Victory

Across the Cosmic Frontier, stellar wreckage lay strewn everywhere, spiritual vitality had run dry, and the myriad Daos had fallen into decline.

The avatars of He Mu and Longevity Heavenly Venerable stood facing one another, their gazes locked.

Between them, supreme might sufficient to suppress the universe erupted in full, contending in the void as they faced off. A great battle could erupt at the slightest touch.

Of course, this was merely a sparring match that He Mu and Longevity Heavenly Venerable had decided upon when their discussion of the Dao stirred their enthusiasm.

They would use combat to test the relative heights of their Daos, not fight to the death.

Moreover, Longevity Heavenly Venerable had already sealed himself within immortal source, staunching his blood and halting his lifespan, making it inconvenient for his true body to emerge.

At the same time, He Mu was unwilling to exploit the innate advantage of being the Current Heavenly Venerable.

Thus, both fought through avatars, maintaining as much balance as possible and meeting one another on equal terms.

To ensure a fair battle, He Mu and Longevity Heavenly Venerable had also tacitly suppressed their avatars' strength and cultivation realms to a certain degree.

The two Dao Bodies now confronting one another at the Cosmic Frontier were both maintained at roughly the level of someone who had just attained the Dao.

On the battlefield, both men marshaled their divine power and gathered their momentum, preparing to unleash an Immortal-Shocking strike.

Suddenly, as though their momentum had reached its peak, both chose to strike at once.

Around He Mu, boundless immortal light evolved into the Feathered Divine Tribulation. Dao resonance flowed, and as though heaven had erupted in fury and the Heavenly Dao itself had descended to mete out punishment, its majestic might formed a Heavenly Punishment Dao Diagram.

As the diagram revolved, endless destructive intent radiated outward, threatening to crush all the heavens into dust.

On the other side, immortal vitality and Dao resonance emanated from Longevity Heavenly Venerable, transforming into incomparably powerful Life Dao Fire, eerie beyond measure.

As the demonic flames blazed, a vast devouring force manifested, imparting the terrifying impression that it would consume every life across the heavens and set all things ablaze until they returned to oblivion.

The next instant, Feathered Tribulation Light and Life-Devouring Dao Fire were unleashed together. Rather than collide, they crossed at tremendous speed and slammed viciously into their respective targets.

Sss-

Life-Devouring Dao Fire raged over He Mu's body, exuding a savage, destructive Dao resonance as it tyrannically devoured every trace of vitality in his avatar.

He Mu mobilized his Dao Body's divine power, combining it with faith immortal radiance to form brilliant World-Cleansing Spiritual Light.

The World-Cleansing Spiritual Light flickered, seeking to extinguish the demonic flames on his body, but the life-devouring fire proved far more tenacious than expected.

As the burning intensified, a terrifying death intent was born within the demonic fire's vitality, making the life-devouring flames even harder to deal with.

Boom-

On the other side, Longevity Heavenly Venerable was faring no better.

The Feathered Tribulation Light contained terrifying power that seemed capable of tearing everything apart, and it possessed an exceptionally strong ability to cling to its target.

Ever since the tribulation light had latched onto him, it had displayed extreme, relentless destructiveness, leaving him scarcely able to guard against it. It was exceedingly troublesome.

What alarmed Longevity Heavenly Venerable even more was that, amid this sustained destruction, he could feel a mysterious force rushing straight toward his Immortal Platform, seeking to target his primordial spirit.

He tried to resist with his vast, mighty Heavenly Venerable divine sense, only for the result to frighten his very soul out of him.

The force attacking the primordial spirit within his Immortal Platform was unmistakably a power that would dissolve him into the Dao!

Sensing this force, Longevity Heavenly Venerable no longer concerned himself with the tribulation light ravaging his body. He abandoned his physical defenses and instead drove the Nirvana Sacred Art he had created-the Nine Secrets: Zhe-with all his strength.

An unparalleled torrent of vitality surged forth, colliding fiercely with that Dao-dissolving force and erupting into the most intense struggle.

Under Longevity Heavenly Venerable's all-out resistance, the life-giving immortal light produced by the Nirvana Sacred Art grew stronger and stronger. The Feathered Tribulation Light, mere rootless duckweed, finally began to falter, lost the struggle, and was utterly ground away by Longevity Heavenly Venerable.

Yet this Dao Body of Longevity Heavenly Venerable had paid a considerable price.

More than half the life essence contained within his avatar had been lost. Such enormous expenditure caused the supreme immortal might that had nearly overshadowed the universe and all its heavens to plummet, and even his cultivation realm showed faint signs of instability.

On the other side, He Mu finally extinguished the Life-Devouring Dao Fire as well. In the process, somewhat less than half his Dao Body's Heavenly Venerable vitality had been drained away, and even the boundless immortal light radiating around him had dimmed.

This exchange ultimately ended with He Mu gaining a narrow half-move advantage.

With their mutual probing complete, the Wuliang Dao Wheel hovered and revolved behind He Mu's head, radiating divine light for ten thousand lengths and merging with his divine sense.

At last, He Mu manifested a Heavenly Emperor Dharma Aspect thirty thousand zhang tall, towering across the boundless universe.

Not to be outdone, Longevity Heavenly Venerable suddenly produced the Changsheng Dao Sword in his hand. Terrifying, extreme intent of life and death flowed along its edge, giving rise to an unrivaled sword intent so sharp it seemed capable of cleaving even reality from illusion.

The sword intent surged straight into the heavens, gathering the most magnificent power of the Sword Dao.

The next instant, the Changsheng Dao Sword abruptly expanded, crossing an endless distance in a flash. It became a dazzling streak of immortal light and charged toward He Mu with the momentum of a rainbow piercing the sun.

Almost simultaneously, the Heavenly Emperor Dharma Aspect behind He Mu traced patterns through the air with both hands, forming a Heavenly Emperor Dao Seal of boundless divine might. Bearing almost the weight of the entire universe, it instantly smashed toward Longevity Heavenly Venerable.

Clang-

The two supreme Daos collided head-on. Matchless divine might spread unchecked, shaking the void and shattering the myriad Daos. Even the stars dimmed and lost their luster.

The already ruined Cosmic Frontier became even more devastated in the clash between Longevity Heavenly Venerable and He Mu.

As the two supreme Heavenly Venerable Daos collided, endless, terrifying shock waves swept across all the heavens and myriad domains, as though the world itself were about to be destroyed.

Fortunately, He Mu's true body, standing within the North Sea Immortal Grotto, had been closely watching this battle from the outset.

With a sweep of his wide sleeve, he intercepted the utterly terrifying shock waves. After several collisions, that enormous mass of energy finally vanished from the universe.

And with this strike, victory and defeat had clearly been decided between Longevity Heavenly Venerable and He Mu.

Within the Sea-Eye Immortal Grotto in the Ziwei Northern Sea.

He Mu turned and spoke with a smile to Longevity Heavenly Venerable beside him.

"Fellow Daoist Changsheng, thank you for yielding."

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