Stranger Danger-Chapter 1783: Suppressing the Five Spirits, Harvesting the Celestial Fruits
“That was then, this is now. Back when the Divine Court was thriving, and the ambient spiritual energies were endless, there was no need for the Five Phases Celestial Vine to hunt and feed on living beings.” 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶
Feng Qingyou deduced, “However, the Divine Court was eventually destroyed, and the ambient spiritual energies had faded into nothing. Starving, the Five Phases Celestial Vine was forced to consume other living beings to maintain its own growth and vitality.”
“That is why the Five Phases Celestial Vine chose to feed on these celestials. Maybe that is why the Five Phases Celestial Vine is able to survive to this day, and the Five Phases Celestial Fruits are able to manifest their spirits.”
“People eat fruits, and fruits eat people. Now this is what I call the karmic cycle!” Ye Qing chuckled.
It was at this moment the Five Phases Celestial Vine finally sensed the three uninvited guests. Glowing with pentachromatic light, the small vines closest to the trio immediately took off into the air and attacked them.
Of course, small was relative here. To the Five Phases Celestial Vine,the vines it dispatched to attack the trio were very small. But to the trio, they were as big as dragons.
“Look, it’s setting its sights on us!”
The carnivorous vine must have acquired a taste for people. It had attacked them before they even made a move.
It was time to show this vine that it had messed with the wrong people.
Ye Qing clenched his fist lightly and took a step sideways. The wind obeyed the tiger, and the clouds obeyed the dragon. Like a dragon and a tiger, he stirred up wind and clouds and conjured a dragon and a tiger when he thrust his fist forward.
Both creatures leaped into the air and filled the sky with their roars.
“Dragon Tiger Impetus”
There was a loud explosion, and the massive vines were instantly blown to smithereens.
The counterattack did not fade after crushing the vines though. It continued toward the Five Phases Celestial Vine and slammed heavily against its body.
Pentachromatic light shone brightly, and energies of the Five Phases cycled. The light quickly consumed both the dragon and the tiger.
When the pentachromatic light was gone, both creatures were nowhere to be found. Not only that, the Five Phases Celestial Vine looked perfectly fine.
“It’s pretty tough!”
For obvious reasons, Ye Qing’s counterattack enraged the Five Phases Celestial Vine.
The next moment, more vines covered in multiple layers of pentachromatic light flew out. The light seemed almost tangible and looked like fire and water, wind and lightning. Wind fueled the strength of fire, just as water helped to conduct lightning. The combination of the Five Phases produced even greater power.
Ye Qing did not retreat. Instead, he dropped his hand while circulating the Yin Yang Qi between his fingers.
Boundlessness created supremacy, supremacy created yin and yang, and yin and yang created the Five Phases.
The Five Phases was the Way of yin and yang. In other words, there was nothing the Five Phases could conjure that did not fall under the influence of yin and yang.
Therefore, the Five Phases Celestial Vine’s attack was like a novice trying to show off his skills to a master. It was senseless and foolish.
As the Yin Yang Qi circulated, the pentachromatic light dimmed, and the energies of the Five Phases disappeared into nothing. Everything turned still and clear once more.
“Is that all?” Ye Qing asked indifferently.
By now, he had more or less figured out the Five Phases Celestial Vine’s true strength. It was on the same level as an Aboder, but his Innate Yin Yang Qi naturally countered the Five Phases Celestial Vine’s mastery of the Five Phases. So, there was almost nothing the Five Phases Celestial Vine could do against him.
Ye Qing lowered his right hand an inch, and it was as if the entire sky had fallen a little. The next moment, his Yin Yang Qi descended toward the Five Phases Celestial Vine like a heavenly waterfall.
The Yin Yang Qi suddenly transformed into two black and white dragons that spanned over hundreds of kilometers. They instantly wrapped around the Five Phases Celestial Vine and shackled it.
Rumble rumble rumble...
The Five Phases Celestial Vine struggled mightily to break free, its pentachromatic light summoning the energies of the Five Phases to life. Geng Metal, Yi Wood, Kui Water, Bing Fire, and Wu Earth; they interpromoted and interrestrained one another to conjure the many powers of nature.
For a time, the ground shook, and the mountains collapsed. It was like the apocalypse.
However, nothing the Five Phases Celestial Vine did could threaten the Yin Yang Qi even a little.
Not only did the power of nature conjured by the energies of the Five Phases fail to damage the Yin Yang Qi a little, the Yin Yang Qi actually consumed it all and converted it into extra power.
Naturally, the Five Phases Celestial Vine grew weaker, and the Yin Yang Qi grew stronger.
Realizing that it was in danger, the Five Phases Celestial Fruits abruptly shone brightly.
To the east, a gigantic tree glowed cyan, and a dragon took to the nine heavens.
To the west, a sword rang sharply, a beam of sword qi soared like a rainbow, and a white tiger roared proudly.
To the west, a volcano gushed lava, and a vermillion bird soared in the sky.
To the north, a river surged dangerously, wind and waves rose as one, and a Black Tortoise stood above it all.
And at the center, a mountain range shook, the ground bobbed up and down, and a qilin galloped like lightning.
The azure dragon, white tiger, vermillion bird, black tortoise and qilin all charged toward Ye Qing.
Clearly, the Five Phases Celestial Vine possessed a certain level of intelligence. It at least understood that killing Ye Qing would free it from the Yin Yang Qi.
The Five Phases Celestial Fruits contained the essence of the Five Phases Celestial Vine. It was also where the air of divinity of the Five Phases resided. The five fruits contained even greater and deadlier energies and potency of the Five Phases.
When the dragon took to the nine skies, a storm brewed, and the sun and moon were blotted out.
When the white tiger roared, hooves thundered across the ground, and metals clanged horribly against each other.
When the vermillion bird flew, Li Fire surged to the firmaments and scorched heaven and earth.
When the black tortoise rode, rivers surged in from every direction like a flood.
When a qilin ran, the ground shook and pulled itself apart, and mountains collapsed.
“Well met!”
Ye Qing smiled calmly as if he was fully confident in his power. He waved his hand slightly, and the Earthly Sovereign Bell appeared above the nine heavens. Shaking slightly and ringing melodiously, it cast countless rays of profound light to the ground.
Profound light stilled wind and lightning, and a bell chime pacified water and fire.
The Five Phases disappeared instantly. Everything instantly became calm and peaceful as if nothing was happening.
The next moment, the profound light pulled and caught the azure dragon, white tiger, vermillion bird, black tortoise and qilin. Then, it began pulling the five spirits toward the Earthly Sovereign Bell.
The five spirits struggled with all their might, but it was futile. They could not break free.
At the same time, the Earthly Sovereign Bell was slowly descending toward the earth. Every time it fell an inch, the five spirits would shrink a little more. Soon, all five spirits were pulled into its belly.
Thang...
Thang...
Thang...
The five spirits continued to struggle even after they had been pulled into the Earthly Sovereign Bell. So, the sacred artifact rang three times in a row. The sun, moon and stars engraved on its wall manifested, and the mountains, rivers and earth turned solid. They transformed into chains of Great Way that wrapped around the five spirits and pulled them into the Earthly Sovereign Bell’s wall.
A few breaths later, the profound light performed one last pull, and all five spirits disappeared into nothing. At the same time, they reappeared on the Earthly Sovereign Bell’s wall as engravings, lifelike and beautiful.
As if on cue, the Earthly Sovereign Bell became much more powerful than before.
“Hahaha! I knew they would be amazing! Not only did the Earthly Sovereign Bell regain much of its power, its spirituality had improved as well!”
Elder Furnace cheered rambunctiously. He was literally happier than Ye Qing, the true master of the Earthly Sovereign Bell.
“What should we do with the Five Phases Celestial Vine?”
Ye Qing ignored the remnant spirit and stared at the Five Phases Celestial Vine instead.
After losing their corresponding spirits, the Five Phases Celestial Fruits looked much worse than before. The tree was withered, the sword was rusted, the volcano was dead, the river was dry, and the mountain was broken.
The gigantic Five Phases Celestial Vine had also become dim and almost lifeless.
“You already took the cake, so leave the crumbs to me, okay?” Feng Qingyou said smilingly.
“Of course. Do as you please.” Ye Qing gestured politely. Despite what Feng Qingyou said, the Five Phases Celestial Vine was an invaluable natural spirit root. It possessed many uses that Feng Qingyou desired.
Feng Qingyou waved her sleeve slightly, and the Supreme Primal Origin Celebratory Cloud descended from above. Its rainbow light was dancing everywhere and displaying the evolution from boundlessness to supremacy; existence, extinction and Nature.
Powerless to resist, the Five Phases Celestial Vine that spanned hundreds of kilometers long shrank rapidly. The next second, it had shrunk down to just several meters.
