Taixu Dao Diagram [Requesting Monthly Votes, Investment]

Hua Yunfei was utterly shocked. The more he fought the Sanzang Dharma Master before him, the more he sensed how terrifying his opponent was. Every casual strike was an unparalleled secret art. His fingers danced rapidly across the zither strings, yet he still retained that ethereal air of a banished immortal. He had pushed the Nine Tribulations Phoenix Song to its utmost limit.

At that moment, a mysterious force of heaven and earth resonated with the zither strings and fused with its music, transforming into immense heavenly might.

Nine Divine Phoenixes emerged once more from the Dao laws. This time, traces of small-world power flowed around them, as though they were about to evolve into small worlds. Unfortunately, Hua Yunfei's cultivation was insufficient; he could not reach that step.

Even so, at this moment, the nine Divine Phoenixes seemed to contain an aura capable of piercing the heavens and destroying the world. Naturally, they also carried the aura of tribulation and punishment.

"He has evolved the Nine Tribulations Phoenix Song to perfection. He is truly about to manifest heavenly tribulations!"

"The younger generation is formidable indeed!"

Ji Haoyue watched the scene quietly. He had once faced this move and had needed to use a secret art from the Void Scripture, the Innate Taixu Astral Qi, to evolve the Taixu Dao Diagram before he could suppress and seal it.

The nine Divine Phoenixes seemed poised to evolve into nine heavenly tribulations, perhaps even nine small worlds. At that moment, they aligned with the Dao laws of heaven and earth, borrowed the power of heaven and earth, pierced through eternity, and descended to suppress Jiang Ming.

Just as Jiang Ming prepared to activate the Fearless Lion Seal, the Sea of Bitterness within his dantian trembled. Ripples spread forth and formed a blurry Dao diagram, while faint dragon roars and phoenix cries rang out.

The next moment, the nine Divine Phoenixes actually transformed into innate essence on the spot and were devoured by the blurry Dao diagram, making it seem slightly clearer.

No one had expected such an outcome. Everyone froze for a moment.

The group of old men were all greatly startled.

"What kind of physique does this man possess? That fluctuation is the might of a nascent phenomenon, isn't it?"

"Could he truly be a Buddhist Son who came down from Mount Sumeru in the Western Desert, preparing to travel the world and measure its mountains and rivers, destined to attain Buddhahood in the future?"

The old men were thoroughly shaken.

Not only them—even Jiang Ming was surprised. His phenomenon was in an extremely active state.

As his cultivation in the Foundation Establishment Stage deepened, he understood that the Foundation Establishment Stage was divided into the early stage, middle stage, late stage, and completion.

That meant the phenomenon cultivated through the Chinese Paladin Method would become increasingly complete. Its nascent form would eventually transform into a complete phenomenon.

"Hah!"

At that moment, Ji Haoyue finally made his move. After watching for so long, he had gained a fair understanding of both sides' attacks. No matter how formidable the Nine Tribulations Phoenix Song was, it was ultimately only a Quasi-Emperor Method. Ji Haoyue had inherited the legacy of the Void Great Emperor and mastered many powerful secret arts from Emperor Scriptures. No matter how powerful or dazzling Hua Yunfei was, he had once still been Ji Haoyue's defeated opponent.

With Ji Haoyue's vigorous shout, a gray, hazy stream of innate Taixu qi rushed from his mouth. The instant it appeared, it condensed into a mysterious scroll in the void. The scroll rustled as though it were real, containing the sound of the Great Dao. It outlined the veins of the Great Dao and evolved into a void formation diagram.

"It is truly suffocating and inspiring... Brother Ji Hong, your family's supreme secret art—the Innate Taixu Astral Qi—really lives up to its reputation. Once it evolves into a Dao diagram, it could absolutely suppress Yunfei's Nine Tribulations Phoenix Song from earlier, or Dharma Master Sanzang's Fearless Vajra Demonic Lion Roar."

"Indeed. The Void Scripture truly deserves to be called the method created by the legendary Void Great Emperor. Later generations of cultivators can only look upon it with reverence and admiration."

The old men and women could not help speaking up again.

Ji Haoyue wanted to tell Jiang Ming in this manner that he had not refrained from acting earlier because he lacked the means to contend with them. He simply had no desire to join forces with Hua Yunfei. He had his own pride as well.

After all, anyone familiar with the original plot knew that Ji Haoyue, the Eastern Wasteland Divine Body in the early stages, wanted to become invincible in the Eastern Wasteland and invincible in the Northern Territory, nurturing an invincible heart as he fought endlessly.

How should one put it? Ye Fan's future brother-in-law always ended up evenly matched with everyone he encountered.

He had never truly possessed the qualifications to crush others outright.

By the later stages, his Divine Body was not even worth mentioning anymore, reduced to a second-rate physique.

The Innate Taixu Astral Qi was cultivated from childhood using a secret art of the Void Scripture, nourishing a mouthful of innate origin essence. As one's cultivation continuously rose, this mouthful of Innate Taixu Astral Qi could evolve the Dao laws of heaven and earth, refine the void, and use innate qi to evolve myriad methods.

Bzzzz!

As the void shook, the Dao diagram naturally resonated with space and covered more than thirty li of heaven and earth before directly descending to suppress Jiang Ming. At that moment, heaven and earth trembled. The Innate Taixu Dao Diagram flowed with misty radiance, sealing the heavens and locking down the earth.

Jiang Ming had long admired the Void Great Emperor and valued the methods he had created immensely. He formed seals with both hands, and before him appeared a dazzling golden great seal, glittering brilliantly and resembling a small lion the size of a bowl.

The instant the golden great seal appeared, it circulated with a Dao rhythm that could destroy anything and suppress all things. Its power was explosively fierce and incomparably terrifying, radiating resplendent golden light.

Rumble!

The surrounding earth seemed unable to withstand such terrifyingly tyrannical suppressive power and indestructible destructive force. The mere aura shattered the ground, whipping up violent hurricanes as stones shot into the sky. Golden radiance surged like raging waves, unendingly flooding the area.

This was the innate Dharma seal of the Fearless Vajra Lion clan. It contained the might to suppress mountains and overturn seas, capable of suppressing heaven and earth, drawing upon the power of heaven and earth, and startling the heavens and grieving ghosts and gods.

The Fearless Vajra Lion Seal collided with the Void Dao Diagram in the air, like mountains and seas crashing together—unyielding force against tyrannical might, needle against wheat awn.

Bzzzz!

This small world trembled violently once more. Fine cracks appeared throughout the void, while the earth cracked loudly. Black fissures spread in every direction like rampaging demonic serpents.

The old men were already dumbfounded. These juniors were clearly only in the Dao Palace Secret Realm, yet they could unleash destructive power at the level of the Fourth-Level Secret Realm.

The master of Star Peak hurriedly drew upon the Formation Patterns between heaven and earth once again, protecting this secret-realm small world and preventing it from collapsing.

Heaven-Sundering Finger!

Ji Haoyue could not possibly let matters end there. He was naturally battle-hungry and needed to fight powerful opponents to prove his potential within the family. He extended two fingers and unleashed the Heaven-Sundering Finger, a secret art from the Void Scripture.

Screech!

The two fingers evolved the yin and yang of the Great Dao. Black and golden Divine Dragons swayed their heads and tails, coiling and twisting. As thick as houses, they refined the spiritual qi of heaven and earth and drew in the essence of the sun and moon. They bent and rose through the sky, their heads meeting like scissors and their tails twisting together like strands. Pair after pair crossed, forming dragon shears. With a crack, a sound like the heavenly voice of the Great Dao rang out.

At that moment, Jiang Ming even felt as though his soul was about to be cut in two. What a formidable secret art. The Void Great Emperor truly deserved to be called the human emperor who had never been weaker than anyone in life and had still fought two enemies alone even after death. He was the most revered among the human emperors.

The black demonic markings between Jiang Ming's brows shone brilliantly, and the demonic light treasure wheel behind his head blazed with radiance. Immune to all methods, he directly blocked the Dao-sound attack of the Heaven-Sundering Finger.

Facing the terrifying Heaven-Sundering Finger, Jiang Ming stretched out a hand. It was black as ink, a massive palm spreading out like a curtain of heaven. With the Demonic Domain in the Palm, he seized that terrifying attack in one grasp. The power of the world within his palm suppressed it and ground the void dragon shears into nothingness.

Who said cloth had to lose against scissors?

Hadn't Jiang Ming won this round?