Taiyi Dao Fruit-Chapter 1154 - 376: The Future Cannot Be Trusted

The Heavenly Monarch is currently in his weakest moment in life. Even if he was reborn using a backup body, the injuries from the failed ascension still leave him extremely vulnerable.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have placed the newly cultivated body in the open and let "Ji Wen" hide in the shadows.

Using a scheme was indeed a last resort.

Not to mention, both bodies haven't undergone long-term refinement. Their state is not good, and one is even injured. Even absorbing the essence of Elder Kaiyang, a martial artist, is just a drop in the ocean.

However, even in this state, the Heavenly Monarch wouldn't consider himself a sacrificial offering for Tan Wuwei.

At that moment, "Ji Wen" snapped his fingers, and the talisman embedded in Elder Kaiyang's body twisted him into two parts. The two bodies then converged, and "Ji Wen" thrust his hand into the massive wound on Elder Kaiyang.

Like insects, talismans shot out from his five fingers, quickly spreading throughout the body's limbs and bones, devouring the flesh and severing the tissues. In an instant, the severely injured body transformed into countless blood-red talismans, returning to "Ji Wen's" body.

The demonic side of the "Yin Talisman Scripture", or the fierce aspect of the human path, was undeniably exposed during the Heavenly Monarch's vulnerability.

The Heavenly Dao takes from the surplus and replenishes the deficit; the human path takes from the deficit and serves the surplus. The Heavenly Monarch mostly showed people the side of the Heavenly Dao until now, when he was nearing the end of the road, revealing the fierce aspect, directly devouring his backup body, absorbing its essence and the absorbed ginseng fruit essence, merging the two bodies into one.

As for Elder Kaiyang, due to the precaution left in his body earlier by Tan Wuwei, the Heavenly Monarch was hesitant and chose to end him outright.

Elder Kaiyang's body broke apart, flying to both sides, and the torrent of human thought followed, ignoring the space and directly rushing into the Heavenly Monarch's body.

"Yellow Heaven is above."

"Heaven is dead, Yellow Heaven shall rise."

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Countless thoughts poured into the mind of the Heavenly Monarch, worshipping and revering Yellow Heaven.

These incense thought powers came from believers of Yellow Heaven, and the source was quite extensive, not just from the Three States, but also from the Taiping Sect members.

Back when the Taiping Sect was destroyed by Jiang Li, the last hundreds of thousands of followers and Zhang Zhixuan perished together, and Tan Wuwei converted these souls and the residual souls of those who died in the Liangzhou disaster to achieve the third grade.

Now, she returns all these followers' incense powers to Yellow Heaven, which is quite a far-reaching plan.

The faith of these believers in Yellow Heaven is extremely fanatical, directly absorbable, but for the current Heavenly Monarch, the incense thought power might not be beneficial.

Believers worship Yellow Heaven, naturally deeming it as the most selfless deity, embodying their best hopes. However, the real Yellow Heaven is far from being such a benevolent existence, even contradicting selflessness.

This is also the greatest drawback of the Fire Path.

In the past, the Heavenly Monarch was not afraid of such drawbacks and could even corrupt the heavenly intent using human thoughts. But now, he couldn't keep up with it.

Endless incense thoughts flowed out from the True Void Home, surging into the Heavenly Monarch's body, subjecting him to a myriad of assaults while the Heaven Creation Device gradually expanded, capturing the Heavenly Monarch's existence and altering his disposition along with the incense thought power.

The Heavenly Monarch allowing himself to draw closer to Heaven became his greatest flaw.

The True Void Home also assisted the device in its continuous expansion, the array plate already evolving into forty-nine layers, layer upon layer, symbolizing the Heavenly Destiny Forty-nine.

At this moment, the array plate neared perfection, with residual souls and incense thoughts stored in the True Void Home fully pouring into the Heavenly Monarch's body, while a handprint silently appeared on the back of Tan Wuwei.

"Three Corpses Curse·Evil Luo Annihilation."

A terrifying and bizarre Primordial Qi invaded the body, transforming into the Three Corpses Curse Seal, embedding into the upper, middle, and lower dantians, countless imprints spreading like a spider web across the body.

"Heavenly Monarch······"

Tan Wuwei didn't need to turn around to "see" another Heavenly Monarch appearing behind her, astonishment surfacing on her face, completely unexpected, and being ambushed.

'How is that possible······'

Someone who could foresee the future was caught off guard, leaving Tan Wuwei dealt a heavy blow, and before she could process, she felt her five senses twisting, her thoughts chaotic, perceiving everything as strange and grotesque, her flesh seemingly developing independent consciousness wanting to leave the body and scatter.

At the same time, the Heavenly Monarch within the device was fading away; it was but a phantom.

The real Heavenly Monarch, at this moment, was right behind Tan Wuwei, delivering a silent strike.

"When Maitreya comes, esteemed Buddha descends."

Tan Wuwei immediately wished to deploy divine skills to heal her injuries but the moment her powers were activated, her energy continued to drain violently, forcing her to pause her divine skills.

"Your divine skills accelerate your time, reaching the future, but now the Three Corpses Curse Seal is within you. Unless removed, the more you use your powers, the faster you die."

The Heavenly Monarch spoke calmly, preparing to strike again.

But as Tan Wuwei's powers activated, she seized the moment, pushing herself forward, evading subsequent attacks, while her hands formed a seal technique, thrusting behind her.

"Great Sun Tathagata Vajra Seal."

Using the Great Sun Tathagata Seal to suppress chaotic thoughts, sensing surroundings with heart, she flipped her hand to launch a seal technique, the solemn Great Sun Tathagata image revealing itself, transforming Infinite Buddha Light into a palm, overwhelmingly aiming at the Heavenly Monarch.

But having seized the initiative, how would the Heavenly Monarch retreat?

At this moment, the Heavenly Monarch's body twisted, transforming into the Heavenly Dharma, forcibly revealing part of the Yellow Heaven True Body, both palms pushing forward, countering the immense Buddha Light.

"Boom!"

The beach trembled, the seawater rolled back, transforming into massive waves soaring upwards, the Buddha Image faced a strong attack, cracking lines etched into it.

The Heavenly Monarch's qi mechanism was also turbulent, clearly suffering the backlash, yet he disregarded it, relentlessly pushing his palms, obliterating the Buddha Image with overwhelming strength.

Space distorted, the Heavenly Monarch rapidly shifted, moving as swiftly as lightning, entirely beyond Tan Wuwei's perception.

Because—

"When did you plant deception on my primordial spirit?" Tan Wuwei asked coldly.

"Naturally after you ascended."

The floating voice, ghostly, in Tan Wuwei's vision only reflected distorted bizarre scenes with demon-like figures flickering, a giant palm descending.

Her primordial spirit had already been manipulated by the Heavenly Monarch, as after her ascension, through perceptive communication, indirectly "loaned" divine skills, allowing the Heavenly Monarch to foresee the future.

During the Buddha Country battle, the Heavenly Monarch used this tactic to simultaneously counter multiple formidable enemies.

Back then, Tan Wuwei had already fallen into the Heavenly Monarch's trap.

As mentioned earlier, the Heavenly Monarch trusts no one. 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

Even Tan Wuwei, who also achieved the third grade, was clandestinely manipulated by the Heavenly Monarch, causing perceptive errors at crucial moments, seeing fabricated futures.

And for Tan Wuwei, accustomed to perceiving the future, suddenly finding it unreliable is akin to losing one's arms.