"You think you're worthy?"
"I respected you as the Head of Male Immortals. Without that respect, what are you worth?"
"You may leave. The people of Purple Mansion will stay."
"Since you dared attack the Heavenly Court, you will pay the price."
Di Jun's eyes opened and closed, divine light seeming to spill from them. A profound power appeared to be stirring within him, as if an incomparable might were beginning to awaken.
His expression was indifferent, devoid of joy or sorrow. Di Jun slowly rose to his feet, his aura growing ever more inscrutable. As he took a step, the projection of the heavens detached, and his true body strode out of the Heavenly Realm, arriving in the Primordial Wilderness in a single step.
His aura was... at the Early Primordial Golden Immortal Realm!
Better to be cautious in all things. Though he had broken through to the Mid Primordial Golden Immortal Realm, the waters of the Primordial Wilderness ran too deep. Naturally, he still had to conceal some of his strength.
Hum!!!
At a thought, the Heavenly Court Phantom appeared behind Di Jun. He beckoned, and the Divine Restrictions imprinted upon the countless beings throughout the Heavenly Court seemed to peel away, turning into boundless divine light that poured into his body. In an instant, Di Jun's aura broke through to the Late Primordial Golden Immortal Realm, just like East King Duke's.
It's perfectly reasonable for me, someone whose strength has reached the Primordial Great Luo Golden Immortal level, to show the strength of the Late Primordial Golden Immortal Realm, right?
Nothing wrong with that!
Concealing his strength was just a precaution. It didn't mean Di Jun had to play the fool. The prerequisite for playing the fool to catch the tiger was that even as a fool, you had to be the strongest fool in the world!
Acting weak? Showing the enemy weakness? That wasn't Di Jun's style. Whether in his previous life or this one, since he was cultivating to grow stronger, he should live freely and with abandon—and live better, too. If he had to suffer indignities, what was the point of becoming stronger?
"Late-stage Quasi-Saint? No! Nuwa and the others all Proved Dao with Strength, so how could Di Jun be any different? He's at the Late Primordial Golden Immortal Realm!"
East King Duke's eyelid twitched. Though he had already suspected as much, seeing it with his own eyes still made his expression change.
One had to understand: although Quasi-Saints and Primordial Golden Immortals occupied the same realm, their strength was vastly different.
At the same level, a Primordial Golden Immortal was invariably stronger than a Quasi-Saint. It was much like how Saints and Primordial Great Luo Golden Immortals occupied the same realm, yet Saints empowered by the Heavenly Dao were invariably stronger than Primordial Great Luo Golden Immortals. There was no need to say more.
"Heavenly Court... What a Heavenly Court! Di Jun, I'll remember this. I'll repay today's humiliation a hundredfold one day!"
East King Duke gave Di Jun a long look, his expression shifting between light and dark. Then he turned into a streak of light and swiftly fled into the distance.
At the same time, a golden radiance swept across the entire battlefield, seeming to form a great net that enveloped every being from Purple Mansion, including the Six Kings of Purple Mansion.
Boundless spatial power erupted, as if a surging tide and ripples were spreading outward. In an instant, they covered everyone from Purple Mansion, wrapping up its entire army.
"I said you may leave. They have to stay."
"East King Duke, can't you understand what I'm saying?"
Divine light blossomed in Di Jun's eyes. He raised a hand and pointed, as if manifesting all laws and giving rise to countless wonders. Behind him appeared the Dharma Aspect of the Heavenly Emperor, towering above heaven and earth, gazing down upon the myriad phenomena as though surveying everything in the world from a higher dimension.
When Di Jun raised his hand, the Dharma Aspect behind him pointed as well. That single point seemed to transcend the Great Dao and stand above all things, existing beyond everything. The power it contained seemed to reach the very source of all things, brimming with unimaginable mysteries and the might to destroy everything.
"Di Jun, you really think I fear you?"
East King Duke reappeared. As he sent the people of Purple Mansion away, he formed hand seals and conjured a divine ability to meet Di Jun's attack.
In an instant, boundless purple energy filled the sky, turning the heavens a deep purple. As East King Duke formed his seals, the endless purple energy gathered into a great seal and smashed toward Di Jun.
One Great Dao after another encircled the purple seal. The stars lent it their power, and the myriad laws resonated with it. The surrounding void and laws had already been assimilated. It was like the manifestation of an ultimate, wondrous technique: in a single thought, it divided into countless seals. Centered on the purple seal, they seemed to form a vast formation that bore down on Di Jun with overwhelming force.
"I let you leave only because the Dao Ancestor personally appointed you Head of Male Immortals. I was showing the Dao Ancestor respect. What do you think you are to me? You dare fight me—you think you're worthy?"
A faintly mocking smile appeared on Di Jun's face. The Heavenly Emperor's finger, imbued with the All Daos and myriad laws, continued its attack on the Purple Mansion army. At the same time, he turned his right hand over, and the Mythological Seal appeared in his palm.
"Suppress!"
Di Jun's lips moved slightly as he slowly uttered a single word.
Not revealing his full strength didn't mean he had to hold back against someone as insignificant as East King Duke. Did East King Duke really think he could stand against him?
What a joke.
East King Duke was still plotting to dominate the Primordial Wilderness and harness its momentum to Prove Dao. But Di Jun's vision had long since gone beyond the Primordial Wilderness. If every side was making its own moves, why couldn't he, Di Jun, claim a share?
Hum!!!
The Mythological Seal stirred. Innate Divine Scripts appeared on its surface. As Di Jun finished speaking, countless Innate Divine Scripts soared into the air, each revealing the mysteries of a Great Dao, as if resonating with one Great Dao after another.
In an instant, they manifested the myriad wonders of creation, seemingly building an incomparable power. Earth, Wind, Water, and Fire faintly reappeared, as if boundless miniature worlds were coming into being.
"Go!"
East King Duke hurled the staff in his hand. It transformed into a golden dragon of overwhelming power to block the Heavenly Emperor's finger. When he sensed the terror of the Innate Divine Scripts in the void, his expression changed abruptly.
He had no time to think. With a flicker, another figure appeared beside him.
"Greetings, my true self."
The figure held a spiritual treasure in his hands and bowed to East King Duke.
It was East King Duke's Good Corpse!
"Attack together,"
East King Duke said gravely.
"Yes,"
his Good Corpse replied.
The man and his avatar attacked at the same time, unleashing the full power of their cultivation and rapidly forming seals to manifest spells and divine abilities.
The heavens and earth across countless billions of kilometers had been transformed and assimilated. Boundless tides surged up, crashing like raging waves, as if they were about to overturn the entire region.
Boundless treasure light, brilliant rosy clouds, Immortal Flowers filling the sky, vast divine laws... Countless attacks became a myriad of wondrous visions.
The rapid exhaustion of the Great Dao Power left East King Duke's face deathly pale, and his aura grew chaotic. His Good Corpse had already turned into a streak of light and returned to his body.
Without pausing, East King Duke moved. To an outside observer, he seemed to blur, but in truth, in a single instant, he had conjured countless avatars. Together, they set up formations and performed their arts.
"What use is all that flashy nonsense?"
The corner of Di Jun's mouth twitched. His expression gradually grew stern and imposing as he slowly spoke: "I am the Heavenly Emperor. That means I can break all laws with a single force, and suppress every enemy!"
So what if you had countless divine abilities?
So what if you had one wondrous technique after another?
Flashy nonsense! It was all just flashy nonsense!
Since I am the Heavenly Emperor, I can break all laws with a single force and suppress every enemy on my own!
"Perish!"
Di Jun's expression was indifferent as he spoke a single word.
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