165: Chapter 165 Forcibly Entering the Forbidden Zone

"Amitabha. We ask that these benefactors stop here."

Arhat Fatian's Divine Thought was grand and majestic, echoing within the zhou tian star boat. Each word was like a tolling bell, seeking to brand an imprint into one's Sea of Consciousness.

The voice sounded compassionate, but at its core, it was an indisputable command, as if his words were the truth of this Star Domain.

"Tsk." Li Xuan leaned back on his throne, his fingertip tapping the armrest with a crisp sound.

He smiled.

These monks really knew how to flatter themselves.

Delivering lost souls? Keeping this place pure?

With his Double Pupils, he had long since pierced through the ten thousand feet of Buddha light to see the greed and fervor hidden between the brows of those monks. Compassion was on their lips, but treasures were reflected in their eyes—treasures located in the deepest depths of the Yaochi Ruins, suppressed by endless resentment.

To put it bluntly, they were just a group of Buddhist schemers operating under the banner of environmental purification while actually preparing for a home invasion robbery.

And they dared to draw a circle on the ground to imprison him, forbidding him from entering?

The entire Immortal Realm was the territory of the Ancient Heavenly Court. Did he, the Heavenly Emperor, need to report to a group of outsider bald donkeys to retrieve something from his own back garden?

It was the height of absurdity.

"Husband, we..." Ao Qingxue looked at Li Xuan. The pressure of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal on the golden lotus platform, combined with the overbearing aura of that Holy Land pressing down on the Immortal Realm, made her somewhat worried.

Li Xuan waved his hand, too lazy to reply. Facing the void, he spat out only three words.

"Crush through them."

"As you command, my Master."

The artifact spirit of the zhou tian star boat actually revealed a hint of excitement in its cold, electronic voice.

"Buzz—!"

The massive war machine erupted with terrifying power. The ship's hideous ram, crafted from the skull of a Starry Sky Behemoth, lit up with an eerie light that tore through time and space. Without hesitation, the entire ship turned into a streak of dark-gold light, crashing straight toward the entrance of the forbidden zone shrouded in resentment and Buddha light!

What the high-and-mighty Arhat Fatian waited for was not reverent retreat, but a bold intrusion of disregard and provocation.

Atop the golden lotus platform, Arhat Fatian opened his eyes. His gaze was cold and majestic, his withered cheeks tightening with anger.

How many years had it been? Since the Ten Thousand Buddhas Holy Land's prestige shook the Western Heaven Immortal Realm, no one had ever dared to ignore his legal decree like this!

"Courting death!"

Arhat Fatian let out a heavy snort and ordered the tens of thousands of monks behind him: "Form the Vajra Demon-Subduing Seal. Give the benefactors ahead... a wake-up call!"

"Understood!"

Tens of thousands of monks responded in unison. Their Zen chanting changed, and a murderous aura soared to the heavens.

Golden Swastika Buddhist seals flew from their mouths, converging in the void into a massive golden palm print. The palm print flowed with Buddha light but carried a domineering force that suppressed all things and destroyed everything, slamming down ruthlessly toward the rear of the zhou tian star boat.

However, this strike, which was enough to make a Taiyi Golden Immortal change color, struck the dark-gold dragon-scale armor of the zhou tian star boat—

"Clang!"

A massive boom echoed.

The golden palm print was like an egg hitting divine iron, becoming covered in cracks. With a 'boom', it was shattered by the counter-shock of the ship's Dragon Might!

The zhou tian star boat's speed did not decrease. The energy flow erupting from the stern even blew away the shattered golden light.

Li Xuan didn't even turn his head. A contemptuous sneer accurately entered the Sea of Consciousness of every monk.

"A group of bald donkeys with fake compassion dare to play with the path of the soul before this Emperor? Ridiculous!"

The voice was like an invisible slap, striking Arhat Fatian's face hard.

"Pursue!"

Arhat Fatian's face was grim. He flicked his monastic robe, and the Buddha light of the golden lotus platform flared up. It also turned into a streak of light, following closely behind the zhou tian star boat as they both charged into that Forbidden Ground that had been silent for countless eons.

As soon as they entered the Yaochi Ruins, the speed of the zhou tian star boat involuntarily slowed down.

It wasn't due to a lack of power, but because the surrounding resentment was as thick as a swamp.

"Wu... wu wu..."

It sounded as if hundreds of millions of women were weeping in their ears, their voices shrill and desperate, filled with bone-deep hatred. Ignoring physical defenses, it directly penetrated the hull and bored into everyone's minds.

Even for a Taiyi Golden Immortal like Ao Qingxue, her Divine Soul stung, and bloody, terrifying illusions appeared before her eyes. Her mind almost faltered. She hurriedly activated her Chaos Divine Dragon Bloodline to stabilize herself, her face completely pale.

In the sea of black resentment, distorted and hideous female faces emerged. Their hollow eye sockets bled black tears as they opened their mouths silently, letting out Divine Soul roars at the zhou tian star boat.

"Those who trespass into Yaochi... die!"

"Men... all deserve to die!"

"Give me back my life!"

Hundreds of millions of Divine Soul attacks converged into a black torrent, ruthlessly washing over the Star Boat. Inside the boat, the lights flickered uncertainly, threatening to go out at any moment.

"Noisy!"

Li Xuan suddenly felt impatient.

He was a Grand Unity Golden Immortal, indestructible through ten thousand tribulations. The attacks of the vengeful spirits could not harm his foundation, but the sensation was like hundreds of millions of flies buzzing in his ears—it was truly annoying.

He flicked his finger, and a shockwave of the Law of Chaos spread out.

The vengeful spirits within hundreds of miles around the ship were cleared away, melting like ice and snow.

But in the next second, more vengeful spirits surged from the depths of the ruins, fearless and relentless.

Amidst the endless harassment, Li Xuan suddenly noticed two anomalies.

The first was his daughter, Li Qingyue.

The icy young girl sat cross-legged, her body emitting a cool lunar radiance. Those hideous and terrifying vengeful spirits, enough to drive a Golden Immortal mad, acted as if they had met a natural enemy once they came within three feet of her. They let out terrified shrieks and veered away, forming a strange vacuum around her.

Her Lunar Holy Body's power Origin shared the same yin nature as these vengeful spirits, yet it was countless levels higher—the sovereign of yin. The vengeful spirits' instincts kept them from daring to approach this walking deity.

The second anomaly surprised Li Xuan even more.

It was Li Yao in her swaddling clothes.

The little one seemed to have been woken up by the shrill crying. She opened her bleary eyes, blinking her pure, large eyes as she watched the dancing black shadows outside.

She didn't seem to distinguish what danger was; she only felt that these big sisters seemed very unhappy.

And so, amidst the mournful wails and curses of hundreds of millions of vengeful spirits, a crisp, pure laugh, devoid of any Impurities, rang out.

"Ge ge ge..."

Little Li Yao pulled back her toothless mouth and smiled at a distorted ghost face outside the window.

This smile was like the first lotus flower blooming at the beginning of Chaos.

The laughter wasn't loud, but it possessed a strange magic that could penetrate all gloom.

Wherever the laughter reached, the resentment as thick as ink actually thinned visibly to the naked eye.

The ghost face that bore the brunt of it froze. Within its pitch-black eye sockets leaking black blood, a moment of daze flashed. Its hideous expression seemed to loosen for a moment, and one could vaguely see a hint of its former clear and beautiful features.

"Ge ge ge..."

Little Li Yao seemed to find it very fun and laughed a few more times.

The laughter rippled outward like waves.

All the vengeful spirits covered by the laughter halted their frantic attacks in unison.

Outside the entire zhou tian star boat, the violent attacks came to a strange standstill within those few sounds of childish laughter.

Deep within the forbidden zone where hundreds of millions of evil ghosts roared, an abnormal silence fell.

All the vengeful spirits looked toward the pink and tender infant held in Ao Qingxue's arms, who was smiling sillily at them.

Watching this scene, even with Li Xuan's state of mind, he was momentarily stunned.

He looked down at his precious daughter who had not been born long.

This... she hadn't gone and turned the Yaochi Forbidden Zone into her own private playground, had she?