The All Beings Sword swept out. In an instant, thousands upon thousands of sword paths appeared throughout this world. Some even came from timelines branching off from Hong Huang, drawn from illusion into reality by Xuantian's Void Transformation.
Fist met sword, and ripples spread through the void. Though the worlds differed and their great Daos did not connect, the sheer force tore a rift in this world's space. Purple vapor billowed from it.
The world seemed split in two: on one side, brilliant eternal power; on the other, ancient, unadorned gray power.
"Go!" Luohou barked.
Apart from Pangu, every expert from the Return Ruins Land hurried back as well, unable to withstand the aftershocks of the two combatants' clash.
"Five Elements, Qiankun, don't let them go back!" Xu sent out that command, then focused wholly on Xuantian before him.
Clang!
The ringing note silenced all things and drained the color from heaven and earth.
Clang! Countless Daos followed. Vaidurya-colored Divine Light enveloped the sword, and three thousand great Daos filled it, manifesting all manner of visions as it struck at Xu again.
Xu seemed to have no spirit treasure. Relying solely on a body comparable to a high-grade Chaos Spirit Treasure, perhaps even a supreme-grade one, he withstood the All Beings Sword head-on and battled Xuantian.
Their fight remained deadlocked, neither able to gain the upper hand. The world wailed around them as gray-black matter steeped in destruction was annihilated into a vacuum.
Elsewhere, Pangu's name had shaken the cosmos through all ages. Nearly ten thousand Ruins Beasts besieged him, led by a dozen or so at Great Perfection of the Chaos Master realm, yet he still drove them back.
Luohou and Hongjun faced the Return Ruins beings led by Qiankun and Five Elements. Everywhere they looked, they saw familiar