At this moment, heaven and earth fell into absolute dead silence.
The raging winds above the East Sea ceased.
The towering, churning waves froze in midair, and the radiance of Penglai Immortal Island's protective formation became fixed in place.
Every Three Teachings Disciple stopped breathing, their eyes locked on the peak of the heavens.
Xuandu's seemingly ordinary index finger lightly pressed against the tip of the Heavenly Dao Sword.
Needle against wheat awn.
There was no earth-shattering explosion, nor was there any dazzling radiance.
Yet at the core where the two forces collided, the Primordial Wilderness's originally sturdy structure of space and time silently peeled away and collapsed.
Pitch-black spatial cracks spread frantically from the sword tip.
"H-He blocked it?"
Zhao Gongming gripped the hem of his robe with both hands, his nails nearly digging into his flesh.
His throat was so dry it hurt, and he could not help swallowing hard.
"Quiet! It's not over yet!"
Duobao Daoist let out a low roar, staring fixedly at the Chaos-colored longsword.
The laws of destruction contained within the Heavenly Dao Sword were pouring out wildly.
Muffled thunder rumbled from within the blade. Hundreds of millions of gray tribulation bolts turned into tiny electric serpents and burrowed madly from Xuandu's fingertip toward his entire right arm.
Half the sleeve of Xuandu's Yin-Yang Daoist robe was instantly shredded.
Web-like bloody marks emerged across the surface of his bronze skin.
That was the Heavenly Dao Order forcibly erasing him.
A Primordial Grand Luo Golden Immortal stood beyond the Three Realms and outside the Five Elements. Such an anomaly was something the Heavenly Dao Will absolutely could not tolerate.
The Heavenly Dao wanted to erase every trace of Xuandu's existence.
"Break for me!"
Xuandu's eyes widened, his voice exploding like spring thunder.
The Taiji Mark