txolops Chapter 88 Bipolar Imbalance
Chapter 88 Bipolar Imbalance
"No, that's not right!"
Fang Chen's expression suddenly darkened, his aura tightened abruptly, and warning signs exploded in his mind like a mountain collapsing and a tsunami crashing!
The Daoist method he cultivated, the Earth Immortal lineage, was most compatible with the pulse of heaven and earth, and he was particularly adept at sensing the flow of water essence in the earth's veins.
But at this moment, in his consciousness, the vast network of water that should have flowed endlessly and nourished the land was like an ancient scroll being torn apart by an invisible giant hand, fading, drying up, and cracking at an alarming speed!
The "Heavenly Dew," symbolizing the blessings of Heaven and the nurturing of life, vanishes silently like morning dew meeting the scorching sun, as if the last wisp of pure spirit in the world is being mercilessly taken away.
The once mighty "Earthly Abundance," which governs rivers, lakes, and the vast expanse of land, now seems to have its mighty waters choked, rapidly withering away. Countless tributaries have ceased to flow in its presence, leaving only cracked, scorched earth and exposed riverbeds.
The Yuanhu Lake, which harmonizes Yin and Yang and nourishes the water element, is shrinking rapidly, resembling a shallow depression exposed to the scorching sun for nine days, with all the water vapor evaporated.
The vast Mingxie, which should have risen from Guixu and carried abundant moisture to nourish the inland, was blocked by a strange barrier outside the vast sea, making it impossible for it to penetrate even a little further!
This is no ordinary drought. The very foundation of the water cycle of the nine provinces is being shaken... The heavens no longer send down rain, the earth no longer springs forth, lakes and seas no longer irrigate, and the water veins of heaven and earth will become extinct!
Such actions not only shook the foundations of three great dynasties.
It is clearly intended to sever the foundation of the water element in the world and to become an enemy of the Three Mountains Daoist sects, cultivators from all directions, the Central Plains and overseas, and even the Heavenly Court and the Underworld in the dark!
These demonic cultivators... have they truly gone mad?!
He actually intends to take on the entire world single-handedly?!
And the problems are not limited to Shui Yuan.
Fang Chen's divine sense probed downwards, touching the earth. The Xuanhuang earth energy, which should have been thick, stagnant, and full of life, was now stagnant and turbulent. Furthermore, layers of Yin and evil energy surged from its depths, as if the earth mother had suffered a severe injury that was difficult to heal, and the wound was festering and spreading in all directions!
Of the three elements of heaven, earth, and water, celestial phenomena can still be maintained, but the two pillars of earth veins and water elements are both being eroded!
"The Yang God True Lord of this world... actually possesses such supernatural powers?!"
It wasn't that Fang Chen underestimated Yang Shen Zhenjun, but in his understanding, such a calamity that shook the very foundations of heaven and earth would require at least a terrifying existence at the level of a Corpse-Dissolving Immortal to trigger in this turbid world... How could the Red Sun Daoist and the various demonic Dao Zhenjuns have achieved such a feat?!
His mind raced, and his senses suddenly jolted, causing him to look sharply towards the western suburbs of the county town... In the original owner's memory, that was the place outside Qingzhang County, a place where a hundred miles of chaotic burial grounds and desolate graves converged.
At this moment, in his perception, the yin and evil energy was surging violently like a volcanic eruption, and a huge, viscous, and malicious aura was rising up with a roar!
"Hahaha, good! Good! It must be the [Nine Corpse Demon God Path] that has joined forces with my Holy Sect!" Xu Lingmiao beside him was overjoyed. "My lord, this is the moment when the dragon energy is turbulent and the human law net is weak! As long as we join forces and strike, we will surely be able to destroy the defenses of this prefecture and turn it into a Dao Kingdom on the ground! The advantage is in our hands. If we do not act now, when will we?"
"The advantage is yours?" Fang Chen slowly turned his head, his expression as dark as night. "I'm afraid... it's not that the advantage is yours, but that the Red Sun Daoist you all speak of, along with the Demon Lords... has gone too far!!!"
It's not just Fang Chen.
At this moment, the entire land was in turmoil, and the vital energies resonated.
Dynasties of the world, Taoist sects of the Three Mountains, wandering immortals from overseas, and giants of unorthodox paths... all those whose cultivation has reached the pinnacle and who can sense the pulse of heaven and earth will feel something in their hearts and, without prior agreement, suddenly raise their heads to look at the sky, their expressions changing drastically.
北疆
White Mountains and Black Waters
The capital of the Jin Dynasty.
Beside the golden tent, a great shaman clad in ancient feathered robes and with animal patterns painted on his face abruptly lifted the tent flap, his cloudy eyes fixed intently on the south:
"The bloodline of Tengri (Eternal Heaven) is drying up..." His voice was hoarse, his expression ferocious. "What are the Han emperors and Taoist priests doing? Are they trying to turn the grasslands into a barren wasteland, and cause all living beings to perish with them?!"
Changan
Ancient capitals of all dynasties
The deep palace of Ziwei.
On the star-gazing platform, a middle-aged Taoist priest dressed in a purple robe with the Eight Trigrams suddenly opened his eyes, with flashes of lightning appearing in them.
The sky was faintly tinged with an ominous dark red, and the starlight was obscured, a harbinger of the drought demon's birth and the desolation of the land for thousands of miles!
His face was ashen, and his five fingers were secretly calculating within his sleeve, deducing the secrets of cause and effect:
"The water source is depleted, the earth's energy is stagnant... This is not a natural disaster, but a man-made calamity! What kind of demons dare to carry out such a heaven-defying plan to wipe out our entire family?!"
Luoyang
Dragon Qi Coiled
Great Wei Imperial City
Deep underground, in a bronze chamber, a figure in black robes and a crown slowly awakens. Before him, a jade disc symbolizing the "Southern Water Vein" is rapidly losing its luster, revealing fine, withered cracks.
"The virtue of water is declining, and the earth's energy is stagnant..." Beneath the imperial crown, a voice resounded like the earth's veins trembling. "How could someone simultaneously disturb the foundations of both water and earth... Who is this deity, or what kind of evil spirit?!"
That's not all...
The Demon-Sealing Tower of Mount Shu hummed incessantly, the Lotus Pond of Mount Tianshan stirred with waves even without wind, and the three great immortal mountains of Penglai, Fangzhang, and Yingzhou were shrouded in swirling mists...
All the Taoist sects under heaven, the True Lords of the Three Mountains, and the eminent scholars of the four seas, all those who had been in seclusion in their blessed lands and grotto-heavens, opened their eyes at this moment, their expressions solemn, and began to deduce the secrets of heaven:
"Why did this calamity occur out of nowhere when the two ominous stars, Ketu and Yinghuo, had never appeared in the world?!"
At the summit of Mount Beiman, the True Lord of the Netherworld stood in the void, his face as cold as ice.
Looking northwards, the vast landscape is no longer a scene of human existence.
The earth cracked like a spider web, the fissures were bottomless, the soil and rocks were all gray and white, life was extinguished, as if a riverbed that had been dried up for millions of years under the scorching sun.
The primordial earth that nurtured all things was now exuding a heavy sense of death. Furthermore, boundless resentment, filth, and deathly sins, like ink mixed with clear water, poured into the earth's veins from the north, transforming into countless turbid undercurrents that surged and seeped into the nine provinces... This was no ordinary pollution, but a poisonous sore that filthened the heavens and earth!
In the center of the dead zone, a gaunt figure about nine feet tall stood silently.
Its shape resembles a drought demon, leaving the land parched and scorched, turning the earth into molten lava and glass wherever it stands. Upon closer inspection, one can see black hair hidden beneath its skin, hooked claws, and a hunched back—it is clearly a corpse monkey, exuding an aura of death and possessing unparalleled ferocity!
At this moment, it is looking down, holding something in its hands, and slowly nibbling at it.
It was a head with bristling hair and beard, its face full of resentment, and a red lotus mark between its brows, still radiating a faint yet pure, eerie spiritual light... Clearly, it was the Red Lotus Daoist of the White Lotus Sect!
After devouring the essence of all the demon lords, and gathering all the yin energy, filth, bad luck, and malevolent energy of heaven and earth, the corpse monkey absorbed all the yang spirits and secret techniques of the demons, finally filling the last gap and achieving perfect merit.
At this point, it roared to the sky, and an unparalleled terror spread—
Not only did it shake the water vapor balance of Kyushu, but it also disrupted...
The Laws of Yin and Yang, Life and Death!