The First Demon of the Chan Sect
Chapter 363 - 51 Reincarnation, Time Standstill

Chapter 363: Chapter 51 Reincarnation, Time Standstill

The dark clouds that filled the sky finally began to disperse slowly, and the azure sky above was still dominated by the blazing sun.

At this moment, Xuanhu had lost the handsome and dashing appearance he once had. He fell from mid-air, his body emitting green smoke, nearly roasted to a crisp.

Inside the Three Pure Ones Hall, all was silent. The Three Pure Ones, Netherworld River, and Zhen Yuanzi looked at each other, none believing the scene in the Water Mirror.

"What exactly is going on here?" Tongtian asked, gazing at Primordial in astonishment, hoping he could offer an explanation to All Saints.

Primordial Venerable helplessly waved his hand and said bitterly, "Don’t look at me, I had no idea Qingmingzi possessed such abilities! To beat an old monster remaining from the Chaos God Demon era into such a breathless state..."

Laozi and Tongtian were dumbfounded, they had just been worrying about Li Qingming’s life. But what about now? The man hadn’t suffered a single scratch!

...

"Master Uncle, that fox has been roasted till it’s charred!"

"No, it was struck by lightning! Therefore, the lesson from the eldest senior brother still stands: Do not show off, lest you attract a lightning strike!"

Guang Chengzi and Little Peacock, who had already regained their senses, were hiding not far away, passing comments, both pairs of bright eyes blooming with laughter.

Xuanhu, whose cultivation exceeded even that of a Saint, lay on the ground, charred black and unable to move, with flashes of electricity surging out from his body, crackling, while Li Qingming stepped out from the Void as if nothing had happened, strolling leisurely.

This was an unspeakably shocking sight! All the forces watching throughout the Huaxia Divine Land were stunned by this scene, it was just too eye-popping!

The Great Sun hung across the sky, its warm rays shining down on the scarred earth, casting a desolate glow over this world.

Li Qingming had a chill smile at the corner of his mouth, and he strode closer to Xuanhu. As he saw it, only by killing Xuanhu could the Western lands truly stay quiet! Otherwise, with Zhunti’s temperament, if he kept stirring up trouble in the Eastern lands, who knew what chaos it would bring.

"You pompous fox, blame yourself for being too arrogant, always thinking you’re above everyone else! I’m sending you on your way now! Rest assured, I will soon let Zhunti join you, off you go!" Li Qingming laughed sinisterly and suddenly raised the pearly white Wolf Fang Club in his hand, smashing it towards Xuanhu’s head.

"Whoosh!"

Suddenly, a golden lotus flower floated over, instantly piercing through the Void and positioned itself under Li Qingming’s club, forcefully neutralizing the strike.

"Fellow Daoist, please show mercy!" Jieyin, who had been sent flying twice by Li Qingming, with his face bruised and swollen, flew over from a distance.

Li Qingming narrowed his eyes dangerously, waiting for Jieyin to speak, "Jieyin! I didn’t bother with you twice, and now you are pushing it, right? This time, I will see to it that the last of the three Western Saints fall here! Witness the club!"

"Whoosh!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Qingming charged out, his club gleaming with a moist sheen, its terrifying murderous intent shattering the Void, the heavy Evil Qi pressing down on people, making it hard to breathe.

Jieyin’s complexion changed dramatically, he hadn’t expected Li Qingming to be so unreasonable and go straight for the attack.

In his panic, he summoned back the radiant 12th Grade Golden Lotus and poured Buddha Power into the lotus frantically.

A dazzling purple glow suddenly emanated from the center of the gold lotus. Then the light grew more intense, and the golden lotus slowly shed its outer layer, turning entirely purple.

"Reincarnation, Time Stasis!" Jieyin grimly muttered, his complexion instantly paling to the color of paper.

The infinite purple halo then turned into a mysterious and unnamed sphere of light, floating quietly above Zhunti’s head.

Suddenly, the space within ten miles came to an abrupt halt. The snow-white clouds, the space that was breaking and healing, the swathes of Chaos Qi rushing in, the Wolf Fang Club that blasted forward, along with the ferocious look on Li Qingming’s face...

Everything came to a complete halt!

This terrifying scene was directly presented in front of all forces across Huaxia Divine Land! Everyone’s eyes widened, fixating on the shocking image.

After a long while, the top forces throughout the Huaxia Divine Land were abuzz! It turned out to be the Time Rule, and not the low-level Power like Time Retrospection or Time Acceleration, but Time Stasis, a high-level Power of the Time Rule!

All of Li Qingming’s previous ruthless domination of Zhunti and ruthless beating of Xuanhu became a joke at this moment. Even if you are a Saint with thousands of abilities, what difference does it make? If time stops even for a second, the enemy can instantly take your life!

Such is the terror of the Time Rule!

Back in the day, Zhu Jiuyin, relying merely on a simplified version of the Time Rule, the Power of Time Law, could foresee events before they occurred, and danced amidst the Demon Race. The now higher-level Power of Time Rules is of course a hundred times, even a thousand times stronger!

As the saying goes, the layman enjoys the show, the expert appreciates the process. Witnessing a series of actions by Jieyin, the assembled Saints began to discern something extraordinary.

"It seems that Jieyin is at the end of his tether!" Netherworld River said with evident amusement, observing Jieyin within the water mirror.

"After all, forcibly stimulating the power of laws with external force, the strain on the body is immense! Even for us Saints, it is too much to withstand!" Laozi glanced briefly at the sleeping Li Qingming and commented: "Moreover, my nephew disciple, Qingmingzi, is not an easy opponent."

Hearing this, all the Saints simultaneously shifted their gaze toward the water mirror.

In it, Li Qingming, though his body was in the Xuan Kong state, his eyes mischievously began to move. With an inaudible low shout, the entire space suddenly reverted back to its previous dynamic.

"What?" Jieyin’s eyes bulged, and he panickedly tried to flee backward.

"You think you can run? Die for Daoist me!" Li Qingming bellowed, his terrifying murderous aura surging wildly. In the blink of an eye, he caught up with Jieyin.

Li Qingming closed in, his Wolf Fang Club seeming to instantly extend and violently struck Jieyin’s left shoulder.

The void within a hundred miles completely shattered, the space was filled with storms mingled with Chaos Qi and gloomy light, like boiling magma, destroying all physical forms.

In the void, only the towering and gleaming Wolf Fang Club illuminated the space, pressing down on the Heavenly Vault like a mountain. Majestic and frightening, it rolled on, shattering everything!

The already shattered void could no longer bear the pressure and burst explosively. Black holes as dark as the abyss, with seemingly no bottom, appeared in the void after the explosion, eerily unfathomable.

"Crack!"

A dull roar came from the point of impact between the club and Zhunti’s left shoulder, yet the clear sound of breaking bones resonated like the sound of bells and drums, piercing through the heavens.

"Ah!"

Jieyin let out a wretched scream, his entire left arm severed at the shoulder. Bright red blood streamed down the stark white broken bones, like a gushing blood fountain, turbulent and unceasing!

Jieyin wailed in agony, desperately activating Buddha Power to heal and regenerate the wound. But no matter how hard he tried, he was unable to stop the bleeding from the wound, nor could he regenerate the severed limb.

This was an injury inflicted by Li Qingming using the Yuqing Immortal Skill combined with the Rule of Power; unless one also comprehended the Rule of Power and removed the Power of Dao attached to the wound, Zhunti would have to drag his severed limb and live a dog’s life for eternity.

"Jieyin, did you ever think you would come to this day?" Li Qingming wiped the sullied blood off the Qiankun Ruler and said with a chilling smile, "Did you think that by dyeing the Reincarnation Purple Lotus with Buddha Power to gold, I would not know of the existence of the Purple Lotus?"

In fact, from the moment Zhunti summoned the Lotus, Li Qingming had already noticed this Twelve Grade Golden Lotus that should not have appeared. The Chaos Green Lotus of old birthed the Twelve-Grade Merit Golden Lotus, the 12th Grade Creation Green Lotus, the 12th Grade Pure World White Lotus, the 12th Grade Annihilation Prison Black Lotus, and the Twelve-Grade Karma Fire Red Lotus.

But no one knew that at the heart of the flower, there was, in fact, a lotus seed. It had not scattered as the other lotus flowers did but remained hidden in the withered Chaos Green Lotus, deeply rooted atop the earth’s core, drawing Primordial Power from the heart of the earth without interruption for eons.

Only to be accidentally discovered by Xuanhu, who was cultivating in the heart of the earth a billion years ago, and thus it saw the light of day.

Jieyin stared furiously at Li Qingming, "This Reincarnation Purple Lotus has never appeared on Huaxia Land since its maturity; how did you come to know of it?"

Li Qingming smiled lightly and said, "The innate lotus flowers birthed from the Chaos Green Lotus are connected as if they are fingers to a hand. If one of the lotus flowers develops spiritual intelligence, it can sense the existence of the other lotuses. Unfortunately, the World-purifying White Lotus is currently on my Penglai Immortal Island, and even more unfortunate for you, not only has it developed spiritual intelligence, but it has also transformed!"

"This, this... Hahaha, I have underestimated you! You bring about your own disaster, you bring about your own disaster!" Jieyin glared, despairingly gazing at the sky and howling loudly.

"Now that you realize this, let Daoist me send you on your way! It’s better to let you three keep each other company on the Netherworld Road!" Li Qingming said coldly with a smile, raising the gleaming Wolf Fang Club with a single hand and smashing it down.

"Boom!"

The void suddenly shifted dramatically. Endless star clouds swirled, and the supreme purple aura traveled thirty thousand li from the east.

"Qingmingzi, enough!" Hong Jun, clothed in a gray Daoist robe, stepped out from the void. His emotionless eyes remained unchanged as he spoke flatly, yet his voice was like thunder, deafening to the ears.

Li Qingming stared expressionlessly at Hong Jun for a long while, then said, "I need an explanation!"

"The lifespan and karma of the Western Buddha Sect are not yet exhausted; it should not be eradicated!" Hong Jun said calmly, standing apparently ordinary in the void, yet without any flaws.

"Hahaha, as long as the Western Sect is not extinguished, it’s not considered the end of the Western Qi Fortune?" Li Qingming fell silent for a moment then suddenly laughed darkly.

Hong Jun seemed to have heard something from this sentence but still nodded and replied, "Indeed!"

"Fine! I understand!" Li Qingming weighed the Wolf Fang Club in his hand and took bold strides towards Zhunti. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it on Qidian (qidian.com), cast your monthly ticket, and your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)