A Single Leaf Pressed a Great Luo Until He Could Not Raise His Head

The pressure of a Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal spread out without reservation. In an instant, monstrous waves surged across a million li of sea, while the Celestial Court cultivators following behind retreated one after another, terrified of being swept into the aftershock of two Great Luo beings clashing.

The Daoist fixed his gaze on Luxuan.

He had come with a Celestial Court decree in hand. According to his original expectations, once he revealed Dongwang Gong's name and the title of foremost among male immortals, even if the other party was also a Great Luo, he would likely be shown some respect.

Who would have thought that Luxuan would not only refuse to show him face, but tell him to get lost in front of so many Celestial Court cultivators?

If he slunk away in disgrace today, he would not be able to hold his head up when he returned to Purple Palace Isle.

"I'll ask you one last time, Daoist friend."

"Will you erect the Celestial Court Dao Stele, or not?"

The Great Luo aura rose higher and higher. Crimson-gold immortal light condensed into a massive blazing sun behind the Daoist, within which Great Dao laws faintly intertwined. Its scorching heat even caused the surrounding seawater to evaporate in great swaths.

This was the first time Yunxiao and her two sisters had felt the pressure of a true Great Luo from such close range.

That level was utterly beyond comparison with a Golden Immortal.

The mere aura naturally emanating from the Great Dao caused the circulation of their mana to become noticeably sluggish.

Qiongxiao instinctively gripped the Mystic Origin Immortal-Slaying Sword.

Bixiao also quietly held the Golden Flood-Dragon Scissors in her palm.

The instant the auras of the two Supreme-grade Innate Spirit Treasures emerged, the Daoist's pupils abruptly contracted.

Supreme-grade Innate Spirit Treasures!

And two of them!

He had merely heard the sea-patrolling immortal general mention that Penglai was rich in resources, and he had not thought much of it. Only now did he truly realize just how wealthy this immortal isle was.

A few juniors in the Golden Immortal realm each possessed a Supreme-grade Innate Spirit Treasure?

What kind of extravagant setup was this?

Even the Celestial Court, vast and wealthy as it was, could not play like this.

An uncontrollable flicker of desire passed through the Daoist's eyes.

Luxuan naturally saw that change with perfect clarity, but could not be bothered to acknowledge it.

Although the Three Cloud Sisters now had supreme spirit treasures to protect them, the gap in cultivation was far too great. If an established Great Luo truly went all out, there was no need for his three disciples to risk their lives testing the damage.

"You three, step back."

Luxuan gave the order casually.

Yunxiao wanted to say something, but seeing her master's calm expression, she ultimately led her two sisters back into the island.

Before leaving, Bixiao could not help looking back.

She was curious.

The commotion caused by her master's breakthrough had already been frightening enough, but she had never seen Luxuan truly fight anyone.

Since this Celestial Court envoy dared to act so forcefully, he must have had some skill, right?

Seeing the Three Cloud Sisters retreat, the Daoist assumed Luxuan was finally preparing to fight seriously, and a cold smile rose at the corner of his mouth.

"If you had known it would come to this, why..."

Before he could finish speaking,

Luxuan turned and plucked a leaf from an ancient tree beside him.

The Daoist's brows instantly furrowed.

What did this mean?

He was not even taking out a magic treasure?

Luxuan held the emerald-green leaf between his fingers and flicked it forward.

"Go."

When the leaf left his fingertips, there was not even the slightest heaven-shaking phenomenon.

The Daoist was first stunned, then his expression abruptly changed.

For at the instant that leaf flew beyond Penglai's boundaries, an incomparably terrifying aura of the Great Dao erupted from within it.

The leaf, originally no larger than a palm, swelled wildly in the wind.

Thirty zhang.

A thousand zhang.

Ten thousand zhang!

In just one breath, the entire sky darkened completely.

The verdant divine leaf seemed to bear an entire world. Its veins transformed into mountains and rivers stretching across heaven and earth, while countless Array Dao patterns naturally lit up upon it, instantly sealing the surrounding space-time.

The crimson-gold blazing sun behind the Daoist bore the brunt of it.

Boom!

Before the two sides even truly collided, that Great Luo Dharma Form, capable of burning mountains and boiling seas, shuddered violently beneath the terrifying pressure.

There was no longer the slightest trace of contempt on the Daoist's face.

"Red Sun Burning Heaven!"

With a furious shout,

an endless sea of flames erupted. Countless scarlet divine flames gathered into a giant hand that covered the sky and slammed ruthlessly toward the descending divine leaf.

Yet at the instant the two collided—

Crack!

The scarlet giant hand did not last even a breath before exploding into flames that filled the sky.

The divine leaf barely slowed at all.

"How is this possible?!"

The Daoist finally changed color.

His hands formed seals in rapid succession. Several innate magic treasures flew from within his body, and he laid down layer after layer of defensive divine abilities before himself.

The first treasure.

Shattered.

The second treasure.

Sent flying.

The third protective immortal light had only just risen when, in the next instant, it was crushed apart inch by inch like paper.

The Celestial Court cultivators who had been standing behind and watching were completely dumbfounded.

What kind of spell battle was this?

Why did it look like an adult using a pot lid to smack a child?

Most outrageous of all, Luxuan had not moved from where he stood from beginning to end.

"No!"

The Daoist finally no longer cared about the Celestial Court's dignity. His body instantly transformed into a streak of crimson light as he fled into the distance.

But the surrounding space had long been completely locked down by the array patterns on the divine leaf.

He had barely fled ten thousand li when the light above his head suddenly darkened.

Rumble!

The entire Eastern Sea seemed to tremble.

The verdant divine leaf crashed down, smashing that Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal all the way from the sky into the sea.

The sea surface for ten thousand li instantly caved in.

Then seawater from all directions surged back, raising a circular wave tens of thousands of zhang high.

When everything calmed once more, the leaf had already returned to the size of a palm and drifted leisurely back into Luxuan's hand.

On the sea's surface, only the Daoist remained, bedraggled to the point that he was almost unrecognizable.

More than half of his immortal robe had been torn apart.

His hair was disheveled.

Blood stained the corner of his lips.

Even his Great Luo aura had withered to its lowest point.

Most importantly, when he looked up at Luxuan, not a trace of his previous arrogance remained in his eyes.

There was only shock.

He simply could not understand it.

They were clearly both Great Luo beings.

So why was the difference between them this vast?

Within the island,

Bixiao looked down at the Golden Flood-Dragon Scissors in her hand, then looked at the utterly ordinary leaf between Luxuan's fingers, and suddenly fell into deep thought.

"Elder Sister."

"Why do I suddenly feel that Supreme-grade Innate Spirit Treasures aren't all that impressive?"

Yunxiao did not know whether to laugh or cry.

"It isn't that spirit treasures are unimpressive."

"It's that Master is too impressive."

Qiongxiao, meanwhile, kept staring at the Array Dao aura that had yet to completely dissipate from the leaf, her eyes gleaming with wonder.

Luxuan's strike had looked simple, but in truth, he had fused his mana, the Array Dao, and the momentum of Penglai's heaven and earth into a single leaf. That was why it produced such a terrifying suppressive effect.

A leaf itself was naturally worthless.

What was valuable was the person throwing it.

On the sea's surface, the Daoist struggled to suppress the roiling blood and qi within him, finally no longer daring to mention erecting a stele or registering anyone.

"I will remember what Daoist friend bestowed upon me today."

Luxuan raised a brow.

Even now, he was still making threats?

Great Wilderness cultivators truly could not escape the standard villain routine.

"If your memory is truly that poor, I can help deepen the impression."

As his words fell, the leaf in Luxuan's hand lifted slightly once more.

The Daoist's expression changed drastically.

"Farewell!"

This time, he did not even have the leisure to offer polite words before turning and fleeing.

The other Celestial Court cultivators were even faster than one another. As imposing as they had been when arriving, that was how smoothly they fled now.

Luxuan did not pursue them.

Whether those people lived or died made no difference.

Besides, compared to a few ordinary Celestial Court cultivators, he was more interested in seeing what Dongwang Gong planned to do next.

"Go back and tell Dongwang Gong."

Luxuan's calm voice carried out, instantly crossing several hundred thousand li to reach the Daoist's ears.

"Penglai does not belong to the Celestial Court."

"If you come again, bear the consequences yourselves."

The crimson light in the distance visibly paused, then fled even faster.

Bixiao finally could not hold back her laughter.

"Master, didn't he just say he wanted us to register in the immortal records?"

Luxuan turned and walked toward the island.

"That is why I told him to go back and think it over again."

Bixiao followed behind, nodding with utmost seriousness.

"I think he should have thought it through quite clearly by now."

Yunxiao shot her a helpless glare, though a faint smile also played at her lips.

At the same time,

above Purple Palace Isle,

a bedraggled streak of crimson light finally passed through the Celestial Court's grand array and landed directly before an immortal palace.

The several immortal generals guarding the gate stared at the newcomer, their expressions turning to shock at once.

Was this not the Great Luo Immortal Lord who had just been ordered to go to Penglai?

He had left in perfect condition.

Why did he return looking as though someone had smashed him with a mountain?

And in the deepest part of the immortal palace,

Dongwang Gong slowly opened his eyes at that very moment.