On the Moon Star, the aura of battle surged across the heavens and earth.
Waves of energy churned, and the entire star trembled faintly.
The stellar essence all around roiled like a raging river, stirring up violent waves from time to time.
Xihe's expression was serene. The Moon Profound Light Mirror in her hand radiated a brilliant silver light, controlling space and time.
Where its light swept, everything slowed to a crawl. Every move Dijun made was instantly seen through by her, leaving him at a disadvantage.
The River Map and Luo Book were, after all, auxiliary treasures. Their weakness in combat was now plainly evident.
Moreover, Xihe had reached the peak of the early stage of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, while Dijun was only in its early stage. The gap in their cultivation left him struggling to cope.
The round ball in Changxi's hand shone with blue-silver beams. It shook the dust from the air and transformed into a vast net that enveloped Taiyi.
Eastern Emperor Taiyi held the Eastern Emperor Bell and poured his spiritual sense into it. The bell quickly expanded, propping up heaven and earth as he struggled wildly inside the net.
Changxi's cultivation was close to Xihe's, and she was no weaker than Taiyi. On top of that, her understanding of the Moon Star Annihilation Divine Ball was profound. Under her control, the Eastern Emperor Bell seemed dull and dim beside its might.
Taiyi had ultimately been caught in the net formed by the Moon Star Annihilation Divine Ball. He was not defeated, but he had been imprisoned.
"These two women from the Sun Star are actually this powerful. We underestimated them!"
Dijun sighed softly. He had thought that since he and his brother had become Grand Unity Golden Immortals, they would surely surpass the Moon Star deities. Only now did he realize they had been too hasty and reckless.
Relying on their powerful treasures and deep cultivation foundations, the two brothers managed to hold on. For the moment, they were not likely to suffer a complete defeat.
On the Sun Star, Beichen continued to comprehend the Dao insights of the three thousand Imperfect Great Daos. He steadily absorbed the immense, ocean-like laws, as rivers poured into the sea and streams flowed into the ocean.
His mind moved among the three thousand Great Daos, teasing apart their intricacies and comprehending them layer by layer.
He was utterly absorbed, wandering through the profound mysteries of the three thousand Great Daos and completely ignoring the world around him—the primordial wilderness.
Though incomplete, the Great Dao still revealed endless secrets. Every one of the three thousand fragmentary Daos was among the most profound mysteries in the world!
Beichen spent a full hundred years comprehending them. Only when a glimmer of primordial light jolted his consciousness did he let out a long breath and raise his face to look above him.
In the more than ten thousand years since his birth, he had already gathered the Five Qi toward the Origin. Now came the day to gather the Three Flowers atop his head and prove the Dao of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal!
Above his head, three purple-gold, ten-thousand-layered divine lotuses turned slowly, pouring down countless streams of Dao energy.
Beichen was also enveloped in rolling Dao insights. Countless complex immortal notes shimmered around him, like the resonant tolling of great bells and drums.
The commotion on the Sun Star was immense. The illusory light filling the sky as he advanced to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm illuminated the space between the Sun Star and the Moon Star.
In the endless reaches of the void, thunder flickered faintly. Rumbles shook the skies, sending awe through the firmament.
"The might of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm is surging?"
On the Moon Star, the four combatants stopped fighting and turned their gazes toward the Sun Star.
"You two fools only know how to invade my Moon Star, yet you don't even realize that your Sun Star has already been taken. How stupid can you be?"
Xihe was dignified and poised, her entire bearing radiating powerful maternal warmth and captivating charm.
"Hmph, serves them right! They should've stayed on the Sun Star instead of coming here to make trouble for us. Now they've become homeless dogs, and they deserve it!"
Changxi snorted, still as haughty as ever.
"Elder Sister, the Dao aura of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal on the Sun Star seems extraordinary!"
Changxi, too, sensed that the Dao aura there was far from ordinary, and couldn't help wondering what was going on.
Xihe sighed inwardly. My sister and I once witnessed the Two Crows advancing to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm. Though their breakthrough was impressive, they only gathered Nine-Petal Three Flowers atop their heads. Judging by this purple-gold aura, could that cultivator's Three Flowers be Twelve-Petal?
When a Grand Unity Golden Immortal proved the Dao, the Three Flowers that gathered above their head came in four grades: Three-Petal, Six-Petal, Nine-Petal, and Twelve-Petal.
Those who gathered Three-Petal Three Flowers atop their heads had ordinary roots and limited cultivation. They would likely spend their entire lives stuck in the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, with no chance of becoming a Sage.
Those who gathered Six-Petal Three Flowers had exceptional roots and deep fortune. In the future, they had a fifty percent chance of entering the Quasi-Sage Realm.
Those who gathered Nine-Petal Three Flowers had powerful roots and belonged among the highest beings of the primordial world. They had a ninety percent chance of entering the Quasi-Sage Realm and a fifty percent chance of becoming a Sage.
If someone gathered Twelve-Petal Three Flowers upon entering the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, they had the roots of a Chaos Demon God. Becoming a Sage would be as easy as eating or drinking, and even surpassing the Sage Realm would not be difficult.
When Dijun and Taiyi had entered the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, their Three Flowers had been scarlet. They had triggered the Nine-Nine Thunder Tribulation, shaking the entire Milky Way Star Domain.
But Beichen's Three Flowers were purple-gold, and the thunder rolling across the heavens was countless times more powerful than what the Two Crows had faced.
Rumble!
A bolt of Purple Firmament World-Ending Thunder descended out of nowhere and struck the Sun Star, as though it meant to destroy the star outright.
The Two Crows' hearts tightened. Dijun looked terribly anxious. "Our Mystic Turtle Daoist Friend actually triggered the Purple Firmament World-Ending Thunder Tribulation?"
"Elder Brother, what if the Sun Star is smashed to pieces?"
Eastern Emperor Taiyi looked grim. They had only asked Beichen to watch over their home. Who could have imagined that his breakthrough to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm would trigger Purple Firmament World-Ending Thunder, putting their home on the Sun Star at risk?
"Is our Mystic Turtle Daoist Friend a blessing to us, or a calamity?"
Dijun could only smile bitterly.
When Beichen had once offered him guidance to comprehend the River Map and Luo Book, Dijun had considered it a blessing. Now, Purple Firmament World-Ending Thunder was striking the Sun Star, and their home might be destroyed outright. This was surely a calamity!
"Mysterious Turtle?" Xihe and Changxi stared in confusion at the Sun Star, which was teetering under the repeated blows of Purple Firmament World-Ending Thunder. "Could he be the overlord of the North Sea, Mysterious Turtle? His roots are actually this formidable?"
The Purple Firmament World-Ending Thunder Tribulation came in a count of twelve times nine, for a total of one hundred and eight bolts. They could not all descend in such a short time.
With the appearance of this world-ending thunder, countless gazes across the primordial world turned toward the Sun Star.
"Those two Golden Crows actually triggered the Purple Firmament World-Ending Thunder Tribulation?"
From far away in the outer reaches of the heavens, Grand Pure Lord of Morality gazed into the distance, his heart tightening.
"No, that's not right. Those aren't Golden Crows. The two Golden Crows entered the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm five hundred years ago, and the tribulation they triggered back then was the Nine-Nine Thunder Tribulation, the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder!"
"Then this is..." Grand Pure Lord of Morality's expression suddenly darkened. "It's that Mysterious Turtle—the North Sea Black Tortoise!"
Seeing how immense the tribulation was, Primordial Lord of Heaven was also overcome with intense anger. "A creature with fur and horns, born wet or hatched from an egg, actually triggered Purple Firmament World-Ending Thunder?"
Tongtian was also shaken, stunned into silence for a long time. "Purple Firmament World-Ending Thunder! We four disciples of the Old Ancestor have exceptionally powerful roots, yet back then we were just like those two Crows—we only opened Nine-Petal Three Flowers above our heads and triggered the Nine-Nine Thunder Tribulation. That Mysterious Turtle opened Twelve-Petal Three Flowers and triggered Purple Firmament World-Ending Thunder?"
The world-ending thunder's upheaval resounded throughout the primordial world. Even Dao Ancestor Hongjun, who was meditating in seclusion, slowly opened his eyes. "The Sun Star? A Golden Crow proving the Dao of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal... No! It's a turtle!"
At once, Old Ancestor Hongjun made calculations with his fingers. Moments later, his divine eyes widened in shock. "How terrifying! How terrifying indeed! This North Sea Black Tortoise actually has the roots of a Chaos Godfiend. This tribulation is no weaker than the one that descended when I proved the Dao of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal!"
"This Mysterious Turtle has earned the favor of the Heaven and Earth Great Dao and escaped the Heavenly Dao's control. He is an anomaly, an agent of change!"
Beichen's breakthrough had drawn Hongjun's attention. Little did he know that this single glance would set off endless karmic ties, leading Beichen to begin rewriting the injustice and history of the primordial world on a massive scale!
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