He would use the purest force to crush this bizarre brat before him.
"In terms of strength? This Seat has never feared anyone."
Ao Chen laughed aloud. Facing Ci Tie's massive frame, which charged like a Primordial Divine Mountain crashing down, he did not retreat. Instead, he stepped forward, clenched his fingers into a fist, and threw a simple, straightforward punch.
This fist bore no earth-shattering radiance, yet it seemed to condense the weight of the entire Star River Universe within his body.
Boundless Stellar Force and spatial power converged entirely at the tip of his fist.
Boom~
The fist collided violently with Ci Tie's indestructible, Innate Geng Metal-scaled colossal body.
This time, a truly earth-shattering roar erupted.
A terrifying shockwave spread like an annihilating ripple, shattering space for billions of miles in every direction.
The earth split, the sky wailed, and even the laws themselves seemed to snap in that instant.
Stomp~ Stomp~ Stomp~
Unbelievably, Ci Tie, the Great Luo Demon Saint famed for his physical might, was forced back several steps in this pure contest of strength.
Each step left a massive crack in the void. A fine fissure even appeared on his forehead, covered in Innate Geng Metal scales.
In contrast, Ao Chen merely swayed slightly before steadying himself.
The difference was clear.
"You... your strength..."
Ci Tie felt the sharp pain in his forehead and the surging blood and qi within his body. Staring at Ao Chen's seemingly unremarkable frame, his eyes were filled with shock.
How could an Earth Immortal possess such terrifying power?
This was even more monstrous than a Great Witch of the Witch Clan, who were renowned for their strength.
"A Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal, and this is all the power you have."
Ao Chen shook his fist, his expression still calm and untroubled.
After the initial tempering from Buzhou Mountain's pressure and the perfection of the Star River Universe within him, his physical strength and resilience had long surpassed the bounds of an ordinary Great Luo.
"I don't believe it."
Ci Tie went completely berserk. He could not accept that he, a dignified Great Luo Demon Saint, had lost to an Earth Immortal in raw power.
"Innate Divine Ability—Devour Metal and Iron."
He suddenly opened his massive maw, unleashing a terrifying Devouring Power, as if to swallow all metallic substances in heaven and earth.
At the same time, the single horn on his head erupted with dark light, shooting forth a black beam imbued with the law of annihilation, aimed straight at Ao Chen's brow.
This was his lifebound divine ability and his strongest attack.
Yet, facing this final frenzy, Ao Chen merely shook his head lightly.
"It's over."
He pressed his fingers together like a sword, pouring the power of the Star River Universe within him into them without reservation.
The Dao rhythm of the Great Dao Origin Scripture flowed, and the true intent of annihilation from the Grass Extinguishing Sword Art condensed.
A gray sword qi, more condensed and brilliant than ever before, yet carrying an aura of endless deathly stillness, burst forth from his fingertips.
As this sword struck, even time seemed to pause for an instant.
The terrifying Devouring Power was split open like a joke before the sword qi.
The black beam of annihilation, imbued with the law of destruction, could not even stir a single ripple before it was completely severed and assimilated by the gray sword qi.
The sword qi did not diminish in momentum. It pierced through space and time, instantly slashing across Ci Tie's massive body.
Pfft.
There was no earth-shattering sound, only a faint cutting noise.
Ci Tie's enormous demonic body, capable of withstanding attacks from Innate Spiritual Treasures, began to show a fine gray line, starting from his horn and spreading downward.
Then, on both sides of that gray line, his flesh, bones, Primordial Spirit...
Everything, as if erased by an invisible force, began to silently dissipate and annihilate.
"No... I am not willing..."
The last gleam of life in Ci Tie's eyes, filled with endless fear and reluctance, faded completely.
In mere breaths, a fearsome Great Luo Golden Immortal at the early stage, a Demon Saint, was utterly Form and Spirit Annihilated by that gray sword qi, reduced to the most fundamental particles, scattering into the Primordial World.
Not even a trace remained.
Ao Chen slowly withdrew his finger, gazing at the spot where Ci Tie had vanished, his eyes calm.
"Mythical Earth Immortal at perfection, reversing the kill on an early Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal—it truly works."
He gained a more precise judgment of his own combat power in his heart.
It seemed that the path of the Mythical Grand Unity Method he walked was even more formidable than he had imagined.
He casually collected the trace of Innate Geng Metal origin left behind after Ci Tie dissipated, then did not linger any longer.
Slaying a Demon God was nothing to him, but it would inevitably draw the attention of the Demon Race.
With his current strength, facing an ordinary Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal was fine, but going up against Eastern Emperor Taiyi, who wielded an Innate Supreme Treasure, would be quite troublesome.
He raised his head and looked into the distance at the increasingly clear outline of Buzhou Mountain, his gaze growing more resolute.
"Buzhou Mountain, I'm coming."
His form flickered, vanishing once again beyond the horizon.
After slaying Ci Tie, Ao Chen continued his journey toward the central region of the Primordial Continent.
The deeper he went, the more he could feel the ancientness and extraordinariness of this land.
The sky seemed higher and more vast, the earth thicker and heavier, and the Innate Spiritual Qi flowing between heaven and earth purer and more active.
He could even faintly see places where Innate Spiritual Qi gathered, forming dense mists and radiating countless beams of multicolored light.
The mountains and rivers became increasingly steep and magnificent.
Everywhere he looked, there were mountain ranges stretching for billions of miles, towering into the clouds, covered with exotic flowers and rare plants, including some seedlings of Innate Spiritual Roots rarely seen in the outside world.
In the boundless primeval forests dwelled even more powerful ancient beasts, and he could even sense some terrifying beings born at the dawn of creation, whose bloodlines rivaled those of the Chaos Demon Gods, lurking in unknown corners.
At the same time, he noticed that the laws of heaven and earth in this region seemed clearer and more active, as if within reach.
This was undoubtedly a huge boon to his cultivation method of "taking heaven and earth as his teacher."
But what came with it was an even more terrifying pressure!
Especially when he moved in a certain direction, an indescribable, ancient, and boundless pressure, as if coming from the very backbone of heaven and earth, grew clearer and clearer!
Finally, after traveling for another several thousand years, he passed through an area shrouded in thick Innate mist, and Ao Chen's steps came to an abrupt halt.
His pupils slightly contracted, and for the first time, his face showed an unconcealable shock!
At the end of his sight, or rather, at the center of the entire field of vision of heaven and earth, stood a "heavenly pillar" so enormous that no words could describe it!
It connected the azure sky above to the netherworld below, as if propping up the entire Primordial World!
Its height was unknown, spanning billions of miles, and its width unknown, spanning tens of millions of miles, its entire body a simple, ancient dark yellow.
The mountain was covered with endless Dao runes, radiating an unmatched aura that suppressed the ages and supported heaven and earth!
Just by looking at it from afar, Ao Chen felt his Primordial Spirit tremble, as if he could see the back of Pangu, the great god who created the world and held up the heavens!
Buzhou Mountain!
This was the spine of Pangu, the pillar of the Primordial World—Buzhou Mountain!
Compared to Buzhou Mountain, all the mountains he had seen before were as insignificant as dust!
"What a Buzhou Mountain, what a great god Pangu."
Ao Chen took a deep breath, forcing down the turmoil in his heart.
He could clearly feel that the vast pressure emanating from Buzhou Mountain was not merely a physical force, but an unmatched pressure originating from the source of the Great Dao and the will of Pangu!
Under this pressure, any living being would instinctively feel their own insignificance and be filled with awe.
At the same time, he also noticed that the laws of heaven and earth around Buzhou Mountain were extremely active and clear.
In particular, the Force Law, the Space Law, and a kind of Creation and Support Law that seemed to split heaven and earth were manifested as if they were tangible!
"I was right to come here!"
A brilliant light flashed in Ao Chen's eyes.
"This place is the perfect spot for me to comprehend the Great Dao and verify my own path!"
He did not choose to approach the main body of Buzhou Mountain directly, because the pressure there would be hard even for a Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal to endure for long.
Instead, he chose a valley on the outskirts of the Buzhou Mountain range, where the spiritual energy was relatively abundant and the Dao resonance of Buzhou Mountain could be clearly sensed. There, he opened a temporary cave dwelling and set up concealment restrictions once again.
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