Roars rang out above the ninefold Azure Firmament.
Crimson radiance mingled with golden bloodlight, illuminating heaven and earth. A vast expanse of crimson-gold light blazed like the sun. With every attack, the golden light of the Great Dao and golden true patterns suffused the world. The void resembled a disintegrating furnace, stirring the rolling Chaos until it exploded.
This was a terrifying being. His blood had already begun to transform, nurturing a golden, undying divinity. This was a characteristic of the blood of Immortal Dao beings: gold signified immortality, a fundamental trait most beings displayed upon entering the Immortal Dao.
A divine bird's cry pierced through Chaos, and the true body of a blood-red Divine Phoenix burst through the void. The Divine Phoenix Secret Art swept past like a Heavenly Blade. Stars exploded, and Chaos Qi was torn apart. That blade, vast as a celestial river, spanned heaven and earth and looked down upon the cosmos. An Immortal Dao attack possessed a might that utterly overwhelmed the Human Dao.
"A paltry trick. All things return to their beginning."
In the void of the Azure Firmament stood a man, his thick black hair streaming like a waterfall. With his back to the crowd, he faced two peerless masters without the slightest fear.
Around him, the laws faintly stirred by Immortal Dao radiance warped. A power involving time was distorting everything. The Wu Shi Secret Art returned all things to their original state. This was a heaven-defying man who had embarked upon the Dao of time.
As the man murmured, he raised his hand and unleashed the peerless Wu Shi Secret Art. The order of time twisted and even snapped. All things rolled backward. The Divine Phoenix's Heavenly Blade was directly erased by the secret power of time, returning entirely to its