The Way of Fortune: Riding the Current and Reversing It; Slaying Another Great Vehicle in Adversity

"Penglai Lingyuan, victory!"

As the immortal official's voice rang out, Jiang Sheng was the first to settle his match among the twelve battles.

Star Lord Baisui had still not recovered by the time he left the arena. He had taken Jiang Sheng seriously enough—even opened by driving his aura to its peak and unleashing a Divine Ability he kept as a last resort. Yet Jiang Sheng had defeated him with a single sword strike!

Was the gulf between him and Jiang Sheng really that vast?

With a sigh, Star Lord Baisui recalled that supreme sword light, which had severed the River of Time and cleaved through space and the cosmos. In that instant, Jiang Sheng's techniques and path had appeared before him with perfect clarity, but he still could not find a way to counter them.

"Thousand-Year Voidflow turns starlight into a waterfall, gathering the force of dripping water wearing through stone to pierce past and present and penetrate the cosmos."

"Years, stars, time, space... all those powers erupted the instant that stellar waterfall fell. It was undeniably strong."

"But your techniques are too varied, fellow Daoist. Though the great paths of years, time, and space are connected, bringing their powers into harmony is no easy feat."

"You merely forced several Laws together and unleashed their might, overlooking the foundation of the great path and the roots of those Laws. That is why, formidable as this move appears, a sword wielding the purest power of time can still sever it."

"Fellow Daoist, better a few things mastered than many things muddled."

Jiang Sheng's words before they left the arena echoed again in Star Lord Baisui's mind. He could tell Jiang Sheng had not been showing off his profound cultivation or dispensing lofty advice. He had simply been helping him find