That world-shattering strike had not even harmed a single hair on Qing Tian's head.
"This... How is this possible?"
Luohu's expression shifted.
His attack just now had reached the Peak Quasi-Saint level, with one foot almost stepping into the Saint Realm. Yet he still could not do anything to the Taiji Diagram. It was simply too absurd.
"Luohu, you need not waste your effort. I stand innately undefeated. No matter how varied your methods are, they are completely useless. Why insist on bringing suffering upon yourself?"
At that moment, Qing Tian spoke at just the right time, and his words infuriated Luohu.
Luohu fell silent. Demon clouds continuously churned around him, revealing the turmoil in his heart.
A moment later, he suddenly raised his head and gave a sinister laugh. "What an impressive Dao Venerable Qing Tian. You actually forced me to this point. You can be proud of yourself! Unfortunately, everything ends here."*
Boom!
Baleful energy spread everywhere. Heaven and earth turned blood-red, while sword qi as thick as mountains roared forth, filling the entire sea.
Four colossal swords, each millions of zhang tall, silently emerged and completely enveloped heaven and earth.
Standing atop the World-Ending Black Lotus, Luohu's tone grew colder. "I prepared this great formation for an old friend. I never expected to use it on you first. Today, I will use the blood of you, Dao Venerable Qing Tian, to offer tribute to the foremost innate killing formation!"
Looking at the completed killing formation and sensing its overwhelming killing intent, Qing Tian's gaze sharpened slightly.
The Immortal Slaying Sword Formation!
This was the great formation that would shake the world in later ages.
During the Conferment Tribulation, Sect Master Tongtian had once relied on the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation to stop the Xiqi army, leaving Primordial Lord of Heaven and Taiqing Laozi helpless.
In the end, Primordial Lord of Heaven had to incur a tremendous karmic debt and invite the two Sages of the Western Teachings. Only through their combined strength had they managed to break the sword formation. Its power was clear from that alone.
Sect Master Tongtian had once given this evaluation of the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation:
"This sword formation has four swords. The first is the Immortal Slaying Sword, the second the Slaughtering Immortal Sword, the third the Trapping Immortal Sword, and the fourth the Absolute Immortal Sword.
"When separated, each of the Four Immortal Slaying Swords is a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure. But once they are combined with the Immortal Slaying Array Diagram, they become an Innate Supreme Treasure!
"Hang the swords upside down above the gate and unleash thunderous might. Once the sword light flashes, even a god or immortal who has endured ten thousand tribulations cannot escape this calamity."
There was also a poem:
"Neither copper, nor iron, nor steel, it was once hidden beneath Mount Sumeru.
"No need to refine it by reversing Yin and Yang, nor temper its edge with water and fire.
"The Immortal Slaying Sword brings sharpness, the Slaughtering Immortal Sword brings death, and the Trapping Immortal Sword raises red light in all directions.
"The Absolute Immortal Sword's transformations are wondrous beyond measure, staining the robes of Great Unity gods and immortals with blood."
It could be said that this great formation was practically invincible among those of the same realm.
Even Qing Tian had to be moved when facing such a formation.
"Dao Venerable Qing Tian, why not surrender and await my judgment? If you hesitate any longer and I activate the great formation, the Primordial Chaos Sword Qi will cut down gods and annihilate immortals. By then, you will no longer have a choice."
Luohu's voice rang out, filled with boundless confidence.
"So what if you have an Innate Supreme Treasure? Even you must admit defeat when facing the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation!"
"What boastful nonsense."
Qing Tian spoke calmly. He pointed into the void with one hand, and after a deep rumble, the sword qi that had been ravaging every inch of space was forcibly scattered!
The World-Destroying Millstone!
In terms of baleful energy, the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation was far less terrifying than the World-Destroying Millstone.
After all, according to ancient legends, the World-Destroying Millstone had been born to destroy the Primordial Wilderness.
It was the grave of the Primordial Wilderness, the end of all things!
Thus, the moment it appeared, it scattered the baleful energy of the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation.
"Another Innate Supreme Treasure!"
Luohu's pupils contracted violently. He stared at Qing Tian in disbelief, momentarily at a loss for words.
Innate Supreme Treasures were not cabbages. There were only a few in the entire Primordial Wilderness. Just how heaven-defying did one's Destiny/Fortune have to be for one person to possess two?
What shocked Luohu even more was that he had never heard of the World-Destroying Millstone. It was as though this treasure had appeared from thin air!
Boom!
The World-Destroying Millstone trembled. Overwhelming baleful energy churned and transformed into ninety-nine black dragons of baleful energy that shot into the sky. They rose against the heavens and charged straight toward the Four Immortal Slaying Swords.
"Luohu, do you really think I fear the Four Immortal Slaying Swords?"
Qing Tian spoke indifferently.
With his strength, he could have acted before the sword formation took shape and stopped Luohu's plan before it began.
But he had not done so. He wanted to test his own strength.
Luohu's expression was solemn as he watched the World-Destroying Millstone. After the black dragons soared into the sky, he formed a hand seal. The Immortal Slaying Sword suddenly trembled, and crimson light roared out. Sword qi capable of annihilating all things crisscrossed the sky and slashed toward the ninety-nine black dragons.
The Trapping Immortal Sword, Slaughtering Immortal Sword, and Absolute Immortal Sword simultaneously radiated light. They formed a net reaching heaven and earth and hacked toward the Taiji Diagram, intending to kill Qing Tian directly.
Luohu knew very clearly that Qing Tian was the key to everything.
As long as Qing Tian died and his Dao vanished, that mysterious lotus platform and these two Innate Supreme Treasures would all fall into his hands.
At that time, why would he need to incite conflict among the Three Races? He could simply lead the Demon Clan in an attack and unify the Primordial Wilderness!*
Seeing this, Qing Tian raised his hand and struck out with the Heaven Shattering Palm, shattering a strand of sword qi. He then shot into the sky and landed atop the World-Destroying Millstone, while the Taiji Diagram transformed into Yin-Yang Qi and hovered above his head.
Qing Tian grabbed with one hand, and the Pangu Axe suddenly appeared, radiating power that suppressed the ages.
For a time, the winds, clouds, and thunder raged. Heaven and earth collapsed, the entire space shattering inch by inch. All kinds of earth, water, wind, and fire energy surged forth, evolving into a scene resembling the apocalypse.
Qing Tian let out a furious shout and unleashed the Dharma Appearance of Heaven and Earth technique. The Pangu bloodline within him surged wildly, transforming him into a giant thirty thousand zhang tall. Profound light radiated from the Heaven Cleaver in his hand, while countless runes flickered, as though inscribed with the ultimate principles of heaven and earth.
No one knew why, but when the Heaven Cleaver appeared, the Four Immortal Slaying Swords all began to tremble and shake continuously, as though they had encountered their natural enemy.
Qing Tian, however, knew the reason.
In the past, when Pangu cleaved heaven and earth, the Pangu Axe had been unable to withstand the force of creation and shattered into three large fragments and several smaller ones.
The large fragments were precisely the Primordial Wilderness' three great treasures: the Pangu Banner, Chaos Bell, and Taiji Diagram.
The smaller fragments formed the Four Immortal Slaying Swords and the array diagram.
In other words, the Four Immortal Slaying Swords were actually part of the Pangu Axe.
Now that they had encountered the complete Pangu Axe and sensed the aura of the Pangu bloodline, they were naturally suppressed.
This sight left Luohu even more horrified. He stared fixedly at Qing Tian.
"Pangu!!!"
To the Innate Demon Gods, Pangu was an existence akin to a nightmare.
Luohu had once escaped from beneath the Pangu Axe by sheer luck, but the experience had left a psychological scar.
Seeing the Heaven Cleaver again today and sensing the aura of Pangu's bloodline caused his mind to tremble. He felt an impulse to turn around and flee.
"Heaven Cleaver!"
Qing Tian gripped the Heaven Cleaver with both hands. The veins on his arms bulged like enormous dragons rolling beneath his skin, and boundless, terrifying power erupted.
Wherever the Heaven Cleaver passed, wind and thunder roared. Countless dark clouds spread, and scenes of heaven collapsing and earth cracking unfolded. The laws shattered inch by inch, the void broke apart into nothingness, and heaven and earth became a chaotic blur in which east and west could no longer be distinguished.
The entire Eastern Sea boiled. Invisible whirlpools appeared and rolled the seawater backward into the sky. Many aquatic creatures could not react in time and were pulled into the whirlpools. In an instant, their bodies and Daos were destroyed, transforming into endless blood mist.
Ancestor Dragon's mind shook. He immediately unleashed a divine ability and, together with Candle Dragon, led the Dragon Clan away, withdrawing from the Eastern Sea, this land of turmoil.
The entire Primordial Wilderness began to quake. Everyone who had cultivated to a certain level turned their gazes toward the Eastern Sea.
They could sense that a terrifying battle was taking place there.
Halfway up Buzhou Mountain, in an ancient palace, twelve pairs of eyes opened simultaneously and gazed toward the Eastern Sea.
"Why did I sense the aura of Father God? Could it be that Father God never perished, but instead reincarnated and cultivated anew like the Innate Demon Gods?"
A voice rang out, carrying intense shock.
"Impossible. Father God opened heaven through strength, and after his death, transformed into all things in the Primordial Wilderness. There is absolutely no possibility of him cultivating anew. I estimate that this should be an existence who obtained Father God's bloodline."
Another voice rang out, filled with boundless majesty, rejecting the previous statement.
"Father God's bloodline? Could it be our elder brother?"
The other figures spoke one after another, chattering among themselves.
Meanwhile, atop Kunlun Mountain, shock appeared in Hongjun's eyes, and he abandoned the idea of taking advantage of the situation.
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