Battle Heavenly Dao! Sound of Time! Red-Haired Heavenly Immortal!

Rumble! --

In the midst of chaos, lightning flashed and thunder roared, the light flickering in and out of focus.

An incomparably terrifying and powerful will rapidly rose from the depths of chaos, as if it were filled with rage.

"Still so grumpy when you wake up? Can't you listen to what your junior has to say a little more?"

Chen Dengming was on high alert, releasing the protective force field formed by his internal Dao Domain to cover his entire body, ready to escape at any moment.

Suddenly, the colossal Heavenly Dao deep within the chaos seemed to open its eyes and "look" at him.

This scene has happened many times before.

But all the things he had experienced in the past were separated by a great distance. Chen Dengming had never been stared at by the eyes of the Heavenly Dao at such close range as this time.

In that instant, Chen Dengming's body tensed up under the intense threat, as if two terrifying, almost tangible gazes were directed at him, their eyes cold and vast, revealing impatience and bewilderment.

Boom!--

An incomparably terrifying and intense pressure descended from the sky in an instant, transforming into tangible Heaven's Punishment lightning that struck down.

Chen Dengming's expression changed slightly, and the force field formed by his Outer Dao Domain immediately appeared.

A loud explosion!

Chen Dengming was enveloped in an invisible and colorless field of light, which fluctuated continuously. He retreated violently, resisting the thick lightning formed by the two gazes.

The lightning bolts burst open instantly, spreading into countless root-like arcs of electricity, accompanied by the dispersing will that permeated everywhere.

The chaotic aura around them was instantly swept away by the violent, overwhelming force.

Chen Dengming barely managed to stop in mid-air when he saw the reclining Heavenly Dao suddenly raise an arm.

Boom!--

The Heavenly Dao will that had spread out all around immediately surged in the air, rapidly converging to form a powerful Heavenly Dao arm hundreds of feet long. Its astonishing momentum tore through the chaotic aura and unleashed a shockwave.

"Senior Heavenly Dao! It's me, the new Dao Lord of the Shattered Heavenly Immortal Realm. Are you serious?"

Chen Dengming's expression changed repeatedly. It was clear that the Heavenly Dao's will was still abnormal after it awakened, and it was in an unclear state.

His body rapidly expanded and grew larger, instantly becoming a Silver Light giant over three hundred feet tall, enveloped in a field of radiant light.

Boom!--

The Heavenly Dao Arm instantly magnified before Chen Dengming's eyes, pounding down with an irresistible and terrifying force!

Chen Dengming immediately raised his arms to block the arm, which was almost as big as his entire body, and his powerful Dao Domain power erupted.

With a loud thud.

A terrifying shockwave erupted from the almost sunken area around Chen Dengming's body, spreading outwards as a ring-shaped shockwave.

Chen Dengming groaned, feeling as if he had been hit head-on by a rapidly falling Cultivation Star. His field almost exploded, and he was in excruciating pain all over his body. His arms were almost numb, and his massive body was blasted away.

But before he could fly very far, the air around him suddenly froze.

The enormous arm of the Heavenly Dao once again swept across the sky, and between the lines of its palm, strands of Heavenly Net rapidly intertwined and condensed, quickly forming a rotating Heavenly Prison.

Chen Dengming was also momentarily angered by this relentless and suffocating offensive.

This old geezer has been lying here for tens of thousands of years. He wasn't this energetic when he was fighting Phoenix Cry and Great Enlightenment, but now he's really going all out to beat him up. He's picking on the weak, taking advantage of the fact that he's an honest Old Deng man, huh?

Although Chen Dengming's current strength is not as great as that of the Heavenly Dao, the two are almost from the same lineage, so the various Dao techniques used by the Heavenly Dao pose little threat to him.

At this moment, seeing the Heavenly Prison descending upon them, there was no escape.

Chen Dengming also went all out, suddenly grabbing out with his palm. Between the lines of his palm, countless Heavenly Net quickly appeared, soon forming Heavenly Prison with one hundred and eight intertwined and rotating Heavenly Net.

With his current power, he is certainly capable of unleashing the Heavenly Prison Divine Ability.

At this moment, the Heavenly Prison appeared, and two hands, one large and one small, and two Heavenly Prison, one large and one small, collided in the chaos.

Without a sound, the chaotic energy was swiftly sealed off.

The two Heavenly Prison strangely merged into one.

Taking advantage of the fact that the Heavenly Prison cast by the Heavenly Dao was blocked by his own Heavenly Prison, Chen Dengming's figure suddenly disappeared in a burst of multicolored spiritual light.

This five-colored spiritual light was none other than the Five Elements Escape Technique of the Five Elements Escape Sect.

Heaven and earth are composed of yin and yang, the four seasons, and the five elements. When the Five Elements Escape Technique is cultivated to a high level, even in a place without the Five Phases Spiritual Qi, as long as heaven and earth exist, one can escape into the five elements and quickly flee.

However, just as Chen Dengming's figure disappeared, a Heavenly Dao arm swept across the void and grabbed at him, its palm quickly covering him with Heavenly Net.

Under the Heavenly Dao, all things are but ants. Unless they transcend the Three Realms and are outside the Five Elements, they can hardly escape the grasp of the Dao of Heavenly Dao.

Rumble! --

At this tense and volatile moment, a thunderous roar arose from Chen Dengming's body.

A powerful force, accompanied by the Heavenly Disk Nine Stars and the Human Disk Eight Gates, burst forth from his body, rapidly expanding into a ten-thousand-foot-tall Dharma Image. The enormous body, accompanied by the sounds of wind and thunder, pierced directly through the chaos, raising its giant palm to fiercely grab at the Heavenly Dao's arm. Furthermore, its other Dharma Image arm directly grabbed at the Heavenly Dao deep within the chaos.

This is an absolute offense!

But Chen Dengming is now deliberately provoking and stimulating the Heavenly Dao to break free from its confused Hun Tian state and regain a sliver of clarity, so that normal communication with it may be possible.

Seeing Chen Dengming condense a ten-thousand-foot-tall Dharma image to attack the true form.

The bewilderment in Heavenly Dao's eyes, who was lying flat, gradually faded, replaced by clarity and sharpness.

Upon seeing this, a hint of joy immediately appeared in Chen Dengming's eyes.

But before he could rejoice, the Heavenly Dao suddenly turned its head and uttered a syllable in his direction.

This sound was like a celestial voice; the moment the sound waves burst forth, heaven and earth resonated, and an irresistible, surging power spread in all directions like lightning.

Immortal Arts – Sound of Time!

The space instantly trembled and rippled, twisting as if it were layers of folds. The spatial barrier of the Outer Heaven was easily crumpled like a thin sheet of paper, forming a wave with a diameter of thousands of feet.

Before Chen Dengming could even unleash his power, the Dharma form he had just condensed was twisted and collapsed at the waist.

This unimaginable power was about to descend upon Chen Dengming in the blink of an eye.

"Not good!"

Chen Dengming's eyes turned serious as he sensed an extreme crisis, and the Fortune Wheel surrounding his body began to spin rapidly.

Great Fortune Reaching the Heavens!

Buzz!--

His massive figure momentarily blurred, and with lightning speed, he hastily dodged the seemingly impossible part.

The palm that was brushed against by the distorted spatial ripples quickly became twisted and even aged.

However, at that instant, Chen Dengming swiftly retreated while simultaneously unleashing the Heavenly Human Time Method!

A strong sense of the passage of time was quickly expelled from his palm.

Chen Dengming looked at the twisted arm and was horrified.

The most terrifying thing was not the damage the distorted space caused to his body, but the rapid flow of time in spacetime, which could instantly strip him of his Life Force and lifespan.

This rapid passage of time, which can feel like an eternity in the blink of an eye, is something even a physical body cannot withstand.

If he weren't also skilled in the Heavenly Human Time Method, constantly dealing with the marks left by the years...

If he hadn't used the Great Fortune Reaching the Heavens Collapse technique to lock in an extremely low probability and hastily avoid the Heavenly Dao's killing move, he might have suffered extremely terrifying damage from the passage of time, as if he had fallen into a trap made of time blades and been subjected to slow slicing, turning into ashes in an instant!

At this moment, seeing that Chen Dengming had actually managed to escape this magical technique that disrupted time and space, the Heavenly Dao, which had already regained some clarity, was clearly taken aback.

In his long and rich memory, very few people could avoid this magical technique.

Or perhaps, the immense aura of good fortune surrounding Chen Dengming, and the Heavenly Human Time Method he employed, drew his attention even more, making him more clear-headed and rational during his limited moments of lucidity.

Chen Dengming was about to flee quickly when he saw the look of doubt and bewilderment suddenly appear in the Heavenly Dao's originally cold and ruthless eyes. He immediately paused, seized the fleeting opportunity, and sent out a Divine Sense.

"Senior Heavenly Dao! Do you still remember the missing piece of the chessboard of Heaven and Earth? Do you still remember the variables of Heaven and Earth, the variables that could change the course of the world and the grand scheme of things for all eternity!"

Along with this Divine Sense came the image of the chessboard of heaven and earth that Chen Dengming had seen in the past at Lan Ke Mountain, as well as the scene of celestial beings and immortals battling mentally at the summit of Lan Ke Mountain that he had captured from the Myriad Mother Qi.

He wants to use the scenes that happened countless ages ago to completely awaken these former celestial beings, who are now in Hun Tian of depravity!

When the Heavenly Dao received Chen Dengming's telepathic message and mental image, the look of astonishment in its clear eyes deepened.

"There's hope?! Does he still remember what happened back then?"

Before Chen Dengming could even feel joy, he saw Heavenly Dao's eyes gradually shift back to confusion, as if he felt both familiar and somewhat unfamiliar with the thing he was transmitting his voice to.

Chen Dengming's heart skipped a beat, realizing something was wrong, and he quickly retreated away from the chaotic aura.

Know when to be brave and when to be timid. It's not shameful to be timid in front of the Lord of Heavenly Dao.

Even though Chen Dengming is now Dao Integration Dao Master Realm, his mentality has not become arrogant despite his increased strength.

He knew his own limitations; his battle with Heavenly Dao's Dao just now seemed evenly matched.

In reality, in a short period of time, it had already used all its strength, not only depleting a small portion of its Dao power but also unleashing its most powerful Dao techniques. However, it was merely struggling to cope with the Heavenly Dao's attacks and posed no real threat to the Heavenly Dao.

If the Heavenly Dao gets serious and uses those space-time distorting immortal techniques a few more times, he won't be able to withstand it.

Almost as soon as Chen Dengming withdrew from the chaotic aura...

An even more vast will, accompanied by terrifying celestial sounds, erupted instantly from within the chaotic aura.

In an instant, it seemed as if a large area of space began to fold and twist, and the entire chaotic space shrank, filled with spatial turbulence and intense danger.

Chen Dengming felt a chill run down his spine as he swiftly retreated, a sense of relief washing over him.

Fortunately, we retreated quickly enough.

Otherwise, even with his Great Fortune Reaching the Heavens, he wouldn't have been able to avoid this terrifying offensive.

Even the Great Fortune Reaching the Heavens is only Qi Tian, not surpassing them. The Heavenly Dao can also exert the same Dao Intent Divine Ability.

Trying to teach a fish to swim before the Heavenly Dao and repeating the same old tricks will most likely get you killed.

At this moment, as Chen Dengming retreated, his eyes could see the different scenes presented in the layered and twisted space.

This situation is as if the sky has turned into a giant mirror, which suddenly shatters into many different-sized pieces, each reflecting a different scene.

Among the many different scenes, one could see the figure of a white-haired celestial being floating in the air.

It has the magnificent scenery of the former heavenly palace.

In the Heavenly Palace, only one celestial being resides; the higher one climbs, the colder it gets.

In one scene, the white-haired celestial being is surrounded by the Myriad Mother Qi, but on his back is a hideous wound shrouded in calamity energy, from which scarlet blood flows, scattering across the sky and flowing within the Immortal King's Mansion.

The crimson, frenzied blood almost dyed his white hair red, turning him into a red-haired celestial being. Filled with madness, he roared to the sky, and the Sky Dome were instantly turned blood red, with a torrential rain of blood falling from the sky. The world was terrified, the killing intent soared to the heavens, and even gods and ghosts trembled.

In another scene, the Heavenly Palace suddenly collapsed under the finger of the white-haired celestial being, shattering into countless particles radiating light.

Suddenly, these luminous particles rapidly coalesced into the phantom images of three grand halls, and then, with a flick of the white-haired celestial being's finger, they vanished into the void.

Almost immediately after the Heavenly Palace transformed into three grand halls, the ethereal and unfathomable aura of the white-haired celestial being began to dissipate.

He lay supine above the Sky Dome.

The Myriad Mother Qi surrounding the body clashed frequently with the Ancient Tribulation Qi at the wound site.

He was gradually enveloped in a misty aura, which quickly spread.

Soon, it seemed to spread out like a dense cloud, connecting with the entire Sky Dome of the Ancient Realm, forming a perfect whole, like a giant eggshell, covering the Ancient Realm and transforming into the Heavenly Dao.

Chen Dengming witnessed the flashing images on the other side and understood.

"It turns out that the three palaces of fortune, longevity, and life were transformed from the former celestial palaces of immortals."

It seems that in the battle between the celestial beings and the immortals of yesteryear, although they successfully seized a Myriad Mother Qi, they were also severely injured. Influenced by the Karma formed by the Ancient Tribulation Qi, they caused man-made disasters and infected their wounds.

After pondering this, Chen Dengming felt that things were probably not as simple as they seemed.

After obtaining a Myriad Mother Qi, he was able to resolve the crises created by the Tribulation Qi Dharma Idol and turn calamity into blessing.

Even if the Eternal Great Tribulation of eternity is not as ferocious as it was ten thousand years ago, celestial beings are not necessarily unable to survive it.

Moreover, in the scene he witnessed from the Myriad Mother Qi where celestial beings fought against immortals, the celestial beings were not seriously injured.

Why is the wound still being attacked by so much calamity energy?

Chen Dengming focused his attention and carefully observed. From the scene that was about to disappear like water, he captured the Karma entangled in the calamity energy. One of them was extremely deep and gradually formed a huge, unyielding face that roared to the sky.

"This is... a celestial being!?"

He was immediately startled.

All doubts were instantly resolved at that moment.

It turns out that among the Karma of the celestial beings, the deepest one originated from the human immortals who were suppressed by the combined forces of celestial and earthly immortals in the past.

The celestial immortals were burdened by the greatest Karma, which explains why even though they possessed the Myriad Mother Qi, they could not withstand the erosion of the calamity energy and fell from their rank.

"It was probably the resentment of the seven emotions and six desires in the human immortals and the calamities caused by the Ancient Tribulation Qi that tainted and invaded their will, leading the celestial immortals into madness and giving birth to the Heavenly Dao Blood."

It seems they survived this major ordeal, but at a great cost.

"Perhaps due to the deterioration of the Dao Domain and other environments after the Ancient Realm was destroyed, it became difficult to maintain the immortal rank, forcing them to transform into the Heavenly Dao and fall to the True Immortal rank?"

Chen Dengming felt that many secrets that had occurred thousands of years ago had been revealed to him.

Although they failed to persuade the Heavenly Dao to become their ally this time, it wasn't a complete loss.

Not only did he learn many secrets, he also basically understood his own current combat strength.

Overall, with his current strength, Heavenly Dao can fight against Dao Venerable who is clearly not in the right state, as long as he retreats before the opponent gets completely serious and manages to deal with him for a while.

It's dangerous, but as long as you're cautious and clever enough, and with Great Fortune Reaching the Heavens, there's a good chance you can escape. At most, you might just get injured.

Given this situation, it's not impossible to test the waters with Divine Void and see if he's receptive to good advice and can offer assistance.

The worst-case scenario, as it stands, is that even the Heavenly Dao Divine Void will ignore him.

But as long as he stays in the Ancient Realm and doesn't leave, even if Phoenix Cry, that dead firebird, attacks again, he won't be as easily killed as before, even if he can't defeat it.

"Now my soul and body are not afraid of the Phoenix Dao Fire. It doesn't matter if I'm not their opponent, as long as I can save my life, there's basically no problem."

"All we need to do is stall for time. That dead firebird is chasing me through the Ancient Realm, bearing the pressure of the Heavenly Dao and the Divine Void. Let's see whether she gets killed by the Heavenly Dao Divine Void first, or I get killed by her first. Let's see who can hold out longer."

Upon realizing this, Chen Dengming suddenly felt his mind clear.

The intense threat that had been felt for so long now seems to have been resolved with the increase in strength and the change in environment.

The Dao Venerable seemed less terrifying now; at least he couldn't be killed so easily.

As time goes by, he will eventually surpass Dao Venerable, and that will be the time for Phoenix Cry Dao Venerable to receive his karmic retribution.

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