Although the dragon monster is immortal and indestructible, it still has its limits.
Once this limit is exceeded and the malevolent energy from the imperial mausoleum can no longer replenish it, any further severe injury would bring the danger of annihilation!
Previously, Cui Jue had mobilized the accumulated power of the Legalist sect to severely wound the dragon monster. Then, Wu Ming sacrificed himself in a final strike, causing the massive, grotesque head of the Ancestral Dragon to explode instantly, while its battered body transformed into a ball of flames!
Roaring!
Amidst the raging flames of thunder, the last remnants of the Zulong monster were utterly incinerated. A surge of black qi shot into the heavens, morphing into a black dragon adorned with Vermilion Bird markings!
“Damn it!”
The will of the Primordial Deity and the Tiantian Demon King had been affected by the puppet’s earlier self-destruction explosion, now appearing somewhat disheveled. Upon witnessing this scene, they abandoned even healing: “The essence of the Ancestral Dragon?!”
Filled with inner rage, they were well aware that the Zulong monster could not be vanquished within the tomb, yet the opponent had somehow managed to succeed.
At once, they roared furiously: “Don’t let him succeed!”
Emperor Ji Yi of the Zhou Dynasty and the Jade Purity Immortal once jointly constructed this underground mausoleum, gathering the Nine Malevolent Killing Veins, all for the purpose of nourishing energy with corpses and obtaining the Dragon Fortune!
The ancestral dragon monster, transformed from the ancient Emperor Di Gu of the Shang Dynasty, harbored the most potent Dragon Malevolence. If the Zhou Dynasty could capture it, it would be enough to extend their reign for another fifty years!
What an immense force was this?
The colossal black dragon coiled and roared, causing the very void to tremble faintly.
“Tian Demon King, you handle that person! I will suppress this Dragon Qi!”
The will of the Primordial Deity roared: “Do you truly believe you can vanquish me in this manner? Impossible! This Ancestral Dragon Qi is precisely what I require! In antiquity, even genuine dragons were but conquered adversaries of my Witch Sect! Today, I shall ensure you reap the consequences of your actions!”
As he spoke, his massive Witch Sect form soared into the sky, behind which emerged an illusion of a three-headed, six-armed titan reaching to the heavens: “Emulate Heaven and Earth! Seize the Dragon’s Breath! Refine the Ancestral Dragon into True Form!”
This illusion bore a dragon motif, unmistakably symbolizing an ancient ancestor—a shaman who had once refined the qi of a dynasty’s dragon and sealed it within himself, becoming a peerless and fearsome entity!
Now, the Primordial Deity’s will sought to emulate this.
As the incantation was uttered, the three-headed, six-armed apparition let out a thunderous roar and extended its six colossal arms. The Ancestral Dragon hovering mid-air was thrown into disarray, bellowing in rage.
Roar! Roar!
The void trembled. Invisible waves collided like ripples in water, turning statues and even the earth itself silently into dust.
Under the might of this Ancestral Witch’s illusion, the black dragon was suppressed and fell into a disadvantageous position.
Whoosh!
In a cosmic collision, a streak of light tore through the sky. Within it was a luminous pearl—the Yuanpin Tianzhu soul of Wu Ming!
“The Immortal’s second soul? I’ll devour you!”
The Tread Heaven Demon King also let out a roar, with the phantom of a wild bull behind him opening its maw like a bottomless black abyss: “Moo!”
Instantly, a massive suction force acted upon the Yuanpin Tianzhu.
“Divine innate ability?”
The Yuanpin Tianzhu vibrated, transforming again into a youth wearing starry robes and crackling with lightning. With a wave of his hand, a layer of clear light emerged, blocking the suction.
With a glance at the Primordial Deity’s will and the Ancestral Dragon, he couldn’t help but smile: “Unknowingly, you’ve walked right into my trap. How ridiculous!”
With a mudra seal: “Haste!”
Boom!
The entire imperial mausoleum trembled. A beam of light shot from the top, taking the form of a blood-red imperial seal, upon which a Vermilion Bird soared.
“Roar! Roar!”
As if irresistibly drawn, the phoenix-marked black dragon abandoned its struggle against the ancestral shaman, swung its tail, transformed into a streak of light, vanished into the imperial seal, and was instantly pulled underground.
Boom!
In the next moment, astonishing tremors arose again. The entire mausoleum began to collapse, revealing massive cracks.
Blinding golden light leaked from the gaps, carrying terrifying golden malevolence!
Wu Ming’s soul soared to the summit of the mausoleum, his vision seemingly penetrating all, beholding the scene below: the black dragon swiftly plunged into a golden isle within the Ancestral Dragon’s cave, the entire island dissolving and being wholly absorbed into the colossal golden figure beneath.
“Vermilion Bird Heavenly Mandate! Di Gu’s Dragon Qi! Merging into one, forming the golden figure!”
Bang!
In a massive explosion, a golden hand burst from the mausoleum, striking downward powerfully.
“Ahh…”
A sharp cry rang out—the Crossblade Old Ghost, unable to dodge in time, was grabbed and crushed to death instantly!
Seeing this, whether it was the Vajra Head or Yu Luoyan, both were utterly terrified!
A fourth-level expert! And a Privilege Holder of the Primordial Deity’s Temple, with countless divine techniques and treasures—yet he was crushed like an ant!
“Zhà!”
A cry rang out, ancient and desolate, as if the first sound in the universe.
Even fifth-level experts hesitated momentarily under this shout, their techniques faltering, as if struck by the wrathful cry of a Confucian Sage.
Massive golden light spilled outward, vaguely revealing the golden figure connected to the hand, roaring and attempting to break free from the mausoleum!
“This… this… this…”
Yan Sheng stared blankly at this apocalyptic scene, his heart utterly shattered: “This is… the Twelve Golden Men of the Shang Dynasty! It must be them—the most fearsome artifacts in the world! The Twelve Golden Men of the Shang Dynasty! Weren’t they destroyed by heavenly calamities and earthly disasters long ago? Why do they appear now?”
Boom!
Another explosion sounded, and half of the golden figure’s body rose, revealing its ancient, rigid face contorted in a furious roar, exuding heavenly majesty.
“With Heavenly Mandate upon me and aided by Dragon Qi, haste!”
Wu Ming transformed into the Yuanpin Tianzhu, his amber exploding as the Vermilion Bird’s Heavenly Mandate was drawn entirely into the Yuanpin Tianzhu. Then, transforming into a streak of light, it vanished into the golden figure’s forehead.
In an instant, Wu Ming felt himself connected to a vast and terrifying existence, able to control every movement of the golden figure.
“The name ‘Twelve Golden Men’ can now be abandoned. From today onward, you shall be the Heavenly Mandate Golden Man!”
By now, Wu Ming’s plan had largely succeeded.
Originally, Gongshu Zhe had intended merely to use scraps left from the Twelve Golden Men, combining them with the Imperial Dragon Qi within the jade seal, using the Vermilion Bird’s Heavenly Mandate as the pivot, to recreate a sixth-level puppet.
But Wu Ming directly reforged the golden man within the Shang Dynasty’s imperial mausoleum, incorporating the Dragon Qi of Emperor Di Gu of the Shang Dynasty, using the Imperial Qi and Heavenly Mandate as the pivot and his Yuanpin Tianzhu soul as the spiritual core, transforming the golden man into a fully obedient avatar, as responsive as his own limbs!
Especially here within the Nine Malevolent Killing Veins, with the tomb sealed, he could trap everyone inside at once!
“The Twelve Golden Men were too powerful, capable of suppressing national fortune and preventing dragons from rising, thus attracting heavenly calamities and earthly disasters, making them impossible to complete!”
“But I will not attempt to recreate all twelve—just one, yet it will contain more than half the malevolence of the original twelve combined, with boundless might, perhaps reaching half the power of the originals!”
Guarded by the golden figure, Wu Ming completely disregarded the frenzied assaults from the Tiantian Demon King and others outside, concentrating entirely on refining the golden figure. Yet he pondered once more: “Still, matters have spiraled somewhat out of control. Even with the Suihou Pearl suppressing fortune, my own destiny is insufficient, leaving me susceptible to backlash!”
A Taoist Grandmaster could perceive heavenly omens, let alone an Immortal of the Earth now?
Although this Heavenly Mandate Golden Man was not as rebellious as the Twelve Golden Men, it was still a creation the world could scarcely tolerate.
Once obtained, it would be like a child holding gold in a marketplace—without sufficient virtue and fortune, calamity would immediately follow!
Just like the Suihou Pearl, it might bring nobility to a commoner, but to suppress an emperor’s fortune would be mere fantasy.
This Heavenly Mandate Golden Man was even more domineering than an emperor’s fortune, provoking jealousy from heaven and earth!
“I must end this quickly!”
Wu Ming’s mind stirred, forcibly manipulating the Heavenly Mandate Golden Man to strike.
“Zhà!!!”
The mantra rang out, seemingly freezing space itself.
The malevolence within the entire mausoleum shifted, flowing like rivers into the fist of the golden man, targeting the Primordial Deity’s will!
Even as heavenly punishment was about to descend in the next instant, it could not stop Wu Ming’s determination to kill this foe!
Puh!
How terrifying was the might of the Heavenly Mandate Golden Man? With a single punch, even a fifth-level expert was crushed like an egg.
Amidst the deafening roar, the Primordial Deity’s will didn’t even have time to groan before turning into a rain of blood.
Yet Wu Ming’s heart stirred: “Not dead! A substitute puppet?! A treasure capable of saving someone from my Heavenly Mandate Golden Man must be at least a Celestial Merit-ranked artifact, requiring over a thousand merits! There can’t be another one!”
Such puppets could take fatal blows and even absorb heavenly punishment, remaining effective even above the sixth level, and were extremely rare even within the Primordial Deity’s Temple.
“Trying to escape?”
Golden light flashed across the sky, searching high and low. A pale-faced figure was abruptly forced out from the void—it was indeed the Primordial Deity’s will.
“Again!”
Wu Ming manipulated the Heavenly Mandate Golden Man, extending its hand like the Five-Finger Mountain, freezing space, and crushing downward.
No techniques! No magical power! Just raw, brutal force, aiming to swat the Primordial Deity’s will like a fly!
One mighty force to break all techniques! Ferocious might shaking past and present!
Boom! Clang!
Suddenly, even more violent tremors came, accompanied by the roar of the Earth Dragon, as if heaven and earth were collapsing.
“The Divine Land’s Dragon Vein? It moved?!”
A massive wave of tremors surged forth, targeting the Heavenly Mandate Golden Man, causing it to shift slightly.
“Ancestor Witch Protection!”
This slight deviation caused the golden man’s hand to narrowly miss the Primordial Deity’s will, yet the passing wave sent him flying backward, spitting blood, while he laughed maniacally: “Hahaha… How rebellious the Twelve Golden Men were! You dare to reforged them, you must be prepared to face heavenly and earthly calamities! Hahaha… You have offended heaven itself, your fortune has waned, and no prayers will help! You can never kill me!!!”
Boom! Boom!
Suddenly, in Shengjing, the disaster of three hundred years ago seemed to be repeating itself, as another astonishing earthquake erupted!
The earth shook violently, the strata rolling like waves, turning the already ruined Shengjing into chaos. Fortunately, this area was uninhabited for a thousand li; otherwise, the casualties would have been catastrophic.
Roar! Roar!
Accompanied by the Earth Dragon’s roar and the collapse of heaven and earth, a massive fissure split open at the heart of the imperial palace, reaching a hundred zhang deep, with surging earth energy, even spewing out large amounts of shattered rocks and burial objects!
The once deeply buried abyss had surfaced directly due to the Earth Dragon’s movement!
Within the Primordial Deity’s space, Wu Ming’s true body opened his eyes, his expression somewhat grim: “Heavenly omen backlash? It came so quickly?!”
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