The First Demon of the Chan Sect

"Whoosh~~~"

The metal chains, glinting gold with a hint of green, emitted a series of piercing sounds, which in the silent Sea of the Death God, sounded like the summoning tunes of the devil, eerie, hollow, and full of oppression.

The body of Man Niu began to soften under the stimulation of the continuous friction of the chains, his movements becoming sluggish as if falling into some trance.

"This is your punishment for rashly intervening in my fight and for your arrogant self-aggrandizement! Die!" Apollo, with his golden hair flowing, his eyes sparkling like gold, cried out coldly and heartlessly, roaring loudly towards the heavens.

With Apollo's loud shout, the golden chains with a tinge of green began to change color.

The hint of green at their core had already turned into a scarlet red, slowly seeping outward from within, until the entire length of the chains was dyed a piercing fresh red.

Meanwhile, as the color of the chains deepened to red, the undersea world began to feel the chill of a sinister wind, and from all directions beneath the Sea of the Death God, sounds like the wailing of ghosts and howling of gods started to emerge abruptly.

"Woo~~Awooo~~"

The next moment, a black yin wind rose from the sea floor, whipping up boundless Black Water and surging towards the sky.

A bizarre sight emerged, flickering behind Apollo:

It was a world of blood-red, with a sky that stretched boundlessly high and ground that extended limitlessly deep. In the firmament, nine blood suns hung like domineering sovereigns, exuding an endless aura of bloodshed and slaughter. Gradually, countless evil ghosts emerged from the nine Great Suns, and innumerable evil demons roamed across the sky, enveloping that world completely.

The evil ghosts and demons waged war against each other, making strife the main theme of the world.

"Woo~~Awoooo~~"

They howled madly, suddenly flying out from the blood-colored world and diving straight into the blood-red chains saturated with the color of blood.

"Bang!"

The lotus seeds emitted a burst of bloody brilliance, freeing the entire Sea of the Death God from the darkness, completely suffusing it with red.

"Hahaha... 'Bind'!" Apollo let out a maniacal laugh, and with a power comparable to that of a Saint, a terrifying presence instantly swept across every corner in a million miles. The sinister chains, with a flick of Apollo's large hand, shot out like lightning, ready to wrap around Man Niu.

"Get out of the way!"

The crowd nearby watched with eyes blazing with rage, and if it weren't for Li Qingming holding them back, they would have likely charged forward to save Man Niu already.

Regrettably, Man Niu couldn't hear them. He swayed hazily on the spot, allowing the chains to wrap around his body.

"Aaah!"

Suddenly, Man Niu screamed wildly, as the blood-red chains wrapped tightly around his body, the more he struggled, the tighter they bound him.

He howled to the sky, his eyes filled with bloodshot veins, and the freshly grown hair, about two inches long, stood on end, as if he were enduring some inhuman torment.

"I'll be damned, bullying my brother Man Niu is bullying me, Long Xuhu! I'll take your life!"

Far away, the still-inactive Long Xuhu finally moved. As the pained roars of Man Niu echoed in its ears, Long Xuhu could no longer contain the surging rage in its heart, calling forth the massive Wind and Thunder Hammer, ready to leap into the fray.

"Come back!" Li Qingming flung out a palm of Yuqing True Essence, transforming into a large hand shimmering with green light, and pulled Long Xuhu back.

Caught off guard, Long Xuhu flipped upside down and fell headfirst, his face flushed with rage as he looked at Li Qingming and complained discontentedly, "Elder Brother, if we don't make a move now, Brother Man Niu will be refined to death alive!"

Li Qingming cast a glance at Long Xuhu and said, "Stay put right here for me!"

"Elder Brother..." Long Xuhu cried out in dissatisfaction, lifting his foot to charge forward.

"Xiao Er, lock him up!" A hint of helplessness flickered in Li Qingming's eyes.

"Yes, Big Brother!" Unlike Long Xuhu's impulsiveness, Li Qingquan loyally executed his elder brother's command by throwing out a Prohibition, freezing Long Xuhu in his tracks.

...

"Ha ha ha, die, die! Divine Tao, disappear!" Apollo laughed loudly, his hands shimmering with golden light. A fist-sized Divine Pattern floated out from his palms, shooting through the sea like a meteor, rapidly heading towards the painfully howling Man Niu.

"Moo!"

Just as the Divine Pattern nearly touched the head of Man Niu, a torrential force of bloodline power burst forth from his body. Unlike the red light previously used to summon the Ancestor of the Desolate, this time, the crimson glow was filled with wild brilliance. A dense fog above his head materialized into a demonic ox nearly thirty meters long with a pair of bent horns on its head and thick black fur all over its body.

"Niu Qingtian (Green Bull)!"

Not far away, Yin Xi, along with Li Qingquan and others, with the exception of Li Qingming, were all so shocked their eyes nearly bulged out of their sockets.

Yin Xi, who had once served Laozi, was naturally very familiar with the appearance of Green Bull, his mount. And Li Qingquan, among others from Pangu's Great Thousand World, would naturally recognize the mount of the Taiching Saint as well. What puzzled them was why the image of Green Bull would manifest from within Man Niu's body.

"Master Li, did you already know this?" Shakyamuni glanced at Li Qingming's expressionless face and asked.

Li Qingming nodded slightly, saying, "I felt a tremendous force of bloodline power within Man Niu's body when he was summoning the Ancestor of the Desolate in Han Yuan City. But to my surprise, it was the bloodline of Green Bull! Strange, how could its bloodline be inherited to the Barbaric World?"

...

Niu Qingtian looked around blankly at Huang Jing, then upon seeing the metallic chains tightly binding the body of Man Niu beneath him, he suddenly let out a furious bellow: "Moo, what insolence, to use the Divine Tao's Blood Punishment on my progeny, utterly unforgivable! Utterly unforgivable!"

"Crack!"

A terrifying soundwave shattered the surrounding space, the forceful resonance of the sound sweeping clean, the golden Divine Pattern that was about to fall on Man Niu's head unable to withstand the might of the soundwave's rebound, breaking apart and dissipating into the Void.

"What!" Apollo's face twisted wildly, he abruptly slapped his own chest, spitting out a mouthful of blood onto the crimson metallic chains.

"Hum~~~"

As the metallic chains absorbed Apollo's blood, they thickened slowly. With each expansion, a circle of dense Blood Evil Qi also revived during the process of the chains' growth.

"Lad, this body of yours isn't bad, it's just that your Cultivation is too weak! How much you can comprehend this time is all up to you!" Niu Qingtian muttered to Man Niu, then with a leap, dove into Man Niu's body. (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to Qidian (qidian.com) to cast your recommendation and monthly tickets, your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)