Within the Great Void, the vast aura of the Yang Spirit and the soft, yielding power of Weak Water clashed without cease. For a time, all phenomena were inverted, yin and yang thrown out of harmony.
"Something is wrong. Something is wrong with this Dao Embryo remnant soul. The power of his divine soul is far greater than I expected..."
After another exchange, barely managing to protect himself, True Lord Pingdu felt a few ominous premonitions rise in his heart.
The Weak Water Great Dao excelled at overcoming hardness with softness. Once he realized Jiang Chen could not heavily injure him in a single stroke, he decided to trade defense for offense, secretly using the power of Weak Water to wear down Jiang Chen's divine soul.
Yet events unfolded very differently from what he had anticipated. Though Jiang Chen's divine soul power had indeed been greatly depleted after so long, it showed no sign of exhaustion. On the contrary, after repeatedly wielding the Soul-Drowning Returnless Raft, True Lord Pingdu was drained in both body and mind, faintly showing signs of being unable to hold on.
"I've fallen into his trap. He did this deliberately, all to consume my strength and cut off my chance of survival."
Sweeping away the haze clouding his mind and seeing his true circumstances clearly, True Lord Pingdu shuddered in alarm.
Almost instinctively, he connected with the Soul-Drowning Returnless Raft and tried to flee far away.
But at that very moment, the Water-Fire Barrier emerged and blocked his path.
"This is a cage."
His gaze reflected the surroundings as heaven and earth transformed into a furnace, enveloping the entire Great Void within it. True Lord Pingdu felt as though he had fallen into an ice pit.
So Jiang Chen's earlier clashes with him had merely been