Wuchen VS Hongjun (Part One)

In the dark karst cave, Wuchen sat cross-legged atop a stone platform. Mana surged around him as the auras of laws and rules intertwined, while the azure lotus within his dantian swayed without cease.

He was already on the verge of a breakthrough.

The Creation Jade Disc recorded complete rules. Breaking through had merely been the final step, but Wuchen had chosen to merge them with himself, which took some time.

At this moment.

The spiritual energy within the cave had long been swept clean. Fine ripples spread through the surrounding space, and even the void had been torn with shallow cracks by the law power spilling from his body.

With his eyes closed, Wuchen immersed his mind in his dantian and watched the Genesis Azure Lotus tremble gently amid the torrent of mana. Multicolored light flowed across its closed petals.

This was precisely the sign that the powers of laws and rules were gradually completing their fusion.

He did not rush to shatter the barrier of his realm. Instead, using his Purification Origin Dao as a guide, he slowly imprinted each rule into his soul and Dao foundation.

Daluo Golden Immortals cultivated control over laws, while Dao Venerables had to condense a Rule Dao Fruit, establish their own Dao lineage, transcend the shackles of Daluo, and touch upon the threshold of a Dao Lord.

Suddenly, Wuchen's aura froze. The law power that had been intertwined around him abruptly erupted, turning into streams of light that burrowed into every part of his body.

The Genesis Azure Lotus in his dantian shuddered violently, and its petals slowly unfurled.

The flower bloomed, and the fruit formed.

Within the lotus holes of the newly blossomed Genesis Azure Lotus, the lotus seeds shone a tender green. Every law had completely fused with its corresponding higher rule.

Countless profound runes were engraved upon the lotus platform. They were the Dao rhythm unique to his cultivation, born from his fusion with the rules of the Creation Jade Disc.

The lotus platform was Wuchen's Dao Fruit.

Endless rosy light surged from the cave. The heavens and earth of the Primordial World seemed to respond as countless Dao principles emerged, transforming into auspicious energy that wound around his body.

The once-stable barrier of the Daluo Golden Immortal realm let out wave after wave of hums beneath his all-out assault, then shattered inch by inch like glazed glass.

Vast and boundless mana erupted from Wuchen's body. The aura of rules around him completely condensed, forming a halo of Dao rhythm that encircled him.

His primordial spirit became ever clearer. Wherever his gaze fell, he could clearly see the operation of the rules between heaven and earth, and even glimpse fragments of the past and future.

Only now had the Genesis Azure Lotus in his dantian truly completed its bloom, and his realm officially advanced from Daluo Golden Immortal to Dao Venerable.

In terms of the Primordial World's realms, this was the Quasi-Saint, the Mixed-Origin Golden Immortal.

No one knew how much time passed before the cave returned to calm.

Wuchen slowly opened his eyes, which held nothing but Dao rhythm as deep as a starry sky.

His aura was restrained, making him seem no different from an ordinary cultivator. Yet anyone who approached him could feel the pressure stemming from the level of rules.

It was the supreme majesty of one who had transcended Daluo Golden Immortal and entered the early Dao Venerable realm.

He raised a hand and lightly pinched his fingers together. A thread of condensed rule power coiled around his fingertips, capable of casually stirring the creation of heaven and earth and controlling a region of space-time.

The leap from Daluo Golden Immortal to Quasi-Saint was not merely an increase in cultivation, but the sublimation of one's Dao heart and Dao foundation.

With the World-Purifying White Lotus as his foundation, the Genesis Azure Lotus as his root, and the Creation Jade Disc as his seed, he had forged a Dao uniquely his own.

The stability of his foundation far surpassed that of an ordinary Quasi-Saint.

The surging mana around him completely returned to his dantian. The Genesis Azure Lotus floated quietly, its Dao Fruit round and flawless, as Wuchen slowly rose to his feet.

The surrounding space smoothed itself over, and the atmosphere within the cave grew increasingly peaceful and auspicious.

Only now was this breakthrough truly complete.

And this was merely one step toward his ultimate goal.

"Hmm?"

Wuchen furrowed his brow slightly. He sensed an inexplicable gaze upon him.

The timing was remarkably precise.

In the entire Primordial World, only Hongjun had any hope of tracking his whereabouts.

But this worked out perfectly.

Wuchen also wanted to see just how great the gap was between himself, now that he had entered the Dao Venerable realm, and Hongjun.

With rule-based purification divine abilities protecting him and the Godslayer Spear, capable of wounding Saints, as his blade, it was not impossible for him to fight a Heavenly Dao Saint.

Wuchen moved, instantly breaking through the innate grand formation protecting this place.

He stood high in the sky, the Godslayer Spear in his hand.

"Hongjun, come fight!"

Wuchen's voice rang throughout the entire Primordial World and even pierced beyond it into the chaos.

All living beings in the Primordial World, the Witch Clan deep within the Blood Sea, Jieyin and Zhunti in the west, and the beings searching for Purple Cloud Palace or those who had already arrived there—

All heard Wuchen's challenge, and all were utterly shocked.

Challenge a Saint?

Was this a joke?

Could it be that he had also attained the Dao and become a Saint?

That should not be possible.

When Hongjun became a Saint, the commotion had been immense. How could this man have done so without a sound?

Filled with shock and confusion.

All those with great divine abilities turned their gazes toward Wuchen.

They saw him standing in the air with the Godslayer Spear in hand, radiating a Dao rhythm entirely different from that of a Saint, yet just as formidable.

However, although his Dao rhythm was powerful, it faintly seemed inferior to that of a Saint.

"It's that senior!"

On Mount Sumeru, Zhunti suddenly turned to look at Jieyin.

They had met Wuchen before. How could they fail to recognize him?

Jieyin frowned tightly, thinking, Why does Senior want to challenge a Saint?

The other beings, including the Witch Clan, the Three Pure Ones, and Nuwa, did not recognize Wuchen. After all, they either had never met him or had only seen his false body.

"Heh, have you accepted your fate already?"

Hongjun's soft laugh rang out as his figure appeared out of thin air before Wuchen. A mocking smile rested on his lips.

He had only just locked onto Wuchen's whereabouts, and Wuchen had immediately leaped out to challenge him.

To Hongjun, this was nothing more than a cornered dog leaping over the wall.

"Accepted my fate?"

Wuchen smiled disdainfully and pointed the Godslayer Spear directly at Hongjun. "You may be a Heavenly Dao Saint, but killing me will not be so easy."

At those words, a cold gleam burst from Hongjun's eyes. Heavenly Dao rules surged around him, turning into endless waves of chaotic clouds that swept in every direction and made the entire Primordial World tremble.

It was as though the ruler of heaven and earth had descended with heavenly might, intent on crushing every defiant being into dust.

Hongjun raised a hand and pressed down. All manner of rule power intertwined and merged, condensing into a gigantic hand of rules that suppressed Wuchen head-on.

The Creation Jade Disc Fragment he controlled recorded more than a thousand rules, and that seemingly ordinary hand of rules was the manifestation of all those thousand rules.

Forget a mere Quasi-Saint—even a Saint of the same realm would find it difficult to resist. The moment they touched it, their soul would scatter and their spirit would perish, with not even a chance at reincarnation remaining.

"Hongjun, Hongjun. You think you can suppress me with such a petty trick? Should I say that you underestimate me too much, or that you are simply too ignorant?"

Wuchen's expression remained calm, even carrying a trace of mockery.

He lightly planted the Godslayer Spear in his right hand. A radiant, holy white light abruptly shot into the sky, striking the descending hand of rules like a sharp sword.

The light appeared gentle, yet it contained supreme purification power capable of cleansing all things.

The instant the hand of rules touched the Purifying Divine Light, it was tightly entangled by the purifying radiance. The power of every rule was stripped away and purified layer by layer at a visible rate.

In an instant, the hand of rules turned into the purest spiritual energy of heaven and earth and dispersed into the void.

No matter how many rules Hongjun controlled or how much Saintly might they contained, before the purification divine ability, they were like ice and snow meeting the blazing sun, crumbling inch by inch.