Space became incredibly fragile beneath the collision of the three men's laws.
Every exchange tore open several pitch-black Space Rifts.
Chaos Airflow leaking from the rifts devoured the surrounding spiritual energy and shattered stones, forming temporary void black holes one after another.
Due to the disorder of the laws, several distant stars shattered on their own, their flaming fragments plummeting toward the battlefield.
Some fragments were crushed by Law Power before they even reached the ground, while others struck the battlefield and triggered violent explosions, blasting all living beings within hundreds of millions of miles into nothingness.
The three were evenly matched in cultivation. Ancestral Dragon excelled in the purity of his Water Law and could draw upon the power of the starry sky.
Primordial Phoenix and First Qilin had joined forces, their fire and earth laws complementing one another. Southern Bright Leaving Fire could burn through water-based defenses, while Earth Law could neutralize flooding.
For a time, victory remained impossible to determine. Only endless aftershocks of laws ravaged the battlefield.
"Kill!" With Zhu Rong's long roar, the Dragon Clan army charged first.
Zhu Rong had a human body and a serpent's tail. The Time Law swirling around him spread outward, instantly freezing time throughout the area ahead.
Several thousand Phoenix Clan Grand Unity Golden Immortal cultivators at the front were frozen in place, even their spells suspended in midair.
He then raised a hand, causing time to suddenly accelerate. The Dragon Clan cultivators' attack speed increased severalfold, and water arrows and water spears rained upon the allied army like a storm.
Tens of millions of Dragon Clan cultivators assumed their true forms, while Nine-Clawed Golden Dragons spat water dragon bullets.
Ying Long spread his wings and stirred up hurricanes. Even the Grand Unity Golden Immortals personally led the charge, invoking the regional Water Law and scattering the allied army's front lines into disarray.
The Phoenix Clan and Qilin Clan were not to be outdone. Fairy Cai Feng, an elder of the Phoenix Clan, led her people as they spread their wings.
Southern Bright Leaving Fire formed a hundred-mile sea of flames before their formation. The temperature within it was high enough to melt the scales of Grand Unity Golden Immortals.
With a tap of her finger, countless firebirds instantly rose from the sea of flames and crashed into the Dragon Clan's water arrows.
The Ink Qilin elder of the Qilin Clan led his people in a wild charge. The Earth Law beneath his hooves condensed into tens of millions of earthen spikes, piercing through Dragon Clan scales.
The spikes also carried Corrosion Law, preventing the wounds from healing.
The Golden Immortal Armies of both sides, numbering as many as a billion, slaughtered one another, while the stronger experts fought among themselves as well.
Grand Unity Golden Immortals invoked the laws of their regions. Some froze vast floods, while others ignited seas of flame.
Grand Unity Golden Immortals, meanwhile, unleashed law domains. One Phoenix Clan Grand Unity Golden Immortal opened a Southern Bright Fire domain and instantly burned a thousand Dragon Clan Golden Immortals to ash.
A Qilin Clan Grand Unity Golden Immortal activated an Earth Prison domain, trapping more than ten Dragon Clan Grand Unity Golden Immortals inside. Earth Law continuously squeezed them, gradually causing their physical bodies to collapse.
Including the subordinate races of the Three Clans, armies of over ten billion Mystic Immortals and Golden Immortals engaged in a chaotic battle across Cangwu Plain.
Mystic Immortal cultivators' spells fell like a torrential downpour, while the law collisions of Golden Immortal experts tore apart the heavens.
Grand Unity Golden Immortals invoked regional laws to alter the battlefield's terrain, while Grand Unity Golden Immortals swept across the battlefield, each casual strike capable of annihilating swathes of living beings.
Experts at the Golden Immortal of the Origin Level were even more terrifying, shattering heaven and earth around them until the sun and moon lost their light.
The clashes of weapons, the screams of living beings, the radiant flashes erupting from magical treasures, and the thunderous roar of shattering laws intertwined.
Blood stained the soil of Cangwu Plain red, and even the flowing lava had been dyed a dark crimson.
Space Rifts could be seen everywhere across the battlefield. Some were only as wide as a finger, yet could devour Mystic Immortals.
Others stretched dozens of zhang long, and even Grand Unity Golden Immortals did not dare approach them.
The distant stars continued to collapse. As their fragments fell, they were shredded by Law Power and transformed into countless specks of light, interweaving with the spiritual radiance on the battlefield to form a tragic sea of light.
Within the distant clouds, beneath the halo of the Myriad Heavens Auspicious Cloud, Jade Pool clutched Haotian's sleeve tightly. Her face was pale, and her voice trembled slightly.
"Senior Brother... it's so tragic... those stars... they're all shattered..."
She had never seen such a horrific sight. Living beings full of life turned to ash in the blink of an eye, and even the stars in the sky were destroyed by battle, making her heart tighten again and again.
Haotian's expression was equally complicated, his brow furrowed tightly.
Before transmigrating, he had read countless descriptions of the tragic war of the Three Clans in novels.
But when he personally witnessed more than ten billion living beings slaughtering one another, mountains and earth reduced to ruins by battle, and stars collapsing from the collision of laws—
Only then did he truly understand the weight of the words "Primordial Wilderness calamity."
This was not a story. It was real life and death, the law of the jungle where the strong preyed upon the weak, a terror capable of effortlessly destroying even stars.
Just then, Hongjun's voice suddenly sounded in their minds, gentle yet carrying unquestionable authority. "My disciples, come to your master's side."
Before his words had faded, Haotian and Jade Pool felt the world spin around them. In the next instant, they were standing atop a floating cloud of Chaos.
Hongjun sat cross-legged at the center of the cloud, his plain Daoist robe fluttering without wind. The two hurriedly bowed. "Greetings, Master!"
Hongjun nodded slightly, a trace of satisfaction flashing through his eyes.
"It seems your travels in the East Sea have brought you considerable gains. Haotian, you have already broken through to the Late Grand Unity stage. Your foundation is stable, without the slightest instability."
"Jade Pool, you are only one step away from becoming a Grand Unity Golden Immortal and may break through at any time. You merely need to settle your mind and polish yourself further."
"Master~" Upon hearing that she still needed to work harder, Jade Pool immediately put on an aggrieved expression and pouted. "Jade Pool has already been working very hard! I cultivate with Senior Brother every day!"
Seeing Jade Pool's aggrieved look, Hongjun burst into hearty laughter.
"Good, good, good! Jade Pool is the most hardworking! Wait a moment. Your other senior brothers and senior sister will arrive soon. Once they are here, I will take you to meet several old friends of mine."
Haotian's heart stirred. The old friends his master spoke of were surely Daoist Yang Mei, Old Ancestor Yin Yang, and Old Ancestor Qiankun.
He was rather looking forward to meeting those legendary Innate Great Powers.
Less than half an incense stick later, four streams of light flew over from afar and landed on the cloud.
As the light faded, Laozi, Yuanshi, Tongtian, and Nuwa appeared. All four wore somewhat complicated expressions.
Before arriving, they had already learned from their master's transmission that Haotian had attained twelve-petal blossoms, a talent comparable to Pangu's.
After landing, the four did not have time to examine their surroundings before bowing together in respect. "Greetings, Master!"
After paying their respects, the four turned their gazes toward Haotian, their eyes revealing different emotions.
Laozi wore a plain robe. His expression was gentle, but the gravity in his eyes could not be concealed.
His fingers lightly stroked his beard as he looked at Haotian, his gaze carrying a trace of confirmation at the resonance of Pangu's primordial spirit.
As one transformed from Pangu's primordial spirit, he possessed an innate perception of Father God's Dao Rhythm.
At that moment, he could clearly sense that familiar aura within Haotian's Origin. There was shock and envy, but above all, recognition.
Yuanshi stood in a green robe. The authority between his brows remained, but his gaze held sharp scrutiny.
It was as though he wished to see through Haotian's outward appearance and determine just how solid his twelve-petal talent truly was.
Once he truly confirmed it, the severity in his eyes turned into a measure of regard and recognition, along with some complicated feelings.
After all, as one transformed from Pangu's primordial spirit, how could he not feel complicated upon encountering someone capable of rivaling Father God?
Tongtian, by comparison, did not think so much. He merely studied Haotian with bright eyes, filled with curiosity and warmth.
Nuwa, meanwhile, wore red robes and possessed delicate beauty, her eyes holding gentle curiosity.
Though she had not been transformed from Pangu's primordial spirit, she too was filled with curiosity, as well as a hint of friendliness.
After all, it was a fortunate thing for them that their junior brother possessed such talent.
"I had long heard that Junior Brother possessed exceptional talent. Seeing you today, your Dao Rhythm indeed resonates somewhat with Father God's. This is truly a blessing for the Mystic Gate."
After observing him for a while, Laozi was the first to speak. His tone was gentle but solemn, breaking the brief silence.
Yuanshi, Tongtian, and Nuwa all nodded in agreement, their eyes carrying varying degrees of recognition and friendliness.
"Greetings, Senior Brothers and Senior Sister." Seeing the goodwill they displayed, Haotian and Jade Pool hurriedly returned the greeting, showing every courtesy.
The Three Pure Ones and Nuwa nodded kindly, then turned their gazes toward their master, Hongjun.
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