Chapter 69: The Silver Moon's Transformation

The golden-furred giant ape pounded its chest with both hands, and a violent aura erupted, causing the Yellow Cloud Grand Formation, which was right in front of it, to churn violently.

Inside the Jingtian Peak hall, including He Shan Daoist, everyone from the Jingyuan Temple watched the monstrous ape through the yellow cloud light screen, all startled.

Sweat faintly appeared on He Shan Daoist's forehead. He pointed rapidly with both hands at the surrounding jade pillars, and the incantation he chanted quickened.

The surfaces of all the jade pillars glowed brightly with yellow light, and the yellow light screen outside the peak suddenly thickened another layer, becoming even more solid.

The golden-furred giant ape raised its head and let out a long roar, then swung a furry fist and punched forward with immense force.

Dazzling golden light burst from the giant fist. The entire fist, with the force of ten thousand jun, tore through the void, raising a golden hurricane, and slammed heavily into the yellow cloud light screen.

A deafening, earth-shaking boom!

Golden and yellow light exploded forth, like two blazing suns—one gold, one yellow—colliding fiercely, emitting a radiance too blinding to look at directly.

The light screen shuddered violently. The point of impact sank deeply, accompanied by crackling tearing sounds. Around it, cracks like a spiderweb appeared and rapidly spread outward.

Inside the Jingtian Peak hall, the three-tiered jade platform and all the surrounding jade pillars trembled violently. The platform's light flickered wildly, and even the steps showed signs of cracking.

All the Combined Essence cultivators stationed around felt their dantian shake violently along with the jade platform. They spat out mouthfuls of blood, unable to maintain their composure.

The Tiankui Houtu Formation covering Jingtian Peak had been laid down countless years ago by several formation masters under the guidance of Jingming Patriarch, taking a full century to complete. Yet it had nearly been shattered by a single punch.

He Shan Daoist's body trembled, his face slightly contorted.

"Everyone, hold steady!"

A flicker of panic passed through his eyes, but he gritted his teeth and spat out a mouthful of essence blood, which turned into a blood cloud and merged into the nearby jade pillars. At the same time, his hands swiftly formed seals, and the mana in his body surged into the jade platform.

Seeing this, several Combined Essence cultivators nearby quickly followed suit and cast their spells.

Dozens of giant light pillars in the formation suddenly brightened, revealing layers of scale-like yellow clouds. The cracks made by the golden-furred giant ape began to rapidly heal.

The golden-furred giant ape snorted coldly. Its other arm also blazed with golden light, then slammed down fiercely.

Boom!

The enormous golden fist landed on the same spot as before, rings of golden qi rising from it, sweeping outward like a gale, as if to devour everything in its path.

The great formation shook violently, its surface of yellow clouds churning fiercely, sending up pillars of yellow qi that burst chaotically in all directions.

The depression on the formation's light screen suddenly deepened twofold, and cracks spread outward again, growing ever deeper.

Finally, with a bang, the entire formation shattered and collapsed.

The grand hall of Jingtian Peak shook violently, and with a crack, a huge fissure appeared on the three-tiered jade platform, splitting it in two.

The floor of the hall also cracked open, revealing seven or eight enormous fissures.

All the cultivators at the Integration stage trembled like sieves, were shaken directly off the jade platform, spat out several mouthfuls of blood, and their auras rapidly declined.

He Shan Dao Ren's face also turned pale, and he stood up abruptly.

Just as he was about to do something, a loud crash sounded; the roof of the hall, reinforced with formation restrictions, was covered in countless cracks, then shattered and collapsed with a roar.

A golden fist shadow the size of a house descended from the sky, striking straight down at He Shan Dao Ren's head.

A buzzing hum rang out!

The He Shan Daoist flipped his hand and produced a silver whisk. With a flick, countless silver threads shot forth.

He formed a hand seal with one hand, and the countless silver threads instantly gathered together, transforming into the phantom of a silver qilin that collided with the golden fist shadow.

A thunderous roar erupted as golden and silver light intertwined, forming a gale that surged into the sky, rumbling and sweeping violently in all directions.

The entire hall was utterly shattered. The He Ti cultivators were swept backward by the gale, but they reacted swiftly, frantically summoning various magical treasures to protect themselves, and thus were not seriously injured.

A plump figure stumbled backward out of the storm—it was the He Shan Daoist. He clutched half a whisk in his hand, a flicker of fear in his eyes, and hastily shouted:

“Fellow Daoist Han, wait—”

But before he could finish, a golden flash appeared, and the massive form of the golden-furred giant ape materialized before him like a ghost. A golden palm the size of a house slammed down.

The giant palm seemed slow yet swift, and a terrifying force that seemed to crush the very void descended with a series of explosive cracks like popping firecrackers.

The He Shan Daoist was greatly alarmed. He opened his mouth and spat out a ball of white light, which turned out to be a black ancient inkstone.

The surface of the inkstone shimmered faintly with a glossy light, clearly a durable treasure of no low rank.

The ancient inkstone spun swiftly, expanding as it caught the wind, countless runes emerging from it as a thick black pillar of light shot forth, managing to hold back the golden giant palm.

Taking the opportunity, its figure shot backward, fleeing into the distance, while a white light flashed in its hand, producing a white jade ruyi.

The golden-furred giant ape let out a low roar, and the palm held back by the black pillar of light spread its five fingers, golden spiritual patterns emerging on its palm.

In an instant, a force two to three times stronger than before suddenly erupted from the giant palm, easily crushing the black pillar of light, then grabbing the black ancient inkstone and squeezing it tightly.

With a 'bang,' the ancient inkstone was violently crushed!

Then, after its body blurred, it eerily appeared not far behind He Shan Daoist, a golden furry hand darting out like lightning, the golden spiritual patterns on its surface suddenly flaring up, sending a wave of golden energy rolling forward.

He Shan Daoist suddenly turned around and swung his arm fiercely.

With a flash of white light, the white jade ruyi was tossed up, its surface shimmering with red, yellow, and blue three-colored radiance in turn, as a three-colored spiritual flame soared into the sky, condensing in the middle, and in an instant transformed into a three-colored phoenix over ten zhang in size, charging toward the ape's fist.

A dazzling three-colored light burst forth from the fire phoenix, expanding and contracting, illuminating most of the sky; at this moment, everything around was eclipsed.

Rumble!

A earth-shattering roar echoed from midair, instantly resounding throughout the entire Jingyuan Temple, causing all the temple disciples in Daoist robes to fly out of various buildings in great alarm, and amidst a commotion, they all looked toward the direction of Jingtian Peak with varied expressions.

At this moment, the entire sky split in two, one side golden light, the other red, yellow, and blue three-colored radiance, clashing against each other, continuously emitting thunderous roars.

Jingtian Peak and the surrounding land for a thousand li trembled violently, and hurricanes shooting straight into the sky appeared out of nowhere, spreading outward.

Trees near Jingtian Peak were uprooted entirely, some boulders were swept away by the gale, and the ground was almost stripped of its surface, churned to pieces.

The clash of these two terrifying forces lasted only a few breaths before the golden light rapidly overwhelmed the three-colored spiritual light on the other side, crushing it utterly like a whirlwind.

The three-colored fire phoenix let out a mournful cry, its form crushed by the golden light and completely dissipated.

He Shan Daoist's body was sent flying backward by the shocking wave of energy, and the emerald ruyi in his hand also exploded with a bang.

He flew straight for several li, crashing heavily into a mountain peak, then fell from midair to the ground amidst a shower of rubble.

Boom!

The golden-furred giant ape's massive form descended from the sky, landing not far in front of He Shan Daoist; the ground shook violently, rubble flew, and two large pits were stamped out by its giant feet.

The giant ape lowered its head, its cold golden pupils fixed on the plump figure on the ground.

Fellow Daoist Han, no... Senior Han, please let me explain; things are not as you think!

He Shan Daoist was scared out of his wits; seeing that the giant ape did not immediately kill him, he hurriedly spoke.

At this moment, he was filled with regret; if he had known this would happen, he should have fled Jingyuan Temple immediately after escaping from the cave heaven; then there might have been a sliver of hope.

Just then, a sudden change occurred!

Several consecutive loud booms came rumbling from the distant sky, precisely from the direction of the Star-Gathering Platform.

The golden-furred giant ape raised an eyebrow and turned its head to look.

He Shan Daoist's heart jolted, and he also hurriedly looked toward the Star-Gathering Platform.

The eight peaks near the Star-Gathering Platform rumbled and shook, their summits exploding and collapsing, and the eight pillars of light rising from them flashed and disappeared.

The enormous formation light screen surrounding the Star-Gathering Platform brightened suddenly, then collapsed completely.

However, the huge silver moon above the Star-Gathering Platform not only did not disappear but instead emitted a light more dazzling than the sun, and began to oscillate abruptly.

Waves of invisible energy swept down in all directions, stirring the void for hundreds of li once again, shattering trees and collapsing mountains.

Then, the light radiating from the silver moon's surface converged toward the center, and with a sudden spin, transformed into a colossal vortex; the surrounding area turned crimson, then azure, various colors appearing in turn, and even several colors interweaving and flickering, the void emitting intense vibrations.

The surrounding Jingyuan Temple disciples stared dumbfounded at the celestial phenomenon in the sky, falling into dead silence.

The golden-furred giant ape gazed at the massive vortex in midair, blue light flickering in its eyes; suddenly it waved its hand and grabbed, emitting a tremendous suction force.

Spare me...

He Shan Daoist cried out, trying to struggle, but was effortlessly sucked into the giant ape's palm and gripped tightly without any resistance.

The giant ape opened its mouth and spat out a silver firebird, which was the Essence Flame Firebird; it flashed and transformed into a silver flame rope, swiftly wrapping around He Shan Daoist's body several times.

Then, with a casual wave, it threw He Shan Daoist away, and turned again to look at the spatial vortex in midair, a solemn expression appearing on its face.

He Shan Daoist crashed heavily to the ground, seeing stars.

Feeling the terrifying flame power contained in the silver flame rope, his heart tightened, but he could only lie obediently nearby, not daring to move an inch, lest he provoke the other party.