Chapter 4026 Showdown

The Glazed Temple floats above the vast cosmic nebula. Planets are dotted like gems in the colorful nebula, and occasionally streaks of divine light can be seen passing through.

Zhang Ruochen was dressed in a green robe and had his hair tied up with a wooden hairpin. He was elegant and had the charm of an immortal. He held a bamboo painting tube and walked towards the top of the temple.

When the dozens of stone beasts of different shapes guarding the temple saw this intruder, they all bared their teeth and claws, and white smoke surged from their noses, full of evil aura.

However, Zhang Ruochen just stared at him, and the fierce stone beasts immediately retreated like kittens and lay on the ground.

"Greetings to Lord Di Chen!"

The two goddess generals from the Zhenhun Clan knelt down on one knee in front of the temple gate.

Ling Xi followed Empress Shi Ji to practice, and the monks from the Soul Realm and Zhenhun Clan naturally moved to the star area surrounding the Liuli Temple.

Ling Xi walked out of the temple quickly. The wide dark black robe on her body was in sharp contrast with her white skin. She had an immortal and infinite momentum, and there was an indescribable tenderness in her eyes.

She has always been an extremely contradictory person, from the cold and cold Shadowless Fairy at the beginning, to the cruel and calculating King of Xi, to the forbearing and submissive person in the hell world, to the bright and sacred Lord of the Judgment Palace after returning to heaven.

And later Queen Xi and Mother Soul.

Nowadays, there is no obvious light or evil in her body. She has truly grown into a powerful person, with extremely high attainments in both spiritual power and martial arts.

"Meet Di Chen."

Ling Xi bowed slightly in front of the temple door, but also blocked Zhang Ruochen's way.

Zhang Ruochen raised his hand with a smile, walked inside and said, "What is our relationship? Why are you being polite to me?"

"Di Chen!"

Lian Xi called Zhang Ruochen, a little embarrassed, and said: "Your Majesty's rules..."

"I understand! I burned incense and took a bath before I came here. If you don't believe it, you smell it."

Zhang Ruochen walked into the temple and saw a beam of light shining on the throne above, and then the incarnation of Empress Shiji sat on it. She was still so beautiful, graceful and graceful, with flying clouds on her temples, but she didn't have the image of a strong person at all.

Lean back on the chair.

Empress Shiji held her head with one hand and said, "Where has Di Chen been for the past five hundred years? Do you know how many monks in the world are looking for you?"

Zhang Ruochen walked step by step to the center of the hall and glanced at a small bead curtain door ten feet away to the right of the throne. Through that door, there was the small world of Baiyuan Garden.

The Little World of Baiyuan Garden is the residence of Empress Shiji, isolated from the outside world.

"Of course I am recuperating in seclusion. The battle with the corpse nightmare was too serious." Zhang Ruochen let out a long sigh.

Lian Xi, who followed from behind, asked two divine generals from the Soul-Suppressing Tribe to bring up a chair and put it behind Zhang Ruochen.

Zhang Ruochen did not sit down, but put the painting tube in his hand on it.

Empress Shiji was moved and said: "I have heard that you and Tianmu teamed up to fight against the ancestors, and they almost tied."

"A tie? How can it be that easy? The monks below are just bragging!"

There was both strong fear and infinite longing in Zhang Ruochen's eyes, and he said: "Zombie Nightmare really wants to go all out, Tianlao and I can't hold it back. If Ling Yanzi hadn't taken action, I'm afraid..."

Empress Shiji asked: "What's going on over there at Lingyanzi? Why did the Ancient Divine Nest suddenly disappear again?"

Zhang Ruochen opened his mouth to speak, but suddenly thought of something, and said: "Empress, this emperor comes in his true form, but you greet me in his incarnation. How can I discuss such a big matter with you?"

Anyone can hear Zhang Ruochen's dissatisfaction.

Ling Xi hurriedly said: "Facing the ancestors, everyone is under great pressure. The empress is at a critical moment in her cultivation and wants to reach the realm of the ancestors as soon as possible. Please bear with me, Di Chen."

Zhang Ruochen turned to look at her and said, "Luan Xi, whose side are you on?"

"I……"

Lian Xi didn't know what to say.

"When did Di Chen, who has a broad mind, become so careless? I thought it was a rumor, but I didn't expect it to be true. Zhang Ruochen, you have really changed!" Empress Shiji joked.

"A woman must be disciplined more, otherwise she will become more and more unruly. In the past, Lian Xi was gentle and obedient, but it was you who spoiled her."

Zhang Ruochen stared at Empress Shi Ji above, his eyes gradually softened, he opened the painting tube on the seat and said: "Before I came here, I bought a gift for empress. I believe empress will like it."

The painting tube contains naturally paintings.

The scroll unfolded in Zhang Ruochen's hands and hung to the ground.

In the painting, it is none other than Empress Shiji.

Wearing a light blue dress, wearing a hosta on her head, and a vermilion butterfly flower between her eyebrows, her lines are soft, lifelike, vivid and natural.

But after seeing it, Empress Shiji frowned and said with disdain: "Where did Di Chen buy this painting? It's... not even average, it's simply unsightly."

"This doesn't look like a queen at all!"

After Lian Xi held the painting, she also frowned.

Zhang Ruochen smiled and said: "This is already the level of a mortal master! But he has never met the empress, and he just copied the paintings of his predecessors."

"Besides, how many people in the world have seen the empress's true appearance? Even the best painter in the world cannot paint one-tenth of her beauty."

"Except Su Zilian back then!"

After Leng Buding said this, Zhang Ruochen stared straight into Empress Shi Ji's starry eyes.

Empress Shiji said angrily: "Su Zilian's painting skills have already reached the Taoist level. Even your fourth Confucian ancestor of Kunlun Realm may not be able to compare with her. How dare you compare her with a mortal painter?"

"Su Zilian's peak cultivation level has reached the level of Heavenly Lord, but the Fourth Confucian Patriarch is a half-ancestral. They are both famous for their paintings, but I think the Fourth Confucian Patriarch is more skilled." Zhang Ruochen said.

Empress Shiji smiled disdainfully: "In our time, whether the so-called fourth Confucian ancestor could reach the semi-ancestral state is still a matter of debate. Besides, how can painting skills be judged by cultivation?"

"That's true! Your Majesty must have been extremely fond of the paintings Su Zilian painted for you for so many years. It's a pity that they were destroyed during the battle with the Soul Mother in the Soul Realm!"

Zhang Ruochen suddenly became interested in the portrait and said, "How about I paint one for you?"

A moving smile appeared on the corner of Empress Shiji's lips, which seemed to be able to enchant the soul, and said: "How can Di Chen be so elegant?"

"I wouldn't be interested if it were anyone else. Your Majesty is the most beautiful woman in ancient and modern times. It is my honor to paint for you." Zhang Ruochen said.

"What you said really aroused people's curiosity. Di Chen shouldn't be bad at painting, right? Where is it? Right here?"

Empress Shiji put away her laziness and sat up straight, her waistline became more slender, her jade neck was as slender as a white swan, and she exuded a sense of pride.

Zhang Ruochen shook his head and said: "When painting an incarnation, it is inevitable that there is no form but no spirit."

Empress Shiji smiled sweetly: "Zhang Ruochen, Zhang Ruochen, you must see my true form today?"

"It would be best if I could see my true body! The true body I am referring to is not the physical body, nor the Six Directions Heavenly Venerable Cauldron. Your Majesty, you should understand what I mean?" Zhang Ruochen said.

Empress Shi Ji narrowed her eyes slightly, her smile faded, and said, "What kind of riddle is Di Chen trying to make?"

Zhang Ruochen looked up to the sky and smiled: "Haha! I'll go to the Little World of Baiyuan Garden and have a good talk with the empress."

No one could stop him, Zhang Ruochen walked straight towards the door covered with bead curtains and curtains, and then entered the Baiyuan Garden.

After passing through the door of space, you are immediately greeted by blue sky and white clouds, the fragrance of flowers and the chirping of birds. You can see exotic flowers and plants everywhere, and there are endless pavilions and pavilions that are quiet and secluded from the world.

Not far away, the Six Directions Tianzun Ding was suspended on the lake.

The body of the tripod is oblate, about two meters high, and its six legs are each wrapped with carvings of a strange beast: a golden crow, a phoenix, a red centipede, a divine dragon, a white fox, and a magic spider.

Dark energy and dark rules are constantly escaping from the hollow patterns on the tripod's body.

These dark energies and dark rules surged into the lake, making the lake a hundred or a thousand times darker than ink.

Zhang Ruochen looked at the bottom of the lake with his spiritual eyes. There was a translucent palace at the bottom of the lake. The palace was built on an altar.

The real body of Empress Shiji is sitting in the translucent palace.

After Lian Xi chased into the Baiyuan Garden, she saw this scene and said: "My queen's cultivation has already reached the level of the quasi-ancestor. If you want to attack the ancestor, you must first break away from the dark cauldron and let the physical body and the cauldron body completely

Separation is no longer restricted by it. This step is extremely dangerous and is also the time when the empress is at her weakest, so I ordered that no monks be allowed to enter the Hundred Gardens."

"This emperor is a bit presumptuous!" Zhang Ruochen said.

"Wow!"

Suddenly, a huge whirlpool appeared on the lake surface, and the endless dark energy accelerated towards the bottom of the lake.

Zhang Ruochen could tell that the dark energy contained the soul mist belonging to Empress Shiji.

In order to extend her life, Empress Shiji hid her soul in the Six Directions Tianzun Cauldron, turned into the cauldron spirit, and lived out her second life. At this moment, all the souls were extracted from the cauldron and entered the physical body.

At the bottom of the lake, in the translucent palace, every inch of Empress Shiji's skin exudes jade-white brilliance. The brilliance continues to increase, like a bright magic lamp, which is extremely dazzling.

When the glory dissipated, Empress Shiji appeared by the lake, wearing a light blue straight skirt, a white tube top, and a plump chest, standing seven steps away from Zhang Ruochen.

She opened her palms, and the Six Directions Tianzun Cauldron flew from the lake, shrinking continuously and turning into the size of a bell.

Zhang Ruochen said: "Congratulations, congratulations! Your Majesty's physical body is completely separated from the Cauldron of Darkness and is no longer restricted by it. There should be no one in the world who is closer to the ancestor in terms of cultivation than your Majesty."

As the dark energy dissipated, the lake surface became clear again, with rippling blue waves.

The beauty of Empress Shiji is indeed unparalleled. Just standing there, she blends in with everything around her, injecting aura into the whole world, like a picture of heaven and man, making people indulge in it unconsciously.

Facing such a beauty, no matter how bad the mood is, it will become happy.

Empress Shiji looked at the reflection of Zhulou and Green Willow on the water, and said: "It doesn't matter if you have a high level. If we really want to fight, you may not be Di Chen's opponent. Do you still paint that painting?"

"It depends on whether the empress can show her true body." Zhang Ruochen said.

Empress Shiji said: "Luan Xi, please retreat first!"
To be continued...