Time seemed to have been forcibly paused at this moment.
That golden divine light, born from nothingness and spanning the heavens, became the only sight between heaven and earth.
Within the divine light, an Illusionary Image of a Golden Flood Dragon formed from countless formation runes let out a silent roar. The roar did not strike the eardrums, but directly shook the depths of the primordial spirit, leaving Guang Chengzi and the other Golden Immortals with blank minds for an instant.
What was this?
What kind of attack was this?
The ferocity and delight on Guang Chengzi's face froze completely, like a poorly made mask—stiff and absurd.
His pupils had shrunk to pinpoints, reflecting the slowly descending golden divine light. His eyes were filled with terror billions of times greater than seeing a ghost.
Run!
That was the only thought rising from the depths of his primordial spirit!
Yet his body felt as though it had been filled with billions of tons of Chaos Divine Iron. He could not move even a finger.
To his horror, he discovered that the space-time around him had been completely "solidified"!
It was no longer flowing space, but an absolutely motionless piece of transparent amber woven from countless golden runes!
He, along with Chi Jingzi, Taiyi Zhenren, and all their fellow disciples, had become pitiful insects sealed within that enormous block of amber.
They could even clearly see that the principles behind those golden runes forming the cage came from the same source as Fairy Qiongxiao's Heavenly Dipper Formation, yet were countless times more profound and tyrannical!
"No..."
A dry, hoarse cry of despair escaped Guang Chengzi's throat.
The imitation Pangu Banner in his hand—the Acquired Merit Spiritual Treasure he had been so proud of, believing it capable of sweeping through the Great Luo—actually trembled lightly as though Wailing.
The Chaos sword qi that had just gathered upon it, ready to bombard the Three Immortal Islands, could not endure even a single breath under the pressure of that golden divine light. Like snow beneath the blazing sun, it collapsed inch by inch and vanished without a trace.
It had not been defeated, but absolutely crushed by higher-level laws against inferior laws!
Like a child's mud toy before a true Divine Weapon, it was not even qualified to be called a weapon.
Fear, like an endless deep-sea chill, instantly drowned Guang Chengzi's mind.
At that very moment, on the Three Immortal Islands.
Lin Feng still sat cross-legged where he was, slowly withdrawing his hand.
The Golden Flood Dragon Scissors, which had undergone a strange transformation in his hand and become scissors of pure light, now drew in their radiance and returned to their ancient form of two small Flood Dragons entwined together.
With a casual toss from Lin Feng, the Golden Flood Dragon Scissors turned into a streak of light and obediently flew back into Bi Xiao's hand.
The entire process was calm and effortless, as though he had merely clipped his nails.
But Bi Xiao and Qiong Xiao, standing behind him, had already turned to stone.
Their beautiful eyes were wide open as they stared fixedly at Lin Feng's back, forgetting even to breathe.
What had just happened?
They had not seen a world-shaking explosion of energy, nor had they seen destructive divine powers flash through the sky.
They had only seen their master hold the Golden Flood Dragon Scissors and lightly go "snip" toward the distant void.
Just that once.
But at the instant it happened, Bi Xiao, as the former owner of the Golden Flood Dragon Scissors, saw an indescribably terrifying scene through the last faint thread of her bonded connection with the treasure!
She saw the cutting law within the Golden Flood Dragon Scissors itself become governed by an even grander, more fundamental, and purer Great Dao of cutting, like countless rivers flowing into the sea!
Immediately afterward, an equally vast and boundless power of formations wrapped around, bore, and reinforced that governed Great Dao of cutting like an invisible net!
Formation as the bones, cutting as the edge!
The two were no longer conflicting forces, but had become a perfect, indestructible whole!
In the end, this new power fused from two Supreme Laws was compressed and condensed into a divine light that ignored time and space, crossing billions of miles to descend directly upon some distant place!
Bi Xiao's entire body trembled. It was not fear, but overwhelming excitement and shock.
"Elder Sister... did... did you feel it?" Qiong Xiao's voice carried a thick nasal tone and a sobbing tremor. It was an uncontrollable reaction after her Dao heart had been struck by ultimate truth.
She had seen it too.
Within that power, she clearly sensed the Dao of her own Heavenly Dipper Formation.
But it was no longer the formation she understood, meant for defense, trapping enemies, and construction.
Instead, it had become the most precise "trajectory" in the world and the most stable "carrier," delivering that edge capable of severing everything to where it belonged in a way she would never have dared to imagine even in her dreams!
Use formations to define the path of an attack!
Use formations to lock down an enemy's space-time!
Use formations to carry laws of destruction!
This... was this still a formation?
This was clearly a method only a creator god could possess!
"I felt it..." Bi Xiao murmured, mist clouding her beautiful eyes as she gazed at Lin Feng's back in a daze.
She had never imagined that her Companion Spirit Treasure, which she had only known how to use by releasing two Flood Dragons to tear at enemies like a shrew hurling insults in the street, could unleash such terrifying might.
That was no longer the power of the spiritual treasure itself.
It was a brand-new "Dao" bestowed upon it by its master!
Only in her master's hands did the Golden Flood Dragon Scissors truly come alive, revealing their true divine might as an Innate Spirit Treasure!
Compared to that, the way she had used it before was simply the greatest desecration of this spiritual treasure!
Qiong Xiao was already crying so hard she could barely speak. As she looked at Lin Feng's back, only one thought echoed madly in her heart.
"This is the true master... this is the supreme existence standing above heaven and earth..."
What Saint Dao Fields, what Golden Immortal Great Beings.
In her master's eyes, they likely differed no more from ants beneath a mortal's feet.
He could not even be bothered to come in person. Sitting at home, he merely snipped once with his scissors, declaring his majesty to the entire Primordial World!
Whoever dared offend him, even from billions of miles away, even beneath a Saint's protection, would still have to endure the thunderous wrath he unleashed!
At this moment, Lin Feng's figure could no longer be described merely as "powerful" in the hearts of the two sisters.
He was the incarnation of the Dao, the source of all laws.
He was the supreme faith they alone needed to look up to, follow, and devote everything to for the rest of their lives!
Meanwhile, atop Kunlun Mountain.
After sealing the space-time around Guang Chengzi and the others, that golden divine light containing endless killing intent and cutting power finally descended in a slow snip!
Snip!
An incomparably crisp sound, like shattered glass, rang throughout the Kunlun Mountain range.
Yet the expected scene of flesh and blood flying everywhere did not appear.
Just as the golden divine light was about to touch Guang Chengzi and the others, it strangely split into many strands, becoming dozens of finer golden threads that were still peerlessly sharp.
Riiip—!
A dense series of sounds rang out, like cloth being torn apart.
Guang Chengzi blankly lowered his head.
The Apricot-yellow Daoist Robe on him, representing his identity as a direct disciple of the Sect of Elucidation and possessing astonishing defensive power, had been neatly cut from collar to hem into dozens of strips. They hung miserably from his body, revealing the torn inner garments and skin beneath.
Not only him—Chi Jingzi, Taiyi Zhenren, Huanglong Zhenren, and every Golden Immortal who had participated in setting up the formation had all been stripped of their Daoist robes, reduced to beggar-like rags that barely covered their bodies.
What made them collapse even further was this.
Their carefully tied Daoist topknots had also been severed at the roots by the golden light!
Their proud black hair fell loose like weeds, leaving them disheveled and utterly humiliated!
One's body and hair were gifts from one's parents, and immortals regarded their own flesh and hair as the foundation of their essence, qi, and spirit. Having their hair cut was, in some ways, more humiliating than being killed!
Then came the final, most devastating strike.
A most dazzling golden thread, like the blade of divine punishment, fell with absolute precision upon the imitation Pangu Banner floating in midair, which had already expanded to a hundred zhang.
"No!!!"
Guang Chengzi let out the most shrill and desperate scream of his life.
Yet it was useless.
That great killing weapon personally refined by a Saint, the one in which he had placed such high hopes, was as fragile as a sheet of thin paper before that golden thread.
Starting from the center of the banner's surface, a black crack silently spread outward.
Then—
Boom!
A muffled explosion sounded.
The entire imitation Pangu Banner, along with the restrictions and laws within it, exploded with a roar, turning into golden fragments that filled the sky. Like a magnificent golden rain, they slowly drifted down.
After accomplishing all this, the golden divine light blanketing the heavens, along with the formation runes that had sealed space-time, vanished in an instant, as though they had never existed.
Before the Jade Void Palace, calm returned.
Only a dozen or so Sect of Elucidation Golden Immortals remained, disheveled and dressed in tatters like mortal beggars as they sat collapsed on the ground.
When the wind blew, their backsides felt cold.
Chi Jingzi trembled as he reached up to touch his bald head, then looked at Guang Chengzi beside him, who was in the same state. His lips quivered, and with a "wah," he burst into tears on the spot like a child!
His Dao heart had completely shattered!
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