"But for now, things should stay this way!"
"Eastern Emperor Taiyi has made his move. With Quasi-Saint cultivation and an Innate Supreme Treasure, he can hold off Pangu Great Hall for an instant. That instant is enough for Di Jun to return. With all those Great Luo Golden Immortals backing them up, things shouldn't get too much worse."
"The Wu Clan will probably make a huge fuss and interrupt Eastern Emperor Taiyi's refinement. If they keep causing trouble, it'll be enough to make Heavenly Dao dissatisfied with the Demon Heavenly Court. After all, more and more beings will keep breaking through. Given enough time, the demons won't be able to withstand the pressure either, and will have no choice but to bring down tribulations ahead of schedule!"
Fuxi made his assessment.
Nuwa nodded beside him, agreeing.
"Now that they've lost this chance, they'll have to keep bringing down tribulations in the future. Refining the Heavenly Tribulation Dao Fruit will be much harder!"
"It looks like the demons have lost another round. Brother, you should put your plans to join them on hold for now!"
Fuxi could only smile wryly at that. He didn't know why his younger sister was so opposed to the idea of him joining the demons.
Fuxi had wanted to join the demons for quite some time. He had let Nuwa know as much long ago.
That was why Nuwa chose this moment to once again try to talk her brother out of that dream.
Fuxi had spent years studying the Great Dao of Heavenly Secrets and wasn't opposed to joining a faction. In fact, it had its advantages, and the promises made by Di Jun and the others had made him consider it.
But Nuwa saw things differently. She understood the risks more clearly. The conflict between the Wu and the demons was like the Three Races during the Dragon-Han Great Tribulation: far too dangerous. Why take the risk?
Fuxi understood his sister's concerns, of course. But he was Fuxi, one of the Great Divine Ability Users, an Innate Godly Being.
He was bound to have some pride and confidence, and believe he could snatch victory from the jaws of danger.
That was where the siblings disagreed.
However, just as Fuxi was about to argue back, the situation in the Heavenly Court suddenly changed.
Countless Great Divine Ability Users looked on in shock.
"What's this?!"
"Oh no!"
Thirteen: Dao Fruit Backlash, Eastern Emperor Taiyi Gravely Wounded
The Great Sun Golden Crow, at the Quasi-Saint level, resonated with the Sun Star. His Quasi-Saint laws, refined to their utmost, drove the Innate Supreme Treasure, the Chaos Bell.
Clang!
One restriction after another awakened, and an aura capable of destroying the heavens and earth erupted to its peak.
The bell waves burst forth, nearly freezing spacetime and reshaping Earth, Wind, Water, and Fire.
Before they even made contact, the descending Pangu Great Hall had already been affected.
Pangu Great Hall remained unmatched. The bell waves froze in place the instant they touched it.
Yet the laws of the Twelve Ancestral Shamans around Pangu Great Hall were reacting violently.
It was as if they had sensed some terrible threat.
At the very center of their clash, the void had run dry, and chaos had reemerged.
The myriad wondrous sights of chaos even seemed to split apart.
Faint ripples of light appeared, as if the world were about to be created!
This clash was unquestionably the greatest battle in the Primordial Wilderness today!
Eastern Emperor Taiyi might have been slightly weaker, but with the Innate Supreme Treasure and his peerless Quasi-Saint cultivation, he could still shake the heavens and earth.
At the very least, Pangu Great Hall couldn't simply crush him.
However, just as the many Great Divine Ability Users expected Pangu Great Hall to be held back for an instant, giving the situation a chance to turn around, Eastern Emperor Taiyi's expression suddenly changed as he poured all his strength into the Chaos Bell.
The Chaos Bell, already erupting at full power, suddenly rang out again, its peal urgent and sharp.
But this time, it wasn't striking outward. It was striking inward.
Rumble—
Boundless waves of tribulation exploded out of the Chaos Bell in an instant. Wind Calamity, Fire Calamity, Water Calamity, Thunder Tribulation, lightning tribulations, the Nine Calamities—every kind of calamity and tribulation erupted at once.
The terrifying backlash sent the Chaos Bell flying.
The light of tribulation flared, illuminating the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.
The six Heavenly Tribulation Dao Fruits, which had originally been at the Taiyi Golden Immortal level, surged in power as if they'd taken some potent tonic.
In a single leap, they reached the Great Luo Golden Immortal level.
The six Heavenly Tribulation Dao Fruits resonated with chaos.
They nearly became an ineffably terrifying Dao Image of tribulation.
Formless and formless, they shook the Great Dao with dread.
It was as if the Heavenly Tribulation Great Dao had been enraged, erupting with fury in that instant.
At this critical moment, the six Dao Fruits turned against Eastern Emperor Taiyi, catching him completely off guard.
More importantly, the strength of the Heavenly Tribulation Great Dao surpassed everyone's expectations. They had thought it could at most combine into a single Great Luo Dao Fruit.
But at that moment—
"This is a Great Dao at the Quasi-Saint level!"
A Great Divine Ability User cried out in shock, unable to remain seated.
The entire Primordial World was shaken!
They had assumed that the newly established Heavenly Tribulation Great Dao wouldn't be very powerful. They hadn't expected that the authority entrusted to the Heavenly Court was only a small portion, while the true Great Dao lay hidden beneath the surface.
"That's right. We should've realized this long ago!"
"How could a mere Great Luo Golden Immortal bring tribulations down upon the entire Primordial World? Such a means of unleashing tribulations couldn't be entrusted to another party. Tribulations are governed by Heavenly Dao. The Heavenly Court's authority is only a sliver, granted in recognition of the duties the Heavenly Court itself performs!"
Many Great Divine Ability Users' minds raced as they deduced the truth, and some began to understand.
But as soon as they did, they looked at Eastern Emperor Taiyi with pity.
Eastern Emperor Taiyi, an Innate God, had used his Quasi-Saint cultivation and Innate Supreme Treasure to suppress the Heavenly Tribulation Dao Fruits. Even though those Dao Fruits weren't the whole of the Heavenly Tribulation Great Dao, they couldn't directly draw the full force of the Great Dao down upon him.
But his attention was now divided as he fought the Wu Clan, giving the Heavenly Tribulation Dao Fruits a chance to catch their breath.
One small change could affect the whole.
The backlash of a Quasi-Saint-level Great Dao would be enough to give even a Quasi-Saint a hard time under normal circumstances, let alone now.
It was almost exactly as all the Great Divine Ability Users had imagined.
The Chaos Bell's own backyard had caught fire. It was sent flying, and the supreme attack it had unleashed shattered, losing most of its power.
Eastern Emperor Taiyi didn't even have time to react.
Every kind of calamity and tribulation came crashing down on him all at once.
A tribulation at the Quasi-Saint level would give even a Quasi-Saint reason to fear.
In an instant, Eastern Emperor Taiyi was engulfed by tribulation. Half his cultivation was stripped away as he fought it off.
At that very moment—
Pangu Great Hall came crashing down.
The twelve Ancestral Shamans opened their eyes. Eleven laws at the Great Divine Ability User level, and one at the Quasi-Saint level, came crashing down.
Rumble—
The entire space was instantly reduced to dust.
Earth, Wind, Water, and Fire scattered in every direction.
A waterfall of chaos descended.
Eastern Emperor Taiyi instantly reverted to his True Body. His massive form was blasted apart all the same, turning into countless drops of blood essence.
Even as he swiftly revived, wave after wave of laws attacked him, killing him again.
In a mere instant—
Hundreds and thousands of slaughters.
With the tribulations brought by the six Dao Fruits suppressing him, Eastern Emperor Taiyi was killed more than a thousand times in the blink of an eye, and his origin was nearly exhausted.
Law after law pierced his flesh, remaining there as if forever.
The Great Sun Golden Crow's True Body, hundreds of millions of feet tall, had nearly shed all its feathers. Half its body was completely mangled.
He had even lost one of his legs.
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