Chapter 0953: Breaking Through the Yuan Ci Ling Wood Formation

Just then, suddenly, the entire Sacred Cauldron trembled violently. An astonishing surge of power emanated from the void, with waves of calamity thunder appearing in the space around the Sacred Cauldron.

“What is this? Has the eldest senior finally summoned the Destruction Calamity Thunder to break through twelve eras?!” Huang Long and the others were overjoyed.

After a while, more and more calamity thunder appeared high in the sky. The clouds of thunder stretched endlessly like mountains, spanning countless billions of miles. Compared to when Huang Long had reached the eighth era, this calamity thunder was tens of thousands of times stronger!

“So powerful!” Huang Long’s expression changed.

With such calamity thunder, even the World Tree could not absorb or transform it—only the eldest senior himself could handle it!

After over an hour as the calamity thunder gathered, it finally erupted like thousands of dragons breaking free from the sea, pouring down in a fierce onslaught.

At that moment, a figure soared into the air—it was Hong Peng.

Hong Peng held a long halberd with a shiny black shaft. It was a top-grade divine artifact bestowed upon him by the Holy King of Hongmeng, named the Tyrant Sky Halberd. Facing the descending calamity thunder, Hong Peng thrust his halberd forward.

The shadow of the halberd spread across the sky, scattering each bolt of thunder.

Yet, the calamity thunder seemed endless, continuously pouring out from the storm clouds. It lasted for over an hour without stopping, and Hong Peng gradually lost his strength, his figure slowly sinking under the onslaught.

“Zhong Huang, go help our eldest senior!” Seeing this, Huang Long summoned the Chaos Bell and flew toward Hong Peng.

With the help of the Chaos Bell, Hong Peng eventually overcame the Destruction Calamity Thunder. His body and soul underwent a complete transformation, with royal-grade spiritual veins bursting forth and being absorbed by him.

The moment Hong Peng completed his transformation, a mysterious immortal melody resounded throughout the Sacred Cauldron’s space, echoing for a long time.

Hong Peng’s body was smooth and gleaming, his eyes sharp, and his aura even more vast and unfathomable than before.

Seeing this, Huang Long and the others stepped forward to congratulate him.

Hong Peng, having broken through twelve eras, was in high spirits. He laughed heartily and said to Huang Long, “Younger brother, let’s go! We’ll go outside now and see who else dares to stop us!”

With his current strength, Hong Peng could rival the head of the Chongshen family. With Huang Long’s Chaos Bell to back him up, he would undoubtedly be the strongest in the Chongshen realm, leaving him with no worries.

“Great!” Huang Long replied with a smile.

Immediately, Huang Long and Hong Peng flew out of the Sacred Cauldron and beyond the mountain range. As soon as they appeared, they caught the attention of the powerful hunters from various factions in the Chongshen realm.

“Who’s that? It’s Hong Peng! Quick, report to the family head!”

“We’ve found them! Notify the headquarters immediately and send messengers over!”

The powerful warriors around were astonished and quickly sent messages back. With a sweep of his Hongpeng Divine Sense, he saw over a dozen powerful warriors nearby—two were Half Saints, one had experienced three eras, and another had experienced five eras. Seeing this, he stretched out his palm in the void and pulled those two Half Saints, who were hiding in the distance, right before his eyes. As for the other Divine King-level warriors, he paid them no attention. “Reporting to the family head? You want your clan to send elders over?” Hongpeng sneered at the two. The two had used secret techniques to hide in the void thousands of miles away, never expecting Hongpeng to be able to detect them. Both were shocked. But before they could speak, Hongpeng blasted them with a punch. They didn’t even get a chance to resist. Not to mention those two, even ten era-powerful warriors would have little chance of resisting Hongpeng. After blasting them, Huang Long casually pulled their divine bodies into the Sacred Cauldron. Following Huang Long’s orders, the nineteen people activated the Sacred Cauldron array to refine the two divine bodies, using them to nourish his more than 1,100 subordinates at the peak of the Divine King stage. With the essence and vital energy of those two, along with the laws of the great path, one after another of his subordinates at the peak of the Divine King stage triggered the Destruction Calamity and broke through to become Half Saints! In one go, twelve people achieved this breakthrough! “Younger brother, should we head to the Yuanci Spirit Wood Array now or to the Ice Sea Palace?” Hongpeng asked Huang Long after killing the two Half Saints. “Let’s go to the Yuanci Spirit Wood Array!” Huang Long pondered. Although he really wanted to root out the Ice Sea Palace right away and destroy Ao Feng, Ao Xue, and its palace master Leng Feng, the Ice Sea Palace was filled with skilled warriors. Even if Hongpeng had helped twelve people break through, it would still be impossible to destroy the palace. Moreover, it might attract the experts from the Zhongshen Clan and the Fiend Valley. “Alright, let’s leave the Zhongshen Space first. I’ve been tired of this place for a long time. Now I finally have a chance to get out!” Hongpeng smiled. Then, Hongpeng and Huang Long vanished and continued deeper into the Northern Ice Plains. The Divine King-level warriors around, who had been terrified, breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Hongpeng and Huang Long leave. Recalling how those two Half Saints had been blasted to pieces by Hongpeng’s punch, they trembled and dared not pursue them. As they moved deeper into the Northern Ice Plains, Hongpeng and Huang Long encountered many more powerful warriors along the way, all of whom were killed by Hongpeng one by one. More than an hour later, when they arrived at the Yuanci Spirit Wood Array, three more Half Saints died at Hongpeng’s hands. Since these Half Saints generally had the strength of two or three eras, they weren’t very useful to Huang Yi and the others. Naturally, Huang Long used their divine bodies to help his subordinates at the peak of the Divine King stage break through to become Half Saints.

“That’s the Yuanci Spirit Wood Formation!” Standing before a valley, Hong Peng said as he gazed ahead, where a misty haze filled the air with drifting snow. Huang Long also looked solemn, then he and Hong Peng flashed into the Sacred Cauldron, which descended into the valley. Once Huang Long and the others entered the valley, figures appeared at the entrance—powerful warriors from various factions in the Heavy Divine Realm, including Che Lao Yao, the master of the Fiend Valley, and Leng Feng, the master of the Ice Sea Palace. Yet none of them dared to advance. “Hmph, they’ve actually entered the Yuanci Spirit Wood Formation. Could it be that Hong Peng has a way to get through?!” Leng Feng’s expression turned grim. If Hong Peng and Huang Long truly managed to leave the Heavy Divine Realm, the five messengers lost by the Ice Sea Palace would have died in vain. How hateful! “Who knows!” Che Lao Yao’s eyes flashed with green light. Meanwhile, Huang Long drove the Sacred Cauldron deeper into the formation, moving slowly. Despite Hong Peng’s assistance, their speed was as sluggish as a crawling beast, even slower than Huang Long’s flying speed during his Golden Immortal phase! Outside the Sacred Cauldron, lightning-like flashes kept appearing, and the spatial airflow seemed frozen, with no signs of movement. Through Huang Long’s divine sense, these lightning-like flashes were the Yuanci rays emitted by the 180 Sky-Piercing Spirit Woods. These rays intertwined to form an ocean of gravity. To Huang Long’s surprise, each of these 180 Sky-Piercing Spirit Woods had a diameter of a hundred miles and a height of 300,000 feet—larger even than the World Tree in his current world! “Each of these 180 Yuanci Spirit Woods is a treasure. Though not as great as the World Tree, each one is worth as much as a top-tier lower-grade divine artifact!” Huang Long’s eyes burned with excitement. “Haha, junior brother, although these 180 Yuanci Spirit Woods are treasures, taking them is difficult. Only a Sage who has achieved enlightenment might be able to do it!” As if reading Huang Long’s thoughts, Hong Peng laughed.