The master copy of the Investiture of the Gods suddenly surged a thousand feet, its text wrapping around Yuanshi Tianzun like a living serpent. Every name of a deity transformed into blood-colored chains, digging into his immortal flesh and jade bones. The Flat-Peach Mother Tree, condensed from the essence and blood of the Twelve Golden Immortals, suddenly burst, its fruit pulp solidifying into three thousand strands of Karmic debt that pierced the center of Yuanshi’s brow. "Hongjun! You actually planted a master-devouring curse within the list!" Yuanshi’s body was already half-fused with the text; the Jade Ruyi in his left hand shattered into fragments. Within the peach-blossom patterns on the handle of the Ruyi, the remnant soul of the Six-Eared Macaque was gnawing at the roots of the Chaos Green Lotus.
Nezha soared into the clouds on his Wind and Fire Wheels, the flames of the Yang Wheel scorching the blood-colored chains. The moment the tongues of fire touched the text, the chains suddenly seeped with Holy Water from Yaochi, and within the water appeared a phantom image of Haotian being devoured by root systems: "Spirit Pearl... destroy the master copy quickly..." Yang Jian’s Heavenly Eye shed silver blood that condensed into an ice blade, slashing toward the text, only to be blocked by the sudden appearance of Laozǐ’s Taiji Diagram. The Yin-Yang fish eyes spewed Chaos Qi, swallowing half of Yuanshi’s body into the diagram. From within the diagram fell a puppet of Daoist…
Chapter 72