doitstory Chapter 262 - 231: Holy Mother Leader! Void Ascendant? (Part 2)
Chapter 262 - 231: Holy Mother Leader! Void Ascendant? (Part 2)
In the depths of those eerie white pupils, visible flames of rage surged continuously, as if burning everything around them to ashes.
At this moment, the old woman’s face twisted into a ghastly snarl from sheer fury, her deathly white eyes fixated on the floating candlestick before her.
The air around the stooped figure of the old woman seemed frozen by the intense hatred, unsettlingly quiet.
Indeed, a mysterious power in the void caused the formless air to freeze with a "crack, crack" sound.
This was caused by the terrifying outflow of the old woman’s Primordial Spirit power.
She was furious!
These seven white candlesticks were all crucial pillars of the Holy Sect, including three at the level of Supreme Guardians, which is to say, martial artists above the Great Success in External Gang Grandmaster Realm.
This time, the loss to the Holy Sect was unbearable, a grievous blow.
Three martial artists above the Great Success in External Gang Grandmaster Realm and four Guardians of the same realm perished.
The hierarchy within the Holy Sect was as follows.
Incense Master, Elder, Guardian, Supreme Guardian, Supreme Elder.
Corresponding to Blood Refining Realm, Inner Qi Realm, Grandmaster Realm, Outer Gang Grandmaster Great Success Realm, and Divine Mansion Realm.
If the Holy Sect had only lost these elite forces, it might still be bearable.
However, those three White Lotus Nightmare Flowers were crafted by the Holy Mother, being of utmost importance.
In the end, they were so easily destroyed by someone.
If it weren’t for that upstart of unknown origin, everything she had planned would have succeeded.
The old woman recalled Lu Xuan’s face, and her previously bizarre, deathly white eyes surged with endless resentment, as though she wished to tear Lu Xuan apart.
For centuries, she contended with the Great Xia court; never had she endured such humiliation as today.
Beside the old woman, there stood an elder of peculiar appearance.
His legs were missing, and he stood only half a normal person’s height, yet he floated nonchalantly in mid-air like a feather, unaffected by body weight.
His expression was calm, and his white robe floated freely in the air, like gentle clouds, seemingly unperturbed by the old woman’s wrath beside him.
Only in his eyes would a glimmer of cold white light occasionally flicker.
This elder was Bai Shen, the second Supreme Elder of the Pure World White Lotus Sect!
He, like Bai Gu, was an Inner Qi Realm martial artist, with the existence of a Primordial Spirit Master!
Bai Shen seemed utterly indifferent to the fury of Bai Gu beside him, his demeanor as calm as water, inquiring leisurely.
"Bai Gu, who exactly intervened?"
The question was deep and steady, seemingly born with a natural poise, standing out in the oppressive atmosphere filled with rage.
Bai Shen was immensely curious which ancient monstrosity from Ming State had dared to challenge them, even managing to shatter Bai Gu’s Primordial Spirit power.
Bai Gu, though outwardly unchanged, was visibly unstable, her vital energies turbulent as a tempestuous sea.
The outflow of Primordial Spirit power was weak and powerless, like a candle flickering in a storm, losing its former strength.
"A damned Profound Bird Guard!"
"Hmph!"
"Bai Shen, that Profound Bird Guard brat, I have a premonition that he will be a major threat to our Holy Sect in the future."
"Even if it costs me my life, I’ll never let that junior go."
With those words, Bai Gu ignored Bai Shen beside her, her figure disappearing like a phantom.
After Bai Gu vanished, the seven floating white candlesticks abruptly underwent a bizarre transformation.
First, they displayed fine cracks on their surface, then swiftly crumbled into powder.
Like white smoke, the dust drifted down, scattering on the ground.
Some white powder lingered faintly in the air.
"A major threat?"
Bai Shen spoke to himself, his brows furrowing, finding Bai Gu’s words hard to believe.
He knew well the secrets of the Profound Bird Guard.
In the Profound Bird Guard, only two were worthy of their Holy Sect’s notice.
The Profound Bird Guard’s Director, Zi Yao, whose martial arts level was unfathomable, with no one having witnessed her true strength.
And then there was the old Taoist in the Profound Bird Guard, Zhang Daofeng, Great Success in Divine Mansion Realm, with one foot in Divine Mansion Realm Perfection.
As the Junior Master of Daoxu Temple’s Temple Master, he made the astonishing decision to join the Profound Bird Guard as a Vice Director.
The damned old man who persistently opposed our Holy Sect!
Yet Bai Shen did not expect anyone other than those two in the Profound Bird Guard to cause such trouble for Bai Gu, and even be seen as a significant threat.
Despite knowing this, Bai Shen developed a slight interest in that Profound Bird Guard junior.
Bai Gu, the stubborn old ghost, still had a fiery temper, leaving details unclear.
It seems this matter must be brought to Mr. Flame’s attention so he can report it to the Sacred Mother.
With his mind made up, Bai Shen suddenly heard an ethereal voice from the woman’s sculpture above the lotus platform.
"Bai Shen, you need not concern yourself with this issue; let Bai Gu handle what transpired with the Profound Bird Guard."
"You must depart immediately for Fuzhou, where a green snake is located, and take it to Anzhou White Dao Prefecture."
"Inform it that the Netherworld Python is at Jinlin River in Taiping Town, Yunze County!"
Hearing the familiar voice, the color instantly drained from Bai Shen’s face, a panicked look taking over.
He trembled violently, mechanically turning his head to stare at the woman’s sculpture, disbelief flooding his eyes.
"Holy Mother!"
It was not surprising for Bai Shen to be shocked, as their Holy Sect’s Holy Mother was not someone easily met.
He recalled the last time he saw her was over a hundred years ago, upon reaching Great Success in the Divine Mansion Realm and becoming the second Supreme Elder.
The only person in the Holy Sect allowed to serve by the Holy Mother’s side was the first Supreme Elder, Bai Yan!
Bai Yan, as the first Supreme Elder of the Pure World White Lotus Sect, possessed incomparably powerful martial prowess.
His might surpassed that of Divine Mansion Realm martial artists, living through the same era as the founding ancestor of the Great Xia Dynasty, a terrifying ancient monster.
Bai Yan had lived for nearly two thousand years.
His martial realm was one foot in the mythical Void Realm True Monarch Realm, having grasped a trace of the Power of Law.
Half-Step Void Realm True Monarch!
The Heaven and Earth power manipulated by Divine Mansion Realm martial artists appeared as mere ants before Bai Yan, weak and pitiful.
Bai Shen knew this well because he once personally experienced Bai Yan’s prowess by chance.
With a simple wave, Bai Yan invoked the Power of Law, crushing Bai Shen’s revered Primordial Spirit power to ashes!
Since then, Bai Shen referred to Bai Yan respectfully as Mr. Flame, blindly following him without harboring any dissent.
Even such terrifying entities as Mr. Flame humbly served by the Holy Mother’s side.
The sheer magnitude of the Holy Mother’s prowess was unimaginable.
Undoubtedly, if the Holy Sect’s leader could command a Half-Step Void Realm existence like Mr. Flame to willingly serve, then the Holy Mother was very likely the legendary Void Realm True Monarch.
Retracting the Divine Sense power from his Divine Mansion, Bai Shen let his incomplete body slowly descend to the ground, a peculiar expression on his face.
It was a fervent reverence and devotion, as if absorbing a supreme oracle.
"Yes, Bai Shen heeds the Holy Mother’s command!"