Battle Against Tai Yi, the Heaven-Measuring Ruler Appears

Outside the grand formation, the Demon Race members felt only an immense power of heaven and earth, accompanied by endless Annihilation Law, pressing down upon both their bodies and Primordial Spirits.

Tai Yi snorted coldly and summoned the Chaos Bell. This bell was one of the three great treasures born at the opening of heaven. The ancient Mysterious Yellow bell was ringed by the phantoms of sun, moon, stars, Earth, Water, Wind, and Fire, while within its body could be faintly seen patterns of mountains, rivers, lands, and the myriad races of the Primordial World.

With a resounding clang, invisible ripples of space-time enveloped the Demon Race members, contending against Randeng's Grand Unity pressure.

"This aura doesn't seem to be Taishang's. What, Zhenyuanzi? Where did you find this old fossil from a previous era?"

Tai Yi and Di Jun had naturally investigated the situation beforehand. As far as he knew, among those invited by Zhenyuanzi, only Daoist Taishang and his brothers possessed cultivation comparable to their own, making them the most likely to break through into the Grand Unity realm.

Zhenyuanzi was equally astonished. He had assumed Randeng had come for his Ginseng Fruits, never expecting him to have hidden his strength so deeply and already reached Grand Unity. No wonder he had been so confident just now.

"Those who come for my Ginseng Fruits are naturally all Great Powers and highly cultivated experts. Unwelcome guests like you are not invited."

With a sweep of his sleeve, Zhenyuanzi spoke with veiled mockery, though he did not put things too bluntly. Although Randeng possessed Grand Unity cultivation, Tai Yi held an Innate Supreme Treasure after all and could not be treated as an ordinary Taiyi.

"May I ask which senior is inside? I am Di Jun of the Sun Star. This matter concerns only Zhenyuanzi. If Senior agrees not to intervene, my Demon Race will surely repay this favor in the future."

Di Jun spoke from the side, both revealing his origins and making clear that a major faction stood behind him, hoping Randeng would retreat in the face of difficulty.

Yet the response Di Jun received was a Vajra Pestle tearing through space toward him. In his alarm, Di Jun hastily erected several barriers of Solar True Fire before himself in succession, hoping to stop the Vajra Pestle from running rampant.

Who would have thought that under the Vajra Pestle's law-breaking power, the Solar True Fire barriers were like paper walls, pierced through with ease as the pestle viciously plunged into Di Jun's left shoulder.

Di Jun gave a muffled groan. His Primordial Spirit suffered a heavy blow at the same time, blood spilling from the corner of his mouth before the Vajra Pestle flew back into Randeng's hand.

"Big Brother!" Tai Yi was greatly shocked. He had never expected the Solar True Fire they took such pride in to be so fragile before Randeng's Grand Unity mana. He hurriedly summoned the Chaos Bell to protect Di Jun.

Randeng flashed outside the grand formation, allowing the Demon Race members to finally see his appearance. His eyes and brows were deep, with boundless Dao Rhyme of Annihilation flowing within. Clad in an ink-colored robe, he appeared incomparably steady and composed. A spiritual lamp floated over each shoulder, their treasure light indicating that both were at least high-grade treasures. With the Vajra Pestle in hand, he resembled one of the Gods and Devils.

"So this is the might of Grand Unity? A casual strike alone shattered Di Jun's defenses."

Fuxi gazed at Randeng's ancient, towering figure, and his desire to grow stronger intensified still further. In the Primordial World, strength was ultimately supreme.

"I return those same words to your Demon Race. Leave now, and I will let bygones be bygones. If you remain stubbornly obsessed, do not blame this poor Daoist for showing no mercy."

Randeng had acted not only to borrow the Earth Book, but also because these people had disrupted the first gathering he had attended since arriving in the Primordial World.

"Hmph, what's so great about Grand Unity? I once wielded the Chaos Bell and fought two Grand Unity experts of the Dragon Clan alone, yet emerged unscathed. Who is stronger and who is weaker? We'll know after we fight."

Seeing his elder brother injured, Tai Yi's anger blazed to the heavens. Today, he would make Randeng witness the power of an Innate Supreme Treasure.

He poured all his mana into the Chaos Bell. The sun, moon, and star patterns upon its surface lit up, while boundless stellar power descended from the firmament. Using the Chaos Bell to draw upon the power of the myriad stars and add it to himself, his aura gradually rose until it was scarcely any weaker than Randeng's.

"My brother and I were born from the foremost of all heavenly stars. Drawing stellar power through this Chaos Bell is like a fish returning to water. Randeng, what will you do now?"

Randeng frowned faintly. Tai Yi using the Chaos Bell to draw stellar power for his own use was indeed beyond his expectations. Yet this realm had cultivation alone, without a Dao Fruit—it was merely duckweed floating upon the water.

Randeng once again sent forth the Vajra Pestle to test him, but unexpectedly, it was pinned in place by the Chaos Bell this time.

"This is bad. Tai Yi's companion treasure is said to grant innate invincibility to whoever holds it above their head. Fellow Daoist Randeng has lost his advantage in cultivation—this will be troublesome."

Seeing the situation reverse, Zhenyuanzi became frantic with worry. After all, Randeng had come to support him.

He sent Randeng a voice transmission. "Fellow Daoist, if it truly cannot be done, retreat for now. I can summon the Earth Book and bind it to the mountain-protecting grand formation. They will not be able to do anything to me."

Randeng had not expected Zhenyuanzi to already know how to bind Karma to a grand formation at this time. He sent a voice transmission telling him not to worry and to watch him act.

After observing for a long while, he had also grasped Tai Yi's present condition. Though Tai Yi possessed an Innate Supreme Treasure, he likely had not fully refined it yet. Otherwise, why would he need such a complicated method? Drawing stellar power also meant he had abandoned the Solar Law he had comprehended for so long.

Randeng had originally believed that the two Golden Crows restrained the flames of his spiritual lamps, but now it seemed he could end this battle quickly.

"Netherworld Ghost Fire! Eternal Spirit Flame! Go!"

The two spiritual lamps above Randeng's shoulders burst forth with brilliant light. Two kinds of spiritual flame, one gold and one gray, swept toward Tai Yi in a wave that blotted out the sky and covered the earth. The powers of the Annihilation Law and Purification Law collided with the Chaos Bell's Space-Time Law, unleashing a violent shockwave.

Everyone within the formation hurriedly cast spells to protect themselves, but disbelief filled every face.

"Supreme Grade Innate Spiritual Treasures! Fellow Daoist Randeng actually possesses two Supreme Grade Innate Spiritual Treasures!"

Ice Soul Daoist was full of envy. Since taking form, she had possessed only a single high-grade spiritual treasure.

"No wonder Fellow Daoist Randeng was not the slightest bit flustered. His wealth runs deep indeed."

Yuanshi came to a sudden realization. Even the Three Pure Ones currently possessed only one Supreme Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure each, though their eldest brother seemed to have another spiritual treasure resembling a lamp.

"You think two Supreme Grade Innate Spiritual Treasures can withstand my Chaos Bell? You know nothing of Innate Supreme Treasures."

Tai Yi burned his blood essence and forcibly activated the Chaos Bell. The phantoms of Earth, Water, Wind, and Fire upon it lit up in turn. The space where Tai Yi and Randeng stood seemed to return to the moment of heaven's opening, as the four laws of Earth, Water, Wind, and Fire surged without cease. Even space-time grew viscous, and the two spiritual lamps were suppressed until their light became exceedingly dim.

"The might of an Innate Supreme Treasure is truly terrifying! Tai Yi is using Grand Unity cultivation to activate it, yet it possesses such power?"

Feeling the world-destroying aura radiating from the center of the battlefield, Yuanshi was secretly astonished.

"Big Brother, if it were you, could you defeat Tai Yi while he is armed with an Innate Supreme Treasure?" Tongtian asked Taishang.

Taishang first nodded, then shook his head, saying calmly, "Neither defeated nor victorious."

Tongtian was startled. Even his eldest brother could only achieve a draw?

Randeng circulated his Grand Unity Dao Fruit to steady himself. He too had not expected the Chaos Bell to possess such power. It seemed Tai Yi's future title as the strongest combatant beneath the saints was indeed well deserved.

He no longer held back. With a light touch to his Spiritual Platform, a World-Destroying Black Lotus bloomed into being beneath his feet. Its nine petals were entwined with Dao Rhyme of Annihilation, complementing Randeng's aura perfectly. Yet it was not over. The Primordial Chaos Heaven Measuring Ruler, normally nurtured within his Primordial Spirit, no longer concealed its aura.

It floated above Randeng's head, casting down countless streams of Golden Light of Merit. A world existed within it, while the phantom of an entire world faintly manifested behind Randeng. The Chaos Bell's space-time ripples melted like snow the moment they touched the domain around him.

"A Postnatal Merit Supreme Treasure?!!"

Tai Yi's pupils abruptly contracted.

"Besides Taishang's Mysterious Yellow Pagoda of Heaven and Earth, there is actually another Postnatal Merit Supreme Treasure!"