Chapter 967: Golden Temple Mighty Demon God Appearance

Chen Mobai watched the golden light descend, his expression unwavering. With a gentle wave of his right hand, two strands of mist separated from the five-colored auspicious cloud beneath his feet. Guided by his Pure Yang True Qi, they solidified into two hands, gripping the two golden beams, one from above and one from below. What appeared to be a fragile wisp of smoke effortlessly contained the golden beams, which were powerful enough to cleave mountains and rivers.

"Oh! This young man's True Qi is surprisingly profound!" the Bright Envoy exclaimed, a surprised expression on his face. Although his move was a probing attack, it possessed the power of a peak Fourth-tier strike; ordinary late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators might not have been able to parry it so easily.

"He's about as strong as Ye Qing, almost at the late Nascent Soul stage!" Su Zimeng said, a five-colored brilliance shimmering in her eyes. In that brief exchange, she had discerned Chen Mobai's true cultivation level.

"Did this young man refine a Primal Chaos Dao Fruit?" The Bright Envoy was surprised upon hearing this. In the Heavenly River Realm, reaching such a cultivation level within a few decades of formation could only be explained by a Dao Fruit.

"I didn't sense any aura of a Dao Fruit..." This was also what puzzled Su Zimeng. Without a Dao Fruit, it would mean he relied purely on arduous cultivation. If that were truly the case, Chen Qingdi's talent would be utterly heaven-defying!

"If you don't wish to reveal your names, then so be it. You're all demonic cultivators anyway, certainly not innocent. I'll simply eliminate you here, and then I can ask Ye Qing later. With your cultivation levels, you must have some notoriety in Dongli." Chen Mobai spoke at this moment. The surging demonic energy when the Bright Envoy attacked had already put his mind at ease.

"Ye Qing? I'm afraid you won't be seeing him," the Bright Envoy chuckled upon hearing this.

"Oh, you two are that confident you can take down all of us?" Chen Mobai was curious. They had three Nascent Soul cultivators and quite a few Golden Core cultivators; even if they scattered, at least one or two could escape, not to mention his own mastery of Void Movement. Why were these two demonic Nascent Soul cultivators so confident?

"While I believe I can handle you all without issue, what I meant just now was that Ye Qing will die before you, or rather, he should already be dead by now!" The Bright Envoy's words caused Chen Mobai's pupils to contract sharply. He recalled that not long ago, Ye Qing had opened the Xing Tian Dao Sect and gone to the Desolate Ruins because of the Fifth-tier Profound Light Fiend. "So, I'm not the only target. Are you demonic cultivators targeting the Dao Sons and Saintesses of the various Sacred Lands this time?" Ye Qing was the Dao Son of the Nine Heavens Demonic Extermination Sect, and Chen Mobai was mistakenly identified by cultivators in Dongzhou as the Dao Son of the One Origin Dao Palace. Was the Demonic Path using the opportunity of the Big Dipper Assembly to wipe out the future of Dongzhou's righteous path?

"Something like that. Enough talk, it's time to send you on your way." The Bright Envoy did not answer Chen Mobai's question. With a cold laugh, he sent the two golden wheels in his hands spinning. In an instant, wave after wave of golden light erupted like blade glints, rapidly spreading to cover the entire sky.

The sound of a sword ringing out, Mo Douguang unleashed his Longevity Sword, sending out hundreds of sword lights that intercepted the golden blade glints descending upon the Five Elements Sect group. However, the moment the sword light met the blade glints, Mo Douguang's face paled slightly. If Zhou Ye hadn't promptly unleashed streaks of brilliant five-colored divine lightning from the side, neutralizing most of the blade glints, Mo Douguang would likely have been injured.

"Primal Chaos Five Elements Extinction Divine Lightning!" Su Zimeng, witnessing this, was slightly surprised. Even she had only mastered this divine ability in the mid-Nascent Soul stage. Zhou Ye's talent was top-tier, even in the millennia-long history of the One Origin Dao Palace.

"Tsk, your One Origin Dao Palace's spells and divine abilities are such a hassle!" The Bright Envoy, having his attacks disrupted twice by Zhou Ye, was losing face. However, having contended with the One Origin Dao Palace alongside Venerable Ming for over four hundred years, he naturally understood the limitations of Primal Chaos True Qi. A powerful divine sense erupted, and the remaining thousand golden blade glints suddenly had a wisp of gale swirling around their surface. They then swept towards the Five Elements Sect disciples atop the Grand Yi Five Mist Robe like golden tornadoes. Zhou Ye unleashed his Primal Chaos True Qi, but found that due to the gale on the blade glints' surface, it no longer had its initial unhindered effect. At that moment, the surging golden blade glints had reached Mo Douguang and Zhou Ye, who were outside. In this critical moment, neither of them panicked. They each manifested their Nascent Souls from their Purple Mansion and prepared to fight with all their might!

"Grand Yi Heavenly Array, activate!" But at this moment, a soft shout echoed in their ears. Then, a warm, gentle mist surged from behind them, forming a Cloud Dew Heavenly Realm that instantly enveloped all the Five Elements Sect members, colliding with the surging golden blade glint tornado. In that instant, this desolate ruin began to shake violently, with rubble flying through the air. Yet, the Cloud Mist Heavenly Realm at its center remained completely unaffected. No matter how many blade glints struck it, they vanished into nothingness, like mud oxen entering the sea.

"Portable array?" Witnessing this, the Bright Envoy and Su Zimeng were greatly astonished. In Dongzhou, portable arrays that could be deployed instantly with a thought were extremely rare, and their power was certainly not supposed to be great. After all, for an array to exert its full power, it needed to integrate with the spiritual veins of the heavens, earth, mountains, and rivers, requiring time to embed array flags, set up array plates, and so on. But the array Chen Mobai unleashed possessed at least peak Fourth-tier power, something unheard of in Dongzhou.

"Senior Brothers, please take the sect disciples and go first. I'll handle these two!" Chen Mobai, standing within the Cloud Mist Heavenly Realm, said to Mo Douguang and Zhou Ye beside him. This Grand Yi Heavenly Array was the ultimate transformation of the "Grand Yi Five Mist Robe" artifact. It unified the five different forms of Five Elements spiritual energy — red mist, clear wind, water mist, jade dew, and flowing smoke — to transform the artifact into an array, combining offense and defense with infinite power. The one in Chen Mobai's hand was refined by Patriarch Yun Ya, and its artifact spirit had long since resonated with his mind. With sufficient spirit stones, it effortlessly transformed into the Grand Yi Heavenly Array as his divine sense surged, protecting the Five Elements Sect members within. Moreover, in theory, the power of this Grand Yi Heavenly Array would grow stronger over time by absorbing the surrounding spiritual energy of the heavens and earth and the spiritual veins of mountains and rivers. If enough Five Elements spiritual energy were gathered, it could even reach the Fifth-tier level. Chen Mobai had tried infusing the Heavenly Origin Pearl into it, and the Grand Yi Heavenly Array's power had effortlessly reached the Fifth-tier. However, he still needed to use this Fifth-tier defensive artifact to fight the two demonic Nascent Soul cultivators before him, so he only unleashed the Grand Yi Five Mist Robe's inherent power. Even so, after he inserted a top-grade spirit stone, its power still reached the peak of the Fourth-tier.

"Sect Master Junior Brother, take care!" Mo Douguang and Zhou Ye understood that facing the Bright Envoy and the mysterious Su Zimeng, even if they fought with all their might as Nascent Souls, they would at most only consume some of their opponents' True Qi. It was better to leave with the others directly, freeing Chen Mobai from worries.

"Be careful!" Qing Nü warned Chen Mobai, who had stepped out of the Cloud Mist Heavenly Realm, with some concern. He smiled lightly and handed her the Grand Yi Five Mist Robe artifact. "Escort them back. When I'm not here, listen to Qing Nü."

"Yes, Master!" The artifact spirit of the Grand Yi Five Mist Robe did not hesitate. Within the Cloud Mist Heavenly Realm, it condensed a five-colored butterfly from mist and landed on Qing Nü's shoulder. Soon, this space in the sky, enveloped by five-colored clouds, moved like a giant five-colored auspicious cloud, bypassing the obstructing Bright Envoy and Su Zimeng, and flew towards Dongyi.

Amidst the thunder and frost, the Purple Lightning and Azure Frost, two Fifth-tier sword artifacts, had descended from the void. They appeared on Chen Mobai's left and right sides, their tips pointed at the two demonic Nascent Soul cultivators before him. But to Chen Mobai's surprise, the Bright Envoy and Su Zimeng did not obstruct them, allowing the Five Elements Sect group to leave.

"Our goal is only to kill you!" Su Zimeng spoke. From the beginning until now, she hadn't made a move, but the feeling she gave Chen Mobai was even more dangerous than the Bright Envoy.

"However, if it can be resolved, it's better to kill him. Let Wen Buyue make a move," the Bright Envoy said with a smile. It so happened that the Five Elements Sect group's flight direction was also where Wen Buyue was. There's a third demonic Nascent Soul cultivator! Chen Mobai heard the Bright Envoy's words and dared not gamble whether it was true. If there truly was a third late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator hidden in the dark, he wasn't sure if the Cloud Mist Heavenly Realm, transformed from the Grand Yi Five Mist Robe, could withstand it. He hoped that Mo Douguang, Zhou Ye, and the Longevity Wood Dragon in Qing Nü's hands would be able to hold on for a while. Thinking this, Chen Mobai knew he had to finish the fight quickly!

His eyes gleamed. Vast, surging Pure Yang True Qi gushed forth, enveloping a Pure Yang Pearl that rose from behind his head. A light that instinctively made the Bright Envoy uncomfortable erupted, and a golden-red interwoven, crystal-clear Nascent Soul figure appeared in mid-air. This Nascent Soul figure stood on the Pure Yang Cauldron, cradled the Morning Bell, wore the Haotian Mirror on its head, and was clad in a Pure Yang Immortal Robe. Its entire body shimmered with wisps of purple aura, resembling a True Pure Yang Immortal, instantly cleansing the surrounding demonic energy left by the Bright Envoy.

After cultivating his Second Nascent Soul, Chen Mobai had asked Qing Nü for the Pure Yang Cauldron to become proficient in the power of the Pure Yang Set. Although it lacked the strongest Primordial Yang Sword, Chen Mobai had already found a way to compensate. He pulled open the stopper of the sword gourd at his waist, and quickly, the Fifth-tier Primordial Yang Sword Qi, like a brilliant, dazzling light sword, landed before his Second Nascent Soul. At that moment, the complete power of the Pure Yang Set began to stack and erupt. The Bright Envoy suddenly gasped. He felt his own vast demonic energy, almost at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, was somehow rendered ineffective under the Pure Yang radiance of the Nascent Soul figure opposite him.

"What cultivation method is this kid practicing? It seems to counter me!" An instinctive repulsion surged through his heart, making the Bright Envoy, a formidable demonic expert, cry out in surprise.

"This isn't the Crimson Emperor Scripture of the One Origin Dao Palace." Su Zimeng didn't know about the Pure Yang Scroll, but she knew Chen Mobai's cultivation method was definitely not from the One Origin Dao Palace. "Could it be from the Longevity Sect?"

Just as she was filled with doubt, Chen Mobai, holding the Heavenly Origin Pearl, unleashed another terrifying grand art! The sky suddenly darkened. Without knowing when, a massive phantom figure, wearing a white jade crown and shimmering with five-colored spiritual light, appeared before Chen Mobai.

"One Origin Dao Avatar, Manifestation of Heaven and Earth!" Yet, even throughout the One Origin Dao Palace's millennia of history, only a handful of people had mastered this grand art. And all of them had only succeeded by relying on the Primal Chaos Dao Fruit left by the One Origin Patriarch. "Could this guy really have refined a Dao Fruit?" Su Zimeng began to doubt her own judgment.

"Let's attack together!" At this moment, the Bright Envoy cast aside his arrogance. He looked at Chen Mobai's terrifying avatar, hundreds of meters tall and seemingly reaching the heavens, recalling his memories of ascending Five Emperors Mountain with Venerable Ming over four hundred years ago. Venerable Ming's physical body had been destroyed by this very One Origin Dao Avatar. If not for the miraculous Cycle Plate, he would likely have been utterly annihilated.

"Activating the One Origin Dao Avatar consumes a massive amount of True Qi. His Nascent Soul has also emerged, so he clearly intends to fight desperately for a quick decisive battle with us. Avoid his momentum; if we stall for a while, we'll surely win!" Su Zimeng spoke. She had been observing without making a move, initially thinking the Bright Envoy alone would suffice. But Chen Mobai's strength far exceeded their expectations. She was glad they had come together today; otherwise, they definitely wouldn't have been able to complete Venerable Ming's mission. Su Zimeng didn't know that Chen Mobai's manifested Nascent Soul was his Second Nascent Soul.

"Boom!" At this moment, Chen Mobai attacked first, confirming Su Zimeng's suspicion, leading the two demonic Nascent Soul cultivators to believe Chen Mobai wanted a quick resolution. The Purple Lightning Sword fell into the hands of the Myriad Sword Avatar. Under the influence of the "Line of Heaven-Severing Longevity Sword Intent," it immediately erupted with Purple Splendor Sword Intent, fully unleashing its power! Although it no longer had the blessing of heavenly tribulation and its might was not as great as when it slew the poisonous dragon demon, the Purple Lightning Sword had advanced a minor grade since then, now a mid-grade Fifth-tier artifact! As this sword struck, both the Bright Envoy and Su Zimeng's expressions changed drastically.

With a clang! The Bright Envoy merged the two golden wheels in his hands. Infused with vast demonic energy, they formed a giant turbine that rose into the sky, colliding with the hundred-meter thunderous greatsword descending from above. RUMBLE! Two Fifth-tier powers enveloped this desolate ruin in a massive column of purple and gold light. The terrifying aftershocks of power spread out, turning all touched rocks, trees, hilltops, and rivers into nothingness!

At this very moment, the Second Nascent Soul opened its mouth and exhaled. Under the empowerment of vast Pure Yang True Qi, the Fifth-tier Primordial Yang Sword Qi instantly condensed into a crystalline sword thread, which seemed to tear through the void in an instant, grazing the Bright Envoy's neck. "Crack!" A jade pendant at the Bright Envoy's waist suddenly shattered, and then a golden light shield appeared out of thin air, enveloping him. "Sizzle!" The sword light collided with the golden light, emitting a grating friction sound.

The Bright Envoy's expression had already changed drastically. This jade pendant was a protective item bestowed by Venerable Ming, capable of blocking an attack from a God Transformation True Monarch. And now it had been activated, meaning he had almost died just now! The Bright Envoy was both shocked and enraged, wondering why his vast demonic energy, almost at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, was so unresponsive against this sword qi attack, like that of an elderly person. What terrified him even more was discovering that the protective light shield bestowed by Venerable Ming was constantly twisting and deforming under the continuous tearing of the Primordial Yang Sword Thread.

"Condensing sword light into a thread! This kid's sword cultivation talent is truly terrifying, but my Primal Chaos True Qi counters him!" Su Zimeng finally made her move. A red rope appeared at her fingertips. Infused with brilliant five-colored True Qi, it shot out like a streaking light, instantly binding the Primordial Yang Sword Qi. However, to her surprise, although the five-colored glowing red rope greatly diminished the power of the sword thread, a scorching Pure Yang Sword Intent remained unaffected by her Primal Chaos True Qi. It was even stimulated, erupting with an even more terrifying sharpness, shaving off flakes of dark aura from the Bright Envoy's protective light shield.

Amidst sizzling sounds, one end of the red rope at Su Zimeng's fingertip held and trapped the Primordial Yang Sword Thread, while the other end transformed into a Net of Red Dust, sweeping towards Chen Mobai, who stood motionless in mid-air. "Pure Heart Red Rope! You are Su Zimeng!" Chen Mobai's eyes lit up upon seeing this, and he asked the mysterious black-robed female cultivator before him.

"Realizing it now is too late!" Su Zimeng's expression remained unchanged, and she spoke with a cold tone. The Net of Red Dust, woven from one end of the Pure Heart Red Rope, descended like thousands of sword threads, covering Chen Mobai's head. Just when she thought she could at least force out one of her opponent's life-saving ultimate skills, a five-colored light shield expanded from Chen Mobai's palm, blocking the entire Net of Red Dust.

"A Fifth-tier defensive artifact!" Su Zimeng's tone was shocked as she felt the unshakeable sensation transmitted from the Pure Heart Red Rope.

"Rebel, do you not recognize the One Origin Patriarch's artifact anymore!" Chen Mobai roared, loosening his grip on his right hand. The five-colored brilliance of the Heavenly Origin Pearl suddenly surged out, covering the Pure Heart Red Rope. Su Zimeng's expression drastically changed, and she quickly recited an incantation to recall the artifact. Chen Mobai used the Can Tong Qi to perceive the Pure Heart Red Rope. Unfortunately, although this artifact was at peak Fourth-tier, it had no artifact spirit and had been refined by Su Zimeng for hundreds of years, preventing him from stopping her recall. Fortunately, he had another trick up his sleeve!

The Golden Light of Treasure Snatching, cultivated for many years, scattered onto the Pure Heart Red Rope, which was halfway recalled. Su Zimeng felt this powerful artifact, which she had refined to be as easy to use as her own arm, suddenly vanish from her divine sense control. If not for the red rope still being clutched between her fingertips, she might have thought she never even possessed this artifact!

"Does the One Origin Dao Palace have such a spell?" Su Zimeng was greatly shocked and tried to retrieve the Pure Heart Red Rope into her storage bag. However, how could Chen Mobai miss this opportunity! Clang, clang, clang! The Second Nascent Soul struck the Morning Bell in its embrace. Invisible sound waves transformed into ripples, spreading indiscriminately in all directions. The Bright Envoy and Su Zimeng felt a momentary dimming in their Sea of Consciousness, and their minds began to cloud. They immediately activated their Nascent Souls, erupting with their divine senses to escape the Morning Bell's sonic attack. Muffled thunder-like sounds rippled through the void.

Taking advantage of this moment, the Primordial Yang Sword Thread had already threaded through the Pure Heart Red Rope, making the two fingers Su Zimeng had used to hold the Pure Heart Red Rope get cut by the rope. Blood splattered. After Chen Mobai obtained the Pure Heart Red Rope, he immediately affixed a Void Talisman to it and then stored it in his storage bag. By this time, both the Bright Envoy and Su Zimeng had suppressed the changes in their minds.

The way they looked at Chen Mobai had completely changed. With Venerable Ming's protective light shield already activated, the Bright Envoy was about to unleash his Golden Demonic Art to its extreme, intending to slay this terrifying opponent with his powerful cultivation!

Bright Envoy: "Full power! If we don't eliminate him today, he will surely become a great enemy of Venerable Ming in the future!" With a booming sound, terrifying, surging demonic energy burst forth from the Bright Envoy's protective shield, transforming into a colossal golden mighty demon god with two heads and four arms. Although it wasn't hundreds of meters tall like the Myriad Sword Avatar, it still stood eighty to ninety meters high. Amidst buzzing sounds, two golden wheels flew back from the swirling dust, landing in the hands of the golden mighty demon god. These two golden wheels, once merged, were also Fifth-tier, renowned demonic treasures of the Netherworld Demonic Sect. However, after clashing with the Purple Lightning Sword, a clear scorched sword mark appeared on the surface of one of the golden wheels.

Despite his heartache, the Bright Envoy paid it no mind. Two more golden lights flew out from his storage bag, transforming into a large club and a shield, which the other two hands of the mighty god gripped. This was his most powerful divine ability, the Golden Mighty Demonic God Avatar, which he had used to dominate Dongzhou for hundreds of years. Even a peak Nascent Soul cultivator encountering the Bright Envoy in this state would have to retreat.

Amidst a thunderous roar, the golden mighty demon god was already wielding its four artifacts, bypassing the towering Myriad Sword Avatar, and charging towards the Second Nascent Soul, which sat on the cauldron. In the Bright Envoy's view, as long as Chen Mobai's Nascent Soul was destroyed, the One Origin Dao Avatar would naturally dissipate!

"You hold him back for me!" However, to avoid being intercepted by the Myriad Sword Avatar, the Bright Envoy roared at Su Zimeng. She nodded gently, her entire body erupting with immensely profound Primal Chaos True Qi, condensing a brilliant five-colored lightning bolt that struck towards the Myriad Sword Avatar wielding the Purple Lightning Sword.

Listening with the Sound of Empty Valley, Chen Mobai knew that at this moment, the two demonic Nascent Soul cultivators, at least the Bright Envoy, were going all out. "Too bad, he chose a path of death!" Chen Mobai smiled faintly. The Second Nascent Soul, formed from the Pure Yang Pearl, unleashed the power of the Pure Yang Scroll, this demon-refining cultivation method, to an unprecedented level.

The Pure Yang Immortal Robe, under the Second Nascent Soul's control, transformed into nine halos of light, forming a grand array that gathered Pure Yang True Qi. It then condensed into a beam of Pure Yang Immortal Light, falling into the Haotian Mirror above its head. With a booming sound, the Haotian Mirror transformed into a golden sun, hanging high in the sky, unleashing a blazing Profound Yang Divine Light. Like a massive pillar of light, it was blocked by the shield of the charging golden mighty demon god. However, the Bright Envoy immediately discovered that the Fourth-tier shield in the hand of his golden mighty demon god was cracking under the impact of the Profound Yang Divine Light. He made a quick calculation, then steeled his heart, activating his demonic art to unleash the two golden wheels in the golden mighty demon god's hands, sending this set of Fifth-tier demonic treasures smashing towards the Second Nascent Soul.

At this moment, the Profound Yang Divine Light had already shattered the shield and struck the golden mighty demon god. The powerful demonic energy that the Bright Envoy prided himself on, under the Pure Yang True Qi, collapsed violently like ignited oil, scattering into ten thousand meters of dark smoke. The Golden Mighty Demonic God Avatar was directly struck by the Pure Yang Scroll, and the Bright Envoy's face suddenly turned ashen with disbelief. Yet, in this situation, he kept his gaze fixed on Chen Mobai's Second Nascent Soul, wanting to see if his final attack had taken effect.

However, an elegant azure longsword descended from the sky at some unknown moment, carrying a chilling frost, and struck away his pair of Fifth-tier demonic treasure golden wheels. "What's going on? Su Zimeng is useless!" The Bright Envoy was greatly surprised and turned his head to look at the Myriad Sword Avatar. He saw that Su Zimeng, relying solely on her Primal Chaos True Qi, was scrambling and dodging clumsily under the Purple Lightning Sword's relentless assault.