149: Chapter 149 Abandoning the Immortal Bridge to Condense the Emperor's Bones, I Spread the Heaven-Covering Technique in the Shepherd God's Domain

"Hum!"

Accompanied by Ye Xiu's roar, which sounded like the bellow of an ancient demon god, a domineering and unparalleled formless force,

like a tangible heavy hammer, smashed fiercely onto the crowns of the four Grand Elders of Little Jade Capital!

"Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack!"

Four extremely crisp yet hair-raising sounds of shattering exploded simultaneously in the depths of their Sea of Consciousness.

That was the "Divine Bridge" they had cultivated for thousands of years, pinning their lifelong hopes upon it, used to communicate with that fake Heavenly Court!

At this moment, it was shattered into pieces by Ye Xiu in an extremely overbearing and irresistible manner!

"Ah!!"

A scream of extreme misery instantly shattered the tranquility of Little Jade Capital.

The four old monsters, who were originally high and mighty and regarded by the world as semi-immortals, now looked like mud with their backbones removed.

They collapsed onto the white jade ruins, twitching frantically.

Thick, foul-smelling black blood sprayed wildly from their seven orifices, and their already aged and withered Physical Body decayed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Their skin lost its last trace of luster, peeling off like old tree bark; their grey hair fell out in large clumps.

A nauseating Death Qi of the "Five Decays of Heaven and Man" instantly enveloped them.

"Rumble!!"

At the same time, the firmament above the nine heavens seemed to sense that someone in the Lower Realm was reversing the Law, emitting deafening thunder.

Thick black tribulation clouds gathered frantically; it was the "Law of the False Gods" of this world roaring and raging in fury,

attempting to descend heavenly punishment to obliterate these few anomalies who dared to sever the shackles of Karma!

"So noisy! Get back in there for me!"

Ye Xiu raised his head, and two tangible beams of Pure Yang Sword Qi shot out from his heterochromatic gold and silver eyes, piercing straight into the sky!

"Hiss!"

That thick tribulation cloud, which had just formed and hadn't yet had the chance to descend its lightning, was torn into shreds across the sky by this unreasonable glare from Ye Xiu!

The thunder stopped abruptly, and the sky returned to that deathly, grey darkness.

It was as if even the so-called "Heavenly Dao" had been frightened out of its wits by this mad Dragon.

"Guard your original state! Don't you dare act all lifeless for me!"

Ye Xiu withdrew his gaze, stepped onto the ruins beside the Grand Elder Taixu, and roared sternly:

"What do you think cultivation is? Is it dining out?

Without experiencing the destruction of being sliced into a thousand pieces and having your skin and tendons stripped, how can you welcome a rebirth that jumps outside the Three Realms?!"

"You idiots, the Divine Bridge you cultivated before was 'seeking externally'!

It was handing your lifelines over to that group of false gods in the sky! Once they cut the bridge, you could only wait for death!"

Ye Xiu suddenly formed hand seals with both hands, and a vast, boundless, terrifying True Qi exuding the aura of the primordial beginning surged frantically from within his body.

It transformed into four golden torrents, crashing arrogantly into the bodies of the four Elders, which were on the verge of collapse.

"Today, the [Shrouding the Heavens Method] I, the Sect Leader, am passing to you is 'seeking internally'!"

"The human body is the most mysterious and vast Universe in this world! Why seek externally from the heavens?

Give me those shattered Divine Bridge remnants and press them all down into your Dantian!"

Under Ye Xiu's demonic voice, which sounded like a great bell,

the four Grand Elders, who were about to faint from the pain, bit the tips of their tongues, forcibly holding onto the last shred of clarity in their minds.

Following the guidance of Ye Xiu's domineering True Qi, they frantically compressed the chaotic spiritual power and Divine Bridge fragments within their bodies toward their lower abdomens!

"Open up — the Sea of Bitterness!!"

"Boom!"

Inside the Grand Elder Taixu's body, a sound like the opening of the world suddenly echoed!

In the deepest part of his originally dead and dried-up Dantian, after the Divine Bridge fragments were compressed to the extreme,

a point of extremely profound black light suddenly bloomed.

Immediately after, that black light transformed into a rolling sea wave!

That was not a normal sea of Spiritual Qi, but a "Sea of Bitterness" filled with death and desolation!

"What kind of power is this..."

The State Preceptor of Yankang on the side looked at the black light faintly emanating from the Grand Elder Taixu's lower abdomen in sheer terror.

That power was profound, ancient, and seemed to contain the most primitive mystery of life.

It was completely different from all the Cultivation Techniques currently existing in this world of The Great Ruins!

"Now that the Sea of Bitterness has emerged, where is the Spring of Life?! Erupt for me!"

Ye Xiu pressed his fingers together like a sword, with [Taiyi Vitality] flickering at his fingertips, and tapped precisely in the center of the Grand Elder Taixu's Sea of Bitterness!

"Gurgle... Splash!"

Accompanied by an extremely strange sound of flowing water, the center of that dead Sea of Bitterness erupted like a volcano.

A crystal-clear divine spring, radiating endless life essence, gushed out!

The Spring of Life!

"The broken bridges you cultivated before were for crossing heaven and earth. But the Divine Bridge in the Shrouding the Heavens Method is for crossing your own Sea of Bitterness, directly reaching the other shore!"

Ye Xiu's voice was filled with endless fanaticism, and he followed suit, in a very short time,

forcefully helping all four Grand Elders open their Seas of Bitterness and ignite their Springs of Life!

With the nourishment of the life essence continuously gushing from the Spring of Life,

the Physical Body of the four Grand Elders, which had been decaying rapidly, finally stopped deteriorating.

But even so, their aged shells were completely unable to bear the power system of the Shrouding the Heavens Method, which was domineering to the extreme.

"Your Physical Body is too weak, like it's made of paper! With your ragged skins, you want to carry the power of the Sendai realm?!"

Ye Xiu frowned slightly, looking at their old bones that seemed like they would shatter at a touch, a ruthless glint flashing in his eyes.

"Since we are changing the method, let's change it thoroughly!"

"Abandon the Mortal coil! Forge Imperial Bones!"

Ye Xiu waved his large sleeve, and the thousand-year-old demon brew in his purple-red wine gourd turned into a sweet rain pouring down, instantly enveloping the four Elders.

Following that, Ye Xiu activated [Pure Yang True Fire], treating these four people along with the demon brew like a Medicinal Pill, burning them frantically on the spot!

"Ahhh!"

A new round of pain, even more intense than before, struck.

The flesh and skin of the four Grand Elders turned to ash inch by inch under the roasting of the Pure Yang True Fire, but the life essence gushing from the Spring of Life was constantly repairing them.

In this extreme tug-of-war between destruction and rebirth,

the originally grey and fragile bones inside their bodies made a teeth-grinding "crackling" sound.

The bone marrow was forcibly drained, and in its place was the purest golden divine radiance extracted from the Spring of Life.

They were shedding their shells!

Like a Phoenix Nirvana, or an old snake shedding its skin!

Half an hour later.

The flames gradually extinguished.

When the State Preceptor of Yankang saw the scene in the field again, he even forgot to breathe, dumbfounded.

The four Grand Elders, who had originally had one foot in the grave, were covered in age spots, and were hunched over, were gone.

In their place were four middle-aged men who looked to be only in their forties, in the prime of their lives!

They were still closing their eyes, but their bones exposed to the air...

actually faintly exuded a warm, moist luster like mutton-fat jade, and pale golden blood was surging deep within their bone marrow.

This was definitely not the skeleton of a Mortal; this skeleton contained an extremely pure power, as if with this Physical Body alone, they could shatter a mountain with one punch!

Although not as immortal as the Great Emperors, this "Pseudo-Imperial Bone," based on the Shrouding the Heavens Method and forged by Pure Yang True Fire,

was already an Heaven-Defying Physical Body weapon in this world of Herding Gods!

"Hoo—"

The Grand Elder Taixu opened his eyes suddenly. Deep in his eyes, there was no longer that awe and fear when facing the Law of heaven and earth.

Instead, a violent gleam flickered, like an ancient Vicious Beast waking up.

He slowly stood up and clenched his fist.

"Bang!"

Just a casual squeeze.

A harsh sonic boom erupted from his palm. The surrounding space even showed extremely subtle distortions!

"This is... the Shrouding the Heavens Method!"