The Heaven-and-Earth Ruler was a high-grade innate spiritual treasure, containing the twin energies of Qian Kun, as well as Yin Yang, the yin and yang of the world. Qian Kun united to form this ruler!
To salvage his pride, the Heaven-and-Earth Ancestor, who had originally intended to use Liberation by Violence and attach himself to the Heaven-and-Earth Ruler to escape...
Under the control of his true body, the Heaven-and-Earth Demon God's consciousness, he had no choice but to summon the Heaven-and-Earth Ruler, the life-bound spiritual treasure that sustained his avatar!
He wanted to use it to recover a shred of dignity.
But...
Lin Tian and the little beast beside him vanished from their spot the instant the Heaven-and-Earth Ruler appeared!
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
The blood-red Thorn Vines carried the crushing weight of the Ten-Thousand-Mile Ice Seal and the Power of the Earth from Universe in the Sleeve as they lashed toward the golden bridge formed by the Heaven-and-Earth Ruler in the void!
Rumble!
Rumble!
With a single strike, the immensely heavy vines slammed into the Heaven-and-Earth Ruler with savage sharpness, like the earth crashing down, like a keen axe cleaving through!
"Terrifying! This spiritual plant's vines are extraordinarily tough and can smash through anything. Their crushing weight and sharp edge cannot be shaken in the slightest!"
At that moment, the Heaven-and-Earth Ancestor's already withered face grew even more horrified!
The instant he summoned the Heaven-and-Earth Ruler, he had actually escaped the cage of Nine Nether Vine that had trussed him up and stepped into the void ten thousand miles away.
Trembling all over, he looked toward Lin Tian in terror, still shaken by his ordeal.
He had thought he had already given Lin Tian more than enough credit. Yet not only were Lin Tian's supernatural abilities bizarre, even those seemingly unremarkable vines rivaled an innate spiritual treasure!
Moreover, after those Nine Nether Vines on his body traded a blow with the innate spiritual treasure, the Heaven-and-Earth Ruler, they remained completely unscathed!
How could the Heaven-and-Earth Ancestor not be utterly terrified?
At that moment, his divine sense could already detect Lin Tian's omnipresent Nine Nether Vines surrounding an area spanning tens of millions of miles.
He was trapped within that encirclement.
Without question, this Innate Spirit Plant, Nine Nether Vine, who spoke little and struck ruthlessly, clearly intended to put him to death!
Rumble!
Rumble!
Another collision suddenly erupted, changing the colors of heaven and earth and shattering every law within ten thousand miles!
Dozens of Nine Nether Vines resembling pillars that held up the heavens struck down upon the dusky blue-green Heaven-and-Earth Ruler from every direction.
"No! This fellow wants to steal my Heaven-and-Earth Ruler!"
The Heaven-and-Earth Ancestor's mind nearly shattered with terror. He tried to shift positions immediately and withdraw the Heaven-and-Earth Ruler into his body, though it had already transformed into a golden bridge spanning millions of miles.
But at that moment...
Lin Tian's twelve Nine Nether Vine leaves swayed lightly, radiating countless rays of divine light.
In the blink of an eye...
An immaculate World-Purifying White Lotus slowly emerged into the void from the Purple Mansion Space within the twelve Nine Nether Vine leaves!
Lin Tian instantly stepped onto the Twelfth-Grade World-Purifying White Lotus. Protected by divine light, he was impervious to all arts, his defense unmatched!
Rumble!
The pressure of numerous supernatural abilities swept outward, joined by the Twelfth-Grade World-Purifying White Lotus, with its unmatched defense and immunity to all arts.
Lin Tian's intention was now unmistakable. He wanted to seize the Heaven-and-Earth Ruler from the old Heaven-and-Earth Daoist!
Lin Tian sneered inwardly. I've been lying low in the Primordial World for hundreds of thousands of years. In all that time, when have I ever entered a mountain of treasure and come back empty-handed?
Once a treasure caught Lin Tian's eye, there was absolutely no chance he would let it slip away.
In an instant!
Vast pressure surged outward. The firmament trembled, heaven and earth lost their color, and Qian Kun itself shook!
"A supreme-grade innate spiritual treasure?!"
At that moment, the Heaven-and-Earth Ancestor's avatar completely panicked.
At the same time...
The thread of consciousness connecting him to his true body, the Heaven-and-Earth Demon God, was suddenly severed by that very true body!
Clearly...
The Heaven-and-Earth Ancestor's avatar had been abandoned as a disposable pawn by his true body, the Heaven-and-Earth Demon God.
The Heaven-and-Earth Ancestor regretted it so bitterly that his guts turned green.
Lin Tian stood upon the Twelfth-Grade World-Purifying White Lotus. Golden flowers rained down, and waves of wondrous fragrance drifted through the air.
His divine sense enveloped everything within tens of thousands of miles.
At the same time...
The Heaven-and-Earth Ruler, which had unfolded into a golden bridge above his head, seemed to have been locked in place by an immobilization spell.
It trembled incessantly just three feet above his head.
"You whelp, how dare you?!"
The Heaven-and-Earth Ancestor was furious.
In an instant, he unleashed his supremely majestic Heaven-and-Earth Yin-Yang Supernatural Ability once more, his words commanding the laws.
But by then, the Heaven-and-Earth Ancestor's oil had run dry, his lamp guttered out.
He could no longer gather the laws.
Even though he exhausted every ounce of strength trying to regain control of the Heaven-and-Earth Ruler...
He was already powerless to turn the tide.
"Damn it!"
The Heaven-and-Earth Ancestor seethed with anger and resentment because...
His true body...
The Heaven-and-Earth Demon God, who shared his mind and was also his sovereign true self, had decisively severed their connection when faced with the Innate Spirit Plant, Nine Nether Vine, standing upon the Twelfth-Grade World-Purifying White Lotus.
He had made him a discarded pawn.
Yet his very existence was tied to this Heaven-and-Earth Ruler.
After he summoned the Heaven-and-Earth Ruler...
Even if the Heaven-and-Earth Ancestor's avatar wanted to use Liberation by Violence, and even if his primordial spirit could escape, he would fall by at least two minor cultivation realms!
To him, this was a truly maddening humiliation.
"Why wouldn't I dare?"
Lin Tian sent out a message through his spiritual consciousness, brimming with contempt for the old Heaven-and-Earth Daoist.
In an instant...
The faintly blue-green Heaven-and-Earth Ruler, suspended three feet above his head, was seized by the Nine Nether Divine Leaves on his Nine Nether Vine and drawn into the leaves' Purple Mansion Space!
At the same time...
As the Heaven-and-Earth Ruler entered the Purple Mansion Space...
The connection between the Heaven-and-Earth Ruler and the old Heaven-and-Earth Daoist was immediately severed.
The Heaven-and-Earth Ancestor roared, "You whelp! I will never let you lot off lightly!"
After shouting those words...
The body of the Heaven-and-Earth Ancestor, clad in loose Daoist robes, underwent Liberation by Violence inch by inch.
A wisp of his primordial spirit escaped from his Niwan Palace.
It sped toward the southern reaches of the Primordial World.
Lin Tian calmly watched the Heaven-and-Earth Ancestor's primordial spirit flee into the distance.
The Eight-Direction Hongmeng Cage Formation laid down by Nine Nether Vine could not capture the fleeing primordial spirit of the Heaven-and-Earth Ancestor's avatar.
At most, it could only inflict physical damage on the Heaven-and-Earth Ancestor's avatar.
However...
The escape of the Heaven-and-Earth Ancestor's avatar was no cause for regret.
This time, he had not only obtained golden-strike divine wood.
He had also obtained the Heaven-and-Earth Ruler, an innate spiritual treasure.
Although this Heaven-and-Earth Ruler was incomplete, it would be immensely useful to Lin Tian, who would one day evolve the workings of heaven and reenact the Yin-Yang Great Dao.
Its usefulness was no less than that of the Twelfth-Grade World-Purifying White Lotus, nor was it inferior to the thirty-six Sea-Calming Divine Pearls.
If the Heaven-and-Earth Ruler and the thirty-six Sea-Calming Divine Pearls were refined together, who knew what power they might unleash!
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