Donghua and King Pan stared at each other.
King Pan said, "Kid, you're worthy of being named Head of Male Immortals by Hongjun himself. You've got some tricks."
Donghua held his sword and looked at him calmly. This time, he didn't taunt him. Old monsters like this had steadfast minds; words could no longer sway their actions.
In the next instant, the two vanished from where they stood, and a passage through time and space appeared.
When Quasi-Saints fought in the River of Time and Space, it was a battle of the Dao. Here, they could attack only by drawing on their comprehension of the Great Dao Law.
Entering the River of Time and Space, Donghua summoned the Pure Yang Great Dao with a single thought, bringing forth all kinds of divine abilities with ease.
King Pan didn't let his guard down for a moment. He was already a mid-stage Quasi-Saint, yet he hadn't gained the slightest advantage in their earlier fight.
This time, as they battled in the River of Time and Space, he unleashed his full strength. He drove the Law of Tribulation to its utmost, gradually conjuring tribulation power that could destroy the heavens and earth.
The tribulation power gathered into all kinds of divine thunder and struck Donghua.
Donghua responded with Pure Yang Divine Thunder.
Across the many planes of the River of Time and Space—past, present, and future—Donghua and King Pan fought.
In some, they clashed with thunder arts; in others, they tested their magical power or combat skills. Their battles took countless forms.
As the fight reached its climax, King Pan was the first to falter.
His battles across the various planes of time and space began to crumble.
"How is this possible? You're only an early-stage Quasi-Saint. How can you have such profound insight into the Great Dao?"
Donghua stroked his sword and mocked him. "Want to know? Make me your master, and I'll teach you for free."
Donghua had already severed his Evil Corpse. With his pure Dao Heart and unobstructed path to the Great Dao, his understanding of the Dao had clearly surpassed King Pan's.
Besides, King Pan's path wasn't pure. He had a perfectly good Path of Tribulation to cultivate, yet instead he practiced gu and poison arts. What a waste.
"Hmph! Insolent!"
King Pan willed it, and his forms fighting across the various times and spaces vanished. But pulling them back so abruptly clearly took its toll. He immediately spat out a mouthful of blood.
He swept his banner, opened a passage through time and space, and disappeared.
Donghua didn't let up, immediately opening a passage and following him.
The two returned to the summit of Wuyi Mountain.
King Pan revealed his true form, transforming into a dragon hound. His fur was brilliantly multicolored; his body was that of a hound, but with the features of a dragon.
His enormous body hovered above Wuyi Mountain, the King Pan Banner planted before him.
Seeing this, Donghua didn't dare let his guard down. Anyone who had been born in the ancient wilderness, survived the Fierce Beast Tribulation, the Three Clans War, and the Immortal-Demon Conflict, and was still alive either had extraordinary cultivation or several life-saving divine abilities.
Donghua used the Size As One Wishes divine ability. In an instant, he invoked Heavenly Dharma Elephant Earth, making his body as large as King Pan's.
Heavenly Dharma Elephant Earth, one aspect of Size As One Wishes, wasn't simply about making the body bigger. That would be pointless.
Growing larger merely meant that when the divine ability was used, one's magical power, Dao arts, and everything else grew stronger across the board. The body had to enlarge to accommodate that power.
He summoned the Pure World White Lotus and stood upon it, holding the Pure Yang Sword in his right hand and the Dragon Head Golden Staff in his left.
Just then, King Pan began his attack.
King Pan opened his mouth and spat out a torrent of black vapor. It passed through the King Pan Banner, was tempered by the Power of Tribulation within it, then surged forth once more.
It hurtled straight toward Donghua.
Wherever the black vapor passed, even the void corroded.
"What fearsome poison!"
Donghua immediately poured all his strength into the Pure World White Lotus. The Twelve-grade White Lotus seemed to come alive.
Dense purifying power enveloped him.
This time, he didn't rush to attack. Instead, he began to defend.
When cultivators fought, the Dao itself wasn't always what they had to fear most. The most dangerous things were often unique divine abilities and spells.
Such abilities were usually bizarre beyond belief. Just think of the Investiture of the Gods era in the future—how many people died to such powers?
Zhao Gongming had probably met the most tragic end. He'd been killed outright by the Arrow Nail Curse. And he'd already been a Grand Unity Golden Immortal at the time, yet he'd been cursed to death from afar.
The black torrent of poison was completely stopped by the Pure World White Lotus.
The light of purification was truly the perfect counter to this kind of divine ability.
When King Pan saw his attack blocked, he didn't grow frustrated. It seemed to have gone exactly as he'd expected.
In the next instant, King Pan spat out a black gu insect.
It was about the size of an ordinary person, black and translucent, yet its countless tiny legs and sharp teeth were clearly visible.
The moment Donghua saw it, his scalp prickled and his mind reeled. Even his soul began to sound the alarm.
He had never encountered anything like this before.
He immediately summoned Pure Yang Divine Thunder and struck the black, translucent gu insect, but it didn't cause the slightest damage. It was as though the insect didn't exist.
The gu insect was almost upon him, and Donghua had no idea whether the Pure World White Lotus could withstand its attack.
The insect tore straight through the Pure World White Lotus's defenses, as if its purifying power didn't exist. It charged through unhindered, heading straight for Donghua's face.
Donghua immediately moved out of the way. As Pure Yang Power surged through him, he flipped the Pure World White Lotus over.
Then he formed one hand seal after another, sending them through the tip of his sword into the lotus.
The lotus instantly released endless white light, forming layer upon layer of white rings that enveloped the gu insect and sealed it inside.
This time, the black gu insect couldn't break free of the seal. It was held fast in place.
King Pan found it hard to accept. His gu insect had managed to do something, but not much. The result was far from what he'd hoped for.
But only Donghua knew that he could no longer use the Pure World White Lotus. If he did, the black, translucent gu insect would certainly break through the seal and attack again.
King Pan wasn't frustrated by the failure of his previous attack. He launched another one. A golden gu insect came hurtling toward Donghua, full of menace.
This gu insect was no longer transparent. It had a solid, golden body.
Donghua wasn't afraid. It was the unknown that frightened him; he felt no fear toward something tangible like this.
He raised the Dragon Head Golden Staff in his left hand. The dragon head transformed into a golden dragon that soared into the air and clashed head-on with the golden gu insect.
At the sight of the staff, King Pan cried out in surprise, "A Top-tier Innate Spiritual Treasure!"
His heart was a tangled mess. He had taken form in the ancient wilderness and walked his path ever since, with only the King Pan Banner, a Top-tier Innate Spiritual Treasure, by his side.
But this junior, East King Gong, had casually brought out three Top-tier Innate Spiritual Treasures. It was enough to drive anyone mad with envy.
At that thought, King Pan's heart hardened, and a gleam flashed in his eyes.
"As long as I kill him, all those Top-tier Innate Spiritual Treasures will be mine."
In an instant, evil thoughts took hold of King Pan.
What he'd said earlier about being friends with Wuyi Gong was true.
In the ancient wilderness, the Innate Deities had joined forces to drive out and exterminate the Fierce Beasts. During that long war, the two had fought side by side.
They had once been friends who could trust each other with their lives.
But everything changed because of a Treasure-Dropping Golden Coin.
He hadn't resisted temptation. During one battle, he'd launched a surprise attack, intending to kill his friend and steal the treasure, then frame the Fierce Beasts.
Alas, fate had other plans.
Wuyi Gong escaped, gravely wounded. King Pan failed to get the Treasure-Dropping Golden Coin and ended up losing a friend for nothing.
The golden gu insect battling the golden dragon in the sky had a tough body and fought with savage ferocity.
Seeing that King Pan's two gu insects were occupied, Donghua didn't hesitate any longer.
This time, he struck first.
The Treasure Pearl on the Dragon Head Golden Staff released a golden light that attacked King Pan's soul.
King Pan didn't let his guard down. A deep, resonant hum sounded, and a snow-white gu insect appeared.
The insect completely blocked the staff's golden soul-breaking light.
Donghua cried out in shock. "How is that possible?"
Even Eastern Emperor Taiyi, who possessed an Innate Supreme Treasure, had been unable to withstand this soul-breaking golden light. He'd had to meet it head-on with his soul.
Yet today, one of King Pan's gu insects had blocked it. Donghua could hardly describe his shock.
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