Chapter 575: Chapter 574: The Saint’s Instructions—Can the Daoist Court Catastrophe Be Resolved?

"Without the Hongmeng Purple Qi, I can still surpass you all and take up the mantle of Daoism in the world."

The weight of this statement was immense.

If it were spoken to ordinary people, it wouldn’t matter, but these words were directed at a Saint.

The pride of Yang Jian was imaginable.

The Shangqing Saint looked complicated, fell silent for a moment, and then said, "I trust in your ability; you are the most outstanding disciple of Daoism, bar none."

"But I also trust the choices of myself and the other two uncles of your master."

"As for who is ultimately correct, only time will tell."

"Of course, whether it is you or him who shoulders this responsibility, in the eyes of us three brothers, you are both pillars of Daoism."

"What the predecessors have failed to achieve, the successors must strive for."

"The future belongs to you."

Standing firm against the tides of time, the Shangqing Saint’s figure stood unwavering through the storms of time, yet his features began to gradually blur.

Yang Jian frowned slightly, "You... what’s wrong with you?"

The Shangqing Saint smiled but did not answer, only looking at him with hopeful eyes, saying, "They need your help there, young one, it’s up to you."

As his words fell.

The river of time roared with waves, and the Saint’s figure flickered like a slide before disappearing from sight.

The Red-bottomed Macaque lowered its head and, after weaving signs and chanting incantations, restored the tiny trace this world had opened up instantly.

The heavenly secrets here were once again isolated, and the Saint was nowhere to be found.

The Red-bottomed Macaque looked at Yang Jian; although Yang Jian always masked his emotions, an incomparably complex emotion was present in the depth of his eyes at this moment.

"Master..."

The Heaven-Barking Dog could sense Yang Jian’s unease.

"Should we... go help?" it asked cautiously.

Yang Jian remained silent.

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Rumble!!

The Eastern Domain and the North Sea had already thoroughly shaken the world.

On one hand, was the Venerable Emperor Chong’en’s Saint Tribulation, on the other, a Heavenly Dao Tribulation more terrifying than the Saint Tribulation.

The world was in an uproar.

At that time, the Daoist Court territory, more than half of the Eastern Domain, was already under the Thunder Pool.

Outside the cosmos, the myriad stars seemed to have turned into a sea of thunder.

Shocking colossal thunders rained down unceasingly, each strike had the power to instantly destroy a continent!

Even though the Daoist Lord of the Thirty-Three Heavens had cultivation reaching the heavens, by his strength alone, he blocked all the colossal thunders.

But the creatures of the Eastern Domain were still terrified and restless.

"Heaven wants to annihilate the Dao, this is Heaven wanting to annihilate the Dao..."

"I want to withdraw from the Daoist Court, I want to withdraw from the Daoist Court."

"We cannot stay here, otherwise, we will all perish!!"

The beings fell into panic, and at various borders, innumerable immortals appeared. They wanted to escape, but at the Daoist Court’s border, there were Celestial Soldiers and Generals formed by the fortune of the court guarding.

The entire Daoist Court was like a massive copper wall and iron bastion furnace.

No way forward, no way back.

However, it was precisely because of this that internally, under panic, it became chaotic.

The multitudes had no hope in the Daoist Court, even the Celestial Dragon of Fortune, which had charged up to the Thirty-Three Heavens with Lin Heng, also caused a chain reaction, its body stretching countless billions of miles began to shake and gradually became illusory.

"If this continues, even if we withstand this heavenly tribulation, the Daoist Court’s fortune will disperse!" At the Immortal Palace, the faces of all the court ministers turned anxious.

"Everyone, travel to the various continents and soothe the people’s hearts!"

Shen Gongbao commanded decisively, directing the heroes.

Following this, he directly used the grand array of the Immortal Palace’s central hub, projecting his Dharma Aspect over the various continents.

"Do not panic, do not panic!"

"This is a normal phenomenon. People of the Daoist Court, just recite the Celestial Venerable’s title, and the Celestial Venerable will naturally protect us and block all tribulations."

Shen Gongbao’s tone was powerful and resonant, reassuring the populace, rallying the myriad beings to unite and cooperate.

The Long-armed Ape, seeing this, too, decisively charged into the sky, transforming into a giant ape body that stretched from heaven to earth, and shouted down:

"Demon Race members, there is no need to fear!"

"If the heavens collapse, I, the Long-armed Ape, will bear it on one shoulder!"

He was the Divine Monkey General of the Demon Race Celestial Court.

After turning to the Daoist Court, many from the Demon Race followed him here.

With him calming his former subordinates, it naturally stabilized the spirit of one faction’s army.

"The Three Islands and Ten Continents, with me covering them now, what is there to fear about the heavenly tribulation?"

Nezha also quickly went, spiraling around the center of the Three Islands, revealing his Dharma Aspect, intimidating the immortals of the Ten Continents.

As the Three Altar Sea Assembly Great God, who has been patrolling the Three Islands and Ten Continents since the Ancient Celestial Court, his prestige within the Three Islands and Ten Continents is extremely high; many places even have his temples, and his appearance reassures the common people.

Meanwhile, Tianpeng, Ox Demon King, and others also successively went to their respective conquests across the continents.

Manifesting the Dharma Aspect, calming a region.

The vast Daoist Court, spanning more than half of the Eastern Domain, containing countless creatures, though it was impossible to calm all of them, with the appearance of successive Heaven-Reaching Dharma Aspects.

Even the ordinary beings naturally felt much more at ease.

The illusory trend of the Celestial Dragon of Fortune under Lin Heng’s feet was thus eased.

Faced with the continually arriving heavenly tribulation’s colossal thunders, Lin Heng resolutely wielded the Four Immortal Slaying Swords, while also summoning the Nether Lord Banner and the Book of Life and Death!

The Holy Soldiers emerged together, confronting the celestial thunder alongside Lin Heng.

Occasionally where some were missed, there was the Chaos Tai Chi Diagram to back it up.

Over ten continuous days.

Though the heavenly might was vast and the tribulations numerous, fortunately, all were indeed blocked by Lin Heng.

Although it left Lin Heng fatigued, ultimately, being on his own territory, relying on a continuous stream of fortune and faith, his momentum did not wane.

This made the observers from all sides involuntarily click their tongues in amazement.

"Such a demon; after all, such tribulations couldn’t break his defenses?"

"If it were us, we would likely have perished on the first day!"

"No wonder he is the first under the Saint; judging by this stance, it seems only a Saint can kill him..."

Many were filled with admiration, praising him from the bottom of their hearts.

The scene of the Daoist Court amazed people more even than the Saint Tribulation at the North Sea.

It was indeed absurd to say this aloud.

Despite the two great tribulations being just half a North Sea apart, most Quasi-Saint’s attention seemed more captivated by the Daoist Court side.

The Saint Tribulation, in terms of attention, actually fell behind?

It must be said.

This might be the least illustrious Saint Tribulation in ancient history...

"Judging by this stance, this Celestial Court calamity is going to be resolved by him."

Many sighed.

For more than ten days, the celestial thunder of the heavenly tribulation had not caused any substantive harm to the Daoist Court.

People understood, this tribulation was considered blocked...

Yet just when everyone thought so.

Over half of the Eastern Immortal Realm suddenly plunged into darkness.

This time the darkness was extreme, absolute; the world’s colors within the Daoist Court’s domain ceased to appear!

Even the light of the Four Immortal Slaying Swords, these Holy Soldiers, also vanished.

It was as if there had become a black hole.

No gods could be seen, no immortals could be seen.

All beings could no longer see anything, including the Celestial Venerable Daoist Lord who gave them solace!