Thinking back carefully, this was probably the first time an enemy had struck him directly since he had mastered the Wondrous Method of Xiyi.
The dharma body dao fruit he had forged by merging the power of laws into his body failed to serve its intended purpose now. The Nether Heaven Incarnation had attacked him with power at the origin level. Moreover, this had clearly been planned long in advance: she had used the Thunder-Control Heavenly Venerable's movements to briefly distract Li Ling, then landed her blow.
"This really is... bad!"
Li Ling sighed softly.
"..."
The Nether Heaven Incarnation watched him silently. Her noble, coldly beautiful face bore no expression, but resentment seemed to linger in her eyes, like a betrayed woman gazing hatefully at her former lover.
Before he knew it, dark power surged forth. Netherworld origin enveloped his entire body with the aura of the Yellow Springs, and the power of several laws spread outward.
The strongest among them was undoubtedly the law of death, which Li Ling had encountered before. It contained various powers of certain death, capable of utterly slaying many cultivators at the Core Formation Realm and above.
This power also worked against mighty experts in the Nascent Soul and Spirit Transformation Realms, though the latter possessed laws and origins with which to offer some resistance.
Beyond that, there was another power Li Ling had never encountered, seemingly belonging to the dao of the Yellow Springs.
Its nature was to corrode and dissolve everything, returning all matter and origin energy to their initial state.
The world's origin was chaos, and everything arose from disorder. This power signified destruction, as well as death and the end of all things.
It lay even closer to the essence of the Great Dao than the law of death,