Celestial Refining Divine Scripture-Chapter 280 - 278: Heaven’s Radiance, Divine Firmament

"Even if I die, I won't let you have your way!"

Huangfu Shaoyao's eyes blazed with utter resolve!

Gu Jun sneered playfully, flicking his finger!

Buzz!

In the space about them, the illusory cosmos reappeared, locking her down tightly!

Huangfu Shaoyao's face twisted again and again!

Xu Yang said, "You've tortured so many people, I suppose you shouldn't be afraid, right?"

"Really, it's not that terrifying—just clench your teeth and bear it. At most, it's a bit painful, like training the body!"

Huangfu Shaoyao wanted to unleash a stream of curses!

Fuck your clench-your-teeth-and-bear-it!

Exactly because she'd tormented so many, her fear ran even deeper!

Yet she'd never imagined that such torture would befall her one day!

Beg for mercy?

Not only would Xu Yang never oblige—even with her pride, there was no way she could beg for her life!

Huangfu Shaoyao cast Xu Yang a glare filled with venomous hatred: "You little bitch, you'll die a wretched death!"

"Stinking whore, better worry about yourself first!"

Xu Yang sneered coldly, flashed before Huangfu Shaoyao, and violently yanked off her Storage Ring.

Sure enough, in that ring he found those previous mystical insects.

At the sight of the bugs, Huangfu Shaoyao's body couldn't help but tremble uncontrollably.

Her pretty face now ghastly pale, voluptuous body shaking nonstop—truly, one hell of a seductive sight!

Too bad Xu Yang was utterly unmoved.

He pinched a mystical insect and waved it in front of Huangfu Shaoyao's eyes.

Huangfu Shaoyao squeezed her eyes shut in utter despair.

After several breaths—

Harsh panting sounded forth.

Huangfu Shaoyao writhed in agony, convulsing nonstop, bearing it only by grinding her teeth near to breaking.

She thought she could endure it!

But as time wore on, a second bug, a third, a fourth…

That agony, enough to drive one insane, soon drowned her whole being.

In this instant, she bitterly regretted raising these insects to be so terrifying!

Amid a chorus of bone-chilling, miserable screams—

Huangfu Shaoyao's bloodshot eyes glared: "Xu Yang, not even as a ghost will I spare you…!"

Slap!

"Aaaah!!!"

With a single slap, Xu Yang made Huangfu Shaoyao's beautiful cheeks swell rapidly, a crimson smear of blood at her lips, her entire body now convulsing violently.

Her hair was a wild tangle, she looked so pitiful it could almost inspire sympathy!

The wheel of fate had turned—now, the Huangfu Family's retribution had arrived!

"Bitch, bastard!"

"Kill me, just fucking kill me!!"

Huangfu Shaoyao shrieked in madness, flailing with all her might.

But under the imprisonment of the illusory cosmos, she couldn't even kill herself!

She could only endure this inhuman torment, again and again.

Each insect gnawed and tore—her snowy skin split open, blood gushing everywhere.

Her body was quickly covered in holes, chewed wounds riddling even her face.

A miserable sight beyond words!

But all the harsher, Xu Yang forced Purest Essence Qi into her body at intervals, making her pain all the clearer and more acute!

Even Gu Jun couldn't help but roll his eyes!

"Damn, this kid really holds a grudge!"

If only Huangfu Shaoyao hadn't tried to torture Xu Yang at the start, maybe she wouldn't be suffering like this now!

As time dragged on, Huangfu Shaoyao grew more and more wretched, wailing in agony, her very soul feeling chewed into countless pieces.

The once voluptuous, elegant body now bleeding nonstop, riddled with festering, bloody pits!

Her once-beautiful face now utterly devastated!

Xu Yang conjured a screen of light, reflecting her current appearance for her to see.

"Take a look."

Tears streamed down Huangfu Shaoyao's face as she let out a heart-rending, soul-tearing wail.

"Please, just kill me, kill me!!"

She was utterly shattered!

An expert at the very peak of the Myriad Manifestations Realm, broken by her own mystical insects, driven to collapse!

All deserved retribution!

Xu Yang let out a cold laugh, utterly unmoved, turning away toward the ancient scroll floating in the sky.

Master and disciple, as if by tacit agreement, ignored Huangfu Shaoyao completely now.

"Brat, were you just acting earlier?" Gu Jun asked.

Though the power of the ancient art was terrifying, Gu Jun felt that with Xu Yang's means, he shouldn't have been so shaken.

But the earlier scene had shown nothing out of the ordinary, not even to his eyes!

"Not exactly acting—I just didn't go all-out," Xu Yang grinned wide.

Gu Jun was speechless!

Does that even make a difference?

Huangfu Qing's luck sure was rotten!

Then again, Huangfu Qing was considered a top-tier prodigy.

With so many supreme treasures, even in his era, that was rare beyond compare!

But compared with Xu Yang, the gap was painfully obvious!

Not just in power, but in wits as well!

Shua!

Xu Yang hesitated no longer, soaring straight up into the sky.

He approached the ancient scroll once again, his gaze fierce, and grasped it with a curved palm.

Boom!

Crash!

As before, the brilliance's overwhelming might slammed against him violently.

This time, Xu Yang held nothing back!

The ancient intent birthed by the Celestial Refining Divine Scripture surged through his entire being!

Seven chains of power sealed his Sea of Consciousness!

Within the Celestial Refining Divine Tripod, black flames blazed—an indescribable divine will taking root and coursing through his body!

On this second attempt, his whole self was buffed to the max!

Boom!

"Celestial!"

"Brilliance!"

"Divine!"

Xu Yang's whole body quivered, even his soul trembling!

By the third ancient character, the impact had multiplied several times over, pushing horror to the extreme!

Even a typical Myriad Manifestations Perfection cultivator would hardly endure it!

Xu Yang clenched his jaw tight, guarding his very mind!

The Heaven-Locking Divine Chain in his Sea of Consciousness held his spiritual core clear and sharp!

"Sky!"

Boom!

Xu Yang fully ignited the Celestial Refining Divine Tripod, gathering its will to resist the onslaught!

Rumble!

Thunder crashed—it was like the heavens collapsing, earth sinking, the end of the world itself!

Majestic divine light burst forth like the sun, blasting into his very soul!

In that instant!

Xu Yang felt as if in a waking dream, as if he'd slept for tens of millions of years to awaken only now!

Obscure ancient characters surged wildly in his Sea of Consciousness, revealing boundless, towering scenes of awe-inspiring power.

Lofty ancient mountains, colossal beasts, vast landscapes, divine dragons and phoenixes, layers of overlapping worlds…

Countless strange phenomena interwove, brilliance sparking, all transforming into endless turning ancient characters!

No telling how long had passed, before Xu Yang trembled all over, as if waking from a dream!

"Celestial Brilliance Divine Sky?"

He muttered, eyes surging with wild emotion.

Looking forward, the ancient scroll had already dimmed, its brilliance all gathered within.

Now, it looked like a perfectly ordinary old scroll, with not a ripple of power left!

If he'd closed his eyes, he wouldn't sense the scroll's existence at all.

Such mystical wonder, yet Xu Yang showed no surprise!

For an art so mighty, any wonder was warranted!

He grasped the scroll and descended from the heavens.

Gu Jun watched with undisguised curiosity.

"Well, kid—how did it go?"

"Mission accomplished!"

A broad, fervent smile bloomed across Xu Yang's face as he handed the ancient scroll over.

Though he'd obtained the ancient art, the scroll itself remained, so others could continue practicing it!

Invaluable, a legacy to be passed on through generations!

"Celestial Brilliance Divine Sky Seal—rule the heavens by sheer will; wherever the mind goes, all becomes my Celestial Brilliance!"

"Three thousand seals, Heavenly Control and Sky Stepping, to become a true lord of all phenomena!"

"Thirty thousand seals, Stepping on the Sky, to become a Supreme True Lord!"

Xu Yang licked his lips, excitement blazing.

Such an ancient art—words could not describe its might!

Though mastering it would be monstrously difficult, on success, even if he hadn't reached the Myriad Phenomena Realm, with his current foundations, he'd have few rivals there!

Once he broke through to the Myriad Phenomena Realm, it wouldn't be an exaggeration—he'd be invincible!

This was the so-called Lord of All Phenomena!

He couldn't help but compare this ancient art to the Heaven-locking Divine Seal!

"At present, this technique is stronger!"

"But when I reach Myriad Phenomena, and then True Lord, the power of the Heaven-Locking Three Seals will overshadow this art!"

Heaven-Locking Three Seals—they sealed sky and earth, imprisoned all under heaven, and then suppressed everything inside with Locking Spirit and God, taking the upper hand!

After all, this ancient art only governed Myriad Phenomena and True Lord!

Whereas the Heaven-Locking Three Seals could reach even higher realms!

Not to mention the Celestial Refining Divine Scripture and the Celestial Refining Divine Tripod!

What kind of existence was that?

Thinking this, Xu Yang's heart stirred, and he glanced at Gu Jun: "Master, could it be there are even higher levels beyond this universe?"