131: The Primordial Body is immune to all poisons!

Chen Xu was enraged by the three million Mortals. Golden imperial majesty soared into the sky, and the human emperor seal transcended the deceased souls, purifying the sea of blood, turning the Demonic Path's strongest reliance into a supply for his power.

In his eyes, there was not a trace of selfish desire, only the protection of the Human Race and the judgment of the Demonic Path's evil demons.

What a grand spirit, what a vast imperial posture!

He was no longer a mere powerhouse; he was the guardian of the Righteous Path, a true Emperor, and the most perfect Dao Companion in her heart!

She looked at him, her heart surging with an indescribable mix of emotions.

From the initial shock and awe, to later admiration and loyalty, and now, the deep-seated affection, like a prairie fire, that had taken root in her heart.

It had long since grown wildly like spring grass, occupying every corner of her heart.

She knew, this was love.

A love that transcended life and death, a love for which she was willing to give everything.

Whenever she was near him, she felt an unprecedented sense of security and warmth, as if all the storms of the world could not disturb her. Her Dao Heart was born for him, and grew strong because of him.

"Sir..."

Murong Zhuyun spoke softly, her voice trembling slightly.

She knew that at this moment, she had to say it.

"Hm?"

Chen Xu turned his head slightly, his eyes falling on her.

His gaze was as deep as the sea, as if it could pierce through the human heart.

Seeing through all the emotions she had not yet expressed.

Murong Zhuyun felt his gaze, her heart rate suddenly accelerated, and a blush appeared on her cheeks.

But she did not dodge, nor did she retreat.

She knew that in front of Chen Xu... this kind of pretense was useless.

"Before, Zhuyun thought that the path of Cultivation was to sever all emotions and desires, and pursue the supreme Dao."

She said slowly, "But after meeting Sir, Zhuyun realized that when one has someone in their heart, their Dao Heart becomes even more steadfast."

She looked up, directly into Chen Xu's eyes.

Her eyes were full of trust and dependence.

"Zhuyun is willing to clear obstacles for Sir, and protect him always, for this life and beyond."

Her voice echoed in the night wind, soft yet full of power.

Chen Xu's gaze lingered on her face for a moment.

He did not speak, but slowly raised his hand and gently placed it on her cloak, pulling it a little tighter.

This gesture, without words, was worth a thousand words; it was his silent response to her feelings.

And also his tacit acceptance of her affection.

Murong Zhuyun's heart, at that moment, seemed to be enveloped by a warm current.

She knew that he had felt and accepted her feelings.

She said no more, but simply stood quietly by his side, feeling the faint warmth emanating from him, feeling this silent understanding and companionship.

The night wind was still biting, but the atmosphere between the two of them became warm and peaceful due to this honesty and acceptance.

Time, at this moment, seemed to slow down.

However, this rare tranquility... was quickly interrupted.

Whoosh!

A fiery red message sword light shot directly towards the mountaintop from the direction of the Alliance's main camp!

Before the sword light arrived, a strong sense of anxiety and unease already swept over them!

Murong Zhuyun's pretty face changed, and she subconsciously moved to intercept it.

Chen Xu's brow, however, furrowed slightly when he saw the familiar mark on the sword light.

He slowly raised his hand, allowing the urgent sword light to land steadily in his palm.

It was a message sword light from the Illusory Sound Immortal Sect.

It was Liu Ruyan!

Buzz!

The sword light transformed into a light screen in his palm.

The next moment, the face of Liu Ruyan, Sect Master of the Illusory Sound Immortal Sect, appeared.

However, at this moment, her beautiful face was filled with solemnity.

"Alliance Leader!"

"Something has happened!"

"A large-scale, terrifying plague has broken out in the Alliance's main camp!"

As her words fell, Chen Xu's expression did not change.

But Murong Zhuyun's heart suddenly sank!

Plague?

The Alliance army, composed of hundreds of thousands of elite Cultivators, each one having tempered their Physical Body.

They were immune to all poisons.

How could a plague break out?

In the light screen, Liu Ruyan's voice became increasingly urgent, and she reported at a very fast pace: "Just half an hour ago, a Disciple in the Vermilion Bird Legion suddenly collapsed, and his Spiritual Qi uncontrollably leaked outwards!"

"We initially thought he had a problem with his Cultivation, but then, the second, the third, the tenth, the hundredth!"

"So much so that... the situation is continuously worsening!"

"Currently, more than a third of the Cultivators have shown the same symptoms! Their Spiritual Qi is rapidly draining, and their Dao Foundation seems to be corroded by something, becoming extremely unstable!"

"Alliance Leader! What's even more terrifying is that even some Nascent Soul Elders have started to fall victim!"

"The entire camp is now in complete chaos, and everyone is in a state of panic!"

Boom!

Every word from Liu Ruyan seemed to make the surrounding air a few points heavier.

"It's the Demonic Path!"

The next moment, Murong Zhuyun blurted out.

Her tone was full of anger!

"It's this kind of tactic again! During the war in the Northern Territory of Great Feng Dynasty, the Demonic Path used such insidious tricks!"

She remembered that war vividly.

The Myriad Poisons Sect of the Demonic Path had used Devilish Qi to contaminate water sources and Spiritual Veins, causing countless Great Feng Dynasty soldiers and Cultivators to lose much of their combat power unknowingly, eventually becoming lambs to the slaughter.

Unexpectedly, after such a short time, on this Central Plains battlefield.

They had encountered such a sinister and unpredictable conspiracy again, even more malicious than direct combat!

Chen Xu's eyes also instantly turned cold.

He did not say a word.

He just exchanged a glance with Murong Zhuyun.

The next second.

Their figures simultaneously disappeared from the mountaintop, transforming into two streaks of light, shooting directly towards the chaotic Alliance's main camp below!

...When Chen Xu and Murong Zhuyun's figures descended above the Alliance's main camp.

The sight before them made even Murong Zhuyun, whose will was as firm as iron, gasp in cold air.

Chaos!

Unprecedented chaos!

Within the camp, there was no longer any joy or order from the great victory.

Instead, there was soaring panic and despair!

Everywhere were Cultivators groaning in pain, rolling on the ground.

They sat cross-legged on the ground, their faces filled with pain and bewilderment.

Their complexions were ashen, like dead men.

Visible streams of Spiritual Qi were uncontrollably leaking outwards from their seven orifices and every pore.

The Spiritual Qi fluctuations on their bodies were erratic, like candles in the wind.

Their entire aura was rapidly decaying at an alarming rate!

Some Disciples with weaker Cultivation had even begun to show signs of shriveling and wilting in their Physical Bodies due to the depletion of Spiritual Qi!

"Save me! Elder, save me! My Spiritual Qi! My Spiritual Qi is being drained!"

"What's going on! Why! Why is my Golden Core collapsing!"

"It's a curse! It's the Blood Fiend Sect's curse! We've all been cursed!"

Panic spread wildly through the crowd.

Those Cultivators who had not yet shown symptoms were all terrified, retreating madly, looking at their companions as if they were looking at some terrifying monster.

Trust, at this moment, was completely gone.

The entire Alliance army... was on the verge of collapse!

In the central area of the camp.

Liu Ruyan, Sect Master of the Illusory Sound Immortal Sect, the Sect Master of the Hegemon Blade Sect, the Valley Master of Myriad Beast Valley, and more than a dozen of the top Alchemy Grandmasters from various major Sects in the Central Plains, were gathered together, looking distraught.

At their feet, jade bottles of various top-grade Medicinal Pills were piled up.

But no matter what Spirit Pills or miraculous medicines they fed to the fallen Cultivators.

It was all useless!

"Alliance Leader!"

Just then, Liu Ruyan saw Chen Xu.

She immediately stood up and walked over: "Alliance Leader! You've finally arrived!"

She pointed at the fallen Cultivators, her voice heavy as she spoke: "This plague is too bizarre! Invisible, colorless, silent, we have no idea how it spreads!"

"Once infected, Spiritual Qi will rapidly drain! The Dao Foundation... is like being gnawed and corroded by invisible ants!"

No sooner had her words fallen than a white-haired Alchemy Grandmaster, renowned in the Central Plains.

Now also walked over with a grim expression, cupping his hands and saying, "Alliance Leader, this old man has practiced medicine for a thousand years, and has never seen such overbearing and strange symptoms!"

"We have tried all top-grade detoxification pills, spirit-cleansing pills, Foundation-strengthening pills... we even brought out the Sect's most precious sacred medicines!"

"But, all of them have been ineffective!"

"The medicinal power of those pills, once they enter their bodies, is instantly devoured by that strange force!"

The Sect Master of the Hegemon Blade Sect's eyes were bloodshot, and he slammed his fist fiercely onto the ground.

Creating a huge pit in the ground.

"Damn it! What the hell is this thing! I'd rather fight those demonic brats head-on than wait for death so helplessly!"

For a time, everyone's gaze converged on Chen Xu.

However, just at this moment.

An unexpected change suddenly occurred!

"Ah—!"

A shrill scream suddenly exploded in the center of the camp!

Everyone turned back in horror.

They saw a Middle Nascent Soul Stage Elder from the White Tiger Legion.

His entire being seemed to have been drained of all essence.

His Cultivation, under the horrified gaze of the crowd, plummeted like an avalanche!

Middle Nascent Soul Stage!

Early Nascent Soul Stage!

Golden Core Great Perfection!

Golden Core... Bang!!!

A dull explosion came from within his Dantian.

That Elder's Nascent Soul actually shattered directly before everyone's eyes!

He was struck as if by lightning, spitting out a large mouthful of black blood.

With a tragic scream, he actually fainted on the spot.

His body shriveled at a visible speed.

In just a few breaths, a majestic Nascent Soul Elder became a skin-and-bones corpse!

Dead silence!

This scene was like an invisible heavy hammer, fiercely striking the hearts of all Cultivators who had not yet been infected!

Even a Nascent Soul Elder couldn't resist!

What about them?

"It's over... We're all going to die!"

"Help! I don't want to become a dried corpse!"

The entire Alliance's main camp completely lost control!

And just as... this despair and chaos reached its peak!

"Hahahaha..."

A cold and triumphant wild laugh suddenly echoed from above the camp!

Everyone looked up in horror.

They saw a thick, impenetrable green poisonous cloud, at some unknown time.

It had already enveloped the entire camp from above.

The poisonous cloud churned and gathered... finally forming an enormous, hideous skull!

In the eye sockets of the skull, twoquietgreen ghost fires burned, looking down from above at the human purgatory below.

The next moment, the laughter stopped, and the voice once again emerged from the skull, resounding throughout heaven and earth!

"Hahahaha! You fools of the Righteous Path, didn't expect this, did you?!"

"You thought it was over just because you won the frontal battle?"

"Enjoy yourselves! This Foundation Plague of mine was refined by my Myriad Poisons Sect over a thousand years, using a hundred thousand kinds of Dao poisons, specifically targeting the Foundation of you Cultivators!"

"Invisible and colorless! Incurable by any medicine!"

"This Venerable One wants to see, Chen Xu, you so-called Righteous Path Alliance Leader, how you will face an Alliance army full of useless people!"

"Hahahaha! Just wait! Wait until your Righteous Path Alliance all turns into a bunch of useless people, even worse than Mortals!"

Arrogance!

Malice!

The smugness in that voice made everyone tremble with rage!

"Myriad Poisons Sect! Poison Overlord!"

"This rat hiding in the gutter!"

The Sect Master of the Hegemon Blade Sect roared in fury.

The door-panel-sized saber in his hand instantly unsheathed!

A tyrannical and peerless Saber Qi, blood-red in color, shot up into the sky, tearing through the firmament, and fiercely slashed towards the green skull in the sky!

However, a strange scene occurred.

The Saber Qi, powerful enough to split mountains and cleave peaks, instantly emitted a "sizzling" corrosive sound upon contact with the green poison cloud.

In the blink of an eye, it was corroded and dissipated by the dense poison cloud.

The Sect Master of the Hegemon Blade Sect's face turned pale, feeling a sinister and poisonous power backlashing along the Saber Qi.

It caused his blood and Qi to churn.

Seeing this, everyone's hearts sank to the bottom.

Towards such insidious and malicious methods.

They hated it to the core, yet were helpless!

They could only watch helplessly as the green skull laughed wildly in the sky, and watch helplessly as their companions fell one by one!

Amidst this deadly silence.

Chen Xu slowly walked through the terrified retreating crowd.

He walked past the Cultivators groaning in pain on the ground.

Finally, he stopped in front of a Vermilion Bird Legion soldier who had just been infected and was struggling in agony.

The soldier, seeing the Alliance Leader personally present, his eyes erupted with a light of survival.

He struggled to reach out.

"Alliance... Alliance Leader... save me..."

Chen Xu's expression was indifferent. He slowly extended his finger and pointed it at the center of the other party's eyebrows.

His vast Divine Thought instantly penetrated into his body.

The next second.

Chen Xu's brows furrowed.

In his Divine Thought perception, within the soldier's body, billions of tiny gray insects, comparable to dust, were frantically wriggling.

These tiny insects did not devour flesh and blood, nor did they consume Spiritual Qi.

What they devoured was the Foundation that constituted this soldier's cultivation!

At the same time, they also devoured Meridians and the Dantian.

They were like maggots clinging to bones, directly eroding everything that constituted a Cultivator's existence.

Fundamentally disintegrating the Cultivator's power.

This kind of poison, indeed, could not be cured by any Medicinal Pill.

Because the medicinal power of Medicinal Pills... was itself a kind of Spiritual Qi.

The moment it entered the body, it would be treated as nourishment by these Dao poisons.

Completely devoured!

No wonder!

No wonder even Alchemy Grandmasters were helpless!

Chen Xu understood in his heart.

Immediately, he made a decision that shocked everyone present!

In order to thoroughly understand the principle of this "Dao Poison."

And also to find a way to eradicate it.

Chen Xu slowly raised his other hand and gently beckoned towards the invisible and colorless poisonous Qi in the air.

A tiny wisp of gray airflow was drawn out of the air by him.

It lingered at his fingertips.

It was precisely the Origin poison of the Foundation Plague!

Clearly, he was preparing to... test the poison on himself!

"Sir, no!"

Murong Zhuyun, seeing this scene, her beautiful face lost all color!

She wanted to stop him, but Chen Xu's movements were too fast.

Chen Xu didn't hesitate at all, flicking his finger.

That wisp of gray "Dao Poison" directly entered his glabella!

Boom!!!

The entire world, at this moment, seemed to have been muted!

Everyone was stunned.

On Liu Ruyan's beautiful face.

It was filled with disbelief.

The Sect Master of the Hegemon Blade Sect's eyes widened even further, as if he had seen a ghost.

"He... is he crazy?!"

"What is the Alliance Leader doing?!"

"It's over! It's over! Even the Alliance Leader..."

Panic and incomprehension almost made their Dao Heart collapse.

After all... the Alliance Leader was their only hope!

If even the Alliance Leader was affected.

Then the Righteous Path Alliance was truly finished!

In the sky, the green skull was also stunned, then burst into wild laughter.

"Hahahaha! Foolish! Truly foolish to the extreme!"

"Chen Xu, oh Chen Xu! Should this Venerable One say you are confident, or arrogant?"

"You actually dared to actively draw poison into your body! What do you think your Physical Body is? An Immortal's body?"

"Feel it properly! Feel the despair of your Foundation being devoured inch by inch! Hahahaha!"

The Sect Leader of Myriad Poisons, Poison Overlord, was already laughing so hard he was bending over backward.

He seemed to have already seen Chen Xu losing all his cultivation and dying from the Dao Poison's corrosion!

For a moment, everyone nervously watched Chen Xu.

Their hearts were in their throats.

Time, at this moment, seemed to become incredibly long.

One second.

Two seconds.

Three seconds.

Chen Xu still stood quietly.

His expression unchanged.

Just when everyone thought a miracle might have occurred.

Chen Xu's body suddenly trembled!

His face, at a visible speed, showed an abnormal gray pallor!

"Not good!"

"The Alliance Leader has also been affected!"

Everyone's hearts sank, and they instantly felt half-chilled!

And within Chen Xu's body.

That wisp of gray Dao Poison, the moment it entered his body, went completely mad.

It charged straight towards his Dantian Purple Mansion!

Its target was very clear: Chen Xu's Foundation!

His Primordial Chaos Nascent Soul!

Although this wisp of Dao Poison was tiny, its essence was refined by the Myriad Poisons Sect over a thousand years, using a hundred thousand kinds of Great Dao poisons!

Its domineering toxicity... was enough to instantly corrode any Foundation below Soul Transformation!

And when these poisonous insects saw Chen Xu's purple-gold Nascent Soul, sitting cross-legged in the center of his Dantian, enveloped by endless Primordial Violet Qi!

They instantly transformed into a gray lightning bolt and fiercely pounced!

However.

Just as that wisp of gray poisonous Qi was about to touch the Primordial Chaos Nascent Soul.

That purple-gold Nascent Soul, sitting cross-legged with closed eyes.

At this moment, it suddenly opened its eyes!

And the next moment, what was even more hair-raising was... that Primordial Chaos Nascent Soul... suddenly opened its small mouth.

And lightly inhaled that wisp of gray poisonous Qi.

"Slurp—!"

A soft sound.

The Origin poison of the "Foundation Plague," powerful enough to cause even Nascent Soul Elders to have their Foundation collapse, was thus swallowed by the Primordial Chaos Nascent Soul in one gulp!

In fact, the little purple-gold figure even smacked its lips and let out a satisfied burp.

A pure Spiritual Qi, intensely refined, flowed back from the Nascent Soul's body.

Instantly merging into Chen Xu's four limbs and hundreds of bones.

Chen Xu only felt his whole body tremble.

The slight discomfort caused by the Dao Poison instantly vanished, instead turning into an indescribable feeling of comfort, as if... he had consumed a great tonic pill.

Not only that, but he even felt that his cultivation had advanced by a trace.

Although the advancement was very slight, it was a genuine advancement nonetheless.

One could say, how could this be poison?

This was clearly a great tonic!

But the next moment, Chen Xu reacted.

His Primordial Chaos Nascent Soul was the Origin of all Dao, and Primordial Violet Qi was the supreme energy that transcended all Laws of heaven and earth!

This so-called "Dao Poison," in its essence, was merely a condensation of chaotic Spiritual Qi fragments.

To others... it was a fatal, gut-wrenching poison.

But to him, it was nourishment!

In the short span of a few breaths, when everyone outside thought he was about to die and his Dao would vanish.

Chen Xu slowly opened his eyes.

The abnormal gray pallor on his face had long since disappeared, replaced by a radiant glow.

A golden light flashed deep within his eyes!

"Sir! You... how are you?!"

Murong Zhuyun, who had rushed to his front, her eyes teary, felt the change in his aura and couldn't help but be stunned, asking with a trembling voice.

Chen Xu looked at her anxious expression, the corners of his mouth slightly upturned, revealing a reassuring smile.

"I'm fine."

"Not only am I fine, I've also found the antidote."

Boom!!!

This simple sentence exploded with a thunderous sound throughout the silent great camp!

Found the antidote?!

Everyone was dumbfounded!

Those Cultivators who had fallen into despair, those Sect Masters and Elders who were at their wits' end.

At this moment, they were all completely bewildered.

One by one, they suddenly looked up, staring intently at Chen Xu!

"Alliance... Alliance Leader! Is this true?!"

Liu Ruyan, Sect Master of the Illusory Sound Immortal Sect, reacted instantly.

She flashed to Chen Xu's front and asked with a surprised look in her eyes.

"What is the antidote? What Spirit Medicine is needed to refine it? In the treasure vault of my Illusory Sound Immortal Sect, there are still several ten-thousand-year-old Saint Medicines! As long as it can save everyone, my Illusory Sound Immortal Sect is willing to give everything!"

"My Badao Sect is the same!"

"And my Myriad Beast Valley!"

In an instant, everyone gathered around, their faces filled with excitement.

High in the sky, Poison Overlord's rampant laughter... also came to an abrupt halt.

Antidote?

Impossible!

This Foundation Plague was refined by his Myriad Poisons Sect with a thousand years of painstaking effort.

It was simply incurable!

This guy must be bluffing!

Yes! It must be!

However, facing the expectant gazes of the crowd, Chen Xu merely shook his head, then spoke indifferently: "No Spirit Medicine is needed, nor is Alchemy needed."

"The antidote, is me."

As soon as these words were spoken, the entire place was shocked!

Everyone was dumbfounded.

The hope that had just ignited instantly extinguished.

Everyone looked at each other, their faces filled with confusion and incomprehension.

The antidote... is the Alliance Leader himself?

What does that mean?

"Alliance Leader, you... what do you mean by this?"

The Alchemy Grandmaster who had just spoken couldn't help but step forward, asking with a face full of perplexity.

"Could it be... that you intend to use your own vital blood as a guide to detoxify everyone?"

"But... but, there are tens of thousands of infected people. With your strength alone, even if you exhaust your vital blood, how can you save so many people?"