Chaos Sparring, Overpowering Two Immortals

At the edge of Chaos, Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind raged and churned. This was the boundary of the Primordial World, the end of order, and the breeding ground of disorder. There was no light or darkness, no time or space—only the most primal and violent energies colliding, annihilating, and being reborn here for eternity. Ordinary Golden Immortals who came here without a supreme treasure to protect themselves would be assimilated into Chaos in an instant, body and soul extinguished. Yet for Hunyuan Golden Immortals, this was the perfect place to settle disputes and test divine abilities.

At this moment, a rather "distinctive" sparring match was unfolding within this eternally empty land.

Ancestor Hong Yun and Great Immortal Zhen Yuanzi attacked in anger. Though they held no intent to kill, the might of Hunyuan Golden Immortals was not to be taken lightly. Especially after being repeatedly toyed with by Xuan Wazi, they had been suppressing a nameless blaze of fury in their hearts. Now that they struck in outrage, their power increased by another measure, their momentum so vast that the Chaos Qi within tens of thousands of miles boiled!

Ancestor Hong Yun's beard and hair flared out as his mana surged around him like a tidal wave. His trademark kind smile had long since been replaced by anger. He formed seals with both hands and chanted under his breath as boundless crimson clouds erupted around him! These were no ordinary clouds, but his famed innate divine ability—the Hong Yun Soul Scattering Divine Light!

This light was not a physical attack, but something that struck directly at the origin of the primordial spirit, elusive and unfathomable. Brilliant crimson radiance spread across the heavens. Wherever it passed, even the violent Chaos Qi seemed to be soothed by some invisible force, becoming sluggish and tranquil. Yet beneath that "tranquility" lurked terrifying power capable of eroding the soul, corroding the bones, and dissolving mana and divine sense! As the light flowed, countless tiny red runes seemed to emerge and perish within it, specifically fouling primordial spirits and eroding Dao foundations. If an ordinary Grand Unity Golden Immortal were struck head-on by this light, their Three Flowers would likely scatter, their Five Qi would collapse, their primordial spirit would disperse, and ten thousand years of cultivation would become nothing but an empty dream!

"Xuan Wazi! Take this!" Hong Yun roared, condensing the endless crimson clouds into a thick pillar of light that surged toward Xuan Wazi like a river of blood. Before the beam even arrived, that strange sensation capable of making one's primordial spirit tremble and mana stagnate had already descended.

On the other side, Great Immortal Zhen Yuanzi's face remained calm as still water, but suppressed rage flickered deep in his eyes. Knowing Xuan Wazi was strange and unpredictable, he did not dare be careless and directly pushed the phantom of the embryonic membrane of the earth beneath his feet to its limit! The ancient scroll phantom slowly unfurled, releasing incomparably dense Wu Earth essence like that of the Primordial World itself. Streams of mysterious yellow energy descended, protecting his entire body tightly.

He did not use his greatest technique, Sleeve Universe. After all, it was more suited to trapping enemies and capturing people; against an elusive opponent like Xuan Wazi, its effects might not be obvious. Instead, he chose to use the Earth Book to connect with the unseen veins of the Primordial World! Though he was within Chaos, cut off from heaven and earth, the Earth Book, as a top-tier Innate Spiritual Treasure, could still borrow a trace of the Primordial World's source power!

"Buzz—!"

The void trembled as phantoms of towering mountains appeared from nowhere! These mountains were no illusions, but condensed true power of the Primordial World's earth. Each was incomparably heavy, comparable to an ancient divine mountain! Carrying the vast momentum to crush stars and suppress all things, they formed a profound formation and pressed down upon Xuan Wazi from above, below, and all directions like a cage! Space emitted piercing tearing sounds beneath this pure force, while the Chaos Qi was forced aside, forming a temporary "vacuum."

The two veteran Hunyuan Golden Immortals—one attacking the primordial spirit, the other suppressing the physical body—might not have coordinated flawlessly, but their power was peerless and their momentum terrifying! Even someone who had just entered the mid-stage of the Hunyuan Golden Immortal realm would have to avoid their edge and respond cautiously to such a joint assault.

Yet faced with an attack that would make most mighty figures of the Primordial World pale and retreat, Xuan Wazi, at the center of the storm, had his eyes light up. Not only was he unafraid, he even revealed an excited smile, eager to give it a try. He had just advanced to the great completion of the Hunyuan Golden Immortal realm through the system's reward, and had been worrying over where to find suitable "punching bags" to familiarize himself with his explosively increased strength and the increasingly active Great Dao of Strength Fragment within him.

"Excellent! Just what I needed to loosen up!"

He laughed loudly, his voice shaking Chaos. He did not use supreme treasures like the God-Slaying Spear or the Chaos Bead, intending to face them purely with his physical body and divine abilities. Clearly, he wanted to use this battle to thoroughly master his own strength.

Just as the blood-red river formed from the Hong Yun Soul Scattering Divine Light and the layers of earth-vein mountains were about to strike him, Xuan Wazi's body shifted slightly. In the next instant, he vanished from where he stood like a ghost. Under the mana of his Hunyuan Golden Immortal great completion realm, the Spatial Folding technique had reached an extraordinary level. He was not simply teleporting; instead, he continuously folded and twisted the spatial coordinates around himself on a microscopic level. To outsiders, his figure flickered unpredictably amid the endless attacks, like a reflection in a mirror or the moon in water, making it impossible to catch his true body.

Hong Yun's Soul Scattering Divine Light, which targeted the primordial spirit directly, had clearly locked onto Xuan Wazi's original position. Yet when the light descended, it only turned a patch of Chaos Qi into nothingness. Xuan Wazi had already appeared dozens of miles away, leisurely dusting off his sleeve.

"Brother Hong Yun," Xuan Wazi's infuriating voice rang out again, carrying obvious mockery, "your divine light looks pretty good—bright red and festive. Shame it's a little slow, like an old ox pulling a broken cart. If it can't hit anyone, it's useless! Can't you speed it up?"

Hong Yun was so furious that he nearly spat out blood. His face reddened like the divine light he had unleashed as he roared, "You... stop relying on your sharp tongue! If you have the ability, stand still!"

Meanwhile, several mountain phantoms controlled by Zhen Yuanzi had already blocked all of Xuan Wazi's escape routes and smashed down with immense force! Seeing that there was nowhere to evade, Xuan Wazi remained unhurried, a curve lifting at the corner of his mouth.

"Fellow Daoist Zhen Yuanzi, these mountain phantoms of yours are indeed heavy and carry a hint of Mount Buzhou's spirit. But unfortunately..." He shook his head and casually raised his right hand, curling his fingers into a fist. The Great Dao of Strength Fragment within him trembled slightly, and a terrifying sense of power originating from Chaos itself, capable of destroying everything, instantly flowed through his entire body and gathered upon his seemingly fair and refined fist. He used no flashy divine ability—only the simplest, most direct, purest punch, driving it straight at the thousand-zhang mountain phantom descending to suppress him!

"Unfortunately, there isn't enough variation. It's too rigid! That's not how strength should be used!"

Before his words had even faded, his fist had arrived!

"Buzz—Bam!!!"

There was no earth-shattering explosion, only an incomparably muffled boom, as if two continents of the Primordial World had collided in the most savage manner possible! The thousand-zhang mountain phantom, condensed from the power of the Earth Book and the earth-vein Qi of the Primordial World, shattered the instant it touched Xuan Wazi's fist. Starting from the point of impact, countless spiderweb-like cracks spread across the entire mountain!

In the next instant, before Hong Yun and Zhen Yuanzi's disbelieving eyes, that towering mountain exploded in midair, turning into countless specks of pure earth-yellow spiritual light that scattered and vanished like fireworks! Power in its purest form had crushed every divine transformation with the most tyrannical stance possible!

Zhen Yuanzi's pupils contracted sharply, his mind trembling as he blurted out, "The Great Dao of Strength?! You can actually wield it to such an extent?!" He sensed the intent contained within that punch: absolute power capable of opening heaven and earth, of redefining Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind. One force breaking ten thousand techniques was no empty saying! This boy's comprehension of the laws of strength far exceeded his imagination!

Hong Yun was equally shocked and furious. Refusing to believe it, he frantically poured mana into his technique. The Hong Yun Soul Scattering Divine Light no longer condensed into a pillar, instead transforming into countless red threads that formed a net covering the heavens. They wound toward Xuan Wazi from every direction, penetrating every gap and specifically attacking the flaws in his primordial spirit.

Yet an invisible force-field barrier seemed to surround Xuan Wazi. It was the natural protection formed by the Primordial Dao Body's trait of being impervious to all techniques and the Great Dao of Strength Fragment. Once those strange, sinister red threads came within three feet of him, they were deflected and flung aside by a tyrannical, distorted force field—or scattered outright by his dragon-like, surging blood Qi. They could not touch his primordial spirit in the slightest.

"Damn it! Xuan Wazi! You cowardly turtle! Do you only know how to dodge?!" Hong Yun stomped in fury, his composure starting to crumble.

"Hehe, as you wish!" Xuan Wazi felt that the warm-up was about enough. His body suddenly solidified within Chaos, no longer making any attempt to evade. He took a deep breath, and with that inhale, it seemed as though he swallowed all the Chaos Qi within ten thousand miles into his abdomen. The vast mana of his Hunyuan Golden Immortal great completion realm erupted like a volcano dormant for hundreds of millions of years. A faint primordial violet Dao aura emerged around him, making him appear like a god of Chaos.

Both his fists shot out. There was still no radiance from any divine ability, only the plainest straight punches, hooks, and swings! Yet every punch stirred the Chaos Qi into violent whirlpools, and wherever his fists passed, clear white traces remained in space for a long time without healing!

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"

His fist shadows fell like torrential rain, forcefully clashing with the Hong Yun Soul Scattering Divine Light and the mountains of the Earth Book!

The Soul Scattering Divine Light that could make Grand Unity Golden Immortals tremble in fear melted and scattered like snow beneath sunlight the moment it touched those fists of pure power, unable even to brush Xuan Wazi's clothing! Meanwhile, the mountain phantoms carrying the power of the Primordial World's earth shattered one after another under his domineering fist force like paper mache, unable to come within a hundred zhang of him!

"How... how is this possible?!" Hong Yun and Zhen Yuanzi cried out in disbelief again, their eyes filled with horror and incredulity. They knew Xuan Wazi was powerful, but they had never expected him to be powerful to such an absurd degree! With only his physical body and brute strength, he had head-on and brutally defeated the combined divine techniques of both of them! This completely overturned their understanding of "Dao" and "technique"!

But Xuan Wazi only grew more excited as he fought. Amid rapidly circulating mana and fierce combat, the Great Dao of Strength Fragment became increasingly compatible with his physical body, making his control over strength ever more refined. At times, he turned his fist into a palm and struck out, his palm wind condensing into substance like a massive Chaos axe, cleaving a huge gap through Hong Yun's divine-light net. At other times, he joined his fingers like a sword and pointed forward. The ultimate glint of strength gathered at his fingertip was incomparably sharp, instantly piercing through several mountain phantoms pressing down in succession. Its remaining force did not diminish as it shot directly toward Zhen Yuanzi's true body, forcing him to retreat repeatedly and activate the Earth Book with all his strength to defend himself.

"Hahaha! Wonderful! Truly wonderful! Again! Let me see what other methods you two fellow Daoists possess!" Xuan Wazi let out a long howl, and the sound waves rolled through Chaos. No longer content to defend passively, he began to attack!

His body swayed, and through Spatial Folding, he appeared without warning before Hong Yun as if teleporting. It was still a simple, direct punch, driving straight for the target—Hong Yun's face, frozen in shock!

Hong Yun's face changed drastically. In his haste, he gathered the crimson clouds around himself into a thick red shield of light.

"Break!"

Xuan Wazi exhaled sharply, and the power on his fist increased by another measure!

"Bang!"

With a muffled sound, the red light shield shattered, and his fist landed squarely on Hong Yun's left eye.

"Ow!" Hong Yun's vision went dark, followed by a burst of countless golden stars. An indescribable sharp, aching pain shot straight into his head, and tears uncontrollably streamed from his eyes. He screamed as his entire body was sent flying like he had been struck by a primordial beast. He tumbled through Chaos for an unknown number of tens of thousands of miles before barely stabilizing himself. Trembling, he reached for his left eye. It was burning hot and swollen. He did not need to look to know it had turned black and purple, swollen high into a standard "panda eye"!

Without pausing, Xuan Wazi flashed again and appeared beside Zhen Yuanzi, whose mind had been shaken by Hong Yun being blasted away. He delivered a heavy sweeping kick like a divine dragon swinging its tail, accompanied by a piercing howl that tore through Chaos! Wherever the wind from his leg passed, the Chaos Qi automatically separated, forming a vacuum passage!

Zhen Yuanzi was horrified and hurriedly raised the Earth Book phantom to block at his side.

"Dong!!"

It was like the ringing of a great bell. The Earth Book phantom shook violently, its light flickering wildly. Zhen Yuanzi felt an overwhelming, irresistible force crash into him. Though most of it was blocked by the Earth Book, this top-tier defensive spiritual treasure, the vibration from that pure power still passed through the defense and sent his internal organs churning and his blood surging backward. What made him grit his teeth even more was that the edge of the fierce leg wind had still struck the outer side of his right thigh.

"Hiss—!" Zhen Yuanzi sucked in a cold breath. A piercing pain shot through his thigh as his Daoist robe instantly tore apart. A large patch of shocking purple-blue bruising appeared on his skin at a visible speed, burning fiercely. He let out a muffled groan and staggered. Worthy of being the Earth Book's master, he retreated only a dozen or so miles before dispelling the impact, his face flushing and his breath becoming disordered.

The difference between them was immediately clear! Victory and defeat had been decided!

Facing two opponents alone, Xuan Wazi remained completely unharmed. Instead, he had begun "coloring" Hong Yun and Zhen Yuanzi, leaving behind exceptionally conspicuous "spoils of battle." Though he had been very measured and had not damaged the foundations of their Dao, the impact of every punch to flesh and every kick to bone, along with the absolute suppression of his strength, made Hong Yun and Zhen Yuanzi thoroughly understand the despairing gap between them. They fully experienced what it meant for comparisons to be fatal, and saw the terrifying strength hidden beneath Xuan Wazi's carefree smile.

The battle continued for a while longer. Hong Yun's furious curses, pained groans, and the repeated dull booms of Zhen Yuanzi's Earth Book blocking attacks occasionally echoed through Chaos. By the time Xuan Wazi felt his entire body relaxed and comfortable, and his control over his own strength had become perfectly smooth and natural, he finally stopped with lingering reluctance. Hong Yun and Zhen Yuanzi, however, were already in a miserable state, colorfully bruised and rather "festive."