Cloud Platform Peak Tournament, Part Nine

Li Fan called this move "Tai Sha Xing Jie" for no other reason than to describe it as a barrier formed by simulating a black hole with his true body to create a gravitational extreme point and manipulating gravity to distort the multiverse, opening a crack in the membrane and stably connecting the closed string of the eleven-dimensional plane. It's a bit simpler.

Of course, it cannot be denied that this move has a rather large wind-up. When it is unleashed, it is so powerful that it blots out the sky. With the abilities of these Celestial Devil Emperors, Sect Leaders, Dao Lords, and Immortal Lords, they could easily escape thousands of miles away and ascend to heaven before Li Fan could release his Tai Sha Star Realm Descent and seal off his retreat.

In fact, many people did escape in the first place. For example, the two old guys, the bastards, took the lead in running away. They also did not forget to take Qin Jiushi Kaikun and other idlers with them, who could also be used as hostages. They showed the true nature of a wretched ruffian and a gangster.

Those from the old Xuanmen, the old Divine Lord, and the old Demonic Sect who had just been dispersed by the Celestial Devil Emperor's blade and then circled back to watch the show, seeing the situation was dire, immediately kept a safe distance to observe. Why get involved when others are undergoing tribulation? There's no need to drag yourself into it.

However, apart from the absence of the leader of Penglai and the fact that the next leader of Songshan changed his profession to become the Demon Emperor, none of the leaders of the new seven great Xuanmen—Hengshan, Mao Mountain, Hotong Mountain, Wangwu Mountain, Danxia Mountain, Magu Mountain, and Xieluo Mountain— have left. It's not that they couldn't leave, but rather that they voluntarily went to face the tribulation and entered Li Fan's star realm.

After all, the two old beasts of Songshan could say that they were already retired and waiting to die, so why would they risk their lives? But as the current head of the new Xuanmen, the pillar of the Xuanmen, the theoretical guardian of the Xuan Girl Heavenly Book, and the one who was destined to face this Heavenly Demon Tribulation, he had no reason to abandon Yuntai Peak and flee, thus losing face for the sect.

Moreover, they probably really wanted to see what kind of skills Qingyue of Ink Bamboo Mountain, the favored Tai Su Daoist of Taisu, the chosen one with a sky-high destiny, could display today, holding the sword of the Beichen Sect Leader, and claiming to be a true disciple of the Sword Sect, to broaden everyone's horizons.

However, at this moment, they couldn't actually see anything.

After all, within the realm of the Tai Sha Star Realm, all the strings in the eleven dimensions are closed. To describe it in terms that carbon-based life forms can understand, it is a pitch-black abyss, a void where you can't see your hand in front of your face, where you can't see, hear, smell, or touch anything. In this state where all six senses are sealed, you can't receive any information.

However, if one were to use their Heavenly Eye, the center of the spherical space of the Tai Sha Star Realm would be a black hole that swallows even light, which is Li Fan's Tai Sha Star Core. The entire star realm encompasses the entire Nine Yin Mountain, and as Li Fan's blind Divine Sense expanded outwards, it devoured the entire world.

As Daojun and his companions were pulled into deep space, the darkness was suddenly filled with light, with seven dazzling stars and a purple-flaming evil sun shining brightly.

These eight enormous fireballs are the projections of the Daoist Master and the Celestial Devil Emperor's Dao bodies within the dimensional rules of the Tai Sha Star Realm. They are the collection of energy projected in the form of pure light and heat from the lifelong cultivation and training of these Dao-enlightened wild animals, including all their magical treasures and Dao power.

Therefore, it is quite simple and intuitive to judge the combat strength between these Dao Lords, Sect Leaders, and Demon Emperors by the volume of these stellar evil suns. Among them, the two purple constant suns of the Celestial Devil Emperor and the Purple Void Dao Lord appear to be particularly large, but the hard strength of the other six sect leaders is not much different, basically at the same level, about the same strength.

However, if Li Fan is included in the comparison, the situation changes. The size of these stars is far greater than that of the central black hole, like the difference between a pile of basketballs and a pigeon egg!

However, having been suddenly pulled into the Tai Sha Star Realm, the Demon Emperor and Dao Lords had never actually encountered a star realm model before, let alone had any system support to process information in eleven-dimensional space. Even to regain control of their Dao bodies, they would need to spend a considerable amount of time 'enlightening' themselves, comprehending the rules of the Tai Sha Star Realm, and understanding the Dao written by Li Fan.

This is precisely the moment when the Dao Lords are competing in their comprehension, talent, foundation, and basic skills, in the examination hall set up by Li Fan!

For a time, all eight stars were unable to resist or even control themselves, falling into Li Fan's trap!

Thus, bound by the gravitational pull of the star's core, the Dao bodies, cultivation levels, and power of the Dao Lords were slowly torn apart and shattered in the form of pure light and heat! Their stable energy structures were disrupted, and as their foundations diverged, stars were gradually torn apart by gravity, almost half of them ripped apart. Even the surface of the purple evil sun representing the Celestial Devil Emperor was ripped open with huge wounds, releasing copious amounts of fluid and whipping up fierce solar winds!

Eight streaks of fire, dazzling radiation! Plasma! Fire and light! Erupted with the flare, forming a vortex-like trail of light. The intense energy poured out under the black hole's gravity and was frantically absorbed by the Tai Sha Star Core!

The celestial bodies of the eight Dao Lords were thus peeled apart layer by layer, with various energies mixed together, either exploding or annihilating. In the end, the ultimate realm fell into the grasp of the Tai Sha core star, as if a bright, pure white light membrane had been wrapped around the black hole, illuminating the 'pigeon egg' black hole in the middle so that it could not be seen for a moment. It was as if a bright new sun shining with white light had appeared in the center of the eight stars!

Unfortunately, Li Fan couldn't simply absorb and devour them.

After all, the energy possessed by the eight Dao Lords was simply too much. Even if Li Fan devoured it without any resistance, he would not be able to digest it all in a short time. He could only confine the extra energy that he had plundered but could not absorb to the surface of the Tai Sha Star Core, thus wrapping himself up like a 'mini sun'!

No matter how much he tries to seize power by utilizing the rules of the astral plane, he is ultimately limited by the limits of Li Fan's realm, Divine Sense, and computing power. He can only temporarily upgrade from a pigeon egg to a duck egg level, and there is still a considerable gap between him and basketball players.

The scale is still insufficient, and the accumulation is too shallow. If Li Fan had also reached the realm of enlightenment at this moment, and had a higher understanding of his Tai Sha Star Core, gravity, and strings, and if his opponent was only one or two Dao Lords, he could directly destroy and tear his opponent apart and completely devour him from the level of essential energy and string position the moment the Tai Sha Star Realm unfolded.

Unfortunately, he doesn't have that many assumptions right now. If he had the support, on the contrary, facing eight Dao Lords at once is really overwhelming. None of them can deliver a fatal blow, and the situation has fallen into a delicate balance.

On the contrary, after the initial confusion and shock, some of the Dao Lords gradually recovered and tried to stabilize their forms and reclaim their power.

First up is the Celestial Devil Emperor.

As expected of a peerless genius with the potential of the first ancestor of the Tai Su Heaven, and the energy system of the Celestial Devil Emperor himself also comes from the Tai Su Heaven, the power beyond the eleven dimensions, which Li Fan cannot fully control now. Even if he takes advantage of the fact that the other party has just attained enlightenment and is not familiar with the Tai Su evil energy, it is still difficult to compete with him because of the difference of one realm.

Thus, the purple evil sun of the Celestial Devil Emperor was the first to gradually stabilize its form, first healing the wounds torn by gravity, and cutting off the channels for energy leakage. Then, the evil sun gradually contracted and tried to reassemble into its original form.

Once the first person successfully broke free from the restraints, the other Dao Lords were not fools either. Led by Master Wei, the Dao Lords also took control of their forms one by one, stopped the leakage of Dao power, and tried to transform their Dao body projections from the form of stellar ion spheres into Dao bodies most suitable for movement in space. They even tried to counterattack, such as taking back the energy that Li Fan had secretly taken from them.

As expected of Enlightenment Stage, he couldn't kill all eight of them in one move. Of course, Li Fan hadn't expected to be able to take them all down right away.

When someone comes to test their skills, you have to show them your abilities, right?

Taking advantage of the fact that these sect leaders had not yet mastered their forms, Li Fan instantly transformed from the Tai Sha Star Core into human form, transforming into the Thousand-Faced Immortal battle state. The energy he had stolen from the Eight Dao Lords shimmered and flowed with white light, as if he had draped another immortal robe around his body.

Li Fan twirled the sword in his hand, and with the Chun Jun Sword, whose blade was protected by the Microcosmic Body, he focused it into the intense light surrounding him. The tip of the sword suddenly ignited, like a white torch being lit on a sharp pine branch.

"Senior Brother Chun Jun, you've been living a life of leisure on Yuntai Peak for many years now. Can you still take on someone at the Enlightenment Stage?"

A dragon's roar, a mixture of anger, joy, and excitement, came from the blade.

"Haha! Good! I know which style you like best! Please lend me your sword power! Mysterious Heaven Lightning Sword! Slay the Demon!"

With a single thrust, he pierced through eight stars!

Yes! Li Fan has been studying the Tai Sha Xing Realm for ten years. In this realm where time and space are bound together into a unified closed string, every time Li Fan thrusts out his sword, he can break through the limitations of time and space. When he pushes his sword momentum to the limit, he can also break through eight points at the same time.

Since everyone wants to see what he's capable of, let's experience it for ourselves!

Thus, this sword transcended time and space, piercing the evil sun, and at the same instant, the sword pierced all the stars!

Oh right, it was a lightning-fast triple stab.

Then I'll multiply the number of pricks by twenty-four!!

Although there were no fancy special effects, Li Fan simply became one with his sword, transforming into a shooting star, a white light repeatedly shifting and striking among the stars. However, the power within was not to be underestimated. Li Fan had seized the power of the Eight Dao Lords, combined with the sword intent accumulated by Chun Jun Sword Lord over many years of concealment. Each strike caused a sky full of sparks! The sword moved through the stars! It shattered the starry heavens, spraying and exploding plasma blood like fireworks! It even transformed the deep, dark Void Abyss into a vast sea of stars!

The Dao Lords could only say they were utterly exasperated. They'd come to watch a show, but as soon as they entered, they'd be ambushed and had half their health taken away. Not only had their Dao bodies not even fully formed yet—it was as if the referee had barely finished calling "go"—and this brat had already charged in with his full power, unleashing a devastating attack that drained another health bar in one combo after another. They couldn't even react... Did they think they couldn't play without cheating?!

Of course, Li Fan also had something to say. Look at the people he fought this time! Eight Enlightened Ones in one go! This is getting more and more outrageous! Who told Grand Tutor to abandon his post as the Songshan Sect Leader and become the Celestial Devil Emperor? Who told him to manifest that cunning old fox and not come?! This is practically equivalent to Li Fan, at the Divine Transformation Realm, single-handedly defeating all the leaders of the Nine Great Xuan Sects! Who else can do that?! Who else in the world can do that?! Is getting a little advantage and cheating considered cheating?! No, it isn't! Alright, enough talk! Let's fight!

"The Tai Sha Sword Rainbow--!!"

"Roar-- Heaven-Splitting Slash!!"

The Celestial Devil Emperor was, after all, the ancestor of all calamities, the Tai Su Emperor. Although Li Fan fighting eight against one, the other seven sect leaders were all shaken by the sword rainbow, their Dao power swaying wildly and their bodies disintegrating. Only the Celestial Devil Emperor was able to withstand the sword rainbow's charge and forcibly attempt to transform from the state of the Stellar Evil Sun into a humanoid Flame Demon!

So Li Fan stabbed him with his first sword strike! Not for any other reason than that you're just too outstanding!!

Of course, the Celestial Devil Emperor was going all out. To put it bluntly, everyone here was just bored and came to accompany him through his tribulation of death. Even with the support of Heaven, it was hard to hold on! One wrong move and all his years of planning would be ruined. He dared not be careless!

However, he was indeed a powerful cultivator at the Enlightenment Stage! With only a barely controlled form, the Celestial Devil Emperor unleashed the newly comprehended Heaven-Opening Blade Intent! With a single strike, he shattered the scale-like shifting forces floating on Li Fan's surface, directly cleaving through Li Fan's body and piercing his skull! Unfortunately, at the very moment he emerged from the skull, he was blocked by the ephemeral flower that suddenly bloomed in the Divine Court!

"Hahaha! Utterly useless! Get the Three Flowers brushed!"

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Of course! In a life-or-death struggle against Enlightenment Stage expert, Li Fan dared not underestimate his opponent! He directly threw out the Three Flowers to block the calamity and pierced the heart of the Purple Flame Demon Emperor with his sword! The Chun Jun Sword, tempered with white fire, pierced into the purple flames, and sparks flew everywhere in an instant!

"Die, you bastard!!"

Li Fan poured all his Dao power into his body, and his sword intent shot straight towards the Demon Core!

"Awoooooo--!"

The Demon Emperor's body erupted in flames, his claws gripping the sword's spine. He roared, unleashing endless blade light that charged straight at Li Fan! He was determined to shatter Li Fan's body! But Li Fan's mind was also ablaze with energy! One after another! One blade after another! He was simply wearing him down! He was damn well winning at wearing him down!

"It's useless, it's useless, it's useless!"

Actually, it was still useful. The Heaven-Opening Slash could even shatter a void plane, so naturally it could break even something as powerful as the Tai Sha Star Core. Even with the Ephemeral Flower blocking the calamity and absorbing the blade, the impact and shock caused by the Heaven-Opening Slash breaking through space truly ravaged Li Fan's Dao body, inflicting real damage! If it were just an ordinary Divine Transformation Realm cultivator, they would probably have been killed hundreds of times over by the aftershocks of that blade energy alone!

But Li Fan was fully powered up. Whether it was his true form's Tai Sha Star Core or the anti-Newtonian fluid structure of the Thousand-Faced Immortal Dao Body, his strength was far beyond that of Divine Transformation cultivator! A mere Dao Power tremor couldn't destroy him! So Li Fan faced the raging Heaven-Opening Blade Intent head-on! He held the Chun Jun Sword, inch by inch, thrusting the tip towards the demon's heart! His face was covered in a frenzy of blooming flowers! They bloomed wildly! Each flower was cut off by the blade light, blocking all the blade intent! His mood plummeted from -1200 to -1200 to -1200! He didn't care whether it was worth it or not! Once the fight started, they all had to die--!!!

"Die! Die--!"

"Aaaaaah--!"

However, just as the Demon Emperor was caught off guard and about to be driven to his death, Purple Void Dao Lord made his move!

Yes! In the brief moment of Li Fan's fierce battle with the Demon Emperor, the impact of the Tai Sha Sword Rainbow had to be temporarily halted! The seven Dao Lords seized the opportunity to transform into human form!

With their geniuses at the Enlightenment Stage, even those unfamiliar with the Dao of Tai Su could see that Li Fan was practically immortal and invincible in this Tai Sha Star Realm! Thus, Purple Void Dao Lord was the first to complete his transformation and make his move!

"Hand holding the moon--!"

The form that Purple Void Dao Lord was now displaying could no longer be described as that of a 'person'.

This was a flower composed of humanoid forms. The bud in the center was a gigantic head, with six eyes flashing with purple light. Countless arms extended from its head and back, the petals clustered together! Each arm shimmered with dazzling starlight, crystal clear! It was clearly visible that within each purple, crystal-like jade arm were the shapes of stars, gathering the power of the Big Dipper! A purple eye opened in the palm, as if holding a False Moon or grasping a bright pearl! Densely shining and sparkling, reflecting the Purple Radiance in the sky, it hurtled towards Li Fan's back!

"Get out of here! Go to hell!"

Li Fan doesn't have time to deal with her now. He's already at the Enlightenment stage, and he still wants to fight her two against one? He's shameless!

But he couldn't kill the Demon Emperor in such a short time, so he had no choice but to face him head-on. A gash appeared on his back, and a head, dragging its shed skin, crawled out!

The head was not only connected to the spine, but also followed by a long, smooth body, as slippery as an eel. In an instant, lightning crackled and sparks roared as it grew against the wind, splitting half of the white Dao power surrounding Li Fan and instantly transforming it into a blood-red deity with vertical purple eyes! It opened its blood-red maw and roared—! A burst of brilliant light shot out! White arcs of electricity went berserk, instantly carbonizing and evaporating a large portion of the Purple Moon Demon Hand!

"My cruiser has changed!!"

"The Great Radiance of the Void!!"

In an instant, Purple Void Dao Lord changed his move, condensing thousands of demonic hands into a single mass, layered like lotus roots, covering his vision! Simultaneously, his six eyes widened! Six ultraviolet laser-like beams, reflected and focused by the Big Dipper within the veins of those transparent arms, finally erupted from the myriad purple moons within the thousands of palms! Ten thousand beams of moonlight shone simultaneously, unleashing a terrifyingly intense beam of light that instantly extinguished the arcs of electricity! The Candle Zhu Long clone, which hadn't even had time to reach its full size or for its scales to fully develop, was utterly annihilated in a single strike, reduced to ashes!

Wow!! The cruiser got wiped out again! That's so lame!!

To be honest, Li Fan was careless with this move. He never expected the Zhu Long Body to fall so quickly, and he never expected that a cruiser with no armor or shield structure would be so fragile! It was destroyed with just one shot!

But there was no time to react! The Void Star flashed brightly! The second shot was ready! Its momentum didn't diminish but increased! It charged up and fired! A cannon that tore through the sky and shattered the earth came crashing down!

"Void Star Radiance Dragon-Slaying Star Explosion!!"

"Don't use my battle record to change your fate, damn it!"

Despite his stubbornness, Li Fan dared not resist directly and was forced to withdraw his sword and escape in a rainbow of light!

However, the purple death ray didn't chase after him! Instead, it intercepted his attack and struck him squarely in the face! The purple death ray hit the Celestial Devil Emperor, whose sword wound hadn't healed! The purple death ray struck the core of the wound that Li Fan had just pierced with his full-force sword! It caused the Celestial Devil Emperor to scream and howl in agony! The purple flames around his body shattered! Like a candle flickering in the wind! He was almost blasted to pieces by a single blow!

Li Fan understood, and gasped in shock!

"Damn it! That old hag stole my monster!! The Great Slaughter Sword Scripture! Sword Shines Heavenly Stars!!"