Chapter 1735 The Demonic Shadow of the Ancestor

At the same time, the other six solidified side branches on the Tree of the Great Dao also received feedback from the solidification of the main trunk, becoming thicker, with clearer Dao patterns, and a closer connection with the main trunk.

The two main trunks of the Golden Crow and the True Demon's body, along with the six side branches, have now all solidified!

At this moment, Zhang Xuan's inner world underwent a fundamental leap.

Mountains and rivers expanded wildly once again, their boundaries became blurred, and the faint outlines of the sun, moon, and stars could be seen evolving within them.

The laws of the Great Dao became more perfect, and the spiritual energy in the inner world transformed into a higher level of Great Dao True Qi.

His cultivation had already reached the peak of the late Mahayana stage, and at this moment, the bottleneck was as fragile as paper, and it shattered with a crash!

The pinnacle of Mahayana Buddhism!

This is not an ordinary advancement.

Zhang Xuan suddenly opened his eyes. Deep within his pupils, the golden crow of the sun patrolled the sky in his left eye, while the true demon of chaos roared in his right.

The aura emanating from him was no longer just the spiritual pressure of a peak Mahayana cultivator, but also contained the Daoist pressure of a True Immortal, as well as a chaotic aura that transcended ordinary Dao laws!

Above his head, terrifying phenomena spontaneously evolved in the void:

On one side, the golden sun burns the sky, its brilliant light shining down and purifying all things.

On one side, the true demon devours the world, with endless chaotic demonic energy surging and swallowing all laws.

In the center is the phantom of the Great Tree, towering into the sky, with two main trunks like pillars of heaven and six side branches that evolve into countless supernatural powers.

A myriad of extraordinary phenomena collided and merged, forming a magnificent picture that awes the stars!

The fluctuations of the advancement were so intense that the entire Immortal Refining Array trembled. Even You Wuyai and Demon Bone Venerable, who were engaged in fierce battle in the distance, couldn't help but pause for a moment and cast shocked glances.

"Peak of the Mahayana stage...but this aura..." Ancestor Tian Shi's eyes gleamed with surprise, "is no weaker than a True Immortal!"

You Wuyai smiled slightly: "I never expected that my father-in-law would actually come this far."

The Demon Relic Venerable felt a chill in his heart, and despair surged like a tide.

He was already struggling to cope with You Wuyai, and now there was Zhang Xuan, whose aura was strange and comparable to a true immortal.

The defeat is inevitable!

Zhang Xuan stood in the void, feeling the boundless power within his body.

He raised his hand and made a grasping motion in the air towards a fleeing Mahayana demon general.

There was no fluctuation of magical power, no supernatural radiance.

But the space around the Mahayana Demon General suddenly solidified, and a colossal hand formed from chaotic demonic energy appeared out of thin air and grabbed him.

"Pfft."

Before the Demon General could even scream, he was crushed into a bloody mist, his essence absorbed by the giant hand and used to nourish Zhang Xuan.

“From this day forward,” Zhang Xuan’s voice was calm, yet it resounded throughout the entire battlefield, “those who offend my Nine Domains shall be punished in the same way.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the Golden Crow True Demon Phenomenon behind him shone brightly, and its terrifying pressure was like the sky collapsing, pressing down hard on the hearts of every cultivator in the Abyss of Beginning Demons.

Collapse, utter collapse.

And at the very heart of the battlefield, the decisive battle finally came to an end.

You Wuyai faced off against the Demon Corpse Venerable.

A late-stage True Immortal of the Myriad Manifestations, facing off against the vanguard commander of the Primordial Demon Abyss and a giant of the demonic path.

At this moment, the Demon Relic Venerable was no longer as arrogant as he had been at the beginning.

His demonic armor was mostly shattered, revealing his cracked demonic body beneath. The demonic energy that was once as solid as an abyss was now in complete chaos, and the vengeful spirit demonic banner that had once devoured the essence of the Immortal Lord of Nanhua had long since turned to ashes under the power of the Myriad Things Returning to Nothingness.

In his eerie green eyes, the soul fire dimmed, leaving only madness and resentment.

In contrast, You Wuyai remained in his flowing blue robe, his expression serene.

Above his head, the illusory image of the immortal palace floated, and in the center, the supreme immortal lotus slowly rotated, evolving the myriad phenomena of birth and death.

He simply stood there, and the Daoist aura flowing around him created a domain within the star field, imprisoning the Demon Bone Venerable within it.

"All things have returned to nothingness, and it has finally come to this..." Venerable Demon Corpse spoke hoarsely, his voice filled with deep resentment, "But if you want to kill me, you will have to pay the price!"

He suddenly tore open the tattered demon armor on his chest, revealing his heart.

There, embedded in the surface was a dark purple magic core, its surface covered with countless fine, vein-like patterns.

"With my demonic heart as a sacrifice, I awaken the slumbering shadow of the progenitor deep within my bloodline!"

The Demon Lord let out a shrill roar, plunged his hands into his chest, and actually pulled out the demon core!

Dark purple demonic blood gushed forth like a spring, but he was completely unaware, simply raising the demonic core high above his head.

"Om-"

The magic core trembled violently, bursting forth with an unprecedented dark purple magic light!

Within the light, a blurry, terrifying phantom of demonic power slowly coalesced.

The phantom had no specific form; it was merely a constantly twisting and changing mass of darkness. Yet, the oppressive aura emanating from it was faintly comparable to You Wuyai's Myriad Manifestations Domain!

"The Ancestor bestows his power!"

Blood flowed from all seven orifices of the Demon Lord, his face contorted in a ferocious expression, as he forcefully pressed the demon core back into his chest.

In an instant, his tattered demonic body expanded, and the cracks were covered with dark purple demonic runes.

A pair of sky-covering demonic wings, formed entirely from pure demonic intent, unfolded behind him!

His aura surged wildly, briefly breaking through the shackles of the mid-stage True Immortal realm and reaching the late stage!

"You Wuyai, prepare to die!"

The Demonic Corpse Venerable transformed into a dark purple beam of destructive demonic light.

Wherever it passed, the void was corroded with eternal black marks, heading straight for the boundless abyss!

This was his last gamble, a desperate attempt to burn his demonic essence and sacrifice his bloodline to awaken the power of his progenitor.

However, You Wuyai merely raised his eyes slightly.

"The Primordial Demonic Shadow? It's nothing more than a lingering remnant of a thought dormant within my bloodline." His voice remained calm. "My myriad forms evolve across the heavens."

Above his head, in the immortal palace, the supreme immortal lotus shone brightly, and the chaotic color at the lotus's heart rapidly spread.

"All things in the universe are within my grasp."

As soon as he finished speaking, the surrounding star field void, centered on You Wuyai, suddenly twisted and collapsed, transforming into a huge furnace capable of melting all things in heaven and earth!

The destructive demonic light emanating from the Demonic Corpse Venerable crashed headlong into the Myriad Manifestations Furnace.

There was no earth-shattering collision.

There was only a strange sound of energy being refined.

Dark purple demonic light surged and struggled wildly within the furnace, while the phantom of the Primordial Demonic Shadow let out a silent roar, releasing a demonic intent capable of corroding the entire world.

However, under the refining power of the Myriad Forms Furnace, these demonic lights, shadows, and intents, like ice and snow thrown into a furnace, quickly melted and decomposed, turning into the most primordial energy and fragments of laws, which were then absorbed by the Immortal Lotus.

It becomes the resources that nourish the boundless and mysterious path.

"Impossible, this is impossible!"

The roar of the Demon Lord came from the furnace, filled with unbelievable despair.

He felt his strength rapidly draining away.

The blessing of the Primordial Demon Shadow is being stripped away.

Even his own demonic soul was being slowly refined by this strange furnace!

“Nothing is impossible,” You Wuyai said calmly. “Your path is ultimately supported by external things and inherited through bloodlines, while my path is created by myself and can evolve into all laws.”

He slowly closed his arms, which had been clasped together.

"Furnace, shut down."

The invisible furnace of all things suddenly collapsed inward!