363: Who are the natives?

Zi Xuwu hastily defended himself, and his protective Immortal Armor instantly shattered three times!

Although he was a Golden Immortal, constrained by the rules of the Lower Realm, his Cultivation was suppressed to the True Immortal Realm, a full major Realm lower than Taichu Heavenly Venerate!

What was even more fatal was—

This place was the Spirit Realm!

As a native Heavenly Venerate, Taichu Heavenly Venerate controlled a portion of the Heaven and Earth's authority, and each of his strikes invoked the power of the world, doubling its might!

In an instant, Zi Xuwu was sent flying by the force of the punch, his chest caved in, spitting blood incessantly, and his protective Magic Treasures shattered one after another!

He tumbled dozens of feet in disarray before he barely managed to stabilize himself, and a hint of genuine fear finally appeared in his eyes!

"Taichu Heavenly Venerate... are you crazy? Yes, I really don't dare to detonate it, but if I die, those ten thousand Heavenly Soldiers are connected to my Divine Soul, and they will automatically detonate!!!"

Taichu Heavenly Venerate stood proudly in the Void Realm, his black robe fluttering, his gaze like a torch:

"Don't scare me, I bet you don't dare, because you didn't come to die, you came to survive."

"And I—"

He slowly raised his palm, the second killing move already brewing,

"Am here to take your life."

Before he finished speaking, lightning exploded in Taichu Heavenly Venerate's palm, and a dark crack, like a giant python soaring into the sky, shot straight for Zi Xuwu's glabella!

Zi Xuwu's pupils constricted, but he didn't panic. Golden light entwined to form a shield, and at the same time, he bellowed, "Immortal Edict—Defend!"

The power of the Word Spirit manifested as an invisible barrier, actually deflecting the spatial rift by three inches!

"Boom!"

The rift brushed past him, tearing a deep, bone-visible wound on Zi Xuwu's left shoulder!

Zi Xuwu coughed out a mouthful of golden blood, yet there was no fear in his eyes; instead, he sneered, "Taichu, do you really think I dared to come to the Spirit Realm without any preparation?"

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly bit the tip of his tongue, forming a hand seal—

"Immortal Realm Guidance, Instant Empowerment!"

In an instant, a crack opened above the Nine Heavens, and a wisp of pure Immortal Realm Origin power poured down like a heavenly river, injecting into his body!

His aura surged, his severed arm regenerated, and golden light enveloped his body, actually restoring his Golden Immortal might within ten breaths!

"Word Spirit Manifestation—Immortal Edict: Kneel!"

With a furious roar, the sound waves transformed into invisible shackles, striking directly at Taichu Heavenly Venerate's Divine Soul!

Even with Taichu Heavenly Venerate's half-step Golden Immortal physique, his mind was momentarily stunned, and his movements slightly slowed!

Seizing this gap, Zi Xuwu flung out the Immortal Realm's supreme Magic Treasure, the Nine Luminaries God Sealing Chain. Golden light, like a Dragon, instantly coiled around Taichu Heavenly Venerate's arms!

"I seal thirty percent of your Cultivation, and sever your ability to instantly move!"

At the same time, he activated the Qiankun Reversal Mirror. The mirror surface projected the phantom of the Reverse Spirit Returning to Ruins Formation, actually causing the Heaven and Earth's spiritual Qi to become chaotic, interfering with Taichu Heavenly Venerate's resonance with the Spirit Realm!

"It's not over yet! boundary breaking warship!"

Before he finished speaking, the warship, originally suspended in the air and shaped like a pavilion, suddenly contracted and transformed!

The stellar core fragments on the surface of the hull violently melted, reorganizing into streams of light—

In an instant, a boundary breaking warship, entirely black, with a Dragon-like head and a scorpion-like tail, appeared out of nowhere!

The Void Realm prism embedded in the bow of the ship hummed and vibrated, and silver Qi currents that tore through space coiled around its body. Its speed was so fast that it left nine afterimages in the Void Realm!

"Boom—!!!"

The warship descended like a falling meteorite, crashing violently into Taichu Heavenly Venerate at a speed exceeding instantaneous movement!

Taichu Heavenly Venerate hastily raised his hand to block, but he was sent flying a thousand feet, and his protective light screen shattered with a "crack"!

Before he could stabilize himself, the warship had already circled behind him, and its scorpion-stinger-like "Boundary Breaking Cone" at the tail suddenly thrust out, aiming directly for his back!

"Second impact!"

"Third impact!"

"Fourth impact—!!!"

Within just ten breaths, the warship transformed into a destructive stream of light, frantically ramming, piercing, and crushing!

Each impact stirred spatial ripples, and each piercing tore through the Law barrier!

Even with his half-step Golden Immortal body, Taichu Heavenly Venerate was left with surging Qi and blood, blood spilling from the corner of his mouth, his black robe torn, and his hair disheveled!

In just ten breaths, Zi Xuwu unleashed four layers of attacks—the Guidance Art, Word Spirit, God Sealing Chain, and warship!

Although Taichu Heavenly Venerate was powerful, he was actually suppressed and put at a disadvantage, unable to even organize a counterattack!

Zi Xuwu's golden robe fluttered, his long hair flew, and his eyes were filled with the arrogance of victory within his grasp.

He looked down at the disheveled Taichu Heavenly Venerate and burst into laughter:

"How about it? How could a native of the Lower Realm like you understand the methods of the Immortal Court? You thought you were invincible just because you had the home advantage? Ridiculous!"

However, Taichu Heavenly Venerate slowly raised his head, and a mocking smile actually appeared on his lips.

"Is that all?"

Taichu Heavenly Venerate erupted with nine golden lights, and the Nine Luminaries God Sealing Chain actually let out a mournful cry, pierced through by the nine golden lights, crumbling inch by inch!

"Do you think I've only lived by the power of the World Origin for these fifty thousand years? Today, I shall let you witness—true Law!"

The Void Realm boomed, and nine giant tripods slowly descended from the Chaos!

Thunder, Fire, Wind, Water, Earth, Heart, Life, Dao, Gui Xu—the nine tripods appeared simultaneously, and the nine tribulations resonated together!

Each tripod corresponded to a type of Heavenly Dao tribulation, and what was engraved on the tripod bodies was not runes, but Law itself!

Zi Xuwu's smile froze: "This... What kind of Cultivation Technique is this?!"

Taichu Heavenly Venerate took a step, and the Lightning Tribulation Tripod smashed down, instantly submerging Zi Xuwu's Immortal Realm Guidance power in a sea of thunder;

As the Heart Tribulation Tripod rotated, his proud "Word Spirit Manifestation" backfired on him, and his Divine Soul fell into an endless illusion;

The Gui Xu Tripod opened its mouth and swallowed, and the boundary breaking warship was actually drawn into the tripod, refined into pure spiritual Qi!

"No—!!!"

Zi Xuwu was horrified, and suddenly understood.

This was not a Cultivation Technique from any of the Immortal, Demonic, Demonic Beast, or Human lineages, but a completely new Cultivation path that transcended the existing Cultivation system!

It could transcend existing Laws!!

Taichu Heavenly Venerate stared at him coldly: "Now, tell me, who is the native?"

Zi Xuwu looked at the nine giant tripods suspended in the Void Realm, each tripod pattern flowing with Laws that surpassed the existing Cultivation system. His eyes first showed horror, then turned into maniacal laughter:

"Hahaha, Taichu Heavenly Venerate! You're finished! How dare you display such a Cultivation Technique in public? The Immortal Emperor and the Five Great Emperor Lords have been hesitant to personally descend to the Lower Realm precisely because they feared this 'nine tripods Cultivation Technique' was fake, fearing they would waste their efforts! But now—you have personally proven its existence! They will surely tear through the heavenly rules and descend to the Spirit Realm at all costs! You are dead! The entire Spirit Realm will suffer eternal damnation!!!"

Taichu Heavenly Venerate's expression was as stern as iron, his gaze piercing Zi Xuwu like a blade:

"Whether I die or not is still unknown, but you—you must die now."

Zi Xuwu's face changed dramatically, and he hurriedly shrieked, "Do you really want to kill me?!"

His voice suddenly lowered, carrying a hint of cold threat:

"Do you know, before we set off, the Immortal Emperor used supreme Divine Ability to plant a 'Life and Death Restriction' between me and tens of thousands of dead soldiers! If I die, ten thousand dead soldiers will also instantly have their Divine Souls explode, and the Reverse Spirit Returning to Ruins Formation will immediately be fully activated! The Spirit Realm will surely become a wasteland within a year! You are courting your own destruction!!!"

Taichu Heavenly Venerate sneered, and the nine tripods in his hand slowly rotated, thunder and fire intertwining:

"Then I will cripple your Spiritual Root, sever your Immortal meridian, extract your Divine Soul, and seal you for ten thousand years! I will make you unable to live or die, forever trapped within the tripods, suffering the torment of the nine tribulations' Soul Refining every day!"