"The three lords once briefly exchanged insights on the Dao and sparred in that chaotic void."
Exchanged insights and sparred!
At those words, Qian Renxue and everyone on the Douluo Continent felt their hearts leap into their throats.
Three supreme prodigies who had reached the pinnacle of the Great Thousand World in mere decades.
What sort of heaven-shattering, earth-destroying spectacle would a clash between them have been?
What had the outcome been?
Yet at this point, the gray-robed elder merely smiled. His gaze swept over the expectant eyes below, and he slowly uttered a sentence.
"No outsiders witnessed that battle. No one knows how it unfolded."
"But the grand elder said that, ever since that day..."
As the gray-robed elder spoke, deep reverence involuntarily surfaced in his eyes.
"Ever since that day, the Endless Fire Domain, the Martial Realm, and our Great Desolation Divine Realm have been bound by a pact of nonaggression lasting ten million years."
"The Flame Emperor, the Martial Ancestor, and the Divine Lord-those three peerless powers who tower above the Great Thousand World-actually came to regard one another as lifelong confidants, drinking to their hearts' content in the endless chaos for three days and nights."
"The grand elder once said that battle had neither winner nor loser."
"The three lords were evenly matched, with nothing to choose between them. Their strength stood at the true pinnacle of this vast universe."
Hearing this answer, Qian Renxue, standing at the edge of the steps, let out a long breath.
Evenly matched.
That meant the Divine Lord who had founded the Great Desolation Divine Realm possessed the same terrifying, supreme might as the Martial Ancestor who had pursued an Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereign for three months.
"Elder."
Just then, another female disciple in the practice grounds could not help rising to her feet, her eyes brimming with irrepressible curiosity.
"You mentioned the Divine Lord's Profound Python Swallowing Phoenix earlier."
"I have not been in the sect long. I know only its name, not the details."
"May I ask how the Divine Lord defied the odds and slew a Heavenly Phoenix with the body of a Profound Python?"
At her question, the surrounding outer sect disciples all perked up and turned their gazes toward the gray-robed elder.
Beyond the Sky Screen, the people of the Douluo Continent did not even dare blink.
Defying the odds to slay a Heavenly Phoenix!
That sounded a hundred times more thrilling than absorbing a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring above one's level.
The gray-robed elder stroked his beard. Looking at the disciples below, thirsting for knowledge, he gave a rare sigh.
"This matter is no taboo within the Divine Realm. There is no harm in telling you. Consider it a way to temper your Dao Hearts."
Seated upon the Azure Lotus, the elder's voice drifted outward.
"Back then, while the Divine Lord was still in a Lower Plane, his extremely rare Profound Python Fate and exceptional talent caught the eye of a spoiled princess of a Primordial Divine Dynasty."
"The blood flowing through that princess was an incomparably pure Ancient Heavenly Phoenix bloodline. She stood high above others, arrogant beyond measure."
"She coveted the Profound Python origin within him and, relying on the God Clan's reserves, forcibly abducted him. She intended to use her Heavenly Phoenix bloodline to forcibly devour his Profound Python Fate and thereby achieve her supreme saintly Dao!"
Boom!
At this, Qian Renxue's heart jolted violently.
This story... why did it sound so familiar?
A lofty God Clan princess forcibly abducting a talented youth to use as a stepping stone?
Were even the Lower Planes of this Great Thousand World so cruel and unreasonable?
"What happened afterward?" The female disciple clenched her fists nervously, even her breathing quickening.
"Afterward?"
"Afterward, not only did the Divine Lord escape having his origin drained dry, he turned the tables on the spot!"
"As a Profound Python, he devoured the Heavenly Phoenix instead!"
"The Heavenly Phoenix wailed, and blood stained her palace robes!"
"Later, the Divine Lord even used that Heavenly Phoenix origin to undergo the Profound Python Transformation into Dragon, ascending to greater heights!"
"As for the Primordial Divine Dynasty that kept pursuing him, after he rose to power, the Divine Lord slaughtered his way through it until blood flowed in rivers, trampling half its lands to pieces!"
"That was also the Divine Lord's first battle to shake the world in the Lower Plane!"
Only the snapping of robes in the wind remained on Dao-Seeking Cliff.
Qian Renxue stood rooted to the spot, feeling a chill shoot from the soles of her feet straight to the crown of her head.
She, too, was a favored daughter of heaven, the Young Master of Spirit Hall who had been cherished from childhood.
Had she encountered such a situation in the lower realm, she probably would have resigned herself to her fate long ago.
Yet that Divine Lord had devoured his opponent's bloodline in the midst of utter desperation, then even taken up his sword and carved his way through the entire divine dynasty!
With such ruthlessness and decisiveness, no wonder he had reached the pinnacle of the Great Thousand World in just a few decades.
Meanwhile, on the Douluo Continent beyond the Sky Screen.
Within the Pope's Hall in Spirit City.
Bibi Dong, who had been slumped dejectedly against her throne, also lit up at this continuation of the tale of "devouring the Heavenly Phoenix."
Even hearing it again still set her blood boiling.
"Turning the tables, devouring that lofty Divine Phoenix instead..."
Bibi Dong's breathing grew incredibly rapid, and even her chest heaved violently.
She recalled that past of hers she could not bear to revisit.
Back then, that beast Qian Xunji had likewise relied on his status as pope and Spirit Hall's resources to forcibly take her chastity, treating her as a tool for Spirit Hall to breed descendants and retain a genius.
Though she had ultimately killed Qian Xunji and even devoured his soul in turn.
When she did all that, she had hidden in the shadows, enduring countless days and nights before daring to act in secret.
But what of the Divine Lord in the Sky Screen?
He had openly devoured their princess right before that Primordial Divine Dynasty!
Afterward, he had even taken up his sword and carved his way through the entire divine dynasty!
"This is a true powerhouse. This is the supreme bearing of someone who rules their own destiny!"
Bibi Dong murmured to herself, a thin mist actually gathering in her eyes.
As she watched the Sky Screen, an almost twisted sense of worship arose in her heart toward the Divine Lord she had never met.
If only she had possessed such domineering might and a cultivation method like that back then.
That animal Qian Xunji would probably have been drained dry on the spot before he even had a chance to touch a single finger of hers!
Meanwhile, deep within the Star Dou Great Forest.
Di Tian and the Ferocious Beasts were also drenched in cold sweat as they listened.
He had turned a super Divine Beast into a cultivation furnace and devoured her instead?
Such a cultivation method, such a disposition-he was practically the natural nemesis of their Soul Beast Clan.
Now, they could only pray that they would never encounter this harbinger of slaughter in the Sky Screen in their lifetimes, much less have any bloodline or fate of theirs catch his eye.
Within the image.
The gray-robed elder looked at the disciples below, shocked beyond measure, and nodded in satisfaction.
"So put away those complacent thoughts."
"This Great Thousand World is far vaster and more wondrous than you imagine."
With a casual wave, the elder scattered the clouds and mist surrounding the Azure Lotus.
"You must not only look up to the Divine Lord."
"The people around those supreme titans who stand as his equals are likewise legends whose names resound throughout the Great Thousand World."
A trace of yearning entered the elder's voice.
"Take the Endless Fire Domain, for instance. Aside from Mistress Cai Lin, who just passed by."
"The Flame Emperor also has another mistress, named Xun'er."
"Behind that mistress stands a Primordial God Clan of the Great Thousand World with unfathomably deep reserves. Her abilities reach the heavens, and she, too, is a peerless Heavenly Sovereign."
"Then there is the Martial Realm."
"The Martial Ancestor's sworn brothers, the Marten Venerable and Flame Venerable whom you have met, are both super Divine Beasts in their true forms, their ferocious might surging to the heavens."
"And the Martial Ancestor's other mistress is none other than Lady Ying Huanhuan, the reincarnation of the Ice Master from the Lower Plane!"
"Even many veteran Heavenly Sovereigns of the Great Thousand World must give ground before that lady's mastery of the Ice Law."
As the elder reeled off one legendary figure after another whose names resounded throughout the Great Thousand World, as though enumerating treasures in his own home.
Qian Renxue felt as though her mind could barely keep up.
The Flame Emperor's wives, the Martial Ancestor's brothers-pick any one of them, and they were a Heavenly Sovereign!
Was the highest circle of the Great Thousand World truly terrifying to such a degree?
On Shrek Academy's training grounds.
Oscar swallowed, turning to look at Zhu Zhuqing beside him, then at Tang San.
"Third Brother..."
Oscar's voice was utterly dry.
"The titans of that Great Thousand World don't just have Heavenly Sovereign beauties beside them. Even their brothers are Heavenly Sovereign Divine Beasts."
"Even if we went to that world, what could we possibly use to compete with them for opportunities?"
Tang San said nothing, but his expression was terrifyingly dark.
He had always believed his Shrek Seven Devils were an invincible team.
Yet now, the sheer caliber of any one of their family members could crush their entire Douluo Continent ten thousand times over.
That stark gulf nearly suffocated him.
Just as the people of Douluo were being numbed by one shocking legend after another.
Within the Sky Screen, the gray-robed elder on Dao-Seeking Cliff suddenly looked up at the sky.
"Very well, that is enough idle talk."
"If you have any other questions, feel free to ask."
At the elder's words, the tens of thousands of disciples in the practice grounds all perked up.
An opportunity to seek guidance directly from a Great Perfection Earthly Sovereign elder was something they could not normally find even with a lantern.
After a brief silence, a young disciple in Inner Sect attire, whose Spiritual Energy fluctuations had already reached the Supreme Realm, rose respectfully and bowed deeply to the gray-robed elder.
"Elder, a few days ago, I was fortunate enough to break through my shackles and enter the Supreme Realm."
"However, I still have many uncertainties regarding the condensation of a Supreme Dharma Body."
"I have heard that the Great Thousand World has a Ninety-Nine Grade Supreme Dharma Body Ranking. I wonder what heaven-reaching, earth-spanning might these dharma bodies possess?"
"Please show mercy, Elder, and resolve my doubts. Let us broaden our horizons as well!"
At this disciple's request, the surrounding outer sect disciples who had yet to enter the Supreme Realm, along with Qian Renxue sweeping at the edge of the steps, all held their breaths in unison.
A Supreme Dharma Body!
That was the true hallmark of a powerhouse in the Great Thousand World.
Yun Gugu had said before that beyond the mortal body lay the Supreme, and the hallmark of entering the Supreme Realm was condensing this Supreme Dharma Body.
But no one had any concrete idea of what that thing actually looked like or just how powerful it was.
Hearing this, the gray-robed elder seated on the Azure Lotus nodded slightly, stroking his beard with a soft chuckle.
"You young fellow, you have only just entered the Supreme Realm, yet you are already reaching beyond your grasp and coveting that Ninety-Nine Grade Supreme Dharma Body Ranking."
"Very well."
"Today, I shall give you fledglings your first lesson."
"What I have condensed is the Great Compassion Azure Wood Dharma Body, ranked seventy-second on the Dharma Body Ranking."
"Today, I shall let you see what a true Supreme Dharma Body is!"
As his words fell, the gray-robed elder slowly rose from the Azure Lotus.
Then, that body of his, which had appeared utterly ordinary, like withered wood.
The instant he straightened, it suddenly erupted with a terrifying suction beyond description!
"Rumble!"
In an instant, the Spiritual Energy of heaven and earth for tens of thousands of miles around seemed to fall under some fatal pull, pouring madly into the elder's body.
The previously clear sky darkened in an instant.
Immediately afterward, the gray-robed elder abruptly formed an ancient hand seal before his chest.
Accompanied by a tremendous, heaven-shaking crash that seemed about to tear the firmament apart.
An enormous manifestation, radiating dazzling azure light from its entire body like an ancient deity, instantly rose above Dao-Seeking Cliff!
"Hum!"
This manifestation was far too enormous!
So enormous that even if Qian Renxue craned her neck until it broke, she could not see where its head was.
Its feet, like two impassable mountains, rested firmly upon the hard bluestone ground, while its upper body had long since disappeared into the deepest reaches of the clouds in the nine heavens.
A body tens of thousands of zhang tall!
Azure vines as thick as great dragons coiled around it, and every breath stirred a heaven-shattering, earth-destroying Spiritual Energy storm above the Great Desolation Divine Realm.
The Azure Wood Law flowing over the manifestation made even the surrounding space crack and splinter under the unbearable burden the instant it appeared!
At the same time, on the Douluo Continent beyond the Sky Screen.
When this Great Compassion Azure Wood Dharma Body, tens of thousands of zhang tall, was displayed before everyone in its entirety.
It was as though all the air across the continent had been sucked dry at that moment.
On Shrek Academy's training grounds.
"Thud!"
Yu Xiaogang had originally stood with his hands behind his back, putting on the airs of a Grandmaster.
Now, however, he knelt rigidly on the ground like a puddle of sludge.
His eyes bulged fiercely, filled with a spiderweb of bloodshot veins, while two streams of blood flowed uncontrollably from his nose.
"Wh-what kind of monster is this..."
"Impossible, this is absolutely impossible!"
Yu Xiaogang broke down.
On their Douluo Continent, once Soul Masters reached level seventy, they could unleash the Martial Soul Avatar they took such pride in!
But how large were their Martial Soul Avatars?
Even the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, hailed as the world's number one Beast Martial Soul, or Zhao Wuji's Great Strength Vajra Bear, stood only a dozen or so meters tall at the absolute most when they unleashed their Martial Soul Avatars.
Even a Titled Douluo's Martial Soul Avatar topped out at a few dozen meters, about the size of a small building.
They had once thought that a Martial Soul Avatar dozens of meters tall, capable of flattening a village with a single stomp, already possessed divine power that could destroy heaven and earth.
But what had appeared in the Sky Screen now?
A Supreme Dharma Body tens of thousands of zhang tall!
Converted into the units of measurement used on the Douluo Continent, that was a terrifying physique standing well over a hundred thousand meters tall!
Even if the tallest mountain on the Douluo Continent were uprooted, before this Dharma Body, it would at most amount to a pebble to step on.
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