ATPnovel Chapter 13 The Black Lotus of Annihilation
Chapter 13 The Black Lotus of Annihilation
After crossing the natural barrier in the central part of the primordial wilderness and stepping into the western territory, the scenery of the world suddenly changed.
If the East is a blessed land brimming with spiritual energy, then the Western land is a desolate and deadly realm.
Looking out, the sky appeared a dark red, as if the heavens were weeping blood, the color lingering for a long time.
The earth cracked and ravines stretched across the land.
Mountains collapsed, rivers dried up.
In the past, Rahu did not hesitate to detonate the ancestral veins of the West in order to obtain the power to destroy heaven and earth in order to prove his Dao.
Although Hongjun Daozu won that battle.
But the western land paid a terrible price for this, with its spiritual veins severed and life cut off.
In the void, there was not a trace of innate spiritual energy, but rather it was filled with the extraterrestrial demonic energy that could erode the primordial spirit and disturb the mind.
Ordinary Golden Immortals, without the protection of supreme treasures, would not dare to easily set foot in this place. If they are not careful, they will be possessed by demonic energy, suffer a qi deviation, and turn into a demon who only knows how to kill.
But at this moment, a figure strolled leisurely across this ravaged western land.
Kunpeng, dressed in a dark blue Taoist robe, walked with his hands behind his back.
Behind his head, the dazzling golden wheel of merit slowly rotated, radiating a gentle and sacred golden light.
Those ferocious and terrifying baleful and demonic energies could not get within a hundred feet of him at all.
"What a ruthless Demon Ancestor Rahu!"
Kunpeng stood with his hands behind his back, strolling leisurely across this terrifying Western land.
Looking at the shattered mountains and rivers beneath his feet, and sensing the lingering tragic aura, Kunpeng couldn't help but shake his head.
"Detonating the earth's veins and destroying the foundation of a region—no wonder he died and his cultivation dissipated."
Kunpeng did not linger on the outskirts, but instead identified its direction and headed straight for the western hinterland.
His gaze was fixed on the far west, where the outline of a majestic sacred mountain could be vaguely seen. Although half of the mountain had collapsed, it still exuded an ancient and desolate aura.
Mount Sumeru!
The former site of the Demon Ancestor Rahu's dojo was also the ancestral home of the Western Sect in the future.
"Now that Rahu is dead, Jieyin and Zhunti should have already been born and taken over Mount Sumeru."
A thoughtful look flashed in Kunpeng's eyes.
However, he did not turn his cloud around to go to Mount Sumeru.
Firstly, he had no connection with the Western duo, and secondly, the matter of stealing the treasure should be kept secret rather than publicized.
Secondly, he knew in his heart that the real treasures would never be left in such an obvious place.
If the God-Slaying Spear and the World-Destroying Black Lotus were still on Mount Sumeru, they would probably have been taken away by Dao Ancestor Hongjun long ago, or they would have already fallen into the bag of Jieyin and Zhunti.
Since Hongjun did not take them, it means that these two treasures either disappeared into the void during the great explosion, or remained hidden in some unknown corner.
"There are methods to treasure hunting."
Kunpeng made a hand seal with one hand, and two streams of light flew out from his body.
One flower is fiery red, the other is pure white.
It was the twelve-petaled red lotus of karmic fire and the twelve-petaled white lotus of purifying the world.
"go!"
Kunpeng let out a soft shout.
Two lotus platforms floated in front of him, slowly rotating and emitting profound Dao fluctuations.
They are all of the same origin, both stemming from the Chaos Green Lotus.
Now that the two lotuses have emerged together, their energies interact with each other, and in the darkness, they will naturally resonate with the twelfth-grade world-destroying black lotus, which is also one of the four lotus seeds.
Sure enough, a moment later, the two lotus platforms trembled slightly.
Seemingly seizing a very faint opportunity, they all shifted slightly towards a direction in the southwest.
"Found it!"
A smile appeared on Kunpeng's lips. He put away the lotus platform, transformed into a streak of light, and sped off in the direction indicated by the sensation.
As they ventured deeper into the wilderness, the environment became increasingly harsh.
Aside from the endless silence, one can occasionally encounter some surviving creatures.
Most of these beings were demon soldiers and generals under Rahu's command, or great demons whose minds had been corrupted by demonic energy.
Although they survived the battle between the Dao and the Demons by sheer luck, they lost their reason and became monsters that only knew how to kill.
"roar--!"
Arriving at a secluded valley, a thousand-foot-tall demonic ape covered in black fur and with crimson eyes, brandishing a broken mountain peak, roared as it pounced on the Kunpeng.
Its aura was violent, and it even possessed the cultivation level of a Taiyi Golden Immortal.
"Noisy."
Kunpeng didn't even glance at the demonic ape, but simply waved his sleeve.
A beam of magical power, imbued with a purifying white light, swept out.
Before the demonic ape could even scream, its massive body vanished like dust under the purifying light, its very spirit being completely purified and disappearing into the world.
These surviving demons and their descendants are merely clinging to life because of the harsh environment of this place.
For Kunpeng, who is now at the mid-stage of the Great Luo realm and possesses great treasures, he poses no threat whatsoever.
At the very moment the demonic ape fell, Kunpeng raised an eyebrow slightly.
He clearly sensed that as the demon vanished, a barely perceptible golden speck of light drifted down from the heavens and merged into the golden wheel of merit behind his head.
Although this merit is minuscule, even less than one ten-millionth of what he gained from establishing the religion, it is real!
"Slaying demons actually grants merit?"
After a moment's thought, Kunpeng understood the key to it.
"These demonic creatures are remnants of Rahu's demonic energy. As long as they exist, they will destroy the primordial world for one day."
"By killing him, I am in accordance with the will of Heaven and cleanse the sect, and naturally, merit will descend upon me."
Upon realizing this, a glint of light flashed in Kunpeng's eyes.
Since slaying demons and monsters brings merit, what about repairing this shattered land?
His gaze fell upon the fractured ley lines beneath his feet.
With a thought, the Five Elements Laws flowed in his hands, and a stream of pure innate Earth essence was injected into the ground.
Rumbling--
The earth rumbled, and the huge crack slowly healed under the pull of magic, calming the previously violent earth energy somewhat.
The next moment, sure enough, another ray of golden light of merit descended, and it was even more than what was gained from killing the demonic ape!
"Just as I expected!"
A slight smile appeared on Kunpeng's lips.
Although the West is barren, it is a treasure trove for those with good intentions to accumulate merit!
Even the smallest mosquito is still meat; little by little, it adds up to a great fortune.
From then on, Kunpeng no longer simply traveled on its journey.
While searching for treasures by following the signals from the lotus platform, he also repaired the earth's veins and slayed demons.
Wherever it goes, demons are annihilated and the earth's veins are restored.
For Kunpeng, who possesses the cultivation level of a mid-stage Great Luo Golden Immortal and boundless magical power, doing these things is merely a matter of lifting a finger and does not consume much magical power.
However, the golden wheel of merit behind his head became increasingly solid and substantial with each passing day.
Time flies by in the blink of an eye.
The Kunpeng roamed the western land for a full five hundred years.
Until this day.
When he arrived above a seemingly ordinary, unremarkable magical wasteland.
The red and white lotuses that had been quietly suspended within his primordial spirit suddenly began to tremble violently without warning!
"Buzzing—!"
Two lotus platforms flew out on their own, radiating great light and emitting a rapid buzzing sound.
"Right here!"
Kunpeng suddenly stopped, his eyes flashing with a sharp light.
He looked around. The wasteland was vast and empty, with no mountains or rivers to cover it, and no trace of any formations. It seemed like there was nothing there at all.
However, under Kunpeng's discerning eyes that see through illusions, it was discovered that the spatial structure here had an extremely unnatural distortion.
It was as if there was an invisible membrane separating this small, independent world from the vast, primordial world.
"It was hidden in such a secluded place."
"If I didn't have two lotus platforms of the same origin to guide me, even if a Grand Luo Golden Immortal came, he probably wouldn't be able to discover the clues here."
Kunpeng stretched out a palm and grabbed at the place where the space distortion was most intense!
"Open it!"
The terrifying magical power of a mid-stage Grand Luo Golden Immortal erupted instantly, and the laws of space began to operate.
"Sizzle—!"
The void was actually torn open by the Kunpeng, creating a pitch-black rift that was tens of thousands of feet long!
As soon as the crack opened, a pure demonic energy, hundreds of times more concentrated than the outside world, gushed out like a flood bursting its banks!
If Kunpeng hadn't been protected by the Golden Wheel of Merit and purified by the White Lotus of Purification, he would have been instantly swept away by this demonic energy and lost his footing.
"Indeed, it's a hidden paradise!"
Kunpeng felt reassured. With a flash, he charged straight into the crack, braving the surging demonic energy.
After passing through the spatial barrier, the view suddenly opened up before us.
This is a small, dependent world, no more than ten thousand miles in circumference.
The world may be small, but it seems to be the origin of the demonic path.
The sky was a suffocating dark purple, and black death energy flowed across the ground. There was no sign of life, only endless destruction and devastation raging around.
In the very center of that small world, there was a pool formed entirely of black magical liquid.
Above the pool, a black lotus platform floats silently.
The lotus platform was pitch black, unfathomably deep, as if it could even devour light.
Its surface swirled with demonic energy, emanating a terrifying aura of destruction—it was none other than the legendary Black Lotus of Annihilation!
"Finally found it!"
Upon seeing this object, Kunpeng could not hide his excitement.
However, when he looked closely and his gaze fell on the petals of the lotus platform, the joy on his face froze slightly, then turned into a hint of regret.
The lotus platform, which should have been a perfect twelfth-grade lotus, now appeared somewhat broken.
The outer petals had suffered some terrible blow, and three of them were broken and missing!
The original 12th-grade top-quality innate spiritual treasure has now been reduced to 9th grade!
"What a pity, what a real pity."
As Kunpeng approached, it looked at the incomplete treasure and couldn't help but shake its head and sigh.
"It seems that when the Demon Ancestor Rahu finally detonated the Western Ancestral Vein, attempting to take Hongjun down with him, this World-Destroying Black Lotus, as Rahu's protective treasure, was the first to bear the brunt of the devastating power."
"The fact that this treasure was able to retain its ninth-grade quality in such a massive explosion without being completely destroyed already demonstrates the extraordinary nature of its material."