Three Feet Slay Daluo, Unaware of the Peril Ahead

He raised his gaze toward a certain point in the void, his eyes seeming to pierce through layers of spatial barriers, locking onto the aura still lingering at the periphery of the great array.

The Primordial Sky Measuring Ruler in his palm trembled faintly, as if sensing its master's intent, the Dao patterns along its body gradually lighting up.

Donghua had already withdrawn the Primordial Sky Measuring Ruler, and this Innate Great Array naturally dispersed on its own.

Ripples spread through space, the Innate Great Array receding like a tide, ultimately dissolving into specks of starlight that faded into nothingness.

When the last array pattern vanished into the void, Donghua already stood atop the original desolate mountain peak.

The mountain wind brushed past Donghua's gilded Dao robe, as if the earth-shaking great array that had just trapped a Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal were nothing more than a traceless dream.

Such commotion naturally could not escape the two outside the array.

Taizhen's Divine Sense swept over, and upon seeing Donghua emerge unharmed, a smile rippled through her bright eyes: "Donghua, are you well?"

In stark contrast to Taizhen's joy, the Illusory Daoist's face twisted violently. Fear, grief, and terror flickered in alternation within his eyes, finally condensing into a hysterical roar:

"Impossible! How could you break out of the array so quickly? I cultivated the Dao of Space and was still trapped for several kalpas—what makes you worthy!"

"Worthy? This is what makes me worthy!" The Primordial Sky Measuring Ruler in Donghua's hand emitted a faint glow.

"Taizhen, withdraw your Supernatural Ability!"

Without any earth-shattering display, Donghua simply held the ruler and lightly slashed forward.

Where the ruler's edge passed, space split silently like thin silk, and a Mysterious Light imbued with the Dao Rhyme of measuring heaven and earth plunged into the void.

At the same time, the still-roaring Daoist's expression shifted dramatically. He felt the space around him suddenly solidify, and a pressure that made his true spirit tremble descended from the nine heavens.

"Consider this a token of thanks. Please accept it."

Donghua's voice came through the void, calm and utterly devoid of fluctuation.

As Taizhen restored time to normal, the Illusory Daoist wasted no hesitation, immediately summoning that Bronze Ancient Door.

The Primordial Sky Measuring Ruler trembled lightly, already locking firmly onto the opponent's aura.

The moment the Mysterious Yellow flowing light of the Primordial Sky Measuring Ruler flashed before the Daoist's face, the Bronze Ancient Door interposed itself just in time.

Watching the Mysterious Yellow ruler's edge sink more than halfway into the Bronze Ancient Door, the Illusory Daoist curled his lips in a sneer:

"What use is coming out? Still—"

Before the words faded, the ruler's light flashed abruptly, and the Mysterious Yellow Ruler Shadow streaked past like lightning.

But the Illusory Daoist was, after all, a Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal. At the brink of death, he forcibly twisted his body half a turn.

The ruler's blade grazed his left shoulder as it fell, slicing diagonally across his chest to his right waist.

"Rip!"

A sound like tearing cloth rang out. Before a supreme treasure, the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal's Dao Body was as fragile as thin paper. Where the ruler's edge passed, protective immortal light annihilated instantly, and his body was cleaved cleanly in two.

"Ah!"

The Illusory Daoist let out a blood-curdling shriek, flying backward like a kite with a snapped string, blood tracing a glaring arc through the void.

Impossible. I was only cut in two—why can't I sense the severed part of my body? The Daoist's eyes were filled with horror and disbelief.

The Illusory Daoist winced in pain, his eyes flickering with fury and suspicion.

"What is this thing?!"

Donghua's fingertip lightly traced the body of the Primordial Sky Measuring Ruler, the Mysterious Yellow Dao patterns rippling docilely at his touch.

He raised his eyes to the Illusory Daoist's panicked face, a faint, ambiguous smile curling at the corner of his lips:

"I must thank you, Daoist friend, for luring me here. Otherwise, how could I have found this treasure?"

"Since you've finished your parting words, allow me to send you into reincarnation!" Before the words ended, Donghua struck again with the ruler.

Seeing the Mysterious Yellow Ruler Shadow bearing down once more, the Illusory Daoist's eyes flashed with desperate madness.

He completely ignored Donghua's attack, his withered right hand trembling as it withdrew a charred willow branch from his sleeve.

The branch seemed ordinary, but its tip condensed a Space-Time Dao Rhyme that made one's heart tremble.

Just as the Daoist, heedless of all else, was about to slash the branch through the void—

"Clang!"

A crisp ringing echoed across Buzhou Mountain.

An unremarkable, broken Jade Fragment had somehow appeared behind the Daoist, precisely blocking the path of the Primordial Sky Measuring Ruler.

The broken Jade Fragment was carved with Innate Dao patterns containing endless void, and it actually held firm against the Mysterious Yellow Ruler Shadow that could tear apart a Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal's Dao Body!

In that split-second delay, the Illusory Daoist's willow branch had already fallen.

Space was torn open, revealing a rift exuding an ancient aura, with Sha Qi faintly visible billowing on the other side.

The Jade Fragment struck by the Primordial Sky Measuring Ruler traced a mysterious trajectory, unerringly plunging into the spatial rift the Illusory Daoist had just opened.

The moment that broken Jade Fragment appeared, the Jade Disk of Creation Fragment deep within Donghua's Primordial Spirit, which he had nurtured day and night with his own Dao Rhyme, was stirred!

The resonance between the two sent a shock through Donghua like thousands of thunderbolts detonating simultaneously in his sea of consciousness.

A blazing ecstasy, far surpassing any gain of fortune, surged through his entire body in an instant.

Donghua had thought obtaining a single fragment of the Jade Disk of Creation was a heaven-defying stroke of fortune, but he never expected to witness another fragment with his own eyes here. Even with his steadfast Dao Heart, he could not help but feel his mind tremble.

"Daoist friend, half of your body still lies here—why rush to leave!"

Before the words had faded, Donghua's form had already transformed into a streak of clear radiance that tore through the sky, his Pure Yang Daoist Robe flapping violently in the extreme speed as he gave chase to the fading stream of light.

In the same instant he executed his Evasion Technique, the Primordial Sky Measuring Ruler in his hand shot forth, carrying a Dao rhyme that severed karma, aimed straight at the Illusory Daoist who was about to flee into the rift!

Where the ruler's edge passed, even the River of Time rippled.

The Mysterious Yellow Ruler Shadow, launched later, arrived first. Its edge did not stop outside the Space Rift but followed that arcane trajectory and slashed directly into the rift's interior!

Like a bolt of lightning tearing through the void, the Mysterious Yellow Ruler Shadow struck true, piercing straight through the Daoist's head.

"Ssshh!"

The ruler's edge passed through his skull. Before his Primordial Spirit could even let out a final wail, it was crushed inch by inch under the Primordial Sky Measuring Ruler's pressure, shattering into specks of firefly-like light that utterly annihilated.

As the Primordial Spirit perished, a faint, barely perceptible spark of spiritual light broke free from the dying embers of its remains, plunging headlong into the depths of the Space Rift without looking back, racing toward the other end.

In but a moment, the Space Rift had already begun to close rapidly.

Just at this critical juncture, a mirror-light cold as moonlight suddenly blazed forth—it was Taizhen, wielding the Kunlun Mirror as she tore through the void!

Where the mirror-light swept, the rapidly shrinking Space Rift faltered for an instant, its closing slowed by a third.

Her black hair streamed in the wind, her plain white Daoist robe rustling in the spatial turbulence.

Surrounded by a mysterious Space-Time Dao Rhyme and shielded by the Clear Radiance of the Kunlun Mirror, she forcibly squeezed into the rift that was about to seal shut.

Seeing that Taizhen had followed him in, Donghua's gaze sharpened.

"Where this Space Rift leads is still unknown, and the dangers within are unfathomable. Taizhen, why take such a reckless risk to follow me!"