242: Chapter 242 Who Dares to Oppose?

Jian Tanghuang's phoenix eyes suddenly turned fierce, the fury within them burning like fire, nearly erupting as tangible flames.

The Nirvana True Fire around her body suddenly surged, red and gold flames flickering around her as a scorching wave of heat swept out like a tsunami—

Wherever it passed, even the Death Qi that had permeated the Eternal Graveyard for ten thousand years hissed as it burned, nearly incinerated completely!

“Take me to the Guanghan Immortal Palace!”

Her voice was bone-chillingly cold, as if tempered from ten-thousand-year-old ice, carrying an unquestionable decisiveness and majesty:

“I want to see who dares oppose me!”

Before her voice could fade, a supreme majesty originating from the depths of her Bloodline suddenly spread outward!

This was not an intentionally released pressure, yet it was more terrifying than the full force of any Mahayana Cultivator—as if an Ancient Phoenix God that had slept for eternity was awakening. It was an awe engraved in the depths of the Soul, an absolute suppression originating from the Bloodline.

The air seemed to freeze at this moment, and even the wailing of the yin wind came to an abrupt halt.

Long Yue and the old woman both shuddered, subconsciously bowing in salute. Their blood and Qi seemed to stagnate at this moment, and their gaze toward Jian Tanghuang held deep awe and trepidation in addition to extreme respect.

This was an instinctive reaction when facing a superior, a loyalty and fear engraved in their very bones.

Long Yue lowered her head, her voice carrying a trace of imperceptible trembling, yet still incomparably firm:

“Phoenix Lord, please appease your anger. Your subordinate will take you to the Guanghan Immortal Palace right away!”

As she spoke, she flipped her fingers, and a translucent, jade-white Jade Slip appeared in her hand. Before Jian Tanghuang could speak again, she crushed it directly.

With a soft crack, the Jade Slip turned into specks of spiritual light that scattered in the air, and a teleportation Formation condensed from moonlight instantly unfolded before them.

The Formation lines flowed endlessly, emitting a cool and pure Aura that stood in stark contrast to the surrounding Death Qi—

like a bright lamp in the darkness.

Xuanyuan Zhanxian looked at Jian Tanghuang, who was standing beside him with unmatched elegance and burning fury, and slowly rose.

He raised his hand, slowly sinking the black-and-white sword blade that had accompanied him for many years into his forehead. The moment the sword entered his body, his chaotic Aura suddenly calmed down a bit, and the anger in his eyes receded slightly—

replaced by a solemn and heavy resolve.

“Junior Sister,”

His voice was calm and flat, yet it carried a decisive determination, each word like a heavy hammer striking the ground:

“I will go with you.”

“Before Revered Master passed away, he entrusted me to take good care of you all. Now that Junior Brother has been abducted, if I cannot rescue him back—”

He took a step forward, standing firmly by Jian Tanghuang's side, his posture straight as a sword:

“I will have no face to return and see Revered Master.”

Though his Aura was slightly chaotic due to the previous fierce battle, and his face remained as pale as paper, his posture was like an unsheathed sharp sword, its edge hidden, preferring to break rather than bend—

radiating an unyielding will.

Jian Tanghuang glanced at him sideways, the fury churning in her phoenix eyes subsiding slightly, turning into an imperceptible trace of warmth and a resolve to fight side by side.

She nodded slightly, saying nothing more—

a thousand words could not match this single glance, nor the trust and tacit understanding conveyed by their figures standing side by side at this moment.

“Please, Phoenix Lord and Young Master Xuanyuan, follow me.”

Long Yue no longer hesitated in the slightest, stepping first into the teleportation Formation where the moonlight flowed.

The old woman followed closely behind, her turbid gaze quickly scanning the surroundings, only fully stepping into the Formation after confirming there were no anomalies.

Jian Tanghuang and Xuanyuan Zhanxian exchanged a glance and stepped into the translucent white light together.

The light of the teleportation suddenly flared, dazzling like a blazing sun, swallowing the figures of the four.

The power of space slightly warped and vibrated, emitting a low hum. In the next instant, they completely vanished from the dead and oppressive atmosphere of the Eternal Graveyard—

leaving behind only the broken tombstones scattered across the ground, standing silently in the wailing of the yin wind, telling of the thrilling events that had just unfolded.

However—

at the very next instant after Jian Tanghuang and the others left via the teleportation Formation, a sudden change occurred in the sky above the Eternal Graveyard!

Massive Formation Wheels appeared out of thin air without warning, like stars descending from the sky!

The Formation Wheels were engraved with complex and ancient patterns. As the patterns flowed, they emitted a desolate, dead, yet majestic power that carried some kind of heavenly Law.

These Formation Wheels intertwined and overlapped, instantly covering the entire sky. Their grand scale and terrifying Aura—

were like an inescapable net cast down by the Heavenly Dao, intending to envelop the entire Eternal Graveyard!

“Buzz—!!!”

The Formation Wheels rotated slowly, emitting a low and ancient rumble like a horn from antiquity, shaking the entire Eternal Graveyard!

An invisible suction suddenly erupted from the Formation Wheels, like a massive vortex, frantically devouring everything below.

The Death Qi that had permeated the graveyard for ten thousand years was frantically drawn by an invisible pull, converging toward the Formation Wheels and turning into dark currents like surging rivers—

completely devoured by the Formation Wheels!

The gravel on the ground, the broken tombstones, and even the ancient corpses buried deep underground slowly rose into the air under this terrifying suction, flying toward the Formation Wheels.

Whether it was the scattered Cultivators who had luckily survived the previous fierce battle and had not yet escaped, or the ancient corpses and venomous wraiths hidden in various parts of the graveyard that had slept for eternity—

at this moment, they were all awed by this terrifying power covering heaven and earth, trembling all over, unable to move, their eyes filled with fear and despair!

“What's going on?! What kind of Formation is this?!”

“Has the Restriction of the Eternal Graveyard itself been triggered? But we clearly didn't touch any taboos!”

“No! That's not right! This power... this power is not a Secret Realm Restriction at all. It is more like... some legendary power of the Laws of Heaven and Earth!”

Exclamations and screams rose one after another, yet they seemed so weak amidst the rumbling of the Formation Wheels—

like the tragic wails of ants.

Before the voices could fade, the light atop the Formation Wheels suddenly flared, and invisible beams of light shot down from them like countless heavenly spears—

instantly locking onto all living beings within the range of the Eternal Graveyard!

Regardless of cultivation level, regardless of location, not a single one was missed!

In the next instant, under countless terrified, dazed, and despairing gazes, the figures of those locked by the light beams instantly turned into streaks of spiritual light of various colors, streaking across the sky like meteors—

sucked into the massive Formation Wheels above against their will!

Without even a chance to struggle, they completely vanished.

Within just a few breaths, the entire Eternal Graveyard became empty, deathly silent.

Only the broken tombstones scattered across the ground, the wailing yin wind, and the massive Formation Wheel still rotating slowly in the sky, emitting an ominous Aura, remained—

silently indicating that some earth-shattering change had just occurred here, as if it had been completely 'cleansed' by some supreme existence, erasing all traces of life.

At the same time—

thousands of miles away in Wuji City.

The already rainy and overcast sky suddenly darkened, as if dyed with ink!

Dark clouds rolled, thunder rumbled, and flashes of ferocious lightning tore through the night sky, illuminating the panicked crowd below!

An unspeakable, terrifying pressure descended without warning, as if the sky had collapsed, instantly enveloping the entire imperial city and rapidly spreading in all directions outside the imperial city at a visible speed!

All Cultivators within the imperial city, regardless of their cultivation level, felt their minds shake violently and their blood boil under this sudden, terrifying pressure.

Those with weak cultivation collapsed directly to the ground, spitting blood, lacking even the courage to look up at the sky; even those powerful experts of the Imperial Dynasty and Elders of various Sects with profound cultivation turned pale and trembled all over, barely stabilizing their figures by forcing their spiritual energy to circulate—

their eyes filled with shock and fear!

Chu Changsheng's originally tightly closed eyes—

suddenly snapped open!

Two beams of tangible, brilliant light shot out from his eyes like two miniature suns, instantly illuminating the entire palace and even piercing through the palace roof, shooting straight into the clouds!

Behind him, the manifestation of the 'World Tree', which seemed to prop up the heaven and earth and contained endless Dao rhythm, appeared with unprecedented clarity—

its branches and leaves stretching out, divine light flowing, bursting with brilliant light that reflected in the sky, illuminating the entire Wuji City and forcefully dispersing part of the darkness and pressure in the sky!

“Boom—!!!”

A loud rumble, as if coming from the depths of the Soul and the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, suddenly vibrated outward!

This was not a physical sound, but the rumble of the rules of the Dao, a declaration of a Breakthrough in Realm, spreading throughout the entire Wuji City—

even reaching the Eternal Graveyard thousands of miles away!

Chu Changsheng's Aura suddenly erupted at this moment like a volcano that had slept for ten thousand years!

The spiritual energy in his body circulated frantically, his blood boiled, and his Aura climbed rapidly like a rocket, instantly breaking through an invisible barrier—

reaching a brand-new height that made all living beings tremble!

The Late Mahayana Stage!

At this moment—

the clouds and winds changed colors, and heaven and earth resonated!

The dark clouds over Wuji City were dispersed by the divine light of the World Tree, and the Spiritual Qi between heaven and earth seemed to be drawn by a massive pull, frantically flowing back into Chu Changsheng's body, turning into torrents of pure Spiritual Qi like surging rivers—

pouring into his limbs and bones, stabilizing his newly broken-through Realm.

Chu Changsheng slowly stood up, divine light swirling around him, Dao rhythm flowing—

like a deity from the Nine Heavens descending into the mortal world.