Chapter 18 Heaven-Turning Seal vs. Heaven and Earth Chessboard

Guangchengzi's Dao Heart was incredibly stable; as the eldest disciple of a Saint, his pride surpassed all his peers.

Being trapped with the East Sea as a chessboard was already a supreme humiliation.

The other party's phrase, "Please make your move," trampled his dignity even further.

"Seeking death!"

Guangchengzi was completely enraged and stopped trying to attack Gu Ziyuan's physical body.

He wanted to use the purest and most overbearing power to overturn this ridiculous chess game along with the ten thousand miles of the East Sea!

"heaven-turning seal, for me... overturn the heavens!"

He guided his hand seal, and the divine mountain, supported by countless seawater chess pieces, shook violently.

The golden light of Karma upon it surged, countless profound Yuqing runes flowed, and its size expanded a hundredfold once more!

Rumble—!

The divine mountain inverted, the bottom of the seal facing down, as a terrifying aura capable of destroying the universe instantly locked onto the entire chess game.

This strike imitated Pangu's creation of heaven and earth; beneath the level of a Saint, any touch meant instant death!

Inside the treasury, Ao Guang had already collapsed to the ground, his massive dragon head trembling.

"It's over... it's over... the East Sea is going to be gone..."

Bixiao and Qiong Xiao also paled in fright, even with the protection of Yunxiao's hunyuan golden bucket.

They still felt a stinging pain in their Primordial Spirits, as if they would be crushed into powder by that supreme power in the next second.

"Junior Brother Gu!" Bixiao couldn't help but cry out.

However, on the chessboard, that white-clothed figure still stood with hands behind his back, not even the corner of his clothes fluttering.

Facing the heaven-turning seal that was enough to capsize the East Sea, Gu Ziyuan only slowly raised his right hand.

His index and middle fingers were pressed together, holding a warm white chess piece.

His movements were slow and clear, as if he were not responding to an attack that could destroy heaven and earth, but rather contemplating where to place his next move.

"Breaking skill with brute force?"

He whispered to himself, a playful smile playing on his lips.

"Unfortunately, within my chessboard, your 'force' is also my 'piece'."

The moment the words fell, the white piece between his fingers gently dropped toward the Void Realm.

"Clack."

A soft sound, as if an eternal bell had been struck.

This piece did not land on any physical intersection of the chessboard, but rather on... the rules.

In an instant, the entire East Sea chess game came to life!

Buzz—!

Across the ten thousand miles of sea, the crisscrossing lines of Law shone with brilliant light.

Beneath the crashing heaven-turning seal divine mountain, the black and white seawater that originally served as chess pieces...

...began to rotate rapidly in a mysterious trajectory, forming a massive whirlpool covering ten thousand miles.

The core of the whirlpool was not for devouring, but for... redirection!

The world-destroying suppression force of the heaven-turning seal was forcibly diverted the moment it touched the whirlpool.

Following the lines of Law on the chessboard, it was guided in all directions, toward the entire East Sea!

Boom!

To the east of the East Sea, an undersea volcano that had been dormant for ten thousand years erupted, but the sky-high magma turned into pure Fire Elemental Spiritual Qi the moment it touched the seawater.

To the west of the East Sea, a massive trench was forcibly widened by a hundred miles, and endless Guishui Essence Qi was drawn from the depths of the Earth Vein.

To the south of the East Sea, ten-thousand-foot waves rose to the sky, striking the Void Realm, only to turn into a downpour of sweet rain, nourishing all things.

To the north of the East Sea, glaciers a thousand miles thick instantly froze, then melted the next moment, releasing endless Cold Malevolent Qi.

Guangchengzi's full-strength strike, enough to sink a continent, failed to damage the chess game even slightly.

Instead, it was perfectly absorbed and transformed by this heaven and earth chessboard, becoming "nourishment" to temper the East Sea's Earth Veins and organize the Spiritual Veins of the water sources!

"Pfft—!"

Guangchengzi suddenly spat out a mouthful of golden Immortal Blood, his eyes filled with unbelievable horror.

He was mentally connected to the heaven-turning seal and clearly perceived that his Magic Treasure's power had been "borrowed" by the opponent!

Borrowed... to reinforce this damned cage!

"This... this is impossible! What kind of Dao Art is this?!"

He looked like a madman, his hair disheveled, no longer possessing the composure of the Chan Sect's eldest disciple.

He felt like a Mortal who had thrown a punch with all his might, only to hit a massive waterwheel.

Not only did he fail to budge the waterwheel, but he also made it spin faster, driving the surge of the entire river.

This sense of powerlessness almost tore his Dao Heart apart!

Outside the chessboard, in the treasury.

Bixiao and Qiong Xiao were already stunned, their pretty faces filled with a dazed "Who am I? Where am I?" expression.

"Eldest Sister... am I seeing things?" Qiong Xiao rubbed her eyes, her voice dry. "Guangchengzi... is helping Junior Brother Gu... refine the East Sea?"

Yunxiao did not answer; in her gentle eyes, only endless solemnity and shock remained.

She saw deeper than her two younger sisters.

This wasn't a simple case of using someone's strength against them.

Junior Brother Gu's chess game had already formed a set of "rule-based closed loops" independent of the Great Desolation.

In this closed loop, any external energy, as long as it did not exceed the upper limit of the rules, would be automatically identified, decomposed, absorbed, and reused.

The more Guangchengzi attacked, the more perfect the rules of this chess game became, and the stronger the suppression.

This wasn't a battle of techniques at all.

This was... a dimensional strike!

"Junior Brother Gu's Way of Chess is no longer a technique, but a true 'Dao'." Yunxiao murmured softly, a tidal wave of shock rising in her heart.

She suddenly understood why their Eldest Senior Brother, Duobao Daoist, would rather admit he was in the wrong than try to forcibly break Gu Ziyuan's chess game.

It wasn't that he couldn't, but... the price was too high!

Forcing a breakthrough was equivalent to making an enemy of a newly born "Heaven and Earth Rule"!

"Dao Brother, it's your turn."

Gu Ziyuan's calm voice rang out again, like a lethal Talismanic Incantation striking Guangchengzi's chaotic Primordial Spirit.

"You!" Guangchengzi's eyes were bloodshot as he glared at Gu Ziyuan. "Who exactly are you? There is no such person in the Jie Sect!"

A Heavenly Immortal playing a Taiyi Golden Immortal at the Peak like a toy?

He wouldn't believe it even if he were beaten to death!

This was definitely some hidden old monster playing the pig to eat the tiger!

Gu Ziyuan smiled upon hearing this.

He didn't answer, but simply raised his hand again, picking up a black piece.

This time, his gaze fell upon Guangchengzi.

It was as if Guangchengzi himself was a point on the chessboard.

"In chess, the most important thing is to avoid being impulsive."

"You have already lost two moves in a row. One more mistake and you will lose the entire game."

As his voice fell, the black piece was placed.

Buzz!

Within the chess game, the winds and clouds changed once more.

The Earth, Fire, Water, and Wind originally stirred by the heaven-turning seal were, under this one move...

...transformed into four chains of Law of different colors, emerging from the Void Realm like four divine dragons, coiling toward Guangchengzi!

"Get away!"

Guangchengzi roared, circulating his Immortal power for protection, his Yuqing Immortal Light shining brightly as he tried to shake off the chains.

However, the chains were ethereal and real at the same time, directly penetrating his protective Immortal Light.

One locked his left arm, one locked his right leg, and the other two respectively coiled around his clavicles!

Sharp pain arrived, and what terrified him even more was that the magic power within his body...

...was being continuously drained through these four chains, merging into this heaven and earth chessboard!

He was... using his own magic power to feed this cage!

"Aaaaah!!"

Guangchengzi went completely insane; he had never suffered such humiliation!

"Brat, you forced me!"

A look of determination flashed in his eyes as he suddenly opened his mouth, actually beginning to burn his own Primordial Spirit!

Boom—!

A terrifying aura far exceeding the previous one erupted from his body; he was going to forcibly break free from the shackles at the cost of damaging his Dao Foundation to perish together with Gu Ziyuan!

However, Gu Ziyuan seemed to have expected this.

Just as Guangchengzi's aura surged, his voice drifted over faintly.

"Dao Brother, there is no regret once a move is made."

"This step of yours is another bad move."

Before his voice even faded, the third piece, a white one, had already fallen.

This piece landed right in the center of the chessboard, the Tianyuan position!

[Ding! East Sea Origin absorption complete! heaven and earth chessboard promotion successful!]

[Current Form: Shanhai Chessboard!]

[Unlocked New Abilities: Using Pieces as Soldiers, Drawing the Ground as a Prison!]

With the ringing of the System's notification, the entire East Sea chess game underwent a qualitative change.

The ten thousand miles of sea was no longer just simple black and white, but had transformed into a vast starlight map!

The seawater was the starry sky, and the islands were the stars!

And the white piece that landed on the Tianyuan position transformed into the sole Dominator of this starry sky—the Imperial Star!

The Imperial Star shone brilliantly, and billions of stars resonated!

The majestic power Guangchengzi had exchanged by burning his Primordial Spirit was, under this starry sky, like a firefly before the bright moon, instantly suppressed.

Upon those four chains of Law, countless star runes emerged, and the speed of draining magic power surged tenfold!

"No..."

Guangchengzi let out a roar of despair.

He felt his cultivation falling rapidly.

Taiyi Golden Immortal Peak... Taiyi Golden Immortal Late Stage... Taiyi Golden Immortal Middle Stage...

Everything he had, his pride, his cultivation, his everything, was being ruthlessly devoured by this terrifying chess game!

He was truly going to become a discarded piece.