Chapter 28 Zhou Tian Xing Dou Chess Game

Three Immortals Island.

This place was a gathering spot for spiritual elegance above the Eastern Sea of the Primordial World. Usually, it was shrouded in mist and Immortal Qi, resembling an otherworldly paradise.

But today, the atmosphere on the island was as heavy as iron.

The three sisters Yunxiao, Bixiao, and Qiong Xiao, along with Daoist Duobao, Golden Spirit Holy Mother, Holy Mother Wudang, and Holy Mother Guiling.

Eight Core Disciples of the Jie Sect stood solemnly in eight directions.

Their gazes were all focused on the figure in green robes at the center of the Formation.

Gu Ziyuan stood with his hands behind his back, his expression as calm as an ancient well, completely out of place with the tense atmosphere around him.

“Rise!”

He lightly uttered a single word.

The "Mountains and Rivers Society Chessboard (Pseudo)" in his Sea of Consciousness flew out with a roar, suspended above Three Immortals Island.

Buzz—!

That simple stone chessboard grew with the wind, obscuring the sun in an instant.

It was so vast it seemed boundless, as if it had taken the entire Eastern Sea under its cover.

Threads of the Laws of Order, almost invisible to the naked eye, were like clouds hanging from the sky.

They fell from the chessboard, piercing into the leyline nodes and spiritual sources of Three Immortals Island with absolute precision.

The entire immortal island, along with the surrounding hundreds of millions of miles of sea, seemed to become part of the chessboard at this moment.

“Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters, please use the star stoness as a foundation to set the Zhou Tian Star Positions!”

Gu Ziyuan's voice wasn't loud, yet it clearly reached the ears of the eight people.

Daoist Duobao and the others did not hesitate, immediately taking out the three hundred and sixty-five pieces they had prepared.

Top-grade Immortal Stones shimmering with starlight were struck into the Void Realm according to the positions Gu Ziyuan had rehearsed countless times.

As each star stones settled, it caused the local space to hum.

“Use magic power as the guide, and Spirit Treasures as the anchors!”

Gu Ziyuan spoke again.

The eight of them simultaneously performed hand seals, pouring their vast magic power without reservation into the Formation eyes beneath their feet.

Daoist Duobao even sacrificed several of his trump card Innate Spirit Treasures to suppress several of the most critical core hubs.

Rumble!

As the eight vast torrents of magic power poured in, the giant chessboard suspended in the Nine Heavens seemed to be fully activated.

Those three hundred and sixty-five star stoness transformed into three hundred and sixty-five brilliant astral chess pieces.

They moved slowly across the chessboard in profound and unfathomable trajectories.

A day later, the brilliance was restrained.

The chessboard hid within the Void Realm, and the threads of Law vanished without a trace.

Three Immortals Island returned to its mist-shrouded state, as if nothing had ever happened.

But only Duobao and the others within it knew that this place had become a forbidden zone!

They looked at Gu Ziyuan with lingering fear; the image of this Junior Brother in their hearts...

Had already changed from a "Genius with deep knowledge of the Way of Chess" to an "unfathomable monster."

...

On the day of the appointment, the winds and clouds over the Eastern Sea changed color.

Twelve brilliant and dazzling golden lights tore through the clouds like twelve magnificent suns.

Carrying overwhelming pressure, they came rolling in from the direction of the Kunlun Mountain range in the west.

At the head was none other than Guangchengzi!

He stepped on auspicious clouds, holding the heaven-turning seal in his hand, followed by Chi Jingzi, Taiyi Zhenren, Master Yuding, and a group of other Junior Brothers.

A hundred years of secluded cultivation and the power of the Nine-Revolution Golden Core had allowed them all to step into the realm of Grand Unity Golden Immortal!

At this moment, their Aura was at its peak. The Qi of twelve Grand Unity Golden Immortals connected as one, pressing the surface of the Eastern Sea down by several feet. Thousands of aquatic tribes prostrated themselves deep beneath the sea, trembling with fear.

“Rats of the Jie Sect, roll out and meet your deaths!”

Taiyi Zhenren held the Nine Dragon Divine Fire Cover. Having the most explosive temper, his voice arrived before he did, his arrogant words like rolling heavenly thunder spreading across the four seas.

Guangchengzi looked down at the quiet Three Immortals Island, a cruel sneer curling at the corner of his mouth.

He saw that there were only nine figures on the island.

Leading them was that Profound Immortal who had tarnished his Dao Heart, Gu Ziyuan!

“Hahaha!”

Guangchengzi couldn't help but laugh out loud, his laughter filled with pleasure and disdain.

“Gu Ziyuan! You actually dare to come out? Last time you had Junior Martial Uncle Tongtian protecting you, allowing you to narrowly escape with your life. Is your Jie Sect truly out of people today? To actually send a mere Profound Immortal like you out to take charge and die?”

The eleven Golden Immortals behind him also roared with laughter, looking at Gu Ziyuan as if they were looking at a dead man.

“A Profound Immortal leading a few Taiyi practitioners dares to challenge the twelve of us Grand Unity Golden Immortals?”

“Beings with fur and horns, born from moisture and eggs, truly do not know the height of the heavens!”

Facing this direct insult and killing intent, Bixiao's pretty face turned red with anger, and she was almost about to sacrifice the Golden Dragon Scissors.

Yunxiao pulled her back in time and shook her head at her.

Because they saw Gu Ziyuan move.

Gu Ziyuan slowly raised his head, his calm gaze sweeping over the twelve figures in the sky as if looking at twelve stubborn pebbles.

He stood with his hands behind his back at the front of the Formation, his green robes fluttering slightly in the sea breeze as he spoke faintly:

“Are you finished with your nonsense?”

Five simple words caused the laughter of the Twelve Golden Immortals to come to an abrupt halt.

Guangchengzi's face darkened.

“Since you are here to discuss the Dao, then please enter the array.”

Gu Ziyuan raised his hand in an inviting gesture, his demeanor as composed as if he were inviting friends for tea.

“Today, I shall let you all know what... rules are.”

“Enter the array? With just this broken island of yours?”

Guangchengzi laughed from extreme anger.

“Fine! I shall first trample your Three Immortals Island flat, then pull out your Divine Soul and light it as a heavenly lamp for a hundred thousand years!”

Having said that, he took the lead, carrying the supreme Divine Might of a Grand Unity Golden Immortal as he stepped into the range of Three Immortals Island.

The other eleven Golden Immortals, confident in their supreme cultivation and the various protective Spirit Treasures bestowed by the Saint, entered without any hesitation.

The moment the last Golden Immortal's foot crossed the island's boundary.

The wind stopped.

The clouds dispersed.

The sound of the waves vanished.

Time and space seemed to be completely wiped away by an invisible hand at this instant!

The Twelve Golden Immortals' vision blurred, and when they opened their eyes again, the world had turned upside down!

The immortal island beneath their feet had disappeared, replaced by a cold and deathly silent star.

The blue sky and bright sun above had vanished, replaced by an infinite and endless dark Universe.

In all directions, three hundred and sixty-five giant stars emitted light that was either deathly, blazing, or freezing, moving slowly according to some profound trajectory.

The twelve of them were forcibly separated by an irresistible spatial Law.

Each was imprisoned on a lonely astral chess piece, looking at each other across an unreachable distance of time and space.

“A Formation?!”

Guangchengzi was startled, but he was immediately overtaken by boundless fury.

A mere Profound Immortal dared to show off his meager skills before him!

“Insignificant tricks, break for me!”

He roared and without hesitation sacrificed that heaven-turning seal which condensed boundless power!

That number one Acquired Karma Supreme Treasure, refined from half of Mount Buzhou, instantly transformed into a primordial divine mountain.

Carrying the terrifying power to suppress the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, it smashed violently toward the dome of this starry Universe!

However, a bizarre scene occurred.

The heaven-turning seal, which was enough to smash a continent into dust, crashed into the depths of the starry sky, yet it was like a pebble thrown into the sea.

No!

It wasn't even as good as the sea!

It didn't even stir up the slightest ripple. The world-destroying power, at the moment of contact with the starry sky...

Was instantly divided, guided, absorbed, and neutralized by the countless surrounding rotating stars in an incomprehensible way, vanishing into nothingness.

Like a clay ox entering the sea, silent and traceless.

Guangchengzi's pupils suddenly contracted!

How is this possible?!

Just then, a flat voice seemed to ring out from every corner of the Universe simultaneously, echoing deep within the Primordial Spirits of the Twelve Golden Immortals.

“Welcome to my chess array.”

“Here, cultivation doesn't matter, Magic Treasures don't matter. Only... rules matter.”

“Now, the match begins.”

The moment the words fell.

Buzz—!

Those three hundred and sixty-five astral chess pieces suspended in the Universe suddenly erupted with billions of rays of brilliant starlight!

Every ray of starlight contained a terrifying killing power sufficient to pierce through the body of a Golden Immortal!

Starlight fell like rain, crisscrossing to form a sharp killing Formation that covered the entire Universe, strangling down toward the separated and trapped Twelve Golden Immortals!

The great battle had officially broken out!