Chapter 1 Yuanyang Pays a Visit!

The sound seemed to resonate from the depths of their hearts, as they beheld the carriage descending from the distant heavens and the footsteps echoing like thunderous drums.

For a moment, the vast Da Shi Holy Land fell silent.

A man's reputation is like the shadow of a tree.

Daoist Yuanyang had risen to prominence in just over thirty years, yet he was already the undisputed number one expert in the Eastern Continent.

And he was different from what he was thirty years ago.

Thirty years ago, he had overwhelmed the leaders of various sects, establishing an invincible presence that shocked and terrified countless cultivators, but the Holy Lands could still sit tight.

But thirty years later, he first suppressed Ao Guang, the Dragon Lord of the Eastern Sea, and then single-handedly suppressed the six Sect Leaders, including the Sect Leader of Tai Yi Sect, who wielded King-Sealing Spiritual Treasures.

His cultivation and strength had truly and completely surpassed everyone in the Eastern Continent!

Not to mention the rumors that the 'Myriad Laws Dragon Tower' had recognized him as its master.

Even if he came alone, for the many elders and disciples of the Da Shi Holy Land, it was no less than another Holy Land invading with its entire force!

Therefore, as An Qisheng's calm voice faded away, what followed was a long silence.

Throughout the Da Shi Holy Mountain, tens of thousands of Da Shi Holy Land disciples couldn't help but tremble in their hearts.

Shock and horror filled them.

Since joining the Da Shi Holy Land, none of them had ever imagined that anyone would dare to come knocking on their door alone!

"Daoist Yuanyang..."

The Da Shi Holy Lord's eyes narrowed slightly, with a hint of surprise.

He was astonished at the audacity of this Daoist Yuanyang.

How long had the Da Shi Holy Land been established in the Eastern Continent? More than a million years!

Yet no one had ever come uninvited, and Daoist Yuanyang made no attempt to conceal his presence. His carriage descended from the sky, and an invisible and terrifying aura had already enveloped everything like a curtain.

Clearly, the visitor was not friendly!

"Daoist Yuanyang, you've finally come..."

Fang Yingqiu took a deep breath.

The signs of the great changes in the world had been present for a long time. The first to notice and most clearly perceive them in the Eastern Continent was the Underworld Moon Holy Lord, but he was not the only one.

Many years ago, the Holy Lands, sensing the changes, had made various plans. Targeting the Heavenly Cauldron Emperor and widely opening their gates to gather geniuses were all measures to cope with the changes.

And he had embarked on a long journey through the Nine Provinces and Four Seas.

Guided by heavenly secrets and traversing through domain gates, although he could not travel throughout the Nine Provinces and Four Seas, it was enough for him to see all the people and things he wanted to see.

This included Daoist Yuanyang.

He had seen countless people in the endless deserts of the Nine Provinces and Four Seas: humans, demons, dragons, phoenixes, the Holy Lands, and the heirs of hidden sects.

But those who could compare with Daoist Yuanyang...

"This, this, this Daoist Yuanyang actually came to our door?"

Compared to the disciples of Da Shi, Ao Wushou and Datuoluo changed color even faster!

Especially the latter.

He stubbornly refused to go into seclusion to heal his injuries. In the past thirty years, he had purchased all the information about this Daoist Yuanyang from intelligence agencies such as the 'Heavenly Secrets Pavilion'.

He knew deeply that this was an existence who would be nearly invincible even if he went to Dragon Province.

"He is bullying the dragons too much!"

Ao Wushou raised his head, his nostrils spewing out air with a strong sulfurous smell, his heart filled with shock and anger.

He never expected that Daoist Yuanyang would be the first to come to their door!

"Calm down!"

Datuoluo's eyelids twitched wildly. He stepped forward and held Ao Wushou's arm tightly: "Be calm! Have you forgotten where this is?"

Ao Wushou was stunned, and then he remembered that he was currently in the Da Shi Holy Land.

With the Da Shi Golden Bell suppressing the area, even King-Sealing experts could not touch the Da Shi Holy Land, and might even fall.

Although Daoist Yuanyang was strong, there were no King-Sealing phenomena in this world. No matter how strong he was, he could not resist the 'Da Shi Golden Bell'.

It should be known that Supreme Treasures only initially revive when used to kill enemies, but if someone were to touch the foundation of the Holy Land, they would fully revive!

A fully revived Supreme Treasure is comparable to the full-strength strike of a Supreme in his prime!

"The visitor is not friendly!"

Lin Fengmo's sense of crisis was amplified. The brief silence felt extremely long to him.

This was the first time he had seen such a mountain visit.

Bang!

He took a step into the air, and his tyrannical blood energy shattered a large expanse of space. With just one step, he stood before the floating heavenly palace and said loudly:

"Since you have come to pay a visit, do you have a calling card?!"

Compared to An Qisheng's neither high nor low voice, Lin Fengmo's long roar was like thousands of thunderbolts exploding at the same time, the sound waves raging like angry waves throughout the heavens and the earth.

Flowing like a waterfall above the ten-thousand-zhang sky.

Almost at the same time, there was an aura of King-Sealing Spiritual Treasure reviving on his body.

Facing the number one person in the Eastern Continent, he did not dare to be careless in the slightest.

"Calling card?"

Zhu Da Hai paused in his steps. On the carriage, An Qisheng smiled wryly: "It seems your Holy Lord did not tell you about the calling card sent earlier.

Never mind, adding another one is not a big deal."

He pondered slightly, then casually pointed in the void. A flash of light appeared and disappeared at his fingertips, but it transformed into two large characters in the sky:

Calling card!

Buzz~

The two characters flickered with light, and seemed to have life as they absorbed the spiritual energy of the heavens and the earth. The moment they appeared, they were like a rainbow piercing the sun.

Pulling out a tail of rolling flames hundreds of miles long, they headed towards the floating heavenly palace.

"Hmm?!"

Lin Fengmo's heart skipped a beat. He saw the two large characters approaching with a rumble, growing larger in the wind, and suddenly, they were as big as a dipper, as big as a mountain...

Arriving before the floating heavenly palace, they were already as big as the stars and the moon, covering half the sky, as if they could shatter the entire floating heavenly palace with just one collision!

And what followed was an incomparably vast and powerful aura.

That aura was formless and material, yet it was omnipresent. Almost the moment he saw the two characters, it had already filled everyone's hearts.

"Not good!"

Lin Fengmo's pupils shrank. This aura completely ignored his blood energy, divine power, and the blockade of the King-Sealing Spiritual Treasure, directly exploding in his heart!

As strong as Lin Fengmo was, he couldn't help but falter for a moment under the impact of this aura.

Buzz~

The bell rang out, flowing through the heavens and the earth. In an instant, the sound wave filled the ten-thousand-mile sky.

Visible to the naked eye, with the floating heavenly palace as the center, the clouds and seas in the ten-thousand-mile sky were instantly razed!

A sacred and majestic golden bell phantom appeared in the sky, colliding with the horizontally striking, star and moon-like characters!

The golden bell was sacred and huge. Although it had no physical form, it had a substantial Dao rhythm flowing around it. Its surface was covered with intricate patterns and deep laws.

The bell rang out, and all the creatures in the heavens and the earth felt a blankness in their hearts.

They were dazed and did not know where they were.

It was just the bell wave caused by a golden bell phantom, but the vast aura spread endlessly, as if it wanted to shake the entire Eastern Continent!

In fact, with the Da Shi Holy Land as the center, countless secular dynasties, large and small sects, were alarmed by this bell sound.

The boundless sacred aura swept across all directions, and the light of formations lit up above countless cities. Moreover, there were lights of spiritual treasures reviving in many large and small sects located in the area where the bell waves flowed.

The aura of the Supreme reappeared, shaking the earth and startling the heavens!

Crack~

The carriage shook slightly, and dark cracks appeared in the surrounding void. Faintly, there was a sound of wailing from a spiritual treasure.

"The Da Shi Golden Bell is indeed extraordinary."

An Qisheng praised softly.

Whoosh~

With a casual wave of his hand, a black leather book with cracks was held in his palm.

Just the aftershock alone had caused considerable damage to the 'Three Seven Laws of Extinction Record', the treasure of the Extinction Emotion Dao.

Although the reason was that it had been revived too many times, it was also evident how powerful the Da Shi Golden Bell was.

"Daoist Yuanyang's calling card is truly amazing..."

With a sigh, golden light gushed out from the Da Shi Holy Mountain, paving a golden avenue tens of thousands of miles long before the floating heavenly palace.

Spiritual energy lingered on it, and auspicious clouds rose. Shadows of cranes and spirit birds appeared, and divine sounds like fairy chants resounded.

"Opening the middle gate? Holy Lord, is the Holy Lord actually inviting that Daoist into the floating heavenly palace?"

A disciple of the Da Shi Holy Land was surprised.

He was very old. Although he had not entered the ranks of true disciples, he had achieved myriad laws. He remembered very clearly that the last time the middle gate of the floating heavenly palace was opened was to welcome Gu Qingyi, the Supreme Elder from the hegemonic imperial court of Middle Province.

"It is said that a few months ago, this Daoist used thunderous means to suppress the six Sect Leaders, and also defeated the dragon army that invaded our human race. It is said that he has surpassed the limits of heaven and returned to become a Marquis!

Such a person naturally deserves the opening of the middle gate of our Da Shi Holy Land!"

Some, who were well-informed, felt that it was normal.

Since ancient times, with the exception of an anomaly in the near-ancient era when Supreme Guanglong was present, there have been very few who have been able to cross that heavenly limit and return to become a Marquis in the millions of years since the Middle Ages.

Looking at the current Nine Provinces, there may be a few, but on the surface of the Eastern Continent, I am afraid that there is only this one!

Even the three Holy Lords are only infinitely close, but have never truly crossed over.

Such a great figure naturally deserves any treatment.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh~

As the avenue was paved, figures flew out from the floating heavenly palace, standing side by side, all looking solemnly at the carriage in the distance.

"What kind of supernatural power is this..."

At this time, Lin Fengmo came back to his senses, his face ugly, and his heart even more horrified.

He had never seen or heard of this kind of strange supernatural power that ignored blood energy, divine power, and even magic weapons, even though he had lived for two thousand years.

It was similar to the 'Three Seven Laws of Extinction Record' of the Extinction Emotion Dao, but it was even more bizarre.

Even now, he did not know how he had been hit.

"Daoist Yuanyang is unparalleled in the world. The Da Shi Holy Land will accept this calling card!"

As the divine light flowed, the Da Shi Holy Lord stepped out, standing before everyone, and said lightly: "Since Daoist has come to visit, why not meet in the palace?"

He stared deeply at An Qisheng, who was sitting quietly in the carriage in the distance.

This was the first time he had seen this number one person in the Eastern Continent, who had risen up with astonishing speed.

Tens of thousands of miles of void were nothing more than a flick of his finger to him, not a distance at all.

"In that case..."

An Qisheng glanced at the Da Shi Holy Lord and smiled slightly: "Then I will accept your kind invitation."

The Da Shi Golden Bell was sacred and majestic, its divine light accompanied by auspicious clouds surrounding the void for tens of thousands of miles, its aura heavy, as if thousands of mountains were pressing down on every inch of the void.

Its high-hanging heavenly palace was the absolute central core of all the formations and restrictions of the Da Shi Holy Land.

Not to mention Returning to One and becoming a Marquis, even a powerhouse in the sky-penetrating King-Sealing realm would have to hesitate.

But An Qisheng seemed not to care at all, letting Zhu Da Hai pull the carriage along the golden avenue surrounded by visions.

Under the gaze of many disciples and elders of the Da Shi Holy Land in the heavens and on the earth.

He entered the floating heavenly palace!

"This Daoist..."

An elder looked at An Qisheng, who was getting closer and closer, and felt a little apprehensive.

Could this person have really obtained the recognition of the 'Myriad Laws Dragon Tower'?

Otherwise, where did he get the courage to enter the Da Shi Heavenly Palace?

The eyelids of the Da Shi Holy Lord also twitched. He seemed to have not expected that An Qisheng would really agree, but his state of mind was calm.

Although he was surprised, he was not flustered.

The Da Shi Golden Bell hung high in the sky. Unless Daoist Yuanyang proved himself to be Supreme, even if he came with the 'Myriad Laws Dragon Tower', he would not be able to shake the Da Shi Holy Land.

If he took the initiative to enter the heavenly palace, it would be tantamount to throwing himself into a trap. How could he refuse?

The Da Shi Heavenly Palace was extremely grand. All the palaces, rockeries, and railings inside were cast from natural treasures. The white jade-like stone slabs that paved the ground were all high-quality weapon-refining spiritual materials called 'Heart Jade'.

It was said that this stone slab could see through people's hearts. Those who had good intentions would be white, and those who had evil intentions would be black when they stepped on it.

Gurgle gurgle~

Under the 'escort' of the crowd, the carriage moved slowly. An Qisheng sat quietly in the carriage, looking lightly at the magnificent scenery in the Da Shi Heavenly Palace.

Neither happy nor sad, nor did he have any panic. His calm and composed demeanor made the elders and disciples of the Da Shi Holy Land feel strange.

Just how big was this person's courage?

However, what made them even more strange was that, along the way, this Heart Jade-paved platform for refining the heart could not capture any of his emotional leakage, let alone his thoughts.

"Eh?"

At a certain moment, An Qisheng's pupils shrank, and his gaze passed through the crowd, landing on a stone tablet carried by a stone carving of a 'Baxia'!

On that stone tablet was an extremely abstract and extremely difficult-to-understand painting, and a line of blurry and missing words:

The Great Dao is fifty, ... there are forty-nine, there is one that has escaped, is it...?