Cultivating for a hundred lifetimes to ascension Chapter 1322 - 714: The Emergence of the Five Elements Thunder Ring

Once the black radiance invaded the Soul Sea, it manifested as a swarm of wailing, despairing ghostly phantoms that lunged toward the Primordial Spirit.

At that desperate juncture!

A silver ring ascended abruptly from the Soul Sea, its surface shimmering with a faint, five-colored thunder light.

As the five-colored thunder light swept outward, the myriad ghost shadows were instantly reduced to nothingness!

On the outside, Zhao Sheng’s crumbling flesh underwent a violent metamorphosis. His frame expanded rapidly as thick yellow fur erupted over his skin. His forehead pulsed outward, his jaw narrowed, and his eyes began to shine with the brilliance of the sun and moon, while two jagged white fangs jutted from his maw.

Within a heartbeat, he had incredibly transformed into a yellow giant ape standing over thirty zhang tall.

A primal ferocity surged forth, accompanied by a staggering, ominous pressure radiating from his new form.

The moment Zhao Sheng assumed the shape of the Sun and Moon Divine Ape, his Divine Ape bloodline surged to the forefront, causing his Human Clan bloodline to recede into hiding.

With the true form of the Divine Ape manifested, the potency of the Chi God’s Death Curse plummeted immediately. Its lethality was slashed by ninety percent, leaving it unable to threaten Zhao Sheng any longer.

Simultaneously, Zhao Sheng’s physical body mended at an unbelievable pace, returning to its peak state in the blink of an eye.

This sudden reversal left the Red God Spirit Venerable nearly catatonic with shock.

"This... this... it's impossible!" the Red God Spirit Venerable roared, his voice trembling with a mixture of fury and disbelief.

The massive ape that Zhao Sheng had become suddenly flashed its teeth in a mocking grin, a look filled with pure arrogance and scorn.

He violently beat his chest with both fists, feeling the titanic power coursing through his veins, and let out a roar that seemed to shatter the heavens.

"Heh heh, whether you are human or demon, it matters not! This venerable one shall surely slay you today and claim this husk as an incarnation! Prepare for your end!" the Red God Spirit Venerable snarled, hurling his massive frame forward.

His right claw tightened into a fist the size of a water vat, crashing toward the Sun and Moon Divine Ape while wreathed in a vast explosion of blood-red light.

One must not forget!

The Ghost Chi Clan is famed for their terrifying physical strength, and the Great Chi Jian of every era possessed a body that bordered on the Vajra Unbreakable Body.

During his life, the Red God Spirit Venerable stood as the mightiest among the Ghost Chi Clan's Great Chi Jian across all generations; he had attained the late stage of Returning to Void before his passing. Had he not, the Chi God Banner would never have been his to wield.

Zhao Sheng gave a disdainful snort and met the attack with a punch of his own, a massive burst of golden thunder light erupting from his house-sized fist.

Two fists of vastly different proportions collided!

A deafening sound, like mountains collapsing and the earth splitting, echoed through the World of Despair. The Blood Sea below churned violently, sending up massive waves that dissolved countless ghostly entities and Yin souls into oblivion.

The Red God Spirit Venerable’s frame shuddered as he was unexpectedly blown back. His right arm disintegrated inch by inch, flesh flying apart into dark mist to reveal the jade-colored bone beneath.

The surface of that bone instantly spiderwebbed with deep fractures!

Crack!

The Red God Spirit Venerable was hammered into the Blood Sea, triggering skyscraper-high waves of gore.

The Sun and Moon Divine Ape merely wobbled slightly before steadying himself, casting his gaze downward.

After a period of turbulent churning, the surface of the sea grew still.

But a moment later, a thunderous "boom" shook the very foundations of heaven and earth!

The Blood Sea below erupted as the Red God Spirit Venerable flew out, drenched in blood. His shattered arm had already been repaired, and his eyes burned with a murderous crimson light, indicating he had been driven into a total frenzy.

He gripped the long shaft of the Divine Banner with one hand as the fabric rolled tight, transforming into a blood-red spear over thirty zhang in length. With a ferocious swing of his arm, he hurled it at the Sun and Moon Divine Ape above.

The instant it left his hand, the blood-colored spear tore through space-time, burying itself directly in the ape's chest and releasing a spray of blood.

Zhao Sheng felt a sharp pang of pain but did not flinch. Instead of retreating, he pressed forward, his silhouette flickering. In a flash, he appeared before the Red God Spirit Venerable, his massive, fur-covered paw slamming down toward the enemy's forehead like a divine technique descending from the heavens, carrying an incomprehensible weight.

"Bang!"

The Red God Spirit Venerable’s entire head was driven down into his chest cavity, leaving him looking like a headless titan.

Zhao Sheng showed no mercy, his golden fists blurring like wheels of wind and fire as he unleashed a relentless barrage of strikes.

Bang bang bang—a sequence of thunderous impacts followed!

The Red God Spirit Venerable’s colossal body was smashed to pieces. Flesh and blood were obliterated, and his jade-like bones were shattered, most being ground into fine powder.

His skull, in particular, was completely pulverized beyond any hope of restoration.

Seeing this, Zhao Sheng let out a low, expressionless growl and prepared to finish the being off for good when a sudden shift occurred!

The world before him began to rapidly implode, centered on his very location. The surrounding void twisted violently, creating a space-time distortion of unimaginable force!

The heavens fell!

The sea sank!

This entire realm was spiraling toward total annihilation, and "Zhao Sheng" found himself temporarily unable to flee.

The total collapse of a "world" comparable to a Grotto Heaven produced a destructive force so horrific that even a typical Unification Realm Great Power might perish within, let alone a mere Half-Immortal of the Void!

This was the Red God Spirit Venerable’s final trump card!

Even though the destruction of the World of Despair meant every ghostly creature within would be turned to ash.

The Red God Banner would also be severely damaged, requiring millennia of refinement to manifest a new World of Despair.

Nevertheless, the Red God Spirit Venerable felt the price was worth it to eliminate such a troublesome enemy, even if he lamented the loss of such a peerless physical body.

The sky turned pitch black, the clouds glowing with a sickly red hue, while the ground below was choked with smoke and ruins. A freezing gale whistled through the air, unable to clear the thick, metallic scent of blood.

Suddenly, a crystalline Blood Banner tumbled from the void. A massive surge of crimson light erupted, and a distorted, hideous humanoid figure emerged from the banner's surface, his face a mask of both terror and triumph.

"Hehe! No matter how profound your Divine Skills, you still perished by my hand. This grudge of extermination is largely settled. Yet that man's appearance was bizarre; I must investigate his origins. If he has a powerful Sect behind him... Hmm, I should find a place to hide!"

Just as the Red God Spirit Venerable was reflecting with lingering dread, a giant figure suddenly manifested in the nearby void.

Upon looking closer, his expression twisted in horror. Standing before him was none other than a wounded, yellow-furred giant ape—who else could it be but Zhao Sheng!

Zhao Sheng regained his footing, his body wreathed in surging blood light. Countless buds of flesh sprouted from his numerous wounds, wriggling and knitting together at a speed the eye could easily follow.

Seeing him still alive, the Red God Spirit Venerable looked as though he had seen a ghost. Overwhelmed by terror, he immediately retreated back into the Blood Banner.

Instantly, the Chi God Banner churned the void and dived into the Dark Sky, vanishing without a trace.

This Fake Primordial Yang Spiritual Treasure had actually fled in silence, a truly shocking sight.

Zhao Sheng, still in the form of the Sun and Moon Divine Ape, watched this with a darkening expression.

The Sun and Moon Divine Ape was famed for its raw power but was relatively slow and unsuited for a chase.

With a quick thought, he canceled the Divine Ape Transformation and shifted back into the Thunder Giant.

A moment later, the Thunder Giant punched a hole through the space-time barrier and vanished into the Darkness.

Upon entering the Darkness, Zhao Sheng’s body was instantly enveloped in a shield of pure white light—a fusion of mana and his will field—protecting him from the external space-time gales.

At this point, the Red God Banner was nowhere to be seen, making it nearly impossible to track its flight path.

Zhao Sheng, however, remained calm. He suddenly turned his head toward a specific coordinate, a slight smile playing on his lips before his form vanished into thin air.

In the next heartbeat, he reappeared a million miles away. A streak of blood-red light was racing toward him from a distance of only a thousand miles.

Within the Dark Sky, a thousand miles was but a trivial distance.

In an instant, the red light closed to within a few dozen miles before screeching to a halt, revealing the crystalline Blood Banner once more.

"You... you... are pushing me too far! I will fight you to the bitter end!"

The Red God Spirit Venerable stuck his head out from the banner, screaming in rage at Zhao Sheng.

As the words left his mouth, hundreds of hideous blood shadows poured from the banner’s surface, swarming toward Zhao Sheng with murderous intent.

At a glance, every single blood shadow looked exactly like the "Red God Spirit Venerable," making it impossible to tell the real body from the fakes.

Zhao Sheng remained stoic, surrounded by violent Thunder Light, as a brilliant spiritual radiance shot upward from his fontanel.

In the following moment, an incomprehensible roar shook the dark void, and a silver-white ring rose slowly from the light. It emitted staggering Thunder Law Fluctuations that instantly vaporized the entire army of blood shadows.