Chapter 21 One Son Destroys a Golden Immortal

"Clack!"

A soft sound.

There was no earth-shattering roar, no wail of crumbling Laws.

It was like a pebble falling into a deep pool, crisp, yet in an instant, it stirred ripples of annihilation.

That black stone, which condensed endless killing power.

In the split second before Yuanshi Tianzun's destructive giant finger—capable of crushing stars—touched Gu Ziyuan, it accurately imprinted itself on Guangchengzi's forehead.

Time resumed its flow at this moment.

But for Guangchengzi, it was an eternal end.

The look of horror, despair, and disbelief in his eyes instantly froze; then, his divine light completely dimmed like a flickering candle in the wind.

"Uh..."

A short, dry syllable squeezed out of his throat.

Next, an appalling scene occurred.

Starting from where the black stone landed on his forehead, fine black cracks instantly covered his entire body like a spiderweb.

That Taiyi Golden Immortal Peak Dao body, hailed as indestructible and eternal through ten thousand tribulations, along with the final spiritual light of the Eight Trigrams Purple Ribbon Immortal Robe on him, began to disintegrate inch by inch.

It didn't turn into flesh and blood, but decomposed directly into the most fundamental Origin particles.

Pure Innate Geng-Gold Qi, heavy Turbid Earth Qi, and the Yuqing Immortal Light he had cultivated for ten thousand years...

Everything was ruthlessly erased, leaving no trace, and dissipated between heaven and earth under the pure, extreme Law of Slaughter contained within that stone.

One stone fell.

The head Disciple of the Chan Sect, his golden body perished!

Only an extremely dim, nearly transparent Primordial Spirit remained, protected by the ancient and simple radiance of a mark.

It escaped in terror from the dissipating body, about to flee into the Void Realm.

That radiance was the final protective power of the heaven-turning seal.

At this very moment, Yuanshi Tianzun's destructive giant finger finally arrived!

That giant finger, ignoring space and distance, carried the endless fury of a Saint and a majesty like the Heavenly Dao.

It crushed down towards the top of Gu Ziyuan's head with resolute force!

However, at the very instant the giant finger was about to touch the tips of Gu Ziyuan's hair.

A domineering Sword Qi that could exterminate heaven and earth soared into the sky without warning from the direction of Jinao Island in the east!

That Sword Qi was incomparably sharp, as if it condensed all the concepts of "severing" and "ending" in the world.

It spanned hundreds of millions of miles of the Void Realm, arriving later but striking first, accurately slashing onto that destructive giant finger.

"Boom—!!!"

The collision between the Sword Qi and the finger's energy had no sound, yet it had form.

Above the East Sea, a colossally massive energy black hole appeared out of thin air, crazily devouring everything around it.

Billions of feet of wild waves were instantly evaporated, and the Laws of time and space were completely disordered under the clash of the two supreme powers.

Strands of greyish Chaos Qi spilled out, turning a vast area of the sea into a forbidden zone for life.

A figure appeared silently in front of Gu Ziyuan.

He wore a cyan Daoist robe, his stature was grand, and he held an ancient longsword with Great Dao runes flowing ceaselessly upon its blade.

It was the Sect Leader of the Jie Sect, Saint Tongtian!

He just stood there quietly, blocking all the aftershocks of the collision.

He held up a Domain of absolute peace for Gu Ziyuan behind him.

Sect Leader Tongtian slowly raised his head, his gaze piercing through the Chaos, coldly staring at the Void Realm above the Nine Heavens.

"Yuanshi, do you think I don't exist?!"

The cold voice resounded through the Three Realms.

A grand and majestic will descended from the Nine Heavens; although Yuanshi Tianzun's true body had not arrived.

But that voice, containing boundless fury, exploded in the depths of every living being's heart:

"Tongtian! This Disciple of yours destroyed my pupil's Physical Body and insulted the Daoist heritage of my Chan Sect. Today, he must be executed!"

The wrath of a Saint caused heaven and earth to change color and the universe to shake.

However, upon hearing this, Sect Leader Tongtian's lips curled into a cold smile of utter disdain.

"If his skills are inferior, he deserves to die!"

The qingping sword in his hand let out a clear, crisp chime, as if agreeing with its Revered Master's words.

"Where were you when your pupil, holding the heaven-turning seal, bullied the weak, forcibly seized the treasure of my sect's Disciple, and intended to commit slaughter?"

"Now that he has lost and is about to die, you, as his Revered Master, have the face to come out and talk about rules?"

Sect Leader Tongtian's voice suddenly rose, domineering and peerless!

"The rule of my Jie Sect is to protect our own!"

"Whoever dares to touch my Disciple, I shall kill them!"

The two Saints confronted each other from across the distance.

The collision of that terrifying Saintly prestige caused the entire Honghuang World to tremble slightly.

Countless mighty beings in secluded cultivation were startled awake, casting their Divine Thought toward the East Sea; each one was as quiet as cicadas in winter, their hearts churning with monstrous waves.

Are the Three Pure Ones... going to have a complete falling out?

Inside the Dragon Palace treasury, the Three Xiao Fairies and Ao Guang had long been shocked into a stiff Divine Soul by these successive events.

They looked at that grand back blocking everything for Gu Ziyuan and heard that peerlessly domineering declaration, their hearts filled with endless shock and fervor.

This is their Revered Master!

This is the Jie Sect!

And in the center of the terrifying storm formed by the confrontation of the two Saints, Gu Ziyuan appeared exceptionally calm.

Behind his Revered Master, enduring the aftershocks that could turn even a Grand Unity Golden Immortal into fly ash, he even had the leisure to tidy his slightly messy robes.

Then, he raised his head, his gaze indifferently looking at Guangchengzi's Primordial Spirit, which was protected by the heaven-turning seal and was in a state of panic, shock, and anger.

"Leave the heaven-turning seal."

Gu Ziyuan's voice wasn't loud, but it clearly reached Guangchengzi's Primordial Spirit.

"You may get lost now."

"You...!"

Guangchengzi's Primordial Spirit fluctuated violently; anger and humiliation almost swallowed his last bit of reason.

The heaven-turning seal was his natal Spirit Treasure, the Foundation of his path! If he abandoned this treasure, his path would be hopeless!

But when he saw Sect Leader Tongtian's eyes, which were already locked onto him and filled with Killing Intent, all his anger instantly turned into icy fear.

He had no doubt that if he dared to say a single "no," the next second...

That heaven-exterminating qingping sword would make his soul and body perish!

His Revered Master couldn't save him!

In front of a madman like Tongtian, his Revered Master couldn't save him!

Amidst endless humiliation and unwillingness, Guangchengzi's Primordial Spirit trembled, and the radiance of the heaven-turning seal protecting him flashed.

It detached itself voluntarily, turning into a streak of light and flying toward Gu Ziyuan.

His own Primordial Spirit then turned into an almost invisible light and fled toward Kunlun Mountain in a pathetic manner without looking back.

"Tongtian!!!"

Yuanshi Tianzun's roar shook the Nine Heavens.

His primary head Disciple had his Physical Body destroyed in front of him, and even his natal supreme treasure was forcibly taken away—what an utter humiliation!

However, Sect Leader Tongtian only snorted coldly, holding the qingping sword horizontally in front of him, his Sword Intent pointing straight at the firmament, not yielding an inch.

Yuanshi Tianzun knew that with Tongtian here today, he could not kill Gu Ziyuan.

In the Void Realm, that suffocating Saintly prestige slowly receded like a tide.

Only an extremely cold warning, containing endless Karma and slaughter, remained echoing between heaven and earth.

"Good, what a Jie Sect!"

"Tongtian, on the investiture of the gods, we shall discuss Karma again!"

As the voice fell, the Saintly prestige completely dissipated.

Between heaven and earth, it was calm and peaceful, as if nothing had ever happened.

Gu Ziyuan reached out and beckoned, taking the spinning heaven-turning seal and the quietly floating sea-fixing divine needle into his hand together.

He turned around and bowed respectfully to the grand figure in front of him.

"Disciple Gu Ziyuan pays his respects to Revered Master."

Outside Biyou Palace, the Three Xiao Fairies and Dragon King Ao Guang looked at this scene, their brains still blank, completely falling into a daze.

What they saw and heard today had completely overturned all their perceptions of Immortals, Gods, and even Saints.

A Heavenly Immortal Disciple destroyed the golden body of a Saint's head Disciple right in front of him and even snatched his supreme treasure.

And their own Revered Master did not hesitate to fall out with another Saint on the spot for the sake of this Disciple.

This Gu Ziyuan...

Just what kind of monster is he?!