Chapter 492: Chapter 326: Bearing the Revolving Wheel, Confronting the Northern Emperor!

"Complete the sacrificial formation!" The Yellow Teeth Old Man shouted at Jiang Feiniao, and then, under the rush of purple energy, he too turned into useless scrap iron—

He was nothing more than a Celestial Human-level puppet, devoid of flesh and blood.

But the corpses of the other Celestial Humans condensed into streams of blood shining with Immortal Light, intertwining before the Taiji Hall,

and thus, the sacrificial formation—

was completed.

More than a hundred Celestial Humans served as sacrifices, and Yuan Feidao, who had been offering to the Maitreya Buddha Statue for forty years, served as the guide.

Yuan Feidao opened his eyes,

his aura rising steadily, no longer suppressing himself, ascending to godhood in a single step!

At the moment of ascension, he took out the Celestial Position of the "Heavenly Shooter" he had long prepared, yet he did not merge with it,

but used it as a basis to further attract the Celestial Position of the "Nine Unlikes"!

The Celestial Position upon him, with the divine abilities of the Nine Unlikes, prostrated on the ground, listening with his ears.

The Nine Unlikes, also known as "Tiding."

The sacrificial formation rotated, the sound of the Dao echoed, and Yuan Feidao truly heard the Dao’s sound from the Nine Netherworld ten thousand years in the future,

hearing the heartbeat of the "Emperor."

Since he heard it, a cause and effect was established.

With this hearing as the cause and effect, a terrifying will descended.

Chang’an City suddenly became stagnant.

Officials, soldiers, aristocratic families, common people...

all held their silence at this moment.

One second, two seconds, three seconds.

Under the tense gazes of countless eyes.

Yuan Feidao, who was prostrating on the ground, stood up, his aged visage gradually regained youth.

Finally, what appeared was not the youthful appearance of Yuan Feidao, but a middle-aged man with a divine presence like jade.

It was the Northern Emperor.

"Greetings, Your Majesty!"

"Greetings, Emperor!"

Yuan Tiandao, Wei Bushi, among the twenty-four others, all prostrated in a bow, and the palace maids, ministers, and guards in the Imperial Palace also kneeled to the ground.

The Northern Emperor exhaled a turbid breath:

"A frail body... Where is the Yama Hall I left behind in those days? Where is the Wu Family?"

No one answered.

The Northern Emperor furrowed his brows. He was merely a wisp of will descending upon this body,

and after breaking through the giant formation’s suppression, tens of thousands of years, and Maitreya’s belly, his will had been weakened countless times, far from having his body’s great divine abilities,

naturally incapable of being nearly omniscient and omnipotent. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

"Has something unexpected happened?"

The Northern Emperor spoke calmly, hands placed behind his back:

"Back then, I specially had the Martial Champion ascend the throne and claim the Human Lord’s power, just so her lineage could suppress the Yama Hall and carry it on until today..."

"Where is the Yama Hall at this moment?"

The authoritative voice echoed in the Imperial Palace, as Yuan Tiandao, prostrating on the ground, rasped out:

"The Wu Mansion’s upheaval seems connected to someone named Zhang Fusheng."

"Zhang Fusheng?"

The Northern Emperor spoke coldly:

"Where is this person now?"

No one answered, but Li Yiyi and Luo Cheng, prostrate on the ground, unconsciously glanced at the distant Taiji Hall.

The Northern Emperor keenly sensed this, looking back.

He then saw the split Taiji Hall, the scattered grand celestial constellation array, and that single divine cocoon,

and six empty food boxes.

The Northern Emperor’s expression darkened.

The twenty-four food boxes were prepared for his return; with them all consumed, even if weakened to a mere mortal will,

he could immediately form an Innate Spiritual Being’s body and instantly step into the Fourth Realm of the Divine Path, the level of a "True Saint,"

Then, with the cultivation of a True Saint, plus the techniques and laws he mastered, sweeping the contemporary era would be easy, suppressing Celestial Venerates and Buddhas of the Divine Path Fifth Realm would be no challenge.

But with six empty boxes, it could at most restore him to the level of a Great Divine Power User.

Hoping to counterattack Celestial Venerates and Buddhas with the body of a Great Divine Power User?

It would be difficult.

And that divine cocoon...

"An Innate Spiritual Being is emerging?"

The Northern Emperor squinted; at this moment, he was equivalent to merely a Venerate, inheriting only Yuan Feidao’s Essence, Qi, and Spirit, and could not see more,

but the techniques and laws he mastered vastly surpassed those of a mere Venerate.

The Northern Emperor closed his eyes, reopened them, and within them, the internal celestial constellation unfolded; under the starlight, the divine cocoon within became clear.

After a moment of silence.

"Having been fully formed, why do you not come out?" The Northern Emperor’s calm voice addressed the being within the divine cocoon.

Silence, more silence.

After a long while.

’Crash!’

Accompanied by a crisp shattering sound, a large crack emerged in the massive divine cocoon, the crack widening as silken layers peeled off,

until the divine cocoon was split in two, all silken strands also falling away.

A divine-looking youth stood within the Taiji Hall.

"Who are you?"

Li Jing arose, standing behind the Northern Emperor, shouted the question.

Even though he was merely the wisp of True Spirit of the "Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King’s" descended body,

he had not been weakened or limited like the Northern Emperor, and with his initial awakening, he already possessed the level of Great Power!

A single shout brought forth rolling thunderstorms.

Surging thunder tides capable of killing a Venerate rushed forward, extending into the Taiji Hall, and rolled towards the handsome youth from all directions.

But as they neared the youth’s body.

’Buzz!’

A massive, ancient, and weathered rotating wheel suddenly appeared, hovering behind the youth,

inscribed with countless mystical runes, each one emitting Immortal Light, accompanied by intense chaotic hues,

and as the rotating wheel spun,

all the thunder tides suddenly ceased, devoured completely in an instant by the rotating wheel.

The youth, smiling, extended a finger, at the tip of which thunder flashed—the very thunder just consumed by the rotating wheel.

"The Dao of the Wheel, the cycle of yin and yang, the balance of all things, a continuous cycle, is merely an inferior form of the Dao of Yin and Yang and does not possess the power to devour and transform."

The Northern Emperor spoke coldly:

"It seems that there are some traces of Taotie."

"Your insight is impressive, Northern Emperor Daoist Friend."

Zhang Fusheng smiled and replied:

"Indeed, in my rotating wheel, the power of Taotie to devour and transform all things is embedded."

The rotating wheel is one of the innate divine abilities he gained after transforming into an Innate Spiritual Being, capable of entrusting everything he has learned and gained onto it,

under the wheel, circulating endlessly, cycling over and over, all he has learned and achieved are perfectly integrated within the wheel, unleashing powers far surpassing what he had before.

"Such impudence!" Li Jing shouted: "Dare you arrogantly address His Majesty as a Daoist Friend? This is a crime of great disrespect!"

The rebuking voice thundered throughout the vast Chang’an City,

Zhang Fusheng remained calm, standing before the Taiji Hall, also blocking the Northern Emperor from retrieving the food boxes, the purple robe, and the suspended sword.

He brushed his sleeve and spoke calmly:

"So, does the Northern Emperor Daoist Friend also think this way?"

As he finished speaking, the rotating wheel slowly ground forward, revealing a nine-zhang Bodhi radiating Buddha’s Light, Brahma Sound swirling, a golden spring gushing forth.

"World-Honored One Tathagata..."

The calm on the Northern Emperor’s face disappeared completely, and Li Jing gasped in astonishment.

The two sides confronted each other at the Taiji Hall.

In the sky, majestic purple energy gradually gathered, like an endless sea.