Above the Great Dao

Chen Shi's Blood Transformation Divine Saber did not strike out.

The three exchanged glances, each showing a look of confusion.

Suddenly, the monk said: "Your Majesty, do you remember who we are?"

Chen Shi shook his head and said: "I don't remember."

The scholar and the Taoist furrowed their brows.

The monk said: "Does Your Majesty also not remember how you subdued us and united the Divine Race?"

Chen Shi laughed and said: "We have amnesia, and remember nothing before we awakened."

The monk, Taoist, and scholar exchanged glances. The scholar said: "So, it's the Supreme Emperor who sealed your memory! Before we set off, he didn't mention this."

The Taoist, wary, said: "The Supreme Emperor deceived us!"

Chen Shi slowly put down his chopsticks, smiling: "So, our grandfather did not want you to find me, which is why he didn't tell you about the sealing?"

The three felt an incomparable killing intent sweeping over them, enveloping their entire bodies, even penetrating into their Great Realm and souls!

The monk laughed and said: "Your Majesty, we mean no harm. We are but lost souls, forced to the underworld, awed by Your Majesty's youthful emergence, which made us willingly pledge allegiance to you as the Divine Emperor."

The scholar laughed and said: "Indeed. The Supreme Emperor must not have known about this, which is why he sealed your memories. Bring us back, explain the matter, and we can resolve this misunderstanding."

The Taoist laughed and said: "However, just to be safe, I suggest Your Majesty relax, so we may unseal your memory."

The three radiated an aura of evil, yet wore smiles, appearing extremely peculiar, causing those around to shiver involuntarily.

A child's voice came: "Their smiles are like wraiths in human skin. My dad said, wraiths wear human skin, and when they smile, only the skin moves. Beneath their skin, there's no flesh, only human skin remains."

"Well said."

Chen Shi's eyes could hardly conceal his killing intent, he said with a smile, "However, they are not wraiths, but cultivators undergoing Evil Transformation. They cultivated close to immortality in life, but when on the cusp of Harmonization and Immortality, were invaded by Evil Qi, their flesh corrupted, leaving only human skin to maintain their former appearance."

The Taoist laughed and said: "Your Majesty, there's no rush to unseal, wait until we reach the Divine Capital..."

Before he could finish, a blade light like a bolt of lightning flashed past.

Chen Shi sheathed the blade, sitting firmly in his chair, as if he had never moved.

The Taoist's face split down the middle, yet no blood flowed.

His cheeks and forehead were unevenly bulged, his head suddenly becoming lumpy, as if something was squirming under the skin.

"Boom!"

The Taoist's head exploded, endless flesh shot skyward, blowing away the tavern, the massive flesh cloud instantly covering Bozhou City, spanning dozens of miles.

Endless flesh continued flying from the Taoist's head, as if never-ending, causing the blood cloud to grow larger and larger!

The scholar and monk seemed unsurprised, still seated beside the Taoist, their eyes fixed on Chen Shi, still wearing smiles that didn't reach their eyes.

Tendrils of flesh flew out of the sea of flesh, resembling giant pythons, or skinned Jiao Longs, intertwining in the air.

"Hahaha!"

A thunderous voice boomed from the sky, the Taoist's voice, like thunder rolling continuously, "Your Majesty is even more formidable than before, a remarkable hero, even with your memories sealed! Admirable, admirable!"

All around Chen Shi, people fled from Bozhou City. A child in crotchless pants sat on the ground playing with mud and urine, happily, his mother dashed over and picked him up.

Soon, the surroundings were eerily silent, devoid of human traces.

The Taoist's body rose slowly, standing in the air, his throat extending into a vast ocean of flesh.

Little Dun Fairy looked up, dumbfounded at the celestial phenomenon, muttering: "What kind of terrifying organization has my husband joined, it's so strange..."

That boundless sea of flesh slowly phased out facial features, growing eyes, nose, and mouth. It spoke: "Your Majesty, you are truly disappointing. Like the Supreme Emperor, you are as stubborn as stone. You don't remember past events or your ideals! You now betray what you used to be!"

His voice echoed in the sky: "But once the seal is lifted, you shall return to that unparalleled youthful Divine Emperor of yore!"

Beneath the vast ocean of flesh and blood hung a Taoist's body, raising a hand, gathering infinite evil energy from heaven and earth, forming a lingzhi-shaped Jade Ruyi, which hurled towards Chen Shi in Bozhou City!

The evil transformation of the Heaven and Earth Great Dao appeared like streaks of colorful rosy clouds, drifting down as the Jade Ruyi fell, beautiful yet dangerous!

"Taizhen Jade Formula of the Taihua Qingyang Palace."

Chen Shi remained seated, unwavering, and swung his sword skyward. In an instant, the blade light surged like a reverse-flowing blood waterfall, rushing towards the Jade Ruyi. He mused, "Are you Guang Xian, or Dao Cheng, or perhaps Jing Xu? You certainly aren't Dan Cheng, Dan Cheng is within us! Indeed, when we have the time, we shall kill Dan Chengzi!"

He had dug up the graves of the sect leaders on Taihua Mountain, among them were four empty graves, belonging to the fourth-generation Sect Leader Guang Xian, the seventh-generation Sect Leader Dao Cheng, the sixteenth-generation Sect Leader Jing Xu, and the seventy-eighth-generation Sect Leader Dan Cheng.

The Taoist laughed, "Dao Cheng, I have seen the Divine Emperor! Your Majesty, unseal, and everything will be revealed to you!"

The might of heaven and earth contained within that Jade Ruyi was immense, surprisingly pressing down the blood waterfall!

The Taizhen Jade Formula is one of the Ten Books of Cultivation, which has been edited and can only be cultivated up to the Mahayana Realm. However, this Daoist turned decay into magic and managed to unleash the power of this cultivation technique to that of an Immortal Law!

Nonetheless, this Immortal Law also carried a chilling evil aura, clashing fiercely with the demonic nature and Demon Qi of the Blood Transformation Divine Saber, with signs of mutual contamination!

Chen Shi snorted, "I don't trust you, but I trust my grandfather! My grandfather sealed me, he must have his reasons!"

Behind his head, the Blood Sea howled and spun, causing the blade light to swell violently, severing the Jade Ruyi along with the Daoist rosy clouds!

The scholars and monks, seeing the Taoist in danger, rose to attack from the left and right. Chen Shi retreated, swinging his long sword around his neck, instantly turning stars into flames, tens of thousands, charging towards the two!

The monk removed his cassock, unfurled it in the wind, instantly absorbing all the star flames into the cassock, and then swiftly wrapped it up, locking the star flames inside, where the tens of thousands of sword energies flew about but could not escape the cassock.

The scholar seized the opportunity to approach, with strange patterns appearing on his arm, somewhat resembling the Ghost Clan's innate divine abilities, but more complex and dense, directly facing the Blood Transformation Divine Saber.

"Clang!"

The Blood Transformation Divine Saber struck his arm, and those strange patterns dispelled it without breaking the skin.

The monk stepped forward, and behind him suddenly appeared a vast and boundless Bodhisattva, raising a hand to suppress Chen Shi!

At the same time, Daocheng, in the sky, manipulated the Jade Ruyi, pressing down on the Blood Sea Hell behind Chen Shi's head!

The three worked together in unison, surprisingly suppressing the fierce might of Chen Shi, this ferocious deity!

Chen Shi's eyes glinted fiercely as he pushed the power of the Blood Lake Scripture to its limits, the Blood Sea Hell spinning rapidly, on the verge of breaking through the suppression of the three!

Once he could unleash the most exquisite sword technique within the Heavenly Net Blood Transformation Divine Sword, he could take the little lives of these three!

"What a great opportunity!" Little Dun Fairy's eyes shone brightly, and without a second thought, she flew out of the small temple, pointed a finger, striking right at the Blood Sea Hell behind Chen Shi's head.

The Blood Sea Hell, under the joint attack of the four masterful opponents, ceased operation, roared in reverse, flowing into the Blood Transformation Divine Saber.

Chen Shi froze, painfully turning his head to look tearfully at Little Dun Fairy, "Wife, why do you betray me? We are husband and wife..."

Little Dun Fairy was moved by his pitiful look, softening a bit for a moment.

"Then I'll kill you and marry another one!" Chen Shi laughed.

Little Dun Fairy channeled her mana, causing the Blood Sea Hell to flow into the Blood Transformation Divine Saber even faster.

The monk stood up straight, his body suddenly becoming thin and flat like a shadow, aiming to dive into the center of Chen Shi's brows, entering his Sea of Consciousness to find the seal. Little Dun Fairy's other hand waved her sleeve, causing the monk to involuntarily revert from the shadow state, quickly activating his Golden Body, raising a hand to block her sweeping force.

"Clang!"

Little Dun Fairy's sleeve struck as if hitting a bronze bell, sending the monk flying out, crashing to the ground several miles away.

"He's so strong! I couldn't even kill him with a hit!"

Little Dun Fairy was startled, "This monk is not far from attaining immortality! But even if Harmonization is achieved, it's still an evil Buddha!"

The scholar came to attack, shouting, "Let's deal with her first!"

A Mysterious Bird rose high from behind Little Dun Fairy, overlooking the scholar from above. Little Dun Fairy shouted coldly, "Impudent! Look up and see who I am!"

When the scholar saw the Mysterious Bird, his face changed drastically, and he quickly knelt, "Emperor's son Ru pays homage to the Heavenly Girl!"

The instant he knelt, Little Dun Fairy completely suppressed the Blood Sea Hell into the Blood Transformation Divine Saber, seized the sword in one hand, and lifted Chen Shi, breaking through the void!