The Winner!

As the power of devouring grew stronger, Donghua was no exception. He, too, was pulled forward.

Donghua swung the Pure Yang Sword, sending out several sword beams.

He meant to use them to sever the black hole's devouring power.

Candle Dragon's body swelled again, and his vertical pupils seemed to turn into black holes.

His pupils opened and closed once more, and Candle Dragon shouted:

"Stop."

The power of time and the power of devouring collided.

This time, Taotie's attack finally came to a halt.

But Candle Dragon was in no better shape; his body swayed in midair.

In an instant, violent baleful energy and eerie demonic energy surrounded Candle Dragon.

Unable to withstand the impact, Candle Dragon spat out a mouthful of blood. It was clear that he had been badly injured.

Seeing this, Donghua knew his chance had come.

The Twelve-grade Pure World White Lotus appeared beneath his feet.

The Pure Yang Sword trembled in his hand, and the power of the Pure Yang Law surged like a Sky Collapse.

Donghua shot forward. The Pure Yang Sword split into two, and the two forces tore through space, striking the eyes beneath Taotie's armpits.

He hadn't been merely watching the fight before. He had been searching for Taotie's weakness all along.

He had noticed that Taotie always blocked every attack aimed beneath his armpits.

That had aroused his suspicions. After all, for all living things, the eyes were almost always a weakness for those who cultivated their physical bodies.

The two beams of Pure Yang Sword light tore through the sky and struck Taotie's eyes, then exploded.

Demonic blood splattered across the sky.

Taotie's devouring power finally stopped.

Candle Dragon's body dropped to the ground and reverted to human form. He gasped for breath.

That had been far too dangerous. If he had been swallowed into that creature's belly, he would surely have met his end.

He had never heard of anyone escaping from Taotie's stomach.

Taotie howled in pain, rolling through the air and attacking everything around him indiscriminately.

The surging baleful and demonic energies reached Donghua, only to be instantly purified by the white lotus.

The Pure World White Lotus had earned its name. Without this Spirit Treasure, Donghua would never have followed Candle Dragon into this space.

The white lotus beneath Donghua rose into the air, growing larger and larger until it seemed to become a world of its own.

It enveloped the enormous Taotie.

The white lotus radiated boundless Purifying World Power, seeking to cleanse every trace of foul energy within the space.

This time, Donghua didn't even seem to need to activate it deliberately. The white lotus was using all its strength to suppress Taotie on its own.

"As expected, this Fierce Beast is despised by the Pure World White Lotus."

Taotie couldn't spare a thought for the pain of the Pure Yang Power ravaging his eyes.

He landed on all fours. His belly churned, then visibly shrank.

Then his powerful devouring ability surged again, turning him into a black hole. He meant to swallow the white lotus into the world inside his belly.

East King Gong flung the Pure Yang Sword from his hand, and the River of Time and Space manifested around him as boundless Pure Yang Power gathered.

It lit up the dark, murky space, transforming it into something like a blazing sun.

Empowered by the Pure Yang Power, the Pure Yang Sword grew larger and larger, until at last it became a towering sword that struck Taotie beneath the armpit.

Then it pierced straight through him.

"Now's our chance!" Candle Dragon shouted.

The Purple Lightning Roaming Dragon Spear appeared in his hand once more. As Candle Dragon poured his strength into it, the spear became a purple dragon that streaked across the sky.

It pierced Taotie from beneath the other armpit, running straight through his body.

The Pure Yang Sword and the Purple Lightning Roaming Dragon Spear crossed in an X, embedded in Taotie's body.

At that moment, all of Taotie's attacks stopped.

His beastly body began to sway, then slowly cracked all over.

Seeing this, Donghua struck again. Pure Yang Power gathered in his hand as he formed one profound hand seal after another.

"Pure Yang Divine Thunder."

The Pure Yang Power transformed into bolts of white divine lightning, striking Taotie.

This time, Taotie could hold on no longer.

He exploded.

Taotie's body burst apart, releasing boundless baleful energy that ravaged the space.

As Taotie exploded, a demonic shadow appeared.

It was Ri Yan, once one of the eight great experts under Luohu, the former leader of the Demonic Cult.

But Ri Yan no longer had a physical body. Only his primordial spirit remained.

"Candle Dragon, you scaly worm! You couldn't beat this old ancestor, so you called in a helper? Have you no honor?"

Ri Yan's primordial spirit was pinned in midair by the Pure World White Lotus, unable to escape its suppression. Seeing this, he immediately began cursing.

"Hahahaha!"

Candle Dragon burst into laughter and struggled to his feet.

"You white-haired beast! Go on, give me another one of those 'kee-kee-kees.' I hate the sound of your barking. I've listened to you yap long enough—today, I'm tearing that dog's mouth apart!"

Both were Quasi-Saint Great Powers, yet here they were, trading insults out of nowhere.

Seeing this, Donghua said nothing. He silently cast the Water Mirror Art and recorded everything.

After trading insults for a while, Ri Yan fell silent.

It wasn't that he didn't want to keep cursing. He simply couldn't anymore.

The white lotus was purifying his primordial spirit at every moment, and he could feel himself growing weaker and weaker.

"You white-haired mongrel! If you've got the guts, release me from this white lotus and fight me!"

"You mongrel who cultivates the Dao of Old Man Hongjun! You're as shameless and despicable as that old man!"

Though Ri Yan had stopped cursing Candle Dragon, he turned his abuse on Donghua instead.

Donghua wasn't angry. He simply gave Ri Yan a thumbs-up.

In the Primordial Wilderness, you're probably the only one who dares to curse the Dao Ancestor like that.

No—among Luohu's followers, you're one of a kind.

Even though Luohu lost the struggle over the Dao and departed after becoming one with it, no one among the Immortal Dao dared curse him.

Luohu had become one with the Dao and departed, but he wasn't dead. Did you really think the Heavenly Demon Realm didn't exist? Did you really think Luohu's Outer Realm Heavenly Demons, born from his Dao, were nothing to worry about?

Luohu had become one with the Dao, but Hongjun was still alive and well. After Ri Yan cursed Hongjun so loudly, Hongjun must have sensed it by now.

Donghua could only remark, "You're one brave guy."

Before Donghua could use his magic to activate the white lotus, it suddenly began spinning at high speed.

It released boundless Purifying World Power, refining Ri Yan until not even a trace of him remained. Even his Dao was erased.

It hadn't even given him a chance to be reincarnated.

Donghua was too shocked to speak. Candle Dragon beside him didn't know what to say either.

Anyone could see that the Dao Ancestor had used the white lotus to take revenge on Ri Yan.

What could they say?

What did they dare say?

Once Donghua recovered from his shock, he sighed. "We call ourselves Quasi-Saint Great Powers, yet we can't even unleash a Spirit Treasure's full potential."

Candle Dragon said, "What are you sighing about? Your Pure World White Lotus is one of the most powerful Innate Spiritual Treasures in the world. To unleash its full power..."

"You'd need to reach at least the mid-stage, perhaps even the late stage. We're only at the early stage of the Ancestor Realm—what you people call the early Quasi-Saint stage. You think you can unleash the full power of a Spirit Treasure? A Top-tier Innate Spiritual Treasure is practically a complete Dao in its own right."

"Just look at that scruffy Taiyi. He has an Innate Supreme Treasure and still can't unleash its full power. The Chaos Bell can suppress the primordial chaos. What has it become in his hands?"

Hearing Donghua's sigh, Candle Dragon spoke enviously. The Dragon Clan wasn't short of Spirit Treasures and other treasures, but they lacked this kind of top-tier treasure.

Candle Dragon himself had several High-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures, but not a single Top-tier Innate Spiritual Treasure.

The Sea Calming Divine Beads were indeed wondrous, but they were only a High-grade Spirit Treasure, not a Top-tier Innate Spiritual Treasure.

Candle Dragon collected the Sea Calming Divine Beads left behind by Taotie's explosion.

Then the two of them left the space.