The Dao Unveiled, Di Jun's Might Revealed, the Formation Broken

Di Jun's heart tightened, and he cursed silently.

If this stalemate continued, he feared that before Donghua could find a flaw in the formation, his own Magic Power would be exhausted, and he would be unable to maintain the Primordial Chaos Luo River Great Formation.

Yet, if he were to withdraw the formation now, with his Magic Power and Divine Sense both nearing depletion, how could he possibly be a match for Donghua, who remained in peak condition? The odds of victory were slim.

Even with the Golden Crow Transforming into Rainbow Technique at his disposal to flee at any moment, the very word "escape" was, to a proud soul like Di Jun, synonymous with defeat.

Just as Di Jun found himself caught in a dilemma, a subtle, almost imperceptible fluctuation was keenly captured by his senses.

His taut nerves relaxed, and a flicker of imperceptible relief and sharp, piercing light flashed deep within his eyes.

The previous heaviness and hesitation were swept away in an instant, and a single thought became crystal clear:

This will work.

At the same time, a bolder, more ruthless plan began to take shape in his mind.

Donghua was completely unaware of Di Jun's change in demeanor; he was fully focused on analyzing the Primordial Chaos Luo River Great Formation before him.

After all, a formation of this caliber was rare in the world. Although it did not compare to the Zhou Tian Star Dou, the Zhuxian, or the Dutian God Fiend Great Formation, it was still an excellent opportunity for enlightenment.

However, just as he was deducing the flow of the formation as usual, the surrounding energy suddenly shifted! The formation's circulation intensified abruptly, its power climbing layer by layer.

"Hmm?" Donghua's mind stirred, and he immediately understood. It seemed Di Jun had been pushed to his limit and was forced to play his final trump card.

Just as he had expected, at the core of the formation, Di Jun was recklessly pouring his remaining Magic Power into the River Diagram and Luo Script before him.

The spiritual treasure's brilliance surged, yet it still showed signs of exhaustion.

"Not enough! Still far from enough!"

A flash of ruthlessness crossed Di Jun's eyes. Without further hesitation, he forced out a drop of essence blood.

A drop of pure Golden Crow essence blood hung in the air, radiating immense pressure.

Merely by hovering there, the surrounding space was scorched and distorted by the Solar True Fire, blurring the air.

With the essence blood gone, Di Jun's figure swayed, and his aura weakened further.

Di Jun raised a hand in a beckoning gesture, and amidst flickering light, the drop of essence blood dripped onto the River Diagram and Luo Script! The spiritual treasure's light instantly turned a piercing, blood-red hue.

Di Jun's complexion faded, losing the last trace of color until it was as pale as paper.

Yet, upon that paper-white face, drained of all blood by the loss of his essence, a faint smile slowly emerged.

That smile bloomed across his bloodless face, a mixture of agony, determination, and... the cold certainty of victory.

He felt the violent power within the formation, capable of shredding a Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal, and sensed the fluctuations as Donghua's aura was instantly suppressed and battered.

It was worth it!

This drop of essence blood was worth it!

As Di Jun's source essence blood, dripping with Solar True Fire, completely merged into the River Diagram and Luo Script, the entire Primordial Chaos Luo River Great Formation seemed to be injected with a violent soul, letting out a muffled roar!

Space folded, and the myriad phenomena fell into chaos.

The previously orderly stars of the Zhou Tian suddenly went berserk, their orbits colliding and annihilating each other, erupting with destructive radiance.

The boundless Mountains and Rivers beneath his feet were no longer stable; they writhed and spliced like living creatures, with ten-thousand-foot peaks rising abruptly, only to collapse into bottomless abysses the next moment.

Rivers surged backward, flowing into the sky and transforming into billions of Water Dragons dancing wildly in the void.

Space lost all meaning here; the heavens and earth shifted in the blink of an eye.

The flow of time became erratic and unpredictable.

Time within the formation grew bizarre and unfathomable. Donghua felt the space-time around him stagnate, sluggish as if trapped in a quagmire; at other times, time moved like lightning, as if a thousand years were slipping through his fingers, threatening to erode his entire cultivation.

Just as the Primordial Chaos Luo River Great Formation was driven to its most violent and chaotic peak by Di Jun's essence blood, and as the waves of destruction swept over him, Donghua suddenly opened his eyes in the center of the collapsing chaos.

In his gaze, there was no longer the concentration of one deducing a formation, but the cold, sharp edge of one who had pierced through endless illusions to lock onto his true prey.

"Found you."

He whispered to himself, his voice devoid of even a ripple.

Di Jun had made a fatal mistake.

Di Jun believed Donghua was like a trapped beast, whose only path to survival was to search for a gap to escape.

He had poured everything into unleashing the formation to its limit, hoping to kill Donghua, never realizing that this extreme madness was exactly like a beacon lit in the darkness, pointing the way for Donghua.

When Di Jun spared no cost to overload the Primordial Chaos Luo River Great Formation, pushing its power to the absolute limit.

Just as this destructive force surged like a tidal wave, the restriction that had always been like mist and illusion, perfectly concealing the location of Di Jun's true body, finally revealed a subtle, imperceptible ripple amidst the extreme power fluctuations.

A flash of insight that saw through everything crossed Donghua's pupils.

Now!

This was the moment Donghua had been waiting for. When the entire power of the formation was frantically mobilized by Di Jun, the core that maintained it all became like an isolated island emerging from a surging sea, no longer able to hide.

Donghua stared at the figure burning with golden flames deep within the formation's eye, his gaze as calm as the eternal sun.

There was no earth-shattering opening move, no vast surge of Magic Power; he simply raised his right hand slowly, extended a finger, and pointed lightly toward Di Jun.

"Yang Yuan Dao Jie."

The four characters were like true mantras, whispered softly, Yet they transformed into invisible edicts, revealing the very roots of the laws.

Facing Donghua's attack, the first to bear the brunt was that Star Torrent, a force capable of annihilating a Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal.

This destructive energy, gathered from the power of ten thousand falling stars, began to melt like thin ice under a scorching sun the moment it approached within three feet of Donghua.

It was not shattered by a greater power; rather, the Magic Power constituting this destructive force was instantly deconstructed, the violent energy docilely disintegrating and returning to the most primordial Innate Spiritual Qi, quietly dissipating.

Immediately following, the attack flew toward Di Jun; it appeared incredibly slow, yet in reality, it had already transcended the constraints of time and space.

"This is impossible!"

Looking at his Innate Spiritual Treasure, its form completely destroyed and leaving only the Innate Undying Spiritual Light, Di Jun roared in his heart, his eyes splitting at the corners.

"I will die, I will die—move, damn you, move!"

Di Jun perceived clearly that if he were struck, his very true spirit would be ground into nothingness.

Just as the attack capable of erasing Di Jun was about to touch the center of his brow:

"Boom!"

The attack exploded!

There was no earth-shattering roar, yet an invisible ripple spread rapidly with Di Jun at its center.

Wherever the ripple passed, the remaining foundations of the Primordial Chaos Luo River Great Formation completely collapsed, and the void shattered inch by inch like a mirror.

"Pfft—"

Di Jun was struck as if by a heavy blow, sent flying backward as he sprayed a blinding line of blood.

"I survived! Was it charity, or disdain?"

"Was it an accident, or...?" Donghua watched the surviving Di Jun, lost in thought.

Without any hesitation, Donghua attacked Di Jun once more.

"Clang—"

A bell tolled, as if echoing from the primordial era, piercing through layers of space and shaking the entire battlefield.