Di Tian had not spent long walking the Primordial World.
Yet Luo Hou had long since discerned what he had done and roughly how strong he had been before vanishing.
And now, after merely a dozen or so Eons, he had risen from the Great Luo Later Stage to the Mixed Origin Golden Immortal realm through Body and Law Dual Cultivation.
He had even reached the limit of the Mixed Origin Golden Immortal Early Stage, if not the Mixed Origin Golden Immortal Middle Stage.
With talent and potential like his, he truly deserved to be the rightful ruler of the Primordial World.
Given sufficient time, even Grand Luo of Hunyuan would not be his ultimate limit.
If he was not strangled in the cradle while he was still weak,
there would surely be endless future troubles!
"Only realizing that now?"
Hearing Luo Hou's cold snort, Di Tian's gaze remained indifferent as he "guessed" the truth that made Luo Hou shudder.
"I thought the two of you came to visit my mountain back then
because you feared my potential."
"That was why you traveled all the way from the Primordial Land to the Ziwei Emperor Star, hoping to lure me out and kill me!"
"As it turned out..."
The moment those words fell, a trace of astonishment flashed through Luo Hou's eyes.
He had thought Di Tian had been too frightened to leave with them.
Never had he imagined that the other party's behavior back then had all been an act.
He had actually known Hong Jun's purpose all along!
As for why he only mentioned Hong Jun,
it was because he truly had not known at first.
Even on the way back to the Primordial Land,
he had wondered why Hong Jun had insisted on going to the Ziwei Emperor Star to invite the newly born Di Tian!
The answer to all this came after he sensed that the Opportunity for Enlightenment lay within the Primordial World.
He had gradually come to understand Hong Jun's intentions at the time.
"Wait... so that seemingly simple invitation back then..."
"Hong Jun and Di Tian both understood it perfectly, and I was the only fucking idiot kept in the dark?!"
Realizing this, Luo Hou could no longer suppress the fury in his eyes.
"You're courting death!"
As he let out a fierce roar, the demonic might around him suddenly surged severalfold!
Scarlet Blood Sha reflected across the starry sky, while the wails of countless dead souls echoed through heaven and earth.
Boundless killing intent gathered in an instant, seizing souls and stripping spirits!
The Four Swords of Zhuxian enveloped all directions, suppressing the void!
The God Slaying Spear rose like a dragon leaving its lair, piercing through the heavens!
"If you have the ability, then come and try."
With a cold snort, Di Tian met his edge without hesitation and erupted with all his divine might.
In an instant!
The aura of destruction blotted out the sky!
The light of Merit illuminated the sea of stars!
The power of Time and Space suppressed heaven and earth!
Starlight burst forth in an instant!
The Great Dao of Force poured in at once!
With force as his command, all Daos followed. The Measuring Ruler rose, and the heavens were shaken!
"As I said from the beginning, old relics from a bygone era should stop trying to stir up trouble."
"It's already generous enough that I haven't come looking for revenge."
"Yet you came to cause trouble for me first."
"How laughable!"
As the Measuring Ruler and God Slaying Spear clashed fiercely without pause, shaking heaven, earth, time, and space and drawing the attention of countless living beings,
Di Tian sneered as he continually mocked Luo Hou, stoking his rage.
He hoped Luo Hou would fight him to the death.
Then, leaving him here for good would not be mere wishful thinking.
"Words are useless. Die!"
The rage in Luo Hou's eyes nearly became tangible, and the God Slaying Spear in his hand grew ever more vicious.
The soaring killing intent manifested scenes of Myriad Spirits slaughtering one another!
It was as though countless vengeful souls were shrieking, endlessly assailing Di Tian's divine soul.
However, with the Merit Golden Wheel, Merit Auspicious Cloud, and Merit of Opening the Heavens providing three layers of protection,
not even Luo Hou in his current state could affect him. Even if Luo Hou reached Grand Luo of Hunyuan, wielded the God Slaying Spear with all his might, and manifested the most terrifying scenes of slaughter,
he still would not be able to harm Di Tian in the slightest!
"Where are the Star Gods!"
As Wang Shu watched Di Tian and Luo Hou clash fiercely in the starry sky, killing intent gradually rose in her eyes.
"We await the Taiyin Star God's command!"
They had come right to their door. If they still stood around like blocks of wood, silent and without anger or fury,
then they might as well kill themselves to atone.
Moreover, Wang Shu was not only the Taiyin Star God, whose status within the Star Radiance Divine Court was second only to the Star Emperor.
She was also one of Di Tian's companions, a Mixed Origin Golden Immortal Middle Stage expert.
When the Star Emperor was absent, all were to heed the Taiyin Star God.
This was the foremost absolute heavenly rule Di Tian had established, one that would never be changed!
"Pass the order to all members of the Divine Court currently traveling across the Primordial Land."
"Command them to cut off all trade with the Western Region."
"Anyone who privately trades with beings of the Western Region shall be killed!"
"Those who slay members of the Demon Race and beings associated with them shall be rewarded!"
"This order shall remain in effect forever. When the Star Emperor returns from battle, whoever has beheaded the most shall be rewarded with one Top Grade Acquired Spiritual Treasure and one hundred thousand Star Radiance Treasure Pills!"
"Yes!"
As their united reply rang out,
the Innate Star Gods began contacting their subordinates and the races they had subdued across the Primordial Land, relaying Wang Shu's orders.
"They dared to come to our door and humiliate the Divine Court. They must be tired of living!"
"All obey my command! Follow me to the Western Region, slaughter the Demon Race, and repay the Star Emperor's kindness!"
"Kill everyone associated with the Demon Race, and repay the Star Emperor for his favor!"
"..."
Shouts and furious cries like these
continued to ring out across the Primordial Land.
Decades of thousands of years of trade had long spread the name of the Star Radiance Divine Court throughout heaven and earth.
The countless races watched as the Innate Star Gods, normally calm by nature and welcoming in all dealings, led their vassal races toward the Western Land with surging killing intent and blazing fury.
Most chose to keep their distance and avoid conflict with them.
As for the small remaining portion, they were merely troublemakers and opportunists,
waiting to see whether there was any profit to be made.
Time passed unhurriedly, and heaven and earth endured.
More than a hundred years had passed since the two began fighting.
At first, Luo Hou had believed that with his cultivation, even if he could not completely crush Di Tian, he could still gain a slight advantage.
But as time passed, Di Tian displayed one method after another.
At times, he used the Great Dao of Force to command the Great Daos of Time and Space, stars, emperors, destruction, and more, engaging him in close combat.
At times, he wielded the Starry Pen alongside Zhou Tian Ink, the No Form Inkstone, the Spiritual Text Scroll, and Law Divine Runes, exchanging long-range attacks with him.
At times, he used the Main Stars of the Heavens as formation eyes and countless stars as its veins, laying down all manner of killing, trapping, defensive, and other array formations with a wave of his hand.
It truly left him scrambling.
But that was not what angered him most.
What was even more infuriating was that Di Tian kept swallowing all sorts of pills.
They restored injuries, replenished mana, boosted strength, aided in setting formations...
He had everything he could possibly need, with an inexhaustible supply!
They had now fought for a hundred years.
Not only had Di Tian shown no sign of exhaustion, even his clothes and hair remained spotless and perfectly neat!
As for Luo Hou, not only was his mana failing to keep up with the expenditure and gradually heading toward depletion,
but he was also in an utterly miserable state!
Disheveled hair, tattered clothes, and wounds all over his body were the truest portrayal of his current condition.
"Damn it, if the Four Swords of Zhuxian had not yet been sharpened by boundless baleful aura,"
"and thus could not unleash their full power, only serving as auxiliary attacks,"
"then no matter how many methods you possessed, you would have long been buried beneath my sword edge!"
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