Above the Great Dao-Chapter 1407 - 656: The Physical Body as a Shell, the Soul Without Anchor (Part 2)

And those charging Great Demon Skeletons were severed in a single strike, sent to their eternal rest.

"Lady's Daoist skill seems much more vibrant than before!"

Just as Chen Shi thought of this, he saw Doumu Primordial Monarch shattering two Great Demon Skeletons one after another, stepping down from the Star Platform gracefully, not bothering to glance at him, the summoner, and leading the Dou Department gods' clones, charged out of Si Yuan Pass!

Chen Shi repeatedly activated spells; it was his grandfather Chen Yindou who taught him the God Control Technique. Some Divines follow commands but not proclamations, once summoned, they ignore Talisman Master's control, requiring him to use spells to command the gods.

Yet the spells that had worked countless times before were, for some reason, completely ineffective!

Doumu Primordial Monarch merely paused slightly, glanced back at him, and continued towards the outside of the pass.

"Why are grandpa's spells ineffective? It shouldn't be."

Just as Chen Shi thought of this, he saw the Emperor of Longevity of the Nanji defeat his opponent, stepping down from the Star Platform, leading Nanji Heavenly Palace gods, charging out of Si Yuan Pass.

Chen Shi activated spells towards the Emperor of Longevity of the Nanji, yet this Emperor was unmoved.

On the other side, Emperor Gouchen, Ziwei Emperor of the Beiji, Emperor Qinghua, Taiyi Emperor, Universal Transformation Celestial Venerable, Thunder Ancestor Emperor, True Monarch of Interview, and other Heavenly Court giants, led their subordinates and gods, stepped down from the Star Platform one by one, arriving outside of Si Yuan Pass.

Seeing this, Chen Shi dared not cast spells again, as he was in shock, a tall and robust Divine stepped past him from behind.

It was the Jade Emperor Venerable's clone, also shrugging off his control, striding out of Si Yuan Pass.

Chen Shi gazed intently, only to see that the combat postures of these emperors, celestials, true monarchs, and emperors were entirely different from before; although their cultivation remained the same, their battle awareness, means, and momentum surpassed before by far!

Lady Houtu also walked out, arriving at the pass, smiled back at him, causing Chen Shi to have a bold and audacious speculation.

"Could it be that these clones are currently being controlled by the emperors and celestials themselves?"

He immediately dismissed this speculation.

It was too unreasonable.

Niu Jingjing, Long Yuanling, and other survivors also looked uncertainly towards the outside of the pass.

Only to see the clones of the twenty-eight Heavenly Court giants leading thousands of gods, charged out of Si Yuan Pass, slaughtering the incoming Demon Clan warriors like they were tearing through decaying wood!

Not only that, they even saw Doumu Primordial Monarch leading the charge, the Empress beheaded along the way, carving a bloody path, heading straight for the vines in the air, determined to root out the problem!

She led the Dou Department gods' charge; in the next moment, the sky saw divine light surging and mighty, a vine severed along with the giant Great Demon Skeleton it was rooted with!

Xiahou Feng stood dumbfounded, muttering, "Is Daoist Chen's cultivation that terrifying?"

Before he finished speaking, Lady Houtu, Emperor of Longevity of the Nanji, and other giants charged out, cleared all demons, charged into the sky to kill the vines.

The sky was tumultuous with divine light like rosy clouds, sweeping away all the vines around!

Near Si Yuan Mountain, the sky was washed clean, deep blue with emptiness, and one could even see the cosmic sky beyond.

The Jade Emperor Venerable's steps remained ceaseless, the twenty-seven emperors and celestials surrounding him, charged towards the distant vine forest, turning all Outer Dao and creatures to ashes along the way!

King Li had returned to the Central Army Camp, suddenly sensed something, turned back to see the divine rosy clouds lighting up the sky near Si Yuan Pass.

"It's over, the Majesties have noticed here."

His face turned ashen, distressed over how to answer the Majesties' inquiries, yet seeing distant Outer Dao surging, colliding with divine rosy clouds, clashing and neither retreating.

King Li watched from afar with a solemn expression.

"It's appeared again."

Within Si Yuan Pass, Xiahou Feng and others looked in admiration towards Chen Shi, who remained on the Star Control Platform, still somewhat dazed by the happenings before him, unaware that in the minds of the other five, he had already become enigmatic and unfathomable.

"Lady Houtu and the others were truly angered by dying too many times, weren't they?"

He was uneasy, after all, it was he who summoned these ancient gods' clones; if these beings remembered him, it would bode ill.

At this moment, a voice came from behind: "Daoist Chen, come with us."

Chen Shi turned back, seeing King Li and Chu Xiangxiu had somehow arrived at Si Yuan Pass, walking towards him.

Chen Shi quickly jumped off the Star Control Platform, walking alongside King Li.

King Li glanced at him, and Chen Shi stepped half a step back, flanking Chu Xiangxiu left and right.

Xiahou Feng, Niu Jingjing, and others also followed, falling several positions behind Chen Shi and Chu Xiangxiu.

King Li looked at the distant Outer Dao entity and rosy clouds, inquired: "Chu Dudu, is your judgment in error?"

Chu Xiangxiu also gazed at the tumultuous Outer Dao entity and rosy clouds, her eyes flickering, said: "No error."

Chen Shi asked: "King, Xiangxiu, what have you discovered?"

King Li looked at him with a half-smile, said: "Daoist Chen, you've done well, Si Yuan Pass prospers under your hands."

Chen Shi laughed: "King's prowess isn't lacking. King's arrangement to have us thirty-three guard Si Yuan Mountain Pass was merely to use a sword to kill, through demon hands, desiring our lives. The other twenty-seven Daoist friends are now obviously gods of the Heavenly Court, aren't they? The Heavenly Court painstakingly seeks to completely control Heavenly Dao Treasure."

Xiahou Feng and others were startled upon hearing this, cold sweat rolling down their foreheads and backs.

They received the Heavenly Dao Treasure imprint, believing themselves masters of Heavenly Dao, destined for great success.

Now hearing Chen Shi's implication, they realized they were predestined to die, to become gods posthumously, allowing the Heavenly Court giants peace of mind.

King Li laughed: "Daoist Chen, even if you've noticed this, what use is it? At most, you die knowing. After death, enthroned, becoming a Heavenly Court god, mastering Heavenly Dao Treasure, you will be Heavenly Dao Divine People in the future, inevitably reigning as a giant in the Heavenly Court! Would that not surpass being an Immortal by hundreds of times?"

Chen Shi shook his head: "I find being an Immortal quite free. Why bother with posthumous enthronement to be controlled by the Heavenly Court?" 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

King Li laughed: "Daoist, you have no choice."

He ceased discussing the matter, shifted his tone: "Once, I led a hundred thousand Heavenly Soldiers and Generals across the ocean into the Dark Sea, arriving at the Mud Great World, sensing its peculiarity. The demons here are formidable, yet I felt their physical bodies were shells, souls without anchor."

Chen Shi mildly startled, muttered: "Physical body as shell, soul without anchor? What does it mean?"

Chu Xiangxiu said: "King Li implies that all demons here are mere shells, without souls, manipulated by others."

Chen Shi puzzled: "I noticed Great Demon Skeletons hanging in the sky, sprouting vines, some Great Demons possessing tremendous strength, far beyond my match. These demons understand cultivation, how can their souls be without anchor?"

King Li: "I was also uncertain initially, later, after battling with demons here for long, I grew more convinced. The demons here lack genuine souls, all under control. There's a vastly powerful presence, hidden in the Mud Great World, ruling as Outer Dao Dominator."

He looked ahead: "This world seems lively, with sky forest and demons everywhere, teeming with life, yet truly, only he lives."

Chu Xiangxiu added: "Everyone here, his puppets."

Chen Shi gazed at the endless vastness of Mud Great World, muttered: "All demons in this world are him?"

"All him."

King Li laughed, "Only he's concealed well, always using Great Demon Skeletons against us, I've not found his True Body. Now, forced by Venerable and others to show himself. Once he makes a move, it provides me the chance to seize him!"

He said this brightly, flew forth, the Exquisite Golden Treasure Tower in his hand had already flown up, growing ever larger, akin to a vast entity with Thirty-Three Layer Dao Realms, surpassing the Jade Emperor Venerable and others, slanting downward to press!

"Found you!"