All around them were disciples of the Western Great Sect. Buddhist towers stood like altar suppressors, dyeing this stretch of the Land of Ashes gold.
A powerful Supreme Mechanism shrouded the formation, linking the strength of all the cultivators. It came from Great Vow Daoist's Way of Equivalent Exchange.
Daoist Purple Gold Li Qing watched ahead with a grave expression. A massive black-gold Divine Kingdom was advancing toward them.
Their first close clash had begun. The true great war between Primordial Chaos and Anti-Primordial Chaos had begun.
"To enter the top hundred, we must breach the Divine Kingdom and slay the True God."
"We can feign weakness and see whether he dares to come in."
Daoist Purple Gold Li Qing had already completed the dual cultivation of life and nature. His power stood at forty times the Evolution Level.
Over the years, he had also forged a Buddhist treasure called the Formless Divine Sword, capable of unleashing power at five times the Evolution Level.
Combined with his own Earth Vein Dragon Qi Immortal Dao, it could raise the sword's destructive power to its utmost limit.
He had tested it before. So long as his power exceeded his opponent's by two and a half times, he could break through the opponent's Dao.
The effect of this sword was to use formlessness to break all forms. It had been specially made to crack Daos.
Though it could not shatter them completely, it could carve a breach into a perfect Dao.
The massive Divine Kingdom came crashing down, its surface covered in terrifying Anti-Dao Radiance.
Daoist Purple Gold took a step forward, and endless Dao surged forth, as though transforming into an immortal golden divine dragon.
This Dao divine dragon bore nine claws, and beneath each claw bloomed a purple-gold lotus.
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