The Dao

Lumian's figure suddenly disappeared into the boundless Universe, "Teleportation" to the region where the "Sinful Dragon" was located, following the Mysticism connection established by the "evil dragon" in response to its own ritual.

Instantly, dense, layered blocks of color and wailing spirits appeared around Lumian.

The Spirit World!

Unless there are very special isolation measures, there is Spirit World and Astral World everywhere.

This is one of the symbolic meanings of Pillar.

What awaited Lumian was an overwhelming, all-encompassing light, as if two galaxies had collided and torn the Spirit World apart.

Lumian did not linger in the Spirit World; before the erupting Ocean of Light could engulf him, he transformed into abstract symbols and concepts and entered the Astral World.

Endless light, heat, and matter followed and poured in.

Lumian stretched out his hands and directly created a door within the Astral World composed of various symbols and concepts—a door "drawn," a door layer upon layer.

The door was instantly pulled open, and Lumian's figure vanished from the Astral World.

His eyes immediately saw the two enormous bodies of the "Sinful Dragon" Entanglement.

He finally arrived at the area where the "Sinful Dragon" resided, a place where the "Sinful Dragon" could not cause Calamity, and reached it through a "door".

He didn't activate the Contract Mark originating from Giddas, because that kind of "Teleportation" Teleportation to Spirit World Creature and cannot enter the Astral World or open the "door".

He activated a newly acquired Contract Mark, one he had acquired a month earlier, from Gehrman Sparrow!

Before the Contract between the "Contracted One" undergoes a qualitative change due to the power of Fate, at a higher level, it is no longer possible to force the other party to sign the Contract and fulfill the promise. However, as long as both parties are willing to sign and abide by the Contract, and the body and soul of the contractee can withstand the power from the Contract, it is still effective. It's just that the established Mysticism connection is too fragile to be maintained for more than two uses and is easily interrupted.

Before confronting the "Primordial Witch," Lumian went to the Astral World to ask the various True God to Gift Angel -level power upon his Soldier Puppets. He also signed a "Contract" with Gehrman Sparrow, who held the Uniqueness power of the "Gate" Pathway, in order to deal with situations where he could not use his Soldier Puppets.

In that battle, the "Primordial Witch" was indeed too cautious and did not go all out, but Lumian also did not reveal all her trump cards!

Just now, Lumian waited until the sacrifice took effect and the "Sinful Dragon" responded before activating the Contract Mark representing Pathway high-level power of the "gateway" for two reasons. First, he wanted to use his previous persistence and haste to confuse the "Sinful Dragon" and wait for it to become distracted so that it wouldn't notice in time and break the Contract. Second, he wanted to use the sacrifice to greatly strengthen the Mysticism connection between himself and the "Sinful Dragon," avoiding the situation of not being able to find the destination or locate it, since the "Sinful Dragon" currently possessed the strongest "Fog of War."

--The Negative Effect of signing the "Gate" Pathway Uniqueness Contract with Gehrman Sparrow was originally "frequently getting lost and easily encountering dangerous creatures full of malice towards him," but after being "Fooling" by "The Fool" Klein, the Negative Effect changed to "only getting lost when using the Contract Ability and easily encountering dangerous creatures full of malice towards him."

In the current environment, the most hostile and dangerous creature to Lumian is undoubtedly the "Sinful Dragon"!

After Lumian "opened the door" and arrived at the area where the "Sinful Dragon" was sealed, he immediately felt that the Calamity caused by the "Sinful Dragon" had been quelled.

The power of his Wish returned, and he once again entered a state of "occasional" lucidity!

The "Sinful Dragon" roared, bringing with it an overwhelming sense of "conquest" and "Fascination," but no matter how ferocious it became, it could not break free of the Dragon-Locking Chains and the countless "Evil Ghost" in a short time.

While relying on the Chaos Whirlpool Face at the center of the head on his left shoulder to resist "conquest" and "Fascination," Lumian did not quickly succumb. He stood in the Blood-Colored Ocean above the "Sinful Dragon," and as he deactivated his virtual personality, he turned his gaze to the terrifying, ferocious "Evil Ghost" on the Dragon-Locking Chains.

Having learned of the Dragon-Locking Chains and the origins of the "Evil Ghost" from Mr. "The Fool," he showed an expression of emotion and admiration, then addressed the Evil Ghost in a phrase he had specially learned from Franca in the Western Continent: "Fellow Daoist Friend, please help me end this Calamity!"

The terrifying, Distortion -faced "Evil Ghost" suddenly froze.

Daoist Friend... This ancient title, seemingly lost to history, reached their ears.

Their expressions softened, and a look of reminiscence appeared on their pale or bluish faces.

Struggling to maintain the different nodes of the Dragon-Locking Chains, keeping the "Sinful Dragon" sealed, they found themselves unable to use any abilities other than "Conquest" and "Fascination" in this area. Some used one hand to push their crooked, tattered High Crown back into place, others struggled to straighten their clothes that exposed rotting flesh, and still others tried to wipe the blood from their faces...

Even in death, a virtuous man will not be without his cap!

The Hao Li Sect Leader, who Dragon-Locking Well, also heard Lumian's words. As High-Ranking Being in the "River of Eternal Darkness," he slightly relaxed his control and suppression over those "Evil Ghost."

The "Evil Ghost" raised their heads and looked up at the sky, each shouting at Lumian:

"Daoist Friend, I'm here to help you!"

These shouts intertwined and echoed outwards in layers.

With their permission, Lumian quickly incorporated them into his legion, making them his teammates and soldiers to fight against the "Sinful Dragon's" forceful "conquest" and terrifying "Fascination."

One after another, layer upon layer of phantom "Evil Ghost" appeared behind Lumian; these were their Mirror Self.

At the bottom of the Blood-Colored Ocean, there are tens of thousands, or even more, of "Evil Ghost." They maintain the Dragon-Locking Chains and keep the seal intact, preventing the Sinful Dragon from escaping, while waiting for Lumian to launch a devastating attack on the "Sinful Dragon" and its true form with his reflection in the mirror.

Lumian's six arms either Burning invisible Flames, created Chaos Whirlpool, grasped Black Flame that seemed to freeze souls and all things, held up illusory red Altar, were covered in Gray-White, or raised charred banners, all while launching an attack on the "Sinful Dragon's " massive body.

These six powers, belonging to the "Red Priest" and the "Primordial Witch," intertwined to form a Black-Flame Greatsword Burning with destruction.

The "Evil Ghost," through their Mirror Self and empowered by Lumian's status, also launched their own attacks, especially those originally belonging to the Haoli lineage and related sects.

With the consent and blessing of the Hao Li Sect Leader outside the Dragon-Locking Well and the "Underworld Daoist" in the "River of Eternal Darkness," they each borrowed a drop of colorless, Gloom River Water.

The drops of River Water transformed into illusory arrows, flying in a deluge towards Lumian's destructive greatsword. Under the "Red Priest's" team ability, some were repelled, while others were absorbed into it.

What is the Tao?

The truth is that the perseverance of generations can move Mountain Peak!

The saying goes, "Stars can start a prairie fire!"

The Tao is to fight against Heaven, and the joy is endless!

The "Sinful Dragon" roared, but it was unable to cause havoc or bring Calamity to this area; it could only use abilities such as "conquest" and "Fascination."

He couldn't, and neither could Lumian.

The destruction he unleashed is currently hidden in the Mirror World and has not yet reached reality, while the "Sinful Dragon" itself is not in the mirror; it is sealed and restricted.

Those "Evil Ghost" that borrowed the water from the "River of Eternal Darkness," Mirror Self, were eroded by the power of the Sefirot and quickly dissipated one after another. Yet none of them Pain; their expressions were calm and serene, carrying expectant smiles and longing looks.

The remaining "Evil Ghost" smiled as they watched the Black-Flame Greatsword draw ever closer.

Come on, launch an attack on us!

As more and more of the "River of Eternal Darkness" water was incorporated, the destructive giant sword that Lumian created did not expand; instead, it grew smaller and Gloom.

Soon, it transformed into a Longsword that any normal human could use.

The Longsword was entirely Gloom and was still collapsing, as if it were forming a point that compressed together concepts such as time, space, Rebirth, death, destruction, and Reboot.

Seeing that the attack in the mirror was about to reach the area where the "Sinful Dragon" was entrenched, the "Celestial Master" and "Holy Monk" around the Dragon-Locking Well all made the strange phenomena around them more obvious and merged into the well.

With a splash, the Blood-Colored well water rippled, and one after another, the Dragon-Locking Chains snapped.

At the last moment, the High-Ranking Being of the Western Continent lifted the seal, allowing Calamity to erupt in the region where the Sinful Dragon resided, leading to the Apocalypse.

Lumian's attack immediately pierced through the Mirror World and entered reality, landing on the head of the "Sinful Dragon" who had not yet reacted.

Behind him, one "Evil Ghost" after another dissipated due to the erosion of the Sefirot energy; in front of him, even more "Evil Ghost" collapsed under the wave of destructive power.

Upon witnessing this scene, Lumian was suddenly overcome with intense emotions.

He shouted it out:

"War!"

War is about fighting with everything you have, one after another, sacrificing yourself!

We fight with lofty aspirations, ready to sacrifice ourselves and change the world!

"War!"

With that shout, Lumian plunged the extremely unstable Gloom Longsword into the intertwined necks of the "Sinful Dragon".

Suddenly, a Gloom little dot collapsed out there, tearing apart the surrounding flesh, Flames, steel, White Bone, and other things, absorbing all Authority, concepts, and symbols into it.

The "Sinful Dragon" arched its entire body and let out a silent roar.

Then, He, along with the Dragon-Locking Chains and those "Evil Ghost," were all swallowed up by the dark speck.

The Gloom then lost its stability, expanded and exploded, scattering large amounts of light and heat.

Crack! Crack! Crack! Lumian's "Mirror Substitute" shattered completely, its body outlined at the edge of the area.

He saw that there was nothing left in front of him.

But at this moment, the frenzied and violent aura originating from the "Sinful Dragon" once again permeated the void, and its enormous body began to reform.

It is a consciousness that evolved from the "City of Calamity," its spirit is immortal, and once destroyed, its physical form can quickly be "reborn" from within the "City of Calamity."

The reason why the Cultivator of the Western Continent did not kill the "Sinful Dragon" even though they could seal it so that it could not use the symbol of Calamity and most of its abilities in the area was because it was ineffective!

Seeing this, Lumian was not disappointed at all; he was prepared.

The next phase of the battle will be the second phase, a pure battle of wills.