Chapter 1481: Dead End?

“Since we know what kind of Stranger is plaguing us, then there is still a way to get out of this.” As Danxia Zi spoke, he crossed his sleeves in front of his chest before swinging them outward. Red light flew in from the east, purple light flew in from the west, blue light flew in from the south, and white light flew in from the north.

The four types of cloudy light mingled combined into a voluminous, colorful light so gorgeous that it overwhelmed even the phantasmal beauty of the Figment of Time.

For a time, the light and cloud of four colors were the only things the group could see.

As beautiful as it was, the group saw not its beauty, but the merging of invisible laws and mixing of boundless power. It was annihilating everything in the world including the formless and substanceless.

𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

“What a ‘Four Directions Light and Cloud That Silences The Heavens’. As expected of one of the four ultimates of Xixa!” Old Man Profound Firmament could not help but praise.

“It’s just a paltry technique. It does not deserve your praise,” Danxia Zi withdrew his sleeves and replied calmly.

As time passed, the four colors gradually became one color: white to the point of being transparent. It quickly spread across the colorful space and replaced it, twisting it all into chaos.

When heaven and earth shared one color, all would crumble into primal chaos.

However, this lasted only a moment before more colorful light spilled out of the transparent white light conjured by Danxia Zi. Soon, the place was filled with phantasmal colors once more.

“How can this be?” Danxia Zi looked shocked as he furrowed his brow deeply.

Even as he spoke, the forest came back to life once more.

“Is it impossible to annihilate? Let me try.” Old Man Profound Firmament was also frowning slightly. He rubbed his chest a little and summoned an image that was over three hundred meters tall behind his back.

The image had a whale’s head and a dragon’s body. It wore a set of golden armor and wielded a silver fork. It looked as impressive as it was demonic. It was the Sea Devouring Demonic Whale.

“I’ll swallow you!”

As soon as he said this, the image of the Sea Devouring Demonic Whale opened its mouth and inhaled.

Rumble!

A gigantic vortex appeared in the sky, spinning rapidly. Be it the colorful light or the forest of bones and limbs, they were all drawn into the vortex and devoured by the Sea Devouring Demonic Whale’s maw.

It was said that the Sea Devouring Demonic Whale could swallow the heavens and devour the Nine Nethers. It could devour anything and everything. The image Old Man Profound Firmament summoned seemed even greater than the original, however.

In just the blink of an eye, everything in the world had been devoured down to the last speck, leaving behind only an empty void of whiteness.

“Hahaha... I’m the better of the two of us after all.” Old Man Profound Firmament slapped his belly proudly when he observed the space around them and confirmed that no light was returning.

On a related note, the Sea Devouring Demonic Whale’s belly was as big as a hill right now. When Old Man Profound Firmament slapped his belly, its belly started rumbling like a spring thunderstorm. At the same time, its belly was shrinking at a visible rate.

The gesture looked ordinary, but Danxia Zi could feel the terrifying, immense power residing within the image’s belly.

A belly was like a furnace; it could refine all life into nothing.

Alas, Old Man Profound Firmament’s laughter hadn’t even faded when a wisp of color suddenly emerged from the pale void. The next moment, it began dyeing everything in color like spring melting away the winter. As the colorful lights grew bigger and richer, the forest of limbs and bones slowly manifested into existence once more.

They wondered if it was their imagination, but the speed at which the Figment of Time was reforming itself seemed to be faster than before.

“Oh, this makes me mad. What about this?!”

Seeing this, an angry-looking Old Man Profound Firmament inhaled until his cheeks were puffed up. Then, he exhaled.

Qi of gold and silver rushed out of his mouth and transformed into a storm. The golden storm was violent, bruttish, and dazzling, whereas the silver storm was frigid, gentle, and reserved.

The golden storm was called the Supreme Yang True Wind, whereas the silver storm was called the Supreme Yin Clear Wind. It was two supremes threatening to wipe heaven and earth out of existence.

If he couldn’t devour the Figment of Time, then he would blow it away.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

The wind howled, scattering the cloud and fog, forest and light. This would last an entire teatime.

By the time the wind stopped, all that was left was an empty void of primal chaos.

At the same time, Old Man Profound Firmament yelled, “Go now! Let’s see if we can escape while it’s gone!”

Ye Qing immediately sent the Ghost Dragon Boat forward.

Unfortunately, this state of things only lasted a few breaths before wisps of light began showing and spreading across the void once more. Not only that, it enveloped the entire area in almost no time.

“How is this bastard so annoying to deal with?” Old Man Profound Firmament stared at the colorful light and the forest of bones and limbs attacking them once more, frowning deeply.

Objectively speaking, the Figment of Time wasn’t all that deadly. At the very least, it wasn’t strong enough to hurt them. Getting rid of it was a different story though.

“We can’t keep doing this. Not only is the Figment of Time reappearing faster, the forest is becoming stronger as well.”

Feng Qingyou said with a serious expression. She had been observing their surroundings all this time.

Danxia Zi looked at her with hopeful eyes. “Do you have a plan, Miss Feng?”

Feng Qingyou had played a pivotal role both at the hill of intestines and the stomach lake, so he thought for sure that she would not disappoint this time.

However, Feng Qingyou shook her head. “I’m afraid I’ll have to disappoint you, Reverend. I have heard of the Figment of Time before, and they claim that it is as indestructible as it is irremovable. There is no solution.”

“Is that so?” Danxia Zi was a bit disappointed, but he wasn’t in despair. He was a Sage, and a Sage was someone whose mind had become flawless. This wasn’t enough to make him panic or fall into despair just yet.

Danxia Zi looked at Old Man Profound Firmament next and asked, “Have you found any flaws in this Stranger, Elder Profound?”

Old Man Profound Firmament shook his head. “No, this damn thing is way too persistent.” Danxia Zi said thoughtfully, “It is a Stranger though. A Stranger should have limits no matter how powerful it is.”

“How about we combine our strength and go all out? Perhaps that will prove enough to destroy it?”

“I agree. Let’s do this.” Old Man Profound Firmament nodded.

The next moment, Danxia Zi wiped his hand across his forehead. The cloud imprint etched into his forehead actually floated into the air and transformed into a cloud ruyi scepter.

The cloud ruyi scepter was rainbow-colored. The words “Xixa True Self” were engraved at the top, and the words, “Unbounded and Unchained” at the handle. Together, they were, “Xixa True Self, Unbounded and Unchained”. It was a direct teaching of the truth and law of the Xixa Abode and the foundation of its Great Way.

Therefore, the ruyi scepter was the ultimate treasure of inheritance of the Xixa Abode, the Disaster-class Strange Artifact Xixa Ruyi.

Danxia Zi held the Xixa Ruyi and tapped the sky lightly three times.

Three taps later, a door opened in the sky, and rainbow light spilled into the world like a waterfall.

This was one of the four ultimate arts of the Xixa Abode, “Knocking on The Door of Heavens”.

Offensive wise, this was the potent art of the four ultimates. It was even more destructive when combined with the Xixa Ruyi. It would not be an exaggeration to say that it possessed the power to destroy the world.

At the same time, Old Man Profound Firmament was flying upward. Every time he took a step, his aura would grow stronger, and his divine intent would become increasingly vast.

Nine steps later, the human was on the same level as the heavens, but his momentum was greater, and his will surpassed the nine firmaments.

Nine steps to reach the Heavens’ Gate. Nine steps to become a man above the heavens.

After Old Man Profound Firmament stood still, he looked down and brought down his foot.

Nine firmaments fell when the stomp ws executed. Hence, the technique was called Fall of Nine Firmaments.

Who could stop the fall of nine firmaments? What could?