Shrouding the Heavens

Chapter 360 - 361 Chapter 366 Capturing the Sacred Lady Alive

361: Chapter 366: Capturing the Sacred Lady Alive 361: Chapter 366: Capturing the Sacred Lady Alive Ye Fan charged forward, his golden fist whipping up a gale that tore the earth asunder.

The power of his punch was akin to an ancient star falling, crashing onto the ground and illuminating the entire Ice Field.

The sheer magnitude of this punch’s power was beyond comprehension, causing the entire Ice Field to tremble.

Gaping fissures split open the ground beneath Ye Fan’s feet, countless in number, each over half a meter wide, spreading in all directions.

His entire body radiated a golden brilliance, dazzling to behold, like an ancient golden god of battle crushing the void.

“A sacred body at the Fifth Layer Heaven of the Dao Palace!” For the first time, a ripple of surprise crossed the sacred lady of the Purple Mansion’s features.

She hadn’t expected Ye Fan to reach such a realm by himself.

In the past, only the Sacred Lands could nurture such prowess.

WHOOSH!

The painting unfolded.

The Mountain and River Map trembled, and the real world inside fully emerged, merging with the Great Heaven and Earth, shielding the sacred lady of the Purple Mansion at its center.

The landscape was as picturesque as a painting, the woman as exquisite as a flower—a true reflection of the scene before them.

Even Ye Fan’s golden fist, despite its incredible hardness, could not budge the Mountain and River Map.

It was a weapon left by the deceased old Saint Master of the Purple Mansion.

Myriad golden rays exploded, as if the firmament itself had been torn apart.

It seemed as though tens of thousands of stars were plummeting, striking the earth.

Rocks flew into the sky and snow filled the air.

The land was riddled with wounds, almost shattered by Ye Fan’s assault, yet he still couldn’t break through into the Mountain and River Map.

When everything settled, inside the Mountain and River Map lay grand mountains, ethereal Immortal Rivers, and enchanting scenery.

The sacred lady of the Purple Mansion stood within the painting, alone atop the Immortal Cliff, enveloped in mist, detached from the world, becoming the most captivating part of the painting.

Pang Bo roared, unleashing the Demon Emperor Nine Slashes of Destruction.

Silver beams flashed from his eyes, shooting into the painting and aiming for the peerless beauty on the cliff.

The sacred lady of the Purple Mansion stood motionless, allowing the dragon-shaped silver beams to enter the painting.

The Dao mark on her brow flared with purple light as she counterattacked.

This was an astonishing confrontation: the Demon Emperor Ancient Scripture Divine Technique versus the Miao Skill of the Sacred Land’s Ancient Scripture.

Pang Bo’s combat power was robust.

His black hair was disheveled, his eyes gleaming.

The edge of the Demon Emperor Nine Slashes was unbearable, destroying everything in its path.

He exuded an air of unrivaled supremacy, as if he alone was peerless.

The sacred lady of the Purple Mansion was close to the Dao, Heaven and man together.

Her spiritual state was incredibly profound; she could wield the Power of the Dao at will.

The Mountain and River Map was like a Pure Land outside the world.

She stood on the Immortal Cliff.

The Dao mark on her brow was exposed, purple light sparkling, making her even more otherworldly, as if she didn’t belong to this world of Red Dust.

SWOOSH!

In the end, the silver light in Pang Bo’s eyes faded.

The Demon Emperor Nine Slashes of Destruction was unleashed, but it couldn’t harm the transcendent beauty within the painting.

Moreover, she remained composed, showing no sign of exertion.

It was clear she was holding back, unlike Pang Bo, who only stopped after fully expending the power of the Demon Emperor’s first slash.

What was the renown of the Demon Emperor Nine Slashes?

It was said to have shaken past and present, the strongest set of divine arts created by the demon race’s Great Emperor.

The others were shocked.

The sacred lady of the Purple Mansion was far stronger than they had imagined.

Her strength was astonishing, far beyond that of any ordinary sacred lady!

“She’s comparable to the Flickering Light Saint Heir!” Tu Fei exclaimed in awe.

During their initial clash, he had almost been killed; and that had been from just one exchange of blows!

“I don’t believe her combat power is stronger than mine!” Pang Bo took large strides forward, preparing to strike again.

“I get it now!

She’s an Innate Dao Embryo!” the Black Emperor suddenly exclaimed.

“What?!” Everyone was shocked.

Although they didn’t understand what this constitution was, just hearing the name indicated it was extraordinary.

Hearing these words, the sacred lady of the Purple Mansion remained perfectly calm, showing no reaction.

She maintained a detached demeanor, as if she floated above the mundane affairs of the Red Dust.

“Is this constitution very powerful?” Tu Fei asked.

“Didn’t you see it earlier?

She is naturally close to the Dao, almost achieving Heaven and Earth Unity, able to leave her imprint in the void and wield the power of the Dao.” A chill ran down everyone’s spines.

Besides her own strength, the sacred lady of the Purple Mansion was also channeling the Power of the Dao in heaven and earth, making her practically invincible from the outset!

The Black Emperor seemed very excited.

“I thought she was merely close to the Dao,” he said.

“I never imagined she was an Innate Dao Embryo!

Once such a person reaches the Saint Master Level, they merge with the Dao itself.

When facing cultivators of the same generation, no matter how overwhelming their opponent’s magical power, they will be suppressed!” At this moment, Ye Fan, Pang Bo, and Tu Fei all gasped, utterly astounded.

Such a constitution was too incredible, truly perverse!

Throughout all this, the sacred lady of the Purple Mansion remained silent.

She was naturally attuned to and close to the Dao, as if nothing in the mortal world could stir the slightest emotional ripple within her.

“Why have I never heard of such a constitution before?” Tu Fei asked.

The Black Emperor replied, “Because they are exceedingly rare, almost never seen.

However, I can give you an example: one of the Great Emperors of ancient times possessed an Innate Taoist Body.” “What, which Great Emperor?” Even Ye Fan was surprised.

“The West Emperor Mother of Jade Lake,” the Black Emperor replied.

“Brothers, what are you waiting for?

She could be a future Female Emperor!

Let’s capture her alive and make her a wife!” Tu Fei yelled.

“This emperor is willing to take you as a disciple, not as a human pet!

Are you willing?” the Black Emperor also called out shamelessly.

BOOM!

Pang Bo attacked, unleashing the Demon Emperor Nine Slashes—Deprivation!

Its divine might was matchless, beyond compare.

He attempted to tear the sacred lady of the Purple Mansion from the Mountain and River Map.

Silver light blazed, and the entire world became a sheet of white.

The pressure on the sacred lady of the Purple Mansion multiplied.

Even though she was in the Miao Realm, almost Heaven and man together, she sensed waves of danger and had to gather her power of the Dao to contend with all her might.

Pang Bo, being able to contend against an Innate Dao Embryo, spoke volumes of his strength, allowing him to look down upon the younger generation of the present age.

BUZZ!

Simultaneously, Tu Fei deployed the Heaven-devouring Jar, and the Black Emperor shook the Golden Big Bell.

They jointly suppressed the Mountain and River Map, launching their full assault.

It had to be said that this Mountain and River Map was incredibly wondrous, its power immeasurable, one of the Purple Mansion’s foremost Heavy Artifacts, impervious to attack.

CLANG!

Ye Fan also launched the Vajra.

This, too, was a Heavy Artifact from the Sacred Lands.

It transformed into a silver bolt of lightning, its power immense, almost piercing through the firmament.

The mountains and rivers within were magnificent; it was a true small world possessing spatial properties.

This allowed the Vajra to pass straight through, evading the terrifying strike.

CLANG!

Green light soared, turning half the sky and even the falling snow green.

A divine lotus latched onto the Mountain and River Map, its tendrils spreading inside.

Pang Bo struck, sending a weapon forged by a sovereign into that small world, momentarily pinning the map in place.

Finally, a faint ripple disturbed the sacred lady of the Purple Mansion’s expression.

That all four of them wielded Heavy Artifacts interwoven with Law far exceeded her expectations.

“Innate Dao Embryo, take this!” Tu Fei roared.

The Heaven-devouring Demon Jar billowed with black mist, transforming into a Demon Mountain that pressed down.

CLANG!

The Black Emperor urged on the Golden Big Bell, its resonant sound echoing through the heavens and earth, striking into the Mountain and River Map.

At the same time, Ye Fan once again launched the lustrous Ring-shaped Jade.

Its silver brilliance was dazzling as it transformed into a massive Grinding Disc and instantly rushed into the small world.

BOOM!

The ground of the small world collapsed, the destruction continuously spreading and pulverizing.

Within a radius of a thousand zhang, rocks flew through the air and enraged waves surged eight to nine hundred meters high.

A bottomless pit, a thousand zhang wide, appeared in the ground, dark and terrifyingly deep.

The Vajra, now as large as a Grinding Disc, wielded tremendous power.

After devastating an entire region, it soared into the sky, aiming for the sacred lady of the Purple Mansion on the Immortal Cliff.

As light and shadow flickered, Ye Fan, Pang Bo, Tu Fei, and the Black Emperor, all holding Heavy Artifacts, entered the Mountain and River Map, intending to destroy this map and capture the Innate Dao Embryo alive.

The sacred lady of the Purple Mansion slightly furrowed her delicate brows.

She was already inclined to retreat, but since entering this area, she discovered she was sealed on the Ice Field.

Her opponents had evidently been lying in ambush for a long time.

Dao Glyphs were densely laid out, making it difficult for her to break through.

And now, with these four powerful experts pressing their advantage so fiercely, she alone could not hope to contend against them.

“Demon Emperor Nine Slashes—Soul Wound!” Since Pang Bo could contend with an Innate Dao Embryo, he naturally took the lead in the assault.

Furthermore, the divine art he unleashed was exceptionally profound; it directly attacked the divine sense, capable of disrupting the sacred lady of the Purple Mansion’s state of Heaven and Earth Unity and her connection to the Dao.

Tu Fei and the Black Emperor also stepped forward, both wielding Heavy Artifacts to suppress her.

Even though the sacred lady of the Purple Mansion was immensely powerful, she was already struggling to face the formidable Pang Bo, forcing her to concentrate most of her power of the Dao on him.

With Tu Fei and the Black Emperor joining the fray, her situation went from bad to worse.

She was hard-pressed to cope, and the Mountain and River Map, suppressed by the Heaven-devouring Jar and the Big Bell, could not unleash its full might.

BOOM!

The Grinding Disc-sized Vajra struck, shattering the Immortal Cliff and nearly hitting the sacred lady of the Purple Mansion.

In that same instant, Ye Fan rapidly closed the distance, swinging his golden fist to smash down, while the God-beating Whip in his left hand slashed out.

Now, Ye Fan and the sacred lady of the Purple Mansion were engaged in close combat.

This finally made her expression change; the legends about the sheer physical might of a sacred body were numerous and all too true.

BOOM!

While resisting the other three powerhouses, she simultaneously imprinted herself onto the fabric of the Mountain and River Map’s world, using its Dao imprint to try and suppress Ye Fan.

This was the power of an Innate Dao Embryo!

Even if its own strength was insufficient, it could borrow the power of the Great Dao, achieve Heaven and Earth Unity, and unleash supreme pressure!

An earth-shattering KABOOM erupted!

Golden light and purple radiance filled the sky.

The God-beating Whip struck the Dao imprint in the void, causing that patch of sky to collapse.

Ye Fan’s golden fist, however, slammed into the space beside the sacred lady of the Purple Mansion with overwhelming force!

The terrifying aura was horrifying.

Ye Fan’s physical body was exceptionally powerful; the Dao imprint had failed to suppress him.

The golden fist punched out, indomitable and unstoppable.

Purple Clothes fluttered, and one of the sacred lady of the Purple Mansion’s sleeves disintegrated into dust, revealing a snow-white, slender arm.

The sacred body, though still in the Dao Palace secret realm, possessed a physical divine might capable of looking down on the entire younger generation, its valor unstoppable.

Unfortunately, he missed by a hair’s breadth.

His fingertips failed to brush that jade-like arm; otherwise, even an Innate Dao Embryo would have suffered broken bones and torn tendons.

As the Purple Mist scattered, Ye Fan finally saw the true face of the sacred lady of the Purple Mansion.

It was a countenance so beautiful it could steal one’s breath away.

The opportunity was fleeting.

The sacred lady of the Purple Mansion transformed into a streak of Purple Mist.

Merging with the Dao, she broke through their blockade and escaped the encirclement of the four.

The Black Emperor called out, “This is the first time this emperor has seen a sacred body contend against an Innate Dao Embryo!

Kid, I’m rooting for you!

Get to the Four Extremes secret boundary quickly and challenge her properly!” “We can’t let her escape!

Once she becomes a Saint Master Level expert, she will merge with the Dao and be able to suppress all cultivators of the same rank.

She’ll be unstoppable!” Tu Fei also shouted.

Pang Bo, fearless, wielded the divine lotus and swiftly gave chase.

Ye Fan moved almost parallel to him, the Origin Qi Cauldron floating above his head.

He held the Vajra in his left hand and the God-beating Whip in his right, streaking forward like a golden flash of lightning.

SWISH!

However, just then, the void around them dissolved.

All four were ejected from the Mountain and River Map, reappearing on the Ice Field.

The Mountain and River Map shrank, becoming a beautiful scroll that merged with the sacred lady of the Purple Mansion.

The landscape was like a painting, the beauty like a flower, each complementing the other perfectly.

The Dao imprint on her brow pulsed, scanning the Array Patterns on the Ice Field for a weak point, intending to escape.

“Not good!

This Dao Embryo is truly something else!

She’s channeling the Great Dao, trying to see through the profound mystery of the Array Patterns!” the Black Emperor yelled, continuously throwing out Star Stones to significantly increase the complexity of the Array Patterns.

“This time, she has wings but cannot fly!

I don’t believe she can break these Dao Glyphs.

We just need to keep her trapped!” The Black Emperor was full of confidence.

The sacred lady of the Purple Mansion’s brow furrowed slightly.

Her form became increasingly ethereal as she began to merge with the void, while the Mountain and River Map simultaneously blazed with a brilliant light.

“Quick!

Stop her!

The Mountain and River Map contains the power of Space Law!” Tu Fei shouted.

The four of them attacked simultaneously.

The Vajra, divine lotus, Heaven-devouring Jar, and Big Bell all struck out, tearing the void asunder.

However, their attacks hit nothing but air!

The sacred lady of the Purple Mansion spat out a mouthful of essence blood.

Channeling the Great Dao, she unleashed a divine might from the Mountain and River Map that was ordinarily beyond her ability to wield at her current realm.

The map transformed into a Space Gate, and with a flash, she vanished into it.

This wasn’t like carving Array Patterns on a mysterious jade platform to traverse the void.

This was using the power of the Dao to forcibly activate a precious treasure to rip through space—a feat countless times more difficult.

“Damn it!

The Array Patterns this emperor painstakingly laid out were useless!

They didn’t even get a chance to be used!” the Black Emperor fumed.

Tu Fei shouted, “The Mountain and River Map is a divine artifact left by the Purple Mansion’s previous old Saint Master before he passed away!

She can’t truly activate its full power.

Even if she tore open a Space Gate, the distance she traveled must be limited!” “Chase her!

She must have been severely injured from forcefully opening that Space Gate just now!” The Black Emperor, being an expert in Dao Glyphs and void travel, instantly determined the correct direction from the fluctuations emitted by the Space Gate.

Ye Fan, Pang Bo, Tu Fei, and the Black Emperor split up and fanned out, intending to encircle her.

According to Tu Fei’s deduction, the sacred lady of the Purple Mansion couldn’t have gone far.

Just as they took to the sky, they spotted a flash of light several li away.

The sacred lady of the Purple Mansion had just emerged from the void!

They transformed into streaks of lightning and gave chase.

Pang Bo could almost match the sacred lady of the Purple Mansion in combat power, and his speed was equally terrifying.

He rapidly closed the distance.

As for Ye Fan, after advancing to the Fifth Layer Heaven of the Dao Palace, his speed had increased by a huge margin.

Among the younger generation, apart from a select few, almost no one could compare to him.

The sacred lady of the Purple Mansion was indeed severely injured.

Relying on a single burst of power to activate the precious treasure and tear open a Space Gate was truly a heaven-defying feat for someone at her realm.

Although she could borrow the power of the Great Dao, her injuries were considerable.

Ye Fan and Pang Bo caught up to her.

The gleaming, Grinding Disc-sized Vajra struck down with the force of a thunderbolt.

BOOM!

Heaven and earth shook, and the firmament trembled as if all the stars in the sky were about to be shaken loose.

The Ring-shaped Jade slammed into the Mountain and River Map.

At the same time, Pang Bo’s divine lotus shot out green radiance that swept over the map, causing its small world to tremble violently.

He then unleashed the Demon Emperor Nine Slashes.

By this time, Tu Fei and the Black Emperor had also caught up.

The Heaven-devouring Demon Jar and the Golden Big Bell vibrated in unison, pressing forward to suppress her.

The sacred lady of the Purple Mansion’s expression finally changed.

She lost her usual connection to the Dao, and her composure wavered.

Faced with this predicament, she lightly furrowed her delicate brows.

SWISH!

With a flash of light, she vanished into the Mountain and River Map.

The map’s Divine Radiance flared brilliantly before quickly dimming, and it then fluttered down from the sky to the ground.

“What’s going on?” Pang Bo asked, puzzled.

“She has hidden inside the Divine Map to try and escape this calamity,” Tu Fei said.

Ye Fan stepped forward, protected by the Origin Qi Cauldron.

Holding the Vajra in his left hand, he used the God-beating Whip in his right to flick the Mountain and River Map up from the ground.

At this moment, the Divine Map looked plain and unadorned.

Within the painting, the mountains and rivers were majestic.

A woman, shrouded in Purple Mist, was visible in the deepest recesses of the painted scenery.

Tu Fei frowned.

“It’s rumored that when the old Saint Master of the Purple Mansion was once pursued by a powerful enemy, he hid inside the Mountain and River Map.

Although his enemy obtained the Divine Map, they couldn’t do anything to him, and he eventually escaped.” “So, does that mean we can’t break into this map?” Ye Fan asked in surprise.

Pang Bo laughed heartily.

“Regardless, we’ve got her now!

Are we really going to give her a chance to escape?!” “The sacred lady of the Purple Mansion, a potential future Female Emperor, has actually been captured alive by us!” Tu Fei was quite satisfied with this result.

“Kid, you’re a sacred body, and she’s an Innate Dao Embryo.

Ever considered having an Innate Sacred Body Dao Embryo child together?

If so, this emperor would reluctantly agree to take on a little disciple and teach him the legendary No Beginning Scripture!”