Chen Shi suddenly thought, "Are these sea monsters being influenced sea creatures? Their desperate urge to reach land is perhaps to escape the twisted Great Dao?"
At this moment, Yang Bi whispered, "There's something up ahead."
Chen Shi focused intently, gazing forward, as if some colossal entity stood on the surface of the Sea of Darkness, towering and sinister, exuding an invisible pressure on them.
Chen Shi's mind stirred slightly, the Heavenly Net Blood Transformation Divine Sword fell into his hand, and behind his head, the Blood Sea Hell began to form as he proceeded forward.
Yang Bi trailed a step behind, keeping a close watch on that colossal figure in the darkness, secretly on guard.
After a moment, Chen Shi breathed a sigh of relief, setting down the Blood Transformation Divine Saber, and laughed, "Turns out it's a mountain."
Yang Bi also exhaled in relief and said with a laugh, "It scared me."
Not only was there this mountain in the sea, but there was also a stretch of coastline.
The two of them paused slightly, landing on the beach, and then sunlight fell from the sky onto them. They looked up to see two suns hanging in the sky, each taken aback.
"This place is part of the West Bull New Continent, so the gaze of the Outer Heaven True God can reach here!"
They climbed over this mountain, and an expansive, desolate world appeared before them, with fragments of land either falling into the sea or floating in the sky, chaotic and disordered, some of which still possessed impressively grand architecture.
Some buildings were occupied by gigantic ocean demons, one massive, wet, slippery body coiling around a building nearby while the demon basked in the sun, fast asleep.
In the distance, behind a window lattice of a pavilion, a room-sized eye suddenly opened, quietly observing Chen Shi and Yang Bi.
The two walked in mid-air, observing their surroundings.
This was a remnant of prehistory, unlike normal human dwellings, as the buildings were too large, resplendent in gold and jade, and between many pavilions, traces of immortal energy and rosy clouds remained.
Chen Shi flew forward, arriving beside a wisp of rosy cloud, which emitted a faint immortal energy, very pure.
"This doesn't seem like a small world sealed by the Great Shang Immortal."
Yang Bi came up behind him, hearing Chen Shi say, "In the Great Shang Era, the immortals sealed themselves in broken small worlds to avoid evil transformation. Many Great Shang Immortals sealed themselves, but their small worlds were far less prosperous than this place."
Yang Bi carefully sensed the immortal energy emanating from the rosy clouds, his heart stirred, and said, "I once heard the Thirteen Ancestors mention the True King Era, saying that many Great Shang Immortals were discovered in that era, but once unearthed, they quickly transformed into disasters."
Chen Shi nodded gently, "I also learned of this matter. Probably because they shattered the world and broke the Harmonization state to prevent evil transformation. But once unearthed, they couldn't help but Harmonize with the external world, thus turning evil and evolving into disasters. But this place is definitely not a broken small world."
He surveyed the surroundings and said solemnly, "This wisp of rosy cloud is the light formed by the Great Dao Rules. It's left by an Immortal Family's Divine Skills or Immortal Artifact. I've seen similar light."
The True Martial Evil Extermination Sword, which slayed the Innocent Taoist, emitted a similar rosy glow.
Anyone who touched the rosy glow would have half their flesh and blood dissolved, dying a wrongful death.
An immortal battle once took place here!
The two continued forward, the buildings around them grand and imposing, despite being broken, the patterns on the buildings remained breathtakingly beautiful.
Suddenly, Chen Shi stopped in front of a mostly collapsed Heaven Gate, scrutinizing it, only to see the relief on the pillars of the Heaven Gate depicting the story of a Goddess consuming the Mysterious Bird's egg and conceiving the ancestor of Great Shang. He examined other reliefs, often depicting generation after generation of King Shang's arduous efforts, serving the ancestors and gradually growing strong.
Another relief depicted King Shang's campaign against the Heavenly Emperor, establishing himself as Emperor.
His heart stirred slightly, "Could this be the Da Shang Heavenly Court!"
Then he saw another relief, which depicted the story of the defeat and exile of the Da Shang Heavenly Court.
"Let's move faster, or we won't catch Zhong Wuwang!" Yang Bi's voice came from ahead.
Chen Shi glanced at the relief a few more times, quickly catching up to Yang Bi, his mind filled with the images from the reliefs.
In the defeat of the Da Shang Heavenly Court, there were three Daoists, with dazzling halos behind their heads.
"Could they be The Three Pure Ones?" he mused silently.
According to Great Shang legends, The Three Pure Ones emerged at that time, supporting Hao Tian as the Heavenly Emperor, usurping the Da Shang's Heavenly Emperor position.
They discovered more broken architecture and many shattered Immortal Artifacts, still exuding astonishing power. Additionally, they found an Immortal Tree on a piece of broken land, its fruits ripe, with several red, aromatic fruits hanging from its branches.
Two gigantic ocean demons were battling fiercely beside the Immortal Tree, causing heaven and earth to shatter, presumably fighting over these fruits.
Yang Bi said, "The Great Dao Rules here are twisted, I fear the fruits on this Immortal Tree aren't good. Who knows what problems may arise after consuming them."
Chen Shi looked below, seeing a mountain of beast bones, likely left by sea monsters that ate the fruits and turned into dry bones.
"The twisting of Heaven and Earth Great Dao has turned Immortal Fruits into deadly poison, what happened in Xuanhuang Sea?" he murmured with a frown.
They made another discovery; a giant Divine Bone lay in the ruins of a building, face down, with a massive hole pierced through the chest.
Yang Bi said, "This Divine Bone is probably the Ancestor God of Great Shang, who died here and turned into a dry bone. The markings on his bones are definitely not the Heavenly Immortal Finger's Witch Sacrificial Dao Patterns!"
He continued forward.
"Wait!" Chen Shi called out.
Yang Bi stopped.
Chen Shi examined the Shang Ancestor God bone's wound carefully, noticing many Witch Sacrificial Dao Patterns appearing on the fractured bones. He mused that during the fight, this Shang Ancestor mobilized the Witch Sacrificial Dao Patterns to defend against enemy attacks, but was pierced by the enemy, losing all vitality.
Chen Shi touched the fractured bone, seeing many of the Witch Sacrificial Dao Patterns in a shattered state, startling him.
The Witch Sacrificial Dao Pattern contained the highest wisdom of the Da Shang Era, embodying the Great Dao's texture and holding mysterious truths.
Breaking the Witch Sacrificial Dao Pattern indicated that the assailant could shatter the Great Dao formed by the merchants' amassed wisdom!
He quickly caught up with Yang Bi, and was stunned to find Yang Bi standing in a daze at the front. Chen Shi joined him, gazing ahead, and was also left speechless.
A vast, majestic Heavenly Court hung chaotically in the sky, with the sunlight from the Outer Heaven True God's eyes illuminating the shattered lands, pavilions, and courts, all in ruins, with the scattered corpses of Da Shang Ancestor Gods amid the wreckage of the Heavenly Court.
Yang Bi muttered, "What exactly happened in that era?"
Chen Shi steadied himself, saying, "My wife said that when the sun and the moon were covered with flesh and blood, the world suddenly turned evil. I presume that in that era, a powerful and malevolent force invaded here, leading to the fall of Da Shang Heavenly Court."
Piecing together the information he had, he deduced, "The Ancestor God didn't need to Harmonize, so they were the least affected, while the Great Shang Immortals were the most affected. Hence, the Ancestor God went to find the source of evil transformation and engaged in a decisive battle with the source."
He paused, "Evidently, they lost."
Yang Bi nodded silently, feeling a sense of sorrow, and said, "Such a powerful Heavenly Court still lost, Chen Zhenwang, do we stand a chance?"
Chen Shi laughed, "Yang Bi, once I become Immortal, I will show you hope! When Heaven and Earth come to Harmonize with my Dao, this world will change!"
Yang Bi seemed infected by his spirit, feeling excitement surging, but then he remembered Chen Shi's mischievous nature, unbefitting of a righteous man, causing him to hesitate.
They continued to track Zhong Wuwang's Heavenly Luck Treasure Chariot, delving deeper into the Da Shang Heavenly Court. The two sensed that the Heavenly Luck Treasure Chariot was nearby, and immediately slowed their pace.
Here, the Heavenly Court was more thoroughly shattered, with fragments everywhere and hardly any complete Heavenly Court structures.
"Haha, there's still more!"
Zhong Wuwang's voice echoed, filled with joy.
Chen Shi and Yang Bi exchanged glances.
Zhong Wuwang, clutching a piece of dry bone, suddenly became aware and shouted, "Who's hiding there?"
Without hesitation, he activated Mysterious Skill, instantly raising his aura to the peak, only to see two masked individuals approaching him front and back, immediately using the Heavenly Immortal Finger, sneering, "Chen Shi, you actually followed me!"
As soon as he used the Heavenly Immortal Finger, the masked person facing him also deployed the Heavenly Immortal Finger. In an instant, the finger strengths collided, and the rear individual darted out, also using the Heavenly Immortal Finger, striking at his bone-holding wrist!
Zhong Wuwang's mind went blank, his hand lost strength, and the second masked individual snatched the dry bone away.
"Got it! Let's go!" the second masked person shouted.
The two masked individuals immediately leaped back.
Zhong Wuwang was furious, summoning the Innate Dao Embryo, shouting, "Chen Shi! Yang Bi! Since you're here, why hide?"
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