Taiyi Dao Fruit-Chapter 1358 - 101: Five-Colored Stone (Part 2)

"The Feng family's wealth is truly abundant," Jiang Li couldn't help but sigh.

Now, the Feng family is already considered to have declined, yet they still possess such wealth, making one wonder how abundant they were at their peak.

"It's just a bit of a five-colored stone's leftover," Sun Wukong snapped back to reality and said, "An entire piece of five-colored stone can be as tall as a person; this slab is at most leftover material and not complete."

After the initial excitement, Sun Wukong was already calm.

If it were a whole five-colored stone, it might help him break through the bottleneck and reach the second grade level without needing Dao Fruit, but unfortunately, it was just leftover material.

When it comes to a stone, many people subconsciously measure it with their own palm, thinking a five-colored stone can be held in one hand.

But in reality, this is a stone used to mend the sky, how could it be so small?

A stone barely the size of a palm can only bounce out a mouse, not a monkey.

Thinking this way, the slab in hand can indeed be considered leftover material.

At this time, Xuanwu King, upon discovering Jiang Li had obtained the slab, couldn't restrain his emotions, which Jiang Li sensed directly.

Xuanwu King was so desolate that his mental state was so broken that he could no longer hide his mood swings in front of Jiang Li.

"It seems this is what I was looking for," Jiang Li smiled faintly, his gaze deep as he looked at Xuanwu King, "But to prevent any omissions, I still need to look at your memories."

Thinking of abandoning the search after finding what he needed only to miss other key items, this kind of third-rate plot twist, Jiang Li had read plenty of in novels from his past life.

He didn't want to become a mediocre character in such a plot.

When their eyes met, their gazes seemed to turn into tangible sharp swords piercing into Xuanwu King's mind.

"Ah—"

Xuanwu King roared, his hand's surface hardening, his entire being transforming into a demon form.

Despite having no more will to fight, at the moment his mind was about to be torn apart, he instinctively prepared himself.

In an instant, Xuanwu's body was about to reappear, and Xuanwu King's head turned into a dragon turtle's head.

But—

"No Black Snake?" Tianxuan's eyes shifted.

Xuanwu is a combination of turtle and snake; dragon turtle and black snake together form Xuanwu. They can also separate their forms and move in two bodies.

The Xuanwu King on the throne displayed only a turtle's form, indicating he wasn't the complete Xuanwu King.

There was another form...

In a flash of moment, a black snake lunged out from the side's shadow, bringing with it the ice-sealing Xuanming True Water, biting towards Jiang Li.

The Xuanwu King on the throne indeed lost his will to fight, his mental state fell, but this was just one body; he had another hidden in the shadows.

It could also be said that this body's mental collapse was deliberately done by Xuanwu King.

After all, as the leader of a force, even in such despair, he didn't give up the struggle. Even in death, he wanted to die fighting back, rather than dying like a coward submitting to execution.

But unfortunately, the outcome wouldn't change.

Seeing that the black snake was close to succeeding, Jiang Li slightly turned his gaze, sweeping with his left eye.

The pupils, with sword traces in them, displayed his injuries, but in the black snake's eyes, those pupils turned into an incredibly massive celestial body, burning with golden light and fire, flame flows forming large and small vortices, with True Sun Fire surging within, occasionally turning into flying Golden Crows.

In an instant, the space seemed to change, moving from the Dragon Palace at the ocean floor to outer space, with the Sun Star close at hand.

Endless light and heat radiated out, and with just one contact, the Xuanming True Water turned to mist, and then even the mist was completely obliterated.

Following the Xuanming True Water was the black snake.

As if the Sun Star moved, the distance between them closed, and the massive black snake, upon direct contact with the sun, was engulfed in extreme heat, burning it to ashes.

"Phew—"

A hot wind suddenly rose within the Crystal Palace, and the black snake abruptly froze in midair, then slowly withered, turning to ashes and being blown away.

With a single glance, the black snake's form and spirit were both destroyed.

Simultaneously, golden flames inexplicably ignited on the Xuanwu King on the throne. His mind felt as though it had entered a hell of flames, enduring the endless searing of flames.

Jiang Li easily scoured the recent memories of Xuanwu King, and then watched as the dragon turtle burned back to its original form, turning into a human body and turning to ashes on the throne.

There was nothing unexpected; this five-colored stone was the only valuable thing.

There was no earth-shattering battle... or rather, battles had already been erased by the reversal of time, leaving the master of a generation's Dragon Palace to fall, dying without any dignity.

Then, a flash of light and shadow appeared, and the True Sun Fire melted out the Dao Fruit. With a gesture, Jiang Li took one of the Dao Fruits into his hand.

"Xuanwu Dao Fruit, now all that's left is the White Tiger Dao Fruit to complete the Four Saint Dao Fruits."

With a slight sigh, Jiang Li put the Dao Fruit away.

For him now, third-grade Dao Fruits are just supplementary and not crucial.

"Let's go. There's nothing valuable left in the Dragon Palace; what's transferable has already been transferred."

And what cannot be moved is useless to Jiang Li.

Even if the territory of Great Zhou soon extends here, Jiang Li has no intention of stationing anyone at the sea bottom. Without the five-colored stone, without the Gui Water Divine Shield forming automatically, probably only devil cultivators could live in the Dragon Palace.

Thus, Jiang Li departed with the others, and within the Dragon Palace, flames ignited.

Spreading from inside the Crystal Palace to the outside, consuming the halls and pavilions, reducing all the corpses to ash.

The once-renowned overseas Dragon Palace thus perished, leaving not even ruins. When the parted sea fell back towards the center, even the ashes were washed away, leaving no trace.

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"The Dragon Palace is completely destroyed."

At the end of the stretching mountains, the Yellow Emperor seemed to feel something, gazing eastward towards the Dragon Palace's location.

"Hopefully, they've already destroyed the five-colored stone."

Saying this, the Yellow Emperor couldn't help but sigh softly, muttering, "Jiang..."

The last word got swallowed by silence, the feeling of not being able to speak his name leaving this ancient emperor somewhat humiliated.

"Xuanwu King is dead."

A flash of Buddha Light transformed into a shadow of the Pure Land, followed by the appearance of a Buddha holding the Seven Treasures Miao Tree, looking at the Yellow Emperor, saying, "His cause and effect have also vanished. Emperor Jiang's methods are swift, leaving Xuanwu in the Dragon Palace with only one path to perish. Your Majesty, your plans are nearly impossible to succeed."

"If our plan fails, then your wish won't be fulfilled either," the Yellow Emperor was unmoved and said indifferently, "You are willing to secretly assist us, to first help the Great Heavenly Venerate, to push forward the Promotion Ceremony, because you want Buddhism to return to its former glory. Besides this, Buddhism already has no place to rise, the future holds no position for Buddhism."

As long as Jiang Li is around, Buddhism will never rise.

And Shakyamuni Tathagata, as the master of Buddhism, also cannot use Buddhism to climb back to the pinnacle, or even complete the Promotion Ceremony to become First Grade.

Under these circumstances, returning to the past seemed the best choice indeed.

This is precisely why Shakyamuni Tathagata would join forces with the Great Venerables' side.

Because without joining forces, the future offers only darkness.

Jiang Li of the past, although capable of threatening existences like Shakyamuni Tathagata, they still had the mind to scheme against one another and hadn't been forced to their extremities. But now, the situation is drastically different.

"I understand,"

Shakyamuni Tathagata nodded, "But if your Three Emperors' plan doesn't succeed, helping you and being driven away under Emperor Jiang's pressing are no different."

Shakyamuni Tathagata came seeking hope, wanting to know if the Yellow Emperor and the others had other contingency plans.

The Yellow Emperor, hearing this, fell briefly silent, then said, "I can only tell you, Emperor Xi will surely break the seal."