Chapter 1593: Defying the Evil God with Unyielding Might, Annihilating the Ominous Yin Unrivaled

"The Chongyin Zhiyan?"

This large eye seemed familiar.

I still remembered on Xukong Island, the Jinpai Lieling killer Xie Lao was trapped by the Huan Jian Shu and made a desperate counterattack by opening a similar eye.

After briefly borrowing the power of the Xie Shen, he saw through the illusions.

But in the end, the Xie Shen power backfired, and as a mere Taixu, even his self-consciousness was eroded without a trace left.

Now, the eye cracked open in the ninth heaven was tens of thousands of times more powerful than the Chongyin Zhiyan that Xu Xiaoshou had seen and now mastered.

"No, it's the Chongyin Xie Shen!"

Sang Lao glanced at it, his pupils shaking as he murmured in shock.

Because with the appearance of that large eye, the entire sky of the 18th Heaven began to crack.

Then, vaguely, an enormous, illusory, and ferocious face emerged.

That large eye was perfectly positioned at the center of the forehead, but it was so massive that it pushed the original facial features to the edges.

It was as if the eye was the main feature, with the other features merely accessories, relegated to the outer parts of the face.

"The Chongyin Xie Shen—is that the 'Xie Shen' after Shu Zu's evil transformation?"

Xu Xiaoshou suppressed his horror and quickly glanced at Sang Lao.

It couldn't be, right?

One of the Ten Ancestors, awakened?

Wasn't this more terrifying than that Wangze Shengdi or the Di Ying Sheng Zhu?

Sang Lao spoke rapidly, explaining through voice transmission:

"Shu Zu once refined an ancestral god incarnation called the Chongyin Incarnation, which had its own consciousness and was no different from the real person."

"After Him, the concept of external incarnations emerged, leading to subsequent half-saint incarnations, but none could exist independently."

"In fact, the storyteller in Nan Yu obtained the same Shu Zu true inheritance 'external incarnation' as you, though it was also incomplete."

I'm not Shu Zu's true inheritance.

I have nothing to do with Shu Zu at all.

If you say that, Tian Zu might misunderstand... Xu Xiaoshou stared at the face in the ninth heaven and couldn't help but want to distance himself.

Sang Lao had no idea what his disciple was thinking and continued on his own:

"And after Shu Zu's evil transformation, the first to be affected was His Chongyin Incarnation."

"It became a completely independent entity, entirely uncontrollable, left only with destruction, ruin, and plague."

"That's the original Xie Shen."

The original... Xu Xiaoshou inhaled sharply. "What about the second generation?"

Sang Lao stopped his rapid speech, licked his dry, chapped lips, and smacked them a couple of times:

"Gone. Fen Qin gathered all that information with great effort."

You're even more annoying than Dao Qiong Cang!

Xu Xiaoshou quickly turned to the flamboyant old Daoist beside him: "Friend, you must not know about the Chongyin Xie Shen, the original Xie Shen, or the second-generation Xie Shen, right?"

Dao Qiong Cang turned his head: "Hmm."

" I'm all ears..." Xu Xiaoshou was stunned, pointing at the strange face in the sky and roaring, "Don't keep us in suspense—people could die!"

Dao Qiong Cang gave a dry laugh, not daring to tease further—he really needed Xu Xiaoshou's fighting power right now:

"The original Xie Shen is what your master just described as the Chongyin Xie Shen, which you can think of as Shu Zu's 'half-saint incarnation'."

"The second-generation Xie Shen is the ultimate Xie Shen, referring to when even Shu Zu couldn't resist the 'corruption' and fell completely, dragging divine objects like the Blood Tree and Blood World Pearl down with it into a full Xie Shen form."

"You can think of it as the strongest form of the Xie Shen!"

After hearing this, Xu Xiaoshou's Adam's apple rolled with difficulty as he pointed to the sky: "So It's..."

"Actually, no, or not entirely." Dao Qiong Cang actually managed to keep smiling:

"It's just a face."

"For an ancestral god to fully revive, the power from a small God's Relic isn't enough."

"But being able to manifest an entire face means It's awakened part of its consciousness and can already detect the words I said earlier."

The words that revealed the heavenly secrets and drew the Xie Shen's gaze?

That was exactly what the flamboyant old Daoist had called... heavenly punishment?

"Since you know It can hear, why did you say it?" Bai Zhuo glared angrily—he still had many things to do and didn't want to die in this God's Relic.

"Wasn't it you all who asked me to say it?" Dao Qiong Cang glanced at everyone present with a smile.

What kind of time is this, and he's still joking around... Xu Xiaoshou was about to speak up.

But he saw that on the ninth heaven, after the Chongyin Xie Shen's face fully formed, the purple eye at its forehead suddenly contracted, unleashing a powerful suction.

Whoosh!

In an instant, all sound in the 18th Heaven of the God's Relic vanished.

Along with it, the spiritual energy and unclaimed holy power filling the heavens were all swallowed up.

The giant eye on the Chongyin Xie Shen's face opened wide again, and immediately, a beam of purple evil light, like a heavenly pillar, poured down toward them.

Boom!

A massive explosion erupted.

Where the evil light touched, space corroded and shattered, and the Dao principles dissolved into nothing.

In the blink of an eye, that demonic purple light expanded from the size of a millstone in the sky to covering the mid-air, threatening to engulf thousands of miles around.

If it fell completely, no one knew how vast its reach would be!

Brush against it and you'd be injured; touch it and you'd dissolve...

"Scatter!"

After observing, Sang Lao shouted and transformed into a wisp of white smoke, escaping into the ground—he didn't need to worry about Xu Xiaoshou, only about whether he'd become a burden to him.

Shui Gui and Cen Qiaofu followed suit, not daring to face it head-on, fleeing faster than the Twelve Saint Lords had when running for their lives.

For the first time, a tremendous ghostly aura exploded from Bai Zhuo's body. He twisted and transformed into a massive purple-eyed serpent covered in white scales, plunging into the spatial fragments.

"What kind of beast is that?"

The serpent flashed away so quickly it was like an afterimage.

Xu Xiaoshou barely managed to hold his ground, because out of the corner of his eye, Dao Qiong Cang hadn't moved an inch.

"The inheritance of Lin Bai Zhi Wu, huh..."

The flamboyant old Daoist was also observing Bai Zhuo, muttering to himself in a volume just loud enough for Xu Xiaoshou to hear:

"But why doesn't it show the abilities of the Wu Du Zhi Ti?"

Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom!

The evil light from the ninth heaven was upon them in an instant.

How could Dao Qiong Cang still stand there?

Xu Xiaoshou couldn't wait any longer: "Flamboyant old Daoist, It's coming for you—run!"

Clearly, it was Dao Qiong Cang who had revealed the heavenly secrets.

The Chongyin Xie Shen's face attack was locked onto him.

As long as the others ran and didn't resist, they could really survive.

After advising him, Xu Xiaoshou stepped into the sky and vanished without another word.

For such a wide-ranging attack that wasn't targeted at him, hiding at the edge and disappearing was the best way to stay alive.

Only after doing that did he have the leisure to observe the main battlefield—that is, to look at Dao Qiong Cang.

Dao Qiong Cang couldn't die!

At this point, they were all in the same boat.

Shen Yi had chased the Di Ying Sheng Zhu to the 33rd Heaven and might have encountered the Xie Shen, with his life or death unknown.

In the God's Relic, this was the only one of the Ten Sovereign Seats left on the surface. Whether they could break through under the Chongyin Xie Shen's revival depended on how Dao Qiong Cang performed.

After all, there were still unstable factors like Hua Yuan, Yue Gong Li, and Wangze Shengdi.

But to his surprise...

He had already advised him.

Yet Dao Qiong Cang stood there like a fool, waiting to be hit by the evil light.

"Run!!!"

Xu Xiaoshou dispelled his vanishing state and roared directly into that fool's mind, then immediately vanished again.

The evil light was right on them.

The ground beneath Dao Qiong Cang shattered first, and only as his body fell into the abyss did he manage to say:

"Xiaoshou, save me!"

Xu Xiaoshou was truly stunned for a moment, then cursed inwardly while still vanished:

Save you from what?

You're a Ten Sovereign Seat, you're stronger than me—can't you save yourself?

That evil light is clearly aimed at you, what does it have to do with me...

But Dao Qiong Cang offered no resistance; under the evil light, he just tightly hugged Xu Xiaoshou and shouted:

"Friend, save me—I've paid the friend fee!"

Xu Xiaoshou: ?

You don't trust yourself, but you trust a few coins for the friend fee?

The evil light fully exploded, and the ground instantly dissolved.

The corrosive gas, along with the surging Xie Shen power, instantly engulfed half of the 18th Heaven.

And right in the center of the Chongyin Xie Shen's attack, Dao Qiong Cang was completely gone, as if not even his bones remained.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...

Suddenly, the thick power collapsed toward a certain point in the center, as if being devoured by something.

"Is he dead?"

From afar, Shui Gui craned his neck in anticipation. "An ancestral god's strike, even if not fully awakened, is truly 'heavenly punishment.' Dao Qiong Cang this time..."

"What about Xu Xiaoshou?" Sang Lao scanned around and saw Cen Qiaofu and Bai Zhuo return, but not Xu Xiaoshou.

"Don't worry, he has the vanishing technique." Cen Qiaofu was certain Xu Xiaoshou was fine.

No sooner had he spoken than Bai Zhuo pointed to the center of the battlefield, stunned: "That, that..."

Everyone instantly turned to look, and after the mist of Xie Shen power on the battlefield thinned, it vaguely outlined the silhouette of a red-gold battle armor inside.

"Roar—"

With a dragon's roar, the Painting Dragon Halberd swept upward, its shaft planting into the space below.

With a rumble, spatial waves pushed outward, but the endless Xie Shen power continued collapsing toward the center.

In the end, the Xie Shen power was completely swallowed, revealing a towering giant in the battlefield.

It had nine tails on its back, wore red-gold armor, wielded the Painting Dragon Halberd, stood level with the heavens, and bellowed:

"You there, Xie Shen, how dare you harm my friend?"

Sang Lao and the others were all shocked.

Had Xu Xiaoshou moved to help Dao Qiong Cang block that strike?

No, how could he have blocked it?

"Burp..."

After the nine-tailed giant spoke, it let out a satisfied burp, and everyone realized.

What the Chongyin Xie Shen's face had unleashed was highly condensed Xie Shen power—it was energy!

And after Xu Xiaoshou's contract with the Greedy God, the power he mastered was devouring, which feared nothing more than "energy"!

"Burp, burp, burp..."

One burp after another.

This wave had completely filled Xu Xiaoshou.

After devouring such pure Xie Shen power, his qi sea raged violently, power surged through his body, and even his Dao-Cutting realm was nearly unsustainable, almost triggering the Nine Deaths Thunder Tribulation.

Even the Dragon Pearl, which had been greatly depleted from various battles, now had its upper layer completely filled with Xie Shen power, except for the untouched lower layer of Tian Zu power!

One attack had directly maxed out his energy reserves, almost to the point of overflowing!

The appearance of such a towering giant made even the Chongyin Xie Shen's face in the ninth heaven show a stunned expression.

From Its perspective, the giant's eye was as large as Its own.

The giant's height was level with Its position.

What kind of audacity was this?

I am Shu Zu!

How dare such an ant stand as high as the heavens?

"Insolent!"

But before the Chongyin Xie Shen's face could speak, the towering nine-tailed giant flung the Painting Dragon Halberd and roared again:

"You mere evil-transformed thing, targeting my friend Yu Mo is one thing, but how dare you even look at me?"

Yu... Mo...?

Everyone below was dumbfounded and turned to look at Shui Gui.

Even Shui Gui's expression froze for a moment. He removed the half-golden beast mask from his face and glanced at his reflection in a water mirror.

I am Yu Mo, that's right...

But if his friend is Yu Mo, then who am I, and where is Dao Qiong Cang?

"Uh..."

Dao Qiong Cang himself was currently held in the palm of Xu Xiaoshou's hand.

In that moment of crisis, the nine-tailed giant had descended like a god, blocking the ancestral god's strike for him.

Honestly, Dao Qiong Cang was a bit touched.

As someone who had targeted this enemy in the past, for him to extend a helping hand in danger instead of stabbing him like his sister...

It was rare!

Of course, he knew that in the God's Relic, Xu Xiaoshou couldn't leave him.

And he knew that even if Xu Xiaoshou realized it was intentional, he would still save him.

But when that moment came and he was protected by that towering form with absolute guardianship, even Dao Qiong Cang felt a strange emotion in his heart.

He had always been the one cleaning up messes and fighting as the "giant."

For the first time in decades, Dao Qiong Cang experienced the joy of being the "little one depending on another."

The only confusing part was...

"When did I become Yu Mo?"

"Yu... Mo..."

When these two words were gently uttered from the Chongyin Xie Shen's mouth...

Far from the battlefield, Shui Gui's face suddenly changed, looking more unpleasant than if he'd swallowed a fly.

Xu Xiaoshou, what's wrong with you?

If you want to save Dao Qiong Cang, just save him.

Why target me? What have I ever done to you excessively?

I only threw you off Ginyin Cliff once, let you soak in the deep sea for a bit, and on Xukong Island, turned into your son to beat you up...

But didn't I also give you the Shengdi Dragon Scale, offer guidance, and gift you the Crystal Palace?

You mad dog, biting people randomly!

But the bystanders' thoughts couldn't interfere with the battle.

After the Chongyin Xie Shen's face deeply memorized that face belonging to "Yu Mo," the massive pupil at its forehead pulsed again.

Whoosh!

In an instant, the world turned into a vacuum.

Everyone suddenly realized... It was launching a second attack.

"How dare you be insolent?"

But the most insolent nine-tailed giant, upon seeing this, activated its divine sensitivity in an instant, striking at the critical moment. The Painting Dragon Halberd thrust forward.

This strike was face-to-face, incredibly fast.

Even the Chongyin Xie Shen's face didn't react in time. How could someone who had just been howling under its attack suddenly gain such courage?

Resisting was one thing, but attacking back?

The ancestral god's pressure, even if not fully awakened, seemed nonexistent to this Yu Mo giant?

Boom!

The halberd pierced through, shaking the heavens.

The Chongyin Xie Shen's face twisted violently, struck hard by the Painting Dragon Halberd.

Immediately, a shrill and piercing scream echoed in everyone's minds:

"Hiss—"

The nine-tailed giant staggered, its footing unsteady.

Its body began to blacken from the head, and its spiritual body cracked like stone sculpture.

Yet at the same time, "spiritual awakening" triggered.

Xu Xiaoshou watched as the charge value for "Huan Mie One Finger" skyrocketed with each scream.

"Huan Mie One Finger (Charge: 8.92)."

"Huan Mie One Finger (Charge: 19.88)."

"Huan Mie One Finger (Charge: 32.42)."

A single screech increased the charge by 30... a gift from the Xie Shen?

Not entirely a gift.

In return, Xu Xiaoshou's spiritual body nearly shattered by a third, causing excruciating pain.

But as the Dragon Pearl operated and converted energy, the damage to his spiritual body began to heal rapidly.

"Worth it!"

Xu Xiaoshou calculated and found that this Chongyin Xie Shen's face wasn't as overwhelmingly powerful as he'd expected for an ancestral god.

As Dao Qiong Cang had said, its awakening was incomplete. Overall, it was at most on the level of a low or mid Shengdi.

The pressure from the Di Ying Sheng Zhu was even stronger than this, except that this thing's attack power was exceptionally high...

"But its defense is fragile, and its speed is slow!"

Xu Xiaoshou raised the Painting Dragon Halberd, channeled the power in the Dragon Pearl, and activated divine sensitivity again.

One halberd strike after another hammered into that large eye.

Boom! Boom! Boom...

The Chongyin Xie Shen's face, which had come from the heavenly realm thinking it was invincible and wanted to punish the revealer of secrets, now had no way to fight back.

With each strike of the nine-tailed giant's halberd, its massive face twisted wildly, letting out cry after cry of pain:

"Hiss! Hiss! Hiss—"

Each scream caused dizziness in those who heard it.

Yet Xu Xiaoshou's Huan Mie One Finger charge quickly climbed to "165."

Crack, crack—

At that moment, the sky cracked open again, and countless black vines emerged from it.

On them, Shengshen power, Tian Zu power, and Xie Shen power balanced in a harmonious way, stabbing toward the nine-tailed giant.

"The Di Ying Sheng Zhu!"

Dao Qiong Cang's eyes shook as he shouted: "Xu Xiaoshou, the Chongyin Xie Shen came from the 33rd Heaven of the divine realm—the Di Ying Sheng Zhu is coming down to help!"

Not even one of them could come down!

The nine-tailed giant pulled the great halberd from the demonic eye and roared to the sky:

"Get lost!!!"

This roar exploded with a wave that swallowed the heavens and extinguished the sun, distorting the large eye and flinging the branches from the heavenly realm backward.

Facing that massive Chongyin eye, the nine-tailed giant set down the Painting Dragon Halberd and extended a single finger.

At this moment, Dao Qiong Cang, who had landed on the giant's shoulder, shuddered involuntarily.

He recognized this finger!

After that one time, his life motto included "never get pointed at."

But he never imagined that an attack Xu Xiaoshou could only release once on Xukong Island could now be fired again right after?

"Huan Mie One Finger (Charge: 165)."

A flash of ethereal light!

As the finger of annihilation activated, the Chongyin Xie Shen's eye trembled violently. Amid a blaze of You Qing and absolute blackness, it faintly heard the giant's mocking voice:

"You mere Xie Shen, how dare you offend me?"

"This palace does not change its name in action or surname in repose... I, Dao Qiong Cang, welcome your curses and revenge at any time!"