Life-Chasing King Yama's Post, Yin Yang Reversal Reaped Its Own Bitter Fruit, Tang Sect Declared an Evil Organization

The True Self Manifestation stood proudly against the sky. Zhao Xuanzhen's gaze was calm, as though suppressing the Five Elements Kirin had merely been a casual brush of dust away. His brilliant golden eyes looked toward Holy Dragon Douluo En Ci at the other end.

En Ci's expression was grim. Their side was completely at a disadvantage in the Five Gods' Trial. Huang Zhengyang's skill could not make up for the disparity in the two mechas' base attributes, while Hu Jie's Hundred Thousand Year Soul Spirit was being utterly crushed by the Chicken-Pig-Bear.

In the battle of weapons, the Huanglong Spear relentlessly hunted the Vajra Ring across the sky. Star Luo's national treasure had no power to resist, and Kirin Douluo Tong Yu, on whom they had high hopes, was bogged down in a swamp.

The Star Luo Empire had no way out. This battle of battle armor was the last loincloth covering their shame.

Without the slightest hint of underestimation, En Ci slowly raised both hands, as though drawing upon every Light Element between heaven and earth. The entire Star Luo Stadium shone like paradise!

"Roar—"

A clear, stirring dragon roar burst forth. The aged body shone with Radiant Light, and En Ci expanded and transformed amid dazzling white radiance. In the blink of an eye, a pure white giant dragon more than a hundred meters long coiled through the sky. Its scales gleamed with sacred light—the Martial Soul Avatar, Holy Dragon of Light!

Dragon might surged forth, and light overflowed. The Holy Dragon of Light's Limit Douluo-level true form displayed the full majesty of dragonkind. Gu Yue, who was watching, nodded slightly. A trace of praise appeared in her dark beautiful eyes. Compared to Long Yeyue's Light Darkness Dragon Emperor, which was sustained purely by raw attributes, she more highly regarded En Ci's comprehension of the true essence of light.

At the same time, concentrated, dazzling streaks of white light erupted. The ringing of metal against stone continued without end as ancient, heavy white armor swiftly covered every inch of the Holy Dragon of Light's body.

Helmet, chestplate, dragon wing armor, dragon claw gauntlets... The final piece of tail armor fitted perfectly onto the Holy Dragon of Light. A complete set of Four-Word Battle Armor enveloped the hundred-meter dragon body!

"Peerless Holy Dragon, Thousand Dragon Dance!"

A low, powerful voice exploded as En Ci announced the name of Star Luo Continent's only Four-Word Battle Armor—Peerless Holy Dragon, with its Battle Armor Domain, Thousand Dragon Dance!

A round, pure and resplendent white halo expanded outward, claiming the vast sky within a thousand-meter radius. Within the domain, light was no longer merely Light Element energy; it became the Holy Dragon of Light's loyal companions!

Within the boundless Holy Light Domain, the slumbering dragon race was awakened by En Ci. High-pitched, majestic dragon roars ebbed and flowed.

The giant dragons raised their heads and spread their wings. Though they were not as enormous as the Holy Dragon True Form, every one of them was incomparably solid. Their scales and claws flaunted their might, fully displaying the dominance of a Four-Word Battle Armor Domain!

Facing Star Luo's strongest man, who had made his last stand and revealed every trump card, Zhao Xuanzhen's handsome face remained unmoved. Clad in the Three-character Battle Armor Tai Chi Dao, nine soul rings that made the world's eyes twitch wildly rose around him. The platinum soul ring at the very end bloomed with light!

"Ninth Soul Skill, Jiuli."

Tai Chi Dao hummed. Its originally balanced and peaceful Daoist aura changed as black-and-white patterns were dyed with the ancient, savage killing aura of the Lord of Weapons. Its edges became sharp and ferocious, while the shoulder armor transformed into roaring, howling War God Pandas. Its style shifted from flowing elegance to the heroic valor of conquering in all directions. A fierce aura presiding over war and destruction soared into the sky, and the dragons dancing in the light could not help slowing down!

"The Dao of heaven and earth, Myriad Laws of Nature."

Centered on Zhao Xuanzhen and Tai Chi Dao, Yin and Yang Qi surged wildly like a boiling ocean. Black and white swept across heaven and earth, forming a massive Yin Yang Domain that wrapped around Thousand Dragon Dance from all directions.

"Boom—"

The two Battle Armor Domains clashed. Hundreds upon thousands of light dragons bared their fangs and claws as they plunged headfirst into the Myriad Laws of Nature Domain, tearing at the omnipresent Yin and Yang Qi.

Thousand Dragon Dance battled Myriad Laws of Nature, leaving the Star Luo audience utterly shaken. White giant dragons flew through the air, blooming with intense radiance, while black-and-white phantoms shifted through the void. The immense sense of oppression struck straight at their souls. The Five Gods' Trial was truly thrilling beyond compare!

At first, En Ci still held onto a sliver of hope. After all, Tai Chi Dao was only Three-character Battle Armor, while Peerless Holy Dragon had been nurtured day after day for decades. Its Soul Forging Metal had evolved into an alternative form of Heavenly Forged Metal. That difference in grade objectively existed.

However, the Holy Dragon Douluo's mindset soon collapsed. The Soul Forging Metal used to create Tai Chi Dao was Divine Base Alloy with a Fusion Degree exceeding ninety-five percent. It could be called history's strongest Three-character Battle Armor, reaching the level of half a step into Four-Word Battle Armor.

Jiuli acted upon the battle armor, allowing Tai Chi Dao to possess the might of Four-Word Battle Armor in one stroke!

As Thousand Dragon Dance entered Myriad Laws of Nature, its light rapidly dimmed. The dragon forms twisted and collapsed, shattering into clusters of Light Element particles that were swallowed and annihilated by the endless Yin and Yang Qi!

The core effect of the Myriad Laws of Nature Domain was to dissolve all laws and return them to their origin. Empowered by the Jiuli Lord of Weapons Qi, this dissolving power became even more aggressive and destructive. Not only did it withstand En Ci's Four-Word Battle Armor, painstakingly nurtured over decades, it still had enough strength left to erode and compress the range of his Battle Armor Domain in return!

"Ninth Soul Skill, Holy Dragon True Form!"

A dragon roar resounded through the clouds. If this continued, defeat was certain. En Ci resolved to make one final desperate gamble.

The Ninth Soul Ring blazed brilliantly. Carrying world-shaking dragon might, the Holy Dragon of Light crashed toward the True Self Manifestation that stood tall and upright like a falling white star. Its dragon maw opened, unleashing a breath of holy light that purified all filth in the world!

"Rumble—"

Light and yin-yang, holy dragon and manifestation, engaged in a primal head-on collision in the sky filled by the two Battle Armor Domains. Heaven and earth fell silent, sun and moon lost their light, and the soul power barrier swayed violently. The entire Star Luo City seemed to tremble faintly from the aftershocks of their collision.

The Battle of the Peak drew everyone's attention. At that very moment, at the edge of the Soul Spirit battlefield, Smiling Douluo Hu Jie appeared to be directing his three Soul Spirits with all his strength against the Chicken-Pig-Bear, yet a glint entirely unlike his honest appearance quietly flashed across his fat face.

His small eyes pierced through the chaotic energy currents, locking firmly onto the True Self Manifestation suppressing the Holy Dragon of Light—or, more precisely, Zhao Xuanzhen's Original Body at the manifestation's brow center.

His right hand hung at his side. Beneath his wide sleeve, he quietly clenched an object in his palm: a black needle as thin as a hair. It possessed no luster at all and emitted a bone-chilling cold aura that seemed to freeze the soul.

High in the clouds, the Holy Dragon of Light was in dire straits. As the battle continued, En Ci felt an unprecedented heaviness and sluggishness. The omnipresent Yin and Yang Qi seemed like boundless millstones, endlessly tangling around and grinding away the power of light.

The blazing dragon breath he unleashed rushed into the Tai Chi Domain, only to vanish like a Mud Bull Enters the Sea, divided and dissolved until it finally returned to nothingness. Frustration and helplessness bit into En Ci's heart like venomous snakes.

The Holy Dragon Douluo finally realized why even someone as powerful as War God Douluo Qian Gu Diting had fallen at the hands of Tai Chi Douluo. If not for having to fight one against five and use Heart Separation Control, he would likely have already been reduced to a golden loach, trampled beneath Zhao Xuanzhen's feet again and again.

"Qi disperses, wind stops; return to simplicity and truth."

Zhao Xuanzhen had no intention of continuing to fight En Ci, who was at the end of his strength. The Ninth Soul Skill, All Things Return to One, sealed the victory. The Tai Chi Diagram spanning heaven and earth moved, spinning as it contracted and pressed down, weaving into a great net that enveloped all things as it closed in on the struggling Holy Dragon of Light.

Time and space seemed to freeze. The Holy Dragon of Light collapsed in an instant, its light soul power and spiritual will forcibly stripped away by the Tai Chi Diagram and returned to heaven and earth.

"Thud!"

As the white light faded, En Ci's figure fell from the sky and crashed miserably into the ground, forced out of his Martial Soul Avatar state.

This guardian god of the Star Luo Empire had a weakened aura, his face as pale as paper. Not a trace of Holy Dragon of Light energy could be sensed from him. All that remained was the hollow shell of a Limit Douluo's soul power. A shocking vertical crack had appeared across the chestplate of the Four-Word Battle Armor, Peerless Holy Dragon.

Heaven and earth were vast and desolate. Only that towering, mountain-like True Self Manifestation remained, its Yin and Yang Qi eternal and undying as it overlooked the mortal world like a deity.

The dust settled. The Five Gods' Trial was over.

This thought surfaced in the hearts of the hundreds of thousands in Star Luo Stadium, as well as the countless Star Luo citizens watching before their Soul Guide Televisions.

There had never been anyone before who fought one against five in a single Five Gods' Trial, yet Tai Chi Douluo had accomplished this battle that could be called a miracle—and had even won with remarkable ease.

Before such extreme Individual heroism, the entire Star Luo Empire had to admit that they had lost wholeheartedly. Cheers for Tai Chi Douluo gradually sounded throughout the arena. Na'er cupped her hands around her mouth like a megaphone and smoothly blended into the cheering crowd.

Dai Yun'er's beautiful eyes sparkled with excitement. Though she had been the one to forcefully pair them as a couple, in the eyes of Star Luo Empire's people, her name was bound together with Zhao Xuanzhen's. The stronger Zhao Xuanzhen became, the more it proved that Princess's choice back then had not been wrong.

By comparison, Dai Tianling was somewhat dejected and helpless. Not only had they completely lost the Tang Sect's Soul Guide weapons this time, but the Star Luo Empire had not gained enough benefits from the Spirit Pagoda to compensate for its losses. Catching up to Douluo Continent's technological development remained a long and arduous task.

Just as everyone believed the Five Gods' Trial had concluded, at the subtle moment when Zhao Xuanzhen released his Martial Soul Avatar, Smiling Douluo Hu Jie, who had been lurking and enduring all along, finally stopped concealing his malice!

"Martial Soul Avatar, Golden Belly Silver Buttocks!"

His obese body Suddenly Expanded as golden light and silver radiance intertwined. A hundred-meter giant of flesh stood upon the battlefield, its round, bulging golden stomach pouch and massive silver-glinting buttocks leaving people dumbfounded.

Smiling Douluo excelled at defense and counterattacks, but this Martial Soul Avatar was not being used for defense. Instead, it gathered the power for a killing blow!

A trace of ruthless resolve flashed through his tiny eyes as the inner power of the Level 98 Mysterious Heaven Skill poured into his fingertips without reservation!

"Life-Chasing King Yama's Post!"

He hissed the shout in his heart as Hu Jie fired the King Yama's Post he had long prepared. The black needle was as fine as a hair and utterly silent, leaving behind only an almost imperceptible ripple in the void along its path.

King Yama's Post was ranked third among Tang Sect's technique-type hidden weapons. It specifically broke through protective qi barriers. Once it entered the body, it immediately shattered, its poison attacking the heart through the bloodstream while its fragments likewise pierced the heart meridians with the flowing blood.

A single post created a double-kill situation. Whoever was struck died instantly, with no cure possible!

As the Tang Sect's vice sect master and Star Luo's spokesperson, Hu Jie's King Yama's Post was naturally anything but ordinary. It was mixed with peerless poison left behind from herbs refined by Tang Sect ancestors at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

He firmly believed Tang Sect Hidden Weapons were unparalleled under heaven. Even a God-tier Body Soul as overwhelmingly powerful as Zhao Xuanzhen's would absolutely be unable to withstand King Yama's Post. His protective soul power would be broken through, and he would become a pool of foul-smelling black water!

After hearing that Tai Chi Douluo had uprooted the Qian Gu Family, and seeing Star Luo Empire's ambiguous attitude, Hu Jie had vaguely realized that the imperial family was leaning towards the Spirit Pagoda. The reason he had risked participating in the Five Gods' Trial was to find an opportunity to kill Zhao Xuanzhen.

Since the Tang Sect could no longer remain on Star Luo Continent anyway, he might as well take this chance to kill a grave threat. Even trading one for one would be worth it!

Tang Sect, Smiling, Loyalty!

"Yin Yang Reversal!"

The second soul ring beneath Zhao Xuanzhen's feet suddenly gleamed!

Hu Jie had ultimately underestimated the reaction speed of peak Spirit Domain Realm spiritual power. At the instant the black needle attacked, a Black and White Vortex enveloped Zhao Xuanzhen. The incoming King Yama's Post plunged into the vortex and, guided by the Yin and Yang Qi, began rotating along its trajectory!

"What!?"

Hu Jie's expression changed drastically. He could not understand why King Yama's Post, which broke through all protective qi barriers, had lost control. Nor could he understand just how severe Yin Yang Reversal's defensive and reflective effect was against ranged skills!

"Turn back!"

Zhao Xuanzhen gave a cold shout, and King Yama's Post shot back along its original path several times faster than when it came!

A soul-scattering chill surged into Hu Jie's heart. To ensure a fatal strike, he had poured nearly all his soul power into throwing King Yama's Post. Now, he had no time to make any effective evasion or defense. That tiny black glint in his vision enlarged without limit!

"Pfft—"

King Yama's Post plunged into those silver-glinting buttocks!

A bone-piercing, icy agony erupted. His Martial Soul Avatar shrank like a deflated ball and returned to human form. Hu Jie was terrified beyond measure. King Yama's Post shattered upon entering his body, and its poison spread madly through his limbs and bones. Flesh, meridians, and skeleton all dissolved and necrotized at terrifying speed!

"No! Cut it off! Cut it off!"

Overcome by the terror of death, Hu Jie had an absurd thought. Forgetting that those struck by King Yama's Post were certain to die, he fantasized that he could survive by cutting off his poisoned buttocks with the resolve of a warrior severing his wrist.

Golden Belly Silver Buttocks Smiling Tiger Hu Jie, with his twin Body Souls, could be considered among the strongest below Limit Douluo. Yet now, to preserve his miserable life, under the stunned gaze of hundreds of thousands, this dignified Level 98 Titled Douluo turned his palm into a blade and cut off the Martial Soul that had made him famous across the continent!

The Yin Yang Vortex quietly dispersed. Zhao Xuanzhen was not surprised by Smiling Douluo Hu Jie's sneak attack. He did not step forward to finish him off, because he trusted Hu Jie's killing intent—and King Yama's Post was no worthless thing that one could survive simply by cutting off part of one's body.

"Tang Sect Hidden Weapons... even members of our own sect have no way to deal with them after being struck..."

As though a bucket of concentrated sulfuric acid had been poured over him from head to toe, Hu Jie's entire body rotted and dissolved. He realized the clownish folly of his desperate attempt at treatment. King Yama's Post had already attacked his heart meridians. Strange rasping sounds came from his throat, and his face was filled with regret and despair.

Within just a few breaths, the obese body melted into a pool of bubbling, foul-smelling pus, several gleaming soul bones soaking within it.

Once they reacted, the Star Luo audience erupted in outrage. They could scarcely imagine that Hu Jie, such a respected vice sect master of the Tang Sect, would use such a dirty trick on an occasion as significant as the Five Gods' Trial. Worse still, he had failed and ultimately died after reaping his own bitter fruit.

The Spirit Pagoda side gritted their teeth in hatred. The two Silver Dragon King's Half-Selves activated their dragon bloodlines on the spot, and their two pairs of beautiful eyes turned a terrifying purple. Once the Silver Dragon King Bloodline emerged, the kings of the neighboring Monster Academy trembled in fear. The Bai sisters were no less furious. They had only one thought in their hearts: exterminate the Tang Sect to the last!

Illusion Brain Douluo Han Tianyi was an old fox. Vast spiritual power spread outward as he coolly questioned, "Smiling Douluo disrupted the Five Gods' Trial, equivalent to disregarding the dignity of the Spirit Pagoda and the Star Luo Empire. Is the Star Luo Empire still going to sit by and do nothing?"

Star Luo Emperor Dai Tianling's face was livid. He rose from the Main Stand, his chest heaving violently. Every bit of goodwill from years of cooperation with the Tang Sect had vanished. It was time for the imperial family to Make a choice. He decisively announced:

"Citizens of the Star Luo Empire, and all the powerful experts of the Spirit Pagoda who have come from afar, on behalf of the Star Luo Empire, I congratulate Tai Chi Douluo on attaining victory in the Five Gods' Trial. The Empire will forever be the Spirit Pagoda's most reliable friend!

"Since Ancient Times, the Five Gods' Trial has always been a sacred battle that decides a nation's fate. The Tang Sect has defiled the Five Gods' Trial, and the Star Luo Empire absolutely cannot tolerate it!

"From this day onward, the Tang Sect is an evil organization of Star Luo. The Star Luo Empire will unconditionally cooperate with the Spirit Pagoda in carrying out extermination operations!"