Taiji Seal!

Great thunder shook the world, purple lightning surged like a tide, vast and turbulent. This was a world of lightning, yet Ji Hao stood within it, feeling the thunder's roar.

Ji Hao was split open by the lightning, his body charred black, crimson blood flowing as he endured unimaginable damage.

The Tai Chi Diagram was also enduring the barrage, and innate patterns began to appear upon it.

Though it was not made of Immortal Metal, the Tai Chi Diagram was far from ordinary. It seemed to reflect the Great Dao of heaven and earth, even more astonishing than ordinary artifacts.

Boom!

Lightning descended. This time, it was not a sea of thunder. Instead, nine phantoms stepped out from the ruins of the Heavenly Palace, interwoven with electric radiance like nine divine beings!

The nine figures were formed from lightning. Some resembled humans, some true dragons, and others birds, beasts, fish, and insects. None were alike.

"Kill!"

Ji Hao shouted and charged forward, engaging the nine phantoms in fierce battle. It was not just him—five deities within his Dao Palace also joined him in attacking.

As he fought, he used the Bodhi Sapling to comprehend the traces of the Dao within the Lightning Tribulation.

In the end, Ji Hao fought himself into madness. Some insights regarding the void surfaced in his heart, and the secret art he had previously been unable to use was now unleashed with a raised hand.

"Void Severing Two Realms!"

The forbidden secret art from the Void Scripture instantly severed all the phantoms before him. The five deities also transformed into five streams of qi, enveloping the severed phantoms and returning them to the world within the Dao Palace, where they slowly digested the Dao principles contained within.

Ji Hao's eyes grew brighter and brighter. His essence, qi, and spirit gradually transformed through his battle with the Heavenly Tribulation, while the medicinal power of the Nine Wonders Immortal Medicine hidden within his body was also stimulated.

His gaze was blazing, like fiery golden eyes newly refined within the Eight Trigrams Furnace. Boundless divine power swept through everything around him.

Gradually, more people gathered nearby. They were cultivators from the six surrounding grotto-heavens. Even from afar, they could sense an immense, world-destroying danger. They found it hard to imagine what kind of tribulation the person within the purple sea was enduring.

"Could this be punishment from the heavens?"

"Heavens, can anyone survive such a Heavenly Tribulation?"

"This is simply leaving no way for anyone to live!"

This was only the beginning. Five Elements Divine Thunder, Yin-Yang Divine Thunder, and ancient script divine lightning came one after another.

Yet he was exhilarated. Though the lightning was terrifying, it was indeed a rare stroke of Fortune. His divine sense transformed into a tiny figure and rushed out as well, receiving the lightning's baptism!

His physical body and divine sense stood together amid the thunderclouds, protected only by the Tai Chi Diagram as they continuously endured the trials of the Lightning Tribulation.

Suddenly, chaotic qi filled the tribulation. Bolts of Chaos Divine Thunder rapidly began to gather.

Divine power flowed between Ji Hao's fingers. Across the void, he traced one mysterious path after another, blooming with immeasurable sacred light as though they were becoming an eternal mark!

"Heaven-Cutting Finger!"

Boom!

Rumble!

"I'll absorb it!"

Ji Hao's divine power shook the world, his blood and qi as vast as an ocean. With a flick of his fingers, he shattered the Chaos Divine Thunder one bolt after another, stunning everyone present. No one had expected that someone could directly blast apart a Heavenly Tribulation head-on. Even the Great Emperors of ancient times might not have been able to do more in their youth!

What he did next made countless people's scalps go numb. The tiny figure formed from his divine sense opened its mouth and directly sucked the shattered Chaos Divine Thunder into its body. Its cheeks bulged, and even chaotic qi leaked out from the corners of its mouth.

The divine-sense figure was pierced through from within by chaotic divine light, transforming into a blazing beam. Its divine sense nearly burned away. The pain was unbearable, yet it did not give up, because this was a rare stroke of Fortune!

Before it could refine that bolt of Chaos Divine Thunder, a second, third, and fourth bolt followed one after another in response to his provocation.

Yet at this moment, his blood and qi still surged to the heavens. Though the surrounding sea of lightning was incomparably fierce, it could not inflict fatal wounds upon him. A cyan radiance flowed around him, wrapping him up as flesh regenerated, swiftly healing his injuries!

Nüwa's secret art, Fortune!

It was no weaker than Nine Secrets: Zhe!

He activated the Fortune Secret Art, restoring his peak combat strength. His divine sense continuously refined the Chaos Divine Thunder as he prepared to forcibly withstand the incoming bolts. His blood and qi surged, rumbling sounds echoing as his essence, qi, and spirit continuously ascended.

Countless secret arts flashed through his mind: Void Great Handprint, Heaven-Cutting Finger, Innate Grand Void Astral Qi, Eight Gods Desolate Force, Void Severing Two Realms... There were simply too many.

Ji Hao possessed three complete Emperor Scriptures alone, not to mention the many secret arts he had collected. What he had learned was too varied and disordered.

The Void Scripture alone was enough for a peerless genius with the potential to become an Emperor to study for most of a lifetime, much less so many Emperor Scriptures.

Faced with the Chaos Divine Thunder, Ji Hao actually did not know which secret art he should use for a moment.

But the Chaos Divine Thunder would not give him time to think.

With no time left, Ji Hao could only raise the Tai Chi Diagram before himself.

Three flashes of lightning vanished in an instant, leaving Ji Hao slumped where he stood.

He was drenched in blood, his bones creaking, his divine sense shattered. The Tai Chi Diagram was covered in marks before directly turning into a mass of qi. His entire body was wounded, swaying on the verge of collapse, almost unable to endure any longer.

The surrounding lightning quickly closed in. Though it was not as strong as Chaos Divine Thunder, it was no weaker than Five Elements Divine Thunder.

In Ji Hao's current condition, it was difficult for him to resist.

However, Ji Hao's will was like iron. His divine sense rapidly gathered, transforming into a divine diagram that absorbed the remaining wisps of chaotic qi and quickly refined them.

Marks of the Dao!

Innate Great Dao patterns were born within the chaotic thunder qi, leaving his body and mind serene. He then activated the Fortune Secret Art once more, combining it with the Living Flame. His injuries rapidly recovered, as though he had been reborn through fire.

His divine sense transformed into an Immortal King, sitting in the void and cradling that wisp of chaotic qi in its arms. Nourished by it, it continuously recovered and grew stronger.

His comprehension of the Dao also rapidly increased. At the same time, he discovered one of his own weaknesses.

That was his lack of a truly suitable move. Whether it was the secret arts of the Void Scripture or the techniques of the Hengyu Scripture, they suited him well, but they still lacked something.

He had nothing truly his own. He lacked a secret art that belonged to him!

Not a single Great Emperor throughout history had reached the peak by relying on another's Dao. All of them had relied on their own Dao and their own methods to suppress all other paths.

And a secret art was the beginning, the embryonic form of a Dao.

Now, Ji Hao also needed to create a secret art that belonged to him.

Chaotic divine light shone from between his brows, while the Wisdom Light Wheel appeared behind his head. Countless flashes of inspiration emerged, making him sigh at how worthy the Bodhi Tree was of its name.

At the same time, the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth bolts of Chaos Divine Thunder were nearly finished gathering in the sky. Once they fell, they would surely destroy everything.

Yet Ji Hao paid them no heed. His hands continuously formed seals as countless flashes of inspiration ran through his mind.

"Lesser yang gives rise to greater yin, and lesser yin gives rise to greater yang. Only then is it the most fundamental form of heaven and earth."

"The yin-yang fish: within yin lies yang, and within yang lies yin. This is taiji."

"Taiji is the most fundamental essence of all things."

"All things stand opposed to one another, yet also contain one another. That is heaven and earth."

In the end, Ji Hao formed an incomparably strange seal with his hands.

Embracing yang while carrying yin.

"This is the Taiji Seal!"

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