Hongjun's face darkened. These five Innate Spiritual Roots were no ordinary things. They were all of great importance-indeed, indispensable.
"Daoist friend, you're determined to take them?" Hongjun asked in a low voice.
"I am."
Bai Yu nodded, not caring in the slightest about Hongjun's attitude.
Seeing Hongjun look as though he wanted to attack yet hesitated, Bai Yu couldn't help finding it rather amusing.
With a thought, the many Origin Law powers under his control surged toward Hongjun like an avalanche.
The River of Time collapsed in an instant, unable to withstand the collision of so many terrifying Origin Laws.
Hongjun said no more. Heaven's power descended upon him as he set all the Origin Laws of the entire world in motion, forming a Purple Qi River that ran through the whole world. Bolstered by the Jade Plate of Creation, it resisted Bai Yu's Origin Law powers.
With the River of Time collapsed, Bai Yu and Hongjun appeared directly within heaven and earth.
The time was the period of the Witch-Demon Calamity, and the Witch and Demon Clans were in the midst of a great battle.
The Demon Race's Grand Formation of the Stars had been raised to oppose the Witch Clan's Twelve-Dutian Divine Fiends Formation. The True Body of Pangu stood tall upon the Primordial World, its might bearing down on all living beings.
All the powerful experts of the Primordial World were watching the battle between the Witch and Demon Clans. Clearly, they were the undisputed protagonists of this era.
But just then, something unexpected happened.
A Purple Qi River suddenly pierced through heaven and earth. The Grand Formation of the Stars and the Twelve-Dutian Divine Fiends Formation both collapsed in an instant.
The Twelve Ancestor Witches were gravely wounded and crashed to the ground, causing the land for hundreds of millions of miles around to sink tens of thousands of feet.
The Demon Race's two emperors, Demon Emperor Dijun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi, were both aghast. They felt a terrible pressure descend in an instant-no, two terrible pressures.
"Pfft!!!"
Dong!!!
Dijun and Tai Yi both spat blood. A deafening peal of a bell rang through heaven and earth, its laws and Dao resonance spreading everywhere. It was the Eastern Emperor Bell in Eastern Emperor Taiyi's hand.
Buzz!!!
Two Great Sun Golden Crows appeared, blotting out the sky and sun, like two blazing suns suspended in the firmament.
It was Dijun and Tai Yi, forced into a corner and left with no choice but to reveal their true forms.
But they could not resist the terrifying pressure formed by that overwhelming might-not even for a single instant.
The Demon Saints and Monster Kings fell from the starry sky like dumplings dropping from a pot, crashing to the earth. Countless were killed or wounded.
All the powerful beings of the Primordial World were suppressed as well.
That mighty heavenly authority, that saintly might, and the pressure created by the clash of those terrifying Origin Law powers were utterly impossible for these beings, who had yet to become saints, to resist.
Boom!!!
The two Great Sun Golden Crows, blotting out the sky and sun, also plummeted to the earth, barely clinging to life.
Within the Purple Qi River, Hongjun stood with the Jade Plate of Creation above his head. Origin Laws swirled around him as Heaven's power raged, and he gathered the strength of heaven and earth to withstand Bai Yu's Origin Law powers.
At that moment, Bai Yu was shrouded in the divine radiance of the Laws, a river of dazzling colors encircling him. It was a river of Laws formed from Origin Law powers, and it too ran through the whole of heaven and earth. For a time, they seemed evenly matched.
Of course, "evenly matched" was only what Hongjun thought.
Bai Yu had never taken the fight seriously. He was merely playing around. After all, this could be called his first time making a move, so naturally he didn't want to end things too quickly.
"Daoist friend, could we stop here? I can let this go," Hongjun said, apparently believing that the other party could do nothing to him.
After all, he could do nothing to the other party either.
Hongjun felt utterly helpless. Heaven's power was upon him, the Jade Plate of Creation stood above his head, and he had gathered every Origin Law in the entire world to oppose his foe. Yet he still couldn't suppress him.
How... could he be this powerful?
Just who was this fellow before him, and how had he become a saint?! How could he be so terrifying?!
Hongjun felt that if they kept fighting, the damage they caused to this world would be far too terrible.
In truth, swimming upstream through the River of Time and even changing everything that had happened in the past carried an extremely terrifying karmic burden.
But even Heaven's Path in this world could do nothing to Bai Yu. The so-called karma was laughable.
Bai Yu could bear all the karma of this world, because the Origin Law of Karma in this world simply couldn't bring him any consequences.
After all, Heaven's Path was now using every Origin Law in the entire world to oppose Bai Yu, and the Origin Law of Karma was among them.
Hearing Hongjun's words, Bai Yu smiled faintly and raised a hand, closing it into a fist.
The Origin Laws swirling around him surged at once, beginning to gather and fuse. With the Origin Law of Destiny at their core, the many Origin Laws merged into it.
The river of Laws, dazzling with many colors, became a single River of Destiny that gleamed with silvery-white light.
"Oh no!!!"
Feeling the terrifying Power of Destiny, Hongjun's face turned ashen. He hurriedly set every Origin Law in motion with all his might.
The Purple Qi River, which had originally covered all of heaven and earth, instantly contracted to a mere million feet. Yet it became even more terrifying.
"Destiny is a blade, and it slashes... Heaven's Path!"
Bai Yu casually gave it a name. Then, with a thought, the River of Destiny encircling him condensed into the shape of a blade and stood between heaven and earth.
Even standing motionless between heaven and earth, it caused the whole world to begin cracking apart.
All destinies in this world began to fall into disorder-and the disorder was irreversible. Everything seemed to start changing, with countless anomalies appearing.
The power it unleashed made even Hongjun's body tremble. Boundless Power of Destiny seemed about to crush the entire world.
"Slash!"
Bai Yu slowly swept down his raised hand, and the Blade of Destiny fell.
In the next instant, every color between heaven and earth vanished, leaving only the silvery-white radiance of Destiny.
This single slash severed all the destinies of this world. Tracing it back to its source, the Origin Law of Destiny in this world was cut apart and annihilated between heaven and earth.
From then on, the Law of Destiny no longer existed in this world.
Heaven had lost its Destiny.
Having lost the Law of Destiny, Heaven's Path was no longer complete. It would forever be missing a corner.
"..."
Hongjun stood where he was, looking at Bai Yu in silence, bitterness in his heart.
The Purple Qi River around him had vanished. The Jade Plate of Creation above his head was covered in cracks, its radiance dim.
Looking at the silent Hongjun, Bai Yu remained impassive. Then he waved a hand, sending a streak of white light toward Hongjun.
Hongjun reached out and caught it. Feeling the aura of the Origin Law of Destiny, he put it away.
Then he bowed slightly to Bai Yu.
"Many thanks, Daoist friend."
Bai Yu nodded faintly without speaking.
"Please."
Hongjun gestured for him to go, then bowed once more. Afterward, he vanished from where he stood, entered the River of Time, and returned to the future.
Of course, before returning to the future, Hongjun also restored everything from this period.
Everything was like a dream and a bubble.
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