Legend of the Great Sage

sovereign authority!

“Sure enough, it’s tough enough!”

Li Qingshan laughed.
If the Mist Province cauldron had not responded at all, that would be far too boring.

“Roar!”

A tiger’s howl drowned out the rumbling.
Li Qingshan’s blood surged through his body as his skin turned scarlet.
The markings of a beast stretched over his forehead into a 王” shape—Frenzy of the Tiger Demon!

Thunk! Thunk! Thunk! Thunk!

The great booms rang out endlessly, deafening the surroundings.

Li Qingshan blurred, turning into a storm as he barraged the Mist Province cauldron furiously.

Within his frenzy, he maintained a hint of clarity with his mind.
The black specks on the Mist Province cauldron recovered much more slowly when they were damaged, like they were the Mist Province cauldron’s fatal points.
Apart from his initial probing strike, all of his fists landed on these black markings.

The fist indents constantly grew deeper, and the cracks rapidly spread until they formed a complete fracture.
Suddenly, a beam of rainbow light poured out.

“Nice!” The Great Banyan Tree King praised loudly.
He was using his full strength too, not only sealing up the Mist Province cauldron, but also wrapping green, transparent roots around Li QIngshan’s legs to deliver tremendous amounts of spiritual qi into his body.

The state of the Frenzy of the Tiger Demon was powerful, but it also caused Li Qingshan a tremendous burden.
It could be described as wounding himself first in an attempt to wound the enemy.
He could not maintain it for too long.
However, with the Great Banyan Tree King’s full support, these various downsides had been reduced to a bare minimum, allowing him to unleash his destructive power to the limit recklessly, to his heart’s content!

Beams of rainbow light poured out.
More and more cracks appeared on the Mist Province cauldron.

At this moment, madam Vine suddenly appeared in the tree hole.
She was extremely stern.
She never imagined Li Qingshan to actually possess the strength to achieve that.
She bit her lip and shot a vicious glance at the Great Banyan Tree King before approaching Li Qingshan step by step.

Li Qingshan seemed to be completely absorbed in the delight of destroying the Mist Province cauldron.
He was completely defenceless from behind.

“Don’t do something foolish!” The Great Banyan Tree King frowned heavily.
His voice was solemn and grand, dignified like a god’s.

Madam Vine was immediately restrained and immobilised, but she said in disdain, “Hmph, damned old man.
I’m not as clever as you, but you can’t stop me either.
Just ascend with me obediently!”

She raised her right arm high into the air.
The sun vine wrapped around the great banyan tree suddenly constricted.
A golden ribbon of light twisted and coiled up too, wrapping around the inky-green light that rushed into the air.
The light immediately began to diminish, while the golden light rapidly strengthened.

Li Qingshan immediately felt the pressure from the Mist Province cauldron increase drastically.
Even the cracks showed signs of healing.
He gritted his teeth and continued his forceful attack.

If the Great Banyan Tree King was restrained, it was absolutely impossible for him to shatter the Mist Province cauldron alone.

“Why must you do this?”

Right when his plan was about to succeed, it fell into shambles right before him.
The Great Banyan Tree King lamented and closed his eyes gently.

“Old man, I’ve let you down, but I will accompany you forever and pay you back ten, a hundred times over.
Can you forgive me please…”

Madam Vine’s voice came to a halt.
Golden blood sprayed from her mouth.

A shiny, white sword poked out of her chest.
Xiao An stood behind madam Vine, gripping the hilt with one hand as her white clothes drifted in the air.

The golden light around the column of inky-green light immediately collapsed.
Even the sun vine as colossal as a golden dragon began to wither away at a visible rate.

Ye Weiyang saw this and smiled wryly.
At the very least, she should feel fortunate that she did not have to do it!

Li Qingshan caught a glimpse of this from the corner of his eye before immersing himself in the destruction of the Mist Province cauldron again.
Everything was still going to plan.

The sensation of death crept up, turning madam Vine’s face ashen.
She stared straight at the Great Banyan Tree King and asked in disbelief, “You really… want me to die!?”

“Sorry.
I really couldn’t come up with a better way to stop you.” The Great Banyan Tree King seemed to grow much older in that instant.
His voice was particularly heavy and sombre.
Only his eyes remained as determined as before.
Not everything could be settled with a compromise.

“Fine then…” Madam Vine lowered her head powerlessly.
The sun vine flower in her hair immediately withered and fell.
She murmured, “Then what were these five thousand years… supposed to be?”

Xiao An pulled out the Buddha Slaying sword, and the pale-white flames rapidly swallowed madam Vine.
She looked up and gazed at Li Qingshan.
The dazzling, rainbow light added another resplendent halo to him.

After who knew how long, Li Qingshan threw a punch against the Mist Province cauldron, and time seemed to freeze.
Thousands of colours flowed before his eyes.
Only then did he realise the Mist Province cauldron had already shattered.

He widened his eyes and saw a green heart in the shattered Mist Province cauldron.
He realised that was the Great Banyan Tree King’s daemon core.
The tree hole was the Great Banyan Tree King’s central chamber.

The heart absorbed the colours and suddenly erupted with light, which even penetrated the thick walls and trees and projected a magnificent haze in the night sky.
The various scenes across the Mist province vaguely appeared before condensing into the landscape of the Mist province, hovering in the air.

The Great Banyan Tree King stood exactly where he was.
Only the colours in his eyes constantly changed.

Li Qingshan frowned heavily.
Originally, the Great Banyan Tree King possessed the tranquility of a tree.
There was benevolence and life within the tranquility.
But now, it had become the tranquility of heaven.
Within the tranquility was emptiness, viewing all life as nothing.

If he could not stay true to himself, then it would not be as simple as a drastic change in personality.
He would be assimilated into the world.