Exploring Immortality Cultivation-Chapter 875 - 204: Hongyuan’s True Form, the Aspect of the Galaxy

Liu Yi released his mana, wrapping Wang Qi and Yue Luo Liu Li, and swiftly flew towards the location designated by Yue Luo Liu Li.

Wang Qi was somewhat doubtful: "Is it really this direction?"

"It can't be wrong. Although each god has different rituals, there are always some similarities." Yue Luo Liu Li quickly explained the setup of the Great Prayer Divine Skill.

"Prayer Ceremony, also known as 'Great Ceremony' or 'Great Prayer Divine Skill'. In short, it has different names in different civilizations and eras."

Yue Luo Liu Li's words puzzled Wang Qi: "Divine Tao? But where are there gods in Shenzhou..."

"Weren't there some just a couple of years ago?" Liu Yi sneered: "Hongyuan..."

"If Mei Gemu is indeed Hongyuan, then connecting to his divine body is understandable." Wang Qi mused, "However, Mei Gemu should recognize the might of my Divine Plague Curse Technique, and likely wouldn't choose to connect to the divine body before it's eradicated."

Liu Yi said: "If he doesn't connect to the divine body now, he's almost certainly dead. By connecting, he has a sliver of hope. As for the divine body, if it's polluted, so be it."

Yue Luo Liu Li provided a different explanation: "The function of the Prayer Ceremony is to request the descent of divine power. However, it's not about exchanging incense fire power, but requesting the divine spirit to voluntarily bestow divine power."

Divine Tao is the power generated by the collective orderly movement. The Divine Tao System exists in everyone, thus the gods have an unseen connection with all believers. Devout believers can even blend their thoughts into this Divine Tao System, thereby forming a particularly close link with the divine.

The witch is a step further. They have the divine symbols within them, representing their direct link to the core of the Divine Tao System.

The Heart Demon Curse can spread through those invisible connections. If Wang Qi throws out a Heart Demon Curse, it will inevitably infect the entire civilization. Only remote or isolated small countries can't escape.

The Divine Plague Curse Technique, however, cannot do this. It requires a stable belief channel to spread. Ordinary collective strength is too nonlinear and unstable.

If the Divine Plague Curse Technique infects a regular believer, it might not immediately infect the divine spirit.

But if the Divine Plague Curse Technique infects a witch, it's different. This spiritual plague can fully utilize the incense fire link between the witch and the divine spirit to infect the divine spirit.

Mei Gemu is likely using this Law Gate because he's intolerably desperate, or without options, having to exercise Divine Tao Power.

"Prayer Ceremony isn't one of those rituals thought up by the Human Clan. Its unique feature is that even non-believers can use it... How to put it, this ceremony works like drawing a circle on the ground. When the corresponding deity senses it, they'll recognize 'oh, this is our agreed secret signal,' then inject divine power into that area, either as divine punishment or divine blessing. If the deity chooses not to, they won't lend divine power."

In actuality, this Great Ceremony generally only appears in heavens with highly developed incense fire Divine Tao, and the mainstream clans in those heavens aren't from a single deity civilization, but a world where multiple deities coexist in Divine Tao. This ceremony helps those who don't worship them but are friendly allies.

In the renewal of the Demon Clan civilization of Shenzhou, this is also used by the renewal Demon Clan's Divine Lord class as a means of reward and punishment.

Liu Yi said: "Be cautious, the worst-case scenario now is Hongyuan and Mei Gemu being two separate individuals, and we have to confront two awakened Banished Immortals simultaneously..."

"We're unlikely to be so unlucky. The Immortal behind Zhao Qingfeng excels in Divine Tao, almost seized the Heart Demon Mysterious Net. How could so many skilled Divine Tao Immortals suddenly come to this world for a slaughter!"

Yue Luo Liu Li issued a mature suggestion: "In sum, Mei Gemu is likely in a half-crippled state. Wang Qi, you and I will kill that parasitic beast, while Liu Yi will take on the divine spirit..."

"No way." Wang Qi firmly refused: "The correct approach is to use my lower strategy against their higher strategy, then take your lower strategy against their higher strategy... Liu Li, go with Mr. Liu and take out Mei Gemu."

"Absolutely not!" Liu Yi interrupted: "Before the Divine Plague Curse Technique on him is eradicated, he must not be killed!"

Just as the three began to strategize, an attack descended from the sky. The attack came silently, only detected by Liu Yi upon its approach. He shouted and extended his hand, connecting endless palm winds into a reverse waterfall. This cascade of palm power was formed by ten thousand palm forces interconnected, each capable of shattering mountains and leveling hills. Within the myriad of palm powers were countless transformations, fitting to respond and counter any enemy's attack by shifting accordingly.

Yet Wang Qi and Yue Luo Liu Li simultaneously shouted: "Don't block it!"

Before Liu Yi could grasp Wang Qi and Yue Luo Liu Li's intention, the two attacks collided. Though Liu Yi's palm power, capable of leveling a small city, shouldn't have vanished silently, the mysterious attack erased it.

Yes, erased it. As if the spell had flown miles away, naturally dissipating.

Liu Yi could never have anticipated such a transformation, caught off guard and hit directly. When the colorless, featureless attack contacted his Escape Light, it disintegrated. Wang Qi threw himself on the ground, dodging the strike.

"Innate Final Destiny of the Way..." Wang Qi's eyes flashed with anger. This is one of the forces he particularly despises.

It's a particularly familiar force, Innate Final Destiny of the Way, one of the Innate Five Elements.

The so-called Innate Five Elements refers to the state of things transitioning from flourishing to decline, from order to disorder.

Innate Final Destiny, collapse of rituals and music, the severance of Daoist inheritance, the Immortal Dao no longer exists, and civilization is lost.

Its characteristic is the seemingly unreasonable erasure of spells.

Caught off guard, Liu Yi was struck by this force from an unknown origin, and in an instant, most of his mana was depleted. Being only at the Primordial Spirit Stage and not the Void Refining Period, he couldn't generate mana from the void, and thus, a large amount of combat power was wiped away.

Moreover, after that invisible and colorless strike, a black aura briefly flashed over Liu Yi, even sapping away his vitality.

"Innate Killing Destiny..."

Wang Qi disregarded everything else, first fully igniting the Life Flame, the white Fire of Negative Entropy roaring like armor to protect Wang Qi. The surrounding nature's spiritual energy, sensing the most ordered being nearby, rushed in.

Wang Qi realized that the previous strike's target was Liu Yi, which is why he narrowly escaped disaster. If the strike had been aimed at him, he would most likely have perished.

"Where did the attack come from?"

As soon as Wang Qi looked up, he saw the answer.

It was a strange gate, square and with a black lotus at each of the four corners. The black lotuses seemed to serve as the frame of this gate. Initially, the gate was only three zhang square. Rising mid-air, the gate rapidly rotated, expanding at an alarming speed, and in the blink of an eye, occupied half the sky.

Then, a pair of pliers clamped onto the doorframe. Immediately, everyone heard the sound of iron clashing, and a figure draped in a black robe, blotting out the sky, appeared before Wang Qi and the others. At the bottom end of the pliers, an iron chain extended, connecting all the way to beneath the black robe, as if the figure was using them as grappling hooks to emerge from the gate.

No... it's not...

Inside that black robe, there might not be any human flesh and blood at all, only iron chains and instruments of torture.

This is one of the images of the Hongyuan God.

Wang Qi vaguely remembered the doctrines of the Hongyuan Divine Sect he studied a year or two ago. When Hongyuan God had a benevolent countenance, he appeared majestic like a robust man; but when he intended to punish the world, he would take on this terrifying form.

At this moment, the figure of the Hongyuan God blocked out the sky and sun. He hovered in mid-air, and endless instruments of torture fell from beneath his black robe, like a waterfall of steel. These tools, linked by chains, either erased spells, took lives, cut off the path of Dao, or shattered purity, each manifesting one of the Innate Five Elements' characteristics.

This is the spectacle of a deity's combat!

But Liu Yi did not sit idly by. Despite losing over half of his mana and nearly half of his life force, he was, after all, a Primordial Spirit Master. A vast ocean of Gang Qi burst forth from his acupoints. In an instant, his acupoints transformed like sword boxes, releasing countless Sword Qi, each striking and deflecting an instrument with precision, not wasting a single one.

Wang Qi asked in a low voice, "Liu Li, what portion of your strength do you currently have?"

"Less than forty percent of peak strength."

"You and Liu Yi together can destroy the Hongyuan God, at least defeat one of its avatars. I'll personally capture Mei Gemu."

This was the best plan Wang Qi could conceive.

Wang Qi now mastered more than one Divine Plague Curse Technique. Given the Method of Same Energy Seeking, a stable belief connection existed between him and Mei Gemu. He could inject new Divine Plague Curse Techniques into Mei Gemu's body at any time.

However, a burst of laughter came from a distance: "Wang Qi... how could I let you succeed?"

This voice was hoarse and unpleasant. When Wang Qi looked up, he could hardly recognize Mei Gemu before him. The Mei Gemu in front of him now was not the youthful figure but an elderly man with crane hair and chicken skin. He had shed all traces of his original mana power intent, his vitality waning; only his eyes were bright.

"This guy actually allowed the Innate Five Elements' of the Hongyuan God to permeate his body, continuously eliminating his own power. The Divine Plague Curse Technique doesn't rely solely on mana to operate, but mana is its best support."

"He's doing this to eliminate the influence of the Divine Plague Curse Technique!"

As Wang Qi thought of this, he had already thrust out a sword.

This sword wasn't using the Indeterminate Cause Sword, as its power was beyond his control, and it might inadvertently send a soul carrying the Divine Plague Curse Technique to Transcend Tribulation. Numerous black auras surged from Mei Gemu, counteracting Wang Qi's Sword Qi. He pointed upward and laughed: "The Dragon Clan? I've prepared an opponent for you as well."

As his finger pointed, Yue Luo Liu Li exclaimed, "This is impossible!"

Wang Qi looked up and found himself seeing the galaxy.