Ch. 441Clashing against True Venerable
Key plot points and events
- Fang Wang, empowered by the Heavenly Dao and the Tiangang Supreme Yang Tyrant Body, challenges True Venerable and demands either his submission or death.
- True Venerable arrives with more than ten thousand Disheng—great sages and great emperors—and offers Fang Wang the same choice: submit and receive his protection, or perish.
- Fang Wang attacks with the Celestial Palace Halberd. The Disheng combine their power to resist, but are astonished by the scale of his strength. True Venerable blocks the blow and summons a powerful golden dragon spear.
- The battle escalates: Fang Wang and True Venerable exchange devastating attacks, while the Zhenshi Bead absorbs the storm around them. True Venerable traps Fang Wang with spear shadows carrying varied rule auras.
- Far away in the Xuanzu Mortal World, practitioners of the Heavenly Dao feel its sudden advancement. The resonance spreads across mortal worlds, giving its followers new insight and confidence.
Character developments and interactions
- Fang Wang openly embraces his overwhelming power and refuses to yield, meeting True Venerable’s challenge with a direct declaration of battle.
- True Venerable presents himself as a conqueror who expects others to submit or be destroyed, but treats Fang Wang as a genuine threat.
- Great Sage Qiyun recognizes Fang Wang’s startlingly domineering nature and protects True Person Kongdu, who feels the immense gap between his own strength and that of the great sages and emperors.
- Hong Xian’er arrives hoping to share her recent progress, but Fang Wang’s latest achievement makes her feel her own gains are insignificant.
- Hongchen and Guming Old Man divine the Heavenly Dao’s advancement. Hongchen grows convinced Fang Wang may come from the Upper Realm.
Significant themes
- Power and submission: Both Fang Wang and True Venerable frame their confrontation as a choice between yielding and destruction.
- The Heavenly Dao’s rapid evolution: Fang Wang’s growth advances the Dao itself, inspiring practitioners across multiple worlds.
- Ambition and scale: The chapter contrasts individual cultivation with changes that affect entire worlds, while leaving the outcome of Fang Wang’s clash with True Venerable unresolved.