Chapter 51: Hearing That the Ancestral Sacrificial Spirit Is Here, May I Ask If a Fellow Daoist Is Willing to Appear for a Meeting?
The demonic bird was covered in dense, cold green scales. Its wings spread wide enough to blot out the sky and the sun. Its massive hooked beak still carried fragments of flesh from some unknown creature.
The Sky-swallowing Bird!
An evil archaic bird in the Great Wilderness, infamous for its cruelty and treachery.
"Delicious human cultivators!"
The Sky-swallowing Bird let out a harsh, ear-piercing laugh as it dove down. Its blood-red eyes locked firmly onto the two people on the ground.
"Although neither of you has a powerful aura, my instincts tell me that if I devour you, this seat will certainly break through to that realm!"
"Die!!!"
However, when facing this terrifying demonic bird that could make even lower realm Venerables tremble in fear, Jiang Chen could not even be bothered to raise his eyelids. He did not even stop walking. He simply continued forward calmly, as if what was descending from above was not a remnant archaic beast but merely a falling leaf.
"Hmph! A feathered beast that does not know the immensity of heaven and earth!"
Instead, the young Daoist boy walking behind him grew excited upon seeing the overconfident giant bird.
After being scolded by his master earlier, he had been looking for somewhere to vent his frustration.
"Perfect timing!"
The Daoist boy stood in place without using any precious technique. He simply stretched out his chubby little hand and gently grabbed toward the enormous Sky-swallowing Bird in the sky.
"Come down here!"
"Buzz!"
As the boy clenched his small hand, a bizarre scene unfolded.
The Sky-swallowing Bird, which had been soaring thousands of meters in the sky with a body large enough to cover the heavens, suddenly felt the surrounding space compressing wildly!
Immediately afterward, an irresistible power of the supreme law descended and instantly bound it in place.
"No! What kind of power is this?!"
Realizing something was wrong, the Sky-swallowing Bird screamed in terror, frantically flapping its wings in an attempt to escape.
But it was completely futile.
Thus, under the horrified gaze of the entire Douluo Continent, an unbelievable scene occurred.
That enormous bird, large enough to cover an entire city, began shrinking at a terrifying speed.
Thirty meters, three meters, one foot…
In the blink of an eye, the Sky-swallowing Bird had turned into a tiny bird no bigger than an ordinary sparrow, firmly grasped in the palm of the Daoist boy with a high ponytail.
"Chirp! Chirp!"
The Sky-swallowing Bird struggled desperately in the boy's palm, its eyes filled with despair.
It could not understand why these two mortals, who seemed to have no cultivation whatsoever, possessed such terrifying methods that even surpassed the gods of the lower realm.
"Tsk tsk tsk."
After capturing the Sky-swallowing Bird, the Daoist boy brought his face closer and looked at the tiny bird in his palm. A somewhat infatuated smile appeared on his small face.
"Such a dense, baleful blood aura."
"Little birdie, the number of human souls of resentment attached to your body must be no less than ten million, right?"
"You devoured so many living beings, and that was one thing. Now you even tried to devour your Daoist grandpa."
"There was a path to heaven, but you refused to take it. There was no gate to hell, yet you barged right in."
"This is karma. Do you understand?"
Just as the Daoist boy was about to properly educate the bird, Jiang Chen's calm voice suddenly came from ahead.
"Tonger, hurry up."
"Stop rambling."
"Ah! Coming, Master!"
The Daoist boy stretched his neck and quickly responded. Then he clasped both hands together and lightly rubbed them.
The Sky-swallowing Bird, a terrifying creature whose ferocity shook the entire Great Wilderness and struck fear into countless human tribes, instantly turned into a wisp of green smoke in the boy's palm and completely vanished into ashes.
After finishing everything, the Daoist boy clapped his hands and happily skipped forward to follow Jiang Chen.
...
At the same time, in the Douluo Continent.
Whether human, god, or divine beast, everyone was completely stunned.
Inside Spirit Hall.
Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu were already trembling with excitement. They could barely speak clearly.
"My heavens, it really is that Immortal Lord!"
"A supreme existence who descended from the Immortal Domain. Why would he come to the lower realm?!"
Based on the information Hu Liena had previously asked about on the sky screen, they had already learned the world's geographical layout.
The Immortal Domain.
The Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.
The Eight Regions of the Lower Realm.
That Immortal Lord had actually crossed the barriers of three great worlds and personally descended to this lowest and most barren land!
"But why?"
For a moment, Bibi Dong's mind began racing as she speculated about every possible reason.
"Could it be that this so-called lower realm hides some unimaginable treasure, something even an Immortal King-level giant would covet?"
"Wait, the Eight Regions of the Lower Realm?!"
"Isn't Xue'er there?!"
"And Nana too. Although Nana is in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, it should be easier to go down than to go up. Perhaps the distance is not that far!"
"Yes! If we hurry, we might still make it in time!"
At this moment, Bibi Dong had completely lost the composure of a Pope. She suddenly raised her head and looked at the sky screen, unable to hold back her excited shout.
"Nana! You must seize this opportunity!"
"That is an Immortal Lord from the Immortal Domain!"
"It is a heaven-defying fortune!"
...
At the same time, within the Clear Sky Sect.
Sect Master Tang Xiao and the Second Elder were so anxious that they stomped their feet, wishing they could fly through the sky screen to warn Tang Hao, who still knew nothing.
"Quick! Tell Brother Hao to prepare himself!"
"This is the descent of a true god! Our Clear Sky Sect must not lose this opportunity!"
"Brother Hao is standing right at the village entrance. That is the perfect position!"
"As long as Brother Hao can latch onto this thigh, what Sky-swallowing Bird, what Eight-Treasure Chicken, all of it will become nothing but clouds!"
"Ancestors of the Clear Sky Sect, please bless us! The Immortal Lord must notice Brother Hao's potential!"
...
Elsewhere, in the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Clan.
Ning Fengzhi looked at the sky screen, then glanced toward Chen Xin, who was at the Chaotian Sword Sect, and let out a long sigh.
"Timing and fate…"
"Although Qian Renxue and Tang Hao had a poor start, I never expected the greatest opportunity to appear right beside them."
"Even though the chances are slim, I still hope Uncle Jian can gain something from this."
...
On the sky screen, in the Perfect World.
The Great Wilderness, Stone Village.
While everyone in the Douluo Continent held their own thoughts and stared intently at the sky screen, wishing that their chosen person would immediately be noticed by the Immortal Lord and brought back to the Immortal Court…
The two figures in the image, whose mere presence made all living beings tremble, had finally crossed the vast wilderness and arrived at the entrance of Stone Village.
However, at this moment, neither at the village entrance nor within the visible parts of the village could a single person be seen.
Only a willow tree stood quietly at the entrance, a green willow branch swaying gently in the wind.
Jiang Chen stopped walking and gazed at the charred willow tree at the village entrance.
For a moment, the wind stopped.
Even the clouds in the sky ceased drifting.
Jiang Chen stood with his hands behind his back, his robes fluttering lightly. An indescribable elegance and calmness radiated from his entire being.
"Taichu, from the Immortal Domain."
"I have heard that the ancestral sacrificial spirit resides here, so I have come to pay a visit."
"May I ask if a fellow Daoist would be willing to appear and meet me?"
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