Killing Hong Xuanji, Part 1

Great Emperor Longevity was no longer shrouded in mystery.

"Rebellious son, can you kill me? I have achieved Shattering Vacuum; I am already immortal, indestructible through ten thousand ages, enduring for hundreds of millions of years! Primordial Creation, Grand Shift!"

"Hong's Blazing Flame! Xiantian Great Hand Seal!"

Back then, it was precisely by relying on this divine ability that "Hong" subdued heaven and earth and ascended to the supreme throne of ninety-nine, ruling the universe.

The highest realm of soul cultivation between heaven and earth: a pure-yang Dharma body, the supreme form, round and perfect as a god, exalted above all—the great consummation of Xiantian Taiji.

Yang Pan had already been completely killed. Hong Xuanji had fallen into madness and become a demon.

If he was not killed, living beings would be plunged into misery.

And the physical form of that "Bridge to the Other Shore" was still suppressed by Great Emperor Longevity; Hong Yi had not yet obtained it.

When Hong Xuanji's strike missed, his mind shook violently.

His body suddenly moved, fleeing outward.

The laws of the entire universe abruptly became within reach.

"Even if Emperor Hong were reborn, I could still kill him. Hong Xuanji, do you think that just because you obtained Hong's remains and cultivated the divine ability of Shattering Vacuum, you can contend with me? What wishful thinking..."

The longsword came down, cleaving Hong Yi in two with a single stroke. Yet immediately afterward, Hong Yi's phantom scattered away...

"Having attained the Yang God, my strength has surged. I can be counted among those closest to the Other Shore throughout all ages, standing alongside Daoist Creation and Great Emperor Longevity. But though I have attained the Yang God, to fulfill the wager between the Hundred Sages and Great Emperor Longevity, I must fight this