"Essence, qi, and spirit-the three treasures. Next came the contest of qi."
Deep within the boundless Heavenly Emperor Formation Patterns of the Heavenly Court Star Domain, the Desolate Pagoda could naturally hear the conversation between the Heavenly Emperor and the Heng Emperor clearly. This ancient Immortal Artifact had fully awakened. A pair of timeworn eyes opened within its body as it murmured.
It saw everything clearly. Both the Heng Emperor and the Heavenly Emperor were rousing their spirits and wills to the utmost. Crimson and pitch-black Dao laws surged, the Nine-Colored Mother Qi Cauldron and the Ancient Heaven-Burying Coffin shone upon one another, and the blood qi of the Sacred Body and the mortal body illuminated the firmament.
This was no longer a contest confined to mere flesh and Primordial Spirit. The heart of the third round was their methods, testing both the heights of these two supreme experts' cultivation and their understanding of the Dao.
Under the tense gazes of the Heavenly Court's ranks and the experts in the starry sky, the two figures facing each other suddenly moved. They seemed to have transcended this universe. Both were enveloped in inscrutable chaos immortal light, disregarding every distance in time and space as they clashed.
"Bzz!"
When the two nearly identical beams of chaotic radiance collided, there was no earth-shattering crash, nor any mournful cry of myriad Daos being torn apart. There was only a humming that reached every corner of the universe. It echoed in the ears of every living being beneath the stars, penetrating more deeply than the Dao sound of a Dao Prover merging with the Heavenly Heart.
"What exactly was that-"
In the Heavenly Court, the Fighting Saint Emperor's son suddenly felt something warm beside his ears. He brushed it lightly and discovered that his hand