Chapter 821: Chapter 469: Gladly Accepting the Congratulatory Gifts!
This verbal barrage completely shattered the Gongyang Marquis’s psychological defenses. After all, the reality before him was undeniable—Zou Feng had indeed completely outplayed him. Furthermore, the practice of Cultivation Gu inherently carried the risk of backlash. Once a backlash occurred, the roles of master and Gu would naturally be reversed. Consequently, the Gongyang Marquis couldn’t help but suspect that he himself might be the Human Gu. Zou Feng had simply been waiting for him to walk right into the trap to harvest the fruits of his labor.
Zou Feng hadn’t been spouting complete nonsense. He was genuinely eager to make the Gongyang Marquis stay, refusing to let the man scurry away in defeat. After all, the sheer depth of the Cause and Effect established between them dictated that the Gongyang Marquis was an absolutely perfect Human Gu for Zou Feng. It was strikingly similar to the dynamic he had shared with the Third Young Master of the Yang Family, Yang Yanpeng, back when Zou Feng was still at the Yang Mansion. The benefits of putting the Gongyang Marquis through Refinement were entirely self-evident.
Following this, Zou Feng and the Child of Celestial Tribulation joined forces in a tacit understanding. Their coordination grew increasingly seamless, and it was clear that the Gongyang Marquis was on the verge of collapse. In truth, the Gongyang Marquis was already in a dreadfully miserable state, holding on purely through the formidable power of his Realm. Since his abdomen had been forcefully ripped open by the Child of Celestial Tribulation, and he had immediately plunged into a fierce battle, his intestines were currently flailing about the sky like grotesque tentacles.
Surprisingly enough, despite his ghastly appearance, the Gongyang Marquis had actually experienced a stroke of desperate inspiration. He managed to use those flailing intestines to ensnare the Child of Celestial Tribulation. However, as the Child of Celestial Tribulation’s ferocity surged, it showed absolutely no qualms about treating the large intestines as an impromptu sashimi feast.
Yet, having fought to this point, the Gongyang Marquis’s impending defeat was plain for all to see. Nevertheless, he was ultimately an entity at the Nascent Soul Realm Great Perfection. If he disregarded all costs, he could still put up one final, desperate struggle. Gritting his teeth, the Gongyang Marquis made a resolute decision: he would sacrifice his Glazed Immortal Palace!
The Glazed Immortal Palace was something he had painstakingly forged over nearly a millennium. Among the numerous Small Thousand Worlds within the Dubhe Divine Domain, it stood in a league of its own. Under normal circumstances, the destruction of the Glazed Immortal Palace would cause the Gongyang Marquis to suffer immense backlash and immediately cough up copious amounts of blood. But right now, in order to preserve his life, he truly had no other choice. He had to harness the world-power of the entire Glazed Immortal Palace for one final, all-or-nothing gamble. At the very least, he needed to end this unfilial son.
In the Gongyang Marquis’s eyes, his hatred for the Child of Celestial Tribulation had now completely eclipsed his enmity toward Zou Feng. It was something born from him, yet the moment it came into the world, it sought to commit patricide. It was utterly unreasonable. Moreover, if it hadn’t been for this thing’s interference, he would have easily captured Zou Feng ages ago.
At that moment, Zou Feng, who was still coordinating with the Child of Celestial Tribulation, instantly sensed that something was wrong. Glancing upward, he saw that the Glazed Immortal Palace, which had previously been suspended high in the sky, was now crashing down with the devastating force of a Meteorite. As it plummeted, all the structures within the Glazed Immortal Palace began to rapidly disintegrate on their own. Clearly, the Glazed Immortal Palace was collapsing, and the energy spilling forth from its destruction was visibly being absorbed by the Gongyang Marquis. To sacrifice the Small Thousand World he had so meticulously crafted could only mean that this fiend was putting his life on the line.
Sure enough, the Gongyang Marquis—who had previously been retreating in defeat and was incredibly weak—suddenly caught his second wind after absorbing the power of the Glazed Immortal Palace. Those tentacle-like intestines were swiftly retracted. His battered, mangled flesh surged with renewed vitality as his various wounds began to heal at a blinding pace.
Zou Feng knew that if he didn’t do something soon, all his efforts would fall short at the final hurdle, and he would lose his chance to keep the Gongyang Marquis here. Therefore, he whirled around and made a fierce grasping motion toward the Xuanwu Palace. Since the Gongyang Marquis wanted to sacrifice the Glazed Immortal Palace, Zou Feng would simply sacrifice the Xuanwu Palace. It had to be known that, thanks to the reinforcement provided by Zhao Feixiong and the others, the Xuanwu Palace’s overall might—while not quite on par with the Glazed Immortal Palace—was absolutely nothing to scoff at. Coupled with Zou Feng’s newly comprehended Power of Cause and Effect, he should be able to unleash the most superior, advanced version of Mirror Flower Water Moon to date!
Thus, while absorbing the power of the Xuanwu Palace, Zou Feng casually reached up with his other hand and smoothed back the hair on his head. With that single swipe, the Hair Gel Hand activated on its own, allowing Zou Feng to smoothly transition into his slicked-back hairstyle form.
“Gongyang Marquis, even if you were given wings today, you wouldn’t be able to escape.
“Shatter… Mirror Flower…”
For some reason, donning the slicked-back hairstyle always made his personality far more theatrical. Zou Feng simply couldn’t control his irrepressible urge to call out his move’s name. However, before he could finish his sentence, and before the power of Mirror Flower Water Moon could fully Burst, an unexpected variable arose!
Up in the sky, a figure wielding a Heaven-piercing Halberd arrived in the blink of an eye. With an indomitable aura, the figure charged directly toward the plummeting Glazed Immortal Palace.
“Junior Brother Zou, I’ve come to aid you!”
That loud shout allowed Zou Feng to instantly recognize the newcomer. It was actually Li Chengxin, the Direct Disciple of the Immortal Sect who had been secretly scheming against him! He wondered if this guy realized that his plot had failed and now wanted to salvage the situation.
In the next moment, Li Chengxin brought his Heaven-piercing Halberd down, ruthlessly cleaving into the Glazed Immortal Palace. The title of Direct Disciple of the Immortal Sect was clearly not an empty reputation. This single strike forcefully split the disintegrating Glazed Immortal Palace cleanly in half. It was important to note that the Glazed Immortal Palace disintegrating on its own was a completely different matter from it being destroyed by an external force.
As the Glazed Immortal Palace suddenly suffered such heavy damage, the newly revitalized Gongyang Marquis’s expression drastically changed, and he violently coughed up a massive mouthful of tainted blood. He stared up at Li Chengxin in absolute disbelief as the very last sliver of hope in his heart was extinguished. He had already been struggling just to hold on, desperately hoping to carve out a bloody path and flee. But now, with a Direct Disciple of the Immortal Sect arriving on the scene, how the hell was he supposed to escape?!
The Child of Celestial Tribulation sharply sensed the Gongyang Marquis’s despair. It instantly unleashed its tribulation power at full capacity, transforming its entire body into a torrential flood of Golden Thunder that engulfed the Gongyang Marquis in the blink of an eye. Truth be told, the Child of Celestial Tribulation was also heavily injured by this point. However, as a side effect that had been forcefully transferred to the Gongyang Marquis, it possessed an irreconcilable obsession with killing him. It wouldn’t hesitate in the slightest, even if it meant mutual destruction.
Seeing this, Zou Feng briefly exchanged a glance with Li Chengxin before dashing toward the torrent of Golden Thunder at maximum speed. He absolutely couldn’t just stand by and watch the Gongyang Marquis turn to ash within the Golden Thunder. To him, this man was the ultimate Human Gu, and the greatest congratulatory gift for his advancement to the Nascent Soul Realm! Fortunately, as powerful as the Golden Thunder was, Zou Feng could deal with it exactly as he had handled the Celestial Tribulation earlier—by storing its side effects away.
It didn’t take long for Zou Feng to locate the Gongyang Marquis, who was actively being incinerated by the Golden Thunder. By now, the Gongyang Marquis had completely lost the majestic demeanor of a Nascent Soul Realm Great Perfection expert. He was barely clinging to life. Yet, upon sensing Zou Feng’s approach, he remarkably held onto his final breath in extreme unwillingness. With incomparable venom in his voice, he rasped, “Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect… public enemy of the Ten Thousand Realms… You people… won’t be jumping around for much longer…”
As he spoke his final words, an eerie, sinister smile surfaced on the Gongyang Marquis’s lips.
Public enemy of the Ten Thousand Realms? That simply meant the Outer Realms plotting against the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect weren’t limited solely to the Dubhe Divine Domain. However, matters of that scale weren’t something Zou Feng needed to worry about right now. Judging from the Undying Master’s previous behavior, the higher-ups of the Immortal Sect were undoubtedly already aware of this.
“You don’t need to trouble yourself with the affairs of the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect. As for your Dubhe Divine Domain… I promise it won’t be long before all of them are sent down to be buried alongside you!”
Before his words even finished echoing, Zou Feng slammed a palm against the Gongyang Marquis’s Skull, subjecting him to instant Refinement. The reason he could achieve such high-efficiency, instantaneous Refinement was, naturally, because the Gongyang Marquis had essentially already become his Human Gu. Of course, Refinement was one thing; completely absorbing the power of this Human Gu was not something Zou Feng could accomplish in a short span of time.
Even so, he immediately felt his previously unstable Nascent Soul growing noticeably more solid. It had to be known that the Nascent Soul born within the Chaotic Space had mostly been in a state of deep slumber before this, barely making a single movement. But now, although it was still asleep, it was finally capable of occasionally rolling over and letting out a yawn. Under normal circumstances, a Cultivator who had just undergone Nascent Soul Formation would need at least several years of bitter cultivation—supplemented by massive quantities of Heavenly and Earthly Treasures—just to stabilize their Nascent Soul enough for it to “roll over.” However, with the congratulatory gift so generously donated by the Gongyang Marquis, Zou Feng had managed to bypass that lengthy process entirely.