Ji Xukong!

He was a profoundly contradictory person!

He looked utterly ordinary, not particularly heroic. Thrown into a crowd, he would be someone no one noticed.

Yet this seemingly ordinary man possessed an unrivaled bearing, concealing the extraordinary within the mundane.

The moment he made his move, his plain aura was swept away, and he instantly became the center of attention between heaven and earth.

The winds and thunder of the Ninth Heaven stirred, while dragons and tigers soared across the Eight Wastelands!

The ancient mirror bloomed with resplendent immortal light. A massive rift appeared in the void, as though the world had been split in two.

He directly confronted an Extreme Dao Imperial Weapon!

"Rumble!"

A tremendous roar echoed through heaven and earth. Terrifying power erupted, raising monstrous waves in the void as countless immortal lights burst forth.

Heaven and earth lost their color, while sun and moon dimmed. World-shaking radiance engulfed everything, leaving everyone dazed and their faces filled with shock.

Someone actually dared to directly confront a revived Extreme Dao Imperial Weapon?

More importantly, he had blocked it!

The ancient mirror hung in the sky, making the void tremble as it fiercely clashed with that dragon-patterned halberd. Neither side gave ground; they were evenly matched.

Just who was this man? His strength was so terrifying that he could even block a revived Extreme Dao Imperial Weapon?

"How is that possible?"

Shen Ming and the other two had gone mad. They felt that they must have neglected to check their fortunes before leaving home. How could anyone be this unlucky?

Was it not enough that there was an unparalleled monster who had likely cultivated for only a few years, yet crossed several major realms to become a Great Saint?

And now, another expert capable of contending with an Extreme Dao Imperial Weapon had appeared?

Had they remained hidden for too long? Had the world's order changed, with prodigies appearing everywhere and freaks roaming the land?

But in the next instant, Shen Ming and the other two changed expression again. That person had arrived!

He stepped through the void and launched an attack, his terrifying aura rushing toward them and sending chills down their spines.

With the Extreme Dao Imperial Weapon blocked by the ancient mirror, how were Shen Ming and the other two supposed to deal with this man rushing in to kill them?

At this moment, they had no time to be shocked. What they needed to consider was how to preserve their own lives.

"Go!" Shen Ming roared.

He knew that today's plan could no longer succeed. If they did not leave now, they truly might never escape.

The three Supreme Being's Progeny simultaneously produced a talisman. Immortal light blazed, and the void rippled as it sought to swallow them.

This was an Emperor Rune, personally crafted by a Supreme Being. Once activated, it could instantly send them billions of miles away.

Killing intent overflowed from Shen Ming and the other two's eyes. They had failed once again, but this matter was far from over.

The Great Accomplishment Saint Body's disciple had to die!

This was something decreed by the Supreme Beings. No one could change it. Next time, there would absolutely be no possibility of failure.

The mysterious man remained expressionless. Upon seeing the Emperor Runes in Shen Ming and the others' hands, he merely snorted coldly, his face full of disdain.

Suddenly, nine-colored radiance bloomed before him and transformed into a Void Flower. Space-time froze at that instant.

The void stilled. Time stilled. Eternity was suppressed!

Under the vast heavens, an enormous rift abruptly appeared and rapidly spread, severing heaven and earth and tearing apart space-time.

The moment this move emerged, it stunned the world, making heaven and earth lose their color. It was a truly peerless killing move, enough to suppress an age.

Dazzling light illuminated eternity. Past, present, and future were all lit up, terrifying the universe and the Eight Wastelands.

At that moment, Shen Ming and the other two all felt the threat of death. While activating their Emperor Runes, they also attacked with all their strength.

The Supreme Beings' peerless methods reappeared in the world, and one unmatched killing move after another erupted. Yet before that world-shaking light, everything crumbled.

What drove Shen Ming and the other two further into despair was that space-time had been restrained by a mysterious force, making the Emperor Runes activate extremely slowly.

The terrifying great rift swept out, not only severing heaven and earth, but also cutting Shen Ming and the other two's bodies in half.

Just then, the Emperor Runes finally activated. A rift opened in the void, but all it took away were Shen Ming and the other two's severed bodies.

The dragon-patterned halberd trembled. It no longer remained entangled with the ancient mirror, instead tearing through the void and vanishing into the boundless universe in an instant.

The mysterious man did not attempt to stop the Extreme Dao Imperial Weapon. With the Supreme Being still alive, that was practically an impossible task.

At the Human Race's final pass, everyone stood dumbfounded, shaken by that brief yet incomparably terrifying battle.

"To directly confront an Extreme Dao Imperial Weapon and defeat three Great Saints in a single move—just who is this man? His strength is actually this terrifying?"

"Who else could it be? Among the contemporary geniuses, only one person possesses such terrifying strength!"

"Ji Xukong! Ever since he emerged, he has swept through all challengers. No one in this era can contend with him!"

Amid the crowd's discussions, the mysterious man was recognized. He was none other than Ji Xukong, the Human Race's strongest genius of the current era.

This was beyond dispute!

Ever since Ji Xukong had appeared on the Human Race's Strongest Trial Ancient Road, all contemporary geniuses had been eclipsed.

He swept through every opponent, defeated every genius, and fought his way across the Human Race's Strongest Trial Ancient Road. No one could contend with him.

It was said that Ji Xukong had already entered the Heavenly Road and battled through nine Emperor Passes. No one had expected him to return to the Human Race's final pass.

Reappearing after many years, Ji Xukong had become even stronger. The strength he displayed was even more terrifying beyond measure.

Quite a few people believed that the struggle for the Emperor's Road in this lifetime had already ended ahead of schedule. Who in this era could compete with Ji Xukong?

Some even believed that Ji Xukong was likely not far from attaining the Dao. Otherwise, how could he directly confront an Extreme Dao Imperial Weapon?

"Ji Xukong!"

Yang Qing looked at the man before him. After that battle, Ji Xukong had once again become utterly ordinary, without anything remarkable about him.

But this was the future Void Emperor. How could he truly be ordinary?

This was a form of restraint. The more ordinary he appeared, the more it showed that Ji Xukong had returned to simplicity and no longer needed to reveal his sharpness.

Having already reached such a level, Ji Xukong was likely truly not far from attaining the Dao!

If it were anyone else, they might have felt inferior, perhaps even suffered a collapse of their Dao heart, unable to muster any desire to compete.

But Yang Qing was different. Seeing Ji Xukong like this, intense battle intent surged up from the depths of his heart instead.

Since he had already stepped onto the Emperor's Road of this lifetime, what meaning was there in it if he could not contend with Ji Xukong?

Not for the sake of attaining the Dao, but only to bloom with the most dazzling brilliance and leave behind his own mark in this era.

"Is Senior Great Accomplishment Saint Body well?" Ji Xukong asked Yang Qing calmly.

The man before him was a Saint Body. This fact alone gave him sufficient reason to act.

Moreover, this man had used the Six Paths Reincarnation Fist. It was naturally not difficult to guess that he shared a close relationship with the Great Accomplishment Saint Body.

"Master is well for the moment," Yang Qing said.

Thinking of his master, he could not help sighing inwardly. Given his master's condition, he likely could not hold on much longer.

Especially since experts from Undying Mountain were hunting him down, it was impossible for his master to remain completely unmoved. This was also what worried him most.

Given time, he would shoulder the Saint Body's responsibility and ensure that his master no longer had to use his aged body to fight the Supreme Beings.

But time waited for no one. His master was likely nearing his limit as well, and he did not have much time left.

A faint smile appeared on Ji Xukong's face. The man before him truly was the Great Accomplishment Saint Body's disciple.

Back then, Senior Great Accomplishment Saint Body had helped him greatly. Naturally, he would protect Senior Great Accomplishment Saint Body's disciple as he grew.

"Then follow me and battle through the nine Emperor Passes!"