Above the Great Dao-Chapter 1496 - 695: Demon Seed (Part 2)

He felt as if he was being watched by countless gods and demons, with the aura of slaughter invading his Sea of Consciousness. Even his Mixed Yuan Dao Heart struggled to resist, stirred into a surge of killing intent!

For a long time, Chen Shi had been suppressing his wild nature, becoming like a good person. After all, he had become the True King of the New Continent of West Bull and could no longer act as he once did with reckless abandon.

However, this overwhelming aura of killing intent awakened him!

The fierce energy of the Great Xia Garrison!

At this moment, the White Stone Ancient City suddenly descended, trembling violently, yet not falling into earth, rock, or lava.

Chen Shi and Little Dun looked around, seeing the ancient city's surroundings filled with swirling flames, scorching the void!

The White Stone Ancient City seemed to have fallen into a sea of fire, speeding through the flames.

"Madam, is this your doing?" Chen Shi asked.

Little Dun Fairy shook her head; she was still searching for the entrance to the Nine Emperors' suppression grounds, only to be met with this sudden change.

Chen Shi looked at Kun Dulun and the others, only to find them equally perplexed as they looked around, clearly not responsible for the events.

"It's not their doing, could it be the Nine Emperors sensing Little Dun's bloodline power, summoning us over?" he pondered.

Kun Dulun and others frowned; although they sensed the fierce aura from the Nine Emperors of Great Shang, the current situation was unexpected and beyond their control.

The White Stone Ancient City shuttled through the overwhelming fire, its flying speed remarkably fast. At this pace, it wouldn't be long before it flew out of the Ancestral Court!

The crowd was puzzled: "Where have The Three Pure Ones suppressed the Nine Emperors of Great Shang?"

Little Dun Fairy unfolded the geographical map of the Ancestral Court, whispering: "The White Stone Ancient City has already flown out of the Ancestral Court."

Chen Shi gazed at the flames outside, frowning: "Where did these flames come from? The Ancestral Court doesn't have such large flames."

"It's the Holy Fire of my Great Shang bloodline."

Little Dun folded the geographical map, looked outside, her gaze dimming, "It's not a sea of fire outside, but a sea of blood. It's a sea of blood composed of the Shang Royal Family's blood, floating in the void."

She felt somewhat melancholic; of the Shang Royal Family, she was the only one left alive.

Chen Shi embraced her, Little Dun gently resting her head on his shoulder, feeling slightly better in heart.

"With a few more children with my husband, my descendants will still be of the royal family," she thought silently.

At this moment, the White Stone Ancient City suddenly halted.

Little Dun spoke: "We've reached overseas. With the speed of the White Stone Ancient City, we're eight hundred billion miles from the Ancestral Court now."

Chen Shi looked outside the city, his heart slightly shaken, murmuring: "Are we in the Dark Sea now? Or somewhere else?"

In the flames surrounding the ancient city, a massive skeleton stood tall, catching his eye. The skeleton was half-human, half-beast, with a peculiar form, as if a human had grown a tail.

Holding an axe, the skeleton stood in the flames, remaining upright.

Though only bones remained, it emitted an overwhelming aura of ferocity, suffocating!

The fierce soldiers of the Great Xia Era!

Chen Shi looked away, seeing the towering ruins extending endlessly in the flames.

The White Stone Ancient City had stopped on a stone altar surrounded by these giant structures.

Chen Shi looked further away, seeing skeletons of fierce soldiers from the Great Xia Era, immense in size, holding giant weapons, exuding a deep vicious aura.

In the flames, they were lined up neatly, orderly, and chilling, like an army waiting to fight on the battlefield.

"Their bones have Dao Patterns!" Little Dun Fairy observed.

Chen Shi looked over, and indeed the bones of these Great Xia fierce soldiers were covered with Witch Sacrificial Dao Pattern imprints, appearing vermilion, seemingly marked using beast blood or vermilion powder onto the bones to enhance themselves.

This Witch Sacrificial Dao Pattern was rather simple, containing straightforward Daoist skills that Chen Shi could comprehend after a glance.

"Why, with such simple Dao Patterns, does their power not fall short of the later generations?"

Chen Shi thought deeply, realizing that the power of the Witch Sacrificial Dao Pattern from the Great Xia Era was strong precisely due to its simplicity.

It only summarizes the most apparent phenomena of the Great Dao: Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, Thunder, Rain, Volcano, Up, Down, Four Directions, Yin Yang, and so on. Using the simplest Dao Patterns to describe these phenomena is closer to the essence of the Dao.

"The current Immortal Dao Patterns are too complex, unable to be explained by a single Dao Pattern. The more Dao Patterns compiled, the harder it is to understand the essence of the Great Dao. It's also a huge challenge for later generations to learn."

Chen Shi pondered in his heart, "Nowadays, the Dao Patterns of the Immortal Dao probably amount to millions. Faced with the same natural phenomenon, different Immortal Families have even comprehended different Dao Patterns, making the Immortal Dao more complicated. In this world, even the Three Pure Ones can't master all Immortal Dao Patterns! Some immortals now seek breakthroughs in Daoist Skills by searching in the Witch Sacrificial Dao Patterns of Great Shang, but I think it should be in the Witch Sacrificial Dao Patterns of Great Xia."

He considered moving these remains of Great Xia Fierce Soldiers for research.

To him, the Dao Patterns imprinted on these bones were the greatest gain of this trip.

At this moment, Kun Dulun's voice came through: "Great Xia imprinted Witch Sacrificial Dao Patterns on their bones to achieve eternal immortality of the physical body. But ultimately, they couldn't resist the corrosion of time and passed away in old age. Great Shang was much wiser, imprinting Witch Sacrificial Dao Patterns in their bloodline, allowing it to be inherited through generations. Thus, Great Shang grew stronger and had the means to overthrow Great Xia."

"This person has extraordinary vision."

Chen Shi nodded secretly, "Great Shang won over Great Xia, probably relying on this method. Bloodline inheritance can quickly produce many experts among a race. However, the drawbacks of bloodline inheritance are considerable, inevitably resulting in 'a dragon gives birth to a dragon, a phoenix gives birth to a phoenix, a mouse's child will dig holes,' with no change forever."

Little Dun walked toward the outskirts of the city, saying, "I felt the presence of the Nine Emperors! This way!"

Chen Shi immediately followed her, and the two left the city, entering the raging flames.

They leapt into the air, shuttling through the fire, passing between the Great Xia Fierce Soldiers.

Kun Dulun and his group set out from the other side of White Stone Ancient City, also heading in the same direction.

Suddenly, one of the Great Xia Fierce Soldiers seemed to sense their presence, awakening from death, and swung its giant bones wielding an axe mercilessly at Chen Shi and Little Dun!

Chen Shi's Infinite Dao Field had just spread when it was sliced open by the enormous axe, rushing toward both of them unstoppably!

Chen Shi raised his hand, emitting Sword Qi, executing the final move of the Mixed Yuan Sword Scripture, Hongmeng Division!

"Dang!"

The axe, carrying immense power, pressed the Xuanhuang Sword Qi against each other, merging and forming a gigantic sword that retreated back several miles before finally halting!

Chen Shi was startled, looking at the Sword Qi, only to see the Xuanhuang Sword Qi nearly split in half.

Fortunately, this Magical Treasure was forged using pure Xuanhuang Ancestor Qi, having form but no substance, instantly restored upon his mental command. Nonetheless, the power of the Great Xia Fierce Soldiers really startled him.

And that Great Xia Fierce Soldier raised the axe again, chopping down once more.

Little Dun was about to lend a hand, but Chen Shi leaped up, saying solemnly, "You just go ahead! Find the Nine Emperors first! Leave the protection to me."

He flew overhead, urging the Xuanhuang Sword Qi, the sword light scattered, meeting the falling axe once more.

This time he still employed the Mixed Yuan Sword Scripture, yet the Swordsmanship was filled with not the Immortal Dao Patterns but the Dark Sea Heavenly Dao Dao Patterns he had comprehended from the Green Palace.

The originally upright Swordsmanship instantly became bizarre and mysterious, employing Magic Skills rarely used by Outer Dao, now manifested through the nine chapters of Sword Scripture.

The axe of the Great Xia Fierce Soldier just brushed against Chen Shi's Xuanhuang Sword Qi when the Outer Dao within Chen Shi's Swordsmanship invaded, and the Great Xia Fierce Soldier suddenly "saw" the surface of its bones growing wild flesh, seemingly restoring its physical body in mere moments.

It had no time to rejoice, seeing its body like a great tree, countless flesh roots extended from its feet, piercing deep into the ground.

It struggled desperately, pulling one leg free, only to see flesh growing from all over its body, rooting it into the earth like tendrils and trapping it firmly.

In the sea of fire, each Great Xia Fierce Soldier revived, slashing weapons toward Little Dun Fairy.

Chains, copper hammers, hooks, spears, halberds, swords, shields, they were all present!

Chen Shi flitted beneath, weaving through these giant weapons, wielding Xuanhuang Sword Qi to confront the Great Xia Fierce Soldiers' attack, resounding with a series of loud "Dangdang" in the fire sea.

Those Great Xia Fierce Soldiers were far stronger than him, but against the Outer Dao, they were helpless, soon caught one by one.

Chen Shi's arms were numbed by the shock, struggling to cope, when he caught sight of Kun Dulun's group rushing toward Little Dun's direction, a host of Demon Dao Immortals shielding Kun Dulun alone.

The two are about to meet.

Daoist Ning hurriedly greeted amid his busy chase, "Greetings to both Daoist friends, Ning Gongfu."

Chen Shi hastily returned the gesture, "Zhong Wuwang, greetings to Daoist Ning."

Ahead, Little Dun Fairy also followed with a salute, "Wen Wuyu, greetings to Daoist Ning."