessness flashed in Lu Yuan's eyes.
very good!
Then give it a try and see if you can handle it!