The Heavenly Dao had no sentience and could not be considered a true living being.
Strictly speaking,
the Heavenly Dao itself was an amalgamation of the will of all living beings. Its primary duty was to maintain the workings of the world. Whenever anyone tried to disrupt its natural workings, the Heavenly Dao would appear to stop them.
The Solar Rule.
From the moment of its birth, it had been sealed deep within the Death Sea. This was dictated by the rules of the world.
In the Heavenly Dao's eyes, Qin Shujian's release of the Solar Rule violated the natural workings of the world.
Within the endless void,
the two stood facing each other.
The auras emanating from their bodies had already caused the void to congeal.
At a certain moment,
the void silently collapsed, turning into raging turbulence.
In the next instant,
Qin Shujian stepped forward and clenched his right hand into a fist, striking out. Billions of miles of void shattered like porcelain.
This punch
was the first time he had truly unleashed his full strength since attaining Dao Fruit.
This punch
contained the power of an entire Great Thousand World.
As Qin Shujian threw his punch, the Heavenly Dao moved as well, raising its hand and striking out with a punch of its own.
The two fists collided in midair.
Boom—
The entire void shook violently. Destructive shock waves radiated from the two combatants, sweeping out in every direction.
To prevent the shock waves from reaching the Great Thousand World, Qin Shujian had gone deep into the Otherworldly Void, an unknown distance from the Great Thousand World.
Yet even so,
the disturbance caused by the collision of their fists made the Outer Battlefield tremble.
The True Immortal stationed at the Outer Battlefield snapped his tightly shut eyes