The End of the Great Battle

Jiang Yun fully activated the Lesser Heavenly Cycle Star Formation. After a moment, each of his acupoints seemed to sense the Origin aura of its corresponding star. Next, a cluster of light points flew out from the guided Star Power Spiritual Energy, dispersing and entering the 365 acupoints of the Dharma Form.

These light points, which came with the Spiritual Energy, were condensed from the faint projections cast by 365 ancient stars in the Primordial Desolation Starry Sky.

After the light points formed by the projections entered the acupoints of the Dharma Form, the acupoints within the Lesser Heavenly Cycle Star Formation began to form a formation according to the positions of the stars, unleashing an attack.

The Eastern Seven Mansions: Horn, Neck, Root, Chamber, Heart, Tail, and Winnowing Basket, flickered with cyan light. The light connected to form a massive Azure Dragon phantom. The Azure Dragon's scales and claws flew, and it spewed a continuous stream of Star Power from its mouth, like surging tides, rushing forward. Wherever it passed, space was torn to shreds, forming dark vortices that seemed to swallow everything.

The Southern Seven Mansions: Well, Ghost, Willow, Star, Expanse, Wings, and Connecting Bar, lit up with fiery red light. The flame-like Star Power converged into the shape of a Vermilion Bird. The Vermilion Bird spread its enormous wings, each feather condensed from Star Power. It let out a sharp cry, flapped its wings, and a sky-covering torrent of fiery Star Power surged out. This flame was no ordinary flame; it was Star Flame that could burn souls and laws. The high temperature caused the surrounding space to warp and distort, like a crumpled canvas.

The Western Seven Mansions: Legs, Bond, Stomach, Hairy Head, Net, Mouth, and Join, bloomed with snow-white light. The light converged into the form of a White Tiger. The White Tiger roared, exuding a chilling aura of slaughter. It shook its body, and streaks of white fur formed from Star Power shot forward. These hairs were like tiny Star Sand, which gathered together to form a waterfall of flowing sand, rushing down.

The Northern Seven Mansions: Dipper, Ox, Woman, Emptiness, Danger, Enclosure, and Wall, emitted a deep blue light. The Star Power transformed into the image of a Black Tortoise. The Black Tortoise slowly moved its massive body, runes flashing on its shell. Streaks of Star Power shields shot out from its shell. These shields were like the most indestructible fortresses in the universe, resisting external attacks. At the same time, the Black Tortoise spewed a cold tide of Star Power from its mouth. Wherever the cold tide reached, everything was frozen, whether it was tangible objects or intangible energy, all were sealed within the crystalline Star Power cold tide.

The other stars located within the formation were not to be outdone. The Southern Dipper stars governed life, the Northern Dipper stars governed death, and the Three Enclosures: Ziwei, Taiwei, and Tianshi, along with various other star phenomena, all shot out beams of Star Power. These beams were like a dense rain of arrows, converging together, and finally intertwining with the power of the Four Divine Beasts formed by the Twenty-Eight Mansions. This formed a world-destroying gray energy beam that struck towards the Five-Colored Radiance Minor World formed by the fusion of the Five-Colored Divine Light.

The moment the two forces collided, the world fell into a deafening silence. The gray energy beam and the five-colored minor world continuously resisted each other. World Power and Destruction Energy intertwined and annihilated each other all around. Throughout the entire process, as the gray energy gradually infused into the five-colored minor world, the minor world began to collapse, accelerating its collapse. Finally, after forming a singularity, a violent explosion erupted.

At the instant of the explosion, both Jiang Yun and Kong Xuan felt a strong stinging sensation in their spiritual senses.

Before either of them could react, a massive shockwave hit them head-on. The defenses they had just erected were scattered before they could even fully deploy. Kong Xuan's Five-Colored Divine Light Defense was shattered by the shockwave, and he was pushed back several miles before stabilizing himself, spitting out a mouthful of blood.

On Jiang Yun's side, the explosion caused Star Power to flow back. The connections between the acupoints of his Star Dharma Form were broken by the returning Star Power, causing the formation to become unbalanced and the Dharma Form to disintegrate. The Twelve-grade White Lotus in his Nascent Soul did not have time to deploy its defenses, and his body was slightly affected. At this moment, the Mysterious Turtle intervened, using its shell to block the remaining impact for him. As a result, he only suffered internal injuries, with his Blood Essence surging uncontrollably.

The impact of this explosion stripped away several layers of earth from an area spanning hundreds of thousands of miles. At the epicenter, a deep valley tens of thousands of miles deep was blasted open. The Great Roc, watching from ten miles away, was also knocked over by the impact, looking quite disheveled.

Jiang Yun meditated in place for a moment, suppressing the surging Blood Essence. Only then did he muster his energy to survey the battlefield.

After being injured by the shockwave, Kong Xuan stabilized himself and began to use his cultivation to heal, currently unable to attend to anything else.

The Great Roc, who had been watching from the periphery, spread its wings after getting up and immediately flew to Kong Xuan's side. It looked at Kong Xuan with concern, wanting to check his injuries, but afraid of disturbing its elder brother.

At this moment, Jiang Yun used his divine ability to appear not far from Kong Xuan. The Great Roc saw this and immediately stood in front of Kong Xuan, its hawk-like eyes watching Jiang Yun warily. Kong Xuan, behind him, sensed this and suppressed his injuries, getting up to pat the Great Roc standing in front of him, signaling it to stand behind him.

Kong Xuan looked at Jiang Yun with a calm gaze, coughed slightly, and said frankly, "In our match, this final round, I am heavily injured, and you are almost unharmed. You have won. The karma between us has been settled."

"Otherwise, in that last round just now, we would have been evenly matched, with no clear winner. If I hadn't received help from an elder, I would have been injured in that final explosion as well, so this battle between us should be a draw," Jiang Yun said, glancing at the Mysterious Turtle on his shoulder, giving it a signal.

Kong Xuan followed his gaze to the small turtle on his shoulder, and a look of understanding flashed in his eyes.

"You are a rare and worthy opponent, and also a respectable one," Jiang Yun said with a serious and sincere tone. He then took out a drop of Three Lights Divine Water and waved it towards Kong Xuan.

"This is a small token of my appreciation. Please accept it. It will help you heal."

Kong Xuan looked deeply at Jiang Yun, then flipped his hand and accepted the drop of Three Lights Divine Water. He replied with a slightly cool tone, "Thank you."

The Phoenix Clan was not short of treasures, but the Three Lights Divine Water was still a rare healing treasure for them. Kong Xuan had heard of it before.

Jiang Yun expressed his recognition of Kong Xuan's strength and character. Similarly, Kong Xuan also greatly approved of Jiang Yun as an opponent. The two of them could be said to have a mutual appreciation for each other. Otherwise, he would not have easily accepted the goodwill of a stranger, even for a treasure like the Three Lights Divine Water. This was his pride as a Son of the Phoenix.

"My Dao Field is at Spirit Bamboo Mountain in the West. If you have time, you can come to the Western World to find me, and we can settle this score then," Jiang Yun said, inscribing the location of his Dao Field onto a Jade Token and tossing it to Kong Xuan.

"Alright," Kong Xuan caught the Jade Token, turned around, and with the Great Roc, headed back to their respective cave dwellings.