Chapter 1855 — That Dao Ancestor Breaks the Heaven-Piercing Well
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Lan Yutian was thrown into a great panic; he fought to the death to protect the lamp, but more and more accomplished Daoists came surging in, pinning him fast, and still more came pouring in, plainly meaning to stake their lives on this throw.
Just then, lotuses bloomed in the void; Xu Shenghua advanced a lotus with every step, a lotus a whole Ancestral Court, and cut his way into the battle, saying in a low voice: "I will hold them off. Break the other exotic treasures, and quickly!"
Xu Shenghua blocked Huadu and the rest, and Lan Yutian won a moment's breath; then he broke free and sped away.
Before long, the Great Prison, the Drifting Smoke, the Mirror of Returning Light, and the other exotic treasures dissolved one by one beneath the lamp's shining, and the pressure upon Jingping's accomplished Daoists eased greatly; yet after that one battle, their dead and wounded were grievous indeed.
The mountains and rivers of the Ancestral Court's Primordial Cauldron lay shattered; wherever one looked, there was ruin and desolation, a scene of utter wreckage.
In the oil lamp in Lan Yutian's hands, the oil had reached the bottom. Lan Yutian's heart sank, and he flew swiftly toward the last exotic treasure, to the place where the Heaven-Piercing Well stood.
That Heaven-Piercing Well grew larger and larger, so large that it made the Ancestral Court's Primordial Cauldron collapse without cease; beneath the Primordial Cauldron lay the vast Kalpa of Destruction, and the mountains and rivers of the Ancestral Court fell ceaselessly into the well.
The eldest Young Master Taishang's exotic treasure was truly terrifying beyond measure.
Lan Yutian urged forth the last of the lamp oil, and the lamplight shone out upon the ever-growing Heaven-Piercing Well.
The lamplight fell upon the Heaven-Piercing Well; wherever the purple-pupiled evil eye looked, the Heaven-Piercing Well was ceaselessly annihilated, scattering away as green smoke — and yet that great well kept growing and growing, and Lan Yutian's heart sank.
As much of the Heaven-Piercing Well as the purple-pupiled evil eye erased, so much the well grew back; he had truly not foreseen such a sight.
At last the lamp oil was spent; the lamplight gradually dimmed, and the wick, burning slowly away, grew shorter and shorter.
Lan Yutian's heart was thrown into confusion. Without the wick, what use was this lamp?
"That's it — this lamp can reveal the marvels of all things and all people. While the light has not yet gone out, I can observe every secret of the Heaven-Piercing Well!"
He at once opened his eyes wide and looked upon the Heaven-Piercing Well through the lamplight; within that light, the Heaven-Piercing Well was countless Hongmeng runes in ceaseless change, possessed of infinite transformations, endlessly self-generating!
Lan Yutian memorized madly, but the wick burned out, and the lamplight gradually died.
"I can remember it. I can comprehend every secret of the Heaven-Piercing Well. I will never forget those transformations — I can find the flaw in the Heaven-Piercing Well!"
Lan Yutian gave a great shout, shut his eyes tight, and branded the process of the Heaven-Piercing Well's hundred million Hongmeng runes' transformations deep into his mind.
"That's it — the Heaven-Piercing Well can be plugged!"
Of a sudden he opened his eyes, cheering inwardly; in that instant he had seen a flaw in the Heaven-Piercing Well, and with a whoosh he flung out the little bowl of the oil lamp!
The little bowl went shrieking into the well, and in that same instant Lan Yutian flew into the well himself, following close behind the bowl.
Just as the little bowl was about to plummet into the Kalpa of Destruction, Lan Yutian shook his body, and countless arms darted out in every direction, pressing points upon the four walls of the Heaven-Piercing Well, fixing Hongmeng rune after Hongmeng rune in place!