A Battle with Eastern Emperor Taiyi

Eastern Emperor Taiyi's arrival jolted East King Gong out of his joy.

Taiyi's arrival shocked him, but on second thought, it was unexpected yet perfectly reasonable.

In all the world, only three people might have the deepest insight into the Fusang Tree: Di Jun, Taiyi, and East King Gong.

In the hands of anyone else, the Fusang Tree was merely a top-tier Innate Spiritual Root.

But to those three, it could serve as a testament to the Great Dao. By comprehending their own Great Dao through the Fusang Tree, they could surely take another step forward on the path of cultivation.

As the self-proclaimed Head of Male Immortals, East King Gong was the first to speak. "Taiyi, this tree already has an owner. Please leave."

East King Gong was arrogant, but Eastern Emperor Taiyi was even more so.

He replied bluntly, "Treasures and spiritual roots go to those destined to have them. You haven't even obtained the Fusang Tree yet. And even if you had, so what?"

Eastern Emperor Taiyi held his left hand behind his back and extended his right hand, palm up. A timeworn, ancient bell of a chaotic, dark-yellow hue appeared in it.

The sun, moon, and stars revolved around the bell's exterior, along with Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind. Within it, mountains and rivers seemed to appear, while the Myriad Races of the Primordial World flickered in and out of view.

This was the Innate Supreme Treasure, the Chaos Bell, also known as the Eastern Emperor Bell.

"I think I'm the one destined to have it. Do you have a problem with that?"

His voice held no emotion, as though he simply believed it to be true.

As the saying went, like repelled like, while opposites attracted.

The same could be said of the Great Dao.

Their Great Daos were both yang in nature. They were also both emperors, and both rulers of their own factions.

Naturally, neither could stand the other.

East King Gong said no more. The struggle for the Great Dao was no trivial matter. If it could be settled with words,

there would have been no Immortal-Demon War, and Demon Ancestor Luohu would never have dissolved into the Dao.

The Pure Yang Sword appeared in East King Gong's right hand, and the Purple Sun Bell hovered above his head.

The Pure Yang Sword and Purple Sun Bell were East King Gong's bound spiritual treasures.

The Pure Yang Sword was a top-tier Innate Spiritual Treasure nurtured by the Great Dao's Pure Yang Law.

The Purple Sun Bell, also known as the Purple Sun Dawn Bell or the Creation Bell, was an Innate Spiritual Treasure created by the Great Dao from the purple rays that appeared when the Sun Star first rose at the dawn of the Primordial World. Since East King Gong lived in Jingyang Palace, it was also called the Jingyang Bell.

And now, the battle between East King Gong and Eastern Emperor Taiyi was about to erupt!!!

East King Gong attacked first, because he knew the Chaos Bell was an Innate Supreme Treasure with immense defensive power.

It possessed the might to suppress the "Primordial World," the power to reverse "the space-time of the myriad heavens," the ability to reveal the "mysteries of the Heavenly Dao," and the capacity to refine "Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind."

The Chaos Bell was all-powerful: peerless in defense, peerless in offense, and peerless in suppression.

Anyone who had seen the Chaos Bell couldn't help but marvel at how such a treasure could exist in the world.

A treasure like that simply shouldn't exist.

East King Gong took one step and appeared before the Eastern Emperor. He swung his sword, and the Pure Yang Law swept up the spiritual energy of Heaven and Earth, forming a massive beam that slashed toward Eastern Emperor Taiyi.

Space trembled wherever the sword beam passed.

It surged forward without pause, slicing through the place where Eastern Emperor Taiyi stood, yet seemed to cause no real harm at all.

Eastern Emperor Taiyi's figure, however, gradually turned indistinct.

The next moment, he attacked directly from behind East King Gong.

This was the power of a Grand Unity Golden Immortal. "Grand" meant vast, signifying immeasurability; "Unity" meant a net, signifying all-encompassing scope. The Grand Unity was immeasurable, encompassing all things. Once one entered the River of Time and Space, all time and space became eternal and free.

A moment earlier, Eastern Emperor Taiyi had ridden the sword beam into the River of Time and Space. The beam struck its waters, stirring countless ripples, only for the river to smooth them away.

Then he leaped back out of the river and attacked from behind.

Eastern Emperor Taiyi sent his magical power surging through the Chaos Bell in his hand.

"DONG!"

The bell's peal carried boundless Law power as it struck toward East King Gong.

Law power mingled with Sun God Light, gathering into a torrent.

The bell's roar shook the heavens. Its brilliant, overwhelming might blotted out the colors of Heaven and Earth, shook Qiankun, and shattered the void.

Yet the bell's own power suppressed the destruction, keeping everything from collapsing. In an instant, the space-time around the two men was sealed.

The might of an Innate Supreme Treasure was unmistakable.

East King Gong swung the Pure Yang Sword in his hand and pushed the Purple Mansion Immortal Method to its limit. The sword blazed with ten thousand feet of light, sending streams of sword-qi Laws toward Taiyi.

The torrent of Sun God Light collided with the radiance of the Pure Yang Sword.

It was as though another sun had appeared between Heaven and Earth.

"BOOM!"

Explosions thundered without end.

When yang clashed with yang, only one could survive.

The Purple Sun Bell above East King Gong's head dropped into his left hand. He activated it, and its peal, accompanied by a blazing purple sun, pierced the sky and instantly sealed the space around Eastern Emperor Taiyi.

The Purple Sun hung in the air above Taiyi.

Taiyi hurriedly swept out one hand. True Sun Fire appeared in his palm in an instant, gathering into a Golden Crow with a body but no spirit.

The Golden Crow collided with the Purple Sun, and both vanished.

Taiyi was shocked. Had he spent his whole life hunting geese, only to have one peck out his eye today?

He was himself a born deity, nurtured by the Sun Star within the Great Dao's Laws.

He was a master of fire—no, its very progenitor.

And today, he had nearly been injured by someone wielding a Purple Sun.

The Purple Sun was fire itself!!

In an instant, Taiyi erupted in fury and unleashed his full power.

He soared into the sky, Daoist aura flowing around him as his domineering Sun God Light enveloped the skies above Tanggu Valley.

A vast Golden Crow Dharma Image circled behind him, its form connected to the Sun Star in the distance. Golden Crow Fire seemed to set the heavens ablaze.

And this was only the residual radiance of the Golden Crow Fire.

Driven by magical power, the Chaos Bell began to grow until it loomed above Taiyi's head.

Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind evolved around the bell's exterior. Luminescence flowed within it, and all sorts of Great Dao Laws appeared.

The space-time around Tanggu Valley was now completely sealed and suppressed by the Chaos Bell.

East King Gong stopped holding back as well.

He put away the Purple Sun Bell. It was of little use against Taiyi; he and the Chaos Bell completely countered it.

A Twelve-grade White Lotus appeared beneath his feet, raising him to the same height as Taiyi.

He held the Pure Yang Sword in his right hand. In his left appeared a golden-red staff, with a treasure pearl held in the mouth of its dragon head.

The lotus platform was the Innate Spiritual Treasure, the Twelve-grade Pure World White Lotus. The staff was the Dragon Head Golden Staff, an Innate Spiritual Treasure bestowed by the Dao Ancestor.

The Pure World White Lotus had been born from the power of creation. It could purify the world's foul and corrupt energies, and it could also calm the mind and spirit. It was a supreme treasure for cultivating the heart, as well as a defensive spiritual treasure.

More precisely, apart from their innate abilities, each of the Primordial World's four great lotus platforms was an outstanding Innate Spiritual Treasure in terms of defense.

The two began their battle in Tanggu Valley.

They then leaped out of Tanggu Valley and fought above the River of Time and Space.

Unfortunately, the space-time around Tanggu Valley had already been suppressed by the Chaos Bell.

Even the River of Time and Space was suppressed.

Thus, East King Gong found it increasingly difficult and exhausting to leap through the River of Time and Space while fighting.

Eastern Emperor Taiyi, by contrast, came and went freely, attacking East King Gong from any point in time or spatial dimension.

Both were Quasi-Saint Great Powers. Normally, the River of Time and Space would have been a place where they could each display their methods and Daoist arts.

But now, East King Gong felt more and more aggrieved as the battle went on.

He had countless methods at his disposal, yet was unable to use them. That was the kind of frustration he felt.

East King Gong knew he couldn't keep fighting like this. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to leave in one piece today.

He activated the Dragon Head Golden Staff in his hand. The treasure pearl in the dragon's mouth immediately blazed with light, illuminating the River of Time and Space.

Eastern Emperor Taiyi suddenly felt dizzy. Sharp pains stabbed through his primordial spirit. He hadn't expected the pearl to attack his primordial spirit directly.

Ignoring the pain, he poured even more magical power into the Chaos Bell.

The Chaos Bell could reflect attacks from any treasure or divine weapon and ignore the damage of all divine abilities and spells.

Its peal rang out across the River of Time and Space.

"Now's my chance."

Seeing that the Chaos Bell's power to suppress and seal space-time had weakened, East King Gong threw the Dragon Head Golden Staff from his hand and lightly tapped its dragon head.

The dragon head transformed into a Golden Giant Dragon, carrying the Law-Breaking Light that could destroy all things with the might of an emperor, and crashed into the Chaos Bell.

The two objects collided.

The River of Time and Space shook. The impact stirred not mere ripples, but surging waves.

The shockwaves flung both men far away, tumbling through the River of Time and Space.

The Chaos Bell's reflected attack followed close behind. East King Gong had no strength left to intercept it, so he could only rely on the Twelve-grade White Lotus to block it.

The impact wounded him again, making him roll over.

The lotus platform's defensive power naturally couldn't compare to the Chaos Bell's.

Now, his five viscera and six bowels all ached, and the Five Qi in his Chest were in turmoil.

But he could only endure the pain.

There was no time to lose.

The River of Time, suppressed and sealed by the Chaos Bell, was finally broken free.

He quickly found his bearings and returned to Tanggu Valley.

Eastern Emperor Taiyi, however, was nowhere to be seen.

Their battle in the River of Time had swept them somewhere unknown.

East King Gong had left a mark on the Fusang Tree in Tanggu Valley, which was why he had been able to return there in an instant.

Taiyi had left no spatial marker here, so after exiting the River of Time, he wouldn't appear in Tanggu Valley.

East King Gong hurried to the Fusang Tree and unleashed his power, intending to uproot it and move it back to the Purple Mansion.

Then he heard a voice behind him.

"Please turn around, treasure!"

East King Gong cried out inwardly, This is bad! He hurriedly summoned the Twelve-grade Pure World White Lotus and turned to meet his enemy.

The Dragon Head Golden Staff in his left hand spun, and the treasure pearl shot out its light once more, shining on Taiyi.

Seeing the Chaos Bell entangled with the Golden Giant Dragon formed from the dragon staff, Taiyi could only endure the pain and activate his Golden Crow Dharma Image. Starlight flickered around him as he resisted the pearl's radiance.

The Immortal Slaying Flying Knife turned into a streak of white light. A creature with brows, wings, a head, and eyes appeared, shooting white light from its eyes and instantly pinning down the primordial spirit within East King Gong's Niwan Palace.

His primordial spirit's magical power was sealed, and he couldn't break free in time. All he could do was watch as a streak of white light slashed toward him.

At the very moment the white light struck, the White Lotus finally purified the stasis Law carried by the Immortal Slaying Flying Knife.

East King Gong hurriedly roused the Purple Sun Bell in his Niwan Palace to protect his primordial spirit.

But the Immortal Slaying Flying Knife still cut through his primordial spirit.

Eastern Emperor Taiyi was suffering too. He had no idea what the treasure pearl was, but its light was truly difficult to withstand.

He had tried every method he knew, yet none could stop it. He could only meet it head-on with his primordial spirit.

East King Gong was now staggering, his primordial spirit badly wounded.

The Pure Yang Sword in his hand trembled, then shot out a sword-qi that split the Fusang Tree cleanly in two.

He recalled the Golden Giant Dragon formed from the dragon staff.

He took the yang Fusang Tree with him and left.

He had sensed another presence—it was probably Di Jun.