170: Chapter 170 The True Colors Are Revealed

A melody from a flute, a strand of green light.

This scene was like a miracle descending.

The Yaochi Ruins, filled with silence and wails, actually briefly regained a trace of the ancient immortal realm's elegance at this moment.

On the scorched earth, tender green sprouts broke through the soil, bringing the primal joy of life.

On the remains of the withered peach trees, bits of new green stubbornly emerged, as if declaring they had not been obliterated by time and resentment.

Even the bone-chilling hatred in the air was much diluted, replaced by a warm and peaceful aura.

"This... this is... the Power of Creation?! Impossible!"

A roar mixed with horror and greed rudely tore through this tranquility.

Arhat Fatian went mad.

Greatly shocked, his ten-thousand-foot golden body condensed from Buddha-light flickered unsteadily.

He stared fixedly at the infant Li Yao, who was held in Ao Qingxue's arms, the green lotus mark on her forehead emitting a soft light.

Dark daggers, suppression objects—at this moment, they all became worthless!

This was the true supreme treasure!

A power that created life out of thin air and reversed the Universe... the Power of Creation!

He had schemed for countless eons, painstakingly plotting and exhausting the massive resources of the Ten Thousand Buddhas Holy Land—wasn't it all for that treasure that could take him a step further?

But before him, there was clearly a grand path leading straight to the Immortal Emperor realm!

As long as he got this baby girl, or rather, the Power of Creation on her... The ecstatic expression on his face quickly twisted, turning into undisguised madness and greed.

"It's mine! This supreme fortune should belong to my Ten Thousand Buddhas Holy Land!"

Greed instantly occupied Arhat Fatian's entire mind.

He no longer cared about acting or the "heavily injured" Li Xuan.

He had only one thought: Snatched!

No matter the cost, he had to get that baby girl!

"Boom!"

Arhat Fatian changed direction. The "Buddha Kingdom in the Palm," which Li Xuan had cracked, actually abandoned Li Xuan and, carrying the power to suppress all things, clawed toward the zhou tian star boat and the Li Yao in Ao Qingxue's arms!

"Despicable!"

Seeing this, Ao Qingxue's expression changed drastically. Without a second thought, she directly transformed into her Chaos Divine Dragon form. Her massive dragon body shielded the zhou tian star boat, attempting to use her own body to withstand that world-destroying palm strike.

"Clang!"

Dragon scales shattered, and dragon blood splattered.

Even with the Chaos Divine Dragon Bloodline, Ao Qingxue, who was in the Taiyi Realm, was ultimately unable to contend with a Grand Unity Golden Immortal striking in anger.

She was sent flying by the palm strike, her huge dragon body crashing into the hull of the star boat, leaving a deep dent. Her aura instantly withered.

Fortunately, she had managed to block most of the strike's power.

"Husband!"

Ao Qingxue cried out weakly in grief.

The shift in the battle also caught the other parties off guard.

Li Qingyue's heart tightened, and the sound of the flute stopped.

The thousands of wraiths that had just calmed down were once again enraged by the Buddha-light, letting out ear-piercing shrieks once more.

Even the mentally chaotic Wraith Queen seemed to understand Arhat Fatian's intentions.

Although she hated all living beings, Yaochi was her home, and that mother tree was her final obsession.

She would never allow anyone, in any way, to destroy everything here.

"Get... out!"

The Wraith Queen let out a roar from her Divine Soul, mobilizing the resentment she had just recovered to transform into a black rainbow, lashing out at Arhat Fatian.

"A mere remnant soul dares to be so insolent? Get lost!"

Arhat Fatian had already fallen into a demonic state; he wouldn't care about this remnant soul.

Without even looking, he waved his hand, and a stronger burst of Buddha-light swept out, directly crushing the Wraith Queen's attack and making her form even more ethereal.

Then, he pressed his palms together, his expression solemn yet hideous.

"Since there are those who are stubborn, I shall transcend you all together today!"

He opened his mouth and spat out a string of Buddhist prayer beads.

There were only eighteen beads, each clear and transparent, yet covered in web-like cracks, as if they would shatter at the slightest touch.

But as soon as this string of beads appeared, a vast pressure far exceeding that of a Grand Unity Golden Immortal—one that even made the broken Laws of the Yaochi Ruins wail—descended!

It was an absolute suppression from a higher level of existence!

Immortal King!

This was a damaged Immortal King Buddhist Treasure!

"With thirty percent of my Buddha Origin as a sacrifice!"

Arhat Fatian roared, spraying a mouthful of essence blood onto the string of beads.

"I respectfully invite the descent of my Buddha's Dharma Body!"

Buzz—!

The beads' light surged, and from the cracks erupted golden divine rays that made even a Grand Unity Golden Immortal's heart tremble.

A blurry and illusory giant Buddha phantom, seemingly capable of propping up the Universe and suppressing eternal eras, slowly condensed behind Arhat Fatian.

Just by its presence, the surrounding resentment was evaporated, space distorted violently and collapsed inch by inch, and the phantom of the River of Time appeared, only to be severed by its pressure!

In this world, at this moment, there was only one Dominator.

And that was this Immortal King Dharma Body!

Inside the zhou tian star boat, Ao Qingxue was already in despair, her Divine Soul seemingly about to be crushed by this pressure.

Li Qingyue was also forced to put away her jade flute and manifest the lunar mirror to protect herself. Her face was pale; for the first time, she felt what true powerlessness was.

Even the fearless Wraith Queen trembled uncontrollably under this pressure, her surrounding resentment nearly dissipating.

"Hahaha! It's all over!"

Arhat Fatian looked at this scene, feeling the power within him that didn't belong to him but seemed capable of ruling everything, and let out a mad laugh.

He manipulated the Immortal King Dharma Body and raised a finger.

A single finger, like a pillar supporting the heavens, pressed down toward the zhou tian star boat, Li Qingyue, Li Yao, the pantao mother tree... toward everything in his sight!

He was going to clear the field!

All rebels would be obliterated!

All treasures would be taken!

At this moment of despair.

A lazy, even somewhat bored and impatient voice suddenly rang out.

"I say, are you putting on a grand performance? Clanging gongs and beating drums, one act after another—it's quite a spectacle."

The speaker was none other than Li Xuan, who had just been sent flying and was "heavily injured."

He had stood up at some point, straightening his slightly messy robes. The "paleness" on his face had vanished, replaced by the expression of someone watching a play.

This scene caused Arhat Fatian's mad laughter to come to an abrupt halt.

"You... you're not injured?"

This thought made him feel a chill throughout his body.

"Injured? By you?"

Li Xuan curled his lips as if he had heard the most ridiculous joke in the world.

He looked up at the Immortal King Dharma Body that pressured the ages, and then his gaze fell on Arhat Fatian's face, which was filled with horror.

"Finally willing to show some real skill? Unfortunately, it's too late; you don't have another chance."

As Li Xuan spoke, he unhurriedly reached into his robes and took out an object.

It was a thin card, ordinary and without any fluctuation of magic power, looking like a Mortal child's toy.

But the moment Arhat Fatian saw this card, alarm bells rang in his heart!

A fatal sense of crisis exploded from the depths of his Divine Soul, its intensity far exceeding that of the previous Immortal King Dharma Body!

Before he could make any reaction, he heard the other Li Yao's voice, like the whisper of a demon god, ringing in his ears.

"Playing along with a drama queen like you for so long, to be honest, I'm a bit bored."

He finished speaking.

Li Xuan held the card between two fingers and gave it a light rub.

No earth-shattering phenomena, no divine chains of Law surrounding him, and no explosion of immortal essence.

"Ding."

A faint sound, barely audible.

[Immortal King Level Cultivation Experience Card, activated.]

Immediately afterward.

The entire world went silent.

The Immortal King Dharma Body that suppressed the ages, that pressing finger like a pillar supporting the heavens, simply stopped abruptly in mid-air.

The mad smile on Arhat Fatian's face froze.

Because a terrifying will that stood above all Daos and ruled over the birth and death of the Universe... awakened from Li Xuan's body!