Chapter 17: A Group of Ancestral Gods

The Nuwa camp showed no mercy.

As soon as the formation was complete, they launched the attack first.

"Kill!" The Three Pure Ones led the Nuwa Mending Heaven Formation, their might overwhelming. Pointing from afar, the Four Swords of the Immortal Execution instantly condensed into a single giant divine sword, tearing through the void and charging straight at the armies of the Boundless Gate. Where the sword pointed... the void itself split open, and the terrifying power chilled the hearts of all the mighty ones.

"What a fearsome killing formation." The Great Demon Cixiu and the Blade Venerable turned pale.

Ji Ning watched in awe.

Although his second soul was a first-class ancestral immortal and his Three Absolute Sword Formation was also powerful, the Three Pure Ones had possessed the 'Immortal Execution Sword Formation' for far too long, and had even created the Immortal Execution Sword Diagram himself! Moreover, in terms of realm, the Three Pure Ones was slightly higher than Ji Ning. Thus, the power of the Immortal Execution Sword Formation he unleashed... could be said to be the strongest attack in the Three Realms.

"Three Pure Ones!" A loud shout rang out.

A wooden ruler rapidly lengthened, as if blocking the space between heaven and earth.

"Clang~~~"

The divine sword and the wooden ruler collided, annihilating the void.

The Three Pure Ones gazed coldly at the distant purple-robed figure and said icily, "Huanmu, among the Boundless Gate, the two I could not see through were the Lord of All Demons and you. Truly, you have hidden deeply enough, having already become an ancestral god."

Huanmu's face was faintly pale; the Immortal Execution Sword Formation just now was too powerful.

"Enough talk." Huanmu Master immediately charged forward.

"Kill." The Three Pure Ones once again manipulated the Immortal Execution Sword Formation, attacking Huanmu Master.

Huanmu Master seemed skilled in every aspect—artifact refining, formation setting, attack, defense... he excelled at everything. His brilliance was once admired by the Heart Demon Lord himself. In the Boundless Chaos World of old, the most dazzling figures were the Heart Demon Lord and Huanmu Master! However, Huanmu Master did not enjoy conquest. After the ancient cataclysm, Huanmu indeed broke through, reaching the ancestral god level.

He had no predecessor to guide him.

Just as Nuwa had no predecessor and later cultivated to become a World God, Huanmu Master was the same. He accumulated slowly and burst forth; his realm was too high. It wasn't that he was high in one aspect, but that he was high in many aspects, with extremely deep accumulation. After the tempering of the ancient cataclysm, he finally became an ancestral god, but he had never revealed it until this final battle.

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The Three Pure Ones' Immortal Execution Sword Formation was too ferocious. Even with his ancestral god body, Huanmu Master could barely block it with all his might.

"Water and Fire Annihilate the World—Yin and Yang, Life and Death!"

Fuxi also led the Nuwa Mending Heaven Formation, unleashing his strongest technique.

"Rumble~~~" Billions of miles of void instantly became an ocean of water and fire. Endless Grand Yin Dark Water and Undying Xin Fire spread across the vast void, causing the formations and emissaries of the Boundless Gate to feel as if trapped in a swamp, their movements hindered and speed greatly reduced.

Moreover, these waters and fires formed a massive Taiji diagram around the Lord of All Demons.

Water was yin, fire was yang.

Water was life, fire was destruction.

Fuxi, after all, was 'Ancestral God Fuxi' in his past life, born with mastery over the Heavenly Dao of Destruction. In this life, he had also striven to comprehend the Heavenly Dao of Life to recover his past life memories. Thus, he had considerable insights into both the Heavenly Dao of Life and the Heavenly Dao of Destruction, and he had long comprehended the two great Daos of Yin and Yang.

Thus, the true final killing move of the 'Water and Fire Annihilate the World Formation' was this 'Water and Fire Annihilate the World—Yin and Yang, Life and Death' technique. If he had fully comprehended the two great Daos of Life and Destruction, this technique would be far more powerful. But even so, under his command of the Nuwa Mending Heaven Formation, the power of this technique was still extraordinary.

"Hmm?" The Lord of All Demons' robes fluttered, and rings of spatial ripples naturally formed around him, blocking the grinding of the Taiji diagram.

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"Kill."

Leading the Pangu Creation Formation and incarnating Pangu, 'Shennong' also strode forward, charging at the Boundless Gate. Having comprehended the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, his close combat was equally formidable.

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"Kill."

Suirenshi's aura surged without concealment, fully revealing the power of an ancestral god as he charged at the Boundless Gate army.

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"An ancestral god! Suirenshi is an ancestral god!"

"He is actually an ancestral god!"

The Boundless Gate side was shocked. On their side, the Lord of All Demons was an ancestral god, and Huanmu Master, with his extraordinary talent and endless years, had also become an ancestral god. The Boundless Gate believed that breaking through from true god to ancestral god was too difficult... after all, without a method, one had to rely on sheer accumulation, which only Huanmu Master had achieved. They thought the Nuwa camp could not do it, but they were wrong.

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"Kill." A gray-robed figure, who had been stooping, suddenly straightened up and raised his head, revealing a bearded face. His eyes were filled with endless killing intent.

His aura surged as he charged at the Boundless Gate.

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"It's Gonggong."

"Ancestral God Gonggong! He is not dead?" The Boundless Gate immediately recognized him, for the original Ancestral God Gonggong had shown his power in the ancient cataclysm. However, it had been widely rumored in the Three Realms that Gonggong had died, killed by Chaos aliens. Since Gonggong had not appeared for endless ages, the Boundless Gate had believed him dead.

Unexpectedly, Ancestral God Gonggong was still alive!

"Besides Suirenshi, there is also Gonggong. The Nuwa camp actually has two ancestral gods."

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"Kill."

Houyi, wielding his axe, no longer kept a low profile. His aura fully erupted, sweeping across heaven and earth, its intensity no less than that of Gonggong and Suirenshi.

Yes.

This most dazzling and monstrous figure of the ancient era, after obtaining Nuwa's 'Inner Contemplation Ancestral God Scroll,' had also cultivated to become an ancestral god. In the entire Nuwa camp, two had become ancestral gods through Nuwa's 'Inner Contemplation Ancestral God Scroll': Suirenshi and Houyi.

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"God King, accept death!"

Ji Ning floated with thirty-six heavens snow lotuses around him, freezing his nearby opponents. Fuxi's 'Water and Fire Annihilate the World Formation' pursued a wide range, so its binding on individual enemies was not too strong. Ji Ning, as a first-class ancestral immortal, could bind enemies within a small area far more effectively with his thirty-six heavens snow lotuses than Fuxi could.

Wherever he passed, snow lotuses drifted. Holding the divine sword Ziguang Qiong, his sword energy crisscrossed the void, chilling the hearts of the Boundless Gate.

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"Ancestral immortal? A first-class ancestral immortal?" The distant Great Demon Cixiu's face changed dramatically.

"He is actually a first-class ancestral immortal." The Blade Venerable was also shocked.

"The Nuwa camp's foundation is too deep. Weren't they said to have no ancestral gods? Yet now, besides the clan-protecting formations, so many ancestral gods and even an ancestral immortal have appeared!" The Great Demon Cixiu felt the pressure. Initially, the three clan-protecting formations had only seemed troublesome, but now he felt they were like an iron wall.

"Wait." The Great Demon Cixiu said in a low voice, "Let us wait slowly. Our strength may not be enough to deal with either side. Now we can only wait, hoping that the Boundless Gate is strong enough. If they both suffer heavy losses... or if the Boundless Gate deals a severe blow to the Nuwa camp, perhaps I will still have a chance."

The Blade Venerable nodded slightly.

In the endless Chaos, seizing opportunities amidst chaos was more common. It was too difficult to crush with absolute power. Previously, the Great Demon Cixiu had thought that once he unleashed his killing move, no one in the Three Realms could stop him. But now, he realized he had been too arrogant.

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The Nuwa camp was also in high spirits. Their formations were formidable, and ancestral gods and ancestral immortals appeared one after another.

"Jueming, why not enter the formation?"

The mighty ones of the Nuwa camp entered the formations one by one, each leading some heavenly gods and true immortals. Weaker Dao Ancestors even joined forces in groups of three or five to lead a single formation. The Three Pure Ones could easily lead a 'Nuwa Mending Heaven Formation,' but an ordinary Dao Ancestor, though capable, could not fully unleash its power. At such times, the assistance of two or three Dao Ancestors allowed for perfect performance.

"Amitabha." Dao Ancestor Jueming pressed his palms together and chanted.

Boom!

A majestic aura, no less than that of Ji Ning, Suirenshi, Gonggong, and Houyi in the distance, swept through the void. Jueming Buddha walked through the void, each step shifting space, heading toward the distant Boundless Gate: "Boundless villains, you shall enter the Boundless Hell." His eyes held no compassion, only the wrath of a Vajra.

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"Jueming is also an ancestral god?" The mighty ones, heavenly gods, and true immortals of the Nuwa camp were startled.

"Good." The Three Pure Ones, Tathagata, Fuxi, Suirenshi, and the others all showed joy.

"As expected." Ji Ning glanced over and revealed a faint smile.

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In an instant, the armies of the Nuwa camp all charged at the Boundless Gate.

Gonggong, Houyi, Ji Ning, Jueming, and Suirenshi—five ancestral gods and ancestral immortals—along with the formation leaders Three Pure Ones, Tathagata, Fuxi, and Shennong... they pressed forward together, causing panic among the Boundless Gate.