Translator: Sparrow Translations Editor: Sparrow Translations
Zhu Yi turned into the appearance of the Literary Taiji Diagram and revealed his Immortal Soul Avatar. His aura became more mighty, majestic and mystical.
On the Taiji Diagram, Yi Daoist talismans kept on flashing. Zhu Hongwu couldn’t keep any more secrets in front of Zhu Yi anymore.
“The way of karma explains the reasoning behind all matter, while the Great Heavenly Mantra carries the will of countless Dao concepts. As they combine and infuse within the Spellbook of Emperor Tai, they decide the destiny of all life in the Heavens and Earth.” Zhu Yi understood Zhu Hongwu’s Martial Way concept very soon, as well as the path he took to form his Immortal Soul Third Level.
Zhu Yi’s voice resonated from the Literary Taiji Diagram at this point, “Your idea is decent. But it’s a pity that the Heaven’s Gate mantras are all connected to the Great Dao in the Heavens. They have no intention of bowing down to divine beings and Buddhas and have absolutely no intention of letting others determine their destiny.”
“It’s the same with Buddhism – the will lies in the cultivator. If one understands Buddhism, he can become a Buddha too. That’s why the Buddha didn’t leave his golden form for others to worship.”
“Emperor Tai’s mantras are indeed domineering and has the desire to control everything. You hope to use Emperor Tai’s mantra to combine both Buddhism and Heaven’s Gate mantras together, so that they can be infused within your fist. It’s a good idea, but it’s a pity that the Spellbook of Emperor Tai is not above the Great Heavenly Mantra and Great Thunderclap Temple’s Buddhist spells.”
Zhu Yi said casually, “Your attempt might be successful, but it doesn’t signify a perfect fusion of the three mantras.”
“Father, I thought you wanted to educate me? But it’s a pity that you’re not that knowledgeable yourself. You didn’t figure out the reasoning behind properly. Allow me to teach you instead.”
As the Taiji Literary Diagram revolved, the four spiritual animals combined together and turned into a huge, circular ring. This ring trapped Zhu Hongwu and a huge power of suppression was exerted. It was much more powerful than the Celestial Qilin Mantra earlier.
What was even more terrifying was that there were many light projections around the circular ring.
A golden Buddha sat in the northern direction, while a half-black and half-white, blurry human figure sat in the southern direction. In the east, there was a watchful, mighty and domineering royal ruler. Last but not least, there was a priest who donned a spell robe sitting in the western direction.
The four light projections sank into the ring. As the ring expanded, it seemed to explain the principle and rhythm of the workings of everything in the Heavens and Earth. It was extremely magical and a boundless power could be felt.
It was the Four Appearances Sky Formation turned from the fusion of the powers of the four spiritual animals. The Four Appearances Sky Formation was much stronger now than it was in the past.
The ring trapped Zhu Hongwu in the middle before it kept on shrinking. It blocked out the surrounding space and sealed Zhu Hongwu within.
Zhu Hongwu’s brows raised and his brutal fist momentum didn’t stop. He shook the entire ring and was about to crush it.
But at this point, streaks and streaks of bright, light rays and black lines burst out from Zhu Yi’s Literary Taiji Diagram. They landed on the top and bottom of the ring, before they started to weave.
Zhu Yi’s Four Appearances Sky Formation combined with his Great Boundaries of the Celestial Light and Darkness Mandala at this point and formed an extremely strong boundary that sealed Zhu Hongwu in.
The spectators were all extremely appalled as they witnessed this horrifying scene.
The Luofu Holy Man’s brows creased slightly, “The Great Zhou Marquis of Xuanwu Zhu Hongwu has only formed the Immortal Soul Third Level, but his powers are indeed frightening. Not to even mention some Cardinal Tribulations Beginning Stage cultivators, some of the demons who have experienced the tribulations only a few times may not even be his match with their true form.
“Zhu Yi’s powers are indeed outrageous. Even without the Higan Golden Bridge, he can still seal Zhu Hongwu with his Immortal Soul First Level mastery!”
The Vast Sea Swordmaster’s expression turned extremely serious, “I heard that his junior, the Extreme Dao Eminent Wang Lin, managed to slay the Zhujian Grand Sage even without a destiny-level magic treasure with him. It seems like the Four Heroes of the Celestial Sect truly live up to their name.”
Shi Zongtang’s gaze moved a little, “Zhu Hongwu doesn’t seem to have given his all yet. Victory is still unknown.”
As he was thinking, the spiritual altar that sealed Zhu Hongwu started to jerk tremendously. It seemed like it could be crushed anytime.
Zhu Hongwu’s gaze was extremely cold as he stood within the spiritual altar. He struck his fist heavily on the spiritual altar that sealed him in.
The spiritual altar started to appear with cracks and Zhu Hongwu stared at Zhu Yi coldly, “A moment of imprudence left me in your trap, but don’t think that you can seal me with this little trick of yours. It would be the biggest joke in the world!”
The Literary Taiji Diagram spun in void space at this moment and turned back to Zhu Yi’s look again. Zhu Yi moved in space and came above the spiritual altar. He directly sat cross-legged on top of the spiritual altar.
In his eyes, Yi Daoist talismans continued to revolve slowly. Zhu Yi said slowly, “You’ve a scheme and conserved your powers. It seems like you want to drag this out with me. Are you preparing to do something? It’s a pity that I saw through your ploy.”
“I can’t seal you if you unleash your full powers. But it’s a pity that you don’t have such a chance anymore. Whatever you’re preparing, I’m afraid you’ve lost the opportunity to do so too.”
As Zhu Yi spoke, he used his finger to act as a brush. He extended his hand and wrote in void space. Literary words formed by the intersection of light and darkness created an essay. It was the Essay of the Sages that he wrote during the imperial examination many years ago.
Zhu Yi wrote chapter by chapter, which landed on the spiritual altar that sealed Zhu Hongwu. They formed another layer of seal, and rings connected with one another. This prevented Zhu Hongwu from escaping.
Zhu Hongwu shouted in a deep voice, “How dare you, unfilial son!”
His eyes shone with a fierce radiance as he struck his fist. His pores shook with a miraculous rhythm.
Following this rhythm, the air flashed with radiances and formed many literary words.
These words were extremely weird, as they were different from any other words that could be found in the world. Such words had never appeared in the history of humans before.
Even the demons communicated using runes that had vastly different words from these words in front of Zhu Hongwu.
However, these words carried a spectacular aura. Zhu Yi noticed the changes in the spiritual altar. He lowered his head to look at these words and the Yi Daoist talismans in his eyes brightened up, “Father, your education wasn’t also for nothing. You’ve actually managed to create new words.”
“These words are indeed very imposing. Are you trying to create a new language for all the divine beings and Buddhas in the world?”
Zhu Yi’s finger didn’t stop and he continued to write his Essay of the Sages. “Creating new words is a noble thing, but it’s a pity that your foundation is weak. You haven’t even comprehended the existing knowledge that you have. Don’t even think of doing something like this. You’re just wasting your efforts.”
Zhu Hongwu said quietly, “Unfilial son, don’t try to demean me. When my creation is completed, I will break your seal and kill you.”
These brand-new, weird words gathered together and formed an essay. This essay burst towards the spiritual altar that sealed Zhu Hongwu.
The immense power contained within seemed to enchant the rulers of the Heavens and Earth. It opened up new worlds and ruled over countless divine beings and Buddhas. There was an eternal nobility to it.
This immense power resonated with Zhu Hongwu’s fist and formed an even greater force. The sealed spiritual altar was attacked very heavily and was about to be crushed.
“Unfilial son, I can see that your powers are slowly depleting even though you’ve sealed me. They are depleting even faster than mine. When I break through this seal, you can only surrender to me considering that your powers are already naturally weaker than mine.” Zhu Hongwu stared at Zhu Yi. The both of them looked at each other through the spiritual altar, “I shall cleanse the family today!”
Zhu Yi stared at Zhu Hongwu too. He appeared confident and didn’t appear to be anxious at all, “I’ve told you before that I’m fully aware of what you’re doing. You’re trying to stall for time. Why do you think I’m stalling for time along with you?”
Zhu Hongwu’s brows raised suddenly, whereas Shi Zongtang and the others around were also jolted to their senses by Zhu Yi’s words.
Although they hadn’t sparred Zhu Yi personally before, they roughly knew the style of Lin Feng’s disciples by now.
Everyone knew that Zhu Yi was always very meticulous and sharp. If the situation allowed, he always finished his opponent quickly and cleanly.
Although Zhu Hongwu didn’t use the Great Heavenly Wheels today, Zhu Yi continued to prolong the battle with Zhu Hongwu. He didn’t take the initiative and use his Higan Golden Bridge.
While Zhu Hongwu revealed his capability slowly, Zhu Yi also tackled him move by move. This was a little deviant from Zhu Yi’s usual style.
At the beginning, everyone believed that his decision was affected because Zhu Hongwu was his father. But now it seemed like that wasn’t the case at all.
The first person to realize this was Zhu Hongwu. But he was glad to stall for more time. He waited for Liang Pan’s arrangements to be completed. But now it seemed like Zhu Yi was about to succeed first.
Zhu Hongwu was cautious of Zhu Yi after realizing he was stalling for time too. This caused him to turn imprudent and resulted in his entrapment by Zhu Yi.
Zhu Hongwu was bothered that he had slowly captured what Zhu Yi was thinking.
“You unfilial son, you…” Zhu Hongwu stared at Zhu Yi. A light spot flew out from Zhu Yi’s forehead and rose to the Nine Heavens. A huge crack tore apart in the Heavens and the nine luminaries shone extremely brightly!
Everyone was stunned, “That’s the Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation?!”
The Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation was not at its peak state even though it had been restored. But it guided the immense powers of the luminaries, which helped to stabilize the seal as it supplemented the spiritual altar under Zhu Yi’s control.
Whereas Zhu Yi completed his Essay of the Sages. The last paragraph of the essay only had one word.
Yi.
After writing this last word, Zhu Yi’s brush didn’t stop. He immediately wrote a second essay.
The first word of the second essay was ‘Yi’!
Zhu Yi’s surrounding aura transformed as he started writing the second essay. It started to undulate frighteningly.
The first thing that Zhu Hongwu realized was, “You overcame your psychological barrier through battling me, and you’re about to form the Immortal Soul Second Level now?!”
Zhu Yi replied, “You’re right. My barrier is not about defeating you. That’s what I must do. It’s not a barrier.”
“When I fought with you, my barrier was already broken. Stalling for time managed to adjust my understanding of mantras. Now that it’s all done, I’m able to seal you.”
“But you don’t have to be anxious. When I finish here, we can have a good talk.”
Everyone was stunned, “He’s playing with fire here. He’s using Zhu Hongwu, who’s stronger than him, to hone his powers!”
Zhu Hongwu’s expression changed slightly inside the spiritual altar. As he roared, the Great Heavenly Wheels appeared!
But at the same time, a majestic golden bridge also appeared. This golden bridge continued to suppress and seal Zhu Hongwu!
