The ruler flew out without a sound, yet the instant it left his hand, it erupted with purple-gold radiance that stretched ten thousand zhang.
Xuanhuang Merit Light transformed into a purple-gold curtain of light. Countless intricate runes flowed across it, each one the manifestation of a portion of merit.
The curtain unfurled before Pan Xuan like an indestructible shield of merit, barring the shock wave of the Chaos Bell's toll.
Boom-!
The two forces collided head-on.
The Chaos Bell's toll was an echo of the chaos law from the dawn of heaven and earth, while the Primordial Heaven-Measuring Ruler's merit light was an acquired crystallization.
Innate and acquired, chaos and merit-two utterly different yet equally vast powers tore fiercely at each other in midair.
Xuanhuang Merit Light and chaotic sound waves devoured and annihilated one another. Shock waves spread in all directions, stripping away a layer of rock along the edge of the Undying Volcano.
Across tens of thousands of li, the ground seemed to have been swept by an invisible giant hand. Rocks shattered, hot springs evaporated, and sulfurous fumes scattered, exposing the crimson lava flows beneath.
Pan Xuan used the recoil to retreat swiftly.
His figure drifted backward as lightly as a falling leaf, seemingly slow but in truth extraordinarily fast, barely escaping the reach of the River Diagram and Luo Book's immense yin-yang net.
The immense yin-yang net swept past the edge of his robes. The power of yin-yang law within it scraped against the Vast Righteous Qi surrounding him with a sizzling hiss, but ultimately failed to ensnare him.
At the same time, the Righteous Vitality Formula circulated at full power.
Purple-gold radiance erupted around him, condensing without dispersing to form an indestructible sheath of protective qi.
Countless golden runes flowed across its surface, linking together