Chapter 2290: Chapter 2337: Incarnation of the Heavenly Dao

"Ascend to Sagehood!" Jiang Fan shouted in a low voice. The brand-new Ancestor Ring, as dazzling as the sun, instantly melted into a flowing white liquid. It dripped onto the ground, casting the foundation of a stele.

The Merit Divine Pearl he had just used was an oversized one. It contained enough merit for any cultivator experiencing the Heavenly Human Five Declines to successfully cast a complete Merit Divine Stele. However, a Merit Divine Stele forged through the Ancestor Dao required an amount of merit far exceeding that of an ordinary person!

Noticing this, the Chaotic Ancient Blood Marquis felt slightly relieved. "It seems no one told you that ascending to Sagehood through the Ancestor Dao requires ten times the merit of an ordinary person!" He held the reins and rode the White Bone Warhorse toward the rift, intending to step into Central Earth!

The moment a single hoof stepped through, the sky abruptly filled with boundless nine-colored Yun Xia. They swirled, forming nine vortexes. Nine towering, archaic divine steles, radiating an aura of ancient vicissitudes, descended from the vortexes. Waves of an aura that commanded absolute reverence emanated from the steles.

These were the very steles of the Central Earth Ancient Saints. During the two great Merit Assemblies, the Ancient Saints had declared their will through these steles. Now, the Nine Steles appeared simultaneously. They represented the unified will of the nine Ancient Saints!

The Nine Steles vibrated, causing the entirety of Central Earth to quake violently. The island beneath their feet, the distant Taicang State, and the other eight Great States all trembled massively due to the manifestation of the Nine Steles. An invisible repulsive force hindered the Chaotic Ancient Blood Marquis’s advance. The White Bone Warhorse struggled to plant its hooves and was forced backward.

The Chaotic Ancient Blood Marquis looked up at the boundless Cangming, as if locking eyes with the unseen Ancient Saints, and spoke chillingly, "Central Earth, don’t even dream of giving birth to an Ancestor Dao Sage!"

His body shook, and Divine Power erupted from within him. A blood-red banner, seething with murderous intent, materialized behind his back. The bloody banner billowed wildly, faintly revealing the words "Zhenbei Blood Marquis." The vast majesty originating from the Daqian Divine Kingdom fended off the Ancient Saints’ will of expulsion. As a Marquis of the Divine Country, he traveled through the heavens with imperial prerogative!

Freed from restraint, the White Bone Warhorse raised its hooves once more, crossed the rift, and descended upon Central Earth!

The Chaotic Ancient Blood Marquis glanced toward the Continent before fixing his cold gaze on Jiang Fan. A trace of excitement flickered in his eyes.

"I have slaughtered billions of living beings, yet I have never killed an Ancestor Dao Sage!

"You will be the first!

"Your name is worthy of being carved onto the Sin World Blood Stele!"

With that, he clamped his legs, and the White Bone Warhorse neighed as it charged at Jiang Fan.

The bloodline within the Chaotic Ancient Blood Marquis crackled explosively. Surges of Divine Power from the Thunder God Bloodline intimidated the Central Earth Realm to the point of near collapse. The sky distorted, tearing open massive swaths of Void Rifts. The earth trembled, and the Vast Sea churned up a tsunami hundreds of feet high, crashing against Taicang State and the Continent. The isolated Continent out at sea was shoved tens of thousands of miles away by the massive waves! The living beings of Central Earth stared toward the South Sea in terrified panic, as if doomsday had arrived.

In the blink of an eye, the White Bone Warhorse charged to within a thousand feet of Jiang Fan. Its aura of destruction instantly evaporated the Vast Sea below, exposing the ocean floor and the underwater Imperial Palace. Only when the destructive force washed up right before Jiang Fan was it warped by an invisible power, veering off to brush past him.

The Chaotic Ancient Blood Marquis said coldly, "If Dao techniques cannot kill you, then I will obliterate you with Body Techniques!"

No matter how powerful the Heavenly Dao’s protective force was, it could not possibly distort his physical fists. After speaking, he leaped up and walked toward Jiang Fan step by step. He clenched his fingers into a fist, pale veins bulging on the back of his hand. He stared at Jiang Fan—who appeared to have failed his ascension to Sagehood—with a face full of murderous intent.

"One who ascends to Sagehood via the Ancestor Dao receives the blessing of the Heavenly Dao, gaining the power to kill me.

"What a pity, you have no chance left!"

Jiang Fan watched him coldly. "Who said I only had one portion of merit?"

With a flip of his palm, a full ten oversized Merit Divine Pearls appeared in his hand. They were the very ones he had exchanged with Jian Qingmei for the Peace Monument!

"You have more?" The Chaotic Ancient Blood Marquis’s pupils shrank. By the time he reacted, Jiang Fan had already driven all ten Merit Divine Pearls into the melting Ancestor Ring.

In an instant, all the Merit Divine Pearls melted into flowing white liquid, dripping onto the ground. The Merit Divine Stele, which had previously only formed its base, rapidly took shape. It morphed into a blindingly brilliant, pure white Merit Divine Stele standing thirty feet tall! Ordinary Merit Divine Steles were golden and only as tall as a person. Jiang Fan’s Merit Divine Stele was entirely different from anyone else’s!

Now, the only thing missing was a Saint to engrave words upon it and bestow the title of Sage! Since the Ancient Saint of Cloud Desolation was absent, it was unknown which Central Earth Ancient Saint would manifest.

However, the Central Earth Ancient Saints remained completely motionless. No one appeared to preside over the ascension.

His eyes brimming with murderous intent, the Chaotic Ancient Blood Marquis seized this opportunity. His terrifying fist punched through space, smashing toward Jiang Fan’s head at close range! This was a strike from someone who had formerly reached the Half-step Saint Realm! To permanently eliminate this future threat, he had even activated the Thunder God Bloodline. Except for those in the Saint Realm, anyone else would be completely obliterated!

However, just as Jiang Fan was about to suffer the complete obliteration of his body and soul, time suddenly froze!

The Chaotic Ancient Blood Marquis’s impossibly fast figure was frozen motionless right in front of him. His terrifying fist was only a foot away from Jiang Fan. The destructive power it carried had already fractured Jiang Fan’s frontal bone, causing blood to seep out. The tsunami-churning Vast Sea below, the fleeing Sea Demon Clan, the fish leaping mid-air from the dried ocean floor... Everything, absolutely everything, was frozen in place.

DRIP DROP—

Blood suddenly gushed from Jiang Fan’s fractured frontal bone, and his body swayed violently. He had broken free from the time freeze!

At the same time, the sky over Central Earth turned entirely pitch black! No, it wasn’t just the sky turning black. All light, Spiritual Energy, air, and Five Elements Power in Central Earth had vanished completely! Central Earth was reduced to a world of primordial chaos. Nothing remained; nothing existed.

All Jiang Fan saw was an expanse of void. Even his own existence was gradually fading into nothingness. His consciousness was rapidly dissipating, sinking bit by bit. Just as he was about to dissipate completely, a wild, primal, grand, and penetrating, boundless booming voice pierced the heavens and earth.

"ZHA!"

Jiang Fan, whose consciousness had been fading, snapped fully awake! This single syllable echoed like a great, resonant bell, deafening and deeply awakening.

Then, the pitch-black sky was slashed open, revealing a boundless white rift. A ray of pure white light, like the very first ray of dawn since the world’s creation, cast itself upon Jiang Fan. Bathed in the light, his soul, his vitality, his bones, his flesh, his skin, and his hair—all of it awakened, radiating an unprecedented surge of life force! His physical body was undergoing a complete metamorphosis!

Heart Spirit trembling, Jiang Fan looked up against the blazing white light. He saw that beyond the rift, an axe large enough to blot out the sky—the size of all Central Earth—was raised mid-air. It was weathered and ancient, looking as though it had traveled through the long river of time. The blade was heavily battered, covered in gaps of various sizes. Bloodstained black chains wrapped around the axe handle. It looked as if it had been through a ferocious battle against some unknown existence.

What made Jiang Fan’s pupils constrict was the indescribably colossal, cosmic phantom gripping the axe! The phantom had unkempt hair, and its bare upper body exuded a wild, destructive power. Its eyes were like ancient suns and moons, blazing with Infinite light that illuminated the entire universe.

This... this was the incarnation of the Heavenly Dao!

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