Chapter 945 Blood-Soaked Heaven's Pillar

"Alas, this old bones of mine must still take the stage after all."

And in that very instant, the old tomb keeper guarding outside the Xunwind Divine Peaks let out a soft sigh.

He opened his eyes, gazing upon the law energy that blotted out the heavens, then stepped forward into the void.

With each step he took, his once hunched and stooped figure gradually straightened, transforming in the blink of an eye into a towering form that stood a full 1 100 1000 li tall.

In that moment, the tomb guardian resembled a celestial demon from the highest heavens. As he spread his arms wide, he astonishingly embraced 1 of the 7 Demon God Pillars with both limbs.

The Demonic God Pillar was suddenly seized, causing its radiance to flicker abruptly. The unleashed Demonic God Slaughter Array could not fully unfold, momentarily failing to coalesce into a complete killing formation.

Boom—

In the span of a mere instant, the Heaven-Pillar Demon God erupted in fury. Countless dazzling chains of divine law slashed through the void, striking the old tomb-guarding carpenter until his body was drenched in blood.

Yet under the full-powered eruption, the Demon God Pillar was now riddled with fissures and temporarily incapable of breaking free from the Sextongraver’s restraints to deliver its final death strike upon Eldrin.

With no other choice, it erupted with overwhelming laws of power, intending to first slash the Tomb Keeper into fragments before turning to kill Eldrin (Person Name).

Yet the tomb keeper allowed all those laws to manifest upon his body, roaring with blood staining his form as he glared fiercely while clutching the Demon God Pillar.

Arise... Rise!

With a thunderous roar, he wrapped his arms around the Demon God Pillar and unleashed tremendous force, striving to uproot this ancient column entrenched deep within the earth.

"Boom!"

Heaven and earth roared, mountains and rivers quaked.

The Demon God Pillar was forged from the Profound Heaven mineral veins of the 9 Heavens, its weight surpassing that of a colossal star.

The tomb guardian elder, relying solely on his physical strength, performed the earth-shattering feat of uprooting the celestial pillar. For a time, the earth quaked and heavens trembled across 10 million miles—mountains crumbled and rivers overturned beyond measure, a spectacle so monumental it seemed the very continent might sink beneath the waves.

The 7 Demon God Pillars, originally fused into a single entity, were now severely damaged from their all-out effort to suppress and slay Eldrin. In their compromised state, they struggled to restrain the Gravekeeper, helplessly watching as he gradually wrenched the mountains and rivers from their grasp.

"Slash! Slash! Slash!"

The ignorant will of the Demon God’s Pillar erupted in shock and fury, unleashing a frenzied killing intent. Terrifying waves of law-based power, like divine spears capable of slashing through the heavens, shot forth 1 after another, piercing toward the Old Gravekeeper.

1 after another, heart-piercing and bone-strenching squelching sounds erupted as torrents of crimson blood gushed forth, impaling the old woodcutter instantly. Terrifying wounds spread across his entire body, threatening to rend him into a mass of fragments.

Yet the old tomb keeper remained unperturbed. He allowed the infinite laws to descend upon him, then abruptly embraced the Demon God Pillar and mustered his last vestige of strength to wrench it from the ground...

He actually tore the Demon God Pillar out from the very earth itself.

"Boom!"

After a moment of profound silence, heaven and earth trembled, mountains and rivers crumbled.

The Tomb Keeper Elder had not a shred of strength left. Clutching the Demon God Pillar, he tumbled down from the summit of the divine mountain. Wherever he passed, mountains shattered and rivers fractured, until he and the Demon God Pillar plunged together into the vast, desolate earth below.

"Ah—"

At that very instant, an utterly grief-stricken roar thundered from the heavens as a blood-stained figure in white robes strode forth from the Eye of the Xun Wind.

Eldrin's wrath blazed to the heavens, an endless tide of hatred and killing intent engulfing the firmament.

The Demon God’s Heavenly Pillar crumbled, and with the loss of this pivotal anchor, the formation’s power waned by more than half. No longer could it pose a lethal threat to Eldrin (Person Name).

At this moment, the 3 primal energies within Eldrin converged, forging the unprecedented power of 3 Mysteries. With each step Eldrin took, his physical strength visibly surged before 1's very eyes.

With a mere 7 cycles, his physical body had transcended the mortal limits, attaining a celestial form rarely seen in the mortal realm.

Primordial Immortal Body, Minor Perfection Realm.

A trail of bloody tears streamed from Eldrin's (Person Name) eyes. Paying no heed to the surging power within him, he took a single step through the air and arrived before the old tomb keeper.

At this moment, the old tomb keeper was drenched in blood, having reverted to his stooped form, gaunt and frail like a man on the brink of death.

Eldrin held him in his arms, yet the figure before him stood barely over 4 feet tall—frighteningly gaunt and withered, a far cry from the majestic presence that had moments earlier blotted out the skies.

No 1 knew how many years the Gravekeeper had lived. His vital energy and blood had long been completely withered and exhausted, sustained only by the last drop of his innate essence blood.

His lifespan was already nearing its end, and in this battle, his internal organs and even his spinal marrow were completely pierced by the laws of the universe. These terrifying injuries severed his last thread of vitality, exhausting the final breath of his primordial qi.

"Senior, senior..."

Eldrin murmured under his breath, his heart aching so fiercely he could scarcely breathe. Cradling the elderly man in his arms, for a moment he found himself utterly at a loss for words.

The old man patted his head, a relieved smile gracing his lips. "Do not grieve for me."

"Before this old man passes, to witness the emergence of an immortal physique and partake in quelling the great calamity of the Zephyr Godridge—this life of mine can be considered without regret."

"Senior!"

Eldrin's heart trembled as he finally came to his senses. Hastily, he retrieved various spiritual herbs and began feeding them to the old man.

The old man swallowed 2 pills, and a flush of color returned to his pallid face, like the final glow of a dying ember.

He scrutinized Eldrin carefully, then nodded in satisfaction. "In all my tens of thousands of years in the Violet Realm, you are the 1 who resembles me most."

"I still remember those years, when I simultaneously cultivated 3 paths—physical body, laws, and Dao Fruit—all reaching the Half-Immortal realm. I was acclaimed as the most exceptionally gifted talent the Purple Realm had seen in 100,000 years."

"I had thought that by continuing down this path, there might be a sliver of hope to forge an immortal body. Yet the Cataclysm of the Demon Abyss erupted abruptly, severing this old man’s path to immortality."

The old tomb keeper murmured softly, beginning to recount tales of bygone days to Eldrin.

This tomb keeper possessed extraordinary talent and had once been the most supreme Demigod Ancestor (Cultivation Realm) of his generation in the Violet Realm. His ambition soared to unparalleled heights—he simultaneously cultivated the 3 paths of Immortal Body, Laws, and Dao Fruit, striving to forge the foundation of a Great Luo.

At this point, the old tomb keeper let out a self-mocking chuckle and said, "But such a foundation in the Dao of immortality—where could 1 possibly lay it down so easily?"

"I have cultivated arduously for tens of thousands of years, yet instead of attaining immortality through it, I have been constrained by this very pursuit—never managing to take that final step on any path."

Eldrin (Person Name) felt a tremor in his heart upon hearing this, and he replied, "Were it not for the Abyssal Cataclysm, you might have succeeded, Senior."

"Not necessarily."

The old tomb keeper shook his head, his expression turning grave as he said, "Attaining immortality is arduous, more difficult than a mortal climbing to the heavens."

"In the end, this old man never took that final step. Yet, my Dao Fruit and laws may still hold a chance to endure."

"Oh?" Eldrin was momentarily taken aback before inquiring, "Senior, what makes you say that?"

It seemed the medicinal effects were gradually fading, as the Tomb Keeper Elder's aura began to weaken.

He coughed heavily before speaking, "After Chen Qiyuan (Person Name) fell, his life-bound spiritual treasure—the Donghuang Bell (Magic Treasure)—remains within the Donghuang Mountains."

Later, I joined forces with Jiang Xudao. The Eastern Emperor laid down a grand formation rooted in the Eastern Emperor Mountain Range, channeling the spiritual energy from hundreds of millions of miles of rivers and mountains to nourish the Eastern Emperor Bell (Divine Artifact).

"And I, the elder, have poured all my laws and Dao fruits into the Eastern Emperor Bell, serving as the key catalyst for its ascension to immortal treasure."

"If this endeavor succeeds, perhaps the mortal realm will gain a supreme immortal treasure, and this old man's Dao Fruit and Laws may endure eternally."