Starting with Proficiency Panel-Chapter 595 - 592: Fist Pressure
At this moment, Lu Ren felt slightly more assured in his heart. That unknown realm was indeed terrifying. In the past, the Jade Emperor spent a great price to forge the Celestial Palace, wishing to leave this polluted place while hoping to seek the other shore. Yet, with the thought of the Celestial Palace transcending, it did not go to the neighboring galaxies to seek refuge.
Instead, it tore through space, striking the void laterally, and forcibly chiseling a path to journey to the elusive unknown realm, intending to cross the Sea of Suffering.
But as it stands now, after exhausting a million years of time, even the shore has not been sighted. Only with Marshal Tianpeng's self-sacrifice as a beacon could it return, seeking the opportunity this era might provide for true enlightenment, to find that Enlightenment Land.
The Jade Emperor indifferently said, "Young man, you have taken the wrong path. Let me teach you; at times, what you do may lead to your own demise."
During the conversation, that enormous Celestial Palace, comparable to a Moon, forcibly squeezed out from the unknown realm, hovering in the starry space. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂
That Celestial Palace, supposed to have been forged with great splendor, now appeared extremely wretched. Over half of the layers of golden palace buildings on it had become ruins, with traces of blades and axes striking sharply, and even marks of attacks from a colossal entity.
This Tribulation Crossing Spiritual Treasure Celestial Palace that returned from the unknown realm was evidently damaged for the most part.
However, Lu Ren's attention was not here; it was on the people emerging from this Celestial Palace that had endured countless battles and suffered heavy damage.
It was a man holding a Three-Pointed Double-Bladed Spear, clad in silver armor, with a vertical eye at the center of his forehead, exuding a sharp aura all over, just like a treasured sword unsheathed, with its sharpness wantonly unsparing.
As Lu Ren was about to make a move, the Jade Emperor's gaze slightly shifted, and a beam of golden light instantly spread out from him, transforming into twisted golden lines like winding dragons or serpents, merging into the surrounding starry sky.
For a split second, Lu Ren only felt the toughness and strength of the surrounding space abruptly ascend several levels, requiring considerable effort to attempt using the art of teleportation.
"A Magical Treasure?"
Lu Ren squinted, gazing at the dark golden net bag in the Jade Emperor's hand, realizing that the earlier maneuver was clearly meant to drag him into such a region to restrict his actions.
By the end of the Mythical Era, with the Celestial Court's aloofness and the Celestial Palace's escape, cultivators in the world faced no suppression. Coupled with the dissipation of Spiritual Mechanism and the invasion of Outer Gods,
the vast majority of cultivators fell into inexplicable madness, leading to eruptions of great battles. Countless Magical Treasures, and even Spiritual Treasures, were destroyed in that conflict.
Nowadays, Magical Treasures are scarcely seen, let alone Spiritual Treasures.
The set on Zhang Tongxuan's body was also an ancient item passed down through countless years, concealed and rarely shown.
Jade Emperor spoke indifferently, "Witch Race's fellow, you are now battling against me."
Lu Ren glanced at the person who, due to the fall of Taoism Fruit, had descended to True Immortal, someone inexplicably familiar among mythical figures, before focusing his gaze on the Jade Emperor.
If this fellow cannot be subdued, then all would be for naught.
"Another one who has fallen from the Earth Immortal Path Fruit to become a True Immortal, huh."
A faint voice suddenly echoed beside the man holding the Three-Pointed Double-Bladed Spear.
"Who is it?"
The man's gaze turned icy as he glanced to his side, his eyes narrowing, with a subtle divine light casting from his vertical forehead eye.
"I wondered who it could be; I never thought you, this monkey, still wouldn't perish, so old and in such a state. It seems you've indeed suffered quite a bit."
"The same goes for you."
The aged Sun Wukong, clad in Tiger Head Golden Essence Armor and wielding the Ruyi Golden Cudgel, exuded a fierce aura, his eyes full of unabated killing intent, glaring firmly at the three-eyed man ahead.
"True Monarch Erlang, Yang Jian, it's been a really long, long time since I encountered an acquaintance. It seems you intended to transcend to the other shore, but suffered considerable pain on this path, even your Earth Immortal Path Fruit has fallen."
What surprised Sun Wukong was that these fellows somehow employed a Secret Technique so their Taoism Fruit wasn't corroded by the Evil Gods of the True Realm, as if a protocol was installed within a virus, bypassing the interference from Evil Gods, and seeming to contain a hidden wickedness.
Clearly, during these long years, to preserve the Taoism Fruit, they had gradually undergone power assimilation with the Evil Gods of the True Realm.
Yang Jian's face remained calm, his gaze bearing a chilling intent.
"You do surprise me, to suffer such great ravages of time yet still find a moment for escape, reviving a second life's vigor with the constitution of a Spiritual Ape."
Sun Wukong coldly retorted, "Of course, I must live well. All that I've endured, I will repay you exactly in kind, skinning you layer by layer, eating your hearts, and devouring your Primordial Spirits!"
As Sun Wukong and Yang Jian clashed instantly, the next moment, countless rays of light shooting from the ground pierced through the atmosphere, directly bombarding the Celestial Palace.
In an instant, the Celestial Palace plunged into a sky full of explosions.
"You seem utterly unconcerned."
Lu Ren did not immediately engage the Jade Emperor. At their level, claiming victory required a considerable amount of time and effort. What Lu Ren could do at present was to delay the Jade Emperor while secretly activating a clay statue transformed by Wish Power, maneuvering Thick Earth Essence Qi to launch a surprise attack.
"Just some mortal artifacts, mere fireworks."
The Jade Emperor answered leisurely. Since Lu Ren did not rush forward, he also delighted in this, for in the unknown realm, where Spiritual Mechanism was absent, nothing could replenish. If not for Tianpeng's self-sacrifice to create a beacon, a significant cost would have been required.
Watching the Jade Emperor voraciously devour the surrounding Heaven and Earth Spiritual Mechanism, as well as all kinds of power, even the dark matter layer included.
Lu Ren was not surprised, even a faint smile graced his face as he said, "It seems you were famished. I wonder if the Jade Emperor discovered anything in that unknown realm."
The Jade Emperor sighed, lamenting, "Ultimately, strength is insufficient. If there were a Celestial Immortal to preside, perhaps there'd be a glimmer of hope. Alas, that path is too perilous. Even with the Celestial Palace, it's merely... hmm?!"
Before he could continue speaking, a dull yellow aura suddenly emerged behind him, resembling entangling tentacles, embracing him instantly. The vast and immense Thick Earth Essence Qi poured violently onto the tentacles at that moment, forming a bind.
The Jade Emperor was not in the least flustered; he simply felt quietly, displaying slight surprise, and said, "This is the first time I've seen a witch condense Wish Power, transformed into a statue."
"There are many things you do not know; times are progressing, old man."
As Lu Ren secretly manipulated the clay statue, the moment the Jade Emperor's embargo was sealed, he had already lifted his fist, and as the thick Qi and Blood surged, like a furnace suspended amid the heavens and starry skies, the terrifying high temperature nearly twisted the space.
Raising his fist and bringing it down, it surprisingly dragged a torrent of tens of thousands of thunders amidst the starry sky. The power of this punch altered the celestial phenomena of the entire cosmos.
Even Yang Jian and Sun Wukong, engaged in combat from afar, couldn't help but pause, temporarily halting their fight to turn and focus their attention on the fist Lu Ren wielded against the Jade Emperor.
