Claiming the Throne of Gods, Starting from the Rebirth of Nezha
Chapter 152: Chaotic Rocks on the Stone Platform

Chapter 152: Chapter 152: Chaotic Rocks on the Stone Platform

Taiyi Zhenren’s words echoed incessantly between heaven and earth, lingering for a long time without any response.

Unknowingly, there were two more pebbles beneath the green lotus.

These three seemingly ordinary pebbles formed a remarkably regular character, incredibly stable and subtly aligned with the principles of nature, effectively blocking the Daoist Green Lotus.

"Oh? Interesting, it seems you’ve made some progress over the years."

Naturally, Taiyi Zhenren didn’t believe that a single green lotus could suppress the entire Skull Mountain. What surprised him was not Shi Ji blocking the lotus but the means by which Shi Ji did so.

With Taiyi’s discerning eye, he could deduce the kind of Dao cultivation Shi Ji displayed through these three stones.

"Using human effort to peer into the Heavenly Dao, one’s Dao cultivation grows. Although it’s not for fighting, the more one comprehends the mysteries of heaven, the deeper the understanding of what true power is."

Taiyi Zhenren pointed to the ground with his hand and began to walk forward. With every step, a green lotus bloomed beneath his feet.

He then pointed his left hand towards the sky, emitting a white light about two to three meters high, from which a celebratory cloud appeared, swirling above to protect him.

Lotuses grew underfoot, and auspicious clouds topped his head.

Seeing such means, Bi Yun and Cai Yun, the two servants, lost all desire to resist and turned to run back into the cave dwelling.

At this point, all they could hope for was that Shi Ji could stop him.

If Shi Ji couldn’t hold him back, even if they fled to the ends of the earth, death would still be their fate.

On the stone terrace, green lotuses blossomed.

Above the green lotuses, the zhenren walked leisurely.

His expression was gentle, as if he were on a spring outing.

However, his steps soon slowed, and his face turned solemn.

In front of him was still the triad formation of three stones, but the angles slightly shifted, causing subtle changes in the Dao principles hidden within the wind between heaven and earth.

Instantaneously, countless ’stones’ appeared within ten feet around Taiyi Zhenren in the pure and beautiful stone terrace.

These stones were invisible to ordinary people, only visible to cultivators.

Unlike the three tangible pebbles, these stones filling the space were composed of the elusive Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi.

Taiyi Zhenren, having long achieved enlightenment, could see more clearly. He realized that these stones made of Primordial Qi had become indistinguishable from real chaotic stones in the mountains.

They were sharp-edged, densely packed, randomly placed yet not purely chaotic, embedded within them a certain marvelous order.

"It seems like a technique but isn’t, seems like a formation but isn’t; this too is a type of Dao regulation."

Taiyi Zhenren immediately understood; observing these stones, he was confident that he could trace back to the source and comprehend Shi Ji’s Dao based on the stones’ positions.

But he also knew that it might take him several days, and by then, the people of Skull Mountain would have long fled to the horizon.

"Earlier, it was my mistake; being able to use this technique proves you have now truly attained Dao enlightenment."

He intended to say this but couldn’t speak it out.

Because when he opened his mouth, his mouth, under the tongue, above the tongue, between the teeth, even his trachea and lung alveoli were filled with these stones.

These stones pressed against each other, grinding, instantly injuring him.

Taiyi Zhenren suddenly realized, as the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi is omnipresent, in the formation, these stones naturally are also everywhere.

Some of these stones were hard, some were cold, others had sharp edges, making Taiyi Zhenren extremely painful at this moment.

He lost his composure, blue veins bulging at his forehead.

Taiyi gazed down at his feet, spotting a tender green grass sprouting stubbornly from the stone crevice. He bit his tongue, spitting out blood, and using the blood, inscribed a character in the air.

The character was ’Tian’ (field).

The intersecting paths were immaculate beyond measure, instantly dissipating three-tenths of the chaotic intent within Shi Ji’s Chaotic Stone Formation, rearranging these obstructing stones and disorderly Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi with a few simple intersecting lines.

Then Taiyi Zhenren walked forward again, and green lotuses bloomed all over the stone terrace, as Shi Ji appeared at the entrance of the White Bone Cave.

"Daoist brother, greetings."

Seeing Shi Ji bow in respect, Taiyi Zhenren reciprocated the gesture.

Shi Ji said, "Daoist brother, we have no grievances or animosity; how can you not consider the camaraderie of the Taoists? You came without announcing yourself, yet intent on harming my disciples and destroying my mountain gate?"

Taiyi Zhenren said, "It’s not my desire; it’s just the Heavenly Dao’s way. It is destined that your disciple Bi Yun would meet a violent death today, and you cannot escape this calamity either."

In response, Shi Ji laughed; she said, "Heaven’s path is myriad. We cultivators are already fortunate to perceive two or three principles. How dare you claim what you see is true and come to kill me? It’s laughable and hard to believe."

"If you’re not convinced, you can visit Yuxu Palace and ask our sect master if what I say is indeed the Heavenly Dao."

"Daoist brother, to bring up the sect leader to suppress me today, are you relying on Daoist skills to oppress me indeed? If I can’t match you today, so be it. I’ve recently had some Dao enlightenment; how about a contest with you!"

Seeing Shi Ji’s indomitable spirit, Taiyi merely scoffed coldly in his heart, but he sighed outwardly.

"Alas, seeing you master the Chaotic Stone Formation today, I thought you’d made some progress; yet, you’re so arrogantly ignorant to dare duel with me in skill. Such a pity it took you thousands of years to cultivate the three flowers atop and the five Qi in the chest."

Shi Ji, naturally fiery in temperament, seeing Taiyi’s arrogant demeanor, shouted angrily, conjuring a Taia Treasure Sword, slashing it towards Taiyi.

It is rightly said:

Out of Primordial Chaos emerges the majestic virtue, securing the eternal stance of Kun.

Three flowers gather at the top is not mere idle talk; Five Qi’s Chaoyuan is not empty words.

Calmly seating the Azure Dragon towards the Purple Pole, joyfully riding the White Crane over Kunlun.

Never let the sect leader deceive us, cyclical tribulations already reached myriad sources.

Taiyi was unafraid, having just broken Shi Ji’s so-called Chaotic Stone Formation in no time, he considered himself already superior in Daoist skills.

Seeing Shi Ji wield a weapon to battle, he summoned the Yin Yang Dual Swords, holding them in his hands.

The dual swords in his hands were also magic treasures, reflecting each other, automatically stirring the Heavenly Dao principles when wielded, using the terrifying power of Yin and Yang to travel the sword path, piercing through voids with the sword path.

And Shi Ji, relying on her self-created swordsmanship, wielded her sword as swiftly as snowflakes; in an instant, leaving numerous sharp sword marks in this world.

The two exchanged a look, and Shi Ji felt momentarily dazed, her mind going blank.

When she regained her senses, the golden crown above her head had already been sliced in half by Taiyi Zhenren’s sword.

A shock hit her heart; realizing the prior clash was a battle of the Primordial Spirit, she had lost again by a margin.

Shi Ji focused on her sword movements; stepping in the formations of the Beidou Seven Stars, in a moment forming another formation.

Seeing the Primordial Qi being manipulated, Taiyi Zhenren first blinked in surprise, then laughed: "Using the Star Shifting technique now, still wanting to send your disciples somewhere? Shi Ji, how naive, don’t you know their fate has long been linked to yours? If you die, they wouldn’t survive!"

Hearing these words, Shi Ji also laughed: "Old Taiyi, you’re truly arrogant. You can see, but I can’t? If this was before, you could say everything under heaven has a set order; but now with Nezha appearing, everything’s in chaos. If the predetermined future can change, why seek divination, isn’t it self-deceiving?"

After speaking, Shi Ji then summoned a treasure, the Eight Diagrams Dragon Whisker Handkerchief. It expanded against the wind, unbreakable by knife, impervious to sword, ensnaring you regardless of monarchical magnificence, compressing you to powder under titanic mountains’ weight in an instant.

Seeing the handkerchief above expand against the wind, seemingly covering the sky.

Taiyi Zhenren laughed: "How can myriad evils invade righteousness!"

He pointed with his hand, chanting, "If this object does not fall now, then when?"

The Treasure Falling Skill was originally a Chan Sect skill, and he naturally mastered it. This spell doesn’t work well against slightly more advanced treasures but is exceptionally effective against something like the Eight Diagrams Dragon Whisker Handkerchief.

The Eight Diagrams Dragon Whisker Handkerchief instantly fell to the ground.

Seeing this, he leaped back, out of Shi Ji’s sword circle, casting an object from his hand, summoning the Nine Dragon Divine Fire Cover that the Spirit Pearl had been longing for.

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