The moment the aura of a Primordial Unity Golden Immortal shot into the heavens, the entire Eastern Sea seemed to fall silent for an instant.
No Three Corpses manifested around Luxuan, nor did any spiritual treasure bear his Dao fruit. Instead, entirely different Great Dao patterns intertwined and flowed behind him before ultimately returning as one, forming a hazy, chaotic mystical radiance.
The Array Dao became the warp and weft.
The Space Great Dao propped open heaven and earth.
Cloud Water flowed within it.
The Sword Dao condensed into Slaughter.
The World Dao served as an endless foundation, bearing all the various Great Daos.
It seemed like countless laws.
Yet in the end, there was only one core.
Luxuan himself.
This aura was entirely different from the Great Wilderness's existing Quasi-Saint methods, so much so that the great powers secretly watching were unable to accurately determine what step he had reached.
Yet there was one thing everyone could feel with perfect clarity.
Luxuan had grown stronger.
And this was definitely not as simple as breaking through a minor realm.
At the center of the Myriad Immortals Formation.
Dongwang Gong gripped the Dragonhead Staff, his expression gradually darkening to the extreme.
Just now, he had been wondering whether he had arrived too late.
Now, there was no need to wonder.
He had indeed come too late.
What he found even harder to accept was that only now had he finally confirmed something.
During their previous clash.
Luxuan had truly only been a Great Luo Golden Immortal!
That fellow who had used him as a live lesson for his disciples, taken a Quasi-Saint Dharma Form head-on, and sent him flying with a single punch had not even entered the Quasi-Saint realm.
This fact hurt even more than a simple defeat.
Because it meant Dongwang Gong had no excuse whatsoever for losing last time.
It had not been a close loss against someone at the same realm.
He, a Quasi-Saint.
Had truly been beaten by a Great Luo.
"How could this be..."
Dongwang Gong's expression shifted unpredictably.
Several Celestial Court Great Luos in the distance had clearly thought of this as well. When they exchanged glances, the shock in their eyes was nearly impossible to conceal.
They had always believed Luxuan had used some secret technique to hide his cultivation.
Only now, when his aura had truly undergone a qualitative transformation, did they realize he had never hidden anything.
He really had been a Great Luo.
He had simply been absurdly strong for a Great Luo.
Bixiao had evidently figured it out as well.
With one snip, the little girl forced back several Celestial Court Taiyis before turning to Yunxiao.
"Big Sister."
"So when Master beat up Dongwang Gong last time, was it basically the same as us beating people above our realm now?"
Yunxiao could not help smiling.
"Probably."
Bixiao immediately perked up.
"Then I suddenly feel like there is nothing worth being proud of about us beating a few Taiyis just now."
Zhao Gongming, who was suppressing six Great Luos in the distance, could not help twitching at the corners of his eyes when he heard that.
Was their master a normal case?
Using that standard on themselves.
They were deliberately making their cultivation journey harder.
Luxuan had already completely adapted to his new realm.
If, at Great Luo Perfection, the various Great Daos within him could cooperate with one another but still remained distinctly separate.
Then after stepping into the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm.
Those Great Daos had finally truly become his own.
At a single thought.
All laws followed him.
He no longer needed to deliberately mobilize them.
Nor did he need to rely on the external heaven and earth.
Even his relationship with the Great Wilderness's Great Dao had undergone subtle changes.
Before, he borrowed the power of heaven and earth.
Now, he himself could become a world.
This feeling was quite good.
Luxuan raised his head.
Just in time, he saw the complete Myriad Immortals Formation crashing down in full.
A million immortal soldiers.
Dozens of Great Luos.
Countless reserves of Celestial Court Fortune.
Along with Dongwang Gong, a Quasi-Saint, personally presiding over the formation.
The immense violet-gold immortal phantom had nearly obscured the entire sky. As its palm descended, countless spaces shattered at once, and its power was several times greater than the Myriad Immortals Formation Dongwang Gong had deployed last time.
"Luxuan!"
Dongwang Gong's voice came from the depths of the formation.
"So what if you broke through today!"
"I have deployed the complete Myriad Immortals Formation with a million immortal soldiers, and all Celestial Court Fortune has gathered upon me."
"You have only just broken through. Your Dao foundation is not yet stable."
"Who lives and who dies today remains to be seen!"
After hearing him out, Luxuan merely raised his eyes.
"Are you done?"
An instinctive sense of danger rose in Dongwang Gong's heart.
The next moment.
Luxuan vanished from where he stood.
There was no spatial fluctuation.
Nor was there any fleeing radiance.
It was as though he had been standing before Dongwang Gong all along.
"What?!"
Dongwang Gong's pupils contracted sharply.
The Dragonhead Staff swept forward almost on instinct.
Luxuan clenched his right hand into a fist.
For the first time, he truly attacked with the power of a Primordial Unity Golden Immortal.
Boom!
His fist collided head-on with the Dragonhead Staff.
There was no stalemate lasting several breaths like last time.
Nor was there any mutual erosion of magical power.
The instant the two made contact.
Dongwang Gong felt an utterly incomprehensible force surge through the spiritual treasure and into his body.
It was not simply stronger magical power.
It was like an entire independent world had smashed into him.
The Dragonhead Staff shook violently.
Dongwang Gong's tiger's mouth split open on the spot.
His entire body, along with the Myriad Immortals Dharma Form behind him, staggered backward.
One step.
Ten thousand miles!
Even the formation formed by the million immortal soldiers shook violently from the impact.
Dongwang Gong's expression changed for the first time.
Last time, Luxuan's punch had only forced him back a hundred miles.
Now.
One punch sent him ten thousand miles away.
The gap was no longer merely obvious.
They had completely entered different levels.
"Steady the formation!"
Dongwang Gong roared.
The million immortal soldiers simultaneously activated their magical power.
Boundless fortune pressed down once more.
The Violet-Gold Dharma Form formed seals with both hands, and a sun-like sphere of Celestial Court Divine Light swiftly condensed before its chest.
But Luxuan gave him no time to prepare.
The second punch arrived.
Boom—!
This punch did not strike the Dragonhead Staff.
Instead, it smashed directly into the chest of the Myriad Immortals Dharma Form.
The chest of the hundred-thousand-foot Dharma Form instantly caved in.
Countless formation patterns flashed wildly.
The Celestial Court Divine Light Dongwang Gong had just condensed had yet to fire before the terrifying force shattered it from within.
Immediately after.
A crack appeared across the Dharma Form's chest.
It rapidly spread through all four limbs and every part of its body.
Crack!
The million immortal soldiers all shuddered at once.
"The formation is breaking!"
"How is that possible?!"
"The formation has already been fully restored!"
Countless Celestial Court cultivators went pale.
Last time, Luxuan had at least entered the formation and dismantled its nodes one by one.
This time was even worse.
He did not dismantle anything.
He simply smashed it apart.
So-called techniques.
Were only necessary when the difference in strength between both sides was not absurdly great.
Now, Luxuan clearly felt.
That if a problem could be solved with one punch, there was no need to teach Dongwang Gong another lesson on formations.
Dongwang Gong had sensed this naked disparity as well.
The unease in his heart finally began transforming into genuine fear.
He gritted his teeth and activated all Celestial Court Fortune.
Myriad Immortals Suppress the World!
The Violet-Gold Dharma Form condensed anew.
Both hands pressed down upon Luxuan at once.
Luxuan looked up.
This time, he could not even be bothered to clench his fist.
He merely extended his right hand.
And pressed downward.
"Get down."
Rumble!
The space around Dongwang Gong suddenly twisted.
A black mystical hand, not particularly massive, manifested from the void. It was only ten thousand feet in size, appearing quite insignificant compared to the hundred-thousand-foot Celestial Court Dharma Form.
Yet at the instant the two collided.
Both arms of the Celestial Court Dharma Form exploded.
The giant hand continued pressing down.
Every layer of protective divine light before Dongwang Gong shattered.
The Dragonhead Staff had just risen when it was sent flying by the palm strike.
The next moment.
The leader of the male immortals fell from the center of the Myriad Immortals Formation.
Boom!
The Eastern Sea erupted into waves billions of zhang high.
A colossal crater hundreds of thousands of li across appeared directly on the sea's surface.
Bixiao watched from afar.
Her mouth fell open.
"This time, it looks like he got scrubbed even deeper than last time."
Zhao Gongming glanced at the sea surface, which was still continuously collapsing.
"Junior Sister."
"This is not the time to be thinking about bathing."
Meanwhile, Luxuan hovered above the heavens, watching the intact Myriad Immortals Formation rapidly descend into chaos, his expression as calm as ever.
He had finally confirmed it.
Before his breakthrough, fighting Dongwang Gong
really did require him to take things a little seriously.
After the breakthrough,
there seemed to be no difference.
And in the depths of the seabed,
a streak of violet-gold immortal light shot back out at top speed.
Dongwang Gong's face was pale, blood constantly spilling from the corner of his mouth.
He looked up at Luxuan.
For the first time, there was no anger in his eyes.
Only disbelief.
"What kind of technique is this?"
Luxuan thought for a moment.
"Primordial Unity Realm."
Dongwang Gong's expression suddenly froze.
Before he could continue questioning him,
Luxuan had already raised his hand again.
"But you did not come today to listen to the Dao."
"Continue."
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